#insane how many things are naturally heart shaped …

[hyperfixatedfandomer]

Divine fire, hellish greed: dark fantasy AU concept

“ A willful boy with a formidable curse.

A mad king revived in a new form.

What has destiny in plan for each? ”

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Lore/context (can be skipped):

In a land of wonders and magic, two races have long since coexisted in its seas, forests and deserts; Humans and the Na’vi. Legends often spoke that Na’vi stemmed from forest spirits, who inhabited Eywa’s embrace in times long forgotten, while humans are said to be descendants of stars hanging over the land.

Some say that when a star falls, a human is born. They are often thereby called “sky-people”, or “people of the stars”.

However, because their origins are not of the land, they never possessed a kuru; a way to bond with their new home. As result, many began forgetting great mother’s teachings, and that lead to the emergence of kingdoms. Na’vi followed suit, but not fully, their towers built of stone found above ground and hugged by sprawling vines, keeping them steady, connected.

Human kingdoms grew higher and higher, pale and perfect in their shape, perhaps to reach the stars they have long ago abandoned, and that brought them at conflict with their home. Digging and mining disrupted a fragile balance, yet kingdoms, one in particular, kept growing amidst the chaos.

Its king, Selfridge, was notorious for his greed, which soon led him to discovering a new, never before seen type of magic. One that could make the grandest of ships fly as if they were lighter than a feather, and create weapons of unthinkable destruction. Life-force magic was capable of performing incredible feats as long as wielded by an experienced sorcerer, but there was no such thing as an infinite resource. Everything, including magic, had to draw from something, and draw it did, from the life of Eywa’eveng herself.

As ships soared, the magic drained energy from land itself, from the tiniest sprout to the strongest pali. Not even the mighty thanator could draw breath once the spell went into effect. It killed all which is in sight to fuel itself.

That is the cost, and majority of humans accepted it. Those who didn’t, migrated to Na’vi kingdoms to live amongst those who shared their reverence for nature.

One of life-force magic creations were avatars. Creatures conjured by trapping stolen energy and giving it shape of its own, allowing an attuned human mind to travel into it while their primary body slept. That way, knight Jake Sully became a spy in the Omatikaya kingdom. However, not long after, he realised the devastating effect of their magic and how it ultimately doomed everyone in Eywa’eveng to annihilation. Running away with other Na’vi sympathisers, he tamed the legendary Toruk, believed by most to be a divine guardian spirit of the great mother embodied by a fire-breathing apex predator, and rallied the clans against a growing empire, which, shortly after Jake’s escape, was overtaken by commander Quaritch in a military coup. The new king was insane, obsessed with power and revenge for Sully’s betrayal, but said madness ultimately lead to his defeat, as princess Neytiri of Omatikaya pierced him with her father’s arrows.

It was a new era of peace, and humans refusing to side with the Na’vi were told to leave Eywa’s lands.

Not everyone had such option though.

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Story:

A boy with honey brown eyes and blonde curls was found in the abandoned Hell’s Gate castle after the great battle, allegedly the son of Miles Quaritch himself; and as no one dared to take him in, Mo’at made a decision that the child was to be kept in their kingdom, under Na’vi’s watchful eye.

Years passed and the Sully royal family grew, now having four children of their own! One, an adopted girl birthed by Grace Augustine’s avatar.

The human child meanwhile grew around plethora of workers around the village and was eventually taught the craft of caring for pali, the ikran, and the wild gardens. He grew into a crude, stubborn, but hard-working and gold-hearted stable boy, always eager to help, and spending every minute of his free time around the royal children who took an immense liking to him, and eventually saw him as a brother.

Although Spider, as he was now called for his affinity to climbing, never experienced parental love, he tried not dwelling on his circumstances and keep his head high…but it was never that simple.

As humans of the destroyed kingdom began returning, trying to rebuild as early as when Spider Socorro turned ten, a wild Toruk has been sighted in the fringes of Omatikaya territory. In the span of five years, said Toruk became a looming threat, as he was vicious and terrorised villages with a fury never before seen. Many whispered that it was the great mother’s wrath from seeing malicious sky people return to her lands.

In one of those attacks, at night, innocent farmers lost their lives to the fire-breathing dragon, and as princess Kiri ran to the stables the next morning to share tragic news with her brother…there was not a trace of him.

In fact, there was no trace of Spider in the entire castle. He vanished.

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Meanwhile, the mad king has been revived, brought to life using previously discovered magic, and together with his most loyal undead men and women, whom he deemed jackals, got a task of upmost importance from the new queen herself; Francis Ardmore. She was a regal one, standing tall and proud despite her small height in comparison to the old ruiler, and promised him a high rank in the court if he does as told and stays loyal.

“I’m asking this because I don’t wish to offend you by underestimating your abilities…why do you trust me not to overthrow you the first chance I get, to take what is rightfully mine?”

“Because the cavern between the Na’vi and humans has never been wider, all thanks to what you’ve done to the Omatikaya kingdom, commander. Whatever influence you have left exist under my rule. If you want a chance at power again, a chance at trust from these people, you’ll need me.”

And so, with the promise of reward dangling over his head, Quaritch and his jackals set out on a journey towards the kingdom of ash to which only he knew the route, said to be inhabiting the most capable mages to have ever walked Eywa’eveng. The new empire will need a good alliance to thrive.

Barely a week into their journey, the squad got their hands on a curious catch. A boy with a mane of golden curls who snuck into their camp at night to steal some much needed food. Too bad that Zdinarsk had gotten the gift of foresight with her revival.

“And who might you be, little one?” Quaritch asked with a smirk.

“Spider…S-Socorro…” The teen responded, shaking, but determined.

The smirk slid off of king’s face. He couldn’t help but introduce himself, and inquired as to what an heir of his had forgotten in dangerous forest depths.

“I’m sick. I’m looking for a cure. Was told that there were mages in the south who knew a remedy to anything.” He mumbled.

“Well isn’t that a lucky coincidence? I think I know who you’re looking for. It’s the ash kingdom court mages, no?”

Spider gasped.

“I know my way to them.” He got down on one knee. “And I can lead you there, boy, but not without payback. Say, that jewellery on your neck is awfully familiar. You Omatikaya?”

The boy kept silent.

“I reckon you are, so how about this…” He smiled again. “You lead us to the mountain dragons; the banshee your people tame, and we give you a ride all the way to the mages.”

Spider had no choice as the king would never willingly let go of his newfound heir, but Miles wanted to present him with an illusion that would keep him docile.

“…alright.”

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And so they travelled for what was undoubtedly the longest week of Spider’s life. The mad king he’s been told of, who ravaged the lands that were home to him, now walked side by side with the boy as if nothing happened. It angered him, how there seemed to have been no remorse on his end, and Socorro hated being angry. It made his chest burn.

Quaritch was not blind to the hate of course, but it was worth it. He never thought he’d have the boy with him again, and yet there he was; grown, sassy, bold, and with a smile so bright it could cure death itself.

Perhaps this journey was not for nothing after all.

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Barely a second week in, the dam had burst. A minor inconvenience between father and son erupted into a loud argument over history, morals and convictions. Quaritch should have expected it. Should have known that a child of his, abandoned by their father, would bear a painful grudge. That the wound was deeper that the blonde originally let on with his constant quips, but he never could have expected what came after.

“I HATE you! YOU’RE A MONSTER!“ The boy roared, and jackals stepped away in growing caution, noticing as something in his chest glowed through the tunic.

The roars turned animalistic, agonising, feral. Noises neither a human nor Na’vi could muster.

Spider clawed at the ground as his own fury at Quaritch, at the recoms, at the humans, consumed him. Transformed him in a bright flash of fire.

“…kid..?..”

But there was no child at the clearing.

Only the Toruk; fire-breathing king of skies.

Wrath of Eywa personified.

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(Dividers: @cafekitsune)

Author’s notes: I’ve been cooking this AU for a really long time with the help of my bestie @dirtytransmasc , and there is an insane amount of lore and story to cover, but only if you guys are interested :) feel free to go to my ask box

[lesbianwriter]

Hello there! May we have a villain obsessed over not just hero, but her girlfriend as well? I find the concept of a villain obsessed with both parts of a pair really interesting. Thank you!

“Isn’t she such a darling little thing?”

Villain ran her finger along a picture of Civilian at the animal shelter, cradling and feeding a kitten. One of many, many photos tacked onto Villain’s board with a heart-shaped push pin, a bloody red color as violent as Villain’s desire for poor, sweet Civilian.

She ran her finger along a photo of Hero next to it, smiling.

Unlike other villains, who would have been vengeful if they discovered their enemy had a girlfriend—maybe even going so far as to harm said person—when Villain discovered Hero’s girlfriend, she was struck by Cupid’s arrow and knew in her heart that wanted both of them. Hero, with her intensity and passion, with years of fights, jagged scars and tender bruises. Civilian, with her soft gaze and sweet nature. Surely Civilian could learn to look at Villain with kindness and love, as she did with those kittens and puppies in the shelter. Surely Hero would learn to love her, too—learn to see her scars, her faults, and love her for it instead of condemn her.

“Villain, I think you’re taking it just a little too far.” Henchman said, as he looked at the board. “Why do you need so many photos of them?”

“It’s called manifesting, Henchman.” Villain pouted, glaring back at her subordinate.

He didn’t understand love.

Not how she did.

It seemed nobody understood love how she did. Nobody was as passionate as her about love.

“It’s stalkerish.”

“We’re villains, do you put it past me?” She sighed. Of course, count on Henchman to throw a wrench in her fun.

He’d been that way since they were kids. Henchman was a shepherd trying to tame a wolf. Yet he stayed, and as much as Villain tried to find out why he hadn’t left, he never gave her a definitive answer—nothing deep, nothing meaningful, nothing Villain could scour for meaning. None of the fluff and flowery words that Villain loved, like in the fairytale books she’s pored over as a kid.

“…no, not really.” He sighed stepped closer to the board, his brown eyes taking in all the photos of Hero and Civilian. “So, what’s your grand plan? Kidnap the both of them?”

“Exactly.” Villain smiled, clapping her hands together at the idea.

Hero and Civilian would still love each other, then they’d love Villain too, and they’d all be in love together.

It would be a bumpy road, but it would be worth it. Hero would fight. She would struggle and claw and kick, and that’s because she was passionate—she had passion, as Villain had passion for love and all things romantic, and all Villain had to do was harness that passion…turn the fighting spirit into affection.

After all their battles, all their scars, Villain could hold Hero close without hurting her.

That’s all she wanted.

Hero just didn’t ever let it happen, because she was stubborn, because she didn’t trust Villain. However, she would fix that. The bruises would turn into something more romantic and symbolic than mere wounds—they’d be a testament of their love, they’d be a violent delight.

