#asks: amara

[liam-summers]

BtVs 3.07 | AtS 1.03

Bonus🎶

[daisypreaker]

noooo, their matching frown, her little pout 😭 aegon and jaehaera are very personal to me, we love a girl dad 😭

I forgot I deleted the wip LOL. Let me just repost it here so this ask makes sense ✨

[lavandulalurker]

So this has been what's preoccupying my thoughts lately. Here’s my iwatex oc!

Her whole story is that she's from the Heliopause and has been trained to be a soldier since she was young but after landing on Vertumna she decides she wants a career change, and becomes the colony's first delivery woman!

[shallowseeker]

For your consideration, because I've been thinking about this...

According to Chuck, Dean doesn't mind feeding Amara "into the meat-grinder with a wink and a smile."

And certainly there are layers to how he feels about doing that... Dean has always walked the line between doing what’s right and what’s necessary, but in this moment, his morality is being pushed to the breaking point.

It’s an existential crisis because it challenges everything he stands for, every instinct to protect and not betray. In this situation, his sense of duty and survival are at odds with his humanity—making him question what he’s willing to sacrifice to win. But ALSO.

Perhaps, deep down, he’s still reeling from the fallout of his and Amara's initial connection.

In Gimme Shelter, Dean is chafing over her decision to meddle:

DEAN: You're damn right. Look at you. Just another cosmic dick rigging the game. You're just like your brother. AMARA: It was a gift, Dean, not a trial. DEAN: I'm not angry, Amara. I'm furious. To know that all my life, I've been nothing but a hamster in a wheel, stuck in a story. And you know whose fault that is? Chuck's. And it ain't just me. We're all trapped. Sam and Cas and Jack and even you. And you want to talk about the people that he's killing right now— AMARA: Stop. ...

AMARA: Can I... trust you? DEAN: I would never hurt you.

Amara and Dean's initial relationship wasn’t just symbiotic; it was predatory.

And with Chuck’s voyeurism looming over the season, it’s all a trigger for Dean. Dean longs to be free—not just from Chuck’s voyeurism, but from Amara’s fascination with him. It’s not just about the manipulation; it’s the lack of consent, the way Chuck and Amara have both used him for their own agendas, to make Dean tap-dance, or to "see what could put out his anger/fire."

///

That said, Amara empathized with Dean

She wanted to return a lost loved one to Dean. She’s not alone. In fact, both Amara and Cas did that—Amara bringing Mary back to life in season 12, and Cas trying his best to bring Sam back to life in season 6.

But how they perceive and engage with Dean could not be more different. Amara: Her actions toward Dean come from a place of curiosity that borders on predation. At first, she seeks to feel what it is to be human through him.

When she revives Mary, it's at its core a way of experimenting with his emotions, not engaging with them. It's a desire to feel what Dean feels for her own sake, not truly honoring him as a person. (It's a bit of a throughline from how Crowley initially sees Demon Dean, "See what I see, feel what I feel.")

It’s tricky because empathy tends to be, at least in part, self-focused. That’s normal. But the difference here is that Amara wants to see what Dean does in response to a cosmic trigger. It’s a grand experiment.

In season 15, she's taking tentative steps toward her own experiences, but when it comes to Dean, there's still a niggling sense of predation or compulsion: "You have a distinctive musk. We will always help each other." Cas: On the other hand... Cas’s fascination comes from a place of genuine empathy and a burgeoning recognition of Dean’s humanity. Cas tries to witness Dean’s emotions as a detached observer but can't help resonating with them.

He finds that Dean helps him stand up for his own values—values he's been forced to bury over and over again. Quickly, Cas's engagement with Dean becomes based on a shared history, a shared fight, and shared values. They don't always agree, or even always help each other. But despite their sometimes very explosive differences of opinion, they usually come to a mutual understanding of one another.

When Cas revives Sam, it comes from a deep sense of guilt and frustration with his own kind. Cas wanted to protect Sam from a fate he felt was tied to his angelic brethren's actions—their failings and their manipulation of the human world.

Cas’s shame about his brothers' actions simmered beneath the surface, eventually boiling over into the white-hot rage of an authoritarian, but unlike Amara, Cas’s initial move was to simply to protect those he loved from the celestial forces he once served.

In short, Cas sees Dean’s pain, his flaws, and his humanity, not as something to be experimented and tinkered with, but as something to cherish and understand. To protect.

Overall, despite some occasional teasing and sniping, Cas witnesses and honors Dean’s humanity, recognizing it as something valuable and worthy of respect, even when, and maybe especially when, it's ugly. //// Anyway, it just seems to me that Dean's panic response in late season 15 regarding Amara could have been inflamed by his and Amara's underlying history.

