#probably during the time in blue pegasus

[cloudindeed]

B u n n i e s 🐰

[julsvu]

hello! i saw you take request about pjo and honestly, i loved your fics about leo! i was gonna ask if you could do general dating or crush headcanons about percy, similar to your one leo fic (i dont remember which one but i think you get it???)

thank u thank u thank u if you do it!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

gn! reader

💬: hii!! im so glad you loved my leo fics :D thank u sm for requesting! this is my first time writing for percy :')

📒: fluff, friends to lovers, reader is implied to be a demigod, not proofread (⁠´⁠；⁠ω⁠；⁠｀⁠)

percy crushing on you hcs

everyone in the camp knew this boy was whipped for you

especially his friends

HE IS DOWN BAD

grover literally knows EVERY detail of you even if you guys aren't close because of percy

he knows that you have a small mole on the left side of your face, how your nose slightly scrunches up whenever you focus on something, your favorite food/the food you always eat for breakfast, the little bracelet you wear everyday because of percy

percy sometimes talks to blackjack for advice?? or just rambles to the pegasus about you (he'd look crazy without context)

the Aphrodite cabin ships you two SO MUCH

sometimes they'd set you and percy up

but to percy's disappointment, you just brush it off because you always interpreted their ways as a way to make fun of you both

spaces out whenever he looks at you

his friends have to physically shake him out of it for at least 9 seconds before he gets back to his senses

whenever that happens though, they have to sike him up to actually talk to you

if a person pulls a dirty trick on you especially during training, percy's eyes would be burning holes through them

he doesn't hide his glare at all too 😭

his friends try and give you hints that percy has a crush on u, but they're REALLY subtle and careful about it

except for leo 💀

"y'know, percy has the hots for you," he randomly says in the middle of your guys' conversation??? like u guys could be talking about how the sky's so blue and then boom he says that

anyway

they'd definitely form a game plan to get you guys together for real (annabeth would be the mastermind)

they'd probably set you guys up to a blind date in this pizza place nearby

during the date, percy made up his mind instantly after you laughed at his ridiculous joke

he wanted to date you, not just have a crush on you. he wanted to love you, in a real way, not just from afar

and so he confessed

he was resisting the urge to kick his feet and giggle when you accepted his confession /j

his friends were probably disguised as "normal" customers, sitting in the booth across from you guys, or beside you guys, silently cheering for you both once they overheard that you accepted percy's confession

percy dating hcs

loads of aquarium dates!!

he'd gossip with you, a lot

hear me out!! minecraft dates!!

he'd put your beds together and stuff, and you guys have a pet axolotl whose name is a mix of yours and percy's (basically your shipname)

is BIG on pda, he likes to show you off, even the nymphs know you're dating atp

but he'd tone it down if you want him to, of course

whenever there's a new trend that comes up on any socmed app, he's so quick to invite you to do it

he definitely made a kisses hoodie for you soskpsf

you'd have triple dates with leo and calypso, and frank and hazel 💯💯💯

he's so observant it's scary

he's the first one to notice whenever you aren't feeling good

always checks up on you

sally also hears about you all the time !! whenever percy comes home from camp he likes to tell stories about what you and him have done

she already sees you as an in-law (even if you guys haven't met properly yet)

some of percy's pfps on his main social medias would be him posing with kiss marks all over his face from you

if you ever post yourself on social media, he hypes you up so much in the comments

expect at least a millisecond after posting, you'd have 28 comments from him immediately 😭

"THATS SMY PARTNER RIGHT THERE"

"I LOVE YOUU77I"

"everyone back off they're taken BY ME"

whenever someone compliments you infront of him he's like "i know, right? my partner's so amazing"

he emphasizes the word "partner" whenever he notices that the person might be interested in you, too

he can't help being a little protective

percy jackson, if you can hear us, please percy jackson, please save us percy jackson, please save us percy jackson

© 2024 JULSVU. all rights reserved. please don't plagiarize, translate, put in other websites or copy my work without permission. ty!

[fulcrvm]

I am thinking thoughts about airports and flying again. And Dreamling, of course.

So. Human AU. History professor Hob has to fly around a lot for work, perhaps for conferences or smth of the sort so it's always to a small handful of the same nearby cities. He's pretty neutral on the idea of flying in general, though he wishes it was a bit more environmentally friendly, but Hob is a sucker for a nice airport and especially a nice airport lounge during layovers or before boarding.

Hob has begun to frequent a small local airline (White Horse Air, the logo is a coat of arms with a little pegasus, wyvern, and hippogriff on it, haha) when traveling because he likes their service (they've never lost his bags, not even once!) and their flights are never fully booked, which makes them quieter and easier for hob's chronic pains. He always picks seats with no one next to him so he can sprawl out and so it's easier on his knees.

Until, one day, he boards the little plane and there's someone in the seat next to his. Hob's sure that when he booked his seat, the other one was empty. Oh well, whatever, Hob's not going to bother the other man already sitting there for one flight— he'll just have to be a little more mindful booking next time. Hob shuffles into the seat, and notices that the stranger sat beside him is reading Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur! Hob gets excited because! That's a William Caxton publication! And Hob has so much to say about Caxton! He turns to the stranger to strike up conversation about it and... is immediately lost at how pretty the stranger is. Handsome, gorgeous, yes of course, but pretty, with the shell pink lips and focused blue eyes and slight frown at the book in his hands. Hob picks up his metaphorical jaw off the metaphorical ground and strikes up conversation with the stranger. Though the other man starts off apprehensive, somehow the two hours of flying fly by and the two of them end up talking about all sorts of art, history, and everything in between. Hob learns that the stranger works in publishing, thus his interest in Caxton.

Their flight lands, and the two of them disembark at the gate, still attempting to continue their conversation while Hob tries to wrangle his carry-on bags. (The Stranger only has a small laptop bag on one shoulder and a suit jacket folded over his other arm with him.) Then Hob has to check the time and begrudgingly says that he should probably head towards his next gate soon— this is just a layover after all. The Stranger looks ever so slightly disappointed and admits that this is his actual destination and he needs to meet his sister soon. They part ways, and Hob tries to dwell on the strange warmth in his chest. He thinks about the Stranger for his entire work trip afterwards.

This, somehow, happens a couple times. Turns out they both frequent White Horse Air, and though they're never in booked seats next to each other again, the flights are always empty enough that they can shift to sit next to each other once the plane's in the air. They chat the flight away, and then part ways once they disembark, with the Stranger headed to the baggage claim and Hob to his next flight. One time, the Stranger even requests the hostess to bring out a special bottle of Chateau Lafitte 1828 just for the two of them to share. Hob's in awe. He really enjoys their conversations, it's nice to be able to talk about his interests in a non-academia environment. The Stranger always has the most intriguing and eye-opening perspectives on everything, too. It doesn't really help that Hob thinks... maybe he's developing a tiny, teeny, really inconsequential really crush on his Stranger. He's not in grade school anymore, how does he feel like this about someone he doesn't even know the name of yet!

This all comes to a head when Hob mentions to the Stranger that his layover is a bit longer than it usually is, and if the Stranger is in no rush, they can continue their conversation in one of the airport's lounges. White Horse Air is a bit too small an airline to have their own lounge, but Hob's collected enough miles to get into one of the other airline lounges and is fully willing to pay to get in one if it means more time with his Stranger.

The Stranger is extremely enthusiastic about the idea— which shows up physically as a subtle, coy upturning at the corner of his mouth and a little sparkle in his eye. (Hob feels proud that he can read this reaction so well.) He's so enthusiastic, in fact, that the Stranger offers to get them both into a first-class lounge. Hob doesn't even pretend to hesitate to say yes.

Let's just say they get to the lounge, split some cheese and wine, and the proceed to get even more enthusiastic with each other in a private room. Hob's lucky he brought a change of clothes in his carry-on. (Maybe Hob's not so lucky and can't sit comfortably during his next three-hour flight.)

Hob gets a bit emotional when he has to leave for his next flight (already missing being able to hold his Stranger's face so gently, being able to card his fingers through his soft, smokey hair) and gets his guts together to ask if the Stranger wants to exchange phone numbers or something, so they can be in contact more regularly. Perhaps even, meet on purpose maybe? The Stranger smiles and kisses him lightly on the cheek when he slips a business card into Hob's hand.

Hob's so caught up in it all that he doesn't check the business card until he's fully boarded and sat on his next flight. And he gawks.

