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softquietsteadylove · 14 days

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Hey could I ask for a Thenamesh human au were Thena is raising her little sisters (Sersi and Sprite) after their parents die and Gilgamesh is her co-worker who finds her having a mini breakdown and comforts her? Kinda slow burn-ish and no smut if possible

"Sorry!"

Thena pressed even harder on her eyebrows, sure she would get bruises from it. Maybe then she might actually get medical clearance for time off. "It's fine."

"I didn't mean-"

"It's fine!" she snapped at him again, shifting to swipe at the corners of her eyes and wipe the tears onto her fingertips and then on the sleeves of her cardigan. "I was just...looking for something."

But all she heard was the door shutting gently.

Thena sighed, picking her head up and looking around the shelves. All that was in here was extra paper and printer ink. "Gil, I'm fine."

Gil was sweet, if a little too sweet. He went out of his way for people, which their firm really discouraged. But he was going into family law, which was easy to tell from the 'everything' about him.

"Yeah, I just, uh," she heard him shuffle around before finally turning to glare at him. Her glower was usually strong enough to scare away anyone else. He pointed at the shelf of toner. "Printer."

She closed her eyes, feeling the throbbing in her head from her coffee and the twitch in her eyes from her need for sleep. But they had a lot of contracts to examine, and Sersi was in the middle of the soccer season, which meant she didn't even get home until 6, which pushed dinner to 7 and that said nothing about homework and getting Sprite to bed at a decent hour.

"Um," Gilgamesh gulped, tugging at the suit he was wearing. It was standard attire for the firm, of course, but she always imagined he had a hard time finding suits to really fit him. Perhaps he needed shirts and Jackets in one fitting and trousers in a smaller one. "How was Sersi's game?"

She whipped her head up at him, and she must have looked ready for murder by the way he flinched. "What?"

He went stiff as a board, practically pressing his back to the door. "S-Sersi--your sister, you said she had a soccer game on friday. H-How did it go...if that's okay."

Right, friday; she had rushed home from work, still with half a day's work to complete, picked up Sprite, gotten her not to gripe all through grocery shopping, bundled her up for Sersi's game, which was a loss, and it was a hard loss, and Sersi got a few scrapes and bruises, so then they were both a little cranky for the start of the weekend, and of course that meant she didn't actually get any work done-

"Thena?"

She blinked, feeling as if she had gone somewhere else entirely. This was getting ridiculous. She just needed coffee, she reasoned. Even more coffee. She shook her head.

"Hey," he whispered, not moving from the door to let her out, despite her moving closer. "Are you okay? I know you're...I know you've got a lot on your plate."

A lot on her plate? She had that already with this job and the beginnings of her career. Her student debt alone would be more than a full plate.

That was before handling a joint funeral, and counselling for her sisters, and getting them back to school, and a full year of them not being themselves. And then, when they finally seem to be getting better, both of them start having the worst time with school in their lives.

Or maybe their mother was just better at dealing with it than Thena could say for herself. And while their father wasn't exactly her favourite person, let alone parent, her first year of filing her taxes with two dependants was enough for her to look into a decent accountant for this year.

"Listen, I know you've got this under control," Gil continued, visibly worried about saying the wrong thing. "I know you're tougher than I could ever imagine."

She really didn't know about that.

"But if you need--I mean, if you ever want a hand with anything, or even just logistics, or carpooling or something," he suggested, losing confidence with every new idea. His massive shoulders drooped and he gave her those big, sad puppy dog eyes that always got him the best desk and the best cases and the best lunch, "just let me know, y'know?"

Thena gulped. Heat rose up in her as the horror of her tears resurfaced. She was done crying. It was the middle of the work day. She didn't have time for this. This had never been an issue before.

Can we have lasagne?

Just that simple text from Sprite had set her off. Because Sprite loved lasagne--she loved their mother's lasagne. And for an entire year Sprite couldn't even stand hearing the word, let alone the sight of it. And to have her ask for it, when they all knew that Thena was somehow the worst cook of all three of them.

