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Astarion is very cat-like, and he’s also a bit of an assassin.

Thus he probably gives you “presents” as well.

His manipulative nature leads him to paying close attention to people’s motivations. Of course he notices which of the enemies you carve down without mercy. He enjoys seeing you bloodthirsty- a rage driving you to eviscerate your enemies with ruthlessness honed to a sharpened point. He makes a note of your habits, adapting his own behavior to please you. He restrains himself when you don’t want to destroy, and he lets himself have fun on the frequent moments where you do.

Even after the adventure is over, he still finds himself searching for your approval. Hence, he leaves you gifts.

You find severed hands on your back door, each clutching a paper describing who they are and what they did. He picks the most heinous people possible; slavers, traffickers, abusers, people who you would approve of him killing. It wouldn’t do for you to be displeased with his gift.

He wants you to praise him afterwards, tell him how he’s a master of killing, he’s so considerate, and you are proud of him. He tries to hide how much he preens under your praise. Of course he’s amazing, darling, but it doesn’t hurt to hear you say it.

Astarion becomes a hero to those in need. Despite his stealth, rumors spread of his protection. People thank him for saving them, often offering valuable treasure in exchange for his heroic deeds. That’s all well and good, but your approval is far more valuable to him. Please tell him he did a good job.

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After ignoring the book for MONTHS, I finally read the entire thing in a day.

…yeah, okay, I have ADHD.

I have purchased a copy of Book of Bill.

It is coming in OCTOBER.

I am attempting to avoid spoilers.

But I am so ready for this.

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Bruce Wayne’s idea of a date night is luxurious.

Despite doing hours of research on normal dating behaviors, Bruce always tends to go overboard. He likes his privacy, so he’ll rent out entire venues for a night. Clark doesn’t want to know how much Bruce spends on their dates- it’s probably an absurd number.

Then again, it can be annoying to be Bruce Wayne’s plus-one at a gala event. Clark and Diana take turns, because it’s not a fun time. Diana argued that since she wears heels, she shouldn’t have to go as often. Bruce shut that down by reminding them that he goes to every single one of these galas.

Bruce spoils his partners. He’s constantly giving them gifts and setting up extravagant dates. He feels it makes up for the fact that he’s not one for words, and he can be a bit stiff when it comes to physical contact.

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Clark Kent is a simple guy. He bakes homemade pie and brings it to Bruce’s dates. He likes to go to public locations- art museums, parks, or street festivals. He prefers to go places undercover and blend in with a crowd of strangers.

He writes letters and poems for his partners. They’re loving and wonderful things. He often bakes for them, too.

Clark is very cuddly. He enjoys hugs.

Of the three, Clark is the best at communicating. He’s very open about his feelings.

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Diana’s dates are… strange.

She enjoys art museums as much as the next girl, but Bruce tends to arrange those.

Diana brings her partners into the middle of the woods, and then hunts them for sport.

It’s not to the death. It’s like… a courtship thing? No powers or gadgets, just a game of chasing eachother around in the woods for a weekend.

Diana’s gifts are practical and handmade; but also took a lot of time. She gave Clark a quilt. Bruce received a scarf. She’s created things like pottery or swords for her partners. She doesn’t give them very often, but they’re very special.

She seems very impulsive with her partners, but it’s quite calculated. It might seem like Diana just really wants hugs right now, but she’s been thinking about it all day.

Diana is honest with her partners, but it can sometimes come off as rude.

Batman / Superman / Wonder Woman polycule

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You’re telling me I can’t get an 8-person-romance in my video game? What’s even the point? Why am I playing, if not to have an intimate relationship with every single character at the same time?

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Harry Potter crossover, where he’s raised by Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright, and proceeds to be completely aghast at the wizarding legal system.

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Comics are awesome, because you look at a page, and you know that some artists spent hours on everything.

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canon means nothing when I can shelter my blorbo and keep him alive through the power of archive of our own

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I only barely work in the healthcare industry, and I have had enough of a peek behind the curtain to realize how messed up the system is.

I work in scheduling appointments for a large office in my area. I don’t deal with the intricate details of bills, that’s a different department. I collect copay, or balance that’s due, but if there’s questions about a bill? That’s a different department.

Here’s a list of a few of the rules I have to follow because insurance is terrible, as well as some more cool facts about working this job, as I have adhd and cannot stick to one topic if my life depended on it:

The doctors office can’t guarantee the amount they will charge for a visit in advance. Insurance may or may not cover something.

Different insurances will charge for things other insurances may cover. Yearly physicals, for example: most forms of coverage are once every year and a day, but some are per calendar year, and for Medicare it has to be the same month as their last Medicare wellness visit.

Some insurance providers will only cover doctors from a specific office, and you need to contact the insurance company to switch offices. This isn’t true for all insurance providers.

Medicare is generally for people over 65, but there are younger people who are on Medicare, and older people who are not on Medicare.

There are some things that can be done in the same appointment, but some things insurance will not cover if done in the same appointment. So getting meds refilled and getting a physical exam? That’s fine. Getting a cortisone injection and a physical exam? Not fine.

