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#that's the type of shit i grew up with at least. and i cannot buy that it isn't propaganda in a world hostile to any layman
uncanny-tranny · 7 months
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Something I always wonder with the whole: "The lazy populous doesn't want to work!" is if it's only being said to keep minimum wage at the very, very lowest end of 'survivability.'
The "lazy worker" isn't truly a problem. The employers are.
#politics#this is my old man conspiracy theory#it's insane when you actually start job searching and you apply fucking Everywhere and it's crickets#job announcement: no experience required! we'll train you! you're actually PERFECTLY qualified#you apply and then NOTHING. and then you listen to the news or other people#and they complain about how 'lazy' the modern worker is and how employers are DESPERATE for people to work for them...#...and you'll end up knowing better if you haven't soaked up the individualist corporate shill propaganda i think...#...that propaganda (at least in the US) is the idea that the individual worker is always at fault...#...that if they never get a job - even 'entry-level' - that it is THEIR fault...#...if you don't want to work minimum wage get a maximun-effort job!!!!!...#...if you want to Get Hired then make yourself Hireable!!!!!!!!!...#...you must be Indispensable (but potentially for $7.25/hour)!!! it is Up To You!!!...#...make records! never ask for anything! never complain! never dare bite the corporate hand which feeds you!!!!!!!!#that's the type of shit i grew up with at least. and i cannot buy that it isn't propaganda in a world hostile to any layman#i wonder if the romanticized version of the 60s-70s working class in the US is completely true as well...#...i just wonder if we are idealizing a past which never truly occurred for the worker...#...simply because these tactics Aren't New and Aren't Considered Morally Reprehensible because of the Bottom Line#this last part is tangentially-related but i always question whenever people have rose-colored views of The Past
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moldcursed · 2 years
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𝙾𝙱𝚂𝙲𝚄𝚁𝙴 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽𝚂.
WHAT THEY SMELL LIKE.  honestly,  i  feel  like  ethan  usually  just  smells  like  whatever  laundry  detergent  he’s  using  on  his  clothes.  he  doesn’t  strike  me  much  as  the  cologne  type  on  a  day-to-day  basis  ;  maybe  for  work  or  for  really  special  occasions,  but  in  general,  it’s  just  usually  going  to  be  soap  and  shampoo.  however,  underneath  the  fresh  scent,  there  is  the  slightest  hint  of  something  earthy  and  mildly  damp  (  ahem,  the  mold  ).  it’s  barely  noticeable,  but  it  is  there.
HOW THEY SLEEP. SLEEPING POSITION. SCHEDULE. ETC…  ethan  winters  and  sleep  do  not  get  along.  nope,  nope,  nope.  given  the  amount  of  trauma  the  man’s  been  through,  his  sleep  schedule  is  fucked  bc  it’s  usually  plagued  by  nightmares.  he  knows  the  bakers  weren’t  in  control  of  themselves,  but  it  doesn’t  stop  him  from  waking  up  screaming,  thinking  he’s  back  in  the  horror  house.  it’s  kinda  sad,  really,  because  by  the  time  re8  happens,  ethan’s  gotten  over  the  baker  house  for  the  most  part.  he’s  functioning  again,  doesn’t  have  nightmares  almost  every  single  night  ...  but  after  the  events  of  the  village  and  the  mold  taking  full  control,  he  literally  doesn’t  even  need  sleep.  he’s  not  alive,  he’s  not  human.  sometimes  though,  he’ll  try  to  sleep  to  give  himself  the  illusion  of  normalcy,  but  the  nightmares  usually  just  show  up  again.  anyway,  sleeping  positions  ...  ethan’s  a  side  sleeper,  especially  if  he’s  sleeping  with  a  partner  ;  he  likes  curling  up  behind  them,  ugh.
WHAT MUSIC THEY ENJOY.  early  2000s  rock  is  his  favorite,  for  sure.  nickelback,  shinedown,  three  doors  down.  that  type  of  vibe.  he  also  buys  new  albums  on  CDs  or  vinyl,  because  he  can’t  bring  himself  to  switch  entirely  over  to  digital.  it  just  feels  wrong.
HOW MUCH TIME THEY SPEND GETTING READY EACH MORNING.   ethan  strikes  me  as  the  type  of  guy  who  just  like  ...  gets  up,  has  a  cup  of  coffee  (  more  cream  and  sugar  than  coffee,  but  shh  )  and  his  breakfast,  and  then  showers  and  brushes  his  teeth.    it  just  really  depends  on  the  day,  but  i  feel  like  he  probs  likes  to  get  up  with  at  least  an  hour  to  spare  so  that  he  can  have  some  chill  time  scrolling  through  his  phone  whilst  he  drinks  his  coffee.    however,  if  he’s  really  busy  working  on  a  project,  he’ll  100%  skip  breakfast  sometimes  and  just  get  coffee  on  the  way  to  work.  
FAVOURITE THING TO COLLECT.  model  cars.  ethan  is  a  huge  aficionado  of  vintage  cars,  but  he  obviously  can’t  have  a  shit  ton  of  real  cars  hanging  around,  so  he  makes  do  with  model  cars  instead.  however,  he  does  have  a  1970  dodge  challenger,  and  after  it  gets  destroyed  in  dulvey,  he  buys  another  car  as  soon  as  he  gets  the  chance.  he  can’t  really  afford  it,  but  who  cares.
LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED.  he  was  born  right-handed,  but  i  really  feel  like  at  some  point  he’d  end  up  trying  to  learn  how  to  use  his  left  too  ....  never  know  when  you  might  lose  a  hand,  after  all.
FAVOURITE SPORT(S).   since  ethan  adores  cars,  i  genuinely  feel  like  his  favorite  sport  to  watch  would  be  nascar  racing.  💀  it  technically  counts  as  a  sport,  right?  surfing  is  something  else  he  adores  ;  i  feel  like  he  grew  up  doing  it  as  a  kid  in  california,  but  it’s  just  not  something  he  can  do  nowadays,  due  to  where  he  lives  now.
FAVOURITE TOURISTY THING TO DO WHEN TRAVELLING.  ethan  loves  taking  pictures  of  everything.  literally  everything.  he’s  probably  carrying  around  a  proper  camera  too  instead  of  just  using  his  phone.  he’s  looking  at  everything  through  the  camera  lens  more  than  with  his  actual  eyes,  smh.
FAVOURITE KIND OF WEATHER.  that  time  of  year  in-between  spring  and  summer  when  it’s  not  too  hot  yet,  but  instead  the  sun  is  pleasantly  warm  and  there’s  still  spring  breezes.  it  makes  him  think  of  his  childhood  and  beaches.
WEIRD / OBSCURE FEAR THEY HAVE.   i  don’t  necessarily  know  if  he  has  any  weird  ones,  but  he  cannot  stand  bugs.  he  wasn’t  crazy  over  them  before  louisiana,  but  afterwards,  they  scare  the  hell  out  of  him.  especially  wasps  and  spiders  —  he’s  got  trauma  from  marguerite’s  flesh-eating  babies,  y’all.
THE CARNIVAL / ARCADE GAME THEY ALWAYS WIN WITHOUT FAIL.  mortal  kombat.  it’s  his  personal  favorite    (  he  plays  as  kitana,  because  i  say  so  ),  and  he’s  memorized  all  of  the  kombos  and  brutalities.  
tagged by : @taaboh, forever ago. i just now got around to finishing it when i was cleaning out my drafts, smh. tagging : @moldsaved , @bbysttr , @ha1fm00n ( for mikaela! ), @starsmade, and whoever else wants to thief it and tag me. <33
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introvertbard · 2 years
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Yet more Anakin musings
I accidentally deleted my near-finished draft about this, and now I have to type it back up, so a lot of my original parallels will be missing, ugh. Content warning for slavery and especially the lack of autonomy that comes with it.
So it’s no secret that Anakin’s unhealthy attachment to Padmé gets stronger every time a humanoid male so much as blinks in her direction, and he overreacts so damn much.  I was just wondering how the powerlessness of his secret marriage, where he is Padmé’s husband but cannot ACT LIKE IT in public, is yet another way that he might consider the Jedi to be slave-owners under a different name.
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Anakin grew up as a slave on Tatooine, and I wonder just how FRAGILE the idea of marriage would be for the poor folks there, and especially the slaves.
All sorts of shit can happen--a raid or a gangster fight in Mos Espa will kill one of you while you’re just doing your business, and then the survivor has a VERY high likelihood of going from “free” to “slave” by the next morning. But even if you both survive, there is no guarantee that your impending new master wants two new mouths to feed, and there’s a small chance that you can go rescue your spouse.
You could be injured; you could have relatives and children to feed at home; you could just NOT HAVE much more than a blaster and a speeder, compared to the Hutts who have DOZENS of people at the palace alone.
Cliegg Lars tried to rescue Shmi from the Tusken Raiders with a posse of thirty moisture-farmers. They came back with FOUR, and Cliegg was missing a leg. I’m pretty sure that the reason he felt like he could do that was because 1) Owen is grown already, and 2) he’s got a girlfriend for support. A newly disabled man would NOT be able to get enough help on a farm from a young child, especially one who is ALSO traumatized from losing his stepmother to raiders.
Meanwhile, on the lesser end of the scale, some merchant might be doing business with you, a moisture-farmer, and they end up taking a shine to you or your spouse or another HOPEFULLY GROWN relative, so they offer to spend the night in exchange for [buying less water] / [paying more money]. And it’s like, very few people WANT a relative and especially a spouse to be prostituted if they can help it, but the merchant has more money, more rank, and at least a COUPLE of trained guards around to take care of their cargo. There is also a very high risk that refusing to sleep with them means they’ll stop doing business with you entirely, so can you AFFORD to say no?
So here’s Anakin Skywalker, who grew up enslaved with a single mother on the ass end of the universe. Nine-year-old Anakin couldn’t protect his mother or himself from their masters, because nine-year-olds are tiny and they’re not supposed to take on adult responsibilities--but even if he was older and bigger and stronger, he would NOT BE ALLOWED to protect her.
He knows this because Shmi wasn’t allowed to protect him. Watto’s got a gambling habit and he forces Ani to enter in podracing as a child. It’s dangerous as fuck, and humans are ill-suited for it. Shmi is terrified for his safety, but she is not allowed to tell Watto to stop endangering her child, because he is legally Watto’s property. Anakin is not allowed to refuse running in Space-Nascar.
“But he’s GOOD AT IT, and he’s got THE FORCE to help him!” Yeah, but Anakin’s pilot skills and Force-sensitivity really only amount to letting him survive long enough for Watto to... what? Keep fucking gambling with him?
Talented slaves are still SLAVES, they’re just more exciting than regular ones.
Shmi and Anakin have tracking chips on their bodies that their masters could detonate if they get too “difficult,” or try to escape.
Anakin and Shmi and other slaves who got implants don’t know where the chips are on them. Anakin is trying to make a scanner to locate them, under Watto’s nose. The slaves were most likely sedated, implanted with it during some other medical procedure, or they were just too young to remember.
Even without the chip, Watto could “just” beat her, or Anakin, or BOTH OF THEM, for protesting. He hasn’t done it (in canon?), but their former masters or other slaves’ masters do, and this threat hangs over Anakin and Shmi all the time. He hasn’t beaten them, but other people beat their slaves.
Ten years later, Anakin is grown up and married to Padmé--but he’s not supposed to be married as a Jedi, or he will be expelled, and her own reputation is definitely at stake if people know she's “corrupted” a high-profile space-monk, so he’s now forced to watch men hit on her or try to ask her out for dates. Are you really “married” if you can’t ACT like a husband and wife in public?
Can you get married if you’re a slave? What does that MEAN for them? Their spouses would be pimped out to their masters’ clients, or be forced to have sex with the masters themselves. Poor people would get solicited by rich folks, and forced to weigh their emotions versus money/resources. Or they just wouldn’t be able to protect their loved ones from assault by people with more social status, more money, more blasters, just more of everything, and you have to DEAL WITH IT and pick up the pieces as best you can.
And in real life, marriage between slaves could be seen as a “positive” in that “YAY, YOU GET MORE SLAVES!” Or “look, I’m not THAT bad--I let you have RELATIONSHIPS!”
It could be seen as a neutral because you can’t micromanage EVERY SINGLE PART of your slaves’ lives, so what’s the harm if they keep doing their jobs?
It could also be a “negative” because now the master has more mouths to feed, and humans take a long time to grow up, or their once-obedient slave starts acting up when their spouse/relative gets pimped out or forced into dangerous jobs, and now you have to sell one off (or THREATEN to sell one of them off) to keep them quiet.
And with Anakin growing up to be Stonking Hot Hayden Christensen, who was already solicited/lusted-after by multiple women as a forbidden-fruit Jedi, I can only imagine how much WORSE that would be on Tatooine if he had still been a slave and at the mercy of whoever wants him.
Adult slaves would almost certainly be compartmentalizing “non-coerced sex,” with no power or resources attached, compared to: “sex for money,” “sex for physical safety,” “getting barked at by their master to sleep with someone,” and all the other ways that they cannot control their sexual relationships.
It reminds me of Anakin and Obi-Wan’s dialogue before their final battle in Revenge of the Sith--everyone knows he has a hard time taking responsibility for himself, but I also find it telling that he doesn’t blame Padmé either, at least not for long.
When Obi-Wan gets out of the ship, Anakin at first calls Padmé a liar and force-chokes her in a rage, but he gets this horribly confused look on his face and THEN he starts screaming at Obi-Wan:
“YOU TURNED HER AGAINST ME!”
She said she loved him thirty seconds ago. She didn’t WANT to turn against him, she didn’t WANT TO lie, she didn’t WANT Obi-Wan to kill him--but he made her do it, because slaves don’t get choices.
“YOU WILL NOT TAKE HER FROM ME!”
Obi-Wan wants Padmé or their child or both. She wants to stay with Anakin. She’s carrying Anakin’s child. But Obi-Wan will take her anyway, because slaves don't get to pick who they want.
OBI-WAN MADE HER DO THINGS SHE DIDN’T WANT TO DO! THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ON TATOOINE! This totally makes sense to Anakin’s formerly-enslaved and Sith-fueled brain!
Shmi could not protect her son, and Padmé cannot protect her husband, and Anakin couldn’t protect his mother, and now Anakin cannot protect Padmé or Baby Skywalker, and he’s seething like a cornered animal.
Meanwhile, Obi-Wan is clearly having an entirely different conversation, because he thinks Anakin is 1) an equal and 2) in his right mind.
Like, the man just kept telling Anakin to “LET GO OF HER!!!” With words. After rewatching the scene years later, I just keep thinking “OBI-WAN, SHE CAN'T BREATHE! YOU GOTTA FUCKING TACKLE HIM! OR PUNCH HIM! USE THE FORCE! DO IT NOW!”
But that’s also me 1) watching this from my safe living room, and 2) being a fairly normal person, who was not indoctrinated by warrior-priests to chant away your hard emotions.
So Obi-Wan didn’t know, or didn’t realize, or didn’t want to admit, that Anakin is going off the rails, and in times like these, you need to fucking MAKE HIM stop choking Padmé. But now she’s unconscious and Anakin’s screaming at Obi-Wan and he’s IGNITING HIS LIGHTSABER.
Canonically, the novel of ROTS says Obi-Wan left Anakin on Mustafar because he couldn’t bring himself to properly kill him, so it is also very likely that Obi-Wan was fucking shocked out of his mind and couldn’t bring himself to HIT Anakin, his padawan and brother-figure, not even to make him stop choking Padmé.
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Musings on Anakin’s Mental Damage Loop:
So Anakin calls Padmé his wife and he calls himself her husband, but they are publicly not-married because the Jedi can’t get married. He cannot protect her from men who think she’s single, like his mother couldn’t protect him from being a living gambling chip, like he couldn’t protect his mother from Tusken Raiders.
And he calls himself free, but he can’t bear to leave the Jedi Order because that is all he knows, and he thinks he owes them something, and he believes them when they say he’s Special, and he is always hurt when The Masters Do Not Love Him.
He wants to free the slaves when he’s nine years old, but ten years later, he wants to be a master of the Galaxy. He says he will be a Good Master, because he once lived in terror of Bad Masters, and he knows what they do and he knows that he Will Not Do That. He doesn’t realize that he shouldn’t want to be a master, that he’s just going in circles with who gets to be in chains this time, BECAUSE THERE’S NO THERAPY IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.
