#i know he was married in legends but idk if he seems like the marrying kind lol

[grandmofftarkinsuggestions]

idk if i’d like to see a married wilhuff tarkin as a billion times divorced, mysterious black widower who probably killed all his late spouses himself, or just like. in happy gay love and marriage with any of his coworkers, really, but especially either krennic or vader.

[legendofmorons]

I’ve had this idea in my head all day, could I get a scenario or headcanons or something about the chain not knowing that twilight and the reader (gender neutral if possible please) are married? Like the reader is from Ordon village and ended up sneaking through the portal with Twilight. I just want to see everyone else have that “wait a minute” moment after like idk months of traveling and now suddenly someone notices that Twi and the reader have matching rings

Definitely Married, not just besties (Twilight)

Of course! I'm super excited to do this!!!

Pairing: Twilight x reader

Rating: G

Summary: The chain manages to miss that you and your husband are married, you, Twi, and Time enjoy the realization.

Warnings: Vauge injury (no details)

Other: If I missed anything, please let me know.

You'll admit that maybe your husband wasn't thrilled that you followed him through a mysterious and possibly dangerous portal. But he hasn't been too mad, mostly just worried.

Which is fair. It's not been boring on this trip.

The other heroes are fond of you, your skills helpful in many ways. From patching them up, to getting discounts, and even to keeping Twilight from absolutely raging when he finds hurt kids.

It would suffice to say that you fit right in.

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You lay in the bedroll you share with your husband, stars above you bright as the others all whisper about plans you can't come to care about.

Unfortunately, Wolfie dosen’t seem to care that you're tryingto sleep, the pesky wolf form of your husband flopping over your torso.

"Wolfie." You warn lowly.

"Oh- (Y/n)! Hey!" Sky smiles from a few feet away.

"Hello, Sky."

"Something wrong, (Y/n)?"

"I'm just tired." You say, pushing Wolfie to lay on your legs as you sit up, "Anyone seen Twi?"

Twilight, in true wolf form fashion, gives a soft bark and noses at your hand. You don't have to ignore him!

"He said he went on a walk. Why?"

"Just wondering, he has a penchant for finding trouble. "

Time laughs at that, "Yeah. He does. We're just talking about our next plan of attack. Any thoughts?"

"We should probably split into groups. Archers and sword fighters." You add with a sigh, reaching to scratch behind Wolfie's ear.

This earns you a happy sound and some tail wagging.

"Smart." Legend says as he works on cleaning out from under his nails with a dagger. All aware of safety and such.

"I think so." You smile.

"How'd you and Twilight even meet?" Wind asks, obviously done with all plans and interested in gossip now.

They others must have been at the strategy for a while if the way everyone immediately tunes in is any indication.

"Oh, well we grew up in Oradon together. We met real young, you know? I hardly even remember a before him."

"You should tell him you like him." Hyrule pipes up, "It's really sweet."

"What?" You ask.

"Tell Twilight you like him!"

You laugh, realizing the others have no idea you're married to your beloved husband. "I'll think about it."

(How do they not know? You two are almost always near each other. There's no shortage of affection. You share a bed roll!)

If later, when Twi is back to human form, you jokingly tell him you have a crush he just laughs and wraps you in his arms and says, "Good."

You fall asleep in Twilight's arms, one hand clutching your ring on the chain it's been on for months now- since the startof the journey. Your other hand rests on his chest.

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You sit in your underclothes and pout at Twilight.

Twilight sits across from you as he patches you up while the others wither patch up or help someone else. His gaze is soft, but he's obviously a little upset you took his hits to save him.

"I didn't know you had a ring on a chain." Wind says from where he's wiping off monster gunk a few feet away.

"Oh- yeah. I've had it for a few years now." You say, smiling at Twilight gently instead of looking to the Sailor.

"Kinda looks like the ring the rancher wears around his neck."

"That's on purpose. "Twilight says, adjusting the gauze under the bandage he's finished placid around your bicep.

Time can bee seen behind Twilight, looking smug and amused. The tall gremlin probably has known for a while but he seems as amused as you and Twi to watch the others miss the whole point.

"Why would you have matching rings? Are you super duper best friends or some shit?" Legend huffs.

"Or something." You say, biting back a giggle.

"That's like a married people thing." Hyrule says helpfully.

"Almost like we're married." You say evenly.

This earns a swat at your shoulder from Twilight. "Hey now." He says with a smile.

"Oh my hylia." Time mutters.

"You're married!" Wind declares.

"Yep!"

"To Twilight?" He demands, sounding shocked as can be.

"Unless you know someone else named Link from my home town?"

"Don't tease them, sweetheart." Twilight says, " 's not their fault their dense."

"You're married to eachother?" Sky asks, tone going soft like it does when he talks about his Zelda.

"Have been for a few years, actually." Twilight answers, pressing a kiss to your cheek. "Why?"

"Just surprised." Sky says, "I thought you two were pining."

"We all did." Hyrule adds helpfully.

"I didn't. "Time pipes in, "I've known since the second day."

"Show off." Legend mumbles.

"Awww, it's okay guys! We didn't exactly tell you." You say, trying to make them feel better.

"We didn't hide it either." Twilight says.

"You are telling us everything. "Wind says firmly, "The wedding, the proposal, your getting together, all of it."

You laugh, "Sounds good kid."

"Yeah... That sounds good." Twi echoes, and he's so star-struck just remembering the mentioned points of your relationship. He's whipped.

To this day, the chain likes to ignore the several months they missed the whole 'you and Twilight being married thing.

[beannary]

OK so I dont really like this but this 2012 tmnt mermaid au has been driving me INSANE so here are some mermaid designs for the boys (which I might change if I draw more stuff for this au) and some lore for the au under the cut!

also Donnie is ftm and Leo is mtf and those are the facts! (Donnie did do top surgery on himself, do NOT ask me how he did that underwater safely)

(just a quick note: I am using some japanese mythos for the mermaid part but I'm also being loosey goosey with it alskjdfh)

ALSO slight tw for cannibalism? or like cannibalism adjacent behavior

There is a yokai described in Japanese literature called the ningyo, a creature that is half human and half fish. Legend says that if you capture a ningyo and eat its flesh, that you will be granted eternal life. Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki were familiar with these legends, though Saki always believed in them more than Yoshi. Saki believed in the legends so much that he became obsessed with finding the legendary ningyo and becoming immortal after consuming its flesh. Yoshi accompanied his brother on these ventures, more out of a sense of familiar duty and a need to watch out for his younger brother than an actual belief in the ningyo.

And of course, it just so happens that the brother who does not at all believe in the existence of yokai would be the one to find one. Yoshi encounters Tang Shen, a ningyo who has been living throughout the local freshwater river system. And suddenly Yoshi realizes that Saki's quest for murder might actually come true since apparently these ningyo are very much real. So now whenever he accompanies Saki on his hunting quests, he does everything in his ability to try to dissuade Saki from his plan, and when he realizes that isn't going to work, he starts to sabotage Saki's efforts. And Yoshi does this because well he kept in contact with Tang Shen, and the two became close friends, and son fell in love, bridging the gap between yokai and human.

They can't get married, obviously, Tang Shen is fully a yokai, but they build their lives together and eventually Tang Shen falls pregnant with their daughter Miwa. The two weren't entirely sure what to expect of their child, but Miwa turns out to be a completely normal human child.

