#unless this is something that's dwarf-specific

[brain-rot-central]

you know what i find off about varric that i'm not realizing until now

his hair.. is brown? black? salt and pepper yes; he's getting older. that's whatever. but your hair doesn't get darker when you get older and start graying.

...he's like a sandy-strawberry blond in DA2 and DAI

...what happened lmao did he start dyeing his hair for the ladies? like why change his fucking hair color

is this even varric??

[beatx-mavie-archangelx]

Unpopular? Problematic? Opinion

I'm kinda new in Arda so maybe it's just me? It's something I haven't found out yet in the fandom? I'm honestly not sure because I'm the only one having a problem (not really a problem, just a pet peeve, I think?) with it, but...

(forgive my English, it's past midnight here and I'm eepy)

what is it that the fandom has with genderbending(or revealing they were the opposite gender all along) specific characters? and I mean Bilbo Baggins and dwarves specifically. I haven't seen a genderbent elf or human yet, but again I may be wrong.

It feels really weird because I've mostly (almost always) seen it happen when one of those characters was to be shipped with someone(of the same gender). And also I've actually only seen it with Bilbo, Ori, and Narvi (but, once more, I'm new so this might be inaccurate). I genuinely don't understand why? It doesn't bring anything to the plot except perhaps implying that dwarves can't tell dwarrow and dwarrowdams apart which actually only applies to literally all the other races. It feels so wrong to cancel mlm relationships by changing a character's canon gender.

I also don't like using non-canon pronouns(/gender) for characters in general because it feels like I'm misgendering them but that's a personal opinion.

But perhaps I'm just imagining things. So I'm genuinely asking if I've missed something or if it's just me not really understanding fanfictions/fandoms. Especially since I've only seen this happen with those specific characters, maybe someone can tell me whether it's true or not.

Idk if this makes sense, hopefully I wasn't disrespectful and didn't offend anyone.

Pls be nice I'm just a confused newcomer

[arminreindl]

Croc colours and patterns

Somewhat inspired by a recent post by Joschua Knüppe, I feel like it's a good thing to remind people just how diverse colours and patterns in modern crocodilians are. When I see people make art, it often seems to stick to grey or yellowish-brown tones, which is of course not incorrect. But theres a lot of, imo, underappreciated variety still. It's also worth noting beforehand that patterns are most striking in younger individuals and naturally become more muddy the older and larger an animal becomes. But as you will see, even some decently large and old animals may maintain a striking appearance.

Take this alligator for example. Gators tend to be on the darker side, dark greys to black, sometimes countershaded and sometimes pretty consistent. Some individuals, like this one photographed by Gar Luc, still retain clearly visible stripe patterns from when they are younger.

Or take one of my favourite species, the Cuban Crocodile, which can appear almost bright yellow with a dense pattern of leopard spots. Of course like with the gator you can find individuals that are much more drab, with washed out colours, but individuals with clearly defined patterns still exist.

Then there's gharials of course. They can range quite a bit in colouration. They can be brown, especially younger ones and females and I've seen males range in colour from a drab grey to almost a light blue or even something that could be described as metalic black.

Black Caimans are also pretty interesting in my opinion and pretty easy to tell apart from other species once you pay attention to their colour. They are primarily a deep dark black of course, but what sets them apart from spectacled and other caimans is that very fine pattern of thin white stripes across the flanks that creates this beautiful contrast. They can also have patches of brown like the one on the right.

Orinocos also vary a great deal. Tho I know less about them than I wish I did, I know that individuals can range from drab brownish greys to yellow to somewhat earthy browns that almost range into reds.

The next ones a bit of an outlier. There are specific cave dwelling dwarf crocodile populations in western Africa with striking orange colouration. Tho this one is not exactly natural pigmentation to my knowledge and instead the result of the chemicals present in the water they inhabit, brought there by bat guano. Still very pretty animals.

And then there's Paleosuchus, the dwarf caiman which contains two species. Again highly varied. The first image, which I believe is a Schneider's dwarf caiman, shows a very earthy brown. The others, which unless I'm mistaken are Cuvier's dwarf caimans, show colours ranging from dark with a rusty head, black to this still beautifully patterned individual. Of course these variations are also subject to change with age.

While salties aren't exactly known to be the most vibrant, I'd be remissed if I didn't mention this specific one. It's kept in a zoo in Germany and has this almost bizarre colour combination of creamy white underbelly and chocolate brown top which I've never seen in another saltwater crocodile. Photos by my friends Markus Bühler from the Bestiarium blog and René Dederich

Spectacled, Broad-snouted and Yacare caimans I'll give a quick shout out. I think most people are familiar enough with how they look like and while their colours aren't anything special, I still think one should appreciate their patterns of spots and stripes and facial markings.

The last one I wanna highlight is the false gharial, Tomistoma, another one of my favourites. Part of the reason why being its at times beautiful reddish-brown colours.

[robo-milky]

[NBC! Cloche]

An amiable girl hesitant to say what’s on her mind, mistaken for shyness by others. She’s comfortable acting as soundscape, reacting to others and prompting them with questions. Her expressions are a bit exaggerated and can switch tones in a heartbeat, which comes off as disingenuous to some. Prefers to subtly hint at her wants (sometimes passive aggressive).

NBC! Cloche is a snapshot of Cloche’ optimism and drive before losing it all. She had always lacked empathy from the start, treating altruism as nothing more but a social obligation. NBC! Cloche overcompensates for her apathy towards others through helpfulness, even if it means self-sabotage.

[RSA! Cloche]

A stubborn girl who will only cooperate on her terms. Not very expressive unless she has strong personal opinions on a topic. Quick to make sarcastic remarks and crude jokes to steer conversations away from sore spots, sometimes coming out as a bit self deprecating. Will not hesitate to be blunt as long as she’s stating the facts.

RSA! Cloche is the perfect balance of identities after Cloche finds her sense of self. After coming to terms that feigning emotions and acting like they don’t exist are both exhausting, she decides to act a little more true to herself. Despite the improvements, nihilism still runs strong in her blood and she has difficulty imagining a future.

[Stepping In]

NBC! Cloche had always dreamed of going to a cleaner, nicer school. Now that she’s actually thrusted into one, she’s having second thoughts. She’ll play nice and try to get into Rollo’s good graces, but finds herself drifting to the “troublemakers” of the school over time. The student council’s unofficial “barista”.

RSA could have been the perfect isekai and escape if it wasn’t for one thing, that damned hoodie. Does it really belong to Cloche? Nobody knows. Aside from a couple gasps and eyebrow raises, the student body is more concerned with getting Cloche back home and adjusting her to this new world with magic. She’ll complain about RSA’s stuffiness, but she’s never met a community so welcoming and kind before. An honorary dwarf hanging around Neige. (After some Magicam stories and appearances, conspiracists speculate she’s a hidden sibling of Neige)

[Notes]

• I did always imagine them to have their own curses, like NRC! Cloche, but not sure if I wanted them to make it to the final cut. NBC! Cloche would be cursed with obligatory honesty, and RSA! Cloche would be cursed to always do what she perceives as the right thing.

• Since NRC is the only school to specifically be a boy’s school (iirc?), Cloche has her women’s rights again.

• During the events of Glorious Masquerade, all Cloches side with NRC in the end. NBC! Cloche is like that one NPC who gives helpful information/lore, and RSA! Cloche ends up with NRC, since Neige and Chenya wouldn’t want a defenceless junior hanging around as they sacrifice themselves.

• RSA! Cloche would 10/10 dye her underlayer an array of colours, but I left it white as a blank canvas. (May also be a hint to tie to Neige). NBC! Cloche still has virgin hair.

• I’ve had this idea marinating since forever and I’m happy to finally do something with it!

• I do have a mini AU/idea where all them coexist at the same time, and there’s a big dilemma in which Cloche to keep/send home. All schools advocate for their Cloche to be the “main” Cloche allowed to exist.

• I’ve always wanted to dive into Cloche as a person and her growth over time— not just her brooding over the cat maid shebang 😭

• To be completely honest- RSA! Cloche started as an old throwaway joke of “what if isekai’d with ahegao hoodie” and I guess I’m sticking with it. She’s not a coomer I swear- For a more fleshed out explanation, Cloche ran away from home wearing the hoodie instead of any else, cause it’s the only jacket she bought with her own money and wants to make a statement of leaving everything she doesn’t own behind. Mystery solved 😔

[thechekhov]

Chekhov Reads Dungeon Meshi: CH50

This has huge 'rocks fall, everyone dies' from the DM energy.

Or maybe you stepped through the mushroom DNA-shuffler circle last chapter and now your stomach is trying to digest you from the inside out.

Oh gods. He's a dwarf. They got freaky Friday'd.

............I have no comments for this. I don't know what to say.

You know. I've seen this panel many times. But for some reason I thought this was like, an omake or a side chapter.

Unless this IS a side chapter? Is it all a dream??? This IS chapter 50, right?

....yeah, Chil? You don't seem thrilled.

LMAO. The cover redraw!

And apparently Izutsumi kept her long tail.

Elf!Senshi just having magical wind in his hair the whole time is high key hilarious. Where is the breeze coming from? Maybe he's born with it.

Also, are those giant spools...?

Ahhh, right, Halflings are known for being more sensitive than the other humans.

I'm just happy he finally got his, and got to pet Marcille and Laios on the head. :)

"The ground is so far away! It's scary!" LMAO. That's real.

Laios as a Kobold. Finally, he could achieve maximum fursona.

.....ah, well--..... yeah.

Hey, it's the door!

Arriving to really important places under really silly circumstances - that's two for two. (I'm specifically talking about the frog costumes but there may be others)

...isn't this door like. Super rare? Very difficult to find?

And you're telling me some other randos have already been here and didn't even clean up?

Laios, I love you, but Chillchuck JUST told you there was no remedy that he was aware of aside from just like, forms of torture.

You're not thinking this one through, buddy.

He was hibernating.....

But actually - they DID call for the winged lion's aid, right?

GASP

What if.... Kensuke.... IS the lion!

AH SHIT. If she's a halfling, then that means she's bad with magic, right? They have low tolerance to the feedback magic gives or something? I don't remember the details now but...

Wuh-oh. (I don't think that's how agitation works in any species, but sure. For the drama.)

Why is he the only one who suffered a severe personality change...?

Apex predators need their naps.......

Sacrifices have to be made, Toshiro.

Izutsumi Got. That. Ball. Bell.

......Mechanus?

Where DID you get that from? You had one food poisoning scare, that doesn't mean it's not real!

I wish I could feel this level of peace while cooking.

Ah so.... this is not a place of honor?

It sounds like there's two cultures that got REALLY into the space race, turned a cold war into a hot one, and are now going "well, we can't have nice things because of.... us. because of us. but you all still can't have nice things!"

