#yeah i'm clever /hj

[aimedis]

FLOWERS BLOOM AND THE SKY IS A DEEP BLUE STAR | LOVELY & VINCENT

@/shadowofyouu's valenweek exchange | for @quads004 i hope you enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it :)

i love these two so much and i'm so happy i finally got to write them. this is crossposted on ao3 and i recommend reading it there as the format is much better in my opinion 😭

cw - song: light shower (melanie martinez), surprises, date night, domestic, canon universe, pre-house rebellion ig, for a very specific very insignificant reason, idiots in love, kissing, a lot of kissing, crying, a lot of crying (happy tears), love letter, they smile and laugh a lot in this one, they also copy each other a lot, vincent plans a surprise for lovely, lovely hates surprises but they love vincent, is this ooc? maybe, lovely's pov

wc - 3.8k

Lovely hates surprises. 

They always have. Ever since they were a child, they would cry or sulk at every single surprise birthday party thrown for them or glare at any gift they weren’t expecting no matter how badly they had wanted it. Not knowing what to expect always took away any control they felt over the situation.

Now, Lovely wouldn’t consider themself a control freak or anything, they’ve just always hated things that were sprung on them with no prior warning. They were a creature of habit and routine, any divergence from their normal always gave them a little bit of anxiety. Not as much as before, it was a lot worse when they were younger, but surprises still caused them to falter more than they’d like. 

But despite how much they hate surprises, Lovely loves their boyfriend more. And Vincent loves surprising them. 

He was also extremely considerate. Vincent knows they hate being in the unknown so he never springs anything on them entirely. He always tells them at least a few hours before the actual surprise and he always asks if they're okay with it, somehow never giving away the actual surprise but still managing to make them comfortable with whatever he had in mind. 

Texts that read, ‘I have a little surprise for when you get home if that’s okay’

Giggling whispers in their ear, ‘I planned something, wanna guess where?’

It’s usually small things, little trinkets that remind him of them or dates on non-special occasions. Gestures he made with the prettiest smile on his face. Gestures that were no doubt small to him but only served to make Lovely fall more in love with him. 

But occasionally, on events that Vincent insisted on emphasizing on calendars with big overlined red hearts, the surprises got bigger. Like the car he got them for their birthday. Or the entire vacation he planned without their knowledge for their anniversary. 

And maybe it’s the fact that Lovely has come to expect big things from him on days that were important to the two, or maybe it’s the fact that Vincent has always been their exception, but even the bigger surprises from him didn’t make them feel like they were about to throw up. They’re pretty sure he could surprise them entirely with no warning and their fight or flight wouldn’t be as active as if it were from anyone else.

Which is exactly how they ended up here. Their inability to say no to their boyfriend was the bane of their existence. Literally.

Vincent had just come to sit with them on the couch, telling them about the date he was planning for Valentine’s Day that he intended to keep secret. They would love it, he said. And they were inclined to believe him wholeheartedly. It just made them a little uneasy not knowing what to expect. 

“Vince..,” Lovely draws out, letting anxiety bleed into their tone. 

Vincent rests his hand on their cheek giving them a sympathetic smile, “It’s nothing big, I swear. We’re staying home.” 

They lean into his hand, pouting slightly, “Do I get a hint at least?” 

“Hmm, a hint?” Vincent hums, caressing their skin softly, “Just a little one.”

Lovely raises an eyebrow curiously. His smile widens into a grin, “Movies and chocolate-covered pretzels.” 

Vincent laughs at the way Lovely’s eyes visibly light up, a smile finally making its way back onto their face. They quickly try to hide it, mostly failing at keeping a straight face. 

“Do you promise?” 

He drops his hand from their face to rest across his chest, “Cross my heart.” 

Lovely finally matches his grin freely with a light sigh, “Fine. I guess your surprise might not be too bad.” 

Vincent breathes another laugh before his face falls a little, “Are.. you sure you’re okay with me surprising you? I’ve been doing it a lot more recently and I can tell you the details if it’s overwhelming. I won’t be upset.”

Lovely blinks, “Yeah, I’m okay. I trust you.” 

They really weren’t that anxious, not as much as they felt they could be. It was mostly the initial idea of a surprise that had them put off for a moment. The unease didn’t last long, because Vincent always put them at ease, no matter how badly their body wanted them to panic. And well, they’d be damned if they were the one to wipe the excited smile off his face. 

