#[ he can just tell her that she's insane ^^ ]

[contract-crawdad]

Look Outside Pacifism Concepts: Part 5

The peephole ensemble!

The original plan had been to cover the rats here too, but as of 1.5... wow! There's a lot more rats! Which is great! But it means they'll be getting their own post.

Onwards to the door encounters! The key here is that we'll only be addressing the ones that have a chance to be hostile, seeing as the pacifist solution to the non-hostile door encounters is... not killing them. Obviously.

William/Stressed-Out

In William's case, it seems pretty clear that he didn’t look outside in his cursed form. Rather, he seems to have ‘caught’ his affliction from the witness he mentions that gave him his injury.

As such, William will always be normal on his first visit! And, provided you do manage to help him, he will not be corrupted on any future visits. However, each time you either fail to help or refuse to help, his chances to be corrupted upon the next encounter will drastically increase.

Cursed Harriet

If you correctly identify that Harriet is cursed, you can turn her away. It doesn’t matter what you do specifically, so long as you do look through the peephole but don’t open the door for her. After doing this between 1-3 times, she will come to her senses.

The tells for her getting a better grip on her sanity are that her nervous mannerisms and uncertain speech return, where they are absent in her insane cursed state. At this point, it is safe to open the door and reunite her and Sophie!

However, you still can’t see her feet and it’s heavily implied that she IS still cursed. Just that she’s had enough time to gather her thoughts and come down from the madness she was dealing with in the early stages of the transformation.

Opening the door and reuniting Harriet and Sophie at this stage plays out as normal, but Harriet will reward you with a few additional random items consisting of a wide range of enemy drops (she's been busy while looking for Sophie).

Same Old Dan

When Same Old Dan politely informs you that he would very much like to borrow five kilos of bone marrow if it wouldn't be too much trouble, you have the chance to offer him one of the following items if you have them in your inventory:

Giant Rat Skull

Jawbone Club

Hellsword

Teeth Pendant

Offering any of the above to Same Old Dan prompts the following dialogue:

You toss the item to the slavering creature, which descends on it with gusto. His 'thingie' shreds it to pieces as he scoures every drop of collagen hidden within. After a few moments of horrified fascination, you decide to slowly close the door before finding out if this meal is enough to satisfy him.

Feral Morton

Funnily enough, this one HAS a canonical pacifist solution! Just don’t open the door. When and if Morton knocks again, he has a chance to be back to normal.

Credit to @euclideggnog for the idea that Morton's hostile form is caused by a hormonal state that certain species of crickets enter when in low-food environment which prompts a gregarious feeding frenzy consisting of whatever organic material it can find.

He was just hangry!

Limb Thief/Guillame

It's so funny that this guy shows up to Sam's door, introduces himself by name, and then Sam decides 'Nah, you're limb thief' in all the battle menus.

When a party member with either the Coat of Arms or the Misshaped Limb equipped is struck by the Limb Thief, he will steal said item.

If he is not killed during the next turn, Limb Thief flees from the battle with his prize, cackling giddily at his latest addition.

Mad Pie

If you use Cash Sock on Mad Pie the battle music slows to a stop.

"...A tip? Seriously? For me? Nobody has ever tipped me before. I mean, I was totally gonna beat you into meat paste and then press the meat paste flat and bake it, you know, as like an irony thing... but wow. I feel like maybe I would be a little bit of a jerk if I did that now. I... I need to go think about this."

Mad Pie hops away awkwardly. It takes several minutes for it to actually leave the hallway.

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Thus concludes the solicitors! Probably the only group in the game where the members of the group have no ling to one another whatsover.

Tune in next time when we FINALLY get to those giant rats who make all of the rules!

Part 1

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[tomatoteddy]

I made this back when I first read her anecotee uhhhhh An-an’s anecdote in a nutshell!!

[honeyhotteoks]

rigger!yunho enjoyers can i just —

i’ve literally been thinking of nothing else for days. and doing so much research and watching some beautiful shibari sessions and i cannot wait to keep working on this.

if you thought across stardust was romantic i’m so sorry but this fic????????? def not coming too soon because i have way more things to work on first BUT!!!!

here’s the essential plot like am i insane or am i kind of cooking with this 👀

reader and yunho have been best friends for years. only she has no idea he used to be a rigger and he has no idea that in the past year she’s been diving head first into the rope scene. after she experiences a scene gone very, very wrong with an abuser masquerading as a dominant, she calls the one person she needs…. she trusts yunho, but she also doesn’t expect him to be an experienced rigger with knowledge of scenes and shibari and d/s dynamics. so he helps aid her through her recovery — medically, emotionally, physically. it heals something in him to care for her, and it heals everything in her to be cared for in this way. and when she’s ready, they slowly explore rope again together. they explore consent, boundaries, and what safe play and dynamics could be. they reclaim their spaces in the rope scene, and take the power back from abusers like the man who hurt her. and all the while, they grow together. in dynamics, in love, and in their lives.

like i’m gagged over this and i’m the one writing it i truly hope people fuck with this. there’s definitely smut but it’s like wayyyyyyyyyy slow burn bc she’s traumatized. and i know people want like hard dom rigger yunho but the more i dig into shibari the more i think he would be like…. reverent, almost religious in his devotion to what rope is. he’s absolutely dominant, but not mean. a guiding hand, a steady voice. like a lighthouse in a person.

anyways can you tell i’m consumed by him rn because i am.

[makelifeyourbitch42]

Realism ≠ No Mansion

So I saw a confession on the Creepypasta Confessions blog and I am pissed.

First off, to be clear: I’m not trying to attack anyone personally. But I am extremely tired of people throwing around takes like this and calling it “realism” because it’s not. It’s uncreative and borderline gatekeeping.

This is gonna be a long one. Buckle up:

🚫 Saying “Jeff would kill everyone”

That’s not realism. That’s avoiding the question of why he might not. You’re dodging character complexity in favor of edge.

👁 Saying “Eyeless Jack only sees others as prey”

That’s not realistic. It’s ignoring that even monstrous characters might have nuance or boundaries, or that he might recognize other cursed beings as more than meat.

🎮 Saying “BEN Drowned only sees others as pawns”

You're writing off any chance of him forming actual relationships or attachments.

🎪 Saying “Laughing Jack sees them as entertainment”

Again, yeah… until he doesn’t. What happens when the entertainment fails? What happens when he connects? Explore that.

💋 Saying “Nina only cares about Jeff”

Okay, and what about after? What about growth? What about disappointment or found family? You’re locking her character in amber.

⏰ Saying “Clockwork and Toby are too insane to get along”

So… you’ve never heard of shared trauma bonds, dissociation, or neurodivergent kinship, huh? They're more than their instability.

👧 Saying “Sally won’t trust anyone”

Great. That’s the start of a story. What about the arc? Who does she learn to trust? What brings that wall down?

🌲 Saying “Slenderman isn’t a father figure to everyone”

Sure. But why can’t he be one to someone? Who sees him that way? What does he feel about that? Explore the dissonance, not just the denial.

🔥 “Realism” Isn’t an Excuse to Be Boring

I’m sorry you couldn’t think of ways these characters might grow, clash, bond, or just coexist without stabbing each other, but don’t act like that’s realism.

Here’s some so-called “realistic” reasons for why Slenderman might have a mansion just pulled out my ass just right now:

Maybe it’s not his, it’s just a convenient base

Maybe he built it to contain or protect his proxies

Maybe a proxy built it for him

Maybe it’s just a house from when he was human, if you roll with that theory

Why might Jane and Jeff exist in the same space?

Slenderman's forcing them to

Jane’s forgiven him, Jeff doesn't have to stay evil

She’s forgotten what he did, Slenderman gave Toby amnesia why not her?

You can write any of this in a grounded, character-driven way. “Realistic” doesn’t mean “everyone is alone and evil forever.” It means understanding why they’re not.

💡 This Mindset Hurts New Creators

What pisses me off the most is that someone who wants to write a “realistic AU” might see this garbage take and think:

“Oh… I guess I can’t do that.”

YES. YOU. CAN. If you want to write a mansion AU? Do it. If you want to make them friends, enemies, exes, reluctant roommates? Go wild.

Just ask yourself why it works. Get creative. Build the bridges. Tell the story. Stop saying "this can't work." And say, "How can this work?"

Don’t let boring people kill possibility and call it "canon."