That might be.... a terrible idea.

[tht0nesimp]

indulgent Drabble…

Idea: so have any of you guys seen those AU things where it’s like being a Yandere is a normal thing, so if you’ve seen season four you know about the wrong timeline things so like what if they ended up in one of those or this was one or something, this is probably not very well written…

tw: spoilers but not like specific instances just like information,Yandere bcs…it’s my blog, kidnapping, non consensual…everything?, normalized stuff idefk , Five is inspired by a Yandere five fic I read once I won’t even lie

thinking of them all having their little darlings and how they treat them >.<

Luther’s darling is getting it probably some of the best, he pays, and he really wants them to love him! Really! He just…don’t get mad when he breaks all your stuff, he knows that you had an ex and that the object was important, but you can’t be mad! People see you two and are probably a little off put because likely you are dwarfed by him unless your a body builder or something, he doesn’t mind, just please don’t make him do anything….:(

Diego and a little spitfire, they’re likely someone Hellbent on fighting it, clawing and biting. Hair frazzled, likely to have a hole or tear in they're clothes—he doesn’t really mind, even when he has to drag you into the mansion, the others having some level of understanding of what he’s going through because…they’ve all done it, to varying degrees of lengths and extremities. He never felt healthy love before and it’s damn sure his dad don’t love ‘em so he truly doesn’t understand why you can’t just accept love?

Allison who makes sure her precious little mannequin is well known as hers, people envy you, an amazing actor with enough money to last a lifetime?! You might be able to run off and find a closet to huddle up in at home, but she won’t be patient with misbehavior in front of the media, you will find yourself on the wrong side of a chain if you try anything. Probably not a big fan of introducing you to people personally, she loves the flashy couples stuff; at least 2 dozen roses might make up for it? Right?

Klaus is barely making it, his other siblings likely pay for and/or babysit for him. He doesn’t snap very often like his siblings, he sees you as an angel! But, not a person. Truly, I think not only would the being forced to be around a very active addict but he won’t let you do anything outside of a hobby or two! He rarely leaves you alone, and to be honest he probably uses a chain or restraints all the time because even if he can come back, he’s not physically the strongest guy—but past that, he’s always eager to help you with bathing or eating or baking or drawing or writing or drinking or meditating or relaxing or sleeping or making the bed or cleaning up or driving or going outside(ofc with him, can’t have his little martyr running around! What if someone recognizes you as his and and and the debt collectors collect you!?) or any possible task, he’ll learn to cook or bake so you don’t have to! Just ignore the small white grains on his credit card….please! He won’t get angry commonly, if ever, but in the very rare chance he gets angry it’s best to just shut up and try not to make the voice begging him to tie you back up any louder.

Five and the little doll he carries around, always looking lost and glazed over, or maybe a girl who is eerily like him, either way, he’s dressing them up in whatever he wants. He likely drugs them pretty consistently, it makes him feel good to have someone who will thank him when he takes care of them, even if they don’t know what’s going on whatsoever. His siblings are surprised at the ice cream dates and picnics he sets up, people smile at him when he goes to get you a milkshake, the guy behind the bar laughing when five pours a little packet of powder into your drink and stirs it—happily accepting the man’s offer to top up your whipped cream, so you don’t get distressed about it—all in all, atleast his darling will never have to do anything for themselves…ever again

Viktor happily plays instruments for you, learning your favorites so he can serenade and impress you. He tries to be as accommodating as possible, so patient and okay with your panic that he succeeds in comforting you. He’ll even let you help him at the bar once you get settled in, people find it adorable when you and him work together you don’t really do anything

They probably don’t have playdates very often, but the most to least well behaved would probably go

Viktors darling—Viktors humanity pays off, and his darling likely comes to terms pretty quickly, asking him nicely for things and even letting him touch them willingly!

Luther’s darling—All in all, they probably don’t have all too much to complain about. They’re awkward, but the darling isn’t clawing at him or anything

Allison’s darling—no cameras? Her darling is probably playing a Nintendo switch on a couch somewhere in the mansion, avoiding the wackos

fives darling—He’s trying, and so are they, but they’re a little out of it most of the time. I won’t give them credit for behaving because they don’t even know they’re doing something good by clinging to torso they wake up on every morning or by not biting the hand that feeds them dinner every night

Klaus Darling—Trying to run like all hell, but klaus just pulls them into whatever room has been set up for the meetup and wraps a friendly arm around them for the rest of the event

Diego’s darling—Biting at him, breaking things, all hell will break loose and he will be chuckling at his siblings as his darling tries to stab him with a fork

—

Maybe I should write more in depth personal series about it??? Who would yall wanna see first??? All of them?? SEASON 4 IS STUPID AND I HATE IT >:(

[11queensupreme11]

Scrolling through your blog feeds my brainrot so well.. So many references/Easter eggs, especially w/ your arsenic blue + associated tags 😩 Hsr?? Diabolik Lovers?? I've been hit with nostalgia so hard... Imagining Percy and the Percy kids in these respective universe... The power scaling would be such heavy diff 😭 In HSR, Percy would be a whole phenomena, depending on the kids they would be whole ass Aeons!!! The lore would be crazy, especially to the characters in the HSR-verse, the potential encounters there.. Some of the Beel kids especially.. genuine eldritch entities there, cosmic horror on a scale previously unknown to any poor trailblazers that happen across poor Percy's spawn.. Imagine them appearing out of nowhere and just terrorising the whole Hoyoverse with their ineffable presence. Lore accurate (to arsenic blues which is somehow more terrifying than actual ROR canon to me) ROR entities would be horrifying to HSR. Trailblazers would be shook, the Herta Spaxe station would be working overtime to figure out what the fuck these absolute fucking lovcraftian horrors are and where they came from... The Genius Society would be stumped, exhilarated and scared shitless if they had any sense (serves them mfs right, they're sleeping on my man Ratio, crisis deserved). If Percy had any level of interaction with literally any faction in HSR she'd probably be so apologetic.. If she was inclined to let slip that those absolute, universe level threats were actually her children. That she physically gave birth to ☠️ what an exchange to have..

Genshin has been mentioned before, even in the fic itself, so they would be extra fucked if they were doomed with Percys fucked up family trees intervention. So much worse than HSR because Genshin takes place on Teyvat which is a single planet, and from what's available in the lore rn, unless Celestia is secretly goated (not that we'd know because they're so elusive about what the hell Celestia even is) they're extra extra extra fucked with the power scaling. Genshin 'Gods'(/Archons) are NOT comparable to ROR Gods in theeee SLIGHTEST 😭

I watched Diabolik Lovers when I was like twelve, and somewhat recently revisited it and looked deeper than just the anime, so there are more factors to a potential crossover with that universe depending on how much of the lore you've consumed and wether you've seen translations of the games (they have banger character songs for Diabolik Lovers btw, I didn't know they existed at first but they do and they're actually really good. I'd recommend Kill You Again, an Azusa song bc hes my fave, my baby boy, my poor little masochistic meow meow ❤️‍🩹🗡). But I digress - I can see the Percy kids going to that universe for shots and giggles, with how haughty the Sakamaki's/Mukamis behave it would be so satisfying to see them get shat on by their power levels being dwarfed, #justiceforYui. I can imagine some Percy kids would infiltrate their universe and start attending their night school or something just to torment them 💀

The closest thing Diabolik Lovers have to a god (that we know of) is Karlehinz Sakamaki, who's the Vampire King and yada yada, he's very powerful in the lore, because I know I've seen somewhere that, while his kids backstories and abuses are way worse in the actual lore than the anime, they were deliberately engineered to be that way because he kept fucking rewinding time, specifically in Cordelias case (mother of the triplets) until she behaved exactly the way he wanted her to to break their kids so that the only form of love they could ever know was the 'love' they'd inevitably feel for Yui. It wasn't really expanded on in the anime aside from the vague references to 'Eve' and picking an 'Adam', but the whole purpose was to have one of the vamps procreate with Yui to conceive a new species, it was also something to do with some disease call Endzeit I think? That wiped out a whole species of demons (I could be mistaken about those two things being connected, but I know the disease exists in the lore and the demons were wiped out, just no lt sure if the disease is the direct cause)- which is what the vampires actually are, they're just a specific clan of demons, I think related to bats, which is why they resemble vampires.

Karlheinz also has some freaky relatives called Shin and Carla, the werewolf (yes, they are actually vampires, shh) dudes who very briefly showed up in the anime who were never expanded on because there were no more seasons. They were part of the race that was wiped out - First Bloods - and have an obsession with restoring their race or whatever (Carla wants to cure Enzeit as well because, oopsie, it appears he has that exact terminal illness, RIP) so they'd definitely have a particular interest in any Percy kids that happened to pop into their dimension because who better to repopulate with than the exact kind of superior race they're trying to propagate??

There are so many plot bunnies here.. So many maladaptive daydreams you have manifested for me.. Ty, Queen 😩😭 Also sorry for infodumping??? You triggered my hyperfixation I only realised the absolute bible of text I've saddled you with after I've typed it all.. also I am sleep deprived and probably oversharing. I'm so sorry 😀🥹🔫 I hope you enjoyed my unhinged raving tho

ANON I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS. I GOT UR OTHER ASKS TOO AND THEY'RE AMAZING SIDFAISV IFV 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

you got my crossover juices going 👅

the hsr AU got me thinking of the differences between ror gods and the aeons and it's lowkey like the pjo gods and ror (arsenic blues specifically) gods with the whole freedom thing 💔💔 aeons have even LESS freedom than pjo gods 💔 they quite literally have no choice but to follow their paths. nanook must destroy, qlipoth must preserve, lan must hunt, yaoshi must give in abundance, etc. etc. meanwhile our favorite gods represent their domains yes, but they're not TIED DOWN by it. plus, aeons are soooo distant from their people, meanwhile if the percy babies were to get yoinked to that universe, they WILL be direct and up in your face just for shits and giggles 😭😭😭

(also the slander for the genius society SCREW THEM, THEY DON'T DESERVE DR. RATIO ANYWAYS, HE'S TOO GOOD FOR THEM 😌)

AND LMAO POOR PERCY'S GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME IF HER MANY MANY CHILDREN GOT YOINKED TO THE HSR UNIVERSE CUZ THERE'S SO MANY PLANETS THEY COULD BE IN 😭😭😭 she's gonna have to work overtime, getting to each one and dragging their asses back home and trying to fix their mess 😭 she probably has apology speeches prepared for each damn planet already too 😭😭😭 honestly, she'd probably want to recruit her husbands to help her out, but depending on the yan, the punishment they'd give the kids might be a little TOO much so perhaps she's better off tackling this on her own.....

