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derelictheretic · 1 year
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If you could only see the beast you've made of me
I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free
Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart
Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart
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derelictdumbass · 2 months
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writing vague chapter ideas before I start writing is always fun bc it leads to gay brainstorming :>
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Shiptober Day 27
Prompt: Radio
Ship: Jacob Seed x Deputy Dean Sinclaire
Warning(s): Canon-typical violence, mental conditioning, graphic violent thoughts
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Ragged breaths escape bruised lips, muddied boots dig into the foliage covered ground; every step sends an aching pain through Dean's lead heavy limbs. He's covered in a mix of blood, dirt and sweat, his clothes are torn and stink of gunpowder and gasoline. It felt like he'd been walking for days but in reality it had only been an hour. He couldn't think straight, red blurred the edges of his vision and he could still hear that damn song in the depths of his eardrums. 
He'd considered grabbing dry twigs straight from the ground and digging them into his ear canals but he knew the brief relief would be meaningless in wake of the pain that would come from the desperate act. He just had to keep taking in steady even breaths and focus on his path, he'd be okay at the Wolf's Den. Either they'd take care of him or put a bullet between his eyes, either seemed like a fine option right now if he was being honest. 
Dean stumbles, catches himself on a boulder and hisses as his bare palms drag over the jagged edges. His blood coats the grey surface, he doesn't bother looking at his hands to assess the damage, his body was a plethora of cuts and bruises and at this point if he was dying from anything it'd be infection. His radio crackles to life on his belt as he pushes himself back up, his brown eyes zoned in on his blood dripping down the cracks of the rock as the voice of the man he'd just run from ripped through the static.
"That was quite the show, Deputy, you really gave my men a run for their training—I'm impressed."
The praise means nothing to Dean, it's empty and worthless and said only to manipulate him. He knows there's a part of his weak brain exploding with chemicals, greedy and hungry for more acknowledgement of the hell he'd wrought but he ignores it to the best of his ability. He wasn't happy about what he'd done, he knew he wouldn't be able to close his eyes without seeing the carnage he left in his wake. He didn't want praise for that.
"I'll let you go for now, you've done well but remember, i'm not done with you yet. You're still too soft y'see and soldiers—good soldiers—can't be soft."
Dean tries to drown him out as he carries on, he knows he could switch channels. Turn the radio off. Throw it away. He could do all of those things, they would be so easy to do, but he doesn't. He can't explain why, can't figure out why he lets his voice drone on in his ear exactly how that song does. But he can't be bothered to make any move to stop it, he just keeps walking. He had to be close to the Wolf's Den now, it couldn't be that much farther.
"We'll carve that softness out of you together, it's not gonna be just me doin' all the work here. Ya can resist as much as you want pup but you know you'll be better off when we're done, that's why you behave so well during ya trials isn't it?"
Dean clenches his jaw. Breathes out heavy through his flared nostrils. He's angry—It fesls like he's always angry nowadays. He can't remember the last time he felt calm and ome of the causes of that was taunting him through his radio, his smug smile clesr in his words as he spoke slowly. He never rushed, never gave any indication he felt out of control, he was always steady and relaxed. Why did he get to be okay while putting Dean and so many others through hell? It wasn't fair.
None of this shit was fair.
"Yeah… You're good at takin' orders i'll give you that, just gotta break that rebellion outta ya. Maybe if ya didn't have so many distractions this would be goin' quicker, whaddaya think, am I right?"
Dean frowns, he didn't like where Jacob was going with that sentence. It made a low sinking feeling rise in his gut and he slowed his pace, his surroundings now familiar and he knew right around the jagged cliff was the hatch to the Wolf's Den. He made it, but was that a good thing?
"Eli's been real good at keepin' ya busy lately, huh?"
Dean swallows thickly, he can hear Wheaty's music from all the way out here. He stops walking, panic and bile in his throat.
"Please don't," he doesn't touch the radio, knows Jacob can't hear him, but he sobs the words out uselessly into the air anyway; falls to his knees and squeezes his eyes shut. He doesn't want to do this anymore. He's so tired.
"The way I see it, he's holdin' ya back from reachin' your full potential pup. All of 'em are but ya got it in ya head Eli can help you right? He can't. No one can."