Amara assumes she and Dean are bound by fate to always help each other—an inevitability, not a choice—and so, choosing to betray her becomes an act of rebellion in itself.

[rockybloo]

I know they're the same person, but GOSH I need more Ace in my life,,, Amara so lucky

Ace AKA human Bitterbat is a very underutilized design for me just because I love drawing him as a big monster man.

But I very much love him in all his "I want to wear nothing but my girlfriend's clothes when I am human because I love her and wanna smell like her" ways

[redo-rewind-if]

Hi! So I just stumbled across this IF (SUPER interesting conceot btw i enjoyed it more than i expected!) and I scrolled through ur blog a bit but couldn't find anything related to this so-

If it wouldn't be too spoilery to answer, may I ask how MC and V's relationship would be perceived by the other staff at the office?

Like, do they keep it under wraps? Does everyone know anyway cause it's just so obvious? Do they know about the shift in the dynamics and does MC get teased about it?

Does MC get a bit of special treatment by chance shshehrh

I must know, dear author, so please deign to answer. For Science.

Not too spoilery at all! I actually love these sorts of asks! 😊

How MC's coworkers perceive their relationship would depend a bit on MC themself. But I think V, at least, would prefer to keep a romantic relationship with MC quiet and would likely try to avoid any special treatment.

As for how successful V actually is in those endeavors... well... honestly I think the whole office would be gossiping about their "office romance" within the week lmao. V is simply not nearly as subtle as they think they are in these matters.

And the whole "no special treatment" thing? Yeah, I give it a month tops. V is too weak to a romanced MC to completely manage the whole work/private life separation thing. 😅

Amara would likely be the first to catch on and would be an absolute menace about it. Especially for MCs she's close to, the teasing will be merciless and involve shitty gag gifts popping up on both their desks. Poor V is in for a time™.

[thelonelyshore-if]

NOT ME FORGETTING CROFT IS GENDER SELECTABLE HAHA oh that's so funny. yeah Croft is the most woman to have ever womaned to me. that is in fact Miss Amara and i Also forget she's gender selectable at every given point in time.

Haha you're totally all good. I love that she's so defined for you fr!!!

Honestly Amir and Amara are probably the most similar to one another of the gender selectable characters BUT at the same time they both have such a specific Vibe in my brain. Amara Croft genuinely means the world to me I love an edgy woman who is also mean <33

[shrimpbat]

it's been a long time since I've asked sth like this but can I have cute IU facts? i love the IU guys........

Yes you can!! :D I love writing stuff like this it fuels me.

Amara feels bad when Bonnie's scared of her. She loves cat wife and when cat wife is scared of her, her heart aches.

Don't worry though cat wife warms up to her over time and accepts the fact that "yes this is in fact a demon from hell".

Mason's believed to be the more "masculine" one of him and Jamie and is scared of nothing. No, this boy squeals if he sees Jeff the Killer.

Funnily enough Jamie can stomach horror movies more than Mason can. Mason hides in Jamie's shoulder.

Everyone in IU loves Nellie-Bell. Everyone shall love the Nellie.

Carly's a gamer and tries teaching Lucille how to play a fps. Lucille cries because she accidentally clipped an NPC frog. Carly hugs Lucille.

Marsha and Lavane share a braincell because the two of them can sit in a bean bag and just watch a 2 hour crazy frog video.

Amara's very protective of Mania, and was actually very suspicious of his and Vex's relationship. Amara then realizes she's also dating an Earthling and comes to terms with her brother's man.

Mania also finds Vex doing the most basic shit really attractive. Vex washing dishes? Vex turning on the TV? Vex putting on his glasses? Vex sitting in a chair with a shitty posture? Mania loves it.

[realprissygirl]

What is your favorite Lil Kim song?

the jump off! 🎀💵

[brutalitybunny]

That one adventure time audio

*datz and Amara crying bc dhurke is cutting his hair*

Amara:your beauty is destroyed!

Datz:waaa!

