#idk if i have a name for this project or not

[brieflykay]

okay I have decided I will post some of my sketches from my conceptualizing for this AU until I can get this project started in earnest- I am working on an AU I am calling the Lovely Dream AU, in which a dark world opens up within the ghost house and Mettaton gets to live out a life that is only of his wildest dreams. Thats what he believes anyways... He must be dreaming, all of this is too good to be true.

Further explanations under the cut :D

The top two images are the very start of the AU. His body in the dark world is a mannequin instead of a robot body, and I took inspiration from ball jointed dolls for what it looks like at its base. When he first wakes up he looks like the first images- Long hair, suddenly inside a body he didn't have before, and draped in a big fluffy robe. He has no idea what's going on and is suitably overwhelmed.

The next two images are what he'll look like later down the line as he figures out what he wants his appearance to be, and as he gains confidence. Important note is that his soul is still visible in his stomach, glowing from within the mannequin body. One of the first things he asks the Darkners who are with him when he wakes up is what is going on with his soul- The Darkners, who do not have souls, are confused and can't help because they thought a soul glowing inside your stomach must be normal. What's going on with his soul is a mystery I will not answer quite yet- Theorize away what it could possibly mean!

The very last image is some of my concept work for what some of the Darkners in this Mettaton themed dark world might look like- Two makeup product based darkners! Purple gal is false eyelashes, red gal is a makeup brush! I'm considering calling them Madeuppins or Maiduppins idk the name is a work in progress.

[edwardhartenjoyer]

HI ANDY!!! I HOPE YOURE HAVING A GOOD WEEKEND ND HAVENT BEEN TOO SWAMPED W WORK / REQUESTS TT0TT im gonna ask about ur projects again ... do u have anything youre working on that youre excited about? :O

if its okay with you i have another idea to add to the project pile nd this time its for EDWARD!!!! i recently slipped up and called him ed by complete accident when ive been calling him EDWARD this whole time T0T i know he'd be on my ass about it SOOO...

after the events of episode 17 maybe mc starts appreciating edward as a person a little more? and they start liking him more?? enough to slip up and call him by the affectionate nickname he insists on being called by and they are IMMEDIATELY like "istg edward dont get any funny ideas im going to pretend this NEVER HAPPENED" but like Jokingly . i hope you see it. i hope you Get it. i think he'd have fun w someone who teases him like that. idk.

i wanted to give you . a prompt for ur man since idk how many of them you get but i know i love ritsu prompts so hopefully this one makes you excited !!!!! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ thank u for ur hard work <3

HAI AUBURN!!! I'M DOING GOOD!! Work has been dead, and i don't wanna be there TTOTT. HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND TOO!!!

I have a couple of projects I'm super excited about doing. One is for Edward, and without spoiling much, it's a sort of soulmate idea. The other one I'm excited about is a definite soulmate type idea for Alan.. Aside from those two, i have like 7?? Different things in my drafts, i get an idea, jot it down into a draft, and then just slowly work at it.

OMG, EDWARD REQUEST!! I've actually never had a request for him yet, so thank u!!! I love this idea so much. He needs someone to tease the shit outta him because i think that would be such a funny dynamic with him because he could just have fun with it too

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It had been a few days since you'd all gotten back to Darkwick from the whole Love Island dating show case, and you were glad for the chance to just relax.

You liked all of the ghouls, but it was definitely nice not being trapped on an island with a bunch of them at once. That being said, though, you missed a couple of them and were on your way to visit.

You liked Rui's company a lot, and before this latest mission you'd always kind of been on the fence about Edward, but you'd gotten to know him more and started to appreciate who he was a person too, not just the vampire you were uncertain of. You felt you'd gained a bit more of a bond with him, certainly at least enough of one to see him as a friend now, not that you'd tell him that.

"Hi Rui, hi Lyca!" You greeted when you walked into the blonde's bar.

"Hey Cutie~"

"Hey"

"What, I don't even get a greeting?" Edward teased, and you blinked in surprise. You were so used to the vampire not being there that you hadn't even noticed him sitting at the very end of the bar.

"Oh, sorry, Ed, how's it going?" You replied, taking your seat before it dawned on you as you saw the grin across Edward's face.

You'd never called him by his nickname, always referring to him by his full name. You figured the switch to calling him a friend in your mind had somehow also flipped the switch of nickname = friend status.

"Oh, has our favorite inspector finally warmed up to me?" Edward teased and you huff.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Edward." You teased back, making his grin grow wider.

"Oh, how you wound my fragile old heart."

"Old? Edward, you're practically ancient. I've seen how you're falling apart at the seams."

