#only for him to be trolling behind the scenes lol

[danganronpa96]

Yay thank you so much for the hashtag of the roleswap au and I would love to see a fanart of Prorag!Miku and Supporter!2D with MM!Luigi and Traitor!Mario

what if you were just a girl. in a Luigi world

#I feel like Mario would be the type to make himself the leader of the group #to build everyone's trust in him #only for him to be trolling behind the scenes lol #and again apologies but asking for art directly may take me some time to get around to #especially if I'm busy working on DR96 #that goes for anyone btw #dr69 roleswap au

[accio-victuuri]

(13) Fake Rumors - from the vault

I have been going through some old rumors from the fake house & decided to share some. whether these may be new to you or not, but i hope you still enjoy them as much as I did looking back. I feel like in the fandom, we’ve only ever been active when it comes to lrlg and the 49 fakes. the rest of the information that fall in between aren’t as talked about or depends on the topic. as with all other bjyx material, i want a place to store some parts of it. 🤍

these are sort of random, the ones that I had saved and found again. treat it all as fiction.

( someone please make an AU fic or edit for this xz and wyb. there is a story here. look at them. 😍😍😍 )

i have traveled a long way, you have dreamed a long time. many lonely nights drift like fallen leaves but it always finds a way….🍃🍂

(1) this one was posted for the new year 🎉

XZ: Get me a courier later

🧔‍♂️:Okay

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🧔‍♂️:What is it? It’s so light

XZ: made-up parts, Legos.

*XZ talking to a staff so he can send out some lego parts. I think it’s light because what he is sending are “parts” that WYB is missing and he found them for him. I truly like the idea of XZ spoiling WYB when it comes to his hobbies and him being invested in it too even if he isn’t necessarily a fan too. true love! and well, reminded me of the rumored lego set gift during the early days of cql filming.

(2) have you eaten?

About the backstage live broadcast of a recent event on the same stage

WYB:Have you eaten yet?

XZ: *shakes head*

WYB: Come have dinner with me later

XZ: Who else? (Looking over it, I don’t know what I’m looking for)

WYB: Stop looking for it. I’ll send it to you next time.

Supplement: Teacher W watched Teacher X take off his makeup before leaving together.

*The usual WYB making sure that XZ eats and him waiting for his gege so they can eat with each other. Even after the CQL filming, as long as they are at the same event they will try and be together. Tho instances of that have been so rare to 0 nowadays because of the amount of eyes on them.

(3) the forbidden book lol

The crew's study period

WYB: Where is the erotic book? I want to read it.

XZ: Suddenly got up and left.

*This is one of my faves even if it’s so short! Library Pavilion behind the scenes & rumors is the gift that keeps on giving. I wouldn’t put it pass WYB to troll ZZ with this.

Here’s a GIF for you to bring you back to that time🤍

(4) call me maybe? 📱

There was a period last year where everyone had to learn rap, usually🐂 learned the fastest but he was absent-minded that time🐂 was looking at us eating delicious food while resting, it seems that he is thinking his rap, he seemed to be even more tired. At this time, staff handed over the phone and he left immediately to pick it up.

He called him, and when he came back he didn't have any special expression, but he felt refreshed. 

(5) praising

WYB: I really like to be praised by everyone and feel "wow" from everyone, so every time Da Zhen's family praises me crazily, I will secretly write it down and send it to him.

XZ: I am also a part-time praise captain. Every time I praise,None of them are the same.He can often keep up with the facts.

WYB: I don’t understand a lot of Internet slang.

XZ: I always hurt him by saying, "No, you don't even know this joke, so WYB doesn't go online?" Just. very good. Laughing, every time I feel hurt, I secretly say "He is better than me. I'm young, I know everything." What kind of tone is this? One time during a video, XZ sang "Darling, come and save me." Seeing WYB's ears slowly become red and coughed. Who can tell me what’s going on with these lyrics?

(6) baking shenanigans

The puff pastry made by XZ is very delicious, WYB will also work with XZ to help when he has time. He’s busy getting started, and they will also do some weird things. If there is a strange taste, try it with the people around you.

Once WYB squeezed minced garlic into the pastry and mixed chili powder, but forgot to mark it, XZ ate it, pinched the back of the neck and squeezed the flesh of the face "Teacher Trained WYB”

*IM CACKLING AT THIS OMG WYB 😂😂😂 what flavor of pastry is that????

(7) another one about eating

Aling period

WYB: Why are you back?

XZ: Come back for dinner, there will be a show in the afternoon

WYB: Aren’t you going to eat with your friends?

XZ: I didn’t agree when someone wanted to invite me, it was too stupid.

WYB: xls It’s so difficult to eat normally today

XZ: You haven’t eaten it, have you?

WYB: Nope. I just thought you were back.

(8) checking the weather

XZ: “The weather doesn’t look like it’s going to rain...(Look 📱)

👤: "It should be sunny..."

XZ: “I just saw📱the weather forecast showed it’s going to rain soon.

👤: How is that possible? It’s obviously sunny. "(春📱)

XZ: "Huh?" (👤♥Two people facing each other📱)

XZ: Overcast to light rain to moderate rain.

👤: What you are looking at is the weather

XZ: Oh my God, so embarrassing...

XZ forgot to switch cities. no one will know the city WYB was in that day if I don’t tell you.

*This one hits different cause for this rumor, they are in different cities but in the same country. Lately, there are times that they are in diff countries so do they look at the weather their too? 🥹🥹🥹

I can’t relate to their obsession with the weather, but if that gives them a sense of connection to each other then it’s fine.

(9) raining

💚Supplement: It’s when the temperature gradually rises. At that time, it rained in June.

💚Holding an umbrella💚❤️talking all the way

❤️Start standing on the right side of 💚

💚Hold the umbrella and tilt it in the direction of ❤️

❤️Thick clothes💚Left half of light-colored thin clothes

The edges are wet and very transparent.

❤️Just keep pushing the umbrella in the direction of 💚

I wanted to block 💚 a little more, but found it was fine.

After seeing the effect, I found an opportunity to move it to the left side of 💚

Then 💚 the right half also got wet

Both centered and symmetrical….…..

(10) them and their parents.

Regarding their parents, I currently know the older one’s mom and dad can also surf the internet, and talk about about their CP and their impression of WYB is good. But his mother actually really wants to have a grandchild. His father is very indifferent when the older one comes home. I'm sure his mother won't be able to bear it. She asked him bluntly, the older ones always focus on work to fool her in the past. In July this year not only did he tell the truth to his family but took the younger one back with him.

It’s time for dinner at home, and the younger one is very nervous. He is afraid that the family will think he is not good enough. He bought a lot of things and piled them up for backup. He sprayed perfume and dressed properly and pretended. The older one made him want to laugh when he looks at him, just fool around. The younger one calls him a big bastard.

The mother on the table was holding jianguo and said she could only count on her to give birth to a litter of grandsons.

* I know that talk about their parents is sensitive and would always lead to more discussion, but again, treat this as fiction. and tbh, who could resist WYB as a son in law??? It I had a son and he brings home WYB as a boyfriend I will be very happy. I also feel soft that XZ is trying to tease and make WYB laugh.

(11)

What happened last year

WYB: Is it delicious?

XZ: (nodding while eating) Yeah, it’s quite delicious.

WYB: What about others?

XZ: Wait a minute...Wow, I just ate that, this one has no taste.

WYB: Is it too spicy?

XZ: It’s okay, but my tongue is numb and I can’t taste other flavors.

WYB: Wait a minute, drink some water. Is it really that spicy?

XZ: Try it yourself. You didn't keep it for yourself? Wasn't it sent from you?

WYB: I didn't take it apart. Bring it to me.

Then XZ really ate so much that he left two packets and took them back to WYB.

(You send it to me and I will bring it back to you. What kind of trick is this?)

What happened this year

XZ: It’s been too cold these two days.

👤: Southern kids.

XZ: :Then northerners also feel cold. Cold is cold.

(Okay, I know you have northerners in your family, next one)

👤When teasing XZ and WYB, XZ’s response was, “Hahaha” and send out red envelopes. As expected of Boss XZ.

I saw other people's submissions and came to do some post-sale service. I heard that XZ sang to put WYB to sleep. I know that there is indeed mmxhn, and there is a six-character song related to snow. (There are probably others somewhere that I don’t know about)

(12) like a fairy

XXX was wearing Iwj's white clothes for the first time

XX: Fairy, descended to earth to overcome the tribulation

XXX: Isn’t fairy a dog? You have so much information but no good words.

XX: Compliment you for being good-looking and handsome.wls, wow, so handsome!

XXX: xls looks better than me, our xls is so beautiful, ancestor of Yiling

XX: Stop, stop, it’s so shameful

*My favorite kind of rumor is when WYB goes gremlin on XZ! 😂😂😂😂

(13) cravings

WYB has been craving for "cai cai rice" recently, XZ told him many times that spring is not so good to have wild vegetables, even if they are cooked. WYB said he doesn’t care about wild vegetables he just wants to eat the vegetable rice cooked by XZ, but I don’t have that. It smells good, I just want to eat it.

In the end, he still didn’t get the cabbage meal, but freshly baked dumplings. WYB got a bargain and acted nice, he was acting coquettishly while eating.

* Oh to be WYB and have someone like XZ cook for youuuu 😍😍😍😍

-END.

P.S : this ye mi and xiao zhan AU pairing is living in my mind rent free. 🥵🥵🥵

#yizhan #bjyx #there is no science here i’m just clowning like i always do #accio victuuri translation #if it wasn’t obvious enough — i love stuff from fake house lol #THIS IS A WEEKEND TREAT TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAD A TOUGH WORK WEEK ☺️☺️☺️ #YASSS LETS REFERENCE TAYLOR SWIFT FROM THE VAULT

[cambrioleur]

Random observations on this season (updating)

(SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY)

Episode 1

I don't think we've ever seen Assane do a genuine fourth-wall break before

OK so Claire has a last name now

Assane really expected that he could just show up and Claire would just fall at his feet

I'm surprised Benjamin is just allowed to continue working at his shop

This feels better-edited than Parts 1 & 2

Name a more iconic duo than Belkacem and failing constantly (she really doesn't listen, does she)

Episode 2

Philippe Courbet sighting

NEVER invite Guédira to a funeral lmaooo

Hang on I'm just now realizing that Juliette is at this funeral, too (she's standing in the second row behind Benjamin and Claire and honestly doesn't seem too upset about Assane's "death")

I like how in the flashback Babakar tells Assane that he reminds him of his mother and then it turns out she was a criminal

This seems to be around the time of Raoul's birthday again; he really can't catch a break on that

Episode 3

New shipping war just dropped: Guédira/Belkacem vs Guédira/Fleur

That bit where Claire was outright begging Benjamin to tell her Assane was alive and he couldn't...that was sad

But then it was followed by Benjamin doing the "uhh my FRIEND just died" act with Belkacem which was funny

This gang of thugs is trying a little too hard tbh

Assane's disguise in this episode is fucking terrible lol

The basketball coach disguise, on the other hand, is the only time I've genuinely thought he wasn't recognizable

Episode 4

Ironically that coach persona is probably the best parenting Assane has ever done

Claire? Doing things that are vaguely cool?? That feels illegal. Also, she looked so proud of herself for swiping that book, lol

Betraying Benjamin was certainly...a choice on Assane's part ("everyone disliked that")

This episode is going to devastate the show's Tumblr fandom

Episode 5

Assane trolling the shit out of Guédira will never not be funny

These 1998 flashbacks are pretty dark actually

Honestly the way Claire got that reveal out of Benjamin was very well-played on her part

Guédira out here looking like present-day Ringo Starr with that disguise

Aww look at Assane playing the matchmaker for Guédira and Belkacem, heh heh

This is easily one of the funniest episodes

Except Benjamin is straight up not having a good time -- it looks like he got beaten up in prison

Episode 6

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not totally sure Benjamin knows that Assane betrayed him. It's possible he just thinks that he fucked up with the bracelet and then missed a cue in the maze

"Pasta with ketchup" jesus fucking christ Claire that sounds horrendous (although I'm guessing the only reason they did that was because of the ketchup-bottle reveal)

Assane really has Claire's number because he's now seduced her twice under two different identities

IDK whether or not Raoul has figured out that the coach is his dad but it's funny that he still seemed to be shipping it either way

It's nice that we get to see Claire's more playful side in this season, like her messing with Assane by acting really flirty with "Alex" after she realizes they're the same person

INCREDIBLE casting for the younger and older versions of Keller tbh; they easily look like they could be the same person

Episode 7

What a nice family reunion...it would be a shame if something happened to it...

The flashbacks are significantly darker than the present timeline this time around

Guédira finally got to arrest Assane, good for him!

The scene at the train station with the letter from Assane to Claire sort of reminds me of the ending to A Tale of Two Cities, which I had to read for AP prep a while back

Oh look, Hubert Pellegrini is back

So they're CLEARLY setting up another season with this ending

The choice of people to show on the montage there was interesting, lol

I could see a Juliette antagonist arc happening tbh

Maybe Assane's mom isn't all she seems either

And what about Benjamin? If he turns against Assane the viewers are going to lose their minds

#lupin netflix #assane diop #claire laurent #raoul diop #benjamin ferel #youssef guedira #sofia belkacem #philippe courbet #hubert pellegrini #juliette pellegrini

[vilevenom]

New chapter for "Together Burning Bright"! This one is a ~flashback~ chapter. Specifically, Hickory's birthday party, when he and JD got together the first time. This particular scene has been rotating around my brain since I wrote "Let's Be Us Again", but it didn't really fit in the main story, so now you get a +4K word fic of just that, all on its own, lol This chapter is just a touch spicy. It's gonna bump the AO3 rating to 'M', so just an fyi. Nothing is explicitly described, but it's hella obvious as to what they're doing. Enjoy!

