#silverseedthings

[findafight]

I have an extremely stupid thought: Addams!Steve. His parents are horrified at his normalness. Everybody in the family tries to come up with ways to make him enjoy pain, even a little. They are all devastated that his interests are basketball and popularity. Usually, he isn't even cruel on purpose! His parents do their best to support him in his interests (this is why their house is so horribly decorated) and leave every time they feel the need to Be Weird or visit the family. When the Upside Down happens, they are overjoyed. Finally, a truly Addams pastime! But he doesn't seem to be having a lot of fun? Is he just trying to fit in their family? They don't want him to change for them, they just want him happy! His parents end up leaving him alone longer so he doesn't feel pressured to share the delightful portal to Hell (or keep getting involved if it stops being fun) and check in on him from time to time. He looks so delightfully beat up every time! What fun! Let's give him space. If he wants to battle hellmonsters, they definetely aren't gonna stop him! Even if it's a bit strange that he hasn't chosen one as a pet yet. Oh, no, is he secretely having a bad time? Does he not enjoy the hell portal? Look Steve we support your normal lifestyle! Do you want a job? A normal, horri- we mean, it's-totally-cool-if-you-want-one job? We won't think less of you if you do!

Steve for his part is very grateful that his family are so supportive of him, even if he's still trying to find a way to ask them for help with the Upside Down stuff without 1) secretely disappointing them and 2) his family making the situation worse on purpose. He knows they wouldn't mean to! But if he asks his mother to shut down a portal to a nightmare dimension full of flesh-eating monsters without even letting her keep one as a pet he might just make her cry, and that's unconscionable.

He's also under the impression that he knows the difference between people-normal and Addams-normal, but he still gets tripped up from time to time. Dustin keeping Dart as a pet? Duh, super normal, didn't even think about it until everyone started berating Dustin. What do you mean Jonathan and I aren't friends? We loved the same girl (who chose him), clearly we are Friends For Life.

(He'll never admit that Eddie is the first thing in his life that felt Right to every part of him. Sweet as pie the way he likes it even if his family is baffled by the preference, with a Deeply Weird appearence and demeanor that remind him of the best parts of home)

Yes yes Oh my god your mind.....

In S1 when Steve says his parents are away because dad has business and his mom went with him because she doesn't trust him it's not that his dad's adulterous it's because his mom didn't trust his dad not to, like, go grave robbing without her, (such a romantic date in the moonlight and it would be a shame to do it all alone, she knows he can't resist it though...)and they knew Steve wasn't particularly About That and also don't want him around for date night, and they don't want to do Weird Shit (their normal) in Hawkins because they don't want to have a reputation that would harm their darling normie son, AND he needed to stay in school at least for sports.

They return and he's like so I fought a demon creature from another dimension and got my shit rock by Jonathan who is now my best friend... (Because I doubt an Addams cares about NDAs within the family) and his parents are delighted! A portal to a hell dimension! Steven! You'll have to invite us along next time, and bring that nice young woman who is even MORE normal than you-oh she pointed a gun at you? Magnificent she'll fit right in! But they notice he's even more wound up than before and his mother, sister to Gomez Addams (hence the Harrington name), goes to her brother and bemoans the development.

"a hell dimension! In our own backyard, Gomez! We should all be rejoicing on our luck! But poor Steven only seems stressed. Apparently a girl died in our pool and instead of inviting her to haunt us he just feels guilty. I don't know what to do... However, the nail studded bat--complete with blood splatter, it's marvelous, you really must see it--is a welcome addition to the decor in the main room that we may be able to relax the highly attuned 'normal' look and expand from the basement."

And the next year, Dustin gets Steve to look for Dart and he's like "wait it's a baby demogorgon? Oh man my cousins would be sooo jealous. It ate your cat? Ah. I see. Eating a family member is certainly frowned upon." And Dustin is like. Why aren't you mad that it's a demogorgon u weirdo. What the hell. And Steve realizes that maybe weird carnivorous pets is an Addams Thing. In his defense Dustin got one. He'll have to tell his mom that it tends to eat other pets and isn't advisable.

Afterwards everyone is so proud! Steve helped defend some children who seem very keen on arson, which an Addams can relate to, and he always wears a broken nose so well. It is unfortunate that that Nancy girl broke his heart, but all's fair in love and war, and an Addams can bounce back! And what a tale, to have a girlfriend run away with you best friend! Worthy of a revenge plot, hmm Steve? Oh? No? You just what to cuddle and watch sad movies? Well. Alright then.

