#Evil old man... 🫶🫶🫶

[ovium-sheep]

Would you believe me if I said they were father and daughter…?

Strawberry; Isabelle, is on the left, Isaiah on the right, probably didn’t need to elaborate but y’know just in case!!

[artpepkin]

Evil old man 🫶🫶

[alastorss]

Hii I love your writing! Is it alright if you do headcanons for platonic Alastor x teen reader where we're his teen daughter? I feel like he'd be fun to gossip with- is it alright if you do some headcanons on what he'd be like if guys asked us out too?

a/n: hi hello sweetest! thank you for reading 🫶 please enjoy these headcanons!

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• Oh Alastor... he's absolutely a huge gossip. He knows everyone's business because he's always poking his nose around where it doesn't belong

• Also, he's got connections all over town so you best believe he knows everyone's business even outside the hotel

• I honestly don't think Alastor knows all that much about parenthood, only that it's now his responsibility how you turn out as an adult

• Passes down his mother's recipes to you so that if you two are separated when you get older, you'll always have a piece of him

• He's not good at expressing how much he cares about you so doing little things like that are the easiest way for him to get his point across

• Frets over you to make sure you're dressed properly, makes sure you're fed every day, and has endless stories to tell you about in case you get bored (would tell you about all the murders he did when he was alive and look so proud)

• Doesn't take you talking back to him well. Makes his problems with your attitude very vocal but never lays a hand on you

• (Upon further discussion with others, learns to just give you space when you're going through something)

• He wouldn't know if he'd want you to be just like your old man (evil, sadistic, insane) or if he wants to see you be redeemed and to shape you into that type of demon (kind, patient, sort of like Charlie)

• Would be so proud of you for killing other demons but then worry about your future if you end up staying in Hell

• Alastor is an overprotective dad. I know it, you know it, we all know it. There are few things he cares about in his afterlife, but you are close to the top if not the top of the list of his priorities

• Oh boy. Someone's flirting with you? They better be worthy of the Radio Demon's child otherwise they're in for a world of hurt

• Sulks and complains in his own roundabout ways when you bring guys home, bitching about them because he thinks they're nothing more than pests flocking around you

• If anyone breaks your heart... let's just say you're no stranger to hearing some familiar voices in your dad's broadcast

• Alastor scoffs at those who try to ask you out, having the balls to show up at the doorstep of the hotel. They're not worth any of your time but as long as you're not bothered by it, he'll allow it

• Still doesn't see the appeal in all this romance stuff. Is delighted when you just turn people down and acts so proud because you take after him

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[harleith-harlot]

@ajoure's Harleith art masterpost

(bold was added to the list in the most recent update, italic is a several page comic. Last update: April 7, 2025)

Non-AU

they both don't get personal boundaries at all (evil gays) (the OG omg???)

more evil scientists

time passes but habits remain the same

and they were roommates

worth a shot

them 🫶

horrible things (ft securityangel)

sketches

everyone should be thanking god for making ajoure an artist with free will

boys being boys again (Skullsz_Writes fic)

they like to tease each other soooo bad

Valentine's Day went wrong for them, eh?

Looking at this person who asked me to draw 'em evil gays again

pet owner moment

pet owner moment pt2

portrait study

"elaborate...?"

700 people asked for wireplay

painted nails are the least gay thing Pierre can do

a not-so-good morning for Pierre

british men (not Harlieth but I wanted to include it)

Angel barber

something sweet

oh they're at it again

hypermobility

puzzle pieces

Out of context (ft. Stella & Eddie)

"uhh well that just happened"

Harley is absolutely insufferable

AU (4cmit)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

I got a really silly idea, hear me out

aww, they're bonding by bullying Pierre in cardboard games <3

Sensitivity test

Mistakes were made (metalkitty fic)

Harley is touch starved

Cassidy they're fucking the robots-

Two bodies pt 1

Two bodies pt 2

Eepy evil scientists

Possessive (and very creative) robot gf

Ship of Theseus

Please don't take this body from me

In front of Eddie's soup

Two bodies pt 3 (spice edition)

People with blue eyes be like

The sunrise

The sunrise follow-up (metalkitty fic)

eepers

Harley Sockser

They're not on the spectrum, they are the spectrum

Harley would rather die twice than show affection (yet)

The Blue Danube Waltz

Harley's conducting an experiment

Overthinking

Pay attention to him, Leith!

Lipstick marks

Two silly kids trying to bring their evil fathers together

Harley's body just got updated

Rendezvous

Midnight snack (not Harleith)

Sleepy morning (metalkitty fic)

Shorty

Animal Parallels

Instructions unclear - the apple didn't work

Apple follow-up

But can we blame Leith for this?

Boys care about their Shorty

Ruthlessness

Run Rabbit Run

Doggyboy and Catboy

Guess who made this body for me (my fic)

I'll make it enjoyable

Harley's slowly getting more senses back

Nightmares (metalkitty fic)

Harley's having fun with his taste back 👀

ahh, kids are having fun with their chewing toy<3

Harley is having fun with his taste back again

Harley's having more fun (beware erotic machinery)

Immortality is the curse of the weak

Look at them, all dressed up, so elegant

A place to belong

hey we get you Leith don't worry (Eddie don't ask questions you wouldn't want to know the answer to)

damn that's certainly a creative way to use wires

people asked for some more wires chewing<3

*angry British yelling*

girls fighting 💔

Leith's nail polish (ask)

Ah this goofy old man

Fics inspired by this AU in general

"Way Down We Go" by @ombroberry

"reflections, in tension" by one last touch of flesh anon

"almonds, whiskey, lavender milk" by anonymous

Song fic by @midnight193

[rodolfoparras]

Cw: 18+, blowjobs, anal play, old man price, mythological world, ritual sacrifice, virgin! Price, bottom!price, centaur!male reader

For @lieutnt 🫶🏻

Thinking about old man Price who lives in a little town terrorized by what’s known as an evil creature. In order to keep the creature at bay the towns people sacrifice a virgin every year.

However throughout the years the population has decreased so there’s just one virgin left and it’s Price, but he’s a man, and an old one at that.

But he willingly agrees to the ordeal because he doesn’t have anyone left - no friends no family so might as well end his misery.

The towns people prepare him in the best way they can; they groom him and feed him whatever he wishes to eat, all while he pretends that they aren’t setting him up for his death sentence.

The day finally comes when he is to be sacrificed and he is absolutely terrified. What if the creature thinks they’re mocking it by bringing an old man?

But Price tries to tell himself that this - death- is what he wanted in the first place so he shouldn’t have a reason to be scared.

But he can feel himself shake as he approaches the place where he is to be sacrificed. It is a dense wooded area with a small lake laying nearby, along with that it’s eerily quiet but Price sits down on his designated spot and waits for the creature to come.

He waits and waits, hears his heart beating in his chest, fingers nervously fiddling with the grass under him

All of a sudden he hears steps, that sound something akin to galloping and he freezes in place, doesn’t even dare breathe as he hears the creature approach him.

The steps come to a halt and he feels someone’s hot breath washing over his skin, can smell an earthy scent surrounding him, can even see a shadowy figure reflected onto the grassy field.

His eyes squeeze shut, fingers clutching onto tufts of grass while he silently wishes goodbye to whoever might hear or see him now.

But instead of meeting his demise he’s being flipped around and met with the sight of a man, no half man half horse. This must be the creature that’s been terrorizing his town but you don’t look anything like what he’d imagined and you certainly don’t act anything like it, when you gently cupping his cheek, eyes trailing over him as if taking him in before a contented hum escapes your lips.

Slowly but surely you’re stripping the clothes off of him, before laying him on a tree stub- the stub used for sacrifice, all while keeping a gentle hoof beneath him, essentially cushioning him from the rough surface.

He feels exposed like this, cold air caressing his bare skin and raising goosebumps all over his body.

But he doesn’t feel scared, not when you’re gentle as ever as you drag your hands over his rib cage, down to his hips before stopping at his thighs, big strong hands firmly pinning him to the stub.

You don’t say anything, maybe you don’t even know how to speak but Price likes to think that maybe you’re admiring him, that you aren’t as disgusted as he thought you’d be at having an old splayed out in front of you.

He doesn’t get to dwell on it any longer before he feels your long wet tongue languidly dragging along his shaft, and Price cries out, so loud he scares the birds that had been resting in the trees nearby. The small animals swiftly fly away as you drag your tongue across his slit, before suckling on his tip.

Your mouth is hot and ever so eager as you suck on his dick, a mess of slick and spit collecting on his skin, eagerly devorouing him like he’d devoured his last meal and Price looses himself in the feeling.

He thought that he’d be here to please but instead you’re the one buried between his thighs, taking care of this old man and he could almost cry- from pleasure - from relief and he does, fat tears rolling down his flushed cheeks as he claws at the stub beneath him.

“Please, please-“ he pleads, hands desperately reaching out as he feels you pull away from his cock.

But within seconds he’s being flipped around on the stub, ass in the air, head buried in the ground as he feels cold wet fingers caress his spine.

“Please, take me please,” he’s not even aware what he’s saying anymore mind hazy and lost in please and eager oh so eager for more “please,” he cries out into the sky, looking up at what appears to be blurry stars in his teary eyes .

You grant him his wish, working one- two- three fingers inside of him, but it’s not enough, even with the pleasant burn and strech that comes with it. He needs more, starts clawing at your hooves in desperation while muttering the words “please take me please take me,”

But you ignore his please, continuing to scissor your fingers inside of him, stretching him til he starts feeling empty even with four thick digits fucking into him,

For a second Price thinks you won’t accept him as your offering, maybe you’d gone this far and decided he wasn’t worth it and he almost breaks down right then and there, mind distraught while also hazy with pleasure, desperately fucking himself back on your fingers, and chasing whatever crumbs of pleasure you’re willing to give him.

But just as he’s about to tip over the edge you pull away but only to line up your cockhead with his entrance, before you push inside of him.

You had accepted his offering.

You had accepted him.

[axelsagewrites]

Hello, dear reader. I'd like to make a wish for Rhaenyra's little sister, maybe a year or two. And she never liked Alicent, who after marrying the king tries (along with Otto) to demote her to bastard status (but Viserys loves his little girl too much to do this to her). Of course, things get even worse when Rhaenyra's sister gets engaged to Harwin...