 “I’d tell you if I was uncomfortable,” They add, lifting their arm to brush his hair out of the way so they could press a kiss to his forehead. 

Vincent doesn’t let them pull all the way back, pulling them closer to kiss their lips. Lovely kisses him back, draping their arms around his shoulders. He breaks the kiss to rest his forehead against theirs. 

“Do you promise?”  

Lovely smiles, “Cross my heart.” 

Now it was 3 minutes until Valentine’s Day and Lovely was already regretting their prior decision to let Vincent surprise them with this. Mainly because said surprise was outside and he insisted on blindfolding them. 

“Why?”

“Because, Lovely, I want you to see it exactly at midnight at its fullest.”

They glance at the clock, 2 minutes and 50 seconds, and back at their boyfriend. They playfully roll their eyes, “You’re so dramatic, you know that? I can just close my eyes.”

Vincent scoffs, “Yeah, like you won’t get impatient and peak.” 

Lovely narrows their eyes, “Would not.”

“Would too.”

“Would not.”

“Would too.” 

“Would not.” They say definitively. 

“Fine,” Vincent sighs heavily, dropping the sleeping mask on the kitchen counter, “let’s compromise, shall we? I’ll just cover your eyes.”

Lovely hesitates but they give in, of course, they do. The day they said no to him is the day hell freezes over.

“Vince, if you let me fall I’m punching you in the face. Immediately.” 

Vincent huffs with a small grin, keeping his hands over Lovely’s eyes as he carefully leads them outside. “I’m not gonna let you fall, relax.” He reassures them, “What good would these vampiric reflexes be if I couldn’t catch my clumsy Lovely, hm?” 

“I am not clumsy!” Lovely reaches behind them to smack his arm, “You wouldn’t need to catch me if I wasn’t in this predicament— Vincent!” They yelp as they lose their footing due to the small ledge and their turning to assault him, holding onto his arm tightly.

“Not clumsy, huh?” Vincent laughs as he readjusts his grip on them to hold their torso, “Should I have carried you instead?”

“It’s not funny asshole,” Lovely pouts, squeezing his arm more than necessary. 

Vincent apologetically kisses the back of their head, “Sorry, sorry. I forgot to warn you about that.” 

“Forgot?!”

“In my defence, I didn’t expect you to turn and hit me!”

“What happened to your vampiric reflexes, huh—”

“We’re here! And it’s midnight.” He smiles, ignoring them as he removes his hands from them altogether, “You can look now.” 

“Finally,” Lovely sighs dramatically, opening their eyes again, “The pretzels better be good..”

They trail off as their eyes readjust to being open again, focusing on the display in front of them. 

There in a semi-secluded section of their backyard was a thick duvet laid on the grass with pillows everywhere, fairy lights and candles also placed around neatly. In front of the duvet, there was a blank white tapestry hung on a tree branch, providing the background for the projection of a projector connected to Vincent’s laptop to be visible. In a corner, Lovely could see the presents the two had gotten for each other, waiting to be opened. And of course, in the direct centre sat an unhealthy amount of the couple’s favourite snacks. Including chocolate-covered pretzels. 

Lovely stood there in a daze, taking everything in as their mind raced, almost missing Vincent’s next words.

“—a lot, but I thought you’d like this since you like the quieter dates at home more than going out, so. Do you like it?” He asks quietly from behind them, sounding mildly anxious.

Lovely makes a noncommittal noise in the back of their throat as they bury their face into their hands to hide the sudden onslaught of tears cascading down their cheeks. 

They hear Vincent laugh kind of nervously and he moves to stand in front of them. He gently pries their hands from their face, “Hey, what’s wrong? Do you hate it?” He jokes, smiling, but it doesn’t reach his eyes. 

Hate it, he says, when Lovely’s never felt more loved in their entire life. What an idiot honestly. It’s the day after his death-day, which was a little harder for him this year, and yet he’s still thinking entirely about making Lovely happy. He’s so annoying. 

“You’re so annoying,” Lovely sniffles, dropping their head on his shoulder, “I love it, you idiot.” 

They feel him sigh in relief more than they hear it, humming as he pulls them into his arms. 

“Crybaby.” Vincent says softly, smiling as he rubs their back, “I love you.” 

“I love you too..” Lovely mumbles wetly, voice cracking, “And shut up, you cry more than me.”  

