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veilody · 1 month ago

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All That's left

[ OC MASTERLIST ]

Shipping: Vin Jin (Lookism) x Otsuyu Murasaki (OC)

Genre: hurt/comfort; big on fluff; Lookism x OC

CW: Talk about deceased Parent

Words: 2448

Timeline Placement: Set somewhere inbetween 482 (Cheongliang) - 530 (Busan Arc)

A/N: So, it's definitely going to be a three parts story because I don't want to slam you guys with a 8000 words entry xD This time it's from Otsuyus POV but the sketch at the bottom is definitely from his perspective ;3c

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

To make up for their previous rained off date, Otsuyu asked Vin if he would like her to cook for him. It was no surprise that he agreed and even boasted about having a girlfriend that’ll cook for him in class. In all honesty, she doesn’t even know why she finds that behaviour so cute, but she’s long over questioning her attraction to him.

She’d already told her guardians that she’s coming home later today, and the reason why. Luckily, Vin was in their good graces, because he always escorted her home safely. It actually surprised her that he was able to be a gentleman in some aspects of his life, but she won’t complain. Especially because she got to hold his hand a lot, just like they did on the way from to his home, after they took a detour to the store.

The way was filled with comfortable conversations, including inside jokes and the occasional jabs followed by laughter. Time flew, and before she knew it, they arrived at his house.

A wonder, given that he’s wearing his heavily tinted sunglasses and they took a different route because of the groceries. His grip on her hand loosened, but she still held tight onto his.

Vin Jins brow rose, looking at her questioningly, “Let me get my keys?”

Instead of letting go, she gripped his hand firmer and grinned widely, “Not with that hand~ That’s mine now.” She joked.

“The fuck? I’ll show you that it’s still my hand~” he provoked and then led their intertwined hands to his hip. The closer they came, the more Otsuyus hand trembled before she let go. Touching him below chest is still too awkward for her, and he knew.

A mean laugh escaped him, as he fished for his keys, “See~? Can’t handle where that one goes, kekeke~”

Otsuyu pouted, “You could’ve just used your other hand, you fuck.” To which he just raised the bag of groceries with said other hand, “Want me to drop the food you bought instead?”

“You can just place it on the floor instead of dropping it?” she argued, and he shook his head, “Says you, but just wait ‘til you go ‘look Vin will drop everything to catch me’ and then you regret what you just said~” he mimicked her voice and unlocked the door.

The girl just stood there, dumbfounded, “Wait, you’d really drop everything to catch me?!” new excitement rose within her as she giggled.

“Huh? When did I say THAT, you idiot?”, he questioned as he opened the door and let her in first. After she got in, Otsuyu turned to him with a mischievous smile. Once he has forgotten about that conversation, she will definitely jump on him to prove he cares more than his bad boy persona lets on.

Before he could get suspicious of her silence she politely said “Pardon the intrusion~” with a playful tone.

“Ah, shut it, you don’t need to do that. There’s no one you can bother here.”, he groaned.

“Besides you~” she added, and he repeated with a sigh, “Besides me.”

Then both got rid of their shoes and entered his home. Luckily, she has been here before with Mary and him. The flat was decent in size for someone living alone. Though in comparison to Marys room it missed a lot of personal flair and history.

Sure, there were his collections of glasses and caps, his mix board and everything he needed to make music… But nothing that connected him to Cheongliang, except for his jumpsuit. She’s seen a few photographs on Mary’s wall to know they’ve had mutual friends, but Vin never talked about them nor anything that happened before high school.

If it’s not him boasting that he’s the strongest from his home-village, at least.

There’s still so much, she didn’t know about him, but she’s sure that he’ll open up about it eventually. No need to be pushy or nosy.

After that thought passed, she went ahead into the kitchen to look at the utensils he had and get accustomed to the layout of the small workspace. He followed her not long after and set the bag of groceries onto the counter.

“So, what’re you gonna cook?” he asked nonchalantly and unpacked the groceries, while Otsuyu inspected various pans for size and hummed in response, “Ichiju sansai~”

“Bless you.”, Vin answered in dry humour.

A giggle left Otsuyu, and she explained, “I’m going to prepare a meal for you like the evening course in our Hotel.”

“Isn’t that sushi then?” he wondered aloud, “Can you do Sushi?!”

“No, you goof. Sushi is our speciality, but we also have another restaurant for Japanese cuisine aside from sushi.”, she explained, “I often helped out in the kitchen, when management decisions were still too much responsibility.”

“Who’d want other dishes if you can have Sushi every day?” Vin complained and was genuinely confused.

“Say that to Kurage and you might get free sushi each time you visit.” She deadpanned and lit up a bit when she found his ricecooker.

“What, for real?!” Vin immediately beamed.

“Eyupp, but say it in Japanese, or else he won’t understand you.”, she teased and gave him a cheeky wink.

Now Vins grin became wide, and he threw and arm around Otsuyus shoulder, “Well, don’t I have a cute girlfriend, who can teach me just that~?” his lips pressed onto her cheek, and she couldn’t restrain a laughter from his silly behaviour.

“Sure, sure, I can do that. You’ve got some basics already so it shouldn’t be hard but let me cook for you first.” She answered and turned her head to him for a peck on the lips. With a satisfied hum, he let go of her and stepped back.

“Ichizu Sansai.” He spoke.

“Ichiju Sansai.”, She corrected, “Close enough.”

Vin shrugged and watched as she got rid of her cardigan. Her fingers combed through her hair, but then stopped, followed by a curse.

“I forgot to bring a hair tie…” she explained and then looked towards him, “Say, you have to have one.”

“Huh? Do I look like I make cute hairstyles in my free time?!”, he immediately asked in offence, and she rolled her eyes.

“Your hair almost reaches your shoulders; you can’t tell me you never tie them when you just want them out of the way to get shit done.” She argued with a raised brow.

Her boyfriend just scoffed and positioned himself behind her. Before she could ask what he’s doing, she felt him lift up her hair with his hands, “Problem solved?”

“Not at all, you doofus.” Otsuyu sighed and tapped on his hands. A signal that he should let go, which he followed, as she explained: “Can’t move around freely like that… And your gorilla grapple scares me.”

“Oh, come on, for you it’s baby gorilla.” He pouted and lifted his hands in defence. At least that comment made her snort in amusement and shake her head, “It’s alright. I’ll just have to work like that and think about a hair tie next time.”

“Next time~?” her boyfriend immediately perked up.

Otsuyu hummed affirmingly, as she washed her hands and started to prep the meals, while admitting: “I like cooking but oftentimes everything is done and ready when I come home, sooo...”

Even without looking at him, she knew he had that stupid happy smile. A lot like the one when he gets called handsome. Mary is always annoyed by that one, heck, Otsuyu used to be too, but nowadays she only thinks that he’s incredibly adorable.

The mood was light, while she cooked, and they were conversing about everything and nothing at the same time. It still annoyed her how often her long her was getting in her view, but she couldn’t do anything about it.

When the soup was simmering and the fish was sizzling, Vin left the kitchen. It immediately felt a lot quieter without him, but at least she could focus on the food a bit more. She’d be devastated if the first meal she cooked for him would turn out bad just because she’s too distracted by their talks.

She moved her head to look for the rice cookers timer, as she noticed another strand of her falling over her shoulder. Her fingers stroked it behind her ear, and she tried not to be too annoyed by the inconvenience.

That’s when Vin Jin returned and stood behind her again. She assumed that he wanted to have a good look at the food, but then felt his hands lifting her hair again. A frown appeared on her face, and she was just about to say that she doesn’t want that, when she something tying around her hair. Soon after his hands were gone, and her hair was in a ponytail.

In a test, to see how well tied it was she shook her head from side to side, and was happy nothing fell out. The girl turned to her boyfriend with a grateful smile and giggled, “Ripped a shirt to shreds for that~?” she teased and saw that he averted his face with a flustered face.

She wondered how his eyes looked beneath the glasses right now… Are they still on her or is actually shy for being so kind to her? Her mischievous smile relaxed into a genuine one, as she said, “Thanks, Vin.”

“Tsk, I just don’t want to eat your hair.”, He explained and took a step back from her. His girlfriend laughed and concentrated on cooking again.

It didn’t take much longer, and she was ready to serve the meals. Vin carried the trays with their dishes to his table and sat down. In the meantime, Otsuyu opened a window to let the steam out and followed him then.

After saying thanks for the dishes, they dug in.

Otsuyus eyed him expectantly, as he tried a bite from every dish. Her boyfriend wasn’t saying anything but his enthusiasm and the way his eyebrows rose told her everything. Once she had the satisfaction of a job well done, she focused on her own meal.

It was comfortably quiet, except for his occasional demand for a second of his rice bowl. Luckily the rice cooker is portable, but she made a mental note that he likes his meals bigger than she does.

When the food was eaten, he laid back, limbs stretched outwards and sighed happily. Otsuyu crawled around the table to his left and poked his cheek, pouting: “You won’t let me do the dishes alone though.”

“Nah, just…” he lifted his hands to his eyes and looked confused when they touched his sunglasses, “Ah- no wonder it was so damn dark.” He murmured and took them off – the light made him blink several times before he continued his sentence: “Just let me sink that in for a moment. It’s been a while.”

“I saw you eating lunch.” She deadpanned and he shook his head, “Not that… But having a good homecooked meal.”

The praise flattered her, combined with the vulnerability he showed her by taking his glasses off. It was almost overwhelming, so, she laid down next to him and rested her head on his biceps, murmuring: “I can only imagine…”

Silence settled in between them. He wasn’t ready to elaborate more, and she didn’t want to pry. For the time being, they were content just lying on the floor and processing the food.

At some point she felt his fingertips play with her ponytail and that’s when she noticed she still had her hair tied. She knew if she doesn’t give him back the tie now, she might forget altogether, so she sat up, his eyes followed her with a curious look.

They fixed on her hands untying the hairband and carefully taking it down. Her hair cascaded on her shoulders again and she looked at the item he tied her hair with.

It was a blue ribbonlike cloth that was a bit sturdier. At the bottom were signs in white and she looked at him, “That’s-”

“My mom used to tie her hair with that.” He interrupted her and Otsuyus eyes widened. Her stance became a lot more careful, and her hands handled the item even more respectfully.

She wasn’t surprised that he didn’t immediately hand it to her, when she asked for a hair tie. While she doesn’t know the specifics, she was aware that his mother has passed a long time ago and much like the missing pictures of his friends there was nothing in the flat that reminded of her…

Except for that ribbon.

Otsuyu folded the cloth respectfully and placed it into his palm. Instead of thanking him verbally for entrusting something so dear to him, she leaned down to press a kiss on his lips. Her hand placed on his left cheek and her thumb softly stroked beneath the eye he was hiding all the time.

A sigh left him, and she noticed that he relaxed beneath the touch. Slowly his arms circled around her, as he reciprocated her affection. His left arm was a little tense from the way he clutched the blue ribbon, but she felt secure in his embrace.

She didn’t know how much time passed, but at some point, her phone started ringing and startled them out of their little bubble. Her cheeks were burning as she shot up and got her purse.

Even before answering the call, she knew what it was about.

It was late.

She picked up and quickly explained that she wants to help Vin with the dishes. The guy in question even yelled “I’ll Walk her home!” from the other side of the room. Her guardian heard that and just told her not to take too long.

