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[sequs-art-box]

Taken Down a Peg

Inside Out Hitman AU; Chili gets his ass kicked by Marigold

~1200 words

The narrow hallway stretched before them, its darkness broken only by faint lights mounted at irregular intervals. The walls, cold and metallic, echoed with the soft clicks of their footsteps. Chili walked quietly behind Marigold, his senses sharp.

He already sized up every possible threat in the vicinity, now his focus was on the woman ahead of him.

Marigold’s silhouette was sharp and purposeful, her heels tapping a steady rhythm against the hard floor. Without turning back, she began to speak, her voice carrying an authority that demanded attention.

She glanced at the man walking behind her. "Chili, as of today, your life belongs to this organization. You passed your training, and now it’s time to put your skills to good use. Your role is simple: Execute the targets I give you. No questions, no hesitation. Follow my orders to the letter. I’m the voice in your ear, the eyes that see what you can’t see. If I tell you to move, you move. If I tell you to kill, you kill. No exceptions."

Chili didn’t respond immediately. He was used to orders, but there was something different about Marigold. Her words were precise and calculated. She wasn’t just giving instructions; she was laying down her laws, laws that he would have to abide by without fail.

It didn't sit well with him.

“Tsh. You really think you can control me like that?” Chili scoffed, carrying an edge that dared her to challenge him.

His handler didn’t even turn to look at him, nor did she answer him. It's like she was asking, no, begging to get beaten down.

Chili's mind was made up before he even realized he made a decision. Marigold's cool, dismissive demeanor gnawed at him. He wasn't going to let her get the upper hand that easily. Not without a fight.

His body moved before the thought fully formed, muscles coiled like springs as he launched himself forward, swinging a fist at her with the kind of force that had dropped men twice her size. It wasn't a punch; it was a statement, a reminder that he wasn't to be trifled with.

But Marigold was faster than he anticipated. She stepped to the side, her movement smooth, effortless, like water slipping through his fingers. Chili's fist cut the empty air, the force of the missed blow making him stumble forward.

Her eyes darted at the man who just attacked her.

"I guess we're doing this now," Marigold sighed, her voice carrying a sly, almost playful undertone.

Chili's eyes narrowed. A growl of frustration bubbling up from his throat. This wasn't how it was supposed to go- he was the one who dictated the terms of a fight, not the other way around!

He charged at her, his movements powerful, aggressive- every strike meant to overwhelm and conquer.

Marigold, however, was like a shadow, slipping just out of reach after every strike. She didn't block or parry, she just simply wasn't there when his fists aimed for her. She danced around him, watching him with a calculating gaze.

It was infuriating.

Chili snarled, throwing a heavy right hook, hoping to catch her off guard. But Marigold ducked under it. Her movements were surgical. She read him like a book; dissecting his every move with a clinical detachment.

Before he knew what was happening, she struck. Marigold's foot lashed out, connecting with his side in a sharp, controlled motion that sent a radiating pain through his ribs. Chili staggered, but there was no time to recover.

A sharp elbow to the back of his neck sent him to the ground, and before he could react, Marigold was behind him. Her arm snaked around his throat, pulling him into a chokehold. Chili's eyes widened as he felt her grip tighten, her lean muscles far stronger than they looked. He clawed at her arm, trying to pry her off, but it didn't budge- she had him locked down.

Chili's vision began to blur, the edges going dark as he struggled to free himself. But Marigold's hold was unshakeable. He felt his strength slipping away, slowly realizing that she was in complete control.

"Don't make me kill you, Mr. Shaw," Marigold whispered, her voice calm with a slight hint with regret.

"You have so much potential."

He could hear the sincerity in her tone, but it only made him fight harder, even if it was a losing battle. Every movement he made only tightened her grip, bringing him closer to unconsciousness.

"All of my hard work would have been for nothing," she continued, her words tinged with something Chili couldn't quite place. Was it disappointment? Sadness? He couldn't tell.

As the darkness edged closer, Chili felt Marigold’s grip tighten, but she stopped just short of cutting off his breath entirely. She asked,

“Do you yield, Mr. Shaw?”

Chili’s pride screamed at him to resist, to fight until the very end, but his body betrayed him. His strength was slipping away, his vision narrowing to a tunnel. This was it—the moment of truth. He had never backed down from a fight before, but this was life or death. He knew when he was beaten, and for the first time in a long time, he had to accept it.

“.....I yield,” he rasped out, the words burning like acid on his tongue.

Marigold immediately loosened her grip, releasing him from the chokehold. Chili slumped forward, catching himself on his hands as he gasped for air. For a moment, the only sound in the dark hallway was his ragged breathing.

But then, his breathing melted away into something unexpected. Chili started to laugh—a deep, guttural sound that echoed off the cold walls around them. It wasn’t the laugh of a man defeated, but of a man who had just found something he'd been searching for. He couldn’t help it; the situation was too absurd, too perfect.

Marigold’s expression shifted to one of bewilderment, her eyes narrowing slightly as she watched him. “...Why are you laughing?”

Chili pushed himself up to his knees, wiping a bit of blood from the corner of his mouth. He looked up at her and chuckled, his eyes filled with something that hadn’t been there before— respect.

“I haven’t lost a fight in a long time,” Chili said, his voice hoarse but clear. “Hell, I didn’t think I could lose anymore. But you… you gave me exactly what I needed.”

Marigold raised an eyebrow, but she remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

Chili rose to his feet, taking a moment to steady himself. He looked her in the eyes, and then, in a gesture that surprised even himself, he bowed. It wasn’t a deep bow, his head was just low enough to show that he understood his position. It wasn’t submission, but recognition—an acknowledgment of Marigold's strength, skill, and the fact that she had earned his respect in the most undeniable way.

“I was looking for a real reason to follow you,” Chili said as he straightened up, his tone sincere. “And you just gave it to me. Marigold, I’m willing to do whatever you want. I’m all in.”

