#i can't explain this i just thought it'd be hilarious

[hychlorions]

guys being dudes

[cyxnidx]

LANGUAGE BARRIER !

characters: choso, gojo, nanami

summary: them with a bilingual-partner & their kids

ー# CHOSO didn't know just how big of a mistake he made letting his little girl learn an extra language. at first, he didn't think it'd be a big deal. his two year old learning your native language? that was an amazing idea - he loved it. the importance of maintaining your culture's language and spreading it through family made him think he was completing an aspiration he never knew he wanted. that was, until his you and his little angel decided to take things to the next level - insults. you taught her insults. and he didn't know it until he ended up upsetting her at the dinner table, and she blurted something incredibly disrespectful in your native language.

your jaw was on the floor. and choso was, rightfully so, incredibly confused. "what'd she just say?" he asks, genuinely confused about what she just told him. you begin laughing, scolding your little girl. "honey, you can't say that to daddy! that's bad." choso looks at her concerned. "what'd you say?" she crosses her arms, sticking her tongue out at him. he sighs, looking at you. "what'd she say?" collecting yourself, you sigh and whisper it to him, watching as his face contorts to complete shock. "that is so rude!"

ー# GOJO loved the idea. i mean, think about it? his little girl, stomping around, arguing with you in your language, and lowkey winning? he thought it was hilarious! of course, until she gets old enough to truly say something hurtful, but that'll be a while. or, at least, that's what he thought.

your daughter pouts, sitting in the middle of the living room floor, back facing you. she's six now, and far sassier than anything on plant earth. meanwhile, gojo is simply getting a snack bar from the kitchen. though, when you least expect it, she yells at you to shut up in your native language. your eyes go wide as you begin to slip off your sandal, walking toward her in spite of her screams. gojo wraps his arms around your torso, yelling 'calm down' and 'it's okay', having to catch your sandal when you attempt to throw it at her. your daughter approaches, just far back enough to not get caught by you, and apologizes formally before leaving to hide in her room. and now, gojo has to deal with you cursing at him. which is all fine, of course, except.. its somehow worse than you cursing at him in English?

ー# NANAMI thought it to be an interesting experience. he was the one to convince you that, no, it wasn't going to confuse him, and no, he wouldn't be upset if his daughter spoke to him in the language. because, unbeknownst to you, he's learning the language. ever since you were maybe six months pregnant? he wanted it to be a surprise for the little ones birthday. and that, it was.

you smiled, answering one of your daughters many questions for the day while nanami sat at the picnic table outside. today marks her fourth birthday, and she was ecstatic. she never really understood the significance of birthdays until recently, when nanami's been explaining to her how exciting they tend to be. "daddy! daddy! today's my birthday!" she exclaims, grinning ear to ear. "and ー and mommy made me my cake! and i helped!" she says, happily pointing to the cake, basically jumping off the ground and to the moon. nanami smiled at his daughter's excitement. "i see, darling. did you put the candles on it, too?" he asks, stifling a laugh at the slightly messy placement of the candles on top. she nods and grins. "you did a great job, darling." he praises, kissing her cheek. she asks you a question in your language, asking if it was time to cut the cake yet. before you could respond, nanami shakes his head, telling her she has to wait to light the candles first. your eyes go wide, while your daughter simply nods with acceptance. "since when did you-?" you ask, generally confused. nanami smiles. "i've been learning for some years now."

[hypewinter]

Danny can no longer Go Ghost. Oh his powers work perfectly fine, but whenever he tries to transform, it seems as if the universe itself is screaming and begging him to not transform

So he goes to Clockwork who explains that Phantom has simply grown too powerful and that Danny simply needs to empower someone to act in his stead like an avatar

Unfortunately, Danny can't really choose anyone he knows. Tucker is not responsible with powers and the less is said about an empowered Sam, the better

It'd be absolutely hilarious if the avatar gets selected via a tournament arc. I imagine it wasn't Danny's idea but he was taking too long since he didn't want to burden anyone with this responsibility leading to the Observants deciding they'll take care of it. Cue all of Earth's heroes being summoned to an arena and told to fight until a victor is crowned. Really? This again? They all collectively groan. Meanwhile Danny is blissfully unaware of what's going on as he's back at the Clocktower trying to figure out the best candidate (the Observants thought they'd gain favor if they just surprised him with a new avatar).

I'm not honestly too sure how the tournament itself would turn out. Maybe the heroes would go along with it until they could figure out just what the reason for the tournament is this time. Maybe they would immediately jump to revolt. Punch first, ask questions later and all that. I could go either way to be honest.

All I really want is for the heroes to bust down the door and confront Danny about this whole tournament, ready to take down another crazy in power, only for this painful sleep deprived child to blink up at them, "What tournament?"

[nocreativityfornames]

Random Obey Me! Headcanons Part 3

Asmo collects plushies, he finds the little things absolutely adorable and has tons of them in his room. And yes, you'll see Asmo's eyes lit up like a kid if you ask him about them and their individual names. He will also be glad to explain each one's little story and how he got them, and you would be endeared to find that a good portion of the plushies were given by the other brothers themselves, who have known about his love for collecting for a long time now.

Belphie is one of those people who when you ask them for something will ALWAYS blatantly say no at first but then proceed to nonchalantly do the exact thing you asked with no ounce of shame whatsoever, maybe even smirk a little as they finish doing whatever it is you asked. It's a little annoying at first, but you eventually get used to it. He's just likes being a brat, really.

Satan had an emo phase as a teenager, he would dye his hair black, only wear dark clothes, paint his nails regularly ( with the help of Asmo ), listen to typical emo music, the whole nine yards. And of course, he was more rebellious than ever, refusing to listen to his brothers and just any authority figures in general. He's ashamed of it now and cringes hard seeing pictures of himself back then. As any good father older brother would though, Lucifer always manages to embarrass him by bringing up that phase and even showing the "cursed pictures" to friends/potencial partners Satan brings home.

Levi likes to hide in small spaces when he's anxious, overwhelmed, or just doesn't wanna deal with something ( social interactions more often than not ). Oh, you're at a party and you can't find Levi anywhere? Check the less crowded room, more specifically under the tables, he's probably there playing games on his phone. Hm, it's lunch break at RAD and the third born is nowhere to be seen? Inside his locker, or maybe the janitor's closet. He doesn't know exactly why he does it, but it's a habit that's been with him ever since he was a small angel. Those places just comfort him, somehow. And don't worry, he's pretty flexible so it works out just fine. I mean, why else would he be okay sleeping in a bathtub?

MC and Mephisto didn't meet for the first during S4. In fact, these two first met only a week into the exchange program, with Mephisto interviewing MC for the RAD Newspaper. Because of course, the public was dying to know more about the newest exchange student who had just entered the academy, and multiple news outlets were covering MC's arrival and curious situation, given that they had been placed with the seven brothers at HoL, and had gotten into a pact with Mammon so quickly. Being aware of all of this, Mephisto knew that an exclusive interview with MC would give everyone in the kingdom something to talk about, and so he sought to be the first one to get his hands on one. ( Also he was very intrigued and eager to known more about MC, but of course he'd never admit that. )

Belphie and Mammon both have piercings around their bodies. Mammon especially likes the golden and grey ones that match his rings, while Belphie prefers them black ( because of course he would ).

For the first 2-3 months of the exchange program, MC genuinely thought Diavolo and Lucifer were a couple. This happened because ever since day 1 they were hearing "funny comments" about the two of them and just assumed they were in an actual relationship. And no one ever bothered to correct them because they found it hilarious, and wanted to see how long it'd take for them to find out the truth. Some of the brothers even went as far as purposely making up stories to lead MC to believe that Lucifer was out on dates with Diavolo when he wasn't at home and they came looking for him ( and the bastards would immediately start laughing the moment MC left the room ). MC only found out the truth when they were talking to Lucifer about Diavolo one day and casually replied to something he said with "But that's not really surprising since he's your boyfriend" and Lucifer just went ???? "Excuse me?? What did you just say?" and proceeded to explain that he and Diavolo were in fact not in a relationship. ( the punishment he gave his brothers after finding out about this "little prank" of theirs was no joke, but none of them regretted it, it was "just too funny", in their own words )

Lucifer's voice changes DRASTICALLY depending on his mood. Like, the more serious/stressed he is, the deeper it goes, and the more relaxed/content he is, the softer it becomes. You can hear it cleary when you compare the way he sounds on a regular basis when lecturing the others, speaking about work, giving speeches as RAD's vice president, etc, to rare occasions when he's talking about music and art, playfully teasing the others, or recalling a nice moment from the past. It's like there are 3 stages to his voice: usual deep, furiously deep ( that iconic "Mammooon" ), and ACTUALLY SOFT. The ones who get to hear his "nice voice" the most are MC, Diavolo, Barbatos, Luke, and Beel.

