#{ modernverse }

[bigidiotenergytm]

KINGPIN. (bc @kamuch-kommando is a BAD INFLUENCE-)

[ask-modern-verse]

can you draw nightmare at a few photo shoots and poses?

Not too good with poses but here you go. I thought it would be nice to put Nightmare in some dresses instead of just suits <3

[sunnyanddumb98]

ars poetica

I didn’t exist until I took a pen. I didn’t feel until I wrote it down. My world fell and came true. On the ground, the dirt. I watch dandelions fight and clouds laugh.

Once on my feet again, I searched for words. They were kind, and they hungered for more. But the stars in my eyes wouldn’t reach the gutter where I stood.

I might have sabotaged myself, or perhaps I just had more hope, more naïveté. Odes make the shit glow. Odd, how I never fully felt at home.

Nevertheless, and never more— If it were true, me, the master manipulator and swift narrator, got broken-hearted for the sake of craft, Shouldn’t it be easier to write it down?

If I don’t, what was the point? of falling for a lover who wasn’t that kind?

The pen might have saved me from madness, dodging more than this one. If I didn’t love the pen, Would I take it all down?

Did it hurt, or did it cure? If nothing else is true, I would die protecting what saved my life. And for him? I wouldn’t cross the road on a green light.

words hurt. And the more I try to martyr my intended victim, the more I remember— he needed to say it, and then take it back.

I'm back at the pen, and he is back at badmouthing his life.

for @nosebleedclub's April prompt ars poetica

[collectingmuses]

WHICH ARCHETYPE ARE YOU?

The Beast

Misunderstood, perceived unfairly as monstrous. A person with kindness, with a penchant for indulging and caring for other monsters if no one else will.

Tagged by: @externalconceit

Tagging: Anyone that feels it !

[rom-e-o]

Do you think the Twins ever do something for their ladies that seems like a no-brainer to do for someone you care for, and the girls show them affection and tell them "I love you" when, at most, a quick thank you, maybe a peck, would more than suffice and the boys just look at them kind of sadly because they know why they're making a bigger deal out of something so small and think, "You should be able to feel like you can take little things like this for granted"? And likewise, in reverse, the girls have the same situations sometimes with their guys?

Oh, absolutely.

And I'm sure it happens as soon as the couples start dating, and then only continues throughout the relationship. Because, let's face it, the ladies came from BAD relationships. In Bess' case, strained romantic relationships and familial relationships.

They've both been assaulted. Beaten. Harassed. Verbally abused into thinking that they were worth less than nothing.

Then, along comes these chivalrous, kind, amazing men that relish any opportunity to lend a hand and make their ladies feel special.

It starts small during the friendship phase.

Wolf holding the umbrella while he and Bess walk in the rain, and when he turns to leave after dropping her off, she can see his other shoulder is drenched from making sure she was completely covered. Bess bakes him an entire batch of blueberrymuffins as thanks. He's confused, but what gentleman turns down free food from a lady?

Adonis always pulling Connie's chair out for meetings, both at the start and end. He does not do this others. Connie tries to reciprocate by holding doors for him, which he's fine with, but is "quite unnecessary" as he phrases it while chuckling. He's charmed by it.

Then, they start courting, and these little gestures grow. Before, the ladies could excuse those sweet moments as the habits of selfless gentlemen. Now, that's harder to do:

Wolf takes Bess to dinner, and automatically has the chef bring out an extra portion of what she ordered for takeaway. "Well, you liked it so much, I thought you could take this portion to work. Especially for that 12-hour shift you have coming this Thursday." He remembers her work schedule when she talks about it; he pays keen attention and remembers. Bess is so thankful, but offers to pay for it, or at least split the tab. He appreciates it, but asks her permission to please cover the cost this time. He enjoys treating her. It makes the hard work worth it.

Connie breaks a heel, and Adonis is quick to procure some glue from his desk and repair it. She is so thankful (hopping home on one foot or walking in the city in stocking-feet? No thank you.) He insists it's no big deal. He has glue in the office toolkit because, well, he was so frugal for years that the furniture that was 100s of years old snapped and needed repairs. And he and his brother would do anything to avoid repairmen costs.

Even then they're married and/or living together, our girls still struggle with it.

Bess comes home from a long shift, and groans about wishing she could stay home, but that she has to run out again to drop off the dry-cleaning. There's a dress for her upcoming Moonrock benefit that she needs touched up, and it can't wait. Wolf, who rose to greet her and tag her bag/coat at the door, says simply, "Oh, I did that already, Brightness." Sure enough, when she looks in their bedroom and opens the armoire, all her Moonrock dresses or gowns that needed cleaning have been cleaned to perfection. Not only that, but he hung each one up, saving her even more work. She's so thankful, she goes to him and kisses him silly. And, while he loves it ... he does feel that twinge of sadness, like you said. What he did was a simple gesture. It's worth a 'thank you', but he swears there are tears of happiness in her eyes. As if she's so happy she could cry ... and all he did was run one errand for her.

"Darling, while there are many ways you make me whole ... I assure you, I can run errands for you. In fact, I enjoy it. And you owe me nothing for it. Your happiness is more than enough. A 'thank you' as well, if you're feeling gracious, haha."

"I just ... don't want you to feel taken for granted," she says.

"Brightness, one of the joys of being married is being able to rely on the other person, especially for little things."

"I've just ... never had anyone do that before. Anticipate things like that, and then do them."

"I understand what you mean. To an extent." He spent many years alone as well.

