#but idk if that was due to a coincidence of classes i was taking

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

it's funny that not until i was flipping through reference material in the norton edition of the turn of the screw i got from the library did i make the connection that perhaps american literature's most famous ghost story was written by a guy whose brother was an active member of the society for psychical research

[wbhsdo-wafaan-mycwaotp]

Alright folks, I'm back after several months of hiatus I swear there's radioapple in here, there's just a build up of radiostatic angst first. Mayhaps I will post the aftermath in another reblog. Idk man, I just have a lot of thoughts. Whatever. They get married in a few years anyway

Alastor is in school for radio broadcasting, obviously

His best friend, Rosie, is in school for theatre.

They met during orientation, they were in the same small group and have been inseparable ever since.

Vox is in school for Television broadcasting

Alastor and Vox are in the same year, and they end up as randomly assigned roommates their freshman year.

They realized they were both broadcasting majors, just in different concentrations and hit it off from there

it's pretty normal for their freshman year. It's not until things start kicking off sophomore year that things start getting spicy.

Alastor gets hired at the school's local radiostation as a paid intern. He puts a good word in with the tv station for his roommate, Vox.

"He's a charmer for sure. Viewers would love him!"

Vox gets hired as an editor pretty quickly in the second semester of their sophomore year after looking at his portfolio and grades. He's an impressive guy!

Alastor gets a little airtime every once in a while, but not too often simply due to there being no room for a new show

Vox and Alastor are still friends, they bicker back and forth and Vox teases Alastor about how he's just a paper pusher - which is fine, paper is simply better than all of the mess that computers make anyway.

UNTIL

Someone calls out sick from the radio station and there's no one to take the slot on the air.

enter Alastor

Vox is in the editing room next to Studio A, where Alastor is about to go live

Alastor starts the show, hardly looking at the script, and he's an absolute natural

Vox sits there for a second going "Oh!!! He's good at this!!" and promptly can't focus on any of his editing. What can he say, Al's voice is enchanting.

After the show, the ratings are soaring, so Alastor, only an end of year sophomore, gets offered a slot on the air. Four days weekly, mainly on the weekend to save time for classes.

His time on air coincides with Vox's editing times

(dun dun dun)

Vox is stuck listening to Alastor's perfect little radio voice every time he's editing, and it seems like no matter what noise-canceling headphones he puts on, he can't get that smooth voice out of his head.

This does nothing to sedate Vox's ever-growing crush on Alastor, only frustrating him further.

The summer comes around and Alastor is offered an extra day in the studio and a paid position. He's now on every weekday.

Vox is editing one day, trying his hardest to concentrate, but all he can hear is Alastor laughing with some call in, before answering in a borderline flirtatious tone.

he ends up standing and throwing a fit, accidentally kicking his chair into the shared wall.

The sound interrupts Alastor's broadcast. His first on-air call in broadcast.

The two end up back in their apartment and Alastor corners Vox, questioning him on why he was throwing a ridiculous fit and trying to sabotage his opportunities.

They get into their first fight, screaming back and forth for the better part of an hour, before they finally give up and make up.

Alastor, feeling kind, suggests to their boss that they bring Vox onto a segment or two on the TV side of things to give him some on-air experience.

Vox did start getting airtime, a few times a week to be a guest on the main segment, but the studio is broke, so they can't pay him or offer too much extra time. Nonetheless, the audience loves his quick whit and charisma.

The two are friendly again, everything is okay.

They're shooting the shit at Alastor's desk when the studio manager comes up and tells Alastor he's going to be the main guest on the morning news show. This isn't an offer, its a requirement. The people want to see the face behind the voice.

Vox keeps his composure in front of their manager, but as soon as he rounds the corner, Vox storms off without a word.

The next day comes around and Alastor is not pleased with being on TV, but tries to reconcile things with vox by giving him a shout out on the air.

"You know, I'm not exactly cut out for being in front of the camera, a microphone is more my style. But my friend, Exavier Vox, is wonderful in front of the camera. You really need to bring him on some day!"

Vox, who is shadowing the show director that day, thinks that Alastor is mocking him. His pen breaks in his hand, he blames it on the pen and excuses himself to go clean up in the bathroom.

While on the show, Alastor mentions a few times that he's bringing a special guest onto his show, and that everyone in the college should tune in

Vox gets excited, thinking its himself.

Privately, Alastor mentions that it's not Rosie announcing a new show or anything like that, that would simply be an advertisement slot. It's something much more exciting than that. Plus, Rosie's already been on the show too much.

It hits Vox that, well, he's never been on the show.

A few days pass and Vox hasn't been asked to join the show.

The day of the show comes around. Alastor leaves the house looking much nicer than he usually does, even sporting a blazer over his usual suspenders and bowtie.

Vox goes into the office later than Alastor, but spots him escorting someone around. He peaks out of his office and sees none other than the Student Body President, Lucifer Morningstar.

Vox absolutely snaps.

After the broadcast, Alastor walks into the apartment and Vox immediately starts screaming. They get into an absolutely nasty fight, the worst they've ever had. They're throwing pens and books, it looks like your parents fights during the recession of 2008.

A few days later, Alastor is asked to observe Vox's broadcast, one of his first solo broadcasts. When the room is asked for comments, Alastor stays silent. The only time he says anything is to make a noncommittal comment about how Vox should speak up and enunciate his words better. Vox is fuming, and the producer agrees.

He sees this as utter and complete disrespect.

They end up going home separately, but as soon as both of them are in the apartment, the blowout fight happens.

Alastor storms out, slamming the door as he leaves to the only other safe place he can think of now that the studio is closed and Rosie is home for the weekend: his new friend Lucifer's house.

Alastor arrives with a smile so obviously fake that even nieve Lucifer can see through it.

Lucifer invites him in and makes a pot of coffee, knowing they're going to need it for the night.

Coffee switches into wine, and by the end of the night, Lucifer knows nearly everything about Alastor and Vox's dwindling friendship. They two somehow migrated to the floor, leaning against the couch with two empty bottles between their legs, a third being passed between them,

Lucifer offers to let Alastor stay on his couch for a few days while things simmer down. Alastor happily accepts.

The two get close quick. Alastor admits that he used to think Lucifer was annoying and not fit to be the student body leader. Lucifer admits that he used to think Alastor was pretentious and not worthy of all the attention the studio and media gave him.

By day four of Alastor and Lucifer practically living together, Alastor has to step outside to call Rosie, who was already driving home, to figure out this strange feeling in his stomach. Why did he feel so nervous around his friend? Why were his palms sweaty and his cheeks warm? Why did he want to impress him so badly?

You've got a crush, Alastor! Oh my- I never thought I'd see the day!

Alastor denies it for a few days, but finds that he doesn't want to leave Lucifer's side. Maybe Rosie's onto something. She did always know more about Alastor than he did himself.

About two weeks go by, Alastor's been avoiding Vox like the plague, but he eventually needs to go and get more of his things and clothes. He brings Lucifer with him, needing the moral support from his new not-boyfriend.

He thought he had the timing correct, thinking Vox was at the studio editing. Apparently, he had switched his editing slot with someone else that day. Alastor had no idea.

They enter the apartment and it's dead silent for a moment as everyone simply stares at each other.

As soon as Vox stands, Alastor steps in front of Lucifer protectively. This motion snaps Vox's patience. Vox looks Alastor up and down and shakes his head.

"You disgust me."

"I've done nothing to deserve this."

Vox is speechless, knowing he has a laundry list of reasons Alastor absolutely deserves this treatment and worse.

Lucifer steps in to try and mediate, asking why Vox feels like Alastor deserves this, trying to get both sides of the story. The tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Alastor, ever the instigator, nods, laughing.

"No no! Go ahead! Why do I deserve this treatment? What in the world have I done to you to make you hate me so incredibly much, my friend?

Vox starts in on him, counting off everything Alastor has done to hurt him, disrespect him, and disregard him. Everything he can think of is listed. Alastor just smiles and nods, egging him on. Lucifer puts his hand on Alastor's chest, trying to get him to stop, or at least calm down.

Vox sees the motion and his words die in his throat. He shakes his head again and walks to his room, grabbing his backpack and begins to pack his things.

"Vox, you don't have to do this. If you guys just take a deep breath and sit down, we can talk this-"

Lucifer is cut off by a glare from Vox and what sounds like a growl from Alastor behind him.

"Have fun with Mr. Student Body President, Alastor." Vox turns back to Lucifer and eyes him up and down. "Enjoy the spotlight while you have it, because when the dial turns to a new channel, no one will be around for you."

Lucifer is left absolutely speechless while Alastor is shaking with rage as the door slams behind him.

Please I beg someone talk to me about college au radioapple i am a radio broadcasting major and i have so many IDEAS and i just want to chat

[codenamesazanka]

The Himura clan

did some research! lots of research, actually, all about what being 'village headmen' entailed, what it meant to be wealthy post-land reforms, and I've even come up with a theory/explanation about why they had numerous branch families. let me share what I've found:

(but first, please go read @stillness-in-green’s wonderful review of chapter 387 that contains a great explanation on clan intermarriage and how the situation at the Himura’s must have looked!

The 庄屋 - Shouya - "Village Leaders"

Shouya translates to village headmen, village leader - which is correct, but I don’t think that tells the whole story. So I’ll tell it to everyone:

The 'village headman' (and his lineage) was part of a specific, special rank of 'titled' peasants during the Tokugawa period (1603 - 1867). Basically, they were the elite of the peasant elites. When the shogunate came into power, it created a new system of village offices of headman and council to better collect taxes - and this new status granted prestige and the power to collect and deliver tribute, keep records and maintain the population register, and generally presiding over all public affairs. Headmen were still peasants, but they would be allowed things that would normally be only entitled to the warrior/samurai class, like the usage of surnames, the wearing of silk, and even carrying one (1) small sword.

(Source: Tokugawa Village Practice, by Herman Ooms)

With these culminated privileges and means, then, it was easy for village headmen to get cultivate lots of land, get rich, establish lineages and cadet branches, cultivate more land, get richer, etc. This being feudalism, all land belonged to the central state, so they weren't exactly landowners, but they essentially functioned as wealthy landlords (and became exactly that when the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) established the right to private land ownership.)

This is what the Himura(?) marriage broker meant when they talked about how the family was once "considered prestigious, with a long and storied history", and when Geten spoke of the Himura having wealth and pride. This is a family who could trace their history and genealogy back to samurai times, a lineage with inherited land and fortune that has been continuous for over 500 years by the time the story in HeroAca takes place.

The 農地改革 - Nouchikaikaku - Land Reforms

idk what exactly Official Viz Translator Caleb Cook was thinking when he decides to translate nouchikaikaku - agrarian reforms - as ‘agricultural revolution’ which (to me) brings to mind ‘the era when cavemen starts farming’. It’s not incorrect, exactly, but there are much better options that have more accurate connotations. Nouchikaikaku can be referring to land reforms in general, but here, it is almost certainly talking about the post-WWII land reforms of 1947.

Some background: When poor farmers fall into debt - due to crop failures, due to the chaotic economic times, due to random things like "a fall in the price of rice coinciding with the expense of a wedding or funeral where social custom would permit of no stinting", just having one bad day, etc. - they usually were forced to sell their land... then stay and become tenant farmers on that same land, except now they were paying rent that could be as high as half their income. Thus a system of landlords and tenants came to be, and the gap between their economic statuses would widen.

By 1941, 46% of cultivated land in Japan were tenanted; and only 30% of peasants owned all the land they tilled. (In other words, landlords owned nearly half of all farmland, and 70% of farming households were tenants of some kind.)

(Source: Land Reform in Japan, by Ronald Dore)

This is where land reforms come in, in order to correct this inequality.

After the war, all absentee landowners and landlords who own too many acres were required to sell their land to the government, who then sold it to the people who actually worked the land. In this way, large landlords was practically eliminated, tenant farming was no more, and every farming family became proper small property owners, and Japan's land reform is considered today to be one of the most successful in history.

The whole purpose of the land reforms was to reduce the wealth and power of rich landlords... So how is it that the Himura clan somehow found a way to keep all that?

This is, I think, where the key words of "by creating branch families" come into play.

Quick jump back to the agrarian reforms: Under the land reform laws, owning and selling land became a very regulated affair - Corporations and non-farmers cannot own farmland; there was a maximum limit to how much land a person/family could have; only limited local landlording was allowed, and even then, tenants rights were favored.

Essentially, the “only way an individual could acquire farmland was by joining a farm family through birth, adoption, or marriage, then co-residing with the preceding generation until inheriting the parents' land, and eventually passing the same land to a household heir to repeat the cycle.”

So, my theory:

The Himura, as wealthy ancestral landlords, were bound to lose land (and their fortune) when the land reforms came. To avoid doing so - or, rather, to gain back land they had to sell - they could've started marrying local neighboring families, bringing them into the Himura clan. Each non-eldest, non-inheriting son who married out would already be creating a branch, and have access to his wife's family's land; with the Himura's influence and status, it wouldn't be strange if their daughters' husbands take the Himura name instead of the other way around.

Heck, they also could've just adopted people - one traditional method was indeed this: "families often adopted as “branch families” people who were not related by blood. This kind of branch family was often in an economically subordinate position: perhaps a family of farm workers who depended on the stem “family” for land and tools. The fictive familiar relationship added extra depth and strength to the economic relationship."

Thus, on paper, a tract of land is owned by a individual couple or family... but that couple or family is now Himura, and therefore the Himura clan have increased in branch families, and maintained/maybe even increased their wealth (land), exactly as Geten says.

Which is why when the Advent came, "Heteromorph blood" became so abhorrent?

To be sure, they were likely just bigots who discriminated against Heteromorphs for being different.

However, if their whole operation had been to bring people into the clan, this hatred would mean a loss of marriage and adoption candidates. Anyone who had heteromorphic quirks were out; anyone who came from a family that had even one (1) individual with a heteromorphic quirk was out, since that trait could be inherited. As @stillness-in-green points out in her post, "Given that the characters in-universe still don’t know the origin of quirks, there’s no way to completely guarantee desirable quirks, or even to perfectly guard against the dreaded heteromorphic quirks," outsiders had the potential to bring surprise heteromorph blood, which would've been horrifying for them.

Official Viz Translator Caleb Cook translated this part as 'They [the Himura] didn't want to dilute their blood', but the more accurate translation, I feel, would be 'they hated the mixing of blood'.

'Dilute' gives off the sense that they wanted to keep their 'Himura essence' or whatever pure, which is true to a point; but in the context that Mr. Compress gives us - heteromorph discrimination - and how it's only after the Advent that the result of clan endogamy came to be, I think it's more accurate to say that, yeah, the Himura specifically did not want to associate or mingle with 'unknown qualities', so to speak. They hated the idea of that ‘mixing'; so the Himura had to turn inwards to be certain that no heteromorph lineage could be mixed into the clan.

