#i am verrrry happy

[maraschinotopped]

my keychains finally arrived :)

[kevinwastaken]

i got stuff today from the antique mall im counting them as my birthday presents

[bellafragolina]

I was thinking about what the submas boys and laventon, separately, be like when an argument has happened between them and their s/o. Like a drabble on what they do when they want to make up to the s/o?

Aye aye!!! I’ll make these so the boys are in the wrong and trying to make up with their s/o

🍓🍓🍓

Ingo:

He feels horrible. Having an argument with you before going into work, one entirely his fault, makes his day miserable. It seems that karma is out for him, sending angry passengers and shitty circumstances his way. It’s all exhausting, and in between it he can only replay your argument and all the harsh things he said. He cries eating the lunch you made for him, scared to think he might never get another one ever again. The lack of your love in his life would kill him, he knows it.

Ingo buys out both the flower shop and any pastry or chocolatier shop on his way home. His arms are overflowing with gifts for you, and his brain is overflowing with apologies. He practices his speech the entire way home, gripping the gifts so tightly, only to falter when he arrives home. You’re not there to greet him, silently cooking dinner in the kitchen, not acknowledging him.

Ingo creeps over, scared to break this fragile air between you both. He can see the puffiness to your eyes, the redness to your nose. His heart breaks thinking how much pain he’s caused you. He sets the gifts down, but you only spare them a glance. So he starts to stammer out his apology, long and rambling

“I-I know I have hurt you. I have no excuse; I was horrible to you. This is not something I want to repeat, sh-should you allow me- bless me with the chance to learn from mistakes. I’m not due forgiveness, but I would still like to make it up to you. Please. Please allow me to at least try to make it up to you, that’s all I ask. You don’t need to forgive me, but I want to try and ease any pain that I can, if I can. Please. I love you too much to let you continue hurting so from my own stupid actions.”

Should you let him, he’ll be bound to you. Ingo keeps contact with you however he can, reassuring himself that you’re still here, willing to forgive while he also comforts you. He decorates you in soft kisses, holds you close as the night winds down, and hopes you’ll forgive him. He’s definitely taken everything into account and won’t make the same mistake again

Emmet:

Emmet gets antsy as he arrives at work, his anger from the argument waning into guilt as he recognizes his own fault for the whole tiff. He doesn’t like being away from you when he just caused you pain. He wants to go home, but he’s also afraid you won’t be there when he goes back. He settles for arranging for deliveries to arrive at the house, texting you an “I love you” every hour to thirty minutes if he can swing it. Your “I love you too but I’m mad at you” soothes him at least a little bit

Emmet approaches his brother for help. Together, they try to come up with a more eloquent apology than Emmet could manage on his own. He doesn’t want to be blunt and short, he wants to express his sorrow and his guilt. So they make a small script for him to go off of, and Emmet tries to study it and recite it to get the words somewhat right

Yet, when he comes home to you, flowers in hand from the nearest store, you don’t come running to greet him. You don’t jump into his arms for a hug and a kiss and other pleasantries. Emmet swallows heavily, but shuffled towards the kitchen, standing in the entryway like a kicked puppy as he watches you cook silently. He starts to murmur his way through his apology, words forgotten as he tries not to panic about your silence.

“I am Emmet. I am verrrry sorry. I was rude, and mean, and wrong. I’m sorry. I don’t want to fight with you. I don’t want to break up. I want to make things right. Please. I will do whatever you want! Just say the word. I want to make you happy. I made you upset today, and I want to fix it. If I can. Please.”

He scrambles for a hug the moment you turn around. He doesn’t want to let go either, attached to your front or back as you try to continue through the day. His love language is touch after all, and he wants to remind you just how deeply his love for you goes.

Laventon:

Laventon has an argument with you right before he goes off on a survey expedition. He fumes to himself as he walks with the others, only to start slowing down as he replays the argument in his head, over and over. He starts to realize, with horror, that he’s at fault for the hurt look on your face, the last thing he saw before he left for this however-long journey. He has a straight panic at the camp, and it takes Akari, Rei, and some of the concerned Survey Corp members to help calm him down

He frets very hard as the expedition slowly crawls by. He does his best to throw himself into his work, but he finds himself writing more about how guilty he feels and how he wants to apologize to you than about any of the Pokémon he encounters. Laventon spends a lot of time trying to plan some sort of grand gesture for you, ideas verbose and extraordinary until the kids remind him that most of his ideas aren’t exactly possible? It doesn’t help that Laventon is losing a bit of sleep over this, worrying well into the night if you’ll even wish to see him again, let alone hear his stuttering attempt at an apology

He begs the kids to take him into the field with them, searching best he can for a Pokémon he knows you like and would love to have. He does his best to catch it himself too, despite the dangers and the shenanigans that seem to follow him whenever he takes a single step outside of a camp. The kids help too, both not enjoying how upset the two of you are about this. They track down the Pokémon, let Laventon try to catch one, then fend off the angered ones he draws the attention of. By the time the three return, they’re pretty scuffed up, but successful with their endeavors

“M-my dear, hello again. It’s been quite some time, yes?” Laventon swallows heavily when you just eye him, content to stay on the other side of the room from him. “Y-yes, well, I have a gift for you! I caught it myself, wouldn’t you know, and I. . . I want to apologize. I was abhorrent to you, rude and terrible and plain awful! You have every right to hate me right now, but. . . I was hoping you’d allow me a moment anyway, to try and fix the damage I’ve done to our relationship. Please.”

