#its implied that he got injured somehow

[thisfanisgonesorry]

hi if you're still taking requests, I can't get the idea of arthur somehow being in the epilogue, alive and thriving, working on the ranch with john and his family and just being happy

IM IN LOVE WITH YOU!! omg thanks for the req <3 i hope u enjoy it cutiepie, sorry it took me a lil bit

ending cowrote by @megbimbo loml

tags: yall are in the epilogue, making this an xreader since im basically useless if i dont but its light so dw, canon deviation obviously, high honor arthur. very angsty because my little gremlin brain could not just make him healthy but HE IS HAPPY!! MY BOY IS A HAPPY CAMPER!!; i usually write 1st person but i got possessed so heres a 2nd person fic (never doing this again, sorry if its shit), genderneutral but implied fem reader. milking the cows was the most pleasurable part of the epilogue after the absolute shitshow i had to endure that was chapter 6. arthur milks the cows for that exact reason. some medical terms i know that probably werent viable to use back in the day but idc. some cowboy stuff i learnt as a wee lass when i had a horsey. so many tags ill shut up now. (i got sad at the end of the fic because i realised you cant kiss him. that made me sad.) also water pump distance ref because its.. not as close as i thought it was.

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You and Abigail tended the house while Arthur and John were outside, doing god knows what, their manly chores. Jack and Uncle had a day trip to Blackwater, running errands and such, getting groceries, the works. Jack needed to get out of the house and Uncle needed to get out of doing work.

“I’ve got this.” Abigail spoke, taking the plate from your hands. A brisk nod and you wandered off outside to check on the boys, mostly worried for Arthurs wellbeing, as you tended to be. As the years dragged on, the remaining gang had been accustomed to not treat Arthur like he was fragile, which often than not, resulted in him being injured or overworked in some capacity or another.

You knew well enough that John would take care of Arthur and not work him to exhaustion, especially in this blazing heat, but nursing him back to health after things went south all that time ago wasn’t an easy job, and when they were building the house, he had a pretty bad flare up. 

There was a slight sound of wheezing coming from the distance, your ears perked slightly, rushing down the main steps and looking around. You could vaguely see them over by the water pump in the distance.

Arthur was sitting on the ground, John hovering over him, rubbing his back slowly as Arthur coughed and spluttered. You rushed over to them, evidently worried.

“What happened?”

John looked over to you, softly speaking. “He pushed himself too hard.”

“Yeah.” He spluttered. “I’ll be fine.”

You kneeled beside Arthur, rubbing his back as John pulled away to fill the bucket with water to continue their water run, also so Arthur could take a handful and drink some, hopefully hydrating his throat enough to stop him from tearing his oesophagus. 

Water Runs; They were dreaded, the water buckets would get heavy, and in heat like this, you’d need to do the runs multiple times a day to keep the animals hydrated. It got worse if the water troughs were under direct sunlight, the amount depended on the day, the weather and the animals, but the horses needed the extra water this summer, as did the sheep and the cows. All around, it was an awful chore.

Arthur, being the horse lover he is, would be quite adamant in keeping the horses up during the heat, making sure they’re okay. Though, because of the humid air, it was causing his illness to worsen. He slurped up a handful of water, and his coughing let up slightly.

“You need to rest.” You spoke firmly, as John picked up the bucket and walked it over to the remaining troughs, walking over into the sheep pen so he could keep a keen eye on Arthur momentarily. 

“I know, I know.” He groaned. “John and I have a lot of things to do.”

“This is John’s ranch, not yours. Sit down for a bit.”

“But the horses—”

“But nothing. You can care for them later this evening.”

Your voice hung in the air sternly and he pouted like a child, he needed to sit down and rest, to be removed from the hot and muggy air. Once the blazing sun begins to set and the air begins to cool, he would be allowed to go back to his duties. 

John waddled back over with the bucket, filling it up but lingering before he delivered it to the other animals. “Don’t worry, Arthur. I can do this on my own.”

“I want to help.” He spoke sternly, trying to stand up but weakly clutching his chest as he required the aid of you and John to get to his feet.

“How many other chores have you got today?”

John took the conversation away from Arthur, now more than just on board with the concept of letting him sit down and rest for a while. “Just the water, feeding, and milking the cows.”

“I can milk the cows.” Arthur objected.

You sighed, looking over at him, knowing he would rather keel over than be useless. He was a helper; for as long as he’s been known by any of the people on this ranch, he’s always been willing to help people. His need to work died down drastically since he’d been adopted to live on the ranch, but that didn’t mean the lack of drive didn’t eat away at him.

John raised his hands in a defeated shrug. “Let him milk the cows.”

“Fine, but I’m keeping a close eye on him.”

“That’s probably for the best.” John shrugged, with his shoulders this time, grunting as he picked up the bucket, continuing the water run. 

Arthur had a horrendous side eye on him, though he restrained the urge to say something snarky, “I can do this on my own.” He spoke instead, as he began to stride his way to the barn. 

“I know.” You responded, following behind him. 

He seemed upset at the sudden switch of attitude, even after all this time, he wasn’t used to people treating him like he was sick. For the most part, people didn’t, but, for equal parts, he didn’t often tell people that he was sick, instead playing to be super cautious whenever around anyone new.

He took a seat on the stool beside the cow and you stood behind him, leaning against the pillar.

“I’m fine.” He reassured as he slowly milked the cow, the metal panging sound of the bucket being hit with liquid filled the barns silence.

“I know.” You repeated quietly, not really paying attention to the words leaving your mouth. “Jus’ making sure you’re okay, we’re bein’ careful, ‘s all.”

“I don’t need it.”

“I know you want to act like you’re okay, but you’re not. You’ve had a few close calls. We’re just trying to keep you...” You trailed off, not wanting to say the blunt words that weighed heavy. We’re trying to keep you alive.

He stayed silent as John slowly opened the barn doors, entering almost silently and taking the milk pail as it filled to the top.

“I’ll deal with this.”  He said briefly, leaving us quietly to continue our discussion.

Arthur stayed painfully silent as your words lingered heavily in the air, John was quick to disappear into his jobs, and Arthur stayed on the stool, petting the cow softly.

“I get it.” He spoke after a long pause of silence. “I’m sorry, I just...” He rotated his hands in a motion to gesture the continuation of his sentence, not really wanting to finish it himself.

“Just come inside for a bit.” 

He sighed in defeat, standing up from the cow and patting her softly as he removed himself from her side. He really suited this life, and it’s a darn shame that he can’t do too much with it. 

He walked inside slowly, dragging his feet. 

“Don’t get sulky.”

Uncle and Jack returned from Blackwater, pulling up in the wagon. Abigail had left the house to greet them and assist them while John did god-knows-what, something or other to do with the milk. 

Jack and Uncle were having a conversation, or maybe an argument, about something in Blackwater, and they were asking Abigail her opinion as they unpacked the back of the wagon. 

Arthur didn’t necessarily expect anyone to understand the struggles he had to deal with, he was dealt a poor hand, and partially, it was his fault. His days were numbered, and despite the unconditional love and support that everyone offered him, it only did so much into elongating that timer. It was a silent rule that we all knew it’d happen, and once it did, we’d most likely all point fingers on who’s to blame.

“Arthur.” Jack called out, grabbing his attention from his dreary thoughts and tossing him a fresh notebook. It lifted his spirits almost immediately. “I noticed your old one was getting full.” He responded plainly.

“Thanks, kid.” He smiled, still very clearly unwell and needing to rest but his mood had been lifted slightly. He walked through the front door quickly, wanting to get through before they’d be rushing things to and from inside the house. 

He walked over to the fridge and pulled out a cold glass bottle of water, looking over at you begrudgingly as he sat down on the dining room table and flipped through the soft new pages of the notebook.

“Any idea what you’ll do with it yet?”

He shook his head plainly. “No, I might draw some of the horses. Been a while since I drew Boadicea, or Rachel.” He shrugged. “Could draw Neil if he’d stand still.”

“That’s good.”

“Might go up to Owanjila at some point.”

“You could make a day of it.”

“Yeah, I could.”

You let out an exasperated sigh. “Can you stop doing that?” You cursed at him, agitated by how he was acting. “Don’t get upset at me over this.”

“I was fine.” He gritted his teeth.

“You were on the ground struggling to breathe.” You bit back, emphasising every word. He didn’t respond, just glancing away from you. He knew you were right, but didn’t want to admit it since it was inherently showing more weakness. “You...” You trailed off briefly.

“Sorry.” He mumbled, interjecting the conversation. “Jus’.. Don’t wanna be useless.”

“You’re not useless, you’re sick.”

“I know but—”

“Don’t you even try to compare yourself to Uncle.” Arthur stayed silent as you hit the nail on the head. “You did enough work today. Relax. Draw, journal, something. You have a few hours until the sun sets.”

“Fine.”

“I’ll make a deal with you.”

“What?” He was beginning to come across as overly defensive, though softened into a defeated sigh as you tried to compromise.

“Abigail gets angry at me, she don’t like how I do the dishes or clean clothes.” I rolled my eyes. “I’ll pro’lly try to help with the yard work. You can do more with less hassle.”

“I guess.” He shrugged.

“Weather forecasts think that it might rain sometime this week, means less work here, we can go to Owanjila.” He wasn’t too keen on it being babysat but he accepted it nonetheless.

“That’d be kinda nice...” He trailed off.

“We can do some fishin’ so they don’t think we’re bein lazy.” It was clear who the ‘they’ was in that sentence, which made him laugh in a silent exhale. “You can draw some of the scenery, set up a mini camp and just.. Have a day off. Hows that?”

“But—”

“Stop. You need to stop.”

“I’m bored!” He said, clearly agitated and exhausted. “I need something to do, ‘nd everyone jus’ wants me to rest but I gotta do somethin’ or I feel like shit.”

“I just suggested something.” I said sternly.

He looks around the dining area, chewing the inside of his cheek as he considers the idea. He sucked on his teeth slightly.

“Tch... Fine.” He admitted, like a defeated child.

There’s a long moment of silence, and you reach across the table to hold his hand. He continues to avoid eye contact, and his hand doesn’t hold yours back. 

Arthur’s voice is barely above a mumble; so sulky for a man so strong, or so he claims to be. Your eyes flickered between his gaze and him, waiting for him to speak. Arthur, desperate to look literally anywhere else, found himself staring at John’s taxidermied squirrel. If you didn’t know any better, one would probably assume he’s admiring the finest piece of art the 1900s has to offer. He seems to linger on the concept for a while, which worries you. You can’t help but wonder what’s going on in that mind of his.

The silence blares in your ears for a bit too long. Clearing his throat, Arthur looked you in the eyes.

“We’ll see how things go.”

