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pastelcheckereddreams · 1 year

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This is a rewrite of a prior generic prompt/ask by @antique-forvalaka, first posted here. I’m back to offer this tentative new version to the hanwenzhou mutuals and han ying stans alike.

"That was unkind."

Han Ying is trying to untie the sodden laces of his bracers. His fingers are numb, and beneath the swaddle of his drenched travel cloak, he trembles from the frigid air. At the sound of Wen-xiong's voice, his spine snaps straight even as it wants to bow under the weight of apology.

For two heartbeats, all Han Ying registers is the steady drip of his clothes against the wooden floor. The room beyond Wen-shixiong is lit with the warm glow of several braziers, casting his expression into shadow. Han Ying feels suspended on the moment. When his shixiong steps forward, he jerks at the movement.

"Give it here," Wen-shixiong is saying, hands reaching for him. Han Ying sways back, and the shadow freezes.

"G-?" his tongue is heavy in his mouth, words clumsy as they fight past the chilled fog lingering in his body, his brain.

"Your armour." Wen-xiong says, frown now visible as they both stand close in the half-light. He reaches again, for Han Ying's forearms. Han Ying tracks the movement passively, feeling distant from the way Wen-xiong sucks in a harsh breath at the cold leather beneath his fingers. His bracers thunk to the floor and Han Ying shivers as he's stripped of their protection. The frown creasing Wen-xiong's forehead deepens. He reaches for Han Ying's hands, his wrists, then up to cup his cheek, pushing aside the loose strands of hair dripping rivulets down his face. Han Ying blinks sluggishly, shuddering now underneath his cloak.

"A-Ying," Wen-xiong says, "you're-" cold.

It's okay, Ying-er wants to say. I'm used to being cold.

Cold flights through the night.

Cold vigils on a snowy mountainside.

Cold stakeouts, cold refuges, cold homes.

The weight of his sodden clothes bear down into his bones. But then Wen-xiong pulls back, and Ying-er almost stumbles until he realises his cloak is gone from his shoulders and there is an arm around his waist urging him forward into the warm glow of the room beyond.

He stumbles over the mats, two pairs of hands pulling at his ruined clothes until he is bared to the warmth of the fire.

"Ying'er," his Zhuangzhu murmurs, pressing his fingers to his pulse and feeling the slow and steady beat of his radial artery. Ying'er sways with each thud of his heart, his Lord's hands strong and warm around his wrists, his shoulders.

He's not sure when he got into the bath, or when it was pulled, or how long he trembled in Zhou Zishu's arms. Thought returns to him first in sensations: the warmth of his body, his arms and his hands. The heated flush of his cheeks, the sweat on his brow. The tingling of his scalp as his hair cascades down over his shoulders, released from its tight bun. As his body finally relaxes into the warmth that surrounds him, he feels the fatigue of the last two weeks settle into his aching limbs. He heaves his first deep breath, and lets his head thunk against the rim of the tub. He groans in pain.

There is a comb being pulled through his clean hair. It pauses.

Ying'er doesn't open his eyes as he says, "I'll apologise to Zhang-di. I didn't mean to be so harsh."

"Good," Xing-ge says, resuming the gentle drag of the comb through his wet hair. "After you have slept, and return a clean plate at breakfast."

Ying'er nods, and gathers his limbs beneath him to rise from the tub. He accepts Xing-ge's offered arm as he steps gingerly from the bath - noticing, as he does, that it is cloudy with minerals and scattered with herbal garnishes to warm qi. "Am I to be tomorrow's breakfast?" he asks, his face stretching tiredly into what feels like his first genuine smile in weeks.

Xing-ge tuts at him, and attempts to swaddle him in a square of dry cloth, patting the water droplets from his naked body. "You've worried A-Xu," he says. It confirms Ying'ers suspicions, and warms his heart even as it sinks a little. "He's left a tonic."

"Then I shall bid him goodnight before I retire to bed," he says.

Wen-xiong stops fussing, the earlier frown returning to his face. "A-Ying-"

"-Shixiong," Han Ying says, turning to him as he pulls on his linen underclothes, "Thank you. I appreciate your help. I can dress myself from here."

Wen-shixiong looks as though he may protest, but nods. He moves towards the door, but stops short. "A-Ying-"

"I know," Ying'er says. "I appreciate all he gives me. It would be sinful to ask for more."

His tone makes it clear that it is the end of the conversation, and Wen-xiong's silence is equally dispondent.

"Make sure you eat, xiongdi," Wen-shixiong says as he retreats from the room, content that A-Ying's brazers are lit and he is fully cognizant after his chill. "I will load your plate at breakfast myself."

