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antxlss · 8 months
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Hi! Could I have an Anakin x female!reader where they're both Jedi and a chaotic parenting team for Ahsoka?
I pictured a few scenarios like when they first meet reader defends Ahsoka because Ani calls her "youngling" and talks to her as if she was a child; or Anakin is relaxing and reader distracts him for Ahsoka to pounce on him and play fight him; or reader rescues Ahsoka because she did something reckless and life risking during a mission and she's angry at the Padawan, then before scolding her Ani tries to calm reader down and comforts her when she desperately says that she has to tell Ahsoka off because if she loses her, her world would be turned upside down, then instead of yelling at her, reader makes Ahsoka understand in a calm way that what she did was wrong and tells her how much she adores her
Sorry if it's too long and also if it's more Ahsoka x reader but I hope you get to write it ❤
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pairing: anakin skywalker x reader platonic!ahsoka tano x reader
summary: *above*
warnings: none
words: 2.5k
a/n: this is so cutesy, i love it! and yes I know the title is sooo creative. thank you so much for the request! requests for anakin are open! as always, i hope you enjoy! much love! <3
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Anakin had very recently been granted the responsibility of having his very own padawan.
She was a 14 year old Togruta, Ahsoka Tano.
Anakin was beyond thrilled to have an apprentice. You were excited to see his fill his leadership role, especially with a teenager.
As you expected, Anakin and Ahsoka got along perfectly. She reminded you a lot of him. Maybe that's why you had grown so close to her.
You were always on missions with Anakin, so in result, you were constantly around Ahsoka. You immediately formed a big-sister-type relationship with her. You guys were always together. She would often come to your quarters and you would teach and show her all the things a normal teenage girl should be able to do.
You felt bad for her. She was pushed into a setting of war fat too young, so you always tried to make her feel as normal as possible.
You were walking through the labyrinth like halls towards Anakin's quarters, with Ahsoka and your faithful droid R2-D2. Ahsoka was walking a little ahead of you, seemingly lost in her own thoughts.
Suddenly, Ahsoka turned around and looked at you, with a bit of worry on her face. "Master, you can tell me if you think I'm not ready for the mission. I know it's a pretty intense one. I don't want to mess up." She said.
You smiled at her, and placed your hand on her shoulder gently.
"Ahsoka, you still have much to learn, but don't underestimate your power. Anakin and I wouldn't allow you to accompany us if we didn't think you were ready." You assured her as you finally reached Anakin's door.
Ahsoka nodded, seeming to feel a little better from your words.
"Okay. But is it alright if I ask you a question first?"
Her voice had changed to a curious tone, as she looked at you.
"Do you think Anakin really likes me?" She asked you, with her head tilted to the left, like she always did when she was curious. "Or does he only tolerate me because he has to?"
You started to speak but before you could open your mouth Anakin steps out of his quarters.
"Are we ready to head to the briefing?" Anakin asks.
You give Ahsoka a look and nod your head hoping she's picking up what you are trying to say.
You then turn to Anakin. "We've been waiting on you gramps."
Anakin rolls his eyes "See how mean she is, Snips?"
You laugh in response as you all head to the briefing.
Anakin smiled and shook his head at both you and Ahsoka. He really cared for her, and saw how the two of you interacted with each other.
He also walked with you both to the briefing room, where all of the other Jedi were waiting to receive new orders from the Jedi Council.
"I know you'll do great on this mission, Ahsoka. I have full faith in you. Be careful, okay?" Anakin said, walking ahead of you a little, so he could be alone with Ahsoka for just a moment.
You smile at their interaction. You live the side that Ashoka brings out in Anakin.
You all make your way into the room and find your seats as you wait for further details on your mission.
You all sat down, and waited as Master Windu came into the room and took his seat, in order to start discussing the mission with you all.
"The Separatists have been creating secret factories to construct weaponry that will give them a major edge in the war."
Windu looked at you all.
"Do you remember the last factory that we destroyed on Felucia?" He asked.
"We have just found out that the Separatists have just completed building a new one on the planet of Kyseli." Windu continued.
He nodded and looked at Anakin, Ahsoka, and you. A plan was about to be revealed to you all.
"The council would like you three and the 501st battalion to head down to Kyseli, and destroy this factory before it begins production."
Windu looked over at Anakin, and back at you.
"This won't be an easy mission. But, we are confident you three are able to handle it." He then turned to Ahsoka, looking her in the eyes. "You're ready for this mission, Ahsoka."
After the meeting wrapped up you exited the room. Anakin gathered you, Rex, R2, and Ahsoka to discuss how he wanted to execute this mission.
Anakin talked to you all about how he imagined the mission going.
"Okay. So, we'll start by heading over to Dreshia, the nearest planet to Kyseli. Once we make it to Dreshia, we'll split our troops into two sections. The first section will be led by me and Rex. We will distract the Separatist forces by attacking them head-on. It should give the second section a chance to enter the planet."
"Ahsoka, you will lead the second section." Anakin said.
"Wait, Master Skywalker, shouldn't Master
Y/N be leading the second section?" Ahsoka worriedly glance between you and Anakin.
"No, Snips. We need you to lead the mission this time. You'll do great, trust me." Anakin said, with a smirk on his face, hoping to reassure her.
"You're ready, believe me." He continued.
You could see the worry on Ahsoka's face, and Anakin looked like he wanted to hug her and tell her it would be okay, but he had to keep up this leader like personality for this mission.
The truth is, you and Anakin had discussed this prior to the briefing. He was insisting on Ahsoka leading the second section, but you, not so much. It's not that you don't think she's capable, because she is, it's just you can't stand the thought of her getting hurt. Or worse.
After a 30 minute screaming match between you and Anakin, it was deemed that he was the lead of this mission, and Ahsoka was his padawan. So now you would just stick with Ahsoka and try to protect her the best you can.
As Ahsoka was looking at you with a worried expression, you knew that she was thinking about how she didn't believe she could lead the second section.
You also felt worried about how Anakin would react to you going back on his decision about Ahsoka leading; it would probably cause another argument between you two, and you wanted to stay on Anakin's good side, since you were working with him for this mission.
You had no choice but to look at Ahsoka and shake your head as you said "I'll be right at your side. Everything is going to be okay. I promise."
You, Ahsoka, Anakin, Rex, and R2 were all waiting outside of their starship to get ready for the mission that the Jedi Council had sent you on. Everyone seemed slightly anxious or worried about the mission, but you could feel this overwhelming sense of determination and courage in the air as well.
You could tell that Anakin, Ahsoka, and Rex were all slightly nervous about the mission, even though they all knew what they were doing. No matter how good you were at something, you would always get these feelings of worry and anxiety whenever you headed out on a mission of this caliber.
"Once we land on Dreshia, We will immediately split into our sections and head to Kyseli. That's where Rex and I will lead our troops to distract the separatists who are likely to attack as soon as we break the atmosphere. Ahsoka that's when you will lead Y/N and the rest of the troops to the factory to destroy it. As soon as that is done, we regroup back on Dreshia." Anakin recaps.
Ahsoka nodded.
"I understand, Master." she said quietly.
Anakin smiled at her confidently, knowing that deep down, Ahsoka wasn't really believing in herself on this mission. Anakin then looked over to you.
"Alright, are you and the troops ready, Y/N?" Anakin asked, wanting to get the mission started.
"You don't need to call me 'Master' when we're out here." Anakin said, with a slight smirk on his face. "But if that's what you want, then go ahead."
Anakin then looked at everyone else.
"Alright, everyone ready? Let's go."
You all board your assigned ships and take off for Dreshia.
Once you land at the republic base, it's go time, everyone is running around finding their section, you stay close to Ahsoka.
Before you knew it you were in the air again heading for Kyseli
Just as you expected, as soon as you entered the atmosphere, we were bombarded by enemy fire. Just as planned Anakin's Section distracted them As Ahsoka led you, and the rest of section two, straight towards the factory.
Your section had successfully made it to the factory, and the Separatist forces were now turning their attention towards the other side of the planet; where Anakin and Rex's section were distracting them.
Anakin's plan was working perfectly; everything was going exactly as he expected, and Ahsoka was leading the troops inside of the factory building.
"Alright, Ahsoka. You've got this, the Separatists aren't focused on us right now." Anakin said, over the radio. "I knew this plan would work."
"Alright! Everyone place their explosives!" Ashoka ordered.
You immediately placed your explosives down and prepped them for detonation. You watched as all the other troopers did the same. Once complete we all headed out of the factory to detonate.
Ahsoka held the device that would detonate the explosives.
"On three." Ahsoka stated.
"One... Two... Three."
Nothing
"What's going on? Why isn't it exploding?" You ask with a confused look.
"I don't know. I'm going to check it out." Ahsoka started running back toward the building.
"Ahsoka stop!- "
You were cut off by the explosion. Ahsoka flew back and landed on the ground. You immediately ran up to her checking her for any serious injuries. The only thing you noticed is that she was knocked unconscious. You were internally panicking but you knew you had to keep calm because you were now in charge. You lifted Ahsoka in your arms.
"All troops to the ship! We are regrouping to Dreshia!" You yelled.
Everyone boarded the ship and you all headed for Dreshia where you would regroup with Anakin and his fleet.
You carried Ahsoka through the ship and back out onto Dreshia, where you could see Rex and Anakin waiting for you.
"What happened out there?" Anakin asked.
You could tell he was upset when he saw Ahsoka unconscious in your arms, and he was looking at you in a serious way, expecting an answer.
"She ran back towards the rigged building after a malfunction with the detonator. It exploded while she was headed towards it. I tried to stop her." You shook your head. 
"She doesn't seem to have major injuries. She was just knocked unconscious from hitting the ground I suppose."
Anakin stayed quiet and nodded in understanding.
You saw he was clearly upset over the situation, and this worried you, even though you didn't want to show your emotions to Anakin.
"Let's get back to the camp on Dreshia." Anakin said in a stern voice. The three of you got in a speeder to head back towards the base, while Ahsoka stayed unconscious in your arms as the speeder drove on.
One you made it, you took Ahsoka to a medic droid that was on the site.
Ahsoka was taken to the medic droid, and Anakin and you waited in the tent for the droid to finish treating her.
After what felt like hours, but was probably only around two minutes, the medic droid emerged from the tent, carrying Ahsoka who still looked unconscious.
"She'll be fine. She'll wake up soon." The medic droid said, as Anakin and you relaxed, and waited for Ahsoka to wake up.
After about 30 minutes Ahsoka started rustling and her eyes fluttered open.
Ahsoka slowly opened her eyes, blinking for a moment as she realized her surroundings, and then she looked at you.
"Hey...what happened?" she asked, sounding a little confused.
She had a look of pain on her face, and was still slightly dizzy when she spoke to you.
"When you went to investigate why the detonator wasn't working, it decided to work." You could feel the anger creeping up on you now that you knew Ahsoka was okay.
Why would she do some so stupid and reckless? Why would she put her life in danger like that?
Anakin seemed to sense your frustration.
"Y/N, let's step out. I need to speak with you."
You followed Anakin out of the medical tent.
Once you and Anakin were outside the medical tent, on Dreshia, Anakin began to speak to you about what happened with Ahsoka.
"Listen, Y/N, I understand why you're upset about what Ahsoka did." Anakin said, "She put herself in danger, and that's something you and I disagree on. But you have to understand that Ahsoka is just young, and maybe a little inexperienced."
"I know you don't like the thought of it - neither do I. But Ahsoka will have to learn things on her own, and make her own choices." Anakin continued.
You sighed. You knew Anakin was right. Yelling at her wouldn't solve anything.
"You're right. Let's go talk to her." You gave Anakin a kiss on the cheek and headed back into the tent.
Anakin smiled, feeling happy that you heard him out instead of getting angry with him.
The duo then walked back into the medical tent, and saw that Ahsoka was now fully awake and sitting up. When Ahsoka saw you and Anakin, she smiled and got up.
Ahsoka then walked over to Anakin and hugged him. She seemed to have a lot of love for him; you didn't blame her.
"I'm alright, Master." Ahsoka said to Anakin. "I'm sorry for trying to run in there like that. It was a mistake on my part."
She went over and hugged you as well.
You giggled. "Slow down there tiger. You need to lay down."