He’s quick to release the Pokémon he caught and scramble over to your side when you agree. He sits with you, makes endless treats and teas for you, while rambling on about how he’ll never slip up like this ever again. You are perfect, so wonderful! He’d be a fool to push you away.

🍓🍓🍓

If I love anything more than angst it’s the fix-it that comes after!! Thank you, Peach!!!

~Renee

[cricketnationrise]

20 questions for fic writers

Thanks to @cha-melodius, @kiwiana-writes, and @happiness-of-the-pursuit for the tags!

How many works do you have on ao3?

253

What's your total ao3 word count?

481,635

What fandoms do you write for?

RWRB, Check Please!, Tortall, verrrry occassionally The Parasol Protectorate

Top five fics by kudos:

Going Platinum - camboy!Alex AU

Burnin' Through the Sky - speed dating meet-cute

Set in Platinum - camboy!Alex sequel

warm from the inside out - some stuff happens under a desk 😉

Downburst - In The Shadow of Two Gunmen/West Wing AU

Do you respond to comments?

I have responded to every comment so far!

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't tend to write angsty endings. That being said, this Check, Please! ficlet I wrote for @shygryf is very angsty: Hotel Room, Mar. 1 (I did fix it with a later ficlet, but on it's own...)

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Most of them tbh. I'm an unrepentant happy ending lover.

Do you get hate on fics?

Nothing that comes to mind--I've been extremely lucky. I've gotten some baffling ones and some with a strange tone, but I think that's more down to English not being their first language, not hate.

Do you write smut?

Yes.

Craziest crossover:

I tend toward fusions/AUs rather than actual crossovers. Although there are Check Please! easter eggs in the Going Platinum universe.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of, although I would hope that any translator would have let me know so that I can flail in overwhelmed gratitude.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not yet, although there's one that's been sitting for a year-ish that I'm gonna be really excited to finally get to.

All time favorite ship?

I won't choose and you can't make me.

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Not right now. All the wips I've got that are more than just like, one line or a title, I'm really excited about writing and sharing.

What are your writing strengths?

Immersive descriptions, humor, and metaphors. This bitch loves a metaphor.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Action scenes. I'm getting better, but any time I have a particularly big action scene I beg on my knees for @cha-melodius to get into the doc.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

Only If I feel confident about the translation. I'll usually get a native speaker to check it over if it's more than an easy phrase I already know/can google, especially if it's a whole conversation.

First fandom you wrote in?

Check, Please!

Favorite fic you've written?

You're so mean to me making me pick. Le sigh, fine.

Check, Please!: How Delightful if that Were True - Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society AU (100% homegrown epistolary baybee)

RWRB: More Than Brick and Mortar - sentient Brownstone AU, magical realism

Tortall: i'll rise up in spite of the ache - hockey AU of First Test

Parasol Protectorate: No Small Matter - 5+1 pranks on Conall that I wrote for @homobiwan

(narrowing these down was absolute agony, btw. hope you're happy.)

Tags under the cut, but if you wanna do this, who am I to stop you? Aka consider this your open tag.

@celeritas2997 @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @inexplicablymine @leaves-of-laurelin @anincompletelist

@firenati0n @missanniewhimsy @montrealmadison @doggernaut @parvuls

[fukurow]

「すっごい　冒険　はじめる！」

ポケマスEXでのサブマスイベ復刻記念 本当におめでとうございます、そしてありがとうございます！ ガチャもシナリオもバトルも全部堪能しました(*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)

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“Some verrrry interesting battles are about to start on Pasio!”

This illustration commemorates the reprinting of the Submas event in Pokémas EX. I am very happy to see the Submas enjoying themselves!

[1863-project]

For the anon Pokémon asks: which battle subway conductor is the cutest?

Okay, this may get long, so bear with me.

First, a little disclaimer: Ingo and Emmet both make me feel incredibly seen. I was born in 1989 and wasn't diagnosed with autism until 2009, and I never got to see characters like me. I'd see some who were similar to me, or some with things in common with me, but Ingo and Emmet feel like looking in a mirror to me, to the point that I don't go in the Submas tag because I've seen too many people perpetuating the ableism that got me bullied as an undiagnosed autistic kid. Every time an autistic or autistic-coded character is portrayed as "weird" or "off-putting" or "too intense" or "scary," it's repeating things that my bullies used to excuse their behavior towards me and essentially treat me and my autism as entertainment. Most people aren't doing this, of course, but since I'm in the process of working through a lot of that trauma, I choose not to take the chance of exposing myself to it because I'd rather heal instead of open old wounds again and again.

Anyway, with that said, I adore them both, but only one of them makes me act like a giddy teenager.

