#Kayne is a close second

[absoluteocellibehavior]

what is your opinion on pathetic podcast men in general? (Also what are your favorite characters from all the pods you've watched)

Hello!!

Generally the more wet cat a podcast man is, the more likely I’m going to love him. Jon and Arthur, my absolute beloveds. They may not be my top favs but damn they’re up there.

As for my favorites in each podcast!

WtNV: Kevin :]

TMA: Elias (yeah yeah sue me (also secretly Barnabas Bennett))

TMAGP: I’m convinced that Augustus is Jonah but for the sake of the new characters, I do vibe with Sam and Colin

TPP: Jet or Damien depending on which story

Malevolent: Oh this is tough… Probably The Butcher. (Yes, I did sob aggressively during Part 40. Devastated.)

Dungeons and Daddies: Henry Oak

Critical Role: Percy and Fresh Cut Grass (haven’t listened to Campaign 2 ;^;)

[Keep editing because I forget the amount of podcasts I listen to]

[[Does The Bible in a Year count???]]

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

the thing abt kayne is that arthur also made a deal with him almost immediately after the king confrontation. he could have very easily asked him to go find the order directly then. but he didn't bc his first priority is and always will be fucking with the both of them

[withlove-xixi]

— HEARTSTEEL AS YOUR BOYFRIEND: heartsteel x reader

ᥫ cw: none ★ a friend got into heartsteel recently so they've been on my mind .... (shamefully) im sorry .. i like league of legends ..

yone is the type of boyfriend to shower you with gifts; surprise flowers at your workplace or on your bedside table, fancy wine and sweets on your kitchen counter, expensive new clothes on your bed. he loves spoiling you, whether it's buying you things you'd like (or even things he thinks you'd like) or doing things for you, opening the door for you, washing your hair, carrying your things, etc. like if your feet hurt, he'd offer to carry you or switch shoes with you. yone loves using pet names on you too, and they're often poetic. he'll press a kiss on your cheek and call you "my moonshine" or he'd wake you up with a "good morning, my spring gale".

his love language is definitely acts of service and gifts, yone just likes giving you things. there's a sense of security and domesticity he gets when he knows he's able to treat you to things, being able to provide for you. k'sante is a very patient boyfriend. he's very gentle, so much so you could call him delicate. from the way he speaks to you, to the way he touches you, it's all so soft and tender. you hardly ever argue or fight, and on the occasions that you do, k'sante makes sure it's handled calmly and orderly. he's a very generous person too, whatever is his is yours. k'sante is always ready and willing to share when it comes to you, give you bites of even his favorite food, lend you his jackets or shirts, share his personal space with you.

k'sante's love language is acts of service and physical touch, though more so physical touch than anything. it doesn't have to be some big grand gesture either, he just loves holding you close to him. in public, his hand is either in yours, his thumb gently rubbing against the back of your hand, or it's resting comfortably on your hip, like it's dips and curves were made for him to slot his big hands into. he's kiss you so often too, pressing his lips any place he can, like a warm wax seal to a love letter. he'd kiss the top of your head when he passes by you, he'd kiss your cheek or the tip of your nose when he bids you goodbye, he'd slowly kiss your lips when he comes home. kayn is ... uhm ... well for starters, he's hardheaded. he's not the type of guy to ask you where you want to eat because he knows where he wants to eat, so you're eating there. second, he's a bit prideful, it makes him shun away explicit "lovey-dovey crap", like when he reluctantly comes to hug you from behind or when he shyly hands you a gift, but then it also makes him brag about you all the time, to the other members, all over his social media. he's weird like that, and his pride (really for the most part of him being embarrassed, it's nervousness that gets him) hardly gets in the way, at least later on in the relationship.

his love language is quality time and gifts. though, he's always a bit embarrassed when he gives you gifts, it's really special because they're always things he sought out specifically for you and you alone. you like bread from a bakery in the next city? he's on his motorcycle halfway there to get it for you. you want to watch a movie? he's already got the tickets to the best seats and he's got your favorite snacks. (i like to think he loves making you handmade gifts too, songs, love letters, etc. :>) ezreal is ... also a handful. on one hand, he's the sweetest. he's mastered all the romance tropes from those romcoms he loves so dearly. he knows to hold doors open for you, he knows to get you flowers, he knows to hold you close on cold night. but then... he's... like a lap dog at times. like a lovesick puppy, he's practically glued to your side. he's constantly texting you, calling you, sending you pictures of himself, the food he eats, places he goes. (it's sweet but he very much blows up your phone with notifications).

his love language is quality time and touch! most definitely is! ez just loves being around you, he's pretty big on pda. he's not afraid to kiss you in public or hold your hand or grab your waist, he has to flaunt his love to you to the rest of the universe. sett is like having a big dog. he's cuddly, he's energetic, and he's surprisingly pretty low maintenance. he lets you sit on his lap and he puts his chin on top of your head, and you can practically see a tail wag from underneath him. but it's sweet really, like you had your own personal sun to brighten up your day any day.

his love language is quality time and words of affirmation. he's the type not to care what you're doing or where you are, as long as he's there doing it with you, there by your side, he's happy. sett is content with even just having you in the same room as him, even if you weren't by his side. your warmth radiates through your presence alone. aphelios is a very quiet kind of boyfriend. he doesn't like pda, he doesn't like being touched too often, and as much as he likes you, you're not much of an exemption. it takes a while for him to warm up to things like hand holding or hugs and stuff, and it definitely takes a good while for him to warm up to kissing. with phel, you'd have to initiate most touchy things like grabbing his hand first or leaning closer to him first. but what he lacks in initiative, he makes up for in other things. for one, he loves planning dates. he likes taking you to all sorts of places or to do all sorts of things, he's the type to try and do unique dates or to try and not go to the same places twice (at least, not twice so quickly).

his love language is quality time and acts of service. he likes it when you two spend time together not doing the same thing, if you're both on discord just silently doing your own things or if you're both in his room doing different things. he doesn't mind too much, for him it's comforting really that you like staying by his side. and he wouldn't mind too if you'd come up to him to initiate things. like if he were laying in bed and you laid your head in his stomach, he would definitely comb his fingers through your hair or rest his arm over your stomach.

[tryanmybest]

what's your ideal arkayne dynamic??

desperate.

kayne desperate to touch. desperate to rip and tear and feel this thing that he cannot, will not ever understand. desperate to stand close enough that his head goes fuzzy and the voices get louder and everything within him, his true existence squished into this tiny form starts to writhe and strain against it's constraints. a dragging feeling, everything wanting to claw forward and simply hold the source of something so brilliantly new. screaming. fighting. barely restraining himself from taking a bite. tasting ambrosia. drowning in a taste that burns yet he can't spit it out.

arthur desperate for something. anything. anyone. something to make him feel less empty even if only for a moment. even if he knows it doesn't mean anything. even if it hurts. even if it almost kills him. despite to feel something. desperate to have someone there. someone to touch. someone to hold. just for a second. just for one, aching moment. one breath before being dragged below the surface again.

