#but i am absolutely loving it so far... even if i suck at the battle part. >_>;;;

[tenebriism]

// Well. I got Baldur's Gate 3... and foolishly played it until 9 am because I'm already addicted to it. Astarion, I'm coming for you.

ANYWAYS, if you see me adding muses or AUs from the game... shh, lmfao.

[chiangyorange]

Do you have any LoZ/LU fic recs?

i have many! they wont be organized in any particular way tho

i started just hucking links at this until i realized, oh this is gettin really long actually, so im going to shove everything under the cut with the link to the fic itself and some personal notes from me to hopefully get you to read them!!

for Linked Universe;

Two Moon Pearls and the Master Sword by serbii

the chain get sent to the dark world and literally everyone but four, sky, and legend get to turn into animals about it. also baby legend is there <3 this also has an in progress sequel!!! its so fucking good!!!!!!

Absence by Anonymous

wild forgets he has to TELL PEOPLE that he has amnesia. this has consequences. i love wild and warriors dynamic so much theyre such a duo. if i believe in my heart other people can see the vision too.... sobs. WAILS EVEN.

Dearly, Departed by boo_boo_thefool

a series of post-lu oneshots revolving around each of the heroes!! hasnt reached all 9 of the chain yet but still a damn good read. if i think too hard about this one i can and will cry. on command even.

The Missing Link by SparklingWonderQueen

ongoing fic about if the chain met wild riiiiight at the beginning of totk when hes still missing!

willow bark and chamomile by schrodingers__cat

a REALLY fucking good read. like oh my god i just got SUCKED into this from start to finish. if ur a legend fan yes the fuck you are. get in there. go.

Dawn of the Fourth by LazuliQuetzal

also a damn good read!!! time gets de-aged and wind goes "haha im the big brother now. ... OH NO IM THE BIG BROTHER NOW!!!!!!" fucking hilarious. absolutely heart wrenching. these things are both true at the same time

ageless quest by fandomsandshit

OOOOOOOH YOU WANNA READ ABOUT THE CHAIN SEEING THE LIGHT DRAGON AND CONTEMPLATING THEIR OWN ADVENTURES SO BAD OOOOOHHH (theres three installments so far and if i think about THIS ONE i will ALSO cry on command about it. man i fucking love totk zelda so much why did they do that to her poor girl)

To Share, to Speak, and to Hear by NajikaSun

i cannot explain to you how much i love the knights trio. i have many feelings about them and they will sit riiiight here. its about the weight of legacy its about the weight of trying to fulfill your duties. you get it.

darning the threads as they fray by Ammo_Writes

this ones not done but bow howdy does it get my brain CHUGGING!! the tone... the haunting feeling.... augh... AUGH !!!! WHERES MY BOY I MISS HIM SO MUCH.

sorrow, immortality, and hope by virtualpng

READING THIS MADE ME WANT TO TEAR MY FURNITURE APART WITH MY TEETH!!! OHHHH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD ITS SO GOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD this author's other fics within the series also fucking slap. hard. god. the chain (who havent met wild yet) meet a stranger in ordon

Applejuice Stains on the Past by MjsKindaHere

HEY REMEMBER WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE KNIGHTS TRIO??> sky gets de-aged and wild is NOT normal about it. legacies and expectations and burdens etce etc. you get it

Young volcanoes by jelly_dragons

wild is incredibly fussy about how he was forced to wear the big clunky ass flamebreaker set in his journey meanwhile sky just gets some fancy shmancy earrings about it. the duo go into a volcano. hilarity ensues.

The Ruin They've Made Me by CluelessMoose

botw link's last battle did NOT go well with calamity ganon and leaves him possessed by the damn thing. and then the chain pop in. (owwwww OWWWWWWWWWWW)

Twin Quasar by StrixEye

written before totk released and its still unfinished but MAN AM I A SUCKER FOR GOOD COMPELLING TIMETRAVEL.

hold on, reaper by virtualpng

the chain before they ever meet wild but they pop into his hyrule anyway while hes in the shrine of resurrection. wind meets a ghost at fort hateno. god i fucking lost ghost stories.

steady going under by rebornofstars

the boys.... theyre sleepy.... specifically on top of twilight...

I'm A Riddle In Nine Syllables by SilverheartSP

GOD i fucking love ghost stories. pre-lu in botw where wild meets the chain as ghosts first, and THEN actually meets them

The Legacies You Leave Behind by Eureka5215

flora-centric study about her interactions with the chain. because she cant ever escape the overwhelming weight of a legacy like me too girl so real. yes this is part of my fixation on the knight trio. their haunted sadwoman air surrounding all four of them have captivated me mind and soul

Untarnished by Tashacee

MAN I FUCKING LOVE GHOST STORIES!!!! lovelovelove tash's hero's aspect au obvs the 2nd piece of fanart i did for this fandom was FOR heros aspect but man... MANNNNNNN UNTARNISHED HITS ME DIFFERENT!!!!! first..... ily king <3<3<3

