#demi of a sort

[vitamin-zeeth]

tiny detail that I find very funny about this week's game changer ep is that demi's pronouns are listed as he/him when in last weeks parlour room they were he/they

what happened. did he just decide to shake it up for just one week. does being on parlour room turn you nonbinary exclusively for the duration of the show. I need answers.

[skywalkr-nberrie]

I know it’s a semi popular belief that Padmé dated before Anakin but I’d say the interpretation comes from the illusion that she’s had more freedom than Anakin growing up and less restrictions, but that’s not really accurate. Padmé might have been more fortunate than Anakin but she had as many restrictions on herself as he did as a Jedi. She was the kind of person that didn’t have any time to waste and bypassed anything she deemed unnecessary in favour of pursuing her career. This same Padmé wouldn’t have entangled herself with people if she wasn’t serious about them, so the idea of her having passing fancies and short term relationships doesn’t really add up with the way her character is built. She’s a well known dutiful person who always prioritized her career over her desires. And this is leaving out the part that nobody ever made her desire them before Anakin as well, hence why she was super occupied thinking about her duties and responsibilities instead of dreaming of her happily ever after. That dream only became reality when Anakin came back into her life, and we already know that nobody was good enough to catch her eye before him.

Anakin was the first and only man that made her break her protocols to marry him because he was the only man that made her fall in love and reaffirm herself as person who could live, love and laugh a little. And even with Anakin, Padmé attempted to deny his love and their relationship for quite awhile. Saying this same Padmé who’s super strict and oriented about her reputation and career would get herself into a relationship for someone she’s not super serious about or want a family with? It just doesn’t make sense. Plus the fact that Padmé wanting a family doesn't mean she's the type to try out different relationships till she meets “the one", that's quite the opposite of her personality. 1.) because as I mentioned above, she didn’t have time to waste on passing fancies and frankly didn’t care cause no one intrigued her and 2.) because of her passion for her duty and lack of interest in anyone around trying to woo her. Sola in the AOTC novel literally had to force Padmé to think about having a family because she's so focused on career and Padmé tells her that she's satisfied that way despite that she does desire more to her life than what she had at that point, and she only completely changes her mind until she met Anakin again. This was the whole point of Padmé feeling lonely before marrying Anakin, it is indicative of the fact that Padmé only cared for her responsibilities and obligations because she didn’t feel that connection with anyone that she felt with Anakin.

Excerpt from Queen’s Hope:

[ishgard]

Phoenix Reborn

So like, been kicking the thought around: What if a key reason he survived getting overloaded with Souls was because he uh... tapped into something Primal?

I'm not 100% sure I want to do that in "the AU's canon" because... all the obvious ramifications and issues with that, but at the same time could be a whole lot of fun, too.

And... as a big fan of phoenixes, I've always wanted a reason to mess around with Phoenix in XIV and who the hell better than with Alphinaud? Maybe? 🤔🤔🤔

[jarinnards]

Since it's pride month and I've had to be stuck with myself quite a bit, I want to just take a moment to address all the acespec people who see this.

You're still valid if you've struggled to figure out if you're ace or not.

You're still valid if you've tried to fit someone's else's mould of sexuality or attraction for any reason.

You're still valid if trauma has impacted the ease with which you use the ace label or the labels under the umbrella.

You're still valid if you've used the label, taken it off, put it back on or whatever mixture for any reason.

You're still valid if you've enjoyed sex before.

You're still valid if you plan to have sex in the future.

You're still valid if you've never had sex.

You're still valid if you plan to never have sex in your life.

You're still valid if you've had sex for any reason but you didn't enjoy it.

Whether you're demi, aro, asexual, grey, or any label or mix of labels under the ace umbrella, you're still valid if feel you're ace.

Happy pride! 🌈✨

[beanghostprincess]

Luffy says he isn't interested in sex/love from a very early age and both Ace and Sabo are extremely relieved because that way they don't have to have the uncomfortable talk™ and they get rid of romantic dramas. But then Luffy comes back one random day from school, holding onto a guy like a koala, and saying "This is Zoro! We just met but he's my boyfriend now" and sometimes they just have to accept their aroaspec brother will find ways to make their life harder than it should be.

[third-time-charmed]

Dance the Night Away

An HSR smut fic

⚠️Rated E⚠️ ~13.5k words Aventurine/Dr. Ratio | Post-Penacony | Character Study | Top Ratio/Bottom Aventurine | Porn with lots of feelings | Angst and fluff

After Penacony, Aventurine takes on the biggest gamble of his life — his heart, soul, and desires laid out on the table. He only does it because he doesn't expect Ratio to match his wager. But not only does the good doctor match it, he raises the stakes so far beyond what Aventurine could have ever allowed himself to dream of winning.