Jacob's tone is dry, it sounds like he's walking and suddenly paranoia floods Dean's body. He opens his teary eyes and looks around, breathing ragged, hand resting on the knife strapped to his thigh. He hears Jacob begin to hum, the tune of that fucking song, just the sound of it causes pricks of anxiety under Dean's skin.
"I'm the only one that can help you, i'm the only one here that can see what you really have to offer. I know you can be—great. Perfect. So go on, play house with Eli all ya want but you'll be back home with me soon."
His words sound final, like he's said all he had to say but Dean doesn't move. His entire body is on alert, he can't trust the reality that he's alone out here. Every noise is him, every sway of the leaves is him, every vibration in the ground is him. It's all him—all Jacob. Dean knows he's crying, he can feel the wetness sliding down his dirty cheeks and the buildup on his waterline but he's silent.
"I'll see you soon Deputy."
The line goes quiet, the static ends, it's over. But it's not. His words echo in Dean's head mercilessly and keep him glued to the ground. His shoulders slump forward and he covers his face with his bloody palms, smearing the deep red liquid on his skin. He doesn't care. Jacob kept fucking with him, pulling him along on his strings and as far as Dean could tell there was no way out for him that didn't go exactly how Jacob wanted. 
Dean wasn't in control anymore, as hard as he fought to be.
Jacob had him right where he wanted him and until he said so he would stay there.
No one could help him now.
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queerdraws · 8 months
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projecting on luffy again. get bited.
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kaiju-krew · 1 month
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he didn't stand a chance <3
original/inspo!!
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I’m not trying to attack you, but do you know that proshipper means someone who supports and romanticizes pedophilia, incest, and abuse? Your reblog on that post seems to read that you think antis just hate on people for having ships they don’t like. But it’s completely different than that. Just looking on the proshipper side of Tumblr and the internet and you can see people happily shipping children and adults and making nsfw content of such things.
i appreciate that you're not being outright hostile, but i have to say, that on its own put you above basically every anti i've interacted with.
i understand where antis are coming from, i really do. there are a lot of things on the internet that make me deeply uncomfortable, including the minor/adult ships that you mention. i don't want to anything to do with those kinds of ships and i would be happiest if i never saw them again. which is why i'm proship.
nine times out of ten, if i see that kind of ship brought up on my dash, it's because i was following an anti without realizing it, and they brought it up unprompted and untagged, to talk about how bad it is that they exist. they are the ones putting that kind of content in front of my face and making it harder to avoid.
the thing about people who ship those ships is that they're generally very aware that not everyone wants to see that kind of content, and so they tag it. they make sideblogs to talk about it. they don't go out of their way to shove it in people's faces. that means i, and everyone else who doesn't like it, can avoid it.
what antis want is for it to not exist at all. they want the tags to be purged and blocked, and for anyone who uses those tags to have their accounts deleted. and sure, that might get rid of some of it, but do you know what would happen to the rest? it would stop being tagged. people who don't want to see it wouldn't have the tools to avoid it. this isn't just a hypothetical, that's what's happened any time a fan space has tried to do that.
that's not even getting into the rabbit hole of what should be banned and what shouldn't. obviously any content that depicts real children or real life abuse shouldn't exist and shouldn't be allowed to be posted, but basically any platform that people use already enforces those policies, and there's not much of a slippery slope to go down there. if it involves real living breathing people being abused, it's bad. end of discussion.
but the same can't be said for fiction. ask ten antis for a specific list of all the content that should be banned, and you'll get ten different answers. what about kink? what about roleplay? what about horror and murder and anything that involves fictional characters being graphically tortured? what about people using art to process terrible things that have happened to them? what about art that uses dark themes as a horror element? if you just want to ban anything questionable to anyone, that's the line of thinking that gets any mention of lgbt existence banned. and again, this isn't just a hypothetical, this has happened before, and that's generally where it leads.
i know, from personal experience, that antis do, in fact, send harassment to people just for shipping things they don't like. i've gotten accused of absolutely vile shit for shipping two fictional characters who were both consenting adults. i've seen ship wars turn into moral battlegrounds, over ships that an average person wouldn't bat an eye at.
the thing about "romanticization" is a whole other can of worms. the anti logic goes like this: if someone sees something (even if it's very obviously fictional) in a positive light enough times, they will start thinking it's okay in real life, and go on to hurt real people. the problem with that is that it's just. blatantly untrue.