[johannestevans]

a thing i love about kai winn is the way in which she is OBSESSED with personal responsibility as a way of absolving herself of her influence over others.

it's bareil's CHOICE to kill himself because she won't tell him not to. it's people's CHOICE to follow their d'jarras. "i won't interfere."

this poor insane and absurdly scarred woman who is repeatedly and continuously rejected by her own gods. a starfleet human is their new messiah, to whom the prophets continuously reach out. the prophets are speaking to everybody but her - not just kira, youthful and disobedient and chaotic

but fucking. more humans. a trill. odo. a FERENGI!!!!

forsaken by the prophets during the occupation and like… it's so easy for kira to judge her, she thinks, when kira had weapons, and winn never did. all she had was her mind and her ability to talk and manipulate and bribe

and she is so absurdly lonely. she's no longer in a prison cell the way she was for most of the occupation, but she may as well be. everyone thinks her cold and treacherous - the ds9 cmo calls her a coward to her face! her!!!! a priestess who has survived a genocide, this CHILD, calls her a coward!!

and in her mind i think it's just. so much easier to think of everything in terms of… people make choices. she's not making anyone do anything. she's not holding a gun or the weight of an occupying force. she's not making any threats. people can just make their choices. like she has - has had to

and like. god. her gods do not give a single fuck about her. when she's finally able to reach out to them outright that they do not think about her and if they did they would think she's fucking cringe. when your own gods say you're not worth shit, well, okay! i guess she'll do whatever then!

i understand why people have like. a massive knee jerk response to winn - i do think that people wrongly conflate her fundamentalism with american christian fundamentalism & its ideologies, bc like. she is not an american. she is not a member of the dominant culture. she is a genocide survivor

and god like. you can see the acid in her mouth whenever she's negotiating with the cardassians, but more than that like. kira as a member of the bajoran militia works very closely with starfleet, and she's also federation-pilled from hanging out with those rootbeer-drinking freaks 24/7

winn doesn't have that. all she has is the knowledge that starfleet watched the cardassians rape and pillage and abuse and murder her people for decades and not give a flying fuck because the bajorans didn't have anything they wanted. and then the wormhole appeared. and suddenly they were helping

and idk like. she's so painfully uncomfortable with quark naming a fucking dessert after her and trying to get her to try it bc she's not a fucking celebrity and she doesn't want to be.

kira accuses her of wanting fame and her place in history but that's so clearly not what she cares about

she genuinely DOES want what's best for her people. and unfortunately, like kira, she very much has an all or nothing spirit about the whole thing. for winn, that doesn't mean bombing the families of oppressors or blowing up DS9 to stop the cardassians from taking it. it means shit like this

taking every single advantage she can get, using up her assets even when those assets are dying in front of her, even when super fucking unethical medical stuff is being done - letting bareil die when, really, he didn't need to, just for one treaty where there will be others, frankly

but kai can't think of all the people she's killing or leaving behind, because she's not that kind of strategician and she's not ACTUALLY interested in Going Down In History. what she wants, what she has always wanted, is to save what she sees as The Core of Bajor as best she can, and preserve it

part of that is saving people, redirecting prison ships, fucking off the cardassians, getting these treaties signed. part of that IS keeping starfleet at arm's length and, frankly, ensuring that bajor doesn't become a federation planet and get subsumed into federation culture.

and most of all it's faith and doctrine and her fundamentalist understandings of bajoran texts and the teachings of the prophets, because that is what helped her survive, and therefore, in her fucked-up head, all that MUST survive in perpetuity

god. i love that awful woman

[yuriisclumsy]

Hello Yuyu (if you are uncomfortable with this nickname, I'm sorry :(( I also don't know if you still take requests, if not please ignore this message) I'm curious about Cale's reaction when rd is jealous. I feel like he always shows an aura that attracts others. So what if rd sees him chatting with a noble, and he can see the heart in that person's eyes when they looked at Cale. At first rd tried to restrain herself :(( but she couldn't. She ended up holding Cale's hand and pouting the whole time

Jealousy, Jealousy

𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝: 1011

Authors Note: The fact that this was from last year is insane to me… Anyway— Reader jealous, yes? I can work with that! PS. I like the nickname. It’s pretty cute :) 

[Warning]: Please forgive me for any misinformation or mischaracterization, I haven’t read TCF in a whiiiiiile. I have to get back to reading. I heard that the gold dragon finally makes an appearance in the Manhwa!

»»► Reader is not just jealous of the noblewomen who come near Cale–no no–she’s also plotting their funerals with a glare that could slice their heads off. For obvious reasons, she wouldn't. But a girl can dream.

»»► As for why she’s in this mood…? Oh you’ll find out soon enough.

It was dusk, the moon was just beginning to wake up from her slumber to adorn the sky with her starry pearls and natural glow, when the ball began. A dance in honor of the Crown Prince of the Roan Kingdom, future king of this land. It has been hosted each year ever since the prince was crowned.

In other words, it was a show of power and wealth; a political move from the imperial family.

One that Cale wished not to be part of.

With a big sigh, he drank the remaining red liquid from the glass he had in his hand. The taste of alcohol made interacting with the crowds tolerable.

“Master Cale?” A sickeningly sweet voice called to him.

Cale turned and greeted a young noblewoman that was approaching him. “Good evening,” he slightly vowed.

“So it is you!” She got closer to him, practically in front of his face. “It’s such an honor to meet the infamous Cale of the Henituse Territory!” Her eyes sparkled. He leaned back out of instinct, feeling the uncomfortableness of the situation.

“Haha…the honor is all mine,” he said back with his diplomatic smile.

“Master Cale, I was hoping to discuss something with you,” she began.

“Business related? If so, we can go have a seat in of those tables over there—”

“That won’t be necessary!” She laughed nervously. Her eyes wandered to the side, her cheeks turning rosy by the second. Oh Cale could smell the trouble brewing trouble. “I was wondering…might you perhaps be seeing someone?” There it is.

“I’m sorry, but…why the sudden question?” He asked–though he didn’t really care what she had to say, it was to stall for a good response to come to his mind.

“Oh I was just curious, that's all!”

As if he’d believe that. He knew why the topic of his relationship status had been garnering attention. Ever since his grand heroic act, saving the royal family and the other territory’s leaders during the banquet a few months ago, his father had been receiving marriage offerings from all sorts of people; given how low his reputation was, they thought his father would have accepted to marry off his useless son, and in the process they would have gained his reputation. More political nonsense.

Unfortunately for them, he is already seeing someone.

Should he tell her? His relationship with you wasn’t known to the public. And although he would not want to involve you in politics for now, he did not want to lie about you either. Why do the gods like to shove him into annoying situations like this?

“Human…” His eyes glanced up discreetly to his right. A small-sized dragon floated close to his shoulder. “[Name] is giving you the sticky eyes again,” he pointed to the other side of the room, unamused by this.

Oh-uh.

His eyes slowly follow the trajectory of Raun’s long nail. There, in all the magnificent glory, was you.

The red fabric was adorning your frame nicely, not too tight to show the world whatever your body had to offer, and not too loose to look baggy. Your expensive heels clacked loudly as you tapped your left feet against the palace floors like a rabbit. You were glaring at his direction. Your attention wasn’t on him in particular. It was rather at the noblewoman that was with him at the moment. If looks could kill, he’d probably be witness to a bloody murder.

He better go to you while you are still in control of that demon. He shuddered at the thought of you snapping. 

“Master Cale?” the noblewomen called to him, concerned from his silence.

“Please excuse my manners, but I have to go. I have other business to attend to,” he smiled apologetically. He vowed slightly, “It was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to meet again someday,” that hope would only happen if the gods wished for her death by the hands of his lovely lady. He left before she could dig a greater grave.

He walked up to you, who was still glaring daggers at the confused noblewomen. “[Name]?” he called out. No response was given. “[Name]...” he called again. “[Name] please…” You gave him no mind and moved your face to the side, your brows still furrowed in annoyance. Cale could only frow.

Did that woman truly get under your skin, love? His eyes widened at an idea that crossed his mind.

“*sigh*... And here I was thinking of fetching some food my lady...” Your attention perked from the mention of food. Yet you still refuse to acknowledge him. “...I guess I’ll go with my lonesome since you don’t want anything…tis a shame, ” Cale said with a very sad voice and over dramatized expression. He turned to go to the food station.

3…2… Cale counted down. aaaand… he dragged as you stepped in front of him, 1. He smirked. Predictable as always. Your face still possessed the frown from before but with less bitterness and more pouty into it.

“...”

“...”

“...Can I come get food with you?” you asked, not bothering to look at him. You knew him. Well enough to know he had a smug expression splashed all over his eyes and mouth.

