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heckitall · 9 months

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hey! I’ve been a big fan of your blog for a while and I think you’re really funny! I saw that u put transmasc in your bio and I got really exited. I wanted to ask you if you had any subtle trans boy tips for someone in a not so accepting family who can’t move out yet.

thank you :>

firstly, thank you~! that's v sweet of you

secondly... as a very old and crusty transmasc that survived through one of the sexist jobs...

you don't gotta change a thing about yourself outwardly

all that matters is how you feel about yourself

(okay more stuff under the cut because unctail got wordy)

what i mean is i think sometimes there's this stigma that because we see ourselves as another gender/just want to change our pronouns it means we have to act a certain way

nah man. you can be transmasc and still be feminine.

you can be transmasc and not "outwardly" pass.

you just gotta find what feels comfy to you and do it

ALL THAT BEING SAID when i did finally come out (i choose literally the last month in the military to come out as a final heck u to everyone) no one was surprised. when i asked why, i realized its because i just didn't act like people's preconceived ideas of a woman

i sat down and took up as much space as i could (because i didn't want people in my bubble)

i called people out when they tried to tell me i should let a man help me (ie, moving furniture. i then proceeded to lift the entire desk and throw it out of the office......... which totally got me in trouble, but the dude never talked to me again so win/win)

i walked like i was on a mission and wouldn't let other people make me move - kind of an asshole move, but once you start doing it, you realize how many people have been doing it to you

standing like i knew exactly what i was doing - though most of the time i didn't. if i was in a situation i had no control over (which was a lot), i stood straight, spread out my feet and crossed my arms. one could argue that was military training, but given the amount of people in the military that don't do that.... id say it was something inherit.

long story short, when i first came out and wanted to really be sure people knew i was transmasc, it was gently pointed out to me that by just being me... i already was telling people.

#heck asks #transmasc #i hope this makes sense #i totally feel for you being young and in a family that wouldn't understand #im not super good at explaining things so i dont want it to seem like i'm telling you what you want is wrong #cuz there is no right/wrong way to go about this #be you my guy

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misclogarts · 9 days

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mfw i'm writing questionablepie +strawberry family fluff and bb drops more content for them (it's angst)

#itlogthoughts #inquirer are you okay... girl... say something..........#ok i'd be pretty pissed too if the only place i could relax in was connected to that underground organization that's been a pain in my* ass #for like. a while (*and pretty much everyone else's...? or at least those from the council of magic)#what i wonder though is that considering cherry pie is there there must be other fruit witches (or at least. anyone with an “unimportant”-#-specialty) in their ranks. that being said if the other witch disappearances are also from the everlasting (ie spider witch; lily witch-#-heck even the lemon witch that cherry may or may not have cooked) why are they targeting civilians instead of like. idk their actual targe #i mean giving it more thought it's probably so they can collect power before attempting anything (which makes sense) on the council #but like... do they not feel bad. because they're essentially preying on witches who are already at a disadvantage to the system (which-#-would also technically work in their favor; the council doesn't value them so if they disappeared it would cause minimal issue)#i guess it's a “the end justifies the means” type scenario but i'd hope that if the everlasting does manage to usurp the council of witches #they wouldn't go hungry (ha-ha.) for power and abuse it in the same way they're doing #on a completely unrelated note of all of the people to take on the role of the head of the mind division ... why and how did they pick-#-memorial. i mean he could be qualified for the job or maybe well-loved but going from that one post bb made anything under their managemen #is a total mess in comparison to when philos was the head. that combined with the whole "can't get mad at what you can't remember thing...#i suspect foul play :/#i wonder what button's speciality is because there's no way that they're just a random hire

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silent-browser · 1 year

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Sooooo.... I continued it... But not really. Also I never continue things so fair warning if there is a drop in quality.

I was rewatching Scara's introduction and got to the point where he talked about the "Third Betrayal" and only JUST NOW realized that he doesn't understand death because he is a puppet and was probably still super young at that point and it usually takes normal human children a long time to come to terms and fully understand their mortality. He doesn't have to do that because he was originally built to last as long as possible. He had to be built that way to house a gnosis. And as a result death would have been a very hard concept to fully grasp.