Vincent makes a playfully affronted noise, “Do not.”

“Do too.”

“Do not.”

“Do too, idiot.”

“Do not.” Vincent pulls back slightly to hold Lovely’s face, wiping their tears away, “Don’t cry. I don’t like it when you cry.”

Lovely finally smiles, “Even when I’m happy?”

“Even when you’re happy.”

They laugh even though their eyes are still wet, “Whatever you say, V.” 

The two meet for a short kiss that Vincent emphasizes with a soft ‘mwah’ just because he knows it’ll make Lovely laugh, beaming when they do.   

“Alright, let’s go.” He takes their hand and leads them over to the duvet, guiding them to sit down first and not letting go when he sits down himself even as he leans away from them to tap away at his laptop. 

Lovely watches the large projected image of the screen in front of them curiously.   

“Okay,” Vincent says, squeezing their fingers lightly to let them know he’ll be finished in a moment, “I picked a few movies that we can check out, we’ll probably get to all of them if we stay out here long enough but I wanted to start with-” 

“Who said you were picking the movie?” They scoff impishly, gently running their thumb over his knuckles.  

Vincent looks over his shoulder to make eye contact with them, face blank for a moment before a laugh pushes past his throat, “Lovely, I love you so much, but you… kind of…” He trails off, voice lowering in volume as he looks back to the laptop screen, “...have shit taste in movies.”

Lovely deadpans, “Say that to my face, Solaire.” 

Vincent laughs even louder, “It doesn’t make sense to me either, bébé, your TV show recommendations are superior!”

They pull their hand away from his just to see him spin all the way around with a pout on his face. 

“Lovely…” He whines even though he’s smiling, reaching out for them with both hands, “I’m sorry!” 

“You are not.” Lovely huffs a laugh, keeping themself out of reach, “So mean to me.” 

“I’m not even wrong! You wanted to watch Batman & Robin last week!” Vincent shuffles closer to try and get them back within arms reach.

“It’s a good movie, don’t even!” 

Vincent rolls his eyes, “It’s awful and you know it.” 

“Is not- let me go!” Lovely squirms when Vincent manages to pull their whole body back toward him. 

He gives another laugh, “Is too."

The two wrestle with each other for a moment, giggling as Lovely pretends to try and escape from Vincent’s hold. It ends when they somehow end up rolling on top of him, straddling his hips as they pant lightly, looking down at him. 

Vincent rests his hands on their hips, whispering breathlessly, “Hi there.” 

“Hi.” Lovely whispers back, “I win.”

“Did you now?” He hums, slowly tracing shapes into their skin with his thumb, “Because I’m still picking the movie.” 

Lovely rests their palms on his chest, “No, you’re not.” 

“Yes, I am.”

There’s a brief moment of silence as the two simply breathe, gazing into the other’s eyes. Until—

“Rock, paper, scissors?” They say in unison, grinning at each other

And ultimately, Lovely wins. This is entirely due to the fact that Vincent—in all the years they’ve known him—has never not picked paper. And contrary to the fact that Vincent thinks he’s slick, Lovely knows this is on purpose because they always pick scissors. But maybe they are no better, because they pretend not to notice only so they get to see the little not-so-hidden smile on his face whenever they rejoice over winning. 

So here they lay, watching a movie Lovely has wanted to see for a while. The same movie they’re pretty sure Vincent has given a one-star review on IMDb. But the love of their life lays next to them, looking perfectly fine with it simply because they were right next to him. Even if he spends more time watching Lovely than the movie itself. 

Once the credits roll and Lovely sets up the speaker to play their shared playlist, they both sit facing each other, ready to exchange presents. 

“Can I go first?” Lovely asks, the gift they have for him sitting on their lap. 

“Of course.” Vincent nods and sets what he has for them to the side. 

They smile, depositing the thing onto their boyfriend’s lap, “There’s the actual gift and I wrote you a letter, so open that first. The gift isn’t extravagant or anything since you said I wasn’t allowed to spend a lot of money this year so-”

Vincent snorts, picking up the envelope, “Yeah, ‘cause you rented out a mansion for my birthday.”

“Yeah, well- you got me a car for mine and you don’t have a spending cap.” Lovely sputters. 

“And you got me a new Macbook unprompted not even two months ago? And new headphones?”

“Okay, we get it.” Lovely rolls their eyes pettily, “Open the damn letter.”