One that's already been discussed by other players but that I'd like to add on: demons ( and angels as well ) give humans "uncanny valley feeling" and MC could tell there was something ""wrong"" with brothers ( they aren't humans ) the moment they first laid their eyes on them in the council room. And my addition to this is: although the brothers all give off this feeling, it's to varying degrees that depend on how much they can blend in as a human. And Satan is the only who can bypass this "filter" almost completely, because remember when Lucifer first introduced him by saying something along the lines of "He might look nice but don't fall for it because it's an act"? Well, I like to think that Satan also looks the most "normal" out of his brothers when it comes to the "uncanny valley feeling" because of this too, since he has pretty much mastered the art of appearing trusting to deceive humans back in the day and is still the best at disguising himself as human to not to scare people away when visiting the human world and such.

Solomon has a hobby of solving jigsaw puzzles, like, you know those huge ones that take over the entire table or floor? He absolutely loves them and will gladly spend a whole day focused on completing them if needed. And if you offer to solve one with him? Oh, he'll get so excited it's actually kind of adorable. So do it, it's the road to his heart, even if you find it boring.

Lucifer leaves Beel on charge whenever he has a work-related trip, or simply intends on spending more time out of the house than usual. It's easy, as long as the second youngest keeps everything in order, Lucifer promises to take him to any restaurant he wants ( no matter how expensive ), and to let him eat to his heart's content when he comes back. Oh, Mammon is trying to sneak out of the house to gamble all their money away? Nuh-uh, Beel's not letting him leave through that door! Asmo's planning to take advantage of the fact that Lucifer is out to throw a party? Nope, Beel's stopping him. Satan & Belphie are trying to get into Lucifer's room to prank him? Yeah nah, Beel's dragging them back to their own rooms. Really, it works wonders, not only because Beel has the most physical strength out of everyone and can overpower them, but also because none of them have the heart to actually argue with him.

[letsmyy]

i have a request!!! you should write a daughter of apollo x leo valdez fic but based on espresso by sabrina carpenter (idk i feel like that song gives children of apollo vibes!) it'd be leo obsessed with the apollo girl (like him being absolutely obsessed with her, having the biggest crush on her possible, he constantly thinks about her, him being an absolute loser bf) and finally getting the courage to ask her out on a date or something like that.

“she’s like a shot of espresso…”

leo valdez x duaghter of apollo!reader

warnings: use of yn! english isn’t my first language so it might be some errors!!

thank you so much for your request, it made me so happy!! idk if what i wrote it’s exactly what you want but i hope you like it 🤕 this is my first timing writing a real fic and I think it really shows lol, but i promise I’ll try to improve in the next one, I’m so sorry if it’s that bad, and this is really short too? omg im really bad at this lol, but anyways, ly anon tell me your opinions (honestly) abt this later, kisses to uuu!! 🫶💗 (btw anon, please request other things I feel like I didn’t did you justice with this one)

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“is it that sweet? I guess so…..”

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Leo was sure he was going crazy.

He always had a pretty big amount of silly crushes on girls, but with you? It was getting way too serious. Of course, you're beautiful, incredibly kind, and too generous for your own good, and you treated him well, but that isn't enough reason to make him lose sleep; at least that's what he thought.

And he was extremely wrong. Being in your presence was the equivalent of being bathed in the sunlight, and gods, he felt like a prisoner who hadn't seen the sun in years.

He's completely obsessed with you; he just needs the courage to verbalize that, but being honest, Leo felt like a coward at the moment.

While being lost in his thoughts (the thoughts being the pretty daughter of Apollo that never leaves his mind), the boy finally falls asleep.

Leo doesn't mind waking up if that means spending the day with the people he loves, so after getting ready for the day, he searches for you.

And he found you, talking with a much younger camper, helping him. You're smiling like it's the best day of your life, and Leo could swear that you're almost glowing.

The boy makes its way to you the same moment you finish talking to the kid, now having your full attention on Hephaestus' son.

"Leo! Good morning!" Your voice to him had the same effect as listening to his favorite music, it made him happy in ways he couldn't explain, even if his life depended on it. 

"Yn! Good morning!" He mimics you, not in a bad way, just a teasing one. You roll your eyes in fake annoyance.

"Sooo, did you sleep well, Valdez?" You ask, seeming really interested in the answer, but he knows that you're like that for everything, being extremely kind.

"Not really, would be better if I dreamed about you," you laugh amusingly.

"You say that every day, y'know?"

"I know, I say because it's true. " You can't help but blush a little. You're used to Leo flirting with you, but it never gets past that, so you just learned to joke back.

"Hilarious, Valdez... fortunately, I slept very well today, and I'm more excited than normal! I think it's because it's so sunny today, that's awesome, was thinking about going to the lake later. I can't waste such a pretty day like this one painting inside my cabin..."

"Unfortunately, I'll be in the bunker today, I have lots of things to do."

"What? No! You're coming with me, you can't waste this wonderful day either!" You grab his hands, walking toward the lake.

Leo could swear he would pass out at that moment. He couldn't even think about denying your offer, he would prefer dying to doing that.

After a few seconds, you guys get to the lake.

"Look how pretty it is! You have to go swimming with me, it’s a need.”

"Look, sunshine, water and fire don't get along so well, so I might skip that one" he says, apologetic. You frown, thinking.

"We don't need to go swimming, we can just talk, i really don't care." You smile lovingly at him.

"I don't want to ruin your day! There are many people that can go with you, you'll find someone better to do that." He's so oblivious that it's getting concerning.

"I want to spend time with you, Valdez. I don't mind if it's swimming or just talking, I want to, you know..be with you."

"Oh." He's acting like a loser, he can't think straight anymore and is blushing like crazy, but who cares?

"Oh?" You tease him, smiling.

"Yeah, we can. Just talk, I'm happy with that. " His smile was so genuine that made your heart melt.

That's when you realize you're still holding his hand, and you don't want to change that. You can feel he notices too.

Something just snapped in his head, now it’s the time, now or never, right?

"Yn? Can I tell you something?" He says it in a quiet tone, and you just nod.

"When I'm around you, it's like constantly drinking a shot of espresso, it's like being bathed in sunlight, you're incredibly energetic and enthusiastic, and i just can't get enough of you, you're my sunrise and daylight....all I'm saying is, gods, I very much love you more than just friends" You're surprised, really surprised, so surprised that you can't even speak for a moment, which just makes Leo even more nervous.

"Please say something...like, anything, a no it's better than silence because it’s less-“ Before he yaps again, you interrupt him:

"I like you too." The boy almost squeals of pure excitement.

"Seriously? Oh gods, oh gods. What?" He's so happy, it's so sincere, so soft, it's amazing, you can feel your heart beating so fast, and you don't even care; seeing him like this because of you is the best feeling you ever felt.

Then you see that one look, meant just for you, it's like time has frozen, and you're both thinking the same thing. Then, like all the stars aligned, you kissed him

[quitealotofsodapop]

[Someone jokes that Macaque has developed a mega beer belly and Mac just starts crying cus of hormones. Someone gets punched.]

Was it one of the other SWKs XD ? Either them or Hunstman.

But how would the others (fam and dimensional) react to discovering this particular baby is the reincarnation of the demon that was really close to destroying the world and remaking it in her image? Like, the double take has to be legendary.

Oh it was def Huntsman who made the "beer belly" comment. He has no filter. SWK was the one who punched him, cus of shared hormones with Mac. Then the other spiders smack Huntsy on the back of the head for good measure. Sandy has to physically lift his mans out of there before they try returning him to Diyu with the receipt. Huntsman apologized via hand-woven silk baby blankets.

Whilst the parents knew from the beginning that LBD has reincarnated into their daughter (they were there obs), most of the fam hear about "Yuebei = Reincarnated LBD" from gossip or hearsay. Also the Mayor equally has no filter - he walks straight up to Macaque with an armful of baby shower gifts and waves at his stomach like; "Hello, my lady! Enjoying your new accommodations?". The friends and fam present are like "Lol what?" and SWK and Mac just decide to spill the beans.

