#{Hm... I think you're neat so I'll give you one :)}

[angelforcas]

Is that why you're here?

- A curious crow

{I don't mind a tag or not, i'll leave it up to you :3}

> Just to observe everything? I wish-

> I gotta keep up my job of being a guardian angel y'know, that work never stops. That's not to say I don't like helping people all the time, that's actually a part of my job I do like

> But nah, I just like to see the little things humans do when I have the chance every once in a while is all

#angel answers #eloquent countenance #forcas eloquent countenance #{Hm... I think you're neat so I'll give you one :)} #crow anon

[prettyboykatsuki]

✮ tags ; gn! reader, established relationship, fluff, alcohol.

"Shouto,"

"Hm?"

"You're drunk,"

Your boyfriend leans his head on your shoulder and makes a noise in the back of his throat. "A bit."

More than a bit, you think. In actuality, you don't think you've ever seen him this drunk before. He's okay with alcohol, usually - but tends to stay away from drinking too much. You think the last time you saw him get actually drunk at all, you were both twenty and he was barely tipsy then.

He doesn't like getting drunk, he's told you before. A few times. The lack of control and hazy memories make him just slightly anxious, so he's careful around liquor.

You've been dating for years now, and unless he's living some double-life (a different one than being a hero) - you've never seen him get this wasted. Ever. To everyone else in your surroundings, it probably doesn't look that way.

But you've spent enough time to know him, and he's not like this usually. Nowhere near as absent minded he is now, at least. He hasn't been able to sit still since he downed that last bottle of shochu. He went to go play with Bakugou's cat, Momo and you couldn't find him afterwards. You lost sight of him for about half-an-hour until you finally found him in the living room while everyone else was outside, feeding Momo some treat that squeezes from a tube.

(You still don't know where or how he found where Bakugou kept the treats, but you decide it's better you don't ask. Plausible deniability, or something.)

You're both grown-ups, and you're not one to worry about his liquor intake. Still, though - you're worried. Even if it seems like he's not different to everyone else, you can tell. And it's bothering you.

"Shouto," You call out to him, your hands reaching to pet the back of his neck. He's a head taller than you, and a little heavy. Palms smooth against the prickly ends of his hair - tapered and neat. He presses his cheek to your shoulder. "Shouto, love."

"Oh," He says, suddenly remember where he is. He stands up but doesn't back away far enough to give you space. You're in a far off empty corner. Most people are in the backyard but Shouto wanted some air - so you're crowded against a wooden fence and wall with your boyfriend locking you in out by the entrance. He smells nice, you think - clean with a soft touch of aftershave. You look up at him. "Hi,"

"You're drunk," You repeat, watching him blink rapidly - bleary eyes and the faintest line of a smile whenever he glances at you. He's bent over, staring at you hard. "Is something wrong?"

His expression is the same as always. Unchangingly neutral with a strong and uncharacteristic rosiness to it. Your boyfriend is handsome, alarmingly so. You're aware of it constantly, but this new face knocks the air out of your lungs.

He's... pouting you think. But not fully. His lips aren't drawn together, it's subtle like most expressions on him.

But it's...there. You're not imagining it - the soft furrow of his brow, the press of his lips. His expression grows warmer and it only makes you more confused. He shakes it off, all of a sudden, a micro-expression that fades just as quickly as it appears.

"I'm okay."

"Are you?""

He blinks slowly at that. Concern aside, you can't help but think he's cute like this. His ears are pink enough to stick out against his skin, cold air making them flush even darker.

"I'm okay," He says, then looks at you. He sobers up if only for that moment. "Had something on my mind."

"Something you can't tell me?"

"It's supposed to be a secret," He mumbles. He's really drunk. You realize this late. "So I don't know if I can."

"Mm," You reply. You feel like doting on him suddenly, so you do, petting the back of his neck before hugging him a little. "That's okay."

He follows up with a light groan. You've never heard him complain like that, so you laugh. "But I want to tell you."

"I promise I'll keep your secret at least."

He smiles at you more fully that time.

He pauses for a minute, thinking it over. You don't do or say anything in return. A beat passes of you two standing and swaying with silence where Shout to grabs your hands from in front of you. You think he's being affectionate again, wanting to hold them.

He draws your hands to his pocket though. The angle is awkward, makes you bend your wrist on the inside of coat pocket until you feel something hard and square touch your fingers. It's velvet from the material. A box of some kind.

...A box?

Shouto guides your hand again, this time out. When you pull it out, his palm is over yours. It's a jewellery box. You blink a few times, confused. Shouto hasn't let go of your hand.

"I keep missing the timing," He says, hiccuping. The lack of sobriety more clear than ever from the slight slur in his words. "It's been in my pockets for a while."

Your eyes go wide open. You can feel your own confusion and excitement twist and tangle inside of you, frantic to get a better read on the situation. He smiles down at you, disarmingly and then closes his eyes. His forehead is warm as it touches yours.

"...I thought you didn't want to married. Not really, at least." You whisper.

"Me too," He says, a wetness to his laugh that tugs at your heart . "It was on a whim. I wanted to talk to you about it. But." He frowns a little "It's tough."

You chuckle, a sudden wetness to your voice too. "I bet it was,"

He smiles at you, big and stupid. "I love you," He closes is eyes and presses his forehead to yours more. "Thank you for everything."

"Shouto," You repeat, unsure of what else to say. "What brought this up?"

"Mm," He shrugs, getting sleepier by the minute. "I thought giving you my last name would make you suffer." He admits, soft and unsure. "But taking yours. That felt...okay. Felt nice."

"You're silly."

"Yes," He says, not denying it. "And I love you."

"And you love me." You repeat, a grin splitting your face. Big tears at the corner of your eyes, making your vision sting and your cheeks ache. You look up at him again. "Enough to marry me?"

He seems almost sheepish that time. "If you'll have me."

"Are you sober enough to even remember this?"

His embarrassment makes him blush and laugh again. "My heart is beating so loud I'm a little afraid of it. So yes. I'm sure I'll remember." He admits.

"Let's get married, then." You repeat to him, so achingly happy you think you could die. You wonder when to tell your friends. Bakugou will be pissed you did at his place. "If you'll have me."

He smiles. "I'd like too."

You lean up to press a kiss to his mouth, and Shouto holds you there to kiss you longer than you expect. When you're done kissing, he's smiling.

"Anymore secrets?"

He thinks on it, then hums.

"We should get a cat."

#aristotle.txt #writing tag #todoroki x reader #todoroki fluff #bnha x reader #bnha fluff #this is so corny my god #i want to kiss him #this is gender neutral and very tame #too lazy to add tags

[theminecraftbee]

The moon has fully set over the horizon. The howling over the server has stopped. Four Hermits sit in a circle, staring just slightly away from each other, as to not be caught staring. Joe is miserably trying to wring mud out of his puppet. Stress isn't bothering about the mud at all but is despairing at how shredded her jumper is. Somehow, Zedaph has only lost a shoe, which is more concerning than any of the prior people. Xisuma is deliberately not checking himself. The damning lack of helmet on his head, though, means he can't avoid feeling how he underwent the same terrible transformation as everyone else.

"So," he says, finally.

"I could use pants," Joe says, finally giving up on washing out his puppet, and, ah. Yes. Those are pretty well destroyed, aren't they? Xisuma looks away politely, feeling his face heat up. It heats up more when he realizes everyone can see it, gosh, he's–he's not so sure how he feels about that–

"I think we all need pants. Look at us," Stress says, and if Xisuma can be looking away any harder, he sure is now. Wait, she said 'all', does that include... Oh, oh dear.

"Well I don't know about you, but I still have perfectly serviceable pants," Zedaph says imperiously.

"You know, if anything, that's weirder, given the way we were all giant wolves traipsing around in the night just now. Which is strange itself! However, wolves don't normally wear pants, so really, the fact the only article of clothing you've lost is your shoes is less miraculous and more actively impossible!" Joe responds.

"Well you're actively impossible," mutters Zedaph.

"My god, it was real," Xisuma says.

"Well, I mean, I sort of figured it had to be, what with the four of us being all covered in mud and tired and your helmet being gone and all that," Stress says.

"It was real," Xisuma says.

The four of them sit in silence a little longer. The sun continues its steady march upwards into the sky. It's April; the day is longer than the night, by now, so they aren't wasting but so much time compared to the time the moon was up. The time the moon was up feels a bit more like a dream than anything else, too; distantly, Xisuma wonders if this is what spiders feel like when they become angry during the night, or what drives the undead from the ground. It's a disquieting thought, and he'd literally lived in a skeleton!

"So," Joe says. "So. Which one of us is going to yell at Zedaph for biting us?"

"Rude!" Zedaph says. "Very rude, I'm not the one that bit you! You bit me! Xisuma bit me, actually, you all saw him!"

"What? No, I didn't!" Xisuma says. "Gosh, if I were a werewolf, don't you think you'd know by now?"