[116t98]

My Heartsteel Headcanons

(Except they’re real things real kpop idols really did)

The guys solve all their problems/make all their decisions by playing rock, paper, scissors. Ezreal always loses

Except for that one time when he didn’t, and he literally got down on his knees and thanked God for him finally not losing

(Yone was the one who lost that time, btw)

Kayn ripped his pants in the middle of a televised performance

While playing charades, the others try (and fail) to make Yone guess “luggage”. A few minutes later, he’s only able to guess the word after Sett (with Aphelios’s help) pretends to be a luggage bag

Kayn can play “Mary Had a little Lamb” on the recorder with his nose. Yone asked if he could play something else, which promoted him to immediately play “My Heart Will Go On”

Ezreal told their fans during a live concert performance that he used to have a really nice jacket that he wore for some performances… until one of his stylists accidentally left it on a lighting device

Long story short, his Gucci burned

Sett cries at the end of every concert

A fan once left a comment during an Instagram live that read “I’m crying in the club”, and Yone immediately responded with “you’re in the club?”

Aphelios can perfectly forge all of his bandmates’s signatures; he’s signed Heartsteel memorabilia with everyone’s signatures before, without anyone else knowing

Ezreal yelled at Sett on TV for wearing insoles in his shoes even though he’s already tall

They like to play games during their concerts, like limbo and “who can unravel a roll of toilet paper the fastest?” (it’s K’sante, but Sett’s a close second)

When he first debuted, Ezreal promoted himself by passing out mints to strangers and asking them to listen to his song

Yone wasn’t able to join the others for a live stream once, so they called him to chat for a bit. Aphelios thought it be funny to hang up on Yone as soon as he answered the phone

He was right

Kayn once showed up to the airport wearing a dog head mask

During an encore performance, the guys decided to have a push up contest while they sang

(Sett swears he won, but everyone else begs to differ)

K’sante once mentioned during a TV interview that Kayn didn’t want to watch a movie with him bc he “doesn’t like watching movies”, which got Kayn (who didn’t want to look bad in front of any movie producers who were potentially watching) so worked up, he threw a pen at the table they were seated at… which bounced right into Yone’s eye

While he was promoting his debut song, Ezreal’s brightly colored stage outfits became a meme after he compared them to different kinds of Listerine online. The meme gained so much traction, Listerine actually sent him boxfuls of mouthwash and a customized cake decorated with some fondant Listerine bottles and a sugar doll version of himself on top

The guys tease Alune a lot. Like, a lot. Sett even once jokingly asked their fans to help them set Alune up on a date bc “she’s always solo” and “it’s so sad 🥺” (pray for her u guys)

K’sante accidentally knocked the head off of a department store mannequin

After watching one of their performances, the CEO of their record label complimented the group members individually, telling them things like “your voice is good”, “you look great”, “keep it up”, etc. But, according to Kayn, the CEO only told him: “your forehead’s wide, so you’ll succeed” (wtf does that even mean??)

Kayn and Ezreal had a Twitter war where they enlisted the help of their fans to Photoshop dumb memes of the other using whatever unflattering images of themselves could be found online

Sett has a habit of napping wherever he can. The guys take advantage of the opportunity by taking pictures of themselves posing around him while he’s asleep; some favorites include K’sante standing above him to recreate “The Creation of Adam”, Aphelios putting q-tips on his mouth, and Ezreal stacking random things on his chest

For his birthday, K’sante was surprised with a birthday cake at the end of their concert. As soon as he blew out the candles, the guys shoved him face-first into the cake. He then proceeded to chase them all down, lobbing chunks of the remaining cake at them

An interviewer once said “Ezreal’s not big” (referring to his height). Ezreal responded by saying, “how do you know I’m not big? 😏” (not referring to his height)

Aphelios choked on his water when he heard Ezreal tell a different interviewer “I’m an innocent boy” (he absolutely isn’t). As he choked, Sett told him to “watch out, babe”

Ezreal told Ernest to leave the frame of a video they were filming, but he spoke the command in Korean (I hc that he’s trilingual). When Ernest actually obeys the command, Kayn asks, in the most incredulous way ever, “your dog speaks Korean??”

*Sett promoting their music to random strangers*: “You want to be happy? Buy the CD! From Riot, listen in your MP3! You are not you and I am not me, bc we are one big family! 😁”

The guys once left Sett and K’sante behind at a gas station at night

Aphelios wrote Ezreal a heartfelt letter, written in Hangul, that he requested to be read during a live performance. Ezreal read the letter out loud; it started out well, until he realized that he recognized the words

He’d know the lyrics to the Sailor Moon theme song anywhere

[ioniansunsets]

I'm so curious how Christmas would go with each one of the heartsteel and what they would give us!

✖ Heartsteel Gifts + Christmas Date ✖

✖ Word Count: 1.5k

✖ Tags: Established R/S

✖ A/N: This year there's a party at the Riot Music HQ and all the boys are invited to join with their partners heheheh its 8am did I spend the last 12h brainstorming and writing this? Yes. Not proofread. I am closing my eyes and enjoying my x'mas date and party wwwww ---- Shieda Kayn

The only time he wakes up bright and early. The second the sun rises he is up and waking You up as well.

Excited man child. Kayn would be the kind of guy that might dye his hair red and green instead just to enjoy the festivities. Paired with a full black Santa outfit that matches yours (he bought it for you).

Bringing you out to have a nice lunch with his dad before going on a shopping spree with you in town. Kayn’s Christmas plans for you both are non-stop activities from snowball fights to ice skating, before ending with a nice gathering at the main studio with the Heartsteel members, other Riot Music stars and some staff.

Kayn wouldn’t really have Christmas gifts planned for you, an impulsive lover he would just buy and give you whatever the moment he sees it. So when it came to Christmas itself, it was more on a gift that he spotted a little over a week ago that he thought would be perfect for you.

Wrapped surprisingly well in fancy paper and a cute bow he’d hand you a small box. It was matching rings with him. Not like fancy marriage or anything. Just fashion jewelry that had gems in your favourite color. Not to mention it might…have been something…he stole from his stylists last photoshoot… Let’s not make eye contact with them over by the snack table yeah?

Ezreal

Ez wakes up at a reasonable time around breakfast. But spends at least an hour just snuggling with you in his arms as he uses his phone to check up on social media. Humming Christmas tunes as he presses his cheek into you.

When he finally gets up, he drags you up along with him, getting ready by finding fashionable matching outfits for a date out in town. He was Ezreal after all. It was a day full of influencer brand deal Christmas parties that he was fully intending to milk for their freebies.

Branded bags, perfume, fancy lunch at a restaurant, caroling and then even more free facial products and clothes. Both your hands were full of PR goodie bags by the time you two had to leave for the Riot Music party.

Ezreal would have entirely forgotten about your present. Not that he forgot to buy it. But he forgot to bring it. Awkward laughing as he gives you shitty excuse after shitty excuse to try and slip away from you before the party. He finally manages to sprint/blink back home to pick up the fancy paper bag he had hidden under the bed for over a month.