The adults are initally freaked out ("So are we talking... fresh slate? Or is she gonna come out with the creepy whispering and bone mechs?"), but once it becomes clear that Yuebei won't have the memories or mind of her previous incarnation, the adults all sigh and just chalk it up to weird reincarnation nonsense. Pigsy expresses how he feels sorry for the kid, as he too reincarnated from a jerk (Zhu Bajie).

The kids freak out a little more. You know already how badly MK and Bai He takes the situation. Nezha ends up being the voice of reason; pointing out tha he himself is a demonic reincarnation and he can't remember squat about who his soul used to inhabit. It takes the kids a lot longer to be cool with the "Baby sister might be the Devil" situation.

As for the Wukongverse? It's a mixed bag. Under read more for spoilers

LMK Shadowpeach: *explaining what happened when they went to Diyu to sort out unrelated undead stuff* LMK!Mac: "So yeah, our unborn daughter is the reincarnation of the Bone Demon that tried to destroy all of the Mortal Realm and remake it in her image." The rest of the SWKs and LEMs: O_O? x_O? HeroIsBack!SWK: "How did that happen??? I thought reincarnation was completely random." LMK!SWK, eating peach chips: "We were planning on more kids. What remained of LBD's soul was sorta hanging around the bridge in Diyu. The gods laughed. Simple really." NewGods!SWK: "And here I thought gods getting reborn as mortals was irony." Reborn!SWK: "I pray that your enemy will be born knowing that they will be loved in this lifetime." LMK!Mac, tearing up: "Aww... thats actually really sweet of you to say-" 2000sCartoon!SWK, interupting: "Because if they turn out to be evil, we wont hesistate to bury them!" :3 LMK!Shadowpeach: *hormonal crying. The other monkeys jump to comfort them* HeroIsBack!LEM, comforting his LMK counterpart: "Annnd you ruined the moment Ganzhe." 2000sCartoon!SWK: "But it's true! We all thought it!" Netflix!SWK: "You don't say it to the parents!" Netflix!LEM: "I think it'd be hilarious if the kid turned out like her old self. Like the 10 Kings saying She's your problem now." NewGods!LEM: "Don't be so sure about that. We don't know what the Bone Demon was like as a kid. Could have been stuff she saw as an adult that messed her up. Either way it's gonna be hard for her to be a villain when she can't even stay awake for more that two hours." Smash SWK & LEM: *weren't even paying attention, they blanked out after the pregnancy talk started* "Wait... whats this about a ghost baby?" "I think one of their kids is like... a shiny pokemon or something" Meihouwang SWK & LEM: *were paying attention, but are very confused* "???"

Its all very frustrating for LMK Shadowpeach.

[valeriefauxnom]

One thing I always loved about taking things at face value instead of thinking of the more logical, meta reason why this is the case is that it leads to situations like this:

How do we get here?

The answer is art. Well, that, and trying to fit in multiple characters into a single frame coupled with Ranzal being too short to allow the rest of them normal-er heights.

It all starts at this early dragalia life comic, and this panel specifically:

So, apparently somebody (whether the artist actually asked anyone else or just winged it, I don't know!) decided Ranzal was 6'1. Fair, a pretty tall height for such a big dude, right? Well, it's not tall enough when we then put this in mind with pretty much every art with him in the picture and can't be explained by perspective (ie, everyone is likely on a relatively flat surface)

(Yes I know Euden's kneeling in that one but still, don't think standing is going to help him much in this case! He's still got more in common with Daikokuten the Mouse Dragon in that picture than any human or sylvan...)

And yes, these are some of the more egregious examples, but just the fact there's more than one makes this so funny trying to re-contextualize everyone else's height around Ranzal when we look at art like this. Because, as the very first image suggests, Euden is at best 5'1 in some of these arts if Ranzal is 6'1. And since Dragalia seemed to go with a vague 'comparison heights' to keep in line that Euden is taller than Zethia, but not Luca, etc, means quite a few people are absolutely tiny with the only fact that they're shorter than Euden as evidence needed.

Now, of course you can easily ruin this by logical, unfun recognition that Euden is also one of the most egregious size-shifters in Dragalia over the years (which by itself might make for some funny headcanons that he doesn't know/can't remember his own height and just guesstimates if there's some sort of conscious mental influence in trying to return to human form after shifting...Like if he's feeling on top the world, powerful when he's shifting back everyone is suddenly wondering why he looks so much taller, etc), as evidenced by even just these dragalia life panels:

(This would put him at about 5'9/152 cm)

...Whereas this likely only cracks 4' something or another. You get the picture: heights aren't exactly stable in comics or art. And I get it, it'd be a pain to try and keep everything consistent 24/7 over so many comics and artworks.

But oh, is it funny to imagine that everyone in Grastea is falling into one of two camps: huge-normal and very small. There is almost no in-between. You are either 6'+ or you are 4'8. Like...

A party approaches, two taller figures and three small ones. One of them looks like a the leader of this group, a bulky frame and commanding, harsh presence that signals not to play games with him. Surely that's the most dangerous member of the party, right? He looks like he eats whole horses for breakfast and it all turns straight into muscle.

...And then the one 5'1 kid randomly multiplies in size several times over and is now a huge freakin' dragon and setting you on fire/sending a tidal wave at you/kicking up a tornado/electrifying you/breathing poison/etc...

Appearances....can be deceiving?

So yeah, there we have the hilarious and unintentional effects by that one damning comic so long ago provides, if you so choose to take it at face value instead of introducing silly things like facts and logic and an understanding of the difficulties of being an artist!

Bonus round (ie, edit)

Also, judging by this exact one (1) piece of art, Emile very well is taller than Phares. Emile looks like he's hunching over somewhat and is still about even with Phares:

So yeah. Figured I should share that Emile might be way taller than I thought, at least.

[dragon-tamer-1]

Aftermare Week 2023

Day 3: Light

Nightmare had a plan: sneak over to Geno and pick him up. Why? He just wanted to surprise him. And hopefully he won't be too startled to summon his attacks.

He peaked his head around the tree to see if Geno was distracted, and saw that he was down in the field of flowers. Perfect. He knows that Geno always seems transfixed on the color and texture of the flowers and likely doesn't notice there's anyone coming up to him if they don't make themselves known.

Moving as quickly and quietly as he can, he made his way down the small hill the Tree stood on. He froze as Geno moved, thinking he noticed him coming and ruining his plan on surprising him. But Geno had only repositioned himself and had not noticed him. Nightmare relaxed, relieved that he was still in the clear.

He was right behind Geno now, and seeing that he was still not noticed, braced himself to pick up the slightly smaller skeleton.

He grabbed Geno from under his arms, yoinked him up, and, to his surprise, stumbled when he realized that it took way less effort to carry Geno than he thought. He nearly fell over, but managed to balance himself with Geno still flailing in his arms. The totally-not-a-girly-scream that totally didn't come out of Geno's mouth(he will never admit it) was hilarious. And no panic magic attacks. Score!

But now he's focused on how light Geno is, like, unhealthy kind of light. Dream is not this light, and Dream is only a half-inch shorter than him, and an inch taller than Geno. Of course, he has no other reference for the healthy weight of a skeleton monster(or a skeleton monster that is also a spirit being for that matter), but he can't help but be concerned.

Meanwhile, Geno is calming down from being picked up out of nowhere upon realizing it was Nightmare. He's about to fuss over being startled like that, but then he notices Nightmare's expression. Geno, now confused, "You okay?"

"W- Oh, yeah, I'm okay. But can I ask you a question?" He lowers Geno to the ground as he asked.

"Of course, what is it?"

"I have just now noticed that you are much lighter than I thought you'd be. Are you alright? Are you not getting enough food?"

Geno was a bit confused until he realized why he was concerned about his health. "Oh! Yeah, I'm okay, I promise. You guys are giving me enough food, and I am as healthy as I can be. It's not something that can be fixed, anyway."

"Oh... But then what caused this? I-If it's alright to ask! You don't have to if it's not something you want to talk about."

"Hey, you're fine. I think it'd be better if we were sitting down for this. Let's go back to the tree, alright?" Nightmare agreed and followed Geno up to the tree.

After sitting down, Geno tried starting to explain, but found it hard to admit how physically weak he was. He knew he said he would tell Nightmare, but a part of him refused to admit how vulnerable he really was, especially since he knows that, despite this, he can hold his own in a short fight.

". . . Are you sure you want to talk about it? You really don't have to if you don't want to."

"No, I want to talk about it. I'm just trying to figure out how to say it without my own stubborn mind fighting me on it... hmm, maybe..." Geno started mumbling to himself, quiet enough that Nightmare couldn't quite pick up what he was saying.