"Hm. Suspicious," Zedaph says.

"No?" Xisuma says.

"I mean, I'd try to claim it was my fault, what with being a monster and all, but I'm actually a different sort of beastie normally," Stress says. "Being all doggy is new for me. I should show Iskall. Hey, do you think I should bite Iskall?"

"Yes," Zedaph says.

"No," Xisuma says.

"I'll split the difference and say maybe," Joe says. "Also, since we're arguing about it anyway, I'll say that I think I'd remember if I bit someone, although maybe I wouldn't. It's been a weird night. Maybe I should just go ahead and get everyone apology gifts instead?"

"Please don't," Zedaph says.

"Aww, but I like his gifts," Stress says.

"Honestly, yeah, I was–no, Zedaph is right, it'd be too distracting," Xisuma says, thinking of many of the, er, gifts he's gotten from Joe in the past. "Besides, it's not your fault. But if none of us bit anyone, then why on earth are we all werewolves no–oh no."

"That was ominous?" Joe says.

"Oh. Ohhhhhh," Zedaph says. "Whoops."

"It was supposed to be a joke about investment bankers," Xisuma says.

"Wait, what, do you really think the silly name turned us into werewolves?" Stress says.

"I had other season plans, Xisuma!" Joe says.

"Hey, does that make me a sheep in wolf's clothing that's also a wolf that turns into a sheep that turns into a wolf? If so, neat," Zedaph says.

"Do you know how annoying it will be to get a werewolf puppet?" Joe says.

"Gosh, I absolutely have to bite Iskall now," Stress says.

Xisuma, for a moment, considers putting a stop to it. If it really is the silly name, the collective, the hats and the howls–if it really is the collective weight of story bearing down on all of them–then really, it's still so early that it would be very easy to stop.

Xisuma considers the competition the rest of the shopping district poses, and how easy it will be to move as a collective when they're also a pack.

Also, he hasn't actually been a wolf before. That's one mob he hasn't done!

"You should bite Iskall. I want to know what it does," Xisuma says, deciding that he's quite bored with being responsible and that if someone wants to stop it, it will have to be not him. "But, er, first, in the meantime, do you think he or Doc is better to ask for a helmet that'll grow to fit my muzzle instead of nearly trapping my skull?"

"Hm," Stress says. "Well, Iskall is pretty good at head electronics."

"Yeah, but Doc is a better choice for abominations against nature!" Joe says.

"What about me? I like abominations," Zedaph says.

"It's okay, Zedaph, it's just you don't make many helmets, is all," Xisuma says. "We'll run around being abominations of nature, gosh, most full moons together. Is that good enough?"

"Fine," Zedaph says. "I'm bringing the snacks. I have sheep, and I've always wanted to try cannibalism."

"I guess werewolves wouldn't have to worry about prions," Joe says, nodding.

"Well, if you're going to get Doc, I'm going to go bite Iskall. I know I don't got fangs right now but it'll be very funny either way," Stress says.

"Have fun!" Xisuma says, and even though he's still red, and no one has pants but Zedaph, and he feels vaguely sick without his helmet, he also feels something close to pure delight. Gosh. Werewolves, huh? What a concept, having a little pack. He'll have to make the most of it; they've already seen his face anyway, and not one of them have commented or looked him in the eyes. Clearly, it won't matter so much if Doc takes a while with the helmet.

#hermitcraft #hermitfic #xisuma #joe hills #zedaph #stressmonster101 #a bee fic #me vibrating at high speeds: WOLVES WOLVES WOLVES WOLVES WOLVES #the fact today is hermit-a-day-may xisuma day is coincidence i'm not doing it (although everyone should!) #but i figure it decent timing anyway

[genshingorlsrevengeance]

Hello! ^-^

Can I please request Alear, Yunaka, Framme, and Etie hearing that their S/O worships the fell dragon, but when they question them it turns out they're just a massive fan of Robin?

This kind of scenario has been in my head since I started the game hehe.

Have a nice day ^-^ thank you for the stories!

(FE: Engage) Alear, Yunaka, Framme, and Etie's S/O worshipping the "Fell Dragon"

Now that I think about it, if you did worship the fell dragon legit but were still part of the good guys, would you get persecuted?

Alear immediately tenses up when S/O mentions they worshipped the Fell Dragon.

(Alear) "...Are...you truly okay helping us then, S/O? I'm the Divine Dragon after all."

(S/O) "Hm? Why wouldn't I be estatic? I get to fight alongside Robin, it's like a dream come true!"

(Alear) "O-Oh. That's what you mean."

Marth suddenly appeared next to her.

(Marth) "I'm not exactly sure Robin would feel comfortable being called that."

(S/O) "Hm...I suppose that is kinda insensitive."

(Alear) "...In more ways than one."

She simply sighs and shakes her head.

(Alear) "Saying that kinda thing will give people the wrong idea, S/O. Please make sure you choose your words more carefully."

Yunaka's eyes widen at the mention of the Fell Dragon.

(Yunaka) "You what?! But...Why are you even here, and why did you mention it so offhandedly?!"

(S/O) "Huh? What do you mean?"

(Yunaka) "People just don't go around saying "Oh, I worship the god trying to kill us!"

(S/O) "OH! No, I mean Robin!...Do you even know the history of Emblems Robin and Chrom?"

(Yunaka) "Probably enough to know that he'd probably hate being called that! Who the heck would start that as an icebreaker for a conversation!?"

(S/O) "I worship the Fell Dragon."

(Framme) "You

WHAT?!"

Framme screams out, waiting to beat S/O to death with her hands, or the accounting book of the fan club for the Divine Dragon.

(S/O) "Hey, what's wrong with liking Robin?! They're pretty cool!"

(Framme) "...Oh, that's what you mean!"

Framme quickly tossed aside a large rock.

(Framme) "Listen, you can't just casually saying that, considering what's going on out there!"

(S/O) "...Oh yeah, guess that does sound bad."

(Framme) "You think?!"

(Etie) "Oh, neat you worship the Fell Dra-What?"

Etie immediately stops wiping the sweat off herself and turns to S/O with an extremely concerned expression.

(Etie) "Are...you alright?"

(S/O) "Hm? I'm fine, why?"

(Etie) "You just said you worshipped the Fell Dragon, and you don't expect me to be surprised by that?"

(S/O) "But Chloé loves people like Sigurd for being fairy-tale esque. Can I not like Robin for being cool?"

(Etie) "OOOOOH! Okay, you meant RObin! Well, next time just say that instead of the freakin' dragon trying to kill us!"

(S/O) "Oh, yeah that is a good point."

(Etie) "Besides, I don't think you should just casually bring that up. If it were someone other than me, you might have gotten beaten up considering all of us here worship the Divine Dragon."

===

Bonus:

(Robin) "I'd...really appreciate if you didn't call me that."

(Chrom) "Honestly, I'm surprised that even got in the stories told around here."

(Lucina) "But it seems...distasteful, does it not?"

(Robin) "I suppose it makes sense, our past is just a story to them."

(Chrom) "Kind of like how Hoshido and Nohr's war is a story in our world, but current events for Camilla and Corrin."

(S/O) "My bad, I'll make sure not to call you Fell Dragon anymore!"

(Robin) "...Well, at least you're not going around, shouting "I love the Fell Dragon" to everyone you meet."

(S/O) "..."

(Robin) "...Oh my gods.-"

#fire emblem engage headcanons #fire emblem engage imagines #fire emblem engage x reader #alear fe x reader #yunaka fe x reader #framme fe x reader #etie fe x reader #alear fire emblem #yunaka fire emblem #framme fire emblem #etie fire emblem

[catastrophe-cole]

Asking To Sit On Their Lap

Summary: You asked the Hermits whether can you sit on their lap or not; their respond sure vary!

Genre: Romantic sfw

Character(s): Ethoslab, Docm77, Vintagebeef, BdoubleO100

Author's Note: I'm trying to do one of these headcanon stuff; I hope these are okay. I write for the NHO men but if you want other characters put in the same scenario don't hesitate to ask!

//Etho

He's so casual about it and just accepted your request.

So much so that he takes the time to turn away from his blueprints to open his arm and pat his lap.

"Hm? What is it? Come here, I thought you wanted to hang out with me while I work?"

Well this backfired a bit.

But you're not going to step down now!

So you walk over to him and take a comfortable seat on his lap before he turns back to his redstone blueprint.

Honestly at this point you can do whatever you want.

You can pester him with kisses all over his jaw and neck, earning a few giggles from him. He doesn't mind the small distraction.

Or you can sleep, Etho is quiet in general when he knows no one is going to listen. But you can also ask him to explain about the things he's working on and he wouldn't mind rambling to you!

"Actually you know what would be great? Ice! I think it would look pretty neat if the slime piston can just push the items around instead of letting them go through the hoppers.. Or maybe..—"

Or you can just sit there, leaning your back against his chest while watching him scribble away. Listening to a bit of mumbling, muttering a bit of silent frustrated huffs from him.