And he calls himself An Adult, but he runs off against orders, he flies too fast and lands too hard, he sulks or throws tantrums at twenty years old, because he has learned that Bad Kids Get ACKNOWLEDGED, even if it hurts and he hates being treated like a child, because he’s acting like a child.
He keeps saying things he does are not his fault, because Slaves Don't Get Choices. He WANTS TO be a person, he WANTS TO make choices, but he doesn’t realize he already is a person and he’s made choices, lots of them. That’s almost certainly a part of why he’s so reckless--because at his core, regardless of what he says or believes, maybe Anakin’s still not used to the idea that his actions matter to people, because slaves don’t matter to people.
Anakin hasn't broken out of his conditioning because the Jedi unknowingly ENFORCE it, both with their hierarchy and with their mishandling of him as an individual. They’re barely equipped to deal with REGULAR children, let alone a damaged kid that was freed from slavery last week, so ten years later, they think he’s just acting up like regular people do, and they dress him down for being foolhardy and tell him to SHUT UP AND LISTEN. They don’t know why this makes him MORE mad, why he won’t control himself and acts foolhardy again, and rinse and repeat.
Because what kind of CONTROL has this man known? Not when he was born into slavery, not when Another Master bought him and his mother, and not when Another Master gambled him off WITHOUT his mother. And he is not able to control when Qui-Gon dies, when he’s taken from Shmi, when he gets a crush on the very first pretty girl he sees, because he’s not used to dealing with death or loss or affection as a Person Who Experiences Things, instead of a Slave That Things Happen To, and so the emotional tidal waves of PRETTY GIRL IS NICE TO ME and MOM ISN’T COMING ON THE SHIP and QUI-GON JINN IS DEAD and OBI-WAN IS MY NEW MASTER overwhelm the poor kid, like they’re forces of nature.
He wasn't in control when someone drafted him into a war and told him to go on this mission or that mission, or that one and that one and that one, for three fucking years.
He cannot control Padmé Amidala, or Shmi Skywalker, or Ahsoka Tano, or Obi-Wan Kenobi, or anyone else he loves in his too-hard-and-too-fast manner, and he clutches them in his vice-grip because he knows they soothe the frothing pain in his soul, but he thinks he needs other people to make the pain stop, because he thinks he can't control himself.
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darrowsrising · 2 years
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🔥 + cassius
This is one of those times where people kinda ruin the perception of a character for you to the point that all joy is sucked out. So you numb yourself to said character, because it's not worth investing emotionally anymore.
Very unpopular opinions here, so no tags for my reluctance to deal with stupid drama:
What I am trying to say is that Cassius grew out of hypocrisy and I very much appreciated that and came to like him a lot. I also appreciated the growth he underwent in exile, but...for me, all the joy I used to feel poofed off. I was happy he went to save and sass Darrow, but now it's just...glad you could fucking do something, I guess.
I think Cassius has grown, but that means jack shit if he cannot apply that growth, make amends. Everybody acts like the entire Red Rising Universe owes that man something, for making his own choices and suffering the consequences of said choices.
There is this general opinion that Cassius is better than Darrow. Or should be. At something. Anything. If Darrow gets to have Virginia, Cassius should be the best swordsman, or have the best relationship with Pax or at least WHEN Darrow dies, he should take over. Why? Because Cassius has all the traits of your classic (boring) hero and some people like that type so much that they always want to see him win. At something. Anything. Because they are so used to this type getting everything they want, that it cannot connect that this is not that kind of story.
Well, to break it down a bit, Cassius au Bellona is a crashing car. He keeps making the classical hero choices and gets bitten on the arse for them, because this is not the universe you get to cry about your twin being killed in the Passage when you yourself killed someone and had no problem with it. Because you don't get to raise the heir to a fascist empire in exile and expect him to turn out ok, away from a society for the rest of his life - regardless of how much of a personal sacrifice it is for you as well.
I am not saying that Cassius shouldn't get a happy ending or that he won't. I am also not saying he should change who he is. I am saying that his happiness does not look like you would expect - basically having Darrow's life. I am saying he is responsible for his own choices and that he needs to learn and earn things like trust and friendship and make amends with people he has hurt with his bigotry and lack of awareness.
Yes, you read that right, Cassius is not a complete human being who did no wrong in IG. He should implement some of his growth in his relationships - especially considering he hasn't been around groups of people much.
What Cassius needs and gets from his allienace to the Republic is what he always wanted as a kid - he has a liege to defend and serve, someone worthy, he gets to be a knight, as he always wanted, he gets to protect a status quo worth protecting and bettering. And on top of this he can build a lot of happiness. But it isn't owed to him, by anyone.
I don't know, I am just tired of trying to like this dude, when everyone is shoving him down my throat as somehow better than Darrow, when he isn't. He is different than Darrow and that's the point. Even in couple talks, people make Cassius somehow better than Darrow. That he is so good that Darrow doesn't deserve him and all that bullshit.
Putting aside that the only person that deserves Darrow is Virginia au Augustus, I would actually buy into Da/ssius if it was...genuine, not another way of one-upping Darrow somehow. Darrow has a tendency of putting his beloved on a pedestal, but some of those are not like the other. Some like it for the rivalry aspect (classic trope), which I can appreciate and like, though.
I am fully aware that Darrow said that Cassius is a better man. In Golden Son. When he was at rock bottom emotionally. And his abandoment issues flared up like a fire tornado. Again, not saying Darrow can't consider Cassius a better person, it's just that it shouldn't be used to one-up Darrow, especially when writing a loving relationship.
All of these things really numbed me to Cassius. I don't hate him, I just think that my unfortunate interactions stripped away at my openness.
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ghostfacesvalentine · 3 years
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They get goth girlfriends - Multi muse x Goth!Reader
Paring: Multi muse x Fem!Reader
Warning: Some NSFW stuff on a couple of lil blurbs
Type: Hc/Blurbs
Request: N/A
Word Count: N/A
Prompt: The muses get goth gf’s! or s/o’s!
Notes: I did this mostly for shits and giggles. It says female reader in the title but I did make this as gender neutral as possible. If the set up looks weird I’m sorry ;-; I’ll fix it later. Also rip didn’t proofread
Jason Voorhees: Jason digs the chains and the big boots, you kind of resemble him, but instead of beaten up boots yours are made of.. latex? Rubber? who knows. Your chains are obviously smaller and don't have whatever lives under the bottom of the river. Jason for sure would sit there and listen to your music no matter how odd it was, it made you happy and to see you rocking your head sideways or up and down would mesmerize him. He likes the whatever it is that you’re doing. Oh and teaching him to mosh is probably the cutest, funniest thing you've been a part of.
Michael Myers: Personally I feel like Michael would dig the darker core than any other type. He wouldn't admit it, he acts indifferent to it, but he really likes your style. If you're experimental, his favorite thing is to see how you did your makeup today. He doesn't really like the platforms since he prefers a smol baby, but torn up tights and chokers? He's all over it, mentally at least. You could never tell, but he's kind of obsessed with the detail you put into your outfit. Not to mention the choker could be used in a more sinister manner.
Tiffany Valentine: LOVES it, she is all over her goth s/o. You two would be the most stylish in the room for sure. She'd borrow some of your stuff and let you borrow hers. Oh and doing your makeup is her favorite thing. It's a bit therapeutic to her. You both stay going shopping, finding more accessories and different kinds of make up to experiment with. She's not really into rock or metal, at least not the heavy stuff you are, but she is 100% supportive and will take you to their concerts and buy you all the merch. I can see her being the type "Babe you like this right? I don't know I just got it for you."
Billy Loomis: It's a bit odd for him, he's not used to the eyeliner, but it grew on him, similar to Michael, his favorite thing is the torn up fishnets. When you two are cuddling he loves to trace the lining, especially if you wear a skirt, this man cannot keep his hands off of you. Like Myers, chokers are a big thing for him and he will not hesitate to grab you by it to pull you up to him. Oh and those platforms? Obsessed with them. "The minute I saw you, I wanted to know what you'd look like in nothing but these fishnets and boots." He'd say in between grunts while he's pounding you.
Stu Macher: OBSESSED would be a light way to put it. He loves everything about your style, he's super into your music and the subculture. He picks up on it quick and even shows you bands he thinks you'd like. If anyone gives you shit about the way you look Stu would not hesitate to laugh in their face and be obnoxious with them. Maybe pay them a friendly visit later. He LOVES to see what outfit you have on today and is just big UWU. He even lets you draw on his face when you two are having a lazy day in, oh and you can count on him to go with you to concerts, even shitty ones.
Patrick Bateman: Oh boy, this is beyond out of the ordinary, even for Patrick, but what is most unusual, is how he's not phased by it, you're just his significant other and that's that. You can't agree on the music, which is a given, but that's pretty much all. If you can't get your eyelashes on right, or your eyeliner straight, it'll bother him, but he'll help you with it. Going out to dinners with him is the best, you don't always have to look like your favorite hang out is in the alleyway behind the venue, you can clean up real nice. Perhaps in darker tones than others, but you know how to wear it, and you're stunning in it, but it's not like Patrick expected any less.
Carrie White: This baby loves you so much, you have to teach her a lot about this though, about how it doesn't hurt you when you take off your eyeliner, or when you draw on your waterline. Oh and when you poke your eye and tear up while doing your makeup Carrie gets super worried but you do your best to reassure her it's okay and that you won't go blind. She'll lay there with you and play with all the little details of your outfit, this is all very unusual to her, but it looks so good on you. You teach her not everything that looks scary, actually is. At some point she lets you do her makeup and let her borrow some of your clothes. She's hesitant about the aftermath, but eventually she begins to feel more comfortable, you'll catch her in one of your band shirts and maybe a tiny wing of eyeliner.
Leatherface: He's never seen anything like this, but then again, he's never been out much. Not even able to interact with others and learn that there was a whole subculture like this, but it's your gentle heart that encourages him to learn about it. He knows about makeup, but he never thought about using dull tones until he met you. He's still a bit unsure about your music, but it makes you happy, he'll dance aimlessly with you either way. He shows you that he likes the pictures on your shirt. Much like Carrie, he fidgets with all your accessories, mostly while you're busy and he isn't. He likes the torn up jeans and fishnets too, but he is a little bit more innocent than someone like Billy or Michael.
Harley Quinn: Oh she LOVES it. This girl cannot get enough of it, the make up the accessories, the clothes, the music, everything is just perfect in her eyes. She's so eager to learn about your interests and how you fix yourself up. It doesn't take long for some of your style to reflect on her, she's a fan already of wearing fishnets, but since all the dilly dallying around Gotham can ruin them. You inherit the torn up pairs, it fits your aesthetic much better. She's first in line at the concerts with you and moshing is her FAVORITE thing asides from spending time with you. Oh and she will not hesitate to punch anyone in the face that may shove their way in front of your places.
Poison Ivy: As the queen of seductiveness, she is drawn to you. She's always had an interest in the darker side of things, surprised? You shouldn't be. It's so fun to have someone be as morbid as her, or in the way of becoming. Going out on a date night is so,,, aesthetically pleasing. She will match you, always, in a velvet skin tight dress, winged eyeliner to exaggerate the dazed look. She thinks your platforms are cute, especially if you tower over her. She kind of thrives off the scared stares you get??? Though you're as sweet as pie to her, it's kind of nice to have someone relate to being feared. She will make the black flowers bloom for you and it's kind of the softest thing.
Billy Hargrove: Kind of digs it hardcore but on the low?? He likes the edge, whether it's how you style your hair, your torn up jackets/pants/fishnets, beaten up boots or sneakers, you pull it off so well. He loves to make contact with your skin, so torn up jeans? you bet while you're sitting next to him he'll set his hand on your exposed skin. He'd help you take off your makeup when you spend the night together and it's kind of full of giggles and cute shit. Doesn't really get the heavy side of the music but you can both agree on Judas Priest, Scorpions and SOME of the heavier side of rock, but he'll tolerate it, of course he’d take you to concerts and to the movies for whatever horror flicks are playing.
Steve Harrington: He's a little unsure at first, but he just has this "I mean yeah okay." attitude. You've won him over with your sense of being, now he's just adapting to this "darker" side of life and this baby is clueless as to how. He tries though. He likes your style since he knows he effort you put into it, though sometimes he might think it's a bit too much. He'd help you stick patches onto your clothes and pins, you'd spend a whole day modifying your clothes and it's real soft. Will not hesitate to sucker punch anyone who has anything mean to say about your style though. Oh and he found out that black flowers exist when he went to a nursery and he was so excited he bought some and almost crashed onto your door. "LOOK Y/N!! They grew like this!!"
Dean Winchester: He's into it, he loves the leather, the boots, the fishnets, the chokers, he's a bit iffy about the music, he still won't let you play it in his car unless he's trying to get you to forgive him. He'd watch horror movies with you, even if they're boring to him considering what he deals with, though sometimes you can stomach some things more than him. The minute you ask to keep the fishnets on or have him pull you by the choker tho, that kind of sends him down a whirlpool of lust. Anything morbid he thinks you'd like, he'd save it for you or get it for you. There's no way you're doing his makeup though, sorry. Mostly because he's got some kind of allergic reaction to it around his eyes, but he'd be up to do yours and he'd paint your nails.
Steve Rogers: This is all new to him, there's still a list he has to get through to catch up on things and the goth subculture was not on it until he met you. He's supportive of it though. Sometimes you'll catch him staring, well mostly because there's so much detail to look at, the little pins, the chains, the lace, all of it. He writes everything he can in a little notebook about what you talk about, and if you're very patient, that makes it 1000x better. You show him an extremely opposite side of a style he would've never imagined and he's 1000% here for it. Like Billy, he would help you take off your makeup, zip up your boots and corsets. Once you were both attacked and they tried to trap you both in a room but your boot stopped it, so it's both stylish and practical.
Bucky Barnes: Much like Steve, this may be new to him, but he's not as awestruck as Steve may be, he's a bit more comfortable with it head on, you're curious as to what it'd take to make him stop in his tracks, but he's seen a bit more than Steve has. He'd listen to your music with an open mind, trying to decipher what the artists were trying to achieve behind the lyrics. He'd be down to let you do his makeup, and like Steve, he'd paint your nails on both your down time. Bucky is without a doubt willing to take you to concerts and have you sit on his shoulders, though he doesn't understand moshing quite yet, his overprotective habits may try to keep you from joining the pit, but he'd compensate by getting you to the front of the stage at least.
Wanda Maximoff: Oh she's in love with it, she absolutely adores your style and like Harley, it doesn't take long for her to take some inspiration, or even some of your clothing to fit her style. You guys can spend hours painting each others nails while your favorite music is playing in the background of her room. She does your makeup most of the time, she finds it takes her mind off of a lot of the stuff she's been through. She also keeps up with your interests and sometimes can be the first to find out that your favorite artist released a track before you'd see it for yourself. Date nights are the best, if it's her turn to plan, she will always try to cater it to you and what you like to do. Sometimes she'd do her make up to resemble vampiric features and take you on a beautiful dinner date at the cemetery.
Loki Laufeyson: Much like Wanda, he's very romantic with it. He loves your style and it only gives him more of an excuse to take you out on dinner dates and things you'd like to do. He's kind of obsessed with seeing you dress up in an elegant manner and he won't hesitate to match your style, choosing black as the primary color of his outfit with a hint of emerald green or gold accents. The only thing you may not really agree on is the heavier music or messy makeup if you prefer that style, but eventually it'll grow on him. He'd read you morbid love stories, or old horror novels before you go to bed. Candle lit dates are his specialty, and there's just something so seductive about the darker side of life, he thinks so at least.
Tate Langdon: As the king of morbidity, he totally gets it, he is so on board with your style and your interests. He's the first to jump on your music interests and whatever else you'd like. He loves your style, the whole thing, he doesn't have a thing to complain about, like most mentioned above, he'd paint your nails, but he wouldn't do your makeup, there's no way he trusts himself around your eyes with a pencil. He's the one to show you more morbid things in hopes you'd cower behind him and he'd be the one to make sure you're okay. Sometimes there may be some misinterpretations with your interests and his own macabre fantasies. Still, he'd make his effort to keep up with you and what you like.