Once the call ended, Otsuyu held her heart. Man, that really caught her off guard. After two breathers to calm down, she turned to her boyfriend – who wasn’t at the same spot anymore, but already in the kitchen with the dishes.

She immediately followed him and helped him with the household.

Together they were faster and sooner than she anticipated, she was already back in the hotel, waving off her boyfriend, who was returning into the darkness of the night…

Akemi stood beside her, blowing the smoke of her cigarette out and commenting, “Ain’t he a good kid? Always making sure ya arrive home safe.”, even though Otsuyu wouldn’t have phrased it like that, but could only nod.

Then she turned to Akemi, with a pleading expression.

“Whaddaya want?” the older one asked and raised a brow.

“I needa make use of yer network.”

#my art #oc #veilody #lookism oc #ocs #lookism #my oc #otsuyu #otsuyu murasaki #vin jin x oc #vin jin #jin hobin #OC x Canon

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seeyouonsaturn · 27 days ago

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:3c

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

R - Rat says hi back 💖

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WOOO HI RAT 💜🐀

[ N ] Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

1. More bots less humans! I do not care about the humans. If I wanted to see humans I would not be watching Transformers. I want more of the stuff Cyberverse did, where humans are at most briefly mentioned, and a lot of the show takes place on Cybertron. Sari can stay because she looks very polite (and she can keep her dad), I will tolerate the Burns family but they're on thin ice, aside from that I genuinely do not care for any of the human characters in Transformers content. Why are they there. Show me the robots cowards. Show me robots beating the shit out of each other. I want to see some violence.

2. More aliens doing alien shit! And looking like aliens! Why are they all just metal humans, once again I sense cowardice. Make them fucked up. Give them weird ass habits. I do not want to be able to fully comprehend them with my feeble human mind.

3. I really really want more Transformers selfship or oc ship enthusiast mutuals! Why are so many pro-harassment. I don't fw that please stop being friends with bullies and come be friends with me instead! I'll let you look at my cat! We have treats!

[ I ] Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

Very much, and I don't even want to say what it was because I don't ever want to be associated with that fandom ever again. You know what it was though. I was hyperfixated on it, got really into a ship that's so utterly my flavor, made a blog specifically for it because yay they're great and make me happy! And then it began. I didn't even know antis existed before that day. I'd never encountered one before. And suddenly I was on the front lines desperately trying to fight a war I did not understand the purpose of. My blog was reasonably popular. The hate anons were daily.

It wasn't even a toxic ship. Like, genuinely. You know I'd have no trouble saying if it was, but they were so precious. Meanwhile the death threats came from the people shipping a genuinely in-canon abusive ship, but it's fine, because they're lesbians! Yay lesbians! Attempted murder and genocide are okay if you're a lesbian! But god forbid you were brainwashed from birth and are trying to be better. God forbid you're canonically autistic! Yeah I'm making it very obvious what it is. I still have the other ship's name and the character filtered bc I don't ever want to see them again.

[ G ] Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

If we're only talking Transformers, you know I'm MegOP ride or die, and JazzProwl is also very up there (in any iteration that isn't TfA for obvious reasons). Also, kid me was really invested in TfA Optimus x Blackarachnia. I'm more neutral on that one now, but when I was 13 that was my jam.

As for all fandoms – I had a phase where I got really into Kim Possible and DrakGo (Drakken x Shego) was my LIFE. For over a year. I consumed every single fic of them that existed on ffnet, wrote some of my own, and storyboarded multiple whole song AMVs (I drew them as cats bc that was all I could draw but the point stands).

Also there's that other ship I was REALLY into but I will not be uttering its name because the fandom is horrid and I am never touching that again (see above).

[ H ] What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

Is this asking what media I usually go for? If so, definitely western animation. I love cartoons. Live action rarely does it for me bc I'm face blind as fuck and can never tell the characters apart, and I don't have the attention span to read books or subtitles to anime (and I refuse to touch dubs). I do hyperfixate on movies sometimes, but it's rare because they're usually not long enough to fully enthrall me before it's already over and I'm moving on.

[ T ] Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

answered here!

[ P ] Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

Uhhh oh dear I'm really not much of an AU guy. I don't care for most of them. Hmmm but seeing as Transformers and DC are my two main fandoms, I shall be boring and predictable and propose a crossover. Superman and Optimus need to bond. And Megatron could squish Lex Luthor with his pede let's be real that's what would happen.

And if I can bring my DC ocs, Nyim and Prowl would actually vibe so hard. My god. He really is in everything I do.

[ U ] Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

I'm leaving Prowl out of this one because we all know I love Prowl by now. I may have mentioned that once or twice.

1. Lex Luthor [DC]. It started with Smallville but now I just love every version of him. Aside from Prowl, Lex is my main blorbo and has been for over 3 years now. I am known as the Lex guy, including in irl spaces. It's my brand. I have several t-shirts and figures of him. Smallville tore my heart out, but usual Lex is just my silly little guy. He's horrid. He's bald. He is enrichment for my enclosure. That's my GUY!

2. Melon [Beastars]. God I love him so fucking much. Yet another utterly horrible choice, arguably the worst guy in the franchise, and I wouldn't even hesitate. I love this little fucker. I was a mod in a Beastars community for a good while and posted so much oc ship stuff for him. Piece of shit (affectionate). I could fix him. He could make me worse.

3. Saeran Choi [Mystic Messenger]. Oh my boy. My sweet baby Ray. He was my main f/o and my most beloved from about 2016-2019 or so, I was so deeply invested. And then Mysme came out with new content for him and I was there for all of it (and they hurt me so bad). I had every single piece of official merch in existence and several hundred moneys worth of ship art. I have posters on my walls still. I moved on from the fandom but he's still so deeply special to me. Genuinely I have a ton of fictional boys but the only deep, true loves I've ever had were Saeran, and Zuko back when I was 14-16. And Prowl of course, but that's another tier.

[ R ] Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

RiD15 Strongarm and Sideswipe need to be Amica and I'm so unreasonably invested in it. I have never platonically shipped anything before, but those two kids are getting the BFF beam.

#two talks #maccadam #answered asks

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mistfallengw2 · 28 days ago

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1, 9, and 14 for Hel and Nari? :3c

@mystery-salad (this is such a great ask list thank you for making it 💖)

Non-wholesome Romantic Asks 🖤

1. Do they actually love love each other? Has it changed over time?

Yup, though at first it was mostly physical attraction.

They met during EoD, when Hel was looking for someone to ask a question about traversing Echovald. Nari needed an embarrassingly long moment to get the single "holy fuck a giant hot woman" thought out of her way, then she so gently offered to escort her around the forest, underlining how she was the best Kestrel for the job. Nari made her interest increasingly clear in awkward and sweet manners alike, and since Hel was a lot less uncomfortable with herself and relationships at that point (Keisha had shattered that wall during their brief time together), she accepted to give it a shot, expecting it to be just for fun on either side. There was an understanding that it wasn't meant to be necessarily long-term and she was ready for it to end at some point (hopefully not abruptly), but something clicked and so far it's working out better than expected.

9. How do they feel about each other's exes and people who flirt with them? Is jealousy an issue in general?

Nari doesn't have to worry about any of them as they're both dead, though she would have probably gotten along with them after maybe an inkling of jealousy. Hel doesn't really care about Nari's previous flings, though after learning from both Nari and a mutual friend what her actual ex did during and especially after their very messy break up... let's say she has some grievances. Most people have some with that gal anyway, given she lives her life as if it was a holodrama. [Nari's ex is still a WIP that requires a lot of other parts being finalized. Tentative name is Min-sun]

14. What's an opinion they'll never agree on? How do they deal with that?

The "worst" thing is their diverging opinions on being connected to Spirits, which differ in some major way due to the way they lived it.

Hel's connection to Raven comes primarily from her bloodline, as her family had been shamans of Raven for generations, ones who had always dedicated themselves to funerary rituals and support for those mourning. The strength of that connection was something not seen in her family since her great-grandmother, so much that she could have easily become his Havroun However, Hel wanted to live her own life and grew to despise her family's duty, and that eventually led to her running away to join the Priory as soon as she was of age. The weight of her mother's and society's expectations was suffocating for someone who could not accept death (the irony of being a necromancer isn't lost on her), and especcially the envy her older and more social sister felt towards her gift led her to isolate herself a lot, the rift between them rotting from an early age even as she would have happily given up that "honor" to her. Even after accepting her connection to Raven as something good and mending things with her sister, Hel still harbors some resentment over the whole thing and the ways it influenced her life.

As for Nari, she was always fascinated by spirits and is extremely proud of having formed a bond with a minor Shrine Guardian (name pending). Given how spirits are revered in Cantha, she can't fully wrap her head around the exact way Hel feels, understanding her on an emotional and personal level, but still thinking it would have been so damn cool to be born chosen by such a powerful Spirit.

#oc asks #Hel Ravenlost #Nari #I'm so glad people are liking this angsty ask game <3

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left-for-carrion · 1 year ago

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roach's intro post :3c

blog tags:

roach's killer - gore/snuff stuff. block if you don't want to see that

roach's scars - sh stuff, please block this tag if you don't wish to see that sort of thing

roach's mutt - stuff about me being a mutt/petplay

roach's angel - stuff about me being an angel

roach's god - stuff about me being a god/my worshippers

roach's rambles - just random stuff not particularly kink related

roach's doctor - med kink stuff

roach's stalker - stalking fantasy stuff

roach's robot - robotic kink stuff

DNI:

Minors, please don't get me arrested dudes

Pro-contact zoophiles [petplay/people who identify as animals are welcome]

Pro-contact pedophiles [ageplay, fauxcest, incest welcome]

Racists

People who sexualize disorders they don't have

RadFem

Homophobes/LGBTQ+ophobes

Transphobes

Anti-therian/anti-kin

Zionists

People who support Israel/Are against Palestine

!Warning!

This blog is fucking heavy, sh, gore, stalker stuff, ect. exists here.

Don't like, don't look. Don't say I didn't warn you. Buzz off if you don't wanna be friends or exist peacefully with me.

I will continuously edit this, so always check if there's something you wanna know or feel free to ask, I don't bite [without permission]

I'm Roach on this blog, usually Opium on anon. If you came looking and see this, hi, you found me <3

I'm the god of mutilation of the self and others, your angel [if you want] and a mutt that needs to be put down.

I'm really off-putting and aware of it, just not sure how to fix it, I apologize :']

Also askgame masterpost: [everything I'm particapting in atm]

About me:

I'm 22, an adult, so no minors please. At all. I don't wanna get arresteddddddd- I use it/its only agender, pansexual, poly. Don't they/them me if you know me. I'm NOT HUMAN IN ANY WAY. In RP, I will absolutely describe myself as a monster/angel/whatever is related. If that's not your thing, then lemme know, but don't refer to me as human outside of rp.

Fultist, come worship me <3

Not dating anyone and open to anyone even if I am. [Although, if you want me all to yourself, you better tell me quick <3]

I'm mainly T4T, but not exclusively

Always open to roleplay

Fantasy/Scene stalker and stalkee [CNC]

Very lapsed Catholic, so things will have that religous flavor, sorry-

An absolute slut for fighting kinks <3 [please fight me, please kill me-]

I do do pictures/nudes, only in DMs and with mutuals. Mutuals, feel free to make requests <3<3<3

I have ADHD, BPD, severe anxiety, and several undiagnosed things. I am nonverbal irl.

