#Bellona's stuff

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

Limiting the choice to the shows and movies I have seen/know of. I'm not asking who the first actor you have seem playing Arthur was, rather the one you instinctively think about when someone mentions him or the one closest to your heart.

[tinasshelf]

“Thunder and lightning, brother.”

Cassius and Darrow at The Institute

I miss this era of Darrow so much, like he was just a guy™️. (Also i’ve been kinda head empty just Darrow and Cassius lately, they’re so Gold Rush by Taylor Swift)

[hellsbellssinclub]

Crack pairings I wanna write about in the new year:

Victor Creed x Brock Rumlow (more murder than husbands but hey, he is a serial killer who is traumatised as hell with an obsession with a short Canadian and he’s a nazi merc who fist fights Captain America so no one is perfect, at least the sex is hot and messy like them)

Laura Kinney X Stephanie Brown (one traumatised former weapon girlfriend isn’t enough okay? Geez she does not have a type what are you talking about?)

Female!Tim Drake x Bi-Han (Tim attracts more assassins then she should but this one is the icing on the ice cold cake. Attempted murders and breaking into each others house is not a safe way to court one another)

Male! Tim Drake and Bellona Kinney (why have one traumatised clone partner when you can collect even more? And this one he can even date without his dad going gay panic on him!)

Monet St Croix x Dick Grayson (he likes them strong and able to crush him like a bug and she likes them with big-wide eyes and muscles and who worships her)

Daken Akihiro x Jason Todd (can someone say traumatised sons who died and came back wrong? Pit madness vs demons)

Female!&Male! Tim Drake and Raze Darkholme (chaos baby, pure chaos and deep conversation by the dying light of the building you just blew up)

Female!Tim Drake x Portgus D Ace (she likes them strong and stupid okay? And setting the building on fire because you couldn’t get a candy bar out of a machine is just the kind of stupid she likes)

Victor Creed x Female!Tim Drake (it’s a bad idea to get drunk when you are finally 21 and then decide to have a one night stand with a serial killer but the sex was good and oh dear bad choices become a habit for both and whoops there be fucked up feelings there)

Bart Allen x Gabby Kinney (I think they would be sweet in the way that they both need. Also things will explode)

I have many more ideas and would expand on these perhaps later. Feel free to shout at me if you wanna hear more

[o-uncle-newt]

(Ramble on why I think so below the cut- warning for strong opinions lol:)

I love The Nine Tailors (though it took time to make me love it, I won't lie- I tend to zone out during the change-ringing description bits). But I do not love Hilary Thorpe, I think the parts of the book with her in them are tonally out of place, and I think that the reason why this is true is because she's Sayers's most indulgent/unrepentant expy. I think it's true both on a purely book level, but also in terms of Sayers's actual biography.

First I'll note on a purely book level- Harriet might literally have Wimsey fall in love with her, but she has to go through a lot and change a lot to actually get with him. (Not to change for him, but just to grow somewhat as a person.) Miss Meteyard is probably the most "neutral" major Sayers expy, and possibly the one most true to life, but it's an important element of her place in the story that she doesn't get Wimsey at the end. Hilary though... it's basically a Daddy Long Legs without the creepy bit at the end where he marries her. Yes, her story in the book starts with tragedy, but she literally gets left two fortunes and has the admiration and patronage of a lord, and it's not subtly portrayed. It feels like it was painted in with a very broad and bold brush, unlike so much of the rest of the book which is very subtle in its human emotions and relationships.

She has that element to her which is probably the most indulgent thing for a certain kind of person, who my guess is includes a lot of the people who read Sayers (I'm certainly one of them)- she's a precocious teen and an adult- not just any adult, but a titled and brilliant one- recognizes her precocity and upcoming greatness (even without a whole lot of evidence) and celebrates her for them. There's a common trope in middle grade books of kids who are really talented or precocious in some way and make an impact in the adult world- think Roald Dahl or Andrew Clements, off the top of my head- and another genre, for young women a bit older, where it's specifically that that attention is quasi- (or actually!) romantic but in an unthreatening way that emphasizes both the character's precocity despite her youth and the fact that it's an adult who is older and has made their (usually his) way in the world who recognizes it. Let's say more of a Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm than a Daddy Long Legs, then.

To be clear- there is nothing inherently wrong with this kind of plot! Like I said, I loved that kind of thing when I was a kid, and to be honest I like it as an adult too. But usually, these books require the child/young woman in question to have internal development as part of the journey and part of the world building of what makes the character both sympathetic and precocious. The Nine Tailors doesn't really do that- Hilary has to live with great tragedy at the start of the book, but her own development as a person, and honestly our knowledge of her as a person, is relatively limited. She basically is how she is and Wimsey is (semi-paternally) into that because the way she is-precocious and somewhat aloof- is obviously awesome and she also ends up with a gazillion dollars and the emeralds. In terms of how Wimsey reacts to her, she's like mini-Harriet- but Harriet has to work for it somewhat. Not for Wimsey's affection for her, but for the richness of character that makes us care about Wimsey's affection for her.

So anyway, doesn't really work for me, and feels very out of place and garish in an otherwise intricately-painted book IMO. But also, I think it becomes even more blatant when you read about Cat O'Mary and Sayers's unfinished memoir.

So basically, sometime in the early 30s Sayers started writing a memoir, which she called My Edwardian Childhood. The funny part is she never made it to the actual Edwardian period- it only took her to about age five, when Victoria was still on the throne- but (though I've never read it- I do want to get my hands on it) it ends up being an account of her early years in Oxford and then the move to the fens, which she saw in retrospect as cutting her off from intelligent society in a way which stunted her. Having made it up to that move to East Anglia, she got so into the overall vibe of the location that she decided to put the memoir aside and work on a labor of love dedicated to this atmosphere of her upbringing- The Nine Tailors.

So, basically, Sayers got the idea for this book while doing some deep musings about her own childhood in that area, and while she was starting to critically think about what she was like as a child. We know that Sayers used real names of people from her childhood for the character names in The Nine Tailors, and it's said that Venables is based on her father. Why would it be a surprise that Hilary Thorpe might be based on her?

Once Sayers was done with The Nine Tailors, she started a totally different book- a semi-autobiographical novel, unrelated to the Wimsey novels, called Cat O'Mary. The main character, based on herself, was named Katherine rather than Dorothy, but her letters as well as biographical details match up enough for us to know that the account of her childhood is VERY aligned with what it was actually like for her. And, in fact, she goes into a lot of detail about what she was like- but with a much more critical eye on herself than she had in her memoir. She talks about having "developed all the faults and peculiarities of an only child whose entire life is spent among grown-up people. She was self-absorbed, egotistical, timid, priggish and, in a mild sort of way, disobedient." And honestly, even when you read a biography of her, or her collected letters from her childhood, that is something of the image of her as a young, precocious, coddled child that one gets (she was the only daughter of a minister who grew up very insulated and as the center of attention, playing only with children "imported" for her, more or less). Sayers never finished Cat O'Mary, and it's not 100% clear why- but it's hypothesized that it's because the overall point of the book in her mind was to convey the message that, by then, she'd already decided to include in Gaudy Night (through the eyes of another expy lol).

I feel a bit as though Hilary Thorpe is Sayers as she'd have written of herself in that more idealized memoir of hers- with perhaps a tad more wish fulfilment than she'd have given herself in that, but then again isn't that was Wimsey is for? And I wonder whether it's only after writing this ideal and beloved version of herself as a child, with the nostalgia that came from writing about the place she grew up in and in the frame of mind that led to her memoir, that she buckled down to actually engage with what that kind of precocious child who she was might have actually been like, how she really was/would have been accepted by adults, etc. With all the real life parallels between Hilary's personality and Sayers's, and the contrast between the somewhat twee idealization of Hilary and the more acerbic (and AFAIK more accurate to Sayers IRL, who was by many accounts a tough cookie, including from people who said it positively) portrayal of Katherine, it can be hard for me to really enjoy Hilary without a healthy dose of eye-rolling.

But like, the rest of the book is awesome so who cares?