If you passed out on him when you're on his lap, he'd leave the blueprints and tools on the table before carefully picking you up, and walking you over to a more comfortable surface like your shared bed. Of course looking at your cute face he'd coo and tease you a bit, but he's not as cruel as to purposely wake you.

"Don't worry you tried your best to stay up. Maybe I should take a picture.. Nah. I'll keep it in my memory bank. Sweet dream beloved."

Occasionally he sneaks an arm around your waist and just hugs you. His chin propped on your shoulder or the top of your head as he continued working.

Overall he's actually pretty normal about it, 10/10 would recommend.

//Docm77

Doc is.. Surprised. That was his initial response.

Neither of you have actually ever confessed that you wanted to cuddle or do any physical contact- After the initial politeness in the relationship, both of you just give physical affection to the other without words exchanged.

So with you suddenly being bold and asking him if you can sit on his lap baffled him!

"You wanted to.. What? Sit on my lap? Are you sure about it, Schatz? I can get you your own chair if you want t— Okay. Okay, of course you can, love."

He wouldn't mind, of course. Saying yes to your request as he watches you walk over to him and promptly making yourself comfortable leaning back against him.

He's a bit nervous though, somehow.

He's just worried you'd get uncomfortable sitting in his lap for too long. Not many of his body are flesh, so he's scared that his mechanic body may cause you discomfort.

"Are you alright? Do you want to stop? I can get you a blanket or a pillow?"

Reassure him by kissing his mechanical hand! Kiss where it hummed with redstone, and slowly move towards his skin.

He may not feel it when you kiss his mechanical part, but the sight of you just pressing your smiling lips to the palm of his hand is enough to make him run with affection.

He gets comfortable after you've done this a few times.

So comfortable to the point that he'd drag you into his lap, whether you ended up sitting on him or not, he'd have an arm wrapped around your waist as he told you about things.

"Come here, beloved. Look. I've got this part of the project planned out but I think I can thin out the layer of this side by a few blocks. What do you think?"

Overall 8/10. The metal is a bit cold and is actually hurting your butt, but you love him and he compensates by massaging your site spot later on.

//Vintagebeef

Mr Vintagebeef is a cuddle bear.

Your request shocked him. He just gave out a small gasp with his hand over his mouth while he slowly put down his cartography tool.

But he's quick to switch to a laugh before tugging you towards him!

"I don't know where you're getting these kinds of ideas from but I don't want to disappoint my lovely partner so- Come here!"

Beef is a hardworking man, but it doesn't mean that he'd deny such a precious request from his lover! Besides, he can use a little bit of emotional support every now and then.

He might look like he's not experienced with having his partner on his lap and that is true, but the way how he easily can hold you and make you steady on his lap while he works on his maps with the other hand actually surprised you.

He knows what he's doing! Well he doesn't, but you don't need to know that! He just subtly asks you every now and then if you need to get up or if you're uncomfortable. Very sweet indeed. He loves the affection but he doesn't want to keep you forever if you're tired!

"Do you need anything? Water? Food? No? Okay. Just tell me if you need to go get something alright? I'll be here for a while so just tell me if you need to go do some work yourself."

He'd sneak a kiss on your cheek, neck, hair, wherever is accessible to him, all while holding your waist and giving gentle squeezes on your side every now and then. 

He'd listen to you talk, or he can do the talking, or the two of you can just stay there silently being a comfort to each other while he does his work.

Absolutely the best, 10/10. His laugh keeps you awake and his touch keeps you comfortable.

//Bdubs

Bold of you to assume you've never sat on his lap before.

Bdubs is always dragging you over for cuddles, he doesn't care about the position or about who gets to be the big spoon or who gets to be the small spoon, he just wants you to hold him and vice versa.

And one of those positions happens to be just sitting between his legs with your back leaned on him.

Just like Doc, it felt more like an act on intimacy that doesn't require words for it to be done.

But when you do ask him whether you can sit on his lap or not, he'd actually give a laugh.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Have you been hanging out with mister Zedaph? Silly goose, of course you can sit on my lap! Come here beloved."

Why are you so shy! He'd just pull your hand, walk towards the nearest chair, plopped himself down before tugging you down with him and snuggling into you.

He's super comfortable, too! This man knows his cuddle and he knows which position hurts your neck/back and which doesn't. And he's also super warm!

But unlike the other three before, Bdubs absolutely does not want to cuddle you when he is working.

He loves you to death but if you keep distracting him with cuddles and kisses, he might just need to ban you from his workspace!

He still loves you, though. You're just too distracting but he still has shops to take care of and attend to.

"No- No. Beloved listen to me. I need to get this print done before King Ren finds out that I haven't finished this quest after a week. Yes I do love you, I love you so much but I need to get this done okay. I promise you I'll take good care of you after this but for now you're banned from the office!"

Overall 1000/10. Super cuddly, very warm, very lovely, he is the cuddle bear master and you're never escaping his arms once you've fallen into it.

#hermitcraft x reader #mcyt x reader #reader insert #x reader #colewrites #ethoslab x reader #etho x reader #docm77 x reader #docm x reader #vintagebeef x reader #bdubs x reader #bdoubleo100 x reader

[pixiedust-poppers]

you know funny enough, I feel like Jake and the neverland pirates would actually do really well as a Disney channel show for older kids (like say Gravity falls) instead of a preschool show. You’d be able to get more into lore and emotional stuff. Maybe even plot?

I don’t know, if they ever did decide to reboot the show it’s a neat idea.

*grabs your shoulders and shakes you excitedly*

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!!!! LIKE!!!!

Ok, I think there is something to be done with Jake and his crew and his dynamic with Peter and Hook. Like for example how do the kids feel that Peter is only here for a day or a few hours, just enough to help with their issue? I'm sure the kids have a bit of an unhealthy attachment to him as he's really the only guardian figure they know, and as shown in Peter Pan's return, they all crave his attention so bad that they fuck up the mission trying to impress him! Like sure they can call him to bring him back to Neverland, but they don't perhaps he implemented a rule that they can only call him for emergencies. Which is also kinda hm. But you know he doesn't completely neglect them.

Word vomit incoming

Now let's take this a step deeper; what about Peter's relationship with them individually, it's clear he has a favorite, and it's Jake like that isn't a contest. Even if the show tries not to portray it in that manner it's obvious (I mean for fuck sake his name is in the title lol). His item(s)? A wooden sword personally hand-carved by Peter himself. After completing the Forever Quest, a golden sword called the Destiny Sword (towards the end of season 3) turns him into Captain Jake after giving the others a rousing speech about teamwork and how they can all get together to defeat Fathom with it. So it's clear he's the chosen (I'll touch more on that pressure later) by Neverland. But what does that mean for Izzy and Cubby? I mean sure they got items from him and he does care about them, but they're not as special as Jake. And they're never going to be, I mean god, Disney didn't even bother to make them Birthday episodes yet gave Jake two, then gave Skully and a minor character one. So it could develop into them realizing that while they are well-liked they aren't loved by Peter, Cubby is in denial about this revelation as he has gotten more gifts than Izzy. Izzy, the only girl in the main cast, is grated by this knowledge, she KNOWS and she has known for a long time. Enough to the point where perhaps she deserves a villain arc (then a redeemed villain arc) with the help of Captain Hook, who sees this opportunity to manipulate her for his gain.

Ok so jumping, let's go back to that Captain Jake issue. I personally didn't like Season 4, I thought it was shit BUT this new Captain Jake in a reboot could bring up an interesting little angst point called, "The pressure of being forced to be THE responsible one when you're only still a child." You might have all these other well-established Captains around you but, they depend on you to think of ideas, and come up with solutions to save the day, if you fail then it's on you but you're only 8 or 10 years old!!! A user mentioned this before but Jake could develop an entirely new personality as a Captain to make himself seem smarter and more capable than he actually is! This can go two ways A) he burns out and he burns out REAL bad and rather fast. B) The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and the realization of how much power he holds makes him realize he can almost do whatever he wants because he IS the 2nd most powerful person after Peter. This then comes his Power-tripping arc and the consequences of Peter not dividing this power between the trio, and being gassed up everyone, which raises his ego through the roof. This can only end badly obv and it does, how? idk but just know it does.

As for Captain Hook, because this is New Disney he can't be 100% back to his OG self but he can absolutely be raised to be more of an asshole in a Disney channel show and probably a bit fucked up. But you also would have to thread carefully on how you do these things, because one wrong move and Disney will have you rewrite the whole thing and tone it down more than need be. I also think there would be more to explore with the kids and their dynamic with him, since they also would have more nuance to them. They could have more stakes with him, and could honestly do more messed up shit with them he could make them have an inner conflict, he could manipulate one to join his side temporarily. Put the kids in more life-threatening situations that they don't come out unscathed from. Hell, you know what, I want him to win some episodes and get his way with Jake and his crew being powerless to stop it. It would teach a lesson that some days, you just can't win, someone who is nasty will win and get away with it and you have to be ok with that! (if you have resourced all your options first) Life will not always go your way. As for him and Red Jessica, show a toxic relationship, I mean come on do you REALLY think she has a thing for hook lol, it was shoehorned Hetero-shipping bait and it worked now can we do something else with it? As for smee, sharky and bones? I guess they can be less friendly to the sea pups, it would be more of a loyalty thing rather than a personal thing.

