#but the fandom is a bunch of people slapping each other with fish''

[strawberry-crocodile]

Sometimes people get their start in fandom with something like, idk, the MCU or light action shows like Supernatural or children's fantasy like Warriors (this last example said with love), where the writing is an inconsistent mess, characterization can change on a dime, there's no themes stronger than like "family" or "stop the bad guy from changing our way of life". And their fandom experience is taking the hints of interesting ideas presented and dropped and spinning them into something interesting, or just fluffy and fun, and then discarding the rest.

And then these people come to a piece of art that like. Actually has themes and good writing and a coherent vision, but they're still trained on The Giant Trash Heap That Must Be Sorted Through, so they start their routine of excising fun yaoi moments and throwing the rest in the trash, except now the rest is like. A professionally made passion project by a group of skilled writers with a hundred years writing experience between them, and this fan is writing the same coffee shop AUs as ever. And it makes something that feels same-y and fandom out of something unique and well-made and, well, interesting.

And like. That's their prerogative, more power to them, but it makes me wanna pull my hair out to talk to these people about a piece of media I actually care about beyond that Trash Heap level.

And if you're someone whose only fandom experience has been Trash Sorting and you're running into people arguing with you abt their favorite piece of media, give them a second thought I guess?

[utilitycaster]

A few recent books I've read and disliked led me to this conclusion but it feels like there's been this switch over time with queer stories. It used to be that queer relationships (or queerness in general) had to be Show Don't Tell because, well, you could not make them textual! So you get, for example, shows like Legend of Korra, or Xena: Warrior Princess, where you have women who are clearly devoted to each other to a degree that goes beyond mere friendship, and a ton of effort and care is put into that depiction because they can't actually be shown in an explicitly stated relationship. And as a result, these relationships, while they never receive confirmation in the show, are rich and complex.

Now not only is it much easier to make explicitly queer stories outside of niche areas; it's even popular (and, cynically, a marketing tactic). The problem is I've run into a bunch of stories that are marketed very clearly as A Queer Story that forget to like...be a story, or show me why these characters should be in a relationship. It's All Tell No Show: I'm told that the characters are gay and are in a relationship, but no work is done to actually explain why I should care about this beyond "well they are gay and in a gay relationship."

I'm not going to rehash what I discussed here, but Baru Cormorant is an example of those books where I'm given no real reason to care. The protagonist is a lesbian but the prose reads like a phone book. On the other hand, while Starless has a queer disabled woman as a one of the two protagonists, it also provides her with traits other than "queer, disabled, woman, important" and grants her a rich interiority (even though the story is told entirely from the first person point of view of the other protagonist.)

And the thing about the good examples in that link (Starless, Teixcalaan): they show and tell. It's both explicit that these are queer stories with a canon romantic relationship, but the little moments that make up the tapestry of a relationship are given the time that moments in a subtextual - or frankly, even a queerbaiting work are. That's the real tragedy; for queerbaiting to work, you have to actually make the relationship compelling enough for people follow it until you pull the rug out from under them; whereas you can slap a cold fish kiss on a cold fish queer relationship and technically you are Better because it was Explicit Representation even though everything about it was poorly constructed. I would rather have an lazy and shoddy explicit relationship than queerbait just on principle; but honestly I'd rather have a good story that does neither.

One of my more cynical interpretations of this is that writers are either intentionally or inadvertently taking advantage of the legacy of the Show Don't Tell era of queer coding to place the burden of those small moments on the audience. They know that people looking for queer relationships in fiction are used to having to dig for moments and subtext; but instead of providing that subtext, they set up the clunky text and assume the subtext to support it will emerge from the fandom. Or perhaps, more generously, especially for younger queer writers, they are just so used to having to provide that work themselves that they forget they are doing the writing and are able to (and should) layer subtext and text together and weave something actually good.

Either way, it's this that's led to the "Lesbian necromancers in space, need I say more"* era of recommendations, taglines, and writing, in which explicit representation is, if not plentiful, at least available; but a worrying amount of it forgets to actually write realized characters or a relationship with chemistry or a plot that makes sense.

I should also note: there's obviously a TON of straight romances and books that range from mediocre to abominable. I am under no circumstances arguing that "gayboring" media shouldn't exist. But while I don't think queer stories should be held to a higher standard, I don't think I should be obligated to settle for a lower standard either simply because it's gay. I know it's fraught, in that we're at risk of publishers and producers taking away the message "people hate this because it's gay" rather than "people hate this because it's poorly developed," but like...at the very least, could we recommend things in terms of "this is a great book that has a wonderful queer romance" and "this show is gay but it is also deeply mediocre, and if it weren't gay I wouldn't recommend it at all; do what you will with this information."

*I should note: I happen to like The Locked Tomb (of Lesbian Necromancers in Space fame) a lot! I know it's not for everyone; I know it can feel very gimmicky at times. But no matter how you feel, that tagline is DIRE and does a miserable job of representing the books. Like, that premise could suck, actually (and plenty of people find it does) if you're not sold on the mere fact that it's got lesbians, necromancy, or space in it. Worth noting that neither Starless nor the Teixcalaan books were heavily marketed as Queer Romance Fantasy/SF even though both very much are, which does further make me think this is a case of people writing good books that are queer, vs. people writing books with the intention to be on some New Queer SF list or, god forbid, Booktok.

[johnmalevolent]

heyyyyy, gintama for the fandom asks?

iris did you know that i love you

The first character I first fell in love with: Gintoki. i've loved him even before i watched gintama (that blorbo in law situation) it was of course partly sharing a friend's enthusiasm but also his design. now that i know his whole character it just makes me fall even more... and these are why:

his dead fish eye. his lack of energy. his sweet tooth. the one arm sticking out of his yukata bcs he thinks it's cool (he insists its just so he could grab his wooden sword faster). the way he rarely refuses to help people even if he acts annoyed about it.

he's kind of like reigen in many ways (28 year old freelancer - albeit questionable job - and bad older brother figures for some middle schoolers)

he's a gag character but sometimes he also acts as a straight man. i think he believes himself to be the sanest person when compared to his childhood friends (which. honestly doesn't say much). also im weak for characters voiced by mr Sugita

oh yeah have i mentioned his design. of course his main outfit is really cool but i love the ones we sometimes see him in. like his winter clothes, the ryokan uniform, shiroyasha, white blood king, that one time he switched job to a truck driver, his host suit, enmi... so many. he also crossdressed several times and slayed the look. despite wanting to have him in my bed someday im actually not that crazy over shirtless gintoki (except for his pink strawberry boxer shorts). the rule is the more layers of fabric he puts on, the more in love i am

and of course his *checks notes* wonderful personality

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: tbh Takasugi.. he's Gintoki's childhood friend but after what happened 10 years ago their relationship seems mostly hateful on the outside, but they actually treasure the other very much as a friend. when he first appeared he was introduced as an antagonist, probably the main one for the whole series, and it was kinda meh because at that point i was watching gintama for the comedy. but after watching the flashback of their time together it hurts just thinking about them. I've rewatched this one scene of them from the Gintama final movie and i cried every single time. if you're okay w major spoilers the clip should be in my "#jiwa perak" tag under a read more

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: see this is hard cos im not really deep in the fandom buuuut if i have to choose its shinpachi... its not that i dont like him, I just care for him the least...... he's good when paired with other characters (with gintoki & kagura or with his sister) but when he's by himself he's not that interesting. and i get it he's supposed to not be interesting. it's a whole joke that shinpachi is the most boring character. idk sorry shinpachi i hope they give you some new trait in the ginpachi spin-off

The character I love that everyone else hates: sorry idk who is the hated character in the fandom 😭

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: Kintoki, maybe? he was a robot created per Shinpachi & Kagura's request because their current boss (Gintoki), who was nowhere to be found (probably drinking), is very irresponsible. so Kintoki is the polar opposite of Gintoki, created to be perfect in the ways gintoki couldn't. i used to really love him because of his charisma (took a bunch of screenshots & collected fanart of him) but after his arc ended i kinda forgot about him lmao. im chill about him now

The character I would totally smooch: gintoki. in case that wasn't clear

The character I’d want to be like: i want that katsura non-binary look and then my life would be complete. i dont want his brain tho

The character I’d slap: sakamoto. i love him but he's so annoying <3 i wld kill him irl

A pairing that I love: hijikata/gintoki!! i think they have a nice dynamic. unlike gintoki, hijikata is a very strict person. everytime they meet they always fight, but they understand each other and do well when fighting together. both of them insists they're not friends but when gintoki left town hijikata said "I'm gonna look for him." how do you expect me to not go insane.

ginsachi is also up there, and tbh if gintoki said he'd marry me after our first meeting I'd react like sacchan did. sacchan is a creep but i support girls wrong etc. it's a shame they dont really have many episodes together after that except when it's another harem episode :/

A pairing that I despise: GINTOKI/KYUUBEI. im glad there isnt actually many fancontent of them but my god do i despise it. i hate that kyuubei has sooo much potential as a non-binary character but became a part of gintoki's harem. like. i cannot see in kyuubei the same character that appeared in their debut arc. i know them starting to embrace their feminine side is an important trait but at this point it feels like they're turned into a girl just because. i know it sounds like im just talking about kyuubei im just really pissed lmao. it also doesnt make any sense to me how they would even have feelings for gintoki :(

[blackmissfrizzle]

Part of Your World

Characters: Dean Winchester x black!reader

Summary: Its basically a Little Mermaid AU (still in the SPN realm) with a dash of African mythology.

Warnings: A couple of puns, because I couldn’t help myself lol

A/N: My love of Disney caused me to write another fic based on one of my fave princesses. Also it was inspired by this post I saw and then I had to do my own research, because I was so interested. I need more African mythology in fantasy! Anyways, as usual this is for the black girls that done feel seen in the show or the fandom! I hope you enjoy!

Humans were bad. They were selfish, careless, and evil. Or that’s what you were supposed to believe, according to your mother. But to you they were interesting and not as bad as your mother made them out to be. Just like merpeople some were as your mother described, but most were good or at least trying to be better. That’s why you had to save them.

One day when you were swimming up to the surface and saw a bunch of protectors of the land. Those things they called cars were flashing red and blue lights. There was a dead body on the shore and the person’s wounds were unnatural for another human to cause. So, naturally you investigated.

Since the time you were a teen, you would sneak on land to watch the humans up close and personal. Your Aunt Iliana was the sea witch. She gifted you with a necklace that allowed you walk on land. According to her, your destiny was on land, which is why your mother banned you from swimming too close to land and keeping you away from your aunt.

This time you were making your trek to land every night. Scuttle, your skin-walker friend allowed you to work at his bar and you hoped to catch some gossip on the murders. Tonight, was busier than usual. You were running from one end of the bar to the other and not catching a word about the killings. That was until you heard an alluring voice. It was deep, slightly gravelly, but smooth and could easily lull you to sleep.

“Dude, I’m putting money it’s a witch. That’s the only reasonable explanation.” Dean argued with his brother. They had been in town for 2 days and no leads whatsoever. All they had was a bunch of guys who suddenly had a turn of bad luck, lost all their money and died of on land drowning.

Not only were you attracted to this man’s voice, but he was looking into the murders too! You had to make yourself known. Turning around just in time you saw him finish his drink. He was the most perfect man you’ve seen. His green eyes rivaled the coral reefs vibrant color. His lips were unexpectedly plump for a man of his shade. His jaw was set hard, but you could tell he had a soft nature.

“Stop staring and talk to the man!” Scuttle encouraged you while tending to other patrons.

“Stop being a guppy, Y/N!” You told yourself before making your way to the man. Pointing at his empty glass, you asked the stranger if he wanted another drink.

Dean had to do a double take. The beautiful bartender was talking to him. He noticed her all night. When she was walking up and down the bar, she was singing to herself and he thought she had a beautiful voice. Some of the time Dean would tune Sam out just to listen to her.

“Yes, please. Can you make it a double?”

Shaking your head yes, you brought out the good liquor. Scuttle would most likely kill you, but you needed information and the best way to get it was making this beautiful stranger’s lips loose. “On the house,” you mentioned when you saw he was about to object for the pricey whiskey.

