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comradeboyhalo · 7 months

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I had wrote a post a month ago about q!Bad's role in the narrative, and I want to revisit it. (Full disclaimer, this is just Not Real. I'm analyzing mcrp like a conventional narrative for fun. There are no actual "roles": every character is a main character.)

The analysis had come after months of Bad being a large part of lore, but not a major player. The mysteries and missions he went on were never his own. He was known as a strong fighter, until the codes directed their attention at Etoiles. He was second place in the election. Characters would get kidnapped or given enigmas, and q!Bad always played support. At the time, we were all impatient that he had no special Federation plotline after months of arriving on the island (no shade to the admins here - we're not talking meta).

But that brings us to present day, and suddenly Bad has become a very proactive character. His kids are gone, he has a motive, and suddenly he's the one changing the story. In literature, there is the trope of a "passive character": one that is affected by the story, one who is led by the plot. q!Bad is certainly not this character anymore. Instead of letting the Federation set the scene, he takes a page out of their book. He kidnaps one of theirs. Instead of theorizing about a spy like he did months ago, he's now actively feeding information to others to find a puppet. His skin is deteriorating due to his self-inflicted punishment. There has been a spike in posts and tweets about how Bad did [x] to [y] character. And that's what I'm talking about: Bad is moving his own plot. He is now what others react to.

And still. This is not Federation-designed. This is all on his hands. It's very rare that QSMP characters are so untouched by the Federation. Many characters are punished by the Federation. Many characters discover a storyline tied to the Federation. Many characters are experiments of the Federation. Bad has none of this. And I'm not at all saying this is unique to Bad, or that Bad is the only one who's actively moving his own plot, I just think that this provides a really interesting insight to Bad's character. (Again: this is a NON-META analysis! Every creator writes/helps writes their own storylines).

He is an extremely insular character. The Federation only investigated him when he made himself too hard to ignore. Aside from that? They do nothing. Secret shulker boxes? They were tied to Cellbit's lore. The tickets? Everyone ended up getting one. Imprisonment? Okay, but only for 15 minutes. He remembers his backstory, he remembers his life before the island. While the Federation could have interfered anytime in his lifetime, he's over 11,000 years old. His core trauma stems from (presumably) Atlantis. None of that is connected at all to the Federation. Drop q!Bad in another server, and nothing about his backstory changes. The more I think about it, the more odd it strikes me that Bad is an original islander, and he is so untouched by the Federation.

So this brings us to Bad's biggest Federation tie, which are the emails from before the server started. And even then, it implies that Bad is not a worker or an experiment, but a guest. And a special one, at that. It's very hard to take the emails as any definitive evidence, but what stands out to me is this quote:

"We are seeking quotes for the purchase of 1393 muffins to satisfy the extra demand of our special guest."

Each word here is the Federation catering to the special guest. The Federation has been given a demand, and they are fulfilling it. They are the reactionary party here. They are not the ones pulling the strings. They are not penning this story. It is the guest who is doing so, and, in theory, q!Bad.

So we come back to the same conclusion. Perhaps this has always been Bad's "role" - the special guest of Quesadilla Island. Invited to sit at the table, but not to give a speech. Perhaps he just never is going to get that Federation-tailored storyline because he is not meant to. His story started in Atlantis and he will always be pushing forward his own already-established plot. The Federation is just another antagonist in an already long, long tale. Everything he does is self-inflicted. Doesn't it make sense if this applies to the narrative as well?

#qsmp #badboyhalo #analysis

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crookedkryptonitebeliever · 3 months

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what would make yves and montgomery go crazy? crazy in the sense of awooga wowowoa sexy hot and bothered yknow what i mean??? i bet it would take a lot to rile yves up but i would like to as a precursor to the tooth rotting sweetness of his love making! - 🌷

Tw: discussion about sex, dubcon

Montgomery is a horndog, he gets horny just about anything and would paw at you to get some juicy pussy, dick or nonbinary genitals. Just bat your eyelash or lack there of and there's already a banana in his pants. If you're dominant enough, stick a finger up his ass and he's going to cum buckets instantly, whimpering and crying on the ground.

It does depend if you're a dom or sub. If you're like the reader depicted in It Was Only Supposed to Be a One Night Stand series, he would act more like an obedient dog that is desperate for a release, yet sob in agony when he's overstimulated. He would cling onto your arm and look up to you with big, adoring eyes.

But if you're a meeker person though, he's going to be grabby, touchy and a piece of shit who wholeheartedly believes that you're simply playing hard to get and you secretly wanted him to insist harder.

For instance, when he's spooning you from behind at night, you can feel his hard member pressing up your ass. The only barrier between his dick and your hole are clothes. Montgomery would slide his hands down your pants and fondle you until he eventually falls asleep. Your 'no' means 'yes please, take me now and don't stop' at worst, 'definitely later' at best.

If you don't like penetrative sex, he's more than happy to use his tongue. For a tall guy, he sure loves to make himself a lot shorter, usually to your crotch level.

Even your scent gets him aroused. The only difference is that he will act upon it if you're a sub, he will wait for your touch if you're a dom.

On the other hand, You have to go through a ninja-warrior-esque obstacle course to get some from Yves. You have to technically act as the "man" for a bit, planning dates, trying to pay things out of your pocket, being extremely attentive to him and generally be super romantic. In other words, attempt in your own way to match up to what he brings to the table, have a binder full of his information, log his habits, take note of what he likes, etcetera etcetera.

Try your best to make it an elaborate surprise, but he will know about it anyway because he's Yves. The more effort you put into this wonderful gesture for Yves, the more likely he is going to initiate sex. However you're going to have to be patient, you're going to have to check yourself.

If you're too pushy and borderline coercing him to have sex with you, he's going to be upset and tell you off. All of your work would have been for nothing if he thinks you're doing this to get some dick.

If you're too passive, Yves will not reward you with lovemaking. But he will still remain the same affectionate and caring man.

His willingness to bed you will come unexpectedly, usually during times where you're kind and loving towards him without expecting anything in return. Your intent and motive matters very, very much, you can't lie about it because Yves can see right through you.

To you, it's like a random event. You cannot predict when Yves is going to indulge you in his sexual proclivities, there is no rhyme or reason to it. But if you pay close attention, it usually happens when you're doing things out of love for him or from the kindness of your heart.

It is highly unlikely he will agree to sex if you explicitly ask. It does happen, but it's rare. You still don't understand what factors control the outcome.

You could get it as much as you want only if you share the same views on sex as him. But if you truly share the same opinion, you wouldn't want to participate as much in the first place. Yves sees it as something tremendously sacred and special, it shouldn't be done too frequently lest it loses its significance.

However, if you have depraved fantasies you would want to fulfil, he will play the part and let you experience your own heaven and his personal hell once. Just once. And never again.

Overall, both have very different ideas on sex. Personally, I think Yves would be a much better candidate. He respects your space, but he expects the same respect for his boundaries in return.

If you're more sexually charged though, Montgomery would be a nicer fit. He never seems to run out of spunk and could go at it for days.

#yandere #yandere x reader #yandere oc #yandere male #yandere concept #tw yandere #yandere x you #yandere oc x reader #male yandere oc x reader #oc yves #oc Montgomery #tw sex mention #tw dubious consent

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stella-lesair · 1 year

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Ranger's Apprentice Charcters at an annual family gathering

(yes, they are all a family now)

Will and Gilan: The cousins that pretend to not have seen each other for a year. In reality, they see each other at least twice a week. They greet each other extremely loud and hit each other on the backs in a way that leaves marks. After that, they run around, do impressions of other family members, or get up to other shenanigans.

Horace: Without fail, he's somewhere near the cake buffet. He talks with everyone near him, gives ratings on the different cakes, and after his latest victim left, he turns to Sandra and Pauline and asks how he is related with that person

Pauline and Sandra: They chat the whole time and agree on pretty much every topic. They also do the passive-aggressive children comparing (i.e. 'My son just graduated and started a business. What's your kid up to?') They always say they should meet up and chat more, but never do so.

David, Arald, and Duncan: As soon as the evening comes around, they're the dads that go BBQing outside. With a beer in hand, they will chat while making actually pretty decent food. Also, they will BBQ every year without exceptions. They don't care if there's a blizzard. It's just some cold water after all, that can't stop them. Also, Gilan and Will occasionally try to sabotage them, which always ends up being entertainment for all. The three also insult each other heavily, but brush it off like it is nothing.

Cassie and Alyss: From afar, they just look like two friends getting along splendidly, chatting away about their hobbies. In reality, they are not talking about their hobbies. Stories about local murders, rape, and breakup gossip get shared like they are conversations about the weather. If you don't need a therapist when walking away from their conversation, you are incredibly lucky.

George: He does not want to be there, he just has so much work to do. He just sits in a corner and is on his phone.

Crowley: He's that uncle with the mission to talk with everyone. He's always cheerful, can merge into any conversation (even Cassie and Alyss') and shares the gossip within the family. He also organises the family gatherings each year.

Halt: He 'hates' the family gatherings with a burning passion. He secretly does enjoy them, but he's got a reputation to live up to. Pauline knows of this, so she 'drags' him along to every meeting. Once they arrive, Crowley immediately starts talking to him and making him join him on his mission. On some occasions, Halt tries to stop Gil&Will's shenanigans, on other occasions, he helps them with them. Their suspicion towards him is one of his joys at this event.

Jenny: She brought the food. Afterwards she just kind of wanders through the room doing everything and nothing at the same time. Once the dads start to BBQ, she sometimes joins them, bringing them spices and such to improve their food. They don't really use them, saying that the way they've always been making the meat is just fine. Jenny is always a little disappointed by that.

Malcolm: Due to his work, he's only rarely at a family gathering. But when he is, he stations himself at one table and does not stand up until the whole event is over. In ways unknown to the rest of the family, he manages every single time to get to Will abandon his jokes, and sit down with him and listen patiently. Some family members (Halt) have been trying to find out how Malcolm does it for years now, but to no avail.

Erak: He's not part of the family, yet he shows up every year. For a very long time, most didn't even know his name, or what made him show up for the first time at the gathering. After 7 years, Arald randomly says in a conversation that he was the one that made Erak join them. When asked why or from where they knew each other, he responded with: 'From nowhere. He just walked by while Duncan, David, and I were outside at the BBQ. I saw him, offered him a beer, and he joined us. Got no idea where the fella exactly came from, but he's a cool guy, in'he?'

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snowthornes · 10 months

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➸ Avriel | @uroboros-if

✦ Moment of Creation 🍂

In the all-encompassing cradle of the universe, Avriel came into existence within the embrace of light. They first felt pain. The universe wracked every thread of their existence with the agony of every being, all at once — then soothed the fractures left behind with the love of all that ever was and ever will be. Upon his first time laying eyes on another being, he attempted to replicate her smile. The first... emotion he ever felt in the waking world was curiosity.

✦ Pieces of a Soul 🍂

➸ Avriel stands at 5'9. He sits with his knees curled against his chest whenever he can get away with it, making him appear to be smaller than he actually is. 🍂

➸ He can be quite contradictory in the sense that while he approaches the world with an unrelenting — sometimes reckless — optimism, he’s always very surprised whenever someone seems to enjoy or even want his company. Years of subtle, minor, rejections have trailed him since his creation, as if the waking world was determined to wear him down little by little. As a result, he has a severely low view of himself when it comes to his worth as a friend or as company.