Vincent laughs lightly and complies, carefully tearing the seal of the envelope off, “You and your impulsive spending habits.”

He pulls out and unfolds the— now that they’re looking at it— quite lengthy handwritten letter, immediately starting to read it. And it is at this exact moment that Lovely realizes the humiliation that comes from watching someone read what you’ve written for them. And although it was intended for him, having Vincent read an intimate expression of their love for him for the first time in front of them is mortifying. 

In complete honesty, there is nothing in the letter that he doesn’t already know, because the two are incredibly transparent in their feelings towards each other. But it’s an entirely different thing for Lovely to write out how they feel when they and Vincent have both resorted to using actions rather than words for the majority of their relationship. 

Still, they’ve since come to accept the discomfort they would have to go through in order for Vincent to have a written representation of their feelings for him. 

Lovely’s not the best writer in the world, they loathe to put words on a page because they’ve long since accepted that they’re no good at it. There are probably spelling and grammar mistakes, their sentences go on for far too long, and they definitely didn’t write anything good enough to even begin to describe the way their heart tries to crawl out of their chest whenever he smiles at them. They’ve written and re-written the letter so many times they could probably recite it by heart at this point, which means they’re acutely aware of the poor writing and every mistake. But he deserves the effort, even if it’s shit. 

And that’s why they willingly sat through the pain of finding the words and the cramps in their hand from holding their pen too tightly. And why they willingly sit through the disquiet of watching Vincent’s eyes move across the page they’d all but bled into. 

Lovely is pulled out of their thoughts at the choked cry they hear coming from their boyfriend. Allowing themself to come back into the present moment despite not realizing they had zoned out in the first place, they let out a bemused laugh. 

“It’s not that bad, is it?” They tease slightly, brushing their palm across Vincent’s knee. 

He barely acknowledges them or the tears that hurry down his face. Sniffling, he ignores them in favour of finishing the letter. Lovely doesn’t take offence, continuing to run their hand up and down his thigh while they wait for him. 

Once Vincent does finish reading, he doesn’t waste time and he pulls Lovely into a hug. Lovely allows themself to be pulled, settling in his lap and wrapping their arms around his neck as he cries near-silently into their neck. 

“It was beautiful, Lovely.” He whispers against their skin, voice wet, “I love you so much…”

They laugh, rubbing his shoulder blade affectionately, “I love you too. I’m glad you like it, I worked on it for a while.”

He grumbles more barely audible and tear-soaked praises, holding them tighter. The two remain in that position for a moment until Lovely pushes Vincent back far enough to cup his cheeks. 

“Hey, crybaby.” They whisper. 

Vincent blinks the tears from his eyes, “Hi.”

“You’re a hypocrite, hm?” Lovely says as they wipe his tears, “Don’t cry, okay? I don’t like it when you cry.”

Vincent is silent for a moment before he gives a small grin, “Even when I’m happy?”

Lovely presses a kiss to the tip of his nose, “Even when you’re happy.”

Vincent leans back in to kiss them back on the lips, a soft peck. 

They grin and lift themself off his lap, “Okay, open the actual present now.”

He nods and picks up his gift, obviously, some kind of fabric that was wrapped in pink heart-patterned paper.

“Whatever could it be?” He quips dryly, and Lovely scoffs. He unwraps it just as gently as he did the envelope and pulls out two matching couple’s hoodies in red and white of high quality out of the wrapping paper, the red one having Lovely’s initials on the sleeve and the white one having Vincent’s. He laughs, “Aw, these are cute. The red one’s mine, right?”

Lovely nods with a smile, “Of course, it’s your favourite colour. It’s also in your size.”

“Gotta make sure, you know?” Vincent leans over to kiss them again, “Thank you, baby.”

They kiss him back, smile widening, “You’re welcome. I had to add to the ever-growing collection of matching outfits we have.” 

Vincent chuckles and thanks them once more with another kiss. 

“Okay, your turn!” He says after pulling back, turning to get Lovely’s gift, “Mine is also pretty simple but I’m fairly certain you’ll like it.”

Lovely takes the small box from him, “I’ll love whatever you got me, Vince, I always do. This setup was already enough.”

Vincent takes their hand and kisses their knuckles, “You deserve the best, which is why you have me.” He ends with a goofy grin.