“Thank you.” He gave you a loop-sided smile and you walked away, not wanting to push too quickly. “Wait,” he called out, pulling something out of his pocket. It was a picture of him in some fancy suit saying FBI Agent Dean Plant. “I’m Agent Plant and this is Agent Page,” he pointed to the taller man next to him, “have you seen any of these gentlemen here?”

Dean stared at the red-haired beauty as she stared at the photos of the male victims. It wasn’t like him to be so mesmerized by a woman that he didn’t even notice her pointing out the latest victim.

“Yeah, he was here. I remembered because he seemed so sad, so I decided to check on him.”

Agent Plant perked up and leaned forward on the bar, “Do you know what had him so upset?”

You wanted to look at Dean, but his green eyes made your stomach flutter like a school of fish, so you paid attention to his partner. “Um, something about how he made a bad deal and lost all his money and his girlfriend.”

The two brothers turned towards each other and silently communicated that they both thought it was a demon deal. Quickly, they both stood up and paid for the drinks. “Thank you! We’ll be back tomorrow.” Dean smiled at you before following his brother out the bar.

For a while you stood there in a trance. He was coming back tomorrow! You would have to tell Scuttle to take you shopping for some more clothes.

“Don’t do it.”

“Huh?” Scuttle’s voice startled you to the present.

“He’s a hunter and human. Both things your mother hates the most. Secretly help them and go on about your life.” Scuttle warned, then attended to another bar patron.

--

Too bad you didn’t listen to Scuttle, because now you were in trouble.

The following night, Dean and Sam came back they seemed discouraged. Turned out their lead was a bust. No demon deals occurred in this town according to Crowley.

Throughout the night, you would eavesdrop on their conversation about the case and it was becoming clearer to you what exactly were killing these men. Because of a festival that happened earlier that day, the bar was slammed, and you didn’t get to tip off Dean and Sam about what they were hunting before they left.

Time to time your best friends, Sebastian and Floyd would escort you on land to ensure your safety. No one wanted to feel the wrath of your mother if something bad were ever to happen to you.

“Fellas, I need one of you to cover for me.” You leaned across the bar already batting your eyes. It was always a struggle to get these two to do something without a little coercion.

“Why?” Sebastian ran his hands through his dreads, he was already suspecting you were up to no good.

“So, I can tell the hunters what’s killing the humans.” You rushed out, then tried to leave but Sebastian stopped you.

“Uh huh. No way, missy. We all agreed that you would do it without outing yourself.” Sebastian was the harder of the two to convince. Being your mother’s court advisor made him be more overprotective of you.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, Y/N. Humans are already scary, but hunters are terrifying.” Floyd shivered at the idea of talking to one. He could already imagine his tail as a trophy on some hunter’s wall.

You ruffled your friend’s kinky blue curls. “Don’t be guppy, Floyd.” Finished messing up his hair, you ran out the bar. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission. It was always that way with those two. You wanted to do something, they would say it was a bad idea, and then you would do it anyway. Those two should’ve learned by now.

You didn’t have to go far since Scuttle’s bar was on the beach and Dean and Sam were already there. It looked like they were inspecting something, when you saw hands made of water grab onto the two and drug them into the sea.

It was her; you knew it. Shedding your clothes, you dived into the water. You couldn’t bask in the water like you usually would after a day on land. Cutting through the current you found the men drowning and the mysterious water hands gone. She didn’t need to kill them instantly. The depths she brought them to would do the job for her. She just didn’t count on you to come in and save the day.

You were a lot stronger in water than on land, so it was easy to drag both men up to the surface. Hopefully, she didn’t have eyes on you. She had eyes everywhere in the water.

You took them to your hidden grotto you used to come onto land or just to think alone. Using your powers to manipulate water, you expelled the water from their lungs.

Dean was the first one coming into consciousness. It was the same voice from last night. The bartender, he thought. He sat up to thank her, but she wasn’t there. The only thing he thought he saw was a fin.

“Sammy!?” Dean rolled over to his brother. He slapped him to jolt him awake.

Sam sat up, out of sorts for a moment. “Dude, what the hell was that?” He dragged a hand over his face.

Dean shook his head. “Man, I don’t know.”

The brothers sat there confused not knowing what the hell they were gonna do.

--

You watched the brothers leave the grotto from behind a rock formation. Once they were gone, you emerged from your hiding spot.

“Helping hunters?” She clicked her tongue. “I’m disappointed in you. I thought a daughter of Cora’s would know better.” Mami Wata stood above you in all white, draped in the most expensive jewels, stoking the head of her snake. This was the first time she appeared to you and you were in awe despite the circumstances.

“You’re killing innocent men. What else am I supposed to do?” Normally, you would speak to her with respect, but this situation did not call for it. People were dying.

“They’re not innocent. I promised them riches in exchange for fidelity. They broke the agreement.”

She was right. Those men did make the deals of their own free will, but what she was doing didn’t sit right with you. “But you didn’t have to kill them. Other Mami Watas leave them broke.”

“Who are you to question me?!” Her voice echoed, causing some of the rocks to shake. “Sorry,” Mami Wata regained her composure when she saw you tremble in fear. “I like you, Princess Y/N. You’re strong-spirited, but I can’t have you in my way, but I also promised your mother I would protect her offspring.”

“Then what now?” You crossed your arms with an attitude. Mami Wata released the python that was wrapped around her into the water.

The green creature slithered up to your neck and squeezed tightly. “It’ll be hard for you to help the hunters without that beautiful voice of yours.” In a panic, you clutched your neck trying to speak, but it was already too late. Mami Wata already took your voice.

The snake went back to its satisfied owner. “A little piece advice,” Mami Wata looked at you with pity. “The one with the green eyes, don’t fall for him. The pale ones are always the worst.” She chuckled as she made her exit.

Even though, you didn’t have your voice, you had to find a way to warn the hunters.

--

Sam and Dean were going crazy. All they could come up with is that they were possibly dealing with the god, Poseidon and even that sounded far-fetched for them.

They were knee-deep in research when there was a knock on their door. Both brothers grabbed their guns and Sam looked out the peephole. “It’s the bartender from the other night.”

Dean shoved his little brother out the way. “Smooth, dude.” Sam mumbled at a flustered Dean. Opening the door, Dean greeted you. In return you waved back. “Hey, Y/N, right?”

You shook your head vigorously, excited that he remembered your name.

“What can I help you with?” He asked, looking at you expectantly. Oh shit! How were you gonna let him now you were there to help?

An idea popped in your head. You held up a finger and brought out the cellphone Scuttle bought for you. Unlocking the phone, all the words were gibberish to you when they shouldn’t be. You were fluent in all languages. Mami Wata must’ve cursed all your modes of communications. Son of a bitch!

“Woah!” Dean lifted his arms as you pushed pass him when you saw a photo of one of the victims. Grabbing it you motioned to the boys you could help. They were confused to why you weren’t speaking and even more confused on how you knew another victim.

“Dean, I think she’s connected somehow.” You eagerly waved the photo in agreeance. Sam crouched down to assure you he wasn’t a threat. “Did you lose your voice because you know who did this?” Sam clapped his hands in victory when you confirmed his suspicion.

Dean wanted to believe you were there to help, but he could never be too careful. He’s been burned too many times before. “How do we know you’re not the one doing the killings?”

Pinching your nose and pointing to the boys, you reenacted their drowning and you pulling them out. “You’re the one who saved us? How?” Dean scanned you up and down, there was no way you had the strength to pull him AND his brother. Well, no way if you were only human.

Of course, they wouldn’t believe you. To them you were a human woman. You puckered your face like you seen humans do to imitate fish, then you pointed to your closed legs and made swimming motions with your hands.

“No way.” Sam thought out loud.

“What,” Dean asked, still in the dark.

Sam rolled his eyes. “Man, you were always bad at charades.”

“I’m not!” Dean sputtered like a child.

“I think she’s a mermaid.”

“Sam, don’t you think we would’ve heard of them being real?” Dean couldn’t wrap his head around the idea.

Dean’s disbelief caused an argument between the boys. They were too busy with trying to be right that they didn’t notice you taking off your clothes. There was only one way to end this argument. Just in your bra you tapped your seashell necklace and prepared for the fall.

At the sound of something falling, Sam and Dean stopped arguing. “Oh shit!” They simultaneously said, realizing Sam was right.

It was uncomfortable to have your tail and not be near water, so you transformed back to legs in forth of them. When Sam and Dean noticed you were naked down below, they quickly turned their backs to you.

After you were dressed properly, you tapped both on their broad shoulders. Questions were flying at you. Was it another mermaid behind the killings? How many mermaids are there? Are you a good or bad mermaid? How do you have sex?

You pointed to the photos to direct the hunters’ attention (more Dean than Sam) back to the case. “Oh yeah, the case.” Dean sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. “You said you knew who’s behind the murders, right?”

Nodding yes, you began thinking of how to act out Mami Wata. Jumping up and down you got the boys’ attention when you figured it out.

You mimicked the motion parents do when they rock their babies. “Cradle? Rocking?” Dean guessed.

“Baby?!” Sam called out. You smiled at his correct guess, but that wasn’t the word they needed, it was only a connection.

Pointing between you and your imaginary baby, you hoped they would get it.

“Mom?”

“Mother?”

“Mama?”

“Mommy?” Dean threw out. You squeezed his cheeks and gave him a kiss.

Dean gave Sam a superior look. “And you said I was bad at charades.” Sam ignored his brother’s smug smirk and paid attention to you searching for something. Your eyes lit up when you found it. This should be easy.

“Water?” Dean asked and it earned him another kiss from you.  He smiled victoriously at Sam. Now he wanted to play charades with you all the time.

Combining the two words, Sam asked you, “Mommy water?” Close enough. You knew they weren’t familiar with the dialect. You nodded your head yes and Sam began searching it. “Okay, I think I got it.” Sam announced after a few minutes. “Mami Wata?” He looked to you for approval. You jumped over to him and placed a big kiss on Sam’s cheek.

“Shut up,” Dean told Sam before he could say something smart. “What are we dealing with?”

“Okay, lore says Mami Wata is an African water goddess. She can take an appearance of a mermaid or human. Either way she’s extremely beautiful, like Aphrodite beautiful.”

Dean hovered above his brother. “Enough with the backstory. Why is she killing dudes?”

Sam scrolled down further until he found what he wanted. “I think I got it. Mami Wata appears to some men and promise them riches and good fortune as long as they remain faithful to her. Cheat and you’ll lose everything. Sometimes even your life.”

“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. How do we kill her?”

Sam leaned back and sighed at what he read. “Wooden stake dipped in the blood of one of their living victims.”

Dean started browsing the local newspaper. He remembered something sticking out. He shook the paper when he found the article about a man winning the two million dollars lottery. “Boom! I think we got our next victim.” He started grabbing his belongings. “Sammy, Y/N, let’s roll.”

--

It was always a set-up. The men Mami Wata made deals with were notorious cheaters. She knew they would break the deal and cheat. With some teamwork, preparation, and some luck the three of you were able to kill her before she got to her next victim.

“You know it would be nice to have a mermaid on Team Free Will.” Dean desperately wanted to spend more time with you.

You intertwined your fingers with Dean’s. “I wish, but I belong in the ocean. Princess duties.”

Dean nodded his head to himself. “Well, let me leave you with a parting gift.”

Dean’s lips were less than an inch away from yours when you heard your mom’s voice. “Y/N!” She was flanked by a sulking Sebastian and Floyd.

You wasted no time going to her. For her to be on land meant you were deep in trouble. You gave Dean one more glance, taking in his features for the last time.

--

Tears feel from your eyes as Sebastian and Floyd tried to comfort you. Your mother really banned you from the kingdom. Sneaking to land? Forgivable. Almost kissing a human? Forgivable. But killing her goddess? Unforgivable, apparently.

Your friends assured you the queen would change her mind. Despite your different beliefs, you were her favorite because you were so similar. But how long would it take for her to change her mind? Your mother could hold a grudge.

