#One of them is terrified of the dark and super jumpy

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Oh boi, time to do this with my trauma baby, Jacklynn!

Tis the gal ↑

Phobias and other fears:

She's very afraid of forming close connections and being abandoned, because she alone for so long after possesion and connects the two things with one another. And a smol fear of ducks, something about them just makes her wanna run away so so so far.

Pet peeves:

Unorderly eating utensiles. They have to be grouped correctly and stored away neatly. She cannot sit still otherwise.

3 things you can always find in their bedroom:

A little star plush sitting on her bed, it's a nice reminder of her bestfriend. A small plant in a pink pot, she tries to keep it very healthy and remind herself that she can do good, that she can upkeep and help a life instead of destroying it. Glow in the dark stickers in a lot of fun forms like a sun, a dino or a cloud.

First thing they notice in a person:

Their voice, is it demanding, soft spoken or monotone? She notices it First and is the biggest part of her first impression. If someone is very loud she'll most likely try and avoid them.

On a scale of 1-10 how high is their pain tolerance?:

About a 6 or 7, not super high but above average, all that suffering gotta pay off somewhere right?

Do they go into fight or flight mode when under pressure?:

Flight unless it threatens Mina, she will run first thing, she's been in situations where she got very hurt because she couldn't run. But protecting Mina now that she's got her back is her highest priority, even above her own health and even life.

Do they come from a big family/ are they a family person?:

She has no biological family and she's too scared that she will ruin a family if she is within one to actual want it. Even if she needs it.

What animal represents them best?:

I think a deer, shy when approached by anyone she doesn't know, but very loyal once you have her trust. Also usually on alert/quite aware of her surroundings.

What smell do they dislike?:

Freshly opened clay-do, she hates it, makes her feel a little sick and can't understand why anyone would like it.

Have they broken any bones?:

Yes, several, but their legs are the most common, first time happened when she slipped/fell down a large slope.

How would a stranger likely describe them?:

Very quiet and a bit mean. She's got a rough exterior, but she's very soft underneath once ya break through.

Are they a night owl or a morning bird?:

Oh definetely a night owl, she likes the serene quiet of the night, it brings her comfort and she's terrified of her dreams.

What is a flavor they hate and a flavor they love?:

She hates bitter food, she can't stand the after taste it leaves. She loves spicy sweet food though, when it hits that wonderful balance between spicyness and sweetness it is true bliss.

Do they have hobbies?:

She likes sewing and drawing quite a lot and allows herself to create little things to keep her mind off of things. And gardening although she is not very good at it, but it brings her a lot of joy when she takes care of the plants.

BOOM! Surprise birthday party! How do they react to surprises?:

She's a little shaken up and jumpy for the rest of the day. She doesn't like surprises and they make her uncomfortable, she likes to keep things orderly, to her, things are supposed to be a certain way and if they aren't then that's wrong.

Do they like to wear jewelry?:

She doesn't like to wear jewelry because it brushing against her skin makes her uncomfortable, but she does wear a necklace since it's from her bestfriend Mina and it means a lot to her.

Do they have messy handwriting?:

It's fairly clean with a little bit of cursive in it and has a slight lean to the right.

What are the two emotions they feel the most?:

Well a lot of fear and self hatred! She thinks she's the one to blame for her life falling apart and all the deaths, she's also very scared of what will happen next.

Do they have a fabric?:

Honestly anything that doesn't feel fuzzy, that sensation jarrs her. She likes the fabric of jeans a lot though if that counts.

What kind of accent do they have?:

I do not know enough about accents for this, I'm sorry, so instead I'll just describe how she talks instead! So her voice a little low and she often tries to go deeper when she's ticked off or wants someone to leave her alone. There's a little harshness in her voice that becomes more or less prominent based on how much she slept and she has the habit of trying to connect every word when she speaks.

Anyways, this was a lot of fun, highly recommend!

OC Deep Dive tag🌊

Tagged by @melodicwriter thank you very much! I hope you don't mind but I have so many OC's, I let a friend decide on which to do this one for and their pick was Thjorn Herstekin who originated from a game and was recently re-purposed into a character for my asian arem AU and turned fron Norn to Hobgoblin lol

Anyway, let's start!

Phobias and other fears: I think it's not a real fear but he worries about others (especially strangers) to find out about his less than glorious past as a raider/bandit and all the horrible things he's done. He isn't too proud of his past and regrets it deeply but is on his way to make amends. (He's doing very well!)

Pet Peeves: People treating other people with disrespect and cruelty. And having his naps interrupted.

3 things you can always find in their bedroom: His two axes, his coat made of mountain lion fur and half-empty cups of tea. He always brews hismelf some before going to bed and never finishes them.

First thing they notice in a person: Their strance; if they're hostile or not (or pretent not to be). Also if someone is lying or honest. He has a thing for seeing the signs due to his past.

On a scale of 1-10, how high is their pain tolerance? Probbaly a 8 or 9. He got into fights often and had to kepe on going or die, so he knows how to bear and ignore pain until he and his friends are safe. Only really bad and serious things will have him down on his knees and wheezing.

Do they go into fight or flight mode when under pressure? He used to when younger but quickly learned to stay level headed and has only become calmer over the years. (A certain pair of drow twins still manages to trigger his FLIGHT response from time to time though)

Do they come from a big family/are they a family person? He doesn't remember his family but found himself a new one, which he loves dearly and will protect and keep safe at any cost. (Unless they act like total idiots and deserve some punishment/humbling. He will take care of them afterwards and offer comfort though)

What animal represents them best? Wolf.

What is a smell they dislike? He used to LOVE the metallic smell of blood but now dreads and loathes it. Also burnt vegetables and incense.

Have they broken any bones? Way too many to remember or count.

How would a stranger likely describe them? As a calm, friendly old uncle. He will offer tea and treats and either listen to you or tell you adventure stories and local myths. Will make sure you feel safe and comfortable and welcome.

Are they a night owl or morning bird? He used to be a bit of both in his youth; always stayed up late but was among the first to wake in the morning. Now, he likes naps and to sleep in.

What is a flavor they hate and a flavor they love? He isn't too fond of raw food (excluding vegetables and fruits/berries etc) and especially hates the hobgoblin custom of eating raw, bloody meat. He loves all things spicy though - and even more so when there's a subtle sweetness to it like some curries. An all time favourite of his is dried plum candy.

Do they have any hobbies? He is a skilled woodcarver and handpoking-tattoo artist.

Boom, surprise birthday party! How do they react to surprises? Surprised, lol. But other than that, he would be touched and may even tear up a little. He also would be a little worried if the twins were involved and on the lookout for some "traps".

Do they like to wear jewelry? A little, I guess. He wears subtle earrings but prefers to adorn his body with tattoos instead of jewelry.

Do they have messy handwriting? Yes. He learned how to read and write at a later age and is still very insecure and embarassed about his wonky lines and unsteady hand.

What are the two emotions they feel the most? Guilt and regret. But since he changed his ways and joined the Banyang settlement, he is feeling a lot of joy and happiness and relief.

Do they have a fabric? Animal fur. Short and rough but warm.

What kind of accent do they have? A little of a "commoner" accent maybe? Not as clear and sharp as the upper classes. He knows a lot of their fancy words though and enjoys throwing them off by using them against them.

That was actually quite some fun! I haven't thought on Thjordin that deep yet but those questions were nice to consider for him! Big thanks to @melodicwriter for tagging me and @unaarista for chosing the boy! <3

I am tagging ... well, @unaarista @sumi-sprite @corvitine @des-no9 @tea-and-magic @1hoblet @tunarath @deadhornedgod @deletarius1893 @lesbianbreastmilk and @baldursghaik and anyone who I forgot and wants to do this!

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Despicable headcanons for eddie munson

Terrible and (sfw) filthy headcanons for eddie munson that make him my dream man

None of this is ironic

- wears all those layers bc he gets cold really really easily and every time he starts to shiver and his teeth start to chatter at like 50 degrees he is completely humiliated

-only remembers to brush his hair about once a week. Usually he just kinda pats it down until it's the right shape. The mats add volume

-DEFINITELY cuts his own bangs

-either got arrested when he was like 17 and booked it into the forest and hopper was like whatever dude I'm busy and he broke the handcuffs in a very stupid and dangerous way

-OR he just found em in the woods bc as somebody that lives near a lot of woods sometimes you find weird shit in there. One time I found super old car with bullet holes in it.

-speaking of yknow sometimes ur in public and you'll see a piece of clothing or a hair tie or a water bottle that somebody obviously left behind and you know not to touch it bc gross? Eddie doesn't know not to touch it. He touches it and picks it up and takes it home and fucking might wash it and definitely wears it

-found his vest on the side of the road in a puddle and took it home like a Charlie brown Christmas tree

-gets no bitches sorry girlies. Extremely surprised to get one bitch but she's a slug woman too so it's tru love. First and foremost what he wants in a partner is for them to be the type to also eat dry cereal by the fistful

- if he scrolled thru the Eddie x reader tag and read the descriptions he would be terrified and would need to look up a lot of terms and would need to go lie down for a second after all that information

-calling Eddie on a bluff is extremely easy and extremely satisying

-full of love

-cries really easily but sometimes that's bc his eyes are huge and it's windy and he's been sitting in the dark for a long time

-has waaaaay too lax a policy on what's OK to eat after you drop it on the floor

-has really bad undiagnosed untreated adhd. Cannot focus unless he's invested, will say the first thing that comes into his brain and regret it instantly and its either something wildly off topic or a response to something you said 3 minutes ago

-sometimes absentmindedly chews on his hair and it gets hard on the ends. To his credit he knows that this is gross

-hey why am I getting turned on writing this thats weird right

-you'd expect him to have like a million stupid fancy bongs that he won't shut up about but actually he has like 4 and only uses one and it's the fucking grodiest yellow tinted black bongwater that hasn't been changed in ages resin inside that looks like fuckin bushes bong you have ever seen and will not use it. One time you steal it and clean it out with an entire bottle of rubbing alcohol. It's still kinda gross when ur done and he genuinely would silently hold it against you for years

-uses his jeans as a napkin

-can't remember the last time he washed his jeans. Says you're not supposed to wash them but put them in the freezer. He does not put them in the freezer either

-smells like cigarettes. This one isn't sexy its just gross if somebody smokes weed and cigarettes they smell like cigarettes if somebody wears cologne and smoke a certain number of cigarettes that is all they smell like and it's kind of overwhelming until you literally air out and febreeze his whole fucking trailer and wardrobe to put a dent in it

-he got those holes in his jeans by falling over onto concrete really hard while trying to carry like 20 things at once inside

-very strangely patchy chest hair

-insomnia and watches a lot of infomercials because of it

-sometimes tastes things that aren't food if he's curious and nobody's around. One time he did lick a frog and it tasted weird and it was bad but he will always know what it tasted like so who's to say if it was a success or not

-laughs at horror movies but gets scared and jumpy for the rest of the night

-eats like an animal or Brad pitt in an oceans movie. If he can eat it with his hands by the fistful he will.

-I wonder if anybody can get which of these are autobiographical and how badly I'm giving myself away rn

-sometimes says and does things he saw his metal musician idols doing without knowing what they meant and being confused when confronted

-has AT LEAST one very badly scarred stick n poke disaster

-there are a lot of these and I honestly could go on probably indefinitely so I'm gonna stop now but every time I read a fic where he's too sexy and fuckable I'm gonna add 2 more to balance it out.