I use Discord, if you wanna talk on an alt social media

Feel free to DM me anything, anything at all, and asks are always open

I'm a service dom, a service sub, and anything harsh we do will be full of fondness because I'm insane and down bad for anyone that gives me attention. Still insanely messed up depending on the thing, but it'll be full of love <3

Also, you can guess at what my anatomy is, I switch with every post. Anything goes, just your personal preference I guess. Dick, cock, hole, whatever. I don't really care.

Kinks list:

[Faves in bold]

[Not complete, anything not in limits is open]

[What I’m craving has ♡ next to it]

Fighting/Arena/Ring ♡

Worship

Cannibalism

Petplay

Robot/Objectum*

Medical

Intoxication

Fauxcest [Sibling/parent <3]

Public Sex

Plushie Transformation

Role reversal ♡

Overstimulation

Edging

Piss, anything related to piss ♡

Stalker/Stalking ♡

Woundfucking ♡

Snuff ♡

Body modification

CNC [The word rape is allowed, I don't personally use it much however]

Object Insertion

Knife Play ♡

Forcemasc [not receiving, just love turning people <3]

Forcefem [Also not receiving <3]

Primal [Pred, although idm prey]

Limits:

[you can still follow if you like these, I just don't wanna do anything related to them]

[All of these are hard, I have no soft boundaries as of this post, so no negotiations]

Detrans from a non-trans person [if you’re trans, welcome <3]

Human Pregnancy

Race play

Orientation play

I do participate in fandom, I know I know, so disappointing, so occasionally I reblog/talk about things from:

Hannibal NBC

Ultrakill

Vocaloid [Purely for Miku <3]

Portal 1 & 2

Wowowowowowowow you made it to the end, ily <3 Thank you for reading :3

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collegeoflore · 2 years ago

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12 and 23 for Xarrai

8 16 and 24 for Ieriyn

for that Tav meme?

tysm!!!

(questions are here)

xarrai:

12. What opinion does your Tav have about the Gods?

the short answer is: not a fan.

the long answer is xarrai sees all the gods as tyrants - look at shar, who demands her followers give up their memories; or mystra, who takes chosen after chosen and keeps them like pets; or vlaakith, who. well. vlaakith. they're cruel rulers who demand obedience and worship from their followers, even those who claim benevolence. as far as xar is concerned, bane is just the only one being honest about who he is and what he wants. they don't really give a shit about what gods others choose to worship but they are silently (or um. not so silently) judging anyone who is particularly devout. every time shadowheart talks about shar early game xarrai is just nodding along like yep. mmhmm. yeah sure. and aggressively rolling their eyes when they walk away lmao. there's an element of bitterness to it too, though. here they are on this adventure surrounded by people who desperately want the favor of their gods but all xarrai wants is to be well and truly forsaken by bane. (at the same time, though, they recognize the only reason they're still alive is because he hasn't forsaken them - bane doesn't suffer fools or failures, after all - so it's a bit of a double edged sword.)

23. What are 2-3 songs that your Tav would relate to?

this is actually the hardest question u could have asked bc i have an almost 40 song (and growing lol) playlist for xarrai LMAO. these are a few i've been really vibing with the last few days, but i don't know that they're the ones xar would relate to the Most by any means.

burn your village - kiki rockwell

metaphor - the crane wives

kill all your friends - mcr

and honorable mention for grey veins by ls dunes. i had this song on repeat for like two days while i was starting to build their character because i picked this game up like right after i saw lsd in concert and it ended up coloring a lot of how i viewed xarrai initially lol

(mutuals feel free to lmk if you want the link to the whole playlist (or my astarion and/or xarrastarion ones) - i'm a dirty apple music user and the playlist has my government name on it so i don't wanna post it publicly but i am down to share)

ieriyn

8. Did your Tav have any romantic and/or sexual relationships prior to their illithid adventure? If yes, who was it with and what was it like? If no, how did they feel about being single?

yes! he had a couple of boyfriends when he was still in school. nothing super serious, honestly - just your typical teenage relationships and all the drama that entails. in the last few years he hasn't really had many partners - a fling here or there, but again nothing serious. i will say though he has a thing for older men with big brown eyes :3c (gale never had a chance is what i'm saying. it was over for him before it even began. this twink is going to ruin his life.)

16. How does your Tav feel about killing?

not good! as of where i am in the game right now (about to defend the grove from being raided following some #mistakes ieriyn made when talking to minthara) he hasn't killed another thinking creature ever. he really really doesn't want to and has spent half the battles the party has been in so far more or less cowering in a corner for fear of killing someone accidentally if he uses his magic. he's honestly kind of dead weight. but defending the grove is going to change things - he can't sit there and do nothing when this is his fault and he knows he has to pull his weight or the party is going to end up dumping him on the side of the road, assuming any of them survive this. (lae'zel and astarion in particular hate his fucking guts for being so useless and yet trying to take the credit for shit anyway lol) i don't think he's ever going to feel good or even necessarily okay about killing, but i do think he's going to learn to deal with it anyway.

24. What first impression does your Tav give off to strangers?

i think initally ieriyn comes off as a spoiled brat tbqh. he's deeply out of touch with the way "normal" people live and has really never been outside his bubble of wealth and comfort, which makes him difficult to talk to i think. he's also heinously arrogant - sometimes because he genuinely believes it ("i'm a special gifted magic kid and soooo powerful and strong") and sometimes because he's trying to cover up for what he doesn't know or what he's afraid of. this is smth i imagine is going to be extremely different by the end of the game, but as of rn he gives a pretty shitty first impression LOL

#oc. xarrai #oc. ieriyn #choosing 3 songs was so hard.#i almost put delirium tremendous by felix hagan & the family instead of burn your village so #another honorable mention for that one #OH and another honorable mention for self portrait by keaton henson bc i’ve just been crazy abt that song in general lately #songs added in the tags don’t count okay. it’s fine.

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icelogged · 2 years ago

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accidentally unfollowed while sending this ask lol anyways

https://www.autostraddle.com/75-ken-dolls-ranked-by-lesbianism-383518/

that's the one i posted (not a huge fan of the mermaid ken text idk what they wanted to say) but :)

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

thanks for sharing!!! i decided to react to every single one as well! and had so much fun doing it— did some extra research ;3cc 🔬 ;3c too ;3

i actually read an article like this before, it was only regarding the reboot kens and they referred to them as male exes or men you see on dating apps i think? anyways this article is better imo

so all of them could be my ex gf because i’m horrible and greedy and think everyone in the whole wide world is gorgeous no take backs

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ = the ones i could hypothetically crush, date, etc rn

long post as there are 75 kendalls :3

75. i love her!!!! i’d love to see a same sex pair skating competition!! yuri on ice ;3 *bad joke booing*

74. my funky 90s gyal pal. there is an actual lesbian out there who wore this in the 90s. she is now someone’s cool lesbian aunt.

73. depop legend who could collab with the sims 4 type of girl. i can see us being friends :3

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 72. oh no, i can see now.. probably would have a meet cute moment in the library 💔 i would have such a bad crush on this kendall. i feel like there could be shared attraction but she’d end up not liking my personality :(

71. erm rude! i’d give her a chance, fusion music can be cool. hope she’s into sharing sweaters with friends and lovers because that looks comfy. and her band / group looks so fun!! loving the hair on the dolls of colour!!!

70. i know her and her wife! they have that really cool couple swag! anyways i babysit their kids

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 69. 2000s tomboy…💍…

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 68. we met a free optional donation ticket community centre event for showcasing people who customize their clothing or make their own stuff from scratch. she’s going to a, in her words “crappy art school” but at least she has access to a studio. that’s where she made her sweater ? bomber jacket ? they sell pretty well on instagram

67. “Cameron: She’d def welcome you to the neighborhood with a jell-o creation. maybe a casserole”. literally

66. 2000s lesbian celebrity’s gf ?

65. weird femme icon. my girlie pop. if lesbians had fag hags i’d be one for her.

64. we have beef though even though we’ve never had an one on one conversation ໒꒰ྀི｡-︵-꒱ྀིა she just doesn’t like my vibes i guess. i probably think her brother is ‘kinda hot’... maybe that’s why. “Says she got her outfit at Goodwill, actually got it at Urban Outfitters” <- fact

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 63. i would do anything for her, i would be so down bad… if she started info dumping about marine ecosystems i would have to propose. she’d invite me (with a group, not one on one) to every beach clean up event and i’d try very hard not to be weird. in the picture used on the organizers’ instagram i’d be standing beside her and blushing really hard and i’d look back on that picture and laugh at myself :’3…. not sure if she could love me though.. i don’t think my feelings would be reciprocated at all. i am imagining her in her early to mid 30s for some reason? anyways she doesn’t date too far outside of her age range to begin with so my chance were not to nothing anyways. when i’m finally over her and tell that i had a crush on her she’s surprised because she had no idea but literally everyone else and their mom knew. wow really got into this one! um…. i really like bodies of water so

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 62. if i ever date— she’s either going to be the ex that ruined my life or my life partner. all i know is the good times would be really good. i feel like she’d respect me in a way others do not for some reason.

61. omg is that kurt kunkle in his hype beast fit?

60. i love her books / favourite author

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 59. im not worthy /lh

58. our circles wouldn’t cross

57. she looks fun and like she has the sweetest heart ever. she gives me city only girl vibes so we’d just be mutuals that compliment each other very enthusiastically

56. lesbians… should try that fit.. everyone should try that fit….

55. i don’t know. i need to know more about her. i feel she’d wanna go to edm music festivals and that isn’t really my scene. probably has a popular ig or tumblr for being hot and getting more masc people to wear crop tops again

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 54. “Even your grandmother who was only so-so about you dating women loves Dr. Ken. Like your whole family is so obsessed with Dr. Ken that they don’t even care that she’s not Jewish and they’re like, hang on to this one, don’t fuck it up! And you’re like YEAH I KNOW as if having a perfect girlfriend isn’t stressful enough already” LITERALLY. plus she has a kid ? or we have a kid???? hi tommy you angel! 🤍🤍🤍 id be the luckiest little thing under the sun. like she’s the best. ms. treat you right. i cannot stress this is the best lover you’ll ever have. also i get the vibe that i’d be her princess :3

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 53. NEED HER. two vibes that’s just her or that’s her drag king persona either is good.

52. i feel like she’d decide she wouldn’t be into me at first glance and or find me annoying

51. “Ken has a house in Saratoga mostly decorated with stuff she picked up in New Mexico when she lived there for a minute back in the ’80s. She’s very sweet and inquisitive and she has two large dogs she loves to pieces but you know what now that you mention it, she never really liked camping as much as the other girls did. Another love would be women’s music, of course”. agree 🤍

50. that’s her service animal actually. i feel like we’d be really good friends or at least enjoy working on our photography together.

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 49. “Art Director Ken is an asshole to everybody except you and her entire apartment is white and spotless even though she has a dog. She takes you to cool events—”. and no, i don’t have a crush on the dog walker— i am the dog walker in this scenario. we had a good time together but it couldn’t last because of the whole rude to people thing. i can imagine her being bitchy to someone in food service and then i’d just loose it and it would be over.

