#I'm learning a lot about how to capture the form of a creature...

[yasmeensh]

It’s Gorilla Time

I found 3 different youtube channels uploading daily videos of the Kyoto Zoo gorilla family (probably zoo staff? the videos are posted DAILY!!!) Very fascinating creatures. I drew the mom and two sons. I need to draw their dad next. some screenshots under the cut :p

Kintaro when he was 1 year old

Kintaro now at 4 years old. Dad (Momotaro) in both photos for proportion

His big brother (Gentaro) has some very interesting napping positions...

What is he thinking??????? Anyways, here is mom (Genki). She loves to pamper Kintaro.

#sketches #gorillas #animal sketches #i'm drawing lots of animals lately #very very fun :D #I'm learning a lot about how to capture the form of a creature... #animals

[zeroducks-2]

Sladedick 5 “Say my name“ A bit of context if you like: Vampire!Dick would give EVERYTHING for a drop of blood. He knows he's close to stasis by now. He just hoped that damn hunter would take that damn muzzle off of him. Slade, one the other hand, didn't really meant to starve Dick. He just happened to be very busy after he captured him and closed him in his dungeon. Now he's asking himself why Dick isn't trying to fight him

Hi darling dearest ♥ sorry it took me a while to get to this. Here you go, you can imagine this is set in the same timeline/universe as Sell Me The Infection

5. "Say my name" - Vampire!Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson

(WARNING: dark themes, noncon, evil Slade and little bird locked in a dungeon. Please proceed with caution)

He tends to find the creature huddled up in a corner of his cell these days, less talkative than normal. In the sense that if normally he hisses and snarls, lately he just grunts quietly.

In fairness, Slade did manage to have a couple of conversations with the captive vampire. He knows his name appears to be Richard, and that other vampires - those who can speak that is - call him "Dick". It might be a human habit carried over to his undead state, it might be something else entirely, and Slade aims to find out. Capturing vampires and using them for their blood is his trade, but finding out more about their society and structure is his latest hobby, and learning through "Dick" is convenient enough.

Moreover having a vampire as a pet comes with a lot of perks, namely the fact that the creature possesses a crystalline beauty that makes Slade want to own every part of him, and sometimes feel the urge to smoother what light there is in his eyes. He could; the strong and proud creature is at his mercy and that also never fails to get his blood pumping.

Dick's head twitches as the door opens to let Slade in, and he tries to pull himself on his knees. His arms are bound behind his back and his mouth safely occupied by a muzzle, and so Slade confidently steps closer to card a hand through the black thatch on his head.

«Hello, Richard.» He says, not minding to be gentle as he lifts the creature's head up by his long curls. The vampire makes a sound behind the gag and Slade steels himself, expecting a fight of some kind, but the other just lets his eyes slip closed. «I'm not here to hurt you today.» He adds, wondering where that lack of fire is coming from, it would be a first. «Rather, if you're a good boy I'll take your gag off without binding you with silver.»

There isn't a strong reaction this time either, Dick just frowns but doesn't protest. He stays up on his own legs but his head is limp in Slade's hold, and when he's let go it heavily hangs down. There's a tremor to the creature's shoulders, maybe he's finally getting to his breaking point. Slade is eager to test it. He's done this already but the kicking, roaring and thrashing had made for a very brief if extremely intense experience. This time the vampire lets Slade turn him around and press him against the wall, displace his clothes and just trembles between him and the stone when Slade pushes two fingers between his buttcheeks and past the rim of his muscles. He makes a harrowed sound and shakes his head but doesn't really fight otherwise, and the shushing noises Slade makes on the side of his head seem to work in making him accept what's going down.

His body obediently yields in such an uncharacteristic way, and soon enough Slade is holding him from below the chin with a palm, moving into him as he likes while the creature's lithe form moves according to how he prefers, nearly limp in his arms. He makes another sound and his passage grips him, making Slade realize he has to have moved in a way the creature liked.

«So you can enjoy this,» Again he whispers to the side of his head, feeling down for his sex. It's not full but by no means it is limp either. «of course you can. And you're being so good for me today...» He rolls his waist and starts pumping, and Dick tenses up and quivers, mewling behind the gag. «Look how much you like it.»

Soon enough he's towering over the other after laying him down, in order to be able to see his pretty red eyes. They're hazy and circled with exhaustion but they glisten now, slightly rolling up when Slade bottoms out and grinds into him. He knows he's being reckless but he gives in to the temptation and unlocks the gag from Dick's nape, pulling it away to hear his voice come out unobstructed. And it's the gentlest whimpers, small gasps and choked out moans that make Slade grit his teeth and hold him down as he resumes chasing his own pleasure.

It's once he's done that he fully realizes how abnormal it is, that the creature didn't try even once to go for his neck, or even just his wrist. His eyelids are open but just a crack, enough to show how dull the normally scarlet red irises looks, the shade almost brown.

The root of the issue finally clicks with him, and Slade carefully picks him up and hoists him against his own chest. He doesn't cut his neck or his wrist - that's still too dangerous - just his palm. A few drops of blood are not enough and so he presses his hand to the limp creature's mouth, and it takes a minute but then he can feel Dick starting to sip, his ice cold lips pursing up against the slash.

His eyes open more and he makes a small sound, weakly trying to sink his teeth into Slade's hand, but he holds a palm to his forehead and keeps him, albeit still allowing him to drink in small laps. Eventually his body resumes to quiver faintly and that seems to be a good sign, he's not slipping into a twilight state anymore.

«You don't lose your mind like the other vamps. You just shut down.» Slade observes, softly like he was truly speaking to a lover. «Look at me, Richard. Do you see me?» Cloudy eyes shift up to his face. He can likely barely see anything and he doesn't make an effort to verbalize a reply. «Come on, little one.» Slade stresses his hand more open in order for the cut to bleed more, and Dick resumes slowly lapping at it. He keeps shivering and he still feels icy cold, but his eyes slowly grow more focused.

«Look at me.» Slade says, pinching his chin up and smearing more blood on his cheek. «I know you can see me now. Say my name.»

The creature blinks at him slowly, like he's trying to makses sense of the request. «Slade.» He whispers with barely any voice, his eyes slipping closed.

«That's good enough.» He replies, not really keeping himself from leaning down and nuzzling the top of his head. «You've been really good today, Dick. Keep it up and I'll get you out of this dungeon. Wouldn't you prefer to be in a room from where you could see the night sky?»

Dick makes a harrowed sound and a wince, but then nods, holding his eyes closed. Poor thing must be actually at his limit, unless he's trying to play Slade for a fool, but he has ways to play this safe anyway.

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Oh wow look at this long ass post! For whoever got here and is wondering the fuck is going on, the context for this comes from here.

Thank you for asking BT ♥ I know, I should just update Sell me the Infection lol. I promise I will at some point.

Here's the prompt list for whoever wants to peruse it, or send me another prompt :)

#long post #sladick #vampire!dick #dark fic #my asks #my fanfictions #three words prompt game

[lemariee]

Chapter 15

Gerda froze, clenching her eyes shut with frustration before reopening them. Her body slowly turned to face the one person she resented. She blinked several times, struggling to subdue her emotions. Her mind was in midst of regaining clarity but she nearly lost it the moment she spotted him smirking. She truly loathed him so much that it pained her to even look at him.

"I will NOT be flaunted around like an exotic captured animal. I'm not some type of prized possession nor am I your toy." Gerda hissed, scolding him while struggling to hold back insults.

"You speak as if you're given a choice...either you obediently come with me or I slowly break both your arms." Borra uncaringly scoffed with his eyes warning her.

Her body briefly stilled; overwhelmed by the situation she was currently in. She had no choice but to listen to him. For that she despised herself knowing she's giving him what he wanted. Unfortunately she had to give in and accept her loss.

Without another word she held her chin up and sauntered over to him with a fixed glare. His smirk returned full of arrogance and pride. That was all she managed to notice before he walked ahead down the three steps that surrounded the circle. From there they headed towards the door she had entered from. Her small frame struggled to keep up with his pace; with her legs already getting strained. She felt like a little tamed puppy chasing after it's owner.

Gerda grimaced when she noticed the edges of his wings dragging behind him on the floor. She wondered if his body ever felt sore from it. The fey's anatomy was both disturbing and a curiosity to her; especially how they managed to carry their own weight when flying. Perhaps she would learn a lot about them through him and Celtra. With luck, she might even learn their weaknesses but most specifically his.

The echoing swoosh of large doors averted her attention to her current circumstance. She followed behind him and felt a bit relieved when she spotted Celtra waiting in the main hall. Once they walked down the wide stairs Borra stopped to speak to Rayne. Only then did Gerda have enough time for a brief conversation with Celtra. She warily walked over and silently stood next to her while Borra conversed with Rayne.

"He wishes to humiliate me by forcing me to accompany him every single hour of the day." Gerda angrily whispered to her while eyeing Borra.

"Remember to refrain from angering him. As I said before, it would make your life easier here." Celtra whispered, insisting Gerda do the impossible.

"It's easy for you to say but that 'creature' is insufferable. He's arrogant and stubborn. I find myself losing control of my temper around him." Gerda silently hissed, feeling her hands ball up.

"Sounds a lot like somebody I know. I find that you two have more in common then you think. It would be rather interesting to see some sort of genuine acquaintance form between you both." Celtra admitted, only sparking disgust in Gerda.

"Please spare me your assumptions, I refuse to associate with someone like that. Even then it won't change the fact that I am his prisoner." Gerda angrily whispered back.

"We shall see what the future holds, now I suggest you head back to Borra. It appears he's finishing up his conversation." Celtra added, making Gerda feel perplexed with her response.

She gave Celtra one last look of confusion before slowly walking to Borra until she was standing behind him. Something about his tone and body language suggested he was upset. Her ears managed to catch on to the last bit of his conversation with Rayne.

"Order them to keep looking until something comes up. I will not stand for such threats against our peaceful union between the humans." Borra angrily ordered Rayne.

"A-As you wish." Rayne quickly said with a pathetic timid look on her face.

She then walked away up the stairs heading towards a set of stairs leading to the third floor. Gerda glanced at Borra wondering where they were heading to next. Perhaps she could play her part being the obedient slave while gathering information about him and his plans.

"Starting today the human will be accompanying me until I deem it unnecessary. I will send for you to fetch her later. Is that understood?" Borra announced to Celtra with his voice echoing throughout the hall.

"Yes." Celtra politely responded, nodding her head.

Borra then dismissed her and turned to Gerda with hard, stern eyes. She knew that stare and it typically meant he was about to either threaten or warn her. Despite its meaning she stared back at him unphased.

"We will be heading out to the village, I trust you will be on your best behavior. Any disobedience will result in severe punishment. Do I make myself clear?" Borra coldly warned Gerda with a daring tone.

"Yes." Gerda softly responded after several seconds.

He briefly studied her for a moment before moving towards the large doors that lead to outside. Gerda was somewhat enthralled at the thought of exploring new territory despite Borra's presence. She silently followed behind him out the door wondering what part of the village they were leaving to. Perhaps accompanying him won't be so dull after all.

Goosebumps appeared on her exposed skin once they reached the bridge. She slightly frowned when she realized how cold it was outside. He must not be affected by the weather since he appeared to walk without any issue. The wind picked up, blowing her hair off to the side as her bare feet tingled from the chilly ground.

She instinctively wrapped her arms around herself with shivers rocking through her body. She remained that way until they reached the cage that she arrived in. The two guards nodded their heads to Borra, ignoring Gerda's presence. He then turned to face her with his expression growing puzzled as he observed her.

"Why are you standing like that?" He asked, genuinely confused by her arms wrapped around her body.

"I happen to be quite cold and the choice of clothing I have on is not suitable for the weather." Gerda said, feeling her feet become numb from the cold.

"I forgot how you humans are such weak, pathetic creatures." Borra irritatedly responded before signaling for the guard to shove her inside the cage.

Gerda felt annoyed by his lack of regard for her, throwing him one last glare before being pushed inside her cage. She wondered how he expected her to follow him around without any type of protection from the changing weather. She shivered once they were in the air with the temperature drastically dropping. Most of her time was spent attempting to shelter her exposed body as they glided the sky. She felt a sense of relief when the cage begin to descend, indicating that they arrived at their destination.

Shortly after her door was pulled open and she gasped when her body was yanked out. She wondered why the guards were being more rougher than usual. Perhaps they were desperate on making a good impression for Borra.

Gerda observed her surroundings and felt a spark of  interest when she noticed they were at the entrance of the village. She moved closer to get a better look and felt memorized by it. She observed the variety of creatures walking around. It brought a sense of sadness when she thought of how it resembled Ulstead, her lost home.

"Expected to see something much more 'primitive'?" The sound of Borra's voice asked as he was now standing next to her.

"Your kind surprises me each day." Gerda sarcastically admitted keeping her eyes on the entrance of the village.

"Don't be surprised when we become the next dominant species of this world." Borra pointed out, pulling Gerda's attention to him.

"The odds of that happening are very slim, don't get your hopes up." Gerda smugly said, feeling bothered at the thought of his kind gaining control of the world.

Her body continued shivering from the cold when a gust of wind blew past her. She hated how pathetic she appeared in front of him.

