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strangersteddierthings · 7 months

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Beg You to Love Me

"I'm surprised you even remembered, Harrington," Eddie shrugs, hoping he comes off as aloof as he wants to, instead of shaky and unsure like he feels. He was sitting atop the picnic table, arms behind him trying to look as unaffected by Steve's presence as he can, but he's been thrown for a loop ever since Steve emerged from the woods instead of Robin Buckley, like he was expecting.

"Of course, I remember. I- I've never forgotten," Steve whispers, head down and fists clenched at his sides. He looks more like a child being wrongfully scolded than a man defending himself.

The words pull a scoff from Eddie, though. Never forgotten? What the fuck ever. "Right. Something to hold over me, then, if I'd stepped too far out of line? Mutually assured destruction?"

Steve's head snaps up and he looks horrified, which Eddie will admit to almost believing. Steve doesn't seem like the type to join the drama club but his acting's pretty fucking good. "What? No! I would have never- I would never have said anything about us to anyone."

"Right. Sure. Of course. Your own reputation to think about there."

Something like hurt flashes across Steve's face before it frosts over. This is the face he's used to see on Steve. Cold and distant. "I- whatever, man. I don't even know why I thought..." but Steve doesn't finish his sentence. He just shakes his head and turns his back on Eddie, heading back the way he came.

He doesn't know why that sparks a rage from deep within him. "Yeah, that's right. Tuck tail and runaway again!"

"I ran away?" Steve shouts back, turning sharply on his heel to glare at Eddie. "You think that I ran away?"

Eddie just spreads his hands to the empty clearing as if to say 'look at all this room around me you've never occupied'. "You weren't here, were you?"

"Because you told me to not be!" Steve stomps back to Eddie but stops a couple yards away.

"Like fuck I did," Eddie argues back, because he didn't tell Steve to go away. He'd told him-

"'If this isn't good enough for you, there's the fucking door.' That's what you told me," Steve quotes, "I thought it was pretty fucking clear what you wanted."

"Yeah, I fucking thought it was clear what I wanted," Eddie snarls, lunging from the picnic table, closing those last few feet to get into Steve's face. "Yet here we are!"

"Don't act like this is my fucking fault. Like you weren't the one who forced it to be my fault. My decision-"

"Yeah, it had to be your damn decision! You were dragging it out-"

"-because you were too much of a coward to do it your-fucking-self-"

"-acting like you were. Acting too good to actually slum it with the trailer trash-"

"-so of course I made the choice that was best for me. Because I deserved more-"

"-like what I had to offer you would never be good enough for the goddman King-"

"-than just being your hookup when I wanted to be-"

"-like I wasn't good enough to be your friend, much less-"

"-your fucking boyfriend!"

The contrast of this sudden silence that falls following their screaming match that ends with identical sentiments is jarring. Eddie feels wrong-footed and lost. Confusion and hurt mixing in him that he can see reflected on Steve's face.

"What?" Steve is the first to break the silence, drawing into himself. Arms crossing to hold himself at the elbows as he takes several steps back, as if to be able to see all of Eddie will clear the confusion he's feeling.

Eddie just stares back, slack jawed for a moment. That's. What. No, wait. Really, what? "What what?"

"You- you said 'if this isn't good enough for you, there's the fucking door'. How was I- I thought you- you were breaking up with me!" Steve cries, "you. You said that to make me pick, because you knew I wanted more and you didn't. That's- you were breaking up with me!"

Eddie's in just as much disbelief. "No, you broke up with me! I said if this isn't good enough but, like, I meant if I wasn't good enough. And you left! You walked out because I wasn't good enough to be with you!"

Steve looks stricken and he claws harder at himself, sort of folds into himself like he's going to be sick. "No. No no no, that's- then that means I- it's all been my fault. No no no no."

Eddie stares wide-eyed and frozen as Steve talks to himself. Eddie kind of feels nauseous. There's no way that this is possible. That these last two and a half years of heartbreak have been because of miscommunication. That they both thought the other was breaking up with them and neither actually wanted to.

"Why didn't you- Why didn't you say something?" Eddie asks.

Steve laughs at that, sounding a bit hysteric. "Me!? Why didn't you! I wasn't- I wasn't going to beg you to love me like I had with my parents. You were the one who told me I shouldn't have to do that!"

Yeah. He had. When Steve had broken down and cried on his bed, in his arms, wondering what it was he had done to lose his parents' love. Eddie told him it wasn't his fault, never would be, and that he would never need to beg for love from someone who does love him. It was the same advice Wayne had given him when he'd taken Eddie in.

"I already thought you were wanting to break up. You were being so distant, I thought..."

Steve sucks in a deep breath and nods, "Yeah. Yeah I was. I was scared of scaring you away. Of being too much. Because I- what I felt for you was a lot. I was afraid I'd chase you away if I continued to be so clingy. I pulled back, to reign it in but. Fuck. Fuck!"

Eddie drops to a squat. His legs feel like jelly and he can't keep standing. He squats and looks down so his hair becomes a curtain separating him from the reality of the situation, if only for a moment. Fuck is right.

He's spent his junior and first senior year being pissed at Steve. Hurt by him and what he thought happened. And it's- if Steve's being honest, it's all been for nothing. If they both wanted a deeper relationship, they could have had it. They might still be boyfriends if Eddie hadn't been so wrapped up in his Munson Doctrine. He'd been convincing himself Steve was embarrassed of him, and was working on breaking off their- whatever they were. But he hadn't been.

He's thought such terrible things about Steve over the years. God, what has Steve thought of him over the years? No. He doesn't want to know, actually. That's not what he cares about right now.

He lifts his head to see that Steve's plopped himself onto the ground, sitting cross legged, elbows on his knees and head in his hands.

"Steve. Steve!" He calls Steve's name out until he looks up, looks at him, "why'd you come out here?"

He laughs again, slightly less hysterically, and he's shaking his head like he can't believe what he's about to say. "I. Fuck, I was coming out here to beg you to love me."

"No you fucking weren't!" his tone is filled with disbelief.

"I was," Steve repeats, sounding amused and heartbroken at the same time. "I really, really was. Graduation's coming and I know you want to get out of Hawkins the second that happens and I'm. I was running out of time trying to get you to notice me again, so I was going to beg."

Notice him again? As if Steve doesn't haunt his every waking thought. As if he doesn't dream of Steve every night while his eyes seek him across the halls and in their few shared classes like he's the goddamn night sky and Eddie is a sailor lost at sea needing the north star to guide him home. Eddie's never not noticed him, and he thinks he has to come out here and beg? "When someone loves you, you don't have to beg."

"Yeah, I know," Steve sighs, defeated, which lets Eddie know that Steve does not, in fact, know. He looks away from Eddie, down to his lap.

Fuck, it's like every fantasy Eddie's had of them making up and then making out has been handed to him on a silver platter and he's blowing it. His words are too vague, too easily misinterpreted. Again. He falls forward on to his knees, hands catching him so he's on all fours like an animal. "Steve. I mean it. You don't have to beg."

"I get it, Eddie," Steve huffs, not looking at him. Not actually understanding.

Eddie starts to crawl the distance between them. Steve looks up then, probably to see what the fuck Eddie was doing with the shuffling sounds and the chain on his belt clacking. Eddie watches Steve's eyes go wide, mouth dropping open to a small 'o'. "See, the thing is, Steve," Eddie says, pulling himself up to be just on his knees to shuffle the last few inches closer. Steve leans back to keep his eyes on Eddie's face, which opens his lap up. "You said you know, but I don't think you do." Eddie brings his hands to rest on Steve's shoulders and Steve lets him. "You don't have to beg." He uses his hold on Steve's shoulders to balance himself as he swings a leg wide, to straddle Steve, then shifts his weight to repeat the process with his other leg before settling himself into Steve's lap. Steve's hands land on his hips and Eddie isn't sure if it's intentional or a reaction to Eddie plopping himself in his laps but he's going to believe it's the first one. "You've never had to beg with me."

Steve sucks in a sharp breath and then he collapses into Eddie. Steve's hands on his hips slide up and pull him into a hug, as close to Steve's body as he can get, while Steve shoves his head under Eddie's chin, into the junction of his neck and shoulder and breaths him in like it's the last breath Steve will ever take. "We're so stupid."

"Yeah," Eddie agrees, as he lifts one hand to hold the back of Steve's head while the other drops to rub soothingly at his back. "Yeah, we are."

They sit in the dirt, the closest they've been since that summer between '81 and '82. They should probably talk about. They're going to have to, if they want this to work. Full sentences with no hidden meanings, even though the thought of that kind of vulnerability makes Eddie skittish. It's going to be difficult, but it'll be worth it. Steve has always been worth it.

Eddie wants to say 'I love you', just to get it out, in the open, and not just implied, but there's a different first step to take. One that's actually a little easier. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Me too," Steve whispers, "I'm sorry. I should have-"

"Shut up," Eddie cuts him off, voice quiet and soft as he can be. "This is, and I cannot stress it enough, a we situation."

The huff of laughter on his skin from Steve feels like the start of something. A new beginning, a start over. A re-do.

A goddamn miracle.

Later, they'll drag themselves apart and up. Make it to the back of Eddie's van in the school parking lot to talk. Going to either's house feel too much, too soon. Their big fight happened at Eddie's home, and Steve's house isn't warm enough for the kind of comfort they want to share.

They'll have a talk. Filled with long pauses, stumbling over words and fears and insecurities because this is the hard part of a relationship. Getting it all out in the open so they can learn if they'll even work. The fear that they aren't going to be compatible anymore looms but doesn't deter. They both want a second chance, to give it a real shot, by the end of that first talk. But taking it slow.

They'll discuss what went wrong the first time (diving in without talking about anything certainly played a big part) and how to avoid that.

But that's later. Right now, Eddie just holds Steve, and Steve holds him back, and it certainly feels like the beginning of something good.

@i-less-than-three-you @nburkhardt @afewproblems

#steddie #my fic #this is just Miscommunication The Fic #hurt/comfort #steve harrington #eddie munson #robin buckleys the mvp for setting up the meeting by lying to eddie #shes going to demand a thank you gift for giving them the time to talk #and eddie WILL send her a whole fruit basket

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resident-gay-bitch · 14 days

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May 20; Flowers

Ship; Barty x Lily (Bartylily/deathflower)

@marauders-rarepair-fics

Barty's not really good at all this shit.

You know, all that pish posh romance crap.

He's not really cut out for the nice stuff. He's loud and crude and rough around the edges. Never really grew up experiencing what real love is supposed to feel like, and now he's just confused about it all the time. He thought love was bullshit, actually. A total load of steaming shit.

Until Lily came along.

She rolled her pretty, pretty, pretty green eyes at him and bossed Barty around and now he's head over fucking heals in love with her. Doing just about anything to get her attention, all he wants to do is look at her, and keep her close and safe, and get her to look at him.

She's even got him making a fool out of himself, trying his hand at romance. Regulus and Evan laughed at him this morning, when on their walk around the grounds, he began to pick flowers.

It was Valentines day after all, and walking up to the girl you're in love with and asking if she'd like a shag isn't really boyfriend material. But flowers are, right? Girls like flowers, right?

Bloody hell, what does he know? He only knows that his stupid heart is beating out of his stupid chest as he stands here, with his hand outstretched, with a bouquet of (mostly weeds, actually, but Barty doesn't know the difference) flowers, dead silent, staring intently at the girl who's snatched his heart.

"Are you going to say something, or just stand there like a statue?"

Barty swallowed so thickly he could hear it, "Uh- Uhm, yeah- or- I mean..."

"Barty?" She asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Shit, fuck- shit. Here!" He said, shoving them at her chest, "Date... Date. Me... I mean... please?"