-one last one the wallet chain isn't for fashion it's for fashion AND bc he loses his wallet a lot

[waters-and-the-wilde]

okay gotta shake the brain upside down again and the new ep is going to be out in a couple days so i wanna put this somewhere before we start finding this stuff out

because clearly we're about to get paydirt on Nureyev's Vague Yet Menacing Creditors and I've been thinking that apart from the fact that I bet they have an in with Dark Matters? I also bet these are the same people/entity that helped Jack Takano disappear and gave Ramses O'Flaherty his new identity and access to the Theia technology

possibly they're involved in the form of funding or comprising the development team behind the whole 'signing off on untested tech bit' which makes them also responsible for the whole rogue Theia program. not sure if they snuck it in behind Ramses' back or if it really was a sort of unintended code mutation but the whole mind control bit sure sounds like the kind of thing that would be convenient for them. maybe bit of both. then Newtown happens and they had to call Dark Matters in for the coverup, and Dark Matters benefits from what they do enough to consider them an ally so they were like 'sure we'll sweep this under the rug'

and maybe vice versa, they fund/provide the tech/resources that Dark Matters uses, like wiping their agents' records, which may explain how they could keep Dark Matters from looking too closely at Rex Glass. why'd they sneak a guy into Dark Matters? idk probly they wanted Nureyev to succeed at the Martian artifact heists to keep the payments coming and they weren't technically using him against Dark Matters. (also! maybe this is who's providing the super cutting-edge amongus drone tech?)

can't quite pin down the specifics but this would help tie together all the main threads: Nureyev's debts, Sasha & Dark Matters, Newtown, also the Curemother Prime if part of their whole deal is Pharm/Cryo/Med/Cyber tech, since this is probably also coming back to the poker game and Slip's patent. so they're not related to the four companies involved in the medical debt system but would either stand to gain a great deal if they got hold of the CmP or desperately do not want the Curemother Prime at large for the same reason as the other companies, that they could no longer keep their debtors secure by holding them hostage through their healthcare.

so when Nureyev promises them the four keys they have to plan accordingly; best guess is they let him think the four keys payment will be enough? I can't imagine why he wouldn't assume they'd go after the CmP themselves, but if they're hands-off enough with him it's possible that he was hoping to get away with it as a gambit: promise them the keys while the Aurinkos make off with the CmP, maybe he's even trying to let them think he's been working alone all along

(also wow apart from being anxious as hell about having to sneak off with the four keys, I could see him being extra terrified of a repeat of the Utgard Express thing, succeeding in the heist only to hand-deliver the macguffin to the people they're trying to keep it away from.) and then they steal it and he's nervous and jumpy for the next three days but still thinks he can bring his creditors the four keys and hopes that they'll go on a wild goose chase for a Curemother Prime that isn't there bc fuck knows the other companies won't want it getting out that the CmP has been swiped

but if the Vague Yet Menacing Tech Conglomerate has been in touch with Dark Matters, and Dark Matters has been following this practically from the start -- targeting M'tendere, sending out the impostor drone, trying to neutralize the keys -- then maybe Dark Matters clued them in that somebody else is working with the Aurinkos and they can't find shit on this guy, is he one of of yours? and then they realize Nureyev's not working alone. and then they tip Dark Matters the nod the moment Nureyev reports that he's showing up with his payment because they know what that means.

also! maybe they each think they're using each other, bc the Vague Yet Menacing Tech Conglomerate wants the CmP for their own purposes, and Sasha's letting them go on thinking that if Dark Matters captures it they'll let VYMTC use it, but by the time she's in charge she's probably also decided that instead of being in each other's pockets she's going to bring the VYMTC to heel because that's the only way they'll fit within her greater good vision (and she doesn't want them to help her disappear and has to get Rita to do it)

speaking of Rita i want to know what she knows because she said something about 'then i got into a place I reeeeeeally wasn't supposed to' when she looked Nureyev up so if it's going to take a minute before Juno unlocks the next part of the journal I bet she knows some things about our boy that might be helpful

i am. very excited for Rita Juno Puck escapades but also dear god I miss the Lighthouse Crew so fucking much and it's probably going to be months before we hear anything from them and look i am a slut for a gallows rescue trope and i'm sure we're going to get a good one but i MISS THEM i'm gonna scream

anyway i just had one final thought that just made all my clever little brain thoughts go bang and that's that the VYMTC and the people who helped him disappear are probably entirely separate, or at least that's what i make of 'it pays to have powerful friends when one makes powerful enemies'. so it makes more sense that he's actually in debt to the people who are hiding him from the people Slip played poker with, it's just that all of this is already overcomplicated and a Vague Yet Menacing Agency Pileup could make the story kind of top-heavy so uuhhhhh. I still think there's something to a connection to Ramses and the Theias? godspeed that's a lot of plot points i hope they come together nicely

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Blood and Boos

Elide Lochan x Lorcan Salvaterre - Haunted House OneShot

Lorcan gets roped into doing a Haunted House. Elide tries her best, but she isn't a fan of jump-scares. What could go wrong?

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Warnings: Language

2348 words

*******

"No. Absolutely not.”

“Come on, it’ll be fun.”

“No way, I'm not doing that.” Lorcan wasn't going to budge. There was no way he was giving in to their stupid request.

“If I can do it, you can do it.” Rowan took a sip of his beer and leveled a look at him over the rim of the bottle.

Snorting, Lorcan shot back, “Just because your girlfriend’s got you wrapped around her finger, doesn't mean I'm going to do it.”

Rowan raised a brow at him, “And yours doesn't?”

It was Fenrys’ turn to snort. He grabbed his own beer and hopped up onto the counter. “Lorcan, Elide’s got you more whipped than Whitethorn over here.” He motioned to a smirking Rowan.

Rolling his eyes, Lorcan just repeated, “I’m not doing it.”

Sighing, Rowan asked, “Even if Elide asked you to? You’d still say no?”

“It doesn't matter what I would do—” Of course he would do it if she asked, albeit begrudgingly and full of complaints, but he’d do it. “Because she didn't ask me to. Aelin asked you to help out with this one.” he nodded at Fenrys.

The blond grinned at him. “Come on Lorcan, it’ll be fun.”

“Fun?” He seriously doubted that. The last thing he wanted to do was put on a ridiculous costume and watch teenagers pretend they weren't scared just to impress their friends.

“It's a Haunted House, Lorcan,” Rowan tried again, “We’re not asking you to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters”

“Yeah,” Fenrys chimed in, jumping down from the counter, “You’ll get to scare people for three hours. And get paid. You already do that for free just walking down the street with that scowl.”

Lorcan’s response was the aforementioned scowl and a simple one-fingered salute.

“Ha. Ha. My answer is still no. You won't get me in an absurd costume and I won't be doing your stupid haunted house.”

Rowan was interrupted from responding by Lorcan’s phone ringing. Neither had noticed Fenrys subtly typing away on his own phone beneath the counter.

He recognized his girlfriend's ringtone and toned down the irritation that was seeping into this voice.

“El,” Rowan and Fenrys perked up at the sound of her name, trying to listen to his conversation. He waved them off and walked into his room. “Hey, what's up?”

He could hear her laughing at something said in the background and then her voice ran through his speaker, “Hey Lor! I was just talking with Aelin and she was telling me about this awesome—”

“Is this about the haunted house?” He cut her off, already groaning.

“How’d you know?” She sounded surprised...almost too surprised…

“I’ll let you guess what I was just talking about with Rowan and Fenrys. And before you ask—” He rushed on, knowing that once she did, there’d be no way he could say no to her, “I am not going to dress up and play monster all night just because you think it would be so fun.”

He heard his girlfriend groan exasperatedly at his insistence, “Oh, come on, Lor. It really would be so fun! You guys would be in the haunted house and Aelin and I could keep coming through all night to keep you company. And just think,” She lowered her voice, he guessed so she wouldn't be overheard, “there will be lots of dark corners that we could sneak off to.”

He let out a long sigh. Gods, this woman had some magic power over him.

“...Fine.”

“Oh yay!” He could hear the smile in her voice and it made the scowl he wore soften a little. “This is great! Go let the guys know, I’ll tell Aelin. And babe?”

“Yeah, El?”

“I know you’re not super excited, so as a reward for stepping out of your comfort zone, I promise to make the night exciting.” He could picture her winking at him through the phone.

Chuckling, he ran a hand through his hair, “I’ll hold you to that, babe.”

“Love you, Lor! Bye!”

He said a quick “Love you, too.” before she hung up.

With one more resigned sigh, he walked back out to see Rowan and Fenrys muttering to each other. They both turned to look at him expectantly.

“…what time should I be there?”

***

Elide wasn't exactly sure why she agreed to convince Lorcan to do the haunted house. She had been out with Aelin when Fenrys texted her telling her that she needed to get Lorcan to agree. Aelin caught the text over Elide's shoulder and insisted she call Lorcan.

“Ooh, that'll be great! Your grumpy boyfriend can keep mine company. And hey,” Aelin beamed at her, feeling satisfied at how things were coming together, “knowing that it's the guys who are dressed up and not some rando, you don't have to be so scared about going!”

That was why Elide couldn't figure out how she’d agreed to both getting Lorcan to do the Haunted house, and also to going through it herself.

Elide loved Halloween...the cute, fun, wholesome parts of Halloween like carving pumpkins and watching cheesy Halloween movies, and wandering through corn mazes. She didn't love the over-the-top scary, ‘you're going to be so terrified you’ll wet yourself’ parts of Halloween.

But she could put on her big-girl pants and get through one night of terror. And, maybe Aelin was right. Maybe knowing that the ax murderer jumping out at her was one of her friends or her boyfriend, would make it less scary.

That's what she tried to tell herself as she and Aelin waited in line for the haunted house two days later.

Lorcan had refused to tell what his costume was, but she knew Rowan was some kind of zombie, and Fenrys was going to be, yup, an insane ax murderer.

She and Aelin would go in, find the guys, maybe hang out and watch them scare people for a bit, and then they’d leave. Elide knew Aelin wanted to come through a second time later on, and she promised Lorcan she would find him and take advantage of one of the dark corners she mentioned before.

Two times through the haunted house, she could do this.

***

She couldn't do this.

Elide let out another piercing shriek as a hand jerked out of the cobwebs to grab onto her arm. She spun, ripping her arm out of their grasp, only to hear a dark laugh and another hand brush the back of her head.

Whipping back around she saw Aelin pull her hand back, grinning.

“Ae, I love you, but I’m going to kill you.” She was jumpy, ready for something else to pop out at her. “I am going to murder you for making me come here, and no one is going to help you or find your body because they’ll all think you’re just some prop for this gods-awful house.”

“Oh El, I’m sorry,” but Aelin was grinning through the fake blood splatter on her face making Elide roll her eyes and huff. “Let's go find our big, strong boyfriends, and they can make us feel better.”

It should have sounded comforting, but Aelin wiggled her eyebrows at the end, and Elide chuckled lightly.

“That doesn't sound like you, Ae—the last bit, sure—but not the first.”

