#she's v gung ho

[queen-scribbles]

Oops My Hand Slipped ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[reddogf13]

beekeeper Ethan AU

i just started a little fanfiction idea, but am stuck in the -wanna get to the good parts, but the beginnings slow-. so im sharing the plot idea early here to satisfy it. :v//

so basically, Ethan's mold and the Dimitrescu sisters accidentally end up in a positive symbiotic relationship. i thought id be cool as real life insects do get positives from mold, or severe trouble.

leaf cutter ants farm mold to eat, while leaf cutter bees don't eat it, but build with it to keep nastier molds away.

while on the other hand you have deadly mold like cordyceps that kill insects to be zombie like. and i like to think that if Ethan was more aggressive like Eveline, then "his mold" may have worked like hers did. but being passive it takes a more -work together- approach.

it starts when, while fighting and not paying attention, Ethan is injured after a cliff fall and Bela gets stuck with him trying to survive the cold after being too gung-ho on chasing him out the kitchen window.

Ethan feels bad as he never wanted to kill anybody and decides to help her out. to easily stay warm and travel she basically attaches to him as the fly swarm. so now Ethan awkwardly travels with Bela as a crawling fly vest he really tries not to swat or scratch at as it crawls around.

Ethan originally was just gonna escort her back to the castle until he sees a large vanity get launched out the side of it. (Alcina assumes her daughters dead.) and so Ethan decides to take a rain check on going back there. earning him a few bug bites from Bela as shes, of course, pissed to be stuck with him in the snowy outsides. but unable to kill him as she'd die/ be stuck in the snowy village.

hes still trying to find his daughter while she tries to interfere as she still works for Miranda in a way.

but heres where rapid insect and mold evolution kicks in.

Ethan is unintentional shedding micro mold spores everywhere, but since hes not actively aware enough to influence them. they just die off pretty quickly and are extremely unnoticeable. however, since Bela is constantly attached to him, shes being dusted in the mold that manages to stay alive from close contact with ethans body. this doesint do anything really until she has to eat.

Ethan definitely doesin't want her drinking the blood off his wounds so he forces her to eat off all the dead lycans left on his path. which then really starts the positive cycle as Bela unintentionally brings back a little blood and rotten meat bits on the swarm.

the mold lives off of the human food Ethan eats, but its not the best for it. like actual mold it likes rotten or dead things. and after being lightly coated in it off the swarm it gets more of a vital boost. his healing improves and unknowingly the spores hes spreading briefly toxify the land.

the black god mold is old and aggressive, but ethan's was made to be a far more aggressive weapon. it becomes a anti black god fungal and poisoning its presence, including the amount infesting the girls/ lords. which changes their temperaments slightly the longer they linger around him.

bela's changes start by the insects growing bigger. promoting them to take off larger chunks of meat and return with more gore for the mold. their larger size also gave Ethan/ the mold better defense. when a lycan tackles him, they get attacked back by a pissed off swarm that rips chunks off them.

the swarm also begins picking up on more social, bee like, behaviors. talking is too much of a risk at times and a blizzard can be too cold for her to talk anymore. having the swarm "talk" or answer by a rolling wave or flash of movement.

which then eventually leads to her swarm growing fuzz to withstand the cold temps a bit better. overtime she is able to leave Ethan for a few minutes before needing to return. while before it was hardly for a sec or two. the swarm gets better at keeping still on him rather then constantly crawling. blending in more like a false vest unless someone gets a closer look.

i imagine chris and his squad had a heart attack when meeting Ethan again. pushing him around and then immediately receiving a hostile swarm attack. before Salvatore came crashing through.

eventually bela and ethan do figure out mirandas plans and that she really has no care for the lords. which infuriates bela into joining ethans campaign against her. they do eventually return to the castle where her family notices the extreme difference in their bugs.

having become more of a mutant vulture bee then a parasitic fly.

(vulture bees do exist and are pretty cool. :D)

bela's insects are two times bigger(and growing), have better communication across the swarm, better cold resist, stronger exoskeleton and a stronger bigger bite.

from here the girls learn to do other "bee things" like make a healing blood honey and propolis(bee glue) and begin sticking things from decorations to lycan bones as armor on ethan.

[corpocyborg]

You know I gotta be predictable: v/smasher for the alternate love interest!

Yessss, could definitely work!

V spares Smasher during her version of the Devil Ending, although not out of mercy but just because she thinks it would piss Johnny off and because she thinks it's possible he could still be useful to Arasaka. I imagine once she wakes up from Mikoshi, Smasher's working for Arasaka again. Probably realizes Yorinobu's ship's sunk and so he might as well. They'd take him back 'cause he's useful.

Once they meet again, I imagine he's pretty unfriendly 'cause he'd be pissed off that she and Goro defeated him before and got Yorinobu killed. But she'd be her usual affably evil self... outgoing energy with an undercurrent of bloodlust and hunger for power. I think he could get behind that. 😁

Plus it is also likely he'd like that she's fully inorganic. She's extremely into being that way, the whole "weakness of the flesh" mentality, so I think they could jive together well in that respect too.

I actually think generally her personality is likely more similar to Smasher's than it is to Goro's. She and Goro clash at times when he sees her as too gung ho and not principled enough. That's a major theme in Beyond the Event Horizon. So, yeah, V and Smasher could definitely have a "we make each other worse" kinda relationship.

[invisibleraven]

Haunted Holidays

December 22: Christmas Tree <- AO3 link!

As it got closer to the holiday season, everyone could see that Reggie was getting a bit morose. Usually he was gung ho about celebrating the season, decking the halls and baking up a storm.

But not this year.

This year he had to put MeeMaw into a home-her mind was deteriorating fast and she couldn’t be left to her own devices any longer. That meant dealing with closing up the farm until his uncle could either take it over or sell it. Dealing with the woman who practically raised him no longer knowing who he was.

So he didn’t see much point in celebrating. Thus his partners decided to do something to cheer him up.

“Why don’t we go out and get a real tree this year?” Willie suggested. “I remember you telling me you lived that as a kid.”

“We have a tree though,” Reggie replied. “That gigantic pre-lit thing that Carrie bought.”

“We can have a real one this year,” Carrie assured him, laying a gentle hand on his shoulder. “I don’t mind.”

“I’ll see if I can find a reputable tree farm in the area,” Alex piped up. “So we can chop it down and everything.”

“I don’t know about trusting any of you with an axe,” Julie stated.

“Hey I know how to use an axe!” Reggie protested. “I had to chop wood for the farm all the time!”