48. “Valerie: She started an all-female Warblers in protest of the original and they only sing songs made famous by men but they don’t change the pronouns”. never met her but i watch her group on youtube <333

47. old butch and that is a picture of when she was my age that she showed me on her really comfy couch

46. need more information, for some reason i’m getting nothing but the one earring is working on me

45. weren’t we all Cool Lookin’ Ken at one point in our lives

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 44. i’m in love with her. whether the pants are “zip off at the knee” or not is very important. we want want answers mattel !

43. of course Jasika Nicole has a wife. how did i not know that

42. i want to watch whatever film she’s in. give me a lesbian western pls

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 41. ok i lied the first time. actually i need her. need to be in the same room as her. i’d actually want my feelings to be reciprocated by her. i want to hold her hand at backyard experimental art showings. we met at a showing of a film by some gay boy in film school who i thought was hot. the film was good. i think he could be a household name some day but he’s like anti-industry and wants to stay underground so i’m like why spend money film school then? later Adventure Ken tells me his parents are loaded so that explains that. anyways we road trip a lot together i hope we’re in love.

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 40. “She goes by her Roller Derby name on Facebook because she doesn’t want her toxic stepfather to find her. She’s a really loyal friend and a downright incredible girlfriend and always puts safety first”. agreed. roller derby girl ! you are my world !

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 39. …you know what i’m going say… not be fooled i don’t have ‘types’ (grew out of that quickly, thank you horrible situations) but yeah just look like some older girlbrother in a 2000s or 2010s show and at the very least i’d want to cuddle with you :/ anyways i hope we’re seeing a horror movie on our date and i hope she’s real

38. “Jenna: yeah she’s always the sensitive one when she and her friends pretend to be a boy band” we couldn’t have that fun we’re friends but with undertone of romance vibe i like to have with my friends because she’d catch feelings feelings and i wouldn’t reciprocate because i have crush one of the other girls in the boy band. “boi band” sounds so 2013 to me maybe 2011? 2012?

37. one of the new ones! “Cameron: you think she’s gonna tell you about how we live in a post-gender, post-racial society but she surprises you by being super woke & you’re totally disarmed & you kind of hate yourself for it” <- this description is too good and too real. i’d see her at a gsa and go oh god she’s probably calls herself an activist online but she’s going to make weird comments about my heritage— but she’s actually on the ground and literally making changes in the community. also she has two dads that have been on the ground since they knew they could and instilled so much love and wisdom into their daughter. and i smack myself all the time about it because i thought i stopped judging people. anyways she has a fiancé who is pregnant, they very happy. i am invited to the baby shower but not the wedding. anyways i baked them stuff and got good at fibre art just make sure my handmade shower gifts were good enough. might be an uncle or godmother after all this.

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 36. “Dufrau: She seems very attentive Stef: Bringing you sodas putting on some mood music even answering your phone Molly: ‘hey babe i saw your twitter rants today and picked up some calming lavender bath bombs’” ✅✅

35. we all know her. either your friend’s ex or cousin. after she grows out of her fuckboy phase she really cool and neat

34. she’s on the food network and when you saw her at 9 years old you were like whoa. her instagram is so golden because she has really nice pictures of food, her wife and family— pets included!

33. “Ken just got to Los Angeles from Missouri and before moving had really only ever hooked up with straight girls (there was like this whole THING in high school). She isn’t looking for a relationship, but she keeps falling in love with incredible women / making out with strangers at The Abbey / not knowing what to do with all these new feelings” yes she also thirst traps a lot

32. “Dufrau: She dated two of my best friends sophomore year of college and ive never forgiven her for her behavior Sarah: Cutie Fashionista Ken is the first time you get a dyke spike after listening to Viz by Le Tigre Cameron: Cutie Fashionista Ken kept trying to be the Shane of the friend group” literally, enough said

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 31. i made her that shirt don’t laugh. she approached me, idk why but i was really surprised she liked me. anyways we’re really happy. i’m SO thankful she has an apartment. we have picturesque mornings.

30. “This is a lesbian who usually dresses on the masc side but always femmes it up for a thematic dance”. literally so much fun. friend met her and now we’re all buds. her parents are literally saints and her grandmother is always feeding me.

29. she’s obviously taken. anyways they’re the rich lesbian couple at the tennis club.

28. ??? i am missing a reference here?

27. another cool celebrity lesbian’s wife

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 26. “Jenna: she likes to cuddle Dufrau: she has a great haircut” hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii home dates with her are bliss. her mom thinks i’m really pretty and our relationship helps her unlearn homophobic and transphobic opinions. me and her dad have something in common, like a silly quirk or hobby, favourite thing etc. he’s also a closet bisexual. when Hip Hoodie Ken and i move into together her dad comes out. by then her mom is chill and is the first check the homophobic aunties when try and say something about her daughter or husband.

25. had a crush on her when i was 11. thought she was so cool ! my favourite camp counsellor ever !! can play the guitar and does silly songs at the campfire and has that “let’s give all to god tonight” christian lesbian swag during chapel. charismatic angel. met her girlfriend at church.

24. haven’t seen this barbie movie and don’t plan to. i agree with mey— “Mey: No that’s rainbow dash the lesbian pony from my little pony”

23. i know who gigi but idk who nats is. anyways these barbies are giving lesbian influencer couple. searched them up— so they were a lesbian influencer couple at the time of this article. omg gigi is married slay! t4t love wins

22. curious about her, need more info

21. “Dufrau: She hosts a children’s show but adults watch because she is so soothing” yes and she is her city’s children’s pride marshal. mother of 3. her wife is like a cook? food ? influencer. like she cooks really yummy looking stuff and is huge on social media and is sometimes a guest judge on cooking shows. maybe she’ll get a netflix cooking show deal soon

20. i need that belt more than her

19. “Cameron: this is the outfit my friend wore to her bachelorette party. i’m not joking” so true. again we know or have seen this lesbian.

18. her family is crazy but they have money. she’s lowkey classist and ableist :///

17. good for them i guess

16. i saw this one in walmart “Cameron: this is just every summer gay.”

15. “Cameron: also every summer gay Jenna: I feel like cali-cool said she would call you back, but she definitely didn’t call you back. And even though you didn’t really WANT her to call you back, it’s the principle of the thing”. yuh

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 14. i know her! she makes her own cider it’s so good. she’s really good at gifting people. she likes soup. i like wrapping her in blankets and giving her hot chocolate. we could 100% kiss and fall in love.

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 13. “Cameron: she helped me find a book i was looking for a gender studies research paper & suggested something better”. looking! for! her!

12. “Art Director Ken #2 is also an asshole but you deal with it ’cause she always gets bottle service for the table and has lots of stories about Closeted Power Lesbian parties in Palm Springs that happened in the late ’80s / early ’90s and she’s your only source regarding the possibility of Jada Pinkett-Smith being bisexual” only that one of my friends is dating her and that’s how i get the tea

11. “Cameron: She lost her snapback on a rollercoaster at Universal Studios. Will not let you forget it” <-

10. “Mey: Big brother ken is def a hot lesbian mom Jenna: yeah, and she also owns a subaru Mey: She ignores Sarah Pfefferman at PTA meetings” yuh!💞💞💞

9. 2010s lesbian character on abc(?)

8. “This outfit cost $400” true and i could literally get for $35 with the most expensive part being the shoes that i got a charity shop. the rest i got from walmart. anyways i’m making her autistic for some reason but we can’t be friends because she spent $400 dollars on that outfit.

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 7. :::/ *ignores that* ANYWAYS like i’ve let it slip i’m a fresh water mermaid but she looks more salt water </3 star crossed lovers

6. THIS IS LITERALLY SOMEONE’S EX THAT I KNOW OH MY GOD ITS LITERALLY [REDACTED] LOLLLLLLLLL. it was the lesbian divorce of the century [break up they weren’t actually married]

꒰აꨄ︎໒꒱ 5. also know her. we are mutuals on this very tumblr. and btw she’s SO tired of the villainization of southern [us]americans

4. wow nothing else needs to be said. molly is repping that Barbie Dreamhouse Ken swag

3. i remember this one very clearly for some reason. congratulations jenna for being Distressed Denim Ken (2017). maybe the kens were the lesbians we met along the way.

2. LOL i’m obsessed with the side by side lesbian matching. Hi Riese’s gf!

1. i loved reading about the design and creation process of this ken in particular! even looked for it online. idk if i’d actually buy the doll but yeah. “Alaina: “Did they consult Brittani Nichols for this doll? Because this doll is Brittani Nichols.” factual

and this was so fun thank you em <3

i looked at the related articles and found this gem ! real gaydies showing how we are all just lesbian ken

i’m not going go through each because those are real people and i feel like that would be kinda creepy BUT hello to “Lisa / 54 / Professor / Pittsburgh, PA” and Hillary “Scald Eagle” is such a cool name! everyone SERVED ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 i am still recovering. the comment section has really good stuff too :’3

as an aside i’ve now learned that there are a lot of lesbian teachers in the world. maybe education will be saved…

anyways thanks again for this i had so much fun !

#evidence of life #message in a bottle #i’m lazy and will reread later because i know there are mistakes lol

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starleska · 2 years ago

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Hey I saw your fainting request and thought it looked great....I have a request of my own...

Can...you do wally x reader who is autistic? Like gets distracted and/or hyperfixated on things easily, does stims like arm flapping as an example, and other stuff?

Just love wally from welcome home ever since I randomly stumbled upon welcome home! I wish they would 'find tapes of the show' so we could legit watch the episodes and stuff! Imagine the glitches and tibits they could add in! Oh I'd love it! And I adore the puppets and this adorable horror so much!

oh hell yeah, this is the ask i was waiting for!!! 🔥🔥🔥 of course i can fill out this prompt for you darling - i'm autistic myself, and it's my headcanon that every single member of the Welcome Home cast is some shade of neurodivergent 🥰💖 the lovely official arm-flapping art of both Julie and Frank is all the evidence i need!! plus, Wally sleeping on a cake...i'm choosing to believe he's a big fan of that kind of texture 😂💖 speaking of!...