Despite that, he persists with dogged optimism and continues to seek out the company of other beings. He keeps trying, keeps hoping, but he never really… expects to actually get anything back. 🍂

➸ Rarely holds grudges. He could be called forgiving at best, and overly passive at worst. 🍂

➸ Not one to hide his emotions, he often speaks without thinking. Fortunately, for what he lacks in tact, he makes up for in intuition. He’s quick to sense the emotions of others, including discomfort or distress, and will immediately back off and apologize if he feels he was the cause. He’ll attempt to make amends, but whether he's successful or not is a different matter. 🍂

➸ Avriel loves to dance! He started learning when he was young and picked up different styles by observing other mortals and deities, though Rafaele was also a very willing (and delighted) teacher. Would be all for dipping his dance partner in a dance! In fact, it's at the top of his bucket list! 🍂

➸ Has a sword he often uses in his dances. Avriel picked up sword dancing when he was young. Years of diligently honing his skills in the art have made him skilled in the dance of the sword, able to move his body and blade with the lightness of a swallow. 🍂

➸ Like most beings, Avriel has his personal preferences. He particularly likes eating meat. His favorite flower is the Krio firosafa. Delicate and enduring, they are often overlooked because they are always there, as if there would never come a day when the streets would truly lay bare of them — Avriel thinks there is much worth treasuring in that. 🍂

➸ Extremely affectionate. He makes it incredibly obvious when he's happy to see someone, whether platonic or romantic, and will perk up with sparkling eyes upon seeing them approach. Loves pestering friends once they've gotten close enough — a befriended (or romanced!) Ciocana may find that a happy and secure Avriel can be even more of a menace than they are. Although he would settle down somewhat when with a more reticient friend, content to accompany them in quieter activities. As long as he's given a sense of security and acceptance, Avriel is happy to follow their lead.

It's uncertain what the ettiquette is in Galaio in regards to skinship, but if Avriel were a being in the modern world he would be the type to affectionately link arms with his friends or drape himself over their shoulders. 🍂

➸ Becomes quiet and subdued when upset. It is rare that something affects him to this extent, but when it does, he shuts down like a flower withered in winter. There is an off-putting silence in his expression, in his downcast eyes. It is best not to leave him alone when in this state. 🍂

➸ Is very active, and prefers to take the longer, more creative route rather than simply using the streets. He often climbs, leaps, and bounds his way around Lucidio in an effort to add some fun to his hectic yet rather repetitive schedule. It works, most times! He appears to be drawn to high places, and can often be seen crouching on a pillar or making himself at home on a roof. 🍂

➸ Is actually quite content with his current life. While he’d probably definitely fall over from shock and joy if he got even a single offering from a mortal, his lack of power or recognition isn't something that weighs on his mind, not anymore. He’s long come to terms with his status and makes the best of it — though the mockery occasionally thrown at him still affects him.

Although it would be nice if the world wouldn’t look upon him so harshly, Avriel’s dearest wish is to have meaningful relationships with other beings — bonds where he can safely go to them and know that they want him there. If he were able to have such relationships one day… well. Who could ask for anything more? 🍂

➸ His fathers are his anchors. Avriel is a being who thrives off love and attention; his fathers have always given him the steadfast, unwavering love and acceptance that the world so often withheld from him. Even now, he actively seeks out them out when the endless streams of errands in Lucidio start to make him feel a bit too lonely, a bit too isolated. He adores their frequent visits very much, and is always noticeably livelier than usual for a few days afterwards. Avriel loves them dearly. 🍂

✦ Height Chart

✦ Afterword from Distant Lands

You’ve reached the end of this monstrously long post. Congratulations! You survived 😌✨ I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to see this little person that I made, so. Thank you. Thank you very much. Ahead is an afterword elaborating a little more on the background of Avriel’s relationship with the others. I tried to make it short, but… it appears I’m not very good at this short and sweet thing. 🫡

When I started forming Avriel, I wanted to make it clear that he had imperfections of his own. He has qualities that will make him clash with the other characters of Uroboros — at the beginning, anyway.

(In case you missed the link at the top of the post, Avriel is my MC for Uroboros by @uroboros-if !)

Due to his passive tendencies and his subconscious wish to preserve the “peace” that he has carved out for himself, Avriel will initially be extremely wary of Alessi and everything they stand for. The fall of the reign of the gods? He really doesn’t like the sound of that. But passive he may be, Avriel carries a heart that stubbornly longs to love the world and all its beings. The things Alessi will show him may just break Avriel out of the passive shell he's unknowingly created 🫡 I’m looking forward to seeing how they will clash and develop together in the future.

Avriel will have to look past the lens of his hero worship for Luciel in order to truly understand the person they are — imperfections and all. Though come what may, you can rest assured that Avriel will always be Luciel’s number one supporter! But to close that distance between them, Avriel will have to do his part and understand that putting the other person on a pedestal will only do more harm than good to a relationship.

His relationship with Luciel is inspired by the ‘looking’ scene with them. I imagine Avriel halting in place and staring Very Starry-eyed at Luciel during the times he meets them as the text from the Looking scene skitters through his head at the speed of light, a scenario I find extremely funny and will hold onto till the day I die. The MC talks about Luciel’s eyes and kindness a lot, and I took that fact and ran with it.

Salvatore… Avriel's relationship with him is quite complex. I’ll wait to see how future chapters develop before I write more about their relationship. However, I will say that I pounced on these paragraphs from the game to use as a foundation:

He opens and closes his mouth, tasting the words on his tongue before deciding. "Please, let's speak another time! I wish to hear more from you." You see a glimpse of his younger self—Salvatore from a bygone era, when things seemed less complicated, less troubling. You think time has robbed him a part of his spirit. He has become busy. So very busy.

I suppose I felt a faint sense of regret from that last paragraph. The regret of standing before a person once so very close to you, and now so changed. For the better, most people would say, but Avriel secretly wishes that Salvatore could have stayed as happy and carefree as in the past. Though Avriel doesn’t really know that. He’s not one for introspection. He just feels very complicated whenever he meets Salvatore, though he still does his best to regale the deity with comedic retellings of his errands in Lucidio. Just to make Salvatore laugh.

As for Ciocana, I’ll also wait to see how future chapters develop before further shaping his relationship with Avriel. I feel that Ciocana has a lot of hidden depth that we have yet to see. But going off of initial impressions alone, I can say that Avriel definitely had a very good first impression of the other deity. It was an instant squish, if you will. Avriel’s boundless energy syncs quite well with Ciocana’s mischief, and if given enough time to develop, I feel their dynamic has the potential to become the “ride or die (enthusiastic)” kind. 🫡✨

Aaand, that’s all. Thank you for reading this far (again). If you've somehow managed to read this far, then 💐🥺💍hand in marriage pls. Avriel was a joy to create, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how he develops in the future. The world within Uroboros is so wonderfully crafted, its characters so vividly alive; Avriel would not have existed without it. I’m very grateful to the author for sharing their world with us. Thank you. Have a very good day, and may you all have as much fun writing and creating your characters as I did!

➸ Picrew:

#uroboros if #deity of eternity #uroboros mc #me (staring intensely through a microscope): do you hide great emotional turmoil. do you carry a heavy resentment even you are not aware of #avriel: :3 ?#they never tell you how hard it is to write an optimistic himbo character that grew up under awful situations #it's hard to keep that balance of cheerful himbo-ness and Emotional Angst #because no matter how well adjusted they may seem #those extremely Not Good experiences STILL happened #and are still happening #and that has to affect them in some way #i have so many scrapped drafts of a much more angsty avriel rotting in my google doc #avriel is still very much a mystery to me #this post is so monstrously terribly long ack #i don't know how That happened i'm so sorry #anyone who actually made it through this entire post is a warrior frfr #im kissing your foreheads #mwah mwah mwah #i haven't written anything that wasn't an essay or reflection paper for school #for like four years #so i may have COUFGH gone a little overboard COUGH COUGH COUGHF #ah and if you've seen avriel's character track sheet on discord before #i've revised it a few times since then!#aspen's blorbos.txt #oc stuff #interactive fiction

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butleroftoast · 7 months

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Word Association Headcanon

Despite his bordeline obsessive desire to obtain it, Morris isn't used to actually having money. When his adventures result in him collecting any gold, he'll usually hoard it, although sometimes he might treat himself to some real food not foraged from waste heaps. On one occasion he even bought himself new clothes.

He rarely visits taverns outside of adventuring requirements, and when he does he won't drink, only pocket unattended food. Mostly Morris is a belligerent drunk, anyway (one of several reasons he almost invariably remains teetotal) - although one time in a hundred he will just drunkenly share boring rat facts with anyone who'll listen.

Speaking of, he's not bad at sewing. Living with rats, you learn how to patch up the holes. His clothes still look ragged from their scavenging for nest materials, though, and since he doesn't have access to Prestidigitation or an unpolluted river, they're not exactly clean. Every now and then, however, he will cast Create Water to stock up his drinking water supply, and if even he is beginning to notice the smell he will rinse his clothes in the excess.

(He could ritually cast Purify Food and Drink, saving a spell slot, but that isn't as much of an issue in daily life, and besides, he can't get the spell to work on the city river; apparently the Weave doesn't class sewer water as "drink".)

The other several reasons are a general dislike of the sensation and taste (with one or two exceptions) and his extreme aversion to having an unclear mind, or otherwise not being in control of himself. This is also why he hates any form of telepathy (that, and he thinks it's just plain rude to talk in someone else's head unannounced, you don't know what they were doing in there). Anyone casting Sending on Morris hoping for a reply just wasted a spell, or, if they're lucky, will have their 25 words replied to with something monosyllabic (or on an especially good day, "get out of my head").

The one exception is Beast Bond. Morris only used it after obtaining Fishstinky's consent, and even then he would prefer talking normally using Speak With Animals, but it does prove useful guiding the rats away from danger in a sticky situation.

He tries not to get too attached to individual rats, as they're prone to dying or losing their spot in the colony hierarchy, which puts Morris's own complicated position in jeopardy if he maintains a close bond with them after they've fallen. Once again, Fishstinky is an exception. Morris watches him bully his way into an alpha position, and then bully the other rats into accepting Morris, which does not come naturally to them. He transforms Morris's relationship with the colony from tentative truce to firm alliance, after which they develop an especially close working relationship, even friendship. Later, when Fishstinky starts showing his age, Morris doesn't stop a new rat assuming leadership in his place, whom he happily works with, but he does continue to take particular care of his elderly friend.

To elaborate on Morris's standing within the colony: to them, he is in an awkward spot between alpha and beta rat, made even more complicated by the fact that he personally would rather just chill with the gamma rats. They also find it disturbing that he can only be the "right" shape for two hours per day (and that's assuming he doesn't need to wildshape for other, non-rat-related reasons).

Basically, he promises never to challenge or undermine Fishstinky's authority on the sole condition that Fishstinky always does what he says. Since keeping the rats safe is his primary concern, their interests usually align and the balance works.

(Do I regret choosing the name "Fishstinky" yet? Maybe.)

To do this, Morris does have to show confidence and assert his position. No self-respecting rat would listen to him otherwise. It would amaze any humanoids who've met him - who've seen how withdrawn, passive and taciturn he is - to watch him showing the more boisterous rats who's in charge, but he does actually seem to have some small, very well-hidden talent for leadership, being firm but fair.

(To Morris, it's not so strange. He's always been sure of himself, it's just what he's sure of is that he's an unlikeable bastard. He also shows more confidence and assertion when alone with a lover he genuinely trusts and cares for, though they are few and far between [currently limited to one, in fact].)

The rats have invented a new term for Morris's peculiar role in their colony. He has no idea how to translate it into the common tongue. The closest he can get is "aberration [affectionate]".