"Are you asking me out on a date?" She asked, putting her quill down to take the messy bouquet. Now that Barty thinks about it, he could have made it look a bit nicer.

He nodded his head quite aggressively, pinks embarrassingly pink. Behind Lily's shoulder, over on the other side of the library, Regulus and Evan were laughing so hard at him they had tears in their eyes.

Lily glared up at him, and Barty thought he might die, "Is this a joke?"

"No!" He rushed out, his voice cracking he was so embarassed, "I... fuckin' hell, I fancy you, Lily. Ain't it obvious?"

Lily's cheeks turned a lovely shade of pink, matching one of the flowers in the bunch before her, "Oh... then yes, I'd love to go on a date with you. How about Friday? Do you think that's enough time to figure out to speak in sentences that consist of more than two words?"

Barty nodded his head, never having felt so excited in his entire life. In a flash, he lent down to kiss the top of her head before rushing back over to his friends. He thinks he might make her up a better bouquet of flowers before their date, maybe he'll break into the greenhouse.

"What the fuck?" Evan said, staring at him blankly.

"I can't believe that worked." Regulus said, clearly confused.

Barty could only grin, feeling like he was on top of the stupid fucking world.

#jay writes #marauders rarepair microfic #may 20; flowers #bartylily #lily x barty #lily evans #barty crouch jr #marauders era #rarepair microfic #deathflower #marauders #ficlet #microfic #rarepair #marauders rarepair #barty x lily

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rainingfishandfrogs · 4 months

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Sailor Moon Thoughts - i know i'm 10yrs late but Crystal's not that bad actually

so i recently got back into sailor moon

grew up on the english dub 90s anime (watch the jpn sub in 9th grade)

had only read the manga once in the past and that was in college; however i just recently bought the first 2 volumes of the collector's edition (just finished V2 actually!)

but this is my first time watching Crystal (mostly bc when it was first coming out there was so much backlash and hate and it made me turn away from it)

now that i've read volumes 1&2 and watched S1 i gotta say...when compared to the manga Crystal's honestly not that bad and i'd say overall pretty faithful

Spoilers for Sailor Moon Crystal!

Usagi and Mamoru

first thing's first! mamoru's age is fixed! fucking yay!

in both the manga and crystal he's a 16yr old 2nd year high school kid! not a 1st year college student dating at 14yr old little girl! he and usagi compliment each other and it really shows in crystal imo

90s-SM fleshes out this couple individually more in the first season and i'm in love with that and they have some really sweet moments and i still ship it ofc i do BUT the age difference got so iffy and squeakable for me when watching again as a grown ass adult!

some of usagi's emotional intelligence is downplayed and she sometimes comes off as even younger than she is and that makes the ship feel uneven and i just keep thinking "there he goes off with his child bride 👋🏽" and it really doesn't help that they animated mamoru looking so much older and acting like a mature 20-something (even tho yes, he's closer to 18 but an 18yr old dating a 14yr old is still so squeakable to me)

the manga is where this ship thrives and it's more believable that they fall for each other especially bc they're on more equal footing but crystal adds in a scene in S1 that i personally love that's when sailor moon and tuxedo mask are fighting zoisite toward the middle of the season (before venus shows up)

i'm massively paraphraseing but in this scene usagi doesn't just tell but shows mamoru through her tears and pained expression that she understands he's deeply lonely and that it hurts her, she doesn't want that for him, she wants to do everything in her power to make sure he never feels that way again

and mamoru tells her that SHE is everything he wants and he doesn't need a magical stone to find out who he is and where he belongs not when she's standing beside him bc her strength and kindness are inspiring and he's not afraid or lonely when around her

"i won't let you be alone anymore" / "seeing your strength makes me so happy" couples are my downfall and this scene cracks me right open

and this is BEFORE they regain their memories i'm fucking dead!

5/5🌙

English Dub

i vaguely remember ppl shitting on the English dub of Crystal and yes i watched it in Japanese first but the English dub is actually really great?! especially when compared to the 90's English dub!! i love Usagi's VA and i think all the voices match the characters pretty well

4.5/5🌙

The Transformations and Character Designs

okay so those 3D transformations are bad

the animation is really jarring at first and yeah it's not good i don't like it but after a while you just sort of...idk get used to it and it's not a make-or-break thing imo now did the 90s anime do it better? fuck yeah! but by the end of the season i just felt meh about them and barely cared

1/5🌙

i remember the character designs getting A. LOT. of hate and yeah i agree that they are too sharp and angular and that the manga was more a cross between the 90s and crystal character designs - but that's another thing you get used to and also doesn't that get fixed later?

plus idk i kind like that both animated versions each take one end of the spectrum with the manga in the middle 🤷🏾‍♀️

2/5🌙

The Big One

okay now the big one - the supposed past love between the 4 heavenly kings and the inner planet guardians that wasn't in the manga and definitely not in the 90s version where these guys are handled more interestingly

i think this subby-subplot that's not even really a subplot is stupid and doesn't amount to anything and doesn't actually make a ton of sense if earthlings and...and moonlings being together is forbidden the serenity had to SNEAK AWAY to see her earth prince and it does sort of take away some of the tragedy that is serenity and endymion's doomed love

like i was going "what was the point of that" when the kings all die and the sailor girls are weeping for 2secs before getting back to busniess and i get wanting to expand more on all 8 of these characters, but that's not how you do it - 90s-SM expanded on these characters better because plot points were stretched out and we got to know the characters more slowly over a longer period of time (plus 2 of the kings were lovers! that's cute as hell!!)

basically this whole thing was shoved into the story last minute with very minimal build up barely any conclusion and it's really uninteresting

0.3/5🌙 (only bc venus dropping a few hints every few episodes was done well enough-ish but it was still stupid in the end and shouldn't have been included the way it was)

Conclusion

even with that though crystal still isn't that bad - overall it's actually pretty good and i love experiencing the manga coming to animated live

the OST is beautiful! and even tho NOTHING tops the 90s theme song that crystal usamamo love theme is fucking gorgeous 😍 in fact all the music in crystal is top teir imo

i do miss the focus on the female friendship tho and kinda wish crystal took some of that 90s-SM female friendship focus BUT 90s-SM just had so much more time to work with and at the end of the day SM is a romance so i understand why the anime adapting the manga more closely focused on the romance more heavily (and that usamamo scene i talked about above is still so. damn. good!)

anyway if you're like me and didn't bother watching crystal bc the hate and backlash when it first came out i say give it a try

it's still cute and still sailor moon and so far it's getting a 4/5🌙

i'll probably do another one of these when i finish S2 (jon and eng) and the volumes it adapted

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archivalofsins · 29 days

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Hey, why aren't you taking about Milgram as much-

There's literally nothing to talk about. It ain't due to the harassment. It's legit just nothing to talk about. What am I supposed to do repeat the same shit I've already said but shorter this time? Bet.

The Mikoto brought in by Milgram definitely committed those murders and not the other one.

Yuno's murder isn't abortion and stating it could be basically equates abortion to murder which it is not. While also not explaining the several men that have consistently been alluded to and their blacked out belongings in Umbilical.

Shidou killed people in comas and vegatative states not brain dead individuals. Brain death is pretty rare its not something that happens often. This man would either have to be incredibly unlucky, working in a hospital that's incredibly unlucky, purposefully inducing brain death in his patients, working in a hospital that specializes in brain death (which, why??? but okay i believe you.), or lying to the family members about them being brain dead so they decide to pull the plug which family can choose to do in the cases of comas and vegetative states which he basically states he's doing in fucking Throw Down at several different instances.

Mahiru cheated on her significant other and this has been foreshadowed since the start of Milgram (her statements on Mikoto someone who is as social as her having cheater energy, and her going I'd never do that ever actually wouldn't that be fucked up. Similarly to how Mu said she'd never be a bully.) And it's bluntly alluded to in the lyrics of I Love You.

Amane seems to have killed someone other than her mom and I'm pretty sure I know who and that's probably the thing she's referring to when she's talking to Shidou and states all her decisions weren't good ones.

Everyone here has killed more than one person. These are all serial killers. Shidou just believes he killed the most, but if it turns out they're ordered by kills, then that would be Mikoto and Kotoko. Which I find that concept fucking hilarious. But Mu only had one victim wrong, driving people to suicide also can be counted as murder under certain circumstances, and both her songs imply this is what she did with other people through her bullying. We just saw the one person she killed directly. So, there's your suicide counts as murder too for those who wanted it. Also, another of Yamanaka's characters before Mu causes people to die the same way and at points is implied to have staged incidents to look like accidents and suicides. What about Futa though- He's been implied to have hunted down everyone else involved in the hat girl incident and I find this very funny given he asks why he's the only one here- What about them when he probably knows full and well they're dead.

Also, for straight fun- here are all the references to Mahiru's songs in the latest Deco*27 song Aitai-lians or at least the ones I saw and brought up in private the day it released-

"Love>a pain, that's incredible but that equation flips so easily don't you know."- "We fought sometimes, I was happy to get hurt. Let's have matching pain, this sickness is pretty bad."

"(hey) miss you, (grr) wanna see you, (sigh) where are you, (gaa) I need you (but) can't have you, (grr) can't see you, (sigh) can't find you, (gaa) can't hold you- Kill me now."- "If you don't hug me even our hearts will start drifting apart." "Sigh... No appetite, I can't sleep, my hair's a mess. What am I supposed to do now? If you won't tell me I can't be me." Along with her saying in voice drama if she can't love like she wants she'd rather die.

"You throwing around that later such a bitch ass move"- " 'See you next week' sounding in cadence."

"Still addictted, but actin' stupid and pretending to be a good girl"- "I pretended to be a good girl but really I don't want to say 'I'm ok'."

"Miss you"- "Love and Miss You."

"Where are you"- "Tell me, oh tell me why, are you not here anymore?"

"Calling you"- "Ring-ring I'm calling you in the middle of the night forcing you to wake up and I say 'Good Morning'."

"Don't test me"- "Even when I test you, even the times we do the breakup ritual."

"Oooh, who dis? I'm so much better, I'm green-eyed, shit. As for lovin' you can't beat me in that department."- "Do you really think you know what love is? If you do, let's just overheat together." "My lethal weapon: This Is How To Be In Love With You."

"You *dumped* me but you're smiling seriously go kill yourself already."- "Kiss goodbye to this feeling because it's too heavy. I can't no way, no way, no way." "Die."

Mahiru: Don’t say you like someone so flippantly! It’ll disappear…… words like “love,” don’t use them!

"Wait who was the hero of this story, huh, can't remember.", "I wanted you to be the hero of this story you know."- Both these lines can play on the fact this line applies both to Mahiru and her victim in her second song "This adorable, earnest, sincere heart is bleeding wailing this is the end."

Though the term hero has been related to Futa a lot as well. It can also be used under framing people in the right within the series or innocent something Mahiru currently I'd and wanted to be. However, she admits to herself doing more wrong in the relationship throughout both her songs. So she clearly knows she's not the hero here.

Also, not speculating this will be her next cover song or anything. I just find the similarities between her songs and this one interesting. I would like it if this was because it would be interesting while fitting with the other ones she got. I just want to wait until the next trial song trailer to speculate on that in depth.

But no, in seriousness, I don't say much unless I have a lot to say and can put enough time into it right now. There's not a lot left for me to chew on. Since I did my in-depth stuff over the course of the trial so I've mostly been taking a break and playing games.

#milgram

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thebiscuiteternal · 1 year

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I love your Nie bros concepts! How do you think the story would've been affected if Nie Huaisang were significantly younger - fifteen or sixteen years younger than Mingjue, perhaps born right before or even right AFTER he became sect leader. On one hand, you'd have Mingjue toting a baby around. On the other, you'd have Huaisang as a baby/young child DURING THE SUNSHOT CAMPAIGN.