Preview:

Slowly, he reaches his free hand up, hooking gloved fingers into the chain dangling from the taller man’s neck. Not hard enough to pull, just toying with it, his gaze fixed on it in lieu of meeting those vibrant eyes so closely scrutinizing him.

“What do you want from me, Ratio?” he whispers.

“Nothing short of your honesty,” Ratio replies, equally low and so very soft. “In whatever form that must take. I want for you to be as straightforward with me as you possibly can.”

A wry smile twists its way onto his face, and he feels the mask begin to slip. It doesn’t frighten him as much as he thought it might, though he finds himself squirming uncontrollably under the pressure.

“I’ve been doing a lot of thinking,” he begins after a long moment of silence, plunging ahead before he has a chance to second-guess himself any further. “Had a lot of extra time for it after… you know, while I was in recovery.”

He still can’t quite bring himself to mention the Penacony job more directly. They still haven’t really talked about it at all since coming back to Pier Point. He’s not sure if they ever will. If left up to him, of course, it’s water under the bridge at this point. He’d rather not bring it up.

A soft hum of acknowledgment bolsters his resolve, reassures him his audience is listening. His words are poorly thought out and unrehearsed, but he ignores the flicker of embarrassment as he stumbles through.

“Anyway, without getting too deep into all the unpleasant details, I realized that I… I’m not satisfied. With our current arrangement, I mean. And… being forced to come to terms with the reality of my own mortality like that… gave me the motivation I needed to do something about it.”

The gambler shrugs, one eye peeking up from under his blond fringe to gauge the reaction of his solitary listener. He gives the chain in his hand a soft tug, insistent, pointed, but still not quite the blatant request he yearns to make.

Won’t let himself make.

“Not a bad start,” the scholar says as he hesitates. “Three points.”

“Three points?” Aventurine mutters under his breath. “Goddess, Ratio, you’re such a hardass sometimes.”

Ratio ignores him, though there is a twitch in the corner of his mouth. “And your strutting around and posturing?” he asks instead. “Was that part of your plan to… ‘do something’ then?”

“Give me a break here, doc,” the blond huffs out. “I don’t exactly have a ton of experience in this department. I thought that I could… entice you into making the first move so that I wouldn’t have to, but clearly that was a miscalculation on my part.”

They’re so close together now that it’s near driving him to madness. Aventurine has always been very particular about his personal space, and Ratio has never been so deep into his personal space before, and for such a long time. The warmth of the other radiates along his skin and sets his veins alight. His fingers itch to pull.

He wants… more.

“Today… I don’t know. I guess I got fed up with the more delicate approach and decided to try provoking you instead.” He shrugs again, keeping his voice as level and casual as he can, even though he can feel something deep in his core vibrating, begging to reach out and take. “Thought it might help to heat things up a bit, so to speak.”

“Four points again for honesty,” Ratio says, his tone firm like he’s correcting a student during a lecture. “But minus two points for such a blatantly terrible plan of execution. Your hypothesis hinges entirely on the supposition that I, too, am dissatisfied with our current arrangement.”

“And you’re not.” Aventurine’s head drops in defeat, his gaze fixing on his lap as he fights to hold his composure together. This rejection stings a little less than the previous one, but he’s still taken aback by how disappointed he feels.

This is still no less than he had realistically expected. After all, Ratio isn’t entirely correct. He’s mostly been banking on Ratio being at least moderately easy to seduce, not necessarily harboring his own feelings of dissatisfaction. This whole endeavor was from an entirely selfish standpoint.

There is a subtle softness that seeps into the doctor’s voice, one that Aventurine has only heard very rarely. “How could I possibly find myself dissatisfied,” Ratio says slowly, “when you have never once indicated that you were willing or even at all interested in offering more than you already have? To ask more of a man so intensely guarded with his own intentions and desires… How could I possibly do such a thing, in good conscience? And what’s more, I held no evidence to suggest that any of your flirtations were not simply made in jest.”

A pause, a slow inhale, and something between them shatters.

“No, gambler. I made my peace with you some time ago. I made myself satisfied with what I had.”

Aventurine’s hand falls away from the chain, feeling suddenly heavy. His body flops backward, head landing on the armrest with a dull thud, and an empty, humorless chuckle punching out of his gut. Eyes sliding shut in defeat, he breathes a sigh. And yet, he can’t resist one last desperate grasp as he feels the win slipping out of his hands.

“No chance of changing your mind?”

There is no answer, for such a long period that he becomes curious enough to open his eyes and see what sort of expression the doctor is giving him. He expects something close to pity, or a remorseful frown. But what he sees instead is an intense and focused contemplation. As if the man is actually considering the question seriously. It is unanticipated enough that it nearly makes him startle.

“If you would do so,” Ratio says carefully, “you would need to be forthcoming about what exactly it is that you want from me. Stating simply that you are dissatisfied with our current arrangement is far too vague.”