(Aberration? Ow, quit hitting me, I'll stop.)

#druid pol morris #''oh tozby you really weren't kidding about having a lot of time to kill in hotel rooms huh''

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summersmithlatinxgyatt · 3 months

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Childrick of Mort has got to be one of the worst episodes of Rick and Morty, solely because of the choppy character writing. This level of writing rarely appears, with the only example of this inconsistency I can think of being ‘Vindicators 3’ (sorry to any fans of that episode) It seems like to get Rick and Beth development (and even Jerry development), we had to give up any semblance of Summer and Morty’s character

Summer HAS been cynical to Jerry before, but she is so cynical for no reason in this episode. Meanwhile, Morty is reduced to a spineless child who only cares about gaming

A few notes I can give this episode

I actually didn’t mind Jerry. I’m not the type to completely hate him, but the problem is how they have to alter everyone else’s character

Beth squealing was also a cute note

The design of the little Rick and Gaia kids was also something small I liked

Overall, I did like Beth and Rick in this episode, but the pacing of this whole episode was extremely quick for my liking. Plus, I liked how they acted more in the first half. The second half feels so discordant and all over the place

The fight Rick has with…a literal god, isn’t that bad. I actually liked that they cut the music, made it feel more awkward in a good way

I will not just talk about Summer in this episode because they butchered Morty in this episode. Summer’s love for drugs and getting high is something I mentioned once, because they actually hinted at it in ‘Pickle Rick’. Any hate for her family is not connected to getting high, it’s something she merely wants to explore. As a result, basing herself around wanting to get drugs misses the whole point, especially when she goes off on Jerry because of it

The fact Morty can’t simply reverse-engineer the ship or Summer didn’t help other than getting high was so…out of character. They’re actually smart characters who could stand there own when it comes to these kinds of situations. While Morty knows about these space adventures, Summer is perfect for surviving apocalyptic or similar events. That’s why she’s consistently good at them. Furthermore, these situations need her to be there for her family. Completely tearing apart other people does nothing for her or their survival

The only times that Summer also goes wild on Jerry is when he’s directly using her love for the family as a manipulation tactic. You can argue that Jerry did it here to make himself feel important, but this is a passive and consistent part of his character. This is unlike ‘Look Who’s Purging Now’, where he specifically uses memories from her childhood to make her give him money.

The dialog is so on the nose that it’s counter-intuitive. If they just wanted Morty and Summer to be an afterthought, it really shows. Why bother at all when they both blurt out “Wow gaming/drugs are fun” or “This reminds me of my game/bong”.

Oh, and they just HAD to throw in one incest joke (two but I’m referring to one that Summer tells Morty). I was hoping I could call this the worst episode that doesn’t involve incest (because wow we have several to choose from), but since it’s not a plot theme, I might give it the title

Morty also seemed so meek and spineless, the way he also just wants to play games. Considering this is season 4, this feels like a trait that shouldn’t have popped up once more. At least with Summer we get hints that she loves smoking (Tricia’s bong ooo her future wife’s bong ooo) but again, it never gets in the way of family or is BECAUSE she hates her family. She doesn’t! That’s one thing the show keeps getting wrong when they write Summer. She loves her family because she’s the one who has to keep it together after nearly losing them from something she thought was HER fault (now that I think about it, that’s probably a trait that parallels Rick). She was just so pissy and quick to give up or give in, too. Where’s that version of Summer who’s tough as hell and wants to make sure everything goes right?

If this were more accurate, she would’ve reprise a role similar to GoTron, wherein she’d help out with building the city. Instead, that role goes to Beth. Morty also didn’t have any real traits. He’s just spouting science jargon sometimes which contradicts how he ends up acting

While writing this I also realized that Jerry consistently thrives in environments removed from usual societal norms or any structure. Curiously, he shares this with his dismantling apocalyptic daughter!

All in all, this episode is heavily weighed down by how they butcher Summer and Morty. It may not be the worst episode of the show, but it’s in my top fives. Quickly, my list for the worst in no particular order so far:

-Childrick of Mort

-Vindicators 3 (fucking awful pacing, basic character dynamics and conflict, some of the worst dialog ever written for Rick)

-Final DeSmithation (you know why.)

-Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri (the second worst cold opening besides Rickdependence Spray, this episode felt pretty pointless and forgettable. This is the one episode whose season I cannot remember every time)

-Rickdependence Spray (you know why.)

#rick and morty #rick and morty episode review #summer smith #summer #morty smith #hyperfixation

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ganymedesclock · 2 years

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Okay @ruthlesslistener I promised I’d get you back for the good meta so, Pale King emoting and body language headcanons, here we go! This is just sort of a disorganized ramble but I didn’t want to make it a bullet list due to its long-windedness.

I think he ends to leave an extremely aloof/deadpan impression on people thanks to his monotone whisper-voice that only very rarely cracks into a genuine emotion,

(and it does crack when he does that; he just does not have a smooth voice. Though, uh, hesitate to rush to make fun of it because part of why it’s so rough and echoing and bizarre is because wyrms use sonar. He can kill a mundane bug and stun a large creature at close quarters by ‘shouting’)

but his actual poker face is, ironically, terrible. The fact that he has basically no experience with wyrms or ex-wyrms and little self-awareness of what wyrm physiology or quirks tend towards means that he basically only hides his emotions by a fortuitous combination of that he tries to shame and/or rationalize himself out of having them in the first place (thus, suppressing his body language as much as possible) and that his social cues are alien to others.

When I’m writing him, I tend to take a lot of inspiration from a cat in terms of facial expressions. He stares a lot, often without obviously blinking; he has a notable prey drive that even if he’s not hungry or intending to hunt means he tracks fast objects and his response time is nightmarishly swift.

Since anatomically he’s almost nothing but spine all the way down, he’s extremely bendy and even kinda compresses by settling onto himself most of the time; his canon sprite is small but he can stretch out or periscope up on his coils to about Lurien’s body length. Pre-fall of Hallownest PK finds this absolutely mortifying and limits himself extremely to highly constrained movements any time he’s not in a life-or-death fight; both “not king yet” PK and RFR-timeline postgame PK do it a lot more, especially the latter after he cuts his robes and basically gives up on keeping his weird shrimp body out of people’s attention.

His face is almost entirely a rigid, inflexible plate. His eyes can blink and squint and such but even so, some of the way they blink is unsettling; he has three separate eyelids. I stand by the headcanon that his actual ‘mouth’ and jaw (complex pedipalps/mandible array with lots of rasping blades and little sharp stuff) is tucked under the point of his ‘face’. Opening his jaw fully means that his eyes are stuck pointed up at the ceiling and away from whatever he’s biting, but his wyrm self had the same problem basically all the time. His mouth assembly is highly dexterous and can operate by feel just fine.

Because of this whole de-emphasized face, he’s actually a lot easier to read if you know the tricks to look for. He talks with his body language more than anything facial and the former recontextualizes the latter. Squinting can be like a happy blink from a cat- “guard down, I’m comfortable,” or it can be an expression of contempt, and that contempt can be passive smugness or it can be “you are seconds from death”.

Happy blink PK is going to be otherwise relaxed and usually won’t have his face/eyes pointing straight at whatever he’s with; if he’s super relaxed he’ll unspool from his tense posture and spread out bit by bit, like how a very relaxed hamster will go flat as a pancake. Pretty much the only person who has this privilege reliably is White Lady, where half the time they’re together and not busy he’ll just be somewhere in the same space as her either with his back facing her or completely sprawled out somewhere near her “feet” (where her roots meet the ground- he likes to feel the pulse of energy flowing around there, it soothes him instinctively)

Preening/arrogant PK tends to have his head lofted; he’ll also relax there, but stay upright and the relaxation is basically patronizing whoever he’s talking to rather than a gesture of trust. His body is more tense and able to respond; which works as he is often arrogant in combat.

A pissed off PK is distinct from the others in that his head stays down the entire time and tends to make very unbroken eye contact with whatever the source of his anger is. If he’s sitting straight the hostility is still theory and not ‘practice’; if he’s hunched forwards towards a more horizontal / (all ‘sixes’) pose then he may or may not actually be about to follow through but he is probably thinking about what your entrails would taste like.

Progressively in RFR PK’s body language opens up a lot more and he starts making more casual gestures with his posture and with his hands especially. He also starts using face journeys as a form of communication (e.g. making eye contact with someone, looking at a second person, and then back to the first with a fractional eye-widening = ‘get a load of this guy’).

He does all of this without thinking about it and actually is mortified to have attention drawn to it long after he’s entrenched this as a habit. Now all of Hallownest knows you have feelings, shrimp. You have failed.

#Hollow Knight #Pale King #readmore #some of this is repeating older posts but it's good to do that from time to time

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zoroara · 1 year

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For the headcanon ask game for Fran/Flan, Caladrius, and/or Lancia! Course, you can pick and choose which you'd like to answer for :D

🥇 - A headcanon about what they're best at 🍫 - A headcanon about food 💤 - A headcanon about their sleep 🏳️‍⚧️ - A gender headcanon

I hope you enjoy ^^

Oh the fool you are thinking I will pick and choose. It's Ironically easier for me to do them all than sitting there to decide. So lets get to it shall we?

Okay for Fran

The thing Fran is best at? Well other than getting on people's nerves- He's actually really good at the jobs the Varia gives him, being perfect in stealth and trickery. But instead if your were to ask him he'd instead just say he's very good at pranks. and, well he isn't wrong.

Fran isn't actually all that picky though he does tend to take his food away from the table to eat. He's used to being alone a lot of the time so when he can get away with it he takes his plate with him an eats in silence. Since a good portion of time people are distracted at least when he's over at the Varia it's one of the few times he can get some fucking quiet.

Since Fran has passive illusions that he needs to keep in check I don't think it'd be a surprise that if he's deeply dreaming or having a nightmare that things from said dream get illusioned into reality. Thankfully both groups he stays with have very strong illusionists that can correct it when this happens, but the Varia had to once deal with water up to their waists and monetary negotiations with Mammon at the same time because of it.

Next Gender! Well here's the interesting thing, I think Fran has as much gender as mammon as in like none. But he also just doesn't have any preferred pronouns, so when people say "he" he just goes "Oh guess I'm a he rn" He would likely have the same thought process if any pronoun was used to refer to him, but because most people just use he since he never said anything about it.

I'll do Lancia next just cause I want to organize Canons first and then OCs last in these asks.

We'll need to get fighting out of the way, the poor man got turned into a mind controlled weapon over it, of course that's one of the things he's best at. But in terms of non-combat he genuinely seems like he's good with people when he's finally allowed to relax and chill.

You know it's kind of hard, I imagine that because of what he was forced to do he had to learn to not be choosy when it comes to what he got, since given the circumstances (Looks at the fact his entire family is dead because of him among other things) He probably happily accepts anything given to him. He probably cried the first time he was given a home cooked meal after that time.

Probably an infamously light sleeper, probably on guard a lot and easily has nightmares about the times he's been mind controlled. He probably rarely has any good sleep since that time. Even long after it's been over.

He's definitely a dude but he is extremely gender. I don't think there's a lot going on there other than being just some guy. Got some great vibes though. good presentation.

And finally Caladrius

He's great at pattern analysis and has very quick reaction time. Which while very useful in battle he actually just uses more often to break highscores in the local mall's arcade. He and Squalo don't know it but they have a rivalry for keeping the first place spot on all the cabinets there for the same reason.

Cal really really can't stand if a food has an off flavour. It's made him extremely good at cooking because he can taste minute differences but trying to serve him anything is a nightmare. Thankfully he's very polite about it and will typically bring his own food.