In Flux by zippe

FUUUUUCKCKCKCKKCKC I LOVE FUCKY ASS TIME TRAVEL it can be to heartwrenching and this one is exactly thattttttt augh. AUGH!!!!!! i lose it ever time remembering this one

~~~

LOZ in general, but mainly botw/totk(and some aoc);

For The People by myfairstarlight

hey girl where did the divine beasts go. sidon is NOT having a good time about it hes EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED to that thing!!!!

That Brilliant Blue (A Bittersweet Goodbye) by myfairstarlight

hey. what do you mean sidon and mipha are doomed siblings. ill cry.

VIRTUE IS DROWNED, WITH HOLY HANDS, BY SORROW by lizandre

totk zelda in her time in the past. she is. not doing well!!!!

Again by Drich (drich147)

botw timeloop fic. yeah. theres this one scene where its revealed that guardians have a fuckign partymode???? thats hilarious.

so i'll never die when i'm dead by arashi_the_pancake

OW. FUCK. au where after turning into the light dragon zelda keeps her consciousness about it. shes not doing well!!!

[daeneryseastar]

hotd episode three thoughts:

episode was titled ‘the burning mill’ for the battle of the burning mill and we only get to see the aftermath. no black aly, no bloody ben, just pain and suffering.

“i can’t fault him for upkeeping his oath.” is such a lame excuse, since he tried to kill her last episode, they could’ve just had her say she wants to honor erryk and his sacrifice by allowing him to have peace with the brother he still loved despite everything.

i went from ‘i still kind of care about you even though i’m not a big fan of the changes’ in regard to rhaenys to full on dislike. good job condal!! “maybe you can talk peace with alicent (she has proven time and time again her demon spawn will not listen to her) 😜 luke taking aemond’s eye started the war (a 7 year old defending his brother 6 years ago caused the war, sure jan) 🤪 im gonna imply you being practical about the war’s inevitably will cause me to stop supporting you 😋 just in a silly goofy mood 😛😛”

i liked mysaria and rhaenyra’s conversation, and appreciate the setting up for addam claiming seasmoke.

gwayne fucking hightower had more speaking lines than jace. glad to see he pissed his pants when confronted with moondancer however.

baela>>> arguably best part of the episode. dany’s theme playing over her and moondancer’s entrance is reaffirming my fancast <3

corlys whining about joffrey only being six and knowing nothing of the sea is honestly hilarious since that’s how most heirs start off as? also not surprised he doesn’t consider rhaena good enough to be his heir when he’s proven time and time again he’ll only support women in power if it benefits him. can’t wait to watch greencels bend over backwards and claim this is rhaenyra’s fault once again !

actually the way rhaena was treated this episode is just major ick vibes. the writers have this obsession with making every non-dragon rider targ a liability to their family? which makes no sense at all, but they couldn’t even include one line of rhaenyra saying she was sending rhaena to the vale for her safety to? i’m glad she told her upfront she was entrusting the future of their house to her (an omen for morning? i’m not holding my breath) but still.

you mean to tell me aemond’s biggest adversary in life wasn’t his toddler nephews??? but instead his big brother??? who has no redeeming qualities and proves he’s willing to hurt him to feed his own ego??? shocked, i tell you. absolutely shocked. ‘true brotherhood’ defenders are going to lose their shit when aemond attempts to kill aegon next episode (apparently twice? for once i’ll be on his side i guess).

the showrunners brought dyana back just to have her serve the man who raped her and be sexually assaulted again, what a feminist take!

had to see a dude get sucked down in the same scene. now i need luke to take my eye(s) out too.

i did NOT need to see aemond’s dingaling what the fuck

baelon’s… bastard… son? the same baelon who was head over heels in love with alyssa? the same baelon who never took another wife nor even looked at another woman after her death? the same baelon who’s sister couldn’t even convince him to take her to wife? vaegon having a bastard would be more believable.

helaena apparently doesn’t give a shit about jaehaerys! more absolute bangers from the writing department. instead of going mad over this loss and deliberately throwing herself out her window she’s going to see a really pretty butterfly that she must have and accidentally tumble over the balcony.

rhaenys praising jaehaerys is so fucked, he’s the reason you’re not queen right now, and he laid the groundwork for the greens to have any claim at all EAT MY ASS

why is alys american.

daemon’s harrenhal arc seems very interesting -so far- it was great to milly’s rhaenyra again (also am i the only one that thought she was holding a baby, jace or a hypothetical ‘what if daemon married her to begin with’ and not sewing up jae’s head) also “you will die in this place” is peak foreshadowing honestly.

alicent continues to pull the ‘i didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face!!!’ “i have perhaps been unkind but never dishonest” copium much??? you deliberately made rhaenyra and her kids life’s a living hell bc she managed to find happiness in her situation and you couldn’t stand that.

that sept scene was dumb as shit but at least rhaenyra has exhausted every single option possible for no war and her antis can shove it and be reminded that she’s the only monarch that gave a shit about the destruction about to happen. ‘team neutral’ team fucking idiot more like.

episode is rated 2/10 for baela, rhaena, jace/joff/aegon/viserys crumbs, and house blackwood mention.

[minoment]

könig with tall a lover (they’re like the same height) how he react sfw and nsfw

(my first time requesting sorry if it’s kinda weird)

OK I AM SO EXITED FOR THIS ONE. I am 6'2" and I speak German so this is just perfect. I love writing for him since we are very similar so buckle up and MINORS DO NOT INTERACT since there's NSFW. I PUT THIS TOGETHER OVER TWO DAYS SORRY IF ITS KINDA SHIT. Thanks for the request Anon! <3

Pairing: König x GN!Reader

Type: Headcannons (SFW + NSFW)

Warnings (kinda): Sub needy König, dom reader, readers gender is unspecified, König is a shy sweetheart, mentions of war related things, praise kink, size kink, breath play, teasing, overstimulation?, manhandling, hair pulling, slight impact play?, reader could have a dick or a strap, oral sex (reader receiving) could be either readers dick getting sucked or readers pussy being eaten its up to you horny freaks, gentle and passionate relationship with no BDSM or hard sex because we must be nice to the Austrian cinnamon roll.

A/N: The NSFW will be dom!reader because we don't do that sub shit here 😋👏

König x Tall!Reader Headcannons

{NSFW FAR UNDER THE CUT, STILL MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DNI}

SFW:

When König first joined the KorTac company, he didn't think he would ever find someone as tall as him, but there you were.

You had greeted him professionally, shook his hand firmly and looked him straight in the eyes. He was so used to everyone gazing up at him so this eye contact instantly awoke something in him.

When you both weren't working, he would try and strike up a conversation despite his social anxiety. You found his attempts quite amusing to say the least and you two soon became inseparable.

KorTac enlistees had already been intimidated by your size and rank, but now there was another giant always one step behind you. This certainly re-enforced any sort of authority you had over your troops (and enemies).

This gave you quite the reputation, especially on missions. If there was anything to do with stealth or infiltration, you would sigh and pull him aside as other more... fitting candidates were chosen.

Although, you always kept each other company and your combined prowess in battle was a major force to be reckoned with. Especially when it came to intimidation and brute force.

You two were close friends and soon König was comfortable about sharing his past, his social anxiety, joining the Kommando Spezialkräfte in the 1st Platoon, failing to become a sniper, his deployment in Berlin, joining KorTac... absolutely everything.

Soon after, you told him your story and how you ended up here. This created a deep level of trust and comfort between the two of you.

This deep emotional connection, trust, and inseparability soon turned into the both of you falling head over heels for each other. König was the one to confess first in a rather flustered moment of panic. You had just laughed and hugged him tight.

In public, you both kept your relationship purely professional but when you were alone, physical and verbal affection was everything. Kissing and cuddling was the best thing on earth with König. He was like a big, flustered, teddy bear who wanted nothing more than to make you happy.

You both came back muddy and exhausted from training one evening, dropping your gear by the door of your shared dorm before competitively sprinting to claim who showered first. You won and quickly got in, laughing at König's muffled German curses from outside the door.

"Oh mein Gott! Let me shower with you, i'm cold!" He whined sheepishly outside the door.

"Nope!" You snickered, quickly finishing in the bathroom before walking out in undergarments. You flopped onto your bed and gave him a grin. "Go right ahead." You teased playfully.

König rolled his eyes and disappeared into the bathroom. You were so exhausted that you were already half asleep when he was finished. You two didn't bother saying anything else, he just wriggled under the covers with you and wrapped his large frame around your equally broad one. Placing your hand on the back of his head, you both fell asleep in a big, messy bear hug.

NSFW:

If we had to give König a label, he would be a switch (leaning submissive) bottom. A very soft and gentle one at that. Due to his nature and history, he would be into passionate and gentle sex rather than rough.

He would love being praised and comforted, definitely a pillow prince with a praise kink.

Your similar size to him would also be a huge turn on. The fact that you can easily manhandle him into whatever position you wanted, would make him whine and blush.

He would be quite shy to initiate any sort of sexual activity and it made him feel a little ashamed. (HES SUCH A POOR LITTLE MEOW MEOW I WANNA SNUGGLE HIM AHSGJHDGIU)

Definitely into gentle hair pulling, whether its pulling his head back to whisper sinful praise in his ear as you thrust into him or gently guiding his head down as he gives you head.

Both of you have an incredible amount of stamina and can easily go multiple rounds and even all night.

He's quite impatient and can't handle being teased. It would either end up with him quickly taking what he wants (usually ending up with a gentle smack on his inner thigh from you), or he gets teary-eyed and starts whinily begging for you to please him. Of course you can't resist.

You had come out of the shower, steam rising from your muscled, toned body. König gulped, his eyes flicking over your form as he pretended to be half asleep. He had already showered and was barely clothed under the sheets. You got under the duvet and slid a hand up his bare back, knowing damn well he wasn't asleep.

König let out a muffled squeak as he felt your hands wrap around his waist, pulling him close and tight. He could feel your breath of his nape and he shivered, already becoming aroused. Your large calloused hand ran up his chest and rested on his collarbone, pulling him closer so your breath fanned over his ear. König straight up whimpered and it made you smirk.

"Ha.. w-what are you doing-?" He said softly, desperately holding onto your arm around his waist. You laughed fondly, pressing a kiss to his neck as the tension was broken. He shivered and leaned into your touch, grateful for your warmth.

"Nothing.." You replied, moving your hand downwards ever so slightly. König let out a shaky sigh and closed his eyes.