“Y/N?” Dean called into the grotto. Behind him was Sam and Scuttle. “What’s wrong?” He sat by you and pulled you into a hug.

Sebastian splashed some water on him.

“What the fuck, dude?!”

“Don’t you think you’ve helped enough? Both of you?” Sebastian glared at both brothers.

“What did we do?” Sam asked, a little scared of the abnormally buff merman.

Splashing some water with your tail, you admonished your friend. “Don’t mind Seb, he’s always crabby.”

“I get crabby when my princess and friend gets banished because she helped hunters.”

Sticking up a finger, you corrected him. “For your information I got in trouble for killing Mami Wata.”

Sam knelt by you, feeling horrible that him and Dean were the cause of your current predicament “Is it true?”

“That I got banned? Yeah, but it’s not your fault. I knew this could happen. I’m just bummed I have to find a new home.”

Scuttle laid a hand on your shoulder. “Y/N/N, you always have a home with me.”

Sam and Dean traded looks with each other, this was their fault and they needed to fix it. “Or…” Dean drew out. “You can live with us, hunt with us.” Dean saw the debate in your eyes. “That’s only if you want to. No pressure.” He added nervously.

When your eyes lit up, Floyd began shaking his head no. “Y/N, nuh uh! There’s vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and demons!”

“Stop being a guppy, Floyd!” Your Aunt Iliana chuckled as she swam up with her dolphin, Pica. “This is where she’s meant to be.” She gave you a knowing smirk.

Her prophecy! You remembered. Sliding back in the water you gave your aunt and friends hugs and kisses goodbye. You promised them to visit as much as you could.

With a press to your necklace, your tail turned into legs and with some magic from Aunt Iliana you had clothes on this time.

“Ready?” Dean offered his hand.

You put your hand in his. “Yeah.” It sucked to be kicked out of your world, but now you could be a part of Dean’s.

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[louadorable126]

Demons(you).me: Chapter 9 - Schrödinger's Eva

Artwork Commissioned from Aya/Itouyas on twitter! Please check her out! <3

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Summary:

In a city controlled by the generally altered race of Demons, Lady’s life as a mercenary on the lower floor was never easy. Especially when she ran into Dante. A demon on the hunt for his missing brother.

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Fandom: Devil May Cry

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Characters: Vergil, Lady, Dante

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Chapter 9:

At the loud clunk of a bottle rolling out the bottom of a vending machine, Dante mindlessly squatted down and reached a hand under the dark flap.

The glass was ice cold to the touch beneath his fingertips; wet too - dripping with water droplets that uncomfortably ran down his hand. Water condensing under the warmth of his flesh. Just what he needed right now. A good kick to the senses.

God, he felt so numb.

The walk here had done little too soothe him. No, it had just given him more time to think, when he just wanted to do the exact opposite. It had been a constant battle of trying to keep his mind empty, free of any stray thought, while also trying not to get run over by cars. Something that turned out to be pretty damn hard!

Dante pushed himself back up off the ground, using the colourful vending machine as a support. He didn’t even attempt to find a bottle opener. Instead opting to just rip the mettle topper off with his bare hands. Bottle plugged to his mouth in his next breath and letting the freezing liquid pour into his system. He couldn’t bring himself to stop. It kept coming; as he chugged, chugged and chugged, until his body could take no more - practically on the verge of asphyxiation when his lips finally left the bottle.

“Fuck, that was good!” He coughed out, voice raspy. Falling back against the vending machine with a thump. The young man allowed himself a few moments to breath, before glancing back at the bottle. He’d managed to down at least 3/4’s of the bottle in one foul swoop. He had to smile a little at that, a new record for him. Might as well finish you off then, shouldn’t I?

And so he did. This time thankfully not almost suffocating himself.

Done with the bottle, he dumped into into a nearby, green ringed recycling hole beside the machine. Lighting up happily when he did so, as he moved to order another beer from the vending machine’s display.

"Attention all travellers! Due to a on-going police incident, all trains from 11pm onwards have been cancelled, as this floor will be placed under immediate lockdown for the foreseeable future. It is advised travellers either find suitable residence for the night, or board any of the remaining trains currently platformed. Thank you for your patience. Glory be to our Emperor!”

The peppy tannoy announcement quickly faded away, soon replaced by the starting of a tacky hip-hop beat in its place leaking out of the small rooms speakers. Dante sighed and shook his head at the announcement. Walking over to a small steel counter and bar stool by the large glass window, new bottle in hand.

It made sense they’d be closing off the area. Although Dante hadn’t exactly counted on them being so quick about it. The police were far less efficient than his people were at dealing with stuff. Although, murdering a bunch of people right next to some of the wealthiest of humans in the city, probably send a rocket up the arse of much the bureaucracy that normally held them back.

Must’ve been quiet the pandemonium back at the party . All those corporate folks clutching their pearls and fainting... W hat I would have given to seen that! Dante chuckled to himself at the thought. Taking another swing of his beer. Guess those poor guys down there will work for now.

Blue eyes focused down on the hectic platform bellow. The last stragglers of the floor’s night-life battled each-other over the nearby ticket hurdles in a mad crush. Although there was a particularly amusing group of what looked to be a dozen bachelors, bent over backwards forming a makeshift stairwell over the tall barrier for their groom to walk up. It obviously failed of course. The guy lost his balance and ended up going crashing to the ground on top of his friends, but they all seemed to be having a laugh at least.

The platform itself was no better. People sprinted down towards the trains like they were getting onto the last life-boats of the titanic. Cramming tight into the trains like fish in sardine cans. Clearly he wasn’t going to be sitting on the way back it seemed. Great.

For what should have felt like a clean victory tonight, really was starting to feel like the complete opposite. Yeah, their big family secret was now as good as dead and buried now (if Augustus was holding up his end of the bargain), and they could return back home finally. But, what would even be awaiting them there now when this adventure was over? Lady sure wouldn’t. She’d be stuck back down here. Where they could only - what? Visit her whenever they were given a new assignment? Ugh, Dante wasn’t even starting to miss them. How much pleasure had he gotten from being able to do his own thing down here? It was amazing feeling, not having every mission strictly chosen for him by mother dispatch’s hand-

Don’t think about that! A voice snapped in the back of his mind like a metal slap. His body jolted in sharp response, as the alabaster hand around his glass tightened. Just don’t.

Dante took a shaky sip of his icy drink. Squeezing his eyes tightly shut as he attempted to purge his mind of the thought once more.

But the beer did little to help, its chill expertly focusing his mind onto that exact topic, onto her alone.

What was Trish? Please stop . Clearly not Eva in terms personality that’s for sure. They couldn’t be more different. There… there just wasn’t the same flame there that Eva had always had. That’s the best way Dante could think to describe it. Eva always felt warm in a homey way, while Trish felt like the violent tinders setting the whole place alight. Stop It!  

Granted, he couldn’t lie that he didn’t find that quality rather admirable. But the uncanny valley was just far too strong for his own liking. Heh, maybe that’s the same feeling people get when they meet him and Verge for the first time. Two people who look completely alike, but are so wildly different from one another it.  Fuck, maybe Trish is just a long lost twin of Eva’s who’d just happened to be converted into a demon at some point? Fucking absurd idea, he knew. But given how many recent revolutions about his family had come to light in the past few weeks. How much did he truly know about his family, anymore? For all he could know, twins really could just run in the family-

He was just kidding himself wasn’t he? Dante could already imagine Vergil disapproving remarks over how ridiculous such an insane idea was. And he knew damn well phantom Vergil wasn’t wrong. He knew the most likely answer. You’re going to regret this you idiot! Stop thinking now! He always had.

The only other thing Trish could most likely be was…

Eva herself.

Ground up and converted into one of his own kind.

There was no other obvious (and realistic) way why Trish would look so much like her. And in a twisted way, the idea just worked, from the moment it clicked in his mind! What would be a more fitting punishment for her and Sparda, for having half-human offspring like him and Vergil, than making Eva into a demon against her will?

A twisted, cruel smirk pulled at Dante’s lips. This was all his fault wasn’t it? He should’ve been there to protect her. He never should have gone looking for Vergil. He should’ve payed closer attention to him instead of brushing his strange behaviour off, stopped him before he went on his murder tour of the city’s databanks in the first place. He was such a awful brother and son to the both of them, wasn’t he?

"Attention travellers! 5 minutes remain until the last train departs!”

Despairing, Dante went to go take another sip from his bottle. Yet only a drop of the bitter drink landed on his tongue. He lifted the bottle up into the air, and lazily tipped it upside down. Squinting a little, gazing up into its small hole, only to depressingly find nothing there…

Maybe he was taking this self-deprecating train of thought too far though? There was nothing concrete about that conclusion. He was just going off yet another assumption wasn’t he?

For one, Trish didn’t have the trademark bleach white hair they all had. Heh, another blindingly obvious deduction there Detective Dante! He thought, a weak smirk just tugging at his lips. It...wasn’t a great case for Eva not being converted the more he thought about it though. She clearly had the tech of a demon, being able to summon those swords at will and all, and as Vergil had demonstrated tonight, she could’ve just dyed it blond. Perhaps it was a faint memory of Eva slipping through. But no, even that didn’t seem quite right...

He’d run into a few newly converted demons in his time, and while disoriented, they seemed to be able to completely recall their old lives with no trouble. Yet Trish had no memory of either of them - not even the basic motherly sixth sense that Eva always seemed to have, still lurking in there at all. So Eva's memory being wiped (did they even have that tech?) seemed out of the question. And what about the rucks that would’ve been caused upon the discovery that a human woman had been living on the upper floor for like what? 20 years under the demonic authorities noses? That would’ve been all over the news without question! Yet they hadn’t heard a peep of anything like that…

“Attention travellers! 2 minutes remain until the last train departs!"

So Eva could be safe, but she also be long gone. What a wonderful fucking paradox!

Dante rubbed a hand across his tired eyes, his fingertips glazing over the warm sweat covering his brow. He got up from the stool, nursing the empty beer bottle to his chest; somewhat amazed it wasn’t shattering beneath his firm hold. He really needed to get going. No matter how much the anxious twist of his gut, or dizzy, alcohol-fogged mind begged him to do anything but sit his ass back down.

Shakes racked his body, as he stumbled out of the small room and headed towards the escalator back down.

“Attention travellers! The last train will be departing in 1 minute!"

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~ Live it Out ~

Minseok (Xiumin)

When Minseok had announced about your relationship with him last week, he had mentally prepared himself for the worst. Expecting nothing less than a series of possible insults and questions, he starts his V Live with a some what forced smile and a pounding heart.

Though mid sentence, his eyes flicker down to the comments, and sure enough, each one had your name imprinted on it. Minseok lets out the breath he unconsciously held, his face warm with nerves. Honestly, he couldn’t build the guts to actually read the comments, he had no intention of talking about your relationship... but seeing your name repetitively worried him. Did they hate you?

Minseok sucks in a breath, and allows himself to read one comment, “Y/N unnie is so pretty wahhh.” A smile curls at his lips, his thudding heart calms at the sound of your name. “Congratulations Minseok and Y/N.” He squirms in his seat, a blush replacing his previously fear struck features, perhaps, he shouldn’t need to worry about you. It’s evident that you are well loved by the fans.

Junmyeon (Suho)

“And as I was saying, everyone, the members dearly miss performing for you all too. We promise to be back soon, our comeback is just around the corner!” While ending his sentence, Junmyeon glances down to the comments section. However, instead of being hit with a flood of questions asking for spoilers, he was alternately catching your name in each little white box.

His eyebrows draw together in slight confusion, ‘do they care about my girlfriend more than our comeback?’ Awkwardly, he clears his throat and decides to read a random comment out, “Y/N and Suho would make beautiful babies.” Junmyeon rubs the back of his neck where a blush was creeping up, a small laugh escapes his lips.

He attempts to quickly change subjects by talking about the comeback, “Hey, would you guys like a spoiler?”, though the fans seem not to budge from using your name to draw his attention. Junmyeon lets his lips curl, he wouldn’t have cared if the fans disapproved of you. However it did warm his heart to know they have whole heartedly accepted you.