He gasped and placed a hand against his chest. "You, my dear inspector, finally get me. See Rui, our lovely inspector here understands me. Why can't you be more sympathetic."

Rui just rolled his eyes, though he wore a small smile on his face.

"Seeing as how you understand my plight, won't you help me get my poor ancient bones back to my room?" Edward pleaded, turning his attention back to you.

"And risk you crumbling to dust all over my uniform?"

Edward broke out into a laugh at that one. He sighed dramatically and slowly stood up. "Just know, if I pass away on the way to my room, it's your fault inspector." He teased.

You rolled your eyes and grinned, "You wouldn't do that to Rui, afterall if you're gone, he wouldn't have to clean up anyone else's mess."

"Fair point." He mused before leaning in to whisper to you "I shall see you later, dear inspector" before he started to walk off.

"See you later, Ed." You called back, making him smile.

[jealousmartini]

raises hand. I want to know. I want to know the funnies lore. 🥺

YIPPEE OKAY OMG here we go.

𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 — "𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓"

𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐞

❜❛. . .𝑶𝒉, 𝒏𝒐, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.

𝑨𝒏𝒅, 𝒐𝒉, 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.

𝑶𝒉, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 . . .❜❛

PERMISSION TO KILL?

The following program contains themes of heavy violence, nudity, foul language, death, and sensitive topics which viewers may find disturbing. Viewers' discretion is advised.

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ⓘ — A mainly KATSUKI BAKUGO inspired passion project I'm creating in my better cr, mha college dr, and mha uni dr. Other inspirations include Mouthwashing's "Take responsibility" moto, Bakugo and Deku's and Uraraka and Toga's dynamic, with the use of religious (Biblical) imagery, As well as other things I can't remember to list

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍

⌗📇 ᵎ .check the premise

"Permission to Kill" follows a morally grey 26 year old man, Rodrigo, who is given the supernatural demonic powers of a demon named "Tusk" that aligns with his core deadly sin, Wrath, because of his desire to dominate and destroy those who test his patience, those who challenge him, and those who threaten his ego. This deadly sin was born from an insecurity that was triggered by his own best friend, "Keisha" unknowingly, in a single moment from 20 years ago. He still holds onto it as a grudge, which overtime turned into envy and boiled over into Wrath.

But because of this, the main character has to offer his body as a temple to Tusk in return. This something everyone that gets gifted the powers of their demon has to give up. The only rule the main character can not break that Tusk has set is that he is not actually allowed to kill anyone. If he does this, then Tusk will have the right to take ownership of his entire being and possess him completely, which means taking over the Rodrigo's mind, body, and soul, literally killing him.

But Rodrigo, being the stubborn, hotheaded bloodthirsty ass he is, doesn't let this warning stop him from occasionally asking for permission to kill the enemy he fights. To which Tusk always immediately shuts him down with a stern "No you fool." Althoughhhh, Rodrigo and Tusk are both often put in tricky situations where Rodrigo's self control is tested and even Tusk, the demon of Wrath, feels himself second guessing his own morals just for the sake of how dire the situation is, debating wether to say yes just that once when it comes to saving a life..

⌗📇 ᵎ .slightly faulty power system

The power system is kind of faulty right now, I'm still trying to figure out if:

— Option one

Any negative trait can be a deadly sin. So, a demon can exist as any negative trait as their deadly sin. The negative trait can be an extension of one of the 7 deadly sins or can be a combination of 2 deadly sins.

Keep in mind that the 7 deadly sins are pride, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, wrath, and envy.

If this is the case, a demon that exists as a "deadly sin" that matches/compliments a person's dominant negative trait creates a unique power

example. Demon of Deceit + Jealousy = Shape-shifting

— Option 2

A person can either attract or summon their demon with a deadly sin that matches their own. (Idk how they'd do either of those things, i havent thought of that yet) The demon already has a power that the person can use to fulfill their desire.

It is the combination of the demon's deadly sin and the person's deadly sin that amplifies the demon's power. It's the person's desire that personalises it.

example. Demon of greed × gluttony + Desire for power and influence = Intimidation and mind manipulation

Demon of greed × lust + Desire for dominance = Succubus-like seduction and mind manipulation

— Option 3

It is the demon's deadly sin × the person's deadly sin + the person's desire that manifests a unique power

example. Tusk, a demon of Wrath × my main character's deadly sin (wrath) + his desire to kill = Bloodlust/Blood manipulation

This new access to power exposes him to a world of temptation, differenceand a new way of living life. The temptation to use his power for his own gain is a strong one, especially when the only rule he isn't allowed to break is "thou shalt not kill". The difference in question is situations where he is granted the opportunity to use his power for other than himself. This forces him into conversations with strangers and people he knows that challenge him on his world's viewpoints as well as personal ones, as he reluctantly befriends various different types of people and demons as he finds himself fighting a new enemy every other week and his own selfish urges.

