#Nightmare realizing that he can play it his way: actually the gods know best :)

[zu-is-here]

In ur viking au, What is Dream trying Nm from doing? Or what is nm scheming?

I think Nightmare's goal is absolute power in the tribe.

Unluckily for him, he can't physically and hierarchically be the leader, but as their priest/oracle, he can keep the leader himself under control. (Horror was quite headstrong, but now Nightmare has more opportunities on "fresh ground")

Nightmare disliked Cross from the very beginning and had already tried to get rid of him with Horror's hands, but now that Cross has lead their tribe, Nightmare wants to "get" to him through Dream (Cross' fellow soldier).

Dream feels it, but he can't go against his own brother (who's "on friendly terms with the gods"), so now Dream must choose which of them to be loyal to.

Sure thing! \(//∇//)\ And feel free to share <3

Hii!╰(*´︶`*)╯It's alright, you can find them here ☆

UPD:

Aw, I can understand your indignation! (´∀｀*)

In fact, there are! The thing is that good-oriented characters (as more spiritually developed and striving for higher values) are more sensitive to the harsh material world they're forced to be in and therefore weaker in confronting it ("ó_ò)

They're not so much good as "hidden villains" from the very beginning, but rather easier victims to lead astray or "be blinded" by false values later (◞‸◟)

Nightmare was good—no one is born evil, after all—and he would've been a good prophet indeed if he was raised out of love to this role and not out of being weak for any other one. He is respected now, but he will be always hungry for more power, and it will never be enough for him...

Again, there are always exceptions (for example, priest!Cross is a really good boi! <3 He was just unlucky to fall in love.)

[bg3galore]

Sleeping headcanons

Wyll

-Will hum you a soft tune and rub shapes into your back, while you're settling down for the night.

-Would definitely tell you stories of his life growing up and about his dreams for the future, while you listen closely to his breathing; until you fall asleep.

-Always kisses your forehead before falling asleep.

-Chuckles softly to himself every time you fall asleep before him and will take it as an opportunity to watch your sweet face sleeping; wondering if you're dreaming and what about.

Karlach

-Is a loud snorer and a very deep sleeper

-The perfect cuddler, especially for a harsh winter night; that infernal engine will actually be put to a good cause- comforting the two of you from the prickle of ice, snow and cold alike.

-During the summer, she tends to smother you a bit so you have to squirm your way out of her hold a few times if you're to get any rest at all

-Gets particularly soft and vulnerable when you tuck her hair behind her ears and tell her every little thing you love about her; it makes her feel like her engine is going to combust on site- but in the best way possible.

Shadowheart

-Plays with your hair and enjoys it when you do too

-She always prays right before and right after sleeping and always mentions you in her prayers; she wants you to be safe and healthy forever and always.

-On rare nights that she does have a nightmare (not doubt featuring wolves) she'll reluctantly wake you up and want you to spoon her and comfort her tenderly with words or reassurance; she knows it's silly that they are just wild dogs with no table manners but they terrify her to her core.

-She takes a couple of hours to fall asleep, so in the meantime she likes to read, meditate and admire every inch of you while you sleep or chill in your shared bedroll; it reminds her how lucky and blessed she is everyday.

Gale

-Snores mildly on nights his orb is particularly vexing but will still insist on you cuddling up together; he will apologise for all the trouble he knows he causes although he knows he can't control his situation or habits.

-You have a nightly ritual where you'll lay adjacent to each other and get lost in each others eyes, which tends to lead Gale to slowly getting flustered and eventually crumbling and being very keen for some sleep- he can't control his love or actions in relation to you very well so having you looking at him like that really switches something in him.

-If you ever have trouble falling or staying asleep he'll cast a sleep spell on you to make sure you will get your well deserved rest, and watch over you for a little while just in case something should happen or change.

-On nights where he struggles to sleep and you have long been taken ahold by sleep, he'll wonder off to a quiet place on the other side of camp and quietly play with his magic.

Lae'zel

-She's the type to kick and move around a lot in her sleep, maybe even growl- although she has no memory or idea about it; she would be too proud to admit it willingly anyways.

-Very light sleeper, from as early as she can remember she never wants to give any potential enemies the upper hand so she applies this too to her sleep- she will be the one with a blade to their throat.

-Initially she's not a huge fan of the cuddling idea but once you've been together for a while she starts warming up to the idea of it, and will try it once everyone is asleep; she's full of a soft joy and ever so slightly god forbid drops her guard.

-Falls asleep very easily despite her guard being up so much, she has a lot of pent up rage, anxiety and just general exhaustion so this wears a toll on her body taking her completely out before you even realize it.

Astarion

-Is prone to frequent nightmares/reliving his past with the Szarr household, which causes him to jolt awake and sometimes cry or scream.

-Otherwise he's a quiet sleeper and a wonderful cuddler, he always wakes up in the same position he fell asleep in.

-His favorite sleeping position is to have his head directly on your chest so he can listen to your heartbeat, he finds it incredibly comforting and reassures him that he's not alone and won't ever have to be again- not at night, not in the day and certainly not against his demons.

-Takes a minimum of 4 hours to fall asleep especially if he's left alone with his thoughts; they eat at him with anxiety and doubt- so he tends to get to bed much earlier than everyone else in camp.

Halsin

-Only tends to snore if he's been in wild shape for too long

-Wonderful big spoon, also loves to hold you against his chest while you lay by the camp fire and watch the stars and reminisce on stories long past.

-Like Astarion he relives/has nightmares about some of his traumatic experiences from his youth but he's much more discreet about it and will do his best not to wake you up; and instead will go for a brief walk to clear his head and take in the scent of nature and all its bounties.

-Adores it when you nuzzle your face into his neck and will absolutely make you lay completely all over him so he can be closer to you; unless it embarrasses you of course.

[arandomdai]

Persephone Lost Herself To Marriage

⚠️ Warning: I'm just saying my opinions (and theories) like everyone else. So put your tin foil hats on, it's going to be a LONG read. Enjoy!!!⚠️

• The Realization

This was/is a cry for help. She's finally admitted something that we (some of us) already noticed. The fact that she's so worried about her blue corpse of a man's feelings, while in denial about killing hundreds if not thousands of mortals in seconds...is nasty work. Like okay you don't know yourself, good we are getting somewhere. But are you willing to change your ways like finally admitting that your Mom was right, Minthe was right (about you and your man), Zeus was right (where he says they didn't know each other long), finally realize your selfish and a murderer, etc. Like I wanna see the change, not this boohoo act. And speaking of Demeter, she is a little bit at fault for why Persephone acts like this. If she would've told her about being a FG, teach her how to defend herself, help her control her powers or help make her own decisions, none of this wouldn't happen. Now Persephone (this her own fault here)is trapped with guilt, a blu gru, and a whole population of shades coming in. Once this is over, I pray to God that she wakes up, and leave that man, live in the mortal realm, and hopefully come to terms/works on herself to know who she is because her being a Queen is not one of them.

•Hades Is Her Downfall

This man never loved her. He wanted to sleep with her knowing he had a girlfriend (Minthe at the time) and when she was only 19 years old !!!(smdh 🤢😒), somehow he shows up in her nightmare saying, "I Know That I Can Smell Your Ambitions As They Rot At Your Feet.", he didn't let Persephone tell him what happened, lies about everything, disrespects Demeter, never gave Thanatos a real apology, never actually going to therapy, etc, need I say more? This man genuinely hates powerful women. He sabotaged Demeter's right to rule the mortal realm, gets angry when women stand up for themselves, preys on the vulnerable and young, dangles money over them, had an affair with Hera behind his brothers back, etc, and Persephone still thinks he's husband material... chile. Like how come she doesn't see those horrible qualities and notice that he brings out the worst in her? Real men don't treat women like this. To be fair, that first genocide she caused was all her fault, like yes they were playing in her face, but she didn't need to start killing people. But you know what she did, she was willing to help the shades get into the Underworld (and he was mad about that 😒). Now we're on to our second genocide, and this man was the cause of this as well (mostly her fault but still). The fact he said "I can't stop her from trying." Like yes you can Blunocchio 🙄. I'm so tired of him, and his evil ways. Persephone really needs to understand that man was never in her corner, and if he was, he would've left her alone from the very beginning. The lesson is don't EVER let a man be your downfall and try to make you feel powerless. If he can't take how powerful you are, he was never the one and he's an insecure a**hole.

• There Was Always Someone

Hydros tried to warn Gaia

People thought Rhea was stupid for loving Kronos

Probably someone close to the Missing Goddess tried to warn her

Demeter warned Persephone

Do we see the pattern? Constantly losing yourself in love with abusive men, getting your powers drained because they wanted to prove that they were worth loving, and trying to prove the haters wrong (looking at you author)? Well, yes. Persephone had her twenties to look forward to (school, TOGEM, and starting her future), but made a man child the #1 priority. Had her thirties (self reflection, getting her shit together, realize she can do bad by herself.), but still managed to keep him in the #1 priority slot, instead of her and her own mother. Like does she not get that her mom is her real best friend? These fertility goddesses (excluding Metis 🤢) wish that they would've listened to those people/or families, and saw from their point of view that their men weren't no good, and go from there. Like did Persephone ever think about what Zeus told her ( his back story about what happened to Rhea), nope. Just ignored it because she never listens, and loves finding out the hard way 🙄😒. If the author wanted a real ('cause let's be honest, it's not) feminist retelling, she could've had Persephone look at the fertility goddesses differently, Seeing there struggles, learn that Demeter just didn't want to see her get hurt, and walk away from him (but in a perfect world I guess 🫤). Remember y'all there is always someone in your corner that is looking out for you and/or showing they love you.

• Persephone's Fate

Until she starts listening to the right people, know how to think for herself, and realize that man ain't crap, she's doomed. Years from now, she's going to be trapped in a marriage full of regrets and shattered dreams, sparkling and useless if you will. Hades will continue to use and abuse her. Hell, wouldn't be surprised if he started cheating on her like he cheated on Minthe. Also, wouldn't be shocked if she becomes the next Hera, after all she was just her stand in. Hades would take most of her powers, someone defeats him, and puts him in prison somewhere, she starts seeing him, and no one else can. Would that be something? I mean he was in her dreams telling her that her ambitions will rot. Also people wouldn't want to come around her, and she gotta live with that for the rest of her life. Demeter, lasion, and her son living life to the fullest, so who can she call? She is stuck in a tragic cautionary tale of a fertility goddess. Someone that wanted to prove the haters wrong, wanted to be worthy of loving, and a victim of a man's abuse and manipulations.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

killer meeting reapertale chara when he is abandoned by all people he knows?? good stuff, good angst. just the idea of killer missing his chance with color, being discarded by nightmare, by death's door only to call out for help one last time. and this time, someone actually comes to help him, and it's chara.

they've both been abandoned by the gods. and now in killer's darkest hours, reapertale chara holds out a hand to him.

i think it would be interesting if reapertale chara genuinely likes killer, but still mean to him. they like core frisk enough despite core frisk being a pacifist and a person who always helps people - the total opposite of reapertale chara. would be fun if chara tries to guide killer into being their acolyte, because it isn't different from what killer has been doing.

what would killer think about it though? having a support of a godlike being is advantageous to him, but will they abandon him like others before? there would be a period where killer would constantly mistake reapertale chara as his chara. i wonder if that would trigger him into stage 3 and 4 often. i think reapertale chara would appreciate those stages of him best, though they feel it might not be good to break a valuable tool so quickly.

~ crowshipping anon

I do think the Anaomly would be rather mean to Killer too, but probably moreso in the way high school bully, annoying sibling way with a dash of ‘deities not really relating much to mortals,’ although i think that part may be something Chara learns quick not only because they were once mortal before their Corruption, but because they genuinely like Killer and want him to work with them willingly. So theyll put in the effort from the start.