Kit Walker: He honestly just thinks your style is hot, he's never seen anything like it, or paid attention to it until he met you. If he doesn't have anything to bind your wrists with he'd use your fishnets and he loves reaching under your skirt. He doesn't understand what you like about the music so much, but there are a couple of songs he can tolerate, though there's not much you both can relate between styles, you make the effort. He'd watch horror movies with you and come Halloween, he knows it'll be a pretty important holiday to you and there's no time to sit around, there's decorations to make and seasonal activities to participate in.
James Patrick March: Much like Loki and Wanda, he takes his chance to be a ghoulish type of romantic, which in all honesty he prefers, his creative mind can flow more freely. He'd do everything in his power to keep you satisfied, whether it's modifying your room and more to fit your style, buying you whatever you need to finish your outfit or coming up with macabre date ideas. Like Loki, there's something so seductive about being dark, he thinks it's more sensual and he won't hesitate to bring your fantasies to life. Not to mention his own. Lots of kinky stuff going on with all your little outfits. Like Kit, he knows the importance of Halloween and you bet your ass he'd go all out, forcing everyone to wear their best costume and throw a giant Halloween party for you.
Cloud Strife: Doesn't understand the excessiveness of your style sometimes, but also has this "Alright I guess this is what we're doing" attitude. Not to mention parts of your outfit can serve you as a protective barrier or be efficient in case you find yourself in a sticky situation. He'd be lying if he said he didn't stare at you wearing a skirt or torn up jeans, especially wearing platforms, it flatters your figure and Cloud notices it. He will sit there and listen to you talk about your interests, he'd also try to interact with you about them? He's baby and he just wants you to feel listened to and wanted, even if he had no idea what the hell you were talking about, he knows it's important to listen. He'd also bug Aerith trying to find you a black flower or at least a bloody red one on a special day.
Aerith Gainsborough: Loves you whether you're wearing black or pink, she thinks you looks stunning either way. When you're both sitting on the flower field, she lays her head on your lap and plays with your pins or whatever she finds to fiddle with while she talks or you do. While everyone may make you feel like an outcast, Aerith doesn't hesitate to jump on you for a hug, even if her jacket or hair gets stuck on your pins or buttons, it only makes her giggle. Her favorite thing is your boots, she thinks you're the only one who could pull them off and loveeees being able to get on her tippy toes to kiss your cheek. When it comes to your music, though expecting the worst, she actually loved it. You'd catch her moving her head side to side and mouthing the lyrics while she waits for you not knowing you were staring at her the whole time.
Sebastian Michaelis: Sebastian would probably be the most indifferent out of all of them honestly, he’d help you get into your clothes if you’re struggling to zip something up. He’d talk to you all day about his origin and his home and everything about the dark arts but not enough to put you in any harms way. He’s a very knowledgeable man and in order to keep up with his master he needs to know about everything, so when you come to him showing him your interests and music, he does take note of it. Like some listed above, Sebastian would enjoy taking you on dates, especially with a dark twist, he tends to be able to be more creative. Like Loki, candle lit dinners are essential, he’d read to you until you fall asleep as well as waltz with you to vampiric pieces if you’d like. Seeing you dressed up with your own sense of style will never bore him and he looks forward to date night with you.
Spencer Reid: Honestly, it was the team that didn’t really see this coming, Garcia would be over the moon to find someone else that wouldn’t be afraid to express themselves. You finally found something Spencer wasn’t entirely knowledgeable in but that wouldn’t stop him from learning. Of course he’d know all the horror stories and their origin, sometimes he’d even debunk ghost stories and things that would inspire your favorite movies or lyrics from your favorite bands, but it wouldn’t be to make fun of you. This was the best way he could really relate to you. You both passed time exchanging knowledge. Of course your style would grow on him, kind of seeing the aesthetic of it, he’d start to understand it as time goes on.
Bruce Wayne: Loves it. No doubt about it. He gets the whole thing, maybe not so much the music, but the look, absolutely. Though sometimes, he does see it as too much, it eventually grows on him as well. Not to mention, you lost your shit when you realized he was batman and he had his own little batcave. Now you spend most of your time there. It’s your dream come true. Of course in the publics eye, he asks you to tone it down if needed, not to draw attention to yourselves, but the way you look in that velvet burgundy dress, draped across your curves definitely keeps him distracted during the lunch date.
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tundrainafrica · 3 years
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do you currently have any snk universe LeviHan headcanons on your mind?
Okay, before I go into this question, I just have to say my brain is literally a conglomeration of head canons which I’ve built up after hanging in this site for months so at this point, I even have trouble telling which one is real or not because everyone just thinks up such beautiful and reasonable ones. 
I wanna talk about one headcanon though which is not really talked about because I don’t think a lot of people jive with. This one resonates with me so well though that I ended up writing it in all my fics even if it’s only barely hinted and was never confirmed in canon. But Imma just drop it here because like I would have wanted to talk about it anyway so now or never. 
Since no one ever confirmed Hange’s history I took liberties with it. 
Hange grew up in a rich family within Wall Sina. 
So my headcanon is Hange grew up rich. Like really rich, not necessarily royalty but at least noble family rich. 
Like Hange could have chosen not to work a day in her life beyond managing family properties and businesses like a larger version of the Reeves company but she just had such a passion for discovering the outside world and research that she ended up deciding to join the survey corps anyway, one of the shittiest factions in the military out of passion. This ended up causing a rift to grow between her and her family which is why she never talks about her family or her history.
Are there hints in canon? 
These are probably my interpretations but I kinda see possible crumbs which can be interpreted as Hange having grown up rich or at least highly educated. 
For one, where do you get the knack and obsession for research? To a degree someone has to have had a lot of time in their life or a lot of time beyond trying to find food or trying to survive to get so deep into something as complex as research, especially in that crapsack world. If Hange was living hand to mouth, she wouldn’t have been neck deep into research. Mind you, Hange is the type of person to get into research for days, completely disregarding her own personal needs and other obligations. This could be interpreted either way but I think not having to work a day in her life growing up, Hange had the leeway to enjoy research and appreciate it, and had built the habit of just locking herself in her room to get stuff done because of her environment growing up. If she had a family to feed, if they were living hand to mouth, I doubt Hange would have built this habit. 
Hange’s room is constantly a mess. It could be interpreted both ways,I know. But we have Levi who hates filth because he grew up in filth. We have Hange who lives in a messy room among clutter because maybe she had someone cleaning up after her growing up? When she finally started living alone, she started thinking, I’m too busy to clean this up myself and just goes about her life. Levi, who had lived in filth all his life, ends up the one cleaning after her because he’s traumatized by filth to the point of fastidiousness. While Hange is not. 
Hange is familiar with powerplay and media manipulation. What kind of work did she do in Season 3? She did a lot of the politick-ing, the media manipulation and the behind the scenes work to get Reeves back into power and she did a really good job at it. I think this could be interpreted as her having grown up within the walls, brushing elbows among the elite to have known how it works. Hange was one of those completely aware that the uprising and the rebellion could not be completed without getting the trust and the faith of the people. She was also one of the people who knew exactly how that type of shit worked and that's why it went so smoothly in her end. 
Hange is okay getting her hands dirty. This could be seen as a counterargument. If Hange was rich, why is she okay getting her hands dirty? I’d like to point out here her motivations for it and the way she goes about it compared to Levi. When Levi fights or tortures, the way he goes about it is he just knows it’s a necessity and something he has to do to get things done. When Hange fights or tortures, there is a sort of wonder or curiosity in her face, which shows she is more motivated by the wonder and the unpredictability that comes with working in the survey corps more than anything. Although Hange has a good heart, she is not as in touch with the struggles of the poor and the powerless as Levi imo. I don’t think it came as naturally for her. In fact, the penchant for survival and the mindset of doing something because it’s necessary did not come as naturally for Hange as it did for Levi. Hange gets her hands bloody because she likes dissection, she likes trying to learn new things (like learning to torture) and this type of perspective, not coming naturally for someone like her at least hints to the idea that she grew up with enough financial leeway to at least not understand that some unfavorable things may have to be done out of necessity.
They glossed over her history. Maybe she had no childhood trauma? Although Hange did have traumas which were put into light after she joined the survey corps, we never hear about any traumas or any big revelations about her life before that. Maybe it was comfortable? Maybe comfortable to the point of forgettable? It was a good life maybe, enough to brush it off lightly. Maybe her life was just so conventionally normal, and the worst she ever experienced is deciding to defy her parents and adjust to a mildly middle class existence as part of the shittiest factions of the military (which is still a farcry from being dirt poor or having lost her parents at a young age.)
What does this mean for my Levihan HC?
It adds an interesting facet to the Levihan dynamic in my end. That’s why I ended up keeping this around as a silent headcanon and I’ll just drop some of them here.
Hange had to teach Levi about living above ground
The culture above ground is completely different. Business language, writing documents are something which Levi probably had to learn when he joined the survey corps and became captain. Hange was rich enough to at least have a good education and formal schooling for her to have sheer mastery of how the rich people talk, how budgets are drafted and how announcements are made in a way to please the rich people. Hange knew that and thats why she ended up doing a lot of logistics and research. In fact, she could have been better than Erwin, which could possibly hint to her even having better education than him.
Levi probably never mastered business language and logistics, which is why he never took any other role beyond special squad leader. Although he has the eye for strategy and combat, he cannot for the life of him handle paperwork or the logistics of being a supreme commander. 
Also, they lived in a medieval place so we can assume this type of education wouldn’t be accessible to most people in the outer walls, which kinda supports the point that Hange wasn’t poor or even lower middle class. Like I’m expecting at the least she was on the same social class as Jean. 
They fight over budgets.
If I remember correctly, this has been confirmed in canon. Hange handles budgets and Levi likes to blow the budget with luxuries. Hange has simple joys for someone who grew up rich. Having grown up with a lot of money and a formal education, I wouldn't find it surprising that she was a master of budgeting and that’s why she ended up taking over that job in the survey corps. She also handled supplies and her department probably required the most budget. Not surprising that she handled the overall budget.
Hange handles the budgeting and Levi likes to blow the budget on tea and luxuries. It was explained before why Levi blows the budget on tea. Levi loves certain luxuries but never really had them in the underground which is why he enjoys them know in the military. Hange doesn’t have much of an eye for luxuries because she grew up with them already. There’s nothing much which would impress her luxury wise so she doesn’t see the need or the joys of blowing the military budget on slight luxuries. 
Hange buys him the teas. 
Although Hange has a rift with her rich family already. I don’t think her relationship with them was ever that bad. She was probably like a black sheep, who they would roll their eyes at during family gatherings. “The one child who ran away to join the shit hole military faction.” I think she still has access to their money and they still drop gifts. I have this head canon that Hange actually buys him the teas or gives the nice pastries or souvenirs she would receive from them to Levi so Levi could at least enjoy those too. 
These are the only HCs I can come up with now but I have sprinkled a lot of my fanfiction with them and it is practically canon in my head for many reasons… Mainly because it is an incredibly interesting headcanon and facet of their relationship to consider.
Analyzing the romantic relationship between two people from different social classes is just incredibly interesting. 
Levi and Hange are complete opposites yet manage to jive. This is a common sentiment and take among all the people in the fandom. But what if you take into account as well that they are from different social classes?
I’ve seen this type of relationship in real life and there’s a lot of adjustment involved but it really puts into light how open certain relationships are that differences in social background are discussed and navigated instead of treated as a dealbreaker on why the relationship won’t work. 
Growing up poor and experiencing starvation stays with people and it manifests itself in the small things. In Levi, it manifested itself  in his having a special appreciation for luxuries and his obsession for cleanliness. Hange never batted an eyelash at any of those luxuries being in the survey corps offered. For someone handling such a  budget, she never felt the need to spend on anything too fancy. In fact, when they were eating beef in that one seen, she didn’t really think too much of it compared to the cadets who grew up in small villages in Wall Rose or Wall Maria. 
Even in my family, my mother grew up poor so she has this certain appreciation for saving everything and keeping it. She hates it when we throw away food.. My father never grew up poor so he has this penchant for investing and reinvesting. He has this mindset that if we earn 100 dollars we spend 10. While my mom points out that that 10% isn’t enough for most people to live in. My parents get into the most interesting discussions and arguments having grown up in completely different social classes and I guess, it ended up why I ride so much with this headcanon. It’s just so dam interesting. Tbh, my boyfriend and I are form completely different social classes too so the way we go about material things and money are really different and it’s really interesting to navigate it when the discourse is calm and comprehensive so these relationships kinda influenced this Levihan headcanon. 
I feel like for Levi and Hange, this social class issue was a give and take. Hange thought him how to butt elbows with the ultra rich in the military, having been trained herself how to talk to rich people and win their favor. Levi was the one who put into light for Hange the realities of the war and the lower classes. 
Hange is a good heart and I’m sure she is aware but I just don’t think she was as in touch with it as Levi who had grown up with it. What she brings to the table for Levi That’s why is the capacity to see the wonder with everything since even in Season 1, it was shown that she wasn’t as jaded as other people in the military. Because she had her whole childhood to build that wonder already, not having seen suffering as a child growing up. 
Sorry, if this is pretty long. This HC is pretty important to me because it just adds another facet of their relationship to explore when I write. 
I hope you enjoyed reading it at least. Thanks for the ask!
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Teyvat’s School for the Gifted
Summary: He's cruel, mean, and sadistic. Lumine cannot fathom why he has the followers he does, but she won't fall into his hands like the rest of them.  It was unknown to her at that time how such a stance would cause the biggest uproar the schools ever seen.
This is the silly drama filled high school/college parody AU nobody asked for filled with Lumine not giving a shit and Childe trying to buy his way out of problems.
Ship: Lumine/Childe
Tags: Highschool AU, Enemies to lovers, Slow burn, Jealousy, lots of side ships.
Status: 5/? on Ao3
Chapter 1
The school located on an island inside the neutral zones between nations is a blessing for anyone without a swimming pool filled with mora. Without money you have to be gifted a vision to attend. That is why Lumine thought she would never be accepted to such a place. Instead cursed to live her life on a small farm on the outskirts of Mondstadt, killing small monsters for money to aid her ailing mother.
She had become quite the prodigy around the area. Her sword work was nothing to be trifled with. Some would even gush about what it would be like if she did have a vision. Then it happened, a strange string of life changing events.
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 She enjoyed spending her free time sitting under the statue of the seven in windrise. It gave her a reprieve from her day-to-day life of school, killing, then sleep. She polished her blade most days she sat there, enjoying the sounds of the wilderness around her.
 As she sheathed her blade, wistfully thinking about what it would be like to magically summon and desummon it as a vision user, a light began to shine behind her. There was a flash, she thought maybe a vision might appear in front of her. But this was no test or life changing event. It didn’t make sense.
 Wind surrounded her body, lifting her skit in the breeze. She turned, it followed with her. She lifted her hand as a power surged through her. A burst of wind jetted from her palm and sliced across the water. It trimmed the tops off the over grown grasses lining the ponds edge. The wind died down and left her for elsewhere as the light slowly faded out of existence.
 Befuddled, she stared at the palms of her hands. She felt a power emanating from her core. With a trembling arm she raised her palm again, calling forth on the energy. It darted from her as before. Shocked, she tried it again and again, smiling gleefully with each blast of wind. She twirled around, searching for her vision, but came up empty.
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That is how the first visionless anemo user was born. At first people didn’t believe her. Delusions were not unknown to the common folk of Teyvat. They were a staple favorite of the mafia families across the regions. But she quickly smashed those theories to pieces. Not only was she a poor farm girl fighting to survive, but where on earth would she have the money to afford such a thing. She allowed an inspection of her things and a pat down to prove it.
After the authorities decided that she did not have a vision she was free to do as she wished. That was until the head master of Teyvat’s school for the gifted showed up on her doorstep. The scholarship she was offered would give more money to her mother per month than she could in six months of hunting. She took it without question.
That’s how she ended up here, gawking at the building in front of her. The school defied the rumors. Statues carved from marble, fountains that defied gravity, even the wood it was built from looked impossibly expensive. Heck, the wildlife looked like they ate from golden platters.
The only thing that held her from running right back to the boat was a woman pinning her down with a chemically assisted cheerful gaze. A shiver ran up her spine as she waved her over. She obliged only because her eyes looked a hair away from snapping into crazy land.
“Welcome to Teyvat’s finest Lumine!” She cheered and began to clap.
