#idk where i was going with this i lost it fighting this coloring help

[strongheartneteyam]

Realize where you belong.

Pairing: neteyam sully x female!dreamwalker!reader/female!human!reader

Chapter 6

CW: lots of angst, jealousy is not even the right word to describe neteyam's state anymore, emotionally hurt neteyam, yandere neteyam, reader has a hard time trying to fight her feelings for neteyam, mentions of using someone with the intention of forgetting someone else, mild violence, mentions of sexual fluids, possessive and territorial neteyam, mentions of depressive symptoms, use of alcohol, feelings of fear, tension, confessions of love, fluff. I think that's all (??)

✨ IM BACK ✨ I can't even believe I managed to finally update this fanfic! 😂 All of a sudden I spent days on end being a 24/7 nurse for my spayed kitten and didn't have time for anything + having to give her 2 different pills at 2 different times, all during the am hours, plus another one in the morning, left me SOOO sleep deprived. It was horrible. Thank God she doesn't have to take the pills anymore. ANYWAY lol Guys, in the beginning of the chapter until the middle of it, I think, I know you guys are gonna want to murder me or reader or both (you know that y/n meme with the pic of the blonde girl "choking" her own shadow in the wall, saying like "babe this is not us" or smth? so… pretty much that! lol) BUT I PROMISE it's gonna be really good in the end 🥲 trust me, please 🥺 it's the moment most of us (yes, me included!) have been waiting for! 💕 Also, this is a longer chapter, compared to the usual. Maybe a compensation for my absence? Idk! lol I just hope you guys like it! haha OKAY if I say anything else, it'll be a spoiler lol love y'all to death!!! my readers are my babies, my lil angels… I truly freaking love you guys so much!!! 🫀⚘

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Chapter 5

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I can see you standing, honey, with his arms around your body

Laughin', but the joke's not funny at all

(...)

I can see you staring, honey, like he's just your understudy

Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me

Second, third, and hundredth chances

Balancin' on breaking branches

Those eyes add insult to injury 

exile (Taylor Swift, Bon Iver)

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The air was thick and chaotic at the Olo'eyktan's hut that morning. Everyone seemed to be a bit too restless, either getting ready to go show up to their duties to the clan, like Neytiri, or thinking about some personal struggle, like Kiri, who was lost in thought, looking a bit sad. But she was also mixing some herbs and flowers, preparing a thick, violet colored substance that was used to treat wounds, that she would later give to Neytiri. Kiri would always help Neytiri a lot, assisting her in her Tsahìk position in the Omatikaya clan.

But Neteyam still stood out among the whole family. He was unmistakably grumpy that morning, Lo’ak noticed, as he was - once again - watching the weird way his older brother was behaving. Neteyam was not being his usual calm and caring self. He was not trying to take care of everyone, not giving out smiles and trying to cheer his siblings up. He was even distracted when Jake was giving him instructions about how today's training would go and giving him other orders, like telling him to keep an eye on Tuk whenever he's able to, as she was growing and becoming even smarter, more energetic and mischievous and was starting to get into more trouble, sometimes even picking fights with other girls in the clan, becoming a bit too much like Lo'ak, which had been making Jake rub the sides of his forehead in worry lately, way more often than he liked to admit.

"The Mighty Warrior, distracted when dad is telling him what to do?! What the fuck is happening?!" Lo'ak thought. Something was very wrong. And Lo’ak was determined to find out what it was.

Neteyam sat with his legs slightly open, his hands were crossed, his elbows resting on his knees. He had a lost stare in his eyes, gazing at the nothingness, looking like he was mad at someone who had just maybe punched him in the face.

He did not know how to deal with it all, that turmoil of emotions you were causing inside him felt overwhelming to the Sullys first born. He had taken on just so many challenges throughout his life and conquered most of them, but he feared you were gonna be a war that he might lose. He had to admit it bruised his ego. Suddenly, he did not feel like such a Mighty Warrior after all. An adversary that most people would judge as a weak one compared to him, a mere human girl, so small in comparison to his size, was defeating him. Suddenly all his skills with bows, arrows, big knives and even big, intimidating shotguns were not enough.

And Neteyam felt lost. He did not know what to do. For the first time in his life, his rational and smart brain could not seem to produce a war strategy that could help him win. Win you. He felt just like a wounded warrior, bleeding on the floor.

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You decided to finally answer Derek’s messages today, after ghosting him for a while. You were feeling weird and lonely. And shaken. God, still so shaken... What the hell happened last night? Did that really happen? Was it all just a dream? You could swear those words Neteyam Suli had given you, about how he was in love with you, that his hauntingly tall and broad figure, vulnerable, kneeling on the ground in front of you, telling you he could tell you desired him too, had all been just part of a weird, eerie, anxious, borderline wet dream.

You knew very well what you were doing to Derek. You were using him to forget about the mess Neteyam was making of you. You knew that was wrong and you did feel guilty and ashamed. But you also knew you had to step back into your old reality, into that familiar world, into your comfort zone, a place where there were only regular human guys interested in you, not that current unsettling reality you were living in - you could still swear it had all just been a dream. Or a nightmare, perhaps. You were not sure -, where there was an almost 10 feet tall alien boy pursuing you, declaring his love and his nearly inappropriate desire for you, talking about the intimate parts of your body in a way that made you uncomfortable, anxious but... that lured you in too, at the same time. You needed an escape from it all. Your already disturbed mind did not seem able to deal with those facts at that moment and Derek seemed like the perfect distraction. 

Damn, what had you become? That was not ethical or moral at all - using a human being like a tool to distract you from your conflicting emotions - but you did not seem to be capable of caring too much about being ethical or moral at that time. Your whole perception of the world seemed to be changing. You felt bedazzled and unsteady. You did not want to admit to yourself that you were starting to feel too much for Neteyam, that you were running away from your feelings like a thief runs away with an expensive item he just robbed. No, you were not in love with him. How could that even be? Everybody knew the na’vi don’t get romantically involved with humans. Your races were more like enemies than buddies. There were only a few humans who were loyal to the na'vi and maintained a somewhat close relationship with them, but never a romantic one. What was making you and Neteyam feel like that for each other? That could only bring problems and you sure as hell did not want more trouble in your already complicated life.

You would be better off sticking to a human male instead. It was safe and familiar. It did not make your anxiety skyrocket. But it also did not excite you a single bit. Derek caused you nothing. You could barely even feel actually turned on when he touched your body and kissed your lips. It was just like he was a habit you had gotten used to, making out with him here and there, to numb the pain you felt inside your heart almost all the time. His biggest efforts to make you wet never seemed to work. Meanwhile, Neteyam got you wet without having ever touched you. That sure spoke loud enough. 

So why were you rejecting Neteyam and going after Derek?

Maybe you felt too afraid to take a risk, to follow your heart. God knows following that damn reddish muscular organ had put you in the worst situations possible in the past. You felt numb but you felt safe. And safe felt good. Bearable, at least. You were afraid if you gave into what you felt for Neteyam you just might explode. The feelings were that strong. You did not know what to do to try and ignore that tiny but extremely annoying creature inside your brain that would always be whispering “What if something actually good came out of it? Take a risk. For once in your life, don’t play it safe.”

But you were choosing to play it safe, anyway. At least this afternoon. You were gonna meet Derek, after two weeks without doing so, and just hang out, eat junk food, drink some alcohol and talk about non important things, just laugh and be silly, like you two always used to do. He was a good friend. Too bad he never made any type of fire light up inside of you, not even in the very beginning of your rendezvous, that’s why you never got to have sex with him. You were simply not interested. At all, to be honest. You wondered why you still insisted on being physically intimate with him. There were many things in your life that you did and did not really think too much about. They were just pure routine, they just kinda happened and you let them, almost like you weren't really living your life, but only a mere spectator to the events that were happening to you. And it seemed like you felt too emotionally numb to put an end to them. Your involvement with Derek was one of those things. He started to flirt with you one day, you were bored and you thought "why not?" and now, months later, you were still caught in this situation. If anyone asked you if there was any other reason why you were gonna see Derek today other than to try and get Neteyam out of your mind, you honestly couldn't say there was. It was crystal clear to you that, even though you were fighting like crazy to deny your feelings for Neteyam, you were indeed falling for him.

But how could that be? Some days ago, he was only an Omatikaya famous warrior - and, oh, let's not forget, the next Olo'eyktan of their clan - that you had only heard people talk about.

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Neteyam was up in one of the highest tree branches he could find that day. He did not want anybody to see him, as usual, but he also did not want you to know he was watching you, either. He knew you were now aware of his constant presence around you. He knew you were not oblivious to his love anymore.

The sun was harassing his eyes, so he put his hand over them and squinted hard to try and see if the guy next to you, in the laboratory’s cafeteria, was really who he thought it was. When his eyes could get a better view, once the sun was not bothering them so much anymore, he felt something sinking in his stomach and his heartbeat accelerated considerably.

He had just confirmed who the guy was. It was that disgusting little human male that liked to act like you were his mate. Neteyam hissed ferociously, his protruding na’vi fangs looking scarier than ever, as his wide feline eyes watched Derek leaning close to your face and kissing your lips. Neteyam wanted to die - or maybe kill Derek - when he noticed you kissed him back.

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You forced a smile while looking at Derek, after you had the initiative to break that damn kiss who seemed to never end. He seemed satisfied with the fact that you two had just kissed, contrary to what you were feeling. You honestly felt like you wanted to throw up. All you could think about was how it would feel to kiss Neteyam, to smell his scent again, that was so abundantly different from what you were used to, but that fact only seemed to make you want him even more.

You looked away to try and forget the ridiculous mistake you were making by being with Derek at that moment. You were looking at the ground and your gaze moved upwards. Now your eyes were directed towards the outside of the lab. What you saw startled you beyond reason. Neteyam was squatting, up in the branches of a huge tree, not too close but not too far from the part of the laboratory you and Derek were currently in. His fangs were out, seeming bigger than ever, as he hissed ferociously. Neteyam's animalistic side had completely taken over him and you could tell.

A chill ran down your spine. You could feel in your guts something bad was about to happen.

Your heart throbbed in pain as you saw how hurt he was now that he had seen you kissing Derek, even after he - Neteyam - had confessed his feelings for you in such a vulnerable way last eclipse. You saw in his eyes how betrayed he felt, like you were just silently telling him that his love did not matter at all to you and you'd rather be with any other guy but him.

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"Hey, I'm going outside for a while, 'kay?" Derek spoke as he got up from the place he had been sitting, beside you, kissing your cheek "The boys are gonna meet me behind the lab in a while. "

Oh, no. Derek would not be safe if he went outside. Not with Neteyam spilling hate for him out of his soul like that. You had to try and find a way to keep Derek inside.

"Oh." You said, not being able to conceal your nervousness "Why don't you wait for them to actually get there before you go?!" You almost begged, visibly tense

"God, you seem nervous." He chuckled slightly, seeming uncomfortable " Is everything alright?"

"Yeah! I just want you to spend some more time with me." You pouted at him, coming up with an excuse to try and keep Derek from going out of the lab

"Sorry, sugar. It was nice hanging out and stuff but I really need to go now." He was already walking fast towards the door before you could try and talk him out of that stupid idea

You couldn't let any of the people in that cafeteria know something was up, so, you pretended everything was alright and finished eating your chips and took the last sip of your canned whisky and coke and stood up, walking slowly (when you actually wanted to freaking run) in the direction of the lab's metal door that led to outside.

You put your oxygen mask on, took a deep breath and walked out the door. 

You heard a noise, it was like a really heavy object falling to the floor. You also heard some strong thuds.

When you started to walk around to try and see what was happening, you realized your fear had become reality. Neteyam was sitting on top of Derek’s squirming body, his toned, striped thighs straddling Derek’s torax. You gasped when you realized Derek was no longer wearing his oxygen mask and Neteyam's huge hand was over Derek's mouth, preventing him from screaming for help. Neteyam looked at him like a hunter looks at their prey, while his big fangs and loud hisses put fear in the human boy's eyes. Derek was completely terrified.

Your heart beat sped up insanely and your hands were now cold as ice. You were afraid for Derek’s life.

You knew that the way Neteyam was taking out his frustration and jealousy on Derek was indescribably far from okay but still, as cruel to Derek as it seemed, you still felt incredibly sorry for the Omatikaya in front of you.

At the end of the day, you had a big percentage of blame for what he was doing right now. You were confused and afraid and torn but you knew to whom your heart belonged and it was not Derek. So why the hell were you being so selfish to the point of hurting two boys at the same time just because you didn't know how to deal with your own feelings? You realized it was time for you to stop being a coward and put an end to that madness.

You could tell Neteyam was not okay mentally and you knew that you were being toxic too, that you were contributing for his mental state to get worse with your indecisiveness and fear, despite his efforts to show you he would never hurt you. You wanted to stop hurting him and help him instead, to finally let go and admit to yourself and to him that yes, despite the way you had been acting, you were in love with him too.

"Neteyam, don't!! Let him go, please!!" You shouted, running towards the human and the na'vi boy.

You finally got close to Neteyam. He stopped and looked at you, his eyes so fiery, the calm golden pools they always used to be were now boiling with feelings of anger, jealousy, hurt and betrayal.

"For me! Please?" You pleaded him, looking deep into his eyes while stroking his strong blue arm

You watched that beast inside of Neteyam slowly calm down, as his feline ears pointed downwards and his eyes became softer. He moved his hand away from Derek’s mouth and the human boy let out a series of labored breaths. Neteyam slowly got off of him, revealing his beyond intimidating height as he stood up, and stepped away from him.

You walked as fast as you could to where Derek's oxygen mask was laying on the floor and picked it up, checking if was broken (it wasn't! Thank you, Universe.) and went back to where he was lying down and gave it back to him.

Neteyam watched your movements and felt jealous when you got close to Derek, so, once you got back to the place where you were standing before, Neteyam stood right next to your arm. His instincts told him to mark his territory.

Derek swiftly put it back on. He was almost completely out of breath. Derek breathed in deep once the mask was covering his face, taking in all the oxygen he possibly could.

"Are you okay?" You looked down at Derek’s body, searching for any visible wounds. There were none, at best. "God, I'm so sorry about this…"

"Yeah, I'm fine, somehow." Derek seemed afraid, shocked, frustrated and angry, all simultaneously, as he got off the floor and got back on his feet

"Please, don't tell anyone that you saw Neteyam or that he tried to hurt you, okay?"

"What the fuck?!! This psycho almost tried to kill me!! Why are you defending him?!"

Neteyam hissed at him when he heard what he had just called him but you squeezed his arm and he looked at you, remembering your pleas were the thing that were keeping him from killing that small, pink male. Even though it hurt him deeply that you were protecting that human, he couldn't bring himself to ignore you when you were begging him not to hurt Derek. You had Neteyam in the palm of your hand.

"You don't understand! If you let anyone in that lab know what Neteyam did to you, the RDA will eventually know about it too! Do you understand how serious this is? Do you wanna see Neteyam dead?!" You urged him, looking deep into his eyes "You could even help start another war between the humans and the na'vi. Do you understand that it is a much bigger issue than it seems to be? Just forget about what happened and I'll make sure Neteyam won't ever try to hurt you again."

Derek smirked in contempt 

"How can you be so sure he will listen to you?"

"I know he will! He loves me. And… I love him too."

Derek’s face had a big question mark all over it now and his mouth fell open.

Neteyam seemed to be shocked for a while. He did not expect you to say that, at all. He thought you would never love him back. Neteyam couldn't seem to believe those words had actually just come out of your mouth.

You breathed in deep, trying to stay calm amidst all that chaos "This thing between us…" You looked at Derek "It's over. I don't know why I was still insisting on it, I never even felt attracted to you, in the first place. I'm sorry."

"I'm outta here! All of this shit that's going on… feels like a fucking nightmare"

"Can you do as I said and not tell anyone about Neteyam? Nobody, ever? Please?!" You were nervous, brows furrowed, talking fast

"Okay!! Just let me go now! I think it's better if you and I keep some distance from each other from now on. I don't want your crazy na'vi boyfriend trying to kill me again." 

Neteyam hissed at Derek again when he heard the word "crazy" and Derek rapidly looked at him, startled, but couldn't be brave enough to spend more than some seconds staring at him, so, he swiftly looked away 

"Neteyam, please!! He's going already." You looked at Neteyam, a bit angry and impatient, asking him to calm down "Just go, Derek." You spit out and sighed, feeling physically and mentally drained after having to stop that stupid fight

Derek finally turned his back to you and Neteyam and left.

You looked at Neteyam. His eyes were glued on you. Those pretty amber eyes. His face wasn't full of hatred and anger anymore. His demeanor was much calmer now. His body language radiated love towards you. His tail was wagging softly. You felt pain and regret consuming your chest. How could you have treated Neteyam so badly last night? You realized now you couldn't hold him to the same standards you hold human males. The na'vi are animalistic beings, in spite of their high intelligence. And worse, how could you be irresponsible enough to kiss Derek even not actually wanting to, making Neteyam see it and get as hurt as he did? You sure were being trashy.

"My tawtute…" he cooed as he turned to look in your eyes "I won't let you run away from me anymore." Neteyam had a big smile on his lips "I don't care if you try to. That's all I needed to hear, that you love me. Now that you've said it, even if you didn't say it directly to me, I'm gonna fight for you even harder, even if you keep trying to push me away, I will keep bothering you." He kept smiling, blissful "You're like an Ikran. I just need to be patient with you. Eventually, I'll tame you and you'll be mine. All mine, hi'ì 'emyu." (small cook) "Bonded to me through tsaheylu. I can be patient and I will be."