I have the most ridiculous fictional character crush on Emmet. It's unreal. Part of that is likely the fact that if he was real we'd actually be extremely compatible, but unfortunately for me, he is not, and so I can't take him on locomotive photo charter dates and kiss him on the City Hall looparound on the 6 Train. That aside, here's what I genuinely like about the goober.

He's deeply passionate about what he loves.

It's that passion that often gets people like him and me labeled as "too intense," but when he likes something, he really likes something. Battling is like air to him. When you befriend him in Masters EX, you find he'll actually talk your ear off about battling if you give him the opportunity. He vibrates with excitement when he sees strong trainers.

[Image description: Emmet and Ingo, two adult identical twin men with knife-shaped sideburns wearing exaggerated versions of railroad conductor uniforms, stare off to the left at people who are off-screen. Emmet, in a white uniform, is holding his hands at his sides but his hands are in an excited, almost 'grabby' position; Ingo, in a black uniform, also has his hands at his sides but his hands are balled into fists. Ingo's Excadrill, a Pokemon that looks like a mole combined with a tunneling machine, stands in front of him. End description.]

In this screenshot from Masters EX, Emmet and Ingo have just run into Steven Stone and Roark. Emmet is barely holding back, and you can tell by looking at his hands. He wants to battle now. It's delightful that he's in a franchise of video games where that passion is normalized and encouraged. (As long as he never visits Paldea, anyway. Nemona is proof of how well that would go.)

Battling makes Emmet genuinely so happy and excited and I love when people get that way about their hobbies. It's so nice to see passionate people. Emmet even says he's excited about it when you battle him in Black and White and beat him at the highest level possible:

"I am Emmet. I am a Subway Boss, but I lost against you again. But I feel good. Because it was very fun! You want to win, and I don't want to lose. That's real. When we clash in battles, I feel very excited!"

[Source]

He lives for this, so much that even losing a really intense, serious battle feels good. And it's a delight. But, of course...

[Image description: Emmet, described above, claps his hands together excitedly and says "Winning a serious, hard-fought battle is the best feeling in the world!" with a huge smile on his face. End description.]

...he, in his own words, likes winning "more than anything else."

He's verrrry direct in his communication...but also verrrry supportive.

Autistic folks are often told we're too blunt, and to neurotypicals, who are used to saying things more indirectly, we can come off as a bit...too direct to them, to say the least. Arguably the best example of Emmet doing this is in the PokeSpe manga, where he just says things without a filter.

[Image description: a manga panel in which Emmet bluntly tells trainer White, "Yes, we're studying you as an example of a trainer who gets overwhelmed and loses every single match." The next panel leads off with Ingo saying "That's not nice, Emmet..." End description.]

But that bluntness isn't intended maliciously, he just has no filter and says what's on his mind. In reality, he's delightfully supportive and friendly, and that honesty leads to the most wonderful exchanges with him:

[Image description: two screenshots of Emmet from Pokemon Masters EX, smiling softly. His dialogue reads, "Hi, Steph! Your smile is always the best. Perfect! Whenever I see you, I can't help but smile, too! I'll have to make sure my smile is just as good as yours!" End description.]

As a side note, this dialogue has been destroying me for over two years now, and every time I boot up the game and he says this I feel my face get warm. He's actually helped me stop being self-conscious about my smile.

He has a habit of listening in on things, even if he has no intention of gossiping or anything. He just likes knowing stuff.

It's a habit he seems to share with his brother, but Ingo is significantly less obvious and more apologetic about it. Emmet's just really funny about it.

[Image description: two manga panels and one screenshot from Masters EX. The first manga panel shows Emmet marching over to White and Bianca as they have a discussion, saying, "I'm overhearing an interesting discussion over here. It seems profound, so I'm going to stand nearby and listen in. Oh, don't let me distract you. Go on. Keep talking." The second panel shows Emmet cupping his ear with his hand and still attempting to listen in on the discussion from one subway car away, with Ingo standing behind him. The screenshot from Masters EX shows Ingo hiding his eyes with his hat and saying, "I apologize for eavesdropping, but we happened to overhear your conversation at the Pokemon Center" as Emmet stands beside him, hands on his hips and smiling with no shame. End description.]

He doesn't use the information maliciously, and a lot of the time he doesn't even use it at all. He just enjoys hearing these things and knowing all sorts of weird drama is going on elsewhere. It's like when you find out about drama in a fandom you're not in and you read the posts and eat popcorn. It's great.

He likes his work uniform because it helps his posture.

As a fellow "leans forward too much" autistic, this one really resonates with me and I love it.

[Image description: A screenshot of Emmet in Pokemon Masters EX. He's standing straight up and holding the brim of his hat with his hand. His dialogue reads, "Wearing it gets me motivated, of course! It also helps me stand up straight and tall!" End description.]

He stops scripting when he gets to know people better because he's able to trust them.