Oh, and sweet, precious Civilian…a normal girl who worked at an animal shelter, tending to animals in need. Villain wanted to be cared for that way, looked at with kindness, instead of given judgmental looks from others who deemed her insane…she would show Civilian her vulnerabilities, and surely Civilian would make a space, even a tiny nook, for her in that beautiful heart.

Civilian could make her feel normal, make her feel loved.

Was it wrong for Villain to merely want to spread love? The plan was all laid out. The tactics, the words she’d say to them…all of it was planned and orchestrated so that she could win them over.

Henchman looked at Villain, his eyebrows furrowed. “I don’t like that look on your face. That means you’re planning something bad, and it’s going to blow up in your face, and I’ll have to comfort you while you cry into my shoulder, even though I warned you.”

“Why are you being so unsupportive today?” Villain glared, her smile fading. “I don’t force you to be here. You could leave if you wanted to. I know you think I’m crazy, so why bother with me?”

Henchman’s look was as cold and pointed as a knife. “Villain, this isn’t going to fix the past. This obsession isn’t going to help you get better, it isn’t going to erase what happened, it won’t fill that hole inside of you.”

“You don’t know that.” Villain stared at Henchman.

He was wrong. Everybody was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. Nobody understood her, her love, her heart.

Hero’s and Civilian’s love couldn’t erase the past, but it could prove something—it could prove that despite what everyone said, she could be loved.

[lisxdumbr]

Hi I'm insane and I think I talked about this once in the past but today I'm going insane once again

The relationship of 2wink with math

Now, for this explanation I'll take notes from 3-4 main things. I'm sure there are many more references but this is what I could quickly grab from the top of my head.

Yes, 2wink is constantly being related to math, starting with their unit name, it's the only unit that has a number in it, even looking at their brand, we see constant triangle shapes that help support this idea.

Now, I believe the reason is clear looking at it in a geometrical (?) way. even in a trigonometrical way if you want to get fancy. 2wink's concept revolves around the fact that they're twins, they're two people who mirror each other. They're symmetrical.

The first clue that we get comes from a very old song actually. Heart Prism Symmetry, just look at the lyrics for a second

It's a song that clearly talks about them mirroring each other, since as we know, an important part of their lore has to do with how they're so identical not even their father can distinguish them.

Speaking of, we hear Hinata's demons in a part of the song (cough, go read setsubun)

Now, is their symmetry something natural? How is it represented, what is this telling us? I think Heart Prism Symmetry is a song in which they're loving and honoring their pasts being a two in one package for such a long time. This doesn't mean they're trying to be symmetrical on purpose though, they know already that the symmetry will break one day.

(again I'm sure these are Hina's demons, someone give him a hug)

Now this also has to do with the triangle part that I mentioned before, there are many different symmetrical shapes but the fact that they chose triangles is fascinating to me. Triangles are the most basic shape, since you need at least 3 sides to create a shape (less than that is just a line). But triangles are so interesting because of that flex (?), they present themselves in many ways and even inside other shapes. You can fit a triangle in any shape, even a circle can fit triangles since at the end of the day, a circle is just a 360° rotation.

They chose the most powerful shape and I'm obsessed with that concept.

But now, In which other ways is math involved? This is where I enter !! era, which is the point of the story in which 2wink are trying to discover more about themselves and we reach Twin Peaks.

Twin Peaks is Hinata's first focus event and it's full of math, starting from the title of the chapters

Factorization and division by zero.

Now, if you actually want to relate those concepts to Hinata as a person, it gets a little bit depressing because, well, division by zero,,, no matter how big your numbers are, (CORRECTION) you'll end up in an undefined result.

But this has symbolism once again ! I don't remember the story exactly but there's a story where Yuta is referring as them as math concepts and he refers to Hinata as a symbol. Now the thing is both Hinata and Yuta have opposite beliefs of themselves, so both of them say the other is a positive or a negative while they're a negative or a positive.

I've always thought about how Yuta may feel that Hinata is stealing a bit from him and perhaps that's why he thinks Hinata substracts, but at the same time, Hinata has done so much for both of them so of course he adds too.

Now since this can be a little confusing, let's stick with the factorization and division by zero concept, since that's how Hinata perceives himself I believe? I think factorization is a clear concept for how Hinata kinda gatekeeps himself and his brother and. everything. in general? And oh well, we know the guy is depressed as hell.

Now this makes me move to the important part of the story which is the second event. Yes. What we all waited for and screamed our lungs out when we saw: Yuta growing his hair and separating himself from Hinata.

If an equilateral triangle is symmetrical, what happens when one side is larger that the other? Is it equilateral still? No. But is it still a triangle? Yes

In the swee2wink album, we got a song called Polyphonic World in the B side, and the lyrics are fascinating let me tell you

1 + 2 = 3, which can be a triangle or as they say, a volume too (³), so the world is created with 3.

But I want to point out this part because I find it EXTREMELY important for the lore:

"our hearts want to create new shapes" "make new shapes that will change our hearts". HELLO. They used to be symmetrical prisms but as soon as Yuta changed his appearance, they decide to create a new shape that looks more similar to their hearts. They are the shapes. 2wink refer to themselves as shapes, they are the triangle

This is where the third side starts making sense too. 2 + 1 = Yuta and Hinata + a third member, "you" (me, they're talking about me, cough)

So knowing this makes much more sense in the way they refer to themselves and helps us understand them better.

Now my point, the new song is called Love×me⇄monsteR and according to my investigation, the ⇄ symbol is used for a lot of things but one of the meanings is exchange. Let's remember that an important part of the lore has to do with them being feared and seen as monsters, so Yuta is swapping that idea. He's swapping the negativity of the monster concept for love.

We're returning to what Twin Peaks tried to tell us. Hinata is (was, remember, development) seen as a division by zero and now Yuta is a multiplication of love times himself, he's GROWING. damn I love acceptance arcs.

Anyway, I wholeheartedly believe they're becoming something more positive given that the new logo is literally 2×2. Happiness for them.

Now as a little note to close the speech, Polyphonic World also talks about colors:

"we can make a new color that will change our hearts" and remember, they're changing their signature colors in this event as a new beginning!

So that's everything! I hope you find this interesting ! It's a little thing that I've been noticing for the longest time and I thought today was the perfect day to get it out.

[colosplash]

—VIA KASHIKI! 📐

“Ehehe~ Sorry, I’m not familiar with that stuff… I’m sure you can do it, though!”

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

APPEARANCE

PERSONALITY

TRIVIA/DYNAMICS

GALLERY

APPEARANCE:

Via is an averagely built girl with a bigger bust who is often found swinging her arms around. She has very voluminous dark blue hair that is always tied into two parts, along with blunt bangs. Her bangs split into three thick parts, two of which flare outward and give her little spikes, similar to Nene’s. The middle strand is short and a yellow, crescent shaped piece of hair lays on it. She has four more yellow strands in front of her ears, two on each side that frame her face. Her hair is very long and thick, going all the way down to her hips. It is slightly wavy and fairly neat.

Via does not use any overly visible makeup, and she has bright amber, almond eyes. Her eyes are a brownish red and fade out into a yellow. Via’s most common expression is a soft smile.

When wearing her club/SEKAI wear, she wears the varsity jacket in a normal fashion, but ties her hair with blue streamers and adds two clips to the right side of her bangs. The clips consist of a red triangle clip and a blue butterfly clip, both corresponding to Colorful Splash!’s respective colors. Under the jacket, she wears a collared white shirt that is tied up to create a cropped effect, and a yellow skirt with a subtle white lining on the hem. To top off the look, she wears white stockings with a blue line across the top, and yellow shoes which match her image color.

PERSONALITY:

Around Kamiyama High, Via holds a reputation for being a ditzy yet useless person. She is very kind and always welcoming to everyone and everything, but when it comes down to favors, she often comes up with excuses of not being capable or not knowing how to do certain things. Despite this, her company is very calming and refreshing to be around.

She is very easygoing and doesn’t have strong opinions on many things, but due to the fact that she always tends to the Kamiyama gardens any chance she has, it’s easy to assume that she has a nurturing and careful nature. Via also doesn’t mind gaining weird stares or being seen as odd. She comfortably says whatever comes to mind, whether it be a little out of the ordinary or even not make sense. She’s a person who goes with her heart rather than her head.

With Via’s kind and flexible personality, every member of Colorful Splash! enjoys her company and what she brings to the table. Seemingly getting a special treatment, the members and Virtual Singers gain some sort of bonus from Via, as she’s comfortable with treating them and going out of her way to make them happy. With most, she tends to stray away from doing more than needed, but she can’t help but find herself doting after everybody.

Via also tends to be the funniest person in the group, always sending the group into a laughing frenzy with her blunt words. A too-honest jab from her can send the group from ab awkward situation to a comfortable one, and the group is insanely thankful for it.

TRIVIA/DYNAMICS:

Via is unlabeled and doesn’t have any strict gender or sexuality. Though, she goes by she/her and is very feminine leaning.

Via has trust issues related to past history with others.

Despite her ditzy seeming personality, this part of Via is mainly a defense mechanism and an act. In reality, Via is a down to earth individual that excels in academics, but due to experiences of being taken advantage of, she uses this front as a way to avoid being used.

Though, the head in the clouds attitude is the only thing Via forces from herself. Everything else about her is entirely authentic.

Via joined Colorful Splash! for fun and to see what fellow idol fans were like, but ended up staying because everybody there was unaware about her academic status. She enjoyed it because like she felt like she could start anew, apart from the fact that she felt like she was hiding something from them.

Via never struggles with any academics of any kind, and instead is often called for as a tutor.

Speaking of tutors, Akito occasionally comes to Via for help with studies due to being in the same class. She insists that she doesn’t need any form of payment, and Akito feels bad, but appreciative.

Via is in class 1-C, which means she shares a class with Akito. All people in this class are aware of Via’s smarts, despite her wanting to keep it on the down low. She would hate it if word got out, in fear of being taken advantage of again.

There is nothing Via hates more than people simply taking her work instead of taking the time to fully sit down and learn.

Via stans More More Jump! and her bias is Minori. She previously followed ASRUN, and as a result has a soft spot for Haruka.

Out of all of the Colosplash members, Via has the strongest interest in idols with Ashi following behind.

Via plays a game called “Super Star Idol Live” which is practically Project Sekai with idols. The game features ASRUN as a unit, and Via has all of Haruka’s cards. She’s saving up and waiting for the day More More Jump! gets added.

Her room is very basic with simple yellow walls, but the uniqueness of it comes from the amount of posters and albums she has collected. They are everywhere.

