#evil prince nico

[yonemurishiroku]

Pls give me evil/villain Underworld prince Nicoooo AU rambleesss

How. How come you can choose this exact moment of the brainstorm of Tyrant Nico raging in my head to ask this?

Buddy, I can kiss you right now. I’m serious.

Omg this is so exciting, *squeals and clears throat* let’s begin before I’m dead by over-exhilarated, shall we?

I have a few ideas about tyrant/ bad ruler Nico in general, however, since you’ve specifically requested a “Underworld prince”, we’ll go with that.

Let’s start with how and why he becomes evil/villainous - because we have alr all agreed that Nico’s obviously a Underworld Prince. Yes, you agree.

I’m very much into the idea of Nico posing wickedness and cruelty, yet I do not quite fancy the possibility in which he plainly enjoys others’ suffering as noble sipping fine wine or whatever. 

So, if I were to propose a villainous Nico, I’d go with the possibility that he’s blinded by grudges, swallowed by darkness, haunted by death - everything in between. My point being: it isn’t his nature, but Nico succumbs to it anyways.

Nico could be rendered sightless by Maria’s and Bianca’s death and become vengeful and bitter, which later turns into severity and callousness. You know those times when something extremely bad happens and you feel so, so frustrated that you just want to throw everything to the ground and watch them shatter? That. That kind of thing. 

I have a somewhat similiar AU, ya know? That Fantasy Royal one? Nico’s only purpose was to avenge his mother and sister and he’s straight up a manifestation of manipulation for like. half of the thing.

Or in another scenario, Nico could feel the outsider’s (those who aren’t in his land) hostility and discrimination and he just... brakes. He repays exactly what he’s given. He becomes the very bastardized image people have imposed on him. An eye for an eye. Unforgivingly fair and harshly just. The more people fear him, the more fearsome he becomes, and the more fearsome he becomes, people see him less as a human and more of a threat. It’s a never ending loop and Nico’s trapped.

To be honest I think Nico has all the rights to be an antagonist in canon but well, he isn’t, so I’m both mourning for and cheering to it.

Moving on. We’re approaching the What’s Nico as an evil Underworld prince like? which is, by all means, an entire new land for me to grow my crops and harvest. 

- Politics-wise, I’ve always entertained the thought that Nico could make a thrilling example of a cold-blooded ruler. My villain Nico would hardly ever adopt the image of a raging tyrant. He’s more like... well, cold. Apathetic. Heartless. 

- If it’s in the canon universe, Nico would definitely be that type who would watch people die without barely a reaction, eyes glazed over and blood left blackening their cheeks. He might not be outright cruel, per se, but you’d definitely find out when you see him spread death as if it was his blessing. In a sense, it is.

I’ve said before that Nico could be the one to soothe the souls after-death, yeah? Well this evil prince Nico would probably absord them all to strengthen himself. Remember that post where I proposed an idea that Nico had to rely on dead people’s souls to stay alive? That. That one but instead of only staying alive, he thoroughly prospers. Unapologetic.

He is literally the embodiment of death, please, Nico would thrive the more succumb to the eternal slumber.

Nico never forgives. At least, this one doesn’t. So whatever irks him, he gets rid of it, and with as much blood you could imagine. You commit a sin and he would come for everything you love. Is is fair? In Underworld’s dictionary, yes.

- In case we take on a more... royal background though, like with actual kingdoms and people and everything in between, let’s say I’d prefer Nico to be one with an iron fist. You know, the typical king with great ruling skills but no compassion to spare?

We’re hypothesis-ing him as a Prince here, so I suppose Hades is still in the picture. Well it’d certainly not make any change since, you know how they both are.

Anyway, simply imagine a government where all the power flows to one individual only. Dictorship, sort of. And that’s not Hades. 

It’s Nico, who is as much of a royalty to have significant influence yet less restrictions. He who manipulates the court to his liking and eliminate everyone that dares to cross his path. He who is close enough to hear people’s wails but continues to ignore it in favour of his own persuation. Nico wouldn’t let them die, of course, but he wouldn’t allow the “luxury” he deems unecessary - no matter how the others can view it otherwise essential. 

And he makes sure people follow his words. The punishment is unbearable. The laws has no mercy, no matter how pitifully one can cry to him. Nico uses death as his weapon. He is the rules, and obey the rules they have to.

Live obediently and they would be fine. Defy him and they would come to know how similar to a guilotine Nico’s wraith can be.

Nico’s reign would be a sunless winter - all iron bars and stone hearts. 

- Is he bad? In a way. Does that weaken his kingdom? No. 

If anything, they thrive stronger than ever just because it’s the Underworld we are speaking of.

I’m talking on the grounds that Nico, with his absolute reign over the un-alive residents, could take full advantage the more his subjects grow. Just think! When you’re ruling a kingdom of perishment, whose people can never disobey you, it totally makes sense that the more death there is, the more power you’d gain. Moreso, when you have thousands, millions of subordinates to rule over, discipline is a must. It helps to unite everybody’s spirits as one, which in Nico’s case, is like giving him more limbs, an army, a giant body made of many individuals, so to speak - and all the ill intents he possesses would then become one with his people. The freaking Undead. 

Are you still with me? My point is: the more ruthless Nico becomes, the more powerful he would be.

- And what does one do with too much power? Well certainly not to protect when it comes to be a villain. So what’s left? War. That’s what.

You have to excuse me here because I’m frankly addicted to a dark prince Nico who leads an army of undead and leaves only a lifeless void in his wake. Whether it was because of Bianca and Maria or others’ poor treatment, the last thing awating Nico would always be war. Just because I say so.

What does he fight for, you ask? For blood. For the agony they had put Bianca and Maria through. For the pain of those who had put him through. He resents the world, so the world must suffer. It’s only fair. It’s selfish, but fair.

Nico would be right at the front-line. He wants to witness the deaths by his own eyes and hears the cries by his own ears. He raises his sword and the zombies roar to life. They bite and claw. They rip off flesh and chew through armors. They are one with their ruler’s will. They never die - the same way Nico’s unrelenting cruelty remains frigid like eternal ice. 

What does he do with the land he’d acquire? Make it his own, of course. And those who oppose, make them remember how they have surrendered it the first place. 

Nico isn’t interested in the land itself, but the fact that he conquered it proves that he’s won over what mistreated him - at least, that’s how this Nico believes. It’s a trophy, a prove, no more, no less.

And the more land he acquires, the more souls he gets, and all the more power he gains.

Wow this is a long post... Anyway I suppose this is everything I can formulate at the moment. Obviously I have more in my brain but it’s a mess atm so we’d have to be content with what we’re given then. 

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[thinkingjasico]

Nico is a reclusive prince and Jason is a rebel raised by wolves

Jasico but in a mix of french revolution and greek mythology (no country or exact year for this story)

Maria di Angelo is a queen who never married and had two children with Hades: Nico and Bianca. Maria is known to be a tough and merciless queen, and the identity of her children has always been a mystery because whenever they went to parties or diplomatic events the two children wore all black clothes and veils covering their faces because Maria went a little crazy after she had a second child with a god and she thought her children were also gods and should be feared and worshiped. Not even servants were allowed to see the children's faces. They were to leave the food for the children in a private part of the castle that no one was allowed to go to. The maids who bathed or tended to them were all blind.

Meanwhile, Beryl was a famous beautiful duchess daughter of a duke; she has two children with Zeus. She starts talking about having more powerful children than the queen's children, but queen Maria tries to discredit her, and before Beryl can even do anything about it, Hera claims Jason. As punishment for zeus' betrayal, the boy is raised in the forest by wolves all his life. Already 17 years old he returns to the city, he has no idea that his sister Thalia is part of the court and that he would’ve had a different life if it wasn't for the goddess' punishment. Jason starts working in the city and gets involved with a group of revolutionary rebels against the monarchy.

With the country on the verge of a revolution, Maria marries Bianca with a prince who will inherit the throne of an important country and so Bianca leaves. Bianca's presence in his life was the only thing keeping Nico in the castle, so after that he starts to feel completely lonely and trapped in his private and isolated part of the castle. He knows he can travel in the shadows but that was forbidden and he had never trained much, at that moment he sees that he has no other way out. Nico steals a servant's clothes and begins to shadow travel to "real life".

Maria never misses Nico because she never visited her children, she was much more committed to making her subjects worship the temple that she made for the children of Hades. Nico then starts to go more and more to the city dressed as a servant and even at first being afraid, he learns to defend himself in the streets and learns to fight. So he get the attention of the rebels for being merciful to the poor, a good fighter and intelligent.

One day Nico is in a home for women who were abandoned with their children and ended up flocking there to support each other. Nico is helping with the kids and has taken some money for them, when Jason comes to visit to see how they are doing. Jason finds Nico's behavior strange, he may have been raised by wolves, but he knows it's not normal for a servant to be so refined and have so much money. Jason tries to ambush Nico to get him to tell him the truth, but they end up fighting each other. By instinct to defend against Nico's attacks, Jason ends up discovering his powers with wind and lightning in his hands, so runs away in fear after hurting Nico more than he intended.

After giving some thought to what happened, Jason tells his group that they should call Nico. but what he really wants is to find out who Nico really is.

At first, Nico thinks of not accepting it because he would be betraying his mother, but seeing the state in which the country is, he ends up allying himself with the rebels. Over the course of many struggles, the group notices that Jason has a savage power that is unparalleled, and they turn him into the leader of the revolution. Because he is the most educated there, in the meetings Nico always gives important tactical observations, Jason hates having to agree with him because he still distrusts him, so in these meetings they often end up discussing in a veiled (or not so veiled) way. After a very important meeting about an attack on a visiting court from another country that would give a week of festivities for the court while the people starve— Nico gives important opinions and Jason and he argue again, because Jason wants to follow his own idea that it was a little more "attack" while Nico's plan was more lenient but would put them inside the party. Nico leaves frustrated and tired of Jason not listening to him "that idiot wolf cub", and everyone says Jason is wrong.

For everyone's sake, Jason ends up giving in and going after Nico. They talk and Jason apologizes but says he can't trust him, Nico says it's ok because he doesn't trust him either. They then opt for a mixture of their plans and the attack is successful. After that, the rebel movement gains more supporters and even investment from businessmen who agree with its ideas. Jason remains the leader and now places Nico as his advisor and strategist.

The two gradually develop a very close friendship. With each battle won after spending sleepless nights talking about their plans, they feel more confident and their friendship grows more and more. At this point, since Bianca left and Nico started going out and Jason went to the city, it's been two years.

And so their friendship and partnership grows to the point that it's not just friendship anymore, they fall in love with each other but they both think it's wrong. So one night after a battle won and happiness on the surface, they end up kissing. Nico flees into the shadows, frightened. Days later he comes back and they talk and end up kissing again. So they start to have this relationship hidden from the rest of the rebels— but actually everyone suspects.

One of the rebels, Daniel, has a problem with this (read: homophobic) and he wants to take Jason's place in the lead and says they missed the last attack because Jason followed his boyfriend's plans without thinking. What is not true. Some rebels died or were captured in the last attack by an eventuality that their plan, or no other plan, could have foreseen. Jason begins to feel pressured by the rebels and comes up with a risky plan. Nico says he shouldn't do it but he moves on anyway.

The attack will again be at a court event, Jason tries to follow a more attack plan, and at first everything is going well, but the rebels are ambushed in the middle of the party, so Jason uses his powers to save them. And that makes Thalia recognize him.

He and Nico argue why Jason shouldn't have used his powers in public. Jason apologizes and says that at least now he will stay in the lead and not Daniel, who can be crueler than all the kings and queens put together. He and Nico make up and everything is fine again.