Thank you for your attention, I like your stories 🫶🏻. Another thing, can I stop by more often? I wish I had more of my ideas adorned with your writing

Harwin Strong*Suitable Match

Pairing: Harwin x f!reader

Word count: 1320

Warnings: Step parent hating step child, secret relationship, kind of implied smut

a/n: ahh thank u sm for being so sweet and ofc request as much or talk however much u want. sorry i didnt reply sooner i just didnt want to lose the request x

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A life of a princess was something to envy. Well so many had claimed however after the death of your mother life felt like an ever falling spiral. Your sister began to grow closer to Alicent after the death and while you were happy for her to have a friend Alicent had always been unkind to you.

It had started small with her asking Rhaenyra not to let you join in their games to her unpicking your needle work whenever you would wander off to stretch your legs. Soon you gave up on even trying to be nice to her. anytime she was invited to dinner was met with loud sighs from you.

“Why does she hate me?” you pouted one night as Rhaenyra upbraided your hair.

Your sister rolled her eyes as she began to brush your hair out, “She doesn’t hate you. she’s just not used to a little sister,”

“She’s mean,”

“Cmon she isn’t that bad?”

-

You didn’t want to say I told you so when Alicent was betrothed to your father but the look on your face said it for you. at least Rhaenyra was able to marry and move away. you were instead stuck living at court with your evil stepmother and her spawn. Well, the children were kind to you, but Alicent constantly used them to get under your skin.

She’d send toddler Aegon running over with pretend crown shouting that he was going to be king. Or she would have a 2-year-old Aemond claim he was your husband. She tried to make Helena spill wine on your dress one time, but the poor girl burst into tears and confessed to you instantly.

Instead Alicent settled on insisting that your chambers were given to Aegon. Something you managed to convince your father against from at first but soon you were moved to a wing of the castle usually just for guests. You would’ve complained about longer if you hadn’t realised your new chambers window overlooked the kings guard training ground.

From your window you’d pretend to be doing needle work while secretly watching break bones fling any man that challenged him like a rag doll. Eventually Harwin caught onto your staring and would send his own glimpses up between sparring. It was also handy that your chamber was only a short walk from the guards’ sleeping quarters and Harwin soon became a frequent private guest of yours.

-

“Ser Barros is coming to court next week,” your father told you over a family dinner, “and I heard his son is looking for a wife,” he said, shooting you a hopeful glance.

“I heard he’s a fine man father,” you said kindly knowing full well it didn’t matter. Somehow every match they tried to make for you was sabotaged. The tall dark Baratheon boy was ever so keen for weeks for your hand then one day disappeared like a ghost. The gorgeous Lannister man that would bring you fine jewels suddenly decided a dornish match was of more importance. Even the Tarly boy you had courted had inexplicitly decided to join the nights watch. Every time Alicent wore the same twisted smile.

The only ones she didn’t send running were the incredibly old and decrepit looking men from minor houses, but it wasn’t hard to convince your father they weren’t suitable matches. “Perhaps we should set up a luncheon to great the boy,” Alicent suggested making your father smile widely. She really had twisted him around her finger.

-

“I wish I could stay here all day,” you pouted as you lay your head on Harwin’s bare chest.

His chuckle vibrated through you as his arm wrapped tight around your waist, “Me too princess but I have my duties and you have yours,”

“I thought your duty was to serve me,” you sighed dramatically, pretending to try get away.

Harwin laughed, his arms moving to cage you against the bed as he moved to lay over you, “I think I serve you just fine princess,” he said, his lips moving to kiss along your jaw.

“Oh yeah?” you asked and Harwin hummed in response as his kisses grew lower.

-

As expected Borros’s son went running after only a week and now you were in another awkward family dinner however unluckily for you the children all had the cold so now you were sat in stoney silence with just your father and Alicent. “You should really think about your future dear,” she said with a fake sweet smile, “We worry for you,”

Instead of replying you grabbed your wine, drinking a hefty sip of it. Viserys sighed, “Alicent is right dear. You must marry. At this point we’re going to have to start considering marrying you to a tree!” he said, flinging himself back in his chair. “Honestly what even happened between you and the boy?”

-

The days that followed were awkward to say the least. Alicent walked around smug as all hell and your father continued to sulk. You decided enough was enough and when Alicent went out to the sept you decided to track your father down. Unsurprisingly you found him staring over a model of the city.

“Father?” you greeted, walking closer to the tired looking man, “May we talk?”

“Of course, sweet child,” he said, nodding for you to sit beside him before sighing, “You know I worry for you?”

“I do father, and I do appreciate it,” you lied but did your best to look sympathetic to your clueless father, “but I was thinking. Well. I found another match you see father,” you spoke, and his head perked up as he waited for you to finally spit it out, “He’s sweet and kind and his family is well respected. You even like his father, and I was just thinking- “

“Out with-it child,”

You took a breath before finally asking, “Have you considered Harwin Strong yet father?” Viserys sighed, his eyes turning away but you continued, “Think about it! I’d be able to be at court and help Helena with her studies. Plus, you have four more children so four more matches. You already have the Velaryon which secures the crownlands. Harwin and I would secure the Riverlands. Then after you betrothed Helena, Aegon, Aemond, and Daeron you will have six of the seven kingdoms on your side. Your reach will go far especially if our children do the same,”

“You want to dilute the blood of old Valyria?” he asked, sounding exhausted as he spoke.

“No father, only strengthen it,” you said, moving to hold his hand, “Besides there is no other Targaryen or Velaryon to wed unless uncle daemon is brought back from exile- “you said but your father raised his hand to hush you.

He paused for a moment before nodding, “I will think about it. but for now, leave me. I have a lot to consider,”

“Thank you, father,”

-

Apparently Alicent must have missed this chamber meeting because somehow the news came back finally in your favour. Harwin would be your husband. You were so happy when your father told you that you instantly hugged him before rushing to find Harwin however that night at dinner Alicent shot you many dirty looks.

Finally, you had undermined her. you’d won. Well, that’s how it felt at first, but her glares began to sink into your skin till it itched. As the dinner ended, she tapped her cup with her fork, “A toast to my dear sweet daughter,” she smiled at you making your father beam, “May she have a marriage like ours,” she said, holding his hand tightly but you felt your stomach flutter.

“Here, here,” your father said, standing to kiss your cheek.

Alicent did the same, her arms twisting round your back into a bony hug, “Do not forget yourself darling,” she whispered sweetly in your ear, “You don’t win that easily,”

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[iscdisc]

2012 Oroku Saki ("The Shredder") Analysis / Also kind of Hamato Yoshi ("Master Splinter") too, but mainly Saki- Lmao

I still intend on doing some art related to 2012 Shredder (Especially in the context of a Redemption Arc and him being the Uncle he should've been in Karai + the Turtles lives- 😔🫶), but I have so much to say outside of art that I thought I'd talk about him too !

Just like all my overanalyzing with 2012, I completely understand and respect the opinion that all of these points I make could be the result of poor writing + a contradicting narrative, and that there wasn't meant to be some deeper meaning to it necessarily. I just enjoy that not being the case- Lmao 👍

Oroku Saki is a complex character / villain, and that's something the writers completely squander for the sake of having a "simple and reliable" villain.

Just as the header of this portion says, the writers of 2012 completely dismiss the complexity of Saki as character and miss many opportunities to highlight how Saki isn't a "black and white" type of antagonist whatsoever. I'm not entirely sure if they had intended for Shredder to fall into such a grey area as a villain-? Which could absolutely explain why they decided not to explore his character in this way. But whether they meant to or not, that doesn't really matter to me, since I'm still going to talk about it- LMAO

I feel 2012 wanted us as the audience to think, "Shredder = Evil" and simply not read into it after that, you know? Which, if that truly was their "goal" (so to speak), they never should've given us backstory episodes like, "Tale of the Yokai" since that not only puts more focus on Shredder's motives as the main villain but also sort of has the opposite effect on people like me (lmao)-

A lot of the major events that affected Saki's life either don't get utilized very well in Saki's overall character / character writing, things that I feel would make him very "relatable" villain to the audience (In the sense that if you were in his shoes, you could understand how he got to this point in his life-), or they're used to push this "evil guy" narrative despite him being very blatantly a victim of said event in my eyes-?? Which is why I say the writers wanted him to be this "simple" and "reliable" villain for their story. This feels a lot more glaring towards the later Seasons of 2012 for me, and how despite this man very clearly being mentally ill, it felt as though the writers would rather paint that mental illness as "he's just evil". It felt especially frustrating during S4 episodes like, "The Super Shredder" (EP 20) where we see Saki trail off while saying, "He saw it..." (Referring to Tang Shen's death and him still believing it was Splinter's doing and not his own-). In this same episode, we also get Splinter acknowledging the fact that Saki isn't well and that he can help him (Which, given this show, was more likely meant as a stall tactic from Splinter but I'd like to believe he was being genuine-), as well as Saki (In his own way, I guess-) opening up to Splinter about seeing his scornful face in his nightmares,, These could have been great segways into having this kind of conversation with Saki's character in 2012, even if it was this late into the series, but of course that didn't happen because we can never have nice things with this version. 😭 /hj

Let's get into more of my analysis now !

The portrayal of Oroku Saki's life in the 2012 series:

Throughout Season 1, the most we know about Saki is his role / connection to Yoshi, which primarily revolved around the death of his wife Tang Shen and the (presumed) loss of his only daughter Miwa. In most cases where Yoshi would bring up Saki during this time, he would only focus on those particular details and nothing that really pertained to Saki's past outside of his wife and daughter. He also refers to Saki as his "old friend" rather than his (adoptive) Brother- But I don't necessarily fault the show for doing this, because I feel like that definitely would have been a lot of information very early on the story. It wasn't until the Season 1 finale that Yoshi not only learned that his daughter Miwa was alive, but also that she had been raised by Saki all this time under the name Karai instead.