“Fine,” Julie amended, “I don’t trust anyone who isn’t Reggie with an axe.”

“That’s fair,” Luke quipped. “I can tie it up after though, since I was actually an Eagle Scout.”

“For like a week,” Alex scoffed.

“I learned the knots, didn't I?” Luke retorted with a waggle of his eyebrows.

“I don’t think Shibari and tree tying knots are quite the same,” Kayla shouted from the laundry room. Everyone pointed in her direction, causing Luke to pout until Julie fluffed his hair and told him his knots were great.

“So we’re really doing this?” Reggie clarified, but it looked like he was perking up, so they all nodded. “Sweet!”

That weekend they found themselves bundled up and ready to go. Kayla had to work, but wished them luck. Flynn and Carrie had bowed out, not being fond of the outdoors but promised to make a popcorn chain and some hot chocolates for when they came back. “Just come back with all your limbs and digits!” Flynn called as they piled into Reggie’s truck.

“So, where to?” Reggie asked Willie and Alex. They had the map on their laps, and were quietly debating between themselves.

“Willie here wants us to just head into the woods, and find the perfect tree,” Alex explained, pinching the bridge of his nose. “But I have explained that it is often illegal, so I found some places where they invite you to come in and choose your own tree from their patch of land.”

“No jail!” Julie stated firmly. “Or hefty fines!”

“Fiiiiine,” Willie whined, and suggested the nearest farm.

“Alright people,” Alex said as they exited the truck. “We’re looking for a nice spruce tree. The firs are nicer, but also more pricey.”

“Cuz you can tell the difference,” Luke snarked under his breath, but received an elbow to the ribs for it.

They broke apart, looking amongst the unclaimed trees, but nothing was grabbing their attention. Everything was too scraggly, too short, too lopsided.

Eventually they came across a tree that looked the part, and they made a plan to get it down and to the car. Even if the skies are turning grey and foreboding. Reggie gave a mighty thwack of his axe, and it embedded itse;f in the trunk for a moment. Then he pulled it back out, ran his fingers through his hair, and did it again.

Julie whimpered at the sight, and Luke was right beside her, clutching her hand. “Man, we've got one hot partner,” he murmured. “We should take him apart later in that flannel.”

“I like the way you think,” Julie purred.

“Timber!” Reggie yelled gleefully as the tree fell. “I always wanted to say that.”

As it turned out, Luke’s knot tying skills were the best, so he was the one who went about securing the tree to the truck bed, and got Julie to double check his work, just in case.

“Great job mi vida,” she complimented him, the group of them setting back off.

Of course, getting it home was the easy part-setting it up took a lot of work, resulting in the five of them getting scratches and sap everywhere as needles littered the ground.

“I am so not cleaning that up,” Carrie said as she supervised.

“Help or leave,” Alex grunted at her.

Finally, the tree was up, even if some of them were a bit worse for wear, the smile on Reggie’s face as he took it in made the pain worth it. “Five minute break to clean up and then we trim?” Willie proposed.

Everyone agreed, and went their own ways to freshen up, coming back to Carrie and Flynn stringing lights on the tree, along with their string of popcorn. Alex turned the lofi on, playing some classic holiday music, and the group of them began to decorate.

“It’s not a bad little tree,” Flynn commented wryly.

“We did a lot better than Charlie Brown, it’s true,” Luke replied.

They finished up, flicked the lights to the room off, and stood back, oohing and aahing as they took in the splendor. And very quietly, Reggie began to cry-too many emotions swirling around in his head. But he let his partners hold him, and smiled at the tree-now and forever a symbol of the lengths they were willing to go for him.

But he’d be totally cool going back to plastic next year.

[i-love-you-all]

So we all saw the cinematic for the release in China right?

If not I’ll put in a spoiler but it’s on the main Valorant YouTube channel.

First, I don’t know if this is supposed to be cannon. My best guess is no since idk if this is from the same creative team as the main story stuff. Bc was skye around at the time of the original maps timeline wise? Ik we never got a real answer for the first couple released agents, so it’s possible?

Another thing is uh, permadeath for Sova? They don’t show the res and given sova obv shows up later This doesn’t actually prove cannon or not. It’s not the first time of “permadeath” as we got confirmation for when Yoru/Icebox’s cinematic came out so it’s also possible they just come back for him at the end of the mission.

Also sage spoke w the standard mainland accent so no redneck sage which I think would’ve been funnier to me. Also I don’t think she has a Beijing accent so there’s that.

I could’ve seen this as Sage’s first mission w the protocol which places this after the bind mission when then didn’t know what the spike was. So that means bind is the first location. I’m also not at my laptop (which may explain any formatting errors) so I can’t remember who has control of what. In terms of alpha vs omega.

I have conflicted feelings towards jett and pnoenix’s attitude towards killing. I could assume based on the fact Skye is in here that they’ve had time to adjust and learn so maybe they get bolder in terms of killing but I still bc them as quite young and so idk. I guess assuming Jett got blamed for Venice (wrongfully) I didn’t think she’d be so gung-ho abt killing. Some serious training and compartmentalization had to happen. I could see a scenario where they see themselves like a captain America esque hero and so they will do (and kill) what they need to bc they are the “good guys”. We have not yet seen the overall morality of the two worlds collide yet (I don’t count pearl cinematic bc they haven’t expanded on it since then for some reason :p) which could make room for some fun fanfics (hint hint to all Val fanfic writers)

Yeah idk it’s just cool. Animation and cinematics are cool. Raze and KJ we’re on the same team so nanobomb rejoice. Cypher died first again :p All v cool stuff.

Waiting on lore expansions tho…

[coldchary2468]

Thinking about how you mentioned that Nemona has a bunch of yandere meme's about her, i think i figured out a reason.

Not just the other characters mentioning how she loves battling more than is healthy, she is the first open world rival. All the other games were very linear, so it was natural for them to be loitering around the same locations as the player and challenging you for a battle. But S&V being open-world means that all the times you run into Nemona are when she could technically be anywhere else in the country, so it feels more like a delibrate choice on her part.

The game is linear the gyms have set levels and you actively have to go to specific locations to interact with people your not finding arven waltzing around the place looking for herbs,

Anyhow I don’t know how to phrase this without sounding like I’m contradicting myself. Nemona not trying to find you but she is trying to interact with you because that’s the point she suggested doing the Pokémon challenge because she wants to be friends with someone as gung Ho about battling as she is. And she’s doing the challenge with you because of that.