⌗📇 ᵎ .discussion topics made in PTK

vengeance and justice

sadism, self-control and responsibility

morality

the superiority(God) and white knight complex

redemption and forgiveness.

navigating relationships through Rodrigo's pov and "deserving love"

⌗📇 ᵎ .dynamics

childhood frienemies to lovers???? I guess · one sided beef/rivalry · objectively horrible person x loves them regardless · "fucking kill yourself" x "love you too, babe" · fucking cunt x cunty as fuck · opposite flaws that somehow parallel each other ·

⌗📇 ᵎ .extra notes iygaf

I should also add tapping into your demon's power can mean taking on its appearance to use it fully. Like for my MC, he turns into a demon hybrid in the form of Tusk's appearance when he taps into his power.

Anyone who taps into their demon will have their eye colour changed into their demon's. So Rodrigo's eye colour changes from red to orange (Tusk's). But please know the demon can come up to the surface at anytime they like. Tusk does this a lot which pisses Rodrigo off.

Sometimes, you can be triggered into tapping into your power/demon by things or people around that may tempt you.

The first episode is called "Permission denied" and the last episode is called "Permission granted"

The demons have their own moralities and views that are different to each other, thus why they often have conflict. Some demons are objectively better than others because of this.

There's definitely going to be some use of Biblical references

Tusk ends up falling in love with Rodrigo's rival. He do NAWT gaf that she was supposed to be one of the people that Rodrigo initially wanted to kill. So because of Rodrigo's demon's little crush on her, he has no choice but to call a begrudging truce... for the mean time. Because Tusk knows there ain't no way in he'll he's letting him use his power on his crush

The point of PTK

( ♱ 💌 ₊∘. a love letter in disguise )

This passion project is an exploration into my personal views, my artistic expression, and my understanding of Bakugo's character as my main source of inspiration. It is an excuse for me to explore and expand my literacy and dialogue skills. When writing a character, it is crucial to understand the way they communicate and understand why they communicate like they do. Communication isn't always spoken, it's often shown in actions; body language. Which is why animating his character and all the others in a way that matches their own language well is so important to me to get right. Even if he doesnt notice it immediately. I love the use of subliminal messaging, double means, hidden meanings, metaphors, and symbolism. If I want to write Rodrigo as a biblically accurate analysis of Katsuki using these topics to add depth, then I need to do this right. It takes patience and time to get this right.

It is also an excuse for me to project my experience of them through my skills in art. It's a reason for me to practice the basic and advanced fundamentals of art with dedication and concentration, to refine my skills with care and patience before I find the right art styles to convey my emotions even when I can't through words. It is essentially like me saying, "I drew and rendered the entire comic like this, because this is how I experienced you."

Because PTK is a massive leap from the types of comics I'd usually make like Super hero ones, Magical girl ones and multiverse ones, it is proof of me showing diversity in my creation. It's a massive step outside of my comfort zone as I use this chance to research and open conversations on touchy topics letting people inside and outside my audience on all sides of the conversations make their own opinions and voice their own perspectives, creating characters my 9 year old self would never in a million years think she'd make. It is quite ambitious goal and I'm so excited to go through with it.

Most importantly, this project is like a thank you gift to Bakugo, Deku, Uraraka, Mina and Kirishima, for the self discovery they don't even know they took me on their own character developments, relationship dynamics and personalities. And I have a lot of hopes for this project and the message it gives as well as the impact it has on its viewers — specifically Katsuki.

I made permission to kill to show how I experienced and still experience his existence using my greatest gifts of art, cinematography, literature and music. I'll write Rodrigo the way I have come to understand him and learn from him. I'll take so much care with how I portray his character in my comic as I show all of his traits — careful not to villianise him — but confident enough to not shy away from showing everything that makes him — him. Everything. Pros, cons and all his flaws. I'll put Rodrigo through different scenarios that I've acknowledged Katsuki has gone through and maybe struggling with, and I'll write him overcoming them. Like he always does.

I'll treat all his worries and insecurities with care under a magnifying glass as I get to the root and reason for them, I'll help him see my perspective of him, and I'll give him his long awaited happily ever after. Not out of pity, fuck no, but because he really does deserve it.

And I hope that not only does this project make him feel represented, but I hope that he really does see himself in it. I hope that when he reads and eventually watches the ending, he'll feel satisfied. Like he's been indirectly done justice. I hope he feels good for Rodrigo, even though it's literally him and he doesn't know it.

