#she doesnt even look bored here she just looks. defeated

[roniikue]

im going to cry why does she look like that

[prinzrupprecht]

Hey! Can I ask for Apollo of the RoR? Reader caught his attention during her fight but she doesnt give he any attention cause hes a womanizer except he is real kinda fall for her ❤️

Apollo x Einherjar!reader

Love the request idea! I barely get Apollo requests so my bad if I mess up a bit.

Synopsis: You had been called to ragnarok by Brunhilde to fight for the humanity or else your race would be extinct. It was an honour to be chosen to fight since you were well known from your time.

TW: none—?

WC: 1151

Your round happened to be the 10th round. With barely a victory on your part, you couldn’t help but remember the words of the Chinese god you had defeated. Your fighting style was magnificent before his soul perished. Your Valkyrie had to help you to the infirmary afterwards due to how badly cut you were.

“You— You need to be careful!” Svipul squeaked out as you tried to walk on your own holding your side.

“I’m fine, go worry about yourself.” You croaked but the Valkyrie felt a bit defeated by your stubbornness until a man walked up to you. He was taller than the two of you. He had a smile plastering his face and you recognized him instantly.

Apollo.

“Oh? You look like you need help—"

“No thanks,” you snorted as you tugged on the wall barely holding onto your conscious.

You remember his fight all too well replaying in the back of your mind. You were bored when you watched him fight against Leonidas. You remembered him and it was crazy how he was standing in front of you nervously. Your ears could still hear those fangirls crazily fawning over him during his match at every turn he made, and every moment to exaggerate his poses as if this was some theatre play. You couldn’t exactly remember if you were mad or pissed but you declared to go next after he killed Leonidas. The whole crowd was cheering for him and the humans were in desperate distress over another loss.

Apollo’s mouth gaped and Svipul grabbed your arm to push past him to get you to the infirmary asap. You weren’t in any condition to be stalling in the halls while your wounds have yet to be treated.

Apollo gave a smug look watching your retreated form disappear down the hallway. He was intrigued by your performance. The only reason he watched your fight was because of your beauty, not because of your looks but the beauty of your artistic fighting skills that caught his attention.

It made him lose his composure and ignore the women who easily fall for him. You on the other hand don’t even bother to look at him nor care about his existence. Was this a game for him? He was growing impatient by the minute.

Or could this be him denying he was falling for a human?

~~ while you’re being treated

The doctors were incredible and had already sealed your wounds. You could walk around more freely and there was very minimal pain. So it was true as Sasaki said the doctors here were amazing.

As you expected Svipul had knocked. You quietly mumbled and said it was open. “You look better and bea—"

“I’m sorry! He followed me and insisted on seeing you,” Svipul pushed past Apollo. You could feel your eye twitch. Why? You must look hideous laying in a white gown on a bed that resembles one from a hospital.

You refused to make eye contact with him. “You’re wasting your time.” You flat-out spoke. Svipul kept quiet as she sat next to you. Apollo scoffed at your words but gave you a smug look and stayed in the room.

“I think not, maybe it happens to be that I’m more curious about you. Every single thought running through my mind is about you.” Apollo’s left hand touched his forehead as he spoke so charismatic about you. He even continued his speech.

“They all call me the bright sun god but you even shone brighter when you danced in the arena.” He was smirking but he still managed to make it about him. Were you even surprised? Did he just say you danced? You fought courageously and wanted to win for the sake of your race. He was fighting against your race to be extinct. So which is it?!

Before he came here, he was determined what he was feeling wasn’t a normal desire and that he had fallen in love with your ideals, fighting spirit and beauty. He had accepted the terms with it and didn't care whether you were a human, goddess, deity or demon. Everything about you was beautiful to him which had him drawn to you like a magnet. The most beautiful god of the Greek pantheon likes you? So many questions ran through your head.

“Sh—should I go get my sister—?” Svipul was nervous but you interrupted.

“No.”

You looked at Apollo but it was more of a stubborn glare because he has a fanbase harem that you absolutely detest. So why is he here? He was stubborn like you and doesn’t like being told no.

Deep down you had liked how you caught someone’s attention. Throughout your human life, you could barely even get your parents attention. “I— I don’t believe you. You should leave and find someone else to entertain you,” you were turning read and Svipul wasn’t speaking nor helping you.

Apollo hummed and stepped closer to your bed. His right index finger lifted your chin to meet your eyes. You couldn’t even fight even if you wanted to. Why was he so beautiful and you’re trying so hard to reject him? “You got it all wrong, you’re all that I could think about. Even if I had all the women surround me, you’re the only one that sticks out the most and can satisfy me.” The way he said those words made you turn your head. Satisfy?! Did he really just say those words out loud? Your face must’ve turned a deep shade of red.

“What are you even saying?” You couldn’t even meet his gaze anymore.

“Hmm? I thought it was obvious. I want you to be mine. I can give you everything you desire and in return your loyalty and trust.” Apollo was persistent and you felt like your position was tarnished. Were you being insulted or did he actually genuinely like you?

“Apollo sir, you— you can’t say such things to a human!” Svipul gasped. You were still readily to refuse him but even so, you were certain he was going to be back every day to annoy you. Does he win every woman with this exact line?

“My bad, my bad! Maybe this pretty sunflower will come up with an answer. I’ll leave for now and will return later,” Apollo made a triumph leave. He expects you to answer whether you want to court him?!

How can he be so bold?

“You’re not thinking of courting him are you?” Svipul gave you a questionable look.

“Me? Ha! He can wish,” you were conflicted with what you just said. You were trying hard to resist him but it was becoming harder to.

“Whatever you desire, I’ll support you.” Your Valkyrie was kind and supportive. Thank god she wasn’t like Hlokk or Alvitr who would’ve tried to run Apollo off.

Maybe just maybe you’ll give Apollo a chance.

Note: y’all should give me Qin, Buddha, Hades, or Loki requests! Anyways, sorry again if I messed up Apollo.

[maddestmewmew]

really really love this shot bc it seems to perfectly balance the art of drawing your eyes to the main characters, without having the problem of "spot the mc" where characters will stand SO MUCH from their peers its actually ridiculous and more distracting than anything else. here, you see, front and center, the teacher, in a lovely pink sweater, which naturally draws your eyes to the pale pink legs of the girl closest to her, pushing your eyes further still down the middle path of desks, until your eyes quicky snap to..

..madoka-shes hidden behind another student, and only one seat away from being in the very back. she isnt front and center, which conveys her perfectly as someone who doesnt prefer a lot of attention, yet at the same time someone you cant help but notice, and be curious about. hidden behind another student, she seems small and shy, craning her neck to the side as if shes too polite to say she cant see very well around him. her pigtails, which are around the color of a baker-miller pink, tell you she is a calming presence, one that wants to try anything to just be able to help-yet also one that may end up hurting more people than she ever wanted to. one that may let her guard down for a moment, only to find herself caught up in the midst of heart wrenchingly avoidable violence, yet at the same time its something so inevitable, like trying to sooth the rowdy with a lovely shade of pink.

your eyes slide to the next pop of color, where sayaka sits closer to the center, unubscured, yet you still notice her second. she sits confidently in plain sight, yet shes still off to the side. she likes being seen, but you feel like shes not the one you should be paying the most attention to. she sits near madoka, diagonal to her yet close enough you can tell theyre good friends. her hair is a beautiful shade of blue, one that seems to pop just as much as it blends. it contrasts against madokas hair, both in how it short and tomboyish it seems, almost the same hairstyle as some boys around her, and how the blue seems confident, determined, yet its dulled just enough to feel a small sense of doubt-and also dull enough to compliment madoka without it clashing. (sidenote, blue is a haircolor you can fuck up by being too hasty with. if you rush into dying your hair blue, itll put up a FIGHT before coming out, if it ever does. it wont stay that bright neon you want it to, but wont fade enough to put more color over it, so if you want blue hair you have to be SURE you want blue hair. pink hair, on the other hand, fades much too fast, you have to dye it constantly to keep it fresh, you have to be sure you want pink because you have to keep Making it pink. it always looks so pretty when it fades, though. anyway) her body tilts just slightly, not enough for it to be concious, or even subconscious, only enough to follow the point of her legs to...

kyoko, who sits uninterested and bored, much more openly disobeying the understood sitting position than other students, who at most slouch. one leg is placed correctly, the other placed over, not under, a position thatd be undone very quickly, by simply putting your leg down, meaning shes open and unashamed of her disrespect, yet ready to put an end to it when necessary..though absolutely not without a fight, judging the visible iritation she exudes. her face lays against her hand-which is always uncomfortable after a while, as your elbow digs into whatever surface and you choose between smushing your face or actively holding your head up, which defeats the purpose of resting your head-thats what kyoko seems to be doing, like she prefers the Show of being lazy and disrespectful than the ugliness of truly not caring what people think. her hair spikes out in a long and messy ponytail, giving the feeling the hair is long because she doesnt bother to maintain it very much. a bit difficult to tell in this screenshot but its tied up with a bow, as she attempts to convince you shes totally nailing the punk thing. (she is btw). she almost BEGS you to believe she doesnt care about your opinion. (and on the hair dye themeing, did you know red is just about the easiest unnatural hair color to get? blues, purples, pinks, its a roll of the dice where you can get them, but even my local gas station carries red dye. the cheaper the red you buy, the brighter the color will be, leaning to being more punky than anything else. and, it does not leave no matter how much you WANT it to. youre like dude this red dye is so aggresive and loud its been three years and my hair is still red and i cant tell if its because it hates me or loves me for daring to use it) anyway, shes sits leaning directly to sayaka, her eyes looking at the teacher, presumably, but you could easily believe shes looking at sayaka. kyoks hair obviously signifies her as a main character, yet the color is darker and you dont notice her until after you look at sayaka.

despite something as big as a missing desk at the front of the class being obviously eye catching, you almost dont notice it at all, but once your eyes lock onto the massive gap, you know its something important, even if you dont know how.

finally, hitomi sits behind sayaka, next to madoka hardly noticible at all despite being between two main characters. she has a hand on her heart, unable to predict the change she knows is coming. she blends in so much, you have to actively look to see her. her legs are further apart than the other girls, which means something probably i dunno man im not smart enough for that.

anyway im jack and i LOVE reading into things. thanks for reading

[mayomio]

under the weather | i. under the weather

I simply didn’t want to get up. Now I know it sounded really childish and highly irresponsible of a third year in college but I clearly decided to put those thoughts behind me and not care! Whether Heizou or Lumine tried to pull me out of bed or spray me wet with water I wasn’t getting up. 

“(name) for the love of god it’s 9” Heizou was really starting to sound annoyed and honestly pretty defeated, sighing for what seemed like the millionth time today and it was barely morning. “It’s time to get up please, I promise you there won’t be no black haired, green palette with an annoyingly weird companion there!” Lumine reassured me and quite frankly reminded me once again why I didn’t want to get up in the first place.

“It's not about him Lumi” I grumbled at the mention of the guy who I had been avoiding for the past months, and she was absolutely right. I didn’t want to see Kinich, yes I was completely fine just yesterday when I had promised I would get up at 7 and have breakfast with them at the cafe near our campus, and yes I was fine when I swore I was over Kinich a week prior but like they say, things can change in the blink of an eye. And truly that was what happened, I didn’t want to think about being even an inch near him or even in the same room as him quite literally breathing the same air. 

“Xio is already on her way so you can get up right now and look for a cute outfit yourself..” Heizou started his sentence with Lumine finishing it right after “..Or get dragged out of bed and have a possibly horrible looking outfit all day chosen by yours truly: Xio!”  

“WHAT?!” I sat up without even meaning to, surprised that Xio was coming rather than letting me be, and to be fully honest she really scared me when she was angry. “She’ll be here any minute dear (name)” Lumine teased with a sly smirk on her face knowing I was really out of time and had to either choose being possibly brutally dragged out of bed any second now or get up on my own and change, obviously i chose the latter. 

“Honestly, I can just go tomorrow, the student hall is going to be packed today and I’m really not trying to be pushed around by freshmen looking for their classes and schedules.” For one I was telling the truth, it really was a pain in my ass last year’s first day. “Or you just don't want to see-” Heizou spoke up and I immediately threw my shirt at him knowing what exactly he was going to say while Lumine looked at him not amused “You know I’m right Lumine!” he swore under his breath plopping down on my bed faking his ‘anger’.

“Even so (name), you still have to go, we’ll be there with you too so you don’t have to worry about anything” Lumine tried to comfort me once again.

“We’re all majoring in completely different things, med doesnt have anything to do with communications or criminology.. All i take is science related courses” 

“Okay maybe not communications but maybe you'll see Heizou!” She tried to put an argument against my statement but clearly even Heizou knew the chances of having a course together were really slim. 

Rather than keeping the conversation going I chose my outfit and changed leaving Heizou and Lumine arguing about god knows what while I prepared my breakfast. Although having breakfast normally made me feel sick in the morning, I didn't want to spend a whole day on boring lectures starving. But don’t get me wrong it wasnt that I would starve myself, I just didn't have quite the appetite waking up until afternoon rolled around. 

While I had been lost in my train of thought Xio had entered my dorm and was currently standing in the hallway looking directly at me with a frown. “You can possibly fool Lumine and Heizou but never me (name).” The blonde crossed her arms disapprovingly.

“I’m up and dressed and currently having breakfast. What is so wrong with me Xio” I sigh, sitting down on the chair in front of the counter placed in the middle of the kitchen. “It's not just about Kinich, if anything, you would do anything to see him again, you're just afraid of seeing her.” I let her words pierce through me and visibly tensed not being able to put the spoon right to my mouth. 

“What makes you say that?” I tried to play it off smiling fakely at her, forcing myself to eat a spoonful of the now soggy cereal. “The way you reacted to what I said, you just further proved my point (name).” She walked towards the counter and leaned against it, placing her feline looking eyes directly on mine. 

“You know I don’t do eye contact Xio” I said as I instantly looked away admitting defeat, “you're right” 

Xio knew me, and not like a regular friend, she knew me in every way, inside and out and I knew I could never lie to her.  “I don’t want to see her, I mean it's the picture of her holding his arm and clinging onto him that's been stuck on my mind. No lo puedo hacer Xio, I’m not ready yet.” I crossed my arms not wanting to even eat anymore “(name), I know it's difficult, and you're not ready to see that but you can’t spend your whole life stuck in this dorm because you don't want to see a man and his new girlfriend.” and there it was, the word that stung, ‘girlfriend’, in other words Kinich’s new girlfriend. A title you no longer owned because he had decided to break up with you during spring for some bullshit excuse. 

“And don’t tell me ‘I know that’ because you clearly don't (name), there's a certain point to which you have to get up and realize that if he did that to you he was never worth it.” And as much as Xilonens words really stung I knew she was right, Kinich was genuine but he had changed and I had to accept that. With one final sigh I got up and placed my plate in the sink “and you're right once again Xio! Ten billion points for you!” I spoke up trying to lighten the mood.

“I know you did NOT just quote Senku from Dr.Stone..” Xio smiled, placing her hand on her forehead “What can I say i’m a woman of culture” I chuckled at her reaction and in that moment she knew I’ll be okay, and I really hoped I would be. 

At that moment Heizou and Lumine came out of my room panicked “I’m glad you both had that talk and everything but we have to go” Heizou spoke almost too fast for me to comprehend “Like right now!!” 

“Did we really spend that long talking?” I glanced at the clock that marked 9:50 AM “What do you think?” Lumine blurred out. “Let's get going then” Xio got up and started walking towards the door grabbing her coat on the way, “I can’t believe it's finally our third year, this is exhilarating!” 

“(name) I swear if you don't stop quoting him I’m not getting you shit from the cafe” Xilonen grumbled. 

NOTES I finally got to start my smau properly :3 im so so excited to post all my upcoming chapters and I really hope everyone loves them, thank you sm for all the patience while I was on my hiatus.

TRANSLATIONS “No lo puedo hacer” > “I can’t do it.”

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[logically-asexual]

okay hear me out.

after hawkmoth is defeated luka and his family can stay in one place again, so jagged and penny decide to go to london, and luka and juleka stay with them over the summer. jagged has a new album because his tour around the world inspired him a lot and he’s been doing a few concerts to promote it. there’s an after party for one of them and a bunch of cool celebrities are invited, including audrey bourgeois.

she was planning to just show up for a couple pictures, she had a new dress she wanted to show off or something, but chloe hadn’t stopped clinging to her all night complaining about her struggles with school*, and she followed her all the way to the party. once there, before the cameras are all on them, she finally gets fed up and tells chloe to get lost.