Via is very good at saving up and not giving in to the gacha gambling.

She has strong belief in good deeds being reciprocated, but has been disappointed in recent years.

Via has a very strong need to help people out, even with the smallest things. She has a naturally big heart and loves to see people happy.

A small deed in return means a lot to Via. Something very simple can lead to her getting emotional and gushy, and the worst case is a wave from one of her favorite idols. It would result in her passing out.

Via doesn’t hate any season, but she notes that she occasionally likes colder weather because she gets to utilize her hair. She never gets cold because her hair can act as a scarf.

Via’s family is very serious compared to her. They have a strong importance for grades, but not to the point that it’s suffocating.

Via longs for any praise from her father. She loves him very much and it would make her day to see him crack a smile and tell her something nice. This does not mean that they have a strained relationship.

She has a mom, dad, and older sister. Her father is fairly old.

The yellow streaks in her hair are purely natural.

Via enjoys growing berries. She has several small blueberries growing both at home and in the Kamiyama gardens, but there’s nothing she hates eating more than a sour blueberry.

Via has lots of knowledge regarding plants and gardening.

Due to saying whatever comes to mind, Via occasionally says something that’s a little too honest. It never hurts too badly, it just might be embarrassing or exposing…

When Via speaks, her voice often carries out and has a floaty tone to it. Her voice is the highest out of Colorful Splash!, and her voice would be something like Sana from TWICE.

Via is very quick at learning choreography, and her moves are the most exact out of Colorful Splash! Her dance style is the most generic, but just watching her makes you happy.

More to come!

GALLERY:

[jeanmoreaux]

top 9 books

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rules: list your top 9 books obviously. like the people before me and probably most people who did this i cheated and put series or several books by the same author as one thing bc rules are made for breaking <3 this is very much both an 'off the top of my head' as well as a 'laboured over this for hours' kind of list that's heavily biased to the present moment.

(1.) all for the game by nora sakavic; i don't even know what to say about this. either you read it and Get why this is on my list or you Don't. and if you haven't read it this is not a recommendation btw. this is just me saying these books did irreparable damage to my developing teenage brain. hit me like no other series probably ever will again because i read this at the Right Time while being the exact right amount of Insane. and just like seed mentioned in her list if you want to know Me and Understand Me then you need to know this series. i am sure there are traces of it in my dna by now.

(2.) the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater; same goes for this one tbh. if you want to know Me and Understand Me then you need to know this series. another instance of Right Time and Right Me. these books burrowed themselves deep into my bones and became a part of my dna. they shaped soo much of my taste in prose, storytelling techniques, tropes, and dynamics. this story and these characters took me apart and put me back together again but rearranged some essential parts inside of me. much like with aftg, i came out of this series irreversibly changed and drenched in blood final girl style.

(3.) frankenstein by mary shelley; a beautifully written story with soooo much room for whatever literary lens you want to apply to it. i know i answered an ask once where i talked about my love for this book in detail but i can't find it. but i found this rant on frankenstein and the creature. i think a lot of my love for this story comes from the fact that i had the chance to work closely with the text several times. but also it's just a heart-wrenching tale about how we define humanity and how love is essential nourishment for the soul. it reminds me of that one quote from the good place: "people improve when they get external love and support. how can we hold it against them when they don’t?" because frankenstein basically answers the question what happens when someone gives you a life you didn't ask for and then opts out of any (emotional) responsibility and leaves you desolate and utterly forsaken.

(4.) the green bone saga by fonda lee; an epic family saga i still think about A Lot. kinda succession without logan but make it fantasy mafia. sibling relationships are a big part of this story too. which if you know me. big fan of that. it's also a series that grows in scope (world building wise) and keeps adding complexity So Naturally it's impressive. amazing storytelling craft at work fr. definitely an underhyped series in my opinion.

(5.) the sword of kaigen by m.l. wang; another fantasy story focusing on family dynamics but also functioning as a character study. it's a self-published work and it shows in the BEST way. there's just something about it that makes me insane one a storytelling level because it breaks so many conventions and you either hate that or love that but no matter your opinion on it i think it's undeniable that this book has some of the best character work written in recent years. i desperately need to reread.

(6.) on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong; another book that fucked me up with its beautiful prose and incredibly gut-wrenching emotional honesty. it really feels like you're reading about someone ripping out the most vulnerable and messed up and complex parts of their soul and laying them bare for you to see expecting nothing but acknowledgement in return. and while my own lived experience is nothing close to ocean vuong's the emotional core of this book rings so true. also i just have to say it again. the prose fucks severely.

(7.) the grisha trilogy & the six of crows duology by leigh bardugo; another (two) series i read in my teens that shaped my taste to a drastic degree. the crows are just forever ingrained in my brain. alina's story will forever fuck me up. you all know. you all understand. w're not getting into it. i think the fact that tgt is so misunderstood and undervalued just makes me love it more. because if you get it. damn. devastating. if you don't. so sorry for you because you're missing out.

(8.) the song of achilles & circe by madeline miller; tbh both of these retellings did something to my brain. you all know these i don't have to elaborate. it's very typical queer of me to fawn over anything to do with greek mythology and retellings but. these two just HIT different. also, the prose? makes me a little insane.

(9.) giovanni’s room by james baldwin; this book has some of the most insane prose i have ever read. baldwin's grasp on language is uncanny fr. every other sentence packs a punch in one way or another. he manages to capture some aspects of the queer (specifically the bi) experience in a way that felt so familiar to me and put words to so many of my internal experiences. it's about the self and identity and being lost and refusing to let yourself be found. it's also about human connections and how you'll wither when you deny yourself to open up to the people closest to you. it's about so many things without being about one think in particular. like all the other books on this list, love and belonging are at the core of it, but in a very distorted way. i don't think you can really understand unless you've read it. it's So Good.

honorable mentions; emma by jane austen (cunty women RULE), wuthering heights by emily brontë (severely fucked up in the most entertaining way. that's how you write drama.) east of eden by john steinbeck (cain and abel shit and deranged women? sign me up), these violent delights by micah nemerever (be gay do crime in the most mentally ill way possible), if we were villains (love it when characters haunt a narrative. also definitely a book about the gay sex that is not happening), women in love by d.h. lawrence (still currently making my way through this one but it's so deliciously messed up and queer i am almost certain it will leave a permanent mark)

[specialagentlokitty]

Saul silva x reader - tied by fate

Part 2:

Saul went to his room that night to do all the research he could on Kitsune’s, but everything kept giving him very different answers.

Every book, webpage, video, podcast.

All wildly different results and none of it was helping him, it wasn’t giving him any of the answers he needed, and he was fixated on it.

And fixated on tracking down the burned one that had infected him.

He sighed, closing his laptop and standing up to grab himself another cup of coffee as he made his way to his window.

He looked out into the darkness, unable to see anything.

It was maybe two or three in the morning, early, but he couldn’t sleep, too many questions and worries rushing about in his mind.

Saul sighed, limping his way outside, and he stopped to breath the cold air, making his way to the training grounds to sit down.

His mind was running a million miles and hour, and he was driving him insane.

Sitting down on the platform above the water, he looked at the moons reflect in the water, and he froze slightly, realising that wasn’t the only thing he could see.

Above his own reflection he could hardly see, was two piercing green eyes staring back at him.

He went to swing his arm back, but you stopped him with your leg.

“You’ll injure yourself again doing that.”

You stepped back and he shuffled around, watching as you sat down in front of him.

“Why’re you here?” He asked.

“You have questions, I have answers.”

“How did you know?”

You grinned a little bit at him, holding your hand out, you lit a small green flame, placing it between you both and moved your hand away.

“That’s not the question you want to ask.” You said.

Saul narrowed his eyes a little and you sighed.

“The mark on your back, that’s your main question. You want answers about it, what it is, why do you have it and such, correct?”

Saul nodded his head a little and you leant back on your hands, gazing up at the stars with a smile on your face.

“It’s a mark of protection. It means when you’re in trouble I’ll appear, if you call for me, I will be there, whether you are hurt, in danger, confused, whatever it may.”

“Why did you put it on me?”

You titled your head back to him.

“You asked for my help.”

“This is not what I meant!” He hissed.

You stood up and crouched back down, looking at him in curiosity.

“Maybe not, but there’s probably some things you need to know about Kitsune.”

You put the tip of your claw into the green flame and pulled it out, drawing an image in the air, and blew the flame out and the flame took shape of a small deer that pranced around before vanishing.

“We are tricksters, mischievous. It is in our nature. Cunning and intelligent, wild and some wicked.”

You rested your arms on your knees.

“We can be mischievous for many reasons, some enjoy causing the trouble, others boredom, others punishment.”

“And you?”

“Light entertainment, I enjoy light hearted tricks, nothing to hurt anyone. However, that is not why I placed that seal on your back, but it is the reason I made you ask for my help.”

“Then why did you?!”

You jumped back a little at his out burst, crouching on the edge of the platform opposite him.

“A kitsune can place a seal on a human for many reasons, though they rarely do. I placed that seal on your back so I could ensure your safety.”

“What do you care about that?”

“I… don’t know. I just know that I do.”

You lied through your teeth and he looked at you.

“If it makes you feel better Saul, kitsune tend to keep to their word, and are very loyal to their friends.”

You stood up fully, and clasped your hands behind your back as you looked down at him.

“If you questions, ask away. I will answer.”

Saul stayed quiet for a moment, before he sighed, knowing he wasn’t going to be able to get anywhere without asking you questions directly.

“What did I see in the forest yesterday, before I saw you looking… human?”

“A kitsune can take many forms. I prefer the one of a human, and the one of a fox.”

“Why that human form?”

“I… am not sure if I’m being honest. When I awoke I looked like this.”

“The marks on your face?”

“They let others know I am like them. It’s a sign of identity.”

Saul nodded and looked at you, and you walked over, kneeling down you knelt in front of the fire and he carefully looked at the markings.

Two green lines, one under each eye, on your forehead a green looking tree.

“It is called the tree of life.”

He nodded his head.

“Tell me about your fox form.”

You nodded.

“Well, I can vary the size of my fox form. The smallest the size of real fox, the largest I’m not sure, I’ve never tried. I tend to be around your height. My fur and eyes are based on the type of kitsune I am. Kitsune tails vary on age, we grow a new one every 100 years.”

“How many do you have?”

“Nine. I have been alive for well over a thousand years.”

“What do the tails mean?”

“How powerful we are. Nine is the most powerful you can get.”

Saul nodded his head and he looked at the fire then back at you.

“What powers do you have?”

“Well, to list a few. Possession, generating fire or lightning, willful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions. I can also heal wounded.”

“That’s not all of them?”