[bcofl0ve]

this is a question that's always interested me, so forgive me if you've already been asked this. but in another universe*hypothetically* if v and aus were still together do you think everyone would actually like, like them together? even with knowing that she probably didn't treat him all that nicely. how do you think our fandom would look??

speaking about the public at large and not just *my* personal opinion...i think it would've been not great for public perception. like i joke about how he was probably relieved he was #free during the whole "wellll people are gonna dieeee buttt" covid thing but. i think it is gen for the better he is still tied to someone who is like problematic-lite, and like, problematic publicly lol. though granted if they kept up the pda to the extent that it was amped up in older pap photos then maybe ppl would be willing to forgot about that haha. one thing stan twitter loves is pda pap photos of cute actors!

if she *wasn't* problematic in the ways she is i don't think i'd mind her. she's a pretty gal, and i can't knock her being WooWoo or anything like that bc i too am a woowoo girlie. i actually caught shit on here before the whole 'crying' comment debacle/the talk about her not being nice to him bc i was so neutral on her that i bordered into defending her a smidge. i know how it can "look" for fandoms of ppl of the male gender to really go to the mat against a woman in their life. but at this point, i think disliking her and disliking her *publicly* is just fine and not like, misogynist.

in terms of our fandom specifically? i think at large, if she was the same problematic girl is now that we'd mostly ignore her and that there'd be a lot of "well austin isn't her, she's her own person" talk whenever she did something dumb. with some more intense discourse if the stuff about her not being nice to him came out while they were still together.

but if this was in an AU where she's without any issues, i think the same people that are really gung ho about hating kaia would hate her too. ive said this before but while *some* of the shit k gets is directed at her individually re: her parents/her being a nepo baby...anyone he was with would have ppl who want him single up in arms for one reason or another. off topic from vanessa, but it always makes me giggle when (moreso on twitter, not here) ppl who i know are anti-kaia go on and on about missing auslivia/fantasize about them getting back together. likeeeeee. babe be fr. you would be in line to burn olivia at the damn stake if those roles were really all swip swapped. i love olivia to death, but she's objectively somewhat of a messy figure in austin land. i can vividly see all the hypothetical "austin is pushover for letting her get away with blah blah blah, she's clearly manipulating him, poor austin! boo privileged australian rich girl!" posts from the anti-girlfriends if they had worked out or gotten back together lololol. (and before someone fusses at me over even these hypotheticals, i know it'll never happen! i am a lot of things, but not completely delulu)

something something the grass always looks greener on the other side...

[eomma-jpeg]

Hello again! So, I've got one for you Fic-specific Ask Game! (For In the Meadow, of course. XD) For Want of a Nail: So, I'm curious as to how this would turn out. Instead of the insurance gals having to head out to send in their resignations, instead it's Vash and Knives who have to leave for a few days for Reasons™️. (I'm imagining something related to their past? Like maybe a bounty hunter has been sniffing around and is getting too close to the farm. Or one of the Gung-Ho Guns survived or something. Or maybe it's something mundane like they have to go find a specific part to replace for the Plant and it can only be found in December. Either way, they gotta skedaddle!) I wanna know how you'd think it'd play out! I can only imagine the absolute terror Knives would be on a two day road trip when he knows he's missing the first tomatoes (and also Milly, but shhhh! He's being stupid about that still!) And also what would the gals be doing back on the farm? (Pining away, I'm sure. Omg, I bet Milly will be a mess when the first tomato comes in and Knives isn't there. 😭) Thoughts? 👀

oh veil,,,, you have put many thoughts in my head....

Knives and Vash road trip

I think.... it would be something like the eye of michael is still kicking?? and it would give me an excuse to include Livio (I WANT TO PUT HIM SOMEWHERE BUT I JUST CANT FIND A GOOD EXPLANATION)

Vash would leave, and I think at that point in the story, Knives would feel the need to come. specifically, he still wouldnt be comfortable around humans without Vash (even Milly. I think the thought of truly being surrounded by only humans would freak him out).

Unfortunately, Knives wouldn't realize how DESPERATELY HE WOULD MISS IT UNTIL HE'S GONE.

him and vash all alone in the desert, away from humans (which is what he wanted originally) but he just,,, he cant help wishing to go back. he wants to go back so bad, so he and vash work their BUTTS off to get this business done and over with cuz Knives just wants his routine and his girl back

this,,,,, could also be a good spot for vash v knives conflict vis a vis how the both of them feel about murder (knives feels its necessary especially when taking down the eye of michael, while vash it still on a pacifist route, despite his kind of..... completion of Rem's memory?)

because i'm mushy and i like parallels, if Milly doesn't have her scandalous dream in December... then Knives gets to have a mushy domestic one.

he dreams about Milly in the garden and the sunlight glistens in her shiny hair, they have a thriving crop, and milly just has the brightest smile on her face when she spots him, glowing with happiness. he wakes up after milly hugs him, arms wrapping around his body, pulling him tight and brushes a kiss on his cheek

He wakes up just,,, starstruck and makes Vash drive them home in the middle of the night. zero impulse control from this boy.

Milly and Meryl back at home

this change means that milly gets to pick the tomatoes without knives.

i ... i could absolutely see Milly doing good, like holding it together all morning, putting on a show that she's alright. she gathers them with ease and puts them in a cute lil basket she got from her mom

but then later when Meryl asks her how many tomatoes she gathered, Milly holds up each tomato individually and tears just kind of fall as she realizes that its the first time since the beginning of the garden that she had to do the work alone, and it hits her like a brick wall. she misses him so much.

Meryl: oh gosh i thought i was just asking about the tomatoes I didn't see this coming

I think it could be the trigger that Milly needs to realize that she really does like him.

if im being honest, this might speed up the romance process quite a bit, because if Milly falls first, its over. She would completely smother Knives in like welcome back kisses and he wouldn't know what to do LOLOL

okay, to stick with the slowburn, i could see Knives coming back and complimenting Milly on the harvest, and Milly unwittingly admitting that she had missed him. Then, quietly, mostly because Knives doesn't particularly want to admit it to himself, he tells her he missed her too.

Milly, being herself, just takes his hand and kisses his cheek, probably unable to tell him with words.

and then idk.............. thats a whole new fic.....

ty veil !!!!! i really liked thinking about this lolol

[epitomees]

(n˘v˘•)¬ softly, but with feeling: ok but chie's and naoto's turns

Send '(n˘v˘•)¬' for my muse to compliment your muse

"Maaan, what's not to like about Madoka-kun! She has this gung-ho, and fierce, but bright attitude towards everything she does! It's so much fun getting to hang out with her because I know that whatever we do? It's gonna be craaaazy fun since she gives like...110% effort every time. I think that's what I like the most about her too!! She's extremely dedicated, even if it's just something silly like us having an eating contest. Or who can throw a rock the farthest into the Samegawa. She even turns a lot of boring, mundane chores into something enjoyable too!"

