#the mother hen in him cannot be controlled

[satoruxx]

i think it’s so funny how suguru gets injured on a mission and then brushes off every attempt you make to care for him. he could quite literally be bleeding out in front of you but still he’s got that stupidly indulgent smile on his face as he tucks your hair behind your ear to see your furrowed brows clearly.

“it’s not a big deal. i promise,” he’ll sigh every time, and you’ll always huff in response.

(because he’s so ridiculous? almost dying and telling you that it’s not that bad.)

“yes it is!” you groan and then you’re fussing over his injuries—and all he can do is show you that same silly helpless smile.

he’s always telling you that it’s not serious—that injuries are nothing to worry about.

but then you get injured on a mission and it completely flips. suguru is all over you, worry so palpable as he takes your face in his palms and lets his eyes rove over your features.

you do the same thing he does—tell him it’s nothing too crazy and that you’re fine and it isn’t something to be so worried about.

(it really isn’t.)

but he never listens, never cares. one little scrape and he’s panicked. he physically will not let you out of his sight.

and when you call him out for it, cheekily grinning as you chuckle, he just sighs and shakes his head because he knows you’re right. he has no intention of stopping though.

what a hypocrite.

[pastorpresent]

When Logan goes on a mission without Wade, Wade can distract himself with his silly cartoons and the dog and Al, and can function pretty much fine till Logan gets home. He might text him a few more times than necessary, but that's the extent of it.

Logan on the other hand? Absolutely zero fucking chill. Cannot Function. It's like mother hen mode but on crack. He can't sit still for longer than thirty seconds. Wears his suit the entire day, just incase he needs to go save Wade, which is ridiculous because as Wade had reminded him before he left- he's also fucking immortal.

Like seriously, this man becomes intolerable. Wade's phone crashes from the amount of texts and missed calls, and Logan just cannot do Anything all day. Even when Wade gets home (and honestly, the mission finished a good half hour before but he needed to ensure he was completely healed before he went home and Logan freaks the hell out over a paper cut) Logan is on him, stripping him off in their bedroom and checking him for any marks, growling in that way Wade finds sexy as hell, except there's nothing sexy about it right now because Logan looks on the verge of tears, his eyes tired and stressed, and Wade grabs his wrists mid-inspection and kisses his knuckles

"Logan, I'm fine. I'm completely okay."

And Logan nods stiffly but doesn't quite relax, so Wade redirects his hands back to their previous trail and let's him finish his inspection before he tugs him in for a hug.

(They agree to stop doing missions without each other. Logan won't ask, feels too selfish and controlling to do so, so Wade does. Pretends it's for his benefit, obviously. And Al's, which it actually is because when he'd gotten back she loudly proclaimed 'thank fuck! That bastard was going to wear a damn hole through the fucking floorboards!')

[luckycharms1701]

Just read Mikey’s mating season, would write one for Raphael?

of course i will, anything for our boy in red! i will say that bay raph in particular is hard for me to write, so i hope this is decent

again, it's a lil spicyyy 🌶️ reader beware!

The first time it's brought up, Raph absolutely refuses to allow you to spend his season with him. Won't even have the conversation. Not even Mikey can convince him to just talk to you. It takes a literal act of God to force him into it- stranded in your apartment together while a late snowstorm rages, just as his season is starting.

Raph is naturally afraid that he will hurt you. But what he doesn't tell you is that he is afraid of the vulnerability. Raph's season is a highly emotional time for this passionate guy. He knows that he'll be more open- generally the first sign that his season is starting is when he admits something to one of his brothers that he doesn't actually want them to know. So forced into close quarters with you, alone- he's afraid of what he'll say, afraid that the depths of his feelings will drive you off.

He is shocked that when the time comes, his anger doesn't overwhelm him the way it normally does. Instead, it is his love for you that takes over. He finds himself feeling incredibly affectionate. He even chirps for you. (Once it's over he's mortified and you have to swear that you'll never tell anyone ever). The sadness he associates with this time? Again, all gone, because you're here.

The cuddling is real and it is. Frequent. Raph doesn't like to let you go and will often carry you around if you need to move from the bed. But good luck getting him to agree to let you leave the bed. He likes you there and he does not want you to leave. Surely he can go get whatever you need? You belong in his arms, as far as he is concerned.

So, Raph. Once you get him on board, he has rules. These are non-negotiable, because not following them could possibly result in him hurting you and that Will Not Happen. The biggest rule is that you cannot tease him. Teasing riles him up like nothing else and if he loses control and hurts you... no. It Won't Happen. He'll lock himself in a different room and take care of himself before he'll let you break one of his rules.

However, that doesn't mean that it's not a good time for both of you. It's hard at first, because Raph is so afraid to let go, but once he does? Once all that passion is set free and focused on you? It is absolutely some of the most intense lovemaking you've ever experienced in your life. And that's what it is- lovemaking.

All of Raph's affection and tender feelings take over, and he is intense but so gentle at the same time. When it's not mating season, he can be rough sometimes, although never more than you can handle. Not so during mating season. Even when he's pounding into you, driving you wild as you writhe under him, he doesn't hurt you. The only bruises you come out with are in the shape of his hands on your hips.

He is surprisingly quiet when he fucks you. Everything in him is so focused on you that he barely notices his own pleasure. He does chirp a lot, and when it happens the churring practically vibrates the whole bed. He prefers to draw sounds out of you instead. There is a certain dark chuckle he gives that warns you that you are about to get loud. He loves to quiet down so he can catch the nearly silent gasp that comes out of you when his fingers hit that spot deep in you.

He becomes an anxious mother hen when it's over. He hovers. It's a little maddening but he needs you to indulge. He needs to be able to make sure that you're okay, that he didn't hurt you. He is of course worried for no reason, you're fine. But he's still a little cuddly, so you enjoy indulging him.

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[sweetbonniebel]

Jaes's hen jēdar

God's of the sky

Thirteen

Daemon x reader

Summary: Aegon turns sixteen, Rhaenyra arrives at bloodstone.

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123 AC

You caressed your slightly firm tummy as you stared at your reflection. Your thin linen gown allowed you to see your body. You sighed and turned around arriving at your desk. Various papers, inks. scrolls laid scattered on the piece of wood. A single candle illuminated the side of your face as you went over the books. 

The island’s income is getting better with every month. Merchants now know that they will not be attacked by rouge pirates or scavengers. Trade boomed, the ports grew like mushrooms after rain. 

But for your husband it was not enough. Well with seven children and five grown dragons things were not steep. The castle was still being built, chambers, dungeons, cellars all the works were added. Daemon demanded a castle as grand as the Red Keep but more fortified. You then questioned your brother.

“Why do we need such a large castle? There is only a handful of us. We do not hold court even.” 

“We are Targaryens we deserve nothing but the best.” He simply answered. You chuckled at his words, but he was honest in his determination. The castle grew each month, builders, masons, artists were employed. 

“What are you reminiscing about?” Daemon asked entering your private chambers. “You were not abed in our chambers.” 

“I had to go over the spending and income.” You answered pointing to the heavy tome in front of you. 

“You can do that all later, or at all.” He mused walking behind you. He placed a kiss at the nape of your neck, leaning over the chair. You leaned into his touch sighing quietly. “You should be resting.” 

“I am fine, Daemon. ‘Tis not the first time I am doing this.” You swatted away his worries. 

“Many women in my life fell to childbirth. My aunts, my mother and Laena. I simply do not wish to see you in pain.” 

“While I thank you for your worries, husband. I am perfectly capable of caring for myself. I have before, I shall do it now.” You answered beginning to scribble with a quill. “You should have faith in me, Daemon.” 

“I have nothing but faith, but childbirth is not something you or anyone else can control.” 

“Hmm.” You agreed and rolled your shoulders. 

“How is she?” He questioned after a moment of silence. His large, warm palm pressed against your flat but slightly firm tummy. That indicated life. 

“She’s fine. Makes me feel tired and nauseous but she’s fine.” 

“How will we name her?” 

“I haven’t thought about it, have you?” 

“…I have.” 

“And? What did you come up with?” 

“Perhaps Alyssa after my mother, or Gael after your mother.” 

“I do not like naming my children after other people, Baelon of course being the exception.”

“Why is that?” He questioned curiously. 

“I think that… names posses a certain power. Our names affect us, they add to our personality. What happened when you name a child after a man who was brutally murdered or a woman who turned insane. It just it seems weird to me. Especially the name Aegon.”

“Aegon? What’s wrong with that.” 

“I believe the conqueror’s names are cursed, but more so the name Aegon.” 

“Why?”

“Aegon the first is the patriarch of our house. He launched us into greatness, without him we still would be on dragon stone. No future Aegon will ever amount to his greatness, they cannot. No matter how hard they try. And each Aegon gets a worse faith than the last."

"How is that?"

"Aegon, Aenys's son was slain by Balerion. He was hated by the realm. Jaehaerys's and Alysanne's Aegon died in the cradle, your brother Aegon also died in the cradle."

"And what about this Aegon?" Daemon questioned.

"He is the son that Viserys so desired, only to throw him away after his birth, focusing only on Rhaenyra. Hated by his mother for being a reminder of the youth that was stripped from her. I want him to be happy, but I know his life will be filled with hardships."

Daemon nodded and silence fell between the two of you. You continued to scribe in the books as your husband watched you work.

"You never told me what happen in Dorne." The rogue prince said breaking the silence. You sighed and put the quill away.

"Because it would be treason." You simply answered.

"Treason? Now you piqued my interest, do pray tell."

"The man that poisoned Darren was hired by a man that served in the red keep. He said he was wearing green, the Queen's colours. The servant girl that delivered the poison is from some village near Old Town. I went to the maester's chambers, herbs used for making essence of Nightshade laid scattered through the shelves."

"You do not suggest it is that green's snake doing?" Daemon muttered. "But why? She's as pious as one can be. I think it is against her religion to kill a child."

