#I should write these down someday

[loveforskekgra]

I really wish I was one of those people who knew how to make like perfume oils and stuff because I spend a lot of time thinking about what a collection of perfumes themed after each Skeksis and Urru would smell like

[xlmibby]

xiao used to frown a little after receiving a "do you like me, xiao?" text from lumine.

is his way of showing love not enough? should he do something more? ah, maybe he should have listened to zhongli's love advice instead of focusing on his racing heart and ever so slight embarassment that sent blood rushing to his cheeks... it's okay, though. everything's just fine. xiao will just answer and try to be better for lumine in the future.

or so he thought until he received another text with the same question a few months later.

it's unnerving, really. is lumine not feeling well but

doesn't want to tell him? no, he would sense that easily. did her emotions towards him change? no, it's not that either. xiao is sure of that. so why...?

before he can rethink his actions, he sends her a text with that question. then, he pushes his phone away and waits.

seconds drag one after another, slowly as if to make his feelings more apparent. that odd ache behind his ribs, the heaviness that lingers on his shoulders - everything gives him an answer.

his love for her is stronger than he's expected. like an unstopable force, it makes a mess out of him and pushes him to the state of yearning so intense that it feels almost like insanity.

he wants to see lumine. wants to watch her smile at him and say his name like it means something with that pure doe-eyed stare as if she needs him to kiss her.

xiao closes his eyes, a long frustrated sigh escaping his lips. he feels like he's going crazy.

the sound of text message brings him back to reality.

his hands scamble to grab the phone, almost spilling out the scaps of his coffee - but he couldn't care less now that he has lumine's reply.

'mmmm... no reason'

'i just want to know so !!! answer quickly xiao'

his brows furrow as he types back a short, 'i'm coming to you' that - surprisingly - causes lumine to spam him.

'huh'

'whaaat'

'xiao what do you mean'

'reply to me! now!'

'xiao'

'are you insane'

'ohmyGOFSHKSJ'

with a heart racing in his chest and his breathing shallow because of how much he's been rushing from his office to their bedroom, xiao opens the door and finds lumine standing next to the window. she clutches her phone in her hands, her cheeks puffed out and lip bitten down.

"i can't believe you actually came here." she huffs, avoiding his gaze. "are you really that insane, xiao? i told you it's nothing, it's just a silly–"

it's more an instinct than anything; to catch her chin between his fingers, tilt her head upwards and catch her lips with his own. the kiss makes her gasp into him, eyelids fluttering as her arms instinctively loop around his neck. it's gentle yet passionate enough to make her breathless in the best way possible. he pulls her closer, as if kissing her once may quell all of the yearning simmering within him.

but it's not enough. even when lumine mumbles his name - her voice barely audible in the heat of the moment but he can feel her lips move - xiao doesn't want to stop. he still wants, needs, more of her.

"i love you, lumine." he whispers, and she shivers. his voice is husky and low, more like a hot breath hitting her lips than anything. "more than anything. more than you can imagine."

she lets out a quiet chuckle, her cheeks warming up. his heart skips its beat. "i love you too, xiao." her fingers brush over the curve of his jaw. "love you like crazy."

[thedogofchristmaspast]

dsaf's narrator will always be so mysterious like What the Fuck was up with dee hearing them that one time

[yshtal]

I think it would be rly sick if you went to go build a crow rook and the surname was Arainai

like…. just another little compradi trying to bring glory back to your house - rinnala and taliesin are dead by the house’s hand, zevran failed and deserted, guili murdered in the night, all semblance of power lost once again. the house is trying to claw its way back up, futile as it seems. that’s the way of house arainai, isn’t it? talon to knife to talon to knife to nothing, same as it’s been since the house first lost power in the early dragon age. but you, bright-eyed little crow, you’ll break the cycle, won’t you? for the family?

after all, caterina’s prized heir is right there - the demon of vyrantium, the infamous mage killer, sleeping just down the hall. you can be quiet, can’t you? all those means at your disposal, and all the opportunities you could want. you could find a way in under that armor, get to something soft and bruisable and make it bleed. he’s far from home, isn’t he? without a friend? confidantes are few and far between - even a demon must get lonely.

maybe he’d even trust you. you’re a clever little bird, right? you can find something to exploit. after all, what does a would-be talon do except claw, except maim? what else would you be good for? there is no gentleness to crows - you are here to deliver a message: run, little demon, quick as you like.

house arainai will make carrion of you yet.