Sure he understands that of you hurt someone enough they go down and possibly even stop breathing but they'll get up soon enough right? I mean how else would his enemies have so many people to fight for them if those still people didn't just get up and go back to what they were doing before? (Which was fighting him) He would probably need something big to force him to really understand death in a very short amount of time. (Hehehe)

Say perhaps if his precious Companion were to get injured for the first time in some random skirmish against hilichurls and he dismisses it. He's seen mortals leak the red before but he doesn't see it as any more than an annoyance when it gets on his clothes. His Companion insists on stopping to "clean up the wound" which he agrees to. That red stuff can really stain good clothing and other mortals look so weird and weary if you try to interact with them while still wearing the stains. And, even more importantly, such stains may get in the way if his future cuddle time.

After they are done fiddling with the wound and some random scraps of fabric they continue on but strangely enough his Companion doesn't seem to be doing as well as before. The injured body part seems weaker and is starting to become warm, sore and puffy. They have started to apply strange plant mixtures to the offending area, claiming that these poultices would help the injury "heal" though it seems to be doing the opposite. It was when they were about to leave the supposedly beautiful Qingce Village (he thought his companion looks 100× better than this random village of old people) that his Companion stumbled in their step before looking up at him and saying "please don't get mad" before dropping to the ground.

Scaramouche had never been so afraid. Not after being abandoned by his mother, not after loosing his friend, not after every hard fought battle and not even after loosing the gnosis he so craved. He watched their precious, delicate, achingly mortal body fall and screamed. He saw visions. Vivid as if he was right back to when they happened. Visions of soldiers felled by his blade, visions of Dottore's lab after he was done experimenting with delusions and the effects they had on mortal bodies and visions of the child he had once called friend laying still in that suffocating shack.

Near by villagers came rushing over to the small campsite that the two strange wanderers had insisted on setting up instead of staying in a guest house, to find a very distraught looking young man clutching on to his softer spoken companion as if they were his life line. Villagers quickly leapt to action and gently guided the young man to bring them to a cleaner space than the open air campsite and, with much coaxing and promises that he can remain by their side during the examination, to let go of them so that a local doctor can take a closer look at them.

When it is confirmed that the seemingly insignificant wound they had gotten from that hilichurl fight not to long ago was now infected and a much more serious problem than it once was Scara is devastated. How could this happen? Why did it happen? What does this mean for his Companion? What exactly is an infection? He almost holds this poor doctor hostage until he gets all of his questions answered and he understands the situation better. Once the poor doctor is release from the room and scara has a moment to think...

'Their injury is infected. They got injured in a fight. A fight that I obviously didn't protect them well enough in. Therefore they got injured because of me. That must be why they told me not to get mad. They knew that I failed to protect them. They knew and yet they still traveled with me. They don't want me to get mad.... At myself...'

He spends a lot of time stewing in that mental space. Thinking about things he could have done better in the fight. Thinking about all of the signs that something was wrong that he didn't notice. All of the winces when ever his hand brushed the injury when he want to hug or cuddle them. All of the herbal poultices used in vain to keep the infection at bay. All of the moments taken to rest that he misinterpreted as more head pat time for him. All of the selfish actions he took that might have made it worse. Thinking about what might have happened if they weren't anywhere near other people when they collapsed. Those thoughts scare him the most.

The only time he spends outside of his own head is when the local doctor comes by to redress and check on the wound. During that time he pays close attention to what the doctor is doing so that he could replicate it in the future, should he fail to protect them from another injury again. He gains a sudden interest in medicine after all of this.

After a week or two you are deemed healthy enough to travel once more, something scara is particularly excited about. Traveling will mean less of your attention is focused on other beings and a new chance to prove himself worthy of your praise and affections. A chance he will never take lightly ever again.

Scara becomes more protective after this experience. Insisting on looking you over after every single fight. Doesn't matter if you were even involved in the fight. Doesn't matter if his own limbs are hanging on by mere threads. Doesn't matter is some random guard or adventurer had gotten involved as well and were more obviously hurt. He is checking his Companion over for even the smallest scrape so that the ever looming threat of death could never claim you.