A trolls twenty-first birthday was a special one. At least, for the yodelers it was. It was considered a coming of age celebration, and it was when trolls were encouraged to take on more responsibility within the community. It was also when the biggest birthday parties were thrown.

As the community hall was the largest indoor space in the village, it was most commonly used to host such large events, to avoid the cold of the mountain. Flowers adorned nearly every feasible surface, and tables ladened with food were pushed up against the walls. Streamers and twinkle lights hug from the ceiling, while nearly every troll in town was crammed onto the main floor, singing, dancing and carrying on in celebration.

Nearly, being the key word. One troll with teal hair and a distinct pair of green goggles stood to the side with a lazy smile, drink in hand as he watched the party carry on. John Dory had, unfortunately, missed the beginning of the party. He'd been guilted into going, even somewhat late, by the trolls who were hosting his stay in the village. They'd told him it was bad luck for the birthday troll in question for someone to willingly not attend, so he made a little fuss about it but followed along shortly behind them to the party. He'd honestly just wanted to go to bed and sleep, but a party was a party, he supposed. And as a pop troll, he'd been told many times over the years that he should love parties, much to his chagrin.

He idly sipped at his drink as he watched trolls nearly trip over themselves as they swayed across the dance floor. He did have to hand one thing to the yodelers; they made a mean fermented nectar. The cup in his hand was definitely stronger than the strange yeasty concoction the rock trolls had made him try. From said experience, he knew better than to drink too much, or too quickly. He was not keen on a repeat performance, if he was going to be honest with himself.

Truthfully, he was planning on staying just long enough for a majority of the attendees to get a little silly, before slipping back out to the house he was staying at. He'd figured, since he didn't know who the party was even for, and he'd made an appearance to appease his superstitious hosts, that no one would fault him for wanting to get some rest. He'd only managed to get into town the day before, after all.

What John Dory did not expect was for a tall troll to suddenly appear next to him, lean a hand on the wall, and tilt into John's personal space with a little smirk on his face.

~

Hickory hadn't expected anything for his birthday. His parents were long gone, his brother had disappeared on a job of some sort for who knew how long, and he was old enough now that he wasn't even living with anyone who would potentially take notice. So, he'd been more than a little surprised when his friends had offered to host a party for him at the community hall.

It seemed like everyone in town had turned out, bringing food and drink to share. They'd adorned him in a flower crown and accessories made of dried flowers, while everyone wished him a happy birthday and good luck in the coming years. The reveal of the large five tiered cake his friends had baked for him had nearly brought him to tears. He truly felt like he was the luckiest troll in the world.

"Hey, hey! Who's that?"

"Oh. That's the troll staying with us. He's a traveling pop troll. I guess he's been here before, because…"

Hickory let the voices of his friends fade into the background as they prattled on next to him. Scratch his previous thought, now he felt like the luckiest troll in the world. John Dory, the troll he had been crushing on for the last four years, who he'd thought he'd never see again, was leaning against the wall. At his party! A thrill ran up his spine, making his fur practically stand on end.

"I'm going to go talk to him," Hickory stated, pressing his half finished cup idly into the hand of one of his friends.

"What? Why? Wait…No way, Hickory. That can't possibly be the same troll."

"The one I would not stop talking to you about a couple of years ago? It most definitely is," he said with a nod, fussing with his hair and straightening out his suspenders.

"Ooo, get some, Hickory," one of his friends jeered, earning an eye roll from Hickory.

He waved as his friends started to get rowdy, quickly walking away from them while trying to keep a flush from forming on his cheeks. He hadn't seen John in nearly four years, and they had only spent a couple of months together at the time. Would he even remember? Well, Hickory reasoned, you missed one hundred percent of the shots you didn't take.

He sauntered up to John Dory and placed his hand on the wall next to the pop trolls head before leaning into his space with a smirk. "Guten abend."

John looked up at him, confusion clear on his face. Hickory felt like an idiot. He tipped himself back up to stand upright, letting out a nervous laugh. "Sorry. You don't speak german, do you?"

"Can't say that I do, no," John said, arching an eyebrow at Hickory. "Can I help you?"

Hickory cleared his throat, already feeling like this was going poorly. "I said 'good evening'," he fumbled, suddenly wishing he hadn't handed off his drink so he would at least have something to do with his hands. "I, uhh…you're alone."

John's expression went from confusion to disinterest almost immediately. "Yes. I am. And, if you don't mind, I was actually pretty okay with that situation."

Hickory bristled, wincing at the clear dismissal, but he couldn't just let John slip through his fingers like this. "We met! Before! Sorry, I'm making a mess of this," he quickly babbled, fiddling with one of the floral bracelets he'd been gifted, "I showed you around the last time you visited the village."

John stared at him for a moment, before realization slowly dawned on his face. He stood up straight from the wall, giving Hickory a cursory once over, gaping slightly. "Hickory?!"

Hickory let out a quiet breath, a wobbly little smile on his face as he gave a short nod. "That's right."

"You got tall!"

That startled a snort of laughter out of Hickory. "Ja, and older," he added, waving vaguely at the party. John looked dumbfounded for a moment, glancing around before his gaze snapped back to the yodeler.

"This is your party? Oh, man. Happy birthday!" John said, giving Hickory a friendly punch to the shoulder.

"Thank you," Hickory chuckled, rubbing at the spot that John had hit. "I don't imagine my birthday is what brought you back to town?"

John laughed, shaking his head a little as he leaned back against the wall. "Nah. Not that the party isn't great! But, I just got board with the classical trolls. I kinda vaguely remembered where this place was, and I wanted to come back for another visit. Got a little lost in the mountains for a couple of days, though. I have to admit, I'm a bit exhausted and I only came to the party because I got guilt tripped." John paused as he noticed the somewhat crestfallen expression that flitted over Hickory's face, before a smile was forced back onto it.

"Well, don't let me keep you! You should not feel obligated to stay if you would rather be in bed," Hickory offered, taking a short step back from John.

"Wait, hey, no," John stood back up, reaching out to catch Hickory's wrist. He offered a soft smile to the other, nodding towards the door. "I know this is your party, but why don't we step outside. I'm tired, but I'd love to catch up with you?"

Hickory returned the smile with a genuine one of his own, giving a short nod. He pulled his wrist free of John's hold, only to take his hand properly with a quiet, "I would love that." He turned and began to lead John through the crowd, while doing his best to ignore the cat calls that followed the two of them out.

"Sorry," Hickory muttered once they were outside, his breath puffing up in a tiny cloud in front of him. "My friends can be a bit…lewd."

"Hey, no worries," John said, walking along next to Hickory as they trundled through the snow towards a couple of benches just outside the community hall, "Pop trolls have a reputation, I've been told."

"It is a ridiculous reputation to have, since you are one of the only pop trolls that has even been through town in the last two decades," Hickory scoffed, only to flush in embarrassment at the look John shot him. "I just…it's not right. To make those sort of presumptions. Do you not agree?"

"Oh, I fully agree. It's just kinda nice to have someone else share the sentiment," John admitted, a grin forming on his face. "So," he flopped down to sit on the bench once they reached it, setting his cup on the ground, "What've you been up to since I was last here?"

Hickory eagerly took the seat next to John, and the two began to talk. Once Hickory had caught John up on the relatively uneventful list of things that had occurred in the village, John began to regale Hickory with tales of his travels, which the yodeler took in eagerly. He gasped and cheered in all of the appropriate places, peppering in the odd question to get John to elaborate on details, while John sprung from his seat to enact some of the more daring acts from his time on the Neverglade Trail. After a particularly energetic performance, John fell back onto the bench next to Hickory, quiet pants leaving a trail of wispy condensation in the air behind him.

"Your life sounds fantastic," Hickory hummed, watching John catch his breath with a dopey little smile on his face.

"It's pretty great," John grinned up at Hickory from where he was half laying on the bench.

"I wish I could have adventures like that," Hickory admitted quietly, picking at one of the blooms on his bracelet.

"What's stopping you?" John pushed himself to sit up, leaning into Hickory, "It's your life. And you're old enough now. Heck, you've been old enough for a while. I was eighteen when I went out on my own."

Hickory shrugged, a sardonic little smile on his face. "My brother, mostly. Even though he's not even here right now. But, truthfully? I am not brave enough, I don't think."

"Sure you are! You just gotta put your mind to it," John said encouragingly, nudging Hickory's shoulder with his own.

"No," Hickory shook his head, "I'm a coward."

"Hey, come on. Start small, then. Baby steps. Pick something little that you're scared to do, and just do it!" John grabbed Hickory's knee and gave it a little shake. "I believe in you."

Hickory looked down at the hand on his knee for a moment, before turning his gaze up to John Dory's face. He was smiling brightly at Hickory, open and reassuring in a way very few trolls had ever been to the yodeler. He swallowed thickly, placing his hand over John's, and hoping the pop troll would blame the cold for the flush that adorned his cheeks. "Just…go for it?" he reaffirmed, licking his lips nervously as John nodded encouragingly, "Okay."

To John's credit, he only startled slightly as Hickory leaned into his space and pressed their lips together. It was chaste, and short, but that didn't stop his face from heating up.

"I'm not too young, now," Hickory murmured against John's mouth, his eyes kept shut to save himself from any unsavory expression the pop troll may be making.

"You…what?" John sounded dazed.

"I'm not too young. You told me last time that I was too young, but I'm not anymore." He lifted both hands to cup John's cheeks and press a more determined kiss to the pop trolls lips. He very nearly pulled away, until John began to reciprocate the kiss.

They broke apart from each other after a moment, their breath mingling and turning into delicate fog between them.

"This isn't because-" John began, only to be muffled by Hickory peppering a couple quick, short kisses to his lips.

"No! No, of course not. I told you, I think that is ridiculous. No. It's because I have not been able to get you out of my mind since we last met. And I feel like this, you appearing on my birthday, is nothing short of a sign from the universe for me to at least try," Hickory admitted, letting his fingers lightly trail from John's cheeks, over his shoulders and down to his hands. He finally sat back and opened his eyes to find a flustered looking John Dory sat before him. "You did encourage me to be brave, after all."

John chuckled, a lopsided grin on his face. "I suppose I did, didn't I?"

"You did," Hickory nodded, before he stood from the bench, offering a hand to John. "Come with me."

"Where to?" John asked, not hesitating in the slightest in taking Hickory's hand and standing from the bench.

"Home," Hickory stated simply, leading John through the village.

It was a relatively quick walk through town, especially as most trolls were still at Hickory's party. Hickory lead them to a small, modest house towards the edge of the village. It was adorned with the same floral trim pattern along the awnings that all of the other buildings in the village had, with a well cared for little yard, and a short wooden fence surrounding the property.

As Hickory opened the gate and began to pull John up the short path to the door, the pop troll paused, tugging back on Hickory. "Wait."

Hickory stopped, turning around quickly with a look of worry on his face. "What is it?" he asked, tone concerned.

"I think I remember you mentioning…you have a brother? Does he live here?" John asked, looking towards the door apprehensively.

"Oh," Hickory visibly relaxed, a low chuckle leaving him, "Dickory, yes. He does live here, but he is not in town right now. I'm by myself."

John gave a little nod, nerves leaving him as Hickory tugged him the rest of the way up the path and into the house. He only paused once to wipe his feet on a large mat near the front door, encouraging John to do the same, before he continued to lead the pop troll through the house. He only let go once they had entered a sparsely decorated bedroom, and the door was shut behind them.

"Nice digs," John commented idly, looking around the room briefly, before he found himself being pushed back into the door, Hickory's hands slipping under his vest to trail over his chest.

"I can think of much more interesting things than my bedroom," Hickory chuckled, pressing a kiss to John's cheek.

"Gettin' right to it then, huh?" John joked, lifting his hands to rest gently over Hickory's hips.

"Is that…not okay?" Hickory asked, shifting back slightly but not lifting his hands from John's fur. If this was the only chance he had to soak up the pop trolls presence and touch him, he was going to take advantage of every moment he could.

"Never said it wasn't. You just seem real eager," John teased, easy grin on his face.

"I have waited four years to be able to touch you," Hickory murmured, pressing in close to John while pushing the pop trolls vest from his shoulders, "You will need to forgive my eagerness."

John's grin faltered, his well practiced boy band charm guttering at Hickory's words. "You weren't kidding about that?"

"Kidding about what?" Hickory asked, distracted as he tugged the vest free and tossed it aside.

"Thinking about me. For all that time."

Hickory paused, frowning as he tipped his head back to get a look at the almost hopeful expression on John's face. "Why would I ever joke about something like that? The time we spent together meant a great deal to me. You mean a great deal to me."

"You don't even really know me," John said with a short shake of his head.

"Then let me?"

John stared up at Hickory for a moment, taking in the flower crown that sat askew on his head and the earnest expression he wore on his face as he waited patiently for John's response. He swallowed thickly, before giving a small nod, digging his fingers more firmly into Hickory's hips and pulling him in close. "Okay."

The brilliant grin that John got in return for his consent nearly made him dizzy. He gasped as Hickory ducked his head and pressed a kiss to his shoulder, slowly sinking to his knees as he trailed kisses down John's chest and stomach. He let his head fall back and hit the door with a dull thud, groaning quietly as Hickory all but worshipped him.

As Hickory reached John's hip he paused, tilting his head back to look up at John imploringly. "Is this okay?"