Over the years as Yoshi and Tang Shen's love and family grew, Yoshi started pulling away from his birth family, and more noticeably, from Saki, who was you know pretty angry with Yoshi who seemingly disappeared on him with no explanation. Saki channels his anger into his search for the ningyo, and it takes three years but eventually he does finally find one.

Around three years after Miwa was born, Tang Shen and Yoshi welcome in four new kids! Quadruplets! Three boys and a girl. And these four, unlike Miwa, seem to all be fully ningyo, which very much surprised Yoshi and Tang Shen (both the fact that there were four kids and those four kids are all mermaids) but hey, they knew their genetic situation would be weird and they were fully ready to hop into raising these four.

It's only a few days after the birth of their quadruplets, so soon after that they haven't even given them names, that Saki stumbles upon the home of Yoshi and Tang Shen. And He Is Pissed. Not only did his BROTHER ABANDON him but he abandon him to start a family with this yokai? The yokai that he's been hunting all this time? And Saki, like in canon, kills Tang Shen and Miwa. (Or well you know, he kidnaps Miwa and renames her Karai but Yoshi thinks Miwa is dead)

Yoshi manages to get away with the quadruplets in the chaos, and he tries so hard to establish a new life for himself in Japan, but no matter where he goes, Saki manages to find him. Eventually Yoshi gets desperate enough to flee the country, and he finds himself in New York City!

But meanwhile back in Japan, Saki did in fact end up eating Tang Shen but idk how he realizes it but he figures out that he didnt get immortality, and so he concludes that oh, Tang Shen must have been tainted somehow by her relationship with Yoshi, which sucks because now he has to find a whole other ningyo to get immortality. Luckily he happens to know of four ningyo that he would be more than happy to kill, which is basically Saki's drive to finding and killing the Hamatos.

Anyways that's all I have so far!!!! I'm trying to think about how they would live in NYC, if they can somehow become human (in maybe like an H2O just add water situation) or if they are stuck in the water all the time.

I'm leaning towards them being able to shed their fish tails if even only for a small amount of time, just so they can still be ninjas and train on land, since I think Yoshi would still want to train them to defend themselves. I think that if they can be human for a bit, they still get dried out really easily so they can't stay out of the water for very long, probably not long enough for them to go to school full time, so they still live super isolated lives. Or maybe Yoshi figures out a way to train them to fight in the water? Idk suggestions are appreciated!

They do eventually meet April and Casey, I think April is gonna be on the swim team and so she's a fairly strong swimmer (for a human) and so she spends a lot of time in the water with the hamatos which they appreciate a lot! I think maybe Yoshi isn't a super strong swimmer so as much as he tries to spend time with his kids he can't really.

Casey is still on the hockey team and he can't swim, the hamatos try to teach him but they fully dont know how to swim with legs and so they are Bad tm swimming teachers salkdjfh.

[hitomisuzuya]

HEY OMG BRO THIS THOUGHT HAS BEEN IN MY MIND FOR A HOT MIN…. ok nsfw scara w/ afab reader and breeding fr omfg. BUR LIKE THEY R MARRIED AND ANDNB BEHJIR idk go crazy but Aplease 🙏

Scaramouche x fem!reader. Smut. Breeding kink. Constant use of a pet name. Established marriage.

Go crazy about Scara with a breeding kink? Don't mind if I do😌 I also added a touch that everyone seems to really like when I write breeding kink Scara. Here is the pitch and I hope you enjoy.

Scaramouche's hand tore in a frenzied fashion at your clothes. Moaning into your mouth, he pushed you firmly up against the wall, grinding his hardening cock between your legs. His hands went to caress your hips like they were the most precious thing in the world.

How you'd done it was anyone's guess. How'd he had done it was an even bigger guess. It would be the stuff of legends in the Fatui as long as the organization existed.

Scaramouche. The 6th Fatui Harbinger. He himself was a legend in the Fatui, famously known for his bad attitude. He was an obnoxious, narcissistic, hard to deal with little gremlin of a man.

Imagine how far their jaws dropped when they find out he had managed to lock down a wife.

His fingertips were bruising but, somehow tender on your hips, his thumb skimming feather light over them, tracing the line of your hip bone. It sent shivers up your spine, making your mewl in his mouth.

Growling huskily with lust, Scaramouche grinded himself between your legs until his cock was absolutely drenched in your slick. It always drove him over the edge seeing the way his cock glistened, shiny with your arousal.

You were panting, a vision to him as you pulled away to meet his gaze, your eyes half lidded with lust and adoration. Grasping your chin, Scaramouche nuzzled his cheek against yours before yanking you from against the wall by your hair.

Pushing you forward, he guided you onto your hands and knees, using your hair as leverage as he lined the head of his cock up with your entrance, groaning in ecstasy, pushing himself inside of you with a harsh snap of his hips.

You cried out, pleasure almost instantly curling to knot in your stomach.

Scaramouche thought his pace seemed to be a little unforgiving, despite the way you were pathetically crying out for him in absolute bliss as he slammed himself into you.

You'd suggested that you were going to take a job for the Fatui. Even though you were strong, and there was nothing he loved more than having you by his side in combat, and he would never outright insult your honor by telling you not to work again.

But damn it, Scaramouche was an old fashioned man. No wife of his should work.

"You know, kitten," He purred next your ear, flicking his tongue along your ear lobe, "any thoughts of taking that job would leave your pretty head if I fucked you full enough to knock you up. You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

"Y-Yes," was all you could manage to stammer out, your walls clamping tight and gummy around his cock, each thrust deeper and harsher than the last, making pleasure burn white hot behind your eyes.

Scaramouche's hand groped around on your stomach, the look of glee on his face when he felt the bulge in your stomach poke against his fingers was one for the ages. "Fuck, I am so deep inside of you, you are swallowing my cock so well, kitten," He babbled, his fingers caressing the bulge before he pulled out of you, making you scream his name desperately, your walls clenching around nothing.

Flipping you over onto your back, Scaramouche's cock was back inside of you in mere moments. The second he saw the bulge in your stomach, he pressed his hand down on it, making your back arch off the bed.

"I'll fill you full until my cum gushes out of you, and even then I don't think I would be satisfied," Scaramouche continued to babble in between moans that mingled with your broken sobs of pleasure, your fingernails clawing at his back, babbles of your own about how he was making you see Celestia meant his ears.

"Your hips have always had this particular sway that drives me wild when I see it," Scaramouche gave the bulge one last push before he folded your body into a mating press, leaning down to swallow your cries of ecstasy with a sloppy, open-mouthed kiss.

"So wide and perfect for bearing my brood," A line of spit connected your tongue to his as he pulled away, his teeth drawing blood to well up on your lower lip as he bite down, feeling his cum spill into you.

Scaramouche didn't give you time to come down from your high once your release flooded his cock, mixing with his cum, his pace never flattering. Even after fucking you so thoroughly he still didn't feel satisfied.

Your body trembled and convulsed in pleasure underneath him, serving as fuel to feed his determination. "Don't worry, kitten. You'll take cumshot after cumshot until we get this right. I'll make sure of it. All in due time."

