#thinking ab dimitri again

[cepheusgalaxy]

Idk man i love giving pseudo-sibling figures to living weapons who are kind of living weapons themselves and don't feel very fraternal towards Weapon at all

[zyxol]

ok one more fic idea (shockingly not to the tune of a bastille song but i’m sure i could find one if you gave me 5 minutes to think) this time about sydrose (romantic)

this one goes back to pre-bloodlines, during vampire academy when they were in russia, but i want to write something about them on the train where they have a little romantic moment and make out or something and it could go 2 ways:

-if it actually becomes something, and having feelings be building up to it and stay afterwards, then like when they meet again at the start of bloodlines have them idk sneak away and make out again (and adrian totally clocks them and proceeds to force sydney to be his best friend because he thinks it’s hilarious so just like canon except they’re platonic even though adrian has had crushed on both parties because he’s totally hopeless) (so like plot is the same but rose reevaluates her relationship with dimitri and has her own doubts and just lets him slip away and sydney lets herself be influenced by rose but is still as careful about it as she was in canon with adrian)

-“wow sage, rose can confirm how unlucky i am because first i pined after her for years and she stayed with her hot russian warlord, and now i developed a crush on you that lasted for about the five minutes it took for you to sneak off with rose to go make out in clarence’s bathroom” and sydney is like ??

-help i just remembered abe and he would totally be giving sydney the death stare and threaten to tattle about keith’s eye if she ever made rose sad

-if it’s just a one-time thing because of stress and tension and the first time sydney ever has a friend and the first time rose gets to do this since she was on the run with lissa (and sydney has the same hair and kind of similar characteristics as (movie) lissa) and this one would be slightly more angsty but not that much because both parties in this case would want to just forget about it and move on and still be friends

now i want to reread the series sigh it’s only been 5 months since my last reread

also sorry this was a long and probably incoherent one that probably should have gone in a doc instead lol

[daysofourlivesrecaps]

Tuesday 11 July 2023

Johnny comes over to visit Wendy, but she’s not here — instead, here’s some shirtless Tripp. (Thank you, I will.)

We’re in month 23 of “Wendy inexplicably doesn’t know which of these guys she wants to date,” so I guess it’s time to run in circles a bit more!

The two of them nearly come to blows (no, not like that, Leo) as they talk through their conflict a bit. But then they decide to handle whatever ends up happening like mature adults! Which, in fairness, Tripp has been doing this entire time so it’s really just Johnny who decides this. Also, I’ve seen tomorrow’s episode already and — spoilers, I guess — it’s not going to last until then.

Wendy does finally return home and OH MY GOD she’s finally made a decision! Who will she choose: the handsome, charming, respectful doctor? Or the entitled rich kid with the horrible little mustache?

We don’t actually get to find out until tomorrow. I mean, I know already because… like I said, I’ve seen the next one. But I’m not going to tell you that yet.

Instead, I’m going to tell you why Wendy has finally decided to pick a guy.

It’s because she’s been visiting her brother, Li, in that little room at the police station. And really laying into him — first for lying to her about being over Gabi, then for the crime that he did. The crime of hypnotizing a dude to kill Stefan so he can be with Gabi again. (It turns out he didn’t actually do that crime, but HE WAS VERY CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH ALL OF IT, so it’s extremely frustrating to me that he might get away with that since he didn’t do the actual main crime.)

Anyway, Wendy’s disappointed. And Li… is his usual expressionless self throughout the entire conversation.

But then he tries to turn things around on Wendy, comparing his murder plot to her not being able to decide between Tripp and Johnny. Which is an extremely dumb thing to say, but… well, I just showed you Li’s face. He’s extremely dumb.

Somehow that did actually get through to Wendy, though? You know this part already. Except who she chose. I’ll tell you that tomorrow! Don’t be so grabby!

Speaking of Gabi, we’re still dealing with the aftermath of Megan getting the better of her. First, Rafe yells at her for needlessly putting herself in danger.

Then Stefan shows up to do the same. 

They take their fight home with them (while upstairs, Leo and Dimitri bone it out and Li’l Rachel is just outside with a glass to the door).

And eventually they work out that Gabi shouldn’t be doing things like “jumping on a would-be assassin’s back” and “confronting a bedridden supervillain.” Or rather, she SHOULD be, but only if Stefan’s there to have her back. Which is honestly kind of beautiful.

Said would-be assassin is himself handcuffed to a hospital bed, because of the whole attempted assassination thing. And here comes the main character of the show, Dr. Marlena Evans, still sporting that tablecloth outfit.

Harris has requested her presence so that she can unhypnotize him. Or… lay some extra hypnosis on top of the hypnosis he’s already received. Or something, I don’t know. I’ve watched Marlena enter the subconscious of like ten different Salem residents since I started watching. I think it’s like a rite of passage for these people.

While she’s rooting around in there, she discovers a memory of Li ordering Harris to kill Stefan.

That same horrible fog effect we got in John’s dream last week is applied again, so you know it’s a memory.

But then she keeps digging and discovers that it wasn’t Li at all! It was Dr. Rolf, whose white suit in this washed-out style looks like an angel. A mad scientist angel who commands you to kill someone and then makes you think someone else did it.

So like one of those “biblically accurate angels” we’ve all heard so much about.

And down at the Abe Carver Shantytown Memorial at the docks, district attorney Trask confronts Sad Eyes Shawn about his unfortunate pivot to Drunk Guy Shawn.

And then demands that Rafe fire his drunk ass.

Trask can be something of a hardass, but she’s 100% right here and I kind of hate that Rafe refuses to comply out of spite. I mean, why would a cop protect another cop who did something so fundamentally wrong that someone could have gotten seriously hurt? That doesn’t even make sense!

Then Rafe gets a call from Marlena, informing him that Li was, indeed, wrongfully accused of being involved with this whole Stefan Killing thing. So Trask lets him go.

Which, god damn it, is exactly what I said was going to happen.

God damn it!

[fireemblems24]

DLC Ch 2

Playing Ch 2 of the DLC now. I want to finish this before Three Hopes drops. Also, weird formatting again for the same reasons as the first chapter.

Oh, cool, a new place to wander around! Lol there's an Abysskeeper. I know Gatekeeper is controversial, but I think it's funny.

Wow, the church has alters to other gods in its basement and let's people worship there? I wish a single one of the current major religions was that open minded.

Hilda sounds so proud of Balthus being a nuisance lol.

Dimitri wants to join the Abyss lamo. I bet he's wishing for a place he could just hide. Does anyone headcannon he hid here during the timeskip? 

Ok, I hope I can format normal now?

We're good, ok, now I need to just check everyone's weapons and then go back to the story.

STORY

Hapi or Balthus is my favorite so far, they're both funny. I'm still deciding if Constance is annoying or not and if I buy into Yuri's character or not yet. I can't help but remember how I felt about Dimitri at the start vs now though, lamo.

It's funny how Edelgard is saying almost nothing. I wonder if she's like - oh, god, what if it's TWSITD or Jeritza or Hubert?

God, Dimitri and Ashe are both like - someone in danger!!! must protect!!! Precious, both of them.

Byleth can say "we have no choice." It's really amusing to me how many "I don't wanna!!!!!s Byleth is getting. I'm picking them all.

So there's something up with Hapi's sighs? Oh - that's why the monster showed up. What a random power. I must sigh like every 10 minutes when I'm at work. That would SUCK.

Side note, it's so funny when there's a group of people standing around in this game and they just . . . don't really move.

GAMEPLAY

Oh, wow, I got all 4 of them way earlier than I thought.

Damn, Ashe is just . . . killing everything with criticals.

How many reinforcements keep showing up?? Like, good grief. Glad people warned me and I picked normal lol. There's nothing particularly hard at the moment, but it's like - again?!?!

