#Kevin’s maide and butler

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What is uuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppppp?………I was gone for another two weeks because I was busy with exams and school stuff, but to make up for that I had two people that have been sitting in my gallery for a while now…I am proud to present to you.

jazzy and joe, Kevin’s maid and butler.

I have been so excited to show them to you guys so here ya go, I hope you like them!

[constelationprize]

you can totally ignore this if you want but i'd love to hear more about #5

especially attic wife kevin and miserable gardener jean's relationship before and after jeremy gets there

And I'd love to tell you more about it!

I really really love gothic romance, and due to a personal original project of mine, I have read a ton of classic gothic lit this past year. This au has vary sligth influences from some of my favorite works, namely Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Rebecca (and it's possible original version A Sucessora but that's another can of worms), and a heavy influence of my favorite tropes in general. I also am of the personal opinion that Riko has the makings of a great gothic villain and honestly he deserves the stage to be properly dramatically evil.

The setting is vaguely victorian, but since I love myself and don't want to bother with all the logistics for a silly little au, it is a historical work in vibes only.

Kevin and Jean's relationship is a bit hard to describe without giving the plot away or just rehashing canon, but I'll try. In this AU, Kevin, Jean and Riko know each other since very, very young; Jean was born to servants of Evermore, Kayleigh died in childbirth, and Kengo sent Riko away when he was still being breastfed by a maid because he suspected him of being a bastard. Life in Evermore was not as harsh as it was on canon, but it was still not good. Tetsuji was a very bitter, cruel man, obsessed with legacy. For reasons related to inheritance and his own weird attempt at rewriting the past, he always planned to have Kevin marry Riko when they were of age. What he did not plan on was the two of his servants would rob him and run away, leaving their young son behind and him in charge of a third, commoner, useless ward. Jean was made to work at Evermore as a sort of indentured servant ever since, but when he was a child, the staff took pity on him and put him to smaller tasks, ones that would put him in more direct contact with the other children of the house. Kevin always saw Jean as a friend, but to Riko he was more like a toy, and Jean was often the butt of the jokes and the target of their more cruel games. As they grew up, Kevin and Jean stayed close even as their interactions started to be considered improper. Kevin always mistankely believed that Riko had grown out of his childish distaste of Jean, but that wasn't quite true; Riko had just started tormeting him behind his back, and Jean wouldn't confess for fear of who he'd choose. Tetsuji was just about as cruel and punishing to the boys as he was in canon, he just had less of a reason to keep a close eye on them and so was more of a distance presence in their lives. However, a important distinction is that in this AU, he truly did see Riko as his son and heir and spoiled him a lot in the name of conving Riko to follow his goals. Riko is less obssessed with the father who abandoned him than he is with what he was taught was his birthrightm which includes his perceived ownership of Kevin, who always saw him in more platonic terms even as he knew they were going to be engaged. Jean and Kevin start a secret romantic relantionship when they were around 17, when Jean was moved from doing general tasks to being Riko's personal valet. They are 19/20 when Tetsuji dies and instead of things being better when Riko becomes master of the house, they take a turn for the worse shortly after.

Jeremy arrives at Evermore when he is 25, and Kevin and Jean are 24. In the years since Riko inheriting the estate, the staff has diminished way beyond what was actually necessary to mantain the house in good shape. There remain only his new personal valet, a couple of cooks, the now-groundskeeper Jean, and the chief of staff (who is Thea! I'm unsure wether her function in the house is more like a housekeeper or a butler so she doesn't have an official job title yet. But she does give Jeremy many ominous warnings and clues. The rest of the staf are also gonna be Ravens, but who is who is tbd if any of Riko's goons are properly named in TSC, which I suspect they will). ANYWAY! When Jeremy arrives, Kevin and Jean have not spoken (or exchanged any kind of communication) in years. They only know of each other what Thea thinks is safe to share without risking Riko finding out, which is not a lot. They would like it to be different, but both have lost hope of ever getting out of Evermore by this point. Fear not, however! Jeremy, as expected of a gothic heroine, will not leave well enough alone and will do his best to reunite him and free them. And it might even work out!

As my parting words, I can tell this project has a title (acronymed BNTB), will probably have three to five chapters, and I have made this moodboard for it:

[robot-spice]

Everytime it’s close to Christmas Jack is always getting a tree by himself. The reason for that is because his parents are always on holiday business trips.

So he always decorates by himself, gets the tree and other house decorations. Now he does have help from maids and butlers, but they leave to spend time with they’re families. So he’s all alone once it’s all done. he sits in the living room, Watching Christmas movies and just wishing someone was there with him to spend the holidays with him.

One year he’s watching home alone and when Kevin says “I made my family disappear.” With a grin, Jack sighs while eating a holiday cookie. “Trust me man, it’s not all that’s cracked up to be.”

[grossrottie]

Do y’all remember those “kin eats” blogs? Those were the mfing dream.

