#they're like a bonded pair of kittens!!!!!! i can't do this!!!!!!!!!!

[transgenderfivepebbles]

i have a really good and painful sibling trope i want to apply to some iterators and i have a new pair of iterator siblings

unfortunately they love each other (and i love them) so dearly that shoving that wedge between them would physically kill me

[trumpkinhotboy]

Little critters

Pairing: paul lahote x fem!reader

Type: requested

Warnings: nothing, pure fluff!!

Word count: approx 800

Requests: open! for twilight wolfpack, narnia and heartstopper

A/n: loved loved this request it's so cute and I think the vibes are adorable hehe seeing sam being so soft for emily🥺 so thank you again for this nice request I always love writing for you guys

"Aren't you the most adorable little creatures I have ever seen?" "You're so cute. I want to keep you forever!"

Passersby probably took Emily and you for some deranged ladies when they saw you crouched in an alley, apparently talking to the ground.

But they couldn't see the adorable little balls of fur meowing back at you with impressive intelligence lighting their eyes. You were leaving the grocery store when you had heard plaintiff meowing sounds and discovered kittens shivering in an old cardboard box.

There was two of them, a fiery black one, who hissed when you first came close, and a grey one who immediately approached you, looking for pets. It had been 10 minutes, and since then, you had dug in your bags to give them water and food. By the way they devoured the bit of ham you gave them, you knew they had been there for a while.

"We can't leave them here," sighed Emily as she petted the black cat on her thighs. The grumpy cat had seemed to take a liking to her incredibly quickly.

"But where can we bring them? I'm scared if we leave them at the pound, they'll be forgotten," you pondered while delicately petting the gray head of the little critter bundled up in your lap.

As if you had just communicated telepathically, you and Emily looked up with a knowing light in your eyes.

Without having a plan, you brought the kittens back to Emily's to give them proper shelter and a long-awaited bath.

The four of you were now on the couch, extenuated after this eventful day. Junior and Paulie, the names you had settled on because of their resemblances with your boyfriends, were sprawled before the fire.

You had just started preparing dinner when you heard familiar howls from the forest. Seconds later, the seven members of the pack entered the cabin. Distracted by the smell of food, they didn't seem to notice the new presence of the two fur balls. Sam immediately headed for Emily to hug her and kiss her cheek. You smiled at the happy couple as you felt a pair of warm hands grab your hips. You smiled and melted into the muscular arms wrapped around your figure.

"Hey, you." "Hey," you answered, a smile in your voice. "What have you been up to?" he sweetly asked.

You tensed at his question, your eyes immediately finding Emily's. Through all your excitement, you didn't have a plan on how to tell seven werewolves you were planning on keeping two kittens.

"Well, actually, it's pretty funny," you started as you turned to face your boyfriend's suspicious expression. You tried delaying your explanation when you heard Seth's excited scream.

"Oh my god! Where do those kittens come from?! They're so adorable!!" he cooed before dropping on his tummy to try and pet them.

"Kittens?!" exclaimed Sam with a questioning look at Emily.

The pack gathered in the living room, observing the two cats, unbothered as ever, lying in front of the fire.

"We found them across the grocery store. We couldn't leave them there to fend for themselves!" explained Emily as she walked to little Sam Junior. The antisocial cat lifted a heavy eyelid at the disruption of his nap, only to meow and lift his head in search of pets when he noticed who it was. She grabbed the kitten in her hands, bringing him close to her chest with an adoring smile. The little beast softly purred in her arms. It was impossible to deny the special bond they already shared.

You looked at Sam with a glimmer of hope. The look he gave Emily as he saw how happy she was told you everything you needed to know.

"What's his name?" he asked with a defeated sigh as he neared the pair. The little kitten carefully sniffed his hand before allowing him to scratch his head.

"Actually," Emily looked at you with a conniving smile. "With his black fur and protective instinct, he made me think of you, I thought we could call him Sam Junior."

Your little crowd chuckled at the name and the resemblance between the two.

"Junior, eh? Sounds about right." He smiled softly. Whenever Emily was concerned, Sam was as docile as the cat in her arms.

Suddenly, a soft nudge on your shins surprised you. You looked down to realize it was the gray kitten. You felt your heart melt at the display of affection and lifted him carefully from the floor.

"Oh, don't even think about it," uttered Paul as he noticed how you looked at each other.

You pouted your lower lip, bringing the little kitten next to your cheek. "Please, please, please, please," you pleaded. "His name's Paulie," you added with a cheeky smile.

Your boyfriend looked at you with incredulous eyes.

"I see it, Paul. He looks like you," added Sam with a teasing grin and a lift of his shoulders, as if to say 'You know they've already won bud'

He stayed silent, observing your pouty face and the sleepy kitten in your arms. Before finally saying, "Werewolves with kittens?"

You gave him a little nod. "Yeah, I guess that can work," he conceded with a grin.

[kaurwreck]

I saw your recent headcanon bsd post and honestly you really get the characters (or you get me <3 because i fully agree with them) especially the Atsushi and Dazai one which is practically canon for me. Do you have more Atsushi and Dazai headcanon you can share? I really love it when people talk about those two

I'm so glad the Atsushi and Dazai headcanon resonated with you! I call them headcanons, but they're canon to me; it's my sandbox and I'm building sandcastles.

I don't think I'm articulate enough to adequately express my thoughts about Atsushi and Dazai's relationship, so rather than try, I'm going to share more bulleted snippets of headcanons that hopefully relay the vibes if not the substance.