During Season 2 is when Yoshi opens up a lot more about Saki and his connections to him and their past. In S2 EP 3, "Follow the Leader", Splinter finally reveals to Leo what he learned at the end of Season 1 (That Karai is his long lost daughter and that Saki took her from him all those years ago-), something that he didn't reveal to the rest of his sons for another 10 episodes ( EP 13-14, "The Manhattan Project (Parts 1 & 2) / Wormquake!"-). Then eight episodes after that, during EP 22, "Vengeance is Mine", Splinter divulges way more information than we (as the audience) have ever been given about Saki / "Shredder" during his conversation with Karai. In this episode, we learned that the Hamato Clan and Foot Clan have I've been through a centuries long feud with one another, and that Saki was adopted into the Hamato Clan as a byproduct of that feud. From that point on, him and Saki were raised alongside one another as brothers. However, when Tang Shen came into the picture, things changed between them. According to Splinter, their natural sibling rivalry festered into jealousy for Saki, and this jealousy was amplified after Saki learned of his true origins and decided to rebuild the Foot Clan and get vengeance. Splinter also claimed that after blaming him for Tang Shen's death, Saki deliberately burned their home to the ground and took Miwa (Karai) away from him.

The last time we receive a lot of context from the series in relation to Saki's past is during Season 3, specifically EP 20, "Tale of the Yokai". This episode is very different because it allows the Turtles (As well as the audience-) to witness these events first hand rather than it being told through various backstories (Which have mainly been through Splinter up until this point-). This also canonically establishes that the Turtles had a lot to do with this incredibly pivotal event in Yoshi / Saki / Tang Shen / and Miwa's lives, since they were apparently the reason why Yoshi even survived that night after their home burned down. But I digress- We get to see how Yoshi and Saki interacted with each other before the events of the series, we get to see Tang Shen alive and well for the first time (Instead of only pictures of her-), we witness Saki's dramatic change in character + when he decided he was going to rebuild the Foot Clan and get his vengeance on the Hamato Clan, and we get to see Yoshi's and Saki's altercation that resulted in Tang Shen's death. After this episode, we don't get any further context with Saki as a character, nor do we get any other important backstory elements revolving around him and his identity as The Shredder (Not even any proper flashbacks of him raising Karai and what that was like- 🫠).

Now, I was very purposefully trying to point out how that was Yoshi / Splinter's perspective when I said things like, "according to Splinter" and "Splinter claims" during his recollection to Karai in Season 2- Because in my opinion, a lot what he says here feels blatantly contradicted by, "Tale of the Yokai". I also explained the events of said episode very vaguely because in my opinion, this is how 2012 presents it. These events weren't necessarily "meant" to be dissected, especially not by our main cast of characters, the Turtles and their allies (But specifically the Turtles, given they were the only ones present for these events specifically-).

So let's break down, "Tale of the Yokai", and the various contradictions that I can see when it comes to what actually happens in this episode (As well as Saki's origins-) and the way it's recalled by Splinter in the previous Season to Karai.

Comparing "Tale of The Yokai" to Splinter's recollections throughout 2012:

• Yoshi and Saki's relationship

This is something that I don't feel was necessarily a contradiction from Yoshi's perspective. He describes them growing up alongside one another and being relatively close (Which I feel these story board flashbacks depict that better than his words do-), and to an extent, I feel like this is something Saki can agree with. Prior to Tang Shen coming into both their lives (But particularly Saki's-), it seems as though Yoshi was the only person Saki talked to more openly / freely in his life (In the sense that rank or position within the clan didn't affect their conversations. I feel like this is reflected in a lot of Saki's conversations with his allies, pre and post the events of the series-).

We can even see this potential closeness through pictures of them from the past (Specifically the image on the left, which implies that him and Yoshi served in the military together at some point-). However, where this feels contradicted during TOTY is during Yoshi's and Saki's argument while sparring after Saki protects Tang Shen from the Turtles in the woods. Saki openly calls out Splinter's devotion to the Clan, potentially to himself, and how that affects his relationship with Tang Shen. Yoshi's response to this is that that isn't true and that he's "always been there for him (Saki)". This moment is so interesting to me, for multiple reasons. First off, Saki primarily was making Tang Shen the focus of this argument, but somehow Yoshi manages to pivot the conversation it being about Saki and their relationship as Brothers. Almost like Yoshi caught on to some kind of underlying tone from Saki. Secondly, I really truly love the sincerity that comes out of Yoshi when he tells Saki he's always been there for him. Because it truly adds a lot of complexity to their relationship, as well as a lot of relationships that revolve around Yoshi / Splinter (Something I'll get into later-). Despite this sincerity though, we can tell from Saki's reaction that he disagrees with this and believes it's untrue. Which paints an entirely different picture when looking at these story boards flashbacks + the old photo of them when serving in the military. In this way, I feel like they can truly be compared to Raph and Leo. Sure, you can find a lot of moments where Raph is on good terms with Leo and laughing alongside him, but there are also a lot moments where Raph blatantly accuses Leo of not supporting him the way he supports others (Usually their Brothers-) and feeling looked down upon by Leo with his condescending / high and mighty attitude. It wouldn't be far fetched to me to believe that Yoshi and Saki had a very similar dynamic growing up. Where Saki wanted to be close with Yoshi and wanted to let him in more, but one wrong sentence or action from him would close him up again. This also could've been a glaring reminder to Saki of how different they truly are / how they were perceived by others. That Saki was always the "problem child" or the Foot Clan adoptee while Splinter was the son of the head of the Hamato Clan / destined to takeover and was a role model for their fellow ninja. This reminder would always get in the way of their relationship for Saki, since it directly affected him. Negatively. This affected Yoshi too, but more positively, which would naturally cause it to go unnoticed or dismissed by him.

There's another line from TOTY that was incredibly interesting to me, and I don't see a lot of people talking about it when discussing not only this episode but Saki and Yoshi's relationship with each other. Before those two have their pivotal fight that results in Tang Shen's death, after she leaves the premises is when Saki says something that is very interesting to me. He says, "How can one love and hate someone so fiercely?", and then he proceeds to get into his fighting stance. I can't help but feel like he was blatantly talking about Yoshi in this moment. Some could argue that he was talking about Tang Shen, since it could be possible that his view of her was shifting after she made her decision to choose Yoshi over him- But I personally don't agree (I don't think Tang Shen's passing would've affected him so deeply if that was the case- I don't even fully believe Saki could even view Tang Shen with any malice either-). This feels supported by the fact that Yoshi even responds to Saki afterwards, saying, "If your wish is to fall by my hand, Brother, then so be it-". This is another instance that I feel can be used to reflect not only Saki's relationship with Yoshi, but a reoccurring issue with Yoshi. The fact that Yoshi barely even acknowledges what Saki said here speaks to his character to me. Saki has so openly stated how he loves his brother just as much as he's grown to hate him, and yet, Yoshi doesn't even bat an eye at this. I already have the impression that Saki so rarely expresses any kind of love for anyone (Familial, platonic, or romantic-), so this naturally can be assumed to be a rare moment from him. I doubt Saki has said this to Yoshi very often, if at all. But still, there's a lack of reaction from Yoshi.

This could be explained by the situation, considering that things were very tense in that moment and of course this led to their massive fight. Maybe Yoshi it was preoccupied bracing himself for the events to come that it just slipped his mind. But this falls in line with what I was saying earlier about Yoshi / Splinter having this reoccurring behavior(s) when in comes to those he loves and cherishes in his life and how he reacts to them and their perspectives (More on this later-).

• Saki and Tang Shen's relationship

This is one of the big things Splinter sheds light on throughout the series (Specifically S1-S2) that I personally feel was very contradicted by TOTY.

For starters, from Splinter's point of view (Or narration-), he implies that him and Saki both met and fell in love with Tang Shen at relatively the same point in time. But I don't believe this to be true for a few reasons. For starters, when we see Saki and Tang Shen interact after Saki "saved her" from the Turtles, it's incredibly obvious given their conversation that they've been in a relationship before. Saki even starts the conversation of their relationship by pleading with Tang Shen to "take him back". He talks about how he's changed and grown a lot since they've been apart, which also implies that he most likely was the reason why their relationship ended or why Tang Shen made the difficult decision (probably) to end their relationship. My other reason for thinking that this isn't true is that throughout the various times that Splinter has brought up their rivalry for Tang Shen's heart, he's never once mentioned the fact that Saki was in a relationship with Tang Shen before he was. Splinter always painted this picture as though they were competing for her at the same time and that he ultimately "won" and Tang Shen stayed with him indefinitely- Which just seems blatantly false given this conversation that we see between Tang Shen and Saki in TOTY.

This leads me to believe that Saki actually met Tang Shen first. A significant amount of time before Yoshi even knew of her existence. I also wouldn't be surprised if their relationship either took place discreetly or Yoshi never truly acknowledged it in the first place. I can see Tang Shen's relationship with Saki happening privately given Saki's lack of having relatively anything to himself. His clan was taken from him when he was an infant, he was raised by the Hamato Clan without having any say in that decision either, Yoshi gained the favoritism with their Father and practically the entire clan simply for being Hamato Uta's biological son and heir to the Clan- Saki has nothing that has truly been his own at this point. So it would make sense for him to want to cherish his relationship with Tang Shen in private so that that too cannot be something that is taken from him by the Hamato Clan. Which is incredibly sad and ironic considering that that practically is what happens anyway (If this is the case-),, || However, looking at the other side of things where Saki didn't keep his relationship with Tang Shen a secret and instead was very open about their relationship, I wouldn't be surprised Yoshi didn't even acknowledge it at the time. Perhaps he didn't even truly meet Tang Shen until after their relationship had already fallen out. Hence this perspective of those two competing for Tang Shen during the same timeframe. Yoshi as a new potential partner and Saki as an ex looking for redemption and reconciliation. But that begs the question- Why would Yoshi / Splinter omit the fact that Saki had a relationship with Tang Shen prior to himself? Was it because of their scarred relationship in the present? And due to his pride, Splinter chose not to bring it up? Or does this circle back to Yoshi / Splinter's relationships with others and this proving Saki's point about Yoshi being self centered or only truly recalling information that pertains to his view point?

Regardless though, this is a huge contradiction from what Splinter had explained to Karai in Season 2 (Which made it seem as though Saki had no real relationship with Tang Shen whatsoever and was just jealous of Splinter's-), and regardless of whether that relationship was hidden or out in the open it doesn't change the fact that Tang Shen felt like another thing the Hamato Clan stole from him.