You could only look at him, stare at his face and ask yourself why. Why was he willing to put so much work into making you his mate? 

"I'm not gonna run away from you anymore." You finally said "I'm done running. I'm done keeping myself miserable and alone because I'm too afraid to trust you and let you in. While trying to keep myself "safe", I was hurting myself and hurting you. I'm not doing that anymore, Neteyam. I was so stupid… I can't really say what it is, but there's just something about you… I think about you all the time, since the first time I saw you when you appeared for me outside that window. I don't believe someone can fall in love so fast but…" You were about to burst into tears "I'm in love with you."

Neteyam looked at you with the biggest smile on his plump lips, while his heart beat uncommonly fast inside his chest. He was overwhelmed with joy but as he was seeing the tears welling up in your eyes, he felt like he was about to cry too. But he didn't. Having learned throughout his whole life to always act with self control and rationality in front of everyone, - not really by choice, but because he knew that was how the Olo'eyktan to be should act, to keep a good reputation, to let his people know he was strong enough to control his emotions and not let them get in the way of him making good decisions for the Omatikaya - his ability to show some aspects of his feelings was a bit impaired now and that included crying. Even though he almost cried in front of you when you rejected him, he couldn't bring himself to cry of joy, now that you were saying that you wanna be with him too.

"I'm sorry for… what you saw. Me and Derek. I never liked him, Neteyam. He was just-"

"Yawne, no." Neteyam interrupted " It's okay. I don't wanna hear about that human." He looked disgusted only by the thought of Derek "And I don’t want you thinking about him either. You're mine now. Just forget about him. It's me that you like, right?" He gave you a gentle smile now and you nodded your head positively "Then focus on me, yawntutsyìp."

You looked at him, shyly, and smiled

"So… Can I ask for a hug, now?" your heart beat fast inside your chest cavity as you nervously said that

"Oeyä tawtute…" (my human) "You don't even need to ask." He opened his big, strong arms as he spoke "Come here."

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[justmeinadaze]

Rara's Nightmare (Part of We're a Family Universe)(Steddie X You)

From this AU

A/N: Idk where this came from in my brain but I couldn't stop thinking about it. Enjoy the FLUFF!

Warnings: While is from a Steddie AU this is mostly Steve taking care of Ro when she has a nightmare. No angst or smut, just good wholesome fluff.

Word Count: 1043

Aurora woke up with a gasp as she looked around her dark room terrified of how the things she knew now seemed threatening as they lurked in the shadows. Grabbing the little stuffed dragon her daddy bought her, she braved the hallway as she excited her room. 

The house was quiet except for the little creaks of the wood as the wind hit the side of her home. Taking a deep breath, she headed for the stairs passing Dylan’s room along the way. She could hear the low rumbles of his music through the crack at the bottom of the door. Aurora contemplated knocking and waking him up but sometimes her brother could be grumpy if you woke him too early. 

Plus, she knew the monsters that were probably hiding in her room were too big for Dylan to fight on his own. No…she needed to be brave and get to her parents. Her little chocolate-colored eyes quickly darted around as she descended the stairs clinging to her dragon for protection. 

As she entered the living room, however, she suddenly felt lost. In the dark everything seemed to be different. Had the couch always been there or did it move on its own? Wasn’t James’s room just around the corner? She saw the kitchen but then why couldn’t she find her mommy and daddy’s door?

Backing up slowly, her feet abruptly slipped out from under her as she fell on her butt and started to cry. They sound of a door opening startled her as she curled up into a ball and cried harder. 

“Ro? Honey, what happened?”, Steve cooed in a concerned voice still husky from sleep. “What are you doing out of bed?”

Aurora promptly wrapped her arms tightly around her father’s neck knowing that if any of the monsters decided to attack she was safe with him. Pressing her head gently into the nook of his neck, he lifted her into his arms, and rubbed her back comfortingly as he got to his feet.

“What happened?”, you ask quietly, the sound of your voice calming her more.

“I think she just had a nightmare. Go back to bed, baby, I got this. Sweetheart, do you want to say good night to mommy?”

Even though he turned her to face you, she didn’t lift her head as she clung to him tighter. The little toddler sighed when she felt your hand pet her curls before kissing the top of her head. 

“Good night, Ro. I love you.”

“I love you to, mommy.”, she garbled making you and Steve lightly laugh.

The long trek it took her only took her father a few moments as he took a seat on her bed and placed her under the covers. She watched with wide eyes as he leaned towards her nightstand and turned on the nightlight they had gotten her for her birthday. Aurora couldn’t help but smile at her ceiling as brightly colored stars painted the makeshift sky. 

“What happened, honey? Did you have a nightmare?” Hugging her dragon tighter, the tears begin to fall again as she nods. “Hey, hey now. Everything’s ok, baby. Do you want to tell me what it was about?”

Adamantly, she shakes her head as she sinks lower into her blanket. 

“Ok, that’s ok.” Steve watches as her eyes flick to her closet and more fear washes over her. “You know, daddy’s not the only master in this house. I mean, he may be the only dungeon master but I’m a force master. I became a Jedi when I was a little bit older than you.”

“Really?”

“Oh yeah.”, he grins as he bends down and grabs the toy light saber she keeps by her bed. “May I borrow yours? Mine is downstairs.”

“Daaaad!”, she giggles. “That’s not a real light saber.”

Steve playfully scoffs as he rises to his feet and spins the sword around in his hands like they do in the movies. 

“That right there is dark side thinking, Rara. This saber here is as real as you want it to be.” As he reaches out to touch the end with his fingers, he lightheartedly winces as he pulls it back pretending he got burned. “Ow. Hot.”

As her demeanor softens, he smiles as he takes a fighting stance and begins looking around her room. 

“Alright, fair warning to any dark side users in this room! Come out now or you will be killed if I find you.” They both waited in silence to no one and his joking wide eyes met hers making her laugh. Slowly heading for her closet, he pushes open the door and moves some of her clothes around to find it empty. “No one there.”

Taking careful steps around her room, he shines the toy light in dark areas and her grin grows as she realizes everything he passes is things she knows like her stuffed animals on her furniture that seemed to tower over her before. 

“Dada.”, Aurora calls and when he turns to look at her, she points under her bed. 

Placing his finger over his mouth in a shooshing motion, he moves towards the edge of her mattress before dropping on his heels seeming to startle anything that may be hiding. 

“Damn, nothing. I think if anything was in here, they know I’m your dad and I’m not going to let anything bad happen to you.”

She beams up at him as he turns off the light saber and places it on her bedside table next to the night light as he shifts his weight onto his knees to lean over her bed.

“You’re safe, sweetheart. Now can you go back to sleep?”

Lazily she nods her head as he eyes lids begin to droop. 

“Dada? Can…Can you stay with me till I fall asleep again?”

Smiling, he lightly pushes on her back signaling for her to give him some room as he crawls in behind her and brings the blanket up to her chin before kissing the back of her head. 

Pushing her body into his chest, she reaches for his hand and grips two of his fingers in her tiny palm as she begins to drift off again. 

“Good night, dada.”

“Good night, Rara.”

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[goddang-ken]

| Translated Ennead headcannons + character Q & A from the bonus book |

| The small red text are my own comments lol |

*I also used google translate to translate the questions so some might not make sense.*

Duty: god of war and desert

Height: 184cm, 6’0 feet

Interest: hunting,walking, horseback riding, playing with people lost in the desert (wtf😭) and helping them find their way

Like: hunting, driving, fighting and sculptures

Hates: Osiris, Sekhmet, water and fishy smells

Favorite colors: red, black and gold

Q & A

Q1: what is Seth’s ideal type?

A: if I had to choose, it was a god who has many good qualities that I lacked

Q2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Horus, Osiris and Anubis?

A: it’s good that Horus doesn’t talk much but the problem is that he doesn’t have manners. The existence of Osiris light(?) is the problem. Anubis’ advantage is kindness but his disadvantage is also kindness

Q3: when do you think Nephthys is the most beautiful?, who confessed first?, where did you go on a date?

A: I confessed first, she has always been beautiful, what is dating? Do you mean driving a chariot through the desert or something?

Q4: Do you know that you are really beautiful? Since when did you become so beautiful?

A: Ive been this way since I was born, But you! Who asked you to judge the appearance of god? Want to be scolded?

Q5: Because your physique is shorter than Osiris, if you compare arm strength with him it seems like it will lose, what do you think?

A: that’s how human beings can’t do it, thinking that what they see on the surface is all the truth and that’s why they lose to me in wars every time. I killed Osiris on my way here. Do you want to travel with him too?

Q6: why didn’t I drink with my brother before TT, made my brother sad TT

A: whether he is sad or not, it has nothing to do with me. If you drink with that guy it will be hard to drink

Q7: Have you tried short hair styling?

A: when the war was prolonged, I shaved it off because it got in the way. After returning home it stayed longer. The hair was kept for nephthys to play with (omfg Seth was bald at some point but aww for the hair playing)

Q8: if you were human,what job would you like to do?

A: of course it’s the king,right?. If there were no states, it would be warriors or hunters

Q9: your hair is elegant and shiny,how do you maintain it? Do you want to dye it in other colors?

A: maintenance? Do humans even need to maintain their hair?, hair color…I plan to keep it as it is

Q10: Do you feel uncomfortable when other gods are muttering at the side of the judgement?

A: I already remember what they looked like. Then, of course they will be beaten hard

Q11: do you hate pulling? (Idk what they mean by this)

A: I don’t like it or hate it because I rarely touch it…personally,though, it doesn’t really fit me.

Q12: As the god of war, how did you feel when you first entered the battlefield? Are there any strategies you often use in the war?

A:the first time we fought?. At that time I just wanted to go home quickly…strategy…I’m most cases,you will use the terrain and observe the current situation to develop an appropriate strategy

Q13: do you have other clothes

A: Who do you think I am!,I am a god!, will I not? Of course I change my clothes every day!.

*clothing is also composed of sand,replace with new sand every day

Q14: if you were reincarnated,what would you like to be

A: live too long and don’t want to be reincarnated. Are there creatures better than gods?

Q15: what kind of food do you like?

A:what, are you planning on poisoning it?, I won’t tell you.

* it’s lettuce salad

Q16: what is your nickname? Hippo? Aardvark?

A: what is your name? Was it sent by isis? Or is it sekhmet? Call me aardvark, it’s like sehkmetye

Q17: Do you have any other abilities besides sand that you would like to have?

A: Magic. It looks super fun

Q18: Have you been bullied by isis since you were a child?

A: do I look like I’m going to be bullied? I grew up with her bad temper

Q19: Do you like cats?

A: I seem to have been asked the same question before…I don’t like cats…they like me

Q20: are you still in love with nephthys?

A: …hey, isn’t this question too direct? We’re not familiar enough to talk about this. But even if it’s ripe,I’m not going to tell you.

Q21: what do you think about Horus, Osiris and Anubis?

A: Horus: falcon cub, Osiris: son of a bitch, Anubis: my cub.

Q22: you must be very sexy when you sing,right?

A: you can’t listen anyways. Why are you curious about singing?

Q23: even if it turns to sand, do you still feel pain when injured?

A: what? Are you going to tell falcon head? You boy?

* he turns into sand so that it wouldn’t hurt

Q24: mouth part of the mask is very long. have you ever bumped into someone’s face when you turned your head? ( lmao yes, he kept hitting Horus in the face with the nose part in the comics)

A: who are you talking to? Can you use more polite words? It seems that the recent human beings have begun to underestimate me. To see that I do not treat you…

* use in combat will be mainly impact 

Duty: agent of the wind

Height: about 195cm, 6’3feet

Interest: no interest, because life is too easy

Like: Seth, isis, reading, flying,

Dislike: Anubis, Osiris, desert caravan, awakening to god

Favorite color: red, blue, turquoise and black

Q & A

Q1: Q1. What kind of feelings do you have for Osiris? Do you consider him a father? How did you feel when you first met him?

A: There is no natural affection or respect for the mother that arises in the face of him. When we met for the first time, there was only a level of feeling like "So he looks like that"

Q2: When you become a god, what is the first thing you want to do?

A: Just to ensure the safety of my uncle

Q3: What ability do you most want to have when you become a god

A: I am very greedy, if only I could get the power of omniscience and omnipotence

Q4: What do you think is your attractiveness? Abs? How would you rate your body from an objective point of view?

A: Although I have confidence in my appearance, appearance alone is of no use, But since it's a body that my mother reluctantly created, I'll give it the highest score.

Q5: How do you take care of your wings? Do you wash them together when you take a shower?

A: Wings are not part of my body. To be precise, it is the power lent to me by Lord Nut.

Q6. How do you feel about being called the yellow-haired boy who has not yet become a god

A: When my uncle called me the yellow-haired boy, it felt like he was calling a cute boy , so I didn't hate it, If other gods called me like that, I would feel very bad

Q7. Where is your favorite place in Egypt? What is your reason for liking it there?

It is in the temple of Chemis. It was a big place that became a turning point in my life.

Q8. What is your first impression of Seth and your current impression?

A: Although I was super scared of him at first, I found out later that he's not someone who only scares you. He is outspoken, affectionate and righteous, and surprisingly, he is a person with artistic qualities.

Q9. Do you think Seth-sama is beautiful? Is he good-looking

A: Umm‥ this is deliberately induced I replied, is it a means to let me die at the hands of my uncle. Uncle is a very handsome and attractive man

Q10:If you could have a good time with one of the following two, who would you choose? The sexy and seductive Seth VS the pure and beautiful Seth

A: (he doesn’t speak but this is his thought bubble) sexy temptation sexy sexy temptation sexy temptation seductive, sexy, seductive, seductive seductive seductive seductive seductive sexy temptation

Q11: If you were to give Mr Seth a nickname, what would it be?

A: "Um...that's really difficult. Because his name is so short that it cannot be shortened any longer. Because his name is so short that it cannot be shortened any longer. I just want to try to call him by his name once

Q12: Do you think it's funny to joke about your uncle

A: very funny

Q13: Do you want to make a joke on him?

A: ….chase him with your (my) hands

Q14. If you could spend a day with Seth just as Horus without any stake in it, what would you do?

A: I also want to sit and watch the chariot driven by my uncle. I want to learn hunting and swordsmanship from my uncle. I want to see my uncle look happy

Q15, Do you think you look like your mother or your father?

A: What a boring question. Of course I look like my mother

Q16. Have you ever been scolded by your mother when you were a child? Or have you ever acted like a spoiled child?

A: When I was a child, I was often scolded for doing many things that were forbidden, but still had to do in order to survive . It was a time when there was no time to even act like a spoiled child.

Q17. You are the youngest of the family, how do you feel about this?

A: Because my uncle was less resistant to children, I tried to show my youngest side to him. Too bad he doesn't like it very much

Q18:What is the reason for the sigh of the uncle who watched the riot in episode 6?

A: Because I have a strong hunch that the trial will not end easily. So I sighed involuntarily

Q19. Touching Lord Seth VS being stroked by Lord Seth, what is your choice?

A: Why can't we have both? The questioner is not very generous. If I had to choose it would be the latter

Q20. You spent a few days with Mr. Seth when you were a child. What would Mr. Seth do when he was drunk.

A: He seems to be the type to say everything on his mind when he's drunk, Occasionally repeat what he said…feeling that his alcoholic behavior was dangerous

Q21. When you marry Seth-sama, do you plan to make the dress yourself?

A: Wow...you thought about the future one step ahead of me. If it comes true, of course I will give it my all and do my homework before making it

Q22. What kind of clothes do you want to put on Seth-sama

A: In my opinion, I really want to Crafted and decorated with various gold and silver treasures Treasures, shiny dresses, but Look at him wearing only a piece of cloth even when he is the supreme god Son, I feel like he will be very uncomfortable In, would be annoying too. I hope it is beautiful embroidery on the finest fabrics, and clothes that make him comfortable

Q23. What kind of feelings do you have for Anubis

A: Although I have no direct enmity with him.. But in my heart I really wanted to throw him away somewhere

Q24. In the first game, how did Lord Seth's lips feel?

A: Perhaps because of the relationship in the water, it feels very soft and gentle. What a perverted question.

Q25. Can you see the future?

A: God doesn't just see with his eyes. Of course I am not God, but I am close to God.

Q26. Where are the wings usually hidden, and where do they come out? Did they come out from the shoulders?

A: My wings are blessings obtained from Nut, the god of the sky. When needed, I will use the power of Lord Nut to materialize it. Obviously not a god, how did you do it? This falcon's mask was also obtained at that time.

Q27. How does Horus view Hathor?

A: The goddess of love and beauty, the daughter of the noble sun god is a pure and kind god. There are also many people who like her.

Q28. How painful was it when you were beaten by Lord Seth

A: To be honest, I seem to have seen my father vaguely four or five times, like that level of pain. But miraculously, he still survived, it seems that the uncle has controlled the force.

Q29. What kind of god do you think Lord Seth is?

A: It is worthy of being the God of War, it is very powerful and has a very poor personality - I think so

Duty: god of life and death

Height: about 200cm,6’5 feet

interest: Gardening, reading, music, meditation, journaling in a language only you can understand

like: Seth, Isis, reading, gardening, meditation

Hate: Nephthys, Anubis, Horus, Sekhmet, Sun God, Creation God

favourite colour:blue, green, sky blue, turquoise

Q&A

Q1. Do you consider Horus and Anubis your sons?