#asks #arthur morgan #fluff #angst #red dead redemption #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #rdr #arthur morgan rdr2 #rdr2 arthur morgan #arthur morgan x you #arthur morgan x reader #rdr2 fanfic #arthur morgan fanfic #arthur morgan fluff #arthur morgan angst

[vacantgodling]

CURRENT BETWIXT THUMB AND FOREFINGER (AKA 19TH CENTURY TWILIGHT ADAPTATION THAT CRASHED INTO GOTH LIT SOMEWHERE) RESEARCH AND PLANNING and generally my chaotic thought process lmao.

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tl;dr: all of this is still subject to change bc i'm still planning a lot of this stuff out. however, i want to post what i have so far bc how i plan things is kinda intriguing to me and i wanna talk about something but bc i'm not Writing Prose atm this is all i got.

transposed under the cut but i wanted to showcase what the actual doc looks like :p

WIP NAME ⟶ BETWIXT THUMB AND FOREFINGER

(the hell) betwit thumb and forefinger — the time between solstice and equinox

with the secondary title that almost implies that the story is taking place over a short time period between solstice and equinox — which is a 90 day period, so about 3 months?

idk if i have to keep that in the title, but perhaps the title is a reference to how short a time this is in the grand scheme of things, especially in the life of an immortal creature, but for biscella this is a lifetime. going through every stage of grief and sommemore shit. so i think i’ll call it betwixt thumb and forefinger (BTAF)

some kind of celestial name (twilight/new moon/eclipse/breaking dawn) ⟶ something in this realm to tie back to twilight’s inspo’s somehow but idk if i wanna give that bitch the luxury

dark adaptation — the eyes’s transition to night vision

equinox / solstice

retrograde 

betwixt retrograde and amnesia LMAO

betwixt equinox and solstice

i need to decide what year i want this story to take place in cuz that’s gonna hinge everything.

History of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

peninsular war was 1807-1814. sjaak did not see the end of this conflict as he was turned into a werewolf by a fellow soldier “gust” (why, idk yet).

joined the french army (netherlands and french were allies during this time the batavain-french alliance™) and fought in the battle of zaragoza (1808) ; was injured and near death when he was found by gust a gravewalker. there’s been a rumor going around during the battle that people have seen corpses up and walk away from the battle and their wounds and its because gust (and others) have been turning them into werewolves for some greater purpose. — sjaak becomes one of these when he leaves.

if i assume that for all intents and purposes sjaak is 18 when he finally leaves the netherlands and joins the spanish FRENCH army, then maybe he’s 20 when he’s turned into a werewolf. so… 20 during 1808.

born: 1788 in the netherlands — black mother who was a slave but then brought to the netherlands and subsequently freed. father was the master of the home she worked at.

biscella is younger than sjaak and i want her to be a naive 18 during 1808—perhaps this happens during 1808? but then we would have the war to contend with going on unless it was removed from the battlefield somewhat.

the “cullens” are located in castillo-nuevo in what is now navarre spain and have cleared it out to build a castle there. that lonely castle in the middle of the wilderness is where biscella lies. the crypt is hidden among the mountainous landscape, and even though biscella was there during the funeral, another aspect of everything is eduard appearing to her in dreams/visions/as an apparition keeps her from knowing his location fully by scrambling her mind.

i want sjaak to kill that baby

“you have the face of the woman i love. but the blood of the man i hate flows thorugh you” or something. kills the damn baby and makes biscella’s death worthless in some ways

“she would’ve wanted you to live. she would’ve wanted me to show you the ways of the world and the sun in the trees and the apples that hang low from branches. but i am a monster filled with utter darkness and hate. i will kill what she cherished, and hope that in your death, her memory will haunt me.” or something.

NAMING STRUGGLES ⟶ Spanish naming customs - Wikipedia / Category:Catalan-language surnames - Wikipedia / Names Categorized "Twilight characters" - Behind the Name

possible names for bella (romani, coming from germany into netherlands after being expelled from the country or whatever)

biscella 

mirella ⟶ variant of amaryllis (meaning to sparkle)

sibella ⟶ prophetess (variant of the name sybil)

tsarla ⟶ evening

gisela ⟶ hostage/pledge

biscella schwann

tsarla schwann

gisela schwann

sibella schwann

karl schwann + tsarla schwann >> biscella schwann >> 

surnames for eduard & the cullens™ ⟶ casavantes (the name taken from the patriarch of the family; comas is the 

CHARACTERS

biscella schwann de casavantes (bella) ⟶ follows the standards of the region + is not spanish so she just goes with the flow

karl schwann (charlie father, dead)

tsarla schwann (mother, dead)

sjaak de witte (dutch) (jacob)

luis jofre casavantes basurto (carlisle) ⟶ created via union but killed his parents so he could defect to a “vegetarian” lifestyle (aka hibernation). he forbids the usage of venom to create more of their coven, forbidding the femme vampires from autonomous reproduction essentially.

maritxell comas miranda (esme) ⟶ wife and half-sister of luis; created via union and assisted luis in killing their parents so that they could start their own coven. completely loyal to him and was defanged in an act of loyalty (aka; she can no longer make other vampires stronger as luis removed her fangs, this also keeps her from drinking blood AND solely dependent on him for protection)

i want maritxell to actually have a more prominent role than just like. a sad woe is me matriarch. i want her to be like those women who uphold the patriarchy by being misogynistic towards other women. women like her own daughters (rosita and azelie) need to know their place, and because biscella is romani, she views her as subhuman (and also just as a breeder for eduard’s seed).

i don’t want her to be like romilda in vdtrt who’s more battered wife syndrome. i think maritxell and luis are very very complicit in one another’s bullshit.

rosita casavantes i comas (rosalie) ⟶ first child of the union between luis and maritxell, defanged at birth, rosita desperately wishes to be with child (need to figure out why). she is intensely jealous of biscella despite knowing the woman will die, and torments her now that eduard has been buried in the crypt.

eduard casavantes i comas (edward) ⟶ uses ‘i’ instead of ‘y’ or ‘de’ because he’s specifically from catalina ; created via union of luis and maritxell, and despite being the middle child, is the strongest of the vampire children.

azelie picard (alice) ⟶ luis impregnated a french woman who azelie assumed the name of once she was born. she was the one who met biscella first and despite everything is protective of her. she did not approve of eduard impregnating her (lesbian undertones and may defect and help sjaak, we’ll see). does not want to be defanged.

silvano di luise (jasper) ⟶ youngest child of the coven and born of an italian woman, his surname means ‘son of luis’ (as he is). he is very conflicted on the matter of whether or not they should stay ‘vegetarian’ if they’re still going to kill human (women) anyway by impregnating them with their spawn and thinks that human men should receive the same treatment by being killed for food or made as spawns as well. its caused infighting amongst the coven.

the other question is if i should add other characters. bc i included all the twilight vampires that are Actually Interesting (sorry emmett you’re fucking boring to me) and i’m also only including the werewolves that are interesting to me… which is mostly ig sam, leah, and whats her name. 

WORLDBUILDING AND SHIT

HOW VAMPIRES WORK (biologically)

vampires are made only through human hosts; vampires with penises can impregnate women and the pregnancy will last for 2 years until the woman is fully drained of all her blood and innards, then perish, with the baby bursting out of the womb

vampires without can impregnate men or women via their venom and it will take the form of a parasite forming in their stomach. these vampires tend to be more deadly, though because of the times it is rare to have these kinds of non-producing ‘coven’ leaders. they will do so if their mate is killed, but usually they use their venom to strengthen the other vampires in their coven.

vampires that are created via the union of two vampires in coitus will have a normal “human like” pregnancy, and tend to be the most powerful of all) (ie: eduard)

unlike werewolves vampires cannot be “turned” they can only be born.

HOW WEREWOLVES WORK (turned)

werewolves are the natural enemies to vampires as they were specifically engineered hundreds of years ago to be on par with the nightwalkers’s (vampires) habits.

they cannot be born biologically; once you are turned a werewolf you are infertile.

werewolves are created via consumption of the compound moonstone, which, as its name suggests, is what people of this time assume to be rocks from the actual moon.

whether it is or isn’t is debatable. its not Really important. you eat it and you are now lycanthrope congrats

#everything is still subject to be changed and altered as i continue to work on things #but i like where i'm heading with these... thoughts #s: btaf #i still need to figure out the werewolves more

[monsieuroverlord]

BECAUSE I'M STILL UPSET BY RECENT EVENTS...

Warning: my convoluted conspiracy theories and ranting lol

We're only on part one of the Sabretooth War arc, and while I'm deeply unhappy with how that issue turned out, there's technically still plenty of time to introduce a twist that fixes everything (or at least provides a glimmer of solace from that clusterfuckery.)

I've thought on it, slept on it, and came up with a few theories that COULD dampen the blow of last issue.

In no particular order:

Twist Option 1: It's a fake-out and Akihiro is technically not dead. How, you may ask?

The Sabretooth crew's first target was Quentin Quire -- who is supposedly an omega-level telepath. Now, Logan's got telepathic resistance, but he's never been completely immune.

We also saw the Sabretoothes (Sabreteeth?) use a device to knock out Sage and Black Tom, one that distinctly has Quire's Pink Power Signature:

They haven't explained exactly WHAT this device is, but it wouldn't surprise me if they took Quire's brain and made a telepathic brain scrambler device. (wouldn't be the first time Marvel did something similar AND we don't see Quire's head in the final page). Creed's a savage, but also a clever bastard. He wouldn't be opposed to strats like that.

Who knows what that device is? Maybe its some bullshit like "projecting Logan's fears" and that's what he THINKS happened.

Though in this case, it is likely that Akihiro WAS at least captured and greatly injured (but still has his healing factor and is alive). Perhaps will come up later when Creed feels like fucking with Logan some more. (Cue badass sibling rescue mission when Laura finds out)

Not great, but perfectly in character for an extra-savage Sabretooth to draw out the Logan Birthday Bash. (And I'm sorry, but at the barest of minimums, Akihiro wouldn't go down that easy -- he's younger, faster, and much more conniving than his father. Logan has significant training, but he tends to drop it in favor of charging headfirst every time. Aki's always been more disciplined than that. Same with Laura, but that's another rant.)

Now this means Quire is definitely dead, but he also has a bunch of body doubles from X-Force, and he recently self-resurrected after that Cerebrax thing and a back-up body. If a character was going to self-resurrect, it'd be him. (Not to mention, if Betsy Braddock can restore her entire body via telepathy/telekinetics, he should be able to as well)

Twist Option 2: Akihiro IS dead, but there is a secret back-up resurrection (maybe limited use or something)

In the description-preview thing of X-Force #49, they're indicating they're gonna bring back Avengers-era Beast to take down current Beast. Now maybe they just happen to find a Beast clone to upload it to, but there's gotta be at least the groundwork for secret cloning somewhere (I mean, he cloned Wolverine too, so I don't see why not). Avengers-era Beast and Sage (Or just Sage alone honestly) could figure it out.

Then we just need a back-up database of Cerebro to upload memories and all is well. (I'm pretty sure X-Force already had a complete secret back-up database, or if not in canon yet, I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they did.).