"Yes, Da-shixiong," A-Ying smiles. "Goodnight."

When he climbs into bed a few minutes later, the moon high in the sky, Ying-er is warm enough. The tonic brew is warming on his tongue and down into his chest, but he finds he is too tired to bid his Lord goodnight.

He will rise early tomorrow, and find Chengling in the kitchen, to apologise for his harsh words.

#i got lost in a winter funk for half a year #it happens #hanwenzhou moots please accept this offering #it has no resemblence to what i vaguely recall of the original draft i subsequently lost #*shrugs* metamorphosis #somethingsomething hanwen Knowing parts of zhou zishu and commiserating/finding understanding where there was once jealousy #and also silently despairing over zzs's inability to communicate #chengling is collateral damage/a vehicle for han ying's frustrations #*slaps han ying like the hood of a good 60s car*#i can fit so much generational angst and winter blues into this blorbo #nikkiwrites #hanwenzhou #hanwen #woh fanfic #shl fanfic #han ying #wen kexing #zhou zishu #wenzhou

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solradguy · 1 year

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Ruthlessly bullying my assigned Ky 'kin friend in the group text chat and he has no idea I'm fighting off Ky is boring allegations on this website like my life depends on it

#textpost #HE ISN'T BORING OPEN YOUR HEART AND REJECT THE MEMES #THIS BLOND BASTARD *slaps him like the hood of a car* CAN FIT SO MUCH INTERESTING LORE IN THERE #Once I translate Lightning the Argent then you will Realize

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danidoesntdie · 10 months

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"Baggage"

#i really pumped this one out #*slaps like the hood of a car* this bad boy has so much meme material #comic #myart #mycomic #burnout #major depression #bpd #mental illness #mental ill meme #adhd #mdd #dark humor #anxiety #emotional trauma

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cryscendo · 9 months

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kurt hummel in every performance

3x15 - Big Brother

Up Up Up - Artie Abrams and Quinn Fabray

#glee #kurt hummel #sugar motta #hummotta #my stuff #song: up up up #episode: big brother #kurt hummel in every performance #*slaps gifs like its the hood of a car* these babies can hold so many fps

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redysetdare · 1 year

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Actually you know what I will explain how Hallmark Christmas movies are amatonormative.

Starting with the biggest tell which is the plots. There are usually two kinds of plots hallmark goes for with the christmas films.

Plot 1: Woman is searching for a magical romance and finds it through Christmas

Plot 2: Woman is business focused and not interested in love and needs to be taught to love through the power of christmas and a man.

In terms of Plot 2, I feel like it's the most openly amatonormative (+ gotta love the extra addition of sexism in there) where it literally places that the woman not being interested in romance or finding a boyfriend to be a problem. Characters in the movie such as the protagonists best friend (usually another woman) and parents (Usually mother) insist that the protag NEEDS to find love and that her life will be miserable if she doesn't "have fun" and "Fall in love"

This is common for Aspecs, specifically aromantics, to hear. Any expression of disinterest in romance is often shot back at with "you haven't found the right person yet" "that's such a sad way to live" "You'll find the one at some point!" And this is only because of the importance that society puts onto romance and finding a partner. It becomes unbelievable to some that anyone could ever be happy without love in their life. This is textbook amatonormativity.

This idea also plays into Plot 1, which while more subtle, still pushes these ideas of everyone should want/look for love.

A common trope in Plot 1 that shows these ideals is the bad 1st boyfriend that the protagonist usually has before meeting the actual love interest for the movie. Usually the boyfriend is business oriented, doesn't do romantic things with the protagonist (usually stated as him being too busy and thus not caring or him actually not caring about romance), and usually will laugh/mock the idea of romance in general. This is seen as bad by the movies. This often reads similar to how aromantic people are treated for not caring about romance. They are positioned as bad partners for not following textbook ideas of romance. For focusing on other things over romance. They are seen as sad and miserable and "How could anyone live such a sad life?"

There's also this overlying theme in Plot 1 that the protags search for a fairy tale romance is inherently good and anyone disagreeing is inherently wrong and hates romance. Usually romance being the main priority is seen as right over other obligations. If the protag for example has to choose between the romantic plotline or some other obligation she's made, then choosing the second obligation is ALWAYS framed as the wrong answer. Usually the character will shame the protagonist for not choosing to go meet the male love interest or the love interest himself will be upset with the protagonist, placing more importance on the romantic plotline no matter how much more important logically the other obligation could be.

That's not even to mention the fact that no one in these movies ends up single. If a character is specifically mentioned to be single then there is a 99% chance that they WILL be paired up by the end of the film. If they are single by the end of the film it's likely that 1. They were not mentioned to be single or taken so their status is ambiguous at best.

