#sorry it took me a hot minute to answer

[thetarttfuldickhead]

Fuck, the way he says "the ladies behind the windows" goes straight to my heart. Thats 14 year old Jamie right there

This whole scene, nonny…

There’s such an ambiguity in the text here – in how Jamie tells the story – that I find really intriguing (and heartbreaking). On the one hand, it’s clear from the way he details his first experience in Amsterdam that he is very aware that this isn’t a happy story; how he frames his tale, those little pauses, the hesitation, the tone of his voice… Jamie is under no illusion that this was a reasonable or good thing for his father to do.

But at the same time, when Roy suggests it was traumatic, Jamie does not even intially recognize that Roy means that it would have been traumatizing for Jamie.

I don’t think he’s being funny here, by the way, or trying to deflect. I think he just assumes that Roy will take a jab at him, because that’s what Roy usually does, and he responds with typical Jamie arrogance. (I also don’t think this is empty bravado; I think Jamie really believes she loved it. Believed, at least: if he gave it a proper think now, all these years later and with what he now understands about the world, he might reconsider, but Jamie pointedly doesn’t think too much about this encounter; that’s kind of my point.)

And then, when he gets it, he just doesn’t know how to answer. Was it traumatic? No. He doesn’t know. He doesn’t remember. And there’s a number of unhappy reasons as to why that might be, but what gets me here is that Jamie’s clearly never even considered the possibility that this might have been a traumatic event, in spite of understanding that the situation was not a good one.

It’s like he knew this was a fucked up thing for his father to do, but for Jamie that only ever translated as ”my dad is a piece of shit” and never “that was a bad thing that happened to me”? There’s a disconnect here (and that from someone who is generally very much in touch with his emotions) and it tears and rips at my heart and my brain.

[promiseofdawn]

👀 / 'Stare' (to Elias!)

Send 👀 for my muse to catch yours staring at them!

He can tell that she's not among the living, his divine sense picking up on the grave chill of undeath.

Despite this, Elias is more curious than concerned, especially since she's only staring at him.

"Do you need something, miss?" He asks, meeting her gaze with his own unblinking stare "Or are you just going to keep staring?"

[artystaroc]

It was great! I loved Pomni and Gummigoo. Who doesn't enjoy tapping into some good ol' existential dread? Pomni comforting him and sharing her own feelings with him was sooooo sweet! And of course I was furious when Caine blipped him out of existence. I new it was coming but by god was it still upsetting. That was probably the point tho lol

And JAX. Ohhh boy, he was about as chaotic as I expected he'd be and I loved every second he was on screen!! Just look at him! The bloodlust in his eyes is Tangible

Ragatha and Kinger had some wonderful sweet moments too. I'm so happy that Kinger seems to have a wise father figure situation going on, even if he's forgetful and not always mentally present. The vibes are so good there

Overall, an excellent episode and I already can't wait for the next one!

[empresskadia]

Okay, but the hottest thing in all of Halo was Buck, seeing one of men wounded and cornered by one of the most revered classes of Jiralhanae, immediately and without hesitation jumps on its shoulders and goes for CQC.

Imagine saving Blue Team or Naomi with that trick?

I seriously went back to play Halo ODST so I could get this scene also thank you for including Naomi, 'cause the brainrot is real.

Naomi is stressed when she sees you jump onto the Jiralhanae, her instincts scream at her to intervene, but before she can even process her next move, you are already grappling with the foe in a deadly dance of close-quarters combat.

Naomi's hands clenched into fists as she watched, her mind torn between fear for your safety and admiration for your bravery. She knew she needed to help, and with a swift, calculated strike, she landed a solid blow to the Jiralhanae's jaw, staggering it momentarily.

With a swift motion, you plunged a combat knife into the creature's neck delivering that final hit. So, it turns into a team effort to finish the Jiralhanae off. Despite the searing pain of her own bleeding wounds, her primary concern was for your well-being and she swings her helmet in your direction, asking if you're alright or hurt.

With Blue Team, John's not prepared to see you jump onto the Jiralhanae's back and it takes him a second to react as you engage in CQC with it. While it's distracted, John ends up copying your move and stabbing his knife into its neck before you kick the creature off the side of the building.

She might not admit this to your face, but Kelly has a small fangirl moment. If you didn't have her respect before, you do now. Girl's already shrugging off her wound and jumping back into the fight when you engage in CQC, Kelly wasn't going to let you have all the fun.

Fred's kinda of surprised and it takes him a moment to register the scene of the Jiralhanae trying to wrestle you off its back. His knives already arching across the air and sinking into its shoulder by the time you jump off, you end up taking the same knife and shoving it into the Jiralhanae's throat while it turns its attention back to Fred.

