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#otp: we’re protecting each other
bro-atz · 1 month
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otp [bro's 500 — mingi]
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[work rivals, smut, idol!au, mingi/afab!reader]
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word count: 1.6k
content: smut, dressing room sex, lowkey aggressive, mingi's kinda a tease?, completely consensual!
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Mingi was pissed. He was done with you. Seriously. He didn’t think he’d come to resent someone like you— well, he never thought that he would be an Inkigayo MC, and he certainly did not think you would be his co-MC, so all the events leading to him being annoyed with you were just twist after relentless twist.
The two of you were done with recording, but before you could even think about going back to your dressing room to get into your street clothes and go home with your manager, Mingi grabbed you and pulled you into his dressing room, his chest heaving as he tried to calm his angry breathing.
“What the hell, Y/N?!” he hissed as he pinned you against the door— and, no, not like kabedon, but painfully with your shoulder blades being pressed in an uncomfortable way against the door. “Are you trying to make me look like shit right now?”
“Why? Is it working?” you asked cheekily with a scowl on your face.
“Shut the fuck up. This isn’t funny, you know.”
“I thought it was hilarious.”
“Making me look like an absolute idiot on TV is not fucking funny— you tricked me with that question, and you know it,” Mingi huffed out. He let go of you abruptly and nearly started yelling, “What is your problem?! Why are you suddenly acting like this, anyway! We were fine up until a week ago, so what the hell?”
“I just think we should stop being fake on camera, you know?” you told him. “Fans are starting to write fanfiction about us.”
“So?”
“What do you mean “so”? I don’t like that we’re being shipped when we clearly hate each other.”
“We hate each other?”
“Of course we do! What the fuck— we’ve been at each others’ throats since we both debuted! Do you think that’s not hate?!”
“You hate me?”
“Well, it’s clear that you hate me because why else would you be so rude—”
But before you could even finish, Mingi grabbed you again. He pulled you into his arms and kissed you fiercely, his hands grasping your waist desperately as he made it very clear he had no intention of letting go. And, instead of fighting back, to his delight, you kissed him back. You held onto the back of his neck and pulled him even closer to you, your kisses getting more feverish by the second.
“Y/N, I…” Mingi breathed out, his lips leaving yours to convey his thoughts. “I don’t hate you.”
“Mingi…”
“And I’m sorry if I made you think that I do, but that’s not it at all… I mean, you annoy the fuck out of me sometimes, but that doesn’t mean I hate you or anything, it just means—”
“Mingi,” you interrupted.
“What?”
“Just shut up and kiss me.”
A growl rumbled in the back of Mingi’s throat as he pulled you into him, his lips passionately tangling with yours as you commanded. His hands went under your thighs and pulled you up so that he was carrying you, your legs wrapping around his waist and your fingers getting tangled in his hair as you clung to him.
He carried you to the vanity table and pushed aside whatever was scattered along the countertop to sit you down, your back pressing against the mirror as he leaned so far into you that you nearly hit your head against the mirror. His sloppy kisses persisted as he flipped up your skirt and groped your thighs with so much intensity you felt like he was going to rip your muscles off.
“You— You got protection, right?” you gasped out when you felt his fingers stroke your pussy through your wet panties.
“Of course, darling,” Mingi smirked against your lips. “Now, tell me. What did those fanfictions say?”
“W-what?”
“You had to have read them if you know they exist. Tell me— what did I do to you in those?”
Mingi pulled your panties off one leg and pushed that leg up, forcing you to let it rest on the table. His fingers continued to stroke your cunt, his nails teasing you slightly as they slipped in and out of your folds.
“I d-didn’t read them, Mingi,” you whimpered.
“Then tell me this,” Mingi’s low voice somehow got lower. He kissed you sporadically as he started to focus more on making your pussy happy as he continued, “What do you want me to do to you?”
“Fuck me silly,” you groaned lightly as you clung to his shoulders, his fingers slowly slipping into you. “I want you to be rough and fuck me so hard that I can’t walk.”
“And what if I say no?” he teased.
“Mingi, you better fucking do it, or I’ll make you look way worse on camera next time.”
“You should be careful with what you wish for, princess,” Mingi’s voice rumbled as he roughly shoved three fingers into you, making your back arch and your entire body move towards his.
He grabbed a fistful of your hair and pulled your head back as he trailed his lips down your neck— his mouth was partly open as he did so, and it looked like he was going to leave a trail of hickeys in their wake, but no. He teased the everloving shit out of you. While his fingers were completely tearing you up inside— his massive rings definitely making things feel so much more intense— his lips just ghosted over your skin, building the irritation and tension in your stomach.
He finally stopped teasing you when he pulled up your shirt, and he left painfully sweet hickeys on your breasts, in your cleavage, your under-boob, and along your ribs. You did your best to stifle your sighs of pleasure the more Mingi catered to you, your nails digging into his shoulders in the process. You could feel your head begin to enter the clouds, and your vision started blurring, only for the man to keep you from cumming when he quickly withdrew his fingers.
“Fucking Christ, Mingi— you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Hurry!” you complained.
“Just wait, Y/N,” Mingi grunted as he grabbed his wallet from his pocket.
He quickly grabbed the stashed condom in there and tossed his wallet aside before hurriedly rolling the condom on, your eyes widening as you got a good look at his immense size when he whipped his cock out in the first place. Then, without so much of a warning, Mingi shoved that immense size of his into your pussy. You almost screamed, but Mingi’s lips consumed yours before you could, your cries getting muffled in his mouth.
“You need to stay quiet, darling,” Mingi hushed— he had yet to move, his throbbing cock just beating away between your tight walls.
“Hurry, Mingi, just move already,” you whimpered as shifted your own waist slightly.
One hand on the vanity countertop and the other under your thigh, Mingi held on tightly as he began to move. He wasn’t fully pushing his length into you yet, and he was taking his sweet time. You would’ve yelled at him to go faster, but you stopped when you saw the dark, intense look on his face. He was looking up at you, seemingly glaring, but he was huffing slightly as he showed an insane amount of self-restraint. His hold on you was getting tighter with every thrust, and after doing his best to ruin you gently, a single bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face, breaking the guy.
“Fuck, you’re so tight, I can’t hold back,” Mingi hissed before holding you with a firmer grip and ramming his waist into yours.
Your entire body lurched, and loud screams and cries threatened to escape your soul as he thrust into you so hard that the entire vanity shook. You clung to him for dear life as he thrust upwards, his cock hitting your cervix perfectly. Instantly, your vision went blank, and you came hard, your pussy convulsing and clenching tightly.
“Oh, shit,” Mingi gasped and choked out as the feeling of your pussy squeezing his cock just right sent him over the edge.
Within seconds, Mingi’s cock shook and trembled, cum oozing into the condom as he shoved himself as deep inside you as he possibly could. The two of you remained in place as you panted and caught your breath, Mingi’s arms pinning you in place. You unlatched yourself from his shoulders and attempted to move away, only for his hands to swiftly wrap around you and hold you against him tightly. He pressed his lips against yours at first desperately, but then sweetly, his lips threatening to pull into a smile as he kissed you over and over again. You brought your own arms over his shoulders and kissed him back, unable to get enough of his soft, plump lips.
“For someone who hates me, you seem to enjoy this a lot,” Mingi couldn’t help but tease.
“Oh, shut up,” you retorted, a hint of laughter in your voice. “You seemed to like it way more for someone who was pissed with me earlier.”
“…Water under the bridge.”
“Yeah, okay.”
You giggled slightly and pushed the man away from you, noting the slight frown on his face as you put your clothes back together. After the two of you got fully dressed, you stretched out a little. Your waist and back were extremely sore— though you tried to make sure Mingi didn’t notice— but your legs were solid.
“Hey, Mingi?”
“Yeah?”
“I can still walk,” you said as you started walking to the door of the dressing room.
Before you could leave, Mingi pinned you against the door, and this time, it was definitely kabedon. He tucked his fingers under your chin and tilted your heat up to meet his gaze— his sincere, intense gaze.
“I guess we’ll have to do this again sometime, darling.” 
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karahalloway · 25 days
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(Less Than) Noble Intentions: Chapter 17 - News Flash
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Fandom: TRR
Pairing: Drake Walker x F!OC (Harper Gale)
Series Summary: The social season may be over, but Harper Gale’s problems are just beginning. With everyone at court a potential suspect, can she and Drake survive the engagement tour and get to the bottom of the plot against her and clear her name? An AU take of TRR2 featuring my OTP - Harper & Drake.
Masterlist: (Less Than) Noble Intentions
Chapter Summary: Harper and the Beaumonts get on a plane to Italy… but they are not riding solo
Word Count: 4,500
Rating/Warnings: M (using the Lord's name in vain, shocking revelations, possible ulterior motives)
Chapter theme song:
A/N1: And… we’re back! I know this is a bit delayed, thanks to my new Heaven’s Secret distraction, but I am hoping to refocus myself on this continuously neglected series again for the next few weeks/months so we can make some headway towards wrapping it up. Also, I know we all miss him, and he hasn’t had as much page time as we all (Harper included!) probably want, but I promise that after this chapter there will be a lot more Drake again 🥃
A/N2: Astute readers will probably notice that there is nary a train in sight (in this chapter, or any future ones). This is deliberate because (i) I never understood why PB went in that direction in canon (is a travelling boutique really that important?!), and (ii) trains don’t make sense from a security point of view anyway (apparently the UK’s Royalty and Specialist Protection — which provides close protection to the royal family — used to hate it when Elizabeth II travelled by train, because it was always a massive headache to ensure her safety as trains travel on a fixed route and schedule, with no opportunities for diversion or evasion of things go to pot). So… planes it is ✈️
A/N3: Finally, another special shoutout to @thegreentwin​ for giving me the inspiration to have a crack at creating the tabloid cover page featured in this chapter. If you have not read The Rebel Prince, please do so! It is cute, funny, insightful and the gossip magazine covers that accompany several of the chapters are something else!
Chapter 17 - News Flash
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"I thought we're going to Italy..." I remark the next morning as we pull to a stop on the tarmac of a secluded private airfield.
"We are," confirms Bertrand, jamming a fedora onto his head to protect against the ferocity of the morning sun... and hide the brutal sunburn he managed to acquire as a result of spending the entirety of yesterday's Festival outdoors without any SPF protection.
"Then what's with the literal mountain of luggage?" I ask as we step out of our customary limo.
Bertrand fixes me with a red-faced glare over the roof of the vehicle. "Have you learnt nothing from the social season?"
I throw him a deadpan look. "You mean apart from the fact that you insist on packing everything, including the kitchen sink?"
Maxwell's snort drifts up from the backseat.