[sanyu-thewitch05]

I’ve been always been obsessed with myths, legends, and fairytales. And one thing that always stood out to me was that how various cultures all seem to have tales about magical women bathing, a man spotting a particular one with interest, and then either marrying her, or dying/having some cursed downfall eventually. So…can I request a story like that…but with a twist of course. Male Yandere X Female Nymph Reader

So broad premise…Darling is a nymph (or some general magical maiden) bathing in a body of water, combing her otherworldly super long hair, and just living her best life. Yandere stumbles across her and starts to stalk her over the course of some time, falls in love with her, etc. But Darling has played this game many times before and thinks this is dumb schmuck nth, and continues her innocent/ignorant/helpless act, thinking that she’ll be able to lure this man to kill him in a few days (for food, riches, or something, idk). What she doesn’t know is that Yandere is a lot more smarter and is also putting on his own act in front of her. Cause the twist is that Yandere is partial/descendent magical creature of some sort, and thus Darling’s magic doesn’t work on him. (He’s also had training resistance against magics of sorts or something). Anyway…confrontation happens, Darling thinks she’s gonna successfully drown him, but Yandere reveals his true colors and does some ritual that binds the two of them together for eternity (like some f-ed up magical matrimony), and of course takes her away to some magical residence? (I don’t know what this man does for a living, nor what his home would be like since I want to leave up what partial/descendant magical creature he is to you) where he proceeds to consummate their eternal marriage. Cause in his head, a magical eternal chain isn’t enough…no this man needs to see lots of babies. The literal “fruits of his love.” (Forgive me…I like babies/pregnancy/breeding/baby trapping in Yanderes. That stuff makes me go feral). Can’t wait to see what magical children are produced from this union. LOL.

This idea just seemed fun to write about…two manipulative main characters, each thinking they have the upper hand. Sorry for the long post. Hope you can have fun with the story! <3

TW: Dubcon, Impregnation kink, drugging, forced marriage, blood,

Monday

Being a water nymph of mixed ancestry is one of your favorite things about yourself. Everyone expects you to be the helpful water nymph to help sailors from sirens. Little did they know that your dad was half-siren. Of course, he didn't show any traits because the gene that makes sirens sirens is on the second X chromosome. So when your half-mermaid-half-nymph mom had you and your five other sisters, every single one turned out to be sirens with the tail of a mermaid and the trustworthy face of a nymph.

The best part is that your innocent face helped you lure sailors. Everyone is warned to be suspicious of the woman with a beautiful face and an alluring voice. Nobody expects their angel of death to be a maiden who looks like they're supposed to help you. This earned you many new bones for decorations and combs. Along with many treasures to keep. Plus, the sea creatures let you live in an otherworldly part of the beach hidden away from humans in return for killing a few fishermen. It is truly the dream of a maiden of the sea.

"La, la, la!" You joke around, playfully singing to a romp of otters.

Your long, pastel, aquamarine, wavy hair blends in with the water. The seashells decorating your hair make it look like your personal halo. Your striking blue eyes look like they could pierce through anyone. Your long dusty lilac, coral, and beige tail swishes in the water.

"So, what should I do next?" You ask the otters, going deeper into the water.

The otters swim up to you, then stop. They all stare at something behind you. You turn around and see nothing. You can't help but roll your eyes. Every so often, some human man will come along and watch you. Then, he'll confess his love to you, hoping you'll be his mythical legend wife. You accept, bring him in for a kiss, then bite him on the jugular or drown him.

"Don't worry, I'll have him gone before the weekend," You whisper to your otters.

You go underwater and swim to your grotto for rest. Planning to kill men takes a lot of work.

Tuesday

You sleep until the morning sun shines through the water. You swim to your spot and do your daily routine.

"Let me the morning sun. So much stuff has to be done," You sing, moving your long hair out of the way to expose your bare breasts.

The old topless mermaid trick. The oldest one in the book and usually worked in luring men to their deaths. You pull yourself out of the water and transform into your human form. Your hair covers your naked backside, and you venture into the woods. You hear a branch move nearby and enact your plan.

"What pretty berries," You say, bending down to show your entire bottom and pussy.

More branches move, and you smirk to yourself. You pop a berry into your mouth, and suddenly, your memory goes blank. When you wake up, your body feels so tired you decide to return to your grotto for the day. When you reached the bed, your demeanor had changed from tired to horny. You couldn't help but pleasure yourself. Every nerve on your pussy felt alive when you stroked and fingered yourself. You were seeing stars and the Milky Way when you came. You fall asleep and transform into your mermaid form.

Wednesday

When you wake up, you swim to your spot again and brush your hair. You don't even notice you're not wearing a top. A flower blooms next to you with a golden comb with a letter.

To the sweetest maiden in the sea,

My love, I've been watching you for a long time. I love the way your being becomes one with nature. Though, you should be careful about what berries you eat. Eat too many random ones, and you might not come back.

Your admirer, L.

You laugh. The love letter is cute. So is the comb. But the flower trick really impressed you. You might get a mage's loot this time instead of some fishermen's or hunters. You brush your hair with the comb, and it shows its magical properties. The comb instantly made your wet hair wavy. Usually, it would take a couple of hours for your hair to get wavy after being in the water. You hum a song while combing your hair and sink into the water while relaxing. The branches rustle and twist into a tall, pale figure looking at you from the brush. You can't see its face. But you can tell it's a man. You wink, and you sink deeper into the water. Flowers bloom a path to the water's edge.

Thursday

You sing a siren's song to lure your suitor to his death faster. Nothing happens except the trees twisting, turning, and breaking. Some even bloomed flowers. When you open your eyes to see the chaos you've done, a hand that's disappearing is reaching out to you. You try to touch it, but it vanishes like it is magic. You groan in disappointment and swim out to sea hoping for something to entertain you.

Friday

Your admirer finally showed himself. He was waiting for you at your spot. His silver hair reached his back, and his skin was so pale it shimmered. His blue-green eyes were mesmerizing.

"Hello, my sweet," The man says, pulling you out of the water. "My name's Lochlan and you're going to be my wife."

"Of course," You lie, sweetly going into his arms.

He carries your merbody in his arms, and you bite him in the jugular. Blood splatters all over the grass. His body tumbles into the water, and you hold his head underwater. Lochlan's body finally stops moving, and you let him sink into the water. You dive in, preparing to rip him apart. You can't see his body. It's gone. A hand shoves some sort of berry paste down your throat, and you gag. He slips a silver ring with a blue gem on your finger.

"Did you seriously think I would die from that? I'm half-fae. I don't die easily," Lochlan says, dragging your merbody to the shore's edge.

Your body feels hot, and you want nothing more than to return to your grotto.

"Feel familiar? You ate the key ingredient in our aphrodisiacs," Lochlan states, holding your body as it transforms into its human form. "Don't worry, you'll feel better later."

His hand keeps a steady hand at teasing your pussy. Your watery home slowly disappearing. You can't take it anymore and cry until you pass out.

Saturday

"Ahh~" You moan, climaxing again from Lochlan's fingers.

"That's it, cum again," Lochlan coos, slowing down his pace as you cum.

Ever since Lochlan took you from your beach, he's been pleasuring you. Turns out that the ring he slipped onto your finger bound you to him as his wife forever. Or at least until he wishes to divorce. But that's not going to happen.