Linda hardly reacts but she's impressed, not anyone would jump in to help a Spartan, much less jump onto a Jiralhanae to redirect its attention. Before you even start CQC, Linda has already taken her shot and the Jiralhanae falls off the building side.

[lavenoon]

What are all the boys love languages? :o

Sun: Acts of service (as in the one reverse au drabble) and also very very big on words of affirmation. Totally the person that would make an entire presentation (including citing his sources) about why you're great and why he loves you and he will not hear anything against it! Loves doing things for you, cooking, treating wounds, helping out with chores - that's all him and he loves to take that off your hands, loves to see the relieved smile and the affection in your expression when he can do that for you! Loves taking care of you both with actions and with words, making you feel the best you can <3

Maybe has a bit of an issue with feeling useful, so receiving it's very effective to drag him into some quality time and physical touch - just drag him onto the couch for a movie and an extensive cuddle session, and he blanks. You love him even when he's not doing anything? You just like this too? This is fine? He'll be addicted after just one time but will be incredibly shy and awkward about asking for it, since he's so used to being the "provider", but he needs it, too <3

Moon: Quality time and physical touch. Oh my god he's such a whore for physical touch fr. The boy could cuddle 24/7 and in canon struggles because pre-reveal there is just barely any excuse for some friendly rival cuddling. He does get the quality time at least, but he truly thrives on the combination with the touch. Would be all over you as long as you're okay with it. The purring, you know <3 Also loves the cuddling sessions during movies though he'll shit talk the movie the entire time, loves stupid movies for that reason exactly. Honestly, talking shit together about other people/ things is a love language in and of itself for him <3

Absolutely floored and baffled and gobsmacked when he gets hit with gifts though - the thought that someone thought of him while he wasn't there, thought of him enough to get him a gift? Something they thought he would like, that could help him somehow, just something that reminded them of him? He melts just a bit and will cherish it forever. (That's why reverse au Moon is so weird about gift giving - Y/N gets him one and he blanks because he has no scripts for this. They thought of him? He needs to show affection back asap but his usual ways to show affection aren't possible due to the relationship as it is? Gift giving should work - but he's awkward) <3

Eclipse: His sharing translates into a lot of quality time and gift giving - he just wants to spend all the time with you, and while he also leans into physical touch as a sort of consequence (boy is starved for all the love, it translates into all the love languages /hj) the most important thing for him is just to be with you, any minute he can get. He'll shower you in many gifts too, not necessarily big gestures but always thoughtful, little things, and the consistency can be staggering. Almost counts as acts of service, as he tries to find gifts that you would enjoy the most or that might help you somehow. @zelda7999 depicts that beautifully in New Horizons! Eclipse is a big softie who just wants to shower people in love <3

Receiving he's definitely very big on physical touch, like that's a surefire way to get him, and also of course the quality time and giving him gifts, too! Words of affirmation melt him absolutely, even if it's not his first go to regarding expressing his love (still happens often enough lmao) so honestly, any love you show him (though you might have to be very direct if you want it to be an actual confession) he'll just eat up gladly. Love the boy <3

[journey-to-the-attic]

sdjbfkdshk i 4got that saying thot instead of thought isn't just an inside joke me n my friends have sorry 😭 ✋ i would never call you a thot (unless u wanted me too...)

that aside the angst is SOOOO good bro (gn). i was thinking actually that if ik is stained by the brothers' sins maybe she starts mirroring what they did when they had their sin stuff going on?? like bc levi went to hide in the lake maybe ik goes to there (and then levi has to fish her out before she drowns herself 😭)

i was acc thinking belphie would do the puttin to sleep part?? like he has special avatar of sloth magic. idk i was just imagining ik spiralling and he like hugs her and uses his magic to just sort of gently get her to rest...

can we get an amen for dadcifer though 🙏 he must be absolutely going thru it rn his poor daughter

no worries! i wouldn't really have minded either way, to be honest

that aside - these are really cute (and also really sad)!! i really like idea of belphie being the one to put her to sleep actually, he probably has some kind of special sloth magic that he'd use to watch over her dreams or something to keep her sleep peaceful :')

also yeah lucifer would be having such a bad time. he's been having a bad time since he first getting the whole pride flare-up thing, with only a brief period of relief between recovering and ik abruptly going off the deep end. he's probably blaming himself entirely for this happening (seeing the state ik was in before being put to sleep is probably one of the few things that could make him shed a tear)