I can definitely see Chara playing up their favoritism with Killer just to upset Flowey for amusement though 💀. Probably also taking every opportunity to ditch him or leave him behind, even though Flowey always just keeps catching up again.

And given that their drawn to Killer due to their shared Anaomly status, Chara would probably be just as curious in Killer as he is in them, and would probably be very curious about his soul, and eventually, possibly even his codes. How they were changed, how that affects Killer, his Stages, if it can be fixed or altered further.

I do feel like Killer would probably attack them in Stage 3, as i feel he would’ve even been willing to do with Nightmare when in this Stage. But unlike Nightmare who’d probably restrain Stage 3 or use his tentacles to force Killer back into a more desirable Stage, Chara may find it both interesting and amusing.

Perhaps they’d redirect that frenzy on to others such as Flowey, as if both making a peace offering and using Killer’s state to both bully the flower and for some amusement. As well as a chance to study killer more, as they know he has also been doing to them.

I get the vibes that this Chara would utilize Killer as both a tool and an attack dog, when it benefits them, but they aren’t exactly doing it to be malicious nor are they cruel. They do their own fair share of work, and attends to killers mortals needs.

They may struggle to find or realize what killers limits are, simply because killers limits are often pushed by others and he’s figured out how to hide signs of “weakness” such as exhaustion and hunger and they themself aren’t exactly mortal, but i feel they’d only be looking for this information just so they know when to stop and not break him.

I feel like if killer starts worrying about being abandoned again he’d probably close off, detach himself from any emotions about this situation—probably start working on autopilot even and maintaining distance. Probably not even reaching out to touch for any type of reality testing/grounding. Not to mention if he’s still struggling to come to terms with whatever may have happened with Nightmare and Color.

Perhaps that’s how the Anomaly starts trying to get closer. Comforting him in Stage 1 after horrible nightmares or whenever he starts missing home and family and friends—consistently comforting him before ST1 can even think about just ending himself again.

I can see Chara making degrading comments about Nightmare and probably eventually Killer’s Chara the more they learn about the two, saying things like how they didn’t “know what they had” and how their treatment of Killer is simply unneeded and there are better ways to go about it, etc.

[the-unrelated-theorist]

Gotta love how Flowey never gets a break.

UTY (just for comparison):

Pacifist: you die and he decides to wait for the next human (canonically, this is what would have to happen).

Neutral: Flowey kidnaps your SOUL and forces you to die over and over in his nightmare world, but the whole thing is just in his head. Flowey doesn't have the power to take over the whole world, and he eventually gets bored of playing with you and resets.

Genocide: Flowey realizes early on that his SAVE/LOAD ability is the only reason you haven't killed him. He eventually loses that ability and gets slaughtered.

Undertale:

Neutral: The SOULs rebel. In later runs, he decides it's better not to even try.

Genocide: He realizes you've become a genocidal freak and that you will kill him. Of course, this had to be the one time he's actually right.

Pacifist: He finally becomes the god of hyperdeath, reunited with Chara in some way. But Frisk just doesn't give up. And Flowey- now Asriel- starts to feel again. He finds his old self that was lost in a sea of successive SAVEs and resets and turns back into a goat boy- and, eventually, back into a flower.

Flowey never gets what he wants. Or at least not what he thinks he wants. What he wants is to feel again. And if he can't have that, he will tear down the world over and over and over and over, in a futile attempt to stave off the boredom and loneliness that has driven him completely insane.

But what he needs is healing. Isn't it funny how he doesn't feel again until he's able to talk to Chara, to really talk to them? Ok, maybe absorbing all the monster SOULs had something to do with being able to feel. But he didn't lose that ability once he gave them all back. And if SOULs were enough to make him feel true emotions again, you'd think the wide array of emotions from the human SOULs should have been enough. (Ok, arguably, it could simply be how much all the monsters love Frisk that got thru to him- but I was trying to make a point, here.)

Flowey has spent goodness knows how many years living with the guilt of assisting Chara in suicide. He never really says it, but I think he must live (if you can call that "living") with intense guilt over having killed them. And if that wasn't enough, he didn't even go thru with their plan. It seems like Chara may have tried to take control and wanted to kill more than six, and Asriel couldn't do that. So he had to live with the secret of having killed his best friend for NOTHING.

Is it any wonder he went crazy? And on top of that, then he wakes up and finds SIX SOULS have already been taken, when he refused to kill even ONE. What are a few monster or human lives compared to the wasted lives of both himself and Chara?

Flowey never got what he wanted because what he decided he wanted wasn't what he needed, or even what he really wanted. What he wanted was to be able to stop hating himself and everyone else. We give that to him by bringing Chara to him so he can settle everything once and for all.

[foxonfier]

because of the clear differences between ethan as a 32 year old vs 42 year old vs 54 year old, i’d like to highlight some of the key characteristics of all of these “versions” of this character. mi1 ethan is certainly um … a freak, as i like best to describe him. while mi6 ethan, for example, is much more mellowed out and seems to have lost much of his confidence and self-importance after everything he’s been through. and mi3 ethan is still a bit freakish, though has slightly become calmer with age. but first, let’s talk about continuity and things that carry over! because ethan does have a lot of things wrong with him that continue throughout the movies.

lots more below the cut …. god damn

i think talking about ethan’s love life is something that’s going to be very important, because ethan is somewhat of a selfish lover. when it comes to his relationships, he is very much concerned about the way he feels. his dependability on his lovers is clear as day to see, and he needs to be in a relationship to continue functioning like a normal human being. or, at the very least, he needs someone to be the focus of his attention. he needs that “click.” and when that click happens it’s near impossible to shake ethan off. the whole power play thing is also big for ethan; doing things that give him influence over the other person, whether it be narrowing down choices to specifically him ( mi1 ethan ) or saving nyah from security that he called on her ( mi2 ethan ). he’s quite possessive of the people he’s in relationships with, very much obsessive as well. unable to get them out of his head, zeroed in on them at all times.

in mi1, you can tell the moment it “clicks” for ethan. he’s just had a nightmare and when claire touches him to wake him up, he throws her back, points his gun at her and demands to know what she’s doing here. strips off her coat and aggressively searches her, not in a kind or loving manner at all. and then, because he’s ethan hunt, he pins claire to the bed and crawls on top of her, putting his entire body weight on her. he’s just finished screaming at her and now she’s begging for him to listen to her, broken after the “death” of her husband, and being in that position makes ethan realize the feelings he actually does have for her. maybe it’s some sense of importance; ethan feels as though he’s the best person to be in a relationship with these people, because he can do better than their previous lovers. he can protect them and love them. and when things click for ethan, i think any sense of taboo is thrown right out the window. obviously falling for your father figure’s wife is something that is not normal in the slightest. but i digress. realizing his feelings, ethan literally LEANS IN and it looks like he’s going to kiss claire, but he seems to hesitate for a moment and pulls back. and then he gets off of her and sits back in the chair ; and when claire comes over to try and reason with him, telling ethan that she can get the cia to listen to her and believe that ethan is innocent, ethan tells her that if she does that, they’ll just think that she’s working with him and will kill her anyway. leaving her with absolutely no other choice than to work alongside ethan. and when she does this, helping him out, ethan seems absolutely dumbfounded that she ever would. when he’s the one that narrowed down her decision to him in the first place! this just shows me that he doesn’t consciously realize what he’s doing, but the fact that he does do these things in order to trap these women is very um not good!

and then, he finds out jim is still alive. and knowing by this point that jim is the person who set him up and helped kill all of his teammates ( having seen the stamp from hotel drake, chicago in the bible, which is where jim was staying ) he begins to suspect claire, but when he returns to her he just can’t. he wants to believe her so badly, almost selfishly, because he wants her. even when he knows better, even when it could easily jeapordise his entire mission and even his life, he just can’t help himself. and then he ( probably ) has sex with her! after finding out her husband, ethan’s father figure, is alive! so there is very much a pattern with his partners: it all clicks for ethan, he gets selfish, traps them at his side, and then he has sex with them. and after that, he’s completely and utterly in love.

this is especially apparent in mi2, when ethan meets nyah and immediately it “clicks.” he falls for her and becomes selfish in his pursuit, being a general weirdo by following her around and helping her steal something -- then when she steals it, he sets off an alarm to call security in, just to rescue her from security. entrapment! he makes these people dependent on him and kind of forces them into this “damsel in distress” role that he saves them from. making him not only believe that he’s the best option for them romantically, but makes them believe this as well. and nyah doesn’t immediately fall for it, she even calls him out, but somehow ethan finds her physically as well as finds her phone number, and does this um interesting car chase with her. telling her that he needs her just like she needs him. and by this point she might feel that yeah, she does need him, because didn’t he rescue her from security? and because of that she kind of owes him, right? so she goes with him and does this whole undercover thing with ambrose, which immediately makes ethan jealous, showing that very much possessive and protective side of him. and his feelings do end up with the capability to compromise his mission, just like in mi1. because when nyah injects herself with chimera, ethan should kill her. but he can’t make himself do it, and instead he leaves her in order to find a cure and extends the entire ordeal, enough to where he endangers millions of people just because he couldn’t do the right thing. selfish behavior! nyah even asked for it, told him he needed to do it, but he just couldn’t. and by the very end he saves her and probably makes her feel even more indebted to him. and by this point he’s deeply in love with her, and i think that she just … isn’t. sure, she loves him, but maybe she wants something more causal in that she doesn’t want someone to be this dependent on her. she just wants a normal relationship, while with ethan, it will never be normal because he isn’t normal about his partners. so the running idea is that nyah can’t take it anymore -- his behavior, his dependability -- and eventually leaves him. setting him up for mi3, where he meets julia and, most likely, the same pattern occurs.

now i think that mi3 ethan is the most transparent about his selfishness. he finds julia and, instead of telling her who he is, he keeps it a secret. and while i do believe that some part of him wants to protect her from the imf and shield her from that part of his life, i think most of his decision has to do with the fact that … well, he just can’t bear losing her. and telling her that he works for the imf and that his job will likely endanger her and her family might make her leave him. something he just can’t deal with, not when he’s already so in love. so he’s selfish and keeps the truth from her, lying about where he works, even putting on a show about how interesting he finds traffic patterns to all of her friends. charming his way through to them! and more of his weirdo behavior shines through -- using his training in order to eavesdrop on julia’s conversation with her other friends, reading their lips and watching from afar. and he just can’t help himself, he has to chime in with the right answer ( “wanaka!” ) to their personal conversation that he wasn’t at all invited to. freak behavior ethan! and they’re dumbfounded, wondering how the hell he heard them, and ethan just smiles and walks off. he really is still a strange person. and the whole entrapment thing comes up again in this movie -- because ethan is acting odd, something julia notices, and instead of confessing his job to her he just tells her to trust him. and of course, she says she does! and then he goes and marries her, well and truly trapping her by his side. and sure, it’s a cute scene, but the fact that he does this at all is telling to the kind of person he is. even weirder, later on in the movie luther asks him if he and lindsey were sleeping together and instead of answering like a normal person, ethan says, “she was like my little sister.” and luther is like, would you sleep with your little sister? and ethan doesn’t reply!! maybe he just doesn’t designate it with a response, thinking it’s so obvious that he shouldn’t even have to answer, but some part of it may be that … well, he did like lindsey. i don’t at all think they slept together, but it’s entirely possible that he had feelings for her. because the care and love he shows her during the rescue mission is more than he shows for any of his other friends. romantic partners have always been the priority for ethan, always will be, and it’s quite obvious he cares for lindsey a lot, enough to come back into the field just for her. lying to his fiancee even more because of it. so, i definitely believe that ethan having feelings for lindsey is a great possibility. would he have cheated on julia? of course not. he isn’t a bad person at heart, and he wouldn’t hurt her like that. but it definitely seems as though he had not-so-platonic feelings for his former student.

