#( ARTHUR: normaltothemax. )

[talentforlying]

i’m impressed, you have class. (Phee)

' eh? is that a compliment? you sick or summat? ' he makes sure to lick the back of his hand before he sticks it to her forehead, pretending to check for a temperature. ' nah, don't seem like it. lemme pull out the calendar and mark the day, then, 'cos i think our phee's been possessed by the ghost of nice things to say to people. '

laying it on thick for a sideways comment, but it's a momentous occasion, phee approving of . . . anything about him, honestly. only took the full suit and tie for a visit to the cambridge club to do the bleedin' trick.

' i'll 'ave you know that i've got class comin' out my — yeah. '

@normaltothemax / AMERICAN GODS STARTERS ( always accepting )

[dramatisperscnae]

❛ holy fucking shit. just. holy shit. what the fuck. ❜ (Max @ Arthur)

[Shitty Horoscopes || accepting]

"...You about done?"

Not the most polite thing to say, no, but Arthur has had a long day, has had to put up with an asshole vlogger trying to get a rise out of him, with law enforcement having no idea how to handle the fact that he's more than just the guy who talks to fish, and already had what should've been a good meal destroyed by some dipshit thinking he can't eat fish since he talks to them - which he doesn't but no one ever seems to understand that.

Right now Arthur just really wants to enjoy some fucking fish and chips and if this kid is going to make a huge deal out of it he might just upend the basket on her head.

[arobinwithoutbatman]

When Do You Gaze At Your Soulmate?

when they're getting ready for the day this is all you've ever wanted. you and them and the promise of a future. you should be getting ready too. but you lay in bed for a moment, still feeling the traces of their warmth on the sheets, their scent on your skin. you watch how carefully they choose their outfit for the day. you watch as they pair the colors. you memorize that face they make when they stand at the mirror checking every detail. you savor how routine it is. you savor it because you both earned it. there is something precious in the domesticity and you vow to never take it for granted.

"Best part of the day~"

Tagged by: @childsoldiers

Tagging: @goldentemplariumcrow @dramatisperscnae (Arthur), @normaltothemax (Max), @pompedia (Marinette), @dreadofred, @1mpulsee, @thirst4justice and anyone else who's in the mood

[paragonrising]

EIGHT QUESTIONS FOR NINE PEOPLE (answered in character~)

LAST SONG I LISTENED TO…

“Uh, Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top.”

FAVOURITE COLOUR…

“Y'know, I don't think I have one."

LAST TV SHOW/MOVIE I WATCHED…

"Alien, I watched it with Quill. I don't think he enjoyed it as much as I did."

CURRENTLY WATCHING…

“I don’t remember what episode I’m on but it’s the Clone Wars show. Parker insisted and he gave me his Disney+ password, so...”

SWEET, SAVOURY, OR SPICY…

“Oh, spicy for sure."

RELATIONSHIP STATUS…

"Technically, I'm married."

CURRENT OBSESSION…

"Nothing? Maybe keeping the Hoopty flying, but that's not an obsession. It's kinda a necessity."

LAST THING I GOOGLED…

"Why is there a giant statue of a man sticking out of the ocean. No, guys, seriously. Why...? What the hell happened?"

TAGGED BY: Loki (@benevolentgodloki)

TAGGING: Lang (@particlexxdealer), Ava (@etherealstarr), Peter 1 (@labwebs), Arthur (@dramatisperscnae), Quill (@forevermuses), Jake (@normaltothemax), Thor (@magnusmodig), Kara (@girlofsteel), and Negan (@wiredcapability)

[puzzlegeist]

//. under the sea

     ( ARTHUR ) // closed plotted starter for @normaltothemax

          Arthur woke with a pounding headache and a soreness that spread into his every muscle and bone. He blinked to get the water out of his eyes but his vision barely cleared in the dim light that illuminated the walls around him. He was lying on uneven ground, wet and hard stone, a fact that certainly hadn’t helped his maltreated body to recover. The air smelled like salt and algae and was so heavy it felt as if he was trying to breathe underwater. He sat up with some difficulty, weighed down by his clothes that were soaked with water. Wherever he was, he couldn’t have been here for too long if his clothes hadn’t dried up yet.