Also, the show could bring back the lost boys, to make the island seem less empty than it is, and maybe a different set of kids to replace the Native Americans.

Finally, to end this word vomit, the relationship between the kids. I really beg it be explored more. Now don't get me wrong they can have a wholesome and loving bond but not everything has to be peachy-keen. Like sure Jake is their captain but do they, not envy or resent him in some way? For example, they're all bright but Izzy is shown to be the brightest she has more knowledge about Neverland and its artifacts, so why is she not captain? Is it because she isn't naive enough? She isn't as nice or forgiving as Jake? She has no issue snapping at you when she's fed up? Then there's cubby, does he even have the real guts to be cut up for this type of thing? The classic "why him and not me?" type of deal. Then there's Cubby, does he hate being just stuck as coconut boy by his peers and other pirates? Will he ever break out of his shell, does he have a breaking point with his friends? Then Jake gets annoyed that they're not as in sync as they once were, he kinda hates that they're developing on their own and steadily gaining more and more independence. They're willing to talk back to him, be rude, and do less trio activities. Which leads to more conflicting ideas, possibly fights, and less "what I say goes!". He is scared of them changing and becoming their own individuals, he's scared that they might be growing up.

Sorry this is so so so long and rambly, I just have a lot to say about a reboot for this show that I cannot help myself.

#I also think it could be a bit more horror adjacent. specifically cosmic-eldritch horror #*monster too! #but as you can see I’m v passionate about a reboot for this show #it has potential if Disney is willing to experiment and be unsafe! #will it? maaaaybe..? #jake and the neverland pirates #jatnp #ask #also I will get your other post I promise!!

[manicplank]

The Color Pink (Part 4)

The Noise's eyes were wide, and his pupils drifted slightly apart as he was lost in thought. He was nervous. He was still thinking about that girl and the fact that he asked her out. It was such a spur of the moment thing. He was afraid it was just another irresponsible decision he made on impulse. Even worse, he couldn't believe she said yes. Now he had to go through with something that he never really thought about. He only thought about her and the occasional visits to her, but now, they were going to have a one on one meeting.

"MISTER NOISE!"

The Noise shook his head and straightened his eyes out. "Huh? Where am I?!" A small Noisey with a baseball cap that said "director" on it was tapping its little foot.

"You're still on set, idiot," it yelled.

"Oh, right... Sorry."

"You're so distracted today. What's going on with you?!"

"I-I don't know. I'm just... spaced out? I guess... I'm not too sure..."

"Are you feeling sick or something?"

"Kind of... I feel a little queezy. My stomach feels weird."

"Maybe if you ate actual food instead of candy, you wouldn't keep getting sick. Now, get it together! We have several scenes to film today, and you were already late to begin with."

"Right, right, sorry."

The Noise walked up to a western-esque set. They were filming a western movie; The Loud Sound. Noise was quickly costumed with a belt, a vest, and a sombrero on top of his usual wear. A pig dressed as a cowboy and another dressed as a old-timey woman stood across from him. "Alright," said the director, "Porky, you're holding an innocent woman hostage as you're approached by our bounty hunter, Noise. He's been chasing you down for miles. You're tired, and this is your last stand. Noise, you've finally come face to face with the biggest bounty you've ever hunted. The money is enough to make you wealthy for life. However, he's one hell of a sharp shooter. You've met your match. You have to get both him and the woman alive or you won't get the bounty. Aaand, ACTION!"

"You might'a had me cornered," said the pig in a western accent, "but I ain't going down without a fight."

"Let her go, Pork Chop," The Noise responded in a slight Mexican accent. "I don't wanna hurt you."

The pig held a prop gun to the woman's head. "You only want the money! You don't give a damn about justice! You don't give a damn about her life!" He pushed his gun against her, and she let out a scream.

"Let her go, and you'll walk out of here alive."

"I'll be dragged out of here in cuffs and hobbles! You'll get the money, and eveybody's gonna think yer a hero! But you're nothing more than a greedy sum'a bi-"

In the middle of the heated scene, The Noise's phone began to ring in the distance. "CUT," yelled the director. "Are you KIDDING me?!" The Noise looked like a deer in headlights. He dashed towards his phone. He didn't recognize the number. Stupidly, he answered it, "Hello?"

"Hey," spoke a familiar female voice, "I know this seems like a long shot, but... Is this The Noise?"

"Yeah...?"

"Hey, it's Hazel!"

"Oh, it's you! Give me a minute." He put his hand over the phone to block the sound. He headed over to the director. "I gotta take this," he said, "it's uh... my doctor!" He ran out of the set and into the hallway. "Sorry about that."

"That's okay! I didn't mean to call so early. I kind of thought you were pranking me so... I wanted to make sure I got the right number."

He laughed. "I can see why you thought that."

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"No, no, not at all!" He spoke as if he wasn't in the middle of work.

"I was wondering what sort of ideas you had for lunch. I mean, my cafe still doesn't serve food, so..."

"Well, what were you thinking?"

She giggled. "I wasn't thinking anything, I hoped you had an idea in mind."

"Oh. Hm... You know what? There's this neat bubble tea place in The Pig City that has really good food."

"I love bubble tea! I didn't know there was a place to get it in the tower."

"Yeah, it's great. They have ramen, dumplings, macarons, rolled ice cream, all sorts of cool stuff!"

"That sounds great! So, when were you thinking we go there? I'm free all evening."

"I'm sort of at work right now, so-"

"What?! You said I wasn't interrupting anything!"

"You aren't! It's sort of a slow day today."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize! We can still make the plans."

"Oh, okay... So then when were you hoping to go?"

"How about tomorrow afternoon or the day after?"

"I can do tomorrow after I close the cafe."

"Cool! 3 o'clock sound good to you?"

"Yeah, that's perfect!"

"Okay, see you then!"

"Yep! Now get back to work!" She laughed.

He chuckled. "Alright, alright. If anything happens, just give me a call."

"Okay, bye!"

"Bye."

The Noise walked back into the set. Everyone stared as he entered the room. "Sorry," he apologized, "I got some bloodwork done. My doctor was just calling to tell me everything's good." The director noisey rolled its eyes. "Whatever, Noise. Put your phone on silent and get back in the scene! We are NOT working overtime today."

#pizza tower #noise #the noise #noisette #pizza tower fanfic #fanfic #pink fic

[kafus]

i just got really focused on gaming while traveling south of veilstone and getting to pastoria and now i'm backed up with images and stuff to talk about so i may skim over the less interesting stuff LOL

okay 1. it's really lame that you never actually battle lucas during platinum despite being able to see he has a pokemon team during these tag team battles and 2. idk lucas maybe that's cause they literally do, they bought a massive building to the north of the city and seem to have their hands in the local casino DSFKFSDK

AND SIR YOU DRAG A CHILD INTO INVESTIGATING CRIME!!! (lighthearted) but like guys chill i'm just a 10 year old girl with some funny magical creatures. worth the trip though because i got the fly HM in there. which i am not teaching to murkrow because she already has drill peck and i don't want basically duplicate moves but one is worse. i will simply bike around or use a staravia in my box to fly LOL (funny that i finally have a team with a bird that can use fly and i don't even want to use it for that...)

panini evolved into his final form pretty soon after starting to clear out trainers below veilstone!! feels good to have something evolve, i have so many weird evos on the team that it just hasn't happened in a while despite being in the part of the game where evos should happen the most lol

once again WE DO A LITTLE DEX COMPLETION... since i already caught all the unown i was able to go all the way into the back of the maniac tunnel and grab the ! and ? unown. it was honestly pretty funny walking in there and having the tunnel already completed, i don't think i've ever done that in a sinnoh game before lmao.

i really like how the resort area namedrops every region that existed at the time (other than sinnoh obviously) throughout its npcs. the one guy mentioning tin tower (he also mentions whirl islands) and mt moon is neat too, feels like HGSS foreshadowing specifically in a way that the girl giving you the white flute does not. he's alluding to specific locations and pokemon (he vagues ho-oh and lugia)

and last but not least out of everything i feel like mentioning...