"But you are right. It was a mistake. A stupid, reckless mistake. You have to think before you do okay. If I were to lose you... I can't bear the thought. The truth is Snips, Anakin and I care about you so much. Do you understand?"
Ahsoka looked a little surprised at your reaction, since she thought you would be angry at her.
She then nodded to you, and it seemed like she understood why Anakin and you were so concerned about her.
"I know, I'm sorry. I-I just got so caught up in the moment, that I forgot about the mission." Ahsoka said.
"Just...please don't do anything this stupid or reckless again. Okay, Ahsoka?" Anakin said with a soft smile.
"She gets it from you Ani." You laugh.
Anakin's face turns a light pink when he heard what you said, as he looked down and away from you.
Once Anakin started speaking again, he seemed slightly embarrassed.
"I guess you're right, Y/N." He said, laughing a bit. "Come on, let's get back to the ship. Everyone's ready to head back."
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princeblue · 12 days
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I’ll never not mourn that we didn’t get the zenitsu arc that was set up, because I truly believe it would have done wonders for how the fandom views Zenitsu.
It makes me quite angry that he’s dumbed down to nothing more than a pervert and a coward, now. I wouldn’t even go as far to say Zenitsu is a pervert, a coward sure, he even says so himself. But a pervert is someone who purposely creeps on women, tries to feel them up, tries to be a peeping Tom.
Zenitsu does literally none of that, he’s a girl lover/chaser when we meet him, I’ll admit. But he in no way shape or form harasses a woman from the point on where Tanjirou rips him off the woman he’s begging to marry him. After that, he’s very kind to the women he meets, cringe sure, but still polite and respectful,and he’s extremely devoted to Nezuko. Even if she cannot reciprocate, and even then he’s not a fucking creep, he just has a puppy crush on a pretty girl.
So to compare him to someone like, let’s say mineta from MHA, is not only extreme but just plain wrong.
Back to Zenitsu’s cowardice, I think it’s actually pretty cool he’s a coward. We get to see him grow from it, we get to see him learn to be more confident with the support of Tanjirou and Inosuke behind him, the most noticeable moment of this is when he defends the girl that Daki is harming in anger, even if at this point he’s semi aware he’s found the uppermoon, he still steps in front of her and tells her off.
Even during the actual confrontation with Daki, he still tells her she’s wrong, and cruel. And tells her to apologize to the poor girl she hurt.
And Zenitsu is intimately aware of his own flaws, even going as far to say “I hate myself more than anyone else” and listing off that when he’s scared, he freezes or runs. But he also mentions that he’s hurt that Inosuke and Tanjirou just left him at the mountain, he says that if they had tried to coax him, he more than likely would have went. And this claim is 100% supported by the flashbacks we see with Jigoro Kuwajima who was the only character to never give up on Zenitsu and constantly push him to be better and stronger.
If Zenitsu truly wanted to leave the demon slayer corps, he would, now that he’s a full fledged demon slayer and out from under Jigoro’s thumb he had every single opportunity to leave the core and go pursue an actual life outside of it, and yet he doesn’t. Because he wants to make his gramps proud, because he wants to help Tanjirou, because he finds a support system/family with Inosuke and Tanjirou that he’s never had with even Jigoro and Kaigaku.
He’s insecure, he has anxiety, he has anger issues, he wants to honor his mentor and help and protect his friends, he wants to live a happy life, he wants to be respected, he wants to be genuinely loved. He’s so much fucking more than a “pervert” and a coward, but the fandom still sticks to this perception of him because we never got the Zenitsu backstory, I don’t like the term “there’s always a duo in a trio” but at times it really felt like Zenitsu was just kind of there, while Inosuke and Tanjioru continued to get more depth and he didn’t.
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runabout-river · 4 months
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The Mechanisms of Nobara's Return
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The Setup
Her injury is the smallest transfiguration Mahito made without interference
This injury didn't kill Nobara instantly
Nitta used his CT to stop her from dying
Affirmation that Nobara has a chance of survival even if that chance is less than 1%
This setup itself is the biggest indication/confirmation on a meta level that Nobara's return will happen. Because otherwise, Gege wouldn't have written it like this in the first place or he would've written later scenes about her death more explicitly.
Nobara is the female lead of JJK and is often compared to Sakura from Naruto in that regard. I find it hard to believe that Shonen Jump would let Gege discard that lead so early in the story. It would also be an unpopular decision to replace the female lead with another female character (Maki) even for Shonen standards.
Temporarily replacing one on the other hand, is a decision I can see happening. I'm no expert in this but it's known that editors keep the number of female characters low in their titles in SJ. Gege most likely wanted to do something shocking as well, so this a course of action many would be fine with.
If Nobara's death had been meant to be final then not only in the story but also outside of it we would've gotten definite confirmation on it. Instead, I don't recall something like that being said. In story and outside, we have this wishy-washy Schrödinger's Cat situation going on.
Her injury
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Idle Transfiguration cannot be healed with positive energy or any other means
That's because positive energy doesn't recognize damage to the body if it's in the same shape as the soul
At this point, her death was suspended in a similar fashion to how Megumi's death was suspended inside his exorcism ritual
This suspension can theoretically be kept up indefinitely as long as Nitta can use his CT
A popular theory in this regard, is Nobara learning Reverse Cursed Technique while at death's door.
Nobara is a Black Flash user, her use of cursed energy is more refined than that of the average sorcerer
Her learning RCT would parallel Gojo learning it after being sliced open. For her, it just takes longer
Having to use RCT constantly would also mirror Gojo, bringing her narratively closer to her teacher after being the one most distant from him
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Her Return
Why did Megumi say she was dead?
Theory: because Shoko told him that she was dead:
Because Shoko thought it cruel to keep the hopes of Megumi and Yuji up. She still wasn't finished to try and save her though
Shoko was afraid of the higher-ups interfering in her treatment after Yaga was executed
Having Megumi believe that she died also makes Sukuna believe that she's dead, which makes her comeback unforeseeable to him.
Why don't we see her in the flashbacks?
To keep up suspense. But do you know who else we don't see in the flashbacks? Todo. And that guy isn't even dead.
What is she doing now?
We have some possibilities for the flashbacks:
Learning to function under her RCT
Learning to function on Nitta's CT
Training/secret missions with Todo
Recovering with her grandma/learning to use new forms of her own CT
For the current fights:
She's waiting her turn
Popular theory is that Nobara will use Resonance on Sukuna's last finger. If she does this too early, she will explode. My favorite way for her to do this is like this:
Utahime and Gramps will enhance her CT and she will attack Sukuna's finger right at the moment when Sukuna attacks Yuji to kill him, mirroring the Mahito scene.
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Which are the instances where her death wasn't made explicit?
We never saw her corpse
She wasn't at the airport
No one talked to Gojo about her death, they only talked about Nanami
Only Megumi and Yuji talk about her death. The second and last time about Hana potentially replacing her
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I think this is about it about Nobara's Return. If you have questions, I will answer.
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I lied.
There is a way to heal Nobara.
And the person who's going to do that is Megumi.
Megumi will have to infuse one of his shikigami with Mahoraga's Adaptation ability
The Adaptation doesn't happen with CTs, it happens with phenomena
A transfigured body and soul is a phenomenon
After the adaptation, Megumi can order his shikigami to reshape or reverse the transfiguration
This Adaptation to Idle Transfiguration also has a second use: stopping the merger (or reversing it).
Kenjaku used Mahito's IT to change Tengen's barriers. If I remember correctly, he will use IT again in the future or the effects of IT will be relevant later on. And that's when Megumi will have his biggest role.
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teriri-sayes · 9 months
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Reactions to Tsunami Creator's Chapter 166
New title - 23. Tsunami*
*The word "hae-il" from Cale's alias "Kim Hae-il" means "tsunami" in Korean. So new chapter title is a pun.
TL;DR - Reactions to Cale's new power-up. Blood Cult releases jiangshis everywhere. Yunnan Province taken over by Blood Cult.
Soos? LSH = ✅ CJS = ✅
Reactions to Cale's Power Up Raon: Human, you seem as big as Eru-gramps's torso! CH: *has sweaty hands* CJS: *scared of Cale but does not want to admit it* Fist King: *completely immersed in his Cale simp role* DA: Won't this aura not lose to that God of Death you met back then?
Our Cale gets his DA a power up, and his companions are feeling it! CJS's reaction though... 😂
Jiangshi Here, Jiangshi There, Jiangshi Everywhere Blood Cult finally begins to cause chaos by releasing their jiangshis in the entire Central Plains. They even released it in the imperial palace. Fortunately, Cale knew what they were up to.
The Blood Cult were heavily lacking in information (because Cale's group moved secretly), so they were unaware that Cale had already unified the GED. Them releasing jiangshi in the imperial palace was something like a tactic to delay an alliance between the government and the GED... Little did they know, Cale had already finished creating an alliance! 🤣🤣🤣
Yunnan in Lockdown Yunnan Province was the place where the Blood Cult was presumed to be based, so it was a big problem now that its governor was killed and the place got taken over by more than a thousand jiangshi.
But Cale was not bothered by that. Water AP even made a pun!
Cale: How strong are the walls of Yunnan Province? Wi: Excuse me? Water AP: Cale. No, Kim Hae-il. You wanna cause a hae-il (tsunami)? Cale: (Where did she learn to talk like that?) *smiles*
And Cale set another flag again... 🚩Our idiot Cale thought that using 200% of his new Water AP power up won't cause him to cough blood this time... Yeah, right. 😂
Ending Remarks Today's chapter had some serious vibe. Of course, our Cale is a munchkin, so we all know he'll overcome this overwhelmingly. To quote LSH's words, "Have the Blood Cult gone crazy? Are they excited to die?", indeed, the Blood Cult's countdown to annihilation has begun.
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kobol1 · 1 year
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Here's some cute Danny is Jazz's clone Au fluffiness. And if you want you can read this hc for some context. :D
It's the first mother's day since Jazz and Jason gained full custody of Danny and Ellie and Danny continues with his tradition of giving Jazz a mother's day card.
"Hey Jazz, happy mothers day! Here's your card because you're my MOM, uh I mean you're such a MOM!" Danny laughed nervously handing Jazz her card. His cheeks flushed green in embarrassment at his slip-up.
Jazz pulls her little brother into a bone-crushing hug. "Awwww Danny thank you."
"Uh um sorry about calling you mom, ah it's just my core recognizes your ecto-signature as a mother figure I guess." Danny mumbles in embarrassment to Jazz's shoulder.
"Oh sweetheart, of course, it does your made from me, you're my clone, I practically raised you and it probably doesn't help that I have full custody of you now and you don't have to say sorry." Jazz purrs happily as she shifts into her ghost half.
Danny follows suit and shifts into Phantom. Jazz pulls him up into the air with her laying on her back and Danny tucked against her side with his head laying over the spot where her core is, listening to her happy purrs.
Danny sighs and also lets out his happy purrs. "Uh, Jazz would it be okay if I called you mom?" "I mean uh when we are in our ghost halves, uh it just feels right in my core." Danny nervously rambles on.
Jazz lets out a happy chirp, her core filling with joy at Danny's question. "Yes of course you can call me mom Danny." Jazz answers carding her claws through his hair.
Danny relaxes with his eyes half closed. "It's just ever since you first transformed into your ghost half, I've had this instinct or feeling in my core and I didn't know what it was. And when we first learned that I was cloned from you it just clicked." Danny mumbles.
"Same here sweetheart. It just clicked together, it was like my core knew all along," Jazz replied.
Jazz starts humming a song that she would hum to Danny when he was younger. She looks down at him smiling.
Then there was the sound of a camera going off. Jazz and Danny both startle at the sound. Jason and Ellie are standing in the doorway to the living room. "Oops I thought I had turned off the shudder sound on my phone." Jason says.
Ellie goes to place the food they had left to go pick up on the dining room table. "Okay gramps you must be getting forgetful in your old age," Ellie says laughing at Jason.
"Gramps? Hey I'm not that old!" Jason replied
Ellie just sticks out her tongue at him.
Jazz and Danny both roll their eyes at them and float down to the table to join the two of them. Jazz couldn't have asked for a better mother's day then the one she was having right now.
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a-flaming-idiot · 9 months
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TOH Grandparent Headcanons
I need more happy The Owl House stuff so here are some cute headcanons for the current adult characters as grandparents.