Handing it to you with a smile as sweat drips down his brow. Ezreal sheepishly laughs as he watches you open it. A pair of sunglasses that not only match his but have both your names engraved on each arm. A unique and expensive gift that will no doubt remind you of him and tell others just who your boyfriend is.

Sett

Sett would be up early. Wanting to cook some of Ma’s signature family recipes. Making things to bring to Christmas dinner for the party with the Riot Music idols and staff later at night. He’d tries his best not to wake you though, so it is the warm smell of delicious food that pulls you out of bed after him shortly after.

He wouldn’t have planned a super eventful day, going to gym early before you woke, cooking things and packing them, getting dressed before going out with you. Hanging out at the studio with you in his arms as the two of you chat and catch up with friends. Its warm and homey the kind of feeling where old friends are just catching up with each other after a hectic year.

Helping to set up the party, Sett would pick you up to reach the top of the tree. Putting the star up. Decorating the walls and doors. Sneaking you off into the break room to snack on a homemade meal he made just for the two of you for lunch.

When it comes to gifts, Sett has this planned for months. Asking mom for help as he worked on it himself slowly in his free time between shows. Smiling proud as he hands it to you over lunch. He spent countless hours making a hand-bound scrapbook of all your dates for the year, receipts, memories, polaroids, ticket stubs, handwritten reviews on what he loved about each date as well as cute memos on your outfits too. Messy drawings and loving hearts drawn around you two. It was a sweet summary of the year to keep as memories for you both.

Aphelios

Staying up late the previous night, Aphelios would sleep in on Christmas morning, a soft mumble as he hugs you close in the cool weather. Pulling the sheets up high, making sure the two of you stayed warm in bed.

Only as hunger starts to catch up does he finally languidly get up from bed. The hustle and bustle outside from Sett cooking something paired with screams of kids in the streets finally forces him to wake. Pouting the whole time as he holds you tight

Disgruntled murmurs, all Aphelios wants to do on the holiday is to rest. Always up late working he just wanted to hold you in his arms as he lazes around until obligations catch up to him and that’s what he does. Offering to have a movie marathon with you. Raspy laughter as he wraps the both of you up in blankets. Inviting you to get comfy as he goes out to make the both of you hot chocolate.

Aphelios’ gift was something he spent a long time stressing over. It had to be perfect. It had to be something that you wouldn’t get for yourself. And so this is what he ended up with. A pair of headphones the exact same as his with the nifty little ability to share the same audio source he was listening to. Placing them gently on your head as he turns on the movie for the day.

When the two of you left for the party. It was his arm around your side his head resting gently against yours in the cab as Aphelios’ music gently plays in your ears. His fingers tapping on your side in beat as the two of you listen in together.

Yone

It was one of the few times that Yone actually gets to spend time at home with his brother, so when Christmas rolls around you were invited to come live with him at his old place in the suburbs. Chilling with him in the comfort of his old room as he shows you things around his place.

His Christmas plans included more mundane things, spending breakfast with you and Yasuo. Going out for a walk in the nearby park to see the Christmas decorations, bringing you out for lunch at places he used to frequent in his youth. As the sun begins to set the two of you set off for the party.

Showing up with drinks and gifts for everyone in Heartsteel. Yone ushers you in and settles his commitments before returning to your side shortly after. Holding up a small fancy gift bag, Yone awkwardly hands you the gift.

Pulling it out you see a wooden beaded bracelet made of a few different colored woods. Alternating into a beautiful pattern. As Yone helps put it around your wrist he brings up how he spent the time away from you hand carving each beat himself. Wanting to give you something to show how he is always thinking of you and how dedicated he was to his one and only lover.

K'Sante

K’Sante wakes up bright and early, excitedly waking you too. Telling you he has a day full of surprises planned and wants to make sure you’re ready for it. Breakfast in bed, fancy new outfit picked out for you already in your favorite colors. A secret schedule and cheeky smile as he leads you out to town.

Bringing you to the Christmas market, everything is on him. He tells you to buy what you want, eat what you want, he’d pay for it all. Pampering you with snacks and trinkets. Also assuring you that this isn’t his Christmas gift for you. It was simply something he felt like you deserved this holiday.

So when it came time to leave for the dinner party, the two of your were parked outside the studio for a little while. Finally, he uncovers the huge, well wrapped, present that had been sitting in the back the whole time.

A Christmas gift? More like Christmas gifts. K’Sante went all out giving you a whole hamper of things he thought of buying for you over the months. Fluffy bath robes, a silk mask, new skincare, a spa voucher, lotions, a new wallet and bag, tickets to a concert the two of you wanted to go as well as a matching reservation for dinner during the new years. He was your man, and no partner of his was going to not get a full self care package.

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BONUS

Alune

A manager through and through. Alune would have a fun day of activities planned out for the two of you. Laughing happily as she helps tie a scarf around your neck that suspiciously looks not only hand knitted but also exactly like the one she has around her neck right now that you may or may not have mentioned finding it cute a while back when winter first rolled around.

The day is filled with cute things, ornament making, ice skating, a snowball fight with her brother and the kids in the neighborhood that ends in her laughing and hiding behind you as you get pelted with snow. All sweet winter memories that you two look back on.

As it nears lunch, you and Alune go on a double date lunch with Aphelios and his partner at a small cafe a few streets down. Reserving a specially ordered mini log cake that she takes photos of excitedly before sharing it with you.

Leaving for party later the two of you dress up in matching winter coats. Alune bashfully admitting to you finally that she spent the past month learning how to knit to make you a scarf. Hiding her face in hers slowly as she speaks, telling you how she wasn’t always the best at crafts and stuff but wanted to get you something that would smell like her and remind you of her so she ended up with this.

Reaching out to hold the back edge of the scarf up to your face, ignoring the slightly misaligned stitches, you see a heart with your initials next to hers. Giggling softly yet again as she looks at you, Alune tells you how she knows its kinda cheesy, but stuff like that were back in trend now anyways right?

[physical-manifestation-of-spite]

Part that shocked you the most from 40.

Oh, absoluTELY when Butcher turned against Larson and fought with Noel and Arthur. I was cheering and everything.

A close second would be Kayne's "But his ears still work ;)" at the end. Bro LIVES for the drama.

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

Another Love -- A Short Arthur/Manager fic

Hell, it hurt to look at him. He had the same face. The same voice. The same eyes. Some of the same scars, though there were some that his Arthur had never lived to get. The Manager tried to focus on those, hoping it would dull the pain. But it was no use, just as it had never been any use the other times.

Oh, the Manager wanted to keep this Arthur here. To save him like the Manager had been unable to save his own Arthur. Of course, he didn’t hope that he could develop anything close to the same type of relationship with this one. It would have been an insult to his Arthur’s memory. And this Arthur had only known suffering at Kayne’s hands. It was too much to think this Arthur could see the Manager as even a friend, let alone a lover. But if only the Manager could give this Arthur some of the peace and happiness he’d been unable to give his Arthur, the Manager would be content.

