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#and of course it’s about achilles my love <3
sw33tsuccubus · 4 months
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“𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝒹”
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summary: Apollo’s child is upset at him for ending a beautiful relationship.
pairing: percy jackson x child of apollo!reader
word count: 481
A/N: reader isn’t dyslexic, or they read the song of achilles in greek. you can choose
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“I hate my dad.”
Percy turns to face the entrance to his cabin. There you stand, your arms crossed.
He gulps. The whole Luke Castellan deal.. he seriously hopes you’re joking. It’s been almost a year since the Battle of Manhattan. His life had changed afterwards, going missing and everything. He had missed out on months of your relationship after Hera put him to sleep. The moment he returned to Camp Half-Blood and saw you, it was like the world was finally rewarding him for all he’s done for it.
He really hoped you didn’t want to repeat Luke’s idea.
“Why?”
You huff, walking into Cabin 3, sitting onto his bed. You poke at his group of sea creature stuffed animals.
“Have you read Song of Achilles?”
Percy sits beside you. He recounts you talking about a book you’ve been reading. Too bad Percy isn’t a reader. He’s dyslexic anyways.
“Nope.”
“Well, you know the end of Achilles’ life story?”
“His heel was struck by an arrow?”
You shake your head. He tilts his head, curious.
“His lover Patroclus died while wearing Achilles’ armor and trying to get the army into Troy’s walls. Achilles, fueled by rage, defeated a god to reach the man who killed Patroclus. Achilles ended up dying because he wanted to make the whole world pay for killing Patroclus.”
Percy nods.
“What does this have to do with your dad?”
You frown deeply. His hand automatically wraps around yours in response, giving a gentle squeeze. He hates seeing you upset.
“My dad pushed Patroclus off the wall of Troy. The second time, he loosened the straps of his armor and people realized he wasn’t Achilles. Hector then killed Patroclus.”
Percy pieced the information together. He leaned his head on top of yours.
“You’re upset at your dad because he killed two people you’ve never met?”
“They were in love, babe!”
“Right.”
You pull away and narrow your eyes at him. He gives you a playful smile, pulling you to his side and kissing the top of your head.
“I’m sure your dad learned his lesson. I don’t think he’ll do it again.”
“He better not. I won’t be on speaking terms with him, then.”
Percy laughs lightly. The Apollo children were kind of spoiled; their father visits them in dreams and answers prayers often. They have relationships other demigods dream of. Even Percy gets a little jealous sometimes, when his dad doesn’t answer him about something.
“You’ll have to tell me what he says when you confront him about it.”
“Oh, I will.”
You then pull away so that you can sit on his bed properly. You cross your legs and face him. He copies you, and you take hold of his hands.
“Now that I’ve finished the book, though, can I tell you about my favorite parts?”
His face breaks into a large smile.
“Of course.”
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teecupangel · 2 months
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Hellooo! Loving all the posts about spider Desmond 🕷️
I am curious though, one of the replies mentioned something about Ratohnhaketon also having spider babies and I would LOVE to see how all that would happen too
The Spider Desmond idea (mostly AltDes)
For Ratonhnhaké:ton’s part, there are two main ‘nests’ I can see Desmond being ‘reborn’ in as one of his great great (insert as many great as needed here) grandchildren.
One would be the Grand Temple but this would mean that Desmond would be stuck in the Grand Temple… unless there is a small hole in the Grand Temple that only him and his spider children could enter and exit from?
The second would be somewhere in the Homestead to give us an easy time for him and Ratonhnhaké:ton to meet. The mansion’s basement could be the location as the Brotherhood do care and ‘revere’ the spiders so they would believe having a nest of them in the basement of their headquarters would be an auspicious sign. An alternate would be the mine near the Homestead. This way, Ratonhnhaké:ton would only meet Desmond after he became an Assassin.
Regardless of which ‘origin’ you pick, the main idea is that Desmond meets Ratonhnhaké:ton and this is more of a case of friends to lovers trope.
The changes of the plot really depends on if you want Desmond to also be part of Edward’s life or not but, for this idea, we’ll go with Desmond not being able to stop the Kenway Family Drama and only being born after Ratonhnhaké:ton was born. This means that Haytham is still a Templar and canon is more or less in place.
For this one, Desmond becomes Ratonhnhaké:ton’s closest confidant, the one person in the Homestead who listens to him and believes in him wholeheartedly. Achilles’ tough love approach only serves to push Ratonhnhaké:ton to Desmond.
On Desmond’s side, he’s still grieving over Ezio and Altaïr but it’s not an encompassing grief that shackles him. He lives with the grief and focuses on the happy memories he had with them. He also takes any responsibilities Ratonhnhaké:ton had in the homestead whenever he’s away so he’s keeping busy. This gives him time to write to the Italian Brotherhood, just to check up on his descendants. They’re doing well and that lifts a weight over Desmond’s shoulders.
The homestead know of him but they know him as a sickly man, unable to leave his room with a bed covered by curtains that hides his body, leaving only shadows.
He’s kind though and do care for them.
They also hear the joy in his voice when he talks about Ratonhnhaké:ton and it didn’t take the homestead long to mistake their relationship as ‘they’re keeping it a secret because it’s dangerous to flaunt this kind of love’.
Of course, Achilles hears about it and just rolls his eyes. He doesn’t bother to correct anybody because, as far as he was concerned, yes, the two idiots were falling in love and doesn’t even know about it.
Ratonhnhaké:ton is always accompanied by 3 to 5 spiders who help him. They can understand him and Ratonhnhaké:ton learned enough of their sign language to understand them as well. They’re part of the spider nest that Desmond woke up in and followed Desmond outside because he was more or less their caretaker during the last few years Desmond was still in the nest.
Later on, they become the unofficial nannies of Desmond and Ratonhnhaké:ton’s spider children.
All right, in terms of when their friendship turned to romance, you can take your pick.
My main suggestion would be after Ratonhnhaké:ton learned of Washington is the one behind the burning of his village and mistook Haytham’s actions as trying to manipulate him.
Ratonhnhaké:ton returns to the homestead and finds Desmond waiting for him with a smile as he says “Welcome home” and his rage turns to sorrow.
He holds Desmond as he tells him everything that happened and Desmond stayed by his side.
There is a moment when they look like they’re about to kiss but Desmond stopped him by pressing his hand over Ratonhnhaké:ton’s mouth gently.
Ratonhnhaké:ton was hurting right now and Desmond understands that it would be so easy to take comfort from someone who cares but Desmond doesn’t want Ratonhnhaké:ton to have any regrets. He tells him that he’ll stay by Ratonhnhaké:ton’s side for as long as he needs him but not like this.
If Ratonhnhaké:ton feels something for him that is deeper than one feels for a friend or a family then they would talk about it once Ratonhnhaké:ton is in a better ‘headspace’.
In the end, they do talk about it after a few days of Ratonhnhaké:ton just staying in the homestead and Ratonhnhaké:ton confessed that he didn’t know how he felt about Desmond until he thought about it these past few days. Before…
It just seemed so natural for him to act that way to Desmond.
Their relationship evolved so naturally that Ratonhnhaké:ton never questioned it.
From there, they make their relationship official although they start slow in terms of… the physical aspect of their relationship.
In this situation, their first children would probably be conceived the day before Ratonhnhaké:ton joins for the battle in Yorktown.
Among the children, Io:nhiòte would be the most in-tune with her spider half and is always seen playing with the other spider children. Their two older children would have varying degrees of ‘spiderness’. The oldest daughter would later become part of the Miles bloodline.
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beanghostprincess · 6 months
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Zolu as Taylor Swift lyrics
"All these people think love's for show, but I would die for you in secret." — peace
This is literally Zoro in Thriller Bark willing to die and keeping it a secret from everybody. I want to throw up. They make me mentally ill.
"Your love is a secret I'm hoping, dreaming, dying to keep. Change my priorities. The taste of your lips is my idea of luxury. [...] Is this the end of all the endings? My broken bones are mending with all these nights we're spending. Up on the roof with a schoolgirl crush, drinking beer out of plastic cups. Say you fancy me, not fancy stuff. Baby, all at once, this is enough. And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for. King of my heart, body and soul." — King Of My Heart
King Of My Heart is so Zolu coded, not only because of, y'know, Luffy being literally the King of Zoro's heart, but because of the devotion and the feeling that nobody else compares to Luffy. Also, the feeling of young love and possessiveness between them is so good with this song.
"And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you. I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all." — Lover
Zoro is in love with the future king of the pirates. Everybody wants Luffy. Of course Zoro is going to be jealous.
"Wherever you stray I follow. I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man. You know that my train could take you home, anywhere else is hollow. [...] Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark. Show me the places where the others gave you scars." — willow
The devotion. Zoro willing to follow Luffy to hell. Luffy wanting to know Zoro better, deeper. Knowing every detail about his scars and dreams. I'm going insane.
"And if I'm gonna be drunk, might as well be drunk in love. [...] Everyone wants him, that was my crime." — Slut!
Ah yes, being possessive and an alcoholic. Zoro's best character traits.
"'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this. You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless." — Fearless
This is very early Zolu but honestly could just be them being silly and Zoro following Luffy's silly and impulsive shenanigans.