But then Geno looked at him with a determined glint to his eyelight. "I believe it would be better to show you, but I warn you, it isn't going to look pretty. Promise me you won't freak out?"

"Okay, I promise. What is it?"

Geno took a deep breath, and then lifted his shirt, revealing his ribcage. Or what was left of it, most of it looking like it was a touch away from falling apart. A few ribs on the bottom were completely gone, only jagged stubs remained on the part of the spine they would have been attached to. There was also what looked like the scar of a slash that went from the top right of the ribcage to the bottom left. Or at least on what was visible on the frail looking ribs. If Nightmare looked closely he could see that his spine also looked like parts of it had dusted off before stopping completely.

"Oh... oh gosh... does... does it hurt? How-"

"Hey, no freaking out, remember? And no, it doesn't hurt. Not anymore, anyway. It's pretty much tied to the situation with my right eyesocket. And also why I don't really react well to humans. So, remember that I told you about how my world worked? And how a human kid ended up with the ability to reset time?"

"Oh, yeah. It still doesn't make a lot of sense to me. You told me about them starting as a good kid but then started hurting and, uh, killing other monsters. What about it?"

"Well, that's how I got the injury that you can see, the slash. It would have killed me, but because I pretty much pumped myself full of Determination, a substance that pretty much gives you an extra boost and an ability to persist after death, I lived long enough to get myself into a place that I ended up calling the Save Screen. A downside to having too much Determination in me is that I had started melting slightly during my fight with the human.

"I had already lost a... bit of mass to my being, as I had started dusting before I got myself into the Save Screen, and that's why my ribcage looks like this. And why I'm quite a bit lighter than I normally would've been. So, that's why I weigh less than normal."

Nightmare took a minute to process all that information, some of which he kinda knew, but most of it was new to him. On one hand, he's happy that Geno feels comfortable enough with him to tell him this. On the other, it was so much. He knows what the Save Screen is from another time when Geno told him, and how he was able to watch what was going on in his world. And that he could only watch, not interact, not interfere with the goings on in his world.

"I'm so sorry that happened to you. At least you're alive, and here with me and my brother."

"Yeah... yeah, you're right. I have you guys here with me. Even though I miss my bro, and it'll still take some time before I can really feel like this is my new home, I'm grateful for the two of you. Also, I don't want you or Dream treating me like I'm made of glass for this, alright? I can still do most of the things you can do, even if a bit more caution is needed for certain things."

"I won't, and I'll be sure to not let him do that. Though, that does raise the question, do you want him to know about this? He might freak out more than I was about to, but I know he would be understanding of your situation."

"Yeah, I probably should. Later, though, I'm a bit tired."

"Alright then, how about we cuddle for a while?" And upon receiving a nod in reply, he leaned back against the tree. Geno followed his lead and leaned into his side. Soon enough they fell asleep under the warm sunlight that filtered through the leaves.

Later, when Dream returned from whatever stupid errands the villagers were tasking him with, he found both Geno and Nightmare cuddled up to each other for a nap. He decided to have a nap as well and sat against the tree a few inches away, not quite wanting to be away from his brother, but also not wanting to wake them by leaning against them.

This is one I hadn't intended to be as long, but then it got out of my hands. One of the ones that started as fluff, and went to angst, though not as angsty as it could have been. Also this is in the world of Glitched Apples. It happens at some point.

@bluepallilworld @shinechermont

[sasubaeuchithot]

If Sasuke and Naruto did get married who would propose? Or would it be more of a “you wanna get married?” “…yeah” thing. Do you think one would change their surname or like hyphenate or something

genuinely another thing ive literally never thought about lmaoooooo

i think naruto would probably have the idea dawn on him WAY too many years in their relationship. like he sees a pair of his friends have a wedding and is like. "OH. SASUKE AND I CAN DO THIS." and it's a completely new thought in his head. it'd be hilarious if he was just blurted out in the middle of their friend's reception "SASUKE. WE SHOULD DO THIS." and then Sakura has to lecture him that "you don't propose at someone else's wedding" but Naruto didn't think of it as a proposal at all and also doesn't understand why that's something you can't do, but is persuaded by her explaining how proposals are supposed to be grand and romantic (which wigs Sasuke out tremendously). but Naruto makes a vow that he's gunna ask Sasuke to marry him in a way that's going to completely wow him, make him absolutely swoon and cry and it's gunna be the most romantic thing ever just you wait Dattebayo Believe It Teme™.

so Sasuke fully knows Naruto is gunna try to propose to him and does everything in his power to make sure it doesnt happen in public in front of fifty million people like how Sakura described. Sasuke has a lot of anxiety about it, refusing to go out together to eat or to the store, hardly even allowing them to go out to even train, of all things.

thankfully Naruto picks up on Sasuke's anxiety. he waits for a night some several months later when all of Sasuke's walls are down- perhaps they just finished an early round of sex, Naruto carries him to the bath to wash up and spends an hour pampering him.

he doesn't ask until Sasuke gets settled into bed. it's spur of the moment, which it turns out Naruto knew he would have to do to actually catch Sasuke off guard.

i think Sasuke would call Naruto "usuratonkatchi" and Naruto would tease Sasuke about how it was taking him forever to actually say "yes" even though he clearly wanted to. it would break the tension even for Sasuke to "hn" out his agreement to get married, which Naruto would make fun of him even more for. sasuke doesn't swoon, of course he doesn't that would be stupid and pointless and it's just marriage anyway why does it matter (he clings onto Naruto practically purring into his chest for the entire night, and spends the rest of the week hardly stepping away from Naruto's side).

i don't think either would change their name. neither of them really understand the semantics of it, and both are too attached to their family names to want to give it up or modify it.

[fuckitwhenifeelit]

In Normal au, it'd be hilarious if Erik, Attuma and Namor were roommates/friends.

Because I 100% just imagine Erik and Attuma doing this when Namor finally brings home the girl he's been "courting like a gentleman"/he thinks is the love of his life for montys.

Namor is torn between embarrassed, laughing and wanting to kill his friends. Shuri thankfully thinks its hilarious. So they got dressed and opened the door.

Erik stops dancing when he sees Shuri

"SHURI!"

"N'Jadaka!" Shuri looks like she's seen a ghost, Namor completely misreads what is happening.

"How does she know your birth name?" Namor pinning Erik to the wall. Not realizing, Erik can't explain with a tight hand on his windpipe. Attuma grabs Namor trying to keep him from breaking Eriks neck. (Erik guards his birth name to avoid dealing with his dad's family. So Namor only knows it because he's been friends with him for seven years. So Namor assumes they had to be close lovers.)

"Namor let him go, we're blood cousins he's turning Blue!"

Namor let's go.

"Oh....sorry."

"I'm just surprised you're cradlerobbing Namor. Thought you'd have taste for older ladies or at least your age."

"What are you talking about? She's in a masters program." (Namors in his early 30s, and assumed Shuri was like 27-29)

"A program she's been in since she was 17. She's not even 22 yet."

*Namor flustered and looks like a soul left his body. Because this means Shuri's rhe same age as his baby cousin Namora. He's overthinking so hard , smoke might come out his ears. But looking at Shuri , he still had deep feelings. But holy hell he feels like a creepy old guy hitting on a college freshman.

Attuma is just quietly watching this live soap opera now the fighting stopped.

"Sooo, Shuri hows auntie?"

"N'Jadaka for the love of Bast, shut up."

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OP, Namor doesn't know how to move forward with this scene either 😭

[mad-hunts]

✿ (hello 👋🏼)

AHH hello, venus! it's always such a delight to see you here (: i hope you're having a great day so far and i just wanted to let you know that i really appreciate your interest in creating a dynamic with my barton!! but anyhow, without further ado, let's get on with the relationship meme. things in bolded text are dynamics that i could definitely see between them, italic text entails ones that i could maybe see, and text that is striked-through contains dynamics that i can't really see.