and just like in mi1 and mi2, ethan’s personal feelings get in the way -- which makes sense in mi3 of course, his wife is kidnapped, but he goes completely rogue because of a mistake he made. aka, not changing his name. so davian is able to easily find julia, and because ethan didn’t ever give julia or her family information on who he is, julia’s brother tells a stranger where she is. which you can’t blame him for! how would he have known that he was dangerous? and it’s not like julia’s brother is going to know all of her friends, anyway. so ethan freaks out and tries to find her, bringing his entire team into this situation that he did largely cause, endangering both their lives and their jobs. showing the kind of domino effect of his actions. and he does get her back, but not before truamatizing julia with everything that’s happened to her. and she still stays with him, somehow, but clearly not for too long.

because then everything post mi3 happens and it seems as though julia divorces ethan. of course, no one seems to know for sure what happened, whether she left him or whether she’s even alive or not, which is what ethan wants. but, i do believe that because julia was kidnapped again, she couldn’t deal with it anymore and decided to get a divorce. i think she still loves him in a way, especially as a friend, but being with him just isn’t an option anymore. and ethan’s work will always be important, therefore julia will always be in danger. so they get a divorce and ethan heavily throws himself into his work. this is when he begins doing stunts where he’s actually, truly in danger of dying and this is simply because he has no one to grasp on to. he has no romantic partner and because of that, nothing to heavily focus on and obsess over besides his work. and, i do believe that he becomes more suicidal when julia divorces him, because even in mi4 he climbs a fucking tower where if he fell, he would die! and sure, he doesn’t want to do it at first, but he does. and in mi5 he actually, genuinely dies and ilsa has to bring him back to life just like julia did. and in mi6 ethan does the most insane, crazy shit ever, like driving against high speed traffic or climbing on to a moving helicopter, then crashing said helicopter into ANOTHER helicopter, without so much as a care for himself. no self-preservation at all, and he doesn’t give a shit whether he lives or dies. so, without a love interest, ethan truly does become highly suicidal, turning from something passive to something a little more active. he also blames himself a lot more for things, putting this weight on his shoulders that pushes him to be even more suicidal. such as blaming himself for the bombs being in kashmir where julia is, even though he stopped them from going off! he just loses so much of that prior confidence in himself.

now, of course, ethan isn’t a bad person. he’s compassionate and loving and genuinely feels for people and wants to help them. but when it comes to his partners, he is very, very odd and exhibits intensely strange and possessive behavior. which i think is important to note! he’s not a perfect guy, certainly not the perfect protagonist, and he’s got some major issues. but i think that’s what makes him so fun and interesting, and i cannot wait to see what else he gets up to in future mission impossible movies.

[katrinasis]

ok im gonna talk about it more actually. i get why some ppl wouldn’t like the nightmare dad theory because of how often the fandom makes nightmare ridiculously outrageously abusive for the sake of angst or whatever but if done right i think the concept could be good and cool and also interesting.

imagine nightmare being some guy who makes/corrupts/buys at the baby store this immensely powerful blueberry kid and then getting unintentionally and hopelessly attached to him. yeah end goal is still to have a loyal god tier warrior around to kill his enemies for him but also, he loves meta knight. that is his little guy. his little evil bat wings are coming in isn’t that adorable? awwww he wraps his cape around himself just like his poppop :).

nightmare teaches meta to play chess and to appreciate literature and about ancient technology and also about how those Stupid Fucking Ancients sealed him away with those Stupid Fucking Star Rods for all time for no reason at all (you should help me fucking GET them meta. don’t you want revenge). maybe he throws in a little lie here and there about the great injustices against him and how Hey, did you know the Ancients tried to destroy your species :))). nightmare wants meta to be a clever cultured little borb when he grows up and to be undyingly loyal to him, because meta also needs to be his little soldier. he thinks he wants what’s best for meta. he’s pretty sure. nightmare is cruel sometimes, and has very high expectations, and does not like to be disappointed, but he thinks they are happy. they are as happy as two monsters can be.

and then his sword ex-wife who he’s been keeping in the basement for like 1000 years starts pushing her way into meta’s nightmares and being like “Meta Sweetie Your Papa Is A War Criminal” and “Meta Sweetie He Almost Caused The Collapse Of The Ancients” and “Meta Sweetie Kill That Man Now I Can Help You Do It”. suddenly the little guy is starting to play around with the idea that maybe his father is not a very good person and maybe he shouldn’t kill his enemies for him. maybe instead he should run away with the sword to some nowhere planet. and before nightmare can do anything about it meta knight runs, and maybe that makes nightmare all the more cruel, because obviously he was wasting his time with meta if he would reject his love like that. couldn’t be the war crimes. it’s the preteen’s fault and his fucking ex-wife.

anyway tl;dr: i think it would be cool if nightmare actually loved meta knight and instead of meta knight leaving because his dad was obviously a violent maniac he left because he realized that, as much as he might have cared for meta, nightmare was not a man worth fighting for. i think it would be cool if meta knight had incredibly messy feelings about his pops because he’s pretty sure nightmare loved him but also he was kind of a piece of shit to him sometimes. galaxia took the kids in the divorce

[eldritch-spouse]

I'm all for yandere monsters! Buuuut... I do also enjoy yandere S/Os... 👉👈

How would Patches, Santi, Belo and Vinnel react if they were kidnapped by their yandere S/O? They wake up and find that they're in a very nice bedroom, lavishly furnished, it smells of scented candles and perfumes, and the bed they're on feels like silky satin. They're also tied down, probably. And they're met with their S/O sat on top of them, looking giddy and excited.

Note: to be frank, monster dude was probably expecting this because A: S/O is fucking kooky anyways, and B: they've been very busy with work and other stuff, so S/O was obviously brimming with impatience.

I'm gonna be real, I'm hardly ever in the mood for a yandere s/o. It especially stops making sense in The Clergy's context, since Krulu isn't going to let you just keep his staff in a basement.

You can only pull this off in very choice moments, and even then it's a short-lived victory. Because even if you best the monsters at their own game, you can't best a pisschild of a god. Keep them in a room for a week, when he decides play time's over, Krulu is yanking them back to work.

Anyway, in that initial moment, reactions differ.

Santi, trusting and loving dumbass that he is, is entirely convinced you're finally showing him a kinkier side of yourself. Oh love, he's so ready, he's so happy you finally trust him enough to do this with him! He doesn't know what kind of binds these are, but they're very high quality. As soon as he sees you on top of him, Santi's moaning about how ""scared"" he is, and probably hard let's face it. His excitement is palpable and the incubus won't rest until you're riding him stupid. Feel free to rant about why you kidnapped him, but it's probably only going to get him hornier to know you're not very sane yourself. He's probably the second most okay with this, because chances are you're going to realize this was a mistake very soon when you have to be the one feeding him several times a day. Eitherway, he's not complaining.

Belo is scared. Not exactly of his physical situation, he's sure he could break out if he really wanted, it's more about the context. His deity is clearly upset with him! Why else would he be tied up for punishment?! Get ready for him to start begging for forgiveness without even having heard his wrongdoings. He's so distressed you might feel bad, but he's also visibly puffed up from having you on top of him so lewdly. It's okay, he understands he needs to be taught, please correct him. Belo won't make a single complaint the entire time, it's not up to him to do so. Plus, he's also giddy to have your undivided attention. Overall, a very easy captive to deal with, you lucked out.

Vinnel is going to be your living nightmare. The jester designs entire escape rooms, you think you can hold him down for long? Tsk tsk, poppet. Vinnel is teasing you about the entire setup and probably finding his way out of most binds quickly by deforming his overall shape. From then on, it's a game of catch. If you can actually best him by designing a room that's Vinnel-proof, you earn his respect and mild obedience. If not, that's just too bad. Try again next time! He's not an easy captive to deal with at all, as his time is spent pestering you now that he has nothing better to do.

[nxzz-skz]

FIRST EVER FF

so im not rlly good at writing smut or anything like that saurrr im gonna try for the first time

Pls feel free to leave tips and stuff for me cuz like i need help 😭

SUNGHOON FF~

When he pretends to be ur bf in front of ur ex (this isn’t smut btw im not ready to write that yet 😢)

Reader has a crush on sunghoon

(I’ll be addressing the reader as y/n)( fem reader)

Btw i love Yeonjun sm i just thought he kinda seems hot being the playboy type ( no hate pls 😭)

Y/n pov:

~Ughh why can’t i get at least one day off from the mess that my life is. I want to just bury all my stress underground and keep it there so someone else can be buried in it one day. I hate school so much! 😭

But one thing i don’t hate about school is my love 😍 , the only person i would ever come to school for.

Well i mean the boy who doesn't know i exist, Park Sunghoon..

Ugh pull yourself together y/n I can’t believe you were actually thinking about him that way. You have school to focus on right now, so there’s no time to be thinking about your classmate like that!

As i was looking at my timetable to see which class i was off to next, someone harshly bumped into me from behind, stepping on the heel of my foot and I hissed in pain. I whipped my head around furiously to see who decided to dampen my already miserable mood.

“Who the h…”

I was at a loss for words when meeting eyes with the supposedly blind suspect who clearly didn’t see me walking in front of them.

I thought i was dreaming but then again nothing good ever happened to me and i realized that this was the beginning of my worst nightmare.

It was Yeonjun, the boy who had broken my heart after chasing after my best friend whilst still being together with me.

I despise him, and never wanted to face him again but clearly fate was very much against me today. I vowed that once i was dead i would fight whichever god or superior being that was making me deal with this bs.

Author POV:

Y/n was extremely shocked and taken aback when coming face to face with her ex. But as well as being shocked she was more so pissed off with that fact that she had to face him after two months of successfully ignoring and getting over him.

( Yeonjun and y/n has lasted for 1 year, and they were the schools hottest IT couple, but they had to eventually break up due to the fact that Yeonjun just couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. They unfortunately left it on some negative terms)

Yeonjun smirked, seeing his cute little ex looking enraged in front of him.

He was never actually interested in her, only playing with her feelings due to the fact that most guys wanted her, which wasn't surprising as she was marked as the ‘cutest girl on campus”. He had no regrets in toying with her, especially after he’s now got her ex-best friend trailing after him like a lost puppy.

He looked y/n up and down with a sexy smirk and let out a low whistle.

YJ: “Long time no see darling. Looks like you’ve matured quite a bit”

Y/n instantly felt sick and uncomfortable and backed away, knowing that he was just a playboy and didn’t mean anything he said.

Y/N “ What are you doing here? Why are you talking to me?” She spat out instantly.

More students were filing into the corridors and classes were about to start soon, so y/n just wanted a quick answer and to then dash over to her next class.

YJ “ Well, good news for you, you wont have to miss me anymore as im moving up into your class”

Y/N “ Stop lying, you’ve already done enough of that with me in the past”

Silence fell between the two and y/n widened her eyes, slowly realizing that he wasn’t taking the piss.

Y/N “ Well, g-good for you” she stuttered, trying to run off and pray that he gets moved back down as soon as possible

Y/n sighed in disappointment whilst walking to her locker. She just wanted to spend the next year focusing on her studies with no distractions but now she has her ex being the centre of her attention every day.

Wondering how long she had left till her next class, in dire need of a coffee, she looked at her watch and let out a loud gasp.

Y/N “ Shit! Theres only two minutes left and my class is on the other side of campus” she exclaimed with a cry, and started running to her next class. “ How am i going to get a seat next to him now 😭!”

She quickly held on to her books tight whilst running the 50 mile sprint all the way to her next class. She couldn’t miss the chance to grab a seat next to the love of her life!

Y/N POV:

Oh god, I’m late, where is he?

I scanned the room but Sunghoon wasn’t anywhere to be seen. I guess I should just get a seat before people try and sit next to me.

I bagged a window seat as i was in dire need of some fresh air. And settled down, leaning my head on my crossed arms.