"Bitte- if you're going to... fuck me. Stop teasing me and do it~" he whimpered. You chuckled, gently reaching down with one hand to grab both his wrists and firmly hold them against his chest. Your other hand snuck down into his boxers, making him lean his head back onto your shoulder with a soft gasp.

Soon enough he was pleading and moaning, his hot breath against your ear as your fingers ran up and down his slick cock. His gasps and whines were enough to make you want to bend him over and finish him right here, but you held back.

"A-ah~ please- please my love~" He cried out, rocking his hips into your tight fist. "Heilige Scheiße~ I need to c-cum.. please~" He gasped brokenly, right next to your ear. You relished in his desperation but nodded, rubbing your thumb roughly over his weeping tip and down the thick veins of his length.

"You may cum sweetheart.." You purred softly, pressing a kiss to his jawline. You couldn't help but lean down and suckle on his sweetspot, leaving a dark hickey on his neck and marking him as yours.

König lost his mind, throwing his head back onto your shoulder as he let out unintelligible strings of curses in broken German and English. He soon released, letting out a lewd cry as he reached his peak and shot ropes of white all over your hand.

You gently stroked him, letting him come down as he shivered and whispered soft "thank you"s over and over again like a prayer. He rolled over to face you and buried his blushing form against your chest. You sighed then smiled fondly, cleaning off your hand with your nearby towel before hugging him tight. König was already asleep, snuggling into your warmth. You pressed one last kiss to his forehead and fell into a deep sleep beside him.

[she-whatshername]

Drifted

Y'all Its here. The first chapter of 'Drifted'. I really cannot believe I am posting this. Whew. I also posted this on Ao3. Once I figure out how to link stuff in this magical world wide web, I'll get on it.

Series Summary: In the space between the cadets arrival to Riorson House and the battle at Basgiath, Bodhi is navigating his heart against the trails of the revolution and the blissful torment of unexpected love. For a man who has spent his life shouldering the emotions of others, he finds his own at mercy of a flier with a wounded heart and mind more dangerous than the creatures lurking beyond the boarders. Though, its hard to surrender his own heart to someone who has no desire to find her own. And for Cree, A drifter from the east and newest member to the revolution who, despite her father's warning to "Never Trust A Tyr" ends up falling for one.

Drifted, Chapter 1: Riorson? 

“It’s a lost magic…maybe there’s a reason this stone never worked. It might be broken.” 

It was all Bodhi could think of at the moment. Kindness and a bit of wit. What else was he supposed to say? Violent was standing next to him, nodding as if she was  present but he could tell behind her vacant eyes her mind was running through every scenario that led to this moment of what he knew she perceived as failure. A bloodied hand and no wards.

Xaden, his cousin, was trying his best to console her in his own way. But, as quickly as he whispers his words, he’s back to being stoic, unemotional and negotiating back up plans with Kylynn and The Assembly. His onyx eyes flashing up momentarily to meet Bodhi’s brown. It was a fraction of glance but the silent request rang loudly in Bodhi’s mind. 

Comfort Violet. 

And so, Bodhi did as was asked. To comfort and to care. 

It was natural for him to do it. Even at a young age he found himself in situations he didn’t have to be in, but wanted to because he had an unwavering desire to care.

 As a child he snuck nightly deserts into Xaden’s room after he and Garrick took his uncles prized stallion out for a ride when they absolutely weren’t supposed to; resulting Garrick getting thrown off and Xaden getting no sweets for that entire summer. Or, the time he stepped in and fought a kid who picked on Imogen, which resulted in him getting his ass kicked in the process. But, at least they left Imogen alone after that. He sat with his mother, holding her hand in both of his on the nights he found her crying and unable to sleep. He didn’t know what to say then, but felt that his presence was the least he could do. 

And then there was the 24 hours after their parents’ executions before they were all displaced. He did not shed a tear, but was the shoulder everyone needed for them to shed their own.

Even Xaden.

He didn’t have to be there for everyone. But, to Bodhi, he had to be there for everyone. 

And, he truly did care for Violet. This wasn’t her fault or her failure. Ever since Resson, everything she knew to be true was either a lie or a cover up of a lie; from  knowing every part of history, to getting all of it wrong. He has never been someone so tied to the truth as she was, but he absolutely could understand that feeling of your world being upended on you without any warning. And, if gentle humor and comfort from a friend could heal her spiraling mind and bruised ego, so be it. He’s had far worse to work with in the past. 

But, gods, couldn’t he be a little angry too? Hope was a fickle feeling he’d try to abandon all those years ago during the apostasy. It didn’t save him, his mother, his home or country then. But in moments like these, the promise of the safeguarding of his home and friends are hanging in front of him by hope, only to be stolen away moments later. It fucking sucked to say the least. 

But, as he heard Xaden whisper to Violet, they would try again. It seemed to be the new Tyrrish way of life. 

A dash of silver crossed his eyes as Violet stormed off with Brennon following quickly behind. Another quick glance from his cousin. He could tell the two of them had one of their weird, mind arguments and he assumed as much that it didn’t go well. By the grace of Amari, could those two ever put their egos aside and just talk to eachother?

Now Xaden’s glowering at him. What, was he supposed to chase after her now too?

“Leave the rider be. Let her lick her wounds in peace.” Cuir had spoken through their bond. She was right, as she always is.

“Tell Xaden that.” Bodhi responded.

“And insert myself into that mess of a mating? Absolutely not. I hear enough about it on my end.” 

He knew she was mentioning Sgaeyl. Apparently when Xaden and Violet are arguing and not taking the appropriate measure to shield their emotions the blue dragon becomes even more volatile and scarier to be around. Which Bodhi found hard to believe due to Sgaeyl already being scary to be around as is.

“I bet you’re glad to have chosen me.” He commented, his eyes brightening a bit 

He could feel the pride in her tone as she echoed across his mind, “I refuse to feed that ego of yours anymore than I should but I suppose I am…fortunate to have chosen you. You’re also much more intelligent than the rest of your little companions when you do decide to indulge in your little pleasures. Though after that one tryst with that obnoxiously loud rider-” 

Speaking of shield, he decided to do just that, cutting off their communication for now. He was not in the mood to discuss his love life with his dragon, especially when he had to fix everyone else's relationships. 

The rest of the assembly began to file out of the cavern, Kylynn and Xaden having shared one last remark before she exited, her face seemingly not pleased with whatever words were exchanged. That left Xaden and Bodhi alone. 

Before Bodhi could step towards him, the entire cavern was surrounding by shadows, making the room an endless shade of black. It stayed like that for a moment, echoing the sounds of his cousin’s frustrated groan before the light of the night sky slowly began to creep into the darkness; the shadows receding back to their natural places amongst the walls. 

Bodhi had been caught in Xaden’s shadows a few times, and though he was familiar with the sensation, it was still fucking unsettling.

“Cousin? Shit.” Xadens rough voice cut through the silence, “Didn’t know you were still here.” 

Humor and kindness, Bodhi.“Yeah, well I didn’t want you to sulk alone but…maybe I should have. Are you - “ 

“We’re fucked.” Xaden answered bluntly. His hands wrapped around the back of his neck and he glanced upwards to the open ceiling above him. “It’s not her fault.”

He wasn’t sure if it was reckless courage or the reckless desire to comfort but Bodhi stepped forward towards his cousin, speaking softly, ”Of course not. She’s given us more information on taking down venin and wyvern than The Assembly. She got it wrong this time, and that's rare for her. She’ll try again. We’ll try again.” He decided to use his own words against him, which got him a side eyeing glare.

“I take it from the wallowing family gathering, it didn’t work?” Garricks voice filled the room as the young man stepped into view. He strode down the stairs, a roll of churam in his left and lit match in his right. “I was saving this for our victory party tonight but considering no one is celebrating, it can also help in lifting the mood.” 

He passed it to Xaden and held up the match. He took a deep drag which caused a low whistle from Garrick who mumbled something along the lines of saving some for the rest of them. Eventually Garrick got his turn and pretty much did the same. Bodhi took it next, much to his friends' surprise, but hells, this called for it. If he couldn’t be openly pissed he could at least take something to dull the anger.

“Fuck” Xaden exhaled, a cloud of smoke leaving his lips.

“Double fuck.” Agreed Garrick.

Bodhi nodded, mentally cursing the situation alongside the two.

The three of them stood in silence, watching the warm clouds of churam hover in the air around them before the dissipated into the open ceiling above them.

Garricks’s voice eventually broke the silence while he crossed his arms over his broad chest. “You know, I was really hoping I could use the whole raising the wards celebration to my advantage tonight. Safety for Aretia of course but now that Nyra’s back in the fold, my chances were looking pretty good.”

Xaden gave his friend a look that boarded both amusement and concern, “Voldaren? Really. Our senior wingleader Voldaren?” 

“Former senior wing leader..” Garrick corrected. “If Bodhi and I are your left and right hand of this revolution doesn’t that make me outrank her?” 

“You really need to sort your shit out with Imogen. For all of our sanities.” 

A dangerously sly smirk crossed Garrick’s lips as he rubbed shoulders with the dark haired man, “You’re one to talk about ‘sorting your shit out’. And besides, I know what Nyra likes. And if we were all celebrating tonight I could have had her and Im-”

“If we can’t raise the wards now, what is the back up plan?” Bodhi asked, desperate to change the subject. He did not want to hear about the two people he’d often refer to as his siblings in any explicit manner; not this evening. 

Xaden gave Bodhi a look that he could have sworn was a non-verbal thank you before his usual, broody facade took over again. “Same thing it always was. But I’m not taking her to Cordyn. I’ll go myself after we finish our usual route for defactors and-” Before he could finish Xaden paused, his body posture becoming more upright than it normally is. He must be talking to Syagel. Then, he started walking out of the chamber in long strides. 

Garrick and Bodhi shared a confused glance before hearing Xaden’s booming voice to follow him. Garrick huffed in annoyance and pressed the blunt against the strap of leather on his shoulder, snuffing out the flame. “You heard the boss.” He grumbled before beginning walking. 

And, as if they were young again, Bodhi started moving as well, a step behind Garrick. 

Bodhi moved quickly taking the steps down the mountain in sets of twos and threes, reaching out to Cuir in the process. “What’s going on? Wyvern? How many?” 

“No,” Cuir responded, the tone questioning as if he could see her seeking out into the darkness of the night to find the answer, “Something else. Something familiar but - Oh.” 