Marigold watched him for a moment, her expression unreadable. Then, ever so slightly, she nodded, a flicker of approval in her eyes. “Good choice,” she said. “That’s what I needed to hear.”

[moonlightmornings]

hannah's buddie fic recs || pt. 2 💫

okay okay, i know i said part two would come after season 8b hit but there's a lot of awesome people out there who write REALLY good stuff-

as usual, if you're the author of one of these please reply and i'll tag your tumblr! and ALWAYS check the tags and warnings before reading!! stay safe :)

<- PART ONE: hannah's buddie fic recs

soft and slow kisses by malmal88 | 1k words | teen+ Buck comforts Eddie after Chris has a nightmare. It helps Eddie realize some things.

what humans do by brewrosemilk - @gayhoediaz | 18.5k words | explicit "…and the thought that she had just escaped death by such a narrow margin made me realize the intensity of my feelings toward her.” - Buck trails off when Eddie reaches for the book, gently luring it out of his grasp.... (Buck reads to Eddie and they get something more out of it)

and longer by far by farfromthstars - @doeeyeseddie | 14.5k words | teen+ Everyone seems to expect Eddie to propose to Buck any minute now, which is annoying because Eddie doesn’t want to get married again. He's sure of that. Or is he?

you're my kind of therapy by jesm - @jesmme | 5.9k words | explicit Eddie's stressed and Buck knows exactly how to get him out of his head.

the mouth is the thing that craves by underhung_aura - @eddiebabygirldiaz | 11.7k words | explicit “You need something in your mouth, sweetheart? Need to hold me close, don’t you?��� Eddie loves Buck and he really loves Buck's cock.

baby, can i hold you? by fleetinghearts - @shitouttabuck | 3.6k words | teen+ A hand on a shoulder, a press of bodies beside each other, a nudge of knees under the table. “Can I, uh. Can I touch you?”

or, Eddie panics. Buck holds him.

i do all my own healing, manage all of my feelings by himbobuckley - @bumblebee-be | 1k words | teen+ “Eddie,” Buck tries, squeezing his wrist as tears prick his eyes. “Baby, c’mon I’m right here.” This is something deeper, something Buck can’t soothe with his fingertips or ease with a kiss.

Eddie has a nightmare and all Buck can do, really, is be there and do his best to comfort him.

to chase away the nightmares by dracculaura - @dracculaura | 3.1k words | general “You know, I used to have nightmares when I was a kid,” Buck tells Chris. - Buck helps Chris with his nightmares after Eddie gets shot.

long day, longer nights by becausebuckley - @becausebuckley | 3.6k words | general “There you are,” Buck mumbles into Eddie’s hair. His arms are tight around Eddie’s back, holding him close. Eddie goes boneless in the hug, sagging into Buck’s body and trusting his boyfriend to hold him up. The touch is a balm on his tired soul, every second of it seeping into him and providing relief. “You’re home.”

Eddie has had a long day. Buck is there for him.

i don't like my mind right now (stacking up problems that are so unnecessary) by xjustlikeyou - @xjustlikeyou | 9.9k words | explicit Buck asks Eddie how he feels about combining sensory deprivation with temperature play. Eddie does not feel good about it, but agrees to try it after talking it out... aka the subdrop!Eddie fic

buck's new favorite chair by kittydiaz - @kitteneddiediaz | 13.3k words | explicit Buck buys a chair, and then fucks Eddie on it.

still my heart and make me breathe by finbish | 5.2k words | explicit Buck sat on his chair. Ankle hitched over his knee as he stared, enrapt. In Buck’s hand was a remote, and across from him, on his bed, laid his boyfriend, riding ecstasy.

nightmares, nightmares, go away & never come back another day by michi_rambles - @theweewooshowtookovermylife | 2.1k words | teen+ During a stormy night Eddie deals with nightmares, and Buck comes to his aide.

let me wrap my teeth around the world by folkfae | 4.7k words | explicit When Eddie had come over to Buck‘s loft for dinner and a movie, he’d thought he was going to get dinner and a movie they’ve seen a hundred times before and could easily fuck to. But he can only take so many dramatic choreographed dance sequences and over-the-top acting before he needs to do something else to occupy his mind. And his mouth.

bumps and grooves by simplyylupin - @simplylupin | 26.1k words | teen+ When Eddie was seven years old his mother had taught him about God. "He loves us, Edmundo. He loves all," she tells him, tucking his blanket to his chin, "Everything you see around you is His love."

Now, Buck grins at him from across the table and Eddie thinks this is the closest he's ever been to understanding how his mother viewed the world. As a manifestation of love. A higher power.

-> PART THREE: hannah's buddie fic recs

[ackee]

MEDIEVAL AU WINS 🏆 🤞🏽‼️ YIPEE

[1tsstargaze59]

@sequs-art-box Hey! So I finally finished these two character designs for my last (for now?) fankids and I'm dedicating them to you for obvious ship reasons, but also because I hope these could cheer you up (even just a little!) ^^"

Anyway! Here's Vengeful! My feanger kid! Sweet little ninja, they are so small and angy qvq

You did guess correctly that Anger was their dad! I can totally see how Disgust could also be their mom, due to the similar shapes here, but my shape choices come from the emotion they represent and not from their parents, so I understand the confusion XD I'll talk character design under the cut ^^

As for my boy Determination here, he's my Brickstar kid!

I'll also give their lore under the cut too ovob

I literally love them both sm, I gave them VOICES 🥰 (well voice claims lol)

I hope yall like them 😌

Welcome to Star rambles on about her ocs for a few paragraphs! ^^ First victim of my overthinking :

❤️Vengeful : Vengeful's character design was honestly pretty hard! Getting the silhouette to ressemble a four point star, aka a ninja star, was quite the challenge for me. From there, I thought about the concept. What does Vengeance make me think of? Well, my answer was NINJAS!! For many reasons, but mainly their pop culture interpretation, lol. Their design is inspired by Pucca characters, mainly Garu, Naruto designs, and the main character of Hollow Knight!