Tossing her head back to laugh as she draped an arm over the shorter girl’s shoulder’s Aelin laughed.

“Please, they just like to feel useful.” She winked, but Elide could see the fondness on Alein’s face as she thought about Rowan. “Let’s keep going.”

All Elide did was groan.

***

Lorcan was tired of this. He’d been stuck wearing a mask with a supposedly scary face on it, but besides that, he was just wearing his normal all-black attire. Black jeans, black hoodie, black boots.

According to Fenrys, Lorcan was already scary enough.

At least he didn't have to wear the zombie get-up Rowan had on. Lorcan didn't want to know how long it had taken him to put all the green undead-looking make-up on—something he was sure Galathynius was responsible for.

Lorcan wasn't about to admit it, but he was having a little fun scaring people. He had positioned himself in a corner, just behind a turn in the hall. He could hear when people walked by him, but they couldn't see him until he wanted them to.

All he had to do was take one step, say “boo” in his deep, deadpan voice, and watch as the victims screamed, jumped, or ran away. One guy had let out such a high-pitched wail that Lorcan thought the glass on the window might break.

He’d been there for almost an hour; apparently, Elide and Aelin took longer to get there than planned because they hadn’t come through yet. He was getting a little grumpy, having been promised alone time with his girlfriend somewhere private when she made her way through.

Another group of teenagers walked by. Another “boo.” Another shriek. Another herd of footsteps running down the hall away from him, but unknowingly towards the enthusiastic ax murderer.

He settled back into his corner and waited some more.

He heard a pair��no, two pairs—of footsteps getting closer to him. Maybe he’d have some fun with these people; he wouldn't half-ass his attempt this time. As they turned the corner, Lorcan took a breath and leaped out in front of them.

Several things happened one after the other.

Lorcan roared “Boo!” Not the scariest thing to say, but his size, stance, and volume made up for it.

The pair, two women, screamed. One severely louder than the other.

In less than a moment, he recognized his beautiful, terrified girlfriend.

Elide, letting out her shriek, and unable to see Lorcan’s face beneath the mask, moved instinctually letting her body take over instead of thinking.

She drew her arm back and punched him in the face.

Lorcan’s head flew backward, not expecting the impact.

“Elide!” Aelin gaped at her friend, but Elide was still screaming, partly because of the heart attack she knew she was having and partly because her hand immediately began to hurt once she made impact with the masked man’s face.

Lorcan grunted, bringing his hand up to hold his definitely broken nose. He could feel the blood already dripping down behind the mask.

“Fuck!” He groaned, managing to pull the mask off his swelling face.

The moment the mask was off and his face was recognizable, both ladies’ eyes went wide.

“Lorcan?” Elide screeched, moving toward him, her face caught between disbelief and guilt. “Oh, my gods, Lorcan! I’m so sorry!” She tried to touch his face but he winced as she brushed his nose.

Devastation crossed her face as she took in the very real blood and bruising on her boyfriend’s face, all caused by her.

Alternatively, Aelin found it all hysterical. She was bent over, cackling, tears streaming down her face. She was laughing so hard that soon she wasn't making any sound, just clapping her hands together so she could continue to show her amusement.

“Oh, Lor—”

“I’b okay,” he muttered.

Elide sighed dejectedly, “When you say I’b instead of I’m it means you’re not okay. Gods, I can't believe I punched you.”

“You punched him!” Aelin got out between laughs. “This is one of my favorite moments, ever.”

“Oh hush Ae.” But her lips tugged up at the corner.

“I saw ‘at” Lorcan said, his words getting clogged by the swelling of his nose and the blood dripping down, and letting Elide fuss over him.

“Saw what?” She asked innocently, trying not to hurt him and she turned his face from side to side.

“ ‘at little sbile” That little smile.

She gave him a light kiss on the tip of his nose, careful not to put pressure on the broken part. “You’re the one who jumped out and scared me, you should be proud that my instinct when being attacked is to punch my attacker.”

He rolled his eyes. “But it's be,” But it's me. He gestured to himself.

“Yeah, but you had a mask on, and I was already on edge after someone,” she glared at Aelin who had finally calmed down, “made me walk through this entire monstrosity of a setup.”

Elide gave him another kiss, this time on the corner of his mouth.

“It’s by nose ‘ats broken, not by lips.” He pointed out when she pulled away.

She laughed, and her smile almost made his broken face worth it—almost.

“Come on, let's get you to the hospital,” She cringed thinking about having to explain to the doctors how this happened, “and when they give you the all-clear, I’ll give you all the kisses you want.”

“You two go,” Aelin told them and tossed Elide the keys to her car, “call me later. I’m gonna go find Ro and Fen and tell them all about this.”

Elide rolled her eyes as Lorcan flipped Aelin off and Aelin waved cheerfully back before practically skipping down the hall.

“I’ll give it to you, ‘at was a damn good punch.” Lorcan grabbed her hand, pulling her into his side as his other hand kept a firm hold on his face.

She smiled up at him, but he could still see the guilt on her face. “Well, I did learn from the best. Now, please use your hulking body and bloody face to scare off any more characters as we leave.”

He laughed as best he could and pulled her tighter against him. “I t’ink ‘hey should be more scared of you.”

Luckily they didn't run into any more jump-scares on their way out.

Once they were in the car—Elide forcing Lorcan into the passenger seat after pushing it all the way back for him and climbing into the driver's seat herself—they left the grounds and started driving towards the hospital.

“You know,” Lorcan said, glancing over at his brilliant, violent girlfriend, “when you said you’b promise to make the night exciting, this is nob what I had in mind.”

Okay, so maybe her smile did make his bloody face worth it.

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The Miys, Ch. 152

I’m not going to jinx it, I’m not going to jinx it, I’m not going to jinx it...

Okay, maybe I am. I managed to queue up the chapters I had in the barrel! Yay!! Which also means that I have a super duper exciting chapter coming up, which I can’t wait to write and can’t wait for y’all to read. I just need it to be perfect.

That said, thank you to @baelpenrose and @charlylimph-blog for your help with this particular chapter.  I love when we are all three in one of these sessions and just descending into chaos in the chat. Also, @mamayoda (who I can’t tag but I do want you to know I see your likes in my notes!) for love-bombing my notes recently.

“Is it just me or is everyone really jumpy?” Charly asked as I set my food down across from her.  It was our thrice-weekly lunch dates in one of the public mess halls, and she definitely had a point.  I had already noticed three people scowl distrustfully at the food consoles, hugging closely to the prepared food side of the room instead.

I sighed. “It has to have been Derek’s stress test.  It wasn’t supposed to impact systems we didn’t design, but…”

She snorted loudly. “Tell that to the week I spent taking cold showers again.  At least this time, the doors didn’t play any music when I walked through them.”

“Did your doors at least open consistently? I was stuck in my quarters for a whole day until we figured out that I could walk through if I had an escort.”  I laughed and shook my head before digging in to my food. “And, come to find out, we actually do manage the water systems, thanks to BioLab 2.”

Contrary to myself, Charly was entirely unperturbed at this revelation beyond sniffing her hoodie and shrugging. “My doors worked fine as far as I know, but Coffey and I tend to work the same hours, so… Maybe that was it.  Oo!” Her cheer of enthusiasm caught me off guard as she started bouncing in her seat. “OOOOO! I bet he activated the routine Xiomara had running when you and Jokul weren’t friends yet!”

“There was a routine!?” I asked, exasperated. “I behaved, thank you. It wasn’t necessary.”

“Meh. Just in case. What do you think her deal is?” She tilted her head to the side, at a table near us.

Sure enough, the woman at that table was darting glances around the room, her shoulders hunched, elbows close to her body, eyes wide.  I could practically feel her shaking from where I was. “I can’t tell if she looks suspicious or afraid,” I murmured, hoping the woman couldn’t hear me. “But the fact that I’ve met mice and chihuahuas who shook less, I’m going to go with afraid.”

As I watched the woman, weighing whether or not a stranger trying to comfort her would make it better or worse, Mona’s familiar face approached her instead.  She was speaking softly enough that I couldn’t make out words, but the woman clearly recognized her and only jumped slightly.

I was so focused on the sight of Mona comforting the woman that I nearly hit the ceiling when Parvati’s voice came from entirely too close to my right shoulder. “Rebecca.  She lost her family twice, first her parents, some cousins, and an uncle when the hack happened, and then her partner and children in the After.  It’s understandable that she’s terrified right now, after the stress test. Too many bad memories.”

My face flushed in humiliation. “Pranav and Zach sent a ship-wide alert that the stress test was happening - “

A perfectly manicured hand clapped over my mouth, one dark eyebrow arched in eloquent disbelief. “Sophia. You of all people know that mental scars do not heed logic.”

Charly’s hair flew around her face as she nodded enthusiastically. “After day three of cold showers, I flinched every time I went through a door in case that stupid song started playing again, no matter how many times I reminded myself that it was a stress test and I had decidedly not given Derek boba tea again.”

Both my hands flew up in surrender. “I stand corrected, I just feel awful to see people react like that.” Gazing around the room, I was suddenly much more aware of all the darting eyes, protective postures, seats turned so that backs were against walls.

Charly had obviously seen the same thing. “We may need to talk to Pranav about limiting the tests to one or two systems at a time.”

“I wish we could,” I admitted, stabbing a potato out of my pie slightly harder than necessary. “His department was passing the tests with flying colors when Derek was limited to one or two systems at a time.  But they failed this last test miserably, it turns out.  As soon as they would react to one thing, Derek would switch to another system, and they couldn’t be everywhere at once as well as they convinced themselves that they could.  And they can’t just be good at small scale attacks: the revolt that happened before the End brought everything down at once, from multiple access points. It was… kind of elegant, in a terrible way.  Very clean.”

Charly squinted at me and Parvati in suspicion. “Are you supposed to know that they crashed and burned in the test.”

I rocked my hand back and forth while I chewed on a mouthful of crust.  It had way too much butter in it, but at least it was actually crust this time. A week ago it had been something pretty close to paper mache. “Technically we don’t officially know that.  Officially, all we know is that Pranav has requisitioned enough additional staff to increase his team of programmers by seventy percent.”

“Asses handed to them, got it,” Charly nodded in understanding.

“We also officially know that Pranav currently owes Hannah quite the enormous favor,” Parvati confided.

“How big?” Charly ventured slowly.

“Big enough that his grandchildren may be indebted to hers,” came the laughing response.

Charly shook her head and clucked her tongue. “He should know better than to bet against Derek.  He breaks the systems for fun, and they asked him to really go for it. What did they expect?”

“Apparently to put up a better fight at least.” I forced a smile, but guilt weighed on my heart as I studied the room again, fully seeing the microexpressions of anxiety, fear, and anger.  It felt like the entire Ark was constantly swinging between hope and fear. The random drills weren’t really helping, either.

“They aren’t,” Parvati agreed, letting me know that I had been thinking out loud. “Everyone is sleep deprived, on high alert, and then all of a sudden all the computer systems went on the fritz for a week.”

I sighed and rubbed my forehead, pushing what was left of my pot pie away from me, appetite gone. “We need to talk to Grey and Antoine about getting counselling for everyone, seeing as how Xiomara and Pranav pretty much just triggered the entire ship. I mean, everyone knows counselling is available, but I think allocating training and resources to the therapy teams is going to take priority over Pranav’s request for the moment.”