Yixing (Lay)

It was a lazy Wednesday night when Yixing decided to do a Live stream. A smile brushes onto his face automatically whenever he interacts with his fans, there was always something so magical to know that he could speak his heart to approximately thousands of ears who sat patiently just listening to him.

“Guys lets have a rapid question round okay? I’ll close my eyes and read the first comment I see when I open them? Cool? Okay, let’s do it.” Yixing lets his eyes fall shut, letting himself fall into a few seconds worth of trace where he could practically hear the furious types of thousands of hands. He lets his eyes open, and does as he said he would, “How is Y/N?”

He notices a trend, nearly every comment was only about you. “Everyone, I see you are all curious about my girlfriend more than me...” Yixing jokingly pouts, as if he’s jealous for attention, though he couldn’t quite ignore the warm smile that resurfaced his features each time someone complimented you, “She’s perfect.”

Baekhyun

Baekhyun loved going on V Live, it was one of the few ways he could gain real interactions with his international fans. A smile tugs at his lips when he sees the viewer count rising, it reassured him to know that his fans were willing enough to pause their day to watch this goofy singer talk to them about his. Usually, he would be asked to do aigyo or sing a melody.

However it didn’t take him by much surprise to see your name appear so frequently in the comments section, “Everyone, you keep asking about Y/N. Don’t you want to see my cuteness?” Baekhyun tries to lure his fans by jutting out his bottom lip and quivering it to give that extra pouty effect. Normally it would take the comments section by a storm, but today, the fans were only intrigued to know more about you, “Alright, fine. I’ll tell you what she’s doing.”

Playfully he rolls his eyes and turns over on the bed, “She’s working, even though she should be here in my arms.” For a brief moment, he could feel your warm hand cup his cheek. But that warm feeling suddenly felt like a slap when he realised what he actually just said... “Guys, please pretend you didn’t hear that, or I won’t hear the end of it from both my manager and girlfriend!”

Jongdae (Chen)

Jongdae isn’t the type to seek attention, nor is he the type to ask for approval. When he announced about your relationship with him to his fans, he was looking for neither of those things. All he wanted, was a safe relationship with you. Though before Jongdae began his V Live, a part of him felt slightly intimidated, would they like you?

He honestly didn’t bother about anyone’s opinions about you, but it irked him to know that some people could potentially hurt you with their words, or perhaps even actions if it escalated. Jongdae was used to anti’s hate comments, his fans usually defended him. But how would he react if even his fans disliked you?

His stomach swirled with a bundle of nerves, all kicking in at once when he pressed the ‘Live’ button. Though before Jongdae could even let a word slip his tongue, the comments wildly began to load. He allowed a nervous smile on his lips, but his nervousness turned into fluttering butterflies when he actually read what the fans had been saying, “We love Y/N, she’s so pretty!”

Chanyeol

“EXO-L’s, what shall we do today? Hmm? Should we react to some videos?” Chanyeol always treated his V Lives as if he was just face timing one of the guys, he wanted to feel closer to his fans and what better way than to just be himself? He grabs a drink and twists it open, the fizz slightly trickles onto his hand and he laugh outrageously as if it was the most hilarious thing ever.

Thinking he would find a bunch of laughing emojis, he glances down to the comments section, but was pleasantly surprised to find your name printed with every little bubble. “You’re all wondering about Y/N, right?” A minute later he checks the comments to find a series of questions about you, his eyesbrows slightly raising at just how much the wanted to know.

“Well I’m not gonna tell you!” Opting to be childish, Chanyeol sticks out his tongue and playfully pulls some faces at the screen. After cackling about his actions, he lets a serene smile calm his features and lets out a long dreamy sigh, “Truthfully, she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me...”

Kyungsoo (D.O)

It’s not that Kyungsoo is shy when it comes to interacting with his fans, not at all, he just wants to make sure that everyone has a nice time. This is one of the reasons that Kyungsoo and V Live are rarely ever mentioned in the same sentence. However, he decided to take his fans by surprise by starting a live stream of him cooking a recipe that his mother texted him earlier that morning.

“I know you all might be a little surprised at this unannounced V Live, but I thought I’d share a recipe my mum gave me with you, it’s quite healthy and delicious.” Kyungsoo licks his lips, albeit he is a strong performer, the man does become slightly nervous when it comes to just being himself. Before he begins, he checks the comments section and finds himself grinning at the mentionings of your name.

Somehow, Kyungsoo wasn’t worried upon seeing your name so frequently, he was positive the fans had already taken a liking to you. “Will Y/N be cooking too?” Kyungsoo pushes the frame of his glaces back with his index finger, a small blush covers his ears and he unintentionally lets out a chuckle, “Sadly, no. She’s at work right now. But I will surprise her with this meal. Good idea, right?”

Jongin (Kai)

“Guys, you have got to read this. It’s the best!” Jongin waves around a book in his left hand, right hand holding his phone at an angle to capture his face and book in the camera. It was a drizzling Friday night, originally, Jongin had decided to make this V Live a ‘day out’ sort of stream. However the resentful rain had drained that idea and now he sat in his pyjamas, recommending his favourite night time stories.

He places down the book and takes a sip of his hot chocolate, “You know, Minseok Hyung taught me how to make hot chocolate. He told me to use 1/4 of coconut milk and top it with whip cream.” Jongin checks his comments to see what his fans had to say, expecting to see something relating to Minseok, though the warmth of seeing your name was hotter than his drink.

But he almost spits out his drink upon reading one of the comments. After managing not to choke, he begins laughing so loudly that his ears burnt red. Jongin makes a blow fish, trying to force his muscles to relax from laughing so much, “I shouldn’t be answering this, but yes, my girlfriend does taste sweeter than hot chocolate!”

Sehun

“Aeries, I’m pulling a prank on Chanyeol Hyung. I glued the toilet seat down, and he’s desperate to go. Hahaha, lets see what happens!” The sudden notification had taken the fandom by a storm, but the fact that Sehun was actually showing his prank was hilarious. Sehun puts his finger on his lips, signing to tell the fans to stay quiet.

“Sehun-ah! What did you do?!” Sehun bursts out laughing after hearing Chanyeol’s agitated yelling and runs to hide in a studio room, he then glances down at the comments to find many laughing emojis and even memes with Chanyeol’s face, causing him to stir even more with laughter. But after his chuckling dies down, his eyes drift to find your name floating in some comments.

Sehun finds himself unintentionally reading one out loud, “Who is more important, ViVi or Y/N?” He lets the question soak in for a moment, both were very important to him, there’s no way he could actually choose. “ViVi is like my child, and Y/N is the love of my life. I’d pick them both over myself, but I can’t pick one over the other.”

A/N: Thanks for reading and I hope you guys liked this! Lately, I’ve been busy. I’ll try to post more quickly but I can’t make promises! I love you guys tho. Thank you for being patient with me ♥️

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100 Year’s Quest Chapter 18-20 Tea Time

*camera pans to me sleeping on loveseat only to be woken up by my producer throwing a mug at my face*

Me: Mother*beep*! damn it Craig you *beep*! throw that at my mother *beep* face again and I’ll cut your *beep* off and shove it up your—

*screen displays message that says: please stand by*

*screen returns and shows me sitting with my cup of tea cool as a cucmber*

Me: *clears throat* Sorry about that. I haven’t been getting much sleep lately and as a result I’ve been *says through gritted teeth while glaring at Craig* very irritable.*relaxes* I realize I haven’t aired any shows since Chapter 17, but if you haven’t read the new chapter of Fairy Tail’s 100 Year Quest then that is your fault and I’m not bothering to put a spoiler warning right now. Despite my doubts to having a guest on today’s tea time, production—I mean I thought it would be best to have one anyway. Today we’ve got someone who is on Team Natsu and has had a front row seat to all the exciting *beep* that’s been happening in chapters 18-20.

Me: *gesutres to side of stage* Please audience give a warm welcome to the little braveheart Wendy Marvell!

Wendy: *walks in waving with her cute smile* Hi everyone it’s good to see you all!

Me: *admiring her adorable innocence and then remembers I have a show to shoot * Thank you so much for coming on the show Wendy it means the world to me.

Wendy: Well I heard from Panther Lily and Carla that you’re really...*hesitates to find right word* passionate.

Me: Awe that is a very accurate word to describe me, especially considering I’m a Pisces but sometimes I’m an Aquarius. It depends which website you read but for the most part I identify myself as a Pisces more than an Aquarius.

Wendy: *confused* you don’t look like two fish to me or like the terrifying Aquarius I know.

Me: *laughs at her innocence* actually Wendy here in my world our zodiac signs are given to us based on the month and day we are born in. Each zodiac is given a season in the year.

Wendy: then what happens?

Me: absolutely nothing. zodiacs are basically there just to make excuses for ourselves and how we act.

Wendy: so it’s like...alcohol?

Me: *considers this and shrugs* I mean you’re not wrong. Anyway we’re getting way off topic. Let’s focus back on what’s been happening in your world or at least in chapters 18-20. Most of these chapters were pretty *beep* short so there’s that but I’ll take whatever dose of Fairy Tail I can get.

*production tells me in my ear piece I need to stop cursing due to Tumblr restrictions and reminds me I could get flagged for being inappropriate again*

Me: *states outloud* that’s what the beeps are for you mother *beeps*

*production slaps forehead*

Me: Sorry for that interruption Wendy. My producers are being a bunch of *beep*

Wendy: *stunned at language*

Me: *continues casually* I’m not going to focus too much on Chapter 18 because I’ve already briefly talked about it in my last show. I want to give a simple summary of it. For starters I want to talk about you Wendy and what a bad *beep* you were for being able to find a spell that allowed the non-dragon slayers of Team Natsu to actually do some harm to the dragons y’all will be fighting. Naturally, I’m curious about how obtained this spell but I’m assuming you nor the creators will be willing to share that information with me.

Wendy: *genuine tone* I’m really sorry but I can’t share that.

Me: Coming from you, I’m okay with it. So Team Natsu is officially in the battle with the Water God Dragon and boy are y’all struggling. He’s just really letting y’all have it with his magic and this is still only the first dragon y’all have to defeat for this quest.

Wendy: This Quest will definitely be the hardest one I’ve ever had to do.

Me: You guys have been through so much you barely got a breather.

Wendy: I like the adventures with my friends though. It makes my life more full.

Me: Awe

Audience: Awe

Readers: Awe

Me: You are so precious Wendy and you need to be protected at all times. I’m getting off topic again. Chapter 18. Team Natsu. Battle with Water God Dragon. *stops short statements* I mean, that’s basically it. *remmebers* oh yeah Touka defeated all of your guild mates back in Magnolia.

Wendy: I know I was worried about them too. I still am since you guys haven’t figured out what happens.

Me: *waves and says nonchalantly* I’m sure by the next chapter we will. *wonders internally have I been spelling Touka’s name wrong this whole time?*

Wendy: What makes your so sure?

Me: We’ve been focused a lot on Team Natsu these last few chapters, so I’m going to assume with the screaming-into-pillow ending the creators gave us. The scenery will most likely change come next chapter. Anyway, now it’s Chapter 19 and we are still worried about the favorite team in the world, Team Natsu. Y’all are putting up a good fight but it’s not doing much good. In fact, Natsu tries very hard with all kinds of new and secret spells he’s been holding back from us to defeat the Water God Dragon. However, it nearly becomes too much for our favorite pink haired weirdo hero and he begins to be sucked up into a deadly looking whirlpool created by the Water God Dragon.

Wendy: *nods at the memory* I remember. We were all worried about what was going to happen to Natsu.

Me: *sideglances* even Lucy?

Wendy: *doesnt get what I’m hinting at* yes of course she’s always worried about Natsu on missions and if he might get hurt. Natsu too. They both want to protect each other.

Me: *grinning* most interesting *sips tea* Natsu nearly gets sucked into the whirlpool when ta-dah! *makes spirit fingers* a scaley hand snatched Natsu from it. I had a strong feeling from that ending that the hand was extremely reminiscent of a certain dragon we all love...loved.