But they didn’t have time for fairy tales, and every second the Manager kept Arthur and John made it less likely there would be such peace for anyone.

“Are you sending us back, then?”

The Manager couldn’t keep the hysteria out of his voice as he laughed at John’s question. “Back!?! Oh, no. No, no, no. The only way is forward, boys.”

“Forward?” John echoed.

“Yes.” The Manager looked to the side of the man who had his lover’s eyes, knowing that had it been his Arthur, those eyes would have filled with betrayal. “The Dark World.”

[prophetic-ear-worms]

And by popular demand of absolutely nobody: We haveee!! My malevolent OC! ;D

I love him dearly and I hope you do too!- here's his art and story <3

okay so his name? William Wright (Age: 39) He's in short: almost half-dead KiY cultist… It's complicated.

He is a painter (heavily inspired by metaphorical and symbolic pieces, along with the neoclassical and renaissance era) and (porcelain) doll maker. He dabbled in a lot of reading whenever he was working on a painting, and would write a lot when making his dolls. Due to this, he eventually found the King in Yellow, (In my AU, the book we get to read is a series of "fictional" stories people have written based off of experiences people have been seen to have when reading the play. In this case, William finds the stories first) and fell in love with it. He began to make dolls based on the characters in the stories, paint them into his pieces, and eventually just flat out painting the KiY.

After some while he finally got his hands on the play, though he read it in small sections at a time basically once every week. So-- the madness was not madnessing like the King probably wanted. However, by the time he got a page or two into the second act, he didn't want to stop, he felt comfortable and wanted nothing more but to manufacture his dolls after the King in Yellow and paint works of art dedicated to Carcosa and the madness driven like a screwdriver into his mind. He was fascinated, he found his muse, and fell helpless to the King.

At first, the manner of cultist he appeared to be was mostly just subconscious obedience to what the King wanted him to do. He would hang his new paintings out in the windows of his doll shop, half of the said dolls being in some way marked with the King-- the yellow sign: a small button on each of their clothes; he also made dolls of other cultists or people he had seen passing by that caught his eyes. Occasionally, however, it was accidental. He'd find himself making a doll of someone he'd meet a few days later.

As time went on, he began to lean into it. No longer just something he'd happen to be doing, but something he did specifically so people would see what he felt, and eventually feel the same. He enjoyed much of his relationship to the king, a sense of belonging was left in the place of concern. (KiY-induced hysteria and madness, hell yeah.)

However, sadly, all good things must come to an end. He was killed after closing one night by another cultist of the KiY, something about 'the way he worships our King is blasphemous.' because he only made his art as a hobby and job, instead of pushing the purpose of it for the King. (Somebody didn't understand that just because the purpose didn't LOOK like the usual sort, that didn't mean he didn't want and enjoy seeing the influence it had.)

Sadly once more, instead of moving on and dying, Kayne caught his ass before he could pass on from this mortal plane and dropped him back in his shop with the job of serving as a source for something-- you see, through his time in the shop, because he's in New York, Arthur stopped by after seeing the KiY pieces (which John probably made seem like much more of a big deal than it was.) Resulting in him getting a doll that looked like him. The influence the doll should have had by the KiY sorta cancelled out though, and Kayne took it and used it to try and manipulate his decisions later on (My AU's Jarthur are so damn cooked at every given moment.) The issue was that if William died, the doll wouldn't work anymore because the source would be gone. Making Williams entire existence centered around being kept alive for some oddly mysterious English guy, but he tries to live like he did before nonetheless. (Kayne does get put Azathoth-style to sleep in this AU though, so- yeah. Stuff happens with Will's "life") (Quote for him: Made for a future comic in the making)

"Folk will pass by my shop, where my paintings are. Then they see it, fall into trance for a bit. Though, after they leave-- like a song you simply can't get out of your head-- they look for more. That is what I do, how I contribute, how I offer to him."

[grayscale-sparks]

@lordofthesoups part two of your request, Kayne had a lot of feelings in this one

Sea Major AU, 900 something words

“Alright!” Kayne said, slightly too loud. “It’s full. In we get.”

Arthur dutifully stripped down. He was recovering from his malnourishment much better now, but Kayne could still feel his ribs, and he was never not hungry. Kayne took in the sight as he gingerly dipped into the bath with a contented sigh.

Kayne let him soak in comfortable silence, able to stare freely without Arthur commenting on the duration. After a contented few minutes, Arthur stuck out his hand blindly, trying to feel along the edge of the tub.

Kayne gave him a bemused smile. “What are you trying to find?”

“Soap.” Arthur said. “Before the water gets cold.”

“Allow me, dear.” Kayne hummed, reaching for the bottle. 

Arthur cracked his eyes open ever so slightly. “You are going to wash me? With bloody hands?”

Kayne rolled his eyes. “Picky picky.”

He stuck his hands in the bathwater, rinsing off the excess blood. His hands were perpetually stained red, but at least they weren’t dripping blood. He flicked the water out onto Arthur’s face.

“Happy?”

“That’s a ridiculous question.” Arthur said. “Go on, then.”

Kayne could snap his fingers and get Arthur clean- he’s never had to worry about the motions of scrubbing soap on a mortal body. But… Arthur wanted this. He was familiar enough with the motions.

“You’re going to have to get your hair wet.” Kayne pointed out. “Head under water.”

Arthur’s eyes were back closed, but his eyebrows furrowed. Blind glare.

“You can’t argue with me, you know I’m right.” Kayne said dryly. He put his hand in the middle of Arthur’s chest, pushing him down under. Arthur was easy to push, taking a sip of air as he went under completely.

And that was enough, but Kayne kept his hand on Arthur’s chest, not allowing him to come up. He watched Arthur’s face, relaxed, serene, trusting.

Kayne could kill him like this. Maybe this was the only way he could- the only way he’d allow himself to die. And yet.

Kayne had never before hesitated to make a deal. Never. Not until this- not until Arthur.

He took his hand away and Arthur resurfaced with a gasp.

“The hell was that about?”

“You looked pretty.” Kayne said distantly, pouring some soap in his hand. “C’mere.”

Arthur huffed, but did as he was told. Kayne itched. He sunk his hands into Arthur’s hair, who let out a pleased sigh, leaning back into Kayne’s hands. He worked the soap into his scalp, the bubbles tinted pink with Kayne’s hands. There were red streaks in Arthur’s hair, causing the rest to go pink.

Bubble gum cute, was a word that popped into Kayne’s head. Kayne dismissed that with a smirk, what a ridiculous idea. Arthur was nothing like bubble gum. Cute, yes, but with too many edges.

Ruby red divine. That was better. That was fitting. A raw ruby, rough and uneven. But by god, Kayne would do his best to polish this precious gem. His. His. It was almost too much to bear.

They were alone in the universe, Kayne and his ruby rough, not even in every universe. They were unique, beyond the triviality of the universes. Other keys- an F sharp, a B flat- those Arthur lived in their own words.