Charly tapped her chin thoughtfully. “Do we have the space for some quiet rooms, like you set up for the Food Festival a few years back? That may be a good idea.”

Snapping into work-mode, Parvati flicked her datapad open, bangles clattering as she started making notes. “The quarters left by those who relocated closer to the Archives are still uninhabited, those can be used.  We may be able to convince some people to relocate so we can spread the rooms out more evenly, but even if we can’t, just having those rooms available will help.”

“Make a note to add in the proposal for Grey: possibility of having specific vendors permitted to serve food in BioLab 2.  Encourage mental health days and picnics.”

Parvati nodded in acknowledgement of my request, before adding her own spin. “As a contingency plan, find vendors who will pre-package picnics.  Between the current distrust of the consoles and the fact it will remind everyone of the annual Festival, the good emotions will help.”

“I like it,” I confirmed. “What else?”

“Paintball tag day in the corridors,” Charly announced, without preamble or warning. “Make it a holiday, everyone is off work, limit it to one end of the Ark.”

I shook my head. “Guns, not the best idea.”

“Ew, no. No pew-pew.” She wrinkled her nose. “I was thinking more paint-soaked splash bombs.”

Finger guns deployed, dual wielding. “I am so here for a paintball tag day in that case.  The flavored paint?”

“Not the scotch bonnet please,” Parvati begged. “I just know someone will get that in the face, I don’t care how much Else likes it.”

“Got it, no more pepper spraying people,” Charly agreed seriously. “OOO! I could test the new arrows out!  With something like buttered popcorn paint, obviously. Maybe kiwi on the other team.”

“Just limit the pull on the bows, okay? I don’t want anyone getting hurt.”

“Fiiiiine…”

Parvati smiled and added to her notes. “So, we probably want someone to correlate the current date to whatever the date would be on Earth… Just in case we need to get a consultant for Holi.”

“Good point. Conor is alarmingly good at that, so I can ask him.  It would be a nice cultural event if we could do that. If not, we can totally work on celebrating Holi when it comes around.”

“Final suggestion for right now, because I have to get back to work,” I sighed happily. “This is going to be the biggest ask, and the smallest at the same time…” Both nodded at me to continue. “Care packages, for everyone. And I mean everyone on the Ark.”

“Sophia,” Parvati scolded me. “That’s almost ten thousand people and sixteen animal companions.”

“Well aware,” I forged on, “We’ll talk to Sam about the bows, I can wrap them. Commission some of those really nice chocolates, or maybe some taffy from Simon. And something salty.  I know there is someone on the Ark who makes aromatherapy candles, Tyche is bananas about them.”

Shaking her head, she added it to the list. “If you insist on that, I insist on a celebration for the drop out of FTL.  Hannah and I can use some of the plans from the Food Festival, include Charly’s paint tag - “

“And Kink Night!”

“- and Kink Night, apparently… have several events going on across the Ark, since we already discussed declaring a holiday.”

“Get Bash’s permission to use the Undine again, and I won’t object,” I surrendered before standing. “On that note, I really do have to get back to work.  Come on, Vati, we have work to do apparently.”

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Secrets

Summary: Stiles/Male!Reader Request: Stiles/Male!Reader,No plot specified

You’d been partnered with the actual sheriff’s son when you first moved in and when you had your first english assignment. It was to research a mythological figure and rewrite the mythology that surrounded them. When Jackson had asked if monsters and cryptid’s counted; the teachers sighing wearily and then nodding you’d been the first to claim werewolf as your prompt; Stiles giving you a panicked look for some reason.

“You didn’t have something in mind did you?” You ask worriedly and he shakes his head looking to the side. “You did.” Your face falls and he frowns. “No dude; I just;” His face goes slack when you meet his eyes and you can’t really feel anything besides the fact his hands are on your shoulders; one gripping tightly, you wonder if your face is as pink as his. “What’re you doing here.” He hisses and you turn to follow his gaze to see who you later learn is Derek Hale walking up.

“Scott said you were freaking out over some English project cause the hot guy you’re partnered with wants to do werewolves.” “Hi; Y/N; the hot guy.” You grin at Stiles when you shake Dereks hand and he laughs. “I like Derek; he your older brother or something?” “He’s basically my cousin.” He and Stiles grin and you smile at them straining slightly when the bell rings to signal the start of class after lunch.

You were surprised it took two more assignments; one from history and another English one to get Stiles to ask you out. He still seemed jumpy whenever the topic of werewolves and even most horror movie monster’s came up but you put it down to him being terrified after you spent two days marathoning a to watch list Derek had sent over of psychological horror movies.

“Where the lion’s skin does not suffice put on that of a fox.” You grin up at Stiles from where you’re laying on his bed. “Is that meant to be some sort of sly comment about how I haven’t told my dad we’re dating?�� Stiles looks unimpressed. “No; that’s your choice whether you tell him or not; you just gotta let me know so I don’t have to worry about him seeing us kiss and freak out. Among other things.” You grin when he crawls on top of you.

“You remind me more of a lion than anything else.” You hum when he kisses you. “Really; is it my muscles? My vanity then?” “No you care so much for all your friends; they’re your family. Your pride as it were.” You grin and Stiles laughs; you catch how it sounds slightly hollow. “What?” “Nothing; I just fit a fox better.” “You’re not a trickster; or lying; or very crafty. No offence.” You grin. He shrugs and you pull him down for a kiss. “You’re not lying to your dad Stiles; it’s okay; I don’t mind him not knowing right now; you deserve to tell him when you’re ready.”

“I’m lying to you.” “You are?” You look confused as he sits up and moves away from you; you scoot closer bumping your knees together. “Can you tell me? Do you want to?” “I want to; but Scott and Derek said I can’t tell you.” You frown. “Is it dangerous for me to know?” “Yes.” He sighs and wraps his arm around your shoulders. “I don’t want you hurt Y/N. You’re the most important guy in my life; I can’t risk my boyfriends life if you knew.” “Jesus; you guys in the mafia or something? Drug runners maybe?” You joke slightly and Stiles smirks shaking his head. “Not that kind of danger.” “Oh; like werewolves and vampires then? Oh my god are you guys Ghost hunters?” You grin as Stiles stares. “Holy shit; you are aren’t you.” You gape in awe laughing when Stiles swats your shoulders shoving you back on the bed. “Seriously Y/N even if you guess I can’t tell you.” “I know; Scott told me about the werewolves already.”

“He did what?” “Yeah; Derek was super against it but as Scott put it to him when he thought I couldn’t hear ‘Stiles really goes all out for Y/N we can’t keep him in the dark and drive him away; Stiles would lose his shit; I don’t really want my best friend mad at me for cock blocking  him.’and then-” “We haven’t even had sex yet!” Stiles shouts and stares at his door. You nod with him. “That’s what I said and then they had to tell me! Derek looked so pissed; I mean I think he did; he doesn’t show much emotion.” “Stiles!” You both turn towards the door as his dad shouts for him.

“I think he heard.” “Well at least we’re getting all the secrets out today apparently. Anything you need to tell me?” Stiles grins as he stands. You laugh grinning back. “I’m a vampire.” You wink as he pulls you up standing in place for a moment holding onto you before he opens the door and you follow him out into the living room.

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Supercorp prompts! "things you said when it was all over" and "things you said through another person"

(ok i promise i tried to do both for you but the second one is kicking my ass, so here’s half)

22. things you said after it was over

The moment Lillian’s eyes go dark, Kara knows it’s over. Leviathan falls to pieces almost instantaneously, and within the hour, the ancient world-bending beings are but dust in several atmospheres.

-

It should feel righteous, Kara thinks, she should be excited. She should feel better than she does, standing in the center of Lena’s apartment, shoulder to shoulder with her sister as they watch live footage of Lex being apprehended. She should be like J’onn, standing off to the side with pride in his posture. Or like Alex, satisfaction rippling off of her in waves, spiking her adrenaline and making her jumpy. Like Nia, maybe, exhausted with divine relief, smiling wide at a job well done.

Kara feels none of this: she cannot stop looking at Lena.

Lena, who is standing behind her couch, watching, not for the first time in her life, her brother’s public downfall. She can barely see the television through the tangle of near-strangers in her home, but she doesn’t seem to care. She just stands straight and clutches at the cushion along the back of the couch, white-knuckling it every time the news reporter says Luthor.

They report Lillian’s death next, and Kara hears Lena’s breathing stutter in her throat. It’s that sound, the broken little whimper that nobody save a Kryptonian with super-hearing would have noticed, that makes Kara stay. They filter out one by one, J’onn leaving to find M’gann, Alex leaving to find Kelly, Nia leaving to go sleep for 40 hours straight, I swear to God-- until Kara is the only one left.

Lena holds the door open in the wake of Nia’s departure. “Thank you,” she says to Kara earnestly. “For everything.”

“Of course,” Kara replies, but when she doesn’t move to leave, Lena looks confused.

“Lena, I...” She begins.

Lena closes the door slowly, and leans back against it, refusing to meet Kara’s eyes. “You don’t have to say anything.”

Kara doesn’t know how to reply to that. She stands uselessly as Lena moves past her toward her kitchen to fill her kettle and stand wordlessly at her countertop as it heats. 

For a moment, there’s nothing but the sound of the water simmering.

“She’s not dead, you know,” Lena says flatly. “She’s too arrogant to die.”

Kara takes tentative steps toward the brunette. “That doesn’t mean you can’t feel...” She pauses, unsure of what the right word is.

“Terrified?” Lena quips drily, but halfway through what was meant to be a sarcastic laugh, the fight dissipates from her entirely. Her breath catches in her throat and she sags forward into the counter, her voice betraying her and breaking with the threat of tears. “She’s going to come back for me, Kara. She’s never going to stop.”

Kara reaches her just as the first tear breaks the plane of Lena’s face, and her arms are wrapped around the smaller woman before she can think better of it. Lena flinches slightly, curling her shoulders inward like maybe she can shrink into herself, but then she leans her weight full against Kara, and allows herself to cry silently into the blonde’s chest.

“Hey,” Kara murmurs. She wraps a protective arm around Lena’s shoulders and presses her cheek to dark hair, hugging her closer. “Lillian can’t get to you. You’re safe, Lena.”

It takes a bit before Lena can speak clearly again.

“What if I never escape it,” she whispers, voice small. “The poison in my blood.”

Kara’s heart breaks, and the flare of something small and angry slips down her spine. Her words come out hushed, but firm. “You are more than a name.”

“The things I’ve done--” Lena begins to press an argument into the soft folds of Kara’s shirt.

“You are more than your name,” Kara repeats, fierce, the strength in her voice catching them both by surprise. “You are so full of light, Lena. I don’t even-- I can’t tell you how heartbreaking it is that you can’t see it.” Lena pulls in a shaky breath, and Kara knows she’s listening. She continues, focusing on the thrum of heart. “You’re stronger than them. You have always been stronger than them.”

Lena lets out an actual sob at that, slipping her arms around Kara and reveling in the comfort of a protection that she’s needed since the day she pulled the trigger.

-

Later, in the early hours of the morning, when Lena has cried her soul bare and Kara has held her through it, they talk.