Gil blinked as Thena dropped her head, squeezing her eyes shut and pressing her hand over her eyebrows again. His hands hovered around her, never crossing the last few inches of boundary she held.

Thena was just as shocked as she leaned froward and her forehead met something firm. But she couldn't choke it all back, a squeak escaping her as her tears dropped to the musty old storage closet carpet below.

"Hey," he whispered soothingly. Of course the bastard was great at comforting people too. Why wouldn't he be? Why wouldn't he be so completely perfect? "It'll be okay."

She usually hated when people spoke so certainly. Because what did they know? What assurance did they have? But Gil meant well. He only ever meant well. Her breathing slowed and she realised she was truly letting him embrace her. What an unfortunate turn this had taken. But he was warm, and he smelled nice. And it felt nice when he rubbed her back.

Gil let her pull away, not making a grand affair out of the whole thing. He brushed away a few more tears of hers, "you okay?"

She nodded. She was far, far from it. But she could probably get through the rest of the work day without humiliating herself further. Her throat felt dry as a bone. "Thank you."

Gil tilted his head at her. He did give off the first impression that he would be some meathead, into his own looks and loud and brash and hypermasculine. But he was kind, he was considerate of others and his good nature only made him more sensitive to those around him. "I mean it, Thena, if there's anything you need at all."

He was one of only a few who even knew about her sisters. She didn't really go around announcing her past, and she wasn't one for keeping precious personal keepsakes on her desk either. But Gil had once seen her phone light up with a notification and asked who the girls on her lockscreen were.

And as much as she could have told him to mind his own business - and he would have, knowing him - it seemed worse to ignore it. So she had told him about her sisters, and how she had basically acquired them as children, as far as the state was concerned.

The biggest advantage to Gilgamesh knowing about her duties outside the office was that he was her biggest defender whenever she couldn't make events outside of work. Of course a lot of deals happened out of the office as well as in, and being able to seal those deals came with the job. But Gil always had an excuse ready for her when she couldn't join them for drinks after work, or make a round of golf or two on sunday morning.

He smiled as she finally picked her head up. "There she is."

She chose to ignore that. She sniffled, dabbing at her eyes again. If anyone asked her if she was okay once she stepped out of this closet, she might commit an act worthy of termination. "Thanks."

"Any time," he shrugged. He still didn't leave. "I saw you get up from your desk. I thought-"

Silence came over him, perhaps at the admission that he had all but followed her here. Any other coworker and she would have her keys in her hand and a knife with his car's name on it. But only Gilgamesh could say something like that and have it be just as innocent as he meant it.

"Sorry," he concluded, having discouraged himself yet again. He blushed.

She truly was a bitch of epic proportions to inspire this level of fear from the sweetest man alive, she gathered. Usually that wasn't a problem, of course, but just this once: it was undeserved. "That's nice of you, Gil."

That seemed to surprise him even more than walking in on her crying in the closet.

She finally reached for the doorknob, and Gil nearly leapt out of her way. She headed back to her desk, with the same papers in hand as when she had first gone in. At least at her desk, she could take a breath. Her computer was still open on emails, she set the papers beside her.

Of course

She replied to Sprite, although if she got more texts she was just going to tell her not to text in class.

If her sister wanted lasagne, then she would find a way to make it happen. Affection was not her most polished skill, but love needed no polishing. If her baby sister wanted lasagne, she would have it.

If only she weren't a horrendously bad cook.

Sersi was decent, but she only ever let her help when Sersi herself seemed eager to do so, and that was usually on weekends. And Ajak was an excellent cook. Her handwritten recipes alone would not help Thena actually produce the promised product.

Thena picked up her phone again. She scrolled until she could select the contact in her phone. Perhaps it was silly to text him when his desk was in sight of hers. She was just in a closet with the man. But she selected his name and typed.

Can you make lasagne?