Twist Option 3: Whatever is going on in ROTPOX comes to at least a partial fruition.

Either Xavier somehow succeeds (I don't think that'll be the case, tbh) and Krakoa is no more but everyone killed is reset or there's some partial success that resets Krakoa and resurrection can resume.

Either way, it'll reset the progress Akihiro and Logan have made and bleh.

(This would be such a fucking cop-out, in my opinion, but I digress)

Twist Option 4: Secret Weapon From the Exiles Crew.

Now called The Maroons, Nekra and crew still have that weird Krakoa seed. We don't know what it does yet. Implied to be really bad for Sabretooth, but maybe it also has secret powers like "restoring life to Creed's recent kills via draining his corpse" or some bullshit.

idk Krakoa science-magic.

Twist Option 5: There's another goddamn Muramasa blade/weapon out there.

What ever happened to Laura's Muramasa Armor? And the shield? How many weapons does Muramasa still have out there?

a. that armor will come up, and Laura will reclaim it. Since it also has a piece of Akihiro's soul, they'll extract that (probably breaking the armor in the process) and restore him via dope sword magic.

b. There's conveniently ANOTHER Muramasa weapon, one that can kill Sabretooth but ALSO has life restoring abilities (a weapon created for the perfect balance between life and death)

c. Solem lost his sword via general debauchery. And now Logan is gonna go get it. But also there's secret sword magic (which has life restoring powers) that Muramasa conveniently didn't tell Logan because he didn't feel like it

d. Logan's gonna go get his Muramasa blade (or one of them -- I'm pretty there's at least a couple at this point. wouldn't be surprised if there's secretly more) and there's the same secret sword magic as point c.

e. Percy and LaValle shock us all by giving Itsu some actual character -- where she knew Muramasa herself and gave up a bit of her soul for a secret weapon cuz it turns out she was a badass in her own right, which now can be used in the present day to both kill Sabretooth AND restore her beloved son. (And Logan never knew because he's a dense SOB and has a tendency to put his deceased love interests on a pedestal)

Twist Option 6: No twist at all. Akihiro is dead, gonna be dead for a bit, and everything is pain and suffering :(

At bare minimum, I wanna see Aurora pull her brother's moves from X-Men #163:

Just full speedster mode and kick his ass. She'd probably be more ruthless and I'd like to see that.

Or speedster sibling tag-team mode with said ruthless ass-kicking.

(I crave vengeance)

That's all I got. If you've made it this far, thanks for reading lol

#can you tell I'm still upset? #i don't know if I'm in the denial/bargaining stage of grief #or just being dramatic #or both #probably both #my ramblings #wolverine #laura kinney #daken akihiro #fang #logan howlett #james logan howlett #james howlett #wednesday spoilers #by technicality

[eijakushingomel]

#3 Pokemon x The Ember Knight

•Probably sets in the current timeline of The Ember Knight.

• There were special forces in the Western Kingdom called the Knights, created from the medieval time and still ongoing. Basically, like the knights in The Ember Knight, but only with Pokemon and modern timeline.

• Najin, Lauzun, Luzian, and Tyr joined in, obviously. Nagyunn wanted to go on a journey, but he's poor, so he landed some job as a professor's helper, and he got it because he's super smart. Also because it was Fadiyan who took him in.

• Fadiyan was a former Knight before she retired and became a traveling professor, bringing Nagyunn with her.

• Each of the Woodion's apprentices got their starters by themselves when they were young. Since Woodion was a small village and technology wasn't so modern yet, most people there got their partners straight from the wild.

° Luzian wrestled with her soon-to-be Oshawott and won. She was drenched for a whole week.

° Tyr fed a Meowth once and it chose him to be its partner.

° Lauzun's Axew was a gift and he took care of it since it was still an egg.

° Nags found an injured Fennekin and helped her.

° Najin tried to scare off the same Torchic that had been stealing their food. It backfired, and they both were a crying mess until Nags intervened.

• The pokeballs were constructed of wood (apricorns and tumblestones), ya know, since they lived in old days. The creation of pokeballs made of apricorns was quite hard, especially in a small village like Woodion. So people tend to have one pokeball - one partner thingy.

•There were also beliefs about why everyone tends to get one pokeball other than it being totally expensive. For example, there was a belief that the first pokemon one got will affect greatly of the said person's future and their personalities. Which was why kids often only befriended the wild pokemon they met and only caught them after they were older and certain of their choice. This, of course, implies to the Woodian's apprentices and Nagyunn. Although Lauzun gotten Axew since he was very young due to private reasons.

° Luzian had a Netball, very expensive, and the last gift from her dad before he passed away. It's totally for content and not because I wanted a pokeball matched her hair colour.

° Lyamin had a Moonball. Laurun had an Ultraball.

° Wadrin got a Quickball. Also, it's not because blue and yellow pokeball fits him better.

° Masterball did not exist yet in this timeline, but Regia may or may not create it sometime in the future.

° Both Jiroon and Ludika got a Healball for their partners. Jiroon's Kirlia was a female, fyi.

° Quaring caught her Mawile by accident while it was sleeping using Dreamball. She never let Mawile go despite she didn't want it in fear it might attack her once it was free. Somehow, they bonded, though.

• Each pokemon had their own personalities. Najin's Combusken (Kē) acted tough but quick a soft hearted fellow. Nags' Fennekin (Fō) was regal and composed most of the time.

• Most of the apprentices' partners evolved during the war between the Eastern and Western Kingdom.

° Tyr's Meowth (Mian) evolved after he fought his sister's Persian.

° Wadrin's Pikachu (Peron) never evolved, though.

° Nags' Fō evolved to Braixen after they battled against Regia's Reuniclus. For whatever reason, Regia took interest in them and challenged them.

° Najin's Kē evolved to Blaziken after their battle against Laurun's Haxorus.

° Due to the fact they came from the same evolution line, Fō was quite close with Ludika's Delphox. They became even closer after she evolved to Braixen.

° Like its trainer, Zuis' Lucario was the observer in the group. Unlike its trainer who was weaker than the Knights, Lucario was strong like any other of its kind. But it was often seen laidback or simply be the referee in battles.

° Fidorance's Arcanine had numerous scars all over its body. His Arcanine was a standard war animal, yet it was often used as emotional support to those who were in need. I guess I just want to put some resemblement between Fidorance and Arcanine in emotional and personality ways.

° Previously, Bishorp didn't belong to Waron yet. It belonged to her old friend before she passed away. Waron never stated Bishorp was hers despite holding its pokeball. It often did its own thing and never bothered Waron unless there was some battling. Waron never commanded it to do something. It joining Waron in battle was its own will.

° Why am I making this when I haven't finished reading The Ember Knight yet?

Darn.

I'm so hooked up in this.

Might as well make some shorts. No promise, tho.

Anyway, any idea what Crimson Hippo Hinsher's pokemon might be? What about Candentia? Or Daljan? Or the Mother of Dragon?

Oh my gosh why am I so into this?

#the ember knight #nagyunn #najin #qilin #fidorance #lauzun #myusa #luzian #wadrin #tyr #pokemon

[shockersalvage]

Salvage Showcase - Satomi Aoba

As we head back to DRT, we now are looking at one of its most surprising additions that it ever decided to include, and its even stranger use of her.

Here we have Satomi Aoba - a member of Sayaka's idol group.

The Summary

Technically, Satomi has been in Dangronpa ever since the 1st game. Satomi is an idol that was apart of Sayaka Maizono's group. They were immensely popular and treated each other as both rivals and even sisters in a way. But, popularity wise, Satomi was only the fourth popular member of their group (5th being Ayaka Haneyama), making her one of the least popular, though supplementary material like Danganronpa S heavily implied that this was in spite of being the leader of the quintet.

During Sayaka's stint in Hope's Peak Academy, the World Domination Proclamation happened, where 'Byakuya Togami' broadcasted his challenge to the world that he'll take over unless someone kills him or find the 'pitiful cattle' within 24 hours. Satomi would get caught in this event as she had left her former life behind to see the world. Arriving in Prague, she arrived to a town that was attacked by the Mystr'y Research Society. Everyone, but one villager, was killed in a locker room type method. This last villager, a 'Moleman' (think a shut-in), finds her and they agree to work together (after Moley proves his worth, in this case, by hotwiring a jeep)

They come across the MRS in a house, trying to do another locked room mystery set-up and have a discussion, mainly concerning their foes background as Hope's Peak Junior High students and how they were responsible for enacting a global locked room mystery during the WDP as well. It's during this conversation where one of the MRS trio, the Vice President, recognizes Satomi as being the #4 idol of Sayaka's group, and her low popularity. Just as the conversation shifted to killing the Moleman and Satomi, the former tosses up a table and gets both out of there.

They escape via jeep with the main plan being to head to the airport to escape this insanity. During this car ride, thier conversation together has Satomi gradually convince this Moleman that his cynical attitude towards trying and the need for willpower to continue on, even if life doesn't exactly bring them what they want.

Sadly, things come to ahead when the Imposter (the one managing the WDP and currently a member of Despair High School/Ultimate Despair) uses Sonia's influence to drop a satellite in their area, which causes their jeep to crash. Satomi is badly injured from the satellite drop and seeing her unconscious is what drives Moleman to desperately go from location to location trying to find a way to get her patched up...

Satomi would not wake up, at least for the rest of the DRT trilogy. Her body is carried towards Detsky's Island where a Despair High School base is located. It's there, during a conflict with DRT's main protagonist Blue Ink, does the Moleman turns out to actually be the alter of the SHSL Hitman: Suzuhiko Otsuki. Otsuki had slaughtered the MRS and Hasegawa leaders that were nearby, but Satomi wasn't killed yet. Otsuki claims to have missed her, but before he could kill her Blue Ink interrupts him. Thus, her life was spared...but that ends her involvement with the DRT story.

We do know this isn't the end for her. Somehow, by unknown means, she was recovered and patched up, and eventually got back to Japan to be with her idol group. Once the Tragedy would start, though, since she was one of the closet people to Sayaka, she was kidnapped by Ultimate Despair as part of their group of Captives. Her final fate remains unknown.

Described by Sayaka as 'adult-like, cool, and reliable', Satomi serves as the positive to Moleman's negative. While Moley is very bitter and holds talent & life in disdain, Satomi is optimistic and believes that it is worth living for, even when things don't go as well as they should. She has a very professional attitude due to her career as an idol, which results in her being polite and calm, even in face of danger or injury. That said, she can be pretty frank and doesn't hold punches concerning her new friend's attitude or worth during hard times (initially she didn't event to work with Moley since she thought there wouldn't be any value to it) and, if push comes to shove, is quick to take action when needed. Nevertheless, she does know when to compliment him for being legitimately cool and does want to see him improve.

The Rundown

DRT is a story based around the themes of 'Reality vs Unreality/Escapism'. For her role in the Moleman side plot, Satomi serves as the 'Reality' aspect of it all, played positively against both the MRS and Moleman. Specifically, Satomi is the ideal that life is worth living as you continue to try, even if your current life is not the best.