A: I won't deny it, but what they think also matters, doesn't it

Q2. What do you think about the nickname of Wandou

A: If Seth likes it.

Q3. What kind of feelings do you have for Isis?

A: My love for Isis is not false. It's just that it's not the same as my feelings for Seth

Q4. Where is the most confident body part (his horse dick🫣)

A: What an interesting question, do you think there are parts of me that seem insecure?

Q5. When Seth cut your body into eight pieces, did it hurt?

A: Unlike human beings, God's flesh can adjust pain

Q6. What method did you use to seduce Seth?

A: It should be faster to find methods that have not been used

Q7. Do you have a favorite flower? If so, why do you like that flower

A: My favorite is the flowers that I personally improved for Seth. After all, after trial and error for a long time, I can only like the final result.

Q8. Are you bald...? Can you take off your hat once (wtf😭😭)

A: This is not a hat, this is a crown called Atef. I shaved my hair to wear the crown. The crown on God's head symbolizes the power of God, so your request is a little rude, I hope you will pay attention to this in the future.

Q9. How do you feel when you enter the underworld even though you know that there are many gods who are coveting Seth? (Awe-inspiring)

A: All living things will return to the underworld one day. Even immortal gods cannot face death so easily, so they must be afraid of me

Q10. How is the scenery of the underworld

A: It is a beautiful place with green trees and golden fields. Now it's all cleaned up, and it's not much different from where you live

Q11. Can you create a Tibetan poem with the four characters of Osiris

A: Today, I also try to soothe this bleak and painful heart towards you by myself. I've lived for thousands of years, and this is the first time I've ever met a human who asked me to create something like this *Annotation: The four characters of "Osiris" in the original text correspond to the Chinese today's "jin", the desolate and painful "dharma", the "Dao" of this, and the "self" of the self

Duty: god of magic

Height: 171cm, 5’6 feet

Interest: Play music, sing, read, swim, develop new magic, make medicine, teach people

Likes: family, human, child, love, art like

Hate: Betrayal, crime, loss of precious things, body and mind dirty adult man

favourite colour: blue, turquoise, red, gold

Q&A

Q1. When was your happiest time in the past?

A: …I miss the four brothers and sisters living together the most. I never thought it would turn into what it is now

Q2. What kind of feelings do you have for Osiris? What do you like about him? Do you hate Osiris now?

A: I hate and complain, sometimes I want to kill him, but I always think about the past, which makes me very painful. Osiris trusts me and treats me as a special being, so it's even more..

Q3. What was the first magic you learned in your life?

A: Magic is not learned by learning, but by understanding. Who do you think will teach the god of magic magic. The magic that was first realized is a kind of magic that manipulates time, which is very complicated and dangerous, so it cannot be used casually.

Q4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Nephthys

A: The advantage is that although she looks weak on the outside, she is actually very reliable. The disadvantage is that she is very powerful, but no one knows this.

Q5. When do you think Seth looks cute? ( lmao she has the most disgusted look on her face in the book)

A: uh...unless it's crazy. Otherwise, why would you think that kid is cute!

Q6. If Seth got into trouble, how did you teach him a lesson?

It is useless to teach him with words. Just beat him hard.

Q7. If there was a dispute between you and Osiris-sama in the past, who would usually win?

A: There's no winner or loser, and Osiris doesn't quarrel with me easily. He always comes to me with a low profile first. He's the type who usually gently convinces me.

Q8. For the four siblings, what is the most memorable memory

A: Probably when Anubis was born. I remembered the memory of the celebrations being held all over Egypt at that time. ...that's ironic, right

Q9. What kind of feelings do you have for Seth? Do you still treat him as a family member

A: There has been an irreversible gap between us, and it is impossible to go back to the past. It took me decades to accept this, and now Seth is not my family

Q10: What are the advantages of Dorset

A: Where is there such a thing?. What do you expect me to say

Q11. When do you think Horus is the cutest

A: It's really cute when you don't call me mom, but when you call me mom... It's a pity he won't call me that now

Q12. "I've even tried this with magic!" Have you ever done something like the above?

A: I once had a heavy snowfall in the desert. It is said that this is why I am called the God of Miracles.

Q13. Have you ever played the *Senet game?

A: Of course I played. I'm very good at it. I was the first to teach Anubis how to play senet

Q14. What is your favorite magic?

A: Although I am proficient in all magic, but to say that I am good at healing magic. That's not magic that any god can use

Duty: god of harmony

Height: 170cm,5’5feet

Interest: draw, walk, write poetry, make friends with wild animals

Likes: Family, Art, Peace, Humanity, New Things, Communication with Strange Civilizations

Hates: everything that destroys the peace

favourite color:white, gold, sky blue

Q&A

Q1. Have you ever played the Senet game?

A: Of course, I often played with Anubis when Seth was away

Q2. Is there any special secret to being able to train Nephthys-sama, the god of war

A: There's nothing particularly tune-up... it's that he listened to me right from the start. Because even if it was just a little urging, he would immediately become depressed... uh... Seth seems to hate being disciplined

Q3. What are the advantages of Scitech? (Seth maybe)

A: He was attentive and gentle, and he remembered even if it seemed to be mentioned casually

Q4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Isis?

A: Isis is a god full of humanity, very good at taking care of others, and very good at making jokes. I heard that she is very popular among human beings. Q4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Isis? The downside is... I can't think of any downsides.

Q5. When do you think Seth looks cute?

A: There was a time when he would mumble whenever he was dissatisfied. At that time, just staring at him, his face would be as red as boiled shrimp, and he was really cute.

Q6. Does Set have a weakness that only Nephthys knows about? For example, he is afraid of being tickled?

A: He doesn't seem to be very afraid of being tickled. back of neck?... When he tried to help him put on the necklace, he seemed very nervous.

Q7. Is the God of Harmony also angry? Have you ever wanted to overturn everything?

A: Of course, I also have my own emotions, so I must have gone too far. Usually quarrels over Anubis' education.. When Isis and Set were quarreling every day for three months, day and night...seriously... ugh...

Q8. What kind of feelings do you have for Osiris? Have you ever loved him?

A: Mayat's Libra doesn't lie... The matter about him should have been clarified in court

Q9. What kind of feelings do you have for Seth? Did you really love him?

A: Although I think I loved him...I don't know now if it was friendship or love. Just looking at Seth makes my heart hurt. Because the way he tortured humans was deeply etched into my mind... I'm scared...

Duty: Before awakening, there is none

Height: About 150~163cm, 4’9-5’3 feet

Interest: Sing, ride horses, cook, collect weapons, take care of stray cats

like: music, animals, cooking, spear, archery, stories, travel, human culture

Hate: nasty hunting, self-denial, death

Favorite color: red, gold, sky blue, white

Q&A

Q1. What kind of food do you like?

A: I like fruit and meat

Q2. To be honest, without the power of an agent. "I can beat Horus to this extent" VS "No, I still feel like I will lose to him", please choose

A: Of course I will win. I have more experience in combat. I have been personally trained by the God of War for decades.

Q3. How did you feel when you learned that Horus was your younger brother? Did you ever feel sad because your younger brother was taller than you...

A: because of his size Taller than me, so indeed Hit to the point. I'm not in a good mood, but I'm the type that tries to avoid negative thoughts

Q4. When did you become so cute ( Anubis the cutest thing to ever exist🥺)

A: Hmm...though I can understand that humans think I'm cute because I look so young.. But I'm much older than you all! Treating me like a child just because of my appearance would bother me a lot

Q5. Do you like your father's hair color? Or do you like your mother's hair color

A: Both are very good looking so I like them both

Q6. What kind of feelings do you have for Horus? Can you accept that he is your brother

A: Well, I don't feel that Horus is my brother. I think Horus does the same with me. Is it because they never lived together as a family

Q7. Did Dad ever help you celebrate your birthday?

A: They helped me during the Chengping period.He used to send me gifts and letters when he went out to war.

Q8. Have you helped your father's birthday in the past

A: Oops? Come to think of it now that no one knows my father's birthday. Mother's, Lord Isis's, and Lord Osiris' birthdays are the same

Q9. Did you hide the troubles of Seth and Nephthys when you were young? (ex. smashed the national treasure pot)

A: Hmm... Actually, I once damaged the stone statue of Lord Isis, but my father helped me keep it a secret. He helped me mend it with sand, and was later found to have been reprimanded by Lord Isis in my place..

Q10. Spear and shield, which do you think is stronger?

A:  Shield, although spear can attack, but shield can defend and attack both

Q11. Do you think you are cute?

A: Do not! Not at all cute, and despite my appearance, I am also an Egyptian warrior!

Q12. Have you ever been praised by your father

A: Of course he did, though he did when he was severe very severe. But he is also of the type who is very complimentable

Q13. What kind of feelings do you have for Seth-sama? Do you still love your father?

A: Although I still love my father, But he is also very complaining about him, unable to express all these complex emotions

Q14. Have you ever told your father that you are beautiful and good-looking? How was your father's reaction at that time

A: Saying he is beautiful in front of his father would be a big deal, When I was a child, I accidentally said it and was taught a bad lesson by him

Q15. What is the most inconvenient thing when growth is stagnant? (ex. Can't get high things because of being short)

A: In the past, the priests would help me deal with it, so I didn't feel any inconvenience. I didn't feel the inconvenience until I started fighting, and the reason I prefer spears is because my arms are too short... woohoo

Q16. What are the criteria for wearing animal masks, crowns,…etc

A: It will vary depending on what kind of god you are awakened to, and as far as I know, the more good at fighting gods are, the more they will wear animal masks. The mask or crown is the pride of the gods, so please touch it carefully and do not take it off even if you miss it! It is said to be very impolite *was scolded badly

Q17. Don't you feel bored as an only child? Have you ever thought about "hoping to have brothers and sisters"

A: I often wish I had younger siblings. But this cannot happen

Q18. Lord Seth's hair is red, but Lord Nephthys is blond, why is Anubis' hair black?

A: Because Lord Nut and Lord Shu also have black hair, as our ancestor, Lord Sun also has black hair. So, don't you think it's the father's red hair that's more novel (natural maybe?)

Q19. What do you think is the charm of Mr. Seth

A: Although my father was scary, he was too gentle to me. I like his kindness..

Q20. Are you wearing a belt instead of a necklace because you are afraid that the president will not be tall

A: I heard that jewelry is not good for children, so I helped me wear this instead of jewelry. I don't really want to wear necklaces so I've been wearing straps instead of accessories

Q21. How did you learn how to fight from your father

A: Because my mother used to hate me fighting, I always secretly went to the desert with my father to study. I remembered the memory of my mother scolding me badly because my father asked me to cross the desert for physical training, hahaha

Q22. What is the happiest memory of your childhood with your father

A: Father spent a lot of time fighting in the desert, so he cherished the time when he returned home to rest. And I didn't even notice that, when my father came home, I used to lie and ask him to play with me

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would like to take this time to put out probably my hottest monhun take:

i don’t like the free roaming in modern games mainly due to how it’s been executed.

do not get me wrong, it can theoretically work, but considering how open it is…. it takes away a lot. like idk, having the focus be more on the environment around you and not have it be the monster already removes part of the impact of a fight. plus since a lot of the extra areas have to be packed with endemic life, it feels messy, and pushing endemic life to be found outside the zones lead to a lot of the area being cleared out as if a simple barren patch fixes everything. there’s no balance. the push for more realism in environments make things feel unintentionally washed out and tired after seeing it a hundred times. granted, this approach is an issue with a lot of modern games no matter how much graphics improve since they don’t understand how to make it properly work or it overall doesn’t fit the game’s/series’s identity. i also feel as if areas had more ways to stand out by the zone designs??? world’s locals were already easy to get lost in and rise’s didn’t feel quite right despite being a bit better to traverse. the old system, since you have a bigger focus on remembering where a monster may appear + no map readily available all the time plus taking up valuable inventory space, having each location have unique layouts, set designs, and color palettes was crucial. there’s little incentive now and even with locations that got remade… they aren’t nearly as memorable.

no not all zones in every old school location were winners, but i just think the original design philosophy works well. and it’s not like you can’t have stuff going on!!! there’s many memorable set pieces and beautiful backgrounds, plus getting to see all sorts of little critters (turtles swimming through water, birds flying in the distance, shadows of unknown or possibly familiar creatures, etc.) and have shit for mons to interact with (such as herbivore carcasses) still helped the world feel alive. newer monhuns definitely improve upon showing the ecological behavior of monsters but they can still show that without cluttering locations, leaving them far too empty, or sacrificing the unique flare only monster hunter could pull off. free roaming has the chance to work yet it lacks balance and that’s what holds it back from greatness.

#shantien rambles #monster hunter #i will be crucified for this

[am-i-interrupting]

Idk about power ideas but I’ve definitely been stuck on how reader is as an overlord in your series! I see them as being decent to the people whose souls they own because why be mean? I already own your soul but I think they’d be like alastor where they aren’t afraid to still use the person

I also think they totally make fun of Vox for how he looks no matter the upgrades cause he’s a TV head (he so could’ve gone for an android head and still didn’t 😭)

Yes, very much how I see them as well. I feel like they sort of treat all sinners with a baseline decency, whether you’re contracted or not.

I can see them owning a lot more souls of non-men and just sort of providing a safe-space like Rosie’s own. A place where fighting is to a minimum for Hell and things are generally sort of nicer.

I think they try to be decent to everyone but are much more willing to fuck with people who aren’t contracted to them just to do so. Unlike Alastor who seems to fuck more with people who are contracted to him from what we’ve seen. Because they don’t exactly want to give any contracted sinners a reason to try to get out.

There’s also the fact that unlike Alastor, their life wasn’t exactly all sunshine and rainbows. Obviously, Alastor was a mixed man primarily on the 20s. It wasn’t easy but he has been described as living his best life. They were put in the child care system in the 30s as a child of color in a time where systemic racism was very prevalent with things like segregation. Along with just the general struggle of being a child who lost their parent. They know what it’s like to struggle and I feel like they would specifically target minority groups for their contracts so they could help them not struggle as much.

If someone is being smart though or their patience is tested, they do have no problems playing the, “I own your soul, you should remember your place” card. Luckily, it’s not often that it needs to happen as again, they generally try to keep their contracted souls happy.

There is one thing that I’ve been thinking about aside from powers when it comes to them being an overlord though and that is Valentino. They have a very strong moral compass and Valentino violates that in the show constantly.

I’ve been thinking about how he would still be an overlord or something akin to one. He’d still have Angel’s soul and be influential but how? How could he do that they are a very powerful overlord themself and generally keep tabs on the rumor mill and going ons in Hell?

What if he was trying to gain power, fucked with one of their contracts or sought out Vox as a way to do this and somehow made a deal with them? Not necessarily soul binding but more of a “I don’t kill you and you stay under lock and key.” Like Valentino somehow making a plea and Vox catches wind of it and is like, “hold on. That could be a big deal. If he knows the goings on of mainstream porn, we could use that.”

In this storyline, I don’t see Valentino as a V. The Vs are exclusive to Vox, Velvette, and Vark. I don’t see reader as a V either because while they certainly support Vox, being so heavily connected could be messy so instead they’re just two overlords who are married. They do not fuck with each other’s territory or souls on any official level.