"My thoughts will echo your name, until I see you again. These are the words I held back, as I was leaving too soon: I was enchanted to meet you... Please don't be in love with someone else... Please don't have somebody waiting on you." — Enchanted
Sabaody angst haunts me at night.
"You made a mess of me. I pictured you with other girls in love, then threw up on the street. [...] Oh my, love is a lie, shit my friends say to get me by. It hits different. It hits different this time." — Hits Different
They're so... The one for each other. Their love hits different. For both of them.
"So you were never a saint, and I've loved in shades of wrong. We learn to live with the pain, mosaic broken hearts. But this love is brave and wild. [...] These are the hands of fate, you're my Achilles heel. This is the golden age of something good and right and real." — State of Grace
They're each other's Achilles heel. I'm gonna cry.
"Time, mystical time, cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine. Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me? [...] Chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons. One single thread of gold tied me to you." — invisible string
Thinking that they were destined to be together is cheesy af but I don't care <3
"I see how this is gon' go, touch me and you'll never be alone. Island breeze and lights down low. No one has to know. [...] Every lover known in comparison is a failure. I forget their names now, I'm so very tame now. Never be the same now." — ...Ready For It?
Once again saying that they're the one for each other. And also this song is just the vibes. They have these vibes. I don't want to explain it because I got tired of writing this halfway.
"Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night. Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright. Three times 'cause I've waited my whole life. I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings." — Paper Rings
They're so clingy so sappy so cheesy I don't care what dudebros think.
"You were so magnetic, it was almost obnoxious. [...] I didn't come here to make friends, we were born to be suburban legends. When you hold me, it holds me together. And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever." — Suburban Legends
Luffy has always been, ever since they met, magnetic to Zoro. And it kind of bothered him at first, but now Luffy has changed his life forever and he will never love somebody else the way he loves Luffy.
"And, somehow, I know that you and I would've found each other. In another life, you still would've turned my head even if we'd met... [...] 'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this. So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine... We would've been timeless." — Timeless
Once again saying that I love thinking they're soulmates. Because they are. Argue with the wall.
"I'm yours to keep, and I'm yours to lose." — So It Goes...
I love codependency.
"But we might just get away with it. Religion's in your lips. Even if it's a false god. We'd still worship. We might just get away with it. The altar is my hips. Even if it's a false god. We'd still worship this love. I know heaven's a thing. I go there when you touch me. Honey hell is when I fight with you." — False God
Zoro worshipping Luffy like a God will never not be extremely romantic and passionate. Luffy also sees their relationship like this, kind of. They're each other's world!!! Going crazy!!!
"Put your lips close to mine as long as they don't touch. Out of focus, eye to eye, 'til the gravity's too much. And I'll do anything you say if you say it with your hands." — Treacherous
This is just them pining over each other and being extremely intimate and willing to do anything the other says. I love exaggerating everything.
"They said the end is coming. Everyone's up to something. I find myself running home to your sweet nothings. [...] And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more". To you, I can admit that I'm just too soft for all of it." — Sweet Nothing
I honestly always think about Sanuso with this song because it's way more Sanuso coded- HOWEVER!! I do think Zolu has this domestic and genuine energy whenever they're clingy and don't really ask anything from the other except just being together.
"Big reputation, big reputation. You and me, we got big reputations. And you heard about me. I got some big enemies. [...] I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me. And I can't let you go, your handprint's on my soul. It's like your eyes are liquor, it's like your body is gold." — End Game
Do I really need to explain this one when everybody knows they're literally dramatic pirates wanted by the law? And they're very very in love?
"All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life. Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life. And I want you now, wanna need you forever. In the heat of your electric touch." — Electric Touch
When OPLA!Zoro said that Luffy had changed his life. That changed me.
"We blocked the noise with the sound of 'I need you', and for the first time I had something to lose." — Holy Ground
Once again this is about OPLA!Zoro but obviously works with our regular Zolu. Zoro was so lost without Luffy I'm gonna cry.
"One night he wakes, strange look on his face. Pauses, then says: You're my best friend. And you knew what it was. He is in love." — You Are In Love
This is the perfect way to describe a relationship between aroaspec people. Also, this is giving Sanuso too but this is not a Sanuso post I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm so-
"Don't blame me, love made me crazy. If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right. Lord, save me, my drug is my baby, I'll be usin' for the rest of my life. My name is whatever you decide, and I'm just gonna call you mine." — Don't Blame Me
I don't need to explain this one.
"My hand was the one you reached for all throughout the Great War." — The Great War
I always think about ASL and Marineford with this one but tbh it is very Zolu too.
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drivinmeinsane · 1 month
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In case you're not tired of them yet- I've got some character asks :]
For Holland; 8, 16 and 27
For Julian; 15, 17 and 28 (Driver)
For K; 2, 17 and 47
Thank you for the message! I appreciated the opportunity to talk about these guys some more!!! <3
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Holland
8. Unpopular opinion about them.
Holland loved his wife dearly, but Jackson Healy is the unexpected love of his life.
16. Deepest darkest secret they won’t even admit to themselves.
Holland is worried that Holly hates him. He thinks he genuinely might be a bad father. He couldn’t fault his daughter if she blames him for the death of her mom, he certainly does.
27. Their guilty pleasure.
It would be easy to say alcohol, smoking, or self-flagellation, but really? Holland likes all those cheesy family activities (this includes Jackson of course). He didn’t get to spend enough time with Holly and her mom together, so he tries to put in the extra effort these days for family game nights, dinners, movie trips, anything they can do together. He also gets the bonus satisfaction of seeing Healy’s face flush every time he’s included as part of the March family.
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Julian
15. Worst thing they’ve ever done.
Julian has done plenty of terrible things in his life. He is a product of his upbringing. As gently as I can put this with the understanding that he was victimized, the worst thing he did was not love himself enough to save himself by cutting ties with his mother and his brother. Without them in the picture, he very likely would not have been engaging in the destructive (both to himself and to other people) behaviors to the extent that he was. Crystal truly was an epicenter of bad.
17. Quotes, songs, poems, etc. that I associate with them.
Off the top of my head, here are some of the songs that remind of Julian » I Bet on Losing Dogs - Mitski » God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash » Afraid - The Neighborhood » Knives Out - Radiohead » Grip - Seeb x Bastille
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28. How they feel about Driver.
I feel like Julian would find common ground with Driver. Neither of them had a stable childhood, however Driver was able to come out of his experiences being able to connect with others, to love, despite everything. Julian might be able to let him in. Perhaps he could heal.
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K
2. A canon or headcanon hill I will die on.
I firmly believe that Deckard would have left that upgrade center with two kids, Ana and K, if he had truly known what was going on from the start. By all rights, they were siblings. K had found his family. He just would not -could not- consider himself human enough to deserve it. By the time Deckard realized, likely when Ana explained the circumstances of K visiting, it would have been too late for him to claim K in life. In a happier story, he would have pried K off those steps before he succumbed to his wounds and the thought that he wanted to die. Maybe he could have been saved. Deckard had loved a replicant as a partner, he could have easily loved a replicant as a son.
17. Quotes, songs, poems, etc. that I associate with them.
Here's just some of the songs I associate with K. We'll go ahead ignore that I'm pulling some of these off my Six/K playlist... » Like Real People Do - Hozier » Star Hopping Lover - Chance Peña » Take me to Church - Hozier » Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths » Way Down We Go - KALEO
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47. Their dream job.
I think that in another life, K would have really liked to do something involving agriculture. As we see in both the script and in the movie, he has a genuine interest in Sapper’s occupation. He wants to know what he farms. He wants to know what’s bubbling on the stove. He’s intrigued by the cowslip he finds on the ground. Anything involving the creation of life and the tactile use of his hands seems right up his alley. Personally, I specifically see him as keeping bees if he were not… leashed by the LAPD (if he were to survive defection or were allowed to openly have his own interests). They captivated him from the moment on landed on his hand. As he is, they’re part of a system working for the betterment of a colony. I also think that in keeping bees, he would feel closer to Deckard given that he has his own. It might feel almost as if it were a family business, and we all know how desperately K wants to belong to a family. I’ve included some of my notes on the script and some shots of K finding the hives. I have too many feelings. :(
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finnpeach · 1 year
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Take Care, Part 1
Thank you to everyone who voted on my poll for who my subject for my next fic should be : ) Please enjoy this 3 part, modern AU of Patroclus and Achilles. I really hope you enjoy (and if you voted Patroclus, don’t worry, I have a fic idea for him next round). Comments or tags are always loved and appreciated hehe
Light NSFW warning (just wait for part 3 tho lol)
Greek translations are provided after they’re said. I don’t speak Greek and therefore these have all come from translation machines, but if you have any corrections please let me know! I also suggest everyone copy and paste these translations into a translation machine with pronunciations if you can (DeepL translate is great). Greek is such a beautiful language and I think it adds to the story to hear it.
Please enjoy Part 1! Part 2 Part 3
Patroclus is one of the first few students to enter Professor Chiron’s Classical Studies course. Surprisingly, he doesn’t see Achilles’ curly golden head anywhere. As Chiron’s teaching assistant, Achilles was usually one of the first students in, and always had a seat saved for Patroclus in the back.