i have been thinking on and off about how ik's whole situation would be resolved! and this is admittedly sorta similar to 'the long nightmare' in jtta, but the idea is that the brothers (+solomon bc i think his relationship with ik is especially important in this nightbringer situation) would enter her 'inner world' using some kind of ritual originating with sonno (ik's in deep sleep at this point, sonno's whole thing is dreams)

basically once in ik's own dreamscape (so to speak), she's been split into seven 'fragments', each holding and/or representing a piece of her soul - each brother encounters a fragment that's trapped in an empty memory of when she was trying to save each of them -asmo's is digging through the shattered remains of the glass coffin he was asleep in, satan's is wandering in the castle where he had his whole d&d showdown with his brothers, mammon's is hiding in the celestial realm's gardens

the idea is that the brothers have to do for the fragments as ik did for them at the time, thus removing the 'stain' of their sin. at that point the ik apparition disappears, and they're left with what i'm picturing as a sort of crystal piece? once each brother has recovered their fragment, solomon puts them back together - puts her 'soul' back together - which brings back their ik as they know her, without the sins affecting her, but still with her own personal anguish in tow

at that point i think solomon would reassure her (i can imagine ik would be afraid of waking up and facing everything again), lucifer in particular would probably have a moment to properly apologise. basically it's all very sappy and then the crystal pieces properly meld together - putting ik's 'heart' back together - at which point she wakes up

(i feel like there's a fnaf 'i will put you back together joke' to be made here)

[sunn-mechanic]

📗

The Ask Game for context

I think about Zane time-travel fics a lot. I really enjoy the time-travel trope and have even started writing one in the past for a different fandom.

I've thought of a few different ones for Zane, one where he and the other ninja in DR get thrown back to s1 from a mergequake, another one where just Zane gets booted back to s1 on accident when Kai and Nya activate the pod he was in, etc. I'm just a sucker for the drama that comes with that trope lmao :)

[the-hollyberrian-beasts]

" 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖. 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈'𝐌 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐒. 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓! "

𝐀 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩.. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞.. 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟.. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐦.

*The few cookies present to witness the beast are, understandably spooked.*

"..."

*Even Wildberry seems spooked, however just as ready to fight as ever.*

*...Another cookie, however-*

"You've got five seconds before I lodge a cannonball between those yellow-stained teeth of yours."

*doesn't seem to be as effected as the rest.*

*Well, she hunts dragons and other such monsters for a living, I suppose it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise.*

[ancientstone]

I have a headache and the beginnings of a migraine. So soothing please.

I'm sorry to hear that x I'd recommend the songs from this answer

There's also Winter Breath by Sooyoung

And Secret by Taeyeon

[thetarttfuldickhead]

what if, one match while jamie's being a prick, winding up the opposing team like only he can, one of the guys on the opposite team takes their frustrations with him too far and takes a swing at him, making contact with his face before anyone can stop him. jamie goes down, and some of the richmond boys are pulling the other guy away while some stay behind to check on him. I'd imagine jamie would get taken off the pitch to get checked out, since it's a hit to the head. what do you think roy's and keeley's reactions would be?

When it happens, it happens quickly.

It's the third game of the season, and Jamie’s in rare form. Has been ever since training resumed after the summer break, really, somehow bringing his very best great teammate game and his prince prick of all pricks game to every match. Once he’d needed a signal; these days he just knows when it’s time to pass the ball and when it’s time to bear down on the goal like fucking Nemesis.

Like something’s settled in him, slid into place.

It’s fucking gorgerous to watch, Roy thinks, nodding approvingly as Jamie slides the ball back to Sam with a deft twist of his ankle.

Unsurprisingly, today’s opponents do not agree. It’s an even game, 2-2 with only ten minutes left to go, and when United takes the ball off of Bumbercatch and initiates their own attack (fortunately ending in the ball going over the sidelines and a thrown-in for Richmond) that’s when Jamie decides it’s time to kick things up a notch and go full prick. Roy watches him jog up to United’s Westerly (whom he has been more or less been running circles around the entire match) and mutter something to him, grinning in that way that used to drive Roy up the fucking wall (still does on occasion), and Westerly—

—fucking swings at him, and before Roy can fully process what is happening Jamie’s down on the grass and players from all over the pitch is running over to hold Westerly back and hold Isaac back as he charges at Westerly and the sound of the whistle is shrill over the roars from the stands and there’s the red card and Sam and Dani are both kneeling by Jamie’s side as the rest of the two teams are either getting all up in each others faces or trying to pull each other away and Jamie is not getting up and—

Roy doesn’t realize that he’s moving before a firm hand on his arm holds him back. “Can’t go on the pitch, Coach,” Beard cautions. “Medic will check on him.”