Bodhi could have sworn he heard a chuckle in her voice. And hearing Sgaeyl’s roar echo from the mountainside didn’t sound funny at all.

“What? Are you and the others coming?” 

“Follow your brethren and keep calm. Do not act on impulse. I’ll alert the others to stand down.” 

Well that wasn’t comforting or reassuring at all. But, he trusted Cuir; as ominous as she tends to be sometimes. So he followed along tried to keep as calmly as possible. They Were now going around the fortress, to the front gates. It was the same path they took as kids when they were trying to sneak around the place without getting noticed, or cut through the grounds to the front  without actually going through the palace. Bodhi took a few glances at ahead at Xaden and Garrick who both conversed quietly with eachother. But, they didn’t look ready for battle or as confused as he was. 

What did they know that he didn’t? 

After a few twists and turns in the grounds they made their way to the front wall, towards the main iron doors and stopped as if they were waiting for someone. And, sure enough a pair of footsteps were heard rounding the winding path up to the fortress.  

“...So, whats going on?” Bodhi questioned. And seriously, why were neither of them drawing their weapons? 

“The scout we sent out has returned.” Xaden answered, his shadows were slowly swirling at his feet. 

“With riders?” Bodhi pressed. 

Xaden was still staring at the pathway “Not quite.”

As if on cue, two figures appeared. The scout, one of the riders from Xaden and Garricks year stepped forward followed by a cloaked individual in a dark brown hood. Both illuminated by a floating mage light in the scouts hand.  

A hooded creature, were they a venin? 

“Here we are Riorson. Crazy you’ve lived here your whole life and forgot where to find this place. It is a pretty big fortress afterall…” 

Bodhi blinked, his brows furrowing with confusion. The scout, Leeson, was talking to the hooded rider, not his cousin. Was he confused? 

Glancing around, Neither Garrick or Xaden were confused either. It was like they were expecting this to happen. In fact, his cousin looked like he was smirking. Bodhi felt like slapping his face; was he high?

“Ah yes,” the voice responded from behind the fabric of their cloak, “Thanks for bringing me back, Grant.” 

“Need anything else before I…wait, Rirson?” His eyes widened as he gazed upon Xaden and then back to the hooded figure, and to Xaden again.

Two hands appeared from the cloak, pulling at the hood over her head to reveal the exact opposite of his cousin. She was a young woman with brown skin, darker than his own but with a complexion Bodhi matched to the warm color of chestnuts that grew outside of his former family home. 

The sides of her head were shaved, stopping at the long thick braided twists of hair that were bundled together to flow down her back, much like the mane of a wild horse, save for one singular loc that was kept free next to her right eye. That hair, he’d never seen a style like that here in Aretia or all of Navarre for that matter. Her smile pressed against her cheeks, highlighting what he could perceive to be two small dimples. Bodhi wasn’t sure why that was a feature worth taking note of. 

“Riorson?” Xaden finally asked, his voice calm and stoic. 

“Riorson!” She responded her voice was oddly warm, her cocky smile once again gracing her features. 

“Wait-” Leeson’s voice was starting to panic while glancing between the obvious Riorson and the impostor who looked absolutely nothing like his cousin, “...R-Riorson?”

Her dark brown eyes glanced in Bodhi’s direction, causing the young man’s breath to hitch in his throat. She tilted her head, studying him, “Riorson?”

“Durran.” Xaden corrected.

“Ah.” 

“Can someone tell me what the hells is going on?!” Bodhi couldn’t believe his own outburst. 

The woman snapped at her fingers on her left hand, and Leeson’s body suddenly perked upright, his eyes blinking a few times before stuttering, “What…where am I? What’s going on here?” He turned to the dark haired woman, “Who are you?”

He really shouldn't have taken that many hits of churam. Whatever was happening, it needed to stop. His own hand began to stretch forward, drawing power to his fingertips. He hadn’t seen this type of signet before. And no matter how friendly this woman was acting towards everyone, Bodhi should keep her in check, maybe if he blocks her mind work for a bit he could actually get some answers. 

“Remember,” Cuir reminded him, “do not act on impulse.” 

“It's alright, Grant. Get inside.” Xaden ordered. Lesson nodded once, placing a hand on his head as he walked past them towards the main doors to Riorson House. 

“He’s gonna be freaked out for weeks.” Garrick sighed. 

Bodhi understood. It finally connected in his mind. “Mind work.” He declared. Xaden nodded once. 

“If you’re Riorson then where’s your…what was her name…well your Sgaeyl, er whatever?” Garrick asked awkwardly. Clearly the churman started to effect him as well.  

She motioned towards the south, “The cliffs, keeping watch. She didn’t really approve of this idea.” 

“Then cut the bullshit Cree. Why are you here?” 

“Business as always, Riorson.” Cree chastised, “Fine, to the order of my business then.” She dropped her rucksack to the ground where it landed with a rather loud thud. Crouching down she flipped open the bag and reached inside, her whole arm entering the back up to her shoulder while she fished around for whatever she was searching for until she pulled out a rather large black object.

Bodhi stared at it with a small hint of wonder as it came into view under the mage light. Aside from the fake eggs used during war games, he’d never seen a real one before. “A dragon’s egg?” 

Cree nodded, “So observant, not-Riorson.I found it two weeks ago up north in the Esben mountains. Scorched earth and a fallen dragon and its rider. A couple of nights later I’m awakened to the sound of thunder and winds on a clear night. So I followed it, found a friend along the way and persuaded him to take me to where I’d find you. So here I am, in fucking Tyrrendor of all places.”

Bodhi assumed she must have sensed the hundred dragon riot that flew south of Basgiath a week ago. 

“And now that my business is concluded here. Goodbye.” She set the egg on the ground and began packing up her rucksack.  

“You came all this way to deliver an egg?” Garrick questioned. “That’s highly unlike you, Cree.”

“Don’t act like you know me. I don't care what you do with it, but if it's meant to survive it has better odds here than with me. And, I’m not really the dragon-liking type, remember?”

“Well since you showed up unannounced on a rather shit day for me, I guess I’ll invoke my favor now.” Xaden’s word stopped Cree who locked eyes with the tall man.

“A favor? I don't owe you shit, Riorson.” The words barely leaving Cree’s clenched teeth. 

“Teorann.” Was all Xaden had to say. He spoke with such authority. And seeing the slight wideness of Cree’s eyes and her face slacking slightly led Bodhi to believe there was a deeper meaning behind the word.

She relented with a angered sigh, “What’s the fucking favor?”

“Join us - ” 

“Absolutely not. This isn’t my war. Pick another favor.”

“Six months. That’s all I’ll need.” 

“Not happening.” Cree motioned to leave, however she could barely take a step backwards towards the winding path as the thrumming beat of Sgaeyl’s wing’s surrounded the air around them, pushing it towards the hard earth with such force it almost knocked the woman over. The dragon crouched low once her claws touched the ground, her neck snaking down to hover over Cree, a huff of hot steam casting down on her, surely sending a shiver down her spine. It had to be only about 10 feet separating the top of Cree’s head and the blue dragon’s glistening fangs. 

Cree kept her fear filled eyes forward to Xaden. Bodhi knew she knew better not to look up at the clearly pissed off dragon. “If I knew you’d be bringing your girlfriend I would’ve brought my own backup!” She yelled.

“Trust me.” Garrick laughed, “You wouldn’t have wanted Xaden to bring his other girlfriend either.” 

Bodhi watched Xaden cross his arms, knowing he had Cree cornered. With a smug look he said, “She doesn’t really take no for an answer. And she's not too pleased with your little impersonation from earlier.”

Cree slowly began to move from side to side as if she was literally weighing her options; though she didn't have many. “3 months.” 

“Six.” Xaden countered.

“Four and a fortnight”

“Six.”

“Five months, and twenty eight nights.” 

“That’s basically six-”

Sgaeyl opened her mouth and roared down upon Cree. It was loud enough to cause chatter from within the fortress as some people began to gather outside to see what was going on.

Cree finally gave in, “Fine! Fine, six months!”

Xaden closed his eyes momentarily in victory, “Glad you could come to an agreement.” 

A high pitched cry echoed in the mountains, turning Sgaeyl’s attention upwards and she reached over Cree to snatch the egg into her talon and launched in the air towards the noise. 

Cree closed her eyes with an exhale, muttering some sort of thanks to the gods before glaring over at Xaden again. 

“Let’s get inside, you need to meet some people.” Xaden ordered while turning towards the fortress. Garrick smirked at Cree and motioned that she follow as well before turning towards Cree, “You too Bodhi.” 

Cree huffed and threw up her hood before walking inside. And once again, Bodhi found himself following behind the others. 

The Assembly was not pleased with Xaden’s new recruit when they did find out and haul them all into the large assembly room for questioning. They spent the next 10 minutes taking turns chaisting Xaden, which wasn’t too out of the norm for them. Felix for not calling a proper vote. Ulices for his recklessness, even Brennan for not thinking through how Riorson house has grown 5 times its size in occupants over the past two days and with the addition of rider deserters adding on an additional house guest wasn’t as easy as it used to be. 

Bodhi was sure other words were being said but now that Cree was standing next to Xaden in the light of the assembly room, he was able to truly lay eyes on her. She was tall, not as tall as he or Xaden but much taller than the other female cadets in the fortress. She had freckles dotted across her face mimicking that of a night skies constellation, and he saw what he could visualize to be a scar that cut her skin from the end of her brow to right past her left ear.

And her hair, gods her hair. He’d never seen braids like that before. They were much more intricate than the ones Matthias, Violet or even Cat wore; each strand layered and woven into the other and looped over the other to mimic a mohawk. 

She was…something.

He couldn’t tell if it was the lingering buzz of the churam or if he really could hear Cuir chortling in his head. 

Eventually, his attention drew back to the matter at hand, The Assembly. Apparently Xaden made his word final and didn’t give any room for argument, stating something along the lines of ‘Needed every chance they had since the wards weren’t ready to be raised yet.’ 

Suri was next to speak; this wasn’t going to go well, “And why should we trust this Poromish-”

“Cygni.” Cree interjected loudly. It was the first time she actually spoke since she walked into Riorson house with everyone. “I’m Cygni. Not Poromish. And yeah, there's a fucking difference.” 

Suri pressed on, “If you’re going to be trusted to join our cause and be part of our command, aside from unhatched eggs, what can you offer us for our trust and protection?” 

“Well for starters I can bake a mean pie.” Cree began sarcastically, “And I’m a great shot. I could show you-” 

“Or don't.” Garrick’s tone was even but his eyes almost looked like they were panicking. “We’re still rebuilding the place.”

Bodhi felt like he was just standing there on the sidelines of this whole conversation, so he supplied a small, “You did mind work, don’t you?” 

Cree snapped her head in his direction before eyeing the rest of the assembly who seemed to be intrigued by Bodhi’s words.