PEPPER?? SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?? GIRL ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE JOKING?? SDFKSDFJKS this really took me offguard, i know some of these footprint ribbon dialogues are silly but i'm unsure if i've checked a pokemon with this specific dialogue before so i was like HUH??? i like to imagine that despite this sounding really edgy cause she's a dark type or whatever that pepper just has a habit of love biting. she nibbles u to show she cares

my scyther and finneon aren't eligible for the ribbon yet but i did end up getting it on pepper obviously, and panini (luxray) and waffle (clefairy) yeehaw :] i'll come back to get it on the others. my ribbon obsessed brain needs more ribbons

anyway i have the GREAT MARSH now and the BINOCULARS told me that i have CARNIVINE today so i gotta go do that since that's a daily pokemon exclusive

#kiki was here #kiki.txt #kiki plays games #pt playthrough #long post

[twixtandshout]

I spent way too long getting distracted by the sparkles that follow my cursor on your blog XD XD XD ANYWAY, you had talked about DnD character sheets for the LU boys and I'm here to ask about them! :D I don't know much about DnD but you were excited and I'm interested so feel free to tell me all about it!

Yes!!! Hi! :D There's a lot on them but I'm proud of them all. I guess I'll just pull out a couple things I think are neat from each of them? (And I'll try to keep things understandable for you, dw!!)

Sky: I don't remember what I already went through in comments, but I know he's your favorite so I'll try to pull out something new and interesting for you. Hm... I've got him with 14 levels of Paladin (swords and a bit of holy magic, sworn to a higher power), 3 levels in Warlock (magic granted as part of a pact with an outside entity), and 3 in Barbarian (hit stuff better when you're angry). Pretty sure I already talked about the storm stuff he gets from the Barbarian side of things – he gets some storm/lightning stuff and it's great – but I've made him a Pact of the Talisman warlock with Sun: his sailcloth is a symbol of his bond with her, and apart from acting as a parachute, it also lets him add a little extra to the roll a few times each day through her power when he fails a check. He's got a bunch of stuff that makes him really good at dueling, plus a couple extra feats that make it easier for him and Sun to talk 💞

Four: Four has. so many classes. I gave him 10 levels in Artificer, for making magic tools; then each Color plus Shadow got 2 levels in another class: Wizard for Vio (learn magic through study), Druid for Red (learn magic through becoming in tune with nature), Barbarian for Blue, Paladin for Green, and Sorcerer for Shadow (obtain magic through genetic accident/tragic backstory/general lottery). Generally Druids' main ability as a class is Wildshape, which is to say animal shapeshifting, but that wasn't the vibe for Red, so he's a Wildfire Druid, which gives him a living fire friend instead. Also, one of the magic things you're allowed to say your character knows how to make when you're making an Artificer is a living robot – I've quietly had him learn that, with the expectation that that's how he got Shadow back. :3 Other than that, he's just got a bunch of elemental spells basically!

Time: Time's got a couple levels in Bard (magic through music) and Ranger, but he's primarily a Sorcerer, with a slightly modified Clockwork Soul subclass – technically the flavor there's meant to be more "the underlying order of the universe" than "messing with time," but I just traded out a couple spells on the list and it works fine for him. :3c His background and his Bard and Ranger subclasses all involve the fey, though. He gets some fun stuff with glamours and charm effects, and, just for flavor, when he casts time stands still and you can hear/see gears ticking around him.

Legend: Lej's got a ridiculous number of classes too, and he doesn't have Four's excuse. (There's not even enough room on the sheet to abbreviate them all like I did Four's, so I just filled in the "class" blank "Yes.") So he's got a bit of everything! Pulling out a few interesting bits: he gets a whole bunch of sneaky stuff as a Rogue, as well as sizable bonuses to spotting lies and hidden objects. As a College of Creation Bard, he gets little visual symbol effects that float around him when he plays, and he can create a medium-sized object out of nothing, like that cane that lets him make boxes for some reason. As opposed to the more heroic Paladins of the Chain, Lej's Paladin subclass is the Oath of Vengeance, which among other things lets him channel divine power through utter a "vow of enmity" against an enemy, making his attacks more likely to hit until it's dead. I also gave him a few feats to really round out the knowledgeable veteran thing – he's really good at dungeon delving.

Hyrule: I gave Hyrule the Circle of Dreams Druid subclass, which is fey-themed and gives him a lot of healing abilities in addition to a little bit of teleporting. (He's got levels in Rogue and Sorcerer too, but apart from "he dodges real good, gets bonus damage for surprise attacks, and can modify spell effects," I don't have much to say on those for him.) Reflecting that he carries the Triforce, I borrowed the Radiant Consumption character feature from the Aasimar – as a bonus action, he can start burning, glowing brightly for 10' and doing radiant damage to everyone (including himself) every turn for a full minute. (A combat round in DnD lasts approx 6 in-game seconds!)

Wind: Wind! 2 levels in Rogue, 18 in Sorcerer. As a Halfling, he can reroll any 1 once. He can fly after casting spells (or grant flight to others), is immune to thunder and lightning damage, and he gets a feature to control storms! He can stop rain in a sphere, control the direction of wind, and hit things with lightning. He's also got Truesight and can make ghosts visible for an hour once per week, and I gave him the Quickfingered and Silvertongued feats, so he's great at pickpocketing and sweettalking people.

Twilight: Twi's largely a Ranger, with Exactly enough levels in Druid to give him Wildshape, because Wolfie. He's a Circle of the Shepherd Druid, which seemed fitting; he gets feyspeak as a language, can talk to animals, and can summon a hawk spirit to fight for him. As for the Ranger stuff, he's a Horizon Walker Ranger – the subclass description says they "guard the world against threats that originate from other planes or that seek to ravage the mortal world with otherworldly magic." He doesn't have a lot of spells – I don't think he'd use most of the ones I gave him, honestly, but the class says he gets some so I made the most of it – but he's really good at navigating, especially in forests, and he gets bonuses to track enemies. He's Also very good at vanishing in plain sight, seeing in darkness, and teleporting up to 10' before each attack.

Warriors: Seven levels of Fighter! Seven levels of Paladin! Six levels of Cleric! This boy is So Good at whacking things with swords, and he also channels magic/holy power as a representative of the god of War. As a Battlemaster Fighter, he's got a lot of tactical maneuvers he can use to set people up around the field or grant bonuses, and although his Paladin oath is baaasically the same mechanically as Sky's, he's an Oath of Glory Paladin where Sky's Oath of Heroism. He has a Peerless Athlete feature, he can Channel Divinity to vaporize low-level undead, and he's very mobile – he isn't slowed by difficult terrain, and he literally cannot be physically restrained.

Wild: He'd have a different level distribution if I kept what he had pre-nap, but I decided he keeps five levels in Fighter and then the rest is Ranger from post-nap. He's a Fey Wanderer Ranger (like Time!) so he gets some glamour abilities, and if something makes him save against charm/fear effects, he can redirect it and make that thing make the save against Him instead. He's great at navigating and disappearing in the wilderness, and he gets a couple teleporty things. He's also got a bunch of skills in cooking and making/finding healing food, and he regains more than the usual hp when he recovers, too.

#oh man this post is Very Long #but!!! dnd sheets yay :D #oh jeez what did i decide to tag these #lu dnd sheets #probably something like that #anyway!!! thank :D i hope these are Fun! #answerin' stuff

[levis-bunny]

Better Than Me?

Warnings: Borderline smut although nothing too descriptive, mentions of a threesome.

I glared at the short, raven-haired man in front of me. He was sat at his desk, cravat and jacket slung on the back of his chair. A couple of buttons were undone on his shirt and his usually neat hair was tousled as if he'd run his hands through it many times.

It had been hours since I had seen Levi, and days since we had had more than a tired conversation followed by me passing out. He was usually in bed after me and up before I was, if he even got in bed at all.

"Y/N, darling, glaring at me won't make me finish this paperwork any faster."

"You need to sleep, Levi."

"I have things to do."

"Your paperwork isn't going anywhere. You can pick it back up in the morning."

"I have things to do in the morning as well."

"Levi," my voice came out more as a pathetic whine than the commanding voice I had hoped for. "You're going to work yourself to death if you continue like this."

"Don't be dramatic." My nostrils flared in annoyance.

"Fine then. If you won't come join me in bed, then I guess I'll join the Commander in his." My voice was teasing, with an underlying threatening edge to it that had Levi finally looking at me. His gray eyes took in my form, covered by a pair of shorts and one of his shirts. "At least Erwin would be willing to put aside his duties to take care of his girlfriend."

There was a dangerous glint in Levi's eyes as he stood and slowly stalked towards me. I swallowed, unsure of whether I had truly struck a nerve or not. However, when he stopped in front of me, looking into my eyes, I realized the look he was giving me. He was challenging me. Daring me to take this another step further.

"Really now? And do you think Erwin would be able to take care of you like I can? Leave you a squirming, moaning mess, like I can?" His words sent a tingle down my spine and a burning in my core. I tilted my chin up defiantly.

"Actually, I'm quite confident Commander Erwin would be just as good as you, if not better." Levi stared at me for several seconds. My cocky exterior was beginning to crumble. Had I taken things too far?