Not that he exactly had the right word for that feeling yet.

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swinging-stars-from-satellites · 2 years

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THEY BOTH BELIEVE NO ONE WILL COME FOR THEM

#HOLY HECK I JUST HAD AN EPIPHANY #actually heck now i want to read the arc that one panel that makes me feral is from #bc two kids who believe no one is going to come for them #one because he just doesn't think he's anyone's priority and the other because the last time he called for help it came too late #but they have EACH OTHER??????? INSANE CRAZY #i like how i take one step into comics fandom and immediately go ah yeah I'm gonna read a random run no context #just bc I was shown one(1) panel that happens to be good #anyway so the POINT HERE: tim just flat out doesn't expect people to care enough to come for him. he's so used to handling stuff himself #and not really having anyone else care. that he just. doesn't expect it. he's sorta resigned to it.#whereas jason held so tightly to the hope that bruce would come for him- that HIS DAD would come for him- in his final moments #that because bruce was too late when he comes back as red hood he just doesn't think b or anyone else will come for him again #especially after the ways he's changed. and that HURTS. it isn't acceptance like tim has it's a scabbed over wound #idk how to explain this but it makes sense in my head. neither of them thinks anyone is coming for them if they need it #bc jason has hoped and been let down and he can't do that again. and tim never had the hope in the first place.#I'm just AUGJJJMKDCNMN THESE TWO #Lu rambles #meta finding tag #batfam #tim drake #jason todd #...the meta is in the tags but hey whatever

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mudzdale · 2 years

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(emerges from some fairly loose soil in your garden) actually hang on shut up a minute. in httyd3. what was with grimmel being like “oh the berkians can only fly so far bc the Chief’s Night Fury, The Most Important Dragon, isnt built for long-distance flight and will need to stop and rest.” girl WHAT.

like hiccup, being um, idk, CHIEF, wouldnt have stopped for literally any other dragon or berkian that needed to? ur concerned about the flight distance of a stinkin fury versus, like, a snafflefang? a gronckle? a flipping terrible terror? the Great Berk Upheaval was about the berkians--or at least in THEORY lmao. they would stop bc the tribe needed to stop, not bc god-king hiccup’s Special Boy needed a breather

#this is completely out of nowhere sorry and i hope im making sense. heck i hope im remembering the line correctly #its just a one bit where im like. they reallllly lost the plot of their own series and started making it The Hiccup and Toothless 24/7 Show.#which OBVIOUSLY they are and they NEED to be the focal point. but to the point it WASHES OUT the ENTIRE rest of the story??#idk about it dean!!! idk!!!!!#golly gabs #httyd gripes

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iiguess · 10 months

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HEADCANON. Thinking about Sam getting ( or heck, even making ) people stuffed animals, especially of animals that remind her of them. But before she gives it away, she holds each one in her hands and speaks of all the hopes and dreams she has for the person—-things that she can't ever bring herself to say to their face. Especially so if the person she's gifting it to doesn't quite have a 'happy end'.

She knows it's pointless. She knows filling a plushie with wishes won't actually do anything to stop fate, much less make all those wishes come true.

But knowing how powerless she is to do anything, how little she can actually do?

Let her pretend her actions mean something, won't you?

#;; 🇹🇭🇮🇸 🇮🇸 🇼🇭🇴 🇮 🇦🇲 ( headcanon. )#;; ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴜs ( ooc. )#;; world hopper ( main verse. )#o|<#once again #I am filled with Sorrow(tm) over my girl #knowledge isn't always power!!#sometimes knowledge is a curse!!!#she knows so much and yet can do so /little/#and it haunts her that she can't do more for the people she loves #I like to think she keeps a miniature version of each stuffed animal with her #(or vice versa since gifting a whole hecking plushie might be a bit much)#and whenever she gets sad about what she knows she'd fill her own version of the plushie with those same dreams and wishes #as if... refueling the one she gave them?? I guess????#anyways it is early and I hope I'm making some sort of sense akhdlsahkahd

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surleetonin · 7 months

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didn't get to see any cavalcades today so i've missed seeing surlee there OTL maybe next year.............