John tipped his head forward, letting out a slow breath as he lifted his hands to tangle his fingers in the yodeler's hair, dislodging the flower crown and causing it to fall to the floor. "More than," he murmured, momentarily distracted as the crown rolled across the room, only to snap his attention back to Hickory with a soft hiss as the yodeler tugged at his shorts and continued his trail of kisses down.

~

"You okay?" John asked, a lopsided grin on his face. The two had eventually migrated to Hickory's bed, where John currently found himself devoid of any of his clothes, laid back in a pile of pillows with a rather flustered looking Hickory between his knees.

"Es tut mir leid," Hickory murmured, licking his lips quickly as he sat back on his heels, "To be truthful, I have never done this before."

"Seriously?" John asked, stretching his arms above his head, grinning a little as he watched Hickory's eyes trail down over his chest. "Strapping young troll like yourself? I find that hard to believe."

"It's true," Hickory said with a self depreciating little laugh, "I think you are the first troll to ever use the word 'strapping' to describe me."

"Aw," John cooed, sitting up and taking Hickory's face in his hands, "Well, I think you're real handsome." He grinned as Hickory flushed, quickly taking the opportunity to kiss the yodeler deeply. When they broke apart, while Hickory was looking a little overwhelmed, John pushed him down into the pillows, swinging his leg over the yodeler to settle in his lap. "Let me take care of you now, okay?" He preened as Hickory's hands settled on his hips, fingers digging in slightly.

"All right."

~

Hickory wondered if this was what it was like to be in paradise. The troll of his dreams was in his lap, a dark flush coloring his cheeks as he panted, looking absolutely lost in the moment as he moved above Hickory. "You are so beautiful," he murmured, reaching up to cup John's jaw. The pop troll looked momentarily startled by the sentiment, only to let out a low moan and sweep down to catch Hickory's lips in a kiss.

"You're not too bad, yourself," John teased as he pulled back, earning a light chuckle from Hickory and a roll of his hips that left John gasping.

~

John huffed as he rolled off of Hickory, flopping back into the mound of pillows next to the yodeler. He looked rather pleased with himself, while Hickory stared up at the ceiling in a daze, both trying to catch their breath.

"That was…"

"Not too bad, huh?" John chuckled, turning his head to smirk at Hickory.

The yodeler blinked, turning his head slowly to frown at John. "Not too bad? John, that was…absolut vollkommen. You were - that was incredible," Hickory stated, pushing himself up onto his elbow to lean over the pop troll. "This was the best birthday I could have ever hoped for."

John's smirk melted into a genuine smile at Hickory's earnestness, reaching up to brush his fingers through wavy orange hair. "I'm glad I could make it memorable."

"The most memorable," Hickory agreed, leaning down to press a kiss to John's lips. He shifted and squirmed amongst the pillows until he managed to maneuver himself over John, pressing in between the pop trolls knees, somehow without breaking their kiss. When he did finally pull back, John let out a low chuckle, arching an eyebrow at Hickory.

"Again?"

Hickory flushed in embarrassment, gasping quietly as John wriggled his hips. "I…only if you'd like to…?"

John snorted, lifting a leg to wrap around Hickory's hips, tugging him close as he stretched his arms above his head and arched his back. "Only if you do all the work this time."

~

When John woke up in the morning it was to an empty bed. He grunted as he felt around the covers, finding the blankets cold. He scowled as he smacked his hands over his face, groaning as he rubbed at his eyes. He should have known better. This was not the first time someone had managed to sweet talk him into bed and then fled in the morning. It was, admittedly, a bit odd that Hickory had taken him back to his house, instead of where John was staying, but perhaps there was some unspoken rule between yodelers that one simply got up and left without a fuss the morning after a fling. He had hoped Hickory would be different, but who was he kidding. He was a washed up ex-boyband member, and because he was a pop troll a lot of other trolls seemed to think he was some sort of traveling strumpet.

He sighed as he spread his arms out over the expanse of the bed, frowning as he began to notice the faint ache in his hips, and the odd way some of his fur was sticking to his skin. As soon as he got back to where he was staying, he was taking a long, hot shower. But first, he needed to get there. He let out another grunt as he rolled out of bed, wincing as he stepped on his discarded goggles. He muttered a quiet curse to himself as he picked them up, cleaning them off with a blanket, and giving them a quick inspection to find them relatively unscathed. He slipped them on his head, before hunting around for his vest and shorts.

John had managed to pull on his shorts and was trying to figure out where Hickory had tossed his vest last night, when the bedroom door began to open. He stopped short as Hickory walked in with a soft little smile on his face, carrying a tray ladened with assorted breakfast foods. Hickory froze when he noticed John standing in the middle of the room, his smile turning into a confused frown.

"Mein liebling…? Did you need to go somewhere this morning?"

John simply stared at Hickory for a long moment, his brain needing the time to register that Hickory had not, in fact, run off on him. That he had, instead, made him breakfast, and brought it to him in bed.

"I…" John began, watching as the confusion on Hickory's face slowly shifted into realization, then resigned understanding. It suddenly felt like a weight was on John's chest as he watched Hickory set the tray aside, a sad little smile on his face as he shuffled across the room to tug John's vest from beneath a few pillows that had been shoved off the bed the night before.

"Here," Hickory offered the vest to John, tucking the thumb of his free hand into the waistband of the sleep pants he was wearing, "I take it you were looking for this?"

John took the vest, but was hesitant to put it on. He held it to his chest instead, tipping his head slightly to try and catch Hickory's gaze, but the yodeler was looking anywhere but directly at him.

"Hickory, I…" John floundered, not knowing what to say to fix the hurt look on Hickory's face. He was supposed to be a lyrical wordsmith, but his mind was drawing an absolutely blank.

"It's okay, schatz," Hickory said, shaking his head and gesturing towards the door. "I understand. And I am so very happy that I could have the time with you that I did. I don't regret it. And I hope you don't, either."

John felt like he'd been sucker punched in the gut. This sweet troll, who'd confessed to thinking about him for nearly four years and had showered him with nothing but compliments and sweet nothings all night, honestly thought John would regret spending the night with him. He dropped his vest and stepped quickly across the room, cupping Hickory's cheeks so he could force the yodeler to look at him. He wanted to kick himself at finding tears in Hickory's eyes.

"No! No, no, Hickory," John brushed his thumbs against the yodelers cheeks, finding his walls quickly crumbling at the way Hickory's expression turned a little hopeful, "I'm sorry. I thought you had left. I wouldn't've…If I'd known you were making me breakfast, I…" He cursed under his breath, squeezing Hickory's cheeks gently, earning a sound of confusion from the yodeler. John cussed again, a little louder this time, before stating quickly, "Can we try this again?"

Hickory gently extracted his face from John's hold, frowning slightly. "Try what again?"

Instead of answering, John picked up the breakfast try and pushed it into Hickory's hands, before ushering the yodeler back out the door. "Here. Wait, like, a minute. Okay? Just…one minute, and then come in again."

Hickory stumbled slightly as he was pushed out the door, turning with his mouth open to speak, only to find the door shut in his face.

Meanwhile, John hurried to slip his shorts back off and toss his goggles to the side, clamoring onto the bed quickly. He arranged the bedding just so around himself, managing to flop back into the pillows and hoping it came off as somewhat alluring, just as Hickory began to open the door again.

Hickory poked his head in first, still looking confused, only for a smile to bloom on his face as John made an exaggerated yawning sound and stretched across the pillows.

"Oh! Did you make breakfast?" John asked, propping his cheek up on the palm of his hand, a coy little smile on his face as Hickory walked across the room and set the tray on the bedside table.

"Ja. I thought, after last night, you might need the energy," Hickory teased easily back, sitting on the edge of the bed. He reached out to pick something off the tray, but paused as John's hand landed on his wrist. He turned his head, letting out a startled little moan as John surged up to press a kiss to his lips.

"Join me?" John asked as he broke the kiss, patting at the pillow next to him.

Who was Hickory to deny such a request? He stood from the bed to slip his sleep pants off before crawling under the covers with John, a pleased little smile on his face as the pop troll draped himself over his lap.

"Now… Feed me," John all but demanded, gesturing vaguely at the breakfast tray. Hickory snorted at the demand, but obliged, snagging a berry from the tray and feeding it to John, who made a show of licking his lips and moaning lowly while he ate.

"Oh," Hickory breathed, offering John another berry, only to find his fingers being drawn into the pop trolls mouth with another self satisfied moan. He swallowed thickly as he pulled his fingers free to reach for the tray again, only to be stopped as John sat up and properly sat himself in Hickory's lap. He blinked owlishly up at the pop troll, who simply grinned down at him.

"Again?" John teased, squeezing his knees around Hickory's hips.

"Yes, please."

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #trolls fic #hickdory #trolls hickory #trolls john dory #things that i wrote #trolls band together #trolls world tour

[hostilemuppet]

tell me more about tbgo poppy creek rivalry 👀

ok this got kinda long sorry LOL i have some thoughts on how itd work

so, i think instead of creek deliberately antagonising branch bc he gets some sick kick out of it, its creek trying (and failing) to worm his way back into the snack pack, and more importantly into poppys life. poppy would struggle with wanting to grab him and shake him and throw him off a cliff AND wanting to set a good example to her kingdom, to follow the mantra of "no troll left behind". in public she has to put on a brave face, and pretend like she actually tolerates, maybe even LIKES creek, but if theyre alone (or just with branch. branch still hates creek hes just not the focus) poppy actually lets him have it

since creek episodes would focus on poppy instead of branch, more of the snack pack actually get involved with the creek situation. they are treated as actual characters, and most of them dont like creek either but ALSO have to pretend to tolerate him: it wouldnt look very good if the queens friends dont follow her lead, right? creek becomes the one guy of the friend group that no one actually likes. obviously he wouldnt be an ACTUAL member of the snack pack and he still wouldnt be used nearly as often as guy diamond and smidge, but he still ends up "part of the gang" several times, and its made VERY obvious that they cant stand him. creek probably notices, and then we get some of that delicious twerpitude he shows with branch where he gets all touchy and mocking because he knows they cant do anything about it

creek week would be about poppy struggling to figure out how to deal with creek. her dad always said "no troll left behind", and even though creek wanted to leave EVERY troll behind, poppy cant deny that he is still a troll. she lets him back in the village, but says she will keep a very close eye on him. he says oh hes sure she will, she always used to when she thought he wouldnt notice 😉. poppy shudders. the rest of the episode is poppy watching, and hating, how creek reintegrated into the village. since the snack pack are the only ones who really know how creek acted, other trolls find it much easier to forgive him: theyre sure he really DID feel like he had no choice! its not like he looked super smug while telling them or anything! maybe branch also suggests the waterfall test (still using himself as bait), and poppy is desperate enough to go through with it, except instead of being cast out from the snack pack (they would not be present in the scene) poppy instead sees creek look all sad and pathetic. and she knows she shouldnt, but she feels bad. hes still a troll. she says hes sorry, and he says he forgives her because thats what friends do, then reaches out for a hug. branch shakes his head. poppy hugs him. the camera focuses on poppy, looking torn and uncomfortable, then on creek, looking smug, then on branch, who pinches the bridge of his nose and groans. episode ends.

haircuffed, this might be controversial but i think its peppy who ties them together. he thinks they used to be so inseparable, and whatever lovers spat (poppy tells him thats not what this is. he laughs it off) theyve got going on can just be solved by spending some quality time together. poppy is horrified, and says dad, no, you dont understand, its a difficult situation! creek is unbothered, but he says hes looking forward to spending a loooot of time with poppy. hes really wanted to catch up :). throughout the episode, creek acts exactly like he did when they were dating (ie, manipulative and controlling with a pretty icing coating), and poppy cant believe she ever saw anything in him. poppy would still pretend to get along with creek, just like branch did in the actual episode, but instead of them both agreeing to "act so close that it creeps poppy out into releasing them", poppy doesnt make any plan with creek. she just pretends that she actually forgave him, that theyre actually close, until peppy decides theyve buried the hatchet and releases them. branch, who had spent the whole episode brainstorming ways to reverse the haircuffs (explaining his absence), arrives with a chainsaw (the same one creek pulled out) and chases creek into the distance. peppy asks if shes gonna stop branch from attacking her friend. and she says no, dad, i hate that guy. ill fill you in.

the fast and the friendliest, instead of it being mentor vs mentor, poppy just doesnt want creek mentoring ANY of the children. shes seen what hes capable of! he has an utter disregard for anyone elses safety! and creek says "wow, poppy... i thought you really believed i changed... i guess you dont trust me afterall..." and otherwise lays it on really thick, until poppy gives in and says he can mentor priscilla, since shes the smartest and could probably tell if hes about to endanger her. throughout the episode, poppy sees creek work with priscilla and, wow, hes actually being very responsible! and priscilla seems like shes having a good time! maybe... maybe he really HAS changed. maybe he IS trustworthy! then, on the day of the event, creek finds out that branch is one of the other mentors. he didnt know, since he was so focused on poppy, but he still wants to show up his "competition" of course. he tells priscilla he has absolutely no doubts about her ability to win, but... just to make sure theres no chance she gets even close to second place, he attaches a booster bug to priscillas flyer bug. then it happens exactly how it does in canon, with priscillas flyer bug malfunctioning. branch and keith save priscilla, and even though theyre both tied for last place they look like they had fun. priscilla thanks creek for mentoring her, even if she ddnt win. creek loses his temper a bit, and says the only reason he volunteered in the first place was so his pupil could WIN! he wanted to prove he could be a GOOD mentor! he wanted to impress POPPY! he didnt care about this childrens event, he didnt care about PRISCILLA! priscilla starts crying, and poppy is pissed. she says this was supposed to be a fun event for the kids, and she thought he really wanted priscilla to enjoy herself. she thought he really changed. she thought he was trustworthy. she leaves, followed by branch (who sticks out his tongue) and keith (ditto). creek looks sad and pathetic. priscilla has calmed down a bit, and now shes with her parents, who say something about pursuing legal action against creek for the child endangerment. someone throws a tomato at him.

unsure about how bad luck branch could work with this new dynamic since... it is very specifically about branch. maybe instead of biggie being his partner, poppy is (and biggie is the presenter)? and creek talks about how branch is Clearly ruining everything for poppy, really love i dont know what you see in this jinxed troll. and poppys angry, because that is HER boyfriend youre talking about! poppy is the one who gets fixated on clearing branchs bad luck, but by the end of the episode she realises that SHE was the one causing the "bad luck" by getting in her own head and stressing branch out. she says shes sorry, and branch forgives her because theyre "best friends", and they agree to try their best for the rest of the event no matter what happens. the ending is exactly like in canon, with creek ending up eating shit and losing the game for himself and aspen. sorry aspen!