Atsushi is emotionally brilliant, but has the intellect of an idiot kitten. Dazai is intellectually brilliant, but has the emotional intelligence of an idiot kitten. Nevertheless, Atsushi is NOT self-aware, in the slightest, while Dazai is excruciatingly self-aware. They would devour each other in the wild but are a bonded pair in captivity.

At least once a week, Dazai loses Atsushi at the store and then doesn't listen to the intercom when he's called.

Dazai thrusts himself into the thick of villains and conflicts because the narrative will not let him die, but he can't move it forward from there. Atsushi can and is compelled to, even, because it's the only way he'll survive.

In 55 Minutes, Atsushi indicates that maybe all skills come from elsewhere and are imposed upon us. In that way, he's drawing a parallel between skills and the cultural, societal, temporal, familial influences that construct our understanding of our existence. He's also saying that perhaps what Dazai and Kyouka have going on with their otherness and inability to control their skills is kind of what happens to all of us, just in different ways. This is why he is the protagonist. He does not see separation. He sees people and he sees the constructs and frameworks that people build around themselves, but which they can also deconstruct and rebuild. Dazai isn't convinced he's a person, but Atsushi guilelessly and unwaveringly looks at him and sees a person anyway. He has that effect on others; he did the same thing to Kyouka, and Lucy, and Akutagawa, and even Ango when Ango aimed a gun at Kyouka and Lucy. Worse yet, they see reflections of their personhood in his eyes. It's intoxicating, and enlivening, and frustrating, and terrifyingly vulnerable. Dazai experiences it as absolution. Atsushi experiences it as obvious.

Dazai tries to give Atsushi shaken baby syndrome when Atsushi annoys him, even though Yosano keeps telling him that Atsushi's too old.

Chuuya and Atsushi unabashedly want to love and be loved, it's second nature to them, albeit in different ways. But Akutagawa and Dazai convinced themselves they were perfectly fine not loving and never being loved; up until they met someone who everyone loves, which is so, horribly vexing to them because they're so different and unique and no one understands them and yet here they are, vying for the attention of someone who seems to know something they don't. So, they cope by loving those they love in ways no one else does. Which is to say: like freaks.

Dazai gets involved with Atsushi and Akutagawa not just because they need mentorship or for Atsushi. He's there in solidarity with Akutagawa. Dazai is there because he needs someone who understands the reality of the idiot situation that they got themselves into because they're idiots. Dazai and Akutagawa were both supposed to die young and in abject misery. And yet here they are. Being yanked around by objectively unreasonable people who seem to think they know better. Worse, Dazai knows that he and Akutagawa want to believe them.

Atsushi and Dazai are cat-coded, when the others run it activates their predator instincts.

dazai is so afraid of feeling; he doesn't think you can survive emotion, he thinks emotions exist to trick you or destroy you and that others' expressions of emotions are disingenuous or naive; emotions burn him terribly and he can't imagine it's any different for everyone else. and if it is, then that just further evidences that he's not human after all, that he wasn't built to survive in a world that hurts him so terribly. it's why he's so certain kunikida is going to get swallowed by his ideals. it's why he raised akutagawa in pain and neglect and why he was so disgusted by akutagawa's lack of emotional control. it's why he can't hold onto chuuya for longer than it takes chuuya to fall asleep after corruption. it's why he slapped atsushi and demanded disassociation from him when atsushi started to panic about what he'd done to naomi and haruno. but fyodor is what it looks like when you succumb to that, and chuuya and atsushi and oda are what it looks like when you don't, and as much as dazai thinks he's capable of loving anyone, he loves atsushi and chuuya and oda, all of whom grappled with their own humanity and then elected to be human anyway. and as much as he thinks the others are deluding themselves, and as much as he still believes he's right about humanity's insincerity and insipidity, and since oda asked him just before dying over his own fruitless emotions anyway (although it began before oda asked), dazai has decided he would rather fiercely protect the outcasts who refuse to see their own futility than exert any energy proving himself correct. and if he can bully a reflection of himself in the process thereof, then all the better.

Dazai lies and claims Atsushi is his son for Father's Day discounts. It's so obviously untrue and outlandish that store clerks are too distressed by his thick face to call him out and so he gets away with it. Atsushi plays along because he wants the discounts too.

[loth-creatures]

I just discovered your lothwolfwalkers AU and I am in LOVE

curious tho:

1) is Sabezra a thing in this AU?

2) do Kanan and Hera go on "dates" as wolves?

3) how does Chopper react when he first discovers it's a thing?

Thank you!! So glad you're enjoying it 🥰🥰🥰

Nope! I see them as siblings/best friends, or even as queer platonic. Or like pair of bonded kittens ⚠️do not seperate⚠️

2. Of course! I even have a drawing of one of their dates! Especially after Kanan becomes a wolf permanently after the fire and can't easily leave Lothal, and Hera has her duties to the New Republic, they have to plan dates bc they're can't really be together 24/7. Although Hera does resign in this au and probably won't unresign until the sequel trilogy happens, so she and Jacen get to spend lots more time on Lothal while waiting for Sabine and Ezra's return. (She resigns to investigate Seatos in hope of joining the Thrawn and Ezra hunt instead of disobeying the republic in ashowka)

3. The crew explain it to him but he probably doesn't believe them until he sees it for himself and then uh well chapter 7 happens. Even if he did believe it he would zap wolf!ezra immediately. Test his metal or whatever.

Thanks for the ask!