Camila: Has no idea what her grandkids are really doing but tries her best to learn. Still getting a grasp on the magic and demon stuff. And even if she can't figure it all out she's crazy supportive. Gets a little competitive about cooking for family events. Has thrown mild shade at Luz for her dry lasagna at one cookout. "Look at how big you've gotten!" every time she sees her grandkids. Will ask if they're being fed properly considering they're "Little bean poles". Called Abuela.
Eda: Slightly crazy and unhinged grandma. Ain't got too much time left so she drinks like it's going out of style and marches around like she owns the place. Will tell her grandkids about the many war crimes and regular crimes she committed back in the day. Luz has to keep telling her off to not tell the seven-year-old about when she popped a coven scout's head like a watermelon between her harpy woman thighs. Just called Grandma.
Raine: Very stereotypical old person. Glasses string, shawl, and all. Very sweet on their grandkids. Hides treats in the house and their bag to sneak to their grandkids at every opportunity. Will rarely but casually drop tidbits about the war. Sasses Eda about being the same crazy old show-off she was forty years ago. Called Gran or Gran-Gran
Darius: Looks great for his age. Rocking the grey hair and wrinkles. Refuses to accept that he's old and ended up having a crisis when he tried to lift something and seriously injured his back. Goes on big vacations to the wildest places just for the fun of it. Occasionally takes his grandkids with him so you just have an old man sipping wine in France with a five-year-old slurping up juice boxes and eating chocolate croissants. Brings his family wild souvenirs from the places he goes. Ended up getting called Grunkle and is a little grumpy about it.
Eberwolf: Basically the same as Darius but more thrill-seeking. Does have a better grasp on their age and is starting to make a shift for younger people to take over for them. Has absolutely no problem playing with their grandkids and being dumb with them. Takes the little ones into the woods to play and they all come back drenched in mud, covered in thorns, with a few minor injuries, and a couple ticks. Grandtiti.
Alador: No idea what's going on. Wants to be involved in his grandkids' lives but doesn't know them as well as he wishes he did. Gets them all confused regularly and ends up trying to talk to a grandkid about a hobby their cousin has. Grandpa.
Gilbert & Harvey Park: I don't really know. They don't have much of a personality in the show. They do love being grandads though. Will spoil their grandkids if given the chance. Papa and Gramps.
Odalia: Has no relationship with her grandkids. Hasn't actually even been told they exist. Amity, Emira, and Edric refuse to let her within a mile of their kids or spouses.
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kindan-no-kanojo · 9 months
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Forbidden Voracity ☯ Maniac Prologue
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Present day. . .
—Monologue; Scarlett—
It’s been around a month since I met Kino and I started this intricate journey. Sometimes I wonder if refusing to help would have meant a peaceful end. And, at the same time, I doubt so. I crossed paths with a familiar face, and they were oblivious of the situation. It is only a matter of time before this gets out of hand... I had to tell Kino about this. Whatever plan he had in mind would be affected otherwise… And so, he departed alongside Yuuri as I gathered the Ghouls. Despite his cooperation, I can’t ignore the bite marks underneath my clothes. In other words… ——My patience with him has run thin.
—Monologue END—
[ Place: Rottenberg’s village ]
—Chatter— 
Ghoul Lady A: She’s been more quiet today…
Ghoul Man A: Yeah, I wonder why. I guess we have to wait for Kino-sama?
Ghoul Kid A: Scarlett-san promised to play with me…
Ghoul Kid C: I want to learn how to tie my shoes! Her boots have so many laces…
Ghoul Kid B (Hiroki): I can’t talk to Scarlett-san or mom will get angry…
Old Ghoul Man: … … hm. 
Missy. Is everything alright? 
Scarlett: …Yes. 
I apologize, everyone. 
We must wait a little longer.
Ghoul Lady C: I guess that’s fair.
But why do you stay there, all quiet and boring? Are you hiding something?
Scarlett: That’s…
The topic to discuss today is a little sensitive, is all. 
Ghoul Lady D: Aw... But look at the bright side!
You can count on us! ...or... most of us…
Ghoul Lady B: … …
Ghoul Lady D: … You are free to tell us anything!
I think it’s better when Kino-sama isn’t here, right?
Scarlett: Haha, perhaps… ( Free… )
( Why does that word sound so painful now? )
( Rhiannon-sama was determined to not let that happen, wasn’t she… )
( Even if I try to forget about her… )
( She forces her way into my memories anyway! )
Tsk!
Ghoul Man D: ? 
Ghoul Lady D: W-what’s wrong? 
Scarlett: ... Nothing...
Ghoul Lady B: Don’t lie to us!
Scarlett: ! 
I… I’m sorry. I simply can’t start on my own. 
I’m getting a little impatient.  
( And that is not a lie. )
( Where the Hell is Kino!? ) 
Ghoul Man C: Well, wake me up when something happens…
Scarlett: … …
May I ask you all a question? 
Ghoul Lady A: Oh? What is it? 
Ghoul Man D: You can ask, sure. 
Old Ghoul Man: … hm?
Scarlett: … … If you had the chance to live amongst humans… would you? 
Ghouls: Eh!? 
—Chatter; Gasps—
Ghoul Kid C: Live with humans…? 
Ghoul Kid D: Huuuuuuh? 
We’re leaving!? 
Ghoul Kid B (Hiroki): … scary…
—Hiroki runs to his mother—
Ghoul Lady B: … Where does that stupid idea come from?
Scarlett: … It is merely an idea. The Human World is not that different from the Demon World, but…
Hierarchies work differently. And...
When I visited it with Kino and Yuuri, Yuuri’s appearance was not alarming. 
Times seem to have changed quite a little.
Old Ghoul Man: Changed? 
Scarlett: Yes, clothes and mannerisms and…
Well, population and appearances overall. 
Old Ghoul Man: Missy…
Could it be that you were ever a human? 
Scarlett: Oh… yes. 
I was. Long ago. 
Old Ghoul Man: So it was true…
Ghoul Lady C: Huh? 
What was, gramps? 
Scarlett: …?
Old Ghoul Man: …. Don’t mind me, we can discuss that another time.
More importantly, the Human world…? 
Scarlett: Oh, yes. You could be safer than you would be here, and——
Ghoul Lady F: Safer!?
Are we in danger!? 
Ghoul Man F: Aren’t we always…? 
Ghoul Man C: I mean…
Ghoul Lady E: You’ll scare the children even more, cut it out!
Ghoul Kid D: Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Ghoul Kid A: Rock!
Ghoul Kid D: Scissors! 
…Wha–!?
Scarlett: … I’m getting ahead of myself. 
I need to wait for Yuuri and Kino.
—Chatter—
Caw! 
Ghoul Man E: There they are! 
Kino: Hey, everyone! 
Yuuri: Good evening.
Scarlett: … Welcome back, you two.
Ghoul Man A: Kino-sama! 
Ghoul Lady B: …Hello.
Ghoul Lady F: Enough of that!
Are we in danger!?
Kino: In danger…?
So did Scarlett-san tell you already? 
—Gasps; Chatter—
Scarlett: Not yet.
But I may have given a clue that raised concern…
Kino: I see. Not choosing your words right gave you some trouble again?
Scarlett: … … …
Kino: Well, we’re already here. 
Yuuri and I were off to do some research, things are getting hairy. 
Ghoul Man E: The fuck does that mean?
Kino: Well… Remember that dead Vampire who kept Scarlett-san captive?
How to put this… she was a little more important to the Demon Realm than we thought.
And killing her was probably not a good idea?
Scarlett: … …
Kino: She kicked the bucket and it splashed us all. 
What a nuisance, huh?
Old Ghoul Man: What…?
Ghoul Lady C: Can you be clear!?
You mean her death will affect us!?
Kino: …something like that. She was killed by Ghouls after all, somehow...
They aren’t around anymore, as you know.
…well, except for one.
—Kino looks at Scarlett—
Kino: She was there and survived, isn’t that suspicious? 
Scarlett: —!? 
What are you—!?
Ghoul Man A: So you’re saying she’s a dangerous one…?
Ghoul Lady D: E-Eh!? That can’t be! 
She doesn’t seem like she would… do something… like…
Ghoul Lady B: How can you be so sure…?
Scarlett: … … Kino.
Where are you getting at with this…?
Kino: Fufu. I didn’t say anything too incriminating.
Their assumptions, not mine.
—Chatter—
Scarlett: Where are you getting at with this?
Kino: …Everyone, calm down!
I haven’t told you the juicy parts yet.
Old Ghoul Man: … … Please tell us everything at once.
Kino: Sure. So, listen up!
—Monologue; Scarlett—
In short, Kino and Yuuri visited both the Adler clan and the Vibora clan undercover. Rhiannon-sama was one big piece in the puzzle of the demonic hierarchy. The fruit of the alliance of those two big subraces, to put it simply. Her death took place at such a terrible time that no one had the chance to report it. However… It is unusual for the death of someone so valuable to go unnoticed for too long. I’m afraid that such unawareness is, partially, my fault. I killed half the witnesses, Kino killed the other half. But Ghouls don’t need to know that much. Should someone have informed on time, perhaps this wouldn’t be so complicated. Now, if they find out on their own… It would look like a premeditated murder.  As a former servant of her manor— no, as the only survivor of that incident… Given my reputation, and the fact that I escaped instead… ——I am, indeed, highly suspicious.  Which means…
—Monologue END—
Scarlett: It’s only a matter of time before the clan leaders realize…
…and make some kind of move. 
Kino: Precisely. 
Ghoul Lady C: This is bad… we already had other things to deal with!
Ghoul Man B: Can’t you just go and tell them that someone killed her?
Scarlett: It’s… a little more complicated.
As her servant, I was in charge of keeping her alive, amongst other things…
If anything, I should have died there as soon as my task was a failure.
Kino: Sorry for saving you, I guess.
Scarlett: I never asked you to do that in the first place.
Kino: Of course not. Who does that? 
I’m the villain, mercilessly saving Ghouls in distress…
Scarlett: … …
I can’t believe this.
Ghoul Man C: …hm. What kind of move can they make, anyway? 
Start a war? Against whom, us? 
I can make a white flag and give up already.
Ghoul Man D: What kind of spirit is that!?
Ghoul Lady C: Let’s get the hell outta here! 
The Human world, huh? Kino-sama can—
Scarlett: …Kino is also in trouble.
—Gasps; Chatter—
Kino: …You had to open your mouth.
Scarlett: He sent the Ghouls that ultimately killed her, no?
Regardless of their own actions, he is the source.
Ghoul Lady B: You…
Ghoul Man A: B-but that wasn’t the intention!
Scarlett: Tell that to the leaders. They won’t care.
Ghoul Lady A: Scarlett-san…?
Ghoul Man B: I mean, maybe if you dye your hair and—
Scarlett: No, it’s not that easy.
Kino: That’s because you want to fix this yourself.
Scarlett: If they kill me, it should be over, technically...
Ghoul Lady C: Again with that…
Kino: Isn’t that another easy way out? 
How do you manage to make a whole war boring?
Scarlett: Kino, watch your words.
We won’t have a war.
Ghoul Man B: They are so hostile today…
Ghoul Lady A: More than usual…
Ghoul Lady E: At least the children started to play again…
Kino: You could dye your hair and change your name and start a new life. 
Scarlett: This isn’t something to solve so lightly.
Kino: It’s better than losing the war before starting it.
Scarlett: We don’t need any wars! 
Kino: All I hear is you making things harder than they need to be! 
You can still kill the remaining servant off and be done with it!
But not literally, you know what I mean.
Scarlett: Kino, shut up.
Kino: Wh——!?
Scarlett: Shut up! 
Kino: No, listen! 
Scarlett: If you refuse to take this seriously, I’m done listening to you! 
—Scarlett starts to walk off—
Kino: Ohh, no, you’re not! 
—Grasp!—
—Kino grabs Scarlett’s wrist—
Scarlett: Gyuh! ( Not like this—! )
Let my hand go…!
Kino: I’m far more prepared for these things than you are, so, listen?
First, you won’t run away like a coward again.
Scarlett: ! ( Huh? )
—Chatter—
Kino: Now.
While you’re alive, maybe we can agree to change the story a little…
Leave it to me. We can pretend I kidnap—
Scarlett: … … get your hands off me!
—Scarlett forcefully breaks free from Kino’s grasp—
Kino: …! 