"...well..." Compliments were never her strong suit. Neither being given them nor handing them out to others. For a brief moment, Naoto tucked her hands into her jacket while searching for something appropriate. And friendly. "...it is rather easy to mention your bright personality, but I'm sure you've heard it spoken several times already. So, I would like to commend you on your excellent leadership. You are not someone so easily frightened by the threats we have faced so far. You keep a level-head, you keenly observe and assess our situation, and can quickly make decisions based on your analysis. That is rather difficulty for most people, yet it comes naturally to you." No wonder the others appointed her as the leader.

"It is a great pleasure being able to work alongside you, Yoshinaga-san." She tipped her hat forward. "I don't believe I would want anyone else to be leading our investigative group, other than you."

[princecharmingtobe]

So I mentioned I made V (Vervain Auvraheal) in BG3. And I've become a little obsessed with his dynamic with Shadowheart...

So due to the constraints of the video game, I've made it an AU in which V never got cursed as a child and ended becoming a life cleric instead of a peace cleric. Still got that level in monk tho.

Another change due to constraints is his god. His canon god is Angharradh, a goddess made up of three other goddesses. But she wasn't an option. And I don't know if any of her component gods were options either? But you know who is an option? Selune. One of the goddesses who makes up Angharradh is Sehanine Moonbow, and Sehanine is an aspect of Selune, so it works out I think. (spoilers onward)

This does make things a little awkward with Shar-worshipping Shadowheart though! :D Cause in case you weren't aware, Selune and Shar are twin sisters who fucking hate each other and want each other dead and also like... light and dark and all that fun stuff. Despite worshipping such a dark goddess, Shadowheart's generally a very kindhearted person. She and V actually get along very well, so long as religion does not come up. So well, in fact, that they have expressed wanting to bone.

I've started calling them Star-Crossed Clerics, and I'm not sure how things will work out between them (no spoilers please). But they're so sweet and so tragic right now. Cause they'll talk about all sorts of things, be respectful of each other's boundaries, be all cute and stuff like V getting Shadowheart to talk about her favorite flower, and generally seem to agree morally on most things.

Shadowheart is also the one who convinced V that maybe he shouldn't blindly trust the dream guardian person thing. Cause of the companions I currently have, two were fully gung-ho about it, and two wouldn't even consider it. V at the time believed the guardian to be Corellon (because I didn't know what to make him so I was like fuck it, The Protector himself) and was all hyped about it. Gale and Astarion reinforced the idea that this was a good thing in his mind, and Wyll Lae'zel just came across as stubborn and close-minded to him so he just avoided the subject with them. But then Shadowheart acknowledged that there may be some good to using the tadpoles, but that parts of it just didn't sit right and she was concerned it might be dangerous. Having it approached in a more balanced way that points out the good and bad made him actually stop and think and realize he might have been acting naively.

So they get along with most things, they're really cute and respectful of each other, they listen to and ground each other, and they wanna bone. But then religion- something extremely important to both of them- comes up and they're at an impasse. They don't trust each other's goddesses or orders, they probably want to convert each other, and the very nature of their goddesses means it would be very hard for them to be together long term. And like, V tries so hard to be understanding and patient with everyone, but literally the day after they discussed wanting to bone, Shadowheart decided to share with him her dream of becoming a Dark Justiciar, to "weed out the non-believers" and "bring forth Shar's eternal darkness" or whatever. And externally V was like "Thanks for sharing..." but inside he was like "AAAAAAAAAAAAH" and he's now doubting if they can really be together.

It's heartbreaking :(

[bemusedlybespectacled]

~hot take~ about a book that came out ten years ago but one of the biggest reasons 50 Shades of Grey fails as a fanfiction - not as a piece of writing, but as fanfiction specifically - is because it fundamentally misunderstands the central conflict throughout the Twilight novels and as a result makes Anastasia and Christian’s relationship even more incomprehensible and unhealthy than Bella and Edward’s. that conflict NOT being the Volturi or anything to do with other vampires, but the fact that Bella wants to be a vampire and Edward doesn’t want her to be a vampire. 

like, Bella doesn’t want to grow old, she’s been parentified by her parents, and she feels boring and ordinary, so eternal youth + superpowers seems pretty fucking cool to her. meanwhile Edward hates being a vampire and sees it as a burden, especially since part of being a vampire is the constant threat of accidentally injuring or killing his girlfriend. the tension is the push and pull between what Bella wants and what Edward wants, and it’s only resolved when she does actually become a vampire.

so if we assume that BDSM is the vampirism metaphor in the 50 Shades fics (namely, something dangerous but also sexy and alluring), then Anastasia should be completely gung-ho about the kinky shit and Christian should be wracked with guilt every time he even considers spanking someone. finding out Christian is kinky should make Ana realize that whatever feelings she’s had before has a NAME and OTHER PEOPLE and is NORMAL and that her secret kinky fantasies are validated, while Christian should be crying into his pillow at the idea that he’s corrupted poor innocent Ana with his perverted ways. 

what I’m saying here is that it not only makes the storyline way creepier, because BDSM - and a relationship with Christian, since the story explicitly says you can’t have one without the other - is something that Ana is afraid of instead of excited about, but also makes it WAY more boring. oh ho hum, “a sexy millionaire overcame my protests and had his sexy sexy way with me!” said every fucking Harlequin novel ever. groundbreaking.

tl;dr: the plot of 50 Shades should be “Ana discovers Fetlife on bing.com and they go back and forth on their kinky needs v. Christian’s guilt at potentially hurting his love until they split the difference and have Ana top”

[actualbird]

Your new fic has got me thinking about vibrators for each of the boys and how they'd react to it in them what have you done zak-

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hello, anons 1 and 2!! it seems that both of u were Awakened by my fic, "product testing is important for the d (the d stands for data) (it also stands for dick)" cuz these asks were sent back when i had just posted that and im oNLY GETTING TO RESPONDING MONTHS LATER, IM V FORGETFUL. but im glad u were Awakened cuz

i have Thoughts

would this member of the nxx team (assumed single, cuz in a relationship i hc things would change a bit) own sex toys? if yes, what kind?

