#theyre like...... estranged cousins

[im-smart-i-swear]

Do you think Shiro will ever meet the Funky Guys?? What would their reaction towards each other would be?

oh, they definetly meet eachother! i have a few ideas on how this happens(some more serious than others), but it definetly happens after the war is over(im not sure how excatly stuff goes down but galra lost and allura lives... and haggar is alive too cause Buddy and the others deserve to yell at her)

first im gonna quickly explain how they get off that planet: so basically Eenek(the galran kid)'s parent(dad?) thought they died in a "terrible accident" years ago, but after the war ended he went there in hopes he'll recover the body. he WAS NOT expecting to find his child alive and taken care of by a bunch of strange people who look susiciously like that black paladin guy.... but he agrees to take them all out of here and lets them live on his ship!(im skipping over so much stuff here) he knows who they are and doesnt give a shit cause they saved Eenek.

when Shiro and The Guys meet, theyve been living a relatively normal life for like a year or two already, hiding their origins and trying to assimilate into society. theyre doing great! ....... shiro isnt.

he feels out of place, hes been trough hell and really didnt expect to live trough it all, but he did and he has a long life ahead of him, so he should be happy, right? everyone else is moving on, his friends all have someone to lean on, but adam's dead and we never see shiros family(maybe they appear in the last two seasons? i havent watched them), so hes alone. hes stuck in the past, hes stuck as The Black Paladin Of Voltron, but no one needs voltron anymore except for parades and signing autographs.

and then, somehow, shiro meets these other versions of him, and they all moved on and made a new life for themselves..... he envies them, but he also wants to learn how they did it. he knows theyre not really him, and hes happy for them, he really is, they achieved something he cant - but its definetly bittersweet.

they all react diffrently to meeting shiro(oh god this is gonna be so long)

tashi feels like hes not living up to shiros greatness. he saved the universe, for fucks sake! if they have the same genes, then why cant he be such a good leader? what is wrong with him? is he broken?(he isnt!!! hes just fucking stupid sometimes) but he also sees how much shiro struggles and wants to help(maybe he sees him as family?)..... even if its awkward

soup knows exactly what shit shiro's been trough and she has a lot of respect for him. she treats him a bit like an old friend. shiro was a bit weary of her at first beacuse she can be very menacing, but its really comforting to both of them to finally have someone whos been trough the same hell. and of course she showed him her rock collection

buddy wants to hate shiro. he(they? ive been playing w/ the idea of buddy using they/he) spent years distancing themself from voltron as a whole and painstakingly building a new life, and now the manifestation of their past is just standing there- buddy doesnt really see shiro as a person(oh, the irony), just as a ghost, a shadow of what they used to be, and it feels awful.

i havent really talked about pal(placeholder name why is naming characters so hard) yet but he i think he feels similiar to both soup and buddy, since he remembers a lot from his time with the galra but also was an early 'prototype', so seeing the thing he was supposed to be makes him uneasy. hes overall shy and nervous so i think in the beggining he just silently stared at shiro for a really long time.

the fact taks(placeholder name, goddamnit) is trans makes her very uncomfortable with shiro. hes nice and friendly, especially to her and the other kids(taka, eenek and to a lesser extent pal, who is a lot younger than the other adults), but he is who she thought she was for a while(like buddy!) and its not great for her gender dysphoria. also, seeing someone so similiar to her family and yet so other doesnt help

taka(placeholder name-) grew up listening to buddys stories about voltron and he heavily idolises shiro. for him being a clone is cool - who wouldnt want to be related to the great Takashi Shirogane? shiro sees this 11 year old kid who has his whole life ahead of him and it reminds him why he became a paladin in the first place - so kids like taka will have happier lives, so they dont have to go trough what he had to. i think its safe to say taka aquired a cool new uncle that day

jesus fuck this was a lot, and im pretty sure theres more somewhere in my brain, but thats enough for now

thanks for the ask! you really opened pandora's box with this one!

[macaroonkitti]

People who have played Masters do Bede and Penny have any dialogue together. Please I need to know

[geee-three]

here's my overly complicated shinonomes/hanasatos/tonos/hayakawas headcanons. btw.

[blakquill]

begging the de-tective c-onan fandom to stop shipping cousins. “They dont know!” but we know! stop it!