Oooh, that has potential! Fandom (especially me) has gotten a whole lot out of Nie Mingjue having to balance between older brother/parental figure, but getting tossed into the teen parent deep end immediately after losing his father and being handed a sect? At fifteen? Whew.

Okay, so I am brainstorming this as I type, (which is pretty much how I post all my twitter concepts :p) so bear with me.

Let's start off by saying that Papa Nie and Huaisang's mama didn't marry by mutual agreement. They loved each other deeply and he took very good care of her, but they both knew she couldn't fill his first wife's shoes and weren't going to try and force it.

She doesn't live inside the Unclean Realms, so he and two healers he'd assigned to her were the only ones who knew she was pregnant.

And when it becomes evident that the shattering of his saber is turning him homicidally insane, the healer isn't about to let her anywhere near that whole mess.

But this becomes A Problem in and of itself when her health inexplicably begins to nosedive late in the pregnancy. Nobody can figure out why. She's eating fine and taking care of herself, but she keeps getting weaker and is losing weight despite the fetus continuing to grow.

Does it -somefuckinghow- have to do with his inevitably terminal decline?

Seven months in, she's bedridden and fading fast, and when the healer asks, she makes the call to induce labor. It might save or kill one or both of them, but if nothing is done, they're both definitely going to die.

Five days after Papa Nie's violent death, as the Nie sect is preparing for their previous sect leader's funeral, one of the two healers shows up at the gates bloody, distraught, and cradling a thick bundle of blankets, trying to shield it from the unseasonably chilly winds.

Let's say no one believes his(her? I don't really have a clear picture of these two yet, except I'd assume one is a midwife?) story. After all, Papa Nie had kept the pregnancy close to his chest.

But the arguing wakes up the -small, sickly, disturbingly quiet- baby in the blankets and he blinks up at them with the unmistakable green eyes of a bloodline Nie.

I am assuming that there are ways of telling parentage in this world, since as many fake pearls as Jin Guangshan seemingly gave out, one would have to know which kids are actually his bastards, so the test is run and yes, the baby is Papa Nie's.

Which puts forth a new dilemma, because the baby is a bastard child.

A couple of people in the room voice the opinion that it should just be gotten rid of, either by finding a parent well away from the sect or... other means, if necessary.

But Nie Mingjue happens to walk in and catch the tail end of that argument and demands to be caught up on the situation.

On being told he has a (very unexpected, very illegitimate) half-brother, he turns to the healer, who reflexively gives the baby a defensive squeeze and steps back.

Nie Mingjue's exhausted, red-eyed, and so pale that he practically matches his mourning robes. He looks like hell.

The moment the baby lays eyes on him, he giggles and reaches for Nie Mingjue's hair, and everyone sees the moment his bruised, grieving heart latches on to the infant. They can just tell the baby's not going anywhere, that Nie Mingjue refuses to lose any more relatives right now, even one he's only just met.

"Did she give him a name?"

"Huaisang. She wanted to name him the same way we do," the healer clarifies when Nie Mingjue gives her a questioning look.

"Okay, then. Hello, Sang-er."

#mdzs #nie mingjue #nie huaisang #nie brothers #using my headcanon that the nies use birth names that sound like courtesy names #for expediency's sake #ideas #train-of-thought writing #this didn't get into a full timeline #because i got caught up in Feels #oops #larger age gap nies

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sehnsuchts-trunken · 10 months

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Hi, may I get a match-up for the hobbit please? I'm genderfluid they/them) and would like to shipped with a masc character please.

I'm an INFP-A, 9w1. My horoscope is gemini sun, leo moon, and libra rising. All of those are extremely accurate lol. I'm very whimsical and distant, but once you get to know me I'm even MORE whimsical and very emotionally intense lol. I'm a bit of a manic pixie dream girl lol. My intensity usually intimidates people, but otherwise I'm very open and friendly once you get to know me. I'm observant and introspective, which ironically makes it difficult for me to make friends and makes me a bit sensitive. I'm extremely compassionate, empathetic, patient, and understanding. It's one of my worst traits as well, since i struggle with forming boundaries and being angry at people who mightve wronged me. I'm also incredibly indecisive. I'm not a pushover though, and have no problem gently letting ppl know when I disagree with them or something.

The animals that my friends/family say remind them of me are bears and elephants. My favorite color is yellow, and my favorite flowers are honeysuckle and jasmine. My favorite season is a tie between summer and winter, even though I HATE the cold.

With my friends I'm very chaotic and they describe me as "a silly gnome/goblin". When with them i initiate most hangouts and have always been a sort of ring leader.

My giving love language is quality time and words of affirmation. Receiving they are physical touch and quality time.

I come from an abusive household and had to look out for my younger siblings (2 younger sisters and 3 cousins who are basically brothers).I've been through a lot and that's given me a unique perspective on the world and what it means to be alive.

For hobbies I really enjoy reading, crafting, writing poetry and am very good at it, and just spending time outside. I love listening to music and listen to absolutely everything and enjoy it lol. I'm very go-with-the-flow and am down for practically anything and everything at least once. I don't like mean-spirited things/people, the cold, and being man-handled lol.

My style is very hippie/70s with goth influence. I have very long dark straight mahogany hair and blue eyes, and a very small/petite frame (hence not liking being manhandled lol). I'm very pretty in a free-spirited way, and I'm quite graceful.

My ideal type is someone who can get me out of my shell a bit while still appreciating my soft/whimsical side. Someone who can have my back and we can be our inner children together, if that makes sense. I'd do well with someone who could understand me, and help me be the best version of myself. I believe love and empathy are the only things worthwhile in life, in all the various forms they take, despite what I've been through. It terrifies me though, so id need someone to convince me to take that leap with them. Its easy to scare me off as well so someone who could understand how to approach me without overwhelming me would be best. In relationships I'm very much drawn to a twin flame sort of dynamic lol.

((I'm sorry if I did this wrong, I couldn't find any rules through navigation on mobile or anything other than your post about opening match-ups, I'm so sorry if I did this wrong! Thank you so much💗))

you did everything right, no worries!! there actually should be a post on rules and stuff tho so um, i'll have to go check what's wrong with that soon. but you're all good!!

im a bit insecure about just how this turned out, cant really tell if you'll like it but we'll see!

I ship you with...

Fili!

You've known Fili your entire life. You were born at around the same time Kili was and you're pretty sure that's the reason why you're so close to them. It makes sense. Your parents had never been the best and you had a lot of family that you were happy to escape from now and then, plus Dis was lovely and more of a mother to you than yours ever was. So you spent the better part of your childhood with Kili - and with Kili meant with Fili as well, because they came in a package deal. Always.

While Kili grew to be your best friend, much like a brother, Fili... you'd always felt a few butterflies around. You could've written it off as some kind of childhood crush, of an infatuation in your teenage years, but honestly, you'd never quite got over it. You were older now, old enough that you should have long since been normal about the whole thing, old enough to have found work for yourself and left your parents behind. But you were still just as close to Kili and Fili and no, you were not over your crush in the slightest. Over the years, you'd just gotten better at pushing it down and suppressing it.

So you're there with them when Thorin calls on them for the quest of reclaiming Erebor. You're there because you're practically family, because Thorin knows and trusts you, and you're just as quick to agree as his nephews. And why wouldn't you go? You love them all dearly, you'd never been on an adventure before and Erebor was your home too, after all, or would have been at least, under different circumstances. So a few weeks later you start out on a life-changing journey with your two favourite dwarves in the whole world and you're honestly only a bit wistful because you'd had to leave your books and paper behind.

The three of you are a force to be reckoned with. Kili matches your chaotic energy exactly and Fili is - though certainly being the most responsible out of the three of you - still not nearly as responsible as his uncle, so your journey to Bilbo's little home all the way in Bag's End is some of the most fun you've had in your entire life. Daily life with them is obviously great as well, but what with your work and all, you haven't seen them this much in a long, long while.

It quiets down a bit when the rest of the company joins (most of them you know, some of them you can't remember), but you're still enough to get on Thorin's nerves quite a lot. You do make friends with Bilbo, though, who's drawn to just how whimsical and open you are. He may have been a bit put off by your joking about with Kili and Fili at the start, but you have him charmed a few days into your journey. You talk about books and plants and really, anything at all, and by day six you think you may have found a new life-long friend in Bilbo.

But even though you're now spending your time getting to know someone new, you're still as observant as ever, and you notice - of course you do - that the closer you get to Bilbo, the less you see of Fili. Kili is always close by and you certainly spend at least half of your time joking about with him, but whenever you ride or walk next to Bilbo, talking and laughing, Fili seems to disappear somewhere into the background, so much so that you actually have to search for him to spot him. It hurts, a bit, because you can't seem to pinpoint just what's wrong for a while. Wasn't everything just fine when you started out on this journey? Had you said something, done something wrong? You knew this kind of thing from your parents, but never from Fili, especially because he knew about... well, about everything, really, so he knew just how sensitive you could be about things like these. You did your best not to let it bother you too much.

Instead, you focused on Bilbo. He was funny and sweet, intelligent and understanding and for as much as you love the dwarves, for as much as you love your kin, you like that he's not as rough and intense. He's different. And maybe you're a bit different than the rest of the dwarves, too - you'd always been a bit slimmer and smaller and more petite than the rest and maybe that had shaped your personality in some way, too, you weren't sure. Maybe that's why the two of you grew so close in such short time.

You express your feelings for him quite the same way you do for everyone: loud and chaotic, just the way you are. You tell him that he's funny and sweet, intelligent and understanding because that's exactly how you show people that you like them, so, well, you do. But every time when, in the spur of the moment, you give Bilbo a friendly compliment, out of the corner of your eyes you see Fili scoff. You frown and try not to interpret too much into it, but it's hard - after all, you've been doing nothing but interpret and think and imagine because you've kept all of your feelings for Fili bottled up inside of you for your entire life, analysing and wondering if maybe, just maybe, there was a tiny little chance that he liked you that way, too. Not that you've ever really found anything. He was always just Fili.

But not this time. No, not this time. This time he's scoffing and turning away and staring gloomily at you when he thinks you don't notice because you're too deep in conversation with Bilbo. You do, though, definitely, because he's not being as secretive as he thinks he is. You watch him argue with Kili one evening, which you're sure hasn't happened this severely in years. Simply put, he's being weird.

He stomps off and Kili plops down next to you right after - you ask, of course, what's wrong with his brother, but you've asked Kili multiple times already and he simply won't tell you. And as much as Fili's behaviour is upsetting you, you won't go up to him either, because you're not that kind of person that pushes others - you're not even really angry, you rarely are, because whatever the reason is why Fili is behaving this way, there surely is a reason and you know him well enough to be aware that it's a good one too.

It all comes to an end in Rivendell. Most of the dwarves are in a bad mood, Bilbo hasn't been as ecstatic the entire journey and Gandalf seems to be much happier here than travelling, so the company is a bit split when it comes to their opinions on this place. You don't mind it much. You like being clean for once. Bathing had become a luxury. So while the dwarves keep complaining and brooding moodily, you're talking happily with Bilbo and Gandalf.

The elves seem a bit put off by you, but you're used to that, and after a night in Rivendell, when the dwarves have started brooding less and - well, no, they're still complaining just as much - some of the elves are conversing more and more with you. Maybe it's because you're spending most of your time with Bilbo and Gandalf (and Elrond in tow) or maybe it's because you're open and friendly, but either way you're meeting new people left and right. And that's when Fili's behaviour changes yet again.