In doing so, the Himura would've lost their traditional method of growth. No more increasing branch families; instead, the branches would combine and decrease. No more obtaining, inheriting, and accumulation of land to the Himura name. The family shrink and wane, and eventually lost everything altogether.

(and the final delicious irony of all this is that their last ditch effort to marry off Rei would be consistent with their earlier methods, trying to save themselves and obtain wealth...

except this time it would be too little, too late.)

＊

Thanks for reading!

[not-dabis-bitch]

Trauma responses- todoroki family

Manga spoilers!! My friend convinced me to post this. It’s kinda messy, I just copy and pasted from my notes

There are four types of trauma responses; fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. Descriptions:

Fight

* establish firm boundaries

* Be assertive

* Find courage

* Become a strong leader

* Protect yourself (and loved ones) when necessary

* Controlling behaviors

* Narcissistic tendencies

* Bullying

* Conduct disorder- “Children and adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules, respecting the rights of others, showing empathy, and behaving in a socially acceptable way.”

* Demanding perfection from others

* Feelings of entitlement

Flight

* Disengage from harmful conversations

* Leave unhealthy relationships

* Remove yourself from physically dangerous situations

* Properly assess danger

* Obsessive or compulsive tendencies

* Needing to stay busy all the time

* Panic and constant fear

* Perfectionism

* Workaholic tendencies

* An inability to sit still

Freeze

* Mindfulness

* Awareness

* Full presence in the moment

* Dissociation

* Isolation

* Frequent “zoning out”

* Brain fog

* Difficulty making decisions or taking action

* Perceived laziness

* Fear of achieving or trying new things

Fawn

* Compassion for others

* Compromise

* Active listening

* Fairness

* Codependent relationships

* Someone to stay in a violent relationship

* Loss of self

* People pleasing to the point of destruction

* Little or no boundaries

Obviously Fuyumi is fawn. Even though Endeavor is “trying to be better,” he didn’t try to improve until after he got what he wanted (number 1) so it’s an empty promise. Fuyumi doesn’t recognize this or chooses to ignore it. She exhibits traits like compromising, showing compassion, people pleasing to the point of destruction (breaking down during the dinner scene in s5), and giving herself little to no boundaries (by letting herself get yelled at and mistreated by both her dad and natsuo). I’m not really sure about the other traits as they fit her vibe but I can’t think of specific scenes.

Natsuo is flight. When Endeavor starts pulling his self pity bs, Natsuo is the first to challenge him and walk away, one of the positive traits for flight. However, he doesn’t seem to be around very much. When him and Fuyumi visit their mom in the hospital, Rei mentions that he doesn’t come to see her as much. Fuyumi jokes that there’s a girl on campus/where he works (I’m not sure if he’s in med school or actually working yet). This points to needing to stay busy and workaholic tendencies.

It’s pretty obvious that Dabi is fight. In the league, we see him apply the first five characteristics (though the last one is less “loved ones” and more for personal gain). He’s narcissistic in some of the comments he makes to the league. Even though he doesn’t consistently fight to be the leader (controlling), he challenges shigaraki at first and is in some sort of leadership position most times (summer camp/kidnapping arc). Bullying: he’s a dick I mean he doesn’t actively bully people he doesn’t have time for that but he’s mean count it if you want. Do I need to explain conduct disorder... mass murderer I mean. He just killed people to prove a point and throw a temper tantrum on tv. Definitely exhibits entitlement tied in with demanding perfection from others. He (kinda justified) thinks of himself higher than Fuyumi, rei, and natsuo as a kid. When he fights endeavor and todoroki, the whole thing just scream entitlement as he’s destroying a city and trying to kill his brother even though they received similar treatment from their father (not saying this isn’t justified or anything that’s just a conversation for another day). Perfectionism from others also demonstrated in the way he’s disappointed with twice and toga’s performances (I think twice at the summer camp and toga failing to get more than one vial of blood for something, don’t remember arc)

*A lot of todoroki’s stuff could be argued as autism, which complicates things a lot as the symptoms overlap so read this under the assumption that it’s not autism symptoms and instead ptsd symptoms

Todoroki’s is honestly the hardest one to figure out as he exhibits traits from almost all of them. Through process of elimination, he would be freeze, which is pretty fitting. Mindfulness, awareness, and full presence in the moment are all traits of his. His memories of abuse are very clear (can be argued that it’s for audience purposes, but also he narrates it so I’m calling it as the memories are clear). He is aware in battle, particularly during him and endeavor vs touya. While Endeavor and the other students are freezing up, Todoroki is the one to step up and give instruction. However, this also coincides with the fight response in being assertive, finding courage, being a good leader, and self preservation/protecting loved ones. The only time he really shows difficulty making decisions (freeze) is earlier on when he was thinking about using his left side. He doesn’t really show fear of achieving/trying things, but I don’t know that we’ve seen a situation where he doesn’t know he’s at the top and powerful enough to handle it (recognized as the most powerful in their class so). Narcissism and conduct disorder do come into play here though. During the final exams, when him and momo fought aizawa, he went with his plan first before asking hers (though he does ask later on). He is rude quit a few times in the earlier season and again during the provisional license exam towards the wind quirk guy from shiketzu. These also tie into entitlement, which would make sense since he has been powerful from a young age and again recognized as the most powerful in his class. It all comes down to his intentions I think, which leads back to freeze rather than flight. Dabi exhibits conduct disorder in an extreme way, while the prospect of todoroki having it is more surface level. Reiterating definition for scrolling purposes: “Children and adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules (not really only thing I can think of is kidnapping incident and stain attack), respecting the rights of others (not really), showing empathy (yes. Like he’s not an asshole on purpose he just doesn’t get things sometimes), and behaving in a socially acceptable way (can elaborate if needed but I don’t know about this one. It’s just not disruptive enough, might have to tie in the autism thing idk).” He’s obviously very isolated. I’m not sure about dissociation and zoning out, might have to rewatch. Some stuff he does could be considered zoning out, only specific scene i can think of is sports festival fight with bakugo and he’s falling and like flashbacks to some shit but that’s pretty weak. It’s a little difficult to decide, but due to not having bad intentions and a quieter nature, I’m gonna go with freeze for now.

[kariachi]

Ben & Gwen: Kevin is so greedy, he's so focused on money, you need to focus less on money, being greedy is bad

Kevin: *has been paying his own way whenever he wasn't in prison or a test subject since he was at least 11, closest thing to a real safety net is the Tennysons and an engagement that won't come due for another year in AF, is having his self and property subjected to damage that odds are he's the one paying to deal with on a regular basis*

I will say it forever, there should have been something hitting on the fact that Kevin is someone who's dragged himself up from nothing and is making his own way, paying his own bills, while the Tennysons have never gone more than a day without food and clean water and are being supported by their parents whole hog. Like, that's something that needs to get addressed if just in fanfic because holy shit that should have been a Thing.

But then, the classic sequels are pretty much Wasting Potential: The Animated Series so...

Like, for just a bare minimum, I posited a potential alternate Flamekeeper's Circle once. Middle-class junior sports stars with full support systems are not a common target for cults. You know who they target more? Folks who are struggling. It's easier to dig in there, especially for something like their shit where it's literally 'we need bodies to serve our eldritch god'. What would have been more realistic, what would have allowed them to hit on shit at some actual level of depth, would have let them both hit on Kevin's history and have it have an effect on who he is?

Kevin's the one who brings the cult to fuckers' attention. He has a home, has groceries, now, but he still keeps track of the homeless shelters, food banks, soup kitchens in the area 'just in case'. ("Just in case?" "All it takes in one bad day, babe.") He talks to the folks who go use them, knows some of the local homeless, gives when he can because it's rough out there and any help without strings- And this fucking cult's been coming up. He sure as shit doesn't trust it, something's fishy, and he drags the Tennysons in to help him investigate.

And then you roll from there! It can be done! But no!

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#also yes- gwen get behind me#like idk sometimes it really feels like they just don't care about the characters as people but as puppets

#and I'm very sensitive about the fact that he was a fucking child and we don't even know for how long he has been homeless#less than a year best case scenario but it really could be longer since he was so chill about it and he was- again- a goddamn CHILD

#then again that was probably a face he put on or a trauma response of some kind like I talked on this before but#it's no coincidence he befriends ben before finding out about the watch and that he saved his life#only reason being “hey he likes my powers!” and then he finds out he too is a freak of sorts and gives for granted he'll stay with him#and then what gets him stuck in the amalgam form is hearing someone clearly say “you're not worth it you never were”

#my poor sweet baby

We know he had to have been there a while because even aside from his attitude just looking at his 'home' you can tell he's well established. How well established? We don't know.

What we do know is that the boy has issues and nothing was ever really done with that fact.

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#edit: also like they pretend it was a misunderstanding that caused kev to become homeless but#did the parents/mother ever even look for him? were they ever like “we should go to the police our kid ran away after our house burned down#or going along the “they suck” track#“we should go to the police to let them know that thing is on the loose”

#like idk just sweeping it under the rug and pretend nothing happened is just... yuck

#I'm sorry but kevin deserves better than this franchise

We never learn. Gods forbid that happen. But then the other question is, did he even run away?

Harvey says he did but also his claims don't really line up with what we know about Kevin. Sure as shit doesn't line up with Kevin himself saying his parents were out of the picture because they didn't like having a 'freak' for a kid. And then you add on that kids that age don't normally run away and stay gone unless either something bad happens to them, they get lost, or they really don't feel they can safely return. They don't normally go too far, and it's a matter of 'is whatever will happen if I go back worse than what I'm dealing with now, as someone homeless'. And there's no indication Kevin's in a situation where he got lost and can't find his way back. What little we know indicates that he, as far as he knows, isn't welcome back.

I've got a different post that goes farther into shit, but while we know Reboot!Kevin is more than likely a runaway, OG!Kevin's odds seem to lean more towards having been abandoned. Or at least thinking he was. Depends on whether or not you're accepting the Rooters shit to the honest, because what Harvey says lines up less with what we know of Kevin and more with the sort of guilt trips Servantis- he of fucking with people's brains- tends to lay on the boy.

But that's not the question you were asking, it's a tangent I've gone on. So far as telling fuckers shit- if the kid was abandoned, probably not. If you're going with UAF-canon-as-presented then probably, if only because his mom seems to have been better if him reconnecting with her means anything. If you're using the Reboot as an indicator of what OG!Kevin's parents were meant to be like, probably not, seems like they were pretty shit (and given Reboot!Kevin isn't even a mutant holy shit OG would have had it worse). If you're going with Rooters-canon then who fucking knows, at this point Kevin could be a fucking begonia they way they threw out information and replaced it with nothing.

Thought of the Morning, that isn't really new: As much as it's given me openings to go places and have fun, I think not giving Kevin parents in UAF and instead leaning into his backstory more would have been a more... interesting? unique? dramatic? direction to take things. Because as it is we're introduced to Kevin as a homeless functional orphan- one that may well have been abandoned due to prejudice- and that's just, ignored for the rest of the series. Like, even if you still want to make him an alien, have him have learned about Ossys while he was, ya know, wandering the galaxy alone with another homeless functional-orphan. "I have a million questions but it did explain a lot and I'm not going back to ask them."

Cause like, even when the show was going on it's 'we're gonna hit Real World Topics' kick in UA, Kevin's past homelessness still didn't come up when it would have been a great way to tie shit in. It could have been used for whole levels of dynamics- have Kevin openly helping the Tennysons keep their shit a secret because he got thrown out over having powers, Kevin openly not getting on with Gwen's disapproving mom because he got thrown out, throw some more mutants at the team and have him be better with them than the Tennysons because alien or no he gets it-

Just, if nothing else we never got to see Gwen learning that Kevin was living alone in an abandoned subway station when they met, something she'd have probably found out from Ben because look at Kevin and tell me he tells people about that, and that is a travesty

[twistedlymad]

Are you taking requests. Because I have an idea after reading your chapters where the reader became a cat. Why not she turn into a puppy this time, I would love to see divus react since he is base off of Cruella de vil

Actually, I am taking requests! 

And to be honest, before writing the Neko!Reader story, I was struggling to choose to write reader as a dog or a cat. Looks like I get to write both! 

Thank you for the request!! I hope this story is up to your standards and I hope you have a lovely day!!

Btw, this story will feature third-years since I used second-years in the Neko!Reader story.

What if you became a dog? (Ft. Grim, Ace, Deuce, Leona, Vil, Malleus and Lilia)

It has been a few weeks since your ‘neko’ accident and Grim is still off of his supply of tuna. But due to this accident, you and Grim were faced with extreme supervision whenever you attended Professor Crewel’s class. All your potions were tested before Professor Crewel gave you the permission to use the potions. There was absolutely no space for any errors.

So... With that being said, how did you, ended up as a dog?

Well, it’s pretty simple. You went for a bathroom break during one of Professor Crewel’s classes, so you left Grim in charge of your potion for awhile. The creature read the instructions carefully, trying to not mess up the potion as it would extend his punishment of no tuna even longer. However, he messed up the ingredient amount. Once the creature realized his mistake, he tried to get rid of it before anyone found out. So, he did the one logical thing to do. He threw the entire potion out the window.

You were on your way back from the bathroom, hoping to yourself that Grim was able to handle the potion perfectly, then all of a sudden, you felt something on your head.

Rain? No, the sky was pretty clear.

Water? No, this doesn’t feel like water.

You then used your hand to touch the liquid on your head, bringing the liquid to your eyes to get a good look at what it was. As soon as you did, the cloud appeared again.

“Not agai-” You couldn’t even finish your sentence and you were completely covered by the cloud once again.

“Now, Grim! Yours and (Y/N)’s potion please.” Professor Crewel beckoned Grim to show his potion to him.

“Fgnaaa! Um, well, you see I-”

“Woof!” A (H/C) colored pup appeared at the doorway, chewing onto a stick.

“Woof! Woof!” The pup barked cheerfully.

“What is that? No, who is that?!” Ace exclaimed. Grim looked at the pup with widen eyes.

“Oh no....” The creature said as he rushed to the window where he threw out the potion to see the potion along with your clothes on the floor. Deuce and Ace followed to see the same scene and they looked at Grim and they immediately knew who the (H/C) colored puppy is.

“Grim... What did you do?” Deuce asked while Ace slowly approached you, trying to not scare you for they remembered the ‘neko’ incident all too well. If you were already a runner when you were a cat, they could only imagine your speed if you were a dog.

“I...Uh... Might have miscalculated some ingredients.” Grim said. Deuce could only shake his head at Grim.