Kara drags the first truths from her heart, shaky and nervous and still tender from the wounds that Lena inflicted. It bruises them both, but there’s something in the night, in the way Lena looks at her, in knowing that they will heal, and Kara finally feels it. She touches the soft of Lena’s wrist, feels the strong heartbeat beneath her fingertips, and finally, truly, allows herself to exhale. 

Lena pulls at the seams of an ache she’s been long reluctant to reopen, and shares the darkest parts of a year of loneliness and pain and abuse. Lena thinks of another couch, in another lifetime, of Kara promising not to leave, and it’s almost laughable. This Kara -- the one who shakes with barely-repressed rage when Lena tells her how Lex treated her, who intertwines their fingers and says things like I don’t even have the language to describe how incredible you are -- Lena knows that this is the Kara that will stay.

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Instinct by Sherrilyn McQueen

Series: Chronicles of Nick, #6 Read time: 2 Days Rating: 5/5

The quote: You were kind to me and I don’t believe in repaying kindness with cruelty. — Xevikan Daraxerxes

God Xev breaks my heart. A whole lot of the support cast in CoN are heartbreaking but there is something else about Xevikan that is just something else. He is pain, PTSD and power. “To give you an inkling, Gautier, I was the only ancient god born who could kill a Chthonian.”, look he is terrifying powerful and I adore him. I love Caleb I do but his inability to listen to Xev's side of the Liliana disaster makes me want to cry, slap him and then say 'what would Liliana say to you now'. Xev is tortured by that moment and we see it, I want to see more of it because there is trauma there that needs to understood. His reaction to Aeron says a lot. Oh and I'm so pleased with how we've met Aeron, I knew of him but not his story. Though there is something truly musing about seeing Xev as an Egyptian Mau nicknamed Mr. Fuzzy Boots., of course, Xev hates the name. Nick and Xev have one of the best relationships in the series. Nick is the only person who sees Xev. I know that was an unusual start, I needed to get it out of my system.

While Illusion helps the readers understand Kody and her parentage and family, Instinct deals as best as it can with Calebs. But Caleb's family is, at best, complicated. And this entire book is essentially done with Caleb absent due to the monster of the week. That monster of the week was someone I had not even thought of. I'm not sure entirely where this fits in. At times it feels like it follows on almost immediately from Illusion, at times it feels like some time has passed. But there is one line I found interesting "He’d only known it existed for less than two years." between Infinity and the end of Instinct is less than two years, and there is a year-long gap in there somewhere. There is a lot to digest coming out of this. All the characters in play, the changes in the world in dynamic and the new pieces of lore to deal with. The plot boils down to Nick working with his allies to save Cherise and Caleb and deciding whom he can trust. CoN books seem to have simplistic plots but the plot is not the point of them, they are character and lore driven. And the plot does well to display the characters in different lights. It gives some idea of where this might be going and Ambrose's shocking appearance was not a good sign. I really enjoyed this it moves at a good pace and doesn't try to do anything too smart. But I really wish there were family trees for some of these characters somewhere. That conversation between Xev and Mennie gets complicated fast even knowing the players. That said the ignorance is in line with Nick's knowledge base so it does fit.

All right have a dump of notes because otherwise, this review becomes obscenely long.

The six generals of the ušumgallu. Grim, Bane and Laguerre who live permanently earthside. The others who had to be called, Xevikan, Livia and Yrre.

The six primal gods. Those of the light; Razer, Cam and Verlyn. Those of the dark; Noir, Azure and Braith. Braith is complicated, while she aligns to the dark she is more grey. Two of the primary gods are missing; Razer and Braith. Verlyn was captured.

It wasn’t easy being Death. Made it hard to make friends. Harder still to keep them. No one was ever really happy to see you. Being around anyone tended to make them nervous and jumpy. Really sucked most days." — Being is Grim's head is something different. That is where we spend the prologue.

Braith got screwed by her siblings. I don't blame her from hiding from them for such a long time.

Zeitjägers. That's Germanic and German is a constructive language. Zeit is time. Jäger is hunter. Zeitjägers are entirely Sherri's creation as far as I can tell. But German is an interesting choice linguistically.

“Believe it or not, he can be quite charming when he’s not psychotic. And Hekate has always had a thing for bad boys.” — This about Noir. This is right after we meet Dagon, their son.

“That was you what done that with Zeus and them Arcadians and gots into all that trouble? Ooo, I remember that. That was so bad for you, but so nice for you to do! You the Simi’s hero.” — mine too Simi queen, mine too. Long story short Dagon helped Lycaon create the Were-hunters. I didn't know we knew him. And with his parentage, I'm not surprised he's willing to rebel.

Oh Noir, how did you get that body?  And can please gtfo so we can have it back?

I knew Aeron was going to be important but I didn't understand why.

“But be warned with that lineup, Malachai, you have chosen one of the most powerful groups ever assembled. Together, they could wield enough power to one day kill you.” — Damn Nick that is a smart play. It's an insurance policy. Also good choices, they are all super intelligent in their own fields too.

As an aside. I can't remember another character like Liliana. A character with a shattering impact who is never met. She feels like more than Caleb's wife at times, she feels like an anchor for him. As Nick points out other characters in Sherri's verses have this but we spend substantial time with them in flashbacks. That is not the case with Liliana.

Am I the only one reading this series that feels like there is a book missing? When did Nick find out about Mennie/Ma'at, Nashira, his brother, Monakribos (well his name), in some ways even the names of the 6 source? These aren't just important to Nick, they are important to US. While I do read the Dark-Hunter novels as well and am aware of some of the surrounding lore the primary intended audience of the CoN series would not be. The DH novels are aimed at adults and contain content as such, the CoN novels are aimed at those in their teens.

I want to add this too... this is what an Egyptian Mau looks like.

And when you know Xev has an attitude (for a reason) this is perfect.

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Craig and Those Guys, Headcanons Masterpost  ~

Craig Tucker 

Looks:

tall and gangly 

has really pretty, thick black hair, but is always wearing his chullo so he always has hat hair lol 

light blue/grey-ish eyes 

long face, defined jaw 

really smooth skin, which is odd since he has no routine what so ever 

casual style, lot’s of hoodies and those Adidas pants with the white stripe at the side? 

Personality:

he has a resting bitch face, but like, as a personality? 

like, when he’s not thinking about anything special or talking about something he cares about, he’ll just sorta tune out and look pissed and/or bored 

but he isn’t grumpy or careless 

just a little aloof lol 

cares a lot about his boyfriend, friends, family and pet(s) 

doesn’t always feel confident when showing it tho 

dorky, he loves space and his niche shows and likes tidying haha 

has the dorkiest laugh and is super embarrassed about it hehe 

Friendships:

isn’t that good with people tbh 

but he really values his friends, and enjoys spending time with them

will fight for his friends, hands down 

is weary around new people, like the the two boy gangs started to hang out a little more, he was the one who took the longest to open up and be chill with it 

likes seeing his friends having fun and being passionate, so he always tries to keep up with their interests etc

which sometimes surprises people 

but like I said, he is really a nice guy, he just has a rising bitch personality 

Family:

has a healthy and good family dynamic 

is kinda awkward with showing them affection tho 

his dad and him have a “slap each other on the back and huff” type of relationship 

but deep down they both know there’s a lot of love and acceptance there<3 

Laura is a cool mom, fight me 

not like, too cool, she has rules and is an authoritarian person 

but she is also funny and sees through her kids’ bullshit 

Tricia is really similar to Craig in a lot of ways

they stay out of each other’s way mostly, but sometimes hang out casually 

doesn’t really fight that much? 

Ships and relationships:

y’all know it, it’s always creek time around here

I usually see Craig as demiromatic gay 

he and Tweek totally have that best friends and lovers type of relationship 

like, not too lovey dovey, but sure as hell passionate at times 

Craig genuinely have so much fun with his bf man, he just wants to hang out with him all the time 

isn’t too creative when it comes to dates and stuff, but he really tries 

often gets help from Token and the others when it comes to it 

actually doesn’t mind PDA, at least chill PDA like handholding and kisses etc 

Token Black 

Looks:

pretty tall and broad, but not like, super fit, he’s just naturally like that 

around the start of high school he started growing his hair out a little, he keeps it in a short and manageable length 

he has very remarkable eyes, dark brown at the edges and they get almost golden by his pupils 

handsome, simply put haha

I would describe his style as preppy/casual? 

like, he dresses nicely, and likes looking sharp, but he isn’t a snob about it! 

I feel like he would look amazing in purple and wear it often! 

Personality:

always writing in a little notebook

loud, contagious laughter

big conscience, always tries to do the right thing

while his friends and classmates loves the perks of his wealth, Token himself feels bad about it a lot

he has a tendency to get a little down about the state of world and it’s unfairness 

he works with a lot of charities and is a volunteer and both the pet shelter, the homeless shelter and the children ward of the hospital, and he really, genuinely loves doing it 

Friendships:

very protective of his friends

because he volunteers a lot, he started running into Stan and Kenny at both the pet shelter and homeless shelter a lot, as Stan is a huge animal rights lover and Kenny genuinely likes helping both people and animals 

the three of them start becoming better friends because of this, eventually brining the two groups closer together 

he is one of the few people Craig will actually go to for relationship advice etc

which is kinda funny because Token is a casual dater all through High School

nothing wrong with that! and like, he still has great advice and is very good with people in general 

very good at making people feel included 

the mom friend 100%

comforts Clyde, keeps Jimmy’s antics under control, keeps Tweek from killing Cartman and helps Craig actually communicate dhslkfhb

Family:

has a good relationships with his parents! 

but feels like he has to live up to a certain level of expectations at times 

his dad is a bit old-fashioned in some senses, but he means well

and both his mom and dad loves him a lot and is super proud of what a wonderful person he is (so am I ilu Token you’re doing amazing sweetie)

Ships and relationships:

first of all, I think Token is bi! 

I like Tyde, but my OTP for him is Tokenny! 

I just really like the dynamic potential and think they would make each other the best versions of themselves? 

Token is great at being suave and charming in general and on first dates that’s casual, but if he already has a crush and/or feelings he is a mess

but like, a cute mess 

anyways, here’s a tiny Tokenny fluff one-shot I wrote a while back lol 

Tweek Tweak

Looks:

big, soft & fluffy hair

big, nervous looking eyes

either electric green or lively brown 

soft sweaters and big flannels 

sweater sleeves always covering his hands

pale, perfect skin 

soft freckles on his nose, shoulders and hands

crooked smile 

slight gap between his front teeth 

a little shorter Craig, slightly more defined much wise naturally 

Personality:

very confused

doesn’t know what day is it

has gotten a lot better at dealing with his anxiety, but still twitches a bit because of the meth coffee his parents had him drink as a kid

juMpY

very funny when he chills enough to be funny haha

has a kind heart, esp when it comes to people and animals in difficult situations 

he has so much compassion in his heart, man 

but also has a short fuse 

is pretty scary when he gets pissed 

will get into a physical fight

esp if anyone insults his friends 

which is why Cartman is terrified of him 

Friendships:

his friends makes him feel very lucky and grateful and he tries to make up for it a lot 

often bakes as a stress relief, which makes Clyde love him even more lol

is pretty good friends with Kenny 

he likes to just hang around people sometimes, doing nothing together, and Kenny enjoys that too, so they often do that 

Tweek loves these dudes a lot, but there’s always so much going on yanno 

good friends with Wendy! 

they share a lot of the same values 

he has a secret talent when it coms to drawing, only Clyde knows (by accident) 

always tries to include those who is a bit on the outside

Family:

complicated 

his parents have always taken a lot of advantage of him, let’s be real 

I often headcanon them selling out to Harbucks at some point, but they keep running the store 

but they have to hire more people and is under more surveillance now, so that saves Tweek a little

he still works there tho

so does Kenny 

honestly, Tweek avoids his parents as much as he can, there is a lot of resentment there 

he loves Craig’s family tho, and they love him back <3 

Ships and relationships:

yeah, Creek it is 

I also like Twenny tho, but creek is my OTP! 