"Isn't it obvious?" You questioned raising and eyebrow at him "She attacked my eldest son, as I have taken her eldest away from her. It is revenge."

"Otto would never allow it. I hate the cunt be he is clever."

"But you forget that Alicent is Queen, higher than the hand. Perhaps a fe years ago she wouldn't even take a breath if her father told her so. But now, she's a woman, a Queen and an anchor for the faith. She has loyal supporters."

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"...I don't know, attacking her would be stupid. Demanding justice, stupid. She would just deny and accuse us of treason, we have to bide our time and gather more evidence."

"I'll see to it."

You nodded and watched your husband leave. You released the breath you were holding. What if Alicent truly meant to kill your son, will she stop after the first attempt or continue. Are any of your children safe?

You heard the door open once more.

"I will join you soon, Daemon." You muttered focusing on the heavy tome in front of you.

"Is it true?" You immediately raised your gaze to find Aegon standing before you. Fists balled up in anger. "Is my mother responsible for what happened to Darren."

"Aegon-" You stood up and took a careful step towards him.

"Tell me!" He raised his voice, you sighed and crossed your arms over your chest.

"I believe so..." A beat of silence passed.

"I have to go back." He stated suddenly.

"What?" You stalked towards him, you took his cheeks into your palms.

"She won't stop trying to hurt your family as long as I'm with here, and not with her."

"You are my family Aegon." You reasoned

"It's my fault Darren is hurt."

"That's nonsense, sweet boy. You are not responsible for your parent's actions. No child is."

"But I'm not a child am I? I'm a man now, I cannot hide behind your skirts hoping you'll fix my messes." Aegon lamented.

"Aegon, this is not your fault." You mused caressing his wavy hair.

"I have to go, I'll send a letter to my mother saying that I'll return to King's Landing." He stated "When they come for my name day celebration I'll return with them."

"You'll always have a place in my home, Aegon."

"I- thank you." He stiffly said and left your chambers.

...

Aegon stalked the halls searching for the familiar path that led him to Darren's room. He stopped at the foot of the door, his hand raised to knock. But he decided to enter unannounced.

The dark haired teen laid motionlessly in his bed. A duvet covered half his body. Aegon sat at the food of the bed, he sighed deeply and placed his head in his hands.

Darren stirred startling the Targaryen prince.

"Aegon?" Darren groggily asked seeing the familiar silhouette. "What are you doing here?"

"I- " He tried to form the words but nothing left his lips. Instead tears begun to pool in the corner of his violet eyes.

"Aegon what's wrong." Darren threw the covers off his body and sat next to Aegon, shoulders touching.

"I'm going back." The older boy finally said.

"Back where?" Oblivious, the Martell Prince asked.

"To King's Landing."

"What?" He breathlessly said. "No... No you promised you'll stay with me."

"You think I don't want to?" Aegon raised his voice and stared at the Dornish Prince before him, tears cascaded down his pale cheeks. "But it's my fault you're like this."

"How is my poisoning your fault?"

"It's my mothers doing."

"So it's not your fault then." Aegon widened his eyes.

"You're not mad at me?"

"Why would I be mad at you? Sure I'm mad I almost died but it's not because of you."

"Alicent won't stop trying to hurt you, or your siblings until I come back."

"And who said that?"

"It's obvious, Darren. She's mad that I was "taken" from her, so she's trying to get revenge on your mother by hurting you."

Darren chuckled, falling backwards onto the bed. Aegon joined him, his silver curls forming a halo. Darren found Aegon's hand and squeezed it reassuringly.

"I don't want to go, Darren." Aegon cried staring at the ceiling, tapestries of myths displayed in front of him.

"I know." The boy mused caressing, the olders palm with his thumb.

"But I have to, for your safety."

"Hmm." Darren sighed turning to stare at Aegon's profile.

"Why are you staring at me?"

"I don't know when will be the next time I'll get to see you like this. I want to memorise your face." Aegon blushed slightly. "Will you be okay?"

Aegon turned to stare at Darren's dark eyes.

"I'll have Sunfyre, I'll be fine."

"If you wish you'll always have a place at my court." Darren proposed.

"Your mother said the same thing."

"I am like my mother aren't I?"

"It's a good thing, you're courageous, caring and clever. y/n raised you well."

"She raised you as well, that means you're also good. A bit quiet but smart, brave like a dragon and handsome too." Darren teased, Aegon pushed him slightly as the younger laughed.

…

“Raise the chandelier higher.” You ordered standing in the middle of the ball room. The preparations for Aegon’s name day were hard to organize. The whole court along with other nobles will arrive any day now.

“Your highness which cloth should be placed over the tables.” You stared at the three different types of cloth the servant was holding. You pointed to the one of your choosing.

“I see you’re hard at work.” Daemon entered the hall. He placed a kiss to your lips and caressed your growing belly.

“Hmm.” You hummed and turned to coordinate to preparations. “I cannot wait to entertain all those nobles I hated as a child.”

“If you need me to cut out their tongues, just call me.”

“No matter how pleasing that sound I’m afraid I’ll have to decline.” You chuckled.

“The offer still stands if you wish.”

You heard dragon roars outside the castle. The familiar high pitched clicking of Syrax put a smile on your face. At least Rhaenyra will be here to accompany you.

“It seems we have guests.” Daemon said hearing the same.

“Yes, let’s go to the pit. Talya!” You shouted searching for the maid in charge of your children.

“Yes, your highness?”

“Please gather the children.” The maid dressed in a white hair covering bowed and scurried off. “I’ll go find Darren.”

Daemon nodded and went his way, you departed to climb the many stairs leading to the part of the castle that contained chambers.

You entered Darren’s chambers quickly and quietly. To your surprise you found Aegon in bed with him, the two sleeping. You sighed deeply and sat at the corner of the bed. Is this why they were so awkward with each other? But they seem at peace now.

You placed a hand on Darren’s shoulder and shook him gently. He awoke and yawned.

“Hello mother.” He simply said and continued to doze off. Aegon on the other hand shot up from the bed.

“Uh, a-aunt.” Aegon muttered covering his eyes with his hands.

“Good morrow Aegon.” You smiled and stood up walking over to the heavy wardrobe and pulling out garments for your eldest son. “Get up you two, freshen up and dress. Rhaenyra will be arriving soon.”

“I- Y-You’re not mad?” Aegon whispered. Darren stirred and sat up.

“Mad? Why would I be mad?” You questioned throwing Darren’s clothes at him, he mumbled a thank you mother and went to dress. Aegon stared in surprise at Darren.

“Well I-… Um I and Darren?” He stumbled over his words.

“Oh that? I suspected for quite some time." You admitted, Aegon paled. "Now get up and get dressed, guests will be arriving soon."

The two scurried away preparing for the welcome feast and a week of celebration.

You walked through the halls, various sculptures, tapestries and paintings hung from the walls. Torches illuminated and heated the cold stoney walls. Handmaidens, servants, cooks, butchers and others stalked through the castle, preparing chambers, food and cleaning the whole premises. You sighed and rubbed your belly.

Baela and Rhaena along with Nymor and the nursemaids that held your younglings were already awaiting your presence. The only left was Daemon, Darren and Aegon.

You brushed a loose strand of short hair from Baela’s cheek. She huffed at the pestering.

“Do I have to wear this?” She pointed to the teal dress with myrish lace and ruffles.

“Only for a short time, Baela. Then you can change into whatever you like.” You mused and walked over to Rhaena. She wore a soft pink gown with gold trimmings. Her long hair was half up and half down, a slight blush covered her cheeks.

“You look spledning, Rhaena.” You nodded at her, her twin snickered.

“It’s all for Luke no doubt.” She chuckled, Rhaena opened her mouth and then closed it, spewing a weak shut up.

“Do not pick on your sister.” Daemon approached and scolded the elder girl. Baela sunk in her position and nodded begrudgingly.

The gates opened to reveal three sets of carriages. The horses neigh and stomped their hooves. The knights riding ahead halted.

“Princess Rhaenyra of House Targaryen, the heir to the iron throne!” One of her banner men shouted. The small family begun to pour out of the stuffy carriage.

Rhaenyra sighed in relief as she glanced at the castle, her three sons followed suit and stood next to her.

The whole courtyard bowed before the princess of the realm, the heir quickly walked towards the gates.

“Princess, what an honor it is for you to grace us with your presence.” You bowed, a smirk played on your lips. Rhaenyra scoffed and motioned with her hand for you to stand. “It is good to see you.” You engulfed Rhaenyra in your arms, the younger woman returned the gesture.

“Rhaenyra.” Daemon approached taking her ringed hand and placing a kiss on her palm.

“Uncle.” She responded, her eyes fell towards your children. “And how have you all grown.”

You chuckled and took the heir by her arm “Come I am sure you are tired from your journey.”

…

“I have heard of what happened to Darren.” Rhaenyra said once you were comfortable in the sanctity of her chambers. “Terrible.”

“Yes… but he’s fine now.” You agreed.

“Are you not going to seek justice?”

“What do you propose I do? Fly to King’s Landing and demand the execution of the Queen?” You rubbed your temple “Time will come.”

“I suppose you’re right.” Rhaenyra sighed and reached for an empty goblet. She poured herself the sweet Dornish wine and took a sip.

“Now, what is this urgent business you had to tell me of?” You questioned.

“My father has proposed me a seat on the council.” She said.

“As hand?”

“As regent…I suppose it is your doing.” The Violet eyed woman mused. She took a seat next to you.

“Partially.” You admitted “Your father is sick, he does not sit the throne. Why would his hand rule in his steed when he has an appointed heir.”

“I am grateful for what you’ve done, but I’m not going to.” Her words shocked you, your eyes widened as you took in her features.

“Why?” Your voice came out a bit harsh, startling Rhaenyra.

“I do not wish to spend another moment in that vipers den, along with her. And my sons do not want to either.”