if it were true every horror movie fan would be a serial killer, every person that studies dark media would be an unhinged psychopath, and everyone who is into ddlg would be a pedophile. but they're not. they just aren't. people have directed movies just as fucked up as the darkest shit on ao3, and are still capable of being normal human beings who know right from wrong in real life.
even if someone is that impressionable, scrubbing away the existence of every piece of questionable content isn't going to solve their problem, because they're still going to be vulnerable to con men, scams, and cultists. the only thing that would actually materially help someone like that is developing their own morals and critical thinking.
children are also more impressionable, and there's a lot of content that's not suitable for them, but that doesn't mean that content shouldn't exist. it just means that they should stick to spaces designed for them (which most social media sites, tumblr included, are not) or, if they're old enough to be responsible for their experience online, they, or a trusted adult in their lives, should block and filter out things that they aren't comfortable with.
which is what everyone on the internet should be doing. it's what i do, and it's made the internet a much more pleasant place to be. and it's why i sometimes worry for antis mental health, especially teenagers, because they're being told it's right and moral to seek out content that makes them uncomfortable and to engage with the people making it. and that's just. really bad. it's not good for the creators that they're harassing obviously, but it's also really bad for them! it's not healthy to seek out things that make you feel bad, and it's a terrible internet safety lesson to teach minors that it's okay for them to seek out and engage with people making adult content.
individual harassment and crusading is never going to succeed at removing dark content from the internet. it just isn't. at best you might get a small percentage of people who create that content to stop sharing it, at worst you're just going to make people stop tagging it, and either way, you're exposing yourself to things that make you feel bad, when you don't have to.
if you want to materially change the type of content you see, you can. the block button is your friend, use it liberally. same with content filtering and tag blocking.
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moongothic · 4 months
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Crocodad AU where immidiately after having left Dragon and his baby boy Crocodile finds an 11 year old Robin. And while he's 100% only recruiting her so they can make a beeline for the Poneglyph and Pluton in Alabasta by the two of them... Crocodile accidentally sorta kinda adopts Robin.
At this point Robin's been running for her life from the Government for three years so her deep trust issues and fear of betrayal are starting to take root in her little heart. Like perhaps they haven't taken fully over yet, and being still a child I'm sure Robin might've still had that genuine hope that she could find a safe place to stay in. But I'm sure the though of "what'll he'll do with me once he gets what he wants?" would be nagging at her at the back of her mind. Meanwhile Crocodile's struggling between the pain and hurt he's already gone through and given him his trademark trust issues, as well as the aftermath of The Dragodile Divorce. But he also has his Fresh Paternal Instincts and probably misses his baby. So when given a small, scared child who is running for her life, being chased by the very same Government that'll want his son dead if they ever find out about him... Yeah that might fuck with your brain a little
You know this post was supposed to be just that first paragraph and just a few footnotes from the following two paragraphs. And then I kept on Having Thoughts. And I kept on writing them down. And oh no what happened when did this post get so long (Look I was going to either kept on writing my Additional Thoughts in the tags or I just put them in the actual fucking post)
Like considder this: based on this one SBS, we can kinda tell that if Crocodile was given a chance to raise a child, that child would be a spoiled little shit, right
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So in this scenario, where Crocodile's looking after lil Robin, would he be kind of torn? Unsure how to feel about her?
Because on one hand, this strange child would have the potential to not only ruin his plans, strip him of his Shichibukai Privileges by outing him and his plans to the World Government, but also put his son in grave danger by extension (if she found out about him having been involved with the Revolutionaries and/or having a child). But on the other hand, his paternal instincts could make him want to spoil this poor little girl rotten. But only because he needs to (perhaps literally) buy her trust so she'll behave. No other reason, he doesn't feel sorry for her one bit, no sirree. (But maybe he did feel sorry for her, since his son could very well end up exactly like her. Poor little thing) (Which is why he needs to nuke Marijoa out of orbit as soon as possible, no matter the cost, and this child can't get in the way of Crocodile protecting his son) (But also this is a child. Like how bad could she be. Besides all he really needs to do to win her trust is be nice and make her feel safe, right?)