"Are you enjoying our honeymoon, my sweet? How does it feel to be Mrs. Caspian? The next queen of the sea fae," Lochlan asks, taking his fingers out of you and sticking his cock inside you. "I waited for you for so long. You even made a cute show of singing your song just for me. I admit it got to me, but I managed to teleport myself away before it was too late."

"Nessie!" You scream, taking his cock for the 5th time today.

"Keep calling me pet names based on the Lochness monster, and I'll breed you till your stomach bulges," Lochlan growls, thrusting faster and cumming into your pussy again. "I can't wait for you to have our babies. They'll be so powerful they could rule every portion of water on Earth."

Before your wedding ceremony, you were locked inside a room the size of a small closet with Lochland. In his culture, a bride and groom must whisper their secrets to each other, then into a conch shell. Then, the conch shell is sent to sea to start the marriage with no secrets. Though you didn't need to whisper your secrets into a conch shell. Your tears meeting a body of water would automatically send your pain through it.

"Just try it, my pretty pearl. A couple of whispers can't hurt. Besides, I want to start this marriage on the right track," Lochlan pleads, clasping your hands.

You relent and bring the shell to your lips.

"I wish I could be with my sisters and family. I wish I could see my precious otters again. I wish I never met him. I wish I never had to marry him!" You whisper, eventually turning into a yell.

Your yell vibrates through the shell, almost cracking it. Lochlan snatches the conch shell from you as you cry. He looks at you with pity and lets you weep on his chest. He brings the conch shell to his lips and whispers his secret.

"I want to be the best husband for my wife. Even if she hates me for eternity. I want to return to the sea to visit my mermaid mom and her family," Lochlan whispers, noticing you looking at him.

"If I marry you, will you return me to the sea with my family?" You ask, looking into his eyes.

"Of course. Anything for you."

And that's how you got to the present. You and Lochlan fucking in his private underwater palace near both of your families. It was a nice compromise and made you feel more at ease.

"I'm about to cum, Lochy!" You moan, feeling your legs about to give out.

"Me too, my pearl!" Lochlan screams, holding onto your hips tight.

You feel him cum in you one last time and fall to the bed. Lochlan falls on top of you and snuggles with you.

"I love you, my pearl," Lochlan pants, kissing your neck.

Sunday

Lochlan is sitting with you in bed and combing your hair.

"This comb really works wonders on your hair, my pearl," Lochlan compliments, enjoying the golden comb turning your hair into beautiful waves. "Are you doing ok? I know being pregnant in your mermaid form isn't easy."

"I'm fine, Loch. I'm really tired, though," You answer, rubbing your slightly big stomach.

It's been three months since you married Lochlan. Since your honeymoon, you've been pregnant with his kids. Admittedly, he's been a great husband and is making sure your pregnancy is going well. Not only that, but you've been able to see your family.

"Lochlan, can you get me some grouper? Maybe some lobster too? I'm having bad cravings."

"Of course, my sweet."

Lochlan leaves your bed and comes back with a plate of fish and lobster.

"I brought some extra lobster for you. Eat up. You and the babies need nutrients."

"You really care for them, don't you?"

"Of course, I do. A proper king should care for his queen and future heirs. Now, eat. You need to rest during this pregnancy."

Lochlan kisses your head and feeds you.

Headcanon post

[chaos0pikachu]

so this isn't a fully formed thought and I think some of the confusion/lackluster feel towards the past lives/karma backstory is b/c the show's made what seems to be some pretty prominent changes to the novel. Which has flatten things some b/c the doctor is less of a complex char and more of a by-the-by antagonist to Phaya and Tharn's love.

But after last episode their backstory reminded me a lot of The Legend of White Snake, which is considered one of China's four great folktales - alongside Lady Meng Jiang, Butterfly Lovers, and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl - like any folktale it's changed a lot over the centuries but the gist is:

A female snake demon/spirit (I've seen demon and spirit used interchangeably in English but "spirit" is probably closer to the intent), White Snake or Bai Suzhen falls in love with a human man - sometimes a doctor sometimes a herbalist - named Xu Xian. She hides the fact she's a snake spirit from Xu Xian and the two marry. Then a Buddhist monk, Fa Hai, shows up and realizes Bai Suzhen is a snake spirit. He threatens her to reveal herself and she refuses. He tells Xu Xian she's a snake spirit but he doesn't believe him so Fa Hai gives him a potion to reveal she's a snake. She falls asleep after drinking it and poof, transforms into her snake spirit form. In most tellings of the folktale he usually dies of shock seeing her transformation and Bai Suzhen goes on a journey to bring him back to life with her companion Green Snake (Xiaoqing). Husband resurrected Xu Xian tells her he loves her snake spirit or no and they decide to remain together.

But Fa Hai is a sour ass bitch about it and is like, nah. He kidnaps Xu Xian and is like "y'all can't be together!!" (regina george voice) so Bai Suzhen goes to save her husband and fights Fa Hai and like floods the land and shit (she's super powerful). She gets trapped in the Leifeng Pagoda and is punished for her crimes by staying in there separated from her husband (and sometimes son depends on the adaption).

In some cases she's trapped forever and Xu Xian becomes a monk - pretty sure this is the ending of Jet Li's film adaption of the story which made me fucking BAWL - in other cases her sons filial piety and merits in his life impresses and moves the Gods who allow her to be free and reunite with her family - this is the ending of one of the TV show adaptions.

So like, the fuck does this have to do with The Sign?

So like, in every adaption of White Snake that I've seen - which at this point is four - I'm always very much like "free my girl she did nothing wrong!!" but like flooding the land and upsetting Buddha IS wrong even if you did it ~for love~ it's why she gets punished in the end (no matter the adaption she's always trapped/punished & separate from her man) and released b/c her sons merits move the Gods enough to earn her freedom.

So on the surface it doesn't look like Tharn and Phaya did anything wrong, but idk we're only halfway through the story still.

If Tharn was engaged to Chalothon in his past life - and he was a woman - then him and Phaya DID cause harm to Chalothon even if they didn't love Chalothon.

Whether we, the audience, consider it harm or not (audiences tend to be fine with affairs/cheating if we're supposed to be "rooting" for the couples I notice). We also don't know the fallout - if any - happened post Phaya and Tharn's affair. It might be they have to earn merits to earn the right to be together - like Bai Suzhen did via her son - either by "saving" Chalothon from his obsession or some other means.

To me their story is closer to White Snake than Romeo and Juliet (which ISN'T a tragic tale of love). But right now, I feel like we have to little information. I've read novel spoilers and like, it makes more sense in the novel to me than the show currently. I'm hoping the show is able to kinda right the ship a bit as we continue to peel back layers of what happened and what's going to happen.