[lightningandfireinmybones]

The Great?? You know this means we need a real world AU, arranged political marriage, enemies to lovers horny hours (even though it's late) The Targaryens are the perfect parallel to old european ruling dynasty. Marrying cousins, nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts, all to consolidate their power. Cause Aemond being a king or emperor and his court and expectations demanding he take a bride and he'll ONLY ACCEPT someone of valyrian blood? only there's only ONE non betrothed valyrian woman in the whole of europe and that's Valaena. And even though her parents hate it, it's a far better match than the other offers so she's shipped off to where the fuck ever to marry her uncle. Valaena is so determined to do her duty through gritted, smiling teeth, having wanted more to her life than to be some mans wife. She just hadn't expected duty to be pleasurable. And Aemond adores his little dragon spitting fire at expectations and conventions, only calming with his dick in her and a hand around her throat pressing the outlines of diamonds the size of chicken eggs into her throat.

ARRANGED MARRIAGE (where they don't know each other before) IS A CONCEPT WE HAVE YET TO EXPLORE, BLESS THE GREAT & ANON FOR OFFERING A CONTEXT TO EXPLORE THIS!!!

war is brewing on the continent, tension is high

aemond maybe seized power after his brother aegon was unfit to rule, and while he is an excellent emperor, he is trying to shore up his power and support, and the best way to do that is through an advantageous marriage and expeditious creation of heirs

he and his advisors start searching, but aemond streses the importance of valyrian blood, of emphasizing his divine right to rule through the power of their blood, and his heir needs it too

enter valaena, whose parents are the other most powerful rulers on the continent,,, and while as the only daughter of rhaenyra targaryen, the interest in her is ASTOUNDING, she's managed to drive off every other suitor (it doesn't help that daemon and jace and luke stand there menacingly supporting her antics everytime she alienates a potential suitor bc theyre "not good enough for her")

rhaenyra is near the end of her wits, because she HAS to marry valaena off and rhaena and baela were none of this trouble for laena when she got them married off too (though to be fair, rhaena married luke and that's a win win),,, enter aemond's offer

aemond makes an obscene offer, needing the support of rhaenyra's kingdom AND the legitimacy a valyrian bride will offer him,,, but he's expecting a wife to a be a nuisance, to get her pregnant and find pleasure elsewhere, for some timid little thing to be delivered to him bc that's what the ladies of his mother's court are like

desperate, rhaenyra accepts it against valaena's wishes, against daemon's wishes, because at the very least she knows what her brother is like, and val will be protected in the coming chaos

so she's shipped to aemond , fighting tooth and nail to keep composure and do her "duty" when she's screaming inside, tortured by the fact that she avoided marriage for so long just to end up wed to her mother's imposing long estranged brother

the first time she meets aemond, she's struck by her attraction to him, to the way he easily commands her, to the way it scares her how much he seems to want her (and to control her)(and how much she wants him to control her)

she may smile, she may grit her teeth and say her vows, but she vows to herself that she will never allow herself to be just a consort, just a wife, just another pawn in aemond's politcal machinations

except aemond is determined to get an heir on her, duty warping into breeding kink, because he does indeed take care of her,,, he gives her everything she didn't know she needed in the marriage bed

and valaena is initially incredibly unpopular at court, quarrelsome and unwilling to put on "airs", just her normal blunt self, eschewing convention and expectations, unapologetically seizing power until she truly is aemond's equal

and aemond loves every second, completely obsessed with teh woman he just expected to tolerate, adoring his little spitfire dragon wife who only seems to relax when she's covered in bruises and jewels with his cum dripping out of her, giving in to her every whim

and gods help them when she does get pregnant

[ruhkneerah]

rewatch thoughts

god man the familiarity and love and frustration that laenor and rhaenyra have as two friends stuck in a shit situation.

also like people pretend like jace and luke came up with the pig thing for aemond all by themselves when its just fucking aegon being a ratty teenager that hates his brother and recruits his cousins to bully the hell out of him. theyre all evil kids but like jace and luke are like what 10. viserys even asks alicent, 'you sure it wasn't our aegon?' and she doesnt even acknowledge it, knowing full well it was absolutely aegon lol.

alicent even knows. she asks aegon and he of course says its luke and jace and she goes 'do you think rhaenyras sons will be your playthings forever?'

another thing - i see a lot of posts that talk about feeling bewildered and betrayed that it isnt super super evident that the green team kids love or even like each other, as if there arent a million people in the world estranged from their siblings. there are so many fucking people that loathe their siblings, were abused by their siblings, have deep visceral or moral incompatibilities with their siblings. you might play on the same team but you dont have to love your teammates. this isnt even me saying that the kids HAVE to hate each other, but its silly to paint it like a mischaracterization borne of ignorance or 'side picking' when its just... a direction choice, because sometimes people do hate their siblings

and don't get me wrong, i love fics where the fam gets along. i want them to be able to be a healthy and strong family where they all fight but love each other in the end. everyone with a good relationship with their siblings knows that this is not the case in this world, and thats... fine. (and maybe theres some sort of implied reconciliation later but if there is, i haven't gotten to it and its been long enough i forgot)