Cal is an incredibly deep sleeper but has trained to wake up by the specific sound that the alarms that play at the archives. You cannot wake him up any other way. God himself could come down with a clap of thunder and it would not wake him but the moment that alarm sounds? he's out the fucking door fully dressed in seconds.

Gender! What gender! Who fucking knows Cal won't tell me. I only know he has he him pronouns. Is he a trans man? a butch Lesbian? something else? I don't know. He simply is. Does he know? Probably. But good luck getting the answer.

#khr #katekyo hitman reborn #Fran #Lancia #khr ocs #Caladrius #headcanons #asks #ask game #character questions

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Fanservice Paradox

What I Liked

hhhh the romance concept of pts and fjx is rly rly right up my alley, philosophy×mathematics with the core of "true self", it rly... rly ticks all my boxes. how do i describe itttt its like, its like... basically, the pursuit of truth is the most romantic of all lmao its like how i think that physics is inherently romantic, philosophy and math are like that too. basically. i love the abstract metaphors and the in-character but non-public knowledge allusions, they way they integrate and make parallels of each other in their own fields of study (moon of entelecheia, point on the number axis). ngl i didn't expect this kind of thing in my idol-setting showbiz wn.

i feel like pts and fjx rly embody the quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction". pts didnt hate fjx himself but hated how passive he seemed despite being at the eye of a storm of rumors, and fjx avoided him bc it’s his natural reaction to someone who doesn’t like him. but at the core they have similar values and outlooks in life, just different ways of going about in preserving them. so once the ice between them starts to melt into warmth, it's rly... fairly easy for them to fall for each other.

i love how zhichu wrote fjx. i feel like true socially awkward introverts r super rare in danmei-sphere. there r mostly taciturn ppl who don't like to speak (hello stoic cold mls) but they're not lacking in the social capability department. when i read abt fjx i lowkey think, wow, i feel like that too sometimes lmao. it's also nice that zhichu wrote how there r ppl who questioned if fjx has psychological problems and responded that there r ppl who r naturally more introverted, and ngl i'm guilty of thinking of that too, even though i myself am an extreme introvert and should have been able to understand and identify more w fjx sighs

ling yi is an entire precious disaster bb and yybl would not have been the same without him

tbh yybl brings back all the sweetest memories of my kpop stan days, reading it is like experiencing ur fav nugu group blow up into stardom. they even come w their own edgy boygroup title tracks lmao. hnn but yeah, there r so many memorable moments. the accidental cp fancam (exid's fancam that made them famous!), faulty audio that catapulted them to stardom (gfriend's infamous slipping performance when they danced on a wet stage?), fjx's mic box almost falling off and him saving it flawlessly (shinee's dream girl perf w minho's broken mic stand), their first win, their first concert... i cried reading the last 2 chapters abt their concert, it rly made me nostalgic. anw. the point is. stan kaleido.

night trip tho it became so meaningful im so shook, it was a drama ost n they described the scenes where the song was used n i got Goosebumps n then the hidden meaning of the lyrics was also revealed n how it's all referring to pts and fjx's love story sigh sigh sigh

ok ok ok but i can't not mention the absolutely beautiful imageries that kept being used to reference these two. from math to philosophy to the moon to spring/winter... they're fantastic, i love the beauty in the writing.

w a t e r f i r e im so! fukin!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! g o d that set of extras they're not even done yet n im so!!! ok i believe the audio drama team will rls daydream for waterfire they cant not rls daydream!! waterfire is s o . . . their sexual tension is off the charts n i was even like ho they have fwb vibes n then they actually became fwb n i was Still Shook like wtf me anw their romance is a whole different flavor compared to tingjue, they're like a more adult tianwang actually. he ziyan was like "mb im someone who cant keep someone else" n i had moumou war flashbacks. fak i had no clue waterfire is a thing in the main text, if it wasn't for other readers mentioning i'd rly have no idea. n then they have a set of extras just for them n i was like mygod... they can be their own wn... they rly have that vibe of "a relationship that wasn't quite complete when they were young, then they reunited x yrs later n finally get together" n like thats just moumou vibes adkfks

What I Disliked

the...pacing is kinda wack. tbh nearing the end of the story i was kind of tired of reading it, and not bc i'm bored (like for ghfod i was actually bored near the end). the ups and downs were just really... quite extreme. idk how to quite describe it, but it was tiring.

pts's attitude screams entitled a lot of the times. tbh he can't get away w most of the shit he does if he wasn't so rich. at least he's not a stoic ml ig

the author mentioned it too but it's def a v idealistic view of the entertainment industry. not rly a con but its also not rly a pro, but having come from kpop n seeing the netizen reactions for kaleido, i just think that they must be living in a much warmer, kinder parallel world compared to this one.

icb heartbeat paradox wasn't actually a song from the wn /unreasonable

Notes

would i read zhichu's other works? probably... i think their writing concepts and romantic philosophy is right up my alley, but the pacing of yybl rly did make me tired at the end lmao

#cantalooprat reads

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Things you don’t see in porn (which offends Fox’s sense of equality and her passion):

The man’s face/expression. We like to zoom in on the woman, especially if she’s being violated, and the man’s face is either blurred out (as if he had more right to privacy than the woman does—typical) or is cut out of the frame. He’s just an anonymous dick around a very clearly identifiable and memorable woman we study from head to toe at extreme closeup. Gross.

The woman’s fantasies. It’s almost impossible to find a video relating to a woman indulging herself by violating a man in any way you’d typically see in the reverse; that’s reserved for lesbian relationships or BDSM for sub men—not even female domination is about the women. There’s a palpable difference between the genders, the tone of vanilla CNC is always that the man’s insatiable and perverse desires are the paramount. If Fox is the sub in the equation, even just as a passive viewer, it stands to reason she’s totally uninterested in other petite sub women. That’s not what attracts her. But that’s where the focus tends to be.

The man’s arousal. We see what he’s aroused by a great deal, to disgusting detail. But we rarely, if ever, get to see the result, the effects on him for the duration. That image is “private”, reserved for the unfortunate women targeted by dick pics, or for solo shows. Everyone gets their fill of her, whoever she is, until the typical female form became commonplace and uninteresting to Fox. The only way you see a guy working on himself is when he’s flashing strangers or completely alone, neither of which is particularly interesting. We rarely, if ever, see a man being observed for the pleasure of the female viewer—even when a man is caught pleasuring himself, there’s almost no indication of what he’s actually doing. Ironically. You’re only meant to see what he sees and what he finds interesting.

Any posturing or sexiness from the guy in straight porn. It’s always up to the woman to seduce the man, as if men can’t be sexy, only sexual. It’s a fucking shame because their actions speak of wanting attention… they just don’t do jack shit about it except to force themselves on the women. Here, here for celebrating male-on-female abuse as healthy sexual fantasies while women only get to ogle straight-acceptable women and dicks, I guess? Women owning their sexuality just somehow never factors into it, even if she’s the instigator, it’s somehow going to collapse into the man’s satisfaction, of her only desiring sex for his satisfaction. Do we ever get to see a satisfied grin on a woman after something that would actually seem stimulating to a woman? Fox can count on one hand the number she found amidst millions of depictions of shades of faux suffering.

It’s all so male fantasy-oriented. We just don’t want to see the same things. We want more or less detail in different places. A lot of it is indescribably boring or gross closeups. And women’s porn sites are just link sites that take you to the guy sites—it’s all a sham.

But it seems so easy to cater to a man in here. It’s a small wonder men feel entitled to women’s bodies when their eyes are trained to only appreciate the vulnerability of women, depriving their partners and themselves the true sexual beauty of masculinity in its most open and vulnerable form—unless a man is incredibly submissive. It’s only aimed to stimulate the memories of a man already successful in bedding someone, regardless of their partner’s pleasure in so many positions where Fox knows just how uncomfortable that same thing is from the woman’s perspective. There’s the awkward positioning of the bladder, for instance, not at all pleasurable to stimulate, and so much of the touching is so rough and quick, there’s just no reasonable time for that woman to become aroused. Fox doesn’t see herself in these women at all.

It’s sometimes hard to think about how invisible Fox feels in this world, and the fear of how she might become invisible in her life if reality doesn’t live up to some fantasy. She was capable of so much in this department, and her ease and practice with some things were increasing, there was no denying she could command a great sexual force in her own right. She didn’t like to take cues from porno women about how she’s supposed to behave or sound or feel, but at the same time, seeing enough content couldn’t help but highlight what a chasm there was between what men apparently fantasized about and how women actually worked, let alone what they desired. How could she formulate what she desired, then, when almost none of the content she found catered to her demographic? She was back where she started: it was left up to her imagination.

Not that porn couldn’t affect Fox; she had experimented in the hopes of both reuniting her body, mind, and emotions, kindling her deep desires, and of settling her heart whenever it twisted over a thought or memory related to adult content experienced in the wild.

Her unconscious had always had a visceral reaction to porn, and for the most part, she wasn’t happy with how it had shaped her thoughts over her life. Part of it was doubtless due to her numerous experiences of men helping themselves to her body or perversely contemplating her regardless of either her lack of attraction to them or her lack of desire for sex in that moment.

Another part was how her exploration of her sexuality was shamed and ridiculed, or just outright forbidden. When she explored anyway, she came to understand that sex was meant to be uncomfortable and violent for a woman. There was no other avenue to pleasure, unless she gave it to herself. Fox was gentle and sensual with herself, until the point where she could tap into a deep passion that desired a much rougher touch, that wanted to be pinned to a wall and devoured, and it still wouldn’t be enough. Both desires existed within her, and their combined effort was the most potent pleasure. But they also often disagreed with each other, and they demanded equal attention.

Fox gave a lot of thought to what bothered her precisely about porn, and how it could be such a good thing for most men she’d ever known, yet provoke such hostile feelings from her. She didn’t always feel tainted by it when she alone was in control of the experience—it was when it was out of her control that she felt despair. She couldn’t understand why for the longest time, and she still didn’t quite feel like she had full clarity on her mixed feelings about the subject, but she was beginning to suspect that she might not have a problem at all with the concept—it was the specific content that she found, that others consumed. Perhaps because it felt too alienating from the other intimate partner, a private fantasy factory that was fueled by the fantasies of a handful of male executives in the porno industry. There was a lot of potential in it for women’s empowerment, and yet, that is precisely what is consistently elusive for women. It’s not even empowering for men, as it so often portrays them as predators helpless to their basest shadow impulses. It’s empowering for the man behind the camera—forcing puppets to bring his fantasies to life, carefully tailoring the experience for his viewing pleasure.

Find me male strippers not aimed at gay men who pop up on ad screens, or hot single guys waiting for you to connect to their webcam—it’s not there.

Fox also realized the male gaze was what was ruining women for her. All she could see in women is what attracted men—not what attracted her. And a lot of it repulsed her, making her feel alienated from what a man’s desire is. This was an abstract problem that was healing under the Lion’s touch, his voracious appetite for Foxflesh and Foxperformances evident in the ways he approached consuming his pet. He was inspired by her, moved to do things with her, and that was a feeling Fox deeply needed. At the same time, there was a lot of damage to undo in the way of her internalized misogyny—she wanted to have a positive experience with women in general, not feel miserable by their presence or existence. She was one of them. She wanted to feel closer to them, without the contribution of the patriarchy. If only most women she met didn’t have such a viscerally negative reaction to her…

There was still a lot to unpack on the subject. But for now, Fox ponders how she could improve upon this experiment and find her point of comfort. Sexuality was a good thing—she just wished there was even a sliver of guidance about how to make it good for her specifically, beyond accidentally stumbling upon her well-hidden kinks.