He had only taken this class at Achilles’ behest.
Please, Patroclus, you’ll love it. And you have to fulfil your history gen ed anyway, just take it with Chiron and me and we can spend more time together. He had begged when Patroclus was about to select his classes for his final semester. They’d grown further apart as they finished up their final semesters at college, Patroclus having to devote all of his time to his intensive pre-med classes and Achilles hardly able to find time between finishing his thesis on Ancient Greek wars and track practice. Achilles must’ve seen the consideration in his eyes, because by the time Patroclus had opened his mouth to speak, he’d already taken Patroclus’ laptop from him and enrolled him in the course.
He chooses an empty seat near the back and starts unpacking his bag when his phone dings.
Achilles ☀️:
On my way, b there in 1
Patroclus smiles a little as that familiar sun emoji comes up on his screen. Achilles had put it there nearly four years ago, the day they met, and it had never changed. They were freshman year roommates and had immediately become the best of friends. Achilles had just arrived from Greece after moving all the way to America for university. It had been an amazing coincidence as Patroclus was born in Greece, but moved to America as an eight year old child when his mother required specialist treatment for her disease.
Achilles and Patroclus were practically joined at the hip from then on. Whispering inside jokes to each other in Greek when they were in public, meeting up after classes, sharing everything, hardly ever a moment apart.
Unfortunately, it hadn’t moved beyond being the best of friends, as much as Patroclus ached to make Achilles his.
He places his phone in his pocket and opens up his laptop as a muffled, wet sneeze sounds behind him, by the doors.
“Huh’GDTSHhh!” Huh. That sounds a little familiar? Whoever it is should not be out in public. It’s the middle of February, and nearly everyone at their university is sick. Maybe that’s why the class is so empty today. “Hh’GNTSH’uh!”
Someone on the opposite side of the room mumbles a bless you. He turns his attention back towards his laptop when a welcome presence drops down into the seat next to him.
Achilles.
“Hey, what took you so lo—“ Patroclus is cut off by the sight of Achilles before him.
He’s wearing a mask, his shoulder-length, curly blond hair tied back in a bun. Loose strands frame his face, his emerald green eyes oddly cloudy. Patroclus suddenly realizes where the sneezes came from.
“Είσαι καλά?” Are you okay? Patroclus feels worry grip his heart. He looks awful.
Achilles gives a small nod and sniffs. “I’mb okay. αλλεργίες.” Allergies. His voice is thick with congestion, his accent much stronger than usual.
Patroclus has to stop himself from rolling his eyes. “είσαι αλλεργικός μόνο στις γάτες.” You’re only allergic to cats.
He presses his palm to Achilles’ forehead, then the back of his hand, unsurprised to feel a burning warmth. Achilles closes his eyes and leans into the cool pressure of his hand.
“You have a cold,” he says, pulling his hand away.
The part of Achilles’ face that can be seen above the mask burns red, caught. Eager to deflect, his eyes crinkle into a smile. “No. There was a cat in the hallwaayhh.. hh—“
It all seems to happen in slow motion. Patroclus watches, transfixed, as Achilles’ eyebrows pinch together, his gorgeous eyes slipping shut, the mask shifting slightly down his nose as his mouth drops open. He pitches forward, and Patroclus begins to understand how those loose strands of hair managed to escape his bun.
“H’ESSHhhuh—! Heh..! Huh’EhTSCHhh’ue!” Achilles sneezes, harsh and wet, hands steepled over his masked nose.
Patroclus tries not to stare. His breath hitches again—
“Hh’EHTZShhh’ue! Ghh.. sndf!” When Achilles pulls his hands away, the mask is absolutely drenched.
“Bless you.” He tries his best to ignore the heat pooling in his groin. He knows he’s as red as a tomato. “I-I don’t have any tissues, uh…”
“Mmn..” Achilles rubs his eyes, wincing against the harsh light of the auditorium. He paws at his nose and it makes a wet squelching sound. The poor boy looks absolutely miserable.
As much as Patroclus wants to stare, his caretaking instincts kick in, and he can’t stand to see Achilles like this anymore. He rises, tossing his laptop into his backpack with little care, throwing it around his shoulders and taking Achilles’ backpack around his arm.
Achilles stares in confusion as Patroclus offers him his hand, nose scrunching beneath his mask.
“σε παω σπιτι.” I’m taking you home. Patroclus speaks softly, but with a gentle finality that makes Achilles give in, take Patroclus’ hand, and follow him out of the auditorium. He must be feeling terrible to have bent to Patroclus’ will that easily.
Patroclus wants to fuss, wants to ask him what he was thinking to be so foolish as to come to class, but he already knows the answer. He came to see Patroclus. They get so little time together now, that Achilles came to see him without a second thought.
Still, he wishes Achilles hadn’t come today. He wishes he had stayed in bed and just texted Patroclus to come over and take care of him. Achilles doesn’t get sick often, but when he does, it’s often much worse than any average cold. The last time he was sick, his cold had turned into pneumonia and Patroclus had to take him to the hospital. He’s not taking any chances now.
Achilles coughs behind him, holding Patroclus’ hand as though it’s his anchor. It’s unsettling seeing Achilles so weak, so reliant on Patroclus for once.
He hooks his finger around Achilles’ mask and tugs it off his face as soon as they’re outside. His nose is bright red, rubbed raw from tissues, and he takes a grateful breath of fresh air as soon as the wet mask is removed from his face.
It’s then that Patroclus notices that Achilles isn’t even wearing a proper coat, just a light sweater. Achilles has always run warm, but the way his shoulders hunch in as the wind hits them tells Patroclus enough.
“Achilles,” Patroclus sighs. What is he going to do with him? He takes off the backpacks and shrugs off his thick jacket, then his hoodie, helping Achilles into both. Even though Patroclus is a few inches taller, Achilles is more muscled than he, so he fits into his clothes quite well. He’s left in only a long sleeve shirt, but the look of warmth and satisfaction on Achilles’ face is enough to make it worth it ten times over. He quite literally looks like the cat who got the cream.
“I don’t want you to get sick either. Δεν θα κρυώσεις?” Won’t you catch a cold? He asks, but he’s already snuggling into the folds of Patroclus’ clothes.
Patroclus smiles and shakes his head. I don’t want you to get sick either. Achilles is so cute. He can’t even keep up a lie that he feels unwell.
Patroclus picks up the backpacks and takes his hand again, leading him through the campus and towards the nearest parking lot. “C’mon, my car is back here.”
They walk for a few minutes, Achilles snuffling as they go. He should not have left bed today, he knows how sick he gets. Patroclus has to practically hold him upright when he stops to sneeze. 
“H’ETSSshh’ue! Hih… H’uhSshhh’ue! Sndff! Ugh, ο λαιμός μου πονάει από το πολύ φτέρνισμα.” My throat hurts from sneezing too much.
Patroclus feels each sneeze spray his arm through the fabric, desperately ignoring the shiver that runs down his spine with each wet sniffle. His gray sleeve has become spotted with droplets of mess.
“This way.” Patroclus’ tongue feels thick, useless in his mouth. He leads Achilles through the parking garage, holding him upright as they wait in the elevator, before they reach his old truck.
It’s a shitty car, that much is obvious. It’s got more rust than paint, several dents on the bumper, and it only runs when it wants to. His father refused to help Patroclus pay for anything, and he could only afford $500 for this hunk of metal.
Achilles always offers to buy him a new car. His family is loaded, practically royalty in Greece, but Patroclus always refuses. It is the principle of the matter. And he doesn’t need a new car yet anyway, not until this one dies.
He opens the passenger door for Achilles and places the backpacks at his feet before getting in on the driver’s side. The truck is so old that there’s no console separating the seats, so there’s technically three seats up front.
He buckles in and switches the ignition on, has a slight moment of panic when the engine rolls over before bursting to life. Then they’re off, one hand on the stick shift and one on the wheel.
“I always forget that this is a manual. You should let me buy you a new one,” Achilles murmurs, rubbing at his nose again.  “Can I lay down?”
“Uh, yeah? But I don’t know how you’d—“
Suddenly there’s a heavy weight on his lap. Oh no.
“Achilles, I don’t know if this is very safe—“
“Είναι μια χαρά.” It’s fine. His voice is groggy, accent thick and somehow even more sexy. He scrunches up his nose again, itching it against Patroclus’ thigh.
Patroclus wants to scream. They’re still a good fifteen minutes away from Achilles’ apartment. He doesn’t think he’ll survive that long.
He takes a deep breath, imagining anything but Achilles’ beautiful, feverish face in his lap right now. Car crashes. Houses burning down. Deforestation. Getting audited by the IRS—
He looks down at just the wrong time, sees Achilles’ golden eyelashes flutter shut, his pink peony lips drawing back to reveal sharp white canines, breath hitching, hitching, hitching—
“Hh’EYSSHHhh’ue! Haah… h’ETSsChhh!!… h’uh—! H’EIYSSHhh’ue!!” Achilles turns his face inwards and sneezes wetly against Patroclus’ cock, his body jerking against him, freckled nose streaming. Holy shit. Holy fucking shit.