The elder Beaumont is not impressed with my clapback. "The engagement tour will be one high-profile event after the other, which means that we will have neither the time nor the opportunity to engage in slap-dash shopping sprees. Not only would such proletarian behaviour be rude, but it would be misguided as well, given that we need to ensure that for each event we abide not just by the formal dress code indicated on the invitation, but also that we do not clash with, or indeed overshadow the hosts — or the King and future Queen, for that matter! — in terms of style and colour, all while being thoughtful in ensuring that we incorporate elements from both local and Cordonian designers to visually showcase the strength of the bonds that knit our respective nations together. On top of all that, it is imperative that we—"
"How the heck is anyone expected to pull all that off?" I blurt in disbelief.
"Through careful planning and coordination," Bertrand declares as he comes to join Maxwell and me on the other side of the limo. "Which is why I have taken the liberty of pre-selecting each outfit for each event of the tour, in consultation with the Palace's Master of the Robes."
My mouth drops. "You... Put a wardrobe together? For me?"
"Yes," comes the diffident affirmation. "Given that all eyes — not just those of our fellow Cordonians, but of our host nations' — will be on us constantly, we cannot afford any fashion faux pas."
I stare at my former sponsor mutely, mouth opening and closing like a dumbfounded goldfish.
Maxwell attempts to diffuse my slap-faced reaction with a jovial grin. "Bertrand used to lay my clothes out for me all the time when we were younger. I know he doesn't look it, but he has excellent—"
I shove an accusatory finger out. "He tried to foist me into a Medieval cosplay dress! That is the exact opposite of excellent taste!"
The elder Beaumont bristles. "It was hardly—"
"And how the hell did you afford all of this anyway?" I interject, throwing my arm out towards the carefully stacked Eiffel Tower of suitcases. "Because last time I checked, you were flat broke!"
Bertrand's already ruddy complexion darkens further. "There is no need for you to concern yourself with—"
"How?!"
After the way Maxwell had tried to sell covert photos and Christian and me from New York to the press in a bid to make bank, I am not willing to take any kind of half-baked deflection when it comes to the Beaumonts and money. I've been used one too many times for someone else's gain, so my trust is virtually non-existent at this point.
Bertrand swallows thickly as he averts his eyes. "I... I may have made recourse to an old sewing machine I found in the attic..."
My eyes just about pop out of my head. "You what?!"
I'd expected any one of six million other explanations — he'd sold the vineyard... remortgaged Ramsford... auctioned off every last chair and curtain from the manor... Even offered his soul to the literal Devil...
But using a sewing machine...? To make actual clothes...?
I had obviously caught the sun yesterday as well, and am now suffering from heat stroke...
"Bertrand has always been interested in fashion," explains Maxwell with a perfectly straight face. "He even wanted to enroll at the world-renowned Istituto Marangoni International in Milan to study Fashion Design. But then our father took unexpectedly ill, and—"
"Yes, yes..." interjects Bertrand with an embarrassed wave of his hand. "No need to revisit broken dreams and unfulfilled promises. The point is that I made the best use of what meagre funds and resources we had at our disposal to curate a serviceable selection of outfits for each of us. With a little help from Maxwell, of course."
"I was the mannequin," he declares proudly. "I admit, I got poked a few times in the line of duty, but it was worth it. Bertrand did a stellar job – you're going to love what he made for you."
"I... I don't know what to say..." I admit faintly.
And here I'd been thinking that Bertrand's closet Harry Potter obsession had been a big reveal...
"Yes... Well..." Bertrand clears his throat uncomfortably. "We each have our unique talents. Speaking of... I trust you have been practicing your Italian?"
I frown. "My what?"
"You were supposed to give her lessons!" cries Bertrand, smacking his brother over the back of the head.
Maxwell's retro '60s sunglasses fly off his face. "My Prada’s...!"
"What about French?" Bertrand demands, rounding on me with all the intensity of a furious tomato on the verge of exploding.
"Allard and Schweitzer have been teaching—"
"Some initiative at last!" exclaims Bertrand, throwing his hands up in the air in deliverance. "Good — you'll have some semblance of a basis, then. However, while both languages share a common root — that being Latin — as a result of roughly a thousand kilometres of physical separation, and over fifteen centuries of linguistic divergence, Italian has become markedly different from its Gallic cousin, so we will have our work cut out in making you even semi-proficient by the time we land in Rome. So, I hope you brought pen and paper with you."
My shoulders slump as I watch Bertrand stride off towards the waiting plane. "Great..."
There goes the next hour and a half of my life...
"I knew I had forgotten something..." admits Maxwell, rubbing the back of his head as he retrieves his sunglasses from the tarmac. "But I thought it was just my second favourite pair of boxers."
"It's fine..." I assure wearily him as I begin my own trudge towards the jet. "It wouldn't be a true Beaumont travel experience without a droning Bertrand lecture..."
Though I guess it could be worse. I could be stuck on the royal jet with Christian and Madeleine. Which — after what happened yesterday — would be like staging an aristocratic rendition of Squid Game... 20,000 feet in the air. So, on that basis, I'll willingly subject myself to Bertrand's monologuing any day of the week, if it means I can—
"And there she is..." remarks a familiar, though very much unexpected voice as I step onto the plane. "The woman of the hour."
Jerking my head to the right, my eyes land on Olivia, lounging on one of the cream-coloured leather seats, her killer spike stiletto boots dangling over the armrest as she casually peruses a broadsheet.
"What are you doing here?" I ask in disbelief.
Olivia lowers the paper to meet my eye with a quirked brow. "You mean, on my own aircraft?"
I cast a glance in Bertrand's direction as I make my way down the gangway. "Guess your meagre funds and resources didn't extend to sourcing jet fuel?"
Bertrand coughs evasively as he stores his briefcase in the overhead locker. "Since we are all heading in the same direction anyway, Lady Oliva was kind enough to—"
"Shut it, Beaumont," Olivia snaps. "I am doing this as a personal favour, not an act of charity. As Lord knows that I wouldn't normally tolerate sharing recycled air with this many people in a confined space. So, if you want to stay on this plane, you will save the histrionics for the Italian President."
Bertrand promptly clamps his mouth shut to sink into his seat without another word.
"Wow..." I say, settling in across from Olivia. "He must've been really desperate to come to you for help... No offence."
"None taken," she replies with a breezy shrug as she flips the broadsheet closed and nods to the cabin attendant. "Because the request didn't come from the Beaumonts."
My head snaps up in surprise. "Then who?"
She regards me for a long moment, as if debating whether to tell me. Finally, she lets out a resigned exhale. "Drake."
My jaw hits the floor. "What!"
Olivia scrunches her mouth up ruefully. "He twisted my arm into agreeing to look out for you while he's off playing desert soldier."
I stare at her. "How in the world did he—?"
Maxwell thrusts his head 'round the back of Olivia's seat. "Drake's playing video games! Instead of coming to Italy?”
The Duchess of Lythikos shoves the intruding face away with the palm of her hand. "No, you imbecile! Drake's gone to Dubai." Glancing at me she adds, "I presume they know?"
"They do now," I concede with a sigh.
Thanks to the slew of quick-fire developments at yesterday's Festival, followed by the rabid packing to get ourselves ready for the international leg of the tour, I haven't had a chance to bring the Beaumonts up to speed with everything that's happened in the past twenty-four hours.
But they're bound to find out about Drake's last-minute side-trip at some point, so this is as good a time as any to level with them.
Maxwell’s mouth drops with an aghast look. "But I didn't hit him that hard!"
Olivia quirks a brow at me.
"Long story, don't ask," I tell her wearily. Glancing up at Maxwell, I add, "He's gone after Tariq. Bastien found him hiding out on some rich cousin's yacht out in the bay."
"Oh." Maxwell scratches his head abashedly. "That makes more sense..."
"How do you put up with these two?" asks Olivia with a shake of her head as Maxwell sinks back into his seat.
I give her a shrug. "They have a weird way of growing on you..."
"Like some deadly fungus..." she mutters with a roll of her eyes.
"I heard that!" objects Maxwell from behind her.
"Well, maybe you shouldn't eavesdrop, then!" she throws over her shoulder snidely. Turning back to me, she adds, "And speaking of funguses, you can remind your boyfriend when he gets back that you both owe me. Big time."
My gaze darts to hers. "I— We're not—"
"Thank you for confirming it," she interjects with a sly smile. "But also, I'm not an idiot. It's obvious to anyone with a set of eyes that the fool is in love with you... and you with him. It's all quite disgusting, really..."
I feel my cheeks redden. "So, why help us, then?"
She heaves a low breath. "Because you stuck your neck out for me when you didn't have to. Despite everything I did to try and undermine you during the season. And because we have a common enemy."
She tosses the broadsheet that she'd been reading over to me.
Catching the copy of the Cordonia Sun before it has a chance to slide off the table between us, I glance down...
...and my heart sinks as I take in the unflattering picture of myself seemingly facing off against Madeleine under the sensationalist headline.
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I shove the paper angrily away. "Hey. I didn't start it..."
"And yet you somehow always manage to find yourself in the middle of it, don't you?" she counters with an arched brow as the jet revs its engines for take-off. "The half-nude pictures... The Beaumonts' financial troubles... The speculations about the real reason Christian gave you a duchy... I mean, even the Duchess of Sussex would have a hard time competing with you when it comes to front-page scandals."
"And you think Madeleine is behind it all?" I ask tightly, indicating the tabloid.
"She would certainly have a lot to gain from waging a targeted media campaign against you," Olivia affirms. "She isn't married to Christian yet, and after what happened with Leo, she no doubt feels threatened by your continued presence at court. So, discrediting your integrity in the eyes of the Council would help her ensure that Christian can never formally pick you over her to become Queen."
"Because she doesn't know I turned him down..." I grumble dejectedly as the plane pulls into the air.
"And certainly would not believe you if you told her, either," she adds. "But she is not the only one with something to lose."
I sit up straighter. "You mean there are other suspects?"
"Yes," she nods. "Namely Godfrey and the Queen Mother."
Bertrand erupts from his seat at the mention of the two names. "That is an outrageous accusation! The Queen Mother would never—!"
"Madeleine is her niece," counters Olivia flatly. "Given that she has no children of her own, she practically treats that golden-haired harpy as if she is her heir. And since she was the one who brokered the original marriage contract between Leo and Madeleine, she clearly doesn't want all that work going to waste."
I frown. "But if everything was in place already, why have a social season at all? Why not just sub out Leo's name for Christian's in the contract?"
"To give Christian the illusion of choice."
My jaw drops. "You're not serious..."
"It would have been in poor taste to simply swap one prince out for another," Olivia advises. "Leo hadn't died... merely abdicated. But that decision nevertheless rocked the kingdom to its core."
"It's true," supplies Maxwell, leaning around with a mouth full of jelly worms. "The headlines were vicious."