[ghost-b0i]

izuku building an animal crossing island w/ reader 🥹

Hdbdjdbjd i am so so sorry for not responding sooner, I've been dealing with depression and anxiety and all sorts of bs like that, so between mingling between keeping a stable relationship, not yeet myself and trying to do well in school I wasn't on social media that much.

But! Ur wish is my command, and it shall be granted.

Don't really know what's crossing an island is, and how u do it w a pet, but I hope I was able to get ur wish fulfilled.

Pairing: Izuku x reader

Warnings: non, pure fluff.

background: established relationship, just u two adopting a pet together.

Btw ur at a rescue place for cats^//^

Hey kitty

"Look at this one" I said, pointing at the black cat that was scratching on a pole "this one's so adorable"

"They're all adorable" Izuku whined as he was petting an orange cat that fall asleep on his lap.

"Maybe we should take this cutie?" I said as I crawled next to him.

"But she'll be lonely on her own " I whined, giving Izuku puppy eyes

"You're right, she needs a friend" he nodded "which one though?"

There were too many, and all too cute, there was a grey one who had fluffy hair and Yellow eyes , and a white one with blue eyes who looked like she belongs in a catsel, there's the black one with a missing eye and one green eye and short hair, and those are only the one with only one color.

There's this adorable little kitten who has hetrochomia, and she has one yellow eye and one green eye, her fur is white with orange and black spots, and there's another kitten who is grey with dark straps on her back, her eyes are this beautiful green color and she is the softest.

"I'm torn between the those two kittens" I said while crawling to a bed they slept together in "but look at themmm, they look like they have a bond,we can’t break that" I whined.

Izuku sighed and looked at me "so i guess we have no choice" he smiled "we're going to have 3 cats"

I smiled as I petted their heads with my finger "you’ve got yourself a new home"

"Umm " Deku said "one problem "

"What?"

"I can't get up "

"Why?"

"If I'll get up she'll wake up " he looked at me with his big puppy eyes.

Short but I can't find anything to add so I'll be ending it here.

I hope this was good and had fulfilled ur fluff need.

Here are some cat pictures that will make u smile / laugh.

[knickynoo]

15, 21, 23, 31, and 35 for the ask game, please

15. What’s the weirdest fandom you’ve ever written for? I don't think I really have one? BTTF is the first fandom I've ever posted fanfics for. As a kid, I wrote bizarre stories about the Care Bears, where they were all mischievous and evil and went around the world causing havoc. Does that count?

21. Favorite pairing to write for? (platonic or romantic!) I'll give the generic answer and say Doc and Marty, lol. They're such a great duo; delving into their friendship in my writing is always fun. Oh, you know who else I love writing? Marty and Verne. One of the elements from the cartoon series that I really enjoy is the close bond they have, and I like incorporating that into any interactions they have in my fics. There's a little bit of the big brother/little brother dynamic between them in "Harborage", and I'm actually finishing up a one-shot that focuses on the two of them right now.

23. Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas? For the most part, I prefer independently coming up with ideas. Prompts can sometimes be helpful in nudging me in a certain direction, but I don't use them often. Challenges tend to intimidate me, which is why I've never attempted any of the BTTF-themed writing challenges that have gone around.

31. Do you have any OCs? Tell us about them! I don't have any that are prominent enough to talk about. If I create any original characters, it's usually only to have them in very small roles or just sort of in the background. My only real OCs that come to mind are like... John (the guy who ends up owning Doc's garage) and Mrs. Clark (the librarian) in "Despite the Distance." John is literally only briefly mentioned just for plot convenience, though, so he hardly counts. I do kind of like Mrs. Clark, though. She's the one who had to ban Marty from the library unless he was with an adult--because of the big brawl he got into there--and so she's suspicious of him, but she also has sort of a soft spot for him? Listen, I only gave her a couple of lines, but I decided that she sees him as a stray, feral kitten and wants him to get his act together and live up to his ~potential~.

35. Ramble about any fic-related thing you want! Okay, okay, so, I'm nearing the end of my current fic, "Because of the Barriers," and have already got several upcoming fics lined up that I'm excited about. As mentioned above, one is kind of Verne and Marty-centric and is basically done. I literally have just a couple of sentences left to write at the end. It snowballed one day from me having this scene stuck in my head of Doc and Marty walking in the woods around the Brown property (the farm that I headcanon Doc moves to outside of Hill Valley post trilogy) and led me down the rabbit hole of, "Ok, but why are they walking in the woods? What's the story here?" Ultimately, I came up with a fic where Verne has run away from home, and Doc recruits Marty in helping to find him. It's not a long fic, but I found I had so much room to not only include some great Doc and Marty friendship stuff but also take a look at Verne's role in the Brown family (being the outcast and "black sheep" of sorts, which is pulled from his characterization from the cartoon), the brotherly connection he and Marty have, Doc being intensely in Dad-Mode, and just general complicated family dynamics. Idk. I had a blast writing it. I don't know if this will make any sense, but Marty is peak Marty in the fic. Like. He is so Marty.

I will be much briefer about the other fics because that was a lot of rambling already. One is my attempt to finally jump on the "Stuck in 1885" au bandwagon that so many others have been writing about, and I can't wait to get to it. It's only in the outline stages currently.

Another is a multi-chapter focusing on those "missing" scenes from 1955 in the first movie--basically, what Doc and Marty were up to in the moments we didn't see on screen. I've always wondered what it was like for Doc as he got swept up into the whirlwind that was that week spent with Marty. There's something about that scenario, Marty being a stranger to Doc while Marty already has such a deep bond with him, that I've always wanted to take a look at. It will definitely be slice of life, and I already have a chapter and a half done.

