#otp: unstoppable force immovable object

[selinacmeyer]

me, rocking back and forth in the corner of a room, whispering to myself: the reason why jane didnt want to date any men who were more feminine is because if she wanted a wife, she would have just dated maura (she’s in denial)

[summerreign4077]

Hawkeye is the unstoppable force to Charles’s immovable object.

well have you considered that maybe the unstoppable force is in love with the immovable object

[ghost-kings-court-jester]

A lot of my OTPs could be summarised by like a lot of deep meanings and parallels but what it basically just boils down to is:

Person A who is a bit of a neurotic freak but is fatally loyal/devoted to something or someone and if you look at them to closely you will see they are walking the line of insanity like a tightrope.

Meanwhile Person B has had so much just happen to them they are constantly oscillating between fuck it we ball, this might as well happen and give me five more minutes of this bullshit and I’ll be the monster they tell stories about.

Meaning that when they clash with their unstoppable force meets immovable object personality’s their relationships could either be extremely tragic or domestic bliss depending on if they have a tight grip on each others toddler leashes.

[sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now]

Ohohoho, I see more stp related character ask games. In which case, thoughts on Hunted? Could always use more Hunted content out here

(Ooooo Hunted!!! The silliest of fellas)

(And as I’m writing this my appreciation for him just skyrockets ten fold. He makes me. Let’s just say. Feral.)

(Ask is here!!! vvvvvv Sorry that it looks like this, I’m on IPad🗿)

(Also the reply is getting too long (again), sooo gonna put a cut somewhere here…)

FAVORITE THING ABOUT THEM

Probably how reliable he is in general. I feel like he’s probably the voice that is the most loyal to Quiet alongside Hero. He just really doesn’t seem like the type of character to have any hidden agenda underneath his actions. He’s just, when he thinks of something, he’d just do it instinctively. I love how he just focuses on the now and what’s happening around him, and doesn’t rely on what he sees only. He’s a really simple guy and all he really wants is safety. And I really like that about him. (The contrast between him and Oppy is glaring here)

And also despite the fact that instinct is a big part that makes him “him”, he’s not completely feral and still holds that humanity inside of him. I think he’s pretty darn neat.

LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT THEM

It’s how little he had appeared 😭😭😭

He needs more chapter 3 appearances aside from his own

Both him and Skeptic need more chapters actually.

(And honestly I don’t have much “””bad””” stuff to say about him. He’s just overall a very likeable character to me)

FAVORITE LINE

“Does a cat lie to a cornered mouse just to play with its freedom, or is it acting out its own nature?” (You’ll see this line again)

“The Look. We’ve all used it.”

“Looking at her makes me sad.”

BROtp

Gotta say Hunted and Witch. Hunted pairs well with many other voices and vessels, but the thought of two semi-feral characters interacting with each other is kind of adorable to me. Just. Similar brain wave signals. Vrrrrrrrr. Y’know.

Witch would just sniff Hunted and be like “hmmm he doesn’t smell like a liar to me” and she would just be chilling with him with half an eye closed and half of it open. Just in case. And Hunted just sees her as someone who’s gotten hurt. And had to fight back like a scared animal. So I think he would empathise with her. Idk.

Stubborn and Hunted is a good one too. I could imagine Stubborn and Hunted just sparring with each other whenever they could. The battle always ends in a stalemate though, since Hunted just dodges Stubborn’s attacks most of the time. And by the time Hunted is tired dodging Stubborn is tired as well. But knowing Stubborn he would try to throw a punch at him anyway. And then failing cause they have bodies now. Stubborn takes it as a challenge and is thrilled to see what other stuff Hunted could do. Unstoppable force vs Immovable object.

And the mental thought of Stubborn throwing Hunted like a Pokeball and be like “Hunted I choose you” is just so funny to me. And. Just. Hunted riding on Stubborn’s shoulder. So cute.

OTP

He honestly pairs well with a lot of them tbh, so I don’t think I can choose an exact one.

NOtp

I have none hehe

RANDOM HEADCANON

He would sometimes bite the other voices to show affection. If he is feeling really bite-y that day he would just find something to chew on just so he won’t accidentally hurt the others.

Also, the current smaller form you see of him is not his full form. That’s just him holding back his more feral side, and hence why he looks so tiny. He’s way taller and stronger than he looks.