Lovely shakes their head at him and they begin to peel away the red wrapping paper from the little box, quickly revealing a Pandora necklace box and they immediately smile adoringly, “Vince… have you been stalking my wishlist?”

“Depends.” Vincent shrugs, grinning again, “Triple Stone Heart Collier in silver?”

They laugh, “You’re so sweet. It’s perfect, thank you so much. I love you.”

“You’re perfect. I love you too.”

Lovely giggles and practically throws themself at him. They knock the wind out of him as he falls back onto the comforter, laughing with them. Vincent wraps his arms around their torso and kisses their temple once Lovely shifts slightly to rest their head on his chest. 

“Every Valentine’s Day with you is better than the last.” They say softly, “I’m glad I get to spend forever with you.”

Vincent’s breath hitches at the sudden confession but he recovers quickly, “I’m glad I get to spend forever with you too, Lovely. I’m so incredibly lucky to have you in my life now and for every Valentine’s Day to come.”

Lovely lifts their head off his chest to kiss him again, the two getting lost in the heaven that is the other’s lips. 

They break apart more than a minute later and Lovely goes back to laying their head on Vincent’s chest, both relishing in the comfortable silence as they hold each other under the stars. 

After a moment, Vincent speaks again, kind of absentmindedly, as he observes the night sky above him, “Hey, it’s Ursa Major.”

Lovely merely hums in mild interest, “Oh yeah?”

“Yeah. Did you know that it’s one of the biggest constellations in the sky? And also one of the most well-known, but that’s mostly because of the big dipper, which is right… there.” One of his hands unwraps from Lovely to point up to where the constellation supposedly is. 

Lovely lazily tries to sit up from their position on top of him to see what he's pointing at. They are almost immediately stopped by Vincent’s other hand returning to their body, stopping them from moving, “Hey, where are you going?” 

They could have broken out of his hold if they wanted to, but they don’t struggle. They huff, “Trying to see what you’re talking about, silly.”

Vincent kisses their cheek, “I’ll describe it to you, you just relax.” 

“Fine.” Lovely makes a noise that’s akin to approval when he starts rubbing their back.

“Anyways, what was I saying?” Vincent continues, ”Oh yeah. There’s so much more to Ursa Major. Like how, in Greek mythology, it’s associated with the story of Callisto and Zeus because…”

As Vincent spins himself into a tangent about the stars and the stories associated with them, Lovely can’t find it in themself to pay too much attention to the actual words he’s saying. They can only really focus on the rumble of his chest as he speaks and his touch. Which is fine, Vincent was the one to say that he enjoys talking them to sleep. That is, after teasing them for finding his voice relaxing. But that’s fine too, because it’s him.    

Vampires don’t need to sleep, not really, but Lovely figures that Vincent has once again changed how their body is meant to function because they can’t quite help the way their eyes droop in abrupt exhaustion. Maybe it has something to do with the claim that being with someone you love makes it easier to fall asleep. Lovely was never one to believe things like that before Vincent, but maybe there was some truth to it when just leaning against him always had them yawning. 

Or maybe it’s as simple as this; as long as there is blood in their veins, no matter whose, he will always be loved by them. He is theirs until the end of time.

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vincent and lovely are like kuroken to me- *gets shot*

having conflicting headcanons is so hard because yes, i think vincent lets lovely win rock paper scissors every time. but also yes, i think they’re literally the same person so they pick the same options each time and it goes on forever. what's a girl to do ykw?

fun fact, there are a lot of my headcanons in this but without the explanations on why i have them just because i didn’t know how to incorporate them seamlessly. for example and most importantly, vincent and lovely both hate strawberries, so they have chocolate-covered pretzels instead! it's their favourite shared snack

also, i have the outline of how i planned this fic on this google doc if anyone is interested. i stole this idea straight from another fic i read 💀 but it really did help me with how to plan my stories afterwards, it's also kind of interesting to look at so, there's that

[mouwriter]

making an originals version to this bc I like the concept <3

Star Wars originals main characters reacting to reader with a new haircut!!

characters: Luke, Leia, Han

Luke Skywalker

This sweet boy... I'm so sorry but he does NAWT notice at first

Dw, he gets it in a few moments though

He's like... something's different...

And then he's like !!! OH!!!