I'd also like to try writing something inspired by the "Time Travel Memories" kit that was released a year or so ago that contained that letter Marty wrote that revealed he told Dave and Linda about being a time traveler at some point. I think there's a lot of potential for a story there; I just have to work out the details of where I want to go with it.

Thanks for the ask!

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

Hm, as far as I know, lions, domestics, and cheetahs are the only naturally social cats, but there are cases of other species being raised in zoos or sanctuaries that take well to staying together in groups, like tigers. I can't really see Laventon being a lion or a cheetah, which would leave the only highly social cat as a domestic. Which you talking about Laventon tricking a typically very solitary Cyllene into having a family reminds me of when a calico cat made friends with a lynx living in a zoo, and the zoo decided to adopt the cat because she and the lynx were practically inseparable lol (there are some really cute pics and videos of them too). So friendly house cat Laventon tricking Cyllene into being his best friend and to adopt a couple of kittens she didn't want seems fitting lol. Maybe she could be a tiger? Calico colors, but terrifying and deadly. She doesn't know how this happened and neither does Kamado, but he regrets letting it happen because now he has to occasionally try to play sheepdog with them and that's just demeaning for a wolf.

Them waving their ears to capture attention makes me wonder if their ears follow their arms when they do their point and call. One ear up, one ear flat to the side, like an L.

Oh no, that's a really good point that the lack of people around probably feels really disconcerting after living in a busy city. Probably feels far too quiet, too, and anyone who's been out in the wilderness often knows that the real danger is when things suddenly go silent, so his brain is probably on high alert for whatever caused the lack of noise he still subconsciously expects, whenever he's not dissociating. I actually kind of want Ingo to be a white-sided jackrabbit, because as far as I've been able to find they're the only ones that pair bond (sources say usually male and female, but I don't think it necessarily has to be, so we can say they get a twin bond lol) and constantly stick together, which means that his twitchy prey instincts would normally be calmer because he'd have a second pair of eyes to keep lookout, but now he's in a much more dangerous place, without his twin as a secondary source of protection, and without even a crowd he can hide in. Plus everything else that's going on with his brain after the rift. Not a great mix.

Hell, since he's a desert species, his posture could be a combination of feeling too vulnerable and not liking how much of a target he is being that tall while that alone, and a habit he got into to try to keep warm, hunching down and bending his knees from the same instinct that makes you curl into a ball when you're cold, but not so much that he couldn't run if he needed to.

I mean, if he was lucky he'd already be wearing some form of shoe, if he was at work when he was taken, since I imagine working near trains and in a busy station where someone might step on your toes or drop some litter you really don't want to step in that shoes might be a safety precaution. But even if he was, without the right kind of shoes he could easily still get frostbite on his feet, since they wouldn't be designed to keep the cold and snow out. I imagine they would notice pretty quick that he needed shoes or better shoes though. If he still had feeling in them, he'd be limping or doing that thing where you lift one foot/paw up to try to keep at least one out of the burning cold. And if he didn't, then there'd be some pretty obvious frostbite signs unless they didn't think to take his shoes off. Unless he was found pretty quick, he'd likely have at least mild hypothermia too, since his coat isn't likely to be built to keep heat in and neither would any other part of his uniform he happened to have on, and jackrabbits are long and lanky without much fat on them. He'd probably actually be better off than human Ingo, since any kind of fur is better than bare skin, but if we're talking about frostbite his poor ears would be so vulnerable to it. If he's really, really unlucky he might have to be returned to Unova with his ears as tattered as his coat from where they had to cut away parts completely necrotic from frostbite.

A necklace or trinket seems like it'd be so easily lost though? Maybe they have thin tunics and if they get too hot they can take after Gaeric and tie it around their waist? A tunic is much harder to lose and also more eye catching by virtue of being bigger. Though you're right, if they really didn't want to wear one I'm sure they'd have some other way to show affiliation. And yes to them keeping warmer clothes in stock, just in case!

Also, I've been thinking about what Adaman could be, and I was thinking maybe a Blue-Spotted Tree Monitor? Colorful, blue, speedy, and remember what I said about monitor lizards sometimes being considered bad luck? Depending on the culture they can be either bad or good luck, but given your theory about him being insecure about his fitness as a leader, I think it could go either way. I mean, he'd certainly look the part, which would make people confident in him, especially if they considered his species good luck, but maybe he heard somewhere that monitors were bad luck and in his insecurity he worried if that might be the case after all? Perhaps in the Pearl Clan reptiles are thought to be unlucky (not to the clan, just have terrible personal luck), because they always die very young if they're not swiftly moved to a warmer environment to live, and he's like, 'not to be blasphemous, but they might be a little bit right about that since I'm the way I am.'