#Thenamesh AU #thank you for the ask sweetheart!#it's okay I only post smut if it's specifically asked for and it will always be tagged #this is a very sweet prompt #I love the idea of Thena doing her very best for these girls #at first of course she's like I do not know how to be a mother #but they don't need a mother they need their sister #so Thena #freshly out of law school and deep in debt goes yes I will take my sisters into my custody #she takes the first job she can at any firm that pays decently #she can never socialise outside of work because she's literally a single mother #not that she wants to socialise anyway but that's beside the point #meanwhile Gil is everyone's fav #he's sweet he's charming he's charismatic #and he goes and has a beer after work and he gets offered to help on a big contract and he's like #okay but I'd like Thena on it with me #they're like uh buddy you don't need the ice queen's help #he goes no but she did study divorce and custody law it kind of overlaps with my specialty sometimes #anyway lasagne!#Thena says this is my...friend #from work #Sersi and Sprite:#Sersi and Sprite: is this your boyfriend?#Thena: dO NOT!!!!!#but I mean come on #your sister brings home this super handsome and funny and sweet guy from work #and he takes off his suit jacket and rolls up his sleeves #and gets to work on your late mom's precious lasagne recipe?#they don't watch tv at all they're just spying on them all night

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laf-outloud · 5 months

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So following the photo payment deans (see Anna Kunerkster on twitter) it seems the photographer WAS compensated and she feels it was fair and met her wishes, but her photographer friends how found out what she was paid and thinks it was a bad deal.

I was obviously not involved so I can't say definitively but I have a few issues with how this played out. This is what Anna had to say about it (today, after letting everything go on yesterday for way too long tbh):

No one stole my joy over the album cover. Everyone was so supportive and excited for me. Those pushing for fandom artist to be paid fairly didn’t steal my joy, I believe fandom artist should get paid what they think is fair. I was compensated in ways that I feel was fair TO ME. So please know what I think is fair compensation for my own work is not the same as what others do. Everyone wants to get more out of a deal, whether it’s a business deal or a sale at a grocery store, but I personally am done talking about my compensation for this project. Thanks

Ok, so she's happy with it?? Cool. But she only says she was "compensated in ways that feel fair TO ME" which personally I think still sounds like she wasn't actually paid (and that lines up with what her friends were saying yesterday). It doesn't sound like she was saying she received a fair amount in payment, it sounds like her compensation was something that was mot monetary ('in ways that feel fair' sounds like it was something other than money). And that was what her friends (who specifically said they were in contact with her about it) were complaining about - she did not get paid for her work. I read a lot of the tweets from her friends yesterday and they all said the same thing, she wasn't paid. Now maybe she got free merch, or got a free M&G or something like that and she's fine with that but I can absolutely see why others don't think its fair.

https://twitter.com/amyshaped/status/1728106079505248306 https://x.com/amyshaped/status/1728217386334187863 https://twitter.com/mandi1630/status/1728107333920936086

Just a couple where it makes it sound more like she was promised exposure and one where they specifically say they know she wasn't compensated fairly and that the compensation should have been agreed upon before usage (sounds like RC decided to use it then asked later). There are a LOT more tweets like these out there.

Again, I don't know the details of the situation but how upset her friends were yesterday while still trying to be happy for her? Tells me they know she wasn't fairly compensated but she's too blinded by her obsession with him to realize it. If she's fine with it and agreed to whatever she got? Ok I guess. But a starstruck fan is much more likely to accept a subpar deal just to work with their faves and it still does not make the situation fair or right. Just saying.

Yeah, if she wants to consider it good, that's great for her, but RC and other photographers know what a professional photo for an album cover should cost. Therefore, it still sounds like RC took advantage of an over-eager fan who was willing to part with their work for far less than they would have had to pay a professional.

"But a starstruck fan is much more likely to accept a subpar deal just to work with their faves and it still does not make the situation fair or right." Exactly!