“Of course,” he extended his arm he knew you would take. As you made your way to the delicious temptations he leaned down and hovered right above your ear. “You know, you look cute when you're jealous.”

“Say another word and you're sleeping outside the manor.” He straightened, giving you a cheeky smile, and motioned his hand across his mouth like a zip to gesture you won’t hear anymore teasing from him for the rest of the night.

The ball faded into music, food, and a pouty lover.

The End

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[ooliecat]

the raz vodello AU sucks because it's mostly used to fulfill the SashaMilla parent fantasy and also bash the aquatos in the same swing.

i've been thinking about this since yesterday and how i just loathe this AU based on the core premise it stands on.

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raz in this universe becomes a mcguffin(wrong word) raz becomes/or would realistically become a completely different character so then whats the point of it being raz. huh. huh?

raz's whole character is his hero personality and his determination to become a psychonaut. his precocious, smart alec, but nice nature. if he just starts his life in the psychonauts then whats his goal here? to be a psychonaut? borrring. he just becomes a nepo baby who follows the steps of his.. mother..

speaking of her.. MILLA. the stories don't even utilize her, the """"MOTHER""" in any interesting way. the character whos surname is in the title of The Thing.

(ok i'll be real right now i've never sat down and read a single story containing this Au i've just read the tvtropes page. once. which..like. why does it exist. and i could be completely wrong and its somehow the most well written character exploration study ever but.. come on. look me in the eyes and tell me you believe that. ha. ha. ha.)

the premise just uses her stance on children in most shallow way possible. like. whatever.

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Another thing. I dont like how in some variations of the story, Sasha just becomes the 'father.' like. how. Sasha and Milla aren't even together in CANON. How does adding a child make them get closer. In fact.. i think the chances of them getting together would actually be Lower because of Milla having a kid. like like like

hyperbolic joke..lol. i think sasha would be more like "he appreciates milla and would like to get closer but she's busy and i dont think its the best time."

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could the premise even be interesting? idk.. not without sacrificing something. are the aquatos In or Out? is the story about the relationship between raz and milla or raz and his real family? are you trying to go for Disney's tangled or something. is he already ten in this story. how did the scenario even happen. was he kidnapped or abandoned. was be a baby or some other age. are the aquatos unrealistically dicks, dead or unaware. if he found the circus then would he want to join? either answer doesn't matter. how about while we're at it, Sashas mother never died and that orphanage never burned down.

I think the premise is flawed from the start. but.. haha.. but, I will say this. I think it's kind of interesting to see a younger raz and milla interact. her and her experience and.. idk u get it or u dont. it's kind of cute and interesting. but thats the end of story.

another problem with younger versions of raz is that you run into the problem that he's 10yrs old (that's actually crazy does anybody realize how insane that is) and a year ago he was 9 and then 8 and 7 and 6 and 5 and 4 and 3 and oh you're not fully there in the hair. are you even a character anymore. are you even the Same character anymore.

also if you make the story about milla then why does it even have to be raz? cause he’s the mc? eyeroll. i mean.. lili's right there. cough.

if its about rebonding with the aquatos then is it a story about real family vs family that took care of you? maybe u can explore that but i dont care. in the end it could demonize his real parents or milla really easily. again, not the point i want to elaborate on.

how about you pick Peak instead. Make oleander the parent

he is able to be nice to kids.

he has his whole world domination plan(adopting a kid would just mean another soldier)

his plan to train/brainwash raz and then getting attached or whatever

you can have raz fight against his ‘parent.'

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im done but do you ever so engrossed in a piece of media that when you look back at the source material you wonder How Did We Get Here.

[omniphilic]

hiya soileil!!!! i wanted to ask if you have personal hcs (headcanons) for mark and how you generally like to imagine him when you write him!

thanks for the ask! 🙏🏾 next time if you're not sure how to spell my name, copy and paste it from my intro post or let autocorrect do its thang (fun fact: my name is sun in french :3), but to answer your question because i think about this A LOT.

I like to combine Comic Mark and Show Mark personality wise. Not to say the show version of him is the greatest person alive, but I choose to keep of his poorer traits or qualities from the comics rendition of him to give him more dimension. Overall, I follow the order of events as they occur in the show.

In my opinion, Mark is extremely Golden Retriever. I think he’s very personable, gentle and affectionate with those he loves, but I also see him as someone who can be stubborn, reluctant to change, impulsive, and self-centered. He isn't met with a lot pushback ever. In the comics this is more prevalent, as the only characters to openly disagree with Mark are portrayed as villains or become evil (Cecil, Robot) over the course of the run.

In the show, Debbie has the balls or the sense to actually nip Mark's nonsense in the bud. When Mark tells her to "Make me" after she tells him to come inside and stop flying. When she says "Is this what you need?" she's forcing him to confront that sense of self-righteousness. Amber is another character that does this, when she gets mad at him for 'ditching them' and leaving them to fight the Re-Animen.

I think Amber was justified in her irritation because he is essentially playing in her face, choosing to maintain the lie of him just disappearing instead of coming clean then and there or at any other point before. He lies to her throughout the majority of the relationship when the rest of his close companions already (William and Eve), choosing to leave Amber in the dark. As she goes on to reveal she knew his secret, I can understand her frustration. How are they supposed to be going steady when he's withholding a quite vital part of himself for.... literally no reason. She would've been safer had she have known, she would have never been mad at him if she had known. There were more benefits to telling her than not telling her.

Eve pushes back the hardest before they get together, like right before Omni-man fucks Mark's shit up and she tells him to stop moping about quitting hero work. He's presumptuous about her life, assuming he knows why she quit as opposed to asking directly, looking to follow in her footsteps because he's overwhelmed by a situation he himself created.

Overall, I don't think Mark is a very nice person. Going back to his conversation with Debbie on the back porch, I find it utterly insane he doesn't apologize to Debbie for essentially threatening her, and there are other instances of him not having others best interests at heart so he can maintain a sense of security—a big one being when he ditches Earth to go coddle her over a broken leg while the whole Invincible War is going on the background.

I think his self-centeredness doesn't allow him to deeply engage with the feelings of others, but his persistent, almost pervasive sense of conscientiousness is what keeps him on the straight and narrow for a large part of his time as Invincible. I feel like his sense of obligation is derived from guilt as opposed to love for humanity.

When Mark is around people he loves, or connects with emotionally, he is more comfortable divulging his true feelings. I find him to be both self-deterministic and rejection sensitive, averse to truly absorbing the opinions of others unless he feels that way himself, as well as being afraid of being told he's doing something wrong.

All of that to say... I don't think he's consciously being a bad person, he's just limited by those he's surrounded by, they don't tell him about himself regularly enough to get him used to that kind of push back.

For the most part I think he's on the level, tries his best to be a good person where he can. He has some capacity for pettiness, but it isn't often his first resort. Some of his biggest moments of growth occur when he's learning of the realities of the world, like during the first Flaxan invasion, where he realizes how brutal the life of a superhero can be, but he rarely ever has moments of self-discovery, understanding and reconciliation. TLDR; this boy needs a therapist.

He has nobody to relate to because nobody is exactly on his level, and the people who should be concerned with his emotional wellbeing (Eve or Debbie) and they don't encourage him to open up.

Often what happens to him in sensitive moments, when he does genuinely try to open up (to Eve, when he is trying to communicate what happened with future Eve) he is very strongly shut down, which would further reinforce his insistence on not communicating his true feelings.

This happens a lot. I think the reason is because of bad writing, honestly— Some people (primarily female characters, like Eve and Amber) act as is needed to move along the plot, I believe, but despite this shortcoming in the narrative I chose to just... bake it into his character.

Mark's upbringing (as a white dude who is written by a white dude) means he not only navigates the world differently but is socialized differently than most likely me or you, so he has a different sense of entitlement, a different understanding of right and wrong, and a lack of curiosity.

i think he would be more knowledgeable in his like. mid-later twenties (wait until I make that Dilf! piece with @wingfleur) but he's bumbling for a fair bit of his late teens early twenties.

He's just a loser trying his best!!! anyway this turned into a ramble imma dip out—

[ladyhoneydarlinglove]

one piece fic | zosan | pride kisses 2025 challenge

{JEALOUS KISS}

“Hey, Zoro!” Sanji hears Chopper exclaim when he’s out on the deck, passing out afternoon snacks to Nami and Robin during their slow descent down from Skypiea. “Where’d you get that mark on your neck?”

“What mark?” Zoro replies.

“This big red one right here!”