They really just love pulling out the Death Knight, don't they? I wonder if these people are working with TWSITD then? Or does he just join any rando group of baddies that let him kill stuff.

Didn't manage to engage the Death Knight. He just sort of stayed on the second level, and I couldn't really get to him. Next time.

Byleth MVP. Honestly, everyone pulled their weight here, tbh.

New guy has a nice voice. Aelfric.

STORY

So Aelfric is like the church leader of the Abyss?

Aelfric mentioning Almyrans - Claude just chillin'

I'm betting Dimitri really wishes he could just disappear here, but his duty to vengeance, Duscur, and Faerghus says no.

I mean, if it's foreigners and the ill, that's pretty shitty they'd want it gone. But if it's tax evaders and gangs, then I'd want it gone too.

Oh, good grief, now another person is begging the experienceless teacher to be a teacher. But the Ashen Wolves don't want me lamo. I actually like that.

Aelfric calling them flock is weird.

Dimitri's shoulders are just . . . so big lol, and that tiny waist.

WAIT - I GET TO LEARN ABOUT A MOM!!!! In THIS game!!! 100% picking that. And she has a name. 😭

Balthus abs are just . . . a lot lamo. Not that I mind.

Linhardt talked! I swear he's gotten more lines than Edelgard.

So Rhea used that rite to try and bring back Sothis. So who are they going to try to bring back here, because there's no way they spend this much time on it if it has nothing to do with the story.

Oh, God, Dimitri 😭😭😭 I just realized, he's hearing about a rite that brings people back from the dead. He must be so tempted 😭😭😭 Saying he understands why so many people want it. 😭😭

Man it would be awesome if it was Dimitri who tried to do the rite at the end of this, but there's just no way - it'll be one of the new characters or some un-introduced yet villain.

[vindictiveking]

:: HEADCANON // eyepatch + prison + the straw that breaks the camel's back.

It’s no secret that Dimitri wears an eyepatch, but we never get a canon explanation as to WHY. Seeing as in Crimson Flower, Dimitri clearly has both of his eyes, and it’s also the only route where he doesn’t get SENTENCED TO EXECUTION (idk ab silver snow but w/e ), I have decided that it happens while he is in prison.

As the prince of Faerghus, Dimitri is bound to have a lot of enemies in prison. While he is MORE THAN CAPABLE of handling himself, after he gets sentenced he GIVES UP. On everything, really. He simply accepts his fate and STOPS CARING, spending most of his time while he’s there both NONVERBAL and incredibly DEPRESSED. He is also CUFFED at all times-- not with dinky little handcuffs, but those huge chunky ones. He would just break regular bindings.

With his lack of movement potential and lacking the will to FIGHT BACK, he ends up getting into a confrontation with a prison guard. Dimitri isn’t willing to speak more than a couple words, and the other guy doesn’t like that. They pick a fight with him when he has no will to partake in one, and manages to STAB HIM IN THE EYE.

This at least manages to WAKE HIM UP. With a blood-curdling scream, Dimitri uses the weight of his heavy cuffs and CRACKS them up against the side of the guy's skull. Suffice to say Dimitri never sees that guard again, and afterwards he is put into SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. No one in, and no one out— for the rest of his time in that prison. Overall, he spends around THREE MOONS there.

Dimitri has accepted defeat. He PATIENTLY waits for the day that he will finally DIE, when he can finally REST for good. He spends all of his time before it simply waiting, RESOLVED to accept his fate. But once it gets down to it, the day in which he faces the jaws of execution— he panicks. He doesn't WANT to die, not really. There is so much that he hasn't DONE, he even has new friends he made at Garreg Mach, and Dedue is still out there, too.

But then, there he is— Dedue, breaking into the prison with some others he doesn't recognize. The prince is FRANTIC, there is no time to feel relief yet, he has to get OUT OF HERE. He feels WEAK and helpless, he wants to talk to his friend, to thank him for coming for him. Dimitri is in a BLIND PANIC, and when Dedue tells him to GET OUT OF HERE, NOW!, it's all he can think to do.

But then, he watches his best friend get OVERRUN— he'd been SO CLOSE to getting out, SO FUCKING CLOSE to feeling some semblance of OKAY again. Instead, the emotional whiplash is the straw that finally breaks the prince's sanity— he SHATTERS into a billion tiny little pieces. His best friend is DEAD ( or so he thinks ), and he doesn't possess the strength to pick up his own pieces.

Plagued daily by intrusive thoughts and hallucinations, he begins to believe that he IS a monster. It's a SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY— in his current state of mind, hysterical and DELUSIONAL, Dimitri becomes the ONE-EYED DEMON as he roams Faerghus as a nomad. If people believe that he is a monster, HE WILL BECOME ONE.

[sydneysageivashkov]

What do you think the show could do with Sydney if it doesn't include her magic and coven arc?

if they don't want to incorporate a magic arc for Sydney (it's a whole other branch of worldbuilding to incorporate on top of the moroi and the alchemists already), then I think the most reasonable story arc would be to write her as the window into the alchemists and Abe's mob to be begin with, and then have her walls get broken down steadily through developing her relationships with characters like Adrian, Rose, Eddie, and Jill.

So a potential arc could be introducing her as our main alchemist character for the show. We see her briefly go through the motions until we see her find out about Carly, at which point she goes to Abe. Abe pulls strings and gets her assigned as an alchemist monitoring research into spirit, putting her in contact with the main VA cast and setting up Abe as a formidable, foreboding mobster well before we find out he's Rose's father. It seems at the time that he's interested in spirit, though book readers know he's mostly invested in finding out the impacts on Rose. She becomes friends with Rose, Adrian and the others, and then the attack happens and Rose leaves, and Abe pulls strings to get Sydney reassigned again. Rose clues in that Sydney being assigned to them wasn't random, and the audience (and Sydney) clues in that Abe was always interested in Rose. Adrian stays in contact with Sydney through dreams. Through the SB season, to tie Sydney more into the plot directly, Sydney could find out about the files on Eric Dragomir being stolen right before she's forced to flee the alchemists when they find out about her relationship with Adrian (maybe rescued from re-education, maybe flees before they can take her?), and in the LS season, Adrian goes with her, Rose and Dimitri on the road trip. It pulls Sydney in pretty neatly without disrupting the VA plot too much.

I don't really see a way of spinning off Bloodlines before the end of VA; it's just too hard to get all the relevant characters into the right place without completely mangling the plot of VA. And if they did bring in the magic arc, it would change things again, though it would likely take up a lot more screen time than they would probably want to afford Sydney in order to give it proper worldbuilding.

All of this is assuming that they're following the plot of VA relatively closely, of course.

[xdarkeningkrystals]

MY PREDICTIONS REGARDING DIMITRI'S ARC (SPOILERS!)

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I have a very strong feeling about the way they are gonna go about Dimitri's Strigoi Arc. For one thing, it's very possible that they will either have someone else go through it before Dimitri does (Think Caroline's Vampire Arc way before Elena's), I imagine that Dimitri's will be much different from the books and he'll be fighting it/himself and there will be lots of angst and emotional conflict. Rose could be trying to help him but Dimitri will be dealing with it on his own. Or I could see them abusing the whole Strigoi thing much like they abused the Humanity Switch in TVD.

And since Dimitri isn't Russian anymore, I can see them changing the Blood Promise/Russia Storyline into him finding/meeting his Father (again, giving someone's Book Storyline to Someone else in the TV Version and in this case Rose/Abe) and his Father is a Strigoi and pretty much threatens/forces Dimitri to turn/join him and Rose already finding out about Spirit saving Strigoi sets out to try and save him (similar to how Elena/Damon was looking for Stefan with Klaus in S3) and either fearing that if Dimitri is too far gone that she will stake him OR Dimitri making Rose think that so she stakes because he will be having an internal battle between his Humanity/Strigoi Darkness and feels that it's best for Rose because he loves her and she won't suffer as much.