I just saw a recipe link show up on my dashboard and I was sucked back to 2014 where I’d constantly see blogs on my dash responding to asks about what to eat if you’re a specific kin type.

“I’m kin with Kevin Free from WTNV. What are some foods that I can safely eat rare?”

“I’m kin with a werewolf, are there any spicy foods that you would suggest?”

I remember one of the blogs had a “cafe” sort of theme. Each ask was responded to in roleplay, as if you were coming into a cafe and being served by butlers and maids. Aghhhh my heart!! /pos

[parrotwatcher]

(TOC) How would the ROs react to seeing the MC in a maid/butler outfit, like for a job? Like there's this new maid/butler cafe in town and hearing how good the food is, so RO (yea, even if it doesn't fit character wise, that's how good the food is) comes and sees the MC in the outfit. Complete with the MC calling RO Master/Mistress (it's part of the job you see).

Ædmund: Doesn't particularly care about the outfit, but would be very discomforted to be referred to as "Master".

Helena: Surprised, but enjoys the experience very much.

Teri: Probably was the one who convinced the MC to work there in the first place...

Charlie: Gasps in embarrassed horror and falls off his chair. Still comes back every day.

Xiulan: Doesn't actually realise it is the MC for about ten minutes.

Max: Their blush is visible under their makeup, and they speak even less than usual.

Dahlia: Secretly enjoys it, but acts calm and professional.

Kevin: "I thought this was a cat café..."

[shihoran]

rikev x dress up.

[sully-s]

This is kinda of repost of a earlier text post I was just in the mood to play around with OC designs so I wanted to post it with the art for reference. 

Batman DC Comic Spin-Off Idea: The Footmen

Basic Premise: Alfred, after suffering from another dizzy spell relises that he will not be able to be the Wanye Manor Butler for much longer. He gets the idea that hiring, training a handful of promising footmen that would later be tested and judge to become the new Wayne Manor Butler would be best. 

After much arguing with Bruce and an agreement that the new trainees are on a very strict need to know basis about all aspects of the Wayne Family and a no know policy about the anything Batfam related. Alfred is giving permission to conduct his side project.

Alfred then proceeds to pick five people from various work backgrounds:

Booker - A former highly skilled and acclaimed bulter who use to love the service industry but after being blacklisted by Gothman elites he used to work for Has become bitter and hateful to his former passion and is currently an accountant.

Luciana - A recently laid off maid who's worked in all forms of service: concierge,  cook, housekeeping, childcare, uber driver ect. She's never had the money to take butlering courses but has always wanted to.  

Jeremy - A clumsy, mess  busboy who was a beat cop but after an attack  while on the job by gotham villains left the force.

Kevin - Freelancer has no experience with service but has tons of expertise in more under the table services hacking, martial arts, weapons, (All things more on the Batman side of things)

Andrews - Former henchwomen for many B-list Gotham villains who deiced to change her life around after an encounter with one of the Batfam (I never figured out who) 

The first part of comic series is mainly focused on what Alfred does which is taking care of the Manor, planning parties, dealing with nosy gossip reporters, gardening, cooking, social media, serving at parties, wardrobe management, schedule keeping, car maintenance, setting a table, bulter stuff ect.

Later on in the second/ middle part of the series the footmen start to learn about the vilgaliet side of their duties Like how to buy weapons-grade supplies without drawing the attention of police enforcement, hacking, surgery, weapon training, and light self-defense. (Tho this comic never becomes a superhero fighting group it's strickly a slice of life kind of comic)

Meanwhile while the footmen are being trained they slowly meet the Wayne Family first as their alter egos in the first part. and later on as their superhero egos and during these times each footman start a bond with a specific bat family member. As time goes on that bond becomes stronger intill in the final third act of the series.

The final section is all about testing and competing on who will take over Alfred’s job.  Each footman is being been pitted against each other for their various skills (Very much in a tournament setting lol). Tho during each test each footman one by one  realize they don't want or not really need to be the Wanye bulter they want to be in service to that specific batfamily member and they drop out of the competition.

Which finally leaves no one left to replace Alfred leaving him back to square one but by that time Bruce (after his own character growth in this comic) has accepted that the batfamily and support butlers can take care of Gotham and he can finally rest and retire releasing Alfred from having to be a butler himself. 

They're a lot more little ideas fleshing out this main premise that I might post about later but this was pretty long so end with just the main points.

[angel-princess-anna]

Speculation Sunday

I wasn’t expecting to do one this week, but then we got some Content so here we go!

So the DA socials gave us this morsel (it’s still a crumb, but from a official source lol).

That said, I’m not 100% sure what got going on here. Thomas / Rob is the only one not covered by the clapperboard. He’s at the butler position at the head of the table.

I’m pretty confident that’s Mrs H / Phyllis on his right, in her usual spot as housekeeper.