His knuckles are white on the steering wheel as he bites the tip of his tongue so hard he tastes blood. Quite frankly, he doesn’t know how they don’t crash in that instant.
Achilles isn’t done. He makes a small whine, desperate for relief. God, his nose must be so itchy, poor baby. Patroclus can feel his cock throbbing through his jeans.
Achilles itches his perfect nose against his jeans again, caught in a sneezy limbo. His breath hitches. Patroclus can barely keep his eyes on the road.
He wraps his muscled arm around Patroclus’ lower back, nearly falling off the seat, his nose running. The next four come breathlessly, catching in Achilles’ chest, spraying across Patroclus’ lap.
“Hih’YSSHhh’ue! Hih’ih— Eh-ZSHh’TSZhh! Hh.. Eh’ISHhhhhh’ue!”
Fuck, they’re so desperate and wet. His pants are drenched from the warm spray, his cock pulsing. Achilles doesn’t seem to notice anything is amiss. He sniffles sweetly afterwards and rubs his nose on his hoodie sleeve — Patroclus’ sleeve — as if he didn’t just do the hottest thing he could’ve ever done.
Patroclus knows he’s harder than he’s ever been in his entire life, harder than the time that he’d accidentally walked in on Achilles showering and saw full frontal. There is no way Achilles doesn’t notice. How does he not notice? He definitely notices. What if he notices and doesn’t want to be friends anymore? What if—
Achilles cocks an eyebrow at him curiously, then raises a hand to tap Patroclus on the temple.
“Patroclus. I can hear you thinking.”
The touch brings him back to reality. He looks down at Achilles, who smiles softly up at him. His face has a feverish blush that creates a pink hue across his cheeks and nose, his fiery golden hair nearly completely free of the bun and falling across Patroclus’ lap. His heartbeat slows down. How does he look so beautiful even when he’s sick? He looks like an angel.
“Sorry. Bless you,” he manages to strangle out, finally, wishing he’d either die or wake up from this embarrassing, sexy nightmare.
“ευχαριστώ, Patroclus.” Thank you, Patroclus. And god, now Achilles is saying his name, in that perfect Greek lilt that few other than Achilles have been able to pronounce properly. Pa-tro-clus.
He wants to touch him, run his fingers through his hair, kiss his entire body until he knows every inch of it. He wants Achilles to take him in his mouth and sneeze against his crotch without the protection of his jeans. He wants to fuck him, make his breath hitch again but in a different way, take care of him…
Patroclus nearly cries out with joy when they finally reach Achilles’ apartment. He helps Achilles sit up and gets out, slamming his car door a little too hard. Fuck. Fuck fucking fuck.
He grabs their backpacks on the opposite side, using one to cover his front and the obvious hard-on he has, and makes sure to stay behind Achilles as he follows him up the stairs.
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nightmyst14-blog · 11 months
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Back at it again!!
2nd part to showing some of my ships, so today its my Kingdom Exclusive ships!! Now some should be more familiar.
Also throwing this out there for honestly no reason, I'm prefectly okay if you ship anything different from what I show here. These are all MY ships. If you ship something else, as long as its not-toxic and not Proship, I'm bound to be okay with it.
With that in mind, let's go.
Polychampions: Even after their event, I can't help but love this trio!! Their dynamic is so funny. I can imagine their hugging sessions are the best, especially with Capsaicin being there. They all keep an eye of each other, even dealing with their own issues.
CaviOyster: My most written about ship!! Sea cookies got to stick together, after all!! It tickles me that it was these two who stood up to Custard and the others about the treatment of the Creme Republic. They're Clotted Cream's uncle and aunt figures.
DarkCherryWolf: I couldn't decide werether I liked Darkwolf or Cherrywolf more, so I slapped them together. I imagine Choco already knew of Werewolf even when he left the COD, so they started to hang out more. Then later Choco was introduced to Blossom. Shenangians happen and now, they're all dating. and thanks to the idea @analogical-spacegays gave me, they are all now parents to the squirrel trio Roll Cake, Pancake , and Pinecone.
PureHolly: A comfort ship of mine. Loving parents of Royalberry even the two are in separated kingdoms. PV feels awful about all the hardships Holly went after his sacrifice, and constantly does his best to be there for her. Everytime they meet up, Holly engulfs the shorter man in a big hug. PV doesnt have the heart to stop her, plus he enjoys it,
AlmondLatte: A classic, but a good one, Their banter during the Light the Beacons story is so funny. I love the found family potential between them, plus Walnut and Creampuff. Latte would be a loving stepmom to Walnut.
ClottedClover: A rarepair!! Noble x Fairy/Elf vibes. With the idea of Clover being White Lily's son, that's going to be an AWKWARD reveal. Its a secret relationship the Consul is hiding from his father. Clover often would send Clotted songs he's written for him or 4-leaf clovers on his travels. One day, Clotted wishes to accompany.
RaspRye: This comes from me rewatching the scenes of Jedidiah and Octavius from all 3 Night at the Museum movies ( I know I'm old) and imagining them as these two. It works. Rye is always on the move from bounty hunting, so she's always stopping by House Raspberry to pay Raspberry a visit.
MalaFrost: Hot and cold gfs!! They give me SU Ruby and Sapphire vibes. How they meet is where Mala was given a dare to survive in the coldest region for the week (as you do), and was found by Frost Queen after Mala almost frioze to death. Of course Forst took care of her and restored her to full health, bue expected her to leave due cookies usually being scared by her and her powers. Istead , Mala stuck around and tries to court her, without much avail. One day, Frost decides to take up her offer. In short, Frost fell HARD in love at Mala's silliness and her good heart, along with impressed how well she was as a chieftain. They've been dating ever since.
WildChip: Last, but definitely not least, these two dorks. I know a lot of WildChip lovers can understand why I love this ship. Also, their bond also reminds me of Patroclus and Achilles from Greek mythology. I know they got their other's back, even when in danger.
That's all 9!! My next one will be mwcrossover ships, as I ship two characters One from Ovenbreak, and One from Kingdom. It might be a bit shorter than this, but we'll how it goes.
Hope you enjoyed!!
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cuubism · 1 year
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wip update
since I have a good number of actively-posting WIPs that some lovely people have been very kind about and invested in (and which I am very slow in updating), I figured it might be only polite to post a little update on where those are.
the melting press of the sun (dreamling) - Never intended this as a longfic, there may or may not be more than the 2 chapters it has now. I have a bit more written but it's disjointed and incomplete. I intentionally didn't leave any brutal cliffhangers on what I did post for this reason. We'll see if that one comes back.
Deja vu, Deja connu (dreamling) - The slowness in updating probably belies how deeply emotionally invested I actually am in this fic. Chapter three is just a major challenge--it's very long, covers a lot, has lots of fluff in the first part (fluff is kinda my Achilles heel, though not quite as much as wedding scenes, which this chapter also has) and a lot of heavy content later. But I have the whole fic outlined, a bunch of chapter 4 and 5 written in advance, and I'm super excited about the stuff that comes later, so it will definitely be finished, just... slowly. At least for this chapter.
In Waking Dreams (dreamling) - My current priority for an update. Chapter 4 just hit 10k and will probably hit 15k before its done (god help me), and I feel somewhat obliged to finish chapter 5 as well so I can post them in quick succession. Chapter 4 necessarily ends on a cliffhanger as it catches up to the events of chapter 3, but I feel bad about two cliffhangers in a row. But that one soon, I hope. (chapter 5 has a lot of the juiciest, long awaited scenes promised by the fic's premise, so I hope you will like that one when it's finally done 😅)
IRL (malec) - Fic that I have a tendency to get stuck on for 15 months, then write a ton of all at once, repeat. But I actually picked it up again the other day for the first time in ages, and I think I know all of the events of the chapter now, so who knows! Maybe I'll actually manage an update!
Subject: I Love You (malec) - Fic that I shamefully left with ONE CHAPTER remaining for a full year now. Honestly not sure why. Someday I will pick it up tho, I swear to god, or maybe I'll just cut the chapter short and make it an epilogue. (Actually maybe I do know why. It's another damn proposal/wedding scene. My absolute weakness and failure, I should stop writing them entirely)
mind & heart, body & soul (malec) - This fic haunts me, it follows me around 24/7 like a vengeful spirit that can't find rest. I can't wrangle it back into making any sense in my head, but for the sake of both my own sanity and the story's frankly frightening number of readers (I love you but you scare me), I've been trying to do one final chapter to offer some kind of wrap-up. Hopefully I can manage it.
Leviathan (malec) - My long held passion project that I have, in classic form, not touched in months. In fact I've been stuck on the same chapter I'm on now since probably 2020, when I first started writing the fic. This particular middle part of the fic is just vexing me to no end. At some point, I will decide on a course of action, inevitably flawed, and just power through that chapter (I say, for the 2nd year in a row). Why did I give this story two big villains again? Or think having a whole separate story arc in the middle of the fic was a good idea? Ah well.
in the palm of your hand (malec) - The one and only multichapter I finally caved and marked abandoned. I learnt my lesson with this fic about letting a oneshot expand into a completely unplanned longer fic. Boy did I...