Wally Darling x Autistic Reader headcanons

⭐ when you first tell Wally you're autistic, he doesn't quite grasp the concept. he nods when you give the clinical definition, but it's clear he doesn't understand why you're making the distinction. however, when you first describe your special interests, Wally's eyes light up! he grabs a pencil and his sketchbook, and quickly scrawls a crude picture of your mutual neighbour Frank, along with a host of pretty butterflies. then, right by his side Wally doodles himself, surrounded by floating apples. "It's good to be excited by things," says Wally, with all the sage wisdom of a tenured professor. ever distracted, he flips to a new page and carefully (his tongue sticks out during the process!) renders you in pencil. then, he fills in the blank space with pretty, stylised doodles of all your most beloved interests - even the obscure ones which are not easily communicated in picture form 💖 from that moment on, you know you and Wally are kindred spirits. ⭐ stimming is something Wally does regularly, and he loves it when you stim too!! Wally's most prominent stim is singing - he's constantly humming a tune or thoughtlessly mumbling lyrics to himself, sometimes from known songs, and sometimes from original compositions. Wally is also prone to pacing and threading his fingers together when he's nervous or stressed: a rare occurrence, as his outward persona is typically bright and relaxed. however, Wally never wants his pals to feel left out: if his friends are stimming, he'll quite happily mirror the movements!! Julie adores it when Wally flaps along with her, and although Frank will never admit it, he appreciates when Wally sits on the floor and rocks with him. whichever stims you prefer, he's always delighted to be a part of what helps you navigate the world and make your body and brain feel better 🥰 ⭐ Wally loves to give you deep-pressure hugs. your new neighbourhood is a kind and accepting place, but even you can become overwhelmed by its sweet, rainbow brightness. you don't know why, but one particularly hypersensitive day, you begin to approach a meltdown and have nowhere to escape. without a word, Wally slips his soft, fuzzy arms around your waist and pulls you into his chest, face-first. his strength is astonishing, and although you have an initial moment of panic, all that tension and terror starts to slip away as you inhale his unique fruit-felt scent. Wally hums to you as he holds you - and keeps you in his arms until you feel relaxed enough to slip out of your own accord 🥺 i hope this is what you were looking for, anon :3c i know we all have our unique experiences as autistic people, but i hope this was broad enough and relevant to you. have a great day 😊💖

#wally darling #wally darling x reader #welcome home #welcome home arg #starleskasks #starleskawrites #wally darling x you

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halcyon-writings · 2 years ago

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“i think we’re friends now.” “God, don’t say that.” with Childe or maybe Wanderer :3c

ngl i was really debating on who to use this prompt for, but ultimately decided on wanderer, the murderous meow meow.

notes: the reader isn't the traveler, they have a vision, but I didn't specify details about the element/weapon so go crazy ig, i’m trying not to like, give wanderer a specific name bc he's got like 8 at least and then there’s the customizable names, the prompt is from the enemies to lovers midpoint list, so ofc, yall aren't gonna be besties (or possibly more) 100%, but it’s a start

nav.

When the Traveler asked for your help in occasionally joining them as they moved across Teyvat, you did not think that you would be actively fighting life-sized mushrooms on top of that.

The creatures, while cute from afar, were far more dangerous up close, especially for someone who either did not have a vision or did not have any sort of combat training. Although you can't help but almost feel bad as one of the many mushrooms you had fought squeaked in pain, coming into contact with your own attacks.

You feel a strong wind coming nearby and you scowl. Because not only do mushrooms move past you, you have to dig your feet into the ground, lest you be blown away by the wind's strength. Your surprised expression immediately morphs into a scowl, of course, of fucking course.

Laughter is heard before you see him, "Ah, hello to you too."

You're tempted at making an obscene gesture, but instead, smile tightly, because you know that he'll like the attention.

"Well, I'm glad that what you lack in height is made up for in your strength."

But your enjoyment the anger on his face is short lived. As you hear the angry squeaks coming from the fungi, you grab his sleeve, and with some force (maybe a little bit exaggerated, since he easily stumbles, although that could be since he was taken off guard).

Despite his protests, at least he thanks you.

The Traveler and Paimon watching this, look silently towards one another with a shared look that is of purely pained understanding, back to you both now sharing friendly banter, then turning back to share the same look again. The pair mutually agreed on one thing: you both were hopeless.

The afternoon continues as normal, or at least as normal as it can be whilst hunting mushrooms and other beasts that made Sumeru their abode. You were currently enjoying one of the pita sandwiches that the Traveler had brought along. Using the giant tree behind you as a way to shade yourself. The rustle of grass beside you has you peering from the wanderer at the corner of your eye. “I didn’t think you’d deign yourself to sitting among the rest of us,” You say thoughtfully after swallowing your food. (Seeing as how he would usually head off on his own, even with the breaks that everyone else took.)

He sniffs derisively, “Seeing you laze about reminded me that taking breaks is good too. Can’t have you working too hard.”

You make a face at his expression, far too pleased with himself for your liking.

“Oh why thank you, honorable wanderer. Are you sure it’s not because you missed my presence that much you wanted to sit next to me?”

He doesn’t answer, and for a moment you think you possibly could have gone too far, before you take a closer look at this wanderer.

Oh my... He was smiling! A part of yourself feels giddy yet proud at this new reaction. For the amount of time you had joined the traveler’s expeditions, this was the first time you saw anything close to a real smile. Most of the time you had shared disdain for one another.

“...I suppose, you are not the most intolerable.” He shrugs, making a point to observe the giant tree above you both.

You grin, akin to a cat that caught the canary, “I think we’re friends now.”

“God, don’t say that,” He says, yet continues to move to sit next to you.

Still, you laugh quietly to yourself.

#genshin impact x reader #wanderer x reader #genshin impact imagines #gi x reader #scaramouche x reader #wanderer imagines #genshin x reader #halcyon writings.

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galkyrie · 3 years ago

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Jaytim arranged marriage? :3c

Tim wakes up in the most comfortable bed he's ever been in, feeling the most well-rested he has in months. It's the first sign that something is very, deeply wrong.

Something is wrong because last night he went to sleep in the batcave's medbay to the sound of a heart monitor, and the sheets around him are definitely not the sterilized hospital grade ones he'd internally griped about.

He keeps his breathing even and continues to feign sleep as he tries to take in as much information for his surroundings as possible. One- most immediately notable, his side doesn't hurt- which narrowed down the list of abductors to ones with healing magic. Two- whatever fabric he was dressed in was easily the finest he'd ever touched- which definitely narrowed it down further. Three- he's pretty sure he wasn't drugged. His mouth isn't dry, his head doesn't hurt, and he certainly didn't feel any disconnect from his senses or body. So. Likely not drugged. And finally- probably most importantly- there was a source of warmth beside him.

No- most importantly is that the source of that warmth definitely has arms, because they are wrapped around him.

He takes a slow, deep breath. If he opens his eyes and sees green and gold he is going to freak out. Seriously. He'd been studying how to actually permanently kill the bastard, if this ever came to pass- and sure, he didn't have any weapons on him- but he was creative. And patient. And has no fewer than four friends who would launch his remains into space if he asks.

He gathers his courage with this in mind and cracks open his eyes, immediately going lax at the sight of fine pink linens and ornately carved marble. The style alone is definitely not Ra's.

The person at his back makes a grumbling noise and he freezes again- right. Just because it wasn't Ra's didn't mean this was a good situation.

Carefully, slowly, he shifts in place on the bed and takes a peek.

Oh, it’s just Jason. He relaxes into the hold the sleeping man has on him, shifting to lie on his back. Jason looks young when he’s asleep, every sign of tension usually on his face melted away. Tim touches his jaw, lightly, tracing along the bone with his fingertips. He’s greeted with the fluttering of dark lashes and bright teal eyes opening to meet his. Jason tenses, too- then immediately relaxes when he recognizes him.

“Tim?” He murmurs, sounding half asleep still. It doesn’t stop him from tugging him closer, his own hand raising to cup his cheek as he stares down at him.

Tim simply hums in affirmation, going easily and pressing a soft kiss to the corner of his mouth. It feels good- right, actually- the scrape of stubble against his lips electrifying. Jason tilts to bring their lips together, hand sliding around his back to slip into his hair.

Some part of him recognizes, even as his lips open in a silent invitation, that this shouldn’t be happening. He was- right, he was in the infirmary because he got stabbed not forty eight hours ago- definitely not in what had to be the fanciest honeymoon suite in Vegas or wherever they were.

Jason’s tongue flicks across his lower lip before his teeth press into the plush flesh, and Tim briefly forgets the larger issue with his last thought. Jason’s good at kissing- gentler than he would’ve thought, if he’d ever given it any before-

Right.. Another issue with what was happening was that he hasn’t ever given this any thought.

They don’t know where they are.

And he’s in bed with Jason fucking Todd.

And he has no idea how that happened or how either of them ended up wherever this was.

He pulls back, wrenching himself from his arms and rushing to get out of the bed with an urgency that’s got him tumbling off of the thing and landing on the cold marble floor, but-

“What the fuck?!”

"I was gonna ask you that." Tim says as he scrambles to his feet, grabbing the fine sheet when he realizes he's totally naked-

Which only makes it clear that it was mutual, oh god. He covers his eyes with his hand and hopes his face isn't turning the same color as the sheet he's clutching around himself.

“Where the fuck are we?" Jason sounds as lost as he is, which-

Okay, yeah. He knows Jason's not the kind of guy to kidnap anyone for this purpose, so. That makes sense. It also does not help him figure out what's going on.

When he cracks an eye open, Jason has a pillow placed over his lap and is looking as embarrassed and confused as he feels. It makes it marginally easier to drop his hand and start to talk.

"Yep, and no, I don't remember how we got here or where here is-" and on that note, he turns to survey the room. "And I have no clue why I woke up being the little spoon."

"Size disadvantage, probably." Jason immediately takes the bait. So- good, he's not freaking out too bad if he's still going for the low hanging fruit. Tim wishes he could say the same.

"Hilarious." Tim shoots back dryly before returning to look at the walls. Maybe there was some kind of clue he could find on the what and the who of this whole mess- waking up with Jason holding him and immediately thinking it was fine to go in for a kiss has him wary of the why for the moment.

It's all finely carved marble, immaculate to the point of gleaming. The entire chamber looks like it was carved by a single piece- the columns, the floor, the ceiling-

"Hmm," Tim murmurs, paying entirely too much attention to the features on the columns in the room around them as he hears Jason shift behind him. "These are Corinthian in style, but I've never seen it done so seamlessly." He reaches out, running a hand over the transition from column to floor and can't even feel a seam.

"Incredible." He breathes. He wishes he had a camera- Cassie might have more insight on this place. Dr. Sandsmark would probably kill to see a place like this in all its glory.

"Still doesn't fuckin' explain why we woke up naked together in a bed-"

"Yeah, see, I'm trying to go for the possible part to solve, here." Tim mutters, "like where to find clothes, if we somehow ended up on Themyscira or something without being murdered. How to get out."

"Though," Tim adds before Jason can open his mouth to butt in, "pretty sure even Themyscira wasn't carved out of a single piece of marble." He stands up from his crouch and turns to look at Jason again. The man has grabbed the bottom sheet and fashioned it around himself in a facsimile of a toga.

"So, conclusion- you have no idea where we are." Jason sounds about as thrilled as he is by the prospect.

"We have no idea where we are.” Tim corrects with a smile, “and there are no clothes set out and no immediately obvious doors. So." Tim sets out to fashion his own robe out of the sheet he had, noticing that Jason takes a turn to lift his gaze far and away from him as he does so. He appreciates the courtesy.

"You thinking magic?" Jason, once they are both as dressed as it was apparent they are going to be able to get, asks.

"Pretty high level stuff to even make this room, but- maybe? Come see if you recognize any of the inscriptions in here-" Tim waves him over to look at the intricately carved marble.

"Huh," Jason scans the scenes carved around them- intricate battles and tender love scenes, violence and passion in equal measure. "This looks like it's from one of the epics. Haven't read that shit in years, but- this scene looks familiar."

Tim blinks up at it and wishes, again, he'd listened better to either his parents' speculation about the classics or Cassie's wild stories about the pantheon she heard second and third hand from the Amazons. The woman is beautiful, chiton gown pulled up to her knees as she sits beside the bank of a river, holding a man in her arms. Her face is the picture of sorrow as she stares down at him during his last moments, if the blood seeping into the ground beside him the sculptor put in is any indication.