For Lian, I was thinking either an Arctic ground squirrel or a marmot. Both live underground and would be better suited than most alpine and Arctic animals to live in the warmer fieldlands because when it gets too cold they hibernate anyway. Marmots even typically live in rock piles, which would match his whole rock thing.

ok this is a new one but can i propose for cyllene: mountain lion. idk it just feels like it fits? vibes-wise? plus, unlike lions and tigers, they're not The apex predator and other animals, like wolves (in packs), can and will occasionally take their kills, which feels appropriate since she's still technically second to kamado. i'm still not sold on housecat laventon though, hmmm. (...actually, he could be a rabbit. it would explain why he's got that perpetually surprised/nervous expression, and make the fact that cyllene frequently defers to him even more fun than it already is. and also maybe protag hears ingo is a jackrabbit, goes "oh rabbits i know what those are like!" and then is Very Surprised how little like laventon he is when they actually meet)

i've actually been using mostly black-tailed jackrabbits as reference for ingo, bc they are the most Concerningly Weird-looking to me, but honestly i'm playing it fast and loose with the exact accuracy anyway so he's just sort of a Generic Hare at this point. oof that's a good point about him losing the one watching his back though, ouch. like right!! honestly that's probably why they were able to take over a busy, noisy subway system in the first place—as long as they stuck together it was never overwhelming or panic-inducing. they probably got desensitized to it over time, too. to the point where now it's the exact lack of that environment that's terrifying. and he's so exposed and he can't even keep an eye on all his surroundings at once! that+the cold thing you mentioned to, yes. of course he's not standing up straight!

one thing i feel like i maybe haven't articulated very well (or at all, rip) is that it's not quite that ingo doesn't feel anything. it's more like the line of communication between his actual emotions and what he's consciously aware of has been severed. at any given moment he literally never knows how he feels. that is until it gets to the boiling point where it just starts throwing random physical reactions at him to vent something. so what that means is probably that mostly he's chill but sometimes his prey instincts will kick into overdrive like he's being actively chased even though there's Literally Nothing happening. and then he immediately goes back to tuning everything out as soon as it's over. gee that was weird, not indicative of any really serious issues at all i'm sure, anyway

and then oof you're right those ears would do so badly in the icelands. he'd probably want to do something about them regardless considering those things are made to dispel heat. great if you're a desert species that does a lot of running, or something with nice insulating fluff, not so nice if you're a desert hare suddenly dumped into a frozen wasteland. pearl clan better find him fast before that becomes a death sentence

ooooh i do like adaman being a lizard. however, can i counter-propose: frilled lizard? it's more Dramatic, the frill could stand in for his hair, and i like the idea of him and melli both having big displays since they're supposedly childhood friends (just... used for very different purposes, lol). if the pearl clan considers reptiles in general to be unlucky, which i think makes a ton of sense (even if they do survive, they're basically forced into exile, along with any parents or family who wanted to stay with them) you can still have that emotion even.

ooh yeah lian being a marmot would fit really well! for other wardens... not sure why but i could see calaba being a sheep, maybe? she'd probably want to keep her wool sheared short for the mirelands, though, bc i feel like that's the warmest (and also most humid) environment in hisui (and that would make for difficulties when going back to the pearl settlement, oof). and maybe palina's a reindeer? or an antelope? idk, i'm spitballing. also: i know sabi's diamond but what if she was a little penguin chick

[eriexplosion]

ATHELSTAN, with bonus round of that one traumatized star wars clone you wrote a story about

OKAY so Athelstan will go first, then my traumatized star wars son Crosshair. Putting it under a cut because it got long:

Athelstan

My NOTP for them  - Hmmm, I've seen a few Ecbert/Athelstan's played straight which doesn't vibe well with me, like I can SEE where it comes from but my Ecbert interpretation is extremely unflattering and I have a hard time getting past that lol.

My BROTP for them - HELGA IS SWEETEST GIRL AND BFF, when we see them cuddle in the season 2 premier it warms my ENTIRE SOUL.

My OTP for them - Unsurprisingly, Floki/Athelstan/Ragnar, which is my most special of special pairings that I adore. Any variation on it fascinates me, I usually go for a more season one vibe in my fic but honestly I think a rivals to lovers plot (between Floki and Athelstan) would also be fantastic, especially since we know that Ragnar has utilized the MAYBE HAVE A THREESOME? to try and resolve spats between love interests before LOL. Their dynamics just blend VERY well and both Athelstan and Floki are wonderful foils that bounce very well off of Ragnar and so they work best when both are in play. Really, anything that lets the three of them be TOGETHER will be exciting for me.

My second choice pairing for them - Okay so after seeing how cutely they interacted, I have a soft spot for Athelstan/Torstein, they don't get MUCH screentime together but when they are together they're so CUTE.

My fluffy pairing for them - Every pairing is a fluffy pairing with Athelstan involved. Is this a cop out answer? Yes, absolutely, but if I am writing a pairing with this boy my instinct is to FLUFF! IT! UP!

My angsty pairing for them - Okay so when he finds out about Arne's death he said "Arne?" in the most DEVASTATED TONE and anyway, Athelstan/Arne developing a small Thing that they don't get time to pursue before Rollo fucking. Eviscerates the poor boy. That's the right angst stuff.

My favorite poly ship for them - Same as the OTP, lol, this will be a theme because my OTPs usually are polycules, it's like this in every fandom lol.

My weirdest pairing for them - Honestly, Floki/Athelstan/Ragnar is by far the weirdest ship lol, making this the third time it has appeared on this list, it is simply my Life and Love

Crosshair

My NOTP for them - I have few complete NOTPs with him, so gonna have to go with the obvious of Rampart. Haven't seen MANY fics play this as a straight up pairing, but it's one that I genuinely can't see.

My BROTP for them - I read a really good longfic that included some Howzer & Crosshair bonding and now I crave it. Howzer is interesting because he really was the 'if you're so evil eat this kitten' of post-chip Crosshair, he could have shot him, chipped Crosshair WOULD have shot him, but he didn't. I hope Crosshair actively helps to get him out of jail and they can vibe together.