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I feel like I don't express it enough, but I really appreciate everyone who's ever read one of my fics, commented, kudos'd, chatted with me about them on tumblr, made podfics or art or translations, shared headcanons in my inbox or your own fics with me... I'm always blown away by the kindness and interest, and love getting to share little (or big!) stories with you and am so happy when you enjoy them ❤️ I love doing fandom with you.
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floralcavern · 8 months
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TSOA - Tying Up Lose Ends - Part 3
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Achilles hid in the small area he always hid in. The spot he always lied in and never left. Where he felt his souls wither and rot. 
It was the coldest, darkest area he could find in the Elysium Fields. 
In the beginning, the others tried to bring comfort to him, but as the years went by, they realized it was a lost cause. Achilles was nothing without his Patroclus. Not even in the Afterlife. 
Achilles had kept track of how long it’s been through scratches on the stone. But, over time, it’s been harder and harder to keep track. And he didn’t see the point in trying anymore. There was no point. Nothing mattered. It didn’t matter how many days it was. Patroclus still wasn’t there. 
He’s sure it’s been years. At least 3 decades..
He lies onto the cold floor, his soul limp and useless. 
He hears cheering and welcoming in the distance. 
Someone new? A new hero? It’s rather rare for someone to come in.. and.. seeing as how long it’s been, it could be someone that he knew from the war. The likelihood was rather high. 
But he didn’t care. He didn’t bother moving as he felt his body still press against the cold floor. 
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.
.
“And you’re sure he’s over here?” Pyrrhus asked. 
“Yes..” said one man. Pyrrhus didn’t know who, but he didn’t care. He was probably in no greater than himself. “But.. it’s really not worth it. He just kinda.. lays in the same area. Never moving or talking.”
Pyrrhus scoffed. “I’m his son. I’m sure he’ll be perfectly happy to see me.”
The men looked at each other nervously, but didn’t try to stop him. 
Pyrrhus followed the instructions and eventually found a crumbled, disheveled soul of a man. 
“Are you Achilles?”
The soul lifts his head. His eyes are dull, like an eternal cloudy evening. He didn’t glow with pride, like the souls of the other men Pyrrhus saw. He was rather pathetic. 
“Surely you can’t be Achilles..” he said with disgust. 
“Who’re you..?” The man asked, barely moving to even look at Pyrrhus. 
“I’m Neoptolemus. Pyrrhus. Your son. Surely you can’t be my father.. you’re so.. pathetic..”
The soul, once dull and sad, now glowing with a fiery rage, his eyes now like thunder. “Neoptolemus..” he hissed.
“That rage.. yes, you are surely my father.”
Achilles stood up. He hasn’t gotten up in 3 decades. He felt like he was being born again, like a phoenix. 
“You..” he said, his voice like a snarl. 
“That look in your eyes.. I know you did not want me, but surely that’s not why you are filled with such rage.” Pyrrhus kept himself distinguished, hiding the nervousness he felt from his father’s glare. “Was it the offerings? I gave you plenty. I even gave you a human sacrifice.”
“You did what?!”
“What angers you so much?!”
Achilles flinched, remembering that day.. the day of the ‘wedding’.. the blood.. her face..
“I can’t believe you.. you are not my son..” Achilles was still slumped as he stood, but his face and posture made him look like a lion on the prowl. 
“What? Of course I am. Because of me, you’re now officially a legendary warrior.”
“You were not the one to save my legend! The one who kept my honor was Patroclus!”
“Patro-.. you mean that servant boy?! Surely you jest!”
“I do not! Patroclus was my love! My best friend! My philtatos! And you.. you’re the reason he’s not here.” He clenched his fists in rage. “You will never be my son.”
Pyrrhus was frozen. He had expended a shower of gratitude and congratulations from his father for having carrying the torch of his legacy. He did not expect.. this.
“You..” Achilles said, hissing through his teeth. “Are the embodiment of everything I hate about myself.”
The atmosphere was still and heavy. 
“Now leave..”
Pyrrhus couldn’t move. Achilles punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the cold, dark ground. “I said leave!”
Achilles watched as Neoptolemus, the boy who had Achilles’ own blood run through his veins, scurry off, once again leaving Achilles alone. 
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acaciapines · 5 days
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please tell us how dess would approach kris’ species dysphoria & how she would teach him to deal with it. if she doesn’t just laugh awkwardly abt it and try to ignore it
actually!!! this is the one thing dess has going for her lol, i like to joke that in this au by losing their identity issues kris instead gains mommy issues. but basically, the big thing that even LEADS kris to all their identity issues in the first place is that when theyre like ten they find a book on humans in the library and realize them being a monster is a Lie, and around this time azzy is leaving for college, their parents are divorcing, dess has just gone missing, they're cutting themself off from noelle, and its this perfect storm for everything to go to absolute shit for kris. they lose their monster identity, everyone around them is trying to comfort them by saying 'its okay if youre human we still love you' when kris ISNT human and THAT ISNT HELPING, and theyre angry and bitter and a lot of kris's anger comes out as aggression and when cornered/when they feel theyre cornered they tend to lash out, which then bleeds into them realizing that of course they werent ever a monster because monsters are good always and theyre not a good person and coyotes are bad animals and kris isnt good or a monster and they sure as shit arent a human but maybe they can be THIS...etc etc etc. its a shitshow lol, but you know that we've seen how i write kris elsewhere.
BUT IN THIS AU, none of that happens!!! kris is 5 when dess dips with them and thus never actually finds out they're biologically human, or at least, not in the way they do in my canon. unlike asriel (who sees kris calling themself a monster and worries), dess is like 'alright cool' and just updates her mental kris file with 'is a monster' and so she treats and sees them as such.
that isnt to say kris doesnt struggle with species dysphoria, because they do, and they do probably eventually find out their body is biologically human (tho i havent really thought much about how that goes lol). but when this does happen they have chara who supports them, dess who supports them, frisk who supports them...and while they still idealize DESS to an unhealthy degree not being the only human in an all-monster town (+ having a human parent and sibling) means they never actually start idolizing ALL monsters in that unhealthy way.
so, the kris of this au isnt human, and very much feels uncomfortable when they're read as such. but their family (dess, chara, frisk) know them to be a monster. and they're able to model their appearance to appear more monster-like. i dont have a FULL design for kris yet (cause character design is my achilles heel lol) but they for sure wear a pair of antlers (akin to the horn headband, but these are Real Bone Antlers they probably got at an antique store that were modified so its like, feasible for them to wear these pretty much constantly), some sort of modified shoes/boots so it sounds like hoofclicks when they walk, probably other things i havent figured out yet...
its to the point that kris tends to be read as monster more-so than they're read as human! which has implications for when noelle first meets them, of course...but thats for another time.
and for those who might be wondering 'wait but isnt your kris a coyote?' they are! this kris is the same kris who goes on to be a coyote, its just kris's coyote-ness does have a very physiological origin lol. takes a few very specific circumstances for them to go coyote and not monster. but no matter what they are never a human <3
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fionaswifeyy · 14 days
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Help!
I don't think we read enough about these two, and I need it!
Do you think Sofia can really make Rafe sweeter?
of course she can!!! she does all the time!!!
also sorry for being innactive i was busyyyy
warnings none just fluff and sad!rafe but sweetheart!sofia <3
𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐 𖤐
Sofia's phone wouldn't stop buzzing while she was trying to sleep, so she picked it up and answered Rafe's call.
"Babe? What's happening? It's midnight, are you okay? You haven't answered my messages" Sofia asked quickly and from the other side all you could hear was grunts and trouble staying up under control "love, where are you?" she asks softly but still concerned.
"I'm at the Cut, at Barry's house," Rafe explained with a choked sob.
"What are you doing there? It's too late, sweetheart" "I know, but- um-uh, just- can I come to your house?" Rafe was having trouble trying to find the right words and letting them out "of course Rafe, I'm coming for you, please stay there, it's late and you're alone" "I know how to defend myself Sof" "'course you know" she said through her teeth trying to get his sneakers and jacket at the same time.
Leaving her house in a hurry with the car keys in her hand, heading to Barry's street, she met the figure of Rafe, head down and with his hands in the pockets of his jeans. It was a bit cold in this part of the island, the wind was coming from the south. Luckily Sofia always brings an extra blanket in her car for emergencies like these.
"Get in, sweetheart" Rafe got into the car and Sofia found Rafe's profile somewhat bruised and she was worried "Rafe, what happened to you?! Who did this to you?!" Sofia was starting to get desperate, putting a hand on his cheek and examining it, she had already asked too many questions, but Rafe didn't care, Sofia was his Achilles heel.
He just shrugged his shoulders and said "it was Ward, it doesn't matter now" Sofia didn't ask any more questions, she knew that if she continued maybe Rafe would lose his patience and they would end up fighting, it wasn't too common, Rafe was patient with Sofia and vice versa.
When they arrived at Sofia's house, she helped him took off his jacket. "Do you want to take a bath, love? You look very tired." "It would be great, but don't you mind if I stay the night?" "Does it bother you when I stay the night at your place?" Sofia finished off with another question and Rafe raised his eyebrows in surprise, he wasn't expecting that question " 'course no" "so neither am I, baby"
Sofia accompanied him to the bathroom and gave him some towels to dry off, he had already stayed over several times so she already had a change of clothes ready for him in her room.