Then things get tricky. My initial reaction was OMG ANNA and while that looks like that could be Anna / Joanne’s hands, Baxter / Raquel’s looks quite similar, and that’s not a lady’s maid dress I’m familiar with (although it is similar in style to a lot of Anna’s). I also feel like based on idea that’s Phyllis, then the other woman would be slightly too tall to be Joanne.

That seems to be Molesley / Kevin on the end, which would support that being Baxter, but not like Anna and Molesley haven’t ever sat next to each other. That spot has also been Anna’s seat at times throughout the show, and Bates has been displaced onto the other side of the table before. They didn’t always follow the traditional servant seating arrangement patterns over the years, and almost never at tea time (nor lounging after dinner etc.).

There’s a hand on the other side that could very well be Anna’s, and her and Bates could be on the other side together.

Now, analyzing all this might seem trivial but 1) I need SOMETHING, I’m living on fumes here and 2) it might give us some hints, or clues we can piece with crumbs we might receive later. Or it gives us nothing lol

The person who I think is Molesley has a plate in front of him, so he’s there for tea time or maybe even dinner. So Molesley still is coming around (maybe better development on Baxley this time?? 😉)

This is scene 42, which based on the TV series’ Christmas specials (and their script books), makes me think this scene is a little under half way through. That’s not for certain of course, plus scenes can be shorter or longer etc. However I really like the idea of having a more “classic” servants’ hall scene more in the middle of the film. 

As for if that’s Anna or Baxter... as much as I want A/B BTS, I also want A/B to get the hotel, so it can be Baxter there in the lady’s maid dress, fine by me ahem, lol 😉

Plus then we get Baxley! win-win lol

There was also a photo that we weren’t apparently supposed to see (you can still find it on Twitter, and I think it’s still floating around on here, whoops, but I’m not linking to it because Hugh himself has asked us not to post it), and I can confirm that Mary’s got a better wig this time! And Rosamund *is* in the second movie! 

In terms of if the filming is close to wrapping, the costume designer still keeps uploading things and with present tense in the captions as if the costumes are still being worked on. That said, that could just be how she captions, describing the action in motion.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It surfaced this Friday that Brendan was on a train to Edinburgh, and Michael shared on Instagram that he also was in Edinburgh. Now this might mean NOTHING and could be a coincidence... but 🤔

I mean, Andy wouldn’t normally be going with the family on trips, but it could be like when they used part of Alnwick in Northumberland for more than just Brancaster Castle in S5CS, where part of the surrounding town was used as York. Fellowes also has a penchant for getting all the characters to one place regardless (see: S4CS). 

I remembered though about Phyllis’ comments about filming somewhere “slightly exotic”.  I had chalked that up to be Essex, as DA had never been there before (and Scotland was in S3CS), but Scotland’s not in England... and I daresay that's more "exotic", and ever so "slightly"... 👀

Shrimpie doesn’t have Duneagle anymore so it would have to someone else’s castle they are visiting. 🤔

I am thinking also about how the hallboy and the one guest star have already wrapped... maybe they aren’t needed in Scotland. And it's been many years now since they filmed S3CS in 2012, and that pre-dates this blog (although, I suppose it cooooould be in my main, as it was right when I first got into DA), but I feel like they had saved the trip up north for the end of filming (I suppose I could also compare to S5 with Alnwick, but can't remember offhand. They definitely did not wrap S6 up there, though).

Now, watch Brendan and Michael both just randomly be in Edinburgh at the same time (plus Alastair Bruce has got something going on up there on the 24th), and it’s nothing to do with the film but heeey!! It's Speculation Sunday for a reason!

[carissalizz]

The Prince And I

A royal Upstead AU inspired by the Netflix show, Bridgerton. Here's the list of characters :) The first chapter will be coming soon!!

The Uptons:

- Maria Leigh Upton (Mother, Viscountess)

- Alexander Upton (Oldest brother)

- Daniel Upton (2nd older brother)

- Hailey Anne Upton (only sister, youngest)

Staff:

- Trudy Platt (Hailey's maid)

Royal Family, The Halsteads:

- Patrick Halstead (Father, King)

- Charlotte Halstead (Mother, Queen)

- Will Halstead (Prince, older brother)

- Jay Halstead (Prince, youngest)

Staff:

- Hank Voight (Jay's butler)

Others:

- Nicole Burgess

- Kim Burgess

- Vanessa Rojas

- Adam Ruzek

- Kevin Atwater

- Matthew Garrett

(More might come along as the story goes on)

[crystallinedreamsfinelypowdered]

𝒯𝒽ℯ 𝒫𝓇ℴ𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉ℴ𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 ℬ𝓇ℴ𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇

An Identity V recast of "The Mouse and His Child"