"Slim? You humans have proven to be weak. Look at how you stand trembling from the cold. Perhaps you'll eventually wipe yourselves out into extinction due to your aggressive, destructive nature." Borra said in a degrading tone that made Gerda stare back at him with narrowed eyes.

"I could think of many ways that puts us above your kind but I'd prefer we not stand here lingering around. That is unless you crave conversation from me?" Gerda hissed growing tired of his arrogance.

Borra eyed her with his usual cold expression before walking ahead without speaking another word. She followed behind once again struggling to keep up with his massive form while fighting against the cold. Once they entered the buzzing village, her eyes were everywhere. She studied the many markets and mixture of creatures going about their business.

She noticed a few dark fey women who would occasionally pause and throw flirtatious smiles Borra's way. It was bizarre how he had not chosen a mate when so many women were willing to be with him. Since Maleficent wasn't accepting his invitation, why not pick another woman? Surely he had many to choose from.

Her thoughts were cut short when she noticed they stopped in front of a market stand where a human woman was selling clothing. Gerda gave him a perplexed look as he spoke to the woman inquiring about the products she sold.

"I need a cloak and some shoes for her." Borra asked in a demanding tone.

"Hmm...perhaps this one will do, it goes beautifully with her skin and hair." The elderly woman said as she handed him an emerald hooded cloak and some light brown leather booties.

Borra thanked her and handed the woman some coins before shoving the clothing items into Gerda's arms. She stared at him with puzzled eyes wondering why he had bothered to buy them for her. He could've made her suffer in the cold out of spite but yet he chose not to.

"Don't think anything of this. I know how fragile you humans are and would rather not deal with you passing out from the cold on me." Borra hissed, noticing Gerda eyeing him in confusion.

"T-Thank you." She muttered, feeling her cheeks blush over stuttering her words.

He simply nodded his horned head before turning and heading towards wherever his next destination was. She quickly slid her booties on and threw the cloak over her shoulders before rushing to catch up with him. Her body was instantly relieved from the cold as warmth steadily took its place. Now she truly felt comfortable and was suited enough to explore.

After passing through the vibrant, energetic streets they finally stopped at what looked to be a store. It was quite simple in design and when they walked inside it appeared to be selling jewelry. She absent mindedly walked around noticing how unique each piece of jewelry was as they sparkled in the light. The jewels must've been found within the Moors because the beauty they each held was not something humans had ever encountered.

"I have been expecting you, I assume you're here for the package?" A male voice asked Borra instantly luring in Gerda's attention.

"Yes, I am. Do you have it?" Borra asked, eyeing the man with a stern expression.

"I do. Let me go fetch it." The horned middle aged creature said as his wings dragged behind him.

Gerda walked up to a necklace with a green shiny stone on it that was several feet away from Borra. She pretended to admire it as she patiently waited for the creature to return with whatever Borra came for. Her mind pondered over what he could possibly be asking for. She was rather surprised that he trusted her enough to drag her along.

"Here it is...but surely you are aware that my services are not for free." The creature said with a sneaky grin on his face.

"You dare attempt to bribe me? Do you know who you're speaking to?" Borra said in a low malicious tone.

Gerda stared between the two, feeling nervous for the horned creature. She knew that tone far too well and could only imagine the glare Borra must be giving him. Her feet instinctively stepped back causing the creature's eyes to flicker over to her.

"Well aren't you quite the sight, come closer and let me take a good look at you." The creature said with a disturbing twinkle in his eyes.

Gerda instantly glanced at Borra with a face of unease but was only met by him nodding her over. She nervously swallowed a knot in her throat and hesitantly walked over till she was standing right next to Borra. It was ironic how she felt safe within his presence at the moment.

"You must be his pet that everyone has been speaking of and the rumors are quite true about your mortal beauty." The creature said as his eyes studied Gerda's face with that disturbing twinkle before sniffing the air.

"Hm...how strange. Her scent is much more pleasing compared to the other humans...almost like an invitation to the body and nose. It's rare for a human to possess." He said with a low, slithering voice that made Gerda glare at him.

He then turned to Borra with a grin that only made her stomach turn in disgust. Borra appeared to be bothered by the way this filthy creature was eyeing her as he too glared back with yellow eyes.

"How about I cut you a deal...how much would you like for the human? I heard their women are quite the delicacy in our brothels." The disgusting creature asked, causing Gerda to ball up her fists.

"How much are you willing to pay for her?" Borra asked, instantly making Gerda's eyes widened as she desperately stared at him with a hint of betrayal.

Her heart sped up with panic soon overtaking her as the man now eyed Gerda, licking his lips. She couldn't fathom what she was hearing from Borra. How dare he use her in such a way to get what he wanted. It was all too sickening for her to believe and below Borra to even consider such a thing.

"I'll pay enough to buy the most rare jewels every kingdom has to offer, even more if she's still 'intact'. Judging by the size of her, I'd bet she's got a tight, wet fit between her thighs." The creature greedily said with his hand pulling out six large velvet bags filled with coins.

"Keep your coins...she's not up for sale." Borra coldly stated as he cautiously pushed Gerda behind him, almost shielding her within his wing.

"If you perhaps lend her to me for a couple hours I'll give you the package for free plus the money. I wonder if she tastes as sweet as she smells." The creature said, grinning and winking at Gerda.

"And my answer remains no, she is not up for any type of bargaining. Hand me the package or I will rip out your eyes and take it." Borra growled with glowing narrowed yellow eyes.

"All right, all right...take it." The creature said as he cowardly backed away with his hands up in a surrendering gesture.

Borra glared at him for several seconds before snatching the package from the counter and turning to walk away. Gerda quickly followed behind desperately wanting to leave the store. Before Borra walked out the strange creature once again spoke up.

"I can't help but notice how protective you are of your human girl. Hope she's worth it, their kind are known to be untrustworthy however very pleasurable in bed." He said with a sinister smirk that made Gerda uncomfortably squirm inside.

"Her life means absolutely nothing to me so I advise you to keep such ill comments to yourself. This human serves no purpose other than being a slave." Borra harshly said with frosty eyes and a clenched jaw.

He then abruptly turned to exit the store, almost leaving Gerda behind. She practically chased him down as he angrily stormed through the crowd. She sensed that he was upset over what the creature had told him.

She wondered what the creature had meant by such a comment, it baffled her. The idea of Bora being protective of her was utter insanity. He nearly murdered her on several occasions. It's implausible for him of all people and creatures to hold anything other than raw, hatred towards her.

She was also furious with Borra for putting her in such a tramatizing situation when the creature was interested in purchasing her. It was evident he wanted to hurt her every way he can. However, the thought of him selling her to be ravished was sickening of him. He was not going to get away with what he did.

#borra #dark romance #disney #fanfic #gerda #maleficent #maleficent 2 #maleficent: mistress of evil #dark fae #disney fanfiction #enemies to friends to lovers #enemies to lovers #enemies to soulmates #fae #fandom #fantasy #fey #m:moe #mature #romance #writing #fanfiction

[ebachan]

Sonic Prime - More thoughts

Hi,

so, I watched the older Teasers, and I had a few ideas. This is kinda a part 2 of my earlier post.

People often talk about how Rogue is now part of the team. Which may or may not be true (also, I circled Amy for those who haven't noticed her).

What speaks for it:

She is seen in multiverses.

She is with Sonic and others in Green Hills

Both points are valid. But there is one thing that may suggest otherwise. Rogue is flying quite far behind the plane. It's more like she is tailing it than following the rest of the group. I think it would be better for her to hold onto the plane like Knuckles (so hilarious XD). She would also conserve her strength for later.

So my little theory is, while she is more frequent with Sonic's team, she is still mainly Shadow's partner. How about Shadow's asked her to keep an eye on them after his battle with Sonic? Given the clash, I can see Shadow being disoriented for a few minutes and thus losing Sonic.

Without knowing where to go, Rogue could search a bigger part of the area than Shadow.

I can't get over this! Do her shoes with heels have some sort of "platform" to connect it? I just think it looks hollow. I guess high-platform shoes would be better for fighting but I'm not so sure about climbing. Which the sole may be customized to help with.

Also, as stated in the previous post ("It seems not all Badniks have a Flickie.") I was wrong as you can see one right behind her ear, flying out of the robot's head. But I searched the other destroyed robots, and I can't seem to find one (not even in other teasers).

Either it means not every robot is powered by Flickie (maybe trying out an experimental power source) or we just don't see it (not every escaping Flickie has to be animated). But still... some of those trashings look really brutal ^_^;

Also, will there be other little creatures (the pig, penguin,...)? My guess is - No. Why "bother" with others when we won't be in Prime-verse for too long. The majority will be around Shatter-verse, meaning Flickies will be either different (Primal-verse Flicky) or non-existent (perhaps Dystopia-verse). Not that I wouldn't like to see them ;-) It just doesn't feel important.

Zoom in since this seems to be a moment Sonic goes from Primal-verse to... somewhere else. Also, tried to capture all the gloves and shoes we can see. The second ones are from Pirate-verse. The third ones are probably from Dystopia-verse.

Notice, there is a round emblem on all of them. I wouldn't be surprised if Dystopia-Tails was responsible for Sonic's gloves and shoes changing form in each Shatter-verse. He seems to know a lot about them.

Also, the Dystopia-gloves are different in color in this one scene. Otherwise, they are whiteish. They may have another function besides being a fashion-icon XD. Like boosting Sonic, changing shape, giving him Wolverine-like claws, or even allowing him to traverse Void between Shatter-verses.

What I find interesting here is, that I thought this is one scene, but nope. Sonic already has new gloves and his old ones upon landing. So either he had lost footing (maybe trying out the new shoes to learn how they kick... pun intended XD) or this can be an animation mistake.

In the previous post, I mentioned that it seems Sonic will go back and forth between the Dystopia-verse and other worlds. So this can be also him returning back before he learns how to land XD

There is one more thing I want to talk about. On sonic.fandom.com I've found this synopsis:

The new trailer shows more of the plot: After a fight against Eggman, Sonic accidentally destroys the Paradox Prism causing him to be sent to another universe, where he discovers that in this universe he doesn't exist, here "The Council" an evil group of five versions of Eggman that come from alternate dimensions rule with an iron fist, Sonic alongside alternate versions of his friends must work together to prevent the Council attempt to take control of the Shatterspaces and Sonic to find a way back home.

So that means we get to have two multiverses.

Prime Multiverse

Shattereverse

Yeah, I know it sounds kinda dumb, but it makes sense (kinda? ^_^;). Normal Multiverse is where Sonic was born (and exists in all universes) and the other is What if... he was never born in any of the universes of Shatterverse.

This can result in one more thing - Shatter-Metal Sonic. It makes perfect sense. There seems to be no Prime-Metal Sonic. Otherwise, he would be there with Dr. Eggman. On the other hand, The Council never had to deal with somebody like Sonic.

So, after their first defeat (I really think they will stick around for at least the whole of Season 01), they may analyze Prime-Sonic and build his robot version to deal with Sonic. Which again brings in tons of possibilities and a new prominent character.

Okay, I may want to talk about another thing. What about Shadow? We know Prime-Shadow may be stuck in the Void, but how about his Shatter-Counterparts? They can exist. And again, it may be Shatter-Shadow that will fight Prime-Sonic instead of Shatter-MS in Dystopia-verse. It would be weird not to see Shadow's version at least once. I wouldn't be surprised if The Council created or weaponized Shadow, but sealed him away due to the high risks of going berserk.

And with this, I end this post. I hope this was interesting. What do you think? Any other theories you want to share?

#sonic prime #shadow the hedgehog #dr. eggman #miles tails prower #amy rose #sonic netflix #netflix sonic #sonic theory #knuckles the echidna #rogue the bat #tv animation #sonic tv series #tv series #action #comedy

[kicksnscribs]

Scribs you have got to tell us about the CAVE GOAT you can't just leave that in the tags I am begging you

ok so listen imma tell you about this damn goat that i learned from a tumblr post that circulated years ago that i swear was just a shitpost until i looked it up and it turned out BETTER than what the post was advertising!

LONG POST INCOMING IM SORRY!

seriously this thing is up there in terms of my all time favorite animals such as the hartebeest and the spaghetti squid [or magnapinna squid if you want to be pedantic lol]

SO

mytoragus are a genus of extinct goat-antelopes that used to live on the Balearic Islands till about 4500 or so years ago that had about six species attributed to it. One of which is the magnificent M.balearicus who was known for being just the greatest thing to ever come out of the primordial soup in my opinion:

just look how cute he is!!

Anyways these particular little dudes apparently were funkier than anyone else on their family tree due to the fact that they weren't all that great at jumping [if they even could at all thanks to those inelastic ligaments wrapped around their feet] and pretty much only shuffled about as they went about their day snacking on boxwood.

Not to mention that their sense of sight, smell and hearing weren't all that great either. But it was cool bc there wasn't really anything snacking on these guys anyway to warrant such unnecessary senses.

They grew slowly, managing to get to an estimated 50cm tall at the shoulder [that's like...less than a border collie in some instances lol such a tiny lad!]