Wendy: *nods solemnly* Natsu’s father Igneel. All of us lost our parents that day too unfortunately but not in the same way Natsu lost his tragically.

Me: *trying not to cry* I hear that *sniffles* so that’s how we are left in Chapter 19 those bastard creators. *pauses* hey why wasn’t that bleeped?

*production informs me that bastard isn’t that bad of a word compared to the ones I had been using and reminds audience that this show is for mature audiences only despite the bleeped out words because beeping everything is a struggle for the editing team*

Me: okay now it’s on to the most recent update, Chapter 20. We find out that scaley hand that rescued Natsu is indeed a dragon! We, being the readers, also notice how incredibly and unmistakingly similar this dragon and Igneel look.

Wendy: We were all honestly terrified when this dragon revealed himself. We didn’t know whether he was there to help or hurt us.

Me: Understandable I mean look at that thing. However we find out he’s mostly there to motivate Natsu to defeat the Water God Dragon and ultimately decides the best way to help Natsu is to set the fish city on fire using its own fire. While this seemed discouraging the dragon wants Natsu to consume the fire so it will help him defeat the Water God Dragon. The dragon also says he wants to fight Natsu at his best himself. So why does this mysterious Igneel-looking dragon want to help Natsu and also fight and defeat Natsu? Well that’s what the big reveal of this chapter was.

Me: *takes dramatic pause*

Wendy: *smiles knowingly*

Audience: *holds breath*

Readers: *yawns*

Me: *SHOUTS* ITS IGNEEL’S MOTHER *BEEP* SON YALL. *STANDS UP CAUSING TEA TO SPILL* HIS “TRUE” SON. AND BOIIIIII I’D BE LYIN IF I SAID THAT BOI AINT FINE BECAUSE HE IS ONE GOOD LOOKIN DUDE. I MEAN DO YALL SEE THOSE TATTOOS?!? ALSO WHAT THE *BEEP* DOES THIS MEAN? HES A FIRE GOD DRAGON! HO-LY HELL

Wendy: *nervously sips her tea and realizes why Panther Lily and Carla called Me intense*

Me: *still raging* I JUST CANT BELIEVE IT! I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING AND IVE GOT A FEELING ITS GONNA BE GOOD *relaxes and sits back down* Just wow Wendy I cant wait for what this Quest has in store for us because we are only 20 chapters in and it’s been ridiculous.

Wendy: *still smiling* I know it’s an exciting quest and adventure that truly tests the feelings, will, and strength of our team.

Me: *tearing up* I can only imagine. I can’t wait to get to the end of this long and winding road but I also want it to last forever because I don’t want Fairy Tail to end.

Wendy: *stunned* what do you mean, end?

Me: *saddened* we originally weren’t going to find out what happened to y’all on the 100 Year’s Quest but then, thanks to this super cool and awesome fandom, we were able to push the creators to continue the manga.

Wendy: Wow we really owe a lot to our fandom then

Me: *nods respectingly* yes yes we do. I know I owe a lot to my followers here on the blog, er, show.

Wendy: Why’s that?

Me: Apparently 500 people like my blog, I mean show, enough to follow me for every time I post something new. *begins meaningful speech* I couldn’t be more happy or thankful for every single one of them. I never imagined I would have this many followers because I started with 0 followers and had no connections or friends on here who already had followers and give shout outs to me, right away of course, but now people seem to like what I post and I literally couldn’t be more thankful for them. I post for them.

Wendy: *tearful* that was a really lovely speech.

Me: thanks Wendy. I suppose I should make an edit dedicated to all of them.

Wendy: that’s a nice gift and very kind of you.

Me: no *shakes head and looks off into the distance* how kind of them.

To be continued...

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A new partnership (Miraculous & Abominable X-over - Chap - 1

Chapter   1

Fandoms: Abominable (DreamWorks), Miraculous Ladybug

Shipping: JinxYi, LukaxMarinette (May include ship tease of background characters)

Rating: T (13+)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26109937/chapters/63512104

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13681547/1/A-new-partnership

https://www.wattpad.com/943657576-a-new-partnership-chapter-1

 Experiencing loss is a part of life. But good things come, too. Expect the unexpected, and embrace it. Each first-time is an adventure. And who knows how far these adventures will lead you. You find people to whom you entrust your heart as much as they entrust theirs to you. That trust is sometimes broken, but it can always be restored. Yes, sometimes the road can be winding. You might even get lost along the way. But with the help from the right people, you'll always find your destination.

Marinette found herself sobbing on the arms of one of her good friend’s her brother Luka Couffaine, which gently patted her back slowly noticing the young girl sank her head on his chest in serenity. Luka noticed the girl seemed to soothe the way she leaned on him, then he closed his eyes on the exact moment Marinette shut her eyes open realizing she was embracing the tall boy and backed off.

“Oh sorry I uh I didn’t know, why I did that” Marinette apologized surprised at her sudden breakdown to cry.

“Are you alright?” Luka asked earning a nod from Marinette.

“Yes, thank you, Luka,” Marinette answered smiling back at the raven-haired boy, which mirrored her facial expression glad to know the girl he had an attraction to felt better. Marinette then remembered something and spoke up to Luka again. “Oh uh by the way I just remembered about it...Did you already find the perfect tune you were looking for?”

“I believe so. Are you really sure you want to hear it?” Luka asked watching her shrug her shoulders. “You’re still thinking on Adrien, right?”

Marinette shrugged her shoulders a little timid, making Luka smile a little as she still had her mind on the other boy. Suddenly he heard women cry around and he saw behind Marinette far three women running away from a crowd of wasps, which shrieked the teenage boy and by instinct embraced the girl tightly and turned his back around to the danger zone and the crowd passed by the two friends and one of the wasps stung Luka on his back, getting control over Luka’s body, causing him to take off his arms of Marinette and stand around with large golden eyes as if he was hypnotized.

“Oh no, not those again!” Marinette shouted running away from them, followed by her kwami of creation Tikki fly out of her purse. “We have to take shelter! Power up!” The blue-haired girl mentioned taking out a macaroon-shaped turquoise power up out and threw it at Tikki to catch it” Aqua-Tikki, spots on!” Marinette turned into Aqua-Ladybug and took a leap over the bridge down at the Seine diving down the river leaving back over the surface the wasps perplexed with the sudden disappearance of the person. Under the surface Ladybug glared at the wasps serious, soon they left and she swam further on the river.

“I should have known Hawk Moth had a bigger plan all along. The battle’s not over yet”

Meanwhile on another part of Paris near the Seine Adrien Agreste was about going to have a first kiss with his fencing colleague Kagami Tsurugi, who he had met almost a year ago. Both had their eyes closed and were really close with their face on each other. Adrien slowly opened his eyes seeing Kagami leaning in for the kiss, making Adrien wide his eyes and back away from her surprised as he chickened it out.

“No!” Adrien sputtered. “Uh I mean yes, I mean….it’s the first time I thought it would be different.”

“So you’re not happy?” Kagami asked neutral about his reaction.

“Yes I am! It’s just…. I think I wasn’t really ready” Adrien answered turning his eyes back at the girl.

“So when will you be ready?” Kagami asked watching him roll his eyes away from the girl, sad he wasn’t sure either about how he should respond to her. “Your indecision is hurtful, Adrien”

Adrien rolled his eyes back at the girl understanding it, then he shrieked as he saw from behind the corner of a building a bunch of wasps head towards them, then he immediately pulled her close to her causing her to blush feeling tangled about his behavior afterward she noticed the wasps approaching them and she realized, what was going on and tried to push him away, but he pulled her tight onto him covering her with his arms so he would get stung in her place.

“Adrien?!?” Kagami yelped stepping away seeing his emerald green eyes get replaced by large golden buttons and he stood there in front of her mute, making Kagami gulp unaware of what was happening. Kagami ran along the canal away from the wasps noticing them getting closer to her, then Kagami frowned and dove into the water, then hang under the shallow watching the insects disappear as Kagami had tricked them out. Kagami went up at the surface to see Adrien stand there on the same spot he stood before and sank her head down, thinking about if she was a little too fast for him.

Adrien began to walk away, getting Kagami’s attention and she swam towards the bridge over the canal and from above a yo-yo grabbed Kagami by her stomach, then fished her out of the water and the girl landed on the arms of the Aqua-themed superheroine Ladybug.

“Another akuma?” Kagami asked watching Ladybug drop her on the floor, which nodded at the question.

“Good guessed,”

“And could you please stop grabbing me like that with your yo-yo?” Kagami asked. “It too tight and when you push it, it hurts,”

“Sorry” Ladybug apologized. “What happened to your….uh boyfriend?” Ladybug asked, then Kagami pointed to the other side of the canal, where Adrien had just disappeared behind the building.

“He protected me from those wasps and got stung by it” Kagami explained, then Ladybug took out the dragon miraculous she hadn’t managed to give back to Master Fu and held it out to Kagami.

“Won’t you mind to help me?” Ladybug asked earning a nod from the girl. “Cat Noir and I may need an extra hand today. Right now, I believe it would be really necessary”

“You can count on me, Ladybug” Kagami promised.

At the Trocadero stood Hawk Moth together with Miracle Queen, the akumatized daughter of the Parisian mayor watch three students appear, making Hawk Moth smile euphoric as the plan was finally working out.

“Yes, yes! No more hiding!” Hawk Moth said watching the civilian identity of the superheroes line up in front of them. Miracle Queen laughed at seeing the students line up which she recognized almost all from her class.

“Nerdy Max? The fake reporter? DJ headache!?! What has possessed Ladybug to choose such losers as her superheroes?” Miracle Queen asked herself ripping off the glasses of Alya crushing them on the floor, then noticed her classmate Kim, who used to have a crush on her. “Oh, simple, little Kim too! For a moment there, I thought you only had to wear glasses to get a Miraculous” Miracle Queen joked then saw Luka Couffaine bow down next to Kim catching Miracle Queen’s attention. “Oh Don't know him. He's really cute. But he gets his clothes from the dumpster!” She complained, then watched her childhood friend show up surprising her along with Hawk Moth, which seemed less surprised to see him there. “Adrikins? You have a miraculous too?” Chloé’s alter ego asked surprised looking at Hawk Moth, which moved the miraculous box closer to the girl. “Adrikins is so far the only choice, that’s so far the best. All the others are ridiculous, utterly ridiculous…..come and grab your miraculouses”

The students passed one after the other by the box to grab their miraculous except for Nino Lahiffe and Adrien Agreste, which stood there without taking anything. “Huh?” Miracle Queen asked.

“Their miraculouses must be in use by someone else” Hawk Moth stated then noticed on Adrien’s finger the ring, then Hawk Moth approached his son and grabbed his hand to check out the ring. He smirked and placed his index finger and thumb on Adrien’s ring finger, afterward Plagg flew out of Adrien’s jacket and bit Hawk Moth on his nose, causing him to scream and slap on his own face as Plagg quickly flew off the villain’s face and removed the miraculous from Adrien’s finger and flew from the villain.

“I need to find Ladybug” Plagg muttered in shock at Adrien’s identity being in danger just like his friends and Plagg stopped in the middle of the air to visualize the surroundings. Plagg saw from afar Aqua-Ladybug along with Ryuko jumping over the buildings and he flew towards. “Ladybug! Ladybug!” Plagg called watching Ryuko stop along with Ladybug and Plagg stopped in front of the two superheroines. “We’ve got an emergency. Hawk Moth somehow managed to get the miraculous box from Master Fu and all the miraculous holder’s identities have been revealed in front of him and” Plagg hiccuped as he mentioned his holder’s name, then finished his phrase. “Too. We’re in big trouble,”

“What?” Both heroines asked, then Ladybug covered her face shocked knowing why this is now happening.

“Oh no, that’s all my fault. I didn’t transform back, when I took the miraculous from Master Fu. Hawk Moth might have seen me and now caught him. I’m a failure” Ladybug complained, making Plagg sad along with Ryuko, which placed her hand on the taller heroine’s shoulder.