But middle C, C major. They were for each other.

Arthur relaxed against the edge of the bath, his lips twisted into a gentle smile.

“Feels good?” Kayne asked.

Arthur hummed happily in response. “It’s been… hell, I don’t even remember the last time i’ve felt this relaxed.”

“You trust me?”

“Yes.”

No hesitation. Kayne was desperate not to break.

He pushed Arthur down again, letting his eyes flutter close, letting the seconds slip from numbers to how long has it been?

Arthur’s hands jumped to Kayne’s wrist, trying to tug him off. Kayne forced himself to open his eyes.

Look at you, gorgeous. Look at you, ruby. Look at you, C major.

Kayne pulled his hand away and Arthur resurfaced. His hair was still streaked red, just as stained as Kayne. Kayne had to step back, any voice he’d created stripped from his throat.

“You’ve got to stop doing that!” Arthur protested. Kayne found he couldn’t respond, too heavy breaths burning in his chest. “Kayne?”

“I need you.” Kayne said. “Arthur…”

Arthur pushed wet hair from his eyes, the red stark against the dirty blonde. “I’m here. Who else do I have?”

Kayne began to laugh, too torn to by manic, choking on his hysteria.

“You’re worrying me.” Arthur said, finally opening his eyes.

“Why didn’t you drown?” Kayne asked through his laughter.

“Not for lack of trying, I can assure you.” Arthur scowled. His eyes weren’t gold anymore. Silver. He wasn’t Hastur’s, Hastur was gone. Gone for good. Who else does he have? 

Kayne tried to stifle his laughter, everything burning. “You’re divine.”

“Thanks.” Arthur said. “The water’s getting cold, can you get me a towel?”

“Anything you need.” Kayne said. “Everything you want. The worlds are yours.”

Arthur smiled slightly, and that was almost enough to send Kayne to his knees. “I just want a towel.”

“One towel coming right up.” Kayne said breathlessly. He snapped one in existence as Arthur was stepping out of the tub. “For you, darling.”

“Thank you.” Arthur said, wrapping himself in the soft towel.

“Let’s relax, my ruby.” Kayne said. “The sun is setting, it’s quite gorgeous.”

“Describe it to be?”

“You really want to try that again?” Kayne asked incredulously.

Arthur smirked. “What happened to anything I want?”

Kayne drew him into a kiss. “Fine. Only for you, Artie. Only for you.”

[koszmarnybudyn]

This is painfully self indulgent but SU malevolent au. Will get to coloring these later. Also the lineups go: pre earth John, pre earth Arthur, current Arthur, current John (or earth/human disguise Arthur and John), then Kayne, Jarthur/dies ires once they become a stable fusion and Jarthur/dies ires when they first fused.

Now onto au stuff: (this is barely holding onto su canon, again incredibly self indulgent)

Arthur's an Amber (considered pearl cause musicial but decided against it cause i dont really see Arthur as a pearl), i choose amber because of the sea connection and for me they are kinda fire-y, and they are hardened by hardship tree sap which idk seems very fitting for our Arthur who is someone hardened by circumstances. And they aften have rock or animal fragments and i think the being inperfect really fits. He was suppose to be a Kiy (whose a yellow diamond here) court musician but because of the imperfection of his gem he's slithly corrupted and breaks away from homeworld (probablly also sees the error of gem ways), and somehow lands on earth where he meets Bella a human and they connect, they form a close bond that isnt romantic love but both being quite young and amazed with the other think it is. They try to have a kid, it nearly works but last second Arthur pulls away (he doesn't want to die this isn't right etc) which unfortunetly means Bella died and Faroe not reciving a gem dies in childbirth, Arthur didn't realize that would happen he blames himself heavily. He spends a lot more time on Earth meets Parker, when Earth is suddently began to be colonized, with John (not yet with his name) being the one tasked with it. Unfortunetly or fortunetly John ends up crashing badly, which nearly caused him to pop, he crash lands near to where Arthur now resides, he kills Parker, in turn Arthur nearly shatters him, then John force fuses with him. His nearly shattered state, or maybe something ekse leads to some kind of reaction where the fusion is semi permanent now they have to figure out how to unfuse and to solve a mystery, of it all.

The kiy is as mentioned before a yellow diamond. John is kiy fragment thus also a yellow diamond but with some gold bits in it, so not completly pure (he is kinda like Pink dismond here) with being the one to get Earth as a colony, he is how he is in canon personality wise, very clueless to earth while Arthur is very used to it.

Kayne is idk what, im kinda thinking some lab grown gem abomination or maybe not a gem at all but he defintly has shards of other gems/kaynes permanentky fused to him, his main gem is specificlly heart shaped, with all the other gems kinda being blood splaters, he usually has his shurt buttened until the reveal of his state.

Jarthur/dies ires is also im not sure what, gold maybe? But at first the fusion is way less stable thus the 3 eyes, 3 hands and 3 feet (also a not to Johns posssesion in canon, with him also controling all the eyes 2 feet and a hand (one of the three arms being semi numb)) and is suppose to wear a combination of their outfits that is also suppose to look like a travelers garb, with still some performer intertwined. The more permanent version is what they become after, i think they were unfused for a while (Arthur was nearly shattered/shattered then resurected by kayne, and John was dragged back to homeworld/dreamlands), and is wayyy more stable, with each of them having about 50/50 control of it, and the brain being way more alighned tho they still become less fused sometimes when they fight and become unstable. The stable outfit having of course fire and piano motifs with its outfit being way more showman esque.

I have other thoughts and ideas but that's it for now, hope someone enjoys it because well i love su and the au potential of it and i live malevolent and making aus for it and this has been stuck in my brain recently.

[bayemon]

Scrolling through the Malevolent tag and I'm so happy to see that Kayne is so many people's favorite character. I love him so much. (John is my close second favorite).

With Antoine following in third—

[amanda-519]

Malevolent Favorite Characters Results! 500 Milestone!!

I planned to post the Malevolent Favorite Character poll results at the 400 milestone. A few days ago, the poll had 320 responses, so I thought I'd have more time. I posted to boost the numbers, hitting 336 responses. Then Potato-lord-but-not and Percymawce-arts reblogged the link, and it blew up. Thanks to them and everyone who shared it!!!

When I first saw my notifications explode, we had 403 responses. After thanking Potato-lord-but-not and Percymawce-arts, it jumped to 413. Despite it being late, I started writing the 400 milestone post. While WRITING THE POST the number of responses jumped up 6 times! Making it tricky to keep up as I had to keep checking what the new response voted so I won’t miss their vote. 

I went to bed with 419 responses, thinking we'd stay under 500. But the next morning, after getting my birthday cake with my mom, I saw we had 478 responses! Yeah. I couldn’t post a 400 milestone list when I was so close to 500!

And then we hit 500! 500! Half of a THOUSAND!!! A number I considered would be an “end point” when I first made this poll! (Obviously it’s not going to be, I’m going to keep this poll up forever!) So! THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE POLL! FOR THOSE WHO STILL HAVEN’T AND WANT TO YOU STILL CAN!! Here’s the link! Your response will be in the 600 milestone post! (whenever that might be!)