Something else that I love to talk about with Tang Shen and Saki is during her conversation with the Turtles in TOTY. The Turtles are doing their absolute best to convince Tang Shen that Saki is evil, Yoshi is good, and that her decision between Yoshi and Saki has world changing stakes. However, despite how the Turtles are talking about Saki and their potential standing with Tang Shen under the context of being Kappa (Something would reasonably sway any opinions Tang Shen has of him-), Tang Shen stands firmly in his defense. Claiming that Saki is a good man. I know we didn't get to know Tang Shen very well in this version, but from the little that we did get I have no reason to doubt that she has a good judge of character. I don't think Tang Shen was deceived by Saki or that she was in denial about him in the face of what the Turtles were telling her. I think Saki truly was a genuine person up until this point in the narrative. A genuine person who was pushed to the edge and never managed to recover,,

There's also the fact that Saki told Tang Shen that he was willing to give up the Clan lifestyle and move to New York City like she wanted to. To leave all of this behind if she would allow him to be a part of her life once again. Maybe this is just my perspective, but I don't believe Saki was being manipulative or deceitful when he said these things to her. I think he really was being honest and genuine in that moment. And not that this was Tang Shen's fault nor was it her responsibility, but I wouldn't be surprised if Tang Shen choosing Saki could have prevented such a tragedy,, Prevented Saki from becoming the Shredder and devoting his life to rebuilding the Foot Clan and gaining vengeance against the Hamato Clan.

The Turtles expressed concern and carried a sense of urgency throughout TOTY due to their friends (Casey and April-) seemingly vanishing from their lives via a photograph, presuming that this meant their timeline was altering for the worse at the notion of Tang Shen choosing Saki over Yoshi. But at the end of the day, all that was was a presumption. They didn't know for sure that that necessarily meant they were falling into a "doomed timeline" (So to speak-). If anything, I'd argue that this timeline would just make their existence null and void. If Tang Shen didn't choose Yoshi, then Yoshi and Saki wouldn't have lost her. Yoshi wouldn't have fled to New York City in his grief (And most likely longing to be close to her again in some capacity, since it was the one thing she said she wanted to do before she passed-), he wouldn't have run into the Kraang, and the Turtles wouldn't have been born. Instead, Yoshi would have most likely stayed in Japan and fulfilled his role as the new head of the Hamato Clan, while Tang Shen / Saki / and Miwa (Karai) made a new life for themselves in New York City. Leaving that chapter of their lives behind for good. If Tang Shen hadn't died by Saki's hand (unintentionally), if Saki hadn't been pushed to the edge by this entire situation, then he wouldn't have become the Shredder in the first place. He wouldn't have become so mentally ill that he literally started destroying himself. Just to get some validation for his pain and suffering,,

• Saki's Origins

Comparing the recollection that Splinter shared Karai in Season 2 to the events of TOTY shows that a lot of things seem to be omitted from the narrative by Splinter. However, I'm not entirely sure if this was done intentionally by Splinter, since I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't privy to the entire story in the same way that Saki wasn't and had to seek out said information on his own. So this potentially isn't a case of Splinter lying or hiding things, but rather him just genuinely not knowing.

From Splinter's knowledge, the Hamato Clan and the Foot Clan have had a centuries long feud between them. I personally feel the obvious implication here is that the Hamato Clan ("The Good") has been in an everlasting battle with the Foot Clan ("The Bad / Evil"), given house Splinter talks about it anyway. But-?? We don't have a lot of context on this centuries long feud to begin with. We have no idea how it started, no idea whether the Foot Clan has consistently been in the wrong in said feud either. I personally think it would be more reasonable to believe that the "bad / evil" one has been passed from side to side over the centuries. It also wouldn't surprise me if this were a situation where the feud has lasted so long that neither side can truly remember why it even began in the first place. Once again begging the question of whether or not there was ever actually truly any wrong or evil side to begin with.

There's also been many situations of morally gray "justice", where despite one group of people claiming to be good people and their actions typically reflecting that, that doesn't exempt them from doing things that sort of teeter the line of their supposed morals. I feel like this can be reflected in the Hamato Clan very clearly, to be honest. Splinter always preaches about mercy, how "in times of war to never forget compassion" (A quote from him in, "Never Say Xever"-). I truly believe that this is a value that Splinter holds, especially after the horrors he experienced with Tang Shen and the loss of his daughter. I don't believe that Splinter ever seeks death, which also felt reflected in the way he handled the situation with Saki throughout the series. However, I cannot say the same for their Father, Hamato Uta. We see from the storyboard flashbacks that they quite literally took out the entire Foot Clan, which doesn't really align with Splinter's values about showing mercy and sparing others. How can you claim to be on the right side of the situation if you're so willing to take out an entire group of people? We as the audience have no context or insight on the Foot Clan during this specific time either, so how are we to trust so blindly that they "deserved this" or that "there was no other option for them"? It's also made incredibly clear that they only spared Saki given he was an infant child, but I wouldn't be surprised if his heritage also played a part in the decision. Since we wouldn't find out until TOTY that Saki's Father was Oroku Keiji, the Head of the Foot Clan during that time (Not that that couldn't be reasonably inferred before this point, but I still wanted to bring it up timeline wise-).

This most definitely influenced a lot of his relationships and interactions within the Hamato Clan, I'm sure. Like I said in my doodle post of Saki and Tang Shen a while back, I genuinely would not be surprised if he was given "Naruto Uzumaki treatment" by most people in the Clan. But instead of not allowing that to break him and taking it on the chin the way Naruto did, he responded the opposite way which feels just as valid to me. Lmao

When Saki makes this revelation during TOTY to his supporters, they express surprise and shock at this information. Which leads me to assume that Yoshi didn't know about this at all, if other (ninja) members of the Hamato Clan didn't. I wouldn't be surprised if their Father purposely kept this information from them. I mean, why else would Saki have to seek it out on his own? His anger feels valid in this moment, I gotta to be honest. It also doesn't hold up to me that they kept this from Saki as a means of "preventing him from going down that path", since why would having that knowledge sway him a particular way? Unless Uta couldn't justify it. Unless he couldn't reasonably explain the situation. Maybe there wasn't a valid reason for the tragedy and they both knew that.

It starts to make sense why Saki is so angry at this point in the story. To be taken from his family / Clan as a infant, raised by his enemy in ignorance (A claim Saki directly makes in TOTY-), to have everything be taken from him by this enemy (Which includes Tang Shen at this point-), and for Saki to feel as though everything he did technically have came with metaphorical strings attached ("Not to bite the hand that feeds you despite you never asking for that hand specifically to feed you" type of situation-). This is why I claim that he's a relatable villain, because if you were in his shoes, you probably would be just as infuriated as he was. As pushed to the limit as he was. So the cause and effect we are taking place with Saki during TOTY truly isn't "coming from nowhere" in my eyes.

I also really appreciated the way Mikey was the only Brother out of the Turtles that even entertained the idea that Saki wasn't necessarily the guy they thought he was or that they've grown to know in the present. As always, he was shut down immediately by everyone else (🙄), but was he really wrong for that statement?? Which is kind of a rhetorical question, since 2012 Mikey's right about a lot of things very often in this series and that constantly goes overlooked and underappreciated. I'm getting a little off topic with this, but I would have really loved to see Mikey interact with Saki in some way in this episode, since he already has the kind of personality that likes to understand both sides before making any strong judgments. It would have been really interesting to see Mikey be a "devil's advocate" of sorts after getting to know Saki a little bit better. Maybe even agreeing with Tang Shen later on when she claims that Saki isn't an evil person. This also goes hand in hand with my want for Saki to have a Redemption Arc in the main storyline, and how I absolutely believe Mikey would be the most open this new relationship and dynamic of the Turtles at first. With Mikey coming from a place of sincerity towards Saki, you know? 😭

I'm going to have to do a Part 2, since I can't add any more images to this post ! ✨

[mazeofyeni]

╰ 💋︰ ( RELATIONSHIP WITH NCT DREAM ) ─── ❛ 넌 나의 tangerine love † 찬 바람 속 내 곁에 온 you're my favorite ?! ~ 🥀

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 마크 ¡ mark ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : saturn - sza ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : minhyung💞

her : yoon❤️‍🔥

♡⃝ about machae ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

being new to korea , yoonchae spent most of her time to herself — training and eating alone, that was until she met mark.

mark was older than her , but he still made an effort to get to know her , helping her get out of her shell.

the first person she broke the news to when she made the debut team , the look on both of their faces when they realized they both made the same debut team.

he can tell when she's struggling and knows how to help her , pulling her aside if she gets too overwhelmed.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 런쥔 ¡ renjun ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : golden hour - jvke ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : jun🩵

her : 洛夫 💐( love )

♡⃝ about yoojun ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

renjun is yoonchaes' home , she trusts him with all her secrets , he just gets her on a different level.

he isn't a yes man , he isn't afraid to tell her when she's doing something stupid or is slacking — at first this made her upset but then she got used to it.

he's softer when it comes to her though , he's tough but he'll tell it to her in a way that won't hurt her , but also in a sense that he does things for her that he'd never do for anyone else.

always seen behind the scenes , holding hands or her head on his shoulder sleep , it's just so cute.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 제노 ¡ jeno ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : old love - yuji ft putri dahlia ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : 개🐾 ( dog )her : chae🛸

♡⃝ about jenchae ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

much like mark , jeno was another person who helped her come out of her shell as a trainee , he protected her when other trainees would make fun of her.

everyone loves a protective jeno.

even after debut he still looked over her , there are so many videos of him making sure she's safe at airports or if a fan is making her uncomfortable you can see him watching them before telling a staff , subtly getting close so he can pull you away.

can't stand her saesangs , like he hates that they're the reason she's always struggling , has to try his best not to curse them out when they're calling her on live.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 해찬 ¡ haechan ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : die for you - the weekend ft. ariana grande ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : fullsun☀️

her : yoonie🫶🏼

♡⃝ about yoochan ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

mark didn't know what he got himself into when he introduced these two before they debuted , it was like giving him a slightly evil twin.

anybody who comes across these says they're destined to be friends forever , they debuted glued to the hip.

he memorized her apartment code before she did , has a drawer there and all.

there's the dreamies friendship ring , then there's the yoonchan friendship bracelet , these two silver bands that they bought with their first check after debut and either one of them have yet to take it off.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 재민 ¡ jaemin ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : be my next - riize ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : jaeminie🤍

her : noonie⭐️

♡⃝ about yoomin ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

the dating rumors with these two are never ending , since 2017 when Jaemin and her were seen together with without staff ( doyoung was right behind them )

they're always seen bts sharing cheeky glances or throwing random finger hearts or subtly flirting.