Notice how his dialogue in BW and BW2 is on the Battle Subway - "I'm Emmet. This is my job. I like doubles. This is why I like doubles. Here are the safety checks." He's scripting around people he's not familiar with, and it's the sort of thing that gets autistic people labeled as "robotic" by people who don't know it's a way to help us maintain some semblance of control over an unfamiliar situation. The preprepared dialogue is a coping method in an ableist world. But when you get to know him in Masters, the scripted dialogue shows up a lot less. He's able to talk genuinely and excitedly to you, because he knows you're safe to be around and you're not going to judge him for who he is. That hits me hard.

He has the most adorable goddamned laugh in the world and it kills me on the daily.

This is a lot more in line with my personal tastes, as everyone who knows me well knows, but that damn laugh makes me all fluttery inside and weak in the knees. And he does it a LOT.

This update to Masters EX, where the characters laugh if you tap on them on the upgrade screen, destroyed me, and multiple people were apparently waiting for me to find it and die because I'm really predictable. I may or may not regularly pull the screen up just to poke at him and hear this. It's...not fair.

This one is...also unfair. I won't elaborate in public on what I think when I hear it because it's embarrassing.

So, uh...yeah. I really, really like Emmet a lot. I'm really normal about Emmet. I promise.

[egginfroggin]

To the Anon who sent me an ask requesting more little Emmet content: I am so sorry, I started to answer and then Tumblr ate it when I tried to save it to my drafts.

That being said, here is the requested content:

After Emmet gets shrunk from Rift energy, Arceus quickly sees the issue with this situation and tampers with its mark on him -- rather than a subtle mark that designates their connection, visible only to the Nobles and Legendaries, Arceus adjusts it so that most pokemon are able to see that Emmet is Arceus's Chosen, and will leave him alone accordingly. This doesn't always work, but it helps make sure that the Staravias don't try to peck his eyes out, at least. Its effect is flaky when it comes to Paras.

As a continuation of the above point, this makes it slightly worse in some cases, as the frenzied Nobles can see his designation plain as day. Due to Giratina's wrath being the source of their frenzy, this makes them pursue him with single-minded intent. Additionally, some alphas choose to ignore Emmet's mark and all it entails.

Typhlosion mothers Emmet already, but she truly leans into her broodiness in this variant. Do Not Touch. Emotional support fire weasel will bite.

Akari and Rei are well aware of the fact that Emmet is possibly not supposed to look like this, but they frequently forget about this during the process of Sibling Adoption.

The Ride Pokemon (which are considered Nobles in most, if not all, of my works) are very, very protective of this little bean chosen by Arceus. He is tiny! He must be protected!

Jubilife generally treats Emmet more warmly than they do in the original fic. Most people don't know about the theory that Emmet is, in fact, a grown adult who somehow got shrunk. Those who do know about that theory nevertheless treat him more gently because he is still physically, and to some extent mentally, still a child in a very unfortunate situation.

This does not stop a sort of banishment from occurring during the red sky, but rather than chucking the boy out on his ear, Kamado outright orders Akari and Rei to go with him.

(They would go anyway; even if they were to be ostracized, by this point Emmet is their tiny brother, and they would be willing to deal with it)

Palina is not happy with the fact that the Galaxy Team is okay with this tiny child running around fixing problems.

Emmet and Vessa get along great, frankly, once they get past Vessa staring him dead in the eyes and telling him that he is a mess and his soul is blinding and wrong. After that, hijinks ensue.

Emmet is not above using his cute little face and big, shiny eyes to manipulate Akari and Rei into giving him sweets.

Akari and Rei hate distortions with a passion because they're dangerous, but also because whenever they show up, Emmet just up and freaking runs into them and then they have to go drag him back. It's exhausting.

Emmet is very good at escaping whatever measures are instated to keep him contained.

Due to Emmet's tininess, things like stun spore and sleep powder affect him more severely. He will catch a whiff of sleep powder, sneeze, and get verrrry sleepy verrrrry fast.

Akari and Rei learn sign language very fast because it is the only way to tell what the heck Emmet is saying without writing utensils, and in the field, writeable dirt is not common, nor is sand, and they don't usually carry around much spare paper.

On the plus side, Emmet can get tuckered out pretty quickly due to the aforementioned tininess, and he's not very good and pushing on after that point.

On the down side, Emmet can get tuckered out pretty quickly due to the aforementioned tininess, and he's not very good at pushing on after that point.

So, that's all for the moment! I hope this answered your question if you're seeing this, Anon, and that you have a good day. ^^

[prpfs]

🫀 hello! i am looking to write some prose-y highly literate dead dove-y content. if you want to write some pretty words about some fucked up characters, i am your gal. 

i am 26, she/her and on gmt-3 timezone! my happy spot is writing somewhere between 400-700+ words and i’m happy to go even longer, but i don’t love to do shorter. no one-liners, i like to have a good chunk of introspection going at all times, so i’d consider myself adv. lit. and i hope to find partners who are the same! activity wise, i really don’t mind taking a couple days or even a couple weeks between replies, very chill with long hiatuses too, as long as we keep ooc communication open. otherwise i’ll assume you’ve ghosted me, which is fine too, but i won’t be chasing. i have a lot of free time at the moment, but i’m usually a full time uni student and i can’t always do rapid fire. besides, i like my replies hefty and long, so it’s quality over speed.