"Well, if you're so confident." Levi hoisted me over his shoulder, ignoring my startled yelp. "Then why don't we find out, hm?"

#levi ackerman #aot x reader #aot erwin #erwin #captain levi #levi heichou #levi x reader #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #erwin x reader #levi #erwin smut #erwin smith #levi smut

[busterheadspace]

If you are still doing requests, can i ask for something about Andre/Gigi? I just think they're neat :33

Done!

Note:Request are open

——

Andre had been woken up by loud music and he turned his head  to see what was making that noise.  To his surprise but also not really a surprise, Gigi was wide awake and on her phone.  He rolled over, one arm swinging over her stomach, and the other reaching for her phone.

"Andre.." Gigi glared at him and puts his arm down. He curls up against her instead, sighing.

"Go to sleep.. It's late." He mumbled,

"I'll sleep after I looking at this 

"Hm?" More awake, he looked at the video Gigi was watching. A model was wearing a simple black dress that covered her legs. 

"Yeah.. it's pretty. But go to sleep. You get cranky when you don't get your beauty sleep."

Gigi snorts although puts her phone down and lets Andre hold her, his head resting on her stomach. 

"I'll buy you that dress." Andre said.

"Really? You better bet your ass you are if you're talking like that" Her hands comb through his soft hair. He grins, putting a hand on her face.

"I'll surprise you. Don't worry." Andre chuckles before falling asleep

—-

In fact he did keep his promise. A week later Andre had arrived home from work and there was a package at the door. Gigi had to deal with a night show so she had to stay later. He opened the box and it was the dress! It came!

Maybe it was the excitement from the dress or whatever he took earlier at work but he wanted to do something nice for Gigi and decided to dig through his closet to look for a nice suit

—

The door slammed open and it woke Andre out of his nap. He quickly sat up, seeing a clearly pissed Gigi in the doorway, kicking off her shoes

"So, what happened at work?" Andre asked, hanging from the couch edge. Although he loses balance and falls onto his head with a yelp, his tie loosely hangs. He gives Gigi a sheepish smile and she shakes her head with a tiny smirk. As Andre collected himself, Gigi grabbed his tie and began fixing it

"If you're going to dress properly, can you at least learn how to do your own tie." Gigi murmured "Why are you dressed like this? If JR said we're going to another Government party, he's going to hear hell from me"

"Nah. It's not any of that. I would have drugged him with some memory serum. I got you this though." Andre took the box from the table and handed it to his girlfriend. She raised her eyebrow but opened it. A smile forms on her face as she takes the dress out, looking at it.

"So you did keep your word." She says and kisses his cheek as a thanks. Andre nearly melts with happiness and chuckles, holding her hand.

"I wouldn't waste this opportunity. Care for a dance?" 

“I’m a mess but a dance does sound hot right now. Give me time in the bathroom so I make myself look good for you.” 

Andre pouts but let's go as Gigi heads to the bathroom. She goes in, and leaves quicker than usual, wearing the dress. Andre held his hand out and she took it again. He chuckles and smiles, holding onto her arm and started swaying as he slowly spun. She followed and they enjoy a quiet dance with each other

In a split second, Andre felt himself twirling and falling, being caught by an arm wrapped around his waist. Gigi looked smug as she brought him up, cradling his face in her hands.

“So.. what next?”

“Dinner. Because I am hell of hungry after that dance and work.”

“Aw. You’re not satisfied with how hot I am.” That earns a light glare from her and he laughs nervously and goes to grab his phone for takeout. “So what are we doing?”

“How about sushi? I’ll pay since you were nice with the gift”

“Alright .” 

He made a quick call and ordered before they sat close on the couch and turned the TV.

 “You’re really pretty Gigi.” Andre whispers and she rolls her eyes in a playful manner before kissing him deeply. Andre makes a content noise as he lets go, both of them grinning at each other.

#inside job #inside job fanfic #gigi thompson #andre lee #andigigi

[thevikingwoman]

AO3 writer's wrapped: 15, 20 and 39 please? 😁

thank you Rolo!!

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

... all of them? I keep WIP around forever, and never truly give up on them, but I guess if I'm supposed to pick something I'm working on and will work on; I have 3 Meryta x Tansui fics - one of them at least should be done before the year ends, 2 Meryta x Emmanellain fics, and an almost-crack Hien x Magnai fic (maybe I'll finish this soon? might loose momentum). Lots of little things, but mostly I take with me ideas and halfwritten notes of all the fics I do want to write for Meryta and her whole arch so far.

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

This is such an interesting question? I do sometimes re-read fics, especially if someone likes an old fic or leaves a comment? I probably reread Home [Uprooted Sarkan/Agnieszka] the most, I just read it at times? For fics I wrote this year, I think it was Distance [FFXIV, Beatin/Gairhard], I just thought it was neat.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year? (since there is no 39)

Hm - I think, how difficult it was to get into FFXIV writing? it took me a while, and I think the setting and the language used is a bit intimidated, and the WoL is pretty much a blank slate at the start of the story, so it's harder to get into?

Another surprise was that I do really think if you're writing characters with non-human features and traits, you really need to lean into it. I'm not leaving this fandom without a scale fetish or something, I've accepted my fate

ao3 wrapped writers edition

#ask game #ao3 wrapped #these are so fun #it's still honesty hour

[sleepingnova]

Sunrises and sunsets :)

This is Professor X again....I have an obsession w young Charles so shh. Student reader again, won't be anything else until I say otherwise. :)

Cw: suicidal thoughts and attempts, I just really want comfort.

You were a very quiet person. You were also very observant. You didn't talk much but listened to everything. You heard everything that went on everywhere.

Charles noticed that. He admired your refusal to get involved in drama, but you weren't afraid to be brutally honest and give direct advice to someone as well. You didn't really care for hurting their feelings, you were just being honest. Because of it, no one really liked you because you were "mean".

You were his top student. Nothing but perfect scores from you across the board. All of your teachers were impressed with how successful you were.

One day, you were leaving the Professor's classroom deep in thought. He had opened your eyes on a mutation theory that you didn't think was possible. Everyone left, so you were the only one there and you had zoned out, trying to think of everything related to the topic.

You remembered you needed to stop by Hank's lab to ask him a few questions about your presentation on mutation cells before the day was over. What you didn't realize was that he had come in to talk to Charles and noticed you in there.

When they noticed you, they tried to call out to you, thinking you were sleeping. Charles slowly put his fingers on his temple, attempting to get into your head to wake you up.

When you heard the voice, you looked up and realized you were still in the classroom.

You looked up and saw the professor and Hank staring at you.

"Oh there you are, are you alright? You seemed out of it for a little. I noticed you weren't as active today in my class." Hank asked.

"Hm? Oh no, I'm so sorry. Your mutation theory today had me thinking and I think I just lost track of time. Apologies, professor, I'll get out of your hair." You replied.

"No no, my darling, you're perfectly alright, in fact I'm sure you were the only one who was listening to me." The professor chuckled.

You smiled slightly, before grabbing your backpack to leave.

"Oh, please be mindful of the-" He started, as your stomach hit the corner of his desk. You grunted in pain before mumbling a soft ow.

"-Desk corner." He finished, with the words stuck in his mouth. He rolled around the desk to where you were on the floor. He noticed there was a tiny envelope that slid under the desk, but decided not to say anything.

"Are you alright? Does it hurt badly? I have an ice pack if you need it." He asked, voice and eyes filled with concern.

"I can check you out if you need me to. I just to make sure you're alright, that corner does hurt a lot. Also, from other incidents, I have to ask: You don't have a very high pain tolerance, do you?" Hank asked.

"No, I don't. I get hurt easily, but I'm working on it. But yes, you don't need to worry about me, I'm okay, it didn't hurt that much." You answered, slowly standing up and brushing your clothes off. You grabbed your belongings and headed to your room.

Hank noticed the manilla paper envelope sticking out from under the desk.

"Hank? What are you doing?" The professor asked.

"What is this? I found it on the floor. It has your name on it." Hank replied, tossing the envelope on his desk.

"Alright, open it. Or I can but it doesn't matter." Charles responded.

Hank handed him the envelope and he opened it to find a very neatly folded paper with very neat handwriting.

As he started to read, his eyes widened in horror and guilt.

"What? What does it say?" Hank asked, voice laced with concern and confusion.

"It's a uh note. A um suicide note." The professor mumbled, his lips trembling with fear as he cleared his throat.

"It's a what? Speak up, Charles I can't hear you." Hank told the professor.

He handed the note to Hank, who started to read. His eyes widened as he glanced past the section for Charles and then kept reading the section for him over and over again. Finally when he finished reading it, he handed it back to the professor. He noticed something on the back.

"Turn it around. It says something else." Hank blurted.

On the back, there was a polaroid of the professor, Hank, and you in the middle. You were in front of his favorite tree outside and the sun was starting to set, with all of the colors showing in the background. That day, your friend took the picture but they decided to photobomb you and you kept it. On the bottom of the picture, it said in small and your very neat handwriting: The sunset is beautiful, isn't it?