Morpheus Aion The Dreaming Publishing House

As in, one of White Horse Air's biggest shareholders? Aion, as in, probably the sibling of Teleute Aion? As in, Teleute Aion, the CEO of White Horse Air?! Hob almost passes out.

In the end, Morpheus and Hob laugh it out. Morpheus promises he never abused his sibling privileges to invade Hob's privacy, but used the sibling perks to frequent White Horse Air flights a little more than he even needed to just for the chance to see Hob again. They're both happy to not need to keep flying just for that chance anymore, haha. Idiots in love! Turns out, while Teleute lives where Hob keeps having his layovers, Morpheus and Hob actually live just a few hours driving from each other from their shared initial departure location. It all works out perfectly, and Morpheus self-restraint from inviting Hob to move in (so they don't have to keep travelling to see each other, no matter how small) lasts not even a year after they officially start dating. Hob doesn't even pretend to hesitate to say yes :)

(Years down the line, much after they're married, Hob finally has enough miles to get them back into those first-class lounges to have more fun. It's all very lovely.)

[seph-ic]

My favorite unofficial friend group is Rachel, Grover, Percy, Annabeth, Nico, and Will cause yes I am well aware that some of these have no basis in cannon whatsoever but I think the dynamic would be fun like:

They’re all first arc kids and I like to think there’s some odd unspoken bond from that

Tartarus club

Golden trio

Also people forget that Rachel and Grover spent a lot of time together during hoo so I’d imagine they’d be close

Nico and Percy as the token big three kids

Grover and Percy are best friends I will die on this hill

I like to think that Annabeth and Will had a similar relationship to Percy and Nico (minus the crush lol) and that they’re super close these days.

All of them fought in both big wars

Grover as the token straight friend

Rachel + Will dying all of their hair

Solangelo Percabeth double dates

Rachel and Grover stop each other from feeling like third wheels (which rarely happens)

They all hang out at Sally’s … like a lot. Cause she’s pretty much the closest any of them has to a mother figure (except will??)

Annabeth and Will nerding out about science (Physics v.s. Biology)

Nico and Rachel are liberal arts kids to death

They all have a lot of fun introducing Nico to modern day things. It’s so entertaining that they dedicate one day a month to all meeting up and showing Nico something new.

(Annabeth is black eat me) Rachel has curly hair as well so her and Annabeth swap hair care tips.

The girls actually become SUPER close and hang out all the time.

Everyone kind of takes up a big sibling role for Will and Nico. Percy and Annbeth especially and they often coach them through a lot of being-a-good-councilor-hurdles

Rachel teaches Nico how to paint. (I just remember him admiring her paintings in TON and I won’t let it go)

Will and Grover (and probably Percy) grow weed. Will uses it a lot as a medicinal herb, but he also smokes it with Grover and Percy from time to time. Also they all make weed brownies together one time and then watch Disney’s Hercules together and it’s a wreck.

TONS of karaoke, made all the better by the fact that none of them can sing. Rachel is definitely the best tho

Sparring/training together

Rachel and Will do tarot together

Grover Percy and Nico (sometimes Annabeth) play video games together alot.

They gossip a lot

They babysit Estelle

When they’re all a bit older sometimes they’ll just rock up to camp to help out and tell the kids stories

Just hanging out and drinking and being teens

Nico loves to braid the girls hair (like he used to with Bianca)

Nico will summon ancient artists, architects, and physicians, for Rachel, Annabeth, and Will to talk too

They all teach Will how to drive

Beach days

They might go camping or something

Annabeth helps Rachel work the analytics on her social media art accounts so she gets lots of followers

They all borrow each other’s clothes. This leads to a lot of interesting fashion choices

Rachel introduces Will and Percy to anime and they get SUPER into it

Annabeth and Grover build eco-friendly treehouses at camp for the nymphs and satyers

They talk about their trauma a lot. It’s much easier for them to talk about it to one another because they know they’ll understand

SLEEPOVERS. The do all the stereotypical stuff: face masks, truth or dare, movies.. ect

Percy and Nico have a lot of adventures in cooking, which they both like to do. They’ve make at least 8 different types of blue pasta

Will and Percy are honorary horse girls (wills from the country and Percy just likes horses) and they go for Pegasus/unicorn rides around camp

They all work really well in battle. Anytime there is a monster the six of them can usually take care of it in 15 minutes

Capture the flag

Secret handshakes

They will literally just show up at one another’s at 3 am to go get shakes

Percy Nico and Rachel have the same/ similar music tastes and they go to concerts together

They help each other for quests and stuff

A very active group chat

Idk I just want them to be friends and do friend things cause it’s nice and they deserve it.

[teecupangel]

I have been thinking what about if Desmond turned into a Pegasus, a Hippogriff or even better a Griffin. I just really like the image of Desmond's ancestors riding into battle or just flat out jumps from Desmond's back mid flight leap of faith style.

To be honest I like Griffin Desmond more. The combination of bird of prey and big feline is just so fitting for the Assassin's Brotherhood. Aerial superiority plus the stealth agility and flexibility of a cat. Plus imagine Altaïr finding cub Desmond during AC1 and thinking he is just a cat sized chubby ball of fluff that can fly and claw at the enemies faces (and also curl up with him at night and purr, Desmond's feathers and fur are very soft). Then fast forward a few years where baby is all grown up, can claw through steel and armor, is bigger than most horses and capable of easily carrying two people comfortably on his back and still have space for a third (that doesn't stop Desmond from sleeping in Altaïr's bed much to Altaïr's delight displeasure).

Also could put some AltMal in there with cub Desmond helping mend their relationship (Kadar is alive because I said so, maybe he saved him at the cave). And bringing those two for a nice flight.

Desmond goes down in Assassin history as a legendary creature whose chosen rider/companion goes on to do great things.

I wrote a pegasus idea but I can’t seemed to find it :(

I think I also wrote Griffin version but I’m soooo unsure so… have this little scene instead? XD

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It was the sounds of quick feet hastily walking away that alerted him.

Altaïr raised his head and placed the quill back to the small ink bottle next to the journal he had been writing on, the two pages filled with the ongoing designs for Desmond’s armor with notes all over concerning the materials and possible alternatives.

He stood and waited for Malik to open the door to reach the mentor’s office from the second floor of the main keep. Altaïr kept his face blank, observing Malik’s face.

He was frowning with lips set on a grim line.

But his eyes did not bore any darkness nor blaze.

So… annoyed but not murderous or angry.

Altaïr could work with that.

… he just have to find out what he did wrong this time before Malik’s annoyance boiled into anger.

“Malik…” Altaïr greeted cautiously with a nod.

“Follow me.”

With that said, Malik walked out of the office and Altaïr grabbed the journal, not wishing it to be seen by anyone. He kept it open though because of the ink but followed Malik quietly, ignoring the way the other Assassins and scholars rushed (while walking) out of their way.

Malik led him to their private quarters and Altaïr was trying to remember if he had forgotten something.

Did he leave books haphazardly again?

No.

Altaïr was sure all the books had been organized this morning. He hadn’t even touched any of them, having been woken up by Kadar before dawn because of a new merchant who thought he could pull a fast one on Kadar with the absurd prices he had set for supplies.

Well…

Kadar was the reason why he had woken up but it was Kadar’s assistant, a young Assassin who had to leave the field due to a severe injury, that had woke him up and begged him to intervene before Kadar pushed the merchant off the fortress wall and make it look like an accident.

… not that it ever happened before.

Was it because Altaïr left in a hurry with no time to-

No.

Malik wouldn’t be annoyed by something so small.

They entered the room and Malik led him to…

Ah.

“Care you tell me about your bedwarmer when I’m not here?” Malik asked dryly.

To anyone else, they would probably assume Malik thought Altaïr had been spending the night with another behind his back.

But…

Desmond stared at them, wings twitching slightly as he remained curled on the bed, currently in disarray with feathers all over.

One of the pillows (the blue one that no one really uses anyway) had been eviscerated, its guts flowing out from the telltale talon marks.

“I can explain.” Altaïr started.

It was bound to happen.

Malik didn’t know that Desmond would come into their room and sleep with Altaïr whenever he was away.

Altaïr wasn’t even sure if Desmond did it to comfort Altaïr or if he wanted some comfort but it had been a habit they formed since he found Desmond as a cub, so small he could fit in one of Altaïr’s arms effortlessly.

Malik raised an eyebrow as he said, “Alright, I’m listening.”

Desmond slowly got up and tried to make himself look small (a fruitless effort considering his actual size) while crawling towards the now open door.