[hana-bobo-finch]

i hardly ever mention Glad for some reason. you. you know the one. the cousin. the mouthless one. bellona’s cousin that I have probably only mentioned once but she does actually do stuff in the plot. yknow. i only have concept sketches of her but uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[lady-of-imladris]

Sorry, what is the Sisi drinking game? 🍸

Ah true that is probably not a thing outside of Austria!

I'm not sure if the old Sisi movies have been translated into other languages?

↓ these old movies

So anyway. Make yourself a drink, watch the movie and every time someone says "your majesty" (Majestät), you get up, say "long live the Empress" (lang lebe die Kaiserin) and you drink

Last person standing wins. Each movie is like 3? Hours long so this is the perfect Austrian family activity for the days between Christmas and New Years 😂😂😂

[elshells]

Happy STS! I hope you’ve had a good week :) your OCs are forced to spend the night in a haunted house, how does that go? Does anyone try to take charge? Who is the most scared?

Happy STS! The week was a little unproductive in terms of writing, but I'm still feeling good about things! Hope you're doing well 💕

Hehehe. I love this prompt so much! Anything spooky immediately has my attention, and thinking about it in terms of Agent Ace makes it even better!

Sophia would naturally take the lead, gun ready and ears pricked up for anything unnatural. She's been a fan of horror since she was little, so even if she didn't already have the experience of a Guardian and Watch agent, she'd be in her element. However, Janus would take this opportunity to sabotage her at every turn. While Sophia does everything she can to keep the group safe and together, he's wandering off down random hallways shouting to the ghosts and insulting them for their cowardice. Generally just causing shenanigans and putting himself in danger he knows he can narrowly pull himself out of.

Jet would wander, too, but for a different reason. He'd scout the house for threats—specifically dolls. Not much unnerves him, but every doll in his path is getting immediately decimated if it so much as looks at him funny. Bellona would eventually join in on the rampage, not because she was convinced they were haunted, but because she was bored waiting for the others and this looked like fun.

August would arrive decked out with salt, candles, smudge sticks, a crucifix, the whole shebang. He'd set it all up in his designated 'safe room' while Sophia insisted to no avail that it wasn't necessary. For the rest of the night, he'd then attempt to strike up conversations with the ghosts, and when Sophia snapped at him to put it away, he'd argue that they may have something important to say.

Ahren would designate himself as the 'babysitter,' watching over Harley and her friends so Sophia could focus on doing her job. He would try and fail to hide how anxious he was, but he's the one who will jump at any little thing that might happen. Max, once he saw how frightened Ahren truly was, would sit with him and try to comfort him, even though he'd be scared shitless himself. He'd teach him the grounding techniques he uses to recover from panic attacks, and I imagine they'd actually bond a fair bit over this (which is nice, since the two of them don't get much one-on-one time)!

Jade hates the house, and she would start filming everything she does so there's proof of what happened to them in case they didn't make it out alive. Harley tries to intervene before Sophia gets annoyed with it, but she ends up joining the video and they turn it into a ghost-hunting documentary. Sophia lets it go because she sees that it actually helps Jade feel better, and they're both having fun with. Harley leads and narrates them through the house while Jade follows and backs her up with commentary. Along the way, they'd write nice messages for the ghosts in the dust and shut any windows to keep them warm. The others all make their own cameos with varying degrees of composure and sanity. At this point, I'll leave that up to your imagination!

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

Helping Kid lose his virginity and him developing feelings for you would involve… (part 1)

Virgin!Eustass Kid x courtesan!crewmate!reader. This is part one of two.

*****

🔥 Eustass Kid has never cared about sex.

🔥 If asked, he wouldn’t be able to explain why exactly; it’s simply something he has always been indifferent towards, just like he has never had any interest in learning to play an instrument, or in devoting his life to any path other than piracy. He has never experienced the desire for a partner, whether for companionship, affection or simply desire; love is a word he doesn’t even know the meaning of, and he has always thought relationships are a waste of time and energy that might be better employed otherwise. Kid knows most of the adults in his crew have sex at least semi-regularly -whether among them, with prostitutes and one-night-stands they meet in some random city, or with the civilians of the island that serves as their base- but he never longed to do the same himself, content with his own company and the platonic closeness of his crew.   

🔥 Essentially, he doesn’t feel any need, any pulsion like the ones he has seen so many people fall prey to or let control their life. He occasionally gets erections, usually in the morning or, even more rarely, in other moments, but never in response to some particular thought or fantasy he had, or because someone he has seen has attracted his attention. Whenever that happens, he takes care of the problem in the privacy of his own cabin or whatever other closed space he can find, quickly, dispassionately, feeling a brief moment of fleeting pleasure he then dismisses to focus on whatever other task is at hand. 

🔥 Kid has never cared about his looks, but he knows no one would ever describe his face as handsome, and that he looks more menacing than attractive, which is something he’s quite proud of; he usually only needs to glare at anyone whose presence annoys him for them to scuttle away. He is a strong, infamous pirate, the captain of a powerful crew; who cares if his ugly mug looks like something out of a nightmare, and children start to cry if they only meet his gaze? Piracy is no beauty contest after all, and a pretty face has never protected anyone from being caught by the Marines or vanquished by a rival crew.

🔥 Surprisingly, people do find him attractive occasionally. Kid knows there are people who are attracted to pirates the way others are to celebrities, maybe for some sort of fascination with danger and power. A few times some tavern wenches have flirted with him, and one, no doubt inebriated to the point it had dampened her survival instinct, even pushed him against a wall and kissed him - to which Kid, after a moment of stupefaction, reacted grabbing the woman’s throat tight enough to almost crush her windpipe. “Touch me again and I’ll snap your neck.” he warned before letting her go, and the woman literally ran out of the room. The episode, ten whole seconds of it, disgusted him in a way Kid couldn’t fully explain; if kissing felt like this, he reasoned, he much preferred focusing on piracy and battle rather than romance, thank you very much. 

🔥 So here he is, twenty-one years old, still a virgin, with less experience in matters of sex and romance than many preadolescents. He has never reflected that his situation might be unusual or something to be embarrassed about, especially for a pirate and a captain at that, until one night Kid meets with a few other pirate captains in a bar. The men are more acquaintances than friends or allies, but they and their crews are powerful enough to have earned Kid’s grudging respect - a rare honour indeed; they are all several years or even decades older. The beer flows freely, and after a while the discussion shifts from maps and treasures and those blasted Marines, to a dramatically different topic - conquests, the amorous kind. The captains boast about the number of their past partners, their prowess as lovers, even the age they lost their virginity at. The longer the discussion goes on, the more outlandish the stories become: one swears to have seduced a Marine admiral, another to have slept with three siblings at the same time… there’s even a captain who boasts to have fucked his way out of Impel Down.

🔥 Completely uninterested, Kid nurses his beer, thoughts focused on a map he had hoped to obtain from another of the captains; he is about to pull the man aside, when suddenly the others realise he hasn’t said a word in almost an hour. “What about you, Kid? Someone on your crew warming your bed?” “Do you have a girl or a guy waiting for you on your island?” “What sort of person do you like?” they ask, with a curiosity Kid finds completely uncalled for. He shrugs and, blissfully unaware of the shitpile his sincerity will cause, answers truthfully: that he doesn’t have a lover, he never had one, and honestly he has never cared about sex and relationships and all that crap. 

🔥 The others stare as if he had claimed to be Gold Roger reincarnated; silence has fallen in the usually noisy bar. “Are you saying… that you are a virgin?” “Yeah, why?” Kid asks, still in the dark… and then the whole table -the whole room, it seems- erupts in a loud, choral laugh - not about a joke that has been just said, but about him. “I can’t believe it! Are you serious? You’ve never been with anyone?! What a laugh!” “What’s wrong, Kid? You can’t get it up? At your age?” “I never pegged you as the shy type!” 

🔥 Kid is so flabbergasted it takes him a moment to realise what is happening. They are making fun of him -something no one in the world has ever dared since he was maybe twelve, and still scrawny for his age- laughing at his perceived weakness and inability to attract a mate. At first he tries to explain that his virginity is a deliberate choice -he is simply not interested in having a lover, preferring to focus his time and energy on piracy and the annihilation of his enemies, he could find someone to sleep with if he wished to- but the others don’t listen, and keep laughing, and laughing; other pirates and even civilian clients of the bar approach, and are told the story, and join in the mocking.