this is a request for 23+ writers preferably, and the muses will be 25+. bonus points for anyone who’s also a pinterest and playlist fiend. i really love using fcs, and i usually prefer actors, but i can be persuaded to accept descriptions only.

for my character, he’s a guy with some razor sharp edges. a functional alcoholic in most verses, roughed up, very much traumatized by life. originally lawful man who’s been corrupted. lost his unrequited love years ago to a murder and hasn’t recovered since, holds everyone an arms’ length away. big guy, manly man, “boys don’t cry” type of toxic masculinity. i’m looking for mxm or mxnb at this time. he is very much a top, but i am not looking to pair him with babyfied subby bottoms. if anything, he could use a more powerful/dominant partner he can worship and meet halfway, and i think it’d be a fun subversion of tropes with the plots i have in mind anyway.

so for the plots i want, i have a few dynamics in mind (bolded are the roles my character fits into): cop x prostitute, cop x stripper, bodyguard x famous person. verrrry into making these into low or high fantasy, or period pieces. also totally open to change cop for a vague “military man” title, and depending on the age, he might be retired. and if you have other scenarios you could see fitting and would like to play out, i’m all ears!

this will be written on a private discord server. i have writing samples ready to share and i hope you can do the same, so we can see if we match! i can share my character’s pinterest board and tell you more about him, and i hope you have a character in mind when we chat. i’ll always match energy and i’m really hoping for someone i can vibe with ooc. give this post a like and i’ll find you!

Leave a like, and anon will get back to you!

[nartothelar]

I'm one of the anons in that vampire au post. (I know that's easy to say)

I want you to know how much this made me cry and feel for these two.

You really could feel the Ingo's emotions. The grief of losing the people of Hisui, the fear of eventually losing Emmet as well. His frustration with everything. So good! And Emmet being calm, collected and true to himself. (I'm tearing up again just trying to give you a small comment) Also the slow reveal that Emmet is now looking much older than his brother was done so well and the emphasis on how happy his life has been really drives his point a lot. The surprise artwork in the middle of your fic is also so so good.

This is more than I had expected when I pressed ask a few weeks back and I am so impressed by this. Bravo. Truly super bravo!

Your writing style is so incredibly good! Really hoping to see more written from you in the future (only if you want that is)

SKSK THANK YOU!! I'm really glad you enjoyed my little drabble sksks I really really like the idea about immortality and its affect in the long run. Ingo has lost too many people whom he cares about to simply let Emmet age and eventually die without saying anything.

A lot of people brought up the idea that, if Emmet were in a situation where his life was in danger, something much less peaceful that dying of old age, if Ingo, fueled by desperation and fear of losing him, would take matter into his own hands to save him and turn him. Which I can totally see.

But I also think that Ingo knows Emmet, knows that his brother has made his decision and will not change his mind. And that means, as someone who loves and respects his brother, has to respect that decision.

He wouldn't forgive himself if he betrayed that trust, which makes this all the more frustrating for him, who already had to outlive a whole clan of people that he knew and loved and cared about. and now he had to go through that again? That grief and pain and fear had been festering inside for the longest time and it's something that no talks or reassurances will really disperse...

But on a less serious note, this was my first fic I wrote since going into this fandom and it was verrrry fun! Writing felt rusty but it was enjoyable nonetheless! ^w^

[placeinthemiddleofnowhere]

Hi! I am absolutely loving the Reign on me series with Pup! Sorry if you’ve already answered this, but how wolfy? do you consider Pup looks wise? Like do they have a wolf head or do they have just a human body & face with ears & a tail? Do they have a wolf nose or human nose? Sorry again for all the questions but I’m always curious what the authors imagine the hybrids they write about look like

Heyy sorry for missing your message! I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying the series 💕

I think I’ve maybe addressed something like this before, but it’s probably verrrry low down in the tags, so I’m happy to answer this 😁

The hybrids in the Reign universe are very human like, so no wolf heads hehe. Pup in particular I picture having wolf ears, wolf like eyes (so close to yellow), a tail (with maybe a lil fur around the area of the base), sharp canines and claw like nails. I can imagine that other hybrids might have other more unique features, like maybe cat hybrids have slightly more peach fuzz than a regular human that acts like whiskers! I do think their noses would be human like, however their sense of smell would be much better

[leggerefiore]

cw: yandere, dark content, unhealthy relationships, reader encourages emmet's behaviour though

pairings: Emmet/Reader

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You shouldn't have encouraged him, you knew.

Emmet's behaviour was absolutely unacceptable.

But… But you deeply enjoyed how much he cared.

It was subtle at first. Emmet suddenly worried about you going out alone at night and wanted to accompany you. Nothing that would concern anyone. He was just wanting to help keep you safe. Nimbasa was a big city, after all. Who knew the sorts that wandered around in the darkened streets?

You felt content to have him join you on walks out to convenience stores and getting take out. He was your sweet Emmy, after all. There was nothing nicer than having him stuck at your side.