(Sneak peak of his feral form!!!)

A more antsy head canon I’ve got for him is that a part of him always have this urge to consume the other voices since they are technically parts of the same guy. He feels really guilty about feeling this way. When that feeling is too strong he would lock himself away from the flock until it passes.

UNPOPULAR OPINION

(This is becoming less of an unpopular opinion and more of a ramble as I’m writing this, but I’m just gonna keep this here because I think this is pretty interesting)

I feel like he would take an integral role in helping the other voices in fighting against their nature, since he is so used to doing that himself. Many of the fics I’ve read where the voices are starting to become more complex and more than their nature often doesn’t mention Hunted at all. He would definitely take a role in helping the voices manage their own urges in a way that doesn’t hurt anyone, knowing how he empathises with Den despite everything she has done to them.

He shines the most when he is paired with Oppy regarding this. Oppy embraces his own nature, and often times to his own detriment. Hunted wouldn’t trust him, but he would still protect and look after him anyway since he is still a part of the flock. If Oppy ever shows an ounce of genuine interest in fighting against his urge to betray people for his own benefit, Hunted would be one of the first ones to help and encourage him.

“Does a cat lie to a cornered mouse just to play with its freedom, or is it acting out its own nature?”

Nature vs Nurture baby!!!!

SONG I ASSOCIATE WITH THEM

Butcher Vanity, specifically him in Den where he goes completely feral

And also Kaibutsu/怪物. It can be a shared song between Hunted and Oppy, but mostly Hunted.

FAVOURITE PICTURE OF THEM

(I love it when I just draw him like a fu@king creature)

(He’s so derpy-looking here)

[minyardigan]

andrew minyard's "immovable object" to neil josten's "unstoppable force" should be everyone's otp

[lizardperson]

oc tag

got tagged by @ark-inkweaving [here] thank you very much, wheee lets do this :D even tho fia & helena occupy so much of my brain right now, its time for some mika again because she's my favorite dumbass baby

tagging @dellamortte @clit-eastwood-spicy @twiggies-draws @ineedaplacetostay @datura-tea @larksingingoverthemeadow and whoever feels like it, template under the cut

basic info

name: mikaela 'mika' jacobson

class/subclass: i don't care much for dnd, however i sorted the gang into pillars of eternity classes once and went with marauder for mika, which is multiclassing rogue (subclass streetfighter) and barbarian (subclass furyshaper). in general - some kind of brawler with smooth talking on the side

gender: tomboy

sexuality: very (pansexual demiromantic)

pronouns: she/her

other

family: mother jessica jacobson (dead for like 15 years now), father unknown, foster mother charlotte morrison/'mrs. m' (died relatively recently), foster brother aaron king

birthplace: chicago

job: social worker

phobias: none - fearless. (no but actually: people getting too close and seeing the """real her""" and then abandoning her or something like this, but of course she would never admit it, she might not even be consciously aware)

guilty pleasures: none, because guilty pleasures are stupid - has absolutely no shame admitting what she likes

hobbies: anything music (making, writing, listening, concerts, dancing), running, hanging out with friends, sex

morals

alignment: chaotic stupid chaotic good

sins: if we're going by classic 7 sins here - lust. not even a question.

virtues: kindness

this or that

introvert/ambivert/extrovert

organized/disorganized

close-minded/open-minded

calm/anxious/restless

disagreeable/in-between/agreeable

patient/in-between/impatient

outspoken/in-between/reserved

leader/follower/flexible

empathetic/in-between/apathetic

optimist/realist/pessimist

traditional/in-between/modern

hard-working/lazy

relationships

otp:

mika x gabriel: unstoppable force meets immovable object. it was never supposed to happen but also it always was and had to happen that way. something something opposites attract. he's the only one who is patient enough to put up with all her bullshit, and doesn't let her push him away, but still gives her enough space. he's her home. also they're just SO fucking horny for each other. i love them so much. (#otp: a 1000 years)

ot3:

mika x gabriel x kat: well its canon. of course the little brat with abandonment issues who never really had dependable parents attaches herself to some well-adjusted actual adultsTM 20 years older than her lmao. how do you spell mommy & daddy issues. and they just work so well together, and these two are good for her. and also mika brings them closer together again, somehow. (#otp: you stop the world)

acceptable ships:

mika x kat: considering these two were originally meant to be the big thing... yea. kat is the only one who always sees through mika and can call her out in her bullshit. this works, in a very aromantic way.