“Desmond.”

Desmond froze at the sound of Malik’s voice.

“Stay.”

Desmond stared at Altaïr, his big eyes seemingly becoming bigger, glistening with plea.

Altaïr turned his eyes away.

Desmond made an almost clicking sound before walking towards Altaïr, going on his haunches next to him.

“Well…” Malik glared at Altaïr, “Go ahead, Altaïr.”

Altaïr stared at Malik and wondered.

… what the hell was he supposed to explain?

[minty-mumbles]

Flared Fins Mer AU Lore Dump

You can find the fic on tumblr and on AO3

Character Breakdowns:

Wind: 8 (Pup) - Tropical Mer

Adult coloring will be Orange with light blue splotches, like a koi fish’s pattern

Fun fact: He and Warriors are, in fact, very distantly related.

Hyrule: 13/14 (Juvenile) - Octopus Mer

Adult coloring: Green with golden freckles all over him

Fun fact: His healing magic is not as strong in this fic, or at least not as developed. Most of his magic

Wild: 15/16 (Juvenile) - Deepsea Mer - Adult coloring: Dark blue with teal lines. The markings on one of his arms are strangely more of a green color, for some reason

Fun facts: His fins are bioluminescent (and his markings as well, when he gets older.) He has giant fins that are good for threat displays but are very delicate. He’s a better fighter then Hyrule, but being in more fights leads to him having a lot of torn fins. Due to being a deepsea Mer, who would naturally have less opportunities to eat, he metabolizes his food well and doesn’t need to feed as often.

Four: 16 (Juvenile)  - Tropical Mer (Based off a beta fish)

Adult coloring: On one side is green fading to red on the fins, the other is blue fading to purple. As a juvenile, he only has the split green and blue

Fun fact: Four absorbed his twin in the egg, which is why his colors are split down the middle. He is the most territorial in the pod. When he and Wild get to know each other, they like to flare their fins at each other to show off and get rid of territorial aggression. Four bites

Legend: 19 (Almost an adult) - Tropical Mer (Based off a Sea bunny, which is a kind of sea slug)

Adult coloring: Light Pink with red markings

Fun facts: He is courting Ravio (A purple sea bunny.) His tail ring functions the same as his pegasus boots, which is why he could catch Hyrule

Sky: 21 (Adult) - Tropical Mer (Based off the flying fish)

Coloring: Red with silver fins and small yellow marks

Fun facts: He is courting Sun. He has a giant pet Grouper called Crimson. (Sky: Crimson is friend, not food!) Crimson is nine feet long and can pull him along faster than most mers can swim. (Groupers really can get that big. They probably aren’t really that fast though.)

Twilight: 23-25 (Adult) - Tropical/Freshwater hybrid

Coloring: Dark green with gray underbelly and thick black marks

Fun fact: His colors are so much duller because of his freshwater ancestry. He can survive in freshwater for a lot longer than others can. Sometimes goes and hunts in nearby rivers. He has an orca tooth necklace that can turn him into an orca. Yes, the Orca is called “Orcie.”

Warriors: 25-27 (Adult) - Tropical Mer

Coloring: Royal blue with orange marks on the ends of his fins. HE has a kind of iridescence to his scales that most Mer consider very pretty

Fun fact: Warriors has a twin, Linkle, who is currently very lost, wandering around in deep sea Mer territory.

Time: Very old (Adult) - Tropical Mer

Coloring: White/silver with thin red and blue line markings

Fun fact: He is mates with Malon, who is a deepsea Mer. Malon prefers to live in the deep, but they visit each other often. Yes, it is weird that a deepsea Mer would take a permanent mate but Malon does what she wants. She thinks it’s very funny that her husband adopted so many kids, and dots on them when she visits.

Worldbuilding:

Very young Mer are called fry. They are a lot more competent than human babies, being able to swim right after hatching, but during the first year of their life, they run mainly on their fish instincts. Fry are not considered super valuable to Mer, because Mer may have up to 20 fry from one clutch of eggs. Very few of survive the fry stage. Often a pod will choose the best looking/biggest fry and focus their energy on them, leaving the others to fend for themselves. (They won’t be chased away or killed, and if one does make it to puphood by themselves, all the better. But smaller pods can’t afford to feed 20 new mouths at once when all of them won’t survive.)

Those that reach a year old are called pups, at which point they shake off the more intense instincts, and become a little more reliant on their guardians. At 12-14 years old, they become juveniles. They have a huge growth spurt, and they turn from their dull pup colors to their main adult colors. Pup colors are usually either neutrals (other than white) or a very desaturated version of their adult colors. They are considered adults at around 20, around which time they gain their makings. They stop aging at around 30 years old, but keep getting bigger.

Tropical Mer stay in their birth pods unless they get a mate and decide to go to their mate’s pod, or decide to try to start their own pods. There are exceptions though, where juveniles/new adults will leave their pod because they don't fit in well.

Mer “Species” are more vague categories. There are tropical, deepsea, fresh water, octopus, etc. Most of them can still interbreed with only a little difficulty, (as long as they can get over their different social practices) so they’re not really distinct species. (Thought sometimes interbreeding can be difficult to achieve, and sometimes those children turn out sterile, like Mules are)

Tropical Mer are territorial, but they do still interact with neighboring Pods and trade at designated market areas. They aren’t isolated. Deepsea Mer are solitary, and Octopus Mer are solitary/only share territory with mates. If you are part of a social species but do not have a pod, you are considered a loner.

For one reason or another, Time ended up taking each of the boys under his fin, so to speak. Four was abandoned by his birth Pod because of his strange colors when he became a juvenile. Twilight went exploring up a river where his Tropical Mer mother could not follow, and couldn’t find her again when he came back. Sky fell asleep as a pup and got left behind when his pod moved on. Due to being twins, Warriors and Linkle were small coming out of the egg, and their pods decided to focus more on their other fry. Warriors never really integrated himself into the pod after that and left early. Things like that.

Mer can’t breathe air. A typical adult Mer can hold their breath comfortably for about 30 minutes though, so they still like to sunbathe on beaches if they can. They have gills on their neck and sides of their chest. Water flows into the neck gills and out the chest gills. The mouth is just for vocalizations and eating. As long as their necks are in the water, they can stick their heads out of the water as long as they want. They have bad eyesight above the waves.

Mer have their own language that needs to be taught to children, but they also have more internal vocalization that does not need to be taught. These vocalizations can get across more specific messages than just emotions, but the meanings aren’t as advanced as language. If you spend a lot of time around a Mer, you will be able to pick up on some of their vocalizations’ more subtle meanings, like discerning “hello” from “good morning/evening/etc.”

Mer are mostly carnivores, and they obviously do not cook their food. They do not scavenge unless they are desperate, preferring to hunt for themselves. Sometimes they eat plants like kelp for variety, but that’s not essential. Mollusk type shellfish (Clams, oysters, ect) are good snacks but aren’t really filling. 

Mer that are social sleep cuddled together and all intertwined, to keep themselves from drifting apart while they're asleep. (Less of a fear when sleeping in a cave, but in the open ocean? Many pods have been permanently split on accident because of currents moving them three miles apart in the night)

Hylians exist in this au and they know that Mer exist, but they don't interact much. There’s a language barrier, and Hylians can’t make the right sounds for Mer language and vice versa. There have been exceptions, where one species’ sign language is taught to a member of the other, but this isn’t common. Hylians are at the same level of development as in the LOZ games. They do not have modern science, etc

[fairytail-whathesays]

Loke/Laxus has me intrigued actually, any headcanons for that?

As with all things, I can give it my best shot!

Loke was furious with Laxus, to a degree above the rest of the guild, when he had the nerve to show his face after leaving the guild to fight Phantom Lord on their own. He attempted to fight Laxus 1v1 for it, but rather than get his ass summarily whooped as anyone else would have, Laxus just let Loke wear himself out trying to hurt him. It wounded Loke's already low self-esteem much more than punching him outright would have.

Any grudge over that disappeared after Tenrou Island, because Laxus was there when everyone needed help and Loke wasn't.

Loke was the one who referred Laxus to Master Bob, having previously been contracted to a Blue Pegasus wizard, thus facilitating Laxus and the Thunder Legion's stay there during Fairy Tail's year of disbandment.

Laxus and Freed (and Evergreen) were all immensely popular among the women there and hoo boy, did that rile up Loke something fierce. Loke was immediately on 100% power, and did everything in his power to try and make his 'turf' his again.

It didn't work.