Truthfully, Roy isn’t fully sure if he was moving to check on Jamie or to punch Westerly in the balls, but Beard’s calm voice cut through the red mist somewhat. He takes a deep breath, calling on the exercises Dr. Fieldstone has had him practising for the better part of the summer. They don’t help much, perhaps, but they do help.

The medical staff is already making their way over to Jamie and thank fucking God he’s rolling over on his back and seems to try to sit up only Sam’s holding him down. Looks like there’s blood on his face but if he’s moving then he’s not fucking dead, is he, or paralyzed and Roy doesn’t need to throw his career away to run over there and break Westerly’s fucking neck even though he can already imagine how fucking satisfying the sound of it snapping would be and—

Roy closes his eyes. Breathe in. Hold. Breathe out. Hold.

Football is a contact sport. Getting knocked down is all part of the game. Emotions run high during a match, all that adrenaline, and fuck knows Roy’s been fouled more times than he can count. He knows, too, that Jamie can take a hit as well as anyone – but that wasn’t just rough play gone a little too far, that was a deliberate fucking punch to the face and this isn’t fucking ice hockey, is it, that shit is not fucking on.

Even so, Roy’s surprised to realize how angry he is. After all, he’s punched Jamie in the face himself, and that wasn’t even half a year ago.

That was different, somehow. For one, Jamie didn’t need to be led of the pitch and sat down on the grass just a couple of meters away from Roy as Nate tells Roberts to get warm and is it really déjà vu if you know for a fact just what the situation reminds you off?

His phone buzzes. He pulls it out, mostly for a distraction while the medical staff try to stop the nosebleed and check Jamie for concussion.

A text from Keeley. Is he okay???

Before he has time to even begin typing an answer, she’s calling him, and he can’t not answer, can he? Not when he understands how worried she must be, stuck far above it all in the VIP box.

“Hey.”

“Is he all right?” She sounds breathless, tense.

He wonders if that ought to make him jealous. It doesn’t; if anything, it feels good that they’re in this together, just like it had back in Manchester when they conspired (badly) to bring Jamie out of his funk.

“I don’t know. I mean, he’s not fucking dead.” It comes out harsh, but he trusts that Keeley knows him well enough to know why.

“Are they not telling you what’s going on? You’re the fucking coach!” Harsh, but he knows Keeley well enough to know why.

“Have to let the medical staff do their job first. They’re still checking him out, can’t fucking crowd them.”

Jamie’s still sitting up, at least, and while he looks a little dazed he seems responsive enough to the medics’ questions. One of them glances over their shoulder at Roy, which Roy takes as an invitation to move over.

“Hang on,” he mutters into the phone before turning to the medic. “Well?”

“The nose isn’t broken,” she tells him. “We can’t rule out concussion yet, though, so he’s not going back out there. Besides, he’s still bleeding.”

Jamie looks like he maybe wants to argue but thinks better of it. Roy doesn’t know if that has anything to do with the quelling look he gives the younger man. I’m fine with him playing hurt, he’d told Ted not long ago, but Beard had had a point then, hadn’t he? And Dr. Fieldstone, too, when she’s gently but persistenly questioned how well pushing himself to just keep going through any and all pain had actually worked out for him.

“Yeah, okay,” Roy says, acknowledging the medic’s verdict with a jerk of his head. He glances over at Nate, who nods and motions for Roberts to go on.

Then Roy turns back to Jamie, only to find Jamie looking up at him, his face and shirt a mess of blood and dirty smudges.

“How are you feeling?” Roy asks. “Keeley wants to know too,” he adds, holding up his phone to demonstrate.

Jamie smiles a little at that, and Roy feels something in his chest loosen. “I’ll be fine, Coach, Keeley,” Jamie assures him – them. His voice is almost completely steady.

Roy nods sharply. “Yeah, you will.” He reaches down to squeeze Jamie’s shoulder, once. “Great playing out there today. It’s no wonder that fucking arsehole punched you, because there’s no other way he could ever have put a fucking stop to you, yeah?”

He’s rewarded with another smile, slightly bigger this time, and then the medical staff move to take Jamie away and Roy is walking back to the other coaches, speaking into his phone: “He’ll be all right. Might have a concussion, though.”

Keeley lets out a long sigh, almost like a sob. Roy can hear her tell Rebecca that Jamie’s going to be fine, and then she’s back in his ear, fear giving way to both fury and relief: “I’m still taking my stiletto heel to that fucking wanker Westerly if I ever get the chance. Do you think we should go to his place after the game, or should we bring him to mine? Jamie, I mean, not the wanker.” When Roy doesn’t immediately answer, she adds, “We have to watch over him, right? Make sure he doesn’t fall asleep or play video games or something?”