🔥 Kid’s temples are pulsating; part of him is still unbelieving this is really happening. The other men are also powerful pirate captains, but don’t they know who he is, and what he is wont to do to anyone who disrespects him? He killed his first man when he was only fourteen! He vanquished a ten-ship fleet because the commander had expressed doubts -out loud, unfortunately for him- that a man as young as him actually deserved his high bounty! How dare those bastards make fun of him, and call his-his masculinity in question? He could have sex if he wanted to, all the sex he wants! 

🔥 The laughs continue, unheeding of his awkward attempts to explain, and Kid feels like he’s floundering, at the mercy of waves he can’t swim through. What’s worse is that he can feel himself blushing -it’s not his fault! He’s a redhead, for God’s sake, he blushes easily! It’s not like he’s embarrassed…!- unable to retaliate in kind against the teasing he’s receiving. “What’s wrong, Kid? Are you still waiting for your true love?” the men joke “Or do you go soft before you get to put it in?” “Come on, guys, the poor boy is simply too shy, leave him be…”

🔥 In the end Kid uses his fists to shut them up; a brawl erupts, and Kid holds his own against half a dozen opponents. In the end the other captains shut up and promise to never broach the subject again, but he can see they are still thinking about it, smiling amused as soon as they think he can’t see them. “You know, Kid, if you need us to… introduce you to someone, we’d be happy to help. There’s nothing shameful about being shy, especially at your age.” one of them offers kindly, which only serves to deepen the humiliation Kid is feeling. “I am not shy! And I don’t need any help from you bastards!” he says, and leaves the bar without having discussed the map he was so interested in. 

🔥 What was meant to be a relaxing, even pleasant night of drink and talk ended up being the most humiliating experience of his life; Kid knocked around those bastards who laughed about him and called him shy -he! Shy!- but it didn’t make him feel better, since he knows they will continue making fun of him in his absence, and even spread the word among other crews. Eustass Kid is still a virgin, can you believe it? Poor boy probably doesn’t even know how to talk to someone he likes, let alone bring them to his bed… This is what they will say, and this disgraceful reputation will follow him wherever he goes. 

🔥 Part of the fault is his, Kid has to admit; what was he thinking, discussing such a private matter, and openly acknowledging his own shortcoming, with others outside his crew? Even he, who never gave a shit about sex, should have known the others would mock him for it. Unfortunately it’s too late to take back his words; on the other hand, he reflects as he stomps across the harbour in the direction of his ship, almost wishing someone would try and pick a fight so that he can blow off some steam beating them to a pulp, there is another way to make up for his mistake, and regain the respect of his peers…

🔥 “So yeah, I need to have sex; at least once, just to know what all the fuss is about and prove to the others I am not a failure or unable to-to perform.” he says the next day as he and Killer are together in the captain’s cabin. They have spent an hour discussing the ship’s course, the provisions to buy to restock the pantry, the need to appropriately castigate a rival crew that has started throwing their weight around on an island part of the Kid Pirates’ territories and other serious matters, but the first mate could see the captain’s mind was elsewhere. He has asked him, and Kid promptly emptied the tank about the way the other captains had made fun of his virginity. “The problem is, who with? I don’t want to just go to some brothel and pay a few hundred berry to the first prostitute available. Any dipshit can do that; it has to count, you know?” 

🔥 Killer nods slowly, his expression vaguely amused behind his mask. “You know there’s nothing shameful about being a virgin; and it’s not like you to care about what others think.” he points out, and Kid grunts in reticent agreement. The truth is, he is pretty confident in his strength and in that of his crew, which are at least on par with those of the most famous pirates in the world; but this sex thing is different. In this, he is shamefully at a disadvantage, completely in the dark regarding a topic most men his age know well. This is what frustrates him: for a man so proud of his reputation, being belittled and ridiculed about something he objectively lacks in respect to others is absolutely unbearable. He needs to regain his honor, which means losing his virginity in a way that he can boast about to the other captains, who will then respect him again as one of them. 

🔥 But how? The truth is, there is no one he is even vaguely interested in, not to mention that he doesn’t want the wrong sort of gossip to spread over the Sea, should he not… perform well on his first time. It is humiliating to even just consider the option, and Kid is not usually a man who doubts his abilities, but even he knows a person’s sexual debut can be awkward and less than perfect, especially when their theoretical knowledge is lacking at best as in his case, and he doesn’t want the other captains to learn that he underperformed. Whoever his first partner will be, he needs to make sure they will keep their mouth shut…

🔥 Killer has listened to Kid without commenting for a while. “Maybe there’s another possibility.” he offers in the end “You could ask (name).”, and at those words Kid actually stops mid-rant, and reflects.

🔥 (name). In other words, you.

🔥 The idea is reasonable, for more than one reason. First of all, since you are a member of his crew, a person whose loyalty he has already had the chance to appreciate, Kid is confident you will keep the matter to yourself if asked, in order not to have the whole crew gossip about his sex life and previous state of tardive virginity. Also, he suddenly realises, you are the only person he knows for whom sex has been not only a personal matter, but a professional one as well. 

🔥 After reflecting on it for a while, Kid decides to follow Killer’s advice and discuss the matter with you; he arranges for you to be on guard duty on the bridge that night, so that you’ll be alone, and then approaches, resting his back against the ship’s side as he meets your eyes, arms to his chest. “You were a prostitute once, right?” he asks, bluntly as is his wont. If you are surprised your captain chose the middle of the night for a chat, and by the topic he chose to address, you don’t let it on. “The correct term is courtesan, not prostitute, but I guess the essence is the same.” you concede, not at all bothered or upset “I worked in a pleasure house for several years.” “And… were you good?” “Let’s put it this way: do you remember your first bounty, captain? That, at the peak of my career, would have been enough to pay for a night in my bed. Just a night, for a… standard service.” you explain, and Kid can’t help feeling impressed.

🔥 “Why did you leave it, if you were so successful?” he asks, and you explain that you were actually forced to leave, after killing a client who had tried taking from you more than you were willing to give - and not pay for it. Unfortunately, the man was a relative of the city’s lord, so you had to run in order not to be put to death; you were travelling to another, far away country, planning on finding another pleasure house to work in, until the day you found yourself caught up in a bar brawl. 

🔥 Kid doesn’t need to be reminded of that part of the story; he and his crew were at that very bar, and then suddenly a group of pirates had assaulted a single, apparently inoffensive woman, who then proceeded to beat the crap out of half a dozen opponents, all on her own, barely breaking a sweat. Kid recruited you on the spot, and you have been part of the crew ever since. “May I ask why the sudden interest, captain?” you politely inquire, and Kid sighs, privately admitting you have a right to ask, and feeling uncomfortable nonetheless. 

🔥 “You can’t tell anyone, alright? No one in the world, neither within this crew nor outside. I am not joking, (name); if you blab about this to anyone, I’ll kill you with my bare hands.” “I won’t tell anyone, captain; you have my word. So… what did you want to talk about?” you ask, and Kid is suddenly grateful the night is pitch black, no trace of stars above you, because the darkness hides the furious blush on his face. Stammering a bit, for maybe the first time in his life, he tells you about his problem, and no amount of darkness could conceal the astonishment on your expression; you stare at him, flabbergasted, until Kid brusquely orders you to close your mouth. “I’m sorry, I… I am just surprised. I never thought you would be interested… and you want me for your first time? Captain, I… I don’t know what to say. I am very flattered…”

🔥 That last word makes an alarm bell sound in Kid’s mind; and it is his impression, or suddenly you are blushing as well?  “Don’t start getting ideas, alright? This is not… it’s nothing personal; I’m asking you because this is a business you know, having done it before, and I can trust you’ll keep your mouth shut. We’ll do it, I’ll pay you what you want, and never speak of it again.” he says, feeling, for some reason, the need to make things clear “And… you can say no, if you want. I know I’m your captain and all, but… in this, you are free to refuse, no repercussions. It’s a business deal, nothing more.”