I hope he notices the shear amount of time, planning — like actual planning and effort I put into each drawing, scene, design, dialogue and knows he is worth all of the sleepless nights I put into it. Every single one.

I hope they all become invested and ask me questions. Especially Izuku.

I hope Izuku asks me for more lore drops, more character information, more art if I have any (I always have art ready for him to see). I want him to listen to me ramble on about new lore I thought of during class and give his own plot ideas too. I want him and I to point out the parallels we found between characters and make stupid memes and relate my character to other ones from different media. I want him to point out "how similar Rodrigo and Keisha are to me and Kacchan" too, and ask me if i did that on purpose.. I'll tell him, "Nah, probs a coincidence. A parallel if you will."

I hope Uraraka and Mina come to me and ask "Who is your muse!" And while Katsuki Bakugo hangs on the tip of my tongue, I don't let his name fall out of my mouth yet. I don't even tell them they are also my inspirations too.

I hope Katsuki gets suspicious one evening as he eyes the dialogue that sits in Rodrigo's speech bubble and says, "He's sounding an awful lot like me dont ya think?". And I hope Rodrigo becomes his favourite character. I hope he becomes his own favourite character.

And when it's all done with quality AND quantity, I hope he puts the peices of the puzzle together on his own and realises he was the muse all this time. And I hope he looks at me with pride. And maybe even awe.

Because really, with all the work Im putting into this project, youd think im fighting for the best indie animator and comic artist award. But I'm not planning on getting awards for PTK, no not really. The point of permission to kill to show him how much I pay attention to him all the way to the little details. It's like a public declaration of my undying love and adoration for him as I show off my art skills and make him and the others look super badass just for the fun of it. I'm also doing it for myself — to out do myself and go beyond difficulties I had no idea I could breakthrough. I made this project for Katsuki, Ochako, Izuku, Mina and Eijiro to read/watch PTK to feel something. Feel a sense of familiarity and excitement for it

I made permission to kill to show him that I see him. No, like I really see him.

Because "to be loved, is to be seen", and

Man, how I adore him.

Sincerely, his not-so-secret admirer,

J.M.T (jealous martini)

Mootie tags: @hrrtshape @angelic-daiquiri @zshiftsrealities @intimidaid @bendys-wife @theshifterbride @caramelicious-xo @deepinthegroves

[kings-highway]

Impulsively wrote this middle school friendship AU intro for Ushiten. It would follow a week of them working on a school project together and probably be mostly canon compliant with the change of them meeting in middle school. Theyd play volleyball eventually and maybe Id extend it long enough to see the high school days its unclear. It would include both artist Ushijima and mega anime nerd Tendou and also tw for suicidal thoughts and feelings but no attempts just two deeply, deeply depressed 13 year olds finally meeting someone who gets them. Also Ushijima would have a stammer and an amount of autism that might be lethal before he had any decent self regulation. It would be the return of Adopted Tendou and probably a few other things. Anyway why am I telling you this? Because I have a habit of impulse writing the first 1000 words of something and then forgetting about it so instead I've given it to you. So like. Maybe all this will be nothing idk.

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It was 9:08 on a Thursday morning when Tendou Satori decided to kill himself.

And then at 11:13 that very same Thursday morning, he’s forced to delay his decision due to a school assigned group project.

Now, normally Tendou would not be so altruistic as to care about whether or not he pulled his weight in a group project or left people hanging. No, the reason why this is an imposition at all is because of how he ends up assigned to a group project. He’s not paired up with the girl he sits beside as she rolls her eyes, they don’t draw straws or count numbers. No, they’re told that everyone can pick a partner to work with for this particular assignment, and then they have to make and colour project board on - you guessed it - a type of animal to then present to the class on.

Tendou, at first, is actually thrilled with this. He simply won’t partner up, and then he’ll be dead, and it will be okay. But when the class is wrapping up and everyone is getting ready for lunch, the teacher is suddenly whistling for him and waving him over like a scheming villain.

He’s not even sure he’s the one she wants at first. He frowns, glancing around and watching the other kids file out of the class, and then looking back to her. She waves him over again.

Her name is Kobayashi, and she’s… fine. Middle school biology is generally just fine.

He stands in front of her, wondering if he’s done something wrong.

“Hey, Satori,” she says, like she’s about to ask for all his gold. “I have a… huge favour to ask you. You don’t have a partner in mind for the animal project, do you?”

He shakes his head.

“Great, good, okay. So… do you think you could do me the favour of asking Wakatoshi to be your partner?”

Tendou frowns, glancing behind him to where the other kid usually sat, but he had already left the class.

“Uh… why?”