“Don’t think you actually have to do that,” Roy says, but before she can protest, he adds: “But yeah, of course we’ll fucking watch over him.”

Of course they fucking would.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

Obviously I have to ask for the Thoughts 👀

ok I mean mostly it's like. I KNOW that Jaeger pilots live full-time in the Shatterdome but I can't stop thinking about if they utilized JBER too, because it's like literally RIGHT THERE. the beurocracy of the PPDC stationed there all have their offices there. Jaeger pilots and normal seagoing services folks have the kind of friendly mutual beef where you know they all greatly respect each other, but the old Coast Guardsmen who survived the initial Kaiju attacks like to have their fun with the young, up and coming Jaeger pilots. Jaeger pilots can shop at the commissary on base. the PPDC and the present military bases work very well together, much as those overseeing them all want to manufacture division. Jaeger pilots may be kind of jocks, a little bit cocky many times, but they respect the men and women who built a place for them to fit and showed them the way in defending their ocean and the people on he edges of it.

[mt07131]

1, 4, 5, 11, 21 for all your tavs, please!

For ALL my tavs oh what a way to a girl's heart. I think (I hope) you mean for this ask game so for the sake of brevity we'll stick with the three non-durge tavs

What was your Tav’s place of birth and raising like?

Xuna: Xuna grew up in Menzoberranzan as the child of a priestess of Lolth. Already that sentence probably tells you enough, but it was not a happy home. There was a lot of pressure on her specifically, given that the nature of her was that her mother believed she was cursed. There was a lot of bitterness in that house, and while the circumstances of her exile weren’t ideal, she’s ultimately happy she was able to get out.

Ardanthe: Ardanthe is the epitome of it takes a village. Her parents were very nurturing and tended to her, but they were ultimately two humans who unexpectedly had a tiefling child, they were out of their depth in some regards. Luckily, the other druids in their enclave were more than happy to help out, so she was well tended to. She’s easily the Tav with the happiest childhood of my Tavs lmaoooo.

Artemisia: I think I’ve touched on this before, but Artie is a child of the streets. Born on the streets of Baldur’s Gate, and honestly she fully expected to die on them too. Her parents weren’t neglectful, not that they tried to be, they were just not very present in her life because of their circumstances. She really had to learn how to fend for herself at a fairly young age and that independent stubbornness definitely carries through to adulthood.

4. What hobbies does your Tav have? How did they acquire these interests?

Xuna: Pre-game, honestly, I don’t see her having many hobbies. A lot of her life she sort of had to struggle to find a purpose or something worthwhile to prove that she was worth keeping alive. Mid and post game however, I like to think she took up embroidery as a way to keep her hands busy during downtime. It’s a practical hobby, and she definitely denies that it has anything to do with a certain vampire (at first).

Ardanthe: This has become more of a hobby nowadays, but when she was fully living with her enclave, she was a skilled leatherworker. Everyone pitched in in some regard to keep the enclave thriving and that was her thing. She still tools with it sometimes, but she has less time to do so given the everything that has happened.

Artemisia: Similar to Xuna, she doesn’t have many hobbies as she as really fueled by survival. Anything that could be considered a hobby was definitely used to give herself an edge over the other street urchins or, eventually, other grifters. I think it takes her some time to simply enjoy something for the fun of it rather than for survival.

5. Did your Tav have any formal or informal employment? If yes, what was their job? If no, how did they make ends meet? How did they feel about it?

Xuna: In Menzoberranzan, no. Once she made it to the surface, she was a self employed “problem fixer” as she liked to say. I’d call it a way to make ends meet, but she was essentially doing the dirty work for people the Gate overlooked. Blades in the dark and poisons in the wine and all that. She enjoyed her work, she felt like her skills were appreciated and she felt like she was doing something good for someone.

Ardanthe: I mentioned above that she did leatherworking, and alongside that was actually traveling to settlements to sell her wares and others made by the enclave. She loved that part of her life, especially when she got to sell a piece she made, and traveling between Baldur’s Gate and Elturel throughout her life made them very special places to her.

Artemisia: She’s a conwoman, she’s one half of the Gate’s most annoying duo (affectionate). As I think I’ve mentioned before, she was the distraction. While Mithra was the mastermind, she made sure to keep people’s eyes on her and not their pockets. She loved doing this, especially when they got to target anyone particularly wealthy.

11. What would your Tav consider to be their greatest flaw? Is this accurate?

Xuna: She would think that she can be too nice sometimes. This isn’t quite accurate, really her greatest flaw is her impulsiveness. She gets into trouble quite a bit because of it, even if she says she’s a good planner.

Ardanthe: She would think her greatest flaw is that she has trouble standing up to people. I would say this is accurate, she is definitely a people pleaser and is more likely to give in to something rather than stand her ground and be stubborn.

Artemisia: She would say her greatest flaw is her bitterness, which she tries not to show. Really, her greatest flaw is her stubbornness and unwillingness to give in. It hasn’t killed her yet.

21. How does your Tav feel about love?

Xuna: Xuna never really had experience with a truly loving, romantic relationship, so it never really occurred to her that she could (and would) feel that way about someone. Once she gets her head wrapped around it though, she’s a bit of a sap. The fact that she cares that much about someone, and they care equally about her in return, is enough to get her a flutter.

Ardanthe: Big ol sappy hopeless romantic type over here. She loves the idea of love and while it wasn’t a driving goal, it was definitely something she wanted to find eventually. She’s all mushy gushy, loves the sappy kind of romance stories.

Artemisia: She’s pretty indifferent to the idea of love, to be honest. Again, not something she was explicitly looking for, but she’s also a little dense. When it does come to a head, it takes her a minute to realize and have that Oh moment. When she does have that moment, she’s still a little begrudging about it but that’s how she shows her affection.

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from: Send ❓ and I’ll tell you a plot idea I’d like to explore with our muses! status: accepting!

Jordan & Viktor, obviously! It could be interesting to explore Viktor being in another setting than the Hargreeves family, maybe he'd get to actually explore his powers in the Academy. But he definitely wouldn't be popular like Jordan, so maybe there could be some antagonism to explore there? Maybe even some jealousy from Viktor, with Jordan being able to shapeshift.

Jordan & Wednesday! I don't have a clear idea here, I just think they could be schoolmates at the Academy.

Rand' al Thor & Voldemort, more specifically young Tom Riddle being a bad influence on him 👀 Tom would definitely find it interesting to push Rand' al Thor in the "wrong" direction.

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oh the ones I wanted to send are taken already UHM.. Wrightdot and/or Franmaya? (the latter isn't my cup of tea but I'm interested to hear your thoughts on it!)

HELLO, GRACE, MY DARLING FRIEND GRACE 💖💕💕💞♥️💝❤️💗❤️💖💖💕💝💞♥️💗💞 Thank you for the ask; I am honoured you actually wanted to hear me talk about multiple ships whsjdhj 💖💘💗

Wrightdot:

Grace, trying to answer this gave me some sort of quarter-life existential crisis, and I am a bit hysterical rn. Through the laughter and the screaming, I have to admit that... I kind of............ get it??????? I WOULDNT SAY I SHIP IT, BUT, LIKE. THEY'RE SO FUNNY BUT ALSO REALLY SAD AND IM????? IDK WHAT I THINK SJWVSHDHFKDH

Ultimately, though, ULTIMATELY. I can't quite get past the whole 'that is Mia's ex who is still very much in love with her, and her protege' thing. She's played too much of a role in both their lives for them to see very far past her influence on one another, and I don't think it'd be very healthy for them to try pursuing a romantic relationship; because I feel like they'd inevitably end up trying to fill the space Mia left in their lives through the other person which just wouldn't work. I definitely think they should have some sort of a relationship, though! I think Diego cryptically mentoring Phoenix and being very unhelpful most days, but always really solid help deep down, is very fun and kind of important for them post-BttT. I think they should get to truly know one another, beyond the masks and the projection, and Diego has a lot more experience being a lawyer than Phoenix, so he'd definitely be able to help with all the moral quandaries that are bound to come up later on. Plus he'd Get the whole 7-yg Phoenix attitude thing because... he's been there. I think he could've been helpful, and it's a shame we don't get to see them be, if not friends, respected acquaintances.

Alternatively, though, the idea of Phoenix having a casual conversation with Diego only for the fleeting thought of "Wow, he's really attractive" to stop him dead in his tracks and make him question his whole life and go to therapy and Leave the Country™ is so funny to me. Alternatively-alternatively, I get the romance of it. It's the whole pulling back the mask, having someone who really understands you, being accepted in spite of your worst flaws, moving on from grief and loss with another hand in yours and NOPE. I CANT TALK ABOUT THIS. I DONT SHIP IT BUT IDK! IDK!!!! IM THROWING THEM BOTH OFF A CLIFF, AND THEN IM THROWING MYSELF OFF A CLIFF. I AM DONE. GOODBYE.

Franmaya:

Okay, after standing in the shower and staring at a wall for 3 hours, I can talk normally again, which is good because I have to explain this.