Charles looked at Hank with tears forming in his eyes. He had never felt so strongly about one of his students before, ever. He had never stopped to notice the signs you were slowly showing.

You had slowly made your after class conversations about what you learned that could last hours into the day shorter, only lasting as a brief interaction, taking seconds or short minutes.

He watched as every day you would slowly sit in the back to the class and wouldn't say a word to anyone. You stopped talking to everyone. You even stopped drawing little pictures of things you found outside to show to the professor.

He could hear the things you were saying in your mind. His heart broke even more as the comments got progressively worse. He could recognize your voice. He knew it was you. All those times in class where he would pause his sentences of teaching to turn and look at you because what you were saying was so loud and sad.

Meanwhile you, you were going through it.

You deep cleaned your bag and room 3 times exactly in search for the manilla envelope. The same one they found.

But that was 20 minutes ago. Now you're sitting in a corner, silently sobbing.

The thoughts were getting louder and louder. You felt like you were suffocating. You got up and wrote a scribbled out goodbye and was about to end it, when Hank knocked on the door.

"Hey, are you in here? Can I come in? Please? I wanted to talk to you about something I saw today." Hank asked, nodding to Charles, who used his telepathy to get into your head to talk to you.

"Don't get scared my darling. Let me in, please? We would like to talk to you." The professor said in your head.

You were quiet before silently walking over to your desk, scribbling out the words "it's open" onto a piece of paper and sliding it under the door.

They opened the door to find you in the corner, staring into space with dried tears on your cheeks.

The professor rolled into your room and got out of his chair to sit on the floor with you.

"You dropped this, in my office earlier. Forgive me for opening it, my dear, but I knew once I saw it, I couldn't let you suffer any longer. I just couldn't bear it. Now, as your instructor, I want you to know that I treat you and all of my students as if you were my own children. I made sure to give you the love and support your parents could never give to you. Please, I beg of you, please talk to me. If you don't want to do that, we could do something else, I have books in my office, we could read or do something. I just can't go any longer hearing you suffer. You don't deserve to have those thoughts. Ever. You are one of my brightest students, and I don't know what I would do if something happened to you. You do understand I can hear your thoughts, right? It breaks me to know that you were going to end your life if I hadn't shown up. You don't have to talk, but I want you to let your emotions out, find comfort in me or Hank. We are both here for you. Always. I know you love the sunrises and sunsets, but you can't have one without the other. I don't care if I have to be up before the sun comes up just to watch the sunrise with you, because if that makes life worth living for you, then I would do anything. I want you here. I need you here with me." The constant babbling of the professor was filled with sobs and sniffles, but when your eyes met his, he could tell how tired you were, and you could see the effect it had on him and Hank.

"I...I just can't do this anymore. I don't want to. I don't want you to be burdened because of me. I just want to be put to rest." You wrote on the paper, voice raw from your tears.

"I know, and I understand. But please believe me. This isn't the way. You are just stuck in the rain and the sun has yet to come out. You have to trust that it will. Please promise me now, you will see the sunrise with me tomorrow..? I've known you long enough to know sunsets make you happy. So let's find something that will help you get better. With every sunrise, there is always a sunset, you have to be here to see both of them. We'll always be here, no matter what. Alright?" Hank said as he walked over from the door.

You slowly nodded and laid on the floor, your tears forming a small puddle on the floor.

The professor got out of his chair and sat beside you. He gently put a hand on your back as a way of comfort.

"Get some rest, my dear student. I will wake you so we can see the sunset together." He said as he stroked your head.

"Yes, the sunset is beautiful, but the moon is magnificent."

#Spotify #angst with a happy ending #xmen x reader #xmen comfort #charles xavier comforting a student #professor x

[butwhatifidothis]

Have you ever considered, once you finish sporking that fic, washing the taste out of your mouth by taking a look at fics in the fandom you like/think deserve more attention?

Even one of my favourite sites, Cake Wrecks, does a feature on Sundays were it's cakes they think are really nicely-decorated so it's not all downers.

😭 i think i need to clear up something lmao

I already read fics that I enjoy - reread old ones, look out for new ones, write a good few myself (here's two of them lol). I read my trashy little otome isekai villainess manhuas that I love to death. I play the shit out of Hades. I play DnD with irl buds every Wednesday. I'm watching - and rewatching - episodes of the new Bleach anime, and am eagerly awaiting for June to come around to give more. I play Smash Ultimate with my big sis and lil bro. I replay VW every now and then. I play BBS and hope to finally pull the last couple Valentine's/Academy Momo's I need to have fully completed all the Momo's in the game (so far).

I already do plenty of things that I thoroughly enjoy doing - I talk about the fic a lot here, but y'all don't have to worry; I do, in fact, do things I enjoy doing lmao.

But! I do want to give some attention to fics I really enjoy! I've already talked about most of them before, but it never hurts to do it again lol. Most of them are dmcl so if that's not up your alley, well, rip, but if it is then yeah!

Princes of Silver and Gold is sooo good - and very meaty! It deals with Dimitri and Claude getting bopped back to the prologue after the events of Saving Derdriu, after a mysterious spell seems to ambush them during a moment of peace. It's has a lot per chapter to take in - 4 chapters, +129,000 words, a very dense read - but imo it never feels like too much. I've reread this a good few times actually! There's a lot of 3H's lore that's played around with and given more oomph to it that really makes the fic feel alive, which is always nice.

Be Not Proud: an absolute downer for sure, can't ever get through it without snivellin' and snottin', but it's a really touching look into Nader and Claude's relationship. It revolves around Claude's last moments on a CF run where he isn't spared - very sad oneshot, but very memorable imo.

Everyone Leaves Eventually: an interesting oneshot about the Black Eagles leaving Edelgard's side one by one as she gets more and more aggressive with her war, from Hubert's POV. Granted, Hubert is more than a smidge OOC for it to work - he's given a good bit more morality than he's shown to ever have canonically - but as a concept it's interesting, and it's a neat read all around. If you're willing to accept that this Hubert is less like canon!Hubert than he ought to be, I'd definitely recommend it!

Survivor's Burden: another one that's kind of a downer, but with a much happier ending than Be Not Proud. Revolving around the idea of Claude and Dimitri surviving SS Gronder, with Claude doing his best to keep him and Dimitri alive in the woods. It's a bit long for a oneshot - a bit over 30,000 words for one sitting - but! It's definitely worth it imo. Plus! It was part of the dmcl Big Bang that happened a couple years ago, so this one also has great art to go along with it at certain points!

to this vow, i hold fast: yet again this is being recommended by me lmao because it is beyond amazing. It's a slow-burn dmcl political-marriage AU of post-war Fodlan, and it's just a joy to read through. The one thing I'll say about this one, as much as I love it to bits, is that, hm... you can tell the author also ships Dimi///leth. Understandable what I mean by that once you read it, and it can be quite a bit annoying to see it imo, but also imo it doesn't take enough away from the quality for me to ever do anything but recommend it lol. This multi-chapter fic is actually almost complete, from what I understand! So there's that too.

seeking humanity: a dmcl AU where Claude is a traveler and Dimitri is (seemingly, anyway) the god of death, and they make a pact: Claude either gets Dimitri to like humans in half a year's time, or he gives up his soul to Dimitri. I am a huge fan of how the characters are, well, characterized in this fic; everyone is just a joy to read through! Even characters I don't care that much for (especially with how they tend to be written in fics), like Leonie and Lorenz, are just great. And the mysteries this fic has in it are also really fun to think about, with all the crumbs the story lays down to try and follow.

please give them a shot!! If they're up your alley anyway lol

#ask #anon #like y'all do NOT have to worry lmao I have plenty to keep me happy and entertained

[demcnsinmymind]

@therebekahmikaelson continued from here to make the thread a beta post

"Whoever got to decide that kind of bullshit? Way to share with the class" Lance replied and shook his head, because really. Only one cure? Compared to hundreds if not thousand of vamps out there? That really was bullshit.

When she met him with a smile, he returned the favor by giving her he cheeky grin, chuckling to himself, unable to keep a cheesy comment in.

"Oh and I'm certain I know a few ways to rile you up" he replied, grin growing bigger, until he started laughing and waved it right off. "You know what, I take that one back. Too cheesy even for my standard. Please don't kill me. At least not yet. I'll get back to you on that one" Lance went on, eyes now moving back and forth between her and the door.

A part of him still wanted to leave now that he'd gotten what he wanted. Still a habit especially after anything even remotely close to a fight. But of course, she just had to mention hunger and happy juice as a peace offering now, and it only just now hit him how hungry he really was. The hunger flashed right across his face for a second, almost feral and dark, but was once again replaced with a smirk and a challenging look.