I usually write Tweek as gay, but I’m open to other interpretations 

but he likes boys in any scenario to me 

often has his hands in Craig’s jacket pockets, or hands onto his arm, just likes being physically near him

Craig likes it too, so 

Tweek still struggles with sleeping, but always sleeps amazingly with Craig around :softeyes: 

blushes so hard when Craig manages to catch him off guard with compliments and soft stuff 

is pretty good at being romantic, and does really sweet stuff for birthdays and anniversaries and stuff! 

Jimmy Valmer

Looks:

thick mop of brown hair that’s purposely messy 

would never admit it but he spends time every morning making it that way 

light brown eyes that turns golden in the sun 

had braces for years, so now his teeth are very straight and white and perfect 

a few cute freckles on his face

actually pretty tall, but because of his crutches he slouches a bit so it doesn’t always show 

Personality:

has the best one-liners

living legend for having the record for both the best grades and highest number of detentions at once

can’t shut up in class

sarcastic lil’ shit

sometimes speaks before he thinks but never means harm 

good at seeing when he’s out of line and has no problem apologizing! 

on the fist day on freshman year the current quarterback (a huge senior) was being horrible to Butters so Jimmy simply smashed the guys toes with his crutch 

Friendships:

often takes on a comic relief role in groups 

him and Clyde have big “brooo” energy 

he is the best wingman 

very supportive of his friends, no matter their interest, he always tries to lear about it so he can be there for them and cheer them on! 

Jimmy and Stan bond over their interest in writing in an English class Freshman year 

whenever Stan has a bad day or week, Jimmy or Kyle is always the first two people to notice and do something because of that 

Family:

has a pretty superficial relationship with his parents 

nothing really bad in that sense, but it ain’t that deep 

doesn’t share too much of his private life with them, but if they ask he won’t lie either

because of his good grades and general intelligence they tend to be gullible with him, so he gets away with a lot  of shit 

Ships and relationships:

I usually think of him as pan! 

I see him dating around quite a bit in high school and college! 

hooks up quite a bit, but isn’t a fuckboy, he’s very upfront about what he wants and what he doesn’t

never wants anyone to get hurt

but doesn’t have the best attention span when it comes to dating lol 

falls hard when he does tho!! 

Clyde Donovan 

Looks:

looks like a chocolate Labrador that got turned into a human shdghsdg

soft, dark brown hair 

big, puppy like brown eyes 

medium tall? 

kinda soft, like, has soft features, chubby cheeks etc but isn’t fat 

isn’t ripped either, normal to slightly pudgy I would say! 

wears a lot of old, comfy jeans and hoodies, often red ones 

likes silly graphic t-shirts! 

Personality:

the guys who cries at parties

a real good guy, there’s no denying that

he and Token both cried while watching The Kissing Booth on Netflix, promising each other to always support who the other dates. They swore to never talk about it again

loves his friends SO MUCH

generally loves being around people, he is very extroverted! 

notices stuff others may overlook

both with people and scenery and stuff idk 

compassionate to a fault 

Friendships:

when Tweek and Craig started dating, Tweek was a bit nervous about being with the group and feeling like he took up too much space?

and Clyde noticed right away and made sure to really get to know him well and they became great friends, to Craig’s somewhat surprise

Clyde can be a little intense and Craig figured Tweek might find him too much, but it ended up being the opposite, they really enjoy each other’s friendship and their differences works well together

thinks of all of these dudes as his best friends! 

his first real crush was Bebe who turned out to be gay

they’re real good friends now but deep down he’s still a little heartbroken

but he values their friendship so much so he’s working through it!  

Family:

ohhh :((( 

sad hours offh 

is still very emotionally raw from his mothers’ death

blames himself very much 

his dad is really trying to bond with him tho 

and be a good dad

like I said on the main 5 post I like the AU/headcanon that Clyde’s dad and Cartman’s mom gets married 

in that scenario I think Clyde would be very resentful at first, feeling like his mom got replaced 

but Liane is kind and warm to him and he warms up to her eventually 

calls Cartman his brother 

actually really comes to care for him tho (it’s mutual but Cartman will never admit it) 

Ships and relationships:

bi disaster 

bad luck with love 

he falls fast and hard 

gets sooo happy when things work out! 

but sooo heartbroken when they end 

he has no problem getting the dates! 

but he gets nervous and a little too intense too fast 

loses his confidence fast, but his friends are always there to pick him up <3 

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Karasuno Headcannons

Tobio Kageyama

He is actually super into fashion. He has a Pinterest filled with outfits that he's too self conscious to actually wear.

Absolutely awful at video games

His all time favorite board game is Monopoly. He always gets too greedy buying everything and ends up bankrupt.

Ryunosuke Tanaka

Saeko shaves his hair for him and it's their little bonding time.

He rides a motorcycle and definitely put tons of dumb stickers on his helmet.

Absolutely terrified of needles-like this man will pass the fuck out getting a shot.

Koshi Sugawara

If someone calls him Sugawara instead of Suga, he thinks he's done something wrong.

Loves gardening-his favorite thing to plant are roses.

He likes to do DIYs, whether they are successful or not is a different story.

Chikara Ennoshita

Suga and him are really good friends. They tend to joke about things they've scolded the team for.

He's known as the go-to on the team for good advice.

He plays Candy Crush RELIGIOUSLY.

Tadashi Yamaguchi

He loves to read. Tsukishima likes to tease him about how many romance novels he reads.

Self conscious about how many freckles he has

He used to have braces so now he has to wear a retainer.

Kei Tsukishima

He tried contacts once and couldn't get one out of his eye. He freaked out and now refuses to wear them.

Definitely had a Warrior Cats phase

He has glow in the dark stars and planets on his ceiling.

Yu Nishinoya

This poor boy is extremely color blind and Tanaka teases his relentlessly for it.

He has a caffeine addiction and drinks an energy drink almost every day.

In middle school, he was determined to be a pro skater but once he joined Karasuno's volleyball team, he changed his mind.

Hisashi Kinoshita

He draws all the time but doesn't show anyone because he doesn't think he's good.

Has anxiety and that's why he doesn't talk too much

He loves watching anime in his spare time.

Daichi Sumawara

He works out on the regular, so Suga is always scolding him and telling him how he needs to actually eat meals instead of protein shakes all the time.

He's a huge gentleman, always holds doors open and has impeccable manners.

When he spends a lot of time in the sun he gets light freckles on his shoulders.

Shoyo Hinata

He owns like 25+ coloring books.

Could play Minecraft for hours on end but Kageyama doesn't get the appeal.

He tries to be a great role model for his little sister and acts his best when he's around her.

Kazuhito Narita

He meditates every morning before school.

Probably a really picky eater. The one thing he loves is egg sandwiches.

He's a teacher's favorite and always runs errands for them and makes decent grades.

Asahi Azumane

He has a strict self-care routine. He brought all of his skin/hair products to training camp.

Listens to true crime and then gets super jumpy and skiddish

Daichi's workout buddy!

I'm sorry if I misspelled anything! I haven't written in a very long time and I just figured I would share my little headcannons for the Haikyuu boys. My dms are always open and feel free to message me!

[twisted-broth]

Iplier Egos Halloween HCs

Dark:

He generally thinks the whole thing is ridiculous 

You convince him to throw a Halloween party at the manor for all the egos

He won’t dress up and if your costume is in the slightest bit revealing you won’t leave his side the whole night

Helps you pass out candy to trick or treaters but he kinda scares some of them 

Also the manor itself is pretty intimidating so don’t expect a lot of visitors

Once everyone leaves, you sit on the couch and watch scary movies

He spends the whole time making snide comments under his breath about the stupidity of the characters

If you’re a jumpy person he’ll first find it pretty funny but once you playfully smack his chest he’ll roll his eyes and pull you into his lap

“You know nothing will hurt you as long as I’m here.”

Wilford:

Halloween is probably his second favorite holiday after Valentine’s Day

Will absolutely try to make you trick or treat with him

“Will, aren’t we a bit old for this?”

“Blasphemy!”

Everyone in the neighborhood is terrified of him so they let you go

If anyone is dumb enough to close the door on you they will be shot

Cute couples costume is required

Would probably make you wear something dumb and kinda slutty but it just gives him an excuse to keep you close to him

He may have a strange way of showing it, but he just really loves being around you

Google:

Okay so he knows of it

Like many things, he doesn’t really… get it

He’ll understand the traditional aspect and why children do it but he wouldn’t understand decorating or parties or adults dressing up

So he probably wouldn’t dress up unless you forced him but people would still compliment his google shirt which he doesn’t get

Alcohol and too much candy messes with his processing system 

So he can’t really get in on the action

Still likes to see you having fun tho

Host:

He actually really likes Halloween

He can go outside with his bandages on and people won’t freak out

Likes to narrate everyone’s costume

It gives him some practice

“It would appear that Wilford Warfstache has dressed as a cowboy to allow himself to brandish his pistol without being arrested.”

He mostly enjoys handing out candy with you

The kids are always really polite to him and it makes him smile because he’s so used to the cruelty of adults

He’ll narrate on how beautiful/ scary/ creative each kids costume is and it always makes them smile

Not a huge fan of candy but if you happen to be holding some and look away for a second it’s already gone

You try to be mad at him but it’s no use

Bing:

You cannot have candy in this house unless it is being given away immediately

You can try to hide it but he will find it

By Halloween you have to run around town trying to find some candy because everywhere is sold out

Once you do get some you’ll have to keep a very close eye on him

Once the trick- or- treaters have left, though, you both sit down to watch a scary movie and gorge yourself on candy

He’s honestly not great with scary movies

The snacks better not be on his lap because he will jump and they will go flying

He will cling onto you for dear life

At one point you scare him at a scary part of the movie and he literally shrieks

Dark has to come in and make sure no one died but it’s not like you can answer him because you’re doubled over in laughter and Bing is bright red

“That was not cool, bruh.”

Bim:

He would probably have to work late on his show which is kind of sad

He’s filming a live Halloween special so you just watch from the wings

There’s this one segment where the contestants have to recreate couples costumes from household materials

And he drags you onstage to model them with him

You’re super flustered and you tell him you won’t do any like weird slutty costumes

But then you go into the changing room during the commercial break and you have the normal-ish male costume

And you come out and Bim is, of course, dressed like an overly sexy Harley Quinn

He’ll try to compliment you on how great you look while you’re literally crying trying to hold back your laughter

At the end of the show, he determines that you two are the winners

And you’re still out in time to catch the end of a nearby party so it’s overall a good day

Jims:

Reporter Jim is begging you to break out the ouija board

He won’t let up about the spirits and the connection to the otherworld and how the veil is thinning

You eventually just give in and let him mess around with it

You watch next to Cameraman Jim as R. Jim makes you laugh with his over the top movements

Once the demons take over, he practically pounces on you, tickling you nonstop as his form of attack

“Forgive me, my dear Y/N! I couldn’t hold them back! The demons are too powerful! Oh, how will I live with myself?”