Instead of staying out of your space and scoffing, suddenly he's by your side everywhere you go, every step you take. You're happy at first, excited that he so surprisingly comes back to you (now you're glad that you weren't all that angry in the first place), but it becomes clear after a few minutes already that he's not there to talk to you very much. It seems that he's made it his mission to stand gloomily beside you, glare at everybody who comes close to you and generally answer everything you say to him with an unmotivated "hmpf". It irritates you.

But when you get woken up by an annoyingly loud knock in the middle of the night, that's it for you. You open the door to see Fili and you're not even angry, you're really just... tired. In every sense. He's standing there in his night clothes and he seems to have had an epiphany of some sort, he looks starstruck and you're so done. You're so done you just pull him in, close the door, get back in bed, pat the empty space next to you and tell him that if he wants to talk, he should do it quickly, before you fall asleep again.

He stands in the middle of your room for so long you've actually almost fallen asleep again when he speaks up. Stuttering, which isn't what you're used to at all when it comes to him, and stumbling over his words, admitting that he's been acting stupid, that he's been acting dumb, admitting that the reason, that reason that you were sure was there, is that he's in love with you. Deeply, desperately, for so long he can't remember a time when he wasn't.

You don't really think you've heard him right but you also don't care. It's too late, you're too tired, he's looking too warm and broad and comfortable and before you can think about much anything, you've reached for him and guided him to your bed and cuddled up to him - he smells familiar, he feels safe, and he's reaching his arms around you and placing a kiss on your hair and telling you good night and somewhere in your hazy mind, you recognise the weird feeling in your stomach as butterflies.

The next morning, you wake up warm and cozy and when you open your eyes, you're facing Fili. You're actually, honestly, truly facing Fili. It takes two seconds to register. Then you feel his breath on your lips and his forehead against yours and your eyes fall closed all by themselves as you listen to him ask if he can kiss you now. You let him. Of course you let him.

You actually do talk it out that morning, though. Between a lot of kisses and a lot of cuddling, there's also a lot of talking. You're a bit nervous (even though that feeling settles after about the third or fourth kiss) but Fili has always been good at convincing you that you were brave and strong enough to do anything, and with the rhythmic stroke of his hand on your arm, the way he beams at you when he makes you giggle, how happily he listens to you talk, all of that convinces you in just a few hours how very right you were to pine for him your entire life.

When you don't show up for breakfast, you guess the others were worried some elf had killed you in your sleep, so Kili comes knocking on your door some time before noon. In full Kili fashion, he doesn't really knock at all, he more like just comes barging into your room, so you have barely enough time to look up before he stands at the foot of your bed with a dumb grin on his face that tells you he was very much aware of what was going on with his brother the past few weeks.

You don't mind. You don't really mind anything anymore. Because you spend your days in Fili's arms now, with his hand in yours and courting braids in your hair, and you're happier than you've ever been before. Now the people you'd always considered family more than your real family did become your real family, a few years after you'd recovered Erebor, on the day that you marry Fili. The happiest day of your life, because Fili made you feel exactly the way you'd always wished he would, because he was exactly what you'd always wanted, because you loved him. And because he loved you.

#matchups #hobbit matchups #the hobbit matchups #matchup #fili durin #fili #fili durin x reader #fili durin matchup

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s-sputnik-k · 2 years

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I'm asking about the plastic tupperware 👀👀

CW: anxiety

SO I'll try to keep this short but there's so much I wanna talk about skdhdsh

Me, my mum and my sibling were lucky enough to get VIP to Blind Channel in the UK last week. We've actually met them before as we got into them at the start of 2018, around the time when Alone Against All came out, because I remember my mum showing it to us and being like, isn't this band good! isn't he cute! About Niko and at the time we were just like. Mum it's just a dude in a hat.

But now he's our dude in a hat and we love Blind Channel!

So ye we met them in late 2018 when they supported All That Remains and Sevendust, it was mad because they literally just stood at the merch stand of a really small venue, there was barely anyone interested in talking to them so we got sooo lucky. Joel came out to the merch stand late, his hair wet presumably after a shower, and my nan (for some reason we brought out nan to the gig, we love her tho) was like "Have you been sleeping?" and he just looked so confused, and was like, "No... I had a shower..."

That isn't really relevant to the story but it's kind of a family inside joke sjfhsh

So ofc, we were so excited when they got awards in Finland, we waited on the results of UMK and watched Eurovision despite it not being our normal family tradition, because we loved Blind Channel and could not BELIEVE that the guys my mum befriended on Instagram back in 2018 were doing all of this. I also didn't notice until I watched Dark Side come out that Aleksi was in the band skfhssh I'm so unobservant I thought they were just mates (my mum hasn't talked to Niko on Insta in ages btw so I'm not gonna claim to actually know the members loll but put it this way, at the time I spoke more to Niko through my mum than I did to my uncles)

So that brings me to most recently where we got VIP tickets, including meet and greet, to the Birmingham show on their European tour. And I was wondering what the hell to give them as a gift.

(dw this is relevant) I met a cute Scottish band called Single By Sunday a while back and gave them origami cranes matching their hair colours (idk if the band is still together but they're really cool dudes!) and the crane thing was kinda personal to me because they were one of my first healthy coping mechanisms, where I would make those to calm down back in primary school. And they're also meant to bring good luck, I don't really believe in luck but it's a nice sentiment.

So I spent an hour every day for the past week or so customising and folding these delicate little things:

They have the logo in the middle, and they say blind channel one way and their names the other way.

And now we get the story of the tupperware:

Ofc they're delicate little things and I wanted to protect them so my brother suggested put them in a container. I tried to find the container that was the least pasta sauce-stained.

So, it's Saturday afternoon, we got up super early to get the coach to Birmingham, we walked around grand central and bought a big plush pig from a plush shop and called him Porko. More on him later skfhs he's his own story tbh

So we got into our outfits at the hotel and headed to the venue, and we got let in for VIP by none other than... Santeri, the tour manager (I think) who I actually had no idea who he was up until the previous Wednesday, I'd just seen his face in videos a few times before then, but my mum pointed him out to me at the Manchester gig.

So, Saturday. I was shaking so bad when the band came in skdhdhs I haven't shaken that bad in a while lmao. Felt so funny holding a little tub while I was shaking like a madman.

Santeri was funny that day anyway, pretty sure he asked us to please be orderly because he was hungover, lmao

My sibling gave Joonas the pig plush, if you saw the video on their story recently of Olli and Joonas throwing a big plush against a wall backstage, that's the pig we gave them skdhdsh

So then it was my turn. I think I was last in the line to get a picture, not that I would have noticed, I felt like I had tunnel vision I was so nervous skdhss. So I tried to do the whole thing I'd practiced, it was so awkward because I was holding like so many things, with the tub and the lid and trying to get my phone on the camera app to hand to Santeri (he was taking all the pictures on our phones), and trying to hand out the cranes at the same time.

So ye I went down the line handing them out, until I got to Joel, and only him and Olli were left, and there was one crane left in the box, which was Olli's

Considering the vivid memory I have of that feeling of panic, I'm surprised I didn't cry on the spot lmao.

I just stared at Joel and the box for like TEN SECONDS STRAIGHT skfhshdb I had no idea what to do, I was trying to think out a way to explain something that I had no idea how it happened, only to have Santeri come over and hand a crane to Joel.

Took me like another 10 seconds to process what the hell happened, I was so confused until after jsjjfsh

So after that I got to Olli fine, gave him his crane and told him I still play bass after he told me last time that us bassists have to stick together :} I love him sm fr sjfhsh

So ye and I was dying so much after the whole cranes connundrum that I almost had my picture taken holding tupperware, luckily my sibling snatched it out my hands before Santeri took the pictures dkfhsh

Also, Santeri is rlly nice like, they were on overtime and he let me get Aleksi to sign the back of my jacket since he wasn't in the band last time I met them

But that doesn't mean he didn't give me a heart attack and a half lmao, my mum explained to me that while I was having my 'tunnel vision' moment, Santeri had taken Joel's crane from the tub (I'm still amazed at how I literally didn't see that happen) to look at it because he was curious

And then while they were packing up after the VIP, Santeri had his hands full of all the gifts (he held Porko the pig at arms length away for some reason djdkdsj which we found hilarious), was struggling to hold all these delicate little cranes, so we offered him the tub, and he was like "are you sure? Are you sure you really don't need it?" And we were like, ye take it!! We don't mind

So ye, that's the long-winded story of how giving blind channel origami cranes was both a nightmare and a dream come true, and how we gave Santeri the tupperware that was almost in my picture with Blind Channel

This probably isn't as wild to others as it is to me because it was literally 2 days ago and I'm still so excited sjdhsdh and Santeri is an icon and a meme for us now skdhsb

#blind channel

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ryan-shepard-writes · 2 years

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Contest Story: What Once Was

Heya! This is my entry into the writing contest being held by @athena-anna-rose! It's a short story involving some characters from my book, Fate's Crystal Majesty, and hints at some of the events to come. I recommend reading it in the original document HERE, because Tumblr breaks everything and doesn't allow for other fonts (and also removed every ounce of formatting in the story).

I put a lot of thought into what scenes to show, so I hope you find the story interesting!

"I've been meaning to say this for a while," said a voice, light and playful like a bell. "...But you really are pretty cute when you're lost in a good story, mister Crown Prince!"

Solaris Trinidad Coronis nearly slammed his book closed, face turning red as his head whipped around. There, standing behind him, was a young mage— a student at the nearby university, and a familiar one. Her blonde hair and aquamarine eyes would have been a dead giveaway, even if her uniquely folded ears didn't signal her identity and status. A human-Rorvan hybrid, with strong magic and eyes nearly as mesmerizing as his own, could only be one person.

"O-oh, you're… Lunari Nitewing, correct? I believe I've seen you around…" He asked, adjusting his glasses, doing his best to ignore her commentary on him and hoping the magic in his eyes hadn't flared up. He nearly winced as he glanced at the nearby clock, suddenly noticing the time. The pups would probably tease him again for staying out so late...

The young half-Rorvan nodded, grinning. "Yes, your highness. But I'm surprised you remembered my name… They say you spend too much time with your head hidden in these books to notice much, and I'll admit, this library is where I usually end up seeing you."

He sniffed, wolf ears giving a disdainful twitch as he collected his studying materials. "Well 'they' don't seem to know the value of being well-read… but at least they're smart enough not to insult me to my face, I guess…" Though… he thought wryly, I'd have to be blind not to notice the most magical young woman on the planet. "...You ought not to listen to gossip, Miss Nitewing. You have a lot of talent."

"I find your studious nature endearing, actually!" The girl giggled. He suddenly realized how petite she was as she sat on the table, her eyes just barely higher than his were. "Makes you seem like a normal person."

"You'll find that I am a normal person, Miss Nitewing," he said, voice even. "I do what I can to make sure that being a prince doesn't get in the way of being a good citizen… or parent, though I can't say I'm doing a stellar job at the moment. I ended up getting lost in my reasearch."

He stood then, gathering his books in his arms, then gave the girl another quick once-over. Sky blue Rorvan-inspired blouse over white pants, dark boots, a charming blue headband to match her top, tasteful floral scented oils along her pulse points… she looked a bit too nice for a trip to the library.

Is she… going out with someone?

He gave a polite cough. "If you're planning to meet someone, you shouldn't be chatting me up… someone might get the wrong idea if you speak to me."

She smiled almost pointedly. "Oh, I don't know if I'm going out yet… the guy I like doesn't seem to notice me as much as he thinks he does. I'm actually here to talk him into going to dinner with me."

Solaris blinked, suddenly a little surprised, and annoyed on her behalf. What kind of idiot wouldn't notice her? "Oh… that's too bad. Someone as interesting as you should be at the top of anyone's list. Are you meeting him here?"

The young woman giggled. "Actually, he's already here. I'm just running a social experiment to see how long it takes him to notice."