wc: 1.5k lol

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mc: yes, cuz she deserves to treat herself

mc went through the trials and tribulations of LAW SCHOOL and so she must have gone thru inhumane levels of stress. so shes got some toys. she needed them for good orgasms so she could stay SANE

i think in college, when she was still staying in a dorm with a roommate, she wouldve first gotten a small bullet vibe. the ones that are either a super inconspicuous design (i.e. designed to look like a tube of lipstick or etc.) or just really cute (i.e. bunny ear bullet vibes in a pastel color). this is cuz in the beginning she was RLLY EMBARRASSED ABOUT HAVING A VIBE and thus wanted it to be teeny tiny and easy to hide from her roommates

(sidenote about lipstick vibe: it would be HILARIOUS if mc has a lipstick vibe and accidentally mistakes the vibe for the lipstick tranquilizer gun luke gave her. one day, luke asks her to take the tranq gun out and fire a shot at the wall so he can see if theres anything he needs to do maintenance on on the gadget so she pulls out the lipstick object in her bag, presses the button and

it just starts buzzing

luke, beginning to blush: uhhhh

mc, shoving the vibe back in her bag: WHAT!!! NOTHING!!!!!!! STOP LOOKING AT ME, IM GOING FOR A WALK, NEVER SPEAK OF THIS!!!!)

later, when shes got her own place, she indulges and gets a better and bigger vibe. the trusty bullet can only get her so far, and shes in a new stage of her life: the employment under late stage capitalism

she needs better orgasms to stay sane thru that

for reactions to sex toys: in the beginning, she probably was having trouble figuring out how to use em to achieve the Good Orgasms, but after some practice and exploration, she gets the hang of it. usually goes for a destressing sex toy masturbation experience as opposed to aiming for something earth shattering. orgasms as a metaphorical glass of warm milk before bed, kinda. but it's a metaphorical glass of cummies

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artem wing: no, cuz he's just not interested in that kinda stuff right now

while artem also went thru law school, i posit this guy does not own a single sex toy. nothing. nada. none.

i hc artem as demi and bi and like, he KNOWS OF sex toys but they honestly just didnt interest him cuz sexual pleasure didnt interest him that much. artem is well aware that being demisexual is irt the lack of sexual attraction towards another person lest theres a solid emotional connection but hes not gung ho about exploring sexual pleasure too much on his own as well cuz it's like...like how he thinks movies are more fun to watch with someone else even when enjoying the experience by yourself is completely possible.

so as long as hes single, hes just kinda "meh" at the idea of sex toys as a whole, will jack off the old fashioned way if ever the horny hits

the only time artem is gonna be in the premises of a sex toy is once he's fallen in love and in a relationship and if his lover brings it up. but thats past the scope of this hc post, so we move on

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vyn richter: yes, cuz indulgence makes life beautiful also his high standards make for a Very discerning sex toy consumer

vyn has such upscale tastes in terms of interests: wines, vintage vinyls, tea that i am assuming is just the BEST and also expensive, and on and on it goes. vyn enjoys INDULGENCE and GOOD FOR HIM because enjoying what the world can offer is truly something that makes life worth living

and the world offers sex toys too and hes like "well, do not mind if i do"

however, vyn's standards are HIGH. in SSR Food For Thought, he was an absolutely merciless and scathing wine taster. i like to think this goes for a lot of the stuff hes into, if hes gonna indulge, he wants the Good Stuff, the BEST STUFF he can get his hands on

he only purchases sex toys that have unilateral good and detailed reviews and if hes unsatisfied, hes GONNA WRITE AN (ANONYMOUS) REVIEW DRAGGING IT on the toy's site. 0/10, would not use for orgasm again 💅

aligned with the indulgence thing, vyn is going after orgasms that are a bit more drawn out. not exaaactly edging or orgasm denial but close to it cuz prolonging the experience makes for 1) more time enjoying himself, 2) delayed gratification orgasms are scrumptious.

with that in mind, i figure vyn has maybe owns one or two Dedicated Favorite toys. cuz if it doesnt pass his standards of good quality and a nice drawn out experience, hes just not keeping it, bye bye subpar dildo!

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marius von hagen: yes, cuz hes a filthy whore with the added buff of being FILTHY RICH

marius is a lot like vyn in the sense that hes got high standards (when ur rich and have the capability to splurge on stuff, that Stuff has gotta be Good) and is also game for indulgence. but the difference with marius is that hes way more shameless about it, hes inching past indulgence and into vague and unapologetic sexy hedonism

i Cannot fault him for this, his life is STRESSFUL so honestly you go, marius. get them cummies.

also, related to the fic that sparked both these questions: i do hc that pax has a sex toy brand that makes Super great products and marius is all about supporting pax ventures!!!! even the ones thatll go in his butt.

i think that marius would be the type to go for As Many Orgasms As He Can Possibly Have. marathon masturbation for this dude, when the mood hits.

and to do that, he'd need diff kinds of toys cuz if he keeps using a fleshlight the entire time, his dick will feel like it's chafing even with all the high end lube easing the way. so hes got a Bunch of stuff. not an extensive collection or anything, but at least one of Thing That Provides Specific Stimulation (fleshlight, dildo, vibe, maybe some kinkier stuff he would much rather be using along with a partner but until then he'll live using the nip clamps on himself)

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luke pearce: no, cuz he 1) hates himself too much and 2) mc's parents may or may not have accidentally instilled a biiiiiit too much well meaning scare tactics on him as a teenager

the "he hates himself" bit is pretty self explanatory: luke pearce has the unfortunate tendency of denying himself good things because he thinks hes a No Good, Very Bad person. ive used this in 2943842 ways for angst but for comedy, itll lead to this. he does not have a sex toy cuz his self loathing is just THAT BAD. like HUH? HIM? MAKE HIMSELF FEEL GOOD???? that actually makes him feel BAD!!

i can forsee that many, many times luke has tried to jerk off just for stress relief but then his self loathing mental block was so strong it blocked the mental aspect of reaching an orgasm. this poor dude. love urself. accept urself

the SECOND bit is a hilarious concept i bounced around with beck once where like...what if mc's parents had a double standard, with how they raised luke compared to mc

cuz listen, mc's parents love both mc and luke very much!!! but also, yknow, parents have the tendency to be wary of Boys when theyve got an only child Girl

and This Boy LIVES WITH THEM

so fast forward to when mc and luke are going thru teen puberty and they both have to get The Talk and variations of thereof

and towards a teenage!mc theyre like "of course making yourself feel good is okay, and sex is okay too! but for now, focus on your studies, theres plenty of time for relationships in the future, but if you do want to pursue something on your own, make sure you do it safely because we love you <3"

and then towards a teenage!luke theyre like "hey. we're watching you we love you but we're watching."