Taking the cue from the assembly he continued, “you forced a scout to think you were Xaden Riorson.” 

“I prefer the term persuasion.” Cree answered.

Suri raised a brow, “So you can manipulate anyone to your whim?” 

“Show us what you can do.” It was Brennan’s voice who now joined the conversation. 

Cree shugged her shoulders from beneath her cloak, “Okay.” Her eyes scanned the room, making contact with each member of the Assembly before her eyes locked on Garricks. Garrick let out a squeak of surprise as Cree stepped forward. He was able to block the first to swipes she took at him with her hands, but eventually she sidestepped to the left and quickly grazed her fingers over his temple. Garrick had a jerked back quickly, before he closed his eyes, probably in an attempt to shield is mind from her probing gaze. It had only lasted a few moments, but Cree eventually blinked, an exhale leaving her lips.

A smug look grew on Garricks face, “Nice try. Best shields in all of Aretia.” 

That was absolutely not true. But Bodhi didn’t want to press the matter. 

“Getting a little rusty there, Cree?” Xaden said with an irritated gravel in his tone.

“How…unamusing.” Suri mused while leaning back in her chair.

Suddenly, Garrick’s body jerked, his wide shoulders shaking as a large laugh left his lips. Both Bodhi, Xaden, and most of the Assembly in the room gave the lieutenant a confused look.

“Have some composure Tavis,” Suri began only to be met with another roar of laughter, this time his hand slapping on his brother’s shoulder while he leaned into him. 

“Impressed yet?” Cree asked innocently. 

“What did you do?” Brennan asked, clearly impressed and intrigued by the display of power. 

“Not much really, I told his mind to believe that everything that one said was the funnest thing he’s ever heard. Because you’re a joke.” 

“How dare you-” Garricks laughter cut her off. The poor thing doubled over now, clutching his ribs. 

With a snap of Cree’s fingers it was over, Garrick finally gaining his composure, only to yell at Cree for never touching his mind again. Suri was pissed, but clearly did not approve of Cree in any way. Brennan told Xaden to get Cree on the front lines as quickly as tomorrow. And, with that, the Assembly left.

Once again it was Bodhi, Xaden, a still pissed Garrick, and the new member of the revolution, Cree.

Xaden started to head for the door, giving his final orders of the evening, “We take flight at sunrise. Meet us by the cliffs. Find her somewhere to stay, cousin. And Garrick, work on your shields.” 

“Yes sir.” Cree gave a rather lewd salute with her middle finger. 

Garrick let out a groan before he too made his way to the door, “I need a drink. See you in formation, Bodhi. And don’t do that shit to me again, Cree. S’felt weird as fuck.” 

And that left Bodhi and Cree. 

“So,” He began slowly, “Barracks are on the third floor and upwards. Pretty sure I could find you a room by yourself-”

“I may be stuck here for the next six months but I am not sleeping with a bunch of riders, dragons and Tyrs. Gods, my father is rolling in the next life cursing me for this.” 

Och. So much for casual conversation. She rivals Xaden as the meanest houseguest. Time to default, humor and kindness. “Well, there’s the town below…but that’s also full of riders, and the valley above us is full of dragons. I guess there’s the abandoned stables if you really want to be alone and away from all dragon and rider folk.” 

Her eyes perked up, “Not a bad idea, not-Xaden.” 

“Durran. But call me Bodhi.” He found himself saying rather quickly, almost pleadingly, “And, I was just kidding, you know.”

“You need to work on that humor, Bodhi.” 

“Wait, how do you know Xaden and-” And…she’s gone. 

Bodhi let out the longest exhale of the evening, his mind spinning as it recalled the past two hours. He made himself two promises that night. One, he’s never ever smoking that much Churam again. And two, come sunrise he’s going to track down Garrick in the morning and get answers about Cree.

And, perhaps three, maybe he should work on his humor.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

love me some kiara and kovu from lion king 2 being so human straight they end up breaking lion gender norms without even trying

"It's the LIONESS'S job to do the hunting" Scar says in lion king 1 "Where is your hunting party!?" he demands of Serabi the former lion queen, "Pinned ya again" says Nala the lioness who grows up to continue pinning Simba the future lion king bc he sucks at pouncing

and then here comes Kiara, lioness, future queen- also absolute rubbish at hunting and pouncing

it's her boyfriend who can do the pouncing, not her

three out of the five only other lady lionesses have been far more into ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK thing than talking (nala almost murdering simba during their reunion, zira and vitani in general)

contrast mufasa in lion king 1 ready to accept a challenge FROM scar but wouldn't make one himself even tho he's got the lion's share of brute strength between them, then simba, while reclaiming pride rock, gave his murdering uncle an offer of MERCY him regaining his place as king started with him trying to TALK to Scar it only turns into a battle bc of Scar, Simba, the rightful king, tried to do things peacefully

and here comes Kiara, the peace bringing girl character, which for humans, yep a troupe, but for the lions in these two movies? Not so much

EXTRA CUTE BONUS FOR

lion king 1 is like "every lion dude wants to be king" nuka from lion king 2 is like "hey i am ALSO a lion dude! I should be king!!" Zira from lion king 2 is like "Kovu you are a lion dude that this dead guy chose, so YOU will be king!"

human society like

"guys are the leaders" "heroic guy characters should want to be in charge" "here's a million stories of the scrappy guy character becoming king/chief/captain" "here is a lady who trained her whole life to do Thing but this guy who only just started Thing will be better than her at it and then they will Kiss"

meanwhile in lion king 2...

Kovu meets Kiara and goes "maybe i don't wanna be king maybe I just wanna run around and be silly with her :( stand by her :( follow her lead even when running away would be easier :( maybe try teaching her how to hunt :( go star gazing :( :( c-cuddle :( :( :( Simba let me back in the pride you can be king its fine please i miss my girlfriend :("

it's so funny, because for straight human characters, Kiara and Kovu are surface level typical- except also not, thanks to Kovu 100% just goes I Don't Care I'm Literally Only Here To Stand By Kiara and Look Pretty-

but the ways they're Human Normal just makes them so very very Lion Odd by accident

anyway. future movie where lion queen kovu ends up hunting with the lionesses while lion king kiara deals with morning reports / prideland politics and maned lioness vitani patrols with her 5 girlfriends ok that's my canon now bye

[thelostgirl21]

I'm late to the party like you wouldn't believe, but I've got to say something, because I'm so upset!

Okay, unpopular opinion, I actually loved Jaskier's Season 3 hair!

Was it always perfectly styled? No. There were a few scenes where I personally thought it could have used a bit more volume, or a bit more volume in some places while a bit less in others; but, most or the time, I was more than fine with it, and thought it suited Jaskier well!

At times, I literally adored it!

Ex:

To me, those are moments where I thought Jaskier looked his best in the series! Loved the hair!

Then again, personally, I tend to prefer Joey's looks with his forehead cleared and his hair longer.

Like, this is I think one of the most gorgeous non-feral hairstyles I've ever seen on him:

(X)

This is an absolutely gorgeous man, and I personally prefer his hair styled like this than short.

(Note: I'm not saying he's not beautiful with short hair, too, simply stating personal preferences. Certain aesthetic choices are based on comfort, too, and he can 100% afford to sacrifice the "long haired look" for something that makes him feel more comfortable. He can rock plenty of different looks!)

Then, of course, there's the feral look that is just in its own category...

So why am I upset?

I've just found out that he didn't wear a wig in Season 3!

That Jaskier's Season 3 hair were simply Joey's own hair that he had decided to grow out.

And look, I'm fine with everyone having preferences!

That's not my issue. Having your own tastes and not being a fan of Joey's Season 3 hairstyle is not the issue at all!

There were posts simply mentioning that they hated that it looked so flat, when we could have been graced with something a bit more like this:

And I do get preferences when it comes to styling.

It's just that I recall how - since people assumed it was "an ugly wig" that had been forced on his head by the wig department, rather than what they considered "a bad hairstyle" - the comments on "Jaskier's hair" were at times downright nasty!

And I just gotta get out of my system that those of you that have been literally making fun of his "sudden 4-inches receeding hairline" (first I'll have you know I find receeding hairline pretty hot!), when it's kinda remained the same for 3 seasons (it's called BANGS people. Joey tends to wear those with his shorter haircuts! Look it up!), for example, really suck!

His hairline has always gone pretty far up on each side, even in some of his earlier work... Ex: Gopher in "Mount Pleasant" (2016):

Like he's got very thick hair that form a "V" shape at the top (my mom had that, but I didn't inherit it... And we've got tons of hair... Like, a lot! * ) and a pretty large forehead.

*

(That's me at 18, and then at 28 - before I brought them back to a lower back length - but my mom is the same in terms of thickness, she just has that V in the front I lack, and it never receeded any further in her life.)

And there would be no shame in having thin hair, or any form of baldness anyway!

So yeah! I remember sort of heavily ignoring all those "ugly wig" comments because I, too, had assumed it was a wig (turns out Joey's hair seem to be a bit like mine, and grow pretty fast), and at some point you choose your battles.

Did I think a bunch of you were immature assholes for needing to hate on that "ugly wig" so much? Yes. But you find those in any fandom!

Personally, I thought "the wig" was awesome!

But now, I kinda regret not having taken the time to be more supportive of Jaskier's Season's 3 hair given I actually like it...

Because that's just a (very sweet) human being's hair, that was styled in a way that a number of people didn't like.

Again, zero problem for those that thought it was badly styled, and that the look didn't suit Jaskier!

Critiquing what you find a "bad hairstyle" is no cause for shame!

But, for those of you that took it to the next level with all those "ugly wig" comments, you fucking suck, I sure hope you've since found out that you'd been openly ridiculing a fellow human being's real hair, that it makes you feel like complete pieces of shit, and that feeling like complete pieces of shit is going to help you learn from your mistakes, before you start attacking other people's personal physical features in the future!

"Well, I didn't know!"

Here's today's lesson:

When you don't know, please kindly shut up and assume the hair you see is the real thing!

Or critique the wig like you would a real hairstyle, asking yourself "Hmm... Is describing someone's real hair the way I do going to make me sound like a bully?"

Like I said, I'm aware I'm pretty late to the party, but the the kid in me that got heavily bullied in school over her own hair really needed to get it out of her system!

[aerodaltonimperial]

I'm playing Rune Factory 5 and it's fun and the mechanics are a lot like Rune Factory 4, which was just a banger of a game, and I'm not very far in and I realize this brand of niche, very Japanese fantasy-esque farming battle hybrid games are such a weird genre even though I enjoy it. Starting thoughts:

There are some hybrid animal were-people and I'm like I do not wish for this, please never talk to me ever, you creep me out, but you would do well on Tumblr

Am I old???? I want to date the middle aged guy who owns the general store and wears sexy glasses not his CHILD who looks like he is 15???? Fucking SUCKS

None of these people are wearing weather appropriate clothing, it is NOT that warm, we start in SPRING, why is the doctor wearing A BIKINI

I think two of my (male) love interests have major beef with each other and are enemies and now I ship them with each other and is there fic on AO3? I should check

My kiddo keeps cracking up every time I carry a stack of 9 rocks on top of each other, like can't breathe delirious laughter and its so cute I keep doing it even though these rocks are kind of worthless

There are like 10 abandoned houses in town so I assume a gaggle of new love interests will arrive as I get through dungeons like in 4 so I'm waiting to see what my romantic prospects look like, I'm still mad I can't date the store owner

Since I remember so much of this from 4 I'm probably ahead in terms of leveling up my crops and shit, so that's nice

I absolutely destroyed everybody in the Bean Throwing Contest, though I won by hitting the beans with my body so the name is kind of misleading

[fortunatelychaoticphantom]

I wasn't going to write my thoughts on Eclipse, mostly because I never really liked it anyway and the rereading didn't help, but I'm having such a fucking ride reading the forth book, so I might as well do this. Obviously, I've already finished the book, so it's not as fresh in my mind and it's all a bit jumbled and a lot overlaps... but whatever.

1. God, I hate Eclipse. I'm sorry, I just hate this book. It is by far the worst in the series.

2. It's the love triangle. It's a hundred percent the love triangle. To be perfectly honest, I genuinely don't believe there is a love triangle, but Meyer really wants us to. We spend an entire book in Bella's head, seeing and feeling how much she does not love Jake romantically, but the entire book is about Jake trying to prove she does, and then out of fucking nowhere she does!! This is the hill I will die on. I simply don't understand this, this realization in the end that she is in love with both of them. It just wasn't anywhere in the book until that point, and it's so frustrating to read! There's also the fact that we know without a doubt that whether she loves Jake romantically or not simply doesn't matter, because she loves Edward more. And we know this since book two, so why??? Why spend 600 pages to talk about this?? Please, convince me otherwise! I want to enjoy this, I just can't!!

3. I am beyond frustrated with Jake's behavior in this book. None of this fits his character, not even his more resentful self after the shift, and it sucks because I absolutely adore him. But here he's pushy and mean and hypocritical and just awful, and I just hate it.

4. The second book literally ends with Jake saying he and Bella can't be friends because of her relationship with vampires. He refuses to talk to her, ignores her calls, and then, out of nowhere, suddenly wants to be friends and blames her for the disconnect. And she apologized!?!?! Like fucking what??? What the hell was that?? We just dropped the entire actual conflict of the book within a few chapters and never talk about it again, and somehow Bella is at fault here???? Fuck no.

5. The fucking scene. The fucking kiss scene. I remembered it was bad, but my god, it was so. Much. Worse. Everything about it screams assault, and Bella literally calls it that. Reading it was bad enough, but Jake's and Charlie's reactions were so much worse. It just grossed me out so much. I hate it. Jake is kind and funny and so god damn good, and this is just a destruction of his character.

6. Look. Look. I am not against love triangles. I am not against angst. I am not even against fucked up manipulative behavior. But there's a place and a time for everything. Jake threatening to kill himself/let himself die in battle so that Bella would kiss him is a deliciously fucked up scene that could work wonders in a different story. But absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably not here. It's just seriously fucked up here, and not in a good way.

7. Victoria who? This plot might have been awesome if it wasn't so far in the background you could barely notice it's there.

8. I am really sad I hate this book, because you can say what you want about Meyer, but girly can fucking write a world. The southern wars? The wolf lore and abilities? Immaculate. This book would have been great with a hundred pages less and no love triangle. The conflict should have been about Bella and Jake's friendship and the whole becoming-a-vampire thing and nothing else.

[kairithemang0]

The "Kairi Problem"

Hey guys it's Kairi day I'm gonna go on a long rant about how sad I am that she kinda sucks as a character.

To start I want to say that I absolutely adore Kairi, and that this isn't meant to be me hating on her, because I do really love her as a character (I literally stole her name for heavens sake). I just believe that there are a lot of problems with her character I need to get out of my system.

Ok, let us begin! First off, and the main issue with her for me is her pure reliance on Sora, and how much that really has damaged her character. Kairi is best when she's not around Sora. For instance, her conversations with Lea in KH3 are some of my favorite parts of that game. Their dynamic is so fun, and I wish they had more screentime together because they have the potential to have this sibling relationship that would be so wholesome. Along with her other interactions with characters, she could have such a great friendship with Aqua, seeing as Aqua will be teaching her how to better herself with the keyblade, it would be great to see more of their interactions.

HOWEVER! These are the only 2 meaningful relationships Kairi has outside of Sora. And even then, Sora makes up 80% of her interactions. Not even her and Riku talk much after KH1. They hardly even talk in Melody of Memory, a "Kairi game" where she is hardly playable. Not only that, at the end of that game Riku basically told her that she needs to stay home and let him to do work to find Sora. This to me is a big misstep in the writing for her character.

Kairi has self-confidence issues, one of her battle lines in Re:Mind is literally "please work". She has no faith in her abilities, but so much can be done with that. She can have an arc about believing in yourself and coming into her own and learn to stand beside Sora and Riku, not just letting them protect her.

This is partially due to her lack of screentime. She's never really been the focus of anything, she's just Kairi. The prize. That's really what she is, she's like the princess in another castle. Just "the girl". And that's a terrible thing to do with her character because unlike Peach, the princess in another castle, Kairi doesn't get the chance to rise above that label. In 21 years you'd think she'd be given something, anything really. I think that's why her kicking a heartless in the KH TV show pilot made me, and probably others, so excited. She did something! And it was cool, that's what we needed. Something cool.

So why am I talking about all this? The fandom has made jokes about Kairi being a plank of wood for years, it's no secret to anyone she's been given very little in terms of character. I guess my question is why? Why is Nomura giving this character with an interesting backstory and an interesting set of powers with seeds of a character if you squint such little time? Not only has she been around since the very beginning, but even characters who we know much less about than her are far more fascinating. I like to compare her to Yozora, who is a character we really know nothing about however we know he's powerful, and we know he has a goal. And I can assume he will deliver on both of those things even when we know more about him. Kairi on the other hand has had very few cool moments, has no goal, and just MIGHT be powerful. I mean you'd think having a princess of heart, a topic that has been covered in multiple games and will likely continue to be touched upon, as a main character would be amazing, right? Well, she's hardly ever mentioned to be a princess of heart and all we know about her powers is that she can bring back a heartless Sora in Kingdom Hearts 1. And that's it, that's all we know.

And I haven't even gotten into the whole thing about the Destiny Trio, the main trio in this series made up of 3 very important characters, feels more like 2 duos. It's either Sora and Riku or Sora and Kairi, not "Destiny Trio". And we know Nomura can write good trios, even while having 2 of the characters have moments together. So why can't the Destiny Trio have this? The 3 of them hardly interact without one of them overshadowing the other. For instance, the Riku and Sora KH2 reunion.

Sora is confused on how Riku can be here when he looks like Ansem. Kairi shows Sora that it is in fact Riku, and Sora and Riku have a moment. Then Kairi does nothing for the rest of the scene. In every case, that is a Riku and Sora scene where Kairi is just there. And this happens time and time again, where Riku or Kairi is put to the side so they both can have their moment with Sora.

And now it's time to talk about the scene where Xemnas kidnaps her. This scene is just... GAH I HATE IT!!! Xemnas just snatches her and then somehow, she's just passed out and gets killed. Not only that, but the reactions from other characters are also so lackluster. Sora does his "Kairi!" thing, and if anyone else were to have reacted I would say it should be Riku and Lea. Of course, Lea was dealing with his own troubles during that scene, seeing his best friends again was definitely something that would be more important to him, however he and Kairi spent time together growing a bond and training together, you'd think he'd at least go after her a little more? He does nothing! The only person that reacts to it is Sora, which is so sad since you'd think even Roxas would care a bit, since he and Kairi had that brief moment in KH2 where Roxas and Kairi's minds connect. You'd think any of them would have more of a reaction than they did. And she herself just sits there and struggles a bit. She's got another hand she could use to summon her keyblade again and swipe at him or do anything else that isn't absolutely nothing.

This whole scene would have been better if they had waited longer for Kairi to get taken, maybe she goes into battle with Sora, Riku, and Mickey when they fight the norts, but Xehanort swopes down and stabs her with his keyblade or something. If that happens, we could get more of a reaction from Riku. Really anything that isn't what we got would be better.

Throughout this whole series Kairi has been pushed to the side time and time again, and I highly doubt that'll end any time soon. With a new saga coming and more focus being placed on the Foretellers and what came before, Kairi will likely be once again pushed to the side lines while other more interesting characters take the front lines. It's a very sad fate for a character that has so much potential she'll never live up to due to a lack of interest from the writer.

[rox-of-iu]

hey gamers, so in the past months i kind of phased out of playing yi xian (and got obsessed with gujian3 instead lol) but someone brought it back to my brain so I fired it up to check whats new and the new characters (I kept up to date with the news on steam even though I wasn't playing lol) and,,,, weary sigh,, the brainrot is back hsdjhks so here

anyway cloud sword sect keeps on winning baybee!! the new character is so cool I love Lu Jianxin 😭💜 easily my new second place favourite sjdhk the mechanics of magically forging the sword throughout the battle is so so so fun

ok and more drawings under cut because i dont wanna make everyone scroll thru a long post about yi xian of all things hjaskd