You shook your head and sat down properly, crossing your legs and resting your hands in your lap.

“How does one become a kitsune?”

“I’m not sure. They just.. are.”

“Do you know how you became one?”

You went quiet and looked down, and Saul looked at you a twang of regret filling him at the expression on your face.

He went to say something, but you beat him too it.

“We have no memories of our humans lives when we awaken. Through time we can regain snippets of these memories, but never the whole experience. I do not remember much from my human life, I do remember some things from before I passed, and I remember how I woke as well.”

You looked up at him.

“I awoke in the forest, surrounded by trees, and sunlight and flowers and creatures of all sorts, as well as spirits. Many forest spirits in fact. They raised me, taught me all I know about being a kitsune under the influence of another forest kitsune.”

“Like a mentor?”

“I suppose so yes, like a mentor.”

Saul nodded his head, and he decided not to ask you anymore questions about your life or what you remembered.

“You said you can heal, right?”

“Yes.”

“So can you heal this infection?”

You sighed softly and shook your head.

“Unfortunately I cannot heal such things, there are limitations to what I can do. I did not in fact heal your side, I merely stopped it’s bleeding. There is always repercussions to such drastic magic, but there are ways around it.”

“Can you kill the burned one?”

“That I can do it you were to ask.”

Saul nodded his head and you looked at him, the darkness of his eyes and how exhausted he looked.

“Saul, I cannot heal your infection, but I can slow it’s progression and take some of the pain you are feeling.”

Saul looked at you.

“Doesn’t not hurt you when you do that?”

“I do not feel pain anymore. So, no. It would not hurt me.”

You held your hand out and he hesitated.

“I am a fox of my word Saul. I will fix this for you if you want me too. If not, I will just take your pain.”

You reached out and took his hand, and he looked as the veins of the back of your hand turn black and it creeped up your arm.

You let go after a few seconds and looked at him.

“Where will this infection spread?”

“With treatment it slows the progress, but if the burned one isn’t killed it’ll eventually spread to my heart and kill me.”

You nodded and reached out, placing your hand just over his heart, a green light coming from your hand.

You did that for a a few seconds before you pulled away, and you picked up the fire, covering it with your hands, you shaped it into an orb and placed it on his shoulder.

“No one else can see it, but, if the infection spreads too close to your heart it will stop it from reaching there.”

You shuffled back and you looked into the forest then back to him.

“Do you want me to kill this creature?”

Saul looked at you.

“No. There’s people out there tracking it now. It should be dead in a few days.”

“Okay.”

You smiled and laid down, resting your arms on your stomach as you stared at the sky.

“You’re the only one in this school who can see me by the way, I can let them see me, but I do not want to. But if you change your mind I will hunt the burned one.”

Saul nodded and got up, wondering back inside, leaving you outside.

He had gotten some answers, but now he had even more questions, and by the sounds of it, wouldn’t be able to answer them and because of this seal on his back he knew he would be seeing a lot more of you

[starsailor-kinthepast]

I’m actually considering being either hearted with or identifying as a species of basal human! I’m not sure but I think It’s either australopithecus or paranthropus. Would you mind talking about your experiences being a neanderthal, and what it’s like emotionally and behaviorally? What are some “instincts” that come to mind? Basically anything about yourself and your identity I’m interested in! Thankyou for your time :)

This is tricky to answer, since I'm very unsure what parts of me came about because of my identity versus what parts of me caused my identity, but I'll write them out as best I can!

A list of things I associate with/attribute to my otherhumanism is, in no particular order:

Sleeping habits

Sleeping with furs in my bed (I have some sheepskins) makes me insanely euphoric. I have a fake fireplace as well that gives off the perfect light, and I often have nature ambiances playing on my computer. Even then I long for sharing my bed with someone - not in a romantic or sexual way, just to share space and warmth. Back-to-back or front-to-front or anything at all; I've always slept better with someone else near/present. Discord sleep calls have been my saviour so many times before!

Clothes and fashion

Neanderthals weren't big on decorating their clothes, and like many cultures throughout history we only have a few outfits - usually just for cold and hot weather, maybe an extra overcoat for traveling/hunting. I carry much of this over to today, wearing loose clothes and caring very little about what it looks like. Easy and plain is best for me, and bonus points if it's in natural colors like tan or ochre.

Despite not having an eye for details in clothes in that regard, the visually pleasing is still very important! I'm very sensitive to things like symmetry and geometric shapes, as well as high quality of tools.

Physical contact and touch

All my friends go through a "touching" phase. I go from zero to a hundred rather abruptly with people I get close to; with strangers and acquintances I'm very little touchy out of cultural conditioning. Then, the moment I'm more comfortable with someone, I'll start touching them - just little prods at their arms, touching moles or freckles, plucking at their hair, fiddling with their sleeves or fingers. They usually take this in stride, haha. This is very similar to how we act in our families-tribes-caves-clans! Grooming each other, casual closeness, etc.

Ease with the uneasy

Gremlin mode! I'm the wild child that never grew out of the phase; I'll get dirty and crawl on my hands through mud and wilderness, and it feels so much more natural to just live and exist this way. It's the 'gross' and 'weird' habits many modern societies cast aside.

Interest in pre-history

Ancient humans have always been one of my huge interests. Whether this is because of my otherhumanism, or my otherhumanism came about because of it, I have no idea. But it's there, and now it only serves to strengthen/be strengthened by our connection.

As the seasons go...

Every single aspect of me is affected by the seasons. With autumn I feel restless/the need to hunt, to gather, and prepare. With winter I'm lethargic, sleepy, almost dormant in a way. Spring and summer are similar to autumn, I feel the call of nature and the need to harvest, to gather. Weather has a direct effect on me that's more than just heat. This is also connected to my disability, but serves as yet another tie to neanderthals.

To love the wild

Nature is my soulmate more than anything else ever will be. I love the beauty of it, the rawness of it, that we all came from it. With the reverence that comes from living in it, it isn't surprising. It's more than aesthetics for me; it's life, too, and death. It's everything, it's home. Caves are comfort; fire is comfort. I live in the capital nowadays, and it's killing me in slow-motion. I need wild nature as much as I need air.

Living together

As with sleeping, living in the presence of someone else is... essential. This is more connected to all human nature than anything else I've spoken about; homo sapiens, as a rule, are pack animals. This is only heightened for those of us who yearn for a time/place where the same applies. Communal living is just ideal, really. I miss it.

The physical differences

There's less dysphoria related to otherhumanism than other forms of otherkinity, I've experienced, but it's very much still there. My body is too wrong: too tall, too slim, too weak, too straight. This, despite being short and stocky in build. It's been a point of shame for me before, having broad worker hands and un-attractive proportions, but now it's a source of comfort. It brings me closer to what I should look like.

Instincts

The instincts of neanderthals and sapiens are not very different, and I can't exactly pinpoint them. Still, I can say that my hunter-gatherer instincts are stronger than they've ever been before. Most notably is perhaps the way I feel out-of-place among humans when in nature: I pay a different sort of attention to my surroundings. I change. I scan plants, listen for sounds, try to analyze all I hear and see and feel. A survival instinct wakes up: to be on guard, to look for food, to be watchful and aware. I've never known anyone IRL who reacts to nature that way: like a hunter, like someone hunted. It is out of my control and has made me feel very isolated at times.

Thank you for this ask <3 I really appreciate it! I hope this helped somewhat. Feel free to keep me updated on your journey; I'd love to hear from moder otherhumans!

[gldenhrs]

                               (—) ★ spotted !!   luciana  “ luna “  santiago  on the cover of this week’s most recent tabloid ! many say that the 22 year old looks like cindy kimberly , but i don’t really see it. while the model / socialite  is known for being  passionate  my inside sources say that they have a tendency to be  irresponsible i swear, every time i think of them, i hear the song crazy by aerosmith .

*   ◞  ╰   general   .

full name :   luciana kristiyana santiago .  nicknames :   goes prominently by  luna  , only her dad calls her  moon  . birthdate / zodiac sign :   april 12th / aries .  birthplace :  madrid , spain . sexual orientation :  bisexual / heteroromantic .  family :   victor “ vic “  santiago (  lead singer in Aerosmith )  &  indah prasetya  ( band’s groupie )  languages spoken :   fluent in english  &  spanish , conversational in indonesian . pets :   two cats named freddie purrcury  &   madam meow  occupation :  model / socialite . love language :  physical touch . + traits  :  passionate , adventurous , enchanting , valiant , energetic , optimistic , affectionate  &   honest . - traits  :  dramatic , stubborn , querulous , insecure , irresponsible , impulsive , impatient   &  moody .   aesthetic :  red lipstick on plump lips , freshly baked coffee , spontaneous dance parties , strawberry lemonade on hot summer nights , heart shaped sunglasses , pigmented eyelids , european music festivals , setting off firecrackers at midnight , laughter floating through a room , missed calls at 2am , ripped bralettes , bare chest in the mornings .   muse inspo :   fran fine ( the nanny ) , francesca farago ( too hot to handle ) , kelly taylor ( 90210 ) , rachel green ( friends ) , jackie buckhart ( that 70s show  ) , hanna marin  ( pretty little liars ) ,  phoebe halliwell ( charmed ) , kiara ( outer banks ) , gabrielle solis ( desperate housewives ) , caroline forbes ( the vampire diaries ) , stassi schroder ( vanderpump rules ) ,  maddie perez ( euphoria ) .

*   ◞  ╰   quick history   .

victor  “ vic “   santiago  (  aka luna’s dad  )  is a  famous lead singer in a rock band .  think steven tyler from aerosmith ! !  so basically , growing up she’s been constantly surrounded by  GOOD  80s rock music  &  being on the road which definitely shaped her personality .

luna’s mother  ,  a groupie  ,  is someone who followed the band around on the road for numerous years , but vic never took her seriously  (  only took them to bed )   &  the only reason she even got pregnant with luna is because vic wanted a child , knowing he would most likely never marry .

soooo , incomes luciana “ luna “ santiago ,  his pride  &  joy  , his  MOON .  yes , he actually calls her that bc he’s always had an obsession with the stars   &  constellations .  tbh luna’s been the love / light of vic’s life from the moment she was born , adored by not only her dad , but the band , team  &  fans too !

as for her mother * cough *  , who knows where she is now , she doesn’t stay in touch tbh , only comes in town every couple of years to  “  see her “  aka  “  ask for money “ .  

with the better part of early years where she was home schooled due to her dad’s insane tour schedule , luna was always an insanely energetic  &  menace of a child , constantly running around , causing trouble , etc !  

at some point , she realized just how much she  LOVES  traveling , nature  &  being barefoot .  yes , kind of a wanderer but who can blame her when she grew up with 80s rock legends ? ?  so , she spend almost every waking moment traveling to exotic places , going to music festivals , walking bare chested in the mornings , painting landscapes  (  SHE’S V TALENTED ) , having spontaneous dance parties at 3am , etc !

as far as doing things outside of being a socialite / a nepo baby go ,  she’s been in her dad’s music videos since she was 15  (  think liv tyler in crazy  )  ,  and in many others , which naturally resulted in a numerous calls for modeling gigs , tv shows …. she took some modeling jobs out of fun  &  recently also out of pure fun , went to a famous tv show called  “ too hot to handle “   (  think francesca farago here’s inspo hehe :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rUY_xAF0T0  )  .  in a way , the only reason she went to that show was to show the world she can be something other than vic santiago’s daughter , so here she is ! !