Thalia disguises herself and manages to get in the middle of the rebels and talk to Jason. He in turn attacks her and wants to hold her hostage, but she shows her power with the lightning in her hands and Jason believes her. Nico arrives and sees the scene, Jason calls him to stay with him and they listen to Thalia's story about how their mother died by an Hera trick shortly after she delivered Jason to the wolves, and that Thalia was raised by a cruel family in the court that did horrors to her. They realize that the goddess has managed to punish the whole family for Zeus' double betrayal. Thalia stays with them from that moment on and also helps Jason and Nico in the tactical part.

Nico begins to wonder if now that Jason knows he would have been a noble too, he would accept the truth that Nico is a prince. Thalia and Jason begin to use their powers with each onslaught of the rebels and become known as The Wrath of Zeus. Because they have two children of Zeus against the monarchy, people start to think that the queen is wrong and that her son is not even a son of a god since he is not fighting for her. Maria goes after Nico and finds that he's barely been around the castle because the maids say the food they take stays there for weeks. Maria investigates and finds out what Nico is doing. After that, she starts to spread around the city that her son was taken hostage, even though she knows the truth And through her convincing speech people are moved and turn against the rebels to retrieve the queen's son.

Jason and the rebels don't understand what's going on. Nico knows it's time to speak up, but before he can do that, Daniel finds out what's going on and exposes Nico in front of everyone. Jason doesn't want to believe it's true, but amidst the attacks Nico ends up exposing his powers to defend himself. Jason is shocked and the rebels want to arrest Nico.

Jason is so unresponsive that he doesn't know how to act, whether to go against the rebels and defend the person he loves, or to go against Nico and abandon the rebellion. Thalia tries to talk to Jason calmly after Nico is arrested by the rebels, but Jason is angry because Nico lied to him all this time. Thalia manages to make him see that Nico did it for fear of exactly what happened, and that Jason has to think about whether he loves the revolution more than he loves Nico. Jason says the revolution is more important than his personal feelings.

And Nico remains in jail for a few days. The atmosphere in the city is tense because the population is going against the rebels. Daniel practically took control of the group because Jason was completely messed up and tired. Daniel makes a terrible plan to attack the civilians before they attack them, and Jason doesn't even know about it. Then a large group of rebels leaves with Daniel for this attack. Jason and Thalia discover it, but the attack is already underway. He gets desperate, and goes to Nico asking for help. They start to argue over Nico lying and Jason letting him get arrested. Finally they decide to wait to resolve this and go to the city to stop the attack since all the queen wants is to weaken the population and make them fight each other.

Jason, Nico and Thalia arrive in town and it is a pandemonium. They manage to put a stop to the confusion, but the queen takes advantage of the moment when they are weak and sends her soldiers to finish off the rebels, and if some civilians die, so be it. But the three demigods manage to master an entire army. They are using their powers to the fullest and their auras are more powerful than ever. Thalia with a silver aura, Jason with an electric blue aura flying across the battlefield, and Nico wrapped in darkness and cold.

After they manage to overwhelm the army and what remains of it retreat out of fear, Jason and Nico talk to the people about uniting now or never. Everyone understands the queen's plan and how little  their lives are worth to her. They unite and take the castle and arrest the queen. She begs Nico for mercy, and when he thinks to answer, the people attack and kill her before he can do anything.

Exhausted from using their powers to the fullest, the three are hospitalized for days and days. Jason recovers sooner because Nico was already very weak from being arrested days before the attack. Jason visits him and they talk about everything. Jason says that Nico is going to be an important political leader now and that he's going to be a general, that they can't be together. Nico says that's the biggest bullshit he's ever heard, and that if he had to get into another battle like that just so they could finally be together in peace, he would.

#all this madness came out of a simple dialogue I wrote in my fic yesterday #I have a weakness for Nico being a mystery prince #and i also have a weakness for Jason being raised by wolves #so let's end the monarchy together while we fall in love? #jasico #jason grace #nico di angelo #heros of olympus #hoo #percy jackson #jason x nico #jason and nico #jasico headcanon #nico di angelo headcanon #jason grace headcanon #hoo headcanon #thalia grace #bianca di angelo #maria di angelo #btw i love maria evil queen aesthetic soooo much #my posts

[raphael-angele]

If Hades raised Nico and Bianca Part 14 (Mortal AU feat Hazel)

I remember reading that Hazel is older than Bianca and Nico

Hades: Hazel, Nico, Bianca, these are your cousins.

Bianca and Hazel: *standing beside Persephone*

Nico: *hiding behind Hades* Papa...

Persephone: This is Perseus. And that's Thalia and Jason.

Thalia: Hi

Jason: Hello

Percy: Hi! You can call me Percy!

Persephone: Why don't you three go and play with them?

---

Thalia: What do you guys wanna play?

Hazel: Hmm, I dunno.

Bianca: Hm, do you wanna play tea party with some dolls?

Thalia: Okay :)

---

Percy: So, Nico, what do you wanna play?

Nico, shy: Uhmm...I like Mythomagic but I don't have my cards with me.

Jason: Well, what do you usually play with your sister?

Nico: I like to play Hide and Seek

Jason: Okay then, we'll play that!

Percy: I'm it!

---Later---

Bianca, pouring imaginary tea: So how was your day, Princess Hazel?

Hazel: Oh, it was amazing, Princess Bianca! A prince gave me this beautiful diamond necklace and asked me to marry him! *shows fake diamond necklace*

Bianca: Well that's very interesting. I had a very interesting day myself!

Thalia, barging in with a dummy sword: BEHOLD! I AM THE EVIL VILLAIN, THUNDERSTRIKER! FEAR ME, FOR I AM HERE TO CAPTURE PRINCESS HAZEL!!

Hazel: AAAH! (Fake scream)

Bianca, pulls out a dummy sword from no where: NOT SO FAST, THUNDERSTINKER! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!!! BEST OF THREE!

Thalia: YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME, PRINCESS!NO ONE EVER HAS! NO ONE EVER WILL! MWAHAHAHAHA!!

Bianca: YOU WILL BOW BEFORE ME AND I WILL MAKE YOUR SOUL SUFFER FOR AS LONG AS I RULE!!!

---

Percy: Nico!

Jason: Nico!!

Percy: Nico, where are you?!

Jason: Wow, he's really good at this game.

Percy, tugging on Persephone's dress: Ms. Persephone

Persephone: Hm? Yes, what is it, children?

Jason: Ms Persephone, we can't find Nico

Hades: What? What happened?

Jason: We were playing hide and seek and after Percy found me, we couldn't find Nico!

Percy: We've been looking for forever already

Hades and Persephone: *look at each other*

Hades: Boys, he's right behind you.

Jason and Percy: *turn around*

Nico: :) Did I win?

Jason and Percy:

#pjo #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #jason grace #hazel levesque #bianca di angelo #nico di angelo #thalia grace #percy jackson incorrect quotes #pjo incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #hades #poseidon #zeus #persephone

[mediumgayitalian]

It starts really…really stupid.

The Apollo cabin is having a movie night. Will’s DVD collection is bigger than his textbook collection, which is saying something, because he is a nerd. They baited Nico with a pirate movie: then, when he was comfortable and moon-eyed and unable to keep his mouth shut for a good twenty minutes after the end credits, they started phasing in the rom-coms.

Evil. Manipulators, the lot of them; so incapable of lying that they’re masters of bending the truth. Nico would leave, except they literally barricaded the door and keep all the lights on so there are no shadows for him to duck into (something he should have questioned from the very beginning, but unfortunately as soon as the Pirates of the Caribbean theme started playing, his reasoning skills hopped on a train and fled back to the Lotus Casino in 1938. So).

“This is stupid,” Nico grumbles, not that anyone is paying him any attention. Every single one of Will’s siblings stares at the TV with their chins in their hands, completely ignoring any and all of Nico’s (very valid) criticism.

Not that it stops him. “This is less realistic than Davey Jones,” he insists, largely just so his grievances are Known and Aired Out. The leading man says something stupid and cheesy, and three seperate doofuses in his company genuinely swoon. Nico scowls as hard as he can, pulling a blanket over his head. “Idiotic and cheesy.”

Nico pointedly isn’t following the plot — not that there is one — so he has no idea what’s going on. He squints. The leading man is wearing some ugly suit, too tight, and the leading lady collapses tearfully in his arms, thanking him about something.

Will sighs dreamily. Nico scowls harder.

“When is it my turn,” Will laments.

Kayla reaches over blindly and pats him on the head. She ends up more smacking him gently and lovingly on the face, but Will doesn’t seem to mind.

“Don’t we all want to know.”

“You don’t understand,” Will says dramatically. He flops backwards, hands flailing. Nico peeks over from under his blanket. His Head Medic camp shirt has ridden up in his dramatics, showing a sliver of skin. Nico flushes and intentionally looks away, focusing on his friend’s face.

“When will a rich, attractive older man come waltzing in here and offer to put me through med school, huh? When will my dream come true?”

Nico is 90% sure that Will is joking, but without his permission, be blurts out —

“You’d run off with some guy you don’t know?”

“Without hesitation!” Will cries. He yanks himself back upright, making Nico jump, arms thrown up and forehead creased. “You know how broke I’m gonna be when I’m done school?”

Nico doesn’t answer, but Will doesn’t wait for one.

“Very! I grew up on a pullout couch, which, I love my mom, and I love our apartment, but I want — I want —”

With his long, lanky limbs and flushed face, he begins to remind Nico of a kettle. He refrains from pointing this out. His siblings, on the other hand, openly snicker at him, dividing their attention between the movie and throwing popcorn at their eldest brother’s head.

“I want an Alaskan King! And — a mahogany desk! With lots of drawers! And windows! Floor to ceiling windows! And a rooftop garden!”

He glares playfully at his siblings, who are all giggling now, pointing fingers at them all.

“Lemme tell you right now. A man walks in here offering me that and a cheque for any school I want and it’s over for you people. I’m gone. You can fend for yourselves.”

“Yeah right,” Austin snorts, disbelieving. He reaches over and pinches Will’s thigh, cackling when he squawks. “We can’t even get you to leave the infirmary at the end of your shift. You’re stuck here forever, Rapunzel.”

“Just you wait! My prince will come!”

“As if he even wants a prince,” he hears Kayla whispering to a giggling Gracie, who responds with a cheeky, “Not when he’s got a king!”

Nico doesn’t know who they’re talking about, but the fact that there’s someone — his vision goes green. He has to tamp down a genuine snarl which is — ridiculous. And out of nowhere.

He cuts another glance to Will, who is still muttering petulantly. Every few minutes, he hears something about an “open floor plan” and “high pressure showers”.

He gets a very, very stupid idea.

———

The first mistake (because that’s what it is) is easy to explain away — the Hades cabin is still under renovation.

Well. Mostly.

“Please,” Will is begging, eyes big and pleading and painfully, beautifully blue. “Please? I’ll bring movies! And Yan’s Wii! And get Cecil to lend me some of the games he — uh, acquired! Pretty please!”

Nico has to bite back the you could be toting a pack of Lastrogonian giants with you and I’d still let you in that so desperately wants to come out of his mouth.

“Bring snacks and I’ll consider it,” he says instead.

Will beams. His eyes nearly squeeze shut, when he smiles like that, and there’s nothing Nico can do about the sharp inhale that rips through his chest. He blinks the spots away from his eyes, everything suddenly a little brighter, covered in golden sunlight.

“Yes!” Will cheers, pumping his fist and jumping up and down like a lunatic. Nico is so endeared that it aches something awful in his chest, and his cheeks smart from the size of his smile. “Sleepover! After my shift, di Angelo, I won’t be late!”

Yes, you will.

“I lock my doors and set a skeleton guard to watch it at eight,” he warns with a throat suddenly dry. “I mean it, Solace. I’ll sic the harpies on you.”

