#bc that's always implied when i'm involved

[rillils]

not me casually leafing through some screencaps and randomly realizing that the bartender in catfa also happens to be pre-serum steve's body double, thus making this shot:

the perfect rendition of what steve's before/after pics would have looked like side by side (and steve's leaning over a little, so he's actually slightly taller than that)

and it truly sinking in how fucking nuts it must have been for bucky to see THAT when steve found him lying on that table

[goldentigerfestival]

Using this as an audio reference for the posts I'm making, but to summarize:

Yuri starts out mad.

Yuri tries to calm himself down with a deep breath to ask for details instead of going through it angry.

Flynn doesn't say "like a good knight" in the sense of putting himself down. He simply says "as a knight" (the tl here doesn't use that, but with that included it's basically along the lines of "even though I had doubts, as a knight, I was determined to follow my orders").

Once Yuri has answers he calms down significantly.

Yuri uses " 'ttaku", which is a shortened down version of "mattaku" (Yuri often shortens words and speaks very casually), which in this particular situation basically would mean "geez", or "good grief". In this manner, it's expressive of exasperation/frustration/etc.

Yuri never mentions that "Flynn told him what to do" like the dub does (because in fact Flynn did not ever tell Yuri what to do. He only gave Sodia and his other knights orders. He expressed his own desire to take responsibility, but never told Yuri and his friends what to do).

At this point you can tell the anger has gone out of him and that he's calmed down, now that Flynn is approaching this with admission and responsibility.

Sodia is asking that Flynn returns as soon as possible (I believe this was a general translation error).

Flynn's thank you to Yuri is tonally much more heartfelt.

Yuri's response and gratefulness at Flynn coming back to himself is tonally much more heartfelt, relieved and sincere.

[blackwaves]

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[onismdaydream]

i saw this video and omggg it got me thinking thoughts..

18+ mdni. short drabble, not proofread. gn reader but strap on is involved so afab implied? whiny sub gojo bc i know it in my heart to be true.

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"please, fuck—" satoru always gets so whiny, so desperate and pretty when your fingers trace along his chest. "touch me already, need it so bad." the flush on his face spreads down to his collarbone, painting a rose hue on his pale skin. you can't help but admire it. your pretty boy.

another needy groan leaves his lips when your hand dips down to his v-line, inching oh so close to where he's aching for you. you could easily grab him, easily help soothe the burning desire he has for your touch. knowing satoru, he would melt under you, praises and profanities spilling from his mouth as you coaxed orgasm after orgasm from him.

but he should know he doesn't give demands to you. he takes what you give him and nothing more. perhaps it's time for a reminder.

"don't worry, pretty boy," you soothe, keeping your voice soft and sweet, as you retract your hands from him, earning a grumble from the white haired sorcerer. "i'm not going far."

satoru sits up slightly, supporting his weight on his elbows as he watches you retrieve your strap. it's not how he expected the night to go, but he certainly isn't going to complain. you knew exactly how to work that thing, making him see stars every time.

though, as you step closer, he notices the glimmer mischief in your eyes a tad too late. you're already reaching around his back to tighten to strap to him, making sure the fake cock was secure.

"what? you want me with two dicks?" he raises an eyebrow, the corners of his lips twitching up. "if you wanted to try double pen—" satoru's words die as your hand reaches up to stroke the strap, your fingers rolling over the head.

"hm? what were you saying?" you tease, your other hand running up and down his thigh.

"wha.." satoru's tongue shoots out to lick at his lips, trying to get his brain to catch up. "what are you doing..?"

"touching you, baby." you smile at him, all sweet like, as if you're not subjecting him to some new kind of torture. you're working the fake cock like you would his, stroking nice and slow along the length. you don't miss the way his own cock jumps as he watches you through his white lashes. "isn't this what you wanted?"

[matchbet-allofthetime]

Jayvik Rambles + Arcane Babbling:

As an aro/ace queer...

I will NEVER see Viktor as strictly asexual. I can't, and I refuse to. I won't.

Lemme tell you why.

He is written in with quips and little moments and jokes that heavily imply sexuality, even if he prefers to brush it to the side in lieu of his work.

NOTHING about what he did with Jayce was ever, at any point (even the damn day they met), platonic or lacking tension.

As an aro/ace, I can ALSO say that even if he WAS asexual, almost every asexual has an exception at some point or another. Asexuality is not linear or specific, it simply means little to no sexual attraction.

Which means there is a firm chance that Viktor didn't give a damn about getting with much of anyone UNTIL Jayce.

That aside, I think it's important to note that they ARE romantically involved, they ARE sexually involved (see: Viktor literally picking Jayce up by the throat multiple times, stroking Jayce's lip, purposefully making their "fight" a dance on his end, a tease.)

I'm sick and tired— AS AN ARO/ACE DISABLED PERSON— of seeing characters like Viktor immediately thought to be aro/ace. Because he's just clearly... Not.

I'm all for people having HCs, but trying to say it's canon (regardless of what the creators have to say, bc clearly the producers didn't see jack shit that the animators and voice actors were getting up to, that shit is FRUITY) is absolutely just... Not right.

They're partners. Cosmically intertwined soulmates. They're destined to always find one another, always love one another, always protect one another. They live and die for one another. They parallel one another in more capacities than any other two people in the entire series (even Mel and Viktor don't have quite as many, and they've got several bc of how those two relationships correlate to Jayce.)

Jayce saying "he's like a brother to me" in S1 was absolutely him trying to convince himself that's all he felt. Convince himself he wasn't falling in love with his best friend, his other half.

And while I'm here, thinking about it, I want to say this:

Mel and Jayce found comfort in one another when they fucked. They found comfort, and they loved the IDEA of the other.

Jayce was a way for Mel to rebel, to be herself, to push back at something and have it give beneath her fingers while also pushing back in turn.

Mel was an idea for Jayce, what could be, what he could have. Not power, not money— but a purpose, and a place, and a pride worth keeping.

They didn't even really mean to fall into bed together— the idea of the other just appealed, and that's where it ended.

It ended the second Jayce left Mel's bed to find Viktor. Because she was important, but Viktor was so much moreso.