[darlin-djarin]

“Sabine was a bounty hunter? Isn’t she like sixteen?” Boba Fett started his bounty hunting career at age TEN and in Legends he got MARRIED and had a KID when he was sixteen

i mean i know boba became a bounty hunter as a kid but it’s still a bit confusing for sabine to have been a bounty hunter for long bc obviously she was part of the imperial academy right? and by the way she talks about the ghost crew, she seems to imply that she’s been with them for a few years, which means there’s a bit of inconsistency with her age and her… career, i suppose. i don’t really see a time frame where she could have been a bounty hunter for a while, but idk, maybe we’ll get more insight later. if there’s any other info about that please let me know, but DON’T spoil things for me please.

also legends is CRAZY wtf 😭😭 a KID at 16?? a wife i understand, i was offered to get married at 14 many times, but a KID ALREADY? bro got too much rizz fr 😮‍💨 boba chill 😭💀

[katthebibliophile]

Theory time! (feat. Jacks’ heartbeat)

Full disclosure this is a stream-of-consciousness, entirely self-serving post to work out when Jacks’ heart started beating, when exactly he met Eva, etc please bear with me thank you😅

Okay. So when Eva meets Jacks in OUABH, the Decks of Destiny have ‘recently become popular’ at the curiosity shop, presumably due to the recent end of Legendary’s caraval featuring it. Jacks is in a good mood when he makes the bargain with Eva - this is around the time he marries Tella in Finale. 

We find out about 27% the way through Finale that Eva’s turned into stone. Poison said she stayed as stone for 6 weeks, and Knightlinger said she turned stone ‘right before’ The Week of Terror (when all the Fates were running around burning things down etc in Finale). Her entire time as stone occurs after the events of Legendary, in which Tella and Jacks kissed (heart not beating) and fought (Tella notices his heart beating).

It doesn’t seem that Jacks and Eva could have met in Legendary post-tellajacks-kiss but before Tella discovers his heartbeat, at least not that we know of. It makes for a pretty strong case that Jacks’ kiss with Tella is what made his heart beat-

Except!

That we know his heart wasn’t beating after kissing Tella, that Tella’s heart was slowing down until Legend’s blood makes her feel strong again (heals her? idk) but right after this scene she realizes Jacks’ heart is beating and concludes she’s his true love.

What if Tella was really supposed to die from Jacks’ kiss but his magic kept her heart beating (so she could repay Jacks’ bargain/ get Legend’s name) and Legend’s blood healed her, and finding out about Jacks’ heart right after was just a coincidence? I feel like this logic follows, and I don’t believe she’s his true love.

Which leaves the question - if Tella’s not his true love, did Jacks have an off-book encounter with Eva during the events of Legendary without her own knowledge? It’s never stated how the whole True Love Heartbeat Thing is activated. Is it a kiss? A conversation? A glance? I mean - for all we know he could’ve side-eyed Eva in passing and soon after realized his heartbeat.. and just attributed it to his relationship with Tella. 

Maybe all my theorizing is wishful thinking, but I would absolutely LOVE to get a Jacks’ POV flashback of seeing Eva around Valenda or her shop or something.

(It’s also important to note that when writing Finale, Stephanie didn’t originally know whether Tella would end up with Legend or Jacks. Potentially tellajacks could’ve been end game instead with her as his true love. This aspect of her writing framework may contribute to the ambiguity of the first heartbeat and whether or not Tella was Jacks’ true love. I wonder how she’ll write this away - a pre-heartbeat meeting with Eva, the existence of ‘multiple true loves’ or ‘different kinds of true love,’ or something else entirely!)

[p-taryn-dactyl]

Sorry I don’t have any specific ideas, but since you’re writing for Legends, please write something with Ray! He needs more love 😌

a/n: i went with some headcanons lol (some are x reader, both platonic and romantic btw) also, thank you so much for requesting!! i love ray palmer as well and i hope you like this

Ray Palmer Headcanons

You see this man? This precious being? Cinnamon roll.

He might be one of the smartest people alive but he's constantly confused, no clue what's going on but excited to be there

if he's really into an invention, he will sometimes hole up in his room working on it. after a span of two weeks once, nate had to drag him out by his ear

ik it's marvel, but he's like if you took tony stark and scott lang and smushed them into a new person along with a golden retriever

He looks like you would catch him at 3am eating peanut butter straight from the jar

The one time the Legends went to Disneyworld to catch a demon possessed Mickey Mouse (this wasn't shown bc of copyright reasons), he made everyone wear matching tourist t-shirts and mickey ears. Rory tried to set his on fire. They went on every ride and at one point, Nate and Ray had their arms full of food and gift bags. (Ray got a Dash figurine for Barry Allen). The last thing for this is: imagine Ray and surprisingly Mick, getting nervous to meet Cinderella - like you would if you were meeting Beyonce or your favorite celeb

he actually likes cherry flavoured things. enjoys cough syrup

Platonic x [name] headcanons:

if you're his best friend (along with Nate bc come on, those two are a package deal) prepare for the most supportive friendship ever

you will never feel lonely and if you do, he will do anything to bring a smile to your face (he once bought you seven puppies but that ended in you and Nate caring for your friend who had forgotten about his allergies)

Star Wars marathons. He knows every. single. line. But always acts surprised when it's revealed that Luke and Leia are twins.

he also just seems like someone who would watch I Love Lucy (idk if im getting this from cannon or im projecting but still). If you love sitcoms, then you're in luck bc if it's not Star Wars...it's a sitcom.

he likes musical theater

you and Ray have a very close friendship to the point that if either of you are in a relationship, the partner are dating both of you as well.

when he's working on an invention, and you're bored, you'll be sitting on his work bench, eating junk food while he works. sometimes you throw a cheeto at his head when you see he's about to put something in the wrong place - which could lead to another explosion

if you two fight, he's always the first one to apologize, no matter if it was your fault. if it was his fault (like forgetting movie/game night) he would literally shower you in snacks...have you ever had doritos and gummy bears rain down on you? well now you have (they are packaged btw lol)

your stuff is never broken. ever. he always fixes it

when he and Nora got married, Nate was sobbing and you were the officiant - but you almost couldn't get any words out considering you were both laughing bc you were nervous and crying bc YOUR BEST FRIEND WAS GETTING MARRIED AND APPARENTLY YOU COULDN'T MARY NORA TOO. YOU ASKED.

Romantic headcanons:

oh boy. any doubt you've ever had about a relationship flies out of your head by the first date

this man pampers you. whether it be with expensive gifts or the wacky key chain he found at a gas station that reminded him of you

he is the little spoon

on fancy dates, he will literally buy out an entire restaurant so you're alone for the night. well except for the private band he's paying. the first time this happened, your fourth date, you were scared he was proposing when he brought out a 'special' dessert. it was just a cake he baked himself.

he definitely knows his way around a kitchen - always creating new dishes for you to try

on more casual dates, you order take out, watch crappy movies and play games. he acts mad that you always beat him in uno but he never told you that he shuffles the cards in a way to let you win. he loves the look on your face when you triumphantly lay down your last card.

in arguments, he always gives you space to cool down if it's a loud argument. if you apologize first, it's because he was too busy getting you apology gifts. if he apologizes first, its in the minutes right after the fight. if he ever, ever, makes you cry (which is rare), he'll stop what he's saying, make sure you're ok with him touching you, cup your face and wipe away your tears before pulling you into a hug, murmuring sweet assurances

you guys will have a bunch of laughs, pillow fights, and nights where you stay up doing face masks, each others nails, and telling each other secrets and sharing stories from your childhood

a/n: well, im sorry if this sucked lol, ray is such a fun character and i couldn't write anything negative about him. i'm aware there's a bit more best friend headcanons than romantic and that's purely bc i was starting to fall for another fictional character and had to stop myself

[silviakundera]