Will laughs as he jogs towards the infirmary, clearly not believing him. Nico watches him go the whole way, jumping when a hand lands on his shoulder.

“You,” says Drew Tanaka, blowing a bubble with her gum, “are a humiliating case, di Angelo.”

He shoves her, scowling. His face feels sunburnt. “Shut up.”

He absolutely does not spend the day moping after the infirmary, despite whatever rumours Drew’s lying mouth might spread. He has a job, thanks. He runs three separate sword fighting classes, and the younger kids are insane, so he doesn’t have time to be distracted.

Not that he is. But. Hypothetically, if he were to be distracted, he isn’t. Yeah.

He sits with Percy and Jason at dinner, distractedly wolfing down his food. Some kind of barbecue. He is not paying attention.

“No, Jase, we can say whatever we want, he’s not listening —”

“If he decides to stab you I am going to let him —”

“What’s going on?” Nico interrupts, looking up for the first time.

Percy smiles angelically, placing his hands under his chin.

“Nothing, Nico dear.”

Jason bangs his head on the table.

“I’m gonna…leave,” Nico says, slowly. “Y’all…do whatever you’re doing.”

“You said y’all,” Percy says gleefully. “You said y’all.”

Nico flushes hotly. “I did not. Shut up before I summon Jules-Albert to run you over.”

Percy cackles. Even Jason laughs. Nico throws his plate at them as he stomps away, sprinting extra quickly past the infirmary for no reason at all.

Time seems to slow down after dinner. For all Nico knows, it actually does. It wouldn’t make a difference. By the time there’s a knock on his cabin door, the sun has well past set, and Will is smiling sheepishly.

“I didn’t hear my shift alarm,” he says, the second Nico opens the door.

Nico sighs. He bites the corner of his mouth, hard, so it doesn’t do something stupid like turn upwards or something.

“There’s ADHD, and then there’s you, Solace.”

Will leans into his personal space and presses an over-exaggerated, smacking kiss to his cheek before he can stop him. Nico goes scarlet.

“But you love me anyway!”

There are no thoughts left in Nico’s brain to refute him. The only thing shaking around up there are alarm bells and KISS! KISS! KISS! KISS! KISS! repeated over and over again like a gong.

“Hngh,” he says, intelligently. Will doesn’t seem to notice, striding confidently right into the cabin.

“I brought the Wii and movies and stuff, like I promised, and I’ve been saving this chocolate I bought last time I went into the city — woah, when did that get here!”

Will freezes in the middle of the cabin, gaping. Nico nearly walks right into him.

‘That’ is the giant, brand-new bed tucked snugly in the far right corner — an Alaskan King.

Nico clears his throat, shrugging.

“Remodelling, remember? The coffin beds had to go. And no one else but me sleeps here, so. Hazel has her own bed on the other side.”

He gestures to the other corner, where Hazel’s — smaller — bed sits, empty, coral pink comforter straightened neatly. Will barely even glances at it.

“What! But I thought you already renovated the beds —”

“Temporary.”

Will squints at him for a moment. Nico squirms, trying to hold his gaze. He’s not lying — they were temporary. Of course, he only made the decision that they were temporary a week ago, but. Well. Truth is truth.

Evidently, Will decides that he isn’t going to get a real answer out of Nico or he doesn’t care to get one, because he quickly turns away and, with a running start, jumps and sprawls himself on the gigantic bed.

“Oh, gods,” he groans, and oh, gods, indeed, is Nico ever going to get a fucking break or is his face just going to be stuck like this all the time. “Gods, Neeks, I am going to move in here. I don’t even — look! I can stretch all the way and I don’t touch the edge!”

“I see that,” Nico says weakly. His shirt has ridden up again. Nico bites back the confessing comment he wants to make about undershirts and how Will should invest in them.

“Man, I feel like I could pass right out,” Will sighs, eyelashes — they are so long and so blonde who decided that who gave him that right — fluttering shut. He grabs on of Nico’s pillows and curls around it, content. Nico stares. And stares.

After too much time has passed, Will cracks an eye open, smiling slightly. “Well, don’t just stand there, Death Breath. Bed’s more than big enough for us both, now. Get over here.”

Miraculously, Nico does, managing to unglue himself from the floor and look anywhere but the long, languid stretch of Will’s body.

(They play four straight hours of Mario Kart — or, rather, Will spends four straight hours losing. When they finally fall asleep, they’re so far apart on the giant bed they might as well be in different countries — but Nico wakes up in the middle of the night with his arms around Will’s waist, and practically throws himself on the ground for the rest of the night.)

———

The next thing he does is just…embarrassing.

“I think you look hot,” Mitchell, Piper’s brother, assures him kindly. He pats Nico’s flaming cheek. “Honest. And it’ll work wonders! Will’ll be struck.”

“Why do people keep saying that,” Nico croaks. “I don’t even like him!”

“Uh-huh. Sure.”

With Mitchell’s unwavering — if teasing — assurance, Nico finds the courage to step out of the Aphrodite cabin and into the waning sun. He’s grateful he waited until after the summer ended to do this — the fewer people around the witness, the better. His reputation is hanging on by a string as it is.

A wolf-whistle rings out the second he steps off the porch, making him scowl. Cecil, unfortunately, is far too used to being on the receiving end of it and does not even flinch.

“Looking spiffy, Ghost King!”

“Bite me,” Nico growls back, and is only aware of the trap he’s walked into when Cecil gleefully says, “I believe that’s Will’s job, actually —”

He wisely scampers away before the skeleton Nico summoned can murder him.

The second he’s out of sight, Nico slumps.

What is he doing.

“Aw, jeez, aren’t you a sight for sore eyes! Lemme tell you the gar-bage I had to endure tod — Nico?”

Nico whips up to face the voice. Will stands a few feet in front of him, unmoving, wearing his scrubs today — heavily stained, yikes — and his favourite pair of ratty cargo shorts. The expression on his face is oddly inscrutable.

“Are you…going somewhere?”

“Yeah,” Nico says, flushing and repeating himself when his voice cracks three separate times. “Yeah, I’m. Um. Ambassador of Pluto duties, you know. I’m expected in New Rome in a couple hours.”

It’s not quite the truth — he is going to be in New Rome in a couple of hours, but his reason for being there is fabricated. Literally.

“I didn’t know you were visiting today.” Will steps forward, almost trance-like. His eyes are glued to somewhere around Nico’s chest, and he reaches out — hesitantly, although he’s never been hesitant to touch Nico in all the time he has known him — to brush his fingers over Nico’s collar. “This isn’t what you usually wear.”

Nico swallows. No, it is not. Usually, his Ambassador of Pluto uniform is his black toga. (It still is. If he was actually on duty and showed up in anything else, several Romans would have his head. Good thing he’s full of it.) But right now, he’s wearing a tailored, black silk suit made by hand by some dead Byzantine seamstress whose name Nico could not pronounce if he tried. Diamonds glitter in the lobes of his ears, freshly pierced, and his rings are more polished than usual.

“Special occasion today.”

Will doesn’t say anything for a long moment. His hand still curls at Nico’s collar, millimeters away from his neck, heat boring into his skin.

“You clean up nice.” An expression Nico can’t name flits across his eyes, and Nico’s breath catches, and then he’s grinning, too-wide and teasing, reaching up to dig a hand through his hair. “But maybe ditch the hair gel, Wilbur Robinson, and just let —”

“Gah! Get off of me! You’re the worst!”

Will stumbles back as he shoves him, weak from laughter, and Nico’s stomach flips.

———

The third thing is maybe the most ridiculous out of all of them — and almost gets him killed.

“I’m starving,” Will complains, apologizing to the random New Yorker who just walked into him. (Nico rolls his eyes. Will would get eaten if Nico wasn’t here — he is too soft for the city. He’s gonna get shoved into a puddle or something; he’s so unwilling to elbow his way through a crowd that Nico has to hold his hand so as not to lose him. Definitely not a city boy, that’s for sure.) “And we don’t have to meet Argus for another two hours — can we stop for food? I want something fried. Desperately.”

“I guess so,” Nico sighs, pretending to be more put-out than he is. Will doesn’t buy it for a second, rolling his eyes hard enough to hurt.

“C’mon, Nicholas Hoult. There’s gotta be a diner around here somewhere, and I still want to go shopping after this.”

He lets Will pull him around, even though they’d probably get somewhere faster if Nico leads. Will stops every three seconds to listen to a busker, or observe particularly interesting graffiti, or attempt to pet a pigeon. It shouldn’t be cute, it should be embarrassing because Will truly never gets out, but it is — endearing. A little. Even if Nico can feel his stomach eating itself.

Will brightens when he finally stumbles across some gaudy, mint-green painted, hole-in-the-wall family restaurant, beaming back at Nico like he won a sparring match rather than stumbled upon somewhere to eat. But his eyes are squished shut, the way they are when he’s genuinely excited, and some early January snow dusts his golden hair, and his nose is red from the cold, and it’s just —

It’s a lot.

They find a booth tucked in the back corner. Will slides in next to Nico, not across from him, and it makes him — flush, for some reason, cheeks glowing as bright as Will’s massive, dorky scarf.

The waitress brings them sodas. Nico doesn’t remember ordering them, but it’s cherry coke — his favourite — so he must’ve. Will has a water, because he’s annoying and pretentious, and he tries to blow his straw wrapper at Nico but he’s too fast and catches it. Will pouts.

“You’re no fun.”

“I’ll show you fun.”

He’s balled up the wrapper as tiny as possible and flicks it at Will’s face before he can stop him, except it hits him in the — eye, and Will shouts in surprise, and Nico jumps and rushes to apologise but he’s laughing too hard for it to be sincere, and Will scowls playfully at him, and Nico bangs his knee on the rickety table trying to move it and it only makes him laugh harder, and Will cracks soon, too. And he can’t sing for shit but his laughter is musical, low and baritone and a little raspy on the edges, like the country music he loves so damn much. And all the laughter gets sucked right out of Nico’s lungs as he watches him, bright-eyed, red-nosed and freezing, still wearing his stupid parka even though it’s barely below forty degrees, and he is suddenly achingly truly and obviously the most beautiful thing Nico has ever seen in his life, and he thinks oh, no. But it doesn’t hurt.

It doesn’t hurt at all.

———

(After the diner, they go window shopping, and Nico feels like he can’t function. His chest aches with new knowledge that he doesn’t know where to put. New York air is disgusting but Will smells like eucalyptus and sunshine, always, and the look on his face when they pass a dusty antique shop is blinding. He’s rambling about old anatomy textbooks and gods knows what else and Nico nods along with a stupid, endless smile on his face that he couldn’t tamp down if he tried.)

(In the back of the shop there’s a big, ancient, beautiful mahogany desk. It has a divot for an inkwell and more drawers than Nico can count. It’s nine hundred dollars. Nico pulls out the credit card his father gave him for emergencies, buys it before Will can stop him, and shadow travels all three of them — himself, Will, and the unbelievably massive desk — back to Cabin 13, passing out immediately after to the sound of Will’s shout.)

(His father is the first thing he sees in his dreams, arms crossed, legs tapping.)

(“I believe I told you that card was for emergencies,” says the Lord of the Dead, “not crises over cute boys.”)

(“You were down so bad you kidnapped your wife instead of talking to her like a normal person,” Nico blurts, and immediately wishes he would melt into shadows.)

(He wakes up to another arms-crossed, foot-tapping figure: Will lectures him for two and a half hours. He times it.)

(But Will does all his paperwork in the Hades cabin, now, skin glowing amber under the Greek fire torches, often falling asleep on the smooth wooden surface. He hasn’t spent a night in the infirmary in months. Often, if Nico can wake him, he’ll crawl into Nico’s massive bed, curling all six-two of him into a ball around the centre and puffing tiny little snores into his pillow.)