#*toon noise*#if anyone has screenshots of surlee's dialogue at the cavalcade PLEASE send them to me bc i am ttr loredbrained #i'm hoping that the cavalcades aren't just a tenth anniversary thing #i wouldn't be mad if they were tho #between token tasks and the duck tank i feel like it's really easy to get tokens now #i went to a few cavalcades and felt like i had an overabundance of tokens #the donate to riggy option makes SENSE like what the heck was i supposed to do with all those??

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florida3exclamationpoints · 10 months

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Obligatory 9am work rant

#manager is not here rn which is great but someone said he might come in at 11 which is bad #the assistant manager is usually the one who comes in later which would also be bad but not as bad #i saw that a new baker was hired at the same store the only other baker works at so thats good #at least she wont be alone when i leave #my ingredients?????? STILL not here?????????#i got molasses last week but i need rye flour!!!!!! what the heck!!!!! i cant make cokies!!!!!!!!#i can make cakes so ig its .... ok..... enough. ...... what the heck #had a lil note left on my table with things to do from the manager which is pretty normal #said do this. make cakes. do that. remember to greet every customer you can do it :)#lol bro. god #it really annoys me that they keep saying EVERY CUSTOMER bc im honestly trying to a few a day #better than nothing and better on my anxiety #and i think that's kinda??? obvious???? like if they really cared about 'helping me manage my anxiety' it makes sense to start slow #but every time its. each customer every customer every person. i say its hard they say uwu you can do it #hello???????#well. im gonna think and pray about it all day and probably quit tomorrow lol #let's hope no one comes in at 11 that would be bad 😭 can i have some peace #she was a baker girl

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ofyorkshire · 7 months

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...oh my stars

i don't know if it was intentional, but repetitively referring to bj as "ziggy stardust" in the red riding novels completely foreshadowed bj's death.

#something something the parallels between bj and ziggy both being referenced as imperfect messiahs #and wanting to bring hope to a hellish world (bj consistently sticking his neck out to help uncover yorkshire's corruption)#but ultimately being dragged into the same hate he wanted to stop and destroying himself / being destroyed by the very people who sent him #ie - bj being threatened to send a message by the police and eventually being killed by the police (albeit *sort of* on his own terms)#also maybe something to be said about bowie retiring ziggy partially bc he got too wrapped up in the persona and questioning his sanity #sort of paralleling bj losing his mind (ironically) in the psych ward and heading off to get his revenge on laws (and ultimately jobson).#but that's probably looking way too deep into it.#this meta has almost 0 meaning in the film universe (which is closer to my canon anyway) but. ow. i have emotions.#talking about rr makes me sound insane i'm aware skdflskf but i swear it makes sense.#if there was a fandom for this series i would be popping off.#(again not encouragement to read the novels. watch the films sure. don't read he novels.)#(not unless you're just that obsessed with understanding what the heck was going on in the films like me. they're deeply disturbing.)#(but i did read them bc i DID want to know and now you guys have to live with my crazy ramblings about bj.)#(which may or may not be accurate bc peace leans *a lot* on experiences in '70s-'80s yorkshire which he was alive for. i obv was not lmao)#out of fairy tales [ooc];

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reginrokkr · 1 year

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Putting here an itty bitty PSA before going to sleep. With the spike of interest for many people in the new Honkai game, I fear that comparisons between both Genshin and Honkai will spike too which is... something I don't like to see. It's tremendously clear that when HYV wants to make glaring cameos and make use of their ownership of other games and bring them to one of them, they will as it happens with SR. My pet peeve for the most part is that concepts of Honkai keep being used for Genshin and keep being assumed as "this is that" when I feel that at this point Genshin is its own thing as Honkai and Honkai SR are their own. Yes, I know there are some similarities of characters and names. But I, too, have two eyes and from what little I skimmed over the dialogue of SR and my own experience playing it, I can tell that these references in Genshin stray far from the way it's being done in SR. What I want to ask of you peeps is that if you ever do what I mentioned earlier about building theories including both Honkai and Genshin into the mix at once, that you kindly tag it so I can blacklist the tag.