His initial reaction is just pointing it out, not really complimenting it

But he compliments it right after, trust 🙏

Honestly he doesn't really care for appearances, but he's happy that you felt confident enough to try something new

He's also down to hear the lore regarding why you cut it if it wasn't a mere stylistic choice

He's a little messy like that, he likes a little gossip every now and again

On that note, if he ever hears someone talking shit about your new haircut, he is SPRINTING at FULL SPEED (/hj) to find you and tell you what they said, but assures you he doesn't agree with what they said at all

Leia Skywalker

MY QUEEN RAAHHHH <33

Sorry I'll resume the hcs

Notices right away, but doesn't say anything

She'll make it very obvious that she's staring though

If you don't bring it up first, she'll try hinting at the subject

"You know, I've been thinking of trying something new with my hair."

Smirks when you finally catch on; she's ready to hear the story of why you cut it

After you give her what she was after, she tells you that you look fantastic :]

She'll always welcome a bold surprise, and what's more bold than a totally new haircut?

Tells you (not a question) that she's gonna try styling it herself sometime

You don't have a say in the matter, but you'll look AMAZING

Like, so good that you'll probably end up asking her to style it again

Han Solo

Oooh I hate him. He's gonna start talking to you then stop mid sentence when he notices your hair

"So what's the situation on—hey, what's with the hair?"

Does he look at you a little nasty? Yeah. Is he gonna apologize? No. Does he actually think it's that bad? ...No, but don't tell anyone

Will spend the rest of the day poking fun at you and giving you teasing nicknames

Honestly, not even the rest of the day—welcome to the next several weeks

Just pray that none of those nicknames become permanent

But, like I said, he doesn't actually think it's bad

He actually finds himself liking it more and more, but he's never gonna tell you

Maybe it slips through accidentally in one of his "clever" nicknames, though

Like he'll call you "pretty hair" or smth

But he's too proud to ever go back on being a hater

[llalalalela]

Hello my good people the second chapter of my Tiernan and Hyacinthe fic is finally here. As always I apologise for any grammatical errors as english isn't my first language. Comments are appreciated. This is your reminder to help plastinian famillies in need in any way you can! Happy reading!

By the time they got down to the the dining room Oak and Wren were already seated at the table. "O look who finally decided to show up." Oak's comment was muffeled due to the fact that he was talking with hjs mouth full, quite un-royal like, but it didn't stop Hyacinthe from frowning "You just called us five minutes ago." "Yeah yeah whatever, sit down would you."

Tiernan and Hyacinthe sat down side by side across from the other two. Tiernan and Oak were talking but Hyacinthe wasn't paying attention to the conversation. He was trying to figure out just how he would broach the subject and, most importantly, make sure Tiernan wasn't there to hear what he was talking about.

The other two men didn't seem to notice the lack of usual commentary from him, or if they did they didn't say anything, but Wren kept looking up at him as if trying to figure out a way to read his mind. He had quite a liking for the young queen, she was clever and perceptive. Hyacinthe respected her aand was still greatful to her for freeing him but it would be a lie to say that being examined like that didn't make him a bit uncomfortable.

Before he knew it the plates were being taken away and everyone was preparing to leave. "I'll be back in an hour or two." Tiernan said turning to him. "I'm sorry?" Hyacinthe mentally cursed himslef for not paying any attention to the conversation. "Oak and I are going for a walk in the woods, shouldn't take long but you know how he is." Oak frained offence to Tiernan's comment, god he really was a Greenbriar otherwise he wouldn't be this dramatic. Hyacinthe nodded and kissed his lover one more time before he left. At this Oak started gagging, as if him and Wren weren't even worse, and with that the two men were out the door.

Hyacinthe started up the steps witch led to his and Tiernan's room when Wren grabbed him arm. "You can just tell me to stop you know." He said after she realised him. She just rolled her eyes and suddenly became very serious. "What have you been thinking about?" "I'm sorry?" "Don't act stupid you are constantly zoned out, you never listen to a word people around you are saying and even Tiernan said you were absent minded recently." "He did?" "Yes and he is worried he did something wrong so you better explain yourself."

Hyacinthe sighed "He didn't do anything wrong, on the contrary really he has been so amazing it us sometimes sickening how he can make me fall in love with him over and over again." "Then?"

Hyacinthe took a deep breath and, realising ge had no way of escaping this situation, decided to tell the truth. "Iwanttopropose" "Sorry couldn't hear you over there. Whaz was that?" "I want to propose to Tiernan." "YOU ARE GOING TO PROPOSE!?" "A bit louder why don't you I don't think they heard in the Undersea" " Sorry, sorry this is so amazing" "Yeah..."