Vengeful doesn't think their name is impactful enough, menacing enough, so they prefer to go by VENGEANCE!!! (All caps in writing pls) Although everyone thinks this kinda goes against the emotions naming convention, they do their best to call them by their chosen name. They are easily pissed off and will plan a punishment befitting the crime you've committed against them, usually resulting in cartoon levels of violence XD They carry around a Kunai knife on a thin invisible string. This allows them to retrieve it easily after having thrown it, which is often- landing right next to the person who annoyed them to scare them. Vengeance themselves is kind of a scaredy-cat! IF you manage to sneak up on them, IF, they will jump up and cling to the ceiling and shiver like a cartoon cat XD They are only sneaky when necessary for vengeance missions, otherwise, the others keep a close eye on them to make sure they don't hurt anyone. Oh Lil ninja kid, how gremlin you are 😌 /aff

💛Determination : His character design is suppose to resemble an arrow! ⬆️ Inspired by his emotion, moving forward, working hard and having the inner strength to push yourself to be better! ^^ Thinking about these things reminded me of boy scouts, which is the other inspiration for his design.

After I had sketched out his design, I showed him to my sister, who's a teen, she took one look and said, and I quote : "He looks... closeted." AND WHEN I TELL YOU I CRACKED UP!!! XDDD SHE WAS SO RIGHT SO ITS NOW CANON, HE'S GAY XD He gives out the badges on his satchel to the other emotions to encourage them to be better versions of themselves! There's a badge for each canon emotion, but I'm working on them for now WIP. He has a natural leader spirit, and the others follow his lead when he has activities planned. He takes care particularly of Vengeance as they can be very... rowdy? And he's the only one capable of reigning them back XD He loves his Lil bro very much though.

To Sequi, I wish you all the love and healing in the world during these trying times and, while I do have a hard time putting into words something comforting, I hope my art can do that in it's place ^^ 🫂✨️💜

[stevetonyweekly]

SteveTony Weekly - May 19 - Week 20

Hi friends! My daughter's graduation activities start today (!!!!) and in anticipation of an extremely busy week, I asked @meidui to pinch hit with a guest rec list. Check out her fantastic recs, say hi, and before sure to comment/kudos the fic you enjoy!

Therapy Works (if your therapist isn't a Hydra agent) by @16woodsequ

Tony accidentally stumbles onto the fact that Steve isn't holding things together quite as well as he makes it look. As awkward as it is at first, Tony's been there, and he finds himself reaching out to him.

But the more he tries to push past Steve's walls the more he realises just how deep his issues go. And they all seem to be pointing in one direction.

Should he really be surprised to find SHIELD is at the root of it?

My Thoughts: in sequ we trust when it comes to steve whump!! poor steve is all messed up from shield's abuse and has a list of psychological/emotional issues longer than his pre-serum ailments, and the way it shows is SO SO SO detailed and devastating and believable, and tony being tony is trying to mend what's broken. this is being updated every thursday until it's done and there's so much meat in every chapter that even if you don't usually read wips, this is 100% worth following along 🥺

Just for the Conversation by @msermesth

Tony's fine. He's back on the Avengers, Steve seems to have forgiven him, and he’s building Resilient to change the world.

Then why is he so jealous of Steve’s new boyfriend?

(Or: that awkward moment when you realize you are in love with your old best friend while having a three-way with him and his boyfriend, who just happens to be your counterpart from another universe.)

My Thoughts: if you love multiverse fics like i do this is for you, it's the perfect cocktail of multiverse shenanigans 😌 and don't worry if you haven't read any of the comics before, the author's note is very helpful and you don't need much background to enjoy jealous tony and a steve sandwich <3

Fortune Favours the Bold by @bladeofthenebula27

Omega Steve Rogers is betrothed to an old rich alpha nearly three times his age, and decides on an act of passionate rebellion before his wedding.

My Thoughts: neb writes the best omegaverse fics ever so you automatically cannot go wrong, but the mistaken identity in this fic is so pleasing and steve's internal dialogue is >>>

When It Comes to Trying by @softanticipation

Steve is weird about food. Tony takes notice.

(Or, because I was once told that whenever characters share food together, it means something.)

My Thoughts: i love rereading this fic and it hits the spot every time <3 it starts in the shawarma restaurant post-battle of new york and doesn't shy away from how tony gradually goes from ""disdain"" to adoration and steve adjusts slowly and fits in better with the team, and there's flirting and steve is so sweet and tony gets so gentle with him!! and the focus on food is executed so well i want to eat the whole fic

late night talking by @omg-just-peachy

Steve realizes he can't sleep without the light of the arc reactor.

My Thoughts: if you look up "comfort fic" in the dictionary all 700 words of this fic is there!! the established relationship is established relationshipping and clingy steve waiting on tony is so sweet 🥺

[tobiasdrake]

Do you feel like ranking DBZ movie villains by how interested you would be in a movie that reinvents them for the current canon/state of the franchise, like what Broly got?

Alternatively, by how interested you would be if you could write the movie, without having to worry about how you expect Toei would actually write the characters in question.

#1 - Lord Slug. He and his movie suffer tremendously from the whole "Just rehashing Piccolo-Daimao" thing but the stuff they do add to the character is really interesting and fun.

He's an alien vampire who blots out the sun as part of his sinister plan to convert the Earth into a sports car he can drive around and look cool in. He's defeated by Goku drawing the energy of the sun into a Genki-Dama to erase his vampiric ass, which is an established obscure ability of the technique that no one has ever done anything with.

Kaio literally said with words from his mouth that Goku can use the sun to make a Genki-Dama. Goku had to make a desperate Genki-Dama once on a planet with three suns. And this has never, ever come up. Except against Namekian Dracula and his army of vampires.

This is the top of my list of things to formally canonize a "The Good Version" of.

2 - Turles. Tree of Might is also a film that had a lot of interesting elements about it. Turles's plot is underdeveloped because of the film following manga rehash rails so closely but, like Slug, the original stuff they did with him is fascinating.

Turles is presented as a foil to Goku. Where Goku has studied and mastered the divine arts of the gods, Turles somehow broke into the heavens and stole away with an item of immense power. He's a bandit who pillaged the heavens for power and then wreaked havoc on the mortal universe. How did he do that? That's so cool.

And it sets up a unique rivalry between him and Goku, pitting Goku's divine techniques against the incredible powers that Turles possesses but doesn't fully understand.

Also, like the Solar Genki-Dama, the part where Goku destroys the Tree of Might not by hitting it with an attack but by using the technique's genki-harvesting feature to pull all the world's stolen genki back out of the tree? Genuinely brilliant application of an obscure feature of the technique we don't really think about.

And and I just desperately want it to be canon that low-class Saiyans only have a handful of mass-produced faces and body types between them. That's the film's explanation for why Turles looks like Goku. It's because Goku is an assembly line Barbie doll you can buy off the shelf at Walmart, as opposed to the $50,000 custom-made luxury item that is Vegeta.

3 - Cooler: Cooler, I'm less enthusiastic about but there are ways that he can be interesting. I've speculated about some ways that they could go about adapting Cooler to DBS canon because he's always seemed, after Broly, to be the most likely candidate.

But honestly, Cooler's never really been that interesting to me. He's a knock-off Frieza in the same way Slug's a knock-off Piccolo but there isn't really anything unique I can point to and go, "EXCEPT there's this really interesting stuff that they could really push and make an interesting villain out of." He's... just Frieza with the serial numbers filed off.

Even my pitches for Cooler basically just amount to, "Create a new character who is Frieza's brother and name him Cooler."

Alright. So, from here we get into characters I'm not disinterested in necessarily but I don't think could really work.

4 - Androids 13, 14, and 15. These three can only interestingly fit into a very specific span of time. Popping out during the week build-up to the Cell Games is basically the perfect placement for them, because the Cell arc is the only time when "Oh no, EVEN MORE evil Androids by Dr. Gero!" really works as a story.

I like them. They're fun, and they could be even moreso if given a chance. But their window of opportunity is slim. Canonizing them would make more sense as an interquel than a sequel. And we don't really need an interquel for them, because that movie already exists and is called "Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans".

5 - Dr. Wheelo. Similarly, Dr. Wheelo has already been pretty thoroughly cannibalized by Dr. Gero and Zamasu. "Super-old mad scientist Dr. Brain-in-a-Jar and his bio-android minions plot to steal Goku's body" is a story that would feel like it's rehashing material we already have, even though he fucking came first.

And here we go with the ones I'm just not interested in at all.

6 - Garlic Jr. Basically the only thing interesting about him is "How do we defeat a guy who's immortal?" But the answer to that question is always bullshit. "He opens the Negative Zone and defeats himself." "Goku has a pager in his pocket he can just use to call God and ask him to please delete this plot from the story." "Do the thing to make him not immortal anymore and then it's not a problem."

There's the Mafuba but at this point that just feels cheap. There's not really a way to have the characters walk up and hit the villain with a technique they've all known about for decades and could have done at any moment, but to keep it in reserve as an eleventh hour THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION desperation play even though they could have just done it at any point in the fight.

Characters keeping the winning play in their back pocket for no other reason than to make the fight more dramatic is exactly the kind of thing that I go off on modern Dragon Ball for.

So. Yeah. The answer to "How do we defeat the immortal villain?" is that there is no good answer and we shouldn't write characters into that situation. This character's one and only utility is to force the movie to end stupidly.

(Honestly, Gomah is probably the closest to a good version of Garlic Jr. you could ever get.)

7 - Janemba. Janemba isn't really a character. He's a vehicle to facilitate the idea of villains from Hell breaking out and starting a commotion. That's all he is. It's an idea that Toei liked so much they did it three separate times: Once for the Anoyoichi Budokai filler arc, once for Fusion Reborn, and once for the Super Android 17 arc of GT.

But my beef with it is twofold. First. Like. The mythology of Dragon Ball is set up specifically to disallow plots like this. Villains don't keep their bodies when they die. They become a powerless soul like all the other powerless souls. Keeping your body is a rare and special privilege, and is the only way to retain your power.

This cannot happen.

The other issue is that it's boring. The escalating powerscale of Dragon Ball means that yesterday's titanic threat isn't that big of a deal tomorrow. The way this always works out is like. "Oh no, Raditz and Nappa are back! But also Gohan's like 87 quintillion times more powerful than them so he just flicks them both in the head and they explode and die instantly."

Reclimbing old mountains isn't as fun in practice as it sounds on paper. Oh no, what if Goku had to fight Tambourine again? How could Super Saiyan Blue Goku ever manage to defeat Tambourine?

And without that element... there's just nothing else to Janemba as a threat. He is the least interesting thing that happens in his movie. A vehicle to facilitate a plot that's now been done to death and hasn't been good a single time, and a fusion that is no longer bold new territory to tread.

8 - Bojack. The only interesting thing that happens in Bojack's movie is a martial arts tournament that Bojack isn't even involved with. Like Janemba, there isn't really a lot to Bojack and his crew. They're just... some villains. In the wide world of Dragon Ball villains, here are some more of them.

And finally, closing out this list with an honorable mention.

N/A - Hirudegarn. I actually don't remember this movie so I can't say how interesting it would be to create a canon version of Tapion and Hirudegarn.

[secret0codename]

CREEPYPASTA - Headcanons

~ Hello hello everyone! I hope you are well. This is Mannuh, I felt like writing... Why not?

~ Spooky hedcanons, I'll do the ones I know the most about and I'll update later!