[sageivashkovgf]

another rant: why is it unnecessary to label and present vampire academy (book series) as a part of the problematic media culture

as my usual rants, its under the cut!

hi guys welcome to my channel. today i'm-

Anyway i didn't like the youtuber entrance. beginning the topic!

since it had been announced that vampire academy is being adapted to tv, there were multiple posts about everything wrong with VA, problematic tropes in it, let it be age gap etc...

by starting this, i will definitely say that i do think fiction DOES effect reality, it is harmful to state otherwise because the media that we consume shape our thoughts sometimes. in this case, i do not think it applies to romitri/ va too much, because the world built in the series is way too much different than the world we live in.

in the world rose lives, children are discussed to be sent the wars at the age of SIXTEEN, let alone them being minors. they are considered capable of going to war at an age that id be inappopirate to have sexual relations. for example, rose and lisa, had fled from the academy at the age of 15 or so. they weren't adults but yet, they were somehow much more mature than their human peers. (in last sacrifice, when rose tries to avoid the guardians in the shopping mall, she thinks and says somethings like, "none of the human girls in my age deal with stuff like this, i was i had a normal youth too" but she didn't, because she never had a chance to live for her own)

this is where our reality and va's worldbuildings reality differ from each other. for example, ez/ria in pll, is such a harmful example of teacher- student trope, that could endanger many young girls' minds, give the predators the courage to follow the said couples path.

however, when we consider the events of VA, it's acknowledged that dimitri and rose are aware of how much unethical for them to be together. it is pretty often mentioned in the books, even in the finale of last sacrifice, BOTH abe and janine want to question dimitri about it. we know abe can be a bit, extreme, however janine shares the same worries too, which her concerns are actually validated by the narrative. but more than that, the big obstacle on their way is both of them being guardians, dhampirs, who are NOT ALLOWED TO LOVE EACH OTHER, REGARDLESS THEIR AGE AND STATUS.

rose and dimitri were raised with the duty and thought of only living for moroi, to only serve them and never put another dhampir before the moroi.

which i think touches the topic of classism and racism, the main core of the va series. rose had already fought with the striogi when she was only 17 (frosbite), killed two of them and faced the wrath of the worst part of the community she lived in. in the Va world, moroi in general have the upper hand on the dhampirs, other than the power imbalance between romitri. they both are already the victims of the systematic racism, which is way more harmful than anything wrong happened between them.

in last sacrifice, when their relationship is outed, hans says 'someone in the academy should had reported this, because rose was a minor in the time being'. however right he may be, we see alberta brushing it aside. she knows it is not ethical either, but in that moment (as how it is with everything happening in the VA universe) they have bigger worries than a potentially teacher- student relationship, noting a teacher who does not have much academical power over rose and does not grade her in any way.

in a world like pretty little liars, rivardale, the said trope is a HUGE issue that should be discussed and one to fight against the ones who blatantly advocate for it. but again, in the time romitri was outed, rose was blamed FOR THE MURDER OF THE MOROI COURT'S QUEEN, and dimitri only got his humanity back, which are the elements impossible to run into irl.

VA, acknowledged the issues in itself and did not glamourize the possible dangerous elements in it. dimitri states that they should not be together for several times. did he have to do better? absolutely. but when romitri talks about the obstacles in their way, the biggest one is both of them being assigned to protect lissa, as the age gap & student- teacher relationship falling into 2nd and 3rd places. because they do not even consider living for themselves, let alone considering an affair. in Va, rose hears about (ig it was camilla badicas guardian????lolll) two guardians falling in love and leaving the moroi behind, and it bewildens her. she thinks it is totally nuts, because who are the dhampirs to put themselves first?!

with the core of the series being the racism rose is horribly effected by, it also touches so much sensitive topics such as mental health and self harm. both rose and lissa's mental health issues are actually dealt pretty good, with touching the heavy subject of self harm with lissa.

the book is also about the co-dependency between lissa and rose. rose wanting a life for herself, but never even considering it, and finally dimitri being a worth chance for her to live her life for someone other than lissa. these two have a such strong bond, but we see and know that this bond is harming rose's mentality and her chance at a free life. however close they both were, as rose opens up to lissa about these, we see their bond even deepening and lissa being up for sacrificing her everything in order to help rose.

we always knew that she was willing to, but in the meantime, she got to prove it to rose and accepted her upper hand on rose, as they actually became equals too.

anyway, vampire academy is a series about friendship, racism, fighting for your own people, mental health, ptsd and all of those sensitive topics should not be drailed by only because of the student teacher trope, because va touches even bigger issues. believe me its not worth it lmao

anyway lmk ur thoughts if u want!!! <3

[indigowallbreaker]

“You really didn’t need to, you know.” for Sylvix? Pretty please?

(hope you don’t mind I used this prompt as a way of celebrating MerMay! went through a few iterations before landing on this Mer/Modern AU. not based on any art in particular but emilyliuwho’s Sylvix merAU made me pick Felix as the mermaid)

Felix was mesmerizing when he swam. Water fell from his midnight blue tail like so many jewels. His fins were pale enough to blend into the ocean around him. Sylvain watch, hypnotized, as his mermaid friend did laps back and forth across the head of the dock where Sylvain sat. 

Unlike Dimitri, the only other mermaid Sylvain had met, Felix didn’t glide elegantly through the water. Dimitri moved with the ocean-- tumbling along a wave or maneuvering between currents. As Sylvain’s human best friend, Ingrid, had phrased it once, Felix always looked as if he was fighting. His movements were sharp and frequently involved twisting out of the way of some imaginary obstacle or opponent. 

Still, Sylvain couldn’t tear his eyes away, and he sat with on leg dangling off the dock, cheek leaning against his hand, tracking Felix.

Not for the first time, he wondered what it would be like to swim with Felix. Truly swim with him. They had know each other since they were little, and Sylvain had tried multiple times over the years to keep pace with Felix and match his dexterity. But human legs couldn’t hold a candle to mermaid tails, and Sylvain inevitably grew tried long before Felix had even slowed. 

A sudden splash of water smacked Sylvain in the face, making him splutter and curse. “You really didn’t need to, you know,” he said flatly as he dragged sodden bangs from his face.

Below him, Felix glared. “Yes I did. How long had you been just sitting there?”

“You looked busy. It would’ve been rude to interrupt.”

“Did you bring lunch or not?”

Sylvain reached behind him and held up a plastic shopping bag. “Right here. Race you to the rocks?” He was up and running before Felix could call him childish or some other variation of insult. 

Down the dock, along the rocky shoreline, a brief skitter up a grassy incline-- and Sylvain hopped down to a spot where wide rocks began above water before slipping down into the ocean. The perfect place for a human and mermaid to hang out.

Speaking of, Felix was already waiting. “Can’t you let me win once?” Sylvain whined, taking a seat on his customary rock. “For my motivation or morale or whatever?”

Felix, perched in the shallow of a rock, glared again. “You should just get faster. Then you wouldn’t always be humiliated like this.”

Sylvain kicked some water at him, causing the glare to turn into a smirk as Felix held in a laugh. Setting the bag in his lap, Sylvain pulled out two take away bowls. “You know you live in the ocean, right? Surrounded by fish? Why do you even like poke bowls?”

“Your people mix the fish with so many things,” Felix explain, all but snatching his bowl from Sylvain. He looked inside with greed. “Look at this-- your people can make the fish spicy, which it never is when I catch it, and there’s all those peppers and the edamame stuff and the ginger...” 