Because some of these headcanons have to be funny and unserious or I'll eventually run out of steam, this made Loke so pissed the he decided he'd just date Laxus himself so as to keep all the ladies from migrating into his pocket.

Laxus literally agrees for shits and giggles.

Loke is in a pickle because none of his usual so-cheesy-it-actually-works flirting strategies work on Laxus. For that matter, Loke can't fulfill the role he usually prefers to take in relationships, which is the knight in shining armor and the guy who keeps the other party swooning and blushing at all times.

Loke: I'm unseduce-able. You could never meet my high standards. Laxus: puts on an RnB song Loke:

Because I admittedly had trouble concept-ing this ship as Fairy Tail characters, I'm gonna replace the usual NS/FW section with an AU section:

Loke is the real name of a veteran competitive gamer who goes by the online handle Leo (and yes, he can be a furry if you're the type to stan SonicFox or whatever).

He's serious stuff--your friendly neighborhood gamerbro jocks who think they're hot shit at video games would find their asses virtually nuked if they tried to 1v1 him. Games are his life.

He has just started to really build his empire online and translate the world of success in video gaming into something resembling a celebrity-style dating life, when he's challenged by a newcomer only known by the handle "Thunder God". No pfp, no information known, never speaks over voice chat or types messages. He thinks he'll whoop him like all the rest.

You already know what happens--the shocking upset, and legendary gamer Loke is summarily beaten (probably while streaming in front of like 3,000 people) by this mysterious no-face.

This starts up a very public debate wherein Loke is at risk of losing his title and status if he loses again, should Thunder God show his face--because Thunder God is now out there, casually destroying other gaming legends like some silent, deadly assassin. Loke does some investigating all the way down to hiring white-hat hacker Lucy Heartfilia, and decides to find out who this guy is.

When he finally meets up with the guy, he naturally thinks the guy who answers the door is Thunder God's older brother--actually, what he asks is "are you Laxus' dad?" and the death glare he receives induces f e a r.

For reference, Laxus is a 6'3" masc4masc built like a power lifter. His jawline has probably killed people before and his broody vaguely unhappy stare is more suited to indebted college students than pro gamers. Loke flat-out does not believe him when he says he's the Thunder God.

Admittedly, Loke doesn't look much like the picture of 'pro gamer' either--he's handsome and popular and those stylish blue glasses are now an official part of his merch line.

It doesn't take much convincing, though--one round at Super Smash Bros with the most embarrassing joke of a character Laxus can find, and the proof is right there. From there on out, a rivalry is cemented, with Loke swearing to beat Laxus in an upcoming tournament and Laxus basically going "yeah, whatever".

Said rivalry starts to turn to affection when Laxus actually...asks Loke to hang out some time. It turns out Laxus is kind of lonely, and Loke basically won't deny him attention if it comes with an attempt to finally beat him at their preferred game. Loke takes it as an opportunity to try and figure out Laxus' tricks, while Laxus uses it to get a cute guy to talk to him.

When Loke actually starts to see Laxus in a different light--as opposed to some upstart asshole threatening his throne--is when Laxus shows him his garage. It's basically a merch display except instead of merch it's priceless gaming arcade memorabilia, all working. You turn off the lights, and the whole place lights up in flourescent and neon lightning like some arcade-hopping teen's fantasy in the 90s. Laxus' dad (Ivan) was a deadbeat who gamed all day instead of finding a job, which is why Laxus is a missed bill away from being destitute...but he left Laxus some killer gaming instincts.

It turns out Laxus is kind of an 'ex-con' of the gaming world--information Lucy and her hacker friend Levy manage to dig up. He was banned from several gaming tournaments because of violent behavior and threats, rendering all his skill at gaming virtually irrelevant. Lucy and Levy recommend using this for blackmail's sake--either Laxus throws the tournament so Loke can keep his title, or Loke can expose his identity if he wins, thus rendering the victory null.

Loke can't go through with it, obviously. It turns out all that time spent with Laxus resulted in *choking noise* actually liking him.

The tournament happens, and predictably, the last two to make it past all the brackets are Loke and Laxus. The two major differences between this match and all the others is that a) Loke actually sort of holds his own, having practiced against Laxus so many times and b) Laxus actually makes use of text chat. They send messages back and forth throughout their fight.

It's long-winded, but Laxus wins, effectively becoming the Rey Mysterio of the gaming world. Loke, however, gets to keep his reputation intact by taking his career off in a new direction. After the courtesy 'good game man' messages left in chat, Loke types out 'wanna go out to dinner sometime'.

Laxus accepts in front of like a million viewers and boom, they're a power couple now.

[hyacinthoideshispanica]

An idea for a Gwynriel college/fake-dating au

Azriel's mother is visiting him at college for the first time, and he wants her to think he's a responsible adult who knows how to cook real, healthy food. Not just ordering pizza and reheating takeout. So he goes to the library to check out some cookbooks, and Gwyn, who works there, helps him out.

Azriel, carrying a stack of at least 15 different cookbooks to the checkout station: I'll take all of these, please.

Gwyn: Ummm....wow. Alright then, if you don't mind me asking, why so many cookbooks? Are you majoring in culinary arts?

Azriel: Not even close, I'm just cooking dinner for my Mom tonight.

Gwyn: Are you making her a 15-course meal with one recipe from each book?

Azriel:... It's too much, huh?

Gwyn: Definitely. Maybe I can help you. What kinds of food does your mom like?

Azriel: She's not very picky, but we tended to eat more simple stuff when I was growing up.

Gwyn: Ok. Well, if you're going for simple, I think we can take out the fancy French cookbooks...

Eventually, they narrow it down to three, and as he's walking away, looking through the recipes, Azriel realizes he has almost none of the ingredients for any of them at home, and he has to go grocery shopping.

Gwyn materializes at his side and hands him a paper and pen.

Gwyn: My shift ends in twenty minutes. Why don't you write out everything you need for tonight, and I'll help you grab it at the store. That way, you'll have plenty of time to get home and cook.

25 minutes later, Azriel is in his car, following Gwyn's little teal blue car with a pegasus decal on the back to the grocery store in town. Azriel had been there before, during the first week of classes, but as time went on, he just found it easier to order takeout, grab stuff from the campus cafeteria, or stop by the small convenience store by his apartment for food instead of going 30 minutes into town.

He parks next to Gwyn, and she's already out of her car, leaning against the hood, waiting for him.

Gwyn: By the way, we never really introduced ourselves. I'm Gwyn.

Azriel introduces himself, and they go into the store and start hunting through the aisles.

Azriel notices Gwyn grab some tea and a few packs of cookies.

Azriel: Those aren't on the list.

Gwyn: Oh, these are for me. You're not the only one who needed to come here today. But you should probably grab some extra stuff, too. After all, don't you want your mom to think you regularly shop? You gotta make it look realistic.

Gwyn tosses a few large bags of chips and a case of beer into the cart to make her point, and Azriel follows through, adding some of his favorite protein shakes and a pack of pudding cups to the cart.

Gwyn: So, I've seen you around campus a few times, but ever really in the library. What's your major?

Azriel: (I can't think of anything), yours?

Gwyn: Norse Mythology. I'm fascinated by the Valkyries.

They talk a little more as they load their bags into their cars, and Azriel gets a text from his mom saying that her flight is actually landing sooner than expected, and she'll be there in a few hours. Azriel panics because he won't have time to finish cooking everything, and again, Gwyn offers to help so things go faster.

They get back to his apartment and start cooking. Azriel prepares a salad while Gwyn makes a quick batch of dinner rolls from scratch. They put the chicken, covered in lemon and herbs, in the oven to roast. And then make some brownies for dessert.

Azriel profusely thanks Gwyn for her help, saying he owes her big time and she shrugs it off, saying she'll gladly accept some leftover brownies as payment, and Azriel promises to bring her some tomorrow. Then, when he opens the door of his apartment to walk her out, they run directly into his mother.

Azriel's mother sees Gwyn and assumes she is her son's girlfriend and immediately invites her to stay and eat with them. Gwyn awkwardly accepts, and an even more awkward dinner ensues.

Azriel's mother: So, how did you meet?

Gwyn: Well, I'd seen him around campus a bit, but we didn't officially meet until he came into the library where I work.

Azriel: I needed some books but didn't really know what I was looking for. She was a big help.

Azriel can't help smiling at Gwyn appreciatively, and she blushes a little while smiling back. Azriel's mother sees and makes a comment about how Azriel never mentioned a girlfriend before, and Gwyn covers for him by explaining that they only made things official recently and she wasn't expecting to meet his mother so soon.