2. They are constantly looking for love along with the protag, usually hinted to be falling in love/wll get with someone in the future by the end of the film

3. they are a child. Hallmark doesn't do anything romantic between children outside of maybe the off handed mention of a crush.

And yes, I know it can be a bit of an issue to complain about ROMANCE movies supporting amatonormativity, especially when these films have many other things wrong with them other than that. But also see: I had to watch these every fucking year with my mother and so as an angry aroace i think i can tear into them as a treat :)

I've probably missed some things and tbh this post is likely all over the place, I tried my best with my ADHD. If you also had to put up with these films feel free to leave your own analysis on them or make any additions/corrections. It's been at least a year since I've seen these films and I'm sure I've left things out + missed the new films which might change some things (Tho i doubt it. Hallmark has a formula that they stick to rigidly with these)

So yeah TL:DR Hallmark christmas movies are definitely full of amatonormativity and It's interesting to look at and tear apart the harmful ideas within the movies. Thanks for coming to my ted talk and whatnot lmao

#text #amatonormativity #aro #aromantic #aroace #tbh theres probably a bunch more that i just cant think of atm #also might be worth discussing how the amatonormativity effects the audience of these films which seem to be in large part Mothers #idk what happening there but im sure there is something #like also the fact the amatonormativity often effects the female characters most heavily in these films #which again is a whole bag of worms in of itself #*slaps hood of car* These movies can fit so many problems into them #literally u can write essays on these movies and every issue they have LMAO #these films are a fucking mess

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sneetsnootyoit · 11 months

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In the process of writing the most FOUL, kinky, toe-curling smut for an Agent Whiskey x Reader fic that has enemies to lovers and smut and forced proximity at one point. There's a lot of feelings and porn with plot. This is probably going to be one of the most unhinged things I write. How unhinged? Just look at the tags, man

I really hope people actually read and like this fic when it's done 🫣

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lumiereandcogsworth · 1 year

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Tell me something about any or all of the kiddos you'd LOVE to go off about!!!

Thank you for this!!!! Honestly something that I super want to go off about is their names. I’m just REALLY proud of their names like it’s such a simple thing but?? It gets me so excited and that’s what this post is about am I right ladies!!! Anyway, without further ado: Names.

So to explain the names of these three beautiful kiddos, I first have to explain the full names I’ve given to their parents — my dear Adam and Belle.

Adam Jean-Louis Antoine Adrien de Beaumont

It’s a mouthful I KNOW! These names are all just members of his family. I believe I made Antoine his grandfather, and Jean is a great-grandfather I think. Adrien is an uncle. Louis is his horrible, awful father. I think Adam would have been named after him directly if not for the fact that I have a whole backstory headcanon about how Adam’s mother was NOT King Louis’ first wife. How his first wife, Queen Agnès, gave him a daughter that would later die as a child, and a son that was stillborn (followed by Agnès dying from childbirth). So when the new, young Queen Renée FINALLY gave him a living son, a proper heir to the throne, he let her name him. Hence his simpler, Christian name: Adam.

And “de Beaumont” is an homage to one of the 18th century Beauty and the Beast authors, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont - from 1756. I’ve also seen Adam’s last name be Beaumont in Modern AU fic before, and I’ve fully adopted it as his family name. It’s just so fitting!! So in this canon world, his family line is the house of Beaumont - instead of Bourbon or Napoleon, as history actually dictates around this time.

Belle Annalise de Beaumont (née LaRue)

Much less of a mouthful! So my story on her name is that when her darling parents - Maurice James LaRue and Maria Catherine LaRue (née Bouchet) - were expecting her, they were both quite certain it was a girl. I don’t know how, but they just KNEW. And pretty early on, they settled on the name Annalise. They just both thought it was so lovely, so sweet. They simply adored the name. But on that calm evening on the second of May, when the crying little baby girl was placed in Maria’s arms, all she could say was Belle! Belle! For she had never seen anything more beautiful. Even when her dear husband came in, all tearful and smiling, all she could call their little angel was Belle. Eventually, Maurice suggested that that should be her name, and Annalise became her middle name.

Also the family name LaRue simply means “of the street or of the road” - I wanted Maurice to have a rather plain family name, and it’s symbolic of the fact that Maurice was a street artist, and lived on the street for a good portion of his life.

Now, onto the kiddos!!

Renée Geneviève Annalise de Beaumont

Their dear firstborn, the beloved first princess and heir to the throne! So! Renée’s first name comes from Adam’s mother. I think that, even though Adam spent a good portion of his life not really wanting children, or expecting himself to care, there was some part of him that knew if he ever did have a daughter, he’d name her after his dearly departed mother. And Belle was more than happy to agree upon this name! She thought it was quite beautiful too, and she of course knows how much Adam’s mother meant to him.