#◟༺✦༻◞ what lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊ooc.┊#I don't want to be a partypooper with this #I really don't #but I know how vicious people can be over this matter #even if some respectfully argue #that Genshin is its own thing by now #despite the glaring similarities with Honkai #heck even I'm using certain things #like two characters as FCs for long-haired Dain #because I feel like their models are relatively similar #but please don't bring it to the lore #because it can get really exhausting #it's one of the things that genuinely bother me the most #when it comes to these things #and it's not even from people with Honkai muses #trying to make sense of their muse in the Genshin verse #I hope this makes sense

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iturbide · 2 years

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Golden Attempt anon here and AAAAAAA??? WHAT THE HELL THAT'S SO GOOD??? Seeing my ideas coming to life like this is so amazing - but now there's the aftermath to worry about, huh? Byleth trying to keep Claude safe while also trying to bond with him once more while ALSO trying to get Claude back to Riegan territory...very good stuff

HELLO AGAIN GA!ANON I apologize again for being so, so so late with this but uh

Things have been happening

so again I hope this is worth it

(this actually incorporates some stuff from another ask that is the next one on my list so surprise??)

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Jeralt hated the busywork that came with running a group of mercenaries. Even after twenty years of it, he still only tolerated it on the best of days (and on the worst of days, he seriously eyed the booze he kept stashed away for emergencies). But it was part of the life he chose when he left the Knights of Seiros with his kid: a necessary evil, maybe, but one that assured that Byleth was safe and never went hungry. That was enough for him.

It still felt strange, though, not having the kid around. They’d said they had something to take care of while the band passed through a village near the border between Adrestia and Faerghus, then headed off alone -- and he’d let them, with just a few words of wisdom to go along with his blessing. He still wasn’t sure why he’d done it, either. Byleth had spent twenty years with the band, and the last five actively fighting alongside them, so it wasn’t like they couldn’t fend for themselves…but he’d be the first to admit he’d sheltered them, growing up. In trying to keep from drawing unwanted attention, he’d done his best to keep them out of the public eye, to the point where he worried they might not have the social skills to get by without help. Sure, they could probably make it as a lone sellsword, but did they know what those skills were worth? And what were they even doing, when they barely knew the world beyond the places they’d seen on jobs with him?

…but he remembered that Byleth had gone off with what he could have sworn was a smile on their face. They’d always been a bit of a weird kid, and expressing emotions never seemed to come easy to them…so maybe that was why he’d said yes. Because they’d looked happy, for the first time he could remember.

Looking back on it now, though, it had been two years since they’d gone their separate ways. It wasn’t as though they could send letters easily: Byleth could write, sure, but mercenaries never stayed still, so it was hard to get a letter into the right hands. How were they doing? What were they doing? And how long was he going to worry about it before he got his damn paperwork done--

“Jeralt! Sir! Guess who’s back?”

His head came up so fast it made his neck ache. Abandoning his work, he shouldered his way out of his tent, pushing through the gathering crowd of mercenaries at the heart of their camp…

…and there they were. Their hair had grown out a little, and their clothes had clearly been worn and tattered and patched in places, but he’d recognize his kid anywhere. And when they caught sight of him, there was an unmistakable smile on their face.

“Good to see you again,” he chuckled, striding forward and pulling them into a tight embrace -- one they returned easily, holding on tight for so long he started wondering if they planned on letting go. They did, eventually…and then there was a part of him that wished they hadn't yet. "Took you long enough -- I was starting to wonder if you we ever coming back," he said, gesturing for the rest of the band to get back to work. And once they were mostly alone, he softened, giving their shoulder a brief, telling squeeze. [Did you do everything you needed to?] he signed.

Byleth nodded…and turned, gesturing for a stranger to join them. Jeralt hadn't even noticed him by the tents ringing their central gathering point until he moved, leaning into a sturdy walking stick tucked under one arm as he walked. He looked young -- not a child, but still younger than Byleth, if only by a couple years -- with tan skin, green eyes, dark hair left mostly loose except for a short braid on one side of his face…

Jeralt looked between his kid and the man they'd brought with them. [Who's this?] he asked.