(she better pray she gets home FAST tho cuz if the yans get worried, they WILL come after her 💀)

and the genshin au! it's been way too long since i played so i can't say much, but she'd absolutely LOVE fontain cuz it's the water place and wish she could vacation there but noooo she has to stop her dumbass kids from destroying teyvat smh 🤦‍♀️ anyway, i can imagine her fawning over the hydro characters cuz she's always been a sucker for water people (ariel, aquaman, squirtle, etc etc.) she always favors any character water-related lol so that'd extend to any teyvat ppl that can manipulate water. she'd think it's the coolest thing ever for humans to do that! (unlike a certain sea god LMAO)

OMG YOU'RE A FELLOW DIABOLIK LOVERS VETERAN TOO OMG HIIIIII 💖💖💖💖 oh man percy's more meaner kids would shit on the diabolik boys so bad 😭😭 vampires, werewolves, demons, etc.? they already got that and several variations of them back home and they're usually considered lesser creatures in the hierarchy while the gods are, ofc, at the top (they'd at least be above humans tho lol)

and holy shit "so they'd definitely have a particular interest in any Percy kids that happened to pop into their dimension because who better to repopulate with than the exact kind of superior race they're trying to propagate??"

I FEEL LIKE THEY GOT THE BEST CHANGE TO REPRODUCE WITH ROZALTHA CUZ SHE'S THE ONE LOOKING FOR A HUSBAND 😭😭 the issue with that is... well.... rozaltha's crazy af 😭 whoever her "husband" is MUST be what she likes 24/7 and the boys definitely aren't it.

laito would cheat on her and she'd kill him. ayato would say something mean to her OR cheat and she'd kill him. kanato's too impatient and he'd probably try to kill her, lose, and get killed himself. shu's too lazy to do anything romantic and she'd get heartbroken and kill him. reiji's a jerk, so he's dead too. subaru's got anger issues and would snap at her, and die for it. azusa's self harm would make her panic and lose it and she'll eventually kill him out frustration. kou has a shit ton of fans that he needs to appeal to, so she'd kill him out of jealousy (and the fans). yuma's too snappy so he's dead. shin's an asshole too, so he's dead. carla and ruki might last the longest tho

(there's also apparently another sakamaki bro that got introduced later on, but idk much about him 💔)

(ask from 💫 anon; doing this so i can easily go back and read these cuz i enjoy them lol)

[catgirltoofies]

here's a few dwarf fortress adventure mode tips if you're struggling at all!

1. play a goblin. the mode is unfinished and there's no way to get food except what you start with, so play as a goblin so you don't have to deal with food and water (still need sleep tho). the downsides to playing a goblin, for the record: you're smaller and weaker than the other races. this can make it hard to wrestle things that are large, and makes you very frail under your armor - so don't fight big things without good armor.

2. don't bother with specific weapon skills at the start. my primary suggestions for skills to start with are Novice Reader, so you can read books and/or become a necromancer (if that's your groove) and, importantly, if you don't start out able to read, you can never learn to read. aside from that, my only suggestion is to take at least two levels in Observer. this will let you see how an opponent is attacking so you can counter effectively - you can't parry a dragon's fire breath, but you can block it. back to my initial point - the weapon you start with is not going to be a good weapon, and you should be seeking to replace it as soon as you can.

3. due to how combat works, your first medium-term priorities should be getting ahold of an iron chain shirt, an iron helm, two iron high boots, and two iron gauntlets. this will give you full coverage across your body. for embark, start with a copper chain shirt - cheap and plenty effective for early on, especially against animals. in addition, you want iron or silver weapons, or if your world is more developed, steel. this is why weapon skills don't matter on embark - you're not going to be able to put a ton of points into it anyways, and being a Proficient Swordsman won't help you when you find a masterwork silver whip in the hands of a random goblin.

4. NEVER sleep in the wilderness, if you can help it. you will be attacked and you will be killed. find a nearby civilization that isn't hostile to you, ask anyone in a building for permission to stay the night, and sleep there. you'll be safe from the boogeymen that way, but you're not necessarily safe from random attacks on the village you're staying in. those aren't your fault, though, and are totally random.

(boogeymen no longer attack outside of evil regions, but sleeping in the wilds still leaves you susceptible to predators - not nearly as dangerous, but still a potential threat.)

5. don't interact with elves unless you have a plan. starting in an elf civ has one big disadvantage and one huge potential advantage. elves don't use metal at all, so your only weapon and armor choices will be grown wood, which is an extremely ineffective weapon and armor material. even as ammo, wood is bad. however, if you start in an eleven civ, you have access to giant animal companions. your weapon doesn't matter when you have a giant lion on your side.

6. while in combat, don't be afraid to flee. sometimes you get in over your head. it's important to know when you're in trouble and getting out of dodge before it's too late. most importantly, if you're fighting something that gets cuts in through your armor, you need to leave. if its attacks are stronger than your armor, that means that you can get severed nerves, and those are permanent damage. when you go to the travel map and move a tile, all of your wounds are healed, except for permanent damage - it doesn't matter if you're bruised black and blue and your legs are broken, if you can get to the travel map, all of that goes away. but one single severed nerve in your ankle and you become permanently disabled and need a crutch to walk anywhere, severely hampering your ability to fight. even worse in the arm!

7. train! fight weak stuff before trying to take on strong stuff. run around the woods and chop the wings off of birds. wrestle crabs. get into fistfights with drunks. getting experience from things does not scale with difficulty, only repetition, so it's perfectly viable to pick up a rock and throw it at the floor for three hours and become a legendary thrower capable of splitting open a goblin skull with a hummingbird beak from 30 meters away, or fistfight drunken dwarves for weeks on end to become a legendary striker and punch a dragon's eyes out.

8. for early equipment, scout out camps. there tend to be some nearby any settlement, and the residents might not even be hostile to you! don't pick up everything, just things that are better than the stuff you have. it doesn't currently have an indicator, but carrying too much stuff WILL overencumber and slow you down, which can be deadly in a fight. i look for iron or silver equipment, especially whips. don't take the money, it's useless.

9. what's the best weapon? whips. due to the complex mechanics of combat, whips are basically able to totally ignore armor and simply break bones. secondarily, spear-type weapons are decent against armor, as they can punch through and cause bleeding, while blunt weapons like maces can break bones through the armor. swords and axes are not going to be useful. against unarmored things, though, swords and axes will be much, much stronger - a heavy sword swing can pretty handily sever limbs, which is an EXTREMELY effective tactic, if you can pull it off. blunt weapons will still be able to break bones, but it'll take quite a bit longer to kill an unarmored target with a war hammer than with a greataxe.

10. be patient! both in the game itself, and with the development process. this beta is very incomplete, missing extremely important content like crafting and trading, leaving you somewhat limited in what you can do. they're working on getting it finished, and what's currently available is still a whole lot! as for the game itself - sometimes it's good to take things slow. don't just wildly auto-attack things, sometimes taking a look at your attack options and potential "crits" can create an opening for you to turn a losing battle into a winning one. you can take a step to reassess and get a new accuracy roll if none of your options are good - just be careful not to leave yourself too open to counterattacks!

[apocalypticvalraven]

Delicious in Dungeon in The Kitchen

So... I was struck by the thought that I kinda wish some food nerd would go through the Dungeon Meshi dishes and analyze them and sort of give a "this is the real world thing they're making" run down.

And then I realized I'm a food nerd that can do research.

So.

We're gonna try this out, starting with Volume 1. I don't promise that I know everything about cooking. I don't promise I'll always be able to make the thing I'm looking at (I am broke, and I don't have my own kitchen). But I can at least look at a dish and figure out what they're doing and how to replicate it, at least sorta.

Dungeon Meshi Volume 1-- Huge Scorpion and Walking Mushroom Hot Pot

The two main components of this dish are the Huge Scorpion and Walking Mushroom.

Walking Mushroom

Looking at the images in the manga, Walking Mushroom seems to just... be a mushroom that can walk around. There are no organs, the interior seems pretty uniform in substance...

Like, literally, that's exactly what sliced mushrooms look like. Senshi cuts the mushroom into ~4" strips (judging by their size next to the small cabbage-like vegetable, and comparing those plants to his hand in the image of him gathering them. I am assuming dwarf hands are roughly the same size as human hands).

There's a variety of edible mushroom that is probably as close as we're going to get to the size of a Walking Mushroom, growing a cap up to 3' wide, but it seems to only grow in termite mounds in a very specific part of the African continent (please forgive my USAmerican, White education leading me to not being able to identify the specific region), so... if you can get that at all, it's probably crazy expensive (as it should be, unless you're literally getting it from the mounds or local markets yourself). Portobello or similar large culinary mushrooms are probably just fine. The Mushroom Feet are literally just mushrooms, so no worries there.

Huge Scorpion

Ok, so... there is a difference between arachnids and crustaceans. As a start, arachnids have book lungs and crustaceans have gills. Arachnid guts are different from crustacean guts, just because of environment. Hell, crustacean limbs grow differently from arachnid limbs.

That said, everything I see in Dungeon Meshi implies that, from a culinary standpoint, Huge Scorpion is a crustacean-

So, really, it's just a big lobster. Take a lobster, cut off its legs, antennae, and the tail fluke, and you're going to see something that looks pretty similar to the huge scorpion in Dungeon Meshi.

Seaweed

Next is seaweed, which... is just a thing, but also kind of an imprecise term, I think. Basically, "seaweed" just refers to any marine algae that is multicellular and macroscopic (big enough to see). Arctic Moss seems to be a real thing which refers to a couple things- the aquatic moss Calliergon giganteum and the terrestrial lichen in the genus of Cladonia, which includes Reindeer Lichen.

Reindeer lichen is edible, in a number of ways, but it's also not seaweed. So we look at Calliergon giganteum. I cannot get an answer as to whether this particular variety of moss is edible. So... fuck it, say Senshi used Reindeer Lichen, at least we know that's edible.

"Star Jelly" is... I don't know. The main result I find when googling it is that it's the sort of general term for various slimes that show up on lawns and other vegetation, etc. Which means it could be anything from amphibian spawning jelly to who the fuck knows what.

However, one thing it could be is a cyanobacteria known as Fat Choy, a commonly used "vegetable" in Chinese Cuisine:

Looks like jelly? Yep. Looks weird enough that you might imagine it comes from a star? Yep. Edible? Yes!

(I mean, maybe don't eat a ton of it, or get it from irreputable sources. At least some Fat Choy contains a toxic amino acid which may or may not have negative health effects, but I'm not a doctor, so all I'm saying is "be aware of this." It's an expensive delicacy, which means that it is a particularly lucrative target for counterfeiters, and China does not have strong, or strongly enforced, food safety laws).