Geez, I wasn’t done!
Scarlett: Don’t dare say another word.
I know what you’re thinking about. The answer is no.
Kino: … you have no powers, what could you possibly do?
It’s just pretending. You know how to do that, don’t you?
Scarlett: Shut. Up!
Shut your mouth!
Ghouls: !
Yuuri: … 
Everyone, please come this way…
—Chatter; Ghouls slowly step back—
??: That escalated…
??: I guess it was a sensitive topic after all.
??: I wouldn’t want to do that either.
??: Even if it means to survive…?
??: Well…
—Kino tilts his head, arm-crossed—
Scarlett: I will not pretend to be your servant.
Kill me now and deal with it on your own. That will not happen.
Kino: … … Listen here.
I’m doing my best to keep calm, don’t make a scandal. We talked about this.
Scarlett: Likewise, so why don’t you drop it already!? 
I feel responsible for what’s about to happen. So, if you’d let me decide…
Kino: Running away from your responsibilities isn’t the way, you know?
Scarlett: ... ... I will not accept that advice from you!
—Grasp!— 
—Scarlett grabs his collar—
Kino: !?
Get off me!?
—Kino struggles; Scarlett doesn’t let go—
Kino: STOP!
Scarlett: NO!
Kino: I’m gonna break your arm if you—!
Scarlett: Break it!
You will listen to me first!
—Scarlett clings onto him while Kino tries to get away, non-violently, in front of the now gossiping Ghouls—
Kino: Cut it out! 
This won’t solve anything!
Scarlett: Not until you listen—! 
Ngh!
—Sweep!—
Kino: Gah!?
—THUD!—
—They both fall to the ground—
Kino: This—!? 
—CG—
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Scarlett: Now, listen to me! 
Kino: …Sweeping my feet is playing dirty. 
Scarlett: If you don’t listen on your feet, you will listen beneath me.
Kino: …You have one minute.
One second past that and I’ll be glad to break your neck and make it look like an accident.
Scarlett: Be my guest.
—Scarlett looks at the now shocked Ghouls, then back to Kino—
Scarlett: I don’t know what kind of schemes you have in your head, but if I’m putting you and the others in danger, it’s your fault.
Kino: … … mhm. What else?
Scarlett: Ghouls may only like me because I’m a survivor from a reckless vampire.
From a Vampire like you!
Reliving will not be my payback!
Kino: Alright.
Scarlett: One wrong move, and everything would have been for nothing! 
You could have ‘saved’ me for nothing! Now deal with this like you are supposed to!
Kino: I get it!
Chill, now, we’ll—!
Scarlett: I have a few seconds left!
I didn’t ask to be saved!
I had my life under control, I had someone to protect…!
You ruined it! You ruined everything!
Kino: Quiet down—!
Scarlett: You ruined me!
You ruined them! 
You ruined it all!
Kino: Scarlett—! 
Scarlett: Shut up!!!
Nghh!
—They struggle some more—
Scarlett: Ugh! I could do so much if you looked beyond your nose!
If you keep acting so thoughtlessly, you will kill us all!
I will not sit and watch you destroy us! What kind of freedom is this!?
Kino: … Your minute is over.
Scarlett: ... ...
I said what I said.
You’re never going to take me seriously, are you?
Kino: I heard you.
Everyone did, are you happy now?
Scarlett: Hardly.
Kino: …fufu.
—Kino smiles—
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Scarlett: What is so funny!?
Kino: So, that was it…
My bad. If you wanted to have more control in our situation…
Scar-chan, you only had to say it.
I was only trying to make things easy for you.
Scarlett: …huh?
Don’t play with me. 
—End of CG.
Kino: I’m not playing, you never really said that you wanted to lead them yourself.
I thought you were playing tough and oh-so-independent back then...
But, I mean, no way I would pick you up to do the dirty job, right?
I did say you were not my servant. So, I am deeply sorry for mentioning something so sensitive...
Scarlett: Liar.
Kino: Nuh-uh.
If I let you take the lead will that hot head of yours chill out?
Scarlett: … ...
Were you going to kill me or...?
Kino: Backing out? I think there is one more thing to test you on.
See, girls usually prefer to be saved and protected and treated like a Princess…
...or so I thought. Maybe that wasn’t your case, after all?
That would explain a lot, fufu.
Scarlett: Wipe that grin off your face...
Kino: Whoa, there. Did I hit a nerve? 
Let us see what you are made of. You know more about that Vampire than we all do, after all.
You didn’t have to go this far if you wanted to participate!
Scarlett: I’m going to kill you...
Kino: Haha! I’ve heard that, how many times?
Anyway. Move? If you keep pressing me like this you’ll end up burying me sooner or later.
Scarlett: … …
Kino: You’d love to, I know.
But, please, not in front of the others? We have worse things to deal with.
Scarlett: … … 
—Scarlett gets up; Kino does the same—
Kino: There we go.
See? It wasn’t that bad.
Scarlett: …You’re lying again.
Kino: Prove it.
—Kino stretches—
Kino: ——Uwah! I’m sorry, everyone!
Seems like a little miscommunication took the best of Scarlett-san.
The situation has her understandably stressed.
Ghouls: … ...
??: She…
??: She actually attacked him…
??: He didn’t do anything, though…
??: He really let her do that…
??: Can we trust her?
??: Is he changing? 
??: Let’s not forget he never killed any of us in public…
??: I’m scared…
Scarlett: ( I can’t distinct their voices… )
( But I can’t take my eyes off Kino either. )
Kino: Let’s make this clear.
Perhaps Scarlett-san needs a little more exposure to leadership to be able to understand what it is all about after all.
Maybe it will help her understand why some things work the way they do.
Don’t you think?
Scarlett: … … ( Why… are you...? )
( You will not fool me again... )
Kino: Everyone… you all can rest for today.
But, soon enough… 
Let’s take Scarlett-san’s orders as well?
It is a suggestion.
Don’t anger her too much, look what could happen! Hahaha~
—Chatter—
??: I don’t trust her.
??: I don’t trust him.
??: I don’t trust any! 
??: Maybe we should wait and see…?
??: This is too much, my head hurts…
Scarlett: … …
Kino, this—
Kino: If you want to learn what real leadership entails, go on.
We have nothing to lose... other than our lives, right? 
Scarlett: …! 
Kino: See? I listen. To make this fair... Let’s add a twist to our initial pact.
Try this for yourself. Do what you think is best for everyone.
...And if you put us all at risk, I will personally execute you. 
As you wished! How does that sound?
??: Isn’t that a little extreme?
??: It’s a dire situation…
??: We either die or we don’t? 
??: The Human World idea wasn’t too bad… 
??: Does anyone know where the portal is?
Kino: Scarlett?
You owe me.
Scarlett: Eh?
Kino: I won’t let that attack slide. 
But if you know me well, you won’t see mine coming.
Use this chance wisely, and maybe I can change my mind?
Behave, okay?
Scarlett: … … hm.
Kino: We made a truce before, remember?
I would listen to you more.
I’m doing just that. Were you all talk, perhaps?
Careful what you wish for~
—Chatter—
Scarlett: ( … You only want me to look worse than you… ) 
( And it’s working, it seems… )
Kino: Say something? It’s on you.
You think you can handle this? I would understand if you—
Scarlett: ...We have a deal.
Kino: Oh?
Scarlett: Let us work in unison.
I will bear the consequences of my actions myself.
You will be held accountable for your own mistakes, like I will.
You will listen to me, follow my instructions when I give them…
And kill me if I ultimately fail. 
Did I get that right? 
Kino: ... heh. Interesting.
—He stretches his hand out—
Kino: Then… please take care of me? 
…and them?
Scarlett: ( ...a handshake, again... )
Is that what they want?
Kino: It’s either you or me. There aren’t many choices available, you know?
Ghouls: ... ...
??: Oh, my.
??: I am not opposed to a change of pace, honestly.
??: We don’t have to follow one or the other, right?
??: At least that will be entertaining until our inevitable death.
??: I thought they were supposed to prevent our death!?
Kino: Good luck~
You have a few days to figure things out to the best of your ability.
I can’t wait to see what you are capable of, Red Princess.
Scarlett: … ... ( You’re dying to have a reason to kill me… )
( What a coincidence…! )
Thank you.
Let me show you how it’s done.
Kino: Well, well... Let’s see that!
—They shake hands—
Scarlett: ... oww...
Kino: Ha! What a bad start.
—Maniac Prologue END—
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would love to hear more of your headcannons for the thunder legion
oh. oh you sweet summer child. you dont know what you got yourself into. ill do bullet first then bullet + numbered under a read more,, the shit under read more is also basically a poor summary of one shots tbh sdljkg
cw very brief and vague mention of sexual assault + child death after the read more
eldest to youngest is laxus, bickslow, evergreen, freed
bickslow and evergreen dont remember the names they were born with. bickslow went with the first thing that came to mind and evergreen settled on that after she wanted the fairy motif.
all found by laxus when they were young. found in youngest to eldest order.
evers the only pure fiorean. bicks is half fiorean half midian. freed is pure encan. laxus is a jumble of So Much.
bickslow is jokingly jealous freed wont go to him to learn latin and goes to natsu and wendy instead. freed keeps telling him he cant understand his accent. bicks thinks thats part of the fun of learning a language.
laxus adopted them all before makarov could even get his hands on them. they are His Problems not Yours, gramps, you have enough of your own
freed was the one that started the thunder legion/thunder god tribe after laxus saved him. it was just him for a month before ever got there. then she begrudingly joined if only to keep this tiny child in check. two months later bicks showed up and just accepted his role as the "youngest"
laxus hated the name. hes a lightning slayer not a thunder one. hes a dragon not a god. theyre not a tribe theyre his friends. eventually he just said fuck it and shortened it to thunder legion.
laxus was the first to call them the raijinshu like a year before lucy joined fairy tail. he had just come back from the japanese counties of the eastern continent and when there he didnt wanna suddenly speak english and have no one say it properly. so he just. raijinshu does mean thunder god tribe to an extent. freed was so giddy for months after.
laxus finds it hilarious how he found three little kids who all have an innate type of eye magic while his eyes are so Plain and Bad most of the time
bicks actively tried to learn japanese after the first time laxus swapped to that while talking to them. hes. like. "informed tourist" level conversational. the main issue was that he immediately started learning chinese and korean after getting to that point. so now whenever he tries to talk back its in a jumble of barely understandable three different languages. if laxus's mom's family wasnt a jumble of barely understandable four different languages he would have no clue what the fuck bicks was tryina do.
ever was the one to start up that first stream. it was when they were walking back from an easy quest on the equivalent of justin.tv. theyve streamed at least once a month since then bc sometimes the stupidity must be Documented
they all have some lingering asthma-like symptoms from the bane particles. bicks ever and freed only get winded easier than normal and thats slowly going away.
laxus though. as stated before with his absolute shit senses, if he didnt fucking pass out, he wouldve kept trying to eat the fuckin bane particles. his body was full and that is not an exaggeration. porlyusica said it was nearly 93% filled and if he tried to use any magic with it that high hed be dead, and any magic used by those around him in this state has the potention to get that percentage higher. his fight with tempester was life threatening on multiple accounts. just before the alvarez bullshit, the bane particles were down to around 54%, slowly recovering. after alvarez it bumped back up to 77%. porlyusica thinks hell always have at least 20% in him if he keeps going like this. he doesnt really care.
they all act like siblings. ever's used to being the youngest, freed's just glad he doesnt have to be an only child anymore, and bicks is SO HAPPY hes not the eldest anymore. laxus is exasperated that he is once again the eldest of the youngest gen.
as mentioned laxus found all of them when they were kids
he found freed first. freed, who was in the early stages of training to be an encan royal guard when he was ten. he was being trained outside of the capital's reach when a dark guild obliterated the camp he was at with all the other trainees and teachers. laxus was on enca for a quest that really should have been sclass if only because enca was so far from fiore. he stumbled upon the still crumbling ruins of the camp when trying to go back to a port town and tried to find survivors. freed was one of the few lucky ones. he lead them all to the capital and only when a translator showed up did he learn freeds parents were part of the teachers that didnt make it. the royal family was trying to adopt him since his parents were the king's old friends before they realized that he still hadnt let go of laxus in the days it took to get there. they let laxus legally adopt him. it took him weeks to find sailors willing to take him, a kid, and the massive pile of books the royal family gave them all the way to fiore. laxus still doesnt know what he adopted freed as and freed doesnt know either but does like to think hes his little brother. laxus still finds it weird that they just let him adopt a kid when he was fifteen.