“I don’t know if I can do that, Ratio,” he responds flatly.

“And why ever not?”

Because I’m a greedy selfish fool and I’m afraid of suffocating you.

Because once I start taking I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to stop.

Because I’m not allowed to want things, because everything I’ve ever desired has been withheld, removed, or destroyed and I’m afraid of you ending up the same.

“Because… I don’t really know what I want. I never really… got that far, it’s too nebulous, just…” He stops, licks his lips again, eyes darting to the side as if to check for his escape route. His hand trembles so hard the shivers wrack his entire frame, but his attention catches on the molten gaze that is trained intently on his face.

It catches on the way that gaze dips toward his mouth almost imperceptibly, on the sparks that flicker in its depths, on the way the taller man is leaning slowly closer, chin tilting ever so slightly.

Straightforward. Honest. Sincere.

“I just… want more,” he finishes breathlessly, the words feeling ominous and unfamiliar as they leave his mouth.

“Then why don’t you take it?”

Because I’m not allowed to.

Because I’m afraid.

Because…

“What if… I take too much?”

Tip your hand. Just a little. Just enough that I know I’m not losing everything I have left if I take this bet.

“Should that be the case,” Ratio whispers in reply, “I shall inform you. But I find it highly unlikely.”

They are so very close now, barely a breath of space between them. So much so that the doctor’s velvety baritone vibrates in his chest, thrumming through every one of his bones. There is an undertone to it that Aventurine hadn’t detected before, something… almost ravenous and hopeful that sends sparks running up his spine.

...all in, then.

Before he can overthink it, he relents to the burning greed that urges him to take. Gently — but not hesitant — he shifts forward, closing the scant distance to press his lips to the ones taunting him. It is a chaste gesture, simple and unhurried. Almost tender, but definitely inviting.

Ratio’s response is immediate, returning the gesture in such a way that their lips slot together seamlessly. The firm brush, full of intent and answering want, pulls a soft, quiet gasp from the blond. He pulls back, almost reluctantly, his head starting to spin as their mouths come apart with a sound so delicate it makes him feel weak.

And then Ratio gives a low, thoughtful hum, as if appraising the action with careful consideration. “Much better,” he says, the murmur of it dancing provocatively against the curve of his lip. “Five points.”

(Keep reading here!!)

[demikempton]

Headcanons for Scar/Vio cast and siblings

Phen: An only child. Sees Arven as a brother and Lacey as her sister.

Nemona: It's canon she has an older sister, but makes no mention of other siblings so I imagine it's just the two of them. (Because of their dad's job I imagine Nemona sometimes feels like the "spare" but she gets on well with her sister)

Arven: Only child but sees Phen as his sister.

Penny: Implied/confirmed? that Peony is her dad so Peonia is her sister. Penny is the older one. They get on well enough, usually bonding over how cringe their dad is.

Giacomo: Has a little sister he dotes on, there's a fair age gap (7 years) but he loves her.

Mela: Oldest of 3, has two younger brothers, so she experienced a bit of parentification.

Ortega: He's the middle child of 3 boys. Middle child syndrome.

Atticus: An only child, he was an IVF baby.

Eri: Has a little sister who has aspirations to be an engineer, they get on really well.

Carmine: 👇 Also experienced parentification after they lost their parents.

Kieran: 👆

Drayton: An only child. One is enough.

Lacey: An only child, spoiled but not bratty, princess of Driftveil. She does see Phen as a sister.

Crispin: Has an older brother who isn't interested in taking over the family business, but works the bar for extra money while he studies at university.

Amarys: Oldest of three, has a little brother and sister. She and Carmine bond over being oldest siblings.

[rubynymphyy]

Marigold – Luxray, he/him, Calm

The owner of Neon Dream Casino (and a number of less reputable businesses). Has the expressiveness of a brick. When it comes to sex, also has the denseness of a brick.

It's hard to hire reliable help in Sin City when you need iron-clad and punitive contracts to protect your interests. It was lucky that he found Cress willing to sign his life over as an accountant. Over time, he's grown to admire Cress and rely on his partnership more and more... His status as a monster? What about it? 

cress/marigold ponderings:

Marigold is maybe 3 years older than Cress, and inherited the business from family.

cress: WHY DID HE BASICALLY BUY MY LIFE IF HE DOESNT WANT TO FUCK ME

marigold: finally a competent accountant :]

cress: IS HE EVEN INTERESTED? DOES THE COLLAR DO NOTHING FOR HIM?? DO I HAVE TO WALK AROUND NAKED? WAIT WHY AM I THE ONE PUSHING THIS

marigold: wow he's so good at everything! :]

Cress is the one who picked the collar and leash himself. it's a dark joke about the treatment of monsters, but also he's getting a little bit desperate at this point

marigold: oh i guess there aren't enough chairs at the table so it makes sense that Cress'd sit on me so he can read these papers

[dead-inside-demiboy]

....So apparently you can have an "oh shit I love this person" moment without it being a dating/attraction thing.