[carcarrot]

might start getting into crafting while im at work so i dont commit homicide

[borkwolf]

Help I am rewatching Ninjago with my roommate and I have been catapulted directly back into the fandom. mmmrrrghh legos

[bright-and-burning]

gay porn might just be the thing to topple my ted lasso fic in terms of ao3 stats… FINALLY!!!!

[ifidiedinadream]

woke up to an aleksi fantasy that blew my own damn mind, im ready to call it a day and go back to bed

[knightinink]

My Cash & Tilla Buckzo AU

So this is an au that I've had in my head for a little while now, & I've grown to really love it a lot. This is basically a lovers-to-friends, friends-to-strangers, tragic-love au, created from my obsession with these circus imps & wanting to write something since we (as of now) know nothing about Cash & Tilla's relationship in canon.

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-When they were younger, they were both wild partiers, and would spend a lot of time in the Gluttony Ring attending numerous parties hosted by Queen Bee herself.

-Cash is from the Greed Ring, coming from a poor lower-class family. He dreams of making it big someday, and he decides he's gonna start up his own imp circus. His family thinks he's nuts & that he could never pull it off "We're poor, Cash! Always have been, always will be!"

-Tilla comes from the Lust Ring (her mother a succubus & her father an imp from either Wrath or Pride), & her father can be a bit uptight when it comes to her dating (I'd say he's very protective of her, & not allowing her to date people that he deems "out of her league", & that "she can do better" He just doesn't want her to be with someone who could drag her down; this will come into relevance later).

-(I'm picturing this au to take place in a late 60s-early 80s genre, so think of movies like that.)

-Having heard enough of this from his parents, Cash eventually left home to go live on his own. He worked odd jobs and lived in the cheapest piece of shit apartment money could buy, but he was finally on his own. When he caught wind of another party happening in Gluttony, he decided he'd saved up enough to go & celebrate his independence.

-Tilla had been at that party with an incubus, who she had found out was cheating on her for some time now with a (in her opinion & his apparently) much more attractive succubus woman, & Tilla had ended things between them right then & there at the party. Devastated, she made her way to the bar. The hellhound who'd been bartending could sense her mood & decided that a drink wasn't what she needed right now; there was a time & a place, & one of Bee's parties wasn't it. He gave her water instead & told her to take it easy.

-Meanwhile, Cash had made his way to that same bar & was going to order something for himself to celebrate being out on his own, but he was suddenly stopped in his tracks when he laid eyes on one of the most beautiful beings he had ever seen. Sure, she looked upset, but that didn't take away from her beauty. Changing course a little bit, he decided to sit on the barstool next to her & ordered a light beer for both of them.

-They got to talking, & really enjoying each other's company; Cash was easily very funny, & his antics & jokes helped cheer Tilla up a bit, helping her forget about her shitty ex. Cash was enjoying how genuine this woman was, not seeing much of that sort of thing in the Greed Ring, it was a nice change of pace that he greatly appreciated.

-Once they decided to head home, Cash offered to drive her back, seeing as how her ride home was now sucking face with another woman. Grateful to spend more time with this funny little imp, Tilla accepted, & as she made to get out of his car when they arrived at her house, she wrote her number on his palm & gave him a "thank you" kiss on the cheek before heading inside. Buckzo held his hand cupped to his cheek the entire way home, smiling like an idiot.

-Little bit down the line, they would meet at the parties again (Cash usually picking her up a block from her house) & spend more time together, before they officially started dating. They tried to keep it hidden from Tilla's dad for a while, seeing how poor Cash was, but he eventually found out. Tilla & her father got into an argument to the point where Tilla decided to run away from home & went to go live with Cash in his shitty one-bedroom apartment.

-Tilla was fully supportive of Cash's circus dream & was determined to help get him there. Over time they had all sorts of jobs to both make ends meet & save for the circus. They eventually moved into bigger & nicer apartments, & eventually made their way to the Pride Ring, which is also where they finally put up their first circus. They hired a few people & put on shows, which were a huge financial success.