The Hard Stuff

So that leaves "Invertatoes" and "Dried Slime."

Neither of which seem to have a good direct analogue to the real world. Well... sorta.

Invertatoes seems to refer to the plants. The name calls to mind potatoes, and potatoes do indeed grow in the ground and are starchy. It's probably fair to just use any kind of starchy tuber as the "invertatoes." Maybe cassava, since those are large enough that it's at least somewhat believable that "Fantasy Land Cassava" could look like that (although that doesn't fit the "these are normal plants that grow upside down" unless we're being really generous).

The problem is that it's sort of implied that the cabbage-like vegetable seen in the hot pot comes from the same plant, and everything from a potato plant other than the potato itself is toxic. They also don't look like that.

I literally don't know what those cabbage/lettuce-like leafy vegetables are. They're not seaweed, because the two varieties called out definitely don't look like that. They're not, so far as I can tell, the greens of any kind of starchy tuber--

EXCEPT.

So, I was taking one last look at tubers to see if I could find something that seemed to match, and I think Invertatoes could be likened to something similar to chicory. Particularly endives. I never knew endives were related to chicory (ie, "that thing that I'm aware is popular as a coffee substitute in the South, but I don't have much desire to try it, and I wonder if it even has caffeine..."), but, apparently, yeah. Endives are a member of the chicory genus.

So, yeah, lets say that Invertatoes are a sort of fantasy plant similar to the various members of the chicory genus. The trunk can be replicated with chicory root, and the leaves with endives.

That leaves Dried Slime. Dried Slime makes up the noodles in the hot pot, which implies that the noodles are gelatinous, and probably low in gluten. Senshi's explanation of the slime makes me want to think of it as a macro-unicellular lifeform, but... I'm not sure that's accurate.

While it's definitely not an accurate way to describe a jellyfish, I could definitely see a non-biologist describing jellyfish in a way similar to the way Senshi describes the slime. I could also see some fantasy terrestrial jellyfish thing hunting in a similar manner to the slime. Moreover, there are edible varieties of jellyfish, and they're processed in a manner very similar to what Senshi describes for processing slimes. And one way of preparing edible jellyfish is to thinly slice it into noodles.

Hot Pots

I... think this is using a very specifically Japanese sense of "hot pot" (which makes sense), because in Japan, hot pot can refer to a dish called nabemono, while in general, hot pot refers to a particular kind of dining in China where you get a pot full of boiling stock/broth and a bunch of raw ingredients, and you put the stuff you want into the broth at the table. Nabemono is more of "put a bunch of stuff in a pot, and cook it. Serve it boiling." Which is to say, it's soup.

Senshi puts the scorpion meat and mushroom into a pot on its own, and lets it start boiling-

Then, while it's boiling, he goes and finds other ingredients, coming back with the invertatoes and the slime. The two are prepared simply-

Seasoning isn't included in the ingredients, but I can understand this as a choice for presentation. We do see Senshi add something to the broth after tasting it, and I think it's fair to assume it's one of soy sauce, mirin, fish sauce, or similar. I think it's actually really interesting that we see Senshi add seasoning, but we're not told what it is-

Because... that's cooking. You can follow a recipe, but ultimately, you need to taste your cooking and make your own decisions. Senshi lets the soup cook, tastes the broth, decides it needs something, and gives it a bit of time to let the flavors meld before serving it up.

Dungeon Meshi Lobster and Mushroom Hot Pot

So, we're looking at something like this for the "Huge Scorpion and Walking Mushroom Hot Pot"--

Lobster- ~5 lbs or more (a 1 lb lobster yields about 4 oz of actual meat, which is a single serving), cut into large slices

Portobello- 2 mushrooms large diced, 2 left whole with the caps scored

Reindeer Lichen and Fat Choy- to taste

Chicory Roots- ~1 cup, diced

Endive greens- ~2 cups

Jellyfish, thin sliced- as much as you like

Add lobster and mushrooms to water, and allow to boil. While it comes to a boil, prepare the other ingredients, then add to the water. Let the soup come to a full boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes to an hour (can simmer longer, but this will affect the texture of the ingredients. Longer simmering will result in more melding of flavors, but also degraded solid parts).

Taste the broth. It will likely need salt and acid, which could come in a variety of forms, such as kosher salt and lemon juice, soy sauce and mirin/rice vinegar, oyster/fish sauce, or something else. Go with your gut and your taste buds..

[bad4amficideas]

I CAN'T ANYMORE!!!, I HAVE TO ASK IT!!!, I'M SORRY FOR THE SPAM IN THE X READER TAG

Why do you make characters like Miguel or Miles call the Reader "mami"? Is it something Latin American I'm missing? is because I saw the movies in spanish? Anyway, thats NOT the problem, the problem is... DO YOU ONLY KNOW THAT WORD OF ENDEARMENT???

I know what it means. I am Spanish (but, from Spain, specifically). I SPEAK SPANISH. But you will never hear anyone in Spain call someone affectionately mommy or daddy... UNLESS they are married and have children.

Side note, none of you are as bad as you think with Spanish, but you may have problems with the gender of words (understandable, English is more gender neutral one of the few things I like about it, but in Spanish, the masculine form OR ENDING IN "O" it is Usually generalized as neutral too, but not always).

Cariño = all genders (dear)

Cariña = congrats, Inhabitant of a Latin American town, not to be confused with carina.

cielo = literally sky (yo never sais "ciela")

Bolita= small ball (is cute, to chubby, rounded people, BOLITO, is NOT a word, bolita goes for any gender)

churri (I don't know how to define this, but it's affectionate, something old-fashioned)

amor= love

bicho= bug (to be fair, you can say bichito, bichita, aca little bug)

caramelito= little sweet

bombon= bonbon

With gender (for those who are interested, first male, then female)

querido, querida (dear)

canijo, canija (something like a dwarf, little one but affectionately)

principe, princesa (prince, princess)

rey, reina (king, queen)

guapo, guapa (beautiful)

lindo, linda (cute)

nene, nena (baby, coloquial)

pitufo, pitufa/pitufina (Smurf/smurfette, more familiar appellation, but it is said and yes both word works in female)

muñeco, muñeca (doll, the last one also means wrist)

Almost always add "mi" (my) to power it up

[whoevenheckinknows]

Black Nights (JayTimWeek 2025 Day 4)

AO3

Fandom: Batman All Media Types

Rating: E

Warnings: Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationship: Tim Drake/Jason Todd

Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd

Tags: JayTimweek2025, jaytim week day 4, confessions, getting together, plot what plot/porn without plot, size kink, size difference, roof sex, wall sex, semi-public sex, anal sex, dirty talk, sex pollen, however the arousal is all Tim being horny for Jason, no pollen necessary for Tim to want to climb that man like a tree, explicit consent, Jason goes a little yandere but its more for the kink than any actual intent, ages not specified, but Tim is probably over 18, although you can see him as 17 if you want, top Jason Todd, bottom Tim drake, a little bit of violence, human trafficking, non-consensual drug use, those last three are for the case in the very beginning, and have nothing to do with our boys, no beta we die like Jason Todd, like i finished this just now and immediately posted it kind of no beta, Do not post to other sites, Cross-Posted on tumblr, POV Third Person

Summary:

After finding Red Robin in his territory, Red Hood decides to help him find the fuckers who plan to traffic people out of the alley using sex pollen. But when Tim gets a tiny bit of pollen on him, it leads to some confessions and realizations that Jason didn't expect.

Literally my only idea going into this was size kink and Jason not thinking he'll fit. That's it. Everything else was a result of that.

A/N:

Fun fact, this was not originally going to be for jaytim week, it was just me practicing writing a ship other than jaydick/dickjay, specifically smut of another ship. Then, as I was planning out jaytim week i was like: I wonder if i can shove this fic into one of the color themes? …wait a minute there's a free day I'm an idiot. And thus here we are.

This fic is brought to you by: Bun helping me remember the word dwarfing. Because of you, this size kink fic now exists.

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The night had been going well up until now. A few attempted rapists with a few more broken bones than before, a few guys trying to sell to teens, a few muggings. Nothing out of the ordinary. So when Hood spotted Red Robin making his way towards him on the rooftops, he knew his night was about to take a turn for the worse.

Jason is half tempted to chase the bat out of his territory. They all know his rules. No bats unless he specifically approves of it. But Jason knows that Tim isn't the type to break his rules without reason. The two have an uneasy alliance with each other built on respect for the other's work, after all. Jason knows they're nowhere near being best friends, but honestly? Jason prefers the teen over most of the other bats, now that he doesn't hold the rage of being replaced that he did before.

So for Tim to go against his wishes like this, it must be something important.

"Hood." Red Robin acknowledges, finally making his way onto the same roof as him. He sounds breathless, which is unusual for the younger.

"Red." Hood nods. "What brings you to my neck of the woods?"

"We've traced a shipment of sex pollen coming into the Alley. Our information suggests the smugglers plan on releasing it in the alley as a way to easily capture victims for trafficking. Specifically the street kids."

Hood- no Jason sees red. He clenches his fist tightly, and has to hold himself back from punching something. Mostly because the only something within easy reach is Tim. Although, the teen seems to have known he would react like this, if the increasing distance between them is any indication.

"When?" Jason snarls.

"Next couple of days. I was hoping you'd help me find them tonight, so that we're hopefully not too late."

"Tell me what I need to know."

Red Robin does just that, spouting out the information like he has the whole file memorized. Twerp probably does, knowing him. He explains the timeline of what they know, the known prior locations, known and suspected players, and most probable current locations. Once Hood's brought up to speed, they get to work.

It takes longer than Hood would have liked to find the base of operation. The first two likely locations are a bust, and the third seems like it was used at one point before the operation was moved. The fourth location is the most promising. Its a warehouse, because of fucking course it is, right on the edge of Crime Alley. It's busier than usual for this time of night, the usual being completely fucking deserted, and that's the first clue that something is amiss. The second is the two guards blocking the entrance, rebreather on both their faces and skin fully covered despite the warm weather.

"This has to be it." Red Robin says over coms. He pulls his own rebreather over his face before looking over at Hood. "You ready?"

"I've been fucking ready." The growl in his voice is still there, his anger not having faded at all despite their hours of searching. If anything, it only grew, as each moment spent searching was another moment closer to being too late. And Hood doesn't know what he'd do if he's too late. If these fuckers inflict sex pollen on fucking children.

The two are methodical in their take-down. They don't go through the front door, because why would they? Instead, they sneak to the roof of the building and look in.

Jason is appalled by just how many people are in the building. How many people are okay with such a disgusting plan. His fists clench again, and an unconscious growl leaves him once more.

Suddenly, there is a hand on his. Hood snaps his head to look at Red Robin.