"Stay... please" he asked with his voice a little broken, she knows that he doesn't like to be pressured, at some point he should tell her what happened and why he has those bruises on his face. "Okay," she said, "but first I want to disinfect those bumps, will you let me?" "yes baby".
Sofia looked for the first aid kit and sat on Rafe's lap, dipping the cotton in hydrogen peroxide and cleaning the wound, it had to be a serious situation for Rafe not to be manhandling her or touching her everywhere, tickling her, he was serious and she saw him a little sad. When she finished, Sofia removed the cotton and threw it in the trash. "There you go big boy." She left a peck on his lips and got up to warm the water in the shower so that it would be warm for when they came in.
Rafe got rid of his clothes and Sofia of hers, entering the shower and it was a matter of Sofia looking into his eyes with a sympathetic look so that Rafe broke down and told her everything "Ward doesn't want me to come home, we went to I left the coke money to Barry and he just hit me and told me not to come back, that he was disgusted by the person I had become, but- I- I want to change Sof, I want- I want to be a different person, I want stop treating everyone like shit and- and you know- I already gave up coke, I just- I just owed Barry money and-" Sofia just rushed towards him, hugging him since she didn't know how to calm him down, Rafe shook in his place but then he reacted and hugged his girlfriend tightly, letting her know that his pain was real and that he hated the fact of disappointing his father, even though Ward doesn't care how Rafe feels, that hurt him, that his Father wouldn't have thought about the damage he was doing to Rafe, and that bothered Sofia, it drove her crazy with rage.
"You are more than that, you are more than the cocaine and the money you owed Barry, you are more than what your father tells you, you are a good boyfriend, you're so cute and sweet to me, so patient, you always listen to me and try to advise me, you always spoil me no matter how much I tell you to stop" she lets out a small sad giggle "you are more than what everyone on this island says you are, because what matters is what you are when no one sees you, when you are with me and you are a giant teddy bear who only wants to be spoiled with cuddles in bed to watch movies, I love you Rafe Cameron, I love what you are with me and for me, I love the way you love me and protect me" Rafe was sobbing at this point on her shoulder as she said these sweet words in his ear.
They finished their bath and Sofia offered him the clothes. She put on fluffy pajamas and lay down on her side of the bed waiting for Rafe. He settled with his head on her chest and his arms around her waist. He loved this position because he could hear Sofia's heartbeat, and Sofia felt protected by her boyfriend's arms, they both felt at home "I love you Sofia, so much" he kissed her in the center of her chest, and let sleep take over.
The end of the world could happen outside and they wouldn't care because they have each other.
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vostok3-ka · 17 days
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Hi Aisha, hope you're having a nice start to your week! For the writer truth or dare ask game: 🦴🔪🌵(could be a character playlist or not)❄️(could also be something you wanna write yourself!) 🍄, and 🏜️. I'd add more because all of these are great but this is already one too many lol so feel free to pick and choose which ones you wanna answer, ofc<3
Hi Max!!! Thank you! It's Eid tomorrow so that's a pretty sick way to start the week ;) Thank you so much for the ask!!!
🦴- Boy howdy is there a piece of media that inspires my writing haha. I have quite a few that it's hard to put name to them all. Whenever I read a book or watch a movie/show I always feel like I take something away from them in order to incorporate into my own writing, but if I were to choose a few specific pieces of media that really inspire my writing, it would be Hannibal, what with the beautiful imagery and the way it is almost poetic in its brutality. I think the writers of the show did a really good job, and I just absolutely adore it. True Detective (season one) is also a piece of media that REALLY influences my writing. I adore the gothic vibes, and I love the way they make the characters human, realistic, with lots of flaws, instead of making them into heroes, and I am just in love with the very synesthetic feeling it gives, I myself am synesthetic and I think it really resonated with me in a way, and gave me a lot of inspiration as in how to describe scenes and emotions. Catch-22, both the book, film, and tv show, have all inspired my idea of Bucky in the war, and I have a few songs including Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths, О как хотела мама by Shortparis, Две недели by Aigel, and O, Children by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, that heavily inspire a lot of my Russian-era Bucky Barnes writing, as well as, for some funny reason, the TV show Бригада. I just feel like the show really shows both the human and terrible, gritty side to organized crime that I am CERTAIN Bucky was involved in, in some way, shape or form. Another film/book that has, heavily and directly, inspired my both my fanfiction writing and original writing is the 2008 film, "Morphine" and the inspiration behind it, the novella by Bulgakov, Morphine. My fic Noch' Ulista Fonar' Apteka was very non-subtly inspired by Morphine, so much! AAAND- I better stop here before I write a whole essay about how media has influenced my writing, because I could literally go on forever and ever!!!! ;)
🔪- I think the weirdest thing that I have had to research for a writing project was for my fic Noch' Ulitsa Fonar' Apteka. I had to, somehow, figure out how to write drug addiction from a first hand perspective, and, of course, I myself have not, and never will take any form of recreational drugs, so I had to scout through many pages of google before finding this legendary gem of a website that has been a lifesaver for me. The website looks like it was made in 2008 and I honestly was a little worried about clicking on it, but it turned out fine haha. It has a bunch of really detailed first hand experiences with all sorts of drugs you could imagine, including withdrawal, good trips, bad trips, and coming down. I think I spent a few hours just reading and absorbing everything to try to write Bucky's experience, and honestly, I came away from the research with an even stronger desire to never try drugs, as most of the reports highlighted how the spiral began. But yeah! That might be the weirdest thing I have researched, unless of course, if you count the time I had to research equine veterinary care in 1980s Russia lmao.
🌵- Gilded Soul This is my favourite playlist I've created, and it's so gentle and sweet and I listen to the songs on it so often. I adore it so much! All the songs have memories and feelings attached to them and ugh- my favourite. Hope you enjoy too ;)
❄️- Oh my God I know exactly what this fic is. I really, REALLY want a fic dealing with the aftermath of Hydra and Department X/The Red Room's brainwashing on Bucky in TFAWS era, but in a way where it doesn't become the point of the fic, and is just like a part of him in subtle, slightly noticeable, and not overwhelming way. I want to see him struggle and yet stay strong, stay independent. I want to see him have realistic feelings towards things like therapy and such, considering the time period he is from, and the fact that he's probably been abused in such settings before. I want to see him make bad, unhealthy decisions while still remaining himself. I want to see him smoke his anger away, I want his staring problem to be addressed subtly as a leftover from when he was trained to look straight ahead while in parade rest, I really want to see him have headaches, mild psychosis, and all the realistic after-effects of electro-shock therapy, and yet, I really do not want to see it in a way that makes him dependent, or child-like. I want to see him get up, grit his jaw and move on. It isn't the healthiest way for somebody to cope, but it's the way I am guessing Bucky would cope. I want a fic that has an overarching plot where these issues are a subplot, as not to make it ALL about his recovery, instead being interesting and realistic in the world that he would be living in. I feel like I have said realistic so many times, and that is the core of it all. I want it to be as realistic and true to comic/film character as possible. I might not make much sense but yeah! That's what I really want to read, and I don't know who would be the best writer to write it!
🍄- OOOH I like this one! A headcanon I have is that Bucky and Natasha dance a lot. They are both trained dancers, and they love it, and they just put on gentle, nostalgic Russian music and dance so prettily together when they are alone!
🏜️- Oh for sure the types of comments that point out what affected them personally. I really want to connect to people through my writing and whenever somebody comments that a certain bit made them feel in a specific way I just absolutely melt in joy and delight!!!
Thank you so much for the many questions again, this was SO much fun to answer. Hope you have the loveliest of days!!!
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hello! you may find the entire playlist on spotify here. below is some more information on my song choices.
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Castle by Eminem: very anticlimactic but i will only really be able to explain this one after the last chapter comes out. so, come back in a bit ^^.
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Things We Lost In The Fire by Bastille: it's funny, i'm a massive bastille fan but it didn't really hit me how castles that song is until i went to see them live last summer. i remember being in the crowd and thinking to myself: god this is so on point. i think the lyric that gets me most is: the future's in our hands and we will never be the same again. there's such a dichotomy to that and it's so representative of what is happening in this chapter, which is harry and the trio sort of reconning with the concept of time and the post-war state of things and: now what? the excitement of: we survived and the future's in our hands, but also we'll never be the same again because we lost all these things (people) in the fire (war). i just find it very apt.
O Children by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: firstly, i love that song, i thing it's beautiful and it just nails that post-war tone of the early chapters. the cleaners are coming one by one, they measure the room, they know the score, etc. secondly, this is obviously the harry& hermione song, which is a massive vibe and plot point of this chapter. i will defend the dance to my dying day, i think it's one of the most beautiful scenes in the whole film and those who don't like it because of the harmony vibes are wrong. that's it 😅.
UNHEALTHY by Anne-Marie: this is a more recent addition, but doesn't this song kind of have early harry/ginny vibes? i'll let you listen and be the judge.
Wonderwall by Oasis: harry mentions oasis in this chapter, so of course i had to add this. i have listened to this song so much in the past 20 years, i can't even tell if i like it or not. anyway, here's wonderwall 😅.
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Pompeii by Bastille: ah. the infamous break down of everything. as i've already said, absolutely love bastille, and this one is a classic.