Geneviève was the name of Adam’s aunt and godmother - Louis’ younger sister. I headcanon that while she wasn’t around very much (she married a prince of another country when Adam was a child) she was always very kind to her little nephew and godson, and her sister-in-law, when she did visit. Despite King Louis’ anger, Geneviève was sensible and kind. One of Queen Renée’s only ports in the storm of her life, really. Aunt Geneviève unfortunately also died in Adam’s youth, I think around when he was 16, as his past is of course riddled with death. But all that to say, he remembers her fondly, and so gave her name to his daughter.

And Annalise is, of course, after Belle. Adam really wanted to make one of her names “Belle,” but his wife was less enthused with the idea. She loves her name well enough but she wanted her daughter to be her own person, aside from her king and queen parents, whom she would already be compared to for the rest of her life. So they compromised with Annalise. (And, by all accounts, Adam LOVES Belle’s middle name. I think he affectionately calls her Belle Annalise sometimes.)

Juliette Adrienne Maria de Beaumont

Their second daughter! Dear angel!! One can see pretty clearly where Juliette’s name came from. But I like to headcanon that Belle loved that name even before she read Romeo & Juliet. I think it’s even sweeter to think that it was just a name she heard one day as a child and got attached to. We all had names like that! Whether they were for future children or pets or characters or imaginary friends, sometimes you just find names you like. And Juliette was that for Belle. So when she actually DID read Romeo & Juliet, it made her SO happy to see a beloved name as one of the main characters!! And she ended up falling in love with the play, of course, which made it all so perfect.

(Adam wasn’t entirely keen on the name at first, but between the facts that he got to choose their first daughter’s name, and that Belle has ALLEGEDLY loved the name since childhood, he grew fond of it. And he loves it more and more every day, associating it with his darling girl more than anything else <3)

Adrienne is the feminine version of one of Adam’s middle names - Adrien. Adam never actually knew the Adrien he was named after, as he was his father’s younger brother that died in their youth. But Belle likes the name on its own and wanted to include her husband in their child’s name, and Adam agreed it sounded quite nice with Juliette.

Maria is Belle’s mother!!! Not only did they both LOVE the way Juliette Adrienne Maria sounded, but they both knew they had to honor Belle’s mother somehow. Belle didn’t need her daughter to be named after her, as Renée is, but she certainly wanted her to be a part of her daughter’s name. When they told Maurice, he of course was touched, and so very happy to see his darling wife living on through his sweet little granddaughter.

Maurice Jean Adam de Beaumont

Their son!!! The darling prince!!!! Maurice is, quite obviously, named after his grandfather. And don’t worry, he absolutely cried when he learned this little guy was named after him. I could scream about this forever but oh my gosh!! Look, you can name your OC’s whatever you want. I’ve seen some GREAT names of Adam/Belle sons in other fics. But for me personally, you just cannot ever convince me that Adam and Belle WOULDN’T name their firstborn son Maurice. It is rather obvious how much that man means to Belle; he raised her all on his own!! He’s such an incredible father and he taught her EVERYTHING!!! He gave her as much as he could in the circumstances of their unexpected small town life. He’s just everything to her. To literally quote Belle: Everything she is is because of him.

BUT TO ADAM??? GUYS!!! Adam lost his mother when he was nine and a half years old. That’s just my headcanon age of course but he was a KID. We KNOW that. He was an only child left with an abusive father.

To quote Mrs. Potts: “When the Master lost his mother, and his cruel father took that sweet, innocent lad, and twisted him out to be just like him, we did nothing.”

Adam was left defenseless with his horrible father and I fully believe he was abused by him. My point is: Maurice was like the light at the end of a tunnel to Adam. I mean Belle is too, in a million ways, but to Adam as an individual, as a man, Maurice is so important to him. Maurice shows him a father’s kindness, a father’s forgiveness, a father’s LOVE. He teaches him that you don’t have to be brutish and aggressive in order to be considered a man. You can be gentle and kind and respectful toward others. Maurice taught Adam what it truly meant to be a good man, and to be a good father. Maurice just sits in such high esteem in Adam’s heart, and I don’t doubt for a second that he was his first name choice when their son was born.

Also, I headcanon that they call him Reece/Reecy quite regularly. Partly to differentiate from his grandfather, but also because when he was born and his sister Juliette, who was five years old at the time, was told that his name was Maurice, she responded, “I like Reece!” sort of unknowingly cutting his name in half and giving him a life-long nickname all in one affectionate sentence. He still gets called Maurice, especially by Adam, but to his family and friends, he’s mostly Reece.