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!

because of this kind of slow growth [or maybe not idk im not a scientist] it is theorized that it adapted its metabolism in response to changing environmental factors such as food and water availability and temperature changes [hence the theoretical cold blooded nature of this beast]!

but that's probably not what you're here for right? You're probably curious to see if there is anything that could help you visualize this majestic beast outside a picture of a skeleton

yes.

yes there is.

~*BEHOLD!~*

THE LAD HIMSELF!!

lets get him from a different angle shall we?

schta-BAM!! GLAMOUR SHOT BABY!!

there have been others who have tried to capture this creature's magnificence in physical form but...well the results are shall we say:

less than pleasant? [then again they may be closer to the actual thing than the first, recreations are funny that way]

and this is just straight up the devil

[omg thank you for letting me gab about this damn thing i love it so much and sure there's probably a lot im missing out on but again im no scientist i'm just a person who really likes bizarre animals lol]

#animal talk #extinct animal #myotragus balearicus #answered asks #long post #readmore

[royaltyfreeramblings]

Talk about Tony the Most Divorced Man or else.

first of all. this is mr. the tiger

as you can see he is not a cereal mascot. in fact he is not affiliated with kell or oggs. he is pro-union and anti-capitalist as well. He is a beast of PURE improv and everything about him is literally spawned from people saying words and dealing with the consequences later. the laws of god do not apply to this man. I love him so much.

But before we dive deeper into the Tony Lore, we'll need to talk about what happened to Jersey.

In this universe, New Jersey got utterly fucked up by the death-but-not-really of a God, who straight up exploded and unleashed a ton of energy into the surrounding area, permanently altering it into two distinct zones. These zones are Old New Jersey, which consists of a wasteland full of strange creatures, rust storms and more, and New New Jersey, which has parking lots full of floating vehicles and a commune of formerly-monarchist alligators in the sewers. It is one of the most Fucked Places in-universe.

Where does Tony fit into all of this?

Well, Tony was born in New New Jersey and learned how to fight in the Lots, dodging cars and lava. He quickly earned a reputation as a hometown hero known as the Demon of the Lot. His escapades became rather well-known, and over time he got involved in all sorts of nonsense, such as becoming friends with a group of mercenaries and also dismantling the aforementioned alligator sewer monarchy. At some point in his life, he met Hazard, who is someone that actively deals psychic damage to people around him and is one of the most guys of all time as well. Tony is immune to psychic damage. The two of them got married and had a daughter who basically learned everything from Wikipedia articles which she has memorized. In this time frame, he also mastered the use of the Lot Stance, a powerful technique that is effective against Landlords, Monarchists, and more. It involves dropping down ontop of your opponent really fast.

For this next bit, we need to talk about parallel universes as well as stuff made by one of my hella rad friends.

So in some Fanfuffles there are two universes, U1 and U2. U2 is like U1, but events are slightly pushed in a different direction for a lot of characters as a way to explore how these characters would exist in different circumstances.

In U2, Tony does not change, because he is constant across all universes. The U2 counterpart of Hazard is known as Selenicereus. Sel divorced Tony (u2) so joddamn hard that every Tony across the multiverse lost their asses collectively, and the universe intervenes every time his ass is threatened to be restored to it's full power. In U2, Tony lost his ass in the Divorce. In U1, Tony lost his ass in mourning, as Hazard had died around the same time of The Divorce.

In the time leading up to Ai Altercation, things got both better and worse. His mercenary friends got captured while going to assassinate the head of a major corporation, for starters. He also adopted a weird fish alien who came to earth to conquer it and now is just Dealing With Imposter Syndrome. We'll get to it. Eventually, he wound up as the captain of Team Charge, a team dedicated to fighting for glory, for the fun of it, or some other reason. Just a bunch of people who like fighting for the hell of it.

I'm gonna speedrun the Tony Events from 1 to 10 the best I can here.

AA1 is the big team captain bracket where the current captains at the time all fought. He had to fight Regional Manager. The one who had most of his friends killed/experimented on because they aren't actually dead except for Knight but ANYWAYS. After that Tony goes on a date with Goro Majima (Shapeshifter Forme) in the parking lot of a Home Depot where they eat Glass together. Tony can just do that.

From AA2 onward is when the REAL stuff happens for him. He shows up in a different Fanfuffle around that time with Rook (One of the Mercenaries) and Jessica and the three of them sweep a bracket and take the champion spot. Jessica took champ title while her fish bestie Mazu was champion in New York. Then before AA5, Tony went to Florida to visit. This visit resulted in the resurrection of Hazard through the sacrifice of Chris Pratt, who was killed by two of Hazard's teammates (who are now married) and an undead punk singer. (Travis King my beloved.) So Hazard is back, Jessica gets to see her other dad again, big family reunion. Tony and Hazard both show up in bracket for AA6, which you can find on the VOD channel I should link somewhere. For the past few tournaments he's honestly done very little except provide support for his team, but he IS in bracket for Gaiden 2. So look forward to that if you want to see him in action

#ai altercation #fanfuffle #tony the tiger (AA) #asks #anon #prince.txt #tony is genuinely fascinating to me because his original direction was going to be so much different but improv changed him for the better. #like originally he was going to be a 'i don't want to be a leader' type of character who slowly was like 'actually this is neat' #but now he's just some guy to an extreme degree

[mar64ds]

can we hear more abt ur ocs?? i love love love them!!! theyre just such funny little guys............

oooh thank you!! 🥺 I'll share some random facts about a bunch of them!

These two? Found family :) The only ocs that have names so far unfortunely

Primary, the one on the left, their color scheme is formed by the primary colors, red, blue and green. She's pretty much, in-universe, a drawing that came to life, so they can break a lot of laws of physics because of that. He's really fun and energetic, very clever and sarcastic as well, they love messing with people but always in a fun kind of way, she's are not actually mean. Primary is genderfluid, ace and gay :)

Hellmet, the one of the right, they used to be called Beanie, but after their design changed I changed their name as well. They are a very scary monster and they partially love that, but they also don't want to be a REALLY bad person, so they always try to be very nice and polite even if it's always very clumsily. They do love being mean, just not too much. Hellmet is nonbinary (afab!) and aromantic

Important fact: they are both autistic

I really really love this bunny, I think she's always super fun to write or just think about her dialogue. I don't really know how to describe her personality... something similar to Pipimi from Pop Team Epic asdfghjkl down to earth but in a chaotic way. She's a trans aro lesbian :)

Pink otter ^_^ I love love love her. She really loves nerdy stuff and infodumping, she's really sweet and caring to everyone. She is definitely shy, she has her insecurities, but has a lot of supportive friends. She's really positive and kind to everyone, but she's definitely not naive, if someone is being a jerk she's not going to let that slide, sometimes the good nice thing to do is call out someone for being awful, not to 'forgive' them

She met her boyfriend in highschool, they were the kind of nerd/jock couple, but in a really really sweet way, the jock character (a kangaroo guy) is the type of 'i LOVE my girlfriend' kind of character.

She's trans and autistic :)

This muppet-like creature is really mean and evil but they are funny so it's okay. They are incredibly overpowered but it's okay because it's funny. They are mean and evil... kind of. They don't really search for destruction, just for entertainment, they LOVE seeing conflict between people just because it's FUN for them. When you are an immortal overpowered being you get bored, seeing your neighbors fight it's the one fun thing you can find. They create conflict a lot of times, but at some point they get super attached to the otter girl, she's like the only person they learn to truly care about.

There is no gender in this puppet

This guy is the leader of an evil army, he's the boss, he's a Bowser kind of character. This guy is super funny to me

So... he's a super powerful villain, and he's a good villain it's not like he's useless. But he is SO petty. Most of his missions are related to personal stuff: 'Oh my ex's kingdom is better than mine. Okay, I'm going to build this super cool laser in my own kingdom and use it to destroy a bunch of cool stuff from their kingdom'

He's kind of a jerk but he's a really nice boss too. He never treats his army bad and he pays them super well. There is a joke there that a member of his army talks to a hero and asks 'how much do they even pay you?' and the hero replies 'they don't pay me, I do this to help people' and the minion says 'THEY DON'T PAY YOU?! You need another job then, are you crazy?! This is the worst life choice I've ever seen'

He's honestly really nice to everyone at the end, if he captures a hero but no one comes to rescue them for a few days he feels bad for them and treats them like a guest

He's bi by the way

Imagine your typical hero and villain dynamic, that for years fight each other, that's their everyday lives. What if... they end up becoming a found family? What if the villain adopts the hero? What then

The idea of these two was more of a 'two animals in a forest are enemies' but it became way bigger and now the wolf guy is more of an actual supervillain, bird character is still very silly and normal lol

I care a lot about their development, it's meant to make absolute sense that the wolf would end up caring so much about the bird

Bird character is agender, aromantic and autistic+adhd as well. Wolf dad is gay

Thank you so much for asking!! Talking about ocs is a lot of fun!!

#my ocs

[goodgrammaritan]

Animorphs

Been thinking lately about how in a fit of "I'm too mature for these kids' books" I got rid of my entire Animorphs collection in a garage sale, and how I regret that. I learned a lot of cool animal facts from those books, and as an adult, I realize that the depiction of war was a lot more involved than I thought. You think, kid heroes! Cool! They turn into animals! But then you're like, these CHILDREN are fighting a WAR and having to make life-and-death morally gray decisions and that is HORRIFYING.

I hate how fear of outside judgment led me to get rid of these books that were so dear to me. I looked it up and I could rebuy someone's entire used collection of paperbacks for $392, or I could get all 62 digitally for $4 a pop. Both of those options are a little pricy, so instead I made a list of my personal must-haves of the series. (Of course, as I looked them up on Goodreads for titles and to remind myself of various details, I kept adding more to my list.) So here's my list of what are, in my opinion, the best volumes in the series:

6. The Capture. First Animorphs I ever read. Jake gets infested by a Yeerk, and the Animorphs have to starve it out. It's the first real non-battle interaction the Animorphs have with a Yeerk, and it's sad and scary. Particularly sad when Jake learns this Yeerk first Controlled his brother, Tom, and how Tom got infested because he had a crush on a girl...

7. The Stranger. The Ellimist makes his first appearance here. He shows them a chilling future in which the Yeerks win, and then gives them a clue about how to set the Yeerks back. All because he loves Earth/humanity. (The future he shows them includes the horrifying tidbit that as Controllers, they fucking ROASTED AND ATE TOBIAS. Yikes!!!)

8. The Alien. Ax's first book. Fun to see an alien point of view, and along with the seriousness of the moral struggle Ax has re: what to tell Jake et. al. about what's happening to the starving Yeerks, there's the scene where Ax eats an entire tray of Cinnabons.

10. The Android. The Animorphs meet an android ally who needs them to unlock his ultimate powers. He's the creation of a peaceful race that was wiped out by the Yeerks, but can't overcome his pacifist programming without help. And he unlocks his powers, but at what cost?

12. The Reaction. Rachel has an allergic reaction to the crocodile morph, and it makes her morph uncontrollably when she feels strong emotions. Lots of hilarity, plus it's fun to see Rachel and Cassie get to have normal teenage crushes on a teenage heartthrob, Jonathan Taylor Thomas Jeremy Jason McCole from Home Improvement Power House. And the final burping of the croc is entertaining.

12.5 (The Animorph Chronicles 1) The Andalite Chronicles. Elfangor's backstory. Him being a hotheaded pilot, the Taxxon planet, him meeting Loren (and Chapman as a kid!), driving a Corvette, and growing up as both a human and Andalite. And he's Tobias's dad. It's so fucking sad. (Also loved that he gave the technology to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, lol.)

13. The Change. Tobias can morph again! And they rescue Hork-Bajir. First time they realize that the Hork-Bajir are people, have marriages and whatnot. Humanizes them. And it's the first place I ever read "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Free or die!!

14. The Unknown. Hilarious. The Animorphs check out Area 51 Zone 91 to see what alien technology the government is hiding. Marco and Rachel shenanigans, plus Cassie being clueless and unable to come up with a fake phone number (using 8 digits instead of 7, yes, this was written in the 90s). But just, the horses, Cassie not knowing military time (I can relate, girl), the whole showdown at The Gardens. I mean, riding rides while fighting Yeerks, Visser 3 "beheading" someone only to have it be someone in a costume in a parade, and he's only cut the costume, and how he gets freaked out by this creature that seemingly forms a new head when the old one's cut off, oh my god. Cracks me up. And then it turns out it's an Andalite toilet.

17. The Underground. I just remember this one making me laugh because... oatmeal? Oatmeal makes the Yeerks go crazy? It's just funny seeing oatmeal as an illicit substance and a weapon.

19. The Departure. You know Cassie is the only Animorph who could conceive of empathy for a Yeerk. Trapped in the wild with one, there's a good examination of what it means to be a Yeerk without a host, and how miserable that is.

20. The Discovery. Good news: The Morphing Cube has been found! Bad news: the guy who discovered it puts it online to sell and the Yeerks come after him. Good news: they can recruit David to be a new Animorph! Bad news: David's personality/character. Marco's initial assessment, that someone who has a cat named Megadeth can't be a great person, is right.

