oppulent.
pairing: diluc x gn! reader
fandom: genshin impact
trope(s): marriage of convenience, implied enemies to lovers
warnings: crack. mentions of thick fingers (sobs), reader has a teasing personality, workplace romance.
a/n: whoever thought it'd be a good idea to give me a functioning brain and a keyboard *sighs wistfully*. this is peak delusion, please try to enjoy, and bear with me.
Diluc scrutinized the ring in his hand, his brow furrowing in subtle frustration. He glanced up at you with an impassive expression, motioning for you to extend your hand.
"Let's try this again," he grumbled, his tone clipped and businesslike.
You obliged, holding out your hand as he selected a new ring. Diluc's fingers were precise as he attempted to slide it onto your ring finger, but as it happens, it caught midway.
He frowned, his impatience growing more apparent. "Your fingers are thicker than I anticipated." he remarked with a measured tone.
Suppressing an eye-roll, you extended your hand once more, wondering how someone so meticulous in business could falter with something as seemingly straightforward as ring size. Diluc selected another ring, and this time, it glided on with ease.
"There," he stated matter-of-factly, "the right size."
You couldn't help but mutter something under your breath.
Diluc shot you a glance, his crimson eyes meeting yours with an unreadable expression. "Excuse me?"
You met his gaze head-on, your irritation bubbling to the surface. "I said, I didn't realize precision had a learning curve, sir."
A flicker of annoyance crossed Diluc's features, but he remained composed. "I don't have time for inefficiencies. This is merely a formality for our arrangement."
You couldn't resist a sarcastic smile. "Of course, Mr. Ragnvindr. I wouldn't want to inconvenience you with the size of my fingers." He merely grunted in response, returning to his usual grumpy self as if the exchange hadn't ruffled his feathers.
The tension lingered in the air as you exchanged those subtle barbs with Diluc. The jeweler discreetly observed the dynamic between you two, unsure whether to be amused or uncomfortable. Once the rings were finalized, you gathered your composure, preparing to leave the shop.
As you turned to exit, Diluc's voice cut through the air, begrudgingly breaking the formality. "You can drop the formalities. Just call me Diluc."
A mischievous grin tugged at your lips. "Oh? so we're on a first-name basis now?"
His response was a tightened expression, a silent plea for cooperation. "It's more convenient for our... arrangement."
Your satisfaction was palpable. "Alright, Diluc. If you say so."
As you sauntered out of the jeweler's shop, you left behind a bemused Diluc, who, despite his stoicism, seemed to have reluctantly taken a step towards a less formal connection.
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unpopular opinions meme: anything on Earthspark?
(Haven't watched Season 1 part two yet so take this with a grain of salt)
I avoid looking at fandom tags generally since I tend to not like a lot of popular takes in general, but people's takes about Optimus being brainwashed/shadowplayed/replaced by a clone in Earthspark really annoy me because it demonstrates a couple troublesome things about self-professed Optimus fans (or anyone really interested in OP in general):
People can't handle the fact that Optimus might make mistakes
Because of this, they then rush to remove agency from him (to make the bad things that happen not his fault)
In doing this, they completely erase, downplay, or even lambast as flaws the very traits that make Optimus who he is.
To take this from the top, Optimus "freedom is the right of all sentient beings" is, and has always been, a person who cares deeply about the rights of other species. This is a trait he's had in EVERY continuity: he values all lives, even small and fleeting ones, as equal to Cybertronian life, and he strives to protect uninvolved aliens from the horrific consequences of the Autobot-Decepticon war. This is one of his primary traits. This is a GOOD TRAIT OF HIS and it's LITERALLY ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PARTS OF HIS PERSONALITY.
In Earthspark, we specifically hear Optimus say "we are guests on this planet" with regards to living peacefully alongside humans. GHOST is a suspicious organization and not only do we see this as the viewers, OPTIMUS HIMSELF acknowledges this by choosing to hide the Terrans from GHOST and openly saying that he doesn't know if GHOST is trustworthy, but it's currently the best option they have and he's trying to find another way.