Fox was a kinky Fox. She happily belongs to the Lion. The Lion was finding her, even those parts long forgotten or thought forever severed. He encouraged her to find herself. He went out of his way to make this a comfortable process for Fox. It was still painful and difficult to navigate, but she was making progress. She hopes one day soon she can say with confidence that nothing can bother her because she knows what she stands for and can make it happen around her.

There was a way to go yet; Fox wanted to be able to hear a sex joke or memory without teetering on the edge of being plunged into inner darkness. She wanted to be able to enjoy people instead of constantly assessing them for threats, feeling overwhelmed by their presence, fearing being steamrolled and crushed as the least interesting part of an evening. She also wanted to attract the kind of people to her she could actually enjoy—and those who might, perhaps, also enjoy her company without judgement or the desire to violate her boundaries. She was tired of fending off unwanted advances; wouldn’t it be nice if people respected personal space?

Fox had met a lot of great people recently, but also a handful that made her deeply uncomfortable. A lot of the time it had to do with them being totally onboard with the Lion and clearly wanting her out of the picture, sometimes not even because they desired to take her place but just because they didn’t like her. They sometimes tried to monopolize his attention. She wished those people made as little impression on her as she made on them, or better yet, they admired her as the Lion’s other half. Again, here lies the fear of invisibility, of being eclipsed—paired with the fear of being seen, let alone being liked and desired. People confounded and overwhelmed her so easily sometimes, whether they were total strangers or friends.

Fox’s healing is not complete, but it is plodding along. Plod. Plod. It’s safe to be liked. Plod. Strangers can’t invade you. Plod. You can find your passion’s most powerful currents even at this later stage than what was imagined in Fox’s naive and horny youth, forever deprived of satisfaction. Plod. Most people aren’t gripped by the impulse to hurt you emotionally or physically. Plod. It’s okay to find interesting people interesting. Plod. Not every spark of intimacy is a prelude to betrayal. Plod. There are many forms of intimacy, not all of them have to only involve one other person to confide in. Plod. Being betrayed, even if it happened over and over, doesn’t mean there’s something about you that deserves to be betrayed. Plod. Having your feelings disrespected doesn’t invalidate them. Plod. You are not your trauma.

Plod.

That’s a complex one. This was never an easy subject—but it’s been many times harder to navigate after certain kinds of abuse happen. Fox’s body didn’t always respond when she craved passionate intimacy with the Lion, and sometimes her body craved it but her mind was a supernova of mixed feelings and intrusive thoughts that put her off. And yet, it had also never been easier to experience deep pleasure, and Fox had never come so hard, long, or so many times in her life before her captivity. Nothing could stop the Lion from achieving Fox’s deepest and most slippery desires, and she adored it. She was just impatient to be fully in sync with her pleasure again in a way that the world could only enhance her experiences, not detract from them.

Fox learns as she goes, and pushes the boundaries of what pleasure means to her until she finds all of it.

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The Xiang Chronicles: Book Four Chapter 2

Title: The Xiang Chronicles: Book Four

Author: Jay Grayson

Word Count: 118k

Genres: Fantasy, adventure, drama, LGBT+

Available on: my website

Synopsis: In order to save the world from the continuous subjugation and potential annihilation at the hands of Tiandi, hard lines must be drawn. The Great Spirits that were imprisoned ages ago must be unsealed and awakened, no matter the consequences.

The players are divided—those who stand blindly with Tiandi, such as Xiang Merra and her disciples versus those who want to tear the system down and give the power back to the people. Even a few of the most religious Lords change their minds when they learn the truth of the world—that Tiandi is no more than a dictator with no love in his heart.

It is up to the last, real Xiang and the ill-fated Chaaya to put everything they have into tearing God from his throne and creating new possibilities for the future.

Full chapter 2 under the cut

Chapter II:

The bog was hot, humid, and smelled rancid but it was not an area people just stumbled upon easily. Not even many spirits were around but Gong still completely sealed himself up so that nothing could detect his energy. He was probably being more cautious than necessary—paranoid even—but he felt there was no precaution too extreme in this case.

He only had a day, at most, to figure something out as he doubted his brothers’ “plans” would be especially elegant or complex.

Gong swatted a few flies away from his face as he surveyed the area.

Clear, save the incessant insects and occasional frog.

So, he took a stick and began to draw into the soft, wet dirt, hoping the signal would still translate. He knew it like the back of his hand now and he drew the shapes and letters without having to think much at all. The sigil was then encased in a circle and he stood at the base.

“Oh, Sha-parvati, I plead thy case: of loneliness I call to you, a wish on a star to be beloved, in Shakti’s name, I ask for your grace.”

It always felt odd to speak an incantation such as that, given his position, but it never failed to immediately bring forth the woman he needed to see. She had taught it to him for that reason. Sending letters or attempting to communicate through secretive, passive means was too risky.

As counterintuitive as it may have seemed at first, meeting face to face was actually the best way—so long as they took care of the where and the when.

The symbol in the mud glowed, faintly, and a form rose from the filth. Luckily, as she became more tangible, she was free of the bog water and any unique organisms within. She did pick a sprig of something out of her hair and flick it to the side, however.

“Interesting meeting place, Gong,” she opened with and chuckled, “And so soon after our last get together. Something must have happened.”

Parvati was always exceptionally observant, something Gong both treasured about her and feared. So far, he had no reason to hide things from her so it had yet to be used against him.

Although, he supposed he could consider their first meeting to be a time when he faced the brunt of her insight.

It had been a little over three hundred years now and, still, she had been the only Mistress of Shadow that Gong had actually spoken to. He had seen Sha-kali once, in a fight, but she did not have much to say. Really, it was quite rare to run into any of the Mistresses. Their Chaaya, yes, all the time, but the Mistresses themselves? Quite infrequent.

So, when Gong and Jun had joined Xiang Soren after the untimely demise of his disciples, they were floored to see Parvati. To be fair, she had also been surprised to see them.

“Heavenly Princes?” She had greeted while standing with her Chaaya. Some young woman with a wrathful fire in her eyes. “What a delight to finally meet you.”

“Soren, stay calm…” Jun warned the Xiang who was all but frothing at the mouth at the sight of the Chaaya.

“Shall I kill your other two disciples?” the Chaaya goaded, having to be held back by Parvati. “Then the rest of the Heavenly Princes can descend and I can snuff them all out at once!”

Soren all but attacked Jun to get to her. His other disciples took fighting stances in front of him.

“We will take care of her,” the Enlil disciple assured him.

“She will not fell us,” the Agni disciple added.

“No…” Soren said in a ragged breath, “She will have no power to do anything.”

When he began to siphon the miasma straight from the Chaaya, she growled and charged, ready to have their final battle in that moment. Jun, fruitlessly, attempted to shield the other disciples but the Chaaya was like a feral animal. Gong was sure he was witnessing the end of them all.

But then he blinked and was somewhere entirely different. Somewhere dark.

He spun around until he was faced with Parvati who grinned at him. She was perched on some rock, leering down over him.

“Where have you taken me?” Gong demanded.

“Hush, you are in no danger.” She rested her chin in her hand, tucking her beard in. “I just wanted to speak with you.”

“So you can put some spell on me?”

The Mistress rolled her eyes. “No, you just…you seem…less Tiandi-like than I expected. You seem to have a real sense of self.”

“I am my own man,” Gong responded earnestly without meaning to. When he realized he was being swayed into what could be a real conversation with the Mistress, he became more defensive. “But I am also part of Tiandi.”

Parvati frowned. “Do you know how us Mistresses are made?” When he did not answer, she continued on, “We are all a part of Shakti. She bleeds out her frustration, her pain, her hate, and we take form. We are her daughters and we are her.”

Gong’s brow furrowed. “Why are you telling me this…?”

She pushed herself off of her perch and stepped closer. “Because, I grow tired of Shakti’s methods. She recently gave birth to another Mistress and that calmed her erratic moods but I know it will only happen again. And again and again. Then your Tiandi will make another Prince for every Mistress and, before we know it, there will be hundreds of us, all having forgotten why we even exist. Is that not pitiful to you?”

He had never thought that deeply about any of it before. In fact, the thought of the battle between Tiandi and Shakti becoming endless had never occurred to him. He had always assumed it would have a natural end. That, one day, they would make their last Xiang and they would herald the world into a brighter future—one without Shakti.

But, before he could respond, he was yanked from the strange place and Jun was face to face with him, clearly worried. “Oh, thank Tiandi, you are alright.”

The last battle between Soren and the Chaaya was not far off from that point but, a few years after the fact, there was a strange rumor of the Chaaya being spotted in a small town in Agni. It was impossible since she had been killed but Gong went to investigate regardless.

What he found, when he thought back on that day, changed his life forever.

It was not the Chaaya but her twin sister. Her and their younger siblings—a sister and two brothers. Not all were related by blood but the Chaaya and her twin had been caring for them anyway.

More surprising than that was Parvati who was staying with them even though her Chaaya had died. She had no reason to be there and she certainly had no reason to be keeping the kids fed and protected.

Of course Gong had immediately assumed she was grooming one, if not all, of them to be the next Chaaya but he realized he could not detect any miasma with them. Not even on Parvati.

And when she told him, rather simply, that she was only there to care for them, Gong had to grapple with something he had never even thought of before.

He, nor his brothers, nor Tiandi, ever cared for the family of Xiang who were left behind.

“It is not the will of Shakti,” Parvati clarified, “It is my choice to be here.”

“I thought you told me you were Shakti…”

She shook her head. “I am made from Shakti, yes, and we are one in the same, but I developed my own sentience. I am my own person…can you say the same?”

Gong was both compelled and repelled. He knew Tiandi was not watching him—he had made sure of it—but he was still afraid of dipping his toe into the conversation. He worried it was a trap, somehow, and his heart warned that if he took the bait, he would never quite be the same.

Yet, he could not leave it. For some reason, the idea of Parvati seeing him as some mindless drone of Tiandi’s making was worse than her tricking him into revealing too much personal information.

“My name was Blanc Gong Cuad…I still remember my life as a human. Sometimes, I still visit my old hometown although it looks quite different now.”

Parvati held his eyes and smiled. There was no malicious feeling in the gesture. If anything, she came off as relieved. Happy, even.

They spent hours talking—trading stories and philosophies. It baffled Gong how similar a lot of their feelings on things were and that, in turn, made him wonder who else he had been wrong about. Were the other Mistresses like her? Would they and his brothers get along if not for their respective Gods?

Gong enjoyed his time with Parvati so much that they met a few more times, usually just to talk but, sometimes, to catch the other up on what was going on. Both vented out their frustrations with Tiandi or Shakti and, before Gong knew it, he had made Parvati his confidant.

She had become the only person he could really trust.

It was why he had summoned her in the bog.

“I know we just spoke,” he responded and gulped, “But Pangu is in danger.”

Parvati had already met Pangu—it was what she and Gong spoke about when they talked just the other day. The Mistress was so taken with the Xiang and she had asked a lot of questions about him. At the end of their meeting, she had decided that he would make a great middle man between Tiandi and Shakti and, if they wanted to try to change things for good, that he was their best candidate.

So, hearing this, Parvati tensed. “Danger? What is happening?”

“He…well he denounced some of Tiandi’s laws publicly as well as told an entire crowd of people that he loved men. On top of that, he completely ruined the plans Tiandi had in place for Merra and the world.” Just saying it all made Gong’s stomach turn sour. “So…my brothers and Tiandi want to kill him.”