[shotmrmiller]

okay so maybe like angst/hurt comfort bc the boys are soft and i love that house indulge me thank you 😭😭😭 (tw unhealthy relationship, nothing descriptive but to each their own with how it goes/how dark you want it)

but say reader is with someone else, someone who frequents the boys usual bar. and they see you quiet often and come to look forward to seeing you, even if you’re with someone else. you’ve caught their eye a couple times and always send a shy smile back and have even gathered the courage to say hi to them every once in awhile when they come up to the bar for a refill.

and the more they go, the more rundown you seem. more tired, lackluster, smile straining at the corners. even if you’re happy to see them, look forward to seeing them, it doesn’t reach your eyes like before.

one evening they go out the side for a smoke and see your partner berating you (perhaps more, worse, etc) and they get involved bc how fucking dare they. they damn near tear the collar off with a knife and pull you away to protect you, and keep you safe from them.

TW: implied verbal abuse

"You talk to all your defenseless pets like that?" Mohawk man's face twisted in anger as he fiercely confronted your 'handler'. The guy was silent, choking on his fear, when he got slammed against the wall so hard his head bounced off of the surface.

The behemoth with a skull balaclava placed his palm right by his head and got within inches of your handler's face.

With a menacing tone, he growled, "He asked you a question."

Chilly hands cupped your face and turned your head, forcing your attention from your handler borderline pissing himself on the wall to the guy in front of you, that wore a hat with a UK flag on it.

"Focus on me, sweetheart. You alright?" he softly asked.

Too stunned to speak, you weakly nod.

"Good. Captain? Got a knife?" The man with a mutton chop beard answered him.

"No. Simon?" Without looking, the masked man threw his sheathed tactical knife at Captain. Hat man slowly moved, taking great care to not make any sudden movements, and grabbed the knife, and explained, "I'm going to cut this collar off, yeah? I promise I won't hurt you."

He waited patiently for your consent, and when you finally did, he gave you a tender smile.

"Good darling. Hold still now."

Swiftly placing two fingers under your collar, he cleverly used them as a barrier between the delicate skin of your neck and the blade.

As soon as it snapped off, a rush of air filled your lungs, and your eyes stung with the welling of tears. You were finally free.

Captain took off his coat and wrapped it around you, enveloping you in warmth.

"Let's get you outta here, yeah?"

In the secure embrace of Captain, you were swiftly carried away from the chaos, and when the unsettling noise of skin colliding with skin reached your ears, you tightly covered them— blocking out all sound.

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why was this so hard to write? maybe cuz if i was one of the boys, im just pulling out the glizzy.

find peace in the embrace of the goddess, type beat.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I interpreted the "adaptation from the manga" thing to imply that they'll animate the 3 Yuus (like you said) but my partner proposed smth to me that raised my concerns... what if they only animate Yuuka? or like- default to a female Yuu? I could see that bc it would be probably easier for them to have only one protagonist.

don't get me wrong I like Yuuka and I know a lot of TWST fans are women but since the studio involved is apparently known for shojos I'm scared they'll make it seem like the story is romantic/the game is an otome... Which I mean- we do have SOME fanservice stuff but it's definitely not a romance story. That's why I'm scared 😭 if they do go that path... I much rather prefer the disconnection (?) of having 3 different Yuus than the possibility of this...

Also I'm just 🥲 I'm scared ppl will see that and say ahhh So Yuu has always been a woman!! Because as a trans guy, one thing that rlly made me feel valid in a way was seeing that in the game Yuu has no gender at all... I don't go by they/them but I'd much rather be referred as that than to be misgendered. It's a small thing but it's such an important detail for me (the fact that Yuu is gender neutral/can be whatever u want them to be) that it being erased in the anime would make me pretty sad... even more if ppl take the anime as "confirmation" of Yuu's gender, which it wouldn't be regardless if they end up giving us a girl OR guy Yuu- it would just be another Yuu interpretation different from the game.

But yeah, personal stuff aside, I'm more scared by the possibility of them making it seem like it's a romance story 😭 or ppl calling TWST an otome... which I mean... some people already have that misconception, even some fans...

[Referencing this post and this news!]

I definitely think they're probably leaning towards a new Yuu every season; otherwise, there would be a very uneven distribution of screen time for one Yuu over the others, and that leads into the problem of one Yuu being "more" canon than the rest. Yes, it will probably be easier logistically speaking to keep the same Yuu for the entire anime--but I also said the same thing when we only had the Episode of Heartslabyul manga, and look what happened with that. We ended up getting Yuuka and Yuuta following Yuuken, regardless of the logistical inconvenience of it all. I think if the anime intended to have a singular Yuu to follow for the main story, they would have chosen to adapt the light novel (which has Yuuya across multiple volumes) instead of the manga. The conscious decision to adapt the manga (with changing Yuus) says something to me. So really, I don't think we have to worry about one "kind" of Yuu dominating the anime. I took a look at the portfolios of the two studios collaborating for the Twst anime and didn't see a ton of shoujo myself. There was definitely a handful of them, but overall there was a spread of genres. I think Yumeta Company (one of the studios) has Tokyo Mew Mew New under its belt, which is probably one of its better-known works and maybe that's where the "they're known for doing shoujo" allegations are coming from? Don't quote me on that, though. I'm not someone who closely follows anime studios.

I would, however, like to point out that we shouldn't put all our stock into the studios behind the anime. Yes, they are obviously animating the project and thus have an influence on how the final product is. However, there are tons of other people involved (like the script writer) that will dictate how the anime looks and feels. (In fact, the script writer for the Twst anime, Kato Yoichi, is not known for writing shoujo.) I highly doubt all the staff involved at every possible level of production are conspiring to make Twst a genre it's not. (Related: I blame socialization for this, but it's a little sad that most of us by default think one woman + a bunch of men in a cast must be romantic.)

Now, to your main point. I understand the initial fear of people misunderstanding Twst as a dating sim/otome from how it is presented. Really, I do. I also understand the frustration that comes with people claiming Yuu's identity or gender or what have you is "confirmed". But to that, I ask you: so what? And I don't mean that in a "your feelings aren't valid" way (because your feelings are very valid!) I mean in like... Do these misconceptions others have truly impact your own enjoyment? Do the people believing in these falsehoods erase what you know is the truth? I would wager it doesn't. There has been and always will be those who see Twst or interpret Yuu as something they are not. Lots of us (myself included) thought Twst was an otome game when they first heard of its concept. People claimed Yuuken was the definitive Yuu when the first chapter of the manga dropped. That's fandom, especially the larger they get. If we fixate on those sore spots, it will ultimately make us unhappy because there will never be an end to misunderstandings. I would advise that you try and detach from those worries and just focus on having your own fun in the fandom rather than worrying about how others are consuming or reacting to Twst. Yes, we want Twst, a franchise we've seriously been invested in and love, to be seen a certain way--but I don't think that should come at the cost of your enjoyment. Fandom is meant to be fun, and we don't want to make ourselves miserable by stressing over the "what ifs", you know? Please focus on yourself!!

