#Royal Brat

[sylvies-chen]

this is my 5th rewatch of rwrb now (a round of applause for mental illness everybody!) and I still start howling with laughter when alex orders henry around being all “I’m going to do some very bad things to you” and pretending to shut the door on him when henry’s late, and then it’s like…. hm, so are these “bad things” in the room with us right now?

because what actually happens is that alex gets shoved onto a couch and receives some seriously impressive head LMAO like this man is ALLLL bark and NO bite

[chaoticvi]

Willow Month 2023: week two !

Day 5: Favourite Story Arc / Character Development Kit Tanthalos through the season

[littlemisskittentoes]

beg you on my knees (to stay) | E | 13.7k

“Up.” Henry keeps the tone low. Controlled.

Alex is often frantic to follow commands, his limbs falling over themselves in his haste to obey. There’s no sign of that rushed need now. He takes his time, unfolding himself leisurely.

“You’re bold,” Henry monotones. He takes calculated steps forward, punctuating each slow stride with the unbutton and roll of his shirt sleeves. “I’ll give you that.”

“You’re only now realizing? Thought you were brighter than that, baby.”

--

or, sometimes Alex struggles asking for help, but Henry can always fill in the gaps.

[cryptiduni]

…i just saw this poll and my unevolved brain gel wriggled inside my cranium like a feral fish:

idk how you look at his official art and call him conventionally attractive. my man looks like a wet dog and has eyebags for daysss. face full of pox scars, skin pale af, and those shaggy ass hair & a rugged beard hanging from his flat long face.

he is pretty *to me* but like dude???

—not exactly a heartthrob boy band material is he?

obv I wouldn’t call him “misunderstood baby uwu” if we are talking a little more seriously —but to be fair jean is having possibly the worst week of his life. the car? fucking sunk. case? unsolved. not to mention his close partner (who is also an ass mind you) doesn’t even remember him, already running around with a new one.

yeah he is absolutely foul and aggressive and degrading harry but like i said before (in my tag essay lol) judit also makes ableist comments and i don’t see people hating her because she’s outwardly nice—

and respects harry as her superior. her BOSS.

(also a friend with benefits? /nope, it’s just him harassing judit/ as well but not as a complicated relationship compared jean and harry’s brötherbund. only a few months of acquaintanceship.)

plus it’s highhlyyy likely that harry is not the only one substance abuse. —look at jean’s rudolf-looking-red-ass-nose. a drunkard’s sniffers. probably had few lines with him late at night… when your lifetime partner is an alcoholic it's hard to say no.

about the left for dead thing, they left because harry told them to fuck off. tbh harry is nightmare to work with esp pre-bender. (and am saying as a pathetic little unmedicated neurodivergent woman.)

but when the second time they left revachol was not jean’s fault, and it was judit’s suggestion anyway. the squad probably thought that since harry had someone a little more responsible looking after him. it will be fine when they come back. the tribunal was absolutely unaccounted for.

yet despite all of these things, he will try to come back to make sure he is ok and accommodate harrier to the best of his abilities which is wearing very thin. look at him trying to make up to our harry boy:

anyways am incapable of writing coherent thoughts (even though i want to talk about it for hours) that make sense so go look at sygneth’s jean psychological analysis instead. it is an excellent read. please go read.

[vanguard-if]

Vio: I thought you said you'd investigate these rumors not SEDUCE ONE OF THE ROYALS

Mc: LOOK IDK WHAT HAPPENED I BLACK OUT AND SUDDENLY IM CHOOSING WHAT FLAVOR OF CAKE WERE GONNA HAVE FOR THE WEDDING

i mean, how could you not. i think this a completely normal and rational decision. have you seen the royal twins?? genetics are insane. face cards NEVER decline.

Emilio is a firm chocolate cake believer, while Nia is a vanilla cake enjoyer. they argue over this. a lot. like... a lot.

[sandinthepipes]

Merlin is trending this merlin is trending that.

Merlin has been trending for 10 years straight. It never stopped, it's the same trend as 10 years ago. It's not a trend, it's a lifestyle.