“My, what a lovely young little pup this is... “ Professor Crewel appeared beside Ace, peering down at you. Ace could practically feel the menacing aura bouncing off from the professor as he stood beside him.

“Ahh, your fur is so soft.. And what marvelous color coats your body..” The professor had reached out to pet you. You slowly backed away from the professor's touch.

Now, I would be lying if I told you that you were okay with this. You were very uncomfortable. You felt as if you were a prey and the professor was the predator. Ace realized this and quickly scooped you up.

"There there, (Y/N), calm down..." Ace cooed to you and you just snuggled into his arms more, trying to get away from the professor's looks on you.

"Ano, professor, can you make another antidote for (Y/N) again?" Deuce asked the teacher, snapping him out of his thoughts.

"Yes, of course I will, in the meantime, please don't lose sight of (Y/N) again." The professor looked at the three first-years.

"Yes, Professor Crewel." They replied in sync.

"Good boys, now I shall get to work on the antidote." The professor said and he mumbled a sentence after. "Even though I don't want to."

"Okay! So what do we do with you?" Ace asked looking at you, and you just barked a response to him.

"I say we don't do anything with her, we just close her in a room and stare at her." Grim suggested. Ace and Deuce looked at him in confusion.

"Looks like you don't have any experience with dogs at all." Deuce said shaking his head.

"I know, we'll just take her back to Ramshackle Dorm and let her run around the yard of the dorm." Ace suggested and Deuce nodded.

"Yeah, she'll get her run and we get to keep an eye on her."

"Sounds like a plan." Grim added.

"Usually it's (Y/N) who makes these plans, looks like she's rubbing off on us." Ace said as they leave the laboratory to get you back to Ramshackle Dorm.

However, on the way back to the dorm, a certain something had caught your eye. It was a tail. Not just any tail though, you had noticed the tail of a certain dorm leader.

So, you jumped out of Ace's arms to go inspect the tail.

"Huh? (Y/N)!! Wait!!" Screams for you to wait were heard, but you didn't care. You were focused on the task you gave yourself, 'to inspect the mysterious tail'.

So there you were, navigating along the hallway with your vision focused on the elusive tail, there was no way you were going to let it out of your sight. Then, the tail took a sharp left turn, and you followed it so. You were immediately met with blazing sunshine for you were in the field of Night Raven College.

"Ah, Leona-san, glad to see you actually arrived for the class today." Vil commented to the lion.

"Ugh... Let's just get over with this so I can go back to sleep." Leona replied with a yawn.

"Alright!! Let's begin today's lesson!!" Vargas (Idk if I should call him a professor or not) said to the third-years. "Let's start with 100 laps around the field!" As soon as this sentence left the teacher's mouth, multiple groans were heard, especially from a certain beauty queen. However this didn't bothered Leona, due to plenty of magical shift practices, he was already used to running long laps around the field and he just wanted his nap so he decided to get it done with as soon as possible.

And there he was, in position, ready to run. His tail was resting on the ground and you took this oppurtunity to inspect said tail. As soon as Vargas had blown his whistle, you pounced on the tail, holding a firm grip to it. So with that, a 'smack' sound was heard and Leona had fallen face first onto the ground. Some laughter was heard from the other third-years.

"Oh.. My? What's this?" Vil said as he saw you playing with Leona's tail.

"What do we have here?" Malleus appeared beside Vil with Lilia not far behind.

"Why... It's a cute little puppy.." Lilia said with a slight smirk on his face. "How adorable."

"Oww..." Leona groaned.

"But, there aren't any dogs on campus, at least, there aren't any dogs who aren't half-human." Vil said.

"You're right, no student nor staff owns a pet dog." Lilia agreed.

You didn't care though, the only thing on your mind was the tail. But shortly after, you felt as if someone was holding your neck as you're being lifted into the air. You let out a slight whimper as you were faced with a slightly annoyed lion.

"Alright, whose (H/C) colored pup is this? You better come out now before I eat'em up." Leona looked at you with menancing eyes.

You however, were not taking any of this so you glared at Leona and barked furiously, trying to bite the lion, also shocking everyone around you.

"Ah, you've upset it." Lilia said as he tried to take you away from the lion. But you were thrashing around, making it super hard for the third-years to seperate you and Leona.

And thanks to the loud barking, Ace, Deuce and Grim heard you and they immediately ran out to the field to see Lilia getting a hold of you while Vil and Malleus were helping Leona.

"A-Ah! Lilia-senpai! Dorm leaders Vil, Malleus and Leona!" Deuce shouted and Lilia turned to look at them.

"Ace? Deuce? Grim? What's wrong?" Lilia said as you were struggling to get out of his grip but you stopped once you saw Ace, Deuce and Grim.

"Can we have that puppy back?" Ace asked.

"Oh, so this puppy was yours?" Leona glared at them. Vil and Malleus had already helped Leona back onto his feet.

"Now, Leona, let's not jump into fights." Vil said to the lion.

"Um... No... Technically, this is (Y/N)." Deuce said, sweatdropping.

"E-Eh? This is (Y/N)?!?" Lilia asked shocked. Leona, Vil and Malleus were looking at you, trying to confirm what they heard was true. No wonder they thought this pup was so...so....adorable!

"Oh, fufufu, this is the first time I've ever seen her this cute." Lilia said, hugging you tighter.

"Ah, let me guess, a spell went wrong?" Malleus asked.

"Or perhaps a potion?" Vil added.

"It was a potion that went wrong, Grim here, miscalculated the ingredient amount needed for the potion. And to not get caught with it, he threw the entire potion out the window." Ace explained.

"And it landed on (Y/N)." Deuce continued. Malleus and Vil had to restrain themselves from laughing while Lilia was already laughing madly.

"The coincidence is uncanny! Hahahaha! But anyway, here you go, take her to Crewel immediately." Lilia handed you over to Deuce.

"Yes, senpai." The first-years nodded and head back to the lab.

"Well, it was fun while it lasted, never knew she could be so cute." Vil said to himself.

"Let's just hope Crewel doesn't decide to try anything with her." Leona said, for he knew what the professor would do to animals like him, especially if it's a dog.

You arrive safely back in the lab and the professor was already there waiting for you. He reluctantly gave you the antidote and you were turned back to normal. The professor then walked away muttering something about soft fur and nice color.

"What happened?" You asked.

"Well, instead of becoming a cat again, you became a dog." Ace started.

"Ahh, did I now?" You slowly turned your head to look at Grim with a smile on your face.

"F-Fgnnaaa!" Grim exclaimed as he saw your eyes staring into his soul. You then gave him a closed-eye smile.

"Grim."

"Y-Yes?"

"No tuna for another month."

"FGNAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

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EEEEK I JUST FINISHED THE THIRD CHAPTER AND WHAT A DAMN PRISON BREAK IM SPEECHLESS

i had a few predictions as to how they would've broken out, but this certainly took me by surprise. even tho i already knew qnf were breaking out i was still on the edge of my seat, worried that something would go wrong. the ending a little ambiguous tho so maybe something did? george and ranboo's link broke so maybe they ended up in different spots? IDK BUT IM EXCITED NONETHELESS also the parallels between sarah and dr mitchell are fantastic, i feel a little sympathy for dr mitchell but i also completely understand george's resentment towards her. agatha can go fuck herself tho idc

OOH ALSO GEORGE'S PROGRESSION IN HIS CONTROL OVER HIS POWERS IS SO COOL you weren't lying when you said he was overpowered lmao i really love how george has become so in tune with psyche, even tho she can be a bit crazy at times (srsly what is up with that????) altho that's actually a bit interesting now that i think of it. bc psyche is still a part of george, despite seeming to have her own agenda, so does that mean that psyche is an extension of george's subconscious? maybe she's the embodiment of his selfish and cruel desires, we all have a dark side, maybe she's george's. who knows? also why does psyche lowkey remind me of a mom??? she just gives off insane dragon mom vibes ajsiwnsjjffjsj maybe bc shes so protective of george

*chanting* QNF!! QNF!! QNF!! QNF!! sjsinwkdjfskfj the banter. the scheming. the flashbacks. THE USE OF THE WORD KING!!! i love how you incorporate little flashbacks of their interactions within the scenes, it kind of puts into perspective of how much thought quackity put into this plan and gives off a sense of urgency that makes each scene feel so riveting. also, you somehow balance playful humor and seriousness between the two so well.

i am very happy i took spanish as a foreign language class because i can actually understand what quackity is saying lmao

george's sudden protectiveness over ranboo has my heart melting :( poor ranboo especially since he's so young. it seems like ranboo is one of those unlucky individuals who's spent the majority of his life in elysium than out. george mentioned that kids can get admitted into elysium, so ranboo was probably one of them. also, ngl i was not expecting ranboo to be a part of their "ragtag team of misfit EMs" since i associate him with tommy and tubbo so much, so that was definitely a plot twist for me

i have this little headcanon in my head that all of the prisoners (bc that's what they are) have noticeable tan lines on their wrists due to constantly wearing the cuffs (is this just me setting up the potential for angst? possibly)

i just realized that i've just been rambling without actually asking anything oops

what time period does the series take place in? i'm assuming it's very futuristic given the context clues you've provided

is em!george's love for fantasy books derived from cc!george's love for harry potter? or was that just a coincidence. i can't help but imagine tiny george pretending to be a wizard and shouting random spells at dream and sapnap while they were playing manhunt lmao

who would you headcanon as dream's favorite superhero? also, who was his biggest inspiration to become a superhero?

do all bio-e's have the same level of enhancements? bc tommy was depicted as being even faster than dream, so i'm assuming that it varies

do all shifters have permanent physical animal traits (i.e., fundy's fox ears)? you said in one of your previous answers that shifters are outcasted first in society bc they have obvious features that differentiate them from everyone else, but couldn't they just shift back into a full human form and diguise themselves?

who would win in a fight between all of the bergman defenders? my money's on phil because he gives off badass old sensei vibes

speaking of badass characters, who do YOU think is the most badass? not necessarily most powerful (altho ig those two can go hand-in-hand), just who has the coolest vibes basically

which character do you relate to the most, or think is most similar to you? (basically, who do you kin lmao)

how long have EMs been around for? you said they came from radiation and dna experimentation so they couldn't have been around for that long, although i guess that depends on when the series takes place

which character did you have the hardest time developing during the planning process? and which characters do you have the hardest time portraying while writing?

were there any parts that made you especially emotional while writing (i know the introduction to ranboo part tugged on my heartstrings)

quackity mentioned that george was a level 5 patient, is that the highest? and what determines which level you're at? going under the assumption that quackity is meta but not wearing blue cuffs, i'm assuming he's a level 4 at most, so how is it determined? my initial thought was that all metas are level 5 and get blue cuffs due to their higher levels of delta radiation, but in quackity's case that's not true. also, what level are quackity and ranboo at?

lmao this is such a tangential question but what order are the color of the cuffs? quackity said his were yellow, but when dr mitchell lowered george's cuffs they were orange, so i'm assuming each level has their own color.

i'm pretty sure i've asked this before, but i'm not sure if you actually answered it but why do george's eyes glow white? it's such an odd quirk but i love it anyway bc glowy eyes = mega OP (*cough* ranboo *cough*) also whenever you say that george felt a white pressure at his chest, is his chest actually glowing white? that's such a weird question but i'm asking it anyway

i wonder if george has a "reputation" in prison since everyone knows he's a meta, like are they scared of him? is he like one of those prison characters you see on tv who everyone is super intimidated of? has anyone ever accidentally bumped into his shoulder and shit their pants bc "oh no, that's GEORGE, he's the big guy around here" imagine a new patient gets admitted into elysium and everyone tells them to stay away from george bc he's *dangerous* and they expect him to be super buff and have a bunch of tattoos but instead he's just some Guy who looks like a depressed college student during exam week

sometimes i forget that elysium isn't actually a prison, like when i was reading the chapter i kept thinking "why the hell is george not being guarded 24/7???? isn't he supposed to be a prisoner????" like they gave him a HOODIE and quackity can apparently just walk up to his room and bang on the door???? but then i remember that it's supposed to be a rehab facility

how do you balance writing and school? (i'm trying to do that right now and i am FAILING lmao)

just so you know, i literally have a whole notes page dedicated to random thoughts and questions i have about the series lmao most of these questions were just copy and pasted

wow this was really long... thank god tumblr doesn't have a word limit.

ok that's all! (*whispers* i'll be back)

the ending is pretty ambiguous so who knows??? and glad I made the parallels between Sarah and Dr. Mitchell clear! I do think George is being a little harsh on her, though for good reason, my poor king has no trust in people who "want to help him" anymore

it's about time George started getting comfortable with his powers!! your analogy of Psyche as an insane dragon mom is pretty on point! I like to think of Psyche as a personification of George's basic instincts of self-preservation and self-interest. she isn't necessarily just his cruel desires or dark side, but part of that does come with the package. it's kind of like his purest and most primal instincts which are also fed by his subconscious needs--everyone has them, but Psychics, especially powerful ones, have the ability to personify them and without knowing how to "tame" them, they can easily let this side of them overpower them. another analogy I like to use for Psychics: it's like giving a human the abilities of a perfect (moral, all-knowing, unselfish, etc.) divine being without the perfect mind to prevent them from misusing their power

QNF!!! I just love when people use the word king, especially Quackity! they're so fun to write I just love them sm!

besides George feeling bad for the people and kids in Elysium, I like to think George sees a part of himself in Ranboo--obviously George has had it much better, but since they were young, they've both been told by the world that a part of them is inherently evil and deserves entrapment due to how "dangerous" they are

that headcanon is definitely canon now if it wasn't before lol, I can imagine the kids who play outside in the sun and probably have permanent discoloring on their wrists (is that how that works?? prolly not) from how long they've worn those cuffs :(

now for the questions lmaoooo it's ok I started rambling too tbf

yep! the story takes place around a century and a half ahead of our time; though the world isn't the typical sci-fi futuristic that we imagine, it's pretty normal besides a lot of improvements in tech and stuff

yesss! that was totally because of George liking harry potter! idk why that's always been my favorite fun fact about him, idk it just makes sense! and omg George shouting spells at his friends as a kid is the cutest headcanon, I loooove it!!!