Norton Campbell/Prospector as The Mouse

Robbie White/ Axe Boy as The Child

Luca Balsa/ "Prisoner" as The Elephant

Tracy Reznik/ Mechanic as The Seal

Kreacher Pierson/ Thief as The Jack-in-the Box

Slient Maid, Maid of the Mist, Butler of the Mist as the Paper People

Joseph Desaulniers as The Clock

Servais La Roy/ Magician as The Frog

The Baron as Manny the Rat

Freddy Riley/Lawyer as Ralphie

Percy/"Undead" as Iggy

Demi Bourbon/Barmaid as the Teller

Joker/ Smiley Face as The Badger

Luchino Diruse/ Evil Reptilian as Enturpe

"Memory"/"Little Girl", Mike Morton/Acrobat, and "Orpheus"/Novelist as the Crow Troupe

Antonio Paganini / Violinist as The Blue Jay

Ann/ "Disciple" as Serpentina

William Ellis/Forward, Helena Adams/ The Mind's Eye, and Emile/Patient as Manny's Marauders

Murro / Wilding as the Donkey

Leo Beck/ Hell Ember, Emily Woods/Gardener as The Tramp And His Dog

Kevin Alonso/ Cowboy as the Kingfisher

Jack / Ripper as the Muskrat.

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Downton Abbey

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[chelsie-carson]

Downton Abbey couple Jim Carter and Phyllis Logan open up on real-life relationship when the cameras aren't rolling

Jim Carter and Phyllis Logan (aka Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes) dished the dirt to us in an exclusive interview that you can read in full in this week's print edition.

The nation was bowled over when a certain butler and housekeeper tied the knot in season six of Downton Abbey back in 2015. Mr. Carson (Jim Carter) and Mrs Hughes’ (Phyllis Logan) marriage was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the 52 episodes of the hit ITV drama.

As the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the period drama’s debut film looms, we caught up with Jim and Phyllis to quiz them about what it was like making the film some four years after filming wrapped up on the show...

“Getting back together was like slipping back into the same old clothes,” Jim told us. “There was a feeling that this film might be the last!”

The pair may play a convincing couple on screen, but both actors actually have recognisable spouses…

Jim has been married for nearly four decades to actress Harry Potter star Imelda Staunton and Phyllis lives in west London with her husband of nine years, Pirates Of The Caribbean actor Kevin McNally.

"Do you socialise with other members of the cast outside work?" we asked.

Jim answers first: "I go out on hot dates with Mrs Hughes, Mrs Patmore, and Daisy the maid! We have hot dinner dates, don’t we Phyllis?"

"Yes, except I missed the last one because I was working," offers up Phyllis.

"Yeah, you were working," replied Jim. "So Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nicol), Daisy (Sophie McShera) and I could talk about you..."

"I was furious!" jokes Phyllis.

We had to know, so we asked... Where do you go on these dates?

"A nice quiet little restaurant," revealed Jim. Neither worry too much about being recognised, especially not Phyllis. "I don’t get recognised that much. They notice Jim mostly, he’s quite unmistakable!"

"When they hear the voice, that alerts them. Then they see the nose and the eyebrows and I’ve had it," he laughs.

"I had something lovely happen to me recently," Jim reveals when we quizzed him about what his fans are like. "We went to a Q&A event, and there was a guy in the audience who was shaking with nerves. He told us that he was severely autistic and he had made a film about growing up with autism in Ireland with the love of the local community.”

“He said, “Men like Mr Carson have been so important in my life, because their kindness has helped me survive. I have made a film and I want to thank Mr Carson who I think helped me make the film.” I thought, 'Oh, my God!'. It was really brilliant – he’s given me the DVD and I still write to him."

"I had dinner with Dame Maggie the other night," Jim tells us when we ask about his famous co-star. "She was on top form! Maggie’s a legend and I worry that when her generation go... will they ever be replaced? I don’t know that they ever will because the world has changed."

Source: OK magazine

[side-effect-of-the-meds]

Can you please tell us more about the girls’ relationship in the fem andreil!ravens au? It seemed a bit brusque to change the perspective from Ania and Riko making out to “anyway, Erin and Ania get together” :))). I just want to see my girls be happy and I’m sorry if this sounded weird, but I’m usually really big on seeing the development process of a relationship/character.

It’s not weird at all, love! I just didn’t feel like writing bc a) I’m lazy and b) my mom kept looking over my shoulder at my phone and I hate when people see me write. Now that I’m alone in my room, let’s get cracking. 

In exchange for Erin coming to Evermore, Riko offers to take care of Aaron n Nicky. The boys are living in the lap of luxury for like two years. They’re moved to a much nicer house and have a butler, chef, maids, chauffeurs, etc.  In reality, it’s how Riko intends to keep Erin in check. If she screws up, there’s like twenty people that can and will kill her family. 

The boys are oblivious to EVERYTHING THE ENTIRE TIME. Nothing ever happens to them to tip them off either. When Erin and Ania run, they’re still taken care of bc Ichirou intervenes and he outranks Riko and The Master. He does it bc he wants to take a different approach from Kengo. He wants to use as little violence to solve his problems as possible. Of course, he has no problem torturing and killing ppl should the need arise. The boys only find out years later when the ex-Ravens are talking. 

