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#in this au both of them died though and reincarnated
anggeese · 1 year
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Had an au that's been plaguing my mind lately so i relented and sped drew it o(-(
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(first sentence meme)
Now he wasn't saying the place was haunted, but he definitely wasn't not saying it, either.
(fandom and character/au of choice!)
(y'know it's been a minute since i did anything msa... and per usual i'm absolute dogshit at sticking to that sentence limit. honestly i forgot it even existed this time) (src - still open!)
It wasn't just the age—though it was old—but old places weren't inherently haunted, in Arthur's opinion. Sure, every place tended to acquire a sort of... flavor, over time, as they were lived in, but sometimes that vibe was calm. Peaceful.
This place was—not. It was not that, even if Vivi apparently couldn't feel it. It had an almost oppressive air of anger to it, low and simmering, like the old walls were glaring daggers down at them. And it felt... there was this nagging in the back of his head, like something he was forgetting that he should have remembered. Something important about this place. That meant something.
Per usual, though, his vocal complaints were being ignored—until they came to a bigger room. It might have been some kind of theater, once, or a performance hall, or—
Any speculation was cut short when the centerpiece of the room—sparked, immediately making everything else a distantly secondary concern. That feeling of hatred spiked with it, too, sending his heart rate instantly through the roof—and seriously, if Vivi thought he was still making shit up now—
"You've got a lot of nerve, K," a voice echoed around the vast room, "waltzing back in here like nothing's wrong."
The fire—the fire that radiated an entire spectrum of warm colors, edging into a magenta that couldn't be anything natural—coalesced into a form that was starting to look almost—human.
"Your expression says you maybe haven't remembered me yet," it—he says. "That's fine."
He waves one hand, and a whip of fire whirls around the edge of the room, making doors that definitely weren't there before all slam in an almost rhythmic thunk-thunk-thunk.
A pair of neon-white eyes glare like they're trying to burn holes through his skull. It feels almost like they're succeeding.
"I'm more than happy to help remind you."
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semisolidmind · 10 months
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How does the Modern Reincarnation AU work in the Twice as Bad AU? Especially with MK and everything? I know it would probably be completely unlikely that Peaches would get the opportunity to die with her two monkey hubbies always around her, but what if her dying happened on the journey? Like her death was something that happened while the monkey demons were restrained and couldn't do anything about it, causing them to wait the couple hundred years until she pops up again?
(Also, I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am for your creativity and art! You're awesome. Hope you have a great day! 💙)
oh man oh boy (also thank you skye, you're making my day :))
(so both monkeys have wrist and ankle cuffs in this au, and the cuffs work like a less harmful version of the circlets. anytime reader says a certain command, they throw the demon wearing them to the ground. i imagine that the moment reader dies, the cuffs fall off.)
it's utterly silent when they hit the ground.
the boys are distraught. they're inconsolable. theyre angry. whatever demon caused reader's death will be torn apart peice by peice, tortured until death. and then...
...nothing. the monkey demons shut down beyond an occasional terse word. they're still technically bound to the journey by the circlets and the bodhisattva's command, and so they continue on. they only speak to their companions when necessary. macaque spends most of his time in the shadows, and wukong walks behind the group. they take out their sadness and rage on the myriad demons that get in their way. the journey concludes with wukong and macaque denying their enlightenment and going home to flower fruit mountain.
their conquests become especially brutal for the next couple hundred years.
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centuries later, mk comes into the world. wukong finds him wandering the mountain, and adopts him as his own. macaque is an uncle figure to the boy, helping in his training and teaching a different worldview. mk grows up knowing very little about humans beyond what his monkey family tells him. regardless, he's curious and wants to know more.
the two elder monkey demons are jaded, and their resentment for the celestial realm and humanity has only grown. though, they'll both slip into wistfulnesss occasionally, telling mk about reader and what she was like. he heard plenty of stories about her growing up, and he always finds himself wishing he could have met her. it's the only time mk will hear his caretakers speak positively about a human.
when mk asks to go into the city, wukong refuses. he doesn't want his son around any mortals, and were it not for his "infinite mercy," that wretched city would be dust by now. it's only when macaque agrees to go with mk that wukong relents. macaque, who's somewhat more knowledgeable about modern humans than his brother, tells mk what he knows about how the mortal world works. mk doesn't get the chance to make his friends until later in this au, when he's allowed to make short solo excursions into the city to buy groceries.
he's taking too long on a run when it happens.
mk has encountered mei, and thinking the dragon heir was trying to start a fight (given the monkey demons' history with dragons), mk battles her. while the two have their brawl that eventually ends in tentative friendship, macaque waits at a rendezvous point.
when mk doesn't show after twenty minutes, macaque lets out a long-suffering sigh and sets out across the roof tops and alleyways to search for him. the kid, for all his strengths, has never been good at time management. after a while, macaque is able to track him to a little noodle shop in the downtown area.
the dark-furred simian watches from a nearby rooftop as mk and...a disguised dragon? girl? go inside the shop. macaque melds into the shadows, following them in through the half-shuttered doorway. the shop isn't anything to write home about; simple decor, simple noodles, a suspiciously familiar pig demon manning the kitchen, a woman managing the register—
macaque stops cold.
it only takes a second for macaque to get a read on the woman's soul. and upon closer inspection, she looks familiar too.
heartbreakingly familiar. same hair, same eyes... same smile, aimed at mk as she welcomes him. this woman—she's their reader, reincarnated. she has to be. mk makes a joke, something about monkeying around, and the girl laughs; the same joyful sound he remembers from all those centuries ago. it's the same. she's the same.
a shadowy tear makes its way down his incorporeal face. she's here. alive.
he has to tell wukong.
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nyoomiin · 24 days
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roommates: part eight.
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your new roommate is... odd, and recently, so are your dreams. still, despite the secrecy, the mystery, and his ice cold exterior, you have the feeling you'd waltz right into love with him. (maybe you already have before.)
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pairing. scaramouche x gn!reader
tags. no warnings, slice of life, fluff, slowburn, friends to lovers, reincarnation au, post irminsul erasure
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Needle and thread in your hands, a hum dancing under your breath. A bell chimes as a door swings open, and two heated, urgent voices can be heard. You look up from your sewing.
One, a blond with a kind smile, and the other, partially hidden behind him. He catches your eye instantly. It's Kunikuzushi, you realise, and he's wearing your gift. He looks at you with sharp eyes, then turns to Aether to retort something Paimon had said. You’re struck with a faint surprise, then a surging sense of excitement.
“Archons, it's perfect,” you breathe, rushing up to him.
You freeze, deja-vu washing over you, and you catch yourself before you lay your hands on him. What in the world? You clear your throat. “I never knew that all of you were friends! How can I help you?”
“Friends? With these two?” he scoffs.
Paimon scowls. “As if Paimon wants to be friends with the likes of you!”
You laugh. It seems they were very good friends indeed. Shaking off the the last tendrils of deja-vu, you can't stop yourself from admiring how good he looked in Inazuman garb. Well, he always looked great, but this certainly took the cake.
“I'm an amazing dressmaker,” you declare proudly. “I should make more clothes for you sometime. Kuni looks great, doesn't he, Aether, Paimon?”
“I'm not your dress-up doll,” he protests, but the pink tinge to his ears betrays his satisfaction at your compliment. “Do you not have any other friends?”
You decide to take pity on his ego and not point out the fact that he acknowledged the both of you were friends. You pout. “Of course I have other friends! But… none of them are your size.”
He shoots you the nastiest look. You cackle.
“Wait wait wait. Hold on — Paimon's confused!” Paimon cries. “That roommate you mentioned — is Scara — I mean, is him?!”
You nod. “Yeah! It's been a few months already. Why?”
“No, no, it's nothing,” Paimon says faintly. “Paimon just didn't think that —”
“Wow, I didn’t know you could think.” Kunikuzushi snorts.
You're stunned. There's a ghost of a wicked smirk on his face and traces of malice glittering in his eyes, and for a second, you can imagine how cruel he could have once looked. Paimon gasps, offended, while Aether sighs, gently shielding a fuming Paimon away from Kuni. “Let's not argue. We have a task to accomplish here.”
You look between the three of them, mildly confused. Were they really not friends after all? And this ‘task’... Why did it feel like it had to do with you?
You're on the way to the Sanctuary of Surasthana, Aether and Paimon leading the way and Kunikuzushi two steps behind.
Nahida — the Dendro Archon — wants to meet with you, Paimon had told you helpfully, once the tension had died and all was done and sorted. She never gave you a reason, claiming that Nahida would explain everything when you met.
You had glanced at Kuni for help, only for him to cross his arms and look away, unhelpfully muttering things under his breath you didn't bother to overhear.
“What does Kuni have to do with me meeting the Dendro Archon, though?”
Aether gives you a strange look, gaze flickering between you and Kuni with eyes that held secrets within secrets. Paimon titters. “You don't know? Scar — Your roommate is working for Nahida.”
That made sense. If he was working for the Dendro Archon, of course he'd — Wait.
“You — WHAT?!”
You clear your throat sheepishly. Then, you round on him immediately, hissing. “You work for a literal Archon and you never bothered to tell me?! We've been friends for so long now. I'm hurt — !”
“It's none of your business, that's why,” he snaps.
You cannot deny that. He had always been rather private, despite his prickly and mildly arrogant attitude, and you knew he had his secrets. Still, you thought the both of you were relatively close friends by now. Was something as simple as his job so hard to share?
He sighs, softening. Just the slightest. “Relax. It's not as if I hid it from you. It just never came up.”
True. You narrow your eyes at him anyway, playfully shooting him a dirty look. He was on thin fucking ice.
The Dendro Archon doesn't look at all like how you'd imagine her to be.
Well, you knew she had lost her powers, but you never expected that it'd be so obvious. She's tiny, hair as white as snow and eyes emerald as the forests. She looked like a fairy. And she's adorable.
… Which is probably not something you should be thinking about your Archon.
You introduce yourself to her awkwardly. “I was told you wanted to see me…?”
She giggles, and it tinkles like a chime.
“I did — but please don't worry, it's nothing serious,” she says. “Though I believe it'd be best if we all took a seat.”
You're led to a cozy office of hardwood bookshelves and pillowy armchairs, sunlight scattering over the table where a potted forget-me-not rests. You only recognised the flower because you had slaved away embroidering forget-me-nots onto handkerchiefs for a commision once.
Kunikuzushi seats himself next to you, and Nahida directly opposite. Aether and Paimon take the single seat by your right. For a beat, it's silent, and unbearably uncomfortable.
“So, uh… Is someone gonna tell her or will Paimon have to? Because this is getting really awkward.”
“Let me,” Nahida interjects. “To make a long story short, I believe you have been experiencing rather… hm, peculiar dreams in the recent months, yes?”
Hesitantly, you nod in agreement, wondering where this was going. How did she even know what kind of dreams you've been having? The Dendro Archon’s powers were no joke — she really was the wisest in the land, huh?
“Simply put, this is due to a malfunction in the Irminsul. The Traveller can easily rectify this, but we do need your consent as it involves delving into your mind.”