Me : Hasn't watched a single drama from 2024 because I was too busy

Me: Goes to mydramalist to find something romantic to watch and starts reading comments on all the stuff that seems interesting sees that for almost every one of these fall into one of two camps the first one which houses the majority of shows the comments are exclusively about the guy and how much of a simp or green flag he is (their words not mine) the second category is people are criticizing the show for portraying an uneven dynamic where the fl treats the ml like shit

Me: backs away slowly and goes back to my binge watch of star trek deep space nine

Idk what it is if it's the writing or the different type of fans or a combination of both all I know I'm very confused 🤔 have we fallen into a different timeline ? Parallel universe? Have screens cooked our brains completely?

my friend, your first mistake was raw dogging the comments section on MDL 🙈😂😭 gotta proceed with caution these days 🚧🚧🚧🚧

but I got you. If you want to dip your toes back into 2024 cdramas romances,

* Legend of Shen Li is almost universally liked. I don't know that I encountered a real hater. Don't turn that into sky high expectations that can't be met, though. It's simply a solid xanxia romance with a very strong landing - 1 full length episode dedicated to the happy ending, instead of the xanxia standard 1 minute. The most high god in the universe x demon general who is engaged to heaven's notorious playboy that's terrified of her. and who is temporarily a chicken. (just go with it) The main couple have chemistry & are very capable actors. Rarely do I make it thru a xanxia without ever being consumed with rage at some awful thing the plot has one of the main couple perpetrate on the other... but this one passed! The main actress is convincing as an immortal warrior.

* Blossoms in Adversity is NOT universally liked, tbh it got almost no traction on tumblr. But despite all its flaws I found myself watching it eagerly. I am a sucker for historical costume dramas with feminist themes - if you enjoyed Dream of Splendor, this one might appeal. After all the men in the family are exiled and they are stripped of their noble status, the main wives, concubines, children, and servants of a large official's household have to figure out a way to survive on their own. Without the guidance (and yoke) of men. The strength of the drama is that it isn't easy - these women are not all kind & smart & selfless. They're complicated people and a product of their environment. But watching them slowly come together was so satisfying, and how all the women begin to explore an identity beyond the strict roles they held in that manor. It's so direct about how much power men had over their wives in that era and what that means for these women. The main otp will appeal if you like ships of 2 mature adults who have their own goals and respect each other as equals, who are supportive but don't step on each other's independence. The FL's practicality was so pleasing to me. It just dropped it's final episodes via Express.

* The Spirealm available legally now on Viki, if your tastes run to censored gay romance. And if you like mystery/ horror and like fiction that asks, what is reality (and does the definition of 'real' matter). Like in korean bl Love for Love's Sake, the protagonist enters a game world and ends up caring about that world. (unlike LFLS, a distinct lack of kissing with tongue)

* In Blossom - Chinese het web novel vibes just exploding onto the screen. Childhood sweathearts torn apart years ago, now he's a rich noble while she's poor but he still wants to marry her as promised. (She is less sure about this.... then she gets her body swapped by this crazy chick who really REALLY wants to marry the ML. who, ooops gets murdered on their wedding night.) So now FL is in crazy chick's body and the #1 suspect for her gruesome murder is ML, that childhood sweetheart who showed up out of the blue to propose. and happens to be the top candidate in running to marry the crown princess 🤔🤔🤔 . She thinks he (tried to) kill her. He thinks she's dead and hates the lady she's stuck impersonating. Spoiler: they fall in love.

* Amidst a Snowstorm of Love - Slice of life soft cdrama, if you like that kind of thing. Developing relationship for like 30 episodes about 2 professional snooker players. Relaxing vibes, sweet romance. They're both kind, talented, and capable. They're good for each other and really humanly awkward about starting a relationship. You don't watch this kinda drama for dramatic tension, you just chill with it and wind down after a hard day. It's baked-in that they'll get married at the end.

[silvercaptain24]

It’s time to have fun and gush over your works! Post up to three scenes from your stories that you love and talk about them! :D

Idk that I have three because idk if I have more or less but i know for a fact that I have one-

His stomach muscles clenched again, and it was all he could do to keep down the contents of his stomach. Pain seemed to radiate from everywhere, starting at his leg-

His very much so broken leg. 

He avoided looking down, determined to get off this battlefield. The Captain was always the last one off, of course.

If only that meant he hadn’t been the only one around when the stalfos reformed.

He’d defeated it, but it’s club had hit his leg right before it died. And now he was stuck here.

Hot, wet, tears rolled down his cheeks, breath coming in pained gasps, arms trembling as he  tried fruitlessly to push himself off the ground. Muscles failed him again, and he hit the ground with a pained grunt. His whole body began to shake with sobs, it was so cold, it was so, so cold…

“Captain!” A voice shouted, and he cried out as he was turned over, leg getting jostled in the process. 

“It’s alright. It’s alright. You’re going to be alright, Link, I’m here now,” Fierce murmured, running a hand through sweat and blood soaked hair.

“H-hurts-” Link managed to gasp in between sobs.

“I know. I know, Link. It’s okay. It’ll be okay.”

Fierce kept one hand running through his hair, the action soothing even the smallest bit, while he looked over Link’s injuries. His touch was feather light as he examined the break, but every slight whisper of touch felt like fire on Link’s skin.

“P-please-” He sobbed, “please-”

“I know. I know. I’m sorry, Link, but I have to set the bone. It’s going to hurt.”

Tears slipped down his cheeks as he nodded, trying to brace himself for what was to come. 

He wasn’t prepared for the fire that lit up his veins, the absolute burning pain that blocked out everything else, the black spots that danced around his vision and took over until they began to clear, a hand wiping the tears from his cheek, while the other cheek rested on something cool and hard.

“It’s alright. It’s alright, Link. It’s over now. Let’s get you back to camp, okay?”

His hand reached out blindly, trying to grasp something, anything. A gentle hand took it, and he squeezed as hard as he could.

“D-don’t… Please don’t-t l-leave.” His voice trembled, wavering and weak with pain.

“I’m right here, Link. I’m right here.”

This Is from Levels of Importance and OH MY WORD????? HOW THE HECK DID I WRITE THAT????? IT STILL GIVES ME FEELS EVERY TIME I READ IT LIKE WHAT THE H E C K A A A A A A A AAAA. A A AA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A H H H H H H H H H H

"There is absolutely no way that you fought the moon. How is that even possible?" Legend said to Time. Again. 

This was in absolutely no way a new conversation. Wars could practically recount how every second of it would go. In fact... 3...2...1.

"Most things that seem impossible are possible. You're the one that can turn into a painting." Time said, looking mildly amused.

But the moon!

"But the moon!" Legend protested.

Painting...

"Painting," Time countered.

"The freaking moon, Time!"

And... cue Twilight.

This one, because it always makes me laugh So. HArd. It's amazing. And Also Baker's favorite line that I've written XD

Time and Malon married. They moved out to the ranch Malon's family owned, with a standing offer for Warriors to visit whenever he wanted. Warriors himself moved after he got a new job working as a strategist. But some things never changed with time. And with time, some things began again.

"Wars?"

It was storming, a frightful, deafening thing that had woken him nearly an hour ago. He had gotten up only a few minutes ago, however, in search of water.

"Wars?"

He turned to see Mask, rubbing sleepy eyes and dragging a memorable blue scarf behind him.