"This is familiar." Tim agrees, eyes tracing the trail of blood as it gives way to blooms of wildflowers. Cassie was gonna give him so much shit for not knowing this.

Or she would, if he ever told her about this. He has absolutely no intention of doing so.

He turns away, instead moving to inspect the bed. There were no seams there either, and the pedestal upon which that insanely comfortable mattress rested was also carved from the same source.

It also has symbols carved into it, and one in particular had some things clicking in place for him. The pinks and reds that composed of the fine fabrics in the room- the gleaming white marble, polished and nearly pearlescent in the light, Corinthian style columns. the carved roses and seashells full of pearls-

"Aphrodite," he breathes, stepping back from the bed as if he'd discovered it was made of asbestos, "Jason- we woke up on an altar of Aphrodite."

"Oh, shit. Then that's Adonis-" Jason snaps his fingers and points at the dying man carved into the wall, startling when the whole thing seems to split at a seam that definitely wasn't there and a woman walks in.

"What are you two doing?" She doesn't waste time with niceties, the beautiful- and he's suspecting literal- goddess simply purses her perfect lips into a pout and stares at them.

It hurts to look at her directly for too long, her beauty radiant in what might be a very literal sense. Her hair falls in a perfect cascade of waves and her eyes have the magnetism of a black hole- inevitable and endless. She is every inch the pure definition of beauty, turned up to a degree that simply made it undeniable that she was anything but a deity.

Fear is not an improper response to being in her presence. Hopefully. Because Tim, well- this is scary.

"You two awakened together upon the altar of Aphrodite- in my temple in Mount Olympus- and this is how you choose to use such a boon? Have the mortals gotten so blind to us as to have forgotten the meaning of our blessings?" She sounds disappointed and confused, and Tim very much wishes to fix that asap. How, is the question. Which- okay, he woke up naked on a bed with Jason Todd wrapped around him. He's pretty sure he knows the answer. How else is probably a better question.

Wasn't she supposed to be good at this? She's the goddess of love, right? How could she mess it up this much?

"Uh," Tim says instead of any of that, shooting Jason a bewildered look. Were they supposed to wake up naked together and just go with it? "I'm so sorry, your Goddessness-" ugh, he really should've paid better attention when Cassie complained about the myriad and convoluted structure that was the pantheon and how they liked to be addressed- didn't they just turn people into swans when they angered them? Oh god- gods, whoops- between his and Jason's mouth they are definitely not getting out of here without one of them getting cursed.

"But we're not lovers." Which feels ludicrous to even have to explain, much less to a literal goddess, but. This is apparently what his life has come to. He'll still take this over Ra's.

She shoots him an exasperated look, turning her gaze to Jason soon after. "I am aware of your history, mortals. As you seem to be- albeit somewhat- aware of mine."

"Sure. But if you know ours then you've gotta know it's not a good history. No kinda foundation for whatever this is." Jason says, because apparently he can't stop being contrarian for one second to flatter a God that could curse them. Or- smite them, the right phrase was smite when done by a god, right?.

They were totally gonna get smote.

"New life blooms after the earth is scorched in flame, no matter how hot the fire." She answers easily, as if that solved everything. And- okay, she was a member of the pantheon, maybe it was that easy for them. Or maybe she couldn't admit when she made a mistake- she was a member of the pantheon, after all.

"But it- it takes time and-" Tim realizes he's the one arguing now, looking at Jason instead of her with wide eyes. There is guilt there, on his face as he looks back at him and he has to turn his gaze back to the deity, her painful beauty less intense than the ache Jason's expression causes. "We haven't had nearly enough to be- to even be friends."

In all honesty, he's pretty sure Jason still hates him. Sure, he'd slowly allowed the Bats to reach out without it ending literally explosively, but-

Jason avoided him pretty much all the time, and when they were forced together he was both prickly and quiet in a way he wasn't with the others. And look, Tim gets it- but he doesn't have to like that Jason still resents him for something he's not sorry for doing. It's the literal definition of an impasse. And a terrible foundation for much of anything beyond a begrudgingly allyship.

"My husband is the god of war, I know how close mere passion and true love lie in the hearts of men." She waves her hand dismissively, "what you both feel for one another is certainly not neutrality, nor is it as far from love as you may believe."

"So what?" Jason says with a glare, apparently eager to step into first place running for being smote. "You did this because you see potential here? Where does what we want factor into this?"

It doesn't hurt, the acknowledgement that Jason would literally rather taunt a god into finding out what her specific brand of wrath looks like than even think of this as possible. Tim happens to share the sentiment, so it'd be really dumb to get his feelings hurt over the idea.

Aphrodite regards Jason with an arched brow, somehow both radiating amusement and annoyance in the silent gesture.

"You're being cruel, sister. That's my job." A thin woman interrupts as she saunters in the room, body wrapped in tight, tattered black fabric and head shaved. She's heavily ringed her eyes in kohl and is wearing an eternal smirk.

Tim does recognize her almost immediately- the sheer amount of weird plots she's been linked to made it impossible not to.

"Eris." He acknowledges with a neutral expression. They were so, so, so utterly screwed.

She sends him a grin that looks almost entirely like a sneer. "Dear sister, don't you think you should tell them why you believe in them so fiercely?" Eris continues as if he hadn't addressed her, looking over at her sister with that same smirk.

"You know, Eris-" Aphrodite starts, looking between both of them with a slowly growing smile, "now that I've seen them together, I think this is going to be easier than you thought."

Eris scowled, waving her hand between them to illustrate her point. "They woke up and immediately tried to escape this as if it were a trap. You're going to lose, sister. Best you accept it now."

"I suppose we will see," Aphrodite answers easily, "much can change in a month, sister. You of all people should understand that."

Tim balks, "lose?" He looks between the three entities in the room, horror dawning on his face. "Is this some game?"

"Wait- and what's at the end of the month?" Jason pipes up as well, suspicion lining his features.

"Why, your wedding, of course." Aphrodite answers.

"Our-" Jason begins to sputter, eyes widening to saucers. Tim steps back, sitting heavily on the impossibly comfortable bed.

"Yes," Aphrodite interrupts, looking between the both of them with a sternness her features have a difficult time pulling off. "I have not blessed a pair of mortals in quite some time, and we will celebrate the success of your anointed love in one month's time with the assembled gods of Mount Olympus-"

"-or watch my dear sister crash and burn," Eris chimes in with a slightly manic glee, "and have to admit some things are impossible even to her."

"-or I will be displeased with my chosen mortals." Aphrodite finishes the threat with a winning smile, gliding over Eris' interruption with ease.

"So- let me get this straight," Jason starts, fingers rubbing at his temples as he does, "you abducted us, put us here together, and have chosen us for one another- to prove you can make even people who hate each other fall in love-"

"-in a month's time-" Tim adds, resisting the urge to flop back on the bed and stare at the ceiling until his bones crumble to dust.

"-after which we will be kidnapped again to get married-"

"-if you can truthfully say you love one another." Eris added, sing-songy tone clearly indicating her thoughts on the odds of that happening, "those are the terms."

"What if we can't?" Tim asks- blurts, really- because this was absolutely insane. He couldn't- with Jason in a month?

"Then Eris will have six months to affect my domain without my interference." Aphrodite admits, staring hard at the both of them.

Calling a god an idiot would be a mistake- Tim knows this, that these powerful beings are as temperamental as any human who grows up rarely hearing the word no, but-

God, they were totally gonna lose. They were gonna lose and their entire world was going to be thrown into romantic chaos akin to what they were currently dealing with.

"You've gotta be fuckin-"

"-what do you get if you win?" Tim interrupts, shooting Jason what is probably a panicked look.

"Eris must remove herself and her influence from the earthly plane for a year." Aphrodite grins, "her price for getting to choose the mortals I must bestow this gift upon."

A year without strife. Huh. Tim looks Jason's way, who's fallen silent with a huge scowl on his features.

Tim opens his mouth. Closes it. Sighs. He doesn't really know what to say, honestly. It's rare that there isn't something coming to him to say, even if it's incredibly stupid and deserves to stay in his brain where it belongs.

"We will leave you two alone to discuss," Eris says, looping her arm around her sister's with the most smug grin.

"You will be here until someone on your plane notices your absence," Aphrodite says, as if she's being gracious for roping them into this whole thing over ego.

They leave as swiftly as they came, the room sealing itself off and the marble smoothing out any trace of their passage.

Tim crawls into the bed, and, upon reaching a pillow, covers his face and screams into it.

What the fuck were they supposed to do, now?

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puppyluver256 · 3 years ago

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[Image Description: A woman with blue skin, maroon eyes, and multicolored hair (mostly purple with one strip of turquoise and one strip of pink) in a ponytail with two silver spoon-shaped hair clips. She is wearing a long pink button-up shirt under a green t-shirt with lightly frilled sleeves, blue capri-length pants, turquoise socks, and maroon loafer shoes. She has a tan bag slung over her shoulder with both the Psychonauts emblem (a brain surrounded by lines of black and blue) and the pansexual flag (three stripes of magenta, yellow, and blue) attached to the strap. She is holding one hand up, above which is a floating spoon that is being bent by psychic ability, and giving a peace sign with her other hand. The background is a swirling gradient of blue and black. End ID.]

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Got inspired to make a Psychonauts OC a while back after re-watching a video about our real-world "psychics" (ie. utter frauds) inspired an idea of complete and total irony. Let me introduce you to Yuri Randi!

Yuri's a roaming recruiter for the Psychonauts, often out scouting for promising candidates to the Psychonauts proper, the intern program, and even finding kids who would benefit from some time at the Whispering Rock summer camp. That's not getting into her...unofficial work. You see, both her personal experience with her own abilities and her years of work scouting for real psychics has led to her getting really good at noticing when people try to fake it, not to mention one of her dads is a non-psychic and former stage magician so he knows those kinds of tricks as well. So she has developed a kind of hobby of sorts where she goes to these fake psychic shows and...basically just makes them look like fools for trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the real damn thing. And yes, you may have already guessed by her name, but her concept was inspired by the feud between so-called psychic fraudster Uri Gellar and James "The Amazing" Randi >:3c Yeah, I'm a little bitter about Gellar and his litigious nonsense putting Kadabra into legal limbo, how could you tell??

A few more fun facts about Yuri while I'm still on this train of thought: - While I think it would be a common enough thing for most psychics to start with spoon-bending (after all, didn't Ford refer to the campers as "spoon-benders" once? and I saw that reveal in Rhombus of Ruin too), Yuri was so proud of her first that she ended up keeping it decades after and uses it as a hairclip. Her specialty is manipulating metal, though of course she's got quite the handy range of varied abilities figured out, that's just the one she's most fond of personally. - She has two dads, one of whom is her biological dad with the help of a mutual friend acting as a surrogate, who she affectionately calls "auntie" even though the nature of her relationship with her dads has never been kept secret from her. Her "auntie" and bio dad are the psychic ones, and her other dad has always been very supportive of her abilities, especially when she's using them to dunk on the frauds. - She has crushed on nearly every adult at the Motherlobe for at least a few days each. The longest of these crushes have been a tie between her feelings for Milla and Sasha, alternating between the two roughly at the same time. - Her overall fashion sense and tendency to carry her bag of Very Important Things (mostly snacks) with her even throughout the Motherlobe has led to her being mistaken for an intern more than a few times, even by applying interns that weren't brought in by her. The confusion doesn't last long once she reveals she's in her early 30s.