The Irminsul? What did the World Tree have to do with any of this?? And why did Aether have to mess with your brain…? Were your dreams dangerous, or something?
Nahida reads the questions written on your face easily. “It is rare for this to happen, but it is not impossible. I'm afraid the negative impacts of the ‘dreams’ you're having will only worsen with time, so it's best if we solve the problem now.”
She begins to explain to you how your dreams were really memories the Irminsul had stored, and had leaked into your subconsciousness due to a malfunction somewhere along the lines. Which is crazy. Worse yet, they'd slowly eat into your life the longer they persisted, until you'd basically have the memories and consciousness of two people in your head at once. Like, what the fuck? That was weird.
“So you're saying you'll knock me out, and Aether will… go into my brain? To fix… this? And the weird dreams will stop?” you ask, breathless with disbelief.
She nods patiently, carefully emphasising how no harm would come to any of you during the process of it. Oddly enough, Kunikuzushi sits by you in uncharacteristic silence the entire duration of the conversation. You glance at him and meet his eye, to which he raises a brow in response.
You huff. “Well, okay then. Let's do it.”
“Wonderful.”
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noroi1000 · 6 months
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Reincarnation au with Satoru. Where after his death y/n in rage kills Sukuna and Kenjaku ( her hidden powers come out ) . She spends rest of her life waiting for Satoru like the next 40 years till her death
They are both reincarnated and Satoru has memories of his past life and he keeps on searching for y/n . He is a businessman in this life and he keeps waiting for y/n never dates any girl but she doesn't come until he is 28 years and one day his grandma needs emergency hospitalization and he goes to the city's best hospital. While his grandma is in ICU and he is worried outside, the young owner of the hospital who has just come out after performing a surgery comforts him and he's like " y/n........" He keeps on visiting her on purpose ( she has no memories of her past ) and he sends a marriage proposal to her family knowing his father and y/n's father were college friends
Oh my god can you write it
I had this thought after I pulled an all nighter yesterday
I'm waiting for you in different life
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Summary: After Satoru died, you waited for him for the next 40 years.You didn't want to think it was over. After all, there was still a chance of you meeting him, right?Your second chance has come. It came with death. When you reincarnated in another world.
Warnings: death. mistakes
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When you wanted to remember how many years you hadn't seen Satoru, you later regretted that you remembered.
40 years have passed...
There was no trace of your Satoru. You've been waiting for him to come back for 40 years. After all, sorcerers can survive until their heads are cut off.... He had so many years to regenerate. So why hasn't he done it yet?
He should live to old age with you. He should smile with you for the rest of your life.
You don't remember much of what happened that day... You don't remember December 24, 2018...
All you remember is the image of your Satoru's body landing on the ground in two pieces. And his eyes are coldly directed toward the sky. When he didn't blink. As he lay there with his heart not beating in his chest.
You remember that you were grieving for him. You were lying next to him, doing everything to keep him with you. You screamed, you begged, and you did absolutely everything.
However, his heart did not move.
It's like reanimating a doll. No matter how long you do this, the doll will not get up and live.
You also remember that your body ached as your skin almost burned from the excess energy being released from your body.
You killed Ryomen Sukuna while in a trance. In a trance of despair and pain. In a trance of rage. A moment later, you also knew that the man using Satoru's best friend's body as a toy had also been killed.
You couldn't believe that you could do something like that... After all, Satoru was always stronger than you. But everyone told you that you beat them.
You don't remember this.
Because even though you had the strength to defeat such powerful sorcerers and curses, you were unable to bring your Satoru back to life.
You lost yourself in the thought that it was over.
You never wanted to smile again.
You've been waiting for 40 years for him to come out of nowhere and run to you.
You don't pay attention to the time. You wait for him to come to you. Until his heart moves and allows him to come out of the grave.
You were waiting for the moment when he would knock on your door and you would appear in his arms again.
You waited until you could kiss him.
Even if you were both older, you would still love each other. Your love was not something ordinary. After all, you were everything to each other.
You waited for his heart to start beating for you again.
Every day, you cried into your pillow, silently asking when he would come back. Because it was so cold in bed without him...
Your dreams weren't pleasant without his arms around you.
You just waited so long that you knew his arms around you were just your imagination.
You waited so long for his heart to be next to you that your heart stopped without his company.
One day, you fell asleep, hoping that he would show up the next morning.
The next morning, you didn't open your eyes. And you could never do it again.
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There were beliefs that, after death, people went to another incarnation.
But they don't remember their previous lives.
Apparently, people who once lived live in another body. They are similar to their previous appearances. But they don't remember that they existed as someone else.
Sometimes, anomalies happen.
Anomalies that remember their previous incarnation even after reincarnation.
On one world, someone named Gojo Satoru died.
And on another world, someone named Gojo Satoru had just been born.
On December 7, a boy with white hair and incredibly beautiful blue eyes was born.
For years, he had been a child who behaved a little differently than others.
He was remembering something that never happened.
A boy who came from a rich family. And from the very beginning, he was supposed to take over the largest company after his father. And his father didn't see him as strange. Because he was a smart kid.
And since he was a child, he told his parents one thing.
“I'm waiting for (y/n).”
In the following years, the son of a wealthy family used his life to "find someone who does not exist."
But it didn't bother them. Gojo Satoru, the son of the richest man in Japan, was the smartest child. And his eyes often looked at something that did not exist.
He couldn't get used to the fact that there are no curses in this world. In this world, he is not a sorcerer.
He is a boy.
A boy who found out that the only thing he really wants to do here is find his love from his previous life.
As long as he can wait that long...
What if you live so long that he dies here first?
Only one universe separates you... You have to meet somehow.
Despite excelling in school and everything he did, he grew up to be an almost perfect child.
He was an ideal person who could do anything he wanted or had to. But he was still waiting for the person he called "(y/n)".
His family even looked to see if there was anyone with that name. There was no (y/n) (l/n) in this world that he wanted.
But still waiting, he never lost hope.
If he is here, you must be here too.
He looked almost like he had in his previous life.
Therefore, for the next almost 20 years, he focused on looking identical.
He was happy that he was just as tall. Because he couldn't get used to being a "midget".
He learned not to disappoint his family. And also, since he wasn't a sorcerer, he had to work somehow. And becoming a multi-billionaire wasn't a bad life plan.
When you show up, he will be able to start his life over with you.
And in the meantime, he was doing everything he wanted you to recognize him.
Exercise, gym. Doing everything to be the best. Even as a businessman and not as a sorcerer.
For 28 years of his life, he has done everything to be the same person when you come along.
Same for you.
And his love hasn't changed either.
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"Give me a break! I don't have time right now!" The scream echoed in the bright corridor. "I can't talk right now! I don't care if you have a problem right now! I have something more important to worry about!"
His mouth moved aggressively as he shouted at the employee who was supposed to handle the documents. He was a businessman. But such small jobs could be done by workers. He already gave them so much help when he told them that if they had any problems, they could call him directly...
And now some asshole was disturbing him and talking about work while he was running around the hospital looking for the hospital room where his grandmother was brought!
Maybe in his previous incarnation he had no family, but here he has a full family!
He has been living with them for 28 years! He has become attached to them! This is his family in this world! He can't get past the fact that his grandma had a heart attack while she was at home and is probably in the ICU right now!
As he approached the reception desk, he was panicked.
He ignored the strange feeling as he asked the woman near the desk about his grandmother's whereabouts.
He was too stressed to see anything... There was a resemblance...
"Gojo Ojina.... Where can I find her?" he asked quickly, feeling strange for a moment at the use of his last life name. However, it's also his name now.
"Who are you?" the young woman in front of him asked, standing sideways.
"I'm her grandson." He replied, and he saw the other woman approach him, looking through the documents.
"Mrs. Gojo has been transferred to the ICU." she said, and he became more worried.  "Please wait for further information."
It was strange that his parents weren't in the hospital right now... Oh yes... His mother had the flu and was in bed, and his father was at a business meeting...
He found someone who only cares about business... But he couldn't accuse him of being a bad father.
When, after several hours of waiting, he knew nothing, he wanted to give up.
There is no word on whether his grandmother will make it through.
And her only words that appeared in his mind were not perfect words...
„Listen, Satoru... I'm 86 years old, and I don't feel like going to my grave until I fucking have great-grandchildren! Get off that tall ass and find yourself a wife!”
Well... His grandmother was direct...
But he was waiting for you.
If only you had shown up, he would have had children with you by now!
A 28-year-old virgin (in this life) who is waiting for his beloved!
He could live off the memories of how fucking good sex with you was!
As soon as you are together again, it will be as good as ever! You will be happy together!
"I'm sorry this happened to your grandma. I hope she will enjoy life again."
He heard a woman's voice while sitting in a chair in the waiting room.
It was the same voice that was at the reception. This person gave him a strange feeling that he ignored.
She looked like...
His eyes lit up suddenly.
"Sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I'm the owner of this hospital. My name is–."
"(y/n)...?"
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He came to the hospital every day under the pretext of visiting his grandmother.
But he wanted to meet you.
You had no memories of your past life. You didn't remember him.
But since you fell in love with him in his previous incarnation, you can too now! And everything will be as perfect as in your previous life!
For a month, while his grandmother was in the hospital, he was there to talk to you.
He invited you for coffee, and when you accepted, your favorite drink appeared.
He brought you your favorite flowers under the guise of "thanking you for helping his grandmother."
He was worried about her, but her condition was stable enough that she was moved to a regular room and everyone could see her.
Seeing what was happening between her grandson and the young owner of the hospital, she kept ringing the bell to the nurses to ask them for her grandson to come and for the owner of the hospital to come.
Because she wanted great-grandchildren!
Knowing many details, she told her grandson that his father was friends with your father at school.
So when the relationship between you two became so strong that something sparked, he told his father that he wanted you.
Your family received a message from Gojo's family. About their son, Gojo Satoru, sending a marriage proposal.
Between him and you.
And after all this time of him surprising you with how much he knew you and making you fall in love with him, this was an offer you couldn't refuse.
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theglamorousferal · 3 months
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Phantom Transcendence
We've seen Danny Phantom in Gravity Falls.
We've seen Danny as frenemies with Bill Cipher.
Those were both in canon.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TRANSCENDENCE AU!!!
Ghost King Phantom and Alcor the Dreambender I think would be great friends, or maybe rivals.
Two absolute chaos gremlins with near infinite power and their own dimension to control.
Danny the Infinite Realms and Alcor the Dreamscape.
Both of them terrifying eldritch entities that can be summoned with gummy worms, research notes and a redbull.
Both of them are regularly summoned by stupid cultists that harm children even though it's been recorded that child sacrifices lead to the slaughtering of the entire cult.
Both of them immortal, forced to live while their family dies and reincarnates.
Just, I want my eldritch boys to have another friend that can be there with them when their families and friends aren't around.
I think they'd get along great, both of them are too smart and sassy for their own good. Both of them nerd out about random things and absolutely they would be able to pull the other into their newest hyperfixation.