Without further ado, let’s get into it! The results for the 500 milestone of the Malevolent favorite character poll! (Techinaly 502 responses, I wasn’t able to write it all done the moment we hit 500)

Who is your favorite character in Malevolent? (501 responses)

Arthur: 176

John:  130

Kayne: 81

Collins/ The Butcher: 24

Noel: 22

Oscar: 21

Yellow: 7

Parker: 5

Anna Stanzcyk: 5

Kellin: 5

The King In Yellow: 4

The Cab Drivers: 4

Yorick: 2

The Lighthouse Keeper: 2

Scratch: 1

Lily (animal): 1

Blinky: 1

Bella: 1

The Three Soldiers: 1

Faroe: 1

“Are you really making me choose between John and Arthur right now?”: 1 

“Both John and Arthur (don’t make me choose)”: 1

“Hard tie between arthur and john”: 1

“John and Arthur (package deal do not separate) (update: just saw this below and I completely agree)”: 1 

“I can’t separate John and Arthur”: 1 

“JARTHUR DO NOT SEPARATE”: 1

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Who is your favorite side character in Malevolent? (499 responses)

Kayne: 170

Collins/ The Butcher: 75

Noel: 73

Oscar: 68

Yellow: 23

Parker: 15

Yorick: 14

Kellin: 12

Faroe: 12

The King In Yellow: 11

The Trader: 9

Daniel: 5

Marie: 6

Larson: 2

Scratch: 2

The Hag: 1

Blinky: 1

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Who is your second favorite side character in Malevolent? (500 responses)

Kayne: 103

Noel: 100

Collins/ The Butcher: 86

Oscar: 68

Yellow: 25

The King In Yellow: 20

Parker: 17

Faroe: 17

Marie: 14

Larson: 12

Daniel: 9

Scratch: 6

Kellin: 4

The Trader: 2

Percy: 1

Yorick: 1

The Hag: 1

“Butcher”: 1 

“Arthur”: 1

“Alexander (Owl)”: 1

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Who is your third favorite side character in Malevolent? (497 responses)

Noel: 75

Oscar: 73

Collins/ The Butcher: 59

Kayne: 59

Yellow: 41

Faroe: 27

Yorick: 24

Kellin: 23

Marie: 22

Parker: 22

Larson: 15

Scratch: 14

The Trader: 14

Daniel: 12

The King In Yellow: 12

Percy: 3

The Hag: 2

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Who is your favorite minor character in Malevolent? (501 responses)

Lily (animal): 101

Anna Stanzcyk: 40

The Cab Drivers: 40

Bella: 36

The Canna: 31

The Lighthouse Keeper: 30

Lily (nurse): 30

Alexander (The owl. Aka, Owlexander): 27

Blinky: 23

Wraith: 19

Shub/Niggurath: 16

Michael Fuast: 13

The Three Soliders: 13

Adam Fry: 12

Uncle: 11

Amanda/Sarah: 9

Mathew: 8

Rafters: 8

Frank: 7

Armitage: 5

Henry: 5

Eddie: 5

The Vanguard: 5

James: 1

The Prince: 1

“woman on the train who gets offended at Arthur talking to himself”: 1

“Owlexander”: 1

“Kellin”: 1

“Scratch”: 1

“That one little creature thing from ep 16”: 1

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Who is your second favorite minor character in Malevolent? (497 responses)

Lily (animal): 59

The Cab Drivers: 39

The Canna: 38

Bella: 33

The Lighthouse Keeper: 31

Lily (nurse): 28

Blinky: 27

Alexander (The owl. Aka, Owlexander): 26

Anna Stanzcyk: 22

The Three Soliders: 22

Uncle: 20

Amanda/Sarah: 18

Shub/Niggurath: 16

Frank: 15

Rafters: 14

The Vanguard:  11

Adam Fry: 10

Michael Fuast: 9

Eddie: 7

Armitage: 5

Mathew: 6

James: 4

Henry: 4

“I was honestly a massive fan of Faroe from the morsels we were fed of how she was/acted”: 1

“WHERE IS KELLAN”: 1

“Roland Cummings”: 1

“You misspelled Michael Faust”: 1

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Who is your third favorite minor character in Malevolent? (484 responses)

Lily (animal): 59

The Cab Drivers: 43

The Lighthouse Keeper: 34

The Canna: 33

Wraith: 32

Lily (nurse): 31

Alexander (The owl. Aka, Owlexander): 27

Bella: 26

Blinky: 22

Shub/Niggurath: 22

Anna Stanzcyk: 19

The Three Soliders: 19

Amanda/Sarah: 17

Uncle: 15

Michael Fuast: 11

Rafters: 11

The Vanguard: 10

Frank: 9

Henry: 9

Mathew: 8

James: 7

Adam Fry: 6

Armitage: 5

Eddie: 4

“The woman behind Scratch/Lillith”: 1

“Im not fully through the show”: 1

“Marie:” 1

“Rollan Cummings”: 1

“cant choose!”:1

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Now this question is purely for me, but who do you like better, John or Arthur?” (498 responses)

Arthur: 144

John: 121

I literally can't decide. This question is killing me I love both of them SO MUCH.They're equal to me. Linked. I can't pick one without the other. Do Not Separate: 233

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And that’s all for now! I make reblog this post and add other bits, like maybe I’ll add the results for the other 100 milestones, or bits of what people wrote about their favorite characters. So keep an eye out for that if you’re interested! (also, since @percymawce-arts wanted to be tagged, here you go! I hope you find the results as fascinating as I do!)

[milotraflgkl]

CARNIVAL

BUGGY X FEM!READER !SMUT!

note: THIS IS A REUPLOAD!!! content: oral (male receiving), humping, reader is horny... so is buggy, piv, buggy begging, buggy being a bottom. WC: 2280 song: CARINVAL - Kayne West, Ty Dolla $ign, +

Buggy was a complainer, that wasn’t new. Anytime something wouldn’t go his way he’d complain, you got to hear every single bit of his complaints on any topic even if you had no clue what it was about. Finally being fed up with his complaining, you looked at him while the two of you lay in your shared bed. He was going on about something about the straw hats and occasionally dropping Shanks's name, you weren’t exactly paying attention as you were all hot and bothered. Buggy hadn’t noticed, to caught up in his issues to notice how your thighs squeezed together and your leg gently brushed against his thigh. Buggy does notice how your eyes seemed to be looking all over, your expression giving away the fact you weren’t paying attention. “Doll?” He asked, the pet name caused you to blink back to the reality of your dirty thoughts to look at him.