"I know how bad you want to kill them all, Hood. But you don't know how many of them actually know what the higher ups are planning."

"Anyone who messes with sex pollen deserves a bullet straight through the fucking head."

"I know, Ja-Hood. But, just…please? Keep it to a minimum?"

Hood doesn't respond to his request, simply mutters out a hasty "let's get moving" before searching around for a good entrance point.

He finds one quickly, and the two immediately get to work. It doesn't take long for them to take down most of the men, despite the large number, and soon they're down to a handful. That's when things start going to shit.

"Red, look out!" Hood yells over to Red Robin, just as a man manages to get close in his blind-spot. Red tries to turn around but he's too slow, and instead of stopping the man he ends up with a face full of what Hood would bet is sex pollen. That close, there's no way none made it through the gaps between his rebreather and his uniform. Even if it's just trace amounts. "Fuck."

Hood rushes over to Red and punches the man who dosed him in the nose. The man goes down, and Jason can't help but kick him a few times in the stomach.

"You're lucky I'm not killing you, you fucking bastard." Jason spits, the modulator in his helmet making the threat seem even more menacing.

Hood turns to Red, and only through experience can he tell that the teen's eyes are wide behind the domino. Shit.

"You good to finish up, Red, or do you need evac?"

"I'm good." His voice is strained, but he doesn't seem to be lying too badly if he's able to speak at all. Must not have gotten too big of a dose, then. "Shit's not even that strong."

Hood nods before turning back towards the last couple of men. He doesn't hold back in taking them down, brutally efficient in a way he wasn't before. Red Robin isn't much help, but at least he's not completely out for the count. As the last man goes down, Jason looks back over to see the other vigilante simply staring at him.

"Enjoying the show?" Jason teases with a smirk. He can't see Tim's full reaction under the mask, but the flinch that follows makes Jason think he's not too far off the mark.

Hood doesn't waste any more time with teasing, working his way around the warehouse tying men up. (And if he takes a moment to kick the man who dosed Tim once more in the stomach, well it's not like there are any witnesses.) After they're all restricted, he goes around inspecting the containers of pollen scattered around.

"They've got a lot here." Hood doesn't jump at the sound of Red's strained voice. He's too trained for that. But he will admit he's a little startled at the other vigilante's sudden appearance beside him. "Makes me wonder just how long they've been planning this, and how big they were planning on making it."

"Glad we don't have to find out. Now come on. Let's get you out of here while the GCPD cleans up." The two grapple out the way they came in, returning to the rooftops. They move to a nearby building, one where they can keep an eye on the warehouse but remain out of sight. Jason leans against the door to the roof-top entrance, Red makes a call to Oracle, who contacts GCPD, and then it's just them once more.

"Red, report. How badly were you dosed?"

"Not too bad, promise." Jason takes the other in, trying to deduce if he's lying or not. His cheeks are flushed red and his breathing is slightly heavier than normal. He's also shifting his legs in a way Jason knows from experience means he's hard in his cup and trying to relieve the discomfort. And Jason's sure that if he were to remove the mask, Tim's pupils would be dilated to all hell.

That's if the mask were even facing his direction, he realizes with a start. Since making their way to the roof, Tim has not looked in Jason's direction once. Well that just won't do.

Jason takes a step away from the wall and closer to Tim, watching him flinch minutely at the movement. He reaches down to grab his chin, turning his head to actually face Jason. Although, Jason's certain that beneath the mask, Tim is still avoiding his eyes.

"If that were the case, you'd be able to look me in the eyes without a raging boner, Baby Bird." Jason's voice is low, and he can feel the shiver run through Tim as he speaks. Once again proving that he's nowhere near unaffected. "You can't, can you? Come on! Look me in the eyes and tell me you're not affected."

Tim whines, and something in Jason's stomach heats at the sound. "That's not fair, Jay!"

"No names in the field, Birdie." Jason's voice is still low and Tim swallows at the words. "And what's not fair? The fact that you know I'm right? The fact that the pollen is affecting you despite how little actually touched you? The fact that-"

"The fact that its you!" Tim cuts him off. Jason has to take a step back at the outburst. Tim barely seems to notice as he continues on. "The fact that you're asking me to not be turned on at the sight of you, despite the face that I can't do that on a regular day, let alone one I've been hit with a bit of pollen. The fact that after I got hit, you beat the guy who did it to a pulp, and fuck was it hot when you did that. And don't think I didn't notice you go back and kick him again later. Or notice how you were more brutal in your take-down after I was hit. Fuck, J-Hood. I'm not lying when I say the pollen's barely affected me. If anything it's just enhancing the arousal I already feel because of you."

Jason stares at Tim, watching as the younger stands there panting heavily after his little rant. Tim seems to realize this, and somehow blushes even more than he already was.

"Shit." Tim says, backing up slightly. Jason remains frozen, still staring at the boy. Tim continues speaking as he backs up more. "Shit. Can we pretend I didn't say any of that? Let's just do that. OK? I'm going to leave now, and we'll forget this ever happened. Good? Good."

Tim goes to move away, to make good on his word of pretending this never happened, but Jason's body is moving before he can even think. Suddenly, he has the shorter boy bracketed against the wall behind them, Tim letting out a yelp as his body hits it harder than Jason intended. Then, the two are staring at each other, mask to helmet, and that just won't do.

Jason reaches up and unlatches his helmet, pulling it off and tossing it onto the ground beside them.

"Jason?" Tim whispers, shock and nerves filling his voice.

"Take off your mask." Jason commands quietly, doing the same with his own domino that was under his helmet. When he looks back at the teen, he hasn't moved. He's still just looking at Jason. "Please?"

That spurs the Tim into action. Soon, the mask is off, and Jason can finally see the teen's icy blue eyes. His pupils are dilated, just as he had suspected, but there's something else hidden in them that Jason can't quite describe. But fuck does it flip Jason's stomach.

"Did you mean it?" He can't help but ask. Tim swallows, and Jason's eyes flicker to the movement briefly.

"L-like I said, we can just pretend this didn't happen. I'm sure it's just the pollen talking. You know, lowering my filters and whatnot-"

Tim cuts off as Jason moves even closer. Now, he's no longer just bracketing the teen, but completely pinning him against the wall with his own larger body. And fuck is he larger. Jason can't help but take in how much his body absolutely engulfs Tim's against the wall.

"That doesn't answer my question, Baby Bird." Jason whispers, leaning his head down to look Tim straight in the eyes. "Did. You. Mean. It."

Tim eyes are staring into his now, searching for something, although Jason's not sure what. Is he seeing if Jason is making fun of him? Angry at him? Honestly, Jason himself is a little unsure of how he's feeling. Just like he's unsure what he wants Tim's answer to be. Or what he plans to do if the answer is yes.

Tim must find whatever he's looking for in Jason's eyes, because he gives a small nod of his head. And just like that, Jason's body is moving before he can process it once more.

Tim's lips are chapped, not that Jason's are much better. Even still, they are warm, and wet, and feel fucking amazing as they move against his own. Jason doesn't hesitate to lick at Tim's lips, diving in as soon as Tim opens them in invitation. He devours the teen's mouth, licking and sucking and biting as much as he can. They're both panting hard by the time Tim pulls back for air.

"If I didn't know for certain, I'd say you were the one hit with the pollen." Tim remarks breathlessly. Jason pauses at that. Considering Tim hasn't gone through any decontamination measures, it's more than likely Jason's touched some residual pollen on Tim's suit. But, Jason knows what it's like to be on pollen. This burning heat inside of him begging him to go back to kissing the shorter vigilante in front of him is all him.

Jason listens to the heat and returns his lips to Tim's. The younger boy gasps as Jason sets about once more devouring every inch of his mouth. Jason's knee makes its way between Tim's thighs, and he feels as much as he hears the boy whine beneath him. His hands start wandering, starting at Tim's shoulders and trailing down his arms.

When Jason reaches his hips, he slides them up his torso and up to his nipples. Jason can feel the hard buds poking through Tim's uniform, and he can't help but tease them lightly. Tim jerks at the touch, rubbing his cupped crotch against Jason's thigh. A moan escapes the teen, and he grinds down again to chase the feeling.

Jason releases Tim's mouth and starts trailing kisses down his neck. He nips and licks his way down until he meets the edge of Tim's uniform. Then, he skips over to where he can see the little peaks where the nipples he was teasing are peaking through. He presses an open mouth kiss to one over the fabric, teasing the other at the same time. Tim keens at the feeling. Fuck, he's so sensitive. Jason idly wonders if Tim could come undone from his tits alone. Considering he's this sensitive when there's still layers between his lips and the nipples, it's very likely.

Jason pulls away and looks up at Tim. The other is staring down at him with wide eyes, his face even redder than it was before. Jason can't stop himself from leaning back up to kiss him once more.

When he pulls away this time, Tim grabs his shoulder before he can move back down. "Wait."

Jason freezes. He looks back into Tim's eyes, searching for any signs of discomfort or unease. He finds none, but that doesn't mean much if there's pollen running through his system. So he asks, "are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Tim moves his hand from Jason's shoulder to cup his cheek instead. "Better than fine, really. But. I need to know. Why are you doing this?"

Jason quirks an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"You've never shown interest in me before. But now, after a bit of pollen and a stupid confession, you're all over me. I want to make sure you're doing this because you want to, not because of the pollen, or some misplaced sense of pity. And…" Tim averts his eyes as he finishes his thought. "…I really don't want to be tossed away right after. So if you're not doing this because you want to, or if you're just doing it to get your rocks off? I'd rather you didn't do it at all."

Now it's Jason's turn to cup Tim's cheeks. "Tim? Can you look at me?" Tim brings his gaze back to meet Jason's once more. "There you go, Pretty Bird. Now. I'll be honest. Before tonight, I would have never imagined having you like this-" Tim's gaze closes off, as if mentally preparing himself for Jason to finish with a rejection. Jason kisses his forehead gently in reassurance. "Hey, none of that now. Let me finish, alright?"

Tim's eyes clear just slightly, and he nods his head before Jason continues.

"Thank you. So, yeah, I didn't think of you this way before tonight. But, Tim? I'm not at all shocked that I am now." Tim makes a noise of confusion. Jason brushes some hair out of Tim's face as he goes on.

"Out of all the bats, you're the only one I let into my territory without shooting on sight. I respect you, as a person and a fellow vigilante. And I know you respect me too. When you had a case come into my neck of the woods, especially one that you knew I would be personally invested in, you brought it to me instead of trying to sneak in to handle it on your own. And I know you could have. Handled it on your own, I mean. Tim, you're smart, and reliable, and kind, and loyal, and honestly if we didn't have as much history as we do I would have jumped you a long time ago." The noise Tim makes at that is closer to a whimper.