#ask box #anti radio company #anti jensen #anti steve #anti aas #your fav is rich #he can afford to pay you fairly #don't accept less just because your a fan

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imminent-danger-came · 1 month

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tbh i dont even think 'red son should have gotten the samadhi fire' truthers even wanted him to be the 4th ring, most ive seen want him to have gained/shared the fire with mei during EYD (which is kinda also dumb). ive never seen someone complaining about him not getting the fire explain how the plot would function if that happened

also some people think meis dragon heritage should've been explored instead, which is funny since there are 3 episodes dedicated to that AND meis heritage and legacy motif are integral to her being the 4th ring

LITERALLY

Like Wukong's mistake affected Ao Lie which then affected Mei 100s of years later. Legacy and the cyclical nature of history, stories, and life

#Mei and Ao Lie as foils is #like the gang and their respective pilgrims are obviously all foils to each other #but Mei and Ao Lie might be my fav #(not by much. They're all so good)#idk something something Mei's family not considering her worthy and then the dragon palace of the east not considering her refined enough #And then Ao Lie being like ''you're not a disappointment''#Crying dude #like they already are exploring Mei's dragon heritage you just gotta open your eyes #How it is with lmk #the subtext is there you just gotta pay attention and connect some dots #not that this is subtext but #you know #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk Mei #asks #samadhi fire mei #the samadhi fire

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monpalace · 11 months

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I’m thinking thots at work, what do we think Wild’s [Name] would be like? -🧚🏽‍♀️

i feel like she'd be the leash that stops him from literally killing himself with whatever dumbshit that comes to mind and wild's the puppy that finds something (in this case, [name]) and refuses to leave it?

maybe she's someone who works at the castle who survived the calamity and was put into something like the chamber of resurrection in hopes they'd find each other and she'd keep him from doing more dumb shit because someone realized "hey, [name] and zelda are the only ones link listens to. they're literally his impulse control. but zelda's not here and [name]'s not immortal, so we should probably put her in like, a cryo-chamber or something" and then handed her off to the sheikah and said "do something please"

or she's some sort of mysterious figure who always appears out of nowhere (and gets to places you'd least expect to find them in) and isn't there when you turn around to look at them? like, maybe she showed up on the great plateau when wild first woke up, was questioned by the king as to how she got there, she just hits him with a "don't worry 'bout it sweetheart," and sticks with wild until he's ready before literally disappearing once he lands on the ground outside the great plateau? then at some point, he finds her again, asks where she's been, and he gets hit with "i was out having fun and getting what i needed to be done," before sticking with him for a few more days and ultimately disappearing again

imagine if she just showed up in the lost woods while he was about to get the master sword and absolutely scared him with "you'll probably want to get more health for that. it'll knock a lot out of you." "how do you know?" "just know that i know and be thankful that i told you," before going off to trade with some koroks and disappearing??

or what if she's a good friend of link's (or lover. idk) that died over the course of the hundred years he's been asleep? she's a ghost like the king, but because she doesn't have to guide him and help him relearn things (the king took that upon himself), she's just there to keep him company? because either zelda or the gerudo (keeping the geurdo to my heart no matter what 🤞🏽) managed to turn her into a spirit/ghost that's not exactly similar to the champions in the sense she isn't stuck to one spot/person and has her own separate set of rules? maybe she's not able to be seen by anyone else except wild so he has to do this, that, and the third to not look insane when she's talking to him in front of people? then, when everything's said and done, she doesn't disappear like the champions or the king because she's was created by the gerudo/zelda?-- or, if zelda made her, she's significantly weaker than 100 years before (and grows weaker the longer wild takes to beat ganon) since zelda's grown weaker as well, but as time passes post-ganon's defeat, she grows stronger?