some people think they're just doing fan services others think different and that they're dating.

there are a few times where people are like are they? aren't they? were they? are they gonna be? people are confused.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 천러 ¡ chenle ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : stuck with you - ariana grande ft. justin beiber ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : 丈夫💍 ( husband )her : 妻子💍 ( wife )

♡⃝ about chenchae ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

in everyone's top 3 ships in nct, everyone says they're like an old retired married couple – they even call each other pets siblings.

before she moved out into her own apartment , she would sometimes spend the night at his apartment , now they do it interchangeably , he has the key code to hers.

not only to they act like a old married couple , they fight like one , everyone says they fight over the pettiest things.

her travel buddy , they've went to many places during their breaks together.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒊. 지성 ¡ jisung ✟ . ༅｡˚

♪ … now playing : best friend - nct dream ׄ ⸝⸝ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 . ₊ 🍒 ᤺ . . .

his : andy park🐹

her : jennifer bae🫰🏼

♡⃝ about yoosung ... ❤︎ ྀི ݁𓂅˚۪

awkward as hell when they debut it was funny cause you could see them both awkwardly smiling at each other , even sometimes they bow to each other or speak formally, people doubted if they even liked each other.

that was debut them , skip a few years to 2018 , you constantly saw these two walking to restaurants or shopping together , people were shock with the total 360 , which did cause a dating scandal ( people thought it a enemies and lovers situation ).

they just simply had to get used to each other , now they get along so well — they even celebrate their birthdays together since they share one.

also has her password to her apartment , and just makes himself a home when she isn't there.

©️MAZEOFYENI

[cieloclercs]

what would you say (if i told you i love you)? — charles leclerc

PART: 6/? (read part 5 here)

summary. in which childhood best friends blur the lines between what they’ve always known, and something more

warnings. yet more angst, you guys asked for more suffering and i’m here to (hopefully) deliver 🫡, y/n is lowkey a bad bitch in this one, i would say you might start feeling sorry for charles but y’all are evil so i really don’t know 😭

pairing. charles leclerc x artsy!reader

face claim. tara michelle

author’s note. OK I LIED it’s not the last part… originally it was supposed to be but you all asked for more charles suffering and i didn’t feel like there was quite enough in the first draft so… here we are !! 😃 just a side note tho, this IS going to have a happy ending for y/n and charles (bc i’m weak like that) so if that’s not what you guys wanted i’m sorry i tried i just can’t do it 😭

four weeks later…

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formula1updates Anyone else getting deja vu? 👀 Charles Leclerc crashes out of Q1 for the United States GP — he’ll start tomorrow’s race from P17 on the grid 😬

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y/nsart i can’t believe i’m saying this, but my exhibition ‘flow’ is now being shown in the fine art gallery of monaco! i want to take the time to thank every single one of you who has supported me over the years 🤍 i’ve been working to achieve this dream since i was a little girl, but it’s YOU guys that have helped make it happen !! 😘 thank you all once again from the bottom of my heart x

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Welcome to Vau's! - Chapter 3

Pani Popo

Delta Squad × OC | Modern AU | Fast Food Worker AU

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✧ Chapter Summary: Raye's first day at Vau turns nostalgic real quick.

✧ Word Count: 5.2k

✧ A/N: MAN I'm always terrible at writing character introductions hence why I prefer writing established relationship oneshots 😭. Some of these parts were written when I was so high on caffeine bcs I took huge ass americano at 5 kriffing pm (as I prewrote this note, even—I'm so going to regret this). Thanks for being here and enjoy this one! 💛

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It's only 10:40 and Scorch tries not to think too much.

If he could put one word to describe last night's hangout, it's noisy. Turns out when you put a little too many beers in his system, Eli could be a chatterbox himself. The Marine is by no means a lightweight, but the enthusiasm got to him faster than the extra alcohol. 

There were a bunch of new Okinawa paranormal sightings. Eli had a dream which he woke up from only to find out he was still dreaming once he woke up again. He could swear there was a shadowy figure in the corner of his shared barracks and smartass decided to tell everyone by laughing in the morning. That guy really have zero spooked bone in his body.

Scorch wasn't a Marine. He was Army, and he'd been in OFS and he promptly excused himself during OIR. It was too hard. His dad was wrong to believe in him. He betrayed Walon Vau's trust—a Marine specops officer and his own dear old dad—because he couldn't handle the weight anymore. Not even when he heard Sev had an accident that cost his left leg. He’d never made a decision so fast in his life; he left the institution that his dad had trained them all together for.

Brothers stand together to look after each other's back, brothers stand apart to not get attached.

Scorch failed that last bit, even though the phrase isn't meant to be broken into two parts—it’s one and whole. And so he failed, but he took pride in the failing because he's had enough months-long deployment and places with so much sand and low vegetation. So what about it, if that means he could look after his own brother who needed him?

Right.

Back to Eli.

Anyway, yeah, it was super creepy. But dude watches Ouija and The Conjuring-verse for fun. Eli couldn't even hide his excitement that nearly sounds so inappropriate (because Scorch knows not to make fun or feel excited about evil spirits that bother the shit out of people) but it's only a matter of time until he's got himself in an accident due to his joy in storytelling the suffering aforementioned dark figure in their barracks.

That guy has nerves. Scorch likes it. Reckless, but sure. He's known Eli his whole life. That brings him fully believing in his sister who just came in through the door. The toothy grin just slides into his face so easily upon seeing a familiar face of someone he's gotten along with already.

“Raye! Hi!”

Her chocolate brown hair is kept away from her face in a low bun and she definitely used soothing sheet mask and eye mask last night. Not gonna lie, Eli's sister is gorgeous, if not a little bitey with an attitude. Scorch is a little infatuated, but he keeps himself under control. She’s seemingly fresh and ready for the day, something that Scorch's objectiveness takes kindly and appreciatively. Raye smiles as she approaches the counter where he's stationed.

“Mornin’,” she says to him before proceeding to take in her surroundings. “Cozy dine-in place, here.”

Scorch's grin grows wider into a charming one that usually befell the ladies at the club, pride swarming his chest. “That’s awfully nice of hou. This is just basic fast food place!”

Basic meaning red-cushioned booths tucked in every corner, long tables with bar chairs and power outlets along the sides, and four-seaters sparsely filling the space in the dining area. Red, black, and a little yellow is the running theme of the interior, save for the employee's navy waist apron below a uniform white polo, which… honestly seems kind of pointless when you risk spilling Coke or a splat of ketchup on a daily basis. Not one of the Vaus boys has ever had a problem with that, though.

“Local, homegrown, non-franchise,” Raye points out, propping her arms on the counter, her expression so determined that she really does want to make sure that her stern reassurance gets into his thick head. “You can do whatever you want and I'll say—assuming I'm a customer who walks into this place expecting nothing special—it does look cozy. You got Wi-Fi?”

Scorch’s eyebrows knit at the sudden question. “Hell yeah. Why wouldn't we?”

“Ah. See?”

“It’s standard!” he defends.

“The cafeteria off my Austin campus where I part-timed got shitty Wi-Fi, y'know?”

“That sucks,” Scorch snickers. Suddenly he remembers this morning—he didn't forget texting her about the dress code; something white if no polo. He gives her another once-over before nodding approvingly to himself. “And you're a pretty chatty one, aren't ya? We can get along just fine! Maybe we're soulmates or something.”

Raye snorts. “Aw, you. Very sweet, Scorchie.”

“Scorch, stop pestering our new guy,” a new voice comes from around the corner. The man, dressed in similar uniform and seems around Scorch's age, pauses in the midst of hasty steps with a tablet in hand. He masks his awkwardness well as he takes Raye in with a swift glance. “I mean gal. Really sorry.”

“That's fine.” Raye barely manages to stifle her laughter before offering her hand. “Raye Estrada. Eli's sister?”

He takes her hand with a firm clasp and a small kind smile. “Call me Addy, today's shift manager. And on Wednesdays and Saturdays,” he introduces himself. His military-strict high and tight haircut is glistening prominently with what Raye thinks is hair toner. He's groomed really well for a shift manager part-timer. She wonders if he works somewhere else along Eli's area. “And yeah, Boss told me you're applying. Heard you're a family friend?”

“Her family is,” Scorch pipes in, reminding them he's still there. “She's close. Somewhat.”

One of Addy's brows arches perfectly. “You never knew her until yesterday.”

“Well, technically. So correction; we never met. Until!” Scorch raises his voice, perfectly cutting Addy off when he's about to speak. “We were texting each other last night.”

“Yep,” Raye adds.

The look Addy gives them is such suspicion that one might think he's accusing someone of a bloody murder.

Scorch bursts out laughing “It was nothing, Addy, chillax! Just got to know each other. Told her about this place and all. She never knew.”

Addy blinks twice to stomach the information. “Seriously? How? PR doing good?”

Scorch shrugs. “As far as I can tell. It's her shit Instagram algorithm.”

“I was away in Texas for a while,” Raye steps in, regaining both men's attention. “Came home here for summer break.” For how long, that's a personal matter she won't bring in yet unless asked. And she feels she should be taken aback at how easy Scorch throws a curse word in a workplace but… well, since it's a family business... 

“Right, that could be it.” Addy gives her a long nod, and then he swipes through his tablet. “That’s okay. This'll just be like training, uh, non-locals. You had time to study our products?”

“I did, last night! Though I'm planning to ask the kitchen leader more.”

“You're going to have to sit down with Fixer for that.” Scorch rests his chin on his hand with his elbow on the counter, looking almost too adorable if he's not grinning teasingly. Raye is really tempted to smack that smile off his smug matchmaking face. “He’s real strict about food quality that he wrote an entire manual and stuck it on the wall for everyone to read so they wouldn't miss ingredients.”

Raye lets out a breath. “Neat. So I guess you have your own Gordon Ramsay.”

“Basically.” Addy's the one saying that, and he's even shrugging. She’s yet able to comprehend the duality of this man, nor interpret his character as a whole. “So uh, come along. I'll introduce you to everyone and in the end Scorch will take over to, uh, train you.”

“Whoa, hang on,” she blurts out. Both men wait, non-judgmental. “No interview? Something that should, y'know, filter me in?”