Though, there was another shift you noticed not too long later. His discomfort as you spoke to men was apparent. He would stand there silently, smile wide as ever, but his eyes holding some odd level of hostility. It was never anything too apparent, just a subtle push to end their conversation with you and leave.

It built from there, suddenly every other person was not allowed to speak with you in his presence except a select few. Furthermore, it occurred to you that you should speak out against his behaviour at this point. Yet, you did not.

There was something oddly appealing about his possessive side. You wanted to see how far he would go. Something told you that he was aware that you were playing along, too.

Next, it was him begging you to stay at home unless he was there with you. Emmet was desperate when he spoke softly about a sudden worrying trend of abductions that he had heard about. Something related to Team Plasma. It was just an excuse, obviously.

Emmet just did not want you anywhere that he could not easily keep eyes on you. It was apparent that he was using his Joltiks to keep tabs on you when he wasn't in the house. You played along. It was not terribly inconvenient.

Not to mention how doting and loving he was through all this. Endless kisses and hugs and cuddles. Anything you asked for was brought to you. Nights were long and intimate, as he clearly wanted to ravage you until you could no longer think of anything else but him. Emmet wanted you all to himself.

You sighed when you woke up with a wrist cuffed to the headboard and a letter written in the usual left-hand slant of the younger twin. Scrawled across the page was the fact he had hidden your phone and could no longer stand the idea of you being able to leave the apartment despite your promise not to. “I love you too much. I cannot think straight. I must have you to myself. I am verrrry sorry! But! I will keep you happy :)! I will be home at eight. — Your Sweet Emmy.”

You laid back against the bed.

Well, you supposed. He left you plenty to entertain yourself in the bedroom. Game systems, puzzles, books, a television… He made sure you had everything you could ask for. But your phone. There was even a tray of sweets and some snack foods sat on the bedside table. The chain was long enough to reach the attached bathroom, too.

You closed your eyes.

Well, this was what you wanted.

Maybe you should play along with the upset captive to get him excited… Then again, he did love having you submissive to him.

Maybe you should just ask him? There was much fun to be had, either way.

You certainly loved Emmet just as much as he loved you.

[lurkinglurkerwholurks]

The Robin Manual

First posted: May 8, 2018

Focuses on: Bruce (with some Damian)

My favorite bookmark: "Dick and later Damian help Bruce with his depressed potato days"

Second favorite bookmark: "do not read if sad"

Tier: Definitely one of my quieter fics by all metrics.

This is my "behind the scenes" series where I indulge myself frightfully by annotating my fics. Link to the fic itself above. Thoughts below the cut.

This was only my third fic ever posted and my first one-shot. As best I can remember, it started because I was procrastinating on Much That Once Was Is Lost (in which Tim is verrrry depressed) and thinking about depression in general. That made me think of the posts about Batman's cape as a weighted blanket, and then I swapped out the cape for a Robin.

Bruce Wayne was having a very bad day that unfortunately had been preceded by a very good week.

This felt important, to set up at the start that Bruce is well-acquainted with bad days and can handle them, but that he also has happiness and that sometimes the light can make the gloom feel gloomier.

Most of the time, he could feel them coming the way a swimmer could feel the approach of something huge beneath the surface of the water. The pressure would start to build, tugging at him like undertow by the shore, and it was always a gamble to see how long he could tarry before the pull yanked him under.

My two earlier fics both had water imagery, too, so this third time's charm really cemented things, I think.

As Bruce Wayne, he charmed and cajoled and raised funds and awareness. As the Bat, he worked and fought and bled. 

"Why doesn't the billionaire just—" HE DOES!! THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT! This man has devoted EVVVVVVERY facet of his life to trying to heal his city and to prevent his own childhood trauma from happening to everyone else!!

Then Dick Grayson had come into his life. Bright, irrepressible Dick, who despite all he’d been through shone so fiercely with life that sometimes it hurt to look at him. Days with Dick meant chatter and laughter and so many questions that Bruce’s tongue felt like shoe leather by the end. He loved every minute.

This was also important to me, establishing Bruce as someone so very different from Dick but who loves that boy completely and irrevocably. This was also multiple years pre-Battinson. Get on my level, Reeves, I dare you.

And then, very carefully, a small body had climbed onto his back and lay down.

Confession: I very much wanted Bruce to be on his back when Dick came in, so Dick could sleep on his chest. Idiot wouldn't roll over for me. Turns out stomach-sleeping is the most depressed of poses.

He couldn’t risk sinking, couldn’t risk losing himself, even for a day. He forced himself up and through his bad days, his mind fathoms away but his body up, moving, fighting, protecting. It felt like trying to walk on a broken foot, each step grinding shattered bones further into dust. But he did it, because he had to. And then came the very bad day in the very good week.

Again, the good makes the bad seem worse. Also, Bruce has such mammoth willpower, it makes sense that he would push through mental pain the same way he would physical, because he felt like he had to, even to his own detriment, and only be able to fall apart once he was sure it was safe to do so.