“What do you mean the Moriyamas were in the mafia?!?!?!” 

“Oh yeahhhhh. We forgot to tell you, didn’t we? That’s why you were living in that house. If Erin ever disobeyed them, they were going to kill you.” They say this super casually in front of Katelyn, Erik, Jeremy, Thea, and all their kids.  

Now the girls and the Ravens

First of all, only the perfect court call her Ania. Everyone else calls her Wesninski. 

Erin calls her various terms of endearment on the court bc it pisses Ania off. Riko is ready to fight. Kevin and Jeanie are betting on how long it’ll take before Ania leaves Ko for Erin. 

Ania and Erin two are paired off the way all ravens are. For every mistake Erin makes, Ania is the one paying for it. They spend a lot of nights running suicides up and down the court or playing until Ania blows her arms out. Riko will sit on the sidelines and watch. Night is the only time Ania really plays as a striker so she stands there taking shots on goal while Erin has to deflect them. Ania has collapsed more than once on those nights. Kevin and Jeanie are always sent to drag her back up. If she collapses again, Riko will take her off the court and Kevin will take Ania’s place until they return. After about half an hour, Ania will limp back out, clutching her gut. 

Erin doesn’t find out for a long time but every time Riko has to drag Ania off the court, she throws her onto the cold concrete and kicks her until she’s coughing up blood. 

Ania blames her constant abuse on Erin. She hates her so so much. 

It hurts Erin to know Ania hates her but she isn’t going to try to change her mind. It takes a lot of energy out of a person to hate someone. Erin consoles herself by reminding herself that if Ania hates her, it means she’s thinking about her. 

Every weekend, Ania disappears. The dorms feel empty because it’s where Ania is supposed to be. Erin can’t stand staying alone in their dorm which is how she finds the roof access. She smokes her cigarettes and stares up at the night sky. Castle Evermore is p far from Edgar Allen and is actually p far from the developed world. Alone on the rooftop, Erin feels like the only person in the world. It’s lonely in a different kind of way. 

Once school actually starts up, Erin is exhausted all the time. She can barely keep her eyes open n she’s covered in bruises all the time. Since Erin and Ania are paired off, Ania always waits for her in their dorms with a first aid kit. She spends about an hour every night cleaning up and cuts, icing her bruises, and massaging her with muscle ache relief cream. Ania is really rough about all of it but it’s still really domestic. Erin might not be on her meds but by the time Ania is finished, she feels just as high. 

Ania doesn’t ever let Erin do any of it for her. She also doesn’t change with any of the other girls or shower in the locker rooms. Erin is intrigued. 

On Friday nights, Ania drinks. When I say drinks, I mean she goes through a bottle of Grey Goose like it’s just water. Fridays are the only nights when Riko shares Ania so everyone stays up late to watch her. She’ll get drunk in the common room and dance. Anyone who gets within arms’ reach is getting dragged onto the dance floor with her. It’s the only time the Ravens get to let loose. The only reason they get away with any of it is bc Tetsuji has board meetings on Fridays. 

Erin avoids the common room like a plague. Ania dances dirty and Erin isn’t going to survive watching her dance with anyone but her. She passed by once and Ania ambushed her with the intention of dragging her off with her. When she realized who she was standing in front of she grimaced and left without another word. </3 

The reason Ania gets herself drunk on Fridays is because her father comes to pick her up at like 4 a.m. on Saturdays. She comes home at 3 a.m on Mondays and is thrown back on the court an hour later still nursing her new cuts and bruises. 

The girls only become friends after Erin becomes a member of the perfect court. She gets inducted during Christmas at Evermore. Riko runs Erin ragged on the court for the two weeks of winter break and Erin is actually convinced that she’s going to die. They strap her down and tattoo her at Midnight on Christmas. The Master gives the Ravens Christmas off to celebrate the newest member of the perfect court. Erin refuses to leave her room that day. She finds a knife and is about to start layering cuts over it in an attempt to cover it up when Ania finds her. 

Ania pins Erin down and wrenches the knife out of her hand. Suddenly, they’re rolling on the floor fighting. No, they aren’t fighting. Erin is beating the shit out of Ania. Her fists are a blur. Pipe dream or not, Erin’s survival instincts override everything. She only stops when she realizes that Ania isn’t fighting back. Like… at all. To her horror, Erin looks down and sees Ania’s eyes glazed over. 

Once when Erin still lived with Drake, he’d pinned her against a wall and took her then and there. She had caught a glimpse of her reflection in a mirror, her eyes glazed over and empty. Ania looked like that now. 

She got off of Ania and scrambled back into a corner. What have I done? she thinks. She can barely breathe. She’s medicated so she starts to laugh. It’s a horrible sound. She’s in utter hysterics as the tears flow down her face. 