Bio-E's don't all have the same level of enhancements, their powers do vary! so Tommy is canonically faster than Dream! guessing he brags about it all the time. most EM's powers do vary, actually, for example, some Geos are probably more driven toward plants while others toward earthquakes, master (high-level) Aquas might be able to control ice, etc

not all shifters have permanent physical animal traits! shifters with visible traits like animal ears, mouths, noses, etc. are actually born that way and they're called hybrids (I'm unoriginal lmaooo), maybe I worded it wrong but it's specifically hybrids who are outcasted because of how they look. most shifters don't actually display physical traits (though they might display certain behavioral traits which are less obvious) and they are just able to morph into animals. also, lower-level shifters might not have full control of their abilities, some of them aren't able to shift at will, so they might not be able to even if they tried. for hybrids though, their full human form is their hybrid form--it's how they were born so they can't really change their ear shape or smt

I honestly don't know who'd win, if they're all fighting each other at once, I imagine Tommy would convince Tubbo to team up against Dream and then try to go against Techno while hoping Phil is distracted fighting Wilbur or smt, but Phil is a master and he's been around for a bit (I make it sound like he's old but he's really not lmaoooo) longer so I feel like he could prolly kick all of their asses in a very strategic way

coolest vibes? Quackity! he looks like just a goofball on the outside but my man is secretly a genius and master manipulator along with being able to hide his powers from everyone, he SHOULD be feared! reminds me of c!Quackity in early dsmp vs c!Quackity in the present

im basic but it's literally just AL!George, sometimes I got too carried away writing those scenes where he'd like lose control--especially that one mirror scene in one of the middle chapters--that I'd step back and remember im not supposed to be projecting all my past mental issues onto him lmaoooo

EMs would've first appeared around the 2000s of our timeline, so they're been around for almost 150-200 years prolly? not too long honestly

SCHLATT 100% was the hardest one to develop. can't fully explain why because I feel like I'll accidentally spoil smt, but let's just say he had me tearing my hair out for half-a-month that I spent last semester avoiding working on this story. hardest to portray? surprisingly, it's Karl. I dont know why I have a little bit of a hard time portraying him sometimes, but especially his dialogue takes me a bit longer to develop than other characters

this wasn't exactly a it made me sentimental thing, more like I just experienced some very strong emotions on many levels writing it but the lines “This isn’t an issue of politics. It’s scientific technology undergoing testing.” // He hummed. “My existence shouldn’t be an issue of politics.” made me punch my palm so hard because I loved the line so much because I've always considered it SO TRUE for so many of the "political" issues in the USA, for example, why were/are gay rights ever a "political" issue? you're literally calling a person's existence a political issue. and as a DACAmented student, I used to get really fired up seeing people argue about whether I deserved to be in this country or not for being brought in against my will as a child, though these days I'm over it lol

level 5 is the highest level of patients in the general facility, for Unit Zero, they call them level S's but they can't call George that cause they obviously don't want to out themselves. danger and power level determines the level a patient is admitted at! it goes from level 1-5 and from lowest to highest colors it's white(1), green(2), yellow(3), orange(4), blue(5/S). Elysium is under the impression that Quackity is just a normal multi-shifter, meaning he's just able to morph into a lot of animals, but they have no idea he can morph into people, otherwise he'd 100% be in Unit Zero. he's also not considered very dangerous, so it's why he's in Elysium but he doesn't have level 5 status, he's just a level 3. Ranboo is level S, so his cuffs are blue!

tbh I dont remember what I answered last time, I think I just said it was a stylistic choice, there's no special reason, it's just to differentiate George when he's in ultra fired up Psychic mode and George the depressed college guy during exam week (THAT DESCRIPTION IS LITERALLY PERFECT THAT WHOLE THEORY IS NOW MY HEADCANON ((does that mean it's canon? idk smts I just pretend im a reader of this story and not the writer)))

LMAOOO! literally everyone forgets he's not in prison seeing as everyone calls Elysium prison when they write comments or tweets or send asks haha

how do I balance writing and school? easy! I dont :D I miss meals and sleep and have no social life (im half kidding please dont do that it's bad for your health lmao). I cant explain it but I write SO MUCH MORE during the semester than during breaks. I have this thing where I love to whine about being so busy but I dont like not being busy and im also stubborn as hell (last semester my friend tried to tell me doing nano would be too much since I barely even had time to eat dinner so I fixed my eating and studying schedule and made time to write solely to prove her wrong). I get really annoyed when I have a lot of worked and no time for myself, so I use my homework and studying as motivation to get to the end of the day and work on usually just one scene (it's all I really have the energy for since I spend like an hour trying to make it good during the 2nd draft)

that is literally amazing, it legitimately baffles me to hear that because it's hard to remember people enjoy this story that much lol, so thank you for letting me know! they're the kind of comments I remember when im feeling unmotivated :]

this answer was also super long lmao so I apologize, I get carried away sometimes :D ty for the ask! I loooove reading through these very long ones! they're always so fun to go through

[thirsthourdemon]

Hmmmmm can i get Oikawa finding out his sister is dating Ushijima/Kageyama? I love his dramatic ass and i KNOW he’ll have a fit iddbnjvcsfbnh

Headcanon of you being oikawa’s sister and you date the people he hates

Includes: Sibling! Oikawa, Ushijima, Kageyama

Genre: FLOOFS

Warnings: None

A/N: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUU

||Kageyama

-Okay so you went to the the same middle school and you were the same grade as kags

-Let me get things down...You and oikawa dont look alike aside from the hair and eye colour but light brown is pretty...well...common?

-Though you werent left out on the pretty genes so it was pretty common for guys to like you

-It just so happened that you were in the same class with a cute boy

-You didnt bother talking to him though since...You were shy 🥺👉👈

-Oikawa and you hanging out while he’s practicing with iwa was pretty common though so you heard all of his complains about this little shit that joined the VBC apparently

-You had an interest in volleyball but only as a viewer so you didnt really know all the fancy stuff aside from the basics

-Okay so you didnt really go to aoba josai for highschool and why is that?

-“Mom!!! I dont wanna go and take care of toru and his fangirls! That’s what iwa-nii is for!”

-R I P Iwa-chan

-You decided to go to karasuno because your mom’s friend’s daughter, yachi, also went there

-You and yachi? Besties

-You and hinata? Besties

-You and kage- Wait Hold up!

-“Hey did you go to kitagawa daiichi?” You look at the tall ball behind the ball of sunshine

-“Yeah, what of it?” “Then were you in class (Insert class number)?!”

-“Y-yeah”

-“I was in the same class! You’re kageyama! Right?!”

-You guys laughed at the coincidence and remembered your little crush on him

-Okay Im just going to say that you guys became a thing but...He didnt really know your full name??? idk you guys just dont talk about it until-

-“I SWEAR, KAGEYAMA TOBIO! I Y/N OI-“ “SHITTYKAWA COME BACK HERE!”

-You hear hajime shouting for your brother as toru runs for you

-You guys came to Aoba Josai for a little practice game and you wanted to hide from your brother but what did you expect...😔 You even got Iwa helping you out but he could only do so much

-“Yahoo~ Y/N!”

-“Hey Iwa-Nii!” You completely ignore your brother as you got to greet his bestfriend

-“Wahh! So mean Y/N! Im your big brother here!”

-Kags was confused before but he just...He...Waa?

-“Haissttt...I guess I gotta come clean-“ when you faced the two setters they were glaring daggers at each other and you were now confused as well

-“Hello, Tobio-chan”

-“Oikawa-san”

-“What is happening and why are you glaring at my boyfriend?”

-Toru slowly turns to you and everyone just...

-“Y/N! How could you date this boy!” Your brother just whines as you walk over to tobio

-“Relax, flattykawa~ You’re still my favourite big brother!”

-“You giggling wont help this time, young lady! Also I am your only big brother!” He might not have been able to talk to you there but boy does he TALK when you guys get home 🙃

-Seriously even Iwa scolds you! Though they cant do anything now...

-Tobio back there panicking and doesnt know what to do about this?!

-After your TALK toru asks for a TALK with tobio and you next...

-Lots of TALKing here

||Ushijima

-Guess how confused and scared oikawa is when he wakes up, due to a nightmare, at 6 am on his off day and sees Ushijima wakatoshi, the person he hates the most, in his family’s garden kissing his sweet baby sister’s forehead

-He just starts calling Iwa because of course he would call iwa

-My man is fuckin scared and just hold one of mops beside him

-“Eh? Toru-Nii~ Toshi said he wanted to help me with-“ “TOSHI?! Y/N, do you know who that is?! That’s Ushiwaka! The guy I told you asked me to come to his school?”

-“Really? But! Toshi is nice! He’s helping me with my plants!”

-Oh how dumb, young and innocent you were

-My man just straight up asks you two to come in but Ushijima didn’t go in yet because...

-“I cant go inside because Im dirty. If I come in then Y/N will have to clean up”

-“No no! Toshi it’s okay!”

-OH HONESTLY! Toru hated everything that was going on and not one bit does he approve of this!

-But...

-“Toshi toshi! Look! The followers are dancing! hahaha”

-Seeing his little sister exclaim in happiness over the small things this bastard did for you...

-Toru knew that smile of yours more than anyone else...The sound of your laugh that he’d hear whenever you drank your favourite fruit soda

-Whenever you greeted him when he came home late and asked for food

-Whenever he would do a service ace for you

-When you received your first volleyball when you were young because you wanted to marry niichan and to marry niichan you had to be good at volleyball too!

-As much as Toru wanted to oppose this whole thing he couldn’t bring himself to see hear your laughter turn into sobs

-after talking to you two and asking if your parents knew, yes btw, he asked ushijima for a one on one talk

-“Dont you date hurt her or I will never let you see the end of it”

-“I understand your point however why would I ever even think of hurting her? I love her. Of course I wont hurt her”

-they talked for not 1 not 2 NOT 3 BUT 4 (FOUR QUATRO APAT) HOURS while you just stayed in the garden dancing with the flowers

-Occasionally the two of them would look at you in awe

-Even though your brother hated him though...They came to a conclusion that their rivalry stays on the court and that it wouldnt affect the realationship you two had

-Though even if it was understandable oikawa became a bit clingy sometimes saying/Whining how you only loved toshi and not him anymore

-Being the sweet little bean you are you would hug him and cuddle the setter telling him that you love him very much

-Wholesome 🥺

[cheswirls]

no more tags but everythings under a cut bc i do not wish to be acknowledged

another cool idea was the spe au where gold and silver swap lives. no notes nancy means i have no idea where tf i was going w it but i remember being super into it at the time!! gold being a runaway rocket prince (i think????? or a runaway masked child) and silver living in a house full of pkmn with a doting mother. same teams different circumstances. a spe!gsc arc rewrite god i wish i had more to go off of

i have all of those pmshi oneshots from the fk verse compiled in a single doc which makes me remember i was supposed to do a 10-20yr follow-up coinciding w the giratina event. where i think red tells silver giovanni is outta jail on immunity or some bs and tells him without saying it flat that silver's gotta be the one to take care of him. as in. put him in the dirt. so thats what he and gold go to do while their small children are stuck in the distortion world trying to appease giratina. would still love to give that a shot someday. i remember doing most of those ficlets for writing warmups in english class. in. i was 16. maybe i did some for a creative writing elective too bc i remember doing fk stuff for that that never saw the light of day (in the classroom among my peers i mean)

the amnesia au is STILL a draft somewhere among my 106 drafts on here. i started that shit my second semester of uni and vividly remember spending most of the night dming someone on here abt details bc they asked and i couldnt stop myself even tho i was pulling an all-nighter to complete an art project due that next morning. ye so def when i didnt have my priorities straight goooooood thats so painful to think abt

the pmshi soulmate au was around that time too. admittedly i should've let it set more before posting to ao3 (one of the first things on my ao3 asaaaaaaaaaa kill me) but even tho my interest was killed for that i still would like to go back to it someday. when i am out of uni nd school in general and it becomes comfortable to write using my own experiences to some extent. truly that is the reason i ever stopped - school started to suck and i didn't wanna think abt it when writing smth and i still feel the same way now. maybe will revive it after graduation (and grad school prolly) since its still interesting but i am def rewriting that shit lmao

wygtm (sumo rewrite) i am still planning to come back to. still love it. still love the post-game epilogue i drafted while in a summer course in 2019. still love the sequel idea that incorporates usum elements while also being set in the future (so mizuki+lillie are adults and have established jobs in alola and some of the brunt of the usum plot is shoved onto an unsuspecting kid to mirror how those 2 handled sumo events (ailey i think????? was the name of usum!mizuki in the demo, so i ran with it. they were 2 separate ppl) buuuuuuut ik a holdup w that will be that ill have to rewrite everything and actually decide on a personality for mizuki and also. idk i still like the name faaora i think it was french polynesian??? or smth for "hero" which was fitting. this was before the selene/elio name reveal and before i liked moon. if i redid this now i'd jus call her mizuki and have her nn be moon like i did in komadori

oh i JUST checked n the perfectworld fic was last modified (digitally) august 2019. that literally could've been accidentally pressing a key and deleting it tho im not sure. i think my first rewrite was in a notebook so maybe this is the most current version n its digital. i opened it in 2022 which im almost positive was when i did those sketches for korrina and gurkinn's granddaughters from johto. dont you just love when you make ocs for a fic in your teens and still love them years down the line.

i think the last one of note is the ranger au set in sinnoh that p much is abandoned at this point bc i've admitted to hell n back that i didnt write plot details down anywhere n its been so long ive forgotten everything. the only thing i can repurpose is all the background info i had for the sinnoh quintet and how each of them has a difficult relationship with their family and why they're out as "wandering" trainers. i've thought abt this so much bc i still love the designs i gave those 5 and all the lore i established. was gonna do a riley/roark fic last summer using my tron notes for him so maybe this summer i will. doing smth for each of them in detail would be fun since i love them sooooooo. (also i can absolutely still stuff marley/candice into her fic and actually write polartwilight for the first time ever bc i looove them)

looking @ old fic i started when i was 14/15 is so funny bc im realizing once again why i never mark fics as abandoned even if its been literal years since i've touched them. specifically i was checking docs for stuff i started and either did or didn't post to ffn.

and its like. nothing is bad??? like i can see where my outside-the-box ideal of fic writing comes from. not just fics but writing in general, i'm p sure. even if it's a total cliche plot setup, there are details on each that rly make it stand out like oh yeahhhhhh i did have this great idea once upon a time.

funny too bc was it executed well in prose??? no absolutely not i wrote like shit when i was 15. would i revive an idea one day and revise it to be less cliche or cringy while still keeping the stand-out elements??? yea maybe. i might. everything i'm currently working on that i started from 2021 up to now still holds my supreme interest, but like i'm not gonna say never.

esp since i write fic first and foremost for my own need and specifically what i like to read, it makes it impossible to consider an idea i've thought extensively about "not worth writing anymore". anyway not making this too long i jus found everything interesting to consider

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Analysis of The Real Jake (SPOILERS)

I can't decide whether to make this post a stream-of-consciousness style or group it into evidence for x... but since it's easier, I'll just write my thoughts as I go. Although a lot of this is factual ties to, say, FNAF 4, things like relating Margie to Henry are just my own headcanon and you can do with that what you will AKA don't take this all too seriously, but have fun with it. There’s also specific notes about Michael Afton, for those that just want to know what was said regarding him (presumably).