It's just, sometimes, when it's been a while since either of their people have reincarnated, they both tend to lose a grip on reality and start to talk in the language of the Ancients and their new setting for their Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons game is coming along great, now we just need people to play in it, oh, there's some nice people, let's just take them
and then Danny and Alcor have accidentally become gods of an isekai world.
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greyskyflowers · 4 months
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I continue to look for an AU fic where Ichigo dies and no one can find him anywhere in soul society for years. To the point that they start to think maybe he just went into the reincarnation cycle already.
Eventually the Rukongai has some type of issue and a few of the shinigami are sent out to follow up on it. While responding to it they happen upon a small, nervous child.
One of the younger and newer shinigami tries to get some information out of her or what she may have seen, they wouldn't have hurt her, but they move too quick and she jerks back. They don't even have time to apologize before a boy is standing in front of her and scowling.
He's so small. All protective fury and barely contained fear tucked into too thin limbs and dusty, bruised skin. His hair is bright, even under all the dirt.
His little chin wobbles but he still holds it up to look them in the eyes, and there are tears welling up but he blinks them away. His legs don't shake the whole time though.
There's no memory or recognition in his eyes when he looks at those who knew him.
Because everyone would spoil the hell out of him, I need the Visored and Kisuke spoiling the hell out of him.
This time he can grow up slower and with more love and support than he knows what to do with.
This time when he learns to raise a blade it won't be because he has too. Maybe this time he decides to use his hands for healing or focus on strategy.
And any blood shed will be under their watchful eyes, in training or the small accidents children always get into, instead of life or death battles.
Ichigo is always going to be a protector at his core and he'll always be the first one in and the last one out.
They can make sure he's not alone though, that the burden isn't solely on him and that he's not just a power piece in everyone's plans.
This time the protector gets to be protected.
And maybe some day they'll tell him that the hero in the stories they tell him are actually him.
*******
Ichigo asking to hold hands with Kensei and okay, how is Kensei suppose to say no to those big eyes? He can't. Ichigo holding up his hand and wiggling his fingers until Kensei takes it. Shūhei letting Ichigo cling to his leg and sit with him while doing paperwork, and Mashiro carriing him on her back and zooming around.
The 11th division making off with him and everyone's low key concerned at first because it's the 11th but they shouldn't have worried. They all spar with Ichigo and it's easy to see how happy he is when they carefully knock him over and then help him up before going over how to better his stance or block a hit. They howl and yell in support when he gets a hit in and he proudly shows off the hard earned scrapes and bruises.
Renji carrying him around on his shoulder and grinning at small fingers that tangle in his hair and pull a little too hard when excited. Rukia spending hours drawing with him and they stick their art up everywhere they can get away with it. They put up multiple in Byakuya's office and he doesn't acknowledge anyone who dares asks about taking them down.
Yoruichi napping with Ichigo and purring when he uses her a pillow or even letting him wrap his arms around her like a stuffed animal. She's known to smack out a paw at anyone who tries waking him up or moving him.
Kisuke and Ichigo staring at each other for 10 minutes when they first meet again, before Ichigo seems to find whatever he was looking for and gives a shy smile. Kisuke is absolutely gone, surprisedrelievedhappysohappy and protectprotectprotect burning in his chest.
Shunsui and Ichigo sitting together and enjoying nice afternoons. Both have little ceramic cups, Ichigo's has little berries painted on it that he had proudly done himself. No one mentions it was because of Lisa's wrath when she saw Shunsui giving Ichigo a sake cup of water. Now it's clearly marked and usually contains a bright, clearly not sake, colored juice.
Hiyori teasing him like a big sister and smacking him with her sandal when he does something reckless. They play pranks on Kisuke and Shinji frequently.
Kūkaku and Ganju occasionally stealing Ichigo and smothering him with the affection they were never able to give him before. They tell him about their clan without mentioning or hinting at the relation. Ichigo listening in excitement and saying he wished he had a family like that, not knowing why that makes them both look so happy but also so sad.
Shinji being one of Ichigo's favorites because he speaks to Ichigo like an adult. He tells him the truth when he asks questions and always helps him get back on his feet when he's been knocked off them. He lets Ichigo play with his hair and he always scares away any monsters that might be hiding behind shady corners and under dark steps. Sometimes he watches Ichigo with a weird look on his face, something between the way Kūkaku looks at him and Kisuke looks at him. Almost guilty... sorrowful. Grief is so heavy. When Ichigo asks about it, Shinji doesn't give an answer. It's one of the only times he feels like Shinji is hiding something from him.
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vagabond-umlaut · 3 months
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Chapter 4 of functio laesa Gojo x Fem!Reader; Geto & Reader [platonic]; Canon Divergent AU; Isekai. Fluff & Angst & Drama & Humor; Reincarnation; Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies; Incredibly Self-Indulgent; Eventual Happy Ending; Eventual Friendships & Romance.
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I wish we were never given homework. I love reading the textbooks, but copy-pasting them into notebooks? Not so much, bestie. (*^_^*)
Chapter warnings: The 'fantabulous friendship' between Reader and Geto. Guest appearance by a non-canon curse.
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Training with Geto is worse than your WORST NIGHTMARE EVER.
That bitch is mean. He is evil. Unkind. Cruel. Has a heart of ice. Has no heart at all. 
So much so that you've no idea why, or how on earth, you once considered him to be someone good. Someone who is currently smirking at your defeated downtrodden self in the dirt, face devoid of every gram of sympathy and care you once were idiotic enough to believe he had for you.
Crouching to your level, the object of your fury queries, mockery thinly veiled by his soft speech, "Where did that enthusiasm from four weeks before run away to, Miss?"
"Nowhere," You snap back with a mighty angry frown— only to will it to dim in the same instant, seeing the razor-toothed cursed spirit still lingering less than six feet away. You weren't kidding when you admitted being weak cursed energy-wise.
Okay. Yeah. Fine. Whatever. It is okay. Just take a deep breath in. Then let it out. Repeat the cycle. Deep breath in. Deep breath out. Inhale. Exhale. Girl, you have got this; you have got this; you have— "Thinking of ways to worm your way out of training, Miss?"— OH BLOODY HELL, NO, YOU HAVEN'T. You have to show this piece of shit—
"Never," You answer, mustering a chuckle that comes out more a scoff than anything else. An error not regretted, by the way. "I was just thinking how quickly and effortlessly you switched from a saviour persona into a villain in less than a month. Amazing... Unbelievably so. Really."
Something... crooked and twisted flickers in Geto's face in reply, sparking that familiar fear in your mind— you stamp it down, though. Being honest-to-God sick of this. And note that weird something too gone from the man's features in the same beat, replaced by geniality as he balances on his haunches to look at you. And requests, voice too airy for one in his place, "Sorry I didn't catch you. Come again?"
Wow, okay. This time, there isn't any flicker or whatsoever. The displeasure is sub-texted below his words in bold capital letters. Still, you don't find yourself giving a flying fuck. Thanks to feeling even sicker of this than ever before. [Did you have such a sweet temper in your previous life too? You don't think so... But then again, you were never so sorely beaten in it—]
Casting the poor remains of your sword then the cursed cause behind it a cross glance, you look at the man before. And huff.
"You're one hell of an actor, did you know that?" You begin, deciding not to bite your tongue even once now, "When I leaked few deets about your life here the first time– the first and only time and purely accidentally, mind you– I thought you would be mad at me. For breaking our deal and whatnot. But no. You weren't mad then. You acted the perfect guise of a good guy then; forgiving me without me saying sorry, cracking jokes, teasing me, blah-blah-blah," You shift your voice suddenly to a bolder, graver pitch. You don't like how it grows shrill, though. Geto frowns. His fugly curse inches closer.
Paying both the mind they deserve, which is none, you continue, "Honestly, I was pretty shocked but slowly, I grew used to it, and the many other ways you were nice to me— under the impression they were to persist. But no. The moment I dropped my defences by a micron, you turned into the meanest bully ever!! Taunting me instead of helping me correct my mistakes while training. Giving me backhanded compliments whenever I did something well, no matter how rare that was. Making me– a novice– stand against those horribly powerful curses you ha–"
"Me ignoring your slip-up wasn't me being the good guy," Geto interjects rudely. Despite not wanting to, you bite your tongue to still it. Your dislike for the sheer power imbalance here doesn't cancel it. No, it doesn't, no matter your wishes.
Your trainer's frown lifts but the solemnity stays. "I didn't mind it too much because– one, you never spoiled anything regarding my future, and two, it explained how you know so much about this world, especially about curses, despite possessing so less cursed energy, it's difficult for you to be a mere window."
Ouch, that fucking stung, this bastard—
"And before calling me a villain another time..." Trailing off, Geto leans back onto the heels of his palms. You shoot him a mildly narrowed look. Only to receive a patronising smile in return, besides the remainder of his sentence, "Why don't you learn to land one proper hit, Miss? I might be a villain, alright, but the curses you'll meet on your first mission a fortnight later will be way worse. I can assure you of that."
Anger. Confusion. Finally, the horrified anger that comes only when you grasp you've been lied to— no, worse, been manipulated... You skid through these three emotions faster than lightning, realising–
These training sessions haven't been for whatever bloody reason Geto told you. This bitch has been training you, only so you can survive whichever game he has crafted for you to play against the curses. A life-altering chunk of info, you're certain, he has extremely conveniently kept from you– 'cause you're just some silly, ridiculous, worthless monkey, aren't you? 
It takes you not even an instant to shoot back your reply: A WELL-AIMED FIST TO HIS FACE.
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Poor razor-toothed curse. Watching its mama getting punched by some weird stranger lady.
Divider by @benkeibear. Header from Pinterest. I don't own the characters used here.
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althea-and-alcestris · 3 months
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Imagine an AU where Althea is reborn as Silver's twin sister (biologically) after Alcestris dies as a nearly sick twist of fate (being reborn as the child of your enemy). She too put under the sleeping spell by the fairies, slumbering away along with her brother for 200 years and waiting for someone to love them until the retired General comes by the thorn infested and abandoned castle. Lilia's presence immediately awakens the twin babies from their 'blessing' because there is finally someone who can love them unconditionally after their parents perished in war. He gives his blessing to them, naming them Silver and Althea. Silver's blond hair changes to silver but Thea's hair remains the same ashy blonde..instead it's her right eye that changes. From the soft hazel brown that her left eye is like it becomes a fiery crimson red which hits Lilia too close to home. She looks just like the young half-fae that was so brutally murdered by the humans..but this child is not to blame and neither is Silver.
He raises them in the little cottage near the Zigvolt residence and often visited by Malleus, the twins both wanting to be knights along with little Sebek and so Lilia trains all three of them. Even though the little girl wants to wield a sword as well, she's always playing the role of the princess that the two boys need to save. Silver has the ability to attract small woodland creatures or even one as big as a bear, Althea on the other hand was gifted with a voice so heavenly some might even say it can do wonders.