(His cabin smells like eucalyptus and sunshine all the time, now.)

———

He tells himself that this will be his last thing.

(It isn’t.)

It takes him four separate times to muster up the courage. It’s — humiliating, is what it is, and he’s never been a coward except for maybe about this one thing.

“Dude,” says Katie Gardener, the fifth time he walks by her cabin without saying something, “this is getting embarrassing. Pull yourself together.”

“I’m — pulled,” he defends, wishing he didn’t get red so damn easy. “And — what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at college, or something?”

“College ends in April, stupid,” she says, as if Nico has more than a fourth grade education and would somehow know that. He refrains from sticking out his tongue because that is Undignified, and clearly he is the more mature one of the two of them. “What do you need, flowers for Will or something? You don’t need to bother. He likes dandelions.”

“I know what flowers he likes,” Nico snaps, and wallows in immediate despair as she snickers. He should consider having Will remove whatever part of his brain is responsible for Stupid, Emotional Outbursts. Or just get a lobotomy. Whatever’s faster, honestly.

“I need — a garden.”

“…A garden.”

“Please don’t make me say it again,” he begs.

Perhaps college has somehow made her merciful — which he doubts, anyone who sustains a relationship with Travis freaking Stoll stopped worrying about mercy long ago — or perhaps he truly is that pitiful. But she relents, rolling her eyes and muttering something about stupid teenagers and refusal to communicate, blah blah blah. Nico knows he’s a mess. He would appreciate it if everyone else politely pretended he wasn’t. She comes back minutes later with a truly massive bucket of soil, a handful of gardening tools, and several packets of seeds.

“Well, you don’t have a lot of space for it, kid, seeing as your cabin is kind of tucked —”

“I want it on the roof,” Nico interrupts. He manages to keep his face in check. “Uh, that would make the most sense, anyways. It’s flat and I can get there easy and — yeah.”

She narrows her eyes at him. Years of Hermes cabin pranks have left her with a truly magnificent BS detector, but after a moment she sighs.

“Whatever, kid. Let’s go. Nothing will grow for a couple months, anyways.”

———

The last thing is what, eventually, gives him away.

The issue is that camp is crowded in the summer. And, really, he would have gotten it done in the spring, except he needed help — he needed an architect.

And he only really knew one, and her school year was kind of packed.

“You want,” says Annabeth slowly, “to entirely restructure your cabin.”

Nico squirms. “I just want to change the windows,” he mumbles.

She stares at him, fingers steepled, for what feels like ten solid minutes. At minimum.

“Kid —” Nico scowls, she is barely three years older than he is and technically almost a century younger — “installing floor to ceiling windows in your cabin will restructure it — entirely.” She pulls out a paper and pencil out of, as far as Nico can tell, absolutely nowhere, and begins to sketch. “There are foundations here, see? So everything has to be moved and reorganized to keep the structure standing. I can’t just, like…knock out the wall. It doesn’t work that way.”

Nico slumps. “So it’s not possible?”

“I didn’t say that,” she snaps, offended. “I just said it won’t be easy. Gimme a couple hours, I’ll have blueprints.”

She barely hears him as he thanks her, nose already pressed to the paper. Nico smiles at her anyway. She’s the best and brightest of them for a reason, after all, and he appreciates her help.

The walk back to his cabin is a surprisingly pleasant one. A lot of his friends (which, woah) are finally back, and Nico is realising he’s missed them, and it’s nice to see them again. It’s also nice to see camp as busy as it is, as much as he likes the quiet chill of the winter months. All the cabin doors are wide open as people sweep out the dust, shake out sheets, air out the staleness that has been locked inside some of them for months. Chatter fills every corner, and the air smells like strawberries.

His small smile widens as he approaches his own cabin — the flowers he and Katie planted a few months back have started to bloom, and with them comes the memory of Will’s gasping excitement when he’d seen them, the smile that lit up his face. They’re regular plants, but Katie — enchanted them, somehow, protected them; even when Nico is having his worst days, they don’t wither. (And they keep growing, too. Nico has taken to picking a flower every morning and leaving it in his (Will’s) desk — to brighten up the room, on paper, but the flower always ends up whenever Will is by the end of the day. (And, more often than not, tucked behind his ear, locks of golden hair caught among brightly coloured petals; a crown of his own making.)

The cabin is empty when he walks in, unsurprisingly considering how often Will is usually locked in the infirmary for the first week of camp.

(He’ll be back tonight, to do his paperwork before heading back to his cabin. Nico’ll have to be sure he actually makes it back to his cabin — Chiron has been turning a blind eye, because Will needs more sleep and Kayla and Austin can handle themselves, but the little kids need their counsellor. Well, most days.)

Nico stands in the door and realises: things have changed.

Maybe a silly thing to think. But — a year ago, this place was unliveable. Dark, and dreary, coffin-shaped and miserable, it was no wonder it had never felt like home. But the sight of Hazel’s bed (and the sketchbook she left on it last time she was here) fills him with warmth, and the windows are always open, now, so even the air feels lighter. Dozens of Will’s textbooks are strewn around the room, Lou Ellen’s jacket hangs on the back of the desk chair, a deck of cards is sprawled on the floor. A sun lamp is plugged into the wall. Nico’s giant bed is unmade. He’s got laundry peeking out of the closet doors, and he needs to clean his bathroom. A pair of obnoxiously patterned flipflops sit by the door.

It looks lived in. It looks like somewhere that can be lived in, and most of all, his friends — Will — have been living in it with him.

He swallows the lump in the back of his throat, stepping in and shutting the door behind him.

It takes him time to tidy up. He leaves Hazel’s sketchbook where it is, along with most of Will’s stuff — although he shoves a couple textbooks in random drawers when he trips over them. He puts the rest of his friends’ stuff by the door so he doesn’t forget to return it, and makes his bed (which, frankly, he hardly does, because it’s a massive pain — he tucks in one corner of the mattress cover and has to freaking summon Jules Albert to get to the other. But it was worth it). He barely makes it to dinner, too distracted to hear the horn.

“Finally,” bursts a voice sometime around nine, throwing open the door and flopping on the bed. Nico smiles, setting down his game and running light fingers through Will’s frizzy hair. He groans, leaning into it.

“I hate the first week of camp!”

Nico snorts. “No, you don’t.”

“Yes I do! It’s miserable! It’s all —” he contorts just face, mocking — “‘Will, do this.’ ‘Will, do that.’ ‘Will, I forgot how hard the climbing wall was and incinerated myself.’ ‘Will, we need you to treat the group of kids Clarisse beat up.’ Will, Will, Will! Constant!”

“How dare they take up all your time,” Nico says, grinning.

“Right! They should be less — I dunno, disastrous! I am one person! I can only be pulled in so many directions at once!”

Despite all his complaining, the slightest of smiles pulls at Will’s mouth — as Nico would expect. He’s exhausted and perpetually overworked, sure, but there’s nothing in the world Will relishes like being needed.

“I just —” He sighs, leaning further into Nico’s touch. Nico’s throat goes dry. “Man, I’m so glad we have this place to ourselves. It’s the only privacy I get. Sometimes I just wanna close the blinds and never come out, you know?”

Nico freezes. “Uh.”

“And it’s — nice, in here. Smells like you. And it just, well —” He smiles, broad and soft, and, suddenly, Nico understands his father on a level he never thought he would. If Will looked him in the eye and asked him for all the riches under the Earth, asked him to defy Zeus, asked him to rule the dead — Nico would bend time and space to do that for him. He understands, abruptly and wholly, why loving mortals ends in tragedy, why the gods promise more than they can give. He wants to give Will everything. “I like when it’s just you and me sometimes,” he says, softly. “It can be nice to disappear.”

There’s so much love bursting out Nico’s chest he doesn’t know what to do with it. He feels like every part of him is screaming his affection, every molecule is straining to meet with Will’s. He’s dizzy.

“I,” he starts, then freezes again. He doesn’t know what — what. Every thought he’s ever had hits him at once, and he can’t pick one out, can’t think with all the clutter in his head.

Will perks up. “Yes?”

“I have to. Cancel. My plans. With Annabeth.”

Will deflates. “Oh.”

There is something here, something charged, something about to change — and Nico is losing it. He panics.

“I asked her to restructure the cabin!” he shouts, startling Will. He squeezes his eyes shut instead of looking at those wide, wide blue eyes. “To! Make. Floor to ceiling windows.” He waits a bit. “Apparently you can’t just bust down the wall. You have to. Restructure.”

It’s silent for so long Nico is half-convinced Will left, if it weren’t for the faint sound of him breathing and the heat Nico can always feel leeching off of him. He peeks his eyes back open.

“Why?” asks Will quietly when their eyes meet.

Nico swallows. It takes several tries to moisten his throat enough to speak. “Why what?”

“Why do you want to…have floor to ceiling windows?”

“Same reason I wanted this massive bed,” he admits, quiet, whispering, near silent. “Same reason I — changed my Ambassador uniform. Same reason for the desk and the —” he stumbles over his words, blushing — “the garden and the flowers and — this, right now.”

“Nico,” says Will, very very quietly.

“I just. Well. You were joking, you know? And, gods, it’s been a year, now, but I think you were telling the truth? A little bit? And anyway, I want you to have the things you like, and —”

“Nico,” Will says again, louder this time, a particular quality to his voice Nico can’t name. He falters.

“…Yeah?”

“Shut up.”

Nico doesn’t even have the chance to be offended. He doesn’t even have the chance to think. Before he can rationalize the situation and connect the dots in front of him, Will’s hands are sliding into his hair, his face is inches away, and then they’re kissing.

They’re kissing.

Will tastes like Blistex, like mint gum, and like the breath he sighs into his mouth. His eyes are closed, and for a full six seconds before Nico recovers enough to close his, he has the best view of his pale, fanning eyelashes that he’s ever seen — long enough to think: oh, this is a child of the sun. He smells familiar and — intoxicating. Nico never wants to know pure air again, never wants to move without the brand of Will’s over-heated hands on the back of his neck. Never wants to forget the rough scrape of Will’s chapped lips, the tiny little sounds and sighs he makes every time Nico moves their mouths, the slightest curl of his lips when he smiles, unable to hold it back. The rapid beat of his heart, pressed against his own chest.

“Nico,” he says again, slightly more urgent, pulling away just enough that their lips still brush every time he speaks, “Nico, I love you to death.”

“I would do anything for you,” Nico chokes out. He meets Will’s eyes and tries to — communicate it to him, tries to beam his thoughts into his head. “I would — move the moon and stars for you, do you understand that? Do you know how precious you are to me? My tesoro,” he says, feeling Will’s breath hitch. “Il mio cuore. Il mio cuore battendo, sole.”

For a second Nico frightens himself. He’s never spoken words like that to anyone in his life — not his mother, not Bianca, not Hazel, nobody.

But Will’s smile is radiant. And he still holds Nico, gently, and says over and over, “You are the best thing that has ever happened to me.”

Something slots back into place in his chest.

#it is seven thirty in the morning and i have not yet slep 💀 what am i doing #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #hoo #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo & will solace #nico di angelo/will solace #nico/will #solangelo #slow burn #?? #whipped nico di angelo #pining nico di angelo #like BAD #truly truly down bad whipped #will solace #nico di angelo #fic #longpost #my writing #oh also #jealous nico #for a brief moment teehee

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Undead Unluck Cinderella!AU: The Masterpost

Hi :3 it's been a while, but i had been non-stop drawing to bring you all the Cinderella!AU cast with UU characters, i will write the basics of the story later bc i'm incapable of writing long paragraphs.