"Why don't you look excited?" Wren was looking at him carefully. "Are you scared he will say no? Cause if you are then you are really stupid" "That's not it, and also ouch" Wren rolled hee eyes again. "I just don't know how to do it." "What do you mean?" "I mean I want it to be perfect because he deserves it, but on the other hand I don't want anything dramatic." "And that's what's been bothering you?" "Yeah, I was meaning to ask Oak about it but I can't come up with an excuse to talk to him without Tiernan present."

Wren seemed to think about it for a bit and, seemingly satisffied with what she came up with started talking. "So first of all I would like to point out the fact you said you don't want anything dramatic and yet you plan on asking Oak for help." Now it was Hyacinthe's turn to roll his eyes. "Second of all I might be able to help with that little problem of yours." "Oh?" "I can make up an exuse to get Tiernan outside for a while, maybe I can get him to check up on some new recruits, and I'll tell Oak you need to talk to him." For a moment Hyacinthe just stood there "Thank you." he said finally. "You're welcome." she said as she started down the corridor. "Oh and by the way", she had turned around again, "I think you will be a gret husband."

Wren didn't leave him time to register her words before she was out of sight leaving Hyacinthe alone with his thoughts once again.

*

"Okay so we have about two hours and a shit ton of things to discuss so let's just get into it." Oak wasn't even fully through the door before he started talking and Hyacinthe was already regretting asking for his help.

Wren made good on her promise and Tiernan was out with new recrouts. He was confused about it but he still left, albeit reluctantly.

Hyacinthe told Oak the same thing he told Wren and Oak was quiet for a long time before finally speaking. "Look I don't think you really need my help, just do what feels right, when it feels right." "That was awfully vauge, I expected more from you." "Well I thought about hwlping plan a grnadious proposal but I don't think neither you nor Tiernan would appriciate that very much." "Yeah you are right." "I usually am." " Don't be smug." Oak laughed and they talked for a while longer, about hkw exactly Hyacinthe could go about proposing, where he would get a ring, what kind etcetera.

They were just discussing if Hyacinthe needed a ring at all when Tiernan returned suddenly with a determined look on his face, Wren behing muttering a range of curses. "We need to talk." he said, and Hyacinthe felt his heart drop. "Well this is my cue." Oak said getting up and going to the door. With one last look back Hyacinthe saw him mouth "Don't fuck it up" and was about to flip him off when Tiernan cleared his throat. Right this was not going according to plan. He didn't even have a plan for crying out loud.

With those thoughts he looked at the man he loved most in the world and confronted with an angry and upset looking Tiernan threw his and Oak's pathetic little thougts put the window and went with his gut. That can't go wrong, can it?

[abcwordsurge]

what old work[s] you've made is your favorite and why? and now what's your most favorite recent work? smile. i love ur writing i wanna hear u talk abt ittt!!

:D hi marley

this took a bit because I had to go through all my stuff and, like, make a tournament out of it, but here I am! with answers!

for old works, I've gotta go with "October 15th" (link here). it's a fic with little snippets from an average day in the statehouse. a pretty healthy mix of fluff and angst and humor. I remember writing this and just grinning to myself, like, "yeah, I'm so clever, this is so neat." it was one of the very first fics I posted in this fandom, way back in October (shocking /s). wow, wait, is that over half a year ago? huh. it feels like I haven't been in this fandom for that long. well, I'm glad to be here!

honorary mention: "Something That Matters" (link here), two connected wiscowa (wisconsin / iowa) drabbles. posted even earlier than "October 15th," and was far shorter and simpler. this one is just a lil thing and it makes me happy no matter how many times I reread it

outside of fandom, I'd go with "Bigger Than Jesus" (link here), about Big Time Rush (yes, that kids show boy band), and carlos and logan's opinions on the Beatles. I thought that was comedic GOLD. still makes me giggle rereading it

as for recent fics, I'll say "The Five Nonsenses" (link here). it's a queerplatonic floui fic, and this is perhaps the first time that I felt totally confident while writing a fic about a qpr. I've never been in a qpr (despite my best efforts /hj), but after writing this, I just knew that this is the sort of thing I should write when writing queerplatonic fics. I dunno, I just feel like I've cracked the code or something like that. I'm pretty proud of this one

this ask makes me so happy. usually when I reread something I wrote, it's because I'm looking for things I need to fix in it, but in order to give you an answer, I had to look for things I like. it improved my mood quite a bit. thank you <3

[underagoldenmoon]

COULD THE UNDER A GOLDEN MOON PROTAGONISTS SURVIVE CASTLE DRACULA? 