Perhaps a summer job, at that new mall will help. That is what normal people do, right? And Steve is so keen on normality that his parents can't refuse. They go on vacation, the last week of June, and tell him to just consider poisoning some of the icecream. Just a little! A bit of botulism or ecoli is good for a community! Keeps everyone on their toes.

They cannot believe they missed it AGAIN! Horrible luck, missing all the fun in their hometown. But, Steve seems to be bouncing back, (and his mother and father were both relieved and disappointed that the Russians who dared torture their sweet little pastel son and his friend were blown up before they could get a taste of Addams retribution) he's got a dear friend he works with and is overly attached too (excellent! His parents are so happy he's got someone he's mildly Weird with) and he happily drives the little arsonists around. (Steve's parents don't really meet the kids but know about them, are pleased as punch they all seem like little Addams-Harringtons Steve's taken under his wing. After all, arson, pet monster adopting, car thieving, and spycraft are all delightful pastimes for today's Youth)

But spring break of '86 rolls around and they return to their son in hospital besides another boy, who was apparently accused of serial murder, and discover that the hell dimension is gone for good (and, really, how can the senior Harrington-Addams' have such terrible luck! Missing all the fun once again, and to be told it's all over forever, well. At least their Steve was involved.) They kiss his cheeks and ask if they can get him anything, if his little arsonists are alright. They chat, telling him how little cousin Wednesday is doing and that his uncle Gomez was so thrilled to hear about the flesh monster last year and sends his love.

Eddie is there watching and once they leave he's like Steve....what is going on with your parents. Steve just shrugs.

Slowly, he falls for Eddie, sweet as pie and funny, with just the right amount of...well, freakishness, to settle that place in Steve's heart that's all Addams. Once they get to the stage where Steve introduces him to his parents as his boyfriend, he isn't even nervous about Eddie fitting in. He knows he will even if they live Steve's silly little picket fence and six nugget dream.

Steve's father is delighted by the development. "A murderer in the family!" He yells, which Eddie must interpret as some form of outrage or disgust instead of the delight it is.

He waves his hands in front of him "I didn't actually do it! All charges dropped!"

Steve's father Pat's his back in a consolatory way, "yes, yes. What a shame that is. We can't win them all. But! The reputation persists! And that is what matters. Oh, Priscilla! Gomez and Morticia will be besides themselves with envy!"

Eddie, who wore his most provocative and "fuck society and the man" outfit, on Steve's request which he assumed was to piss of his parents but...really doesn't seem to be the case now... Is. Baffled.

Steve's mother adds "indeed! You'll fit in so well with the rest of the family, dear, no need to worry that you're only an accused murderer. At least without prison time you are free to go where you wish and reap the benefits of a dastardly reputation!"

"I can't believe you didn't introduce us to your boy earlier, Steven. Look at him! Addams-Harrington material already. He even fought in the hell dimension with you!"

"you know about that?"

"of course, what's an NDA to family? We've been trying to join in the fun since the beginning." Says Steve's mother. "We've had such dreadful timing, though. And I'm still terribly annoyed that I wasn't able to give those Russians a torture session of their own!"

Eddie is...well. He doesn't actually know what's going on other than Steve's parents seem to like him? So. A win? He's calling it a win.

#steve Harrington #stranger things #steddie #steve harrington's parents #addams steve Harrington #findaanswers #finda writes stuff #the most addams trait steve has is Being Obsessed With Your Spouse Syndrome #silverseedthings #also to be clear his parents are t4t as many addamses are

[captainkirkk]

Concept: the guy who played Toph in Ember Island wasn't originally an actor. He was a rumble fighter who heard about the propaganda play that would make the Gaang look terrible and decided to infiltrate and play her in a way that would look insulting but he knew she'd love, because everybody in the Earth Rumbles from The Hippo to The Boulder loved Toph and stealth-adopted her since she was nine.

This is such a good concept

#yes very good #where's that text post about the other underground fighters being toph's dads #more of that #ask #silverseedthings

[crossdressingdeath]

Fic idea: A PowerfulYL!WWX who the Wen Remnants make a pact with so their lives might be spared. And then some High and Mighty Cultivator is like: "And what did the fearsome Yiling Laozu take from you peasants in exchange? Was it worth it?!" Granny Wen: "Our youngest child" High and Mighty: "Ha! And you gave it to him?! Disgusting, dirty Wen dogs-" Granny: "Oh no. He came to live with us" H&M:"Wha-?" Granny: "He keeps insisting HE owes US since he only asked for a kid and now has a big family"

WWX, hoping to avoid this whole mess: I will protect you IF! You give me your youngest child! The Wens, desperate: Yes, alright, if there’s no other way. WWX, not expecting this but willing to help now that they’ve made it so obvious they need him: UH... okay, I live with you now.