Sylvain was back to staring. A pissed off Felix could be fun sometimes, but nothing compared to a Felix explaining something that made him happy. At the risked of being splashed again, Sylvain let himself stare and get pulled into his fantasy of joining Felix in the water. Catching fish with him. Diving through waves and skimming the ocean floor. Follow that long dark hair down and down into the depths and tugging playfully as his tail fins and swimming close as Felix turned back to berate him and...

Felix ignored the other set of chopstick in the bag and dove in with a clawed hand, the gracelessness of it jogging Sylvain from his thoughts and making him laugh aloud. Felix licked his fingers and ignored Sylvain completely. Thinking he’d pushed his luck enough for one day, Sylvain dug into his own bowl.

They passed the meal trading information about their friends and arguing about which poke place tasted the best. Sylvain caught Felix eyeing his bowl and tried to offer him the rest, only for Felix to scoff at the very idea and sink until only his eyes were above the water. A signature Felix Pout. 

Eventually, Sylvain’s phone alarm went off. “Well, that’s my lunch break come and gone.” He gathered up their bowls and stuffed them back into the bag. 

“Can’t you stay longer?”

The question came out half garbled-- and sure enough, Felix’s mouth was only just of the water when Sylvain looked at him. “You know Ingrid will have my head if I’m late again,” Sylvain said, voice gentle. Felix nodded, still low in the water, hair fanning around him like a blot of ink. “Is something wrong?”

“No.” But Felix answered too quickly and now worry made Sylvain turn fully to face him. “Nothing’s wrong,” Felix insisted. “I just. I know getting food for us can be expensive. And I don’t have human money to pay you back.”

“That’s what you’re worried about?”

“Don’t you dare laugh at me.” Felix pulled himself further up the rock, level with Sylvain’s waist. “I’m trying to be... fair, I guess. To you.”

Sylvain reached out and flicked a drop of water from Felix’s nose. “Look, it’s not like fish around here is all that expensive. It’s not a drain on my wallet to treat you to lunch. And even if it was, we’re friends, Fe. I buy you stuff because I like you. Not because I want you to pay me back.” 

This seemed to be news to Felix, who stared up at Sylvain with something like wonder. Sylvain would have made a crack about Felix being the one to stare now but that felt too cruel. Instead Sylvain twisted this way and that to check the water around them for trash he might have dropped. 

Until Felix put a hand on his arm. Then Sylvain froze. “Let me pay you back this once,” Felix said in his ear. And when Sylvain looked down at him, Felix pulled himself up and kissed Sylvain.

Sylvain had touched Felix before and found cold skin, and his scales were even colder. His lips, as it happened, were warm and slightly spiced from lunch. Just as Sylvain was getting over his shock, the lips pulled away, and Felix’s cheeks were pink around his scowl. He looked ready to say something, but then turned and dove into the ocean.

On his rock, Sylvain watched Felix’s tail race out of the cove and out into the open water, motions maybe a tad more erratic than normal. Eventually Sylvain hopped off and made his way to shore, but not before glance back a few times. 

Perhaps Sylvain didn’t, necessarily, have to be a mermaid to live out his fantasy. 

(Send me a pair or group and a Soft Prompt!)

[gins-potter]

for the Vampire Academy Universe Questions: 1, 2, 15, 21, 39. thank you!

1. Favorite character?

rose. don't even have to think about it tbh. she literally invented the kickass women archetype, she's fierce and flawed and i would die for her.

2. Who are your otp?

again, romitri, not even a question, dragozera and sydrian are cool but romitri invented love and you will not convince me otherwise. i love their development and how they build into a relationship that's built on such a genuine level of mutual respect and love.

15. Favorite book in the series?

gotta be frostbite or last sacrifice. i love love love frostbite so much, it feels like such a classic vampire academy novel, i love the tension between rose and dimitri, tasha and adrian being introduced, the ending is heartbreakingly tense.

last sacrifice on the other hand is like one long fluffy romitri fic filled with the most delicious fanfic tropes.

i will give a shout out to blood promise though because it has the belikov's and abe who are all just iconic.

21. Share some headcanons of yours.

rose is pretty good at performing arts (dancing mostly but she has a fair voice as well) and in another life she might have ended up on a stage

andre taught her to play paino after realising his sister didn't have the ear for it (after andre died she couldn't bring herself to touch a piano for a long time)

she thought of the dragomir's as her own family and mourned them almost as much as lissa did, but thought because they weren't actually her blood relations that she had to be strong for lissa

rose and dimitri end up buying a house in the residential part of court so they can be close to lissa and christian and everyone else but still be able to do their own thing

i always imagine them having a bunch of kids like they have one or two and then they're like yeah okay maybe one more and end up having a multiple birth and are like how tf did this happen?

39. Free space. Ask any question of your choosing!!

i think you're actually supposed to pick a question for this one :)

ask me a question about vampire academy

[veiledsilver]

top five fictional boys, go

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. These are the kinds of asks I was hoping for, everyone. The scale is from 1 ("look at my good taste") to 5 ("haha don't judge me")

Boys

1. Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Hands down, no contest, forgive me for who I'll become when this fine swordsman gets animated by Ufotable, I could go on! He's gentle and kind but also the way he gets when he's super focused is SO hot omg... his twin brother had a scene where his kimono got ripped to shreds, revealing his chiseled abs, and the fact that it never happened to Yoriichi is a crime ugh

2. Todoroki Shouto deserves a place on this list for being my first anime crush. In middle school I motivated myself to do difficult homework by pretending I was on a study date with him. I got into reader inserts because of this guy. Also the contrast between crimson and white, fire and ice, and turquoise and silver is just gorgeous omg. I love him

3. I did not like him in the first seasons, but when Zuko started getting proper hair (and it was fluffy hair!) I started paying attention haHA. His redemption arc was brilliant and carefully woven together, and I like how there were subtle hints of him being redeemable even when he was an antagonist. Then I found a fantastic reader insert series and now we're here

4. Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd made me blow all my allowance money on fe3h despite not being very good at it. I also lost the game card very early on 💔 so I never got past the bandit's canyon. However. I love how he was described as having the facade of a charming prince but having darkness lurking beneath the surface... get you a man who can do both!

5. ...Ace Trappola from Twisted Wonderland. If I had a nickel for each time I crushed on a ginger boy with zero self preservation, I'd have two nickels. But now I know my dream relationship dynamic and it's me, sandwiched between a elegant yet brooding dark-haired guy and a more outgoing, teasing one with lighter hair. Is that weird? 😂

Girls

1. Lan Fan was my bisexual awakening (I won't watch the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime because she isn't in it). She's so cute but also kickass! Ling would not have survived without her! I like how we both wear black comfy clothes 99.9% of the time! Can I get a bodyguard au where she vows to protect my life and I tenderly h*ld her h*nd

2. Nobara Kugisaki!! Jujutsu Kaisen has so many pretty girls and they revolve around in my head at all times. Today it's Nobara's turn! I love her rose aesthetic and how she's so confident in herself! I'm sure she'd prefer a girl with a spine, unlike me, but I'd love to shop my way through the streets of Tokyo with her! We can get ice cream at a cafe afterwards ♡

3. Emerald Sustrai from RWBY. I like everything about her- her mint green hair, her weapons, her illusion powers, ma'am please stop chasing after Cinder when she doesn't even like you, because I'll definitely return your feelings! I stopped watching the show but I heard Emerald gets major focus in the newest volume, so I just might come back 👀

4. A very very very minor character. I dropped Bleach after the Save Rukia arc to focus on studies, but I'd pick it up again just to see Cyan Sung-Sun have actual speaking lines. She's so mysterious and elegant, and she has such a pretty kimono outfit in the mobile game! Oh to be a shinigami dueling her in a fight dripping with tension,,

5. I'm so sorry but when I read the manga I... also thirsted hard... over Daki. I know she eats people and there's the whole thing with her being turned at thirteen (😬). But... maybe in the author's modern au where she's a high schooler... I can dodge her brother long enough to risk giving her my number. She'll think I was ballsy at best lmaooo

I have more but these are the ten I thought of from the top of my head 😂 but they'll never replace you in my heart, Rin!