"And that's not even mentioning how hot you are. Fuck, Tim, anyone with eyes can see how good looking you are. You've got a pretty boy face, but anyone who's seen you without a shirt knows you're all muscle under there." The hand that's not cupping Tim's face is resting on Tim's hips, and he starts rubbing his thumb up and down soothingly over the fabric. Although, whether he's trying to soothe himself or Tim is up for debate. "Really, I want to hit myself over the head for not noticing it all sooner."

The more Jason talks, the wider it seems Tim's eyes become. Jason's honestly unsure they can get any wider at this point. He takes a moment for Tim to take it all in, to process Jason's words, before he overwhelms him completely. Then, he hits him with his trump card.

"And when I beat someone up for you, you didn't chastise me or lecture me about it. No, you found it hot. It makes me wonder." Here, Jason leans in closer, his lips grazing the lobe of Tim's ear. "Would you have been just as turned on if I killed him for you?"

Tim breath hitches at Jason's words, and he knows he's right on the money.

"What would you have done, I wonder? If I pulled out my gun and shot a man point blank for daring to touch you? I'd do it, you know. For you. I wanted to back there. I wanted to kill every one of those fuckers not just for what they planned to do, but because they even thought about hurting you." Tim's hips are starting to grind down onto Jason's thighs at his words. Jason presses a chaste kiss onto Tim's lips, pulling back before the other could deepen it. "So no, I have no plans on throwing you away after this. You, Timothy Jackson Drake, are mine now. I have no intentions of letting you go now that I've had a taste."

This time when Jason kisses Tim, it's not with the intention of devouring the other whole. No, instead he pours all of his emotions into the kiss, all of the words he just spoke into actions, because sometimes it's easier for bats to understand that than words. The kiss is deep and slow, hard but not heated like before, and both of them seem content with that, even as Tim continues to grind down onto Jason's thigh. Jason chuckles at that, separating their lips to look down at their connected lower halves.

"I suppose I should help you with that, huh. Poor Baby Bird, you've been aching in your cup for so long now haven't you? I bet it hurts so bad, doesn't it. And what kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't help you with that." Tim's motions stutter at that, before halting completely. Jason looks up, concerned, to see Tim's shocked eyes. He goes over his own words in his head, trying to figure out what he said. He freezes in realization. "I mean… if that's what you want to be anyway. We didn't actually put a label on it, and I guess I shouldn't have assumed, but-"

Tim cuts Jason off with kiss, the first one he's initiated since this started. Pulling away, he smiles softly. "It's fine. Now, I believe my boyfriend was telling me how he's going to help my aching cock?"

Jason groans low. "Fuck, Baby Bird. You're gonna kill me over here." Jason shrugs off his jacket and takes a few steps back to get to work stripping out of the rest of his uniform, not caring if they're currently outside on a roof. Bats should know better to come into his territory and no one else is crazy enough to be out here this late at night. Besides, with the sky as black as it is, the city is engulfed in darkness. No one will see a thing. He motions towards Tim. "Get out of that uniform, and maybe I'll show you rather than tell you."

Tim might just be a speedster with how quick he disarms the traps on his uniform and pulls it off. The teen is completely naked by the time Jason works his own pants down his legs. He doesn't bother taking his boots off to get the pants completely off.

Without all the extra accessories, Tim is even tinnier next to him. Jason almost can't believe how much smaller the other vigilante compared to him. In both height and width, Jason absolutely dwarfs him. The sight of it sends arousal straight to Jason's dick, which he realizes with a start is almost completely erect at this point. It stands proudly against his stomach, and Jason watches Tim's eyes become entranced with it. Just like every other part of their bodies, Jason's cock is massive compared to him.

"I want that in me yesterday." Tim mutters, and Jason's pretty sure he didn't mean to say that out loud. Jason smirks as he moves close to pin Tim against the wall once more. They both groan as their bare erections rub against each other.

"Well, I can't exactly time travel, so I guess you're stuck with getting it now. Huh, Pretty Bird?" With all of his clothes off now, Jason watches as not only Tim's face lights up at having said that out loud, but his whole neck and chest as well. He smirks, bending down to kiss the reddened chest. He moves down, kissing a trail from his chest to his abs and down to where Tim's dick is bobbing against his own stomach. Jason kisses the tip lightly before pulling back.

Tim groans at the teasing. "Jason, please!"

"Thought you said you wanted me in you, Baby Bird?" Jason snakes his hand behind Tim to rub a finger lightly at his hole. "Which is it? What do you want?"

"Fuck, Jay. In me. Please!"

"That's what I thought. Shit, look at you. Fucking begging me to fuck you out in the open like this." As he talks, Jason continues rubbing and prodding at Tim's hole. He doesn't push in, not without lube, but instead just toys with the entrance. Tim shivers, although Jason can't tell if it's from the words or the teasing fingers. "That it? You want someone to find us up here? Someone to watch as I fuck into you, make you scream?"

Tim's not speaking at this point. Just panting and whining as his hips jerk into Jason's, giving friction to both of their aching cocks. Jason pulls his fingers away, shushing Tim's complaints with a kiss before reaching down into the utility belt around his ankles. He pulls out a packet of lube and continues rummaging through the pouches.

"Shit." He bites out. "I must have given my last condom to one of the working girls."

"I don't care." Tim gets out. Jason looks up at him and he continues. "I know we're both clean and- fuck Jason I need you so bad right now. Just do it!"

Jason doesn't even question how Tim knows he's clean, of course the little stalker does. Instead, he stands up with just the lube packet and opens it.

"If you're sure." He says, squirting some of the contents onto his fingers. He reaches back behind Tim just as he responds with an affirmative.

Without any more delay, Jason slips the tip of a finger inside. Tim's tight, and Jason can't hold back the groan at the feeling. Jason's fingers are huge compared to the younger boy, the hands outside his hole absolutely encompassing his ass cheeks. Jason starts moving the finger, pumping it in and out, going deeper every time. Soon, he's able to get the whole finger in. He does the same with his second finger, poking it beside the first as he slowly works it inside.

Once the second one is fully in, Jason starts thrusting with more vigor. It's so tight, even as he scissors and slides in and out. A third finger is added, and still, Jason knows there's no way his cock will be able to fit comfortable. Tim's moaning the whole time, and Jason has to wonder if he knows just how wide his entrance is right now. Or maybe he doesn't care, Jason cant help but think as Tim's moans turn to wails when Jason finds his prostate.

Jason keeps going, adding a fourth finger in an attempt to prepare the boy enough for him. Even then, Jason isn't sure he'll be able to fit. Tim seems to have other ideas.

"Jason please. I'm ready. If you don't fuck me right now, I'm going to cum before you get the chance."

"Are you sure, Tim?" Jason says, even as he removes his fingers from the other's ass and starts stroking the rest of the lube onto his cock. "I don't think I'm going to fit. I'm worried I'll hurt you."

"Make it fit or so help me Jason Peter Todd I will ruin you." The threat shouldn't arouse Jason as much as it does, and yet here they are. Either way, that's a thought for next time. Because despite his hesitation, Jason wants to be inside that tight heat as much as Tim wants him to be inside him.

Jason grabs onto Tim's thighs, hoisting him up to wrap Tim's legs around his waist. Tim's so light, so its easy to hold him up. He could probably do it without leaning his back into the wall if he wanted to. Jason lines himself up with Tim's entrance, looking into the boy's eyes once more to silently ask for permission. Tim's eyes are burning with lust and determination, and Jason knows he's ready even without his little head nod.

With that, Jason starts to push in. Just the tip alone has trouble pushing inside, even with Jason's preparation. But when it does finally pop in, Jason sees stars.

"You're so tight, Baby Bird. So tight and small. I could fucking break you with my dick alone if I wanted to."

"Do it" Tim challenges, his eyes hot and hungry. "Break me apart."

"Fuck." Jason pushes in further, probably too fast and too much to not hurt Tim. But the other merely moans at the sensation. So Jason decides to keep going, pushing further and further into the boy. Sometimes he'll stop and pull out a bit, only to thrust back in further than he was before. It feels like eternity, with him sliding inch by inch into the smaller teen, but eventually, Jason bottoms out.

And fuck what a sight it is. Jason looks down at where they're connected, and can't hold back a growl at the sight. Being held against the wall by Jason alone, Tim is absolutely engulfed by Jason. Jason's whole body curls around Tim, blocking him completely from anyone's eyes but his. And when Jason's eyes land on Tim's stomach, he freezes.

There's a bump protruding out of Tim's stomach. Jason gives an experimental jerk, and the bump moves along with him. Fuck. That's his dick. Jason's cock is so much bigger than Tim, it's poking out of his stomach.

He can't stop himself from reaching out to touch it. He shivers as he feels the touch on the tip of his cock. The movement draws Tim's eyes, and he lets out his own whimper at the sight.

"Holy shit, Jay. I can see your cock."

"I know." Jason starts grinding into Tim as he starts to talk. "You're so small my dick sticks out from inside you."

Jason's grinds turn into thrusts as he starts to properly fuck Tim. "Look how much bigger I am than you. I could eat you up if I wanted. Could break you up, tear you apart on my cock no problem. Can you feel it? Can you feel me fucking into your stomach, because you're too small to keep me out?"

Tim moans loudly, and Jason continues pounding into him. He adjusts his angle slightly until he finds Tim's prostate once more. The boy's moans turns to screams as Jason relentless hits it over and over again.

Jason pulls away from the wall, holding onto Tim tightly as he meets Tim's own attempts at thrusting. Fuck, Jason was right. He can absolutely fuck Tim without the wall. And the thought makes him speed up in his trusts, pounding over and over into Tim's prostate.

"Look at you, so small I can fuck you just like this. You weigh nothing, Baby Bird." That's a bit of a lie. Tim is all muscle, and that muscle definitely weighs more than nothing, and Jason's using more strength than he's making it seem in order to do this but fuck. The thought of fucking into Tim like a rag-doll, him weighing nothing as he just takes Jason so good, makes Jason almost cum then and there. But, Jason is a gentleman. He's going to make Tim cum first.

Jason adjusts his hold on Tim, leaning back against the wall so he can reach between them and grip Tim's cock.

"Come on, Baby. You can do it. Can you cum for me?" It doesn't take more than a few strokes before Tim is screaming Jason's name and cumming between them.

Jason sees white as Tim's hole clenches on his cock, and just like that he's thrown over the edge as well. All the while, he continues fucking into his hole, working them both through their orgasms. Jason can feel himself working his cum deeper and deeper into Tim and his dick lets out another spurt at the feeling. It happens again when cum starts leaking out around his cock, so much being released into the smaller boy that there's not enough room inside for it to stay. Jason moans, and finishes fucking them to completion. It's only when Tim starts to whine, and Jason himself can feel the beginnings of overstimulation, that he slows to a halt.

