#there will be a second part

[donethatbeforelong]

Too far away

Fandom: Team Fortress 2

Pairing: Heavy/Medic; Red Oktoberfest

(Authour here, just want to let you know that this will have two parts and I have decided to put more spaces between each paragraphs)

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"You're so down to Earth

And I'm up in the Stars

Show me the Sea

And I'll take you to Mars"

This is close to a metaphor, with one being off in the stars, and one down in Earth's atmosphere. In this case, however, maybe it doesn't need to be earth and space.

One's burned into the blacklist, and one's fate has yet to be decided. However far apart their realms might be, one will crawl through deserts with snakes to be with someone who's too out of reach.

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"Ludwig, what do you think you're doing?" The devil couldn't handle seeing the doctor play fool for any longer. He had stood there for an hour or so, and the doctor couldn't even acknowledge him being there.

Ludwig, an angel who fell from Heaven in its early stages of existence, doesn't seem to fear The Devil as much as he should.

"Hm?" The doctor hummed in response and turned around, smoothing out his hair with his free hand. Though Ludwig knows his presumed boss is talking to him, the German doesn't bother looking at him directly.

The laboratory was squeaky clean as usual, with the exceptions of his work desk and the current subject being gagged on his operating table. Hell doesn't provide too much for its employees or workers, just enough for them to get work done efficiently. But Ludwig was an exception from this. Up to date equipments and technologies lined the walls of his lab and has presented itself several time throughout his procedures. Satan nearly exhausted most of his power just for a living human to enter Hell for Ludwig's experiment.

Ludwig's appearance was quite different from the rest of the demons who resonated in Hell. It's common knowledge that one's appearance can be changed and altered in a way they like, so it's not rare to see the many different varietion of demons from the same Ring. Though, in some rarer cases, a demon managed to retain some of its angelic features from before the fall. Ludwig was one of the many that had kept one or two of his old features.

His appearance is based on his most commited sin or which Ring he belonged to, similar to everyone else. He had black hair that was greying on the side to depict his age and time spent in Hell, blue eyes that used to be comforting now filled with malicious intentions were hidden behind round glasses. His skin was peppered with golden flakes, going from the side of his face down to his heel. This was not the only angelic feature that managed to survive the fall. Wings that he often kept hidden were burned badly during the fall, some feathers now dark in color but some stayed white. He could barely use them, but cutting them off won't be of any use.

Many assumed that Ludwig was an angel who had possession of impressive intellect that God created and decided to gift him those golden flakes. The real truth, however, was that he held an angel from that department captive when he got the chance and experimented on them. During the procedure, he removed the feature that distinguished them from the others and implanted it into himself. Unfortunately, due to the use of Hell Fire, the angel died and that's when he started his way to Hell at a fast pace. He spent only a few decades in Heaven before he was casted down.

Disciplined badly with burning hot iron and holy whips, Ludwig was casted down to Hell with disapproving looks and digusted faces from the angels he once was close with.

Throughout his time in Hell, Ludwig had adopted a German accent which didn't take long to get used to. In addition to that, he also studied medicine and German during his free time. He mastered the art of medicine within a few decades and had completely adapted to the German accent and language.

He didn't belong to a specific Ring which is a rare occurrence and only some of the unfortunate demons would get into this situation. Satan took him in as one of his many assistance in the Wrath Ring. Though, some demons often see Ludwig going off to the Pride or Lust Ring but they never bothered telling Satan. On one occasion, he gone to the Sloth Ring and didn't return until a month later. When Satan asked about it, Ludwig claimed to have gone there to 'take a break'.

"I'm asking about your 'subject' on the table." Satan stated plainly, a sharp finger pointing at the gagged demon on the table. Its eyes were blood shot, a stitch here and there all over its body. The line of dried tears remained visible despite the hours that went by.

Ludwig looked at the operating table, then at Satan, and back to the table. A small smile spread on his lips as he closed his eyes and gently shrugged.