"So..." I muse with a frown. "The Palace needed a distraction?"
"Yes," Oliva affirms seriously. "To draw attention away from Constantine's failing health."
"Wait," I cut in. "Constantine is dying?"
Olivia nods. "Prostate cancer. By all estimates, he has less than a year to live."
"Oh, my God..." I gasp, hand flying to my mouth. "No wonder Christian didn't want to talk about it..."
"The Palace is under strict instructions to keep the whole thing tightly under wraps..." she explains. "At least until after the coronation and wedding are both out of the way. They don't want the news to overshadow the first few critical months of Christian's rule."
"So, how did you find out?" I query.
She cuts her eyes over at me. "Like I said at the Masquerade Ball... Christian and I share a special connection. There are no secrets between us. Also – look at who you're talking to. I have files on each of the suitors from the social season. You seriously think I wouldn't know about something as vital to the functioning of the kingdom as the state of the King Father's health?"
"I guess not..." I concede, still trying to process this bombshell. "But how does giving Christian an illusion of a choice during the social season help cover up Constantine's cancer?"
"In the wake of Leo's abdication, support for the Rys family fell to an all-time low. The press started to question Constantine's policies, and the direction that the kingdom has been heading over the past few decades, implying that the country's current trajectory was unsustainable... and uncorrectable."
"I remember reading something about that on the flight from New York..." I recall. "There were suggestions that Leo abdicated because he didn't believe in the future of the monarchy."
"Which wasn't the case at all," she cautions. "But the Palace was worried that such intense media scrutiny would unearth evidence of Constantine's ill health... which would in turn intensify the calls from the republican factions of the country to abolish the system of hereditary rule completely. So, in a desperate bid to reunite the people behind a common cause, and shore up support for the monarchy, the Palace decided run the season again."
"But why?" I ask, still not seeing the connection.
"To charm the country with the fairytale of a royal romance," denotes Olivia sourly. "Because people apparently go ga-ga for that shite..."
Bertrand narrowly avoids choking in his seat across the aisle. "That is a crude and absolutely salacious interpretation of—!"
I whirl across the aisle. "Wait. You knew about this?"
Bertrand folds his arms across his chest. "I am a serving member of the Council. Of course I knew about the Palace's decision to run the social season again. But to suggest that it was all done simply for the sake of—"
"God, you're thick..." interjects Olivia.
Bertrand blanches. "I beg your pardon?!"
"You've been at court long enough to know that the truth is never the whole truth — there is always some hidden purpose or ulterior motive."
"But to suggest that—"
"The Palace needed a believable story — one that could capture the public's imagination — while still serving the needs of the kingdom," Olivia states. "A story of duty and love."
"Between Christian and Madeleine?" I ask sceptically. "But they don't even like each other."
"So?" scoffs Olivia. "The aim was to sell the lie to the populace. Everything else is inconsequential. And can be made to fit the narrative."
"But if you knew all this," I counter, "why did you join the competition?"
"I joined exactly because I knew the season was a sham," she replies heatedly. "To give Christian a genuine choice... not just the one that everyone else was determined to steer him towards."
"Because you love him..."
Olivia nods tightly. "Yes. And I knew it was a long shot. But even if he wouldn't end up being able to choose me — Regina would've made sure to stack the Council votes in her favour — at least I could be there to support him... as a friend."
I feel my heart go out to her, knowing from personal experience how difficult it is to be in a situation where you desperately want to be with someone, but can't because of circumstances that are outside of your control.
"But then, of course..." adds Olivia, once again with her customary breeziness, "you show up from out of nowhere with your hideous accent and relatable backstory—"
"Hey!"
"—and the whole country — Christian included — loses their collective minds. With the result that Regina's plan to make her niece Queen begins to unravel at the seams."
"Which is why she decided to set me up..." I surmise heavily as the jet levels off.
It's been fairly obvious from the start that I'm not Regina's favourite person... But the knowledge that she'd go to such lengths to publicly blacklist me? That's just inexcusable.
"You have no proof of that!" objects Bertrand, butting in again.
"Not directly, no," Olivia admits. "But all the evidence we have to date fits. The money Tariq received for his involvement came from a numbered account located in Switzerland. The blackmail letters distributed at the Coronation Ball were printed on Palace stationery. And as far as motives go, the Queen Mother would have more reason than most to influence the outcome of the social season."
"I cannot believe I am hearing this...!" decries Bertrand with a shake of his head. "The implications alone would be—"
"Ruinous to the Rys family," confirms Olivia. "I am aware. Which is why we must tread carefully in order to avoid tarring Christian with any of this. The monarchy would not survive the ensuing scandal."
"What about this other guy?" I ask. "Godfrey? How does he fit into this?"
Olivia throws her hands up. "Lord, you're more clueless than him!"
"Excuse me for not knowing every single Cordonian nobleman by name," I snark back. "I've only been a duchess for a day..."
"I'll send you my files," Olivia huffs wearily. "All two hundred of them."
My eyes widen. "There's two hundred—?"
"There's more, but those are the important ones," she replies with a dismissive wave of her hand. "And if you want to be an effective duchess, I suggest you study up because you need to have the entire contents of those dossiers memorised and ready to deploy in any given conversation."
"Sweet Jesus..." I gasp faintly, making recourse to Drake's favourite invective, as it certainly fit the magnitude of the task Olivia has just dumped on me.
"You didn't grow up in this world, so you have a lot of catching up to do," Olivia shrugs unabashedly.
"Yeah, I'm very much aware of that..." I concede dryly, rubbing my temples. "So, who is this Godfrey?"
"The Third Earl of Huntford, and Duke jure uxoris of Krona."
My brows furrow in recollection. "Krona... Does that mean he's—?"
"He's Madeleine's dad," supplies Maxwell, popping his head into the aisle again, this time in the company of a CapriSun juice pouch.
My eyes widen. "The man at the garden party! But what does he have against me? I've never even met him!"
"The fact that you are still here..." offers Olivia blandly. "Competing against his daughter for the attentions of the King."
"It's not exactly a competition," I scoff. "I'm not trying to steal him away from her."
"Except that isn't how the press is portraying it," counters Olivia pointedly, tapping the front page of the Sun.
I open my mouth again, but quickly shut it, realising that Olivia is right. As regardless of my personal reasons for being back at court — as the Royal Consort, no less! — the view from the outside presents very differently. And given that Madeleine herself clearly feels threatened by my continued presence at Christian's side, it's no small jump to imagine that her father — who, based on what I saw at the garden party a few days ago, is just as power-hungry and image-conscious as his daughter — would also feel the same.
"Crap..." I huff, falling back into my seat dejectedly.
"Not the most elegant of phrasing," muses Olivia. "But certainly succinct."
"What am I going to do?" I ask morosely, starting up at the cabin's air vents.
"Help me gather as much proof as we can during the course of the tour," Olivia instructs. "So we can narrow down our suspect list... or indict all three of them. In either case, we will be more effective if we work together."
"That plan is akin to sedition!" cries Bertrand, clearly aghast by the very suggestion. "Bordering on treason! All of us are in enough hot water already without—"
"Which is why it is imperative that no word of anything that we have just discussed leaves this aircraft," declares Olivia with a steely look. "Or I will personally hunt you down and turn your face inside out."
I gulp at the gruesomeness of that particular image. "What... What about the staff? Can you trust them?"
"They are all Lythikosians," Olivia states. "Who have sworn blood-oaths to House Nevrakis. They would never dare betray me."
"Good to know..." I admit, watching the cabin attendant re-appeared with a selection of drinks, and wondering if underneath her uniform she is as armed to the teeth as Olivia supposedly is.
"I presume the same goes for your beefcakes?" asks Olivia, nodding her chin towards the back where Allard and Schweitzer have taken up residence for the duration of the flight.
"Yes," I confirm. "I trust them with my life."
She dips her head in approval. "Good. So, as first order of business, I suggest—"
"Can we tell Hana?" interjects Maxwell, bobbing up from behind Olivia again. "She's helping us, too!"
Olivia heaves a breath. "Yes, fine. But—"
I hold up a hand. "And Drake will probably want t—"
"Yes, fine!" she snaps irately. "Anyone else? Your maternal grandmother, perhaps?"
I bite my bottom lip as I peek up at her. "Do we tell Christian?"
Olivia holds my gaze for a long moment. "No. Not until we have concrete proof. One way or another. He has enough crises to manage right now without lumbering him with a major constitutional one as well."
I nod in understanding. The mere suggestion that his godmother and future father-in-law have been conspiring to put Madeleine on the throne (potentially with his fiancée's own buy-in!) would be soul-destroying. Which is why we need to find that smoking gun — ideally several — before we present our accusations.
"Not sure if it will be of any help at all," I say, "but Ana de Luca managed dig up some information on the freelance photographer Tariq was working with on the day of the Jamboree."
"Did you bribe her with another exclusive?" chaffs Olivia dryly.
"We'll need someone to help us set the record straight," I affirm. My shoulders slump suddenly. "But I gave the flash-drive to Drake."
"Which he gave to me," smirks Olivia, pulling the device from the pocket of her jacket.
I gape at the piece of plastic in her hand. "Drake really trusts you, huh?"
"More than most," she shrugs coyly, flipping the drive over to me.
I catch it with both hands. "We should review whatever is on here. Who knows? Maybe the photographer is part of the press corps covering the tour."
"I have my laptop with me," Maxwell offers. "I was going to use it to mix some tunes, but—"
"You'll only get one chance to unravel a high-stakes aristo racket!" I quip, dangling the drive between my fingers.
"God, your incessant American optimism is stomach-turning..." Olivia groans. "And you've clearly spent too much time with Walker."
"Hey," I hit back. "This is the best lead we've gotten yet. We shouldn't discount it. This photographer could be key to linking Regina and/or Godfrey to the plot to influence the outcome of the social season."
"Assuming you can find them..." counters Olivia. "And get them to talk."
I meet her eye with a level look. "Good thing that's your area of expertise, isn't it, Duchess?"
The corner of her mouth lifts craftily.
"But what about Harper's Italian!" disparages Bertrand. "We'll be landing in less than an hour, and she still doesn't know the proper way to greet the President in his native tongue without insulting him!"
I swallow a groan. "Do I really need t—?"
"Being able to carry a conversation with the Head of State in Italian will go a long way in demonstrating to both the public and the press that you are serious about your new role as Duchess of Valtoria," he advises frankly. "And will score you some much-needed diplomatic points with our hosts as well."
"Guess we have our work cut out for us, then," I accede with a sigh. "Any chance for some coffee?"
"Turkish, Irish, or Sicilian?" asks Olivia.
"Which is closest to a latte?"
"Probably the Sicilian," she advises. "If you make it into a granita di caffe."