Of course, while I'm suggesting Crocodile could have some parental instincts, realistically, he hasn't actually spent any time being, you know, a father to a child (looking after his newborn for an unknown though short amount of time aside), so it's possible he wouldn't even know how to parent Robin even if he wanted to, would he? (Like taking care of a newborn and an 11 year old kid aren't the same either) So if he was kind of just emotionally flipflopping between No Trusting Ever and It's Just A Kid for God's Sake, Crocodile trying to be nice to Robin to make her feel safe and then telling himself to stop being so soft and vunerable... Yeah that would make for an absolute mess of a relationship. (Not to mention, let's be real, dude's a scary motherfucker too, and a bloody giant compared to itty bitty baby Robin. He could keep on accidentally scaring the shit out of Robin (who would be On Fucking Edge To Begin With) by just Being Himself. Like for example, can you fucking imagine if he caught Robin trying to cheer herself up with a little "dereshishishi" only to tell her to stop because "it was stupid"? 'Cause I can imagine him doing that, and boy howdy would that make Robin feel bad)
Or who knows, maybe Crocodile was just Born To Be A Dad, maybe he just Fucking Gets It. Like Crocodile is canonically pretty good at manipulating people to do what he wants them to do (see: how he played Vivi like a fiddle), so knowing Robin's position and understanding how she feels, maybe he COULD completely nail how she needed to be treated. Not being too familiar but still making her feel safe and happy, knowing exactly when to be stern and when to spoil her, etc. Dude just goes off and wins the Dad of the Year Award while being a deadbeat dad himself. The only thing Crocodile would have to worry about then would be making sure HE doesn't get too fond of her. And certainly that could never happen, he's so in-touch with his own feelings and so grounded, he's not a softie, get outta here. Or maybe he does but never realizes until it's too late and good luck backpedalling on those emotions now dumbass
Alright so, the reason I went on that whole rmble is just that like. I'm so interested in the relationship Robin and Crocodile already have in canon. I'm so facinated and curious about how the two feel about each other, considdering they did spend 4 whole years of their lives together as criminal business partners, though neither ever trusted the other. A partnership that was only ended because Robin betrayed Crocodile, out of her own trauma. (God, I want to see these two "reunite" so bad, I want to know how they feel about each other now after the timeskip and Robin joining the idiot in flipflops who foiled Croc's plans)
My question here is just that... if they had met 13 years earlier, would things have been different? Especially if Crocodad Real? Because as I mentioned in the begining, Robin would've been on the run for only 3 years by this point, as opposed to 16 years before running into Crocodile. Simultaneously, this would be before Crocodile went onto spend an entire decade all alone, slowly losing his marbles in his emotional solitude. They'd both be emotionally traumatized, yes, but would it have been as bad in this scenario? Like I did start this post kind of joking about Crocodile adopting Robin, and for clarity's sake I don't think they'd have like a father-daughter relationship nececarily. But it would be a strange relationship still, because we'd have two broken people, both struggling to trust anyone. One who had lost her mother and her only friends, leaving her all alone and afraid while running for her life. The other a father who had just given up his son whom he probably missed dearly. Both having these holes in their hearts from loss of family, holes that could not be filled with replacements. But could they find comfort in each other anyway, because they still as people occupy similar roles to their respective loved ones? If they both could just get over those trust issues?
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Okay I've been going off on the Emotional Side Of Things for this AU Concept, THERE'S PLOT TOO
So if Crocodile did pick Robin up like 19 years ago, that should be before he set up base in Alabasta, long before he had built is homebase and financial empire etc.
Now the thing is, while we don't know when, where and how Crocodile learned about the Ancient Weapons, Pluton specifically and how the lead on it would be in Alabasta... Considdering Crocodile did once upon a time aim to become Pirate King, it would make perfect sense if he had learned about Poneglyphs during his past adventures, as he would have needed to get the Road Poneglyphs to find One Piece. And while the World Government did bury the truth about why Ohara had been burned down and why Robin had been given her bounty (remember, the WG claimed it was because she had sunken a fleet of battleships, which she had not, it was because she could read the Poneglyphs), considdering this is a Crocodad AU specifically, you could totally make an argument Crocodile could've learned about what actually happened to Ohara from Dragon and co. So, just to make this AU work, you could just assume Crocodile learned about the concept of the Ancient Weapons from Dragon. And who knows, maybe he overheard the truth about why Robin had been given her bounty from Dragon too (maybe Dragon was able to get intel from Garp in secret) or while going to Marijoa himself to attend a Shichibukai meeting or something IDK.