Earthspark Optimus has no shortage of nuance. He's not a dunce; he acknowledges on multiple occasions that he doesn't completely trust GHOST, that he's willing to hide things from them, and that he would do something else to live peacefully with humans if he knew of a way to do so.
But the fandom seems to get one whiff of anything "problematic" happening due to Optimus (not just Optimus, literally every Autobot and even Megatron collaborates with them too, but for some reason blame for working with GHOST only ever falls on Optimus) and they immediately jump to this bizarre headcanon they have that Optimus is a total idiot and couldn't possibly be aware of any negative consequences of working with GHOST. People seem to think that if anything bad happens because of Optimus working with GHOST, it HAS to be because he was literally brainwashed into working with them.
Optimus believing in the rights of all sentient beings? Optimus being willing to make compromises for the sake of other species besides his own? Optimus knowing that he's making morally gray choices/questionable allies and doing it anyways because he thinks it's his best option? Nope. Nope, clearly he has to be brainwashed or a clone or something.
It's really frustrating because people jump to this black-and-white view of Earthspark's plot where they're like, "GHOST is evil and this clearly means that Optimus is an idiot for even attempting to work with them." But like. What else is he supposed to do? Just let the Decepticons run around stealing from humans, damaging their property, and killing them? Is Optimus supposed to grab a random piece of human land and go "this is mine now, me and all my people are gonna live here now." That would be literal colonialism, and keep in mind that humans had nothing to do with the war to start with-- Earth is just the unfortunate planet that the war happened to land on, dragging humans into a Cybertronian conflict.
It's just.... so fucking frustrating as an Optimus fan lmao. It's gotten to the point that I don't even look at Optimus content made by other Optimus fans because too many of them have this idea that Optimus can't be a normal person who makes bad choices (knowingly or unknowingly), he has to be an eternal paragon of goodness and this means that in order for him to be Good (TM), he can't be responsible for anything Bad And Evil, which means that if anything Bad happens (inevitable in any plot involving conflict, drama, or conspiracy), we have to swoop and take away Optimus' culpability for the situation. Because having Optimus be responsible for bad things happening would make him Not The Perfect Good Guy, and if Optimus isn't The Perfect Good Guy then we don't care about him and we hate/ignore him (which is exactly what people do with IDW OP btw: throwing out a perfectly good/interesting character who's no more bad or good than anyone else in the story because Optimus Has To Be Good).
Another example of people taking away Optimus' agency is the all-too-common TFP/Aligned headcanon in which people like to say that the Matrix literally turned Orion into a different person, Optimus, therefore none of the decisions OP made as Prime were "actually him" and it was just Primus imposing his will on him or something. Really annoying! Ideas like this don't make Optimus any more interesting, they just make him a helpless victim to forces outside of his control who manipulate his every action!
TLDR: Earthspark Optimus is fine actually, people just refuse to take his perspective and instead default to "Optimus is stupid/brainwashed for working with GHOST" instead of coming to the rational conclusion that maybe OP is doing the best he can in a bad situation.
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actually i will say it. you guys were not ignoring red flags of abuse. however, many of you were ignoring the racism allegations, the antisemitism, the misogyny, the use of slurs, etc. because when any of it got brought up? that was leaktwt, it broke boundaries, it was in the past! as if that same standard was kept for any other mcyt streamer.
so don’t blame yourself for not seeing the abuse, but don’t act as if we as a community didn’t bury the shit he did with excuses every time.
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pokemon mixup
ok so i saw some media with swampert and wanted to draw him but i needed some reference so i went on to Pinterest and searched mudkip art because i forgot swamperts name at the time and saw this
i didnt notes that it was a mudkip hybrid line and ended up drawing swampert like that in multiple drawings and even now that i know i dont want to stop because in my PERSONAL OPPINION i like this swampert better and prefer drawing him like this so do you still want to see the drawing i made of him or should i keep it of the face of the internet . ps in the media mudkip had a friend cyndaquil that i aged up to a typhlosion and immediately started shiping them . im a aroace gay shiper dont judge me and drew them in cute couple poses
i think fellelofvist is the creator of this but im not sure i also dont know what platform this is on
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