Memories of their shipwreck appeared before his mind’s eye, fear taking his breath away when he remembered the ship tilting and his men going overboard. He hadn’t been able to save a single one of them before he’d lost his own footing and fallen into the water, losing consciousness in the cold dark, almost sure that he’d fallen right into death’s embrace.      “Leon..” Arthur murmured, his voice creating an eerie echo against the walls. A sharp sting in his side made him hiss and momentarily double over.

His heart was beating fast against his ribs, which felt fragile and sore like the rest of him. He couldn’t remember anything beyond falling, but it wasn’t hard to imagine that he had crashed against something, a rock or a part of their sundered ship, and broken a rib or two. Carefully straightening his back again Arthur looked up to take a look around, a hand now pressed against his side. The sight before him made him gasp. The light he had initially believed to be the moon came not from the sky but from the walls around him; more precisely from dozens of small collections of crystals attached to them, emanating a blue-tinged shine. There was no way of telling if the moon was up in the sky as well, because there was no sky. He was inside a cave.

The realisation instantly made him feel trapped, but he fought to stay calm. He was alive - for now that was all that mattered. His eyes wandered over the black stone beneath him to the far end of the cave where it broke off into a pool of water that swashed steadily against it in small waves. And amidst those waves a pair of eyes stared back at him. Arthur startled, his hand instinctively reaching for the sword at his side - or rather, the sword that should have been at his side. His hand grasped only thin air; the sword must have gone lost when he’d fallen into he water. With his throat suddenly very dry Arthur kept his eyes on the creature in the water - was it a woman? - and placed his hands on the ground in an attempt to push himself up on it.

“Who are you? Where am I?” he asked, his voice hoarse.

[normaltothemax]

tanteichi:​

bluey && lucy. / @normaltothemax​

“so…where are your ears? and why are you so…hairless? you remind me of those monkeys that from that one movie dad took bingo and i to see! the movie was about monkeys who sung about bein’ yourself and whatnot…” her voice trails off as she quickly inspects the other child, curiosity blooming in those big eyes. and then, with a single tail wag, she grins.

“but monkeys have fur too, riiiightt? so are you a hairless monkey? oh! and if you’re a monkey, where’s your tail? monkeys always got tails. it’s the apes that don’t. learned that from a book from the library!”

For a moment, all Lucy can do is stare at the blue talking dog in confusion. But it’s not the fact that she’s blue, or that she’s talking that has him confused. No, it’s what she’s actually saying. He pats himself down, wanting to make sure everything is still where it’s supposed to be. Ears? Check. Hair? Check. No tail? Double check! “My ears are right here!” He points, confused frown deepening the more she talks. “And I got lots of hair!”

Shaking his head quickly, he scowls. “I’m not a monkey, I’m human.” A pause as he grows thoughtful, for a moment. “Well, sorta. I guess I’m half-human. My mom was human, my dad’s the Devil, so really I’m the Antichrist, but Arthur doesn’t like it when I say that.” Luckily, Arthur wasn’t around to hear it, right then.

[talentforlying]

👫 ok but I wanna hear what your thoughts are about John and Lucy tell meeeeeee

smallest devil you've ever seen:

lucy is getting indoctrinated into the 80s london punk scene with a speed unmatched by most cheetahs, and that is a promise.

that bird skeleton would scare the everloving shit out of him when he first found it, but i do think the odds are high that constantine would make it into a marionette for lucy so he'd have some plausible deniability that it's just a toy instead of a bird skeleton. coincidentally, he'd also start washing his hands a lot more often than ever before because god knows what lucy's been playing with when no one's around to supervise.

constantine isn't a pushover but he Will crack under pressure — especially tears — and if lucy ever figures that out, he will have a ticket to free ice cream and trips to the shops for life. the man's too stressed about babysitting correctly to be strict for too long, he'd have a breakdown.

i think they'd go on a lot of outings. park trips, aquarium trips, museum trips, etc.. in part because constantine's mystical-artifact-covered flat is not a safe place for a kid, especially one with powers, but also i think constantine would really enjoy seeing lucy react to things for the first time that most adults have long since taken for granted. it would heal a part of his busted-up soul to be able to share something nice instead of something dangerous for a change.

@normaltothemax / RELATIONSHIP HEADCANONS ( always accepting )

[dramatisperscnae]

SHIPPING INFO:// Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog

REPOST. DON'T REBLOG

What’s your OTP for your Muse(s)?