he found ever next. she and her older sister were runaways. he met them bc he accepted a quest to capture some thieves who were doin some robin hood type shit to hargeon. he didnt take the job to capture them, more to convince them to come to fairy tail. it didnt take too long to find them in rags on a rooftop of some bakery. he tried to convince them immediately but was then trauma dumped on by the little kid. she was three when her older sister took her and left their negligent family. they were roaming fiore for eight years, taking what they could from the rich and either giving it away or selling it off to give the money to the poor, who would always give them a place to stay for the night and some food, some even gave them clothes and toys, before guards would come to the town to find the thieves. the older sister had smacked 'eve' upside the head for confessing to crimes that they definitely didnt commit. they had run off before laxus could get another word in. it took him a week to find them again, but they had been watching him that whole time. the sister decided that she would turn herself in if 'eve' could join fairy tail. laxus said they both could join, but she turned him down. said it would be too obvious and dangerous for a known heiress to a noble family to suddenly join the most popular legal guild in fiore after eight years of running. but for her unknown little sister, who their parents didnt even bother to remember her name, it was perfect. especially since she had only been called 'eve' since they left, which was nowhere close to her legal name, and the sun they stayed in so much gave her a darker skin tone and lighter hair than their parents had. ever still doesnt remember when her sister would be released, nor does she even remember her full name. just that she had brown hair, brownish red eyes, pale skin, and was called 'ace' when they started stealing. laxus doesnt have the heart to tell her he thinks aceto is back "home" with count balsamico.
he found bicks last. he had, again, taken on a quest that really should have been sclass since midi was pretty far from fiore. he just had to bring lightning and, therefore, a storm to some farmlands to rejuvenate the soil for more crops. that was the easy part. what wasnt easy was spending the night in one of the farmers house and the village suddenly being fuckin raided. the farmer and her husband told him to stay home and keep an eye on their many kids while they took care of the danger. he tried to explain that hes a mage, nearly ready for the sclass trials, and lightning is extremely fucking powerful against nonmages, but they werent having it when he was just a few small years older than their own eldest. so fine, whatever, he could keep an eye on the house as a whole and bring a storm to help the farmers protect their families. why not. he didnt expect one of the raiders to be a fire mage who could summon hydrophobic fire. and he didnt expect the mage to chuck it straight at the house he was staying at. the strong winds only fed the flames and he could barely register that the house was on fire before the roof collapsed. he woke up to a boy just a few years younger than him, burns all over his body, trying to drag a support beam off laxus. he got the story from the kid. the fire had consumed the house quickly, and lightning was going everywhere outside, so he had tried to get all his siblings down to the basement so they could crawl through one of the emergency tunnels to the forest. they didnt realize how quickly the fire would eat at the supports and the stairs fell apart from under them. he tried to save his siblings, but some didn't survive the initial fall. the rest couldnt get away from the fire. he tried to get his parents from outside, only to see that they had been killed by the raiders. the fire mage was struck by lightning pretty soon after he set fire to the house though so thats good! but now his family of eight is down to one in under an hour. the rest of the village were mourning their loses too and couldnt take care of a kid. so laxus took him home after they gathered what they could from the wreckage. bickslow had come up with his name during the boat back, when he was rubbing laxuss back to soothe the motion sickness. he bickered with everyone a lot, and was too slow to save his family. bickslow. laxus tried very hard to not hug the kid to death and instead kept throwing up into the ocean.
they all have varying degrees of electric resistance
ever has the LEAST resistance. still way above average, but even a weak attack from laxus would get her whole body shaking and numb. she thinks its because of the aria magic she mastered when she first go to fairy tail.
freed thinks he has the most, but hes in the middle of the three. he can take a normal attack from laxus during training and can only feel a bit of tingling in the aftershocks. the only one who can withstand being carried by his lightning body and thinks its because of the lightning.
its actually because the movement of the lightning body is way too fast for bicks, who is nearly immune to a regular lightning mage's attacks. a strong attack from laxus is what gets him on the ground for five minutes. he doesnt know why since he never really trained against lightning. maybe its because his seith magic and figure eyes are kind of energy related? he doesnt know
the first time they learned of their eye magics was all in crisis
freed didnt actually see what his magic was for years. it happened when his camp was attacked, but no one was awake to see it. laxus hid the bodies of the dark guild from the kids and had asked what few adults survived if they had anything to do with that. they didnt. the wounds were oozing demonic magic from what laxus could tell and could translate with his poor understanding of french. every other quest they went on as the thunder legion was solved with his letter magic. it was an sclass quest, one similar to the one they all lost lisanna on, that his dark écriture "awakened" in. bicks figure eyes was the only reason freed was able to remember what happened. even during the battle of fairy tail, his dark écriture: darkness was very difficult to control
ever was captured for like ten minutes on an sclass quest early in the thunder legion's career. im sure you can guess what gross monsters attempt to do with the women they capture. yeah. her boys saved her after she turned them to stone. freed was about to make a letter magic prison for them so the magic council could arrest them but bicks said whatever happens when theyre stone they can still experience and laxus said they could cover her for the magic council and suddenly the statues broke. freed was only a little bit salty he couldnt test out some pain and suffering magics he was learning.
bicks first learned of both his magics at the first opportunity they had to show up. so yes he saw the souls of his parents and five siblings just after they were murdered. its why he wasnt all too sad that they died. he still saw them, he could still hear and talk to them, what do you mean theyre gone forever, laxus? he knows what death is, their neighbors were butchers and it was explained really early on why he couldnt name a cow in their fields. his family isnt really dead, theyre still right here. only then did laxus realize that this kid had soul magic. when they were getting what they could from the ashes laxus found five little stacking totem toys and two bigger ones. bicks said there were more, but maybe they burned or were under the bricks and planks around the room. laxus spent like twenty minutes trying to explain to bicks how to put souls into objects since he had only read about this type of magic years ago. it didnt take that long for bicks to have his family physically here again, even if they would be his "puppets".
all four of them have nostalgic items from their home land/their families
people think freed's sword was something he got commissioned after he learned letter magic since it has the fairy tail mark as part of the cross guard. but no, he only got the fairy tail cross guard commissioned. that sword wouldve been the one hed have if he were a royal guard to the encan royal family. now he just uses it to write his letter magic since hes not "worthy" to use it as an actual weapon
ever still has the necklace her sister gave her after their first night being thieves. it was silver and plain and had some type of cheaper green gem as its pendant, but she loved it then and loves it now. sometimes she wears it around magnolia, but when she goes on quests, it stays safe in her room in fairy hills.
besides the totems housing his actual family, the mark over bicks forehead and going over his nose and whatnot is actually the mark of the midian side of his family. the color is that of his fiorean side. after porlyusica healed the bigger scars on his face, it just appeared. porlyusica had no clue what it was, but makarov said something like that appears on all soul mages. something that shows where the magics came from. to have both sides of his family have soul magics somewhere in it was rare, but clearly not impossible. the souls of his parents had no clue there was any soul magic connected to their names, though, so who knows.
despite being laxuss closest friends theyre still constantly surprised by the shit he does/is
after the first time he spoke japanese to makarov and chinese to bicks, they figured that his mom was just fluent in both and taught him both and master picked up some japanese. then he spoke korean, russian, and something that bicks said reminded him of the arabian traders theyd get in midi, and they had to confront laxus about it. he said his mom was some percent japanese, chinese, and korean, since his Obā-chan was at least japanese and his Hal-abeoji was at least korean but cousins on both of their sides were chinese and some were thai and even others were indian and filipino but his mom only knew japanese korean and chinese so. and his pops is some bit russian and some bit whatever his gram was. and his gramps is maybe half russian half fiorean since they dont know where his mom and dad came from just that he was born in fiore and the second guild master said he should connect with his roots and learn russian. and again he has no clue where his gram was from since gramps always tried to not say where she was a princess of or where precisely on alakitasia that the alvarez empire absorbed her home country. he lost the thunder legion the moment he said Obā-chan but they just nodded along like they understood everything. they never asked again.
despite his music being played all the damn time when he had those noise suppressing lacrima headphones they never really knew just what laxus was listening to. just that he liked r&r since thats what he always responds with when someone asks. when the viewers of their streams learned what laxus actually listened to is when they also learned. they shouldntve been so surprised that there were some non english songs really considering his fucked up family tree
freed and ever were shocked loke was the spirit leo. bicks immediately started to rub it in their faces that he knew because his soul was just so damn bright and blinding and definitely wasnt fucking human. they were all shocked when laxus said he knew before bicks could see the souls of the still living. they figured laxus and loke werent actually that close with how they reacted when people called them boyfriends
they were shocked laxus and loke were actually boyfriends
bicks was the only one who knew laxus could summon storms if he summons lightning too often in one spot in a short amount of time. laxus just figured it was a lightning mage thing. ever and freed were so confused when it just started storming on one of their sclass quests in the middle of desierto
even still theyre constantly surprised whenever laxus just lays outside in the rain. and still surprised that hes not getting soaked.
they werent shocked that his coat is actually so fucking comfy. nor were they surprised that its heavy as fuck. they ARE surprised it was originally his moms and the only one he has. they figured he had multiple from how often he loses it in a fight and has it back the next day.
they were dumbfounded laxus knows requip magic specifically for his big coat. he also uses it for all his clothes and some random items like knives and pens and paper and a first aid kit and whatnot. they asked him if he knows any other magic. he said that the only reason his lightning body works is because his lightning magic came with an affinity to levitation magic. they stopped asking after that.
the first time laxus popped something out its socket had them all scrambling. the first time laxus popped something back into socket, which happened maybe a minute after that, had them all panicked. ever was the only one even a bit knowledgable in hypermobility so after it was explained she just sighed and shook her head.
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compo67 · 2 months
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I'm not the original Post Hole Diggers anon but I wanted to say I love that story so much and definitely consider it a favorite, but I don't reread it as often as I would like to because so much about Jared's living situation just makes me so angry and upset. I thought it was interesting how you said Jared's mom in PHD resents him. I don't understand why at all. Could you talk about that a little more perhaps?
Hi there, anon!
I'm happy to talk more about PHD. :) Long post ahead!
Think of this from Kate's perspective. Her husband walks out on her and her kid. But she's supported by her in-laws (Grams and Gramps) and raises Jared without too much of an issue (money has always been tight). Then Gramps dies and Grams decides to move into assisted living (for her own reasons). Suddenly, Kate is left on her own with Jared in a house her in-laws have given her but she can't keep up with the mortgage payments on her own. Jared is about 13 at this point and his odd jobs around the neighborhood and in town keep him fed, while Kate works two or three jobs to keep up with the house.
Kate meets Luke and doesn't necessarily fall in love with him, but she tells Jared she does. Kate and Luke have similar problems: how to support their families. And then Kate gets pregnant, which adds another kid to an already crowded mix. Luke has 3 boys, all of whom command Kate and Luke's attention more than Jared does. Jared has learned how to be self-sufficient--as much as a teenager can be.
Kate starts to resent Jared by the time he's fifteen/sixteen years old. She was a mother at that point, working three jobs. If she did it, she doesn't understand why Jared won't/can't. She's pulled in so many directions--work, Baby Rose, the boys, Luke--and Jared only has to care for himself. She has no time to spare for him and his moods or complaints.
The older Kate gets, the less she likes her life. Sure, Luke is nice to her and he's actually, surprisingly, a decent guy. But he's also a fairly absent parent to the boys, which puts more on Kate, which puts more on Jared. Jared could sleep with Baby Rose, but he can't stand her crying in the middle of the night--and he knows that if he starts paying more attention to Rose, he will be the one taking care of her the most often. Kate resents that.
Kate is upset that Jared isn't helping around the house as much as she wants him to. She's upset that she let herself get pregnant when they had enough going on with 4 kids. Jared is upset that he doesn't have his mother 1:1 anymore. He's upset that Grams went to live in the assisted living place instead of staying with them. Everyone is upset about their situation.
In Kate's mind, Jared should put school on hold so he can help contribute to the family. They need the extra income, he knows how to care for a baby, and he's the oldest teen. School will be there for him to go back to if he wants... later.