"Just wanted to run some experiments to find a vay to prevent Holy Water from harming us too severely." His voice was chipper and there was a spring in his step when he went over to his desk and picked up his clipboard, noting down his findings.

Satan sighed audibly and rubbed his temple. Ludwig had been a pain in his ass ever since he managed to convince him to provide funding for these experiments.

Though, that's the only thing he's here for.

Ever since that one time Satan got a living man down to Hell, Ludwig had grew an unhealthy obsession with human beings - similar to his already unhealthy obsession with birds, especially pigeons and doves. That man died within a month because of the various painful tests that he had to endure and Ludwig had begged Satan for another one to be brought down. Although it was made clear to the German doctor that he will never bring another down for it was too risky, Ludwig still tried to find a way to do that himself.

An assistant of his had informed him about Ludwig's change in behavior whenever Satan was off to see the other managers of Hell. Usually, it wouldn't be much other than creeping around the place in a suspicious manner. Now, however, it was lockpicking and entering Satan's office to look through various human records and to watch the cameras that surveillance the human world and Hell's targeted souls.

It was easy to notice and identify that it was him. Ludwig often wears a white lab coat with a long tail behind, nearly resembling one of a dove's.

The assistant said he had developed a particular interest in a Russian man who's file was not as thick compared to some others. Mikhail was his name.

"Vell, if you're here to just ask about my experiment the you may leave, danke." Ludwig waved his red gloved hand at Satan, tossing his clipboard on his desk and returning his attention to the subject on the table.

"No, I don't think I will." Satan lowered his voice in order to sound calm and collected despite the rage inside him, but it seemed to have intimidated the doctor. His body went rigid and hands spread out by his side. At least he got the doctor's attention now.

Ludwig slowly turned around, crossing his arms behind his back. A weak, nervous grin was forced on his lips, his eyes darting ever so often. Satan stood there in silence with Ludwig, letting him guess what he had done wrong.

"I know you had snuck into my office multiple times." Satan eventually stated calmly, his voice deep and quiet. Ludwig's grin disappeared from his face almost immediately, leaving a scared demon to tremble silently in his own lab.

"I know you're particularly interested in this one human man on Earth." The ruler of the Wrath Ring circled around him, his tail flicking under Ludwig's chin, curling ever so often to emphasize his point.

At this point, the doctor's eyes was screwed shut, eyesbrows furrowed, a slight grimace on his lips and a bead of sweat slid down the side of his head.

"I'll give you a chance to meet this man," Satan stepped away from Ludwig, letting the doctor breath out a sigh he was holding. "In return, you get his soul for me. Deal?"

"Ja!" Ludwig's voice sounded strained and he was shaking uncontrollably. His hands clenched to the sides of his coat, glasses crooked to one side with a wide smile plastered on his face. The sudden agreement shocked Satan for a moment or two before the feeling of satisfaction swelled in his chest.

Satan nodded and signaled for Ludwig to follow, which he did. It was a silent walk to his office, the clicking of dress shoes and boot heels against the tiled floor echoed through the halls. When they reached the office, Satan pushed the door open and offered for Ludwig to enter first, which he gratefully took.

"Now, Ludwig, I won't just let you go to Earth by yourself. You have to remain in contact with Hell so I'll send you some assistance." Satan explained, snapping his fingers and making Mikhail's file appear in his hand.

As he looked over his personal information, Ludwig was transfixed on the camera monitor. Both of his elbows propped up on the table with his chin in a bloody gloved hand, a loop side grin on his face as he stared at the mortal man on the screen.

Satan was sure half of all the things he just said fell to deaf ears when Ludwig let out a rather too dreamy sigh. Deciding steer the topic to the doctor's favor, Satan dropped the file next to him and let the doctor look over it freely.

"Why do you find this human interesting, anyhow?" Satan asked, a finger pointed directly at the screen.

"Vell, I can't tell you everything but if put simply: he's an interesting specimen." Ludwig emphasize the word 'specimen' with a grin on his face. Looks like he craves more than just attention from this human. He wants his body in a experimental and sexual way, Satan can only assume.