-They had money & a successful business, & Cash decided there was no better time than now to ask the woman he loved more than anything in his life a very important question. He proposed, she said yes, they got married & had a lovely honeymoon out in the Sloth Ring. They had been talking about having kids for a while now, & so one thing led to another during that vacation. Once they were back home in Pride, Tilla took a few tests & within 5 minutes, the newlyweds were spinning around their kitchen in joy at the news that they were going to be parents.

-Months went by, the circus grew larger & attracted more patrons than ever, & Tilla had to eventually ease when it came to her circus performances, being pregnant with not one, but two little implings. The Buckzo's were as happy as ever & couldn't wait for what the future would bring.

-Fast forwards & delivery day has arrived. Cash is there for his wife throughout the entire thing, praying that she & the kids would be okay. Once everything was said & done & the newborns were laying on his wife's chest, did a sense of unease spread through Cash's core; his wife was happy & safe, the babies were healthy & resting, but for some reason, he did not feel the joy he thought he would as a new father.

-A few weeks go by, and Cash *still* doesn't feel much of a connection with his kids, no matter how hard he tries. Tilla of course notices, & he voices his distress to her, & she reassures him throughout that they will be there for each other, aways were, & always will be, no matter what happens.

-One night while Cash is working late out in the circus trailer does it dawn on him what he's been feeling, & dread drowns his entire being: being a father isn't the life he wanted. Tilla had wanted to settle down from her partying days & raise a family with him, & he thought he did too. But he realized that he hadn't wanted that life for himself; he wanted it because *Tilla* wanted it, & he was so in love with her that he thought he did too.

-They're both devastated at this, but they're both still so in love with each other that they stay together. It's hard, but Cash helps Tilla take care of & raise the kids, he's just very distant from them. He can't help it, but he is, & Tilla knows this.

-As the years go by & the kids get a bit older (young childhood, like 8) & Cash & Tilla aren't as close as they once were. Which is where this fic takes place in the timeline. https://archiveofourown.org/works/53946217

[digital-guinea-pig]

The cattiest, blondest twink in my arsenal: Inquisitor Ahkarr Sahlindar Lavellan. All the hype around DA:V really jumpstarted my motivation to do art again, and wow does he look better than I could ever draw him in high school lmfao

[fore-seer]

thinking about ricken and gaius becoming friends over similarities that only exist in my extensive headcanons

[ispridestillasin]

Okay, so in Part One of my Alador divorces Odalia Early AU I established Adrian and Alador getting together and hinted at Darius and Co. coming into the picture. Here’s (vaguely) how that goes. It’s pretty long though, so I put it under a cut so people could scroll past it. Have fun everyone!

At this point in the story, Alador and Adrian have been dating for around 6 months. Alador knows that Adrian is a new Coven Head and Adrian knows that Alador is working for a small company.

The thing about their relationship though, is that they’re both only just starting to realize that they're getting serious. Adrian initially started their relationship on a whim to get back at Darius for dropping him (Yeah they were fling buddies and then Darius cut him off, I’ll explain better later), and Alador just started it as a way to kickstart him getting over Odalia for good (Real healthy, I know). Now, though, Adrian’s realized that he’s caught (ugh) feelings for Alador, and Alador is starting to fall for Adrian. At first, Adrian tried to ghost Alador for a bit to distance himself and see if he could manage to shake the feeling. That didn’t work though and just made both him and Alador sad. So now Adrian decides that if Alador and his kids are going to be a part of his life, he’s going to make sure that Alador never sees the fucked up side of his personality.

Enter: Darius, Eberwolf, and the circus that’s the Coven Heads.

One day Alador asks Adrian if he can take care of Amity for a few hours, as he’s going to be a chaperone for the twins' school field trip and isn’t allowed to take Amity with him. Amity’s usual sitter was out of town and Alador didn’t feel comfortable leaving Amity with someone he hadn't fully vetted. Adrian’s a bit worried but agrees to take care of her for a few hours. Everything was going fine for the first few hours. Amity was left to play, and when she asked, he would play being her other doll. (“Oh now princess. The spell is too strong. How ever will I escape?” “I’ll save you, Princess!”) Just when he finished feeding her (and gave her a slice of fairy pie as a bribe to clean up her toys), he received a summon from the Emperor’s Coven.

Adrian briefly contemplates getting Amity a sitter, before deciding not to. Alador already said he didn’t feel comfortable leaving her alone with a random person, and really, Adrian had no idea where to even find a babysitter. So he decides to take Amity (who’s covered in fairy pie stains) to the coven meeting with him. Worse comes to worst, he can hand Amity over to one of the scouts and tell them to stand outside the door and watch her.