‘I need to refresh, especially after that chaotic encounter with Yeonjun’

I-i…can’t be seen with him flirting with me, especially infront of Sunghoon.

I closed my eyes hoping to get some rest as for some reason the teacher still wasn’t here, when all of a sudden the girls sitting behind me started squealing with joy.

I guess ‘ The Great Ice Price Sunghoon’ has finally arrived.

Of course i wasn’t the only one who loved him. Girls were dying to be with him and boys were trying to be friends with him left, right and centre.

Sunghoon entered and one girl fell to the floor and started fake sobbing.

Damm that girl was sick.

Girl: “ Sunghoon.. help..please..someone pushed me! “

Sunghoon just walked right past her without batting an eyelid

Yep that’s my boy…

I was smiling at the scene when i felt someone’s gaze on me and i made eye contact with Sunghoon.

All of a sudden his eyes drift towards the vacant seat next to me and he strides towards me while maintaining eye-contact.

My breath was stuck in my throat and i was mentally repeating the mantra ‘y/n act cool, y/n act cool’

Fuck.

Y/N : “ Hey Sunghoon! I didn’t see you there!’

Shit why did i say that, he literally made EYECONTACT with me across the classroom.

Sunghoon smiled a tight-lipped smile and pointed at the chair beside me.

SH: “ Umm..hey y/n..is this seat taken?”

Hold up. Was he asking…to sit..next to..me??? Of all people???

Y/N: “ ohh y-yeah o-of course it’s totally empty!”

I was mentally cursing and screaming at my self for stuttering and praying that he hadn’t noticed.

SH “ okie thanks y/n”

And he sat down while taking his books out of his bag and laying then on the desk.

Oh god he is so gorgeous, i need to stop staring before he notices but it’s too difficult to tear my gaze away from his beautiful face.

Ugh stop staring y/n….

AUTHOR POV:

Y/n was continuously staring at Sunghoon, not realizing that he had eventually noticed…

He smiled knowing that she was admiring him and continued to pretend to read his book.

SH: “ Am i that good-looking?”

Y/n was startled as she was snapped out of her trance. Her cheeks flushed bright red from embarrassment and she attempted to hide her face by looking away

Sunghoon turned his head away from his book and turned towards the flustered y/n.

He chuckled at the fact that she had turned into a strawberry just because of him.

SH: “ So was something bothering you? Is there something on my face?”

She decided to ignore his smart comment and tried to change the subject.

Y/N: “ uhh…no….anyways have you finished the maths assignment?”

SH: “hmm not really..it’s half done but i still need to finish the research part.”

They made light conversation for a while, chatting about school work and their friends groups, when the teacher had finally arrived and the class started.

TIMESKIP

(Pretend that y/n is reading a very popular book)

Y/N POV:

Class had ended and i stayed behind for a while to finish up some work, but when i entered that cafeteria, Sunghoon was nowhere to be seen.

I grabbed my lunch tray and scanned the room in a search to find somewhere to sit. It wasn’t that the room was full, it was more like I was looking for him or for somewhere where he would sit next to me.

Finally my gaze landed on his table and all his friends. I started to make my way towards it and I noticed he was sitting with a few people I hadn’t seen him with before.

Y/N: “Hey Sunghoon!”

Sunghoon swiveled around to see who it was.

He beckoned me towards his table with a welcoming smile on his face

SH: “ Hey y/n, come take a seat!”

I suddenly stopped in my tracks when the person sitting next to him turned around and flashed me a wide Cheshire Cat grin.

It was Yeonjun.

I quickly sat down opposite them, and he gazed at me with a mischievous smirk. I had a gut feeling that something about this was very odd.

SH: “ Oh yeah, y/n, this is the new guy wh-“

Sunghoon was then rudely cut off by Yeonjun

YJ: “ Don’t worry we’ve met before..”

I hate this guy so fucking much.

Sunghoons eyes were darting between me and Yeonjun.

SH: “ oh so you guys know each other already?”

YJ: “Oh ye-“

I instantly cut him off, not wanting him to ruin everything for me.

Y/N: “Oh yes, babe! I remembered him from when we used to go elementary school together this morning!”

I knew exactly what i was doing and it was working. I saw Sunghoons eyes widen and Yeonjuns smile falter a little.

YJ: “ Babe??”

Y/N: “ Oh yeah! Meet Sunghoon, my boyfriend”

I scooted closer to Sunghoon and linked my arm through his, whilst smiling up at him and hoping he would understand what i was doing.

I was so in love with him that I was happy with fake dating him just to get rid of my ex who would be in the way of me making this real.

I could see that Sunghoon was still in shock and i tried to mentally send him an apology.

SH: “I-“

Y/N: “ Well i hope you can excuse us Yeonjun, but me and my boyfriend need to go out for work, so see you around i guess!”

I hoped that Yeonjun would finally get the message and leave me alone once and for all.

I took a hold of Sunghoons wrist and hurriedly dragged him outside with me. He was still in visible shock, especially after we had just left our lunches there.

We reached an empty classroom and i took a deep breath before apologizing to him.

Y/N: “Sunghoon, I am so,so sorry! If you would listen I promise I had my reasons!”

Sunghoon didn’t reply but instead slowly moved towards me until there was barely two inches between us.

SH: “ Care to explain your reasons?”

My palms were sweaty and my knees were on the verge of collapsing due to the intense closeness between us.

I gulped.

Y/N: “Well the thing is, he’s my ex and ever since he moved up into our class, he just wont leave me alone”

Y/N: “ We were together for quite a while but we were clearly never happy. I never liked how he would stare at other girls and flirt with everyone who ever spoke to him, and he was way too possessive over me. In the end, he ended up blaming it all on me since i was the one with a pretty best friend, whom he couldn’t take his eyes off”

Sunghoon calmly and attentively listened to me rant about my past toxic relationship.

Sunghoon raised an eyebrow and his eyes filled with concern

SH: “ So Yeonjun is your playboy ex? And he was with me just to get to you?”

Y/N: “ I-i dont know about that for sure, but im pretty sure he’s only talking to me just to make me relieve these horrible past memories.”

I looked down whilst have a visual representation of those horrible time filling my mind.

Y/N: “Please Sunghoon, just pretend to be my boyfriend when we’re in front of him, and i promise I’ll do whatever you want me to”

I was desperate to cut Yeonjun out of my life. I wanted to never have anything to do with him. Even if it meant having to try and hide my true feelings for Sunghoon.

Sunghoon took a moment to think about it as i was anxiously waiting for his reply.

SH: “You..you will do whatever i say??”

I nodded eagerly.

SH: “ How long would we have to pretend for?”

Y/N: “Hmmm..not long, i guess until he finally gets the message and decides to leave me alone for good”

SH: “Fine I’ll do it but im only telling you what i want after we are finished”

I was filled with joy after the fact that he agreed but i was still a bit nervous thinking about what his condition could be that he wouldn’t want to tell me now.

Besides, I shouldn’t be nervous since now that we had both agreed to it, I wouldn’t give up until i had forever gotten Yeonjun out of my life.

SH: “ We just have to pretend to be a couple right?”

Y/N: “Yup, and we have to make it believable. By the way, are you sure you dont have any problems with this?”

SH: “ No not really, i just want to get you out of this mess”

He then pecked my nose and i was left feeling very taken aback. I could feel the blood rushing toward my cheeks and my whole body filled with warmth.

Did he really just do that even though he already knew how nervous i was before???

I could feel my face turning red and i was in a desperate need to get out of there before he could see.

Y/N: “L-Let’s go..”

Sunghoon chuckled at my stuttering and followed behind me.

TIMESKIP

(Y/n and sunghoon have left the classroom)

AUTHOR POV:

After Sunghoon and y/n were done with their conversation, they headed towards the basketball court in order to spend their free period there.

Unfortunately, Yeonjun clearly had the same idea.

Yeonjun waved at Sunghoon, and y/n tried to make her escape when suddenly a strong pair of arm encircled her waist.

Sunghoon smirked and whispered in her ear.

SH: “What about our plan, babe?”

Y/n was blushing and Yeonjun started to walk towards the “couple”

YJ: “ Where did you two run off two after lunch? We couldn’t find you anywhere”

SH: “ Oh you know, just spending some quality time with my girlfriend”

Sunghoon then hugged her body firmly against his.

Y/n was a blushing mess and was mentally telling herself that there was nothing wrong about her “BOYFRIEND” touching her.

Yeonjun was clearly uncomfortable with the sight in front of him and excused himself whilst walking away with a sigh.

Y/n immediately removed herself from Sunghoons arms as she was about to mentally die.

Sunghoon also suddenly stood up straight now feeling flustered after not knowing what came over him during those few moments.

They both looked away from each other, not knowing that one of them was in love, but the other one was now falling even harder.

ENDING

Authors note:

I’m not really good at writing very romantic stuff but i am currently trying for anther story and I’ll see if i will release it. I’m going to end it here and ig u can use your imagination to see who confessed first!

[ladyclwriter]

The Corinthian imagine

Endgame

Prompt: “I wanna be your endgame, I wanna be your first string, I wanna be your A-Team”

The Corinthian x gn!mortal!reader, friends to lovers

Killing mentioning, bad words, toxic blonde nightmare behavior, friendzone, angst and fluff

“No way there is people worshipping you”

It was one of these not so rare casual afternoons when you and your best friend did casual things just for casual's sake. It was a glimpse from a normal life, the only moments when he actually relax and easy his mind, he admitted once. And that phrase was the very beginning of dozens of nights, afternoons, even mornings of hanging out. None of you ever came to an agreement, in fact, none of you planned anything at all. A text saying "be there in 5 minutes" was everything you needed. It didn't mattered where or when, nor if it was convenient or not.

“You laugh when I say humans are intriguing, but I'm sure you agree now”

“Never said I didn't” he tilted his head, giving you a point.

“I've been here by enough time to witness many things. People already called me a lot of names and gave me many species”, you handled him the bowl with snacks, even if he didn't actually liked the taste, he would eat for, well, the concept. “A demon, a god. A monster, an icon. At this point, I don't give a damn, sweetheart”.

“Still, you're attending to the Cereal Convention of this year” you said slowly, accusing him.

Blonde hair fell back as he looked at the blue sky behind the sunglasses. He clicked his tongue, reading you like a book on his very own thoughts. For some time, it was scary. Uncomfortable. You always looked at him as a mighty being, and for sure feel him analyzing you wasn't pleasing. Still, after a while, you got used to it. And sometimes, indeed, it was satisfying; butterflies flied on your belly every single time he gave you his thoughtful silence.

“I acknowledged you realized I'm planning something. And you know I'll never tell you my stuff” you rolled your damn appetizing eyes, crossing arms as you cliched jaw with bittersweet anger. “It's dangerous, don't give me that childish rage.”

“You said just being near you was dangerous, yet you're here, blondie. Everyday, always here.”

Not there, at the rooftop of your most recent apartment, playing cloud shape and snacking, with some random old rock-'n'-roll in the back. Here meant with me. You forgot the last day you didn't saw each other. Even if it was just a meeting, a high five, a coffee, or a sleepover. You always met.

“You acknowledge that I do know who you are, right? You told me a long time ago. Oh, and I'll never forget all the times I saw you covered in human blood-”

“Enough” he cuts in, all the relaxed posture flowing away with the hot summer wind. “We know who we are. I know I endanger you. You know you endangered yourself. And that's it, sweetheart. Not satisfied?”

Then he cuts himself.

Some birds chirping surely helped at preventing a heavy atmosphere. He didn't had to finish, though. He said it three times before. “Let's just end it”, with one finger pointing at the door, or any close exit. It always broke you down, and he never beared seeing you cry.

So, you both just sighed. Pinky lips opened in vain, a "sorry" hanging from them, never being told. The Corinthian surely had some forgiveness issues, and you accepted that.