“You cannot be such a fool Rhae.” You demanded. “An opportunity of power is laid on a silver platter and you cast it aside over a squabble?”

“It is not a squabble-“ Rhaenyra protested but you silenced her.

“Whatever happened between you and Alicent was years ago. You are the heir but that does not do much. Viserys has a son and there are lords who will petition for him to be King instead of you. You must prevent this in the earliest stage of development .”

“And becoming regent will do that?” She questioned her brows furrowed.

“Of course! You’ll hold more power than the hand, you will show the realm you’re its rightful Queen. And when Viserys dies you will be there to inherit the crown.”

The realms delight sighed and sunk into her seat.

“After all these years of hoping for a son and failing he noticed me and named me heir. Defying custom and tradition. But now when he do gets a son he casts him aside. Fate is a funny thing isn’t it?”

You hummed agreeing.

“I wanted to visit you and introduce you to a person I hold dear to my heart.” Rhaenyra said after a moment of silence.

“Is he here?” You questioned knowing who she was speaking of. She nodded. “And what is your plan? Will you marry him? Name him Prince consort?”

“I do not know. Not now anyway.” She admitted “He makes me feel loved and appreciated. He likes the boys and is a good father figure to them.”

“But he’s Essosi.” You finished for her. “He has Valyrian blood, maybe it could be a pretext.”

“Maybe.”

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[lexxxrated]

WAIT IF WE’RE ALLOWED TO ASK/REQUEST…..I AM /BEGGING/ TO HEAR YOUR TAKE ON NSFW ALPHABET WITH REGULUS

hahaha I can never say no to you guys

Regulus Black NSFW Alphabet:

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

I feel like Regulus is very regimented; he has a plan and goes into action immediately haha. Draws a bath/starts the shower, begins cleaning up, like total doting mother hen 

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

We’ve discussed his hand kink before, but I also think he'd be like a collar bone and ankles person lol and maybe thighs! and of his own?......I think he'd love his jaw line?? idk lol

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

Hmmm see, I’ve headcanoned that purebloods all have breeding kinks because they were basically raised with the belief that their job is to further the bloodline haha. And i think Regulus takes this very seriously 

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

He’s a perv. Definitely the kind to steal your panties & jack off with them. 

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Hmmmm this is hard tbh. I could see him having a lot of experience with guys? Like barty and evan, but not necessarily as much with girls? Idk why.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Any position that you’re tied up/restrained (also maybe anything with a mirror – makes him feel in control and he likes the view) 

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

I don’t see him being very goofy hahaha

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

I think he keeps it trimmed; not necessarily man-scaping but a trim fs

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

he's fucking intense; somewhat aggressive and dominant/mean (but would be quite a little melt if you could convince him to bottom/sub for you)

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

he's a dirty little freak (affectionate) so I see him masturbating a lot. like, daily, sometimes multiple times a day - he cannot control himself and sometimes even the most innocent/innocuous things turn him on

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Hand kink, breeding kink, i think he could be a voyeur (re: perv), uhmm i could see him liking BDSM

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

The bedroom; i think he’s got too many things he wants to do to you to just do it anywhere iykwim

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

He’s easy to get going; the most innocent/innocuous things get him riled up. We’ve talked on lexxxrated about his hand kink, which is just one example.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

I could see him saying no to stuff simply because you want to do it lol. Just to be contrary/bossy. I think he gives in eventually but always on the premise that it was his idea. Turn off’s…hm…idk…IDK!

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Prefers receiving 

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Hmm…usually fast & rough unless it’s makeup sex

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

I don’t think he likes quickies tbh, as mentioned above that he has too much he wants to get out of sex (please see location) 

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

Hmmm, no not with safety and not with getting caught i don’t think. If he tries a new kink/bondage thing he does a LOT of research and ensures it has fail safes etc like he’s not fucking around with that.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

I think he loves the idea of overstimulating you so he'd go for long (but if he bottoms/subs he's a whimpering mess after only one)

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

Yes i can see him being a toy guy for sure.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

he's a fucking dick (i.e., teases constantly)

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

hmmmmmm I'd say he's medium - not a screamer but he's yapping his pretty little mouth the whole way through

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Hahaha i feel like i’ve left bits and bobs throughout this alphabet already

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

I've done a comparison here

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Hmmm. i mean, he’s a little perv and easy to get going, but he’s the kind who will just jack off to sort of get over that and move on so idk…maybe medium i guess

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

No he’s a busy man lol, he’s got too much to do (aftercare) afterwards to sleep

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My Personal Gale Dekarios Headcanons

Part 1/? (very brief mentions of his backstory, so proceed with caution)

Cannot go fifteen minutes without kissing the back of your hand

If you aren't already a magic user, he loves teaching you simple illusion spells or other cantrips. If you are, he loves discussing magic and all the wonders it can offer with you

Writes you little love notes and leaves them for you to find. You once reached into your satchel to pull out a book only to find he'd replaced your bookmark with a little note. You always use that note as a bookmark now

Depending on your class, he loves learning new things from you in terms of weapon-based combat. If you're a ranger, he'll learn how to properly use a bow and arrow. If you're a fighter/paladin/barbarian, he'll gladly learn to use a sword or axe or whatever short-range weapon you specialize in

Keeps a list of really bad jokes that make you laugh despite their horribleness, because he loves the sound of your laughter

Has no idea how to handle it when you compliment him for something that has nothing to do with his scholarly or magical pursuits, because for a long time he believed that was all he was good for

It takes every ounce of self-control he has to not lose his remaining three marbles whenever he sees you interacting with children. Whether you're a bard playing music for them or a druid teaching them about nature and healing, he's nearly asked Karlach to restrain him from dragging you back to his tent on a number of occasions

He loves watching the stars with you. Especially if you can somehow manage to make new shapes out of them that aren't already registered constellations

Forgets his own name when he sees you wearing his clothing around camp, like his robe or one of his shirts. The domesticity of it drives him mad

Loves reading with or to you. Whether you’re cuddled up next to him while reading your own book, or laying on his chest while he reads aloud from one of his, it’s his favorite thing to do with you

Picks up random objects with mage hand and throws them when he’s bored

Sneaks scraps to Scratch and the Owl Bear cub when he thinks no one is watching

The best listener. If you need somebody to mindlessly bitch about life to, he’s the guy you go to. And he actually cares about what you're saying and asks questions to keep you talking (he also likes the sound of your voice, so that could be a factor, but shush)

Is secretly really grateful that you keep him from getting a big head and are always reminding him that all he needs to be is himself

Cringes every time he sees his tattoo after the orb is stabilized, but he softens whenever you kiss it and make a joke about not having to give him magic snacks anymore

Pretends to be annoyed but secretly loves it when you and Tara gang up on him and mother hen him into oblivion, because he's thrilled that the two of you get along so well

SO. TOUCH-STARVED. Any chance he gets, he's touching you in some way or another. Whether it be putting his hand on your waist or the small of your back, resting his head on your shoulder, or simply holding your hand, he's gonna do it

Is a stickler for "family dinners" whenever everybody is all together. He's very passionate about making sure the people he cares about have a nice, home-cooked meal at the end of the day

[allurasbian]

yes absolutely nodding my head to everything you've said; keith & krolia's storyline, the implications of altean culture/allura wearing mourning colours, & 1000% with you on the shiro-keithisms train. I mean you take a lonely orphan who's felt disconnected from people her whole life, in part because she simply doesn't have that family connection which is forever pointed out to her, & then tell her 'hey the only way you can be close to that guy is if he's your brother' like well. I think she'd find that all too complicated & would not be a fan of having her relationship with shiro reduced down to being familial when it's nothing like she's ever known [hello again 'saddest child on the playground' keith], because everything people have pointed out to her as being akin to family, has either left her or disappointed her like some self fulfilling prophecy [<- add in the tendency in foster care situations to encourage kids to call their foster family by familial terms. like methinks she wouldn't enjoy being told she had to treat shiro the same way simply because he cares for her] but friends. Well. I think she'd want a friend more than she'd want a brother

anyway I am now forever thinking of the shiro-keithisms of it all, I mean they have such a fascinating dynamic that's so ripe to explore & its sooo sad whenever they get reduced to brothers/the broganes dynamic because its well. to be nicey about it. it usually elimates shiro's character to 'supportive brother with no wider personality than mother hen who gives big thumbs up to klance' which is sooo sad because shiro is SUCH a character who is slept on & my favourite dynamic ever & ever regarding the shiro-keithisms is how heart wrenching the lion swap is because in that moment shiro IS proud of keith -> when he thought he was dying & had no future, he could think of no reality greater than one where keith took up his mantle & became the person he knew she could be!! but also. that lion was shiro's whole purpose & he's watching keith surpass him [& we have discussed keith resembling his father & mother & the guilt/grief & feelings regarding that but, & this is admittedly my bias regarding black paladin keith, methinks keith hates the way she becomes shiro -> insert complex pretransitioning feelings about living up to shiro's image, the all around hero complex the other paladins have heralded shiro up by & the fact that keith, in many ways, just cannot BE the man shiro was/is & the only way she knows how to pilot the bl is by trying to be as close to shiro as she can get but feeling so so wrong about it the whole time] & shiro -> so much about shiro has changed outside of his control, but the one thing he could claim as his after severing the ties from zarkon, was the bl & now. Now who is he? He is so far removed from who he first was pre-kerb that I think he doesn't look in the mirror for fear of who looks black & I think for however much keith tries to live up to the image of shiro, shiro tries just as hard to pretend that's who he is & not let the reality of who he actually is slip by [which in retrospect does allow for the amusing situation where shiro sees himself in keith trying to live up to his image & keith sees herself in shiro trying to create the mantle of the perfect 'man' & like. well the body dysmorphia twins I see.....that theyll be never discuss but silently know about the other but dont know that the other knows about THEM]