Oh hell. Let me see if I can remember all of them Stucky, Wnterhawk, Frosthawk [which I have accepted will never happen but I can dream dammit], Loki/Sigyn [HE LOVES HIS WIFE], Jaydick[any flavor; platonic or romantic], Dick/Babs, Dick/Roy, Remy/Rogue, Hyuroi, Hughes/Gracia[this man loves his wife okay], and the others either don't have an OTP because I haven't found one I like or they're OCs whose partner is another OC and therefore kinda pointless to list here XD

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

I'll try anything once. I'm a sucker for soulmate AUs, I'm great with deep platonic bonds -points at both Jaydick and Stucky-, gimme the romance, gimme FWB, just...-grabby hands- ship ALL THE THINGS Haven't ever really dabbled in toxic or hateships, but I would not be opposed to this with the right pairing and partner, either.

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

This depends entirely on the relative ages involved, since I have two muses on here that are both over 2000 years old and at that point worrying about age gaps is really kinda pointless. That being said, I will not ship anything beyond purely romantic with muses below the age of 18 as a general rule, and that only because I have two muses with minor-aged verses [Dick and Conrad].

Are you selective when shipping?

To an extent; I ship chemistry above all, so there's no guarantee that - as an example - my Bucky is gonna be solidly romantically attracted to any given portrayal of Steve, or that I the writer am gonna click with the writer of any given Steve out there. Chemistry does not just mean chemistry of the characters; if our styles clash or we don't really mesh well then shipping's probably not gonna happen.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW? 

I tend to be very lenient here, but in general once the bits below the belt start getting named and/or there is full nudity I start tagging. Unless my partner starts tagging and/or readmore-ing first, in which case I follow my partner's lead and do the same.

Who are other muses you ship your muse with?

Oh lord. Okay. Arthur: Bruce ( @cxpedcrusxder ) Dick: Marcus ( @hacker-codeq ), Roy ( @thecreativeforge ), Clint ( @normaltothemax ), Jason ( @lazaruspitreborn , @messeduphood , potentially one or two others to be determined later) Kyle: None yet Loki: None yet Remy: Matt Murdock ( @defectivexfragmented ) Bucky: Clint ( @normaltothemax ) Corwin: None yet Clive: None yet Greyson: None yet Conrad: As my shameless self-insert I have a list I'd love to ship him with, but none have happened yet XD TJ: I used to ship him with Steve back in the day; currently none. Caspian: Michelle ( @misstisalir ); otherwise, none yet Hughes: None yet Judas: Gabriel ( @misstisalir ); otherwise, none yet Lucifer: also Gabriel XD [it's complicated] otherwise, none yet

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

Yes. Like I said earlier, even the 'obvious' ships [like Stucky] might not actually work out between us. Consent is always key. Also, it's more fun to let things develop naturally, that's how the best ships happen!

How often do you like to ship?

So long as there's chemistry, all the damn time

Are you multiship?

100% I have only ever considered limiting ships once and that was because the character involved had just been so built around his ship partner that playing him off anyone else was just weird. That is the exception to the rule here.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

-shrug?- Depends on what mood I'm in at the time and who happens to be loud and demanding XD

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

Uh. -looks at current DC obsession- do I have to just pick one? Probably Jaydick, but in all its permutations. It scratches that delightful Stucky itch of 'can be just very deeply platonic but also so goddamn romantic under the right circumstances' and I kinda love it. But also I've a softspot for Batcat when they're written right.

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Hop in my inbox and ask; it's a more reliable way to get in touch with me than messenger at first XD Chances are I already ship it to some degree, or will start shipping it if I haven't already thought of it and can see the potential -sideeyes his Aquabat ship with Fox as evidence >w>-

tagged by @defectivexfragmented tagging: You. With the face.

[talentforlying]

@normaltothemax: The kids brought pumpkins, John. They want to carve them, John. Give Lucy a knife, John. — HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

oh yeah, he's just going to hand a knife to the child antichrist on the spookiest day of the year. that'll happen.

. . . actually it does happen, because there's too many of them for him to carve-by-instruction one at a time, and he's got pumpkin guts up to the elbow that he desperately needs to wash the fuck off him before they start reminding him of something worse, and if he has to spend longer than an hour getting henpecked by phee for not meeting her exact jack-o-lantern specifications, he might strangle arthur parnassus in the street. but actual kitchen knives are well off the table ( and well out of sight at that, he's wise to your levitating ways, lucy ) and the rest of the arsenal is mostly switchblades and screwdrivers. those aren't so bad, right?

yeah, alright, he gave the super-powered children knives — except the one who turns into a dog when he's scared, because constantine isn't that stupid — but he's watching them like a hawk, mostly, so it's fine. the carvings will come out great. there's a handful of sweets on offer and oingo boingo on the stereo. surely he won't get a near-shave haircut from an overenthusiastic muppet with an overactive imagination and telepathic abilities before the night is out.

right, lucy?