#ask

[randomrabbidramblings]

A "little" bit regarding Phantom

Here's the analysis I've wanted to do (for a long time, actually) about everyone's favourite bastard opera bunny.

Minor spoiler for The Last Spark Hunter!

TLTR in meme form:

While my zero expectations to find the Phantom in this DLC were met (even if to be honest for more than a minute I tought Allegra's friend was going to be him, lol), I was hoping for another cameo. And Ubisoft delivered!

Sailing around the Ruins you can find this very creepy... giant plush half buried in the sand? Is that a reference to the real life Phantom puppet? Did Phantom's megalomaniac ass commission this? Creepy factor aside, I love that he looks like he's wearing eyeliner! Phantom wears makeup canon yesdonteventrytofightmeonthis!

Anyway, I'm not the only one that thinks Beep-0's comment is highly sus. Even in the tone he's using sounds like the devs behind are being so proud of their troll. Maybe I'm just overthinking as usual and that dialogue is just Beep-0's seething hatred towards Phantom, but... That, paired with everything else going on... it doesn't convince me.

Phantom does have his fair amount of reasons he could make a real return song and all, there are a lot people wanting him back (not only in the fandom) and he's also Soliani's favourite boss who, let's not forget, waited 20 years to make a boss like him. It would be a wasted opportunity to only use him once. Since Donkey Kong Adventure featured Rabbid Kong, who was one of the two main bosses that did not unmerge after defeat (the Bwah Trio didn't unmerge too, but they were mini bosses), it wouldn't be so odd to see Phantom having a DLC too (after all a lot of people thought he was going to be the final boss of Kingdom Battle after his feature trailer). Let's not forget this time he has a juicy chance for another diss track. To Rayman and his decennary absence in the videogame scene. Another thing: we still don't know anything about the third DLC villain. This may be a bit of a stretch, but hear me out. When the posters for the three DLCs were published, Ubisoft gave us very little info about The Last Spark Hunter, but we knew there was a new enemy. The only thing they told us about the third DLC is that Rayman will be in it. Now they gave us a teaser, info about the general setting, but still no villain. This makes me think that there will not be a new villain, but someone we already met.

I don't think the cameos, the updates to his shenanigans, the grammophone sitting right there in the third DLC poster and the last almost blatant bit of foreshadowing in the Melodic Gardens were put there for nothing. And be honest, at this point who wouldn't want to see Beep-0's reaction to Phantom after all the hate he has been expressing towards him? All of this make a lot of sense. Almost too much sense to not see him return. The funny thing is if he shows up wearing Cursa's broken mask (a fan theory, but far too appropriate to rule out) it means they have been foreshadowing his return since Sparks of Hope released.

Personally I'd be happy even if he had a very minor role, like an NPC with a quest. Or even a little cameo in person, just to see him in Sparks of Hope style since he seems like he's changed a bit since Kingdom Battle (canonically he can remove the grammophone from his belly and apparently he wears makeup). I hope they'll keep his fourth wall breaking abilities even if it's just for advertising the DLC or to justifiy his appearence, as we know he's well aware of the developers (and, as expected, he sounds like he has a bit of beef with them as one of his unusued lines says "I'll have the art director's head for this", lol).

The thing that worries (and at the same time excites) me the most is the dubbing work they'd have to do for him. Since now all Rabbids are fully voiced (and in a lot of languages too) and assuming an hypotethical song will not be dubbed (as I think they'd do), I'm very curious about how they would manage Phantom as he has a very characteristic tone and accent and everyone knows his voice as he wasn't dubbed at all in Kingdom Battle. I do think it would be epic if they managed to get an actual singer for every language, but... it would be a bit too much in terms of everything, at Ubisoft they are madmen, but not like that, lol.

In all this there's still that one unusued idea where the Phantom was going to change music genre as his battle progressed. Who knows maybe it will be the right time we hear the metal song Soliani has been threatening Kirkhope with all this time, lol.

The only reason I can think of that makes everything crumble, would be if Beep-0's lines about Phantom's cameo were a result of an oversight, like it seems to have happened with Allegra (her memory states that she can change the colour of her skin depending on the "mood" of the planet, but it's never shown in game nor in her backstory). Or, perish the thought, it's just a placeholder as to say: "if we can make him appear again, good that was foreshadowing, if we cannot, we told you" to save thier buttcheeks in case they'll not bring him back. Even if I highly doubt Ubisoft would do such a thing after making everyone suspect a foreshadow.

Foreshadowing or not: if he will not appear in something like a poster, a teaser or a full on trailer, this doesn't mean he will not be there. Remember they pulled this thing too in Kingdom Battle where the devs said he was purposefully left out of the poster with the bosses as they didn't want to spoil him (even if then they released a feature trailer for him, but... idk, marketing shenanigans I assume, lol).

As a conclusion, take all of this infodump as a theory, there's no real evidence to definitively assume Phantom will return any time soon. I don't want to influence people to think he'll come back and then have them disappointed because he didn't. This is just my thoughts on the topic. And don't think I'll be disappointed if Phantom doesn't show up because, while I am biased, I'm not only looking forward to that.

#i swear i'm not desperate for him to return... maybe... #rabbid #rabbids #mario + rabbids #mario rabbids #mario+rabbids #mario+rabbids sparks of hope #mario rabbids sparks of hope #sparks of hope #mario + rabbids sparks of hope #sparks of hope dlc #the last spark hunter #tom phan #phantom of the bwahpera #rabbid phantom #my rambles

[shepherds-of-haven]

Which of the characters would be the best at matchmaking/setting the MC up with someone else? I feel like Trouble would be an awesome wingman 👀

Good question! Let me think...

From best to worst wingman:

Lavinet: she lives for matchmaking, and she's extremely good at it, both in pairing the people in question up and nudging them towards realizing their feelings, but also in being subtle about it! I think the only time she's ever failed in this regard was when she didn't realize that her lady-in-waiting Clara had a secret paramour (her now-fiance Pendric), but had Clara told her about it, she would have helped them along then too 😌 (not that they really needed it lol)

Briony: she's not always as subtle as Lavinet, but she can't be matched in her sheer enthusiasm for facilitating ✨ true love ✨ and her bubbly "oh, X and Y should go on patrol together! 👀" can be read as casual and natural enough that many people won't pick up on her intentions! Some people still do, but in the right circumstances (like if they already like each other), this can still be more of a help than a hindrance!

Red: I think he can really be an excellent wingman, but the interest in meddling in other peoples' affairs/relationships isn't normally there... he doesn't want to be held responsible if the couple doesn't end up being compatible or if things end badly, so he'd prefer to be left out of it 😅 But if he does get involved or takes an interest enough, he's really very good at it!

Trouble: I think he's only a good wingman when he doesn't know he's being a wingman... It's like, if you tell him, "Hey Trouble, go over to that random person and talk to them on my behalf, I'm interested in them 👀" he would be quite bad at it... or even if you tell him, "Trouble, I have a crush on Briony" I don't think he's the best person to engineer that matchup, partially because he's really bad at concealing his true thoughts and feelings and being deceptive, so he's going to make things quite obvious... but if you don't tell him about these things ahead of time, he is somehow amazing at inadvertently hyping you up to a person or casually throwing the two of you together that he's quite the matchmaking savant!

Shery: she is emotionally perceptive, #1 shipper in the Order (like she LIVES to ship, she LIVES to matchmake and squeal quietly when things are going well between the two of you), and subtle enough to be a great matchmaker if you want her to quietly orchestrate/engineer situations from behind the scenes... just DON'T ask her to go over and like woo someone for you by proxy, the way some wingpeople are expected to do! Other than that, though, she's quite successful, and can lie surprisingly well--at least enough to not to give away your secrets!

Chase: like Red, the talent and ability are there, but the interest isn't always... like he's always notice if two people are into each other or if they would be a good match, but he has surprisingly little interest in helping to facilitate this unless 1) he's specifically asked or 2) he's already good friends with both parties. Unlike Lavinet or Briony, he won't bestir himself to get involved in the case of two recruits, but he will if it's, like, MC and Trouble. And even if one of those conditions are met, he's so unpredictable that sometimes he can have incredible success rates, or he can use the knowledge for Evil, like deliberately pairing you in awkward situations or calling you out in front of your crush just to make you squirm because he's a troll and is greatly amused by doing things like asking "who do you think is the best-looking person in this room, MC?" (knowing full well that they're trying to hide a crush on so-and-so) or full-on inventing situations to make drive one of the crushes into such a jealous fit that they HAVE to act, or daring them to kiss each other while playing an "innocent" card game... the man gives no fucks. He will get you results like 95% of the time, but the process of getting there is chaotic and you have to be so courageous to put that faith in him and endure it in the meantime 😩

Ayla (tied with Tallys?): her method of being a wingwoman literally just involves walking up to the person in question, jabbing a thumb over her shoulder, and saying bluntly, "MC is into you (and/or wants to bang). Are you into MC?" In terms of subtlety, this is horrible, but it cuts straight to the chase and works like 50% of the time because most of the time, the people already like each other or are up for it lol, so she's not the worst to ask for this!

Tallys (tied with Ayla?): I think she's far more subtle than Ayla, but she might actually go opposite way in that she might be too subtle... not only do Elves tend to move quite slowly when it comes to other people's relationships (lack of time/urgency), but the way she'd pair people up/try to "nudge" them towards each other (like hyping MC up to someone they like) might be so subtle and low-key that it would probably fly over a lot of people's heads, especially if you were dealing with someone like a Trouble or an Ayla--like "yeah, I agree, MC is the best, why are you... telling me that" Tallys, trying harder: "I think they'd make for an ideal romantic partner, wouldn't you agree" Trouble: "......oh shit, does MC know you're in love with them??"

Riel: okay, I think if the interest were there, he'd dominate this list--his knowledge of people, their psychology and body language, and his ability to manipulate situations (particularly social dynamics) to suit his needs would put him at the very top of the matchmakers, matched (haha) only by Lavinet in that she's much more natural about engineering these things than he is. However, he could give less of a shit about interfering in anyone's relationships unless it suits some larger purpose of his or benefits him in some way... Otherwise, if you ask him to "talk to Shery on your behalf and encourage a love match between the two of you" he'll just give you his 😒 face and tell you to do it yourself

Blade - Halek: these two are tied for absolute worst. Just don't even bother. "Wingman" doesn't even exist in the vocabulary of words that Blade understands and Halek will just groan and grumble so much about what a hassle you've placed on him that you're literally better off using Caine than you would be for either of them. (Let's not forget that Blade is usually 1) your boss and 2) main enforcer of the "don't date other Shepherds" rule so it's just not a good idea to ask him to not only look the other way about breaking that rule, but to go even farther and ask him to be your wingman LOL the sheer audacity)

#Shepherds of Haven #romance options #all characters #wingman #wingmen #matchmaker #matchmaking

[decembercamiecherries]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "decembercamiecherries "?

Thanks if you want to answer.....

Yeah, of course you can ask! ^-^

My username came from my ao3 username - decembercamie. 'December' is my favorite time of the year and my birth month, 'camie' is supposed to stand for the camellia flower somehow lol. When I made my tumblr account I made it with decembercamie as my username buuuuuut I accidentally forgot my password so I had to make a new account with a new username. I like cherries so that's literally the only reason why I chose to add 'cherries' onto my ao3 username for my tumblr username.

For your first question, I wasn't sure if you were asking about my fav fics that I've written or fav fics that I've read? I went with fav fics I've read but if you meant something else just send me another ask!

Here's my current favorite top-ten fics I've read in no particular order:

Atlas (star trek, spirk) - a re-imagined what if au about what would happen after the events of the first movie and it features genius!Kirk which I absolutely love. I reread this at least once a year.

2. Miracle Child (Homestuck, gamkar) - also a what if au about what might have happened if the characters completed the game earlier and reset both the troll and human universes. It's set only in the troll universe, though. I came for the gamkar but I stayed for the awesome world building and incredible OCs. I also reread this one at least once a year.

3. A Heavy Heart (Homestuck, gamkar) - a bit of a reversed hemospectrum au mashed with a royalty au. I love this author in general for their gamkar but this fic of theirs has all my fav tropes.

4. from the rivers of our palms (x-men first class, cherik) - I'm pretty sure this fic is what inspired me to write my own hxh daemon au series because this is the best daemon au fic I've found and it inspires me every time I reread it. The cherik in this is excellent and I loved their daemons' personalities too.

5. from stardust to stars (hxh, killugon) - all of xyliane's fics are absolute perfection but this fic is the first of theirs I read and it still makes me cry to this day. The world building is really interesting, I wish I could read another couple thousand words more about it. It also inspired me to write my hxh alice in wonderland fic out of order, as this is the only other story I've read that is told like that.