The envelope of invitation from Night Raven arrives to Silver, meaning he can enroll into the college but Thea is upset about her brother leaving, refusing to accept being left alone in the cottage or in the care of the Zigvolt family so Lilia somehow manages to convince Crowley to let her enroll as well (because he is so kind as we know). Sorted into Diasomnia just like her father, twin brother, older brother figure and later her childhood friend (and crush(?)) .
Despite Silver having a sleeping curse that makes him doze off randomly throughout the day, Thea has the opposite. She's very much an insomniac, having trouble falling asleep even at night. Lilia also couldn't find a cure to this just he couldn't to Silver's condition.
Ashe (Yuu) shows up in the Opening Ceremony of their second year in NRC as the magicless human from another world. Thea quickly befriends the little outsider, making them best friends and her also helping them battle the Overblot incidents. But as time passes she begins to dream about a strange girl in green armor that looks very similar to herself and a man with long blond hair and silver armor. She can't put her finger on who either of them are but she feels that she's supposed to know.
Then inevitably come the time when Lilia announces he will be dropping out of college and move to a far away country because he's losing his magic, ultimately leaving his kids behind which leaves both Silver and Thea upset. This leads to Malleus's Overblot and the nightmare begins (get it?), him putting everyone on the island to sleep. Silver uses his Signature Spell to travel into Lilia's dream along with Sebek, Ashe, Grim and Thea. There they will unravel all the secrets and truth that has been kept hidden from them by the elders.
Silver and Thea discover their true origins, finding out their real parents being the enemy of the faes and thus General Lilia and Thea recognizes Knight of Dawn as the man who always showed up in her dreams. Thea however is hit with a bonus set of bricks. Discovering that she had a past life..as the half-fae girl that she also used to dream about. She finds out what happened to her and the truth is as painful as it gets. Alcestris was murdered by the Men of Steel, more specifically King Hendrick who is non-other than her and Silver's uncle. And she right now is the reincarnation of that unfortunate half-fae soldier, reborn as the child of the enemy who are the reason of her death in the first place. She's just as distraught as Silver is about their origins but Sebek and Ashe are there to pull both of them out of the darkest pit of their life. Life moves on and they're not to blame for the actions of their ancestors, they're still worthy of love..
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I don't have much to ramble about but having 4 reincarnation aus on the go is so real, trimax -> tristamp reincarnation au drives me insane on the daily. begging to hear about the other reincarnation aus pretty pls
(also your art is so charming and lovely!! I love your comics hehe)
UOHOHOHO I SEE WE THINK ALIKE ANON 🤝 reincarnation AU ALWAYS drives me insane too!!! Trigun especially is giving me too much power for me not to waste em yknow?😩😩
(heads up: there's LOTS of rambles, and they're all VW-centric)
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Timeloop/Reincarnation AU where Vash reverses the time every time he fails to save Wolfwood, despite having the guilt of knowing Wolfwood will have to go through everything again had Vash chosen to loop the timeline again...
Shouldn't he let him finally get his peace? Isn't it cruel to make him suffer yet again through this horrid nightmare?
(Have you ever imagined if his "I can see it in his eyes" or "all I see is a man forcing himself to play the devil while his heart cries out" is because Vash knows he's actually not like that? That the man he knows has been kind, kind to him. But will also fear what will happen to him if he pushes his belief upon Wolfwood... Would he rather see the Wolfwood he'd known from his past? Or would he let him kill; a cold murderer, befitting of his title as 'The Punisher' in favour of his survival? But could you still call him the same Wolfwood he's known from before? Should he even try to reverse the time again? Hadn't he suffered enough?)
Reincarnation AU trimax VW but focusing on reincarnated! Wolfwood instead, chasing after Vash at every cycle of his life so he can protect, and ultimately, save him from his misery.
(He fails, quite a lot of times. But Vash doesn't need to know how many times.)
Everything was all white. And before he knew it, it was dark. Wolfwood wakes up again in a different place than he used to live in. But more than that, a different body (It was confusing at first, but he's quick to connect the dots when he finds a familiar face he could not mistake for others, now in a wanted poster, spanning across the walls of the buildings: "Vash The Stampede" it says. Wolfwood remembers: it was the man who greets him every time he enters the shop; him donning an apron as he serves other customers and he in his working outfit, back from a job he can remember no longer...)
Star-crossed Lovers where Wolfwood eventually realised he only dies because he tries tp save Vash. He could've lived a long, normal life, even stop his loop! But he didn't. Wolfwood who'd rather live short lives and die countless times just to save him... and the closest he's been with him relationship-wise is where his death is mourned the most...
(whether he thinks it's shit or not, Wolfwood still doesn't know. But had he known it'd be the last time he sees him, he'd have at least pulled him into a kiss. Say sweetheart, how about a thank you kiss?)
Reincarnation AU (trimax->tristamp) but this time both of them have bits of recollections of the past they never told each other they know.
Vash being more deadset on stopping Nai and now EOM as his main objectives, passively avoiding visiting orphanages at all costs in his travels,
Wolfwood as a kid who knew what will become of him when he's selected by the EOM but still joins and persists through his experiments with the thought "This could help the spikey his memories seem so keen on remembering" or an "I could only meet him this way, protect him this way"
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Imagine the panic that settles when the timeline doesn't line up with their previous life, "what do you mean I met the gang before the July incident, and who is this old man??" Wolfwood
Eriks going missing for 2 years as written, thinking he should really, really avoid Wolfwood for good before he gets dragged any deeper, maybe he should run away from everything this time?
And Wolfwood desperately searching for him for the whole 2 years, even though he knows he'll find him again, fearing how he gets closer to the time because "what if something is different this time and I can't meet him?" or "What if I'm not supposed to be by his side this time?"
The last one is the one I talked on prev post! Reincarnation AU (trimax->tristamp) but it's only Wolfwood who remembers, and it's mostly a "trying to move on but failing miserably because you can never say no to your (reincarnated) partner"
Wolfwood reminiscing how similar yet so different this life is... thinks how "the ticket to the future is blank, and it led me back to you"
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wangxianficfinder · 7 months
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In the mood for...
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1. For the next ITMF does anyone have bamf jiang yanli fic recs?
💖 Love made visible by Moominmammashandbag (M, JYL/ZZL, wangxian, hurt/Comfort, amputation, major character injury, sibling love, angst w happy ending, cooking as cultivation, attempted rape/non-con, sexual assault, minor character death, family angst, dysfunctional family, protective siblings, near drowning, amnesia) It's not tagged but I think this one is definitely one with BAMF JYL
a bird in your teeth by Eevee (ChaosBitch) (E, 61k, JYL/XY, wangxian, Let Xue Yang have nice things, Let Jiang Yanli get some good dick, (sorry JZX I know you did your best), Past JYL/JZX, Past JYL/MM, All of the sex in this fic is consensual, But one of the participants IS a fierce corpse, JYL POV, Minor Character Death, (you probably won't be sad about it), Implied/Referenced Torture, Mention of JGS's canon behavior, Mentions of XY's canon behavior, Also Wangxian is not the main pairingbut they're definitely here and stupider in love than ever, Angst, past XueYao, Hopeful Ending)
Tether by WithBroomBefore (T, 40k, WangXian, SangLi, WWX’s passive suicidality, Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, WWX Lives, JYL Lives, Golden Core Reveal, Minor Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, POV JYL, Grief/Mourning, Sunshot Campaign, Healing, Hurt/Comfort, Family Feels, LWJ makes friends, Fix-It, Happy Ending) The start isn't JYL centric, but throughout the fic she becomes an important figurehead amongst the Jiang and SSC which is pretty bamf
Sail Away Sweet Sister by sami (M, 72k, wangxian, YZY/CSSR/Madam Lan, JYL/NMJ, time travel, family, not everyone dies au, childhood friends to lovers, families of choice, parenthood, fluff, angst, underage sex, PTSD) iirc this one fits here
Aftermath by KouriArashi (T, 57k, JYL/JZX, wangxian, LXC/JGY, JZX & JGY, JYL & WXX, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Everybody Lives, Romance, Developing Relationship, Family, Sibling Bonding, Light Angst, Politics, Attempted Sexual Assault, some murder on occasion, People talking about their feelings, processing their trauma, The good shit)
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2. Maybe a fun itmf, what's a fic you've been wanting to rec but haven't had a chance to yet? @gentil-minou
Body Language by Scourge Daughter (scourgedaughter) (E, 33k, wangxian, F/F, modern, Office au, Office Romance, Hacking, hacker au kinda even though there's barely any onscreen, cybersecurity, ABO, Alpha/Alpha, Alpha WWX, Alpha LWJ, They both have dicks, wlw, Arranged Marriage, arranged marriage is not between wangxian, there is no wangxian/others, WangXian Endgame, Happy Ending, YZY's a+ parenting, Boston, boston as a location and a threat, isabella stewart gardner museum, porn despite the plot, wei ying's penchant to turn bad situations into opportunities, Suicide mention, Canonical Character Death, Sexual Harassment, Drunk LWJ, ruts, Anal Sex, spitting, Biting, Switch wangxian, They both top and bottom that's love baby, Genderbend, Meet kinda ugly, Vibes of enemies to lovers but it's wangxian so) this one!!! So good!!!
The Hiring Process by loosingletters (T, 2k, wangxian, modern w magic, humor, YLLZ WWX, protective yunmeng Jiang sect)
With Heartfelt Intentions by DiceRaven (G, 2k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Fluff, Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Short & Sweet) i just love fics that show the absolute comfort they have with each other as husbands
That Which You Never Knew Was Lost by Rainewritesfanfics (G, 2k, Transgender WWX, Body Dysphoria, Soft wangxian, Married wangxian, Early Mornings, Coming Out, Parents LWJ & WWX, Adoption, Post-Canon, Emotional Hurt/Comfort)
a thousand lifetimes by SapphyreLily (G, 2k, wangian, LSZ & WWX & LWJ, Reincarnation, immortal LSZ, Found Family, Mentions of Character Death)
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3. Hi! For ITMF, is there a fic where WWX is The Mom Friend? Like, he is a disaster when alone but when in group, he is The Voice of Reason, the one that calm them down when panicked, and the one that make them out of problem? Is there a fic like that? Thanks @idontknowwhattowriteforusername
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4. Hi! For the next ITMF I’d like to read any fics where Wangxian have a disagreement/fight, nothing too dramatic or angsty, just normal couples argument, and then they reconcile pls, any setting is good. And thank you!!
A Narrow Bridge by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 700k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, slow burn, getting together, first time, pining, pining while fucking, burial mounds settlement days, angst w happy ending) I think for #4 that A Narrow Bridge does a really good job with wangxian having fights but still really centering their relationship and coming back to each other in realistic ways where they work hard on the relationship!
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5. Hi! For I'm In The Mood For fics, can you recommend me some sentient burial mounds/resentful energy? I'd like to see it becoming protective of WWX and also being fond of LWJ. (owo ) Thank You!!!