this + luke's bedrock of self loathing = mc's parents, in their mission to keep their wonderful daughter safe, may have accidentally had a hand in making luke pearce among the most sexually repressed individuals on the planet

so uh. no. i dont think luke has sex toys. because i dont even think he reaches orgasm 60% of the time he decides to jerk it JHVAKJHSFKAJSHFAK

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and these r my takes!!! i realize that for an hc post talking about sex toys, this post is like 0% sexy JKBKJKJKJFASKFJASF

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god wait lets recontextualize Rex's can do gung ho for Ani attitude. lets consider the fact that TCW!Anakin is nothing like PT!Anakin.

the anakin we see in the series is like. macho baritoned god of confidence. when he gets angry his voice gets deeper and gruffer and they clearly made him to be more masculine. but PT!Anakin (movies) has a distinctly soft spoken voice. he "whines" and he cries and he says weird shit all of them time. I reblogged a post about it but even their senses of humor are totally different. and PT!Anakin is awkward enough that he can't flirt. he doesn't sound sane. but TCW!Anakin is as close to a sex god as a TV-PG-V children's show can get.

so looking at TCW!anakin, we can see why people would follow him. its like that famous guy affect. He's teh Chosen One, yeah, but he's also got charisma and energy and verve and all that good stuff. So Rex and some other people jsut going along with the stuff he says can be taken as that celebrity/cult of personality (?) effect.

but imagine if TCW!Anakin had stayed as PT!Anakin. The mumbly guy who spoke a little formally and couldn't flirt and made it very clear when he was on the verge of tears. Rex and everyone else following him til death do them part just looks like they have a lot more faith in him. Like a lot. Like this guys' sorta off but there's something about him that makes everyone believe in him even though he just told Senator Amidala to her face in front of dozens that she was glowing like the lava pits of mustafar.

oh oh oh wait we can make combos of this. I already think of rex as a more reserved guy with some older sibling syndrome going on. so we can have a PT!Anakin/awkward Rex duo, a TCW!Anakin/confident rex duo, or a PT!Anakin and awkward rex duo. and they'd all be hilaruous because the only response I can see ppl having to them in-universe is "jesus how did these two end up together"

but let me get back on track. Rex always believing in Anakin looks totally different when you see that they also changed anakin's personality to be more typically hero like. what if they'd kept it. I think Rex's faith in his general would seem more genuine if he was PT!Anakin because there's clearly something wrong with him, but the capable trained soldier by his side insists that he's the best guy out there.

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valencia karasu hc's (1)

profession-wise in the future, valencia will either be a drummer or a cafe owner

she'll also have 3 kids; 1 girl, 2 boys, all in the age difference by 2, along with 1 kitten and grim, ofc

valencia has a dating simulator character that she's been pining strongly over for 4 years

he's a knight, similar to silver and the sleepy kind (like silver)

she has merch and a shrine for him in her room. very gung ho on marrying him and taking him as her wife

has a 2 part powerpoint presentation on WHY he is so wifey

valencia bursts into tears at the sight of a pretty boy

e.g.: vil schoenheit, epel felmier, silver

valencia and grim WILL match outfits by enlisting vil's help. they're almost always matching

valencia has a small chest, so she cross dresses to make up for it. I mean, might as well, right?

has a very deep voice and can be easily mistaken as a man. sort of sounds like a mix of lilia and sebek? yeah

has coerced deuce into asking jack and sebek why their boobs are so big. ace is there too, coercing deuce. gets pummeled by the both of them in the end

very ticklish!!! is often how the other students get their revenge on her

gives grim little forehead kisses and raspberries on his stomach

her love language is physical touch! will platonically kiss friends because you don't KISS your homies goodnight?! you fuckin disappointment 🔫 LMAO

uses ppt presentations for explanations. v good at editing them (meme wise)

okay i am between making her super short or like 172 cm...

it's way funnier if she's short so...

VALENCIA IS 145 CM SHORTER THAN ORTHO HAAAAA

HOWS THE WEATHER DOWN THERE SHORT ASS LMAOOOO BET YA CAN'T EVEN TOUCH ME

oh that being said she'll climb jack as a challenge

also she calls sebek a halfling to assert DOMINANCE

she likes wearing cold shoulder turtlenecks, but also likes her back exposed! she also likes wearing short skirts (above the knee) and thigh highs, but do not worry, because she's wearing pants underneath 👍

also has a cat patterned jacket that has a very simple stitch pattern of a cat

speaking off, has once accidentally flashed herself in front of the whole class. did not come to school for 1 week. vivica had to drag her out her room LMAO

eats chocolate ice cream as a comfort food

oh!!! also has a lot of crushes on people! men, women, whoever it is, she'll crush on you, so i guess a romantic? hmm not sure though

she has a lot of fleeting crushes, but longer standing crushes do exist! started when she was about... 6, 7? yeah

absolute bloody besties with vivica (her cousin)! they get along like bread and butter

ace, her annoying brother-in-arms. had a momentary crush on him before going 'are you fuckin insane??? HIM??? no.' otherwise very good friends who like pranking deuce hehe >:D

deuce, her better brother-in-arms. very easy to tease. he's also the partial reason she hides her gender because... have you seen ghost marriage deuce trying to woo eliza?

lands on silver as her long time crush. the music club knows about it and the first years know about it

once she has a crush its really easy for it to slip out between friends

oh yeah she's also part of the music club! good at drumming, and I mean good. too bad i dunno anything about drums or i coulda added some trivia here LOL

is trying her best to court silver but ITS NOT WORKING LILIA GIVE MY GIRL A HAND STOP LAUGHING AT HER PLEASE SHE IS ON HER KNEES

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Precure Day 206

Episode: Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! 08 - “Syrup and the Mysterious Letter" Date watched: 7 April 2021 Original air date: 23 March 2008 Screenshots Transformation Gallery Project info and master list of posts

this is not important

How do you follow up that epic trip to the Palmier Kingdom? With some shenanigans and a mystery. Let's take a look.

The Plot

Syrup has a nightmare that he's trapped in a dark room, with only one doorway to the outside that's closing and a hand is keeping him from getting out. He screams that he doesn't want to be alone. He screams aloud in his sleep as well, and then the bell of the clock tower strikes six o'clock and then Syrup and Mailpo both dart awake. A startled Mailpo then spouts out a letter for the Precures. Meanwhile, Scorp surveys the city from on high and notes that the clock tower is a part of the collection. He decides to capture it to keep some clout within Eternal after his failures in retrieving the Rose Pact.