Prince Solaris looked around. His lanky build let him have a good view of most places, and from where he was standing… this floor of the library seemed empty, aside from himself and the young mage that still sat rather casually on the table.

I don't see…?

"You know…" she started, and when he looked down at her he found that her eyes almost seemed to twinkle in the artificial light of the nearby reading lamps. "...I've been saving up for this date for nearly a month, so it'll be a shame if he turns me down."

Solaris blinked, noticing a hint of humor in Lunari's eyes, but chivalry won out over his ability to think past the sudden twinge of his heart. "That is quite a power move on your part, Miss Nitewing… but I must say, any man that forces you to pay for him as well as you, isn't worth your time. Call me old-fashioned, but a first date should be a meeting of equals."

She giggled, and he suddenly twitched to adjust his glasses. "If it were a normal man, I'd agree… but I'm afraid that I'm quite fond of this poor soul. He and I haven't talked much, but…" she said, looking up at him, eyes sparkling in shades of blue. "The medium of my magic is Shadow… and shadows tend to talk. This particular man's shadow says he's lonely, and a bit tired from all the stress he's been under after an awkward breakup. I decided it might be nice to treat him and his children to something fun. Maybe ice cream, since I know he has a thing for sweets."

Solaris suddenly blushed. Children? She has eyes for someone with kids? That would make him probably as old as… probably a lot like… and he enjoys ice cream like…

"...Oh."

"I've been watching this man from afar…" she confided, looking almost shy, as if watching the dots connect in Solaris' head while his ears twitched in embarrassment. "I don't think he really noticed. I've been trying not to scare him off, you see, since he's the type who tends to overthink things. I didn't want him to think that I was just approaching out of the blue or that I wanted something I shouldn't… but I didn't quite know how to start a real conversation with such a dignified gentleman."

The prince looked away, rubbing the back of his neck. "...What will you do if he declines?"

"Probably just try again tomorrow. I'm very persistent!"

"And you don't mind that he… has children?"

"Not at all!" She said, her voice taking on an almost teasing note. "There's no shame in having loved before, in my opinion."

Solaris swallowed, trying to ease his dry throat. Looking out at the light beyond the library's windows steadied him. "You know… if you decide to go through with this, I can't promise any sort of happiness, or peace. You're already a bit of a celebrity… and this will only make it worse. A student mage really shouldn't go chasing trouble."

But he suddenly found that bright, blue-eyed young woman standing in front of him, looking up at him with an almost cocky grin. "Well, your highness, you'll be pleased to know that I'm a very stubborn person, and I don't often take 'no' as an answer."

For a split second, the older man allowed his own magic to activate, taking in and reading the light that sparkled in Lunari Nitewing's eyes. There was no deceit, or greed, hidden in those scattered points of blue. Her hidden light held bravery, and wit. An unwavering sense of commitment. A hunger to belong, but no lack of self-love. And above all, there was a note of trust. As if she already knew the outcome of this conversation before he had even known to look up from his books.

"... I refuse to let you pay, Miss Nitewing."

She laughed, the sound as gentle and radiant as a song. "And I refuse to let you turn down the offer. I will buy your kids ice cream, whether you think I should or not!"

Solaris sighed, grinning in spite of himself as he offered the young woman his hand. "Then I'll just have to pay for our second date."

"Luna! I knew Father was taking us to see you again!"

Lunari laughed, suddenly finding herself in the tight embrace of Solaris' second-oldest son. She and the older prince had been "dating" for more than a few years, now, and the children had really warmed up to her. "It's good to see you too, Crowlyn," she said, smiling down at the boy. "Seeing your faces makes the exams I finished today totally worth it."

The elder son, Rolliore, came up next, grinning wildly, while Solaris' daughter Kay'Ori, Crowlyn's twin, brought up the rear. The child hugging her let go as quickly as he latched on, grinning. "I bet you aced every test!"

"We'll see," she giggled, smiling at the other two as well, then looking around. "Hmmm… where is his highness? He doesn't usually let you pups run wild."

"Father went to get flowers…" Rolliore said, sobering up dramatically, the two younger children following suit. "He'll be here soon, Luna."

The blonde smiled at the three young Rorvan, knowing better than to ask what was wrong. In spite of her casual and loyal relationship with Solaris, there were many things she wasn't allowed to know. "Then why don't we go ahead and start walking? I assume the guards are keeping an eye on us, so your dad should find us rather easily, yeah?"

In terms of human years, Kay'Ori and Crowlyn were the equivalent of six year olds, though their upbringing might usually have someone thinking they were older. Today, though, they were quick to grab the young woman's hands, which had her giggling. Rolliore stuck close, carrying himself as regally as any eight year old might, and together the four of them walked down Middle District— an aptly named bit of street and shopping center where Rorvan and Human cultures mixed, which seemed to grow further into both worlds as time passed. It was a place she loved to visit… because it so resembled her own state of being.

They had just made it to the window of the candy shop the pups all-but sponsored when, rather suddenly, there was a bouquet of flowers being held at her eye level, and Lunari found herself grinning before she even had the chance to look up.

Standing there, looking a bit sheepish, was Solaris. Her boyfriend(?) wore his usual Rorvan-style casual clothes; a white billowy cotton shirt, dark pants tucked into worn leather boots, and a myriad of tasteful-yet simple jewelry… including the Rorvan "crown" that hung as a chain around his forehead and tucked into his matte-black hair along with his thin-framed glasses that hid most of the magic in his eyes.

He never wore that in public. Not unless it was something serious.

She quickly took in the shadows under his crystalline topaz-faceted eyes, the tightness of his nervous smile, and the way his tail drooped, and swallowed. "...Your father…?"

The older man sighed, lowering the bouquet. "Knew you couldn't be distracted… I'm afraid so," he said, eyes clouded as he looked down. "The Kadron venom was too much for him to handle in his old age. It was a matter of time, sadly. It happened yesterday."

Instinctively, the blonde drew Kay'Ori closer as the little girl shook. "They let the four of you leave the castle? Isn't it…?"

Solaris shook his head. Glancing around, the man snapped his fingers, and Luna knew that the small group was in a magical bubble that would mute all sound coming from them. "There won't be a counter attack. Father hadn't been the only casualty of the fight, and the offending dragon is gone to whatever afterlife he subscribed to. This will, however, be the last time I can leave for a while, until after I get a handle on my position… I take over tomorrow."

Luna stared, her wolf tail twitching nervously. "As…?"

"Yes," Solaris said, almost bitter, picking up Kay and gently petting her hair. "'The king is dead, long live the king', and all that. I technically took up the mantle days ago when it was determined that my father wouldn't make it…" he explained, then gave the young woman a soft smile. "Don't you dare bow, I'll make fun of you if you try."

Luna shook her head. "I think I'm rubbing off on you, your hi— your majesty— you don't seem to be giving this situation the gravity it deserves."

The dark-haired older man just gave a soft smile. "My dear, I think your 'rubbing off on me' has been what's kept me sane."

Rolliore, always one for politeness, gave a light cough and earned the attention of the adults. "I think we should go inside, before someone notices…"

The newly appointed king chuckled. "Very true. You three go on in," he said, setting Kay'Ori down as the children prepared to rush the door. "And try not to give the poor human a heart attack, he's getting old!"

There was a soft chorus of "yes father"s as the children disappeared into the candy shop, and Solaris sighed. "Someday I'll have to do something nice for the Fierstele family. I think my pups end up stressing the old man out by buying half the store."

"I'm sure he appreciates the job security…" Lunari said softly, gently taking Solaris' hand. In the shadows between their fingers, she could feel the pulsations of desperation and exhaustion coming from him like the lapping of waves. "You need to stop pretending to be okay, Sully… it's only tiring you out."

"I know," he said, giving her hand a hesitant squeeze, "but I can't afford to grieve Father yet. I have… many things to fix…" suddenly, his eyes met hers. "...things to set in motion."

"That sounds ominous."

"Because it is, Luna," he said, crystalline eyes catching the light— and throwing off their own. "I know you never sought this. Never asked, never assumed, never let me even mention it… but I need someone I can trust at my side. I need you—"

"W-wait!" She whispered hastily, covering his mouth with a hand and looking around. Quickly, she snapped her own fingers, starting a spell that would hide them as well as keep them muted. "Solaris Coronis, we are in the middle of the street! You can't suddenly just…!"

"Make you a queen?" The older man asked, putting the bouquet of flowers in her hand, "I can, actually. I'm king. To a point, I can do anything I like."

Lunari blushed. "... This isn't the least bit romantic, you know."

"And I apologize, but unfortunately we need to hurry," he murmured, tone grim. "The plan to save the humans as well as the Daekin hinges on it. The cataclysm is merely a decade away, and Father and his council were planning to cut off the humans and most powerful of the hybrids."

Lunari nearly dropped the flowers, one of her shadows gripping it for her as she fought to keep her voice low. "What…?"

"I don't understand it myself, Luna…" Solaris nearly growled, eyes shimmering as he glared in the direction of the Rorvan castle, looking more wolf than man in that moment. "I found out while rifling through Father's paperwork. They were going to summon everyone they could to court, then activate our end of the magic and leave everyone else behind to either die or follow the other kingdoms when their magic was ready…" this time, the bright-eyed king did growl, sparks of light breaking free of the spell on his glasses in his anger and popping off like a show of firecrackers. "... There was even a plan to capture and sedate me, to drag me over without you. And if it weren't for Father's death, I wouldn't have found out until it was too late."

Lunari gently reached up, touching her boyfriend's face with the pads of her fingers. "Well, we definitely can't have that…" she said, smiling softly, reaching out with her Shade to calmly contain his Light. "You might have ripped the world apart trying to get back here, silly Sully. Best I go with you."

Solaris took a calming breath, then smiled down at her. "I would have, truly… and that's how I know you were the right woman for the job. I need someone who can temper me. I'm too serious, and too quick tempered. I need a queen who can tell me off."

"Then count me in," the blonde said, reaching up to kiss her future husband's cheek. "But I expect a very romantic wedding."

"Anything for you, my dear.”

"Then what's the plan?" She asked, quirking an eyebrow. "Those stuffy old dogs will never let me take over anything, and you know it. I'm too young, and half human to boot. It doesn't matter how strong my magic is if they don't take me seriously… we've discovered that already, with them barring me from teaching magic to the pups."

Solaris gave the young woman a cocky grin. "You see, fair maiden mine, the councilors haven't had a proper conversation with me since I was your age… to them, I'm just some awkward, pedantic pup that makes too many rash decisions from his heart… I figure, if I prove to be entirely unapproachable and unreasonable, they'll have to appeal to you… as the only person who can keep me in line. The sense of reason to a new king who's let it all go to his head, while having very little real world experience, would be just the cover you need to assert yourself."

Lunari blinked. "You're… telling me that you, the sweetest and most honest wolf on this planet, are willing to play up being a raging dick to people… just so they'll listen to me?"

"Of course! In fact, I think it'll be fun…" softly, he confided, "I've never played a bad guy before."

The young woman suddenly laughed, shaking her head. "You're insane, Sully… but you know… I think we can con those dogs good."

"Luna, where…?"

"In here, Sully!"

King Solaris rounded the corner, a smile on his lips before he even had a chance to think. There sat his wife of nearly ten years, expertly weaving magic together as she put the finishing touches on one of the bracers she was going to be wearing. It was finally the day to work the magic and move everyone to their new world… and he could only barely contain the fear pricking at him when he once again remembered that she would be in charge of the work.

It wasn't that he doubted she could do it. He knew she could. She was a strong woman, an excellent queen, and the greatest mage to be born on AltGaia— though she often insisted that Crowlyn would overtake her by the time he became a teenager. No… it was the fear that she would be let down at the last moment by the mages that would need to support her.