Anyway -> longwinded way to say in a bright beautiful future I think the lion swap should've gone like this:

shiro s2 death -> keith, against her will in the bl [helloooo shiro's consciousness pushing the decision] -> allura in the red lion, her fathers legacy hunting her & not quite fitting but desperately trying to make it work & make him proud -> Keith, ultimately feeling the same in the black lion -> timeskip, real shiro comes back, desperate for some stability but hates the Persona he has to live by in piloting the black lion & yet tries sooo so badly because he never confronts this & yet also. doesn't wanna push keith out the black lion -> well. Shiro ultimately finding peace beside coran, away from the battlefield, discovering who he is at the simplest form he can be: an explorer, & rediscovering that part of himself -> Keith back in the red lion to ME !! She's just so red -> & allura, realising she can be a person outside of her grief & stepping up to pilot the black lion [she's the leader to ME!!] [also smt smt in the parallels the show draws between allura/her father & what COULD be drawn between keith & zarkon and and and how allura believed her fathers greatest legacy was voltron which she desperately wanted to be apart of & now leads but in fact realises her fathers greatest legacy was her....] [& keith well, she was just made to be a codependent right hand idk what to tell you, she's got a lot of faithful knight vibes about her which go hand in hand with miss allura, princess of altea -> hoping you see the vision & the kallura implications -> allura realising there's no one better to take over her fathers role than someone like keith & keith in kind thinking the same about allura & shiro -> seeing the best parts of the other in what they love about those who came before them & realising they're just as wonderful as those who came first]

I LOVEEE SHIRO AND KEITH LITERALLY LIKE 1 OF THE BEST FUCKING DYNAMICS ON THE SHOWWW ... as many times as it takes. by god they're fucking delightful. it's super sad to me that the only stories that really explore this in longform are like preseries i think we need to talk about what it's like to grow up with a mentor and realize you're old enough to look out for them back. growing up and now you are just friends and peers with someone you used to have a kid & adult they rely on relationship with. would love to see shiro realizing that keith is old enough that he can lean on her too now in fact she WANTS him to even if theyll always have the feelings that come with that supportive older figure role. I think it's sweet.

its interesting 2 me that it was keith's words that gave us "you're like a brother to me" & IMO it's much more compelling than "you're my brother" [the black paladins] like.. firstable you cant get the second one without the first, second of all like ok i think the writing going downhill was an aspect of what happened to that one but, like, putting that aside & how much i dislike calling keith the black paladin at all... i like the implications over what you said here about not wanting to describe things in familial terms & foster care.. in both of those lines delivered at high stress & emotional low points.. "youre like a brother to me" being a sighed & a begrudging admission but also meaning goodbye in the context of making "the wrong choice" in the BoM simulations. & she only says this to a fake version of shiro who is turning his back on her which real shiro would never do. idk idk realizing her fears and falling back on how much his friendship means in the only terms that are readily available

IMO one of the lamest things about interpreting ketih and shiro as like actual siblings is to do with like the self conscious I DON'T SHIP THEM ROMANTICALLY !!! posturing like. Nobody accused you of that. i am not going to assume that if you just say you like them. now you just look like you don't know what a metaphor is and think the only reason people would ever not date each other is that they're related. cmon. Not a coincidence i think also that shiro only started getting attention when he had some cringe ass boyfriend. dgmw i love that he is gay im fucking crazy about it. obviously. but i dont careee about his boyfriend. have you ever met a friend's boyfriend. very rarely a worthwhile use of your time. also it's funny if shiro has crappy taste. but my point is like i think people cannot imagineee what to do with someone if its not the same boring dating-to-parents dynamic ppl do with every boyship in the world. "adam is like the responsible parent and shiro is the goofy parent!" i think adam is the fucking guy that keith's best friend is dating. also shiro has the range to be both responsible and goofy be for real... he's so careful. you can see how gentle he is with keith and pidge and allura be for reallllll

what happened to shiro in like popular interpretation was heinousss like youre doiing this to the light of my life shiro??? 1 thing i liked a lot about. like i didn't like slav. but i liked that there was someone who just drove shiro up the fucking wall. not on purpose. he wanted to be nice. but god damnit he couldnt stand that fucking guy and he was trying so hard. worddd let's talk about knowing your anger is pointless and struggling with it anyway let's look into what shiro might've known about dealing with anger and what that means about what knew about keith or didn't know about keith

i've alwayyyys thought like.. the best most convincing reason for the black lion accepting keith should've been sensing that keith was just as determined to save/find shiro as the bl was. chef's kiss on a detail about keith not wanting to be the Man shiro was in those specific terms... body dysmorphia twins indeed esp. with shiro as a trans man.

love allura in red <3. i think it fits i think it's nice temporarily and for some reason lance in red was the WORST thing in the world to me way worse than keith in the black lion. also i used to tbh accept the "six paladins five lions" .. "problem" as presented but imo i think allura being a paladin permanently is a sort of a weird choice i think it undermines her specific Space Magic role i like that she has her own thing going -> ultimate ideal: allura's connection to the castle & voltron in general means she can pilot any lion pretty well in a pinch, can still go on cool solo-style missions like her haggar fight at end of s2. && like the gang being baffled when the black lion won't work with her because tf she's our leader?? <- well it's because the black lion isnt "unoccupied" shiro is just indisposed.. also a connection to "voltron" and not "a lion" would've been a cool way to look at the white lion hints from like s5. her father's ultimate legacy being her in the literal sense & then also her as a representation of the way that voltron stands for free people yeah lets fucking go

i'm a black paladin shiro truther like i know shiro was meant to be written out and was saved but by the grace of the pernicious Toy Company but let's go textual. shiro lived because keith was never going to let her best friend die alone in space. & i think since we have the best dude ever in the world on this show by sheer force of will [red paladin trait, btw] on keith's part we should run with it. i am also pro-black paladin allura i think it's pretty good i just would loveee for shiro to get like a real catharsis story i mean he was very much THE intro in the show to like the horrors of the galra empire i think he should get to be AT the end of the galra empire too. THOUGH this could work either way b/c allura also deserves a similar narrative catharsis... either black paladin allura + shiro in a broader role like alluras circa s1-2 or vice versa.. i just think allura is suited to that because it gives room to explore her magickyyy stuff.

would love to see, like "i didn't surpass you i was just covering for you & i knew the whole time you could do it" vibes from keith to shiro on shiros return to black lion.. maybe shiro doesn't realize he's not as good at hiding his insecurities as he thought & could imply this is a callback to something that shiro said or did for keith preseries that meant a lot to her. hello first person to never give up on keith. she also will never give up on you<3 && if alfor's greatest legacy isn't voltron but allura (<-awesomesauced way to say it) then her as her own style warrior & an emissary relating to voltron but also in promoting and preserving her own perspective & values from how she grew up in diplomatic + cultural context

i do love keith as being loyal knight coded .. k/a is the meeting on the turret stairs by frederick william burton coded. i know i promo ten thousand shards of glass on here like it's my job but i am sososoo into the umm second AU in there also

[cythanadiel]

Hello! I wanted to ask about your oc, Ice. So the question is which agents Ice likes the company and doesn't like it much? Sorry for this strange question, but when I saw your oc and I really liked him and I saw some of him with Skye so I thought about what his relationship with others would be like.

Omg that's such a cute ask thank you!!! This got me really really excited💕💕💕

I made a small list of agents he likes, dislikes, is neutral about and his relationship to them underneath the line:

Agents he is tight with:

Reyna - I think Reyna and Ice are the closest to one another, not necessarily personality wise but definitely goal wise. I can definitely see them bonding and talking over their Sisters, as they share the same pain: Ice lost his, and Reyna is fighting to keep hers alive. He understands why Reyna is the way she is, and he cannot blame her for it. In fact, he would be subconsciously driven to help her gather souls.

Brim - Ice has a military background and sometimes talks with Brim about the time with the Special Forces. He holds deep respect for Brim as a commander and blindly puts his trust into him.

Sova - Same as with Brim, He respects Sova. Ice not only sees him as friendly and good company, but also as very competent and fierce. He appreciates his coldness on the battlefield and not letting emotions get in the way. He carries out commands without questioning a word, which Ice can relate to. It's like looking in the mirror, except the reflection smiles back.

Skye - The day she threw him over her shoulder and slammed him into 3 walls was the day he straight up couldn't get his mind off of her. That girl can pack a punch and does not bet an eye at getting her hands dirty. He was VERY much smitten by her. Although I don't think I could say the same about Skye tbh. She's the sole reason he wakes up at 4am to go jogging together.

Raze - While Ice is very much for Order and discipline, he likes Raze's Chaos. There is something about her energy that gets even his bitch face to smile.

Deadlock - That is....they're the same person. Personality and very close background wise they're literally the same person. Hell, Ice even lived a large part of his life in Norway, (he's not Scandinavian tho) and even speaks a little Norwegian. They're definitely gym and sparring partners as well.

Clove - While I can't say too much on Clove yet, I do feel that they'd get along, solely because they give little sibling vibes. He had one sibling he couldn't protect, he sure as hell won't let that ever happen again. So imagine the relief he'd feel after Clove comes back to life, seemingly unharmed.

Viper - Viper sees herself as a monster and had to do things beyond her Control (or maybe it was all in her Control) and Ice can heavily relate to that. He has had some of the same experiences, yet he still sees himself as Human. All in all he genuinely pities Viper.

Cypher - He's fascinated by Cypher and isn't actually too bothered by his secrecy. He understands the need for it and wishes it'd be the standard for the other agents as well. Plus, in the strangest way possible, Cypher is like a father figure to him.

Agents he's neutral about/likes them:

Sage - He likes her healing skills but hates the Mother Hen vibe coming from her. He thinks it influences her and others too much on the battlefield. She could be so much more than just the nice healer lady next door.

Astra - He's genuinely delighted by her presence, but they don't have much in common. Though he's legitimately scared of her powers.

Chamber - He shared the same opinion as everyone else when Chamber first joined, and he still keeps an eye out on him, But Ice can't help but be intrigued by his efficient weapon designs and use of nanotech. They're currently in the talks about nanotech prosthetics and improvements.