🔥 A moment of stillness follows, the gentle murmuring of the waves surrounding you. “I see.” you answer, your voice devoid of any emotion “Well, this is a part of my life I thought I was done with, but I guess there would be nothing wrong with it. And I agree it’s better if we keep it secret, especially from the crew. So, uhm, shall I come to your cabin?”

🔥 Kid hadn’t expected you to propose you immediately get to work, even though, he has to admit, it makes sense not to waste time. A surge of panic, akin to nothing he has ever felt in battle, against the strongest enemies or when it seemed his chance of survival were almost nil, fills him; he is not ready! He needs some time to… well, to prepare. Kid knows sex is not a mission one needs to plan in advance, or an exam for which to study, but he is not walking into this without having taken some time to decide what to do. Consequently, he tells you it’s better to wait for the ship to reach its next destination: you’ll meet in an inn in whatever town you harbour at, so that none of your crewmates suspects what you are up to. You nod, admitting his alternative makes sense. “Then… I’ll wait for you to tell me when and where, shall I? I will do my best for it to be good for you, captain.”

🔥 Kid mumbles that it’s fine, he doesn’t need it to be memorable as long as he knows how it feels, and no one else can make fun of him anymore. He lingers in front of you for a moment more, before realising he should let you return to your duties. “‘night.” “Goodnight, captain; I’ll see you soon.” you say, and there’s no particular feeling in your voice, no hidden meaning in that simple promise, but Kid feels the need to close the conversation as soon as possible. He grunts, turns, and quickly walks away, not needing to look behind him to know you are still staring at his retreating form. 

🔥 All things considered, Kid reflects once he has returned to the privacy of his cabin, it went well; you didn’t make fun of the fact a man his age is still a virgin -not that he feared you would; even his closest crewmembers know disrespecting the captain is the easiest way to be beaten to a pulp and then thrown overboard, and moreover, you simply are not that type of person- you accepted his proposal, and you decided when and how meet. The navigator told him it will take a couple of days to reach the next island, so he has all the time to - to psychologically prepare for his task; he knows you will keep your mouth shut, and he doesn’t feel like he has something to prove, but he doesn’t want you to think he doesn’t even know how sex works.

🔥 Because he does. Of course he knows, he’s a pirate for God’s sake! And yes, he’s never done it before, but shouldn’t sex be something people simply know how to do, instinctively? How difficult can it be?

🔥 He should feel relieved that the first part of his mission was successful, and he is. On the other hand, Kid spends the next two days prey of a rising, mounting anxiety, counting the days and then the hours separating him from the moment the two of you will meet to suit the action to the word. He’s even more irascible than usual, so much that the others start wondering whether their captain is worried or angry about something; Killer, who has been informed of his and your plans, sighs and points out it’s not fair of Kid to take his frustration out on the crew. “You know, it will probably be pleasant, very much so if (name) is as… talented as she claims to be; why don't you just relax?” his first mate and partner proposes, and he’s right, Kid has to admit, but the advice doesn’t make him feel better: his planned meeting with you attracts and scares him at the same time, something he can’t wait to experience and, at the same time, he has to stop himself from cancelling.

🔥 During those two days, every time his path meets yours, you simply smile and say “Hello, captain.” the way you always had, which is good, because the last thing Kid wants is for the rest of the crew to perceive some weird tension or secret between the two of you. At the same time he is sure, sure enough to swear his life on it, there’s something different in the way you look at him, or in how at times you touch his arm to attract his attention -something that has never bothered him before- that wasn’t there before; an intention, an unsaid promise, as if your hand had gotten warmer against his skin, or your eyes communicated a message without the need for words. Kid does his best to act normally, with the others and especially in your presence, but he not always can; specifically, at times, when he sees you walk briskly across the deck, or sitting at a table in the mess hall as you play cards with the others, he has started wondering how your body looks under your clothes.

🔥 Finally, the ship drops anchor at the harbour of a large town. Kid wanders around on his own for a while, finds the perfect spot -a small, out-of-the-way inn on the outskirts, the sort of place where no one pays too much attention to the other guests and their business- and rents a room for the night. “Make sure it’s clean.” he adds menacingly, for some reason he doesn’t really know himself, and the innkeeper assures him it will be done. Kid returns to the ship, discreetly reaches the cabin you share with the other women and slips a piece of paper under your pillow, with the time and place for your appointment. From now on, changing his mind and forgetting the whole thing will be impossible; Kid sighs, and then steers himself for what is to come.

🔥 “You know, you should take a bath; no woman wants to touch a man who is covered in grime and smells like a dumpster.” Killer, who seems to find the whole matter highly amusing, suggests later, and Kid mumbles that he doesn’t smell, and in any case he is not going on a date with his girlfriend, he has no intention to doll up to impress you, since you have seen him bleeding and sweating a thousand times already, but he does take a bath, and changes his clothes. “Have fun!” Killer wishes him, and Kid groans, already fed up.

🔥 He leaves for the inn with plenty of time to spare, preferring to arrive at the room first and then get settled, but mid-way he stops at a bar and drinks, trying not to think about why he’s doing it. Liquid courage, they call it; Kid always thought he had plenty of it, but today he stands corrected. By the time he finally reaches the room he’s still early, and he does feel a little better; he opens the door… and freezes.

🔥 “Hello.” you murmur, smiling at him. You are lying on the bed, the sheet pulled up to your shoulders but thin enough Kid can easily see you are naked under it, and the shape of your body; you came early too, no doubt because you wanted to surprise him -or who knows, maybe because you couldn’t wait for what you are about to do…- and unforeseen circumstances are something Kid usually dislikes, but this time… this time he can’t help feeling happy, even thrilled, as he looks at you, now sitting on the bed, as you invite him to approach with your hand. “Why don’t we get a little more comfortable? You can take your clothes off, if you want. Shall I… help you?”

🔥 Kid has suddenly realised he is not ready to have you touch him. “I can do it by myself.” he mumbles as he starts taking his coat off, and a couple minutes later he’s naked save for his briefs. He slowly walks to the bed, sits by your side, and feels himself blushing as he notices the appreciative look you are casting him, shamelessly focused on the bulge under his navel. He is hard, seriously hard, for the first time in his life due to something real rather than some vague desire or involuntary blood flow; he wants you, he realises with a shiver, he really and deeply does… and he can’t wait to see what you have in store for him.

🔥 “You are very handsome, you know.” “Don’t be daft, not even my mother has ever called my ugly mug handsome.” Kid defends himself, suddenly nervous; the only compliments he has ever been paid regard his strength and ferocity, or his high bounty, but this feels different - more personal, more intimate, and he doesn’t know how to react. It does feel good, in a way, but at the same time, he can’t help feeling weak for it… “You must think I’m an idiot, still a virgin at my age.” “Not at all; one can be too young, but never too old for sex.” you reassure him “I was a little surprised to know this was to be your first time, but I guess you have always been more interested in piracy and in becoming stronger than in finding a partner, haven’t you? So… how would you like to do this? We can talk for a while, if you want, or we could discuss what you’d like to do and prefer to avoid; nothing you tell me will leave this room, you have my word.”

🔥 Kid knows he can trust you, and discussing boundaries and preferences does seem reasonable. Nevertheless, the last thing he feels like doing is chatting; from his position by your side, he can see the shape of your breast under the sheet, your erect nipples visible through the fabric, and the view is making him almost unable to swallow. What is happening to him, all of a sudden? This feels weird; his whole body is reacting to your presence, and you haven’t even touched each other yet. His rationality is slipping, the same impulses he so often deprecated in others taking over; he is no longer in control, of the events and of himself, and the thought is terrifying and humiliating, but he can’t help letting himself go…

🔥 “Kid? Is everything alright?” “Yeah, sure. I was just thinking…” Kid hesitates for a moment more; his ideas regarding sex are vague at best, but even he knows what the best way of starting is… “We can… I mean, is it alright if we k-kiss? You can still say no, you know.” he makes clear. As you discussed already this is just business, not a relationship or any other thing involving feelings, but he’s determined not to do anything that would make you uncomfortable. Kid doubts you have liked every person who has paid to have sex with you, but this is different - he is different, or at least he plans on being. He waits, almost holding your breath, and sees you smile happily. “I thought you’d never ask.”