(*amongst the chaos of her dictatorship, the school year ended and she managed to use her power to get her middle school diploma, but now she had to get into high school and even with her money she still had to make it through admission paperwork and exams that her parents refused to help her with)

so chloe, once again heartbroken by her mom’s treatment, runs and finds somewhere to hide in the huge mansion where the party is happening. she is in a corner on some patio or terrace crying in silence when luka finds her. he sits next to her and asks her what’s wrong. at first chloe is defensive like “it’s none of your business, get away from me.” with her face still hidden. and luka being luka is like “chloe, right? i can feel your inner tune is overpowered by too much noise coming from every direction at once and not letting it find its way.”

“i told you to get away you little—“ she finally looks up and upon seeing his face she stops and finds herself unable to think of an insult, so she says “ugh, you might be cute even with those old rags but you still have no right speaking to me!”

so luka just smiles at her and asks if he can sit in silence then. which leaves chloe at a loss for words and in the end she just nods and turns back to face away from him. they stay like that for a while, with chloe sniffling and wiping away tears every once in a while. later she checks her phone and sighs because she has no calls or messages.

luka sees and says something like "you know, i'm glad that you're here. these events can get kind of lonely. it's weird to have all these strangers in the house all night, and my dad is always busy trying to keep them entertained ... don't get me wrong, it's really cool that he's a rockstar but. he's so famous and amazing that sometimes it's easy to feel lost under his shadow. and he was away for so long, it's hard to--"

he hesitates to continue so chloe, finally looking at him, says "it's okay. i know exactly what you mean."

luka smiles at her and it's like he's radiating calmness, enough for her to forget everything that had made her angry that day. he moves his guitar from his back to hold it in place and asks her what kind of music she likes. she's like "uh.. XY?"

"come on, you really like his music?"

"i mean his hair is SO cute, and the way he dances on stage and--"

"no, i didn't say the artist. what do you think about the music?"

she stops to think. "i don't know.. i don't pay that much attention to it, i guess. it's.. kind of boring. but who am i to judge, i was never able to play that utterly useless flute my daddy got for me once, it sounded like a caged bird with asthma. although, at least that would probably be more entertaining.."

luka laughs at that. "that's the spirit." and then "come on, let's find your sound."

..

and they spend the next hours there talking, and find that they're so different yet,, chloe feels so at peace with him in a way she hadn't in.. she can't even remember when she felt so calm. and luka can see that there's a hidden side of chloe that dares to peak out when she's feeling comfortable and that he likes and wants to see more of. and he doesnt immediately forget everything she's done to marinette and juleka and the rest of their class, but he sees hope in her, maybe he can be there for her now as she starts over.

[convex-solos]

tell me felix just how fucked up scar and cub are in this au

Oh anon you are IN for a WILD RIDE here. I will mostly focus on their relationship with each other in order to highlight their key character traits.

I will start by mentioning that Convex’s relationship is full of nuance and is constantly evolving just like the characters themselves.

Some key elements to remember about the characters in order to understand their relationship is that Scar is characterized by a morbid need for attention and would do quite literally anything for the spotlight, while Cub is extremely prone to boredom and has to keep himself entertained in progressively more dangerous mind games and activities.

They both play 4D chess with each other. At the end of act I Scar’s crush for Cub completely escalates in a morbid attachment and downright obsession that will only get worse when Cub convinces Scar he is the only person he has left now.

Remember that Scar has just seen his face, the epitome of his beauty (which equals attention), tarnished forever, he has been humiliated by his defeat. Sure he could get plastic surgery to fix SOME of the damage, but it wouldnt be the same. His ego has been wounded too.

So Cub is there. He is the only person Scar talks to while he recovers and he makes sure to be the only “landmark” that Scar has left. So of course Scar’s obsession with Cub only gets stronger, but Scar knows this. He is aware that Cub is playing him but the thing is. He doesnt care AT ALL.

Cub is willing to give him a chance to be reborn, to forget about his failures and for once in his life take the stage for himself and do as his heart desires. He is enabling him, and that’s all that matters to Scar.

Cub is. Easily bored. He dropped out of med school after refusing to take the hippocratic oath and started a series of incredibly dubious medical practices that he managed to keep for himself, only to satisfy his own curiosity.

At some point he got bored so he decided to bring his attention to the human mind. That’s where Scar comes in. In the story Cub and Scar meet by chance in the middle of the night, they then exchange a few words about the clear luminous night sky above them.

That’s it. That’s all that happened… if it wasn’t for the fact that Cub had visible blood stains on his clothes and Scar didn’t even bat an eye. That intrigues Cub, so when Scar advertises that he’s looking for a roommate, Cub immediately takes his chance. Scar becomes his long term “project” and everything culminates to the end of the first act where Cub offers Scar the chance to work by his side. Perfect, right?

But their relationship is… extremely complicated to say the least. Cub doesn’t do “love”. He doesn’t feel that kind of attraction. Scar’s feelings aren’t love either, they’re more akin to obsession. Scar is extremely unpredictable and that drives Cub insane, but he has to admit he enjoys a challenge and Scar himself doesn’t mind at all how scarily controlling Cub is. He likes the attention :)

Cub promises Scar he will kill Grian when the time is right. You can imagine how ecstatic Scar is, he wants to destroy everything related to his “old life” in order to truly enjoy his new and better life.

When Grian takes Cub’s eye out at the end of the second act Cub’s priorities change. Now he wants to be the one to kill Grian for the sole reason she dared to actually impair him. LOL. Notice the parallels?

Things get worse when they get locked up in prison. Scar is always on edge and is extremely violent. He gets thrown into solitary confinement a couple of times. This is the point in the story where Scar realizes just how empty he is and is just a husk of his old self. He is TERRIFIED of being left alone with his thoughts.

Obsession can imply going through stages of deep hatred for the object of said obsession. So Scar does snap at Cub in this incredibly pressuring environment and it only gets worse when he learns Cub has no intention of letting him kill Grian. Cub doesn’t budge. Scar had the illusion of being finally free with Cub but it was just that. An illusion.

Scar’s mood swings from manic states to depressive episodes so he is extremely delicate to handle with, but Cub manages to keep him loyal to him, LOL! Because at the end of the day they truly only have each other. It’s too late to go back now.

Sometimes Scar scares Cub and they both know. Scar acts like he doesn’t know Cub’s tricks until he does. Their relationship is a constant push and pull, it’s a match made in hell and I wouldn’t have it any other way. <3

[spacedhead]

homestuck reread #18: the prologue (briefly) and meat p1

----brief context----

i sorta fell out of homestuck a little after i finished it and its november now but in light of james roach reviving homestuck beyond canon i figured i might as well get the ball rolling on this. i originally started this post in september but i couldnt find it in myself to continue reading due to not liking where the story was going and also finding myself having a new hyperfixation

----end of context----

september 7th:

okay im gonna make a rule that this shit show thats about to happen is NOT CANON to me and in my head they won and then they created earth c and they all lived happily without any of this inane bullshit thats coming up.

ok to start off look at these fucking tags dude oh my god this is gonna be so BAD man what the FUCK did they do to these characters

theres no art which actually sucks! but with these tags maybe its good they didnt show this in images. instead they just describe it in excruciating detail. anyway, here's the first character interaction in here.... they both feel different. even in this brief exchange, something feels... off. maybe its just cause theyre older but they feel distinctly more... angsty? maybe they just seem sad. i dunno. homestuck has its sad moments but for the most part the characters arent like. sad people

/rolls eyes yeah i like the reference but not in this context...

ok so rose just explained what john has to do which is go back into canon and defeat lord english but.... this is really fucked up man . she knows

meat or candy.... fuck which one should i read first.... do i wanna be sad sooner or sad later ... MAN the epilogues SUCK!!!!! FUCK

um okay this is really gross. what is the point of this?? like EW john what the fuck

ok this is fine i guess i mean i like davekat

i guess i also like how he still has this weird obsession with obama

november 10th:

im back . but i think updates to this series will be slower. i need to ease myself back into it yknow? also. if i hadnt made it clear. i DO NOT LIKE the epilogues. especially because homestuck proper is my FAVORITE MEDIA OF ALL TIME. seeing the characters i love ruined like this in what is the most official capacity it could be in is.... just. sad to me. anyway. dave predicts the future about obama . cool.

yeah i do too man. cant have shit around here

yeah like. what even is this plot. jane has become this evil xenophobic cartoon ass villain. and everyones just like. damn thats crazy that shes just like that now. i also dont even understand WHY she wants to be president of earth c. like literally everyone else is just chilling. god whatever

brother he is not coming back

also, this has nothing to do with the epilogues per se. but at the time of writing this tomorrow will be 11/11. i am a little bit expecting a homestuck beyond canon updateeee hehehe . also burning down the house which is a really really good homestuck fan comic is supposed to update too. so awesome. hopefully both of those things happen. or even like. just one. anyway back to this slop

casual dave xenophobia classic dave you know how it is he would definitely be like this for real i believe this

man this would be so cool if it was like. drawn. i wish i could see it instead of having to envision it in my minds eye. not that i dont appreciate my minds eye for what she has to offer me but. imagine this what this panel would look like

noooooo FUCK

stares at you furiously judgementally

okay both of them most likely dont know shit about shit and neither do i but dave at least grew up in a time where there were people around and things happening and dirk thinks he knows everything but he actually doesnt know anything so i wouldnt trust him on fiscal policy

fym nuh uh

average teen roxy adult john interaction

literally down ontologically at this point

blah blah blah ultimate self blah blah evil arc WHO CARES. im bored. can i say that. i seriously D. GAF about dirk rn. monkey d. gaf

bro i fucking HATE JANE. LIKE WHAT ARE YOU EVEN SAYING RIGHT NOW

i dont have much to say about this i just thought it was worth putting here

nah. cause what the hell are you talking about girl. hello. why is she so horny. ong bro u gotta relax

okay well. this is pretty funny . hes dave and im karkat and we are the denial brothers

youre so intolerable is crazy. like hes trying to help you because you are bleeding tf out girl

wow. jane jake kiss. this rules. SAID NO ONE EVER. jake is asexual. jane is a nazi. and I. AM TIRED. OF THIS!!!!!!! I DONT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING .

wait fuck

marvel ass dialogue

NOOOO WHAT THE FUCK

okay this is the end of the first epilogues post. initial thoughts i dont like it why did i do this i dont wanna do it. but you know what they say in order to ascend first you must descend. little homestuck reference for you all. um idk when the next post will be im sorta busier than i used to be. and also? this sucks i dont like reading it

[yanderecrazysie]

hello! i just read “coercion” and was wondering if you could do a part3? maybe like what happens after they get married?? please ignore this if you don’t want to, it’s up to you!

FINALLY WROTE SOMETHING AGGHHHHH-

This is, unfortunately, very short, but it's all I could really think of to write. I'll write more if I think of it, but most likely this is just a short little epilogue for the story!

Sorry it took so long and that it's probably disappointing D:

Part one is here: https://yanderecrazysie.tumblr.com/post/664013806343766016/i-have-a-very-weird-au-request-but-this-just-came

Part two is here: https://yanderecrazysie.tumblr.com/post/667458774470148096/so-ofcourse-the-prince-doesnt-care-and-still

This is part 3

Title: Coercion (Part 3)

Pairings: Iwaizumi x Reader

WARNINGS: Yandere themes, Iwaizumi is kind of an awful human being

Summary: Once upon a time, there was a little girl named (Y/n), who was treated horribly by her step-family. A prince fell in love with her but she didn’t feel the same. And only he lived happily ever after.

coercion

/noun/

the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

The bed you lay on is large and soft. Had it been a few days ago (was it really only that long ago?), you’d have been thrilled to be in anything nicer than a maid’s bunk. Now you’d give anything to be back there, slumbering soundly on that tainted old mattress surrounded by snoring half-strangers.

You cuddled deep into the soft mattress and pulled the suffocating blankets even higher up until they touched your quivering lips. Your eyes remained fixed on the blank off-white plaster across from you, refusing to turn towards the man seated on the bed next to you, even when he let out a sudden sigh.

“We could go for a walk through the gardens?”

Silence, followed by a second sigh.

“Are you hungry? We could get an early lunch or a snack?”

Silence. You could tell that Prince Iwaizumi was frustrated by the way the bed continuously dipped under his shifting weight.

A prince such as him was probably used to getting everything his way and had never suffered a boring hour. He probably had staff members dedicated to entertaining him.

You suppressed a vicious grin when you realized that he had no one left, except for a handful of friends that only visited once a week. He’d been stupid to throw it all away for someone that didn’t want anything to do with him. Had the situation not been as dark as it was, you might’ve felt bad for the spoiled royal brat.

“What do you want to do? I know you don’t want to just stare at the damn wall all day,” Prince Iwaizumi snapped.

Maybe that’s exactly what I want, you thought stubbornly. It beats having to spend time with a manipulative monster like you.

This time Prince Iwaizumi joined in on the silence. It was impossible to know what he was thinking without turning over and looking at his face, but you were not about to concede defeat in any way. The wall had your undivided attention.

“Your brother,” Prince Iwaizumi said quietly.

Your entire body locked up as your mind frantically began working again. Was he planning to threaten Kanji again? Or did he just want to talk about him? Is Kanji okay? Did something happen?

Sensing your distress, Prince Iwaizumi laid his hand on your bare shoulder in what he probably thought was a reassuring gesture, “No, don’t freak out. I just… we could go see him.”

You tore your stubborn gaze from the wall and turned to the man next to you. Your stomach turned at the sight of your “husband”, but you weren’t about to throw an opportunity like this away.

“Yeah,” you said lamely, not sure what else to say without letting on how eager you were.

Prince Iwaizumi’s lips pulled into a soft smile, and he held out his hand for you to take. You struggled with the dilemma, unsure if he would withdraw permission to visit if you didn’t behave. Instead, he withdrew his hand, smile fading just a little as he motioned for you to follow him.

You kept your distance throughout the walk, eyes darting to take in every inch of the strange castle he’d brought you to. It was honestly beautiful, not to mention huge, and it amazed you to think that it was probably nothing compared to where he’d lived before kidnapping you and fleeing to the middle of nowhere.

I wonder if it was here before and he bought it or if he had it built from scratch.

Maybe, if you tried hard enough, you could pretend that you had married this man willingly.

Maybe, if you tried hard enough, you could live a semi-normal life within the castle walls, or even beyond, with time and trust.

You watched Prince Iwaizumi remove a painting from the wall and retrieve a key from his pocket, sticking it through the little hole in the wall and turning it, revealing the dungeons below.

Maybe, if you tried hard enough, you could find a way to get Kanji and yourself out of this damned castle. And, if necessary, you’d take your “husband” down for good.

There would be no happy ending to this story unless it was for you and your brother.

You’d make sure of that.

[moonverc3x]

@kirbyoctournament

"I heard there was a popularity contest going on this side of town?"

introducing to you: J!

Personality: J acts sweet and otherwise mischievous most of the time, and will typically go out of her way to make sure those few she likes stay friends with her. J is stupid smart and witty, and loves to show off and get praise from others.

though, surprisingly, a majority of how she acts outwardly is just to hide her true colors and her grand plans she has for kirby and planet popstar

behind closed doors this adorable little puff is unabashedly rude, self-centered, impatient, and has a mighty inflated ego to boot.

Backstory/Lore: After being freed from her crystal prison (similar to Galactas') and loosing her memories and magic, Meta Knight, an old friend of hers from the GSA days takes her in and unsuccessfully attempts to help her regain her memories and magic in hopes of reviving one of his old friends again.

quickly getting bored of her domestic life in the castle, Js personality does a full 180 and she starts acting out. maybe for attention, maybe out of pure boredom, but either way, she gets worse and worse; especially after hearing about past attempts to take over popstar and meeting Marx. fueled by a misdirected instinct to lead (thank the Ancients for that LMAO), J begins to scheme great plans for Kirby.

Some time later, aided by a unwitting Kirby, the mischievous jester Marx, and a dubious and doubtful mage Magolor, J gets to work.

after gathering as many of the most powerful artifacts as she could get her nubs on [to note: the Master crown, Star rod, Nebulas Amulet, and Mirror Galaxia are some], learning from Magolors', Susies', Sectonias' and many others' failed attempts to take over the cozy planet, Js plan comes to completion, is put into action and...

she succeeds.