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tsulaika · 2 years ago

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I really like your hoffheight playlist, can you do like an explanation for the songs you chose, I’m just starving for content of this ship and to hear your reasoning!!

!!! I'd be happy to!! I'm also starved for content, so i'm happy getting any excuse to post about it. The playlist itself is still a work in progress (as most of my playlists are, i'm always looking for new stuff to add) so this will cover whats on it currently. hopefully this doesn't get too long. :3c I also wanna add: i'm gonna add some notes on the POVs for some songs if applicable. Okay, onto the actual thing!!! (also also i might skip over a few if i don't have anything to mention with them, or they serve the same sort of idea as another song.)

Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You. (hoffmans pov, but could be both tbh) basically, these 2 had a rocky start. i just can't picture them both being on good terms with each other once they first meet. mostly because hoffman is the way he is, and also the whole apprentice thing that adam would still be getting used to, with himself and the other apprentices; so his relationship with basically everyone is tipsy by this point. that is, until things would start calming down a lot more, and adam would start opening up. i think adam would turn from disliking hoffman, to just teasing and poking fun at him, because he thinks it's funny to annoy him. hoffman wouldn't love the new development, but it would be an improvement to their past relationship. everything would be pretty normal for awhile, until hoffman starts developing some new feelings (song pretty much comes in a lot more here) he's probably pretty annoyed like why am i catching feelings for this asshole. Adam starts taking a similar turn when he picks up on the new way hoffman starts responding to his teasing. things start to escalate from there.

Alex G - Adam. (hoffmans pov) i couldn't not, okay? similar thing to song #1. yknow that saying "he's being mean because he likes you"? yeah, thats hoffman. he will not accept what this ratty twink is doing to him. it's like subtle fight back on hoffmans side, like reversing what adam would do to him, but less "subtly poking fun" and more "gently bulling adam because hoffman doesn't know how to communicate properly."

Destroy Boys - I Threw Glass At My Friend’s Eyes And Now I’m On Probation. (adams pov) tbh reading the lyrics for this thing would be enough of an explanation, but of course i'm giving one anyway. adam has feelings but is actually normal about them, so when his teasing turns somewhat flirtatious, he doesn't know how to feel when hoffman seems to reciprocate in some form, but also pushes back on it at the same time... and hard. adam... kinda likes it and feels weird about it??? maybe getting pushed around by a man that could break you in half is kinda nice. so many lyrics i could point out here that make me think of adam SO HARD, i swear.i but will have self restraint.

She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart. (both povs) 2 words, sexual tension. things are really starting to boil over. things are getting really intense between them one day and suddenly oh shit something happens and they've just had a one night stand. it is intense and messy and just full of repressed emotion. day after they're both complete wrecks and too nervous to talk about it and they're so flustered and uhfhgdggfg. they both sorta hoped maybe this would "fix" the situation, and instead it gets worse.

Dazey and the Scouts - Groan. (adams pov) adam eventually comes around and my god he is full of thirst. adam is getting clingy, and hoffman's not far behind. there's no point in hiding it anymore, they both know what they want and they're clinging to each other behind closed doors; and not even in a strictly risque way, they're generally spending more time around each other; they're still fumbling with communication, but they at least know the feeling is mutual, now.

Type O Negative - Love You to Death (both povs) not much to say. they're just so down bad for each other mannnnn.

Queens of the Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick. (both povs) + Ludo - Love Me Dead (adams pov) + Veruca Salt - Spiderman '79. i feel like these fit into adam accepting their relationship more, and admitting to himself that's he's no saint either. accepting his new life and reveling in the impurity between them both.

Queenandreena - I Adore You. (adams pov) things have started to calm down, and adams surprisingly comfortable around hoffman???? like, he used to feel at least slightly threatened by him just… being around him, but now he has sort of an oura of safety. we get hoffmans side of this in the next few songs.

Cigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby + Landon Tewers - Sick Obsession. (hoffmans pov) hehehe (over)protective hoffman!! you can't tell me this man wouldn't be overprotective of that fragile little twink. istg adam sets off the "small defenseless creature that i must protect" signals off in hoffmans head, and adam getting into the occasional scuffle while doing apprentice work would not help (Sick Obsession fits that idea, i feel). also, knowing hoffmans history loosing loved ones, he does NOT want to go through another heartbreak like the one he went through after losing his sister. this man has abandonment issues and can not cope with them. GAH this took so long to write, but i'm really happy i got to. really fleshed them out, i think. thank you so much for the ask, anon! i had a great time getting to gush about these two. i hope this helped satisfy your hoffheight needs, like it did mine.

#ive written so much my tumblr is lagging as i type #so worth it #hoffheight #mark hoffman #adam faulkner stanheight #long post #asks #movies #saw #🦴.txt

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firelxdykatara · 4 years ago

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Katara x Aang :3c

are you trying to get me in trouble

-cough-

no but in all honesty, my genuine feelings about kataang boil down to three major points: 1. it's boring, and does not jive thematically with either of their character arcs, to the point of, 2. actively hampering character development on both sides, and 3. katara deserved better.

points expanded under the cut. (please, if you're a kataang shipper and you see this, just keep scrolling. i've tagged it appropriately and put the bulk under a cut and at this point that's literally all i can do lmfao.)

send me a ship and get my (brutally) honest opinion!

1. It's Boring: This is the most subjective point on the list (I mean, in fairness, it's all subjective, but I have evidence from the show and post-canonical materials to support my other points; this one is just preference), but there's just... nothing to kataang. It's cute (when it's not actively aggravating), and... that's about it. It's not even that I dislike friends-to-lovers as a shipping trope (though it's not my overall preference), because there are a lot of friends-to-lovers couples that I do ship (kanej comes to mind, also will/elizabeth from potc, karolsen from supergirl, romione and hinny from hp, among others), but one thing that I think all of those couples have that kataang doesn't is that both sides of the pairing are teens or adults when they get together, with teen/adult dynamics and issues and stories to deal with, rather than one half being a teenager and the other being literally prepubescent.

And don't get me wrong, I have no problem with age gap ships in general. And as far as atla goes, Katara, at 14, has the same age difference from Zuko (16) as Aang has from her, and it's never stopped me--because both Katara and Zuko are well into puberty when they meet and I have no problem picturing them being into one another and growing together as they enter adulthood. Aang, on the other hand, is a child. And he acts like it. Which wouldn't be a problem, if the show weren't expecting me to believe he is a) ready for a romantic relationship, and b) ready for one specifically with Katara, who is not only older and far more mature but is specifically cast as his caretaker in a very maternal role for the entire show's run.

This show asks me to believe that a teenage girl well into adolescence is going to be attracted to and develop romantic feelings for a pre-adolescent child--and it asks me to believe this while showing us otherwise that Katara's type is actually older boys with fabulous hair and angsty pasts in all of her other potential romantic dalliances--and then enter into a relationship with him, all while ignoring the elephant in the room that is the fact that she was basically acting like his mother for the entire series to that point. (Something that is heavily lampshaded earlier in the very same season.) That just stretches the bounds of credulity way too far for me, especially when there's no evidence that Katara herself would get anything out of their romantic relationship.

There's nothing there for me to sink my teeth into. No delicious development, no parallels where they help each other grow, no internal conflicts that they have to work through together, nothing. Certainly no reason for me to actually believe Katara feels (or would grow to feel) anything for him other than the platonic affection of a caretaker. I can easily believe she loves him dearly, as a friend and quasi-little-brother, but I just can't see that developing naturally into romantic love--not the way it's presented in the show.

And even if they did manage to at least make the development of Katara's feelings believable, unless they changed something fundamental about the nature of their relationship, it'd still be boring, so.

2. It Actively Hampers Their Character Development--On Both Sides: I've written before (extensively lol im so sorry) about how kataang is actively detrimental to Katara and to Aang. In short (because ye gods this post is already getting long enough), Katara is narratively harmed by being shoved into a relationship that completely ignores her stated feelings--a relationship that had been presented as a one-sided puppylove crush for the vast majority of the series--and it inhibits her growth as a character in ways that become far more obvious in the comics and lok, where the very same creative forces that lead to her beginning a relationship with Aang in the first place reduce her to 'the Avatar's girl' and very little else, all the way through to the end of LoK (where she is a Healer and the Avatar's wife and, again, very little else).

As for Aang:

As to how this relationship is detrimental to Aang (other than the comics and LoK nonsense)? Just take a look at book 2, when he’s trying to learn Earthbending from Toph. Katara constantly coddles him. Much of the time, she’s afraid to be anything other than gentle and understanding with Aang--partly because of her fear that if she pushes him too far, he’ll run away. (Which he does, several times.) But sometimes, what Aang needs to grow is a sharp kick in the slats, which Toph was more than willing to provide--and which worked. Katara was great for teaching Aang to waterbend, but he needed more than that to grow as a person. And he can’t get that while he’s in a relationship with someone who will apologize for getting upset when he was very explicitly neglecting her.

In addition, it is pointed out by Guru Pathik at the end of Book 2 that one of Aang's chakras is blocked by his attachment to Katara. Aang takes this to mean (incorrectly) that he has to stop loving her in order to become fully realized as an Avatar, but this is actually part of the problem--because the issue isn't that he is in love with Katara, it's that he's possessively attached to her. He believes himself entitled to her love in return, rather than selflessly loving someone regardless of whether or not they return that affection. (This is obvious come the EIP episode, where Aang demands to know why he and Katara aren't in a relationship already--because he kissed her without asking [or even checking to see if she'd be ok with kissing him], which he phrases as mutual even though it very much was not, and he gets angry and violates her boundaries when she says that she is confused and doesn't want to think about it right then.)

It is his attachment to Katara--the need for her to return his love, the belief that she will and it is only a matter of time before he gets what he wants--that he was supposed to let go of, not his feelings for her in general. Unfortunately, while he pays lipservice to doing this (far too late for it to be useful--if he'd stayed with the Guru for five more minutes and unlocked his chakra there, that battle would've gone very differently), he almost immediately backtracks on that development come book 3, and there isn't another single whisper of Aang maybe growing up and moving past his one-sided and possessive crush and realizing that even if Katara doesn't feel the same way, it doesn't mean she loves him less or that their friendship is less important.

What really needed to happen, for Aang to grow as a person and become fully realized as an Avatar, was for him to grow up. To realize that his feelings were not of paramount importance, and that even if he was in love with Katara, he was not entitled to her love in return. He should have been able to move past his need for her to love him back, in order to get past that stumbling block, unlock his chakras, and regain the Avatar State in time to face the Firelord. But he didn't. As a result, they had to find some other way to just give him the Avatar State (a well-placed rock) and the means to defeat Ozai without killing him (the deus ex lionturtle) and his entire character arc just fell apart in the third act rather than reaching a satisfying conclusion.