[romitritrashswiftie]

when does dimitri find out abe is rose’s father?

Hello anon!

So the series isn’t 100% clear on that! I’m thinking it happens sometime around Blood Promise and Spirit Bound. When Rose mentions Abe to Strigoi! Dimitri when he’s holding her captive in Galina’s estate, Dimitri acts weird and tells Rose to stay away from him.

That might have been due to Abe having such a reputation even with Strigoi, or could have been because he knew then.

Then again, it may have happened during Spirit Bound when he was hunting her.

I’m thinking that Dimitri definitely found out sometime while he was Strigoi. Hope that helps!

[rose-dragomir]

Favorite VA character? What are your headcannons for them, if any?

I think my favorite is Rose. I like her characterization and growth as the series goes on.

i love rose’s character! i totally agree about her growth, you can really see her change how she thinks and makes decisions, it’s so cool. i also used to relate to her a lot. not so much anymore, but she reminds me of that part of me which i like. i have some headcanons about rose in the works.

i of course love dimitri, but there are some side characters that just live in my head rent free. for example:

i think christian and eddie aren’t given as much credit as they deserve, especially eddie for the way he sticks with rose time and time again. like he had a really respectable job, and he doesn’t seem like such a risk taker after everything with mason, but he still broke someone out of high security prison with rose, just because she asked.

i also love abe’s character. i think it’s just hilarious that rose’s father turned out to be a mobster. like it couldn’t make more sense to me.

janine isn’t a favorite character exactly but i think her and roses relationship grows after the books and i like to think about that sometimes

i also love sydney but i haven’t read bloodlines in so long! i also never finished it

[princebete]

What characters have you cosplayed or plan to cosplay soon? :)

awww--Thank you for asking!  I’m gonna put this here just so I don’t take up the dash-- cuz I get reallllly excited talking about this stuff

So for this cosplay that I am actively working on. It is for an online competition of sorts.  I am working on the Anastasia ball gown from when she sings  Once Upon A December-- except it is going to be a transformation gown ( that’s if I have enough time to get it the ballgown done first, and then work on the pre-transform outfit and figure out the rigging, otherwise it’ll just be the gown). 

But, if I get it fast enough-- this is ideally what I am planning. And the way I plan it will be similar to the cinderella onstage transformation in the Cinderella R&H revival back in 2013 

I am making a few creative changes to the gown as well( nothing major,) to flatter my shape a bit more. The swatches -- hopefully that yellow isn’t too yellow. I uh just bought like 7 yds of it on Etsy. sooooooo... well I guess it could do well for a Belle gown-- but that’d be a big oopsy. Anyways, the velvet and satin dark blue are for the sash/bow. The velvet is the outside while the satin is the “ lining” but when tied in the back, I am hoping it flips around so that you see the beautiful satin. The same goes for the bow-- it’s just gonna look extra. And then for the gown itself, I went with a bridal satin... I have not gotten the organza/tulle yet that I am thinking of using as an overlay on the satin??? That’s still in the works-- but my thought was to create a sweetheart neckline bodice, and then put an overlay on top of it to give it the illusion that it has straps-- still working that out. 

Won’t know until I have all the fabric in one place-- things change as you go. But the idea is to make it similar to how I had my wedding dress bodice-- which is the lower middle there. I have some Preciosa flatback rose Chaton ab crystals on the way-- and some in yellowish gold which ill adorn the gown arbitrarily just to make it blingy and extra and because sparkle. I am at a loss whether to add any kind of trims-- as in piping/lacey bits. I really like the simplicity in this, and that it just sparkles and the textures of the velvet, satin and tulle/organza/net[whichever one works out] all come together. OH! and the sleeves are going to be like these wispy things. and that is in chiffon to compliment the other blues. I am SO scared that it’ll come out looking more purply lavender blue and not really blue. But that’s what dye is for!

I am so sorry I talked into a novel there. But yeah that is the most active thing. I have some other designs but who knows if the will make it into 2021? But here are a bunch I got on the face of my cosplay binder ( this also include Mark, my husband’s characters) 

Tinkerbell and Terence 

Zelda (ceremonial dress) & Link BOTW although I am debating Mipha over Zelda-- it’s just that this looks like an easy build.

Rydia of the Mist from the After Years & Edge  ~ FF IV the after years

Porom & Caine ~ FF IV the after years 

This Chibiusa-esque Sailor Moon Design I found by Azure & Copper ( I call her Sailor Neo Eternal Moon or something also it has WINGS like 4 of them! ) 

Anastasia ** & Dimitri

Kiki & Tombo ( I have a closet cosplay of Kiki)

Megman & Rolle(megaman would be of my own design that I combine with multiple versions. I have the idea to get my husband to program a rapsberry pi to make some moving equipment and lights etc.) 

Elsa 5th Spirit  & Jack Frost from rotg /// or Elsa with the Nokk ( i have this in like.... pieces right now... since a year ago?-- she was supposed to go to Katsu last year for my honeymoon but didn’t make it. However, it’s all there..... in pieces TT^TT) & A Jack Frost Design ( I combined his outfit with Kristoff’s? So like boots and fur lining etc.)  I’ve also considered making Mark into The Nokk-- but  that would be a crazy interpretation. Like ... think Centaur costume with a horse head or idk-- i never got into the design ideas. i would have to take a poll on cosplay amino

Nausicaaaaa & Asbel 

Haru & Baron from the Cast Returns ( in their ball attire) 

Helios & Princess Chibiusa (grown-up style-- so think like Dark Lady hair with the princess dress) 

Groose & Zelda ~ Legend of the Skyward Sword 

Thumbelina & Cornelius ( i have parts of corny somewhere and then bits of thumbelina scattered across stuff) 

Lvl 10 Jester and Caleb 

PHANTOM ACE ( he is in the manga and is a love interest that just wreckkkks & Codename Sailor V I have her on my dressform as we speak--- but ever since going to this Sailor moon cosplay help panel at Katsu, I have recognized the error in my ways, specifically towards the fabric!! So I would like to fix this--- 

I also have this design for a historically inspired version of Princess Aurora 

Sailor She-ra as well ( it’s got armour for dayyyys) 

Regency Inspired Rapunzel-- I tried this before and it failed. Also I HATED the gown. So I am doing it again! <3 And Eugene too 

I am also making stays/corsets to help with the overall silhouette shapes of some of these -- 

But yeah-- I really don’t believe I’ll get to all of this. That would be insane, however, I’d like to make a YT channel that follows the making of all of this and other stuff! But phew! Thanks for asking, that was a lovely question and I enjoyed responding to it. 

(o^^)o  o(^^o)

[nightlovechild]

Table Manners - Deceit’s Week. (Day 5: Moceit)

Warnings: Arguing, male character using feminine terms & feminine nicknames, BDSM Themes, Manhandling, Food (involved in play), Anal fingering, Bondage, CBT, Masturbation, Light knife play, Swinger lifestyle mentioned briefly, Alcohol, Object insertion (could be not safe in real life), anal penetration, ruined orgasm. 

Summary: When Dimitri forgets to act like a proper hostess, Patton turns him into a four course punishment instead. (Human AU!)

Notes: This story was written before the release of Deceit’s real name. Deceit's name is Dimitri. 

Hearing the door close, Dimitri prepared himself for a H-E- double hockey sticks of an argument. Patton's leather shoes sounded off of the hallway tile as he stepped quickly into the dining room.