Satomi serves as a foil to the issues both Moley and MRS hold, as they are those whose dreams didn't come true or they gave up on them. In contrast, Satomi is someone who, technically, is living her dream and, on the surface, is doing well for herself. But, there's a pretty clear snag. She's good, but isn't nowhere near good as Sayaka or the two idols above her. Heck, despite being 4th, VP even pointed out there were going to be die hard people who supported the 5th least popular more because she was officially last. Unofficially? She is the least in star power and it wasn't her fault. Just like Moley, her situation is due to other people being more skilled being considered.

What definitely separates her from her ally and enemies is what she does in response to this setback. It would be pretty easy to be bitter in her situation, like Moley, or turn to self-destructive actions in face of an unfair world, like the MRS. But its her drive to continue in spite of this unfairness that puts her above both, despite essentially being far from her element as possible. It's this drive that gets Moley to try his best to save her and refute the Despair Novel, even when all Hope seems lost.

She plays an irreplaceable role in Moley's story...and it becomes very tragic when the person she was empathizing with and encouraging just so happened to not only, in a way, be actually brimming with talent, but an aspect of him was essentially using her in order to get closer to killing someone. Even if Moley cared, the main personality of Suzuhiko is cruel to the core that abandons or slays whatever bonds made by his alter in favor of his own connections and goals. Just casualties that had the misfortune of getting invested in a 'lie' or 'unreality'.

Beyond that, Satomi is heavily reminiscent of Sayaka and her role in DR1. Satomi follows in the footsteps of the lead idol by acting as an assistant or companion to a 'normal' guy in a deadly situation created by despairful fanatics. What is noticeably different is their actions under pressure. Sayaka is trapped in a school with the paranoia of being murdered and threat of something have been done to her friends. She's the first student to snap and attempt murder.

For Satomi? She's in a stressful situation in the country where the WDP is mainly taking place, in a village that has been mostly slaughtered save for one guy and is in the presence of a group of murderers who are not only in league with the instigators, but also plan to do the same to her as well. Yet, she doesn't break. She's unnerved, but keeps her cool, even when she gets seriously injured from her accident. It's showing that, despite not being considered to be on par with Sayaka, she does hold a quality that allows her to surpass the Ultimate Pop Sensation in one area.

Personal Thoughts

(She's in the back)

Satomi is a character I quickly found myself taking a liking too. I'm a sucker for works that flesh out minor characters, especially one who was pretty much just a blip in what was essentially the First Death's motivations. I love how she's the right combination of both optimistic, kinda blunt, yet also takes up after Sayaka and even Ayaka as being idols who are not afraid to throw down if need be. Only person in what is essentially a ghost town? Beat him up with your suitcase and ask questions later! Require answers but no one's answering the door? It's break in time!! Sayaka's group has no chill when it comes to killing games and I love that it is a consistent trait all five share. Kind of makes me ponder if 2 and 3 of their group would have been bludgeoning people during the Tragedy if they got the chance and had to do it. Beyond that, her dynamic with Moley is legitimately one of the most well developed relationships within DRT, and you really for it when Moley is trying his best to save her...

Which is why the 'Suzuhiko Reveal' will always have a sour taste in my mouth. Not only was this connection tossed away for essentially someone akin to Genocide Jack (and not quite good as it like her), Satomi never shows up again. She never manages to reunite Moley/Suzuhiko, there are no scenes in which we can tell she got rescued by someone else, she's just gone from the trilogy. The only reason we know she doesn't die here is because of DR1, but even then its not a huge comfort since her fate is still unknown. The only member of Sayaka's group that was known to be recovered alive was Ayaka.

It's just odd to me. To go out of your way to flesh out someone who had no character, make them extremely likable and never resolve their plotline is just extremely odd. I can appreciate the attempt, but if their story ends with them being essentially ditched and forgotten for another storyline together, well, I can't help but wonder why put effort into them in the first place. The Moleman arc of the book just reeks of thrown out potential for, arguably the worst character of the book, but what's done is done.

Next time: Back to the misc stories of the DRverse!

#satomi aoba #danganronpa #danganronpa togami #drt #dr #sayaka maizono #suzuhiko otsuki #mystr'y research society #salvage showcase

[brineffxiv]

This was a surprisingly pretty dungeon. Those golden fields you fly over astride a dragon to get to the final third especially.

We defeat Lunar Bahamut, and Tiamat and her children are free, finally.

The leader of the Amalj'aa comes to greet us and thank us for our assistance, and vows to make the proposed alliance work. Good. That's progress. His might only be one band of Amalj'aa, but they represent the first step.

But the tower still looms forebodingly, and inside it...

...Are imprisoned dozens of Amalj'aa, their bodies embedded in the walls. Which seem to be made of flesh. The floors also, are disturbingly meat-like. This reminds me both of the Mhachi Void Ark, and the Allagan Aetherochemical Research Facility.

Excuse me, are those teeth in that wall?!

Hey, uh... If the towers are made of flesh... are the towers themselves parts of a primal?? Like, a really huge primal? That spans the world... sort of like the Empire itself?

...Did.

Did Fandaniel make the Empire itself into a primal? Somehow?

Arenvald makes the mistake of trying to free one of the Amalj'aa, and sets off an alarm in the process. Which activates something that makes the Amalj'aa in the walls cry out and writhe in their prisons.

And then all the nerves (?) in the floor light up and...

...Summon Ifrit?? An Ifrit? Lunar Ifrit?

...

Ohhhh... Oh I just now got what was happening. The tower activated, and forced the Amalj'aa to summon their god. And, as we learn a few scenes later, since the Amalj'aa are tempered to Garlemald, so too is the primal they produce.

Arenvald jumps in front of Fordola, trying to protect her, and we cut to black.

Returning to Ul'dah we are met with news that Fordola saved Arenvald from the tower, but he is gravely injured. Alphinaud runs off to try and see him.

Arenvald is in a bad way, and Fordola has had quite enough of Alphinaud's idealism. There is nothing we can do to assist here, and must trust in the chirurgeons.

We meet with the Sultana and are filled in on the intelligence contained in Fordola's report. The towers are being filled with peoples of the beast tribes who, in their tempered state, are being utilized to summon forth primals in service to Garlemald. These primals are strange in that they don't seem to be able to temper people themselves?

Thancred is speaking of a "main" tower of sorts that they observed in Garlemald, and I am thinking of my earlier idea that the towers themselves are extensions of a very large primal. If the towers are like the limbs of a being, the main body of which is in Garlemald: the Empire itself is the primal. This implies that all the people in the Garlemald itself are now enslaved to its will. A will which is likely commanded by Zenos and Fandaniel.

Somehow.

I don't know how that would be done, but I cannot see either of them simply allowing a primal like that to act independently. Perhaps Zenos, as the acting head of Garlemald, is himself the focus of the devotion?

Or perhaps I am completely off base.

Multiple primals like Ifirit have been sighted, but, as they cannot temper, Nanamo wishes us to leave the Grand Companies to deal with them. She hopes, for the moment, to keep us in reserve.

For a scant bit of good news, the Amalj'aa have reached an agreement with Ul'dah.

Left to our own devices we resolve to return to the Rising Stones. With Estinien begrudgingly in tow. (Wow, look how many of us have white hair. What's up with that??)

Krile has decided we should petition the aid of the infamously reclusive nation of Sharlayan, and has already asked for and received permission from the Alliance to act as their Eorzean emissary.

This is not the only thing she shall be doing. While in Sharlayan, she will be looking into the exact nature of Hydaelyn's "blessing". And wants to know when the last time she spoke to me was.

The text prompts inform me that I heard from Hydaelyn at the end of the Dragonsong war, which I'll be honest, I don't remember. I'd have said during the fight with the Ultima Weapon.

Yes, and her failure to even speak to the Minfilias and Ryne is one of several bones I have to pick with our Crystal Mother.

She knows I sympathize with the Ascians and is punishing me for it.

Seriously though, if there is something preventing Her from speaking with us, I wonder what it could be that changed since when I last heard from Her?

Krile is, however, reluctant to leave the Scions less a member at such a critical time, and this is why she requested Estinien accompany us. She asks him, for apparently not the first time, to join the Scions.

And, after a truly touching speech about how inspiring we've been and the change we've effected, Estinien agrees. Wow, Estinien, you've come a long way from a minor antagonist/mentor in the Dragoon class quests.

Meanwhile, in the imperial palace in Garlemald, Zenos has been taking out his boredom on the floor. That is not a good place to store your blades Zenos, you're going to blunt all the edges that way.

He MAD.

Or. Can you even feel anger? Or is it just positive emotions you have trouble with?

That was a failure? I cannot fathom what it is you hoped to achieve... terrorizing some random Amalj'aa? Or were you hoping to capture more fodder for your primal-generating towers?

Oh yeah, there's definitely a scary-big primal in your basement or something.

Apparently, Zenos' new sword is a seeeecret as well. All the secrets.

#ffxiv liveblog #rhesh'a tag #alphinaud leveilleur #arenvald lentinus #fordola rem lupis #nanamo ul namo #thancred waters #krile baldesion #estinien varlineau #zenos yae galvus #zenos my friend my enemy #fandaniel #tiamat #baseless speculation #thoughts on lore

[measlyfurball13]

Pale King's foresight- a headcanon

My number one question in Hollow Knight lore has gotta be this: how did the guy with foresight fuck up so colossally with his plans?

The first and most horrifying answer I came up with was that the Pale King saw every possible outcome of the future, and that despite everything, how things play out in the game is still somehow the best timeline.

There is evidence for this. Certainly, there's evidence that PK knew Hollow was sentient, given from both the Path of Pain cutscene and the Worldsense tablet. One can also interpret PK's dying "no cost to great" to be vindication that, despite how absolutely fucked everything got, his plan is still going exactly how he saw it would.

However logical this is though, it doesn't really line up with things thematically. The idea that everything that happens in game is a result of PK's super awesome all-seeing plan cheapens the actions of all the characters, especially Ghost. Ghost's whole theme as a character was that PK was wrong about them, regardless of ending. In the Hollow Knight ending, it shows PK was wrong because Ghost is a true pure vessel, having beelined to the assigned duty of the vessels with little thought to spare for anything else. In the Dream No More ending, it shows PK was wrong about Ghost's inherent value as a person, having self-actualized and forged their own path.

So, the second answer to the question of PK's foresight is that somehow his foresight malfunctioned. But why would this ability screw up in this one particular scenario? Presumably he's had foresight for his whole life, as it's implied that it's due to him being a wyrm, so why hasn't it screwed up before? Or, if this foresight has screwed up in the past, why would he trust it in this instance and be so ironclad that his Vessel plan was going to work?

Given that this second answer is the widely accepted interpretation, the fandom has already come up with a lot of explanations as to why PK couldn't see the writing on the wall with the Vessel plan. His own character flaws/hubris is certainly a valid explanation. So is the idea that his foresight was simply unwieldy and difficult to interpret. However, I'd like to pose my own spin on it.