[froschli96]

As an asexual Good Omens fan

There's something I've noticed in this fandom that makes me really uncomfortable, and that is the way that Crowley and Aziraphale's possible asexuality is constantly being connected to and justified by them being not human.

I just honestly really hate that, because implying that asexuality is something that somehow "logically" follows from characters being nonhuman is ... not great. Like, I hate having to be the one to point this out, but asexuality is, in fact, very much a human attribute.

And unfortunately, most of the time when I come across this take, it doesn't feel like someone seeing themselves in the characters and relating to their experience, but rather an othering, this kind of otherwordly pure non-sexualness, where people put these characters above such trivial things like sexuality.

I am not asexual because I am somehow confounded by this oh so complicated human concept of sexuality, or because I don't ever think or care about sexuality at all (a lot of thinking was unfortunately involved actually before I finally came to a conclusion about my identity) it is just a fact of who I am, as a human being, it’s a part of my human experience.

And let's be honest, attributing asexuality to nonhuman characters is not the hot new take a lot of people seem to think it is — this trope has been around for ages. And it hasn't done a great deal to normalize asexuality. In fact I'd argue it's perpetuated an othering of ace people, but you take what you can get, really. (This is not to say that it is in any way wrong to identify with these kinds of characters, I definitely do, too! It's just sad that the topic of discussion is always about how "human" someone can be considered when they don't feel sexual or romantic attraction)

To be honest, I don't actually see A&C being asexual as canon — as a lot of people seemingly do — just because the author kind of suggested it in a tweet where he basically conflates "asexual" and "sexless" (for the record, this is not a dig at Neil, I just think the implications were kind of unfortunate, even if it might not have been intentional, which makes it all the more frustrating that a lot of fans just ran with it). And yeah, going around calling people aphobic for seeing the Ineffable Husbands as gay rep or any other identity, when they’re oh so obviously canonically ace, is honestly kind of insane.

I get that it might feel nice and tempting to be able to "claim" these characters and this relationship and being able to tell other fans off whose headcanons on their sexuality differ from your own because it is hard to come by any kind of representation when you're ace and there's finally a creator who's not only not contemptuous towards but even supportive of fans reading his characters as queer. And if you feel represented by A&C as it is then all the more power to you. But the thing is, it doesn't matter what kind of justifications there are or what canon might or might not say (bc when has that ever mattered in fandom spaces) or what the creator says, you cannot convert people to your opinion about a character, and you're going to have a bad time if you spend your time in fandom trying to do that.

And really, I am just wondering why we necessarily even need an explanation or justification for them possibly being asexual. Why does it have to be that all angels and demons are asexual by virtue of being nonhuman, and so A&C have to be too? why can't that just be an aspect of them that is completely unrelated to them not being human? Could these characters maybe not simply identify as asexual, not because they're nonhuman, but in spite of it? (btw, in the same vein it is equally stupid to argue that A&C can't be ace because they have "gone native", which is also an argument I've come across)

Honestly, I'm not even asking anyone to fundamentally change how they see these characters here — if you think they must be asexual solely because they're angels and have no concept of human sexuality, then whatever, I can't stop you and I don’t want to police anyone's headcanons bc as I said that's stupid and a waste of time. What I am asking you is that you maybe reflect a little bit on why exactly it is that humanity and sexuality are somehow so intrinsically linked in your mind to the point where you automatically use it as a way to distinguish between human and nonhuman characters.

Anyways.

Tldr: please stop equating asexuality with non-humanness thank you and good day.

[yesimwriting]

I feel like the readers first times are always involving felix and that made her look at his displays of affection in a more normal way

Like her first kiss, she says that was with a boyfriend but it was actually felix, but its just normal for them

wow i didn't even realize how true this was until i read it

reader lowkey gives has likely never so much as held hands with a guy before felix,, but she'd sooner pass away than admit it

farleigh has definitely asked at some last minute 'after party' which is just all of felix's friends sitting in his room after a party while drunk/high and reader would be fighting for their life fr (i feel like farleigh and bestfriend!reader would eventually develop a bit of a frenemy relationship)

oliver was definitely listening a little extra hard lmaoo

also my next comment is a little off topic and discusses smut (mentions virginity,, but isn't smutty or descriptive) but i'm putting it below a cut just in case anyone isn't comfortable with that

felix is generally possessive/jealous when it comes to reader, but he's for sure a lot more jealous when it comes to intimate/small things than casual hooking up bc it can be that casual/meaningless to him

but!! if reader is a virgin he is doing all he can to keep reader from losing it to anyone else,, not bc it's sexual (mostly), but bc losing your virginity implies too much intimacy for felix to let that happen 😭

also felix knows reader and knows she isn't really a casual hook up person (part of the reason he hasn't asked her out is bc he knows that'd instantly be such a serious relationship he can't afford to mess up when he's young and kind of dumb when it comes to romantic relationships) so he's doing all he can to keep that from happening,, sorry, he's the closest thing reader is getting to a boyfriend :)

also, this might be a little too much (feel free to disagree with this point), but i think deep (or maybe not so deep) down,, felix thinks he's going to end up with reader,, like they're meant to settle down together one day, so he knows anyone reader's with/hooks up with won't care about reader the way he does, they can't,, so he might as well be reader's first time

[rayroseu]

I think the similarity between Malleus and Grim might be because Grim is Malenoa's phantom.

To preface, I'm assuming Malenoa overblotted because of the scene in Sleeping Beauty where she snapped at seeing Diablo turned into stone? 

Additionally, both movies of Maleficent involved a "death scene." In Maleficent 1, it was Diaval being chained down by King Stefan's soldiers/Maleficent was about to be slain by King Stefan and in Maleficent 2, its Maleficent actually died from protecting Aurora.

Both scenes eventually had a "saving from their impending death." But, since this is twisted wonderland, the Disney movie is more inspired by the Original Animation where Maleficent and her goons actually lost to the humans.

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Diablo (Maleficent's birb) in TWST, is Levan right now and in recent updates its said that the latest news about Levan is that he's missing and there's rumors about him fighting Knight of Dawn; the strongest of the Silver Owls.

Right now, the Silver Owls are ambushing the Land of Briar castle where Malenoa is. 