*   ◞  ╰   personality & dating life   .

luna’s a bit of a spoiled brat which is a given ,  &  while she does come across a textbook example of a nepo baby with no real world problems , she’s really not bc she never cared much about the fame she just likes having  FUN  .

v v enchanting  &  can charm her way out of any bad situation  &  make u swoon .  tbh 10/10  she’ll annoy the living shit out of u or u’ll find her irresistible lol .

given her spanish roots , she can be hella’ dramatic just like her fav characters in telenovelas , but beside that she’s a truly good person with a good heart ok ! !   she just has a flair for dramatics , throwing fits , pouting   &   making puppy eyed faces whenever things don’t go her way .

can be hella hella flirtatious to a point she doesn’t even realize the effect she has on other people  &  more often than not she leads people on ? ?   she regrets it later but eh .

loves to party , drink , dance , wear skimpy outfits  &  kiss on the lips but also wear mickey mouse pajamas while someone softly combs through her hair ? ?   yeah , she needs to grow up . also kind of  LIVES  for summer  &  music festivals where she can just dress in glitter  &  fall in love with a different person every night !

v fun to be around bc she hates being bored  &  is impatient af !  she can’t stand being in one place for too long soooo catch her doing v dumb , impulsive decisions while bored like jumping on her father’s private jet to pet a koala in australia , go bungee jumping or snapping u a nude bc she’s bored at home jfnerjfgjsrgf .

some cute headcanons ? ?  ok , here we go ! !   to this day loves watching telenovelas  &  she might cancel her plans with u to binge watch them (  like rebelde , rubí ,  pasion de gavilanes , la reina del sur … ) , still cries like a baby when mufada dies or miguel  &  mia break up ,  very childish  &  dumb at times but will also surprise u with some random wisdom at 2am , will react if someone offends her or her friends best believe she’ll throw a dramatic telenovela shit in public  &  call u  “ un desgraciado “ lmao .

*   ◞  ╰   connections  .

she could use a squad  ?  like PLS .  i want her to have a squad of friends she can party with and overall do dumb shit lmao . 

also her  BFFS .  the thelma to her louise , the cassie to her maddie ! !   overall just two muses who are her family  &  they’re always tagging along w her , like vic probably treats them like his children too ! 

someone she’s  dating  atm but it’s nothing too serious , maybe he’ll end up breaking up with her or she’ll break up with him we’ll see but main thing is they WON’t last bc they’re messy af   &   luna’s heart isn’t 100% in this .

a  close friend  who party  &   hookup with other people when they’re out but always end up going home together  &  having this super open friendship where they have no problem hooking up with each other 6/7 days of the week ? ?

also gimme  caleb fuck buddies  that everyone ships  &  one of them is in love with the other while the other seems them just as a good time ?  ewfjwesbf.

also also gimme  a messy ex  plot where they are constantly on / off  &  the fans love em but they’re just so fucking toxic ? ?  maybe bc they’re too alike  &  won’t admit it’s love   &  just won’t settle down  (  like imagine cheating scandals , public fights caught by tmz ... but also cute ass insta posts when they’re in a good place )  just think of nate  &  maddie from euphoria or  francesca  &  harry ! ! 

a plot where luna  uses them  to make someone jealous but they don’t know  &  actually think it’s a  legit  relationship ? ?   then obvi they find out luna was just using them  &  y’know  :  drama .  

family friends ! !  someone who could know  EVERYTHING  about her life n be there for her like pls .

someone who is her  HOME .  it doesn’t have to be potentially romantic just someone who makes her feel completely safe , warm  &  protected  ? ?    they can also just…talk, and make each other laugh  &   smile, because they feel comfortable enough in themselves  &   with each other to be vulnerable in that way ? ?  some fluff never hurt nobody .  

someone who’s using her bc of her dad ? ?   YES .  gimme fake friends .

tbh exes she cheated on , exes that cheated on her , fwb of all kinds , crushes , childhood friends , good / bad influence on her dumb ass would be good , gossip queens n kings , party friends , enemies for whatever reason , etc ! !  

[flowersandbigteeth]

Your shadowbeast boyfriend gets a new job

The smut is coming out of the documents!

General Plot: Your shadowbeast boyfriend is pursuing his career options

Shadowbeast (Rafe) x Female Reader

Word Count: 1.5K

Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six

Headcannon

W: dubcon, nsfw, death, smut

You put your head in your hands and took a deep breath. A duck tapped at your shoe, hoping you were going to give it some of the sandwich you weren’t eating. 

“Why aren’t you eating your lunch?” a familiar voice cooed in your ear. 

You jumped and your heart stopped for a second. You thought you’d gotten used to Rafe appearing out of thin air, but he still startled you occasionally. 

“You look troubled, darling,” his long claw traced the curve of your jaw and the back on his knuckle brushed your earlobe when he reached the top, “tell me what’s wrong. I’ll fix it for you.” 

If only that were true. You sighed. 

“I don’t know how much longer I can do this, Rafe,” you whispered, staring at the duck but not really seeing it, “I’ve never had to meet so many widows, attend so many funerals. I never wanted to be a combat journalist. I’m not cut out for this…I take pictures of the mayor kissing babies…not all these body bags.” 

Rafe pouted, tugging a lock of your hair. 

“They keep looking at you, darling…it…bothers me,” he growled, bringing it to his nose and breathing in your scent. 

You looked up at him, your eyes a little wild. 

“I’m the photographer, Rafe! I’m holding the camera! They have to look at me!” 

He frowned. 

“I still don’t like it,” his fingers found the knots in your shoulders and he massaged them with his large fingertips, “you should quit that stupid job. You don’t need to work. I can take care of you!” 

You rolled your eyes at him. 

“Rafe, I can’t eat souls,” you snorted, “I have to keep a roof over our heads…and workout equipment stocked for you!” 

He growled at you and his fingers tightened painfully on your shoulders. 

“I can take care of you and I will. I’ve been allowing you to keep working for morale, but now I see that was a mistake. Clearly the pressures of the working world are too much for you.” 

You tried to wiggle away from him, but he loosened his hold on your shoulders and pulled you under his arm. 

“That’s not what I meant!” you snarled, trying to push him off of you, but he just scooped your cheek in his hand and jerked your face to him. 

“I know what you meant,” he said, giving you a chilly smile that revealed his sickly sharp teeth, “but it doesn’t change a thing. You’re mine and you’ll do as you're told. Call your boss and tell her…I don’t really care what you tell her, just resign. I don’t want her showing up at our door looking for you.” 

You swallowed hard. 

“But what are we going to do? How am I going to pay my rent?” you stuttered. 

He grinned and before your eyes his dark skin became a more natural shade, his long hair shortened and shaped itself into a sleek corporate cut, and a suit appeared on his body. He made a very good looking man, but you somehow still preferred his monster body.  

“I’m going to go take over…what…what was his name again…the one I ate with the thing for gray?” he asked you. 

“Rick?” you offered. 

“Yes, Ryan! I’m going to go take over his company,” he stated matter-of-factly.

“O-okay…but I can’t just sit at home and eat bon-bons all day. I’ll go insane!” 

He thought about this for a moment. 

“Okay, then what’s the biggest photography magazine?” he asked, “I’ll take over that and you can be my assistant. Then we’ll be together all the time!” 

“Can you really do that?” you asked in awe. 

Three days later you sat perched on your new employer’s desk while he rubbed your feet. 

It turned out Rafe had no compunctions about using the same tactics of his victims to secure his spot as the CEO of Architects Global. You’d been sure to choose a magazine whose main focus was on the buildings, not people that Rafe would inevitably kill. Though he had killed the former CEO, eaten his soul, and was at that moment wearing his image to fool his staff. They all raised their eyebrows when their boss suddenly hired you, a nameless photojournalist, to be his personal assistant, but who would argue with him? 

It was pretty obvious you were sleeping together and Rafe did not try to hide it in any way, pinching your bottom as you walked by and smothering you in kisses. You just had to hide your embarrassment and endure it as it seemed to be the cost of him not killing anyone. 

“Shouldn’t we be working?” you asked, though you were enjoying the foot rub. 

He smiled. 

“We are working,” he took your other foot in his hand and ran his claw along the center making you jump and giggle. 

“You are preserving the lives of everyone in this office by entertaining me,” he said, nibbling at your ankles with his big teeth, “there are so many decadently dark souls here. Did you know Brenda has been pretending to be her deceased mother to catfish an elderly man in Wyoming so he will send her money?” 

You gasped at both this news and the scrape of his fangs over your skin. 

“I had no idea!” you gulped. 

His claws drifted up your leg pushing your skirt out of the way as he planted gentle kisses on the exposed flesh. 

“You’re doing the office a service,” he assured you, his hot tongue sliding over your skin. 

You gasped, clutching at the harwood desk while he pushed your legs open. His claw hooked your panties and there was a tearing sound as he yanked them off of you. He blew a puff of air over your exposed pussy and you tried to push your legs together. His big hands were like wooden posts propping you open for his examination. A stifled moan pushed past your lips as his long tongue found your slit. 

“Mmmm,” he purred, sliding you closer to him. 

You panted as he thrust his tongue in and out of you, lapping you up and fucking you stupid with the thick appendage. 

“R-Rafe…w-we…s-shouldn’t…” you whimpered pathetically as he ate you up. 

He chuckled, standing at his full height all illusions lost, the monster looming over you. 

“Shut up,” he said, smirking as he balled up the ripped remnants of your panties and shoved them in your mouth. You squealed into them as you flipped you on your stomach, pushing your legs apart with his foot. He gathered your wrists behind you with one hand, leaning down over you so you could feel his hot breath on your neck. 

“I will have you when I want you or I will find some other way to entertain myself, do you understand?” he hissed into your ear. 

You nodded and whined into your gag as you felt the thick bulb of his cockhead press against your lips. 

“You’re already soaking wet,” he murmured, “do you like being put in your place, darling?” 