Azriel's mother ends up visiting for, like, a month and the entire time, Azriel and Gwyn fully commit to a fake-dating trope, and of course, real feelings develop.

Bonus idea: This happens freshman year, and the next year, when his mother gets ready to visit again, she says she can't wait to see Gwyn again.

After their month of fake dating last year, Azriel and Gwyn do still talk and hang out sometimes. They even have a class together this semester. So one day, he asks her if she's willing to pretend again. She agrees, she really liked his mom and she knows he'll pay her in brownies.

And so, at least once a year, they fully commit to pretending to be a couple, and during her visit during senior year, she pulls Azriel aside and asks when he's planning to propose.

It's at this point that Azriel realizes just how badly he's fallen for Gwyn over the years, but he thinks she sees him as just a friend (she doesn't). So, one day, he's talking to Gwyn and suggests they "break up," and to his surprise, Gwyn seems very upset by this. He tries to smooth things over by making a joke about how he'll still make her brownies, and that just makes things worse. Gwyn stalks off and ignores Azriel's attempts to talk to her. A few days go by, and Nesta and Emerie, Gwyn's best friends, show up at Azriel's doorstep and scold him for toying with Gwyn's heart for years because he was too much of a coward to tell his mother the truth.

What neither woman realizes is that Azriel's mother is in the next room and can hear every word. She comes out and asks Azriel what they're talking about, and after the girls leave, he sits down and tells his mom the truth. That Gwyn was never his girlfriend. He met her the same day she did, and he just wanted her to think that he was doing fine on his own, so he got Gwyn to pretend for him. But he actually has feelings for her now, but she doesn't feel the same.

Azriel's mom tells him, affectionately, that he's an idiot. Gwyn clearly has feelings for him and encourages him to go fix things with her.

As always, I don't have the talent to write an actual fic, so this prompt is up for grabs.

[heckyeahponyscans]

Thoughts on MLP Make Your Mark Ch.4, Ep. 6 "A Little Horse"

Summary: When Pipp gets sick with a sore throat, her friends try to help her, with varying degrees of success. Meanwhile, Opaline decides it's time to put her plan into action.

The funny thing about this episode is it doesn't have much of a plot (most of it is just Pipp's friends trying to make her feel better), and yet I really enjoyed it. Like, Sunny's quest to find a soup recipe from Queen Haven didn't really move the plot forward, but Queen Haven is so melodramatic and funny that I'm never going to complain about her getting screentime, you know?

The humor really hit the mark in this one, too. Deadpan lines which are moved on from quickly. (My favorite gags were Pipp saying "I actually haven't been alone yet" and Hitch refraining from translating the tirade of the seagull playwrite.)

Also, we got a flashback to baby Pipp!

The sisterly vibe was strong between Pipp and Zipp in this episode, from Zipp revealing that she was only watching Pipp's livestream due to the collab with Electric Blue to her reminiscing about sticking a candy apple in Pipp's mane. But we also got to see the softer side of sisterhood with Zipp constantly checking in on Pipp.

. . . and bringing Pipp every single volume of the Adventures of Chevalia. Love that Zipp is a fantasy book nerd, she's just like me fr.

This is the cover of one of the Chevalia books, featuring a pony with similar colors to Celestia, except it appears to be a pegasus.

Along with Pipp's other visitors is Misty! Who the gang haven't seen since the Manesquerade Ball. So we can infer that Opaline has been keeping her close to the castle.

As early as "Traditional Unicorn Sleepover" Misty has liked hanging out with the Mane 5 because they're kind to her and expose her to wonders like chocolate-covered popcorn (excuse me, "ponycorn"). But this shows how much she's grown into these friendships, that it's not one-sided and Misty also cares about the other ponies' well-being.

Misty also brought a present wrapped in newspaper: a mane brush. Presumably her only mane brush. Misty, you are so sweet.

Also her expression when Pipp thanks her is very cute.

I loved Zipp's conspiracy board montage!

And Sunny and Twilight are SO cute in these drawings, awww!

Anyway, Zipp has correctly deduced that an alicorn is the evil pony Twilight Sparkle was talking about. The book from "Manesquerade" told her that alicorns can harness magic other than their own, namely dragon magic.

When Misty rushes back to report this, we see a room in "the lair" that we've never seen before, which looks significantly nicer than Misty's bedroom. Probably either a library or Opaline's room. Opaline declares it's finally time to put their plan into action.

Other random thoughts:

it must be hell texting with hooves

Pipp's webcam looks like a bunny, very cute

During the critter play Pipp mentions Breezies, the tiny ponies seen in G3 and G4.

This board game was already obviously a Monopoly reference (with the top hat) but now it also has the weird shoe!

Previously I noted that Opaline always talks about "our" plans to Misty, which is unusual for a villain. (It's most often the opposite, with the villain's sidekick being like "And then we'll rule the world!" and then the villain snarls at them and the sidekick hastily says, "I mean YOU will rule the world!")

In this episode Opaline says "We must act!" and Misty pushes back with "You mean I must act?" This made me view Opaline's words in a new light . . . That maybe the "we" isn't about feeling solidarity with Misty, but more about tricking Misty into buying into Opaline's plans by feeling like she has a stake in them.

But on a subconscious level, because Opaline is more of a bulldozer than a subtle puppetmaster.

The episode ends with Opaline's sinister laugh; she doesn't notice Misty isn't joining in.

[seekerbr]

So, a while back i wrote some notes for a fanfic idea that I had, about Kaiba adopting Jaden when he was very little; there is a lot of fanart about it and a few fanfics too, but a lot of them focused on ships i don't care a lot about so i wanted to write my own take on it... the only problem being that i haven't watched a lot of GX yet, so I didn't feel that confident on writing it, also don't really have a lot of free time.

So i'm posting my notes on it here! Maybe i finish it someday, i don't know, but here it is:

Plot: Jaden Yuki is actually Seto Kaiba’s adopted son, probably named Jaden Kaiba. His biological parents died when he was very young, and Kaiba at the time wanted to adopt a child (he would not admit it out loud, but he was feeling a bit lonely after Mokuba grew up and started to study a lot more and go out with friends, and so decided to adopt someone).

His personality is still pretty similar to the original, very cheery, lazy and childish, but a little smarter since he studied a lot more when he was younger (not a lot though…).

His relationship with his father is a little… complicated. His father clearly loves him, and wants to protect Jaden of any problem that could happen. Jaden also loves his father, and thinks that he is super cool and talented. But Kaiba can be quite clueless about people’s emotions and needs sometimes, and Jaden is pretty reckless and energetic in a way that frustrates his father quite often.

He also wants him to inherit KaibaCorp one day, something that Jaden really does not want to do (he finds this kind of job very boring) and instead wants to become a professional duelist, and become the next king of games. I imagine that the stuff with Yubel happening with him during his childhood too, and I can’t imagine that Seto would want him to spend a lot of his time dueling after all that.

He met Yugi and friends quite a few times, usually on his birthdays. Kaiba did not invite them, of course, but Mokuba wanted the closest thing he had to friends to meet his son. Jaden loves Joey and Yugi, and imitates them a lot, something that annoys his father quite a bit.

(BTW, Yugi has retired from dueling, and now works making games and in his grandfather’s gameshop. He works for KaibaCorp, and can give advice to Kaiba and Mokuba on how to deal with some of Jaden’s emotions sometimes.)

Besides Yugi’s friends, he also probably met Pegasus before (though I doubt that his father ever told him about the bad things he did in the past), as well as Zigfried and Chazz’s brothers. In fact he probably met Chazz when he was younger, but he would not recognize Jaden now.

That’s because Jaden would not be recognizable as Kaiba’s son for the average person; for one, Kaiba decided to not put the spotlight on his son a lot, especially after his childhood, mostly by the insistence of Mokuba to give him a better life as a teen and also stop him from getting kidnapped a lot. He also usually changes Jaden’s hair with gel when they are together, so people won't really know him by his natural “Kuriboh hair” look.

He ends up going to Duel Academy after fighting with his father about his future, with him initially not wanting his son to go; he creates a fake last name (Yuki, inspired by Yugi) and never tells his friends, other students or teachers about the fact that Seto Kaiba is his father (maybe Shepard knows about it, Crowler definitely does not); his father also does not know initially, but Jaden tells him pretty early on and he begrudgingly accepts it. He calls his father on the phone sometimes, probably lies about being in Obelisk Blue. (maybe his father learns the truth later on, won't tell Jaden though.) 