I know the people who ship them don't do it in this way, but? Honestly? Franmaya is one of those wlw ships that strike me as two female characters being shoved together because they're left hanging once the main male couple whom everyone actually cares about (nrmts in this case) gets together, and because no one can find anything interesting to say about them as individuals, so now they're lesbians. Yay! (And also because people maybe don't want to be seen as only shipping mlm ships for fear of being told they're fetishising them.) And I know that that's not true and that most Franmaya shippers love both of them individually (as we all should), but something about them always makes me hear the feminine AI TikTok voice going, "Diversity Win 😊👍🎉!" in my head and conjures up images of Western corporate advertisements during the month of June (hence the love is love coca-cola).

And I know this isn't the case, but ???? I think it's mainly because I genuinely do not understand this ship. I don't usually need ships to be supported by canon for me to ship them, but what we've been given by canon doesn't help me see these two as ever being friends, let alone girlfriends. I understand the reasoning of "they both have self-worth issues so they'd understand each other", and that's a perfectly good reason to ship people, but like. I kind of want more? I kind of want them to be able to connect on a level that goes beyond them having similar issues? And probably the folks who do ship Franmaya do have reasons that go beyond that, like maybe Maya teaches Franziska how to lighten up and not take herself so seriously, and Franziska shows Maya that she doesn't always have to be the easiest version of herself to be loved. And that's all lovely! But I... don't want them to fix each other--

See, the versions of Franmaya I've seen floating around either boil them down to a wlw version of nrmts OR they make them out to be this saccharine, perfect, happy lesbian couple who are so, so wonderful and sweet to each other. Which is. Great! I love seeing women happy! But -- I'm sorry -- it's so BORING to me. It always seems to fix them a little (even if it's just around each other), and I like their flaws. I like that Franziska's a bit of an uppity, violent snob, and I like that Maya is a bit of a naive, insecure girl. I don't want them to fix each other, but I've tried twisting them the other way round, too! I've tried giving them the Krisnix treatment where they just amplify each other's worst traits, because they share similar insecurities and would know where to prod to make it hurt, but! I find that even less appealing and workable, tbh. Maya at her worst might let someone walk all over her for momentary wisps of affection disguised as acceptance of her flaws? But she has good and smart friends! Nick would never let her be in a toxic relationship like that, and he'd stay with her until she realises it's bad for her! And Franziska, regardless of how she may feel about being in Edgeworth's shadow, would never let anyone else even suggest that to her. The moment she gets a hint of that kind of disrespect, she is gone. She doesn't need you, make no mistake of that.

And it all really comes back to the fact that I can't see them connecting as friends. With Emaziska, I could see how they could be genuinely good friends and then more, but with Franmaya it's just... Not there for me. I can't see them progressing beyond the "oh, that's my little-older brother's friend's sister" stage the way you might be "friends" with your parents' friend's kids, you know? Like, yeah, you guess you're friends with them, but it's nothing serious or real. That's how I view their relationship. I'm not averse to being persuaded to ship them (in fact, I'd like to have them explained to me; they have cute art!) but I have tried and ehhh?? Doesnt do much for me, sorry, Franmaya 😔

[alstroemerian-dragon]

Hi I saw your tags on that hajihiko art and that bit about your fic sounds really interesting if you don’t mind I kinda wanna hear more if not then I’ll happily wait for the fic!

youve activated my trap card aka asking me to explain my thoughts !!!! this might get long

my fic is basically a long form. uh. character study? relationship study? thats pretty much just hajime and fuyuhiko having Very Intimate And Personal Conversations (Five Times!) over the first. year? post wake up. and in one of them they have a lengthy discussion about the whole concept of any of them having kids

because hiko is like. hiko is the kind of person who is Very Practical And Realistic (though some may say Pessimistic). and he is of the opinion that things can only be calm and good for so long before shit hits the fan again right? so, in that case, having children with them is only going to make things worse. first, putting kids into an actively dangerous situation is pretty high up in his List Of Terrible Fucking Things Someone Can Do (which is fair, because it is, but also because. Yknow. Personal Experience). second, children being with them is, from a purely practical standpoint, going to be a Huge amount of baggage if they ever need to Leave Right Now Very Quickly. kids are also an ENORMOUS weakness if the enemy ever discovers their existence. so in his mind, theyre a huge disadvantage and just generally a Terrible Fucking Idea.

weirdly enough, though, in the conversation, this is not his argument. because in the circumstances, theyre both kind of in a very vulnerable and open place for this conversation, and so he comes at it from an emotional standpoint. and fuyuhikos emotions around them having kids are complicated.