-Nina -L.J -Jeff -Masky

-Toby -E.J -Jane -Hoodie

-Liu -Sally -BEN -Kate

~ I really hope everything is OK! Since I'm new to Tumblr, I don't really know how the question box and stuff like that works, so we'll be without it for a while! :) Well, I'll leave you with 1 headcanon of each character ^^

JEFF THE KILLER

~ He has a bad habit of facial hygiene, his injuries, especially the cut in his mouth, are infected, he no longer feels the pain he used to, so repeating it is not a problem! But he never cleans, after all he does not feel the need to. The more "nice" the more afraid his victim is, which will make him proud as always

NINA THE KILLER

~ Nina is a 100% independent person. She has learned to develop her skills and doesn't have as much contact with Jeff anymore. Over time, she has given up the obsession with him and developed self-love. She still likes it when people try to focus more on themselves! It's worth noting that Nina has very good aim and is constantly training to surpass Jeff.

SALLY

~ She looks like a child, but she isn't! She may act like one, talk like one, but it doesn't change the fact that she would be around 60 years old currently. She is very polite and kind, she doesn't trust men but makes exceptions for Toby, LJ, Liu, Masky etc. Women she tends to be liberal, talkative when she wants! Even so, she is a spirit she can do whatever she wants with her body, her victims are very afraid of her in a certain way, even though she almost doesn't kill them, only if necessary! (She would probably have a very feminist side, but she doesn't act like one, she just thinks)

"TICCI" TOBY / TOBY ROGERS

~ Toby, he's a very reserved guy with certain people but he's very lively with those he meets, but that doesn't remove the fact that he can be serious, brutal or even sadistic! He has his interests, goals and objectives and always tries to fulfill them without being interrupted. He doesn't like Slender/Operator, not like before he realized that one time or another he will die and clearly his boss won't do anything just look a replacement. Apart from that, he can act anywhere from a 28-year-old man to a 19-year-old muleke who has just entered puberty, this man can have problems but he is extremely polite (with whoever he wants), respectful, and reserved and can have moments that he reveals something of his rarest trait

EYELESS JACK

~ EJ, a cannibalistic man who is extremely serious and well-behaved. A demon that walks on 2 or 4 legs depends on its state, it is not a guy of many words but it maintains relationships with other Creepys or Proxies. He is someone with experience about the human body, so he knows everything! He doesn't just eat kidneys, but his preference in food is clearly human or animal organs on certain occasions, in my opinion EJ always has something saved in case of need, he probably knows when to attack his victims, maybe you don't have 1 kidney and you don't know .. He is stealthy when he is in an angrier form he becomes more animalistic, bizarre and terrifying and scares anyone, but when he is calm and in his own person he becomes like a normal person! but it's not

BEN DROWNED

~ This guy is a professional hacker, if you want something that involves the Internet he can do it effortlessly, this includes, Hacking people, Stalking, Searching, He can change very advanced settings, disabling websites and things like that! I wouldn't want to pick a fight with him! He is not afraid of water, he just has certain traumas, but now (perhaps) overcome, he can range from playful to extremely violent, making his victim die through a screen! He is a spirit, don't expect something physically but expect discord in your life, leaked data, bizarre messages, photos, etc.

☠People, I'm going to do the sequel soon, because I don't want to write much, you know? Maybe I can think about writing history and things like that in the future, even though I don't have the best writing skills in the world! I can try, what do you think? :^

[drfirsnogayny]

Birthday gifts (late)

for @c4rl4-k1nn13 and @rainrayne

for @c0nfettix and @sequs-art-box

for @lilac-rose-writes

Yes, in the last two cases, not the main accounts are indicated, but those with which I interact most often, but I think it's okay.

And the fourth art also depicts the Joy from Incide Out, but I did not use references and did not guess with the hairstyle.

[yasperapologist]

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I was tagged by @deaddeerdonoteat

1. How many works on Ao3?

Three! We've got Turn Back Time, my time loop longfic, Where it Starts, a prequel set in high school, and Best-Case Scenarios which is basically just random fluffy drabbles.

Frankly, that's 3 more fics than I though I would ever post. It's been about a year since I discovered The Afterparty and promptly became obsessed with the show. I got the idea for an Afterparty time loop fic and started scribbling down random thoughts on my phone's Notes app—mostly because it felt like I was going to explode if I didn’t get the words out of my head. I thought it'd be cool if I ended up writing something I could actually post, but I didn't actually expect to follow through. The only other fics I’d written were a few little one-shots/drabbles for a different fandom close to a decade ago. I had read a lot of fanfic but never attempted a project of this scale. Now I have 35k words published, close to 100k more in my draft, and 20+ chapters planned out?? It blows my mind. And honestly I don't think I would have gotten to the point of hitting ‘publish’ without all the encouragement from the Ben Schwartz Cinematic Universe discord folks ( @benschwartzcinematicuniverse, @deaddeerdonoteat, @slimeybee, @flingmetothemoon, and some others who I don't think are on tumblr??? I am so bad at matching tumblr URLs to discord handles).

2. Total Ao3 word count?

About 40k.

3. Top 5 five by kudos?

Just the three, lol.

4. What fandoms do you write for?

So far just the Afterparty. (If I ever run out of Afterparty ideas, I might dip my toe into Space Force.)

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes, comments make my day and I respond to all of them!!! Possibly with lengthier responses than anyone wanted, lol.

6. Fic with the angstiest ending?

I've never written anything with an angsty ending, and I personally don't plan to. My approach is basically: I'm not into writing angst for its own sake, although there are some stories that are impossible to tell without it. Turn Back Time is one example. There's a lot of angst in there, not because I like making the character suffer, but because the entire premise is about engaging with the real emotional aftermath of the events of Season 1. But when all's said and done, I like happy endings. I joke about being a Weenie Hut Jr. writer in that respect.

7. Fic with the happiest ending?

Hard to say. They all kinda take place in the same universe. And Turn Back Time is the only one with like, a real over-arching plot. All pretty happy endings, I promise.

8. Do you get hate?

No, everyone has been very kind. (I think it helps that the fandom is so tiny. You want Afterparty fic? There are max like 3 people who write it, so you're stuck with our limited seasonal menu. 😂)

9. Do you write smut?

Nothing I've published, but I started writing a Brett/Xavier enemies with benefits fic as a joke and it somehow turned into something serious and now I have a 30k word draft??

10. Have you ever co-written a fic?

No, though @deaddeerdonoteat and I sometimes come up with silly Brett/Xavier dialogue that I think deserves to see the light of day.

11. All time favorite ship?

If we're only looking at The Afterparty, it's gotta be yasniq. I am a sucker for a best friends to lovers story. All time, any fandom? That's a really hard question to answer. (I'm thinking about like, a graph where the X-axis is "how much I believe in the ship" and the Y-axis is "how much I enjoy the ship" and then there's a third dimension/Z-axis of "how much content exists for the ship" and it's very hard to find something that checks all 3 boxes. But 1 or 2 out of 3 can still be fun.)

12. WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't have that many WIPs and the ones I do have are fairly likely to get finished. It's basically just Turn Back Time (which is most of the way done and I have extremely concrete plans to finish), my dumb Brett/Xavier story, and maybe a couple random sequels or oneshots that can exist in the same universe but don't have an over-arching plot (e.g. Chelsea Starts a GSA). OH, and there’s ia Yasniq covid quarantine fic. Decent odds I'll finish that one, though it might take a while.

13. Writing strengths?

Research/dedication to canon (to a degree that I can admit is obsessive). You would not believe the stupid shit I've looked up because I didn't want to get a peripheral detail wrong. I have a folder on my computer with dozens of reference photos from the show that I look at when I want to confirm details about the set. I tried to map out the layout of Xavier's mansion in MS paint (a task which I think is actually impossible). I researched the history of Hungarian-Jewish immigration when deciding on a backstory for Yasper's parents because he made an offhand comment in S1E1 about having visited Hungary many times. “What would Yasper/Aniq have been doing in the early days of the pandemic?" somehow turned into me researching PPP loan eligibility criteria.

Also I think my writing is pretty funny?

14. Writing weaknesses?

Indecisiveness. MAJOR indecisiveness. (See the fact that I’d been working on Turn Back Time for over six months before I started publishing it.) Also maybe over-use of em-dashes and semi-colons.

15. What are you working on that you haven’t posted any of?

I think it's all stuff I mentioned earlier in the post. (Mainly the Brett/Xavier enemies with benefits fic and the Yasniq lockdown fic)

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In terms of tagging people... I am also bad at matching ao3 usernames to tumblr URLs so I can't remember who writes fic, but anyone is welcome to do this and say that I tagged you 😂

[brokenhandsmedia]

So, after a summer of research, I've figured out a potential top-level solution to the use of Large Language Models in my composition class: the trick isn't to focus on punishing students for using the material, because that doesn't really dissuade all students.

What really needs to be done is to set up the conditions of an assignment to make the use of LLMs unhelpful or actively harmful but which are achievable for human beings. The secret here lies in the fact that LLMs take an atomistic approach to language, hyper-focusing on the micro-level (something that tagging systems on social media etc. prime us to do). The opposite move needs to be taken: we must focus on a holistic view of writing, where taking a broad-based view that correlates the different parts of a piece of writing, because this places the emphasis on what -- thus far -- only human beings can do.

That's my hope, at least.

[eusuntgratie]

Fic Pride Weekend

thank you for the tags @anincompletelist @cha-melodius @bigassbowlingballhead <3

Rules: Post your favourite line or passage from as many of your published works as you’d like. Let yourself feel proud of your creations! Tag as many people as you post snippets, so your fellow fic friends can be proud, too.

this could be a disaster, taynick, rwrb rpf

disaster my slutty slutty baby. there's a lot in here i'm proud of, but the moments nick lets us see how much taylor cares about him are some of my very favorite. it took me way too long to pick a bit from this fic!

“You’re really good, Nick,” Taylor tells him, like he can see all of his insecurities lining themselves up in his head. It zings through his brain and body pleasantly in a way he doesn’t expect. He wants to make a joke, but he swallows it down, and mutters, “thanks,” to the floor at Taylor’s feet. Before he knows what to do, Taylor’s wrapping him up in a hug, tight and warm and perfect. “I’m so glad you’re my Henry,” he murmurs, and Nick thinks he could probably melt into the floor.

give it to me easy, tknp, men's hockey rpf

happy retired pat fic my beloved <3

It’s always been easier with TK. Like he bullied his way into Nolan’s life while he was distracted with proving himself on the team and before Nolan knew what was happening he was letting TK tie his tie and come over when he was laid out with a migraine and telling him how much he hated his fucking head back before he’d talk to anybody.

stetson, firstprince, rwrb

i love this fic so much, and this bit is probably my favorite

“What’s the matter, baby?” Alex asks, voice gone deeper and a little raspy. Henry wants to drown in it. Wants to sink to his knees and get his hands on the denim stretched across Alex’s thighs, wants to choke on his cock, wants Alex to shove him backwards with his boot and fuck him on the floor until he cries.

forgive me, father, sidgeno, men's hockey rpf

this is one of the fics i've most proud of in general. it was a huge departure for me thematically and writing about catholicism was challenging but cathartic, i think. writing sid as a priest was a fuckin trip.