When Sanji turns to look, he sees Chopper poking one small hoof at the spot where Zoro’s neck meets his shoulder with a concerned frown. Sanji expects Zoro to wave the little doctor off like he usually does, so it’s a bit of a surprise to instead see the swordsman go bright red from his cheeks all the way down to his collarbones.

“Oh, that?” he says, voice sounding weirdly strangled. “I think that’s just, uh… A bug bite.”

“What? This is a huge bug bite, Zoro! Why didn’t you tell me about it right away? Bug bites can carry all kinds of diseases!” Chopper scolds him. “And with how inflamed this one is already—Although, now that I’m looking at it, it’s not actually very swollen…”

It hits Sanji what this supposed ‘bug bite’ is at exactly the same moment that Robin murmurs, “Oh,” in a delighted tone, while Nami’s face lights up with a beautifully wicked grin as she giggles, “Oh, this I have to see.”

“What the fuck?” Sanji hisses, hand going tight around the drink tray he’s holding. “We only left Skypiea this morning, when did he even have time?”

“He was drinking with someone at the party, wasn’t he?” Robin asks. “Braham, I think his name was?”

“Yeah; they left together once they ran out of booze,” Nami confirms. 

“What?” Sanji whips his head around to stare at her. “Why?”

Nami raises an eyebrow. “Why do you think, Sanji-kun?”

“But—” Sanji starts to say, and then stops. 

Because the rest of that sentence was going to be that’s what he has me for, which is… Insane. That is an insane thought for Sanji to have. For multiple reasons, not least of which is the fact that he and Zoro fool around solely for the purposes of boredom and stress relief, and have never once brought up the idea of being exclusive with each other. Sanji wouldn’t want them to be exclusive, because that would mean he couldn’t pursue any beautiful ladies when the opportunity arises. Hell, just last night he was trying to catch the attention of the lovely Raki during the party, but he struck out.

That must be what the white hot clench of jealousy Sanji currently feels in his stomach is about. The fact that an unwashed, moss-headed brute managed to score while Sanji didn’t, even though he’s clearly the better catch.

“Unbelievable,” he mutters under his breath.

“I know, right?” Nami says gleefully, her eyes fully trained on Zoro and Chopper as the swordsman attempts to bluff his way out of a physical examination, which, to judge by the steadily rising pitch of Chopper’s voice, is failing miserably. “He’s so bad at lying.”

“I don’t need to see this,” Sanji scoffs, turning away with a sharp twist. “Enjoy your snacks, ladies.”

He stalks back to the kitchen, lighting a cigarette on the way and trying to remember who the hell Braham was as he puffs on it with unusual vehemence. One of the Shandians, probably; he’d seen Zoro talking to a group of them earlier in the evening. Was Braham the one with the red goggles? Or maybe the one with the stupid hat? Sanji can’t remember. He’s also not sure why he cares.

Zoro can do whatever the hell he likes, Sanji tells himself as he starts in on the dinner prep, slicing and dicing his vegetables like they’ve personally offended him. So what if he slept with one of the Shandians? He doesn’t care. Sanji’s just annoyed that Zoro got some action and he didn’t. He doesn’t care. Sanji didn’t think any of them were all that impressive except for the guy that nearly blew himself up, but whatever. He doesn’t care. Where’d they even get off to, the ruins? Gross. Disgusting. Unhygienic. But also, he doesn’t care, he doesn’t care, he doesn’t—

“The hell did those bell peppers ever do to you, cook?”

Only years of conditioning not to make any sudden movements with a knife in his hand keep Sanji from jumping out of his skin at the sound of Zoro’s voice.

“What the hell do you want?” he snaps, lifting his head to glare at the moss-headed idiot standing by the table, who scowls right back.

“What crawled up your ass and died?” he retorts. “I just want a snack, jeez.”

“Too bad. Wait until dinner.”

“What? Why?”

“Because I fucking said so, that’s why!” Sanji bites out, knowing that he’s being unreasonable and not caring. He’s irritated because Zoro is out here flaunting his stupid fucking hickey so much that even Chopper noticed it. Not that Sanji cares. “Now get out of my kitchen.”

Zoro’s eyes narrow nearly to slits. Sanji watches a muscle in his jaw tick, and then he crosses his arms, leaning one hip heavily against the table as a wide, sharp-toothed smile spreads slowly across his face.

“Make me,” he challenges.

Sanji’s nostrils flare.

This is stupid, he thinks to himself as he launches himself at Zoro. He’s getting into a fight over nothing. This is stupid, Sanji tells himself as the fight devolves into angry, heated kissing in record time. He doesn’t care about some stupid mark Zoro got from some random guy that they’re never going to see again anyway. This is stupid, he thinks desperately as he shoves Zoro up against the pantry wall, kicking the door shut behind them before latching onto one of his collarbones, making the swordsman groan and twist his fingers tightly in Sanji’s hair. This is stupid, this is stupid, I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care—

The line of bites and bruises Sanji leaves scattered across Zoro’s chest can’t be seen when he puts his shirt back on, because Sanji doesn’t need the ladies scandalized and also he really, really doesn’t want anyone to have to explain to Chopper what a hickey is. But Sanji knows they’re there, and when he catches Zoro running his thumb absentmindedly along the line of them later at the dinner table, it makes his stomach flood with something hot and satisfied.

Not that he cares, of course.

(notes: which one braham is, if you guys even care)

[neo-exploded]

vat7k headcanons + extras part TWO!!!!!!!!

< part 1

(orange still means other characters btw)

(also also guys please feel free to use these headcanons in your works! just pls pls pls let me see the finished product i beg) (and also credit ig but u already knew that I HOPE)

headcanons

The best way to describe Hugo is a cartoon. Like he’s the type to say “It’s right behind me, isnt it”, to leave a Hugo-shaped hole in the ground or wall when/if that happens, use “NUNYA BUSINESS” jokes on everyone, as well as the cheesiest pick up lines ever known to man (“On a scale of 1 to 10, you’re a 9-“ “EXCUSE ME???” “-and im the 1 you need🫰😼” “Bitch im a 12”)

^^ Also Hugo and Varian are the types of people to constantly interrupt someone with an “Urm, actually!”

^^ Okay I lied all of them do this. Nuru specifically when someone is talking about astronomy and Yong about pyrotechnics.

If I had to make each member of Team Radical an animal, it would look like this ok: Varian - raccoon, Hugo - Mouse, Nuru - Peacock, Yong - Ferret (alternatives: snake, fox, cat, and salamander)

Nuru and Varian are like super similar when it comes to their forms of combat. Kind of.

^^ Ok so Varian tends to keep himself rather stable during battles, if you get what I mean, but sometimes he will let that stability slip and go a little crazy (like S1 finale crazy) for purposes of combat ONLY. Varian is very disappointed to use it to his advantage most of the time.

^^ Nuru is somewhat like this in the case where she just goes batshit insane. I genuinely cannot describe how she acts in words but imagine April O'Neil from ROTTMNT. That's Nuru. Give her a weapon and she will beat an enemy to the ground so long someone else has to pry her away.

Yong smells like sulfur and gunpowder the majority of the time. Hugo smells like motor oil and cinnamon. Varian smells like apples and wild raccoon. Nuru smells elegant, like tons of flowers mixed together. Or coconut.

Yong was also a Flynn Rider fanboy, just not as much of a fan as 14 y/o Varian since he had much less books and merch growing up. When the group found out Varian was actually best friends—better yet, COUSINS—with legendary Flynn Rider, you can imagine how Yong reacted.

Hugo is terrified of dogs. I imagine that in lower levels of Ingvarr there were a bunch of dirty and abandoned dogs that Hugo did not appreciate tearing into his stuff and almost biting off his limbs.

Nuru can tell the difference between multiple kinds of flowers. She was the main reason nobody stepped in anything poisonous.

Yong is best friends with Hector’s bearcats and rhino. Hector took him for a ride on the rhino around the Dark Kingdom when they arrived for that trial.

^^ Referenced in my last post, but Adira gave Nuru advanced lessons on sword fighting and offered a much larger, sharper sword in replacement for Nuru’s fencing one she brought when she joined.

Varian hates seafood, specifically any with tentacles (cough cough Zhan Tiri cough) but he is great at catching the fish. Perks of growing up on a farm where Corona gets most of their imports from.

^^ Hugo is kind of the opposite, just as long as the food isn’t deadly, he can eat it. Nuru tries to keep an open mind to some foods but growing up in royalty gave her some bias towards some foods and against others. Yong just cares if it tastes good or not.

Cassandra revealed Varian's old crush on her to the team, and Varian was just about 1 centimeter away from tossing acid on himself then off a cliff.