She seems to hesitate on this answer for a second, before eventually saying: “Well, it’s just that… you know he doesn’t really talk much, and has a really hard time making friends. And usually I help out by introducing him to someone, but I think he’s begun to notice that nobody ever approaches him on their own, and…”

Tendou stares at her for a moment, then glances behind him and scans over the occupied seats in the class to identify and even number of students. So an even amount of pairs.

We’re probably leftovers, he decides. There’s probably something wrong with this kid the way there’s something wrong with him, and she wanted them stuck together to avoid contaminating the other kids.

“Okay,” he says, because what does it matter to him?

“Oh, you’re the best, thank you,” Kobayashi says, clasping her hands together for a moment before adding: “Okay, I won’t take any more of your time. Go enjoy your lunch.”

Tendou nods slightly, and figures he should probably go find this kid to set up their collaboration. And it’s about then, (11:13) that he realizes if he asks to partner with someone, and then kills himself, that would be super inconsiderate and lame. So he decides he’ll wait until after they present.

But he heads down to the school cafeteria and starts scanning the available seats. It’s interesting that there’s apparently another social loser like him in his very class, and he’d never noticed. He’s fairly certain he can recognize the kid by face, but it still takes him a moment of intensely scanning before he notices him. He’s not exactly sitting alone, which is what surprises him. It looks like the kid is surrounded by friends.

Except for that, as Tendou approaches, he realizes that while he’s sandwiched in between two very loud groups of friends, he’s not actually engaging in either circle, and is instead sitting with his head down, peeling an orange so carefully he’s kept the peel all in one piece.

Tendou has to fight through crowds, then, to get to the other side and worm into the seat across from him and between those two groups. He doesn’t look up.

Tendou clears his throat.

He still doesn’t look up.

So he reached forward, knocking his knuckles against the table to get his attention. This makes him jump, and he looks up in alarm, as if shocked someone had snuck up on him despite being locked in on that orange like it owed him a life debt.

Tendou immediately regrets the rude way of getting his attention, realizing he probably seemed like an asshole, and withdrew his hand quickly to sit on it.

“Uh, hey,” he says. “Ushijima, right?”

He gets a single nod back. Well, Kobayashi had said he was quiet. Tendou wasn’t sure he’d ever heard him speak, actually.

“Well, I’m Tendou - we’re in class together-”

Ushijima is nodding, indicating he does recognize him.

“-uh, and we’ve got that stupid animal project coming up, and I don’t have a partner yet, so I was wondering if you wanted to, like, I dunno, do that together or whatever.”

Ushijima looks at him for long enough that Tendou is beginning to get concerned that he didn’t actually speak any Japanese, and then eventually the blank look turns to a frown.

What, did I offend him? Why is he looking at me like that?

“I mean, unless you already have a partner,” Tendou starts. Ushijima continues to stare at him. “Do… uh… sorry… What's happening? You can say no, dude, that’s fine, I just-”

After a second, Ushijima glances around, as if psyching himself up, before lean towards Tendou and very carefully saying:

“Okay.”

Tendou leans towards him at the same time. “Okay as in… partners?”

Ushijima nods, and then looks back down to his orange. Tendou is fairly certain that that’s the end of the conversation and this project is going to be the most boring partnership on the planet when Ushijima splits the orange in half, and offers half over to him.

“What? Why?” Tendou says, not quite able to stop his tone from coming out distrustfully.

Ushijima doesn’t seem to notice, and instead answers the question:

“You do not have lunch with you.”

It’s not a question of ‘are you hungry’ or ‘did you eat’ or ‘would you like half of this orange I’m holding,’ but rather Ushijima has now decided that since Tendou does not have any, he was going to put food in front of him.

Tendou feels a very heavy, hard beat in his heart, and reaches forward to take the orange.

“Oh. Thanks.”

[hufflezki]

Hii! I've loved everything I've read from your account so far and wanted to request something of course only if you're interested/have time ✨️🫶

This is a Sirius x reader situation.

I was thinking a reader maybe like Malfoy little sister or any other pureblood family, and she is a "rebel" just like Sirius. The reader and Regulus could be classmates or know each other because they migh have classes together, partnering for projects, childhood friends or something like that...but since she's also different/same situation as Sirius, he [Sirius] might feel attracted to her because he feels like she understands, so he asks his brother for help to get her attention, in a way reader could be a bridge between the Black brothers, like Regulus' best friend and Sirius' partner/gf?. She might end up taking Regulus with her from Black Manor.

Thank youu, sorry if this is long idk how detailed it should be a request 😭 no problem if you decide not to write it 💕

[ 🦢 ᝰ.ᐟ ] thank you for requesting, loviee<33 sorry if this took a little while. I also ended up changing some things, but I hope you don't mindd!