Before I start, please note I've had three hours of sleep in the last... 28 hours? IDK I can't math, especially not on this little sleep. So, there may be errors. I tried to make a note on things I was unsure about, too. 

Note: I wrote this before the Evan=CC theory was all but confirmed. Although I believe this theory from the logbook, I think a lot of these notes are still valid.

Read my notes under the cut:

Margie shares similar physical appearance to Henry: Pg 84 “The window fan blew a lock of her shoulder-length brown hair across her upper lip so it looked like she had a mustache.”

“Mrs. Afton” stand in is mentioned: Pg 86 “...it had been four years since his Mom had died...” (Jake is 9 in the story)

I notice when Scott mentions plaid. Pg 87 “...a green-and-blue plaid plush chair...” I mostly wanted to note this since canonically, Henry had a green plaid shirt.

“William” stand in is mentioned. Pg 89 “And you know he thinks about you [Jake] all the time?” “So, he has to concentrate on what he's doing... ...I don't want him thinking about me and end up shooting himself in the foot or something.” Pg 102 “Yeah, I did. [I spilled some chocolate ice cream] Right on my shirt!” Pg 122 “I did that today! [While playing a DDR like game, breaking a shoelace.]” (Admittedly, I only counted these because I headcanon William is much more of a bumbling fool than he appears. It comes up very often as you can see... although you could write it off as Evan just trying to relate to his kid.)

“William” stand in is mentioned. Pg 92 “...Margie was pretty sure Evan couldn't afford to replace a washer and dryer” and “...Evan, at his rank, could barely afford her” Pg 110 “Gillian's house shared stlying with Evan's, but hers was probably four times bigger.” (Again, I headcanon William and his family is on the low end of middle class, if not lower, in terms of income. Particularly, the house is cramped.)

“Mrs. Afton” stand in is mentioned. Pg 93 “First, Jake's Mom was killed.” Pg 139 “The mom's dead.” (You could infer that she died via something akin to a car crash in the context of the story, however if you reflect it to the games given the commonalities, I like to think of this as confirmation that William murdered her, given the word 'killed' is used.)

Margie records herself on her cell phone. Pg 93 (and on other pages) (Again referencing my headcanon for Henry, in which he records ideas/diaries often. At minimum, Henry is referred to as “Cassette Man” in PizzaSim so... I just thought it could make for an interesting comparison.)

Jake mentions his “friends”. Pg 99 “Patty and Davey... Vic... and the twins... Ellie and Evie... Kyle, Clay, and Garrett” (Also, he isn't mentioned until later, but there's his best friend Brandon, too. I noted these in reference to CC talking about his 'friends', either IRL or the plushies. I assume his IRL friends are the MCI victims. The number doesn't add up though. I really, really wanted to make a connection about the twins, considering Charlie and Sammy are twins, but there wasn't enough evidence to write it off as anything other than a coincidence. Also... Clay, really? We need another double name in this series? Ugh.)

What's your favorite flavor? Chocolate Pg. 102 “What flavor did you get?” “Chocolate. Duh.” (This is a stretch, but it did remind me of Help Wanted's final level in the main game, where you're asked to choose your favorite cake flavor. Although, they're discussing ice cream here.)

Maybe some insight into William's personality? Pg. 103 “You ever do that, Evan?” “What?” “Let off steam.” “Me? No. Steam is pretty much what keeps me going.” (Just more evidence that William is obsessed with his work. You could imply “steam” implies he runs like a machine, but that's stretching a bit.)

Pg. 113 -118 (Jake climbs out of his window to run off to play at the arcade with his friend. Obvious parallel to the child in Midnight Motorist, although it's daytime and no animatronics/fursuits luring him.) There is this, on Pg 121 also. Jake says, “We played all the racing games. I love racing games.”

PURPLE Pg 121 “...did you get a slushie at the arcade? I got one. I got grape. It turned my tongue purple.” “My tongue's purple, too!” “Purple power!” (Uh, do I really need to explain this? I should note that Evan is the one mentioning “grape”. I guess William likes grape flavor and purple.)

'Michael' is mentioned. Sort of a stand in for Michael Afton, but it should be noted that Michael and Evan are brothers in this universe. Pg 126, 127 “Michael...lived in Europe for a few years...” “Michael's a serious dude. He's, well, a little different. He's intense about making money...the way he is about it... can make him seem like he's not human.” “So, he's like a cyborg with bad programming?” Michael has some dialogue: “You must excersize caution. You could get chocolate on my suit, and that would be bad. Very, very bad.” (The very very bad thing is a running joke in the family, which is why this comes up. I don't have a lot to say about it, though. I think Michael [Afton] being obsessed with money seems a bit counter intuitive to how we know him, but who knows? I also want to note that Evan doesn't seem antagonistic towards Michael; in fact, he “hate[s] to ask him for favors”.)

Also, Pg 141 “His [Michael's] flat, gruff voice was unmistakable.” Michael is also the first one to hear his father is dead and informs Margie about it. “I have been notified that Evan's dead.” Pg 142 “She had only met Michael the one time, and she knew the way he processed the world was very different from what was “normal”” Michael also states to Margie: “I've got Evan's will... you're Jake's guardian and he left you the house and some savings. I'm the executor.” Margie also says: “He[Michael]'s a numbers genius, manages money for the wealthy people and has made a killing doing it.” “He's not a bad guy. He just doesn't know how to connect. He doesn't feel the way we do.” (Just more Michael characterization.)

Direct FNAF 4 easter egg references: Pg 128 “...the IV stand lurking in the corner of the room” Pg 129 “...and the line of perscription medication bottles marching across the top of the chest of drawers”

Margie is more than a nanny and possibly in love with Evan: Pg. 139 “She'd come to love Evan, too... like a brother.” Pg 140 “...she was included in the outings, movie nights, game nights, and storytelling time...” Pg 149 “...she wanted Evan to be more than just a boss, and being in his room when he was gone made her feel like a lovelorn stalker.” “Love him like a brother... She snorted. Boy, had she been lying to herself.” Pg 158 “What she was feeling called for a screaming fit or a total mental breakdown.” (Yeah, this is just me reading too much into this for Willry content, haha... But still. I am determined that Margie is a Henry stand-in.)

'I will put you back together' Pg 140 “I'm trying to bring you home whole.” (Evan is discussing “no man left behind” with his son, Jake. I think this is obvious.)

William's home office? Pg. 149 “When he was home, she'd go in and vacuum or put away laundry... ...when he was gone...coming in here felt like an invasion of privacy.” “Evan's room would be her room.” “...I'd feel like I was sleeping in your bed, she thought.” “...the room felt discretely masculine.” “The walls were covered in family photos.” “The shelves were stuffed with fiction... mysteries to classics, nonfiction... how-to books...from rebuilding a car engine to planting a garden.”

FNAF 4 reference. Pg 152 “Outside, a dog barked.” (You can hear a dog barking as ambient noise during nights when playing FNAF 4.)

Other notes:

It happens a lot, but one of the main things in the book is the doll Simon and how Jake talks to it. This is very blatantly a reference to the Golden Freddy Plush (“Psychic Friend Fredbear”). The story confirms it's Jake's father, Evan, talking through it. Although it makes the one scene in FNAF 4 a little wonky (the only scene where we see Purple Guy), I think it's pretty much confirmed that it's William talking to CC now. Obviously, we already suspected this due to Sister Location's “Secret Room”. In this story, Evan says he did it because he wanted to give Jake some hope he would live. Combined with both the IV/medicine bottle easter eggs (in the story and FNAF 4) I think it's plausible to assume that CC was taken home after the Bite of '83 for a period of time before he passed away. I will admit, also, that Evan definetly comes off as a very caring father (in comparison to how we presume William is based on what we've seen of him as a person; although I argued this before on this blog, I don't think William hates his kids. I think he's neglectful, moreso as the story goes on. I think he resents Michael for many reasons but I won't go into that here. I just don't think he's the abusive monster the fanbase interprets him to be—at least not early on.)

The cabinet reminds me a lot of the closets in the novel series. A built in shelf with a doll in it. A doll that represents a child. Considering Margie tends to this doll (see Pg. 130-135), I have to draw more parallels between her and Henry.

The fan is mentioned A LOT. I don't really know why, but I guess we can't help but think of every single FNAF office when it's brought up. Specifically, on Pg. 106, Margie mentions the fan in her room is as loud as a jet engine and the sound made her nervous. Once again, I'm reminded of PizzaSim. Seriously, screw you fan.

The heat is mentioned a lot, too. I know the story takes place in summer, but this did remind me of Pizza Sim.

Pg. 93 “Margie sat down in the faded blue webbed lawn chair that was set up, for reasons she never understood, in front of the shelves by the stairs.” (I noted this because it's specifically called out and I don't know why.)

Margie talks about why she's working for Evan: Pg. 95 “I didn't get the internship I applied for.” I like to think her and Mia (from 1280) were after the same internship. (I may be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure Mia mentioned an internship at the hospital.)

Jake is mentioned to have brown hair, green eyes. His favorite color is green. He also wears green often. I couldn't find anything really interesting about it. It would make more sense as a Puppet reference, tbh (because of the green bracelet (and eyes? I may be remembering wrong) I guess it's also worth noting that Elizabeth has green eyes.

Pg 135 “Are you afraid people will think you're murdering me?” “...I could end you so quickly you'd never make a sound.” (Just an odd conversation between Jake and Margie. Margie is joking here, obviously.) Also, Pg. 136 “I just figured your [Jake's] wires got crossed or your circuits were frying.” (Admittedly, I don't know what to make of this. Could be a reference to Robot-CC, if you believe that or MikeBot [I don't], but more likely just ironic dialogue. It could also reference Jake's future in the Stichwraith?)

Pg 139 “Sometimes, Margie wished she was like one of the robots Jake liked so much.” (Although I can't really compare this to Henry, I did write William with this mindset and thought it was worth mentioning.)

Pg 141+ So, Evan dies overseas (he's a soldier). (I think this could be hinting that William has been springlocked around the time CC passes away. Jake has been home for some time after his diagnosis so we can infer based on that and the easter eggs that CC was brought home to die in peace. At the very least, William's probably very absent during this time. Possibly brought in for questioning but not arrested. I don't know. I feel like there's something to this.)

Pg 154 “Dave's at work.” (Why? Can we not use established names? Aghhh)

Pg 155 “The ambulance arrived at 11:32.” (I don't know why this is stated so outright. I couldn't find a reason, except that a few paragraphs earlier they say it will arrive by noon. I don't know why it's so specific, but I felt like noting it anyway.)

Pg 159 “Five people. Five sets of eyes. And none of them noticed...” (Yeah. We all know how important 5 is in FNAF.)

Three medical personel are mentioned. One at the end is named Nancy [No Last Name Given], but I like to think its a reference to Man in 1280 and we're dealing with Heracles Hospital once more, although it's never said in this story. Speaking of, the only thing that really stood out to me in 1280's story was that a billionare funded the restoration of the hospital. I like to headcanon that was Henry's doing—I imagine him obscessing over overcompensating for his mistakes by giving back in every way possible, even if it isn't directly related to him.

So, this post only took two hours of my life. I hope someone gets some use out of it, be it for my intended Willry purposes or maybe those Michael fans that are curious about it. If you enjoyed this post, let me know. I'd love to write up more of these if I have the time.

I have other write-ups on this blog, too. Just search fnaf theories on my blog page!

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Moonlit Throne historical clarifications/references

i want to accurately represent the history from the joseon era, but sometimes for the sake of story/ease of accessibility, things had to be minorly changed. the following is a list of creative choices/changes i make in the writing of Moonlit Throne, as well as further information about the history/culture that i’ve found through my own research 💓 i hope this can also provide some more context for those interested. this list is to be updated as the series progresses so i always recommend you read the latest drabble before checking for more info here for risk of spoilers. please correct me if i get any info wrong!!

for even more information about the world, check out the tag #moonlit history!

last updated: after drabble 43!

new information for the latest drabble will be under the moon.

king gwanghae - as mentioned in the line “gwanghae flow” & in the rest of the MV, Daechwita was inspired by this historical king & the movie about him. Moonlit Throne is not inspired by any king. any event that is similar is purely coincidental!

topknot - various sources state that only married men were allowed to wear their hair up, though this is often not the case in popular korean media. even though Yoongi is unmarried, i chose to pay homage to the daechwita MV & give him a topknot throughout the series. *** same goes for the blonde hair color!

months - traditionally, they followed the lunar calendar in the Joseon era. but i thought that that would be a bit difficult to explain for modern audiences so i am choosing to use the months/modern equivalents of dates.

yoongi’s scar - i am aware that Scarlet Heart Ryeo depicts the facial scar as a reason that someone could not become king. i haven’t found much on this in the way of historical sources, so it’s not a factor in my series!

uinyeo - aka. reader’s mom, and eventually reader herself. at the time, it was believed that women could not be treated by male doctors due to the shame of showing a man their body, even in a medical context. this position was generally occupied by a woman that was ranked below middle-class & commoner (think merchants/fishermen/etc.) as it was not a very desireable role. reader’s mom, Eun-a, is the head uinyeo, which is why she is called “su-uinyeo-nim” by others.

***i haven’t found any information that says men couldn’t be treated by women due to the Confucius beliefs, so at least in this story, reader helps out the male physicians from time to time.

eunuch - eunuchs were impotent or castrated men (had all or part of their genitals removed) who worked within the palace walls, serving and attending the royal family. they had their own hierarchy, like head eunuch, etc. it was possible for eunuchs to marry & have families of their own.

***Eunuch Kim has a 🍆! it’s just his testicles that were removed.

yoongi’s name - technically kings use temple names that end in jo or jong instead of their given names, but i’m keeping it as Yoongi!!

age - it’s revealed in the march 1858 drabble that Yoongi is officially turning 10 years old that year, but this is in Korean age. his birth year is 1849, which would make him 9 years old in age as we know it internationally. Korean tradition dictates that people age up at the start of the new year (Jan 1), not on their actual birthday. traditionally, they also add an extra year as they consider the baby 1 year old at birth, not 0 years old. to do the math, reader is two years older than him, which would make her born in 1847 & turning 12 that year!

