HC: In the future, Crowley does things like licking or nibbling or kissing Aziraphale awkwardly, but not necessarily sexually (though it could be, who knows). But it's actually because he's a demon and a snake and he's *trying* to be romantic but doesn't really know how (echoing when he tried to be in the FF). But because Aziraphale loves him so damn much, he's into it anyway. Sometimes it makes him laugh, but Crowley loves making him laugh, so it actually makes him rather happy. And it's all just awkwardly adorable and kind of sweet.
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I’m obsessed with tragedies that you know are tragedies from the beginning. I am obsessed with Horatio ending the play surrounded by the dead. I’m obsessed with Achilles and Patroclus not being able to grow old because they’ve been taken from the world too young. I’m obsessed with Romeo and Juliet lying dead, side by side. I’m obsessed with Orpheus turning around and Eurydice crumbling to dust over and over.
I’m obsessed with stories that are so engrained in our society that we know how they are gong to end, and that they are going to end with everyone dead or destroyed. I’m obsessed with the fact that we read them anyway. I’m obsessed with the hope that it could turn out differently and the willingness to feel that despair again.
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'That' chapter in the Apothecary Diaries LN 13
I translated (Well, more like made sense of mtl with a lil help of my very very basic japanese skills) a bit of the chapter bc I heard about it and couldn't wait even tho I haven't read LN 11 and 12 bc they're not yet translated.
and IT'S SOOO *cries* sad Jinshi hours but also Maomao is funny af
So here's some scenes from the chapter:
(You can find the JP novel on amazon JP or online, if you know where to look.)
MAJOR SPOILERS!!!
Night Visit.
Jinshi bit his lip tightly.
He had gone and gotten excited. Perhaps he had forgotten who he really was.
To Maomao, he was Jinshi, but what did the people around him call him?
He was Kazuigetsu, the Emperor's brother from the same mother, the Prince of the Moon.
The young Crown Prince that the Empress gave birth to was still young. Within the court, there were some who did not entirely oppose Jinshi being pushed towards that position.
In this scenario, what would happen if he had a child with a lady who he hadn’t yet married?
Furthermore, how would things unfold if his partner was the daughter of Lakan?
Oof the politicss. Maomao says that while she consents to forming a romantic relationship with Jinshi and thereby sleeping with him, she does not want to make an enemy of Gyoku-you (by begetting Jinshi an "heir").
"Considering the lunar path, tonight is a relatively unfavorable day. Even if things go wrong, rest assured. I know how to handle it."
There was likely no falsehood in Maomao's words. If a child were to be conceived, she would undoubtedly take the necessary steps. She had no intention to conceal or raise the child in secret.
Heartless as it may seem, considering the potential consequences, it was the rational approach.
Jinshi embraced Maomao tightly.
and then here, when Jinshi accepts that Maomao's decision to abort if a child is indeed conceived might seem heartless but it would be the right one in their position bc they're still unmarried and he's in an ambiguous position with the royal family - the guilt he feels for making her think of all this and the sorries, uff, the slight angst is soo.
but the chapter ends with Maomao being hilarious as always as she's sent back home so it's all good, lmao.
Jinshi agonized.
Therefore, he missed the words Maomao muttered as she departed.
"I was thinking of continuing without the main event."
Jinshi was just too preoccupied.
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The way Top looks at Grey and Omel is so darling, I love them so much and poor Top is now being flirted with by a top fashion designer and he is a baby. Top is my baby. He is mine. I love him so much. And then watching them work out?
He's just so sweet and shy and nerdy and he is doing his absolute best in everything all the time. The darling mom friend.
Death. Death by adorable. And he's in pink with a gray pocket. Pink with a gray pocket. Destroyed utterly. Completely gone. What else is there for me but that? @respectthepetty The boy is in a pink shirt with a gray pocket next to his buddy is all black. Destruction complete.
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