It's implied (or at least it's become fanon, and that's twisting around in my brain) that being a wyrm is a bestial existence. It's implied that in order to become "civilized", PK gave his wyrm form up to become a bug. So if wyrms are beasts, what does that mean for their innate foresight abilities? Let's assume that wyrms behave like any other animal in nature, and that any traits they might have are a result of millions of years of evolution, and as a result are geared towards their own survival and propagation as a species. Why would wyrms evolve to have foresight? Presumably to 1. find food or 2. avoid danger.

It wouldn't do an individual wyrm much good to have foresight into the future of everything. That would get overwhelming quickly, and that's no good if you're a predator. Presumably, a wyrm would be evolved to see only into its own future, enough to know whether the hunt will be successful or if something is about to happen that could injure or end its life.

To make a comparison the humans- why did humans evolve to have a stress reaction? To help find food and avoid danger. Maybe, then, like the human stress reaction, a wyrm's foresight didn't make the transition to a modernized lifestyle so well.

PK's whole theme is about "civilization". He's a scientist who wants to put everything into little boxes; a colonist who fashions people into his molds. He came to "civilize" bugs, and there's no doubt that he holds himself to that same standard as much as he does everyone else. He has molded himself as their king, and by his own name, he's going to protect his kingdom even if it kills him.

So he tries to utilize a foresight ability that's only really evolved to see into his own future to try and serve the needs of an entire kingdom of people.

His foresight is perfectly accurate and reliable- but he has to try and interpret the state of his whole kingdom based on glimpses of his own surroundings and actions. He would have probably gotten very good at interpreting things from little details: for example, if he foresaw a messenger coming up to him and reporting that trade has become more prosperous, he could presume that any new trade policy he implements would work, but he wouldn't be able to see the actual carts of the merchants, or any other indicator of how things turned out.

And going back to the "even if it kills him" part- if PK looked into the future and saw his corpse on the throne, but no other detectable indicator of the Infection anywhere in his vision, what do you think his reaction would be?

My bet is "No cost to great."

#hollow knight #the pale king #PK #pale king #meta #tl;dr I thought of a way his foresight could be nerfed in a way that makes sense to me #note on the idea in the last three paragraphs- #the real smart thing for PK to have done would be to get out of the goddamned palace some more #but you can't force an introvert to change can you? #and this dude is still certainly 'Character Flaws: the character' so combine that with this peculiar nerf I gave him #and you've got a recipe for disaster #this is HEAVILY inspired by user ganymedesclock's meta on PK!!! go give him some love and read his posts because they're better than mine

[glitternightingale]

Your last ask got me thinking; Julieta heals with food, she sees love as food, what if there's certain illnesess that you can't cure with food (as in, the patient can't eat/consume anything due to the illness.) GERD is one, I've had it and you have to be very careful on what you eat/drink during an attack and it becames a chore. And a pain.

Thoughts on how Julieta will handle this? Sorry if this seems random >< 💕

Well, since we don't have an exact manual of how the Madrigals' powers work, we can only make assumptions. I immediately wanted to write a reply because I had an idea for a solution to your problem but I had to do a great deal of thinking and exploring first. (My exact answer is at the bottom if you want to skip the messy meta I made.)

"Julieta heals with food"

"She can heal you with a meal."

This seems obvious at first but we can get way into what even counts as "healing".

Here are some broad 'ailments' I can think of:

Tissue damage and broken bones

Julieta mends a cut on Mirabel's hand with an arepa. She gives a buñuelo to a man with a black eye. She stuffs another one into a guy's mouth and heals his broken arm ("I can't heal what's broken.").

But there's also a dude waiting in line who looks like a grim survivor of a cactus pit. We can assume that he got some moderate tissue damage from it. The pricks have to be manually removed if the skin is to be healed, otherwise, the wounds would close up around them and he'd risk infection.

Infections

Now, I'm no doctor, but we can speculate that Julieta's magic can also heal viral infections, if indirect. Going by the first point, damaged cells can be repaired and, as such, boost one's immune system because the body can redirect its energy towards it.

Headaches

Headaches are often only symptoms of an underlying cause and that's why I think it's not guaranteed that Julieta's abilities can get rid of them. For example, I live by the headcanon that Julieta's magic doesn't work against Bruno's vision-induced suffering because it isn't something that's explicitly "breaking" him (or is it?).

Now we get into what even counts as "food".

Here's a definition: "Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth."

This also includes soups, of course. But what about tea? How watered-down does food have to be to stop being food? Or does water in itself also count somehow, depending on its nutritional value?

We can see that Julieta knows how to handle different types of herbs and oils. It doesn't seem far off that she mixes her own tinctures, considering that she immediately makes a grab for them when she thought Mirabel got hurt during the collapse of their home (featured in the very dark picture on the left).

What also stands out to me is the mortar on her apron. To me, it implies that Julieta has to process the food first before it gains magical abilities.

But to what degree does it have to be processed? Would a raw potato suddenly mend broken fingers as long as it was cut by Julieta?

I have a theory:

Her love and the effort she puts into making food depend on each other.

The greater her love for the person the less processed the food has to be to heal them.

Maybe that's why she cooks so many different meals for the villagers who are basically strangers to her. (Besides the fact that she wants to indulge everyone with the variety of foods she has to offer.)

Making food is also a more common chore to hone her expertise, and that's why she relies more on that than on elevating her tea-making skills, for example. It also seems like the effectiveness of the food is raised if she feeds it directly to the "injured" person.

But no matter if the "processed food" thing is true or not, one fact remains:

The food has to be ingested to work.

And I finally get to your ask!

The human body can absorb nutrients through its skin so I'd say that for GERD specifically, Julieta would put some homemade oils on your arms and legs to bypass your digestive system. If the case isn't as severe, however, I can imagine that she would rely on herbal teas like chamomile tea (she even stores chamomile plants in her apron pockets!)

#asks #sorry for the mess ahaha #made this on a whim ^^' #encanto #encanto meta #my meta #julieta madrigal #madrigal family #encanto julieta #bruno madrigal #encanto bruno #mirabel madrigal #encanto mirabel #encanto headcanons

[marshmallowprotection]

saw something that mentioned ppl like jumin (rich corporate ppl) are often saeyoung's targets and/or clients, so what if he got an assignment where jumin is the target? bc on one hand he can't really go against the agency, but also that's his friend!! one of a handful of people who actually seems to care about him! and TRUSTS him!!! (maybe he somehow turns it around on the client? but that could get him in trouble 😔 I'm sure that big brain of his can figure it out)

Saeyoung would not harm his friends. The only way that Saeyoung would throw someone underneath a bus would be if they threatened Saeran or MC. The people that matter the most to him. That's how that is and how it always will be in Saeyoung's eyes. His love for the RFA is strong but Saeran and MC come first without a shadow of a doubt. So, say that one of the agency's clients handed down the order that said "Eliminate Jumin Han. Kill him."

Would he go through doing that? No. He wouldn't kill his friend. There is no chance that he would go through doing that. I have no doubt in my mind in that regard. It doesn't matter if it's Jumin, Yoosung, Jaehee, Zen, etc. He's not going to kill his friends. It just isn't the way he wants to be. There are things he's done in his life that he's not proud of. There are things that keep him up late at night he can't do anything about. He knows he's done and said awful things. In his eyes, he is a monster. But is he enough of a monster to go through with killing the people that have become his found family?

No, he would only do that if they threatened the lives of his brother and his MC. This is proven in the case of V and Rika. He was prepared to destroy V in Seven's Route. There's a strong chance he would have gone through with that if the opportunity had arisen. If it weren't for the fact that he had been severely injured on top of being distraught, there's a strong chance that we wouldn't be there because of Saeyoung.

In V's Route, he almost did get to kill Rika for what happened to Saeran with the bomb. The only thing that stopped him in that situation was the fact that multiple people came to the cabin. If it wasn't for that fact alone, it's confirmed that Rika wouldn't be alive. So, it is honest to say he will kill people close to him if they go against the one stipulation he has. Hurt the two people who matter most to him, and you are dead.

But, what you're implying is somebody pays big money into the agency to have Jumin killed. That isn't going to motivate Saeyoung to get rid of his close friend. No, he would figure out who put in this order in the first place and find a way to get rid of them. He is an intelligent agent who knows his way around. It isn't a stretch of the imagination to say that he would be able to find anyone who dared to threaten the lives of the people around him who he knows are innocent. Saeyoung won't hesitate to get rid of people like that.

Anybody that wants to kill his friend who is trying to run a major corporation that does its best to do the right thing is probably a pretty bad person. He knows that. The world needs less rotten people like that. If Saeyoung has to get his hands dirty to get rid of people like that, he won't hesitate to do it. It's not that difficult for him to do that. He's already had to do awful things. Why would he hesitate here? In the name of protecting the people that he cares about, it's not hard for him to become a devil. After all, isn't that why his baptismal name is Luciel? He isn't going to kill Jumin. He will find a way to get rid of the guy that dared to threaten Jumin. It will also not have a way to lead back to him. That might not be the tension or angst-filled answer you wanted, but that's just the way that it is.

#mod kait #ask #mystic messenger #anon #mysme #mysticmessenger #mm #saeyoung choi #choi saeyoung #choi luciel #luciel choi #707 #mysme seven #mm seven #seven mystic messenger #seven mysme #seven mm #mystic messenger seven #character analysis

[kwillow]

Hi if you got my last message I'm sorry for the repeat feel free to delete if you didn't because Tumblr decided to go "no <3" at the last second oh boy howdy it's me again devoted anon unmasked, if this ask feels shorter tireder I'm sorry it is tumblr is an evil evil thing, on to my girl she is called Zephyr a lengthened alternate to her canon name that she probably picked out herself probably from a book as I imagine Ambroy boasts a huge library. Onto the daughter. (also apparently Zephyr means gentle breeze so obviously mental image of her gently blowing on Ambroys ear to make it flick to wind him up)

Obviously from sketch to digital I missed things out because I didn't have the effort lmao, her scars from blood letting are probably hidden under her scales so if she's shedding there or pulls them back it will reveal the scars like the dragon heart dragons having those scars under their chest scales from taking out their hearts. She originally was gonna have major implied tail related trauma implying it was cut off and regrew yes I was gon imply it was cut off to be served but I thought that was too far but since her tail is nubby it likely did get injured at some point. Also I like to imagine her hair looks thick and wild and untamed? But also kind of flawless too. It's got a weirdly scaley vibe to it and the hair is probably a bit coarse, not like unpleasantly so just clearly rougher wilder almost. She usually manages her own hair via cleaning drying brushing it ect but secretly she does adore it if a staff member offers to dry her hair or brush it or just to play with it, she's touch starved and pretty woman want to touch her?? Play with her hair?? For real?? Makes her soft. She's very compliant to so if staff are needed to at least neaten up her hair they know she'll sit on the floor where they can easily reach to do her hair and sit good and still for them. The two tone color is cause I think it looks hella cool tbh it added dynamic to her and because she probably bled in her hair plenty as her horns grew in and idk mythos bled into her hair permanently dying it (though its more likely just weird power stuff like how Ambroy hair is golden hers went from brown to pink silver). Also her claws and horns are probably only metal coated and not full metal. Also idk if beans I just like the implied feral prowling stalking predator vibes of it she's an ambush predator ready to take down unsuspecting prey and also viciously hunt House intruders lmao there is mental image of her chasing some guy who broke in maybe scaring a maid and she came running hearing the maid scream absolutely hunting this guy like a wild beast thinking he was attacking the maid and for breaking in. Zephyr can have feral as a treat, as I said she's always a bit off and otherworldly a bit too feral despite the fact they should be civil, could revert to animal revert to quadraped lmao. Zephyr is always like 2 steps away from just turning into a beast and disappearing into the woods or in this case I guess kidnapping Ambroy her treasure now lmao.