*** the average life expectancy around that time was ~35-40, so their understanding of a teenager would be very different than ours, at least in terms of maturity. thus, even though the main characters are relatively young by today’s standards, i’ve written them to come off as older. UPDATED INFO: it seems court ladies could live up to rather elderly ages, even up to 70, so i’m not sure if the earlier statistic was just mainly for men.

birthdays - i couldn’t find any information about whether they celebrated the actual day of birth as well back then, only about 100 day milestones, etc. but it is part of Korean culture to celebrate the birthday in modern times, so i kept it in.

jeonha - similar to mama, this is how you refer to the king as an equivalent to “Your Majesty”. wangseja-jeonha is the full title for the crown prince. usually people just call him seja-jeonha.

women’s rights - how much freedom you have kind of depends on what rank you are. most of the upper court/noble ladies (yangban) are born & raised within the palace. they were very, very rarely allowed to leave (& if they were married off, then they would have to leave with like guards/people with them). it’s unfortunate but they were treated like property, passed off from father -> husband. from what i can gather, the lower ranked women (like the uinyeo) had a bit more liberty about going into town (or at least ive seen in media), mostly bc no one cared about them.... sad truth but truth nonetheless.

king’s authority - even though the king is the ruler of the entire land, he doesn’t have absolute authority over everything. generally kings in the joseon era had to listen to the advice of the court officials if they thought he was making the wrong choice.

Minister Choi’s execution - so actually there were several types of executions for people of different ranks. someone of Minister Choi’s status likely would have been given a less gruesome death via. poison (sasa or 사사). but i’m keeping it as a beheading to pay homage to the daechwita MV!

***i also came across an article that said only royal blood could be spilled on the palace grounds so i’m not 100% sure where the public execution square was located, only that there was one & it was separate from the palace. also a lot of dramas seem to ignore this rule, so i’m not sure.

perfume - this existed back then! along with cosmetics. they were a luxury item for mostly the upper class, but they definitely existed.

Queen Jeonghui’s birthday - fun fact! i borrowed this real life queen’s name first, for drabble 3. then i found out, it just so happens that her real birthday falls in November as well. it was a total coincidence haha. 

OC’s outfit/hairstyle - this is what she would have worn!

palace - the layout of the series setting is loosely based off Gyeongbokgung Palace! if you look at the map, i’ve set the private gardens at #24 (though the position of the island is different than how it looks in the map. it’s instead from the right side going towards the left), Yoongi’s private residence is #25. reader is moved into #23. #26-28 are libraries, which includes the crown prince’s private library.

*** also the palace is much bigger than you might imagine so to get anywhere takes some time & a bit of walking!

jipgyeongdang (집경당) - #22 on the map. along with #23 (below), were traditionally houses for concubines & palace maids before Yoongi moved them.

hamhwadang (함화당) - #23 on the map. where reader lives post December 1868.

sanggung - the highest rank available for women who served the palace/royal family. a woman could become a “favored sanggung” if she slept with the king, but not a proper concubine. normally from the “commoner” class.

sangmin - “commoner” class. made up about 80% of joseon’s people. were the farmers, fishermen, laborers, etc. these were the people that paid taxes and were ruled over by the nobles!

cheonmin - the rank below commoner, described in English as “vulgar commoner.” the upper classes considered these people “unclean.” among their numbers were butchers, sex workers, performers, shoemakers, and yes, uinyeo. they were normally given little to no respect at all within society.

concubine - women that had the honor of sleeping with the king. concubines had their own ranks within them as the king usually had many (think around a dozen). more info.

town - from what i can gather, directly outside of the palace is a small town. if you think of the Daechwita MV, it’s like the town that Yoongi walks through when he has black hair. this is where mostly people of the middle/lower class, like sangmin & those below that, live.

chuseok - Korean harvest festival! it means “autumn evening with the brightest moon”. it’s usually celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar. that would put it anywhere around sept 9-oct 2 in our modern calendar depending on the year!

yangban - these are the “ruling class” or gentry of the joseon era. generally means their families own land, are somewhat (or very) wealthy, and they are well-educated. (think Mr. Darcy, for a British equivalent)

why does no one recognize the prince in town? - with a lack of access to pictures & internet, it was common for the normal citizens of the country to not know what their monarchs looked like. generally to identify people & rank, they had to rely on appearance. gold was a color only reserved for royalty, so only the king & his sons could wear the royal robes with gold embroidery. once Yoongi takes off those robes, it’d be hard to identify him from among regular yangban!

jeon - these are bits of shrimp/vegetables/fish/other small things that are deep fried in egg batter!

nokdujeon - this is like a small, savory pancake made with, you guessed it, mung beans!

Chun-ja calling Eunuch Kim “Kim-nim” - look. i’ll be straight with you i have no idea how a commoner would refer to a eunuch. i’m flip-flopping between his title (which i also cannot figure out bc idk which of the 18 political ranks he would be, but not for lack of trying y’all T_T) & his name with the respectful -nim. so just to be safe, i’m going with it.

***i also am not 100% on this, but i believe Eunuchs rank higher than commoners because they work in the palace? which is why Eunuch Kim uses “-ssi” for her.

hangul & hanja - so the Korean alphabet as we know it is called hangul, and it was invented in 1443. in the past, they used to use hanja, Chinese characters, to write documents.

female literacy rate - as related to above, it was rare for women to be able to read/write even up until the late 19th century. they weren’t allowed to learn hanja at all & only around 4% could learn hangul. of those 4%, it was mostly noble women, who received good education to be better wives.

***books were then thus read aloud by those literate to crowds, so people could still enjoy stories.

face - the concept of “face” is very much rooted in Asian culture. in Korea, it’s called chemyon, & is basically related to your reputation + how others see you. you can lose, build, or gain face through your actions or what rumors of you spread. for example, if parents have children with bad grades, they + the child lose face. people should strive to do things to build their family’s honor & face up. i’ve experienced firsthand how people go to sometimes extreme lengths to “save face” as the term goes. basically, if you’re going to do something shameful, it’s better to do it where no one can see. (this concept isn’t going to have a huge influence in the series, at least not so far & i use it rather lightheartedly in October 1865 but i just thought that it’s really interesting + important to know about Asian culture!)

French expedition to Korea (Byeong-in yangyo) - in October 1866, the second French empire tried to invade Korea (or Joseon as it was called at the time) because the king at the time executed seven French missionaries. after several months of fighting, Korea won with only four soldiers killed & 3 wounded (compared to France: 3 killed, 35 wounded). Joseon was able to stay relatively isolated from all the other countries, continuing the practice of isolationism.

gossip - i couldn’t find any laws prohibiting people from talking about court going-ons/battles, though i would assume that it’s punishable if you’re doing it to talk badly about the king. but even if there were laws in place, word gets around, as word tends to do. therefore, i’ve given Eunuch Kim a bit more freedom in his letters.

royal funerals - it could actually take up to 5 months for the coffin to begin its journey to the resting tomb, but i’ve expedited the timeline for plot purposes!

coronations - these actually weren’t super common in Korea or Asia in general, but it did happen once in the 1700s for King Yeongjo. i’m using that as inspiration for Yoongi’s crowning.

*** also i couldn’t find info on the exact wording that King Yeongjo used when he announced his succession to his deceased brother’s body so... i took some creative license there.

gama - how yangban & up women travelled, carried by their servants. here’s a visual!

the royal engagement - actually, Beom-su would not have lived within the palace walls. she would have lived in a detached palace that was further away from the main palace, and there would be a whole procession where the king goes to her during their wedding rites. however, i’ve seen several dramas have the bride-to-be hang around a lot, which seems to be true because she would have had to learn the customs of the palace, so i’m not sure how much she would have been around realistically. i’ve just chosen not to address it, like the dramas do.

Beom-su’s name - i chose this name for her because of one of the possible hanja for beom: “犯”, which i would pair with the hanja “秀” for su. her name would basically mean excellent invasion, which i thought was a bit cruel, slightly humorous, & overall fitting. it is normally a masculine name though! 

why are Beom-su’s father’s actions such a scandal? - so all the unmarried women living/working in the palace were considered the king’s property. he could sleep with them if he wanted to, but essentially they belonged to him. by laying hands on the maid, the minister committed a double sin because he not only was he assaulting someone, but he was infringing upon the king’s territory. 

civil service exam (gwageo) - this is an exam issued every 3 years that any man, commoner rank & above, could take in order to enter into civil service. it’s what Jimin takes to enter into the court! i’m not sure what month these were held or if it was just at the king’s discretion (could not find much info)

more on eunuch kim & the re-marriage process

royal tombs - these were often quite far away from the actual palace but looking on maps, i found that there were a few tombs rather close to the palace that people could have conceivably travelled to within a day, over several long hours on horseback!

on natural disasters - yes, in history, natural disasters like floods/earthquakes/eclipses were said to be the king’s fault because he wasn’t a good enough ruler! things like this could seriously derail the people’s trust in the king and was a big cause of concern.

on Queen Jeonghui being in court meetings - i couldn’t find actual evidence that said the queen couldn’t be at these daily meetings between officials. in fact, the real life Empress Myeongseong in the ~1870s was pretty involved in politics and was quite interested in matters of law, etc. so, i’ve decided to allow Jeonghui to be present and address the ministers alongside Yoongi!

Chunaengjeon - i kind of explain more about this already in the drabble itself but if you’re curious, it’s the only solo court dance in the Joseon era and the highlight of the dance is a moment where the dancer mimics a bird perched on a flower and smiles :’) i thought it was fitting for these two. here’s a video of a performance that i used as reference!

janae - there were quite a few different terms for couples to call each other during this time. “janae” was meant to represent wife and is kind of their equivalent to our... “honey”? it was mostly used among the commoners/lower classes to convey affection and closeness. (aka eunuch kim continues to be the cutest)

on adopting a child as a eunuch - the readings i found say that eunuch kim’s children must be eunuchs themselves if he adopts them directly, but they don’t mention anything about this particular case of a eunuch marrying a widow, aka the child is not directly adopted by Eunuch Kim himself. so Han-jae will not be a eunuch when he grows up!

american invasion of korea (shinmiyangyo) - this is a true historical event, as i’ve mentioned in my author’s note for “June 1871.” Americans repeatedly violated Korean soveriegnty and invaded their land, resulting in many, many deaths for the Korean side. they were hoping this destruction would force Korea to accept the trade treaty. Korea did not, and eventually were able to chase the Americans out of their land a month later. the wikipedia page goes into greater detail if you’re interested, and is a quick overview of the situation.

seong-min’s living situation - as i’ve mentioned earlier with the whole Beom-su situation, i’ve chosen to not use the detached palace again for this engagement as dramas tend to do.

the wedding ceremony - similar to my reasoning about the detached palace, i’ve chosen to focus on only a few parts of the marriage rites while only briefly mentioning the rest. why? well, while i would LOVE to explain all the details and intricacies of such an incredible process, i feel like that would take a lot away from the heart of the story and be distracting, especially at such a critical stage. so i’ve explained what i can, and given brief overviews where i am able. ofc i adjusted the parading ceremony because of the change of the detached palace custom. if you’d like an easy-to-read source on the whole process, please check out this link! basically the MLT chapter depicts a tweaked vers of steps 5 and 6. 1-3 happened behind the scenes, and i mentioned #4 in the “summer 1871″ drabble.

chungin - our equivalent of “white collar” workers, or the upper-middle class. this rank was made up of low-level bureaucrats, accountants, physicians, etc. some royal servants would also be part of this rank because they’re allowed to enter the palace. there is an exam (chapkwa) to become this rank!

conception dreams (taemong) - as uinyeo-nim explains in the drabble, these dreams were often seen as omens of impending pregnancy. depending on what you see in your dream, there are different interpretations. possible symbols are animals, fruits, elements of nature, children, and jewels. eg. if you dreamed of fruits, it was often considered to be a sign of having a baby girl.

other conception myths - i know from my own experience that Asians often have a lot of superstitions regarding conception and pregnancy and medical things in general. however, i couldn’t find any specific conception myths for the time period in question (most of my research only uncovered superstitions for after you’re already pregnant), so i’ve taken some creative license here, using the conception dreams and current beliefs as inspiration!

on Queen Jeonghui calling oc “dear” - since I prefer not to use Y/N, ___, etc. for reader’s name and just generally avoid mentioning it, it’s nearly impossible for me to convey the tone with which Queen Jeonghui would’ve been calling OC in this chapter. in Korean, she would be saying “[name]-yah/ah” depending on the ending syllable of the name. adding that suffix to the end of a name conveys closeness and intimacy between people. I’ve chosen to substitute it for “dear” to make things sound more natural in English. it’s not an exact match, but it’ll have to do!

[buoyantsaturn]

waiting with you bonus scene #5

read waiting with you

takes place the night before jason crashes at nico’s apartment

Nico was dragged away from his homework in the middle of midterms week, and couldn’t help but think that Jason and Piper could’ve tried to plan a little better if they really were so adamant about having Nico and Will help them with things. Like, did they really need three people stuffing envelopes with ‘save the date’ cards? Wasn’t that something that Jason and Piper could do on their own time, so that Nico could get back to studying?

Will had been lucky enough to get out of it due to his own test-heavy week, but Nico couldn’t help feeling disappointed at his absence - not even in a if I have to suffer then so do you kind of a way. Mostly. So while Will couldn’t make it due to an extended testing period that overlapped with the time that he was supposed to be stuffing envelopes, that didn’t mean Nico had to enjoy sitting there with the “happy couple.”

It was mostly brainless work, but Nico still wasn’t paying much attention to whatever conversation Piper was trying to carry. He just kept waiting for a text from Will that finally announced the end of his test. (Even worse, Will was the type to stay until the very last minute to double and triple check every answer, instead of booking it out of there the second he was done, like Nico did.)

He heard Jason ask for a new pack of envelopes, but Piper didn’t even pause in her story about...her coworkers, maybe? Nico really wasn’t listening. But seeing as she didn’t seem interested in offering Jason any assistance, Nico reached across the table and slid an unopened pack to his friend. 

“So, Nico,” Piper said, finally drawing his attention with the use of his name, “how are your classes this semester?” 

Nico shrugged, licked another envelope closed, and set it on the done pile before answering, “You know. The same. It’s midterms, so I should kind of be studying right now.” 

“Yeah, sorry we dragged you over here,” Jason told him, patting his shoulder a couple times. “We’ll try to be quick about--”

“That’s what Will’s up to right now, right?” Piper asked, talking over Jason like she hadn’t even realized he’d been speaking. “He’s taking a midterm right now, I think. That’s what he told me, anyway. Maybe he hadn’t mentioned it to you, I don’t know. Are you two getting along? I know we kind of pushed you two together to help with the wedding stuff, but I hope you’re at least friends by now.” 

Nico blinked a few times, eyeing the way that Jason almost ripped an envelope apart from the force with which he stuffed the card inside, and then looked back to Piper. It was so unlike her to dominate a conversation like that - she was usually a little more easy going, especially with something as boring as smalltalk. “Um. Yeah, we’re...friends. He was actually going to text me when he’s done with his test, because we were going to try bouncing bachelor and bachelorette party ideas off of each other. So, I guess if either of you had anything in mind, now might be the time to say it.” 