You’re in a fit of laughter until you finally manage to shove him off of you

C. Jim laughs as he turns off the camera and helps you up

R. Jim, meanwhile, is pretending to be dead on the floor

“That’s a shame.” “So, you wanna get some coffee?” “Yeah, sure.”

[krisdreaming]

heeey! can I request headcanons for tsukishima and ukai how their reaction would be if the wife tells them she is pregnant? and how they would be during the pregnancy and while the s/o gives birth? thank you so much if you do this one!

2/2  hey! the preggo hc request here, sorry I just rushed over your rules and I’m sorry for adding ukai, if you don’t mind could it be iwaizumi instead of ukai? sorry for the inconveniences!

Hey there, no worries! No inconvenience whatsoever, you’re really sweet to take the time to do that ^^ and anyway OMG I was thinking about this all day at work and the ideas for this are flOWING this got super long I’m not sorry.

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Tsukishima:

When she first tells him the news, all he does is blink. It’s not like the meme (you know the one) but more like “Tsukki.exe has stopped.”

And then when it actually sinks in, this huge smile breaks over his face. The likes of which the world has never seen before. Maybe not even his wife. Like, crinkly eyes and the whole nine yards.

That’s when he picks her up off the ground because he’s just so damn happy because lbr our Tsukki is all grown up and being a father is really important to him.

As I’m sure we all could have imagined, he’s not exactly the most PDA guy, normally. He keeps it lowkey. That all does a 180 once his wife is pregnant because OH BOY he’s got a hand at her back, or squeezing her hand, or letting her rest against him because he just has to know that she’s doing alright.

(She is and he very lowkey annoys her because “What have you done with my husband you lovey dovey weirdo?” Then she starts to like it. Look out after the baby comes and she still expects it, bro.)

Will he tease her endlessly for asking him to go get lucky charms at 3 freaking A freaking M? Yes. Will he do it? YES.

As she starts showing and her belly gets bigger, he’s kinda fascinated by it all? Like this is his child and it’s growing inside his wife and for about three and a half days it was weird af but after that it’s just kind of amazing.

The nursery has so many dinosaurs it’s a fact accept it.

Then you get to the time when the baby could literally come any day. And he’s so jumpy. Every time she says his name he does this little gasp. (He doesn’t think she notices but she so totally does)

When they’re at the hospital you’d better believe he’s at her side the whole. dang. time. Even when he starts to get a little green and even when each of his fingers makes an individual popping sound because she’s squeezing his hand that hard.

Then the baby comes and pretty much nothing else in the world matters? It’s so tiny and perfect and it’s got fingers-

Wife gets forehead kisses. Baby gets forehead kisses. Yamaguchi gets a forehead kiss when he visits. Everybody gets forehead kisses. Except the Yamaguchi one never actually happened, okAy?

Tsukishima is absolutely smitten with his wife and with his child and maybe it’s the lack of sleep, but he kind of feels like he’s floating around in a silvery fog. 

HE’S SUCH A GREAT DAD OKAY FIGHT ME.

Iwaizumi:

Look, this guy cannot handle it when his wife breaks the news to him. He’s got this huge, dopey smile on his face and he hugs her SO TIGHT and spins her around.

(omg i’m so sorry I didn’t hurt you did i??!?)

He kisses her stomach every night before bed and tells the baby how much he loves it you cannot convince me otherwise.

He does so much research. He learns about the best foods to eat while you’re pregnant, exercises that are safe for the baby, and pretty much has memorized “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. He’s going to do this right.

You know how nesting is a thing, right? Well it happens to his wife as it does to a pregnant woman, but he’s right there beside her painting like a fiend, babyproofing everything in sight, he washes the curtains twice a month. IT”S FOR THE BABY.

He goes into overprotective overdrive. He doesn’t like it when she walks down stairs on her own, or stands too long at once, or when she has to refill the copier at work. He once offered to go to the bathroom for her in the middle of the night because he didn’t want her walking down the hall in the dark. To say she’s exasperated is an understatement. But she knows he means well.

He loves to feel the baby kick. He’s just downright tickled about it. Oikawa has a photo saved of the expression on his face when it happened once while he was visiting, and that bad boy is ammunition.

When the time gets closer, he’s always ready. No matter the time of day or night, he wants to be prepared. The hospital directions are always queued up in his gps because lord knows in the moment he won’t remember how to get there.

And then the moment comes. He practically carries her into the hospital and tbh it’s embarrassing for both of them. (I can wALK HAJIME!!!)

His wife absolutely curses him out during labor and because it’s Iwaizumi he takes it like a real man. And by that I mean he only cries a little.

He gets to cut the umbilical cord and he is over the moon. The thing he can’t get over is how freaking tiny the baby is, and he’s so terrified he might break and/or drop it somehow, but at the same time he never wants to put it down.

He keeps telling his wife how beautiful and amazing she is and how much he loves her. He loves her so MUCH. They’re just super, crazy happy.

HE’S ALSO A BALLER DAD YOU’LL HAVE TO FIGHT ME TWICE

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Season 3 Episode 5: Mission to Tides

[Ugh I have to watch this one in like 4 parts because I point blank refuse to watch the redub]

Musa and Techna being like "if we don't ask for permission they can't say no, therefore we didn't disobey orders" is the most iconic and realistic teen reasoning

"Dawlings" I adore Stella

Bloom immediately calling bullshit on Stella's plan

To be fair guys, Stella is also going through her own planetary crisis it's just more "cival war" than "villain invasion" like she's perfectly justified in staying behind

"That little B-eta girl Chimera" sorry 100% expected her to say bitch and the actress DELIBERATELY delivered the line that way YES STELLA

Thank you Layla for both understanding and defending Stella

Group hug!!

I adore Techna's portal machine

Okay sorry Bloom deliberately waited til everyone had gone through so it was just her and Stella to WINK and BLOW HER A KISS. When I tell you they are IN LOVE

I love that the main nurse is like "oh no 5 students are ill" and the new young one is like "or they're just dodging a test"

Layla's parents!

Lmao Techna's invention just bonking her on the head

I appriciate that Layla's parents are like "yeah so we really don't want to send these children to fight the super powerful villain"

My fave villains <3

I actually adore Baltor's music

"I sense Bloom" alright ya creep

"We'll feed her to the mer-monsters!" "Even better, we'll witch her up and bring her to you" first of all Icy please don't show up Stormy like that my girl just likes murder, secondly WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT USING "WITCH" INSTEAD OF "FUCK" STOP IT

Oh my god they did the EXACT same flirting poses AGAIN

Layla maybe you could have warned Bloom about the mermonsters before she stuck her hand in there

Techna out here with actual planning

Yeet

"Fairies... they're always trying to help others, and what's funnier is that they actually believe it's the right thing to do" okay all four of them laughed at this HOWEVER 1. Darcy laughed, but less than everyone else and 2. I just think this is SUPER interesting of Baltor to say because it shows that he isn't being deliberately 'evil' - clearly he genuinely believes he's in the right and the mindset that helping others is the wrong thing to do shows just how warped his morality is and I LOVE that

They changed a mermonster back!!

Oh shit never mind she's a monster again

OH NO DON'T HIT TECHNA

OH SHIT SHE TURNED THE PIXIES INTO THEIR FAIRIES BUT THEIR VOICES ARE THE SAME THAT'S KINDA DISTURBING

Griselda I can't believe you're actually falling for this

OH KIKO WAS FLORA LMAO

Huh. Bloom gets visions of Sparx when someone talks about Baltor. Perhaps because he was THERE

Remember when he said he was in ice jail for 17 years shit man

Why the FUCK did you give Icy fire powers

"Baltor gave you a new power?" "We know she's his favourite, but don't worry - she'll mess it up just like she always does" OH SHIT STORMY'S GETTING REAL TIRED OF ICY BEING THE FAVOURITE

"Spoken like a real witch. But true - although perhaps Baltor will be different. Nah, eventually he'll disappoint me, but in the meantime it could be fun" okay so they clearly just routinely get a guy, play with him for a while then tell him to fuck off. Evidently Riven wasn't the first and they have no intention for Baltor to be the last

Baltor just heard that whole thing lmao

I like that they've learnt Layla's name now too like say what you want about the Trix but they certainly tick the box of obessing over their enemies

OKAY STORMY'S SPELL JUST BLASTED THROUGH FLORA OH MY GOD IS SHE OKAY

Okay so Icy just froze Bloom's wings and my main question is: why the fuck have you never thought of that before

Musa is the queen of saving her friends

BLOOM JUST HIT ICY IN THE FACE AND KNOCKED HER OUT OF THE SKY OH NO IS SHE OKAY

Oh SMOOTH she caught herself on an ice platform

"This should be easy to break" say Darcy and Stormy, flying in opposite directions before being immediately catapulted into each other

They are now completely tied together and struggling in the air I adore my idiot witches

I love that Icy watched them float past and just... didn't comment

OH SHIT ICY JUST YEETED A MASSIVE ICICLE AT BLOOM THE FIGHT ISN'T OVER FOLKS

"Hey! Does it look like I'm 'out of the way' " Icy you can barely fly rn maybe taking on all the fairies at once was NOT the best plan

Meanwhile Bloom is sinking to the ocean floor

Oooh she landed on the ominously rising sea castle!

We gonna find out who you are now, Baltor?

"You hit Bloom in the back! That's low, Icy" "And fighting four against one? What do you call that!?" She sounds so genuinely offended this is kind of iconic hero/villain banter that almost every show lacks (again, @netflix please take notes)

"Don't be scared of me Bloom. I don't want to harm you" forgive us if we don't take you word for it Baltor you crazy bitch

Why would he warn her I'm so concerned

Icy actually looked terrified is my girl okay? I desperately want her to get a redemption arc but I know she won't

His little jumpy sidesteps LMAO

"You were born to be my enemy, to challenge my reign" genuinely what the fuck Baltor

Sorry did he just perminantly blind Layla??? WHAT??? THIS SHOW IS SO DARK

[darkshadowismyspiritanimal]

In the spirit of the season, can we please get some HCs for Sero, Tokoyami, and Midoriya with an s/o who is a huuuge horror movie buff? Likes anything from good ones to bad ones, funny to super scary, body horror to psychological thrillers. Will passionately analyze the movie and share factoids if he'll listen. Might also tease them a bit if they watch a scary movie together, sneakily touching his hair/feathers at a tense part or suddenly grabbing his arm with a BOO! (but will stop if asked)

//note: I love this idea so much! Hope you enjoy!//

S/O is a Horror Movie Buff — Headcanons

Sero 

Okay, so Sero is a huge fan of bad horror movies and funny horror movies. 

But scary horror movies? Nah man.

When he finds out you like horror movies, he really really wants to impress you and so he might have suggested that he’s okay with them?