Dhurke:hot shot! How do I look? (Dhurke with short hair again)

Datz&Amara:like the devil!

short hair young-dhurke always drove me crazy he looks like such a geek 😭😭😭

[artemx746]

morrilamdence baking together sounds really cute but you know that kitchen is getting burned down if they actually try

[yagamisdiary]

who are ur top 3 aot characters nd why 🤨😢

1. eren, why? best character in the show idgaf

2. sasha, why? my comedic relief angel girl ily

3. jean, why? sexy

[jamesrb4th]

Arcane rarepairs: multiverse edition

A good number of characters died over the course of Arcane, but thanks to the establishment of an infinite multiverse, not only can we go absolutely wild with the sort of romance we can provide in place of a tragic fate, it also means that nobody can tell us it’s not canon

Elora x Sky

Both pining for their bosses each of which are too preoccupied with a certain hunky inventor, perhaps their late night conversations venting out their frustrations will lead to something more

Maddie x Madame Margot

One is a ruthless cutthroat master of seduction, the other is a kind and caring woman in way over her head and must learn the value of teamwork if she’s going to make it out alive. Their heads will spin (and others will roll) as they find out exactly which is which

Kino x Loris

We don’t have much to go off of, but the illusion seemed like it was pretty convincing and anyone who Mel looks up to has got to be cool af, which means he deserves a boyfriend who is chill af, more than that, Loris is loyal courageous, and perhaps the most important quality for Kino in a partner, knows when they need to ****ing bail

Grayson x Amara

Heading a personnel security for a successful merchant, Grayson soon learns that the threats are far more dangerous than she was warned, and that the fascinating woman she’s been protecting is more than capable of dealing with them herself. Years of facing the flood of corruption in the enforcers have exhausted her efforts to influence them to adopt her own strong sense of justice, but perhaps it can soften the knife sharp edges of this sorcerous spy

Smeech x Salo

……. I have no idea how this got in here, I must have entered a fugue state or something, but uh, good for them?

[rockybloo]

Every time I see Bitterbat doing something unhinged, I envy Amara a bit more.

And seriously admire her restraint. Girl, how.

Also: seeing him like this with Tang makes me dream of how glorious it’ll be seeing him vs. Freebird.

Amara is one of my strongest soldiers because I gave her the most irresistible man I could craft and she still holds her ground...not all the time though because I mean...look at Bitterbat.

AS for Bitterbat vs Freebird - it is a battle I am looking forward to depicting. It's very much waaay down the line but it's def a fight that will happen.

[lookatmysillies]

What are your light's on the other crAwl members? Like Kafka, Amara, Eunbin, Everest, and Jwi,,,

"Kafka was the one who came up with the idea to start this crAwl thing. She used to follow me around when we were kids. I mean, she followed me everywhere. It was annoying. I wanted to be alone, mostly. I didn't want to be there and I didn't want anyone there to notice me. I wanted time to pass without incident until time stopped. Kafka had other ideas. She's... the opposite of me. She wants to be everyone's friend. She practically is. I don't know how she does it. I guess something about her pulls you in. For such a bland place, she's... a bright spot. Who wouldn't want a bright spot? I thought maybe if I could be more like her, life would be easier. But I don't think that's true. She's too trusting. Too brittle. And something is going to shatter her someday. I can't be there to protect her from every blow.

Amara joined the group when she was only 14... I felt off about that. She secured her spot through auditioning, and by all means, she deserves it. But - ugh. She's too young. She's only a child. But I can't underestimate her. Aren't we all children? We were, at some point. I forgot when. She's more hardened than Kafka, or any of the others, really, despite her age. I hope she stays that way.

Eunbin isn't my classmate. She doesn't even go to ANAKT. In this way, she should be more of a mystery to me. But she's not. She's emotional. Tender. Her feelings about the people around her are too obvious. But there's something dark about her... I think she longs for a bright spot in her life. If that's what she was expecting by joining crAwl, I would think she's disappointed. We're a business, not a friend group. The work is hard. It's no walk in the park, is all I'm saying. As talented she is, she'd be better off home...

Everest is - strange? Cold and distant. You get the feeling she has more going on than she lets on. He's a season winner, more of a professional than any two of us combined, and he knows it. What's she even doing here? Or in Alien Stage again, for that matter? I guess time will tell.

Jwi is an anomaly. Sweet, but not personable. Odd. Like Everest, she hasn't been here as long as Kafka, Nilaavu, Amara, Eunbin and I. Maybe we just haven't clicked yet. I doubt we ever will. She seems to like performing. We have something in common, then.

And Nilaavu, she's a founding member with Kafka and me. I've known her almost as long as I've known Kafka. She warmed up to the idea of crAwl before I did. And, well... her and Kafka running off on their own to start a group without a plan would've gone horribly. So here I am."

Light: Kafka’s so weird but I tolerate her I guess

Also Light: Mentions Kafka 8 times

Kafka belongs to @/lulling-riot, Amara to @nottoonedin, Eunbin to @apple8ees, Everest to @verdantlights, Jwi to @imperfectnothing, and Nilaavu to @chevalperd!