If it goes like this??? I think they kept Levan as hostage to officially take the land or something—

All I know is that someone must've harmed Levan because in the movie, Maleficent only attacked the kingdom or used all her powers to kill Prince Philip upon discovering the fairies turned Diablo into a stone bcs they want Prince Philip to escape and save Aurora.

From the words of Lilia about Malenoa, Malenoa is undefeatable– so I really don't believe she was overpowered by strength, but rather she was caught off guard by emotional turmoil (or for this theory, consumed by her own overblot).

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Going back to Grim might be Malenoa's phantom… Grim is always assumed to be a phantom labeled as a direbeast for now... Its heavily theorized like that because of how, in his feral state, he devours blotted magic stones.

And, blotted magic stones are what supplies a phantom to live because they carry the magic power of a mage.

But phantoms can't be born without an overblot first... so who's mage is he a phantom of?

We know that the phantom's strength is a reflection of a mage capabilities when they were at the right state–

Malenoa was a really powerful mage so if we consider the destruction of NRC (and possibly the Sage Island? The entire sky was black out too) that we've seen in the prologue as the power of Phantom Grim, then Phantom Grim must originate from a formidable mage like Malenoa, because he easily beaten all mages on the island effortlessly and even plunged the surroundings in darkness.

If Grim is a phantom then he's a powerful one because he's ancient (assumed from his diagnosed curse from STYX), he has the intelligence of a human, and has immense destruction power (if he's not sane as shown with how he easily destroyed his cage room at STYX).

Also even if Overblot Grim is composed of different parts from the main 7 phantoms, his form is majorly resembling a dragon. And, Malenoa's a dragon.

(long post ahead)

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On top of it, the story kind of implies that Malleus and Grim has similarities with each other.

I read a theory that Grim must be an extension of Malleus, it was a bit of a crack theory but rather than Malleus himself, I would like to believe Grim is Malenoa's phantom. That's why Malleus and him are similar because they're??? both related from Malenoa???)

does that mean Malleus and Grim are siblings then....

■ Grim Overblot is at overpowered HP, like Overblot Malleus.  No other overblot is like that. If Grim is a reflection of (Overblot) Malenoa's power, then it makes sense for Malleus and Grim to only have exclusive overpowered HP.

■ Most of Malleus' magic derived from his mother (thorns, lightning, and green fire). Both Grim and Malleus' cards shares their elements. The comparison is on this post.

■ Both Grim and Malleus has ancient magic. Papa Shroud said that Malleus' magical barrier looks like something out of a illustration book.

c: @/cymrJP on yt

STYX also said that Overblot Malleus' magic which is territorial control; where inside his magical barrier time has stopped and all life forms has fallen to sleep is an ancient magic.

So, if theres any mage from past who can do what Malleus can do, then Malenoa could've summoned a magical barrier like that once she overblotted as well.

And, you know, who's an ancient being except for Lilia? Grim.

We don't know his age but its highly likely he's older than we know because of his ancient curse. Which is proof that he must've been existed as Malenoa's phantom because he's already existing from a long time ago.

■ Both Grim and Malleus are big eaters. A little trivia about Malleus is that he's a big eater (from the Scalding Sands event), maybe even more than Sebek because it just makes sense as he is a dragon.

But, his big apetite is displayed at a classy manner unlike of Grim who just messily devours.

We can assume that all dragon faes are just like that, so Malenoa could've possibly been a big eater as well. If she's related to Grim (aka being her overblot form's phantom), then Grim's voraciousness for food, which is depicted as a comedic relief for now, can be a reference that his power/mannerism is from Malenoa.

■ Malenoa is commanding like Grim. Grim refers to us as "henchmen" and at first, thinks of us as just mere servant to gratify his demands (but he slowly got attached to Yuu in the end).

So.... You know, who else has henchmen??? Malenoa as the leading commander of Land Briar's military and her henchmen aka Lilia and his fellow soldiers.

And... She seems to order around Lilia as she pleases like how Grim orders Yuu around lol

■ Grim and Malleus' overblot forms has the same lacing patters on their faces. Their main design is very similar. And their pattern both adorns their forehead.

■ Grim constantly says and wishes to be the greatest mage in all of TWST. If Malenoa is alive right now, then she'll be the most powerful.

Plus, Grim's pride for himself and the way he easily talks down others despite only having a normal amount of magic might also come from this inherent personality of Draconia's "being better than everyone" (and they literally are).

Malleus is even shown to talk down at others as well if he's triggered the wrong way, he doesn't hesitate to flaunt his strength if needed. Although unlike Grim, he has self control because of Lilia's discipline that "he musn't use his power carelessly." (what Lilia said to little Malleus after the freezing castle fiasco).

■ Malleus is referred as monstrous or similar to a monster because of his strength and no one approaches him because he might burn you because he's a dragon (from what the students has been whispering about him). Grim is a literal monster who'll blow a fire on you, he's not feared like Malleus but no one really wanted to take him in NRC except for Yuu.

Their similarity is that its only Yuu that they care for (outside of Malleus' family ofc) and Yuu is the only one who sees them for who they are.

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Additonal Info of Why I think Malenoa Overblotted

• Papa Shroud saying that Malleus magic happens only in fiction can also imply Malenoa's overblot.

Because her death/overblot happened a long time ago, then its treated as a fairytale/fictional because its just "unrealistic."

We know that TWST History is unreliable. In one of the vignettes (of Lilia i think??) Lilia talked to Trey about giant magical pens and how its probably so long ago that the present people thinks its fictional or a myth now. (Altho we're not sure of its legitimately what happened since Lilia was telling it to make Trey, the listener, be confused whether it is real or not.)

The History voicelines has said about fairytales being the real... I can't remember much except from this voiceline from Rook where he said "Do you think fairy tales are fiction?"

Additionally, TWST is also a world where fairytales of Disney Villains is regarded as historical facts— I'm saying the Great Sevens stories in TWST is like a fairytale or ficitional because we know their true personality/their true story in their respective Disney films). But, their twisted version is regarded as factual despite it being so wrong from their actual story. (Ex. Frollo of the City of Flowers was a hero but in Hunchback of Notre Dame, he was not that lol)

• Every overblot we had must be from a student who perfectly embodies one of the Great Seven. Malenoa was the first character outside of the main characters to have a great influence from Maleficent. Which strengthes the prospect of her overblotting. She's even more resembling to Maleficent than Malleus himself.

She's referred to as snapping her goons with thunder like Maleficent, she's the most evil princess, and she seems to only have affection for Levan which parallels to Maleficent only being caring to Diablo and no one else.