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love  /  cheating [ on your muse ]  /  cheating [ with your muse ]  /  other 

FAMILIAL.     siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other

ANTAGONISTIC.     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of off circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based off misunderstanding or lies  /  conflict of ideology  /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other 

okayyy!! so, i thought i would explain some of my reasoning behind these, because i think it'd be fun. and thus — here i go! so, the first one that i wanted to talk about was the ' spurious relationship ' one that i put in italics and i honestly was thinking that perhaps they had worked together on several occasions where they had to fake being in a relationship?? like, they went to some sort of event that required you to have a plus-one and/or they had to kiss or something to get out of being caught, because i think that would both be kind of hilarious in a way and also that it would bring depth to their relationship LOL thus, that is how that idea was brought about and whether they were to be frenemies, or even purely friends, the reason why i chose definitely for barton being the bad influence towards louise is because — well, i can guarantee you that he would try to drag her into something that she was not planning to do that's also highly immoral, or illegal because let's face it, barton is an asshole ( lmaoo ) ... so there's also that. i also think there's a high chance that a relationship between them would be highly volatile because of how barton is, honestly, so that's mostly why i bolded those first few things in the ' antagonistic ' section. barton could also most definitely cause conflict between them that would be the result of him lying to her about something, or ' withholding information ' as he'd probably put it, and would probably sell her out in the same stretch if he had to to save his own skin if they were enemies. so yeah (,: he really isn't a good person, but you probably already know that JSJSJ. but just to let you know, just because i put these in italics / bold / etc. doesn't mean that these possible dynamics are set in stone and we could always discuss more with each other as to what you'd like to do regarding a relationship between our muses!! thus, i don't want you to feel limited to these things and you can totally hit me up in dm's if you'd like to share your thoughts with me on this, or discuss their dynamic further! i'm always open for plotting so rest assured that that be completely fine with me if you wanted to do that. but as of now, i hoped you liked my analysis of possible relationships between them!!

[what-if-i-just-did]

Destiel Prompt List 5. Cas posessing Dean.

Trigger Warnings: mentions of sexual thoughts/masturbation, someone about to die, low self esteem

Space For Two

"Dean!"

"Cas!" Dean fired a shot to kill the witch, but the damage was done. Whatever spell she'd said, it was doing something to Cas. Dean dropped to his knees next to him. "Cas, what's wrong buddy, what's going on!?" Cas had just... dropped. He frowned. "I... Aggh!" He scrunched his face in pain. "Dean.." He panted. "That spell, that- Ggghhaa... it.. it's attacking my... my vessel. I- gHHhgh.!.. I won't.. I don't think I'll be.. hnmhhh.. Dean, I'll die..!" There was fear on his face now, among the pain.

"Cas! No no no no no, that's not happening, this is not happening... what can I do? Can I do something- Cas, tell me I can do something!" Cas couldn't die. "Don't leave me again" Generally he'd panick about why he'd said that, but he could worry about that later, when Cas wasn't dying. Or dead. Cas screamed in pain again, followed by some heavy breathing. "There's- you could- but I'd never ask that of you, Dean, never, -AgGhgh!! !"

"Cas, anything- I'd do anything, if it means you don't die? I'd do it, I'll do it, just, what is it, Cas, what do I need to do?" Did Cas not know by now that Dean would do anything for him? "If I- gAHhg.. If I could posess you- but I would never, never do that to you Dean, neverrrrgAAAAHHHHhhhh...." Cas scrunched his eyes closed. "I won't- I wouldn't." Dean laughed out loud, stained with desperation. Is that all? I'd do that for you in a heartbeat. "Cas, yes, the answer is yes, now get in me before you- before you- just.." Cas frowned. "Dean you can't possibly- mMmmh- possibly be okay with that-" "Cas you stupid sonovabitch I consent okay don't die on me! Not if I can save you so fucking easily, okay?" Cas looked at him, still struggeling for breath, trying to sense anything other than willingness and desperation, and found none. He nodded. And then Dean's vision whited out.

When Dean woke up, he expected to be drowning. Or at least in an illusion. That was okay, though. For Cas, he'd do anything. Instead, he woke up in the trashed apartment he passed out in. The first thing he saw was Cas's... body. Vessel. He looked like someone drove a truck over him, and his face was white as a sheet.

"No no no no no no... Cas?" Did it not work? It had to have worked. Otherwise Cas was... Dean almost choked on a sob. He'd have to burn the body, again. Cas was dead, again.

Hello, Dean.

"Whatthesunovabitchholyhellcrap" Yeah, how articulate. He'd litterally fell over. "Cas?"

I'm here, Dean.

"O..kay..." Wait if it worked then why am I not drowning. Dean looked at Cas's body. This was so trippy.

I would never do that to you, Dean. Never. You've allowed me to.. reside in your body for now, but that doesn't mean I will ever put you to sleep like that.

Wait, you heard that? (I don't think 'heard' is the right word but I don't think there is a word) (shit I don't want him to read my thoughts) (not putting me to sleep doesn't mean he couldn't've taken control of my body is he not planning to do that either?) (I'm glad he's so resolute in not wanting to put me to sleep I'd be terrified. It'd be worth it of course though, he's Cas)

I'm afraid that can't quite be helped Dean... not without locking you up. I would offer to leave, but... I am also not planning to take control of your body, either. I won't treat you like a vessel. As far as I'm concerned, I'm a guest here. (he thinks so many things at the same time- how does he keep up with it?)

Dean laughed a little. (Angel of the Lord can't keep up with my ADHD- hilarious) (shit he can read my thoughts how do I keep him from figuring out that-) (Cas has such a low self-esteem I should really treat him better) (aww he cares about me) (I'm glad he doesn't want control but this is gonna be weird- how do I explain this to Sammy / What if I need to shower- shit not going down that road lalala)

Dean, as glad as I am that you find this amusing, I really am having a hard time keeping up with all of- that.. (I'll try not to pry but it's going to be hard...)

Dean sobered up a little. "Okay. Okay, um... the witch is dead. We should burn her. What do you wanna do with your body? Is there like.. a chance that you could move back in again or... should I uh, burn it with her?" (wrapping up his corpse to burn that time was one of the hardest things I've ever done) (we should call Sammy, get back home) (hunt succesfull- now to deal with the aftermath) (Is Cas gonna find a new vessel again? Or is he gonna stay with me? I don't think I'll mind that, but we haven't really figured out how this is gonna work. Besides, after Jimmy I don't really see him doing that to someone again)

Cas managed to sound regretfull when he 'said' I'm afraid that since there's no sould to invite me in again, I won't be able to go back. (This 'sucks'. I really did like that vessel it was starting to be part of me. Jimmy died for me to be able to have it and I don't want to do that to someone else, including Dean.)

Dean almost smiled. (I can HEAR the quote marks) (yeah Jimmy's face was Cas for me too) (Why is he so hesitant about using me as a vessel I don't mind and I'm already in the life, this is fine as far as I'm concerned and now Cas won't be able to just leave us again, either) (wait am I never gonna see Cas again? like yeah we'll be closer than ever but am I really not gonna be able to see his face again (black hair always messy and those blue, blue eyes) ? Or touch him?) He was sad now. So was Cas, when he answered.

No. You won't be able to- We won't be able to speak face-to-face again. We are technically physically touching right now (I'm probably clinging onto your soul a little too hard), but we won't be able to, say, clap eachother on the shoulder (or hug, I really liked the rare occasion when Dean hugged me). You're right, we should get to Sam.

Dean nodded. (I actually need a shower first but of course the angel wouldn't've realized that. Witches and their bodily fluids...) (Mental note: hug Cas more often. Wait shit I can't. I wish I hugged him more often when I could. I wanted to) (shit I really am going to have to take a shower with Cas inside me- wait bad phrasing!) Wait can you mojo me clean? (Please tell me you couldn't see that or like, at least ignore it)

Yes, I can. (Does Dean realize that was not the first image of intercourse he's conjured up since I posessed him?)

