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[5am-the-foxing-hour]

Wolf bane au, what are more lies Janus tells for Remus’s amusement? Did any get them in trouble?

Janus only really lies to keep himself and his family friends safe from hunters.

But to make Remus laugh and give Roman a mental breakdown, think of easy lies that even kids know aren't true for example: "the sky is green", or you have more limbs than you do. Or like saying your nose will grow long if you lie, the moon is made out of cheese and clouds wool and stuff like that.

Logan only really puts an end to it if they get too loud while inside. So he either tells them to quiet down or go outside.

[edgeworth-s]

Thanks for the gnome vibe check, I think you’re a siren/merfolk

thanks!

i do love the sea a lot so it's valid

[we-all-horny-here]

Roman:

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Character Ask Game

I don't know if I made it clear enough, but I think Roman and Logan should make out

[wistfulvulpine]

You replied to someone’s question and it helped me so I’ve come to say thank you 🙏

Thank you!

idk which question this refers to but I'm glad to help either way! 👍

[winter-jay-official]

Lol I am the oldest child, good job!

Validation !

[dndeceit]

Fander Fic Rec Friday (#32)

(Canonverse Angst Stories)

Just Out of Reach by Midniteblue Canonverse (Gen) Rating: T On the outs with his family after the events of PoF, Patton is having a hard time of it. Then one morning he wakes up to a new reality where he is the single father to several very familiar children. Confused and unsettled, he does his best to fill the role he finds himself in. Notes: Some of the most subtly intense psychological horror I've read in a good while, and even the smaller elements of Patton's simple suburban life manage to hold a significant amount of menace. (There is some seemingly adversarial behavior from a few of the characters, but I promise it will all make sense by the end.)

The a feeling's not a thing you own series by Anonymous Canonverse (Gen) Rating: NR Thomas suffers a significant depressive breakdown and all of the sides are transformed in the process. Patton is dead, Roman has become the worst possible version of himself, and everyone else is just hanging on by the skin of their teeth trying to keep Thomas going just a little longer. Notes: Take a good look at the tags for this one, as it handles some extremely serious topics, including severe depression, disordered eating, and suicide (and it's probably not one for Roman fans unless you're in the mood for reading a tragedy). This series has been a huge influence on my own writing in terms of how I, personally, imagine and write the connection between Thomas, his mental state, and the sides.

The You need the dark to see the stars series by gothfoxx Canon AU (Gen) Rating: NR Logan's outbursts of emotion begin to grow more volatile and more frequent, particularly when he or the former 'dark sides' are being dismissed by the rest. Eventually things come to a head and he reveals a long hidden and painful secret he's been keeping from everyone. Notes: I don't want to spoil this one, but it's Orange Side!Logan with an especially tragic twist.

Set All My Regrets on Fire by Avery_Kedavra Canonverse (Gen) Rating: T After Putting Others First, Janus and Roman both want to talk, to explain themselves and to apologize. Unfortunately, neither has the courage to be the one to do it first. Notes: An extremely poignant story about how the feelings can all be right there on the tip of your tongue, but nothing will really get better until the communication actually happens.

Remus Fucking Dies by AndSceneButGreen Canonverse (Gen) Rating: M When Remus dies in an incident in the imagination no one winds up taking it well, but his loss hits Janus harder than anyone (including Remus himself). Notes: Temporary character death, but it still manages to hurt.

No Longer Deceive Yourself by Avery_Kedavra Canonverse (Gen) Rating: G After PoF, Remus is convinced that it's only a matter of time before Janus will leave him behind. Assuming that sooner is probably better than later, he tries to be the first to cut off contact so that Janus can leave guilt free. Notes: There's just something about self-isolation fics that hits me especially hard.

Faulty Logic by Quarantinevibes Canonverse (Gen) Rating: NR When Logan falls ill, only Janus seems to notice how severe the problem is getting. He takes it upon himself to try to get the other side to rest long enough to recover, but as it turns out Logan makes a rather uncooperative patient. And even getting to the root of what is causing the illness has its challenges... Notes: This one's got some proper hurt/comfort mixed in if you're in the mood for something with a sweeter aftertaste.

[i-am-bitterly-jittery]

On Death's Doorstep (pt 45/52)

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Word Count: 366

Rating: Teen

Pairings: none in this part

Warnings: introspection, torture (I don't know if that really applies here, I'm not sure anything does)

~~~START~~~

Time wasn’t real, of that he was certain. Each moment was exactly like every other moment: sharp light digging into his flesh until his skin was gone and his blood was dry. Now was every second of every minute of every day, and every second of every minute of every day was now. 

Blinking was an unnecessary exercise. The light shifted from yellow to green to blue, then the colors started existing inside of themselves and outside of themselves and together as one. If he closed his eyes, the light continued; there was no darkness. 

People existed sometimes, at least he thought they did. He thought maybe there were voices sometimes, or at least sounds other than the low constant buzzing of the lights. Did people have voices? Did he?

Somewhere, beyond the light — nothing was beyond the light — was a sound. A voice? No, just a sound. There was a sound. 

Then more sounds. Some kind of pattern. He couldn’t follow patterns. 

The door to his cell opened — apparently he’d been staring at it as the colors shifted. The colors stopped shifting so much as a figure walked through, the lights sticking to it. 

The figure — a person? — opened its mouth and more sounds happened. The sounds washed over him in strange contrast to the buzzing. Completely incomprehensible. 

Light. Sounds. A person he was tired of looking at. 

He closed his eyes. 

The sounds continued, but they meant even less to him now. A strange sensation was tugging at his consciousness, trying to drag him down. 

Then, all at once, it stopped. 

The light was no longer digging painfully into his flesh, instead his overwrought nerves almost humming in the absence of sensation — a new sensation onto itself, almost as painful as the light had been — reminding him that his skin was still there. The buzzing of the light had stopped as well and the sounds of his blood rushing through his veins filled his ears. 

Time began to flow again as he opened his eyes to find his cell dark, the only light being that which came drifting through the open cell door. The person was standing backlit just inside of his cell. 

“Virgil?”