Outfit time! And for me to be a liar lmao

She's a comfortable girl, definitely would prefer to dress like she just rolled out of bed. I think she'd have a very casual relationship with clothes, at first I imagine she wore very loose things growing up easy to slide up to access flesh for cutting or very tight constricting covering everything clothes when needing to hide her abuse and likely tight fashionable clothes when later living with Ambroy and probably to some extent dressed up by him for his liking and viewing to the point that when she's older she kinda goes eh fuck it ill wear what I'm comfy in not whats suitable for other people. This also somehow developed into casualness in nudity I suppose exposed stomach falling down loose trousers ect, I also hc she has a dressing gown she'll put on and wear with nothing else only vaguely tied to just about hide everything. I think at this point she just doesn't care XD though she won't obviously do this in public but cover of Ambroys home she can be lax but will respectfully cover up to not fluster the staff they don't need to see a tit ya know she respects them. She's sure Ambroy wouldn't mind seeing a tit, but like she'll jokingly pull her dressing gown over herself pretending to conceal and hide herself from him like no you cannot witness because he probably huffs at her for being so selfish to not share a tit. But just any lazy outfit you can think of she'd wear or own, she likely does have genuine outside activity clothes which are probably actually decent walking clothes I can see her enjoying long walks out climbing treks ect cause she's active or casual outside clothes for tea and biscuits and cakes when the weather is nice but nothing fancy like Ambroy not anymore too much effort. Her fashion is likely probably more similar to the I suppose common folk than the rich cause like common folk know how to enjoy comfort rich people just dress wildly and honestly dressing in common clothes is weirdly nostalgic not exactly comforting but feels right.

Now for my lies and deceit lmao, so I know I said no dress but also. What if one dress one time XD I thought itd be fun to have her in at least one dress outfit. She's probably wearing a corset brasier combo to thin her waist and adjust her chest hence her looking different. Ambroy probably asked so that people don't realise she's showing her age too, though Zephyr definitely asked the staff to be gentle with the corset she's not used to it so they couldn't tighten it as much as Ambroy would hope. This event is likely the reason she doesn't wear dresses anymore. She probably just, had a bit of a identity crisis as the knowledge of, these people are so much different to me, set in. She's not, from wealth or royalty or really even anything important sure shes apparently half something special but she was born into nothing and treated worse for it until she met Ambroy, she realises that she stands over everyone there how delicate and beautiful the woman are and how confident and assured the men are she's, not either she's much larger and yes she knows it's muscle she's strong could probably lift more than some of the gentleman here but compared to these pretty woman she feels so, wrong and out of place and she's not confident as much as she pretends she doesn't dare enter the dance floor her feet are too big her claws too dangerous her tail too in the way. Essentially has a horrible comparison to everyone else moment anxiety and stress rising because oh god she's so different just look she's probably got problems especially because she relates more with the lower class being born into that she can take care of herself while the higher class need to be served she knows she sticks out compared to everyone so she'd leave to smoke outside. Quite literally when overly anxious she produces smoke cause she can breathe fire as a treat and she probably just has a bit of an anxiety attack outside honestly everything was probably just over stimulating for her especially if this is the first event she's been to since fully developing into divine maturity she's only just finding herself her new 'real' self and her senses are likely overwhelmed with the music chatting dancing singing perfumes sparkling jewellery and decorations and heat of the room and just she's not been raised in this like Ambroy the odd event but not really made for it and would likely not go to anymore. She'd just tell Ambroy it's because she makes the room look cluttered and she shouldn't distract from his divine radiance and beauty like that.

Also Zephyr is probably about 7ft tall or something, as much as I want to make her stupidly tall I'm limiting myself but like you're free to play around with her height and design tweaking it for if its easier in art or for a certain aesthetic ect going full size dif or casual loom. I think canon human Zephyr is about 6ft close to Ambroy height naturally as she's my big strong muscular monster girl so obviously anthro dragon form needs to be bigger than him XD I like me height dif

Anywhos hope you and Ambroy will like and enjoy her design lmao and thank you for enjoying my silly character rambles I just adore your silly lil unicorn so so much he pleases the brain. I hope you have fun with your big project I'm very excited to see it! And I hope work isn't too hard on you either! Baiii

So glad to see Zephyr in the flesh! (So to speak)

Her design is very cute, I love the silver scales and red eyes. All the better that she's 7 ft too - we love a big girl in this house!

I could definitely see Ambroys using her as a fashion doll for a while until she makes me clothing preferences known. He's unfortunately prone to viewing other people as accessories to complement his own outfits.

I like the details you included about her being uncomfortable in the high society company Ambroys tends to keep. Given her background, it makes a lot of sense (and considering the snakes Ambroys tends to associate with - and is - she's probably right to feel that way). I think he'd be torn on her bowing out of his dances and social events - on the one hand, he'd probably buy the excuse that she'd distract from his glory, and he does like being the most eye-catching thing in the room, but he does like to have an entourage so that people think he has friends. Ultimately, though, he wouldn't force her to go... though she may be forced to hear him complaining/gossiping about the proceedings afterward.

Thanks so much for sharing and my apologies again for not being more quick on the message-answering draw - I do really appreciate having your OC shared with me, despite my bumbling tardiness!

#asks #text #sorry for not responding to your christmas message yet (even though it's been months waaah) I wanted to doodle something for it but #I've not had time! soon though I hope!

[fanganedit-beach]

A full list of duo's and trio's I like in the Another series, i'd love it if any of you would consider these ^-^ I even made names for all of these lol

Dra1;

Duo's:

Delivery service (Akane & Teruya) I can't explain this one, th-they just stand next to each other during the trial and somehow it turned into me liking them as a possible comedic friendship duo.

Clockwork duo (Fake Yuki & Yamato) The freetime events,also yamato's comment on him wishing "yuki" could've always been like this or something like that.

Holy glass duo (Kinji & Haruhiko) These two have so much potential as a duo just look at both of their free time events, they'd get along so flippin well.

Baton duo (Satsuki & Tsurugi) chapter 4, satsuki being a good influence and helping tsurugi lighten up warms my heart.

Schematic duo (Rei & Yamato) Their small interactions during the what if chapter made me interested, i'd love to try and come up with the wacky hijinks these two would commit.

Two cell duo (Haruhiko & Teruya) The bestie's, the best bro's, need I say more?

Web gear duo (Kiyoka & Mikako) I can't exlain this one but I think kiyoka and pre kg mikako would get along really great

Prisim duo (Teruya & Yamato) The sillies, rare pair of all time, short person and tall person, teruya's wackiness rubs off on yamato at times, they watch anime together, they do movie marathons together, teruya comes up with the silliest invention ideas and sometimes yamato actually makes them. Also both become symbols of hope for others.

Switchblade duo (Ayame & Akane) Do I even need to explain this one? chapter 2, the school flashback, akane redeeming herself because of ayame

flame duo (Rei & Tsurugi) haha rivals

Chesspiece duo (Tsurugi & Yamato) They were best friends, they totally no homoly played chess, I will never be over them

Sun and Moon duo (Utsuro & Yamato) shakes them what is with these two!? yamato doesn't take utsuro's bullshit, utsuro just rolls his eyes at him, and yet its implied alter ego kisaragi was able to stop the monokuma's because of him!? It was definitely not fake yuki who did that or yamato wouldn't be dead in general, so it had to be utsuro, so what gives sir!? Also everything in chapter zero, homo rivals 100% Also did you know part of yamato's name or surname means moon while the sun is apparently supposed to represent despair in this series? yeah, yeah these two are so nuts.

Trio's:

Healing web (Mikako, Ayame, & Akane) Mikako helps calm akane down in that one scene, I already explained ayame & akane, mikako and ayame totally did races together during hopes peak time, they could be such a cool trio.

Hyper care trio (Kanata, Ayame, & Satsuki) 3 of the kindest characters in the game, ayame probably needs kanata's health expertise a lot, satsuki cheers ayame on at matches, satsuki takes mild intrest in kanata's work and listens to her talk about it sometimes, kanata watches satsuki preform while also helping her incase she gets injured, they have movie nights and game nights, they also play d&d together. The they.

Professional trio/The three K's (Kinji, Kakureru, Kanata) Chapter zero, I also think they are just in general peek healthy friend group goals

Balloon trio/Sunshine trio (Haruhiko, Teruya, & Satsuki) The goofy friend trio I wish I could have, they are literally so sweet they deserve everything.

Survivor trio (Rei, Tsurugi,& Teruya) they are everything to me, they could have been such good friends/poly couple (potentially), if only tsurugi got therapy.

Sdra2;

Duo’s:

Analyzer duo (Kokoro & Sora) sora could be a decent influence on kokoro while helping sora get better at figuring stuff out during trials, also they would totally stay up and text each other.

Shiny Colors duo (Hibiki & Yuri) idk, I just think if yuri got past his dream just a bit I think he and Hibiki would be a kinda iconic duo, like they’d just click? I can’t really explain it but I think they could’ve been an interesting duo

Inkblot duo (Iroha & Nikei) siblings siblings siblings siblings, I’ve already explained a bit on Nikei and iroha possible relationship, they have sibling energy so much and I wish we got more interactions with them cause I bet they’d be sweet.

Smile therapy (Yoruko & Emma) yoruko complains about something and Emma listens, Emma vents to yoruko after opening up and she helps her with her trauma, they drink smoothies together, Emma helps yoruko keep her composure and control her temper, they take pictures together, they have friend potential I swear.

Bloody Mary duo (Mikado & Kanade) they come together just to make others suffer, they are a match made in hell and are each others only real friends tbh. They have surprisingly a few things in common and they bond over their shared bloodlust.

Poppy duo (Teruya & Yuki) they both deserve better and have suffered immensely, also teruya getting to know the real yuki while yuki has someone to look up to (aside from shinji) and listen to teruya ramble about fashion with interest, they are sweet.