J successfully defeats the pink demon kirby, and leaves them cowering as a cocky show of her newfound raw power. After Kirbys defeat, J doesnt hesitate to get to work reforming the planet as she sees fit.

Her victory is short lived though, as Kirby quickly regroups with the dream team, now with a couple extra members, who are rightfully pissed at her for duping them.

Overwhelmed and panicking, mid-battle J rips off Nebulas Amulet (the necklace you see in the above photo), causing herself to be overwhelmed by the mass amount of raw magical energy flowing from the very artifacts she was using moments ago.

Nebulas Amulet was a magic inhibitor she wore to prevent herself from going mad or getting possessed by the many items that adorned her form, and without it, she could not control her thoughts, mind nor her physical form.

morphed physically and mentally, now fighting for control against a master crown, Nova, and Mirror Galaxia for full control of this powerful vessel, and driven to near insanity, J cries out and tries one last time to drag her broken body to victory.

(her morphed form is still not decided upon, but heres one of my ideas)

of course, J is defeated and shunned from the castle. Meta knight feels betrayed, Kirby has a newfound fear for their life, and many others she used for her rise to power turn their backs to her.

though, J happens to find Comfort and true friendship in Magolor and Marx, seeing as they had suffered similar fates and had even played a willing part in her rise to power.

Additional images:

I promise I love her more than anything and she is SO fucked up and evil her storys just a "tiny" bit traumatic. or something.

her whole schtick is looking cute and approachable and then stealing your wallet and sanity (lmao PLEASE ask me about her I DARE you)

[leesielex]

Awww look. I got more Dany hate for a post that said Dany was Mother of Dragons. And so many of these trolls then theorize or fanfic that THEIR fave hatches their own dragons. Why would GRRM have TWO characters hatch dragons giving the same plot to both? Cersei is already becoming the mad queen with an attraction to wildfire, please tell me how it would make sense to have two mad queen stories in the same series too? Like How unoriginal and boring are you? Obviously you are at least as unimaginative as D&D, ya know the dude bros that claimed to read the books but didn't know Sam was a POV chap and thought a show where the confederacy won and kept slavery was a fantastic idea.

It also shows you completely miss the whole point of the series, that they all bring something to the table, that it's about the collective and greater good, that no one is perfect and it's about the struggle, the journey, the mistakes and learning from them. That they must put aside petty squabbles and the war for the iron throne to defeat the Others and save the realm.

Please tell me how they defeat the Others WITHOUT dragons? They don't. They all die. If you don't like fantasy with dragons then what are you doing here? If you so badly hate a woman with power &are a misogynist, just say that.

Seriously, show me a single character that has better judgement than Dany? That hasn't made a bunch of bad judgements, terrible decisions, been impulsive or let their emotions get the better of them, more than once, in the ASOIAF series? There isn't a single character in the whole story, especially those in positions of power like Stannis, Jon, but even Sansa and Bran that there isn't a list of poor judgements they have made that often result in the deaths of themselves, their loved one, or their people. (Except Bran but he is literally 7-9 in the books and has already committed 2 of the 3 abominations that skinchangers should never do). Like no one gets as much hate as Dany, no one is held to as high as standards as Dany and yet Dany is one of GRRMs fave characters, one of the key five, and the whole world of Planetos would be fucked w/o her and her dragons.

According to GRRM, Dany is a hero. “My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones."

And from Fevre Dream, written by GRRM I never held much with slavery […]. You can’t just go… usin’ another kind of people, like they wasn’t people at all. Know what I mean? Got to end, sooner or later. Better if it ends peaceful, but it’s got to end even if it has to be with fire and blood, you see? Maybe that’s what them abolitionists been sayin’ all along. You try to be reasonable, that’s only right, but if it don’t work, you got to be ready. Some things is just wrong. They got to be ended."

And when asked if the dragons are like nukes-

"it’s often been said that the dragons are the nuclear weapons of my imaginary world. They are the most devastating weapon, and they cause great destruction, massive loss of life. but they’re not necessarily, you know, I mean, this is part of Dany’s storyline and the original novels."

Dany sacks Astapor and takes Meereen and yet she DOESNT USE HER DRAGONS IN THE BOOKS BUT ONE TIME TO KILL BURN ONE PERSON IN THE ENTIRE SERIES SO FAR!

Y'all either never read the books and are going only off D&D's fanfiction show, you haven't read the books in so long that you remember the show scenes better than the books and conflate the two, or you let the Internet forum hate of Dany dictate your thoughts without zero confirmation or critical thinking of your own.

So gtfoh with that "nuke" bs. Even GRRM backtracked on that recently. Prob cause he saw how badly D&D and so many of the fandom has misinterpreted this story due to misogyny and media illiteracy.

[kendrixtermina]

Three Hopes Live Reactions Part I  - Azure Gleam

I’m doing the routes in reverse order of how much I like each house leader, saving the best for last - plus, I’ve heard that while the other routes are good, Azure Gleam sucks to the point even the dimitri stans are torn on it. 

“claude time? Claude time”. claude continues to be the worlds funniest person.

This is not at all how I’ve been imagining Byleth’s voice all this time. Gotta check if the jp one is better. 

“Finally a protag with a personality” people said, and then it’s a Bland generic hot blooded hero. Then again, I’m biased as someone who actually liked Byleth. 

i hate it when ppl accuse less expressive characters of having “no personality”. I like them because they require paying attention & reading comprehension to puzzle out where they’re at. Also, i instantly assume you would be one of those ppl who bullied me in highschool for being “weird and creepy”. 

That said, it is a good thing that they’re contrasting, I like the basic premise of seeing a different side to all the characters because you’re interacting with them from a different PoV

Here’s another hint for the dummies that the point of the bandit attack was to make the church look bad

And we see right away how shady they are in how Shez is essentially bribed to avoid bad publicity

It is funny how Shez has a mostly good impression of the house leaders whereas Byleth smelled their hidden skelletons right away

As if poor, poor Dimitri needed yet more terrible backstory stuff

So we found out Conelia’s real name

At least Dimitri is given a reason other than naivity for why he patiently waited to turn 18 (unlike Claude, who was already half ruling the alliance, and Edelgard who was making takeover preparations) - it was mentioned in some dialogue from the OG game that Felix wanted him to take the throne early. Though, while wanting to prevent civil war gives him more understandable reasons, it's still a *tad* naive. If he knew there'd be a fight & didn't prepare for it.  

we actually get to kill kleiman? i mean an execution after a trial detailing what he did would have been better, but ill take it

...captured? Aww :( 

doesnt having drawbridges than can be lowered from the outside defeat the pont of drawbridges?

I would have expected Dimitri to have more of a reaction to the “I should have killed you at duscur”. Like holy tomb scene style. Though I suppose that was preceded by a long pile of stuff that simply did not happen here. 

the casual “i agree that i should have died that day” tho :( 

Still, again, he was much more shocked to learn of Kleiman & co being behind it in the original game. I feel like the drama & emotional torque are just not up to standards.

MASSIVE props to Dimitri and Rodrigue for not doing a coverup here / wanting to disseminate the truth to the people. 

I suppose an explanation for the plots moving quicker here might be that the agarthans might have wanted to watch and wait on Byleth. Who should be cluelessly frolicking in the meadows somewhere now

Though calling off the academy phase early means the students from the different houses hardly knew each other

I hope Scarlet Blaze will explain why there were 2 years between the takeover and the war, though I appreciate that it wasn’t forgotten that Edelgard’s war declaration was adressed at the central church only and that the Kingdom did not HAVE to get involved. Like, the fact that the war escalated to the point that it did was always 100% on Dimitri. I blame him alot more her than in the canon timeline, tho, because there he wasn’t in his right mind, which wasn’t his fault. Don’t get me wrong, Edelgard knew she might end up fighting the whole continent and wilfully chose to risk the consequences of that but it was never about conquerring the neighbors.

So Dimitri never snaps in this one. Which is interesting, but also they’re gonna have to work hard to keep it from being boring. 

It makes sense that he wouldn’t, he thinks he’s fulfilled his vengeance already - Rufus and Kleiman were responsible. 

like, there is a lot you could fill out here for more efficient emotional torques. fanfic writers get on it

Like emotional torque wise there seems to be a chunk missing where he reflects on this or whatever. But I guess at this point he didn’t know Shez well enough to get into it. He may have discussed it with Dedue or Gilbert.

I like the nod to Crimson Flower with Seteth & Rhea asking Dimitri to let them hide out in Faerghus

Aaargh the discussion on wether to remain neutral was so painful to watch. It’s a horde of conservative old men and a boy who was obviously raised by / guided by them. but this was precisely the attitude he showed in the crest conversation in the OG game. He always was this half-assed  centrist guy. 

Even if you want stability, I’d reckon that No War would be better than War. He could just deal with uprisings if they happen. He frankly got steamrolled/ talked into it by his elders. 

This is precisely why edelgard is onto something with getting rid of hereditary rule. Dimitri is on all accounts a good, charitable and empathetic person, but he is simply no leader, at least not one suited for times of crisis. He would be a great middle manager or something, but he lacks vision.

Seriously, is Sylvain’s dad someone you should listen to?

Something in the OG game is that he didn’t get to implement a political platform or even have one cause he was busy losing his marbles. So here we see his politics & they’re consistent with early game Dimitri - he’s certainly pacifistic, idealistic & fair-minded - he did some good stuff making stuff more egalitarian fixing the duscur situation etc, but he’s painfully naive. 

Horrible as it sounds, I think Dimitri sort of became a better man by the end of AM than he is here. The humbling did him good (as did being 3 years older)

Not to get too down on Dimitri. He acts like an average 19 year old would which I suppose is what makes him "relatable". Whereas Claude and Edelgard are wise beyond their years, or rather, they have exceptionally self-reliant and resilient personalities.

But this does sort of offer a glimpse of how things may have gone for CF!Dimitri. Though he’d still be considerably less hinged than here. 

the lore tidbits on the different territories in the kingdom were neat. so we know how to describe the landscape in fanfics

Hubert looks so hot, the 3D model more so than the portrait. I love that he picks Petra/ generally has this respect for her when they’re on the same side.

Felix telling you to give ppl gifts is surreal XDD As is Dimitri advising everyone to stay calm. They did pretty much end up going in very different directions.

So the recruiting works here by persuading ppl in mid battle? That’s kinda a lot more unrealistic than getting them on your side after, like, winning their trust after living together at the academy. Makes them seem rather indecise and half-hearted imho, or the whole thing too much like a gimmick. i dont like it. they dont even all get ambivalent-sounding dialogue

Rhea is really channeling peak blue diamond in whinging on how she doesnt wanna sacrifice cyril’s life to save hers after he already took the rear guard

“Skirmish in the fog” shows a rather more pragmatic Dimitri - I can’t see his late AM self “ok to slaughter a 100 to save a 1000″ that was his whole opposition to edelgard. He’s gone down a rather different trajectory here.  He didn't snap in this one but neither did he learn the humility that comes with regret. He’s more pragmatic, yes, but also more conservative. I can’t see this Dimitri inventing constitutional monarchy like his AM self. 

So far I find the characters to be in-character but the writing weaker overall at least in terms of emotional beats. Like if they had inserted just a few scenes of Dimitri reflecting on what last happened...

Even in the OG timeline Dimitri was someone who emphasized listening to others - which can be a good thing, sure, but it can also backfire depending on who the others are.

I really appreciated the scene where Felix calls him on how playing politician doesn’t suit him, & you do get a glimpse that he’s no less soft on the inside, also very in character for Dimitri to blame himself for killing Rufus through the man treated him like dirt.

I love Ignatz’ lil hair decorations~ 

“If Hubert couldnt beat them nobody could have” such faith aww

And here’s Lonato making trouble later than the last time. Appreciate the irony: They thought not taking the church in would cause rebellions, but so did taking them in. Now they have rebellions plus war, ppl defecting to the enemy. 

17 year old Dimitri was a lot more conflicted about axing Lonato. Though I think the difference is mostly a bit more impulse control. 

Is that Byleth? I did not see this comming. 

That thing with Miklan came out of nowhere. Wasn’t he like a horrible bandit famed for all sort of atrocities? Yuri’s dialogue in that chapter in particular...  It’s not inconceivable that Dimitri somehow brought him into the fold, but this is kinda random & cheapening the drama/ bit of a half-assed plot thread. 

this this could have worked great if there was more than a throwaway line

This game seems determined to tell us everyone’s middle names

So there is the explanation. Being captured by your abusive father after you escaped him must be a nightmare, even if you’re a bandit who needs locked up. Not that Dimitri would get it, he is mister unwanted pity. He didn’t get why Edelgard would rather die than be captured alive.  I guess this somewhat explains it as a Dimitri pacifist thing. Miklan’s essentially been put to do community service. It’s an ambiguous situation really, like the punishment is fitting, he did enough to deserve far worse - it’s a mercy.  I just wish his father weren’t involved. We’ll see how this goes. It could lead to redemption.

this is very very dimitri thing to do. guilt fueled, merciful, idealistic & zealot-like at once - I like that the connection to Rufus was explicitly made. 

Dimitri still hates/judges himself/ regrets it even after he did get his revenge on a treacherous family member. And this is even though he got one who was actually guilty (and actually his relative) this time, compared to the misinformation and projection fueled crusade against Edelgard in the canon timeline. 

Felix got a point. At this point Dimitri is listening more to Gautier senior and Gustave than to his same-age classmates. 

Sylvain’s analysis about how Miklan was basically given the position out of tokenism tho... well, he’s optimistic about it - maybe he feels he needs to be, out of guilt, but that’s kinda what it is. Still, it’s some improvement compared to before Dimitri’s rule. The random duscurian generals are proof of that - though you’d think there’d be more NPCs grumbling about that. 

still, It’s like the blue Lions go their very own Jeritza now

Finally we've been granted our longtime wish of stabbing Bernadetta's dad, ig only in a side mission

Once again Dimitri promises to help you with your vengeance quest. But Shez is alot more chill/ambivalent about it. 

Going straight to thinking about hiring the Eisners however is also very him. 

Byleth seems so wasted as just an ordinary soldier when you know what a terrifying general they can be. Though one sees also how their time as a professor softened them up, which didn’t happen here. 

Bernie is trying very hard to be a general... :( capturing her seems so mean

Love how Felix recognizes Jeritza by his sword technique

That bit were Sothis took over was absolutely terrifying. So she could have...

the sreng thing is a new plot twist so no way to predict how that goes. i love how sylvain is in no rush to go rescue his father

oooh a trap, thats what it was. seems like its time to mop up cornelia

if there was such a threat of sucession crisis, why has no one yet badgered dimitri to go make royal babies?

i do appreciate that Shez is so chill about everything. 

And of course Dimitri has to be so Dimitri about everything and let himself get captured to protect the citizens. About the Dimitriest thing he could have done. 

its a bit of a missed opportunity that cornelia doesnt taunt him about the Anselma/patricia situation though i guess that plot thread was too diffuse for them to try to un-tangle it

Time to go liberate Fhirdiad again. If only it would stay liberated for a while. 

Again Ashe gets props for being the one to worry about poor Dedue

i love how out of place the agarthan tech looks and how no one can quite describe it

i love how mercedes makes a point of telling Dedue that hes important, too. 

Again Dimitri has way too many people willing to pep talk him. But I guess he does need all the pep talks he can get. Still he is so not cut out for this job, insta regretting and agonizing over all his decisions. 

AH. Now she is teasing him about Patricia. But not that she was a co-conspirator. I guess she’d rather sick him on Edelgard at this point.

Only Dimitri would sigh fondly about getting a dressing down by Felix. He’s so hopeless. which is endearing in its own way.

They’ve locked Bernadetta in the shed? Or most likely she fled there. I love how she & shez bond over having no sense of orientation.

So anette has a cousin who ran off to be a musician

Not sure - on the one hand it kinda spoils the “they blamed the minorities” aspect of it, though the disproportionateness of the backlash is certainly not erased by that, the brutal collective - on the other hand it’s the sort of politically inconvenient, narrative-defying complexity that can occur IRL and be a mess for the leaders to spin. It is realistic - like pointing at one minority criminal to justify demonizing a whole people. It was an attempt to do complexity but realistically invoking the party that did the mass murder just a few years back would have been political suicide for the duscurian leadership, or, seen differently, it kinda makes it look like Duscur is basically still a vassal state. Why isn’t the possibility of complete independence brought up? Guess Dimitri couldn’t convince all the old lords to agree and didn’t want to go against all of them in his usual wishoe-washyness or something.  I appreciate that they’re trying to do complexity here but it might have been done better. well. video game writers are not necessarily into political theory/discourse. 