Jett - Same as with Clove, Jett gives lil sis vibes. She is also very promising on the field and if she took things a little more serious, she could become very deadly on the field. (Like them instalocks on immortal)

Omen - Similar to Viper, Ice pities Omen. They both share the same pain of being torn apart and coming back to life, but as changed people, possibly without being able to go back to what they once were. Although Ice is, to some degree, scared of becoming like Omen.

Fade - Initially he was ready to snap her neck when she leaked everyone's profiles, and caused the nightmares, but... he ended up forgiving her after learning her motives, that she was doing it because she was looking for someone very dear to her. He would practically do the same if he was in her shoes.

Harbor - INCREDIBLE duo, even if they're not always on the same wavelength. They're also gym buddies.

KAY/O - they're not too friendly with one another, but they do play pool or cards, and they both enjoy taking money from Breach. It's the one thing they can bond over.

Gekko - Ice sees Gekko as a Mini-Me if things hadn't gone south in his past. Gekkos connection to Reyna only strengthens that. Also he needs someone to help him dye his hair, as Ice does a very poor job on his own. On a side note,, I constantly get the feeling that Gekko would fanboy a little over Ice.

Neon - He gets motion sick from her zip zapping. She's also a little too snappy for him, a la "What's with this sassy lost child?" Although he can appreciate her ruthlessness and that she, quite literally, can zap you out of existence within the blink of an eye. He likes that she's more serious on the field despite being one of the youngest members.

Agents he actively dislikes:

Phoenix - Ice has active PTSD cuz of how many times he's nearly been burned around Phoenix. He tries to stay at least 50m away from him if possible.

Killjoy - He's experienced KJs bots first hand and hates them. But also, he thinks she shouldn't be on the field, especially when she's hiding behind her toys.

Breach - Opposite to Raze, Ice HATES Breach's Chaos. He does not understand how the two got along in the first place and how Breach hasn't been booted yet. Guess he'll have to trust Viper's judgement on him. To Breach tho, Ice is just another loyal dog, one that can be tossed aside when he's of no use anymore.

Yoru - Too cocky with no direct excuse for it. You can't even say his skills match his ego, because they do not. Ice is about staying humble and giving your best, and if you don't, then stfu. Plus, he's a direct adversary when it comes to Skye

Iso - Him and Iso basically have the same background but he wouldn't like Iso because he thinks he's taking the easy way out of his contract. Plus, Iso listening to music while on a mission or getting easily distracted gives Ice the sense of unprofessionalism, no matter how good he actually is.

[book-challenger]

Travel Destination: Denmark

The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard

When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon has not seen his father for twenty years since the mysterious death of his mother.

Following his father’s death someone attempts to burn down the bookshop, Jon begins to explore his family’s past full of secrets and now someone is trying to destroy them, and Jon finds himself in a fight for his life and those of his new friends.

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

A little mermaid retelling in 19th century Denmark.

Ever since her best friend died, Evie has been an outcast in her small town, then a girl with uncanny similarities to Anna appears and the two become close catching the eye of the local princes.

But magic isn't kind, and her new friend harbors secrets of her own. She can't stay in Havnestad without Evie's help. And when Evie reaches deep into the power of her magic to save her friend's humanity and her prince's heart, she discovers, too late, what she's bargained away.

The Royal Physician’s Vist by Per Olov Enquist

It is the 1760s, the height of the Enlightenment. The young King of Denmark, Christian VII, is a half-wit. His queen, the English princess Caroline Mathilde, has fallen in love with his most trusted advisor, the court physician Struensee.

Guldberg, a cold-blooded religious fanatic, is determined to annihilate the Enlightenment ideas Struensee is introducing to Denmark - whoever prevails in their bitter ideological battle will control not only the king but the nation state.

Splinters of scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy

For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly, ice-like build-up within her veins called the Firn. Marit knows how dangerous it is to let too much Firn build up—after all, it killed her sister—and she has vowed never to use her thread magic. But when Eve, a fellow orphan whom Marit views like a little sister, is adopted by the wealthy Helene Vestergaard, Marit will do anything to stay by Eve’s side. She decides to risk the Firn and uses magic to secure a job as a seamstress in the Vestergaard household a family Marit has a history with.

Nothing by Janne Teller

When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, climbs a tree, and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to Pierre-Anthon that life has meaning, the children decide to give up things of importance. The pile starts with the superficial—a fishing rod, a new pair of shoes. But as the sacrifices become more extreme, the students grow increasingly desperate to get Pierre-Anthon down, to justify their belief in meaning.

[irlbkgs]

✍️🛌💘🎞️💌 for the ask game! i know it’s a lot so feel free to skip any you want :]

✍️: Overall, how does the fandom treat you? Are you a beloved character, or hated? Are you popular, or a minor side character? Anything in between?

for nicky, he'd probably be polarizing. people would either love him or hate him. he's very loud, he talks a lot, he's a sarcastic prick and quite frankly he's not really good at anything survival wise. he was born into a rich family in vermont, he maybe went fishing once or twice as a child and he knew how to cook bc he moved out at 18 and lived the college dorm life for a couple years, but he's no good at fishing regardless and his cooking was mostly ready made meals or pantry staples. eventually (probably around prison era) he'd get more useful but at first people would probably find his constant talking and his all bark no bite (bc even if he will throw the first punch he cannot fight for shit) attitude annoying. he'd probably have a small subset of people who really relate to him tho cause even if he was rich he basically never saw his parents, he was verbally abused whenever they were around and he has the most obvious audhd and bpd known to man. his fans would be diehard for him until he eventually became more useful and people stopped hating him so much.

for kennie, it really depends. if emma was still in gen v and still played the role of like. finding sam and taking care of him, people would not like kennie, she'd def come out of left field and ruin that ship. if emma wasn't there or played a different/more minor role and was just like sam's best friend, then people might still prefer that ship, or maybe even ship all three of them, but kennie would be liked as a character even without the two. she's very hard headed and argumentative which would cause people to like her less, but she can be very doting when she wants to be. she's a bit of a control freak and she definitely mother hens those she cares about but it all comes from a place of love.

🛌: What tropes show up in fics involving your ship?

for irvixon it'd be hurt/comfort, domestic fluff and miscommunication. nicky can't communicate for shit and daryl cannot fucking stand it even if he's also not the best at communication.

for samken it'd be hurt/comfort (again), sick fic, fix-it fic and fluff. everyone loves seeing sam get hurt what can i say?

💘: Why would people love your ship? Why would people dislike your ship? How might it start debates?

irvixon is def controversial for the age gap its like 20 years give or take depending on what age people see daryl as since he doesn't have a canon one but is at least 40 in the early seasons and 50 in the later with nicky being 24 at oldest in s1. besides that there's the obvious issue of caryl which is understandly popular and connie/daryl in the later seasons which has its appeal. and besides that nicky and daryl just have very different personalities, ways of acting and communicating, they have very different motivations, etc, etc. it's very much opposites attract but that doesn't appeal to everyone 🤷‍♀️ the people who get it GET IT tho. nicky has wanted to jump that man's bones since the cdc and then developed a crush during the farm era and he does not give up on flirting with him even when he starts to think daryl will never reciprocate. he's like so obsessively in love it's sickening, he follows him around like a lost puppy and listens to his every word when he won't listen to anyone else. and daryl has always had an obvious soft spot for nicky, he's like if a baby deer was also 6'3" and had no volume control or brain to mouth filter. daryl's always gone out of his way to protect him, at first just bc he knew he was weak but eventually it was just instinct and he didn't know why but he needed to keep him safe. at some point he realizes it's because he sees nicky as a safe, constant presence in his life, somebody who won't take bullshit from anyone and will tell him when he's fucking up, but will also let him fuck up without abandoning him.

samken might be a little controversial just bc it's sort of the born sexy yesterday trope (and thats on the show not me!!!) and kennie is like, obviously the dominant one in their relationship so people might take that as her taking advantage of his nïavity but it's like. literally not that deep like he's an adult who knows what he wants and she's literally just helping him have a normal life for the first time since he was a child. all she wants is for him to be safe and to see a therapist and get some meds but she also really loves and cares for him regardless. she really just wants him to be happy and healthy, god forbid.

🎞️: What ‘canon’ scenes would the fandom point to as evidence for the validity of your ship?

irvixon would have a plethora bc nicky really is like a puppy just helplessly following daryl and trying to get with him. i think ones that would stand out would be nicky staying with daryl after andrea shoots him and just playing nurse, daryl carrying nicky over his shoulder on multiple occasions when nicky gets too close to getting bit (man's just runs in and scoops him up like it's no big deal even tho nicky is so much taller), nicky getting the flu and daryl going crazy over it or them moving in together as soon as they get to alexandria.

samken would have a lot less moments given the fact that there's only 1 season out of gen v at the moment but they'd still have some small ones. kennie would cook for sam and then try to teach him as she weant, sam would sleep like a baby with his head in her lap like halfway through watching movies together on his first or second night hiding in the dorms, they'd go shopping together once or twice and she'd give him the most ridiculous disguise. stupid shit like that.