Maybe he learned about Pluton being in Alabasta before finding Robin by accident, and maybe they made a beeline for Alabasta the second Croc recruited Robin. Travelling takes time and the guy would've most likely had to find an Eternal Pose to Alabasta just to get there (also canonically Robin didn't enter the Grand Line until her 20s so they should've met in West Blue probably, since that's where Ohara was) Or maybe Crocodile had to haul Robin around for a few months while looking for That Missing Piece of Information that would lead him to Alabasta. (Imagine the two travelling from like island to island, library to library, Crocodile trying to find that leads while Robin's just so excited about ALL THESE BOOKS (she's helping too with the research) (but to her, research is playtime, so she's just having the time of her life) (Also, notice how Crocodile's Theoretical Child is a fucking loser ass nerd? Yeah Crocodile would encourage Robin reading and studying, surely. And that would be fucking cute))
But like, once they set sail to Alabasta...
Sure, Crocodile could try to do it The Slow Way that we know he tried in canon, building trust and creating his little empire etc. But also, in canon, Crocodile couldn't have jumped into action head first because without Robin, even if he had found the Poneglyph he couldn't have read it and found the location of Pluton. Crocodile choosing to do it the slow way may have been partially because he didn't have much of a choise and it could've felt like the smarter move long-term.
But in this scenario, he already has Robin. Yes, he could do it the slow, secure way.
But what'd be there stopping him from infiltrating Cobra's palace and kidnapping him (in the night, when nobody suspects a thing), demanding Cobra to spill the beans lest Crocodile kills him and/or his pregnant wife* (*Vivi was born 10 months after Luffy so depending on how long it's been between Crocodad leaving Luffy behind and this scenario... Yeah either the wife is there, still pregnant, or there's a newborn Baby Vivi)
Like it'd be a risky move but depending on how ballsy Croc's feeling and how confident he feels in being able to kidnap the king without being noticed... Yeah he could probably do it. And I'm sure he'd have no problem killing Cobra either, if anything it'd be required if he didn't want the Government to find out he was out to find Pluton, and god knows Cobra would tell on Crocodile if left alive. I could see Crocodad being maybe a little iffy about killing Baby Vivi though (it's not like the newborn baby could report him to the WG anyways), but if nothing else, he just needs to be able to pull off the bluff of his life to convince Cobra to do as he's told. And we all know Crocodile's good at convincing people.
The only question is, how would Robin take that?
Watching Crocodile go into Full Murder Mode, hearing him say he'd kill a pregnant woman/a newborn baby if he didn't get what he wanted? Like yeah, I'm sure 11 year old Robin would be fine with that, that wouldn't make any alarm bells go off in her head at all, it'd be fiiiine. IT WOULD NOT BE FINE, SHE'D BE SCARED SHITLESS. That fear of "what will he do with me when he gets what he wants"? Well, Robin may not have found the answer to that question in particular, but she certainly found the answer to the opposite question, and it's not good
So say Cobra, kidnapped (perhaps with Baby Vivi) by Crocodile in the night, guides the two to the Poneglyph under the tombs. Crocodile puts Cobra out of his misery because he's not needed anymore. And he asks Robin to read the Poneglyph for him.
Robin, who has spent the last little while, be it weeks or months with Crocodile, him having become her "guardian", the thing keeping her safe. Crocodile, who has now shown how cold blooded and cruel he can be. Robin, who might be scared out of her mind. Of him.
And the Poneglyph says Pluton, the thing Crocodile wants, isn't there. It's in Wano.
What's she going to do?