His hips pressed into you as he breached you and you pushed your forehead into the cool wood of the desk, squeezing your eyes shut while he stretched you. His cock was massive, stealing the breath from you as he pushed you to your limits. You’d already resigned yourself to this treatment. He was far too strong for you to overpower. He took you when and how he liked, spearing you with the enormous thing.  

You tried to stay quiet, afraid your new coworkers would hear you squealing and crying, but Rafe rutted you with such strength he forced obscene noises past your lips, muffled by the panties in your mouth. His clawed fingers scraped your scalp as he clutched your hair, holding you in place as his hips slammed into yours. You felt his heavy balls smacking you with each stroke while he used you. 

“Your so fucking perfect,” he muttered into your neck, “perfect tight little pussy. Perfect soft little body. Perfect little screams while I rail you. Tell me those are only for me.” 

He dug the gag out of your mouth with his claws and squeezed a puff of air out of your chest. 

“Tell me!” he boomed at you, while he pinched your clit. 

“Ahh!” was the first thing that came out of your mouth as he toyed with your little nub.

“Only for you…only for you…” you whimpered, tears and sweat running down your cheeks.

“Come all over my cock,” he demanded, the pressure on your clit becoming too much, spinning you further and further out of your mind. 

You screamed into the desk as you crashed into an orgasm, your muscles spasming and sucking Rafe’s fat cock further inside. He groaned, reveling in the pressure your body was applying as it tried to strangle him, and slammed a few more hard thrusts into you before his searing come filled your womb with a roar. 

He gently pulled out of you, leaning back on his heels. You felt his fingers gingerly brush your ass as he examined his hard work leaking down your thigh. A thick knuckle pushed his come back inside of you and he grunted with satisfaction. 

“Brenda!” he barked into the speakerphone on his desk. 

“Yes Mr. Forester?” the high pitched voice of his secretary whined over the speaker. 

“Cancel my appointments for the afternoon,” he said, “and don’t let anyone disturb me. I’m having an important meeting with my assistant.”

You whimpered and tried to scoot away, but Rafe’s claws caged you in by your throat. 

“Yes, Mr. Forester,” she said and hung up. 

“Ah ah ah,” he cooed as you trembled underneath him, “don’t try to get away, little toy. You are all mine.”

[brick-a-doodle-do]

I'll try and keep this shorter....maybe

I'm not sure what scene you mean I have planned but I probably do, except that would be a spoiler~

okokokokok

Irzayn has three different abilities...one with black mana (something no-one else has in any way shape or form), gold mana (healing), and red mana (blood magic)! The black mana is actually a living shadow. His shadow is alive. At first it has no real mind of its own, being very limited, but eventually becomes something VERY different and even stronger. He can teleport, store things, attack, make his steps completely silent, become intangible (slight spoiler except I'm not gonna explain the how :P)...that's all just in his shadow ability, which is his strongest. Healing is next--his healing can restore even lost limbs, including on himself, but for the most part when he's using it on himself his healing is limited to how well his natural healing would've been, which is how he ends up with scars from Vara.....

Varazae is so desperate not to say anything because he fell in love with Irza and is also scared the villain might kill him. It's revealed by pure accident one day because not long after Irza discovers Vara is Quickvine and for a short time both think they know something the other doesn't until it ends up spit out (in a way you'll have to find out~!). And actually, Vara isn't a pure blood either which would put him in danger if it was ever found out bc he's a rare mix.

As for his dragon form...someone does bc several people triggered it...and obv Ezephr was an extremely important trigger for it! His powers do become much stronger, namely his previously weak blood magic, which includes hypnosis and controlling blood. But why wait for that form? Irzayn destroys the city with a SINGLE attack before he's ever in a dragon form, and it's all Vara's fault (the poor cat boy didn't know what he was doing, he got falsely accused and Irza wouldn't listen when he tried to explain)

The heart-to-heart IS initiated by Voidshire (And I don't typically nickname him Void bc he names his shadow Void, which is the origin of his villain name--he got his name because someone heard him scream at Void, saying that name, to save him. Quickvine calls him ghosty and Voidshire calls him Viney). But it's one of the times he truly falls for Quickvine.

There's a hero association. The idea is bnha based but NOT the same for many many spoiler reason I shall not say. There are hundreds of heros in all cities and you can sign up once you're 12. The problem is that they won't let certain races even take the exams, they're turned around immediately.

His dad...is a HUGE spoiler for this story, so all I'll say is that he got blood magic from his dad and that the hero association is tied to both his sudden disappearance before Irza's birth (He doesn't even know he HAS a child), and the discrimination against dragonkin.

Now to Ezephr!

His hair color is natural, he doesn't hide who he is, and he doesn't need to because he ain't on record, which is part of his backstory. No costume. He has no friends and doesn't want any...he's like a yandere that kills his obsession immediately, not after thinking he's betrayed. He is insanely close to god level because of his power alone and would 100% reach a tie in a fight with one. His powers DO have an origin, which is part of his past. Lovely.

Kidnapping happens constantly and is what made Irza fall in love with Quickvine--they were in an argument/fight one day when Quickvine tracked him down yet again (Vara can tell where or when Irza uses his shadow immediately bc of how his races mixed so perfectly~!) But Ezephr kidnaps both of them and traps them inside a mountain maze where Voidshire has magic blockers all over his body but Quickvine doesn't bc Ezephr saw him as being weaker than an ant. Well, they were in a cage, but Vine got them both out and helped find the way out. There was a TON of arguing as they went through, where Vine kept refusing to take the magic blockers of bc he knew better than to trap himself with a villain stronger than him.

Also Irza knew about the stalking and obsession extremely quickly bc that angel is creepy. He can avoid being found out because of his shadow's special nature.

Ezephr's wings are red because he fell from grace, which started to turn them to a color similar to his hair, but then he murdered people and their blood soaked into his wings and skin, eventually becoming a part of his features and led to him developing a new power, which is bladed wings...he can send sword like feathers at people that cut metal. His other power, put simply...no magical attack can reach him. None. Nothing otherworldly. Only something physical can ever hope to reach him, but then you have to deal with his absolutely INSANE physical power. Irzayn beats him twice--once because Ezephr let him, and the next? Irza finally achieved the strength he'd always wanted.

His backstory? Is extremely complicated. Uhmmmmm....simply put, he was tortured since he was a newborn, forced to fight to the death many times and if he didn't kill his opponent or lost he wouldn't be fed. He was essentially taught that living creatures have no value. then when he was 12, he killed everyone in the research facility (super important spoiler mention) after developing a power, and escaped. Since he hadn't been taught how to be a person...he did what he did know, and slaughtered an entire city when he was 14.

Btw, angels in this world develop a power based on how they grew up. Their deepest desire becomes theirs, basically. Makes you wonder what invulnerability says about him...

ALSO

Something worth mentioning but no-one asked, Vara can control plants, but he can also talk to them. He's half sprite which basically means he is genderless (Or hermaphrodite but unlike a sprite he doesn't change forms for that), but wants to be known as a guy...and his other half is a cat person. Uhm. Like a cat walking around like we do and has the intelligence we do? They're also about the same size as humans and there's more than just cats. But this made him look like a beastman (person with animal ears, claws, and tail), so he went with it. He has three abilities too but they aren't mentioned enough. 1. He has sprite, so he can manipulate/communicate/grow plants at will. 2. Physical enhancement, which isn't strong and he uses as a trump card. 3. Sprite's ability to use illusions. He hides that he actually has furry hands and feet with this power since it would give him away.

I splurged. Maybe too much. I got excited. Took me an hour to put down correctly. Hope it's not too long @~@

Any other questions I can hopefully manage to answer shorter instead of smashing it all in one ask? I'm loving sharing this, thank you for reading it.....

I didn't mean to type this much tho

3D!!!! THIS IS THE SPLURGE EVER!! I LOVE IT >:DDD

"i'll try to keep this shorter" casually writes 1.2k words /lh /nmay

okay SO

ohh i see, are these all from his father? does his mother have any abilities (i feel like we covered this already but i can't recall–) orr is it all kinda mixed together, like i have curly hair despite no one in my family having it—is it like that in a sense where some random gene picked up in irza and he's acquired extra powers nobody in his family really knows about? also some extra pointless worldbuilding, other than his father, is he close to any of his other family members? are any of them even alive? i know with oc making the urge to make their family dead is reallll tempting lmaoo

oh oh oh also abt the shadow being alive thing, is that something irza can control, or is it just....completely free to do what it wants? if that's the case, a. does the shadow have a name and b. does the shadow like irza and/or does it help him in any ways?

pff i guess i should've read a little further– well then, i guess i'm still curious about both questions even though it was kind of explained to me dsfhbghfs

i gotta say those scars are pretty cool from what i remember,, is there any special occasion where he got them from vara or was it just a general bad occurence type thing?

ahh how does the blood magic work? did we already talk about that and i'm just completely forget about it? is it a...spoiler? :0

i gotta ask, are you going to likeee make a book out of this? write it on ao3? i'm pretty curious how far you're going to take this story !!!!

anddddd about vara's powers, him being a half-blood and all, how did he get his powers? (again i feel like we covered his parent's already but that may have been for something ENTIRELY different. my brain is not being helpful atm 😭) also vara is male right? i know for one post you used she so i used she but now we're back to he and i'm just kinda confused— not ur fault at all btw i totally get if it was a typo i just need clarification before i go misgendering our cat boy,,,

destroyed the entire city as in...destroyed the entire city? how the hell did they recover from that??? also i wonder if they'd blame vara or irza for that, because both seem responsible DSHGDS

OHHH i guess i could've read this over again before answering that other ask of yours– dshsfds void is fitting lmao

awwfdndjsgdsj ghosty and viney i love the hero & villain duo have cute lil nicknames, it always warms my heart >:D (and esp for these two!!! <33)

12 jeeeeez that is young for a hero!!! ughhhh that sucks, hero committees are usually useless anyways 😔 other than that obvious racism, how do they treat the heroes? are we talking the hero committee in clinic or something infinitely nicer? do they keep patrol on their heroes or generally just let them live?

ah, i see! well i'm excited to eventually learn about him, as long as it may take :] i'm happy with that little bit of info tho >:)))

DFSHFAK YIPPEEEE I LOVE HIM AND HIS KNIFE WINGS!!

goddd he sounds like such a bad person, i need to get attached to him immediately! :DD also that is some bomb natural hair, the color is stunningggg

so despite it being natural is it natural natural as was he born with it or does he dye it? if it's natural natural, is there a reason for it being that color? bloodline stuff? cause that sure as hell isn't a normal color senhgjfsd

huhh that sounds like an...interesting way of living, always being in a state where people fear you. honestly i'm surpised that he's so open about it. i totally get it and it fits him, but even then, with that little humanity he still has in himself, i'm surprised he doesn't have like at least some alter ego to get away from the stress and attention of being a(n almost) god.

ohhhhh more origins to learn,,, hypeeee!!! :0

ah yes kidnapping >:)

ah yes the good ol' kidnapping love story >:D

so when quickvine tracks irza, why is he doing that, if this was before vara fell for irza?

aaaa that sounds like such a fun bunch of scenes! honestly the ones where two rivals have to work together are always top-tier. like they know each other well enough to have the most banter-filled-hit-the-spot arguments. it's so satisfyingggg !!!!!!!!!!!!!

angel?? have we covered that before?? eze is an angel?

oh also another quick question about irza, is the shadow thing tiring? like does it drain him the longer he uses it? is there like...a recommended time to stay in it or smth?

okay there's no one power that can beat ezephr, but if people were to liiiiike...team up, would that theoretically overpower eze?