Yong screams the loudest, highest, and longest. Nobody can beat him, they tried.

*Imagine Varian stretching* Hugo: "ooou big stretch" Varian: "shut the fuck up"

Hugo has the sharpest sneer/smirk ever and he uses it like a weapon, and Nuru has the NASTIEST MOST DISGUSTED STINK EYE so any time the team meets up post-VAT7K, Hugo and Nuru would sit in the background and gossip/mock arrogant and rude nobles whenever they were in Corona

(This depends on whether or not I decide to keep Ulla alive after the library but in this case she does live) After the library, Varian stayed in Old Corona for about a week to help mend the relationship between his parents. And it was so awkward.

Hugo and Cyrus have a sibling kind of relationship if the older sibling constantly wants to kill themself whenever the younger is around

Yong loves to paint! He is by no means good at it, most of the time its a lot of contrasting, muddy colors with crudely made drawings, but that never stops him! Rapunzel is also so very delighted to have a painting buddy.

Varian has a love-hate relationship with hot chocolate. It's his favorite drink ever, but after about 3 cups he starts having horrible stomach aches. Varian has been found on the kitchen floor with a spilled cup of hot chocolate and clutching his stomach on multiple occasions.

Hugo is NOT A PLAYBOY and he does NOT FLIRT WITH ANYONE AND EVERYONE HE SEES. I feel like with the amount of time Hugo has spent on the street, he’d rather eat rusty metal than reveal any of his personal information to a dirty stranger.

^^ Also he’s just a complete and utter nerd, its a miracle he managed to pull Varian.

For all her scolding to the others about swearing, Nuru can be very creative with her comebacks.

Hugo swears with elements of the periodic table ("oh suck my Cobalt Carbon Potassium😾")

Varian is the theater kid of the group, if that makes sense. He is constantly singing in some form: humming the healing incantation while working, taps fingers or bounces his leg to a song he made up, BELTING OUT THE MOST HEAVENLY OF SONGS AT A RANDOM BAR BECAUSE HE CAN???? did i write this headcanon because Varian is voiced by a staple figure in theater? no no no absolutely not wtf are you thinking!!! hahahahahhahahahhahahahah

Varian gets cuddly-drunk when he drinks and Hugo gets stupid-drunk when he drinks.

As a firm "Hugo-confessed-first-in-the-library-scene" believer, I think Hugo was totally the first to fall for Varian, but instead of exploring that realization and confessing earlier, he kept it in until the library, intending to never even reveal those feelings because Hugo knows it would tear him and Varian to shreds. Hugo knew this was just a job, he’s done this before so many times, knows these kids are just expendable and he shouldnt care for them so much, but this was probably his first ever job where he didnt want to lie to their faces, instead wanting to love and be loved. But he can't. Basically the summary headcanon here is Hugo didnt want to confess at first because he knew how the ending would play out and it would hurt even more if there was a relationship to break there.

Hugo underestimated Varian their first time in bed and the next morning he thought he broke his back. And hips. Back and hips. (post-VAT7K btw)

Yong likes to run around a lot so sometimes Hugo has to hold him up so he doesn't flee into the forest.

Varian can sleep until, or even past, noon if he could. And he would. And he has.

Ok so this is a long one so strap in and whatever: Two years before VAT7K, we all know that Varian was appointed to be the ‘Royal Science Nerd’ and built perfected water heaters with his dad. In my personal theory, while the water heaters functioned much better than the first prototypes they werent completely finished i guess. like they needed constant maintenance by either Varian or Quirin post-TTS. After VAT7K though, Hugo Nuru and Yong all added their own ideas and thoughts to improve the water heaters system and Varian cried tears of joy.

When the boys arrived at Nuru’s kingdom, Hugo had caused a huge commotion beforehand and when it reached Nuru herself, she disregarded the group thinking they were troublesome and whatnot. But when she heard of how they were searching for the Eternal Library, she changed her mind and decided to aid them in the trial. But the beef between Hugo and Nuru didnt change. At first.

Varian's and Nuru's periods sync. Thats it.

During the journey to the trials, Hugo was able to tease and flirt with ease because it was technically a mask at the time, if you get what im saying ig. However, once everything was finished and Hugo started living in Corona, all that confidence and the mask was gone so now flirting was a whole new struggle with Varian, and suddenly his cheesy pick up lines were worsening!!!! oh the horror!!!

Yong is great at wearing heels. Dont ask when or why he wore them, I just know he would at one point.

Nuru can crack her knuckles very loud and she uses it as intimidation. Mostly against Hugo.

In the FUTURE, Hugo actually grows out facial hair and i guess he has a stubble or something close to that, not like a beard but something like Eugene’s goatee. And it is very sacred to Varian, so whenever Hugo tries to shave it, Varian threatens to shave the bush. Its like a rodeo with both of them holding razors and staring each other down.

Nuru is still lactose intolerant and she gets offended when offered anything with dairy. Somedays she actually doesnt care about the intolerancy and will drink milk despite it, and regret it an hour later when she gets the worst stomach cramps ever.

Whenever the team is stressed about getting to a trial in time, Donella’s crew catching up to them, or just any large-scale problem in general, they all tend to forget basic human needs like food and sleep. Therefore, whoever passes out from exhaustion first (usually Yong) is their sign that ‘oh shit we need to take a break like RIGHT NOW’ because theyre all nerds.

Fuck it, Varigo daughter’s name is Ellena, Amburu’s son name is Sora.

Yong hides his firecrackers in the weirdest places. Not even just on his person, you could find stashes of firecrackers in his bunk. Or in the laundry bin. Or in Ruddiger's coat.

Every joke or pick up line Hugo says is complimented by finger guns. everytime. Yes, Varian says its incredibly annoying and he should shut up. Yes, Varian also finds it stupidly endearing and really wants him to keep doing it forever. Also Yong picked up this habit as well so he basically does the same thing.

Varian cannot handle criticism well because, depending on his mood, he will either get very defensive or instantly try to fix it. No in between.

Hugo can go and has gone many days without showering/bathing yet manages to smell the same. It terrifies and disgusts the group.

Everyone on Team Radical is smart in their own ways, but also stupid. I dont know how but they are.

When Hugo first thought of leaving Donella to stay with Team Radical, he had to stop and sit in the forest for like an hour because how could he just think of disobeying the woman who took him in and supported him since FOREVER?

Yong likes to create different combinations of food with whatever they have in stock. Sometimes it sounds and tastes good, other times it makes the others run off into the woods in fear.

At first, Hugo used his words to show affection. Now as he gets more adjusted to life with Varian, he starts using touch and physical actions to show affection.

^^ btw, both Hugo and Varian give each other gifts as another sign of affection.

Nuru can say tongue twisters really well.

Varian has bought clothes from the soup store

Hugo's nervous tic is adjusting hair or clothing, he tries not to have one because, yk, working as a thief under Donella and nervous tics are a sign of weakness to him

^^ Varian's is biting his nails, Nuru's is figdeting with her hands or dress, and Yong's is tapping his feet or fingers.

Hugo has to always accompany Varian in any town they enter because Varian has constantly been scammed before but he can't tell when he is being scammed. Hugo, however, is a master of scams and is the one to bargain the prices. Not because he likes seeing the smile Varian gives him as a thanks, no no, never.

Hugo already kind of knew he was gay, but it was like a slap-to-the-face type of confirmation when Varian came along. Flynn Rider and Cassandra were Varians's celebrity crushes and bi awakening. Yong is here. Nuru discovered her taste in girls after VAT7K when she met with Amber for the second time. (referenced in my last post)

^^ I really want to expand more on Nuru's side but like I imagine that back at her kingdom, Nuru is always being visited by suitors but she hates it. So when Amber and Nuru finally got together she cheered realizing that meant no more suitors in her space

Varian is always warm and Hugo is always cold. Balance :)

^^ Whenever Varian was too focused on a project, Hugo would put his hands on his sides or neck because it always spooked Varian the most.