[elline]

Dammit my brain is empty too fndjdndnjfj

Probably like an estranged cousin of custard iii 'cus y'know custards-

YEAS theyre the long lost cousin they dont talk about 💜 he is banned from all vanilla palace

[loveamongthesailors]

one teen whomst ive known since they were 13 is either 18 now or turning 18 soon and im still losing my mind over it like WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN. WHAT. :O :O :O and bummer that idunno what turnin 18 means rn considering theres not much to do and it doesnt get u cigarettes here anymore. but generally theyre getting a little change ov lifestyle and closer proximity to the city which was rlly good for my development at that age so maybe that will turn out cool (havent seen that fam over the plague so this is like extra disconcerting to me. and as noted im an only child and also was the second youngest cousin in my estranged biofam so. the fact that teens i know become adults is still new to me. and i havent been becoming an adult for a particularly long either tbh -_- its a perspective-putter)

[foxglovesound]

1 and 8!

1. What OC has the biggest family? How do they get along?

- thats gotta be a tie between eelpelts family in ShadowClan and the roseface+hornetflower family tree! - eelpelts has a dad, an aunt, and 5 living cousins skskdf! they all get along pretty well (especially considering almost all of yewhearts kits followed in their moms steps to train as a caretaker!) everyone in the family likes to (amicably) tease twitepaw bc shes the only one of both yews litters to choose to train as a warrior 

- rosefaces family is….pretty big too but i wouldnt call them the Biggest bc theyre estranged or dead hUOUGH . when he was born he had- 3 grandparents (graystar, waspfoot, and honeystream)- a mom + dad- two aunts (beestorm by blood and waxwhisker by marriage to bee) and lightningface - 3 older siblings- cousinand now hes got his cousins adopted daughter duckfoot and he also sees sootpaw as a sister to him!!! however the family ..doesnt get along bc after the death of morning, thrift and campion, there was a falling out n ppl took sides :( 

8. Which OCs are an old married couple (literally or figuratively)?

OH DEFINITELY MARIGOLDFACE AND MINTCLOUD JSSKHFD they arent. old at all (mint is the same litter as vervain and cuckoo and marigolds only a moon younger) but mint likes to keep to herself and marigold really just loves straight chillin so they like to nap and cuddle a lot and theyre just riverclans youngest Old Married Couple theyre always together and always gay….marigold loves giving her gf little flowers that mint then weaves into their nests and they go chatter at birds together and everything..

[cielospeaks]

honestly i just remembered on a whim how good of a character kanna is (i was thinking abt what color scheme rosa would have- blue maybe? and remembered kannas pink armor)

shes got like the angsty(?) backstory of a rich heiress with neglectful parents and strict training as a child, and (bc shes my character) a twin sibling in a totally not twelfth night reference haha

shes an unparalleled sword genius, but disciplined, serious, and honorable- avoiding bloodshed and only fighting when necessary. shes got no patience for diplomacy and political management stuff, unlike her twin brother (theyre kinda the opposite of eph and eirika haha), shes got extremely bad eyesight despite excellent sword reflexes and skills (she just. cannot see. probably has really bad vision but would be fine w glasses but this is like arthurian times so)

shes kind and loving to her twin brother, and cares especially for the servants at her family estate who raised the two like family. shes even on good terms (which i didnt intend originally) with her estranged much older cousin whos also a knight, but a traumatized one still suffering from the death of his mentor. and shes super cute and has pink armor! idk kanna is good i lov her

[bleuberrygliscor]

the best part about not having a flag in my icon anymore is i get to see people reblog and try to talk to me that are clearly aphobic and its just like...wow.

its like when racist white women talk to light skinned black women and dont realize theyre black. its like when your uncle tries to confide in you about his raging homophobia but youre secretly gay. Its like when your estranged cousin comes back from wyoming with a ‘Make america great again’ hat in the year of our lord 2017. its like when you sit and listen to your counsin’s sexual exploits and youre the oldest and still a virgin.

i cant believe i get to say it. im a demi-tective~

[gendryw4ters-blog]

He's from Leeds, so north, right? I tried other people but I picked him because we share I interests (easier to pick topic) and when I started learning English North accent and Scottish were the most difficult for me to understand so I decided to challenge myself and adapt that one. It's sound really cool too! The only time I need to control myself is grammar (because my teacher is ugh) and phonetics so ain't that bad. I love accents! I adore accents in Bob!