Note sheet duo (Hibiki & Nikei) omg two of the begonia trio. Nikei interviews Hibiki and Hibiki rambles and complains to Nikei and listens intently while writing some of it down so he can keep it in mind, they bond over their devotion to their work and hatred of the Bloody Mary duo.

Lazy duo (Iroha & Syobai) epilogue, also maybe syobai helps Iroha get a backbone while Iroha helps Syobai let people in his life.

Cotton candy duo (Yoruko & Setsuka) setsuka helps yoruko be more outgoing, does her nails sometimes, helps yoruko warm up to people more while yoruko opens up her thoughts and feelings to setsuka and helps get advice on how to handle things, yoruko becomes friendlier and more laidback thanks to setsuka.

Rainbow flame (Shinji & Yuri) Shinji being the one to reach out to yuri and helping him warm up to other men because of how Shinji while pretty loud and a bit aggressive is also a huge sweetheart that cares for everyone.

Caged Sparrows (Sora & Nikei) nikei’s free time events, watch them. They are a mix of funny, interesting, and heartbreaking. I wish they got more interactions outside of the fte’s, also I’m convinced they’d either be partners or rivals.

Fake merch duo (Teruya & Syobai) teruya is a good influence on Syobai, Syobai is a bad influence on teruya. Teruya does not take Syobai’s shit, Syobai is somewhat refreshed by it.

Apple pun duo (Emma & Hajime) void theater, also they give off mom friend and dad friend energy and it’s amazing.

Sun vs Space (Mikado & Yuri) possibly could’ve had a really interesting dynamic, like chapter 1 hinted at a possible dynamic low key but we never got it so yeah I want this explored. Also yuri tolerating mikado because he’s smart enough to know not to ignore or underestimate the literal mastermind of the game, and mikado at least somewhat respecting yuri because of that.

Trio’s:

Begonia/trauma trio (Hibiki, Nikei, Teruya) OMG begonia trio my favs, I already covered why I like them but again they just have so many things in common and I just know they would be good influences on each other. Nikei teaching Hibiki to not take anyones bullshit, teruya and nikei possibly reconciling and bonding over their care for others and trust issues, teruya being someone Hibiki could vent to and be validated for being upset, teruya helping the others recover from their trauma while he heals just from being with them, I love them I love them so much.

Nail painting trio (Sora, Yoruko, & Setsuka) they literally had friend group potential linuj literally said so. I’m just imagining what a great influence setsuka would have been on Sora and yoruko and the fun hijinks that could’ve ensued with these three plus how it could’ve possibly affected the story. Seriously I don’t stay this enough, linuj should’ve let Sora interact with people other than yoruko or yuki more.

Void theater trio (Hajime, Emma, & Nikei) Do I need to explain, they have such a fun dynamic in void theater I wish we could see them interact when not dead and Nikei is not in a anger fit, I want more void interactions please.

Workout buddies (Yuki, Shinji, & Hajime) the bros, the buddies, the best buds. Yuki having two older bros, Shinji and Hajime’s friendship, combined it would be wholesome bro hours times two.

Rainbow trio (Iroha, Yuri, & Teruya) I think Iroha and teruya would be good influences for yuri, teruya and yuri being closer to Iroha would help her become more confident, and Iroha and yuri bond with teruya over their interests and help teruya improve his fashion designs.

The sun, The moon, And space (Mikado, Setsuka, & Yuri) just the space theme, and the complex dynamic of these three. Setsuka and yuri probably bonded on their own time and setsuka being setsuka eventually helped yuri get better with his unhealthy view of his dream, but when Nikei asks for her help she decides to for whatever reason invite mikado to join their little hang outs and oddly he accepts, like he probably knows she’s up to something but the three end up hanging out anyways and they somehow make it work. This obviously takes place in a au where yuri lives past chapter 1.

Bonus:

Groups larger than three plus crossover duos and trios:

Pain trio/Gladiolus trio (Mikado, Tsurugi, & Kanade) the exact opposite of the begonia trio, they are the ones that cause the pain and trauma, they only make each other worse, and I have a love hate relationship with them. Mikado and Kanade Soly bond over their fucked up mind sets and are in this trio for their own selfish needs. Who the hell knows how Tsurugi ended up with these two but it’s not like he hadn’t worked with criminals before, so he’s probably in this for his own selfish goal as well. I imagine the latter two being a horrible influence on Tsurugi while Tsurugi treats them as mere tools for his own benefit. Like I said, they are the exact opposite of the begonia trio, but their dynamics interesting to think about at least. Also they get a flower based name too, look up the gladiolus the symbolism fits these three well I think.

The amnesiac gang (Yuki, Yamato, Sora, Kokoro, & Teruya) they all have amnesia in some way and that bonds them, plus all these different kinds of people in a friend group is fun to think about. I imagine this friend group taking place in a non despairish au, Kokoro being her teen self and not related to mikako in anyway, and Sora being akane or someone else completely depending on interpretation. Also whether yuki is the real one or fake one is up to you guys it works either way.

The house of AI’s (Monocrow, Sora, AE Utsuro, AI Kisaragi, & Mikado) all the ai’s in the series as a group, what will they do. I think this is one of my favorite possible dynamics because they wouldn’t simply all become friends like…mikado and utsuro are in this group. They’d have such a complex relationship and I think it’d be neat to explore.

Space gang (Setsuka, Yuri, Mikado, Yamato, and Utsuro) omg all the space themed peoples. This groups a mess and yet you would catch them talking to each other every once in awhile, they also have a group chat. Non despair au obviously but mikados probably a annoying lil bitch still.

Smart gang (Yuri, Kokoro, Kanade, & Syobai) the iconic group. they probably have the same classes, have their own lunch table, and got a group chat in a non despair au. They probably wouldn’t get along in canon but I think they’d still bond a bit.

Therapy quartet (Yoruko, Kokoro, Akane, & Tsurugi) This is literally just these bitches need therapy and yoruko and kokoro answering the call but it’s mostly going to be yoruko, she’s the sanest in this group. Also all of them being people others look up to but need some help themselves.

Utsuro & Sora: did you know that both of their names mean empty? I’m dead I can’t believe it either. Anyways protag solidarity, I wonder how they’d get along if Sora wasn’t having a existential crisis.

anyways that’s all of them though I’m sure I forgot some, I’ll just make a part 2 post. Let me know your favorite duos, trios, and groups and why I’d love to see all of yours ^-^

#💜mod speaking💜 #super danganronpa another 2 #danganronpa another despair academy #sdra2 spoilers

[marixsanchez]

                                                        Troubled times                            Caught between confusion and pain, pain, pain                                                           Distant eyes                            Promises we made were in vain, in vain, in vain

                                                             June 2nd-30th, 1998.

June 1st had not brought what they wanted. There was no control over Cerebro. There was no victory over Xavier or non-mutants. There wasn’t even the successful death of the rat they had caught. All they had was an injured leader, and a few less members than they had started the day with. And, Mari could hardly stomach it all.

They had gone home to lick their wounds. To recoup and to heal. All things considered, Mari had taken considerably less damage than she could have. Other than bruises, cuts, and a broken hand, she was fine. At least, on the surface she was. What had really left Mari secluding herself to the gym and her apartment was the way she could feel the foundation of her entire world cracking beneath her feet with every step she took. Thoughts of the mystery man getting into her head, bending her memories to benefit himself, and appealing to a part of her heart she didn’t know could still beat still haunted her daily. What he had shown her, what he had implied, weighed on her. The loss of Elliott had been a blow to the heart as well. His funeral felt so curt and wrong. Elliott didn’t deserve to die at the hands of a pig. If he had to go, it should have been a blaze of glory, and he was robbed of that.

And, while metaphorical, it felt as if she had lost Daichi in some regard as well. She hadn’t heard much from him since everything had happened. His relationship with the former Omega came as its own blow. To watch him mourn over her dead body, icicles crawling up the side of every wall in the process, was more than she knew how to process. But, regardless of their friendship, Mari didn’t know how to talk to him about something like that. So, instead, she avoided him as much as she was sure he was avoiding everyone else. Of course, word of his fist fight with Levi traveled fast through the group, but she had heard little of him otherwise.

Loss, death, and destruction had all left her feeling hollow. It was not a feeling she had allowed to consume her in years. But, it was all she could manage while she tried and failed to process everything around her. How was she meant to be a leader when she felt so lost? The thought of stepping down as a top agent crossed her mind, but that was defeat she couldn’t admit. Besides, with Daichi heading back to Japan in a few short weeks Betty would ring her neck if she tried to step down now. No, by far, her only choice was to power through and pretend like nothing was wrong.

And as she did her best to build the facade up around her over the course of the month, she realized just how foolish it was to pretend to be someone so strong for so long. She had always been called a sensitive kid, but she had killed her in favor of the one who was strong enough to face the world and its injustices. So when she cried, she cried alone. When anger got the better of her, and she beat the shit out of her apartment walls, she wrapped her bloodied hands alone. When she stood in a room full of people who she had made family over a near decade, she was standing alone.

June was meant to be time to heal, and rebuild herself, and instead all it did was show her just how truly alone she was. In eight years, she had sold everyone a lie, even herself. Who was she if not a lost girl, orphaned amidst a world that wanted nothing to do with her unless she helped reign chaos upon it? Who would accept a version of her that was anything but that? It wasn’t worth the risk to find out. Mari would do what she had always done; be the strong and immovable version of herself. She’d avenge Elliott somehow. She’d find a way to get a win for the Brotherhood once and for all. At least until the facade fell again. And, that was not a question of if, but when.

#{ p. self } #death tw #blood tw #police tw #/this one is shorter pinky swear

[therealaves-blog1]

I want the void to see my takes on Star Trek: Coda

They vaporize the site from orbit and the attack stops. Everyone counts their dead and Chen a friend of Taurik morns him but realizes he might have left some knowledge in her brain when they accidentally pseudo melded earlier.

The Aventine arrives with the DTI B team from Watching the Clock while Tom Paris and Belanna Torres back on Earth meet with the head of the DTI and big wig admiral (apparently a prior adventure had them remember Year of Hell, which is cool) so they can give time advice.

Dax and co beam over and everyone interrogates the prisoner whose in some kind of insane transporter prison thing due to being a time ghost. He confirms hes Devidian and is basically puppeting the time ghost body around. They find out theyre trying to kill anyone who can interfere, like Wes, but seem to imply the various god beings are sitting this one out to see how it lands. Wes confirms this as the orgainians, among others he tried to contact are gone. the time ghost mocks him, implying they’ve killed all the other travelers which upsets Wes. They get to admit that the intentional diverging of timelines and subsequent destruction is a stress test for their big idea. The time ghost disconnects and basically dies. But Wes manages to get an idea of where they might be hiding. In sickbay Picard and Beverly worry about whether Rene can be returned to his correct age and list off two separate episodes where that shit happened. Rene is apparently mumbling in his sleep. Wonder if that will become relevant later.