"Dimitri Alexander Sanders, I would like to say that was impressive. But that would be an understatement. The absolute extent you will go to… and risking my job like that!" Patton scolded.

"Your Boss is scum. He was pressuring that girl into his charade, just like he pressures you into staying in your tiny cubicle everyday. I was fucking sick of it. Plus you know My motto: If you are going to lie, do it with style and grace. That floundering fool had neither; so he got what he deserved!" Dimitri said with venom. Setting the dirty dishes down and turning with a fiery flare of his long silk skirt. The high split sliding up to show off his bare leg down to his fuck me pumps.

Patton was looming in the doorway, loosening his tie and biting his bottom lip at the lustful sight. He wanted to stay mad at Dee's risky behavior at the dinner party. But the growing tent in his pants was detracting from his intimidating stance. What was a good man to do with such a hot, tempting, dirty...

Dimitri rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Well, could we get the speech about morals and being a good hostess under way? Let me see if I can get you going…Something, something...lying is wrong, but being disrespectful is worse. That in reality nice guys come...in first." Dimitri drew out his words with devious purpose. While letting his polished nails tap against his hips in a striking pose.

"No. I think this lesson will need to be more physical." Patton shook his head in disbelief as Dee made a challenging gesture by waving his hand.

"Bring it on."

Within seconds Patton had Dimitri face down, ass up in the air. Forced into spreading his legs to gain some type of balance at the sharp angle of laying against the tabletop. The struggle was always over quickly in the face of Patton's true strength.

He let Dee enjoy the pinned sensation by letting him struggle and wiggle. Because Dee was never able to get away when Patton’s hand was in the middle of his back. Patton's free hand flipped up his skirt. Making the beauty fight not to whine out loud as his ass cheek was cupped and squeezed. The grip making his panties pull tight against his sensitive cock.

"Come on, Pat. I know you want to spank me. Do it. Smack my ass. Punish me. I outed your boss with one phrase and a Facebook photo. The Mistress almost cried." Dimitri circled his hips, grinding against the tabletop. "I'm getting hard thinking about all the fabrications he is going to have to weave to fix what I picked apart in seconds. You have to punish me, please?"

"Believe me, beauty. You're going to get it again and again. Once here on the table, once in the limo, and once again in my new corner office." Patton smirked as he flipped Dimitri over.

Dee's high pitched squeal and astonished face saying it all.

"We did it? You're a partner now?" Pulling Patton in for a kiss.

"Yeah, Mr. Axer and I had a talk. Finished straightening him out. Told him to get his house in order before it ruined the business. Then he said if I could handle you all these years and remain such a saint being a partner should be easy." Patton said as he ground his throbbing bulge against Dee panties. Sealing their lips together in love and excitement.

Dimitri blindly grabbed behind himself as the kiss grew more heated. His rings clicking against the long glass vial as he gripped the extra virgin olive oil. Thrusting the bottle against Patton’s chest.

"Use it to fuck me, right now, or eat me up like your appetizer. God, just fucking need you. My big business man. My money maker." Dimitri demanded with a moan. Rolling his hips to enjoy the friction of his lace panties against Patton's hard pressed slacks..

"Awe, my dirty girl. So cute when he wants this breadwinner cock, huh?" Patton purred as he stripped his husband bare. The dress going over one shoulder and the panties going over the other.

Dee's cock slapped against his own abs from being so turned on. Patton's words were always his undoing. Losing patience, Dee leaned back pouring the olive oil all over his own cock and thighs. The slippery oil running down his balls then coating the cleft of his ass cheeks. Setting the bottle down, Dee hooked his hands behind his knees to spread himself even wider as Patton watched, entranced.

"Now don’t you look like a feast? But, pretty girl, you know this isn’t the position for taking a punishment. This looks more like you’re begging for a reward.” Patton stepped close, his finger tips running around Dimitri's rim.

"Punish later, fill me up now. I already set the mood to be stuffed. So jump to it." Dee mouthed off with a mischievous smirk.

Patton shook his head and slowly worked his fingers deep into Dee’s body. Getting his dirty girl worked up into a moaning mess in a matter of moments then dead stopped and pulled out.

“You are a slick one. I'll give you that.” Patton said as he wiped his hands clean on a discarded napkin.

Dimitri groaned loudly at the pun. Starting to sit up, only to be held in place.

“You always say the rule in making the deepest longest lasting impact is to set the mood, right? Right. So, how about setting the mood for your punishment? Your four course punishment." Patton growled. Gripping Dimitri's waist and pushing him into the middle of the table.

‘Oh god, yes. Let’s see how creative his self righteous fury gets us this time.’ Dimitri thought to himself as Patton stalked around him.

Patton began gathering things up while removing other items to give Dimitri room to relax back onto his elbows, legs spreading to offer a succulent view.

“What are your conditions for setting the perfect dining mood?” Patton asked as he laid out the items.

“A wonderful hostess knows the power of a glorious centerpiece, fine china serving up delicious food, glasses of high priced drinks and good guests.”

“Well, since you don't make for even a nice hostess, let's see this if this suits you better.” Patton plucked the brightly colored fresh flowers from their vase, “Are you a glorious centerpiece?”

Soft flower petals danced a path down Dee’s body. Water droplets, from the stems, fell across his skin as Patton worked the flowers over his stomach and down between his thighs. Flipping the flowers over Patton picked up the silk ribbon he had in his newly acquired pile of goodies.

Dimitri watched as his rock hard cock was bound to the bouquet. Grunting when the bow tightly cinched around his balls. Patton continued to tease and stroke the silk ribbon making Dimitri add his own dew to the flowers.

“Knees closed. Legs flat.” Patton ordered. Unzipping his pants to easily reach in and stroke his own aching need before moving to Dee’s other side.

Dimitri bit his lower lip as his gaze shifted from his masturbating lover to the flowers that were standing straight up due to the special position. Rolling his hips as Patton continued to survey his handwork. His normally calm face is suddenly full of speculation. Buttoning up his pants again, regaining his composure. The seconds dragging on until Dee couldn’t take the silence anymore.

“Well? Am I glorious, my love?” Dimitri asked as he ran his hands over the length of his body.

“Yes, the best centerpiece I’ve ever seen, My little China doll. But your fine body makes me hunger for more. Let's see if you could make a better plate with delicious food all over you?" Patton said as he began placing tiny bite sized treats on Dimitri’s body.

The placement of the last snack at the base of his neck forced Dee to lean his head back keeping the treat in place. But it also made Dee blind to Patton’s actions since he couldn’t move his head. Dee let out a shocked breath as cold metal points slid over his exposed nipples while an ice cold flat metal followed.

Patton chuckled as he placed a fork, with its tines pointed down, on Dee’s hard nipple and a clean butter knife, flat side down, on his other nipple. Picking up a spoon, Patton smirked as he watched the body underneath him shake with desire.

"Stop trembling, my plate. You're making the flowers shake." Patton smirked.

He fought to lay still as his ravenous husband tucked into the first treat at his naval. Slowly, Dimitri took in the sounds of lip licking and humming about how good each sweet tasted. Dee growled at the familiarity of the sounds. Flashes of Patton sucking him or their swinger friends off made him want to break the punishment and force his husband…

Then his mind blanked out as Pat picked up the fork and knife. Slowly dragging the utensils over his skin, tracing hearts and stars all around the last two delicate sweets. Pushing the silverware in, making pink marks show as Dee moaned and panted.

"Hubby, don't play with your food. It's not good manners." Dimitri scolded with a breathless voice.

“Of course my darling.” Patton answered sweetly. Tossing the silverware over his shoulder, leaning down, and eating the treats off of Dimitri’s bare flesh. Patton's hot lips and sharp teeth gently nipping his skin. Dimitri was gasping, leaking onto the flowers as he could feel the hickeys blooming under his skin as Patton pulled back.