• Grim doesn't remember his past. If Malenoa overblotted like Malleus and it mirrors with the magical barrier he's using right now, then it makes sense for Malenoa's cause of death and the Silver Owls to be unknown up until now.

Because her death happened inside that magical barrier where its time and reality operated differently.

• Plus, isn't it strange how Lilia immediately knew Leona was overblotting? He quickly sensed the negative energy almost as if its familiar.

It could also just be because he's knowledgeable with Magic itself but I'm putting this here as proof that Malenoa overblotted because Lilia has experienced it during his General days and thus why its familiar.

Also because... The way he yelled at Malleus before he overblotted feels like he's stopping him because he's really aware of what happens when a mage overblots... 😭

Probably had flashbacks when Malenoa overblotted and was consumed by it as well?? KJXAKJE

[ssstarlighttt]

I LOVE your characterisation in your fics!! how do you go about writing the coaches bc you do it really well and I'm curious how you manage to nail their personalities (especially when non story coaches don't have much to work with 😭)

thank you!! ok so this took forever to answer bc i was lazy and forgot about it SORRY but short answer: vibes. look at the vibes of everything and do what feels right. long answer: there’s three main things i usually, but don’t always look at: visuals, expressions, and music.

for this, i’m going to use cherry delish from lunch as an example.

VISUALS: probably the biggest thing to pay attention to. just by looking at details in the background of the map, you can make headcanons from these details.

arcade machine: she’s a gamer. this arcade machine is also seen in ruben and polo’s map, connecting the two coaches.

skateboard: she likes to skateboard.

dance and fitness posters: she likes to work out.

guitar: she plays guitar.

“angry cherry” ad: she’s someone who gets angry easily.

the sketchy style of the map can imply that cherry is someone who’s creative and artistic.

i don’t always do this, but you can also use the music videos for songs to help you. these screenshots from the lunch mv can spark the idea that cherry likes to play games, and based off that, is someone who’s competitive and likes to challenge people.

EXPRESSIONS: expressions as a dancer are SOOOO important!! not just facial expressions, but the way you express yourself through your body and the WAY you dance can help people understand the dance and the dancer.

for example: the dancer who plays cherry portrays her with confidence. a lot of the dance involves very fluid movements, hand placements, and showcasing the physique over her body. that keys you into who cherry can be: a confident woman who has no problem with showing off.

MUSIC: this is honestly the detail i use the least when building characters, but it can still be helpful. the energy of the song can help build the character, as well as the lyrics. we all know what this song is about, but we can build so much more off of that just by looking more closely at the lyrics

a lot of the lyrics feature a generous nature from billie, offering to do things for her partner to please her. we can say the same about cherry, creating an implication that doing acts of service is how she expresses love as a love language.

another lyric. this one can imply that cherry is direct when it comes to letting others know what she wants. she’s not going to tiptoe around things when talking to others, she’s going to be authentic and straightforward.

those are the main points i use, but a lot of it just comes down to trusting your gut and eventually turning them into your own oc 🗣️

[vinelark]

Hello :)

So I'm currently rereading bbts bc obviously, and I just finished chapter 2

In the notes u wrote the text messages between Clark and Bruce, when Clark just found out Uncle Ed is not real ( Tim is insane/affectionate) and goes to Bruce to let him know.

Bruce messages: ???/ You just left / We have nothing scheduled

And I understand this could b strictly JL business but my first thought was that Clark slept over and I think u once mentioned something like this?

Anyways, question is if anything's going on with superbat in bbts ?

Rereading has been wonderful btw, your writing is so good and fun ☺️

hello! excellent question. for that scene specifically, i had in mind that bruce and clark got back from their space mission early in the morning and clark stopped by the batcave for a bit to have coffee and debrief (and maybe gossip a bit) (which bruce calls debriefing). while clark didn't stay the night, it's definitely supposed to imply Something there, because i always think superbat has Something going on, whether it's romance or soulmates/work spouses/best friends who are into and obsessed with each other on every level.

it's never really defined in bbts, but while they don't have a "we're boyfriends" romance happening, to me they've got that Something going on in some form. (and lois is aware/it works/she's involved to whatever extent she wants to be.) i kind of teased it more here in ch3:

“Okay,” Tim says, lowering his voice even more because it looks like it’s time to bring out the (metaphorical) big guns, “seriously? What about you and Clark? What about you and, and Selina, or Talia? Even Ghost-Maker knows who you are.”

“That’s different.

“Is it?”

tim knows something is up between them. he chooses Not To See It unless he needs to use it to make a point.

[alinaastarkov]

i'm not a shipper, but i think it's blatantly obvious that grmm has something big n impactful for jonrya. we're talking about two main characters, created to complement each other from the beginning. if she were a little older, i think ppl would be more willing to at least try to analyze the text. and i suspect that, deep down... fans noticed, but prefer to pretend they didn't. like at some point, you have to ask yourself why grrm felt it necessary to revisit old ideas n make jon live a semi-triangle through his perspective that also maximizes so many emotions. jon is a v passionate young boy when it comes to arya. while the other stark children think fondly of each other, they have all this intense stuff involving soul n heart. ultimately he chose arya. his heart is his sister and his sister is his heart. and the heart is all that matters. how ridiculously obvious is that? lol we already know that he and arya are outsiders, that they are each other's favorite person. it's redundant to keep hammering the reader like that. plus using the love vs duty card at this point in the story implies that if the theme comes back, it won't have the same narrative impact bc that alternative has already been used, just like if he died again for someone else it wouldn't have the same impact either. grrm isn't exactly a subtle writer, when he feels inspired, he just writes. as he wrote: each other's memories prevent them from giving themselves completely to organizations that demand detachment from the past. jon thinks that arya's home is with him. he was tormented over her. why do their stories need to be so intertwined in affc and adwd? what implications could his dying thought associated her will bring after the resurrection? how will their already close relationship be reconfigured? could they save each other after they meet again and connect with their true selves? these are questions that many fans don't seem ready to discuss. although, if that's part of grrm's plan. it will happen eventually. he might just take the platonic route with undertones. easy as hell. in a series full of incest, a brother ends up being accused of stealing a bride and apparently nothing rings in the heads of fans who are always so dedicated to looking for the smallest details to validate dumb ass theories looool. it's bc they simply don't want to see. the crazy parallels with rhaegar (black heart/stark maiden) are also not subtle either. as i said, i don't even consider myself a shipper, i prefer jon/val and i like arya/gendry. however, these pairings obviously don't carry the same emotional weight as jonarya and weren't even set up as endgame initially, ppl liking it or not. and grrm has already confirmed that he's going for the endings he's had in mind since 1991, so these two will inevitably be more important in their respective endings than secondary characters created later. and frankly, everyone knows that they choose each other before any possible love interests. be fucking realist. it's grmm's story. there's definitely something planned for them and has put a lot of attention on their relationship for a reason. jonrya foreshadowing is so thick that i cannot see how ppl can ignore them

you are absolutely right, anon. george at no point has scrapped his ideas for these two, and in fact made it more prevalent. they've been bonded since childhood, both outsiders, honourable, listened the most to ned's lessons, stubborn, kind, have a shared journey of losing identity (something all the key 5 go through actually which can be added to the list of reasons they are still the key 5), george even made them unique in looking alike. i could go on. he wrote them both with the other in mind.

