SV AU where transmigrator Shen Yuan and reincarnated PIDW Shen Jiu are the twin sons of one of Luo Binghe's prominent vassals. Specifically, a demon king of near-equivalence to Mobei Jun in terms of personal power, who has suffered the past couple of centuries due to a lack of influence on Luo Binghe's political decisions (no daughters to marry off to him, no personal relationship or ability to form one, so no clout at court).
But after PIDW Luo Binghe returns following the Bingge vs Bingmei extra, rumors begin to spread that his lordship might like to add a man or two to his harem. SJ & SY's dad smells an opportunity, and brings his sons to court. Demon Dad is sure to emphasize his sons' great scholarly pursuits, ethereal beauty, and impressive qi reserves.
Now of course, both Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan have different ideas of what is going on. Both of them think they're the only one with memories of a past life, and that their brother's oddities are a result of being an actual demon child (whereas they are, of course, weird for completely different reasons). Shen Yuan completely misses the subtext of what their father is trying to do (of course Luo Binghe wouldn't be interested in men, he's the stallion protagonist!), and is just excited for the chance to catch a glimpse of the legendary xin mo sword or see the hero in action, while also hoping to stay out of range of the death curse that befalls any guy who gets too close to the protagonist's aura. He also needs to keep his brother safe from that same effect, and ensure neither of them are accused of snooping around Luo Binghe's wives!
Shen Jiu, on the other hand, knows exactly what their father is trying to do and smells an opportunity to take revenge on the beast who killed Yue Qingyuan. He's spent years figuring out the demon emperor's weaknesses, both the physical kind and the kind uncovered via things like discontent wives and conquered enemies. Now he just needs to get close enough to his target actually use that information. Preferably before anything happens to his witless brother, who clearly has no idea that their father has just offered them both up to a terrifying monster like prime cuts of beef!
End result: Shen Yuan and Shen Jiu keep unintentionally getting in one another's way, while Luo Binghe himself has an existential crisis about these two guys who seem to embody both what he would expect from the reborn Shen Qingqiu he's been searching for, and that strange Nice Shizun that he actually experienced in the other world he stumbled across. But why are there two of him???
I: "And courage? You must need courage (implied: to ride a bike)..."
V: "The courage is there. Courage is very important in our sport, but I think of it as having "bonuses"... like in a deck of cards you have four jokers, so you have four jokers in a season and those four times you can risk it and risk a lot, but if u go all the time beyond your limit then ... one time it's gonna go wrong"
Percy Jackson is considered the most beautiful woman of all since the time of Helen of Troy.
And she doesn't know about it.
She's literally soooo pretty and everyone is falling over themselves for her and she's just like "ooh, shiny rock-"
Does not notice, how could she notice? She's a kid with a long history of school trouble. As far as she's concerned she's average at best, loser at worst.
At this point, Luigi ain't just the Ghost Seducer, he's the Ultra Seducer to the point people will think he's a walking virus just effecting higher powers that roam their land. Someone other than EGadd def tried to experiment on Luigi to find out how he's doing that.
To add to the madness, it doesn't work on everyone, far from that!
In fact, most people are baffled that so many ghosts and near-divine entities are chasing Luigi so relentlessly. Why does this scrawny nerd with a big nose even have?? Why would ghosts even find a living human sexy??
And meanwhile, ghosts all over the place are going NUTS. Someone mentions Luigi is kind of a fugly guy and Boos are flabbergasted. How can they not see how sensual Luigi feels?? Don't they taste his intense, tasty aura that drives them insane?? Have they not heard his cute little squeaks whenever he's scared (and his adorable, shaky little moans whenever he's fucked) ??
King Boo especially is bewildered when Bowser brings it up at their next villain meeting.
"What about Mario though?"
"What about that tiny little fool?" King Boo snorts in contempt.
"They're twins, you know? Basically the same look. So you find Mario sexy too?"
"...I can't believe you can rule a kingdom despite being so utterly moronic. Mario, being anything like Luigi??" Turning to other Boos in the room "Can you believe this guy?!"
It ends in a fight and with Bowser majestically pissed off at Luigi, which leads them to hatch a foolish plan :
Kidnap Luigi
Kidnap Mario (okay, that one is a work in progress)
Switch their clothes and put Mario in stilts
Drop Mario at one of King Boo's haunts
Watch, point and laugh as the Boos become enamoured with what they believe to be their dreamboat.
I am going to be honest: if Alastor is not written like a little bit of a cringefail, a silly goose with troll tendencies that get his comeuppance and gets called out by the people he respects, I don't want him. If he is a little pathetic tsundere man, then that hits different.
What a good line. He's so genuinely bothered someone believes he's capable of being better than he thinks of himself as he's spent weeks justifying doing something Pretty Bad for entirely self-serving reasons.
Why is mini figure Mac half shirtless when he was so flustered over Swk helping him with his clothes. What happened to turn him into that loud creature we see now.
YA historical fantasy about a girl with a connection to an Orisha & power over metal
trying to find a way to reforge the broken pact between fae and humans to stop the increasing violence across London
she’s forced to leave her family & Shakespeare’s players to join the royal court and navigate the tenuous political situations while keeping herself & her loved ones safe
bi MC, navigating a relationship with both a boy & girl
For the Ghost Seducer Luigi headcanon, the boos already get lovestruck when Mario turns into a boo (SMG ref), now lets release Boo Luigi upon them.
[Referring to this AU where Luigi is basically every ghost's dreamboat]
I think Luigi would be too scared to try the mushroom himself, he's still a scaredy cat who's afraid of ghosts. Except when he's horny. Which leads into a weird pavlovian reaction but that's not the subject. Wait, it is.
Anyway, Luigi is simply minding his own business as usual when E.Gadd calls him, and when he arrives at the lab and opens the door, he's greeted with something flung high-speed in his direction while E.gadd yells "Catch, my boy!"
Luigi flails and panics so much he actually catches the thing...which turns out to be a Boo Mushroom.
And it leads to a weird phenomena.
Because ghosts were attracted to Luigi for unknown reasons, but the main hypothesis is that his aura/soul/emotions make him the perfect mix of aphrodisiacs for ghosts and Boos.
So if you remove the human factor, is Luigi still attractive? Do Boos find him sexy no matter what he looks like? Would Luigi still be desirable if he turned into an actual ghost?
So far E.Gadd can't give a conclusive answer. Because he's a scientist, and scientists need to run several tests and compare the results before they can confirm their hypothesis. Especially for the "turn Luigi into an actual ghost" part.
(Yes, I'm thinking about the Smash Bros Ultimate trailer for the Castlevania characters)
But look. See this face?
This is a Boo who has been kept up all night by an array of lustful ghosts.