Bruce didn’t know how long he had drifted until he bumped against the reef of that voice. Skeletal fingers scrabbled at its edges, trying to hold fast before he could float away again. His kids needed him. There was an emergency. A case. He needed to pull himself up onto those shattered bones and stride back into the fight.

I am pleased with my own imagery. That is all.

When Bruce woke some time later, he remembered to twist slowly and grab the child on his back before turning over completely. With a quiet, sleepy grunt, he settled the groggy boy onto his chest and tousled his dark hair.

Finally! I got him onto his back! Have a small child curled on your chest like a sleepy kitty as a reward!

Lastly: I forgot that in the endnotes for this one, I already had staked a flag in Bruce being touch-starved. Fascinating.

[nell0-0]

Y'all, I know unhinged Emmet is kinda a concept going around in a lot of submas AUs and stuff. And like, cool if you like that, but can we get some soft bittersweet Emmet?

You know, an Emmet that wouldn't go fight Arceus on a desperate lead, but an Emmet that would always put two of everything (two plates, two glasses, two pair of slippers near the front door... You get it) and would always be thrown off by only having to use one. An Emmet that wouldn't react aggressively or unhinged when catching a lead, but a tentative anxious hope that leaves him pacing around his couch in a loop until he either calms down or someone (like Elesa) stops him and try to talk it out instead.

An Emmet that is independent and does not need Ingo to live, but still desperately wants his twin so they can go have coffee or ride a train, share jokes and little quirks he couldn't quite the same way with anyone else.

An Emmet that can be happy, be content, if still grieving due to not having closure, who just wants to know what happened. Who wants the truth, but at the end of the day he has to live without knowing and, while it's hard, he manages to overcome the loneliness with the help of his friends, family and community.

And if (when) Ingo comes back, they click again. They're different people, and that's normal, but they're together and Ingo couldn't be prouder of Emmet if he tried.

"Bravo" Ingo would say. "Bravo, Emmet."

E "I'm happy. I'm verrrry happy. And while I was a wreck for some time after you went missing... I am Emmet. And I am just glad you're back. I missed you."

I "I missed you too."

E "You did not remember me. That's okay" and there would be no recrimination, no accusation in either his expressive face or monotone voice. Just genuine happiness conveyed in his smile, his eyes, and the side hug he gives to Ingo.

I "I missed you even without memories, Emmet" and his honesty, his smile, would come through his voice instead of his face. That much hadn't changed despite it all, but to Emmet it was so very familiar. It was so verrrrry Ingo.

An amnesiac Ingo that would try to relearn things at his own pace, with his brother's support every step in the way. An Ingo that gets oversensitivity with all the stimuli in the city after living in the wilderness for so long, but uses noise cancelers while trying to avoid big crowds, adapting and learning to function in modern society again. Going to work eventually, rebuilding his life, creating new friendships and reconnecting with the old ones.

An Ingo that would be more comfortable around pokemon than people, befriending them even easier than before and going out of his way to pet them or give them a little treat.

...like please, can we get some of that too?

[pridepup]

disability hc for any bsd character of your choice? :)

Hi hi anon I am verrrry normal about this request (current special interest combined with disability stuff = me being very happy and normal)

So uh. I'm going to do as many headcanons as possible but we probably won't be able to do all the ones listed here. Also for simplicity reasons I'm going to stick with physical disabilities on this list (although expect some PD-NOS icons for Dazai, system Fyodor, and PTSD for Kyouka in the future) I also will be shuffling a few of them in the q because I dunno about posting all the disability headcanons at once.

Anyway the whole list of headcanons are under the cut, and we mayyyy add to this? Idk we haven't finished watching BSD so yeah

ADA:

Akiko Yosano: Hard of hearing, uses hearing aids

Atsushi Nakajima: Asthma, amputee (missing one leg), uses artificial limbs

Dazai Osamu: Unspecified disability that causes pains (probably psychological/phantom pain as the result of attempts he's made in the past) and he's an ambulatory crutch user (also possibly has CFS/ME)

Kenji Miyazawa: Something with his spine (I am not knowledgeable in this area of disabilities to say for certain what I headcanon him as having)

Ranpo: CFS/ME haver and an ambulatory wheelchair user

The guild:

Lucy: Allergies and narcolepsy

Poe: Uses a wrist brace (probably has some form of artheritis and/or carpal tunnel sydrome)

Port Mafia:

Akutagawa: Rheumatoid arthritis, Compromised immune system (I assume this is somewhat canon? Tbh I can't remember why he coughs so often)

Chuuya Nakahara: Has fibromyalgia and is a cane user, probably also uses a wheelchair but very rarely (shame related reasons)

Elise: Wheelchair user (unspecified disbaility)

Kouyou Ozaki: Amputee (has lost both legs due to PM stuff) and wheelchair user

'Q': Type 1 diabetes, possibly uses a wheelchair

Decay of angels:

Bram: Amputee, Wheelchair user

Fyodor: Anemia (I know it's not classes as a disability but in my mind would still impact his life a lot), MS, amputee, wheelchair user.