That night, he sinks to his knees and asks the Lord to protect John Francis, to give him the strength to be what the town needs, to guide His people into the light and away from the Devil. He sleeps fitfully, plagued by confusing dreams - strange amalgamations of things he’s seen and tempting imagery sent by the Devil. The dead Deacon, faceless and cold, in the bed Sid now sleeps in. The cross he saw on his way into town, lit up in flames. A beautiful, tempting face with big eyes and a mischievous smile, whispering, “hello, Sidney. I’m glad you’re here.” Visions of the town, sinking down to Hell, calling out to Sid who is powerless to help, chained by his own failings, his sins, his shortcomings.

bruises on both my knees for you, dumotanger, men's hockey rpf

i fucking love these two i should poke at my omegaverse fic for them

Brian’s embarrassingly hard to just be kneeling on a crusty floor with a dick barely in his mouth, but everything about Kris seems to make him want him more.

hold me like i was forgiven, tknp (kinda, more like a tk fic), men's hockey rpf

i love this fic it hurt me so bad to write it it's one of my favorites. this scene made me cry writing it and i still love it so much.

Travis takes in every detail of Rhett’s sweet face, suddenly afraid this is a dream he’ll wake up from. He knows people love their kids, that he loves kids, but watching Rhett’s face smashed up against his chest, drooling into his shirt, he’s overwhelmed by the force of his love for him. “He's beautiful, Karly.” She smiles like she can’t help it. “He really is.” “He looks like me.” Her smile falters a little. “I know.” “I love him,” he says, tears spilling over and onto his face. “I love him so much.” Her voice shakes this time when she answers, “I know. I know you do.”

liar, sidgenotanger, men's hockey rpf

i'd love to write a sequel to this. i love their dynamic in this one!

Kris starts to argue but Zhenya cuts them both off. “Sid. Be good.”

can't help it i want you, sidgenoanna, men's hockey rpf

Sid sighs. He's the captain. And maybe if things were different, he’d have a girlfriend or a wife who would notice and do for Anna what Sid always does for the rookies. But he doesn’t. What he has is a bad habit of fucking around with his alternate captain and a mostly-manageable load of guilt about it.

i am not a woman i'm a god, allison/erica but really nogitsune/erica, teen wolf

i had to get at least one teen wolf fic and one femslash fic in here! this one was fun to write.

The thing that looks like Allison, pretty dimples out of place on the cruel face, is on top of her in an instant, boxing her into the seat where she slept. She hates that she freezes, that not-Allison is bringing out the sad, scared, embarrassed sick girl that she tries to pretend was killed by the bite.

tagging @lostcol @voxofthevoid @jbarneswilson @taste-thewaste @dreamsinthewitchouse

@sheepywritesfics @matriaya @puckingfabulous @oxfordslutphase

[meraki-yao]

Hi! Thank you for reflagging my little rwrb ask game. Here are some numbers as another thank you and because I’m a little bit curious :)

1, 2, 11, 12 and 16 💜

Feel free to ignore the ones you don’t feel like answering, if there are some! 

First and foremost thank you so much for making this ask game!!! and also thank you for asking me!!! Writing this was really fun :D

What was your introduction to Red, White and Royal Blue? How did you become aware of it, what was your first impression of it?

It was completely coincidental. The day the trailer came out it popped up on my recommendation, and I was intrigued so I watched it, and then I couldn't stop watching it. I swear, within like, three days, I watched it at least 30 times, and I ran to get the book two days later

My first impression after watching the trailer for the first time was that it looks a little cliche, like something I'd find on Ao3, but it also looks like a genuinely fun and delightful movie, and I think I would have a really good time watching it. And I did!

2. Team Alex or Team Henry? (I know you love them both equally but choose anyway. OR choose depending of the circumstances. Like, "I’d go shopping with Alex but I’d marry Henry. Or I’d hug Alex but I’d go karaoke with Henry. I don’t know. Try something.)

I love both boys in both universes/mediums in different ways, but I'd say I personally relate a lot more to Henry, particularly movie Henry

11. Choose your prison. Would you rather live in a royal palace or in the White House? 

If we're talking about the buildings themselves, I'd say the palace, mostly because I grew up with fairy tales and I like that regal, medieval/classical/romantic aesthetic.

12. Share one of your unpopular opinions about the book and/or the movie.

Ooo, this is gonna be a slightly longer one. I was thinking about making a full post on this but I might as well just answer it here.

This has to do with the bonus chapter: I didn't really like it? Or more accurately, it made me feel kind of... disappointed or sad. With all due respect to Casey of course.

It took some time but I came to terms with Alex wanting to work in smaller law firms, especially after talking to my law student friends. My issue is Henry's abdication.

It's just, so much of the original book is about making history, about being in a prominent position AND being gay. Henry keeps track of gay monarchs, and they tend to have to hide or give up something one way or another: King James I had to commission the translation of the bible and sort of... lie about his relationship (I'm technically not religious, but I did read the bible a lot as a kid, and I really don't think the relationship between Jesus Christ and John, namely teacher and disciple is comparable to a very, very homoerotic relationship), and King Edward II (Yes there are two gay kings in Henry's name) had to exile his lover. So to have Henry finally be a royal who can keep both his title and his love would be historical, just as they said they wanted. Henry can step back from royal duties without stepping down: irl Princess Beatrice while still a working royal, had a full-time job in 2017 and split her time between New York and London. Henry could have done something like that. I understand that in the book the royal family is a lot stricter, rigid, and overall awful than in both real life and the portrayal of the movie, but I thought that with Princess Catherine coming back to take charge at the end, things would improve, fixing the system instead of going "fuck the system". Also this might be because of certain things happening in my life right now, but I'm kind of sick of seeing stories where you have to choose one, instead of coming to a compromise. You don't get all the good, you don't get all the bad, you find somewhere in between, and that's okay.

Plus given the more benevolent portrayal of Henry's family, especially his grandfather in the movie (I wrote a whole essay about it), if we get a movie sequel, I really don't want Henry to abdicate, and it also makes less sense.

But then Casey posted a story about their thoughts when writing the bonus chapter, about the boys taking a break from making history, not giving up; preserving their flame instead of letting it burn so hard that it burns out. That made me wonder if my perspective and opinion on the bonus chapter are affected by me being young.