"I'll be fine," she repeated for what might have been the hundredth time that day. "It'll work out."

"How do you…?"

"You never seem to remember to hide your thoughts, Silly," she giggled, holding up her wrist and showing off the glowing little tattoo of the sun that symbolized their bond. "You might as well be yelling your worries at me."

He sighed. "Can you blame me?"

"No," she said softly, standing to her full height and still only coming up to the top of his bicep. "But I can still chastise you. All will be well…" She frowned, then, looking up at him. "... Our human friends said no?"

He nodded, sighing softly. "Old Fierstele is a stubborn one… he insists we'll come up with a solution and come back someday to save everyone, not just the handful that we like."

Lunari shivered. "But leaving him behind feels so…"

"I agree… but the human has made his choice. I did what I could and blessed his son with magic to help their family survive, but that is all I could do. At the very least, Arthur's descendants will be here if we find the solution… though I could tell how afraid the poor boy was, knowing that many of his friends would be going to safety while he stayed behind."

She inhaled, nodded, then squared her shoulders. "Then we'd better go. The quakes have stopped for now, and everything should be stable enough for our people to release their hold on the magic keeping the air clean here. It will last a dozen decades… but if we don't find a way to reverse everything by then…"

"Then we come back and drag who we can over with us, kicking and screaming," he murmured grimly, taking her hand and leading her out of the room. "Our way out won't last forever. We can only hold that place open for as long as the crystalline batteries hold power… but dying in a pocket dimension together will be better than all of humankind and their kin having to die separated while choking to death."

Lunari nodded, blinking a watery glimmer from her eyes as they both held their heads high and walked through the castle.

"It looks like hell outside…" she murmured, glancing out windows as they passed, "and I bet it's even worse away from the Mesa-Willows. Here under the branches, the roots mostly held things steady, and we still had casualties from the quakes. It must resemble some kind of warzone, or—"

Solaris flinched, feeling like a lancet suddenly pierced something in his mind at the word 'war', shuddering as he and Lunari halted, a sickening feeling brushing against him through their connection. The young woman beside him gasped, gripping her forehead as he held her steady. "Wh…what…?"

"Something's happening…" the dark-haired king nearly growled. "Feels like magic… but…?"

"I…" she swallowed. "I think that's our cue to leave."

"I agree…" he murmured, but his hackles would not go back down. Something strange had suddenly touched his mind, and evidently hers as well…

"I think that's the moment it all went wrong."

You blink in confusion, feeling an eerie chill as attention shifted to you… as though you were a character in this play.

"If I was not in such a hurry, if I had been more informed… it would not have gotten to us as it did. And now it's too late to return to that moment."

The king seemed to sigh, a weariness there that was not present in the stories you had just read.

"I'm sending this part of me, of us, across to the furthest corners of my reach. Three of our most precious memories before our fall… and entrusting them to you. Potential Readers, who might be able to solve this catastrophe. I hope that by showing you what we were like in the past, you might forgive us in the future. Something wormed in. Played with our minds. It changed the facts until we could no longer remember the real story. That there was never a war. That we brought as many humans with us as we could convince to come… but something happened, and now everything is gone."

He reached out to you, then hesitated, pulling back. "I pray that you can find the solution, and put this old fool's soul to rest."

Everything began to grow dim, then… until the presence of Solaris Trinidad Coronis washed away.

…

What, is that it? Just… dropping that on us and leaving? Putting all the pressure on them, and fading away?

You're as good at being a hero as you are at being a father.

But… don't worry. I haven't forgotten the good you used to do, or the happiness we all felt back then. I still treasure those memories, even now.

The story will be so out of order. I only recently became able to reach out to the people I lost…

A reader can only do so much alone, when it comes to saving a story. I guess that's why I'm still here… right, father?

#fate's crystal majesty #original writing #writing contest

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kazuyummy · 10 months

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Hi, Ani!! I was a bit nervous about requesting. I wasn't sure if it's still open if not please ignore this

Can I request for your event Daiya no A, please?

Matchup: intuitive, sarcastic, cool, apathetic

Drabble: 🍊-imagine I'd like my character to feel jealous about the attention I give to someone else but can't do anything cause he hadn't confessed yet.

ok so believe me when i tried to match you up with literally anyone BUT the beautiful man in your profile pic... but i honestly couldn't. and i hope this all explains why, hehe ❤️

SANADA SHUNPEI loves trying to get under that calm, seemingly unbreakable exterior. he's easygoing and won't be discouraged by any initial attempts to brush him off, in fact, seeing it as a challenge. he enjoys your quick, sarcastic quips, even if they're directed at him - just another step in figuring you out and what makes you tick. make no mistake, though - he genuinely cares about you and appreciates your talents and the way you think. his warm, magnetic personality compliments your more indifferent first impression in the best ways (like the kinds of couples where one is like a dog and the other is like a cat). i can see you in a bit of a rivals to lovers situation, and even after getting together, having that same banter in your relationship - truly never a dull moment!

jealousy drabble under the cut 😈

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❀ THE GAMES WE PLAY

after WEEKS of sanada bothering you to come out to watch one of his games, you finally make your way into the stands

so why on earth, after defeating seido and putting on a god-tier pitching performance, are you talking to one of them and not him?!

he'd even made eye contact with you a couple times before batting and getting on the mound, your smirk just oozing "go on, show me what you got. impress me" vibes - and he had done just that! or so he thought...

out of all people - it's that stupid lead-off runner who managed to get three hits off of him. on instinct, he marches right over as you're laughing at something he's said

you don't notice until you feel something draped over your shoulders and look down to see the fabric's familiar pinstripes - his jersey. the girls in his fanclub must be seething

"hey, good game, man," he nods to kuramochi, his smile forced before turning to you, "and thank you for being my good luck charm today"

"uh, shunpei, wh-"

"oh, are you two...?"

you both turn to kuramochi, and you wave your hands frantically,

"oh, no, no! nothing like that!"

"ah, ok - well here's my number, as promised"

he gives you a quick side-hug before making his way back to his team. once he's a safe distance away, sanada grumbles,

"c'mon, you're gonna go for him?"

"i didn't say i was, shunpei."

"then why'd you literally make heart eyes at him? and giggle like a little school girl?"

you scoff, exasperated at your close friend's outburst.

"you're imagining things. first, he's not my type. second, i hadn't seen him since elementary school, which i would've explained to you if you hadn't so kindly interrupted us!"

you sigh. sometimes this boy could be so much... but you're getting a sense as to why he's doing it. the protectiveness, the scrutiny over guys you talk to... you want to deny those reasons as well as the thought that it's honestly a bit... cute

"buuuut... you did play really well today"

he's on your heels, continuing down the path away from the diamond. he's clearly sheepish about being called out, but you just know he's soaking up your praise

you stop when you meet your reflection in the window,

"hmm, this jersey actually looks pretty good on me"

you turn around, flicking sanada the nose and not even looking back once to see the smitten smirk painting his face,

"and jealousy looks pretty good on you, shunpei"

ok so i was going to make it completely angst but like... the boy's head over heels for you so i just know your intuition has lead you to pick up on it now and play with him a little 😜 i just get the vibe that like... you're calm and collected kind of cool, and he's a charming and engaging kind of cool but... i also know you can be huge dorks around each other!!! like how could i NOT match you up w him lmaoo. and that he'll get his revenge and get you flustered hehe... hope you enjoyed 🥰

anyone can request a matchup here 💫

#💭-ani-mini #💬-ani-chats #matchups #sanada shunpei #diamond no ace

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thotsforvillainrights · 2 years

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Let's see, let's see

I hope you don't mind another match up in case they're getting old for you if you don't mind thank you

I'm 5'4" genderfluid aspec

I'm dominately female presenting but I tend to get euphoria of being referred to as a man (most of the time) I like looking like a pretty boy I guess

I also humor sometimes I'd have a love based quirk because when I crush I crush Hard; I'm obsessional, in the moment I think this is the only one for me and this has only ever been the one for me and I'll never feel the same again

I think confidence is sexy so much so I'm the most confident person I know in terms of physical appearance (showing it off) and abilities in fact I come off as super aggravatingly arrogant sometimes

My skills include drawing and writing mostly I'm a natural with writing but don't do it often and my drawings aren't limited to cartoony but that's my thing my guy

When I'm crushing I doodle my affections sometimes I'll dedicate pages to them

Otherwise I'm good at physical labor as long as I can chug as much water as I please or ironically office work between the two I'm terribly charismatic I didn't work 4 years of managerial retail for nothing to not be good at all these things somehow

I have a boisterous infectious laughter and as my friends tell me a charged up laugh I'll start off breaking into giggles before just exploding

Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry the weird part? I laugh (genuinely) maybe once every few or handful of months

Speaking of which I cry even less but when I cry I'm having a built up full on meltdown the world is over and I need to cry

Shoutout to that one anon I also have a flock to me aura I'll attract anyone to me I used to hang out with a variety of people back in highschool in fact the more so someone was believed to be antisocial the more of a chance they came to me

I believe in the power of parallel play even for adults just parallel work/vibe sitting in not awkward silence is my form of intimacy

Speaking of intimacy I'm actually partially touch repulsed and I'd either need someone who's going to accept that 100% or help me push through it I think my major problem is people I don't want touching me

I'm actually two very different people on and off the phone on the phone I could be lovingly affectionate even daring but off I'm just... Not I could talk about hugging and kissing and all those daring things over the phone but irl I have little intention of following through

I like sending people saucy pictures and getting good reactions and then never following up on that however it's always been with people I was never crushing on just on good terms with to do that I imagine I'd change with someone I'm just absolutely obsessed over

I do fantasize about being touched just fiction is very different from reality

I guess some straight up negatives about me is I have resting bitch face, if I'm taking a picture I have to take the picture because I'm self conscious but hate saying it, I'm very fickle and my opinion could change day to day (hour to hour), I'm prone to mental illness I have to take medication for (anxiety, bipolar, depression, etc) and even on medication I'm still a rollercoaster to be around, and finally my Fight or Flight response is freeze and then one of the two usually fight I've tackled someone to get my friends backpack once and the guy just laid there wheezing for a while, I quite basically blacked out and bitch slapped someone who accidentally threw something at my head and he talked about how it stung for a week, and when someone ran into me I before I knew what was happening turned around and punched them square in the mouth busting both their lips and in shock walked away laughing

(No I don't mind! I worry about them getting old for everyone else haha! Feels like my writing is in a box and can't get any better when I do them. I'm glad they're still rolling in. It's good practice for me!)

Match-Up #20

-I match you with Tomura Shigaraki-

headcanon|scenario|imagine|match-up

-Hard to say how he feels about you but I'm sure the both of you know it's true love, no matter how sappy it sounds to say it. He's likely never felt the need to seek something like this and figured he could go his entire life without it, but you waltzed right in and stole his heart without you even knowing it really. At first glance the two of you seem like you wanted nothing to do with each other. You weren't the only one with a case of RBF. He was also the very same. In fact you two probably connected pretty well over it. It's also true you two feel the same about pictures. However, his reason is likely not being identified by law enforcement. (When you started dating he still snuck blurry candid pics of you to secretly set as his lockscreen) You likely ended up falling harder for him than he did for you at first since your quirk affected you pretty heavily. It took him some time to catch up with you since he's not the romantic type. Really without Twice, Toga, Compress, or Kurogiri he'd have no damn idea what he was doing in the first place. He hopes that despite how bad he is at being a romantic guy, you won't get tired and bail on him before he has a chance to show you what he can do.