“Thanks,” She mumbled, intimidated by her nature. She looked like a robot. Sleek black hair, not a strand out of place. Perfectly pressed blazer and pencil skirt in matching shades. Her glasses glistening in the sunlight, even if they were just plain black frames. She hoped not everyone in this school looked or felt this way.
“Follow me and I'll take you to your dorm. Then it’s a trip around campus!” She quipped then turned on her heel. Even her footsteps were a perfect tempo.
They walked through the faculty building, which thankfully looked normal inside. The site quelled her turning stomach. It was into the garden next that, as expected, looked immaculate. They even had a massive sand garden. Back in Mondstadt something like that would be destroyed in seconds.
Eventually they came upon another wooden building with a large ‘girls’ over it. The woman stopped and spun so fast on her heel Lumine almost let out small scream.
“This is the girl's dorm; your roommates are waiting for you inside with your things. I'll be back in thirty minutes for the rest of the tour,” she said, smile never once faltering as she left Lumine to her own devices.
Her roommates were nice, they greeted her in the common room just as her guide stated. Amber was a bit too enthusiastic for just about anything. Barbara was a very cheerful girl but was more reserved. It was a breath of fresh air to see two friendly faces. They led her to their dorm to get settled.
“So, what do you think?” Amber asked as Lumine began to unpack her luggage. Placing her uniforms carefully into her small closet along with her own casual clothing. Her own things almost felt dirty comparted to the schools uniform she was provided. And the room was much bigger than what she expected from a dormitory.
“It's overwhelming,” She admitted.
“You'll get used to it,” Amber laughed.
“Are you?” Lumine began to ask.
“Scholarship,” Amber answered, holding up her vision, “They keep the poor kids together so we don’t infect the rich kids.” She laughed.
“Hey!” Barbara yelled at her. Lips pointing into a pout.
“Except for Barbara, she requested to room with me. She's the exception.” Amber smiled at her friend.
“So, it's exactly how I thought it would be,” Lumine grumbled. This school was probably dripping with rich kids causing trouble for the normal folk, like she expected.
“Some of the students are alright, indifferent you might say. But there are,” Amber held up her hands as air quotes, “those types.”
“Will you guys be in my classes?” She asked.
“Nope, third years!”
Lumine felt her insides twist. Great, now she would be alone on her first day. At least her dorm would be nice. Amber was warm and friendly and Barbara seemed sweet even if she wasn’t talking as much. The pair would only be a year below her so they were still close in age. Hopefully she wouldn’t be moved to another dorm with the ‘adults’ if she attends the next four years after this one.
“You don’t want to be in our year anyways,” Barbara laughed.
“Whys that?” Lumine felt a small smile form for the first time since she set foot on the island. Barbara wiggled her eyebrows and gleamed over at Amber. She turned red in response and threw a pillow at her.
“Stop! Its not my fault!” She shouted.
“It’s gross the way he drools over his desk for you,” Barbara added.
“Mind filling me in?” Lumine asked.
“No!” Amber shouted.
“She has this wolf boy that follows her around and causes trouble. Its adorable,” Barbara said anyways.
“I didn’t ask for it he just did it!” Amber defended herself.
“It's like a comedy slash horror show every day,” Barbara giggled.
“Stop teasing me,” Amber whined.
“Wolf boy?” Lumine asked. Mondstadt had a steady population of people descendant of shape shifters or animals, but she had never seen a wolf before. Most of them were cats. Granted, she did keep to herself and didn’t really mix with the town folk, even at school.
“Half werewolf, half human, grew up in the wild before coming here earlier in the year,” Amber explained.
“He can smell everything, it's awful,” Barbara moaned, “one time I tried to bring some leftovers from lunch and he almost ripped apart my bag looking for it.”
“Sounds like a nice boyfriend,” Lumine said, hiding her smile as she sorted items into her desk drawers. Amber gasped from behind her. She swallowed a laugh.
“H-he's not my boyfriend!” She yelled. Lumine busted and began to giggled along with Barbara. She was interested in seeing the exchanges between the two now.
“Very funny guys, I'll make sure to make fun of your pain in suffering next time I get the chance.” Amber crossed her arms.
“Alright I'll stop,” Barbara waved her hand at her. A sharp knock on the door quickly soured the cheerful mood. The door swung open and Lumine’s guide walked in.
“Fantastic, I'm so glad you are getting along with your new housemates. We must complete the tour now.” The woman said, still as cheerful as ever. Lumine noticed Barbara and Ambers shoulders fell on her entrance. “I'll be waiting out front,” she chirped and left.
“God, Mrs.Lee always gives me the creeps,” Amber said.
“Glad it's not just me,” Lumine laughed as she stood.
“Good luck! See you at dinner,” Amber waved as Lumine exited the room. She heard faint whispers of gossip as she left but knew it was nothing bad, those girls didn’t have a mean bone in them.
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They walked around campus and Lumine slowly became accustomed to the wildly expensive taste. She was shown the inside of the year one through four buildings, for the fourteen-to-eighteen-year old's. Then the outside of the adult facilities. Mrs. Lee assured the only real difference between the two was the uniform requirement and some extra freedoms.
After taking the tour she felt less overwhelmed, but it was the final stop that really cemented the reality most of the students lived in. It was the cafeteria of the school, but should have been classified as a food court. There was the line for the scholarship students where they could use one of three free meal tickets per day, or a snack coupon, all loaded onto her school ID. Wich was normal, same thing that she had in Mondstadt, minus the dinner.
What was different was the restaurants lining the walls. Everything you could imagine from each region on tap. And the prices were nothing to scoff at. A Fishermans toast was going for ten thousand mora, she could make that for less than three hundred back home. Lines scaled out to the isles as students waited, eager to be robbed for food.
“Lumine!” A familiar voice shouted. She sighed in relief. A distraction to this insanity was required right about now. She carried her tray adorned with less appetizing food from the school over to the table Amber sat at.
“This place is crazy,” Lumine sighed in exhaustion.
“My first day I ran away,” Amber laughed. She placed a spoon full of mac and cheese into her mouth.
“Those prices are more than I make in three weeks back home,” She said as she began to eat. Pleasantly surprised that even the free food was delectable. The pasta was perfectly cooked, cheese sauce an ideal creamy texture. She moved on to nibble at her cookie, baked expertly with a crispy outside and a gooey center. “God,” she murmured, savoring the taste.
“I told you, you get used to it,” Amber smiled sweetly. A book bag slamming down on the table instantly cleared her face. She looked up to see what she assumed was the wolf boy from earlier discussions. Lumine wondered why Amber felt it was bad to have his attention. He was attractive, silver hair and red eyes, giving him an exotic look. His arms were coated in scars and a massive one gashed his face, not a bad look if your into that type. Some of the girls back home would swoon over the attention.
“Why,” She groaned as he pulled out a seat, pushing it right up against hers as he sat a plate of meat and potatoes down. It must have been one of the free creature meals from the school line. He sat, making sure he was as close as physically possible to her.
Okay, maybe that’s why. Lumine began to understand.
He tilted his head like a new puppy, “Why?” He asked, voice thick with an unknown accent.
“We talked about this,” She shoved his chair away. “This is Razor,” She sighed as he sunk into his chair to pout. Lumine nodded and greeted him with a smile.
“I bought brownies!” Barbara sang as she skipped over to the table, “For our new friend,” She handed out the sweets, “And beef jerky for you,” She said as she handed Razor a slim piece of dried meat. He perked up and took it, chewing on it greedily. After the experience with the cookie Lumine thought the food couldn’t get better. But the brownie was smooth decadent layers of velvet chocolate that melted in her mouth. She had to suppress a groan.
There was a pickup of chatter in the room that pulled her from her chocolate induced fantasy. She looked towards the entrance of the café where a group of boys walked in. They were followed by a gaggle of other students, mostly female, all adorned with an expensive accessory or more.
Lumine was an honest person and she did not deny to herself that these boys looked like royalty. They walked with an air of confidence even through the crowd, knowing that the sea of students would part for them. She counted each of their visions, anemo, geo, cryo and hydro. There was a distinct leader to the group out of the four. A redhead who wore his vision on his belt, showing it off by messily tucking in half of his unkept shirt. Like he wanted people to see it, unlike the rest of them that wore them on chains by their side, as did everyone else in the school.
“Don't stare,” Amber hissed. Lumine snapped her eyes to her friends.
“Who are they?” She asked. Amber eyed her wearily before divulging the information.
“Sons of the school's elite,” She glanced back at the group to ensure they were distracted with food or girls before continuing, “The shorter one with green hair is Xiao, the son of the wangshu inn owner. The geo looking guy is Zhongli from the Wangsheng funeral parlor. Blue hair is Kaeya, one of the sons from the dawn winery.” Amber stopped speaking as she got to the last subject. Lumine quirked a brow as both Barbara and Amber swiveled their heads to check on the group again.
“It's not really them you should be weary of though; besides Xiao they are nice. Xiao has always had a stick up his butt,” Barbara added to the conversation.
“Then what is it, why are we acting like we are defusing a bomb?” Lumine asked.
“It's Childe, the redhead,” Amber whispered.
“Childe? That’s a dumb name,” Lumine thought out loud. The girls hissed at her to keep her voice down.
“He smells mean,” Razor added. Amber pulled on his ear.
“I told you not to talk about him,” She growled at him. He grasped her hand in his, forcing her to release.
“But you are!” he argued.
“Thats because we are warning her!” Amber explained. Razors eyes darted from Ambers to Lumines and he resigned himself back to his half-eaten steak.
Amber rolled her eyes and turned back to Lumine, “It’s not his real name, no one even knows his real name.”
“Childe is an awful nickname,” She whispered back to her friend.
“He’s mean, and evil, once he has you in his sights there's no stopping it.” Amber warned her.
“What about his friends? Don’t they say something?” She asked.
“They are rich, us poor folk don’t matter to them even if they act cordial towards us,” Amber told her as she leaned back, “Besides you don’t have a vision, he will probably just ignore you.”
Lumine widened her eyes, “well...” She felt a tint come to her cheeks, “Actually...”
Amber slammed her fists on the table, “NO WAY! YOUR THAT GIRL!” she screamed. Drawing the attention of half the students.
“Show us!” Barbara insisted.
“Ah, I don’t think now is the best time.” Lumine tried to quell her friend's voices but both girls were oblivious to the attention they were attracting. She glanced over at the red head she was warned about to make sure he was still entranced at whatever activity he had chosen.
“Awh comon I wanna see!” Amber whined.
“First anemo user in history without a vision! Don’t hold out on us!” Barbara added.
“Fine! Just stop yelling at me,” Lumine finally conceded. She put her palm face up on the table and gathered a small amount of wind to it. It tinted green with her power as it swirled into a miniature tornado in her palm.
“This is so cool!” Amber gasped.
“It's the same as anyone else,” Lumine said, closing her hand to cease the wind. She was more than a bit tired of people going ballistic over her powers.
“Let's get back to the dorms,” Amber suggested, “We have much to talk about,” She smiled gleefully. Razor whimpered next to her, “fine you can come too,” She sighed. Razor looked up with a beaming smile.
“Boys are allowed in the girls dorms?” Lumine asked as they gathered their trays and bags.
“Only until eight with a strict open-door policy,” Barbara told her.
She hummed in response as the group made their way over to the trash bins. Eyes were on her now, some searching for a vision trinket she didn’t possess. She was the last one out the door when a chill tingled down her spin. She grabbed the back of her neck and turned, expecting a cryo user to be standing there with a smirk on their face.
Instead, she was greeted with sea blue eyes cutting through the crowd. He smirked when they made eye contact. The chill went down her entire body. She glared as the door to the building swung shut, cutting them off.
Shit.
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luna-helps-writing · 3 years
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Could I please get an Lotr and The Hobbit Matchup?
☘️ 18yo Woman // Bisexual // Autistic and Disabled
☘️ I really love Mythology (Worldwide), Gardening, Home Remedies and Superstitions, Biology, Witchcraft and the Arts. I hope to begin crafting things like Jewelry, Weapons and Kilts, possibly even making a business out of them. I am also an avid writer and like to draw.
☘️ I’m interested in Witchcraft, such as working with Deities and Spirits, and performing magic that helps me and others. The first spell I ever performed was a healing spell for a sick friend, and not thirty minutes after I finished it, I got a text saying he felt a lot better, so I guess it must’ve worked!
☘️ Because of my Autism, I can be rather shy or quiet and quite blunt. I like explaining and teaching people things. I’m very polite but I have been known to go off when pushed enough. I’m also a bit of a trickster, unpredictable and wise in an unconventional way. I have the personality of “I never start shit, but I always finish it”. When you get to know me, I actually have a really good sense of humor and a spunky personality, but it can get buried under the nervousness a lot. I also have a strong sense of duty to others, I’m very protective over fellow misfits and am always kind and polite to those I deem worthy of it. I’m very conflict averse, but when I’m deeply upset enough, I go for the throat.
☘️ I am very short, with a fluffy mane of brown hair, blue eyes, crooked glasses, and pale skin with lots of scabs and moles all over it. I love to wear skirts, especially my red hand-me-down kilt, but that doesn’t limit my tomboy attitude at all
☘️ I have the bizarre ability to attract and befriend random animals. So far, I’ve befriended a stray cat named Diablo, a dog named Hans, a backyard snake, my pet rat Canoli, and a young horse named Fileo. People tell me that animals like me because I have “good vibes” and am very close with nature
☘️ I LOVE going outside and getting messy. Playing in the mud, getting soaked in the rain, I’m the type to go outside and come back home covered in dirt and twigs. It’s just really fun to me.
☘️ I have a habit of giggling to myself just by remembering something funny that happened, even if it was a couple years ago. I also laugh when I do something stupid, because I find my flaws and shortcomings funny for the most part. I love to laugh with people, but never at them. I never take myself too seriously, and I have a pet peeve for others who take themselves and silly things too seriously as well
☘️ My closest friends say I give off “Dwobbit” vibes. That’s a ½ Dwarf and ½ Hobbit btw. I’m around 4’ 10” tall, I don’t shave, I love crafting and art, I live in the Mountains, I’m tomboyish but I also love gardening and can be a bit of a homebody, I love going barefoot, etc.
☘️ I’m basically like a tiny, less-impressive Aragorn. I love travelling on foot, getting messy outside, I was kind of a Horse Girl as a kid ngl, I’ve always wanted to be a knight or king of some sort, chances are that I haven’t bathed in awhile, and I too would pine for a hot elf girl for literal years on end.
Sorry this description is so long, I hope you don’t mind! Thanks so much dear! 🤗🎉💕
Don’t worry about the long description! Thank you for your ask!
For the hobbit, I ship you with Fili!
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• Personally, I believe that Fili would go absolutely crazy for witchcraft. His reaction at Tauriel when she healed Kili said enough for me.
• He would have no trouble helping you with your jewelry or weapons. It’s basically his expertise and he loves teaching you all about it!
• Your autism doesn’t bother him at all. He knows how to help, but he also knows exactly when to let you be. Comments that sometimes slip out seems normal to him, as he grew up with a brother who might’ve had the same issue....
• Often takes walks with you. You’ll go anywhere and everywhere. Sometimes, when he feels bold, he’ll launch at you, pushing you into the mud or into the water. Not that you mind. You drag him with you before he can take a step back!
• Your laugh might yet be one of his favorite things. There’ll be times when the two of you are sitting quietly and you suddenly let out a giggle. He cannot help but smile at you and join your laughter, even if he has no idea what’s so funny.
• And last, but very not least, he is an amazing caretaker. He will join you in fun activities, but he will know when and where to draw a line. He’ll remind you to take baths, and if you decline, he’ll probably propose to join you.
For Lord of the Rings, I ship you with Aragorn!
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• This sweetheart barely knows any life outside the wilds. Traveling with you would be amazing for him! He’ll show you the prettiest places in Middle-Earth and introduce you to the greatest animals to walk around. (To which you interact with in a great way, much to his surprise.)
• He himself knows a thing or two about home remedies and biology, but your witchcraft takes him by surprise. Sure, he has seen it before, but now he personally knows someone who is great at it!
• It is absolutely no surprise that traveling with a ranger can get messy at times, but you don’t mind at all. Sometimes, he’ll just brood off into the distance and you’ll throw something at him like a pinecone or a piece of mud. He sees this as an immediate challenge and will not stop chasing you until you surrender.
• Aragorn loves how blunt you are. Sometimes, you can’t help it, but he won’t mind the comments at all. He appreciates them. There are multiple times where you’re very shy, but he’ll stand up for you, urging the person to talk to him and not to you.