Wes, Picard, Chen, the DTI, and others hop on over to the Aventine where the more cool and based ship’s better tech can be used to time travel. Which they then do to that planet Picard and Wes saw, but this time to some few thousand years in their relative future. Whole section has a vibe of ‘Picard’s in charge here’ which sucks cause this is Dax’s ship and crew. Show some damn respect old man. Planets lit up with time bullshit and they go down in a shuttle finding some crystal bullshit. They go inside and its like a hub for access to different timelines and shit and is one of many installations networked together. Theyre attacked and start trying to hold them off while Wes does space magic to connect to it.

The Aventine is also attacked but because they are better than the Enterprise they hold them off more effectively. Theres a breach and attacks continue but they buy enough time to let engineering do a energy wave that kills everything. on the surface a ton of people die before another ghost shows up and is talking mad shit before it gets 86d by the security detail. Chen is injured and starts old aging, one of the DTI and most of the security team are killed before Wes finishes and they get beamed back up.

We skip ahead to their return to the Enterprise to learn that the end of the chapter where Dax was under attack? that oh yeah that was her fucking dying. We learn this from her sad second in command (now acting Captain) Sam Bowers, as he talks with Picard about how sad it is that Dax is dead. Host and worm.

BOOOOOOOOO, fuck this, how dare. Ezri deserved better, cant believe they’re just trash canning her before she even got to talk HER GOOD FRIEND WORF OR CAPTAIN SISKO OR KIRA. OR EVEN FUCKEN BASHIR. HOW DARE SIR HOW DARE. 

I’m okay, im normal about Star Trek and can be trusted with material. Worf has another weird dream about fighting in the Ent D with the time ghosts and watching a security officer die. Hes weirded out but feels its important somehow and opts to discover it on his own. Its clearly Riker’s D that got got (teehee). Worf you have been through so much cosmic bullshit, I feel like not bringing this up straight away is a failure on your part. Your cool commanding officer (Sisko) straight up had religious visions and you were happy to engage with them. Now is not the time to revert to pre DS9 neuroses Worf.

Wes goes over the data and is like ‘Good news, we know what they’re up to. Bad news, oh fucking shit fucking good god no.’ So they’ve built a ton of those hubs across time space and different realities time and space. and they use them to funnel energy back to the main nucleus thing. They started with going into busted up timelines that were already near their end and triggering natural decay but this has expanded to higher and higher branch points along the timelines. with places that have natural time anomalies being inherently less stable. Wes muses whether this means that their branch can even be saved or if he’s done this many times on lower branches and this is just the furthest any version has gotten. Everyone is bummed out and they head for Earth to meet up with ol Bill Riker. End of book.

WORF DOESNT EVEN GET A REACTION TO EZRI’S DEATH. THAT IS BOTH HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND THE CONTAINER OF HIS LATE WIFE MEMORIES. HOW IS THERE NOT LIKE EVEN A MOMENT FOR HIM TO MOURN AND RAGE. BOOO. BOOO I SAY. BAD DEATH. EZRI DESERVED BETTER.

Next time, book 2, which opens with Sisko so Im already back in.

[demoreelrewound]

Karl Copenhagen

Do not fear death.

Canon traits: stern, emotionally distant, loyal, steadfast, deeply jaded, laconic, pragmatic and single-minded approach to problems, ruthless streak, little care for the lives of animals, invasive of personal space and privacy, encouraging in a tough-love way

Canon backstory:

Karl lived in the German Democratic Republic (DDR) with a family including a wife and child. A soldier in the Navy, he later became an agent of the Stasi, implied to have been an interrogator or involved with the censorship of written communication. In 1991 his family was crushed to death when a piece of the Berlin Wall fell on them. At some point before or during employment at Demo Reel, he and Quinn drunkenly broke into and stole equipment from Planet Hollywood.

My ideas:

One of the two mains I am willing to tweak the established backstory of, I don't recall if it's confirmed what role he played in the Stasi but I have decided it isn't as a chief interrogator -- too many people would remember his face, both victims and colleagues, for him to possibly get away. More likely to have been an investigator -- a brutal and ruthless man all too willing to sell people out for not being careful enough, even if they had a connection.

Regarding his childhood, he was brought up on a meat-producing farm with mother Charlotte, father Viktor, and younger twin sisters Anna and Nora. He is an eldest child through and through. Much of it was spent studying, following his parents in tending to the animals, and watching over his sisters. At this point, his surname was not Copenhagen, but Bauer (peasant/farmer) - the former was his mother's maiden name that he took with him to the States.

The family was one that took every measure to blend in and stay under the radar, with other relatives having been caught out and disappeared by authorities. Some were democratic activists, others on Charlotte's side were trying to preserve religious heritage for new generations - Charlotte and Viktor vowed to not leave their children to fend for themselves or lead them to a "pointless" death, so only told them necessary information about it all.

The Navy was a logical route for him even without his teachers ushering him that way - he had an eye for mechanisms and processes, combined with a very strong stomach and ease with blood. They picked him up straight out of school and he coped with the first major separation by writing regularly to them. (He still recalls bits of their replies, one from each sister.)

He met his wife Frieda once he was in the Stasi - she was a clerk in the main office who also introduced him to cinema and its techniques. They had a child, Hans, a few years into the marriage - a sweet, happy child who needed great big glasses.

That same year, a fire broke out at the family farm, killing his parents and severely injuring Anna, who died in the hospital. Nora had been at a meeting at the time, being accepted into the household immediately after. The farm was rebuilt and taken over by an associate of the family.

At the time of the Wall falling, he was assigned to disposing of evidence, though when he heard of a human crush (aka stampede) near where Nora, Frieda and Hans were out on errands, he broke the rules for the first time in his life and damn near sprinted to their location - too late. Somehow Hans' teddy bear ended up in the rubble of the Berlin Wall. He couldn't bear picking it up, instead just walking across with the crowd of others doing the same.

Cooking is one of his few hobbies in life; he prides himself on making use of what he had and selecting the cheapest high quality goods. (Being high-ish ranking in the Stasi helped with this as better Party members got better resources.)

Camera work was something he had to learn in the States - he knows how cameras work and what different shot names are but not so much how to use them for effect. For that he relies on Quinn's expertise and Donnie's direction.

#{reel rewound} #reel rewound: karl copenhagen #torture mention #fire cw #blood cw #child death cw #(the teddy bear is referencing ep. 4 when he punches Donnie for showing him it - him and his big round glasses showing him a toy..!) #(maybe he won't outright punch this time but do something with a similar effect) #eye contact

[harley-style]

i would take a whisper if that’s all you had to give (but it isn’t, is it?)

Summary: Letting go was the hardest thing. But it didn't kill him.This did.

Characters: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless

He was lying to everyone, and especially to himself.

He doesn't just want Toothless with him.

There was some part of him that truly needed his reptilian friend. His other half.

Hiccup thought he'd been blessed by the gods, to share this bond with Toothless.

But after everything...

It just felt like he'd been cursed with the burden of having a soulmate you could never be with.

It came to him after his family visited the hidden world for once last time.

Toothless didn't remember him.

Or rather, was starting to forget.

Because he'd believed Toothless would have been able to recognize him, even from a distance. Sure, he grew some facial hair, but he knew his dragon's nose was better than that.

Apparently not.

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Hiccup had asked his people to give him the week off. Astrid could handle things for a while, and it was a trial for both his children to step up to being the chief once he retired. Or...was gone.

It was the perfect chance.

So he went towards the edge of the Hidden World again.

Alone.

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He waited for hours.

He'd arrived by the edge in the early morning, the sun not having come up yet.

By the time he'd seen the barest glimpse of a dragon, the sun was well crossing over the overhead line he'd marked as midday.

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Toothless...didn't remember him.

Hiccup felt something inside him break.

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Meeting with his best friend again was an experience Hiccup wasn't sure he wanted to repeat.

Ever.

It took a long time for Toothless' pupils to dilate. By Hiccups estimate, it had been half an hour tops before Toothless even nuzzled into his palm.

Hiccup had gone on to scratch his best friend's head, like he'd always had when they were still together, but the moment he made a move, Toothless snarled at him and took off, leaving Hiccup stumbling back in shock.

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He wondered how long he'd sat there on the deck of his ship.

By the time he came to, it was nearly sunset.

He'd always assumed he and Toothless had an unbreakable bond.

That they'd always carried pieces of each other, no matter how far apart they'd be.

Clearly, it'd been one sided.

It had always been one-sided.

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Toothless didn't make things easier. That was one thing he privately admitted to himself. He said the opposite when his wife asked him about it, but he knew deep inside his core that without Toothless, he'd be nothing but a sad failure of a Viking no matter what.

The reason he was even a worthy chief today was because of his dedication to do the right thing ---

and that all started with his dragon. Everything started because of that dragon.

The bits and pieces of himself he grew into because of Toothless.

Anyone with a brain could see that Toothless was an integral part of Hiccup being...Hiccup.

Toothless was the reason Hiccup learned about mercy.

Toothless was the reason Hiccup learned to accept his responsibilities.

Toothless was the reason Hiccup finally knew what real love felt like.

Toothless didn't make things easy. That was the thing. It was never easy. Hiccup had to reconstruct everything he thought he knew about his life because of that dragon.

Essentially, his life had been about Toothless.

And to have that paragon for his life just....forget him, like he was some inconsequential little rock in the way of the road to life?

It didn't just sting.

It ripped a part of Hiccup he didn't know was already on the verge of tearing apart.

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Of course, when he went back to New Berk, he never let it show.

Toothless may have ripped his heart in two, but he would never let it affect his family.

Not Gobber, not his mom, not his village and people.

Not to Astrid.

And especially not to his kids.

To them, he was heralded as a great and just chief, who did his best when the time came for it. He would never be as great as Stoick had been, and he didn't think he ever would have been.

But for all that it was worth, he was good enough.

And that had to be enough.

No matter how much he felt like he was going to collapse at the very second.

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He never brought his kids back to the Hidden World.

And though they never forgot about the dragons, the children would never learn how to navigate to it.

He'd take the location to his grave.

And so would Astrid.

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[That was the last anyone had seen of the Night Fury.

In later eras, archivists and historians would uncover Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's journal and autobiography.

All would scratch their heads in confusion when the topic of Haddock addressing Toothless as simply the species title of 'Night Fury' in the later part of his life would come up.]

fin

(in which i had feelings about the confirmation that toothless eventually forgot his best friend to the throes of time.

just to rub it in your faces, this au has cloudjumper and possibly the other berk dragons remember their riders.

this isn’t meant to be a happy fic. i was upset when i wrote this, and it was 1 am in the morning.)

#hiccup horrendous haddock lll #toothless #soulmates #but not really #how to train your dragon #httyd #the hidden world #how to train your dragon: the hidden world #thw #httyd: thw #friendship #broken soul bonds #fic #angst #hiccup whump #but like #emotional whump? #its implied that he got injured somehow #if you squint #yes toothless attacked him