21. The Threat. Jake's turn to narrate the David problem. It started out as a good thing, but then David gets a taste of power and...goes off the rails. He's a fucked-up kid.

22. The Solution. Fucking dark. Yes, David is a problem and it had to be done, but FUCK. Also, it acknowledges Rachel's battle lust, and how if you need something terrible done, you call for Rachel.

23. The Pretender. Just kill me, Tobias, why don't you. This is one of the saddest books in the series. So sad because Tobias thinks, after all this time, he might have a family. Then not only does it turn out to be a trick, he finds out who his real father is. One of his final lines about morphing into a human so he can cry, ohhhhh god.

24. The Suspicion. MUCH-NEEDED humor after the gut-punch heart-stab that was book 23. Introduces the Helmacrons. These are tiny aliens with enormous egos. They wouldn't be much of a threat, but...they have a shrinking ray. Cassie and Marco get shrunk down and captured on the Helmacron ship. My favorite scenes are the Goodwill nerd quizzing the Animorphs about sci-fi, and the groveling scene. Cassie doesn't know how to grovel, so the Helmacrons tell her and Marco to grovel in the style of their people, and, well, Marco's involved, so you can imagine how that goes.

26. The Attack. Ellimist vs. Crayak. The Animorphs go to do battle for the Ellimist on another planet. While the battle for the big bads is the main plot, they do explore, with the Iskoort, a potential symbiosis situation with the Yeerks. It's a possibility for peace that is sadly never explored outside of this one book, but it's a good thought experiment.

29. The Sickness. Aftran, the Yeerk the Animorphs made peace with 10 books ago, is being held hostage and they need to rescue her from the Yeerk pool. Unfortunately, Ax gets sick...and then so does everyone but Cassie. This is great because it explores human/Yeerk allyship, and Cassie has to morph into a Yeerk, and getting the POV of having access to all of a person's memories, even if you're trying to avoid them... Wow. A bit of a mindfuck. Plus what they figure out for Aftran is great.

29.5 (Megamorphs 3.) Elfangor's Secret. Uh oh, a Visser has found a time traveling device. The Yeerks follow him throughout various historical periods. Very funny ("How do you say sorry in French?" "Ah em verreh sorreh?") and also very dark, what with them temporarily dying in horrific battles. They fight at Agincourt (finding the Visser bc he's cleaner than everyone else), cross the Delaware, go to Trafalgar, D-Day... There are so many horrors. And it makes sense that Rachel gets monotone telling Ax what the Holocaust is. It's implied that Jake is Jewish, so as his cousin, maybe Rachel is, too?

32. The Separation. Rachel tries starfish morph and ends up being split into two parts of her personality. Lots of moments of humor, but also acknowledges the darkness in Rachel. Seeing it unchecked is more than a little chilling.

33. The Illusion. Tobias will always break my heart. In this case, he makes a big sacrifice to convince the Yeerks their new anti-morphing ray doesn't work, and over the course of the book, he gets tortured. It is heart-wrenching, with flashbacks of painful and (very few) pleasurable moments of his past. Tobias will always make me cry.

34. The Prophecy. What do you do with you get possessed by the spirit of Aldrea, daughter of the Andalite who gave technology to the Yeerks? Why, fuck shit up on the Hork-Bajir home world, of course. Cassie is such a badass here.

35. The Proposal. I love the ones where the morphing goes wrong. In this case it's not an allergy, it's emotional issues. Marco's dad is proposing to his new girlfriend, and he's...having trouble adjusting. Why? Well, there's the thing where his mom is likely still alive... Anyway. The primary tactic the Animorphs use in this one is annoyance. Marco turns into a yappy poodle to target a specific enemy, and it ends up working extremely well. Also, Hanson cameos.

40.5 (Megamorphs 4.) Back to Before. What if they'd never taken the shortcut? Jake gets an offer from a powerful being to take them back in time. It's a canon AU. Among other things, Marco and Rachel's bantering turns into dating, which is a fun exploration.

42. The Journey. The Helmacrons are back! These little egomaniacs get me every time. It's humor plus a journey inside Marco's body.

I fucking miss my collection. What was late teens/early 20s me thinking?

#animorphs #ka applegate #regrets #best of #helmacrons

[sttheorycraft]

There Came an Echo

In Season 2, there's a melancholy, relaxing song that plays in three different scenes: In S2E2 with Will/Mike's Crazy Together scene, then leading into Jonathan tucking Nancy into bed, and then again in S2E7 when Eleven and Kali are just meeting.

It's called Outside the Realm, and it's from a 2015 video game called There Came an Echo. Synopsis information isn't easily available online, but I just watched a playthrough of this game and wanted to summarize the bits that felt relevant both as context to this song and potentially implications to Stranger Things. While this post won't be a total synopsis of the game, spoilers are ahead (enough to ruin pretty much most of the interesting bits of the game) so be warned.

The Game

So again, this isn't a full synopsis, it's just the bits that I think are interesting or could relate to Stranger Things.

Basically the game revolves around this futuristic technology which is capable of capturing someone's brain state in detail and then at a later time reconstructing it (think 3D printing a brain into a body in the right configuration) such that the resulting clone believes it's the same person that was scanned. So effectively, it's technology that supports save/restore points in consciousness.

An organization in-game develops this technology and then uses it (first just through simulation) to raise a child with the perfect upbringing - whenever anything goes wrong, they just save/restore until it goes right. The end result (which they do 3D print into a body) is this super genius.

Unfortunately, unbeknownst to everyone, they're living inside a massive simulation ("The Realm" of the song's title) and simulating this level of intelligence unchecked would cause such a massive power drain that the simulation would have to be shut down. So some outside forces basically ruin that person's life to reduce the energy drain (saving the other life forms in the simulation from shutting it down).

At some point they escape the simulation and meet the steward of it, who is a creature from some ancient civilization which, filled with existential dread, has basically created lots of simulations to try to bring about other intelligences and add meaning to their world. The creature is kind but fair, and basically a goddess from their perspective. The song plays when they're outside the simulation interacting with this creature.

Finally, the game flirts with religious topics (and honestly, not very intelligently in some ways - it was pretty offensive towards atheists in particular). It dealt a bit with souls, because of course that's the question with this new technology: is the clone lesser because it (the characters assume) doesn't have a soul?

...

Possible Ties to Stranger Things

Honestly, I mostly don't think the game ties in much here, unless I'm missing something. There was however one line in the game that jumped out at me in big, bold letters:

"You can copy her cells, her brainwaves, but she isn't the same. She's just... an echo." - Grace, There Came an Echo

When the characters learn that one of them was this super genius that was 3D printed after being cloned over and over, a couple of them aren't too impressed. Several characters don't think that the clone is the "same" as the restored creature, that it's worth less (because of it lacking a soul seems to be the reasoning behind it).

This is especially interesting to me because even before I got why the game was titled "There Came an Echo", I was thinking that "echo" is a perfect way to describe how I see Eleven's sometimes empty-feeling imitation of others. Like there's something missing there, like she's constrained to produce only what she hears (like a Kenku), in a way that I don't think is simply because of her overly restricted upbringing (though I totally accept I could be wrong, it just feels like a hint).

Then combining it with my theory that Eleven came from the Upside Down, that she potentially died in the water tank, and her psychic reflection became real by passing through the Gate just like the Demogorgon, completely fits with the theme of this game. The version of Eleven we know best clearly has the memories of the Eleven from the tank, but I'm suspecting it's a copy, and isn't completely the same. That the quote above directly fits Eleven.

I guess time will tell...

...

Usage of Beyond the Realm

I don't however see a tie between the video game and the meaning of the song they used in the show. Perhaps Kali is closest to tying into it - the goddess's name is Iris in the game, and right when the song starts in S2E7, Kali's imaginary butterfly cycles through the colors of the rainbow on its wings (yet another rainbow appearance in Stranger Things). But that's only 1 of the 3 times the song was used, and evidently not the usage the show cared most about:

https://www.pcgamer.com/au/stranger-things-season-two-features-a-song-from-this-voice-controlled-indie-strategy-game/

"It's funny because the show is developed under a code name and while the description of the usage is in the contract, it's really super vague, so even with 'context' I didn't really know anything.  Stuff like 'two friends are talking and comfort each other.' So you can imagine how thrilled I was when I learned that the mystery show was actually Stranger Things 2."

If I were to summarize what the three scenes have in common, it seems to be about like someone's missing half. There's also a longing there I think. And there's ambiguity (in this context alone) with Byler vs Mileven there, because the song kicks on when Mike is speaking about Eleven.

#stranger things #strangerthings #stranger things 2 #st2 #stranger things theory #stranger things analysis #eleven #there came an echo #beyond the realm #big giant circles #Youtube

[fumiko-matsubara]

Writing Exercise 2 // AssClass x Tower of God AU - Reunion

Writing Exercise // AC x Tog AU - Catching up

Summary: In their 10 years of climbing the Tower together nonstop, Team END should have known by now that anything could happen so suddenly.

However, a reunion with an old teammate was certainly not what most of them have in mind.

Word count: 2.3k words

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Nakamura was exhausted.

Well actually, all of them are. But yeah, she's exhausted.

Team END had recently just cleared the final floor test that allowed them to arrive at the 30th Floor, which was basically a more brutal take of the Capture the Flag game, that lasted them over 8 hours to finish.

Injuries barely treated, bodies aching, sleep lacking, and stomachs starting to rumble, the last thing they'd want to happen was to encounter another trouble the moment they had been transported to the next floor.

"Oi Nakamura, are you sure we should be heading this way..?" Okajima barely squeaked out, frozen at his own spot as he fearfully stared at the sight before them.

"That's what it says on my lighthouse!" She hissed quietly, glaring at the glowing blue cube floating beside her.

Chiba should have been more specific about where his goddamn house is located in this floor.

He had told her before that he has his own residence here at the 30th Floor, somewhere beyond this swamp-like forest thingy, which he had given Team END the permission to reside in for the next 20 Floors until they become C-Rank Regulars.

Yet he never said anything about dealing with dangerous creatures along the way.

Nakamura had discreetly messaged him through her Pocket minutes ago, which he had replied to not long after.

"Wait, I just got off from work. I'll be right there." - Ryuunosuke

It had been 15 minutes since then.

Nakamura is surely going to give him a good slap the moment she sees the Spear Bearer. Well, if she can still recognize him, that is, since the dude had that annoying black cloak nearly hiding his entire body when she first bumped into him at a marketplace at the 21st Floor three years ago.

So here they all are, standing frozen before a sort of gigantic forest creature (who looks hungry, by the way), too exhausted and injured to put up a fight, let alone save themselves.

A Green Mulso, Kurahashi had informed them, is a shinheuh that resembles a gigantic Water Buffalo meant to guard certain areas in a swamp forest from outsiders. There are two types of Mulso, a green one and a brown one. The brown ones are much smaller and friendlier apparently.

Kurahashi then oh-so helpfully told the team that Green Mulsos are wild, incredibly sturdy, and cannot be tamed at all, even by the most talented Anima.

So in short, unless they still got enough stamina to spare, they're doomed.

I swear to god, Ryuunosuke. If I die here right now in the most pathetic way I will fucking haunt you for eternity-

A flash of bright blue from a distance had cut off Nakamura's thoughts, her eyes widening as she watched the water-like shinsu pierce through the wild beast before them at a frightening speed, killing it instantly.

A chorus of surprised yelps were let out at the sight, some where even full-out screams.

Everyone then instinctively moved away when the now dead green mulso had fallen to the ground, it's large size causing it to shake for a moment.

"Oh my god what was that..." Maehara breathed out, his hand clutching over his chest.

Some of them tentatively stared at the dead giant creature before them, some where eve cautiously approaching it to see the wound, while others chose to avoid looking at it.

Nakamura just stayed at her spot, the gears in her brain already working to find answers. A blast of water-like shinsu was what killed the creature, which could have been done by a Wave Controller from just the shinsu's form itself alone. Yet the blast itself looked too thin compared to what Nakamura usually saw what Wave Controllers do.

Not to mention it looked like it had come from a very long distance, which is a range that not even Rankers could reach, as once clarified by Koro-sensei when they were still at the 2nd Floor. A range like that is something only Spear Bearers could do.

Nakamura then frowned at the thought.

But are there even any Spear Bearers who use water-like shinsu to shoot? She knows about Lightning and Ice users who make their own spears, there have been plenty of Regulars and Rankers who were known for that after all, but a Water user Spear Bearer is unheard of.

This would be the first time she sees one if she was correct.

"Woah I got here just in time, thank goodness..." A familiar voice spoke out at a fair distance.

Nakamura's eyes then roamed around the tall trees surrounding them, assuming the guy was somewhere perched up at one of them, based from where she could hear his voice coming from. "Well, you sure took your sweet time to get here," she huffed.

A wave of murmurs and whispers gradually built up and Nakamura could make out some of them wondering how she seemed to know the voice that was talking just now.

"The town was especially busy today and I can't just jump between rooftops, you know that..." He sighed out. "On another note, I didn't think you guys would actually go to this part of the forest. This place is inhabited by Green Mulsos after all, you know how wild those things are."

"And yet it only took you a single shot to kill one," Nakamura raised an eyebrow, her eyes darting everywhere, still trying to look for him.