Dean blushed, and of course his mind went through his wank bank of Castiel right then. Uh, good. please do that. (pleasepleaseplease ignore this) (Cas beating him up in the alley when he was going to say yes to Micheal but this time it took a different turn // Cas popping up in his bathroom and standing way too close but this time they kissed and things got heated // brainwashed Cas beating him up over the tablet and telling him he's the one that broke the connection and then them making out // an image he conjured of Cas banging him in Rhonda Hurley's panties // a very, very graphic scenario he conjured of him giving Cas a blowjob // Cas and Dean, starring in the places of a kinky porno Dean watched // an image of Cas banging him over Baby's hood on a backroad somewhere // that one fanfiction Dean found when he was looking at the Supernatural books where Cas and Dean banged but it was so emotional and layered Dean had to rework his entire opinion of fans and fanfiction and seks)

Cas mojo'd him clean within a second. I can also fly us to the Bunker, if you like. Dean had kinda gotten his head under control. Oh. Uh, Baby's outside. And we still need to burn the witch. And, uhm, and your vessel, too. (that was so bad how is Cas not totally disgusted with me after that) (I really really don't wanna burn Cas's body again, even if I know he's okay) (he better not leave Baby) I can take care of all of those things within a seconds, Dean. You won't have to burn my body again. (I also need to adress the fact that Dean seems to believe I would be disgusted with him for being sexually attracted to my vessel previous vessel but I was not built for maintaining multiple conversations at a time like Dean seems to be)

Oh Okay, go ahead then. (Does Cas really think it was the vessel I was attracted to and not him? I mean yeah it helped that Jimmy is hot but it's all Cas's holy hotness that turns me on. And it isn't only sexual, obviously, I'd do anything for him- and he's done so much for me there's no way I can ever repay him- I love him so much. He's the only angel I trust.) (shit I can not be thinking things like that right now fuck) (technically we're having two conversations with these like, underthoughts)

Okay, I will. (Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me Dean loves me...) (There is no way I understood that right, there is no way Dean actually loves me, he means it like a brother or a friend or something else maybe But he said he TRUSTS me and he showed no hesitation and he also seems to feel guilty about saying that he loves me and also the rest of what he said, STOP I need to try and focus on what I'm trying to do here)

(I do not mean it like a brother or a friend I mean it like a romantic 'I love you' in the sense that I really want to kiss you and call you my boyfriend but there's no way you'd want that you're an angel or at least that's what I thought) (this is not the type of freaking out I thought Cas would do when he found out I love him what the Hell does he love me back? No don't get your hopes up) (I really really shouldn't be thinking any of this f u c k) (of course I fucking trust you are you serious you've litterally given up armies for me Cas! Whenever you fuck up it's because you think it's the right thing and I really hope you won't leave again but you'd never do anything to hurt us)

Sorry Dean, it appears I can't dispose of the bodies or transport your car without being in control of my... vessel (Dean's more than a vessel.) I apologize. (Wow he really does love and trust me and of course I'm only aware of this now that it is physically impossible for me to give in to those human urges I've been having like kissing indeed but Dean can still call me his boyfriend if he wants, I would like that even if I don't actually have a gender...)

(since when is 'vessel' a derogatory term?) (of course I fucking love and trust him he really deserves-needs so much more affection than I show him) (oh right junkless angel wouldn't be my boyfriend but my what-was-that-word-I-saw datemate! Oh can we even go on dates in one body would Cas want dates wait how is this real am I seriously thinking about dates with Cas) (Cas wants to kiss me Cas wants to kiss me shit I wish I could kiss him so fucking bad- I might get to have Cas and I still won't get to kiss him) Okay, take control then. (Why is he still acting like he can't take over for a sec I really don't mind)

(I wish we could kiss and go on a proper date. We can probably go on some resemblance of a date though. Wait no focus. Dean genuinly doesn't mind me taking over his body? But.. it's his.) You.. you're sure? (Where would I put him? I won't put him in an illusion but having him look through my eyes might harm him. I could cut his visual cabability if he lets me but that might still be too close to what he experienced with Micheal)

Yeah I'm sure. I mean, I'm nervous. But I trust you. I definetly trust you, Castiel. I... you can probably put me in an illusion if it isn't.. (scary) Can you just put me in my room or something? Something that's as far away from (constantly drowning, forever without air) ...as you can. Something with light and things and stuff.

Yeah. I can do that for you, Dean. I won't be long, I promise.

Dean expected to be thrown out of his seat, to need to gasp for air. Instead, he felt gently nudged away, and his vision became superblurry. When it cleared up, he was in a library with lots of open windows. He looked around, and his vision was already blurring again. It refocused, and he was standing in the Bunker's kitchen, with Sam looking at him like he'd been startled.

I've taken care of the bodies, and I've put the Impala in the garage. The dream I put you in... was it okay? I tried to be as quick as I could.

It was perfect, Cas. Exactly what I asked for. I barely had time to blink.

"Who and what are you, and where are Dean and Cas?" Sam asked, now traning a gun on him. "Whoa whoa whoa, Sammy. It's me." Dean said, holding up his hands. "Yeah. Right. My brother doesn't teleport. So I'll ask again. Who are you?" Dean took a deep breath. "I'm Dean friggin Winchester. And I didn't teleport. Cas flew me." Sam raised an eyebrow, but didn't lower the gun. "Where is Cas? What happened?" "Well... so, it ended up being a witch, not a werewolf. And she... she put some kind of mojo on Cas. Like, the type of mojo that can kill an Angel. So I.. saved him. Uh. I'm not sure how to.. explain..." Cas, can you take like, just my mouth, and say hi to Sam? You'll be better at explaining than I am. Sure, Dean.

"Hello Sam. I am currently posessing Dean. My vessel was destroyed, and if Dean had not given me consent I would have died." Cas managed to make Dean's voice sound deeper than it already was. (so it's possible for Cas to posses only part of me then. We can have fun with that...) "Wow that was weird. Hey Sammy."

"Dean? Cas!? What the Hell?!"

[demonsfate]

i definitely agree with you on Jin being a good boy again. Whether they explain it accurately or not it's up for debate but looks like they are at least trying to fix the mess. Funny thing is I've seen many Kazuya stans say it doesn't make sense and Jin shouldn't be the "Hero" lmao. Oh well!

I am glad they're trying to fix the mess. I'm glad that Harada had finally conceded and just let Jin be a good boy. Because upon looking up stuff, it's funny - none of the writers wanted Jin to be bad, they argued that he had to at least be doing a Wrong thing for a Right reason (the writers fucked up that execution, but I can't really blame them too much for the position the director put them in). And Jin's voice actor didn't like it, either. Funny enough, Isshin is so insistent on Jin being a Good Boy, he apparently doesn't even like DJ LOLLLLLL. Which is hilarious because even I still love DJ, haha! But anyway. Harada apparently once stated that aside from Heihachi, Jin was his favorite character. I think this was many years ago - maybe back in 2011. But in a recent interview, he does say he relates to Kazuya more than Jin. Whilst that may not indicate if he still favors Jin, buut... it does make me feel if it's possible that Harada doesn't like Jin as much when he realized he's forced to keep him as a Good Boy. Because I'm pretty sure Harada seems to enjoy villainous characters more, or at the very least - ones that are more "problematic."

Another interesting thing is he used to speak about how the Mishimas were actually like his own family - how he and his family constantly fights amongst each other. Which is fucked up. Like when you create characters like the Mishimas to be inspired by your family, you must have a fucked up family. BUT. He has also said that after becoming a father himself, he began to understand/respect [his] parents and family more. Which makes me wonder if that's why Heihachi was so retconned in Tek7 - since he spoke of this in 2016. If that's why they tried to make Heihachi more sympathetic and understandable in Tek7 rather than being a power hungry bastard. Because there may have been some personal bias in Heihachi's previous depictions, but after Harada found out what it's like to raise his own children and apparently now has newfound respect for family - he wrote Heihachi to be a more "human" character to reflect on this. Since he spoke of family, maybe it's also the reason why the Mishimas are no longer really depicted as bastards anymore. (Before, Jin was the only good Mishima. But now we have Lars, and Jinpachi, and in a way, Lee, and Jin being good again and also Tek8 is seemingly hinting at the Mishimas having a Noble Past)

I might be over-psychoanalyzing Harada too much, but I just thought those were interesting statements he had regarding the series and his own personal life, and it's making me wonder how much (if at all) his own life and experiences influences his decisions for where he wants to take the story.

Now let me return to the actual topic of this ask...

I know I've talked about those stans plenty of times. But Christ. The funniest thing too? Is that when they bring up how evil Kazuya is behaving - especially in 7 or 8, they'll just say "OH, THE GAME IS TRYING TO MAKE HIM LOOK BAD. THEY'RE FORCING THE VILLAIN ROLE ONTO HIM." Yet when you point out that Jin was poorly written in Tek6, and how he doesn't behave anything like what he was, they'll just say "WELL, IT STILL HAPPENED IN THE STORY. JIN STILL DID ALL THAT AND THEY CAN'T GO BACK ON IT." Like it's such weird weird hypocrisy and it drives me up the wall. And it'd be one thing if they didn't think Jin should be the hero - but they literally BELIEVE that Jin should be the villain still, and Kazuya gets redeemed, and he and Jun... kills Jin??? Sorry but saying the parents should kill their child is weird and fucked up to me haha. But LIKE. Even if we're speaking 100% canon events, WHAT makes Kazuya more redeemable than Jin? Because he "didn't start the war"??? He's still committing just as many atrocities, if not MORE. It's just wild how toxic fans will think when defending their character and putting down another.