forgive me if i'm getting the numbers wrong but i think jon thinks of arya something like 47 times? and that's in 42 chapters. on average he thinks about her at least once a chapter. crazy work. arya in turn thinks about jon around 42 times across her 34 chapters. frankly, arguments that george isn't going that way, isn't highlighting their bond especially or for a particular reason, are being purposefully obtuse. and they absolutely have noticed, lol. this is why every jonsa theory rests on jonrya material, quotes about arya, arya's storyline and themes or jon's love for arya. jon and arya's entire relationship is apparently just a red herring. they simultaneously insist there's nothing romantic and that we're gross, but also take "what do you know of my heart, priestess?" and pretend it's about sansa because deep down they know it's the most romantic thing ever. it's why they insist sansa will be the girl in grey or that sansa replaced arya in the original outline's love triangle despite no evidence of this. suddenly we're supposed to believe jon-arya-tyrion became jon-sansa-tyrion despite jon never thinking of sansa, and jon spending adwd fighting imaginary duels with ramsay for arya's honour. the outline also makes clear arya's in love with jon not tyrion, so who's to say it wasn't always meant to be a love triangle from jon's perspective only, lol?

i would absolutely agree that it's becoming redunant with how often he hammers it home if the fandom wasn't like this. as it is, most of the fandom still isn't getting in. he needs to be more insane about them actually. and the constant assertion that the girl in grey, or jon's betrayal for love will happen again shows such a misreading of the text. they've recognised the devotion jon has for arya, but because they don't like her that can only be platonic, and that devotion will be transferred onto whoever they like best and this time it will be romantic, duh. as if he's gonna repeat storylines exactly just with a different character this time.

and yeah, this doesn't have to lead to anything more than a deep, platonic bond and endgame where they at least won't be apart from each other. but to insist jon and arya are platonic and "not that deep", "he loves his whole family," etc. and then literally replace arya in the story with x character is unbelievably stupid and annoying.

[atopvisenyashill]

Just thought I’d say I think you’re converting me to evil Bloodraven theory. I’ve honestly always disliked it since I read these books in high school because bran is my favourite and the evil Bloodraven theory (as well as Jojen paste) was almost always paired with night king bran which always made me twitch because people really want the young disabled nine year old to be the ultimate villain (yeah so I have feelings about that) I also just wondered why Bloodraven doesn’t simply just bushwhack bran and his trio straightaway as soon as they get to the cave if he wants to take over the young boy. I’ve always seen Bloodraven as ends justify the means so I always saw him in a “if I have to do horrible shit to prepare this boy for his destiny so be it” but I read some ideas from you about it that sound intriguing so I might be willing to buy into it do you have any detailed posts about it specifically

ya, well first of all, i think you're right the "evil bloodraven" stuff is more "asshole bloodraven" than him having some overreaching nefarious godkilling plot like euron does. very similar to his role in the blackfyre rebellions, i believe bloodraven thinks he is doing brutal things for the "right" reasons and the "right" side but bloodraven is a) delusional, and being misled just as bran is and/or b) about to get very sidetracked by other stuff that's going to put him in opposition to bran. i'm not sure i've ever detailed it exactly though Here Is My Soap Box Rant About Brynden.

I think he's full of shit.

I think his entire introduction being preying on Bran's feelings after Bran is disabled is pretty textbook villain behavior, it's more or less what LF is doing to Sansa! I'm not trying to start groomer discourse or anything but like - come on, if your 8 year old tells you a grown man is hyping him up and saying he can cure his disability, would you not be alarmed? "It's for the greater good" according to WHOM? We only have Brynden's word! We have the word of the COTF who are also concealing things from Bran, see: no one is telling him to stop warging Hodor or explaining any sort of abomination laws/rules. And in fact they directly lie to Bran, while also clearly they have no idea what Bran is even talking about half the time!

this meta i reblogged is a good primer for the ways in which i think bran is being purposefully led down darker paths by bloodraven and the greenseers. yes, bran is responsible for his own decisions as is every other character that does great evil. but his decisions are not made in a vacuum and in fact people are misleading him. i go into it a bit here too and in my bran the time traveling toddler meta but let me paste what's relevent:

there’s also very clear parallel scenes between the show events of ned hearing bran at the tower of joy -> brynden insists that’s not possible -> bran does the impossible and has to book it -> bran accidentally on purpose disables hodor in the past and kills him in the present, and the book events of ned hearing bran’s voice on the wind -> brynden insists that’s not possible -> [THE WINDS OF WINTER GOES HERE] -> probably, according to a few interviews but also it does just kind of track, bran accidentally on purpose disables hodor in the past and kills him in the present. all of that seems to imply that bran’s endgame “test” so to speak will involve him being taken over by the hivemind, in a parallel to what he does to hodor. also, fuck d&d, your honor i rest my case.

Brynden tells Bran that it's impossible to communicate with the past but we see Bran do it on page when Ned hears his voice on the wind + Bran is clearly the being haunting the weirwood trying to get into contact with Theon in ADWD/TWOW. Maybe it's not possible for Brynden and he doesn't know as much as he claims he does! Or maybe it is possible, and like in the show, Brynden just isn't telling him for some reason (bc he's not trustworthy!). either the other greenseers and bloodraven don't know what he's doing to hodor because bran is more powerful than they realize is even possible, in which case brynden is full of shit about being all knowing, or brynden and the greenseers do know what's happening to hodor and they are not stopping bran, or explaining the moral parameters of his powers, because they have an agenda that is fucked up and evil. either way, brynden is full of shit. and the fact that either no one or everyone knows about the hodor mind rape isn't my only evidence for "brynden is misleading bran." the greenseers try to talk to bran-

He even crossed the slender stone bridge that arched over the abyss and discovered more passages and chambers on the far side. One was full of singers, enthroned like Brynden in nests of weirwood roots that wove under and through and around their bodies. Most of them looked dead to him, but as he crossed in front of them their eyes would open and follow the light of his torch, and one of them opened and closed a wrinkled mouth as if he were trying to speak. "Hodor," Bran said to him, and he felt the real Hodor stir down in his pit.