She says, "...Are kisses still okay as a 'thank you'? Even when it's something small like dry cleaning?"

"Brightness, the day I complain about a kiss from you is the day I've lost my head."

Or;

Connie makes a comment about how some flowers would brighten their kitchen. Very casual, nothing specific.

Later that night, Connie comes home pilates to see that there is a large, fresh bouquet in the kitchen. Sunflowers and daisies - her favorites. He's at the stove, preparing dinner when she walks in.

"I hope the choice impresses," Adonis says. He's cheeky at first, but then sees that she is stunned and beaming, and it humbles him to softness. He softens further when she runs and jumps into his arms.

"Thank you, thank you!" She smooches him hard on the lips, so quickly he can't even close his eyes and enjoy it, before she's embracing him again with full vigor.

He's happy to do it, but ... it's flowers. It cost a couple pounds at the flower stall up the street. Yet, she's embracing him like he just rescued a drowning puppy or offered her a kidney for an operation. "Y-You're very welcome."

Orin never got her flowers. Even in her wedding day, she'd procured them herself. When he wanted them in the house for parties, she ordered and arranged them. For her father's funeral, she took care of the flowers again, and Orin didn't even sign the card. ("They'll die anyway in a few weeks, sugar.")

But with one simple sentence (not even a request, just a mention) Adonis went out and got her a beautiful bouquet. Not only that, but he put them in a vase, trimmed the stems, fluffed the petals - everything.

"You are perfect, I swear."

"M-My, that's high praise for something so simple, angel. I'll get you flowers every day if that's what pleases you."

"Oh, no, that would be too much trouble."

"Not for you." He pauses, taking her hand gently to kiss it. "Never for you."

"Aw. But ... I don't want you to feel like you have to spoil me."

"Haha. With all due respect, my threshold for 'spoiling' you is higher than one bouquet."

He can run errands. He cat scoop the litter box. He can fetch the mail. He can buy her a bouquet without her feeling like she needs to celebrate him. He wants domesticity, and that means trusting the other person to do little things. Little favors.

He tells her this, and she blinks back tears before embracing him again. This time, he has the time to return the hug, but cautions her. "Careful. I'm making red sauce, and there's some on my apron. I don't want to stain your pretty clothes."

She looks down at her matching pink set, then remembers she came from gym class. "Oh, my goodness. Darling, I'm sorry. Here you are, cooking me dinner and giving me a lovely gift, and I got you sweaty in return."

"You've already given me more than I could ask." He laughs, kissing her hand again. This time, he lingers. "Also, we've shared a little more than some sweat, darling. I'll live."

They are just pure souls that deserve all the love and protection. <3

And I absolutely believe it goes both ways, with the girls doing little favors for the gents, and them being humbled to speechlessness.

[threatened-stars]

enjoying the view

[ronmanmob]

INJURED

Glimpses Of The Past Meme

At just about eighteen Ron sat hunched in a dentist's office. The left side of his face, especially round his lower jaw was swollen, his lips split on that side too, bruising sitting yellowish-purple where he'd been struck. And struck. And struck. The dentist was talking to his mum, who was there with him; not by his choice, by her insistence. This weren't no naughty boy who'd not looked after the teeth in his head. This was a young man who'd had three kicked out of it for glancing the wrong way at the wrong time and smiling. But Mrs Kray weren't to know that, and Mr Foster - the goodly NHS dentist who was doing everything he could to bring the cost of a bridge down for the struggling, as good as single mother - weren't either.

And they never would.

No matter how they asked him, this sullen shape of a young man all hunched up in the plastic chair, he wouldn't tell 'em anything beyond the single word he'd managed to force his aching jaw to accommodate.

"--Fffight."

The rest -- how it was a workman's boots that did it in a Soho back alley; how he'd thought he was gonna die there in the dirt with his head split open; how he'd spat his now missing teeth out to keep from swallowing 'em or worse, getting 'em stuck down the wrong pipe as he fought to breathe; how his ribs had got the same treatment as his face...And all that over a smile that was seen by a man who encountered gay lads like Ron with violence and only violence; a man who that smile hadn't even been directed at.

"--Ronnie-"

That was Violet's voice, his worried mother who flinched when he jerked away from the gentle touch of her fingers at his wrist. Everything was sore and ragged. He forced words again, two this time--

"A. Fight."

--and that was his lot. She didn't know, his mother; didn't know it'd be boys he'd smile at, not girls. Boys he'd want for, not girls. And this - in a sterile office with a complete stranger pricing up dental work for this poor, beaten lad out'a 'Oxton - weren't gonna be how she'd find out.

[renare456]

Mai boi ModernVerse Dream

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[immren]

i want a labubu so badly so i gave immie some

[quad-nova]

anyway i think modern au legend deserves a utility kilt. i think he would enjoy it

[bigidiotenergytm]

modern vasi <3

[chromrock]

whoever drinks my blood abides in me, and i in him. @infestedstar

detail closeups bcoz the faces are really all im here for

this is technically modernverse bhaalbucks au but its also so vague that its not. so.

vein is jude's grub. btw. hence the tag. thanks guys see you in a month or two

[ask-modern-verse]

OMG can we see Ink?? I would love that! <3

[cyber444angel]

PLSSS HE’S A STAAAAAAARRRRRRR

[collectingmuses]

[scare-ard--sleigh]

pride tomorrow is wizard of oz theme and my shabbat tipsy ass was like ,,, oz mentioned <3