"I'm feeling Italian already!" I gibe in an attempt to lighten the mood a bit.
Bertrand groans loudly from his seat. "Oh, Dio..."
The story continues in Chapter 18 - Diplomatica
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wixhing0nastar · 1 year
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I feel like some of y’all need to hear this so... Raine will be fine. Just close your eyes, take a deep breath real quick and count down from 10.
Feel a little better?
Not really? That’s okay, here’s an in depth analysis of why Raine will be fine in the final.
Let's start by addressing the elephant in the room: what happened to Hunter when Phillip was possessing him.
Now, there are some key differences between Hunter's possession and Raine’s possession that automatically lead to Raine being in a better situation.
To start, Raine and Hunter are two completely different species, meaning that possession would likely affect them differently. And even if this wasn’t a point, Raine is presently a puppet and based on what we saw wasn’t actively goopifying.
Which ties into the next point: even if Raine were to turn back organic, it took several hours of possession (probably between 8-12) for Hunter to get to the point his organs were shutting down.
Additionally, unlike with Hunter, the protagonists are going to be on the lookout for Phillip, plus since it seems like he's targeting Eda (and if I were to wager a guess, the rest of the Clawthornes) and with her change in physical appearance making her look a lot like Evelynn, he's unlikely to be able to hide what’s happening for long... meaning a rescue effort will happen much sooner with a potentially much stronger group of fighters than the end of TTT.
Furthermore, Raine is older and significantly more powerful than Hunter is in terms of magic. As a coven head, the chances Raine at least has training to resist this type of thing if not actively having protections in place.
Finally (for this section at least), unlike Hunter, Raine has Eda. More specifically, Raine has a decades-long relationship to fall back on in terms of “fighting power.” Like, Hunter was able to pull through and regain some amount of control via the power of friendship and he’d only been in the Hexsquad for like... a year max and that’s being very generous.
Now that we’re got the in-universe reasons why Raine will be fine, let’s talk about the story reasons.
Narratively, in addition to being Eda’s love interest, they also serve as a metaphor for Eda’s lost magic... or more specifically, the safety that having her magic afforded her.
What I mean by this is that prior to the end of Season 1, Eda was protected from Belos because she was considerably more powerful than most other witches... based on what we’ve seen it’s entirely possible that her claim about being the most powerful witch on the isles was true...
But during Season 2, whenever Eda’s been is genuine danger due to Belos/The Emperor's Coven, Raine was the one to step in and make sure that her and her kids were safe. (Specifically, during Eda’s Requiem, O Titan Where Art Thou, and King’s Tide).
There are one of two ways to takes things narratively during the final based on this. Either the trend continues and Raine once again puts themself between Eda and Belos to keep her safe, or the trend is turned on it’s head and this time it’s up to Eda to save Raine from Belos.
More than likely though it’ll be a joint effort between the two of them. This would be in order to narratively place them back on even footing, showing they can protect each other and in turn make each other stronger.
Furthermore, Raine hasn’t really had any genuine death signs. Unlike the fake-out with Eda at the end of Season 2, nothing that’s happened to Raine has indicated they’re going to die. Yeah, they aren’t in a great place right now, but their character hasn’t been given any closure.
Additionally, there’s not enough time left in the show for their death to have an impact. And The Owl House has handled discussions about death and grief way too well up til now to just kill Raine off when there wouldn’t even be time for the characters to grieve or react properly.
Finally, let’s talk meta reasons Raine will be fine.
We’ll start with the fact that Raeda is Dana’s OTP for The Owl House and the likelihood of her killing one of them off is slim to none. And I can tell you as a writer, you absolutely put your favorite characters/relationships through the wringer because it makes the end of story where they’re okay that much sweeter.
More importantly, Raine is Disney’s first even non-binary character. Having Raine die randomly in the final would make for some genuinely terrible publicity for a company that’s been in hit water recently for their handling of other LGBTQ+ related things, so killing off Raine would be a horrible move.
Plus this is a Disney show and we’ve already had one beloved character die and explored the themes of death and grief fairly extensively (at least, again, for a Disney show...)
All this is to say that Raine will be fine and you can breathe while we wait for the final.
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elliesgaymachete · 3 months
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Blake Belladonna for the character ask
Apologies, I reblogged that and immediately fell asleep 😂 but thank you!!!
favorite thing about them - her ears are soooo cute and expressive and I love them so much 😭
least favorite thing about them - nothing she’s perfect
favorite line - “we’re protecting each other”
brOTP - blake and ruby is a fun pair that we don’t get much of!!!
OTP - bumbleby of course
nOTP - blake and sun. I always thought she just sees him as a bro and never really reciprocated his crush, she was just genuinely flattered by it and really likes him as a person so awkward about how to handle it/reject him. I do love their friendship though
random headcanon - i’ve always headcanoned her as filipino!
unpopular opinion - hmmm i don’t know what’s popular vs unpopular cause I just pay attention to the stuff I like 😂
song i associate with them - I Was An Island by John Allison Weiss
favorite picture of them - it’s bumbleby art but I absolutely love how Blake is drawn in this: https://www.tumblr.com/in-love-with-dorothea-arnault/712895636420296704/t-h-e-m
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tomorrowsdrama · 3 months
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Ok I firmly believe that Gu Tingye and Minglan are perfect for each other and I love how ride or die GTY is for her and how much he adores her. And not the polite and meek version of Minglan that she shows to the rest of world to lay low. But the real Minglan who is talented, clever, strong-willed, and sometimes unladylike. I love that he encourages her to be her true self and creates an environment where she can actually do so.
BUT! Having said all that, I also love the courtship between her and Yuanruo. It's so young and innocent and gives you all the puppy love feels. The noble, refined and upright Yuanruo is nothing but an infatuated teenage boy in front of Minglan trying his best to impress her. And he’s the first person to make her dream and want something more than what she believes she is allowed as someone of her status.
And the thing is! We are so all-in with this coupling as we’re watching their story unfold. We’re all rooting for them and want so badly for it to work out. But it is also so clear that Yuanruo isn’t the right person for Minglan. He doesn’t know the true her and only thinks of her as someone weak who needs protection. Not in a condescending way of course. But more importantly, he also doesn’t REALLY understand the disparity in their statuses and what that means for HER. He is a young romantic dreamer who believes in fairness and that they could overcome anything. That’s due to his very noble and privileged upbringing where the world is practically handed to him on a gold platter. So he can have the luxury of not heeding social norms. But that’s also why he’s not the right person for Minglan. He can have these ideals and wishes, but he doesn’t have the fortitude and grit when push comes to shove, to go against his mom and social norms. I don’t blame him for it. He’s a young pampered lord who hasn’t met any adversity and reacted to his mother’s opposition as so. Unlike Gu Tingye. Struggle and unconventional are that man’s middle names.
And that’s reason 12345678910asdhjklajdksha why The Story of Minglan is such an incredible drama! It convincingly creates this beautiful love story between Minglan and Yuanruo and just as convincingly shows us why they’re not meant to be and why Minglan and Gu Tingye are the OTP. And we’re all onboard with all of it every step of the way! God I love this drama!
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🪞🫶💕📍 RAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
hello gummy !!!!
🪞 which character is most like you and why?
oh this is a tough one right off the bat…. i’m probably gonna go with lizzie not Just bc she’s my fav character but actually there’s probably a good reason for that . i also kinda have a temper i try to control. and also my fav colour is red. yea see we’re practically the same person. also i like to be dramatic just for the lols
🫶 otp?
ohhh if you’ve seen enough of my posts u already know this . DIZZIE. AKA DARING AND LIZZIE. AKA THE ONE CANON SHIP THAT HAD SOO MUCH POTENTIAL BUT DIDNT GO ANYWHERE!!! if you’ve read the wonderlandiful world book you’ll especially understand where i’m coming from. literally even a snippet of it is in my header. it’s just sooo!!! idk!! i like the drama of everyone expecting daring to be with apple or at the very least a “Proper Princess”.. but here comes this wonderlandian princess who threatens to chop people’s heads off and there is just . Hearts in his eyes (pun intended). he’s completely smitten. and lizzie is just like Ugh this guy again but secretly finds him intriguing and likes the fact he likes Her for Her. my fav ship dynamic. obviously not biased but i think it’s the best out of the daring ships mainly bc i cant personally imagine cerise being attracted to men and i already told my thoughts on darabella.. i have many more thoughts on dizzie i should probably make a post on that.
this ship is just so criminally underrated there’s rlly not enough fics on this. i have soo many unfinished dizzie fics that will hopefully one day see the light.. who knows
💕 any other character dynamics you like (family, friends, ships)?
oh u already know what i’m gonna say. CHARMING SIBLINGS!!!! the books especially portray their dynamics so well. which is why i have a bone to pick with fics or interpretations where dexter or darling, specifically dexter, get rlly annoyed at their brother or daring is rlly condescending bc while dexter mayy be a little tired of being in his shadow they all still love each other!!! daring and dexter playfully wrestle, daring laughs as darling swings on his arm like a monkey bar, daring is proud of “dexter” suddenly improving in hero class and reassures him later that he knows this isn’t his thing but he isn’t going to hurt him while jousting…. i also find it entertaining to read about dexter and daring shooing off all of darling’s suitors, it’s nice to see how protective they r of her. and that one diary entry of darling remembering a memory of the three playing in the mud and then running away into the forest, making fun of their mother. it’s so cute . so good.
i reckon my love for this sibling dynamics and most sibling dynamics in media is bc of me being an only child and projecting bc i’ve always wanted siblings like this but anyways…..
📍 favourite eah location?
ooh interesting question . is it weird to say the castleteria LOL. i’ve always wanted to be in those american school type cafeterias and the different levels in the castleteria just seem even more fun. so that or the study lounge bc i’m a Nerd and like to study in environments like that.. i liked to study in my high school’s yr 12 study room especially when it was quiet, but it was also Just as fun to just chat about anything with friends and other classmates
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What if we were both kids who had become entangled in dangerous things beyond our understanding, and you just want to be loved and take great care in upholding a cute persona to be liked, and I just want to be loved and uphold a persona to seek it through shallow relationships and being desired, and while you were protected and became a protector I was harmed and became harmful. What if we both need to be needed. What if we both craved attention and were overly willing to give it. What if we’re both sidelined and dismissed and whereas I came to loathe the world and want it reduced to ashes you see beauty in it everywhere, what if you brought me understanding and elation, an actual connection that I hadn’t had since my life became a cycle of pain and trauma and acting. What if I said I hated butterflies because they act all pretty and fancy but without their wings they’re actually really ugly, and you told me that they had to live as ugly caterpillars before earning their pretty wings. What if I was a caterpillar and you were a butterfly and I love you but I hate you but I love you but I hate how you might leave me. What then.