“Anyways. I'm visiting my family this weekend” he instantly frowned. “I know they live pretty far from here, but it's mama's birthday. I can't let it pass”.

He always forgot you actually had other people in your life. Those were the moments he got conflicted the most — and you always knew. Sliding on your seat, you broke the distance, arms and legs touching, making the heat of the sun feels like nothing to you. “Hey. We already discussed it. I can have a family and be your friend simultaneously”.

“You look too sweet and... Normal with them. Then you come back to this creepy fucked-up life I have”, his tone was low, looking at the horizon as if he couldn't look at you. “I feel guilty for taking away your ordinary life and turning you into this sickness we have”.

“I never killed anyone. I never ate eyes or hidden bodies for you” even if his gaze was distant, yours was only locked on him. The flowy silky hair, shining gold with the hot sun waves. Oh, how your fingers were aching to brush it. “We all live with deep, forbidden secrets. There is no saints in this world. I'm a friend of a murderer, and so what? Better than an abuser or something”.

“Well, we still think your auntie's husband is one” you shivered, remembering the long investigations you took with your BFF.

“Exactly. See, it's not that bad. My mother loves you, in the end” you shrugged, like if it was some ordinary subject.

He kept quiet, still staring at the endless blue sky. Suddenly he chuckles, giving you a small nudge. “You're sick”.

Sick of love you almost said. Indeed, you learned how to love him as a friend, with time. You never knew how it turned out that your feelings towards him became romantic. And no, it wasn't surprising to you that you loved him as your bestie. But being actually in love with a nightmare-serial killer? Now that was isnane.

So, ever since you noticed the change, you started to deny it. Even if the more time you spent with him, the more your feelings grow, to the point even him realized something was up. You both caught you staring at him from time to time like a puppy looks at his owner. Or like he was the most precious prize in the world. Like he wasn't who he was.

Corinthian tried not to feel disturbed at this. He didn't cared about you gazing at him as you would marry him, no. He just couldn't take you acting like you weren't in love with a nightmare, but with a dream. You even tried to convince him one. “Nightmares are dreams too, but creepy”. His answer was a chuckle followed by some rage you couldn't deal with. Not even him could.

So, the subject was never brought up again. Never mentioning these two words — dream and nightmare — was your rule.

“Can I go with you?” he asked lowly after cleaning his throat, since both of you got lost in your thoughts, lost with the city landscape down the building. You raised an eyebrow, surprised.

“Really?” he gave you a why not? silently. “I mean, lately you've been so busy and focused on your things. I didn't thought you would accept to leave the city”.

“It's alright. If you say yes, I'm coming with you” actually, the really surprising thing was him being assertive. He just wasn't. He never was.

“Why did you asked? You never do. You just go”, you couldn't hold the curiosity.

“You don't want me to ask? We were talking about this yesterday. You said something about communicating feelings. I thought it was some sort of message”

“Oh.” it was the very only thing you could say. Well, it would never be bad to have your avoiding spontaneous best friend to be communicative. Still, it was... Weird.

With your shock, he laughed. And everytime he did, your world seem to lighten up a little bit. Then, without noticing, you did it. Looked at him with passion. He kept staring at you behind the glasses — you would never know how he could see with the teeth instead of eyes —, puzzling something on his mind.

At this friendship point, you could skillfully read what he was feeling, even if he never expressed more than smiles and a frown. But not now. He was emotionless, expressionless, gazing at you without moving one single inch.

“What? Did I got crumbles on my face again?” you started brushing your face with the back of your hand, for your fingers were totally dirty from the snacks. After scrubbing for a while, you realized you weren't with any crumbles at all. You frowned, staring at him with confusion.

In that pretty blonde head, he was pondering about every single variation dating you would include. Every destiny both of you could face. Well, he didn't loved you. Infact, he didn't knew what love was. Never wanting to let someone go and barely being able to be far from one wouldn't be considered as love, would it? Nah, it wouldn't. What about feeling yourself getting unmade every time he sees tears rolling those beautiful eyes? Or getting angry to the point he growls like an animal when someone messes with that specific person? Or being totally scared about one day living without it? Or maybe fighting your own nature and ignoring it to make that person happy?

Nope. It wasn't love. Maybe a friendship-ish one? Yeah, maybe.

So, dating you wasn't an option. Killing definitely not. What was he supposed to do? Keep acting like nothing was going on, and let you look like an idiot? He didn't want to. But, what else?

“Corinthian?” for sure he loved how you said his name. That made him bent his head a little, making clear he was listening. “What's up? You're making me worried”.

“It's nothing” finally, he spitted. “I just caught myself thinking. There is something I didn't told you, sweetheart. Waiting for the right moment”.

Jesus Christ. You shivered from head to toe. The cold breeze wasn't guilty, specially for the sunlight hitting you two, who started sweating. Noticing he was actually really serious, you put the almost empty snack bowl aside, taking one last sip from your Coke bottle. Cleaned your fingers in a towel, handling it to him, then took a strawberry bite — giving to him too.

After prepping, you turned to him, barely able to hide your expectations. Your heart was racing, riding wildly like a horse in the mountains. You did your best to keep breath in control, holding your own hands to not start fingering. With a deep breath, pushing away every single romantic "teenager with a crush" thoughts, you asked. “Yes?”

“I'm actually busy with something. I'll visit your family with you, for it will be our very last trip”.

You surely weren't expecting that. Your body lost a little of balance, eyes loosing focus as the words were sinking in. “What do you mean?”

“I'll have to stay away for a while, preparing myself to some serious stuff. Things with my...” hesitated, the Adam's apple waving as he swallowed the bittersweetness from the words “Creator”.

It wasn't enough. You needed to know more to say anything; you needed to think to say anything. The world turned completely silent, the sun felt like cold shadows, the cheese in your belly starting to swirl.

“It's dangerous. Really dangerous. I'm going to mess with Dreaming stuff. I can't get you involved, and I need total focus on my task” he tried his best to say it casually, but with a sight of his emotions, after all, he didn't wanted you to be heartbroken. “I don't know when I'll come back. We can text and call, but I won't be able to visit you until it's ended.

He didn't even knew if he would be alive in the end. You didn't knew that, but deeply, you felt it. It was a goodbye, not a farewell. Something inside you told what he couldn't; his fate was written since always, and no, you would never be able to be together til you grew old, and he remained fucking handsome. Your mind was racing silently, a lot of painful truths like the previous one hitting you like knives in your back. Heart aching, body trembling, eyes completely wet, you felt desperate.

“Take me with you” you said instantly, giving up on any rationality. “I'm clever, swift, and useful. I don't care about the dangers, I'm sure we can handle it and-”

“For fuck's sake, stop! Just stop.” his big hands cups your face, somehow staring at your eyes. “Like I said, I've been called a million things. Most of them are true. And I might be a monster, but I would never take you away from your life, sweetheart”.

You didn't knew exactly what he was talking about. Still, tears started popping in your eyes. You did your best to hold them back — he would loose all his honesty and courage just by the mere sight of a salty drip rolling down your cheeks.

“You are the most lovely, amazing human I've ever met in a ninety years. You have a family, a job, a cat and a precious soul” he said it without breathing or thinking; he couldn't dare to. If he stopped talking, he knew he would hesitate and regret. “I will not dare to sacrifice you for my own reasons. And, believe me, he would end you”.

You shivered once again. Raising one hand, you took one of his, holding tightly. “Corinthian. Please” almost begging. “I... I am willing to give it a try. Just please, say you want me to go”.

“I can't” he didn't even thought before answering. With a sigh, lowered his head and hand, now for hands holding each other as you held his. “You are the very only thing to trigger any sight of honor and worries on me. I can't be the reason you would let your life behind”.

“I don't want to live without you. I need you” finally, you let it out. He backed up slightly, seeing surprised. Knowing what was done was done, you gathered that desperate courage, and faced it. “I can't bear the idea of not having you in my life. Not touching you, taking care of you, even only observing you whenever I can.”

Too much. Way too much for him to say anything, so he told himself he would keep quiet, letting you storm out.

“I love you so fucking much, blondie” your voice came out like if your throat got squeezed, half high because of the imminent crying, trembling. “I don't want you to be a bittersweet memory. And I don't want to be your lost best friend”.

Tears staining down your face, you got on your knees, smiling sadly. Holding his hands tighter, you took your nose to the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent — like in all your sleepovers, and every single hug. He remained stiff, just a little bit shocked.

“I wanna be your endgame” you whispered, holding back a hiccup from an intense cry “To all matters”.

The Corinthian didn't knew what to do, for one of the very few times in his existence. Fuck, fuck, fuck. No, this wasn't supposed to happen. Why now? Why he would have to deal with this shit right now? But damn, you held it for so long. Fuck. Well, it was his duty as a friend to sympathize, and try to soothe things down. So, he decided to do what he does the best:

“You must understand this, sweetheart. I do not feel the same, though I'm pretty sure you already know that” you shook your head, confirming. That made something inside him twitch — it would be a heart, if he had one. “I can't make you my endgame. Even if I did felt the same, I would never risk your life for my very own self. I... You don't deserve it. Dying for a nightmare”.

There it was. Death. The word he'd been avoiding. In that moment, it didn't scared you. Raising your eyes, you looked at him. The sun was going down, more than ever casting golden rays towards the gorgeous man. He was a piece of art. There, staring at this man made of gold, you actually felt like you could die for him. It didn't mattered why or how; it just felt like it. He was pure gold — stained with blood, maybe, but still gold.

He couldn't take the way you looked at him. He would never feel worthy of your adoration, even if it wasn't like a god, but as a mere man. To all the goods, he found you appeasing too. From time to time he caught himself mapping every single detail of your body under the moonlight; and he would always check on your outfit — specially the endearing ones. So, in that little minute, he took his time to look at you in his own adoring way.

He would surely remember you like this when he felt like a, well, nightmare. The Corinthian could be the biggest motherfucker at the last century, but still, he had that delightful human to love and adore him as the best of the men. He promised himself he would try to spoil you a lot for it before going away.

“I am not taking you with me, and I am not saying I love you. You do know I don't feel this sort of thing” the most futile excuse he could've ever said, but it was fair. “Since we are parting our ways soon, there is one thing I can do. It's not enough, but... It'll do”

You couldn't ask what. You could barely speak. Anyways, knowing he had consent, Corinthian just bent forward, not touching your lips, but sucking them into his. He didn't left time to start slow, nor you needed time to process. No, you just took everything in.

The warmness of the sun and your bodies melting together, sweat running down your back, right where he laid one of his hands. His cologne mixed with specific salty and sugary tastes in your mouth felt like a really Earthly heaven, while tucking one hand on his slightly wet blonde strings, the other tracing all his body. It all came together, invading your senses. You moaned lowly as he laid you down on the picnic mat, hard rooftop against your back, arched with his hand. The sadness, the excitement, the anger and lust mixed when your lips parted, still hungry for him, yet understanding the moment.

As much as you both wanted to go on, and as much as you had a lot to say, he just laid by your side. Hugging you, who freezed looking at the sky, the man took his sunglasses off. It was weird, of course, but you didn't cared about the sight of the small teeth.

He exhaled loudly, squeezing you tight on the hug, chin against your shoulder. Well, if he had a way to show, you would say he closed his eyes, trying to relax his now very, very tensed muscles.

You were thinking about the last millions of seconds, trying to absorve the now colorful sky and the last heat from the sun to wash away all the fucked up feelings you got. With a similar sigh, you whispered: “Thank you, blondie. For the kiss. Now I'll have something to overthink every night”.

He chuckled, but you could tell he was as sad as you were. “Thank you for being in my life. Now I have something to think all the time” your cheeks surprisingly flustered, as your heart sped up. “Am I accompanying you to your mom's party?”