"Your sounds are making me thirsty, dirty girl. Are you thirsty? Do you want champagne or a tall clean glass of water?" Patton paused, brushing the stray locks from Dee’s face.

Dimitri smiled at the check in, “water” being their code word for being done. Snaking his hand out to Pat’s, Dee gave him reassuring squeeze.

"Champagne sounds lovely. What g-glasss.." Dimitri stuttered then hissed as the ice cold liquid hit his stomach.

Patton took the champagne like a body shot. Once, twice, by the third time Dmitri was shaking so bad it was making the bubbly liquid spill.

"Be a good cup now. Let me drink you down." Patton scolded as he poured the alcohol down the flowers so it would flow over Dmitri's cock. Sucking, slurping, and licking as his dirty girl got closer to the edge. Patton pulled back when the champagne’s taste became salty.

“F-Fuck don’t.. N-no don’t stop.” Dee begged and squirmed. The flowers flicking the alcohol this way and that with his desperation.

“Are you my good girl?” Patton whispered.

In Dee’s current state he didn’t hear. So, Patton bent down next to his ear. “Are you my good girl? My beautiful Medusa? My awful wonderful hostess?”

“Yes! God, Patton, need you. Feel so empty. Please!” Dimitri whimpered, spreading his legs even more.

“How about I give you a small goody to curb your gnawing hunger?” Patton reached into his pile of items gripping a clean soup ladle with a very phallic shaped handle.

“Yes! Give it to me. Want it! F-fffuck.” Dimitri whined as Patton kissed his forehead while sliding a thick long cold shaft into his oil slicked hole.

“This is how you make our guests feel when you question and charm them to your wiles. So invaded and so deliciously full…,” Patton fucked the smooth ladle handle faster into Dimitri’s body, “of your devious motives.”

Dee couldn’t answer but take everything Patton was giving. Patton climbed up on the table, unzipped his pants, freeing his hard cock from it’s clothed prison.

“Bet you want me to reward you? Take this long cold metal shaft out of you and put my warm loving thick cock in your ass don’t you?” Patton started fucking the ladle into his whimpering lover even faster.

Dimitri nodded as his cock jerked and leaked on the flowers and ribbon. When he was right at the edge, his whimpers turning into groans, Patton undid the ribbon around Dee’s cock, all pressure was gone. Then the ladle pressed against his prostate on the out stroke. Dee keened as his orgasm tore through him with nothing touching him. No sexual gratification, just a ruined orgasm. Opening his eyes, blinking up with a teary look Patton was stroking himself, fast and firm.

“Oh god baby. Took your punishment so well. Came all over yourself just for me..” Patton’s words were lost to moans as he came. Marking Dee’s stomach and chest as he stroked himself through his orgasm. Fully enjoying himself as his husband watched from below.

"Water, Pat, water, please." Dee held up his shaky arms.

Patton switched completely, tucking himself away. He easily picked up his love, cuddling Dee close as he sat down in the head chair of the table. Pouring real water, the ice clinking into the glass then held it up to Dimitri's lips. Taking a deep drink then hiding his face in Patton's neck.

"What's your color sweetness?" Patton tried to keep his voice level to combat the fear they had gone too far this time.

"I'm green. Just feel tiny and.. and…"

"Vulnerable?"

"Yeah. No guards, no lies. Want this with you."

"But you're okay?" Patton gently guided Dee to look at him.

"Yes, Patty." Dimitri smiled demurely then he hid his face again.

"I think a dip in the hot tub then a massage sounds like a good start to our aftercare what do you think?" Patton asked as he stood up, letting Dee wrap his arms and legs around Patton as he walked them out onto the patio.

The setting sun and hot water always grounded Dimitri while the bird's fading songs and bubbles grounded Patton.

"I can't wait for the next dinner party." Patton sighed happily.

"I can't wait for the next after party romp about my horrible table manners." Dimitri giggled as Patton growled.

[gascon-en-exil]

Mercilessly Judging the Men of Fòdlan: The Kingdom

It’s been a long time coming, over eight months in fact, but now that it may be assumed that the last of the DLC has been released and the fandom as a whole has settled comfortably into its various camps I think there’s no better time than now to answer that burning question: how raunchily, outrageously gay can the male cast of Three Houses possibly be? For those unfamiliar with this fun little series of mine, I’ve been applying my extensive knowledge and experience of gay male sex and hookup culture to the men of Fire Emblem, originally as a way of reckoning with the refusal of the games themselves to provide me with any worthwhile self-insert M/M content. I stand by that premise for FE16 - you all know how absolutely nothing appeals to me about m!Byleth or his prospects on that score - but in the years since my first outing of merciless judgment with Awakening that idea has expanded into something broader, an imaginative modern AU of sorts where all these guys are into men (if not always exclusively) and willing to put themselves out there in the lewd and semi-anonymous world of hookup apps in search of their preferred carnal delights.

A note on organization before we begin, as this material is too long to cram into one post. Excluding Byleth (as Avatars and their spawn always are for this project) there are twenty-one playable male characters in Three Houses. This makes for an even threeway division to preserve the eponymous conceit of the game, but not a particularly neat one. Aligned with the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus I therefore have below the male Lions, Kingdom knight and Azure Moon-exclusive Gilbert, and Faerghus-based underworld kingpin Yuri. As with all things concerning M/M outside of Byleth and his awkward S rank monologues, the Lions have it the most clear-cut.

The Empire

The Alliance

Dimitri

It’s rare that you can get a feeling for someone’s whole life story entirely from watching their presence in hookup spaces over time, but he’s an exception. Once a sweet, wide-eyed collegiate who looked eager to get dicked down by any reasonably polite and attractive top/vers, hard years have turned him grim and sad and just barely put together enough to be presentable for a clothed face pic, much less anything more revealing...and still eager to get dicked down. He’s been dealing with a lot lately, and even though he’s still game for a quickie from time to time (especially with muscle guys, a shallow weakness of his he’d blush to admit to out loud) a single roll in the sheets isn’t going to make him emotionally available. Apparently he’s already well-covered on that front as it is; with his charisma and open-minded way of looking at the world he’s made many friends and fuck buddies and companions who seem half like boyfriends and half like something indescribably beyond that, and a new trick would be hard-pressed to compete with that and likely wouldn’t want to if it means engaging with his demons. Still an enviable hookup partner though, with a full pert ass and a whole assortment of friends who love to play with him and anyone else who lands an invitation to his bed. His cock has left many a bottom drooling, but unfortunately he’s haunted by the memory of the time when he went too hard and nearly caused a medical emergency. Now he just takes it and doesn’t even let anyone ride him, but there are just as many men who aren’t complaining about that in the slightest. Has a very high chance of winding up in a tender and fulfilling poly marriage that’s still open on all sides - he’s got a lot of hot, sweaty love to give.

Favored erotic tea time subjects: body worship, muscle bears, group sex

Favored gift: a body pillow, on the infrequent occasions where he has to sleep alone with no one to cuddle

Dedue

One of those shy larger men who will never initiate conversation, because he’s been blown off one too many times for shallow reasons and isn’t expecting that to ever change. It doesn’t bother him greatly though, because as his profile states he’s in a relationship and he and his partner only play together so unless you’re only looking for friends - not impossible, as he’s got quite the array of engaging hobbies on display in his pics - you’ll have to accept that this bear has a cub...or something like that anyway. Bad at small talk and even a little embarrassed to talk about his expertise in the kitchen or the garden, it’s a completely different story when the lights are off where he’ll give cocky power bottoms and scoffing total tops exactly what they deserve. Sub bottoms on the other hand bring out his softer, cuddly side, and he’s more likely to be using his considerable weight to lovingly press them into the mattress as he opens them up with his tongue and eventually his dick. Is utterly devoted to his partner but enjoys watching him playing around with third parties, even if he’s almost never allowed to sit on the sidelines for the entire night. To the shock of everyone he’s actually a total vers, even if he leaves most tops stammering excuses and bending over for him anyway. He’s usually polite enough to stick to oral in those cases. He’ll never be the most sociable man, but he’s a real catch regardless in every other aspect and is no doubt looking forward to his inevitable wedding and only sometimes X-rated married life. Still fondly recalls the first time someone introduced him to the idea of sex while cooking, and now he takes it as a challenge (only when he’s cooking just for himself and his sexual partners, of course; he doesn’t want to be unsanitary).