mika x july: i have an au for that lmao. its not exactly uncomplicated, because little miss anxiety "how do you set boundaries" july and our favorite gremlin mika, who is famous for always trampling peoples boundaries without meaning to..... yea. also theres a serious serious libido mismatch so it can only work non-monogamously. which tbh applies to all mika-ships anyway. but especially in this case. but they're very cute together.

mika x quinn: entirely hypothecial. i'm not saying it would be good, but it sure would be interesting. lots of deranged sex, and they might kill each other for some reason. still.

brotp:

mika x aaron: literal bros lmao, since they've been foster kids in the same family from age 13. not related by blood, but have always been the platonic ideal of a sibling relationship. have each others backs through thick and thin, always. also they have the same birthday, so they find it incredibly funny to be like "hey have you met my twin yet" to new people, who are then very confused. i mean look at them.

notp:

mika x daria: the most notp of them all, i have no idea how that would ever work. at the start they pretty much dislike each other, and while they come to respect and appreciate each other with time, they'll never be friends. mika thinks daria has a stick up her ass and is the most boring person imaginable, and daria just cannot deal with how loud and brash and exhausting mika is. just no. i literally can't come up with any kind of scenario that would smush these two together.

mika x eleonor: mostly for the reason that el is very much do-not-touch aroace, and also mika isnt exactly the most autism-friendly person to be around lmao. they're buds, but can only bear each other in limited doses.

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[bad-as-me]

Morgott for the ask meme!

hell yes my boy!!

favorite thing about them

Honestly, Morgott covers the bases for a lot of things I'm weak for in a character. I love a guy who is so single-mindedly devoted to a cause, especially one driven by a need to be loved, that the rest of the world and their own well-being falls apart in the process. Something about the inherent tragedy of someone choosing to die on a hill that nobody asked them to take on, that would really be in their better interest to let go of and start anew elsewhere, and yet you want so badly for their efforts to be rewarded in some way because you know it's all for love.

It's just so terribly romantic in a gothic sense. He reminds me so much of the description of the creature in Frankenstein: someone that tried so hard to fit himself into the image of what his maker wanted, who speaks beautifully and eloquently in contrast to his rough exterior, who boasts an intelligence and a competency that was likely learned while hidden from society. And yet we know in both situations that effort will never be reciprocated.

Also, he growls and purrs and has a giant fluffy snow leopard tail. How can I not be obsessed with him.

least favorite thing about them

His big beautiful horns are so hard to draw :'(

Honestly, he's one of those characters where even his flaws are incredibly interesting to me. I like that he refuses to give up his position of power! It's something he worked so hard for, and to his mind must be the only way he can stay safe in a world that he knows wants him dead. I like that he can't let go of the status quo! As his Great Rune tells us, Omen or not he is the rightful Lord of Leyndell. By all standards of the world they're in, he has every right to be proud of that title. And given the alternatives he's likely had presented to him (Rykard, Mohg, the Frenzied Flame), why wouldn't he believe that this stagnant existence is the best he could ask for?

He's the immovable object to our unstoppable force. There's a nobility in his commitment to that, however misguided it may be.

favorite line

"We are all forsaken. None may claim the title of Elden Lord. Thy deeds shall be met with failure, just as I..."

I love his monologue in the beginning of his fight, but the fact that this is the last thing he says just tears me apart on so many levels. It really hammers home how much of his targeted spite towards us is him projecting his own sense of failure to his lineage. He crawled all this way through the mud, gave every drop of his accursed blood for the Erdtree, and it still wasn't enough. How could we possibly have a chance when all his efforts were for naught?

No matter how many times I replay it, I always take some time just to sit next to him after he says that, listening to the rain over the capitol and the somber song of Leyndell. The city really feels like it's in mourning at that moment, all for someone they hated too much to truly understand.

brOTP

Mohg and Morgott!!! The gruesome twosome!! The dynamic duo! Every piece of art or fic that depicts them having some brotherly squabbles and shenanigans brings a little bit of life back into my eyes :')

OTP

As far as canon characters go, it's gotta be Morgott/Oleg. We love a good knight/master ship around these parts, and I think he deserved someone as devoted to protecting him as he was devoted to his cause.

Outside of that, well. I am writing an ongoing fic of Morgott and my Night's Cavalry Tarnished (who was never a Tarnished but a secret third option, but you know.) I think about them a normal amount.

nOTP

Mohg/Morgott. I just want them to have one single family relationship in their life that is remotely healthy man 😭

random headcanon

He's good with animals, and prefers the company of them to people. Most of his communication to the Night's Cavalry is through carrier falcon, but if he needs to summon them all for a meeting, he can do so with an instrument that's very similar to an Aztec death whistle.

Also, he recanted his blood through the Church of Vows. Him and Miriel have a good rapport with one another.

unpopular opinion

Respectfully, I disagree with both the "Morgott is basically the Lands Between's evangelical gay republican" take, as well as the "Morgott is a soggy baby virgin who will cry if you give him a cookie" take.

I think he is a living contradiction in a lot of ways. He is simultaneously an accursed Omen, the lowest of the low, while also having tangible evidence that he is the child of a god and of a powerful bloodline. He has held Leyndell together for more than long enough both to be aware of its corruption, and to be in a position to change it, but he can't allow himself to believe any of it needs to be changed.

He is too stuck on the idea that he needs to uphold the way things are - to prove himself "better" than his curse - to change anything. This is directly contrasting his brother Mohg, who has made an entire cult around acknowledging the unjust suffering he went through.

Like the sealing of his blood into a sword, he represses that truth, until he is so broken down that it is released all at once - painfully and without control.

Because of this, I think he would recoil at the idea of being an object of pity. He has done too much to earn a respectable position for anyone to tell him that he deserves better - even if it's true, and he should be told that.

song i associate with them

Oh god I have a whole playlist of them. But if I were to narrow it down:

Sonne by Rammstein

Momma Sed by Puscifer

Romans 10:9 by The Mountain Goats

Helvegen by Wardruna

favorite picture of them

I am not exaggerating when I say this illustration by tendermiasma re-wired my brain on a fundamental level

[kdelarenta]

otp vibes tag game

created by @/future-ghoost, thank you baby @grapecaseschoices for tagging me!!

i'm tagging @agentark @gauntlings @flowersforcedric @agentnatesewell and anyone else who wants to do this!!

fate: indecisive (happy/tragic)

dynamic: enemies to lovers, doomed lovers, parallel lines, unstoppable force meets immovable object, reluctant soulmates, mutually required, unwanted love

otp: manerkol x valkyrie (aka valerkol)

song:

my tears ricochet - taylor swift

[skaidoodles]

For the send me a character thing!! Mondo? 🤨 (obligitory ask hes my favorite)

Mondo and Taka are my favs from the first game so I’m glad you asked about him!!

- favorite thing about them

I’m always a sucker for characters with tough guy facades with soft spots for other characters/animals so I suppose that!!!

-least favorite thing about them

As an artist his pompadour 😭 it’s so hard to draw I was drawing him last night and it was rough.

-favorite line

It’s not a specific line nor is it directly canon but I like his conversation in the ultimate talent development plan he has with Gonta where he gets kinda peeved at Gonta for implying that bugs are better than dogs like ?? Unstoppable force meets immovable object or something

-brOTP

I love love LOVE his interactions with Kaito as well and I like thinking about them being best friends, as well as him and Leon and Chihiro they are all best friends.

-OTP

ISHIMONDO STAYS 🔛🔝 no competition (I saw someone say on here there was like an ishimondo to saimota shipper pipeline and it called me out actually)

-nOTP

I don’t think I have any?? I guess there’s some I just see and don’t understand and to be fair I really can’t see him with anyone else personally but I don’t think I’ve seen a ship romantic or platonic with him that made me react negatively?

-random headcanon

I’m not sure if this is rooted in any canon dialogue but I don’t think there’s any that I can remember off the top of my head so I’ll consider this a headcanon currently but I like the idea that he does a lot of wood working/building things in his free time, maybe mechanic work? He and kazuichi are mechanic buddies in my head.