#one author two show hosts

[salem-xx]

reversed and upright ending for Sage & MC

So the final showdown with Mike happens and Sage turns but MC manages to change him back or something and they're about to take down Mike but Mike gets the upper hand and decides you know what i'm gonna actually kill MC and be successful this time and manages to kill them in front of sage and sage goes berserk and kills mike not before mike dies he's laughing and tells sage that MC basically died for nothing and that it still worked out for him bc sage went back to being corrupted

so then sage is filled with grief and corruption and tulsi and the group do what they can to try and pull him back, but sage is a master of alienating himself from the people who love him and he's so angry (imagine he never even got to say I love you until MC was dying in his lap IMAGINE THAT TO HEIGHTEN THE ANGST) and he decides he's gonna bring MC back (it's giving beginning of the whole damn story but i don't care) and sage goes to felix for help and felix and rime are like ummm don't think you should be doing that and sage is like i have to try so they tell him that maybe he can reach MC in the void if their soul is there. so Sage goes and is trying to find MC and finds them and tells MC his plan of trying to bring them back and MC is like no blah blah i love you blah blah the price would be too steep blah blah i don't want you to lose yourself and your humanity, you need to be with your family/friend (this would be an upright ending) and they have a final goodbye where they kiss and say i love you

in a reversed ending, the void works weirdly so maybe he has to leave before he dies for real and MC warns him against the plan but they don't get their final goodbye. in the real world he lies to rime and felix and says he couldn't find you bc he got lost and in that moment he decides he's gonna bring MC back consequences be damned I don't remember sage ever using magic in the story but say for argument sake he becomes basically the lord of shadows/rime in felix's route but instead he has to gather a shit ton of souls and trade them in order to bring back MC. so he goes around collecting souls (the logistics do not matter and I can't explain it) and finally he gathers enough souls and goes to where MC died and maybe the group had caught onto what he's going to do (time and felix had their suspicious that he had lied but felix was trying to give him space) and they're begging him not to

maybe they're about to fight him (felix telling sage not to and sage yelling at him like you got rime back why shouldn't I get MC back blah blah) bc they dont recognize this angry broken shell of sage (maybe he's even worse than when MC found him bc this time that mc "died" there was a body and the visual confirmation that they died and he blames himself partly) but sage manages to fight them and do the spell or whatever and he opens the void and trades ____ amount of souls for MC's soul and life force. he gets it and MC comes back from the void and MC is visibly different (they have white streaks in their hair or different colored eyes idk depends on what you would want your MC to look like) and everyone is stunned that MC is back

i've run out of ideas but MC is alive but asleep bc coming back from the dead is exhausting and the next day comes the angst, they're so happy to see sage and sage is happy too, but MC starts getting headaches and it all starts coming back in flashes--MC dying, MC talking to sage in the void, and then the coming back to life and (let's say sage has been hiding from them lowkey bc he noticed they didn't remember) eventually MC is just like uhhh what did you do ? and sage explains and angst ensues where MC is grappling with the fact that they're life was brought back at the expense of so many others and the fact that sage literally fell even more off the deep end and idk someone write this bc i cant write and MC grappling with the fact that they're basically an "abomination" and they try calling the astrolabe but realize they've lost their connection to it (so more angst)

#sage lesath #fictif sage #last legacy fictif games #last legacy #i feel mc and rime would bond over this like become besties bc they both now have white streaks in their hair from coming back #for some reason sage did not do what Felix did when he brought back rime if he even did bring him back #i don't know if los brought him back or if it was felix anywyas #the angst that would ensue ughhh #a once upon a time storyline inspired this and then an episode of Ben 10 because why not #HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA #this is giving asras route but darker™ #idk if sage would be punished or forced to live with the guilt but yea #this is like the once upon a time storyline where rumple tries to get his son back #also when emma tries to get hook back from the underworld and charmcaster tries to resurrect her dad in ben ten all rolled into last legacy #would MC still love sage ? most likely yes would they be so conflicted by what sage did ? depending on what choices you made in his route #depending on the choices made on his route maybe you would get over it or something idk

[scattered-winter]

ok @tarantula-hawk-wasp this is my TENTATIVE lineup (i keep changing my mind so who knows how long ill have these opinions lmaoooo) but i wanna preface this by saying that EVERYONE could be green because they all fit the bill pretty well for that one. but i tried to dig deeper to see What Else they could be <3 (but there's some who were like. Green. theyre green.)

shiro: BLUE <3 the thing i love about shiro is that he's been through soooo fucking much but he's come out the other end still upright and ready to fight and be supportive and loving and goofy and protect the universe even though he's sooo so tired and sooo so scared. he's the EMBODIMENT of hope it drives me fucking insane <3 so yeah blue was the first color i thought of for him and i have yet to change my mind on that one

keith: he started out red (especially as a younger teen like.....kid was abandoned by his mother, dad died, lived in the system for years, of COURSE he was angry as fuck) but the thing abt red lanterns is that they can only remove their rings (and let go of the rage...) with the help of a blue lantern........shiro helps him move past the rage and trauma.........and yeah. I'm also a green lantern keith truther because by GOD is he tenacious as fuck.

lance: i also had a pretty hard time pinning him down, and im still thinking about him so idk if this is set in stone yet, BUT he's giving white lantern vibes. ngl. (white lanterns are The Entire Emotional Spectrum. they have to master all 7 colors) but tbh because lance is such a "jack of all trades" kinda guy i feel like it fits ??? especially since i could conceivably make an argument for him to fit. pretty much most of the colors. but again he's hard to pin down so i might need to think about this one a little more

pidge: my initial thought was also green tbh. she DOESN'T give up ever i dont think the words are even in her vocabulary. however i could also make a strong argument for blue because throughout the entire first few seasons she had SO much hope that her family was alive somewhere in space. but i feel like she fits green better so idk

hunk: he was also pretty hard to pin down because YES he is very compassionate, but the indigo corps are . lowkey kinda fucked up . however im choosing to go the route of ignoring that and just thinking abt the color + its emotion, not the corps and all their baggage, so YEAH in that case hunk is sooo indigo To Me. i could also make some arguments for blue or pink (star sapphire), BUT i could also make an argument for yellow (fear) HEAR ME OUT hear me out. i have a lot of thoughts about hunk's bayard form because the bayards are supposed to be a reflection of the paladins, right? well it's always confused me that hunk has such an explosive and aggressive bayard when he's Not Either Of Those Things. but To Me in the rich inner world hunk's bayard is a big cannon for the intimidation factor so he can avoid conflict as much as possible by making the enemy want to surrender without a fight. AND hunk is always the most visibly afraid of the group so idk idk. something something fear is an old friend to him and he's even mastered it...

allura: STAR SAPPHIRE. again, the star sapphire corps are kinda. fucked up. BUT since we're going the route of just looking at the ring itself with indigo, we'll do the same for violet/pink <3 allura's entire CHARACTER is about love....her father, her people, her planet, her culture.....grief is love and love is grief.......she fights because she lost all the things she loved and because she found a new family to love and protect.....et cetera......... (star sapphires But Platonic....auuuguhhh)

lastly, coran: probably green tbh.......but that's mostly because i really don't know where else to put him. nothing else is really jumping out at me at least </3 i suppose i Could make an argument for blue since it takes a lot of hope for the future to have lost LITERALLY everything and still be so goofysilly and loving and supportive. but i truly have not had any thoughts about him alas. i will need to think more about it

#THINKING SOOOO HARD ABOUT THIS FR........................ #see this is a fun exercise because my go-tos for Character Sorting is either #lantern colors or voltron paladin colors. #and ive never done the actual associated characters from one to the other lmaoooo #i should try and sort some lanterns into voltron............................................... #regardless. here are my Current Thoughts on the matter :] #winter speaks #voltron #lantern corps sorting #<- for other such posts in the future

[noraiir-arts]

Anyway adding on to my growing list of revalink AUs

Revalink wild west au

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Revali is the sheriff of Rito Village, a small, humble establishment that grew along a wagon trail which leads far out into the badlands. They very rarely get many travelers, those who do stumble upon their town are either lost or looking to fix up their wagon. Nothing ever happens in Rito, so you can imagine everyone’s excitement when a band of bounty hunters arrive overnight.

They stay at the inn, Cecili overjoyed to finally be able to put up a ‘no vacancy’ sign in the window. The one who seems to be their leader approaches Revali, a rolled up paper in his hand. He introduces himself as Ganondorf, a bounty hunter hired by the governor to bring back his kidnapped daughter. He unfurled the paper revealing the suspect: a young man with messy blond hair and gleaming blue eyes ( actually idk how revali would know he had blue eyes and blond hair bc they didn’t have printers that could print colors back then but just stay with me here 🤞)

Revali’s eyes widened at the price for his arrest; that’s more zeros than he thought was possible. Revali denied seeing the man or woman but said he would keep an eye out for them. ( he doubted he would ever see them, I mean, could you believe their chances? A supposed wanted criminal and the kidnapped daughter of the governor walk right into town, just missing the people out to find them? Revali would turn in his badge if that actually happened.)

Thankfully, he didn’t actually make that bet with anyone. He was making small talk with his deputy, Teba, when Kass, a singer who played in the saloon, walked in. He opened his mouth a few times before revealing that he just saw the man on the wanted poster walk into the saloon with a woman. Revali, blinking for a moment, slowly rose to his feet. “Well let’s get this taken care of, shall we?”

After a slight skirmish, Teba and Revali get the man into the sheriff’s office and the woman, who’s name they now know to be Zelda, into the inn to be attended to. Revali pats himself on the back. The man barely put up a fight! It almost seemed too easy… no matter! He would send someone out to catch up with the bounty hunters tomorrow and claim his, well, bounty. Revali leaves Teba to watch over the man, telling him to maybe try to get a few words out of him, and goes to check up on the woman.

When he finds her she seems a bit distraught, almost angry that they took the man in. She continued to claim he wasn’t her kidnapper, that she willingly went with him- however the doctor said she might be a little confused, especially after everything that has happened. The woman stopped and looked like she was about to yell, before she threw her head into her hands and started sobbing. Revali, suddenly concerned, went up to comfort her, but she threw herself into him, locking him in a hug.

Once she was done crying she said that she must be confused and she needed rest, asking Revali and the doctor to excuse her for the night, it was getting late after all. As Revali left he couldn’t help but feel that something about all this was wrong. But he dismissed that thought, heading back to his office to check in on Teba and tell him he could head home for the night. Upon his arrival the man in the cell lifted his head from where he seemed to be dozing off and Teba looked up from his paper.

Teba said that the man hadn’t uttered a word the whole time. Revali told Teba about Zelda and how she started crying in his arms, not caring that the man could be listening. After that he sent Teba home and locked up for the night. As he went upstairs he felt as though he was forgetting something, yet he ignored it.

Later that night he heard noises coming from downstairs ( he lives above the office) and went to go check that their convict wasn’t ruffing up his cell… only to find it empty. Yelling at the open door he ran outside; how could he have gotten out? He had the key on him the whole time- he reached down to his belt, only to find it missing. Things started to click into place now. The woman must have grabbed his key when she hugged him.

DAMN IT

He ran to Tebas residence and banged on the door, yelling that the man had escaped. Cecili came running outside and told Revali that Zelda was gone as well. Groaning, Revali looked around. They couldn’t have gone that far, the door was still swinging when he made it downstairs… there! In what little light was left by the moon he could barely make out two figures riding away on horseback, right into the badlands.

Cursing, Revali ran inside to grab his poncho and pistols. (Yeah he dual wields his pistols 💪) He ran to saddle his trusty steed, Medoh, before Teba ran to catch up with him.

“You can’t be serious about going out after them, it’s to dangerous to go out right now-“

“What, and leave Ganondorf to take all the credit? I don’t think so.”

Teba shook his head. “It’s only going to get darker”

Teba wasn’t wrong; large storm clouds were starting to block the moons light, promising a much needed downpour.

Revali scoffed and mounted Medoh.

“Someone has to herd their asses back here before they get caught in the storm. Your in charge while I’m gone.”

And just like that he rode off to find them. Little did he know what he was about to get swept up into.

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Eesh so so far I have:

Tutor au

The Cutting Edge au

Eros and Psyche au that @amiharana got me going on

And now Wild West au

#revalink Wild West au #revalink #revali #link #Zelda #loz botw #botw #loz #breath of the wild #legend of zelda #botw au #Rito

[ladyelizabethraven]

I want a quest where Ominis tries to look for Salazar Slytherin's lost wand and we go to a little journey to Ilvermorny to find the Slytherin Tree where the wand was buried.

I guess the quest will trigger alongside Sebastian's quest to finding the cure for Anne. While siding with Sebastian will lead you to the quest line just like in the game, siding with Ominis would lead you to the discovery of the tree.

Ominis receives a dream or vision about the wand calling to him in Parseltongue, saying that it could help the young Gaunt in his problem. While hesitant at first because he strongly believed that nothing ever good comes out of a Slytherin artifact, the MC encourages him to pursue it, just like how his aunt Noctua tried to find the truth - - but this time, he would not be alone in the search. They try to convince Sebastian to join them but he was too stubborn with his relic quest.

There will be a series of quests that lead to the search of the lost wand and the antagonist will be one of Ominis' brothers. Depending on your friendship level with Seb, he may change his mind and decides to follow you, saving Ominis and MC in the nick of time when that older Gaunt brother tries to kill you. If you're not friends with Sebastian though, it will just the MC doing some ancient magic bs to save them both.

Sometime later, they found the Slytherin Tree outside of the school grounds. (Actually I think it will be better if they thought that they're looking for a literal wand at first, only to find out in the end that the wand has as already been buried and a tree grew out of it). At first they didn't know what to do about it until Ominis felt the tree speaking to him in Parseltongue. The tree gave him its medical fruit and leaves and a magical branch that can be used to upgrade Ominis' current wand (don't ask me how. Ollivander may do a little bit of wand making bs to do it). What I can think of is that Ominis' wand gets broken during the fight. Luckily, the core remains intact and what needs to be replaced is the wood casing. So Ollivander gets to extract the core (Which I suppose is a phoenix one) and transfers it to the Slytherin Tree branch.

We won't go to the route where the leaves of the Slytherin Tree could cure Ominis' eyesight, but what I can think of is the upgraded wand can help him actually "see" colors and shapes as long as he point it to the direction where he wanted to see. Like casting lumos on a dark area. IDK if that's a great idea but I want an arc where Ominis realizes that there is also something good in Slytherin's legacy and that he should try to uphold the best of it.

I want more action in this story but my brain ran out of juice already lol. But I want an epic wand battle between Ominis and Sebastian where Ominis gets to have another Slytherin wand crafted from the tree and, Sebastian gets a relic wand of some sort. But that's a story for another day.

#Ominis gaunt #hogwarts legacy headcanons #Wishlist #Hogwarts legacy #I want to put the LEGACY in Hogwarts Legacy #Sebastian sallow #plot ideas #Now that I think of it. The leaves can also heal Professor Sharp's leg right? RIGHT?! #Can the tree also heal Ominis' blindness also? IDK

[misterradio]

okay here are some tron 2.0 thoughts TEE HEE....... you have been Spoiler Warned for REAL!

tron fans talk abt this game with me okay 🥺

THIS GAME IS BEAUTIFUL .... MWWWWWAH!!!!!! i just love all the different environment designs, the color coding that went into the different computer systems was really cool too. my main takeaway is that the visuals Rule.

the npc designs were cool too but i kind of wish there was More variety (visually as well as voice acting)... but i really enjoy the design direction here ::-) why so many bald antagonist though? lol (AND WHY SO MANY MEN?)

In regards to gameplay i felt like it was pretty standard? i ended up using the basic disc weapon for most of the game because switching weapons takes Way too long if youre actively fighting, which is kind of a shame cuz there are so many weapon options... i did really enjoy the energy claw though 👍also the light cycle racing SUCKED and there was a graphical glitch that made it so that a bunch of visuals to my cycle were missing so i couldnt even enjoy the new design that was hyped up lol. as complicated as gameplay felt up front it definitely felt much better as it went on so it was pretty good.

game progression was very straightforward which i didnt expect..? go do this and then do that, etc. i thought it would be more open. this isnt rlly a complaint bc at least i wasnt lost or anything.

finding all the build notes was thankfully not hard but i enjoy poking around as much as i can in games already... and i liked the mechanics of searching archive boxes and being able to read emails between people ::-) YAY NOSINESS !!! despite finding all the build notes i still didnt end with the highest version i couldve...🤔 no idea how that works then...

moving on 2 story...

all the characters felt a bit flat so that was unfortunate... i wouldve liked to see some more emotions from everyone, bit more personality, etc...

i dont rlly know where jet's attachment to mercury came from, is he in love with this girl, if so why?? im thinking that since she was the first program to really reach out and help jet, that he latched on to her. but as the player i was kind of neutral on her SORRY although her design is cool

i was in disbelief that lora died and i was thinking she would just have been digitized and b in the computer somewhere? and there are allusions to her at least being superficially present in the program ma3a/ma2a etc (they have the same actress ^^__^^) but neither jet nor alan mention this which really shocks me??!!!??? thats your deceased mom or wife can u show a bit of tenderness or something..... maybe this can be cooked up more in an AU or something . idk i was really hoping she (and yori) would be around. i held on to hope for so long ✊️

OBVIOUSLY WISHING TRON WAS THERE... but omg alan being in the digital world shocked me so much i really liked that HEHE. him wearing tron's outfit was fun. i saw someone else in the tag say this, but if tron is "retired" then where is he?? INQUIRING MINDS WANNA KNOW !! he and jet werent very fazed by being digitized which surprised me buuut they also have to adapt fast given the urgency of their situation..

i felt rlly bad that thorne died SNIFFLE SNIFFLE jet and alan just watched a real guy die in front of them thats MESSED UP!! he was really cool too i enjoyed the corruption concept ::-) i was really worried the three fcon employees were gonna die too but im glad they implied that they could be repaired and manifested again.. (what is the word for un-digitized..?)

evil ma3a was really cool 👍 tbh all the antagonists are cool except im neutral on the kernel. i was confused that he was red i thought he was evil like in the original movie with the MCP's soldiers.. but i think hes just a guy who happens to be red. and also trying to kill u but just bc you (jet) are a freak of computer nature and should not be there. thats fair. i enjoyed his boss fight too.

THE FCON MONSTER WAS RLLY COOL HOW AM I NOT SEEING ANY FANART OF THEM.... ::-( i have to fix this... ALSO I WISH they had dialogue. like are they even aware of their situation. missed opportunity !!

okay thats all i can think of now.