She sees Jared as having very little responsibilities and obligations. When he complains or speaks up about something he doesn't like, she has no patience or bandwidth left to A) do something about it and B) care. He knows there's no way to get a room of his own right now, and still, he keeps asking for one.
Jared has what she wants--the freedom to come and go as he pleases. He doesn't seem to appreciate that.
Then, enter Jensen. A handsome, amiable, wealthy alpha who used to be in a relationship with Luke. Instead of treating Jensen with civility, she chooses hostility. What's Jensen doing around here? Does it have something to do with Luke? Luke denies this, saying that what they had is in the past, but can Kate really trust that? Is Luke really at construction sites all day or is he hanging out with Jensen? It's probably way more fun to hang around Jensen--he's got a big house, a large plot of land, no kids, and spending money. (Whenever Jensen overpays Luke, Luke skims some off the top to put away for the kids. He doesn't show Kate 100% of his earnings.)
Kate doesn't want Jensen around anyone in her family, but Luke insists that the money Jensen gives him and Jared is worth more than her pride (or whatever she wants to call it). Kate and Luke begin to disagree more and more on things, especially Jared. Money is tight, the baby needs so much attention, and everything is falling apart. Nothing seems like it's going to get any better for Kate.
It's tough to picture a mom resenting their only son, but Kate is just that kind of person. She's not a good mom. She used to be, but right now she's just going through the motions and barely getting by.
Then she's got her mother-in-law calling and asking questions. This makes her feel threatened and small, even if Grams has nothing but good intentions. So she lashes out at Jared. She knows that as soon as he can, he's going to leave--just like his father. But she can't leave. She doesn't have what Jared has: independence.
And in the end, she's proven right. Jared does leave. And he doesn't even bother to say goodbye to her. Just like his father.
Kate is an emotionally immature parent. She's not like Sheri in Photo Op or Jared in Punzel. She doesn't hate Jared. She's just too caught up in resentment to understand him. And she's too caught up working two or three jobs that she has no time to work through her emotions.
Resentment is unresolved anger. She's angry about how her life turned out. This isn't what she pictured or wanted.
TLDR; Kate is an emotionally immature parent and barely hanging on by a thread in regard to her own physical/emotional capabilities. She resents Jared for the independence he has and his repeated refusal to help out more around the house.
If this family had just $100 more every month (that's like $1000 in modern money), they'd be more financially secure and things could potentially calm down. But they're losing money. Everything is tenuous. Happiness isn't forever or for everyone in Kate's perspective.
I hope this helps, anon. I think Kate might be the most flawed character I've written. I think readers want her to be a good mom because I've usually written good moms. That's just not what we get here. Jared will benefit from reading the book "Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" later in life.
Omg this post got away from me. Sorry! Bless you if you've read this far. <3
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myers-meadow · 1 year
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A little goes a long way (House of 1000 Corpses)
Title: A little goes a long way.
Summary: This is my second chapter in the House of 1000 Corpses AU shared with @immortal-velociraptor and @vincent-sinclair-deserved-better. Blinky is Fang's OC. In this one, Doe Eyes finds her footing in the family a little, relationships are formed and she is left with enough to think about as time moves forward. First person POV following Manon "Doe Eyes", my OC.
My first piece of writing in this AU is here. Immortal-velociraptor has done quite a few more about Blinky and their family life, and they are the most wonderful pieces - I hope I did it all justice.
Warnings: none.
Hope you enjoy! <3
Dividers by calanthesfeuillemort and firefly-graphics.
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After I was spared, owing my life to Blinky’s kindness and grace, the tension was not yet resolved. All members of the family, except Blinky, tested where my weaknesses laid in their own specifically torturous ways.
Mrs. Firefly made me clean, which was a relief. To busy the hands is to quiet the mind, as my grandmother used to say. While doing one task or the other, Baby would come in, spill a bowl of cereal, or put her dirty plate on top of the clean pile, and say, ‘You wouldn’t mind cleaning this up for me, would you sweetie?’ Her giggle resounding in my ears as she walked away.
Captain Spaulding, who was mostly fine, unconcerned with the pecking order unless when challenged, but had fun making me believe I’d committed a terrible slight against him anytime we talked – then laughed and backed off. Just joking. It made my heart beat terribly in my throat, fearing yet another fight Blinky would have to save me from. One day I’d learn how to deal with him, but goddess knows it's not gonna be anytime soon. Good thing he was away at the gas station most days.
Rufus, or RJ, who was, as his mama called him, ‘shy’, but would block my path any chance he got. Tiny was much the same; quiet, only poked me to see if I’d bite and losing interest when I didn’t. He felt that his basement girls were enough for him. Perhaps I wasn’t his type. He never understood me when I spoke, but I learned a few quick signs, of simple things, like ‘meal’, ‘mama’ and such.
Gramps, with his white hair, was a hothead, but yielded easily to any other. He kept to himself and to his favourite shows on the telly. Bringing him a beer was the least of my worries. He had the wildest stories about a ton of different things, but I never knew if I could believe any of them. I made the mistake of repeating one to Spaulding and Mrs. Firefly and they laughed at me for believing him, but then followed up with another story that sounded even less believable.
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Besides the tension, there were the high notes, often involving Blinky – who was fun to be around. They let me stay in their room, where I slept on the bed when they weren’t sleeping. Their chaotic sleep schedule allowed me more rest than I had gotten in the weeks prior – but Baby had a habit of entering unannounced and jumping onto the bed to wake me. She never meant ill-intent as far as I could tell – just liked to play a little rougher.
The most glad was when I got my stuff back. They retrieved everything from the trunk of the car we came in; being surrounded by my own things was the greatest comfort. As the days were filled and I wore my own skirts and blouses again, the nights were spent with Blinky and Baby. They hung out together the most, listening to records, watching old movies on the telly, while I sat back and watched them do each other’s hair and make-up.
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“Hey Doe Eyes, lighten up,” Baby laughed, sitting on Blinky’s bed, passing me the blunt that I immediately handed over to Blinky. I’d wanted to go to sleep an hour ago, but now that they were here, that wasn’t happening anytime soon. Yet, it was difficult to be annoyed when their giggles were so infectious and they were having a truly good time.
Trying to hide my awkwardness, I reached for the matches on the nightstand, struck one, “Like this?” and lit one of the unlit candles on the floor.
Blinky giggled, and Baby joined in, slapping me lightly on the knee. “You’re funny, you know that?”
“You have to come closer,” Blinky said, patting the spot next to them. Somehow, even after sharing the same room for several days now, it was uncomfortable to get too close. “or I can’t braid your hair.”
“Please be gentle,” I said, as I scooted closer. It was a mid-sized bed, but with all of us on it, it felt cramped. In an attempt to make the brushing to smoother, I finger-combed some of the worst knots out before Blinky could grab the brush.
“It’s silly to be so scared all the time, you know,” said Blinky, before starting on my hair. They were gentle, for as far as was possible when the tangles are unexpected. Gentler than my mother ever was. Baby cocked her head at us as Blinky braided down, a smile on her face that unsettled me.
“It looks good on you when it’s loose too, you should wear it down more often,” she then said, which was so unexpected it flustered me.
“You’re really pretty,” was all I could think of to say. “I could tell James was really into you. Before you killed him, I mean.”
She let out a hearty laugh. “Sure was, huh.” She reached over to hand Blinky a hair tie. It was a tighter braid than I usually make, but they probably wanted to do it really well. It was comfortable. “He wasn’t very nice to you, though.”
“He wasn’t the worst either,” I flatly responded. Not rude enough to earn getting tortured and killed, at least, is what I wanted to say.
“Nevermind that, how are things with Otis?” her tone was teasing and light, but I’d never dare mistake it for good intentions.
“With Otis?” I repeated.
“Yeah, silly,” Blinky gently pat my shoulder, “He’s not that mad at me, so he must be glad you’ve been staying.”
“I haven’t seen him much,” I said. “Other than during dinner.”
“Oooooh,” Baby drew out the sound as she took another drag, puffing smoke out that hung heavy in the air. I’d have to open a window before I sleep, or the smell will linger. “I’m sure that’ll change soon.”
“Why?”
She just shrugged. “I know my brother and I can tell he’s getting antsy. Little antsy-pants Otis. He gets like that, y’know. Yeah, see, Blinky knows. But it’s nothing bad, don’t worry your little head over it, Doe Eyes.”
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Despite Baby telling me not to, I did, in fact, worry.
To keep my mind off of it, I asked Mrs. Firefly what needed to be done that day, she just said: “Aw honey, ain’t it already clean enough?” and that she was going into the town that day and was visiting neighbours.
After breakfast I baked simple cookies, stamped out by using a glass, for her to take with her. I left some on the nightstand for Blinky, to make sure they were safe from the other hungry mouths of the family. Since it had been a week or two since I changed the sheets, I started in the master bedroom, working my way to the other end of the hall. Blinky and Baby were still sleeping. Tiny slept in the basement, but they seemed to always take care of their own, so I was unsure whether or not I dared go down there and intrude.
Otis’ bedroom door was open though, the black marker paintings on the walls greeted me from afar. I’d familiarised myself with them enough to dream them up; the face next to the one with the cowboy hat, which was right by that spot that had two knives still stuck in the wall. The room was messy. The bed was undone, there was blood on the floor (some mine, some was already there). My palms itched.
The desk was strewn with books opened up on top of each other, one pile had sank sideways across the other piles of books, a few dirty plates and glassed standing on top of those.
I sighed. This was the one area of the house I didn’t clean. The one space I didn’t want to enter. But my need to be productive and prove my worth won, so I trudged down the stairs with heavy steps, to first get the supplies I needed and carry the dishes back to the kitchen.
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My heart beat the whole time I was surrounded by those walls. With the windows open, it was a bit better, a bit less dizzying. First, dishes; then the desk pile; then the sheets.
A chuckle from the doorway. “Hey little lady,” his voice was smooth, almost pleasant. “It’s a surprise seein’ you here.”
Still shaking the duvet out from the cover, I turned around to face him, feeling like a kid caught entering her father’s study. “I’ll leave,” and I dropped the sheets, moving to go past him.
With an arm on the door frame, he blocked my path. It was less intimidating than I anticipated, similar things were a daily occurrence from several of the family members.
“Ah, so soon? Was thinking it’s nice to see you.” He sounded sarcastic. I debated whether I could duck under his arm, but feared he’d just grab me – preferred not to escalate this to something physical.
When I didn’t answer, he continued. “You don’t have to be scared anymore, Doe Eyes. Not after Blinky took you under their wing.” He chuckled. “You’re family now.”
He moved from his spot by the door and shut it resolutely behind him.
“Was thinking about you, you know, the past week’s been pretty rough.”
“Rough, how?” I echoed, reflexively.
“I’ve been blocked, mentally. It’s terrible, terrible,” He moved through the room with the gait of a panther, at ease, confident. “For a guy like to me to longer be able to do art? All sorts of things start going wrong. Remember how great it felt when I finished the big installation a few days after you arrived? Nothing like it. It's hard to do art when no one cares.”
“Blinky loves seeing what you make.”
He gave me a look intended to silence me. “You know what I mean. You know about art, youaren’t concerned with fakepleasantries.” He almost spat the words. That’s what our ‘good times’ were: him showing me his sculptures and paintings as I sat bound in the chair. After the first day, the fear numbed me, and I dared voice my opinions more and more, critiquing each piece relentlessly. It was genuine, but worded unkindly to get at him and piss him off – just to negate the powerlessness of my then-daily existence.
My brain ran a mile a minute to think of the quickest way to resolve this and to be able to leave. Clicking my tongue, I said: “Well, show me then. Show me what’s gone so bad.”
He raised his eyebrows just slightly, picking up on my annoyance. “No need to be so high-strung, missy, it’s just some art.”
I breathed in deep, trying to get myself under control. Just to make him believe it was all fine and I didn’t wanna tear the drawn-on wallpaper off the wall.
“Where’s my chair?” Otis said, shaking me from my thoughts, looking around his room.
“Oh, uh, I threw it out.” I grimaced, motioning to the open window.
He stepped over, leaned over his desk to see the chair, broken, laying in the grass outside. “I’m sorry – I just got so mad when I looked at it, and there’s still blood on the floor where I sat, and I hate looking at these walls but I know the drawings by heart now and-“
Otis grabbed my arms. “Hey, hey.” Like calming down a wild horse. “Focus on me.”