That means that when he helps people with their family problems (Syrus, Chumley, Chazz, Alexis… a lot of people actually) it feels very strange for him; he does not know how to solve the problems with his own father, and just wants to run away from his problems with him.

Eventually i guess Kaiba would finally visit his own school and finally discuss things with Jaden face to face, probably the two would fight about his choices for his future and the fact he's in Slifer. Jaden's friends would probaby be shocked to say the least

[rainstormcolors]

For the ask meme!

Ygo: 3, 6, 8

Prideshipping: 9, 15

Seto Kaiba: 2, 6, 7

Hello! Thank you for the ask.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

3) …which scene I would like to erase from the universe and why.

People are pretty fair in disliking uncomfortable fanservicey scenes in the early manga and those could be nixed without being missed.

6) …which is my favorite platonic or familial relationship in this world.

Seto and Mokuba Kaiba are important to me and I feel they have a complex and nuanced relationship, and it’s kept them both alive and has given them hope but it has its tensions as well. The love in an imperfect family struggling and surviving, and understanding each other and not understanding each other and being there for each other or not knowing how to be there for each other, and reaching for each other, failing at times, and trying.

8) …a quote from it that means a lot to me

Oh whoops... I forgot to include this one initially.

"For him." -- Seto Kaiba

Prideshipping

9) …what my ideal endgame for them is.

I toy with how their relationship may play out in a few ways. Sometimes Seto and Atem meet that final time in the Netherworld, and they see and understand how much they mean to each other and can say goodbye, and Seto returns home alone. Sometimes Seto and Atem return home together. There was a period after DSoD first came out where Japanese fan stories would feature Seto traveling back and forth between the mortal world and the Netherworld and I don’t mind toying with that concept either. It probably depends on my mood. I like the two holding onto that bond. Knowing they meant something to each other. And/or continuing to be part of each other’s lives.

I do think both Seto and Atem have growing to do as people, and should learn about themselves and the world more, but I also don’t feel the two need to be glued at the hip in the case of Atem returning home with Seto. I do think it would take time for them to be stably together. I kind of characterize them as starting out as “exclusive-friends-with-benefits,” and it takes time for them to move into labeling their relationship a romance.

15) …how I wish their story would go/would have gone.

I feel this fictional relationship might be too close to my heart for me to want to change it exactly. Which is a non-answer so I apologize. I kind of see the characters as themselves in canon and can’t ask for them to change exactly.

Seto Kaiba

2) …how I would have chosen to change their story from canon.

This is again a taste/preference thing of course. I certainly have added more details to the early portion of Seto’s canon in my mind, and it’d be nice if some of those details were canon. More details of the mentally breaking away from everything and everyone. Maybe more foreshadowing of Gozaburo haunting him.

6) …the scene that I think shows just how awesome they really are.

You know, lately I’ve been thinking of Seto’s tired and regret-filled and mournful expression as he internally apologizes for failing Mokuba just before Pegasus seals away Seto’s soul. “Awesome” isn’t really the correct word. But for some reason I’ve been thinking of those panels.

Perhaps related, and maybe more in the category of “awesome” is Seto trusting in his deck and cards during that duel as he blindly pulls the Blue Eyes White Dragon to play from his deck. A gesture of faith and hope and heart.

I answered 7 previously.

Thank you again for the ask. I hope tomorrow is kind to you.

[catrose13]

Chapter 4 A Very Particular Set of Skills... "Learning things whether you want to or not" is my favourite of this chapters "Brought to You By" The chapter art also continues to be awesome

Mokuba is very unimpressed with Pegasus' hostage keeping skills

"in his Barbarous rage" yikes, he was feral enough without Barbarous rage

What's an evil lair without a bottomless pit?

..."Testicular-trauma based revenge" yikes, Mokuba possibly you should avoid the guards

He thanks the Blue-Eyes-White-Dragon topiary bush, aw

Lol Pegasus you underestimated Mokuba

...Joey...are you...breaking the Fourth Wall? Are you allowed to do that?

Poor Yugi, clowns can be very disturbing. Téa's ready to throw down, no clowns gonna touch her friends

Honestly I don't think the foxes need training to steal from people

Heh using facts you learnt an hour ago to make your point, nice one Joey

Ah Joeys Mom returns once more to prove how bad a parent she is

"Lost" can have so many connotations

...Joey this is the second time you've touched upon the Fourth Wall is there something you'd like to tell us?

So many ocean facts. I am definitely learning

Wow dolphins are assholes

Yugi...how many crimes are you going to encourage during this tournament?

Poor naive Yami "Oh I thought this would be because of the Shadow Game, glad we're only messing with his money" "No we're definitely gonna fuck him up" paraphrased

Mako knows so many "mad reliable people"

The casual shade thrown at the British museum

Pegasus, the joke wasn't funny to begin with

...I thought ketamine was a vet thing, can it be prescribed to humans?...Google says it can good to know

Kemo you really should have listened to your Grandma

Pegasus you're still talking in Capital Letters and it's less Ominous than you think and a lot more... concerning

...Cornered Rabid Mongoose, I can see why the Parasite would want to avoid that outcome

Bakura is really not a fan of this or any of the Parasites adventures, and yet he finds ways to make the most of it.

Joey...again with the Fourth Wall

Secrets age like melons because aged milk can still be cheese. Yami just spilling truths into the world

Poor Yami, so confused, "Where are all these people coming from? And why do they hate you?"

"Spiritual Appendectomy With A Chainsaw" Welp that's one way to explain what they did to Kaiba

Ohp Joeys measuring the shoulder height, he's noticing the differences!!

...Tristan I think it's a bit late to be shielding Mokuba's innocence

Sweet mercy Téa is beating the crud outta those guys

Yikes, No Kemo the Kids are Not Alright

Oh Yami is now well ready to mess Pegasus up, ya done fucked up

"Pegasus’ idea of Benevolence is probably several war crimes in a cartoon trench coat" Welp you're not wrong Marik

Hodgekiss I do not think he meant you when complimenting his work force

The Russians are not Twins Marik, they are really not Twins

Oof Hodgekiss

Yugi really is the more feral of the two of them isn't he?

Duels as a Ritual, is actually really interesting, especially in the context of Ancient Egypt and dispute solutions

...The Hippo

He makes sure to strictly obey the Rules of the Ritual to avoid Hippos

Dammit Joey stop poking the Fourth Wall...I think I'm going to start counting

Oh no you hit Yugi's Berserk Button

"Speak not to me of this 'Febreeze'" Brilliant, just wonderful

Oh no Grandpa this is what happens when you endear yourself to the Gods

Grandpa...you are denying the existence of Gods to the face of a God...

...The Hippos again... Why does this God want to continue being able to fight Hippos?

"Beloved" Gramps... Is there something you need to tell us?

Yugi is definitely not a fan of the Abomination...Boys speaking in Capitals...

Lol cold as burning anger and Yugi still has time to throw shade on Yami

Joey and the others are unaware of Mokuba's recent Finger biting adventures

Tristan. Tristan Did you just give Mokuba what I think you just gave Mokuba? Tristan the last thing this feral child needs is a gun. You better not have just given him a gun. Tristan!

Intense Battle Focus....Cheerful phone call... Poor Yami bugs freak me out too

Noot-Noot

Joey has a spare tea pot just incase they use the first one to destroy a Ghostly Abomination?

Heh Anti-Ghost-Teapot-Grenade

Pegasus should really know better than to screw around with the rules of a shadow game

No Croquet they did not give you shrooms, Yami is invoking Great Powers

Hello Anubis...Goodbye Goons

Kaiba could possibly stand to expand on his decorating scheme

"tortured into submission" is that what we're calling Pegasus' love of terrible cartoons?

"Divine Guidance"? What God is guiding you Seto?

He's channelling Salmon...an interesting choice

How expensive are these plushies? And why is it so big?

Yeah pants are probably a good idea right about now

[mlplovelight]

Ch. 18 - Getaway Car

TWILIGHT SPARKLE, is this perhaps one of the most awkward moments of your whole life?

Let’s count the ways, shall we? First off, after Applejack and Pinkie Pie made these grand declarations that they would protect you and your home (which you didn’t contribute to at all, by the way), the three of you turned out to be completely helpless in battle with Cherry Spices! Without Emerald Ray, your magic is functionally worthless.