EDIT: I wrote a sequel post, enjoy
#Moon posting#OP Meta#Sir Crocodile#Crocodad#Nico Robin#THIS POST WAS AN ACCIDENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED. WHY DID I WRITE THIS. WHAT DEMON POSSESSED ME#I'm sure someone's written this already right#Right#Surely this fanfic already exists#Please tell me it exists#I dunno what to tell you I am not immune to a Juicy AU#Anyway on a more wholesome side of things: Robin accidentally calling Crocodile ''dad'' and he just inhales and swallows his whole cigar#Nearly chockes to death. Gets burns on his throat.#Robin feeling less alienated because of her DF ability because Croc has seen weirder AND is made of sand himself#If anything if they're literally by themselves then Robin being able to literally lend a hand to Croc at any time could be extremely useful#Like. In regular life situations. 'Cause Croc only has one hand. And Robin as many as she wants. Perfect duo.#(Also if they were travelling on like a small ship then it'd probably be built for a Tall Motherfucker like Croc right)#(Robin's ability would just make the ship more accessible to her and Croc would find that independence good)#Robin still gets a codename because Croc can't have anyone realize who she is. Maybe she even wears like a mask or summin' in public#If Crocodile's openly trans and the news of him transitioning recently broke out. Like. No avoiding that convo eh#Baby Robin's like ''...I read in a book once that some reptiles can change sex but I didn't know crocodiles could do it too''#''💦.../Humans/ can't do that normally either''#''Hmmmm. Weird. I don't think being a girl would suit you though'' // ''...I'll take that as a compliment''#I just. I think they could have really cute interactions if they warmed up to each other after a little while#And I'm Extremely Normal about that
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kiwinatorwaffles · 6 months
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i’m not gonna lie fandom alwaysoften feels like an actively hostile environment towards aromanticism. even if it’s not intentional most of the time. like the way everyone jumps towards romantic ships and prioritizes those relationships over everything else and stripping aro coded characters of their aromanticism to be like “normal people”. maybe everyone just needs to slip away just this once from the amanormativity whispering in their ears to kick aros to the curb
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taikk0 · 2 months
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now, listen........................
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talkativelock · 1 year
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My favourite thing about Derek's complicated jeep feelings is that Stiles isn't even dead, he just moved away.
Derek my sweet emotionally constipated bean pick up a phone instead of memorializing the jeep like all your memories of nearly dying in it are precious reminders of your dead wife or something.
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kaladinkholins · 4 months
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yall i just KEEP doing back to mizu and taigen's wrestling scene in master eiji's forge and like i know that taigen literally got a boner from it BUT THE THING IS out of all the scenes these two have together, this scene actually has the least sexual tension ?!? cuz like the boner aside, this scene is actually very soft and emotions-driven rather than pure passion or lust.
arguably, a more passionate and sexually-charged scene would be their previous brawl in the snow with the chopsticks, which is tense and angry and also the scene that mizu thinks about when madame kaji talks about being honest with one's innermost desires.
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but THIS scene in the forge? warm colours. their laughter and their smiles that both equally genuine. the WAY taigen looks at mizu in that scene, staring first at her lips, her smile, then looking into her eyes. and you can see by the framing of the scene and the look on his face that he is, for the first time, seeing her eyes as something beautiful rather than off-putting or frightening.
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like before this point he's already come to not only respect mizu as a person and an equal but also admires her as an incredible swordsman and as someone who is kind and honourable* for having saved his life at the expense of her revenge quest. so as of the time of them tussling in the forge, taigen has already put aside his prejudices about mizu's blue eyes and no longer finds them as any cause for disgust. but in this scene he's not just indifferent about her eyes, but attracted too it.
and i'd also like to argue that his boner is not from the physical exertion or the act of wrestling itself, but from the intimacy of a playful spar, enjoying each other's easy company after having established a deep trust with each other (taigen endured torture for mizu and helped defend her from archers in the chasm while mizu saved his life from fowler's castle)
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and all this while in the safety of mizu's childhood home while both of them are still recovering from near-death, amplifying their vulnerability with each other.
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like when was the last time mizu cracked a genuine smile, let alone a laugh that's more than a little wry chuckle?? and for this to happen at such a low point in her life also speaks to the comfort this little friendly spar gives her.
because like, this is after she failed her mission to kill fowler. meanwhile her sword--the embodiment of her soul--is broken, and ringo who is her closest confidant is now angry at her and barely even looks at her. it just further lends to the inherent tenderness and intimacy in this scene. and i just. AHHHH i love them your honour....