And then they become a big, happy family and it’s great.

This is not how child pacts usually work but like... it’s good? It’s good. Everyone’s happy.

#mdzs #cql #wei wuxian #silverseedthings #asks

[tossawary]

Was Mo Beijun trying to seduce SQH by getting hit by a fuck-or-die plot device? Multiple times? Because that's the vibe I got by SQH going "Again? My king I warned you of the danger!" and I find it genuinely hilarious. I can just imagine him going "Why. Why does he ALWAYS carry antidotes. How many different antidotes can a person even reasonably be expected to carry on their person at all times. I can SMELL his arousal. WHY. Is it a test? Must I prove myself first? MAKE SENSE, SHANG QINGHUA"

Haha, no, the “Again?!” was more in general reference to Mobei-Jun’s ongoing troubles with demons who want to use him for his power. (That’s an extremely funny read, though.) After all, given the lifespans of demons, there are most likely plenty of Luo Binghe’s future wives scattered across the Demon Realm right now, some of whom are probably actively looking for a powerful demon lord lover/husband. In Luo Binghe’s absence, one of the more appealing options is Mobei-Jun (also, potentially, Linguang-Jun). 

Except, like, Mobei-Jun has always struck me as vehemently single. I don’t really care to speculate on whether or not Mobei-Jun slept with anyone before Shang Qinghua, but I’ve always assumed that his deep-seated trust issues and shitty family made it unlikely he’d ever been in anything resembling a romantic relationship before Shang Qinghua. 

Hence the Author’s Note on that chapter: 

PIDW Mobei-Jun, probably: "I need an anti-wingman." PIDW Binghe, always down to get married again: "I've got your back, man."

I was personally imagining Mobei-Jun was more like, “I will attempt to walk off this deadly poison and not allow it to prevent me from meeting my human spy, while I have my retainers seek an actual cure. And, hm, if my lowlife human spy actually notices I’ve been poisoned, we’ll see what he does about it.” 

And what Shang Qinghua does is immediately offer help. 

Which, to a man of Mobei-Jun’s worldview, does not make much sense, no. I think that Mobei-Jun categorized Shang Qinghua very easily as a coward and a servant, until SQH became Peak Lord, and it eventually dawned on Mobei-Jun that Shang Qinghua has no further to rise, no ambitions of rising further, and that a relationship with Mobei-Jun is only really a liability to him. 

I sometimes turn over the headcanon that Mobei-Jun, after Shang Qinghua became Peak Lord, just assumed that Shang Qinghua was deeply infatuated with him. Like, “Hm. He must be deeply in love with me to continue serving me like this. That makes everything make sense again. Disgusting (given that he’s a human), but understandable (I’m really fucking hot and powerful).” 

Then, eventually, Mobei-Jun benevolently decided that he would, perhaps, grant Shang Qinghua some measure of his affections in turn. The human isn’t unattractive, after all, if you squint, and he’s proven himself loyal. Only, Mobei-Jun soon ran into a) Shang Qinghua’s obliviousness and b) extremely different cultural ideas of romance, so Shang Qinghua didn’t respond the way Mobei-Jun thought he would (falling over with awe and gratitude and romantic declarations, presumably). Mobei-Jun is completely uncertain whether or not his (slow-going, extremely awkward) courtship is working? Shang Qinghua has always been extremely weird, so it’s impossible to tell, which is infuriating. 

Which eventually culminates in SQH’s speech on “being pitiful will get you your man” to LBH, which probably felt like enlightenment to a seethingly frustrated MBJ (but was actually just MORE misunderstandings). Which ended in the Airplane Extras’ disastrous ascension ritual and Mobei-Jun realizing that, while SQH might really be in love with him (if he’s lucky), his arrogance and ignorance been fucking up their relationship for, like, 30 years now. 

So, yes, at that point in their relationship, if Mobei-Jun showed up dripping some substance that was supposed to overwhelm Shang Qinghua with lust, some part of him (who knows that by many standards, he is considered the hottest of bachelors) would expect Shang Qinghua to fall at his feet. At that point, he has begun to suspect that Shang Qinghua’s obvious infatuation with him is what’s holding their relationship together. 

#silverseedthings #ask tossawary #tossawary svsss #pride is not the word #svsss #moshang #mobei jun #shang qinghua

[blackkatmagic]

Trashy Romance: "My little sibling caught us making out and we both REFUSE to explain hate-fucking to a 10-year-old, so guess we are pretending to be in a reltionship now" (Sorry about the internet fail earlier! I'm terrible at using tumblr)

No worries!