"I live around here. You just get used to them."

A flash of light and suddenly an overwhelming pair of bright maroon eyes were right in front of her, along with a wide smile gracing the face those eyes belonged to.

Nakamura hesitantly took a step back, giving the tall figure that had appeared before her a once over. Sharp maroon eyes, tall nose, plump lips, strong eyebrows, and long dark hair pulled up in a high ponytail with fringes widely parted at the middle ー a pretty one yet there's a tinge of manliness to it with that long brown coat over a white polo and black pants combo.

How handsome.

Nakamura then narrowed her gaze. Something about this person is ridiculously familiar to her but she couldn't recall anyone with this appearance or at least close to having it.

Hey wait a minute. Nakamura frowned even further. If that was Chiba who I was talking to just now and this person showed up then-

The person's smile dropped then raised an eyebrow at her instead. "What's with that look?"

A scream ripped itself from Nakamura's throat.

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"Wow you changed a lot!"

"You think I'd still look the same after 10 years?" Chiba incredulously asked.

30 seconds of dodging mild embarrassment and composure regaining, Nakamura then revealed to the rest of the team that the person who had appeared before them was Chiba, their former teammate who had been seperated from them 22 Floors below.

After that sudden reunion, but not without a strong slap on the shoulder by Nakamura, Chiba soon led the whole team towards the place he is residing in, which was beyond the forest. The route they are currently taking was much farther away from where they were at previously and less closed off.

There were less trees around them and the pathway is much clearer and if they look even further ahead, they can see a wide clearing at a distance.

The walk was fairly quiet, as the whole team was too exhausted from the previous Floor Test to even make enough noise. Some even start to doze off and are just being carried by lighthouses instead of walking, and some of the Light Bearers in the team had just went inside their respective lighthouses.

Kurahashi in particular was fast asleep on Cattus' back, a cat-like cactus creature she had befriended back then, currently in its giant form as it cutely marched beside Chiba and Nakamura, who were walking ahead of everyone.

"Water spears are definitely the last thing I thought you'd use," Nakamura remarked. Unlike the majority of them, she still has enough energy to engage in a conversation. "I was kinda expecting you to wield a sniper rifle or something."

Chiba let out mellowed chuckles. "I actually do own one. But I only use it for specific types of Floor tests," he professed.

"Oh really?" Nakamura blinked at him im wonder. "Where'd you get it?"

"Ah I won it at the Workshop Battle I participated in 4 years ago."

Nakamura nearly faltered at the name almost bitterly but then quickly recovered. "I see," she forced a cheeky grin. "Probably gave them hell, huh?"

"That was Miki," Chiba rolled his eyes though his smile never left his place. "Anyways, water spears. I've always known how to make them but I've only started to utilize them even more around the time I came to the 12th Floor."

Nakamura hummed in response. "So like... 8 or 9 years ago..?"

"Nine years ago," he confirmed. "Enough time for me to solidify its reliability in battle and learn more ways to utilize it."

"I believe this is the first time I've heard of a Spear Bearer who uses Water shinsu to make their own spears," a golden-litted lighthouse suddenly flew in front of the two. "I apologize for abruptly joining in but I am personally intrigued by this discussion, if you don't mind, Chiba-kun."

"Oh Asano-kun," Chiba's smile widened. "You'd be surprised to know that I'm actually not the only one who does this."

"Is that so?"

"But you're still right," Chiba slightly moved away from Nakamura and faced the two of them, bringing his right arm out.

A small bang of water-like shinsu started forming on his palm then suddenly sprouted into a very long shaft that is twice the height of Chiba himself less than a second after. Its blade forming into a drill-shaped head with small flows of water spiralling around the shaft almost prettily.

With a proud smile, Chiba momentarily spun the newly formed spear around. "I'm the only Spear Bearer in the family who had managed to make it sturdy enough to be a main weapon of choice."

He doesn't need to elaborate for both Nakamura and Asano to know what he meant by 'family'.

Ryuunosuke is from the Great Family of Chiba, whose Head was one of the Great Warriors who had first climbed towards the top of the Tower along with the King himself. Anyone tied with the Chiba bloodline is automatically a Water User by default, unless they chose not to use the water-manifested shinsu, as the heritage is that strong.

Chiba himself is not a direct descendant of the Head, making him one of the less important members as the Family Tree is ridiculously huge that a random Regular could actually meet at least 2 Chiba members in each Floor.

But from what he implied just now, his unique standing as a Spear Bearer might just make him stand out in the vast sea mostly full of Wave Controllers.

"I would be lying if I said I wasn't intentionally trying to get my name out there in order to be respected in the family as my own person and not be seen as 'just another Chiba'," he admitted with a determined look. "After all, I was born thousands of years after my greatest grandmother had become one of the Great Family Leaders in the Tower."

He then grinned almost challengingly. "But hearing what both of you said just now is just making me want to work even harder."

Nakamura smirked anticipatingly, trying to bury down the nervousness that had shot throughout her body. That frightening display just earlier and yet he's saying such things like this right now... damn he's grown out of our league...

A seemingly amused chuckle had suddenly come out out the golden lighthouse floating beside them. "It's almost admirable to see how very self-assured you are despite the strong clutches of your influencial family name. I can respect that."

Equally amused, Chiba had vanished the water sphere and turned to the giant glowing golden cube. "Well I suppose my conviction is new for someone who is the only descendant of the Great Lord Asano," he remarked.

"But enough about me, I want to hear your story." He gestured a hand towards him (or the cube) and grinned further. "How did the only child of the strongest Light Bearer in the Tower end up travelling with an old team of mine after that initial claim he had of taking no absolute interest in them?"

Nakamura, who had just been attentively listening to them the whole time, suddenly let out an evil cackle. "Oh man do I have the perfect story to share..."

"No! Her so-called 'perfect story' is nothing but exaggerated lies! Do not listen to her!"

"What exaggerated lies?" Nakamura laughed out loud, her grin even wider. "I literally got a lot of proof saved inside my lighthouse!"

She then gasped dramatically. "Maybe I should just send them to him!"

"Don't you dare!" Asano warned.

Chiba just owlishly blinked at the incredulous sight of Nakamura and a floating golden cube bickering. He was sure it wasn't that long ago when Nakamura had told him about Asano and Sakakibara temporarily joining Team END for a while. Yet the display before him made it seem like their newly formed alliance wasn't that recent at all.

Yeah, there's a lot of catching up for me to do alright...

#impulsively wrote this the past 2 hours and before I sleep #if there's anything off about this it's probably because I'm too sleepy to read back shit I wrote and fix them #also the whole thing is just improvised #my foundation was just the image of them freezing at their spots while a gigantic water buffalo looks down on them #everything else was just what my sleep deprived mind wanders to while my thumbs do their typing magic~ #I'll probably wake up tomorrow and regret writing this WHO KNOWS LOL #assassination classroom #ansatsu kyoushitsu #assclass #assassination classroom x tower of god #tower of god au #nakamura rio #chiba ryuunosuke #asano gakushuu #my writing #writing exercise #good night y'all ❣

[kelltheowlenby]

Luz IS a chosen one and here’s why

Omg I deleted this the first time and have to start over from a super rough draft cuz I spelled chosen wrong in the image and I’m not even gunna fix it now cuz I’m bitter.

OK ok so I feel like I've seen most of this information theorized about individually but with wing it like witches I feel like a connected some dots and my brain's going to explode. So in this essay I will be telling you why Luz is a chosen one, who chose her, and why.

This theory contains some spoilers for wing it like witches, and potentially the show going forward.

So lets start with the theory and then we can go back and review the evidence.

Luz is a chosen one, she was chosen by the writer of the Azura books. This person wrote the Azura books to influence her and created Clone Lus so she can stay on the boiling isles. Her goal is to take down the emperors coven. 

Now let me tell you why.

First, how do we know Luz has a clone?

Well we don't for sure, but the fact that when we are introduced to Gus's clone for the first time the show makes a point to show the clone misbehaving and having a personal identity outside of Gus makes me believe a clone developing it's own personality is something that will happen in the show. Now if Lus does have a clone that went to camp that means someone knew she was coming to the boiling isles. This was planned ahead of time. Owlbert is the one who leads Luz through the door, and it seems extremely intentional. This means it is someone who has a strong bond with Owlbert , which obviously leads to Eda, but I don't think it's her. Eda is genuinely surprised and confused by Luz, so that means it's someone who has a connection to Eda. Someone  Owlbert trusts and is willing to work for. Hmmm put a pin in that.

Now second, what evidence do we have that Luz is chosen and this was a long term scheme, not just a last minute decision?

The Azura books. With Wing it like witches I personally think it's impossible to ignore the blatant parallels between Luz, Amity, and the Azura books. I believe they were written and released in both dimensions to lead these girls in the right direction. They have had a ton of impact on both their lives and their relationship. Without these books they would not trust each other, and honestly would have missed out on a lot of character growth outside their relationship with each other. Luz wouldn't even have chosen to stay in the boiling isles if it wasn't for the cover art of an Azura book.

Not only that, but it’s pointed out MORE THAN ONCE that it’s strange that they have both read/watched Azura content. In the library Luz is surprised they are released on the boiling isles (letting us know this isn’t normal/expected) and amity is surprised in wlw that Luz has seen the same azura movie as her. I don’t believe this is a coincidence, the writers want us to be curious.

Third. Why Luz? What's so special about this human girl, and why would she be chosen for anything special?

Luz impacts everyone she meets, and the people she meets are important. She was intentionally matched with Eda, and not only has it softened Eda's heart but Luz gives her something to live for, to fight for. Twice in the first episode Eda seems willing to give in to capture only to change her mind when she realizes Luz is in danger. That's before she even knows Luz, what would she do for her now that she's her kid? Topple an entire oppressive government perhaps? Eda is a rebel but she’s not a revolutionary. She see’s the flaws with the system the way it is but she doesn’t have anything to push her to change it. Luz could be the key to that.

Now Amity, she freaking adores Luz, and that connection is only going to get stronger. The Azura books are pushing that connection hard. They WANT Amity to care about Luz. Why? Because Amity is connected to the emperors coven. She's a powerful witch well on her way to joining, and maybe eventually leading the emperors coven. Her mentor is the coven's leader and Amity likely has influence over her. Amity is intended to be the inside influence, or a spy, or something along those lines. Swaying her perspective can sway the power balance of the entire emperors coven if cards are played right.

And another reason Luz is chosen? She's powerful as HELL. Keep in mind she's only been learning magic for a FEW WEEKS, she only knows FIVE spells, and look what she's already accomplished. She has brought a house to life with her friends, and amplified Amity's magic enough to make a MASSIVE abomination. Theories are going around about that having to do with friendship or love or heart rates, but what if it's Luz? What if it's her connection to the island? Once she knows how to do a spell she doesn't struggle to cast it. If she has the glyph right she can cast it as big or small or as powerful as she likes regardless of the size of the glyph. She turns Grom into a massive tree with a glyph the size of a playing card. She is never tired after casting spells, she never runs out of magic, her form of magic combats creatures who can literally eat magic for dinner. Luz is no joke, she's a beast, and within weeks she's casting at levels on par with top students and graduated witches.

Now the final question. Who chose Luz?

The easy answer is Eda, because Owlbert is hers, but I don't think that's right. She seems too surprised by Luz and confused by her behaviors. She’s also too willing to let Luz leave. Emperor Belos is a decent guess too because we know he's trying to get to Eda, but why would he provide her with a powerful apprentice before he can even capture her? So I'm going to throw him out the window as well. Lilith? No, she was surprised Eda's apprentice was a human, and that she had an apprentice at all. Amity? lol no sorry. So who?

Someone we haven't met before. Mayhaps a character from season 2 that Dana is excited for??? Someone with access to powerful oracle magic to predict the future and identify Luz and what she needs to be guided down the right path, as well as illusion magic to create the Lus clone. Someone with close connections to Eda, that Owlbert would trust and work for. Someone who wants to take down Belos, and needs Eda's help to do it.

Maybe their relationship is strained, maybe Eda forgot her because of the curse, maybe there's a whole underground revolution and Eda's friend is just a part of it. I don't know, but I'm excited to find out if any of this theory is on par with what happens in canon.

hopefully I didn’t leave anything out. I’m so mad I deleted the post by mistake XD let me know what you think? Do you see any holes? Any additional evidence?

#toh #the owl house #luz #lus #luz noceda #luz the chosen one #the chosen one #eda #eda clawthorn #lilith #lilith clawthorn #amity #amity blight #wing it like witches #owl house theory #the owl house theory #toh theory #kell theory #kell analysis

[jasontoddiefor]

Hello! Seeing your time travel Vader thing made me want to read some Vader centric fics, but I'm like a fringe fan at best and have no idea where to start? Do you have any fanfic recs? Thank you!