Addy, who'd turned around to cue her to follow, now walks up to her. He's tall. Around Scorch's height but nowhere as built—she can see now that he's definitely served somewhere in a military or police institution.

“This is procedure, Raye. We filter in our candidates by training them on-site, have them facing real problems with our customers,” Addy says calmly, bluish hazel eyes piercing into her with all seriousness in the world. “It's how we see their character and how they fit in with us.”

That's… a tad too serious. And she sure as heck knows how human resources department should work, for God's sake. Works. 

“Yeah, no worries,” Scorch suddenly breaks the ice, clapping loudly and putting on an effortless smile. Raye flinches. “Addy does have a habit of scaring you with procedures and how this business is going to fall apart if we're acting up.”

“It happens.” Addy glares at him.

“Yeah but not in our town!” Scorch argues, keeping his playful tone and even putting on a goddamn Southern sheriff accent. “We’re thriving for 4 years without major financial problems, we're doing great!”

“We had COVID, Scorch.”

“That was one and only time! I'm aware of our statistics as well as you are.”

Raye coughs.

Ever heard of two dudes, apparently besties, arguing about their workplace situations in which one of them is practically the HR? Unbelievable. Raye can't believe her luck (that's sarcasm). This place and its management sounds hella fun that she's determined she's not going to leave whatever happens. Looks fun. Right? Doesn't it?

But right now, she fights every urge in her body not to pinch the bridge of her nose. Anything that could compromise her first day. It's an informal atmosphere especially with people that she knows, but still.

“Sorry,” Addy clears his throat, offering her a nanosecond apologetic smile that just looks kind of weird. Any kind smile on him, really. “Right. Scorch, shut the fuck up and stay there. I'm taking Raye over for now.”

The cuss was so out of pocket that Raye is struggling to keep her fake cough real.

“All yours,” Scorch grins, clearly excited for her. “Now shoo, Estrada.”

Raye sticks her tongue out before jogging to catch up with Addy. She feels like she should ask. Eli never mentioned a guy named Addy before, but then again, his focus has always been on other people before himself. Maybe it's the pride for serving the country and its people or whatever, but her brother is known to be selfless. And selfless people tend to keep things to themselves.

Honestly, Addy looks kind of scary. 165 pounds, sure, but he'd probably been a coast guard. Or police officer. He had served (the country or whatever, not fruity fashion or jail time), that's for sure. He's too strict and tolerating at the same time—Raye doesn't even know such combination is possible. Maybe it's the fondness of the Vau boys. She wonders how long he's been sticking around with the family.

Addy introduces her to the maintenance dudes first, which only consists of two people at most. It doesn't take much to run a shift in a fast food place—she knows this. Cafes take even less.

He then takes her to the second floor; another dining area with more space and more chairs than the booths, and an outdoor area which is basically a big balcony separated by a glass door for those who want to chill out for some smokes, or a wild night out, or chaotic mobile-gaming—all over wraps and finger food and iced soda drinks.

At this time of day, it's fairly packed, but not that overwhelming that some poor grandma bringing over five grandchildren couldn't find seating. There are empty tables, the top clean and absent of oil and sauce drips. Raye notices packs of local college students just hanging out with their laptops or tablets on the table, and on the side are either Vau's snack bucket or a meal of their preference. It's a wholesome sight to look at.

“We're just a local small business,” Addy says, as they're returning downstairs. Raye is a couple steps behind him. “We're not corporate. Everyone knows everybody here, and so everyone is expected to get along since we're not a whole big crew.”

“I get it,” she replies, “Heard the last one noped the hell out ‘cause she couldn't handle Sev.”

He scoffs. “That's on her.” He sounds like holding a personal grudge. Like deeming them unworthy. Maybe regret, or self-loathing for poor decisions. His tone picks up again from contempt to a lighter one. “Believe it or not, everyone's loving Sev the drive thru guy.”

Raye knows that. She spends a couple of hours doomscrolling her TikTok on the place’s hashtags, and there were a lot about Sev. Well; his voice, more like. People recording while they're ordering in front of the speaker, Sev’s gruff deep voice pouring out of it with bare minimum customer service courtesy and sometimes on frigging thin ice on bullying over customer's decision. And people actually find that funny and entertaining. Not good for company image, almost as certain that the target market isn't for a bunch of Karens, but real good for brand awareness.

Addy is leading them to the drive thru station. Scorch is prepping a takeaway drink with a line of four people before him—he’s so locked in that he's not even looking up to greet them. Another girl is manning the second register while he's busy.

“There was this one guy ordering a single meal for himself and six-pack Coke,” Addy launches into another story, slipping behind the counter and beckoning her to follow suit. It feels like a new world already. Dark grey tiles shift into smooth brick red ones.

Raye is intrigued. “And then?”

“Verbally attacked him. Something along the lines of blood sugar,” a familiar deep voice approaches. Raye blinks at a hunk of muscles behind fitted uniform white polo, a somehow familiar face, a reversed red ballcap, and a drive thru earpiece. “Gave me a dollar tip. Turns out he's a fan.”

Addy rolls his eyes with the faintest hint of a smirk on his lips, but introduces both of them anyway. “Sev, Raye. Raye, Sev. But I think you two have met.”

Sev clasps Raye's hand with firmness—something that she feels terribly familiar with. Maybe the Marine upbringing. “Not face to face,” remarks Sev, smirking, “Glad you're joining us, Estrada.”

Raye shrugs, smiling. “Depends on my performance.”

“You’re gonna pull it off,” Sev deflects confidently. It's as close as a voice of support—aside from Scorch's. “Or I'll question every single thing Eli’s been teaching you to survive in the harsh real world. If there's any.”

She snorts. “I've got a good portfolio myself, thank you very much.” Should she be offended that her brother's friend is talking shit about him? No. Eli's gotta defend his own reputation. “But if you wanna beat him into a pulp, be my guest.”

Scorch cracks his knuckles. It's noisy as heck. “I miss wrestling club.”

“That was like 10 years ago, Scorch,” Sev grumbles, arms folded across his chest.

“Yeah well, a good spar, then.”

Raye tries not to delve too much about their routine. If somehow they work two or three shifts a day, when and how do they even find the time? Restaurants rarely ever close up.

The conversation between Scorch and Sev dies down just as another figure rounds the corner. Another one of the Vau brothers walking with the stride of a soldier—only this time he closes every button of his shirt, no apron, the curls just slightly off his forehead a little messy from what Raye assumed is sweat-wiping activities. Something that has to do with carrying, like inventories. Addy hasn't taken her to that particular section of the outlet yet.

“Everything good?” New Guy sweeps his gaze around the group, slightly pausing on Raye and giving her the smallest of nods.

Raye tries not to blink too much and swivel around to confirm the quadruplet thingy Scorch told her last night.

“Good,” Addy says from somewhere behind her, finally looking up from his tablet and making his way between them. “Just introducing Raye around. Taking her ‘round. Raye, this is Boss. He's the official store manager. Everything and everyone directly answers to him.”

Raye thrusts a hand forward. “Nice to meet you.”

Boss clasps her hand with a smile. It's a charming smile, something that the Vau brothers seem to share between them. Sweet smile and dimples and sunshine. Except maybe Sev (the gruffier sunshine).

“You too. Relax a little, Raye. I know you're Eli’s little sister we've heard so much about for the past decade, but you really don't need to inherit his military strictness.”

Raye relaxes her shoulders as instructed…

And then allows herself to just. Look at them all. She mentally drags Addy out of the picture and lines Boss up with Scorch and Sev. Same sunkissed tone of skin, same warm amber brown eyes, each of them holding a different level and mix of amusement and intrigue.

“Wow, you guys really are quadruplets.”

“Unfortunately,” another voice says from the back. “Never separated since birth.”

Raye turns around at the new voice, the figure who owns it just marching out of the kitchen. This one rocks particularly distinct traits from the rest of his brothers, starting from the heavily inked arms that steal her focus first and foremost. The flash intrigue eventually trails to the full navy apron he wears, not the waist ones, and the lack of headwear despite working his ass off in the kitchen. And after that, the identical facial traits shared among the brothers where it's kept away from any stray strands of hair, having it slicked back with a piece of metal hairband with the genetic dark curls gather at the base of his neck.

“So,” Raye almost squeaks, “Four of you.”

“Four,” he confirms, nodding his head once, his expression neutral and doesn't seem to be judging, but his mismatched eyes—heterochromia—seem to find her with familiarity. This must be Fixer, the one who came by the house all those years ago, sharing Eli's fixation in tech stuff.

It's quiet. The counter is oddly absent of hungry customers, and there's only Addy and the Vau's. And her, featuring her dumbass staring at Fixer too long, completely distracted by his circuitry heavy inkwork on his arms while a dozen of small Raye's inside her brain scrambling to look in the archive to recall what Fixer Vau looked like a little over a decade ago.

Somehow she can't remember the heterochromia. But then again, her curious 10 year old self was barely peeking around the corner when Eli and Fixer, both 16 year olds at the time, were playfully nudging each other as they headed for the Estrada game room. To turn on the PlayStation? Nope. To tinker with her dad's broken laptop and work on their group assignment afterward.

“That your little sister?” the lack-of-tattoos then-Fixer Vau had asked Eli.

“Yeah,” her brother had said, “She won't bother us. Don't worry.”

“What's it like?”

“Hm?”

“Having a sister.”

“Used to think she was nothing but trouble. But now?” She remembers an unholy snort that sounded like Eli scolding himself. “Literally would jump in front of a speeding truck for her.”

She remembers Fixer leaving a little late. It was either his dad or one of his brothers or even both picking him up, the family car parked in front of the house with Dad de-escalating the situation with Walon Vau.

“Intelligent kids,” her dad chuckled, standing on the front porch with a dark figure. “You and I both got one, Walon.”

“Heard they fixed your laptop.”

“They did! They did, ha, bless them,” Dad sighed happily. “And honestly, a lot more before that. I just let them. As long as they don't burn down the house.”

“Don’t let Scorch into your house, then.” The other man shook his head with faint amusement. “Would be a shame if you don't send your boy to MIT.”

“That's up to him,” Dad had said, “He could fling himself in front of the goddamn president on a regular basis or own a pizza place—as long as he flourishes. I believe in my kids, Walon. Just as you should.”