“Calm down Ladybug. We will make it out of it somehow.” Ryuko tried to comfort her, the same did Plagg, which placed his small paws on her cheek.

“You made a mistake as everyone did. Sure it’s a little big, but we have always kicked Hawk Moth’s akumas in their butt. We can do it now too,”

“Cat’s kwami is right, the most important thing is to not give up,” Ryuko said earning a nod from the girl.

“Has anyone got a plan?” Plagg asked, then Ladybug looked at Ryuko and had an idea.

“Lean me your miraculous back, Kagami. I’ll be using it”

“But I won’t let you fight alone” Ryuko announced grabbing Ladybug on her hand. “You don’t know, what Hawk Moth is up to”

“I know, you’re the one who will take Cat Noir’s miraculous,” Ladybug said making Ryuko tilt her head.

“Okay?” Ryuko answered, then she destransformed back into her civilian self and Plagg gave Kagami the miraculous.

“Hi Kagami, the name is Plagg," Plagg introduced himself making Kagami smile. “Your transformation phrase is Plagg, claws you,”

“I’ll be there behind it” Ladybug mentioned running behind a small block, which was the exit to the roof of the house to destransform back. Moments later Ladybug came out and met with Kagami now wearing a similar suit to Cat Noir’s beside her bell was platin-colored, her cat-ears were a little floppy and her sclera was brown, just like her own eyes.

“So Lady…..dragon?” Kagami asked.

“I had thought on Dragon Bug…..,”

“I will just be Jade Neko, or just Neko” Kagami mentioned earning a nod from Dragon Bug and both jumped off to the next building making their way to the Trocadero.

Soon the two heroines approached the Trocadero from the left side and encountered Nino and Adrien in the middle of the superheroes.

“They must be all under the control of the one in front of Hawk Moth” Jade Neko mentioned earning a nod from Dragon Bug, which looked at all the superheroes and spotted Nino along with Adrien, then she widened her eyes in shock.

“Adrien is Cat Noir?” Dragon Bug asked herself, while Jade Neko shrugged her shoulders.

“Not gonna lie he and Adrien really sound the same, when they talk and are pretty similar to each other”

“Oh my gosh,” Dragon Bug said shocked about discovering the identity of her crime-fighting partner. “He has been Cat Noir all this time?”

“Plan, we need a plan, Ladybug” Jade Neko warned earning a nod from the more experienced superheroine.

“I’m sorry, I’m surprised at all this” Dragon Bug mentioned getting down on her knees.

“It is hard” Jade Neko mentioned. “How are we going down there?” The cat-themed superheroine asked. “If any of the bees stung us, we’re goners”

“I have a plan” Dragon Bug announced, then spun her yo-yo. “Water Dragon!” She shouted creating a water shield with the help of her yo-yo, then they jumped together on the shield heading towards the Trocadero and landed on the ground pushing Miracle Queen away from them along with her wasps looking themselves in with the brainwashed superheroes.

“Meow,” Jade Neko said, then glanced at Dragon Bug a little confused. “He doesn’t do this, right?” Jade Neko asked making Dragon Bug shrug her shoulders.

“He could purr-haps” She joked, then they looked up at the building to see Hawk Moth look down at the two heroines.

“Ladybug! Your few extra powers won’t help you save your old guardian. In a few minutes his shield will break and he will be too weak and have no choice than revealing your identity to me” Hawk Moth stated. “As you can see Cat Noir’s has been revealed already” Hawk Moth pointed down at a dumbfounded Adrien, which stood next to Nino. “Thanks to you everyone will be doomed,”

“Don’t listen to him. He’s just trying to mess with your head. Be strong!” Jade Turtle said out loud, making Hawk Moth laugh. “Work together as a team!”

Dragon Bug smirked and exchanged looks with Jade Neko, which copied her facial expression.

“We will make it, Dragon Bug. I trust you” Jade Neko assured the superheroine, then both used the end of their fist and bumped it against each other and gazed at the superheroes, which stood on the other side.

“Let’s go!” Dragon Bug shouted running along with Jade Neko towards the superhero squad and the heroes received the order to attack the heroes. “Jade, focus on Viperion, his powers are the most dangerous ones. Remove his bracelet” Dragon Bug ordered earning a nod from the cat-themed heroine, which jumped up in the air watching Viperion approach his hand near his bracelet and Jade Neko aimed her staff on his hand and extended it against his hand preventing him from using it and she landed on her four over the boy, then removed the miraculous off his hand, then widened his eyes as she recognized Luka.

“Well done!” Dragon Bug complimented while blocking an attack from Monkey King while putting Pegasus down by using Monkey King’s staff towards him.

“Behind you!” Jade Neko yelled, then Dragon Bug rolled her eyes back and went down with her head to avoid getting hit by Rena Rouge’s flute and rolled away from the fox-themed superheroine.

“Good, unify with the snake” Dragon Bug shouted and removed the glasses off Pegasus and got kicked away on the way at the same time Pegasus was destransformed back into Max Kanté.

“Plagg, Sass, unify!” Jade Neko shouted adopting additional powers of the snake miraculous, then saw a second Rena Rouge approach Dragon Bug, which had returned to fight with another Rena Rouge and widened her eyes, then looked at the snake miraculous and used it.

“Second Chance!”

“Behind you!” Jade Neko yelled, then Dragon Bug rolled her eyes back and went down with her head to avoid getting hit by Rena Rouge’s flute and rolled away from the fox-themed superheroine. “I’ve used second chance, there’s a second Rena Rouge” Jade Neko warned, watching Dragon Bug look at both heroines approach her. Jade Neko saw Monkey King sneak closer to Dragon Bug, while she was distracted by the Mirage and Jade Neko threw her baton against the monkey-themed superhero and he dodged it making Jade Neko growl.

“Second Chance!” Jade Neko shouted getting back in time with the scenario.

“Behind you!” Jade Neko yelled, then Dragon Bug rolled her eyes back and went down with her head to avoid getting hit by Rena Rouge’s flute and rolled away from the fox-themed superheroine. “There are two Rena Rouges and pay attention to Monkey King!” Jade Neko warned running towards the heroine, then Ladybug kicked jumped forwards punching Rena Rouge down, which was the original one, then Monkey King jumped down at the heroine touching her yo-yo to defect it.

“Jade! Second chance!” Dragon Bug shouted shrieking Jade Neko, which used her snake miraculous again to go a few seconds back.

“Behind you!” Jade Neko yelled, then Dragon Bug rolled her eyes back and went down with her head to avoid getting hit by Rena Rouge’s flute and rolled away from the fox-themed superheroine. “Illusions! Monkey’s staff!” Jade announced running towards the real Rena Rouge and Dragon Bug stroke Monkey King’s staff away, then noticed the frog toy on his other hand and she found a solution to get rid of it and in her sight the frog blinked in the ladybug-themed colors, followed by the trompo of Miracle Queen and the staff of King Monkey.

“Jade! Watch our back!” Dragon Bug warned earning a nod from the cat-themed heroine, which approached her and held the staff ready and Dragon Bug dropped the water shield and threw the staff towards Miracle Queen, which held it with success.

“Pathetic. Did you really think, you could stop me like….” Miracle Queen stated and Jade Neko hit on Monkey King’s hand causing the frog plush to flew towards Miracle Queen’s face, shrieking her and her trombo transformed into a disco ball. Jade Neko smirked and ran towards the akumatized supervillain activating the destruction power, then Miracle Queen took the staff to defend her self and Jade Neko extended the staff to jump over Miracle Queen to kick the staff off her hands, then watched her walk back slowly, then tripped on the step on the ground and Jade Neko jumped at the disco ball to destroy it with the cataclysm.

“Yes,” Jade Neko said triumphantly and observed all the wasps fall down and disappear as the akuma flew out of the broken disco ball.

“Tikki, Longg, Divide!” Dragon Bug said watching Longg show up after she turned back into Ladybug, then she rolled her yo-yo down to capture the akuma. “Enough evil-doing for today, little akuma,” She spun the yo-yo around to capture the small creature to purify it, while Jade Neko watched it. “Time to de-evilize”

Jade Neko watched the current superheroes slowly come back to themselves as the akuma had been purified, then she did the same as Ladybug and divided herself from Sass.

“Astonished work you two” Sass complimented and they looked at Miracle Queen turn back into Chloé’s alter ego Queen Bee, then Jade Neko looked at Ladybug, which looked a little disappointed at seeing Queen Bee again.

“Watch out another akuma!” Jade Neko warned watching Ladybug extend her yo-yo, then they watched Queen bee jump up in the air trying to catch the akuma, but it was caught by Ladybug.

“Chloé, Hawk Moth is our enemy, he can’t get the miraculouses”

“He’s your enemy. Not mine. I always had offered you my help. How many times did I ask you that? How many times have you rejected my help? Huh? Huh?”

“Chloé!” Ladybug warned watching the bee-themed heroine begin to take out from the miraculous box the miraculous and set them one by one activating each kwami of it. “Chloé, don’t do that!” Ladybug warned while Jade Neko and the other superheroes watched confused, what was going on at the moment.

“I knew she was one of us,” Hawk Moth said with a peal of laughter and down on the ground Jade Neko looked sternly at the villain, then looked back at the superheroes to see Adrien and Nino look shocked, then she saddened seeing the two sad, mostly Adrien and he noticed Jade Neko and sank his head seeing her with his miraculous, therefore she looked forward noticing all the kwamis staying around Queen Bee beginning to feel worried about, what was going to happen?”

“Come on!” Queen Bee shouted.

“She doesn’t even know our names” The ox kwami said crossing his legs.

“And the right commands” The tiger kwami added gazing away from the blue creature and looked at Ziggy, the goat kwami.

“Or please for the maaah-ther,” Ziggy stated agreeing with the other kwamis, then they looked up at the supervillain.

“Ladybug use your lucky charm!” Adrien warned, then the girl used her miraculous to recall the special object which was a key chain.

“A key chain? What am I supposed to do with that?” Ladybug asked looking at Jade Neko, which shrugged her shoulders just as clueless as her leader, then Ladybug began to look around nervously trying to find a solution, making Jade Neko swallow hard while on the back Adrien looked at Nino, which embraced him in fear not knowing, what was going to happen next.

“I have no idea Jade, I’m lost” Ladybug hugged Jade Neko. “I’m so sorry,”

“You can’t give up Ladybug, you always made it out of the consequences,”

“I can’t. I’m a failure. If I had transformed back, our guardian wouldn’t be up there and nothing would have happened” Ladybug complained.

“You just made a mistake Ladybug, it can happen” Jade Neko tried to comfort her, then she looked up at Hawk Moth, which began to talk to the heroine from the top of the monument.

“Just face it Ladybug, you screwed up everything,” Hawk Moth said.

“Would you just shell up bro?” Nino asked out loud, then Adrien covered his mouth noticing Hawk Moth growling.

“Ladybug, you’re not a failure. You’re a great Ladybug. You’re one of the best I have seen so far. You have made mistakes like everyone else in the past, but you have also fixed them all, didn’t you?”

“But what shall I do master?” Ladybug asked in panic looking up at the master on the top of the roof still inside his shield trying to defend himself from the large sentimonster.

“You hold all the keys Ladybug, You always have and you will be the most magnificent of the guardians” He confessed making Ladybug gulp at his words, frighting his next step.

“What?” Hawk Moth asked looking at the senior.

“Master Fu!” Stompp shouted.

“No!” Shouted Ziggy.

“Don’t do it!” The tiger shouted looking up at the building along with the rest of the people behind them.

“I, Wang Fu, hereby relinquish the Miracle Box and name Ladybug the new Guardian!” Jade Turle shouted as the box down at the ground began to glow, shrieking Queen Bee, which dropped it. “

“No!” Hawk Moth shouted and the shell-ter of Jade Turle broke, causing him to fall down and on the same moment the miraculous box lifted up in the air and transformed into a ladybug-themed sphere, then fell down on Queen Bee’s hands shrieking her. “No!” Hawk Moth shouted, then Jade Neko squinted her eyes to notice Jade Turtle destransforming back.