Another quick subject change, which made you smile. It was, indeed, bittersweet. Laying there with a normally dominant killer just clenching to your body as a kitten, staring at the now dark not-so starry sky, with something really hot between your thighs while your heart was at a torturing rhythm change, while facing the fact that the man you love would go away forever, bittersweet was definitely the word.

You tried to ignore the bad stuff for now. Instead of holding back, you let some tears fall. Instead of fighting the urge, you actually let your fingers run through the yellow strands of his hair. With the free one, you searched for his hand, interlocking fingers.

“She would kill me if I went there without you” he chuckled, sliding his thumb against your hand, some light kisses in your shoulder making butterflies invade your belly.

Yeah, he would never love you back. Yeah, he was going away at, who knows, a few days? But it was okay. You would never be his endgame; but you were his very only game. As long as you could be with him, it would be okay.

As for the Corinthian; he knew he would never love someone. But if love was nearly close to what he felt towards you, then he was satisfied with what he did with his freedom. Despite the killing, the fucking and the manipulation; he was happy he got to meet you. He was the luckiest nightmare in the whole universe.

It wasn't endgame, but for sure it was enough.

I had a totally different concept of this. Turns out I absolutely can't write things without angst. Anyways, hoped you liked it! Please tell me your thoughts.

While writing I got so many ideais for this plot, so if you'd read a prequel or sequel, please let me know 💗

English is not my native language, so forgive me for any grammar. Love ya, see ya, bye bye 💐

[turtlesocksv2]

20 Kinnporsche Rewatch Episode 5 Thoughts

Regret Regret Regret. Kinn is so tense and upset about what he did last night, which he should be! Should have let Arm and Pete take care of Porsche, buddy. But Porsche is just dead-eyed and fucking tired. Kinn says that nothing happened and Kinn got to him first, but you know Porsche’s body is telling him a different story. How much does Porsche remember in that moment, How much does he believe Kinn in this moment? Either he’s lying, or it was Kinn that did it to him. and that’s a lot to process when you just woke up.

Kim being a nosy shit is great. and Korn sees right through him. He doesn’t trust Kim as far as he could throw him. but he learned it from watching you, dad! he learned it from watching you!!! Korn knows his grip on Kim is tenuous At Best, so it’s time to really put the squeeze on Kinn.

Genuinely am baffled at Korn’s motivations for all this. like, manipulating and abusing your kids is...you know, a bad thing but it’s one thing. but he wants Porsche working for them, under his thumb. He wants Nampheung’s son back in the fold and part of the family. How does punishing Porsche for getting drugged and making Kinn feel bad for loving Porsche accomplish any of that???

We absolutely need more Tankhun and Kim interactions. they both know way more than Kinn does. Tankhun is a messy bitch and is living for the drama of Kim spying on their dad and finding info. he’s so proud of his babiest brother. We need Tankhun and Kim to Unionize and overthrow their father. they could do it. they have the power.

Are You Fucking Dumb, Bro? my beloved. cracks me up every time. Best thing Ken ever did. ❤️

oh Porsche is MAD about getting punished. honestly his little bathroom breakdown is sooo justified. thank god for Pete, but them having two Very Different conversations is sadly funny.

Arm looks to be the Designataed Sober Bodyguard after the Stripping Incident. Disappointing, but probably a wise choice.

god Porsche is SO SAD this entire episode it kills me.

 Aaaaaand here comes Vegas, smelling the blood in the water. honestly the difference between 3 minutes ago and vegas rolling up with the sick motorcycle is night and day. the life returns to Porsche’s eyes because of that bike.  He and Vegas really could be bros, if it wasn’t for....everything. Porsche has so much fun with Vegas here. No thoughts, just a nice nightime bike ride on a sweet motorcycle with a handsome boy who’s been nothing but nice to you, really, and also it will piss off your boss. Win Win. (Vegas’s little stumble getting off the bike...I see you, sir. playing your game. 👀)

Kinn realizing he drove Porsche ~into Vegas’s arms~ is hilarious. Allow my inner wrestling fan to come out, for just a moment: You 👏 De- 👏Serve👏 It👏

“At least the minor family’s never hurt me!” “I’ve hurt you?” “.......Haven’t you?” god Porsche’s little eyebrow raise. The audacity Kinn has to pretend he didn’t hurt Porsche! Kinn, getting smacked in the face with the fact that Porsche does actually remember. Kinn not knowing how to respond or apologize and just digging his grave deeper. this scene is so good.

i do really like Korn’s pool. it’s a fucking rich people thing, but one that i would actually like to have.

Pete having to stand there, pantsless ass out, and give relationship counseling to his boss. what a nightmare for him. i would die.  but i love his little smile after Kinn leaves, like Yeah! Nailed it! I gave Good Advice (tm)

Kinn getting absolutely roasted by Porsche’s friends and swallowing it down is so funny.  And you can tell that it physically pains Kinn to apologize out loud.

Porsche is actually decent at his job! Even drunk and sad and in the middle of a verbal fight with his boss, he still clocked the intruders before Kinn did.

now i doubt that any competent kidnappers would let Kinn keep a phone on him, which means that Korn had to have GPS chipped his sons at some point like they were dogs that could  get lost. probably after Tankhun’s kidnapping and recovery.

When Porsche and Kinn hear the gunshots Kinn looks so smug like yeah, the rescue team is here and you are going to die. chan is going to shoot you right in the head.

speaking of which, Daddy Chan leaning out of the van to shoot the guy cleanly that Big and Ken fumbled is so great. Finally, some good fucking marksmanship.

KinnPorsche being a Battle Couple will never get old. Handcuffed together in the back of a truck, knocking those kidnappers the fuck out. love it for them.

OK in the preview they do say the GPS is from Kinn’s phone which...was really stupid of the kidnappers. i don’t think this was a very serious kidnapping attempt. Pretty sure this was Korn shoving Kinn and Porsche into a Get-Along-Shirt.

[ohtobeleah]

Something that has stuck with me about story telling is doing what would be the hardest thing for the character/audience to hear. This comes from Star Wars, with the parentage reveal in both the Original Trilogy and Sequels- as a huge Star Wars geek I watch a lot of director commentary on it, but this is one of the things that stuck with me most. Sometimes what is best is to do what would be the hardest thing for the character to bear and personally I like the “B” scenario (where he actually is a good husband and is scared of becoming his father) because I feel like that dream would absolutely UNBEARABLE for that Jake. ALL his fears coming through in one dream. You know when you have a nightmare and you physically feel the pain in your chest from not being able to change the situation? And when you wake up and your body is having that tingly pain and it takes you a few moments to re-orient yourself to reality and then you have to calm down from that unpleasant experience? I can just FEEL Jakes stress and pain during that dream and during those first few moments after he wakes. The slight disorientation of “oh god I’ve fucked up my marriage” “my love of my life is dead” “I’ve become my father”, and then the subtle confusion when he looks over and sees his wife peacefully sleeping next to him and the huge relief as he realizes it was a dream and goes to hold her while having tears in his eyes. Or maybe sick wifey waking up with him because he has frequent nightmares from being in the Navy and has become accustomed to his nightmares and comforting him. I think Jake is hyper aware of deployments because he doesn’t want to ever make his wife or children think they come second to his career, and so that plays a role in the dream. also the sitting in the patio and getting annoyed at sick wifey and barking at her when she asks him to fix the faucet, maybe that’s something he saw his dad do and so his dream had him in the same exact position as his dad (beer in the hand on the patio and yelling at his wife and saying she is annoying him).

Anyway, feel free to ignore this! Sorry it was so long! And sorry if the ‘hardest thing to hear’ part comes off as I’m trying to educate you on story telling! That’s not it AT ALL!! It’s just something that’s stuck with me and I wanted to share it! Sorry if it comes off that way! I love your works!

Yooooo this has be fucked up. Because Rodney would 1000% not fix a leaky tap if Janeen had asked of him. Maybe that’s a memory from Jake’s childhood.

And yeah! Jake’s biggest fears are losing his family and becoming his father. Like even if this was all happening irl and it’s not a dream o think from just the scene alone where we saw Jake’s dad confront him on his wedding day about happiness never lasting just affirms that.

I’m loving all of these ideas!!

[twistedtummies2]

The Devils I Know - Number 13

Welcome to “The Devils I Know!” For this spooky time of year, from now till Halloween, I’ll be counting down My Top 31 Depictions of the Devil, from movies, television, video games, and more! Today I present to you all…Two Devils for the Price of One! Number 13 is a tie between Peter Cook from Bedazzled (1967) AND Elizabeth Hurley, from Bedazzled (2000).

The 1967 film “Bedazzled” is widely regarded as a British cult classic. It’s 2000 American remake is much the same. Both tell the same basic story, but they do so in very different ways…and with two very different Devils. Both films focus on the adventures of a socially inept, dead-end-job working man, who longs for love and success. The Devil appears before the man, and offers him a bargain: in exchange for his mortal soul, the Devil will grant the man seven wishes (“one for each sin”). The man tries to use this bargain to better his life and snag the girl of his dreams, but each time there’s a loophole that causes his new life to become an utter nightmare. In the end, the man comes to realize that simply wishing for good things won’t make them happen: sometimes, it’s best to work with what you have in life, and find courage in your own self.

The 1967 version stars Dudley Moore as the poor guy who gets conned by the Devil, named Stanley Moon. Meanwhile, Peter Cook – Moore’s frequent onscreen co-star – plays the role of the Devil, who goes by the alias “George Spiggott.” This film you can essentially call a Monty Python Faust, as the sense of humor has that strange, bizarre sensibility many English comedies of the time have and had (including MP). However, there’s also a lot of interesting points raised in it about faith and virtue. Cook’s Devil is a scoundrel, but a very loveable one; he never really comes across as a total dastard, but more just a sort of roguish troublemaker. The way he describes himself and his conflict with God matches this: according to Spiggott, he simply got bored of God getting all the kudos and praise, and felt perhaps it was time to change a few things. God – being God – disagreed and cast him out. Spiggott is classy and yet crooked, with a slightly childish, immature side to his personality; he actually reminds me a little bit of a later Devil, Tom Ellis’ Lucifer, in terms of his mannerisms and overall sense of style. This is essentially Willy Wonka as the Devil: eccentric, unusual, at times seemingly dangerous, but you can never really feel frightened of him.

The 2000 remake is another story. That one makes a few twists to the formula. This time, Brendan Fraser (FIREFLY WAS ROBBED, JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE) plays the poor Joe: this time a man by the name of Elliot Richards. The Devil is this film is given no name of her own…she’s just the Devil. And yes, “her” and “she.” We’ve had a couple of female Devils on this list so far, mind you, but the idea of Satan as a woman is actually fairly rare. And, in my opinion, this is probably my favorite example of a female Devil in all of cinema. Portrayed by Elizabeth Hurley, she has the same with and class that Cook’s Devil had, with a similar sense of unusual humor, but now there are two big differences: one, she’s a smokin’ hot babe (and I use that phrase only because you KNOW the screenwriters and casting people had to use it, too), and two, she’s a little more threatening than Cook’s Devil. With Cook’s Devil, when Stanley realizes he may be damned to Hell, it’s hard to really feel just how dangerous the situation is. But with Elliot and Hurley’s Devil, the way things play out and the way Hurley plays things off both really do give you the feeling that this is a Devil who means business, and can do a lot of damage if she so chooses.

Both of these performers and films do one thing very well: they make the Devil just as sympathetic and interesting as the character they offer “help” to. Spiggott’s sense of humor, desire to just go back to Heaven, and even explanation of his reasons for what he does and why, all make him endearing to the audience. As for Hurley’s Devil, the humor is still present, but we also get the feeling she’s not really out to hurt Elliot. Indeed, by the end of the film, the two have become friends, and she actually seems to be on better terms with God: the two are played less as opposing forces, and more as just two sides of the same coin. Between these two films and portrayals, it’s difficult to say which I like more. If you tied me to a chair and forced me to pick, I’d say that the 1967 version of “Bedazzled” is the better movie. It’s funnier, for one thing, and while Hurley and Fraser have a good back-and-forth, NOTHING can compare to the chemistry between Dudley Moore and Peter Cook when it comes to something like this. HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, if I had to choose which of these specific Devils I’d say I like more, I’d probably give the trophy to Elizabeth Hurley. She’s just a lot more unique and has more going on in terms of layers and complexity. Both films and both depictions of the Devil are great though; if you have not seen either of these pictures, check them out as soon as you can.