Her brows knotted together. “Well I see things escalated quickly since we last talked.”

“Yes, I am afraid so.”

“So, when do they plan to kill him?”

“Pretty much any moment now.” Gong shrugged. “He is hiding somewhere in southern Terra with his disciples and the ex-lord of Ultimos. I suspect Zhu will confront him directly.”

“And what will you do?” Parvati leaned in.

“…There is nothing I can do. They would kill me too.”

She frowned and her eyes traveled south. “I…I suppose I could try to interfere.”

“If you can think of something to do that will not put you directly in harm’s way as well…”

“Not really… So we do nothing?” Her disappointment was palpable.

Gong matched her frown. He had hoped something would be born from their meeting. That one of them would spontaneously think of the solution.

“I will take his soul once it is in the spirit realm and hang onto it…I technically died before I became Tiangong so, perhaps, I can do something similar with him. I would still face repercussions but if it was successful, I would not care.”

Parvati crossed her arms and started to drum her fingers along her skin. “Hold on…”

Gong perked up. “What?”

“Could you take his soul without being noticed?”

“I suppose. It would only be if I did something with it that I would be found out.” Gong gave her a half shrug.

A smile began to tug at her lips. “What if you didn’t do anything with it? What if someone else did?”

He figured she meant herself so he started to nod. “And what would you do, exactly?”

“Well, if I have his body and soul then I can reanimate him.”

“Necromancy?” Gong reared back. “Will that not get Shakti’s attention immediately?”

“Not the way I’ll do it.” Parvati smirked. “But I will need his body as soon as possible to prevent rot and a willing student to actually perform the ritual…”

Just the mere idea made Gong’s heart pound like mad. “I…I will ensure that I get his soul. And I will bring it to you as soon as I can.” He fidgeted his hands together and added, “I am trusting you with this, Parvati.”

The Mistress grabbed his shoulders, not forcefully, but with enough pressure to get his attention solely on her. She stared into his eyes, unblinking. “You know, if we do this, we cannot go back to how things were before. We will be betraying our masters, our parents, ourselves. We cannot be unsure.”

It was a lot to consider, certainly, but Gong nodded without hesitation.

For any other Xiang he might have doubted such an extreme plan but, for Pangu, he knew he had to.

His memory of that meeting faded away as he leaned against the cave wall in Shakti’s lair, watching Pangu talk with his friends and disciples. Just thinking of that time felt so long ago despite it being only a year and a half prior.

But so much had changed.

They had been successful, for one, and, for two, he was officially a traitor to Tiandi and his brothers. It might have hurt him more if he was not so proud of himself or if the reward for his treachery was not so bountiful. His eyes stayed on Pangu and he could not bring himself to regret it for a moment.

#the xiang chronicles #my novel #my writing

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Rowan: Bio For Those On Mobile!

Name: Rowan Samuel Jade

Nicknames: The Celtic Duelist (His title due to DM tournaments)

Age: 22 years old

Gender: Male

Height: 6 ft 3 in

Weight: 230 lbs

Build: Sickly skinny (Aka basically a walking skeleton on the best of days)

Scars: Cross beneath his right eye and middle of his shoulder blades. Many scars from other forms of abuse littering his entire body.

Hair Color: Ginger/red

Eye Color: Grey

Sexual Orientation: Gay

Occupation: Hairdresser

Hobbies: Drawing and sketching

Duel Monsters Deck Theme: Celtic Beasts

Interesting Fact: Constantly haunted and tormented by a paranormal entity that keeps him awake at night and clings to him during the day. The entity mimics the dying cries of the people that Rowan once loved and causes him constant pain.

Temperament:

Rowan is a gentle young man who wouldn’t hurt a flea, he’s very sensitive and sweet but can stand up for himself if need be. He’s extremely patient, willing, and kind to everyone he meets, whether they return his kindness or not. Soft-spoken, he very rarely raises his voice or gets angry, however if someone does manage to piss him off, he’ll forgive them with a little bit of begging on their part.

When it comes to relationships, Rowan is very tentative and shy, tending to let his partner let him know when it’s okay to give them affection or when they want to be left alone. Once he gets a bit more comfortable, he’ll slowly begin to become more cuddly and affectionate as time goes on. Relationships make him very nervous and uncomfortable when he first starts dating someone due to what he was put through as a teenager.

Background Info:

Rowan lived a relatively normal life with his parents and two younger sisters until the age of 13, when he had come out to his family as gay. His parents, who were heavily convinced that homosexual people should burn in hell, reacted horribly to the news and sent him away to a group of supposed “holy pastors” to have the gay ‘demon’ removed from his soul because they were convinced that he was possessed.

For six years, he was tortured, beaten, taken against his will, starved for days on end, and made to believe that being gay was a sin that he could not dare commit, lest he be in searing pain if he ever even tried to think about it. Yet through it all, Rowan never lost the quiet, gentle nature that he’d always possessed, choosing instead to passively suffer through all of the abuse in hopes that if he cooperated, he might be able to survive. At the age of nineteen, the day before he was set free, one of the pastors took a red hot knife and carved a massive, jagged cross into the center of his shoulder blades, another beneath his right eye to serve as a constant reminder that they viewed him as the Devil’s child.

During the six years of living hell that he was forced to endure, a paranormal entity attached itself to him, serving as yet another tormentor for him to deal with. After he was released and set free, the entity followed him no matter where he went, keeping him up at night with creepy laughter, shaking his bed and continuing to make his life a living hell.

Even now, the paranormal entity continues to torment and haunt his every waking moment, causing him to be exhausted and skittish whenever night falls, a time he’s grown to dread. Still, he remains as kind and even tempered as always, preferring to back down rather than fight when faced with any sort of confrontation or threat.

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sporadiclilbook · 3 years

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Can I request a Claude x reader x Sylvain fic with an s/o who acts coy but is actually scarily perceptive? Like they notice Sylvain's inner turmoil almost right away and they notice the echoes of Claude's trauma in being ostracized and alienated and their care manifests in extremely subtle ways. How would they react once they find out that they're pining for the same person?

I hope ya like this anon! Hoping that this is how you wanted it too. Golden Deer!reader for plot reasons.

Truth of your mask

(Yan!Sylvain x Perceptive!Reader x Yan!Claude)

You hummed as you walk through the halls of the academy to get to the dining hall. Everything was going normally, nothing much was happening other than getting a new teacher. A former mercenary no less. However you can't seem to read them at all. Not even when you try to talk to the new professor. No smile, no frown or pout. Just.....blank. Usually it was pretty easy considering how most people is full of expression, but your new teacher was like a blank canvas.

It interested you, truly. Perhaps you can continue to observe them and learn a thing or two. You sit down at one of the long dining tables to dig in into your favourite meal. You ate a bit slow considering there was no need to rush. You suddenly heard someone sitting right next to you and immediately knew who it is. "Is there something you need, Sylvain?" You asked as you blow softly on your food to cool it down. "Nothing just checking up on the most attractive person I know."

"Stop it Sylvain, there are lots of other attractive students here too you know....." As you pretended to blush and faced the opposite direction of him a bit. Now you may not be the best with close ranged combat and prefer to strike afar but you admit, you were quite good at intel gathering. Whether it's playing a shy role or feigning ignorance, you think you were quite the expert at it. "No need to be shy now babe, show me that beautiful eyes of yours." Sylvain was a tom fool to you, to think he would easily fall for this act is hilarious to you.

Slowly looking at him, you predicted that he would be wearing that same flirty grin that he always have talking with literally anyone he fancies in the academy. "I-uh....my eyes aren't exactly that extraordinary." You quickly averted back your eyes to your food. Eating it up a bit quicker now. You would have looked at him longer but everytime you do you felt something was off with him. You've seen him flirt around before. His expressions was all the same. It was a typical playboy face. It was different of course when he was alone. There were times when you catch him spending his time in solitary. That's when you notice the pain he has.

It looked like regret and weight of responsibilities. Doesn't help that he is the heir to House Gautier because of his crest. You approached him once, when it was raining, to talk to him a bit. Sure he was annoying at some times but letting him stand there looking so miserable didn't felt right. Of course this doesn't reveal your perceptiveness to him. To most it would look like he had a bad day but to you? You knew he was clinging onto something negative. Something he can't run from.

Ever since that day, he always seemed to make an effort to speak with you. Sometimes Felix or Prince Dimitri will berate him for disturbing a student from another class but there was no real harm, were there. Maybe he just want to make you one of his flings. At least that's what you thought until you see it in his eyes. It was not an usual flirty eyes. It was not lust or some kind of playboyish ones.

It looked like infatuation. Genuine infatuation.

That's when it hits you. It must have been something related to his past. Was he not loved by his family? Is this why he was seeking flings, hoping to finally find the one? Did he decided you were the one simply because you talked to him to ask if he was ok?

Perhaps you were wrong. There are times when your expertise was wrong. Rarely, yes but the chances are not zero. But for now, you will keep him at an arms' length. "Nonsense, your eyes shines brighter than the stars." You smiled sheepishly at him. Not knowing what to respond. He was about to talk more when suddenly a new yet familiar voice join. Your house leader, Claude.

"Well well if it isn't Mr.Smoothtalk, he's not bothering you right (Y/N)? What am I saying of course he is." Claude was like you, observant. But he only looks whats on the surface and not below. But who knows, he was quite eccentric. Maybe he does know you're feigning ignorance. Maybe he doesn't. But then again he would have talk to you about it. He's secretive but sometimes he will overshare his thoughts, ones that has no purposes anyway. You remember the day you enrolled here. Being a citizen of the Alliance automatically sorted you into Golden Deer. He was nice to you. Welcoming you and showing you around. In fact all of the Golden Deer was. Leonie might said something without thinking at times but she would apologise. Raphael was a gentle giant. Hilda was lazy but you reminded her of Marianne and that wanted to make her put in effort.

Claude was always all smiles and schemes. Even so, not even he was immume to you. When you spot him in the crowds of students it was clear as day. He felt isolated. Different. Foreign even. It intrigued you. Why would he felt out of place? Could it be tied to the fact he suddenly show up as the grandson to the leader of the Alliance? As curiosity plagued you, you made an effort to befriend him slowly. Pretending to have problems with class that you known he was good at and even picking up a bow sometimes seeing how his heirloom relic weapon was the bow Failnaught. He learns about you and vice versa. One of his simple mistake was when he invited you for tea.

He served you Almyran tea. He asked what you think of the tea and you just said tea was tea. Just like how people are people. The blend is different but in the end, it's just another beverage. He seemed delighted at your answer and you were delighted at his actions. He was Almyran or half-Almyran. It make sense seeing how Lady Tiana eloped a long time ago. Even after years, people talked about it. You decided to keep it a secret. You didn't really care about his heritage. What only matters to you was bringing back the cat that was killed by curiosity with satisfication.

Oh however. He too, had the same look upon his face. The same as Sylvain's. No one notices it, only you did. From their expression to their subtle acts. How Sylvain's pick up lines sounds like him courting you instead of flirting. Claude subconscious favouritism over you. And it scared you, truly. What were they planning exactly? Does Sylvain needed someone to finally let out his trouble thoughts to? Did Claude wanted to see if he can become vulnerable around you and reveal his secret himself to you? What is their true motives?

"Oh? Hello to you to Mr. House Leader. No need to worry, I'm not bothering them too much." Claude sat to the vacant spot next to you. "Yeah I can see that. But talking to someone who is enjoying a hot meal isn't that nice you know." You continued eating as you ignore their bickering. At least neither of them would talk to you and instead hurled passive-agressive responses to each other. When you finally finished your meal, you stood up. "You're done already (Y/N)? I was hoping I could talk to you a bit but see you at Golden Deer I guess." It was clear as day that Claude specifically said to meet you in class as in a mockery to Sylvain. "U-uh, yeah....see you at class Claude..." With that you returned back to class.