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* ALSO as a side note about taigen believing mizu to be honourable: he later realises that this assumption turns out to be quite false when she reveals that she'd not only allowed akemi to be taken away against her will but also has said nothing about fowler's impending attack on edo. also i find it very interesting that out of the two revelations, taigen is less angered by mizu letting akemi being married off (he sighs angrily and marches off saying he has to go to edo to find akemi), but much more angered by mizu's refusal to save the shogun and the shogunate as a whole. this is more proof that taigen's central principles are firmly rooted in the bushido and the concept of honour that comes with that. it's why he lashes out at mizu. because he'd believed mizu to be honourable and righteous, but was proven wrong. that's not to say that taigen is in the right for calling mizu a demon, not by any means. but i just find it a very interesting part of his character and it relates to his relationship and perception of mizu
also while rewatching the episode i found this very funny they just lyin there in the cart like this 🧍🏽‍♂️🧍🏽‍♂️
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derelictheretic · 1 year
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Dean and Jacob propaganda post for @toxic-ship-tournament !!
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Dean and Jacob are absolute worsties, Jacob saw Dean, said "I can make him worse" and did so immediately. They have awful pet owner and dumb puppy gone feral dog energy <3
Dean makes Jacob worse in the sense he gives him something to live for in a way that is awful for everyone around them, specifically people who would try to come between them or hurt Dean. He's all Jacob wants and he's gonna make that everyone's problem. (And then he makes himself all that Dean needs so vice versa he makes that everyone else's problem too).
In the aftermath of the end of the world they get even worse by becoming hermits together in the mountains, going slowly mad together in what they see as peaceful solitude and setting up traps near their home so people know they do not accept visitors. They delude themselves into thinking they had a meet cute at that point and they're blissfully happy fading away into forgotten history together.
Pls vote for them they both suck together 💕
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derelictdumbass · 9 months
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I got Jacob to read some of SMFYaM but in first person,, bro.... .. . 😳😳😳 (the cHiHuAhUa tho lmao)
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Shiptober Day 26
Prompt: Conflicted
Ship: Jacob Seed x Deputy Dean Sinclaire
Warning(s): Canon-typical violence, toxic relationship, Referenced/implied torture, suggestive themes, mental conditioning, these dudes need therapy
Words: 1, 139
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He smells like burnt corpses; tastes like gunpowder and gasoline.
His hands feel like handcuffs, they squeeze around his neck and pinch his skin painfully; but oddly there's comfort in the suffocating grip.
Dean has sunk his teeth into his flesh so many times he's almost covered in more bitemarks than he is scars. In turn Jacob has covered him in a myriad of bruises, purple and blue welts painting his skin with his wrathful affection.
Dean holds the handle of his hunting knife tucked under his pillow, brown eyes glinting with an edge that keeps Jacob's heart thrumming against his ribs. His scarred hand rests on the holstered gun on Dean's thigh, blue eyes sharp as they cut into Dean's unwavering gaze. They were evenly matched, equally able and ready to end the other at any sign the other would strike.
But neither of them made a move to do so. Locked in whatever kind of embrace this could be considered, their soft breathing filling the air as the early light of morning peeked in through the windows. Dean wasn't sure when he'd stopped being in Jacob's cages and taken residence in his bed, time blurred together nowadays and with a mix of Jacob's trials and Faith's neverending assault of bliss hallucinations he could barely keep his mind straight.
Fight. Kill. Sacrifice. Walk the path. Hear the Father's words. Cull the herd. Confess. Kill. Kill. Kill.
Dean closes his eyes. It's too much—he's tired. He rests his palm flat against Jacob's chest, feels the precious organ beating underneath his searing skin; he thinks about sinking the knife into it. But the thought also makes his skin crawl. When did he turn into this? Whatever he was now, a soldier, a sinner, a murderer. When had he started shooting first and asking questions later. When had he started mapping out exits and figuring out the fastest way to take down a group of fellow human beings?
He traces his hand up, his fingertips trace the base of Jacob's neck; he can see feel the muscles and tendons tense under his touch but Jacob keeps his hand on the gun. Doesn't flinch as Dean caresses his skin. He'd broken him down and was building him back up into something else. Dean didn't like it, didn't like the thing he was turning into.
Blood coated his hands, crimson stains he could never seem to scrub off. His hands, Jacob's hands—they were one in the same.
Dean had kissed his broken knuckles more than once, chipped his teeth on the cartilage and choked on the liquid rage that slid down his throat. He liked the way it tasted. He liked the way it hurt.