Byleth looked to the stranger. "Khalid," he replied, signing it while he spoke.

"Khalid," Jeralt repeated. It sounded foreign, though he'd be damned if he could place where it came from; he'd never traveled outside Fódlan. "Nice to meet you. Name's Jeralt."

"Byleth's dad, right?" he ventured. "They told me on the way," he added when the mercenary shot a questioning look toward his kid.

Jeralt made a vague noise in response, crossing his arms as he looked the man over again. "Anybody ever tell you that you look like the guy heading the Leicester Alliance?"

Khalid didn't flinch. "Funny coincidence," he said flatly.

Jeralt looked back at his kid, who gave him no clues whatsoever. Honestly, that shouldn’t have surprised him. Sighing, he scratched the back of his head, planting his other hand briefly on his hip. “Well, whatever the case, this probably isn’t the best place for you. You can take some time to rest up, but then Byleth should get you to wherever you’re going--”

[Faerghus,] they signed.

“Faerghus?” Khalid repeated.

Jeralt felt his eyebrows go up. [Bad idea. The Empire and the Kingdom are going at it right now.]

[We should all go.]

He sighed, knowing that his kid got their stubbornness from him but digging his heels in all the same. [We’ve already got a job, the Empire contracted us for work out here.]

[The battle’s already done. The contract should be up.]

[They’ve already extended the term once, they’re likely to do it again.]

[Have you written it up yet?]

Jeralt twitched. [I was in the middle of it when you got here.]

[Then you’re not bound. We can go north.]

Khalid waved to get their attention. [I thought the plan was to head into Leicester territory. That’s where I need to be.]

Jeralt sighed, pressing a hand to his face and hooking his free hand into his sword belt. “That’s probably a worse idea than Byleth’s.”

[Your contract here was to fight the Alliance,] they signed once he cracked his fingers to look at them.

“They turned tail and ran, which seemed strange since they managed to push us back in the first fight. Things are pretty chaotic up there, though, judging from the word coming south.”

[The Empire’s not taking advantage of it,] Byleth pressed, [which would have been the smart tactic if they planned on making a move against Leicester. If they’re dragging their feet, work’s going to be more reliable on the west side of Fódlan.]

He’d taught that kid too well.

Lifting his hands in a gesture of surrender, he shook his head. “Fine. You win. I’ll report to Count Bergliez, tell him we’re heading out -- if he tries to make a fuss I’ll give him a line about needing to bulk up our forces after the last couple fights. Happy?”

Byleth nodded, looking about as smug as he’d ever seen them. “Get some rest for now. I’ll pass the word around and get camp squared away so we can head out early. Hope you don’t mind sharing a tent.”

Khalid shook his head. “Doesn’t bother me,” he replied. “If you don’t mind my asking -- what is the word coming out of Leicester these days? You said they turned tail mid-battle…”

“Almyra brought another invasion force to the Locket,” Jeralt said.

“Another?” he repeated.

The mercenary captain nodded. “Second one in two years. Same guy leading the charge both times, as I understand it. Shahid, or some such. He shouldn’t be a problem anymore, though -- from what I heard, the guy in charge of the Alliance killed him this time around.”

Khalid went very still. Come to think of it, this kid’s name sounded a lot like that Almyran’s…

Byleth reached out, laying their hand on the young man’s shoulder, and Jeralt turned back toward his tent. A touch like that was about the closest thing to intimacy Byleth ever showed; the least he could do was give them some privacy.

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Byleth had never owned much, aside from their clothes, armor, and weapons; their few other possessions they’d left behind when they set off on their mission. Coming into the tent they’d always shared with their father, they were surprised to see those few items in their usual places alongside the empty space waiting for their bedroll…and something warm fluttered in their chest, seeing the proof of how long he’d waited, and how sure’d been of their return.