“You don't show it, Tony. Make them tough to crack.”

Her dad had stayed quiet. There seemed to be an understanding, non-judgmental smile. “My kids. Your kids.”

“Um. Houston to Raye.”

“Shit, sorry,” she blurts out, jerking back to the present—back to Vau's.

“You okay?” Addy watches her, concerned.

“Um, yeah, sorry. Bad timing.” Great, she's blurting out even more nonsense. She catches Sev and Scorch's shared look of amusement and dismisses them just as quickly, heat rising up her neck to her cheeks.

Fixer is observing her. Closely, his hands folded across his chest but patience is written all over his countenance. It's like slowly he's taking her back to that one corridor in her house again, but the lack of Eli makes the barrier between them crumble and shatter into nothing.

It's… something.

Like a hand from the depths of an ancient lake pulling her into another currents of flashbacks, but there's nothing more at the bottom that she could gather. She wishes there'd be more, but alas.

“Raye,” he calls in greeting, causing her to pull up a small smile.

His presence is making her feel like 10 again.

“Hey.” Been a long time. “Fixer, right?”

“Yeah. I remember you.” His mismatched eyes seize her up. She can't remember if he'd taken a good look at her all those years ago, but somehow this feels too different than back then. Maybe the weather, the air. Maybe the ambience and the surroundings now in all different colors. “You were so small.”

“Please,” she rolls her eyes, “I was 10. Saw you only once. Your dad picked you up.”

Everyone tenses up.

Boss and Sev trade a look. Scorch sighs loudly to break the tension.

“Yeah,” Fixer nods, appearing undeterred. “Good memory.”

“So! According to tradition!” Scorch hoots suddenly, clapping his hands once that causes poor Addy to flinch. The grin plastered on his face lacks… something. “And since it's Wednesday, we should be having a bun in the oven.”

Sev, who somehow had acquired himself a glass of orange juice, snorts the liquid to the side. “Fuck,” he coughs to his elbow.

Addy rolls his eyes, exaggeratedly, while placing the tablet on the counter. “I'll get that.” And then he's gone to grab the mop.

“Dumbass,” Fixer shakes his head, a poorly hidden smile tugging at his lips. “No one on Earth phrased it like you did.”

“I could phrase it however I want,” Scorch deadpans, pushing his brother back into the kitchen. “Now shoo! Get one for the girl.”

Boss is pinching the bridge of his nose. Raye pretends not to watch Sev staring at the OJ spill on the floor miserably like a toddler.

Everything looks like it's gonna be fine. Depends on how one defines ‘fine’. Retail work is never sunshine and rainbows, but Raye's got an attitude ready to unleash upon Karen spawns, having already dealt with some of them in previous experience, plus some quite asshole classmates—constantly.

Boss is seated across from her in the booth, asking a mountain of questions that seemed ready in his pockets, just waiting to be fished out one by one. Some related to her resume, a huge chunk of campus life, and life in Austin. It's a brief trade of one another's experiences, and Raye senses something is kept tight-lipped among the brothers. Something private. Not her right to find out, so she can only hope this won't plague her mind by the long shot. She hates it when she just notices things—her nosy trait could be her downfall one day.

“SWAT sergeant for the local police. I got into Vau's last,” Boss explains, a kind smile that just feels brotherly tugging on his lips. He's the eldest, Raye finds out. “Battering down doors and apprehending suspects were always eventful. Adrenaline onsite, keeping you high and aware, especially when you're in command. But now?” He shakes his head laughing airily to himself, and he leaves it there while gesturing to the interior of the restaurant. “Four of us were raised closely, tightly-knit. Our dad did everything. Got all of us into service.”

“I noticed,” Raye acknowledges, “About Sev and Eli in the Marines together. Don't know about Fixer and Scorch, though.”

“Scorch was in the Army,” Boss supplies, seemingly not minding oversharing, being the boss of them all or whatever. Elder sibling privilege. “One day it was enough for him. Sev got injured, and he ditched everything for him.”

Raye lets out a small ‘oh’. The leg brace, PTSD, the discharge, and uncountable unseen wounds that would definitely reopen time and time again. She risks pushing forward. “And Fixer?”

There’s pride in Boss’ eyes. “Fixer’s a bit of something else.”

Scorch waltzes toward their booth with an excited grin and Fixer behind him. His bleached curls bounce as he slides into the seat next to Boss with an extra glint of knowing and teasing to which Raye pretends not to give too much of a shit. She's allowing him to be satisfied with his own game that he's started. Indulging Scorch is like playing with fire—a cute adorable unbearable fire that once it burns bright not even a bucket of water could douse whatever he's started.

But just as predicted, Fixer slides in next to her. She's never physically been up to close, like sitting next to each other kind of close with either of the Vau boys, but they are all men of exceptional build. Not as scary as a legit wrestler, but enough to put her in a literal chokehold and take her consciousness out in seconds.

She tries not to stare at his heavily inked arms. Again.

“Ever think of getting tattoos?”

“Fuck off, Scorch,” she blurts out, her cheeks burning up to inferno immediately right after. In a matter of seconds, the table gives off different reactions; Scorch howling with laughter, Boss gawking with genuine surprise, and Fixer snorting to the side. Snorting.

“I mean no.” Un-fucking-believable. Day one at work and she could be written up. She hopes her glare radiates so much heat that it burns a hole through his smug ass bleached head. “I, uh, I have one already. Big piece of work. Scorch, stop laughing, for God's sake.”

“You have one?” Fixer asks this time, seemingly recovering well and quickly while Boss is kicking Scorch under the table to actually put a stop to his wheezing mania.

“Yeah, I do.” She shifts back, tracing a finger around her entire left rib over her white shirt. “Roses. Just right up here.”

Her response is a hum. Thoughtful hum? Impressed hum? It's too brief to make a conclusion out of his conclusion. Her gaze shifts from the boys with Boss still landing a smack on Scorch in the background, to a single bread roll on a paper plate that Fixer had brought with him earlier.

“Is that cinnamon roll?”

“Close,” Boss replies, nostalgia seems to be fleeting past his eyes. “It's pani popo. Samoan sweet coconut roll.”

“Like cinnamon roll, but coconut! Baked and bathed in sweet coconut milk. It's really really good I could literally be sobbing from joy.”

Fixer rolls his eyes at Scorch who's bouncing with excitement in his seat. “It’s his favorite,” he says with a jerk of his head.

Luckily for Scorch every praise comes his way. “My comfort food. Bet your Hispanic tongue hasn't been introduced to this thing yet.”

“How dare you attack my Hispanic tongue,” Raye deadpans. Spice is her life. The bun on the plate, however, is seemingly moist with coconut milk, giving the drenched tres leches look but fortunately doesn't give off disgusting sad food vibes, with the golden brown top and enticing swirl of a roll. “It does look good. You selling these?”

“It's on our dessert menu. Other than mango pudding and sea salt choco chip cookies,” Fixer explains, pushing the plate towards her.

Raye nods her thanks, observing the piece closer. “That's really neat. You baked this?”

“Why don't you just pop it into your mouth and you tell me?”

Scorch snorts, inviting Boss' eye roll again. “That's what he said.”

“Scorch, I swear I'll have you wipe clean and close up on your own.”

They're performing on a goddamn stage for an improv comedy while the audience is making the joke themselves, sure.

If there's a test where they're watching her use her hands to pick up the bun, she'd already fail. She utilizes the plastic fork like white young moms and right there she could feel her ancestors and Scorch's ancestors actually crowding and booing her all over. Y'know what, what the hell.

Sweetness combined with familiar yeasty tang explodes in her mouth as soon as she bites down, the coconut milk flooding her tongue to compliment with the bread. It might seem so, so simple—bread and coconut milk—but the simplicity of it, and not to mention cultural reference, is most of the time also the beauty of it.

“Holy crap, you guys. This is really good.”

“Toldja,” Scorch beams. “It's art.”

“It's breadmaking,” Fixer deadpans.

“Breadmaking is art.”

Fixer grunts, sounding in agreement.

Raye continues to hog the bun. “This is too homemade to be sold in a fast food place.”

Fixer seems to take that as a compliment—good, because it is. His shoulders evidently relax. “And that's why we're only selling them on Wednesdays.”

Wednesday. Pani popo—Samoan sweet coconut bread rolls. Got it. Raye finishes the last piece, dipping it in the excess coconut sauce on the plate as best as she could before popping it into her mouth. “It's really good. Thank you Fixer, you clearly baked this. And you're giving me this one for free?”

Scorch nods enthusiastically. “Consider it a welcome gift. Boss’ orders.”

Raye arches a perfect eyebrow. “So it's really not your tradition to welcome new employees?”

“Hell nah. Welcome to Vau's, Raye!”

She beams, laughing along. “Wow thanks.”

Boss hides his chuckle miserably. “You're basically a family friend, so why not?”

“That's too kind.” Feeling cornered, figuratively and literally, her cheeks heat up again from the excessive welcome. “I mean, I didn't even know you four before yesterday.”

Boss waves her off. “We get it, Raye. No pressure. Glad we just know each other now.”

“You owe us a story about where you've been for the last decade,” Scorch whispers, even covering the side of his mouth to play discreet.

Boss nudges him with his elbow. “I said no pressure.”

Raye's awkward laugh garners Fixer's attention this time, almost in a flash. “Y'all are ridiculous.”

“Wait till your brother joins us. I'll show you ridiculous.”

The slight crinkle near his eyes when his lips lift in a tired yet amused smile annuls her effort to just… hide her excitement. Fixer holds her gaze a second too long with such smile, and for a moment the light reflecting in his mismatched eyes is continuously feeding her nostalgia.

And then it becomes too much. Both of them look away, finding either floor tiles and the used plastic fork suddenly interesting while the other two on the other side of the table are completely unaware, apparently stiff-arming each other.

Raye groans internally. What the hell are you doing? 