He slipped his phone out of his pocket to start jotting down notes for whatever Jason and Piper mentioned, but his phone buzzed in his hand, and his mind went blank. Will was finally out of his exam. 

[From: Will; Finally free!]

[To: Will; how did it go?]

[From: Will; I think I did pretty good! It helps that I had such a great study partner ;) ]

[From: Will; How’s stuffing envelopes? Wish I was there]

[To: Will; no you don’t its SO boring. and really tense for some reason? idk piper’s acting a little weird but its fine]

[From: Will; So you don’t wish I was there with you? :( ]

[To: Will; I didn’t say that]

“Nico?” Piper called out to him, and Nico nearly slammed his phone down onto the table like he’d gotten caught doing something he shouldn’t. “Were you listening?” 

He nodded quickly. “Yeah, sorry, it’s just-- Will just texted. He says his test went well. Sorry, what were you saying?” Nico went back to half-listening while he stuffed envelopes until his phone buzzed again and he opened the notification to see another text from Will. 

[From: Will; So did you actually want to talk bachelor party ideas, or was that just a ploy to make it seem like we’re actually planning something?]

[To: Will; they’re giving me ideas right now]

[From: Will; Oh? Like what?]

[To: Will; idk im not listening]

[From: Will; Why not???]

[To: Will; bc im talking to you??]

[From: Will; I promised Piper the best bachelorette party in the world, so either start listening or I’m turning my phone off]

[To: Will; ok ok im listening]

Unfortunately, Nico’s decision to start listening coincided with the moment that Piper apparently decided to stop talking. Nico tapped his foot impatiently on the ground as he stuffed a few more envelopes, then finally blurted out, “Will wants to know your stance on strippers.”

Jason and Piper both shot him an odd look. 

“For the parties,” Nico added. “Obviously.” 

Jason glanced at Piper, either as if to ask permission or to say you’re not going to get strippers, are you? She kept her gaze on the table and replied, “I think I’m just gonna talk to Will about what I want when we hang out this weekend.” 

Jason cleared his throat. “Uh, yeah. Maybe that’s a conversation we should have in private, too.”

Nico was halfway to thinking what the hell do you people want at your parties? when his phone buzzed again.

[From: Will; Well?]

[To: Will; i think jason wants strippers at his and i swear will if i have to go to a party where there are female strippers i think i might die]

[From: Will; And Piper?]

[To: Will; didn’t say but i think youre missing the point here]

[From: Will; If Piper requested male strippers, would you be there to keep me company?]

[To: Will; i think i would actually prefer if nobody had strippers at their party. but thats just me]

[To: Will; if jason requires it then im hereby forcing you to attend so that i can hide in another room and you can take over best man responsibilities for the time being]

[From: Will; I’d be happy to be there to keep you company either way :) ]

[luneair]

hello, I'm not sure if this is a long shot asking but I just remember you saying something about it a while ago in your own chart. But do you know if theres a certain placement that could give a "always in the wrong, at the wrong time" kind of affect? where it's like you never get away with stuff everyone else does, you always get blamed for things that no one else got caught for or maybe stuff you didn't even do to begin with, you still get blamed. conversations will go on for hours and you watch it the whole time, but the second you decide to say something too, suddenly the topic has now changed? in school, everyone would be talking and the teacher wouldn't say anything, but the second i decided to speak, now the whole class is yelled at for talking? does that even make sense lol. it just happens enough for me to notice it. like the second i step in, everything goes all wrong. it sounds so arrogant but it keeps happening, especially with more serious things in my life, and it makes me feel like my presence is a curse or i automatically ruin something if i interact with it or get involved, or the blame will always fall on me even if dozens of people were involved and somehow all got away freely, i never do. times i have done nothing wrong at all and still take blame? like i cant get away with anything or do or say anything freely like other people seem to be able to lol idk if that makes sense or if im just nuts 😭 is there anything in a chart that could indicate this or is it just coincidence/bad timing? sorry this is so long, and if you do answer then thank you ♥️

It can be a coincidence but some placements that come to mind are mercury in the 12th (This could be for various reasons. Maybe the words are being misunderstood because 12th house planets are known to be on a “different wavelength” so the mind thinks oddly or the speaker is simply not articulating their thoughts and opinions as well as they think) followed by Pisces/Neptune energy but more in a direct way.. such as a strong Neptune-mercury aspect (regarding saying something seemingly on par with everyone else but still receiving a contrary or misunderstood response) or Neptune in the 1st because in this instance people may see a victim and treat them as such, the kind that tends to be “blamed” since the first house is how the world perceives you and their response to you accordingly. With Piscean energy -the place of Neptune and nocturnal Jupiter- there is the subconscious belief that one has “bad luck” when things take a turn for the worst, or that they “cause” things to happen due to their actions so it can also be a matter of perception. This has to do with the illusionary effects of Neptune, and the strong sense of faith, even if misguided or towards a strange concept, that Jupiter brings. It is a phenomenon of Pisces (/placements) as a result. 

I also think of 8th house and personal Scorpio placements, more so involving the rising or luminaries, as well as strong Pluto contacts to personal planets like mercury, sun and moon as this is sphere of the scapegoat.. 

I think to lesser extents an afflicted or even underdeveloped personal placement (as the spectrum of inner planets have to do with core actions, behavior, identity, perceptions and communication) can cause the effect of being ‘misunderstood’ in general pertaining to what it is afflicted by. A brushed off square to the ascendant can actually result in a poorly received individual. We can often play the scapegoat in a specific part of our lives as seen by where Pluto is in the chart, but more so if it is afflicted. For example, a harshly aspected Pluto in the 4th may be the scapegoat in the family. A harshly aspected or intercepted Pluto in the 1st can be immediately identifiable as a scapegoat to others especially during the younger years. In these cases, blame is thrown onto the indvidual regarding the “audience” of the house or planets in question.

It’s also a matter of perception and execution I think.. For example, I think Aries suns, especially with Aries mercuries or vice versa may express a thought more aggressively than they think that people may not favor or an Aquarius sun, especially with an Aquarius mercury or the other way around, tend to hold what are considered “controversial” opinions, actions, behaviors etc.. and may express them in that manner which might not be met well by others. What seems innocent or normal in a person’s eyes can seem off putting through another’s 

[ggukramen]

Euphoria

pairing : Spiderman! Jeongguk x reader

genre : fluff, smut, probably angst at one point? idk I haven't planned that far

word count : 1,400 words

synopsis : walking late at night and someone comes to save you when you really didn’t need saving.

Lmao I have no idea where this is going.

Taking an abnormally long walk late a night through the busy streets of a crowded city seemed like counterintuitive to relaxing after a long day of student stress. Nothing seemed more comforting than being engulfed in the liveliness of the hustling concrete jungle around you yet being so completely left-alone and unnoticed. It was the polar opposite of what you felt during class, everyone not caring about anyone else yet so completely aware of each other. But at that hour and that moment, nothing mattered, as long as your feet carried you somewhere unbeknownst to you and you roamed the streets with no others attention pinned onto you, all your worries left your mind like dust floating away in the wind.

As the soft summer breeze brushed your face, you found yourself staring back at the deep blue water twinkling up at you, reflecting the newly woken stars into your eyes. You watched intently as you were greeted with your distant face, barley visible in the gentle ripples dancing across the water, deep in thought : lips bitten, eyebrows furrowed. To think that these waters were watching you, you - a tiny speck in its ancient memory, witnessing things for years back : wonderful things, events, moments- yet at that at that time, it was witnessing you in thought.

You lean closer, your hands pressing harder against the bar as your body rested on the cold metal which kept you from tumbling into your reflection which laid below you. Ripples distorted the image in the liquid, not so gentle anymore, distributing themselves so rapidly as if they were running from something. You tilted your head and squinted your eyes as you inched closer forward, the cold bar now pressing against your stomach in its last attempt to keep you falling as you strained to look under the metal structure that you were currently situated on.

You were very aware of how dangerous this situation may have looked to someone who were to see you but nobody in the whole of Seoul was watching : in the middle of one of the most populous cities in the world, no one cared to give their attention to even spare glance at you. The only one watching you was the river below you, coincidently the same river who was watching the exact thing you were dying to see. Then you saw it, appearing so fast that you thought it was a fragment of your imagination but slow enough to be caught, a black slither of something swiped across the extensions of the metal poles keeping the very thing you were standing on from crumbling down into the deep waters below you. Without thinking your eyes followed, then your head then your torso, pushing you even further against the bar at your waist, all in attempts to capture the alluring mystery slithering below you.

But before your eyes could even adjust to the darkness something hit your back and a surge of fear struck through your body, and just as quick as it hit you, the force pulled you back, the wind blowing past you due to the rate you were taken. A scream made its way up your throat but it never made it out as the breath was kicked out of you as your back collided with something hard and as arms wrapped around your waist in close proximity.

“Please, don’t jump”

And at that moment, you knew someone was watching.

With shaky hands, you let your fingers reach up to touch the arms clad in a red and blue disguise, your head tilted upwards were your eyes met the masked face your saviour.

“Please” he said, his voice sounding out of breath, “don’t jump”

Never in your mind had you even thought that this worshipped hero would ever interact with you let alone ‘save you’, let alone sounded like he cared for you.

But in that moment, that didn’t matter. Your heart jumped in you ribcage and it wasn’t due to the shock you received seconds before.

“I wasn’t going to” you let out briefly, mind trying to process how close you two were.

“Are you sure? It looked like you were” he said quietly, close to your ear, arms encasing you becoming loose to your dismay.

To stop your cheeks from heating up even more, you stepped away, breaking the barrier that he had around you as he brought his hands back to his sides. You turned, and made eye contact? with the boy in front of you. He was taller than you expected, you had only ever seen him once, swinging from building to building on your way home from school but other than that you had only the photos that appeared on your feed ranging from low quality snapchat videos to photographs from multiple news articles.

To think that this boy who watched over the city every day in his way to protect it and it’s millions of citizens, was watching you.

“I really wasn’t” you let out slowly, glancing back at the pool over the railing, “something just catched my attention”

Your eyes broke away from the enticing waters to look back at the friendly neighbourhood spiderman.

He brought his hand to rub the back of his neck, his head tilting to the side, “okay, but please be carful next time” he said sweetly, looking -you assumed, back at you, “I wouldn’t dare to think what would happen if you did”

Your eyes furrowed at his comment and your tried not to spurt out a “what?” but just allowed yourself to dwell in the confusion he let upon you with his words.

You tried not to think too much about it, he’s a freaking super hero for God’s sake, he’s meant to say things like that. You scolded yourself for letting your imagination get the best of you and cringed in the embarrassment you put upon yourself.

As if he’d have a thing for you, are you fucking stupid?

He let his hand come down to rub his arm and he let out a deep breath, “It’s a bit late, do you often go out at this time?”

You pondered before you answered, “sometimes, just some times”

He nodded his head,” Well, you should be careful, walking alone at night isn’t a good idea, you could get hurt, kidnapped, mugged” he ranted in a way of scolding and warning you but at the same time keeping the same polite and caring tone. You supposed he gave this lecture to many before you, having saved others from situations much worse than yours.

You nodded your head, he was right, “I understand”

He sighed, sensing the change in your emotion “Don’t you have school tomorrow or something?” he questioned.

“I do” you said tiredly, dreading the struggle in the morning, “I should head home”

Somehow your heart dropped, you new after this that there was 0 to little chance that you would ever talk to this boy again, yet here you are trying to leave.

He nodded in agreement, “Just keep an eye out walking home okay? Just- be careful”

You smiled at the sweetness of his messages, a small laugh leaving your throat, “I will, but you’ll be there watching me right?”

You could tell that your words affected him, by the way he shifted his head and the way his posture straightened. You felt proud at this little achievement of yours but deep in you mind you had to remind yourself, “he’s a superhero, he does this all the time, stop over thinking”

And with that you began letting your feet carry you away as you waved towards your temporary guardian angel, “Thank you spiderman”

The hero brought his hand up to waved back at you as he lifted the other up, hand aimed in position, “No problem,” and a long web shot from his wrist, darting away in the distance attaching to one of the tall structures in the concrete jungle you stood in.

“See you around” he saluted as he ran to the edge of the bridge and jumped up and off the railings, swinging away into the buildings which made up the city around you, leaving you smiling at the red and blue blur who was deeply loved by the people of Seoul and starting from that night, you.

[dreamsafterhours]

college boyfriend!markhyuk au series: III (mark’s pathway)

a universe in which roommates!markhyuk meet each other's s/o in class

markhyuk are roommates, my/n and dy/n are roommates, mark and dy/n take classes together and so do donghyuk and my/n — how will their fates intertwine?

genre: fluff pairings: mark+my/n (fem), donghyuk+dy/n (fem), platonic!mark+dy/n, platonic!donghyuk+my/n format: dotpoint AU universe: non idol, college bf warning: some swearing

masterlist

or click here to meet your soulmate, paediatrics!donghyuk!

II ⇤ | III | ⇥ IV

III: 별빛이 내린다 샤라랄라랄라라 (2+2=4)

the meeting of two souls: mark & my/n

hi hello good day how are you? i hope you're well today/tonight this is like 3 weeks late isn't it :D pls don't come after me i lost some motivation to write for a while but here i am now so let's get to it!!

aight so you met donghyuk's roommate for the first time yesterday and,,

you honestly had NO IDEA someone could be that cute

highkey regretting not asking for his name but you were so caught up in lingering on the fact that he implied you were pretty , like wHO DOES THAT ASDFKJL

you highkey shouted the verbal equivalent of a keyboard smash with ur roommate and she was all !! oh so this guy cute cute

you were contemplating whether or not to sneakily ask donghyuk for his name but you were worried bc hyuk has,, crazy sense when it comes to reading people and seeing through their words

and honestly you didn’t want to have to deal with hyuk potentially teasing the shit out of u for having a maybe crush on his roommate whom u’d just met

so you just beat your pillow sleep on it after your roommate reminds you it’s getting late and no life decisions should be made after 12am!! live by it

you wake up craving jjajangmyeon but alas if you were to get any satisfaction of that kind of hunger, it was going to have to wait because

~~ we love ~~ packed schedules ~~ in this house ~~

i hopes the sarcasm was noted in that previous sentence bc now u wish for life to cease

4 weeks into the semester and you were drowning in the midst of reports and lab pracs and content and revision

you were ready to ascend to the next life with only regret and an ability to vaguely explain the properties of a prokaryotic cell and endosymbiosis

but honestly donghyuk’s been a big help throughout the past month

your only friend in classes

official study buddy

2am revision session consultant

personal older brother bc he claimed you as his adoptive sister

another reason your roommate told you to go to bed was bc you literally have

a tutorial class + 2 consecutive 1.5 hour lectures + a 3 hour lab class to finish your day off

with no break for lunch in between :’((

looks like you’ll be starving through your library study session with dy/n

but oop

you find that dy/n had stayed up long after you’d fallen asleep writing her essay 

leaving your dorm feeling a twinge of guilt that u might have distracted her from focusing on her work to listen to your rambles and kept her up later than she should have been

but a text from her in the afternoon reassures u that honestly she wasn’t even planning to write that essay and The Feels™ had just hit her last night and that she made it to class

you: oh PHEW that’s good

you: sorry i didn’t wake you up on my way out, u looked so peaceful i couldn’t bear to disturb

dy/n 🦁: dw dw it’s all g i made it n e way

dy/n 🦁: also is it cool if my friend and his friend comes to the study sesh as well we have to go through some lecture content

you: ah yes don’t see why not :)) i’ll probs have my earphones in the entire time anyways lmao won’t affect me

but will it

“who u texting in the middle of diffusion” cue hyuk peering over at the phone you’re hiding in your lap

you click your tongue at him and lock your phone, “someone twice the man you’ll ever be”

he gasps in mock horror like he’d just witnessed a murder as quietly as he can ,,

“you’re texting a guy? in the middle of diffusion?”

