hmm, i just realized. since it's pretty evident that raon would def try to look like cale when, if ever, he'll have a human form, soo, wouldn't ppl think that he's cale's illegitimate child or something? ik many ppl know about raon already, but they've never seen his human form before so there's bound to be a misunderstanding in the beginning. some corrupt (jealous) nobles might even try to kidnap raon to threaten cale. oh man, the mere thought of raon, the great and mighty son of the dragon lord, getting kidnapped by a bunch of nobodies is so funny and ridiculous that i might just roll around laughing
hear me out: modern au. Hoseas a bar tender at a quiet lil bar, dutch comes in for a drink one day and they get talking, and dutch (lowkey already down bad for the bar tender) decides to come back each day to get the chance to talk to him. Each day they both talk about everything and anything, including stories of silly things about a young arthur morgan (HOWEVER - they dont know theyre talking about the same silly 21 y/o. Hosea tells stories of the young man he basically raised across the hall from his apartment and dutch tells stories of a kid that he has also helped raise who works for him - im thinking at a garage) and they slowly grow closer and closer until one day dutch has to rush out bc arthur gets hurt or smth, and when he goes to the hospital ‼️hoseas also there‼️ arthurs like wait pause you two know each other? And hoseas like yeah this is the man I told you about. And Arthur - whose slightly high on pain meds - groans at the realisation that his father figures have been pining over each other and hes had to hear about it every day.
Man, I wonder how it'll feel like for an aro/ace person to suddenly be thrown into an otome game, or one of those romance fantasy isekais. Like damn, that'll be all levels of awkward and horrifying, but I want to see one where they just nail all the platonic routes. Why can't people simply exist as good friends regardless of gender? ╮( ̄~ ̄)╭
This thought was inspired by seeing so many fics of Otome AU feat. Cale from TCF. Now don't get me wrong, I love them, but I can't see him having a special relationship with someone, not when there's such major found family platonic vibes.
Also, that guy's denial and inability to comprehend people liking him that way is possibly bigger than his workaholic tendencies, not to mention he doesn't seem like the type to ever give romance a second thought. Guy's already a single mom to... How many kids?
I must say tho, other than the romance aspect, Cake really seems to fit the Otome protagonist to a T (plus minus the tragic backstory and traumatic *waves* everything), just going around fixing all the problems, attracting 'flies' everywhere and causing misunderstandings. Atp I don't even know what I'm saying anym. Anyways I think I also just described like half the Korean novels out there, or maybe I just have a specific type.
Tldr; Cale is aro/ace (tbh the novel barely even touches on romance, which I am quite happy about), he deserves all the love in the multiverse, and we stan his one-sided pining of slacker life-chan
Do you think its cold in that bird house? Theres no windows, and the only door is made out of cold metal. The only window it did have was blocked from the outside. The only source of light is the lanterns scattered about. And it is Phil's only source of warmth. At first he's able to tell when its day or night thanks to his internal clock, but as the days pass it gets harder to tell when its light or dark. When any openings to the outside are covered by hard and dark, black concrete. He gathers all the lanterns, and bunches up in the corner. Cold, alone, holding replicas of his missing childrens belongings. So, so, very alone.
Its 4AM here now and my mind is too busy thinking about the fact that after Shmi died padme is the only one left who calls anakin "Ani".
Like everyone calls him Anakin, the chosen one, general, hero with no fear and etc. But theres only one person who can call him Ani and its his wife. AHHH its a nickname since he was a child, a piece of vulnerability.
Must be why i love vaderdala fics very much, is because vader may have tried to forget his name and everyone calls him Darth Vader or Lord Vader but to padmé he'll always be Ani and he'll allow it because he can be vulnerable with her AHH 😭