It didn't take long for Satan to introduce Ludwig with his new colleagues. The first of them was a demon from the Lust Ring named Spy. Satan didn't elaborate with the doctor on why he was named that way and Ludwig didn't bother asking. With the development in the human world, Spy took on the French accent to appear more seductive and romantic.

Spy showed up in the office with gray smoke surrounding him. When the smoke cleared out, Spy was shown to wear a blue pinstripe suit with a matching tie. His face was covered by a matching color ski mask and an unlit cigarette loose between his lips.

Unlike Ludwig, Spy was a Hellborn, meaning he was created and existed in Hell for longer than Ludwig had. While the German doctor could change his appearance with some difficulties because he fell from Heaven and became a sinner, Spy is completely adapted to his form and can no longer change it.

Spy had greyish blue skin, snake eyes and glimmering black scales that covered nearly half of his body. Whenever he opens his mouth to adjust, throw away his already used cigarette or to light another one, a glimpse of sharp fangs can be seen that are similar to those of a snake. His hair is unknown to the doctor because of the ski mask over, but Spy claimed it to be black with some grey hairs.

The second one belonged to the Wrath Ring with an unusual obsession with fire.

Originally, he had been created and had lived in the Envy Ring for about three decades. But due to the many misuses of fire and Levithan couldn't handle babysitting them for much longer, a transfer was made for a permanent change to the Wrath Ring.

It wasn't much of a struggle to move the fire demon when they realize the Wrath Ring will be much better than the Envy Ring. Most demons wouldn't want to be transfer to another because it will take several years for them to adapt to both environment and appearance.

Satan described them as an arsonist with an unhealthy attachment to all things fire when they arrived in the Wrath Ring. He would constantly try to burn several magazines in one day or start a fire within the office. Of course, no one really got hurt from all the burning but it was still an nuisance to try and stop them from doing so.

"I will let you meet him privately. They don't have a good connection with Spy." Satan said, a hand hovering over the small of Ludwig's back and lending him to where he was supposed to meet this demon. "Its name is Pyro if you must know. Don't refer it to anything else or try to give him a name."

The German doctor wondered why Satan switches constantly between pronounces. At first, he referred to the demon as a girl. Later on, however, Satan called the demon a 'they' and then a 'he'. At some point, the fire demon was called an 'it' either out of despise or something else.

The room that Satan led him to seemed to be a small flat that he had never seen before. All workers of Satan usually have their own living space, but Ludwig and some others were a special case so they have a place to live built by Satan himself. This room, Ludwig assumed, is new and he had a feeling like this wasn't the first room that the fire demon was assigned to.

"Uh, hello zhere." Ludwig said when he first came face to face with the arsonist.

Pyro was so much more different than Ludwig initially thought. They wore a thick gas mask over their head with a red hazmat suit. Their voice came out in muffles that Ludwig didn't really understand, so they decided to write down anything they want to say on a thick notepad. In the room with Pyro - besides accommodation furnitures - were several burned magazines and papers, a glittery unicorn backpack and their hand made flamethrower.

The curious thing about Pyro is that they don't have any visible demon features. No horns, no tails visible. They almost looked human to Ludwig. No features that indicate which Ring they belonged to, either.

"Come on, I don't have all day." Spy said, his French accent thick against his ear. In the room, Pyro stood up, grabbed his backpack and his flamethrower. Ludwig turned around with a surprised look on his face but didn't say anything. He didn't expect Spy to be that close to him, but he's in no position to complain.

Soon, the three of then returned to Satan's office with everything prepared.

"I hope you three got acquainted with each other. You won't get to stay on Earth for long, maybe a year or two at best." Satan snapped his finger and another door appeared in the office.

Unlike the entrance door to the office that is made of oak wood, this one was made of light birch wood with a silver knob. Ludwig can only assume this was his way to Earth.

"Spy will guide you as he had been to Earth several times to carry out his duties." Satan said, giving Spy a firm pat on the shoulder.

Pyro opened the birch door and entered the human world first, leaving the other two behind either follow him or to talk to Satan for a while.