In the beginning of the journey, Nuru was very clumsy with her hands and would drop a lot of stuff when nervous. She got better at it over time as she got more comfortable outside her Kingdom

Yong's first comeback was so outrageous but it worked well enough to make Hugo shed a trademark-proud-parent-tear

One time Hugo used a "nunya business" joke on Edmund and everyone thought Hugo would be dead in a second, but the joke didn't land and Edmund just laughed in confusion. Hugo was just upset the joke didn't work while everyone else was scolding him for taunting the king

Nuru makes jokes about having the biggest dih. #shejustlikemefr

“Episode” ideas

PERSONALITY CHANGE LMAO????? like one member stays the same while the rest are swapped? Since idk who would be that one person heres all four of them— Yong: Dishonesty/Deceit , Nuru: Greed, Varian: Unresponsibility/Laziness, Hugo: Disloyalty (this one is hard pls help)

Varian and Hugo have a competition for…. literally everything. Who makes alchemy faster? Who can fix the caravan fastest? Who cooks faster and better? Who gathers the most supplies? Who can get them to the next destination faster? Stuff like that.

Nuru and Yong gets fed up with Hugo and Varian arguing and locks them in the caravan with some escape room type puzzle to solve?? i dont know

Varian and Hugo pretending to be dating/married (your pick) in a ball :PPPP and they HATE IT (lies)

Yong becomes the leader of an ancient civilization and goes on a power-trip. Can you tell this was inspired by the Pascal Episode in season 2?

Team Radical goes through a blizzard. Varian reacts really well!

Basically the Chase Episode from ATLA but with Team Radical constantly running from Donella’s crew for like three days straight and everyone is pissed.

In one of the kingdoms Team Radical visits, there is a Science Expo being hosted and Varian almost loses his shit when he sees that St. Croix dude again. They each enter their own products while simultaneously trying to sabotage each other. Nobody in team radical wins, because Yong exploded something and they ran. Hugo stole the 1st place medal though so its all okay.

Day in the life of Team Radical!

Prison break Hugo out of a jail cell because he sucks at his job and everyone is mad.

Varian rips one of his outfits and Nuru brings him to a nearby town for a shopping spree. Meanwhile, Yong and Hugo commit crimes or something.

Yong believes in ghosts and tries to convince Team Radical to investigate this haunted cottage they just found to prove his point. I dont know how this would end, so you guys tell me in the comments or reblogs.

Modern AU:

What kind of hate comments would they use?

Yong: “and the crowd leaves🔥🔥🔥”, “i don’t remember placing this brick”, “just put the fries in the bag bro…”, “ok so this is actually insane”, “im telling a trusted adult”, “you know what HELL YEAH🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️”, “are you with us?”, “yeah this generation is cooked🥀🥀”, “nurse its awake”

Varian: “oh that’s not…”, “we are the most advanced species btw 💔”, “hope this helps!”, “ai could never recreate this”, “do you do weddings?”, “here they come world ❤️ be nice to them”, “we need to open schools again”, “wait no come back”, “im gonna scroll now… okay?”

Hugo: “Post this on ig reels”, “ts pmo”, “sybau”, “are we deadass rn?”, “flying cars they said 🥀”, “pxrn healthier than ts”, “ts so funny 😭🙏 im following you home”, “keys”, “(x) in the big 25 🥀🥀”, “filmed in silence btw”

Nuru: “on MY cellular device?”, “that’s nice sweetie ❤️”, “i’m employed what does this mean?”, “and the world kept spinning”, “im gonna hold your hand when i tell you this…”, “mama a (x) behind you 💜”, “this was my first impression of you btw”

What kind of nice comments would they use?

(let me be specific here and say the only ships present here will be varigo and amburu. DO NOT be weird about this.)

Yong: “scrolling feels like a break up”, “hold on in trying to spell gorgus”, “i love you please dont explode”, “(x) IN THE BIG 25🌹🔋❤️‍🩹”, “stood up from the toilet and applauded”, “ur funny im buying you”, "i hate when people are funnier than me"

Varian: “raw, next question”, “do you do weddings? as the groom”, “whatever you say, handsome”, “”are you coming?” yeah on the screen CATCH!”, “weird way of proposing but YES”, “this made my hole week”, “hear me out….” “why he kinda…”

Hugo: “”get a load of this guy” IM TRYINGGG”, “i swear my clothes were just on”, “”his husband is so lucky” why thank you”, “i need that cookie bro….”, “smirked and rubbed my hands together like a fly”, “may this love find me and FVCK ME IN THE ASS”, “dw guys… heh… alpha’s got this 🫷😼🫸”, "#needthat"

Nuru: “rock, paper, DEFINITELY SCISSORS”, “i have nothing appropriate to say”, “BOOM SHAKALAKA YASSS GAWD”, “a tear ran down my leg…”, “who is this DIVA???”, “FACECARD SO EXPENSIVE”, “QUEEN YOU DROPPED YOUR CROWN”

General slang/comments used (also known as, me not knowing how to sort phrases)

Yong: “is this rizz?”, “double it and give it to the next person”, “the way my smile farted”, “will schools be closed because of this?”, “yes the pizza is armed”, “not a thought behind those eyes”, “i love you please dont go bald”, “haters will say its fake”, “why cant we all just hold hands and sing?”, “i cant hear you, i’m looksmaxxing”

Varian: “wait go back i wasnt recording”, “i have a boyfriend 😡”, “LOOK AT ME…. look, this isnt you🥺”, “is this real? im shaking”, “not edited, they can just do that”, “in a public server?”, “hes bald and hes torturing people who have hair!!”, “this fandom is a prison/whatever keeps the fandom alive ig…”

Hugo: “ts is FRYING ME”, “chat is this real?”, “this is just like the yaoi”, “enemies to lovers?”, “is this a sign to start gambling?”, “his greed sickens me”, “nice edit....hoe”, “not my proudest nut 🥀”, “i love whatever is wrong with u”, “did you at least kiss the brick before you threw it ta me?”

Nuru: “hit pose 28”, “thank you beyonce🙏”, “god forbid a woman have hobbies”, “❌call authorities ✅record video”, “mustve been the wind…”, “ho is u—“, “yoohoo! 👋 eyes over here!”, “you just twisted the knife.”, “is this wlw?”

What do these guys like to play?

Yong - Sandbox Games (Minecraft Creative Mode, Garry’s Mod, Roblox, Planet Zoo/Coaster) (basically any game where he can blow up stuff)

Nuru - Animal Crossing, CookieRun, The Sims

Varian - FNaF, Raft, Terraria, Cuphead, Mario Kart, Minecraft but survival mode

Hugo - Spider-Man games, Legend of Zelda, Subnautica, also FNaF & Mario Kart

Ok I lied they all play Minecraft. What do they like to do in the game?

Yong: Collect cats, dogs, axolotls, search for the Mushroom Island, kill Hugo, set fire to abandoned villages, try to sleep in the nether, asks Varian to get an elytra for him, has the biggest chicken farm. just chickens., owns 2 shulker boxes full of TNT, tries to keep a charged creeper as a pet, has a sheep named _jeb and dinnerbone

Nuru: Collect flowers to dye stuff, build and decorate elaborate houses, kill Hugo, trade with villagers (she has the best trading system out of all of them), become the richest, create most effective mob xp farm with Varian, creates a horse stable with the fastest horses only. slow horses go to Hugo.

Varian: Actually beat the damn game, craft best armour and weapons, kill Hugo, mine for materials, create the biggest farms ever (food and xp), making maps despite not ever using or needing it, display Ender Dragon head in his base because he killed it first, enact revenge when it is stolen, find a dog and name it Ruddiger

Hugo: Grief the others builds, steal Varian's armour and weapons, get killed by everyone, enslave villages, discover monuments for loot (he knows every trap in each structure), having the biggest supply of meat, get killed by mobs first, built a mob slaughter house (lava pit), find a cat and name it Olivia, establish trade deal with Yong (explosives for meat supply)

[galpaladvns]

I'm playing Dragon Age: Inquisition for the first time with basically no knowledge of the Dragon Age franchise other than what I've gleaned in passing on this hellsite, and I gotta say... playing Solavellan and knowing some of what's coming, especially as a mage, is WILD. Lavellan is an elf. She's been raised her whole life not to trust humans, only to suddenly be proclaimed a messiah in their religion- a religion she doesn't even follow! And as a mage she's considered an apostate by default and seen as dangerous-and she sees what happens to mages who are considered too dangerous, and to my Inquisitor, being made Tranquil seems like a fate worse than death.

And there's elves and mages around, but there's only one elven mage going out of his way to talk to and help Lavellan, and with all the insanity happening, it's hard to trust anyone-they barely trust her, after all. But here's Solas, curious instead of hostile, even-keeled when everyone else seems ready to blow. After Haven falls and he tells her about the orb being elven, that feeling of distrust toward the humans only grows- and he just feeds into it.

Lavellan has just lost the closest thing she has to a home, and needs something, someone, that feels safe, that she can trust-and here's Solas, telling her "you change everything"-not with fear or expectation, but curiosity, and something like desire...

you can see exactly where this is going.