🔥 Kissing it’s weird. Weird and awkward, at first, like being forced in a dance he doesn’t know the steps of, his mouth and yours meeting again and again, and he instinctively tries too hard until you whisper “Ssh, it’s fine, take your time.” and he wants to answer but he can’t, because no matter how strange it does feel good, no, it feels amazing, and he’s already breathing hard as he feels your lips, silk-soft and warm, caress his. A moment later you slip your tongue in his mouth and Kid groans, a loud, uncontrolled sound expressing an emotion he thought himself unable to experience: lust.

🔥 He kisses you back, finally finding the rhythm as his tongue meets yours, and when he feels you moan his large, powerful body shivers; his heart is pounding, hot blood running in his veins, and his mind is filled with lurid images he can’t wait to turn into reality. The kiss lasts until you are both gasping for breath. Kid has closed his eyes without realising, and when he opens them, he sees you smile, looking like the cat who got the cream. “So? How was it, captain?” you ask licking your lips, and Kid groans in response before kissing you again .

🔥 You kiss some more, and Kid is already sure he’ll never get enough of it until the sheet covering you slips away, you move to straddle him, and suddenly he’s holding your naked body in his arms. Kid has never been this close to a woman, and he gulps, having blushed again. You smile, and “It’s alright; you can look at me, and touch me, if you want.” you say gently, and he wonders if perceiving what he was too embarrassed to ask for is an ability you have acquired during your past as a pr- as a courtesan or it’s due to the years you have spent as crewmates, but he doesn’t ask, too busy as he is drinking avidly in the view offered to his eyes. The mere sight of your breasts is enough to make his mouth water, and then his eyes slip downwards, towards your core, and Kid forgets how to breathe. 

🔥 He is hesitant as he starts touching you, despite your explicit consent afraid he might hurt you or doing something unpleasant; nobody better than him knows how strong you are, so it’s not like he’s going to kill you just squeezing you a little too harshly, but he’s terrified you might change your mind. Once more, you seem to understand why he’s hesitating, because a moment later you have taken his large, strong hands in yours, and are guiding them in exploring his skin and flesh. “Touch me.” you murmur; you are being kind and patient in your role as teacher and helper, but even Kid in his ignorance can see you are sincerely enjoying what you are living together; you want him, you really do, your desire intense enough for your eyes to burn with it “Fuck… Kid, touch me please, I need to feel you…”

🔥 You rarely swear, which fills Kid with a sort of pride he had never experienced before. He grins to himself as he shapes your body under his hands, like a sculptor moulding clay, and your skin, warm and smooth, is the most beautiful thing he has ever touched, including the scars and half-healed wounds memento of some past battle; he lowers his face to kiss them, and he kisses your breast, deliciously soft under his tongue, and you moan, holding his head in your hands. “Oh, God, Kid…” you cry, pronouncing both names with the same worshipful intention “Oh, yes, darling, don’t stop…” 

🔥 Darling. No one had ever called him that, unless it happened when he was very young, but he likes it, he likes it very much, so much that kissing is no longer enough. He is harder than ever before, painfully constricted in his black briefs, and no matter how deliciously pleasant -how sweet; God, is this the first time he describes something as such, even in the privacy of his thoughts?- it is to feel your skin under his mouth, he wants more…

🔥 This time, rather than stopping what the two of you are doing to ask, Kid decides to act; he wraps his arm around your waist to pull you closer, and he hears you moan, your hips moving as you begin rubbing yourself against his turgor. “Oh, God…” “Feels good?” Kid asks, just to hear you say it rather than because he has reason to doubt, and grins when he sees you nod, and whisper that yes, it feels so good, and you can’t wait to see him and feel him inside you, and well, few would describe Eustass Kid as a generous man, but this time at least he il willing to satisfy your request. 

🔥 The desire roaring in his stomach notwithstanding, Kid feels himself grow tense once a new kiss has pushed him on his back, and he feels your fingertips brush against his waistline. He wants you to touch him, he does so much it’s driving him crazy, and he also knows you are not going to hurt him, but he can’t help it, because no one has ever known him so genuinely, beyond the infamous reputation and the power and the danger. He has completely lowered his defenses for you, letting you see him as intimately as no one has ever done before, and the thought is terrifying and exhilarating at the same time.  

🔥 You meet his gaze, and after Kid nods in assent you delicately free him from his briefs, exposing his hard cock, proudly erect. “Fuck. It’s so beautiful…” “Is… is it?” “Of course it is, Kid; it’s beautiful, big and strong, exactly as you are.” you assure him, and for a moment Kid can’t help wondering whether you’ve seen better, and bigger, during your years at the pleasure house, but that incertitude lasts only for a moment, because you are now sitting on his lap, slowly pumping his shaft before impaling yourself on it, and Kid can’t help but stare as your body swallows his, the friction eliciting a pain he is forced to bite his lip not to express, but it feels good, it feels better than anything he has ever thought could exist, good enough he might lose his mind for it. He grabs your hips as you begin moving above him, the room filled with the lurid sound of your flesh slapping against his. “Don’t stop.” he growls, and you nod, your face an image of pleasure and lust that takes his breath away.

🔥 He wakes up with a start soon after dawn, for a moment confused about his whereabouts, and then disappointment fills him as he realises the other half of the bed is empty; Kid quickly dresses himself and returns to the ship. 

🔥 “So? How did it go?” Killer discreetly asks when captain and first mate meet on the bridge; Kid grunts in reply, unwilling to share the events of last night, even with his most trusted crewmate. “It went alright; we did what we had to.” he succinctly says before walking away. He spends the day taking care of various tasks, not fully sure of what he feels. On one side, he’s satisfied the matter is closed, he is no longer a virgin and doesn’t need to worry to be mocked again by the other captains again; on the other, he can’t help feeling unsatisfied, not by your rapport itself, which was all that he had hoped for and then some, rather by the fact that it will not happen again. 

🔥 Or will it?

🔥 You and Kid stay clear of each other during the day, both of you making sure the rest of the crew has no reason to suspect something unusual has happened between you. But it has, it definitely has, and Kid can’t believe until twenty-four hours ago he thought a single time would be enough, and he wouldn’t leave that bed you had shared wanting for more. And he does, he does so much it feels it gnawing at him, and he feels himself growling every time he sees one of your crewmates platonically patting your back or touching your hands with theirs as you form a chain to carry parcels on board. He has no right to ask more of you, not when your initial arrangement implicitly stated you would only have sex once, but he can’t help it. Last night’s memories -the silky softness of your skin; the warmth of your kisses; the lovely sound of your voice moaning his name in a never-ending litany… how tight you felt around his cock…- keep filling his mind every time he catches a glimpse of you on the bridge or as you have lunch with the others in the mess hall, and he’s quite sure no man has ever died for lack of sex, but he can’t deny this is exactly what he feels like…

🔥 Duties on the ship are rigorously divided and scheduled, but Kid has Killer task you with arranging the supplies bought that day in the ship’s small storage room, after dinner; the first mate complies, even though “You know.” he points out gently “You can simply go to her and talk, without the need for subterfuge.”. Kid privately agrees, but he prefers not to risk being seen or heard by others; later, once the rest of the crew has gone to bed except for the men keeping watch on the bridge, he meets you in the storage room, as you neatly arrange the parcels’ content on the shelves. You don’t seem surprised to see him. “I knew you would come see me. Is… is everything alright? I’m sorry if it wasn’t as good as you hoped, the first time can be a bit awkward…” Kid shakes his head, mumbling that had he something to complain, he would have done it already. He wishes he could ask if it was good for you as well, if he was able to give you pleasure despite his lack of experience, but he’s too proud to. 

🔥 “I haven’t paid you yet.” he points out, and you shake your head gently before answering that you could never accept any payment from him, since what you did was a favour to a crewmate rather than a job, and in any case… “In any case what?” “Well, I must admit I… I had forgotten how sweet it could feel; I don’t know whether it was because we knew each other or because you are an extremely handsome man, but… well, I think last night was one of the best of my life. I really mean it.”