Hmmm. How about...Shaak and Colt as rivals in college who are definitely totally not into each other, and Tup as the sweet innocent little brother who really likes his brother’s new girlfriend. Colt may or may not have realized that this is how he’s going to die. Shaak just wants to know if she can adopt Tup and kick Colt out of the picture completely. 

#harlequin wars #silverseedthings #kat answers

[cyb-by-lang]

After today's chapter (Quality Stuff, thank you for the food) I'm just imagining Tomoe rocking up to the Burial Mounds fully prepared for a bloodbath and WWX frantically trying to stop her, but she's /too fast/ and he thinks everything's lost... and then Wuya-jie sees who exactly are the "Wen army" and turns the fight into a spar. Then she drags WWX before WQ and gives them a money pouch with disjointed instructions to "Put food in him"

I like to think of the Burial Mounds (arc?) as the “missed opportunities lead to horrible tragedy” part of the story. A lot of people had a chance to make that situation less terrible than it was, but anyone with the correct power or rank was either disinclined to help or arrived at a relevant realization too late.

Tomoe straight up giving them money would be a step above practically everyone else’s contributions. It’d be one of those cases where her callousness toward and disregard of cultivation society is useful.

I think Wen Qing and Tomoe would get along if Tomoe learns enough of the language to talk. Tomoe’s at least as protective of Shinta as Wen Qing is of Wen Ning, but with about 1,000% more intent to do harm to back that up.

Funnily enough, Wei Wuxian doesn’t (currently) know how dangerous Tomoe is. While, yes, she definitely killed some of the people he’s currently using for his corpse army, he hasn’t had the time or inclination to thoroughly investigate whatever her Deal is. Thus far, she seems like a foreign version of a cultivator who happens to be pointed at the same enemy he is, albeit one with no fear of the dead.

It’s definitely going to be a thing where the two Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu practitioners are far faster than standard, and that Tomoe is the one generally expected to be meaner about it.

#dig two graves #tomoe uesugi #wei wuxian #asks #wen qing #wen ning #shinta uzumaki #silverseedthings

[swaglexander-the-great]

Is the thing about making one of those powerpoints guessing wtf happens in the show with someone for real? Because I haven't watched Game of Thrones either and that sounds really fun

It does, but unfortunately it requires somebody who has watched the show, and I don’t have any friends like that lol :P

#asks #my asks #awesome people #silverseedthings

[grewlikefancyflowers]

The movie is Campeones, directed by Javier Fesser

thank you anon, @silverseedthings did mention it in the tags of their reblog so i found out there but i appreciate you helpfulness !

#i spent at least 10 mins googling yesterday trying to find it #my followers are just brimming with knowledge and ready to tell me things?! i should have just asked ?!

[crossdressingdeath]

I think western audiences have so much trouble taking that "Don't talk to Wei Ying" rule as the joke it clearly is because we are used to associating rules /set in stone/ with the Ten Commandments. Which is a shame, because the huge fuck-off wall full of rules in your high school having a "Don't listen to This Specific Teacher. He's a genius in his field, but a terrible role model" is hilarious, and probably LQR's version of "payback is fair play" when it comes to making fun of people

...Oh my god that’s exactly what it is, isn’t it. LQR is like “Do not speak to this teacher under any circumstances, he’s brilliant but really annoying”. How is it possible for people to take this seriously? It’s fantastic!

#mdzs #lan qiren #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

Upon further reflection, there's a fanon "they never did interact in canon but I think they'd Vibe" dynamic that I enjoy even more than JZX & LWJ friendship, and that's LWJ and Granny Wen bonding. It's so wholesome. So pure. Granny Wen would love having a Nice Young Man with long limbs to hand her anything her heart desires no matter how high the shelf, and LWJ would quietly enjoy having an Older Female Relative to pat his cheeks. It's perfect.

Oh, that would be cute. Granny Wen and her grandson-in-law (even before LWJ and WWX get married Granny Wen is just like “You lock that one down A-Xian”).

#mdzs #granny wen #lan wangji #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

Thinking about the meaning of Sandu Shengshou again and how funny it would be if some foreigner entered Four Great Sects territory and heard stories about the terrible, cold-blooded monster who betrayed his martial brother and the steadfast leader (said martial brother) who killed him, knowing one is called "Skilled Practitioner of Everything Bad in the World" and the other "Old Man who Takes Care of Yiling" and how confused he would be when they tell him which is which.

Oh, that would be amazing. I love the idea of people who know nothing about the situation wandering into sect territory and being like “Well clearly the guy who’s literally called “Great At Being Evil” is the bad guy here, right? Right?”