It's codependent trauma-bonding at its finest, but damn it hurts so good.

And then he vanishes and she's devastated, and she eventually finds out she was in love with the elven equivalent of Lucifer? And probably still is??

Like...what the fuck is Lavellan supposed to do with any of that? I'll get to Veilguard eventually, but how the fuck doesn't she just go feral and run screaming off into the woods after all that??

[dioslesbianwife]

Hello, can I get part 4 jojo gang with a reader who's like Noelle from Genshin. Someone who is extremely strong, stubborn, reliable, and willing to endanger her life in order to help someone in need. With the reader's goal of becoming a Police officer

hi, sure! hope u enjoy and thank you for requesting :3

Josuke Higashikata

Totally in awe of you.

He first sees you one-arm lifting a scooter off a crushed puppy like “Oh thank goodness, it only got bruised!” while YOU’RE bleeding out and smiling like it’s no big deal.

“UHHH GIRL- ???”

He constantly has to heal you because you have zero self-preservation. “Y/N, you can’t protect the town if you’re dead!”

Thinks your goal to become a cop is noble but quietly worries about how reckless you are.

“You’d be the best officer ever… just please don’t run into burning buildings anymore.”

Lowkey gets flustered when you carry him bridal-style after a fight. 

Okuyasu

HE’S OBSESSED WITH YOU.

You’re strong, loyal, AND nice?? His dream girl?? His soulmate???

“You wanna be a cop?! That’s SICK!! I’d visit your station every day!!”

Tries to keep up with your workouts and fails miserably. You carried a vending machine once. He passed out after five pushups.

You once took a hit for him and he cried right there on the sidewalk.

Gets very emotional when you talk about wanting to protect Morioh. “Damn. You’re like a superhero. Like All Might, but, like… cuter.”

Koichi

Extremely impressed and extremely concerned.

The first time he sees you carry an injured jogger 3 miles back to town without breaking a sweat, he’s like 🧍‍♂️😳

“Y/N… you’re amazing. But maybe�� slow down? Just a bit?”

Tries to talk you out of putting yourself in danger every time but you just smile and thank him for worrying.

“You’re way too good for this world,” he says, genuinely.

Thinks your dream is incredible and will support you 100%- makes you little flashcards for the written exam 

Rohan

Annoyed. Until he’s not.

“Ugh, you again. Charging into danger like some self-sacrificing anime cliché- ”

But the second you block a falling beam from crushing him and say “Are you alright, Mr. Kishibe?” he just stares at you.

He writes a character based on you. It becomes insanely popular.

Pretends he’s indifferent, but always keeps an eye on you during fights.

"If you die doing something stupid and noble, I will be very upset. That’s not permission. That’s a threat.”

Jotaro Kujo

Knows your type immediately.

“She’s gonna get herself killed,” he mutters. “...She’s also going to save this whole town.”

Watches from the shadows like a worried dad. Pretends not to care.

You: getting thrown into a wall

Jotaro: “Yare yare daze- ORAORAORAORA- ”

He actually admires your dream to be a cop, even if he thinks you’re too soft-hearted.

Trains with you sometimes. Quietly impressed when you flip him over once.

“Good. Just don’t die. You’re more useful alive.”

Yukako

Girl you are her IDOL.

“...She’s like some sort of noble girl knight…”

After she’s sure you’re not into Koichi, she latches onto you like glue. Will support your dream.

“If anyone stands in your way, I’ll hold them hostage while you do your paperwork.”

She gets scary protective though. If you’re bleeding and still trying to run into battle, she hair-tackles you to the ground.

“You WILL rest. You are NOT disposable. Understand?!”

Reimi

She’s so moved by your kindness she tears up.

“You’re exactly the kind of person I wish had been there for me...”

You visit her at her alley often, sometimes cleaning up trash or watering the flowers nearby.

Reimi thinks you’re the kind of soul that changes fate.

She 100% believes you’ll become a police officer and help protect Morioh from things no one else sees.

You’re her favorite visitor. You always listen to her stories, and she tells you, “Don’t ever stop being you.”

Tonio

IMMEDIATELY TRIES TO FIX YOUR DIET.

“Signorina! You cannot survive on instant noodles and bruised knuckles alone!!”

Every time you come into his restaurant he’s like “You have dark circles. I am making you soup. SIT.”

He loves your kind spirit and even customizes your dishes to help you recover faster.

You once collapsed from dehydration after lifting a car off a kitten and he NEVER lets you forget it.

“You must treat yourself with the same love you give others!”

Shigechi

Thinks you’re SO cool.

“Whoa!! You’re like a muscley version of Koichi!!”

Tries to show off by helping you help people- like “I can use Harvest to get this lady’s purse back!!”

He’s your biggest fan tbh. Follows you around and asks questions constantly.

“Why do you wanna be a cop? Are the hats comfy?? Do you get snacks?”

You gently explain your sense of justice and he just goes 🥺

Starts calling you “Detective Y/N” and tries to draw you little fake badges.

[nyaskitten]

Something I see NO ONE talking about at all is Ras and Beatrix's dynamic they have such an insane dynamic. The way Beatrix will constantly shut him up, belittle him, and dehumanize him... it's crazy!!!

During "The Calm Inside," the way he tried telling her "You can't drain Riyu completely yet, we need him!!!" and she shoved him aggressively like "Listen here fuckboy, I'm THE Empress Beatrix, and I own you! I can exert my will over you and anyone whenever I want because I'm that guy!!!" and she exerts her will however she wants. She doesn't calm down until Ras unwillingly goes "All hail the Good Empress," and then she sends him away to fetch Larow so they can Kill Riyu. All he is to her is a strongman she controls, who goes to play fetch for her and do her dirty work !!!

In "The Battle of the Second Monastery," Ras is trying to talk to Beatrix in the throne room scene and she slams down on her throne and he fucking winces??? The way he closes his eyes and he turns away and his ears droop??? She is exerting control over him and forcing him into submission and telling him "I am in control here, not you, you're bitchmade pal, I don't have time for your failures" and he has to take that!!! HE HAS TO TAKE THAT!!! He doesn't get a say in what the Empress does, because he's zapped and cuffed like some wild animal and like some criminal, like his failures have earned him a spot as lesser than.

It's not just Beatrix doing shit to him though, he does shit to her too! Maybe not as severe, but still! Throughout "Absolute Power" we see him trying and succeeding to manipulate her numerous times, past and present! Except in the present, he fucks up, he undermines her self-value and her importance, he says she NEEDS him, something which would place her in an inferior position to him, and which defies her control over him.

However, despite Ras's control in the past and present, we also see Beatrix's control in the past and present. In the flashbacks we see how Beatrix exerts a level of control over him. She chastises him for mistaking her for Zeatrix, and she tells him that she will give him resources, and he WILL capture a Source Dragon for her.

Sure it's what Ras wants, but truthfully, regardless of what the end goal is, the things he's soon to endure will remain the same. He'll still be her little pawn and her muscle, the guy she sends to do all the dirty work for her. In the present, Ras tries saying she would be nothing without him, "the invisible and insignificant member of the family." and later her rebuttal is that actually without HER he would be "on the streets, powerless."

The truth is, they both need a sense of control and power over one another, but only Beatrix can achieve that control because truth-be-told, Ras needs her a fuckton more than she needs him (or at least, more than she THINKS he needs him.) In truth, Beatrix needs Ras, a LOT.

Without Ras, her kingdom fell apart within the span of maybe 2-ish months, she grew impatient, she became too impulsive, and she didn't have Ras to manipulate her or steer her in any other direction. She was DONE with his plans, whatever they may have been. She was going to dominate the Merged Lands HER way, WITHOUT that incessant pest.

They hate each other, and they want to control each other, because neither can cope with being lesser than.

[cal-daisies-and-briars]

🪷max please!

500 for 🪷:

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Don’t say what? What shouldn’t he say? Shannon frowns. Christopher is hiding something about Eddie. She’d thought so before the whole sister reveal, and now she thinks so again. 

“What about Eddie?” Shannon asks, looking directly at Denny. He seems like a sweet boy. He might crack easily.

Denny sucks in his cheeks, as if to physically restrain himself from answering.

“Nothing,” he squeaks after a moment. “Not a thing.”

Shannon can see Chris roll his eyes in the rearview mirror. 

“Is it that he’s remarried?” Shannon asks. “Come on, you said you have a little sister. I’m not stupid, Christopher. It’s been sixteen years. I’m not hurt to hear he’s moved on.”