Ominous to me!

Then we get into "they don't even know what Bran is talking about" which I touch on in my linked bran the time traveling toddler meta, pasted here-

"Are you the three-eyed crow?" Bran heard himself say. A three-eyed crow should have three eyes. He has only one, and that one red. Bran could feel the eye staring at him, shining like a pool of blood in the torchlight. Where his other eye should have been, a thin white root grew from an empty socket, down his cheek, and into his neck. "A … crow?" The pale lord's voice was dry. His lips moved slowly, as if they had forgotten how to form words. "Once, aye. Black of garb and black of blood." 

Brynden mentions the watch, but doesn't mention the three eyed crow. Everyone simply refers to Brynden as the greenseer, not the three eyed crow, except for Bran himself, who simply assumes Brynden is the three eyed crow (and we know magical assumptions in this series are generally wrong!).

The point is, whenever people are like "well he's cruel but he IS a good guy" i think they are missing some pretty obvious red flags simply because....i have no idea actually lol, because we're all just taking a known liar at his word? Taking the COTF at their word as if they aren't displaying just as many red flags? The point is I think Brynden is full of it. Every Starkling has a dark mentor that tempts them into the metaphorical underworld - Sansa has LF, Jon has Ygritte and Bowen Marsh, Arya has the Faceless Men, and Bran has Brynden. Not to mention the plethora of Bran & Dany parallels, of them being led into all consuming magic by a dark mentor, in both Brynden and Quiathe. None of these dark mentors have the best interest of the child they are leading around at heart. Sansa firmly rejects the pomegranate seeds given to her by LF, as does Jon reject Ygritte and Bowen, and imo both Arya and Bran will reject their own mentors in TWOW and reclaim their true identities. Maybe Brynden's sin is simply not understanding the depth of Bran's powers - if Bran is the Three Eyed Crow as I suspect (which I also go into in the time traveling meta - listen its good meta and it doesn't get the notes it deserves!) I think it will be a case of Brynden not being the actual authority on magic, which is dangerous bc he’s positing himself as such. And if he IS the three eyed crow, the original point remains that what he does to Bran is cruel, and his allowance of Bran’s continued mind rape of Hodor is capital E Evil Behavior.

moving onto bran theories. while evil bloodraven theories tend to lead into other theories, i don't believe in jojen paste even a little bit. bran and dany are very parelleled and dany also drinks a weird drink that opens her mind but it's not made of people now is it? the paste is exactly as they say - its the blood of the weirwood, the blood of the singers who came before. jojen is not being eaten, bran is being eaten - it is literally described up above as the roots weaving "through" their bodies because they are being consumed by the trees! and the night's king stuff seems (to me) more likely to be pointing at Euron, Dany, and Jon if it comes up again, not Bran. I think it's likely the corpse queen and the night's king are potential iterations of the amethyst empress and the bloodstone emperor, rather than a last hero/last greenseer redux. Note it is another Brandon, Brandon the Breaker, that ultimately stops the Night's King, and that it is said the Night's King was a brother to Brandon the Breaker (sus - definitely seems to imply a link between Bran & a brother, either Jon or Rickon, and the Breaker and Night's King). But a broken clock is right twice a day lmao, so I think "bloodraven is doing evil things for bad reasons to bran" IS correct but I think a lot of the discussion around it is very silly, and often it is posited by people who don't like bran, don't care about the themes wrt to bran but rather to bloodaven, don't see bran as integral to the overreaching themes (which is how you get the pervasive and dumb idea that bran will never leave the cave), and in fact don't think bran himself is important, but is rather working in service to jon and dany's stories. well, i think those people are stupid lmao.

and when it comes to "bran is the ultimate villain" i mean - i do think the "ultimate" villain will not be the others but a much more human sort of villain, and the candidates for this "ultimate human villain" are likely Euron, Dany, and Bran. But I also think the "ultimate" villain is one that will be defeated in some form or fashion, whether they are killed or exiled, and it's also likely to be all three of them and not just Bran as The Evil Cripple while literally every other character is working to destroy him. The winds of winter is likely to bring a lot of moral decay from everyone and moral decay from people with such extreme magical abilities is dangerous - but that is equally true of Dany and Euron as it is of Bran.

And Bran as the "ultimate" villain, imo as his Legal Guardian and Lawyer, is just not going to look how those bloodraven fanboy types think it will. A villain Bran would be a Bran that is taken over by the weirwood hivemind and forced to do its bidding, whatever its bidding is. And I don't think Bran's siblings - or Meera, or potentially even Osha - would allow Bran to be assimilated into a hivemind without a lot of commentary on it. Everyone in the show just accepts it - in fact both Meera and Jojen encourage Bran's mind rape of Hodor. Meera is even the one to tell him to possess Hodor and leave him behind to die. No way in fuck Meera would do something like that in book canon, and no way Sansa, Jon, and Arya just shrug and let him be the emotionless Three Eyed Crow. So Bran as the "ultimate" villain would be assimilated, and "saved" somehow by his siblings - either a Lady Stoneheart esque gift of death or his mind being free (or they think it's free, anyway). And I do think we'll get a conflict like that. I've even theorized that Bran's twow arc will end on a cliffhanger, where he lets the hivemind in mostly on accident, and our resolution won't be until ADOS. But as always, I think people are really disingenuous about what it's going to look like and how it's going to be resolved.

tldr i don’t trust bloodraven as far as i can throw him. either he isn’t as smart as he thinks he is, which makes him dangerous, or he is actively allowing the corruption of bran’s morals and mind, which is dangerous AND evil. but i don’t think the associated theories wrt bran are even a little correct bc they’re all written by bloodraven fans and not me, bran’s legal guardian and lawyer, a person who understands bran’s role in the story and cares about HIM over bloodraven’s Cool Villain Schtick.

[wlwmk]

I was really interested to hear you bring up colorism when talking about Korra. Something that I've noticed (and other poc/black women have noticed) is the stereotypical treatment that Korra/Asami get in the show.

Korra is barefoot, beat up, and rarely treated with any dignity by the narrative. Her design in the later seasons became a caricature, she was stripped of her soft/feminine features.