I do have a lot of Vader fanfic recs! Most of these are Luke & Vader because I am a sucker for the Sunshine Son and Nightmare Dad. And also canon-divergence because canon is so sad R2D2 play despacito. Otherwise... In general I’d avoid the stories that are heavy on the Imperial politics because those are confusing af. Luckily, there are plenty fanfics that just decide to deal with Vader (angst)! All these should be p easy to follow without in-depth canon knowledge. This list got longer than expected. Have fun :D

Title: Consequences Summary:  AU, one-shot, complete. After their confrontation at Bespin, father and son meet again at a formal gathering and try to reach an understanding—in front of a lot of people. (This story was written in 1997 it’s older than me RIP) Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24188299

Title: Dazed Summary: When captured by Imperials, Luke decides to try to reach out to his father, and accidentally hits on the one time Vader's mind is not at its most guarded state. He's not trying to control his father, but his call, and the trust placed in Vader, cause the Sith's mind to become a bit muddled. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/17698844

Title: Revenge leads to Karma, and Karma Bites Summary: Darth Vader created them for his revenge; the clones of Obi-Wan Kenobi were his to torture and kill. But when something goes wrong and one of them isn't grown before being released from the pod, he's met with a dilemma that could change the face of the Galaxy. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/9055873

Title: Ripples Series Summary: Vader decides that the creation of the Death Star is a step too far, and finally turns against Sidious. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/437479

Title: on the day... series Summary: Vader learns about Leia and intends to make her Empress. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/813801

Title:A (Not So) Typical Day at Skelos' Finest Ship Parts Summary: Luke and Vader meet shopping for ship parts. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/7570984

Title: Father and Son series Summary: What started out as simply answering a distress signal quickly spirals into something much greater for Luke Skywalker. When hit with a strange energy wave, Luke finds himself in the body of his eight year old self stuck with Darth Vader, who has also had a bit of de-aging himself. Now Luke and Vader must work together to find out who is responsible while trying to remain low key. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/448135

Title: Missing and Presumed Dead Summary: Three months after ESB, Luke Skywalker is still reeling from the revelation of his parentage. When he finally cracks and tells Leia, she comes up with a plot to get Darth Vader off his back: stage his death. However, neither of them know that Darth Vader actually cares for his son, so the news ends up creating a Sith Lord hell bent on destroying anyone even remotely involved in Luke's demise. But when Leia tries to contact an in-hiding Luke, she finds that something terrible has really happened, and now no one knows where he is. Meanwhile, Darth Vader starts getting a mysterious, unwilling visitor in his dreams... Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/20799716

Title: Under the Stars Summary: A space battle goes wrong, Luke and Vader end up shooting each other down and crash land on an uninhabited planet. Vader reaches the crash site of the rebel snub before his adversary has regained consciousness. With Imperial search crews slowed down, Vader decides to interrogate the rebel pilot and then dispose of him. That is, until he realizes who exactly is in his hands. Or Luke and Vader have an (involuntary) father/son camping trip, well sort of. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/10099484

Title: Hostage Summary: AU in which Luke grows up as the Prince of Alderaan and Bail and Breha Organa’s son. When Luke is sixteen Bail becomes too outspoken against the Emperor, who sends Lord Vader to take the young prince as a hostage and cow his father into submission. Held captive aboard Vader’s ship, Luke is faced with the unpleasant reality of being the pawn in this power play under his captor’s watchful eyes; until they both realize a thing or two… Link:https://archiveofourown.org/series/1063433

Title: Into the Starlight Summary: The Empire has the Rebel base on Vrogas Vas surrounded, and Vader offers them an ultimatum: hand over Luke Skywalker and live, or refuse and he will raze the base to the ground.There's really only one option. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/24031285

Title: Falling apart Summary: Since Bespin, Vader has come to realize that his health will not hold out forever. After twenty years, his prosthetics are failing, and the botched surgeries aren't helping. Now, he's waiting for his son, and facing the fact that his only hope to survive is to use Luke as a shield, and pray that Luke wants him to survive. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/18111686

Title: The Family Tree Summary: In which Luke Skywalker is stranded in a tree waiting for a flash flood to recede. Too bad he's got company... Post-ESB oneshot, can be read as canon-compliant. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/18591151

Title: Interruption Summary: Lord Vader is the fearsome Commander of the Imperial Navy. When Captain Roderick is called before him, the last thing he expects is an interruption in the form of a five year old boy. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23892787

Title: Darth Vader Goes to School Summary: Darth Vader gets bored with killing people and decides to get a degree in Engineering. He develops an interest in his classmate, Luke Lars. Poor Piett becomes the awkward middle man. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23905714

Title: Cadet Summary: A young Luke Skywalker goes undercover as a Cadet to spy on the Empire for the Rebellion and meets someone everyone fears, Darth Vader. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/20558780

Title: Vader’s Folly Summary: An ancient site filled with ancient technologies, of course Dr Aphra can't resist playing around. The result, one Sith Lord with a lot of options. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23360584

Title: When Darkness Shows The Stars Summary: Shmi’s new Master was strange. He was a large creature clothed in black with his every word masked by a terrifying vocoder. He didn’t refer to himself as her Master, and he didn’t behave like one either. All he did was tell her to stay in the plain rooms he’d provided her and to not ask too many questions.In which a sixteen year old slave named Shmi appears on The Executor. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/23246569

Title: Plain Sight Summary:  Luke is hiding from Darth Vader in the best place possible. Plain sight. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/10824996

Title: His Father’s Eyes, His Mother’s Nose Summary: Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Luke is captured by the Empire and tortured for information. While Luke struggles to survive long enough to find a way out, Vader searches for answers as to why this rebel pilot was wielding Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/14757731

Title: Bycatch Summary: It is a period of unrest for the Empire, the Rebellion has destroyed the Death Star. Vader's failure has put him in bad standing with the Emperor. There are people working to replace him and now there's rumors of Anakin Skywalker alive in the Outer Rim. Luke Skywalker has heard the same rumors and he cannot ignore them... Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/22037440

Title: An Absence of Fear Summary: It started out with a visit to a grave. That day changed everything in his life, but some people, like his son, don't change. His son remained fearless, unlike him. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5789386

Title: Truths and Deceptions Summary: A year and a half after he destroyed the Death Star, Luke Skywalker was trapped, and captured by Darth Vader. In a desperate attempt to save his life, Luke pretends not to remember anything after buying a certain pair of droids. Vader, on the other hand, hopes that he can use the probably temporary amnesia to show Luke how much he cares for his son. Luke just thinks Vader is taking advantage of the situation. Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/18526573

Title: which grows higher than soul can hope series Summary: "If Vader captures you, if he threatens to torture or kill you, you tell him you're Padmé Amidala's daughter." Link: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1220462

#star wars #darth vader #anakin skywalker #luke skywalker #fanfic recs #ask #illsendyoumyconsultationfee #illsendumyconsultationfee

[e11evenkeys]

Pitch: The Adventures of Danger Rabbit- Chapter 2 Friendly Friendly (part 1)

Long story short, my dad wasn't arrested. Ms. Harper made her displeasure quite clear as far as my new form was concerned, but I wasn't taken away. Because of my mistake, dad had a reputation for being a careless father, and I was seen as a delinquent. Teachers started watching our family like we were career criminals, but dad raised me to be a good kid.

Regardless of the truth, I had a reputation that stuck with me as I grew up. Even into my junior year of high school, kids thought I was bad news. It didn't help that I had the worst luck imaginable, unlike Mr. Nickels, who I still had yet to find. Trouble seemed to seek me out. Just the simple act of walking home from school was dangerous enough to warrant fear of chaos. Freak accidents were a norm, and they only fueled the fire when it came to the negative light everyone shined on me. Of course, my dad always had the worst end of the fiascos because he had to deal with the aftermath.

If I had any luck at all, it was spent when I had the fortune of finding my two best friends.

B James was a girl who moved to town after my accident. Her parents were professional magicians, so naturally, I tried to get in good with them. I had hopes of them helping me. It turns out I didn't have to work too hard. BJ was fascinated with my form and impressed with my ability to create my own magic. I told her I didn't mean to transform myself, but I don't think she cared. She wanted to make new spells like her parents, and I suppose she thought I could help her. She overlooked how the rest of the school avoided me, but that might have been easy, considering no one flocked to her lunch table any more than my own. Remember when I said creating new magic was dangerous, well, BJ didn't care. We hadn't even graduated high school yet, but she'd created more spells than a person could count. It's important to keep in mind most of those spells had adverse effects or didn't do what they were meant to, but they did something.

My friend Wesson, a satyr I met in my freshman year of high school, didn't use magic at all. To be fair Fae, because of their natural abilities, didn't need magic as much as humans did. Even I had natural powers after my transformation like super hearing and invisibility. Which I'm sure is how Mr. Nickels managed to avoid capture for so long if he also possessed the same abilities. Wes being a satyr, was super fast and super strong, among other things, whether he appeared to be or not. We became friends after I tried to join the school's Creature club. There weren't many Fae that went to our school, so the club was meant to be a way of letting them all meet one another. Unfortunately, when I tried to join the club, someone pointed out I was born human, and that I was only what I was because I cursed myself. I couldn't join the club. Technically they weren't allowed to exclude anyone, but I thought it best to pick my battles wisely and let it go. Wes, being the best guy in the world, found me the next day and told me he thought the other kids were dicks for not letting me join the club. From that day on, I couldn't remember a time I couldn't fall back on the friendship Wes and I had.

It was two weeks till summer break. All of the ends of the year testing was out of the way, so everyone was waiting for the school year to come to an end. That Friday afternoon, I decided to walk BJ home. Despite my being close to Wes and BJ both, they never seemed to like one another. Every day I'd have to make a conscious decision whether to hang out with BJ, who loved playing magician and getting into trouble, or Wes, who was basically the brother I never had. BJ won that day because Wes had a meeting with the principal.

BJ should have taken the bus home, but I guess that would have been less time she got to work out new magic with me. We took a lot of back roads that day that eventually spit us out into the Dead Woods. It was the town's biggest forest, and it sat in the middle of everything. We learned in history class that old settlers named it the Dead Woods because back in the early days, when people were still coming up with most of the modern magic, they had to go far away from homes and buildings so bad magic wouldn't destroy anything. A lot of people died out there. Despite the bad history, it was a beautiful place as long as you knew where you were going.

"So there's this summer internship I read about," BJ said as we walked under branches while leaves crumbled under our footsteps.

"What kind of internship?" I asked.

We stopped walking so she could take her spell book out of her bag. The pages of her hand made spiral held weight and took time to flip through.

"For magicians. I thought you might want to go for it," she added.

"You want me to be a magician?"

"You created a working transmutation spell when you were 11."

I laughed at her, calling it a "working spell."

"Yea, and I've been trying to undo it ever since," I said with my amused tone still vocal.

"I could help you."

"I don't want to be a magician," I said in my most definitive voice possible.

"But I do."

I took a few steps away. I didn't want to stand too close while her book was out. Some of the stuff in that thing didn't need words to be activated. As she flipped through the pages, there was a danger similar to throwing a grenade into a kid's birthday party. Pages glowed and faded as her hands turned them over. I'm not sure how she managed to carry something around like that without constantly hurting herself.

"Then you should do it," I said as I crossed my arms and leaned against a tree.

She came near, and I knew to expect puppy dog eyes to fluff some kind of catch. That's what people do when they want something

"I need you."

I asked, "why," but she turned away.

"I need your spell," I thought she said, but I couldn't make out her words for sure, and with my big ears, that meant she was really quiet.

"What?" I asked.

"I need your spell."

I stood up straight.

"The spell that gave me fur and left with only eight fingers," I said before I continued with, " the spell that made my feet too big to wear shoes and ears big enough to hear my dad when he gets off at night."

"I have to submit a working spell to be considered."

"Then use one of yours," I said.

"None of mine work."

"What about the one you use to change your hair color?"

"It blinds anyone who sees me cast it."

"Then just use my spell, you don't need me for that, I wrote the words in some book, and I'll give it to you."

I wanted to get off the subject. Anyone who knew me knew how long I tried to find a cure for my curse. After years of turning over stones to no avail, of course, I gave up hope. That's not to say I didn't wish and dream for a way to change back, but being a bit of a pessimist meant I couldn't help but see the uneasy reality of how unlikely a cure was.

"It wouldn't be right to take credit for your work."

"But, it's alright to strong-arm your friend into an internship that'll take up our entire summer?" I didn't mean to sound nearly as argumentative or sarcastic as I must have at that moment, but it came out that way.

"There's a chance we won't even get it," she said, basically pleading with me at that point.

"If I say yes, will you leave me out of whatever experiments you're about to do?"

"But I had something special planned for today."

"That's my price."

"Deal, but you have to stick around to watch."

"In case something goes wrong?"

"I didn't say that."

"You didn't have to," I replied.

We exchanged a mutual grin before she adjusted her glasses and finally flipped around in her book to find the newly crafted spells. We spent most of the afternoon in the woods. BJ wrote a spell for growing plants faster, but it made anything made of wood burst into flames, including all the papers in my backpack. She tried to put out the fires with another spell meant to create rain clouds, but it summoned a swarm of butterflies that flew into the flames. Needless to say, they all died. They died quickly, but at least the fires went out.

By that time, it was getting dark.

"We should get moving," I said as I picked our bags off the ground burnt as they might have been.

"We will never speak of what happened here to anyone, right?"

"Like always," I said with a chuckle before handing BJ her ruined bag.

We started on our way out of the woods.