Though this is another instance of the emotional torques just being done better in the OG game. Let Dedue be conflicted over sympathizing with the insurgents but maybe chosing to oppose them for the sake of stability; Let Ingrid reflect on how she gets why they hate Faerghus given how prejudiced ppl were including herself in her younger years. Let it ~land~

wasnt Duscur described as a more arid region in the supports from the OG game? Im dissapointed that it kinda looks like everywhere else.

That said, props to Dimitri for wanting the Insurgent caught and put on public trial rather than just axing him. Big political show of punishing only the guilty rather than the indiscriminate retaillation of the previous regime. Though again, better yet if the duscurians had their own judiciary & THEY put him on trial. 

I do appreciate how Dedue tries to act all stoic throughout but then in the end he cracks & wants to visit the once destroyed flower meadow from his childhood days :( I appreciate how the pair who used to hate him now volunteers to come along as moral support, but they should have at least asked if he wants to go alone. 

It’s a sensible direction to take him on this path, but I#m a bit sad that Felix while still being the same fierce pragmatic person, has basically completely gotten over his whole rebellious phase, even going so far as to align with his brothers’ knight ideals.  He isn’t recruitable in this game so we can’t really get Rebellious!Felix. I guess with the academy phase cut short & other developments happening Felix never got the chance to get serious about cutting ties with his house, it’s unrealistic that he would ditch his childhood friends after just 2 months as opposed to a full year & a charismatic figure like Byleth being involved. I always thought defector!Felix making his own path was the more interesting version of his character. 

Ah. Edelgard has come to mop us up personally. Things are about to get phun. Very logical to come take out the kingdom while they’re busy with internal squabbles. 

This Dimitri doesn’t have any particular obsession with Edelgard - he hardly got to know her, and the misunderstanding never happens - he’s chasing the right enemy this time: Cornelia. Though overlooking an elite army to keep busy with interior squabbles is a dumb decision. This just proves all I’ve always said about how he just projected his mother complex onto her as his sanity went out the window. Here, the treacherous relative he chased for revenge was Rufus (who truly betrayed him, and truly is his relative) - so it makes sense that securing his position & chasing traces of Cornelia is more “personal” here than Edelgard. She is simply a rival - that is what she actually is, and how she thinks of him, so in a sense viewing her that way is a sign of this Dimitri being less obsessed, or channeling his obsession on other things. 

One has got to appreciate how chill Shez is. "Not really that keen on the bloody vengeance thing"

We just axed half the western lords in one battle....

So the agarthan shapeshifting involves literal body snatching?

Oooh. This is new. Obviously what Cornelia is saying here is a misdirection or misrepresentation to sic Dimitri on Edelgard, but I wonder if we’re gonna end up finding out what actually happened to Anselma. 

Since Cornelia only dies late in Crimson Flower she could’ve put that idea in his head in that timeline also. Or it was that Agarthan Abyss NPC who mentions failing & trying to sway Dimitri to ally with them. 

So Dimitri wants to Hannibal the imperial army xD You know what, I’ll allow it, if only for the reference value. 

Wait, is this NPC implying that Miklan and Sylvain are only half-brothers? Or did the Sreng raid happen right after Sylvain was born? If that’s the same epidemic that killed Dimitri’s bio mom the writers might have forgotten that Sylvain’s supposed to be two years older than the rest of the trio - also, didn’t he mention parents, plural, in his supports? They might’ve mucked this up. 

Bernadetta in the shed always cracks me up. All the former Eagles remember well how effin overpowered Edelgard is lol.

So Annette’s musical cousin is called Simon. Seems like runing away runs in the family * glares at Gustave * 

Presenting the Church paralogue, in which Cyril proves to have more braincells than all the Nabateans combined in deciding to bring Shez along

So apparently even Rhea thinks Seteth is overprotective

I love that bit where, after seeing Rhea fight some, Cyril starts wondering if she even needs a bodyguard

This sounds like Rhea still carries a torch for old Wilhelm. Poor Cyril got subjected to an impromptu history lesson.

I love Yuri here XDD

So Ferdinand got his butt kicked by Claude.

And this is Linhard’s dad? He is tall indeed! I could picture Linhardt looking very similar when he gets to middle age. 

Never thought I’d be agreeing with Miklan of all people but his analysis of Dimitri is spot on. He knows he’s just a token figurehead. A quota appointment. He’s an irredeemable jerk but I feel sorry for him. 

I wish they could be bothered to tell us the name of Dimitri’s Bio mom btw. 

Well, RIP Miklan. 

And true to form, Linhardt is complaining. <3 Never change <3

I love how the Hevrings both run away. 

And here comes the main event!

So apparently Felix has been wanting to kill Ferdinand since the academy ‘cause he’s annoying. Gotta uphold his big fat meanie zuchini reputation, I suppose. 

argh. Thales that motherfucker. But of course. Edelgard is a thorn in his side, if he takes her out after Dimitri’s softened her up, he can assume command himself. 

Dimitri can’t make up his mind. One moment he wants to finish Edelgard the next he’s playing Big Stronk Man Protector. After so many of his soldiers died fighting her. 

I guess Thales didn’t dare do this when she got wounded at gronder because the rest of the Eagles were with her. Particularly Hubert, who is tied up with the alliance front. 

Guess they’re gonna mostly be fighting Thales now, who will prove a lot worse now that he’s unchecked. 

Or wait, she’s not dead? Did she transform to get away from Thales? WTF happened? I guess it’s ambiguous on purpose. 

And of course Dimitri has to be dragged to his escape by Shez - sounds like he’s pretty busted up himself tho, he didn’t win by much

Looks like Dimitri is actually catching onto the Agarthans this time. 

Ah so rather than take command personally Thales has gone back to his old puppet, Duke Aegir. Best to stay out of the limelight one supposes.

Oh. OHHH. OG FUKKKK 

This is worse than death. 

I never want ANY of you fuckers calling Edelgard stubborn or otherwise giving her shit for for chosing death over being captured alive EVER AGAIN. 

But of course. They put a lot of ressources into creating her. Makes sense they’d want to get some return on their investment after all. 

If Dimitri had truly cared, or knew the first thing about her, he would’ve slit her throat before letting Thales get his hands on her again. He didn’t save or protect her at all by deflecting those fireballs, only prolonged her suffering. 

“citizenry grows quickly resentful of his brutal manner of governance” No shit sherlock. Especially after they’ve had 2 years of freedom and equality. 

Nice job breaking it Dimitri. You just handed Adrestia to the tyrants. Was taking in Rhea to secure your divine right of kings worth all this??

I’ve been saying it from the first, the war was not a one-sided affair. Edelgard knew it would be the likeliest result & accepted the collaterals, so she is responsible, but so is Claude breaking his neutrality because he’s opportunistically plotting to take over (for his own grand noble ambition) & Dimitri for refusing to let go of the old order (or a personal grudge, though this is less the case with this version). As well as Rhea & Thales for making Fodlan an unstable pwderkeg in the first place. 

Don’t get me wrong - Dimitri is a nice, sincere guy trying his best. I can’t hate or blame him personally. He just didn’t think things trough ‘cause it’s beyond him, not as a moral failing. He is a product of his surroundings & relative to those he is much better compared to the culture that produced him- besides, his hopeless overemotional manner is quite endearing. But he is just. Not. Leader material. I guess from a storytelling perspective its compelling to see someone without leadership talent try & do his best, but if you’re going to ask me about who the best leader is, Dimitri is just leagues below the other two. Dimitri would be a good middle manager or enforcer, but not a policy setter. 

Hahaha Rhea is realizing that her Detective skills are just not very good

But this Dimitri is clear-headed enough to realize that the empire was infiltrated same as the kingdom was - to recognize the actual relationship between them & the slitherers. Granted, you’d have to have tomatoes on your eyes to miss it after seeing Thales try to off her. 

Thales probably meant to kill Dimitri as well. 

It’s worth noting that Edelgard had to be taken out of comission for Dimitri to seem like a hero. He’s incompetent but he’s the only one left who can stop the Agarthan’s anymore. In that sense at least he must be commended for raising to the occasion. 

OOO it’s CLAUDE TIME!!!! <3 <3 <3 Ok if he’s getting involved there should be far less dumb decisions being made in the future. Please, Claude, guide the manchildren Dimitri and Rhea with your supreme wisdom. 

I love his smirk. I love his lil eyebrow gaps. Claude Khalid my Hero Man <3 <3 <3

I love how he just brazenly probes Dimitri’s loyalty to the church. He’s basically suggesting they dispatch her after they win, is he not? 

I repeat: Claude Khalid My Hero Man. & look how smooth things go once the three non-adrestian powers are an united front. Or rather, once Claude wants one. I’ve been telling the No Reading Comprehension brigarde from the start: The neutrality wasn’t just feigned. He wants the same results as Edelgard but doesn’t have faith in her methods. And also he doesn’t trust anyone. He’s waiting opportunitically & if the person who comes out on top is reform-minded he’d ally with them. Now the Empire has gone full evil under Aegir, Edelgard is basically dead whatever sad pupettry Thales is doing with her empty shell, so, it’s clear that only defeating them will lead to a good outcome. 

Not even Dimitri is dumb enough to assume Claude won’t doublecross him

Sounds like the population of the Empire thinks Edelgard is still running things... and like Ferdinand and Hubert... well, best case they fled, worst case they’ve been dissappeared. If I were Thales I would definitely kill them. They wouldn’t accept what’s going on. 

Aaaand another NPC with a random tale of Dimitri doing nice things for randos, what a chronic hero he is

Ah, they clarified it. So the idea is supposed to be that Sylvain & Miklan were only half brothers. I think that kinda cheapens the crest being the deciding factor. To no one’s surprise their father didn’t seem to have batted an eyelash at Miklan’s demise. 

the alliance soldiers all hate the kingdoms food lol

Seteth thinks its sus that Claude doesn’t pray enough. like there are valid reasons to suspect him but that isnt one

Dimitri continues to be a workaholic. no matter his spouse outlives him in all the paired endings

Kudos to Lorenz for wanting Ignatz to keep talking to him normally XDD That particular friendship has always shown his better qualities.  

Lol @ Rafael for wanting to be paid in ham XDD Though I suppose Lorenz would have access to, like, really fancy ham. 

Lorenz’ dialogue in his paralogue is hysterical. 

Managing to annoy Shez has got to be a kind of archievement

Alas this hints at a lot of whats presumably going on in the alliance route that i havent seen yet

Oooh. Lorenz is putting the pieces together. Guess this time they decided it would be fun to have him present when his father’s dastardly deeds are uncovered. 

It’s a nice detail that Claude’s uncle apparently died trying to defend the merchants. However, i would have liked to see the Agarthan involvement hinted in the shadow library documents hinted at.  It kind of was (I suppose that the implication was that the mysterious emissary was an Agarthan, but Lorenz’ dad not really knowing about it seems like a copout) i kinda prefer my own headcanon here. Or that Lorenz’ Dad pretended not to know. 

i prefer to think that Lorenz fed them all the ham equivalent of the extra fancy wedding ring from his S support. 

Aegir and Thales be war-crimin’

Dedue’s put it together that Edelgard’s probably dead, out of power or bodysnatched. Thank you, token level-headed person. Which at least avoids a cliched repeat of Azure Moon’s plot in which Dimitri waltzes in and finds the person he’s been wanting revenge against has been effectively dead for months. That could have been interesting as a tragedy tho. like fortinbras waltzing in at the end of hamlet. 

is... is that just the traditional gloucester hairstyle??

They seem to be going with a willingly evil reading on Anselma here. The letter showing calculation. Not as helpless as Dimitri supposed in the hapi support. It was my headcanon that that was cope, but I thought it was merely that, a headcanon, cause I didn’t like that they made her seem innocent & thought it was way too unrealistic that the KING can’t be alone with his WIFE. I mean was Cornelia watching them fuck? Probably not. 

I’d say Cornelia was bodysnatched soon after curing the plague (”she asked no reward... at first”) suggesting it was already Cleobulus who ordered Anselma brought. Though the dsplay mae to Hapi suggests a self-rightheous human played like a fiddle by Cornelia rather than an Agarthan. 

I like that she continued to be characterized as weirdly distant (as per the Mercedes support) and that Dimitri’s rosy memory of her seems to have been cope. Again that was my headcanon cause it just fits how Dimitri acts, but I didn’t expect to see it confirmed. 

Looks like Thales is going to be the endgame villain for this route so he will probably spit out the whole truth before Dimitri axes him. 

of course they could do the reveal that cornelia somehow wrote that letter

Thank you Shez for pointing out how unforgiveable Anselma is. 

“I don’t forgive her for how she treated me” - thats a BIIIG advancement from Academy Dimitris rose colored memory

I CALLED IT! I CALLED IT! I wrote this whole fanfiction under the presumption that Anselma mistreated Dimitri & he was just in denial. 

I mean she left him to die in cold blood. A little kid who adored her & tried to get along despite his hurt feelings.  It was not hard to deduce. No one who did this could be a good person. If she was an innocent victim motivated by maternal feeling, wouldn’t she take pity on a motherless child? 

very Dimitri of Dimitri to be worried about Shez’ feelings after getting such a bombshell dropped on himself. 

At this point if it turned out that Edelgard actually killed her, i wouldnt even be mad. 

Kudos to Sylvain for pointing out that theyre giving the church a looot of power

Anyone who halfway knew Edelgard is suspecting that she’s been axed.

I mean, as far as I’m concerned she IS dead. That’s not her anymore. Not in any meaningful way. 

Aww I love how Flayn and Dedue are standing next to each other... Thales’s rule is so bad it’s turned Flayn off off pacifism.

Randolph’s been letting the defectors defect. That sounds like him. I wonder how he and Ladislava will die this time.

I love how everyone’s elders have slightly faded/greying versions of the fantasy hair colors.

also like how they elaborated a bit on Sylvain’s longstanding ambition to make peace with Sreng. one wonders if he could have accomplished it without the unification of fodlan - obviously after that, they could haul goods from the warmer regions to trade/share with the srengians. 

The writers seem to have forgotten a bit that Gautier senior was supposed to be an asshole who treated his sons like tools. It’s ok to show nuance or even redemption, I, but the assholishness hasn’t been shown, acknowledged or adressed in a while. 

Good thing that Constance is in day mode, that version of her’s prolly easier to recruit lol

So Lambert also had no Work-Life balance

Af if Dimitri and Felix weren’t enough, Rodrigue seems intent on adopting Shez xDD

Randolph is really a good guy, being this honest. 

So Byleth ALSO thinks the blue hair looked better on them XD

Look at Seteth stealth recomending the strategy book he wrote in his Saint days XDD

That bit with Petra visiting the site of her father’s death & philosophizing about it was a nice touch

Poor Dorothea :(

Love Ashe & Dedue conferring about how to fix Dimitri’s pen breaking problems. But I suggest against naming it, if he does break it ayways then he’ll feel super guilty XD

constance is one amusingly loose canon

thank you, mercedes, for keeping the nerds focussed on the mission. though i shouldnt talk being a distractable nerd myself

This is truly the alternatest of timelines. Though from what I’ve heard this has 2 separate endings depending on wether you axe the Eisners or not, this lets player didn’t seem to have known you could spare Jeralt. 

You know, it strikes me that Sothis, too, seems to have had significant character development in the OG timeline that she didn’t get here. You see a hint of this side when she wants the bandit in abyss executed. It’s striking that here she tells Byleth that she could have prevented this when in the OG timeline she tells them it was inevitable. Also she refused to possess them. She seems... more fierce, like you can tell she’s Rhea’s mom. I used to think that the bad stuff was all Rhea, but now I’m thinking she may have been not so unambiguously benevolent in the past, for all that she does have a level of actual care. 

I appreciate Sylvain being very strict & fierce in telling shez not to guilt-trip themselves. He saw his friends go down that hole. 

Poor Shez, cause, he was clearly starting to think of Rodrigue as a father figure, but not as long as Dimitri or the man’s actual son. It’s this crap situation where you’re definitely grieving but also arguably the one least affected. 

ive looked it up - apparently you have to avoid triggering the ambush and make a beeline for randolph. then the Eisners surrender and you can hire them - Dimitri agrees to keep them out of Rhea’s sights, and thus everybody gets to keep their dads. well, back to the former lets play. ill miss out on hearing what byleth says if theyre standing around in your camp but im sure someone will upload the “recruit byleth” variant eventually. back to the first lets play for now

Apparently if you recruit them you find out that their favorite flowers are sunflowers. Awww. 