• He teases you a lot about your laughing. There will be times where you suddenly laugh, and he’ll imitate you, which makes you laugh even harder.
• The two of you together are a great combo! He is there to help when you need it, while you do the exact same for him, because even our favorite ranger sometimes needs help, though he will not confess it.
My second choice was Éowyn, but Aragorn seemed a better fit to me.
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• Often play fights with you. It’s great for your entertainment and great for her sparring experience.
• Seems like a sweetheart, but if anyone dares mock you, you can count on her to rain hellfire upon that person. You will definitely need to calm her down.
• Might he the most blown-away person by your witchcraft. She will buy you all sorts of gifts to help you. Sometimes she’ll bring something that you don’t really need, but you appreciate it nonetheless and proudly display it.
• LOVES HEARING ABOUT MYTHOLOGY. Before you go to bed, the nights are spend by you telling Éowyn stories. It could be about anything, but she is all ears. She even has a little notebook where she writes the things down you say. It’s truly adorable.
I hope it was to your liking! Have a great day and stay safe please❤️
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pianoperson · 4 years
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50 Reasons Why You Should Love Jonah Clemence
Because Jonah is loveable 😤
His name is very beautiful. It’s a common name but with a different pronunciation that just makes it suddenly 10000x more sophisticated.
He’s the Queen of Hearts. That’s a big sexy title.
He’s got gorgeous eyes that will pull you towards him like a magnet.
He’s got a sexy ass smirk, like COME ON, YOU CAN’T TELL ME YOU WEREN’T WEAKENED BY THAT SMIRK AT ONE POINT
He’s got beautiful hair that managed to confuse the whole fandom as to what fucking color it is JDJSHHDJDJJD
Boi will spend all his money just for you (at least, you think he spent all his money until you stumbled upon his secret vault somewhere in Cradle because THAT MAN HAS TOO MUCH MONEY)
He loves sweets. Like, really really love sweets
Follow up on 7, get you a man who can satisfy your stomach and satisfy his own along with you because eating together is one of the best ways to spend time together 😌
Boi is strong enough to protect you, have you seen his third route CG?
HE BLUSHYYYYYYYYY AND POUTYYYYYYYY DON’T YOU WANNA SEE THE MAN BLUSHY AND POUTY
You can make Jonah wear only a trash bag, and he will still look like the most beautiful human in existence
He’ll scold his colleagues for their eating/drinking habits. He cares about their health, man
Loves his brother so so much, get you a man who would support his family
Jonah is voiced by the lovely lovely Natsuki Hanae, facking music to the ears 😩👌
This man can sing, like he can sing for you if you want a lullaby 😭
Follow up on 15, BOI JUST HUMS AND SKIPS WHEN HE’S HAPPY LIKE THAT IS SO PURE
This boi took his brother out of the house as kids to see the stars at midnight just to see his brother happy
Follow up on 17, THIS BOI WOULD TAKE YOU OUT ON A MIDNIGHT WALK JUST FOR YOU TO SEE THE STARS AND MAKE YOU SMILE
Jonah’s fated to get drenched one way or another every time he visits the Lake of Tears HAHAHAHAHA
THIS MAN HAS SO MUCH DUALITY I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START
Boi would be all cute and blushy one second, and the next, he’s got you weak on the knees with his sultry voice and sexy sexy smirk
You think he’s an angel? Well okay, he can be, but beware when you get in bed with him, because he’s going to reveal his inner devil in the sheets 🤡
He has a hamster for a pet just because he thinks hamsters are cute. How precious is that?
BOI GIVES HUGGIES like among the guys in the game, Jonah’s the one who’s given the most heartwarming hugs to his Alice 🥺🥺🥺 ... that or the tunnel vision is intense DHDHHSHDHJD
THIS BOI MANAGED TO GLARE ONE (1) TIME AND MADE AMON JABBERWOCK SHIT HIS PANTS WHAT A QUEEN
Just. This line. “I didn’t know it was crime to be beautiful amongst you Black Army louts.”
HE CARES ABOUT THE HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE HE’S CLOSE TOlike in Edgar’s route, he’s all like, “is it strange that I genuinely want Edgar to be happy?” LIKE PRECIOUS BOIIII
Would eat proscuitto as he watches Kyle suffer at the hands of Edgar Bright
Jonah may call himself beautiful, but he lowkey hates it because it reminds him that he was bullied because the bullies found him cute please hold this man
He’s a tsundere but his tsun is so so cute like you just wanna poke him every time he’s tsun
Speaking of tsun, it’s funny and cute, but he’s insecure about being seen as weak or vulnerable and his tsun-ness is sort of a consequence of that so please hold him some more
HIS TYPE OF WOMAN IS SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIM FOR HIS LOOKS BUT SOMEONE WHO LOVES HIM FOR WHO HE IS BECAUSE HE IS TIRED OF PEOPLE CALLING HIM BEAUTIFUL
Man is PRUDENT AND NOBLE AF like mm yes, drink that righteousness juice 😌👌
You try to make his Alice a hostage for him to not attack you? HAHA JOKES ON YOU, JONAH’S WAY TOO FAST FOR YOU TO KEEP ALICE IN YOUR CLUTCHES FOR LONG
He can AND will save you, he’s got dumb willpower that gets him through frankly anything
He smells good. What kind of scent, idk. But he smells good.
He’ll buy your cologne. Chances are your cologne is the same as his or the female version of it.
This man WILL say “I love you” unlike some guys............ I mean come on, actions speak louder than words, but hearing your man say “I love you” wouldn’t hurt, right?
BOI CAN PLAY A SHIT TON OF INSTRUMENTS BECAUSE HE WAS TAUGHT AS A KID AND I AM STILL NOT OVER THIS FACT TO THIS DAY
He can’t do laundry, he’ll just spin his jacket just to remove the water out of it. Boi even dreamt once that he tried and failed to fold a towel LMAO
He’s a perfectionist *chef’s kiss* and will put in all his effort to anything
This man CANNOT lie to save his ass, like stan that honesty
GET 👏 YOURSELF 👏 A 👏 LOYAL 👏 MAN 👏 LIKE 👏 JONAH 👏 IF THIS MAN CAN STICK TO LANCELOT’S SIDE FOR 17 YEARS AND STILL COUNTING, HE WOULD DEFINITELY STICK TO YOUR SIDE FOR LIFE
This. Line. “Even if the entire world becomes my enemy, I won’t allow you to get hurt. I will keep you safe, no matter what.”
HE WOULD WAIT IN THE RAIN, ALL DRENCHED AND SOAK, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE NOT KIDNAPPED OR ANYTHING
Jonah grew stronger from the boy who was bullied easily because he thought of the people who cared for him. 🥺🥺🥺
This man would boop your nose. You can boop his nose back.
This man would tire his poor horse travelling across the country just to make sure you’re not sick
Jonah would do anything to see your smile. In fact, this boi already made it his top priority to see your smile at the beginning of his damn route and put his mission of seducing Alice as second.
His smirk may be hot and his pout may be the cutest thing on earth, but it’s his smile that makes the whole world even brighter than the sun could ever hope to do. Just... God, the amount of times Jonah’s smile in his romantic made me feel so much happier during hard times.
BONUS: Jonah sometimes forgets that he’s human. Please help him.
,,,, it feels like there are still many more reasons to love Jonah Clemence,,,
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WHAT IF... SANDERS SIDES BUT MAKE IT A TROPEY TEEN BEACH AU
Endgame!LAMP. Dukeceit, Remile
Just 2k stream of consciousness words from a plunny that grew legs TW for v slight underage drinking, one joking mention of violence, and a non-specific discussion of intrusive thoughts
-Janus has just moved there because his parents wanted to start a new "adventure" and he is a Stereotypical Teenager. Very "ugh MOM I wanna go back to my FRIENDS for my LAST SUMMER BEFORE COLLEGE"(most of his friends suck. He should not spend time with them. He does not know this)
His Parents buy him a surfboard and tell him to try it out as a way to get him to Shut Up
Hes a Skater Boy(cue music) so he picks it up super fast from like,,, youtube videos
 -He gets told to Get a Job if he wants to like, keep buying surf gear?
All the local kids work at like one restaurant/yacht club type place right on the beach
Janus gets hired as a host
 -Logan is a beach badge checker, Patton, Roman, and Remus are beachfront restaurant waiters but Roman just Really Wants To Surf, Emile and Virgil are Lifeguards, and Remy is a bartender
 -Janus is Very Good At Customer Service because Fake Smiles
Patton recognizes this Immediately
He shows him the Rage Closet which is a tiny room with an arm chair that locks from the inside where you can punch a pillow on your break when it gets to be Too Much
-Janus is Attached now and there is no getting rid of him
Patton Fully Endorses this and introduces him to the rest of the group
Janus Knows Immediately that LAMP is In Love but says nothing because he aint no snitch
-Remus surfs, but he also always wear a thong while doing it
Roman wears a full wetsuit and somehow still gets Board Rash. Remus is somehow immune and it infuriates him
 -Janus, not knowing that the twins live right on the beach cuz they are RichTM: Hey Ree I kinda wanna learn how to surf would you be able to teach me 
Remus, who religiously watches Janus surf every morning, but is absolutely willing to play this game: Yeah absolutely
Patton, later: “lets rinse off at the twins they’re right here” Janus: theyre.... What?!
 -Meanwhile, elsewhere, Virgil and Roman are double teaming Logan to drag him into the water with them cuz he’s pouting about losing a debate with their manager about how he didn’t really be mean to the dudebro who wanted to get his buddies onto the beach without paying, he was just enforcing the rules. And if the dude was so offended by Logan’s Very Accurate Dragging that he complained to management then, well, that’s his problem not Logan’s
 -Logan is never without a book. Ever. And its always a different book. Janus is starting to think he owns a library
One day he is just... reading a Physics textbook. Not taking notes or anything. Just reading. 
Roman is Very Very Alarmed by this because he is Gay and Math is Scary
"Roman I'm also gay that is not a determining factor"
"Yeah but you can't drive"
"...fair"
 -the first time janus has a shift with the twins, he cant stop staring, not just because hes like,,, super attracted to Remus but also because they are like Chaos Incarnate and yet somehow get the most tips??? He doesn't understand???
It's just cuz they are both Huge Flirts and Flatterers and the patrons dont care that they're not-so-subtly beating the shit out of each other right there on the dining floor because theyre just so charming
 -one of the bartenders gets aggressively snapped at by a customer and called "sweetheart" and before Janus can even begin to react Remy is there, sunglasses off, fire in his eyes, telling them to settle their bill and get the fuck out
Janus, used to City Restaurants- "Wont you get in trouble with the owner?!"
Remy, who knows Nothing Else But This- "What?? Not likely I only did it cuz Thomathy wasnt here to do it himself"
 -the restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday so that is the Pseudo Weekend for the staff where everyone hangs out at the beach
Emile and Virgil take Tuesdays off but still work Monday’s cuz they feel better being the one watching over their friends
 -Roman, staring at Virgil on the lifeguard stand: ugh he’s so pretty I almost wish I was drowning just so he could give me cpr 
Janus: you wanna potentially get your ribs broken just for lip contact? 
Remy, staring at Emile on the lifeguard stand: listen, if that’s what it takes, I’ll take it
Remus, immediately going up to the lifeguard stand because he has 0 impulse control: hey my brother and cousin want you to break their ribs 
Virgil and Emile: excuse me?????
 -Patton will literally spend hours in the water. Logan physically drags him out to put sunscreen on him every two hours to the minute. Patton does not admit that he purposely "forgets" just so Logan will do so
Logan is Dark and has never used sunscreen ever but Patton is so pale and he just gets so concerned about him. Patton thinks its adorable
He has pages of research on proper spf determination.
Roman and Remus use spf 15 just on their faces and have never once burned in their lives
Logan wants to submit them for scientific study because that shouldnt be possible
Virgil calls Logan out on the fact that he also should be wearing sunscreen and Logan like... blue screens he cant believe in all his research he missed that
 -Patton is like... a ridiculously strong swimmer. Virgil still has a heart attack every time he goes for laps when there is the slightest hint of an undertow
Patton Knows This so he tries to stay in Virgil's sight line for the most part if there is an undertow. Or just dives over the waves again and again.
His nickname is Ariel. He thinks its just cuz of the swimming and the fact hes a red head. LAP all separately also tack on that its the swimming, the red hair, and the hnng pretty 10/10 would follow out to sea ala Prince Eric
 -first beach bonfire Janus goes to Remy is Fully In Emile's Lap like... half an hour in
he has had like maybe a sip of a beer
Remus says he still claims this is because he is a Clingy Drunk
no one will call him on it, least of all Emile
 -there is truth or dare. Roman may or may not skinny dip you have no proof
 -Logan gets infuriated that he cannot roast a marshmallow properly
Patton does it perfectly every single time but its ok cuz he shares and Logan eats it right from his fingers and Roman and Virgil are just in the background Trying and Failing not to be the Most Jealous
Patton thinks theyre upset they didn't get marshmallows and makes some for them too and there is lots of Significant Eye Contact involved
Janus is going to spontaneously combust if they don't get their shit together
 -Janus is out walking on the beach one night on a full moon cuz he cant sleep with everything so quiet around here when he sees a bright green patch out in the water and goes ...wait
he calls out to Remus and he comes into shore and is like "waves are perfect at night you should join me" so janus goes back and gets his board and they surf and chat for like the entire night
Janus finds out Remus couldn't sleep cuz intrusive thoughts were keeping him awake
Janus listens and doesn't judge, just lets Remus talk it out
They go back to shore and fall asleep on the sand next to each other like mid sentence still talking, now about whatever creative business idea Remus had, and get woken up by Logan's morning rounds like "come on guys you know you're not allowed to sleep out here" but they dont care theyre both just *blushing emoji*
-Logan Always Has A Notebook right? And a regular book he reads. And everyone assumes they are like Notions and Observations, but no, it’s actually blank paper and he uses it to sketch and then one day he leaves it behind and someone either Virgil or Patton finds it and flips through it and it’s all sketches of them and Roman and they’re like??? Actually really good? Anyway that’s how they find out Logan is actually minoring in art even though he’s majoring in something Very STEM 
And he never told his best friends because like almost all his pre college art is Them and he doesn’t want to be caught having Feelings and by the time it gets to college it’s been too long and he can’t tell them now 
Roman takes one of the sketches of him surfing and makes it his profile picture on All Social Media He Has and Logan is so flustered he nearly breaks his damn phone
Patton is so offended he didn’t get invited to Logan’s first showcase that he doesn’t talk to him for like two whole hours 
Virgil quietly asks if there is any art of all four of them, finds out there is, and makes a print and keeps it on his bedside table
 -They are all Pining Outwardly Now and its Worse
 -Remus : you have known them since pre-k please ask them out I beg of you 
Roman: You just dont get it 
Remus: I asked Janus out after 4 weeks what is your problem
 Emile: Virgil, I love you, you are my Partner in Anti-Drowning but you are so stupid 
Virgil: What???? All I said is that you and Remy are really cute and I'd love to be in a relationship like that 
Emile: I am not a violent person, Virgil, but I have the strong urge to smack you
 Patton, in the Rage Closet: They're all just so hOT and ReSPEctFUL 
Janus, waiting for his turn, trying to act like he cant hear him: I Am Looking Elsewhere
 Logan: I just don't understand why they were more upset that I didn't tell them than that I'd been making art of them for years?? Shouldn't that second part be worse??