Nikolai Gogolo: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

[scentedlavenderzest]

I AM READY FOR CHANGE

I’ve been a part of this community for more than 4+ years and I’ve seen sooo much drama., there was were moment that made me happy, angry, sad and tearful to specifically the success stories..

I always tried to implement what other creators always told us as an advice.. I tried the 10K method in which I didn’t even surpass day one properly, couldn’t do states because when I ignored the dumb negative thought of mine I still had a verrrrry verrry small doubt..

As of now, I know my red flags …I have anger issues and verrrry less patience so because of that I can’t or get bored in meditation…

Now as I look back at my habits, I’ve noticed how many multiple times I’ve was sooo close to my desired self but didn’t do it because I didn’t persist…

I’ve read sooo many articles about it but as I’m not a native speaker, I still tried to persist but you know when there’s a small negative thought and you just ignore it and persist, yeah I think I did that, yet no Results…

Most of you will say that currently I’m in a state of lack etc., I’ve always persisted but currently I’m trying to tell you how I feel…

that’s why I made this post to finally get the answer to my question…

I just want your help in this journey of mine to have my very own success story…. Will you help me? If yes, Please give me knowledge about different stuffs, advices,send videos etc etc., I’d appreciate your support 💗

(I’m going to tag some creators in hope that they’ll help me, I’ve created this account just for this purpose and I’m very sorry if you consider this disrespectful and if there are more creators who’d love to help me they are very much welcomed)

@msallurea @eamour @konniesreality

@adilynnyuri @luckykiwiii101

[jils-things]

happy new year! ; my farewell letter to 2023.

last year, ive written a similar farewell letter to 2022 and i want to make this a little tradition - so here's my second one <3

okay, so - wow. first of all, just wow.

this might be incredibly bold to say, but i think this has been my best year to be alive (i promise you i do not want to sound corny about it, but i really think 2023 was amazing for me.) of course, many things happened. im at my last year of senior high before i go to college, which is very scary but i hope i can be brave for it. school has been actually very generous to me recently, despite a few minor setbacks that looked very major when i was going through it, but overall it was very generous to me. but irl rambling is boring, so let's talk about my selfshipping blog!

last year, i had a verrrry firm grip on a previous f/o that im 100% sure old followers know - though im a little sad I can't find that spark to focus on him again - the shift in media has helped me find new f/os that i can say has been incredibly memorable to me. as we all know, im in a very INSANE pokemon brainrot since november or october(?) of 2022 and it has still remained heavily active in my head right now - which i honestly didn't even know i had the full capacity of doing! I don't know what magic this game did to me but i promise you im so happy i revisited this game again.

i would talk about how grateful i am to everyone has been supportive and sweet about my romantic f/os but i think the best highlight of my blog is my newfound love for my familial f/os - before that, i never had a single one on my list because i was simply quite disconnected to the family love concept, but after indulging myself in pokemon - i would come to discover pokemon adve.ntures, or poke.spe for short hehe. i have so many fond memories of finding myself wanting to read more and MORE - i would have every chapter downloaded beforehand just so that i can read it in my spare time, not even school that demanded my attention would stop me from sneaking my phone to quickly read through the manga LMAOO - but consuming the media itself wasn't enough, i needed people to understand the ROLLERCOASTER of emotions i had while reading and well, i think its very clear who those people were, the ones who came to save my miserable ass from (insert shocking scene in poke.spe) AHSJHSHSJSJS you know who you are and i appreciate you forever and they - i kid you not, helped me create something wonderful!

but of course, the video games were just as amazing. would you believe me if i told you i played gens 1 to 7 in one year? that's how much i adore the game and i still have yet to catch up to other games like the spin offs :] im not sure how to end this statement but. im so happy appleshipping and memoryshipping exists 🥹 i usually don't like thinking that they'll be with me forever because i believe nothing lasts for eternity but i just wanna say that they were just ... im just so contented 🥹 again, all of this actually would not have been so impactful to me if it weren't for my awesome mutuals hearing me out about it and supplying me with even more ideas - these mutuals would also end up becoming such loving friends of mine that helped me get out of my comfort zone and im still happy they're around (hi guys!) 💚

oh! and, what a surprise, i never thought id have an oc f/o! i initially thought that this was so impossible to do but?!??;?! it just happened i guess!!!! i keep surprising myself this year 😭

ok now here's the obligatory art summary for the year 💥

literally the best thing i ever done with my art is try using csp and it actually really helped me change the way i draw, and i even managed to cross out a few items in my last year's resolution thanks to it! i still bounce between using ibispaint and csp but i certainly improved!

the last thing im forever grateful about are the people who has been consistently supportive of my art - especially the commissions, i can't stress it enough how much it has helped me outside and it allowed me to go beyond my comfort zone when it comes to my drawing skills :']] thank you all so much

and finally, big thank you to everyone who sent me nice letters to my tree 🥹💚 its a gentle reminder that im actually ... pretty cool ig 🥹 and if you didn't send one, that's also ok!! you're still cool for reading this mwamwa

again im so bad at ending posts like these but cheers to a new year and let's hope it'll be better for everyone. 💚🫡 goodbye 2023!