-unpopular opinion

Not sure if this is unpopular but I think the fandom mischaracterizes him more than not,,like, they either make him too mean or too sweet and it drives me crazzyyyyy especially with non despair fics where they’re essentially still starting from before any of his character development. Drives me BONKERS. otherwise I don’t really have negative opinions on him I see this man through rose tinted glasses

-song i associate with them

I just know an edit of him to Punk Tactics by Joey Valence and Brae would go so fucking hard

-favorite picture of them

If mondo would just lean forward a liiiittle bit and tip byakuya over with that pompadour I think a lot of problems would’ve been solved /hj

[4dorks-1windmage-1shadow]

Would you be willing to do the most recent headcanon list you reblogged for each of the colors?

I already did Red but I'll do the other four here

Sexuality Headcanon:

Green - Bisexual & Polyamorous (this will be a trend)

Blue - Pansexual & Polyamorous

Vio - Bisexual & Demi-romantic/Polyamorous

Shadow - Pansexual & Polyamorous

Gender Headcanon:

Green - Cis male

Blue - Cis male

Vio - Genderfluid, sometimes trans (again, modern AUs)

Shadow - Genderfluid/nonbinary what is a gender he doesn't care to know

A ship I have with said character:

Green/Vaati i LOVE hero/villain dynamics, they are golden retriever/grumpy drama king to me, their relationship is "me + the bad bitch i pulled by being effortlessly kind/charming/funny/humble/gay" instagram captions.

Blue/Everyone. The secret to Blue is that he actually cares SO MUCH, but if anyone calls him out on it he will die on the spot. This is tragic and inevitable (he is bad at hiding it)

Vidow is my ultimate OTP, they are so fascinating to me i want to put them in a blender set it to high and then watch it go nuts. They are toxic and co dependent and would kill for each other and also kill each other too. 100/10 ship I'm a Vidow apologist and i will die on this hill

Is it cheating to say i ship all of them together? They can be one big polycule as a treat

A BROTP I have with said character:

Green and Shadow. Unstoppable force (Shadow) meets immovable object (Green). They have oldest sibling/youngest sibling energy

Blue and Green is also good, they have a bromance unlike anything the world has ever seen. They are always pushing each other to be better and also doing the dumbest stunts for the vine

Vio and Vaati would be infodump pals. They started talking about magic theory at 10 in the morning over breakfast and are still talking about it at 1 am the next day

A NOTP I have with said character:

Literally the only character i can think of is Tingle.

A random headcanon:

Green - my most consistent hc across all AUs/canon is that he has head to toe freckles.

Blue - given a modern AU, Blue joins theater as a way to deal with his anger issues. Not only does it work, but he ends up with a passion for the performing arts as a result

Vio - he has crippling anxiety and is a chronic over thinker. He needs Xanax and a nap.

Shadow - given a modern AU, Shadow is the lead guitar/singer/screamer in a rock band (Sleeping With Sirens, Pierce the Veil, AS IT IS aesthetic/sound), and he can also play almost any instrument that he picks up. He has a huge collection of instruments.

General Opinion over said character:

Green - the funniest thing I've ever seen is people saying that Green wouldn't cheat in a fight RE: my "who would win in a fight" polls and like you're all valid and all OBJECTIVELY wrong, he cheats in the fight against Vio at Death Mountain. He may have morals but he is not lawful good

Blue - I miss him. Where are the blue centric fanfics. Come back from the war please. Someone put this idiot in situations

Vio - perfect amzing beautiful showstopping spectacular always original awful awful man his veins are filled with anxiety instead of blood and i want him dissected by the fandom immediately

Shadow - scrunkly. Shaped. I want to hug him and never let go

[saltywinteradult]

an unstoppable force (my desire to reblog any content with my otp) meets an immovable object (my absolute loathing of using ai to create said content)

[redwayfarers]

so i made a thing i refuse to edit but here's a stupid little nika and magnai thing that's been in my head all fucking day. with a side of nika + artoirel bc they're THE otp