He's trapped in this purgatory of Jacob's design and he can't see a way out of it. He doesn't know if he wants to find a way out, as each day passes he feels more at home in the dirt and the fire. Jacob's chain around his neck feels like safety, his words in his ear sound like the word of god, his lips on his skin like heaven and hell all at once.
There's a bubbling guilt in his stomach that churns as Jacob's hand trails up from the gun, resting in the dip of Dean's waist. It wasn't a surrender of power; it was a show of domination. Dean wouldn't use the knife hidden in the white cloth, just like Jacob never would have used his gun. Jacob hot breath fans over Dean's collarbone as he invades what little space was between them.
There were people waiting for him.
A kiss, viciously delicate, brands his skin like a cast iron.
His family was waiting for him.
Fingers dig into his flesh, demanding, pleading; claiming his territory.
Everyone was waiting for the deputy to reemerge, burst from the soil and bring down hellfire upon the people who dared imprison him.
Dean knew he'd give them what they wanted, it was inevitable, whatever this was, was temporary and he'd be tearing down Joseph's empire soon enough. But he'd have to claw his way out from under Jacob's heel first and at the moment it felt like an impossible task. His goliath that he couldn't yet take down.
Jacob burns a trail of kisses up his neck, his teeth scrape along his skin in a warning, his tongue dragging over his carotid artery incitingly. Dean should hate it, should find it revolting how his insides twist with need at the hungry touches. But he can't bring himself to. 
The knife is heavy in his hand. The handle burns into his palm, he can't let it go. Can't give up his last strand of defiance, he wasn't sure what would happen if he handed himself over like that. Jacob could take everything else but he'd keep his soul tucked close, his spirit clenched tight in his bloodied fist. He lets Jacob kiss his lips, he even kisses him back.
Jacob rolls on top of him, his body weighs him down like the ocean on the sandy floor. His body feels like it's sinking down, his lungs screaming in protest as Jacob steals all his air in his mouth. Dean keeps one hand on Jacob's neck, the other holds the knife to his back. He could bury it in the base of his neck, sever the brain stem and end this game here. 
He could—but he won't.
Jacob knows he won't, that's why he doesn't care when the blade digs into his shirt and creates a small tear in the fabric. He doesn't try to disarm the brunette as he devours any and all sound that escapes his lips. He tastes like every sin Dean has ever committed, his touch ignites the flames of war under his skin. Dean is intoxicated by it all, infuriated by the way his body reacts so pliantly to the red head, moving in tandem with ever rise and fall.
The blade drags upward, a line of angry red trailing behind in its place and Jacob groans; bites down on Dean's lip and draws out the same angry red and lets it coat his tongue.
Dean wanted to know what he was thinking, what he was feeling, he was desperate for him to be as torn as he was. He needed his mind to be a whirlwind, needed some part of him to be churning with self directed fury as he clung to his enemy with the desperation of a man drowning at sea.
He won't get an answer, he knows Jacob will take it to the grave. If Dean makes anything inside him stir he won't ever let him know. And maybe that's for the best. It'll make it easier not knowing.
When he brings that final blow down he'll be thankful he doesn't know.
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waterghostype · 5 months
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not so tall now are you
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lar-mx · 5 months
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writing prompt #5
The room fell silent, Steph wasn't expecting the pain filled look they were giving her. The question repeated itself in her head a couple of times as her mind searched for a way to save the situation.
"I see you don't have an answer." The silence was still palpable in the room as well as the cold she felt when she saw those beautiful blue eyes lose their shine. "I should have known it was too good to be true, tell bru… Mr. Wayne that if he wanted to know about the projects so much, he could come ask for them himself instead of using a sugar trap." Steph tried to say something before an alert went off on Danny's phone, at which point she saw the panic that took over his eyes, before he ran to an adjacent hallway that led to a room, in which she was not. I had had the opportunity to enter. As she followed him she could see how Danny took a series of vials and several injections. She hesitated a moment before walking through the half-open door. At that moment she saw how he proceeded to apply several of the injections to a girl of about 5 or 6 years old. Steph knew just by seeing her that she was Danny's daughter. and some of the things they discovered while investigating the Nightingale medical company made a lot of sense.
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