A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 41k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Manipulation, Grooming, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Conditioning, WWX is a Lán, Minor Character Death, Confused JC, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiāngs, Abusive Jiāng Family, Jiāng Family Bashing, Jiāng Family Critical, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Qīnghéng-jūn Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX) tho for #5 it's more implied and becomes blatant over time
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6. hello! do you know any fics where there's multiple wwx in one fic? either yllz wwx meeting post-canon wwx or cql!wwx meeting novel!wwx. thank you! (no specific genre just more wwx = more chaos)
Four Parts Honey and One Part Vinegar by masked (T, 13k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Junior Quartet Dynamics, Fluff, Humor, Time Travel, 5+1 Things, Jealous WWX, the Impeccable Trust between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, POV Outsider, everyone is Thirsty for Hanguang-jun as one tends to be)
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7. Itmf wwx going YLZ/ Protective over preferably lsz / the juniors. If not, over anyone is really fine...
💖 Careful hands  by deliciousblizzardshark (M, 10k, wangxian, canon divergence, BAMF WWX, protective WWX, hurt LWJ, angst, hurt/comfort, getting together, first time, not a fix-it) this one is pre-YLLZ but!
silk threads and precious metal by Sevidri (M, 4k, wangxian, Canon-Typical Violence, Sunshot Campaign, Whump, Blood and Injury, WWX's Canonical Vengeful Streak, LWJ Makes A Beautiful Damsel in Distress, Non-Consensual Ribbon Touching, Protective wwx, Hurt LWJ)
💖 i am the storm by everythingispoetry (M, 3k, wangxian, canon divergence, Sunshot Campaign, ABO, non-traditional ABO dynamics, Omega LWJ, Omega WWX, BAMF WWX, protective WWX, pre-relationship, mentions of rape/non-con, mentions of miscarriage)
Before we get started, does anyone wanna get out? by Iggysassou (E, 13k, wangxian, 5+1, Married Couple, Post-Canon, Canon-Typical Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Protective wwx, protective lwj)
💖 the field meets the wood by astronicht (T, 7k, wangxian, post-canon, BAMF WWX, whump, ritualistic selfharm, canon era, blood loss)
green flame, black flute, red ribbon by Fleetling (T, 3k, pre-relatinoship wangxian, LSZ & LJY, LJY POV, wwx kills people violently and with extreme prejudice, don't mess with lwj and/or the juniors wwx will not be pleased, Hurt/Comfort, warnings for kidnapping, intimidation using weapons, and wwx literally driving people insane and ripping them apart, OC Lan juniors, the juniors all decide that wwx can be terrifying but also is cool and fun to tease, it's soft at the end)
Hysterical Strength by covalentbonds (Not rated, 3k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Inspired by a Bollywood movie scene, Everyone Lives/Nobody dies, Parent WWX)
always beside me by loosingletters (T, 1k, JC & JL, LSZ & WWX, Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Good Kid LSZ, Codependency, POV JL, Monster WWX)
Safe in Your Arms by Rainewritesfanfics (T, 4k, LSZ & WWX, LWJ & LSZ & WWX, Kidnapping, Canon-Typical Violence, Protective WWX, YLLZ WWX, Minor wangxian, Major Character Injury, POV LSZ, Good ParentsLWJ & WWX, Hostage Situations, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Feels, Father-Son Relationship)
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8. Hii! Hope you all are well!! I was wondering for ITMF do you know of any fics where wwx was around as a ghost/spirit during the 13 (or 16) years before his resurrection? like he can see lwj and a-yuan in cloud recesses but can't reach out or interact with them? @loveshinesbrightly
The Intervening Years by roserocksrapidly (G, 11k, LSZ & WWX, LSZ & LWJ, WangXian, Canon Divergence, LSZ centric, Parent-Child Relationship, Wangxian is background, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, LSZ's childhood and all that entails)
the moon, grown full by Deinde (T, 22k, LSZ & WWX, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Spirits, Identity Reveal, discussion of war crimes, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Hopeful Ending, Homecoming, reclaiming your name and identity, Names, Families of Choice)
Response by Aki_no_hikari (G, 12k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Feels, Love Confessions)
A Shade Watches by DC_Derringer (T, 1k, wangxian, Canonical WWX death, Angst with a Happy Ending, brief mention of masturbation, Canon Divergence)
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9. ITMF fics where everyone's really invested into wangxians rs. Like them getting together is the biggest affair in the cultivation world. Then their wedding is wedding of the century. Wwx having fans (stans). Canon setting please. Can be canon divergence or post canon too.
💖 The Ballad of Hanguang-Jun and The Yiling Patriarch by Theladyofravenclaw (T, 40k, WangXian, ChengQing, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Burial Mounds Arc, Canon Divergence, Fix-It of Sorts, Humor, musical theater?, Misunderstandings, POV Outsider, Crack treated seriously)
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10. In the mood for dark!Qi Su. I'll take literally anything. I'm starving over here @crypticidentity
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11. hello! could you give me fics where wangxian's future child/ren goes back to the past? it doesn't matter when, just them randomly appearing to confuse the hell out of everyone hahaha @lovewly
The Trouble with Talismans: a Treatise on Time-Travel by Young Master Lan Xiaohui (Age 6) by stiltonbasket (G, 26k, WangXian, Time Travel, wangxian get smacked in the face with their future children, Parenthood, Developing Relationship, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Confused WWX, Accidental Baby Acquisition, lwj is panicking) this one has actual wang/xian future kids
A Room Full of Dead People by BurningBlueDiamond (T, 10k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, but not really, canon divergence, Conference in Qinghe but canonically they stay in Gusu, pov outsider) this one counts if you count LSZ as wang/xian's child
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12. Hii!!! I would like to ask about a wangxian fic with canon divergence....bad jc and yzy but good jy...also canon divergence during cloud recesses arc..
Also I love your compilations, they make finding good fics so much easier. Thanks a lot! ☺️
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13. Hey just wanted some recomendations on any good Jiang bashing fics, it can be any of them. Oh bonus points if you can find any fics where jiang ancestors bash on the jiang family. I just want some good comfort/acknowledgement for all Wei Ying had done for the jiangs.
I'm not a fan of Jiang bashing, but Hauntcats - insert fangirl squeels - has great ones.
Never Again by Hauntcats (T, 67k, WQ & WWX & WN, JC & WWX, wangxian, graphic depictions of violence, major character death, Canon Divergence, AngstGolden Core Transfer Fix-It, I love Wen Qing and Wei Ying working together, Time Travel Fix-It, Not JC Friendly, Dark, BAMF WWX, mentions of abuse, Canon JC traits, Not Everyone Dies au, XY doesn’t have a happy ending)
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❤️ A Future Family In A Broken Past by Hauntcats (T, 121k, wangxian, time travel, not Jiang friendly, Not Cultivation World Friendly, WWX Needs a Hug, Family Dynamics, What is a good family?, Fear of emotions does not excuse abuse, happy ending of sorts, Not Jiang Clan Friendly, Angst with a Happy Ending, fix-it, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Divergence, LXC needs a hug, Everyone Needs A Hug, except JC, He can suffer, Homophobia, Homophobic Language, not YZY friendly) are awesome. They also have shorter fics that just slaughters JC. (≧▽≦)
A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 41k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Manipulation, Grooming, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Conditioning, WWX is a Lán, Minor Character Death, Confused JC, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiāngs, Abusive Jiāng Family, Jiāng Family Bashing, Jiāng Family Critical, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Qīnghéng-jūn Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX) (link in #5) (tho for #5 it's more implied and becomes blatant over time)
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14. hello!!! 🥰 im wondering if you know ow any fic where lwj is more forward with wwx like during their lectures it was always wwx who was pushing and lwj was retreating but do you know anything where lwj is the one making wwx flustered? preferably not modern setting thank you!! @cuddlemehun
Possibly I Like the Thrill of You by Netrixie (E, 9k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Cloud Recesses, Getting Together, Nipple Play, Mutual Masturbation, Plot With Porn)
Astilbe by moonflowers (E, 24k, WangXian, Developing 3zun, Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, No Golden Core Transfer, No Sunshot Campaign, everyone is in their thirties, LWJ is a Confident Gay, Past LWJ/Other(s), Those are off screen though, Oblivious WWX, Compulsory Heterosexuality, LWJ & NHS Friendship, Besties in fact, Spring books, erotic art, Getting Together, Fluff, Humor, POV Alternating, Drinking, Masturbation, WWX Has a Bisexual Awakening, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, the smut is brief)
Three changes. by orange_crushed (M, 18k, WangXian, Fluff, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Cloud Recesses, Cloud Recesses Shenanigans, Friends to Lovers, Romantic Comedy, Kissing, Fade to Black, Mild Sexual Content, Canon Divergence, No Sunshot No War AU, Falling In Love, Non-Graphic Violence, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Sparring, Harm to Animals, Don't Worry The Animal is Fine Wangji Makes Sure of That, Developing Friendships, Wangji Makes Friends At Summer School, teenagers in love, Hurt/Comfort, Mild Blood, First Time) this might count
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15. Hello mods! (⁀ᗢ⁀) do you know some good fics where WWX gets woo'ed? like dates and gifts and stuff, I just really wanna see him happy and loved (◕‿◕)♡ and be treated nicely! it can be wangxian or rairpairs. (^▽^) thank you♡
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16. Hi! Love Your work! Quick question do you only do wangxiancentric fic recs? Because lately I been going down the beautiful rabbit hole that are sangcheng fics but haven't been able to find many. I was wondering if you had any recs? Or if you know of anyone else that might. Also I absolutely love highschool au or cannon where they are all in school and happy causing mischief and teen drama. I would love to read it if anything comes to mind. Thank you! Keep up the good work!! @seventypercentvodka
It's been a while since I've read these so I don't remember how much onscreen JC/NHS is but hopefully you'll like some of them:
Sunlight Through Pines by handsofstardust (M, 66k, NMJ/JGY, wangxian, JYL/JZX, NHS/JC, Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Eventual Romance, Eventual Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Implied/Referenced Torture, Verbal Abuse, cause JGS is an asshole, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Eventual Smut)
teens in cute casual wear carrying swords (and sometimes fans) series by artsy_alice (T, 65k, JC/NHS, minor wangxian, modern cultivation, Fluff and Humor, Pre-Relationship, Childhood Friends, Kinda Know They Were Dating (But Not Really), WWX The Oblivious and Unbothered Third Wheel, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Coming Out, 5+1 Things, Getting Together, Asexual JC, Trans NHS, Didn't Know They Were Dating, WWX The Unintentional Matchmaker, Developing Friendships, super light angst for like 0.2 seconds, Mutual Pining, This is the LWJ Makes Friends Agenda, Slice of Life, POV OC, POV Outsider, Established Relationship, Teenagers, Baby Disciples Love their Seniors A Lot)
come home to my heart series by artsy_alice (T, 47k, JC/NHS, Modern, Celebrity au, Music au, Artist NHS, Musician JC, Inspired by Music, Anxiety, Mentions of celebrity media and gossip, Friends to Lovers, Developing Relationship, Getting Together, Fluff, Social Media, Invasion of Privacy, Roommates, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Relationship, Fluff and Humor, Didn't Know They Were Dating, or more accurately: Sangcheng Forgetting That They Are Not Dating (Yet), Family Reunions, Cute Baby, Cuddles, Band Reunion, JC's Crippling Self-Doubt, Queerplatonic Relationships, Babysitting)
Much Ado About Food by KaiWritesAFicZoo (The_Storybooker) (T, 2k, wangxian, NHS/JC, animals au, Narwhal LWJ, Whale WWX, Dolphin JC, Dolphin NHS, Cute, Fluff)
Demonic Cultivator's Blessing, or: Curse of the Bunny Gods by FayJay (E, 24k, wangxian, NHS/JC, Ascension, romcom, Make LXC smile goddammit, Find JC a partner, Unlikely matchmaker, heavenly officials, genderflip, Because that is something heavenly officials can do, Pregnancy, Mpreg, kinda but not really because WWX is technically female at the time, JC is hopeless bless him, JL is trying very hard, IT MUST BE BUNNIES!, Did you know about the Chinese Rabbit God? He is a God of Gays istg)
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17. Hi! Can you recommend me fics with WWX, LBH, And HC being brothers? Thank you much!