They stand there, Jason holding Tim against the wall, both panting as they catch their breathes. Jason leans his forehead against Tim's. Their breathes mingle together as they savor the afterglow.

"You okay?" Jason whispers softly, not wanting to break the silence, but wanting to make sure he didn't hurt him.

"Yeah." Tim whispers back just as softly. He leans forward to place a kiss on Jason's lips. "Yeah, I'm great."

~~~~~

Did you spot it?

END NOTE:

Me: scrambling to add the word black in here so I can at least somewhat have a color theme.

The perk of writing something other than DickJay is I can actually use the word dick to mean the body part without it getting weird. Then again, not it feels weird to use it for something other than a name. The amount of times I muscle memory capitalized the D…

Also, a little off topic, but a friend and I created an 18+ DickDami discord server. Message me on any of my socials if you're interested in joining.

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[ddwcaph-game]

Ask Guidelines Update

Now that I've cleared my ask backlog from the latest update, I've added the following to the FAQ:

To ensure a better response time from me, PLEASE LIMIT CHARACTER-RELATED ASKS TO 2 CHARACTERS. I might include other characters to my answer if I feel like it, but this will help me a lot in lightening my mental load when it comes to unanswered asks. I figure this is much better than restricting those kinds of asks entirely. I hope you understand!

Again, please keep in mind that I have trouble answering "favorite" asks in general unless it's something I've already established. It's not something I enjoy answering, and it'd be much easier for me to answer if a character would like something, rather than asking what their favorites are.

What's in the Next Update?

Anyway, before I decide how I'm going forward with Chapter 6, I’m also planning a smaller update later:

Extra ancestry flavor text

New NP option to ask Julie/Robert to pick you up even if your MC isn’t short

An entirely new discoverable secret for Tito Nestor that can help you with your sidequest

[T-Rex Tooth Replica] Souvenir will now give extra Max NP on successful Intimidation checks

Certain customization choices in the prologue are no longer considered NP choices.

A super special surprise!

The majority also seem in favor of the new Alternate Musical Scenes, so I might include that in the next update as well.

I'm also considering on reworking the [Five-Year-Old MC's Wish] Sidequests and change it to some sort of "bucket list" instead, so it's less restrictive to certain playstyles. Instead of specific objectives, you need to complete an X amount of goals (from a list of objectives based on your traits that you can do repeatedly), and you will gain additional EXP and NP for every milestone you achieve.

For example, MCs with the [Sweet Tooth] Trait will have "Eat sweets or desserts" as one of their goals. If you have a very high Manipulative stat, increasing/decreasing your Manipulative stat might also be one of your goals depending on your other traits.

I know it's hard to do with a mostly linear narrative, but I'm trying to add more emergent gameplay/mechanics to the story, so that you always feel like you're progressing towards something, and so that different playthroughs feel more unique to each other.

Bug Fixes

On another note, I just fixed a bunch of bugs (I fixed the first two secretly earlier):

Fixed certain clubs displaying incorrectly in the About Me section.

Fixed a bug in JM Sr.'s diary entry when a certain secret has been discovered.

Separated relative height choice in the prologue and moved to Chapter 2 to fix a bug with Dwarf/Halfling/Gnome/Goblin MCs being able to pick the [Tall-Blooded] Trait.

Minor edits/typo correction.

Roselyna is now approximately 2% more huggable!

[pionneers-lm]

Ok I need y'all's ideas on this Crossover AU I just had an idea for

Factory Hammer K

A crossover between Warhammer 40k and Lego Hero Factory

Here me out

It's a suprising matchup but actually the hero's do have a few things going for them

Consider that the feats they have shown fighting giant robots like the drone that Stormer beats in Von Nebula's origin and the fact that they are throwing around giant metal robots all the time and tanking Dynamite balsts up close.

and such put them in 8C or possibly 8B for power scaling....the same as a space marine. So they are about equal to an Astartese... And with Upgrades (something that they are specifically known to do ) they could even contend with Primaris Marines

It wouldn't suprise me if the best members like Stormer would be Able to fight a Primaris marine in base

And one of their biggest strengths is Adaptibility. We know from attack of the Brains that when faced with mind control they built helmets that could resist it. From attack from below that when faced with kaiju they built mechs ect ect

Their FTL is faster than warp travel in 40k is. Because they mention a planet being halfway across the galaxy in the movie and still make it in time.

And because they are built in a factory (hence the name ) it is possible to create more on demand when needed. Although they wouldn't be trained

I have an Idea

Here's the setup for the AU

Hero Factory is set in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy. The largest dwarf galaxy orbiting the milky way.

And we get a resolution to the end of the Breakout event

When Black Phantom sends the plans to someone else ...we have him escape and then he arrives in the milky way....of wh40k

With the goal of using the stolen data to build an army. Using all the information of how the heroes are built.

The hero's follow him trying to recapture him and end up discovering just how scuffed the milky way galaxy is....

He starts making his army so now the hero's are trying to catch and stop him and in the process they get dragged into Warhammers conflicts as does Black mantas new army

The AU will be called Factory Hammer K

The imperium of man obviously sees them as Abominable intelligence and attacks them and so they end up having to fight the imperium and upon realising how much of a threat chaos would be to their home galaxy have to try destroy it and upon seeying all the people suffering have to fight to end that.

They might have a tense alliance with the Tau but I don't think it would work that well because the Tau use mind control

They would kick some tyrrannid butt because they can't be eaten

I honestly don't know how their interactions with the Eldar would go

Like everything cool the orks would want to fight them and so that would end up as a proper brawl

The necrons.....well the heroes aren't actually alive I don't think unless you count their hero cores as a form of synthetic life so would the Necrons care to eliminate them ? Who am I kidding the necrons also hate each other they would attack the heroes

Summary

This guy escapes into the Warhammer galaxy wanting to build an army

These guys have to follow him in

They get tangled up in the verse

[yappacadaver]

All my notes from the Q+A, organized by topic

Going as in depth here as my notes allow, was doing this at work so I may have missed some things. This will be long. but here’s the gist of it below 👇

Companions

Switch from 4 person squad to 3 person squad

For the sake of combat gameplay, 3 seemed to be the right fit

Was described as more “immersive” and “intimate”

The team wanted to “spotlight” these characters and give them more presence

Romances and relationships

All seven companions will be romanceable by any Rook

All are pansexual, none are asexual

Companions will romance each other if Rook doesn’t

Confirmed Harding/Taash as a possible companion romance

Companions may “temporarily leave” based on Rook’s decisions but will still “always fight for Thedas” as “this is the greatest threat we’ve seen”

Heavily teased permadeath

When asked abt the possibility of a Manfred romance: “not THAT skeleton, but not NO skeletons”

Misc Companion/Npc info

Inky will be coming back, as confirmed before

Devs excited for the “authenticity” of our new companions, and the fact that they “feel like dear friends”

Companions’ looks will be somewhat customizable, like in DA2 where their fit could change depending on story beats, but with a wider range of choices

These will be the “deepest companion arcs we’ve ever done”

Combat

Mechanics

The combat will be “quite tactical” with more opportunities for strategy in higher difficulty settings

A “robust difficulty system”

Tactical mode will not be overhead, but will be a targeting system as shown in the demo

Tactical mode will be used in and out of combat

Emphasis on synergies and combos

Companions will be controlled via issuing “commands”

Rook’s death/downed status will cause a save to reload unless one of your companions has learned the revive spell

Healing magic is coming back

Class specifics

Some specializations for mages were mentioned including Necromancy, “Combat Mage” which promised more close quarters fighting, and “something more elemental”

Dual wielding is coming back but is once again for rogues only, not warriors

Warriors will have a choice of ‘sword and board’ or two-handed

Cone of Cold and Fireball are getting revamped versions, namely Frost Nova and Meteor

Character creation

Appearance

Everyone who spoke about the character creator was very excited to mention how robust it is

Extra attention paid to hair styles and physics

“Magnificent” dwarf beards

More tattoo variations for different cultures

Body sliders and a wide range of skin tones

The character creator will be shown off in more depth in the future before launch (👀)

Roleplaying and story

Rook will be from one of six factions, that will combine with a "lineage" to provide context for our character

There will be no playable origins, but we will be given opportunities to define the character through play

This includes defining emotional reactions to the mentioned events of Rook's background and lineage

Rook can be nonbinary, with He/She/They pronoun options

Crafting will, while revamped, make a return. You will be able to "improve and customize" your character's look

Somehow, they were not able to reveal more about crafting because it gets into spoiler territory ("a mysterious entity helps you")

The Keep will not be coming back, instead you will be able to define your choices from previous games through the character creator in a "Last time on Dragon Age" type of recap

Gameplay

Locations

The game begins in Minrathous, as confirmed by the gameplay teaser, but doesn't stay there

Rook will be visiting plenty of new locations previously unseen in gameplay such as Arlathan forest (where there will apparently be many "fade touched" enemies)

Kal Sharok was mentioned, with no confirmation that we would actively go there in-game, but they promised to "show what they can" of this location

We will have a hub (like skyhold/haven) called The Lighthouse

While war table missions won't be making a comeback, the lighthouse will have it's own gameplay functions

Locations will change based on player actions

More brand new locations will be "drip-fed" to us in references, like Tevinter was in dao

No more mounts, as locations are trimmed down and more linear we will not need them

Dialogue

Tone/Emotion/Choice wheels are coming back

Emphasis on making clear what Rook will be saying/choosing (hopefully no more mishaps a la "glass him")

Wanted "choices to be explicitly clear, consequences less so"

Dev notes

What everyone on the team is excited for

Character creator got huge shoutout

Companions were also hyped (story arcs feel deep and authentic, characters react to you in a meaningful way)

Art team received a big shoutout as well, with this being their "best attempt yet" at visual storytelling (not just codex entries and conversations)

Veilguard is meant to combine "familiarity and novelty" with the team saying it should feel like coming home to longtime fans, and also be something fresh for new players

Team Promises

A focus on delivering a complete single-player experience (no microtransactions, no subscription, no live service)

More VA information and teasers in the future pre-launch

More information on pre-orders soon

Side quests will be "handcrafted" and "support the narrative" ie no more collecting shards, no more getting locations locked behind power mechanics

Accessibility features were glossed over, but there was some talk of saving this info for launch (???)

Random bits

We will have many opportunities to hug and pet Assan the griffon