"Hm. That does sound kind of nice" Lance mused, stepping a little closer at last, interested. Getting thrillingly close to her now, considering that he was very aware of the fact that her mood could still swing right back into neckbreaking territory. But there was just something about telling her this 'neat' little fact about himself like this. Close to her. Almost intimate.

"Here's for the first bit of no bullshit and giving it to each other straight though" he went on, a throwback to his previous proposal to her.

"If it's human happy juice, then I'm afraid I won't be able to join you. Can't keep it down no matter how hard I try. Hence the little...snack earlier" he explained while pointing at her neck, where he took a sip not too long ago. "So unless you're offering, I'm afraid I'll have to go and get myself some takeout. Now that I think about it, maybe you'd like to join me. Seems like you could use some more ways to blow off some steam. You looked quite murderous just a second ago. Sure could use that."

#therebekahmikaelson #brainiac besties : rebekah #keep on trying i'm not dying so easily : hybrid

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

Pokemon Emerald Ralts Only Part 2: Roxanne and her Rock-hard Nosepass

So last we left off on...uh...the second mandatory fight in the entire game. So now we need to talk about what my plan is from here to beat Roxanne.

Part 1

I'm going to be taking optional battles, and all of them that I can in between here and Roxanne. Ralts belongs in the Slow leveling group, which means that it is always going to be a few levels behind other Pokemon for the same amount of experience. Ralts also just isn't very good, and there's an additional factor to consider before we even get to Roxanne.

This gives us a pretty good way to use our Confusion PP. We haven't actually healed at a Pokemon Center yet, and if we can use all of our Confusion PP before a certain mandatory fight, we'll have actually performed a neat little optimization.

Sadly though, we are helpless to prevent a small sickly child from falling to the same fate as us. He will forever be doomed to Struggle against Poochyena like we will be.

As we fight the Wurmple trainer in Petalburg Woods, we have managed to perfectly sync up our Confusion uses. The last use of Confusion on the last Wurmple. We won't even need to take any wild encounters! This actually ended up working really well.

That's right. There's a mandatory fight against another Poochyena we have to do. This one is Level 9, and so it knows an incredibly annoying move: Sand Attack. There isn't, I think, a single Pokemon player alive who hasn't dealt with the considerable frustration of having your Pokemon's accuracy lowered and the game deciding you are no longer allowed to play.

This leads to a really, really frustrating reset here.

Reset Counter: 4

Let's discuss Struggle for a bit. In Generations II and Generation III, Struggle is typeless, 50 base power, and deals recoil damage equal to 1/4 of the damage dealt. Pokemon math works in an incredibly specific way, where you always drop the decimal on whatever calculation you're doing. So this means we can actually deal 1-7 damage with Struggle while only taking 1 damage in recoil. My guess is the Poochyena here either has 25 or 29 HP, because it seemed like a 4HKO up until it wasn't, and that we were doing 6 or 7 damage with our Struggle. It was a very, very winnable fight, but we lost somewhere around six turns due to Sand Attack. We were robbed.

The next fight goes a lot better.

Getting to Rustboro City from here is pretty uneventful, but I do briefly want to talk about Route 104 for a different reason: our HM friends we're gonna pick up along the way. We can actually catch a Pokemon for every relevant HM we're going to need on this run (we need to go onto Route 102 for Zigzagoon, actually, but it's still very close to Petalburg City):

-Zigzagoon will be able to use Cut, Rock Smash, and Surf -Marill will be able to use Strength, Waterfall, and Dive -Either Taillow or Wingull will be able to use Fly

It's really convenient! The other benefit to this is that we'll have access to a Pickup user. I'm not going to be looking to abuse Pickup, because it's inherently very random, but I will take note of when Pickup gets us something good. Pickup is also notably weaker in Emerald than it is in Ruby or Sapphire, or even in Fire Red and Leaf Green.

The only truly impactful item we can get here are Nuggets, and maybe the Full Heal or the Hyper Potion. I'll make sure to update this if Zigzagoon gets above Level 10 at any point.

After getting to Rustboro City and beating up Roxanne's gym trainers, we're only Level 12, and that's the Slow leveling group in action baby. We've picked up Double Team by level up, but I don't think that beating Roxanne at this level is reasonable.

The two Geodudes should probably be easy enough thanks to their very low Sp.Def stats, but the Nosepass is going to be a pretty serious problem. Nosepass is very bulky for this point in the game, and the Oran Berry along with Roxanne's two Potions means we'll have an additional 50 HP to burn through. It's not all bad news though. While Rock Tomb looks scary, Roxanne's AI treats it as a speed control move, and not a damage dealing move. This means she'll only use it if we're faster than her, and when we'll slower, she'll stop using it in favor of her other moves. It's also pretty inaccurate, only having an 80% chance to hit.

But Level 12 is just, an uncomfortable level. Ralts is pretty physically frail, so I head up to Route 116 and fight all of the available trainers here.

This gets us to Level 14, which is still a little uncomfortable. Ideally I would much rather be Level 15, but getting to that level is going to require a non-trivial amount of grinding on wild Pokemon, and the wild Pokemon we're going to be fighting at this point are pretty low level. So let's give it a chance.

Welp.

Reset Counter: 5

Okay jokes aside, I forgot to equip an Oran Berry for this fight, so let's make sure to try again with the Oran Berry.

First things first: at this level we can potentially 2HKO the Geodude with Confusion. This is actually potentially a good thing for us and an argument for not going to Level 15. We'll miss the 2HKO by only about 1 or 2 HP, and Roxanne will use a Potion on her Geodude to restores its HP. If she does that, we still can KO the Geodude without any issues, and we've wasted a Potion that could have gone to Nosepass. Leveling up to Level 15 would mean through the slight increase in our Sp.Atk as well as the bonus damage we get by getting over a level threshold, we'd be 2HKOing the Geodude guaranteed.

It would also improve our damage versus the Nosepass, but it's a thought at least. This little exploit might allow us to not have to use any grinding.

The other issue is that Rock Tomb hurts. 15 damage is nothing to sneeze at and we really don't want to be taking too many of these. Fortunately though, Geodude isn't guaranteed to use Rock Tomb and can use other moves like Defense Curl, so getting past these two without taking a ton of damage never proved difficult.

With one Rock Tomb from the Geodude, Nosepass actually outspeeds us, which means we can immediately begin to abuse that AI quirk and she'll avoid Rock Tomb for most of the fight now. The problem here is that Confusion is doing pretty uninspiring damage. Tackle does 9 damage to use and I would guess it's more than we're doing back, so this isn't a damage race we can afford to fall behind on.

Fortunately, Nosepass is pretty likely to use Block and Harden and waste a turn doing so, but even with an Oran Berry, this fight doesn't look super doable.

Reset Counter: 6

We're able to get through the Nosepass' Oran Berry and the last of Roxanne's Potions, but Nosepass will actually decide to use Rock Tomb if it sees that it can score a KO with it. This is pretty bad since Rock Tomb has essentially double the base power of Tackle, and will do way more damage. It makes our margins for victory a lot more narrow. So that's it right? This is where I tell you I leveled up to Level 15, tried the fight again, and then realized I needed further grinding?

Not quite.

These fights were done by only using Confusion, in order to maximize our DPS. I don't really want to be using Growl, because setting up Growl takes time and will only really benefit us for one Pokemon. But there's one move I haven't really mentioned, which is Double Team.

I'll be honest here, I think Double Team is actually just straight-up a not very good move. It's giving your opponent free turns to hit you or set themselves up while you use a move that might potentially let you not take damage. Compared to an offensive set-up move like Swords Dance, or a defensive set-up move like Amnesia, you have no guaranteed returns and it's not guaranteed to make any match-up safer. A lot of people also take the full six turns setting up Double Team, which just gives your opponent a tremendous amount of time to throw hits at you. If you're in a fight where you need Evasion to have a reasonable chance of surviving, it's probably not a fight that you can realistically win.

But this fight is...close enough that I was willing to experiment. There's two reasons for this: the first is that is our damage goes in a similar way, we actually only need about three more turns of time in order to win. It's a lot to ask normally, since we'd be asking for 3 turns of our opponent deciding to use Harden, but the margin we're looking for isn't big. The second is that Rock Tomb is already inaccurate. It can already miss, and remember what I said about Roxanne's AI uses it? It uses it in order to lower our speed. We can potentially get Roxanne stuck using an already inaccurate move into our heightened evasion.

Since we only need a few turns, I decide to try the fight again, at Level 14, but with one change. We use a single use of Double Team at the beginning of the fight, and see how much breathing room that gives us.

Welcome to the Lamia Institute of Ethical and Reasonable Strategic Use of Double Team.

I don't actually know how lucky this fight was, it's ultimately a little difficult to know for a certain without having the ability to simulate the fight over and over again. But we weren't looking for the perfect fight anyways. We were looking for the good enough fight, and this one looks good enough to me.

Next time! More Poochyena! Brawly! Freedom from the cycle of reincarnation?