“no. my roommate lmao”

“and what? is it me or your roomma—”

“—my roommate” you glance back up at the prof without looking at him

“ouch”

“you dare?”

“if i don’t dare, who will”

and due to this exchange, you miss the osmosis slide

“ah shit what was osmosis again”

“lmfao what makes u think i know that”

(pause)

“isn't it just.. net movement of free water molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration”

sorry my bio neural pathways are being excited again after being revisited for the first time in two years

/stares at him/ “why was that infuriating to hear from u”

after class you prepare to head to your dreaded 3-hour lab class you have with donghyuk but he stands up and stares into the void blankly

“where am i going”

“where do u think”

“oh, hell, most likely”

you scoff at the accuracy and drag him out of the lecture hall

you look at donghyuk and he’s visibly resisting the urge to poke your cheek when he first puts on his gloves

“what’s with you today”

he stares at his hands forlornly, “idk ask that to my timetable”

“week 4 got u dead huh”

he glances at you with a frown, “don’t act like u’re not dying too”

“damn. touché”

to your dismay, the lab class runs later than scheduled and you get out of it 20 minutes after it was meant to finish but luckily it’s your last class

with a quick goodbye to donghyuk and a text letting dy/n know you were going to be a lil late, u stop by ur dorm to pick up ur textbook before rushing to the library

you were highkey exhausted and just. famished by that point

but a promise is a promise and you weren’t going to back out of one now

especially when you felt like you owed your roommate one and it was you who originally suggested a library session

so you get to the library, bag strap slung over your shoulder, checking the photo of the seats dy/n had saved for you in the library

highkey getting lost once or twice but you manage

you get to the general area and spot dy/n sitting at a four-seater (wow how’d they get that) but you

freeze when you see who’s sitting next to her

it’s ??

????????

????????????????

/error 404/

????????????????

????????

ur heart goes into panic mode bc

it’s not even kidding it’s donghyuk’s roommate

and despite ur brain short-circuiting

you manage to remember that dy/n had said that mentioned her friend’s.. roommate.. also coming along..

and if her friend was donghyuk’s.. roommate..

you: :                             )

you: oh my god they were roommates

and speak of the devil

“oh hey fancy seeing u here”

you turn around and it’s donghyuk legit chills right there

you barely reply a “hi”

“i thought u were going to ur dorm for dinner”

“ah yeah—no i’m.. gonna go over some.. diffusion”

“oii! over here dude” his roommate whisper-yells out at donghyuk

dy/n waves at you “heYY my/n”

donghyuk waves and turns back to you “welp i’m gonna join a study group.. you could join if you came alone? i’m sure they won’t mind”

“about that”

“u waiting for someone?”

“i’m going over there too”

“what?”

he glances over at the table and then back to you

“that’s my roommate. right there next to your roommate”

you point her out and then donghyuk’s jaw drops

“what the fUC—” and you both. burst iinto laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation

like ?? how???

“wOW r u KIDDING”

“HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN”

“talk about a coincidence.. oh my god my cheekbones hurt” he says as he clutches his side

so you get to the table and dy/n tries to introduce u to donghyuk’s roommate

“mark, this is my/n, my/n this is mark”

ah yes so mark is his name, you think

cute name for a cute boi

“nice to meet you again, mark”

dy/n: “?? again?”

mark gives u a rlly wide smile “yeah we’ve met. hi my/n”

you swear you’ve never had your heart flutter like this

fdksoafjadgioarigilf

then mark introduces dy/n to donghyuk and they start talking about how they’re your legal guardian and telling the other to “get in line”

leaving you in middle like “ok mum and dad” but also thinking back to when donghyuk was highkey flirting with you,, and now how he’s flirting with dy/n ,, oh dude he’s flirting

and highkey ,,, you don’t have any hard feelings about it ,, you know she’s also got this kind of humour code and she’s far more comfortable with meeting new people

until dy/n jokes about custody rules and donghyuk replies with “who says we’re split”

ok mum and dad

n e ways you came to study and study you will

so you settle down and go through your notes for the day

albeit being a lil distracted by mark who sits right across from you somehow, somewhy,,

somewhy should be a word you can’t tell me how to english

you keep wanting to steal glances at him but you have to physically restrain yourself from doing so

and also donghyuk who keeps poking u under the table and texting u even though he’s right next to you

💩hyuk: bro

💩hyuk: bro

💩hyuk: bro

💩hyuk: bro

💩hyuk: bro

you: wHAT

💩hyuk: nvm lol

you: im boutta slap u. give me my pen back i saw that

💩hyuk: damn

💩hyuk: also r u hungry

you: terribly

you: why

💩hyuk: does ur roommate have any allergies

you: not that i know of

you: again

you: why

you: u buyin?

💩hyuk: 🤡<- you

💩hyuk: 🤡, how do you feel about dinner

you: invalid question. no variable answer

💩hyuk: alright, 🤡. im not buying for u

you glower at him but he isn’t looking at u,, he leans back and laments about how he’s craving chinese food

did he read your damn mind how did he know

and apparently he’s read dy/n’s mind too at how she jumps up at the mention of chinese and agrees profusely

so you find yourself abandoning your studies for the rest of the night and in a restaurant lmfao

“chill,, guys,,, jjajang is fine”

rock paper scissors for the cheque ends in mark’s tears

“no it’s ok. i’m ok it’s our first meeting as a fateful group and it makes sense! for me to pay”

after you satisfy your cravings the boys walk dy/n and you back to your dorm

mark tells dy/n to give him her bag for him to carry and while she practically gives it up to him, he has to insist that he’ll carry yours too

to which you’re like omg no it’s fine i can carry it it’s not that heavy i swear—

until donghyuk takes ur bag off ur shoulder and passes it to mark

because of the narrow path, you’re forced to walk in pairs and you end up walking next to donghyuk who makes happy sounds about how good that food was and how priceless mark’s face was when he lost rock paper scissors

then dy/n takes the initiative to make a group chat for you four,, asking for donghyuk’s number to add

you give her a look like damn gurl but you have no idea if she saw or if she just ignored you on purpose lmfao

also donghyuk looked way too happy afterwards

either way you slapped her when you got back to the dorm like “SINCE WHEN WERE YOU SO ?? BRAVE?”

dy/n: um

dy/n: honey

dy/n: have you met me

and thus the chaos of a group chat was born and just like a real child, you spent hours on it

dy/n 🦁: ok we inside

you: thanks for dinner again mark!

💩hyuk: he says you’re welcome

💩hyuk: i say we “accidentally” lose our purses next time we go out

you: nah you’re paying next

💩hyuk: y

💩hyuk: y, 🤡

dy/n 🦁: yes y, 🤡

dy/n 🦁: HAHAH WHY IS SHE 🤡

💩hyuk: i thought you of all people would know

dy/n 🦁: why is she just as dumb in class as she is in the dorm?

💩hyuk: i knew it

dy/n 🦁: she poured too much hot water into her tea the other day it overflowed and spilt onto her foot

mark: oh no were u okay

💩hyuk: looks like you’re gonna have to study osomsis

💩hyuk: osmoiss

💩hyuk: fuck

you: yes i’m okay it wasn’t that hot i had socks on too

💩hyuk: osmosis

dy/n 🦁: avoided tragedy luckily

💩hyuk: finally

you: there is a reason you’re saved as 💩hyuk on my phone

dy/n 🦁: HAAHAHAHAHHAHAH

seriously you just don’t know just how much this group was going to mean to you yet

click here to meet your soulmate, paediatrics!donghyuk!

II ⇤ | III | ⇥ IV

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[abri-chan]

I saw you talking about X Reader fics and trying to write for Giorno, what would you say are your biggest pet peeves when it comes to Giorno x Reader fics or just general Giorno based fics? I'm trying to write for Giorno for a fic. that pairs him with a female OC and I check other fics for inspiration apart from the manga and purple haze feedback, and it seems like there are specifically three different versions of Giorno that show up in fics

I’ll be honest the xReader fics I read are smut (yeah I know I don’t write smut myself but hey I need my porn). The fic I’m writing for Giorno is actually a somber one kinda and is about him and Dio, so no reader or OC in that one.

Also, I kinda approach readers as OCs a lot, so we’re similar there. (I do have actual OCs tho!) I would like to know more about what you think the three versions are.

I’m rambling here, and not all may be useful. These include xCharacter, xReader, or just Gen.

Submissive Giorno. I’m separating top/bottom and sub/dom here. I feel like Giorno is always ultimately in control. I kinda HC Giorno as being a thot like Dio, in that he will not hesitate to use charm or sex to get what he wants. But even though Giorno could be fine with humiliation I think even that is calculated. There were some nice examples in abbagio fics where physically it seems Abbacchio was in charge: he was getting payback for Giorno’s behavior, but emotionally it was Giorno that drove him into getting rough with him. I joke that the D in Don Giovanna stands for Dom, but I believe Giorno is always in control of how the situation unfolds, bedroom or not.

Innocent, childlike, or melancholic Giorno. This is a big one. I’ll admit I ship Giorno into what could be considered incestuous because I think his dynamics with other Joestars are interesting (he’s partly Dio after all). I used to consume giotaro/giojota/giodio for a while. Great art by some artists, but the fics I’ve read... not the best. I feel giobru falls under this category too. Not that the stories the fics tell are bad per se; it’s the characterization of Giorno that is off. It seems when Giorno is paired with an older character or manlier character he comes off either as overly naive or overly depressed. (I believe Giorno would fuck over any other Joestar except maybe Jolyne) While as far as we’re shown (through behavior, never thoughts) Giorno manipulated his capo (Bruno) and became Boss in 14 days. You can argue that maybe if Giorno falls in love he’d wear his heart on his sleeve and I don’t quite buy it because it would be too much of a drastic change. IMO Giorno kicked melancholy in the face when the nameless gangster gave him hope-- he seems “a look towards the future kind” of guy.

I’m not saying he doesn’t have any feelings or thoughts on the sacrifice of his comrades, and I do believe Giorno grew a lot in what a leader should be (specifically the opposite of Diavolo): value loyalty (Narancia, Abbacchio), be open to what your subordinates think (Mista in Ghiaccio’s fight), pay people by their worth (the entire La Squadra fiasco could have been avoided). But I think Giorno sees them as a testament or sacrifice to a bigger vision: his bigger vision. So he looks at the bad aspects with respect and awe instead of depression or melancholy. Which brings me to the fourth point.

Give power when power is due. After Giorno becomes Don describe a Don lifestyle. Don’t have Trish just walk into his room anytime or Giorno lazying around. Don’t have him friendly with Mista or Fugo, because they’re not on the same level-- there’s a huge power imbalance and idc how much Giorno values them, he needs to maintain order and hierarchy. Yes he may be 15 in some fics but he never even acted 15 in the actual story. I feel being Don forced him to mature faster-- think of how helicopter parents force their children to perform adult feats in academics (taking college classes) or arts (child prodigies in music). You’d have to deal with the ramification of a character never having a childhood and not being allowed to have one. 

Especially if you want to explore romantic relationships, you’d have to deal with how a huge power imbalance comes into play. I honestly wouldn’t even be surprised if Giorno didn’t intend to fall in love but instead planned for it. He’d task a trusted subordinate one day to find him a suitable wife (using wife since your OC is female). How would love unfold for someone that has it planned on how it should be and things don’t go according to plan?

(fourth point) There’s something wrong with Giorno. And I don’t know what it is, but I feel a good characterization would be able to capture it (if not in words in events or overall feeling it conveys). A lot of fics are not even wrong, in the sense that: yes Giorno would be overly romantic and prince charming. He’d also be unforgiving and cruel. But he’s somewhat never quite here or there. Maybe there’s something to be explore with Golden Experience Requiem: you chase a personality trait Giorno may have and realize you have return to the starting point without quite pinpointing it (just like Diavolo can never quite die).

I haven’t read PHF, only skimmed a bit, but there were some points where it gave off this vibe. For example, if I remember correctly Sheila was Giorno’s bodyguard. But then he just sends her away to find Fugo and the question is why? I mean the Don does need a bodyguard and especially trusted people-- you’d have to find another person to replace Sheila if something went wrong. You can read it as Fugo was important because Purple Haze is a dangerous stand, so Giorno must send his best wo(men). But the disturbing way I read it was that Sheila resembled Narancia’s devotion to Bruno in her devotion to Giorno. I think Fugo comments on how he thought Sheila was just as naive as Narancia at first. Did Giorno actually do this on purpose, because he knew what Sheila would remind Fugo of? That’s twisted, and I don’t know if PHF touches on that, or if it was just a coincidence: the author went for a character that resembles Narancia but not with the extension of how it would make Giorno look (this was emergent). There were also fans that screamed ‘fugio canon’ but idk did Giorno say those words (there’s this nice scene towards the end) to manipulate Fugo?

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By the way isabelbuccellati has done very nice characterizations of Don Giovanna. Unfortunately she only has one public fic up on AO3 (it is nsfw so check at your own risk). I think the way she writes him has some depth you don’t usually see in his characterizations (these writings aren’t public tho).

But you can hop over to her tumblr and ask about Giorno, she’s a very nice person. She’s also one of the few people I’d trust to write smut of my fics.

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Another advice would be to not be afraid to write a strong OC, because that way you can explore the characters around them through reactivity. You may end up putting Giorno in a situation that throws light into some hidden aspect of his personality.

I don’t mean strong in the sense of “great powers” or “great personality” or “role model”. I mean strong in the sense that she has presence in the story: for good or bad, with all the virtues and flaws, someone could definitely say “This is a person. This is a believable person.”