6. 108 degrees (hxh, killugon) - I have a lot of fav hxh killugon fics but this one is just really fun to read. It's not that deep, it's basically a short one shot of aged up!killugon getting together on a really hot day, but god damn does it make me happy.

7. All Things Belong (mdzs, wwx + the Wens, wangxian) - this fic features Wei Wuxian receiving all the love, pampering and recognition he deserves from the most powerful cultivation family and I love that for him. The Wens are fleshed out characters in this and I love how they all fall in love with Wei Wuxian while remaining a threat to everyone else involved. Even if this fic is never completed I will adore it to the end of time.

8. Starved Stunted Juvenility (mdzs, wangxian) - what if au in which wangxian get together during their Cloud Recesses days. This fic has everyone in character, everyone falling in love with and being protective over and spoiling Wei Wuxian, incredible action scenes, a seriously well thought-out plot and world building, wonderful OCs AND it is still being regularly updated despite being over 750k WORDS LONG. I would worship the ground this author walks on if I could because oh my god.

9. Rule Number One: Don't Get Attached (mdzs, wangxian) - all of my favorite tropes and aus mashed into one fic, featuring badass/genius!Wei Wuxian and dark!Lan Wangji. This author is also just an excellent wangxian writer, I've really enjoyed all their stuff but this fic of theirs in particular is so my type that it's kind of insane lol.

10. the kind that lasts forever (tgcf, hualian) - I read this fic back when I still hadn't finished tgcf yet because it is a modern au so I wouldn't be too spoiled, and I liked it so much that I chased it down again to reread it, and then searched for it AGAIN just to bookmark it. It is hysterical. I legit laughed out loud several times even when re-reading it a second and third time.

#answered #fanfic rec #hunterxhunter #mdzs #tgcf #star trek #homestuck #about dc #cherik #there are sooooooooooo many more fics I could have added #this was so hard #like so so SO HARD

[neutrallyobsessed]

EPISODE 3!!!!!!!!! PARTY!!!!!!!!!

and im understanding Van Gogh's role even less! what is he doing here? getting along with people! is he a spy or something??

LIKE YOOOO SUSAN B ANTHONY NOW??? WHATS GOING ONNN!!!

OH SHIT big day for sacagarver but Malcom what you doing man!!

like, based, but its harriet's moment to cheat!! did they make this episodes out of order or what???

CLONEY ISLAND IS FUCKING REAL!!!!!!!!

((mr to? they'll be cutting down his name so much that he'll just be lol))

well nevermind, but at least he got one benjamin :D BUT WHAT IF I DIDNT PAY TAXES!!!!!! LMAOOO

LEGALLY SPEAKING THAT IS- OH SHIT THAT WAS FUNNY Damn they really got the hang of it!!! hell yeahhh :DD OH NO NOT CHRISTIAN ROCK!!!!!

YOU DON'T HAVE A NOSE!!

Sex-addict JFK trying religion? that sounds cool! lets see how it goes!

hey im just realizing that clone high high school is like very science so putting religion there is hilarious yoooo

WHITE WOMAN JUMPSCARE!!!!! And the white woman is down with the idea!!!!! big day for candworth ^^♥♥♥!!!

hey so ahh the joan and harriet secret friendship kinda goes hard yknow? and yeahhhh CHEATING!!! THE DRAMA!!!

WHITE MAN JUMPSCARE!!!!! and he sounding kinda jealous~~ (ngl i missed him for the like 10 mins he didnt appear on-screen ahahaha)

and wait yeah, that is where Joan and Toots used to live! They kept it for her!

and they troll people online!! aaaaaaaa- btw have they emo boy's name yet? no? ok-

OH YEAHH FRIDA AND CLEO USING THEIR INFLUENCE FOR THEIR SELFISH DESIRES WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!!

Anddddd yeahhhhh the Abe and JFK friendshippppp do be likeeeee Abe and Gandhi, but Abe is Gandhi nowwwww i dont knowww how to feellll bout thaaaaatttt- hehehehehe get your virginity back lol and yeah, they really are bragging bout the eye sex eh? aight then...

ok ok you can STOP with all the BLOOD its actually FUNNIER WITHOUT the BLOOD! it really is a funny physical comedy montage among other jokes but PLEASEEEE you know how people complain that Hazbin Hotel is too fucking RED well IT APPLIES HERE AS WELL! STOP BEING TOO UNNECESARILY RED!!!- UU! eyepatch Abe! here he is!!

Why the long face? jkjskjsjsksjksjskjsks oh that was good

NOOOOOOOOO THE BOYNIVERSARYYYYY AAAAAAAA

YESSSSSS HARRIET TALK TO GOD! THE REAL HARRIET ALSO HEARD RELIGIOUS VOICES! LIKE JEANNE, LIKE COLUMBUS! ANOTHER ONE??? nahh, but it'd be funny if Joan were dragging ppl down to her level ey?

soup al'ognion

AND WHY THE FUCK WAS VAN GOGH THERE- wait this is like ep3 with Abe and Gandhi's friendship falling out or something GANDHI HE MENTIONED HIM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

OHMY GOOOOD THEY ARE GAINAXING!!! (Gainaxing, when it's not about boob jiggling physics, it's the most extreme form of limited animation, when a scene stays static for a long amount of time to save resources, with all the religious stuff and the related evangelion reference, this pun is most intended!! Awesome!!!)

Locker Girl :)

OH NOOOO HE WAS RIGHT BEHIND HERRRR!!!!! lmao yeah i love that specification!

welp, selfcest gang, you know what to do ;)

oh man, IF ONLY they had a clone of NON WESTERN RELIGIOUS FIGURE!!! And well, seems like JFK is a VolCel now!

Rating: WE NEED GANDHI BACK OMGGG/10!

Topher Bus has appeared on screen for 16 seconds

#clone high #liveblogging #clone high season 3

[msweebyness]

MirrorVerse Special- Halloween Town Trolls (Happy 30th Anniversary Nightmare Before Christmas!)

Hellllo, my fine, fright-loving folks! Exciting news! This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest holiday films ever, so Sparky and I decided to celebrate by doing a special involving our characters from the Disney AU's who come from said film! Keep an eye out for two more surprises from me (one largely from Artzy, lol.) Enjoy! @artzychic27 @imsparky2002

(Set During Senior Year)

(Holding a portal open, BluRore gazes sternly at the two Halloween Town natives standing in front of her, both bearing maniacal grins.)

BluRore: Now remember, you two. Don’t cause too much trouble. Heavens know these people have enough to deal with already, with him being about…

(Eri places a bony hand over her heart)

Eri Skellington: Not to fear, dear fairy! We have but one target in this endeavor. He alone will suffer the dregs of our mischief!

SalAnthony: Translation: We’re only gonna punk the Boogie, we won’t bother anyone else.

BluRore: (Nods with a sigh) Good. Now, with that out of the way…(smiles wickedly) Give that jackass hell!

(The two nod with devious smiles of their own, before stepping through the portal)

*SCENE CUT: Ivan Oogie’s Lair*

(The villainous Ivan Oogie cackles menacingly as he watches his bugs and critters wreak havoc in Halloween Town, ruining the preparations the townsfolk had worked so hard on.)

Ivan Oogie: (Laughs with pure malice) Lookit ‘em, runnin’ around like chickens with no heads! What a bunch’a suckers!

(Suddenly, he hears an odd tapping noise from outside his lair.)

Ivan Oogie: (Eyes narrow) What the…

(He steps outside to investigate…only to be whacked in the schnoz by a severed blue hand.)

Ivan Oogie: What in the Sam Hill?! Who-

(He’s cut off when the hand rounds back and slaps him across the face, before scuttling into the shadows around his lair. Two voices laugh from somewhere unseen.)

Ivan Oogie: A’RIGHT, WHO’S THA WISEASS, HUH?! SHOW YOURSELVES, ‘FORE I LOSE MY PATIENCE! WHO’S THERE?!

Eri Skellington: (From the darkness, in a voice with an exaggerated southern accent) It’s yer mama, Boogie Boy! Hauntin’ you for killin’ me, which ya did because yer a bitchass motherfucker!

SalAnthony: (Snickers, also hidden in the shadows) A little pissbaby, who’s scared of widdle bunny wabbits!

Ivan Oogie: (Trembling with fury) GET OUT ‘ERE AN’ FACE ME, YA ROTTEN LIL FREAKS! I’M THA KING’A THIS TOWN!

(The two just laugh at him again, angering him even further as he tries to see through the thick shadows.)

SalAnthony: Yo, jackass!

(Eri’s parasol whacks Ivan over the head, momentarily stunning him, but she disappears back into the darkness before he can spot her. This enrages him, of course.)

Ivan Oogie: I'M GONNA RIP YA TO BITS! DON'T Y'ALL KNOW NOT TO GAMBLE YER LIVES ON MESSIN WITH THE BOOGEYMAN?!

(SalAnthony’s hand slaps him upside the head.)

SalAnthony: Ooooh, we made him angy, Eri! I'm sooo scared! (Snickers)

Eri Skellington: Now, now, my dear doll, I believe it’s time we made our entrance, don’t you agree?

(The two suddenly appear behind Ivan Oogie, giving earsplitting shrieks as they make their most terrifying faces. He jumps, and it takes every ounce of willpower the young boogey has not to scream in terror.)

Ivan Oogie: So ya f-finally get the guts ta sh-show yer faces! Th-that the b-best ya got?

(The two give each other sly grins)

Eri Skellington: Of course not! A little friend of ours wants to say hello as well. (She pulls out a fluffy grey rabbit with green eyes.)

(The boogeyman lets out a high squeal.)

SalAnthony: He's Jesse's stress bunny. His name is Antonio. Isn’t he just the cutest thing in the world, Oogie? (Cackles)

Ivan Oogie: (Falls back on the ground and scrambles away) GET THAT BEADY-EYED LIL BUGGER AWAY FROM ME!

Eri Skellington: (Cackles with glee) What's this? What's this? He's screaming like a loon! He's pissed, what bliss! And he'll start crying soon!

SalAnthony: Damn, will he ever, hold it together? No, I think not, never to become. This fool is simply too much fun!

Ivan Oogie: (Scowls) Just wait till my Pun’Kin finds out ‘bout this! Y'all’re gonna be sorry when we slice ya up and eat ya for dinner!

SalAnthony: (Scoffs) Sorry, boyo, but your calamari cocktease doesn't scare us, and neither do you!

(Ivan is about to shout at him not to speak that way about his scallop, but Eri cuts him off.)

Eri Skellington: Well, it’s at least something of a comfort that you at least won’t kill your Tonsil Hockey partner to boost your fragile ego! (Examines her nails)

(Ivan Oogie splutters, only for SalAnthony to set the stage for the next blow)

SalAnthony: Well, Bones, he’s also got a soft spot for his baby sistew, doesn’t he? (Smirks devilishly)

Eri Skellington: (Giggles) That’s true! So much so that he’s a regular honored guest at her tea parties! (She pulls out her phone, where she had somehow procured an image of him sitting at Sasha’s small tea table with her, wearing a glittery princess tiara and a pink feather boa)

Ivan Oogie: (Eyes shoot open wide as he stammers, his face a mask of shock and mortification) WH-WHERE DID YA GET THAT?!

Eri Skellington: I have my ways, it’s neither here nor there! (Giggles) But rest assured, no one but me and dear Anthony have see-(Makes a show of ‘accidentally’ tapping something on the screen) (Gasps, covering her mouth with her hand) Oh, dear me! It seems I just sent it to the entire student body of the DuPont Reform Academy. Dreadfully sorry! (She and Anthony cackle)

(Ivan Oogie screams in rage)

Ivan Oogie: YOU BONE-BRAINED BITCH!

(He grabs her by the throat…only for his scream to change to one of pain when she effortlessly bent his wrist the wrong way, her expression calm as she drew her parasol out)

Eri Skellington: (Icy Tone) Did no one ever teach you not to touch a lady without permission, imbecile?

SalAnthony: Never mind him, love. The gist of it is that if he’s hot for them, or they came from the same womb he did, they’re safe. Otherwise, he’s a pathetic little sociopath who gives a bad name to real boogies!

Ivan Oogie: (Puffs out his chest) The rest’a my kind ain’t nothin' but cowards who waste their time bein' goody-goody losers! I'm better than all of 'em combined!

Eri Skellington: (Rolls her eyes) Oh, yes, you're SUCH a macho man! Constantly needing to pick fights with that buffoon friend of yours to prove yourself superior.

SalAnthony: (Scoffs) The only thing he has over that moron is that he doesn't beat women.

(Ivan Oogie snarls)

Eri Skellington: (Giggles mockingly) I would almost argue intelligence too, but it's too small of a margin to really be sure.

Ivan Oogie: (Crosses his arms) Y’know, it ain't very HERO-like of y'all to come here jus’ to rough me up an’ call me names.

SalAnthony: (Rolls his eyes and groans) Why do you villains always say that? We are allowed to be petty, you know. Especially to cannibalistic homicidal edgelords.

Eri Skellington: Too true. Pity that your massive egos and minuscule brains can't handle even the most valid criticisms.

Ivan Oogie: W-Well…Y-You…Y’ALL SUCK!

SalAnthony: Oooh, nice one. Come on, Eri, let's go back to a Halloween Town that ISN’T plagued by a burlap sack-looking hick with a ‘Macho Man’ complex!

Eri Skellington: Indeed. I tire of this fool. And you know how much they panic when I disappear close to Halloween time. (Rolls her eyes fondly)

SalAnthony: Mayor's gonna have another conniption, isn't he?