I’ve looked it up and apparently, Azure Gleam is the route where it is the hardest to recruit Byleth. Makes sense since Jeralt is hiding from the church. 

Ah, Felix, ever the voice of reason

Claude doesn’t beat around the bush, he just straight up says, “the people calling the shots for the imperials”

So Rhea’s comming too to nab her monastery back

That bit where Marianne mentions how Hilda came to check on her tho <3

Kudos to Dorothea for sparing a moment of silence for Hubert and Ferdinand who were almost certainly dissapeared by Thales and dumped in unmarked graves

OK that is beyooooond fucked up. As far as I'm concerned Edelgard died at Arianrhod. That reanimated meat puppet isn't her anymore.I just hope there isn't enough of her left in there to be conscious of what's happening.

I’d say Jeritza is the only one from whom this mid battle recruitment makes sense solely because of Mercedes and Constance  

Caspar’s dad is a noble man indeed. He knows Adrestia is finished

Let’s appreciate  the boundless irony that Byleth willingly becomes a vessel in the timeline where they never interact with Rhea. 

It’s a nice detail that her hair turns back to blue after she dies. 

This is supposed to be Dimitri’s route but it feels like Claude is the real MVP here. Every single useful plan came from him. 

Ok, this is worse than Azure Moon, actually, cause at least there Rhea steps down, only 3 of the main characters are necessary deaths, & Dimitri implements some proto-democratic or constitutional features. In this one, nothing changes other than that Adrestia's wiped off the map and what's it matter if its two territories or one? One could theoretically hope that Claude assassinated her & tracked down Shabhalla, but there's no guarantee. There's no guarantee that the peace between the Kingdom & the Alliance even held, it's kind of implied that it might not. The best case scenario really is, "Everything stays the same & Dimitri is remembered as a somewhat upstanding King" - One in a line, not a radical break. It's a status quo ending. Mildly improved status quo, I guess, I'm not saying Dimitri's reforms were nothing, but, its pretty bad.

I wanted to strangle the youtube commenters that were like “finally all 3 lords survived” I would not consider Edelgard alive in any meaningful sense of the word. She’s been dead for 6 months as this point (and everything was worse off for that). Being a vacant meat puppet is not being alive. Plus it’s heavily implied that Claude might well turn on the Church & Kingdom.... this is a pretty bad end. again, its objectively worse than azure moon or heck, even silver snow. 

heck they didnt even answer the anselma questions or tell us how she died. 

Well. onto golden wildfire. Who better to cheer me up after this debacle than Claude Khalid My Hero Man <3 <3 <3

[words-for-holland]

Late Night Conversations

Pairing: Tom Holland x Reader

Summary: Y/N can’t sleep, and has a serious question for Tom. It’s just one of those nights.

A/N: First writing piece after almost a month?! Enjoy!

Masterlist

Sleepover

1 AM. Y/N sighed heavily as she checked her phone. Turning her back slowly onto the mattress, she looked up at the ceiling as if it would help her fall asleep anytime soon. Alas, it did not, but the tireless girl already knew that. She also knew it was a bad idea to drink that iced coffee in the afternoon. The caffeine was still flowing into her veins, making her need for sleep a low priority. So here lies Y/N, awake, alert, and forever bored.

“Y/N...Stop moving.” Tom grumbled, his eyes still closed as he lets out a sleepy sigh. Y/N turned to see her boyfriend attempting to go back to his slumber as he wraps his arm across her waist. She took a second to admire his features which shone from the lights outside. His jawline sharp, his face flawless and speckeled, and his brows furrowed. Y/N would kiss every visible feature for the remainder of the night if she could. “Y/N, I know Im good looking and all, but its really hard to go back to sleep with you staring darling.” Tom’s voice was filled with sleep, but anyone could make out the playful smirk he had plastered on his face

Y/N scoffed at his comment, only to laugh about it moments later. “Sorry good looking. It’s hard fo fall asleep. Must be one of those nights.” she sighed nestling in closer to Tom.

“It’s only one of those nights because you drank coffee when I told you not to because you wouldnt be able to sleep.” He nags in his sleep, although now slightly more aware of his surroundings. Tom instinctively pulls Y/N closer to his chest, they’re breathing almost in sync.

“If you’re looking for me to say you were right, you aint getting it.”

“Well...was I wrong?” He challenged, cocking his rebel eyebrow.”

“No.”

“So I’m right then.” He chuckles. Y/N hits his chest lightly in retaliation, letting out a defeated groan. Tom kisses the top of her head as he gently rubs her arm up and down in hopes to lull her back to sleep. The two stay in this moment neither making a sound but rather enjoying each others company in silence.

“Okay so weird question.” Y/N pipes up. “Do you think we have to wash sinks?”

Tom lets out a hearty laugh, completely caught off guard. “Isnt this something you ask your friends about?”

“Well yeah but I want your opinion on the matter.”

“Okay, first of all...who doesnt wash the sink? Second of all, you have a lot of yucky stuff from the food build up on the sink, so you kinda have to.” He answers back with a question. Y/N became real quiet as she turner her face away from Tom. “Oh my god Y/N...don’t tell me you skip the sink when you clean.”

“No I do clean them! Im just asking in theory.” Y/N says laughing at his disgusted reaction. “But technically, you wash all the dishes with soap and water in the sink, doesnt that basically mean you wash the sink too?”

“ Y/N, that’s like saying when you’re in the shower, doesn’t the shampoo from your hair kinda run down your body? Why should you have to use soap to clean yourself too?” Tom explained making a point. The two banter back and forth for the next hour until, the first sign of Y/N’s drowsiness starts to kick in. “I think someone is ready to go to sleep.”

Y/N nods as she gets even closer to Tom. “I cant believe we fought about cleaning a sink.” She laughed her eyes now closing shut.

“Me neither. Good night darling.” He whispers kissing her forehead for the last time before Tom also closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep sith his girl in his arms.

[sanchoyo]

danny phantom, season 3 episodes 3-6 thoughts!

see prev episode thoughts in this tag <3

-johnny was actually pretty civil with danny and left when he asked! thats nice. also, SKULKER?? HAD A FRAMED PICTURE OF EMBER?? oooo fuck wait had they established they were a Thing Before?? I dont think so. thats weird. its like that country boy/goth girl meme lmfao. I think i am going to choose to ignore this new info and pretend I didnt hear it. 100% unrelated to the jazz/ember fanart I already drew and posted....😳

-LADIES NIGHT EPISODE THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT. wish it didnt really center around the guys or them being pissed at them, but. willing to bet this was written by men lol

-THEY ERASED ALL THE MEN??? meanwhile, jack and danny are fishing at. silent hill or something. im glad jack is trying to read a parenting book and making an Attempt. (theyre at lake erie, but, they made it actually eerie...thats fun)

-the girls alt outfits...cute. EMBER MADE A NEW SONG TOO!!! kinda. jazz being one of the backup singers and being AWFUL. NOOOO

-'how are we going to get kitty to blow a kiss?' 'she'll have to think there are still some males in town!' ...i dont know how to break it to you, but I dont know that a 100% het girl would wish for all men to Begone. I think. I mean im not a het or a girl so I dont really know for sure. she Is probably Bi tho. esp having the other ladies in town chanting NO MEN!!! excitedly............(then again, the kiss is to get Rid of men, so, she probably would have blown it at the ladies only if they were actively trying to attack/stop them, so...I MEAN. THE DRESSING LIKE DANNY BIT WAS SO EXTRA)

-I feel like an all female cast ep couldve been way way way way cooler than that was. like. why was it still somehow all about Men. ...anyway. (where was valerie...)

-next ep opens with the observants, and, way way more of them than I expected...existed? I mean I guess them being a council/jury of some kind is what I expected from their first appearance (bc at that time they were basically TELLING clockwork to kill danny, not asking,, so I figured they had SOME kind of authority) but. there were so many. anyway, here goes vlad! letting his own hubris go brrrr. releasing a weather ghost for political gain! #justvladthings

-okay say what you will about him (he IS an asshole) but having an umbrella with his own face on it and more prepared to share is SUPER FUNNY. and him being fanned by huge wads of money by his bodyguards. SO ineffective but so Dramatic. He UNDERSTANDS that if youre rich you need to be. you know. obnoxious and kinda eccentric about it! fuckign hate when rich people are boring about it. I would trust vlad with nothing except to not be a boring rich asshole who wears...fucking khaki or some shit. man knows his Presentation Skills. and that 'V' chair in his mayoral office. is that fucking embroidered?

-maddie get your MAN PLEEEEASSSE. IM SO EMBARRASSED FOR HER. the way jack stays simping for this man. in FRONT OF HIS WIFE!!!! ...my god its like a love triangle. jack clearly loves vlad, who loves maddie, who loves jack. jack fenton is at the very least bi, right................. this is an OBSESSION . 'THE V MAN COMETH'???? i...my god. (also, on a serious note, to have a friend THIS SUPPORTIVE...and still be SUCH A DICK TO HIM (TRYING TO KILL HIM AND STEAL HIS WIFE??) NOT COOL VLAD. JACK IS YOUR 1 AND /ONLY/ HYPE MAN. if someone loved and supported me THIS HARD...LIKE. CMON DUDE.

-STOMP the fucking GAS, JACK

-this would make a great shirt design, looks like a metal band design! we love The Maelstrom

-oh, so vlad did in fact get a mansion in amity park. and its purple! good color choice! not as flashy as a CASTLE or MURDER CABIN, but still pretty eccentric, which I appreciate.

-...vlad knows the difference between picasso and da vinci? in the ep last post where we were watching him fail at conquering every historical time ever he didnt seem to know history well enough to like. be effective...was vlad taking art history at college?? (was he an art MAJOR??? we never DID KNOW WHAT HE WENT TO SCHOOL FOR. I kinda assumed business because in the masters of time ep he was still rich without ghost powers so he had to have..known something about business or something, right...but also, art and or theater FITS HIS PERSONALITY. possibly also something science-y, I guess, but I always felt like he got roped into that, esp how pessimistic he was about the ghost portal in the flashbacks to college, like, i felt like he was just there for maddie and was uninterested/un-invested at the time...)

-THIS GHOST JUST ELECTROCUTED MADDIE (THE CAT) BITCH!! THATS MY FAVORITE MADDIE!!! vlad going after vortex and being ~shocked~ .....WHEN. WHEN WILL YOU LEARN. THAT YOUR ACTIONS. HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!

-the way this random man with a camera sees the mayor laying in an alley covered in TRASH AND DECIDES TO TAKE A PICTURE HAHAH

*snap* this ones going in my cringe compilation!

-vlad 'if we're going to defeat vortex, we're going to have to do it together!' *immediately dips after dropping danny off in front of vortex* JKASDFHKJHJKN

-DANNY CAN DUPLICATE!!! ...he couldnt even attack with it, but he DID IT!!! INTO (4) OF HIMSELF!!! SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!!

-'THE ROLLER COASTER EMOTIONS OF A TEENAGER THREATEN MY PLANS!' ...0 self awareness of his own dramatic moodiness. incredible, how dumb this man is. its very close to circling around to endearing, if he was less of an asshole. at least its very very funny to see danny shooting him with tiny lightning bolts anytime he's even slightly irritated! vlad you should be nice to danny anyway. this is what you GET

-...making sandwiches and ice cream and playing video games with your nephew is a totally normal thing. WHY is vlad acting like this is the end of the world. if you were a GOOD UNCLE YOU WOULD ALREADY BE DOING THESE THINGS!!! bitch I make my nephew food all the time and dont forget what he does and doesnt like. if u didnt know danny didnt want tomatoes, thats on u. if u, a grown adult, are gonna piss of the 14 yr old by not letting him win, u deserve to have to pay for the arcade machines he ruins because he now has uncontrollable storm powers because YOU THREW HIM INTO A FIGHT WITH THE STORM GHOST. fuck u vlad. paypal me $400,000 while ur at it tho. (also, gamer vlad confirmed)

-VLAD CAN COOK THOUGH???! I assumed he had...people working for him that did that. I mean. billionaires usually dont do that. then again, we've only seen those vultures working for him (and I guess the dairy king was AT his old mansion, but it was never really clarified if he worked there...I think he probably just Hung Out and they Enjoyed Cheeses Together. thats what I think, I dont think a KING would be working for anyone and also the dairy king was nice <3) but then again he would be a private person and we cant have anyone accidentally finding Ghostly Things, so...still, that's hilarious. pour one out for that really cute banana split that got ruined 2 seconds later

-vlad just fucking picking danny up and THROWING HIM AT VORTEX TWICE WITHIN LIKE A MINUTE. JUST ABSOLUTELY LAUNCHING HIM. BITCH THATS MY SON BE CAREFUL!!! HES GOT ORGANS AND THINGS!!!!

-danny seeing those animal commercials and feeling sad is the biggest 2000s throwback so far. i legitimately had to change the channel or walk out of the room when those came on bc id CRY AND BE SAD ABOUT THEM FOR DAYS AFTER. fuck those commercials and fuck that IN THE ARMMMS OF AN ANGELLLL song 😭

-'vlads ego almost got the town destroyed!' yes danny thats the entire episode. the entire series anytime vlad shows up honestly. this episode was just him being really embarrassing the entire time, and, me laughing about it. 10/10 would laugh at him again

-NEXT EP WE HAVE A SHAPESHIFTING GHOST?? I've said it before but shapeshifting is the power I would want when asked those 'what superpower do you want' questions...its the Best power! this guy looks like a homestuck character. ive never read homestuck but thats the vibe

-I love every time we see tuckers family, they are by far the most functional family. and dash has a lil chihuahua!!! named pookie!!! i am crying (I've had 3 chihuahuas, so I am very biased, but...) AND HE WATCHES THE ROMANCE CHANNEL WITH POOKIE. POOKIE I WILL DIE FOR YOU YOU SWEET LITTLE BABY.

-danny can lift a bus! I shouldn't be surprised, but i am proud of my son. hes got lil kid fans. i am going to cry about this

-JAZZ KEEPS A SCRAPBOOK WITH DANNY'S LIL HEROICS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS!!! we've actually seen it on her floor before, but I didnt realize it was a scrapbook!! thats sooo cute.

-...and danny has to stand there listening to his parents saying danny phantom sucks and is a 'filthy ghost' and calling him egotistical...i am once again stealing their kids!

-THIS GHOST RIPPING JAZZ'S SCRAPBOOK!!! ILL KILL YOU. SHE WORKED HARD ON THAT!!! BITCH

-yes, maddie, the one with red eyes is For Sure Actually Your Son. ignore the, red eyes... (CLEARLY she hasnt watched the other 2 eps where danny has been evil, she doesnt know red eyes= evil!!!)

-'billy fenton'.......................

-danny being stuck as phantom in his own house, no way out is a fucking NIGHTMARE. his parents pointing giant weapons against him and SHOOTING AT HIM. THIS IS A HORROR MOVIE.

-NINE INCH NAILS POSTER.

-this is the most screenshot of all time

-amorpho turning into mr. lancer because hes 'someone no one will want to be around' BUT HES WRONG, I WOULD BEFRIEND AND HANG OUT WITH MR LANCER SO FAST.

-tucker dressing as danny, now I have the full Tucker set of him being sam and also being danny. also saying 'the ghost...uh...RIPPED MY FACE OFF.' and then running. SMOOTH. NOT AT ALL CONCERNING TO ANY PARENTS.

-sam accepts the toast from jack. and then 2 seconds later is like 'why am i eating this.' THIS SHOWS HUMOR IS SO UNEXPECTED SOMETIMES ITS REALLY GOOD. and then the scene after, mr lancer running into his ghost doppelganger and being like 'YOURE GORGOUS' THEN FAINTING. I AM CRYING. AND DASH FAINTING TOO.