#mdzs #a bit of grapehate #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

I truly CANNOT understand JC stans logic. I've heard them talk of WWX going away to help the Wen Remnants as a Betrayal and I'm always like... how? How is leaving a betrayal? Wherever they fall on the "WWX was a brother / servant" spectrum, I'd assume they could see BOTH OF THOSE EXTREMES HAVE A RIGHT TO LEAVE IF THEY FUCKING WANT TO. WWX asked for Nothing. He made NO moves that could even //slightly// inconvenience the Jiang. Where is the betrayal?? (besides on JC's behaviour towards WWX)

It’s a betrayal because it inconvenienced JC, I assume. My favourite part is how they apparently fail to grasp that if JC views WWX leaving to save lives as a betrayal... well, that says a lot more about him than WWX, doesn’t it?

#mdzs #grapehate #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

I think my favorite Character Interpretation in regards to the whole "Is WWX ridiculously oblivious or what" debate is that his opinion of LWJ was basically "Well, yeah, he's gorgeous and amazing and basically perfect, anybody would fall in love with him. This isn't any special epiphany, there's nobody in the world who would dare disagree with me", at least for the first years of their acquaintance. I remember you saying you disliked oblivious WWX, though, did you have a different interpretation

I’d argue that that proves WWX isn’t oblivious in the way people mean when they say he is. Him saying that it isn’t strange that he has feelings for LWJ means he knows he has feelings for LWJ. He’s trying to rationalize it, which I assume is related to growing up with an open homophobe as his closest playmate, but he knows that those feelings exist!

#mdzs #wei wuxian #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

I've always seen Yanli as really sheltered, but thinking that she's had it very hard. Like, obviously YZY SUCKED and Yanli got her share of emotional trauma from her, but because of that I think she thought everyone (and especially WWX) coped like her. By letting it wash away and focusing on the positive. And while that's not wrong, per se, it blinded her to how much MUCH worse things were for WWX, and she didn't start interrogating those assumptions untli after the soup visit

I mean, I feel like it goes deeper than that? She’s not just expecting WWX to cope by smiling through everything, she’s outright enforcing it. If WWX shows the slightest anger or sorrow or even annoyance at the way her family treats him she’ll immediately start in on the “Oh but they might be upset if you demand they treat you like a person” shit. She’s not expecting WWX to “focus on the positive”, she’s expecting him to never do anything that might force the Jiangs to reconsider the way they treat him. And she doesn’t really try to comfort him either, she just goes for “Oh, you’re always smiling, you’re fine” all the time! She’s not a toddler, she should be aware that WWX has feelings and the Jiangs are hurting him. Even if she can’t help him, her insistence that he be a good punching bag is... questionable at best. It’s got big “Don’t rock the boat, if you do someone other than you might suffer” vibes to me. And of course it’s not just “Oh he’s always smiling and focuses on the positives”; she expects him to take punishment both from and for JC so that JC won’t have to deal with the consequences of his actions. Also she... doesn’t start interrogating her assumptions? She expects WWX to take the fall for everything right up until the day she dies. Which isn’t really a surprise, given how she apparently didn’t recognize that maybe he had the right to be upset over being whipped for sunbathing and the like...

#mdzs #lotus sister #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

Kind of a weird peeve, but I really wanna see PowerfulYilingLaozu!fics where WWX is his usual gremlin self. Power fantasies are great! And they are usually good at giving a coherent characterization wherein WWX's confidence is a logical result of his overwhelming power, but the power dynamic re: wangxian usually stays at "WWX is the more powerful of the two and everybody knows it" and... isn't it much funnier to see the richer partner act as the sugar baby? Am I alone in this opinion??

Yes, please. WWX is Baby! Let him be baby! And yeah, so much of the humour of Wangxian’s relationship is how WWX is insanely powerful and intelligent but still he’s just demanding that LWJ fuss over him and protect him. It’s not that canon WWX is weak, he just enjoys LWJ’s attentions. Give us more fics featuring the great and powerful Yiling-laozu demanding that LWJ fuss over him and protect him, it’s what he deserves.

#mdzs #cql #wei wuxian #he just likes being Baby! let him be baby! #silverseedthings #asks

[crossdressingdeath]

This crack fix-it AU might be too self-indulgent even for me, but the idea made me laugh: WWX: *is a genuinely kind and competent person-in-charge-by-default who never asks his... (subordinates? citizens? subjects? The people of Yiling don't know) people for more than they can give* Fantasy Ancient China's Peasants: "You could make an emperor out of this!"

Honestly that would be hilarious. WWX accidentally overthrowing JC just by being nice and competent? Wonderful. Definitely crack, but there’s nothing wrong with that!

#mdzs #wei wuxian #silverseedthings #asks