Tomorrow, the countdown continues with Number 12! HINT: An Operatic Villain…Literally.

[spin-offsmirnoff]

Note: I listened to all of Frankenstein: A New Musical before my English class started, so these are the notes I posted in a Discord server I’m in :)

Enjoy (Apologies for the formatting, I dunno how to post stuff that isn’t art--)

"I am the innocent, I am the damned. The fount of illusion, the father of dreams." Hits SO FUCKING HARD "I can hear my name blackened by my crime. Haunting me and taunting as it echoes through all time!" FUCK /POS

 The leitmotifs in this musical make me CRY The way that Alphonse sings his leitmotif in a solo, and then at the very end, Victor echoes that melody while singing to his creation, begging for forgiveness, calling himself a "foolish father" And the fact that Victor echoes it once or twice while singing to someone he loves, just like his father sang it while talking about his pride and joy (Victor) GOD FUCKING DAMN

 The way that Elizabeth and Victor's vows are sung so desperately, and Victor sings about something dark in the future, fully believing he would die on his own wedding night, not realizing that it would be his wife who would die instead

 AND THE WAY IN "FIND YOUR WAY HOME" ELIZABETH SINGS "YOU'VE ALREADY MADE ME SO PROUD" AND VICTOR'S DYING MOTHER ECHOES IT IN THE BACK

 CRIES SO HARD

 And the fact that all of this started because his mother died before he started college

AND I wonder when Hollywood and other big-name studios will realize that the creation is fucking BEAUTIFUL. Like, Victor fully admitted that he would have adored his own creation if his eyes weren't so creepy because he used the best limbs and parts he could find as a victorian college student.

 "Life everlasting, reanimation, a flawless new design. The finest human in all creation, body, bone, and mind!" Victor loved his creation before it came to life!!! He was desperate!! He had worked hard on this project!!! He just didn't know it would actually work

Also, "Birth to My Creation" is the perfect song to describe Victor

 In "The Proposition", the way that Victor and the creature harmonize is so fucking pretty The guy who plays the creature has such an amazing voice and it fits the character so fucking good

 VICTOR CALLS HIS CREATION THE "BIRTH OF MAN'S SALVATION" He LOVED his creation before it came to life 

 The first song that Henry really has a part to play in is literally a song begging Victor to come home, praying that if he could stop the hands of time he would to save his dearest friend

And when the creature ends up giving himself a name because Victor didn't (he was scared shitless of his own work) and decides that he "ought to be thine Adam" AND WHEN WILLIAM (Victor's little brother) GETS MURDERED BY THE CREATURE, IT WAS ONLY MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE

God, I fucking love this story/musical

 "The Waking Nightmare" is such a good song for the creature it shows his pain, his suffering, his outcasting and fear that Victor left him in that night "What have I done to deserve such a sentence in hell?! Born as a demon, a ghoul from a nightmare, yet one who still suffers and scars like a human as well. Now here I stand, a half of a man, wondering why I draw breath! I'm here in the waking nightmare and every moment tastes of death!" FUCK I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM

 "And I hear, like a ghost in my mind Echoes and fragments of memory, without word or a sound Was I alive once before? Was I once human like them? And could I again walk in the light and good graces of women and men?" He doesn't deserve this :(

 OH AND AND AND The way that the creature harmonizes with the blind man and Agatha is so fucking heartwrenching. He hears this man and his daughter singing to her baby, talking about how they will protect him with all their hearts, that their song will bring him peace, that they'll keep him safe and warm, and the creature so desperately wants that Being a newly made creature, cast away by his creator, he so desperately wants that safety he hadn't felt before

 And the ending notes of "The Music of Love" literally wouldn't sound right if the creature wasn't singing along with them, which makes it so much sadder when he reveals he accidentally killed the blind man

"What kind of monster kills a soul of kindness, by embracing it with love? Speak to me my only friend, do not abandon me. Don't leave me in this heartless world alone."

FUCK HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS

 And the way that he responds to everything with violence and death is literally a learned thing. He wouldn't do all this if Victor hadn't cast him away so violently. It's nurture, not nature

 V "Why did you do it? Kill a child?" 

C "Why did you leave me there to die?!" 

V "So full of promise, full of wonder." 

C "Have you forgotten so was I?!" 

I love how, in "The Proposition", Victor was so against creating another creature for his first creation to marry because he was so damn afraid of his own work and how much power it held. But at the end he gives in because he now believes that his family and those he loves will be left alone if he does this. The creature literally promises that he and his wife will disappear if Victor does this one thing for him. Ofc, Victor decides to kill her right after she comes to life, causing the creature to swear to be with Victor on his wedding night, which is why he believed he was going to die, leaving Elizabeth alone so she wouldn't have to witness his death (leaving her completely defenseless against the creature, who, she shows sympathy for and actually begs to help him, but he refuses and kills her instead)

 The fact that Henry knows Victor so well that, even after not seeing him for months, he knows exactly what's going on in his mind

They were such good friends :(

 "Do not delay Victor... You may be my creator, but I am your master - Obey." GOD DAMN

 The panic and desperation you can hear in Victor's voice compared to Henry's is so fucking hfenfeahfha And the way the creature isn't even phased, just calm and demanding, vaguely threatening the man making his wife

 God, I love how the creature has notes that go high up when he's upset and truly in pain Also

 V "You are the children of hell!" 

C "Your children as well!" 

V "You're a fiend!" 

C "That you made!" 

V "A mistake!" 

C "That you planned!" 

V "You must die!" 

C "It is you who will feel this icy hand!"

 The fact that even if he didn't really love Elizabeth like a wife, the grief he felt when he found her dead is heartwrenching

 And when the creature sings "These Hands" shows just how much he yearns for a different life, one where he is loved and cared for. He wonders if he, when he was a human, was loved and showed affection toward others

And "The Coming of the Dawn"???? IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD It shows just how much Victor has changed from the beginning of the musical. He finds how "a man is truly created", and that the new day only brings unknown promises, and that if he continues to live in his dreams, he will never live to his fullest and this is the song where you can really feel the way he's changed (you could kinda see in in "The Workings of the Heart" when he sang with Elizabeth) AND THE KEY CHANGE AT THE END IS SO FUCKING AMAZING It really shows the hope that Victor is finally grasping, the way he's yearning to find his creation to finally end things properly "Maybe with the coming of the dawn, there comes another day." Is just so :(

 And now it's "Amen (Reprise)" which is literally the first song that the creature and Victor sang together in the beginning of the show.

V "I cannot die, and nor can you." 

C "Our time has come." 

V "One final task remains." 

C "The game is done." 

V "Yes it's true, I've hunted you, but I've come not out of vengеnce but of shame. I have followed you, to seek your grace, to fall upon your mercy and accept the blame. Damn the man who does not give his all to help his son to live. Forgive this foolish father. I can hear my name blackened by my crime, haunting me and taunting as it echoes through all time!" 

C "What have I done? How can this be? How cruel the hand of fate to take two souls too blind to see and give them sight too late. Your peace has come, you'll search no more. Soon I shall follow where you go. Go to sleep, you're safe with me. May the darkness set us free"

 I'm broken

Alright, it's class time now, hope you enjoyed my ted talk :)

[thieves-never-say-die]

Okay, but like, I was thinking and, what if the Leverage crew went to an Escape Room as like a bonding thing, and then it just kinda keeps happening.

Oh god the Leverage crew doing an escape room would be a nightmare

(Disclaimer I’ve never been in an escape room but I desperately want to)

Nate

Would go wayyyyyy too hard into Mastermind Mode ™️ trying to figure out all the clues and puzzles

Would do that thing where he gets really quiet as he’s putting all his focus into solving it, and when he does solve it he does the whole dramatic monologue reveal

However if he’s wrong he refuses to accept that and will get angry because his answer is obviously the right answer and whoever designed the place did it poorly then

Sophie

For the most part she’s content to sit back and relax and let the others do their thing

But then she’ll use the phone thing to ask for clues and strike up a casual conversation with whoever is working there and supervising them

Somehow manages to get the person to tell her the answer, but she doesn’t tell anyone and just sits on it because she knows the others want to do their thing

Will only reveal the answer as a last minute thing because they can’t lose

(Not that they ever get that close to running out of time)

Eliot

Is only there because Hardison forced him to and complains the whole time

Acts super not interested and bored and gruff but secretly gets very invested after about ten minutes

Will do the whole ‘aloof I don’t care’ thing until Hardison says one thing that’s wrong and he can’t stop himself from correcting it

(No one tell him Hardison did that on purpose)

Would get way too into the technicalities of the thing, like ‘that’s not how a cipher works/you can’t actually use x to do y’ type of thing

At the end will fall back into his gruff I don’t care thing but secretly researches them more after they leave

Parker

Doesn’t understand why she can’t just pick the lock on the door to let them out

It takes her a while to understand the point of an escape room but once she does she’s HOOKED

Accidentally finds the clues out of order bc she just broke into the safe instead of looking for the code under the telephone or wherever it is

Definitely accidentally makes the employee watching over them cry because she keeps like climbing the walls and doing other shit that isn’t allowed/not supposed to be possible

Has suggestions for how they could make it better and leaves a full list of notes with the front desk

(She goes back a week later and finds that they’ve actually implemented some of her suggestions and is ECSTATIC about it)

Definitely goes by herself to the weirdest ones she can find in their free time

Hardison

He’s the one that dragged them there in the first place as a ‘team bonding’ exercise because he thought it would be fun

About halfway through he’s seriously regretting all decisions that led to that point, but after they leave he immediately books them another room for the next month

Is the only one who actually plays by the rules and follows the instructions to get the clues the right way

Still enjoys watching Parker do everything wrong and still get the right answer

Gets into an argument with Nate over the clues because this is one thing that Hardison feels confident in and will 100% fight over

Makes escape rooms/similar team bonding exercises a monthly thing that is required for all members of Team Leverage

Bonus:

Harry

Is just… so confused

Tries his best but gets distracted and can’t for the life of him figure out any of the clues

Continually gets very excited because hey he found a clue! Only to realize that what he found isn’t a clue and isn’t actually helpful at all…

Sophie helps by poking and prodding him and very gently leads him towards the right answer in a way that makes him think he did it all by himself

He’s not fooled by that but he appreciates the effort

Breanna

Is sort of a mix between Hardison and Parker

She’ll follow the rules and try to do it all properly, but also as a maker she’s really good at spotting the secret/hidden buttons and levers and things

Like she’ll walk into a room and immediately notice that oh, you pull on that book and a secret compartment will open

Consequently she finds a fair amount of the clues out of order, but if she notices she skipped a clue she will go back and find the clue she skipped

Afterwards she goes back to the place and offers to upgrade some of their design elements and hidden stuff to make it look/work better

[bnha-more-like-bnh-gay]

Rarepair headcanons because I am ignoring my problems

Serodeku:

Izuku reenacts the Spider-Man movies with Sero. Izuku is MJ. They also alternate being Spider-Man sometimes

They skate together

They get very protective when people call their boyfriend “plain”

They play dnd together

Sero tries to make sure that izuku gets some rest

They’re both kinda insecure, izuku more than sero, but still; and they make sure to reassure each other as often as possible

Sero likes listening to Izuku’s ramblings and finds them cute. He has told izuku this, only for the poor boy to imitate a tomato

After Izuku has been particularly reckless, Sero takes advantage of his quirk, wraps Izuku in bubble wrap, and tapes it there

Tokodeku:

Jocknerd bf and goth bf, we love to see it

Tokoyami teaches izuku how to sword fight

They start a dnd club at U.A.