"Do your parents know you're applying for this internship?" I asked.

"Not yet."

"Don't you think they should know?"

"I'll tell them once I, " she started to say before I cut her off with, "did you hear that?"

"Hear what," she asked.

There was a sound coming from the bushes ahead of us. It was too big to be a cat, dog, or rabbit.

"Stand back," I said as I put my arm in front of BJ.

"Is someone there," I called out into the distance, but no reply was returned.

Only the rustling of the bushes broke the silence as something or someone came near. It was close. There was a momentary pause of nothing but the bugs around us falling silent, and then whatever it was lunged out at me.

It was Wes. He made me fall backward and rip the arm of my button-down shirt.

"Shit," I yelled out.

He tried to catch my arm on my way down, but he was too slow.

"Sorry, dude," Wes said with a laugh as he helped me to my feet.

"What are you doing out here?" BJ asked in a tone more annoyed than me, but I was the one with the ripped shirt.

"I need Pitch."

"Well, he's walking me home from school."

"Schools been out for 3 hours now, and you know how to get home."

"You want me to walk by myself," BJ asked.

"No one ever offers to walk me home, and we're the same age," Wes said sarcastically.

I cut in, "Wes, what did you need my help with?"

"I need your ears," he said.

"Let me get BJ home, and then I'll swing by your place."

Neither of them was even looking at me anymore; they were staring one another down.

"Alright, just make sure 'Bug Burner' isn't with you."

"You saw that!" BJ exclaimed.

"I'll be there, alone," I said as I held BJ back from Wes.

A few uneasy, and unwelcoming glances were exchanged before we took to our separate ways.

"I don't know why you hang out with him," BJ argued.

"Wes is cool," I said.

"Wes is just short of being a toddler. He doesn't use magic."

"I don't use magic."

"That's different; you can't afford it."

"That hurt," I said.

"You know what I mean."

#anthropomorphic #magic #forest #outdoors #nature #lady bug #satyr character #original character #story #chapter

[edengarden]

Hello and if asks are still open may I have a regular match up for BNHA?

Name: Nox

Gender: FTM

Occupation: Student (16 almost 17 yrs old. Jan 4th is b-day)

Sexual orientation: Omniromantic Asexual (male/masculine leaning)

Quirk: Transformative/Mutant, "Zoologic shift" (This quirk allows the individual(s) to transform into multiple animals, but the individual has to have a emotional/special connection or feeling towards the animal and to know it's physical structure to properly shift into the said animal (mythical/made up creatures can be acquired but it is extremely difficult due to the fact of anatomy and bone structure). The user only has a limited time to be in their animal form before they start going feral, if the person is angry or has a different strong negative emotion in animal form, the fast they can become feral (once the user becomes feral they will not remember anything until they have calmed down or are somehow distracted), if the user becomes feral for too long they will not be able to transform back unless they are hurt tremendously or their hatred may take a physical form and eventually kill them from the inside (I guess look at the demons from Princess Mononoke to get an idea of what that is).)

Animals acquired: White Dire wolf, Raven, Orca, Clydesdale, Black Mamba, Barn Owl, Russian Blue House cat, Ram, Fire Dragon, Phoenix, Snake Basalisc

At least 3 positive attributes:

Empathetic (emotional and animal, riots and civil conflict bring me to tears as well as I can feel my friends' pain I and want to cuddle ever dog, cat, etc. I see)

Intelligent (at least in certain subjects like language, art, biology, and physical/hero training), serious (it may come off as intemidation but I just usually mess around)

Diplomacy (I try to avoid any physical fights that can but I will fight as a last resort)

Calm (in most situations I try to keep a level head and it works since when most people need serious help they come to you for advice or to vent)

Justful (kinda speaks for itself)

Soft Blunt and Soft Honest (I am honest with people as well as blunt, but I am not mean or hurtful when I say it)

At least 3 negative attributes:

Anger issues (even though usually calm and serious, when pushed over the edge I can become furious and using my quirk will not help at all)

Self sacrificing (since due to personal circumstances I have started to put other people above me (my friends mostly) and I would do anything, even get myself physically or emotionally hurt for them. It is sorta in a way for having approval for those I care about but mostly is just showing that I care for the people I care about)

Self deprecating with imposter syndrome (it's mostly a form of humor, but I take it far enough where people start to worry)

Dark humor (idk I just like it)

Confrontational (if someone confronts and tries to provoke me I will tell them off but never physically fight back)

Self Righteous (The righteousness is good but usually my self righteousness comes up when it comes to someone's safety or when revenge and anger cloud my judgement)

Children (I don't care for children, but I'm afraid my anger will get the best of me and I'll lash. So that's why I stay away from kids as much as possible for tr he fear of accidentally hurting innocence)

Hahahaha...daddy issues...

Hobby(ies):

Hiking in the woods

Drawing (it's usually vented or dark in some way, but sometimes I like drawing people and animals or characters)

Cosplaying

Cooking

cApTuRinG sOuLs-

Learning about Witchcraft/Supernatural/Celestial

Music Taste:

Lofi

Anti-Nightcore/Nightcore

Viking Chants

Sea Shanties

Celtic instrumentals

Death metal

Instrumental

Old Rock

Classical

Bands/song writers: Skillet, SKÁLD, Faun, Black Briar, MARETU, Steampianist, Temporex, Penelope Scott, Mirical Music, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Angel Maker, Forest Music, Panic! At the Disco, MESA works design, , Harrison (not too much into bands but here are the general ones I listen too)

Appearance

Eyes: Brown/Black has bags under eyes

Hair: Red (henna dyed), it's frizzy at the tips and it's long (cab length) and thick (I hate it's length, but parents...)

Skin: Pale (warm tone)

Body type: In between Skinny and overweight, wide shoulders, actually muscular

Anything else?: Teeth have tiny canines, sometimes can have wolf ears and tail showing, kinda thick thighs-, 5'6ish, usually wearing school uniform. Hero uniform includes a black Cape with under it being a black mechanical suit that is bullet and elemental proof, boots are sharp and steel toed resembling a wolf's paw, wears a head mask that looks wolfish as well in the front but in the back of the mask has fur in the back (look towards some reference of the princess mononoke headgear) (not completely like a wolf but sorta resembles one), the mask also helps with muffled hearing and sight because I am sensitive to those things.

Traits I look for S/O: Empathetic, kind, cooperative, someone who also finds comfort in darkness or the shade, someone that knows how to take things seriously but also having a humors side, trusting and loyal, someone that can work with others (I'm usually a loner but I try to work with others), someone that would at least like to have a relationship that includes physical affection (I am a touched starved peep-), I guess someone that works, likes, or even somehow resembles an animal, some that doesn't get angry easily and is patient, introvert an extrovert doesn't matter to be (I guess if I had to choose maybe someone in between the 2?), and I guess someone that just tolerates my presence and doesn't or call me a piece of shit.

Traits I cannot be around with a S/O: Anger...I can't be around angry people because they scare me to the point I become panicked, people that work towards apathy (I may be empathetic but with someone that can't or won't return the same comfort when needed, they exhaust me), untrusting, someone who is a dick to everyone except me (it just seems suspicious and hurtful), someone who is closed minded, someone that has joy in hurting other maliciously, someone who loves bright lights/areas/lives by the sun, guess someone who wants a 24/7 therapist (again it can become exhausted and I know how it is...it isn'tthat nice.)

Star sign: Capricorn (sun), Gemini (moon), Cancer (rising)

Personality type: INTJ, Lawful Neutral

HP House: Hufflepuff that isn't afraid to kickass

Fun facts!:

I'm somewhat of an animal whisperer

Obsessed with herbs and Crystals

I know it seemed edgy with my hatred towards light, but in all honesty the late does infact bother and irritate me, especially when it's hot

Intrested in the celestial and supernatural

I look at horror and nature documentaries

I've trained my dog to come when I howl

I guess if loving spicy food counts as a fun fact then count that in

Ehhhhh...switch sub-

cAndLe bOi-

I must apologize if this is a lot, I just wanted the matchup as accurate as possible, but again thank you for having the ask box open and I hope you have a good day!

Honestly while I read your description, all I could think of was Tokoyami!

I think it’s pretty obvious why?? You two share a lot of things in common. The two of you are very calm individuals, and I can see you both being voices of reason not only to the people surrounding you, but to each other as well. In a way, I think you can even tend to challenge each other and even push (to a healthy extent) the other to become the best version of themselves.

The VIBE you two have. It’s almost too good. And while Tokoyami isn’t affectionate in public, he’d be more than happy to indulge in your starvation for touch behind closed doors! Don’t tell anyone, but he’s a straight up cuddlebug. And I can totally see him digging the spiritual/celestial stuff?? Maybe he won’t actually know anything, but he’d be so hyped if you were willing to teach him omg I can totally see this as your go-to type of date, that’s so sweet 🥺

Songs!!

- Breathe (In the Air), Pink Floyd (I honestly see you and Tokoyami straight up vibing to Dark Side of the Moon like no other to be honest)

- In the Lap of the Gods, Queen

- Sense of Doubt, David Bowie (THIS VIBE IS SO DARK AND URGH I CAN SEE THIS AS A V I B E FOR YOU TWO - However, Neuköln could be a close second to portray this vibe!)

- Killing a Little Time, David Bowie

#mha matchup #mha #bnha #bnha matchup #tokoyami fukimage

[mikaa-exe]

Demon hunter au | Demon!Hyunjin x DemonHunter!Reader

Requested by @jung-snoopy-woo, thank you so much for your kind words ^^

•Gender neutral reader

•fluff uwu

•some swear words here and there

•might have some typos but I'll fix them asap if I find any

Ok

We don't want to brag here but

You kinda were the best demon hunter of your area

Those naughty creatures got nothing on you

You were always one step ahead

You've been doing this for so long that you already knew every trick they would use to mislead you, every action and almost every face and name -_-

And you could see that they were scared of you, even if they didn't show it

You're basically a whole badass reader damn!!

Let's give some context here

So there's been demons around since before you were born

They aren't the evil bloodthristy creatures that you normally find in books or movies

Well most of them aren't

Some of them kill and do that whole satan thing but the rest are chill most of the time

They're just a pain in the butt jesus

The demons love to be mischievous and play tricks on every one

They steal not because they need money or products but because they love chaos

They go to peoples houses just to mess with their closets and dishes

They eat your food before you can even finish cooking it

They even steal candies from children >:( those bastards

So it's your job to capture these creatures when they get too out of control

You're amazing but there is one specific demon that haunts your nightmares

Hwang Hyunjin -_-

This demon has been YOUR pain in the butt for almost 6 years now!!

The first time he appeared was in your bedroom, you were about to fall asleep when you felt your hair being pulled from behind you

Boy you were hella fast to jump from your bed and grab the closest thing to you in that moment, which was YOUR GUN- no I'm joking, it was a knife, you don't bring guns to bed, that's gross

You looked around but it was too dark to see anything so you sneackly walked to the switch and BAM

No one was there

The fuck

-_-

Now at this point you were positive it was a demon but why wasn't he showing itself or attacking you again? That's not common of them

-"Did you lose something?"

JESUSWTFISHAPPENINGBITCHIGOTAKNIFEANDIMNOTAFRAIDTOUSEIT

The voice behind you made you jump and hit your head in the light that hanged from the wall

Well ouch that was really unecessary

You looked up and--

Wow hello cutie

NOP

WHAT THE FUCK READER IT'S A DEMON AND IT JUST PULLED YOUR HAIR GET YOUR FEELINGS TOGETHER

The little shit had the audacy to l a u g h

Bitch

- "Aren't you supposed to be the best demon hunter here?"

You gave this little shit your scariest gaze

At least the scariest you could while sitting on the floor with your hair all over the place

-"WhY? dO yOu hAvE A pRoBlEm SiR?"

-"Mmh idk... Thought you'd be taller"

And just like that he desapeared, leaving you on the floor still trying to digest what the heck had happened here

So there you go, that's how you two met

From that day on he made sure to visit you almost everyday

He's the one who switches your socks right before you go out just to see you wearing mismatching socks like an idiot

He puts salt on your morning cereal and sugar on your lunch

He goes to school with you and just follows you everywhere

-"Is this what you chose to wear to school? Geez"

-"vxhdbxvvx can you not"

-"That girl is looking at you funny, you should spit on her"

-"WtF sPiT?!"

-"Omg the teacher asked you a question and you're taking this long to answer?"

-"Shut up I'm thinking!!!"

-"What if you stood up right now and started dancing the floss?"

-"Why would I do that?"

-"Why aren't you talking to me? :("

-"Hyunjin I am in class and I don't want to talk"

-"Why do you keep responding then?"

-"I'm about to punch you so hard--"

-"You can't, you're in class"

-"ARHHHHHH"

You would laugh at how ridiculous this situation was if it had nothing to do you with you

BUT IT HAD UFFF

You tried everything to get Hyunjin to leave you alone

Demon traps, boxes, holy water because why not

You tried violence once but the best you managed to do was throwing him some cookies

Guess what

You missed

And you waisted some perfectly good cookies :(

You're not a violent person in general bUT THIS BOY AHH

You even tried talking to him at one point about this whole situation but he was too busy drawing on your kitchen walls with tomato sauce

It was starting to get to you so you reported him to your superiors but they said they didn't have any complains about a demon named Hyunjin

So that means this idiot is only here to mess with you and you only

WHY CRUEL WORLD WHY

Ok

Let's be fair

He never seemed interested in actually hurting you or doing anything too mean

He just seemed to want your attention God knows why

So if you're stuck dealing with him might as well try and enjoy this situation

What do people usually say?