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[spideysbruh]

jokes

y/n just posted a story!

caption- just some thoughts 🤭🤭🤔🤔

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[midnight--sadness]

the reason why the guards refused to kill gihun in the trailer is because he's pregante with inho's baby. before old man ilnam dies he realized something: the game now has two winners: one alpha and one omega. if they mated and had a baby, that baby could be studied for having superior gene. so he instructed masked officer to ensure his plan is completed. But when inho later found out, he will do everything in his power now to save gihun and their bby and burn the whole damn island youre welcome i spoiled s3 for you :3

read the first sentence and was already looking like this

anon, ty so much for spoiling the show for me, im glad i dont have to wait until the end of the month to see whether or nor inho will burn the island down 🫶

ilnam leaving behind an evil manifesto on how gihun and inho need to breed to create a perfect baby is something straight out of a comics villain handbook. he thought inho would never find out but the masked officer is an asshole and made a comment abt it just to upset inho.

inho's reaction is very calm actually! he murders everyone and after ensuring gihun is safe, he blows up the island. then, he and gihun retire to a beach house on jeju and have their babies together, leaving happily ever after 😌💖

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Ortho, Jade: Three Heads are better than Two

Once again, Ortho is a fashion icon 🫶 dbdvwksns His Duo Magic line with Jade is hilarious (they’re so giddy about exploiting their enemies’ weaknesses). In this fic, I wanted it to have more of a wholesome (?) feel. Maybe I’m just too tired right now to write feral, hahah…

Just one more birthday (Riddle, whose duo partner will probably be Rook) before the new rotation with Jamil 👀

A Tale as Old as Time.

Heroes in action poses aplenty decorated the interior of the art museum. Swords and shields in hand, they stood defiant against an onslaught of beasts, beings of shadow and primordial evil. A being half bull and half man, a monster with several serpentine heads, a one-eyes giant, and more.

But what Ortho was drawn to was the painting of two figures on a short marble column. There sat the hero and a squat satyr, locked in a conversation. The former, leaning forward and listening. The latter, mouth ajar—talking.

Strategizing for an upcoming battle, Ortho surmised. One last hope, and they’re seizing the opportunity.

The painting was a simple masterpiece, a work of heart.

Beside him, Jade piped up. “Oya, have you taken an interest in this work, Ortho-san?”

“Yes, this is the hero and mentor that inspired Star Rogue,” Ortho chirped. “The Son of the Thunder God must demonstrate that he is a ‘true’ hero in order to claim his heritage. He seeks the wisdom of a hero trainer.”

“Oh dear.” Jade’s faint chuckle echoed eerily in the room. “It sounds like quite the ordeal. How cruel to force one to labor to acknowledge their birthright.“

“It’s not so strange. There are families in similar circumstances of blood and bond. One does not necessarily guarantee the other. For example, children can be abandoned as well as adopted. Relatives can be shunned or estranged.” Ortho’s eyes drifted shut. “Human relationships are complex. There is no solution that can be applied to them all.”

“Indeed.” Jade tucked a finger under his chin. “Within my own year, there are a number of unique families.

“Ruggie-san is without parents, but was raised by his grandmother. He also maintains close ties with the local neighborhood rascals. For the winter break, he brought them scraps and leftovers from the NRC cafeteria.

“Silver-san is adopted and well-loved by his father. It must be difficult to raise a child as a single guardian, but he manages. I believe Silver’s father has a background as a veteran, so childrearing is a relatively new venture for him.”

“You know so much about your classmates, Jade Leech-san!” Ortho giggled as if he had just been told a funny joke. “And here I thought I was the only student capable of digging up information to that detail.”

Jade smiled sardonically. His answer, intentionally vague. “You’d be surprised what one can glean from a quick social medial investigation.”

“I know! Nothing much gets by me.”

The eel’s glinting eyes cut to Ortho, silently searching him.

“If memory serves, the Shroud family is a sort of unusual as well. It is the mother, the father, Idia-san, and…”

He held his breath, letting the sentence trail off.

“Ortho and Ortho,” the android recited, filling in the open space. He lifted one hand and then the other, as if he were a scale balancing out the weight of the souls. “Three Shroud sons.”

“Of course,” Jade said tactfully. “Having a brother of my own, I’ve learned that they can be a great source of both joy and sorrow. Floyd’s antics are as much trouble to clean up after as they are amusing.”

“Nii-san is the same. He’s the smartest person I know. I just wish he would get out more. They say that touching grass is good for stimulation, but nii-san would rather hole up in his room… Once he made a hissing noise like an angry cat when I tried to open the curtains to let some natural light in.”

“That certainly sounds like Idia-san.” Jade inclined his head. “Ah, but for as much of a handful as they may be… family is family,and we love them as they are.”

“I’m glad I chose you,” he had once said to his twin all those years ago. Again, again, those words rung true in his mind.

Ortho nodded. “Running the simulations and accounting for the changing variables in every possible iteration, it’s entirely possible that other routes result in happier endings. Even then, I don’t think I would give up this reality for any of them. It’s only here where I have two cool big brothers, a mom and dad that love me for being me, and the chance to go to Night Raven College with everyone!

“We struggled… shed our blood, sweat, and tears… survived and rose from battle victorious, just like heroes. It’s inefficient and perhaps improbable, but it’s something we can call our own.”

The young boy happily floated in circles around Jade. So jubilant, like dandelion fluff dancing on a breeze—it was difficult to think he was anything but living, anything but human.

“The Son of the Thunder God wished to be acknowledged by his own family,” Ortho said longingly as he gazed at the painting. “To that end, he went the distance and proved he belonged among them.”

Jade’s lips quirked. “It’s amazing what he accomplished. The Thunder God must be thrilled to claim him as his own.”

As for you, Ortho-san… You’ve achieved that and more.

“It’s a story with a happy ending.” The boy’s face was bright. “I want to earn that for myself one day—a future for me, for nii-san…”

Ortho folded both hands over his core. The flame there pulsated like a heartbeat.

For him, too.

Three, a lucky number. Three, the heads of Cerberus. Three Fates.

Three brothers entangled in their threads.

And he, the guardian of them all.

[thesehandsfic]

Hi! I love your pynch fics, and you have such an incredible grasp of Ronan’s character. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on his relationship with Kavinsky, if you wouldn’t mind sharing!

hiiii thank u so much 🥹🫶 unfortunately i’ll have to disappoint you by saying i really do not give a fuck about kavinsky. like he needed to exist. and i understand what narrative purpose he served. but i just do not care. i don’t think there’s much to him. he’s a murderer and a rapist and a kidnapper and a scumbag and also: delusional. he was a terrible influence on ronan, and a terrible “friend” to ronan, and just overall bad. he was a side effect of niall’s neglect: ronan would never have “needed” kavinsky if he’d been taught how to dream and taught how to cope. ronan did not care about kavinsky, he was not attracted to kavinsky, he hates that he “needed” kavinsky. there were things that kavinsky taught him or helped him to understand, sure, but he kavinsky also drugged him and sexually assaulted him and was verbally abusive to ronan and like… everyone ronan cared about. kavinsky’s desire for ronan was never honest or based in reality: he saw a person he thought was like him, but the kicker is that ronan was not like kavinsky in any way that matters. kavinsky assumed ronan was just as evil and twisted up as he was (did you kill your old man?) and he was so completely wrong. it was never going to be kavinsky and ronan. kavinsky killed himself and it made no more impression upon ronan than a wind in a door. thank you and im sorry

[red-garden]

Catering to the very small audience I’ve built up that enjoys Star Trek and MXTX

Top 10 Star Trek characters Tianlang Jun would have and episode seducing and banging

10) Tom Paris (specifically mid transformation for Threshold)

I don’t know how they found the time either, all I know is that Tianlang Jun is willing to go the extra li and make beautiful salamander babies with this slimy, slimy man

9) Jadzia Dax

6 FEET TALL TRANSGENDER WOMEN FULL OF WORM! Buy the end of the episode Tianlang Jun is gonna know that those spots go all the way down.

8) Q

I don’t think I need to explain this

7) James Kirk

Let’s go sluts!!! Who can resist the earnestness in his eyes and love in his heart?

6) Seska

Women in STEM! (Scheming, Tricking, Evil, Machinations) I don’t care what anyone say, Seska is a baddie (bad person)

5) Garak

Shout out gay men who lie 🫶 Unlike Julian, Tianlang Jun would not try to stop Garak’s chemical dependency and might even get him more! What a supportive partner 🥰

4) Spock (mirror dimension)

Who can resist that fine Spussy when it’s wrapped up in a goatee and form fitting shirt to signal evil?

3) Quark

Quark’s pussy game is insane. Odo who have to escort them to the brig to keep them from fucking right there on the promenade. Also, you can’t tell me Tianlang Jun couldn’t become a sugar baby again.

2) Julian Bashir

Beautiful, intelligent, hyper capable, deeply autistic, fail boy? That’s basically already Tianlang Jun’s favorite porn star, his son’s husband!

1) Lwaxana Troi

THE MILF OF ALL TIME. MOTHER. WE LOVE SLUTTY OLD WOMEN. PROUD FREAK LWAXANA TROI.

[winterrbluess]

Winn, Winn, Winn, Winnnnnn!!! I came to your inbox to gush over our beloved sukuna!! I'm so happy seeing him being the grumpy pookie that he is 😭 him pouting as he's chewing on his food LIKE ARE U KIDDING MEE???? AHHH 🥹🥹 if big and evil why so adorable??? and him asking uraume "Why did you not get cold being by my side." absolutely BROKE ME. 😭 I need him to be loved and happy in his next life 🥹 god this ask is all over the place but IM IN MY FEELS !! gege I owe you once AGAIN 😭🫶

Olaaaaaaa!!!!!! I get you!!!! I'm feeling all over the place toooo😭😭😭 like I'm actually buzzziingg with excitement!!! And thank youu! for coming to my inbox i NEED to gush about this man for hours! Infact I was going to make an ask in your inbox 😂😂

He is the literal definition of grumpy cat!! Yesss he looks sooo cuteeee pouting like that i want to bite him and squish his cheeks!! (Please someone needs to sedate me🫠) Gege just so casually flared my obsession with Sukuna😮‍💨😮‍💨

That made my heart ache too! 😭😭 God please he needs all the love and happiness in his next life! And to show his question with th last panel.....🥹🥹Gege when I catch you Gege. That panel is *my weakness* I'm still not over it and this man just made it worse for me! (I love it soo much) Also this made Sukuna's bond with Uraume so beautiful ahhhh!! I can write a whole book right now..

Also he is now literally our old man. It's so poetic how Wasuke lived a peaceful and normally happy life showing what Sukuna could've been if he wasn't treated as a curse. God Yuji's last monologue to Sukuna hits even harder now!!!