WAIT UM I READ THE COMIC CONTINUATION(?) the ghost in the machine AS WELL and i dont have many thoughts on it bc it was really confusing BUT i did enjoy the layers of horror and unreality which i really did not expect. was also expecting the titular ghost to have more to do with lora (SIGH I REALLY WANNA SEE HER AGAIN) but it didnt but thats okay. i really liked the art of the first book specificaly.....

do any tron fans also like soma (2015) haha just wondering [TWIRLS MY HAIR

#original nonsense #personal #tron 2.0 #disabling rbs but main-tagging anyways so tron fans wil talk to me maybe 🤔 #LONG POST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duck-in-a-thrift-store]

Alright guys here's the first room closeup (+ headcanons/notes), by popular demand:

~Mike & Will's room~

(Plz don't judge my choice of wall art I pretty much just picked it bc it matched the wallpaper colors and there weren't a lot of good options)

Ok so design details

I know yall see that blue and yellow, and the green in the middle. All very intentional. The bed w/ the yellow blanket is Will's & the one w/ the blue blanket is Mike's. They sit on the rug when they're having their little heart-to-hearts that the rest of the party never seem to be a part of for "some reason"

Also, these boys wear a lot of fuckin stripes, so. Blue and yellow striped wallpaper? Green striped rug? Idk man it was screaming byler what can I say

And then there's a record player or whatever on the dresser between them, bc as we all know Will is a music guy and Mike lets Will do whatever he wants even if that means keeping him up listening to his favorite song all night bc he'd never forgive himself if Vecna somehow got Will bc Mike made him turn it off*

*So, to explain what that's all about: after his repeated failed attempts with Max, One went after Will next bc y'know, lots of trauma, easy target, etc (at least that's what the mf thought, I'm pretty sure Will lowkey has powers or smthn)

(This happened before the start of the au btw so it's just sort of background info, it might be mentioned but it won't be happening in present)

But anyway Will almost got Vecna'd and it was partially Mike's fault bc they got in a fight, Mike said smthn stupid and Will ran off, we know the drill (Mike still blames himself for it even tho they made up & Will forgave him and is fine)

Mike kinda lost his shit, honestly I'm thinking in his terror he pushed El too hard to save Will (when she was already doing her best obviously bc that's her brother) and that was part of why they broke up bc even El realized he cared more about Will than her- Mike is pretty much the only one who doesn't know yet lol

And they all survived obviously but now they're both kinda extra paranoid about it and even though they've moved far away and One hasn't followed them they still worry that some day he might track them down, so they fall into a (compulsive) habit of playing Will's favorite songs on repeat

(I'm not giving you his fav songs bc first of all I can't even decide my own fav song and also it just feels really presumptuous like that's too personal of a thing for me to decide for somebody else. I take music very seriously & very personally ok. Funnily enough tho I am listening to "should I stay or should I go" at this very moment)

Anywho, moving along

That desk by the door is mostly used for coming up with new campaigns they don't want the others to spoil (it's ok for their roommate to have insider knowledge that's not an unfair advantage or anything and besides it just can't be helped y'know? /s) no but they do collaborate sometimes and they work so well together as storytellers that the others find it lowkey unsettling (Dustin and Lucas are used to it tho)

>tw: vaguely suicidal themes?

Someone, not thinking I guess, makes an offhand joke about them being on the ground floor so they don't have to worry about Mike jumping out the window, and Will, who somehow hadn't ever actually heard the whole "quarry story," asks what that's supposed to mean and then they very awkwardly have to explain and he's basically like "oh my god what the hell that's not fucking funny why would you joke about that" and for a while after learning about it he's extra conscious of any self-deprecating/self-sacrificing type shit Mike says

Also they have "crazy together" written somewhere in the room no one else will see it. It's uncertain where, or whose idea it was, or why they did it, but they did. Probably to sort of make the room feel more like it was claimed as *theirs* after having to move to a new house far away from familiarity, and as a reminder to always be there for each other when times are tough

#full house au #stranger things fanfic #stranger things headcanons #current wip #mike wheeler #will byers

[sweetsakusa]

Love in the Mundane

Sakusa x Gender Neutral Reader

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: None

Word Count: idk

A/N: I wrote this a long time ago so it’s meh but enjoy :)

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It is 4:12 and the evening sun warms the apartment and Sakusa’s heart. 

It finally peeks through the turbulent clouds, breaking the gloomy day. Though it only appears for a short amount of time, he still marvels how it persists until the end of the day before dipping behind the horizon. 

It reminds him of the warmth of your palm against his and how it’s enough to warm his entire body. He relishes at the way it floods over and causes his heart to swell. Sakusa appreciates that he never has to fear life’s obstacles because you will never let go.

He has come to the epiphany that love does not have to be expressed extravagantly to be love, just how he likes it. He realizes love doesn’t have to be shouted at the top of his lungs atop a cliff; it can be as simple as the way Sakusa remembers how you like your showers hot like the burning pits of hell, the clumsy slow dances in the living room, and failed attempts to make homemade cookies. It can be as simple as a lone flower left from a bouquet he bought from a local florist that sits at the dinner table and while it lasts, adds a little more color to your home. 

Love tells him to repeat the same inside jokes that never fails to choke laughter out of you, the whiff of your body wash that has become his favorite scent, the bored look on your face that lifts when you meet his eyes. 

Love can be as mundane in moments like these where he can’t help but stare, utterly smitten.

It’s a regular Sunday during Osaka’s unkind winter and you’re reading a book on the white leather couch he picked out, eyebrows furrowed in concentration with reading glasses perched on your nose. Love can be simple but never dull with you. He softly hums the song you so passionately sing your heart out to.

You feel his scrutiny burn into your skin and tear your eyes away from the book, eyebrows furrowing even deeper into your nose. “Why are you staring at me?”

His mind is swimming in responses. He could say, ‘because why not?’ but by the inquisitive look written on your face, he knows you demand an explanation. 

“If you keep doing that, you’re going to get wrinkles,” he comments, concentrating as he places a finger at the middle of your forehead and drags it down the bridge before stopping at the tip of your nose. 

You scoff, eyes squinting in a playful glare, creating more wrinkles after he had smoothed them out. “By the looks of it, you’re mocking me.” 

You were both now delving deeper into competition and he wasn’t going to back down just yet. He was still going to put up a fight despite how weak his defenses are against you, porcelain versus stone.

“What makes you think that?” He raises a smug eyebrow. Oh, it’s on.

You cock your head to the side, an eyebrow also raised. “I don’t know. I just have a feeling you’re mimicking me.”

He copies you. “I have a feeling you’re mimicking me too.”

You both stare at each other for a while, too stubborn to lose to each other in the playful rivalry. He examines every slope, curve, and pore on your face and knows he has lost; melting under your gaze because he’s aware how feeble he is against the weapons you have over him. He is all too aware of how you were way too lazy to change out of pajamas this morning. Beautiful.

Subconsciousness tugs a smile at his lips and you immediately catch on. 

“Why are you smiling?”

He smiles a little wider, remnants of the same proud, charmingly boyish look from high school that still tugs your heartstrings and makes your chest clench. “It’s because I’m looking at you,” he playfully teases, but stares with the adoration of a child catching a firefly at dusk. 

You lean in even closer, a wide smirk on your face. “Oh, really?” 

Sakusa is unsure of how much more he can take. His resolve shakes as every thought is pushed out of his head and impulse fills every valley, crevice, nook, and cranny of his mind.

He leans in just centimeters away and gazes how love is etched into your skin, how love makes the apartment feel like home, how love is the most inviting feeling that welcomes him and it comes in the manifestation and personification of you. The way it allows him to enjoy the sentimentality of the mundane and the fragility of featherlight skinship that tickles and lingers, the way it makes him feel he is right where he needs to be, right where he belongs, and grounds him to a steadier flow of time. He knows he is home when he is with you.

The same question that had been kept safely in the depths of his mind is unveiled and now at the tip of his tongue, waiting to pounce.

“Marry me?” he whispers at the crown of your head. There was no going back now.

A low laugh rumbles your chest. Your brain is swirling for an answer as he waits. It is not often that you get to see the dauntless side of him.

“I will,” you say with soft finality. It was only a promise, but it felt fulfilling. 

It is moments like these that drives Sakusa to be impulsive, to tumble off a cliff that causes his mind to swirl mindlessly. Only around you does he find the heart to be bold, to be brave, to bite the bullet. He is reminded by the weight of the ring in his pocket and tells himself to be patient, summoning every ounce of self restraint, where he will officially ask when time is right. He hadn’t even thought of how he was going to ask, but as long as it’s out of love, it doesn’t matter.

He already imagines the ring snug around your finger, proudly wearing the symbol of love and devotion. His heart soars as high as the stars you believe represent the endless possibilities the universe has to offer. He only prays that the long awaited ‘yes’ is within the possible, the one in a lifetime opportunity of slipping the band on the finger next to your pinkie that will indicate you are happily taken, and brings you one step closer to lifelong partnership. With him.

“So you’re in love with me,” you teasingly punch his chest.

Sakusa rolls his eyes, causing a laugh to erupt from you. “I basically just proposed to you and you point it out now?” His voice is laced with impassive sarcasm, but the fond, tender look stays the same, unwavering.

“Which means you can’t get rid of me.”

He pulls you closer to the thrum of his heart. “Fine with me,” he mutters. 

#haikyuu!! #sakusa kiyoomi #domestic sakusa #sakusa #kiyoomi sakusa x reader #haikyū!! #i’m actually surprised it’s not that bad #i literally wrote this two years ago i can’t believe it #IM BACK LMFAO

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For them, for us [4] (Obi-wan Kenobi x Reader)

Summary: Following the Kenobi series, two former Jedi masters Obi-wan Kenobi and Y/n Marilla are grieving the lost of Anakin, Padme, and the jedi purge. After pledging to watch over Luke Skywalker and spending ten years in exile and making a life together, what will happen when the mistakes they made in their past come back as a new threat?

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Warnings: Descriptions of death, violence, angst, hurt/comfort, general couple behavior, idk man I really suck at warnings and I did not edit this that much lmfao im so sorry next chapter will be better I promise

Prologue- Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

The moment you arrived on the transport the first thing you noticed was Leia was nowhere to be found. You limped to the pilot's area where Tala sat, you must've fractured your foot when you kicked Vader's metal forearm. 

“Tala, where's Leia?”

The look of guilt on her face and the lack of response made that flare of fury spark in your bones again, you smacked a hand on the back of the pilot chair and spun her around.

“Where is Leia?” you said slowly.

“I had left her to come help you and Ben, I thought the passage was clear of anyone else when I left but when we came back she was gone and the transport was still here.” Tala explained calmly.

You stepped back, laughing in disbelief as you looked at Tala.

“You left a ten year old CHILD alone while the empire was hunting for her?!” you shouted. “Do you know how stupid that was?” 

Tala opened her mouth to speak but you cut her off.

“You worked for the empire, you have to know what inhumane things they do to people and you left a child at the hands of the people who torture and kill innocent people.” your voice cracked. 

Tala went to speak again but you shook your head.

“Get me and my husband to Jabiim now, the sooner Obi-wan heals the sooner we can make a plan to get Leia back.”

“I'm sorry Kilian, I truly am.” Tala apologized.

“Then prove it.” 

You didn't bother to say anything else, limping back to where Obi-wan had laid and Ned-B was watching him and his levels. You went to touch his face but froze when you caught a glimpse of your face in the reflection of the window.

Your eyes, or well just one eye was yellow, the color was a large contrast compared to your other eye that held your normal color. Your hand went up to your face, fingers moving over the newly corrupted eye.

You didn't bother to conceal the gasp that escaped your lips as the weight of what you did crashed over you like a tsunami. You had just gone against everything you stood for the majority of your life. Using the force for your own gain, letting your emotions control your actions, letting your attachment to Obi-wan grow unhealthy and possessive.

You walked backwards, away from the window and Obi-wan and pressed yourself against the wall to physically get yourself as far away from Obi-wan as you could. You let out a cry in pain as the rocks and rubble from when Vader force pushed you across the rough ground that still remained in the skin of your back pressed against the cool metal of the ship, the adrenaline from the fight long gone as you felt dry blood crack and shift across your skin.

“Y/n”

You looked at the voice and saw Tala standing by you, concerned on her face at your position.

“I'm sorry,” You whispered out defeatedly. “I didn't mean to treat you like that. I'm so sorry.”

Tala put a comforting hand on your shoulder, guiding you to sit down on the floor as she reached for the bag of supplies you gave her when you left her and Leia and pulled out the contents, placing them on the floor beside you.

“I'm going to lift your shirt, okay?” Tala said quietly.

You winced at the feeling of the fabric fibers clinging to your skin, the thread mingling with the blood as Tala lifted the shirt to show the expanse of your back. You bit your tongue as Tala began on removing the debris, the quiet clanking of the rocks hitting the metal floor.

“You're not a monster Y/n.” Tala murmured suddenly.

You turned your head slightly, trying to look at her but it was useless.

“How can you say that? You saw me back there with Vader and how I just treated you.” you said bitterly. 

“I think you're mistaking fighting to survive and to protect your loved ones as being wrong and evil. Monsters kill innocent people and take what they can from whoever they want, not caring for anyone's safety.” Tala explained, as she wiped the blood off your back with an antiseptic. The sting of it grounding you slightly as you listen to her speak.

“You feel regret and shame for something you did and thought it was wrong. That doesn't make you a monster, that makes you human.”

Her words doused the fire in you, the guilt and fear remained but had simmered down to a burning ember that was now much easier to tame and accept with a healthier mindset. You felt more like yourself and you realized how close you were to losing yourself in the dark.

Tala placed a bandage on your back, covering the now clean wounds and pulled the ruined shirt over your back again. You turned around so you could look at her face to face and gave her a tired smile.

“Your words mean more to me than you know, thank you.”

Tala smiled back and placed her hand on top of yours and gave a kind squeeze.

“I'm honored, and I promise you we will get Leia back.”

You and Tala sat on the ground for what felt like hours until the ship rattled as it entered the atmosphere, Tala helped you stand up your balanced shaky as you avoided putting weight on your injured foot as Tala went to land the ship while you limped to Obi-wan. He was somewhat conscious as he blinked in confusion, a pained gasp leaving his lips as the ship jostled his body as it landed. Putting a hand on his uninjured arm to keep him steady you leaned over him, his eyes unfocused gaze couldn't meet yours.

“Hold on baby, just hold on for a little longer.” you begged.

You stayed by his side until the hatch of the ship opened and two men came in and took him out on a stretcher, you went to follow but you yelped in pain when you put your full weight on the foot. Ned-B heard your cry and the droid walked over to you, his cold robotic hands wrapping under your legs and lifted you up and walked you out of the ship. Tala turned to  you as she walked alongside Obi-wan on the stretcher.

“We're taking Obi-wan to a Bacta tank! Ayla will help you with your foot and I will grab you in a moment!” Tala shouted before she walked around a corner. Ned-b walked you over to a cot and gently placed you on it as a woman walked over.

“Thank you Neb-B.” you smiled, patting your hand on its hard chest.

The woman kneeled down by your foot and gently lifted it, examining it with care. She hummed in thought before glancing up at you.

“Your fifth metatarsal is slightly fractured.” she explained as she slid off your boot and socks, her hand rested over the bruised skin.

You suddenly remembered your eye and froze, your hand coming up to cradle it. You didn't want these people to think you were sith.

“Ignore my eye,” you murmured nervously, scared of her reaction but all you received was a raised brow.

“Your eyes are fine, unless there's an issue you're having?” Ayla asked.

You put your hand down slowly, looking for anything that had a reflection but Ayla handed you a small mirror from her medkit and you held it up to your face. You smiled at your reflection, no yellow iris in sight, just the normal pigment.

“Did you hit your head commander?” Ayla asked and you blinked.

“I'm sorry? Did you just call me commander?” you asked in disbelief you haven't been called that in so long you almost forgot about it. Ayla just smirked her hands wrapping around your ankle and you could feel the bone in your foot mending back together.

“I was a medic for the 501st battalion, I helped when the infirmary was too full but I was a new jedi knight.” Ayla said before she pulled her hands away. “Does that feel better?”

You rolled your ankle and were pleased to feel no pain in the movement and slid your boot back on.

“It's perfect thank you, Ayla.” you grinned. “I have to go see how my husband is doing but I'm glad you were here.” you hoped she understood what you were trying to say.

“I’m glad you survived as well.” Ayla said kindly before she waved you off. “Please don't let me hold you back, go see your husband.”

 You followed the path you saw Tala take when you first arrived, avoiding shoulder checking people in the small area as you walked around the corner. However, you weren't expecting the large bacta tank to be in the center of the newly accessed area, the machine was lowering Obi-wan's crippled body into the tank. Jogging over you placed your hand on the glass, his body twitching over and over again.

“Y/n,” Tala called down from her spot on the stairs that led to the top of the tank, quickly coming down the steps to meet you. “Ben is fine. He will need to be in here for a few hours at least but there's a small wash area I want you to go and clean yourself off, I put clean clothes out for you as well.”

Your body screamed for a shower, it had been a long time even before everything happened with Leia that you had access to running water. You and Obi-wan had to opt for water canteens and rags when the time called for it in the barren desert. Your eyes casted nervously towards the tank again.

“He will be fine, I also don’t want to take the chance of any bacteria to get into the cuts on your back.”

That…made sense.

“Okay,” you relented. “Show me the way.”

Tala guided you to the small wash area, and she wasn't lying when she said it was small. It had a flimsy curtain that shielded what looked like a crevice in a cave small enough you didn't think you could hold your arms out if you wanted to.

“I know it's not perfect but-”

“Tala it's perfect, thank you.” you cut in, putting a kind hand on her shoulder.

“Alright, I'll see you soon and if Ben's condition changes I'll come get you.”

“Thank you.” you said again. “For everything.”

Tala just gave you a shy smile in response and left you alone. You sighed to yourself and clipped off your lightsaber, placed it next to the pile of clean clothes tala left and began to peel off the sweat and dirt covered layers before you undid the messy braid your hair had been in for the last two days.