"When I’m with you I feel like a kid again." Alois just stab me, it’ll be less painful than hearing you say this to Lizzie
At first in my drafts I had these lyrics of Someone to Stay written all around them but if you’re not in an intense aloizzy mindset it looks crazyyyyy lol. I still made it an alt version and put it under the keep going line though. Also I made them wear each other’s eye color hehe, blue and green <3 Oh yeah man the sketch for this was from yearssss ago and the lineart it’s gotta have been a solid year as well… Look I just have tons of wips and I’m a slow artist. But yesss this is one of my guilty pleasure OTPs… Even as a kid I was a rarepair shipper gbdgdg. So uh this is my obligatory aloizzy post!! There will be more, hopefully
Fic recommendation!! Ice into intimidation is visceral and childish and timeless and universal. It touched me as a 11 years old and my appreciation for it has only grown as I became less and less childishly innocent like Lizzy and more acquainted with the horrors of the world that Alois has lived and seen. THIS FIC Y’ALL. CHANGED MY NEURONS. It’s like bruised ribs, an all-encompassing hug that softly hurts. It probably influenced my tastes in ships and fiction a lot gdbgdgd. I will never recover from it being discontinued, I will forever dream and wonder about what could have been. They’re so tragic. I’m gonna draw so much fanart of this fic when i can. Like just for his post I took the opportunity to go back and read the "butterflies are ugly" scene and the last chapter and many more excerpts and it makes me go rabid it makes me on the verge of tearssss, I could make a whole essay about this fanfic… Though! CW for ptsd, but otherwise it’s all very implied and not told. If you’ve seen the season and Alois’ character you know you have to prepare for actual dark shit. The fanfic isn’t graphic at all as I said, but if you know Alois’ backstory you know. As mentioned I did read this as a 11 years old and the dark stuff flew over my head it’s chill 👍
My aloizzy playlist!! I have a longer one but it’s 16+ because of aforementioned dark themes and I don’t wanna post it here. If you’re curious about some of my other playlist picks though, I recommend Appetite of a People Pleaser & Hansel by Soddiken
For better or for worse i don’t know But for what it’s worth I made you my whole world
— October passed me by, by Girl in red
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bunnymajo · 8 months
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Filled out this OTP questionnaire for Tiara B & Jewel the Beetle because if I'm going to think up a cute crackship of a pairing that can't ever be real, the least I can do is make content for it
(also this is based on my AU for Tiara that I posted a couple days ago)
1. Who most initiates PDA?
Tiara, not necessarily on purpose, she’s just more comfortable with physical contact
2. Any sleep habits either had to get used to?
Jewel has a strict 10pm - 6am sleep schedule (maybe even 11pm if she’s feeling daring) while Tiara will stay out late and sleep in until the afternoon regularly. They’re both willing to make adjustments if they want to have breakfast together or something
3. Hot and Steamy or Soft and Tender?
Deep Fried, double sauced…wait we’re talking about chicken wings right?
4. How did they first meet?
Tiara heard through the rumor mill that THE restoration leader was not only efficient at recovering displaced people from the Metal Virus and is also an expert on gems so she made a mad dash to meet her to see if there were any possible leads she could get to finding her father. -She was a little disappointed that Jewel was much more petite and anxious than she was imagining but after getting to know her better she realized Jewel was just the person she needed to help her
Though Tiara doesn’t remember, Jewel actually saw Tiara first at some of her hangout places like the sports bar and the gym she secretly practices yoga at and thought Tiara was pretty. So when Tiara storms into her office demanding to see her Jewel’s thinking she must’ve died or is hallucinating. 
5. What is their love language?
Since Tiara can’t stay in a place too long, when she’s in town with Jewel she’ll spend as much time as she can with her. Even if it’s just restoration work or watching Jewel polish her gem collection.
Jewel’s softspoken but knows Tiara doesn’t like quiet, so she does her best to keep a conversation going or give Tiara the reaffirmation she might need 
6. When did they realize they loved each other? 
Tiara’s gem powers are tied to her emotions, she realized it was especially effective at breaking robots when she was protecting Jewel from a stray badnik. She had to stop and think about what the connection was and once she got it, she got it.
Jewel always was attracted to Tiara’s outgoing and friendly nature, she was at first kind of treating her the same way she does Tangle “oh I know this feeling. She’s just a friend. I just like her as a friend” but after catching Tiara’s mask slipping and realizing she’s a lot different than what she thought she started wanting to get to know the real Tiara more and then realized it was love after all darnit. 
7. Who is more sentimental?
Tiara, she’s stubborn about it, but everyone she’s made a connection with on her journey is so important to her, she’s learned to not take those relationships for granted.  
9. How are their personalities different?
Tiara is more likely to jump into a situation without thinking while Jewel is more likely to think it out first 
Jewel is more open to talking things out and getting to know people while Tiara is more likely to stay closed off
11. Which member is more physically affectionate? 
Tiara
12. Which member is more verbally affectionate?
Jewel
13. Which member steals borrows the other ones clothing?
Jewel's clothes are unfortunately too small for Tiara, but she has tried on one of her suit blazers to feel fancy when she wasn’t looking. 
14. Are they an introverted couple or an extroverted one—AKA would they prefer to go out to a party or event together or would they rather stay in? 
A little of both? Like they like going out and doing things together, but they’d prefer if it was in an intimate setting like a restaurant 
15. Who is more likely to make an impulsive decision and who is the voice of reason? 
Tiara impulsive, Jewel voice of reason. 9 times out of 10
16. Who stays up way too late and who tries to drag them to bed?
Jewel sticks to her sleep schedule, if Tiara wants to join her on time that’s up to her. No dragging required.
17. Who fell in love first?
Jewel
18. What song fits them perfectly?
I’m gonna say “Home and Dry” (Pet Shop Boys)
19. How do they deal with being away from each other for a long time?
Tiara’s started getting into sending postcards to Jewel on her travels when she’s at a new town (...do they have cell phones in Sonic’s world?)
Jewel’s been starting to get antsy about being tied to the restoration or her museum but tries to stay positive. She’s been paying more attention to local sports teams so she can catch Tiara up on what’s been happening while she’s away.
20. Who holds a grudge the longest?
Both are prone to holding grudges, but maybe Jewel? She will say that all is forgiven but a bug never forgets.
21. Which of the two is quick to speak and which one is quick to listen?
Tiara isn’t shy so if something’s on her mind she’ll just say it. Jewel’s a great listener
22. Who gets more easily embarrassed?
Jewel
23. Who overthinks the most?
Also Jewel
24. Which of the two is the most competitive?
Tiara. Girl will make a game out of putting laundry away.
25. Who’s the most stubborn?
Hmm…probably Tiara. She won't quit once her mind’s made up
26. How do they comfort each other?
If Jewel starts getting too anxious about something, Tiara will reassure that everything will be alright
If Tiara starts feeling lonely or sad about things Jewel will be open to talking if she wants or going anywhere Tiara wants to for the day
27. What random everyday object/activity makes them think of each other?
Chicken Wings…
28. Do they get along with each other’s friends and family?
Wherever Gazebo is right now I think he would like Jewel, sure.
Tangle likes Tiara a lot, Whisper tolerates Tiara,  Lanolin and Tiara do not get along. (Jewel doesn’t have a family so I guess the diamond cutters count lol)
30. What is their favorite place to kiss the other? (Cheek, hand, closed eyelid, neck, nose, etc.) 
Tiara treats Jewel very gently so on the cheek or the hand. 
Jewel found a sensitive spot behind Tiara’s ear, so there.
31. What’s the relationship like? Smooth? Rocky?
Smooth like mild wing sauce with ranch
32. How do they resolve their arguments?
Talking it out. Before they got serious Tiara was prone to just cutting off the conversation “It’s fine, it’s ok if this doesn’t work out. I’ll do this on my own anyway” kind of thinking. But now that they’re more of an item Tiara’s doing her best to not do that anymore.
33. Who has the most nightmares and how do they deal with them?
Tiara. And hugs.
34. Do they give each other nicknames?
Jewel is too self conscious (if this were a romance anime she’d be the type who thinks calling each other by first names or without honorifics is a huge step) and Tiara wants to be respectful so she doesn’t have anything in particular or say them in public but if they’re alone she’ll let “My Jewel” slip. 
35. What movies do they enjoy watching most? 
Historical dramas. Tiara wasn’t into it at first but then once she realized the drama actually got juicy and interesting she’s addicted. The more historically accurate the movie is the better for Jewel.
36. How’d they meet each other’s families?
Tiara started hanging out at the restoration HQ so her meeting Jewel’s friends was inevitable. 
37. What do they like the least about each other?
Both are prone to being a little jealous, so when that side of them comes out. 
38. What was their most memorable date?
Romantic getaway to do cave spelunking in the Mobian Alps. The quartz there are amazing
39. What other couple would your otp get along with the best?
Minako x Rei (Sailor Moon) maybe?
40. Who makes the other smile with almost no effort at all?
I think it’s mostly mutual. But Jewel being around can instantly perk up Tiara’s mood.
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Some more of those OTP Questions for Sontails, because your answers were so fluffy and cute and I loved them XD
"Who asks weird and complicated questions in the middle of the night?"
"Who makes the other laugh more?"
"Who hugs the other from behind?"
"Who's more protective?"
"Who embarresses the other in public with kisses and pet names?"
Taking a break before continuing studying for the night so woo!! I had a second to answer these ^^
“Who asks weird and complicated questions in the middle of the night?”
Tails for sure, bless. He’s the mechanic of the group, meaning he definitely has a lot of complicated thoughts in general, if his usual technobabble speeches are anything to go by. 
We’re shown he’s also quite thoughtful and prone to sharing his observations, two traits that can and will lead to him voicing out whatever thought flies through his head while he’s laying on bed. 
The questions range from "Wouldn’t it be cool if I tried to make a plane work with only one wing?" to "Do you think there are living creatures that are inherently undeserving of love?", depending on his mood for the night (inventor creativity and the kind of existential dread that only ever hits people at like, 2 in the morning, respectively).
Sonic tends to bounce off Tails’ ideas and give his own views on the question, because he loves talking with Tails. Well, to the best of his ability, that is; if difficult science jazz comes up he’s just gonna have to call it a day lol. And if any clearly negative question comes up, he's gonna answer with a hug instead.
I think Tails would like talking things out with Sonic, because he has pretty clear-cut opinions and a casual attitude to go with almost anything. It makes their late night conversations be really chill, usually :)
“Who makes the other laugh more?”
I honestly would say this one goes both ways!