So now you both are curled up on a couch, ready to begin watching a notoriously freaky horror film, and Sero is trying his hardest not to show that he’s terrified but the movie hasn’t even started and he already wants to cower behind you. 

You knew from the get go that he wasn’t actually into the scary horror movies, but you couldn’t pass up the opportunity to scare him. 

So you’ve watched this particular movie multiple times, so you know when all of the scariest bits happen. There’s a pretty standard jump scare at the beginning of the movie - one you’ve decided to take advantage of. 

You press play to start the movie, and then pretend to go run and get some more snacks. 

You wait, lurking at the exit, watching the screen avidly. 

Slowly, you creep back into the room until you’re behind the couch. When the jump-scare occurs, you leap up and put your hands on Sero’s shoulders. 

Sero shrieks like a little girl. 

You promise you won’t do that again for the rest of the movie (you never said you wouldn’t try and scare him the rest of the week though) and instead cuddle with him as he spends most of the movie with his face pressed into your shoulder, muttering “it’s not real”.

Tokoyami 

Tokoyami fucking loves the horror genre. Movies, books, you fucking name it. If it’s horror he’s into it.

He finds out that you’re a horror buff as well on October 1st, when you announce to the class that “in order to properly celebrate Halloween, you’ll be having a horror movie night every single night. For the entire month.” 

Later that day, Tokoyami asks you about what you like about horror movies, trying his hardest to sound nonchalant. 

That fails when Dark Shadow appears to stage whisper “Fumi, she likes horror movies. Marry her.” 

Tokoyami stopped functioning for a while after that, but once he stops being beyond flustered you two bond over the horror. 

Every night after the movie marathon you and Tokoyami discuss the movies class 1-A watched (you would have done it during the movies, but y’all were trying to be considerate of the others). 

You shared your favorite scenes, what you didn’t like, what you wanted to happen. You both obsess over any nod to other horror movies. 

Tokoyami can’t stand badly done remakes — you love them. This debate lasts the entire month (much to the rest of the class’ annoyance.)

Added bonus: Bonding over horror movies helps Tokoyami open up to you about all of his other interests. 

Midoriya 

You think this boy would be the prime jump-scare candidate with how jumpy he is.

But he’s not. 

A lot scares Midoriya - failing to save others, failing to live up to his own expectations, losing someone he loves, 

But jump scares? Getting brutally murdered? Nah. 

You keep trying to scare him but it doesn’t work.

He opens a cabinet and you jump out and he just goes “Oh, Hi Y/N!” and maybe kisses you on the cheek if he’s feeling especially cheeky (hehe).

Midoriya is the best (or worst - it depends) person to watch horror movies with because he just provides witty commentary the entire time.

You love it. 

You fucking love every second of it.

He’s super insecure about it of course, cause people - read Kacchan - normally hate the fact that he won’t shut up during horror movies.

When you first watch a movie together he apologizes profusely for talking until you finally just turn and literally grab his face, stare into his eyes and tell him you love his commentary.

He becomes a flustered mess but after that he doesn’t apologize when he starts to idly comment on a movie.

After finding out you like horror movies, Midoriya is on the constant look out for new horror movies. 

It doesn’t matter if they’re good or bad, if he hears of a new one he’ll find a way to watch it and make a movie night of it. 

Cuddling with you while watching a scary movie is easier for him - he gets less flustered. 

//Another note: I had an idea so here’s some bonus headcanons for Todoroki. Hope you don’t mind!//

Todoroki 

By now you’ve gotten used to the fact that your boyfriend remains unaware of most things in mainstream media.

Honestly, you kind of enjoy it.

You had the privilege of introducing Disney movies to him.

So you weren’t that surprised when you found out that he remained blissfully unaware of even the most known horror movies.

You were actually kind of excited at the prospect of rewatching all the classics with someone who hadn’t seen them before.

While watching the movies, you spent most of the time watching his reactions.

You both soon discovered he’s one to yell at the TV.

Todoroki cannot get over characters making stupid decisions.

It makes him so angry.

especially when they have a whole speech about how they won’t be like the people in horror movies; running up the stairs and the like.

And then they promptly run up the fucking stairs.

“What happened to that whole fucking speech?!”

“Not even two minutes ago you were fucking saying how you wouldn’t do that!”

“Honestly I hope they die - they deserve it after making the stupidest mistake ever.”

He looks over at you and you’re just grinning from ear to ear at his frustration.

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Why Kid Cosmic Is About “People, Not Powers”

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This feature contains some spoilers for Netflix’s Kid Cosmic.

After exploring the stretches of space, wonder, and imagination in shows like Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and Wander Over Yonder, Craig McCracken returns to the realm of superheroes with Kid Cosmic, a more direct, comic book-esque take on the genre than his first smash hit show, The Powerpuff Girls. 

The show stars Kid, a young boy who finds a set of superpowered stones, and from there, all heck breaks loose. In the midst of fighting waves upon waves of aliens and creatures from other worlds, however, is an earnest, realistic story about a boy dealing with grief, and the small town that unites behind him through it all.

Den of Geek got a chance to chat with Craig over email about the show, about what it means to be a superhero, and how Netflix allowed for Kid Cosmic to explore that in a more mature, “all ages” way that’s arguably beyond the scope of most animated kids shows.

Den of Geek: Kid Cosmic is about a kid who is so engaged in comic books that when a set of super-powered stones literally lands at his feet, he wants to be a real superhero, arguably at some pretty significant costs and risk. What influenced you to come up with this specific premise? How do you view this, and the serial, thematic nature of it, against the immense number of superhero based media in the world today?

Craig McCracken: I was inspired by the supreme confidence that kids have at that age. I, like a lot of kids, dreamt of being a superhero when I was young, and in my fantasies I was always amazing and really good at it. I had that same confidence with my drawing when I was young. I drew all the time, I studied every cartoon and comic I could get my hands on, and I had the passion to do the job. I couldn’t understand why I had to grow up and go to art school before I could have that career, I was ready for the job at 12! 

The answer was that I wasn’t good enough yet, I had way more to learn (still do!). So I took that personal childhood experience with my drawing and applied it to superpowers instead. The thing that I feel sets Kid Cosmic apart from other hero-based media is that it’s focused less on epic hero mythologies and more on the smaller human stories. In writing the series we always reminded ourselves it’s about the people not the powers. 

Style wise, the show is heavily indebted to the classic comic book/serial look. The framing and storyboarding; the uses of fonts in the credits; the nifty end cards with the characters on fake comic books. One thing I’ve noticed, specifically, is that the movements at points were jumpy, as if frames were missing. Was that a conscious choice? Do you think that adds to the look and feel you’re going for?

A lot of the choices that we made in Kid were based on the fact that these are real people in the real world, they aren’t cartoon characters. So with the animation we avoided overly smooth and flowy actions or lots of squash and stretch, things that you associate with “cartoons.”  If an action felt natural on 3s or 4s we kept it. 

New Mexico as a setting is an inspired choice. There’s something freeing about its wide expanse of desert, but also terrifying in its (from a kids’ perspective) unexplored nothingness. How do you think the setting reflects the themes?

It’s not specifically New Mexico but sort of a generic rural southwest desert vibe. It could be New Mexico, it could be California, it could be Arizona, basically it’s a remote enough place where a spaceship could crash and not a lot of people would know about it. The other thing that is nice about the desert is that it forces you to tell a story about the characters because there is no surrounding environment for the characters to get distracted by, it’s a flat empty stage to play in. It’s also alone in the middle of nowhere, sort of like Earth is in the greater universe. 

This is, relatively speaking, darker than most kids animated shows. It has pretty brutal alien deaths, and while they’re dispatched in unique ways (colorful blood, “de-rezzing” out of existence), they’re still a bit more intense then what’s usually out there. How was Netflix in responding to this? Do you feel there may be a kind of commentary here on how sensitized kids may be to the kind of violence they witness in superhero comics and films?

Again that’s the reality creeping in, even though there is fantastic stuff happening, Kid Cosmic doesn’t take place in a fantasy world. Danger exists, the stakes are high. This just increases Kid’s struggle and makes it more real. At the beginning, Netflix said this isn’t specifically a “kid’s show” it’s an all ages show that can be watched by young viewers, families, animation fans, anybody. So from their perspective, anything that you might see in a big summer superhero movie was fair game. 

I want to talk about the Kid himself, who, to be blunt, is a lot to handle in the first few episodes. The approach seems to be that the Kid needs to learn a lesson about humility and what it means to be a “true hero.” But I’m also fascinated by his tragic backstory. It’s portrayed vaguely, but hints at his motivation. Do you feel that keeping the specifics of what happened to the Kid at arms’ length works to prop up the theme?

I wanted to tell a story about a real kid and kids at that age aren’t perfect. They make mistakes, they may be a bit intense or selfish and are hard to deal with sometimes. It’s part of growing up and maturing. Often heroes for young viewers are portrayed as aspirational. They always do and say the right things. I wanted Kid to be more realistic and relatable. 

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As far as his backstory goes, my father passed away when I was 7 so what motivates Kid to want to be a hero is very close to me. We felt he should have a more sincere motivation in wanting to be a hero other than it would be fun and cool. It had to come from a real place and losing his parents and wanting to stop bad things from happening felt more true. Keeping that part of the story at arms’ length was a way to keep the overall tone of the season balanced. Even though Kid carries this real and heavy weight around with him, we didn’t want it to drag down the overall fun and energetic tone of the series. 

Stuck Chuck is portrayed as the Kid’s conscious – specifically, his self-doubt, his frustrations, his lies. Can you go into more about the conception of this character?

Frank Angones, who I did early Kid development with, and I are both huge Buckaroo Banzai fans and we were talking about a scene that got cut out where after the Lectroid ship was destroyed Buckaroo found some random Red Lectroids left behind who forgot to get on the ship. We thought the idea of having to deal with random aliens was hilarious. So we applied that to Stuck Chuck, and what started out as a joke turned into an absolutely essential character. Chuck is not only a constant threat to Kid’s life but he is a constant threat to his confidence. He’s like an anti-Jiminy Cricket and is one of my favorite characters in the show. 

Later in the season, there’s a big twist in who the real villains are, and in the process, the depiction of superheroic antics are pushed up to a ridiculous degree. It almost feels like a winking satire of the whole “Space Force” thing. Was that intentional? Do you think there’s a tension that exists between the depiction of superheroes and their connection, however tenuous, to a military aggressiveness that merits more discussion?

I get asked that a lot, but I came up with Earth Force Enforcement Force long before Space Force. Aggressiveness is the right word. As a fan of superheros I’m tired of being told dark stories about heroes more focused on fighting and winning wars than actually helping the innocent victims of those conflicts.  I miss good guys that are actually “good guys.”

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The ending, to keep things vague, is a pretty sudden transition from the initial premise. If granted a season 2, what other themes would you explore? Do you think you’ll be able to keep a solid grasp on the true nature of superheroics, if you place them in a new setting where over-the-top superheroics would be necessary?

We want to explore other ideas of what it really means to be a hero. If season 1 was “heroes help” what other aspects are essential to be a hero? So we plan on exploring that idea but through the experience of some of the other characters. Namely how does a teenage waitress from Earth suddenly lead a team of regular people to save the universe? Again it’s about the people, not the powers. 

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