Remy, who has been partial to Every Single One Of AMP Waxing Poetic About Logan: Yeah, no idea /s
 -the twins get into a surfing competition as a pair and everyone goes to see them and support them
Thomas airs the competition on every tv in the restaurant cuz he’s Proud of his Bois
They WIN cuz they are Creative and Talented and came up with all sorts of crazy tricks while they were fucking around in the water but it earns them Major Bonus Points for originality
 -Roman does the run off the podium and into Love’s arms trope with just like... whoever’s closest lets go Patton because he is a Waif and forced himself up front so he can see
The other two are Devastated because well shit but then Roman pushes through the crowd, still holding Patton’s hand, and gives them this smile and is like “remember in like second grade when we said we’d do everything together and made a pact on this beach”
Analogical: uhhhhhh yeah
Roman: holding you both to it. No take backs. This counts. Now kiss me, dammit, we WON and they DO MANY TIMES AND ITS REAL CUTE
 -Meanwhile dukeceit have Mysteriously Disappeared and No One wants to be the ones to go find them. They show back up, eventually. Janus has a branch in his hair and remus' hair is sticking straight up and when he opens his mouth roman glares at him and tells him in no uncertain terms that they do not want to know
 AnYWaY these are my children and I will gladly answer any questions about them. I left out Janus Backstory and Creativitwins Angst and Many Individual LAMP Scenes and Remile/Dukeceit getting together and Epilogue but can absolutely provide such things on request
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bittercoldbrew · 3 years
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PLEASE tell me about the alien plant girls im so gay for anthropomorphic fem plants
omg thank you SO MUCH for asking and i apologize in advance for the infodump because i have been thinking about these alien plant people for literal years now, i love them so much. I first started thinking about these guys a little after TFA, because of an oc i was working on for a lil star wars fic that i have mostly abandoned by now--so sorry to the like 3 people who were reading my sidon ithano fic but tlj/tros really killed whatever passion i had for the franchise for a good long time :/ but Mando is great so i've been thinking about them'st again...
anyway i am sticking this under a cut because a) im very attached to these characters and if someone steals my shit i will kermit and b) sweet jesus this got so long, i am so sorry
in the SW universe at least, these plant people (that i still for the life of me cannot settle on an actual name for) were the primary inhabitants of a dwarf planet way out in wild space; they had a pretty symbiotic relationship with a race of sentient insectoid people (basically human-sized bees) who could travel between the planet and their home on one of its three moons (affectionately called the Honey Moon). what the plants didn’t know was that the bees were also able to travel to different planets, and had been doing so for a couple centuries before everything went to shit--but we’ll get to that in a bit.
the plant people weren’t particularly interested in the galaxy around them--they had a decent understanding of astronomy and cosmology, but little cultural interest in journeying to the stars. since the planet was pretty small and distant from the galactic core, it was pretty rare that a visiting ship would even pass them by, and scanners didn’t register them as genuine life-forms separate from the natural flora, so even if someone happened to end up out there it’s not the sort of place anyone would really choose to land. on rare occasions, a pirate or smuggler would try to hide out on what they thought to be an unoccupied planet, and would return to the Outer Rim with tales of mobile, sentient trees and bizarre, organic cities found on some uncharted world; likewise, occasionally a plant person would turn up at the local bar with tales of crashed space-ships and strange aliens that seemed almost like people. neither would ever be taken seriously.
the plants aren’t a particularly verbal people. they understand spoken language (a somewhat-modified Basic, at least, which is what the bees speak hmm i wonder where they picked that up from) and many can talk, but most don’t really bother learning to do so. mostly they rely on an ESP-like combo of pheromones and body language, highly attuned to the point that it’s essentially a kind of telepathy. i think i mentioned in the tags on that post that my character Antheia is sorta kinda a jedi? for these people, force sensitivity tends to manifest as an extra-extra-sensory-perception that causes you to be hyperaware of every living thing in your environment, not just the other sentient ones.
this made her uhhh extremely off-putting as a youth, easily distractable and often disinterested in the other people in the small community she grew up in, where she was already pretty disliked to begin with. there’s quite a lot of diversity among the plant people (a wide variety of skin tones/textures and body types, though few if any secondary sex characteristics; four limbs are most common, though occasionally some have two or more sets of arms; different types of leaves/vines/blossoms/etc in lieu of hair), and though they have a barter-based economy there’s still a lot of classism that’s mostly based around lineage (and thus evinced by one’s appearance and the traits one manifests). to protect (or attempt to bolster) those lineages, prospective parents can apply for a spot in a nursery, where their offspring are propagated and tended--mostly just through infancy before going to live with parents, though sometimes longer, and the very high class have private nurseries that will do all the rearing so they don’t have to.
But, on very rare occasions, certain wild plants will spontaneously develop sentience, and even more rarely will survive on their own long enough to find their way to a community. Hundreds of years ago (or “before the bees could speak”, which is their version of “once upon a time”), these spontaneous growths were revered and cherished, and whoever was first to encounter one would see it as a great honor to be responsible for their care and upbringing. now, with a much more striated society, these “weeds” (derogatory) are considered inferior, feral, dangerous. fortunately for Antheia, the man who found her, tangled in marsh reeds under the light of the Honey Moon, didn’t buy into any of that bullshit. he was a really sweet dad, very attentive and doting on his increasingly-strange adopted daughter; they were very close. but the older she got, the more her unusual ability developed, and the more he realized he was well out of his depth to help her understand that part of herself. eventually, she’s sent away to a kind of temple/convent for other people like her, where she’s trained to hone and control her extra senses, rather than be overwhelmed by them.
many years later, the sudden appearance of several large starships in their atmosphere turns their society on its head. it turns out, the bee-people have been traveling to other planets, forging alliances, brokering deals; they claim they just want to facilitate inter-planetary trade. Antheia is among the first to mistrust these invading aliens and their fleet of well-armed droids who seem hell-bent on mining their planet (which is, apparently, rich with cortosis, which--thank you wookiepedia--is apparently capable of repelling lightsabers and blasterfire alike). She flees her convent, joins up with an underground network of resistance fighters, discovers that her hyperawareness makes her a truly formidable force on the battlefield, and helps lead her people in defending the sovereignty of their home. And then things take a turn for the worse...but we don’t need to get into that right now.
ANYWAY.
my other oc, Shoal, is from the same planet but not even remotely star-warsy; either from a different time period well before the droid incursion, or just like an AU of my own stuff, idk. but she’s great, i love her deeply even though i dont really know what i even want to do with her yet. i mostly just was thinking about what a normal, average person in this world would be like, but then i got too attached. she’s also one of the spontaneous “weeds”, a semi-aquatic plant girl that washed up on a sandbar that occasionally connects a small island with the mainland when the tide is out. she was sort of “found” by multiple people at the same time, since they were making their way across to go trade goods at the mainland market, so to avoid the confusion of who should be responsible for her, she’s just sort of raised by the village as a whole. they name her Shoal, since that’s where they found her (it started as a joke, but then no one could agree on anything else to call her so it just sort of...stuck).
she grows up without realizing that it’s a pretty unusual upbringing. as a teen, she gains the reputation for the island’s best fisher (it helps that she can breathe as well underwater as above, and she’s always been a good swimmer). one thing that’s pretty consistent among all the plant people are their teeth--they all have long, sharp incisors and canines because sexy and also as more of a defense mechanism than a dietary one. they don’t eat much, typically absorbing nutrients from the sun/water/air/soil (mud baths are such a beloved experience, like for the most part they are very dignified people but find them some good mud and they will wallow for days) but when they do it’s pretty meat-heavy. they don’t really enjoy the process of eating very much, especially because they don’t have much gut bacteria so they typically have to swallow some stones to break up their food and nobody wants to do all that. but, at least in the coastal towns near where Shoal grew up, fresh-caught fish is considered a delicacy, and they can trade for quite a lot in return.
as she gets older, though, she starts getting restless. she loves her village, but it’s all she’s ever really known. also, it is so hard to even consider dating when literally everyone your age is practically your sibling, i mean, yeesh. so one day she just packs her bags and says her goodbyes and waits for low tide, then sets off to find her own way in the great wide world. she stops wherever she can, sees everything she can, but eventually settles down working at a tavern in a medium-sized town that’s mostly acclaimed for being a crossroads between bigger and better places. she likes it there, likes getting to know lots of new people and hearing about someone else’s travels more than she actually liked traveling herself. after a few years, the tavern-keeper retires and decides to leave the place to her, and she finds she’s become a permanent fixture in this new community. that’s really all i have for her so far, and i have no idea whether i’ll ever actually do anything with this character lol, but still she is very precious to me so i hope i find a story she’d be a good match for sometime soon.
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Ronan twins x gender neutral reader (platonic)
Ty is definitely a dad jokes and 'jokes so bad that you can't help but laugh' kinda person, you cannot change my mind.
Really wish there were more fics for video games. But once again I wish for other types of fans to not find this.
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Usually, Alyson would be the victim of Tyler's horrendous jokes. Seriously, it was like he googled 'bad jokes' and just couldn't read the word 'bad'. To be fair, he executed them so perfectly that you couldn't help but laugh. Maybe he was actually using bad jokes on purpose.
Anyway, today it turned out to be that you were the victim. Aly was used to it, of course, with him being her brother and all. You, on the other hand, didn't have much experience with it. The jokes that you've heard all your life, apart from dad jokes and Ty's jokes, were all pretty decent. You always thought you'd handle them well, but apparently not. They were much more different when you were the one being bombarded with them rather than Aly.
"Knock knock." You sigh, turning to him. Nobody should turn down a knock knock joke, or a high five; such a thing is a major crime in the laws of friendship.
"Who's there?"
"Interrupting cow."
You take a deep breath before answering. "Interrupting co–"
"MOO!"
It takes 100% of you to not laugh. The terrible 'moo' and shit eating grin on his face was enough to make you laugh each on their own. "ha ha." You say sarcastically, having to cover your mouth to stop yourself from laughing.
"Oh come on," He pokes at your side to try to get you to laugh, but you resort to chugging down your bottle. Terrible idea, by the way. "I can see you're trying to hold back from laughing."
You don't respond, still chugging down your bottle. "Okay, okay, tough crowd."
"What did the fish say when he swam into a wall?" Silence, utter silence. Alyson answers with a 'what'; the reason she's not the victim today is because she's focusing on the road while you drive to Juneau.
"Dam. Get it? Like a water da–" You spit out about all the water in your mouth, which is a good quarter of your bottle.
"Uh-huh? Uh-huh?" Tyler rubs his victory in your face while Alyson scolds you for being so careless and also so vulnerable for the joke. It's not your fault she's grown used to then.
While you cough and hit your chest, you manage to muster an apology, a playful one, though Aly can't notice that when you sound like you're suffering. "I'm sorry for spilling water all over the Aly-mobile!" She can be really scary when she's angry, which is why you have to apologize so quickly and lighten the mood.
She sighs, "It's alright, it's just water." You never thought you'd get out of her scolding so easily. "But you owe me." Ah, there's the catch.
"I'll treat you to.. a bottle of water." Water spillage really isn't much to worry about, but Alyson makes it a point that she will use this against you in a future argument, whenever that is.
"Make it a bottle of soda and we have a deal." You make eye contact in the rear view mirror and she glares at you playfully.
"Fine." You groan, dragging out the 'i'. Hopefully she doesn't ask for one of the expensive ones.
"Well there's three types of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't. You better be the former or else you'll accidentally buy three sodas." Tyler waves his finger around to emphasize. This joke is way worse than the other two, and thankfully it doesn't make you laugh… properly. It does make you huff out a laugh through your nose, but he doesn't catch that.
"Or maybe I'll buy three sodas. I'm on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it!" You roll your eyes at that one, as it's a dad joke. Took you right back to rolling your eyes at dad jokes in your childhood.
"What? Can't take the dad joke?" He pokes your side again. Even if he uses dad jokes, he's pretty much a big ol' child. "Alright, alright another. I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me." The way he strokes his facial hair as if he were a wise old man makes you laugh this time.
You can see Alyson roll her eyes in the rear view mirror. "You've used that one on me before." She says rather smugly.
"So what, Aly? I haven't used it on them before!" He makes a big show out of pointing his arms in your way, even if Alyson won't see it.
"Uh-huh." Alyson says sarcastically.
"Come on, at least it was good!"
"No, it wasn't. Pretty sure I read that one on the internet before."
Tyler playfully crosses his arms, leaning back against his seat and away from you to sulk. You grin at him, poking at his chest with your clothed foot as a way to get back at him.
"Hey!" He groans, scrunching up his nose in disgust. He slaps your foot away, reeling his hand back just as quick when he feels how wet it is. "Ew! Why is it wet?"
"I spit water over all over it."
"Ew!" Tyler exclaims again. "Water and sweat!"
"It's a comeback for all those jokes you've been putting me through, but if you're going to continue to be a whiny child, I'll give you this one." You clear your throat a few times, pausing dramatically to build up anticipation. "I'm hungry."
You immediately see his face light up. Although you were sure he was sulking for the drama, it really looked like he'd turned 180°.
"Yes! Hi hungry, I'm dad! Er, Tyler!"
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calypsoff · 3 years
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Fifty Nine.
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We have been keeping very low-key I mean very low-key, quiet from everything and all social media. At the same time having to take Chris’ mind off the prospect of Jail time, Barry is nowhere to be found now so the paying off scenario isn’t going to work so now we’re left with going to court, which a date has come very quick and I’m actually shocked but I’m sure it’s because Chris isn’t just anyone anymore but anyways, they have given him a date. The lawyer is asking for community service, like we can at least get that for him. It’s just crazy how they got it so quick but then they have the CCTV also which makes it bad, I’m just hoping for a miracle at this moment in time. I’m trying to not worry and enjoying my pregnancy, I thought while Chris is just feeling sad for himself I would help him with his clothing line and off my own back just designed a few things, not sure if he wants it or whatever but I’m trying because he isn’t doing anything, so I am making him do things. Like going to VA, I said to him before I get even bigger we need to go so I think we are going today to VA with more than one bodyguard, I ain’t about to play with fire in that place. Even though I love VA, it’s so peaceful there but I have to be careful, I don’t take threats lightly, not at all. We would like to have stayed with my in-laws, but I don’t feel safe for Chris to be there, we will stay outside of VA and they can visit us but we should be going today, I say should because I’ve not said it again to him. It’s a mess but we can deal with it, I know we can so I’m not trying to stress myself out too much. Chris will be with me; he will be seeing our baby be born. I am putting it into existence, god gave me him back now he can protect him from this evil. My mother said she’s praying for him, I told her what happened and she’s so sad for him. Joyce and Clinton don’t know as of yet, also this time in VA we can spend time together, Mel has gone to Barbados to clear her mind so it’s just us in this home currently. It’s pretty lonely, I’m used to my team being around.
I knew Chris would be in the office, he’s smiling so that is a good sign “I am excited for this actually, I needed some positive energy and seeing the website is what I needed. I cannot wait for this, I really can’t. Which brings me into my wife was helping me, nothing would have happened if it weren’t for Rihanna she inspires me a lot because her work ethic and she’s happily said she will be along with the idea, she will design some exclusive stuff, just limited edition things which will bring my traffic. I wasn’t for it but she’s helping me, so we have that. But she is the one to inspire me, we will need to discuss an opening and maybe some party I don’t know yet” my smile grew hearing him say that I wonder if he knows I am here “I still think we should do the Nobodies business tee, mention that. Fans love merch” TJ is on this, Chris must have kept him “he’s right Chris, personally. If you had Rihanna on a tee I’m buying. I love her so yeah” Chris chuckled “see what she says, but I have to go. We will discuss and have an update, but Cena is making moves, we doing good team. God bless and take care, speak soon” Chris grinned waving, nice to see him happy. He turned his chair to me “speaking nice things about me because you knew I was here huh” Chris grinned and closed his laptop “I suppose, I was like let me get in her good books” walking over to Chris “you are in my good books, sometimes” walking around his desk “you have taken over this, I like it. You all busy now, you been in meetings all that time” sitting on his lap “yes, they sent me pictures of the website. It’s amazing” placing my arm around his neck, Chris pressed a kiss to my side boob “thanks, good. TJ still with us? He’s not going to change next is he?” Chris shook his head “he cut ties with him too, Maybe Mel chose the wrong one, TJ is dumb but he’s good” Chris placed his hand over my bump “as long as he is working then good, so you ready to go to VA yeah? You didn’t really say yes you just shrugged, we go and get your family nice and safe with a new home?” I get such a tingly feeling, my heart flutters when he touches my bump, my whole heart right here “I just thought you might say it to make me feel better but if we are going then yes, let’s go” i cooed out “rules are, we taking my bodyguards and we staying away from your parents, they come to us. Also we can have some time together” pressing a kiss to the top of his head “cool, man. I always wanted to buy my parents a house, a dream come true” least this will make him happy.