3. Katara Deserved Better: This really ties into how her romantic relationship with Aang hampered her own development, but I'm still bitter enough about it that it gets its own bullet-point. And the biggest single reason I could never ship kataang--the thing that would've turned me off even if there were substance and a halfway decent storyline for them--is the fact that Aang kisses her without her consent (for the second time) in Ember Island Players, Katara gets angry at him and storms off, and then..... she walks out onto the balcony to make out with him.

With nothing to bridge that gap.

It's bad enough that a show aimed at children had a scene where the child protagonist kissed the object of his affections without her consent when she didn't want him to (made explicit by her angry reaction)--and this is absolutely an issue when the show is aimed at children and it may well be the first experience they've had with consent issues portrayed in media--but this moment is never addressed again. Katara just decides--completely off-screen--that she does love him Really and walks out to make out with him in the epilogue. There's no conversation, no apology for violating her boundaries, no discussion of why that was wrong or any indication that Aang understands what he did and why it upset her. They don't have a single one-on-one interaction between that kiss and the epilogue, and the only other time they are on screen together, Aang yells at her and storms off.

So, even leaving the comics and lok aside, Katara deserved much better from her own romantic plotline. In fact, she deserved to have one, rather than simply being the oblivious object of Aang's affections, given a couple moments where she blushes but otherwise remains completely ignorant of his feelings (she looks shocked and upset when he kisses her prior to the invasion, and then she completely forgets that even happened because she's confused as to what Aang is even talking about during EIP until he brings it up; that's not the behavior of a fourteen-year-old girl who was kissed by someone she was developing romantic feelings for), before the epilogue where it becomes clear that she figured all of that out off-screen and had feelings for him after all.

She's a main character, not a side-character written in solely to give one of the mains a love interest. She deserved a romantic plotline of her own. (She could have had one with someone else, with very few changes made to what was actually on-screen prior to the epilogue, but that's another conversation entirely.) She deserved to have her feelings considered at all important by the person she was going to be paired with in the end, rather than having him just assume she felt the same way and then get mad at her for never giving any indication of it when he'd never asked about her feelings to begin with. She deseserved agency in her own romantic narrative, and she just didn't get that with Aang.

So yeah, at the end of the day, my biggest issue with kataang is that it involved doing Katara dirty, and she's my favorite character and she deserved so much better damnit.

#atla #katara #aang salt #kataang salt #anti kataang #atla meta #katara deserved better #salt for ts #ask meme #invincibleweasel #asked

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THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Meme.

Mun & Muse

fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.

tagged by: no one! I wanted to do this myself-- asjfsdh, AND ADVERTISE SHIBU HEHEHEHE >:D tagging: @coffee-stains-and-migraines @jestersclowns @iustitia-punientis @jesterofinaba @booksilent u guys dont have to do it tho wwww

MY MUSE IS: canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless / complicated. ( basically a minor npc that showed up in maruki’s confidant and was introduce as a friend of his?? i just grabbed the man and made him some sort of canon-oc)

IS YOUR CHARACTER POPULAR IN THE FANDOM?: YES / NO / MAYBE ( probably amoung maruki stans aka me n like 3 people on this site)

IS YOUR CHARACTER CONSIDERED HOT™ IN THE FANDOM? YES / NO / IDK. (again, maruki stans-- AKA ME n 3 PEOPLE)

IS YOUR CHARACTER CONSIDERED STRONG IN THE FANDOM? YES / NO / IDK.

ARE THEY UNDERRATED? YES / NO / IDK. (hey a/tlus u cant just make this guy show up for 2 scenes aND NOT GIVE US BACKSTORY .)

WERE THEY RELEVANT FOR THE MAIN STORY? YES / NO

WERE THEY RELEVANT FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER? YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG. ( spoilers tho!!! id say like kinda relevant but also kinda not )

ARE THEY WIDELY KNOWN IN THEIR WORLD? YES / NO.

HOW’S THEIR REPUTATION? GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL.

HOW STRICTLY DO YOU FOLLOW CANON?: HE’S A BLANK SLATE MY CANON NOW HUEHUEUEHUEHUEHUHEUEHUEHUHEUHEUHEUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHE. In all seriousness, I’ve only revolved his canon with Maruki and Rumi aka being a friend of theirs. While Maruki says they’ve met in college, I say they’ve been friends since high school!

SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka: try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals. — @ Adult muses in their late 20s and 30s, Wanna Join an Emo-Metal Band? Also, do you want embarrassing secrets about MarukI? DO YOU LIKE DOGS? ESPECIALLY FAT SHIBA INUS? DO YOU LIKE FORMER-DELINQUENTS? ALSO DO YOU LIKE TIRED OFFICE WORKERS WHO ALSO HAPPENED TO BE LEADERS OF AN INDIE EMO METAL BAND!? AND THEN MISTER TATSUO SHIBUSAWA IS THE GUY FOR YOU!!!!!

Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?) -- Honestly, he kinda seems like a boring office worker if you first meet him. Also he’s literally an npc-- Who only interacts with like 1% of the casts. So people might find it hard to connect with him. Unless we plot like a relationship!!! Then we can work on that!

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO RP YOUR MUSE? — His stupidly handsome face showed up in Maruki’s confidant and I’ve been bewitched ever since. Also, he looks like an older version of the FC I have for him! Who happens to be a huuuge comfort character! I also have an Akira-- So I kinda wanted to experiment with Shibusawa! And well, with the help with some close friends and various inspiration from various games and anime of making this weird canon-oc, I’m pretty happy with him!

WHAT KEEPS YOUR INSPIRATION GOING? — If people say they like him and wanna keep interacting with him!! Esp... if they wanna befriend him in some way....

SOME PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE MUN Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.

DO YOU THINK YOU GIVE YOUR CHARACTER JUSTICE? YES / NO / I SINCERELY HOPE I DO? (idek man im probably the only shibu out there jafds)

DO YOU FREQUENTLY WRITE HEADCANONS? YES / NO / SORT OF (It’s technically canon since hes just.. an oc ! So anything i say goes >:3c )

DO YOU SOMETIMES WRITE DRABBLES? YES / NO

DO YOU THINK A LOT ABOUT YOUR MUSE DURING THE DAY? YES / NO (I told u, I am bewitched by an NPC who shows up for 3 scenes )

ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR PORTRAYAL? YES / NO / SORT OF ( NOT EVERYONE IS GONNA LIKE HIM I GUESS )

ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR WRITING? YES / NO / A LITTLE BIT ( when inspiration strikes! I tend to repeat a lot of phrases tho. I hate that. )

ARE YOU A SENSITIVE PERSON? YES / NO / SORTA.

DO YOU ACCEPT CRITICISM WELL ABOUT YOUR PORTRAYAL? — If it’s constructive yeah! again, Shibu is just a weird canon-oc.

DO YOU LIKE QUESTIONS, WHICH HELP YOU TO EXPLORE YOUR CHARACTER? — ABSOLUTELY!!!!!! I want to give as much character development for this guy....

IF SOMEONE DISAGREES TO A HEADCANON OF YOURS, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? -- This doesn’t apply to me lmao.

IF SOMEONE REALLY HATES YOUR CHARACTER, HOW DO YOU TAKE IT? — I’ve had like one instance because of his association with Maruki. But I won’t get into detail about it. HOWEVER, if you don’t like him, the unfollow button is right there!

ARE YOU OKAY WITH PEOPLE POINTING OUT YOUR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS? — I point out my own and fix it instantly because it’s embarrassing.

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE EASY GOING AS A MUN? — I’d like to think so! I’m just very shy and very BAD at communication. d;kfjkalsdfj, ive been told way too many times I seem intimating BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, I am just as intimidated as you are.

#trivia section ! ; dash games #ooc ;#cw long post #forcing all to rp with shibu #OR IF U WANT I WONT MAKE U #but it would be cool tho :eyes:

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Hi Fox!! 💞Another day of me dropping by to share some stuff <333 may these make you feel warm even for a moment 🥺

I've found this venti wip by @/snifflesmp4 on twt and it might just bring a smile to your face :DD even if it's just a header-sized wip, you could tell the art is already 👌✨

THIS TOO. It looks so heavenly please check it out when you have the time !! 🤩🤩🤩 by on twt

I have found some hu tao art too. on twt. Everytime i see hu tao and her goofy faces i get instantly reminded of how you and her give the similar mischievous vibe with just this emoticon: ":3c" 😩💞

Another venti art!! 🤩🤩 i really liked how clean and cute this is, especially with that foam over his lips, you can tell how much he enjoys drinking that mug of beer :3

There's this genshin merch too where itto, childe, venti and kaeya are drawn and posed like your typical ikemen men 😂

an inazuma venti. im not gonna lie, im having fun putting links the moment i discovered how to😋🤩

A kid hu tao fan art 💕. idk what to caption this but the art looks really nice!! <33 I find this hu tao art ethereal looking too 😍💞

Last but not the least, I REALLY LOVED THIS ONE!!! 😩 i hope you'll love it the same as i do, tho of course that's just me hoping in case our preferences and reactions aren't mutual !!<333

(im tryna rummage my likes/retweets for stuff with xiao involved,, im trying,, but i hope these venti posts are more than enough !! 💕)

I hope you're doing okay Fox!! 😚😚😚 If not, then that's alright, you could cry it out and i'll be with you !! 😌💞 I hope you'd also be able to enjoy Dan's upcoming event that will be posted tomorrow 😍💗💗 may time allow you to enjoy a breather 🥰🥰 because you deserve it sm!! <333

— 🍰.

hi 🍰!!! 💕💕

i'm replying to these in order, but using numbers instead so you don't get lost 😂

THIS IS A WIP?? A WIP???????? it did bring a smile to my face, i see venti and i go owo aljdksjs–

A?? AAAAA???? it does look heavenly 🥺🥺 i wish we could see more venti and dvalin interactions. sometimes i open dvalin’s fight just so i can see him.

ehehehehe i’m glad hu tao now reminds you of me :3c she looks so cute 🥺 baby 🥺🥺🥺 istg i love her too much

PRECIOUS BOY 😭 he loves his beer a lot 🥺 i keep looking at it and thinking i’ve seen it as a sticker in-game but i’m pretty sure it’s not–

KAEYA LOOKS F CKING GLORIOUS i’d buy 10 of these if i had money like fr 😂😂😂😂 i had to hold in my laugh seeing these

the outfit suits him so well!?!? the pose too 🥺 dude keep having fun i’m living for these links kfndkdnd

my mom-friend brain automatically went like “hug. P R O T E C T.” 😂😂 she looks so tiny 🥺 baby hu tao 🥺🥺 also watch me make the second hu tao art as my lockscreen— i mean, can i? i’m gonna check the artist’a profile to see if non-commercial use is ok— yep! it’s cool!

i loved this one too!!! the different expressions each character makes and the hand/accessory placing are so cute and also so in character for each one. i think aether’s may be my favorite (surprisingly); xiao placing the crystal core on his hair aaaaa

i think it’s fair to say you don’t have to share only the things you think i might enjoy - feel free to share the things you thought were cute or funny just because you though they were 😊

#—new mail !#—the burrow's 🍰#i hope you know that i send these links to my own convo on whatsapp so i dont lose them bc i dont have twitter #but feel free to send them whenever you want!!! i'll do my best to share my opinions on it 💕#not me enabling venti’s alcoholism

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