My OTP for them - POLYBATCH. Listen the five of them vibe so well together and each and every dynamic within it is something fascinating to me. I want nothing more than for them to be happy, I crave and demand it. Let them be happy (and kiss)

My second choice pairing for them - osijfoidsjf I'm going to cheat because my second choice is honestly any single ship with one of the other batchers. Polyam is my preference but I will also happily read about any one dynamic within the group.

My fluffy pairing for them - Actually pulling out a subset of the OTP here, but Crosshair/Wrecker specifically is fascinating to me because in the initial four parter they really do seem to be the closest. They compete yeah, but Wrecker will intervene IMMEDIATELY to protect Crosshair (he even forgot his fear of heights for him!) and Crosshair seems very proud of Wrecker (he's going to get the gunship out of there, not Cody) and they have a cute quiet moment around the fire before things turn into a Fight and I WISH we got to hear what they were talking about.

My angsty pairing for them - EVERY pairing is an angsty pairing when you're a dramatic emo bitch like Crosshair is. Truly there is not a single pairing that can't be completely played for angst. Does the angsty Cad Bane/Crosshair smut fic I'm poking at count if they're not really together and it's just an unwise one night stand? It probably counts.

My favorite poly ship for them - same as the OTP, polyships are my bread and butter.

My weirdest pairing for them - Probably the Rex/Crosshair (platonic or not) considering their primary interaction was Rex punching him in the face for talking shit about Echo. But that also makes him one of the few people that has completely noped out of dealing with Crosshair's shit and he needs that. There's value in dating the person that won't let you do your typical nonsense!

[arceusthecat]

Little Ace Rant

Just a little stupid rant. Regular cat content will resume shortly.

Matey has a habit of falling asleep on his back in my lap. It's so adorable and he purrs so much! Problem is, mum thinks that because he lays like a human baby and I enjoy that pose so much that I'd want a human baby?

Every time I think she's OK with me being ace, possibly aro, and DEFINITELY never having human children, she goes and says something like that.

It's so frustrating!

Just because I can care for and love a kitten by no means should imply that the same applies to human babies.

I know I couldn't handle being pregnant, much less caring for a baby. Between the anxiety and type one diabetes... No way.

I wish that mum wouldn't keep flipping between being fine with having only grandkittens and insisting on wanting human grandchildren.

I am the end of my bloodline. I get that sounds so horrible to straight people but it's the way I am. I don't want anything to do with sex and children. I just want to be a mad science witch with my bonded pair of cats (or more if I'm able to have the space and they're chill with it) in a home with a lovely native wildflower garden.

Why can't a happy life with cats be enough?

[reallyneedsalife]

Headcanons Part 2

James Bond knows and has a fatherly relationship with Alex Rider. They met on a join mission between MI6's Double-Oh branch and the join MI6-MI5's Special Operations Branch that is the only branch capable of operating both inside and outside of the United Kingdom. James was assigned to play the role of Alex's father on an op and, well, he never really stopped playing the role. James and Q have plans to adopt the kid once they get enough time alone to sort out the paperwork and talk to Alex about it. Jack and Eve also get along in a way that none of them really understand.

I also like to think Ian Rider was OO2 and the go between for MI6 and Special Operations - hence why he was one of the few Double-Ohs cleared for operating legally on UK soil.

All the Double-Ohs see each other as more or less siblings - which when added with the idea that Silva was OO7 before James was all the more painful. The parallels work, their messed up childhoods because there is no way Silva didn't have childhood trauma, being Ms favourites and the personal meetings between the two - Silva meeting the his new 'baby brother' who took his place as 'Mummy's' favourite.

The Double-Ohs also play very competitive games whenever most of them are on shore leave. Things such as poker, manhunt and hide and seek. R has shot OO5 at least twice because she scared them and of course they carry?

Tanner could have been a Double-Oh. The only reason he didn't qualify is that sadly he suffers from asthma. Instead he took up the role of Chief of Staff, and Ms personal body guard. Most didn't know that about him, until that one time someone made a run past security and Bill took them out in less than 2 seconds. Even some of the official Double-Ohs are afraid of him - especially after he becomes Chief of Staff.

People seem to forget Q isn't just deadly with a laptop - as well being proficient in hand to hand combat, the Quartermaster is deadly with a sniper rifle and has startlingly good aim with a pistol. Good enough to rival James'. After all, MI6 wouldn't let him build the Agent's weapons if he didn't at least know how to use them.

James cannot watch spy flicks without tearing them to shreds - Eve and Tanner enjoy them because the pair love tearing them to shreds. Q enjoys the obviously impossible plots but by god will he point out the plot holes and rant about how things could have been done better. R loves them because they're easy to watch and so unrealistic they help to unwind.

MI6 as a collective will bet on literally anything. Will it rain tomorrow? £5 on at midday. Will OO7 bring his gear back? Is our darling Quartermaster related to the detective that faked his own death a few years back? Are Tanner and M dating? Does Eve know Dame Maggie Smith? (spoiler alter: yes she does.)

Eve and Tanner have very quietly-aggressive games of chess. The set lives in Ms office, he plays too sometimes but mostly its the Secretary and the Chief of Staff. Current score is 127:112

Expanding on my Q curses like a sailor headcanon - he frequently does do in other languages but never ever around kids. One time he swore in Spanish in front of Minion 27s kids and didn't forgive himself for 3 months.