"Watch out for the angels." Satan warned them, then he turned away and disappeared. Ludwig often witness him doing that but now it just seems dramatic.

To Ludwig's surprise, he ended up in a white space between Earth and Heaven when he gone through the door. Pyro was sitting above the doorway to Heaven, swaying and kicking their feet with muffled laughter. Spy leaned against the doorway to Earth, a lit cigarette in his mouth and a smile on his face.

"Let's go docteur, we have work to do." Spy stated plainly, walking towards the doorway to Heaven. Pyro jumped down from on top, grabbed Ludwig's hand and dragged him along.

Heaven is, as everyone is aware of, a holy place that can rid of any unholy aspects from any being. Heaven's consecrated ground can burn through a demon's skin quite easily and leave irreversible scars upon their body.

But due to the many times the Rulers of Hell had to come and discuss 'business' with the Archangels, some more intelligent demons created ways for them to enter Heaven without being obliterated completely. Unfortunately, Ludwig wasn't a part of that project at the time.

Spy's dress shoes clicked against the pristine white tiles, leaving small cracks on the floor. The smoke from his cigarette curling in the air slowly, spreading around and evaporating. Pyro's boots left dark stains on the floor and Ludwig's boots left trails that looked burned in. For good measure, their foot wear aren't burning off, but it shows that they're demons and not holy beings. There are always ways to prevent this from happening but Ludwig didn't have time to prepare.

"Vhat kind of business do ve have here anyvay?" Ludwig asked, walking close by Pyro's side as she skipped along. All around them were white pristine walls, with golden decorations and pearls. Large windows surrounded the place that give view to a golden lined city underneath. From Ludwig's understanding, down there is where all the people that became angels live. But Ludwig had never been down there or came in contact with those angels.

Spy took his cigarette out of his mouth and pressed the butt against the wall, leaving an ugly burned mark waiting to be discovered by the angels. Pyro mumbled something to Spy but it didn't look like the lust demon gave mind to it.

"We're here to discuss with an angel, obviously." Spy said as if it was obvious. "We demons needs to perform some rituals of our own before entering Earth's atmosphere. The angels can come and go as they pleased." Pyro grumbled at the mention of the angels being able to freely enter Earth.

The whole situation became clear to the doctor.

They're either here to kidnap an angel or tempt them into giving them access to Earth. And he's really hoping that it was the former.

As the round a corner, a young angel in a light baby blue uniform poofed into existence in front of Spy. Ludwig took two steps back and pulled Pyro behind him. Spy didn't give much of a reaction other than an awkward flinch.

He had a young and oval shaped face, brownish blond hair that were cut short and bunny like front teeth. His uniform indicate that he was one of the regular angels that usually get sent to Earth to make blessing. Ludwig had rarely interact with the low class angels but he does routine checks on them sometimes. Like angels, some demons also have free will to come to Earth. Not them, though.

Spy could come and go as he pleased, but he can't take anyone else with him other than his equipments. Pyro was deemed to risky to come to Earth, and Ludwig wasn't fully mentally prepared to go through the procedure.

The young angel looked awfully cheerful to see a couple of demons in the realm of holiness. But as soon as his eyes landed on Spy, his smile fell and his expression became more neutral.

"Whatcha three demoms doing here? Don't cha know that it's basically forbidden?" He asked, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. Ludwig didn't know whether to be afraid of his old colleagues catching sight him or to be glad that an angel isn't oblitetating them on sight.

Pyro cheerfully waved at the young angel and muffled a few words to him. Unfortunately, the baby face angel did not understand anything and was left staring at Pyro with a confused look. The angel eventually looked over Spy's shoulder and a frown appeared on his face.

"Ya gonna have taken clean that up. I'm not cleaning your mess." He said, a finger pointing at the stains left in the floor accusingly.

Spy sighed and pulled the angel by the shoulders close to him. "Listen, Jeremy, do me a favor and not tell your superior about us."

It wasn't much of a command but the angel reluctantly agreed without any complaints. Spy and the angel started talking in whispers, occasionally sighing audibly.