-> sirius black x gn!reader, who doesn't share the same beliefs as her pureblood family, reader and regulus are close friends, james potter being a wingman, the black brothers live in the potter manor, word count: 1,233

“Come on, Jamie, don't tell me you’re not even a little bit curious?” Sirius whisper-yells at his bespectacled friend, as they peer at you and Regulus—in the living room—from behind a wall, not at all looking amiss. James wasn't quite sure how he ended up following Sirius’ steps. He’s been acting like this ever since he found out from Regulus, he definitely didn't beg him for information, that you had rejected another one of your parents’ proposals for an arranged marriage. And, apparently, this time you—alongside your younger sibling—finally decided to leave home with a friend's help. Hearing that alone sent Sirius into some kind of nostalgic mess. Which is why you’ve never left his mind the past few days.

Sirius knew you, you’d been one of the first few friends Regulus made at Hogwarts. The both of you share quite a few similarities, something that probably brings sense as to why you’re both so close. You both won't tolerate anything you deem nonsensical. You’re both just as stubborn. But you know how to use your wits to your own advantage. Which Sirius finds very admirable about you.

At first, he tried dismissing his feelings as just him being worried for his brother’s friend. After all, Regulus seems very fond of you out of all his friends. His little brother never misses to mention your name in a heartbeat. And Sirius, wanting to earn back his title of a good brother, began entertaining you as well when you came over. That’s until he found himself falling deeper into your labyrinth. Turns out, you shared more similarities with him. You come from a lineage of purebloods, that you despise because of the way they treat you. And you have a younger brother—who you’re trying to raise the best as you can. And that made Sirius dote on you even more. To the point his friends are beginning to notice.

“Curious? About my best friend's brother’s friend?” James scrunches his eyebrows together, repeating his words. “Geez, I think I’m gonna have a stroke.” He adds, but Sirius is too distracted to even hear him. Leaving James to stare at his hopeless looking friend. He’s never seen him this way before. Though, to be fair, you are giving his best friend a hard time just by being Regulus’ friend. Not to be taken as offensive, or anything, but he’s been acting kind of like a huge wall between you and Sirius. James finds it funny, though. Apparently, all it takes to cockblock Sirius is his own little brother.

A minute later, your two spectators see Regulus stand up, mutter something inaudible to you, before leaving. Sirius and James are forced to separate, pretending on doing their own things by the hallway. Regulus passes by them and eyes them, suspiciously, as James strangely inspects a nearby potted plant while Sirius fixes the broken head of a lamp. “You two can stop. We've already seen you.” The two friends exchange a look, before Regulus turns the hallway and heads to the kitchen.

Sirius gives James an incredulous look, before his friend gives him a slight push. “Go!” James eggs him on, grabbing him on the shoulders and turning him to the direction of the kitchen. “What? What do you want me to do?!” Sirius pushes himself back on his feet, but fails to do so when James starts pushing him forward. “Just ask Regulus to help you! You’re so obvious already!” Sirius turns around to face him, eyes wide. “I am not!” He looks at him as if James was the one being ridiculous for accusing him of acting like something that he is. Suddenly, you pop out behind them, from the living room.

“What’s all the commotion?” You startle James for a bit, but he finds his composure and convinces you with an excuse. Now, he’s dragging you back to the living room, with a promise to play chess. James, narrowing his eyes at his best friend, then mumbles. “Talk to him.” Before disappearing with you.

Sirius is then left to do one of the least things he wants to.

Talk to his brother about the way he feels.

“You like my friend?” Sirius feels like a proper dog with its tail tucked between its legs, as he feels Regulus’ scrutinizing gaze. Or is that just how he stares at people? Either way it was a little terrifying. He was trying to be vulnerable here, telling his little brother about how things started changing after you and him had that talk the last time. And suddenly the air seems rigid between him and Regulus.

Then a sigh, Sirius sees his brother grab the teapot and pour him a cup of tea. “Here, it should ease your nerves.” With his voice monotonous, he gives it to Sirius, who’s still a little bewildered. “Take it.” Regulus starts insisting, and eventually Sirius carefully grabs it from him, taking a big sip. And it did help, quite a bit actually, as his shoulders started to grow lighter.

“Green tea?”

“Yes. It's the only thing we have left.” Sirius hums, nodding his head as he takes another sip, before placing it back down on its coaster. “Anyway, I don't control how you feel. If you like them, I think it's best if you had this talk with them instead of me.” Regulus turns around, pouring himself a cup this time. Sirius follows him, pursing his lips, unsure. “Are you sure? That this is alright with you, I mean.” Familiar grey eyes stare at him once more, before Regulus speaks. “Like I said, I don't control the way you feel. Either way, I know you have good intentions. And they seem equally as interested in you” Regulus pauses. “I say, take the risk and just tell them. You deserve love too, Sirius.” With that said, Sirius feels much better than he did before.