“Buggy, I understand you’ve had a hard day.” You say, slowly moving yourself to sit up and move closer. “But I need some attention.” You tell him, moving your legs to straddle his hips and sitting down against his member feeling it already hard. Buggy looked at you with wide eyes, any previous thought he had was suddenly gone within a second and his hands were gripping your hips tightly. You looked at him and he groaned at the way your pupils had blown out, your cheeks blushing and your jaw hung down. “Doll… please…” He whispers and something in you snapped, you had been so used to Buggy being on top of you. He was a feral beast and would have his way with you anyway, anywhere. So seeing him submit to you like this? God it only made you wetter, soaking your underwear which only urged you to begin to roll your hips against his hard-on.

You felt his hands tighten against your hips and you watched his face contort with pleasure, if you knew it would’ve been this easy to get Buggy off you would’ve been doing this a lot sooner. Which brought another thought to your head, you can remember all the nights Buggy has passed out in the bed while you laid beside him desperate to get any release. So, while you had Buggy under you - literally - you decided to take advantage of it. You memorized how Buggy worked, how he looked and acted when he was close so as you continued to grind against him you watched intently to make sure you caught him before he could release. You must’ve been the luckiest person in the world because Buggy’s face and body began to tremble, you knew he was close so you stopped and lifted yourself off of him. This caused him to tighten his hands and attempt to pull you back down, “doll… ‘s close.” He complains and you only hush him.

You move towards him, your hands gently caressing his face as he looks at you like you are torturing him. You were and it was rewarding. You leaned down and pressed a gentle kiss against his lips, Buggy kissed you back but more desperately as his tongue licked your plush lips fighting to slip inside. You didn’t let him, hearing him whine then bring his hands up to grab your neck and hold you closer. You couldn’t help the moan that slipped from your lips at his possessive antics but you fought for a little bit longer before allowing him to slide his tongue into your mouth, the way his tongue fought against yours was almost animalistic the way you both fought for dominance before Buggy finally gave up. You swirled your tongue around his and he would respond the same before you pulled away with a string of saliva connecting between your tongues.

You were panting trying to catch your breath as Buggy attempted to move and get over you, you were quick to put your hands on his shoulders and push him back against the bed. “Let me take care of you.” You whisper, leaning down to his ear and nipping gently. Buggy whined but shut up as you slowly moved the kisses further down to his neck, you would bite then lick the mark then add a few open-mouthed kisses here and there. Buggy’s hands moved to your ass, gripping them tightly causing you to gasp in shock before slapping his shoulder. “But Doll! Is just so nice~” He purrs out, massaging your ass. You decide to ignore him and work your way down to his collarbone, where you decorate it with more kisses. Your hands moved to the bottom of his shirt and you dragged your hands up towards his pecs, grabbing each nipple in between two fingers then pinching and twisting.

The sound Buggy made was sinful and you felt his hands move to tighten against your hips, you smirked before letting go and going to lift his shirt off of him. “Be good and take your shirt off.” At the words Buggy reacted quick, he grabbed his shirt and threw it off to the side; you hummed in response leaning back down to kiss against his stomach. You saw bumps rise on his skin and you felt him shiver, taking this moment you lowered your hips back against his and began to grind again. Buggy let out a moan his hands still tight on your hips, slightly guiding you to make sure you would please both of you. But you stopped and Buggy whined again, “Doll, quit teasin’” He complains, as always. You giggle and shimmy down his legs, following down his stomach with kisses to the hair that ran down into his pants.

You took your time, to Buggy’s dismay as you carefully took his pants down. You slowly slide them down his legs, following with your own to stand at the edge of the bed. Before tossing them to the side, your eyes dragged up his legs before seeing his member pressed hard against his tight underwear and a small dark patch soaking through. You smile proudly at yourself for being the cause of that before you move to kneel, kissing along his thighs and getting closer to his clothed member. Finally, you look at him again and he’s propped himself up on his elbows. He was bright pink and panting, looking at you with blown-out pupils that screamed lust and desire. You stared at him before opening your mouth and dragging your tongue against his clothed member, this caused him to shiver and cry out; his knuckles whitening as he gripped harshly against the bedding.

You then grab the elastic of his underwear, and gently pull it down watching his member spring out all pink and glistening for you. You felt your underwear soak a bit more so you pressed your legs together just to give yourself something. You pull his underwear off and move closer to his member, blowing a bit of cold air onto his tip which caused him to whine in response. “Doll, please..” He begs you and looks at you with puppy-like eyes, how could you say no to a face like that? So listening to his beg, you dragged your tongue from the base to the tip listening as he whined before you took him in your mouth. Buggy gasped at the feeling of your lips wrapped around his member and he only grew more desperate as you moved further down, he whined and his hand moved to grab a chunk of your hair. You hummed out and his head fell back at the vibration against his member, he was struggling to not shove you down and back into your mouth.

You noticed this but you took your time, lowering yourself down until you felt the blue hair that decorated the base of his member tickle your nose. You gave yourself time to adjust and get used to the feeling of him in your mouth, poking against the back of your throat. “Doll… pleas’ move…” He whimpers from above you and you look up, making eye contact with him which causes his member to twitch inside of your mouth. You responded immediately, your head bobbing up and down along his member your tongue swirling with skill; Buggy’s back arches and he tightens his grip on your hair. You continue moaning at the feeling of his member twitching within your mouth, drool slightly spilling from the corners of your lips and down onto his thighs soaking the sheet beneath him.

Buggy began to writhe beneath you and you knew he was close again, so you pulled away from his member your lips releasing a sinful ‘pop’ as you did. Buggy began to whine, attempting to pull your head back down to his member. “I was’ so close!” He whines, looking down at you as you wipe the corners of your mouth. You found it cute, the way he looked at you with these big puppy eyes and desperately tried to get you back. “Not without me.” You respond, moving to stand up your knees a faint color of red from kneeling on them for so long. You reach down and grab the bottom of your shirt, putting on a little show as you wiggle your shirt over your shoulders then throwing it into the pile with the rest of his clothes.

Taking your time you also remove your bra, the clasp holding it together making a small snap noise before it slides off of your shoulders and onto the ground. You smile and reach down to the elastic of your own underwear, grabbing it and pulling it down. Buggy watching the way it stuck to your folds for a moment before pulling off, he licked his lips instinctively practically devouring you with his eyes. He watches as your underwear fall past the bed and you kick them off to the side, he also noticed the way bumps appeared on your skin and how your legs ever so slightly squeezed together. He could tell the way that your nipples hardened that you were cold standing there like that. Buggy watched you in awe as if he hadn’t seen you bare in front of him several times, you carefully moved to straddle either side of his thighs looking down and carefully grabbing his member aligning it with your entrance.

You look at Buggy, as he watches his member twitch within the hold of your hand. “Doll, please.” He begs, tugging ever so slightly down against your hips. You fight against him for a moment, teasing his tip against your wet folds and listening to the small noises he made; as well as how his head falls back against the pillow. You smirked noticing this moment of vulnerability and sat yourself down, his member splitting you open so deliciously until he bottoms out and you are sat pretty in his lap. The sounds he makes are rough and almost as if he was gasping for air while drowning under water, that water being how wonderful you feel around him. You brought your hand up to rest it on his chest, feeling his heartbeat pound aggressively against his chest and into your palm. You smiled leaning your head back and closing your eyes, enjoying the feeling of being stuffed full. “Doll.. please move.” His voice was a whisper and he sounded desperate, you looked down to see him looking away from you and bright pink. It was a rare sight to see Buggy so, embarrassed.