After the Naadam, Magnai was obviously displeased. The Oronir tribe should’ve won, without any doubt, and the little Mol were supposed to stay just that, little. Yet they’d managed to gather allies - outsiders even - and thus, until the next Naadam, the mighty Oronir are dethroned, and the Mol are just slightly bigger than they normally are.  Even in his displeasure, though, he has to admit that he finds the outsiders interesting. There’s a Doman, Hien, and his samurai friend. There are also hyur - a man and a woman. The woman Magnai cares little about, but the man catches his attention the moment the Oronir warriors bring them before him.  There’s something in his eyes, Magnai thinks. They are of different colors, but that’s the least interesting thing about them. They’re hard, they offer a challenge; when Magnai speaks, they follow the man’s words with equal defiance. He introduces himself as Nika, in a voice that still rings of boyhood, even if his body is that of a man.  Magnai later learns he also sings. But before he heard his ballads and tales, he heard his bow sing in the Naadam, and that’s what stayed with him. Nevermind that he heard Nika actually sing later, in the celebrations of the Mol’s victory, and that there was so much joy in it that it almost made Magnai forget his pride was wounded.  This man is no ordinary outsider, Magnai decides. Not only is he a khagan, but also a bowman that rivals the Oronir, and he sings songs that can make stars weep. Too bad that when their eyes meet, Nika still looks as defiant as he did back before the Naadam even took place.  Even worse, Magnai likes it that way. 

“Care to burn that dinner off, Magnai?” Nika asks. The sun is setting behind the Dawn throne, making his black hair stand out against the warm sea of rays behind him. It paints his skin with light, or maybe that’s the brilliant flash of teeth he gives Magnai as he stretches his neck. “Been sitting for a long fucking time. Isn’t it time for your twentieth daily wrestling or something?”  “That is a form of exercise, khagan,” Magnai responds, voice on edge. He takes another hard bite of meat and chews loudly. “One needs food to do it.”  “I think I know a guy who’d stare at you dead in the face for chewing like that,” Nika grimaces. Then his face changes. “I would like to see him stare you down, though. Just to see who wins. Unstoppable force against an immovable object.”  Magnai frowns. “Who is this man? Are you challenging me on his behalf?”  Nika stares. Then he bursts out laughing, like Magnai just told the funniest joke on the Steppe. Women don’t laugh at him like that, only his warrior brothers and apparently, the outsider khagan. “He has zero idea you exist at all, Magnai.”  “Take me to him! We take the yol and fly to wherever he is!” Magnai drops his plate on the ground and raises his chin. Nika’s face contorts as if he’s trying so hard to not laugh still, and then the mask breaks and he wheezes out even more laughter.  “I am not taking you to Ishgard,” Nika says in between laughs, but Magnai has no idea where Ishgard is, nor who this mysterious man may be, he only knows he doesn’t like being laughed at, and here is Nika, near crying from how hard he’s laughing. His scar scrunches around his forehead as he wipes his eyes and takes a deep breath. “Artoirel would end me on sight. I care about a few people’s opinions, and his is one of them, so no, you’re not going to Ishgard, yol or no yol.” Magnai stands up. “You are in the Steppe–”  “And you’re the big bad Oronir leader guy. Brother of the Sun, was it? I respect that. You can make me break a sweat. But!” Nika raises a finger and lifts a brow. “Until the next Naadam, you’re not khagan. If that frustrates you, we can fight it out. But no Ishgard! Khagan’s orders, or whatever.”  He holds Magnai’s stare. Magnai has to admit to himself he likes that, too. 

Magnai’s vindicated heart soars when he has Nika in his room, pressed against the wall with little room to move, let alone escape. The indignancy on his face, expressive as ever, makes Magnai laugh, tall and powerful over him.  “What now, khagan?” Magnai asks, his delight obvious.  Nika claws at his skin and attempts to kick him in the shins. His hair’s in disarray, his clothes too. All of this delights Magnai to a degree he hasn’t felt in a long, long while.  “Don’t lord over me, you asshole,” Nika bites out. His breath comes out faster.  “What now, khagan?” Magnai repeats.  Nika pulls him by the horns. “This is what, you giant lizard,” he says roughly and kisses him hard. 