Jean comes off as a filler name, just because it’s so simple and common, but it has some meaning to it, as well. It’s Adam’s first middle name too, so there’s a parallel to that. The actual Jean from Adam’s life was his great-grandfather, who, while on the throne, did go by Louis. But his family called him Jean, and though Adam also didn’t know him personally, records and archived documents told him that he was actually a rather good king, respected by his subjects and peers. So Adam was happy to pass along his first middle name to his son. And it turned out that that was one of Maurice’s grandfather’s names too, So Belle and Adam actually both had great-grandfathers named Jean. AND it was the middle name of one of Maurice’s younger brothers, Félix Jean. A tried and true family name to be sure.

Finally, Adam! While our Adam was quite certain that their son should be named after his grandfather, I think Belle definitely fought for him to be named Adam, if only for a few weeks during the pregnancy (they didn’t know they would have a son of course, this argument came up during every pregnancy.) Adam, like Belle, didn’t love the idea of giving their child his own name. In addition to Belle’s point of letting him be his own person, Adam was never really too fond of his name. He learns to live with it, and hearing Belle say it with such affection over the years certainly made it more bearable, but it still wasn’t enough for Adam to be willing to pass it on to his son - at least in a first name capacity. He wants his son to have his own legacy, not just be another Adam, attached to every sorry detail of his predecessor.

Despite all that, and all its validity, Belle loves her husband. And she loves her son. So she pleads one final time, after baby Reecy is days old, still with an incomplete full name, if Adam can be included. Adam contemplates it for a while. Not too long, but enough time to accept his growth as a person, as a man, as a husband and father. To accept that his name means more good than bad now, and to accept that he will be a good father to his son, just as he has been to his daughters. His son won’t have to prove himself in any way to his father, he will simply be who he is, and he will be loved for it. So after all this, Adam decides that his name can belong to his son, too. And so it was.

#SCREAMS!!!!!#smiling and giggling and flapping my hands and dancing around!!!!#thank you for this ask i had so so so much fun writing this #i love this family so much.#*slaps the hood of the car* you can fit so much lore in these names #I LOVE!! THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!#thank you emily ilysm :))) 💖#batb headcanons #oc writing #adam #belle #renée #juliette #maurice

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hirvenxsoturi · 7 months

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SLEEP HABITS

NAME: Beverly Thorn

RESIDENCE: Large six bedroom farmhouse on several hundred acres of forest and fields.

TYPE OF BED: California King sized. He's a big guy he needs the leg room.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Always at minimum one. Will sometimes add a second if its particularly cold out.

NUMBER OF PILLOWS: Depending on how many Cora has stolen for her pillow forts...between four and eight. Yes he needs them all. No it definitely isn't an excessive number.

TYPE OF CLOTHING: Sweats, sometimes socks, usually without a shirt on unless its blasted cold outside and then he'll relent on put on an old band t-shirt.

DO THEY SLEEP WITH COMPANY?: Not counting the dogs, no.

DO THEY SLEEP BETTER WITH COMPANY?: Definitely yes, and is one of the reasons he lets the dogs on the bed even if they're an overall poor substitute for helping him sleep better.

DOES IT MATTER WHERE THEY SLEEP?: No. He'll fall asleep anywhere. Leaning against a door way? Check. Crashed on the couch? Check. In the saddle while he's looking out at the landscape? Its happened more than once.

WHAT DO THEY DO IF THEY CANNOT FALL ASLEEP?: Tea and melatonin. But typically if he can't fall asleep he simply doesn't go to sleep. He just stays up and works on something that he's been putting off.

FREQUENT DREAMS, NIGHTMARES: He typically does not dream. Nightmares are frequent and often the source of his insomnia, and one of the major reasons he'll crash wherever possible at random points in the day.

DEEP SLUMBER OR NAPS: Naps are faster, easier, and typically dreamless, so naps.

WHEN DO THEY SLEEP: Typically after dark, but this also depends on Cora's schedule. Sometimes its simply more convenient to nap while she's at school.

WHAT COULD WAKE THEM UP: Depends on how deep of a sleep he's in. Simple cat nap? Any loud noise will have him awake in an instant. If he's in a truly deep sleep, he sleeps as if he's dead. Loud noises right next to his good ear will typically do it, but even that isn't a guarantee.

EARLY OR LATE RISER: Early riser. He has a child and several animals to tend to before work.

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#dossier notes || headcanons #[ slaps the hood of the car 'this baby can fit so many sleeping problems' ]

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