So Adrian shows up to the coven meeting with Amity in tow (and stained clothes, but he doesn’t know that yet).

So Adrian shows up with Amity in tow just as Head Witch Scooter shows up. The Bard Coven Head and the rest of the Coven Heads in the room do small talk before one of them asks why Adrian has a child with him (Scooter and Lilith are concerned about a child's proximity to Terra - I would be too - while the rest are just curious). Adrian’s about to answer (and probably about to piss them off), but just before he can Belos walks in (accompanied by the current Golden Guard, RIP Baby). Adrian quickly tells Belos that this will be the only time that Amity will appear at a meeting as he couldn’t find anyone to look after her on such short notice. Belos simply hums and tells Adrian that will be the only time that he will be allowed to have her in the meeting, as these are high-security meetings involving matters of the state (or Isle, I guess?). And yes, it does sound like a threat.

Meanwhile, Darius is mentally going ‘why the fuck is Blight going behind Odalia’s back with THIS’ throughout the entire meeting. Darius has no idea that Alador and Odalia are divorced, as Alador kept the fact that he's divorced on the DL. So Darius has no idea that Alador is divorced and thinks Alador is being blatantly obvious about his “affair”. He spends the entire meeting coming up with increasingly conspiracy theory-like ideas for why Adrian might be dating Alador and why he brought Amity to the coven meeting. Eventually, he has to accept the fact that A) Alador has questionable taste in people and B) Adrian really was just playing babysitter for the night.

Adrian agrees to Belos's thr-I mean request, and the coven meeting begins. The entire meeting is basically a mix of the Coven Heads going over Very Important and Serious Matters while also trying to put each other down/subtly threaten each other. (At one point someone points out Adrian’s stained clothes. Adrian looks at them like he’s going to murder them while still holding a fairy-pie-stained Amity who tugs on his hair.)

So the meeting proceeds and everyone gets to witness Adrian and Darius passive aggressively putting each other down every five minutes (Adrian is awfully smug for someone who has a toddler trying to chew their hair and covered in stains). Eberwolf lets Darius do his mental gymnastics while they take notes on the meeting because they love the chaos. Meanwhile, Belos is letting them get away with their interruptions/tangents because it amuses him to watch his subordinates fight each other, and hey, if everyone's too busy fighting each other then they won’t be looking too closely into what the Day of Unity actually means (too late babe, the Golden Guard is onto your lying ass!).

When the meeting is over, Adrian skips the Post-Coven Meeting drinking tour/meet up (just look at who’s in those coven meetings and try to tell me they don’t have one, I dare you) to drop Amity off and arrives at Blight Manor to Alador making dinner and the twins trying to help. Alador apologizes to Adrian about not hiring a sitter (Adrian left Alador a note about the coven meeting). Adrian says everything turned out fine, but that this would be the only time Emperor Belos would allow Adrian to attend a Coven meeting with Amity in tow.

And now I’m going to cut this off because if I don’t this post is going to get too long. Here’s to hoping that I post Part 3, AKA the Break Up Arc, soon. (Knowing me it probably won’t be for another few months. Sorry.)

[naimypineapple]

[kindahoping4forever]

I completely agree a lot of the virgin fics around can come across weird, I’d love to see your take on it!! I love your writing so much 🥹

Thank you for the vote of confidence! Again, I want to stress I'm not dragging the trope itself or any particular fics, I just think there's a lot of unexplored territory within that space. I feel like I see a lot of virgin characters portrayed as virginal - blushing, uninformed and corruptible. I don't find that realistic, I think there can and should be a distinction between inexperience and purity and that could make for an interesting story. Virgin characters can be knowledgeable about sex, be horny, be confident in their sexuality. To me, "can we try this" is just as interesting -and hot- as "let me teach you" ("teach me" fic is great, don't get me wrong! But there's so much more that can be done!)

I think my thesis here is that my virgin character would be just as slutty as my other characters lmao. Virginity can be a plot point without necessarily being their main character trait.

[slippery-minghus]

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[tragicomedys]

biggest thing ive been learning for a while now and have been rlly solidifying in my mind is that i have nothing to prove to anybody ...