theres the guilt, right? theyre all classified as war criminals, basically, and are guilty of some of the most heinous acts known to man. they may be being left alone, and they may be repentant and in recovery NOW, but the effects of their actions are gonna be felt for a long time, probably decades. do they even deserve the joy of childcare? of having their own children and raising them and seeing them grow? additionally, they have no idea how long theyre gonna be stuck on those islands. maybe even forever. keeping their kids trapped there when they did nothing wrong aside from. well. Being The Kids Of The Remnants. is almost cruel, right? but if they dont want that, they basically have to give their kids up at some point, maybe even to the future foundation to be integrated into the new world. but when do you do that? when theyre babies, so they never know who their real parents are and never have to reckon with the impact they had on the world? or when theyre young adults, with the full knowledge of what their parents did and who they are, and that the world, which will definitely be utterly fucked for a long time even after the tragedy is officially classified as ‘over’ (whatever that means), will despise them just by virtue of who gave birth to them?

either way, theyre gonna lose their kids at some point. and thats going to hurt. not just the kids themselves, being thrust into a world like that, but the remnants too. those are their children.

fuyuhiko also just… has a lot of guilt and fear around having kids because of his upbringing. you cant tell me he isnt so afraid of turning into his parents, of endangering his own kids, of being too angry and too volatile and too broken to care for them properly. so in his mind, the only real fix to the situation is to just never have them in the first place.

but hajime… hajimes situation is a lot different. first off, in my funny little brain space hajime is very very much a trans man, and though his relationship with identity and gender specifically is very messy due to The Horrors, he clings to his identity as a man in the same way he clings to the name hajime hinata, as an anchor to stability and purpose. if he is hajime hinata, then he is also a man, because hajime hinata was one. this is of course a huge simplification and i could make a whole other post about hajimes fucked up gender shit but its NOT THIS ONE so were moving on. anyway, his relationship with having his own kids therefore is very complicated, as many trans men will tell you, and this is… complicated by another thing i wont go into because its very sad and not really the point and also kind of a spoiler. anyway.

but aside from just himself, hajime is also extremely practical. the difference between his practicality and fuyuhikos is that while fuyuhiko’s practicality is rooted in a childhood of danger and violence and ruthlessness, hajimes is rooted in analytics, because thats just the way his brain works now. numbers and percentages and chance. on top of that, though, what balances out that practicality is that in hajimes brain, one of the most important things about Being Human is Having Human Connections. its how he fights the boredom, fights off the constantly encroaching emptiness in the back of his head. people are complicated and messy and a lot more unpredictable than his izuru conditioning would have had him believe, and he revels in that, in understanding that people have habits and recognizable traits while also doing the weirdest shit possible when you least expect it. having human connections helps him feel human, helps him feel his emotions the most strongly, and he clings to that.

so he understands, on a very base level, why some of them would want children. he understands that a lot of them probably will when they wake up. he understands that they will all adore those kids when theyre born, that the fifteen of them will be a village, will do everything in their power to make sure those kids are happy and safe and understand the dangers of the world while not being subjected to the worst of it until theyre ready.

but hajime also understands philosophy and psychology on a very high level. because you know. the horrors. so he also can reckon with the fact that its not an easy question to answer. should they have kids? would it be ethical to have kids? they dont have an answer thats going to satisfy everyone. some of them are going to stubbornly insist none of them should. some of them are going to be desperate for them. some of them arent going to care. hes skilled in medical knowledge (again, the horrors), and if there are accidents they can be dealt with, but some people arent going to want that. he and/or mikan could probably handle childbirth, as long as theyre not actively in danger, but again, theres the question of whether they even should.

thats. the basis of their conversation. they dont end up with an answer, and i dont think i honestly have one either. could they potentially have children at some point in their lives? probably, yeah. but the logistics of that, of when they would, when the kids would leave, how they would be raised, is a lot more complicated than just ‘cute domestic childcare.’

BUT THATS. yeah. its really funny that this ended up so long because that conversation is maybe a whole 18% of the total length of that chapter and thats. being lax on what constitutes as ‘part of that conversation’ fjshfjsjfjjsjs. the thing about me is that i can not shut the fuck up to save my life, so they discuss like. SIX different topics in that conversation. it makes me very afraid that people wont be able to follow it or will get tired of all the dialogue but. Thats Just Something I Will Have To Deal With.

someday ill post this fucking fanfiction. im trying to get at least. four? of the chapters done before i start posting because i have a long history of starting to post chapters/segments of a fic only for my fixation to crumble and then i never finish it. im hoping building up engagement w this blog will help so people will talk to me and keep my writing lmao. im glad youre interested though!!!!!! ive put a lot of love into all the writing ive done for dr so far

[skyloftian-nutcase]

The movies animated and make by the same people who made the original show

The ATLA movie is made by the original creators? :D That's promising!