“Erin,” Ania’s voice is just barely there. “Erin,” she calls again. Slowly, Erin crawls over to Ania’s crumpled form. “Stop laughing.” Erin clamps her hands over her mouth. It does little to stifle her laughter. “Get out,” Ania whispers. Her eyes are still blankly staring at the ceiling. Erin runs. She vaults up the stairs to the roof. Standing at the edge of the roof, she considers just jumping. There’s no way she can face Ania after that. She goes through a whole pack of cigarettes before she comes back down. By then, the sun has set. Ania isn’t in their room. There had been blood on the carpet from when Ania’s mouth and nose. All of it was gone. 

“Minyard.” Erin whirled around to see Jean standing behind her. “Come on,” he says motioning towards the door. Erin doesn’t move. “Ania wants to see you.” Erin is on her feet at the sound of Ania’s name alone. Jean smirks knowingly at her and leads her down the hall to Riko’s room. He pushes the door open and walks in. Erin enters to find the rest of the perfect court already there. Riko is sitting on a recliner like its a throne. Kevin is perched on one of the armrests and Ania on the other. For the first time, Erin sees Ania with her shirt off. She’s no longer medicated but she still can barely keep her apathetic facade up. 

Almost every inch of Ania’s skin is cut up and burned. Scars race up and down her beautiful body. There’s nothing in the world Erin wants more than to trace over every one of them with her eyes, her fingers, her lips. Ice packs are strapped to Ania’s chest, undoubtedly covering he bruises Erin had given her a few hours ago. 

“Erin,” Riko said with a false kindness in her voice. It takes everything in her to pry her eyes off Ania. “I welcome you to my court and this is how you repay me? By hurting my beloved little Ania?” Riko shook her head, disappointed. “How about I do you another favor? We’ll see how much you like this new one.” Everything in Erin’s mind is screaming for her to run. She’s about to when Ania rockets out of her seat. 

“Ko, it’s nothing. I’m fine,” she insists. Riko turns her gaze to Ania. “Look, it was my fault. I’ve always been better at picking fights than winning them, right?” She offered Riko a sheepish smile. Riko narrowed her eyes at her. Suddenly, her arm shot out and grabbed a fistful of Ania’s hair. She wrenched it and brought Ania to her knees with a single flick of her wrist. Erin was moving before she could process it. Arm’s wrapped around her, lifting her clear off the ground. She bit and kicked at him but Jean was far bigger and far stronger than she was. The sound of Ania’s voice stopped her. Riko had been hissing at her in Japanese from the second she’d brought Ania to her knees. Now, Ania was speaking in a soft sultry voice. The malicious glint was gone from Riko’s eyes. Slowly, a lustful look replaced it. Erin caught the fearful look Kevin cast Jean. She wriggled just enough to catch the worried one Jean sent back. Erin didn’t know what was happening, but she knew it wasn’t good. 

“Very well, Ania. I’ll give her one more chance for you, my love.” Riko said in English. “I don’t think you understand just how lucky you are, Ms. Minyard. If it weren’t for Ania, you’d be back in Columbia watching your beloved brother bleed out.” Erin froze. “I’m giving you one more chance, alright? One more toe out of line and… Well, you’ll see.” Riko’s manic laughter had nothing on the drug-induced one that had poured out of Erin earlier that day. Erin had thought that she’d known fear before. She was wrong. 

From there, Erin isn’t usually in trouble. She’s far too afraid of Aaron getting hurt to play. Gambling with her life was one thing, Aaron’s was something else. Sometimes she’ll pick fights with the other members of the perfect court bc of her meds. However, she suddenly realizes that the bruises covering Ania’s skin only ever appear when Erin steps out of line. Ania picks fights with everyone but no one but Kevin raises a hand at her. 

A lot of days, the Ravens break for lunch to leave Kevin and Ania brawling on the court. As a member of the perfect court, Erin is now privy to everything happening between them. Jean is the one who tells her tho. 

Jean- no. It’s Jeanie explains to Erin about her gender. Erin had heard about trans people before, but she’d never met a trans person before. Her etiquette on the matter takes a while to develop so she just doesn’t say anything about it while medicated. She does work really hard to support Jeanie tho. She relearns Jeanie’s name and preferred pronouns. It isn’t hard. Jeanie also tells her about Kev and Riko’s sexualities and false relationships. Erin slips up and lets herself slip. She asks about Ania and Jeanie smiles slyly. None of them know what demisexuality is (i didn't even know about this until AFTG) so Jeanie just says that Ania doesn’t swing. She’s with Riko but she isn’t romantically interested in her. Or sexually for that matter. “I mean they’re not not together,” Jeanie said with a shrug. 

Since Erin is now a part of the perfect court, she and Ania are forced to spend a lot more time together. They now have to sit together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Ania is a first yr so she and Erin have the same schedule. Like the exact same. They used to sit on opposite ends of the room but since whatever it was that happened during Christmas, Ania isn’t leaving Erin’s side. 

It’s tense at first tho. Neither of them is speaking. They do their hw together and the only sounds in their room are the scratch of their pencils on paper or the tapping of keys on the computer. 