Yet Asami is constantly shown an innocent victim, given slow motion cringe hairflips with full makeup, somehow a successful ceo despite war profiteering/never struggling, is given numerous abilities for no reason other than to make her "look cool"

Even that line with Makos grandmother complimenting one for being beautiful and the other for being so muscular? Like, what was the point?

Doesn't it seem a little sus, that two men did this?

I could go on for hours talking about the unfair treatment of Korra through the show, and that Bryke are in fact her first haters.

Never thought of the comparison you made, but it does makes sense so I'm glad you shared them! Even if Korra is the heroine, so obviously involved in every fights while she dedicated her whole life into physical training and bending elements ect... it seems like it's a good excuse to portray her like that right? But the there's the problem you perfectly showcased, the comparison to Asami.

Personally I'll showcase through the romance and social part of the show and the fandom interpretation since that's what I observed the most.

People casually like to deny Makorra and Mako's sincere love for Korra, even if it's messy it's still factual and not that hard to understand especially knowing it's implied until the end he love her (and prob still). And outside of shipping preferences, it wouldn't influence or threaten the actual main couple to knowledge Mako's love for Korra, so why not?

The thing is, the fandom is unable to accept Asami as someone unloved.

Asami did the first moves and desperately seeked for Mako's affection but still she got ditched multiple times bc Mako's romantic dilemma in the first two books was showcasing how he only had genuine feelings for Korra and choosing her was about him giving into his feelings, that even if his indecisive he will always choose his heart and go back to her again and again.

but somehow people can't accept to see Asami as someone unloved, someone who's a second choice, Especially, they can't accept that Mako prefer the "buff" or "tomboy" like brown girl, over the conventionally pretty fair skinned asian girl, who shares the same heritage as him, bc that's what they actually think themselves, an ideology deep rotten in colorism.

And with that twist at the end with the girls being together, like you said Korra slowly got ridden of her feminine features so Asami can still showcased as that conventionally pretty girl besides her partner, but in that case, even Asami got turned into a caricature, ending up as a damsel in distress the main character has to save again and again which something that never happened beforehand... so why now?

But that's another conversation on what happens when you let two cishets white mens writing a young wlw mixed couple of color. (and obviously it's a bad idea lmao)

Unfortunately these critics are never heard since colorism is a normalised issue, and tbh I wouldn't even take time to explain it but I'm always glad to find concerned people who will actually get it 🙏🏽

[nekrosdolly]

albert wesker hcs (re0-1)

hi!! first post! let me know if it's ooc or not, i'm trying. tysm for reading! tags below.

cw; fluff, angst, hurt/no comfort, follows the events of re1. boyfriend! wesker bc he's so sillypants and i love him lol. not proofread, written under the influence, whoops! somewhat clingy but mostly cold reserved bf wesker. jill and chris mentioned, valenfield implied.

petnames used; primrose, little dove.

boyfriend wesker!, who's not always the most affectionate but makes sure to always have a hand on you at all times, unless you're apart. he's always holding either your hand, your waist, or the back of your neck. his hands are slightly calloused, cold, and smooth from both his lines of work. you'd shudder upon initial comment, mutter something about his fingers being "cold as ice," and melt into his touch anyway.

boyfriend wesker!, who, when you're away, sends you updates on his day so you're not worried where he's gone. if he's reading a book, he'll send you a line that makes him think of you, be it a fact or something a character said. when he's working and you're at home, he's frequenting his Nokia 6150 in his office to see if you've messaged him. he's private about your relationship with all his coworkers, Umbrella or R.P.D.

boyfriend wesker! who hasn't told you about his job at Umbrella, and likely won't for your own safety. He can't risk getting his little dove involved, especially if you're not the science type. he only tells you things you'd want to hear about his position at the R.P.D.- stories of Chris being an astounding meathead and Jill's crush on him. he'd update you on developments because he knows you like that sort of thing, even if you say you don't. off-handedly, he'd mention Barry's family, and look at you with some odd kind of longing.

boyfriend wesker!, who is incredibly protective deep down, but refuses to act out or make either of you look foolish. if you're getting hit on, he'll intervene on your behalf and simply pull you aside. he knows it's not your fault. he could never be mad at you, his primrose.

boyfriend wesker!, who has a very big soft spot for you. while he's cold with anyone else, you are the only one he'll let some of his walls down for. he feels bad for lying to you about certain things, but he has good intentions- or so he thinks.

boyfriend wesker!, whose feelings are stronger than he thought they could be for someone. his heart yearns for you at all times, and though he doesn't say it often, he would kill for you. his own feelings scare him at times- when he wakes up in the middle of the night, you by his side snoring away, and wonders how he got here in the first place. it's those times he might pull away and try to close himself up again.

boyfriend wesker!, who pushes you away when he can't handle his feelings. he reprimands himself for not being in control of himself- that's all he really wants, control. he tries to keep himself at a good distance so you're content with him, so you trust him. he doesn't realize he's manipulating you, nor that he's hurting you. he doesn't think he can.

boyfriend wesker!, who, when you end up leaving him (as you should), doesn't bat an eye. although it does hurt, he knows better than to beg, god forbid cry, at your feet as an attempt to keep you for longer. he has never been that kind of man. instead, he wishes you well and helps you pack your things. of course he's curious as to why you're leaving and in due time, he'll make all your suspicions come to life. soon enough. he'll confirm your worst fears- that he's been hiding from you, lying to you, for your entire relationship.

ex-boyfriend wesker!, who, months after the breakup, isn't over you. still sleeps with a shirt you left behind used as a pillowcase for a pillow he hugs to get comfortable. he'll wake up in the morning at times and feel around for you, his heart sinking in his chest at the reality of your absence. when he gets ready and stares annoyedly at himself in the mirror while he brushes his teeth. imagines it's you slicking his hair back with a light-feeling gel instead of himself. if he thinks about it for too long, he can hear you making little comments about how long his hair has gotten or how soft it is. his lips press into a thinner line at that, and his jaw clenches.

ex-boyfriend wesker!, who carries out his plans to get rid of S.T.A.R.S. and wonders what you'd think of him now after he's tried to kill his employees (and almost succeeds. that damn Chris.) you wouldn't look at him the same, but the twisted and frankly delusional part of him hopes you'll tell him that it's okay. that you'll still kiss him how you used to, or touch his arm and reassure him that he didn't do anything wrong, that he's justified in his actions. although these delusions would only carry him so far, as he needs the real you- not just an apparition of you.