~~~END~~~

It's short, but I'm not a very flowery writer so there was only so there was only so much introspection I could write

I feel like this might be a little disjunctive with the previous chapter, but I guess that's why I have another round of editing after I post to tumblr and before I post to AO3

ODD taglist

@royalty-of-all-things-snuggly @pixelated-pineapple @aeternum-ablaze @misunderstood-shadowling @lost-in-thought-20 @jinxcrafter @apinkline2715 @gothfoxx @donutsarepartybagels @xoaningout @awful-at-naming-things @lunatatic

[whichsandersside]

poll submitted by @gothfoxx

[i-am-bitterly-jittery]

On Death’s Doorstep (pt 32/?)

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Word count: 322

Rating: teen

Pairings: mentioned past Logan/ofc

Warnings: villainy

~~~START~~~

There were three stacks of folders on Dr. Agon’s desk: the Virgil Sanders pile, the Remelda Sanchez pile, and the Barbra Picani pile.

Remelda had been dealt with. It wasn’t too hard, rig a genetics lab, wait for Dr. Frankenstein to show, blow the place sky high — what would have been nice was if Dr. Frankenstein had died in the building collapse too, but since he’d survived, he made a convenient scapegoat. Now the only loose end was finding the identity of her father; her mother had refused to cooperate, but she did give Hazel a lead.

That lead being Barbra Picani, who had a son who was Julieta Sanchez’s age and had attended the same college at the same time, which was promising. Initially just a woman who Sanchez had spoken to at the cemetery, the reason Picani had her own pile was that not only had her son, Logan, dropped off the radar years ago after the death of Picani’s only other child, Emile, but not even an hour after leaving the cemetery, Picani had disappeared too.

It was all too convenient for Hazel’s liking. Picani knew too much, she’d evaded their surveillance too well.

A tantalizing lead that led straight into a brick wall.

Which may be a lead in of itself since Virgil Sanders and his son had disappeared in similar fashion. Hazel couldn’t help but think that if she found even one of her people of interest, she’d find the rest of them.

Now Hazel could try to follow the breadcrumbs to find the hole her prey were hiding in, but she’d much rather smoke them out. Barbra Picani’s only living relative was her son, and vice versa, and she couldn’t count on either of them revealing themselves for anyone less than family, but Virgil Sanders…

He had two very obvious, and very vulnerable weaknesses. Perhaps it was time for Hazel to organize a little family reunion…

~~~END~~~

Just a short little antagonist interlude to end section 3, now we move into the endgame :)

ODD taglist:

@royalty-of-all-things-snuggly @pixelated-pineapple @arsonic-knight @misunderstood-shadowling @lost-in-thought-20 @remy-the-lemon-berry @jinxcrafter @apinkline2715 @gothfoxx @donutsarepartybagels @xoaningout @meganmoneky14

[delimeful]

TAOST question: do the other nightmares have names or is that reserved for ones with different features like Charlotte ?

the nightmares have names unpronounceable by human shaped mouths. virgil & janus give nicknames but remus (built different) knows all of them by heart

[citruslllad]

Your Turtle April is so awesome

thank you!! she knows it, too <3

[bilgisticallykosher]

To my punniest friend, thanks for being so corny ෆ╹ .̮ ╹ෆ

Thank you! I can heart-ly get over how sweet you are! 💚💚💚

[draconym]

Hello! I’ve seen your post about being mistaken for a child and I want to let you know I feel your pain. I’m 29 and starting to get grey hairs but people still ask me where I go to high school and if I’m graduating soon. And oddly enough it’s happened my whole life even though I was taller than my peers *at 13 someone thought I was 8* ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ humans be tripping you know

I finally pass for 22 at work, apparently, which is twelve years younger than my actual age but I will take it. On my fifteenth birthday my parents took me to a diner and the server gave me the 10 and under kids menu. Hobbit solidarity.

[teacupfulofstarshine]

For the café ask: Caramel Frappe-favorite video game?

at the moment, i’m working my way through graveyard keeper and it’s two dlcs, stranger sins and game of crone, but i think my all-time favorite has to be stardew valley

[elsewhereuniversity]

Uuuuh so I hate my given name so instead of giving it to a fae could I trade for another?

Ferancent, given happily and freely. Safe names are by their nature without value, and so there is nothing to pay back.

[jovishark]

Dark grey!

i owe it all to the brothers chaps but thank you