-It's not hard to see why you'd fallen for him to be honest. At the time he was rather confident (which had proven to be his downfall time and time again). You can mirror it if you want, but remember to not be too arrogant considering you don't want to get harmed dealing with villain business if you so choose. Not only that but you also found him rather attractive than most people would. When you caved and showed him the drawings you did of him for the first time it set his heart on fire. The corner of his lips tugged into a small smile and he probably took the pages as a keepsake. No one had ever drawn him before (unless you count a police sketch), so this was important to him. He'd also fallen for you for your aspects too. Whatever you felt most confident as during any time or any day, he was there for. He'd compliment you based on what suit you for the time and he damn sure meant it. Everything about you seemed to make his skin burn in a good way. He probably can't tell he's blushing or staring sometimes. It's a funny sight to see lol.

-There's going to come a time in the relationship where he wants to touch and to be touched. Although it's not inherently sexual, it's still very present between the two of you. He knows how you feel about the touch repulsion thing. To be honest, he's fine with it in the start of the relationship considering he's worried about too much contact due to his quirk. The longer you date, the more he starts to want it. He will help you work through it if you want, and he's patient enough to keep hanging in there for as long as it takes. The other interests start to come along when you become a bit of a phone tease. By no means has he ever been intimate with anyone, but that doesn't mean he's blind to attraction. That man probably had so many incognito tabs before he met you. If you pull anything on him then he's of course going to want to follow through (fitting your pace of course).

-He's quiet around you, observant sometimes. He likes to just sit and watch you do your thing. Sometimes he asks questions and other times he just stares. His favorite thing to do is watch you draw. Bonus points if you make the same face as the picture you draw or maybe if you have this weird thing you do when drawing like leaning or something. He thinks it's endearing really. As for your writing, he watches and reads along for a moment but he doesn't have the attention to keep going with it. It's probably the same thing if he were to play a game with too much dialogue. That doesn't mean he doesn't support you! When he's not watching you with interest doing your hobbies, he's grimacing at you pulling too much with the League. Because they seem to hover to you, they let you in on helping do some things around the base. Tomura doesn't like the idea of you having to work like that. Even watching you drink the water, he still would prefer having you relaxing next to him.

-The first time you laughed really hard around him scared the shit out of him. It was so sudden and he had no warning. You must've seen something extremely funny on your phone because you had tears that showed up. It was odd to him since he rarely saw it, but it also made him want to chuckle a bit as well. Maybe he was just happy seeing you happy, yknow? Sometimes though, he doesn't get the rare laugh. Sometimes he gets the very rare crying. Having a breakdown around him for the first maybe made you think he would think different of you right? Wrong. In the moment (if you'll let him) he wants to be there for you more than anything. He knows sometimes you can have it rather rough with everything going on in your life. Don't ever worry about how he'd feel. His main concern is protecting you and making you happy...cared for. He's used to you by now of course. Years down the line he's used to your RBF, your fickle behavior, that funny laugh you do, how hard you work sometimes, how quickly you can drink water, etc. He doesn't love you any differently than he did from the moment he'd first fallen for you.

#match up

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mankatzu · 9 months

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Ok full post because some f@g dared me to answer every question

here we go. all 50 oc questions about shino. From this post

Do they have any crafting hobbies? - Not really, but Shino does take up watercolor painting post-canon, so that's crafty.

Do they wear perfume/cologne? If so what scents do they prefer?- I don't actually know how common straight up perfume was in this era of japan but I'm positive shino has like, 5 perfume oils on rotation. I actually just found out people would leave their clothes over incense burners to catch the scent so she definitely did that. Shino's "scent" in particular however is pomegranates, it's a part of her skin routine to dry them, turn them into powder and rub them with water over her skin to make it smooth.

Do they enjoy cooking? - Yes more or less, but she is NOT good at it. Like she will poison you if you let her make you bento. like just raw onions in there.

Do they enjoy baking? - Not really applicable since most japanese sweets to my knowledge don't involve stereotypical ovens like most of us in the west do. She enjoys baked food/deserts but just doesn't make it much.

Do they have any tattoos? If so what are they and do they have any special meaning? - She has no tattoos.

If they were badly injured, and for whatever reason couldn't go to a hospital, who would they go to for help? - Her mother and sisters, her teahouse is her safehaven.

Do they have any unusual fears? - Shino is afraid of the dark because . It's not like she can never be in darkness she has to sleep after all but she REALLY doesn't like being alone in the dark. Her kitty zakuro helps with that.

Do they collect anything? If so what and why? - if collecting clothes count, than yes. But nothing significant. She definitely collects gifts from her patrons.

When they're sick what do they do to feel better? - Resting, eating warm food and taking lots of baths.

Do they have any regrets? - Yes. I can't say what because of spoilers but lets just say she wishes she never became an actress.

Do they have any addictions? - Shino definitely becomes how you say, addicted to cigarettes post canon as she originally only smoked a pipe but yknow. its in like the cool and sexy way.

Do they have any sense of style? Regardless of the answer do they believe they have a sense of style? - Absolutely, I mean it's tough because fashion back then wasn't as diverse as it is now but shino is like. absolutely the person to match her kimono colors to the season and find the perfect coordinate each time.

Do they enjoy poetry? - She doesn't write it, but she has a moderate appreciation I'd say.

Do they have a hard time opening up to people? - Yeah, Shino has a hard time shifting out of "customer service" mode when she gets to know people. She usually does it to not ruin her perfect image but if you're around her enough (okita-kun) she'll relax around you.

What kind of sense of humor do they have? Or do they have one at all? - Absolutely, Shino is so fun and has a good-spirit about most things, she's just not like yknow. kevin hart at the apollo with her humor.

Do they have or want kids? - Shino would LOOOVE to have kids. it's just hard with the whole yknow amab gay thing.

How easily would they be convinced to do something that goes against their morals?- It would be hard. Shino may be someone living on the edge of the law technically but if she really disagrees with something morally I don't think she'd do it. MAYBE if it was like "you have to do this to save x person" kind of thing. i.e. trolly problem.

How easy is it to become their enemy? - hard, Shino isn't the type to really hold grudges, like she definitely might not like you but she'll dislike you in a mean girls way not "you're my ENEMY" way. like oh that bitch. that sort of thing

How easy is it to become their friend? - pretty easy, but only if you're becoming like a friendly acquaintance/work friend. Yknow the kind of person you see around often and strike up a conversation with but you wouldn't know their birthday. To become her true friend takes a lot more committed time.

Do they have a strong connection to their culture? - Yes and no? Like I think culturally she's very japanese and loves her own culture but I don't think she feels particularly attached to the concept of being japanese. like she's just vibing. I think like most in this time period until commodore perry and his goons knocked down their door the idea of like. Oh there are others completely different from me? didn't really cross her mind. Exposure to foreign influence in the way of their neighborhood doctor, "Shigu-sensei" (sigfried) has helped, though.

What is more important to them, friends or family? - Easily family. It's a found family but its found family nonetheless.

Would they ever betray someone for money? - Depends on the person and depends on the money and depends on the depth of betrayal... I think generally she probably wouldn't but depending on the amount she'd be very tempted. And if she went through with it she'd feel really bad about it.

How would they want to die? - Soundly in her sleep without any pain. or preferably in the arms of a loved one.

Do they have any enemies? - Nah. maybe someone who thinks she's the enemy but otherwise no.

Do they have a daily/nightly routine? - Yes! Every morning she wakes up early and eats breakfast with her family, and feeds Zakuro. Then she does their family's assigned chores and spends the early afternoon just chilling, might have a nap if she's feeling sleepy. Around I'd say like five or so she gets ready for customers and spends until 11pm or so serving. Then around 12-2 am she helps clean up, has a bath, and then turns in for bed. I'd say like once a week she has to do her little pomegranate ritual to keep herself clean.

stay tuned for part 2 ✌️ I had to split it because of block limit.

#txt #ask meme #oc #shino

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katsukikitten · 1 year

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Tell us how you’d be caustic to each other 👀

Aight Nonny 👀 you got it.

We'll start with Katsuki. Both of us have screaming matches sometimes, yelling at each other and nitpicking over the smallest fucking thing because we are both too prideful or independent or stupid to be able to express or take the time to analyze our feelings so we sometimes take it out on each other. Even times with physical altercations when out tempers get absolutely out of control. Each match ending in the infamous line of "Then fucking break up with me." Katsuki would then push me up against a wall and make out with me, hoping sex will fix the issue and angry sex normally does but it's not a long term fix. And maybe one day we both let slip, just to hurt the other or so caught up in our rage that it's true even for the fleeting moment "I don't love you anymore." Eventually Katsuki believes it doesn't go the route of angry sex. He'll start packing his shit and I won't say anything. Just sit on the couch and emotionally pull away. Thinking I'll be so fucking happy when the house is quiet and he's gone, sleeping on Kirishima's couch and he'd done it before, he'd wait til we both cool down before he comes home. He'd open the door and we both apologize the second we see each other.

But something is different about it this time, this time there is a finality to it and when he slams the door shut, the pictures of us rattling in their frames, I do what I always do and push it away until I can't stand to even sit with myself anymore.

Izuku would just take the rage and anger, just like he did growing up with Kaachan, the rage he can handle but the depression, well he doesn't know what the fuck to do. Izuku has tried everything, helping me find an outlet, exercise, taking me to appointments I always cancel. Literally trying to help me as best he can but you really can't save someone from their mental illness and it's a little difficult for him to wrap his head around some days. And soon he'll get tired of battling something he can never win, he'll place the blame on himself, he isn't good enough, can't make me happy enough, I deserve someone who can actually be my hero. He will slowly pull away and I'll notice, oh I'll notice and I'll pretend it doesn't hurt because it happens eventually with everyone anyway. I try to show less symptoms around him, to be more normal but it doesn't fix it and eventually we turn into strangers who happen to be roommates. He'll break up with me, he'll be gentle and he'll have even called some of my friends to show up after he leaves. He'll leave me the stuff he bought because I like it or still use it, he'll have paid everything for the rest of the lease and he'll reassure me that it was him and not me when I know damn well it was me.

Nagi would continue to choose video games over me and I would turn off the internet for attention and if he had a work around to that I'd cut the power cords to his shit. Eventually soccer will take over as a priority, I'll lie and say I'm fine with that until one day I just stop showing up to his matches all together, he's stopped looking for me in the crowd three games ago and to be honest he doesn't notice until someone else points out that I haven't been there for half the season.

Hakuji 😔 I would push this man away so many times. String him along if we weren't dating because I'd be so selfish with him, I don't want him to be with anyone else but I know I'm not the best match for him. That he deserves better and that someone else would really eat up his princess treatment that he gives his s/o. Eventually I'd just ghost him and it'd take him a minute to decide to let go and when I see him with a pretty girl that doesn't look anything like me or act anything like me, I'd be bitter as hell. She'd be soft and kind, gentle and the epitome of feminity and I'd myself that I was right, that I was never his type in the first place.