[highlifeboat]

I saw your post about Sara being new to some aspects of sex (cause ye olde religious village) and had a thought:

One of the most common things you see in highly religious areas like that is the belief that sex is only for procreation, not pleasure. Which is why you gotta be married. And sometimes that gets twisted into younger folk believing that if you have sex while married, you'll have babies, but if you're not married, you won't. Cause you gotta be married to have babies, yeah?

All this is a long winded way of saying it'd be hilarious for Sara to be told that you don't have to be married to have kids by Daniela/Max and therefore wondering if she's gotten pregnant yet. Or expecting to be.

(Cause Max is a man and maybe they also told her some women can impregnate other women. She's a bit confused but she got the spirit)

Alternatively (more angst potential): She finds out Daniela and Max are married (cause lbh they would do an equivalent at some point) or that Mia/Alcina are and wonder why they have no babies yet. Cause marriage = babies.

(Several, potentially angsty, talks have to be had. Also in this context she didn't know Mia was trans, she just deadass thinks if you're married you can have kids together, full stop)

Okay, I need to touch on both aspects of this.

For the funny aspect; Abso-fucking-lutly love that.

Just the idea that they were somehow on the topic and Sarah went "At least we are not married. No fear of pregnancy." And Max and Daniela kinda look at each other. Like, yes, there IS no fear of pregnancy, but not for the reasons Sarah believes. So they tell them "Uh... Sarah, you can get pregnant without being married." And Sarah is like ":) ...What :)"

Cue the snippit version of a sex ed class for Sarah, who really only took away "You don't need marriage to have babies. Babies happen just with unprotected sex." And now they think that they're going to get/are pregnant because they've been having all this unprotected sex. Despite the fact neither Max nor Daniela have the right bits to actually GET them pregnant in the first place.

And just fucking IMAGINE them going to their sisters in a panic

"SISTERS! SISTERS!!"

"Sarah, what is-"

(Distressed) "I MAY BE WITH CHILD!!!"

"W H A T??"

Winnie and Mary almost kill Max (because he IS the man. So obviously he's the only one that could get Sarah pregnant) and him and Daniela have to explain to all three of them that NO Max CANNOT get Sarah pregnant. That just isn't how this works. They still don't fully understand, but they don't try killing Max anymore.

I do love the angst potential too, especially with Mia and Alcina but I'll get to them.

I love the idea that Daniela and Max kind of tell Sarah they're married ("married" more in a common law sense than actual ceremony, but they would probably have rings and refer to each other husband/wife), and Sarah is kind of like "Oh! Lovely! But, may I ask, why hast thou not had children?" And they're both confused but Sarah just says "Surely thou hast thought about it. What other reason wouldst thee be married?"

And... Dani and Max have probably entertained the thought before. Or at least Max probably has. He's always kind of wanted kids, but given the circumstances he's in he hasn't entertained the idea in a while. Because they can't. Unless they could convince someone to be a sperm donor, and even then Max isn't sure he'd be willing to go through with a pregnancy (because, y'know, Daniela doesn't really have the ability to carry a kid).

That whole train of thought aside, and probably to avoid going down a spiral, they'd probably just tell Sarah that they got married for love, not for procreation. And Sarah... is confused, but they do think it's a nice thought to marry without the idea of children.

In terms of Mia and Alcina, though, I think they have more angst potential.

Because I personally think Alcina has always wanted kids, and to have the experience of being pregnant and giving birth. She adores her daughters, of course, and she's very grateful they exist as a part of her life, but there's still that lingering of something missing. But now with the mutations she can't get pregnant at all (what a cruel joke because now she has a partner actually capable of doing that), and she's pretty much come to terms with it. She's grateful for her daughters, whether she birthed them or not. She still gets to be a mother all the same.

Mia isn't quite in the same boat, but let's be honest her track record with kids is... sketchy. I feel like being a parent to actual children scares her. (I think Ethan wanted kids more than Mia. My excuse for Rose being non existent in the Miacina verse is that Ethan lives and he's mainly raising Rose. Mia does care for Rose, though.)

Sarah asks why they don't have children, and their initial response is "We do?" and Sarah points out "Yes. But not with each other. Why is that?" and they're both kind of thrown off by the question.

Alcina's hit with this familiar pang of hurt, and Mia kind of fidgets. They're both uncomfortable, and Sarah staring at them is not helping. They eventually settle with "[Alcina's] daughters are enough for us." and move on from the question but now there is this lingering... tenseness.

Mia can tell Alcina is bothered by it way more, though.

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I accidentally deleted the more coherent ask so this is me trying to frantically remember what it said adjhgsj sorry in advance, I'm going to be unbearable abt Dan Feng for a bit <3

Dan Feng sounds like a hilarious clusterfuck. Dan Heng being screwed over by his actions being a purely backstory event kind of sucks, honestly.

It'd also have the nice bonus of introducing the hcq and why exactly you should care about them much more naturally, bc honestly if well executed their story could have made me cry lol I'm an easy crier. the way they did it just doesn't hit as hard as it should.

But Yes!! Dan Feng was SUCH a molotov cocktail of a person, it really is amazing. Identity issues electric bugaloo (with bonus body dysphoria and hallucinations!) + powers that make him dissociate the f out + trying desperately to ground himself by thinking abt his friends + the fact that in all his appearances he's ALWAYS with this permafrozen resting bitch expression. So when I read DH•IL's dreams of what Dan Feng was like as a person I immediately went "oh god the resting bitch face is a lie he's a fucking MESS" which was fun lmao. Sir that's not a dignified high elder that's millennia of trauma stuffed in knee-high boots and cool gloves

ALL THAT and it's mind-boggling that they just. poke it vaguely with a stick on-screen when there's all that cool stuff in the promos and stories?? "In different people's minds Dan Feng may have been an avatar of Long the dragon, a hero, or an immense evil, but never a person with feelings and emotions." that's great buddy how about you now SAY IT ON SCREEN. It even ties into his character story abt DF struggling to feel emotions through the dragon god mindset! It'd have been so easy!! ughh. I know this is a genshin staple, but belobog was rlly good at bringing up everyone's backstory in the quests so I thought hsr would be different :( here's hoping for penacony

Tbh XL's greatest sin is, imo, always focusing on the exact wrong thing. The High Cloud Quintet isn't explained until way after the fact, we learn what Dan Feng did too late and why that mattered too late… BLADE… etc. etc. We did get a lot of focus on the Hunt vs the Abundance, but I kinda wish Dan Feng's sin had been tied into that more solidly than it was

I've been thinking a lot abt how I'd do it, bc I'd also want to do the DF vs DH fight ichor of two dragons style, but trying to put it in Dan Heng realising that the narrative abt DF that he was taught is a lie at the same time he's trying to establish himself as his own person could muddy it up a bit... but it Would have to be at the story's climax...hmmmm. How would you do it?

According to the judges DF craved the power of abundance but I have a hard time believing them when they fed so much bullshit to poor Dan Heng like

Dan Heng: I was initially kept in the Shackling Prison after reincarnating, and received a thorough education on that person's life and crimes. According to the judges, Dan Feng craved the power of abundance and created abominations, therefore as his reincarnation, I had to bear his punishment. As for what kind of person he really was... to be honest with you, I can't be certain either.

According to Vidyadhara custom and the agreement made with Caelorum Venti Dan Heng was SUPPOSED to leave Dan Feng's sin behind w his reincarnation, so excuse me if I give a side-eye to the rest of what they say lmfao. So much hope for more luofu so we can go and punch the dragon-elf elders instead..

I had SO much fun in the Arlan-Asta quest, Herta being the annoying boss caught me completely by surprise even though it rlly shouldn't have jshgdjs

*squints* it's a stupid hour and I just came from a writing binge and 24 hours w no sleep so hopefully this is coherent lol, I probably got some of the lore wrong. Your long asks are always so nice and clear how do you do it?

Haha np, I delete responses to asks and whole entire posts by accident all the time…. (clicky back button on the side of my mouse my beloathed)

It'd also have the nice bonus of introducing the hcq and why exactly you should care about them much more naturally, bc honestly if well executed their story could have made me cry lol I'm an easy crier. the way they did it just doesn't hit as hard as it should.

I think what gets me is, like. It would've been easy enough to do it? It's beyond me why Blade never just… attacked Dan Heng prior to their team-up. It would've been a good way to establish his beef with DH AND, if Kafka's present, that she a) has hypnotism powers and b) uses them to control Blade outside of … that one scene where he just quietly sits in a room and Kafka promises she's doing something interesting. Also like. The effects mara can have on someone outside of Blade and Jingliu promising they're definitely affected and having ~scary eyes in their Ults.