YOOOO THE STRENGTH HE ALWAYS WANTED? ELABORATE IF POSSIBLE??????? DOES THAT MEAN LIKE DRAGON OR SMTH?? 3D U CAN'T LEAVE ME AT THAT!!! >:VVV

😭😭😭 i'm going to be reluctantly answering the rest of this ask /j

oh yes there it is, the youngling torture that leads to a god complex!

mhm yes now i feel bad for him– backstories are the way to redeem a bad character. he doesn't really kill because he wants to, does he? there's got to be a more buried reason....he was raised to be completely emotionless, and was left to conquer the city at 14, a still very immature age if you think about it in retrospect. there's no way he was able to find flaw in what he was taught because there was no one there to teach it to him in the years where it mattered. poor guy :'(

what are his powers again? i want to over-analyze the fuck out of ezephr

ooh talking to plants, that's a power i haven't heard of!! :0

and gotta love those cat hybrids <33

okokok how tall is vara? i just have to know >:D,,,,, also follow up to that, how tall is irza? how about eze?

oooo these are all such cool powers! can i assume that vara only uses the physical enhancement just for when it's really needed? i've heard lots about irza, i'm curious about vara's side of things! i can assume he's more vulnerable and definitely weaker. does that mean that irza is typically winning their fights or does vara just get lucky? must know, this splurge was so long but i'm so ready for more!!! :000

[aikoiya]

UT HC - Souls & Soul Magic

As souls naturally exist in the spiritual plane, which is a plane that exists in the exact same space as the physical plane, when Monsters use their magic on humans, they're pulling the individual's soul not into the visible light spectrum, but through the veil separating the physical & spiritual planes. As such, they're forcing the souls into a form that the physical eye can perceive & understand easily. The heart-shape isn't their true form. A more accurate shape would be an exact replica of their human form, but shinning, mist-like, & constantly shifting. They're a little like how the ghosts look in Paranormal, but they're the same color as their primary virtue. The soul isn't meant to remain in the shape that Monsters put them in for very long as it's painful for them.

Each color of soul is associated with a specific virtue that the individual has in the most abundance. However, that doesn't mean that just because a human is mostly one thing that that is all they are.

In truth, all souls have each aspect of the soul to a degree as that's just part of being a sentient, sapient person. In fact, every human is born with a base amount of every virtue, the core virtue that defines them being the most prevalent even at birth. Every other virtue, however, fluctuates throughout their life depending on how often the individual uses it. They act like muscles, the more brave you behave in your daily life, the more prominent that virtue grows.

It is very unusual for a soul to change colors & when it does, it usually indicates extreme, soul-deep trauma. Something happened to hurt a person so deeply that they are forced to change on a fundamental level in order to protect themselves.

While there are only 7 main soul virtues, there are as many virtues are there are colors. Not to mention, every virtue can become a vice if you're not careful & maintain balance. On the flipside, they also have an antithesis that's found when an individual rejects their virtue.

Every virtue also specializes in a form of soul magic & is aligned with a specific element. Each have 2 most common abilities associated with untrained soul magic use. There are some powers that you normally can't use unless you have an exorbitant amount of a specific virtue or Determination in general.

This doesn't mean that if you have a Blue soul, you'll automatically be capable of water magic or be able to use gravity spells. It's just most common to. In fact, elements can be fueled by different virtues & depending on said virtue, it can create different effects.

For instance green fire is fire magic fueled by Kindness. Green fire is the safest fire magic there is as other colors of fire magic run the risk of going out of control if you're not careful. Instead, green fire will only burn when the user wills it. It's also the most useful sort of fire for cooking as it even imbues normal, non-magical food with healing magic.

Every human has Determination & it's associated with the color red, but only because Red souls generally have the most. However, Determination isn't a virtue in & of itself, but rather an aspect by which the virtues are exercised. The more Determination a person has, the more they can relegate to different virtues. It's like choosing which stats to improve when you level up in a game.

That doesn't mean that Red souls are nothing but Determination. While Determination does give many the strength to fight past their limits, they don't all have the insane amount that Frisk is seen to have. The power to Reset is not a natural ability.

Humans all have varying degrees of Determination with Red generally having the most & Green & Cyan generally having the least. However, that also doesn't mean that Green/Cyan have no Determination.

Determination is classified as being a "firmness of purpose; resolution." However, Determination means nothing without a goal & that's what the other virtues determine; what to be determined about.

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The 7 main virtues are arranged in a circle with Red at the top-center & going clockwise with Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, & ending with Purple. At the center of the circle is White, which denotes Mercy.

Red = Drive or Fortitude/Spite/Irresolution (Fire) - Slice/Charm/*Time (Slow or Dash)

Orange = Bravery/Recklessness/Cowardice (Earth/Body) - Force (Dash/Strike)

Yellow = Justice/Vengence/Injustice (Lightning) - Shoot/Pierce/Percieve or Scan

Green = Kindness/Complacency or Self-Sacrifice/Cruelty or Animosity or Greed (Plant/Poison) - Block/Heal or Bind

Cyan = Patience/Sloth or Stagnation/Impatience or Agitation (Ice) - Avoid/Slice

Blue = Integrity/Hypocricy/Deciet or Dishonesty (Water) - Gravity (Slow, Dash, or Jump)/Shortcut

Purple = Perceverance/Dillusion/Indifference or Apathy (Magic/Mind) - Buff & Debuff/Trick

Of course, there are much more complicated spells that one can learn, but it takes time & dedication to do so.

The interesting thing about the Heal spell is that its strength depends on the amount of generosity/charity a person has. That is, the more someone values others, the more effective the Heal is. For instance, Undyne is not a particularly generous or charitable person, thus instead of Heal, she has Bind, which stops a person in their tracks. It's like a reverse shield.

As mentioned above, there are other virtues that can be located by mixing the 7 main or by adding Mercy. Such as Passion/Hot Pink (Between Red & Purple), Compassion/Powder Pink (Lighter Passion), Empathy/Lavender (Lighter Perceverance), Senserity/Periwinkle (Between Cyan & Blue), Grit/Ginger (Between Red & Orange), Courage/Sunglow (Between Orange & Yellow), & Clemency/Chartreuse (Between Yellow & Green).

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Slice & Pierce are able to cut through defenses in different ways.

Time is the manipulation of time on a basic level to either speed time up (Dash, manifested differently than with Bravery) or slow Time down (Slow, manifested differently than with Integrity). It is an extremely rare power & very, very few can use it. It is speculated that Reset is a manifestation of Time's ultimate potential, but only 1 person can have access to this specific ability at a time & it always goes to the person with the most Determination who has the potential for Time magic.

However, even if someone is qualified to use it, you're not supposed to be able to do so unless you're a master of Time magic & have studied it for decades. Not only that, but specific boundaries (typically runes, spell circles, that sort of thing) must be set up in order to specify the parameters. It could only work within a short distance & only go back between a few seconds to a few minutes & it's because one person can only do so much. It was typically used just before a major battle to manipulate the outcome of battle in a similar way to Groundhog Day. The fact that Frisk can do what they do means that there's something strange going on in the Underground.

That there's already been parameters marked out. It's likely that these parameters were created by the 7 mages that trapped monsterkind in the Underground to begin with. Flowey & Frisk are likely just tapping into it.

Force is when the body is enhanced past the human limits, giving the user increased speed (Dash) & strength (Strike). Despite showing itself like this, but they are actually the same thing.

Shoot allows the user to manifest their Yellow Magic as a projectile.

Persecute is a special ability attributed to those who have high levels of both Blue & Yellow in their soul. It's what happens when Justice's Persecute/Scan ability (which is used to analyze & gather information about the target) is mixed with Blue Magic (which is associated with honesty, both to one's self & to others). It's basically Sans' Karma ability.

How it manifests depends on the individual.

It acts as the opposite of Red & Pink's Charm ability, whereas Charm, when used in an illusion spell, pays complements to the target, but they can only be truths. This is used to fluster or confuse the opponent & put them off guard.

On the other hand, Persecute gives the user information on the target's misdeeds. It's a fairly high-level ability &, if used incorrectly, can cause a lot of trouble both for the target & the user.

Avoid allows one to be untouchable or at least unnoticeable so long as they remain still/silent.

Gravity is the manipulation of gravity, & much like Force, has multiple ways in which it can be used. Slow is when gravity increases upon the target, Dash & Jump are when gravity decreases on the user allowing them to run faster & jump higher.

Buff & Debuff are the use of words to increase or decrease a target's stats.

Finally, Trick is the use of trap magic, which is commonly used for infusions & enhancements.

[sugashook]

thoughts on episode 2 mostly. +some other thoughts as well

(see the man standing above the two idiot whites in a cage. i think its like ed trying to figure out whats the gentleman pirate about who are you. also i think brown peter also represents a new type of piracy shaped by stede and then blackbeard. a new man.)

the indigenous tribe saying " fool me once shame on you fool me 7 times shame on us" a metaphor for how many times a stupid white man broke eds heart and how he's cautious for a reason.

hornigold,izzy,his dad,stede, calico jack. (maybe popop XD hes not white sorry popop im not sure i think ed maybe deserved to get popopped)

So the two bozos like the fake ignorant macho guy, stede who's insane, and their metaphorical hearts (shown through oluwande) got caught in a trap and brought somewhere unfamiliar and put under a trial.

And also Pete and Stede are way more dangerous seemingly in a relationship they're walking red flags. I think that's why they got the smallest cage and that's why Pete went with him cause the other guys would make fine partners.(he also needed to see if softness[shown through lucius] was going to be okay with pete who is like a mini piracy which I think he fails at cause he's easily swayed by softness that's why the pirates keep punching him.) But then they were judged by the show and deemed okay. I think Stede's and Pete's heart (is represented with oluwande) proved they're good boys.