When I read this question, the first scene that popped into my mind was that one Sonic Colours cutscene that I believe happened after shutting down the last generator. Sonic and Tails were commenting on what they should do once they stopped Eggman’s plans at the park, I think? And Sonic went, “let’s just go to a different park”, to which Tails replied “one that’s less evil than this one”. 
That simple exchange sent them both into such goofy chuckling, it was adorable. To me it’s a perfect representation of the way they make each other laugh. They both love teasing each other a bit and playing around with jokes, so usually, if one of them is smiling, the other one will be too.
This also plays into the ‘I’m happy if the person I love is’ trope, which just fits so well for them. Making the other crack out a nice laugh is part of their love language, and they’re both pretty good at it.
“Who hugs the other from behind?”
Sonic, of course! Not only because he loves how fluffy his partner's tails are, but because Tails can't really hug him from behind at all. Them hedgehog quills are really sharp at the tips, I bet xD
It’s much more comfortable for both of them if Sonic is the only one that does hugs from behind, thanks to their anatomy and height difference. Honestly, it’s like they’re built for this position in particular.
Sonic can just casually rest his chin on Tails’ shoulder while he works on his gadgets, and Tails himself can relax while nestled in Sonic’s arms. That way the affectionate gesture isn’t being disruptive or difficult for either of them.
“Who's more protective?”
They both would take a bullet for the other, no questions asked, but Sonic is the one that will always act more outwardly protective of Tails. It's in his nature.
He tends to have pretty intense reactions when he learns Tails got hurt or something happened to him, which feeds into my view.
In Boom cartoon he wants Tails to stop being his sidekick after he gets injured one (1) time, to make sure he won’t get hurt again. In Lost World he's actively pissed off and hating on the antagonists when Tails gets kidnapped. He was going through cyber corruption damnation during Frontiers and still held out for him.
Even in IDW comics, which I’m not particularly fond of, there’s a panel where Sonic tries to fight off Silver’s psychokinesis power just to run to Tails’ side after a battle... He’s clearly the traditionally protective one out of the two in every universe they’re together. And it warms my heart so much.
Part of it comes from the fact Tails is the most important person to Sonic -- of course he needs to keep him safe. The fact Sonic is slightly older than him (I personally see Tails around 12 and Sonic as 15-16) probably makes him feel a bit responsible, too. 
“Who embarrasses the other in public with kisses and pet names?”
Sonic! After they start dating, I headcanon that calling Tails bud/buddy/bro/etc. like he used to becomes a sort of jokey pet name, since now they’re outright ‘partners’ and equals in every sense of the word.
Naturally, Sonic still loves using those friendzone nicknames, though, so it’s like a running gag only the two of them get. lmao.
Sonic’s also the one to initiate any kissing most of the time, especially in public. Tails doesn’t mind PDA all that much, now, don’t get me wrong. But he knows Sonic is someone that really needs his space and freedom respected, so he just feels more comfortable when Sonic is the one starting the affection in public, since it means both of them want it at the time.
Sonic obviously appreciates him a lot for being so considerate of their relationship. And he shows it through kissing and holding Tails’ hand whenever he feels like it (spoiler: it happens a lot), usually attempting to catch him off-guard to get him as embarrassed as possible. 
Ahhhgh, talking of their dynamic makes me so happy, it’s making me want to continue writing my fics for them ;;;; I can’t wait to be done with my exams.
If you want to send more questions or anything else, I probably won’t be able to get to them until later this week, but it’s been a blast so far!!! <3
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OTP headcanon thing - I actually want to know the answers to all of them for everyone because I feel like you will have answers that make me feel insane in the best way!!! But I shall only ask the following! Feel free to answer none of them or all of them OR disregard my pairings and focus on love square overall and not them separately heheh
Ted/Rebecca:
3. If they got to pick what one another wears for a day, what would they pick for one another (I originally read this too fast and thought it was a borrowing clothes type thing and that Ted would become obsessed with Rebecca’s silk robes but mkay 🫠)
10. Would they hate-fuck each other if they were mad at each other (I could see this going various ways, as a role play thing and/or clearly talking beforehand like “hey if we’re ever mad would X be okay” but I’d love to get your take.
Keeley/Rebecca:
1. Who is more protective (I feel like it depends on the situation but also Keeley would be out for blood if anyone made Rebecca feel ANY type of way)
12. Do either of them have a special item that they use when they miss each other?
32. Who said I love you first?
Roy/Rebecca:
17. What is something stupid they probably did together?
29. What is something small that they would randomly pick up for the other?
ONE MORE SORRY NOT SORRY:
Ted/Keeley:
14. What’s the thing they miss most about each other?
20. If you had to change their very first meeting, how would you change it?
Hi Sage I love these and you picked such good ones for each couple, omg
Ted/Rebecca:
3. If they got to pick what one another wears for a day, what would they pick for one another (I originally read this too fast and thought it was a borrowing clothes type thing and that Ted would become obsessed with Rebecca’s silk robes but mkay 🫠)
Love the misread! :)
So, once Ted was certain Rebecca really was okay with him picking out her outfit for the day, I think he'd choose something similar to what she wore on the Christmas they spent together. Soft well-worn jeans, maybe some Nikes he'd bought for her that she hardly ever gets dressed down enough to wear, a supersoft tank top (arms!), a blazer or cardigan depending on the weather, and, I'm sorry to say, a newsboy hat that I personally would not choose but if they're happy, I'm happy.
Rebecca would be extra and pick two outfits...something nice for their day out, like one of his beloved Todd Snyder sweatshirts but in a color he wouldn't have chosen for himself (mustard, perhaps, @talldecafcappuccino?), his dark blue chinos, Nikes he was 'saving' that she'd just make him wear because they're cool and he should enjoy them. And then when they get home, she'd have him change into just an undershirt and borderline obscene sweatpants for obvious reasons, so then as "payback" he'd make her wear her skimpiest pajamas and
oh hey hello didn't see you there let's just get to the next question...
10. Would they hate-fuck each other if they were mad at each other (I could see this going various ways, as a role play thing and/or clearly talking beforehand like “hey if we’re ever mad would X be okay” but I’d love to get your take.
Hmm. My personal headcanon for this is that they wouldn't do that in the heat of the moment, while the emotions are still really intense, but once things were on the way to resolved and all that is left is some bickering (if the fight was kinda dumb) or some processing (if it was serious), that would turn into a sexual thing kind of organically. And as their relationship goes on, I could see them playing around with actually processing things via roleplay, but I don't think that would happen very often at all.
Keeley/Rebecca:
1. Who is more protective (I feel like it depends on the situation but also Keeley would be out for blood if anyone made Rebecca feel ANY type of way)
Definitely depends on the situation, but I think they'd be pretty mutually protective. I think Rebecca would be more likely to be concerned about Keeley's safety, like if they were traveling apart she'd be more likely to fret about how things were going even though she knows Keeley is tough and capable. And I think Keeley would be more likely to be concerned about Rebecca's feelings--like if Rebecca was hurt and not wanting to show it, or if she got embarrassed or upset in public.
12. Do either of them have a special item that they use when they miss each other?
Vibrators, tbh?
But on the more emotional side, when one of them is traveling for work and the other can't be there, I can picture them having a little google doc or album where they put little notes to each other and pictures they've taken and generally jot down memories and mementos from the day to feel more connected, and over time it's like a scrapbook.
32. Who said I love you first?
OK so even though Keeley is ultra effusive, I really like the idea of her being super shy about going there and actually saying a proper "I love you," and one night they're on the way back to one of their places from an evening with friends or something, maybe Rebecca is driving them and it's a regular sober old Tuesday night, very ordinary, and Rebecca gets quiet for a moment and then just says it. And Keeley immediately says it back!
Roy/Rebecca:
17. What is something stupid they probably did together?
This is such an unformed idea but I can picture them in a post-canon mutually single period once they've adjusted to her being his boss more directly and him being head coach and they are the only ones without plans some Friday night on a bye weekend or something and they go out and get drunk and on the walk home sneak into...I don't know, a locked cemetery or something?...and stay talking until the sun is actually coming up and then they've got to sneak back out (sober, so it's harder) before the groundskeeper knows they've spent the night there.
29. What is something small that they would randomly pick up for the other?
This isn't the item, but it's in the spirit of what I mean: cheap lighters. Roy doesn't smoke on the show and Rebecca barely does, but I feel like a cheap lighter is a thing that is easy to lose, easy for a friend to accidentally walk off with, etc., so I like thinking about them having the casual intimacy that helps you remember "oh, she lost her second-to-last lighter, I'll grab one while I'm out." Even though I have written an entire story about Roy buying stuff for Rebecca, I can't think of the perfect item for this example right now, but it's like this. A lighter but not a lighter specifically.
ONE MORE SORRY NOT SORRY:
Ted/Keeley:
14. What’s the thing they miss most about each other?
Ohhh. :( I think they'd miss living in the same place for laughter reasons! Ted doesn't laugh very easily/readily on the show (Sharon, Trent, and Rebecca notably get a for real laugh, although Trent's is indirect while Sharon and Rebecca's are more fully in the moment), and many of the characters get amused/happy Ted, but the true laughter is a rare thing), and I feel like Keeley laughs quite a bit.
I like thinking about Ted feeling very chilled out with Keeley and her making him laugh really naturally. And I like that Keeley, who puts so much effort into being affable and fun and sweet to everyone, would absolutely laugh a lot with Ted but wouldn't feel any pressure to, and might even be more serious or subdued with him than she is with a lot of people, feeling no need to put on a particular demeanor for his benefit.
20. If you had to change their very first meeting, how would you change it?
Hmm, I really love their first meeting and wouldn't actually want to change it. But I think it would be interesting if instead of the slightly protective act of taping up the photo (which I think is a decent character moment primarily because it leads to him getting so startled and her getting to be so funny so early in the show), they interact about the photo in some other way? Like maybe they head straight into talking about the Believe sign, but there's just a half-naked photo of Keeley *right* between Ted and the real Keeley, and the humor of that is slightly more subtle. I probably wouldn't change it, though, but if I had to, that'd be the switch.
From OTP headcanon ask meme.
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Please share your take 2,4, 14 otp ask
2. What would they do if the other woke in a manic state after a nightmare?
So likely scenario is Harry getting woken up, though I suppose this is more so a headcanon from hinny fandom and it’s really possible that Ginny could be having more nightmares instead? After all, we only get Harry’s perspective of his numerous nightmares from canon and not Ginny’s.