It isn’t until a few weeks after the break that they start becoming friends. It happens when Ania seems to be struggling to study for their English test. They were supposed to read Dune but the book is nearly 800 pages and Ania is dyslexic. It hasn’t been diagnosed bc she was homeschooled but Erin picks up on the telltale signs. She only knows bc Aaron was too. How he managed to survive a schedule of AP classes and make straight 5’s on all his exams, Erin didn’t know. She was hella proud tho. 

Erin snatches the book from Ania’s hand and heads out. She knows Ania will follow. She leads a fuming Ania to the roof access and up the stairs. When she steps out onto the roof, she turns to look back. Ania is looking up at the stars with wide eyes. 

“The view,” she whispered, mesmerized. “It’s beautiful.”

“Yeah, it is,” Erin replied, unable to drag her eyes off of Ania. Ania huffs a laugh still staring up. Erin just barely manages to tear her gaze off her before she looks over. Erin sits down, cross-legged. It’s freezing outside but her sweats are fairly thick. Ania, however, is shivering. She sits down beside Erin, leaving a little space between the two of them. “I will do this once and only once. Understand?” Erin asked. Ania nods, confused. Erin sets the book down and drags Ania into her lap, enveloping her in her arms. “If you freeze, Riko will have my head,” Erin muttered. Ania nodded, doing her best to suppress a smile. Turning her phone flashlight on, Erin opened the book up to where Ania had left off. 

For the next two hours, Erin sat there with Ania curled tightly against her chest reading the book. Whenever Erin began to think that Ania had fallen asleep, she’d interject with some strangely amusing commentary. For the first time in Erin’s life, she felt something other than anger. In its place, she felt soft and warm. Erin shook her head. It was probably just Ania’s body heat. 

“Erin?” Ania asked, stifling a yawn as they headed back downstairs. Erin turned to look at her. “Thanks.” 

“Whatever,” Erin said. She heard Ania laugh softly. Laying in bed, Erin could still feel the warmth of Ania’s body on her chest. She didn’t get a single hour of sleep that night. 

It only takes one more late-night trip to the roof to finish the book but the rooftop meetings become a thing. Ania doesn’t smoke but she breathes in Erin’s second-hand smoke which is still p bad for her lungs but we’re going to ignore that.

Erin isn’t great at math so Ania will tutor her in that but they do that in their room. The roofs become a sacred tradition not to be tainted with the hellish concepts of math. 

They first start trading secrets because Erin really just doesn’t want to listen to Ania talk about exy all the time. 

Ania tells Erin about how her mother used to beat her and Erin tells her about her self harm scars. 

Ania tells Erin that she’s killed people and Erin tells her about the boy who shoved her into a closet and stuck his hands in her pants. She had snapped his neck and thrown him in the river. She almost laughs when Ania criticizes her method. 

“You should have arranged for him to fall off a jungle gym and break his neck from the fall.” 

Late one Sunday night, Erin comes down from the roof to find Ania in the kitchen. She had come home from her father’s place early and disappeared into Riko’s room right after. Now she was pressing a bag of frozen peas to the bruise on her eye. There were open cuts all over her torso. 

That’s when Erin pieces it together. The scars on Ania’s body aren’t from her father. They were from Riko. 

Erin’s blood is boiling. She’s going to kill Riko when a hand clasps around her wrist. 

“Erin, no,” Ania hisses. 

“You can’t let her get away with this,” Erin snaps, wrenching her wrist out of Ania’s. She knows her anger is showing in her eyes but she can’t help it.

“Erin, please.” 

“I hate that word.”

“Then don’t make me say it.” Erin looks into Ania’s eyes and sees her, really sees her for the first time. The ice in her eyes doesn’t end there. It’s in her veins too. Nathania Wesninski isn’t just some Exy junkie, she realizes. Nathania is just a girl trying her very best to be more than she is. Jeanie had already told Erin who Nathania’s father was. Erin had never met the Butcher of Baltimore but she’d heard stories. He was cold-blooded and ruthless. He was fierce and fearless. He was unbreakable. Looking at Ania now, she didn’t doubt that she was his daughter. Erin turned and motioned for Ania to follow her. She led her back to the dorms and shoved her down onto the bed. She turned to leave and Ania caught her wrist again. 

“Don’t touch me,” Erin said. Ania nodded as she let go. “I’ll be back.” Erin headed straight for the bathroom and dug the first aid kit out from under the sink. She returned to find Ania picking at the bedspread. She looked up at Erin. A small smile tugged at her lips when she saw what was in Erin’s hands. Erin scowled. She was equal parts annoyed and elated to see Ania’s smile stretch across her face. Slowly, Erin cleaned every cut and bandaged them up. When she finished, she stepped back to inspect her handiwork. Satisfied, she turned to leave.

“Erin,” Ania said. Erin turned back to look at her. Ania extended her hands towards her face in a silent request. Erin obeyed. On her knees, she was about a head shorter than Ania. Ania cupped her hands around Erin’s pressed her forehead to Erin’s, staring into her eyes. She felt Ania’s hands drop away.