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idontknowmyownmind · 5 months
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Another twin AU
At this point it's turn into obssession toward twin rokcale
The idea is, I'm not really sure because I just suddenly remember this one idea from, either a thread on twitter or fanfiction
I remember it's not a twin rokcale story but I just want to make one with them
I think it's gonna be a horror story?
In this AU, Cale is dead since he is just a young boy, maybe 10, before Lily born
After his death, there are bells around the mansion
Bells that's not chime even when a storm hit
There are certain pattern of the chime and each pattern mean different thing
Let's say that Cale's soul (or ghost) is somehow bound to the mansion so he can't leave anywhere
The family and older staff already got used by it
While the young and new staff need to push back their fear every times the bells chime
Because, some patterns will be accompanied with an eerie joyous laughter of a young boy or soft cries
They also need to get used with their young master Roksu talking to thin air and searching their 'young master Cale'
Sometimes even the count
None, beside Deruth and Roksu, can 'see' Cale translucent form or interact with him
But sometimes, Violan, Basen, and the Molans will senses his presence and indulge in his mischievous
On rare time, they can hear what he said even though only vaguely
One day, there is no sign of Cale anywhere in the mansion
The bells is silent for a whole day (something that never happens)
Roksu (15 y.o) search around mansion but can't get a glimpse of Cale anywhere
He is worried sick because he can't even feels his presence in the house
There is always this feeling that Cale is here even though the bell is silent but he can't feels anything at the moment
Roksu slowly panicked, he even got a panic attack after the whole day without his twin presence
He never really sad when Cale died, because Cale never trully leave
He is always there, although differently and forever 10
Where is Cale?
Well, he somehow sent into earth where Roksu used to life
(Forgot to mention, it's reincarnated Roksu without his memories until he is 18)
Cale wander aimlessly as a ghost, he kinda worried about his hyung because it's the first time he is away from home (from him)
He then met 5 years old Rok Soo and become his 'imaginary' friend
He never leave Rok Soo side and always there with him
Cale doesn't know why but this child remind him of his hyung and he want to protect him
Especially from that bastard uncle who dare to hurt Rok Soo
You know that one thing when a ghost feels strong emotion and just become solid and able to 'move' things around them? I think it's called poltergeist?
Yeah, Cale first time did that when he super angry with that drunkard he almost kill that bastard if not for little Rok Soo stopping him
After that, his uncle became more careful around Rok Soo in fear for angering his 'friend'
He stranded on earth for roughly 3 years before he suddenly found himself back to his home
After silent for three whole years, the bells around the mansion suddenly chimes again
Roksu who just got back from Ubarr with the whales frozen from a solid second before he run around the mansion in search for Cale
His new companions are confuse because it's the first time they see the stoic young master look distraught yet elated, calling someone named Cale they never heard of
Because the chime signs are both happy but also scared
Roksu found 'Cale' curled up in the gap between the wall and bookshelf in the library
Roksu heart is full of happiness because his twin is finally home but also worried because he is crying
He coax Cale gently and try to calm him down
The whales are confuse, and a bit scared, because they see Roksu talking to thin air and the bells around them keep chiming when there is no wind while the Molan and the Henituse look relieved and happy but also worried
If they focus, they would heard a soft cry of a young boy that sound eerie as if it's from someone from different plane of existence than them
Roksu delayed his plan to go to forest of darkness for the sake of staying with Cale
He stay in his original room (he refuse to stay there after his twin dissapearance) only with his twin, he even forbid the kids to follow him when he is inside that room
They spent all day together with Cale telling him what happened to him for the last three years
Roksu wonder if the Rok Soo is another him because he doesn't remember having an imaginary friend when he was five
And Roksu doesn't like that, because that's mean he has to share Cale with maybe his other self
Cale is his twin, only his and not that Rok Soo's
Cale asked him to find a way for him to meet Rok Soo because he is worried about him
Roksu told him that he will try but make no promises (he know he will not really try anything if it's mean keeping Cale beside him)
A month, Cale only home for a month before he dissapear again
In that month, Roksu's people learn about Cale existence and try to get used by it
Roksu know where he might be and feels a bit furious but he can't do anything about it
Cale back to earth and felt elated, immediately search for Rok Soo
He is surprised when he found out that ten years already passed, which mean Rok Soo is already 18 and the apocalypse already happened
Rok Soo who think that Cale as his imaginary friend who disapeared when he was 8, shocked when he is 'hugged' by the happy 10 years old boy who only him can see
Rok Soo feels happy despite the confusion
Everyone around him weirded out seeing him smile or talk into thin air and some of them who used to be an asshole to him stir away after some strange thing happen to them when they try to pick a fight with Rok Soo
LSY and CJS are also weirded out but also happy that their dongsaeng look more relax and dare they say happy
Although they feels goosebumps when, sometimes, they heard a soft laughter of a young boy around Rok Soo and briefly caught a glimpse of a boy with red hair around him that vanish the moment they do a double check
What if. Rok Soo. Is. The Rok Soo. From earth 2. Where Roksu. Do the test?
Roksu possesses Rok Soo and shocked when he see Cale
And Cale just know that it's not Rok Soo but his hyung, Roksu
At their last day, Roksu try to persuade Cale to come home which he then pout because he feels lonely because Roksu often out and he can't follow him
LSY and CJS who know about Cale from their Rok Soo try to keep Cale to stay a bit longer
Roksu may their dongsaeng from different world, but their Rok Soo will always be their priority
They don't want to see him sad like all the time Cale has to go home
They are curious of course what this Roksu relationship with Cale but they can't actually ask that
Oh! When Roksu got his plate broken, when he finally awake, his attention is immediately on Cale who look at him scared and angry
"Cale?" Called Roksu softly while reaching his hand toward him
By this point, his companions already used by this, even though they still feels odd because they can't feels Cale's presence let alone see him
Rather than went to him, Cale eyes waters and the bell chimes violently which alert everyone
Especially when things around them started to shake
But Roksu only focus on Cale who as the time goes by become clearer and more solid
Ignoring everything, he got out of bed and approached Cale
The others heads snap toward Cale when they heard a sob and shocked when they see a young boy with red hair suddenly there with tears streaming down his face
Choi Han almost stop Roksu but got a harsh and cold glare of warning from him
He slowly approach Cale, "Cale? Hey, are you okay? Why are you crying? Dongsaeng, it's okay. I'm here."
"Hyung you stupid!! Why are you doing that?! You got hurt badly! I thought I will lose you!! You said you don't like pain but you always got hurt!! You idiot! You idiot!"
Cale throw a tantrum while screaming at Roksu
Whithout thinking, he scoup Cale into his arms and hug him
His eyes widen because he can feels Cale in his arms, solid although cold
He may can see Cale all the time but he never able to actually touch him because he went through and it always feels like the caress of the wind
But right now he can hold his twin in his arm
He hug him tightly, letting him cry his eyes out while apologizing for making him worry
For a whole day, Cale is solid and Roksu refuse to let him go and keep him by side all the time
Of course he let his family to interact with Cale, but not after make it clear that Cale will not leave his super surveillance
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nashdoesstuff · 11 days
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Rêve Info!!!
hi so i’m finally talking about my itty baby lol
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meet rêve, the guardian of positivity! she’s dream’s reincarnation after his death. she lives with ink, her pet finity, and her brother, nuit. she rules a relatively happy life and she’s learning as much as she can about the multiverse.
she doesn’t remember much about her origins. her pa says she and nuit were nothing more than squeaky balls of fire when he first found them in a distant AU and that he was the one to create their bodies. of course, she has dream’s spirit, but she’s not him, as her brother isn’t nightmare. for reasons she can only guess however, a lot of people seem to think they are the same, and often times they blame them for issues the two brothers may have caused. it sucks, sure, but the most the two can do is apologize.
she’s grown used to it, but it is a bit of a bother. usually she just escapes the situation, as fighting isn’t her favorite thing to do. it’s what dream resorted to, and she’s not him, right?
at home, she enjoys doodling [taken from her dad!] and making food. she has a pet, which her brother hates, but she loves and cares for. she’s outspoken and loves hanging out with her family, though shy with new people. however, she’s a sweetheart when she warms up to them.
fun facts:
both her and her brother know four languages: english, spanish, french, and sign language!
she’s transfem! she came out at 14 and was supported + allowed to transition immediately [she/they for her please]
rêve is autistic and wears earmuffs when in public to avoid overstimulation with noise. she has level 1 support needs.
she cooks more than she bakes!
she’s vegetarian ✨
the little golden touches on her bones are a result of her positivity staining the paint used to create her body.
dream [shattered] was romantically involved with ink before he died, but rêve doesn’t know this.
speaking of, she’s not a ship child! she’s her own kid and was adopted by ink after he found her and nuit.
she’s definitely a people pleaser and suffers from an anxiety disorder.
top and aster are her and her brother’s grandfathers!!!
here’s her reference sheet!!
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friendly reminder, rêve is from the au by me and @denieatsart rêve is my character!!
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yukidragon · 6 months
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Sunny Day Jack - Reincarnation Headcanons
It’s been a while since I’ve gone on a proper ramble for Sunny Day Jack, so let’s start getting the ball rolling again with some good old shameless OTP self-indulgence, shall we? I have no idea how long my momentum will last, but I’m going to do my best to have fun and see where things take me.
I just loved the script teaser for the upcoming demo update that got publicly posted over on the SnaccPop Studios Patreon. It really got me thinking, and one line in particular intrigued me.
Jack: I can’t explain it, but I know this feeling. I've felt it before. I just can’t remember where...
This really gives me strong vibes that Joseph did have someone he loved before he died… and it really makes me keen to think that MC is his reincarnated lover. Or at least they remind him of a love he lost when he was murdered. This could also be a narrative parallel with the way MC used to(?) love Ian. It’s hard to say at this point.
Regardless, this did make me immediately think of my own MC Alice’s previous incarnation, Mary, who I first mentioned in a previous ramble. I also wrote about her in this very spicy two-sided first-person story, as well as a little snippet about Mary’s potential sweet reunion with Joseph after they were separated for years.