And obviously, I get that whatever Luocha was doing was a set-up for later, but having Jingliu show up just to go to prison… that's four separate factions each with one of the HCQ and most of them with different goals. You'd THINK that would be A Thing? A big dramatic showdown? The four can meet up again afterwards to get drinks because despite everything they're still friends?

Genshin has poisoned me against reading character bios if I can help it (just look how annoyed I got after reading DH and Blade's!) so I hadn't read DH:IL's until just now, but… you're so right lmao??? How come the most I ever learnt about Dan Feng was from Jingliu's melancholic loredump? The elder ghosts bitch about him, sure, but?? On-screen drama?? That one trailer?? Did HYV think that supplemental material was enough to avoid writing the hard part???

(Unironically I think that's it. The Herta Space Station and Belobog were VERY simple. Stuff like Blade and DH are much harder to get right so, characteristic of HYV's writing over in Genshin, they've avoided it as much as possible by relegating it to trailer animations, bios and Jingliu's lore dump.)

I've been thinking a lot abt how I'd do it, bc I'd also want to do the DF vs DH fight ichor of two dragons style, but trying to put it in Dan Heng realising that the narrative abt DF that he was taught is a lie at the same time he's trying to establish himself as his own person could muddy it up a bit… but it Would have to be at the story's climax…hmmmm. How would you do it?

Complicated question. Running on the assumption that we are returning to the Luofu, or at least will be dealing with Luofu-based characters again at a later point in the story, you probably don't WANT to have wrapped up too much of Dan Heng's potential growth by the third world, right?

So if anything, I'd want him to be more unsure of himself prior to canon so that you can get more development (and types of interactions with others he used to know) out of him during the actual game. Assuming that you will return to the Luofu later, or at least run into most of those characters again (based on the alliance with XL and Trailblazer not having The Hunt yet), I'd probably base it like this:

1) Pre-canon: Dan Heng genuinely isn't sure who he is or how to feel about what he knows of his past. He's pretty sure he's meant to be his own person, but he was never treated that way, lived his life on the Luofu in Dan Feng's shadow and, most damningly, has flashes of Dan Feng's memories every now and then but has no context for what they mean. Also Blade seems pretty sure. And as you say - the High Elders still holding him responsible for Dan Feng's actions, alleged or otherwise, may have caused some damage. He's only one of the Nameless to get away from Blade/his past, basically.

2) First visit to Luofu: Dan Heng learns exactly who Dan Feng was, what he did/why and meets the High Cloud Quintet. You should be able to use Blade and Jing Yuan at the very least to get some Identity Drama and add more stakes to figuring out DF's deal outside of Dan Heng's own feelings. Doesn't necessarily come to a conclusion but is more informed. Meet Bailu etc.

3) Second visit to Luofu: Ichor of the Two Dragons goes here as the climax of some plot where Dan Heng definitively rejects Dan Feng and affirms his own identity. Spending time on the Express helped him figure out who he was/what he wanted and such. Dan Heng cleans up what he can and moves on from the Luofu. He stays on the Express because he loves the crew/for his own reasons, not just to run from his past, something like that.

I think you could pace out other characters' development connected to DH along these stages as well - particularly Blade and Bailu. The result of 3) should be Blade absolutely losing it once he realises Dan Feng really is dead (and whatever that might mean for him which then leads into Dan Heng having to resolve THAT situation in a Dan Heng-way (not necessarily on the Luofu, but around or afterwards), as well as wrapping up Bailu's storyline (which hopefully involves punching some elderly dragon-elves).

It'd also be fun to have a window of time to squeeze a little tension out of March 7th and Dan Heng - because, like, as far as March who wants to know who she was is concerned, a whole world that knows all about Dan Feng AND a bunch of DF's old friends and acquaintances being able to fill in the blanks… that's the dream for her, right? Meanwhile for Dan Heng this is all one big turbo nightmare and he'd be much happier with a clean break and no need to ever come back. Maybe there's some jealousy on both sides there. Trailblazer awkward go-between.

I had SO much fun in the Arlan-Asta quest, Herta being the annoying boss caught me completely by surprise even though it rlly shouldn't have jshgdjs

RIGHT??? For some reason I thought Arlan was having trouble saying no to PEPPY (dog too cute, can't refuse giving peppy too many treats) but then. Herta. OBVIOUSLY

squints it's a stupid hour and I just came from a writing binge and 24 hours w no sleep so hopefully this is coherent lol, I probably got some of the lore wrong. Your long asks are always so nice and clear how do you do it?

Hopefully you got some sleep!!! And uh. I don't know. I naturally ramble a lot and have to trim myself down. My response to how I'd handle DH up there is my third draft and the original was several much longer paragraphs. I'm trying to work on readability… I still need to get better at it, but glad it's helping!(?)

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Visiting Baji's grave doesn't bring Kazutora any comfort. He'd once thought it might, that he might feel closer to Baji here. For 10 years he'd thought it might. But the first time he'd visited had destroyed that idealistic thought in a swift blow. He feels closer to Baji on the edge of rooftoops than he does in front of this headstone. It feels so impersonal here among all the other graves. Nothing about this is Keisuke. Maybe it would be different if Kazutora had gotten to see the goodbye ceremonies, but he doubts it.

" Hey Kei. " Kazutora sits down in front of the grave, staring at the headstone before he gives a slow exhale. He's not sure where to begin. Where would he start if he was writing a letter? That thought doesn't help him, it just reminds him of how long its been since he's written a letter to Baji. He still has them too, all of the letters from Baji. He chews his bottom lip and turns around, till he feels the stone base against his lower back. It reminds him of times when things were too much and Kazutora would sit back to back with Baji fingers laced together. Sometimes they talked. Sometimes they didn't. Sometimes just Kazutora talked. Sometimes it was Baji telling him dumb ass stories or giving really crappy episode recaps.

He stares at the cloudy sky and sighs. " It's hard, you know? " He admits after a moment. " The holidays are rough. You're not here. Some of it is lonely. " That isn't anything particularly new though, it's been like that most of his life. " Though you would've laughed your ass off at Chifuyu trying to get some of the animals into the holiday outfits. It was hilarious. " He cracks a smile at that. He had videos of that saved on his phone. " We totally would've made you dress up ridiculously. " Baji never could say no to Kazutora anyways, even if he would complain to the high heavens.

He draws his knees up closer to his chest, gold eyes flicking around the headstones. He's free to be here, but there's still a nervousness to it. The thought of seeing anyone from Toman here makes dread curl in his stomach, like he's a tiger that snuck into town rather than being welcomed in. " The pet store is doing really well. Chifuyu puts a lot of hard work into it, but the customers are always praising it and the animals are always happy. Except for bath time. " His smile reappears and then fades away. " Was that his dream too? Or was it just yours that he's carrying out for you? " He asks the silence; he won't ever get an answer. And he won't ask Chifuyu.

" It's nice to work at. I like seeing all the animals, and helping the more wary ones warm up to people. " That's old news though. He taps his fingers, as if it will help the words come to the surface. " Sorry. There's things I want to say, but it feels weird here. We'll talk on the rooftop tonight, 'kay? "

Kazutora stretches his legs out but still doesn't turn around. " Chifuyu...I worry for him. My problems aren't for him to concern himself over. " At least, not unless they affected Chifuyu. He had done more than enough just taking him in for a while and offering him a job. " He should be enjoying this life he's made over the last twelve years. " But that's easier said than done isn't it? Especially when the reason you can't is standing beside you, working with you. " I don't know if me being around is making things worse for him. I think it might be. He misses you a lot. " He thought it'd be you with him at Pah's wedding. Every step of the way in life probably.

He sighs, pushing himself up from the hard ground and back onto his feet. " To be honest, I'm not really sure how well I fit into this lifestyle. " He admits. " I guess you always dreamed about this sort of life. I never really did " The future had always seemed bleak, so he'd clung onto moments instead. " It's not bad, I'm not unhappy. It's just...." How does he even explain it? " I worry Chifuyu will blame himself if I do something or think he hasn't done enough when he has. I don't want to drag him down. " Kazutora had already done enough to not deserve everything as it was.

" I dunno. I've had some thoughts. I'll see you tonight, okay? At the usual spot. " Only then does he glance over his shoulder to smile weakly at Baji, sitting on top of the headstone watching him with a frown. Ah damn. He was wearing the Valhalla jacket this time. Kazutora lingers a moment longer before he turns, walking back down the path. Would it ever feel better visiting here? He was doubting it. Maybe next time he'd try flowers.