You turned on the water and stepped under the spray, closing your eyes in bliss at the lukewarm water drenching your bruised skin. The bandage on your back surprisingly stayed on as you rubbed the dirt off your face, arms, legs, hair, and nails. Turning the water a murky shade of brown as it went down the drain.

You didn't give yourself the luxury of staying in for long, partially due to wanting to go back to Obi-wan and also the guilt of having a shower while Leia was stuck with imperials who were probably interrogating her at that very moment.

That thought alone made you turn the water off and roughly dry off with the small rag Tala had left hanging by the shower. You grabbed the simple pair of black linen pants as well as the simple light blue tunic and slipped them on, you had missed the feeling of clean clothes on your back.

 You quickly slid on a black cloak-like vest and your boots, strapped your lightsaber back on the harness on your thigh and made your way back to Obi-wan.

Only to find him no longer in the tank.

Your mind went to the worst case scenario; his injuries were to servere and the bacta tank couldn't do anything and he was dead.

“Tala!” you shouted looking around for your new friend, walking around quickly.

“In here!” she shouted, poking her head to the corner to a room you didn't even notice your first walk around. You sprinted in the room, your feet skidding and your wet hair whipping in your face at your abrupt stop in front of Tala.

“Where's Obi-wan? Is he okay? Why is he out of the tank? Is he dea-” you rapid fire question came to a halt when Tala simply stepped aside revealing Obi-wan standing in front of you, dressed in clean robes and alive. He had a look on his as he stared at you, one that made your gut twist violently you wanted to throw up.

He knows what you did, what you became for a brief moment.

“I'm so sorry.” you started. “I'm sorry for breaking our promise, for doing what I did, for leaving Leia-”

Obi-wan made the first move quickly, coming up to you and pulling you in his arms, one hand smoothing the hair on the back of your head and the other wrapping around your back. His head was bruised on the top of your head while yours was shoved into the crook of neck.

“You're still the woman I love, that's all that matters to me.” he leaned and whispered for your ears only. “Thank you for doing what you did to protect me.”

You pulled away, running a hand through the now clean hair thanks to sitting in the bacta tank and pulled him close to kiss him just two quick pecks on his chapped lips and pulled away, your hand placed on his chest as you looked up at him with fierce determination.

“Let's get our niece back.”

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“Roken.” Tala called out, guiding you and Obi-wan into another area of the cave. You saw large men kneeled down working on a small machine, he looked behind him and shook his head when he spotted you.

“They shouldn't be here.” Roken spat out.

“I know you're upset, but-” Tala was cut off when Roken stood up and walked over.

“I mean it,” he said sternly. “Get them on the first transport out of here.”

You crossed your arms behind your back and shuffled in place, the tension growing faster and faster each second as he pointed at the two of you.

“Too many people are looking for you, you put us all in danger!”

“We need your help.” Obi-wan said.

“So does every kid making a rock float from here to Coruscant!” Roken countered.

“Someone very important to us has been taken, we need your help to get her back.” You argued.

“I'm sorry general and commander but that's not my problem.”

“I wish that were true.” retorted Obi-wan.

Roken sighed and shook his head, walking away but the three of you trailed behind him closely.

“She knows everything. Where we are, what we're doing.” Tala argued. “Roken, if she finds us then we need to prepare for an evacuation.”

“I can't just shut everything down, Tala. everything runs outta here.” Roken dismissed as he leaned down in front of  a control pad.

“Then help us get her back,”  Obi-wan insisted. “You've no idea what the empire is capable of.”

Roken did not like that comment, turning around with an angry look and pointed at you

“This is your wife?” he asked.

“Yes.” Obi-wan said cautiously.

“I had a wife once, just like yours. I knew exactly what she was before we got married and we tried to hide it, but the inquisitors found her anyway! So I know exactly what the empire is capable of.” he fumed.

“Roken,” you spoke softly, he turned to you and you placed a hand on his shoulder. “I know you care for everyone here and you want them safe and I respect you greatly for that, but without your help another life just like how your wife's life was brutally taken away will happen again.”

Rokens face softened at your words and he looked down for a moment before looking back at you.

“Look, if you want my help, you got it.” he offered and you dropped your hand from his shoulder and nodded.

“Tell us everything you know.”

Roken nodded and gestured to you to follow him, leading you to a meeting room that had a small holotable in the center. You, Obi-wan, Tala, Roken, and two others hovered around the table.

Roken smacked the holotable a couple times before the hologram popped up showing a planet. You were standing in between Tala and Obi-wan leaning against the table as Roken zoomed in.

“Nur, it's a water moon,” he said. “We got this off the grid while it was being built, it's all we have but it's in the Mustafar system.”

“That's Vader's system.” Tala pointed out.

“Is Vader there?” Obi-wan asked.

“We don’t think so, our intel shows he is still on his ship but he's close.”

“So that's it?” A scrawny man said from across the table. “Fortress inquisitorius.” 

A woman looked over at the man and glared at him.

“It's impenetrable, Wade.”

You scratched your cheek in thought.

“How far down do you think it goes?” you wondered out loud.

“No idea,” Roken shrugged. “It's their base of operations so it probably has a command center, a training facility.”

“Truth is, nobody knows what it looks like.” The woman next to Drew said. Obi-wan leaned in at the table and tilted his head.

“I don't see any shields.”

“That's because no one would be stupid enough to attack them.” Roken replied.

“We could take those speeders, go at night.” Obi-wan pointed behind him. “I saw some T-47s in the hangar.” he suggested.

“It's suicide.” Roken said.

“Yeah well, we're not soldiers. Those speeders are for hauling sewage.” The woman said.

You stood up straight and planted your hand on the table, catching everyone's attention.

“You may not be soldiers, but we are.” you said, gesturing to you and Obi-wan. Which was the truth, you didn't give three years of your life for nothing. “She's ten years old, we won't leave her there and we’ll go on our own.”

“Your friend can barely stand and I don't think you could handle the base all by yourself.” the woman said, making you raise a brow.

“Wanna bet?” you glared.

“I'll go with them.” Tala chimed in and everyone looked over at her in surprise. “Well, I have officer clearance. I can get you inside and I can get you access .”

Obi-wan stood up from his spot and stepped closer to her, his brow creased deeply.

“Is your cover still intact?”

Tala shook her head, unsure from Obi-wan's question.

“We’ll find out soon enough.”

“Tala-”  you spoke, worry evident on your face as you looked at your friend.

“We're wasting time, get my ship fueled and ready.” Tala demanded, cutting you off. She didn't give you a chance to speak again before she stormed off.

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Your head rested on Obi-wan's lap as you tried to get much rest after your fight with Vader, you had tried to convince Obi-wan to rest as well but he refused politely. Your eyes were half opened as the family hum of the ship rocked you gently into an almost asleep state but the sound of a small object dragging against metal kept you awake. You twisted your hand and pulled the object to you and gripped it tight in your hand.

“Stop trying to force it Obi” you mumbled tiredly. “You heard what Tala said earlier, your mind needs to heal as well.”

You adjusted yourself to lay on your back rather than your side and looked up at Obi-wan and handed back the object you now recognized was the holoprojector Bail had given Obi-wan years ago. He looked down at you with a disappointed face, slightly dejected at his rusted skill.

“How are you feeling?” you asked.

“I’m okay,” he answered. “Sore, but okay.”

Anakin played a cheap shot, clearly still bitter from Obi-wan leaving him after he burned and wanted payback. You were glad to see that only his arm was damaged compared to his former padawans disabled state.

“How did you do it?” he asked quietly and you looked at him in confusion.

“Do what?”

“How were you able to fight him…” he paused for a moment. “Like he wasn't Anakin.”

You were quiet for a moment as you gathered your thoughts.

“I didn't care,” you admitted. “Not when the dark side had me in its grips, all I wanted was revenge. To make him suffer like he made you suffer, like he made Padme suffer, like he made those kids suffer.” you closed your eyes when you felt him run a hand through your hair. 

“I care now though,”  you whispered. “Even when I know I shouldn't and when I saw what it did to my eye and how scared I felt when I let my emotions get the best of me I can't imagine what Anakin felt when it first happened to him.”

You opened your eyes again and sat up, Obi-wan followed your movement with his eyes as you put a hand on his knee.

“I feel terrible about it, but at the same time I'm glad I did it. It felt so wrong leaving you like that…I don't even want to think about what would've happened if I left you there.” 

“I shouldn't have asked you to do that, knowing how stubborn you are I should've known you would come after me.”

You chuckled lightly at the statement.

“From here on out, we do this together, as a team.” you said, holding out your hand. “Deal?”

Obi-wan hesitated for a long moment but eventually grabbed your hand and shook it, you lifted your conjoined hands and kissed his knuckles, your personal way of sealing the deal.

Tala walked in, she was dressed back in her imperial uniform as she hovered by the door, the look on her face was serious.

“We’re almost there, I'll drop the ship low enough above the water for you two to jump in and from there I'll override one of the underwater entrances to get you in.” she handed you and Obi-wan breathers. “Be ready in about three minutes.”

You quickly prepared, removing the pouch attached to you to avoid anything more to weigh you down while you swan and braided your hair to be out of your face. You were nervous, unsure what you'd witness in the fortress but you refused to let that make you hesitate.

“You ready?” Tala asked.

“Yeah,” you nodded, glancing at Obi-wan who also gave a confirm nod “Open the hatch!”

The damp wind rushed over your body as the hatch opened, the sound of the roaring engine loud in your ears as you looked over the edge. The drop down to the water looked about thirty three feet, the height made you swallow nervously.

“Don’t think, don't think, don't think!” you shouted to yourself over the wind before placing the breather into your mouth and jumped.

You couldn't hear Obi-wan's worried shout as you leaped, quickly crossing your arms and keeping your legs straight as possible as you plunged into the bluish green water. Everything around you went deathly quiet as the water filled your ears. Your surroundings are slightly blurry underwater but you could make out the explosion of bubbles as Obi-wan entered the water. You began to swim to the large building, fish and other creatures floating past you as you pushed yourself through the slightly murky water.

“I'm overriding an entry point, it should be right ahead of you.” Talas' voice appeared in your ear though the commlink. You and Obi-wan swan ahead, the entry opening above you slowly as you swan to the top.

When you dragged yourself out of the entrance, the small room was silent beside you and Obi-wan wringing out your water logged clothes. The sound of water splashing on the smooth black floor echoed loudly. The two of you went to the doors, each of you against the wall on either side as you heard the hiss of the doors sliding open and a stormtrooper walking in to investigate the noise. Obi-wan acted quickly, jumping forward and wrapping his arms around the soldiers neck and dragged him back to the pool of water and held him tightly until he went limp in his arms. He tossed the unconscious body into the water and came back to the door, pulling out his commlink.

“We’re in.” he said, his voice low and rough as he stalked forward in the hall. You haven't seen him this focused and aggressive in so long you forgot how good it looked on him. You cleared your throat and refocused, this wasn't the time to think about how good Obi-wan looked.

“Where is she, Tala?” you whispered.

“Detention areas in a secure sector, just keep heading north.”

Suddenly Obi-wan yanked on your arm and shoved you  against the wall. You braced yourself for your head to hit the hard metal at the quick move but was relieved to feel Obi-wan's hand cradling the back of your head as he pressed himself closely to you. His large frame  was blocking your view but you heard the quiet hum of a droid go past you.

“Seeker droids.” He whispered into his commlink, guiding you to hide around the corner.

“I see it,” Tala confirmed. “It looked like they're everywhere, you'll need to-” her voice cut out.

“Tala?” you asked. “Tala, can you hear me?” you called out worriedly.

You and Obi-wan sprinted as the seeker droid rounded the corner again, stealthily running over to another hall and quickly shut it.  You crouched down low as Obi-wan stood straight against the wall when it came up to the door and peered into the small window. You held your breath as it scanned for any life forms, only releasing it when you heard it float away.

“Tala?” Obi-wan called out.

There was no response.

The sound of footsteps coming down the hall made you curse.

“Maker, give me a break.” you hissed, you and Obi-wan splitting off and climbing behind the large slanted beams supporting the building across each other. Your body leaned back awkwardly against the metal.

“This place gives me the creeps.” A stormtrooper commented to his buddy.

“Hopefully we won't be stationed here for long.” he replied.

Yours and Obi-wan's commlink crackled as Talas voice on the other line spoke out.

“Ben?”

You quickly covered the commlink speaker with you hand when the stormtroopers froze.

“Did you hear that?”

You leaned to the side and saw them pull out their blaster and retreat back down the hall where they came, you began to panic when they stepped forward to look directly where Obi-wan was hiding but a sudden thump in the distant made them turn their head

“Over there, let's go.” One of the troopers pointed out, running down the hall.

You leaped down from your spot and looked at Obi-wan, a proud look on your face as you walked quickly the opposite way the troopers went. His strength within the force was already returning and it made you happier than you wanted to admit.

“What happened?” Obi-wan whispered, glancing behind the both of you to make sure no one was following you.

“I had some company, but it's been taken care of.” Tala assured him.

🖾

You felt like you've been walking down the same hall for hours now, each hall being a bland duplicate of the last with the occasional turn. The same door being the same dull gray over and over again.

You might lose your mind.

“Ben. Y/n. Where are you?” Tala asked as you turned another corner.

“I think we just found the secure sector.” Obi-wan said and you glanced up. This door was different, it still had the same gray matt finish but on each side had a bright red Imperial symbol on each side. Obi-wan put the key in and the doors revealed another hall doused in a dark red light, Leia had to be close. You started to run, only stopping when a new door had to be opened. Being so focused in made you run halfwaythrough  another hall before you even processed the new shade of golden orange surrounding you. Looking over at Obi-wan, who now had a horrified look on his face.

“Obi, what's wrong-” you asked, looking to see what he was staring at only for your words to die on your tongue. A sea of rows upon rows of bodies encapsulated in an amber looking substance, a multitude of species frozen in time before your very eyes.

“What is it?” Talas asked.

“I think we just found out what was hiding down here.” Obi-wan said slowly, discomfort very evident in his voice. “This place isn't a fortress.” 

“It's a tomb.” you muttered appalled at what you were seeing as you began to walk slowly back to where Obi-wan was. multiple jedis, women, men, and even a few padawans with their training helmets still on. You swallowed the bile climbing up the back of your throat when you say one child's peculiar terrified face.

“Is this the reason inquisitors are hunting us? To harvest Jedi?” you gaped.

Obi-wan froze at one specific person, his face visibly paling so much you could see the color leave his face from a couple feet away.

“What's wrong?” You asked alarmed.

“Y/n, don’t come over here.” Obi-wan said seriously.

That tone he used made you even more nervous and you moved to see what he was looking at but he quickly mauvered coming at you at a freakish speed and pulled you away. You fought against his grip as he wrapped his arms around your chest.

“Obi-wan, let me go.” you grunted angrily, as you twisted in his grip. “Obi-wan!”

Your hands came to his and you had to use the force to give you enough strength to counter his  to pry his hands away from you which allowed you to then rip his arms off of you and ran to where Obi-wan a moment before. 

Once you processed what you were looking at you desperately wished you listened to him. Hovering in front of you. A tholothian woman, with golden umber skin, and purple eyes stared back at you. The hairs on the back of your neck stood up, the blood from your own face draining away.

You knew those eyes.

“Master Stass?” you breathed out, the air in your lungs being ripped away by the invisible force that was grief. It seemed the world beneath you shifted, like a tectonic plate giving you your own personal earthquake. You pressed your hand on the glass and dropped your head, a silent sob racking over your body.

Your body was basically limp when Obi-wan dragged you away from your former master. his arms around your back being the only holding you as you buried your face in his chest, a broken scream ripped from your throat that was muffled by the thick material of Obi-wan's tunic.

“I know,” Obi-wan soothed, his head bruised in your hair and he held you tight. “I'm so sorry.”

Of course he knew. he had lived through the same loss of Qui-gon all those years ago, but then you were both Padawans and the roles you and Obi-wan were in now were revered.

You were tired of crying and constantly losing things you loved and cared about due to the empire.

“Young Padawan, you wear your heart on your sleeve.” Master Stass kneeled down in front of you.

You looked up at her with red eyes, the council had pulled you aside after a mission went wrong due to you protecting  another jedi who got injured during battle resulting in you leaving your station. The council had given you a very strict talk about attachments and the adhering to jedi code and warning if you were to mess up again you'd be suspend and or expelled from the order.

“You were wrong, master.” you wiped away your tears with your sleeve. “I'm not meant to be a jedi, the council even said my emotions are hindering me.”

Which was true, in a sense. You've grown very serious attachments to your master and Obi-wan. The woman who basically raised you and the man who is your closest friend and secretly loved. The fear of losing them was something that followed you through every sunrise and every sunset. You've had issues of forcvison'sns being triggered, most of them happening when you lost a grip on your emotions and they were beginning to hinder you in multiple aspects of your training.

 But those attachments made you want to be better, to train harder and to protect fiercely.

How could that be bad?

“You are a person who is very in tune with your feelings,  but I do not perceive that as a bad thing young one as that is how the force created you.” Master stass put a hand under your chin and lifted it gently, a gesture for you to hold your head high. “Do not think of a thing  you cannot change as a weakness, use it to its potential to do good in a healthy way. Wear your strengths and flaws with pride and through that I believe you will be a great jedi one day my young apprentice, perhaps one that can show a new way of life.”

You shook your head.

“Master, the council said emotions and attachment were-” 

Master Stass held out a hand, silencing you.