🔥 So you did like it! And, as incredible as it sounds, you find him attractive! Emboldened, Kid takes your hand to pull you to him, holding you close enough to feel your body shiver at the contact. “What do you say we repeat the experience then?” he asks, and he sees you beam. “I was hoping you’d ask.” You walk to Kid’s cabin together, and “We need to be very quiet, lest the others…” you begin, and then Kid is kissing you before the door closes behind you; clothes start falling to the floor, and Kid slips his hand to cup your core, eliciting a moan his mouth is quick to swallow. “This time I want to stay on top.” Kid murmurs in your ear, and you hurry to nod, an adoring smile in your eyes. “Everything you want.” you murmur, pressing yourself against his body, already rock-hard “Do whatever you want to me, captain, I promise I won’t say no.”

🔥 It’s a sort of promise few men would be able to resist, and Kid doesn’t even try; he manages to control himself just long enough to have your body naked in front of him, then he picks you up to carry you to his bed, your mouth quickly finding his in a new, hungry kiss. It’s still awkward between the two of you, since it’s only his second time and last night he let you take the reins, but Kid has been waiting for this since he woke up in the morning without you by his side, and perhaps is the fact that he’s taking you in his bed, or that you told him explicitly he was able to give you pleasure despite that being his first time, but your lovemaking is for Kid ever more intense than what you shared last night. You do need to be quiet, since the last thing he wants is for the rest of the crew to know what you are up to, but for Kid hearing you whisper and moan his name in his ear is more than enough; seeing the naked, unadulterated pleasure in your eyes as he moves inside you and waves of pleasure rock both of your bodies, makes his head spin.

🔥 He’s careful in penetrating you, even after you’ve assured him you’re more than ready and you’ll tell him if you want to stop; he hasn’t forgotten you’ve been with other men already -a thought that keeps making him angry, even though he couldn’t explain why- but when he feels his cock entering you as if you were made for it, made for him, it’s hard not to delude himself into thinking no one has ever pleasured you like he’s doing. “You’re beautiful.” he grunts, and he’s not sure who’s more surprised to hear him utter those words, you or himself. Beauty is something Kid has had scarce opportunity to appreciate, or to care about in his life, but as he looks at your naked body sprawled on his bed, your skin bathed in the soft moonlight filtering through the window, he knows you are beautiful, and he, like the avid and greedy man he’s always been, wants you to himself.

🔥 You end up having sex twice, barely catching your breath in the middle; in the end you’re both exhausted, but Kid feels amazing, sated and proud of himself for the pleasure he’s seen reflected in your eyes. “May I stay for a while? I can tell the others I was busy in the storage room.” you ask, uncertain but hopeful, and Kid, who hadn’t even considered the possibility of you leaving, nods and holds you against his body. He doesn’t complain when you start playing with his hair, and grins to himself when you tell him you have always admired it, its bright colour and how it compliments his skin tone. You enjoy a few more minutes together, holding and touching each other, before you need to leave; lying on his back, Kid observes as you quickly, silently retrieve your clothes, and then kiss him one last time. “You know, I could always put you down for another shift in the storage room tomorrow night.” he proposes, and you smile at him. “As I said, captain, whatever you might decide is fine by me.” you say “More than fine, in fact.”

🔥 That’s how it starts between the two of you. From then on, you visit Kid in his cabin almost every night; you can never stay too long, since your cabinmates -not one, not two, but five of them- would notice your prolonged absence, but you make those brief rendez-vous count to the last second. When you enter, Kid is always there waiting for you, often naked already to save time, and invariably hard. “Took you a while!” he says, even though you are almost always on time or even early, and before you have time to react he’s taken you in his arms and is kissing you passionately. 

🔥 Sometimes, when your lovemaking has ended but you still have some time before you need to go, you talk - really talk. You have spoken a million times before, having been part of the same crew for years, but since you are quieter than most, a perfectly companionable person but used to keep her private life to herself, Kid had never realised how little he knew about you, and about your life before you joined his crew. So, night after night, as the two of you lie together side by side, your hand moving up and down his body -”You have such a nice physique, you know? I have been enjoying the view, captain, whenever you couldn’t notice.”- or him enjoying the sensual feeling of your breasts pressing against his side, you share your past, confiding in Kid like you have never done with anyone else.

🔥 “My younger sister and I ran away when we were barely a couple of kids, to escape the hell our life at home had become after our mother had died. We lived on the street for a while until a pleasure house’s madam saw me as we panhandled and offered me a place to live in exchange for work. I accepted; my sister was hired as a maid for the house, even though I wished she would let me rent a room for her somewhere else, and so we were able to get by. As I said, I made good money; I planned to put aside enough to buy a house for the two of us, or to work until my looks allowed me to attract clients, until a client decided the fact that he paid for my company gave him the right to use me as he wished, despite my protestations. I didn’t mean to kill him, I was only trying to defend myself, but he forced my hand… and then I was forced to leave, in order not to cause trouble for the other courtesans. My sister still lives in that town; I send her part of my wage every month, but she has a good job, and got married two years ago.” you explain, your cheek resting on Kid’s chest. 

🔥 “You did good killing that bastard.” he comments. “Thank you; and to think, he wasn’t even the client who hurt me the worst.” you say with a sigh. “Why?” Kid asks, curious despite himself, but you shake your head decisively. “That’s a story for another time. So…” you add with a smile, letting your hand slip downward, past his chiseled abs and the patch of red hair on his abdomen “Since we still have a little time, what about we check how long you can resist before I make you come with my mouth?”

🔥 Kid has found heaven between your thighs, your tight, warm pussy taking him every time with a delicious friction that makes him forget his own name, but what he likes the most is having you go down on him. Given the fact you’re still much more experienced than him -even though, he’s pleased to recognise, he’s improving by the day- he enjoys being in control, which usually means sitting on the edge of the bed with you kneeling between his thighs, his hard cock filling your warm, soft mouth, your head moving up and down as you use your lips, your tongue and even -cautiously- your teeth to give him pleasure. To have you focus on his needs rather than your own feels exhilarating; he hasn’t found the One Piece, but in those moments he feels like a King already.

🔥 At times, to be fair, you do give in to your own needs, and as you service him, running your tongue up and down his shaft, Kid can see you slip a hand between your legs to relieve the pressure. Sometimes he pretends he didn’t see, or at least that he doesn’t mind seeing you taking care of something other than him, but Kid has never been known for his generosity, and so it is that most of the times he grabs your wrists and orders you to focus on what you are doing, and on him, with the unspoken promise he will reward you as soon as you’re done and he’s had a moment to catch his breath. He never goes back on his promise.

[snkts]

also now that i have your attention, justice for bellona

[panzerkatzee]

This. Is. Gold. Literally.

This was all I could see when Diomedes, Cassius, and Darrow were bickering after their trial so I had to doodle it 😂

Thunder, Lightning, and the Storm: the best three razormasters to share a room—prison—in the last sixty years, not one of them taken in a straight fight 🤭

[astropookie]

short asteroid observations

nhidi

*whole sign + tropical

Cupido (763) 9H says you are attracted to someone you can learn a lot from, someone foreign, not necessarily in an obvious way but when’s about different perspective/mindset. also you could not fall easily? They have to look/think “different”. you could like dorks. you want to be understood, to debate.

Aphrodite (1388) 8H have this desire of being taken care of, to everyone be obsessed with them and they are but people it’s too scared and intimidated by their strong and mysterious aura, so they’re likely to be the goddess who seems unapproachable/too good to be true. they could feel lonely bc of these and they LOVE the power and influence they have on others.

Luda (1158) at 12° (pisces degree)/trine neptune are recognized by being artsy, in their own world, kind of hippie or full of creativity/imagination and with other world perspectives. I have these placement + aspect and EVERY TIME, people from every age recognize/identify me as the characteristics I mentioned. They have asked me if my family it’s full of artists bc I have that “vibe”. Asteroid “Luda” means “love of the people”, and being love by people could be interpreted as recognized -my interpretation-.