💌: How would your dynamic be portrayed? What might people focus on most? Any misconceptions?

irvixon in the early seasons is definitely giving damsel and prince but in later seasons is just. kill for each other. the dynamic would def shift from silly and simple, something born from nicky's desires but also lack of abilities, to more deep and founded on trust and bloodshed. people probably focus way too much on nicky being really forward with daryl and how he seems desperate at times and not enough on how daryl thinks its funny and endearing before he starts to reciprocate and then he just gets really blushy and embarrassed about it. he doesn't know how to respond to genuine flirting when it's someone he actually wants to be with.

samken is portrayed a lot like hmm...wife guy meets girl who gets what she wants, when she wants it. sam is head over heels for this kind of bitchy, demanding girl who's half his size but could still rip off his head if she really wanted. he's not used to being around people who can both match him ability wise and can tell him what to do without triggering him but she does it in just the right way to where he feels safe and protected. i think people would focus on how she tells him what to do frequently and just completely ignore the fact that a lot of the time he needs that structure. sure, she can be bossy, but if he told her to stop she would stop. he likes being told what to do tho, at least when it's simple things that just help him with routine and stability which is what he really needs. kennie helps him remember to take care of himself, helps him get to bed on time, helps him remember to shower and brush his teeth, get dressed in the morning, eat regularly. sure, a schedule can't fix all his problems, but it can at least help him feel more put together and lessen some of his symptoms while he's unmedicated (cause imo he probably has a lot of comorbidities that would get worse if he just didn't do the basics)

[characternerdocs]

What are the most morally questionable things Heath has done?

Admittedly, with Heath being my lil' cinnamon roll blorbo, he hasn't really done much that is super morally questionable.

When he was six though, and the caretakers at the children's home arranged for him to be moved to a psychiatric facility due to his claims of ghostly hallucinations and "growing prophetic powers", despite knowing deep down that her plan would lead to a pyrrhic success, Heath let his sister pull the time old twin switcheroo trick which resulted in her going to the pysch facility which he was moved in with a foster family shortly after, with nobody ever learned about the other twin's deception. However, the guilt of letting his sister pull the ruse has plagued Heath since that day.

Additionally, Heath is also fully aware of Emery's dietary preferences versus her needs. While he has found an ethical-ish option for Em (blood meal from the local plant nursery brewed in a coffee maker using coconut water instead of regular water), it is not Emery's preference. I imagine it is a, don't ask, don't tell, sorta topic for the two. But every so often, Heath will see a newspaper headline or hear a story on the local news station, and he gets that pang of guilt.

I really like the song Ruthlessness from Epic the Musical for Heath, and I see Ramiel as Poseidon. As Heath doesn't want to do the morally questionable thing, even if it may be the option that makes everything easier.

You are the worst kind of good // 'Cause you're not even great // A Greek who reeks of false righteousness // That's what I hate // 'Cause you fight to save lives // But won't kill and don't get the job done // I mean, you totally could have avoided all this // Had you just killed my son // But no

Tho, Rai doesn't care for her ... son. But she'd let Heath believe that he should kill him

BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS HEATH!

In the most recent D&D campaign I played, I played Heath. He was a wild magic sorcerer, which basically meant that if he cast a spell, I'd have to roll to see if he "Magic surged" and if I/Heath did surge, it would cause another magical effect which was out of my/Heath's control. Plus, our DM decided to continuously increase the fail number throughout the campaign, making it more likely that Heath would magic surge.

In this campaign, Heath:

Day one, Heath killed a man who was fleeing from a fight by using firebolt against him, burning the man alive. - I forgot you cannot deal non-lethal magic damage, and Heath's conscience pays the price... and the fleeing guy.

Magic surged and in doing so created a "delayed fireball" (basically, magically fire bomb) in the small enclosed basement of the former house/butcher shop of an NPC and his missing mother, who Heath and Pea-Poe, my friend's character, were trying to find. When the fireball went off, it destroyed the whole house and half the block. We refer to that as Heath's act of terrorism. It was also Emery's house and shop.

After saving Emery from the twisted scientist/necromancer man who kidnapped her seven years ago to use her blood in his weird experiment to create lethal street drugs and suffering many level of exhaustion, (Exhaustion basically gives you various disadvantages to your rolls or abilities with each increasing level) Heath tries to use the sheild spell to keep Pea-Poe from getting hit by a very large sewer rat, and failed, so Pea-Poe still took damage. But Heath also failed the magic surge. Somehow, all three (Pea-Poe, Emery, and Heath) were suddenly unconscious, and when they awoke, it turned out that Heath had teleported them all into a mage's magical mansion in a little pocket dimension. Everyone was back to full health, Heath was cured of his exhaustion, but turns out they were there for seven days in a complete comatose state, which allowed the Big Bad Evil Guy (BBEG) to start his genocidal purge of the city's working and lower class

In a fight against the BBEG's muscle-headed henchwomen, Heath used the shield spell to defend against the woman's attack, and of course, he magic surged. When the woman's ax hit Heath's shield, it exploded in a shower of lava, badly injuring the henchwoman and melting her into the floor. He then finished off by using primal savagery, basically making his hand a blade, and stabbed the woman up under her chin into her brain. Emery killed the other henchwoman by punching her straight fist through her head. My DM also revealed that these juiced-up ladies were called Ray and Mel. I think it is very fitting that Emery and Heath got to kill Ray and Mel, respectively.

When finally confronting the BBEG, the BBEG has nine children magically bound to him, so any effect or damage that should affect him instead affected the children. Heath counter-spelled the BBEG's lightning spell (Counter-spell is basically just a "no you don't" effect, if it is successful), which it was! But he magic-surged, and three spots started to glow yellow as they were starting to charge with electricity. ( I have conformed with the DM that the CasMark pulled a Crocodile Dundee on the BBEG, say "That's not a Lightnin' spell, THIS is a Lightnin' spell") So we're on another timer, Heath and Emery are focused on getting the kiddos out of there, while Pea-Poe just mocks and antagonizes the BBEG. Heath and Emery prioritized the kids standing in the area of the glowing powder keg were freed first before moving on to the other kids. They managed to unbind five of the nine kids before the spell went off, but Pea-Poe did not get the BBEG out of the glowing spot he was in. In front of Heath's eyes, those remaining five kids just turned to dust and ash. Right there, Heath breaks down sobbing, while Emery over to the BBEG, who is hanging on to life, charred to a crisp and bald as the day he was born from the lightning bolt that just struck him, it having dealt so much damage over, it still had power left to damage him after taking out his meat sheilds; Emery goes over to the BBEG and just curbstomps his head with the heel of her boot. But since they also know there is a necromancer about, it is best not to leave a corpse around that he could salvage. So, bringing everything full circle, Heath gets up and just starts casting firebolt on the BBEG's body until the ashes are ash.

Thanks for the ask @icybreaths, I hope that D&D Heath's acts of terrorism are sufficiently morally questionable enough. I should leave you with the sketch I did of the roast of Phil and the drawing of Heath entering his villain era inspired by Monster, also from the Epic Musical.

[thetavolution]

Bruja and Paloma 💛

Both are the older sister, protective and determined. Bruja is the head of her family and cares deeply for the people in the village near her home. She sees them as her family and spares no expense or resource in keeping them well protected, which in turn, earns her their loyalty and devotion. I feel Bruja would be Paloma's way of keeping control over her emotions, and also maybe educate her that while it is admirable to devote your attention to those you care about, you cannot neglect yourself. Bruja is the same way and learned the hard way what it means to just let go sometimes.

Saverio and Ingrid ❤️(?) if not that then 💛

Saverio, the Aquila family guard captain, is a well known flirt and a real womanizer, but he's also a very emotionally mature person. He'd admire Ingrid for always pushing past her anxieties and fears to do what is necessary. He'd enjoy her company, whether is a gentle talk or just silence, he'd want her in his guard, just so he could see her grow into herself but he'll understand that she'd prefer to be out in the wilds of nature. "A beautiful flower cannot grow in the shade." Is something corny enough for him to say but he'll truly mean it

Bruja and Paloma: I love the idea of these two mother hens becoming friends. The idea of them forcing each other to take a Me Day is too cute. Just rolling up on each other saying, "Get in loser, we're going self-caring." Paloma definitely needs a friend who'll remind her that you have to take care of yourself sometimes. She'll also definitely tell Bruja to take a day for herself, too. (Without an ounce of self-awareness.) I also think they could vent about their siblings with each other. Not in a trashing them way, but the older sibling "I need someone who gets what I'm dealing with" way. Well... Paloma would (affectionately) say something like, "I love my sister, but she's terrible" because it's true.

Saverio and Ingrid: I'm on board with a ❤️! Ingrid would fall for his charms and then would just be convinced she's not good enough for him. She doesn't see herself as desirable so she'd struggle with believing he'd stay interested. She would happily join his guard, especially as her courage improves. She's not as against being in the city as Halsin is. She'd just use her downtime to go be in nature. And even if he says something corny to her, it would work on Ingrid. She's not above corny, especially when it comes from the heart. All that matters is that its sincere.

[marjaystuff]

Interview with John Gilstrap

Harm’s Way. Jonathan Grave Book 15

Pinnacle Pub

August 22nd, 2023

One of the best qualities of a John Gilstrap book is his ability to draw readers into the plot and characters.  Just like the early Vince Flynn books his plots are intense, his bad guys horrifically violent, and his team heroes hardly politically correct with a determination for justice to be served.

Harm’s Way by John Gilstrap takes place in Venezuela where a vicious drug cartel has kidnapped ten missionaries and are holding them for ransom.  FBI Director Irene Rivers has asked the independent contractor, Jonathan Grave, and his team to rescue one hostage.  But Jonathan being Jonathan, tells her he will rescue all or none. He plans on doing what he and his team always do, save hostages. The rest of the gang are back that includes Jonathan Grave (Digger), Brian Vande Boxers (Big Guy), Venice Alexander (Mother Hen) and Gail Bonneville (Gunslinger) as well as Jesse Montgomery (Torpedo), a thief and boat driver, and Davey Montgomery (Chief), a former Navy SEAL.

As with most of his books the theme always questions the commitment of Washington, especially the bureaucrats, to put the welfare of the country ahead of personal gain. 

Word of warning to readers, the rescue mission is not the only plotline and this book ends with a slight cliffhanger. Anyone who has not read the Grave books should because they have drama, intrigue, and great characters. 

Elise Cooper: How did you get the idea for Harm’s Way?

John Gilstrap:  It came from a real news story. There was a news item where twelve missionaries were kidnapped in South America. Each were held for different levels of ransom by the bad guys. I thought it was an interesting premise.