Claude and Sylvain sat together in a tensed silence. But they knew why they were still sitting here. The still noisy atmosphere of the dining hall proved perfect to conceal their conversation. "(Y/N) huh? Not a bad taste but I'm afraid you can't have them." Claude chuckled at Sylvain's statement. "Can't have them? They're in my house. They're Golden Deer not Blue Lions. And you think you have a chance?" Sylvain gritted his teeth at him. "And so? That won't stop me." Claude just shooked his head at him. "Oh Sylvain, maybe if you didn't use all your brains for pick up lines you'd have a great chance. It's unfortunate we liked the same person." Claude smirked at him. He knew the day Sylvain kept pestering you that he was also lovestrucked like he was. But Claude thinks you don't deserve someone like Sylvain. While Sylvain thinks Claude is trying to take advantage over your 'meek' personality. Seeing how schemeful he is.

"Bring it on then, Riegan."

"Don't hold it against me when you lose, Gautier."

#sporadicpage #yandere x reader #yandere fe3h #yandere fire emblem three houses #yandere sylvain #yandere sylvain jose gautier #yandere claude von riegan #yandere claude

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this-is-spn20 · 3 years

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FLUFF ALPHABET! Sam Winchester!

A/N: Here’s Sammy boy! My small adorable baby! Let me know what you guys think about this!

-Marissa

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A ctivities- What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

Sam is a pretty laid-back man. When he sees a chance at relaxing with you, he snatches as quickly as possible. Whether it’s just walking or driving around towns, going to the local library (cause God knows the only book they have at the bunker are the Wizard of Oz books, and the men of letters’ books.), to looking up fun recipes to try with you. The man will always keep you occupied!

B eauty- What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

Sam likes that despite you being very soft-spoken, you’re nowhere near dumb. You’re also very confident. Of course, you’ll still ask Sam what he thinks if you piece together a somewhat bold outfit. But you might as well call him Bruno Mars cause- well you know.

I feel like if you are an artist of some sort, he might decide to pick up your art of choice as a hobby for when he has no research or hunts. Maybe if you draw, he’ll buy both of you sketchbooks and pencils. Or if you use a tablet he might buy you a better one. He’ll try doing simple drawings to start off with a tree or two. An eye here and there. He struggling and he’s probably gonna get a bit upset with himself if his skills don’t pick up like yours. But he’s trying really hard! If you like making music, he might ask you to play guitar. He might even ask you to teach him how to sing! But be patient, he can barely carry a tune but he’s so happy to learn! Might take him almost a year to get the hang of it, but once he does, he is an absolute Beast with some strings!

C omfort- How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?

Sam has anxiety himself so he knows the signs when one is coming on. He’s been around stressful things/people/events all his life. His father was abusive throughout his and Dean’s childhood. When he ran away to go to college, he had to learn to interact with new environments and people. In conclusion, the man KNOWS what anxiety is. And how to handle it. He’ll have you sit down and close your eyes. He won’t touch you just in case it makes you more nervous. He’ll breathe slowly with you, serving as a guide to get your bearings. Once you’ve slowed your breathing he knows you can’t hold anything so he gets you a glass of water with a straw and holds the glass for you. He knows you probably won’t want to eat anything so he just picks you up when you say he can, and brings you to bed, and reads you to sleep while holding you close.

D reams- How do they picture their future with their s/o?

Sam knows for sure he wants to marry you. He also wants kids with you but the risk of being raised in the life he kept him up at night. Now don’t get him wrong, he knows that whatever happens, family will take care of it. They always do. But he’s not sure if that’s a risk worth taking. He just wants to have the apple pie life. He’d kill every monster with his bare hands just to have that with you.

E qual- Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

Sam is quite dominant in the relationship. He always takes care of everything for you. He doesn't buy into the stereotype that women should be doing everything for their partners. He tries to help you out with everything and he doesn't take no for an answer. You've known for a while that Sam's love language is Acts of Service. All he's done all his life is help people, so it just seeps into the relationship. Sure he believes that a relationship should be a healthy balance of 50\50, but at the same time, he can't help take over and take care of you. This man is just precious.

F ight- Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?

Depending on what the fight was about Sam would be pretty open to forgiving you pretty quickly. However sweet Sam can be, if he believes that he has even a pinky toe to stand on in the fight, he’ll stick to it. It’s only when the shouting has gotten too much for you that you walk away that he may see where you’re coming from. Give him a or two. That way you both had time to cool down. You’ll spend the rest of the day talking it through, seeing each other’s perspectives. Even if you guys can’t agree with each other, you’ll know how to better handle the situation next time.

G ratitude- How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?

Even though he mostly does mundane things for you, you try to help out as much as he’ll let you. For example, if you noticed that he has a lot of research to do, while he’s sleeping or is on a supply run, you’ll continue his research so that he’ll have more time to relax and let loose a bit more. You think he doesn’t notice but he does, and he appreciates it. It makes him feel like he hasn’t been ‘slacking off’, or that he hasn’t wasted too much time doing other things. Sometimes you’ll even finish the research and he’ll have nothing much to do for a while. Except relaxing with you of course!

H onesty- Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?

Sam doesn’t have to hide much from you. You’re a damn good hunter. He would even go as far as to say you were better than him and Dean. He knows damn well you can take care of yourself and that you don’t like being babied often. He knows your secrets as well as you know his. It takes a big weight off his shoulders, knowing he doesn’t have to hide who he is with you.

I nspiration- Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?

You were always an adventurous and carefree person. You always had a hard time balancing fun and work. Sometimes it got you into trouble. Sam noticed this when you two first met and as your relationship got more serious and tried to help you with the balence. By all means you aren’t magically better, but you’re learning. Sam on the other hand, had the same issue. The work and fun balance is a tricky one to master. You help Sam have more fun, like you he’s getting better at having more fun. But again it’s not going to happen overnight. Oh and you eat a salad of two once a month now!

J ealousy- Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?

On the rare occasion the Sam gets extremely jealous, it's usually when someone tries to touch. Regardless of whether you let it happen (for fun) or not, he can’t help himself. He wants you all to himself. No Sharing!!

K iss- Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?

Sam is a very good kisser. He always kisses you like he hasn’t seen you in years. Most of the time his kisses are very rough but intimate. The first kiss was after four dates. Yes that’s a long time but you wanted to make sure you did this right with Sam. Plus he reassured you that he’d wait as long as you wanted to. You were sitting next to Sam in the Library doing some light research since most of it had gotten done earlier that week. The tension had been building up all week, you were finally ready to kiss Sam. Despite this not being your first kiss, you hadn’t kissed many people so understandably, you were nervous. You reached your arm over his and gently closed his laptop and angled your body toward his. You leaned over to him slowly, creeping your hand to his shoulder and finally your lips connected. Sam’s hand softly grabbed your hand on his shoulder and you both stayed like that until you both needed air. That was one of, if not, the most intimate moment you’ve had with Sam so far.

L ove Confession- How would they confess to their s/o?

Sam would be a bundle of nerves when he tries to confess. He’s tried to do it at least three times but each time he either got too nervous or something would interrupt him. Eventually settled for being simple, yet intimate. He had invited you to come to the library with him to sit and read for a while. It was about an hour and a half of you both being immersed in your own books that he told you he was going to the coffee shop in the bookstore to get a coffee. He got you your favorite drink. He had the barista give him a sharpie before they made your drink, then he wrote his message to you and bought you the drink when the order was done. You could see Sam was shaking and fidgeting but you couldn’t tell why.You figured you’d let him tell you when he’s ready. If only you know. You were only a few sips into your drink when you noticed some writing on the cup. Curious, you read the message which read;

(Y/n), I have loved you from the best of times to the worst. Would you do the honor of going on a date with me?

-Sam

You sat up, a bit stunned. You looked at Sam to see him smiling shyly at you. You couldn’t do much but giggle and nod at the giant softie.

M arriage- Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?

Marriage is something Sam and you have talked a lot about it. You two know you definitely want to get married but the question was when. You want to do it sooner rather than later. While Sam agrees, he also feels like that it should be a sign of both of you leaving life for good. Sam is a very nostalgic person, which means he’ll most likely recreate him asking you out and your first date. At the end of the night he’d get down on one knee and before he gets to say one word you burst into tears. When he finishes his speech, you of course say yes and the night continues...elsewhere.

N icknames- What do they call their s/o?

Sugar is used more often than not. Baby and babygirl are pretty prevalent. Honey Bunch is used less but when he does call you that usually puppy dog eyes are shortly behind.

O n Cloud Nine- What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

When Sam is in love it’s less obvious to everyone, but if they know Sam, they’ll notice the little things. Things like Sam now has permanent smile lines and his shoulders don’t hold so much tension anymore. If you didn’t come on a hunt with him and Dean he always has Dean stop off to get a bouquet of flowers. Of course he gets shit from Dean but he still does it everytime cause he is a good big brother.

P DA- Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

While Sam will let anyone know that you’re together (if need be), he’s pretty subtle about it. There is the subtle hand on your thigh or around your waist. Maybe a little quick forehead kiss but other than that unless they knew you, someone wouldn’t be able to guess you two are together.

Q uirk- Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.

Sam has this really deep, rich, raspy type of voice. That makes him the BEST narrator ever! He often reads you to sleep when you two spend a lazy night in or if you have a nightmare. He’s there with a book you’ve been reading and he reads you a chapter or two before you’re out like a light.

R omance- How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?

Sam is the KING of romance. When he plans something for you, he goes all out! When it comes to making you happy, he’ll do whatever it takes. There are almost no limits to his love. He lives by the term “Happy Wife, Happy Life.”. Sam is pretty nostalgic so he’ll be cliche, but he’ll be creative and add his own twist to it! So you could say he’s pretty creative.

S upport- Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?

Sam loves learning about your goals and helping you achieve them. If you have 5 different goals, he's all there for you, helping you learn ways to achieve them quicker. If you want to. If you feel like those goals are impossible to reach, he’s there to help you see nothing’s impossible.

T hrill- Do they need to try out new things to spice up your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?

While Sam likes to have a solid routine, he tries to keep things *spicy* when it comes to your relationship. Whether it's something mundane or outrageous, you and Sam try your best to keep things fun for the both of you.

U nderstanding- How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?

You and Sam know each other so well it's gotten to the point where if you or him need something, you know what’s needed and how much before the other even opened their mouth. When this happens, Dean just kinda stares at the both of you with a “what the actual fuck?’ look.

Sam: *sees you walking into the kitchen* Hey babe we-

Y/N: We need to get some milk today. You wanna leave at 11?

Sam: *goes back to drinking his coffee* Yep.

Dean: *freaking the fuck out*

V alue- How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?

Sam knew from the first date that his life would be in your hands. He trusts you with everything he has. What’s your relationship worth to him? More than any diamonds, jewels, or power. Nothing can ever be worth more than you.

W ild Card- A random Fluff Headcanon.

Sam took you to an event at a bar one night for a date. The theme that night was ‘50’s and 60’s dance night!’ He bought you a dress that would be worn in that era and he wore his brand new tux he bought, just for tonight. Just for you. Your feet were screaming in your heels but you and Sam were having too much fun to leave the dance floor. When you guys got home that night Sam gave you the BEST foot rub ever.

X OXO- Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

In private, Sam will smother you with kisses and cuddles. The man can almost never let you go. The poor touch starved baby.