[dramatisperscnae]

10 Fandoms/10 Characters/10 Tags

DC Arthur Curry Dick Grayson Jason Todd Selina Kyle [listen i barely go here okay]

Marvel Loki Bucky Barnes Remy Lebeau Clint Barton Logan Howlett Pietro Maximoff [deserved better in the MCU gdi] Kurt Wagner Steve Rogers Thor Matt Murdock

Homestuck [don't fucking judge me >w>] Dirk Tavros Equius Nepeta Summoner Rufioh Dave Mindfang Dualscar Darkleer

Tolkien Faramir Aragorn Eowyn Boromir Gandalf Maglor Beren Turin Beorn Theoden

Bleach Kuchiki Byakuya Kyouraku Shunsui Ukitake Juushirou Hitsugaya Toshirou Kuchiki Rukia Abarai Renji Kurosaki Ichigo Ishida Uryuu Ichimaru Gin Hisagi Shuuhei

Genshin Impact Diluc Kaeya Wriothelesley Neuvilette Dainsleif Xiao Ayato Tartaglia Zhongli Alhaitham

Fullmetal Alchemist Maes Hughes Roy Mustang Jean Havoc Ed Elric Van Hohenheim Riza Hawkeye Ling Yao Greed Winry Rockbell Maj.Gen. Olivier Mira Armstrong

Final Fantasy Franchise Cidolfus Telamon Vincent Valentine Basch fon Ronsenberg Balthier Auron Gladiolus Amicitia Clive Rosfield Red XIII Noctis Wakka

World Mythology Loki Susano-o Hades Athena Cuchulainn Anansi Persephone Sigyn Sir Gawain [the arthurian cycle counts, fight me] The Green Man

Persona 5 Amamiya Ren Kitagawa Yuusuke Iwai Munehisa Arsene Goemon Akechi Goro Hasegawa Zenkichi Togo Hifumi Yoshizawa Sumire Sakura Sojirou

tagged by: @defectivexfragmented tagging: @arobinwithoutbatman, @normaltothemax, @cxpedcrusxder, @perditos, and I honestly cannot be bothered to tag six more people, steal it if you wanna >w>

[dramatisperscnae]

Because I feel like sharing and no one can stop me >w>

Given this is a multiship blog and each ship gets its own little universe to exist in, they also get their own little tag. The theme for these is song titles; specifically songs that make me think of or that kind of embody that ship for me. Below is a brief list of the main ships on this blog at the present time [what few there are XD] and their respective songs.

Dick and Marcus [with @resignedworkaholics]: The Chainsmokers and Coldplay - Something Just Like This Dick and Clint [with @normaltothemax]: Arrows in Action: Head in the Clouds Remy and Matt [with @defectivexfragmented]: Studio Yuraki/Sam Luff - Winding Road (and also Man With A Mission's original Japanese version) Arthur and Bruce [with @cxpedcrusxder]: Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

[talentforlying]

@normaltothemax: ♬♬ — SONGS I LOVE

a pain that i'm used to - depeche mode! i am a HUGE depeche mode fan, they're one of my top ten bands, and this one is so much fun to sing! the dynamic shifts between the sirens and the verses + the low steady vocals both give off a very ominous, hypnotic vibe that i think fits constantine's aura of both overwhelming danger and magnetism. the lyrics also sit in a very late-hellblazer place for me, when he's exhausted and angry and just drifting aimlessly on the synchronicity highway from one catastrophe to the next without being able to really feel anything other than apathy towards the fact that he's going to have to solve somebody else's problem. he very much loses himself after his sister dies; he finds a pain that he's used to in direct, seething hate with his name stamped on the label, not oblique calls to destiny that may or may not end in tears, and late hellblazer has him almost craving someone to despise him, just so he knows where he stands.