Pyro then pulled out his notepad from his glittery backpack and scribbled down something with a blue pen. When he was done, it was shown to be an explanation on how Spy know the angel that is named Jeremy so well.

Apparently, from what Ludwig can read, Spy and Jeremy were both from Hell once. Jeremy was a sinner and Spy was a Hellborn. They had a close father and son relationship with each other until one day, Jeremy was miraculously redeemed and brought to Heaven.

Ever since then, they have been sending each other letters about their own lives. Jeremy said Heaven was much better than Hell and that Spy lied to him about Heaven being full of arrogant angels.

"Alright, gentlemen, I've strike a deal with Jeremy." Spy announced, fixing his tie and dusting his suit as Jeremy shrugged and walked away. Ludwig watched the young angel leave, wondering just how long he had been in Heaven if Spy had been in Hell longer than him.

"Let us make haste, gentlemen." Spy started walking in a direction that was familiar with Ludwig. "We don't have all day to get you to Earth, Ludwig."

"Ja, I know." Responded Ludwig as he made sure Pyro was catching up before picking up his pace to keep up with Spy.

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This took way longer than I'd like to admit.

Part two won't be coming any sooner but do trust me that there will be a part two.

[capriciouswrites]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU, Constantine: The Hellblazer (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Batfamily Members & Jason Todd, John Constantine & Jason Todd, Gotham City & Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, John Constantine, Batfamily Members (DCU), Gotham City Additional Tags: The City Is Alive And Wants To Eat You, Gotham City Loves Jason Todd, Magic Summary:

“Huh,” Jason says, eyes fixed on the iridescent glowing dome that’s completely covering a section of the dockyard. “Well, that’s not good.” 

[everchased]

THAT one's goin on the list too now!

[anthonycrowley]

deletes don’t count. this is how long you’ve known about/been part of this website. if you left and came back say when you made your first blog even if you no longer have access to it (but also tell me how long you were gone for because i’m nosy like that)

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

My mistress is a bumbling idiot. She’s been seeing a suitor who intends to buy her hand in marriage from her father, but she’s told me quite clearly that she doesn’t think this man is right. As her devoted maid, I cannot let her be wed off to some scoundrel like him. But all my efforts to save her from him have been foiled by her clumsiness. When I brought the tray to them with the poisoned teacup closer to him, in a breach of etiquette she reached for the far teacup and took the poison for herself. When I poisoned his wine, her ring got caught on the tablecloth and knocked over his glass. When I set up the armoire to fall and crush him, she tripped on the rug and made it go off too early. Once I even rigged one of the chandeliers to fall on his spot, and right before it did she violated table manners, got up, grabbed his wrist, and dragged him to the window because she “thought she saw a stag outside.” A stag?! There weren’t even any woods visible from that window! And after all these foiled attempts she has the audacity to complain to me that marrying this man will ruin her life. As if seeing her with any man wouldn’t ruin mine!

[lambment]

Mawwige....

thinking about beating narinder with a gun in game, and immediatley marrying him, a shotgun wedding.

[rooniearts]

guy who might be a little too competitive for his own good

Bonus:

He bought him ice cream as compensation <3

[silosbears]

i think alphonse would still experience depersonalization and dysmorphia even after getting his body back

[lazylittledragon]

something about glorious ovulation

(cheeky version without shower fog for my patr0ns)

[prlssprfctn]

I love-love AUs, where Jason adopts a kid and conventionally forgets to mention it to others, but I think it would be funnier, if he adopted an animal, but his family instantly started to think that he hides a child, because, honestly, it is obvious that he will end up with one anytime soon—

Jason, snoozing on his alarm: Hey, sorry, I gotta go. Dick: It is okay. See you around! Jason: *leaves* Tim, whispering: So, I don't want to start a panic, but his alarm name was "feeding time". Bruce, slamming his hands against the table: Finally! This had happened! Jason adopted someone! Dick, no less excited: We won. I am an uncle!