Shadow Preachers by Zella Day: i added this one more recently but i feel like it also had very strong early harry/ginny vibes. i also like that it sounds a bit similar-ish to pompeii in that sort of break down of everything vibe. there's a sort of desperation to that song that i feel really fits well.
Place de la République by Coeur de Pirate: firstly, if you think of coeur de pirate as comme des enfants and don't know anything else from her, i am begging you to open to your heart to her other songs/albums, she's incredible. secondly, i've always loved this song. it so well captures this sort of regretful break up situation where she is breaking up with someone because of distance and giving them one last chance to show up and they don't. i feel like it's very much a ginny song in chapter 3, this way she doesn't really want to break up with harry but has to. it's just 😫.
Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi: i've gone back and forth a lot on this song, whether to include it or not. it's almost Too Much. but, also, harry is a bit Too Much in this, so it just fits.
Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths: this is... very literal, i don't think i need to explain. i will say, for a very long time, i didn't know where the french bits were from. it sounded like some sort of documentary about suicide, which i thought was odd, but it's actually a reading of the myth of sisyphus by albert camus. i've never read it because i've only ever read camus's fiction, but he is one of my favourite french authors, so i was happy to find that out. it works with the song incredibly well, obviously.
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Hell or Highwater by Passenger: we're back with the break up songs. i love this one because it very much is about the confusion and the not knowing what caused the break up, which i think is very fitting for harry, here. i also just love the writing in this song, the way he uses the "hell or highwater" saying in a different way - it's a song i very much love, even outside of castles.
Six Degrees of Separation by The Script: idk, this song has such strong 2000s vibes, and it's so break-up-y dramatic - it just fits, you know? 😅.
Giants by Dermot Kennedy: this playlist supports irish artists! ✊🏻 jokes aside, i kind of see this song as having a bit of a double-meaning here. like, of course, it's hinny break up song and plays - again - to that lack of understanding (we used to be giants, when did we stop?) but i also see it as reflective of harry's broader state of mind. it's this post-war confusion of: we used to do these great, important things, and what is our purpose, now? obviously, this first arc is very much about finding a reason to live after the war, so i feel like this song works for both plotlines.
As It Was by Harry Styles: i'm not a massive harry styles fan so the first time i ever heard this song was when he was on tour and the 'LEAVE AMERICA' trend was all over tiktok. and, i don't know, the moment i heard the song as a whole i was like, 'fuck, this is such a castles song!' especially of that early, post-war, confused era of: 'harry what are you doing sitting at home on the floor, what kind of pills are you on?' it just had to be in this playlist.
Fear of Fear by Passenger: this song is just a mood. i feel like it could play over a montage of the weeks passing in chapter four, and harry just going to work, trying to sleep, and going running in the night.
Le vent nous portera by Noir Désir: there's two reasons why this song is here. firstly, i feel like it signifies healing and the passage of time, which works very well with this chapter. it's a gorgeous song and has this idea of the wind just blowing the hardships away, an "it'll be alright" motto that i love. but also, what my international audience might not know is that this song is highly controversial - bertrand cantat, the lead singer of the band, beat his girlfriend - french actress marie trintignant - to death in 2003. he was arrested, went to jail - if you are french, just know that i'm not going to get into the Debate of whether he should still played/be listened to, etc. we all have our opinions and whichever way you're leaning i'm not going to change yours but i just wanted to note that i wouldn't have put this song in the playlist for any other chapter. but with the added theme of DV in the case giulia and harry work on here, i felt it was fitting.
Brave by Sara Bareilles: this is obviously giulia's pep-talk song haha! harry, get out of your rut, and be brave. i love it.
You're Not Special, Babe by Orla Gartland: i love this song. and, again, it's very giulia. i feel like both of these last songs for this chapter have this vibe of her telling harry to just get off his arse and do something, which is what he needed at that point. quit moping around, quit blaming yourself, you're not that special. it's really the kick off, onto chapter five.
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Insomnia by Ren: ah, ren. if you've been following the playlist for a while, you will have noticed that i had a major ren moment between the end of 2023 and the start of 2024 and added, like, fifteen millions of his songs to the playlist. i feel like castles generally has such a ren "vibe" to it, which is wild because i didn't find him until well into writing the story. this song has this incredible line: i used to use drinking as a way to stop thinking and my problems with drinking made me feel like i was sinking, so i dried up my drinking and then i couldn't sleep a wink, and now i'm thinking, now i'm thinking, now i'm thinking, now i'm thinking about nothing. fucking nothing. and everything and nothing - i hate not sleeping. this is so on point for this chapter, which has harry's insomnia stalking those post-war months, and i absolutely love it.
The Last Unicorn by Passenger: ah, the first mia song 😫. my child. this is so scarily on point.
J'écoute du Miles Davis by Navii: this is really one of the core, OG castles songs as far as i'm concerned. i remember listening to it on loop very early on, writing the early chapters. i love the chorus of 'Et le temps passe' (and time passes) - it's this factual statement that i feel is very castles. "Time just - passes."
The Way I Am by Eminem: i was so mad to find out i couldn't use this song in text because it came out in 2001. obviously, very related to the press, fame, etc. which are topical for this chapter.
Dominoes by Ren: i added this one fairly recently. it's one of those songs that isn't precisely topical to the chapter itself, but i really liked the riff of "we fall like dominoes, dominoes, falling". it echoes that thing harry says about how he's afraid to fold because if the "leader" falls, then everyone comes cascading down. i felt like there's an interconnection in that song that resonates, here. and also, i think the thing about public perception and body shaming is also somewhat related to the treatment of girls in harry's life in the press.
Read All About It, Part III by Emili Sandé: i thought most people would already know this song because it was featured so prominently in the 2012 London Olympics, but i suppose it still didn't make it to america, 'cause i've had quite a few comments from people saying the playlist was the first time they'd heard it. anyway, it's obviously about harry using his voice and finally talking to the press, and it's amazing :).
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Babylon by Barns Courtney: the vibes of this song feel like the fall of a civilisation and "the walls are caving in, you're paying for your sins" and... yeah. idk, i see this as the theme song to the whole battle scene at the lace mill.
What He Wrote by Laura Marling: this was always Giulia's "song" in my head, i'm not even sure why. it's got nothing to do with her but just based on vibes. i listened to this on loop writing her death. and, also, the connection with Peaky Blinders, which heavily inspired the first act of castles.
Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens: this is just... a beautiful song about death lol. how cheerful 😅.
All My Tears by Ane Brun: and... another one, lol. also, another connection to PB.
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Jimmy by Moriarty: i only have two songs for this chapter, probably because it used to be paired with chapter six so i initially didn't think of it as an independent item. anyway, this is one of my favourite songs in the world, and it's recently come to my attention that it fit quite well in here, with this idea of "coming home" (to the burrow, in harry's case. i feel like it works well with the general mood of the chapter.
CORALINE by Måneskin: ah. coraline, coraline, di me la tua verita... this is the beginning of harry, and ginny, and the letters, really.
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jennyandvastraflint · 4 months
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Xena Reactions S1Ep21!
Awww, Gabrielle is training I love that!
SBDHDH RIGHT THE HORSE DOESN'T LIKE GABRIELLE
"I wasn't talking to you." HAAAA
Xena threatening the horse into being nice
Hello there woman 👀 Of course Xena will help you
JSDHHS Not the horse throwing Gabrielle off
Poor Gabrielle...
OMG THE FUNKY GAY MERCHANT from the Black Wolf episode!!!
He's SO happy to see her
"Important person being kidnapped"
HOLY SHIT!?!!
Amazons? Shooting at Xena? Or the woman from earlier? Or...
Salmonius XD He's so funky omfg
SHDHDHHBFAJ "How do I know it's gonna rain on a big battle" 😭
Gabrielle wondering how this dude stayed alive
I love when men get this close to one another. Kinda homoerotic
Gabrielle so ready to watch her gf beat up people
FIST SPIN >:) Womanly twirling or something
Omg Gabrielle realised something is off
Stoic warrior tell your gf you're under the influence of drugs challenge.... Xena and Vastra both are like: Impossible
"This was a stupid time to keep something from me!" DAMN RIGHT
Awwww... She can't feel her legs :(
Is Gabrielle gonna- OH YE
AWWWWWW, BABYGIRL WEARING GF'S ARMOUR
Something something Patroclus riding out in Achilles' armour / Gabrielle riding out in Xena's armour
The horse is like "Chiiiill"
"Yes well I have a different definition of Galop" sjfhdhd
"Does she seem smaller than before?"
Dayummmmm, Xena to the rescue
Are they fighting with carbonated water... 😂
"I'm sure lord Salzer is more concerned with his people than with himself" "Ha?" "Ha?"
Oh godsssss, Xena is like "Don't worry about me" 😭
Gabrielle your gay is showing
I WANNA SCREAM.........
Good aim tho
NOOOO SHE FELL OFF THE HORSE!!!
O NO... They captured her :(
Damn the strength she still has???