Later that day, at school, the girls are hanging out at Otaka's restaurant. Nozomi, Urara, and even Rin are wolfing down hotcakes (etymology note: depending on the region, hotcakes may be different from pancakes) when Syrup walks up to deliver the letter. They open it and discover, rather than a written note, it contains a piece of a flier, a flower shoot, and a piece of hotcake.

They are all perplexed by the contents. Rin identifies the shoot as coming from a tokeiso (lit. clock grass, known as a blue passion flower in English), and Nozomi takes this to mean that someone wants them to go to Rin's flower shop and eat hotcakes. Instead, they all gather at Natts House after school and continue to pore over their clues. Komachi notices the items each have a V-shaped imprint on them and thinks it might be a code, but none of the v-words they come up with make sense. Suddenly Nozomi, in her own Nozomi way, identifies that the piece of paper smells like crepes and she leads them to the new crepe shop that just opened up, called Clock Tower Crepes. They grab a flier and wouldn't you know, it matches their piece. At this point Karen notices a theme, between the clock tower restaurant and clock grass flower, so they suspect the mysterious messenger is telling them about the clock tower. A bird flies by as Syrup comments that he hasn't seen anyone here, and then Scorp shows up and informs the sextet that the clock tower's bell is in the collection, so he's taking the whole thing for Eternal and he turns a nearby fire hydrant into a giant Hoshiina.

and I do mean giant

The girls transform but this time, the Hoshiina isn't really interested in them. It's mostly focused on tackling the clock tower and it only swats the Precures away as they try to attack it. At the same time, a bird attacks Scorp, who similarly flicks it away, and the girls notice a bird's nest high in the tower, threatened by falling rubble and just outright falling. Mint surmises that the bird sent the letter as a request to protect their nest. Scorp mocks the girls for protecting the tower for some birds and they retort that his idea of what's valuable doesn't matter. Then Scorp turns his attention to Syrup, telling him to come back and work for Eternal again, marking the first time this is mentioned. However, Dream butts in and says that he can come to the Cure Rose Garden with the Precures and be much happier than going with Scorp, and he obviously sides with them. After rescuing the bird nest, she hands it to Syrup and then performs Shooting Star on the Hoshiina, destroying it.

Afterwards, in a beautifully lit twilight scene, the girls place a protective cage around the nest, and comment on how unexpected it was that the bird sent the letter. Komachi, Karen, Rin, and Urara are still unsure how the piece of hotcake fit in, though, and Nozomi thinks for a minute before concluding that "hotcake" has "tokei" (clock) in it, the same as the other two clues. Rin is spectacularly unamused.

As the girls admire their work and note how happy the birds seem, Syrup decides to open up to them a little bit. While leaning over the railing, looking out into the sunset, he admits that he sometimes has nightmares about being alone in the darkness, trapped and unable to escape. Nozomi tells him to send her a letter whenever that happens and no matter where, when, or what, she'll come into his dream to rescue him. Despite his protests she insists she'll respond earnestly to his feelings. At that moment, Mailpo unleashes a torrent of letters from Milk, some of which come open to reveal their contents, and the girls notice a picture of Milk watering a glowing blue sprout. They decide to all deliver the letters to Coco and Nuts together and the episode closes on a still frame of everyone rushing along with arms full of letters.

The Analysis

Stuff like this is why I love Nozomi as a character. She's goofy and isn't quite on the same page as the other girls, but she's trying her hardest to solve the mystery, and her unique experiences and knowledge help them find the answer. She wants to help the birds and protect the clock tower from Eternal, but she also doesn't miss a beat emotionally supporting Syrup when he opens up about his troubles. It's not her strongest showing, it's not quite the Nozomi we get during major plot episodes, but she's earnest and heartfelt and I like that. And that's a good description of this episode overall: it's not as strong as a major plot episode but it's earnest and heartfelt. It is on the upper end of middle-of-the-road, and that's fine. The only thread of character development here is Syrup opening up to the Nozomi a bit, which is a plot largely ignored until after the fight. The rest is mostly filler and doesn't contribute to the ongoing plots and mysteries surrounding Syrup's past, his connection to Eternal, the hunt for the Four Monarchs, Coco and Nuts developing as kings, the Blue Rose, or the Cure Rose Garden.

Looking at the here and now though, this episode is satisfying, well-paced, and has lots of gags. Nozomi repeatedly acts the fool, causing the other girls to react a lot.

She's very gung-ho about finding the sender and addressing their problem, and the other girls have to struggle to keep up with her. Coco and Nuts talk to Syrup about this as well, admitting that Nozomi is the type to act first and think later, but that aspect of her has saved them in the past and they're indebted to her enthusiasm. I talk about Nozomi being central to this and in hindsight she is, but when watching the episode it feels more balanced. I guess it's the illusion of words vs actions. Everyone talks a lot but Nozomi is the one that figures out two of the three clues, and the one who takes the lead in defending the birds once they recognize them. She's the one that suggests Syrup should stay at Natts House and the one that encourages Syrup at the end. Rin contributes information about the flower, Komachi and Karen speculate about the imprinted symbol, and Urara...... doesn't really have anything meaningful to add now that I think about it, other than some exasperated faces (see above).

As I said though, there's some good gags along the way. My favorite is them mistaking the impression left by the bird's beak as a "V" and trying to figure out words that start with "V" that it might represent.

(if you’re not familiar, b and v are phonetically similar to begin with and basically blend together in Japanese, hence this mistake)

There was also a funny gag at the start with Rin acting so shocked that Nozomi and Urara were eating hotcakes after lunch..... only for the camera to show her eating them as well. Komachi and Karen’s reactions were priceless. And the first half of the episode has much of this jollity, it’s pretty upbeat. The second half is more serious, as they deal with the threat against the clock tower and the birds’ nest, but it doesn’t get weighty until the end.

Syrup is still kind of an enigma up to this point. All we really know is that he's a delivery boy who wants to visit the Cure Rose Garden, and he's got a strained relationship with most of the other fairies. He mostly keeps to himself, considering Mailpo as his only friend, and just floats between spaces delivering letters and putting up kind of a stand-offish front to keep people away. However, his nightmare sheds a lot of insight on his situation. This time we learn that he's haunted by dreams of being trapped alone in the darkness. He's younger in his dreams, which is a visualization of vulnerability. The force restraining him is a claw, and based on what we learn later about his time working for Eternal, this dream could be a representation of that period, compounded with his ongoing sense of loneliness and his lack of belonging. Even the fact that he sleeps in the clock tower is because he doesn't have a proper home and he doesn't trust other people enough to provide him one. However, he's been getting to know the girls over the last several episodes, seeing what drives them and what kind of people they are, and he's beginning to feel like he can trust them, so he opens up about some of his fears to Nozomi at the end. She understands that he's afraid and alone, and promises she'll rescue him in his dreams if he asks her to, because she cares. The practicality of this doesn't matter, Syrup is her friend and she'll protect him, that's all there is to it in her mind.