Jason, while scrolling the kangaroo ass carriers on the internet: Hm-m. Alfred, creeping on from behind, very enthusiastic: I would recommend you this one, lad. Jason, shuddering: Jesus— Jason: Uhh. Jason, thinking that Alfred probably knows, so there is no need to over-explain: Hey, thanks, Alfie. Alfred: Anytime.

Bruce, feigning nonchalance: So, how is the baby? Jason, thinking that Alfred just told Bruce about the whole thing: Well, better than ever. Bruce: Good. Where had you found him, by the way? Jason: Her. It is a baby girl, Matilda... And, well, in Crime Alley. Bruce, sniffling, because a) Jason is so him; b) he is such a girl dad himself by the nature: That's beautiful, lad. Jason: Uh, yeah?

Tim: Come on, when are you going to bring Matilda to introduce us? Dick is not getting younger. Dick: Hey— Dick: But also, yeah! I am not getting any younger. Jason, confused: You all are kinda obsessed. Jason: Like, there is literally nothing special. If you want to pat a dog, go and pat Titus. Don't bother my girl. Everyone, dropping whatever they were doing: A DOG?!

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Chinese calligraphy cr 祁么么mo

I saw this comment under the previous calligraphy video, and honestly, I’m not sure how Reddit jumped to that conclusion. These videos are from 祁么么mo, a professional calligraphy and stationery content creator. She’s posted other hand-cam footage—writing flawless print font in sand with a twig, even modifying an electric toothbrush to write near-perfect print-like characters using its vibrating head. No offense to Reddit, but this isn’t ‘critical viewing’; it’s baseless arrogance. Also, name one prosthetics company that nails hyper-realistic cuticles and hangnails. Not coming for this commenter specifically, but I’ve noticed how a big chunk of Reddit loves to trash stuff from Xiaohongshu. Like, they’re weirdly obsessed with it—but every time it’s some performative ‘debunking’ like ‘everything on Xiaohongshu is fake.’ 

[nicecrumbart]

Keep thinking about that one scene in secret life

[egophiliac]

GET LOVED, IDIOT

GET LOVED SO HARD YOUR KIDS HOLD HANDS AND POWER-OF-LOVE YOU BACK TO LIFE

sorry guys, this is just my brain now. this is going to be the only thing I think about for the next week at least.

oh and also this

FIVE YEARS IN AND IT'S FINALLY CANON 🎉🎉🎉

WE DID IT

[mochasucculent]

Was looking at refs and since Viktor has two different leg braces I was wondering, do we think he wears them simultaneously?? The refs don't perfectly line up perspective-wise so it's hard to tell but parts of the one he wears during the Hexcore scenes look like they could maybe line up with the brace that he wears over his clothes, but also some parts really don't and look like they'd be super uncomfy. Also HOW does he take these on and off. Experts weigh in

[lanialania00]

misunderstandings part 2

[snevinsspn]

don’t get me wrong i am a finale hater at my core but there’s something poetic about how it’s thoroughly established throughout the show that cas was the “malfunction” in the system that caused the story not to go the way chuck wanted it to by developing free will and rebelling from heaven and then the moment he dies the story ends with dean dying and sam living an “regular life” the way it would’ve if the series never happened at all

like the series spends a lot of time saying cas is NOT the way he’s supposed to be. he rebelled the moment he saved dean from hell. he turns the narrative on its head by developing free will and making his own decisions. chuck even tells him that this is the only universe in which cas “didn’t do as he was told”. he ruins chucks plan for the brothers at every turn by caring about them.

then moment cas was gone the story went back to the way it would’ve ended if the show never happened and he had never affected anything. like the “error” was deleted and it reverted to the way it “should be”. dean died tragically and stupidly on a hunt way too young doing a job for his father. sam got out and lived an “apple pie life” and died old. they went to heaven with their family and it’s all The Way It Should Be, not matching up with the message of found family the show developed and instead returning to the blood family vibe of the early seasons pre cas. like he died and the story stopped resisting chucks wishes. idk i’m just yapping but it feels like something