(The two laugh before disappearing through the portal back to their own universe)

Ivan Oogie: Yeah, that's right! Run away! (He begins attempting to console himself) They were too scared to keep pullin' shit. Runnin' away like a couple’a pussies. I'm the best, and ev’rbody knows it.

(He feels a tap on his shoulder)

???: Hey, Dickface!

(He turns with a scowl to see who insulted him…only to drop to his knees with a squeak of pain as he’s kneed right in the groin, by none other than the daughter of his Canon Disney counterpart!)

Darcy Boogie: (Flips Ivan Oogie off, before turning to face us, the audience) Bet ya’ll weren’t expecting that. JJ!

(Her boyfriend gracefully kicks Ivan Oogie right in the head, knocking him out cold, before turning in the direction of the fourth wall.)

JJ Skellington: (Gives a dramatic bow, tipping his signature fedora) Happy anniversary, everyone!

AND SCENE!

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#miraculous ladybug #class of heroes #class of villainy #ml au #the nightmare before christmas #eri tanaka #mlb ocs #anthony mathis #ivan bruel #sally #jack skellington #oogie boogie #eri skellington #SalAnthony #ivan oogie #descendants #darcy boogie #jj skellington

[stormblessed95]

See I'm not a tkk troll but a jkkr but now I'm starting to think taekook are real and tkkrs were right all this time. And just because many were against them they became toxic. Regarding jimin, either they were just hating him because they got jealous or he is indeed doing FS.

Everytime we see now tkk are spending a lot of time together. In random pics it's tkk who's together and not Jikook, but in content coming from company somehow these thing is opposite. There tkk are asked to say they are not close, not spending much time behind scenes along with lot of playful moments intiated by Jimin. Tae's best friend's brother just posted a pic of tkk playing together, that said best friend who has met BTS is only following JK and Tae on insta (I wonder why and funny because we may take this as a Jkk moment if it happened or link Tae to someone else if something like this happened ), tae posting a lot of JK pics, talking a lot about him, them going to hangout in busan. Just take busan vlive for eg, how he put arms around JK unprovoked but never does that if it is some other member. I want to say a lot but then you will label me as 'tkk troll' and ignore..

I literally have had tkkrs on here that I've interacted with and not called them trolls. You don't want to be called a troll. Don't act like a troll. It's honest to God that simple. You don't need to lie. Just say what you think and go. Pretending to be a jkkr while saying Tae only ever puts his arm around JK in vlives is just silly and not true (i mean just a few months ago he was putting an arm around Jin and kissing him on the head during their vlive with the others or pulling Hobi back into his lap for cuddles during the vlive or putting his arm around Jimin, etc etc etc).

I just heard about the bowling picture, if that's true it's great and I hope they have fun and maybe then they were talking about their bowling trip invite when Tae mentioned talking to him earlier. Which is amazing. I take all that with a grain of salt though too. I've already covered all of your other points in plenty of other posts. So not worth rehashing for me personally. Ship who you want anon. I'll wish you well. No skin off my back.

I will say though that don't pretend to be a jkkr and then say the company tells taekook to say they aren't close and that jikook don't hang out in their personal time when that's been proven incorrect many times. Just say, "I think I'm beginning to think taekook are real." And go on your merry way! Idk why you need to tell ME though. You don't need my approval love. Ship away! Just leave Jimin out of it, yeah? I think your wrong but why does that matter? And you aren't that special, I ignore lots of asks. Lol if you just really want attention, ask or DM me. I delete lots of asks I get. It's just how it goes. I deleted an ask from someone who I generally very much so enjoy talking to on this hell site about minimoni because it was a topic of conversation I just didn't want to invite into my space at this time. And when I told them, they were very understanding about it. No troll name calling involved either.

Enjoy your time as a taekooker anon. I hope it brings you the happiness you want it to 😅 there are tons of tkkr blogs here as well that would be more than happy to hear your "conversion" story too. But honestly, even if you really are/were a jkkr, I'm not the head of the organization. You don't need to turn in your 2 weeks notice to me. You can actually just leave the "shipdom" at any time. 💜 you don't need my validation or approval to make your own choices.

#tkkrs

[alyssasweettart]

I’m bored so I fixed the “Singing Killed my grandma” scene. Enjoy

(Branch sighs and walks off to climb the pink curtain to the window)

Poppy: Branch, what are you doing? You have to sing

Branch: I’m sorry I don’t sing

Poppy: Well you have to

Branch: I said no , Poppy

Poppy: You don’t actually mean that, all trolls can sing

Branch: well I can’t

Poppy: you can you just won’t!

(Branch unlocks the window and Poppy chases behind him)

Branch: I said no!

Poppy: Why is it so hard for you to just be a troll? That was what we were made to do! We sing, we dance, we hug-

(Branch angrily turns back)

Branch: Poppy, No! I don’t want to hear it.

Branch: You been blabbing about this since day one. I get you want to be a great Queen and help the trolls but what you don’t understand is that not everything is in your control!

Branch: What other reason do I have to sing and dance and hug because-that just isn’t me anymore!

Branch: but YOU, “Your Majesty” have not even the slightest concept of reality in your glitter happy brain!

Poppy: Branch, I act like this because if I can’t have my hopes up how else am I gonna keep the trolls spirits alive.

Branch: Look here is the thing about “hope”. It vanishes the moment everything is gone. I had hope. But thinking that everything will be better only cost you another thing…

(Branch is silent for a moment)

Branch: like your family…

(Branch walks off to the corner leaving Poppy dumbfounded)

(The other trolls stand and watch)

Cooper: *whispers* This got oddly dark…

(Poppy slowly walks up to Branch and sits on her knees)

Poppy: Branch?

(Branch looks away)

Poppy: I’m sorry…I didn’t know-

Branch: Now your sorry?

(Poppy’s eyes widen)

Poppy: I-If I knew that had happened to you…I would’ve kept my mouth shut.

Branch: *sigh* Poppy…we all are allowed to be upset and hurt. Scrapbooking and cupcakes can’t change that.

Branch: You wouldn’t know though. Because you’ve been spoiled by your fake reality…

(A tear falls down Branches cheek)

Poppy: What happened?

Branch: well…

(Flash back to past I’m too lazy to write the rest)

(Branch continues to sit next to Poppy as the two are sharing a moment)

Poppy: Even if you don’t…I think your a good singer

Branch: Thanks.

(End)

Sorry if it was a little much lol

#script #Trolls #queen poppy #branch trolls #singing killed my grandma

[alj4890]

All Through the Night

A Choices The Royal Romance Dark AU

A/N Sorry! I know this took forever to come about. With new family emergencies, helping my aunt move to another state, and even more unexpected road trips, I have gotten so behind on posts. Everytime I think I can get back to normal, something happens, LOL. SO, we will just go with Picking up directly with the events of our last chapter. And yes, there is another character death in this chapter. *WARNING* VIOLENT DEATH.*

@iaminlovewithtrr @gkittylove99 @krsnlove @kingliam2019 @texaskitten30 @yourmajesty09 @mom2000aggie @ofpixelsandscribbles @twinkleallnight @lodberg @amandablink @neotericthemis @mm2305 @sfb123 @tessa-liam @busywoman @nestledonthaveone @angelasscribbles @thesvnsins

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Chapter 12

Ramsford...

Maxwell stumbled through the darkening woods. Blood dripped from his hands. His shirt and pants were ripped in places. His breath was ragged as he rushed towards the unknown.

He only knew he had to save the person who had screamed.

I'm coming, his mind cried out. Hold on just a little longer.

He broke through the brush. His eyes scanned the opening. A denial ripped through his parted lips.

The body on the ground was one he recognized.

At least, he recognized what was left.

"Drake?" He whispered. "Drake? No."

He withdrew a dagger Olivia had given him earlier as he stepped closer to the still form.

Swallowing nervously, he scanned the shadowed areas for any sign of glowing eyes or movement of any kind.

Once he was close enough, he dropped down to one knee. His lips parted. His eyes briefly closed over what had been done to The Dark Prince's best friend.

It was too much.

Stepping back, he took deep breaths to calm down. He had seen these before, but to actually know the person...

Know you had to be the one to give the news to those you cared about...

He didn't believe he had it in him.

Sherry.

Savannah.

Even Liam.

He forced himself to study the crime scene. He couldn't stop the winces over the blood and brain matter scattered about. Drake's crushed face. The missing eyeball. The nearly decapitated head.

Maxwell easily found the weapon. The crude club held bits of Drake's skin, hair, and blood.

Something about this was wrong. The trolls weren't ones to leave a club behind. They were also known to drag their kills home as a trophy of sorts. And the footprints.

They are human size. Nearly as big as my own.

The killer wore boots. Trolls never wore manmade shoes. They preferred to use leather slippers, sewn by members of their tribes.

Maxwell nearly jumped out of his skin when his phone vibrated in his pocket.

"Sherry?" His voice cracked.

"Max." She sobbed his name. "It's Liam. He said...it can't be true! Drake can't be dead!"

Maxwell's head dropped forward. He couldn't find the words to tell her.

"Honey, I need you to stay inside Ramsford. Make certain you keep everyone inside."

"No." She began to cry harder. "Where are you? Are you in danger?"

"I don't think I am." He swallowed. "Could you, could you give the phone to Olivia?"

"Max." Sherry pleaded. "Please come home. I need you."

"I'll be there soon." He promised. "How's Savannah? She hasn't felt anything has she?"

"No." Sherry sniffed. "Liam felt it all." Another sob broke through. "Do you think it's true?"

Maxwell turned to look at Drake once more.

"It's true, Sherry." He said softly.

Her breath hitched.

"Sherry? Honey, are you there--"

"I'm coming." She ended the call.

Maxwell cursed. He knew there was no stopping her. He searched through his contacts.

"We're on our way." Olivia answered in lieu of greeting. "Stay there."

"No!" Maxwell replied bitterly. "It happened in an area that I can't easily protect you and Sherry."

"Then it's a good thing that Rashad is coming too." Olivia snapped then ended the call.

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Sherry turned away from the sight. She wished she hadn't seen what had been done to one of her dearest friends. It was horrible. No one should have to die in such a horrific manner, much less someone she loved.

Rashad gently pulled her into his arms. His eyes were filled with unshed tears as he watched Olivia and Maxwell examine the body with the use of flashlights.

"I don't know how we will tell Liam." Olivia grimaced.

"You don't have to."

The four whipped around.

Liam, incredibly pale, stepped into the clearing.

"You shouldn't have come!" Olivia got to her feet, doing her best to block the image of Drake's body.

Liam gently pushed her to the side so he could take a look at what had been done to his best friend.

The others remained quiet, anxiously watching him. They didn't know how to comfort him. They didn't have the words to--

A roar burst from Liam at the sight. In the blink of an eye, he had an eighty-five foot Ramsford oak tree ripped from the ground and thrown deep into the forest. Three more followed before he registered the hand gripping his arm.

Olivia carefully shook him.

He met her concerned gaze, his rage quickly turning once more to sorrow.

"We'll find whoever did this." She vowed. "We will have our revenge."

Liam nodded, gripping her hand in his.

He prayed that he would be the one to find and destroy the person responsible.

******************

Bertrand looked up when he heard Maxwell return with the others. Hushed voices and sniffs echoed along the marble tiled hallway. He glanced down at his wife, fitfully asleep on the sofa, then eased out of the duchy's informal den.

Once the door was shut, Bertrand turned to face the group. He fell to his knees when he saw the Dark Prince.

Curses escaped Maxwell's lips as he dashed over to his brother's side.

"I'm...fine!" Bertrand managed to say.

He slowly got to his feet, apologizing to everyone.

He then forced himself to look at the one whom he once believed was his greatest enemy.

Liam stared back. His head tilted somewhat as if in curious confusion.

Maxwell looked back and forth between the two, his worry notching higher and higher.

"Bertrand?" Maxwell began hesitantly, "this is, um, a relative of Sherry's."

"He knows who I am." Liam said after probing Bertrand's thoughts again.

The Dark Prince had been prepared to leave the moment the duke saw him, but then he heard his thoughts pleading with him to give him a moment to deal with the recognition. Sensing no ill will from the former monster hunter, Liam did as he wished.

Maxwell paled. He couldn't deal with his brother suffering again, not on top of everything else going on.

Bertrand's breathing became easier. He finally met his brother's fearful gaze. "I remember everything."

******************

A few hours later the group was still trying to piece together the recent murders and if they connected at all.

"We have no common enemies!" Olivia snapped for the fourth time. "The only one who was tied to us both was Regina."

Liam ran his hands through his hair as he listened to arguments both for and against the murders being aimed at them.

"These are murders of people who hold both power and affection in your lives." Bertrand argued. "Regina and Lucretia were family for you. And Drake..."

Liam dropped his head in his hands. He still couldn't believe this was happening. How could he have found joy in discovering his mate to only end up planning a funeral for his best friend?

"Why would a monster attack, let alone kill, the Dark Prince's right hand?" Maxwell paced about the room.

"Have you angered someone in your kingdom?" Olivia asked. "Slighted one of the tribes of trolls?"

Liam shook his head. "No. And neither did Father." He looked up. "Our kingdom has been peaceful for years."

Silence fell once more as everyone tried to see who or what could be doing these heinous killings.

Then Savannah's cries reached them.

Bertrand rushed out of the room to comfort her. They could hear his soft words of love and sorrow followed by a door clicking shut.

The others slumped down in their chairs, unable to think of how to move forward from this.

********************

A few weeks later...

Madeleine didn't want to think it. She shouldn't think it possible, yet the signs were becoming more and more apparent. She should have seen it all before, but love blinded her to so many of his faults.

How had she missed this?

She continued her study of the Lost Book of Aurelia. Though she had hoped it would give her something to find Regina's killer, it instead gave her more insight to the side effects contained in the potion she'd given Leo.