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Content Warnings: this post will have mentions of death, trauma, bullying, SA, and probably touch on other dark themes. Reincarnation stories, especially those involving murder, tend to have a bit of a dark side after all. I’ll make sure to tread lightly on these topics since the focus is on indulging in a reincarnated soulmates storyline after all. I might also indulge in some spicy thoughts as well, but we’ll see.
As I previously mentioned, I’m still on the fence about whether or not I’m going to go with the reincarnation storyline for Sunshine in Hell, or stick with it being an AU thing. There’s plenty of pros and cons for both routes in my mind, and I’m still not quite decided yet. Though playing with it more in these rambles, reading that teaser, and even seeing other MCs with past incarnations have made me start to lean in that direction.
Though… it’s pretty sad to imagine that Joseph had love in his past… only to forget about it and only remember the persona of Jack that he’s wearing now. Then again, he would no doubt be sad that his lover forgot about him too. It’s not either of their fault of course. Death is a cruel thing that takes away so much…
Still, it would make more sense why Alice would feel compelled to save Jack, not just because she was in a vulnerable place and couldn’t turn away when someone was suffering and she could help him. A part of her would feel this strong sense of longing and nostalgia, a feeling that she had been waiting for this person for such a long, long time…
It also is more reason for Jack to instantly fall in love with Alice. Even if he forgot he was Joseph and anything tied to that life… he still remembered Mary, even if only as a feeling of love. Names, faces, and places aside from the lore of Sunny Day Jack were erased, but there was only ever one person who made him feel truly loved, and she found him again, just like she did before. He might not remember it, but a part of him wished for her to find him again for 40 long years.
Naturally, with a reincarnation storyline, that means that memories of the past would inevitably return. How much and how quickly are up for debate, but most likely it would be a gradual process for both of them.
It would be interesting if Alice remembered everything first. After all, Jack is practically traumatized by the idea of being Joseph. He doesn’t want to remember being that person who made so many mistakes and was so flawed. This is especially true if his death involved horrible secrets being revealed about him… secrets he never wanted Mary to know that he feared would ruin things between them forever.
Joseph would never have told Mary about his time as a bully, or why he ran away from Haberdae High. He couldn’t forgive himself for what he did, couldn’t see anyone being able to ever love someone who did something so horrible. He couldn’t let his past mistakes ruin things. He couldn’t lose her, not after he finally found her again. He wanted to be a better person for himself and for her.
Mary hated bullies, and Joseph had become the worst of the worst of them. Even if she hadn’t been his victim personally, he knew how she felt about bullies, how the damage they inflicted on someone never truly disappeared…
Having his ugly past revealed before her and the entire world in the worst way possible was no doubt soul crushing.
If the two of them had more time together, Mary could have helped Joseph open up about the things he was ashamed about and eventually forgive himself for his past mistakes, but he died at the worst possible time. It’s all the more reason why he can’t handle being Joseph anymore.
I’d have to consider all the implications of Alice remembering being Mary and if Jack would remember enough to be terrified of that idea. After all, if she remembers, sure she remembers the good moments, but she would also remember when his mask was ripped off and revealed the ugly person he was underneath. In that case, he would try to stop it from happening, deflect and avoid, terrified to let the past resurface while trying not to remember it himself.
Of course Sunshine in Hell is a story of two broken people healing and opening enough to expose their scars in order to heal. Alice would help Jack trust that he can be flawed, he can make mistakes, and she’ll still love him. It’ll take time, but eventually he’ll learn to stop hating the person he was and accept that he was always worthy of love.
While pondering possibilities, I also thought of the classic reincarnated transmigrator stories that are especially popular in the webcomic scene. The idea of Mary being reborn into her favorite story as the “villainess” Alice gives me a little chuckle. Though that’ll be an AU for another post.
Anyway, I considered how much Alice remembers of being Mary and when it started. Many reincarnation stories have the MC remember all at once when they’re young, sometimes even as a baby. That certainly wouldn’t be the case for Sunshine in Hell, since the more I thought about it, the more I knew that it would change the story, particularly when it comes to Alice and Ian’s relationship.
If Alice remembered her past life before she met Jack, it would be a painful gut punch, to say the least. There would be a strong feeling of dissociation. This life is so different from her past one, and Joseph isn’t there. It would give this feeling of not really being sure of who she was or if she should really be there. Does she deserve this life?
Then of course there’s the problems of remembering life as an adult while being stuck in a child’s body and all the issues that come with that.
Still… Mary always longed for a family who actually loved her, and Alice has that. It would be impossible for her to resist wanting to be Alice with her whole heart, to be surrounded by such love in a way she only experienced with one person. The only thing missing would be Joseph. A part of her would feel guilty about being happy without him.
But… if she was reborn, then Joseph must have been too, right? Would he remember her? How would she find him in this vast world?
Though… she did it before didn’t she? On a lonely road in the middle of nowhere, far from their old homes, somehow she found him. Even though he had changed, she still recognized him immediately. Surely she would find him again in this life too.
Mary didn’t have anyone left at the end of her life, and so she lost hope. Alice, however, has people around her who love her. She has hope and reasons to keep living. She has people who want her to be happy and feel loved, even without Joseph by her side.
So Alice would open her heart to the love all around her and live. She would also hold onto the hope that someday she would find her starlight again, no matter what name he had now.
Ian… is not Joseph. There are parallels in the game’s narrative between him and Jack, but their personalities are way too different. Ian and Alice would become friends, but romance wouldn’t develop between the two. It wouldn’t feel right for many reasons to Alice, especially since he’s just… not her starlight. She would be fond of Ian certainly and want to protect him, but she could only view him as a little brother, especially if she had the memories of an adult while they were still children.
So when poor shy Ian gathered the courage to confess to Alice, she had to gently turn him down. It just wasn’t fair to him, or to her. Maybe someday her heart will move on, but not yet, not until she finds someone who makes her feel love the way Joseph did.
Of course, if Alice remembered later on in her teens after she already had a crush on Ian, that complicates things. Sometimes traumatic incidents make people remember their past life incarnations in these stories. For Alice, her most traumatic incident was when she suffered from SA.
Boy, what an awful time to remember one’s tragic death and lost love, don’t you think?
Alice woke up in the aftermath in pain while remembering even more pain, two overlapping identities warring in her mind even as she has to deal with the fresh trauma inflicted upon her. It took her a while to process what happened to her even without adding the memories of Mary on top of all of that.
One side of Alice feels the pain of losing the love of her life as well as fresh memories of dying slowly all alone, and the other side just lost her innocence after her power and agency were stripped away from her. It would be quite a rough time, and how could she tell anyone about these memories? Who would believe her? They’re too real to feel like just a dream she had due to trauma… but what if she’s wrong? Could trauma be great enough to create memories of an entirely different life in an instant?
Fortunately, Alice has the love of her family to help her through hard times, as well as good friends like Ian to support her. It takes a while for her to really process and accept everything, but she at least knows she is loved.
In this scenario, despite the crush Alice had on Ian, she wouldn’t feel right letting it develop into anything more, especially not when her memories of Joseph and the intense love she had for him would be so much more fresh. She would feel guilty, as though she had cheated on… Ian? Joseph? Both?
Either way, Alice is not in any state to enter into a romantic relationship.
So, hey, Alice might be facing reincarnation trauma and dissociation with her identity in this AU, but she avoids a bad romantic relationship and being cheated on. Poor Ian gets turned down by his childhood friend turned crush, but at least they’re still good friends, even if she’s a bit more distant now after the… incident.
Regardless of the twists and turns remembering her past would take her to the present day, eventually Alice finds the tape. It’s just so compelling. When she sees it’s an episode of the SunnyTime Crew Show, well, there’s no way she could resist it. Just the logo would hit her with painful nostalgia and struggling not to cry in the thrift store. For a moment, she just hugs the tape to herself, remembering all the times she wrote for the show as Mary, watched the filming, and especially the last day they ever filmed… and it leaves her longing for the day she finds her starlight again.
Alice has to watch the tape.
It feels ominous too. The blood red handwritten scrawl of “‘84 Incident” makes Alice think about that incident… but surely that couldn’t be… right? LambsWork Productions destroyed every trace of the show. Surely they would’ve gone scorched earth on any recording of the murder?
Then again, if all the tapes were destroyed… that should have included the one she found in this thrift store…
Alice all but runs back home after buying the tape, not bothering with anything else she was going to purchase that day. Her hands are shaking when setting up the VCR, but fortunately she remembers how to use it. It’s almost muscle memory going through the motions of playing a VHS tape. She can’t peel her eyes away from the screen, holding her breath.
The show starts and… oh the pain from nostalgia is unlike anything else. Jack - her starlight - is there. That familiar dazzling smile shining at her as the episode starts. When he greets her and asks her name, she can’t help but answer him, though she doesn’t notice which name she gives him…
I’ve gone over thoughts of how the deal between Alice and Jack might have gone in previous posts. Seeing Joseph’s death again hurts like hell, but the moment Jack starts to talk directly to her, that’s when her heart really starts to pound.
Needless to say, Alice is just as desperate to save Jack as he is to be saved. The pact is made, and their souls are tied together, making them true soulmates.
Then again they already were even without the deal. ;3
Of course, the trauma of the pact does make Alice forget the agreement they made, but her reaction is very different when she wakes up. There’s a moment where she just has to stare at Jack, smiling gently down at her, greeting her like he used to… and she starts to shake. This isn’t a dream, is it?
Jack innocently replies that of course it’s not a dream. Her pal Sunny Day Jack is here to brighten up her day!
Jack doesn’t expect Alice to practically throw herself into his arms and hug him, but he reacts instantly to embrace her. It’s familiar, warm, wonderful, and everything he could ask for.
“I’m happy to see you too, sunshine,” Jack said with a chuckle.
Unfortunately… Jack is in character. Alice calling him Joseph is like a splash of ice, chilling him to the core and he has to correct her, gently of course.
It’s very apparent to Alice that Jack is shaken up. She tries to explain, talk of their past lives and remembering, and Jack… can’t handle it, burying himself deeply into the character of Sunny Day Jack, insisting he’s not who she thinks he is, trying to skirt away from anything Joseph. He cites off lore of the SunnyTime Crew and Sunny Day Jack that she helped write about the character back when she was on the writing staff.
It’s surreal for both of them, with mixed feelings, but Jack is ever eager to change the topic to something sunnier, to try and be the best and brightest friend known as Sunny Day Jack. Alice learns she can’t push him, at least not right now, but now… she’s left wondering if this is really Joseph… or a memory left in the tape? What if he’s just the character brought to life?
What if she lost her mind?
Still, Alice can’t bring herself to push Jack away, even if it’s a bit painful. Over time she picks up that he is Joseph after all, but he forgot everything.
Is this the result of the tape? The murder? Something else? Alice has to figure out what really happened at the studio that day. At the same time, she has to focus on figuring out where to go with Jack.
Alice wished to see Joseph again, no matter what name he had now, but she never expected something like this.
Still… she’s different now too. She’s not Mary anymore. She might have Mary’s memories, but she also has Alice’s memories, a second lifetime in different circumstances, different choices and experiences. She’s different from who she used to be.