So I’ll answer both. If Harry gets a nightmare, Ginny is, like, dead asleep (physical training is no joke and athletes need a lot of rest) and likely won’t respond unless he really shakes up the bed or outright calls for her. The first few times he slept next to her, he would never wake her up intentionally until one night Ginny tells him that he absolutely should because “if you’re having a nightmare, then we’re both having one. So wake me up next time, you prat.” Then he starts doing that. She’ll hug him, kiss his scar (ty @blvnk-art for forever cementing that headcanon into our brains), and sometimes they’ll even make love because she knows they both need it. Also, if he really, really needs to up his mood, she’ll start cracking jokes and teasing him or she’ll whip out the remote for the old Muggle television that Dudley passed on to them and they’ll watch Ferris Bueller or Back to the Future or some other goofy shit that they both crack up at 3 in the morning.
Harry falls asleep in her arms for each of these scenarios, though.
If Ginny gets a nightmare, Harry will do the same strategies of physical comfort listed above, but he’ll also suggest going out for an early morning flight on their broomsticks (they continue to do this even after they have kids and tbh even when they’re gray and old and can barely hold themselves up lmfao because they’re just that cool). Or, if the weather isn’t normal, then he’ll suggest creative drawing (which neither are good at but it’s hilarious when they mess up and fail “why did you make your fingers look like large sausages, Ginny?” “huh I must have been imagining your large sausage.” “…it’s too early for you to seduce me.” “It’s working though isn’t it?” “…No comment.”) Or, my personal favorite, Harry will suggest that they do some creative journaling. Half of the time, she writes about her nightmares and how they make her feel and what practicing mindfulness feels to her and how this should feel like talking to Riddle but it really doesn’t because she’s healing now. She’ll write it beautifully too, sometimes in essay, sometimes in prose, sometimes in poetry.
The other half of the time, she writes pure Hinny smut and Harry can’t help but look over at her paper when he sees she’s smirking and then he absolutely cracks up and flushes when he reads words like gasp, thrust, beg, nip, stroke, and patience. (“Well, I can’t exactly post this in the Daily Prophet, I need an outlet somewhere.” “Then they really wouldn’t stop talking about my large sausage.” “Touché, Potter.”)
4. Which one is more protective? Who needs to be ‘protected’?
Both are equally as protective over the other (e.g. Harry adamantly telling Ginny to stay in the RoR for her safety; Ginny saying “Leave him alone, he didn’t want all that” or “yeah, Zabini, you’re so talented…at posing”).
Neither actually need “protecting.”
14. How do their personalities compliment each other? How do they clash?
I’ll answer the clash first ‘cause it’s a bit more obvious: they’re both impulsive, angry, stubborn, passionate, scary individuals. You know the phrase “you shouldn’t fight fire with fire”? Well, call these two an Australian fire in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic because Harry and Ginny are as fiery as it gets.
In fact, they’re so similar that on the very, very surface level, I’ve even heard arguments that they are not good for each other because of how much they clash.
So…why are they?
Because they understand each other better than anyone. Because they de-escalate each other. She is his greatest source, his light in the darkest of times, his last thought. He is her safety comfort, her biggest supporter and defender, her most intimate lover.
See the following for evidence…
“She looked alarmed and angry […] ‘It’s nothing, he said reassuringly, lowering his voice.’” Look at the way they were both fiery and upset (for different reasons ofc) but then look at the way he de-escalated it. Doesn’t look overly clashy or toxic to me.
On Ginny’s end, everyone mentions the Lucky You scene, so I’ll be a bit more creative…
“‘Don’t be stupid, we can’t all go!’ Harry said angrily […] ‘More of them will come’ said Ginny confidently ‘…because in case you hadn’t noticed, you and Hermione are both covered in blood and we know Hagrid lures thestrals with raw meat, so that’s probably why these two turned up in the first place…’” Just look at how Ginny - a girl absolutely notorious for being the epitome of heat and passion - calmly rationalizes to Harry in this. And notice how a few chapters later, she successfully manages to tag along with Harry despite him being stubborn about her (and Luna and Neville) staying.
In fact, I was so impressed with this scene that it, uh, kinda inspired me to make this meme.
Thanks for the ask!
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Other than 2x3 what other doctorcest ships do u ship?
Well— I do have other ships but 2x3 is definitely like; *My OTP* Ya know? These other ships are much more lighthearted:
1st Doc X 12th Doc
I ship these two either seriously or just as a complete crack ship depending on what version of 1st doc we’re talking about. Because the way they portrayed 1st doc in Twice Upon a Time is just— mmmm… Just this extremely boomer old man that doesn’t understand change (which is extremely weird because he’s *a time traveler* I am pretty god damn sure he understands progress) and is weirdly homophobic (which AGAIN, makes no sense). AHEM, if you excuse my rant there a bit— But if it is OG Hartnell 1st Doc x 12th doc, then I can get behind that. It’s like Non-experienced giggly old man x Experienced bamf old man. That’s fun!
6th Doc X 4th Doc
These two would either absolutely love each other or absolutely hate each other. Actually both, and those opinions would fluctuate all the god damned time. 6th would think 4th is creepy af (even if he has memories from being him, it still puts him off guard) and 4th would constantly tell 6th to lighten up a bit. How seriously do I take this ship? Eh.
7th Doc X 9th Doc
One Doc that is very close to but haven’t experienced the time war yet? And one Doc that literally just experienced it? Oh man that would be a very mournful but also extremely protective ship. I don’t actually ship this *that* much since I see both of them (especially 7) as very Aro/Demi Doctors. But the potential is still there and it would make content for very interesting stories to write about them.
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I did an OTP questionnaire for my Bagginsheild ship headcannon🥰💕
Maybe I’ll do a Gigolas one next.
1. What is their love language?
Oddly enough it seems to be protecting each other, mostly from physical danger but also at times from themselves by being brutally honest (Thorin), or doing things that will likely hurt the other but must be done (Bilbo).
2. Who confessed first?
Technically Thorin. I say technically because Bilbo, not being a Dwarf, had no idea the Mithril shirt was a declaration of interest and offer of courtship, and therefore accepted without realizing he was allowing Thorin (and the rest of the Company) to consider them promised to each other.
3. Who plans the dates?
They both do an equal share of planning their private time together, with no rhyme or reason to it. It’s not like they take turns or anything, rather one of them will get a good idea and be like “Don’t make any plans for this date, there’s something I want to do with you.”
4. Who is the better driver?
We’re going to say ‘rider’ because Middle Earth doesn’t have cars lol. Anyway! Definitely Thorin. He has much more experience and Bilbo probably will never learn to enjoy riding any kind of mount, no matter how much time he spends in the saddle. Some people just don’t like it.🤷🏻‍♀️
5. Who likes to be the ‘little spoon’?
It’s not really a matter of who prefers to be the little spoon, so much as the size difference makes it a necessity that Bilbo is lol! The stress of ruling a kingdom and helping to raise such mischievous nephews makes Thorin need the closeness and Bilbo has resigned himself to being the official Royal Hobbit-sized teddy bear. 🧸💕
6. What’s their stand on PDA? (Public Displays of Affection)
It doesn’t bother Thorin because he isn’t even consciously aware that he’s doing it most of the time. I believe this is partly his culture and partly his nature as an individual, he’s just a naturally tactile person. This headcannon I developed based on Mr. Richard Armitage portrayal of the character in the Hobbit movies.
Bilbo doesn’t mind it if it’s been earned, such as having developed a close personal relationship with the other person. His culture doesn’t look down on it so much as it just isn’t really a thing with Hobbits unless you’re very close to that person. I based this off of what I know of the generation/culture Professor Tolkien came from, what I’ve seen in the movies, and my own regional culture (New England states in America) which is very much like the Hobbits in the Shire.
7. Who shows their affections with words?
Both, but it comes easier to Bilbo. I think it’s because he’s a writer and his personal history lends itself to him being more comfortable with putting his feelings out into the world.
Thorin is more guarded and only lets down his walls in times of strong emotion or need.
8. Who shows affection through touch?
Again both, but this time definitely more of Thorin’s thing. Once he cares about you, it’s guaranteed if you’re close enough to touch he will subconsciously reach out and rest his hand on your shoulder, or gently grip your arm, or embrace you to some degree.
Bilbo, coming from a very “proper” society, only touches if invited to do so, or to give comfort in stressful/painful situations. A perfect example being how tender he was with Thorin during his final moments on Raven Hill.
9. How do they like to initiate intimacy?
Thorin just does, literally, he just walks right up to Bilbo and does whatever feels natural and good.
Bilbo drops hints. For example, cooking Thorin’s favorite meal, or giving him a meaningful/thoughtful gifts, and especially witty conversation that says without saying that he’s in an affectionate mood and willing to receive affection in return.
10. Do they have a dream wedding planned?
Yes, each of them have two different weddings planned actually.
One in their culture’s style, that they would absolutely want but are willing to sacrifice for the other to have what they want, and one in the other’s cultural style, that they are certain would be perfect for their lover and make them the happiest.
The most ridiculous part of this being that neither realizes they both are doing this and that it doesn’t matter, because their loved ones will through them a wedding that is a hybrid mix of the two anyhow and everyone will be happy. 😅🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🥰
11. How do they comfort each other?
Bilbo let’s Thorin rage and roar and work it all out of his system, then when the Dwarf has calmed down they brainstorm solutions while enjoying comfort foods Bilbo has baked, and the Hobbit reaffirms Thorin’s right to feel what he feels and let himself be “only human” so to speak. All the while secretly plotting passive aggressive vengeance on whoever upset his spouse.😜
Thorin is a problem solver type, if Bilbo is upset, his Dwarf asks questions and offers assistance in any way he can, even if all his Hobbit needs is a willingness to listen to him rant and cuddles afterwards. Though you can bet good money he’s taking notes in his head on who he’s going to scare the bejesus out of later for upsetting his husband.😁
12. What’s an ideal evening for the two of them?
Depending on their moods and how their day went, ether hanging out with their friends and family, or a quite night in their private chambers. They don’t even have to be doing anything together specifically, for instance Bilbo could be reading and Thorin practicing his harp and simply enjoying each other’s presence in the room.
13. Who’s more playful in bed?
In my headcannon, based on letters and notes Professor Tolkien wrote, Dwarrow take only one lover/spouse in their lives if they take any at all (which makes the actors of Dori, Nori and Ori’s personal head cannons about them having three different fathers but the same mother VERY interesting to me, but that’s a topic to be explored another day) so I would presume Thorin is very considerate and uncomplicated when it comes to sex, possibly also not as, shall we say inventive? Having been raised to view it as a sort of sacred thing you only do with one person and for only two reasons (to express devotion and have children even though the later doesn’t apply to same sex couples in this way). That’s not to say he’s boring in bed, but rather hasn’t been made aware of the whole spectrum of possibilities that one can utilize to experience the act.
Bilbo, on the other hand, again according to the original source material, comes from a race that tends to have big families and do not have Ones, that is to say for those who do not know, are not “tied by destiny” to a specific Individual meant only for them. Though I’ve never heard of a Hobbit getting a divorce or remarrying after being widowed/widower’d, there’s no evidence left by the Professor to say that they couldn’t or wouldn’t do so. So based on these facts, dating, fooling around, and experimenting sexually is totally something I can accept Hobbits doing.