Y earning- How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

Sam likes to log in to your Spotify, he knows most likely wherever you are, you’re listening to your music. He likes to listen to your playlists with you. It makes him feel closer to you.

(He’ll never admit it but you have better taste in music than him.)

Z eal- Are they willing to go to great lenghts for the relationship? If so, what kind of?

It’ll be a close call but if he had to choose to save Dean or you, he’d choose you. It’d break him for a while, but he knows his brother wants him to have the apple pie life with you. And in the end, he’d always do it. No matter how hard it’d be for him and you every time, he wouldn’t change a thing.

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A/N: Thank you guys for reading! I hope you enjoyed it. Requests are always open!

Spread Love!

-Marissa

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Steven Stone Fluff Alphabet

To go along with my NSFW Alphabet, I decided to do some fluff for my favourite rock nerd. Hope you enjoy!

A = Activities (what do they like to do with their s/o? how do they spend their free time?)

He loves being outside with you, going for hikes, walks and sea swims. Likes to learn with you too, wandering around museums and discovering new things about science, history and culture.

He probably won’t take you mining unless you’re really into it, it can be quite tedious and dangerous, but he loves when you help him polish stones, or help make them into decorations or jewellery.

He has a soft spot for lazy days where you two are draped across his couch watching trashy reality TV shows and fun, animated films

B = Beauty (what do they admire about their s/o? what do they think is beautiful about them?)

Likes how kind and caring you are, not only to him, but to his Pokemon and almost everyone else.

He thinks you’re beautiful in every way, but he in particular thinks your eyes sparkle like the rarest, most precious gem he has ever seen.

C = Comfort (how do they help their s/o when they feel down? what makes them feel better?)

Steven is a little oblivious, so you might have to tell him that you’re down, but as soon as he knows, it’s his mission to cheer you up! Lots of kisses and cuddles, your favourite meals delivered, a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen. If you’re sad due to an insecurity, he will wax poetic about how amazing that part of you is to him.

If you’re very stressed due to work or school, and you finally have time off, he’s going to whisk you away to a sun-drenched beach in Alola, the finest room in Hotel Richissime in Lumiouse, or his gorgeous villa by the Batte Zone in Sinnoh (provided he hasn’t given it to some ten-year-old yet lol) to help you unwind and enjoy yourself.

When he’s down, he needs reassurance, and lots of physical affection. He might also throw himself into his work/hobbies to an extreme degree, skipping meals and sleeping little, so you’ll have to ensure he gets fed and a good few hours of sleep until he starts feeling better.

D = Dreams (how do they picture their future with their s/o and in general?)

He would love a little family with you, a couple kids running around, maybe in Mossdeep, but he’s down with moving inland, or to your home region if you’re not from Hoenn, if you would prefer.

He definitely dreams about kissing you goodbye and ruffling his kiddos’ hair before he goes to work. Since his mother died when he was so young, he never really got to experience the classic nuclear family, so he longs to provide it to his own children.

He’d like to go back to college too, get his Masters and maybe PhD in Geology and work in that field. He really does not want to be involved with the Devon Corporation, so he hopes he can work with it as little as possible

E = Equal (are they the dominant one in the relationship or are they rather passive?)

I would say your relationship is equal for the most part, the only thing that tips the scales in Steven’s favour is his wealth and connections. He can get you things or into places that you, as a regular person, wouldn’t be able to at all otherwise.

He doesn’t hold this over your head, he finds people who do that rather gross, and he’s not your sugar daddy either. He does spoil you sometimes, but that’s just one way he expresses his fondness for you.

F = Fight (how quick are they to forgive their s/o? what are they like in an argument? who says sorry first?)

Steven is a reasonable man, so I think once he’s calmed down and thought about it more, he’s ready to forgive you if you’re sorry, Now, this all depends on the nature of why you were in the wrong, if that’s the case. He will let small things slide, and is willing to compromise on bigger things, but if you do something like cheat on him, he will never forgive you.

When he is in the wrong though, he will own up to it, your relationship is more important than his pride.

He doesn’t go for cheap shots or low blows, and he only raises his voice if he is really pissed. If this is before you live together, and the fight occurs at his house, he will get you to leave, but makes sure you get home safe.

G = Gifts (what kind of things do they gift to their s/o? are they spontaneous or do they stick to special events like anniversaries?)

So. Many. Rocks.

Seriously, your shelves will be filled with amethyst clusters and pretty pebbles. Some of this rocks will be jewels encrusted in some stellar accessories.

Beyond that, he’ll get you things he thinks you might need. Complaining about your coffee maker? He’s just gotten you a top of the line model with a prepaid subscription to receive new pods full of expensive Kalosian coffee every month for the next five years. Need a new bag? He’ll have one that costs double your rent shipped to you by the end of the day.

His gifts are expensive and high quality, but he does not buy you them for the sake of flaunting wealth. He just thinks you’d like them.

H = Heart Eyes (what are they like in love? is it obvious to others? how do they express their love? do they brag about their s/o to others?)

Steven feels like nothing can bother him. His smile is wider and his eyes sparkle whenever he thinks of you. He compliments you all the time and gives you lots of tender kisses and touches, spoils you a bit too. He doesn’t really brag, he thinks your amazingness stands for itself.

I = Impression (what first attracted them to their s/o? how accurate was their first impression to how their s/o actually is?)

He just thought you were very pretty when you first met, very sweet and cute. Evidently he was correct :)

J = Jealousy (do they get jealous easily? how do they deal with it?)

Steven rarely gets jealous. He’s not an arrogant guy in any way really, but he is confident in himself and in your relationship.

Things like money, power or status don’t threaten him, but appearance, particularity musculature, does. Steven’s quite the lean, slim guy, and sometimes he thinks he might not be strong or masculine enough for you, no matter how much you disagree. It honestly made him hurt a little when you jokingly called Leon, the Galar champion, a himbo.

When he is jealous, he gets a little stiff, he frowns, he holds onto you a little tighter if you’re around the person who makes him jealous. When he’s alone, he laments about it.

K = Kiss (are they a good kisser? what was their first kiss like? where do they kiss the most?)

Steven is a suave, smooth kisser, each kiss makes you feel like you’re the most precious thing in the world.

Your first kiss with him felt right, he gently cupped your cheeks and kissed you slowly in a manner that portrayed exactly how he felt about you.

He likes to kiss your cheek and forehead, and sometimes your knuckles if he’s holding your hand.

L = Little Things (what are the little things they love about their s/o? are they attentive?)

He loves how kind you are, loves how you treat his Pokémon like each one is the cutest ever, even if they are decidedly not cute. He likes how you look after him, making sure he sleeps and eats, showing up to his house randomly with treats or just to visit him. He really appreciates it.

M = Marriage (do they want to get married? how do they propose? what would the wedding be like?)

Making you his spouse would make him so happy!

His proposal would be very intimate, a night time picnic, either stargazing, watching fireworks or a meteor shower. He’d turn to you, with a soft smile, and tell you exactly how much you mean to him, and how much he loves you. Then, he would take out a small velvet box and ask you to marry him. The ring would be jaw-droppingly ornate, with your favourite gem in the middle.

The wedding would be intimate too, very swanky, with geode centrepieces and formal attire. He’d ultimately like to hold it in somewhere like Reflection Cave, but he’s down to hold it in a castle or hotel otherwise, with nice gardens of course.

N = Nicknames (what do they call their s/o? what do they get called?)

He calls you sweetheart, darling, love, my gem.

You call him Stevie, babe and dreamboat. Sometimes rock nerd or dork if he’s going on about geology.

O = Open (do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? is it easy for them to share?)

He’s pretty open, once you two have been together for a good while. He trusts you enough to tell you his insecurities and darkest thoughts, like how he feels burdened by the weight of his responsibilities, how his strained relationship with his father affects him, or how he still has trauma regarding the loss of his mother.

Just make sure to give him a big hug after he tells you, ok?

P = Pancakes (are they a good cook? how often do they cook for their s/o? breakfast in bed or fancy dinner dates?)

Steven cannot cook to save his life. He never needed to learn, they had a personal chef at home when he was growing up, and when he was older he would go out for food or get it delivered all the time. This continues when you get together, he always insists on paying.

That being said, he’s definitely up to learn, especially if you teach him, or if you can’t cook either, he’d love to learn with you.

Q = Quirk (a random quality/ability that is beneficial to their relationship.)

Steven has a super gentle, super careful touch, which means he gives the most amazing scalp massages. You have no choice but to melt when his fingers are caressing your head.

R = Romance (how romantic are they? are they cliché or creative?)

Extremely romantic, more elegant than corny. He wants you to know how beautiful and amazing you are, and he wants to put in effort to prove that point.

S = Sleep (who falls asleep first? do they need their s/o close to them? do they have any bad habits?)

You do usually, he likes to watch you snooze before he falls asleep. He likes to have you close to him, but he can sleep without you just fine, not waking up next to you is really more of a pain to him.

For bad habits? Steven has a tendency to lose track of time and go to bed very late. It can be frustrating when you need a good cuddle before bed, and when you have to deal with a barely-conscious, sometimes grouchy Steven in the morning.

T = Thrill (do they need to spice up their relationship with new things or do they stick to a routine? how often do they do new things?)

If Steven wants to go somewhere or do something, he does because he has the luxury to. So when it comes to new experiences, like visiting somewhere new, trying a new activity, and you both want to go there or try it, he will have it organised straight away.

He only really has a routine when league business is in full swing, and when he is no longer champion, anything goes. Though if you have a routine, he will work around it.

U = Unity (did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? what traits do they share?)

Steven, due to his wealth and connections, had a habit of dropping everything to go on trips or rock-hunting whenever he felt like, which was detrimental to many of his relationships, mainly because he wouldn’t notify people before he left.

You, however, have taught him the importance of taking other people’s feelings and opinions into account. You’re so attentive with him, and in turn, he learns how to do just that with all the important people in his life.

You’re both kind people, who care deeply about each other and Pokemon

V = Value (how important is their relationship to them? what is it worth compared to other things in their life?)

At the beginning, the relationship is just a luxury for him, something he enjoys, but not something he needs in his life. But the longer you two are together, the more important you and your needs become to him.

You definitely become his point of focus, your happiness is his goal. He doesn’t stop engaging in his hobbies and interests, but he does do so in a manner that disrupts your relationship the least.

You are his rock, the love of his life, and he puts you before everything.

W = Wild Card (a random fluff headcanon.)

Cried while drunk at his Bachelor Party because he just really wanted to be married to you already and he could not understand why he had to wait to do so.

X = XOXO (do they like to kiss and cuddle? are they upfront about their relationship or rather shy when in public?)

Steven is quite affectionate at home, lots of soft kisses, hugs and long cuddles.

In public, his displays of affection are very elegant and appropriate. He wants you to know he loves you and finds you beautiful, even when in public. He likes to hold your hand, or rest his on your hip or the small of your back.

Will kiss your lips as a greeting or to say goodbye, but will mostly stick to occasionally kissing your cheek or forehead when you’re out.

Y = Yearning (how do they cope when they spend time away from their s/o? do they miss their s/o?)

Steven really starts missing you when there’s no way you can be together, like when he’s abroad and/or working. Usually during these times, he texts frequently and calls you at least once a day, provided he’s not stuck in some cave. He likes to gaze fondly at pictures of you, planning how he’ll make it up to you when you reunite

Z = Zoo (do they have pets? do they want some in the future?)-

Of course! He is/was a champion after all, so he has his pokemon team, plus some random beldum floating around. You treat his like your own, and vice versa, so it’s a very happy household.

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