The drawing that made me start this AU

Let's start with our protagonist, Fuuko as Cinderella:

But our dear protagonist needs her mice friends:

We got our mains first: Haruka, Top, Gina, Sean and Chikara, taking the places of Jaq and Gus

I remember that there were mice kids/children, the younglings!

Phil, Bunny, Tatiana, Lucy and Betty (almost forgot her)

Mice! Veronica and Tella are here to take care of them/protect them from the evil cats

With how many chores have to be done everyday around the house, there have to be some specialised mice:

In the kitchen, Billy works with the sweets, Enjin helps with the almost everything (he's too passionate for this job) and Rip cuts the veggies. Yusai can´t be let near the drinks alone, but she always knows the best one for the occasion.

There's so many clothes that need mending and cleaning, the Sewing Team: Latla, Kurusu and Leila, are the right mice to do the job.

(ps. i bet Kurusu and Gina smugled that book to make cute dresses for Fuuko)

Sooo many books to keep clean and organised in this house, good thing Mice Anno Un and Akira are doing their damn best to keep the house library in peak condition, they even have the time to dramatise Fuuko's favorite romance books for everyone

Mouse Feng does everything around the house, why? because he wants to be better than Fuuko in everything

Miscellaneous Mice bcs i don't know in what role do they fit: Grandpa Isshin, Creed, Mei, Shen, Mui, Mui's little brother (do we even know his name?), Ms. Hawkins and Void.

And we can't forget our dear doggo Burn, taking dog Bruno's place

This Au is not complete without some villains

Human! Luna as Lady Tremaine, BUT she's not Fuuko's stepmother, Lady Luna is a distant relative, grandfather's niece and further kinda deal

Lady Luna has three kids:

Big Brother Soul, the kind of person to say "BuT wE aRe FaMiLy" when he does something bad to Fuuko but would absolutely not tolerate any of Fuuko's mistakes

Middle Brother Apocalypse, evil? no, no, no, he's a tsundere, the kind to say "i'm not washing the clothes because i want to help you or anything! it's just that you are too clumsy". Fuuko sees right through his bullshit and thanks him eveytime she can to Apocchy's embarrassment

And Little Bother/Sister Ruin (i'm more inclined to fem!Ruin), she's considerably more aggressive to Fuuko than the rest, her aggressiveness spurred on by her mom Luna and big brother Soul. Apocalypse has tried to help her to no avail.

THE CAT! Why should we limit ourselves to one evil cat, when we can have FOUR?

Shadow hides in the dark corners and stairs, waiting for an unsuspecting victim, putting themselves in the middle of the path to make them trip

Blood wakes up and craves violence, he scratches the furniture, the curtains and people... Fuuko stays the fuck away from this evil cat

Spoil can't be let alone with the food, he steals it but he doesn't eat it, no, he enjoys watching it spoil and the faces of disgust from the people that find his masterpiece, fortunately dogo Burn is always guarding the kitchen.

Seal enjoys watching the desperation in peoples' faces as he slowly pushes the fine glassware from the top drawer to the cold hard floor, unfortunately for Seal, Mouse Feng is always watching

Do you remember the Gran Duke? the poor man was so close to die, but for this AU, we have the Grand Duke and Duchess, Nico and Ichico (Which one is who is up to you)

We got our King! King Juiz, KING JUIZ, KING JUIZ!!!

If you saw the third animated Cinderella movie, you would remember the Queen's paintings, and i decided that we need a Queen (an alive one), salute our dear Queen: Queen Victor!! (do you forgive me for putting him on a dress? 🥺)

At last, we need our prince for this AU, but why have only one?!

Crown Prince Andy and Second Prince(ss) Julia

We need our Fairy Godmother to bring some miracles to life! And i couldn't pick anyone else for this role than my beloved, Spring 🌸

Let him have some fun!!

This is the real last one, but although it wasn't a sentient character, it would be unforgivable not casting Clothy as Fuuko's dress

(Can you imagine what Andy would do to Clothy once he discovers that he's Fuuko's dress? 💀)

That's all the character designs for this AU, and now i can start drawing some scenes for this AU.

Enjoy this AU compiled timelapse for all the designs in the meantime!

#undead unluck #cinderella au #character sketch #fuuko izumo #undead andy #andy izumo #uu luna #uma soul #uu apocalypse #uu ruin #ichico nemuri #uu ichico #nico vorgeil #juiz d'arc #undead victor #victor d'arc #julia u stitia #everyone else is a mouse or another animal #Sun is dead in this au #uma spring #uma clothes #clothy #i can't tag eveyone

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zorobin and snow white connections:

you can read more about this short in this link:

i wonder why zorobin is specifically chosen to be in this reimagining of snow white.

i know oda made this one only as a joke or for fun but in the back of my mind maybe he is trying to foreshadow or hint something here.

my delulu self: oda-senpai, are you trying to jokingly say zorobin is endgame? 🥺

here robin is snow white but the 7 goats are preventing sanji to kiss her. is it because he is not the "prince" that will give her the "true love's kiss".

the biggest goat is facing different direction and if you look closely the goat is wearing the same clothes with zoro during the dressrosa arc.

look at the little goat noticing the "boss" is looking the other way. hinting to zoro being lost most of the time.

this was from the movie the cursed sword. that movie's entire premise was zoro's blood brother became "evil" after using a cursed sword in trying to protect his lover (the priestess). this is the most "romance-centered plot" portrayed in OP by the time it was released. though not zoro's "love story" but in a way zoro is the main focus of this film from the marketing and connection with the main antagonist.

there's this scene at the end of the movie where a big whale is chasing them.

robin is explaining while eating an apple (again a connection with snow white) that the whale fell in love with the merry and trying to propose.

she has 3 apples (can be parallel to 3 swords) and 1 green pear (color of zoro).

in one of my posts, i reference that robin's arc has similarities with fairy tales especially with snow white.

they said that robin's skin color changed from pre to post timeskip due to the animators color rendering but i think one of the reasons why the change in her color is to parallel snow white's description.

hair, black as ebony.

lips, red as rose.

skin, white as snow.

maybe there'll be a future arc where robin will fall into a dangerous trap (like a poison apple) and will be put into sleep-like-death. then only her "true prince" will break the curse.

OP is a long running saga and we all know robin will be important since she's the only one that can read poneglyph which is most essential in finding the one piece and uncovering the blank century.

the WG still wants to get her. and those old dudes in mary jois are crazy powerful with their powers still unknown.

maybe one of the elders will put a curse to robin and the sh will have to save her once more.

sh will be forced to fight the elders to get the "antidote".

and just like in the enies lobby arc where zoro got the last key that unlocks her cuffs. zoro will be able to get the antidote that will awaken her (that can be parallel as a true love's kiss).

i know i am totally scraping the barrel with my theories but i cannot help it.

back to snow white parallelism. snow white secretly crushing with prince charming in the movie. cos she was shy when the prince saw her singing beside a well.

some would say that snow white and prince charming only interacted at the beginning of the movie then at the last part. but still at the end they got their happily ever after.

some ants argument i saw online that zorobin doesn't make sense bcos they do not interact or have few interactions. which is false cos if you watch closely the anime and read the manga they have a lot of interactions. it may not be as highlighted as the other characters but it's there.

i think zorobin is secretly crushing with each other. you can see that in their 1st interaction after robin joined the crew. robin's trying her best to do small talk with him and get to know him more.

zoro's distrust her at first but kept on saving her anyway or being the 1st one to act when robin is in danger.

my speculation, if zorobin is parallel to snow white that by the end of OP since robin's home is gone zoro will take her to east blue in his village just like prince charming taking snow white to his kingdom.

some cool binary elements for zorobin as well.

robin is from the west blue while zoro is from east blue.

sun rises at the east and sets at the west.

zorobin for the win! haha 🤭😆

💚💜🌸⚔️

updated:

funnily enough when they were in jaya, zoro was offered with poison apples. 🤔

#zorobin #zoro x robin #roronoa zoro x nico robin #otp #zorobin theory

[sionisjaune]

I’m intrigued- why not Nico POV brocedes?

My philosophy here is really all about the kind of brocedes I want to write. I want to look at Lewis from the inside because I want to explore the discrepancies between what he says/how he acts and how he actually thinks/feels. This can look like what we see all the time from Lewis, eg. Lewis pretending he doesn't remember basic facts about his relationship with Nico or Lewis making effusive statements in the press when it is clear he is not actually happy with a race result. This can be a great tool in a brocedes context if you have a Lewis that acts like he fucking hates Nico but actually aches for him (insane dynamic imo). Also, I prefer to keep Nico kind of villainous even while he is the love interest in my fic. I like to do this by looking at him from the outside only--even while Lewis does innately understand him, there's still space for his intentions to be unknown or his actions to be misinterpreted. I want to create this space where, as a reader, you're forced to reckon with how challenging it is to love Nico while also accepting that Lewis does love him. I feel like I should gesture at some of my Nico inspirations here, namely Lestat from IWTV and Laurent from Captive Prince (evil blondes of all time), as examples of how keeping the reader out of a character's head can work to such great effect.

#asks #i have been wanting to ramble about this thank you anon!!! #brocedes

[morally-grey-girlbosses]

Bracket is up! Matchups are in text form under the cut. Reminder that all of these matchups were chosen randomly, and that this bracket will be run in a double elimination style, so a character failing out in round one does NOT prevent them from proceeding into the tournament.

Ursula Boulton (Merge Mansion) vs. Betty Grof (Adventure Time)

Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All At Once) vs. The Coin / Boss (Blaseball)

Morgan Le Fay (Fate) vs. Edelgard Von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

IMOGEN (Stellar Firma) vs. Amalexia (Elder Scrolls)

Maeby Funke (Arrested Development) vs. Manon Blackbeak (Throne of Glass)

Taylor Hebert / Skitter (Worm) vs. GLaDOS / Caroline (Portal)

Cleo DeNile (Monster High) vs. Nico Robin (One Piece)

Helen Richardson / The Distortion (The Magnus Archives) vs. Calanthe (The Witcher)

Irving Braxiatel (Thieves & Tardises) vs. Nefera DeNile (Monster High)

Alina Starkov (Shadow & Bone) vs. Lady Barbrey Dustin (A Song Of Ice & Fire)

Eclipsa Butterfly (Star vs. the Forces of Evil) vs. Jennifer Check (Jennifer’s Body)

Moira O’Deorain (Overwatch) vs. Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribbean)

Iron Maiden Jeanne (Shaman King) vs. Artemis (Greek Myth)

Tomie Kawakami (Tomie) vs. Dame Obsidian (Murdle)

Rachel (Animorphs) vs. Juri Han (Street Fighter)

Shego (Kim Possible) vs. Asajj Ventress (Star Wars)

Tabitha Scarlet (Scarlet Hollow) vs. Morte Asherah (Sands of Destruction)

Theresa (Fable) vs. Morgana Pendragon/Le Fey (BBC Merlin)

Nailgun Sue (IRL) vs. The Witch (Into the Woods)

Chara / The Fallen Human (Undertale) vs. Nimona (Nimona)

Klaasje Amandou (Disco Elysium) vs. Margot “gottiewrites” Garcia (An Unauthorized Fan Treatise)

Prince Ianthe Naberius the First, the Lyctor Prince, the Saint of Awe, previously known as Ianthe Tridentarius, the Princess of Ida, heir to the House of the Third, Mouth of the Emperor, the Procession, House of the Shining Dead (The Locked Tomb) vs. Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade Series)

Anna Croft (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint) vs. Sailor Galaxia (Sailor Moon)

Ms. Pauling (Team Fortress 2) vs. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)

Charlie Magne/Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel) vs. Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs) vs. Gretchen Klein (The Wilds)

Rachel (Tower of God) vs. Galadriel (Lord of the Rings)