If you can't win, join them

Instead of yelling at him or throwing him your book collection for the third time you asked how his day went and even offered him some cookies

Let's just say he was s h o o k

He just stood there, mouth open and completly lost

JSHDJDBBDNSNVDKD

READER YOU BROKE HIM!!!

You?! Being nIcE to him?!

Is this a joke, where are the cameras?!

The only thing he managed to say was a shy "Good.." and a mumbled "no thanks"

O M G :o

The demon that's capable of spending the whole night talking about God knows what is out of words .. WOW!

The next day you found him repainting his old masterpiece on your kitchen wall but with mustard this time

You quietly walked up to him and replaced the mustard in his hand with a rug

-"I like this smell better"

HE WAS SO CONFUSED THE POOR THING!!

He looked down with the face of someone who was having an existential crisis and started cleaning your wall

You smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up to which he responded with a blink and a worried smile

SJBDJSMBDJE HELP

So yeah, from that day foward you tried being nice to him and understanding his needs and actions

And if we're being honest here

He wasn't all that bad when you got to know him better

Aparently the other demons didn't like him that much so he tried to find other ways to entertain himself

You thought maybe boddering you was his way of expressing himself??

He thought that was the only way he could get your attetion

So you tried teaching him how to help instead of being annoying

He still went to school with you but now he insisted to help by carrying some of your stuff

He was quieter during classes and even started answering some questions on a notebook that you offered him

Maybe it was out of boredom but you were so happy!!

He was learning and that was so good and adorable! ^w^

He asked for your help sometimes with the things he couldn't solve

And you thought he looked so cute when he would bite your pencil whenever a harder question came up

You two started doing homework together and he was getting so much better at each subject

You felt like a proud mother :')

He would now watch you while you cooked for you both and would occasionally ask some questions like why did you put that in there or why were you mixing the ingredients with a fork and not a spoon

So you tried teaching him how to cook

Let's just say he was a whole m e s s

So after hours of intense baking you ended up with a weird red mix and some mashed potatoes

Your kitchen was dirty, sticky, slippery and oN FIRE OMG!!!!!!

After a visit from the fire department Hyunjin promised he would be more careful and ask you before turning on anything

You also discovered he was a whole teddy bear

Omg this boy was so soft and cuddly

He's such a clingy demon but he was also kinda shy, specially at first

THE UWUs

THEY EXPLODED

He started by getting closer to you until your shoulders touched but if you looked at him with a questioning gaze he would immediately push you to the ground and run away with a evil laugh and some flushed cheeks

Whenever you had free time you two would do a movie marathon that always ended up with holding hands or falling asleep on each other

He once had the brilliant idea that you two should definitely watch a horror movie one night

He thought it would be the perfect opportunity to prove you how strong he was and how he could protect you

But it didn't go like he had hoped to

You two ended up a trembling mess of limbs, cuddled up to each other as Hyunjin whispered how bad of an idea that was and how it was all your fault

THIS BITCH I CAN'T-

Some days you would just arrive home totally exhausted and Hyunjin would make you some warm tea and cuddle you on the sofa until you fell asleep

He'd try to stay awake in case you wanted to move or go to your room but you were so warm and cozy that he was gone not even a minute after you

He'd also insist on doing your hair when you were going out

He loved it and he had a lot of fun so anytime he had the opportunity he would ask you to let him help

At first you ended up with a mess of braids and accessories that formed a weird nest on your head

BUT HYUNJIN LOOKED SO HAPPY WITH HIS PUPPY EYES AHH

You ended up going out like that

But he got better with time

Whenever you had to leave him alone at home you would write him a list of things for him to do and others that he shouldn't even attempt to

You arrived later and found your house a little messier than before and Hyunjin cleaning a weird green goo that mysteriously fell on the floor

Y o u r f l o o r

But you couldn't be mad at him now, specially because when Hyunjin saw you he tackled and trapped you in a big bear hug that immediately melted all your anger

How can someone be so cute Hwang Hyunjin wHAT IS HE DOING TO YOU

How dare he mess with your feelings this way

You two started opening up more and more to each other and BAM that's how you got your super demon best friend :D

His mischievous side wasn't all gone, he still pranked you once in a while but now you were sure it wasn't for the sake of being mean

And he made sure to compensate you with cuddles, an attempt of a meal or a gift made of things he found around the house

It so was weird

At first you couldn't handle him but now you two are inseparable!

It's unusual but you both make it work

Your own way ^^

#stray kids #stray kids fanfic #stray kids scenarios #stray kids fluff #stray kids chan #stray kids woojin #stray kids minho #stray kids changbin #stray kids hyunjin #stray kids jisung #stray kids felix #stray kids seungmin #stray kids jeongin #kim woojin #bang chan #seo changbin #lee minho #hwang hyunjin #han jisung #lee felix #kim seungmin #jeongin #this is my first fic im so nervous i hope you like it ahhh

[shipersanonymous]

A Flash fan fiction ❤️

By ShipersAnonymous and Annasorayasmith

....

I remember.

I remember it all. In flashes of red. The agony. The betrayal. The sound of my heart breaking. The silence as they each forgot about me.

As they left me behind.

I remember. And I don't intend to forgive.

..................................................................................

Author's Note:

A-hoy there shippers!

So I've been biting my tongue to keep this in cause I'm terrible at keeping secrets! But it's finally here!

I can't tell you how over the moon I am at this collaboration with @annasorayasmith who trusted me enough with her thoughts and let me put them into words.

I've never done anything like this before and this story has so much it's a challenge to find out which angle is better suited to tell the story (their all so good!). I hope that together we can do the story justice and hope that you enjoy it!

We've mixed a little Godly mythology into this with a bit of romance, a lot of familial drama and a splash of angst! It's a Barry/Eobard fic but to my shippers out there don't worry West-Allen will still form apart of this wild mix!

To my lovely co-author, thank you a million times over for sharing your imagination with me and believing in my skills enough to let me copilot. I look forward to reaching our destination but I'm stoked for the journey we're embarking on!

All aboard!!!

XOXO

💜🖤

*************Cliffhanger Warning*************

Prologue

His chubby fingers curled over the bar of gold that formed part of the crib’s frame. With curious eyes, he lifted himself onto the tips of his toes and peered inside. A flushed face, wrinkled and topped with a thin sheet of glossy, auburn hair, rested soundly against the mattress. The creature looked so small and fragile, like if he reached in hard enough he could hold its head between his infantile hands and squeeze with enough pressure to make it burst.

He smiled at the malevolent thought. 

As if sensing his darkened intent, the babe’s lips trembled before a holler, loud and panicked pushed out of them.

Strong voice for such a tiny thing.

His mother came rushing in, the worry in her eye unmistakable, fuelling his hatred. She swooped the hollering child into her arms and pressed it against her bosom. With the honey milk voice she used to reserve just for him, a song echoed from her chest and ruffled the clouds that they called home. The love in each note pronounced. The admiration and affection clear in each word.

The lullaby breaking his heart.

He shuffled to his mother’s side with his head hung in sadness. With the gentleness mastered only by a child, he tugged at her skirt for attention.

“Ami?” he called, a name he’d lovingly kept from his days as a babbling infant learning to speak, but his call went unanswered. Her attention had been captured by the creature that now laid still in her embrace.

The embrace stolen from him.

“Ami?” he tried again and this time her gaze turned towards him, her body continued its gentle sway as she danced with the little god.

“Achilles, my sweet, hush a moment and let mama put Apollo to sleep.” she pleaded softly, the affection in her golden eyes shining through like the rays of the rising sun. He could never deny her a wish when she smiled at him so warmly. So he swallowed down his pride with hopes that his good behaviour would win her favour enough for him to keep her love. As she carried on singing and swaying, he diligently held on to her skirt.

His tiny palm began to sweat and he tightened his grip. His unripe muscles thumped with a dull ache and stiffness, yet little Achilles persisted.

He was too afraid to let go.

At last she replaced the child in its bed of gold and turned her full attention onto him. His heart beat hopeful that his determination had paid off and when she smiled down at him he reached out his arms, begging her to pick him up. Needing to be encapsulated by her warmth, reassured that he hadn’t lost her. Instead she knelt down before him and drew him in for a hug.

“My sweet, sweet Achilles. I’m afraid I no longer poses the strength to carry you like I used to. You’ve grown so much,” she says once they pull apart and her eyes sparkle with a gleam of sadness, coloured by a hint of maternal pride. But little Achilles, small as he was, failed to read the emotion on her face and simply attached meaning to her words.

Was he now too big because she had a smaller model to compare him too? Was she now too weak because her strength had been exhausted on the creature that lay fast asleep in his crib? Regardless of the reason, there was a single common thread in both explanations.

Apollo.

This fiend he had to call brother had stolen from him the one thing he treasured most. The one fortune the stars had granted him. The love of his mother. He could feel it in the core of his very being.

“Iris!” his father’s thunderous voice boomed from a distance and she turned her head towards the sound.

“In a minute my lord,” she called back.

“Your father is in need of me, I must make haste. I plead thee, Achilles, do not wake thy brother,” she asked and he nodded.

As a reward for his compliance he received a kiss on the forehead before his mother took her leave. He waited till he was truly alone and approached the sleeping babe. Peering into the cot once again, he was filled with a dark determination to see his beloved mother rid of the parasite that harmed her so. With no one there to bare witness his eyes flickered a deep red and the corners of his lips turned up into a grin that rid his childish face of all its innocence. The old woman had warned him that the child that grew within his mother would bring nothing but misery. If she was right about that she must have been right about his quest.

It was his destiny to save his Ami. To rid the heavens of the abomination that shared his father’s blood with him. To be a hero that only a son of Zeus could be. As the seed planted itself into his naïve little heart and took root, the red glow died out of his eyes but it did not disappear completely. It simply slumbered behind the hazel of his irises, awakening each time he laid eyes on his bother.

…

The red in his eyes glows brighter than ever before as Eobard, triumphantly gazes down at a semi-conscious Barry. The loud roar of thunder drowns out Barry’s pained whimpers but the grimace on his bloody and bruised features is enough to appease Thawne’s sadistic hunger for the time being.

The blood stained rain drops, drip from his fingers to pool at his feet where it joins the river of red streaming from Barry, whose breaths are shallow. Each inhale agonising as it vibrates through his shattered ribs. Each exhale bringing him closer to his end.

Barry’s vision is blurred from the swelling of his eyes and bloody rain that wets his lashes, and yet he can still make out the haunting red orbs that glow like demon flashlights.

“W-Why?” he manages to whisper, searching for closure. A reason for his sudden and unjustified demise. Eobard let’s out a spine chilling cackle that slices through the night air, bleeding into the symphony of the storm.

“Poor, unsuspecting fool,” he spits.

“So naïve!” he punctuates his point with a kick to Barry’s side. The young man groans out in pain, a soft, tortured sound as he is too weak to scream.

“So unaware…” another kick.

“…Of the gift you’ve been granted. The honour bestowed upon you. So unworthy of the blood of Zeus.” A sneer of disgust crosses his lips as he gazes down at the weak, trembling figure at his feet. The thought that he is somehow connected to the whimpering mess, shames him. It dulls the glory of the Godly name bestowed upon him.

“Your existence is a mistake! A universal miscalculation. An error bound to bring misery to who’s ever path you cross.” Eobard sneers as he takes the two steps needed to close the distance his kicks had opened between them. Barry simply lays on his back, barely conscious, his eyes closed, his mind flipping through his memories with Iris to help ease his physical pain.

Her smile. Her touch. The sweet smell of her skin. The softness of her lips. The feel of her hair between his fingers. The lively sparkle in her eyes.

“But I intend to fix that.” Thawne declares as he sinks down on one knee and violently grabs Barry by the collar. The brisk movement sends a shock wave of pain through the injured boy’s body and forces his eyes to open as much as the swelling will allow.

Fear slithers into his heart.

“It’s why I was born. My destiny. And believe me when I say….”

Thawne holds his free hand up for Barry to see and though his vision is still impaired, Barry hears the moment his hand begins to vibrate. It’s a gut twisting sound that creeps into his bones and paralyses him. He’s never heard it before but something in him recognises it as a bad omen.

Death is coming.

“… that I’m going to enjoy the honour of ending your worthless life.” An evil smile of satisfaction thins Thawne’s lips as the prospect of his victory gives him the last bit of strength he needs.

A bolt of lightning lights up the sky with the brilliance of stadium lights.

A thunder clap, deafening like the roar of a mighty lion, rattles the wet earth.

Thawne, oblivious to it all, begins to lower his deadly hand onto Barry’s chest.

#the flash #barry allen #eobard thawne #iris west #gods #speedforce #flash fan #fan fiction #flash fiction #romance #drama #family drama #heartache #Multiple dimensions