Q rarely sleeps, but when he does it's usually on someone. He has a habit of sleeping on James' shoulder even before they were together - once they were that shoulder nap became a lap nap. James loves to play with Q's hair when that happens, Q can't really object. Even if it does make, as Eve put it once, him look like a "disgruntled kitten".

Everyone assumes Eve is the Gossip Machine of M-Branch and the higher ups and boy are they wrong. Sure, she'll share a lot of it, but most of her gossip isn't Moneypenny sourced. She gets most of it from Bill. As Chief of Staff with exceptional field and espionage training, its hard to find something that Bill doesn't know in the building. He has a list of questionable people who might maybe be up to something.

[georgiapeach30513]

lo and blade, curtis/ari/LP 😩 kill me now jen just do it i can’t handle this anymore

but you said that they move 🥺 how does aster react when she finds out?

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Oh no!! You want to be heartbroken don't you? They left when the kids were quite young when they left. Blade still just a wee little infant when LP told Kitten they were moving to another state. Heartbreak on Christmas Eve 🍄anon! The reader insert will be LP in this one.

🖤🖤🖤🖤

Don't Leave Me

Summary: Ari tells Aster he's moving

Pairings: Ari Levinson X Aster Drysdale

Rating: 😭😭😭

Warnings: soft!Ari, sad!Aster, 18+ ONLY

Word Count: 400

Desperate Lives AU Master

Aster Drysdale Masterlist

"But why do you have to leave me?" both of Aster's hands grip tightly to Ari's cheeks, and her forehead presses onto his. Her little crocodile tears falling onto his face. "Do you not love me anymore?"

"Azzie girl, I'll always love you. But, I got to move with my family."

She sputters on him, and Ari clings to her tighter. It's not that he doesn't love the other kids, it's just that Aster has always been his girl, an immediate special bond. "I don't want you to leave."

"I know sweet girl."

"I'm your family, too."

You almost want to tell Ari that you and Curtis will be fine. Let him know he can stay here as long as he needs to, to be with the little girl. "Az, I'm sorry baby, but we'll come and visit."

"No you won't. You'll forget me. You're my Uncle Airy. Mine, not theirs."

"Azzie, I will visit, I promise. I am your Uncle Airy, but they're my family too. We just got to share."

She pouts, and her mother comes closer to her to take her out of Ari's arms, and he holds up his hand to halt her. He gives her a final squeeze, and you can see he's failing at holding it together. "I'm sorry, Azzie. Here," he hands her off to Kitten. Still kicking and screaming. Her arms reaching for Ari, who just turns to walk away. Knowing if he gives her another look he'll lose his fight of not crying.

"Airy! Don't leave me. Please don't leave me! Airy!" Ransom takes her out of her mother's arms, holding onto Aster when she kicks around uncontrollably. He tries to console her, but nothing changes.

"Just get in the car," Ari grunts at you. The last of his composure finally falling as soon as he plops in the passenger seat. Those thick hands wiping the never-ending tears. "Go. I gotta get out of here."

"Ari," you whisper.

"Go! I can't see her like that anymore."

Slowly you pull away from the Drysdale townhouse, your hard daddy looking like a lost little boy. "You don't have to go," you feel your own heart break, thinking he'll take you up on that offer.

"She'll be fine."

"She's heartbroken."

"She'll be fine. I'm not leaving you two. We'll come back and visit. She's with her family, and I have to be with mine. It's fresh, it just hurts more right now."

"Okay. Because I don't wanna lose you."

"You're not, Princess."

Masterlist

[thethreemages]

W O O, so I'm back a bit from the art-grave to finally upload this piece I had completed a lil while ago... the pic in question being some slight redesign/touchups for two of my central side characters of TTM, Noira and Raider Crane~ 💙 Just to keep things a lil fresh and reflecting a bit better of their current character portrayals, so I hope you all enjoy! ^^