My conclusion being, Bilbo is the one who keeps things fresh between the Royal bed sheets, and I’m not talking about doing the laundry lol😜🛏👌
14. Who shows affection through gift giving?
Both. It’s a cannon cultural similarity, both Dwarrow and Hobbits love to give gifts, especially if they’re handcrafted and/or meaningful and/or useful.
15. Who’s the first one up in the morning?
Thorin. He’s used to long days with an early start and late endings.
Bilbo’s more of a Night Owl, he’d prefer to sleep in and stay up all night if you’d let him.
16. Were they friends before they were lovers?
Lmao! Yes and no. It was more like “frienamies”. Bilbo started off thinking Thorin a rude stubborn ass with a martyr complex, and Thorin assumed Bilbo was useless and pampered and totally ignorant of suffering.
17. Who’s the better singer?
Thorin, hands down, no contest.
Bilbo isn’t bad, he’s just ordinary, meanwhile might I remind you Thorin’s voice is so amazing it made Bilbo literally run out his front door with no thought to the consequences.
18. Who has the best jokes?
Bilbo mostly, but that’s due to him being a writer and coming from a society where wordplay and being social is extremely important.
Thorin is more the type of person who will randomly get off a good wisecrack every three months or so, and it leaves everyone in the room equally shocked and laughing their asses off every time.
19. Who’s the better cook?
Bilbo, it’s a no-brainer. There’s no such thing as a Hobbit who sucks at cooking and he enjoys it.
Thorin can manage quite nicely but it’s very simple fair and he only bothered learning for survival reasons, no personal interest in the art form.
20. What is their stance on having kids?
Helping to raise Fili, Kili and Frodo (not to mention young Gimli and the other Hobbit Faunts when they babysit) is more than enough to scratch that itch, they’re not looking to adopt anytime soon. Especially since Thorin has an heir in Fili and is free from that obligation.
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1, 10, and 20 for Daeran and Sal for the OTP asks!
1. Who most initiates PDA? It may be a nice 50/50. While during their first time it definitely has been Salvadore with Daeran even trying to avoid it in his attempts to play his affection down, things in this regard become much more intense and balanced as soon as they declare their relationship openly with Daeran’s proposal and their kiss in front of Threshold. Salvadore likes to touch Daeran when they’re among people, sometimes in ways barely anyone notices. It happens regularly that he places his hand on the small of his back while standing behind him, allows his body to brush Daeran’s in passing, or his fingers to linger on his for just a moment too long while taking something out of his hand … Sometimes those displays of affection and belonging become much more notable instead. Salvadore may kiss him in open tenderness and devotion – his lips or his hand –, take his arm or entwine their fingers. In certain moods, or if Daeran triggered his jealousy (often on purpose and with glee), those gestures are possessive in nature: In those cases, Sal pulls him close or kisses him more roughly in front of all the eyes watching them. For Salvadore it depends a little on where they are and if a public display of affection is appropriate in the given situation. For Daeran this doesn’t matter at all, or well, it does, but in the opposite way: He loves to pull Salvadore into a passionate kiss or to put a possessive hand on his ass right in front of important peers. He also enjoys it to arrive at a party side by side with him, his arm around his husband’s waist, or move around arm in arm with him. In gentle and romantic moods, Daeran reaches out for his hand, either to kiss it or to hold it during a walk they take. - In every version with Lenarius, the above is true towards him/her as well and s/he should prepare himself/herself to get a lot of very public displays of affection and possessive gestures from both sides. 😁 10. What are some non-sexual activities they do together? There are many, many things. Reading to each other or just in each other’s company while sharing amusing passages here and there; ballroom dancing (sometimes shining in front of a crowd, sometimes in private when it’s just the two of them); visiting the theater, opera, or varieté; eating together (in fancy restaurants, or shady but exciting places that offer certain forms of entertainment, or just at home in relaxed comfort what their cooks or they themselves prepared); cooking together; hiking and sailing when on vacation and near the sea; sharing long hot baths; body care; shopping clothes, jewelry, and furniture; playing chess and other games; politics (destroying their enemies, strengthening their own influence); enjoying art; Salvadore often plays the violin for Daeran … 20. Who holds a grudge the longest? Towards others? Both of them are great at holding a grudge (Salvadore especially when his pride is hurt, Daeran when someone caused him a truly unpleasant situation he wasn’t able to just shake off) until they eventually get their revenge. They love to plan this revenge together. (You offend one of them and can be sure the other one will take it just as personally and switch into protection mode.) Against each other? Well, they both tend to forgive each other quickly after petty arguments and have the talent to make it up to each other – despite their stubbornness and regular incapability to truly admit to being in the wrong. Luckily, they know each other well and share some important traits (like their huge ego), so they’ll understand surrogate gestures and statements without demanding a declaration of guilt and shame (unless in a playful way after things are already settled again). Of course, if we’re talking about a bigger issue that truly hurt one of them …, well, the need for a genuine apology emerges when it comes to this. Sal shows so by distancing himself and by becoming cold while Daeran, if he’s the one who’s angry, disguises it behind petty behavior and the attempt to get to Salvadore in painful ways in return. The moment they manage to actually talk though, to apologize and to listen to the other one’s point of view in it and forgive whatever happened, it’s genuine. Neither will hold a grudge against the other.
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direwombat · 2 years
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5 Song OTP Playlist! (Jacob x Sybille Edition)
tagged by @thomrainer (thank you so much for the tag! 💕) and i’ve seen this doing the rounds so idk who has and has not done it yet, but tagging: @natesofrellis, @poeti-kat, @funkypoacher, @harmonyowl, @aceghosts, @schoute, @strafethesesinners and anyone else who wants to share some music!
Narrowing this down to just 5 songs was so difficult considering my playlist for them is ten times that lmao but here are some that I think really hit the proverbial nail on its proverbial head when it comes to syb and jacob (links lead to yt videos for the songs)
On the Mountain Tall - The Oh Hellos
I know you want me to be afraid / I know you want me to love you / Still you beat your drums / Raising holy war with every strum / Shouting down the quiet kingdom come / Brushing at your fingers, hoping you'll come around
Bloodsport - Raleigh Ritchie
And even if you ask me to stop, it's too late because I've already decided their fate / It's not a distaste, it's pure hate and it pulsates and it works its way around my brain / Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I'll protect you til the day I meet my maker / So don't fight me now cause you might need me later
The Runner and the Lover (ft. Shelby Merry) - Former Vandal
Well I trust you / But not enough to place this gun in your hand / I've got a past you couldn't understand / I could love you / But that alone is the reason why I can't / Love is nothing but a weakness
Still - Daughter
Two feet standing on a principle / Two hands longing for each others warmth / Cold smoke seeping out of colder throats / Darkness falling, leaves nowhere to go / It's spiraling down / Biting words like a wolf howling / Hate is spitting out each others mouths / But we're still sleeping like we're lovers
Monsters Talk (feat. Bear Rinehart) - John Mark McMillan
We are fragile creatures on collision / With our judgement days / Your heart smolders in the marrow of the night / Bitter waters cannot quench my thirsty fire / Still, I want to do what's right / But I can't get no sleep / Can I stand beside the way you love tonight
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wedreamedlove · 2 years
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Hello! What couple in light and night has the best chemistry in your opinion? And which couple is your favorite? Sorry for my English, and thanks in advance!
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not sure if you also sent in this earlier ask, but since they're about the same thing i'll just put them together.
i mentioned in a past post that it feels like light and night has multiple genre universes under the umbrella of its main universe (the one we players play) and i still stand by this opinion. it means that every male lead feels like the “otp” when we’re in their “universe” and so all couples have strong chemistry and it just depends on what you personally like.
Sariel = xianxia
Evan = gothic romance
Osborn = wuxia
Jesse = greek tragedy
Charlie = modern drama
SARIEL. this pair can be summed up as the immortal nonhuman + mortal human couple. there are even xianxia tropes here like past lives (still waiting to be confirmed but there’s too many hints), sealed or wiped memories, punishments for defying fate and crossing the interspecies line. these two really give off the feeling of star-crossed soulmates.
EVAN. not only is he a vampire, but also a byronic hero. think of the atmosphere from charlotte bronte, emily bronte, and jane austen but then crank up the gothic romance vibes to something like crimson peak. there is not enough space here—and i’m not eloquent enough—to talk about what vampires represent in classic literature (sexual taboo, transgressions, etc) but just know that light and night writers are well aware of the savagery, inhumanity, and hedonism behind classic vampires and lean into that hard. this is peak monstrous vampire + human couple.
OSBORN. he was a punk, she did ballet. what more can i say? sorry, sorry, but he really attracts good girls who have a rebellious streak. the way this works in a wuxia universe is to think of him as a wandering swordsman who has his own moral code that protects the weak and innocent, not necessarily upholding justice because he kills people but overall doing good. the heroine is the sheltered princess or noble who longs for freedom and adventure and joins this wanderer. meanwhile, the swordsman learns to love and be loved by the innocent girl and has a home that tethers him to the world. they can be summed up as the rogue and noble or, as Osborn would say, it’s the big bad dragon who kidnaps the sword-wielding princess.
JESSE. they’re childhood friend to lovers so there’s no way they don’t have chemistry. what i really like about them (because i normally don’t like this trope) is that they roughhouse more than other childhood friend pairings i’ve seen. they do so much playful ribbing to each other; makes me feel like they’re a college couple. his genre universe comes into play here—and, admittedly the example sounds bad—by forcing a path onto Jesse because of his very nature and the heroine can do nothing but maintain her love for him and pray for his safety, like penelope in odysseus.
CHARLIE. pick any dog blood drama currently playing right now and this is their chemistry, haha, except they’re really steadfast and supportive of each other. but i mean we have evil relatives and conspiracies surrounding them and Charlie is under crushing parental expectations. these two have really sweet soulmate vibes and a fairy tale atmosphere like cinderella and rapunzel, with both of them being princes and princesses for each other.
as for myself, i thought my bias was obvious here but my favorite couple is Osborn and his heroine. i share a lot of her reactions to him so i’m just constantly being flustered and teased by this man. i also really, really admire his untamable and unbreakable spirit. my friends joke all the time about me having a thing for "freedom” men (it’s all in the yearning) but i also adore men who crave to love and be loved and Osborn covers both of these so well.
It turned out that the desire for freedom was just because there were no attachments. — [SSR The 400 Blows]
O: I think it’s precisely because there’s nostalgia and attachments that a long journey becomes a trip. O: Otherwise it can only be called “wandering”. — [SSR Within Reach]
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