Odd-coloured amber eyes became the centre of my vision, the rest was fuzzy. Slowly there was his hair, the brown and red of his flannel, the wrinkles in his forehead. I breathed deep.
“Alright, little miss, let’s go to the kitchen, then.”
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The statue stood on the kitchen table, made of clay. It was… an interesting little blob of materials.
“You intended to paint this?” I asked, breaking the silence. “It’s a little dull in grey.”
“Hated it so much that I decided it ain’t worth the paint.”
“Yeah, good call,” I said, before grabbing the statue. It made an underwhelming noise as I dropped it on the tiled ground, and stomped on it, not caring that the clay stuck to my socks a little. Then I picked it back up. “Think it’s best you just start over and repurpose the material.”
Otis raised his eyebrows at me, before picking sock fibers off of the chunk of clay. Not that it had much shape before anyway. “You could have just said so.”
“I’ll get you the bowl of water to soften it up again.”
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Otis insisted I sat with him, on a new chair, in his room, back to the wall I used to face, and guided him as he reshaped the ugly clay blob.
“What were you going for with it?” I asked, although I immediately regretted speaking as it brought his eyes to mine. My heart skipped a beat each time I wasn’t prepared for the intensity of his gaze.
He hummed, took his time in answering, chipped a few pieces of clay away with one of the tools strewn around his desk. “Hmm, a siren. Or a ship made of feathers instead of wooden planks.”
“Will you paint it?”
He was quiet again for a while before answering. Art calmed him. “Colourful, blues and greens and purple hues.”
“If you add too much colour, you’ll distract from the texture of the scales and feathers.”
He didn’t respond, silence made the occasional crackle of a candle audible. The way the wool of my skirt rustled as I bounced my leg.
“Blinky’s been happier since they got you to stay,” he broke the silence, not looking up from his work in progress.
“That’s sweet of you to say. Blinky’s brilliant. I like them, something about them is very… disarming. They’re smart, funny, endearing. I feel like they never had a good big sister before – but perhaps I feel too responsible again.” I chatted idly, watching Otis’ hands as he worked. It was almost nice to watch such a brutal man in the middle of creating something pretty, it felt like sharing a secret – even though everyone knew about his art.
“Blinky has that effect on others, yeah.” Was that a smile tugging at the corner of his lips? “Bet Baby’s still having ‘er fun with you. Baby’s a bitch, but if she likes you, you’re good. She likes whoever Blinky likes. They been treatin’ you nice?”
“Both of them have a habit of waking me throughout the night, but it’s fine. Blinky never sleeps, don’t understand how they’re this energetic despite never sleeping. I keep forgetting to ask Mrs. Firefly if there’s a spare closet space or something somewhere. Perhaps I can put a mattress in there and have some restful nights.”
Otis looked up and put his sculpture down. “That’s nonsense. I have the old bed in here, used to be RJ until he grew like a bear.” He points over his shoulder to something I just then could see was a bed: a simple metal bedframe, brick red sheets on which piles and piles of junk laid. There were books, clothes, art supplies, chunks of clay or wood; and candles on top of each semi-steady stack of books. “I’d have to clean it up, of course.”
“Really?” I raised my eyebrows in surprise. It seemed like an unusually kind thing of him to offer his space to me. Suspicious.
He shrugged. “Well, you’re not getting Mama’s extra closet space, she uses it for her robes, or Baby has it for her costumes, so it’s the best thing I can think of.”
“Alright, thanks.” It felt foreign to thank him. “I’ll discuss it with Blinky too, but I appreciate it.”
He laughed, stood up to make his way over to the spare bed, slapping me on the shoulder as he went. “What are you – a diplomat? Just do as you like, Blinky won’t mind as long as they still get you to themselves for some of the day.”
I stood up too. “It’s not Blinky I’m worried about.”
He raised his brow at me, still grinning. “Oh, me? You’re worried about sharing a room with me.” He seemed genuinely offended. What audacity!
“Don’t I have reason enough to be wary of you?”
“Not anymore, missy.”
With great annoyance, I noticed how much he was enjoying this conversation. Clenching my fists and letting long nails dig into my palms helped me keep my voice calm. “That old blood stain by the nightstand is mine. And so is that one by the door.”
He gave me a look as if to say ‘are you serious?’, and raised his voice: “you were the one who cut me first! You were trying to get away.”
“Oh, forget it,” I said, making move to leave. He spoke more, words reaching me before I could get to the door.
“You have a choice now, y’know, you can be difficult all you want to spite us, but it won’t make things better for you. Or you do what you can to help yourself out and make living here a little easier– starting with a good night’s sleep. Up to you.”
And I firmly shut the door behind me.
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I'm gonna answer these as if it's later in Ocha's story and she's already making googly eyes at her human love interest because that's fun for me (Iris still being designed). >:3c
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Answers under the cut! (I can type a lot of words.)
(No, really.)
2. How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?
Ocha was very lonely growing up. She had a very strange relationship (and power dynamic) with the people around her who were not related to her, and thus was isolated. Ocha uses the word "friend" almost exclusively for animals, or people of a species other than her own.
(TL;DR: extra strict)
15. What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home around her family, at work in public (no family), at school training, with friends, and when they’re alone?
Changed a few of the places because the worldbuilding context didn't quite fit. I am not actually sure if there is a formal education system in her home, and Ocha fled before she could properly take her place at her "job."
Around Family
Ocha almost completely shuts down around her remaining family. It's almost scary how much she'll go from her normal self to totally blank. And by "family" I mean specifically her grandmother/the whole unit. She would react to her father with cold anger/distance. The only living family member she has a positive relationship with is Gramps, a man that isn't related to her by blood or by marriage - he's a trusted family friend and Ocha's rock.
(TL;DR: mostly flat affect)
Training
Ocha HATES the combat training her grandma is so fond of. It's one of the few times she'd get frustrated enough to be openly angry at her grandmother, or openly angry in general. The same goes for all of her training, with varying levels of frustration.
(TL;DR: uncharacteristically whiny)
In Public (without family)
In her new community (in public), Ocha is friendly and diligent in helping take care of the community. She's still got walls up, but much less than with her family. She's mostly just reveling in being a normal person.
(TL;DR: friendly and willing to help, but oddly distant)
Around Friends
Ocha's animal friends get a very unguarded version of her, but the friendship is far less complex with them. Her friendships with people are rarer, but they do happen. Ultimately, Ocha is friendlier with friends, but still oddly distant.
(TL;DR: has mile high walls that go down to building-high walls with friends)
Alone
Beware, when Ocha is alone is when she does the most reckless stuff. When she learned a school of magic by herself, when normally it would take careful supervision in an apprenticeship to start practicing, she was alone. If she feels trapped or bored, she WILL be a problem. Otherwise, she enjoys the peace and quiet. She also tends to talk to herself when she thinks she's alone.
(TL;DR: up to no good when unhappy)
33. How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?
If Ocha dislikes a person, she'll be very stiff or formal with them, but still not unkind. Unless the person is a member of her immediate family. If it's a family member, Ocha is not above saying some really fucked up things out of anger.
There are very few people Ocha truly hates. Perhaps even only one. The supreme ruler of The Conclave has a lot to answer for, after all. For them, Ocha would react with smoldering anger under a thin veil of niceties.
(TL;DR: veiled animosity and avoidance)
34. How do they greet someone they like / love?
If Ocha likes a person, she makes a special effort to greet them. Ocha is a very touchy person, so hugs, holding hands, and shoulder pats are fairly normal for greetings.
Her biggest tell if she's got a crush on someone that she's obviously friendly with is that she'll be a bit more restrained with touching.
(TL;DR: she's a hugger)
48. Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?
Children. Ocha would without question do something she absolutely hated if a child really wanted to do the thing with her (within reason).
After she starts developing feelings for Iris, Ocha would without question (and without saying anything about her own preferences) say yes if Iris asked her to do something she actually hated doing.
Ocha will also do quite a few things she doesn't like if she thinks it will truly help someone else.
(TL;DR: good with kids, and a bit self sacrificial)
57. What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?
Despite Ocha's father being a tailor, Ocha's stitches are absolutely abysmal. It wasn't for lack of trying, he tried to teach her. At the very least, Ocha can repair something and it will stay repaired, even if the repair is a bit of an eyesore. It's a bit important when you live with people that don't necessarily wear clothes the same way as you, but you don't feel comfortable walking around nude.
(TL;DR: seamwork doesn't run in the family)
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rainypixarcinemahorse · 4 months
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When gray said that he killed them all like a wolf.
Another star wars inspiration this time is from episode 2 attack of the clones when anakin returns with shmi's death body and talks about it with padme at the garage.
Gray went back home to his and juvia's house at the amefurashi village with really sad but angry face which concerns juvia, which she starts to think something he has done.
Then at the living room when gray was fixing something, juvia came in and brought him some food in case of cheering him up.
"Hey gray sama, juvia brought you something to cheer you up." Said juvia as she showed him a tray of food which include steak,mash potato, corns, apple slices, veggies, "gray style" fruit sandwiches and a glass of white milk.
But gray did not answer and he remains silent.
"Is gray sama hungry ?, if you're not hungry yet then juvia will put it on the table in case you want to eat it if gray sama is hungry now, juvia will eat the fruit sandwiches for gray sama since gray sama doesn't like eating a food that looks like your face. You see gray sama always hungry when juvia makes something when you're busy." Said juvia while she still holds the tray.
"Just put it on the table, i'm not ready to eat yet. And I Should have broke, life is much simpler when you fixing things. I'm good at fixing things. I always was. But.. i couldn't" Said gray as he fixes something while juvia puts the food on the table.
"Couldn't what gray sama?" Asked juvia
Then he finally looks at her. "Why'd he have to die? Why couldn't i save him? I know i could have. Said gray stressfully when he walks away through the door.
"Well gray sama sometimes there are things you couldn't get fixed, gray sama maybe a powerful ice wizard but you're not all that powerful." Said juvia concernly
"Well i should be! Someday i will be. I will be the most powerful wizard ever!" Said gray argued back at juvia.
"I promised you, i'll be learning to stop people from dying." Said gray gaspingly.
"Gray sama..." said juvia who became even more concern and worried of what gray just said.
"It's all gramps fault! Because he seperates all of us after the whole tartaros war, he thinks he's jealous of us now! It's like he's trying to holding us back!" Yelled gray angrily as he throws the wrench away which deeply shocks juvia in the process.
"What's wrong gray sama? What is gray sama talking about? Why do gray sama blamed the master for disbanding us? It's not his fault you know." Said juvia as she tries to protest to gray.
Then gray took a deep breath then let out a shook but a choked sob.
"I.. i killed them. I killed them all. They're dead. Every single one of them." Said gray tremblingly and with his eyes starts to tear up.
"And not just the men...but the women... and the children too..!" Said gray as he begins to tear up when he looks at juvia again.
"They're like wolves! And i slaugthered all of them like a ravenous wolf! Hate them! I hate them ALL!" Yelled gray emotionally as his face filled with tears and he begins to sob uncontrollably.
"Oh gray sama..."Said juvia quietly shocked.
Then he sits down on the floor and curled himself up as he continues to sob. Then juvia sits down as well trying to comfort him.
"Gray sama...Is gray sama still thinks about your father again?" Asked juvia worriedly, but gray does not annswer again as he does not like when someone not or sometimes juvia talks about the death of his loved ones.
"Well to be honest gray sama..to being angry isn't to be human. If gray sama has something wrong or when you're not feeling right you can always tells juvia, not telling her in an raged or emotional way." Said juvia whilst she stroked gray's shoulder.
"I'm a mage... an ice mage. I know i'm better than this." Said gray as he tried to subsides his sobs.
"There, there it's okay. Juvia promised everything will be okay. When fairy tail is together again someday, juvia sure we'll figure it out." Said juvia as she hugs gray and strokes the hairs on his nape.
Note : it's takes place after the tartaros arc and before the avatar arc. I would imagine if gray still have moments of PTSD after the traumatizing battle against his father silver as well him and natsu's battle against mard geer and he would tell juvia about this feeling for her.