Chris pauses for a moment, then looks back at her. 

“Yep, that’s all,” he says. “But, uh, let’s just… Let him tell you about that, okay? Please?”

Somehow, Shannon doesn’t think that’s actually all. She needs to talk to Eddie.

“Okay,” she says. “Whatever you say.”

Christopher

Denny does Christopher a favor. A huge favor, really. Other than the whole driving thing. The moment he processes that Christopher cannot tell his mother that his father is gay, for a plethora of reasons, he just starts talking. It’s nervous chatter, sure. Probably not even intentionally a favor to Chris. It isn’t really like Denny to talk for talking’s sake; maybe he’s just spending too much time with Buck lately. It must be nerves, but regardless, it means Chris doesn’t need to say anything. He just needs to focus on the matter at hand. 

“So I met Christopher because our parents work for the same fire station,” Denny is rambling as they take the elevator up to their floor. Mom did not ask. He’s just offering. “My mom is a paramedic. I think she was actually there when you… You know what, nevermind.”

Wow.

“It’s okay,” Mom says. “You can say it. When I died.”

Denny’s cheeks redden. “Right, that. Anyway, we got close in high school after… Uh, after Chris moved to my school. So there you go. There’s that story. Chris is great, by the way. Usually far less grumpy. Works a lot. Too much, some might say.”

Nice save on not saying after moving back from El Paso. 

“Do you work too much, Chris?” Mom asks.

“Nope,” Chris shakes his head. “Denny’s just used to getting four-offs twice a month.”

“After working twenty-four hour shifts all the damn time,” Denny points out.

“You’re a firefighter, too?” Mom asks. 

“Probationary still, but yeah,” Denny says. “I want to be a paramedic, like my mom. I really look up to her, you know? She’s always coming up with insane ways to save people. Uh… I mean… Not… Fuck.”

[oasiscon]

Don't think I've really gotten weird or horny enough on here

I keep thinking about this part in a Noel And Matt Morgan interview moment where Matt asks Noel if he's ever drank beast milk (Noel ofc saying not since he was a baby) and then Matt telling a story of how he had to presumably suck the milk from his wife's tits cause she forgot her pump and she drank so their kid wouldn't be able to drink it anyway. Already kind of insane imagery to throw out there Matt, but it had me thinking.....

Like between the end of the BHN tour and the start of the recording for SOTSG, I pinpoint that the time where Noelle had her only daughter (can't imagine her really ever having other kids). She's hit haaard with the ppd, kinda hates how her body looks, hates having to see it change over a grueling stretch of time, plus she can no longer even pretend to be vaguely interested in her husband. Suppose to make it all worse too is the other og band mates leaving so she's stuck having to handle a great chunk more of track responsibilities as they have to search for new members.

Anyway horny part is as she's trying to record a track, tits start leaking much to her utter embarrassment. Even when trying to focus back on her typical method of musical escape, she's unable to. Lyla, lazing on the couch, ofc notices and makes a joke pointing it out only to be met with a really angry "piss off" as Noelle storms off towards the washroom.

Lyla follows, walking in to an exasperated Noelle whose on the brink of losing it before Lyla offers just some advice and help. Feels weird for Noelle to get advice from Lyla about anything and acts pretty dismissive but it's clear to her sister that the issue isn't just the leakage but something more than that. Cue Lyla going bodyworship mode- leaning her head over Noelle's shoulders and beginning to feel her up- hands caressing her waist, inching towards her breasts and starts pleading to have a taste. Cue insane mom-sister-daughter switch in Noelle's head lighting up as the two stumble into a bathroom stall as Lyla impatiently starts trying to shove aside Noelle's clothing. All while Noelle shoving Lyla down, weaving her fingers through her hair as she pushes her closer to her chest. Lyla is insatiable while Noelle digs her nails into her scalp at every bite and tug. The girl drinks like she's been in the desert for weeks, as Noelle manages to shove all the guilt away momentarily as she relishes in the first real release she's gotten in a long time.

Of course afterwards she chastises Lyla for leaving behind nothing except bite marks and hickeys, but she can't help imagining that sweet small Lilly everytime she looks her way for a while now.

[11queensupreme11]

Hello i have a hard time thinking what to ask you lol so ye-

I saw the rekkyo sensen au and omg i'm going crazy about it these days. Like imagine if percy kids went with her in the au 😭

Eudorios: Prob happy at first (yk no poseidon and other husbands of her here) but then realize he have to be beside his mommy 24/7 now cuz a human here have his face and it's attracting his mother's attention. 😁 -> 😕

Anxandrios: stoic face as always but pretty happy cuz his father not here to disrupt him and percy, after seeing ANOTHER Eudorios 😐 -> 😐, inside throwing a tandrum, now not only he have to deal with Eudorios but also another weaker and more pathetic human version of him.

Luisine: went crazy cuz your telling her that her mother got turned into a demigod and now both of them also have to live in this horrible life condition🤬🤬🤬!!!???

Pontoleon: Yay no poseidon = no daddy issues. After seeing Adam: 😶

Tzammaroth: No gods and no Beelzebub. Good good now he can destroy this world and dominate his mother now 👌

Luke: Hmm double Eudorios but it's fine. No sight of his "father" which mean now he can steal his mom away for himself. (Sorry if it not canon in your au Queen)

Yoriel: Humans here are fasinating but no sign of his father here, so his top prior is his mother.

Meanwhile with rekkyo sensen people and percy:

What you mean by they are all your kids???

Percy: uhhh....

ROR universe:

The yandere hubbies prob: WHERE IS THEIR WIFE/ DAUGHTER!!!!!?????

JAHGFEAFV THE REKKYO SENSEN AU YESSSSSS

okay so she would definitely NOT tell anyone in that universe that they're her kids. it'd sound insane and unbelievable. instead, she'd make up an equally as ridiculous cover story 😭😭😭 that they're her SIBLINGS and that she's the ELDEST 😌

(meanwhile, axiandros, tzammaroth, luke, and yoriel who look like grown ass men compared to her teenage ass: 🧍🧍🧍🧍. and they'd just be like "yes... this is our... big sister... 🗿")

omg eudorious would go from the biggest high ever to crashing all the way down to hell the second he catches sight of his "stupid, ugly, weak" human counterpart 😭😭😭😭 HE'D BE SO FUCKING FURIOUS LMAO. percy's suddenly paying attention to AIDEN and not her sweet baby dory! just because they have similar pasts of being child soldiers or something????? WELL NOW HE'S READY TO JOIN THE AMERICAN ARMY IF THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOTTA DO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

axiandros would internally scream, cry, and shit tears once he sees aiden. of all the fucking universes they had to end up in, and it's one where there's ANOTHER dory?????? it's like he can't escape from it. he's just DESTINED to be terrorized by dories 💀

LUISNE IS HAVING THE WORST TIME EVER, AND NOT BECAUSE OF DORY 2.0 (she doesn't give a fuck about that). they're suddenly POOR now??????? they don't have servants?????? no palace to live in??? she has to SHARE a ROOM??????? what's next, she has to do her own chores?! all the clothes here are uncomfortable and cheaply made! her mother isn't a goddess anymore?!?!?!

pontoleon would be the happiest one ever in this scenario because there's no poseidon! the only time he ever starts to change his mind is when dory 2.0 (aiden) takes HIS MOTHER as a prize for winning the tournament and she's turned into a glorified prisoner of war. now he's just furious and desperate to get her back. would absolutely kill aiden after this

tzammaroth would find it soooooo hilarious that his half-brother (dory) has a weakass HUMAN counterpart instead of a godly one, but percy would hit him with the "and what if there was a human counterpart of YOU here too, hmm? 🤨" and he'd grumble and shut up 💀 anyway, everyone in this universe is weak as fuck, so percy wouldn't have to worry about being turned into a spoil of war, her son'll have this planet conquered fast 💖

luke is another scenario where percy wouldn't have to worry about being taken as a prize. he'd be there at the tournament and he'd definitely play around with the countries similarly to what gaea's doing. gaea wants the proxy heroes to NOT unify??? well he's gonna scheme a way to unify them all just for shits and giggles. technically he's doing a good thing, but he's just doing this outta boredom. might end up flipping a switch and killing everyone once he's done with his fun 💀

yoriel would somehow find a way to get a job as a multilingual therapist for all the fighters 😭😭😭😭 it goes about as well as you expect. everyone becomes even MORE mentally ill than they were before, but then it all backfires on his ass when an unhinged aiden attempts to kidnap percy instead waiting to take her as a prize 💀