Elise Cooper: Throughout the books, one of the team members, Gail Bonnerville aka Gunslinger has come to grips with her role?

John Gilstrap: Gail can be passive-aggressive, logical, thoughtful, sarcastic, and very analytical.  She is often the only adult in the room when the men team members start to act as boys.  She as well as everyone has a strong moral compass.  She sometimes has trouble drawing the lines that Jonathan has no trouble drawing since she was a Sherriff and is a lawyer. In Scorpion Strike she realized there was nuisance and balance versus violence and fortitude. She started accepting her role and in the current book Harm’s Way she has reached that threshold. Jonathan is very mission oriented where he wants to have the hostages returned to their family. Gail cannot close down after a mission like Jonathan does. It angers her that she cannot and also angers her that Jonathan can. She will do what she must do but afterwards might not like it, while Jonathan will do what he must do and move on.

EC:  You like to have Gail get injured a lot?

JG:  In Damage Control she was injured very seriously and two books after that she was gone for a while as she recovered.  I almost killed her off, but when I brought her back, I found the handle for her character. Then in Lethal Game, the book before Harm’s Way she had to be rescued after her house was set on fire and she was injured. 

EC: The relationship between Gail and Jonathan?

JG:  She considers him a crusader and is accepting of him. Just as with Jonathan she now realizes that by fighting, she can have a say in her future, going home alive. Gail realizes that Jonathan’s way of thinking is not as outlandish as she originally thought. She has come to see that the rule of law sometimes comes to slowly for true justice to happen. Because they accept each other they can now have an intimate relationship.

EC:  Was President Tony Darmond based on anyone in any political party or is he an equal opportunity politician?

JG: The plot line of this book involving the President’s stepson selling access started in 2014 with the book High Treason. It is pure coincidence that the plot line is still alive. The Darmond administration has been corrupt since 2009. In the Grave books time pretty much stands still and travels very slowly.  I do not write politics I write fiction.  President Darmond does not have a party affiliation. People read the books and I have received angry letters about Darmond’s corruption from supporters of President Bush 43, President Obama, President Trump, and now President Biden.  I get equal levels of hate mail. The Grave books do not work unless Washington is horribly corrupt. 

EC:  There is a quote that is anti-Washington in Harm’s Way. Please explain.

JG:  You are referring to this quote, “In light of recent weaknesses and stumbles from the government of the United States, it was often too easy to lose respect in the effectiveness of American operators. The Border Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration had both been thoroughly neutered by President Darmond’s political henchmen, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation has neutered itself with political infighting.” This is from a Russian who perceives the weakness of power. The Darmond administration is owned by the Cartels who can do whatever they want on the Southern Border. I believe in the fictional world, Washington’s senior elected leadership can search for Directors to do their will.

EC:  Are the Russians really behind bringing drugs into this country?

JG:  I do not have a firsthand knowledge but people who do, this is what they tell me. From what I heard the Russians have tried to gain a foothold in Venezuela and pre-Ukraine have provided a lot of aid. In my fiction world it just makes sense the Russians are doing it. 

EC: Why Venezuela?

JG:  Venezuela is in this hemisphere.  Because I must get Jonathan and the gang in and out there is only so much of the world where I can do it. In my various previous books, I have used Mexico and wanted a change.  Part of the reason for Venezuela, I wanted to criticize socialism, and it is the poster child for where socialism never worked in the practical world.  The economic system here has collapsed so it has become a playground for bad guys. 

EC:  Next book-did you leave this one with a cliffhanger?

JG:  Yes, although each book can survive as a stand-alone.  In the next book, the Darmond Administration will have a very bad time. It will be titled Heat Seeker, a Jonathan Grave book.

THANK YOU!!

[roses-dreams-andthorns]

꧁༒☬𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓮.☬༒꧂

Hҽ αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ.

Hҽ α-α-αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ.

Hҽ αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ.

Hҽ α-α-αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ συƚ.

Aƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ.

Hҽ α-α-αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ.

Hҽ αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ.

Hҽ α-α-αƚҽ ɱყ ԋҽαɾƚ συƚ.

Yᵃⁿᵈᵉʳᵉ ᴿⁱᵈᵈˡᵉ ᴿᵒˢᵉʰᵉᵃʳᵗˢ ˣ Male ᴿᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ.

protagonist is implied as male (He / Him pronouns). but anyone may interact

Slightly suggestive. very mildly.

ᏖᏂᏗᏖ ᏰᎧᎩ ᎥᏕ Ꮧ ᎷᎧᏁᏕᏖᏋᏒ.

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

Ꮢiddle feels extremely empty... without you. He feels like an endless void on the inside when you're not around. These feelings he has never been acustomed to before, it is confusing, yet he craves the feeling all the same. Whenever he passes you in the halls of the campus, he cannot control the sudden rushing of his beating heart, the fact his face turns red and warm, he loses all composure... It can sometimes be torture, but it can sometimes be a blessing. Around you, he feels free. He feels like he does not have to fot the perfect image his mother had set for him, he feels like he can just be him. Like he can just be Riddle Rosehearts. No more, no less.

ฬhen you had extended your caring hand to him after the incident, when you had treated him like he was not just a perfect, flawless picture frame, you treated him with care, as if he was a fragile vase in your arms. His feelings started here. When you held him so gently, so purely... all his worries, all his problems, all the malice that corrupted his heart... it seemed to all dissapear for that moment. For a moment, he wished this would last an eternity. He wanted to be held like this his whole life, he wanted to feel loved like this, and you gave it to him, despite his wrong doings, you gave him kindness, like it was wrapped up in a little gift box with a bow. He sometimes wonders... if you have cast some kind of spell on his heart, or his mind... the dreams and thoughts he has of you every night may be... inapropriate for a campus setting.

Ħe cherishes you. He worships you. He is obsessed with you. He just couldn't help but fall even harder for you every second he saw your face. Those anonymous love letters you have begun recieving, that speak of spending forever and ever with you? The handwriting looks like it belongs to Riddle... The flowers you are sent everyday at exactly 5:30 pm? They are always red or white roses... and they are specifically ones from Heartslabyul's gardens. The many little treats you are sent? They seem to have been made by a gentle, yet strict hand... In other words... Not Trey's handiwork, but Riddle's, it seems.

੮he way you feel shivers run down your spine as you feel eyes staring you down like a sniper watching its prey... he is the culprit, hiding behind walls or in crowds, just staring at you... and only you. Like you stand upon a stage in a spotlight, or as if you are a popular piece of art at a museum.

Շheck his phone. You may find it worth while once you find his secret folder in his phone gallery... and the photographs he has, that consisted completely of you, simply going about your daily life. Perhaps you are training, cooking, eating, sleeping... Surely he must be breaking so many rules by having become so obsessive over some guy, stalking and taking these pictures of him like tourists in the summer, but he could care less at this moment. He wants you. He needs you. You are his only reason to live. Keep him close like how you do with friends. Hold him like the fragile creature he is. Make him yours, and only yours. After all... He is nothing without you.

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

ӇЄ ƛƬЄ MƳ ӇЄƛƦƬ ƛƝƊ ƬӇЄƝ ӇЄ ƛƬЄ MƳ ƁƦƛƖƝ.

Reblogs are appreciated!

treytheslay.

[as-is-above-so-below]

Always

Stemmed from that one Young Justice scene (and the plethora of fanart from it) with Jason and Baby Damian :)

warnings: violence, mentions of death

summary: Damian is injured while the team rescues Bruce from the League

“Nngh…Baba…”

“I’m here, Damian. I’m here.”

Jason isn’t entirely sure what went wrong or when. 

Well, that’s not entirely true. He had some idea, not that it mattered now. 

It was fucking idiotic to think they could just walk into the League of Assassins to rescue Bruce, and he said as much beforehand. But nobody ever listened to Jason, especially if Damian contradicted his opinions (which he obviously did, in this case). 

Dick, Tim, Luke, Kate, and Jason all sustained a handful of injuries during their rescue attempt, wrapped in gauze with various creams and ointments on cuts, bullet wounds, and burns. Bruce had gone through quite the ordeal with Talia attempting to reprogram him, but Jason could share dozens of first-hand experiences where Batman had endured worse wounds.

The clusterfuck of battered and bruised vigilantes hovering around the Batcave’s infirmary, waiting for Damian to wake up, was evidence of the hypothesis Jason had kept to himself the day before. They all knew Damian so well, yet not at all.

“We cannot wait. Who knows how much time Father has left in Mother’s hands? We do not know her agenda.”

“Listen, demon brat, I know you’re worried, but you know just as well as I do that we’d be walking into a death trap without a plan. He could be dead already, for all we know.”

“Exactly, which is why this discussion is a waste of resources. And I am not worried; the plan is to get in, and out. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Their siblings never seemed to recall that Damian – in addition to being a trained assassin with a body count in the high hundreds (if not thousands) and having the intellects of an al Ghul and a Wayne ingrained in a DNA – was also a child; a scared one, at that.

They wouldn’t recognize that in the kid’s stoic, controlled features. A mask, another layer underneath his Robin and Damian Wayne personas.

That’s what they were, after all. Personas. 

Damian caught the brunt of it when his mother expressed her displeasure at his ‘regression’. In her opinion, he had grown soft, too attached to his father and siblings. He vividly remembered Damian’s extensive training and education, starting before he could even walk. 

He was dropped into the Lazarus Pit shortly after Damian’s birth and regained his memories. From then on, Jason had made it his mission to do everything in his power to keep the small, green-eyed creature (who looked so much like their father) safe for as long as time would allow. He took many an arrow and blade during his time at the League, training and ‘helping’ Talia raise his newborn brother.

When they weren’t training, Jason told him fairytales he had read as a kid. Ra’s caught them once and punished Jason severely for introducing such ‘childish stories’ to the heir of the demon’s head. His adventures as Robin were a common topic – anything that would help preserve any innocence Damian had. He bandaged his wounds the same way Dick had after patrol; cross-legged, their knees touching as he dabbed antiseptic on his wounds and told him how well he had done, despite Ra’s comments about his weak technique. 