ok anyway!!!! the ultimate title for getting most dao points with Mu Yifeng is literally "shixiong" sdhaks and SO TRU HE IS THE ULTIMATE SHIXIONG 💕💕 tea shixiong ftw

and also also!! played the new story mode and lets go! my boys interaction hahhah yipee

and Lu Jianxin being iconic hahhsdj hes so cool about also so silly heart

And now segway to our other new character Wu Ce! and not gonna lie I am entirely making all their lore (aside from what we know from the first lore entry) up because I suCK ASS at heptastar. my brain is tiny. so I am never leveling them up enough to get to know their story hasdjk

but like listen. i know its most likely that after they got set up by the generals they disappeared off to heptastar to chill like that but.. listen theyře a schemer, you cant double cross your war strategist and then get out scot-free so I think Wu Ce should snap and spitefully cook something up as a revenge before dipping out. ykno as a treat

(if anyones curious and read this far and wants context, all that is known from the first entry is that Jiang Ximing (white hair, heptastar) taught them when they were younger and gifted them the star moon folding fan. Wu Ce then grew up to be very talented in astronomy and scheming. they then become a war strategist and are very successful which causes their superiors to grow jealous of them and the superiors set Wu Ce up. Wu Ce disappears after that and its implied that that's when they joined heptastar pavilion)

so yea they very cool 💜💜 but my brain is so so so small 💔💔 i cant even figure out how to play as normal heptastars nevermind their absolutely convoluted 40 steps schemey cards hsajkdh

also last thing i just realized that the new game cover that they switched to for the season of wind in game has the three new characters that they added in the corner! and that I wildly misjudged the length of Lu Jianxin's hair ghdjashgdjsa

also speaking of hair, heres MYF model because look at the absolute lengths hsjhdsjdhks icon icon icon (also pls appreciate the detail that his robe coattails are made so he matches the swallows of the mountain 🖤🖤)

ok thats all hahahja bye bye xD

[vaguely-concerned]

I binged through all of Dragon Age: Absolution today and honestly I really really liked it! I was allowing myself only some very cautious optimism after watching the twitch premiere of the first episode, but freed from the need for infodumps and setting up the characters the rest of the show actually rapidly gets better from there (some pacing issues here and there excepted but hey they were given 6 episodes, I think they did pretty well considering those constraints)! If like me you HUNGER for, you YEARN for, you CRAVE more Dragon Age right the fuck now, this is not at all a bad thing to help keep some of that hunger down while we wait for the next game, and has a few loveable new characters to get into and some great action animation to boot.

More idle thoughts/reactions under the cut!

first and foremost I love Roland and Lacklon so much haha, a surprisingly well paced romance considering it mainly happens in quick background-ish moments! I'm especially interested in Roland's backstory, since he's very chill and openminded for what seems to be a decently well-trained/educated Orlesian? Lacklon being like 'I want to hold his hand and suck his dick 😔 fml' every time Roland did something cool in battle was just *chef's kiss* too, it was kind of smart to have their fight scenes double as foreplay as well on a writing level since they're arguably the least plot-important characters overall (though they and Qwydion are definitely the heart of the story as far as I'm concerned)

I understand why Miriam clung to Hira so much since she just lost literally everything in her life, good or bad, moments before and that relationship was the only time she had tasted anything like real love since her brother died, but girl... girl when people show you who they are, believe them. marry Qwydion instead you deserve so much better (Hira gave me the Bad Vibes right away from how she didn't respect anything Miriam said or expressed and kept pushing in ways that made me really uncomfortable, so I won't say I was shocked or anything lol.) There is the (??deliberate??) mirror of Hira hugging Miriam from behind in the blood magic dream and Qwydion coming up behind her in very much the same way to rest her hand on her shoulder in the real world afterwards, so I have hope maybe?

can you imagine Dorian watching shitshows like this go down every other week all around Tevinter and tearing at his perfectly sculpted hair because Andraste's tits if you motherfuckers would stop acting stereotypically for FIVE MINUTES! could any of you go take a PISS without resorting to blood magic! Dorian's job is a shit job and he's probably been doing it for a while by the time of Dreadwolf so y'know. get my son a drink

speaking of Qwydion, I am so glad for further support for my theory that vashoth born away from the Qun are actually some of the most well-adjusted people in all of Thedas. they've dodged the Qun from birth by definition, they don't seem terribly interested in the Chantry or grand politics of any kind, they don't have a caste system hanging over them, they can step on anyone who tries to mess with them even if they don't have magic... truly the only sane people running around out here

so you're telling me the Inquisition screws Fairbanks over no matter what you do, b/c either he dies or he's forced into Orlesian politics. Oh buddy I'm sorry we should've just let you frolic around in the Emerald Graves on your own you didn't deserve this

Poor Tessa. she is probably better off without him in the long run but that's a rough week

I was so excited to see Kirkwall again, I saw the horrific chain statues and went 'OH HELLHOLE MORE LIKE HELLHOME'. it's so grim and awful I miss it so much lol

meredith, huh. so uh. hawke really has failed at everything, pretty much, then. even the few people they did manage to kill to protect everyone didn't stay dead. I'm just waiting for the dragon they killed in the Bone Pit to come back and ravage the city as well now, just to top it off. celestial punching bag of thedas hawke. babyyyyyyyyy if it helps I still love you the most and so does your collection of bi weirdos found family

rezaren wasn't even that good a mage, as far as we can tell, so you have to wonder what the FUCK dorian's ancestor was pulling to have created this thing that he could barely control with half a dragon's worth of blood (and what someone like Dorian, who helped crack time like an egg in his student days sort of just to see if he could, it seems, could do with it if they didn't have like scruples or other pesky things like that. everything we see about tevinter magisters makes me more impressed with how comparatively not fundamentally shitty Dorian has managed to turn out (no wonder Bull is kind of impressed with him for having actual integrity, if this is the competition he's up against). can you tell I miss him lol)

I found it genuniely interesting how much rezaren and hira are thematic mirrors to each other and mutually cannot see it, right down to treating miriam ultimately as an object. same self-centered idiot, different hairstyles. what a scathing indictment of Tevinter high society that even Hira, who's family was notoriously progressive and trying to enact change, still treats people exactly the same way as the other magisters when push comes to shove.

thank u to Lacklon for pessimistic cynical bastard representation, he is right that that dragon is going to ravage the countryside and someone on the crew has to keep clear eyes for that sort of thing even when it's a downer

[daxieoclock]

Tactica Impressions Part 6, No Plot Spoilers

Toshiro continues to bring the entire plot down. I need him to stop being here. Please. Please, I'm dying and the only cure is No More Adult Man Party Member In Persona Game.

Erina is a fantastic character and her development is fantastic but it DRAGS that she's so fixated on being nice to Toshiro and sucking up to him and giving him unearned authority over her rebellion and the Phantom Thieves.

They've even co-oped Futaba into buddying up to Toshiro and it sucks so bad. Futaba. Futaba, cyber criminal and prodigal hacker, compares her being autistic and talented to Toshiro's...having experience deescalating cabinet battles. It's SUCH mischaracterization.

Complaining aside. All The Girls (And Ryuji) Love Erina's Flag and I feel like that's very gay of them. Everyone likes the cool girl.

RYUHARU SIDE QUEST with bonus Futaba and Haru sister moments, and Ryuji calls Haru "senpai." It's fucking amazing. Haru fans keep winning.

Even though Yusuke and Makoto are my least fav Thieves on average, I do love how they're animated this game. They both have fantastic poses, and there's even some good bits of characterization, though Makoto gets really robbed by most of the big planning stuff being handed over to Toshiro instead so he can show off. Stolen valor tbh.

There's one random moment where it looks like Haru and Makoto are holding hands. Yay! :)

The marriage fantasy scenes kinda sucked on average? The Makoto and Yusuke scenes were deeply unfunny jokes, the Ann scene felt like it was copy-pasted from Lovers 10, and the Ryuji scene was surprisingly earnest even through the attempt to play it off as a joke. Like...it felt like yet another case where Atlus accidentally wrote them into genuine bi subtext, as opposed to the "my friend is a weirdo" of the Yusuke scene.

The Haru scene almost made me tear up. Yes I'm a Harufan, yes I'm biased towards Shuharu. Don't care, it was so fucking genuine and played into her themes of overcoming romantic/sexual abuse and it was just AGHHGG I LOVE THESE STUPID KIDS.

How does Joker STILL have the grappling hook from Royal, what the fuck. We're playing X-Com over here, you didn't think that would have been useful EARLIER???

Anyway Erina continues to be an absolute badass, it's unreal how cool she is.

...I wrote most of these points as I experienced them, and now I may need to take a step back. Because the projection room scene in the castle has left me genuinely reeling. I'm not sure what to say beyond...that I am taking another look at Toshiro as a character. Because I might be starting to appreciate him. Metatextually, his role as a pseudo-party member is a fucking nightmare, and his writing is so inconsistent and uncharismatic that the most entertaining parts of his presence so far has been other characters dunking on him. His personality sucks and I don't like WHY Atlus put him in this game. But as a character, as a foil to the Thieves and an individual narrative...I am starting to be compelled. There is absolutely an opportunity for Atlus to absolutely dumpster this good faith they've got from me, but...I said "if they want to make Toshiro compelling, they need to do these things" and like fucking clockwork, they did. So now I'm putting my money where my mouth is. I don't have to LIKE Toshiro, but I will give his arc the benefit of the doubt. (Also if people want to read my specific thoughts on the scene, let me know, I'll definitely write them up if there's interest.)

Anyway pls look at this meme from @lilyhoshikawa

Haru / Ann Close Read Lines: 21 (and boy fucking howdy what a handful of good ones we got this time)

[safetycar-restart]

HELLO DOLL!!!

SO the thought of making one of the drivers cum untouched has been running through my brain for a while.

I'm not sure who like maybe sweet baby Charles or a bratty Lando.

Like for Charles I think that it would be accidental. You could be just starting a scene for the first time in like a week cuz he was away at a race but you couldn't go or something so he has been waiting for this moment for what feels like forever to our little babyboy. So like you you could be just feeling him up or slightly stimulating his nipples or something and he just cums. Like he didn't even get a chance to warn you it just happens. And of course you understand and don't punish him!