You looked at him and felt as if you had one, so doing as he asked you began to bounce. The both of you groaned in unison at the feeling, your face contorting and Buggys hands grabbing your hips harshly lightly to leave them bruised. You kept up a good speed, one that was causing Buggy to practically writhe under you and unable to even speak correctly babbling absolute nonsense out. You knew he was close, since he had been denied release twice already he was most likely extremely sensitive. “Go ahead Bugs… come for me.” You give him the green light and feel his hands push you down flush against him, feeling his member twitch inside of you and release into you. You moaned at the feeling as your walls were painted white, suddenly the feeling of needing your own release was something you needed. So you continued to bounce, Buggy whined out from the overstimulation but you felt him thrust into you as well. He was making sure you finished and that every bit of his release was still stuffed into you, the thought making you snap and release all over him.

You curl over to rest on top of him, his member still buried deep inside of you and the both of you panting. “Who knew you were so good at putting on a show like that~” Buggy says, wrapping his arms around you and kissing your forehead gently. You chuckled and looked at him, “I learned from the best.” You responded kissing the bottom of his chin gently, before lifting yourself off of his member and moving to lay beside him. Buggy detached one of his hands to grab some tissues to clean up the mess in between your legs and his own before throwing it away, then he cuddled back up to you. “You should do that more often.” He whispered to you, you barely heard it as you had already begun to fall asleep.

[mofsblog]

Scratch is Lillith Evidence

I've kind of accepted this as canon but I havent really seen anyone compile all the evidences so uh here for anyone curious

Kayne first references her in Part 20 which does reveal that Lillith exists in Malevolent:

In part 37, when John, Arthur and Oscar are exploring the barn, John sees a painting of a woman with pale skin and dark hair and seems to go into a kind of trance when he looks at her (which. Gestures. Lillith. Gestures. Succubus-y powers. Gestures)

Later when they open the gateway in Part 38, Scratch merges with a woman who looks exactly like the one in the painting and she's described as having "alabaster skin", aka world's most highly specific descriptor, which also happens to the same description used in the Lillith entry in the Malleus Monstorum for CoC seventh edition (BIG THANKS TO @/unsafewaters for sending the images to me)

And then in Intermezzo, Kayne directly mentions having a daughter and claims that she would "love" Arthur which could tie back to him being Her Favourite. Also I don't like using evidence that isn't in the source material but in the post season 4 QnA, when Harlan's reading out the notes he wrote for Intermezzo, one of the things he reads out is the daughter line, which implies it was important enough to mention (and wasn't just a throwaway joke)

And last but not least, Yorick mentions that Scratch/Owlexander/the entity watching them is close in power to Kayne which would make sense if he created her

Also earlier in the episode, Yorick implied Scratch may be working against Kayne specifically which does imply they have a pre existing relationship which would make sense if she was Lillith:

Extra evidence: In the fake Edward Willaim Allan's journal, he has an entry where talks about how, despite the fact he distrusts his "dream dweller" (who we know is Scratch pre fracturing), something about them still fills him with awe and he feels oddly seduces by them:

Which is likely Lillith using her powers to influence him and make him easier to manipulate (since it's heavily implied, if not basically explicitly stated, she was using him to open a gateway for her to enter the world)

Also! Semi unrelated but while I have your attention and talking about theories! I just wanna highlight a minor theory of mine that there's a high chance Kayne trapped Lillith in some kind of pocket dimension or prison of sorts because the prison line (from the second to last screenshot in this post) feels like foreshadowing and I find it odd that if she supposedly is close to him in power, she would need a humans help to travel through worlds (Also, she's framed as getting "freed" in part 38 when they do eventually open the gateway which leads to the question: free from what?) so that's something to consider

[ioniansunsets]

can i request a fic for when reader falls asleep on kayn? it can be friends to lovers if you want <3

✖ Sleeping on Kayn's Chest ✖

✖ Word Count: 599 Words

✖ Tags: Budding RS | Shadow Order Reader

✖ A/N: I miss writing runeterra kayn so I WROTE RUNETERRA. hit me with another ask if you want a heartsteel ver of this uwu (or any other skinline tbh ugh i love you kaynie)

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It was late after training. He didn’t know how it ended up like this but with some complaints about being not only exhausted but covered in bruises, he found you collapsing in his arms as he stumbled back to lean against the wall behind him. A soft oof escaping him as he caught you. Slowly sliding down to sit on the floor and properly support your weight, he casts his gaze downwards to stare at you.

“ W-What the hell are you doing?”

He whispers out to you flustered as his arms instinctively wrapped around you to hold you close. Eyebrows furrowed as your arms are lazily thrown around him.

“ Hey. Hello? Are you-”

Kayn promptly shuts up as he notices your closed eyes and how you were now dead asleep in his arms. A rhythmic up and down breathing of your chest as you slept soundly lying against him on the dusty floor of the training hall. Oh no.

The long haired man felt his heart race. The loud drumming in his ears that he knows is from the adrenaline of you holding him like this. Suddenly, very, very aware of just how intimately close the two of you were like this. I mean, it was nothing new, he’s held your arms in a grapple before, straddled you as you two sparred, hells, he’s even felt your arms around him when you flipped him over mid fight once. Feeling you, holding you, those things were but small second long treats saved for when he sparred you. Not…not for whole minutes…not this.

Gods he hope his racing heart doesn’t wake you up. The beating so loud and hard he swears he can see his chest move up and down with each thump. It was late in the evening after lunch. No one should be coming by the training hall at this time. He can afford to hold you for a little bit…right? He was…allowed to keep you close like this? Allowed to…have you comfortable in his embrace…

Kayn bites his lip as he thought about it, hoping he wasn’t overstepping any boundaries with you as you two held each other. The blush on his face getting redder and warmer as you slowly sink into his hug. Your head moving so slightly to snuggle up against him. He feels it now alright... The undeniable, overwhelming amount of love he has for you. He curses to himself, knowing that romance isn’t something he can really pursue in this line of work but when you look so soft and vulnerable in his arms. When you feel safe enough around him to fall asleep although you were covered in cuts and bruises… He sucks in another soft breath to try and calm himself.

“ The things you do to me…”

Kayn whispers softly as a hand tentatively reaches up to comb through your hair. A soft look of affection on his face that no one has ever seen from him before. As his heart slowly calms down, a new soft of peace and serenity fills him. Seeing you sleeping so soundly. He looks around, making sure the two of you truly were alone before he whispers again even softer as his gaze carefully lands back on you.

“ I… I really love you so much. I hope you can tell.”

As a genuinely appreciative smile graces his lips as he admits his little secret to your sleeping form. Closing his eyes too, Kayn takes a nap with you lying against him. Whatever you have to say about this is later’s problem.