Forwarding to Lucius( softness ) getting hurt, Pete is like 'get a grip you lived, I had a hard time without you as well. Softness survived and stayed with piracy! Don't be hung up on the past. (Obvious parallel to Ed)

Going back, AND THAT is why PIRacy came into contact with stede cause they survived the initial trial. And they split the two guys to stede and ed by aristocracy fooling piracy. Which is very symbolic i think it means many different things.(And how they both got reunited at the end, changed. the british guys :-) )

But also what's amazing is the themes of the whitest characters on the show Stede and Buttons , the swede in a way being the examples of what to do or someone to look up to. Aka flipping the classic trope of indigenous people in white made media. Where indigenous people(and other poc) were the wise, quiet, magical,mystical guides and perfect stepping stones, tools to help the white protagonist on their journey. They also love nature and are deeply in touch with it.

Buttons and Stede both love nature and show indigenous characters the magical new way of life. While Ed hates it( he hates the sea as well). And aunty immediately recognizing the magical sea witch. asfhakjfh.

Ed is the most 'flawed' by the show's standards. He can't cope with everyday life, he's deeply troubled and needs a lot of help, he hates nature and doesn't care about other people(he does but he won't try to show it cause he's afraid). LOL and he's stupid and useless. Just a regular guy! His superpower is murder. angel.

[clarktooncrossing]

HEY THERE PEOPLE OF TODAY AND ROBOTS OF TOMORROW! IT IS I, SANTA CLARK! Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. All the dogs in the neighborhood somehow learned to bark Jingle Bells in sync. Yet retail workers are still more annoyed with Mariah Carey. Snow is getting shoveled, tossed, and formed into sentient beings leading parades without permits. It makes for an excellent distraction as the Krampus abducts children for bad behavior. Fruitcake is exchanged only to find its permanent home in the garbage. Terrorists have hijacked the Holiday office party right before your boss can give you a Jelly of the Month Club membership as your bonus. And of course, the Turducken has returned to wreak its fiery vengeance upon an unsuspecting world! If all this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, perhaps this festive look into the life of a Clarktoon will!

Having traversed the infinitude of time and space means Rosie has come into contact with many celebrations. Yet it’s Christmas that continues to fascinate her. Not to say she doesn’t love Hanukkah, Bahdi Day, or Diwali. All Holidays are equal in her wide-eyes. It’s just that Christmas comes with a message of being kind to all people and continuing to do so throughout the year. A message the good-natured cosmic cutie takes to heart whenever exploring new galaxies. Plus it helps that said galaxies have their own version of this Holiday, albeit with different names. Most of them even come with their own Santa Claus, Rosie having met most of them after discovering the multiversal Counsel of Clauses. Hoping to see one of their members put something under her tree this year, Rosie traveled to the dimension of eternal yuletide to find herself a tree and decorate it! Though she may have gone a tad overboard with the topper…

Using a real star for Rosie’s tree topper was an idea too cute / funny not to pass up. Not that it didn’t take me a few attempts to get here. First there was the tree itself. Going with a traditional pine tree was not an option. Rosie could travel across different dimensions, why settle for such an average, boring plant? Naturally she’d go with something more visually splendid, like this Calvorus plant that just so happens to be tree shaped. After that were the ornaments. My first idea was to make’m look like atoms, but it never came out right no matter what technique I tried. Then I thought I could make them miniature planets, but I figured that’d take too much focus away from Rosie and her star. Hence why in the end I went for regular round ornaments with a bizarre pattern. Finally there was Rosie and the star, both of which had their own challenges. In terms of the star, I was afraid my sketch wouldn’t translate well into digital. As you can see, those worries were misplaced. Same thing happened with Rosie, since I decided to have her wrap around the tree with her cosmic tail that @zerna added when she drew the character for a commission. Honestly, I don’t think I did as good a job as the insane invader did, but overall I’m very pleased with how this pic turned out. I hope you all enjoy this too and remember not to use real stars for your trees!

MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

[kittymanya]

Who's your favourite OC of yours and why? =]

Killing me with the hardest question possible i see...... dgfhdgdjhdf

Really though that is super hard, i have wayyy too many ocs and my favorite sort of swaps around every few months or so. sometimes it just cycles between the same few for a year or two though.

I would sayyyy right now? Probably anybody from Mary's whole squad. Which would be her (Mary-Anne Cassia), Samiel, Roberto Yun-Capo, Hale-Bopp, Puss in Boots (aka Danyel Mewette), and Winter Adams. All of them are here in this photo! (Hale in the star, Winter in the heart, Roberto in the triangle, Puss in the square, Mary in the circle, and Samiel in the..whatever you call that shape. He has the gun)

To narrow it down even further, specifically my top 4 are hale, mary, puss, and roberto. And then out of that Mary and Puss are probably the two im currently most focused on (but again the whole cycling thing applies here ahjgdjhfg for all i know next week ill be back into being obsessed with roberto)

I like them mostly because they're my first ocs that are actually in a sort of sci-fi setting, which is something i always wanted to do but struggled to! But then i watched Wander Over Yonder again and i was like damn....i could do this but with insane people.

All of them except for Hale-Bopp started off as either Lobotomy Corp OCs or just straight up LC characters that i just..yoinked and changed up a bit, because me and my girlfriend have a Lobotoym Corp rp and their personalities had developed enough to basically not be themselves as they were at the beggining anymore. Samiel was Der Freischutz, and Puss in Boots is.....Puss in Boots. Although he was never actually in the game, he was cut content that we decided to bring in for the rp, so everything about him is still, essentially, about 90% my own creation, since the only thing he had in his cut content was art and some flavor text.

I really like Mary in particular because i think she is just, a horrible human being, but in an interesting and somewhat sympathetic way. Which is something done a lot I know, but i mean hey there's a reason those sorts of characters get so popular ajhgdhj. She does awful things and doesn't let herself open up genuinely to anybody, but she's masks all of it under multiple layers of joking around and being weird in general. She's extremely emotionally stunted, refuses to allow herself to experience genuine connection despite desperately wanting it, and she makes this into everyone's problem. But she's very good at what she does, and extremely competent in other aspects, which is what manages to keep the whole group together.

Puss in Boots on the other hand, is also an emotionally stunted character but in a different form. It's not quite as bad as Mary, who can't handle emotions in herself nor with others very well. Instead Puss mostly struggles with handling his own thoughts and feelings while being excellent with other people. Sort of. He's great at reading people, and he isn't dumb, he often has great advice, but what he is, is PUSHY. He doesn't know how to let things happen naturally, and so often makes things worse instead before theres any progress. I think that the dynamic between him and his (unwillingly, on Puss's end) estranged brother is fun to explore. He has a very strong sense of justice and has lots of conflict with Mary, because she's one of the few people who he can't read very well (Samiel being another one, but he's still easier than Mary) He can't tell if he despises Mary or if he's just concerned for her, and it keeps him around on the ship out of fascination, like a pet project. He hates everything about most of the crew (except winter, and somewhat okay with Roberto) he hates their behavior, their jobs (3/6 of the crew being hitmen/assassins) and most of all he can't stand their morals, or lack thereof.

It'd be a LOT to go into further detail ajhgdhjdf so i think this will do fine as a start bc its. um. 7AM where i am and i have not slept. Oops! But if you want to ask any further questions about them i have most of their info on my website!! (except samiel, who's page i have not finished yet. it's mostly finished, just that his backstory page only has the TLDR section filled in and not in full) https://kittymanya.neocities.org/art/ocs/oclanding

I can't link directly to their pages bc i set up my site weird and im not sure how to fix it really without recoding the whole page, but if you go to the 'sintane' tab theyre all in the first section! They're the first 6 characters that show up in the list. So theres a lot more info there and if you have any more specific questions about them i would LOVE to rant about them :D

[i-ver]

Rara, meeting you is one of the things I'm most grateful for. I still vividly remember that moment; the moment when you were merely texting me for your announcement video file, but then you messaged me again a few days later, which often made me feel like I should've been the one to texted you first. I remember how readily I was drawn to you from the beginning. Something about you drew me in and made me unable to ignore your presence. I had no idea that my feeling, curiosity, and attraction that I felt back then would develop into the one I have today. I don’t know when I started thinking about you before going to bed so naturally like it was a routine, or when my heart began to flutter every time you called me "Iver," a name that only you used. I don’t know when I started falling head over heels every time I viewed your photos, from the drop-dead stunning to the insanely cute ones; just how I terribly want to show the world how adorable you are while a part of me still wanting to keep you for myself at the same time. I don’t know when I started looking forward to your messages and smiling so much when I read them. I don’t know when I started having short, sudden flashbacks to our moments together whenever I take a break in the midst of the day. I don’t know when I started to feel like something was missing when you weren't there. I don't know when my anger could be calmed quickly just by looking at you and talking to you as if you were an oasis in the desert. Life was vivid with you, Ra, and suddenly problems became merely puzzles to be solved together. I don’t know when I started expecting to be a part of your days, weeks, months, years, and even life. I don’t know when I first imagined my future with you, but I remember thinking just how great it would be to have you by my side and never let go of your hand. Just how wonderful it is to love you, and call you mine.

Rara, I can't deny that I'm a flawed man. I don't consider myself romantic; I occasionally do dumb things by accident. In many ways, I fall short, but please know that I will fight for you, and for us, too. I want to always be there to witness and be the reason for your brightest smile. I want to be your strength during life's ups and downs, I want to be your no.1 cheerleader in whatever you decide to do, I want to be the one who embraces you when things aren't going as you planned, and I want to be there in every moment of your life, good or bad. You are the epitome of someone I greatly admire, Rara. You are the one that adds color to my otherwise drab life. As I get to know you better every day, I can't help but wonder how someone this lovely could exist. I don’t know when I started finding everything you do adorable. I don’t know when I started missing you more, and more each day. When it comes to you, I could go on and on with compliments and praises since there will never be enough to describe all of your wonderful sides, all that shapes who you truly are. You are someone I want to keep close in my life. You are someone I want to keep safe at all costs, and someone with whom I want to spend and share my days. You are someone who teaches me what love is supposed to feel like. Pure, and effortless.

Love has a profound meaning, indeed, and it is not something to be treated lightly. But as we spend our precious time getting to know each other better, I realized that my feelings for you have also grown deeper, and there is no better word to describe them. I love you, Soraine. I love you with all my heart, I love you deeply, and I want to spend every moment of my life with you, and only you.

Would you accept my love and let me be entirely yours, Rara?

Sincerely,

Your no.1 admirer, Jardin River.

[nordentoftmckay7]

Cherry Bloom Tattoo - Finding Websites That Include Incredible Artwork

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