Light is a closed-off person who keeps her emotions strictly separate from her speech, but she does care about the other members of crAwl, particularly her fellow founding members + Amara and Eunbin. She’s less certain about Jwi and Everest, but she does care for their well-being. She thinks of Kafka as her best friend and those other 3 whom she’s closest to as her sisters, but good luck getting her to admit it.

[tiger-shrike]

okay this is probably going to end up in the fic, so feel free to go some other direction with it if you want, but: the first time Emmrich and Amara sleep together. like, actually sleep in the same bed, I mean. (I guess it could be at the same time as the other thing, but that seems unlikely.)

It will be in the fic, but from Emmrich's POV - this was a fun excuse to do it from Amara's.

*** Amara studied her appearance a final time as she tucked the rest of her hair beneath the scarf. Entirely sexless. She had the bearing of someone a half-century her senior, for whom the greatest of physical pleasures was an afternoon nap - and frankly, it wasn’t far off from how she felt. Satisfied with her appearance, Amara tilted her head to the side, hand wandering along the column of her neck until it found a suitable patch of skin, worrying it between thumb and forefinger.

She wasn’t worried about Emmrich, exactly, but whatever friendly distance she’d tried to maintain between them had shrunk precipitously when they’d entered the honeymoon suite, with its lavish tub and single, enormous bed. Amara couldn’t recall the last time she’d shared a room with someone, much less slept beside them; even the handful of expeditions she’d accompanied into the deeper reaches of the Necropolis used separate tents. There was no need to make this more uncomfortable than it needed to be, and if that meant sleeping on the chaise beneath the window, well, so be it.

Emmrich emerged from the washroom in a burgundy dressing gown, hairline damp from his evening ablutions. He paused behind her, and she could see his eyes track down her neck to the spot where blood was beginning to pool beneath her fingers.

“Amara? What are you doing?”

She met his gaze in the mirror. “Fulfilling expectations.”

HIs brow furrowed, and she continued.

“A marriage is invalid unless, ah, consummated,” she sighed. “We’re fortunate no one expects blood.”

“I– Amara!” he sputtered, although she could not tell if he was scandalized by the mention of blood, or the implication that they would be… intimate. Perhaps both. She couldn’t blame him for the latter.

“I will not make a habit of it,” she said. “Only enough to ward off speculation.” 

She inspected her handiwork, and found it satisfactory; light bruising atop the largest tendon of her neck, larger than a fingerprint but within the capacity of the human mouth. Her own experience with such was limited to encounters with snappish undead, but it bore a close enough resemblance to the marks sported by some of her colleagues after late nights out.

“I should hope not,” replied Emmrich, still a little indignant. He took a breath as if to say something else, but it was lost in a sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose. “I suppose we should discuss sleeping arrangements.”

Amara rose, kicking off her slippers beneath the vanity. “I’ll take the chaise,” she said.

“Absolutely not.” He trailed her as she sat down, the furniture groaning in protest. Whatever cushioning it possessed was clearly there for show. “That will do atrocious things to your vertebral alignment.”

“And where will you sleep, then?” She lay back in protest, the chaise emitting another tortured squeak. Emmrich looked unimpressed.

“I am happy to find other sleeping arrangements,” he said, “but I will not abide by you spending the night on that.”

She sighed, squeezing her eyes shut. While she was so utterly wrung out that her makeshift bed would prove no obstacle to sleep, Emmrich’s worrying would prove an insurmountable hurdle for him - and she would not turn him out to fend for himself.

“We’ll share,” she said, levering herself upright.

“Are you certain–”

“The bed is enormous. We can discuss other arrangements in the morning.” She climbed on, arranging herself atop the quilt. 

Emmrich hesitated but ultimately followed, slipping beneath the blankets on the opposite side. “I’ve noticed Minrathous can be rather chilly at night; do you need–”

“No.” Her own dressing gown was thick, and with the bedding between them, the opportunity for something horribly embarrassing was rather diminished. 

“Goodnight, Amara,” he said after a moment, before extinguishing the spelled lights with a wave of his hand.

In the quiet, grey hours before dawn, she felt the bed shift and something settle atop her, soft and scented vaguely of sandalwood. She tried to mumble something in protest, but it was lost beneath the tides of sleep as she slipped into the Fade once more. ***

In short: Amara you dumb bitch (affectionate) ETA, because I cannot shut my mouth, and y'all will find out about this anyway: Despite Amara wearing peak Old Woman Bedtime fit, Emmrich is fucking *frothing* internally because of how achingly domestic it all is. Girl, you've found the one man for whom seeing his wife in curlers and bunny slippers is the most erotic thing imaginable, and I love that for you even if you're too dense to appreciate it right now.