-sam disguising herself as danny again to help tucker run from the fentons. but leaving him shirtless in the streets. incredible. 'plEASE DOnt NOTice MY FACELessNESS I MUST LIVE IN EXILE' this episode is destroying me the humor in this show is exactly my brand of corny and cheesy

-the impromtu story made up by danny and amorpho to explain stuff to the fentons. my god they are both such bad liars. but amorpho is a good egg. wish danny wouldnt have said he didnt wanna see him in town again!! I want him to be reoccurring. not that thats gonna matter since I'm almost done with the series, but the idea of this being the Only Time We See him is :(

-NEXT EP SAYS STARRING MARK HAMILL??????!!! hello ! mr . joker....mr. star wars.... I feel like I should be. idk. taking off a hat im not wearing in respect. I shouldnt be surprised tho bc hes in a lot of cartoons as a very good voice actor, and dp has already had a lot of talented ones so I've been looking out for ones I might know, but....mr. hamill....

-sam has her own greenhouse, names all the plants, and says thank you to them (in the languages from where the plants are from) whenever she harvests from them. thats SO cute. and her lil gothy lunch box...

-and danny's lil red fuzzy lined jacket!!! ive said it before but every time the characters get alt outfits im like :D

-danny has ice powers now!!! THATS WHAT FROSTBITE MEANT. HE KNEW SOMEHOW WAY BACK THEN

-THIS SHOW NEVER LETS YOU FORGET VLAD IS A BILLIONAIRE, HUH.

-danny's lil 'holy hibiscus!' first off the 50s batman swearing is hilarious. 2nd. my username is from the flower sanchoyo hibiscus, so, shoutout to ME this ep. hi :)

-EURGH UNDERGROWTH MAKING EVERYONE PLANT ZOMBIES. HIVEMIND PLOTS SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF ME. and this dude made the city SO overtaken so quickly like how long was danny asleep?? oh god

-evil fucked up sam! now the whole trio has gone evil at some point! the voice actress did a really, really good job with making her sound like a zombie...

-frostbite's paws are so so so big compared to danny. oh my god. i want to hug the snow dog...

-the far frozen has an advanced medical stuff!!! very cool. very smart snow dogs

-im so glad danny has a friendly ghost snow dad to explain this new power and teach him!!! this is so sweet. DANNY'S GHOST SENSE WAS A PART OF HIS ICE POWER?? OOOH. COOL. we love a training montage!!!

-danny saying if he cant defeat overgrowth, that he'd want to stay with frostbite...oh my god...do you think this is the first real supportive adult figure in his life (I am NOT counting his parents because they threaten him on the daily even if they dont realize it.) I mean mr lancer is a Teacher, but he was also nice but this is different, but this is a GHOST WHO IS WILLING TO HELP HIM with his powers and also will help him when hes injured and is so so nice and comparatively so much more mature than 90% of the adults in this show!!!! god. dad frostbite is my everything.

-the framing and lighting this episode, and all the angles...they went all OUT and it looks really really good. this is my nightmare scenario, tho. like, FUCK zombies and dead city zones and hivemind shit. and using the humans as 'nutrients for the children' i am going to THROW UP.

-MALEFICENT VIBES WITH THE HORNS AND GREEN EYES! this costume kicks so much ass. sam is now mark hamills daughter, I guess.

-danny's ice powers making his eyes blue!!! thats neat. and him going for the roots underground was SO SMART. i will not stand for danny ever thinking hes stupid, hes SO smart.

almost done with the show... :"( thats a sad thought!!!

[kishillaa]

SSM21 Day 2: Festival

It was that time of the year, Sasuke thought, as he walks into the crowds of the unfamiliar village.

He grunted his annoyance when someone pushed him forward causing him to stumble a few steps to the front. He glares behind him–at no one really, because he doesnt know who has hit him.

That was when he saw her, the familiar short pink haired kunoichi, standing at the other side of the road looking at something on display at the booth she's at.

Sakura. His mind screamed.

As if hearing his mind voice, said girl raised her head up. Sasuke's breath caught in his throat as he watches Sakura's eyes widen in surprised.

Instantly, Sakura snaps from her train of thought as she all but run from across the road towards the boy she has yearn to see. She feels content when Sasuke just rooted in his spot, waiting for her to get to him. She half expected for him to attack her with his famous chidori if she takes one more step forward. Meeting him the first time at Orochimaru promised her as much.

"Sasuke-kun." She calls out breathlessly when she finally halting to a stop before him, green green eyes twinkling with delight.

"Sakura." The boy said, didn't bother to break their eye contact.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, her hands clasping each other behind her back, a habit she has always had.

"None of your concern."

If Sakura feels offended she doesn't show it, she just beamed at him, "I'm on a solo D-rank mission in this village. Thought I should stay for a while to see the festival, since I'll be missing one back home."

"Hn." He responded. Typical Sakura for being bothered by something as unimportant as that. They were engulfed by an awkward silence afterwards, as both doesn't know what to say to each other.

Sakura decided to break the ice, "Let's visit the festival together."

"Can't. I need to go."

"Just for a while, I promised. You'll go back to wherever you are in no time."

Sasuke sighs as he agrees, "Hn." Not like he has any where else to go anyway. He walks in and out of Orochimaru's hideout every once in a while. The sannin knew he's not going anywhere as long as Itachi haven't been defeated yet.

Sakura grins at his response, and quickly grab his hand as she makes a bee line to the nearest booth with Sasuke in tow.

It was an eventful evening. At that short time together, he noticed that Sakura is so easily entertained; squeals gleefully at a squishy plush animal–which he rolls his eyes at, grinning from ear to ear as she won herself some games, and letting out an unexpected giggle when Sasuke lost to her when she challenged him on one of those boring games.

"This should be easy, even for me." Sakura exclaimed pulling him to one booth at the far end of the festival site.

"This is kunai throwing, Sakura." He said pointedly, like she's making him a joke. Sakura chuckles at him.

"Come on. Look at the first prize." She points out to one of the prizes lining up at the display section.

Sasuke stares at the expensive looking pair of black gloves, "Win that for me, will you?" Sakura's cheeks tainted pink as she looks at him from under her lashes. Her big green eyes went impossibly large, he thought its going to fall out of its socket.

Sasuke turns around abruptly, and get those damn kunai and throw it straight at the three targets with ease.

They are sitting on the highest point of the area, staying a little further from other people, just enjoying the view. When the fireworks shot up in the sky, Sasuke avert his eyes to look at the girl beside him, staring at her whilst she looks up at the colourful sky.

"I had fun today, Sasuke-kun." She said as she lower her gaze to look at her companion. "Thank you."

He can't seem to look away as they stare at each other. The look of longing, sadness and regret adorned the sweet face of the girl before him. At that moment, he can feel his heart aching, though he doesn't understand what is it that it aches for.

Her expressive green eyes closes for a second before he feels rather than see her lips land on his cheek. Sakura's lips linger where it is for a few second, before she pulls away.

"Come back when you're done with your revenge. I'll wait for you." He can see the obvious tears pooling in the dam of her eyes as she fights it from bursting out.

"I'll always wait." She whispers again, as if to emphasize her points. She gives him one last smile before she arises from her sit on the ground.

Sasuke watched at her retreating back, wonders what exactly he is feeling at that moment.

[sweater-daddiesdumbdork]

Wilfords Demands: Who Do You Belong To?

Summary- 5.2 k. Curtis Everett x Y/N. Written for @mcudarklibrary​ Kink Challenge- April. You’ve been in Curtis care for a few weeks now. He has no hesitation in reminding you who you belong to. Warnings- Dub Con/Non Con situations, punishments treatment, drug and alcohol mentions. 

Chapter One- Just Another Prisoner / Masterlist 

“So Curtis, how are you liking your new girl?” Wilford asked curiously as he flicked some crumbs off his luscious red robe, frowning as he rubbed at what looked like a smudge, under his breath he complained. “Those fucking cleaners never do anything right. Useless the lot of them.” The older man chose to ignore it for now, turning back to Curtis sitting opposite of him, Claude pouring fresh tea into two delicate china mugs. “Isnt she something, as soon as I saw her on camera, I knew you would like her. Yes, shes a bit thin still, but get some meat on her, and she will have all those nice curves to keep you occupied.” 

Curtis nodded his thanks to Claude and reached to take the cup, contemplating what Wilford was talking about, you were rather lovely in your innocence. All Curtis had to still do was look at you a certain way, and your cheeks would turn pink and your glance would look away from him, sometimes a tiny whine would issue, making him grin. “Im liking her quite fine. She was an innocent you know? I was surprised.” Wilford winked over his cup while he added generous amounts of honey comb to his cup, swirling his cup a bit before taking a sip.

“I had hoped she would be, How the fuck I know, pretty little thing like that. I am a bit disappointed she isnt pregnant yet though, but in due time I know. I just get impatient.” 

Curtis kinda shrugged a bit, he never really cared what Wilford did with the kids they made him, but this time it kinda rubbed him the wrong way. He didnt seem to pick up on it, or chose to ignore it, falling into another subject that Wilford used them for. Entertainment for the front enders for a couple months a year, a sport. 

“Also, its about time for the games, and Im putting my goods on you Curtis, Do not disappoint. Once you get in that ring, murder the sons of bitches.” The true purpose of the games, weed out the weak. So far only three of the original group still survived, Curtis was one of them for his brutal approach to all of it. He was a survivalist first, and had no issue getting blood all over in the process.

“Yes I know, trust me, I dont want my ass fucking dead.” Curtis growled out and grew impatient, ready to get back to you. “We done shooting the shit Wilford, or you ready for this months supplies?” 

“God your always so fucking impatient to leave my company.” Wilford rolled his eyes and sighed as if hurt, Curtis just stared at him waiting for him to get on with it. “Okay, my boy... let me know what you want.” 

Curtis wasted no time, filling out his demands and leaving straight afterwards. There was only so much time he could stand being in that mans presence. His spirit uplifted a bit knowing he would be seeing you again. You were still quiet in his presence, trying to remain unnoticed, but he was always aware of your presence unlike any other woman he had ever been with. Sometimes he would draw out conversation from you. But your answers were usually short, clipped, or you shrugged not knowing how to answer. Seeing how you lived in the tail end all your life, there was simply things you didnt know about. That was okay, you would learn about these things soon enough. 

Opening the door and stepping in, you were curled in the seat near the window, a book resting on your knee and gaze out the window watching the speeding landscape. You jumped slightly when Curtis entered and pulled your legs up nervously to watch him. Always so observant his girl was. "You havent seem to gotten to far while I was gone." nearby he sat down some bags of stuff he brought back with him, the items he had asked for from Wilford.

Your fingers trail down the spine and you slide it to the table, shaking you head softly. "Cant concentrate Curtis." Wary was how you were of this man, who stalked around his room till he moved to sit on the edge of the bed nearby. "Hmmm, do you not like it?" How brow arched and a your voice rose in a rush, as you clutched at the book. "No no, t-thank you... Its not that." You didnt want to loose a gift he brought you. Already reading through the few he had, you had gotten bored being unable to leave the small room. Curtis had requested a book for you with Wilford, and as you were finding out, Wilford accommodated Curtis requests typically.

"I was tested again, and still negative... " your voice dropped, admitting to your distraction. At first the news would cause Curtis to curse, drag you back to bed to try again.

So your head dropped, waiting to be yanked onto the mattress, but these past few weeks, he changed. Sometimes your news didn't cause any reaction, he would leave you to what you were doing. You trembled a bit, waiting to see what today would bring.

Curtis isnt sure when it changed for him, that he actually liked this one, it was something more then what was required of him, having any interest in his charge. You, a little tail ender was so innocent in to what he did to you, that he found it endearing. Her little surprised mewls when he taught you some new sense gave him satisfaction. He patted his knee. “Come over here Y/N” 

The tension raised between the two of you when you hesitated, curling your hands together and your face wanted to defy him, he could see the flash in your eyes and the way your breathing flared your nose. Curtis arched a brow daring you to tell him no. Oh would you? He almost wanted you to, that primal part of him loved overpowering you beneath him. You were so defeated when he first got his hands on you, but he felt that you had a bit of fire somewhere still, it just needed to be ignited. 

After a few seconds though you went back to your resigned manner and unfolded your legs approaching him, moving to stand in between his spread thighs. “Dont worry about the negative, it doesnt always happen right away.” His fingers snapped at your pants buttons and slid them down with a jerk, your hand bracing against his shoulder to keep from loosing balance and lifting your feet to loose your pants. He pushed your shirt up. “Get rid of all this to.” 

Lifting your shirt and tossing it aside, that deep blush he admired so much spread down from your face and neck, flaring over your collarbone. His mouth smirked until he lashed his tongue over a nipple, teasing the other with pinching fingertips. “But how long till they get impatient Curtis?” you took a shuddering breath feeling the warmth of his mouth tease you to a peak, rubbing your thighs together as heat pooled faster then you expect it to in your core. “Im ready to be done and go back home.” He growled at this, biting enough for you to yelp, and try to pull away but his legs have you trapped in between them. 

“What makes you think your going back Y/N?” He growled deeply, whipping you around, and pulling you back into his lap with one muscled forearm circled around your waist. “I already told you, you were given to me to use.” your hands were grasping his forearm pressed around your midsection, and you whine softly at his words. “But once Im pregnant you wont want me in your space, why wouldnt they send me back till birth?” 

“Cause, Im keeping you. Open your mouth.” He demanded and grabbed a hold of your jaw, forcing your mouth to open, his other arm loosened around your waist and moved two fingers to your mouth.“suck, get them good and wet Y/N”  his fingers pressed against your tongue and you immediately started to suck on his digits. doing your best to do as he asked. “As I told you a few weeks ago, your issued to me for at least the next few years.” Shifting his legs to hook yours over his knees and spread his legs so your thighs spread apart wide for him, the rush of cooler air hitting your aroused flesh made you moan around his fingers pressing against your tongue. “Your here till your used up or Im tired of you.” His voice, was so final as he yanked his fingers out from your mouth, tracing your bottom lip with one of the drenched fingers. “And then your still not going back there Honey. He wont let you go back home” 

Before you could fully register what Curtis was telling you, he dropped his hand to your cunt, his fingers warm and wet from how you worked them traced your pussy lips, soft under his fingertips, his biting kiss on your neck was a stark contrast, making you attempt to pull away, but he once more clamped his arm around your waist to keep you in place, his long middle digit dipping in between the folds, tease your sensitive flesh. “N-never? even if I was useless to have children?” 

“No, never. Have you ever seen anyone return to the tail end? Your not an exception. Trust me... You could be in a worst place then with me.” Continuing to rub your cunt, circling your aroused bud but never quite touching when he would return to stroking and teasing her entrance with slight dips of his fingers, collecting your arousal to spread. “I am not the only man who does this, and plenty are cruel to there partners.” It was getting harder to focus on Curtis as he started finally touching where you ached, his arm tightening when you would arch and let your head fall back to his shoulder. Pressing his lips to your temple. “Curtis... Its,,,” 

“Feels good right? Most the time it will if Im doing my job right,” Assuring as he let two fingers fill your wet heated entrance, making you open your thighs wider, his own adjusting to help you keep them spread. You were panting, rocking your hips to meet his thrusting digits. If you werent so caught up in the moment, you would have been embarrassed of the squelching sound your wet cunt was making the faster he pumped his fingers. Your walls started to clench around him, and that little firey coil started to tighten in your lower belly. 

“M-most of the time?” You managed to utter, and Curtis chuckled while biting lightly on your earlobe. “Well your a temptation, this tight little body.” His fingers hooked when he said that, come along with me baby. He would stroke your walls to comply with his wishes, fighting against his hold, and you were crying out when you pushed back into his chest, locking and shaking, flooding his hand. “Wouldnt be hard for me to loose control and just fuck you into the mattress” 

Your thighs are trying pushing to close, aching from being stretched open, and fighting through your orgasm. He shoved you forward slightly to undo his pants, and you lean forward to brace your hands against your knees, your head dipping forward to catch your breath. It wasnt long you felt his cock pressing against your back. God you fucking hope he never lost control with you, You could barely handle him now, and everything he did was measured calculated. Curtis did nothing without giving it some thought, you knew this. 

Hands at your hips, lifted your ass enough so he could fit himself into your core, and eased you back, slowly so he inched in, making you stretch around him but it still made you hold your breath till you were full of him, every movement you made, made you groan, his thrusts were quick upward angled jabs, pressing deeper and you still braced your hands while arching your breasts forward, this angle was so fucking full, concentrating was impossible. There was just rushed thrusts and grinding your hips back down. 

Somewhere it registered his cussing against your neck, as his thrusts pressed forward longer in your clenching pussy. “Fuck your so good, just gonna fill you till your dripping with cum.” He grunted against the back of your neck, his fingers digging into your hips and started to move you faster, bouncing you, and you just rode it till he roared and warm jets of his cum started to fill you. Your channel flexed around his cock, milking him for the last of it, and you collapse back against him, covering your face with your hands and giving a soft sob from your second orgasm within a short time. 