I rather he let me pack but no, he is helping and his helping is rushing to pack “your bump is super cute by the way, I admire it. Like our baby just in there baking and shit, just vibing. It’s probably dancing in there, but your bump is cute. We going to do pictures? Like memory type shit” he asked me “wow, Christopher. Baby. You asking me? Putting me to shame now, yes we will. Don’t worry, I am planning on that, we going to have some cute pictures like our wedding ones were super cute, awww god I love you so much” Chris laughed and then got shy “man, I’m in love. I’ll beat a nigga ass for you and do time, you my twin. And my best friend, why do I need others when I got you” he is my whole heart “poppa I love you too” poking my lips out, he pressed a kiss to my lips. I laughed as he moved back, reaching my hand up and wiping my lipgloss from his lips “my bad” hearing the buzzer go off “I’ll get that, just finish off here for me” he makes me laugh because I been doing that, I have been fixing what he’s been doing. I’m so in love with him, I am and it’s sickening but I love him. I’m actually hoping to visit Barbados before I have the baby, I’m just thinking how we can do that. I want to see my family and relax a little bit, get some sun and peace. California just can be so messy at times; I just want that break with him. I’m sure I can fit it in, folding his sweatshirt. Bringing it up to my nose to smell it before placing it in the case, smells like him. This is my drug; his clothes be just turning me on. I don’t think we need to pack heavy, buying the home should be easy, I guess a few days there is nice and then come back. Start some rehearsals for the Grammys, Things are different meaning baby, so I want to make sure my breathing and singing hasn’t changed so I need to start on that.
Chris came upstairs with a box “oh what is that?” I think I know what it is, he asked for some freebies as a joke with Puma well I got that for him “I don’t know, it says my name. Actually it says Christopher Fenty-Brown is this a joke?” I sniggered “you my bitch, shut up” he looks so offended “but I’m not Fenty” he’s so annoying “look just stop and open it” Chris looked up at me from the floor “you know what it is?” I shrugged “no, I told you that people think you’re my bitch, look at you on the floor on your knees too” Chris shook his head laughing “my birthday isn’t yet, but this is exciting” he is so adorable, it’s like Christmas for him right now, he is so very appreciative too “what does this say” he grabbed the little note card in the box “To Chris, please try our new releases from the Puma team. Oh shit, really!?” I grinned at him “yes, you got some free stuff poppa, now you play with that while I pack” that will keep him entertained “thank you so much Robyn, oh god. You did this for me!” Waving him off “don’t be, it’s just the start” making my way to the bathroom, I adore him so much with everything he does for me. He is so supportive of me too.
So we have three bodyguards now, I didn’t want them to stay at the place we are renting there but I rather they do stay, you never know but I have Rich, Frank and Ben now with us. I guess they both can go out and come back at night or maybe I should ask “Rich, so what do you think to one of you staying with us and the rest go like to a hotel, look I sound dramatic, and he is in jail but you never know and I want to be safe so what to do you think?” let’s see what he says about it, if he thinks only one of them needs to stay then so be it, I feel like three of them is a but much “one will be ok, shall I stay with you?” nodding my head “and besides, no offence but Chris knows Rich more then you both” I said, I thought I would mention that he stays because Chris does get along with him, Chris is just sat here in Puma. He is loving the fact that he had these freebies, I love that he is so appreciative about it too, he is cute “so did you pack all of your Puma things?” I had to ask “kind of, I tod my mom an dad where we are staying, I just want to see them” nodding my head, not like I mind “it has been a while since I last seen my second mother so why not, is she staying over?” Chris shrugged, so he doesn’t know so I guess I will ask them to stay over.
I snorted laughing and so did Chris “are we on a plantation?” Chris said the same thing I thought “I feel like it is, Tina is racist. That bitch” I laughed shaking my head, the home is nice and it’s like in the middle of nowhere, but I swear it looks like a plantation “well I guess we going to be some hillbillies, I think you will be a cute one too actually” reaching over and stroking the side of his face “no way, oh shit. The owners are white too, my god. Tina set us up?” Chris cackled; the car came to a halt “if this is a set up I am cutting” Rich said before getting out of the car “you going to do the extra cotton picking for me? I am with child so I can’t” Chris side eyed me, the door opened, and I got out. The owners looks kind but creepy kind of people, I sighed out as the white guy made his way over to me “welcome Robyn, so good to meet you” oh no, I think they are fans, well the way his daughter his staring at me is not good “pleasure is all mine, I love your home” shaking his hand “well I hope you enjoy it, as advised. The keys” he held the keys up to me, taking the keys from him “is there anything we need to do?” I questioned, you never know what I can or can’t do at the home “not at all, the home is yours to use and have fun. Thank you for choosing us” this guy is sweet after being judgemental about him.
Joyce and Clinton are both here, I have a back pain again so I needed to sit down but let me go to see the in-laws, making my way to the door “my baby, Robyn!” Joyce spat, making my way to Joyce “oh my god” Joyce placed her hands over her mouth staring at me in shock, all emotional “Robyn, oh my gosh. You look so beautiful, come here” hugging Joyce close “oh momma, it is so good to see you. Honestly” closing my eyes smiling, it’s so good to have a motherly hug like this “I am over the moon that you are pregnant, my second grandchild” moving back from the hug “I can’t wait to meet her or him, whatever it may be. You see the scan photos? The little wave” Joyce gasped “yes, Clinton loves that picture so much” looking over at Chris, I didn’t expect him to be emotional, but my poppa is crying “awww baby, we missed you so much. Welcome home Chris” Joyce rushed over to her son “wow, you are pregnant” Clinton pointed out the obvious “yes, do I look that big?” I am questioning it now “no, not at all just it’s different. How are you?” Clinton asked “erm, ok thank you. Chris is emotional” I pointed out “yeah, he just needed a hug from the big man” clearly he did need that “he misses you both so much” my baby is so sad.
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oikawasass · 4 years
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Oh boy I saw boyfriend hc with Iida, so would it be okay to ask for hc for Bakugo, Midoriya and Todoroki as boyfriends? 💞
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general relationship headcanons.
‣ pairing : bakugo, todoroki, midoriya x fem reader. (separate)
‣ headcanons.
‣ warnings : swearing, nsfw topics.
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Bakugo Katsuki.
bakugo would be an amazing boyfriend and you cannot convince me otherwise.
things are never boring with this mf.
everyone knows bakugo wouldn’t date someone if he didn’t truly have a strong attraction to them or if he didn’t really know them, so right off the bat, there’s quite a bit of trust in your relationship.
fighting :
arguments are a given in a relationship with bakugo, so be prepared to scuffle.
and be prepared for those scuffles to turn into lots of screaming and yelling.
bakugo doesn’t like to fight or argue with you, he doesn’t enjoy it one bit. it’s just… bakugo.
he isn’t one to instantly go and apologize right away once he feels bad or realizes he may have been in the wrong, but after some stubbornness and ignoring, he’ll try to bring himself to some kind of an apology, or try to find some kind of a way to make amends, so be patient with him pls.
gifts :
when it comes to gifts, bakugo isn’t a huge gift giver. he isn’t the type to just buy you something if it reminded him of you.
plus you already have him so what other gifts could you need.
but he will buy you nice things on important events. birthdays, holidays, anniversaries and such. he bought you matching promise rings on your one year.
“tch, dont look so happy. this is just a place holder till I get to put a real ring on your finger.”
and you teased him about him saying something so soft to no end.
dates :
you two don’t do the whole fancy uptight dates thing.
movie nights, late-night park walks and study/workout dates are the move for you two.
if you’re not actually going anywhere, then you just like to sit in either of your dorms and cuddle and talk about whatever random topics come to mind. expect lots of play fighting too.
cuddling / physical attention :
cuddling? bakugo touch-starved-baby katsuki is his name.
early into your relationship, he won’t be too keen on being clingy or super cuddly as he’s too tsundere and a teeny bit awkward.
but once you’ve hit that comfortable mark of a few weeks or a month, he will be on that shit.
growing up without very much sweetness or softness showed towards him, once he’d experienced it with you, he was addicted.
big spoon or die. except for when he’s sleepy.
he’s the type of boyfriend that when you guys are just chilling in your dorm, he’ll just
smack your ass, grab your ass, appreciate from afar (rarely,) pat it and play the drums on it.
he’s just an ass man.
not much pda, but he’s always got your hand held tightly in his or an arm around you while you walk through the halls.
kissing :
he love love loves to kiss your lips. somethin’ about your soft and plush ones up against his own just makes his heart feel a certain tenderness.
kiss his cheeks or nose in public and watch how red his face goes. then watch him pout about it and ignore your requests for smooches for a little until he starts wanting them too.
long and heated make-outs with you straddling his lap are his favourite.
sexual aspects :
you two most likely won’t wait until you’re older to be sexual, as long as you’re okay with it then so is katsuki.
but he’ll wait until you’re ready for anything like that, he doesn’t want to force you into anything. he most likely won’t be ready himself until at least 7 or so months into the relationship.
it comes down mostly to his quirk and him not wanting to hurt you.
but once you two have had your first time, expect many more. I imagine katsuki has quite the high libido.
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Todoroki Shoto.
you two would have such a sweet relationship.
he grew up without feeling very loved or cherished, and you were the first to ever show him such feelings and emotions.
it takes him a while to learn to properly embrace or accept them? but once he does, all is lovely.
you’d have to really… impress todoroki for him to catch some kind of feelings for you. not strength or looks wise, but with your personality. so there’s hardly doubt when it comes to shoto’s adoration for you.
fighting :
fights with shoto don’t happen often. and when they do, they aren’t super nasty or loud. I can imagine they’d only happen over large disagreements or worries between you two.
when the fights are bigger, he’ll take some time to give the both of you a chance to cool down, and then try his best an apology.
he doesn’t like to fight at all. it makes some bad childhood memories resurface for him as expected, so you both try your best to avoid it. alas, it’s inevitable in relationships, unfortunately. but you two manage surprisingly well.
gifts :
will genuinely buy you the whole world if you pout enough. he cannot resist a pout.
he constantly buys you sweet little gifts! which were probably way too expensive, but it’s not his credit card anyway right?
if he sees something he thinks you would enjoy or that reminds him of you, cha ching $$ there’s more money out of endeavor’s bank account. you deserve anything and everything that will make you smile!
dates :
similar to bakugo, I feel as if you two wouldn’t do the whole fancy dates thing. unless you want to! then he’s all for it.
but you two much prefer to go to cafe’s or smaller, cuter and less populated restaurants. gotta maintain the cute couple aesthetic.
coffee and tea dates! library dates! park dates! sightseeing! allat cute jazz you see people on the gram do and go “aw i wish.”
cuddling / physical affection :
he loves to cuddle you. having you peacefully and safely wrapped up in his arms is his favourite activity, he wouldn’t give it for the world.
it took him a little bit to get to the point of seeking your arms for comfort or becoming touch starved when he hasn’t seen or hugged you in a little bit, but he got there pretty quick.
could cuddle you and listen to you ramble about your interests and views for hours. he loves the sound of your voice calmly filling his ears.
I imagine once you get to a certain point in your relationship, he can be a pretty silly boyfriend. so expect random butt pats and smacks at random times when you’re alone.
kissing :
todoroki loves to kiss your forehead. it’s such a sweet, yet almost protective action. not to mention the way your cheeks turn pink when he does it makes his heart flutter.
you are baby in his eyes. so expect lots and lots of forehead and top of your head kisses.
but he loves to kiss your lips just as much! sweet kisses and soft make outs™
shoto isn’t a huge pda person, but if you enjoy it then hes totally down. he’ll give you sweet kisses and hold you hand everywhere you go.
sexual aspects :
I imagine you two would most likely wait until you were older, but only your second or third year.
it just comes down to you both making sure you’re ready, and i see that being after you two have been together for at least a year and a half. sorry thirsty shoto stans.
I dont imagine him being a very sexual person either, so waiting isn’t a problem for him.
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Midoriya Izuku.
my ANGEL. my small tiny angel. god he would be such an adorable and sweet boyfriend and you can’t deny.
he’s just so?? infatuated with you?? you’re so incredible to him?? he adores everything about you.
you never have to doubt izuku’s intentions or morals and you rarely feel insecure about this relationship. he makes sure to let you know how much he cherishes you.
fighting :
a rarity. he absolutely hates to fight with you, and he’s sure that it ends up physically hurting him when you argue. he feels his precious little heart crack.
only happens when there’s big disagreements or issues that get addressed. if you made a reckless decision that got you hurt during a fight, expect him to be upset.
he just worries about you and prioritizes your well being, so be patient with him.
100% will be the first to apologize almost every time, but not without some silent treatment coming from both sides. you both just need time to cool off and gather your thoughts, and he knows that.
gifts :
the sweetest gift giver!
he loves the reaction he gets when he buys you flowers and cute stuffed animals for no particular reason.
on aniversaries he buys you beautiful bracelets and necklaces, he got you guys promise rings for your one year too!
dates :
once more…no super fancy dates or anything. he’ll spoil you in other ways! mainly cause he doesn’t think he could sit still in a formal setting with you without being a blushing mess.
you two love to go for walks down town, window shopping and stopping in certain stores, grabbing coffee and such.
if it’s the fall or winter and you go out, are you sure you aren’t cold? you can have his jacket. and his scarf. and his hat. no just take them, he doesn’t want you to get sick. just take the damn scarf.
or just going by random food stands in town! ramen, sushi, katsudon, you’ve gotten it all. don’t be surprised of mido has a little notebook of food stand ratings.
cuddling / physical affection :
okay it took him a little longer than expected to comfortably cuddle and kiss you without his face going beat red or his shoulders tensing up.
it’s not like he doesn’t enjoy it! he’s just very very shy and you’re very very cute.
he still blushes and gets shy at affection, but he’s able to ignore it by now. he realized that he enjoyed hugging your waist and burrying his head in your soft locks way more than getting shy and being distant.
pda… he tries. he wants to be able to kiss you and your adorable face in public but he’s a shy baby. so the most you’ll do is link pinkies when you walk down the halls and kiss his cheeks between classes.
kissing :
he loves. LOVES. to kiss your cheeks. he’ll place the sweetest most chaste kisses on your cheeks all the time.
when he’s feeling extra bold he’ll pepper them in small and quick little smooches.
loves to kiss your lips, but he can’t for too long or his face is literally red hot and he starts to overheat …
took you a little longer than most to get to the making out stage, and even now they’re still very short and sweet.
sexual aspects :
100% will wait until you’re both older to even try to be sexual. it’s just not very present in the boys mind until you age a bit more.
I mean it took him over two months to be able to casually kiss you without dying, imagine what would happen if he tried bringing his mini mido anywhere near you before he was sure he could do it.
switch.
midoriya isn’t a very sexual person in general, so it most likely won’t be a huge aspect in your relationship anyway, which you’re both fine with because you love eachother in other ways.
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ellana-ravenwood · 4 years
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Batfam moments I think about a lot and wish we'd have more stories of...
1. Bruce Wayne learning how to "dad" and making SO MANY MISTAKES. But we see him evolve over the years, and slowly getting used to it. He will always have communication problems, and have moments when he's a total jerk. Let's not forget he's only human, and we all have bad moments. Buuuuut, he’s the kind of father to go make a detour to buy his kids their favorite dinner (and yes, all of them, like before he comes home to Wayne Manor, I can see him go to différent take aways and bring back their favorite food haha). 
Or like, remembering exactly what they’re into lately and looking stuffs up on the internet to get up to date. I bet sometimes they’d talk about a band or video games and Bruce would be like : “Oh yes, I particularly like the battle mode of this blahblahblah” and they’d all be stunned haha.  I think he has a special way of loving. It’s not always obvious, out there right in your face, but it’s most definitely there. 
His children are his strength (as shown in many stories... In more stories in fact, that the ones that exists where he's a total dick to them). And he cares for them in his own way, which can sometimes appear cold and such, while it's just that he doesn't always know how to react. Like. We have to remember his background, it's not really surprising he has communication problems and such things. But he cares... So much. 
He's thé kind of dad that goes out of his way to please his kids, even if said kids don't even notice the small things he does for them because ya know, hé just does it and they're used to it and it's only as they grow up they truly realize how out of his way he went for them etc etc. À discreet , pure and différent way of loving. He knows them, hé truly does. “You don’t even know me !” one of them would say after a fight, out of anger, and he would answer : “I do.” confidently, and they’d be like : “PROVE IT THEN !” and Bruce would enumerates everything he can think of about them. Favorite color, favorite meal, favorite book, favorite tv show, hobbies, crushes, fears etc etc...Anyway. Yes. 