“always fuck opinions responsibly” HAHHAHA I love that. Tunes I can recommend is this artist/band on YouTube: grandson. My all time favourite: The Hives. The artist I discovered thanks to Levi’s commercial: Hanni El Khatib. Also, have you ever did that voice challenge? I would love to hear your accent!

mmmm that’s up for debate ahaha, but yeah generally speaking it seems to be regarded kind of as being in the north by the masses (even though im a good 100 miles and then some north of there myself - i am in fact, quite literally, north of The Wall). but leeds is cool!! and an interesting accent too, cause you get the “eh” instead of “ee” right?? whereas up here we’re all about that ‘ee’ sound. everything is ‘ee’. even you’re ‘ee’, sometimes!! (you get some ‘yeh’s and you get some ‘yee’s and that’s the beauty of language diversity)

it’s really really cool that you chose to study the accents you have done, they’re so rich and lovely and surprisingly very often overlooked! grammar is always a pain in the ass, but you seem to be doing great with it!! and aah yes, the BoB accents are wonderful! im not quite so well versed in american accents beyond the basics but!! id love to learn more about them in time!

also!! i will make sure to check out those tunes omg, i know (and enjoy!) the hives already (however! this is only like, two of their songs that im talking about here so i’ll definitely have to explore them further), and the others sound wonderful too! i personally haven’t done the voice challenge yet, though i could definitely give it a go next time im home alone! im afraid my accent isnt particularly notable though since i converge and diverge like there’s no tomorrow, which has kind of diluted the geordie in me and left me with a fairly neutral accent instead ahaha (though the dialect remains as strong as ever, you can pry my ‘avna’s and ‘wey aye’s from my cold dead hands)

[wintershoujo]

damsel has stress when did i find myself lying in the dark on the floor of my bathroom contemplating contemplating where to go from here what path i can choose what distance i roam and what itll all mean in the end i might not look the part or sound the part or act the part but im a girl, and nobody else knows it but all my friends on the internet and my closest friends who dont understand why did it end up like this why am i the gay cousin who gave me the job of being ridiculed and estranged from everyone but my mom and everyone but my dad and everyone but my sister who i dont even know how theyll react i always joke about wearing dresses to formal, calling myself a slut and acting the sassy gay friend, but im just using the vantage of my public sexuality, to joke about my feelings, the ones i keep bottled up inside, the feelings only i know, the feelings of being a girl in a boy's body born a boy on january 2nd, in the early 2000s, playing with action figures and motorbikes, not minding my body, born a girl on january 2nd, mid 2010s, who wants to embrace her gender while everyone else watches in confusion as to why a "man" like me just wants to be in a dress im still the same person, im hardly different from you, im still the same dysphoric mistake who nobody fucking loves anymore. tomorrow's gossip, today im not some experiment to gawk at im not some kid trying parent's clothes im not your fucking chew toy what i am is a fucking woman but youll say im not a girl even though my brainwaves tell the truth and ive felt hate for my body since age 10 and ive felt hate for living since age 10 the only difference between you and me is that im the one with a dick gender is fake ill define myself how i want cut the reactionary bullshit cry your cishet tears cause im that social justice trans lady that the basement dwellers warned for dont forget we made lgbt dont forget we were in stonewall dont forget we'll lead the revolution dont forget, your ideology fuckin sucks once in a lifetime events just make you sad when theyre done, cause you know youll never see it again i had a dream last night you were there youre always there in my head i had a dream last night everything was better for me everything was better for us lying down in my bed i got a confession of love we became one i woke up and nothing had changed the night before was the truth im still miserable still only lone im breathing, eating, drinking and sleeping, but i am not living maybe i shouldnt be alive maybe i was meant to die before i wanted it maybe whatever god made me made a mistake maybe im just bored in class and decided to vent a bit maybe im a liar, i doubt myself every single day maybe ive got no personality and i steal from the people i like maybe im misanthropic maybe im in love maybe i should realize im in love with both of them maybe they are tearing me apart from the arms maybe i cant deal with myself and i use them as coping methods maybe theyre just distractions maybe i shouldnt be alive dada daaaaaaa maybe youve hated me from the beginning maybe i came off as creepy maybe i got in the way of your own love maybe im