That’s exactly how it feels sometimes—like madness is hunting you slowly, with patience, as it knows that it will have your neck in its teeth by the end of the day.
A ball, some more abyssal adventures, and a taste of a promised meeting. The chapter 3 is here! +70K words
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Enjoy your first royal ball, but don’t relax too much. A little bit of dancing with three strangers and a private moment with your chosen companion, but not without a sprinkle of long-brewing trouble ✨
If you take that choice, you’ll have a different scene with your companion; some readers might end up cutting their evening short, but it’s fun! 👀
😩 One more chapter till— gunshots
A note: you can retract your “pushing away” choice from the previous chapter, with the exception of one character whose acceptance depends on your current relationship with them. This likely will be the only time you can lower the “pushing” points, and from now on you won’t be able to do that again.
If you encounter any bugs, typos, or double break lines, please send me a note in DM or the askbox. You’d help me greatly.
If you have any thoughts or feelings after the chapter, I’d love to hear it! <3
The Fallen Angel is one of my favorite paintings to see adapted as fanart bc it slaps EVERY TIME but one of the biggest tragedies in my humble opinion is that most of you will never experience the phenomenal sluttery and homoeroticism of the Fallen Angel nude model painting scene in Not Me: The Series.
I'm so sorry I'm pretty sure your bard au is supposed to be serious but oh my god I couldn't help but get strong Men In Tights and Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibes
Especially bc of Barnaby I would not put it past him to make a "your mom's a hamster" reference
no no it Is very silly. how can it not be when you've got the neighbors as the characters? silly central. ALSO YOU'RE SO RIGHT VERY STRONG MP&HG VIBES I FUCKING LOVE THAT MOVIE HERE'S SOME REFERENCES
but it is also real. when it's silly its silly and when it's serious!
i think talia is such a romantic and she'd be so supportive of jon trying to marry damian. please more hc's i need them
STOP! I’ve always wanted to talk about them!!!! Jon and Talia always had an interesting dynamic with the way that Jon feels the need to actively defend Damian from her because he doesn’t know how complicated their relationship is but just how Damian has been affected by it. I feel like by this time Jon and Damian already had an intense conversation about his mother and he understands her a bit more but still can’t help but follow his instincts and defend Jon if Talia so much as fixes her lips to call Damian a weapon…
But if they wouldn’t be able to fight or so much as argue because no matter what they’d hurt Damian. They both always have Damian’s best interests at heart and If anything Talia is very traditional and would see a kryptonian as genetically perfect to be by Damian’s side but in a way it comforts her to know Damian is safe. That’s Talia’s biggest concern as his mother and if Jon is 1. Someone who makes Damian incredibly happy. And 2. Is able to keep him safe then why wouldn’t she like Jon for Damian?
As long as this marriage means that Jon is willing to devote his life to serving Damian’s every need then she’s totally fine with it. I mean she’d never wanna take that away from Damian, she loves him too much. I’d love to see these two interact, Jon gets on Batman’s case about Damian all the time and he’d probably be the same on Talia. I don’t think their relationship would be very domestic but I know that it would be interesting and sweet to have these two opposing forces coming together on a shared interest.
Just imagining Talia telling Jon “Keep him safe for me.” AUGH, my heart.
I feel like Damian would be SHOCKED to find that Talia approves but mostly on a level as to where they ARE kind of traditional so the topic of them being both boys would likely make Damian shy away from that conversation and secondly, Jon now is something that makes Talia see him as weaker: “In love,” but… really, she’s been trying to step away from that recently because she sees how Damian balances his heart and head.