#faeries in the garden #the palace answers #im sorry my hyperfixation on dead people kicked in #if i warm up enough maybe ill draw the [name]s idk #had to bite back the urge to make mysterious [name] say ''worry about what zelda's gonna do with your coffin once she gets out''#''i see that you're not doing what you need to be doing. instead you're out here.. torturing this korok like you're some woodsman and it's +#+ a tree. mh mh mh. anyways''#and then she disappears again??#mean [name]s are literally my favs #off topic but why are none of my loz ocs hylians 😭#my one hylian oc doesnt even like being hylian 🗿#i just got beef with hylians for some reason #i got beef with the kings name to #you could not pay me to spell ts out #behind the gerudo and ghost [name] thing; i see the gerudo as being really good with anything that's related to the deceased/dying as well +#+ as witchcraft because of twinrova/koume and kotake #but since botw/totk are basically disconnected from the rest of loz idk #Athena. Songbird. Atalanta. and Aphrodite

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lipid · 5 months

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my girlfriend works at this resell gaming shop that buys manga and various fandom related things and check out what they bought from someone today. thought mayhaps you would get a kick out of it LMAO

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I HAVE THAT ONE OMG FHRBVJNFIHBDFHKVBSKJFBVIHSFBCLKMWDOKFNIEJFNVJOWRNVIUBFEOKCDNWOJRV

#fav #ask #tell your gf that its from a very old very prolific code geass yaoi artist #u have history in your hands jdjnvingkbfgnekfn)f #btw i got these free i didnt pay for them dhbdjdndbdn i havent read it either its still sealed

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spaceraes · 6 months

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im doing this six fanarts thing so that I have specific things to draw while art blocked and that means it’s DATA TIME (pam isley coming SOON)

#I haven’t watched Star Trek in so long it is so sad because I like data so much #I already have the suggestions for characters but I always welcome more tbh #and if you want to pay me to draw your fav that is also super welcome #star trek the next generation #star trek #bluedle

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princekirijo · 4 days

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Aladdin was really good loved it 🙏

#the musical as in #the songs were all amazing loved how they did the carpet ride #and my fav was probably proud of your boy #what a song #whoever was playinb the genie they were incredibly he stole the show for me #only problem is i have a cracking headache now 💀#small price to pay for fun

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crybaby-bkg · 2 years

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your bkg prenup post is HAUNTING me… (if u would like to elaborate… ) BUT NO PRESSURE ofc . love u

omg hi fang!!!

AND OF COURSE !!!! honestly when I posted it I was half sleep and was like…….oh my god he would get so mad ajsjdjd

BUT I think he’s the type who’s genuinely soooo so so intuitive!!! he wouldn’t be with you if he truly believed that you wanted him for his money. even though he’s known for always being so loud, he’s equally as quiet and is always listening and watching!!!! so with that, I really believe that he could read your intentions pretty early on and already knows that money really wouldn’t be a defining factor for your relationship.

I’m also speaking from experience, but I’m definitely the type where I window shop A LOT, I put a bunch of shit in different carts, go to a million different websites and stock up, but I never buy shit!!!!! and so I think if he has a SO who’s probably the same, it makes him want to do even MORE for you, money wise!!! I think he’s the type to want to spoil you in anyway he sees fit, and especially in ways where you struggle to spoil yourself!

so yeah he gets extremely fucking offended when you ask for a prenup lmfao I can imagine him just side eyeing you for the LONGEST time with the nastiest glare ever!!! bc to him, he’s already pulling teeth trying to get stuff for you, trying to convince you that you can buy whatever dumb useless paraphernalia you want with his money bc he makes too much anyway!!!! I also think he gets a little offended honestly lol like damn do you really think that low of him???? and it’s not like you necessarily do but you just don’t want him to think you have the wrong intentions ya know????

I’d definitely ask bc I’m just an anxious ass person in general and I would hate for someone to think I’m using them or there for them w the wrong intentions. dont put it past him tho, he will actually throttle you and sit on you until you admit that a prenup is dumb and that you’ll never ask for it again

#this got long sorry omg #but I got so excited when I saw your name!!!#I didn’t think anyone would actually see the post lmfao #but I really think he’d sit on your stomach with his arms crossed and pouting if you ask #he can’t believe youd even bring it up honestly #he’s good at reading ppl and would’ve been known if you were just money hungry #he has to keep reminding you that he had to hold you down and pay for your Amazon cart shit bc you kept putting off buying it #bc ‘do I really need it??’ NO but you want it and that’s good enough reason for him #he’s ANNOYING and I love him #—another happy customer! 🍭#counter fav ari

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