“Yes or no,” Erin whispered. Confusion swept through Ania’s eyes. 

“Yes?” she said uncertainly. Erin took it She pressed a soft, swift kiss to Ania’s lips. As she drew back, Ania followed. “Don’t leave,” she whispered against Erin’s lips. The words shook Erin to her core. 

“Wouldn’t dream of it,” she replied. She kissed Ania again, this time with far more passion. She poured all her pent up feelings into it. Ania didn’t shy from it. In fact, she pressed right back, matching Erin’s intensity. Erin could hear the scrape of Ania’s nails against her bedframe as she curled them, doing her best not to reach out. Erin had always been a sucker for a pretty face but Ania’s dirty mouth would be the death of her. She had absolutely no self-control. Or so Erin had thought. 

She’d seen Ania kissing Riko before. Ania’s hands never remained in one place for long. Instead, they roved every inch of exposed skin. The fact that she was actively working to control herself for Erin drove her wild. No one had ever done anything for Erin her whole life. And now? Now Erin was kneeling in front of a woman mustering up every drop of self-control she had so that Erin wouldn’t leave. 

“Fuck,” Erin moaned into the kiss. She felt the smile gracing Ania’s lips and growled softly. “Not a word, Wesninski.”

“Don’t call me by that name,” Ania replied. Erin pulled back to look at her. They stared at each other. Even in the pale yellow light cast by her bedside lamp, Ania was the most beautiful woman Erin had ever seen. “Alora. I’m Nathania Alora Wesninski but I want you to call me Alora.” 

“Alora,” Erin said softly. 

“Do you like it?” Ania asked. “I thought you’d appreciate the irony.” Erin just stared at her. “It’s Latin. It means bay tree but some say it means ‘My Dream’ as well. That’s perfect for you,” Ania whispered as she leaned back into Erin’s space. Against her lips, she murmured, “Because I am your pipe dream.” That dirty mouth really was going to be the death of Erin.

[sully-s]

Batman DC Comic Spin-Off Idea: The Footmen

Basic Premise: Alfred after suffering from another dizzy spell relises that he will not be able to be the Wanye Manor Butler for much longer. He gets the idea that hiring, training a handful of promising footmen that would later be tested and judge to become the new Wayne Manor Butler.

After much arguing with Burce that he cannot simply pick up Alfred's slack (Alfred does a lot more than just cook and clean) and an agreement that the new trainees are on a very strict need to know basis about all aspects of the Wayne Family and no know policy about the Batfam. Alfred is giving permission to conduct his side project.

Alfred proceeds to pick five people from various work backgrounds:

Booker - A former highly skilled and acclaimed bulter who use to love the service industry but after being blacklisted by Gothman elites he used to work for Has become bitter and hateful to his former passion and is currently an accountant.

Luciana - A recently laid off maid who's worked in all forms of service: concierge,  cook, housekeeping, childcare, uber driver ect. She's never had the money to take butlering courses but has always wanted to.  

Jeremy - A clumsy, mess of a very nice busboy who was a beat cop but after an attack left out of fear and lingering trauma.

Kevin - Freelancer has no experience with service but has tons of expertise in more under the table services hacking, martial arts, weapons, (All things more on the Batman side of things)

Andrews - Former henchwomen for many B-list Gotham villains who deiced to change her life around after an encounter with one of the Batfam (I never figured out who) now works for a nonprofit organization helping people leave or keep out of falling into violent crime groups.

The comic is mainly focused on what Alfred does which is taking care of the Manor, planning parties, dealing with nosy gossip reporters, gardening, cooking, social media, serving at parties, wardrobe management, schedule keeping, car maintenance, setting a table, bulter stuff ect. 

Later on in the 2nd and 3rd act of the comic, it starts to slide into more of what Alfred does as Batman's butler. Like how to buy weapons-grade supplies without drawing the attention of police enforcement, hacking, surgery, weapon training, and light self-defense. (Tho this comic never becomes a superhero fighting group it's strickly a slice of life kind of comic)

Over the course of the comic, the Footmen slowly meet the Wayne Family first as their alter egos and later on as their superhero egos and during these times each footman start a bond with a specific bat family member. As time goes on that bond becomes stronger in till in the final act. 

When each footman is being been pitted against each other for their various skills for the title of Wayne Bulter. (Very much in a tournament setting lol) Where mid-test they realize they don't want or not really need to be the Wanye bulter they want to be in service to that specific batfamily member and they drop out of the competition.

Whereby at the end of the comic there are no footmen left to take the mantle of Batman's Bulter but Alfred but by that time Burce (after his own character growth in this comic) has accepted that the batfamily and support butlers can take care of Gotham and he can finally rest and retire releasing Alfred from having to be a bulter himself.

They're a lot more little ideas fleshing out this main premise that I might post about later but this was pretty long so end with just the main points.