She'd finally noticed a change in her Prince Charming.

His smile, once so warm, held a sinister edge. He found humor and great delight in the thought of someone or something suffering. He also began to go into great detail all that he would do to those who would stand in his way of reclaiming his rightful place upon the throne.

It frightened her. She was grateful that Regina made certain to teach her the ways of keeping anyone from reading her thoughts. The mental shield she had firmly in place kept Leo from ever knowing the shock and revulsion she was beginning to feel around him.

It also kept him from knowing the questions she had on his times away from her. The hours and days he was gone gave her opportunities to sit and study not only the book but also to ponder what he was doing.

When news reached her of the Dark Prince's friend's death, she wondered. Leo spoke so highly of the inhabitants of the Dark Kingdom. Were they truly so unhappy with their monarch that they were now attacking members of the Dark Inner Court?

Perhaps. Then again...she had seen Leo burning clothes one night.

Were those blood stains? Or was it merely shadows upon the light blue material?

She didn't know. All she knew was that her gut was urging her on to finding a way to fix this.

Though, she wasn't exactly sure what to fix nor how to do it.

The next to the last chapter of the Book of Aurelia made her pause. It had a complicated potion recipe followed by instructions on how to undo the very spell that had given Leo his powers. Madeleine, refusing to think of if she would have to do this, rushed to her storeroom to search for each ingredient.

She then removed an ancient dagger from a nearby display case. She could remember Regina explaining the significance of one their ancestors weilding such a weapon while using magic.

Can I do this to the man I love?

She didn't know. Maybe she wouldn't have to. Hopefully once he regained his lost throne, he would be the man she'd fallen in love with. He would prove her prediction right that their destinies were entwined and that Leo was going to do great things.

Madeleine had never been wrong before in her premonitions. Surely she would begin to see the good he would do.

But great doesn't necessarily mean good.

It could mean the amount or intensity of some action or attribute being above the norm.

"He could do great harm." She whispered to her empty chamber.

No, her heart screamed. That couldn't be it! I would never lose my heart to a monster!

She angrily wiped at the tears that came to her eyes, swiped up the book she was so certain was meant to help, and began the potion.

****************

Time seemed to creep by for everyone. A sense of peace seemed to have come over both kingdoms, though those who had been the most affected by the events doubted it. Their nerves were notched high in anticipation of what would happen next.

They all believed that the horrors were not really over. Who or whatever was out there had to be lying in wait to strike again. The peace was almost worse than tripping over a body of someone they knew.

Maxwell refused to let Bertrand come with him at night to monitor the borders. Savannah was not doing well with Drake's death. She'd fallen into a deep depression, knowing her actions had led to her losing her brother forever. Bertrand already had his hands full with taking care of her.

Knowing that a dragon and a Nevarkis would be with him, helped Bertrand step back from his need to guard his younger brother.

Maxwell, though, was doing his best to get rid of having Sherry with him each evening and to keep Olivia from coming out every free chance she had.

Rashad and Liam attempted to help but were plagued with Hana and Riley refusing to be left behind.

Maxwell knew that having this many people grouped together would keep any danger from occurring. As comforting as that thought was, he also knew one other thing.

"We'll never figure out who or what is responsible." He told Olivia one night. "Not with all of us together."

The queen's eyes narrowed somewhat on those she had come to care for walking along the forest that hid the twisted paths up to the Blackspire Mountains.

Her eyes lifted to try to see Sherry in dragon form flying amongst the moonless night. The only thing visible were her silver eyes gleaming as she scanned the area. Her wings didn't make a sound as she glided near the tree tops.

"I need to do this alone." He argued once more.

Olivia had lost count over how many times they had this same discussion. She refused to be a passive queen. Sherry refused to leave her mate to possibly die. Rashad refused to leave his cousin to fight some unknown creature. Hana refused to let him face this without her. Liam refused because he wanted justice for them all and to protect those he loved. Naturally, Riley was just as determined as the rest to solve this mystery and not lose the man she'd fallen in love with.

Maxwell was left scowling over no one doing as he thought best.

"Where are you going?" Olivia asked when he turned and began walking away from the area they were currently monitoring.

"I'll be back." He grumbled, waving his hand in farewell.

Olivia felt a burst of wind nearly knock her down. She couldn't help but chuckle when she heard Maxwell's curse. Sherry had overheard him and rushed to where he had disappeared to. No doubt the dragon was back in human form and telling him off for leaving everyone else behind.

"I see we lost our air support." Liam teased as he joined her.

"So we did." Olivia muttered, checking the time.

"You need to go home." Liam told her. "I know you have duties to see to in the morning."

She snorted. Her morning as a queen of a non-mystical realm was to start in less than four hours.

"I'll be fine." She knew it would be a very long day. "This is more important than listening to pompous nobles complaining about everything they were given at birth."

Liam reached out and squeezed her hand. "The people of Cordonia have no idea what they have in you as a ruler."

She knew she must be more tired than she originally thought the moment tears formed in hearing that.

Patting her shoulder, he left her to rejoin Riley.

Taking a shuddering breath, Olivia turned to walk the familar path she'd guarded for years.

******************

Fydelia, a few days later...

"Your grace!" Madeleine dipped into an automatic curtsey. "This is a surprise."

"Forgive me for coming unannounced." Bertrand began. "I'm at such a loss of what to do."

Madeleine asked him to sit.

"First off, I should inform you that I have all my memories back."

Her eyes widened. "What? How?"

He went through a brief explanation before rising and pacing the length of her drawing room.

"Do you need me to make you something to help deal with the horrors that still plague you?" She asked.

"No. I need your help with my wife."

Madeleine's brow smoothed with understanding. "Her grief must be severe."

"More than any I've ever seen." Bertrand explained. "She and Drake were finally able to have a relationship. Be around one another without hurting." He pinched the bridge of his nose as he thought of Savannah's sobbing for her brother every night. "Now she's left with nothing but heartache."

"Hmm." Madeleine's brow furrowed once more. "Forgive me if this sounds harsh, but she shouldn't have felt his death this deeply. The potion Regina and I concocted to break the blood magic should have for lack of a better term, dampened, any sense of love between them."

"I thought the same." Bertrand continued to pace. "But if anything, she feels even more for her brother than before."

Madeleine motioned for him to follow her into her chambers. She picked up the book that she'd studied along with Regina to find a way to help break the blood magic.

She scanned the carefully hand written lines of her ancestors.

Bertrand attempted to read over her shoulder but could make little sense of what was written.

"Oh." Madeleine sat down upon a stool. "I see."

"What?"

"We only broke the blood magic between Savannah and Drake." She explained.

"I know." He once again read where her finger had stopped. "And what does that have to do with her depression?"

"There was a new link to the blood magic formed when Savannah became pregnant." Madeleine continued.

Bertrand's eyes widened. "But she had none left to pass on."

"The spell only worked for her." Madeleine continued. "Any child born with a drop of Walker blood, it appears, will be tied to each other and to the Dark Prince and his family."

She gave him a moment to absorb this.

"So," he swallowed, "Savannah is feeling our unborn child's pain over Drake's death?"

"Yes." She reached out and placed her hand over his. "And, though I'm not certain, the child will need to be around the Dark Prince once he or she is born."

Bertrand sat down beside her. He shook his head as if in disbelief.

"What am I to do?" He whispered mostly to himself.

"Wait and see." She explained. "Your child might be able to live away from the Dark Kingdom. We won't know until they enter into the world."

He nodded, not truly wanting to accept this. "Is there anything you can give to help Savannah deal with this sadness?"

"Of course." She got up, relieved to be given a task she could readily succeed at. "It will take just an hour to prepare."

"Thank you." He murmured as she bustled about gathering ingredients.

"It is no trouble at all, your grace." She sent a smile over her shoulder toward him.

"Not just for this." He explained. "But for everything you and The Guardian did for me and my family."

Madeleine stilled. "Thank you, Lord Bertrand."

He chuckled. "As much as we have been through and as a creator of my temporary mind, don't you think we are past using honorifics?"

With a startled laugh, she nodded. "Of course."

"I've been lax in my duties to check on you since Regina left us." He added once a comfortable silence fell between them. "I must apologize for that."

"I understand." She mumbled, grounding petals of lavender in a small bowl.

"You are too kind." His lips turned up into a soft smile. "You remind me of her."

Madeleine looked up. "Regina?"

He nodded. "In many ways."

She blinked back tears. "I wish..." She shook her head and went back to the potion's ingredients. "I wish I was like her."

"You are." He waved around the room. "Look at all you have studied to try to help us."

Madeleine's hands trembeled. "Bertrand, may I...may I share something with you?"

"Of course you may."

Madeleine swallowed nervously. "Well, I have been helping--"

She jumped when the wood door to her storeroom bounced against the stone wall.

Leo had arrived.

His lips that she had once loved to kiss were twisted in an almost animalistic snarl. His bright blue eyes cut to her and then Bertrand.

The Duke got to his feet, moving his way over to protect the young witch.

"What is the meaning of this?" Leo snapped.

"I'm helping his grace." Madeleine quickly explained. "His wife--"

Leo moved within the blink of an eye. His fingers wrapped around Bertrand's neck then he lifted him off the floor.

"LEO!" Madeleine shouted. "No! Please, put--"

"You dare to come here and beg for her magic to help you!" Leo hissed, eyeing the desperate nobleman. "After years of hunting beings full of the substance."

"Leo, let him go!" Madeleine pleaded. "I owe the Beaumont's for --"

"You owe them nothing!" Leo flung Bertrand away.

Madeleine let out a cry when his body crashed through a glass cabinet. She moved to check to see if he was still alive, only to find herself pinned to a wall.

Leo's fingers curved around her delicate wrists, lifting them over her head.

"Now, my love," he leaned closer toward her, "just what did you think you were doing?"

Madeleine's heartbeat accelerated.

His sneer turned to an amused smirk.

"There is nothing to be scared of."

She swallowed. "I'm...I'm not scared."

"Lying, are we?" He taunted. "Cute, but unnecessary."

"Leo, please, let me check on Lord Beaumont."

"He lives." Leo bit out. "For the moment."

His fingers tightened around her wrists.

Madeleine strained against him as the pain brought tears go her eyes.

"You," he leaned down close so he could stare directly into her eyes, his tone dark and serious. "Will never tell me what to do again. Is that understood?"

Madeleine cried out when he squeezed to the point of almost breaking her bones.

"Yes!" She sobbed.

He let her go with a chuckle. "Good."

Straightening his sleeves, he turned toward where Bertrand lay.

"Now to clean this up."

"What are you going to do?" She asked.

"Kill him and get rid of his body." Leo explained.

"No!" Madeleine followed on his heels, reaching out to grasp his arm. "He isn't our enemy, he--"

Leo backhanded her, striking her face. Madeleine's head snapped back as she went flying across the room. Her body collided against the stone wall.

Leo paused as he realized what he had just done. He rushed over to see how badly hurt she was. Blood covered the wall where her head struck. Some dribbled from her lips. Her nose was broken completely smashed within her face. Her eyes were already showing signs of bruising.

Her breath though was what surprised him. It rattled in her chest. He knew she'd suffered some cracked ribs. He also suspected that one lung was punctured.

"Well, this didn't go as I had planned." He muttered to her unconscious form. "You weren't supposed to die. You were to be queen."

Leo got to his feet, dusting off his pants.

"But, I see there is little to be done for you." He smirked at what was about to happen. "Don't worry, little witch. I really didn't have much use for you anymore. I'll make certain though to kill Liam and Father in your honor."

He glanced back at the sight of Bertrand's unmoving body. Sensing little chance for the duke to recover from his injuries; he shrugged, stepped over Madeleine, and began whistling a jaunty tune as he left her home.

*****************

A few minutes later...

Bertrand groaned as he blinked. His head pounded. Glass shards covered his arms, hands, legs, and most of his back. His insides felt like they were on fire.

He tried to focus on a panicked sound coming from the other side of the room.

Somehow, he got to his knees and began to painstakingly crawl toward the shadowed form on the floor.

"Mad-" He coughed up blood. "Madeleine?"

Her bruised and blood shot eyes locked on him. Raising a trembling hand, she tried to speak.

Blood bubbles appeared on her lips.

Unable to get the words out, she touched her bloody lips then began to run her index finger on the wall.

Bertrand tried to clear his blurred vision as she fought to write out her words.

"Forgive me." He sank down beside her. "I can't..." He passed out from his concussion.

Madeleine struggled more and more to draw air into her body as she left a message for Maxwell.

Her body's trembles grew in strength. She could feel the heavy weight of eternal darkness begin to smother her as she tried to leave a way to help for those left behind.

Tears trickled down her cheeks when her hand dropped down upon the cold stone floor.

She wasn't ready to die. She didn't want her life to end with nothing to show for it. She didn't have the life she'd been dreaming of since first meeting Leo. Though he always spoke of them ruling both kingdoms of Cordonia, all she focused on was becoming his wife and mother to their children.

She wouldn't have that now. She wouldn't ever dream those precious dreams ever again.

She could feel her heart beat begin to slow. Each agonizing breath into her battered beyond repair body made the darkness seem almost appealing.

Madeleine closed her eyes and thought of the one person who truly loved her.

Her final thought as her heart beat for the last time was how happy she'd been in this room with Regina.