Izuku talks to dark shadow a lot, Dark Shadow approves of him, and has claimed the spot of best man at their wedding

Izuku comes up with ideas to help Tokoyami gain control with Dark Shadow

Dark Shadow is very protective over Izuku, no matter how many times Tokoyami tells him that he can take care of himself, Dark Shadow will put himself between Izuku and any form of danger as often as possible

Dekoyama??? Aoyama/izuku:

Aoyama gives him makeovers, obviously

Aoyama drags izuku to the mall and tries to revamp some of his wardrobe, but he actually finds the “pants” and “flannel” type shirts cute

They help each other train their quirks

Aoyama is trilingual, and teaching izuku English and French.

Izuku always brings Aoyama home some new cheese

Y’all, I love them so much. There needs to be more aodeku content

Monoshinsou:

They have people watching dates. They come up with stories for the people they’re watching; their job, family, background, etc.

They judge people together

They call each other “love”

They’re both dramatic bastards, who will flop onto their lovers lap and proclaim their death due to a minor inconvenience

They jokingly sh*t-talk class A

Shinsou said “I love you” first, and it was because Monoma brought him coffee to class

Monoyama:

Like monoshinsou, they’re both dramatic bastards, who will flop onto their lovers lap and proclaim their death due to a minor inconvenience

They go shopping together and pick out the most dramatic pieces of clothing for each other

I love them so much, please 😭✋

They have tea parties every week, where they sh*t talk everyone else and gossip

They are both fancy bastards, and they wear the most exquisite outfits to go grocery shopping, and the outshine everyone

They both actually make clothing, they’ll go fabric shopping together. Gift exchanges are often articles of clothing that they’ve made for each other

Momomei:

They work on gear together!!!

Momo makes sure that mei gets some sleep

Mei helps redesign momo’s suit

They often work together with izuku to work in gear and such

They actually got together after izuku introduced them. He had been working on gear with mei, and studying with momo and he thought they’d hit it off. He was correct

Shintsuyu:

Dude they’d be so cute

Tsu is a vent gremlin, and you can’t change my mind. So she and shinsou will play a game where they try to find each other. Tsu is in the vent and shinsou is in the classrooms. Shinsou will try to find whichever vent she’s in, or she’ll find whichever classroom he’s in, in 20 minutes or less

I always headcanoned tsu as a dog person, so they’d have two cats and two dogs, and a bunny that they named Deku

They like comparing their friends to animals, hence the bunny, Deku

Kamideku:

Kaminari is a flirt, and izuku does n o t know how to handle it

Kaminari likes listening to izuku’s ramblings, and can keep up with them. He’ll ask questions on things too, and Izuku has never felt more appreciated

I don’t know why I feel like they’d have so many animals, but I do. They’d have so many, man. Three cats, two dogs, four sugar gliders, a hamster

Adhd power couple. They hyperfixated on complimentary things at the same time one time

Kaminari tutors izuku in English, and izuku turots kami in some other subjects. He’s also teaching kami JSL on the side. Kaminari has a live of languages

Momochako:

Study dates, Momo asks ochako to quiz her a lot

Ochako takes to floating momo’s things when she wants attention. Especially when Momo is studying. She makes a game out of how many things she can float until the other girl notices

Uraraka’s confidence does wonders for momo’s. Uraraka always makes sure to reassure momo that she is strong and that she can do this

Momo makes Uraraka whatever her heart desires. Uraraka blushes all the time, and momo takes great pride in getting her girlfriend to blush

Minatoru:

Mina clings to everyone, but especially to toru

They give each other stuffed animals so often. They’ll go to the store to get food, and come back with three stuffed animals that reminded them of each other

Please, they’re so cute 😭✋

They will play hide and seek, I stand by this.

Mina helps toru design a new costume. I hate hers, it’s horrible, and sexist, and not suitable for a fucking child

Toru says that pink is her favorite color

They flirt with each other all the time. Half the class thinks it’s cute, half of them used to think it was cute.

Iidamomo:

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, but study dates. they quiz each other, and it actually gets pretty competitive

They also have rage room dates. I will not budge on this. Iida tried to murder someone, and I am excited to see momo finally snap. She deserves it

They alternate paying for dates, don’t try me.

The go hiking a lot

They started liking each other after one late night, both having nightmares. Momo had tea, and offered some to Iida. They talked until the early hours of the morning

They can’t flirt. They try. But they’re horrible at it. They’ll compliment each other all day long, but they cannot flirt.

KIRIDEKU, MY BELOVED:

Y’all,,, y’all, I love them so much

They train together, obviously

They ran into each other one night in the common room after both having nightmares. They talked about middle school, how they were both bullied, izuku’s quirk coming in late, katsuki being abusive, kiri being bullied because his quirk wasn’t “cool.” After that, they were practically inseparable.

They started going on dates, not that either of them knew they were dates. The entire class knew, so did the teachers, so did the rest of U.A. Kirishima picked up on it first after a comment from Mina, he had is realization.

So, he started courting Izuku. Not thag izuku realized this. He brought him flowers on most ‘dates,’ he bought him hero action figures whenever he could, he complimented him until Izuku was red in the face (which was honestly very easy.) Still, izuku remained ignorant to the fact that he was indeed dating Kirishima.

The final tipping point, was due to Uraraka’s help. She was quite tired of watching the two of them pine for each other. It was amusing for the first couple months, watching Kirishima try so hard, and Deku being totally oblivious. However, she took pity on her friends after a while.

So, Uraraka devised a devilish plan to get the two together. She involved Mina, Sero, and kaminari in this plan. What was the plan, you ask? Oh, simply to trap the two in one room until they broke through izuku’s obliviousness.

Kirishima finally “straight” up admitted his feelings, to which Izuku had the sudden realization of “oh my gods, have we been dating this whole time??” Yes, Izuku. Yes you have.

They have two anniversaries after that.

Let’s be honest, they are really, annoyingly, horrifically lovey dovey. Kirishima brags about having “the manliest and bestest boyfriend in the world.” Izuku flaunts his many PowerPoint presentations on how talented and incredible Kirishima is

Uraraka doesn’t know if she did the right thing by helping them. She is so tired

Tsujirou:

Jirou makes playlists for tsu

The few sane ones in class A, I swear

They go on walks in the rain as often as they can

They go for dates in the bookstore too. They each pick out an album and a book for the other to listen to and read

Y’all, they make so much sense togetherrrrr, I’m love them 🥺

Jirou started liking tsu after the crew saved bakugou. Jirou sat with tsu after momo, Iida, kirishima, Todoroki, and izuku apologized and sat with her. They had movie night, and Jirou joined the Bakugou saving crew and tsu with taking well into the night. She just appreciated how much tsu cared

Tsu started liking Jirou after she helped Iida, momo, and izuku try to keep the class in order. She appreciated how diplomatic and calm she was

Jirou would talk to izuku all night long about how gay she was, and how adorable tsu was. So, izuku decided to try and suggest ways for Jirou to ask her out.

She did not end up getting to ask her out though, as Tsu walked up to her the next morning f and asked if she wanted to go on a date. Jirou said yes. Izuku cried

Izujirou:

They make playlists for each other

They go for runs on the beach a lot

They both have insomnia, and often spend time making blanket forts and talking, or FaceTiming and listening to music

Jirou walks into the common room once a week looking for new music. She started liking Izuku after he made a playlist for her for one of these occasions.

They’re both quite awkward when it comes to romance, but neither of them will shy away from facing the truth. So, Jirou made izuku a playlist filled with love songs that reminded her of him and sent it to him. Sadly, izuku is dense as hell.

So, then Jirou wrote a love song and told izuku that the song was for him. Sadly, izuku is dense as hell.

So, then Jirou write analysis about izuku’s quirk for him. Sadly, izuku is dense as hell

So, then, after thinking that Jirou had done so much for him, izuku made her a playlist filled with love songs. Jirou took this to mean that izuku had finally picked up on her feelings, and accepted them.

So, they started to go on dates. Not that izuku knew this, as he is dense as hell. All leading up to izuku finally confessing his feelings on one of their ‘dates,’ to which Jirou responded, “dude, we’re already dating? Aren’t we? I- I thought that was obvious??”

May this awkward couple be forever blessed

Tokoyama:

Goth/prep boyfriends, we love to see it

At least once a day, Aoyama will proclaim that Tokoyami “shines almost as bright as he does, in his fabulous emo way”

They sword fight, and come up with really dramatic scenarios and scenes that they’re in

They bond over being in the izucrew and their shared love of swords. Aoyama took fencing classes in middle school, and Tokoyami got into sword fighting after watching it in pirates of the Caribbean as a young child. He is self taught and watched countless videos on the art of sword fighting

Tokoyami asked Aoyama our by dramatically presenting him with a dagger and going “will you accompany me on a formal outing as my lover?”

Shinyama:

They flirt constantly

No really, it’s getting quite annoying. Someone please stop them.

They both plop down in random areas and proclaim their deaths, the difference between them, is that Aoyama will burst into shinsou’s room, and yell “love, I’ve been murdered. Mourn for me” while plopping down on shinsou’s lap. Shinsou can be found laying face down outside aoyama’s door, and when Aoyama goes to open the door, he just goes “I’ve been murdered.”

^^ one time, shinsou did a very fun Halloween prank for this, where he poured fake blood all over himself for Aoyama to find him an hour later, asleep.

Nap dates. Aoyama get glitter all over shinsou’s room

Iiyama:

Aoyama enjoys making Iida blush, obviously. But he takes joy in doing it specifically when class is about to start. Aizawa is tired of his shit

Here is how I think an iiyama conversation might go:

Aoyama: I ask for one thing in this relationship-

Iida: Aoyama, you know that’s a lie-

Aoyama: for my boyfriend to carry me around all day-

Iida: Aoyama, I cannot feasibly do this with class-

Aoyama: and I don’t think that’s too much to ask for 😤

Anyway, Aoyama got carried around all day that day, despite Iida’s blush and Aizawa’s eye twitch

Everyone in the izucrew is close, but Iida and Aoyama started to get close after Iida told the crew about Stain. Aoyama wanted Iida to know that he wasn’t alone, and that he wanted to help him. So he started packing extra cheese for lunch and giving it to Iida. Iida was very confused at first. But this was Aoyama trying to court him. This was only made apparent by momo and Jirou telling Iida that this was aoyama’s attempt at expressing romantic interest.

Aoyama flirts with everyone, that’s just who he is. But with Iida? Oh it was tenfold. The poor boy was red in the face constantly. Aoyama was a persistent little bugger too, following him around and calling him ‘mon amour’

Kirikamideku:

My dearest traffic light trio, I’m love them

They train together, and kiri and kami always appreciate izuku’s analysis snd ideas

Kiri falls even more in love with izuku and kaminari when they go off on rants. Izuku rants and kami can keep up with him so he asks questions about it. Kiri loves to watch his boyfriends go on rants, I don’t make the rules, but I do enforce them

They started to get closer after kami and kiri found bakugou causing a ptsd flashback (could be on purpose of an accident, up to the reader.) they stated with him and tried to talk him through it. After this, izuku started to tell them about having been a “late bloomer” and being bullied, etc. (I don’t know, man; I tend to over share after flashbacks and after panic attacks)

Izuku tutors them in several subjects, but kami tutors them in English. Kiri just falls in love with his smart boyfriends

Izuku is teaching kami JSL and kami is helping izuku with English and Italian (personal headcanon that Italian has been one of kami’s special interests) kiri loves to listen to them, and finds it relaxing and calming to hear them do this. When he has panic attacks, he’ll ask them to tutor each other in different languages