16- Pick a line and/or a quote for each:

-You have to sell the book/movie to someone who doesn't know anything about it.

Bith "But you're the one who decided to put your dick into the heir of the British throne!"

yeah I think that summarizing the initial selling point pretty well

-The quote that makes you the most emotional.

Romance/ Love wise:

Book: the entire fucking list, but also "give yourself away sometimes, sweetheart. there's so much of you." (I started sobbing when I read it)

Movie: "I'll break the sound barrier for you. "

Lines that make me emotional for personal reasons:

Book: "I honestly have never thought I deserved to choose. But you treat me like I do."

Movie: "But Henry, Nothing will ever happen to you."

(I feel like just from that you could tell what my personal issue is lmao)

-A quote/line that could be a life lesson to you.

Both: "Sometimes you just gotta jump, and hope you're not standing on a cliff."

This was so much fun! Again thank you for sending in the numbers, and if anyone else wants to ask me (the list is here!) please do!

[skysensei07]

Recently, I've been reading a fanfic called Empathy (written by Finmonster), it's a crossover fic that features Inside Out, Big Hero 6 & Home. honestly, I really liked the story for this fic, so much so that as of writing this, I'm currently 22 chapters in. though recently, one aspect that I've became interested in was Riley's Emotions. for those who don't know, in Chapter 8, Riley meets her emotions after a technological accident cause her to fall unconscious. from this point forward, Riley's emotions are only present through their voices heard in her head. now it's a pretty good way to intergrate the Emotions into the story. though it made me wonder, if the emotions somehow came into the real world and became heroes alongside Big Hero 9. what would they use and what would their hero suits look like

JOY

Her suit would have a similar similar to GoGo's, but would have a different shape hue of yellow so to better tell them apart, other differences include purely black skin-tight underclothing, Solar panel wings that resemble the ones from Wall-e's design in Mirrorverse and Gauntlets that end at the elbow

As for her abilities, the Gauntlets I mentioned can shoot beams of light that can stun and blind oncoming assailants, her suit also grants her the ability of flight, Much like Baymax

Joy's hero name would be Solar, since her suit can actually draw power from the sun

FEAR

He would wear purple armor that resembles suits worn by SWAT & riot control agents, with a matching helmet with a visor that covers his face. the weapons he'd wield would be a shield and a shock stick

his shield can transform into a massive energy barrier that covers more ground (similarly to Reinhardt's barrier). the shock stick not only stuns enemies, leaving them in a bit of a daze, but can also transfer from one person to another

Fear's hero name would be Safeguard, since he's one of the more defensive members

SADNESS

Her suit would be Black with blue and blue haze accents, along with a matching helmet and gauntlets that shoot water from their palms. she's also equipped with Boots that not only increase her height slightly but also give her more mobility considering she's the second shortest of the five. on her back would be a water tank that stores her tears, from where grey tubes connect it to her gauntlets

Her suit draws from how much tears she cries out, the sadder she feels, the more water she create. as mentioned before, her gauntlets can shoot out water, which can be used to douse attackers, propel her into the air, or slip them up. her tank can also spawn a rain cloud that she can ride on and depending on how much water she has, she can make it rain, on her foes or on massive fires

Sadness' hero name would be TearCloud, since she can spawn the aforementioned rain clouds

DISGUST

Her suit combines aspects from the Glitch techs uniform as well as her Surfer outfit from @Sequs-art-box's Hang ten au, most notably the Black and green accents, a matching belt that holds her whips and a pink transparent skirt. she also dons a green holographic visor that allows her to detect oncoming threats, even the disgusting ones

Speaking of her whips, she can use them in a variety of ways, fighting waves of enemies, grabbing and throwing objects around to latching on to ledges or moving vehicles

Disgust's hero name would be Whiplash, for obvious reasons

ANGER

in his case he would be given a full-blown red mech that helps with the fact that's shortest of the group. it combines aspects of other mechs like the Hulkbuster, as well as various vehicles such as truck exhaust pipes that are attached to its back. he also has a helmet that he wears from which the top can open up to allow the flames to come out of his head. and when he's not using it to fight, it can neatly transform into a briefcase that he can carry

his mech is equipped with everything needed to annihilate entire armies, such as flamethrowers that covers a great distance as well as immense strength allowing him to lift things that not even Baymax can lift. similar to sadness, his mech draws on how much anger he feels, meaning the angrier he gets the more powerful he becomes. and at maximum rage capacity, his mech can set ablaze in a raging heap of fire capable of burning down anything he comes across

Anger's hero name would be Freight-Flame, since his mech, as mentioned before has aspects of a truck, not to mention that he's the strongest member of the team, first to Baymax

[siendesblog]

For Jophiare's fic, Seque, part of their series SER. Their writing is really, really beautiful and I highly recommend checking it out <3

Here is the quote that inspired this to convince anyone that is still on the fence:

A gloved hand covers the raven’s lips and Suzaku shakes his head. They couldn’t. Lelouch knew that better than anyone. Still, Suzaku shifted forward and pressed his lips against the back of his hand. Lelouch closed his eyes, leaning into the brunette’s touch as much as Suzaku’s glove let him.

[dino--draws]

i love being awake at like nearly 3 AM because me explaining how I got started in writing sequed into me talking about an SCP tale series concept that involves me picking at the bones of my elementary/middle school storywriting for half decent concepts and then writing about how dinosaurs look like that because of an eldritch god of evolution. also theres a scp space station. its calle space center prometheus. is this dumb or good i dont know but its SILLY and thats what mattered. promethus was gored one day you'll be real. when the department of paleo becomes real.

[cicelythereaper]

it's christmas, which means it's time for me to once again plug the fics i write at and for christmas! now presented in one series for your convenience, mostly covering british kidlit of the 20th century. roll up, roll up, we've got your narnia, your father christmas letters, your rosemary sutcliff, etc