[smolstarthief]

Ok I need to get this ramble off my chest before I forget: I feel like people completely misunderstand Sumi's motivation and breaking point for her first/false awakening. Why? Well let's dive in!

I've seen people complain about it and how seems like it's all about losing her scholarship but dialogue after that awakening actually painted a different picture. I can see WHY it seemed that way but then this part happened:

She WAS upset about it but even she admitted that the school wasn't exactly wrong in this (As assholish as the VP was, he wasn't entirely wrong either sadly).

Instead, contrary to popular belief, she was more upset that she caused trouble for and dragged Maruki into this mess to begin with.

Not only that but she overheard the vice principal basically insulting her behind her back:

Now keep in mind he had a point and didn't know she was in earshot but still it was completely out of line for him to even say that, about a student who already lost her twin not too long ago no less.

On top of that not only did she feel horrible for Maruki but she also horrible for even Joker getting dragged into her mess...

She felt useless and a huge burden to everyone. A failure... Even to her deceased twin sister. Now regardless of which sister died, it had to be a massive blow to her mentally. Especially when you consider that Shujin might have aware of who she really is but still said all those things and did all this to her... Now with Sumi's overall mental state combined with the filter occasionally slipping... Little wonder she finally snapped during that awakening. It's even showcased after it too:

So while the dialogue leading up to her awakening can seem like it's all about the scholarship and losing her special treatment, it really wasn't. She really didn't care about the treatment at all as she had said previously, it's just that she feels that she's hurting and letting people like Maruki, Joker, and her sister down.

Hell, even this dialogue is less about the scholarship too! It's mostly about she's been treated and how much the school is pressuring her and how it's effecting her loved ones and it's valid! Fuck Shujin!

Now the only downside is that she's awakening as a fake, a fraud, not Sumire Yoshizawa but Kasumi Yoshizawa and that was the biggest thing she was missing hence Cendrillon's words during that one:

"So adamant... Rather than accept a life in cinders... You'd strive towards splendor-- you know the risk... Well, if those really are the shoes you've chosen... Then we'll dance to the end. Iam thou, thou art I... Accept this contract... The spell cast upon you."

Regardless though, to boot: She wasn't actually being "whiny," she was just being empathetic and felt worse about herself and this was when she was being Kasumi! It later perfectly ties into her dynamic with Maruki and why she felt empathy towards him after regaining her true self as Sumire!

She had been in his shoes and understands! She's a strong girl! She had FUCKING EMPATHY!! And that's even when she was being someone else. Her awakening as Kasumi wasn't about a dumb scholarship, it was more about her feeling like she's a burden and letting people down... Especially those she cares about like her sister, Dr. Maruki, and Joker to name examples!

[boanerges20]

Motolove

[hopskipandarump]

red is your colour

[the-badger-mole]

Aang really was the worst...

I think it's worth pointing out that according to TPTB canonically, this moment...

Came before this one....

And it's very reasonable- even likely- that Katara was thinking about that first moment when she was telling Aang she was confused.

Look, even if you like Aang...even if you ship him with Katara, you have to admit that the way the canon did things is insanely messed up. Maybe Aang wasn't the biggest monster in the show, but he certainly was the biggest one in the Gaang.

[talesfromnatea]

as a member of the royal family, Qi Rong must’ve had his own personal attendants like Mu Qing to Xie Lian. Those poor fuckers

[absoloutenonsense]

Thank you for the tag @disgruntledkittenface ! I am currently trying to write so of course I want to do anything except write, and this was perfect. And a lot of fun!

rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the fewest words.

fic with the most hits: Not a huge surprise to me that it's Nothing But You On My Mind 😅almost since I posted that fic, it ran away with all the stats. I recently remembered that I posted that fic in March 2020, which is wild.

fic with the second most kudos: thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in was the first longer fic I wrote, and at the time I thought the longest fic I would ever write (lol)

fic with the third most comments: Party Lines surprised me in lots of ways while writing and after posting! Still the fic I've written with the most smut where no one actually touches anyone else

fic with the fourth most bookmarks: It's Always Better When We're Together -- epilogue to NBYOMM (thanks to a friend who sent me an image of a stained-glass car who saw it and had a perfect prompt for me)

fic with the fifth most words: 'cause I want you (for the worse and for the better) -- one of my newest fics!