More info about both characters can be found below (and here on DA too)~

-Noira Crane (age 16) is Raider's younger sister, Princess Zia's best friend and currently enrolled at St. Ravilda's Mage Academy. A generally stoic and poised young lady with a rather sharp tongue than many would expect... often expressed through well-placed snark at those trying to interrupt her and Zia's "fun" (aka: sneaking around and setting up pranks around the school). When she's not busy hanging with Zia and keeping up their rather limited cheer squad these days, Noira could often be seen competing heavily for maintaining her place up above the top ranked students (of which a certain white-haired prince keeps trying to secure that spot for himself). Underneath her "well-to-do" exterior, however... lies a deep-down insecure girl who often feels pressured to bottle up her feelings, especially with the amount of pressure her parents (Lachlan & Vinia) put on both her and her brother Raider growing up. Combined with the strain put on from Raider's falling out with their parents a few years back... it's left Noira rather scared to delve too much into her own natural Water Mage abilities for fear she can't measure up (even with her folks trying their best to "dial back" for her sake, since she's their only remaining child living with them now). The few things in life that can truly bring a sense of peace and smiles to her face are Zia's company, the success of beating her rivals, and the never-ending bond she and Raider share between eachother... no matter the distance, no matter what.  (Fun Facts about Noira): -She's usually never seen walking around without her beloved dog companion, "Misty Belle" (courtesy to my pal @littlechaoticwitch for helping to come up with the name :3 ). The fluffy pup given to her as a gift from her folks a few years back, Misty is quite a sweet lil lady for most who are allowed to be near her. Always eager to follow her mistress around faithfully, snuggling and goofing around the room when left idle, and occasionally chewing at the ankles of those who try to mess with Noira (like, again, a certain white-paired prince who never ceases to push his luck lol).  -She was named after one of the earlier Crane family ancestors, "Noira the Victress". Said to have been quite a powerful blood pirate, the present-day Noira Crane has... always been a bit unsure of how to feel about her namesake, despite her father and some other distant relatives seeming rather proud of it. She's still a lil curious to try and research more about her ancestor though, given how popular she was as a subject for numerous campfire stories.  -Noira has been diagnosed as nearsighted from the time she was in elementary school, and thus is never seen without her favorite pair of horn-rimmed glasses (an aesthetic picked up from her favorite aunt, Freya).  -While her parents have officially stated for Noira to be the heir to their Crane Corp Industries business, Noira is still conflicted in herself of what she wants to do in life by the time she graduates. Whether it'd be to try out being a traveling Mage, or join more of Zia's royal court down in Asteria... its hard for her to decide atm.  -Being born a rather tiny and frail baby, Noira was always watched like a hawk by the family-hired medical professionals to keep her safe and protected. She's required to carry a couple EpiPens with her on the day-to-day with how many allergies she has, and Zia always tries to remember to keep a nice lil bag of snacks with her too in case her friend's blood sugar dips too low (as does Raider when he and Noira get to hang out on their own).  ============= -Raider Crane (age 21) is Noira's older brother, one of Kain's old school friends and currently making it big as an extreme stunt performer/traveling Electric mage. A bright, cheerful and fun-loving young man who lives to make others smile... whether it'd be for his own friend group or the crowds of audiences who clamor to come see his shows. Yet even with so much going well for him now... it wasn't always the easiest for him growing up before. Living under the roof of his folks who

always kept a tight grip

on him being "the best" (especially by his father), and even facing it worse with some bullying by Kaz's crew at school... it left Raider pretty timid and reclusive for the longest time. Only once others like Kain, Lyra, Briar and a few others taking the time to approach him did his true loveable goofball nature started to sprout for good... but at the same time, something just felt "missing" within Raider that didn't really sit right with him. Knowing how much of a rut he'd be bound to stay in if he kept up things how they were now... he decided by his last few years of Ravilda's to "change" himself for the better. From getting a new "bolder" punk look, working out and bulking over the summer, and taking some social sessions with fellow popular girl Dyani to gain some confidence in himself... Raider returned to the halls of the academy with a brighter, more-outgoing outlook on life now. He started gaining popularity left and right, taught Kaz's crew a thing or two when they tried one last chance to mess with him, and by graduation he was already on his way to make it big after getting signed on by an aspiring tv crew. All was going fine for once... yet back at home, things escalated between his parents (who still didn't seem understanding of Raider's personal dreams over their family business) to where Raider just... couldn't take it anymore. Many words were exchanged that night that prompted the young man to up and leave the family home for good... and never turning back except to now and then check up on his baby sister Noira. As the few years passed up until now, things are still going good for Raider in terms of his work and bond with Noira... though things remain relatively strained and awkward in regards to him and his parents. Whether things will ever truly improve or not with them is unclear as of now... but for the time being, Raider is at least content with himself on being able to finally shape his life the way it should be; fun, free, and fulfilling in its own way~.  (Fun Facts about Raider): -Back at his own personal trailer, Raider has a trio of cats he adopted awhile back named "Sprocket", "Buzz", and "Zipps". Having always been a strong cat person since he was a boy (but never getting the chance to own one growing up, given his mom's allergy to them), it was a big dream of Raider's to get his own feline companion by the time he moved out of the house. He went to the shelter to find three kitten siblings who were tossed aside and overlooked among some other animals... and being the big sweetie as he was, Raider was all too eager to scoop them up to adopt them all together. They're quite a funny bunch who tend to get into some trouble if left unsupervised, but are very much loyal to Raider either way with how often they'll form some "snuggle piles" with him once he's off-of-work.  -Raider gained his name from his paternal great-grandfather, Raider "The Swiftest" Crane. Originally was going to be named "Odin" (after Lachlan's own father, as was the old man's request many years ago)... but due to a falling out between the two not long before his son's birth, Lachlan decided against that and gave his boy "an even prouder name" to look up to instead. As for the present-day Raider himself, he's always been curious to know more about his great-grandfather given some accounts about him being a "commander of the skies" (via-riding dragons).  -From birth, Raider has carried an eye condition known as "Anisocoria"... in which one of his pupils is permanently smaller than the other eye and thus leaving him with some partially-blurred vision. For certain shows of his that take place in some heavy-weather conditions, Raider is required to wear some specialized goggles to help him see through his performance.  -His current neon/cyan blue hair isn't his natural haircolor, as Raider was actually born with darker/blackish-blue hair instead. Used to grow it out pretty shaggy and long up until his teens (in where he often hid his face behind his locks at times when he was down on himself)... but by the time his last

few highschool years rolled around, he cut most of it off and styled it to the look its at now as a nice change of pace. Got quite a few compliments on it's initial debut, so Raider has long since kept it around as his own lil "brand".  -As most of his friends have all long since went their separate ways after Ravilda's, Raider is the main one who likes to keep arranging for them to meet up on the few downtimes they're able to take off from their schedules. Often likes to greet any of his buddies with the biggest, crushing hugs imaginable (being lowkey touch-starved as he is)... and while not always the most logical thinker in terms of planning, he's the main heart to keep the group afloat in times they start bickering or feeling lost with one another.