For Lando I think that it was 100percent intentional. Like maybe he was just very bratty during his media duties so you felt that he needed a punishment. So you get him into his drivers room and strip him down to just his boxers and just start to lightly touch his cock. You tell him that he can't cum.Then you start to play and suck on his nipples and it's game over for him. He just and stop it from happening. Then he's in for a long night back at the hotel...

-🌸

HELLO!! These are truly some top tier thoughts right here I am so impressed 🌸 anon. I love this so much so I’m gonna write a bit about each of these options.

CHARLES:

Personally I love the idea that Charles really struggles to hold back and often cums way too quickly? He tries his best to hold on, he really really does. But he just can’t. We can talk in depth about that later but the point is….

It’s not a surprise when Charles cums untouched.

It had a week since Charles was last with you and he was not at all happy about that. Of course he could masturbate, you would never ban him from doing that because he’s far too horny. But sometimes Charles goes through a patch of really struggling to cum on his own?

Cause he’s yours. How can he cum on his own? Cumming on his own is not good boy behaviour. Good boy behaviour is always letting you decide when he cums and when he doesn’t.

So he actually didn’t cum the whole week he was without you? The poor thing is so desperate by the time you start playing with him. Maybe he doesn’t even tell you that he didn’t cum for the week?

He knows you’ll tut at him and tell him he’s allowed to and he knows that. He knows. But he just can’t. He doesn’t want you knowing the true extent of his neediness because then you might leave?

So you don’t know that the poor thing hasn’t cum for a week and now you’re playing with his chest with one hand and stroking his thigh with the other and then you kiss his neck and he’s just gone.

He’s so scared afterwards, because he came without permission. That’s bad boy behaviour!!!

You reassure him of course. Tell him that he tried his best and realising that he didn’t cum the whole week by he’s acting. He gets kisses and cuddles and forehead kisses and all the comforting words he needs. And then he more than makes up for it later.

LANDO:

Oh god yeah it would absolutely be a punishment for lando, and he can absolutely be a brat sometimes. If he’s gonna run his mouth in front of the press, then he can’t expect you to give him a perfect orgasm.

You know that he’ll cum from what you’re doing to him, especially because he has such sensitive nipples? So playing with his nipples AND his cock is game over for him.

He tries his best to hold it, but you both know he’s fighting a losing battle and he honestly is fine with that? He’s fine with it being a losing battle, because he loves being punished.

He enjoys his orgasm as best he can, because he knows he’s going to get so much punishment the moment he gets back to the hotel.

[libertineangel]

LOVE MAIL BEAM ATTACK 💌💌💌💌💌 ‼️‼️‼️❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ....um this is just a little note (slipped into your proverbial desk/locker from a mysterious and unknown admirer) to say that i think ur cool, cooler than u give urself credit for maybe... ur certainly not extraneous... when u post abt ur struggles to meet people i feel it/relate to it but i also really think it's through absolutely no "fault" of your own so to speak whatsoever ... meeting people and developing a genuine relationship with them is genuinely just god's hardest battle in this day and age . and im not just saying this to make u feel better but i personally would love to hang out with you. in comfortable silence probably because i suck at initiating conversation too but that's fine. no but actually there's many things id talk to u/ask u abt. escrima bc i never heard of it before i saw ur posts abt it and it seems interesting. music and gigs of course. and im a star trek > star wars truther but for you id let you tell me about jizz music and whatever else. this is sounding a bit like the i wish i was british meme actually. i want to hang out with jimmy libertineangel. we would talk about jizz music and industrial bands and ride the london tube and eat beans on toast worth 50 pence. i wish i was hanging out with jimmy libertineangel :(. anyway. can i also say if i may since this is a valentines themed ask that ok yeah ur cute/hot and cool and whatnot but also i think u look friendly? like you have a nice/pleasant smile. ik being strange and off-putting is all the rage right now so maybe its not a compliment but from the pics u post i do think you look friendly and approachable too. which is nice. anyway. basically i hope you have a good evening and let's frolic in the beautiful world and skip and play a bit. in our minds. ok bye 👍

Thank you very much, this is very sweet and much appreciated! I know meeting people and forming connections is something the world as it stands is really not conducive to, certainly not for autistic people especially (saw a BBC article just today about an autistic person pushing 40 struggling to date anyone, which was Not Encouraging), I just do seem to be in a worse position than many despite all attempts and it's hard not to see Being Me as a significant factor, so to speak.

If you ever find yourself in old London town I'm sure I would likewise be happy to expound upon my various niche interests, though good luck finding 50p beans on toast here these days haha; and even if silence ends up prevailing as far as speech is concerned I at least have a stereo and a PS2 to provide an external focal point.

And thank you very much (again), I feel it is worth mentioning that pretty much every photo I post here goes through like 4 reshoots of "ugh dammit no why does my jaw look wonky" and other such curations of presentation but I am indeed glad I seem friendly as well as generally decent-looking; I have previously wondered if that is also an issue I have in person, being as I am minimally capable of understanding body language & facial expression I have even less idea of what my own is saying than that of others on account of being unable to see it.

Likewise I hope you are having a pleasant evening, this has indeed improved mine, to psychically frolic is an activity that no external factor can impede!

[okamirayne]

Hi Rayne, I'm such a big fan of your writing! I've read the BtB series three times now and I'm always taken aback how amazing it is. Your talent is astounding! That series is one of my biggest writing influences and a safe place.

I hope this is not a rude question, but I wanted to ask you about your original work. Can you tell us readers and fans something about it (the world, the theme, some characters)? I know you're currently in a burnout which must suck and you should take all the time you need, but I (as many others, I'm sure) would love to know a bit about it. I'm a curious kitty, what can I say? Give a sis some details, I'm dying over here lol

Jokes aside, I wish you all the best. Forever a fan and an admirer! <3

...*reads, unsuspecting and unprepared*....

*processes*.....

........... *takes a moment*

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2 mins later...

So yeah, my attempt to compose a response within the same day as reading your message utterly failed, Anon. I needed more time to contain myself.

Firstly Sweetheart, I'm so thankful for your incredibly warm, personal, and downright amazingly supportive feedback. I am so chuffed you feel that way about the BtB series, and that it is a crazy ride you're happy to revisit! Thank you for giving it that love. <3

I hope this is not a rude question, but I wanted to ask you about your original work.

Can you tell us readers and fans something about it (the world, the theme, some characters)? I know you're currently in a burnout which must suck and you should take all the time you need, but I (as many others, I'm sure) would love to know a bit about it. I'm a curious kitty, what can I say? Give a sis some details, I'm dying over here lol

*gets steamrolled by her feels*

Yep. Lost that battle.

Oh my dear, Curious~Kitty Anon...please know, there is no universe, within the great multiverses of existence, in which your question qualifies as rude. I am moved beyond measure by your interest in my original works...I mean, if I get the warm glowy fuzzies from your interest in BtB....can you imagine what kind of supernova goes off inside my writer's heart when you express interest in my Original Works, worlds, and characters?

Do you know what that does to my crumbling British decorum?

*behold crumbling British decorum*

Seriously though, you're an absolute sweetheart. I NEVER presume interest in my originals, which is why when a reader expresses interest...I experience myself at the event horizon of a beautiful meltdown (the good kind)...

Wow...where to start to even begin to answer your question(s)? Tropes sounds like the easiest way to go, as it's a really underrated way of bringing clarity...ha, kind of like AO3 hashtags/tags.

The world: There are several worlds floating within the dark matter inhabiting my brain, namely three big-world series I want to write in my lifetime. Though the most present WIP is the world from which Tsubasa Hibari, Tsubasa Kitori, Mizugumo, and a few other BtB cameo OCs originate. Needless to say, it's a fictional world inspired by Far East Asia; in NO way meant to represent any historical portrayal (given that it's got anachronistic elements), though leaning heavily on, and inspired by, the relevant tropes of certain eras of those times (such as samurai, ninja, feudal society, etc.). Throw in characters enhanced by a vital-energy magical system based on Asian (namely Chinese/Taoist) philosophy (not dissimilar to many fictional 'magic' systems, such as Kishimoto's Indian/East Asian inspired "chakra" system but not as high-fantasy in nature -- which is why I'd classify mine as magical-realism rather than pure fantasy)

The theme: ragtag group of heroes/anti-heroes/questionable-moral-compass-people, unite and embark upon (a.k.a. are reluctantly thrown into) an insane adventure/quest/wild-ass-ride-or-die-mission to save a divided world that is fast going down the crapper. Time is of the essence, and all that nail-biting jazz. Loyalty. Betrayal. Love. Hate. Angst. Humour. War. Passion. High-road or low-road moral drama. Oorah! I mean, hell, you've read BtB...so you know how I roll with the glorious trainwreck of humanity and enjoy stopping at all its crazy stations.

Some characters: Well you've met one of the main characters already (albeit it an extremely watered-down or BtB-altered version), Tsubasa Hibari, along with his crazy mama, Kitori, and his power-drunk father and sociopathic uncle, Fukuro and Ozuku. Although within their own world, they are of samurai/daimyo class...which would make Hibari a rōnin, rather than a rogue-nin (lol). Mizugumo features, as a ninja, and is still peddling her various poisons, little pink-pills of paradise, purgatory, and perdition. Other OCs abound, and some monikers among the characters will be familiar to BtB readers, such as the inescapable "lovebird".

I know, I've trope-ified the shit out of things, but you know what? It works. Or maybe it doesn't and Curious~Kitty is thinking "Rayne, wtf? That doesn't tell me shit." ...in which case, I gotta revise my entire "AO3 TAG" approach...and invite you to ask me whatever you want to know (my only caveat being any non-response from me is based on the grounds of SPOILER ALERT, 'HERE THERE BE DEMONS' or "IT'S A SURPRISE"...)

Thank you.

Thank you sincerely and supremely, for the amazing show of kindness, interest, love, and all-round super awesome support. And bless you, also, for your consideration of my being presently stuck in the ass-end of burnout. Messages such as yours lift my heart from that smoking black pit and grant me a flicker of the old writer's fire. That flame WILL catch again and when it does it will be in no small part thanks to readers such as yourself, who reached out like a hand in the dark. Big love here. I am an atomic wreck of appreciation. Thank you. <3