There’s something called a sports physical- this is what happens when you need an examination in order to get paperwork done for school or something, it’s been too long since your last physical to sign it with your previous appointments data, but it hasn’t been long enough to do a full physical. This isn’t covered by insurance. Doctors don’t like doing them, since they only make around five dollars for that kind of appointment.

There’s a general price for people who don’t have insurance and pay upfront. I’ve seen it happen where people who have insurance end up paying a larger amount than people who don’t have insurance.

Some insurance companies require that certain tests are performed, or certain drugs are tried before the doctor can prescribe what they want to prescribe.

At the office I work at, doctors are paid a percentage of what the office collects for each patient they see. Medical assistants, reception, and other support staff are paid by the hour- though I’m fairly certain some medical assistants get bonuses?

Lunch is often brought in for the office from some local fast food place by sales representatives from a drug company. Almost every day, there’s something. It’s not always super cheap food. We’ve gotten Olive Garden before. The representatives proceed to talk to the medical students and medical assistants- and the rare doctor who has time for a lunch break.

“You think every citizen should have access to free and accessible healthcare?”

Wrong!!!

I think that Asylum seekers and Migrant workers and The Undocumented and Everyone Else should get free healthcare too

I love immigration

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This is the entire image from Twitter. While I don’t agree with the person who made this chart, I think the full piece is… interesting.

How could someone think like this? What does the “malevolently bad map” part even mean? They have such strange thoughts.

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I mean, if you’re into children’s television, are a huge Disney fan, or just want a chill time with musical numbers, it’s a good show.

There’s a musical number every single episode.

It’s well written for a kids show. Good conflicts with fun plot twists. You can mostly predict the plot twists, as it’s a show for actual children.

They did a good job on the sorcerer. He starts the show as a villain, but over the course of four seasons, he changes his character for the better. He’s also a sad little loser guy. He has character complexity.

Disney princesses sometimes show up, only to contribute almost nothing. It’s great.

Sophia is like, eight years old, and ends up employed by immortal beings to protect the universe.

She sort of kills someone. It’s brushed over, but that villain is almost definitely dead.

Hey do you watch stuff. Anyway I think you’d like Sofia the first. Yes I know it’s kids media yes I know the ‘fandom’ is really bad. But it’s got top tier wizards. Gayass sorcerer main character, wet sock of a man. Truly. In love with the king probably idk. Idk I think you’d like it when I see wizards on it I think to myself “this is something wizardposts would reblog” . I’m serious

i sell drugs for a living.

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He’s really committed to the whole “bat” thing

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Im going a little wild with Venom lore here and how the Symbiotes work.

It’s also been years since I watched Venom, lol.

Content warning: child tim is neglected, and proceeds to eat raw pork. Description of illness.

Tim had tried very hard to behave when he was at work with Uncle Carlton. He waited quietly for Uncle Carlton to finish his meeting, but it had been two hours. There wasn’t anything to do in Uncle Carlton’s office, since he wouldn’t let Tim play on the computer. Uncle Carlton didn’t even have any good books. Tim was so bored, he was going insane.

Tim decided to explore for just a little bit. He couldn’t stay still for any longer. It probably wouldn’t even be a big deal.

Tim wandered the hallways of Life Corp.’s building. He tried to be sneaky, like when he followed Batman at night. He succeeded, and found his way to a secret basement.

Tim was very excited. A secret basement probably had lots of cool things in it. Maybe Tim could blackmail Uncle Carlton into giving him a computer of his own!

Tim snuck through the basement- it was a secret laboratory, filled with empty glass rooms. It must not have been fully set up yet.

He made his way into the back room. Inside were a series of fortified boxes.

Curiosity sparked in Tim. He went to the closest box and opened it.

Inside, there was a strange black goo. It smelled salty. Tim wondered what the chemical could be, and why it was kept in such a secure container. He chose not to touch it, as it could be incredibly harmful. Perhaps, if he had a stick he could poke it with, Tim could inspect it closer?

Tim turned around, inspecting the room to find some sort of scientific instrument to investigate the goo. He found a scalpel in a drawer, which should work. Tim turned back to the boxes, ready to commit to science.

The goo was gone.

Tim inspected the box closer- it couldn’t have just disappeared, could it? It didn’t make sense! He checked under the table, and all over the room.

Perhaps it evaporated? Tim became very nervous. He didn’t want to ruin Uncle Carlton’s science projects. Hopefully, if he left quickly, Uncle Carlton wouldn’t notice Tim had been here. Tim ran back upstairs, and pretended like he had been sitting patiently in the office the whole time.

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Tim hadn’t been feeling well.

Ever since uncle Carlton brought him back home, he’d been having migraines, food cravings, body tremors, chills, brief bursts of paranoia, and extreme sweating.

Uncle Carlton was aware that Tim was sick, but didn’t have the time to take off of work. Tim had to be home alone for a bit- which wasn’t anything he wasn’t used to. Uncle Carlton often had to leave for meetings very suddenly and leave Tim alone for a few hours. It was fine, Tim was a responsible person, he could be left alone for a little while.