[doodlesdreaming]

They got skills and swag.

Progress shots and HD version can be found here:

[magratpudifoot]

Cannot tell y'all how much I don't recommend getting dumped a week before pride month.

[dreamsy990]

uh 4 and also 22 for odysseus?

4: Is there a popular pairing you don't necessarily dislike but aren't too invested in?

ehhhh i reallyyyyy have no strong opinions on a lot of ships but odyseidon especially. i get that its popular but i just dont really like. get it. i mean like i get it in the sense that. i understand the tropes i understand the appeal. i LIKE toxic yaoi ok. but it simply never clicked for me yk. also odypoli gets an honorary mention because i dont dislike it but i cant say im not invested in it because im invested in a fake version of it i made up. actual pairing? do not care. my fake unrequited version? it brings me immense joy.

22: Give us a headcanon for Odysseus

head in hands. you ask me for one. you ask me for ONE headcanon. you are cruel. anyways uhhh an absolute fav super self indulgent one is that odysseus is REALLY attached to his cloak. it has no deeper sentimental value or anything he just really likes it. he feels exposed without it on yk yk.

[blot-squisher]

We’re going on a mission! Going on a mission! The next two weeks Demi and I will be joining my husband over the road as he drives his truck. Fic updates should continue as normal. 🙌

[superloves4]

Okay, the pjo show is here and it got me thinking of demi-god Elrond and Elros kidnap fam, but then who is the godly parent, like

Eareandil who is a mariner and leaves when Elrond and Elros are little leaving them and their mom alone

or Maglor, associated more tangentially with water, but more bitter feelings to be explored

[demikempton]

Some headcanons about the S/V cast's hair.

Phen: She's naturally very blonde and dyes her hair smoky pink after encouragement from Nemona. Has also dyed her eyebrows but usually draws them in darker pink.

Nemona: Bleaches the front part of her hair and dyes it green. She definitely bleaches it herself and she's definitely fried her hair on more than one occasion.

Penny: Like Nemona she bleaches and dyes her hair herself, and watched a bunch of tutorials before doing it. Also tried to cut her own hair so she didn't have to go to a salon and talk to people but it didn't go very well.

Arven: The only thing this man does is tie it back when he's cooking. Post main story Phen introduces him to hair masks and other products so now his hair is in amazing condition. He also has the best eyelashes which lowkey annoys Phen.

Giacomo: Uses styling products but gets bothered with an oily scalp. Hats are great for covering it up.

Mela: Naturally blonde, dyes her hair red but likes her roots peaking through hence the yellow in her hair. Dyes her eyebrows dark and found an indie brand that sells red mascara.

Atticus: Natural blond but he dyes his eyebrows as he loves a dramatic dark brow. Also he likes the definition it gives his face. Is very good at cutting his own hair but prefers going to get it done.

Ortega: Natural blond like Atticus but he dyes it and uses a pink shampoo to keep on top of the colour. Goes to a salon to maintain his hair, and only has a few hairdressers that he trusts. Takes Atticus with him to the salon.

Eri: Naturally dark hair but this girl loves a good wig, as evidenced by her wrestling attire. Has a few wigs and is skilled at blocking out her eyebrows for makeup. Her hair is also quite thick so she gets it thinned at a salon so her head doesn't overheat when wearing her wigs.

Carmine: Her hair is naturally like that and she HATES going to get it cut because she's worried a hairdresser will just cut a lot off. So she's very fussy when she needs a trim.

Kieran: Like his sister his hair is naturally like that. Only ties it back and uses shampoo and conditioner because there's no way on this earth Carmine would allow that 3-in-1 crap anywhere near the bathroom when they lived in Mossui.

Crispin: Dude's hair is just like that- his family have various combinations of red, orange, and yellow in their hair. He just styles it with a lot of gel so it doesn't get in his way while he's cooking.

Amarys: Bleaches and dyes her hair herself as she had concerns over someone potentially damaging her hair because of its natural texture and type, so she's very knowledgeable on how to maintain her hair. She and Lacey have nights where they do hair treatments and skincare. Amarys also bleaches and dyes her eyebrows.

Lacey: Her hair is naturally dark like her parents so she goes to a professional salon and gets it bleached and dyed. Takes great care of her hair between appointments and loves her thick eyebrows.

Drayton: His hair is naturally white but he dyes in the purple streak for optimum Toothpaste Aesthetic.

[eternalhyacinth-blog]

Demi-fiend: Jeez, those True Demons were some real Maniax! I sure hope I don't get "Forced" into "Battle" with other fiends!

The cunning Horsemen of the Apocalypse: