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Oh yes people it's Tomboy MILF-o'clock

#writeblogging #devil summoner akechi goro #I have the most INSANE pairing in mind too

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babe wake up! new booktok nsfw censorship term just dropped

#This makes me so glad I never got TikTok

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Not sure if you've seen it on twitter, but someone drew some lovely fanart for the latest chapter of Of Rage and Love https://twitter.com/KokoaDestroyer/status/1780242004783534362?t=ikcPlzOFGBtGRIkhLc73dQ&s=19

ABSOLUTELY BASED AND DRAGONPILLED TY OP!

#writeblogging #the games of divinity #he's so wet and sad but is also ready to start eating people again

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97 Years, 2 Months, 11 Days

“You cannot make anyone like you; you do realize that, don’t you?” 

“I didn’t say I wanted people to like me,” Carole said, tongue sticking out between her teeth as she tried to tie her ascot. “I said I wanted to help.” 

Despite his unique talent for being a wet blanket, Neuvillette took no pleasure in taking the wind out of the little melusine’s sails. He and his Archon were both idealistic pessimists, always yearning for things to go well and always prepared for when they inevitably didn’t. Too much enthusiasm was a warning sign, and the cheery, almost bullheaded way Carole insisted on inserting herself into the Marechaussee Phantom only added to Neuvillette’s anxiety. 

“To help…and one day convince our human subjects that the melusine are trustworthy,” Neuvillette said. 

“Well I guess that’d be nice too,” Carole said cheerfully. “First thing’s first; can’t go counting my melusine before they hatch.” 

It was hard to tell where the line between naivete and optimism was with Furina’s new subjects; the melusine surprised Neuvillette with how readily they weathered the looks of suspicion, the sneers and jeering taunts hurled at them by the humans they served. He had borne all the scorn Fontaine had to throw at him for decades, though with considerably less grace and goodwill. Where Neuvillette became withdrawn and taciturn with humanity, the melusine only seemed to try harder to win their new countrymen’s support. Admirable, to be sure, but the Fontish were quickly learning that the melusine weren’t going to be chased off by a few hard words or thrown stones. Athena hoped this meant the Fontish were warming up to them; Neuvillette knew humanity too well to hope for that.  

“First thing’s first; you will have to learn to tie a proper tie,” Neuvillette sighed, crouching down behind Carole and taking the ends of her ascot in his hands. “Here; watch me.” 

Carole’s eyes followed Neuvillette’s careful knots, taking in none of it as she studied his reflection. “...do you think I’ll be able to keep up with M. Vautrin?” 

“Of course,” Neuvillette said. “Our detective force needs observant agents; so much of the actual police-work has very little to do with combat, so I imagine you will keep up just fine.” 

A dark thought occurred to Neuvillette as he finished affixing the miniature cravat. “...speaking of which, we’ll need to fit you with a very small firearm.” 

“What for?” Carole asked. “I don’t plan on shooting anyone.” 

“Well…of course not, but you have to have something to protect yourself with,” Neuvillette said. 

“How does shooting someone make me safer?” Carole asked. 

“If someone attacks you, you have the right to protect yourself,” Neuvillette said. “Or…rather you will; I’m confident that the bill to allow melusine some expanded privileges will pass and then-” 

“I thought you said we couldn’t make people like us,” Carole asked, a glimmer of mischief twinkling in her eye. 

“Whether or not people like you should have no bearing on the rights you are afforded,” Neuvillette clucked. “Even if humanity never fully accepts the melusine, you still deserve to be treated with civility. With the same liberties and protections as anyone else.” 

“And how does having a gun help with all that?” Carole asked, leaning back with a sharp-toothed grin. “Besides, if I end up shooting someone, I would have to help them with the injury; seems like I could just save a step and not shoot anybody!” 

“Would you really help someone who tried to kill you?” Neuvillette asked. “Why?” 

Carole shrugged, examining her reflection in the mirror. “Would shooting me mean they deserve to be hurt back? That wouldn’t make me feel any better and would probably just make them angrier…besides, I don’t think even M. Vautrin would feel comfortable with an armed melusine walking the streets.” 

How can anyone seriously feel threatened by these creatures? Neuvillette wondered for what must have been the thousandth time. His initial hesitation about adopting the melusine melted away as he came to spend more time with them. They reflected the best parts of humanity; clever, brave, and kinder than their human countrymen. Furina might have teased him for his sudden ‘preference’ but it was hard not to prefer a people who wanted nothing but peace and offered nothing but help. 

“Well…M. Vautrin will protect you,” Neuvillette reassured her. “You needn’t worry…I’m sure this will be the first of many fruitful partnerships between our people.” 

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Chapter 1

#my writing #the games of divinity #neuvifuri #furilette #focalette

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This is a pretty good video essay on dialogue; definitely gleaned a few good points I'd like to apply to my own writing

#writeblogging #not my work #but good points especially for providing exposition through dialogue #Youtube

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Many words...wish death upon me

#writeblogging #the games of divinity #this one got l o o o o o o o o o o o o n g

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Neuvillette gets to have a little Conqueror's Haki; as a treat

#writeblogging #the games of divinity

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#>:0)

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anyway the actual point of fandom is to inspire each other. reading each other's fics and admiring each other's art and saying wow i love this and i feel something and i want to invoke this in other people, i want to write a sentence that feels like a meteor shower, i want to paint a kiss with such tenderness it makes you ache, i want to create something that someone else somewhere will see it and think oh, i need to do that too, right now. i am embracing being a corny cunt on main to say inspiring each other is one of the things humanity is best at and one of the things fandom is built for and i think that's beautiful

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i hc neuvi is sometimes in charge of furina's make up

#the games of divinity #cosigned

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#writeblogging #the games of divinity #i love writing Furina because I get to write a character with max social skills

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people telling you they reread your fic is the biggest compliment you could ever receive. there are thousands of stories out there begging to be found, to be explored, but your story meant so much to someone that they came back to it eagerly, they went over every word again. to love is to return and loving a fic is rereading it. thank you to all readers and rereaders <3333

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I was looking for Endless Waltz quotes to shamelessly shoehorn into The Games of Divinity and this Angelfire site is pure 2004 internet.

#writeblogging #the games of divinity

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Good stuff.

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Omg poor Sumire she is going white to the end of this fic with all this stress lol

White hair will be the least of her worries when this fic is over

#writeblogging #devil summoner akechi goro #ominous and vagueposting