#kitten caustic selfships 🖤🐈‍⬛

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miengsol · 1 year

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🍵, 🎱 & ✂

romance? romance ( ft. shipping ooc meme w/ @bloodxhound )

🍵 – Is your muse a gossip? Do they like to meddle in other people’s relationship business? Do they like to play matchmaker? Would they let someone match-make for them?

i don't think calum is necessarily nosy, but he does have that kind of personality and vibe where his friends would naturally confide in him....and so more often than not, he unintentionally is THE PERSON to go to if you want the insider information sjfklsjdf :'D

this often happened back in high school and college to the point where if there was drama between people he knew, he would have to just...step away from the entire thing, bc if he divuleged any information, he accidentally look like he's taking a side. basically he likes being helpful to his friends and in the past, that has landed him in hot water as he has divulged that PROBABLY should've stayed private :'D

basically, what i'm trying to say cyan is that calum did more or less learn the hard way that gossiping about other ppl is not the way to go. he tries to avoid it when possible. that and he takes patient confidentially very seriously....

in terms of matchmaking though- while he is a great observer, he always goes by the assumption that he doesn't know ppl nearly as well as he would assume he does. and therefore, he can't guarantee that the match will work out. after all, he and mana on paper don't look like they would work out well. honestly, he prefers to let love take its course with his friends.

as for any attempts on his friends' part to matchmake him?? i don't think he'd be receptive at least in his main verse since he's still very much grieving mana :'D

🎱 – Does your muse believe in serendipity or fate, when it comes to relationships and love? Do they have good or bad luck in relationships? What have they done to try to turn bad luck around?

kind of. calum believes it was a lucky chance that he happened to meet daniel and mana, but if he looks at the relationship of both holistically, he would say that he had a choice in staying connected to the both of them...especially the latter since there was a period time post daniel's passing that he and mana were not speaking with one another and calum didn't know if they ever would again </3

as for luck, i'd say his luck is actually pretty good although he might say otherwise- just speaking from experience i think when he was younger and more naive about how the world worked, he could've easily gotten into some uncomfortable friendships/relationships but bc he had more discerning friends like mana and daniel who were looking out for him, he's able to circumvent these types of dynamics...and now as an adult, he knows what works for himself and sol and what won't :'D

✂ was answered! I'll do 🔮 – Does your muse believe in soulmates? How do you feel about writing Soulmate AU’s?

some degree there is some yearning on his part that they do exist bc it would mean there is a guarantee that he isn't destined to be lonely....but ultimately, for him, no because the idea of a soulmate takes away his free will in the matter- he chose to stay in a relationship with mana, he chose to be friends with daniel, and opposite of the way his own birth mother abandoned him, calum chose to stay and be a father to sol.

( calum's story, while it is one of grief and moving forward, it is ultimately also one about change and therefore, choice. )

as me, i usually don't write them or at least the ones where like one has a mark or something of that nature, indicating the other person is their other half. however, one of my other muses does have a soulmate dynamic with another muse ( alex r u reading this, this is 4 hyurick ) that neither of them are completely aware of, but the lines between those two have the platonic and romantic lines blurred so maybe it's more like, i don't write soulmate aus if it's like, in ur face if that makes any sense ^^'

( that and i do more or less consider calum and mana to be soulmates, but again, that's also because i won't write any au where calum and mana have not gotten together 😌 )

#bloodxhound #with a gentle heart ( answered. )#a calendar filled ( headcanons. )#thanks for these cyan <3 #these were fun to fill out.....#but also have my opinions on soulmate aus too JFLKSJKDLF

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Hey there! Do you have a favorite Ikesen/Ikevamp suitor? If so, why???? I love your writing btw. Literally gives me life.

Heyaaa cutie!🥺🥺🤩🤩❤️ eeeeeek thanks for stopping by!🥺🥺🥺🤩✨️✨️ and omw stoppppp you ganna make me blush😳😳😳😳😳😳 you are too kind for words!🥺🥺😳😳 honestly wish i had more time to get back to writing 🥺🥺 but anyyyways….

My faves!😏😏😏😏😏 i have a few😍

My biggest favs of the moment….

THEO! for ikevamp

KENSHIN for ikesen

Other mentions but im not ganna get into: Motonari, Vincent, Arthot, Nobu, Kanetsugu, Napoleon aaaand i have a good feeling bout vlad🤩✨️

So i could give you a really well thought out semi generic answer that is totally rational oooooor i could just give ya the truth 🤣🤣🤣🤣 which is I don't always know why I love the characters as much as I do😆 obviously overall looks plays a role and i do have a type 🤣🤣🤣 cause im vain af😆

Jokes aside, if i had to look at all my fav characters and find a common thread of similarity I'd say its most likely cause they are incredibly passionate and dedicated to their crafts. When I was still in my younger years of studying I looked up at their destructive workaholic tendencies and was like //wow I wish I had something I loved so much that I could just work endlessly towards. But also wow bro you are working yourself to an early grave😱😱😱And now? I found that thing 🤣🤣🤣 and i get it🤣🤣🤣 but yeah nothing draws my eyes like a person with a killer work ethic🤣🤣 wanna impress me? Don't be a lazy slacker lolol🤣

Kenshin

So ima just throw it out there as a fitness fanatic 🤣🤣 i back his love for training and war? Lol i kinda get it, that adrenaline rush, the stories you can tell after ✨️ like obviously don't kill people buuuuuut i mean I can see why he enjoys it🤣 nothing like that happy hormone that gets released when ya move ya body! Plus if someone really makes me angry, nothing like running off that frustration 🤩🤣🤣😳

DRINKING! ME AND KENSHIN ARE ON THE SAME wavelength👏👏👏 like what a coincidence i love to chill with ma fav drink as well lolol🤣👏✨️

Also something about a strong manly man that becomes a soft marshmallow around his significant other just absolutely makes my heart turn to mush😍😍

Also cuddles! All the soft cuddles! I love post relationship Kenshin cause omw the amount of love and cuddles he gives😳😳🥺🥺🥺🥺 even in the latest story event where he said he would dote like mad on his significant other (omw mush, i was turned to mush)🥺🥺

Like I also love how noble and just the bro is. Like even though he loves a good fite he NEVER hurts the innocent or down trot! If anything there are multiple time in others routes where he swallows his own pride and joins hands or even takes responsibility for when his own outta control subordinates act shady🥺🥺🥺🥺

While he had a "different" way of showing his love, this man definitely is kind beyond words. Like let's be real, his castle is pretty much an orphanage at this point with people he just adopts and absolutely cares for and supports…. Unconditionally mind you! Like i dont see him asking for rent lolol just the occasional sparring match😆😆🌷🔥. Like you lost your whole home and life? Bro legit be there to welcome ya with open arms 🤣🤣👏🥺 in his own murderous way of course 🥺🥺🥺❤️ like even his bunnies. He legit lets them carry on even though im pretty sure they are overtaking the whole garden 🤣🤣👏🥺and and like when Sasuke goes missing in others route who is it that stays up all night looking for and waiting for him? FREAKEN KENSHIN THAT'S WHO!

ALSO THIS DUDE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR. like ngl i can't help but laugh my ass off when he makes appearances in other routes🥺🤣🤣🤣 sometimes the things he says is just absolute gold✨️✨️✨️👏😳

Back to the bunnies! I believe animals have a keen sense of a person and the fact that the bunnies love him so much! Thats telling enough 🔥❤️🌷 like this man has proven time and time again that he is actually a gentle soul 🥺🥺🥺😏

Okay lemi stop here and head to bed 🤣🤣🤣 its almost midnight and i gotta be up at 3am😭🤣

ALSO DON'T THINK I FORGOT ABOUT MY MAIN BAE THEO 🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️😍

I have so so so much to say for Theo 🥺🥺🥺like gaaaaaaah. Despite his lack of fashion sense 😭 this bro be on another lvl with his passions and work ethic! Like I did a whole two posts dedicated to what I love and hate (which is all the things i hate to love) about him. 😍😍😍❤️🍬🤩 so instead of ramble and repeat i'll just reblog those for ya to investigate 😳😳👏🥺🥺😏😏😏 cause im a lazy lazy person 🤣🤣🤣

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT AND ALSO DROPPING THE ASK🥺🥺✨️❤️❤️🤩 I honestly miss interacting and becoming more involved but alas🤣🤣🤣🤣 the workaholic lifestyle is one that does not leave much room for fun lolol🤣🤣🤣🤣

#zeta chats #its beeen sooooo long #thank love!#and u give me life #lolol #hehehehehe i missed interacting #oh well back to my hermit hole #lolol work never ends #and sleep is limited #🤣🤣🤣🤣#one day i may have the time to indulge again

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libertybri · 3 years

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Fallout 4 - Companions + select NPC react to Sole being hit on!

Sole enters the bar with their companion after a long day, looking to order drinks and wind down for the night. Their lover sits on their barstool and begins to order two drinks while they climb onto their stool. However, before they sit down, they feel a hand graze their lower back and a man step in between them and their lover. "Excuse me, sugar, could I buy you a drink... or several? If you're looking to take it to-go, I've got a room we can settle in." He grins and winks at Sole, and as they open their mouth to protest, their lover grabs his shoulder and turns him around.

MacCready:

"I'll give you a ten second head-start, buddy, but you better run fast because I'm a pretty dang good shot." He chuckles to himself as the guy takes off out of the bar and then he turns to Sole gleaming, "What'd you think about that, sweetheart?"

Hancock:

"You must want to meet the last guy that tried that shit." His menacing voice and twisted stare is enough of a threat to send the guy running. Hancock meant it too, already had his knife out of the holster and everything.

Cait:

"I eat guys like ye' for breakfast and spit 'cha out. Touch 'em again an' I'll rip yer ugly face off." She stares him down menacingly and he takes off running.

Piper:

"Get lost, they're with me." Her words are simple enough to provoke the man once again. "You can join us too, babe." He smirks, thinking he's won. Piper stands from her stool and pushes her long coat behind her belt, showing off how strapped up she is. Though she might not actually make an attempt to shoot the guy, her silent but acting response is enough to scare him off.

Nick:

"Commencing self-destruction sequence in 5... 4... 3..." Perks of being a robot, no one knows when he’s or not when he pulls this. That guy sure did shit his pants when Sole started playing along, though.

Preston:

"You should be more respectful when speaking to the General." He reminds the man of Sole’s title rather than their relationship to him, to let him know who he was intentionally messing with. The man mutters an apology and leaves feeling embarrassed.

Danse:

"Their boyfriend declines your offer, and rebuts this: leave the premises or I will have no choice but to drag you outside myself." His oddly calm nature doesn't match his threat one bit, but it works and the guy leaves.

Maxson:

He stands up and towers over the man, looking down at him with a deep glare. "Leave." He only has to say this before he can go back to enjoying the evening with Sole.

Curie:

"Oi, I do not believe that was very nice of you, monsieur. Perhaps ask someone whom is not in a committed relationship." Just to seal the deal and further exploit her own jealousy, she takes Sole’s hand in her own and shoos the man off.

Deacon:

"I wouldn't mess with them if I were you, buddy. They have some kind of ick that makes you explode from both ends... yeah, it's really gross, trust me." He doesn't feel the need to scare the guy off, he just pleases himself by messing with the guy and picking at Sole. Two for one combo.

Desdemona:

"They’re not interested. Move it along." She doesn't give him anymore time of her day, grabbing Sole’s hand and forcing them in the barstool behind her. The man stood behind the two and tried to speak again, but she just ordered the drinks and ignored him until he walked away.

Sturges:

"If I didn't know any better I'd think ya were tryin' to steal my partner. Heh, there's not really much competition there, though, now is there?" The guy looks over Sturges for a moment and takes in his appearance. Well-built, nice hair, and stained hands and a face, this was a working man. Humiliated, the guy leaves them alone.

X6-88:

[shoots the guy] "It appears my rifle has misfired."

Gage:

"What’d you just say to ‘em?" He doesn't spare any time, getting up from his stool and taking the guy by the collar of his shirt and threatening to "beat 'em to a pulp" if he didn't beg for Sole’s forgiveness and run off shitting himself.

Mason:

"Back... off..." He says this through gritted teeth, already fuming and ready for the kill as soon as Sole gives him the permission to do so.

Mags Black:

"Do you want to take care of him or should I, boss?" She is clearly annoyed by this man's antics, but understands when Sole wants to fight their own battles. At their beckon, she would take care of guy without another thought.

#fallout #fallout 4 #fallout companions #fallout fandom #fallout fanfic #fallout deacon #fallout preston #maccready #elder maxson #paladin danse #porter gage

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