Secondly, you had to accept help from yet another stranger, who arrived out of the blue and completely showed you and Applejack and Pinkie Pie up. And when you expressed concern that her explosive methods would just cause more problems, you were quickly shown wrong. You really should’ve just kept your mouth shut!

And last but certainly not least, while riding in the stranger’s getaway vehicle, you have to squeeze into a tiny pocket car with Applejack, the two of you squished so closely together that you can practically feel her muscles on your skin, her breath on your neck, the heat radiating off of her…

As someone who doesn’t much care for physical contact with ponies, this would be agonizing under normal circumstances. But alas, there’s one more thing that makes this all the more unbearable.

APPLEJACK IS REALLY FREAKING HOT!!!!!

Having a beautiful woman’s body pressed up against yours is just afsdgfhgkjkdshf but you don’t want to make it obvious that you’re being gay about it so you’re trying to just look in whatever random direction but every so often you steal a glance at her and holy moley she’s RIGHT THERE.

You wonder what she’s thinking during this awkward ride. Maybe she’s thinking about you the same way? No, absolutely not, no way, not a chance. She’s probably thinking about how annoying this is and how she doesn’t want to be this close to you or even anywhere near you and about how you’re disgusting and weird and she sure hopes you’re not thinking anything untoward about her.

Ugh. Will this vehicle just hurry up and park somewhere already?!

Actually, while you’re on the subject of this vehicle, it is quite an impressive display of mechanics. Despite the tight squeeze, the ride is very smooth, and it’s able to easily roll through the rough and craggy terrain of Old Equestria like it’s nothing.

This is certainly helped by its driver being quite clearly skilled at operating it, drifting around obstacles with a serene deftness, as if the vehicle is simply an extension of her body. She strikes you as a rather interesting woman.

Lucky for you, the vehicle does end up parking soon enough outside a crumbling building. The driver, Rainbow Dash, gets off the machine and makes the whole thing disappear with her magic, causing you and Applejack to fall to the ground (Pinkie Pie also falls, but she has wings to catch herself).

Applejack lands on top of you and now you’re pinned to the ground by a hot girl, which is JUST DANDY. Applejack stares into your eyes for a moment and you can feel your face turning bright red, but Applejack quickly jumps off of you and helps you up to your hooves.

“Eh, sorry, Twi,” Applejack chuckles.

“Don’t worry about it,” you say with a shrug, and internally you are hooting and hollering for yourself at how cool you managed to play that. Nicely done, Twilight Sparkle!

“Hey, are you girls okay?” Pinkie Pie asks, hovering over you and Applejack and keeping herself afloat with her wings.

This is the first time you’ve ever seen a pegasus in person, and you feel like maybe you should be more shocked or impressed, but there’s nothing unusual about them even if you personally have never seen one before. And quite frankly, you figured Pinkie Pie was hiding something under that cloak of hers.

“Yeah, we’re alright,” Applejack says with a sigh. “Aside from a couple of bruised egos, I think we’re all good.”

“I’m really sorry, I totally dropped the ball during that fight!” Pinkie says, frantically waving her forelegs. “I just got so excited to start PUNCHIN’ that I totally got tunnel vision and ran right into the tunnel. Is that like a mixed metaphor? Whatever, you get what I mean.”

“I think we all could’ve handled that situation a bit better, Pinkie Pie,” Applejack says, massively underselling your collective incompetence. “Don’t worry your pretty little head about it.”

“Aww, you think my head is pretty?” Pinkie Pie smiles and bats her eyes, and Applejack immediately darts her eyes away as you try not to chuckle at her reaction.

“Pinkie Pie,” Rainbow Dash says, leaning against the entryway to the crumbling building, “are these gals stickin’ around?”

“For now at least, yeah,” Pinkie Pie says, and Applejack nods in confirmation. “I wanna help ‘em out, cuz I don’t think we’ve seen the last of that Cherry Spices! We gotta regroup and plan our next move!”

“I dunno what kinda moves you really need to be making,” Rainbow Dash shrugs, “that Cherry girl isn’t gonna be able to do anything without that drill, right? Wasn’t that the whole idea?”

“I hope so,” Pinkie Pie hums.

“Well, whatever,” Rainbow Dash shrugs again and trots inside the building, before sticking her head back out. “Y’all can hang out for a hot minute if you want to, help yourself to some canned raviol’.”

“Ooooo, that sounds good!” Pinkie Pie licks her lips and bounces off after Rainbow Dash.

You’re up on a pretty high hill, you can see a lot of Old Equestria from this position. It breaks your heart to think of what someone like Cherry Spices could do to it, but…

“Y’know,” Applejack walks up beside you, “if we go on this expedition, yer gonna have to leave this place.”

“Yeah, I know,” you sigh and hang your head. You decide NOT to say that someone needs to look out for this place, and that you need to be the one to do it, because you’ve used that excuse too many times to deny Emerald Ray the support she deserves in her mission to come back to life.

“For what it’s worth,” Applejack says, “if anything happens to this place, I’ll help you take it back.”

“Thanks, I appreciate that,” you say.

You take one last look at your home, sigh and hang your head. It’s time to say goodbye, and you HATE sappy goodbyes, so you just turn away from it and look toward Applejack instead.

“But for right now,” you say, forcing a slight smile to your lips, “what do you say we forget about all this stressful stuff and just enjoy some canned raviol’?”

“I thought you’d never ask!” Applejack says with a bright smile.

[dark-magical-ships]

aaaa I’m excited to see your answers for these considering how long you’ve known Seto and have been into this series >w<!! so how about 4, 6, 7, 8 and 15??

HELLOOOOOO RAINY yeah I wondered which of these questions you'd be most curious about! XD LET'S GOOOO~

4. who was your first favorite character when you initially got into your f/o’s source content? was it your f/o from the very beginning?

Soooooo the first episode with Yuugi vs Kaiba struck me as cool, but I didn't get genuinely invested in the show until a little bit further into Duelist Kingdom; I think episode 3 or 4. my FIRST favorite character was Joey Wheeler (i.e., the 4kids version of Jonouchi Katsuya). The way he went ALL IN on his friendship with Yugi was what really sold the show for me—a friend who will dive off a moving cruise ship into the open ocean at night just to try and save some trading cards for you is just absolute Friendship Goals. I guess I was always kind of weird in that basically as soon as I started to really enjoy the show, I started projecting an early prototype of my s/i Naomi into Yugi's role (really it was more like just trying to imagine that I Was Actually Yugi back then) as part of how I enjoyed the show.... Even then, though, I don't think Joey really quite made it to f/o territory. He was more of an imaginary friend, if the difference makes any sense? he "existed" for me only to recite his lines from the show while I pretended I was Yugi. He didn't really become the platonic f/o he is for me today until much, much later, and he sort of slowly came into the picture over time through his association with Seto—despite and partially because of their animosity—and with Yuugi, who had become a sort of little brother to me.

6. if your f/o is from a series, which episode/movie/game/book of their source content is your favorite?

Oh my gods. There are so many!!!! AAAAAAAAA Well. Off the absolute top of my head, the current best contender for the #1 favorite episode (well, duel) is probably the rooftop duel between Yuugi and Kaiba, and guess why. :P

7. are there any specific scenes/chapters/moments of your f/o that you find yourself going back to revisit more often than any other?

Oh hey question 6 is back but now I get to list all the specific moments. XD Sweet heavens, there are so many. Not every moment I spend too much time thinking about is a Seto moment, but for him specifically? When he's trying to help Yuugi beat an impostor using Seto's deck and thinks Yuugi will lose and panics for just a second. During the rooftop duel when he's so sure that losing will mean nobody can rescue Mokuba and he has a literal breakdown because he loves his brother so much and is so terrified of failing him. When he's so disturbed by the idea of Pegasus directing Mokuba's hollow shell like a puppet in order to duel that he agrees to duel on Pegasus's terms rather than his own. When he loses to Pegasus, but plays to the last lifepoint knowing he's lost—and says an apology to Mokuba, believing both of their lives are effectively over. THEIR REUNION AFTER YUUGI BEATS PEGASUS. Him trying to play it cool around Ishizu after she shows him visions that had him on his hands and knees staring at a giant rock thirty seconds earlier. Literally every single moment he's hanging out with Yuugi & co in Battle City, especially his bits during the duel on the pier. His duel with Ishizu and the Rod reacting to him and him deciding to heed the warning and visions even though it's against his usual worldview. His late night studying Ra after realizing he can read friggin hieratic even though he'd never studied it. His hilarious reaction to Jounouchi using Blue-Eyes against him in their completely unnecessary duel for third place. The manga exit where he seems much more at peace with his losses to Yuugi/Atem than he was before their duel in Battle City. Even though I do not consider it canon—like almost every single Seto & Mokuba moment in Virtual World. Seto's reaction to Atem losing a duel. His entire duel with Amelda. The Atem & Seto vs Dartz duel, specifically when Seto loses that duel and ends up unconscious in Mokuba's arms. His incredibly nonchalant reaction to coming back after and still having more to do. Most, but not all, of his scenes during Memory World. The entire Ceremonial Duel and his reactions while actually there to watch, especially when Yuugi defeats Atem. Way too many scenes in DSoD lmfao

8. are there any scenes/chapters/moments your f/o is in that you skip when you revisit their source content?