Charlie (Don’t Starve) vs. Pomegranate Cookie (Cookie Run)

Rose Quartz / Pink Diamond (Steven Universe) vs. Filo (Shield Hero)

Tokiko Shigure (Ai: The Somnium Files) vs. Sandy (TokiDoki Cactus Friends)

Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi When They Cry) vs. Banica Conchita (Evillious Chronicles)

Mima (Touhou) vs. Yūko Ichihara (xxxHolic)

Yuno Gasai (Future Diary) vs. Laerynn Coramar-Seelie (Critical Role)

Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights) vs. Susie Haltmann (Kirby: Planet Robobot)

Lae’Zel (Baldur’s Gate 3) vs. Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show) vs. Angela (Library of Ruina)

Miranda Vanderbilt (Monster Prom) vs. Jinx (Arcane / League of Legends)

Rose Thorburn Jr. (Pact) vs. Eva (Umineko When They Cry)

Empress Phillipa Georgiou (Star Trek) vs. Shiv Roy (Succession)

Paige Duplass (The Silt Verses) vs. Akua Sahelian (A Practical Guide to Evil)

Poison Ivy (DCEU) vs. Nickel (IDW Transformers)

Joyce Messier (Disco Elysium) vs. Reagan Ridley (Inside Job)

Kalina (Fantasy High) vs. MegaGirl (Starship)

Sloane Parker (Eidolon Playtest) vs. Power (Chainsaw Man)

Marcille Donato (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Raiden Ei / Beelzebul (Genshin)

Patty Bladell (Insatiable) vs. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley (House MD)

Tanya von Degurechaff (The Saga of Tanya the Evil) vs. Fang Runin (The Poppy War)

Nomi Malone (Showgirls) vs. Han Sooyoung (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint)

Wu Zetian (The Iron Widow) vs. Lariska (Bionicle)

Teresa Agnes (Maze Runner) vs. Emma Perkins (Hatchetfield Series)

Lucrecia Mux / Maligula (Psychonauts) vs. Nadja of Antipaxos (What We Do In The Shadows)

Akako Koizumi (Magic Kaito) vs. Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)

Blackberry (Chicory: A Colorful Tale) vs. Malva (Pokemon)

Vermouth (Detective Conan) vs. Kumoko / Shiraori (So I’m a Spider So What)

Eleanor (Do Revenge) vs. Bryony Halbech (Red Valley)

Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion) vs. Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck)

Leliana (Dragon Age) vs. Archbishop Rhea/Seiros (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Grimora (Inscryption) vs. Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Audrey Redheart (Wandersong) vs. Kyoko Sakura (Puella Magi Madoka Magic)

Fujiko Mine (Lupin III) vs. O-Ren Ishii (Kill Bill)

Anne (WOE.BEGONE) vs. Gwendolyn Poole (Marvel Comics)

Lappland Saluzzo (Arknights) vs. Avrana Kern (Children of Time)

Harley Quinn (DCEU) vs. Cassandra Jones (Rise of the TMNT)

Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalte / La Signora (Genshin Impact)

Revan (Star Wars) vs Rue Kuroha / Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Eve (The Bible) vs. Prospera Mercury (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury)

May Angelica Jones Goodwin (It Takes Two) vs. Elle Williams (The Last of Us)

Marina (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas) vs. Naksu / Mudeok (Alchemy of Souls)

Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) vs. Sucre (OFF)

SHODAN (System Shock) vs. Cocolia (Honkai: Star Rail)

Alana Bloom (NBC Hannibal) vs. Halea Haumea (Phantomarine)

Delirium of the Endless (The Sandman) vs. Arcee (IDW Transformers)

Morganthe (Wizard 101) vs. Wu Zetian (History)

Jude Duarte (Folk of the Air) vs. Miranda Pryce (Wolf 359)

Perihelion/ART (The Murderbot Diaries) vs. Kanamori Sayaka (Keep your Hands off Eizouken!)

Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (Adventure Time) vs. Anais Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball)

Croix Meridies (Little Witch Academia) vs. Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)

Harrowhark Nonagesmius (The Locked Tomb) vs. Big Mama (Rise of the TMNT)

Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries) vs. White Gladys the Orca (IRL)

Doctor Carmilla (Doctor Carmilla & the Mechanisms) vs. The Handler (Umbrella Academy)

Catra (She-Ra & The Princesses of Power) vs. Liliana Vess (Magic: The Gathering)

Jasnah Kholin (Stormlight Archive) vs. Liraz (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)

Lilith Clawthorne (TOH) vs. Medea (Greek Myth)

Odin (The Bifrost Incident) vs. Enma Ai (Jigoku Shoujo)

Mordred (Fate) vs. Nana Daiba (Revue Starlight)

Beatrice (Umineko When They Cry) vs. Hester Shaw (Mortal Engines)

Balalaika (Black Lagoon) vs. Any Female Praying Mantis (IRL)

Veronica Sawyer (Heathers) vs. W (Arknights)

Angelica Pickles (Rugrats/All Grown Up) vs. Eleanor Guthry (Black Sails)

Asha Rahiro (Kubera One Last God) vs. Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The Administrator (Team Fortress 2) vs. Shadowheart (Baldur’s Gate 3)

Noi (Dorohedro) vs. Leopardstar (Warrior Cats)

Sue Miley (Your Turn to Die) vs. Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)

Juliette Cai (These Violent Delights) vs. Rat God (Mad Rat Dead)

Petra Solano (Jane the Virgin) vs. Kycilia Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam)

Franziska Von Karma (Ace Attorney) vs. Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Anne Boleyn (History) vs. Cinder Fall (RWBY)

Kokomi Teruhashi (Disastrous life of Saiki K) vs. Major Margaret Houlihan (M*A*S*H)

Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) vs. Enyo (Granblue Fantasy)

Claudia (Interview with the Vampire) vs. Essun/Syenite/Damaya (Broken Earth Trilogy)

Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke) vs. Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower (Bloodborne)

Entrapta (She-Ra & The Princesses of Power) vs. Ilsa Faust (Mission: Impossible)

Princess Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs. Dahlia Hawthorne (Ace Attorney)

Samantha Groves / Root (Person of Interest) vs. Charlotte “Lottie” Matthews (Yellowjackets)

Shanoa (Castlevania) vs. Sally Reed (Barry)

Evil Lynn (He-Man) vs. Makima (Chainsaw Man)

Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) vs. Raphaella La Coginzi (Doctor Carmilla & The Mechanisms)

Edalyn Clawthorne (The Owl House) vs. Yennefer of Vengerberg (The Witcher)

Toriel Dreemurr (Undertale) vs. Monaco (Hetalia: Axis Powers)

Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Carribbean) vs. Vala Mal Doran (Stargate)

Wanda Maximoff (MCU) vs. Adelina Amouteru (Young Elites)

Mapleshade (Warrior Cats) vs. Amy Dunne (Gone Girl)

Gertrude Robinson (The Magnus Archives) vs. Hornet (Hollow Knight)

Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) vs. PearlescentMoon (Double Life SMP)

Lady Bone Demon (Lego Monkie Kid) vs. Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson Series)

Jung Sun Ah (Devil Judge) vs. Muu Kusonoski (Milgram)

Romanadvoratrelundar (Doctor Who) vs. Electra (Starlight Express)

Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Akane Kurashiki (Zero Escape)

Wen Qing (The Untamed) vs. Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh)

Ponyo (Ponyo) vs. Renata Glasc (League of Legends)

Aubrey (OMORI) vs. Menou (The Executioner and Her Way of Life)

Olivia Octavius (Into the Spiderverse) vs. Anna Limon (Mabel)

HG Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. The Shapeshifter (Odd Squad)

Miles “Tails” Prowler (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Isabella (Promised Neverland)

Riley Grace Davis / Bonesaw (Worm) vs. The Fairy Godmother (Shrek 2)

Misty Quigley (Yellowjackets) vs. Nami (One Piece)

Olivier Mira Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Lucretia (The Adventure Zone: Balance)

#poll #tournament poll

[f-ferrari-forever]

Monte Carlo Simulation

(a model used to predict the probability of a variety of outcomes when the potential for random variables is present)

Or in other words—Elle’s birthday fic, based on a conversation we’ve had, that was supposed to be much longer than the little word dump it turned out to be. Happy birthday, Elle, @il-predestinato! 🎉

Summary:

“Don’t let him win,” Nico whispers in his ear.

Max’s blood boils.

For 1 millisecond, he holds that pole trophy in his hands.

For 1 millisecond, Charles starts P2 in Monaco.

For 1 millisecond, the curse reigns on.

Word count: ~800

“Don’t let me win,” Charles hisses in his ear. 

Max gulps, his grip on Charles’s waist tightening as he unconsciously draws his lover closer. Lando gives them a puzzled look, muttering under his breath since he, too, must get closer now to save what’s left of the front row photos.

Max ignores him. Afterall, that’s fixable within a ride back home and half a streaming session. Maybe less, if there’s food involved. The Charles problem, not so much.

The Monaco problem, really.

They weren’t even born when Hill overtook Alesi to claim the latest exciting win in the history of Formula 1. Everyone knows that in Monaco, qualifying is everything. You sell your soul to the gods of Monte Carlo on that very first day, all for the farce promise of a winning pole. A brilliant qualifier like Charles ought to have set some sort of record by now.

Max’s fingers twitch, his wandering eyes lingering on the navy blue of Charles’s race suit; the way it hugs his curves and edges, the Red Bull logo a prized jewel over the man's heart. A heart that still beats crimson for another, as loud and vibrant as the prancing horse’s neigh.

The Ferrari prince, kidnapped by the evil of the sport itself, held against his will as a second driver to its golden boy. 

They hold the entire grid behind instead. If Max wins a race, Charles claims the next. They’re a perfect diad, Max and Charles; a match so close that Lando finds it frightening—how well they complement each other. Challenge each other. Beat each other.

Charles won in Bahrain. Max won at Jeddah.

Charles won in Melbourne. Max won in Florida.

Charles won in Vegas. Max won in Spain.

Charles won at Imola. Max knows what’s coming.

Whit a shaky grin, he signs that stupid tyre for Britney of all people; Monaco’s new shining poster boy. Last he heard, a circuit official was barred from attending the launch party of some high-end fashion house.

No names were given. They didn’t have to.

“Don’t let him win,” Nico whispers in his ear.

Max’s blood boils.

For 1 millisecond, he holds that pole trophy in his hands. 

For 1 millisecond, Charles starts P2 in Monaco.

—

“Where exactly do you think you’re going?”

Max freezes in his tracks. Just moments ago, the Red Bull motorhome had seemed deserted, almost everyone being out for a lavish Monaco-style lunch somewhere downtown. Charles was supposed to do the honors. His fucking race engineer was definitely supposed to join him.

A warm hand grasps Max’s shoulder, friendly, yet resolutely clear in its message. 

Stop. Don’t do this. You’re being reckless. 

Sebastian's eyes twinkle with delight. He looks good in Red Bull blue—happier than he did in red; prouder than he did in green. He looks home.

“Uh,” Max stutters, schooling his face to appear casual. “You know, just checking in with Hannah, asking how school’s going for the kids—you know, the usual stuff.” 

“I do know, actually,” Sebastian drawls, luring Max away from the strategy team’s office, his other arm slowly curling around the Dutchman’s waist, fingers softly squeezing. Max feels trapped; like a kid whose more forgiving parent catches them trying to sneak out and then dotes on them, just to be sure. 

If he squints, Max thinks he could make out the little button he threatened to resign in order to have installed in his car. It has been there since the beginning of the season, just below the key reserved for GP, untouched, a crimson “S” hurriedly painted on it. “S”, for Sebastian. “S”, for sacred. “S”, for secret. “S”, for schatje. 

A direct line between Max and Charles’s race engineer, just in case. Max dreads the day he’ll inevitably have to use it.