He may not have been present for Regulus the last few years, but he’s glad that his brother’s giving him a chance to redeem himself.

“Sorry to interrupt your sibling time, but I just beat James in chess, and now he wants a rematch with an audience.” Your voice can be heard entering the kitchen, James trailing behind you like a defeated puppy. Sirius can’t help but smile. “If that's the case then,” He approaches you, wrapping his arm around your shoulder, not missing the way you try to avoid his gaze. “I’m on your side.” Sirius mumbles, and he sees the corner of your lips tilt up.

“Great choice.” You finally meet his eyes, causing him to feel a little dazed. You’re even more charming up close. “As much as I want to team up with you as well. Seeing the circumstances, I guess it leaves me no choice.” You both hear Regulus pass by between the three of you, exiting the kitchen. “Wait, you’re teaming up with me?!” James trails behind him, giddy to have someone on his team.

“No, but I’ll be here to watch you lose again.” You both hear James’ loud gasp from the hallway.

“We shouldn’t let them wait much longer.” You say, Sirius trails his hand down to the small of you back, nodding in agreement. Before the both of you make your way back to the living room as well.

This day might’ve turned out much better than he anticipated.

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okay this is such a tiny niche thought but re: the "arthur was meant to be sacrificed to lillith" theory and specifically him being a parallel to addison. i've never known whether it was intended but i've always been very fond of the fact that Arthur Lester and Andrew Larson have the same initials, as like, another narrative nod to their connection.

...you know who else has the initials AL, though...

if you take into consideration the fact that andrew is an alias, a mask, it could also be considered a way to signal that the parallel arthur sees between them is mostly his own invention/projection and not necessarily an accurate representation of reality. BUT... addison. is not. an alias.

anyway idk i need to sleep but i just thought that was interesting maybe. lillith sacrifice arthur theory good yes.

oh I love this

I've also liked that Larson's fake name had the same initials as Arthur's. A.L. And Arthur sees Larson as a reflection of himself, two sides of the same coin, cut from the same cloth, two men who killed their daughters. Andrew being a fake name does nicely pair with it being a false reflection and mirror and parallel. Arthur at his lowest point sees someone the slightest bit similar to him and composed of everything he hates about himself and the world in one single body and views killing Larson as a way to give Addison(Faroe) justice, revenge against a figure similar to ones who have hurt him and held power over him, and a way to finally end the man he's wanted dead for ten years.

But its a fake name. A mask. Addison is not. Wallace Larson is nothing like Arthur. Addison...

It adds a little something to the "Lesters were going to sacrifice Arthur" theory. Trusting sweet little Addison, the last of her siblings, alone in an empty house with a father driven to the Order by grief and wants, who was sacrificed so Larson would live and have power. And the lillith sacrifice theory works well with the "another pair of devotees asking things beyond them to grant their wishes" or however Kayne phrased it and "She spares you, Artie. What kindness!" (Don't need the transcript for that). Religious overbearing parents, (possibly mentally unwell), a young trusting child (to me you were the sun), and a god asked to grant a wish. The difference is Lillith (and her issues with her dad) instead of I don't know Yog Sathoth or someone.

[h0estar]

What do u think is the difference between the Apothecary diaries world and our current world's reality? Is the modern world we live in now, capitalistic as a primary? What do you think Jinshi and Maomao's position would be in our world? I mean regarding on their circumstances— I have a scenario like Tamaki and Haruhi from Ouran Host Club. But still, our world is more complex and diverse in technology fields than Ouran Host club world. And given the revolution of artificial intelligence, coming next 5 years would be totally different.

okay, first of all, very interesting question. second of all, my brain isn't built for something like this but i will try to answer as best as i can. sorry if i don't answer it as well as you expect me to but i'll try!

i'm going to point out the obvious here and say our modern reality (esp for women) isn't as harsh as it is in the apothecary diaries' world. for one, women in their time had practically zero rights and respect (though that is still very much happening today in some places). however, at least most women irl have access to education, voting rights, vast career options, free will and speech, and generally just be able to live their life independently without relying on men. at least in our world, women have laws protecting them against violence and sexual acts, and it's no longer a requirement to marry, bear children, and live for your husband; that's just a choice out of many—something the average woman in TAD universe could never dream of experiencing.