Narcissus (37117) conjunct Mercury could mean being too self absorbed about your mindset and opinions, “thinking your way of thinking is too good to be true”. I don’t really think narcissus have this effect permanently-duh😝-, it shows how at some point you are like this. you could have difficulties listening to others perspectives that can help you. you could have serious problems of trying to understand others, in this life you’ll have to learn no one thinks like you, even though your you from a moment ago, I don’t think they’ll think the same or etc., so don’t explode your mind trying so hard to have an answer on why others aren’t/think like you bc they won’t. also, your mindset it’s not correct or perfect so don’t frustrate about stuff you can’t control.

Bellona (28) trine ascendant, again, can tell people thought you were a total bitch -when they didn’t know you-, if they get in your way you’ll fuck them up without a doubt. I’m proud to say it’s not only appearance or supposition, once they know you they’ll still say you’ll fuck them up equally. Bellona is about someone who isn’t afraid of standing up for what they believe.

I was wondering why lately I’ve been so obsessed with this guy, then I checked my composite chart with him and saw Lovelock (51663) 12H. So practically it could signify this is a past life situation and I can’t fucking let go. I’m so tired 😭 idgaf if he’s obsessed with me, I want action and he’s not giving it and I’m afraid to be the one starting it -it’s different with guys and bc of him? idk 😒-. I feel stuck. HELP. also is conjunct Chiron so I have to learn about it? DONT. Chiron give me a break, no, I’m joking, I’m saying nothing. 12H means it’s gonna hit in a subconscious level…and it’s gonna be a secret?😭 -I don’t want to believe this-, so neither of us is gonna do something? FUCK

(*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*૮꒰ྀི⸝⸝> . <⸝⸝꒱ྀིა ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ ૮₍˶ •. • ⑅₎ა ♡ (づ๑•ᴗ•๑)づ♡

♡ Based on personal experience and I’ve analyzed in my surroundings.

♡ English is not my first language.

♡ I’m not a profesional astrologer.

Thank youu. baibaiii🫣🫶🏼💋

Do not copy. Please give me credits.

[demigod-shenanigans]

Have not posted about mine and @queenjunothegreat’s next gen kids in way too long so: Pipeyna kiddie

-Her name is Emilia McLean. Her go-to nickname is Em. When she’s in trouble, Piper calls her Lea. Yes, she‘s named after Leo. He would not stop wailing when he was told about this.

-Em is Sofía’s best friend. She’s three years older than Sofía and they grow up considering each other sisters. (Good luck trying to tell Sofía they’re not sisters because they’re not related, she’s not related to her dads either and they’re still her dads, so checkmate)

-When they were small, Sofía followed Em around like a little duckling, insisting to play whatever Em was playing and do whatever Em was doing. There’s nothing these two wouldn’t do for each other. (Also yes I gave them matching earrings in different colors because they’re dorks and they would.)

-Em loves skirts and dresses and putting her hair up in fancy braids. Reyna’s got the braiding covered due to her time on Circe’s island, but when Em asked her moms to show her how to do her makeup, they were both sweating profusely because Piper hasn’t let anyone put makeup on her since she was twelve and Reyna’s just never really bothered with it? They spent like an hour trying to watch a makeup tutorial before giving up and admitting they need help. Hylla never lets Reyna live it down, but Emilia is thrilled because “the queen of the Amazons taught me how to do my makeup” is a pretty cool thing to brag about. (There was a discussion on whether or not to call Drew instead but in the end they settled on Hylla because they knew Hylla would be annoying but not as overly smug about it.)

-Drew absolutely takes Em clothes shopping sometimes because she’s decided Reyna and Piper are both useless. Piper lets it happen because it makes Em happy but is also fuming about it. Reyna is honestly just grateful to be getting out of clothes shopping lmao her closet is almost entirely made up of work outfits.

-Piper and Reyna have a rescue dog named Kitty (Em named her when she was three, in honor of that the name is spelled in all caps in all official documents) and Em loves that dog so much. It’s entirely mutual. Kitty is wildly protective of Em and will bite people if they so much as look at her weird.

-Leo is Em’s chaotic fun uncle and they get into so many shenanigans together. Jason is a significantly less chaotic uncle than his husband but somehow always ends up caught in the crossfire of their uncle-niece shenanigans.

-Leo being the chaotic fun uncle inevitably comes back to bite him when Em takes a page out of his book and starts getting into shenanigans with Sofía. Piper is absolutely cackling in the background.

Some more lore stuff under the cut since this is getting kind of long

-Em is actually the only next gen child named specifically after another demigod. This is both because Leo is close friends with her moms and because in a universe where names have power, choosing the name of the guy who beat the odds and quite literally rewrote fate—who defied death not once but twice so he could have his happy ending—is the greatest blessing Piper can think to give her daughter.

-Leo has thought of himself as a curse for a large chunk of his life. The concept of having his name used as a blessing is something he never fully recovers from.

-Speaking of names: Reyna’s bloodline and family legacy was meant to be intricately tied to New Rome’s survival. It ruined her life and took away almost her entire childhood. She happily laid her family name to rest and took Piper’s when they married. They mostly live in the mortal world and her ties with New Rome aren’t nearly as strong as they used to be when she was growing up, but there’s a part of her is terrified that this will come back to haunt her daughter one day. She never tells her daughter about Bellona’s prophecy. She won’t allow for her to grow up with the future of New Rome on her shoulders.

-Emilia is a natural leader. Aside from her general proficiency with various weapons, her main power is a sort of motivational charmspeak—not quite Piper’s ability to control others, and not quite Reyna’s ability to project her own emotions outward, but a milder combination of both that allows her to demand the attention of other demigods, instill confidence in those listening to her and rally her troops. Everyone knows she’d be a praetor at Camp Jupiter in no time, and it terrifies Reyna.

-But Em is a legacy of Aphrodite and Bellona both. She has a place at Camp Half-Blood as well as Camp Jupiter. And when the time comes for her to choose, she chooses Camp Half-Blood and goes back to live with her moms once the summer is over. Reyna nearly cries with relief.

-Maybe Leo’s name worked. Maybe the prophecy won’t be of any relevance until they’ve all long passed, many generations down the line. But Em strays from the path that seemed so set for her. She’s free, in a way Reyna never was.

[randompjofan]

pjo headcanons cuz im bored

•the hephaestus and hecate cabin convinced chiron to let them make demigod-safe phones

•the catch is calling people will attract monsters anyway, so they stick to iris-messaging

•the first app nearly everyone downloaded was insta

•the gods took notice and apollo immediately downloaded it as well to stalk everyone

•most of the gods followed suit

•the iris cabin started an lgbtq+ pinterest page (they go INSANE during pride month)

•nico and piper were the first one to follow them

•reyna's way of coming out as bi was following them

•the romans and the hunters threw a RAGER when she did

•the greeks gleefully joined in

•venus got angry but couldn't do anything about it because bellona threatened to stab her in the gut

•the gods HATE getting injuries that should be fatal because in those moments they always wish they could die

•frank was really confused about lgbtq stuff at first, but he's starting to understand it now

•one year after jasons death, on his birthday, nico asked if hades would be able to resurrect jason since zeus was jason's dad

•hades mentioned this to zeus and at first he said no, but here threatened to make him sleep on the couch for another decade. He agreed.

•the apollo kids have karaoke nights on thursday

•there's also a camp-wide movie night, but sometimes they dont do it because how it works is one cabin must pick a movie and all agree on it

•when it was the hades cabin's turn nico and hazel sparred for either Tangled (nico) or The Princess and the Frog (hazel)

•hazel won, but let nico choose tangled because that way he could make fun of will the whole time

•when it was the poseidon cabin's turn, Percy asked annabeth to choose between finding nemo and moana

•she stood on a chair so she could look down at him, looked him right in the eyes and said "no."