“Trust in the force, if you ever stray away I will guide you home.”

You came back to your face still buried in Obi-wan's chest, your tears made the material wet as it soaked up your grief. You pulled away to look at the man in front of you, who quietly wiped away your tear tracks with the pads of his thumbs as he looked at you with worry. Stepping away from him you slowly went back to your beloved master.

“Master,” you spoke softly, your hand pressing against the glass as you looked in her eyes. “I'm sorry I couldn't protect you like you protected me. The loss is a part of me now but I will use these feelings to protect the people still here.”

“Help, somebody help. Please!” Leia's voice echoed through the force, disnat and scared. You looked at Obi-wan in fear.

“Tala,” Obi-wan said urgently. “We need a distraction!”

“Why, what happened?”

“Just do it, now!” you shouted and you began to run again.

The closer you got to Leia the stronger you felt her through the force, her fear acting as a guide to where she is.

“There!” you pointed out a door with another red symbol on it, you ran to open it but Obi-wan called out to you. He pointed out the electrical panels that controlled the lights and doors to that room and pulled out his lightsaber and slashed the panel. The door opened, leading to a large interrogation room, with a red circle on the floor illuminating the room just enough for you to see two stormtroopers guarding Leia. 

You moved quickly, moving to the one on the right. Your footsteps light against the tile as you creeped up behind them and slowly raise your lightsaber to their temple and activate the weapon.  The trooper let out a quiett grunt as the blade entered through one side of his head and through the other before drooping to the ground. Obi-wan went full aggressor and repeatedly attacked the trooper before they also dropped dead. 

Running to where Leia was strapped down you and Obi-wan quickly undid the restraints and placed her on the ground. Getting on your knees you smiled widely at the sight of her being unharmed.

“You're both alive, they told me you were dead.” she frowned. 

You pulled a stray hair covering her forehead and tucked it away behind her ear.

“We’re okay. They wouldn't have been able to kill us before we got you home, we’re far too stubborn for that. Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”

“I didn't tell them anything.” she promised.

“We know.” Obi-wan said gently. “Come with us, we're going to get you home.” 

🖾

You ran through the maze of halls again as Obi-wan held onto Leia's hand, keeping your head down as you passed through the tomb again. Focusing on the fact there was nothing you can do about your master without endangering Leia, Obi-wan, and yourself. 

Focused on trying to get out of the base and watching for troopers you totally forgot about the seeker droids roaming around the halls until the three of you were walking down the hall and heard the obnoxious alarm beeping right behind you, cursing as it began to follow you.

“This is fine, it's just us around here. I'll just break the droid with my saber before the laram sounds.” you said getting you saber ready right as the main alarm began to go off, the sound echoing off the walls. “Okay, nevermind. Run. Run. Run!”  

Obi-wan whipped out his commlink.

“Tala! We're out in the open!” Obi-wan shouted.

There was no response for a moment but soon enough you heard a panting Tala call back.

“Where are you?”

You didn't get a chance to respond as a blaster shot whizzed by your ear, turning on your lightsaber you lunged and deflected a shot from hitting Leia right in the back. You force pulled the seeker droid to you and sliced the machine in half while Obi-wan continued to send the two stormtroopers at the end of the hall blaster shots back their way. One of the shots went through the chest of the stormtrooper on the left leaving one standing. Obi-wan moved fast and closed in on him before spinning and cutting them in half, spinning his saber in a dramatic flare.

“Come on, follow Ben!” you ushered Leia quickly, deflecting blasts from two more troopers before running away.

The scenery changed once you turned down a new hall, the walls now showing the underwater landscape against the window panes instead of matte black like before. Multiple stormtroopers and a few imperial workers swarmed both the entryways in the halls.

“Hide!” Obi-wan told Leia, who ran to hide behind a lip of the window seal. Blocking herself from the fire of blaster shots. Obi-wan deflected the shot with ease, his mastery of the Soresu form still very much intact, tight and controlled. Focusing on defensive rather than offense. You never mastered one form of lightsaber combat, your arenal of combat moves continually pulling from the Ataru and Djem So forms. Preferring speed and using your strength in the force to use aggressive attacks.

You ran and dropped to the floor, sliding across the smooth material of the floor and sliced the enemies legs off, their dismembered upper half thumping beside you. Shoving ther body away from you stood up and found your back pressed against Obi-wan's working as a team to take down the ever growing group of stormtroopers. 

“Just like old times huh, Kenobi?!” you grunted as the ache in your arms grew.

One of the blaster shots Obi-wan deflected and smacked the control panel, closing the door as another wave of stormtroopers and shocktroopers were coming at you. The blastershot malfunctioning the door making it stuck.

“Ben the window!” Leia shouted.

You and Obi-wan turned and saw a large crack in the glass, the crack webbing out and growing larger and larger as each second passed. Obi-wan shot his hand out, preventing the glass from shattering and drawing you all. The troopers began to pry the door open but you held your hands out and fought to keep the doors closed with the force, however it was a fast losing battle with one person against seven.

“Ben. Y/n!” Tala shouted, finally finding your small group.

“Tala!” you shouted out relieved to see her okay.

“Tala get her out of here, i'll hold it!.” Obi-wan grunted out as the crackling of the glass grew larger. You looked back at Obi-wan, sweat growing on your face as you fought desperately to hold the door closed.

“Tell me when!” you shouted.

Obi-wan moved his hand, the cracking sound of the glass growing louder the closer it traveled to you.

“Now!”

You dropped you hand and ran back right as the glass shattered and a wave of water came crashing down the hall, side sweeping the troopers.

“Run!” Tala screamed at the both of you.

You and Obi-wan stumbled forward, jumping over the dead bodys and ran for your life as the water roared after you. Tala smacked the control panel right before you and OBi-wan ran through, the doors closing right before the water could escape with floating bodys drifting around like a fish in a tank. Water began to seep from the seal of the door as you caught your breath.

“That's not going to hold for long.” Tala said, kneeling down and handing you and Obi-wan a coat from the two imperial workers on the floor. 

“Put these on.”

🖾

“There's no way this is going to work.” you mumbled under your breath walking beside Tala as Obi-wan hid Leia under his coat. Her small body created a large lump on his right side as the four of you walked across the landing dock. Imperials were everywhere you looked, everyone panicking as the alarm still blared repeatedly through the large base.

“Almost there.” Tala muttered.

You kept your head down, not having a hat to cover your face as you kept a nervous hand on your lightsaber in your pocket. The dock was cleaning up from people, soon enough you would be off this planet.

“A traitor!” a voice shouted loudly.

The four you spun around and saw the third sister, saber drawn with a small army of stormtroopers and shocktroopers behind her.

“A child and an old couple. Was it worth it?” the third sister sneered. “Betraying everything you are?”

Obi-wan pushed Leia behind him while you stepped behind Leia, the two of you created a small area of protection for her as you began to be surrounded with blasters pointed all around you.

“This was never who I was.” Tala said.

The third sister raised her lightsaber at her menacingly.

“Then you die, for nothing”

You put a hand on Leia's shoulder, anxiety bubbling in you as even more blasters were raised. You closed your eyes prepared to get shot when you heard the loud rumble of a ship appear above you. Looking up as two fighter ships flew down and began shooting at the imperials surrounding you, loud explosions and fire quickly invading the area. You snagged a balster off the ground and urged everyone to move. You, Tala, and Obi-wan fought off the few stragglers as you moved closer to the edge of the landing dock as the third sister followed.

The second figthershipped landed roughly on the ground sparks flying as the top of the ship came down and Sully poked her head out.

“Get in!” she shouted.

You quickly lifted Leia into the ship and followed her before leaning out the window to pull Obi-wan and Tala up. The top closing as the first figthership began to shoot at the third sister, distracting her from getting any closer. The ship shot off, you stumbled at the speed as Sully yelled at Wade to stop his attack.

Not being able to see what was going on, the sound of an explosion made you flinch as a pained shout came from Sully, calling out to her friend. 

🖾

The air was solemn when you walked onto the main ship, everyone walked slowly as equations and disappointed tugged at your bones. Roken walked in smiling, but his face quickly fell when he was the dejected looks on everyone's face.

“Where's Wade?” he asked.

There the lack of response gave Roken his answer, he closed his eyes and sighed.

“I guess your soldiers now.” you said, turning to Tala. “I'd get the girl a drink.”

Tala nodded sadly and walked off while Sully sat down. 

Shrugging off the imperial jacket, you went to the window and watched Nur fade away in the distance. The guilt of having to leave Mater Stass alone on that planet ate away at you.

“Are you okay?” Leia asked.

You turned around and saw her sitting by Obi-wan, who also looked at you in concern. The sight of them alone made the loss more bearable, you may not have been able to help your master but at the very least they were okay. 

“Yeah, I'm okay.” you smiled sadly.

Leia looked down at Obi-wan's hand and reached up placing hers on top of his, he looked down and looked at her so softly it made emotion grip at your chest as he turned his hand and gingerly held her hand, rubbing a comforting thumb across the back of Leia's hand. The two smiled at each, providing each other a comfort they didn't know they needed.

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[strangerpeace]

I didn’t think this was still a thing until I found myself working in an insurance office, but it is still the case:

Modern procedural crime dramas are the cordyceps of fiction.

Let me explain.

So I’m an elder millennial. I remember the big brouhaha with Senator Joe Lieberman’s public freak out about Mortal Kombat and Night Trap. I remember Tipper Gore freaking out about Prince. And of course, all of the moral panics whipped up by the crypto-fascist right involving everything from Teletubbies to the NBA.

But I also remember three shows that helped set up not only the modern procedural crime drama fervor of the early 2000s, but also this really bizarre true crime thing that’s been going on since people figured out that you can listen to assholes pontificate on something called a podcast.

Those three shows, dear Readers, were Rescue 911, COPS, and America’s Most Wanted.

if I could, I would punch those shows in the cop dick with the force of an entire Tom Morello.

Anyway, these three shows basically invited viewers to participate in the panopticon and look for “anything suspicious”. This of course, ramped up to 12000 out of 10 after 9/11. When these shows became a little too passé, and Fox News started taking the moral alarmist place, then we started getting even louder copaganda with Law & Order SVU, CSI: Blue Color Grade/Green Color Grade/What is David Caruso Doing Edition, and so on.

Ok ok you know all this, let’s get to the part where Pedro Pascal in a plaid shirt has to fight procedurals with land mines and what have you.

One of the hallmarks of office culture is ~boredom~. And when people, especially middle-aged ladies of a certain lack of melanin, get bored—they start craving stimulation. This, combined with the trauma of having to navigate a horrifically violent patriarchal and ableist culture, means that they are looking for the threat. The mystery. And their interpretive apparatus, rather than thinking critically about their fandom (like…Idk…most of the fandoms here?) buy into the faux-realism, are infected by it…

and next thing you know, you get a building full of amateur cops (copabees? the worst chain restaurant) who, in trying to solve the mystery of “Why is a car leaving the parking lot at 7:30 in the morning?” arrive at… and I quote…

“IS SOMEONE LIVING IN THE BUILDING OVERNIGHT? IS THE NEW TEMP LIVING IN THE BUILDING? SHOULD WE REPORT IT???”

Folks, I was new temp. Folks, I used to teach critical thinking. Folks, these people have lost their agency and faculty to Detective Stabler.

How do I give it back to them?

#office life #cop shows #procedural crime #true crime #media critique #csi #law & order #cordyceps #a bored white lady is a dangerous thing #please save me

[leffee]

alright here are some more things I thought of forgive me if there are ever any repeats I may never remember what I’ve ever said lol

- since Vinnie is never tall enough to reach anything he has gotten into a bad habit of trying to climb things to reach what he wants rather then ask for help because in his head he doesn’t need anyone lol

- I wanna mention that I feel like Zoe or penny would have a ton of things in their purses like candy, makeup, wallet, change, tissues, receipts ect.. and they both end up saying “let me check the purse” on a daily basis just because hey it might be in the purse

- I also have a theory that since Vinnie does speak more English than Italian I feel like his Italian side would come out when he gets super excited or super sad and doesn’t want to talk to anyone (kinda like his own get out of jail free card for questions he doesn’t feel like answering) (feel free to add to that)

- a thought on Russell I feel like the reason he hates marshmallows is because he’s allergic to them not deathly or anything but they give him major stomach issues to the point where his body physically rejects them and he could start throwing up blood so he does what he can to avoid them ( idk if that’s a real thing but his friends don’t know because he’d rather keep to himself the only person he’s told is Sunil just in case

- when Vinnie gets nervous he (when he has one) he wraps his tail around himself kinda like a hug to ease his anxiety

- pennyling keeps in touch with everyone she’s ever met she’s super good at checking in on everyone and making new friends she is also close with her relatives in china they send her snacks and she sends them snacks back they video call often

- pepper is always the first one to try and fight someone when she gets drunk jokingly asking if they “wanna go bro?” Sometimes it’s hard to tell though if she’s serious which worries some of her friends in that moment

- Sunil is just like Russell in the sense that he is kinda like the dad he takes care of everyone and everything when he can and sometimes forgets to do anything for himself he’d rather see everyone else happy especially Vinnie everyone often calls Vinnie “ sunil’s baby”because he babies him so much from making sure he eats to laying him down for a nap because he knows he’s tired he’s also never missed any of vinnie’s dance shows

- sharukuh is so protective of Sunil he would do anything to make him happy after all he’s his first real connection emotionally,mentally and physically that he’s had. he’s kinda like Vinnie in the sense that he doesn’t like letting anyone he cares about get hurt or leave him so he’ll do anything to keep him around deep down Sunil saved his life without even knowing it

- Vinnie loves any and all type of music he’s made it his personal mission to be able to dance any kind of song no matter what it is his friends kinda made it a game to pick songs at random and see if he can make a dance for it

- Zoe has had so many crushes that everyone’s lost track of her love life they just try to be as supportive as possible even though they are incredibly lost Russell was the only brave soul to try but after a while he to was lost..

R: “so, how are you and Brad doing?”

Z: “Brad?” “Oh no darling we split weeks ago! But Daniel is certainly on my radar”

R: -_-

- pennyling is crazy good at knitting she’s made so many sweaters for her friends especially vinnie since he gets so cold he has one in every color at this point

- vinnie and pepper love to photo bomb when they see the chance. But Zoe if she gets a hold of your phone you’ll find your camera roll filled with her selfies she’s graced you with lol

- Russell has tried so many times to understand his feelings he’ll lay awake at night thinking about how he’s supposed to feel. if he’s normal? what his future will be? if he’ll have kids? get married?will the robots be his company? he’s got so much going on up there if only everyone knew…

- vinnie and Russell were each others first kiss (in one scenario) the only reason that Sunil wasn’t Vinnie’s was because their relationship didn’t get a chance to go any farther before Sunil left for college (sharukuh ended up being sunils when they became official after Sunil graduated)

- Vinnie won’t let anyone mess with his hair much he gets grumpy when they try because to him it’s his best feature “don’t touch the hair” “hey my hair!” it really brings out his Italian side everyone can swear they hear his accent in that moment

- Russell and penny made a tiny garden after finding random seeds and they are pretty proud of how it turned out and plan to have a bigger one if they get any space

- I feel like the boys wear make up but in a way that’s kinda like it matches fur or skin color so they can cover up pimples or imperfections themselves 

- minka can’t stand quiet she has to have some sort of sound in order not to go insane like, for example music anyone talking she doesn’t like awkward silence at all 

- Vinnie has a countdown clock that was gifted to him so anytime Sunil goes out of town he has a way to keep track of how long it will be before he could see him again. he can’t stand any of his friends being so far from him, especially Sunil (one time his flight was delayed due to bad weather, and Vinnie freaked out. They couldn’t calm him down for hours. He was in tears and begged them to take him to the airport, so he could wait there)

- zoe has started a fashion blog to help others try to be as fabulous as she is. It’s pretty small right now, but gaining a pretty large following. She believes this is what she might be famous for in the future. Everyone is pretty supportive, being her models

- Sunil did try the no shave November thing. He grew pretty nice beard but ended up shaving it off because he felt too self-conscious about it. On the other hand, the girls found it kind of weird to see they found it hard to get used to sharukuh thought it was cute Vinnie thought it was hot Russell had mixed feelings although pepper swears, she caught him, staring, much more when he had it he denies it every time lol

- since Vinnie loves physical touch so much being in a relationship for him is the best thing in the whole world his boyfriend would have to have this clingy man forever, and always attached since he has had a history of depression, being in a relationship is almost healing for him in a way.

- sometimes some or all of the group have sleepovers just for fun or because they can. they bring all types of food,watch movies,play truth or dare the whole Shabang! They try as much as they can to keep the connection They’ve always had strong by hanging out as often as possible, seeing as life can get really busy 



all right, this is why I think I’m going to end it for now. It kinda ended up being longer than I thought. I feel like there’s more but I’m blanking on some of the things that I thought of before lol. 