Elves went bald after living a millennium, this is why solas is an egg

The inquisitor will be heavily tied to solas' story and will appear in the flesh

The decision of who was left behind in the fade will not be important to Veilguard, but was heavily implied to be relevant in the future (not in this game but...)

[tumbleweed-run]

Would you by any chance want to try writing Gale x Astarion x Halsin 👀 ? The vampire sandwich art by draxoplasm on twitter just lives rent free in my brain lol. I really don’t have a more specific request because I’m curious to see what you would write, if you want to write this prompt at all. Have a good day!

WOULD I EVER (I also know the exact art you mean)

Gale shouldn’t be as hard as he is watching his partner kissing another person. Kissing so passionately that both parties are moaning into each other’s mouths. But he is. He’s so hard it’s beginning to hurt, and everyone still has their clothes on. As if that’s not a little pathetic, though perhaps less pathetic than the fact that he’d agreed to it. And then promptly had several second thoughts. 

Not that he’d voiced these thoughts to Astarion, or Halsin. Which, now, he was glad of. 

“Do you wish to join us, Gale?” Halsin asks, somehow sounding calm despite everything going on. 

Astarion throws a coy smirk over his shoulder. “Yes, wizard,” he purrs and extends a hand backward, “come.”

Gale groans at the innuendo, mostly because of its effect on him. He tentatively steps forward until his body is pressed against Astarion’s back. Now, there’s no denying the effect they’re having on him. His cock is now nestled against Astarion’s ass. Astarion grinds back against him, a happy noise escaping his lips, before he grips the back of Halsin’s neck and drags him down into another kiss. 

From this close, Gale can hear the slick sounds of their mouths coming together, the little panted breaths from Halsin as Astarion forgets that the mortals need to breathe. The sounds are enough to drive him mad, his hips jerking forward to grind against Astarion. Another, please noise from Astarion passes from his mouth and into Halsins. His hand sneaks back to grip Gale’s thigh, encouraging him to rut against him more. Gale buries his head into the crook of Astarion’s neck as he does just that. 

He busies his own mouth into trailing kisses against the pale flesh beneath him. Astarion jumps a little when he does. The vampire’s sensitivity to having his neck lavished has always amused Gale a little. Once Astarion had assured him that he had no ill feelings about it, it was something he took great advantage of. 

A giant hand grabs onto Gale’s and drags it forward so it’s trapped between the two men in front of him. Gale is momentarily dazed at how much larger Halsin’s body seems at this moment. He’d never been this close to the druid before. He feels dwarfed all of a sudden. For a moment, he rests his hand against Halsin’s clothed chest, just adjusting to the sensation of touching two people like this. 

Halsin moans, and Gale realizes he’s positioned his thumb against the druid’s nipple. With more bravodo than he actually feels Gale intentionally flicks the pad of his thumb against the hardened nub. Haslin quite literally growls at the sensation, surging forward until there’s no space between any of them. 

“Gods,” Astarion moans, having finally decided to let Halsin breathe, “I worry that thing might split me in half.”

It’s Gale’s turn to groan when he understands what Astarion is talking about. 

Halsin chuckles, “I promise I will not turn it on you unless you want me to.”

“I want you to.” 

“He wants you to.”

Their words are said in tandem, earning another deep rumble of laughter from Halsin. 

“We’ll get to that,” Halsin promises even as he takes a step back from Astarion. 

With surprising grace for a man of his size, Halsin sunk to his knees in front of Astarion. He rested his hands on the vampire’s thighs before looking up. “Is this okay?”

Astarion nodded in agreement quickly. Then Halsin turned his gaze to Gale. “Gale?” he prompted. 

Gale couldn’t help but smile a little at the fact that the druid was also looking for his permission despite the act not involving his body. It made the “yes,” that came from his lips all the easier to say. 

Halsin quickly untied Astarion’s pants and pulled them down just low enough that the vampire’s cock sprung free. Gale hooked both of his arms beneath the other man’s, pulling him against his chest. Astarion tensed for just a moment before he relaxed against Gale’s chest. In this position Gale was able to look over Astarion’s shoulder and watch everything going on, which was exactly why he’d done it. 

Without warning or hesitation Halsin swallowed Astarion’s cock down. Astarion groaned loudly, one of his hands moving to thread into the mess he’d already made of Halsin’s hair. Halsin’s hands wrapped around Astarion’s thighs and pulled him towards him as he bobbed on his cock.

It was Gale’s turn to groan, his hands eagerly pushing up Astarion’s shirt so he could touch the skin beneath. He ran his hands slowly up the planes of his stomach. Slowly Gale dragged his fingers over the harden nubs that were Astarion’s nipples. Astarion’s moan at the sensation quickly morphed into a hiss when Gale turned his soft caresses into two sharp pinches of the flesh. 

“Hells,” Astarion moaned as he dropped his head back against Gale’s shoulder. 

Gale kept up his ministrations, alternating between soft caresses and pinches. He couldn’t keep his eyes off Halsin though. The druid was unashamedly moaning as he sucked Astarion’s cock. Clearly he was enjoying himself and didn’t care who knew about it. 

Apparently Halsin could feel he was being watched because he pulled off from Astarion with a lewd pop. Astarion groaned but was quickly placated when one of the druid’s massive hand’s began pumping his cock. Halsin held Gale’s gaze, and for once Gale didn’t drag his eyes away. Whatever Halsin saw earned Gale a soft grin before the druid slowly lowered his mouth to Astarion’s cock. He didn’t break eye contact with Gale as he once against pulled the vampire into his mouth. 

Gale groaned, hips thrusting forward to once again rut his cock against Astarion’s ass.

“Yes,” Astarion moaned, his free hand reaching back to grasp Gale’s hip, its twin still buried in Halsin’s hair. 

Gale shamelessly ground his cock against Astarion as he watched. He could feel the vampire’s muscle draw tight, soft panting noises rustling the hair by Gale’s ear. Eagerly Gale delivered another pinch to one of Astarion’s nipples. 

“Shit,” Astarion rasped as his back bowed. 

Gale moaned as he watched Astarion spill down Halsin’s throat. Even in the dim light he could see the muscles of the druid throat working as he swallowed everything Astarion gave him. Halson continued working the vampires cock until Astarion tugged him off by his hair. He grinned up at the two of them, his smile feral enough to remind Gale of the bear they’d met. 

“What’s next?” Halsin asked. 

[yanderes-galore]

Heres the second one

Second one is a Dragon Age: Inquisition with a Yandere Verric Tethras Concept, he's the dwarven character companion

I love him cuz of his chest hair

Okay! I watched a retrospective on the series and watched character lore/analysis for Varric before writing this. Despite that things may be off, so please bear with me. Sorry it took so long :( The wiki doesn't give me his personality so I had to do some guessing. I'll take feedback as this is my first Dragon Age fic.

Yandere! Varric Tethras Concept

Pairing: Platonic/Romantic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Manipulation, Blackmail/Deception, Some trauma, Subtle corruption via Red Lyrium, Overprotective behavior, Some Possessive behavior, Controlling behavior, Stalking, Mentioned possible kidnapping/isolation, Forced/Dubious companionship/relationship.

Varric, a dwarf and head of his family ever since his brother lost his mind... soon even becoming ruler of Kirkwall in Inquisition.

His family is primarily known for being merchants.

But they also seem (IMO) to have a mafia-like characteristic to them, as Varric always seems to have information you need and often helps his party out with obstacles.

Varric's primary weapon is a specialized crossbow named 'Bianca' and he is primarily good-hearted in nature.

Varric is also known to be a storyteller, specifically for tragedies.

He is a good friend of Hawke, which could be a way you meet him.

Or perhaps you met the dwarf in a tavern.

Either way, Varric likes to make friends with his companions.

He appreciates kind and thoughtful acts and, despite his background, is a good person.

Varric is a rogue and monitors a "spy network" in his family, which is no doubt how he gets his information.

In terms of making him yandere... here's my theory.

Perhaps we can involve Red Lyrium in some way... as Varric has some experience with it.

It wouldn't be enough to fully corrupt him... but maybe that could drive him to do more obsessive acts?

For this concept I'll say you're a companion of Hawke, someone Varric has to work with often.

As a result he naturally tries to get to know you and be your friend.

Despite the dwarf's friendly nature... he is skilled with diplomacy, lying, and blackmail.

So I feel Varric is capable of being manipulative to get what he wants.

His friendly nature may make you trust him, but you can hear distrust from other companions.

Despite this he is very loyal.

In terms of what intention he'd be more likely to have as a yandere, I'd say he may be more likely to be a platonic yandere.

I'm not saying he can't be a romantic yandere, I just believe it would take longer due to his past.

Varric is a good friend, he could also be a good partner, but I think his yandere tendencies would be from Red Lyrium exposure.

Sure, he's already capable of manipulative actions, but he wouldn't use them to get you unless he was driven by something darker.

Red Lyrium would be a perfect cause for his obsessive behavior since his story involves it.

Varric starts off very friendly and compassionate towards you.

As you travel with Varric and/or Hawke, he's always spinning some tale for you to listen to.

He is charming to listen to and is playful with the way he speaks to you.

Even before Red Lyrium alters his way of thinking he is protective and caring towards you.

You're a close friend, one he begins to trust as you two bond.

Despite his mischievous side... he isn't that bad to be around.

Although when he's around Red Lyrium more often, like in Dragon Age Inquisition, his behavior gets more corrupted.

It's not enough to completely take over... but enough to alter his feelings towards you.

This corruption may either make him a paranoid and overprotective friend who won't leave you alone...

Or make him interpret blooming romantic feelings as feelings of possession.

He isn't fully in control of such behavior, but there's times he's lucid.

I feel like Red Lyrium affecting him would make him feel guilty.

After all... he thinks of his brother.

He doesn't want to harm you, but here he is...

He's manipulating you, stalking you, blackmailing you and lying to you to get you to stay.

There's times he apologizes... although there's other times he just won't let you go, gripping your hand tightly.

Varric hates being a thug, not really wanting to use violence to make others comply.

However, as Red Lyrium makes him Overprotective/Possessive of you... he does think of just using his crossbow to remove perceived threats.

His obsession/corruption makes him paranoid.

He feels he can lose you if he isn't careful.

So in his mind he should stick by you, keep you safe... keep you his.

Even in this mindset he somewhat trusts Hawke with you... but dislikes The Inquisitor around you.

He's shown to be more jealous at times in this state to.

You want to get Varric help, or even distance yourself from him.

Yet Varric never seems to have you out of his sight.

He always seems to know everything about you.

After all... you're companions... there's no need to fear him.

Varric gets increasingly more affectionate towards you.

Hand holding, hugs... kisses if his intentions turn romantic due to his corruption.

How obsessive he is begins to scare you.

Far are you know there's no cure for the mild corruption Varric is experiencing.

So his mindset towards you may get worse and worse...

Who knows how long it will be before Varric feels the only way to keep you safe is in a cell...

A feat easier than you think once he's ruler of Kirkwall.