"Hey, Sprite. What's up?"

"Couldn't sleep."

Thunder crashed, and Mask flinched.

Ah. That made sense. He was afraid of storms.

"Come here," Wars said, picking him up and draping the scarf around the younger boy like a blanket.

"Storm wake you up?"

Mask nodded, too keyed-up to be sleepy.

"Too loud?"

Again, Mask nodded. He wasn't one for speaking much, but that was alright. He trusted Warriors, finally, and that was what mattered.

"Have I ever told you the Legend of the Song of Storms?"

A shake of the head. A dramatic gasp.

"Well then, I should fix that! A long time ago, in a far away land..."

Legend of the Song of Storms. Ough, I love this entire fic, but the parallells in this scene????? Wars nearly quoting Time's words from the begininng of the fic? THE SCARF???????

[my-name-is-mine-to-know]

Ok so I started watching Nimona with @theonewithallthefixations and we had lots of thoughts and we’ve decided to write them down. I probably don’t remember everything, and this will likely be disorganized, so bear with me, but:

Todd, the dude with a punchable face, is Groose pre-redemption. Many of Todd’s actions, mannerisms, etc. we now project upon Groose

To me specifically (Fixa hasn’t read the stormlight archive), ambrosius and ballister remind of adolin and kaladin respectively.

One is a respected descendant of the honored family and is basically destined to be a leading fighter, the golden boy, black/blond hair, fashionable (idk if ambrosius picks his own outfits like ado does but either way it looks good)

the other is not even close to royalty, had a rough childhood, but managed to gain power and respect anyway, generally broody, dark hair and eyes, all that.

Of course the main difference between the pairs is that when Kaladin is made to be a criminal, adolin sits it out with him; but when Bal is framed an assassin, Ambrosius helps hunt him down, but of course kal just criticized a lighteyes and was immediately imprisoned while bal “killed” the queen and was able to run away, so that situation’s not really comparable.

Anyway

Nimona feels like legend mostly in that snarky and stubborn pink bunny who likes the destruction of public property and is willing to murder

“Arm chopping is not a love language!” Both nimona and ambro say this (technically ambro never says this out loud, but he wants to, and that counts) and based on this (and other things, but this is what sparked it), the two are likely very similar.  It seems like Bal has always been the broody type, so both probably had to force him to hang out with them; Ambro would probably be very chaotic if he were not essentially a prince (idk if Gloreth was actually royalty, or just highly respected, but either way he’s got a lot of influence due to his relation); there might be other things

When Ambro and Bal get married, they can adopt Nim and it will be great.

How old is Nim? Would they even need to adopt her? I mean, technically, you can adopt adults, it’s just a lot more ceremonial, then actually promising to provide for a person’s needs, but they could still adopt her, even if she was an adult. I don’t think she is, but I don’t really know.

oh! More potential things w Ambro and Nim: we think she may be either The monster from the beginning, sequence or be related to it. If she’s a descendent, then her story would mirror Ambro’s, with him, being destined for greatness and heroism to do to his ancestry, and her being destined to terrorize and hurt people

Additionally, it seems like neither are happy with their current situation as influenced by their ancestry. Ambro says (thinks) that he never asked to be related to Gloreth, and while Nim clearly lives her abilities, she is sad to be made a villain

We found Ambro’s last name to be amusing: Goldenloin. That will surely make their wedding night interesting

That’s all for now. We’re going to be able to finish the movie tomorrow, and Fixa will update with our further thoughts.

[off22theraces]

actually oc post rq (tw for death, murder, stabbing, shooting, suicide, uh a lot)

ok i fucked up a lil bit not all of my ocs are in the same collective universe but the ones that arent are in my bfs so . whatever

anyways the ones i have are uh A Lot theres a whole story i’ll try to explain the best i can

it starts with this lady named lilith vesper who later marries a doctor and becomes lilith napier. she ends up murdering her husband during a fit of rage later on with a pair of scissors and then herself after realizing what she did

a couple years later, the story has become somewhat of a town legend in the place it happened, dawsbury. a group of paranormal investigators (brie, her gf charlotte, their friend kimya, and their camerman/kimya’s best friend andrew) visit the town to cover the story and then fuck around yk?

anyways they get there and brie, the leader, is promptly stabbed in the arm by lilith’s ghost. they’re then chased into an abandoned middle school and seek solace in the nurses office until they’re locked in there by someone (who shows up l8r) and have to crawl thru a vent to a classroom

there they find the stereotypical survival horror items and arm themselves (with a stapler too) and make their way to the school gym, where they find another person (named diana) chasing a rat with a knife. they attempt to wrestle info out of diana until she stabs kimya in the side and runs away. andrew runs after her into the lockerroom and is then locked in there with her

andrew discovers a bunch of survivors living in the locker room beside diana, including the girl who locked them in the nurses office, sunny. he gets kidnapped by them basically and hand cuffed to a locker after accidentally spilling water on one of them

anyways while thats happening brie, charlotte and kimya are greeted by a librarian named maru (whos a Creature too but they dont know that) and follow her to the library when she offers them food. anyways they run away after charlotte says she seems kinda weird (and she is) and run back to find andrew

they get to the locker room after passing through the like. yk how schools always have fields? those. anyways they get there and save andrew, but not before shooting one of the survivors duh!

anyways thats where i got on THAT part of the story, i wrote it in like 2021 and im contemplating rewriting it but idk

also that takes place in ohio specifically and meanwhile, in illinois, a few years earlier, lilith’s very alive sister arabella is going on a trip with her childhood best friend (and crush) mary and a couple of their other friends (nicholas, matthew, jolene) to visit jolene’s sister and her husband

i havent thought this story out all the way but eventually, arabella axe murders someone in self defense (+ mary defense). obviously any rational person would feel awful and guilty about that but She Does Not (it only gets worse from here btw)

she murders all of her and mary’s friends until they’re chased into a basement by a few of the other townsfolk that have noticed what’s going on. after a short argument, arabella forces mary to murder her to “see what it’s like” and mary runs out of the basement shortly after

anyways long story short. she dies. the end

i also have happier ocs frédéric and aubree who are in a romcom style story they’re pretty cute but this post is already pretty long so i might just make a seperate post for them (+ the ocs i have w bf) if anyones curious

[terraether]

for the last 6 years ever since the legend of korra series finale aired in which Bryke chastised the audience for watching the show thru “hetero lenses” I have exclusively lived my life and consumed media thru HOMO lenses (has nothing to do with the fact I am gay and enjoy queer media analysis 👀). So, here’s a ranking of the st4 characters according to how difficult it was for me to analyze them thru these “hetero lenses”:

1. Max & Lucas - not at all difficult

These two are the easiest for me to read as not gay. Obviously being in a m/f relationship does not negate queerness altogether but for the sake of mainstream media as big as stranger things, it all but does. I -1/10 relate to them which is how I know, they are hetero, and it takes no effort for me to believe it. I used to read max as queer I guess due to her tomboy attitude but after seeing her in Taylor swift atw video I cannot unsee her as straight idk why this is just my brain

2. Dustin - not at all difficult

Dustin is a straight boy. He could possibly be hc as ace or demi if I think about it, but it takes more effort for me to think about a queer hc than accepting him as straight which is why he ranks this high up. I love 1 (one) straight boy

3. Jonathan - not very difficult

Jargyle is awesome and I love it. But also jonathan has the energy of the difficult alt guy that lands the popular girl and he just is never quite the same without her. They’ll part ways maybe for a while, but in the end he never searched for another love. They find their way back to each other and marry. He says, “I’ve only ever been with you.” It’s said as romantic, it reads a little creepy. She blushes. The end. So yeah outside of his alt boy “I don’t fit in” personality and his possible stoner make out sessions with his 1 true bro argyle it is not hard to see the hetero.