Pulling himself from him, he swiped his fingers through your cunt and scooped his cum back into you, making you quiver slightly at the sensation. Curtis gave a possessive nip to your neck, and shifted your legs back to a close. Fuck the muscles ached, all you wanted to do was lay down, the muscles in your thighs screaming with a burn. Curtis tapped your thigh to stand. “Dont be letting that run down your leg Y/N,” You nod and go to stand, your legs shaking enough to look like you might wipe out, Curtis hands shot out and grasped your hips to draw you back and sit on the bed. “Probably need a moment to get your legs back.” 

Tucking himself back in his pants, he let you claim the bed and went to where he had ditched the bags he brought back from Wilfords. You dragged a blanket over your naked body and watched with curiosity as he pulled out some clothing for you, nicer then the stuff youve been wearing. “Whats that for?” you asked curiously. 

Curtis brought the skirt and top over to let you inspect them. “They are for you. There is a entertainment car, and I figured your ready to meet others. I trust you to remember who you belong to” Your eyes brightened at the idea of seeing others, even if they were front enders. “Hows your legs? If you can stand, were going in half an hour.” He took the rest of the bag and turning his back to you, stored away a few books Wilford gave him, a treat for you later if you got to bored and deserved them. Curtis hoped there would come a time where you wanted to please him, not had to please him. 

While he was doing this, you tested yourself, and gathered the clothing to your bare chest. “they are fine... I will go get ready Curtis.” You escaped quickly into the bathroom, easing the door mostly closed. You rubbed your face in the soft long sleeve, it was the softest thing you could remember feeling and when you tugged the clothing on, braiding your hair to sweep straight down your back well past your waist, you couldnt remember feeling this way, like you were being showed off,and you kind of liked it. Stepping out, your clear your throat a bit and Curtis looks up from where he had been reading the spot you left in your books. 

Fuck you look good. Curtis nods his approval, and you nervously pick at the shirt, biting back a grin in your excitement. A warm rush tingles Curtis seeing you so damn happy for the first time since he brought you back a book, and unlocking the door, he held it open for you, beckoning you to step out. Going to step out the door, your hand braced on the door frame as you peeked out, it was empty, which your heart sunk a little and with a gentle ease of Curtis’s hand in the small of your back, you step into the wide looking hallway. He slung his arm around your waist, a steady hold on your hip and in the belt loops of your pants, he led you towards the front, the way you were dragged down to his room. “Now you stay with me Y/N unless I tell you otherwise, understand? Your free to talk to people that are in this car, but remember your place. You are mine, if I find out you are disrespecting what we have going on, or me, you wont like the consequences.” 

“Yes Curtis” you reply, feeling your mouth go dry with nerves and anticipation, would you know anyone there? You hoped so, you were desperate to find out how your friends were in the tail end. You two reached a gate, and your bouncing a bit at his side, the music on the other side is thumping loud and you can see flashes of lights through the cracks. Curtis smiles a bit to himself at how obvious excited you are to get out of the room, but there are rules, and he had to be sure you knew them. Turning you to face him, he grabs your chin and makes you look at him. “Remember what I said, do you understand? do you have any questions before we go in?” 

You nod probably a little harder then you should and you glance at the door once more before back up to him. “Am I allowed to ask about the tail end if I see anyone I know? That wont make you upset with me?” 

Curtis thought about this for a few moments, it wouldnt hurt and you so desperately wanted to know, probably still had your hopes up about one day seeing your friends again. “You can, but dont expect to see anyone from before in there Y/N” His fist thumped against the metal door, and it popped open enough for Curtis to slide through and he took your arm, bringing you through. It wasnt quite as you remembered, but last time you came through, you were being dragged, and didnt exactly have time to admire the setting. This time you did though, and your eyes widened before you. 

People, gyrating all over each other, among the flashing lights above them, it was extremely distracting and made you want to shut your eyes. First the people were laughing and dancing, then they would turn and a clash of teeth and lashing of tongues inhaled one another in open mouth kisses, moving from one person to whoever was closest. You leaned more into Curtis, not wanting to get caught up in the orgy. It was something you didnt enjoy from him, and you knew you wouldnt like it here either. With a push of his hand, Curtis broke past the group, and the car opened up to show more people dancing, some with one another, some off poles placed in what looked like a seating area, people lazing around, high from the kronoles scattered in the sunken seating booths. Curtis led you past these as well until you two were near the other side, and he directed you to sit. “Just wait here, I will be back.” A simple nod was efficient enough for him, and he went to the small bar set up. 

“Kronoles, rum and coke?” The man asked Curtis while he pulled out to glass jars to pour the alcohol into. 

“Just the rum and coke.” Normally Curtis would part take in the kronoles, chase that mindless high that came with it, but not this time with you accompanying him. He would come back another time without you. The rum and coke though, rare treat, doing some calculations about the occasion for the rare indulgence. Wilford had announced it was new years. Collecting the drinks, he came back to where you were half in and out of your seat, curious to your surroundings. Twisting back into your seat, your nose wrinkled as you sniffed your drink, used to only water. “What is it?” 

“Try it and find out.” Was all he said, and you cautiously brought your mouth to the edge, taking a sip. It burned and was sweet at the same time, and you took another sip that stung its way down your throat. The dart of your tongue wasnt missed by Curtis, and his cock twitched at the very notion of how sweet your lips would look stretching around his shaft, your head tipped to meet him with your eyes rolling up to meet him. Fuck... It was gonna have to go on your list of necessary teachings. No it wouldnt benefit what you two were striving for, but it was a damn sweet thought, your mouth sucking him off. To cool off, he to took a bigger swallow then your sip, appreciating the burn as it went down to settle in his gut. 

“what is it?” You repeated and he looked at you and swiped his thumb over your lower lip to dry it off. “Rum and Coke, we only get it once a year, usually its homemade shit or cheap ass beer thats long since gone stale. Its new years though, another year living on the train passed.” 

“Oh! I never heard the announcement.” Your gaze again falls to looking around the room, and you got bolder in your drinking. Soon, your eyes were brighter then usual and there was a flush to your cheeks. Curtis watched you get caught up in it all and he finally leaned over to whisper in your ear. “You can go dance you know, just dont stray far from the table.” He knew others would pick up on your innocence right away, target you for your weakness, typically it was a game. That is until people learned that your were his, and he was never one to share. 

Nervous, you hesitate a moment, and then push up to go up the stairs, and dont wander to far away, but mingle. Soon your drawn into a group of women who were just dancing, and the rush of the alcohol in your system swept you away in the motion. Curtis caught sight of you laughing and swaying your hips, deeming that you were fine. He collected your glasses to go refill them with just straight soda this time, and a pair of steel grey eyes crinkled at the corners, smirking watching Curtis, whom was unaware of the threat. About time he left his girl alone was the mans thoughts, pushing from where he been sitting with a group of friends and his own toy. 

You were unaware of any change happening, until a pair of hands slid along your hips, and hot breath against your neck, a lash of the tongue over your ear, you wouldnt doubt it was anyone other then Curtis so you didnt fight it. You were his after all, and your buzzed state, you couldnt tell that this was a slightly smaller set of hands on your hips, and that the person gyrating behind you certainly wasnt as broad as Curtis. Your time in the tail end, you were used to never having personal space, you simply fell back into the person behind you, getting lost in the tempo and rush of the alcohol.  

When he came back, he glanced through the crowd again as he set the drinks down, and Curtis couldnt fucking believe what the hell he was seeing. You pushing your sweet little ass of yours into Grey of all the fucking people. Quick, he snapped up to the dance floor, and your eyes sprang open to see him pushing people to crash into one another so he could get through, frightened you looked over your shoulder to see someone youve never seen in your life, and you stepped forward to meet Curtis. “Curtis! Im so-” 

“Get on your fucking knees now and wait!” He roared at you and your scrambled to fall at his feet like he told you to, your eyes welling up at your mistake. Curtis stepped around where you knelt, your hands wringing together. 

“Curtis, we were just having fun to.” Grey sighed with disappointment. “I had to see what the fuss was all about. I can see why Wilford got interested in her, she is cute for a cum slut.” 

“What the fuck makes you think you could touch her?” Curtis crowded Grey, who didnt back up but he to crowded back, smirking in Curtis’s pissed off face. 

“Wanted to see if they were as fucking easy as they come. I would have had her sucking cock in a few minutes with how she was grinding her ass into me like some horny bitch. Cant satisfy them Curtis? Why Wilford had to give you a tail ender? Not like they know any better.” 

Curtis didnt even bother with that jab, it was clearly meant to push his buttons. Drawing up to his full height, Grey albeit smaller, was not at all intimidated by Curtis, and leaned in a bit closer, smirking “dont worry Curtis, when I get her, and I will cause the winner takes it all, I will teach her how to properly behave.” You were pushing to a stand to try and explain to the two men, when Curtis caught sight of you “Did I fucking tell you to stand, get back in your place.” 

“But Curtis, it wasnt... “ You try once more, and he has to deal with you defying him, you gave him no choice. Ignoring Grey who watched this all with interest, he stalked forward and fists his hand in your hair, yanking you back to your knees. “What did I tell you?” 

“On my knees” You twist and cry out, your hands going to your hair to try to get him to loosen his grip. 

“Do I want any fucking sass coming from you?” 

“n-no.” You cant help the tears that are rolling down your cheeks and the way your head bows to him. 

Lowering closer to your level, his next words were so low it was hard to hear, but they held deadly promise should you not listen. “Start crawling to the door Y/N” Releasing his hold and shoving you to sprawl back. 

You look at him like he cant be serious, crawl? His face though, was all serious anger storming his blue eyes and you back away from him, the crowd parting to allow you passage. 

“Please Curtis...” 

Nothing, no softening or taking pity on you, you do only thing that you can, and start to pull yourself away on your hands and knees, Curtis watched your heart shaped ass sway back and forth, and then turns back to Grey, whos watching with an amused look. 

“Sure you dont want me to break in your little sweetheart? Ass like that good for alot of things, wouldnt be any trouble at all.” 

Curtis growled lowly “Dont fucking lay a hand on her anymore, shes mine. I have no problem shoving your dick down your throat should you think shes yours to handle.” 

Grey grinned at the challenge. “No, course not. Better not let her out of your sight again.” With that Grey turned back, and hoped back down into the seating area he had been occupying previously, yanking his own girl back in his lap, and slapping her thighs to spread, ready to share her with his current company. Curtis didnt waste any more time with them, and followed where she had crawled away, getting to the door, you were waiting this time, in a subdued position, on your knees, head bowed, palms up, trying not to look embarrassed or scared of it all. Made his cock twitch again, Fucking Christ, bad timing. “Get up” He yanked on your arm and hauled you to a stand. You stumbled, but did it all quietly, averting looking at him. 

It was silent going back to the rooms, and you tried to keep up best you could to his long stride. The train walls kept dipping as if off kilter and you stumbled into Curtis a few times. Finally though you two reach his room again and he gets the door to open, pushing you to fly in first. You stumble and grab a hold of the wall, trying to get everything to stop spinning. 

“Curtis, please I didnt know.” 

He doesnt care, more pissed off then he was before at your attempt for an explanation, he drags you from your grip off the wall and over his knee. “You knew better Y/N, and yet you fucking undermined me.” 

His knee is hard in your stomach, and you could feel him lifting your skirt to pool around your waist. You try to look over your shoulder but he shoves your head back to look at the wall and floor. Struggling, again a waste of your energy, hes holding you pinned over his knee with no more energy then he would give to a mild inconvenience in his day. Yanking down your panties to, he smacked your bottom hard, hard enough to jar you forward in his lap. 

“Dont worry I plan on marking your ass so hard, your not going to be forgetting who you belonged to.” Curtis gives no time to adjust, its one hard spank on one of your cheeks after another, its a fire burning you now, and your crying into his leg, arching once in a while when its a particular had slap, those sharp stinging ones that you swear are going to break your skin. Curtis hand prints popped up in welts, and you sobbed for him to stop. “Pl-please Curtis, I wont do it again. I swear... I thought it was you. “ He growled and started to come to a stop. He reached to take a fistful of hair and jerk your head back so he could see you even at this angle. 

“Who do you listen to?” 

Sobs crack your voice. “You Curtis...” 

“Thats right little one, next time be aware of who the fuck is behind you. Accident or not, if I catch it happening again, it will be worst.” He just as quickly put you in a stand, and stood up himself, gripping your chin so your tear stained face couldnt defy him and look away. “Next time it will be a leather strap and you will bleed for it. Get to bed now.” Dropping his hand and you are quick to move out of his way while he went to take a shower. 

Your ass, burning hot and every step screamed red hot through you, you peel away the clothes that you had been so excited for and folded them into the dresser, getting into an over sized tee that Curtis had given you to wear. Crawling in close to the wall, you lay on your side, waiting for him to come back out. He finished and didnt bother with clothing, snapping off lights as he came, he stretched out on his side, and yanked you over to him, hiking a leg over his hip, there was a unprepared thrust into your core, and you yelp into his chest, pressing your face there till the pain dulled, your breathing coming and going in shallowly as you braced for him to start moving he never did though, his arm just caged you in close. 

“You can sleep like this tonight, full of my cock so you dont forget who the fuck you belong to.” 

You sniffle in the darkness, trying to adjust to the full sensation hes stuffed you with. Now, you were even more homesick for the tail end. 

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again not a finished fic but very extensive notes, this one’s a chonker, 4k words

tl;dr: take it a ds9 but make it into high fantasy wizards. garashir, kiradax and quodo. we’ve got it all here folks.

SO BASICALLY 

I read a book about a young witch apprentice in a world where every magician has a ~special name~ based on an object/plant/animal they’re spiritually connected to.

then I watched ds9 and got introduced to the concept of cardassians being lizards.

the result- wizard lizard.

So Garak “The Lizard” is a mage that got exiled from his home country and ended up taking a pretty neat job in a rural area of a larger empire where being a wizard is Cool and Widely Accepted. 

his duties include keeping the villages around his tower safe, looking for young mages to turn into apprentices, and sometimes making clothes because he’s Still A Tailor.

however, because of his chronic “i no wanna work” disease, this lizard has not actually been looking around the villages near him for magically gifted children. shame on him. 

because through his negligence Julian Bashir, young village doctor, grew up without even knowing that he can do ~magic~

but he soon finds out when his town gets attacked by a Big Evil Magic Monster. The Lizard is taking his sweet time to come to their rescue and Julian can’t just sit by and watch innocent people get mauled by a Chimera or Giant Mantis.

So Julian does the heroic thing and jumps inbetween a wounded child and the monster in the exact second Garak shows up.

And he gets to watch as Julian unleashes some Magic for the first time.

Then Garak Kind Of Abducts Julian So He Can Teach Him Magic

Garak is contractually obligated and allowed to take on anyone who is capable of magic as an apprentice, and he finds Julian’s magic interesting enough to invoke that contract now. Not Julian himself though. Only his magic. for now.

Julian- for like, the first week- is NOT OKAY with being teleported into a tower fortress by a wizard he finds intimidating and scary, and he loudly protests when Garak actually starts to teach him magic spells.

However, this is Julian, and he *is* intrigued by the thought of being able to use magic For Doing Good.

So one night he admits defeat and slinks up to the tower and goes “Okay. Compromise. Teach me healing magic.”

To which Garak is like 👀 “Okay.”

They start having regular magic lessons mostly focused on healing, which Julian is just naturally good at. So they move on to other things. Which Julian is Not naturally good at.

And he becomes very frustrated.

Garak tries to assuage him and says that he doesn’t have to be accomplished in every single field and discipline- which is logically true- but Julian is having none of it since Garak is accomplished in every field.

In a fit of anger Julian unleashes emotional magic again and breaks some of Garak’s things. Books, vials, a desk, nothing super major. But Julian is still surprised and shocked at himself for causing trouble like this and he Runs Away. Straight up exits stage left.

And Garak, who just got flung against the wall by his little apprentice, just rushes to the window and looks as Julian runs away and he is. Disappointed.

Next we have Julian returning home and everyone is like "Doctor!!! You were gone for half a year???" And Julian is like "I thought I was only gone for a month at most-"

Yeah the joke is time flies when you’re having fun because Julian *did* have fun living with Garak. He doesn’t regret leaving though, after all Garak was probably furious after he wrecked his study he wasn’t.