“Let me tell you a story,” Seb says, sitting Max down with a gentle pull of the hand. “You do remember how I won my third title, don’t you?”

Max’s face falls. Seb's grin has suddenly lost some of its radiance.

—

“Fight me, chéri,” comes the garbled reply, that lovely, soft voice Max adores so much rough and impossibly loud in his ears. The red “S” blinks madly in his face, and Max deliriously thinks he is going to hurl Sebastian into the Red Bull pool tonight.

In his rearview mirror, he sees Charles approaching. The finish line up front. Their home is on the left; the harbor on the right. 

It’s the widest part of the circuit. It has to be. 

They cross the finish line side by side.

Max doesn’t even register when he gets out. All he knows is that Charles is by side as they watch the replay. When the photo finish is shown. 

All he knows is that Charles is crying in his arms.

After all this time, Monaco loves him back.

“I love you,” Max says. 

And that, at least, is always going to last.

#f1 rpf #lestappen #lestappen fic #f1 fic #f1 fanfic #pi finally posts about her fics on Tumblr

[sadboytournament]

SAD BOY TOURNEY ROUND ONE

Tagging in @character-of-all-time since I couldn't in the intro post! Here's round one of the sad boy tourney! I want a good, clean fight now, and may the saddest, wettest cat of a guy win

Hunter (The Owl House) VS. Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray dogs)

Nico DiAngelo (Percy Jackson series) vs. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment)

2D (Gorillaz) VS. Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Jackson Jackyll (Monster High) Evan Kelmp (Misfits and Magic: Dimension 20)

Matt Murdock (Daredevil) vs. Marius Pontmercy (Les Miserables)

Albert James Moriarty (Moriarty The Patriot) VS. Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

Kitsunami the Fennec Fox (Sonic the Hedgehog IDW) VS. Kaladin Stormblessed (Stormlight Archive)

Zappa (Guilty Gear) Vs. Ze’ev “Wolf” Kesley (Lunar Chronicles)

Shadow The Hedgehog (Sonic Franchise) VS. Doppo Kannonzaka (Hypnosis Mic)

Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) VS. Sev AKA 97!Psychic (Friday Night Funkin' Earth-97 AU)

Brad Armstrong (Lisa The Painful) VS. Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil 4)

Ivan (Alien Stage) VS. Tsumugi Aoba (Ensemble Stars)

Harrier DuBois (Disco Elysium) VS. Crona (Soul Eater)

Mycroft Canner (Terra Ignota) VS. FitzChivalry Farseer (Realm of the Elderlings)

Sunny (Omori) VS. Achilles (The Illiad)

Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS. Fuuta Kajiyama (MILGRAM)

Bonus match up: Harrier DuBois vs Idia Shroud

#sad boy tourney #tumblr polls #long post #the poll worker speaks #the owl house #bungou stray dogs #percy jackson series #crime and punishment #gorillaz #red dead redemption 2 #monster high #misfits and magic #daredevil #les miserables #moriarty the patriot #ace attorney #sonic the hedgehog idw #stormlight archive #guilty gear #lunar chronicles #sonic games #hypnosis mic #the magnus archive #friday night funkin au #lisa the painful #resident evil #alien stage #ensemble stars #disco elysium #twisted wonderland

[ultimateanthropoll]

Guaranteed Round One Slots:

In alphabetical order by series because that's how I have them organized:

Juan Carlos Bodoque - 31 Minutos (He always had a guaranteed spot)

Nico the Catboy - Adventure Time oc (Massacre Round Survivor)

Garfield the Deals Warlock - The Adventure Zone (Massacre Round Survivor)

The Empress - A Hat in Time (Massacre Round Survivor)

Haida - Aggretsuko (3 submissions)

Max Goof - A Goofy Movie (Massacre Round Survivor)

Louis - Beastars (5 submissions)

Boris the Wolf - Bendy and the Ink Machine/Dark Revival (Massacre Round Survivor)

Bandit - Bluey (Massacre Round Survivor)

Scias - Breath of Fire IV (Massacre Round Survivor)

Kabbu - Bug Fables (Massacre Round Survivor)

Chicory - Chicory a Colorful Tale (Massacre Round Survivor)

Crash Bandicoot - Crash Bandicoot (Massacre Round Survivor)

Ralsei -Deltarune (4 submissions)

Renamon - Digimon (2 submissions)

Duck - Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (Massacre Round Survivor)

Webber - Don't Starve Together (Massacre Round Survivor)

Mason - Duncan and Edddie (Massacre Round Survivor)

Erma Felna - Erma Felna: EDF (or Albedo Anthropomorphics but iirc they changed the series name) (2 submissions)

Meowscles - Fortnite (2 submissions)

Mother Glory - Friends at the Table (Massacre Round Survivor)

Geronimo Stilton - Geronimo Stilton (Massacre Round Survivor)

Basil of Baker Street - The Great Mouse Detective (Massacre Round Survivor)

Krteček - Krteček the mole (2 submissions)

Loona - Helluva Boss (3 submissions)

Bec Noir - Homestuck (Massacre Round Survivor)

Tarot - Housepets (2 submissions)

Master Tigress - Kung Fu Panda (5 submissions)

Mordecai Heller - Lackadaisy (6 submissions)

Xenia - Linux mascot (Massacre Round Survivor)

Nyanta - Log Horizon (Massacre Round Survivor)

Bugs Bunny - Looney Tunes (4 submissions)

Gia - Madagascar 3 (2 submissions)

Piglin - Minecraft (2 submissions)

Kermit the Frog - The Muppets (Massacre Round Survivor)

Nick Nocturne - Night Mind (Massacre Round Survivor)

Kajortoq - No Evil (2 submissions)

Mae Borowski - Night in the Woods (2 submissions)

Giovanni - Night on the Galactic Railroad (2 submissions)

Hajime Tanaka - Odd Taxi (Massacre Round Survivor)

Flioflop - Paranatural (Massacre Round Survivor)

Lord Arum - The Penumbra Podcast (Massacre Round Survivor)

Perry the Platypus - Phineas and Ferb (Massacre Round Survivor)

Lucario - Pokémon movie Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Massacre Round Survivor)

Death - Puss in Boots: the Last Wish (2 submissions)

Ratboy Genius - Ratboy Genius (Massacre Round Survivor)

Woodcutter Bear - Rhythm Heaven (Massacre Round Survivor)

Roger Rabbit - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Massacre Round Survivor)

Sly Cooper - Sly Cooper (2 submissions)

Red Savarin - Solatorbo Red the Hunter (Massacre Round Survivor)

Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog (2 submissions)

Gwen - Spiritfarer (Massacre Round Survivor)

Squidward Tentacles - Spongebob Squarepants (3 submissions)

Fox McCloud - Star Fox (2 submissions)

Wolfrun - PreCure (2 submissions)

Melody Amaranth - Super Lesbian Animal RPG (3 submissions)

Diane Foxington - The Bad Guys (5 submissions)

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen - The Cat Returns (2 submissions)

Prince Sidon - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2 submissions)

Jerry - Tom and Jerry (Massacre Round Survivor)

Captain Amelia - Treasure Planet (4 submissions)

Arte Fact - Webkinz (2 submissions)

Swampy - Where's My Water (Massacre Round Survivor)

Nick Wilde - Zootopia (He always had a guaranteed spot)

Bracket will be out shortly! Send your propaganda in now because it WILL influence the tournament.

#faq #also this isn't the bracket #I have a criteria for the bracket #i just haven't made it yet #nominations

[ladyblueberrymuffin]

In Which Percy and Nico Actually Talk About Their Feelings

I found him in the woods, by a big dark oak, readying his gear for capture the flag. He actually smiled when he saw me. That was new.

“Just like the good old days, huh, Percy?”

“Only this time we're playing on opposite teams.”

His grin turned impish.

“What do you think I was referring to?”

I laughed, and he laughed when I laughed. Has it really been so long? It feels like yesterday he was that hyperactive kid with the stars in his eyes. I didn't realize how much I missed seeing him like that—happy. Genuinely happy.

Maybe that's why I've been avoiding him all this time.

Laughter died in my throat, and he noticed.

“What's wrong?”

“Listen, I just wanted to say...” I rubbed the back of my neck. I was never that good at talking about feelings. “I'm sorry, Nico. For... not being there. I guess I wasn't ready for that kind of responsibility.” I sighed, feeling like something was pressing on my chest. “I've never had to... look after someone. I mean, I've had Tyson, but that's different. And now, with Estelle—“

He put his hand on my shoulder, stopping my rambling in it's tracks.

“Percy, it's fine.” He smiled. “Like, actually fine. You did look after me. Without you I'd never realize Minos was playing me. When Bianca died, you were the only person who comforted me. You rescued me out of Tartarus.” He looked me in the eyes, tilting his head, like he couldn't believe how stupid I was being. “Dude, you invited me to your birthday.”

I still couldn't shake the guilt off.

“That whole thing the arai showed you... I'm sorry for thinking that.”

His smile disappeared. “It's fine. I know I was an annoying kid.”

“Dude, I was an annoying kid! You weren't even half as obnoxious as I was when I was your age.”

Nico narrowed his eyes, a smirk tugging at his lips.

“I don't believe that.”

“My teachers hated me.”

“I know. Alecto complains about you a lot.”

Of course she does.

“This one time,” I whispered to him, like I was sharing some forbidden knowledge, “she sent me to the chalkboard, and she was getting so frustrated I couldn't solve the problem, she went 'Now, honey, that equation is so simple an idiot could solve it'.”

Nico nodded.

“And you turned to look her straight in the eyes and said, 'Then why won't you?'.”

My eyes went wide.

“She told you that?!”

“Hello, prince of the Underworld? There are no secrets I don't know about.”

I rolled my eyes. I suppose if any demigod deserved a boost to his self-esteem, it was Nico. Even if it made him a little smug.

“Look, point is, if you ever need to talk, I'm here, alright?”

He beamed at me, and his eyes looked shinier than before.

“I know.”

I smiled.

“Good.”

“There is actually something I wanted to tell you for a long time,” he said, his face turning serious.

I felt my body tensing up. If he was about to tell me he stumbled into yet another evil plot, I was making a formal complaint to the Fates.

“Shoot,” I said, feeling a little nervous.

“You're a son of Poseidon, right?”

I looked at him.

“Uhm... yeah, you know that, why?”

His eyes sparked mischievously.

“So... can you surf really well or not?”

“Oh my gods!”

“I'm curious!” He laughed, running off to his team. “By the way, we're gonna destroy you, straight boy!”

“Don't count on it, you little gremlin!” I yelled after him, my cheeks hurting from the huge smile on my face.

This is a fragment of a bigger fic I'm writing. It retells the story of Heroes of Olympus if some time traveler went back in time and stomped on a bunch of butterflies.

By which I mean some divergence points are wild. Piper had a Disney Channel show. And Leo has an even more tragic backstory.

I'm currently covering the events of The Lost Hero, but people liked my posts about Percy and Nico, so here's a sneek peek of stuff that I might never get to cover. This would take place after Nico's confession, which would also happen differently than in the book.

You can read it here.

#percy jackson #heroes of olympus #pjo #hoo #percy jackson and the olympians #nico di angelo #i just wish they freaking talked about their feelings for once #memoria damnata #writing #heroes of olympus fanfiction #percy and nico friendship

[thestarspangledcaptain]

Who/What I Will Write For!

Warning: Mini Essay Ahead

Please Note: If you are requesting, I would prefer if you gave me the desired pronouns for the reader/character!