“We can count on you in Doma, then?” It’s the last night before Nika and the outsiders leave, with a promise of the Xaela and their yol in the upcoming battle, and it’s also the last night Magnai has to look at the uninterrupted expanse of Nika’s skin. He’ll miss it; he’ll miss its touch, he’ll miss the silky black hair, but above all, he will miss Nika’s defiant, mismatched eyes.  “Yes. Nothing threatens the Steppe.” Magnai leans on his elbow. “Good to know. Garleans are shit for everyone.” Nika settles on the bed. “What?”  “You are leaving tomorrow. I’d like to look at you.”  “No khagans this time around?”  “By the time you come to the Steppe next, you will not be one.” Magnai smiles. “You are not my Nhaama, but this was pleasant.”  “I lack tits to be your Nhaama, for one. Number two, even if I had them, I’d still not be the woman you want.” Nika turns to the side and grabs the covers. Small firelight illuminates the scar on his hand. “You don’t need tits to be a woman, but you know what I meant. As a final word of advice on that, women like it when you’re not an acerbic and prideful fuck.” He laughs, but it’s a shaky sound. “Take it from me. Otherwise, this was pleasant for me too.” Magnai laughs. “I’ll see you on the field of battle, Nika. Together, Nhaama or not, we will bring the Garlean empire to its knees. Nothing defeats the yol of the Xaela.”  Nika raises a hand. “Don’t have a drink with me, but here’s to seeing Garleans fall once and for all. And to you finding that damn Nhaama.” He then smiles, and it’s a soft, gentle thing. “I think I already found mine.”  In the morning, as Nika is flying off to save Doma, Magnai watches him go. He will really, really miss Nika’s eyes.

[creator-indy]

Featherbedder x duck shuffler

NOTP || Just no || Meh || Neutral || Good Potential || Ship it || OTP || JUST FUCK ALREADY

I’m neutral on it but it could be fun

Immovable object x unstoppable force after all

[spatio-rift]

kaiyume.... aren as weve seen is a bro who can understand when he needs to make himself scarce and let yumehara have her moment. other than that i dont think hes willing to sit and talk kaidou through it. or maybe its more that if he did, it would do the opposite of helping? not only is he just as embarrassed about romance-y stuff as kaidou is (well, maybe not as much) but from the moment chiyo confesses, if kaidou hasnt outright rejected her then obviously that means hes going to marry her. aren... youre scaring the bros...

kusuo is the secret stan. and i mean that literally hes their stalker fan. never going to express an opinion on it or give kaidou the time of day when it comes to girl talk but hes there every time something happens. hes behind the bushes when chiyo confesses. hes in the toilet stall using xray vision the first time they hold hands. agrees to meet kokomi in town to keep an eye on their first date. immovable object (fate deciding it wouldnt happen) vs unstoppable force (teenage god with an OTP)

aren and kusuo notice and theyre chiyos allies in love in that they a) give her room to do her thang 2) quite literally engineer romantic situations for her to do her thang. her supporters working in the shadows. saiko on the other hand.... he does also notice (its obvious really) but he doesnt care. the problem is that he cares so little he would say something like 'mr. and mrs. chipmunk' to adress them both at the same time, and then kaidou would gallantly protest that chiyo isnt that short for a girl (forgetting to defend his own height in the process), and then saiko would ask him if hes stupid and say that obviously he called them that because yumehara likes him. i think he would just assume theyre together even. why not? peasant x peasant. they have so much in common. his butler would then inform him that yumehara hasnt confessed yet, it was in the spying dossier they put together for him, but saiko waves him off. the only love lives he cares about are teruhashi kokomis and his own, thank you very much. speaking of teruhashi kokomi, does she still not want to marry him? no? alright. all in due time i guess. and before aren can accuse him of committing a major social faux-pas, hed tell chiyo to get on with it now, they dont have all day, and that shes welcome for this opportunity to confess her feelings in the company of one of the 8 wonders of the world. and then he would leave before hearing it, because he doesnt care.

[wistfulwatcher]

i feel like your roman candle; misty/nat, 8k, explicit

written in response to a series of tumblr erotic prompts (since i ended up getting many more than i was expecting, i have combined the ones that fit!).

prompts used: caught masturbating, torn lace, against the wall, fingers (@igotreallyreallytiredofmyoldurl), “do that again”, hair, panting, love bites, taste, restrained, desperate, tease, on the edge, and in public (if you squint)

read here on ao3

[tiodolma]

merlin and morgana weren't really playing the same game, you know?

Morgana keeps attacking the system (seat of government/destiny/prophecy) while Merlin kept protecting his friends/family/destiny/prophecy.

Where does the line between government/the state and friendship/family start and end? Where do you firmly put your foot down and say "THAT'S ENOUGH?"

That is what muddles the conflict between the two of them and blinds them to what they both should really have been fighting for.