Minor note, the significance of two out of three of the clues actually gets lost in translation. The common thread is that they all have “tokei” in the name, which means “clock”. The clock tower is pretty self-explanatory. The plant called “tokeiso” in Japanese is called a blue luster in English, losing the descriptivism of its Japanese name that describes its clock hand-shaped sprouts (Google it, it’s very pretty). Lastly, although the Japanese word for the pastry they’re eating is “hottoke-ki”, derived from hotcakes, and there is technically a difference between pancakes and hotcakes (and flatcakes and flapjacks) English speakers are most familiar with the term “pancakes” and that’s what the subtitles translate it as.

Lastly I want to remark on the art. This is a good art episode... mostly. Scenes of the Hoshiina notwithstanding, because for some reason they really dropped the ball on that. The art isn’t amazing or anything, but they play with proportions for comedy in a way that makes it fun, cute, and endearing.

look at this goof

I’ve commented before on reused music I think, well in this episode I picked up on a villain cue from way back in FWPC. It’s by no means a bad thing, but I primarily associate reused music with the period from Fresh through Smile, and now I’ve noticed some in the Star Twinkle-Tropical-Rouge period. It’s nice to demonstrate to myself that this has been happening all along and isn’t a phenomenon exclusive to on part of the series.

Full disclosure: when I first watched GoGo back in 2013 or 2014, I skipped this episode (and the next one) by accident, due to a naming bug.

disclaimer: those are not the files I’m using now, these are. Only the best.

Due to the way people came and went from this project, the filenames changed a lot, so by a quirk episodes 8-9 happened to be alphabetized between episode 40 and 41. I had my player set to auto-play the next episode and I was working on a project at the time and not giving the binge my full attention, so after episode 7, the next file in the folder was 10. I bring this up to theorize that skipping these two episodes initially may have influenced my opinion on their relevance. I jumped straight from the Palmier Kingdom to Milky Rose's introduction and didn't wind up watching the episodes that bridged this gap until well after the fact. I may never know what impact this had on my overall response, and maybe I’m overthinking it, but as I view these two episodes as kind of filler or padding to get to Milky Rose, it’s a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I only dismiss them because I experienced it without them first.

I know this review is all over the place, so to summarize my thoughts, it’s a solid episode with some genuine moments, but overall it feels like padding or filler, since I know what’s coming in a few episodes. That isn’t a bad thing but it doesn’t do much for the characters or their relationships with each other, except for Syrup as he’s new around here. Coco and Nuts, surprisingly, are barely in this episode. It is not bad, but it’s not one of the better episodes the show has to offer. And that’s fine.

Next time on Precure Daily, there’s another mystery to solve, and this time Komachi goes full detective to find the cake caper. Look forward to it!

Pink Precure Catchphrase Count: 2 Kettei!

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Sorry I'm late! Plz accept these two questions <3

I - Inventor - How creative is their thinking? Do they seek out the opinions of others or rely on their own ideas? What’s their problem solving approach?

V - Visionary - Do they have a plan for their future? How imaginative or creative are they? Do they have vivid dreams?

Inventor - How creative is their thinking? Do they seek out the opinions of others or rely on their own ideas? What’s their problem solving approach? "...Well, I always tried to tell Jules- *ahem* I mean, Julienne, that it's better to slow down and talk things through. Not that she ever listened, but... Look, are you sure you have the right Elieaux? My little brother is the creative one - the littlest one, I mean. So 'creative' in fact that I got a very lengthy letter from the Manufactory about him the other day. Complete with an invoice for repairs..."

She grumbles a lot, but Fayeth can actually be pretty good at thinking outside the box. She's alright at thinking on her feet - moreso in social situations, but also when the problem needs a more... Physical solution. But she does tend to hesitate when the situation calls for a full-on, charge-right-at-it approach, as opposed to something more subtle or cautious. She'll do it, eventually, but she won't be happy about it.

When it comes to others, she's very much a believer in getting multiple perspectives if possible. Fayeth herself tends to be the kind of person who (usually) listens quietly and thinks deeply before offering an opinion, so she is sometimes even grateful for more gung-ho, confident, or just plain stubborn, solutions.

She will probably not admit this, though.

Ever.

V - Visionary - Do they have a plan for their future? How imaginative or creative are they? Do they have vivid dreams? "Now that's a tough one. There's still so much to do, and so much to see. Of course, someday I'd like to return to Ishgard - properly, I mean. Maybe open a little cafe. Just something quiet, you know? Where I can see people smiling, relaxed, peaceful. And I could bring back some of the things I've picked up - have you tried the dango in Kugane? Not the cheap stuff on the main streets, mind you. Here, I'll write down some directions, there's a great little tea house I found..."

She likes to say she's a pretty boring person, with a pretty straightforward plan; go out, find her father and her brother, drag them home. But if this was the impetus for Fayeth leaving Ishgard, it's certainly not the end of things; she's travelled a good deal, seen things she never would have otherwise, and found a wanderlust that's been keeping her from standing still for too long ever since. She will, someday, open that cafe - in Ishgard or elsewhere. But like as not, it will be a place for her between her journeys, and not the end of them.

Relatedly, while she likes to say she's boring, she has always, always had an imaginative streak, and it only becomes even more apparent when she's in new places, seeing new things. She has a passion for cooking thanks to her mother, but will also easily lose herself in admiring fabrics or jewelry, carried away by the possibilities they represent.

As to dreams, Fayeth is that unfortunate combination of being a light/restless sleeper, and prone to vivid dreams. It might be why she sometimes looks decidedly grumpy first thing in the morning, and why she knows so many different ways to turn leaves, beans, etc. into caffeine. Mostly, her dreams are of family, friends, recent events and so on, but lately she's had recurring dreams about the Churning Mists - of islands, and a snow-covered mountain that climbs out of sight. ((Thank you for these! They took me a while to think about, and I'd really like to give them more thought, but they were so interesting I could have spent days and days trying to hash out more and in the end I had to pull the tigger. I might have to revisit this to improve it!))