Tim tried looking up his symptoms online, but didn’t find anything conclusive before the light from the screens became too much.

Tim went downstairs into the kitchen. Despite having eaten more yogurt than usual for breakfast today, he was starving.

The thought of more yogurt made him nauseous. He needed to eat something else then. Tim considered what he was craving. He thought back to when his parents went to a sushi restaurant with him about a year ago. At the time, he didn’t appreciate the taste of raw fish. He had gagged at the slimy texture, embarrassing his parents in front of their business partners. His parents hadn’t taken him to another restaurant since. Tim, strangely enough, craved the raw fish right now. It must be because he was growing up. Now that he was an adult, of course he would crave adult food.

Tim didn’t have any sushi. He could buy some, but that would require getting out of the house, and he was feeling too sick for that.

He opened the freezer. There were dozens of microwaveable meals, but none of them were appealing to Tim. He looked near the back, spying a package of bacon. Tim didn’t know how to use the stove, but surely it wouldn’t be too hard, right?

The thought of eating some meat sounded appetizing, more so than anything else he had access to. He grabbed the bacon.

Tim used a step stool to reach the sink. He defrosted the bacon. While he waited, he watched some cooking tutorials. They didn’t look too difficult. He curled up on the cool ground, recovering his eyes from the light. Everything hurt. He just had to push through it, he’d feel better once he ate something.

Eventually he pushed himself off the floor. The bacon had mostly defrosted by now. He opened the package.

Immediately, the smell of the raw meat made him drool. He imagined the taste of that bloody meat- perhaps he didn’t need to use the stove after all.

It would be like sushi, just with raw bacon instead of fish, and he wasn’t eating any rice. Tim bit into the strips of raw meat.

It was delicious.

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Uncle Carlson called the landline, explaining that something had gone wrong at work, and he wouldn’t be home for a little while. Ever since eating the bacon, Tim had slowly began feeling better.

He had his head shoved into a pile of pillows, trying to end his migraine through willpower. Another burst of pain came from his head.

“Child,” a woman’s voice came from behind him, “where are your parents?”

Tim didn’t recognize the voice. He didn’t want to turn around, the light would hurt his eyes. Besides, the voice didn’t sound threatening.

Tim gave his usual answer- his parents were busy. They didn’t have time to spend on a child. He was perfectly responsible, and didn’t need anything. It was mumbled into the pillows, and probably incomprehensible.

“I see,” said the lady, “is this normal for your species?”

Tim was confused by the question. Species? Was this some sort of alien thing? Tim didn’t know much about Aliens. He was more interested in Batman than Superman, after all.

But to answer the lady’s question, Tim knew he wasn’t normal. He saw families on tv, and in Gothams streets. They always spent time together, and cared for eachother. He thought of Batman and Robin, a perfect team of father and son.

“I see,” said the lady, even though Tim hadn’t said anything yet. “Since your parents abandoned you, I’ll claim you as mine. I’ll take care of you, and protect you.”

Tim felt something running through his hair. It was cool, and slightly damp.

“My Tim, my host, my son.”

Hey, more Uncle Eddie brainrot, but this time it's Marvel-flavoured!

This one is lazy because I have the insomnia again, thanks menstrual cycle.

I can't even be arsed to string it together confidently, this is a build-your-own prompt.

Eddie Brock broke into Drake Industries and met his future hubby there in the first Venom movie.

Tim Drake could be related to that Drake. He could be there, doing his own investigating. (This could happen at so many points in the timeline. During Young Justice? After Jack makes him quit Robin? Red Robin Gap Year? Before Tim becomes Robin? Endless potential for faffing about with canon!)

Eddie and V end up together, but so also does Tim and another symbiote.

Just. Imagine Tim and Eddie going through the first Venom movie, with Tim trying to hide his new alien buddy from his evil relative while also trying not to eat anyone. He'd figure out the trick with the Runner's High stuff quickly, I bet. Be able to afford a lot of quality chocolate. Go eat some harbor seals idk Tim is desperate not to break his morals.

He and Eddie keep in touch when he goes back to Gotham.

I really like the idea of this being a pre-Robin Tim, because then he and his symbiote get to have more fun hijinks. They're this eldritch blobby creature following Batman and Robin around. They're probably vaguely bat-shaped. Guys they might have cute lil pointy ears.

They could change canon so much and it'd be so fun to see the differences.

Eddie Brock comes to work in Gotham to stay close to his fellow host friend? Suddenly there's two Creatures hanging around and Batman is Concerned about invasive species. Green Lantern is hyperventilating at learning there are Klyntar in Gotham. Suddenly Hal has to pull off the political maneuvering of a trickster god to keep Oa from making an enemy out of Batman. (I like a Hal who gives Bruce a hard time but who will also be the first to back him up if his plan is solid. B and Hal don't let each other get away with a lot of bs. They're siblings, your honor)

Idk have some ideas I guess, I'm going to focus on projecting my cramps onto jkr.

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it was worth a try

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Oof, uhhh, one week to write that much fanfic?

(Maybe… if I dedicate time to writing… my writing will get more done?

No, impossible)

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