You have no idea how giddy seeing those each times makes me, you actually don't because I can't put it into words. Here and now, I'm saying that I love all of them, but of course now we shall get more into each one and be crazy about them aaaand my beloved Vincent of course:

headcanons that revolve around Vinnie being short make me very very happy no matter what and this one is no different :DD and yeah, the LAST thing he will do when unable to reach something is ask for help, because that would be admitting to himself and others that he's short and he is not doing that. In fact, it's not even the last thing, he just won't do it at all. But yes, he climbs things to reach the items that he needs, and even more importantly, he climbs people sometimes too, "Vinnie what are you-?" "Shh, Sunil, I just need to get something." "I... I can just get it for you?" *hiss*. You know? He's so small. As he should be

ok but I think they say that "let me check the purse" literally no matter what item it is that someone needs. If it was a hairbrush or something then that's understandable, but you can ask them for anything and they will still look for it there because just maybe it's there. A laptop? A scented candle? An entire lamp? Better check just in case. How does that even fit in there is a mystery, who knows, who knows

yes yes, this! In my all "don't actually know how bilingualism works" glory I decided that in moments of extreme or sudden emotions (like that excitement you mentioned) his brain just gets completely overtaken by the more, let's call it, primal language which for him is Italian, and he just yells excitedly in Italian or something. Nobody else has a clue what he's saying but they know he's excited. And when it comes to that second part, he totally does use Italian as an excuse not to talk to anyone, not just when he's sad, just whenever he feels like not doing it. For example, if a stranger on the street asks him for directions or something but he's tired or not in the mood to deal with anyone or whatever he will just pretend he doesn't speak English and will start sputtering words in Italian - it usually works, though there were one or two times when the person was like "Oh, don't worry, I speak Italian too." And he was like "...Great :)". Oh, and also he usually switches to Italian when angry and wanting to swear but not wanting to make a scene, so he just, "Gimmie a moment." he walks to the side and begins yelling italian swears "Al diavolo! Cazzo! Porca puttana!"

yeah, fair enough, I like when characters are allergic to something. Idk if that's a real thing either but if I can give Vinnie allergy to raspberries which I also have no idea if it's possible, then Russell can be allergic to marshmallows. Though I feel like at some point Sunil would break and tell someone because he can't stand the tension of others teasing Russell about it when he knows the truth. Like, he'd say Vinnie at least, and the the next time that marshmallow thing occurs Vinnie is just quiet and Russell picks it up and adds two and two together in his head and later he's like "Suuuunil." Sunil swears he did nothing, in a very sweaty fashion I mean

yeah, it's kinda like I said that he "borrowed" some things from Sunil, like playing with his tail when nervous, or like in this case changed it a bit, not playing with it but wrapping it around himself. Side note: he would also wrap his tail around himself when cold, but that would not work because guess what, this thing is also cold, he just sometimes forgets about it because it works for mammals, and he sees them doing that sometimes and then forgets it won't work for him. Poor soul. Another side note, I headcanon him with a much longer tail then he has in the show, 1. Because I want to and would do that anyway 2. Because I read somewhere that lizards' tails are as long as their body, so if anthro Vinnie is 5'2" then if I understand it correctly his tail should literally be exactly that too or close to 5'2". In other words, in whatever form, his tail should be as long as he is tall

man, she's good, I mean, imagine keeping in touch with everybody you ever met, that'd be a no from me 🙃 but that's actually really sweet, I mean the snacks sending part, she sends them hot-dogs lol. She should send Vinnie's cake actually. Can I just say that I actually really like her relatives in the episode? The ending was genuinely really heartwarming. Good for her, good for them too for that matter

honestly, I think most people, at least ones that know her would assume that's she's absolutely serious because it's Pepper, so they never quite believe she's just jokinh and keep an eye on her, just in case. In short: she says that a lot when sober too, so everyone is like "uh oh" when she says that when drunk

he'd rather see Vinnie happy than himself? My God, he's just like me. Except that I also want to see him in pain and misery sometimes. Aaanyway. Sunil carries him around, I imagine, I mean, look at how small he is. Sunil really is just like me, because if Vinnie was real I would do everything for him and then lie him down at the end of the day and pat his head. Wait, wait, a thought! With that making sure he eats part. Sunil just brings him a nice actually nutricious dinner but Vinnie is always eating random, unhealthy snacks like chips or whatever so he's like "No thanks, I already ate dinner." He didn't, he ate 200g of salted nuts. Though I'm not personally a fan of calling characters "babies" in this way, it removes their autonomy somehow and he is a grown-ass man at the end of they day

Vinnie and Sharukh bonding over being willing to do anything not to let people they care about get hurt or leave them and treating Sunil like a devine entity worth of worship because he saved their lives in a way🤝. Like, maybe Sharukh slowly but surely notices that about Vinnie and eventually they have a talk, or the other way around, Vinnie's the one who notices. I think Vinnie would be jealous at first that there's someone else around Sunil so much but then he feels that kinship "ah, yes, this is also a crazy man who is willing to go to insane lenghts to keep Sunil happy. And he probably has attachment issues". He can respect that, Sunil has that effect on people, well, on him anyway

bro, why even try, of course he can dance to any and every type of music. You know, a long long time ago I saw someone's headcanon that Vinnie doesn't like pop music because he thinks it's not real music and for a while I went with it but eh, it never stuck in the end. I agree though, I mean, I think he just basically loves all types of dances, all, (and since different types go with different music so he naturally loves all kinds of music too), people got so stuck on him and tap dancing but I disagree, let him dance tango or foxtrot, damn it. I just, I think he really really loves dancing, and he's really really not good at it, he does not get better, in fact, he gets worse. But still, he watches dancing videos for hours and analizes every step

Brad? Just wait until she gets to Chad. I imagine at this point most of the time they don't even catch the change of name. Just, one day Zoe would be talking about let's say that Brad, but next day she will be talking about Daniel, and because she sometimes doesn't even acknowledge that it's not the same person, and her friends are so lost so they don't even notice, they think it's the same person. Damn, Daniel!

wait, that's so adorable. Everybody always be like "Sunil's the one who wears sweater" but please, imagine Vinnie in a sweater, better yet, imagine him in a turleneck. God, he's so cute. He would look so good in a classic black one, but might I also suggest very light pink. And Penny's so good to him, all of them really. What if she also makes them those matching sweaters? I dunno if there are any patterns for 7 people, but like those "If lost return to __" and "I'm __."

yes, and Vinnie and Pepper photobomb anybody they can, be it their friends or complete strangers. If they are together and see their chance they will try to arrange some sort of mockingly dramatic pose in the background. Zoe on the other hand, well of course! She has graced you with her presence and beauty, you wanted those selfies, you know that ;)

ok, but what if sometimes he just couldn't keep all those thoughts in his head so he texted one person those thoughts. The problem is that when he texted Pepper, Vinnie or Minka they had this sort of conversations: Russell: "What's your biggest fear? Mine is being forgotten..." One of them: "Damn that's deep, mine is kool aid man." I think if anyone, he'd talk about it with Sunil, maybe Penny. Well, that's a hypothetical situation if he actually talked about it to anyone of course. However! I shall answer all those questions because I have all the answers: is he normal? Compared to some others, yeah, he's fine; what his future will be? Lovely, because there will be VInnie there :D; will he have kids? No, Vinnie doesn't like kids; will he get married? yes, to Vinnie; will the robots be his company? ok, that one I don't know, what's important is that Vinnie will be his company

aww man, you're tearing me apart here, says I - a crazy Vinnil fan. No, but I think Vinnie would be happy that his first kiss ended up with someone whom he actually ended up with, it feels more special and like there was ✨ destiny ✨ at play, maybe it didn't let him kiss Sunil because he was destined to be with Russell. On a side note, I think I will take a page out of your book and just start saying "in one scenario" too instead of throwing alternative universes around

ok ok, so I have a pretty much the same headcanon, though mine goes that both Zoe and Vinnie won't let you touch their hair, Vinnie - because he's obsessed with his hair and doesn't want it messed up, and Zoe - well, because she doesn't want it messed up either or for it to get oily. So if it so happens that someone, let's say, puts their hands on their heads from the back they will turn around simultaneously with annoyed expression and ready to throw hands, "No touching the hair!" "Leave my hair alone!". Vinnie however is more flexible when it comes to it, he will let you touch it if he doesn't need to be anywhere more that day, and if he trusts you because it feels so fucking nice when someone touches his hair actually. Even if he lets you in his house without him being there and look through all the drawers it means nothing when it comes to whether he trusts you or not, does he let you touch his hair is the real question. It's genuinely a trust test with him, if he lets you touch his hair then that means he trusts you because it truly is his best feature. Zoe on the other hand will just not let you touch hers at all lol, just her hairdresser. Vinnie and his so called Italian side, ahh, I don't know why Vinnie being Italian makes me so happy but it sure does and I love thinking about it

aww, well ain't that lovely. In the future they shall have a big-ass botanic garden that shall be beautiful. But returning to this mini-garden, what if Pepper, knowing about it, constantly asks them if they planted some fruits there, because if so she wants to be the first one to get her hands on them >:> "Pepper, we don't know what will grow out of these seeds, we found them randomly-." "Shh, just let me know if they're fruits or something once they grow, we could sell them!" "I... even if that turns out to be fruits I'm pretty sure there will be way too little to sell anything. Also, that's not why we have it."

hmhmh perhaps. I mean, I do have this one headcanons for Vinnie that, you know, in my mind he has a shit-ton of freckles and when he was younger some kids were making fun of him because of that so he became insecure about it and gradually learned how to use make-up to cover them up. That's all he knows, because it was useful to him. Anyway, he's not insecure about them anymore so he stopped long ago, though I don't think he would care about pimples enough, or rather he's too lazy to cover them up. Sunil or Russell though? Hmm, perhaps, I can see it

oh, she definitely does not like awkward silence, but on the other hand, I don't think with her awkward silence occurs too often because she always has something to say. The other person stopped talking? Well then, no worries, she has 100 other topics she can talk about, and that's only on top of her head. Though in my mind she can stand silence when she's alone that is and it's night, so when the world is quiet in general. As much as she likes noises and sounds and during a day needs them, there is something nice about it being quiet for a while, sometimes it's easier to paint like that. Well, until she has had enough and needs to put on some music

!! Wait, that's actually such a good idea, one problem though, the one you mentioned. Cause like, he's already not doing good, but at least the clock counting ever down makes him calmer, buuut, if it just so happens that Sunil or someone else is delayed or sth, and so then his clock goes down to 0 and they're still not there he will freak! So I imagine it's probably better to set it for a bit longer, but at the same time he doesn't want waiting any longer than he needs to so in the end he never does that. It kinda counts until his sanity drains, no xd? If they don't come back until that time that is. I can just imagine Vinnie sitting next to this clock, almost unblinkingly looking at it, eyes blood-shot, just observing as the time goes down, even if it's still 6 days left. On the other hand, I believe in this scenario you described he would just go to the airport himself, either run there on foot or just drive, and my God, road safety laws prepare to be ignored! So not a good idea and once he's there he'd be clawing at every worker there he can find because "Why the fuck is this flight delayed?! Do something about it!" Anyyyway, I love when he's like that, damn

awww, they are all her models, that's actually pretty sweet, considering that it's Zoe and she would probably want all the attention on herself xD. Actually that's a pretty good thing to give her, cause I sometimes say that she's somewhat popular, but I never know because of what. That would be a good direction. I also like that she's doing that to help other be as fabulous as she is, well, she is, can you blame her?

wait, is no shave November a thing? Hmm, I guess no X November can be anything you want it to be, I do the "No me November" it's when November passes and I just don't exist B). Russell just like 👀. But honestly, maybe he has a perfectly undrstandable reason, I mean, if you saw your friend who does not have a beard normally suddenly grow one you'd probably be looking too. I just imagine Rusell yeah, would be trying to hide his staring, but Vinnie on the other hand would be like 👁️👄👁️, because holy shit

ah, if talking or reading about Vinnie makes me giddy then Vinnie but depressed makes me just crazy. Fucking trembling. Well, he just needs people and has a somewhat anxious attachment style so once he likes you enough and gets attached you're not getting rid of him, even if you actively try to do it, he will attach himself like a leech, you lucky lucky person! Especially if you're in a romantic relationship with him, it's a given (It also comes with possesiveness, going crazy if you're away and being able to kill for you but sshhh) And, ah, physical contact, oh he revels in it and preferably wants to feel physical contact with you literally all the time, he's touch-starved ok ;-; ?

why, of course they do! They will do it until they're all senile, damn it. I don't want them apart, idc what they do or how old they are, I'm not separating them ever, they live in the same city at least, adult life isn't real and also they're not real so I can do whatever I want. Them not being real is a blessing... and a curse

Lmao, don't worry, you saw those two random pauses between the bullet points? It's when tumblr demanded that the section was too long so I had to make a new one. But oh, how much I love talking about them and bouncing ideas around, especially about my beloved <3. He is soooooo uggh, sooo incomprehensible, I love it. And also I checked, you didn't repeat anything you said before, believe me, I would have remembered, I still screenshot all those headcanons and keep them forever in the gallery on my phone to have easy access. I love him I love him I love him. Stupid reptilian people, they make me lightheaded.

#lps 2012 #asks #I wonder if anyone else reads all those esp as religiously as I do #you should

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I wanna talk about Mort more!! :D

Kinda long, so putting this behind a cut

[TW: Violence, mental collapse, torment, profanities, loud sounds]

Ok so I took a screenshot from the document where I hold a synopsis of all my OCs current lore, and I’m gonna elaborate on all of these points cuz I thought it would be fun!! I’ll be addressing each point in this image (starting from the top-most one)

Ok so idk how this got started but for some reason Mort just loves pancakes. Like he can’t get enough of them. His favorite is blueberry pancakes, with classic buttermilk being a close second (Yes this is very important information).

I couldn’t decide on what military rank to give Mort, so I just made it unkown :o) On a mildly related note, I did think about making him the colony’s scientist :D

Mort doesn’t talk at all. Technically he is capable of speech, but his mind has been so broken that he has almost lost all motivation or ability to form coherent sentences. However, he has found a way around this. He uses sign language to communicate with others when he feels like talking. Occasionally he will have a translator with him (either Reuben, Ackley, or Cormick [another OC, I’ll reveal him at some point in the future]) to help those who do not understand sign language. He’ll also make grunting, growling, or snarling noises in response to certain things (caveman brain LMAO. Though he’s pretty smart so maybe just gremlin brain would be a better term).

Also to add on to the previous point: when mort is signing, he swears a lot. Example:

Opponent: If you don’t get over here and fight me…

Mort: 🤏✋🖐️✊ (Kiss my grape-colored ass.)

Ok so here I mentioned that he was tortured, but I never specified how, so I’ll go ahead n elaborate on that OvO;; so basically the dark essence creatures used their dark magic to try and corrupt him (believe it or not, they weren’t initially intending to hurt him; they just wanted to turn him over to their side). Mort’s body rejected the magic, which led to his body painfully distorting itself (hence why he has a face that looks like it’s literally melting off. This is also what led to his mind breaking).

Okay so this one is more of a reference, specifically to this audio (VOLUME WARNING). I once made a joke about Mort’s feral screaming sounding like the typical caveman scream and it was so funny to me that I decided to keep it. So, whenever he screams, it just kinda sounds like “RAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!” (If I’m being honest, his snarls sound more threatening than his screams.)

Mort has a bad tendency of, well, being excessively violent. Like, DOOM Slayer levels of violence. Most people are terrified of him for this reason.

This is another thing that started off as an edgy joke but is kinda sorta canon now. He doesn’t always do this, but if he’s pissed off enough (or.. hungry… enough? Maybe??) he’ll literally just… take a bite out of his opponent. Like full on, edgelord Baraka main style, just… Nom. (Fun fact: Baraka was actually one of the inspirations for his design!)

Thankfully, Mort is pretty tolerant of people he doesn’t regard as threats. This includes established allies, animals, and children (even though he REALLY doesn’t like them). He won’t attack people who fall into those categories.

Even though the worst part of his life has passed, he still has to be tormented every day by dealing with the nonsense of his colleagues. They often get him involved in shenanigans, which he is always less then pleased to get dragged into.

…Yeah, Mort does NOT like kids. He can’t stand them. They’re very… screechy (ironic, coming from him) and he finds that annoying. He won’t harm them in any way, but sometimes he just gets the urge to punt them over a fence.

Mort has a horrible tendency to bite people on impulse. Anyone who makes sudden or violent movements towards him should expect to get some part of their body chomped off. Even Reuben has to be extremely careful when checking any injuries Mort gets. In order to prevent this habit, Mort agreed to having a metal plate placed in front of his mouth (its held in place with short screws). While this is mostly effective, it is not a failsafe, as Mort is still able to knock or break it off at will.

Yeah, Mort is very creature-pilled... He is violent and unpredictable. However, he is still able to be pacified and befriended. (And who doesn't wanna be friends with an absolute creature?)

Because of everything that’s happened to him, his mind is pretty much in shambles. He is still able to retain some of his sanity, though he mostly acts very feral o_O;;

This bullet point was mostly in regards to allies and such. If he doesn’t think you’re a threat, he’ll just kinda sit there and pay you no mind. If you wanna chat with him, you’ll have to initiate it. Otherwise he’ll just… stare at you. (NPC behavior indeed. He’s not a fully serious character if you couldn’t tell lmao)

While Mort will listen to direct commands, he often just does whatever he wants. If he wants to do something, then off he goes to do it. He still gets his work done though, so no one in his colony really complains.

Bonus: Mort's official ref image, provided for convenience :D

#knights of the colony #Oughhh so edgy wouhghhh #If you have any questions about this little guy pls don't hesitate to ask! #But anyway MORT FANS COME GET YALL FOOD! ALL THREE OF YOU #PS: please let me know if you guys want me to do this with other OCs!