After a particularly rough day, when five-year-old Damian finished yanking pointed arrows from his back and shoulders, he wrapped a thin strip of leather around Jason’s dominant wrist.

“It’s the same leather from my necklace,” he had said, his chubby face lacking the wide smile a child that age should have. “So we match.”

Jason wore it to this day, only removing it for showers and patrol.

While Jason may not have been as touchy as Dick, with his kisses, snuggles, and constant fussing (also known as being a mother hen), he was no stranger to a gentle, guiding touch, a comforting hug, a reassuring hand to the top of Damian’s head. He couldn’t bring himself to replicate the love his older brother had instilled in him, but he tried his best.

Still, the affectionate little boy was slowly, painfully whittled away, until only a tiny piece of him was left, buried deep within.

The day Jason watched Damian execute his favorite teacher, the tutor that had been with him since birth, without blinking an eye, was the day he swore that he would get him out.

Even if it meant losing his life. Again.

Then they returned to that very place and Jason’s worst fear came true.

“Mother, don’t make me kill you!”

His attempt to dissuade her allowed Talia to lunge at him. Damian twisted to parry the attack, but she changed course at the last second–

And her Kitana ran him through.

“As if you could.”

Jason immediately abandoned Bruce’s code at Damian’s scream, ending his opponent with a bullet through their skull. He whipped around just in time to see Talia drag her sword from her son’s side, coated in his blood. Behind his mask, his eyes blue wide, and he almost lost his stomach right there.

“DAMIAN!”

Pressed into a corner with his own voice roaring in his ears, Jason snapped back to reality, his body rigid at the sound Damian made. The boy had whined when Bruce touched his hair, an “undignified” sound he would say if he were in the right state of mind. Damian shook his head with a sharp hiss, struggling to sit up, his skull pounding. He kept his sensitive eyes tightly shut, the burning light from the fluorescents of the medical bay making his headache worse.

Kate and Luke decided to return home but were replaced by Barbara, Stephanie, Cassandra, and Alfred. Bruce removed his hand but still looked down at his son, confused, thick brows knitted together. Damian was unwell and injured, yes, but he had no head injuries that would make him delusional. He quickly turned to Alfred, about to have him administer more tests–

Jason unglued himself from the wall, let his arms fall from his chest, then scratched the short hair at the nape of his neck. He approached the hospital bed, slipping by his siblings and moving to the opposite side as Bruce. Dick was especially confused, watching his first not-so-little brother with his head titled and questioning eyes. Bruce’s expression was unreadable, while Alfred’s was almost knowing.

Damian visibly softened when Jason grazed the back of his hand and gripped Jason’s for dear life, eyes still closed. “Baba…” he groaned and tugged with what little strength he had left. Their expressions quickly turned to shock, save for Bruce and Alfred.

“Sh-She tried to kill…me,” Damian croaked, still reverting to his native tongue. Jason threw a sharp look at all the surprised faces in the room, urging them to leave with a nasty glare. Damian would never let anyone, let alone the whole family see him so distraught, devastated – broken, if he were himself.

When people started to apprehensively file out, Jason finally allowed Damian to pull him into the bed. He carefully avoided the bandages, bruises, and plastic cast on his wrist as best he could. He looked to Alfred, who gave him the ‘all clear’ before moving his fragile body into his lap, shielding him with his arms as the stragglers continued to stare. Bruce included.

“Get. Out.” It came more as growl than speech, his voice low and gravely.

Finally, Dick gently guided Bruce out of the room.

Violent sobs wracked through Damian’s little body as Jason held him, rubbing small circles into his skin with his big, calloused hand. “I know, kid. I know.”

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Copyright © 2023 as-is-above-so-below. All rights reserved.

[thedawningofthehour]

Unfortunately for Leo, the government knows who he is. I'm still on the fence about how long they've known, but they haven't exactly kept a low profile in the past two years.

(this is off-topic, but I really do love the subtle storytelling of the turtles slowly dropping their secrecy act as time goes on and more people get mutated, because New Yorkers just don't give a shit)

Gale also didn't built nukes, that is slander from Leo's side. Draxum doesn't think weapons of mass destruction should exist (his logic is that you're also screwing yourself since weapons of that caliber can't be controlled and then you inherit the ashes, not to mention it doesn't distinguish between enemies and civilians) and if he has to threaten mutually-assured destruction to not lose, he's already lost. Now, Gale has made lasers that can preemptively detonate a nuclear warhead, so the effect is somewhat similar to if Draxum was sitting on a nuke like a hen incubating a very radioactive egg-the US launches a nuke at Gale, a nuke will blow up somewhere other than NYC. Gale plans to do so over a national forest in Pennsylvania to minimize casualties, if it's ever necessary, but the EPF doesn't know that. Now that I'm thinking about it, they 100% don't know for certain that Draxum doesn't have WMDs, and I mean-the US has literally gone to war over imaginary WMDs before, there's precedent for this to the tune of $8 trillion and 4.7 million people dead, they would absolutely treat Gale like the weapon of mass destruction he is.

#Sure Gale is more valuable than Leo to them so he might get treated better#but#I am pretty sure that Gale is getting all types of medical shit done to him#…#on the other hand#if Leo IS put in a concentration camp or something he is very fucked#Like Auschwitz had over 800 people who tried to escape; some of them insanely clever#but of those only around 140 made it#did u know they wouldn’t separate children from their mothers in auschwitz#that would have been too much forceful work so they just told the mothers they would need baths#and send them with their kids together in the gaß chambers#my sisters class also had to visit the crematory and her friend got in trouble for puking#ok I mean Doth is very dark sometimes but I don‘t think you will go Joseph Mengle with it right?#Like the guy who experimented on Tiger Claw as a kid but that wasn’t graphically shown; just told from TC as a memory#oh I remember Mengle had an obsession with experimenting on twins#given that Leo and Gale couldn’t be further from twinship rn I doubt that’s relevant#Idk how you will write Bishop but the 2003 version is very pragmatic#but yeah no Gale is in for a horrific time#with Leo it depends I think#I wanted to ramble more but I looked up articles about Mengle and now I feel sick#I‘m going to watch cat videos now#love u fai#where ever you take the boys I‘m excited to read your writing

From my understanding, Mengele was only interested in identical twins. (or at least twins that looked identical-I don't think they knew the difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twins in the 30s and 40s, they just knew sometimes they looked alike and sometimes they didn't) He liked to experiment on them because one would serve as the perfect 'control' while he did horrible experiments on the other, and then he'd kill them both to do the autopsies and compare. Though I feel like I remember one instance where he took a male-female pair of twins and tried to graft the brother's genitals onto his sister, but that might have been the Japanese who did that. (the shit the Japanese did during WWII and the Cambodian genocide, reading about those subjects marked two of the very rare times I've ever read something and gone "okay, I mentally cannot handle any more of this today.")

But yeah, even if Leo and Donnie were the same species from the same clutch and could therefore be considered twins with only a bit of stretching the definition, they'd still be fraternal twins so that wouldn't apply. It is interesting that you mentioned it though.

Yeah I'm probably not going to put in an equivalent to Mengele, I haven't wanted to spoil much about Bishop but one thing I think is really important in this story is that all the warmongers have understandable motives. Because that's overwhelmingly how it is in real life. I feel like the constant dehumanization of Nazis and harping on only the most evil, horrible aspects of the genocide has been more counterproductive than anything else, because we end up distancing ourselves from the reality of it all and the choices that went into it. You can't relate to a man like Mengele. He's too horrifically evil, his sadism and complete lack of humanity is just incomprehensible to most people. The things he did, it's hard to wrap your head around the level of suffering and cruelty, it almost doesn't feel real at times. It's too hard to conceptualize.

We focus on the monsters like Mengele because-well, let's be real, partly morbid fascination, but also because he is an easy figure to hate. He was an intrinsically evil person, there's no debating that. His own son wouldn't accept his remains and refused to bring them back to Germany. It's easy to denounce him, because there's nothing about him that would hit close to home.

The vast majority of Nazis were not Mengele. They did not wake up one day and suddenly go "I hate Jews because they're smelly and I'm going to kill them now." Yes, there was an antisemitism problem in Germany already, but not like that. There were plenty of people who weren't antisemitic before Hitler rose to power. Hell, there were Jewish Nazis. They were some of the first people loaded up on trains, incidentally. (tokens get spent, after all) Nobody flipped a switch and turned these people into frothing antisemitic monsters overnight, it was a long process of exploiting people's fears, scapegoating 'others' and manufacturing hatred, eventually conditioning people to accept and even aid in increasing levels of violence against them.

And for total clarify, fuck these guys. I'm not trying to sympathize with fucking Nazis here. They did terrible shit, they deserved what they got in return, and they deserve to have their names dragged through the mud. They were horrible, depraved murderers. But most of them weren't born that way. They were radicalized. And that matters because the same methods that were used to radicalize them can be used to radicalize again.

To me, Mengele is not representative of the horrors of Nazism. Nazism didn't make him evil. He was already like that. He was an intrinsically evil man on the Nazi side, just as there were 100% intrinsically evil men on the Allied side. The difference was that Nazism gave Mengele the platform to carry out his evil and supplied him with victims. That's what makes movements like Nazism evil, not because evil people exist within them but because it allows evil people to flourish, encourages neutral people to do evil, and keeps good people from stopping them. Nobody reads about Mengele and learns how not to be Mengele. They need to read about the father of three who became a Nazi because he feared for the future of his children and Nazism told him there was an easy solution to all his problems. They need to read about that because that's going to be the thing that clicks and makes them go "I need to have a fucking talk with my dad about his attitude towards immigrants."

There are definitely people like Mengele in the EPF. I don't foresee myself writing about them. There is nothing to learn from them.