So what does that mean for her and Joseph Jack?
Obviously the shadow of Joseph scares Jack. Alice won’t force him to remember, not when his death and what came after were so horrible. Instead she tries to get to know who he is now and figure out where to go from there.
Alice quickly falls in love with Jack. He’s not Joseph, and yet the important parts of him that she fell in love with are still the same. She sees little things of Joseph in him, but he’s also different at the same time. He’s changed, he’s masking things, but he’s still her silly starlight who never failed to make her smile.
Jack tries to overlook memories Alice stirs up in him, hints of sunshine that looked a bit different, but with the same beautiful blue eyes that always held such warmth. He focuses solidly on the present and enjoying his life now with his sunshine.
Still, Joseph’s habits slowly come back in spite of himself. Alice makes him feel so loved and accepted. He has moments where he slips, and she loves him despite it.
Needless to say, this AU would also have a happy ending. They would also get together much sooner than the main universe. While Alice would be trying to keep a respectable distance to understand who Jack was now as he is without forcing him to be someone he doesn’t want to be anymore or pushing her feelings and memories on him, Jack is a yandere who wants her badly. He’s going to notice her feelings quickly and do everything he can to encourage them.
Since Alice doesn’t have baggage from her toxic relationship with Ian holding her back, and she’s been aching to be with Joseph for so long, it won’t be long before her resolve crumbles. He’s always been so good at seducing her, even while dressed up as a silly clown. He might be wearing a different name and look, but he’s still her starlight, and he always had a knack for making her feel so loved, precious, and irreplaceable.
Jack might have buried his memories, but he’s quick to remember all of the ways he could make his sunshine melt in his arms. There are small hiccups due to her SA trauma as he has to be careful about the triggers she has from that, but he’s patient and gentle with her. He thoroughly focuses on her pleasure and comfort, making sure she feels nothing but safe and loved the entire time.
Needless to say, Alice’s first time in this universe is much more pleasant than it is in the main timeline.
It all feels familiar to both of them, the physical and emotional aspects of making love that they experienced countless times in the past, but the feelings are more intense due to the supernatural connection between them making their feelings bleed into one another. Jack at times is almost overwhelmed by nostalgia, but it doesn’t scare him when they’re making love. The nickname of “starlight” Alice used for him was always familiar, but it didn’t upset him like the name “Joseph” did, not when it’s his sunshine calling him that, saying she loves him, and kissing him so tenderly. She makes sure to call him Jack or starlight even while she’s screaming in pleasure beneath him. She’s careful to avoid old names that bring him pain, focusing on who he is now, taking care not to push him when she senses it’s causing him distress. She cares just as much about his comfort and avoiding his triggers just as he does for her.
That increase in intimacy, both physical and emotional, is the trigger that starts Jack really remembering things as Joseph, but not in a negative way. It’s an addicting feeling, one that’s hard to resist, especially when it feels so, so good and comes with so much pleasure and love.
Still, at some point Jack starts to get those fears of Alice learning… something. He still flees from those bad memories, not even wanting to know what that something was.
But over time… Alice helps Jack accept his past. It takes him a while, but when he’s forced to face it and she reinforces the fact that she accepts him, even the awful things he did back then, that she still loves him… he practically collapses into her arms, crying, just so relieved.
For 40 years he was convinced that the reveal destroyed everything, robbed him of love, and it… didn’t. Alice lets Jack be who he wants to be and accepts the mistakes he made in the past who are a part of the person he is today. She loves him even with all his flaws, and she wants to help him to keep growing to become the person that he wants to be, because he’s always been the person she wants to be with, flaws and all.
It still takes Jack a while to accept his past identity as Joseph, but Alice helps him. She can also relate, as it took her a while to accept her past incarnation as Mary too. It’s something they both can understand intimately. Even if their circumstances for being reborn as new people are different, they both understand each other in a way no one else can, and they help each other navigate what it means to live a new life while being haunted by the memories of a previous one that was less than ideal.
Fortunately, this time, their love story has a happy ending instead of a tragic one.
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roommates: part ten.
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your new roommate is... odd, and recently, so are your dreams. still, despite the secrecy, the mystery, and his ice cold exterior, you have the feeling you'd waltz right into love with him. (maybe you already have before.)
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pairing. scaramouche x gn!reader
tags. no warnings, slice of life, fluff, slowburn, friends to lovers, reincarnation au, post irminsul erasure
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You can't breathe. You can't breathe and it hurts and it burns and oh god, are you dying?
You jerk upright, chest heaving, skin slick with cold sweat. Your hand reaches for your heart, and it scorches with a fiery rage. You died. You were dead. You were killed. You had died and then you hadn't and you had lived a lifetime in a moment and —
Someone's calling your name.
Your vision clears.
A white bed. Oakwood flooring. Sunlit windows. Someone by your side.
Kunikuzushi.
His eyes are wide, marred with concern, and for a second, you can't tell which Kunikuzushi you're looking at.
“Are you okay?” someone else squeaks. It takes you seconds to remember her name. Paimon.
No, you want to snap, but that wouldn't be very fair to her. She wasn't the reason you were feeling like you had been thrown down the Palace of Alcazazaray, then fallen into a rose bush of thorns.
“I need some space,” you say, swallowing thickly.
Aether nods understandingly. You stand, legs shaky, and Kuni moves to follow you out the door.
“You should leave them be for now,” Nahida cautions him.
You can’t see his expression, but you can hear the growl in his undertone. “I’ll do whatever the fuck I want.”
You turn to him, and his agitation melts into something softer. He doesn’t expect you’d send him away. But… you don’t have the strength to face him just yet. How could you have, after everything? Was that even the right way to phrase it?
He must see it on your face. He glances away.
“I’m sorry,” you offer weakly. “I’ll talk to you later.”
Crossing his arms, he raises a fine brow, as if there wasn’t any reason to be apologizing at all. You suppose there isn’t, but you feel bad all the same. He waves you away. “Sure.”
Shutting the door behind you, you duck into an empty hallway, back hitting the wall. Archons, you think. What a clusterfuck.
You find yourself staggering into Alhaitham’s office. You don’t even know how you got there, but with the way your feet ached, you supposed you had walked. For a second, you wonder why you hadn’t gone home instead. Stupid thought. Kunikuzushi is bound to be there.
Alhaitham’s gaze flicks upwards at you, then back down to his work. Still, he shifts, making some space for you. “You look unwell.”
“Nice to know,” you say, flopping down next to him. Your cheek smushes against his arms. Honestly, this man did nothing but sit around reading all day — why the fuck was he so fit? He was nothing like Kuni. That scrawny ass could never compare, both in the present and back then —
You stop yourself there before your train of thought can derail any further. Suddenly curious, you turn to Alhaitham quickly. “‘Haitham, do you… believe in past lives?”
He gives you an odd look.
“There is no scientific proof on the existence of reincarnation,” he replies slowly. Then, he pauses, and he has that slight squinty-eyed look on his face again, also known as the face he makes whenever he thinks about Kaveh. “Though, I assume my past life would’ve been much less insufferable without having to deal with someone like Kaveh.”
You roll your eyes. Insufferable, he says, as if Kaveh was someone he could ever live without. Sighing, you massage your temples. Gods if you weren’t exhausted. You need your brain to shut up and stop thinking about anything related to all this nonsense.
“I’m going to sleep on you,” you tell Alhaitham.
“You can sleep in your home.”
“But you’re more comfortable.”
( You were avoiding him.
He had expected it wouldn’t take more than a week to settle your thoughts, yet two had passed, and you showed no sign of seeking him out at all. Worse still, these days, it felt as though he lived in an apartment for one. You’d leave at dawn and return after dusk, claiming you were too tired to speak with him. You stopped meeting his gaze and that bright, stupidly endearing grin you always wore turned tight and pressed thin.
How utterly unamusing.
He refuses to let this drag on any longer. Frankly, the entire situation should’ve been resolved weeks ago — and you’d have gone back to being yourself. Bothersome and foolish and the only person in the world he’d allow to treat him the way you did.
Tonight, he decides. He’d speak with you tonight, even if it was the last thing he did. )
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Hello! I wanted to ask, in The Avatar and the Fire Prince AU, how does reincarnation (The Avatar Cycle) works? In Canon, the Avatar is a human soul (Wan) who after death reincarnates on Earth in a new body to live a new life with the Spirit of Peace (Raava) bounded to it. But how about in your AU? I'm asking because I want to know whether or not we're going to have a scene with Aang having an existential crisis over the fact that in his previous life he was Zuko's great-grandfather.
Hello anon! :) Yes, I do my best to ensure that my AU is as canon compliant as possible when it comes to lore (including all known lore from Legend of Korra, the comics, the TTRPG, and the Chronicles of the Avatar novels), so the Avatar Cycle does indeed work the exact same.
I honestly haven't given a ton of thought to Aang and Zuko's reaction of who Roku was (though it will definitely still be revealed at some point just like in the show). While I think they would both maybe find it a little weird of a coincidence at first, I don't think it would cause either of them to freak out or anything lol.
We've definitely seen weird coincidences/connections like this before with other Avatars - for example, Kuruk and Hei-Ran were past lovers (before he met Ummi), and then he was reincarnated as Kyoshi, who fell in love with Hei-Ran's daughter Rangi. Then we have Korra, who was taught waterbending by someone who is basically a grandmother figure to her (Katara), and who was also technically "her" wife in her past life. She was also taught airbending by someone who is a father/uncle figure to her (Tenzin), who was also technically "her" son in her past life.
In general, there seems to be an understanding amongst everyone in the world of AtLA that each Avatar is very much their own distinct person, each with different lives, memories, and personalities. Sometimes more spiritual people - like Toph for example - can see that the Avatar has the same spirit/soul, but again, even Toph knows Korra is her own person and not just Aang with none of his memories lol.
Of course, if Aang had a problem like Yangchen did in which he was constantly having flashbacks to memories from his previous lives, then I'd say that yeah lol, he'd be much more likely to have an existential crisis. But as far as we know, Aang does not have any "memories" of living as Roku or any other previous Avatar - he only views previous Avatars' life events from an outside perspective. And even if he did have the ability to "remember" living as Roku, at least he wouldn't be able to "remember" actively being a grandfather to Zuko, since Zuko and even Ursa were born decades after Roku's death. That would definitely be awkward if that wasn't the case lol.
All of this has actually got me thinking about the theory where an Avatar could possibly reincarnate as their own child/grandchild/relative, especially with mixed-ethnicity/nation families becoming more common in the time of Korra. Like, say an Earth Avatar dies right as their child with someone of Fire Nation descent (or their grandchild, or sibling, or cousin, etc.) is born. As long as they have the right DNA, a relative of the Avatar could theoretically be the next Avatar in this scenario. The closest thing I could compare this to is like a Steven Universe situation (where he kind of both is and isn't his own mom - it's hard to explain if you haven't seen that show lmao).
Anywayyyy sorry for the long ass response anon lol. I just love talking about AtLA lore! :)
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