What I Can / Would Be Comfortable Writing & Or What Topics I Will Cover:

AUs

Expansion of plot lines

Writing for established couples

Reader inserts

Y/N

OC

Any type of romance trope

Platonic relationships

Sibling relationships

Parent relationships (including certain characters as your parent)

Magical beings

Powers

One shots and multi part imagines

LGBTQIA + characters and readers

LGBTQIA + romance

Plot line changes, time changes

Non canonical couples

Canonical couples

Non canon friendships and canon friendships

Small age gaps (when writing for older characters I will made ages fitting with the character) ex: Tony stark. WARNING: If the age gap makes the characters have a legal adult and minor relationship (w the exception of a senior and junior in high school type of thing)

Certain characters (non lgbtq) in lgbtq relationships. For example Natasha Romanoff is a lesbian relationship.

Writings inspired by a song. (I have written work planned out already)

Any shapes and sizes

Angst

Fluff

More steamy scenes (prob up to third base

More serious topics I will cover:

Mental Illness (Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia)

Disabilities (From physical to internal)

Health Issues

Eating Disorders

Self harm

Suicidal thoughts / attempts

Dysmorphia and insecurities

Abusive relationships

Bullying

Surgeries

Fainting

Vomiting (due to ED or illness)

Death

(Car)Accidents

Hospitalization

Sexual assault and rape SURVIVORS and sometimes I may write about a character’s recovery and process of coping with something that traumatic

Therapy

Homophobia

Complicated relationships

Adoption

I will NOT Write anything (no hate to those who enjoy reading some of these things, I just personally would not enjoy writing it or be fully comfortable writing it):

Yandere

Furry related things

Omegaverse

I will absolutely NOT change the sexuality of a character if it is specifically stated (ex. Phastos from Eternals, Blaine Anderson, Kurt Hummel, Sebastian Smythe, Santana Lopez, America Chavez)

I will NOT write an age gap more than an absolute max of ten years

I will NOT romanticize things in the serious topics I will write for section. They are serious topics and things such as eating disorders are serious, they should not be romanticized. I write things with heavier topics to help people.

Absolutely NO rape scenes

Inappropriate relationships (college student and professor is an absolute no)

smut

I likely won’t redeem people if they’ve done something incredibly evil

Ok here we go! I apologize for the lack of alphabetical order

Avengers/Marvel:

I will for almost any character (mainly excluding some villains)

Any Peter Parker (just request which one you prefer)

X men

Disney:

The princes

Princesses

Big hero six (I will write for hiro exclusively platonically)

Glee:

From Og Cast up to season 4, including Sebastian smythe and warblers

No Sylvester, or schue romance

Harry Potter:

Golden trio

Weasleys

Draco

Cedric

Cho

Luna

Krum

Fleur

Oliver

Seamus

Neville

Young Marauders

Top Gun (+ TG Maverick):

Maverick

Iceman

Goose

Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood

Rooster

Hangman (I adore Jake seresin)

Bob

Phoenix

Coyote

Payback

Fanboy

Non Romantic character relationships I will write for in the Top Gun world:

Cyclone

Maverick

Penny

Admiral Cain

Admiral Warlock

Descendants:

Mal

Evie

Carlos

Jay

Doug

Ben

Jane

Lonnie

Audrey

Uma

Harry

Gil

Percy Jackson TO:

Percy

Annabeth

Grover

Luke

Clarisse

Nico

Tyson

Characters of the following actors (so if the listed actor portrayed a character I will write):

Grant Gustin

Chris Evans

Chris Pratt

Chris Hemsworth

Darren Criss

Dove Cameron

Scarlett Johansson

Emma Wattson

Jennifer Lawrence

Emma Stone

Margot Robbie

Glenn Powell

Sydney Sweeney

Andrew Garfield

I will update this list as I get reminded of more people. :) Have a great day, you are loved

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[wild-flowerhoney]

Hunger games: If your interested let's talk about fashion? What would everyone where to impress the capital?

Percy: Full on sea prince angle with him. Plus show off his tan skin and eyes. Make him hilarious but cute eye candy. When on stage Percy shows off his outfit and it glimmers from the stage lights like stars shining on the ocean.

Nico: Goes for the whole ruler of death angle. He looks like the spitting image of his father but with soft cat eyes of his mom. Full on black Greek outfit with regal cape. Gets a reputation of being incredibly beautiful but silent and awkward.

in my mind, percy starts out with the miner angle, coming from district 12. depending on if luke is his mentor, he'd definitely plan ahead with the stylist to add details that are really just a way to really push the angle of "here is what your precious government does. here is what the capitol lets them do". a government that is held up by past victors - that's a very different angle than the movie. the olympians are victors (through means i wont reveal yet as im still working on how and if to include this new angle or just make them plain old tyrants with a couple exceptions and make my life easier) but they also uphold the capitol's idea in this au, so don't be alarmed when this is referenced.

nico being from the first is obviously as luxurious as possible - black is the main colour but he's covered in gold details and precious gems.

they're both absolutely uncomfortable with it but so are the others - the capitol might see them as pretty but it's yet another way to strip them of identity and autonomy to make them 'palatable' (ive mentioned this a bit in the first post, when they joked about missing the bruises got in training and it really wasn't much of a joke at all. fighting is a tribute's life, the life of the people in the districts. cleaning them and changing it into an honour is the capitol's way to erase that.)

in short, they both hate the spectacle but it's a necessary evil.

#pjo #hoo #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson #nico di angelo #percico #percico hunger games au #pjo hunger games au

[joseopher]

Yo, I think we should as a fandom come up with more cool ship names. So far we mostly just have character names put together, which is awesome but I prefer the ones with cool hidden meanings:

Like:

Novacaine: Tristan x Callum (IT'S NAMED AFTER A DRUG!! DO YOU SEE MY VISION?? IT'S BRILLANT)

Idiot Princes = Gideon x Nico (No one has used this one so far but my friend suggested it and OH MY GOSH ISN'T IT AMAZING??? THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN CALLED IDIOT PRINCES AND NICO CALLS GIDEON IDIOT PRINCE AND JUST-JUST LOOK AT THEEEEM)

Kyd duo/kill your darlings duo = Nico x Tristan (Nico loves pet names and murdering Tristan, Tristan can't cope with affection in a normal way and loves being murdered, BOOM exactly who they are. IF THEY STOPPED MOPING AND FUCKED)

NOW I'M THINKING! HEAR ME OUT! For Ezra x Atlas maybe the ship name should be Beloved Nemeses?? I mean I just thought of it for a post and I was like, that kinda fits. Ezra's whole goal is to take Atlas down his former friend (but as we all know friends that do drugs together sleep together and it's cannon they did drugs, I'm just saying). Atlas keeps showing up to be like "Hiii Ezra, I'm here to gaslight you, please talk with me🙃". Also, Atlas is literally able to find Ezra in a very busy crowd, nearly instantly, despite everyone's thoughts constantly giving him headaches + No telepathic blocks can keep Atlas out of Ezra's mind, which honestly sounds like something only closet enemies and worst friends can do. Atlas also gets Ezra coffee (which people do on dates) and then basically says, "Your mom is dead" and triggers Ezra's trauma. Sounds like "TOP TWENTY DATE IDEAS TO GO ON WITH YOUR NEMESIS" to me.

It's obvious they still care about each other (in a twisted evil denial sort of way) but they also have to take each other down.

I give you: Beloved Nemeses

It's either that or tweed man x pile of ashes.

#Beloved Nemeses #atlas blakely #ezra x atlas #ezra fowler #the atlas six

[yonemurishiroku]

i know you said you haven’t figured out it out yet but i’d like to hear any thoughts or random ideas you might have abt nezha & nico, either in general or in the time travel verse 👩‍🏫

Wow I didn't expect someone would actually be interested in this... Well, all the more motivation to be enthusiastic, then. xD

You're right that I've yet to figure out their connection, however, I can tell a little about that that drew me to the idea of them in the same picture.

The first would probably be their characterization.

Both are painted in black and white, of kindness and the flaws within. Afaik, the whole thing about Nezha is that he's a naughty, carefree, uncontrollable menace yet also kind in his own ways. He did so many wrongs and he tried to do just as many rights to make up for it. It's similar to Nico, in the way that they are kind at heart, yet can appear evil in others' eyes for some reason. And yes, they both have committed conventional horrible. Hell, Nezha peeled off Ao Bing's spine or st. Would you look at that, Bryce?

Grudge-holding. Now, I'm not saying I fancy what Rick did to Nico's fatal flaw, but talking in canon here, Nico held his sister's death against Percy (and himself) for quite a while; whereas Nezha, having died and was reborn again, literally came fighting his father because the man ruined his temple, where his soul resided. Like. If that isn't one hell of a grudge then I don't know what is.

Their spirits, their willpower, the prowess they possess despite their young ages. They are both so fierce, unstoppable, and resilient. Nezha is portrayed as a literal child in Chinese mythology, but his story is one hell of a ride (ya know, with all the slaying dragons, carving up his own flesh...). Idk about you but it gives me an impression of how intense Nezha might be, which is quite a reflection of Nico's story and characterization. Because Nico is... extreme, too, and you can't possibly tell me Nico's life story, with all that Tartarus and torture in the jar, isn't a grand tale in its own way. Alas, against all odds, they both emerge victorious. I love them.

They're both freaking powerful too, btw. But again, I guess every mythological figure is powerful in its own way.

Idk about you but I think Nico and Nezha should be allowed to sit down together and trade gory, creepy, bloody stories about themselves just to scare everyone else.

2. Their backgrounds, their stories.

They both have daddy issues omfg. Nezha literally fought his father, who ruined Nezha's temple, to the point of interference from other deities. And while I love Nico and Hades's love with everything in me, they did have a strained relationship throughout PJO. Hades told Nico he would prefer Bianca over him, and later nearly fired a ball at him. If that isn't parallel I don't know what is.

Their mothers love them so much I'm crying. Nezha's mother, Lady Yin, carried him in her womb for years and built him a temple when he asked her in a dream. And I suppose we don't need to talk about Maria anymore.

They are both, technically, 'prince's LMAO. Nezha is known as the Third Crowned Prince (or whatever that is bc Chinese is so hard to translate into English omg) and Nico is well, Nico. Their fathers are both technically kings, as well. Hades because obviously, Li Jing is known as one of the Heavenly Kings. And if you really look into it, Nezha is a commander of Heaven's army, directly under his father, whilst Nico is the Ambassador of Hades. Wow.

They are viewed as awful in people's eyes but still took efforts to help. I'm gonna admit my viewpoint might be altered by the Nezha (2019) movie. Nonetheless, I find it quite interesting that Nezha and Nico, though being scorned and ostracized by their kind, ended up being their saviors. Nezha killed himself when the Dragon King threatened to flood his hometown, and Nico went such lengths to aid the Seven with their world-saving quests. This is also proof of their kindness, which I adore so much, btw.

Feud with the sea. Well maybe not feud in Percy and Nico's case. A sensitive topic. History, maybe? Lol. Anyway, the fact remains that both Nico and Nezha share an unpleasant history with a son of the seas. If you take Nezha (2019) into consideration though, they both make peace with said animosity too! xD

They both befriend their old enemies. I'm talking about Wukong and Bob. It's fascinating, in a way lol.

These are everything I can come up with so far... Huh. I didn't expect them to share so similarities... I'm serious about Nezha and Nico having a bonding session now. These two are deemed to be besties.

It doesn't need to be in the Time Travel AU. Nico crash-landed in China before, didn't he? Maybe, Idk, Nezha was sent to investigate, and they ended up friends because Nico is as social as a capybara and Nezha has all the purity and generosity of a carefree child who fears nothing.

...I'm so deep in this omg...  

Anw, if you want to share your Nico and Nezha content, I'm all ears!! xD

#nico di angelo #pjo #hoo #toa #yone rambling #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #nezha #nezha chinese mythology #time travel au #time travel #nico and nezha