Favored erotic tea time subjects: twunks, voyeurism, cum swapping

Favored gift: a chef’s apron short enough to let his junk hang free

Felix

Has a biting retort for every unsolicited nude and “looking?” ever sent to him, and he gets a lot of both when his pic is just enticing enough and his profile is full of enough acerbic wit to provoke the kinds of guys who actually read those things. Claims he’s vers, gets pissed whenever anyone tells him that’s just code for bottom, gets even more pissed after hookups when his partner points out that that’s totally true in his case. Prefers oral to conversation, both giving and getting, and he’s got a remarkable talent for handjobs that surprisingly doesn’t seem to be born from excessive masturbation. Not so great with fetishes - he punched the first guy to pull his hair while he was giving head, and passes made at him during his workouts leave him more annoyed at the interruption than aroused. Disarmed by anything too soft and cutesy so he’s not great with fems, but it’s unclear if this has anything to do with his lingering daddy issues that he’s not working out in the bedroom because they’re (probably) not like that. Not sentimental at all, but he’s probably got that one longtime slow burn affair he doesn’t bring up with his tricks. If anything ever comes of that he’ll vanish immediately from the app space, but until then he’s up for a 69 followed by a good long pounding - much longer than you’d expect from someone of his frame. Good thing too, because he loves making his partners cut loose and give it to him raw and hard.

Favored erotic tea time subjects: “straight” guys, dildos, pig sluts 

Favored gift: high-quality lube. and lots of it

Ashe

Everyone’s BFF, sweet and affable and able to bounce from friend group to friend group even without always having to take his clothes off. Usually finds himself as the token twink surrounded by men who are very much not that, because they value his friendship and reliability (and also his ass, as expected). Did not have the best home life and has probably had to do a few shady things to get by, but with all that mostly behind him anyone would be happy to date him or even just to take a walk with him, as he’s quite outdoorsy when he’s not taking care of relatives or less responsible friends. A bottom by expectation because there’s not much else one can infer when he shows up to bars and house parties alike in the company of guys twice his size who aren’t shy about being casually handsy with him. Still, has learned to be quite deft when the need arises and knows how to stimulate on multiple fronts, whether for one partner or several. His weakness for muscles is genuine too, and he loves a firm chest as much as taking some guy’s thick meat. Paradoxically doesn’t have a lot of patience for dumb jocks, but since he knows just about everyone worth knowing (and sleeping with) in his area and works the freckled fresh-faced young cutie angle with an artlessness that surprises some of his less gifted peers he’s bound to wind up in a comfortable relationship of some kind or another. Prefers to have sex with the lights on, and if given the option will cuddle for a long time afterward to avoid turning them off. His ass has freckles too, but he rolls his eyes when he gets asked that.

Favored erotic tea time subjects: gym sex, spit roasting, breaking in new bottoms

Favored gift: a sensible jockstrap, for workouts and for dates

Sylvain

Everyone you know has slept with him, but almost never more than once. You might have even met him in person long before you encounter his minimalist profile with its headless abs pic hitting you up with a shot of his erection measured against a beer can followed by an address. Gets a lot of action on that pic alone, but repeats are few and far between when he pulls out his phone right after pulling out of his guy of the hour and starts browsing through what’s on offer again and slow jerking. Not a big fan of FWBs met through hookups since he always feels like they’re being too clingy even if they just happened to get horny for him again a few weeks later. Does not like to talk, especially about his family, and he almost never extends an invitation to spend the night. Still, as callous as he is that cock is impressive and he knows how to put it to work. Good with his mouth too, and true to his cultivated total top persona he’d sooner rim than blow. He’s also successful and likeable enough in his personal life to have buddies who’ll play around with him, and he might even have some kind of nebulous long term thing going with one or two of them that they strictly don’t discuss. Bottoms only as a challenge, but he’s not great at it and doesn’t have the stamina to last very long while riding. Is on PreP and uses condoms religiously so he’s got that going for him, but testing after sex with him is still recommended because there’s really no telling how many other holes he’s filled that week. Likes twinks and twunks, but loudly refuses to ever be a sugar daddy no matter how desperate he might get in his later years assuming he doesn’t die of untreated syphilis or something equally appropriate and ridiculous.

Favored erotic tea time subjects: marathon fucking, double penetration, open relationships

Favored gift: a fleshlight molded into the shape of his favorite fuck buddy’s hole, for sentimentality

Gilbert

His pics are neither very current nor very flattering, and he doesn’t excel at small talk although he’s evidently been around long enough to know how to get an open-minded hookup over to his place from time to time. Encounters are fast and fumbling and drawn out more by his waning libido than anything else, and half the time he’ll settle for watching a guy play with himself in front of him while he makes an effort to get into it. It would be inaccurate to say that he’s not a romantic man; rather, it’s as though all his passion has been left behind in a difficult former life that he only reveals some of in long wistful moments over multiple encounters. Doesn’t get many repeats however on account of the lackluster performances, and also because his stubbornness bordering on self-righteousness about certain topics becomes very grating very quickly. Based on the stories he tells and the few pictures he has to show he was quite a catch in his earlier days, but circumstances and being closeted until much later in life kept him from exploring as much as he wanted. Has the potential to end up in a loving if not particularly sexual relationship with someone provided they’re extremely patient as he works through and/or learns to set aside his numerous hangups. There are worse fates...but never, ever call him daddy. It brings up a lot of bad memories, plus he just thinks it’s weird. Kink is something he left behind decades ago when he resigned himself to the knowledge that he wasn’t going to be getting much vanilla action, much less anything more exotic.

Favored erotic tea time subjects: mutual masturbation, actual straight guys, spooning

Favored gift: the balls to get some closure

Yuri

A consummate professional, albeit one whose marketing strategy carefully conceals that fact and also leaves no room for the kind of casual bigotry that flourishes on hookup apps - having a problem with “no fems” is expected from the build and the guyliner, but he’s all for equal opportunity sex even on top of that. Accustomed to the usual array of lonely and horny men who hit him up for pics and dirty chat and the occasional good time, and skilled enough in a variety of roles to perform whatever’s being asked of him. It’s not entirely clear where his own tastes lie; even the muscled closet cases who show up in his messages on the DL don’t seem to do all that much for him if they’re not paying. A former career in the arts has left him with an entertainer’s flair for pleasuring his clients both in and out of the bedroom along with an eclectic skill set that always finds a way to get put to work during sex. He can grind his hips, swirl his tongue, arch his back, and moan in the just the right ways to drive his partners wild, and all that experience also lends itself to his ability to patiently tutor even the clumsiest of lovers into something resembling competence, enough for them to get off if not himself. Bottoms more often than he tops, but he’s vers enough in skill and in preference to pivot when necessary and will probably have little trouble keeping this gig of his going later in life as well. He may not ever end in a proper relationship, but he’ll still do well for himself in an unorthodox way in keeping with the curiously world-weary optimism he sometimes espouses during pillow talk with guys who actually interest him enough for conversation.

Favored erotic tea time subjects: flip fucking, big top/small bottom, religious kink

Favored gift: creative restraints, for when he’s feeling acrobatic