#choices trr #trr dark au #trr vampire au #the royal romance #vampire liam #trr maxwell #trr olivia #liam x riley #leo x madeleine #maxwell x sherry #hana x rashad #choices stories you play #play choices fanfic

[nonbinarygamzee]

what are your thoughts on kurloz?

honestly just.... minimal.

i always wanted to like him more than i do out of i guess loyalty? or spite lol. but admittedly i just dont get a whole lot out of the dancestors in general. most of my interest in kurloz falls more on how i can continue to extrapolate more about gamzee and LE.

a big thing i always find myself coming back to with kurloz is that with the dancestors as a whole being (among other things) personifications of the "bad" fanonizations of their respective beta trolls, kurloz being this shifty manipulator who otherwise comes across as unassuming is a pretty blatant way of poking fun at people who treated gamzee as this genius behind the scenes pulling at the strings. which is something that i also have thoufhts about people doing to an extent but its so interesting coming from the writing itself when not only does hs repeatedly show us gamzee being extremely competent in the work she is (forced to be) doing, but this idea of gamzee playing dumb while being ultimately evil and scheming and worthy of all that she has done to her is like..... exactly what hussie tries to posit as intentional down the line in his own commentary. kurloz actually kind of stands as a pillar of a lot of what i have to say about hussies intentionality in the ways he brutalizes and then demonizes gamzee despite not being a character i even think all that often about.

also i like that hes one of the only reasons we get a look into gamzee and her general disposition around that part of the story. i think it says a Lot that she seems to dislike him or at least the way he chooses to carry himself! i am always crying, throwing up and etc about the fact that we see so little of my girl but i do think moments like her interacting with kurloz end up being all the more impactful and perfect for picking apart because of it.

#ask #also hes goth so that is cool #dont feel like i need to get i to the racism but thats also a massive part of him and wirhout the appeal of being a real character like #gamzee (sort of) gets to be i just dont have a whole lot to say about him outside of it

[cantstoptheimagines]

have the HTTYD main cast + gobber (just so u know this man is canonically gay) & eret for the ask game!!

ask game | send me a character and i’ll tell you...

note | i haven’t watched these movies in a while so bear with me on this one. i also feel like this series isn’t really made for ships. i mainly focused on the other questions instead, especially if i couldn’t come up with anything to say. 

also, these asks take way longer to write than i anticipated, lol! i probably won’t answer very many more after this

astrid hofferson

otp for them | idk, astrid and hiccup definitely have that enemies to lovers vibe, especially in the first movie. i really like them together. 

brotp for them | i think astrid and snotlout could be decent friends if he’d stop flirting with her all the damn time, lmao

other ships

what kind of fic i’d write about them | not sure, there’s endless possibilities for astrid. she’s such an interesting character! 

a favorite canon moment | that moment when she first goes on a ride with hiccup and toothless. seeing her look at how amazing the sky looks and how incredible the dragons are was so well done, i really want to praise the animators for their work on that scene 

color that reminds me of them | deep violet 

song that reminds me of them | naiá by gaearon

a headcanon about them | she definitely scares the shit out of hiccup on a regular basis as a prank. jumping around corners, grabbing him from behind and shouting, you name it, she’s done it! and it’s hilarious every single time (to her, at least)!

a random au i think up on the spot for them | fake relationship omg!!

anything else

eret

otp for them | idk, i could see eret settling down with a nice village girl who runs one of the trading stalls or a cute lad who is a blacksmith’s apprentice or something. (i definitely think he’s either bi or pan.)

brotp for them | i think if they could actually get along, eret and snotlout could be decent friends. they’re pretty similar when it really comes down to it (whether snotlout wants to admit that or not). 

other ships

what kind of fic i’d write about them | he’d fit well in a friends to lovers fic i think. like, he’s just slowly falling in love with his oldest childhood bestie and occasionally embarrassing himself in front of them. 

a favorite canon moment | you can see it in the gif i attached to this! i love the scene in which he thanks stormfly for saving his life, finally understanding that the dragons are far more than what he initially believed.

color that reminds me of them | black and silver 

song that reminds me of them | wolves at the door by bad seed rising

a headcanon about them | like i said above, i think he’s either bi or pan

a random au i think up on the spot for them | he’d be really good in a hurt/comfort fic, especially after his redemption. 

anything else

gobber the belch

otp for them | we all know that he seems have a thing for men who are ‘built like norse gods’. i think he’d fall in love with one of those warrior types. you know the ones i’m talking about: strong, buff, heroic, and a bit of a himbo!

brotp for them | dude, gobber and valka totally make fun of stoick on a regular basis! they are definitely an unexpected pair of best friends!!

other ships

what kind of fic i’d write about them | maybe one of those drunken confession fics? that definitely seems like something gobber would do at least once in his life, lmao!!

a favorite canon moment | i think any moment when he’s trying to give stoick advice about hiccup! you can tell that he truly cares about both of them as though they were family. he only wants the best for them, which is why i think he tries so hard to help hiccup impress his father.  (also... “trolls exist! they steal your socks! but only the left ones, what’s with that?!”)

color that reminds me of them | blue 

song that reminds me of them | misty mountains cold from the tolkien universe

a headcanon about them | he’s 100% like hiccup’s second father figure!! i mean, he puts so much effort into training hiccup to be another warrior (despite it not working out the way he expected lol)! 

a random au i think up on the spot for them

anything else

hiccup haddock iii

otp for them | like i said before, i think hiccup and astrid are a good pair for one another. they really balance one another out at times while providing adequate support for their partner. (also that wedding scene was literally gorgeous oh my gods)

brotp for them | toothless is the obvious answer but if we’re talking about human characters, then i’m going with fishlegs. 1000000% fishlegs. these two are literally the biggest dorks in the series and if they were given more scenes with another, i have no doubt they’d be best friends. 

other ships

what kind of fic i’d write about them | slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn slow burn

a favorite canon moment | i know it’s sad, but that scene where hiccup says goodbye to toothless and lets him return to the hidden world before everyone else follows his actions. all the dragons flying away, leaving behind the people who once hated them before becoming their closest companions, so they can be safe from the rest of the world. it’s absolutely heartbreaking and bittersweet, but so perfect at the same time 

color that reminds me of them | green

song that reminds me of them | brother by madds buckley

a headcanon about them | he can be a flirt when he wants to be. he just needs a confidence boost in order to do so. 

a random au i think up on the spot for them | probably a soulmate au holy shit i literally had an idea for this so keep a fucking eye out y’all

anything else

stoick the vast

otp for them | is there anyone else for him but valka? the way he looks at her when finally reuniting with her in the second movie, dropping his weapons in favor of admiring his long lost lover, before saying “you’re as beautiful as the day i lost you” WHEN WILL I HAVE MY STOICK

brotp for them | stoick and gobber were given great writing when it came to their scenes together. their dynamic really feels like they’ve been friends forever 

other ships

what kind of fic i’d write about them | he’s perfect for mutual pining, are you kidding me?! 

a favorite canon moment | when he realizes that toothless has saved hiccup near the end of the first movie, unable to thank the mysterious creature enough 

color that reminds me of them | deep green

song that reminds me of them | brother by kodaline 

a headcanon about them | HE’S ALIVE IN MY HEART OKAY?!

a random au i think up on the spot for them | one of those tattoo artist x florist fics, for sure!! i could definitely see him as one of those big, scary biker dudes who actually has a secret heart of gold <3

anything else

valka

otp for them | as i said, there’s no pairing that can be compared to valka and stoick! they have an incredibly strong connection, despite their individual flaws 

brotp for them | once again, she’d definitely be good friends with gobber, especially since he essentially helped raise hiccup during her absence 

other ships

what kind of fic i’d write about them | she’d be good in an arranged marriage fic with a touch of secret mutual pining (and maybe some angst for good measure) 

a favorite canon moment | her reunion with stoick always gets me. she completely shifts at the sight of him, unable to come up with the right words to say, only to realize that he doesn’t care about anything but seeing her again and her realizing that her absence didn’t mean that she wasn’t missed and loved from afar. plus that scene afterwards where they begin dancing with one another while hiccup watches, happy to have his family together after so many years? chef’s kiss! it’s beautiful!

color that reminds me of them | light blue 

song that reminds me of them | riding free by maisy stella 

a headcanon about them | it wouldn’t surprise me if valka had taken to occasionally sneaking into berk at night just to check on hiccup. i can picture her in the darkness, appearance covered by a cloak, as she gazes into the window of her old home, happy that her son is safe 

a random au i think up on the spot for them | fairytale au!!!!!!!

anything else

#2022 #answered #how to train your dragon #httyd

[spinneryesteryear]

FFXIV 5.2 Reactions

Jotted these down when the patch came out, but only just now typing them up to get the notes off my phone, lol.

- Just fiddled with my graphics settings and now the game looks fantastic, especially at night. On the other hand, I have 30 fps now. RIP. Gotta find a way to toggle settings before I enter a raid.

- Really, playing FFXIV is like watching a TV series but new episodes only come out every 3 months.

- Gaius’s new model is so hi-def and realistic it just makes that blue-haired girl next to him look even more baby-faced and anime. Kinda jarring, tbh.

- pls let me recruit Estinien to fight the Weapons, I beg you

- Okay, so talking to Unukalhai right before while I was in the Rising Stones and hearing his warning about auracite leads me to suspect something will happen while transporting the Scions home. (Or it’s a reference to Oversoul with the Weapons. Or it’s just his standard dialogue, idk.)

- G’RAHA I’M MARRIED. Or my character is. In my head. To Sidurgu. NOT YOU.

- *mind drifting to odd details during cutscene* Lyna has fantastic winged eyeliner.

- Okay, wild theory: Zenos has possessed Ardbert’s body and is hunting sin eaters for his newest sport, hoping to lure us out.

- Frickin’ fake Ardbert will pop up during this announcement, I just know it.

- ALPHINAUD, DID YOU JUST SIGN ME UP FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING??!!

- I *knew* it!

- Y’shtola, what does your x-ray vision tell you? And why is Ardbert’s beard missing? Did the Ascian shave his corpse for reasons unknown?

- Okay, so it’s probably not Zenos in Ardbert’s body.

- 2nd wild theory: Elidibus isn’t tempered by Zodiark in the same way as the other AScians. Probably quite contradicted by canon, but I can’t remember all his moon monologues. Still, something seems different about him.

- It’s heartening that Beq Lugg disapproves of the Ascians’ careless appropriation of corpses.

- “It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety.” HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS, FOLKS!

- Okay, that statue is terrifying. It represents a sin eater, I assume. Also reminds me of some real-life pagan idols. It’s gonna come to life, isn’t it.

- Ah. Yes. Of course.

- It’s less scary when alive somehow. Save for the unfocused eyes. Like the Ronkans’ answer to Allagan chimerae. Or the sphinx from Greek myths. Yep, it has riddles. It’s gonna try to keep one soul, though, I’m sure.

- FIGHT TIME

- so glad I came on PLD

- I’m sure those cubi had nothing to do with the Amaurotines

- “How polite.” - Y’shtola summing up what I think of every FF boss’s insistence on holding fights in alternate dimensions.

- Ah, Tiuna was a fellow WoL. Let me pay my respects at her grave, dang it!

- Four (properly clothed) Roegadyn all standing here on patch day for the cutscene?! What is this madness?1 Maybe there truly are dozens of us out there...

- Is Y’shtola gonna enchant the broom? Yep. She gets more like her mother every day.

- poor Runar, his waifu running off to save the world again

- ngl, Ardbert’s voice when it’s so not Ardbert is really tripping me out

- The WoL is so angry and betrayed over this misappropriation of Ardbert’s body and I’m so, so glad to see this reaction. Ardbert is our #1 best bro. We will not stand for his memory to be abused like this.

- HOLY CRAP THAT’S TERRIFYING

- Elidibus sounds like a tired old man. A tired, bitter old man. Which he is.

- Doing SHB MSQ as tank allows me to relate to Thancred on another level. THere’s a certain bond between co-tanks who trust each other. We view ourselves as hte only responsible ones (especially since neither Urianger nor Alphinaud are competent enough to achieve Troll Healer status) and there’s this silent understanding behind our actions. I can’t describe it better.

- Urianger’s waterwalking was every bit as dramatic and played out how I anticipated. Thancred’s exasperation was on point. And I suspect their dizziness is due to the fraying soul-body connection.

- Urianger is so desperate to not swim, he makes a deal with the Fuath. THat sounds like a spectacularly bad decision, even for him.

- Now Alisaie is signing me up for chores. Good grief. She’s eager to be on our way.

- “It is a minor miracle that we accomplish anything at all.” You got that right, sister.

- Ryne guilt-tripping her dad and Uncle Orange, lol. Oh, wait, and me, too. Did everyone receive a sass upgrade this patch?

- It is nice to just hang out with the Scions, though. Too bad a FATE had to gatecrash. I knew it’d be those guys Elidibus encouraged, though. Am unsure what game he’s playing by encouraging people to be heroic. So far.

- So is no one in the Crystarium questioning why the Exarch is suddenly going around with his hood down? Or did he do that regularly before the WoL showed up?

- Okay, so can Elidibus just conjure up a vision of the sky falling and awaken the Echo within people like that?

- why did Venat and Elidibus have their top-secret meeting sin the same location? Or store the recordings of their meetings in the same location? Were those even the same locations???

- lol, Elidibus bluntly refuses to reveal his plan

- the bit with not being able to sleep and getting up for a drink really resonates with me

- quick, which do I pick? Granson, my edgy little brother, or Giott, my tiny, badass sister?

- on PLD currently and Granson was in the patch trailer so my edgy wannabe DRK bro it is!

- let me go off to hunt Elidibus down with Granson and Giott pls. PLS. I want them for trust.

- uh-oh, why are we staring at the moon? Are we just giving Elidibus and/or Zodiark the stink-eye, or something more?

- so is G’raha steadily getting more and more crystallized?

- and WHO THE HECK is parading around in Asahi’s body????

#Spinner plays FFXIV