This guy is GROSS
HORSEY KICKKK
DAYUM GIRLLLL knock out those soldiers
Salmonius is like FUCKFUCKFUCK SOLDIERS *klonk*
She just needs a nap. And medicine. Resting against tiddies would also help. 😔
IS HE ABOUT TO BREAK GABRIELLE'S HEART :((( NOOOO MY POOR GIRL
True love's kiss her!!!
THE GENTLE TOUCHING??? i will BITE someone
SHE KISSED HERDJFJDJDH Not quite on the mouth, but.
HOLY SHIT GABRIELLE YOUR VOICE IS KILLING ME, ALL THAT BADLY CONCEALED PAIN
She's shouting and screaming and beating, my poor girl, she needs all the hugs. ALL the hugs.
NOOOO- SALMONIUS BAD IDEA
SHE'S ALIVEEE, SHE'S MOVING A BIT
Ouch.
"I killed her" please...
NOOOO. You leave Xena's body alone
Gabrielle is fuelled by sapphic anger, you do NOT want to cross her. Smol and feisty
Gabrielle my beloved
I hate this shitty warlord dude
Hehe Argo refuses to move.
XENA IS BACKKKK
"Don't ever do this again" "Gabrielle, we're in the middle of a FIGHT" shdhd lesbians. Only lesbians would
Her SKILLZZZZ
Gabrielle and Argo get along nowww <3
HUAAAA, THEY'RE SO GAY
"I'm gonna get all soft on you" 👀🏳️‍🌈
Cheers to Gabrielle having kissed Xena's cheek and corner of mouth in this ep!
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lumiosemuseum · 2 months
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My actual full convoluted feelings re: sharing are this:
when it comes to Theseus and Asterius, I've only ever encountered 2 other people who Also shipped with them. One of them seems to have deleted their blog and the other was very casual about them (had other F/Os they were more into) so it's not something I worry too much about re: other shippers. However I am an insane woman and Very particular with my interpretation of Theseus and Asterius as people And their relationship so it feels like it's for the best to just say No here. Lest I become insane one day
I am the world's biggest hater of Theseus and Asterius' second-most popular canon x canon ships (in this case, theseus/zag.reus and asterius/hyp.nos). Those two ships make me wildly uncomfortable. However... I love some specific rarepairs 💖 Theseus/Asterius shipped with Achiles/Patroclus very funny to me but no one depicts it in the way I like (which is comedy focused!! the only times I've seen it it's always about like Theseus getting pwned or something. Why not the inherent comedy of Pat getting really, really mad about having a crush on Theseus). I also like Theseus/Alecto and (my evil rarepair that I made up for ME) Theseus/Nyx. sorry. I actually don't have any other Asterius ships bc my demisexuality HC for him overrides anything else 😭 my love for diathesterius is bigger than my affection for any of these of course
I'm okay with people saying horny/vulgar things under my art of Theseus or Asterius as long as it's funny. if it's Not funny then I'm not a fan. I admittedly Do get a little fussy seeing other people casually calling Asterius their husband (it's always with Asterius) but it's not something that's block-worthy to me
When it comes to AZ I don't like Any canon x canon ship with him. Not that there's a lot of these but they exist and I'm not a fan personally ! This has less to do with selfshipping and more to do with me being very, Very picky with canon x canon ships though.
I've only encountered 2 (maybe 3?) other ppl who selfship with him....... one of them sometimes reblogs the art of him I post to my main! I'm not exactly comfortable sharing him with other selfshippers BUT. Because AZ is such an unpopular character and his few fans are desperate for art of him ( know because I'm desperate for art of him too 😭) I don't block about it.
AZ is another chara where the discomfort with sharing comes from the fact that I'm very particular about my interpretation of him. I would Never go up to someone and call their interpretation completely wrong (especially for a character who only has like 4 or 5 scenes in the actual game), but I've seen some people write him as cruel/malicious in a way I dislike 😭 i think he is capable of being cruel at times, but it's less like... A Conscious Effort to be Cruel and more of a side-affect of his selfishness. Also I think I'm the only person in the world who has diagnosed him as a she/him agender lesbian
Hmm I sure do get attached to characters who struggle with selfishness don't I. ignore that.
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fanstuffrantings · 5 months
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Your post on CRDL post about hate sink and the bully arc was spot on!
To also add on the problem with the arc: it made characters look bad on many levels.
I really didn’t like how Pyrrha announced that she “can’t stand people like him” and yet despite being the elite warrior…she did nothing to stop it.
Even as she fought team CRDL it wasn’t because of Racism or even velvet being bullied, she only did it because jaune was bullied.
It makes the arc look pointless and the characters uncaring.
You can’t expect me to hate team CRDL when everyone else is not any better.
I apologize in advance because I'm about to ramble again: short answer is exactly this I fully agree.
Long answer for anyone who wants to hear my mad ravings:
Pretty much exactly. There isn't even enough character for me to hate. They're blank slates the writers can add terrible qualities into and use as punching bags to prove how strong other characters are by comparison. But even then, since they're supposedly such wimps that we don't even get to see them properly fight any and all times they're taken out just feel unsatisfying and boring. "Oh Pyrrha took out the entire team that bullied Jaune who most of the fandom don't even remember the names of. That's so impressive. I think?"
I'm of the opinion Pyrrha should've been a lot more egotistical and judgemental (albeit quietly). Play into her being based on Achilles and how being constantly referred to as almost a living legend would change a person. Her ignoring Jaune being bullied because:
1. She also thinks he can become stronger from it
2. She's actually also a bit annoyed she got teamed up with a person who has 0 field training despite being the best first year (and potientially best student) in the school
3. She doesn't do things without people asking or social settings forcing her hand,
Would make for a far more interesting character development moment. And if she's not the one to step up to help Jaune then us digging into who on JNPR does and why also adds depth to other characters. Her being petty about Jaune being mean to her is a potientially nice character flaw but we never see it again. This plays into how clearly they wanted viewers to love pyrrha so that when she died it would hurt over actually wanting her to be a person.
All of team CRDL bullying Jaune instead of some of them simply ignoring what's happening and Cardin and Russel being the instigators makes them feel a lot more like a hivemind with no actual thoughts.
And in general them making Cardin racist for one scene and then dropping it entirely really did just feel like them trying to make sure the fans could hate him and know he's not redeemable. Despite them making Weiss racist like 2 episodes later, once again only to drop it in volume 2 with no explanation. Of course I'm someone who hates how they handle the faunus and finds it uninteresting so everytime they include faunus inequality I kind of just sigh and prepare myself for nonsense.
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apollosgiftofprophecy · 6 months
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[Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?]
Something I always wonder whenever I read a good fanfic.
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I've been thinking about it since before I started writing fanfiction, tbh. Fifth grade. I started young lmao
But yeah. I've toyed with ideas from different genres, particularly during my Genre Writing class Senior year. I had an idea for a Dystopian/Fantasy story that my teacher loved, but one idea that keeps resurfacing in my brain is...well, *chuckles*
Apollo.
Could be the brainrot but...one thing that irks me in Greek Mythology retellings is how the gods (and our boy Apollo) are often portrayed. Now, I get that every retelling is basically published fanfiction of the myths, but there's a line between "fanfic/retelling" and "disrespectful to the OGs"
(this turned into a mini-rant, please excuse me lmao XD)
In Disney's Hercules, the mythology is a jumbled mess (and Apollo's barely there *huffs angry*). Though this is a kids movie so I hand-wave a pass to it because again, kids movie.
Also the soundtrack slaps. *shrug*
In The Song of Achilles, Apollo's (from what I hear- I haven't read it) apathetic and one-dimensional, as well as the other gods, which is not fun. LET THE GODS HAVE CHARACTER I SAY!
And sure, maaaaybe Apollo's portrayed that way because he hates Achilles, but...uh, if you read the mythology you'll find out that Achilles 100% deserves that hate. He murdered two of Apollo's sons - Tenes, who had nothing to do with the war and was trying to defend his sister from Achilles's unwanted advances and was killed in the process, and Troilus, who was a child and slaughter in Apollo's temple, on his altar, by Achilles.
Like come on. I am on Apollo's side here, Achilles had it coming.
And of course... *gags* LO. I do not even dare type the monstrosity out. Just...just disgraceful. Not only is Apollo done extremely dirty (and characterized in a way he never was in the actual mythology - *gnaws angry*), but from what I know, Leto and Demeter are also given terrible characterizations. And that's just not cool because they are GREAT MOMS.
Bet there's even more things that I'm unaware of that does the whole mythology dirty.
I guess it's partially from spite, but I really want to find some way of writing Greek Mythology, stay true to the classical versions of the gods while developing them, and provide a good story in the process. As well as respecting ancient greek culture as much as I can, because 1) culture is important in stories and 2) gives me an excuse to dive into ancient greek culture whenever I want because I like Doing That :)
I am a midwest American who has never left the country's borders but by god if I can swim in another country's history and culture it would be Greece. And I would never come out because I love learning about it.
Plus, I really love reading about the myths and if I could make a living basically writing mythology fanfiction, then sign me the fuck up I'm already doing it let's go.
It's an ambitious goal but I am up for the challenge.
My timeline certainly will come in handy for it :)
Sometimes being a writer is writing what you want to read, and sometimes it's getting so mad at what society is doing to your favorite that you start planning on defending his name through sheer force of will/writing :3
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