Claude -- Khalid, they reminded themselves, intent on following his lead in this -- joined them while they spread two sets of blankets across the ground. It would be a bit tight, sleeping three to the tent, but manageable…

He drew a breath, slightly unsteady, and Byleth looked up to find him staring down, past them and the bedrolls and into some distant place they could not guess at. [When you found me,] he signed, the movement unable to hide the tremor in his hands, [you said Fódlan needed me. This is what you meant, isn’t it.]

[In part,] they agreed.

[There’s more?] he asked.

They nodded, and he sank awkwardly down to sit on the blankts, his bad leg stretched stiffly out before him as he pressed his face into his hands. “Of course there is,” he chuckled, the sound hoarse and devoid of any warmth. [What else?] he asked, lifting his head again to watch for their reply.

Byleth shook their head. [You don’t know?] he pressed. [Or you won’t say?]

[I only know it will get worse,] they replied.

[And that’s why we’re going to Faerghus?]

[I don’t know if it will be any better there,] they admitted, [but you should be safer there than you would be here or in Leicester.]

Khalid made a quiet, thoughtful noise, folding his hands before him. “I’ll take your word for it.”

They nodded, reaching out to touch his shoulder again before rising to their feet. [Get some rest. I’m going to help around camp, and find something to eat on the way back.]

He nodded, turning his gaze to the canvas wall (though his attention seemed to drift far past it, into an invisible, unknowable distance they could not reach). And they left him to his thoughts, knowing all too well the pain of returning to a world so different from the one they’d known…but lost for how to offer any solace.

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dragontamer05 · 1 year

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When I ever I see or here ‘human’s aren’t animals’ I don’t know why but I just feel so weird

In that one hand I do get what is being said and what people generally mean by it- in that we/ our brains are more evolved then even our closes primate cousins, not only smarter but over all essentially just made/built different from any other animal that’s gotta survive based on instincts alone and all that.

There’s a reason we’re considered the dominant species after all.

However on the flip-side it’s not exactly an accurate statement because for as different as we are from say the Gorilla’s in the jungle, or even the pets we keep- human’s by the very scientific definition are animals.

We are no less animals then a teeny tiny Water Bear- which has literally evolved in such a way that it can survive in conditions that would ordinarily kill even us humans, and microscopic or a Jellyfish which quite literally haven’t a single brain cell to their name.

And no I’m not saying go around and treat people the same way you’d treat a dog, or some animal you stumbled across in the forest, and I fully agree that because of how human’s have evolved there are many aspects of the human species that can’t be compared to the rest of the animal kingdom

But I just don’t fully agree with the idea of treating that difference as being because we’ve somehow evolved into something so far removed that we can’t even be called an animal anymore.

Instead of saying we aren’t animals maybe a better phrase to use could be ‘we are more then just animals.’ or ‘humans aren’t just wild animals’

Again I realize when people say this they don’t mean it literally (I certainly hope they don’t anyway) and is being used as a way to get across how different us humans are to any other creature but it just sounds weird, in that it’s not something we’d say about any other animal that’s evolved to be so different compared the rest of the animal kingdom (such as my Jellyfish and Waterbear example from earlier)

- On a side note I get very amused by this animal book that goes over a large number of creatures in the world (all broken up with reptiles/ amphibians/ birds/mammals ect) I have and I think if I recall its the very last page of the book - could be wrong- they actually have written up about humans

#I'm aware it's not being used in the literal sense but comparative #it doesn't even bother me that much but it's a weird little thing I can't help but think about from time to time #and just struggle not to want go 'but we are animals' and sound like some idiot #ramblings #and I am aware of how calling people animals or anything similar there of has been used in cruel ways #which frankly I think saying your treating someone like an animal says more on how we treat animals/view them #to compare like beign demeaning cruel treating without respect/ are stupid ect.. to the treatment of animals??#like obviously even if you treat animals with the utmost respect as said don't treat people in the exact manner you would your pet dog #but i'd also hope for people not to treat animals as if their unintelligent and with out any care or respect #all animals including humans deserve to be treated in agood respectful manner that fits who/what they are #heck maybe if we stopped making such a hard divide bet ween us and the rest of the animal kingdom saying that humans are animals #would lose any power of being an insult / negative view eventually

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