i'm not sure what i'm looking for anymore / i just know that I'm harder to console / i don't see who i'm trying to be instead of me / but the key is a question of control

also, the song speaks to the fact that a lot of the shit he pulls and the emotions he shows are truly who he is, not always just a con; he wears masks on masks, but there's a lot fewer there than people think. at his core, constantine is driven by deep compassion and burning empathy, he just has to conceal it a lot in order to protect the people he cares about:

i can't conceal what i feel, what i know is real / no mistaking the faking, i care

welcome to the family - avenged sevenfold! this song has been my baby since i wrote gabriel in the supernatural fandom back in middle school lmao, it's my personal patron saint of lost souls and rebellious sons. unlike with gabriel, though, i like to think of this song as the wall that constantine is always shoving against, the manifestation of his opposition: "it seems there's no one to call," "you can't win this fight," these are the fleeting moments of despair before he buckles down, battens down all the vulnerable places, hammers back the doubts, and gets to fucking work. this song is his subconscious wailing at him while he steadfastly ignores it and pushes through, never mind the burnout that will be waiting for him on the other side, never mind how much it costs him. this is what's left of his dad whispering in his ear, his inner monologue, the person he's afraid he'll one day become, and it's an unavoidable part of his subconscious that he has to drag himself past every day of his life.

i see you're a king who's been dethroned / cast out in a world you've never know / stand down, place your weapon by your side / it's our war in the end, we'll surely lose but that's alright / so have you figured it out now, so have you figured it out?

+ 2 songs: for lucy, werewolf heart - dead man's bones has such a kid antichrist vibe to me, and even the title alone makes me think of how his powers manifest at night and kind of lock him away, like a miniature werewolf transformation, and how arthur and john are scrambling to find solutions for him so he doesn't have to become something he doesn't want to be.

'cause if the full moon comes, our love is done / so forever, towards dawn, we run

and for jake, fight - the dirty youth feels like the cage match energy constantine would bet money on. it has the vibe of someone who's kind of bound up in fate to be a brawler, to take the hits that other people won't, until the closest thing you know to a release is that angry energy, which feels very jake to me.

don't wanna go there, i've had a late night / i'm feeling nauseous, chemicals enter my brain / i'm a control freak, an internet geek / i get these cravings, to get out and escape you know that it's fate, and now you can't see / you lose your conscience, and break the silence / the script is written, it's complicated / oh, something's about to erupt

[talentforlying]

Phee's just going to paint his nails while he's conked out on the couch. Lucy's curled right up next to him like a cat, napping as well. A nice blue to match his eyes, being very careful not to wake either of them. She wouldn't want him to accidentally ruin the paint job (not to mention the surprise).

he'd only got back yesterday from some fuckery in america where midnite almost had his balls for christmas ornaments, and while jet lag has never been a problem for him, insomnia lives in his bones as soundly as the marrow. a mid-day kip is well in order, and it's about the first peace he's had all week.

. . . pretty sure the place didn't smell like toluene before he fell asleep, though. and come to think of it, his arm's oddly heavy. he's still a bit dozy, so it's hard to say when nap time became a communal event, but if he had to guess? probably somewhere around arthur dropping the kids off without asking for the hundredth sodding time.

' arthur parnassus, you mangy — ' whispering, of course, so as not to wake the antichrist. he goes to pinch the bridge of his nose and, what's this? blue? does he even own any blue, where did this come from?

' who is manicurin' me in this flat without my say-so? phee? it don't even match me tie, i'm gonna 'ave to do a wardrobe change. ' he digs it, actually. but if she heard him say so, he'd be ruined.

@normaltothemax

[talentforlying]

Honestly, Lucy thinks he’s the coolest thing since sliced cheese. Almost as awesome as Arthur, and that’s high praise. He wants to hear stories and learn more about punk music (and punk slang) and go on trips to all the places he hasn’t been before. He just really likes John a lot. He may or may not leave creepy little gifts on John’s doorstep like a cat. Just things he finds and thinks John will like. Whether or not he’s right is another story, though I’m sure he’ll get a handmade gift/card or a record once in a while too, if Lucy’s in a real giving mood. (Phee thinks he needs a makeover and an attitude adjustment but that’s neither here nor there)

you'd think he's at an age where he'd see a creepy little gift on his doorstep and just accept it but nah. he is overthinking everything that shows up and then going 'this might as well happen' lmao. probably the Worst possible person for a little antichrist to ever look up to, but damned if he's ever gonna say anything that might bring it to an end. we are semi-raising little punks who might end the world and we are Not unpacking our feelings about it!

phee you still have a timeout left, adjust your face.

@normaltothemax / MUSE OPINIONS