•he got her back later by repeatedly singing the "Where's My Dad" song from finding nemo

•i'll make more movie night hcs later

•reyna and jason act like nico's mom and dad

•the entire apollo cabin has basically adopted nico at this point

•chiron often mistakes nico and will for patroclus and achilles and it makes him so happy that they're basically reincarnated versions of them he's one of their biggest shippers

•chiron has also shipped percabeth since percy arrived at camp no matter how many times annabeth insisted she hated him and he has no regrets

•grover and chiron often argue who the biggest percabeth shipper is and once percy told sally about this she iris-messaged them both and showed them t-shirts that said "#2 percabeth shippers" then turned around to reveal her shirt, which said "#1 percabeth shipper"

•athena and poseidon have agreed to get along until percy and annabeth die

•hades and apollo have also agreed to get along until will dies, as nico has been promised a place in hades's palace already and plans to take will with him

•nico has the worst nightmares out of all the campers by far, but annabeth is a close second

•hazel introduced nico to sanrio and gave him a kuromi plushie

•he has it on his bunk

•frank will sometimes transform into a peregrine falcon so he can visit chb in a matter of two hours

•nico taught hazel how to shadow travel after the war with gaea so she can get to chb at any tima

•will gets mad when she shadow travels, but nico gets even madder

•calypso has major trust issues and she really does want to be close to leo but she has a hard time

•the aphrodite kids have made it their mission to help her out

•on meg's birthday, apollo teleported to her in Lester form to wish her a happy birthday

•meg cried because she thought that apollo had forgotten her

•the hermes cabin caught connor with malcolm pace while staging the rocky horror picture show prank on chiron

•they immediately told the athena cabin about this, and all they said was "we've known for a month."

•the athena cabin is actually really good at telling when people are in love, but the Aphrodite campers are a bit quicker

•ares brags about clarisse and frank ALL THE DAM TIME.

•hades brags about nico and hazel constantly, and many times restates that he actually tried to be a good dad.

•nico will visit the underworld a lot during winter

•persephone always asks him "is your boyfriend here?"

•will decided that since the underworld is nico's second home, he'd visit with him

•things got reaaaaally awkward when he saw persephone (tsats reference)

•one of the first things persephone told him was how she turned him into a dandelion

•percy and annabeth iris-messaged nico at this moment cuz they got bored and laughed their asses off

•While Jason was in Elysium, he met Esperanza Valdez and Emily Zhang. They were actually good friends. He looked for Marie Levesque as well, but Nico told him to stop, and didnt elaborate. He wondered why, but stopped anyway.

•when he told leo and frank about this, they started SOBBING.

•a few weeks after piper started dating shel, they were at a park when piper realized there were karpos in a nearby field. She tried to shoo them away, but Shel just said "oh, those dont really hurt you, its ok." Thats how they found out shel could see through the Mist.

•a lot of people have a crush on rachel at chb and even some at camp jupiter. Rachel knows and when she told annabeth annabeth said "wow, you sound like percy." They practically died laughing.

•nico is actually close to mr. D to the point where he's allowed to play cards with him and mr. D actually calls nico "nico"

•it drives percy insane

•clarisse is really good friends with will as her and her siblings often end up in the infirmary and she feels bad for being rude to michael yew

•she's basically will's mom

•both camps call reyna and clarisse "the in-laws"

•nico will rent out his cabin for group sleepovers and just sleep in the apollo cabin

•one time they had a sleepover with the seven, nico, will, reyna and clarisse (will made her come) and they watched scream 5. During each kill scene frazel walked out of the room, percy, leo and jason watched through their fingers, piper and annabeth made a face every time she was stabbed, clarisse subconsciously mimed each stab while staring intensely at the tv, reyna and nico watched in silence and no one could tell if they liked it or not, and will just sat there labeling all the ways they would probably die and how the hell did Tara carpenter survive

•Nico is actually TERRIFIED of lightning after what happened to his mother and Bianca

•nico still has the statue of hades that bianca gave him

•drew tanaka is actually a decent fighter

•lavinia eventually became immune to the rashes from Poison Oak after seeing her so many times

•the first time will plagued someone was when a hecate camper hid austins saxophone in the Mist out of spite and he had a mental breakdown

•lou ellen made that camper sleep on the lawn

•the archery range is actually for all projectile weapons and the last time the romans visited lavinia got a manubalista bolt lodged in the target

•the valhalla kids visited CHB once

•people could only tell mallory and rachel apart from clothing and voice

•they decided to swap clothes for a day and watch people spiral because they're cruel like that

•alex and nico made shirts that said "glow-in-the-dark boyfriend club" and gave it to will and magnus

•leo met alex. It was horrific.

•hearthstone got flirted with by 6 dryads

•blitzen got frustrated by that

•jack met nico's sword and fell in love

•nico was deeply disturbed by that

•the song Mama's Boy by dominic fike is LITERALLY NICO. FIGHT ME FUCKING FIGHT ME CMON LETS GO-

•the "percy isnt nico's type" jokes DO happen very frequently, but percy doesnt make them, the entire camp does MINUS percy. Percy's just clueless lol

•not a lot of kids in cabin 14 are part if the lgbtqia community, but they are ALLIES TO DEATH.

•the hecate and hermes campers are OBSESSED with halloween

•frank was really intent on getting nico to trust him after he started dating hazel

[happyk44]

Cracking open my Religio Romana handbook to check out what's going on next month and, since my Saturnalia post is making the rounds again, decided to write down some for anyone that would like to write some Jason/Reyna/Camp Jupiter religious shenanigans throughout the year 👍

This isn't all of them btw! I just grabbed a couple that seemed most interesting for their respective months or most relevant to the Roman babes

January 11th and January 15th: Carmentalia, two feast days in honour of Carmenta (goddess Juturna also celebrated on the 11th)

February 13th to 22nd: Parentalia, commemoration of ancestors and the dead in families

February 22nd: Caristia, family pot luck in spirit of love and forgiveneness

February 23rd: Terminalia, in honor of Terminus

February 27th: Equirria, first of two horse-racing festivals in honor of Mars

March 1st: original New Year's Day when sacred fire of Rome was renewed; Matronalia in honor of Juno Lucina; also considered the dies natalis (birthday) of Mars

March 14th: second Equirria

March 15th: Feriae Iovi, sacred to Jove (Jupiter)

March 17th: Agonalia in honour of Mars

April 1st: Veneralia in honor of Venus

April 21st: Parilia, rustic festival in honor of Pales, Roman patron goddess of shepherds and flocks, and the dies natalis (birthday) of Rome

April 23rd: Vinalia Priora, the first of two wine festivals

May 9th, 11th, and 13th: Lemuria, festival of the dead

May 15th: Mercuralia, in honor Mercury; Feriae (free day) of Jove (Jupiter)

June 3rd: anniversary of the Temple of Bellona

June 7th to 15th: Vestavia, in honour of Vesta, June 9th specifically is a die religiousus to her

June 24th: festival of Fors Fortuna

July 6th to 13th: Ludi Apollinares, games in honor of Apollo

July 14th to 19th: series of markets or fairs - not religious

July 17th: anniversary of the Temple of Honos and Virtus, sacrifice to Victory

July 23rd: Neptunalia, held in honor of Neptune

August 23rd: Vulcanalia in honor of Vulcan

September 1st: ceremonies for Jupiter Tonans (the Thunderer) and Juno Regina

September 20th to 23rd: days set aside for markets and fairs

October 7th: rites for Jupiter Fulgur (Jupiter of daytime lightning) and Juno Curitis

November 4th to 17th: Plebeian Games

November 18th to 20th: markets and fairs

December 1st: ceremonies at temples for Neptune and for Pietas

December 3rd: Bona Dea rites for women only

December 17th to 23rd: Saturnalia in honor of Saturn with public ritual on the 17th

Side note that I am not an academic, not religious, not a pagan, and not spiritual in any way. I just like reading about mythologies and how those stories/deities used to be, and still are, worshipped by people. Also helps when coming up with religions and stuff for stories. But that's it, I have one book and access to google/wikipedia and that's the depths on my knowledge on Roman polytheistic practices 🙌

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

I'm writing my first Éomer fic!! It will be a headcanon story, and it night take me a while to finish it, but I'm so happy!

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[limboneto]

Right after saying this I attempted one of them during the last 30 mins of my shift XD

Hello! Hope your day is going well!

Just wanted to ask of its ok to draw your characters/OCs? I'm unsure when I'd be able to if so, but seeing your PDBC characters earlier inspired me to want to draw them sometime!

OUGHH YES!!! THATD BE SO AWESOME