4. Joyce & Hopper - somewhat difficult

I ship jopper so hard BUT! Winona Ryder gives off so much queer lesbian energy that it does take me some time to push aside my gay lenses to accept that Joyce loves men (especially after s1 Joyce’s hair and outfit…). But they are, in the end, believably straight and the gays support them!!

5. Jane / El - pretty difficult

The early seasons she read so queer, I related to her so much. She didn’t understand gender norms and she didn’t look conventionally feminine and she just rocked all these cool outfits and looks and it was a vibe. However, by s4 it is clear to me she is a typical cis teen girl. The only reason she ranks #5 is bc it is pretty difficult for me to believe she is straight. I very strongly hc her as pansexual, she just seems like she has a lot of love to give and that gender would not be a barrier for her feelings (tho society would.)

6. Nancy - pretty difficult

I saw the excitement over ronance on this site after the trailers but I did not get it, Nancy is Straight TM and there was no proof they’d even get along let alone be gfs but Um, these scenes from s4 are making it harder for me to blindly look thru hetero lenses. She’s giving bi energy and it’d be so cute to see her flirt with Robin and be all bashful about it.

7. Steve - difficult

I have read steve as bi since s2? I think? And then when he accepted Robin after she came out I thought hm it’s the perfect opportunity for steve to explore his own sexuality! And s4 just strengthens my beliefs. He can’t get a gf?? Well to me that’s clearly bc he is discovering his interest in men and a gf just isn’t what he wants rn. However, I recently realized that steve has probably become the duffer’s self insert character so I am able to read him as straight and see thru the hetero lenses that his gf troubles probably root in I guess lingering feelings for *cringe* nancy 😩

8. Mike - very difficult

Mike is in the same boat as steve in my eyes. His actions just read gaygaygay panic to me. His interactions with will seem to give a hope to will that could only mean “omg my best friend also has a gay crush on me!!” However because this is a huge heteronormative show I am reluctantly able to see thru the hetero lenses that mike is probably just an idiot boy who is struggling with ~feelings~ and communication with his long distance gf, as well as just missing the closeness of his lifelong best friend. (But then I remember the scenes again and I’m like wait??? No way, it’s gotta all be gay!!)

9. Eddie - very difficult

Eddie to me is a gay man. I am able to put on the hetero lenses since he’s like a super popular handsome male character in this huge show in our wonderfully heteronormative world, which they certainly designed to appeal to the straight female audience (I think?? LOL) but ultimately I do not know enough about him yet to readily conclude that the writers have even made any conclusions about him. Because of this, it’s hard for me to believe he’s straight since it looks likely that he’ll die before any romantic storyline with him is addressed at all. He’s ~~ambiguous~~

10. Will & Robin - impossible

Soooo Robin is canon lesbian and therefore IMPOSSIBLE to see thru hetero lenses !!! Will is also pretty much canon gay man (I say pretty much because he is written and coded with gay storylines but he himself is only now arriving to conclusions about himself so it can only be canon in words once he is able to speak it. However this does not negate the canon fact that he is a gay character and has been this whole time even before he knew it. That’s just how life is for gay ppl sometimes). Will is impossible for me to view through hetero lenses and idk WHAT I’d do if they somehow pulled a reverse bryke, made will hold hands with a girl and then post series finale chastised us all for watched with our “homo lenses” (LOL COULD YOU IMAGINE?!?)

Bonus: Argyle - file not found

He just has that energy of creed from the office telling how he’d get so fucked up in the 70s on drugs that if gay shit happened then gay shit happened and I think that’s beautiful

[bisluthq]

If Taylor and Travis are still together after he retires from football which is at least 2 years from now I wonder if Travis will feel emasculated about Taylor’s success then.

Meh I don’t want to think about that because there are too many variables. Travis seems very secure and enjoys what he does and he’s not an idiot (himbos aren’t always idiots and he for sure isn’t) so he knows sports careers don’t last forever and he’s actually been working at that since the beginning, as has Jason, because the Swifts and the Kelces again operate in intelligent ways. Like that’s partly why he did the reality show and why he does a lot of ads and why he hosted SNL and why they both host New Heights and shit. Like they know this will end. Being a retired great (which he one day will be) wouldn’t be any more emasculating than being an active great (which he is and isn’t bothered by).

Is it possible that one day, as many athlete types do, he gets over this and wants to go for like a 20 year old model that makes him feel like even more of a legend? Totally lol but that’s impossible to predict. Like yea when Taylor stops thinking the sun shines out his ass (as she most definitely will because again the longest married couples I know - and we’re talking DECADES - have all told me that it sucked at times), he might stop thinking the sun shines out hers and he might resent stuff about his life. It could be fame/legend stuff, it could be how she has a tendency to drink too much, it could be just idk the banal mundanity of her. It’s impossible to know this. What we can do is root for them. They seem happy rn. If it lasts 2+ years it’ll be a serious and meaningful experience. If it doesn’t, hell they would’ve had fun. Idk man let’s all stop trying to be celeb Nostradamuses.

I make jokes about the “if/when I’m single” but it’s legit something I believe. I can’t tell you if I will die in my partner’s arms like in The Notebook or if we’ll break up next Christmas like idk so how must I know that for people I’ve never met? I can hope my thing works out and work at it and not give up even when like I am a little annoyed (I personally like that I’ve been annoyed this early - all things considered like it’s not a fling lol we live together but ykwim - and we’ve had big fights because I’m very conflict averse in romantic relationships and I like that I actually do say to him what annoys me and he says what annoys him and it always feels possible to work through whereas with like exes we’d let stuff fester). I can hope her thing works out but idk how their conflict resolution works so idk I can just hope for it because I like her music and she’s hot and she’s funny and she makes me quite happy and entertained idk.

Hope this ramble made sense.

[endversewinchester]

More thoughts for the first night of the Caraval:

-The Castillo Maldito arc sounded like lots of fun in my mind. I really am enjoying the circus air of this.

- Nigel… Scarlett I don’t know who you’re going to marry this early on, but I’m fairly sure he doesn’t mean the count.

- That potion she bought is going to come in handy at the wildest of times I can feel it.

- Julian knowing so much about the game is 👀. Why come back, when he doesn’t even want the prize? Does he have a personal relationship with Legend, I wonder? He does seem to know an awful lot about how the Caraval works, and that raises questions like for example, if he knew how to get into their “hotel” when he was locked out, why didn’t he? Something is up and I’m 👀

- He is growing on me for sure, but idk if I ship this tbh. I don’t know what his real motives are

- Dante is the boy with the heart of darkness. I have no doubt of that. He is so creepy and I don’t know that I want any of them near him.

- The dungeons Scarlett found. The staff at the Caraval has been pointedly afraid of disappointing Legend. Is this one of the consequences of that? Hmmmm.