fic with the fewest words: The fic I wrote literally while on a bus traveling in a different country because of a silly thing someone said: tried it with butter and everything changed

For those that'd like to/haven't done this already, I'll tag: @lululawrence @homosociallyyours @kingsofeverything @pocketsunshineharry @becomeawendybird @uhoh-but-yeah-alright @londonfoginacup

[sailorrose19]

RAD prom picture with the twins

Belphie wasn't having any of it wanting nothing more than to go home and sleep but he's willing to support Rosella to make this night she planned and made happen a special one. Also his prom tux choice became the butt of Levi's FNAF jokes even called him the man or in this case the demon behind the slaughter. Got called William Afton once. His prickly tail came out and went for Levi's throat chokeslamming the otaku into the punch bowl and made it look like an accident.

[larranciaa]

he thinks he's shido 😭😭

[viriborne]

It was sooo crazy that twst wrote Jamil as in the wrong with his and Leona’s weird power struggle in Book 6 like c’mon bro. Are we really gonna end him and Kalim’s arcs with ‘let’s just return to the status quo so Kalim doesn’t have to deal with any possible negative emotions!’ So annoying.

Guys if you just tell the child servant to stop acting like a child servant it works ok trust me. Especially if you’re also literally royalty yourself.

[fatestouch]

“…I've been waiting to have you all night.”

The king's voice is low as he speaks against his fiance's temple, his front pressed comfortably against Jinx's back as his hands slowly undo the sash wrapped loosely around his waist. It's not all he says, though, and what follows it are the thoughts he'd kept to himself all evening. The way his top framed his upper body, his trousers similarly framed his legs, the jewelry draped across his chest, hung from his ears — to keep his thoughts to himself would drive him mad.

He can almost feel the heat rising to the tips of the shorter man's ears, and a glance up to the mirror he knows is just ahead shows him the noble's flushed face. A hand lifts to curl a finger beneath his chin, a low, but firm instruction to “Look up” rumbling his throat. Only when Jinx's eyes lift does he continue to softly share his thoughts; and with those words, his hands continue to pull one article of clothing after another. The sash is pulled free and falls to the floor. Next is the jewelry and chains, fingers hooking and swiftly tugging them free from clasps. Some of them, he's sure he's broken… but that thought comes and goes at like a fleeting breath when his husband-to-be shivers as clawed hands unclasp what few buttons held his top closed. They readily take advantage of newly exposed skin, sharpened nails grazing the skin of his abdomen, of his his chest, of his sides, and finally starts tugging at the waistband of Jinx's pants.

“…Can I?” he asks, even as he's undoing more buttons — voice breathy and laced with want. “…Can I have you like this, beloved?”

It wasn't hard to notice how Roderick had been watching him all night. From the moment Jinx had gotten dressed earlier till the moment they were finally alone, he's felt his fiance's eyes on him, and they rarely left.

Yes, Jinx knew Roderick was watching him. But the moment it was just the two of them, and the king (his king, and the thought makes his stomach flip and his heart flutter) pulls him close to undress him, whispering those sweet, dark words in his ear...

Gods, he never stood a chance.

"I..." It's a nearly breathless mutter, and Jinx has no idea what he was going to say next. Because right then, Roderick tilts his head up with that quiet command to look, and with a soft whimper, he's lost again.

Heeding the order to look, the noble's breath hitches at the sight of him slowly--adoring to the point of worship--being undressed, those words still being breathed in his ears as Jinx watches the pure want in the king's eyes and the flush on his own cheeks. Unable to help himself, his hands reach to grab at Roderick's sleeves, his arms, anything.

"Please..." he begs, worked up and wanting already, his shame out the window. "Take me, have me..." Jinx meets his fiance's eyes then, biting his bottom lip.

"Aren't I yours...?"