i'd say capitalism is one thing both this fictional story and our current reality have in common. just like irl, characters (mostly commoners) in TAD are scraping by to make profit: maomao with her apothecary shop, granny with the verdigris house, quack's family with their paper business, gyokuen with his family and the WC, and we've got mentions of merchants a lot in the story. there's also a moment in the manga i remember where maomao was carting books to the palace and she planned to overcharge Jinshi (wringing him out for his money to gain extra profit. go maomao!), too bad suiren caught her lol. anyway, yeah, like IRL the commoners are doing what they can to survive, while the important and rich ones (the royalty and ministers) cozy up in the court and palace, completely indifferent to the state of small villages and townsfolk outside (the farming villages affected by taxes, women in the red light district, kidnappings, slavery, etc).

as for jinshi and maomao's positions in our world, hmm, this is purely imagination but if we follow their ages (maomao at 20 and jinshi at 21), that'd make them college students. maomao would definitely be a pharmacy student and might even go to medical school. she'd also own a flower shop 100%, or at least a botanical shop. jinshi would probably be studying economics, anything business-related, or international relations. that's as far as my imagination will take me.

and if they're going to be like tamaki x haruhi in this little modern world, then maomao might accidentally ruin one of jinshi's projects (in the name of science!) and she'd have to pay him back by working for him (idk how; maybe by being his personal medic or offering him tips on how to make business out of medicines lol). or maybe jinshi just might stumble in maomao's little flower shop by chance, and find her studying, completely disinterested in him (despite his popularity), and this throws him off, lol. either way, i'm fairly certain they'll still find each other in this world, and in many worlds.

the two of them would also be fascinated by technology (both their hypothetical degrees often heavily rely on it), but they would probably reject the notion of using AI in extremely simple, practical, or professional tasks. however, jinshi has a progressive mindset and maomao just goes with the flow. they might accept this technological advancement (as part of the world)—they wouldn't try to fight it—but they also wouldn't use it as often.

thanks for this question lol. sorry i took so long to respond, i haven't been on tumblr for 2 days oops.

[the-burgah]

Redesign of an old Alien species, The Eau Trompettes. This particular example is a Hidalgo (drone) but their harems consist of Wet Mistresses (matriarchs), Condels (preeners), Dons (warriors) and Fiefs (furniture). These biological castes are far harder to maintain as Trompettes undergo a de-evolution of such specializations, resulting in major cultural shifts and reactionary pushback.

[kisscoolen]

Just played Project: Eden’s Garden I am COPING!!!

[ganondoodle]

(WIP)

a rough basic idea for a centaur character i have had floating around in my head for a long time, it doesnt fit with my main OC world but wouldnt call this another project bc its literally just "what if centaurs bc centaurs kinda cool" with little story or worldbuilding other than its all centaurs lol

(the only background is really a vaguely noble couple wanting to hire a new soldier/guard after their previous one is retiring but not being able to afford any highly valued ones (build, color, training- the kind of things horses are often priced with) so they opt for the cheapest to hire they can find which is this enormous draft centaur (vaguely based on the blue roan coat type) that no one wants bc he doesnt talk and never really responds otherwise to being talked to (so he dumb haha (he isnt)- to be clear he DOES what he is told but he doesnt like, sign an ok, he just "stares" and then wordlessly does it), doesnt have any well known parents and is too big to fit comfortably in most buildings, also a little unkept (mostly just in his fur looking pretty rough, not caring much for treating scratches etc- though its not that clear in this sketch)

over time said couple both falling for him, completely seperately/not aware the other also has, bc they actually started to get to know him instead of just going with what he was "sold" as and treating him accordingly (badly)- leading to him being caught in a very awkward "triangle" he doesnt know what to do with and just goes along with everything (hes very calm and stone faced in public but privately socially awkward, always been extremely lonely/isolated and never had to deal with any sort of interest in him as a person instead of just how much he can pull/work until collapsing)

[sam-sessington-the-third]

im working on something else that i dont know if i would be able to finish today so uhm. yuri to fulfill today's art quota

[it-came-autumnally]

Got Toya's Sanrio card and these interactions are so funny... VBS has been on the RW grind lately in Ensekai so kind of I forgot how fun their more light-hearted interactions were

[old-desert]

Housemaidens design interpretations

and a traveler that snuck there on accident, pretend that didn't happen or that they joined the House of Dormont later

[sunnymainecoonx]

Got art stuffs so painted. Personally I like the sketch more but eh it's fine...

[onthestageofdazzlinglight]

request from a long time ago

[locria-writes]

can u believe i did all this in a week?

very bad no good terrible thing

actually not that bad looking pretty peachy by my standards

yes they're both nsfw first one is spicier second one is just like yikes you guys do not know how to fuck like at all