So Julian says to himself "Hmph. I'll just stay home for a week. Garak will hardly notice I'm gone. And then I can make it up to him."

But Then He Stays For A Whole Month

He has to instruct a new doctor to take over the nearby villages, do some paperwork, help some sick people, practice some magic on his own- and at the end of the month He Doesn’t Want To Stay Any Longer.

He’s always been different from the other village people, and now he finally got a taste of what it’s like to have someone help you to achieve your potential and widen your horizon and he *doesn’t* want to give that up for a boring but busy country life.

So back to the tower it is. Julian arrives, the place is kind of messy, and when he finds Garak he is in his study. on the floor. a little drunk, definitely sad, and Very Surprised To See Him.

Here we get a scene where Garak tipsily tells Julian how much he’s grown to appreciate him, not just for his magic talent, but as a person- and that he’s missed him.

But The Next Morning Garak Does Not Remember

And he's just like "Oh Julian. Youre back. I'd almost forgotten about you."

For a second Julian wants to punch a wall because *Yesterday You Told Me You Missed Me*, but then he just Smiles. settles for what they have right now. and asks Garak to continue teaching him magic.

so they go on. and have. so many gay moments.

And then Garak gets told to attend some kind of magic council meeting/banquet.

Julian says something along the lines of "Oh well, guess I'll stay home. You know, protect the fort. Practice magic." but he's a little sad about it.

But garak just goes "Hmm No. I'm taking you with me"

"What-" "I'm introducing you as my apprentice to the magic council." "W h a t-" "Oh also you need pretty clothes for this so I'm gonna make you some. Since you’re a commoner with no actual taste." "W H A T-"

So garak makes a really nice suit for Julian and for himself they match and they go to the Cool Wizard Banquet.

At which Julian meets a lot of wizards and witches and he's like "Wow this is so exciting!" but he also realises he is a Total Country Bumpkin And Noob compared to these people and their apprentices.

He also hears that Apparently the Local Wizard of every region is supposed to do a 5-yearly sweep of the surrounding towns to check for kids that have magic potential and then send them to Magic School/take them in as their apprentice directly.

And Garak. Did not do that.

He was Lazy and Angery. Exile will do that to you.

Julian isn’t too happy when he learns about this and he walks out of the banquet hall into the garden- to where Garak follows him.

"So just because you were all bitchy about having to follow this country's rules about magic you let me grow up not knowing my full potential? How many of my childhood friends might be able to do magic if they tried?"

“I was in a really bad place back then."

"SO WHAT? Things are okay now because you found me? If you had been two minutes early during that attack you wouldnt even know I could use magic!"

"...but I *wasn’t* early!"

So Julian just throws up his hands in frustration and leaves to get away from Garak for a while.

The next day he mingles more with the other apprentices and they exchange Ideas and Skills and also Gossip about their teachers.

Some of the apprentices suggest that Julian could go to magic school for a while before applying for a *new* teacher, since obviously Garak did him wrong.

This doesn’t sound like a bad idea, so he talks with some older mages and most of them are friendly and are like “Oh yeah, sure, we’d love to take you in.”

But then it turns out a lot of people are talking behind his back about how much of an outlier he is.

(wizard culture is like 50% magic and 50% gossip)

So Julian is standing on a balcony and down below he hears a group of Douche Wizards discussing his inadequacies.

And it kinda makes Julian feel like absolute shit, so his powers go wobbly again. But then enter stage right: Garak

Who properly puts those wizards into their rightful place like "Say one more bad thing about my apprentice and I’ll blast your punk ass back to Romulus. You should KNOW the reason why I dont usually take apprentices, but here you are anyway saying he has no power. He has more power in his pinky than all of you combined."

Turns out there’s an extra layer to Why Garak didn’t do the "Check for Magicians in your Area" thing- it’s because he openly has no interest in training or working with anyone who isnt Special or Powerful.

Which means Julians happens to be. very special. and very powerful.

And hearing that from Garak makes him go 😳

His emotions are running high and he starts *floating*. Probably the worst thing to do on a first floor balcony out of All The Things To Do On A First Floor Balcony.

So he’s Floating and he doesnt know how to make that Stop.

He panics, starts falling and basically crashes right into Garaks arms.

"Oh great, youre right on time. We're leaving."

"What? But the banquet lasts for a week?" also I'm still a little mad but also a little in love with you?

But Garak has already teleported them back to the tower before he can really argue.

Anyway Julian is upset about many things overall, but mostly that he didnt get to dance. He practiced a lot in his off time.

Thank God Garak Knows This 

"...I know how to make magic music. Let’s have a little fun at least."

They dance and Julian starts floating *again*.

Garak 👀’s @ Julian floating "Okay I’ve been recording most of your emotion based powers. This is new."

Julian just Floats Higher out of embarrassment, so garak is like ‘well I'll just join him up there.’

So he does and Julian is like “WHY CAN YOU DO THAT. SHOW ME HOW TO DO THAT. HOW CAN I CONTROL THIS."

Turns out his emotions are too unclear, which makes his magic unbalanced, so really all they have to do is get him some Clarity.

Garak is like "Well one very easy way to do that is-" and then they kiss in the air. Floating. because I’m gay and I will use gay magic tropes as I see fit.

so that’s the garashir side of things, on to kiradax

There's Some Slow Burn In There

Basically Kira is a mage, but instead of using magic to fight she just Enchants Swords/Arrows/Other Weapons.

Because she fought in a wizard war and when there's not a lot of mana potions to go around you have to get creative.

She didn’t get a proper magician name because she was actually never anyone’s apprentice, but people still call her The Blade because she is just so cool.

Anyway in this universe mages age very slowly, and Kira is probably around 60 years old when she meets Jadzia. Which is not a lot in wizard years.

She does feels a little inadequate about being so Young and Inexperienced she didn’t really expect nor wanted to run into the legendary Jadzia Dax who everyone thinks is like 300 years old, maybe more.

So meeting someone who is her complete opposite just makes her go "Hmph. I dont wanna associate with you." 

But Jadzia keeps popping in randomly around her almost every day until Kira snaps like "WHAT is your problem???"

“I never learned how to enchant tools."

"What."

"Can you teach me?"

"The great Dax has never enchanted a single tool or weapon?"

"I took care of everything with other types of magic. Will you teach me?"

So Kira Nerys, The Blade, the person everyone looked down on because she uses enchanted tools instead of magic for everything- is being asked by this legendary mage to teach her something. What an honor. What an incredible thing.

But She Says No

So Jadzia keeps bothering her every day.

But eventually bothering her turned into "Hey wanna get some coffee? Wanna go to the library with me? Can I look at you while youre in the smithy? Do you wanna look at me while I come up with new magic formulas? Wanna get drunk together and maybe kiss but definitely have no recollection of it in the morning?"

- over a span of 10 years.

But at the end of those 10 years Jadzia still hasnt learned how to enchant tools.

And it takes One day at the magic banquet for Nerys to actually realise the Implications of that.

It’s the third banquet they've been to- together, as each other’s plus one.

They color coordinate their robes and wear matching accessoires. The works.

And Kira decides that now is the day to grill her Totally-Not-Girlfriend about the reason why she sticks around.

"You could have just gotten someone else to teach you how to enchant things."

"Why would I need anyone to teach me, I have you to enchant things *for me*."

"No but before I started doing it for you. Like the whole first five years of knowing me."

"Oh well I didn’t want anyone else because I was very much infatuated with you."

And Kira just bluescreens. Error 404 nerys.exe not found.

Until she catches herself.

"You...*were* infatuated with me?"

"Yes? You obviously never saw me that way though. So I stuck around for the good company and the coffee."

Now you see over the course of 10 years Kira’s irritation about Jadzia slowly turned into Something Else. But she thought Jadzia only saw her as a friend.

On the other hand Jadzia definitely had feelings from the start, but because kira was in Denial she didnt act on those feelings.

If I were a shitty writer or- god foirbid- *Straight*, I would have there be a miscommunication right about now and prolong their useless lesbian suffering.

But I’m not.

Basically Kira just goes 

"Okay but when you say *were* attracted to me does that mean you *stopped*?"

"Uh. No?"

"Cool. Excuse me, I need a moment."

So she tries to hide from this sudden revelation and her feelings in a hedge maze, but there’s no use hiding from Jadzia.

 Who, instead of just walking around the labyrinth to find her like a normal person, basically whacks down the bushes in a straight line until she reaches Kira.

"THERE YOU ARE! I used this completely unenchanted sword to get to you and tell you I definitely still like you. Now will you PLEASE teach me how to enchant tools as your first courting gift?"

And Kira is like "God yes you dumbass-" and they kiss.

now wizard quodo is funny because I kind of started this part as a joke but then it all got Serious

First of all Quark is Actually A Really Powerful Magician.

But what does he do with his great power?

Move from his home country to the city of wizards and open a bar.

Because he is still fundamentally *Quark*.

And Odo is still fundamentally Odo, because he is a Shapeshifting Alien From Actual Outer Space You Know.

He still went through the whole "I was studied by scientists (wizards) and couldnt let them know I was sentient for a long time which made me very grouchy and lonely" thing.

So Odo spends like ~100 years going from captivity/being an object of scientific study to living as a guard in the city of wizards.

Basically everyone thinks that Odo cant use magic- including Odo- because, well, he’s a bunch of slime that came from a meteor.

Then he meets Quark, powerful wizard and bartender.

And he has *no* idea who he is.

Only that he’s the guy who runs that one shady gambling bar and is involved in some illegal business.

And Quark is like "Ah finally. A worthy opponent."

So he and Quark have the same vibe as on DS9- where Quark keeps doing illegal stuff and Odo tries to stop him and the universe decides to say enemies to lovers 400k words slowburn.

And one day Quark gets into some Seriously shady business with some people who are now very aggressively demanding Quark give them their money back

and they're. you know. threatening violence.

Odo shows up and right before this one dude is about to straight up sucker punch Quark he's like "HALT!" and Wow He Made A Magic Happen.

Now. Because Quark is Indebted to Odo. He is expected to take him on as his magic apprentice.

At first he is Not Down For That. They both aren’t. So even though technically they are teacher and apprentice they both just refuse to work together.

Until Odo goes to check up on Quark one day- because as we all know he makes it a point to drop by his bar four times a day just to let him know he's thinking about him- and Quark is in trouble again.

Only this time Odo is like "I'm not gonna help him. I dont even know how I *could* help him. Since he hasn’t taught me any magic, the bastard."

So he wants to just pass by and leave when Quark basically starts to just Demolish these people with magic in a frightening and totally not impressive display.

MIND YOU Quark is still generally incompetent. If this was D&D he'd have like, very low skill points but unlimited spell slots.

Anyway Odo goes 👀

Because him being unable to use magic in a country/city where everyone he *knows* can use magic has always made him feel bad.

So he goes to Quark like "Okay. I changed my mind. Please teach me magic."

And Quark tries to teach Odo magic, earnestly. 

And Odo tries to learn magic from Quark, for real. 

But the key word here is *try*.

Because neither is very good at what theyre *trying* to do.

Odo didn’t Really want to learn from Quark and that's pretty much the reason why Quark doesnt Really want to teach Odo. But They Try.

There’s a lot of fights and arguments and "You’re not doing it right" vs "You’re not explaining it right"

But hey, at least Odo can now do some magic, which makes his guard job a lot easier.

He also gets to socialise more with other wizards and their apprentices, and he becomes a generally happier pile of humanoid goo!

Meanwhile Quark slowly but surely turns into a more Respected wizard. And his bar also becomes a bit more respectable as well.

it's almost like,,they both wanna be,,,,their best selves,,

and learning to work together has Somehow set them on the right path,,,

idk man sounds kinda gay,,,,

But then the banquet rolls around.

Quark is like "Oh fuck I Have to take Odo to this social function because hes my apprentice and thems are the rules."

and Odo is like "Oh fuck I Have to attend this social function with Quark because thems the rules."

The vibe they’re both getting is- "It's all fun and games when we're by ourselves but Somehow acting friendly in public feels Wrong." 

So they agree to Arrive together and then split up and spend as little time as possible together lest they fall victim to some kind of *feeling*.

And like all plans that Odo and Quark make it works out brilliantly for Exactly 5 Minutes.

Because while Quark is talking to his accomplished and very boring wizard acquaintances he kinda realises "God I wish Odo were here-"

And as Odo is talking to all these annoying ass apprentices he kinda realises "God I wish Quark was here-"

So that's what they do on the first day of the banquet. and the second. and the third. 

They just keep only seeing each other from the corner of their eyes but dont really get to talk/argue about anything and it's making them feel Not So Good, Actually

Now the fourth day is the kicker.

Because while Odo is talking to some people he gets tapped on the shoulder and there he is! The worst father on this side of the galaxy! Doctor Mora- but like, as a wizard scientist.

"Oh my god Odo? You’re here? How did you manage that? You can’t use magic dont be silly! *I* studied you and who would know you better than me? What? *you* know yourself better? Nonsense, now walk with me- how have you been :)?"

Obviously Odo is getting Very distressed but he can't exactly say No, so he walks around with Mora.

They sit down near a fountain and his ‘father’ just starts grilling Odo about what he's been up to.

And eventually they start talking about Quark

"Wait, *Quark*? The absolute magic failure who runs that disgusting establishment? That Quark?"

"Well I wouldnt put it like that, he’s not-"

But Mora goes on- "Oh no my dear boy that won't do! You have to learn from a *good* wizard. Like me! Dont you want that? Oh I'm sure you want that. That nasty good for nothing will resign as your teacher first thing tomorrow!"

And Odo is like "Now wait a minute, Quark might have his flaws, but-"

"There! See, you admitted it. He's flawed. He can't possibly be a good teacher for you. But I would be! I *raised* you."

But Odo is getting Rather Angy right about now.

"Well you did a pretty bad job raising me considering you didnt even know I could do magic until now."

"I can’t believe it. Quark is such a bad influence on you. You never used to talk back at me. This is what happens when you hang around with people who dont know you like I do."

Then something in him snaps and Odo just goes Off on Mora.

"MAYBE *YOU* DONT KNOW *HIM* LIKE I DO!"

And he basically breaks the fountain theyre sitting at with some accidental emotional magic.

So after Mora goes "...I better get someone to fix that-" and runs off, Odo is standing in front of this broken fountain and thinks about how this might be a cruel metaphor for his life. And then the worst possible thing happens.

He Spots Quark Badly Hidden Behind A Pillar

Internally he just goes 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' 

Externally though it’s more like "How much of that did you hear???"

Quark’s trying to lighten the mood with a "Haha well it's hard to avoid hearing things with lobes as big as mine!" 

But Odo is not playing, so he breaks the fountain some more. As intimidation.

So Quark goes "Okay. Alright. I heard all the parts where you defended my honor. Now move aside."

And Odo goes 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAA' inside again, so he doesnt really move but just gets nudged aside by Quark.

Who returns the fountain back to its previous state.

Things are nice and silent for a second but then Quark disturbs the moment by saying "Okay now, real talk- you want another teacher, is that right?"

So Odos head whips up and he goes "No??? What the fuck quark. I thought you listened to that conversation. Youre the only one I want-"

and he Immediately slaps a hand over his mouth because Oh God That Came Out Wrong-

But Quark is just Laughing and being his usual little shit self like "Haha good one, let's go back inside now. (where the social conventions will force us to remain apart so we dont have to confront what you just said.)"

on the inside though- Quark is just as 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' as Odo

"I absolutely Cannot go inside and socialise right now, I’ve had Quite enough of that." 

"Oh...well then...i'll leave you be?"

"No don’t-"

So Odo quickly grabs Quark’s hand (and Quark just fuckin uh dies on the spot) but he's not very communicative at the moment. So Quark kinda has to just interpret that for himself.

"Aaaaalright- let’s just take a walk then."

So they walk through the rose garden. holding *hands*. and Quark points out nice or interesting things while Odo just nods or hums in agreement.

Until they’ve come full circle and end up back at the fountain, where Quark is like "Okay. Wanna go back inside *now*?" 

Because he swears if they spend one more second like this he will HAVE to kiss this pile of space goo and he’d rather Odo make that decision for him.

And Odo is like "I just want to stay with you."

So Quark is like ‘Cool Cool Cool Cool Cool Cool Cool’, pulls them behind a hedge and kisses Odo.

because on GOD I enjoy the “going from an argument straight into kissing” trope, but that one is actually too on brand for quodo so I HAD to change it up.