Nope lol. Even his worse moments are still ones i love to rewatch.

15. do you own any merchandise from your f/o’s source content? what is it?

So one thing you'll find out after talking to me for a bit is that I grew up in a less-than-fantastic household where it was not safe to have strong interests. And, being autistic, I have always had very strong and specific interests—YGO being one of them. Unfortunately, if I was too obvious about how much a given interest meant to me, my manipulating bastard of a father would find a way to use that interest against me. So, I had very little merch related to Seto, or even to YGO as a franchise, until actually very recently. So, in spite of how long I've been involved with the source, I have very little in the way of merch. I have some very old cards from the TCG's earliest days, including Starter Deck Kaiba, Starter Deck Yugi, Starter Deck Joey, and Starter Deck Pegasus; of those, only a few of the cards are still in especially good condition (among them are the first Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician cards I ever got, both in lightly played condition despite having been played A LOT). Right now, I have the copy of Trap Hole from the original Starter Deck Kaiba within arm's reach. XD I have a locket designed to resemble those of the Kaiba brothers, and I have a single vinyl Pop figure each of Seto, Yugi, and Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Somewhere in the depths of my closet, I have one of the original toy Duel Disks, and I remember wearing it everywhere and using it to duel with. XD I also have a small calculator with the logo and Puzzle on the flip-over cover, and a pin from I think an early YCS that I was given by a long-lost friend many many years ago. Also somewhere, I have one of those Music to Duel By CDs that you could get in a Happy Meal at Maccas in the month or so surrounding the release of the Pyramid of Light movie, as well as a DVD of the movie itself and the cards that came with it—Blue-Eye Shining Dragon and Paladin of White Dragon. I also have the Forbidden Memories video game for PS1 and some obscure gameboy game that was... kind of like Mario Party but yugioh-themed. If I still had a way to play that I'd try it again now lol Everything else I own related to the franchise is digital—art both fan and official, fic I've written or downloaded copies of from AO3, video games purchased only in digital format and played in secret until recently, etc. :3

[literatureatthebowofnails]

Under His Eye

Disclaimer: I don’t own Marvel or Viacom; mythological similarities mostly coincidental

A/N: Part 8 of the SHIELD Timeline of the Duchess series, (find masterlist here).

Series Warnings: Loki x fem!reader. Reader has nickname and backstory but no physical description. Language, angst. Fluff, cunnilingus, masturbation. Character’s childhood trauma, mention of Catholic colonization of Northern Europe

Series Summary: This series begins during Thor (2011) and generally follows along that plot. After Loki’s visit to the SHIELD encampment, the timeline branches

Timeline Warnings: Violence, reader loss of consciousness, helplessness in traumatic situations, hospitalization, flirtation with OMC, drinking, character “death”, excessive smut, edging, bondage

Timeline Summary: This timeline generally follows the Sacred Timeline

Chapter Summary: You learn new information about SHIELD's previous encounters with extraterrestrial threats

Word Count: 560

Midgard

Natasha Romanoff’s reputation may proceed her, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the reality. Though soft spoken, her calm confidence is ever so slightly intimidating and she’s frankly probably one of the most attractive people you’ve ever met.

She fixes you with her cornflower blue gaze, tilting her head to ask, “So what brings an extraterrestrial threat analyst to lying lessons?”

“Have you been briefed on the Puente Antiguo battle back in May?”

You go over what happened, explaining how you obtained your position and admit you’re still seeing Loki. “Well, that’s an advantage,” she notes.

“How so?”

“Duchess, once you learn to lie as well as I do, you’ll be able to get more information out of him than anyone.” You’re not sure how you feel about that, and it must be clear on your face. “The truth is a matter of circumstance. It’s not all things to all people all the time.

“Deputy Director Hill mentioned you have some acting experience. That’s where we’ll start.”

10.19.11

A few hours after you submit your completed report, Maria calls you into her office to introduce you to Director Fury. You thought you’d been nervous meeting Romanoff.

Coulson joins the group, closing the door behind him and Fury puts the office in secure mode. “You’re absolutely sure the information in your report is correct? That there are Aakon on Nycos Aristedes?”

“Yes. From what I witnessed; they’ve established a thriving colony over the last half decade.” You give him a curious look.

“I’m hereby raising your clearance to Level 5,” the computer beeps in recognition at his command. “Thor was not our first extraterrestrial visitor.

“In 1995 I was training a new rookie,” Coulson raises his hand as Fury goes on, “when a woman in a scuba suit fell out of the sky, destroying a Blockbuster. At the time Captain Carol Danvers was working for the Kree Empire, which controlled the Greater Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits our own. She was followed into our atmosphere by a group of Skrull intelligence agents in search of this,” he presses a button on his phone and the monitor shows a glowing blue cube.

“This,” he continues, “is the Tesseract. Back in the second world war, the Nazi’s science division, Hydra, went rogue. Their leader, Johann Schmidt, found the Tesseract, which he believed was left here by Asgardians. He used it to create weapons, until it was lost. SHIELD found it and began Project PEGASUS, a joint operation with NASA, led by an ex-pat Kree soldier, Mar-Vell.

“Mar-Vell believed it could be used to assist Skrull refugees to escape the wrath of the Kree Empire by way of interstellar travel. Captain Danvers left it with SHIELD when she helped the Skrulls leave our system.”

You sit, processing the information, and glance toward Maria, who looks like some of this might be news to her as well. “What does this have to do with the Aakons?” you ask.

Coulson pipes up, “According to our intelligence, the Aakons were wiped out five years ago during an intergalactic genocide called The Annihilation.”

“So, it’s possible the only ones who escaped are those on Nycos Aristedes?” you ask.

“Exactly,” says Fury. “I’ve been made aware of your lessons with Agent Romanoff. Given the current situation, they’re about to involve a lot more than lying.”

Next chapter here.

[raiiryuu]

HEADCANON: Home

Building off of this, the apartment Laxus is currently staying in isn't exactly something that he'd meant to stay in this long. Things have just kinda...kept happening and he hasn't had a chance to look into anything else.

He was probably one of the ones least affected by the seven-year gap, as he'd already cleaned his place out prior to that when he was kicked out of the guild. What he'd arrived on the island with was basically all he'd kept, the rest either being sold/put in storage or given to Makarov if it had sentimental value. (His ever-present coat was likely in his bag, I don't think he let that out of his sight for a second, but the area he'd been in before heading to Tenrou was too warm for it.)

He's never been one to keep a lot of stuff lying around, generally, except a home gym that he did end up losing during the gap. It sucked, but he at least had some jewel with him when he got back. Between getting back and the GMG he really didn't bother with it, as they were leaving town for the three months before the Games to train regardless, and once they got back things were sorta hectic but he did find the place he's currently in. After Fairy Tail disbanded, he wasn't really sure what to make of things, and had kept up with the rent/going to the apartment once a month to take care of things but was about to give it up before Gajeel and the others kicked down the door and pulled him and his team back. (They also had an apartment they probably shared closer to Blue Pegasus, for the time they were there.)

Now that Fairy Tail's back in action and he's officially staying in Magnolia again, he let himself splurge and get a new set of gym equipment, but the stuff at the guild is a bit...sturdier for what he's looking for out of it. He can usually be found at the guild early in the mornings working out, and keeps his equipment at home for if he's not feeling like making the trip out or needs to think and doesn't want to be bothered.

Outside of the Raijinshuu(who each have their own keys and are free to come and go as they like), the list of people that even know where he's staying is pretty slim. Makarov knows the general area, but Laxus never did give him specifics(he hadn't planned on being here long enough for it to matter, but things kept coming up). Gray knows, Erza and Mira might know, anyone else would have to ask around and would have a hard time tracking it down. If he is not at the guild, chances are he does not want to be bothered, thus he tries to keep the two separate.