“Oh oh” Jade Neko mentioned, then Hawk Moth took off on the sentimonster carrying Mayura on his arms and disappeared behind the building.

Queen Bee tried to escape with the miraculouses and Ladybug threw her yo-yo towards her way pulled the box off her hands making Queen Bee angry.

Jade Neko watched Adrien ran up the stairs, then followed him and stopped him from going further.

“Where are you going?” Jade Neko asked.

“I have to see if Master Fu is alright,” Adrien asked, then Jade Neko nodded and took the staff out.

“I help you up, your kwami came to me and Ladybug and told what happened to you” Jade Neko explained earning a nod from the blonde and Jade Neko took Adrien up at the roof and both ran together at the senior, which lied on the roof.

“Master Fu!” Adrien shouted coming down on his knees, then began to move him on his body. “Master!”

Ladybug showed up and landed next to them with the miraculous box and saw Master Fu lied on the ground lifeless and felt down on her knees.

“No!” She cried, then Adrien placed his hand on her shoulder followed by Jade Neko, which did the same on the other side. “It’s all my fault,”

“It’s not your fault” Adrien mentioned, then saw Master Fu wake up and Adrien shook the heroine on the shoulder. “Hey....he’s waking up!”

“Master!” Ladybug shouted hugging him, making him chuckle.

“Oh you two are really dressed funnily,” Master Fu said making the three look confused at each other.

“Huh?” Ladybug asked. "Master don't you remember us?"

"Hmm no, do we know each other?" 

“Could that be amnesia?” Jade Neko whispered at the friends next to her.

“It’s the rule of the guardians. Every time a guardian passes away the box to another one, his memory gets erased to protect the secrecy” Wayzz explained leaning behind the back of Ladybug, which Jade Neko noticed as she heard his voice.

“Do you really not remember me?” Ladybug asked watching the senior shake his head.

“It’s the first time I see you, my girl” He answered making Ladybug sink her head.

“Yes of course” Ladybug answered a little sorrowful.

“Everything that happened wasn’t all because of you or Chloé,” Adrien pointed out earning a nod from the heroine with the pigtails.

“Maybe the miraculous ladybug can fix it?” Ladybug asked, then she threw her keychain up in the air to activate the healing power and restore everything back.

“Quick, what’re our names?” Adrien asked watching the man shrug his shoulders.

“I don’t know your names,” Master Fu mentioned. “But I liked your magic trick with your keychain. I think it looks just like mine” He said taking out from his shirt his own keychain, which Ladybug took it.

“I really wish, this all would have been different” Ladybug mentioned earning a nod from the two friends.

“Yeah" Adrien added, then widened his eyes in shock. "Oh no I think I need help at home” Adrien pointed out looking at the two heroines. “My father must be worried sick about me. Everyone now knows my secret identity now,”

“Don’t worry, everything will be alright” Ladybug assured.

“We better accompany him home,” Jade Neko offered. “Maybe we should wait there for him. Just in case” Jade Neko suggested.

“How could he possibly find out about this?” Ladybug asked watching Jade Neko shrug her shoulders.

“Surveillance cameras?” Jade Neko answered. "A lot could have happened here, while we were busy," 

 Moments later at the Agreste mansion.

“You have been Cat Noir all this time and never told me anything about it?!?” Gabriel shouted as Adrien stood in the middle of the bedroom while Jade Neko and Ladybug stood behind him.

“Monsieur Agreste, Adrien has never failed on his tasks as Cat Noir. He did a great job along with me. With the suit, he’s always safe from damage,” Ladybug warned watching Gabriel glare at her annoyed.

“You have nothing to say! He’s my son and as long as he’s under my roof he has to obey me!” Gabriel shouted out loud at the blue-haired girl.

“Sir, Adrien was a good part of the team. He doesn’t deserve to be punished like that. He just kept it a secret to protect you” Jade Neko warned the adult. "He did that, cause he wanted to protect the ones he loves,"

“Father, I didn’t want anything to happen to our family” Adrien pointed out. "I had no choice,"

“There is no family, Adrien! There’s only you and me! I don’t want it to be worse!”

“You can’t also let Adrien live in this house for the rest of his life” Ladybug added earning a nod from Jade Neko.

“This is worse, than being in a prison?”

“A prison?” Gabriel asked looking down at his son, which swallowed hard. “You don’t even know what good I am doing to you, Adrien. You should be glad about it,”

“That he only can go to school and barely sees his friends?” Ladybug added making Gabriel growl. "That's no life for a boy around his age,"

“You two have nothing to say here. You’re out of school!”

“You can’t just take him out of the school!” Jade Neko warned seriously.

“Everyone knows his identity, this will be worse for him,”

“There’s no way someone’s gonna harm him” Ladybug warned approaching him a little. “I’ve got his miraculous and he won’t use it ever again. Now as we all know his identity,”

“I want to make sure he doesn’t get it” Gabriel mentioned holding his hand out glaring at the superheroine, which crossed her arms.

“As the new guardian, I’m the one, who keeps them”

“And who says, you’re not going to give them back to him?” Gabriel asked grabbing Ladybug hard on her wrist, causing her to feel intimidated.

“Monsieur Agreste!” Jade Neko hissed seeing him threatening the superheroine, then Adrien saw his father mistreating his former superhero partner and slapped his hands away from her.

“Take your hands off her!” Adrien shouted, then watched his father enrage at his father and Adrien stepped back noticing he did a big mistake and Jade Neko held up her staff in front of Gabriel to prevent him to come closer to his son.

“Careful with what you do next” Jade Neko warned, then she looked at Adrien, which was shocked about his father’s reaction and Ladybug was still inhaling and exhaling trying to come down. Gabriel stepped back and took a deep breath to calm down.

“Okay, I’ve got another idea,” Gabriel said. “I’m sending you to the boarding school, where your cousin Felix is,”

“London?” Adrien asked earning a nod from the adult.

“I will tell aunt Amelie about it and she will take you home. If you don’t behave there you’ll be at her house, otherwise, you’re there in your own dorm. I will always call her to check you up. This is the best choice I can do right now. No akumas, no superheroes, just a normal and safer life for you,”

“And….when will that happen?” Ladybug asked.

“As soon as possible” Gabriel answered, then walked back to the exit. “You have the rest of the evening time to call your friends and say goodbye” Gabriel mentioned leaving the bedroom and Adrien sat down on the bed sad about his father’s choice.

“Oh no,” Adrien said covering his face disappointed. “I can’t believe this is happening,”

“I’m just as shocked as you” Ladybug mentioned walking towards the open window.

“Where are you going?” Jade Neko asked.

“I need to think,” Ladybug answered. “And you need to give me your miraculous back. In a safe place”

“Sure,” Jade Neko answered, then she looked back at Adrien, which looked up at the heroine and smiled.

“Thanks for assisting Ladybug, while I was…..gone for a while,”

“Don’t mention it” Jade Neko answered patting him on the shoulder. “I hope everything gets better for you in London. Your aunt doesn’t sound like a big jerk like your father,”

She’s pretty nice to be honest” Adrien answered watching Jade Neko walk back to Ladybug, then Ladybug helped Jade Neko out of the room and looked back at the blonde teenager.

“No words can describe everything you did the past assisting me fighting the many akumas we fought together. You were a great partner,” Ladybug commented making Adrien smile, then she swang away with Jade Neko and Adrien lied back on his bed and sighed about the consequences his father gave him.

“I knew this would have happened someday,” Adrien commented closing his eyes frowning disappointed at the end of his career. 

[winnipegpatty]

Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know

Fandom: Eyewitness 

Pairing: Philkas 

For: @andromeda---galaxy 1 million plus years late, thank for waiting on me babe. 

SUMMARY: Post-Finale Philkas Fluff, literally thats all you need to know. Very little like actual plot just a cute fun one shot thing. 