I just want scenes of him slowly learning how to be a father, and not being the best about it all the time, yet trying his best and it’s obvious he does. We forget sometimes what he went through, and what it truly means for him to adopt and take care of those kids. We forget often that he became Batman, mainly because he does not want any other kid to experience what he went through. Bruce as à father is far from perfect, and hé makes shit tons of mistakes, but he tries, and hé loves them deeply. I think that's why I really hate canon lately, they turned him into à mindless brute who genuinely abusés his kids. It's so, so, so bad, and goes against decades of stories. It's written by people that think "edgy" is à personality trait and what people nowadays love (which is totally false). I'm pretty sûre that for all the canon examples of him being à jerk to the Batkids, I can pull out about ten times more examples of him being à good dad. Again. He's flawed because he's human, and he's difficult to understand at times... But no one will ever make me believe he doesn't love his children with all his heart.
2. Young Jason being super surprised that Bruce is actually a very good cook because he always pictured filthy rich people never doing anything themselves...and Bruce being like : “You know, I was mostly raised by Alfred. Of course he would teach me basic house skills.” while flipping expertly the food in the pan. Alfred one day telling the kids something like : “Everyone always think Master Wayne is a bubbly idiot who cannot work his way around a house, but this is very wrong. He has been changing his own sheets ever since he was 7, and his parents already made sure that he would know what house work is, so he could treat the servants right by seeing how difficult it can be. When his parents died, I took care of him, and there was a long moment he would follow me around everywhere, maybe in fear that I would go, too...During those moments, I taught him a lot.” And then just Bruce showing à few things to his own kids, as à parallèlism to how him and Alfred were (and still are) ❤️.
3. A direct follow up of the one above, Bruce teaching his kids all kind of stuffs. How to play piano, how to fall without hurting yourself, how to cook, how to fight, how to ride a bike for those who didn’t know etc etc...A perfect mix of totally normal domestic stuffs, and of night vigilante stuffs. I bet he’d make up “escape games” for his kids on boring Sunday afternoons, because it’d develop a lot of their skills needed to be Robins (or whoever) AND is fun. I think the reverse totally works too, the kids teaching him things. Like, how to play that video game, how to use slang without sounding like an old man, how to paint his nails, blahblahblah. Just moments together, because they spend so much time with each others like, come on. They have hobbies too. And care about each others enough to want to know about it, and share stuffs etc etc. Growing together, ya know ?
4. More crossover moments with the entire family, not just one or two character : John Constantine being there to ask help for a thing (or not asking help but Bruce wouldn’t let anyone “tamper” with Gotham without him being there so...haha). Zatanna coming around to teach the kids some magic (just like her dad did with Bruce...not “real” magic but like, escape magic and all), or something. Green Arrow making à courtesy visit with his wife, son, and sidekicks. The Superfam and their strong bonds with the Batfam being shown more, and not always in that “rival” way. And like, all of them, not just one or two characters at a time. Sunday lunches at the Kent farm, gaming nights (to which Bruce is dragged to), friendly compétitions, blahblahblah.
5. “Baby” Dick having nightmares in the middle of the night of his parents’ death, and Bruce always being there. How Bruce understands and is always around for him. And reassures him. And on that note : I’m sure most of the kids have nightmares during the night, and Bruce becomes better and better over the years at soothing them. Oh also, if Dick, after he goes and lives in Bludhaven comes to sleep at Wayne Manor for any reasons and has a nightmare, Bruce will just automatically go to him...awkward and cute scene ensues haha.
6. Cass’ first words to Bruce. A very emotional scenes because...it’s the first time she speaks. And it’s clumsy and she’s not sure of herself, and her voice trembles a little. But she’s talking. I’m not sure what her first words would truly be, but most definitely something that touches Bruce. That move him. That make him realize how much he loves that kid.
7. Bruce taking Jason to a baseball game (pre-death Jason) for his birthday because that’s what the kid wanted as à gift. And then later, them going to a game once again after their reconciliation. A very big parallel between the two scènes ya know, as Bruce reminisces. Both end up with Jason hugging Bruce because his favorite team won. In the first scene it’s little 8/9 years old Jay excited and is all cute. In the post-death scene, it’s a grown up Jason who had been angry at Bruce for so long and finally forgave him, and who hugs Bruce without even realizing he does it, because he’s just happy...And it ends on Bruce’s face smiling like, he finally got his boy back.
8. Tim and Damian bonding. I hate it when they're only represented as hating each others 24/7. They had à rough start, sure. But they grew à lot... I just wish we could see them more actually learning to be brothers, accepting each others etc etc. Now of course they'd bicker. Like any siblings. But I bet they'd have à lot of common intérests and such. That they'd like to tease each others, but would genuinely like hanging out and all. 
Also Tim is à very understanding sweet person, hé might be annoyed with Damian at first... But he would be amongst those who get it, ya know ? Who gives him time/à chance ? Like Bruce at first did everything wrong with Damian. He was harsh and violent and used intimidation (things Damian was too used to...) thinking he needed that to get Damian to lose his old ways (until he realized how wrong he was and apologzed and took à gentler way...ah that was good shit right there, Bruce acknowledging it all and trying to be better... Not like this current canon Bruce who's an asshole and never suffers any conséquences of it...). Well I think Tim would be more understanding and realize... Damian is just à kid. And Tim is à big brother now ? His older siblings were there for him, it's time for him to be there too. Know what I mean ? So yeah. I wish we'd have more of them actually being brothers and bonding.
 Same for Dick and Jason. I wish we had more of them together before Jason's death, and after too... They've been brothers for à long time, their relationship from start to Jay's death to him coming back... Is so interesting. Also, same goes for Cassandra and any of them.
9. Tim getting genuinely interested about Wayne Enterprise, and going to work with Bruce. Asking à million questions and mimicking à lot of B's mannerisms. Dick never showed much intérest in the company, and Jason could've been à great "heir " to it all had he not die and all... I don't think neither Damian nor Cass would care much. But Tim ? First canonically he is interested. But even so, he's just that "type" of kid ya know ? I bet he'd be very excited about the charity side of it all, and find novel ways to to make the world a better place. After all Tim is thé only one of the Robins to not have à tragic background (at least at first, after je was also hit with loss and pain... ) when he first became Robin, and who helped Batman and all completely selflessly. Because it was the right thing to do, and for no other tragic reasons.
10. Damian learning/enjoying really normal basic things gives me life ? Like the boy grew up in such à specific environment, there's so many things he must've missed...Disney movies marathon, vidéo games, just having fun without any other purpose than to have fun (no training), knowing what it is to feel safe and warm... You know. I wish we'd just see Damian understanding and learning things he was just never given, that are just... Nice. Of course being Batman's son means his life can never be completely normal (and I'm not sure he could fully adapt to à normal life... People always seem to forgét the deep traumas he went through during his childhood, which is why he was how Hé was at first...aaaah Damian came à long way), but you know, hé can still expérience so many new things, with his siblings and all ? With his father who tries really hard ? With Alfred ? Just. Seeing truly Damian have that character development without backtracking on it all the time (you know how in canon stories he's à total brat, then gets better, then back to à friendless brat who hates everyone and so on and s forth :/). Seeing him wanting to become better, and actually having à nice évolution.
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When I'm sad, I like to headcanon scènes about the Batfam, stuffs I wish we could see etc etc haha. Here's just à few I thought about today. I just.. Love them so much, love to share my love for them, and néed to escape current canon a lot haha. Anyway. Here we are.
PS : Sorry for any typo, I wrote this on my phone, and since I'm French, the autoccorect is changing almost every English words to French ones and I might've missed à few mistakes it made ( which drives me crazy haha. And is why I only put 10 "scènes" and not more... Ah, for another post ?).
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honestlywrites · 4 years
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Clan of Three | Chapter Six (Din Djarin x Mando!Reader)
Summary: Bounty hunting soon becomes an enjoyable profession as you find yourself wanting to take on jobs without the help of your companion. This proves to be a more difficult endeavor as you get injured on the job, coming back to the Mandalorian in a state of disarray.
A/N: Canon typical violence, including descriptions of blood and wound cauterization. 
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Bounty hunting soon grew to become a likable job, it was muscle memory the more jobs you took on. The same type of people consistently appeared in the cache of bounties, an array of bail jumpers, and wanted criminals. Any fears and hesitancy toward the life of bounty hunting were far gone which made your life much easier. Your relationship with your fellow Mandalorian still continues to be very much stagnant, though, mostly from the two of you still lacking the trust and ability to open up. It became a routine.
The Mandalorian would go into Nevarro to turn in your current bounties and to accept new ones. He would then return back to the Razor Crest and the two of you would shoot off into space on the search for the next bounties. At least you were able to explore the galaxy much more than before, seeing planets and experiencing new cultures. Whenever you were not hunting for bounties, you were in the marketplace, looking for items to spruce up the ship. There was a small bedroom just off the cockpit reserved for the pilot and the two of you switched off when you were in hyperspace to catch some sleep. You find new blankets in the market and buy them to replace the thin sheet that provides little to no warmth in the cold reaches of space. The marketplace also supplies you with rations and drink, both of which you would consume during your private time. It seemed so odd to not eat with your counterpart, but the action had become so normal with this way of life that you thought nothing of it. 
During one round of bounties, you find two criminals in the same city, probably entertaining black market deals and illegal gambling. This prompts you to ask the Mandalorian for the chance to search for a bounty by yourself for the first time.
“I’ll take one and you can take the other,” you state, taking a look at the fobs laid out in front of you. The silence of your partner makes you glance up at him, watching in anticipation.
“Are you sure?” he asks and you can feel his gaze boring into your helmet as if he could actually see your face rather than the exterior of your Beskar.  
“I found two bounties by myself before we were partners, I think I can handle one spice runner,” you tilt your chin boldly, taking the tracking fob in your hand to slide into one of your holster pockets. 
“You got lucky,” the amusement oozes off of the man in front of you and you can tell there is a slight smile on his lips from the tone of his voice.
“You just don’t want to admit that I’m as good as you,” you smile and take a few blasters off the wall to slide into the remainder of your holsters, opting to forgo your compound blaster due to the shorter ranges that you would be dealing with. The Mandalorian in front of you remains silent, slightly shaking his head as he lets out a small laugh. Once the two of you are ready, the ramp opens up and you part ways.
“The last one back gets pilot duty,” you state and watch as he takes off into the city, disappearing into the crowd. Following behind him, you split off down a series of alleyways that would funnel into the opening of the underground tunnel system. There, various illegal activities occur and you assume this is where your spice runner would be looking for his next opportunity.
Once you find an entrance, you slip into the tunnels swiftly, attempting to move with enough confidence to fit into the scene. When you enter, you notice that surrounding you there are various groups of people gathering. A fighting pit here and a game of Sabbac there, the amount of criminals gathering could not be counted on both of your hands combined. You decide not to pull out your tracking fob in the open for everyone to see, settling on the slow surveillance of the underground life. The bounty was a Trandoshan man, wanted for illegally selling spice to be transformed into recreational drugs rather than medicine.
The flow of the space makes it easy to get lost and there was a lot of entertainment to be found in the underground. It does not stop people from staring, though, and you fear that your position may be compromised through the spread of your presence in this area. Slipping into an alcove, you take the fob out to examine your proximity to the target. The red light flashes quickly and you assume that you are close. Promptly, you slip the fob back into a hidden pocket and continue to make rounds through the underground area. When you find yourself lurking around the Twi’leks, you find the man you are looking for. You try not to make a direct path to him out of excitement, but you slowly wiggle through the crowd and arrive at the couch where the Trandoshan appears to be entertaining a cluster of female Twi’leks.
“A Mandalorian. Didn’t know there were any of you still around,” the man comments and you remain silent, standing in front of the bounty where he sits behind a table. “A female one at that. Do your people reproduce?”
He looks you up and down and it takes all your willpower not to reach across the table and punch the teeth out of his mouth. The women around him giggle and you reach into your pocket and slam the puck onto the table, an image of the man appearing in the air.
“A bounty hunter? Well, you picked the wrong smuggler,” he instantly reaches for a blaster underneath the table and takes a cheap shot at you, the bolt shooting past you and burning a mark in your side. You let out a hiss of pain but do not hesitate to shoot your grapple at the man as he attempts to escape. Pressing the button, your vambrace reels him back in and you clamp a pair of binders onto his arms. 
Helping him to his feet, you are now painfully aware of the crowd that has seemed to gather around you. Pushing through, you hold the bounty’s arm in one hand and press down on your wound with the other. You make quick work of getting out of the tunnels, finding your way back to the Razor Crest quick enough. The wound continues to bleed and your mind blurs as the sun beams down, making you sweat in your layers of armor and clothing. When you arrive, your partner sits on a crate at the top of the ramp and you feel the arrogance coming off him in waves. Yet, the loss of blood makes your vision blur and you stumble onto the ramp. Instantly, the Mandalorian is on his feet, making his way down to you and the bounty.
“Shit,” he mutters when he sees the blood glistening on your gloves, grabbing the bounty and shoving him into a carbon freezer before tending to you. You found a seat on the crate that once occupied your partner, attempting to make quick work of the armor that seems to weigh you down. The ramp closes in front of you and you let out a sigh of relief when the rays of light stop attacking you with heat. 
“Do you have bacta?” you ask, the sweat dripping down your forehead and into your eyes. The temptation to rip your helmet off is strong so that you can wipe the salty droplets out of your eyes but you cannot in the presence of another.
“No,” he responds, wrapping an arm around you when you stand to move. 
“I’ll have to cauterize it then,” you state and move to a panel in the ship where you know there is a string of wires that you can attach to a soldering iron. 
“Stop, let me,” the Mandalorian sits you down on a stray crate, quickly opening the side of the ship to attach two ends of a circuit to a soldering iron. You grab the tool out of your partner’s hand, moving to begin to cauterize the wound when you shake out of fear, the adrenaline coursing through your veins.
“I can’t do it, you’ll have to,” you hold the tool out to him and he gingerly takes it from you, holding it near your wound. He hesitates, looking up at you as you feel tears escape your eyes from anticipation. 
“Just do it!” you practically scream the words out and take your glove off to shove in your mouth to quiet your whimpers. The pain is gutwrenching, making you bite down onto the soft leather of your glove. Never before had you experienced such horrible pain, not since the Great Purge. Flashes of imperial stormtroopers play in your head, marching on your home and destroying everything in sight. Your buir screams your name as the enemy freely shoots, getting you in your leg. She takes you in her arms and runs to the ships, making an effort to escape the chaos with others of your kind. The memory plays like a dream as your limbs grow heavy, your eyes fluttering shut as you succumb to the lull of unconsiousness. 
Waking up in the bedroom jars you as you sit up and wince at the pain in your side. You could hear the silence of hyperspace and assume that the Mandalorian took off after you had passed out. Slowly, you get up from the bed and notice your lack of armor. It sits in a pile in a corner of the room and you smile and the gesture of him not wanting you to be uncomfortable as you slept. A warmth appears in your chest and you can only describe it as a yearning for whatever the relationship was growing to be. The fear that he might have looked at your face while you were asleep lingers in the air but you know that he would never do so, especially because he too understands the creed. At least, this is what you hope to be true. 
The increasing sentiment that grows between you and your partner continues to become an issue that you do not know how to navigate, you have not known friendship since Princess Illena but even that was prompted because of the nature of your job at the time. This experience is different because of how much you both know and do not know about each other. The two of you understand the creed, the way of life that you both adhere to but beyond this, you can only begin to put together the pieces of his personality and experiences. Your mind runs rampant and you decide to escape the darkness of the room for the companionship of your fellow Mandalorian. Standing from the bed is a slow process and you gently press your hand to your wound as pain shoots through your side. Slowly moving out of the small room and into the cockpit, the door slides open and you smile as the Mandalorian turns in his chair.
“You’re awake,” he muses and you nod, moving to sit in the co-pilot seat. There is silence as the two of you stare at each other, unfamiliar with the fondness and intimacy you had experienced.
“Thank you for doing that,” you state and sigh, looking out as the stars streak past in lines of light.
“Of course, you would do the same for me,” he turns to man the ship once again and you feel the conversation come to an end, sitting in the comfortable silence that you had grown accustomed to. “You had me worried for a moment, there,”
The words come out in a soft mutter and you think that you imagined them somehow, but find a growing warmth in your chest that had not been there before. 
“I’m stronger than I look,” you smile and he turns to look at you, hesitant to explore this newfound friendship.
“I know that now.”
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