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house-of-slayterr · 1 year
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Firefly Family Group Chat:
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For: @myers-meadow-selfship @vincent-sinclair-deserved-better Cy, let me know if you want in on the shenanigans 😈
AN: For reference, the group chat is from Blinky’s phone, hence why the screen names are the way that they are 😂 I don’t even think half of them know what they’re set at in their phone. Spaulding is “Daddio”, Otis is “Old Man”, Baby is “Barbie”, Doe Eyes is “Angel Face”, Mama is just “✨Mama✨”, and Blinky just made themselves “👁️👄👁️”
Daddio:
Problem
Blinky:
Have you perhaps tried… solving said problem?
Daddio:
That it! I’m taking Blinky behind the shed for the Old Yeller treatment. Any objections?
Old Man:
Ain’t hearing non’ from me.
Barbie:
They used the last of my red polish, send em to the shed! 😈
Angel Face:
Calm down Killer Barbie, nobody’s Shooting the kid!
Old Man:
That so Princess? 🤨
👁️👄👁️:
Yo, since when did gramps learn how to use emojis? Yall seeing this shit?
Angel Face:
Language Blinky!
👁️👄👁️:
Bet he’s just standing there lookin’ like this tbh thinking nobodies watchin’
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Well guess what Santa Claus, I’m always watching 👀
Barbie:
Woah, Blink, when did you get that super high quality photo of Otis?
Old Man:
I DO NOT STAND LIKE THAT!
👁️👄👁️:
I Do nOT StAnd liKe ThaT!
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Old Man:
Spaulding you got extra shells in that gun? I’m gonna make a second mess behind the shed.
✨Mama✨:
Children, if you do not shut up and listen to your damn father, you’re all going in the shed.
Blinky:
Ahhh!!!!!
Mama using proper city words! Burn the witch! Run!
Old Man:
I think I saw Mama grab the wooden spoon 👀
Blinky:
Firstly, Otis, don’t go stealing my emoji “👀” is mine ok?
Secondly, which way did she go?
Angel Face:
Mama isn’t gonna hit them with a spoon Otis, stop scaring them!
Old Man:
Are you sure about that?
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👁️👄👁️:
Ahhhh!
Saint Klaus discovered gifs, and John Cena!!
BURN THE WITCH!!
Angel Face:
Ok, Blinky, I can’t see you right now, but you better put that lighter down or I swear to-
Just, don’t touch anything!
Daddio:
Well thanks to you useless little shits, I don’t got a problem any more. It fixed itself, dumb broad ran out infront of a moving car.
Someone was driving really quickly down the main road, strangely the car kinda looked familiar
👁️👄👁️:
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Angel Face:
….
Barbie:
….
Old Man:
….
👁️👄👁️:
Don’t worry Papi, I’ve got your back 😉
Totally random, off the top of my head question here…
How does one go about removing hair from a grill plate?
Barbie:
Old Man:
Daddio:
Thanks little clown. At least one do my children respects me.
Wait, who the hell gave Blinky the keys to the truck?!!?
👁️👄👁️:
Oh no-
Our connection…
It’s breaking- ing up!
Old Man:
Blinky this is a text chat.
Angel Face:
Are you texting while driving??
👁️👄👁️:
No…
Angel Face:
Unbelievable!
Barbie:
High five little dude! That was awesome!
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👁️👄👁️:
Thank you, thank you. I do aim to please! I also like to multitask, anyone want a milkshake?
Daddio:
Kiddo, please tell me you didn’t go into town with the truck covered in blood.
👁️👄👁️:
Of course not, I’m not stupid. I ditched the truck in the tree line, and stole some fancy sort of hybrid nonsense. Much less suspicious for legal Milkshake purposes.
Barbie:
Strawberry please!
👁️👄👁️:
You got it Baby! Anyone else?
Going once…
Going twice…
✨Mama✨:
Blinky if you don’t get your ass back in this god Damn house in the next 30 minutes, I’m lighting the spoon on fire first.
👁️👄👁️:
Flaming spoon you say? I’ll be there 😏
Angel Face:
Blinky! No!
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catrose13 · 1 year
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Chapter 4 A Very Particular Set of Skills... "Learning things whether you want to or not" is my favourite of this chapters "Brought to You By" The chapter art also continues to be awesome
Mokuba is very unimpressed with Pegasus' hostage keeping skills
"in his Barbarous rage" yikes, he was feral enough without Barbarous rage
What's an evil lair without a bottomless pit?
..."Testicular-trauma based revenge" yikes, Mokuba possibly you should avoid the guards
He thanks the Blue-Eyes-White-Dragon topiary bush, aw
Lol Pegasus you underestimated Mokuba
...Joey...are you...breaking the Fourth Wall? Are you allowed to do that?
Poor Yugi, clowns can be very disturbing. Téa's ready to throw down, no clowns gonna touch her friends
Honestly I don't think the foxes need training to steal from people
Heh using facts you learnt an hour ago to make your point, nice one Joey
Ah Joeys Mom returns once more to prove how bad a parent she is
"Lost" can have so many connotations
...Joey this is the second time you've touched upon the Fourth Wall is there something you'd like to tell us?
So many ocean facts. I am definitely learning
Wow dolphins are assholes
Yugi...how many crimes are you going to encourage during this tournament?
Poor naive Yami "Oh I thought this would be because of the Shadow Game, glad we're only messing with his money" "No we're definitely gonna fuck him up" paraphrased
Mako knows so many "mad reliable people"
The casual shade thrown at the British museum
Pegasus, the joke wasn't funny to begin with
...I thought ketamine was a vet thing, can it be prescribed to humans?...Google says it can good to know
Kemo you really should have listened to your Grandma
Pegasus you're still talking in Capital Letters and it's less Ominous than you think and a lot more... concerning
...Cornered Rabid Mongoose, I can see why the Parasite would want to avoid that outcome
Bakura is really not a fan of this or any of the Parasites adventures, and yet he finds ways to make the most of it.
Joey...again with the Fourth Wall
Secrets age like melons because aged milk can still be cheese. Yami just spilling truths into the world
Poor Yami, so confused, "Where are all these people coming from? And why do they hate you?"
"Spiritual Appendectomy With A Chainsaw" Welp that's one way to explain what they did to Kaiba
Ohp Joeys measuring the shoulder height, he's noticing the differences!!
...Tristan I think it's a bit late to be shielding Mokuba's innocence
Sweet mercy Téa is beating the crud outta those guys
Yikes, No Kemo the Kids are Not Alright
Oh Yami is now well ready to mess Pegasus up, ya done fucked up
"Pegasus’ idea of Benevolence is probably several war crimes in a cartoon trench coat" Welp you're not wrong Marik
Hodgekiss I do not think he meant you when complimenting his work force
The Russians are not Twins Marik, they are really not Twins
Oof Hodgekiss
Yugi really is the more feral of the two of them isn't he?
Duels as a Ritual, is actually really interesting, especially in the context of Ancient Egypt and dispute solutions
...The Hippo
He makes sure to strictly obey the Rules of the Ritual to avoid Hippos
Dammit Joey stop poking the Fourth Wall...I think I'm going to start counting
Oh no you hit Yugi's Berserk Button
"Speak not to me of this 'Febreeze'" Brilliant, just wonderful
Oh no Grandpa this is what happens when you endear yourself to the Gods
Grandpa...you are denying the existence of Gods to the face of a God...
...The Hippos again... Why does this God want to continue being able to fight Hippos?
"Beloved" Gramps... Is there something you need to tell us?
Yugi is definitely not a fan of the Abomination...Boys speaking in Capitals...
Lol cold as burning anger and Yugi still has time to throw shade on Yami
Joey and the others are unaware of Mokuba's recent Finger biting adventures
Tristan. Tristan Did you just give Mokuba what I think you just gave Mokuba? Tristan the last thing this feral child needs is a gun. You better not have just given him a gun. Tristan!
Intense Battle Focus....Cheerful phone call... Poor Yami bugs freak me out too
Noot-Noot
Joey has a spare tea pot just incase they use the first one to destroy a Ghostly Abomination?
Heh Anti-Ghost-Teapot-Grenade
Pegasus should really know better than to screw around with the rules of a shadow game
No Croquet they did not give you shrooms, Yami is invoking Great Powers
Hello Anubis...Goodbye Goons
Kaiba could possibly stand to expand on his decorating scheme
"tortured into submission" is that what we're calling Pegasus' love of terrible cartoons?
"Divine Guidance"? What God is guiding you Seto?
He's channelling Salmon...an interesting choice
How expensive are these plushies? And why is it so big?
Yeah pants are probably a good idea right about now
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kankuroplease · 2 years
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I’m more than happy. Yuutas and hanabis baby is the most adorable cutie pie you’ve created so far. No wonder ume would be obsessed with her. Pretty sure hinata, natsu, ino and even hiashi would be too 😻
They’d have lots of cute moments tbh 🖤
Hanabi calling him daddy to tell him she’s pregnant and Yuuta getting the wrong idea at first
Yuuta realizing he’s going to be a dad daddy
Yuuta asking his dad if he thinks he’ll be a good father and being reassured that he will
Yuuta calling Hiashi Gramps
Hanabi having every last food craving catered to. Want pickle soup at 2am? He’s getting up. Want to eat dirt? He doesn’t know about that one but will look into the safest dirt he can find
Morning kisses for Hanabi and the bump
Yuuta learning how to be a doula from Okami because he wants Hanabi to be as comfortable as possible and know what he’s doing even a little
Yuuta feeling like he’s the worst because Hanabi’s in pain because of him.
Hanabi squeezing his hand hard enough for it to hurt during delivery and Yuuta calmly encouraging her.
Yuuta tearing up at babies first cry like he knew he would
Hanabi holding their little girl and Yuuta kissing the top of her head.
Yuuta pulling a late night visit with his newborn daughter to Ino’s window for old time sakes because 1. It’s official, he’s a dad 2. Look how cute she is 3. How does she do this parenting thing? He’s not asking his dad because he’ll tell his mom and she’ll never leave them alone
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mephestopheles · 1 year
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I love playing dnd so much. I love our party even more. We're currently running through Hoard of the Dragon queen, and I may have mentioned my character before I want to introduce everyone. I'm playing a half-orc barbarian. She's the youngest in the party, precocious, very smart, not that wise. She went to college in Waterdeep to take over her dad's accounting business, got conned into a get rich quick mercantile scheme and lost all her parents money. She now has panic attacks and when she freaks out she fights whoever is closest or the most threatening. She's wonderful, I love her so much.
Wayne is playing a dwarf cleric of the forge and, well his rolls were abysmal, so intelligence became his dumpstat. He plays it to well, I mean he does such ridiculous things, and will repeat his stories "forgetting" that he told the party several times why his beer steins are named after women in his life. He aged his dwarf up to be much older than usual, so the party calls him gramps. This last session he was dredging the river for scrap metal and jumped off the side of the boat in full plate mail for some reason. The ranger managed to keep him from drowning right away and Nomi (my barbarian) got him back aboard the ship.
"What have we learned?"
"absolutely nothing..."
"metal sinks"
"yes it does, I'm dredging for some"
"you're wearing metal. Metal armor, head to toe"
"I am"
"you will sink"
"Reorx will protect me!"
Mel is playing a halfling rogue, that is currently dating my character Nomi. The height difference is hilarious, the fact that the halfing is the older of the two just makes it better. She's definitely the most cutthroat of the group -- our first session she tried to bully health potions from the mayor of the town we came into save --, and she will prank folks for sport. We're also working on the mechanics that her character can stand on my characters back for ranged attacks.
Homer's character is the ranger, human with the drakewarden subclass, so he's got a pet. He's generally quiet but he's putting his spells to good use, really good tricks with both the mould earth cantrip and the shape water one. The shape water came in handy to keep gramps alive when he dove into the river.
We added a new player this week and the first session went really well. Mechanically I know they're playing a warlock, but he's playing the class close to his chest, he says he's a mage and he's studied for many years and he has a spell book. Pay no attention to the jewel he wears that he can disappear into that's just wizardy magic stuff.
We have a somewhat recurring character a paladin played by Mel's brother when he's home. A decent kind of dude, managed to keep us alive during one particularly terrible fight. Let's just say the rogue now remembers the value of looking for traps before looting.
We're still trying to come up with a name for the party, we're not nearly as chaotic as our other group in the limbo campaign, so we are still trying to figure out something that works for us that doesn't feel slapped on.
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