 The idea had sprung up pretty quickly after the school had found out that Lukas was with Philip, but it had mostly been a joke. Like a dumb offhanded comment that Philip had made after filming one of Lukas’s bike videos. He’d bumped Lukas’s shoulder and threw it out not even really realizing what he was saying, “Maybe you should start a blog.” They had both laughed about it then, but only a couple days later Lukas had asked. He was on the his back lying in the barn, and Philip was laying with his head on Lukas’s chest. Lukas was playing with Philip’s hair when he’d blurted out, “What did you mean a blog? Like a youtube channel? One of those social media things?” Philip had been shocked, but he’d always been more smooth with his words and emotions, “Well, I just figure you already put all your stuff out there with your biking, but like,” he rolled his head to look up at Lukas, “I mean, why not put stuff out there other than just your bike videos?” “What kinda stuff though?” His hand stilled in Philip’s hair. Philip shrugged, “I dunno, we could do it together. I don’t know like vlog together or something. I mean like, bike sponsors even, more than anything...they want to know your personality, ya know? Like who is Lukas, really? It’s stupid, whatever.” Lukas hummed, but didn’t respond. And Philip had thought that was the end of it. Their senior trip was coming up in the next month, and since (as Lukas had informed Philip) Tivoli was such a small rural town, most of their classmates had never been to the city. So they’d spent their year raising money through banquets, fundraisers, dances and car washes to make it to the city. They would be spending four days in New York City doing plenty of tourist things, which Philip would gag at the whole time. But four days away from Tivoli were four days of heaven to Philip. New York City used to be home. Lukas was just home now. Small town, rural, farm grind life was not up Philip's ally. The lights, the hustle and bustle, the sky risers of the city was living, breathing life. He thrived in the city, and he’d made sure (with permission of course) to take Lukas as much as possible since they’d been out. Lukas enjoyed the city as much as Philip, but always seemed to sigh a breath of relief once back in Tivoli. He’d kiss his bike that he hadn’t rode in days and the ground that it sat on. One day, they’d find a middle ground life together. Less rural for Philip’s taste, but still with fields and hills for riding. That was in the future though, nothing he and Lukas had actually discussed of course. But also, plenty of what Philip had thought about almost every day that he woke up knowing Lukas was with him. As the senior trip had approached though, Lukas was acting funny-- odd really. He’d asked Philip an unordinary amount of questions about his photography. What cameras he preferred, what kind of lens’ you needed for different shots, how much each camera cost, if they shot video or just still picture. It wasn’t that Philip didn’t like having Lukas show interest in his hobby, but it was just, well frankly it was weird. He’d thought about confronting Lukas about it, but decided it really wasn’t that big of a deal. Maybe he was looking for a present for Philip and fishing for ideas, or perhaps he was wanting to take up photography for himself. Philip didn’t know but it just didn’t really matter anyways. If Lukas wanted to talk about it he would. It wasn’t until Lukas had mysteriously disappeared to the city for an entire day that Philip became suspicious if not slightly concerned. When he’d offered to come with Lukas, he had flat out refused, no forbidden really, Philip from trailing along. Whatever he was doing in New York City he was clearly hiding it. Philip hadn’t decided if he thought it was a surprise that he’d eventually be told about or if it was actually just a blatant lie. He was concerned, but he still didn’t want to press. Didn’t feel it was his place, really. Later that evening, after he’d returned, Lukas pulled Philip into the barn out back hastily. It all felt wrong to boy who was being tugged back into the barn, like he was a secret again. Like he had to speak in hushed tones again, hide his affections, and press his soft giggles into Lukas’ soft flannel so Gabe couldn’t hear them. Lukas dropped his arm once they were a good way into the barn, though. He moved behind a bale of hay. Philip could hear a good amount of rustling, bags it sounded like. “I took,” Lukas popped up from behind the hay, hands still out of view, “your advice.” He smiled brightly before lifting his hands above the hay. A GoPro camera stared back at a baffled Philip. His mouth hung open, his confusion evident. “I don’t understand.” “The blog!” Lukas sprang excitedly out from behind the hay and came closer to Philip. I got a camera, and I want us to document, or whatever you call it, our senior trip!” Philip’s face must be a sight to see because Lukas laughed lightly at him. “Yeah, well...okay.” Philip stuttered. He didn’t think he’d actually listened. Truly. Philip had thought Lukas had completely pushed the idea aside as just one of those stupid things that Philip had mentioned off handedly, but apparently it had caught Lukas’s attention. “Listen,” Lukas said softly. His hand not holding the camera softly brushed at Philip’s wrist, “I spent some time, like, uh, watching?” Philip tilted his head, “Watching?” “Yeah, uh, researching, I guess. I watched a bunch of popular people doing their blogs.” Lukas huffed out an annoyed sigh and started at the barn roof, “Look it’s probably stupid, but I don’t know...I thought maybe I could do -- we could do -- a boyfriend tag video?” A slow smile of realization spread over the other boy’s face. “That’s not stupid,” he spoke softly. “Uh…” Lukas fidgeted at the point where his fingers met Philip’s wrist. “Could we maybe do it now? Here?” Philip placed a sweet kiss on Lukas’ cheek. “Of course, L.” It took some time to get the camera set up, even with Philip’s knowledge of cameras. They rested their backed up against a bale of hay, the camera situated just so, pointing towards them. Lukas had the questions pulled up on his phone. “Okay, so I just start by introducing us, and then I’ll ask the questions okay?” Philip nodded, allowing Lukas to take the lead as he saw fit. The camera came on, and Philip was shocked to say the least. It was a whole new Lukas. Bright and focused, tall posture, light hand on Philip’s knee where his legs were crossed. “Well, hey guys!” Lukas’ voice seeped into Philip’s bones. “I’m Lukas and this is my boyfriend Philip. We’re going to do the boyfriend tag as our first ever video! I’m really excited.” Lukas looked at Philip brightly, “Okay, first question. Starting easy, simple, ya know. When and where did we meet?” “Well, we first saw each other in the halls, really. Junior year. I saw you outside in the parking lot, on your bike. I think you took notice of the camera I was holding, and we kind of just set up a time to record your bike jumps. That first jump is when we really like, talked though.” Lukas nodded along with the story, “True. We did have a class together too, but we never really talked in that. Okay question two, doing good so far,” Lukas chuckled. “Where was our first kiss?” “The cabin.” Philip answered quickly. “Right, yeah. Moving on.” Not exactly something either of them wanted to remember, after all. “Who said I love you first?” “Pretty sure that was me, and you slapped me.” A slow smiled creeped up on Lukas’ face. He placed a soft kiss on Philip's cheek before whispering a sorry and accompanying I love you that only Philip could hear. “Where does my family come from?” Philip laughed, “Good ‘ole Tivoli.” “When did you meet my parents?” Philip laughed, “Officially or unofficially?” “Both.” Philip thought a moment, “Well I came by once while you were fixing up your bike and your dad came into the barn. You shoved me away and told me to leave before your dad saw, but that was really the first time I’d seen him. Officially we met, I suppose, when y’all came over for dinner and told us we couldn’t be friends.” Lukas looked at the camera, “We had a rough get going, but that’s a story for another time. What is the one thing you wish I didn’t do?” “Run away to the city and not take me with you, you fucking jerk.” Philip shoved Lukas’ shoulder, “Fuck, can I say fuck on YouTube?” “I think it’s fine,” Lukas laughed. “Okay, what is my shoe size?” “13.” “Yeah?” Lukas slipped back from Philip for a moment, “That’s weird.” “Mmm.” Philip shrugged. “Well, okay…Next?” He glanced at his phone in his lap, scrolling quietly, “Okay, what’s a food I don’t like?” “Sushi.” Philip laughed, “You spit it out when I took you to that sushi place in the city.” “Raw fish should not be eaten, folks. Okay, who’s my best friend?” Philip looked at Lukas. As their eyes met a bit, a silent communication of sorts, his lips twisted a bit in thought. His hand came up to pick at his lip a bit, “Well, I mean, I would probably say….me? I don’t know though…” “Of course.” Lukas’ lip quirked up on the left corner. He did that when he was sweetly surprised. Philip knew that, knew everything really. Every small detail, every gesture Lukas made. Knew exactly what it meant. Knew what he was saying just be looking into his eyes, breathing his air. Knew that look in his eyes right this very second meant he’d be leaning in to kiss him within seconds. Surely enough, Lukas did lean in. Their lips met in a sweet embrace. Philip let out a breath against his lips. It was his home. Lukas was his home now. With a soft break, Philip whispered, barely audible even to Lukas’ own ears, “You’re my best friend too.” Philip knew if he said it any louder, thought any longer about, he’d cry. He couldn’t think too much on it. The fact that that used to be his mom, his best friend. Think too much on how she wasn’t here any longer to be his best friend. To talk too. To have comfort him when he was hurting. To think of Ryan who had killed her. Ryan who had killed lots of people. Ryan who ruined so many things. Ryan….who brought him and Lukas together, even in the most twisted way possible. Yeah, Philip really couldn’t dwell on that too long. Lukas pecked Philip two more times in quick succession before looking back at his phone, “Okay, maybe just a couple more? What film always makes me cry?” Philip burst into laughter, “Bambi!” “Okay, fine. Last one. What am I most afraid of?” Philip paused. There had been so many things they were both afraid of. Dying being a big one at times. “Well, Lukas. I think you were always most afraid of me…” Lukas nodded. “Yeah, I think you’re right.” He reached for Philip’s hand that was picking at hay on the ground. “But you’re the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.” Philip’s face was the sun, Lukas was sure of it. He could illuminate the entire world if the sun ceased to exist. Could light up everyone's life, he was sure of it. Knew it. Without a doubt. Because he did it every day from him. Wasn’t that how it always had been though? Lukas living in the dark, until Philip came around?

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Wishes, Dreams, and Memories Chapter 37

Fandom: Rune Factory 4 Rating: T (to be safe) Genre(s): Adventure, Hurt/Comfort Characters: Lest, Dolce, Pico, Amber, Dylas, Leon, Frey, Arthur, Margaret, Forte Summary:  She had a wish to see him again. He had a dream of her last moments. They had their memories of having only each other. The amnesiac Earthmate never knew that by bringing his best friend back wouldn’t make his daily life go back to normal. Nor did he know she was the key to his and his ancestors’ past. Chapters: list Navigation: <<prev   |   next>> Author’s notes: A short family moment chapter is here!

Chapter 37 – The Family I Can Call My Own

The airship landed safely in Selphia, with the townspeople present to greet Lest and Arthur’s arrival. Due to Arthur’s earlier notification about what happened to Lest and Frey through the carrier pigeon, the people treated Lest as if he was the only one leaving. As Lest went through the welcoming crowd, none of them dared to mention Frey. He went through the sea of people until he arrived at the end, where someone who had been longing for his return was waiting.

Dolce noticed the blue scarf around his neck and smiled, “Welcome home, Sweetie…”

“I’m home, Dolly,” Lest ran over to give her a tight embrace, “I won’t leave your side again…”

“Wait, just a hug?” Pico popped out behind Dolce, facing Lest with an annoyed look on her face, “Dolly’s been so worried about you leaving for almost the whole day and-”

A single talisman landed on her face, saving the Guardian from having more of her feelings revealed, “Just… ignore her.”

Lest let out a chuckle before he held Dolce in his arms, “Shall we go home?”

The Guardian blushed and smiled, “Yes.”

A warm bath after a good rest and a good meal made Lest feel like that night was just like any other night as if nothing big had happened. He was on his way back to his room when he saw that Dolce and Pico were hanging on the balcony even though dressed for bed. They were talking as they watched the falling snow as it was almost winter before Lest’s presence interrupted their chat.

“Have you finished your bath?” Dolce asked as she and Pico turned to the uninvited guest.

“Yeah, and sorry if I bother you and Pico,” Lest gave them a smile before turning to Pico as she was going to move away from the scene, “Don’t worry, Pico. You can stay with us if you want.”

“I see that you notice me here!” Pico responded sarcastically, “I thought that you can see is just milady and I’m just-ow!”

A slap had knocked the ghost on the back of her head as Dolce put a talisman on it, “Don’t talk too much, stupid ghost.”

With a disappointed look, Pico headed for their bedroom while muttering barely audible words. Dolce let out a sigh before turning back to look at Lest, but not without an embarrassed blush on her face, “T-There’s no need to have Pico lingering around me all the time and say a bunch of dumb things.”

“Don’t worry, I can pretty much tell what you’re feeling,” Lest embarrassed her further with his innocent smile, “You don’t have to hide everything from me!”

“Everything, huh…” Dolce looked at him with a small smile, before her smile turned into a frown as she turned her eyes off him, “I… I’m sorry… for hiding something from you. I had to, because I promised-”

“You promised Frey, didn’t you?” Lest finished her sentence calmly before putting his arm around her waist and pulled her closer, “Don’t worry, I understand why you did it anyway. And I don’t mind at all.”

“But she’s the family you had wanted to find, isn’t she?” Dolce asked in a soft tone, “And to know that she’s already…”

“Yeah, I know,” Dolce turned to Lest in surprise as he looked up at the snowy sky, “But I remember everything… Our childhood, family issues, everything… She showed me everything…”

“I… see…” Dolce turned to look at the ground instead, feeling a bit distant.

“That was all in the past,” Lest’s word gave her another surprise as she turned to him, looking face-to-face with her beloved Earthmate, “I already have you here and our little one,” Lest put his free hand gently on Dolce’s stomach, “This little miracle, right here.”

“True,” Dolce nodded in agreement as she put her hand on his.

“Oh right, I was thinking of giving you something,” Lest removed her hand, much to her disappointment, as he took out the charm he and Frey had shared, “Here, please have this.”

Dolce looked back and forth between Lest and the charm in his hand, “What is that?”

“It’s a charm passed down in my mother family,” Lest reached for his neck and showed the black koi fish charm he was wearing, “It’s like this one I’m wearing and they both hold a meaning.”

Dolce took the charm from Lest’s hand and stared at it in admiration, “This is made in great detail. I can see that the original creator put a lot of effort into making this masterpiece.”

“Y-Yeah, but I still don’t know who actually made it,” Lest held his own charm in his hands, “In my family’s history, it’s believed that these charms bring together families, siblings, and… lovers…”

Dolce stopped herself from feeling the charm’s shape as a blush made it back to her face, “I-I see… They can bind couples… together…”

Lest smiled as he watched his wife, “But I know that you’re not just any lover or wife to,” Dolce looked at him confusion as he continued, “That white charm I gave you was actually mine, given by my mother, but I believe it suits you better,” Lest held on to his charm, “I felt like I was in the dark when I knew everything, so the dark side, this black charm, suits me. On the other hand, you’re always there for me even when I’m all depressed and washed all that darkness within me with your light,” Lest took Dolce’s hand with both of his as he looked at her in the eyes, “You’re my light, Dolly. My life was dark and your light made my life brighter. Thank you for being a part of my life and my family.”

Dolce looked at him, completely speechless before he gently took the charm from her hand, putting it around her neck. When Lest wasn’t looking at her, she let out a smile as she whispered to his ear, “You’re going to pay for all the embarrassing things you say tonight.”

“Huh? What-” Lest was surprised when Dolce wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss.

Dolce chuckled as she saw Lest’s surprised look, “There’s no need for you to say such things too often.”

There was a short silence between them before the cold wind blew, making the female Guardian shiver from the cold. Even if she liked the cold weather, she was still a human being who had her limits on the extreme temperatures. She could enjoy the cold weather more under normal circumstances, such as when she wasn’t wearing a thin nightgown and standing outside late at night.

Lest smiled as he saw his wife rubbing her hands together for some warmth before unrolling the warm scarf he was wearing, putting it around their neck. Dolce looked at Lest in surprise and his smile never left his face, “I can see that you’re cold, so I’m sharing some warmth with you.”

“We could just get inside, you know,” Dolce responded flatly.

“Maybe, but a bit of quality time like this once in a while isn’t so bad, is it?” Lest replied, getting a nod from Dolce.

“Well, I guess that’s true,” Dolce let out a small smile as she leaned her head on Lest’s shoulder, “This isn’t too bad.”

“We’ve shared our pain, our sorrows, and our homes. I want us to share life together for a long time. It will be the best reward we deserve for all that has happened for the past few weeks. I want to spend the rest of my life with the family I can call my own.”