(inspired by Tumblr user @canyourfavesurvivecastledracula)

HAZEL: 

So first things first, we need to de-ghostify Hazel, because ghosts Do Not Have Blood. And blood is. Kind of Dracula's thing. Plus she can't die as a ghost except under certain circumstances :)

So yeah that's Happening. 

So Hazel would probably accept the crucifix, but that doesn't matter so much; she doesn't carry a mirror so she wouldn't die shaving. 

She knows that ghosts exist (she is one. Well, was for the purposes of this. No I'm not explaining how she comes back to life, this isn't canon.) I'm not sure that she'd know what vampires are, but from the start she's seeing clues that Dracula is Not A Normal Human Being. 

She had to become a people-pleaser while she was alive to keep herself safe. So she's mainly fine on the Not Annoying A Rich Jerk front. 

I'm assuming that the characters aren't aware of who Dracula is beforehand, and similar to Jonathan Harker they initially assume he's just a normal guy. So she has no reason to bring a weapon. She doesn't own one anyway (Starry is the only one who does. Unless you include Golden's whittling knife). 

The second she's told not to explore, she gets suspicious. She assumes that Dracula has a Dark Secret. At this point she starts trying to imply about how she used to be a ghost because she doesn't realise it's an Evil Dark Secret she thinks it's a Cool Dark Secret (not a Sexy Dark Secret because she is a lesbian). But as time goes on, she realises that Dracula is not to be trusted. 

She's had to learn to be stealthy; there are cats who hunt ghosts. So she won't necessarily get caught. 

She's choosing the castle over the wolves if it comes to that. All of them are, really. They're teenagers they're too young to die /hj

If she happens to be Romantically Staring Out of the Window™ while Dracula is climbing, she does get curious. "Curiosity killed the cat" type situation - but actually, this convinces her that Dracula really is dangerous. 

She might try to mislead him with a few lies about England once she realises this; she's been trustworthy up to this point, since she knows her way around well, but Dracula might be able to tell. In which case she's dead. 

But if she doesn't try to be too clever and doesn't get too obvious in her attempts to drop hints that she's a ghost, Hazel would survive Castle Dracula. 

GOLDEN: 

Golden, too, would take the crucifix. Ze reads a lot of fantasy stories. Never ignore the strange old woman's warnings. 

Let's be honest – ze is not going to put up with being forced to stay up all night. Ze needs a regular sleep schedule, and ze would rather die than have hir circadian rhythm messed around with. 

Also, hir instincts are pretty good – ze's going to work out that there is something going on. 

Unfortunately, this does not help hir. 

Ze is not going to put up with any jerk for long, let alone a rich one. 

And ze's wanted to try lock-picking for a while… and all these locked doors are so tempting…

You'd think that the fact that ze reads a lot would save hir. But no. Ze's clever, but ze has no common sense. Negative amounts, really. If ze's lucky and works out Dracula's a vampire, even that won't save hir. 

Because ze died picking that lock to try to get into the room. 

Sorry. 

Golden would not survive Castle Dracula. 

MOON: 

Honestly, I think Moon is the protagonist who would last the longest if they were all to die at any point. Golden dies after being caught lock-picking, Hazel (if she dies) is too clever for her own good, and Starry… well, you'll see. 

Moon would accept the crucifix out of awkwardness if nothing else. Because how do you turn it down without making it a thing? That doesn't really matter – he's not going to shave anyway, he's a cat. But still. 

He trusts Dracula at first – why wouldn't he? 

He works out, as time goes on, that there's something dodgy about Dracula, and since he's been raised to distrust ghosts and gods, he's going to Panic. Like when Jonathan was just. Running around the castle. He would do exactly that. 

He would avoid doing anything to anger Dracula once he realised there was something weird – he's used to the idea of supernatural creatures that can destroy you if you look at them the wrong way, though he hasn't met one. Yet :)

He would probably try to help Dracula – the idea of tricking him would occur, but he'd decide against it. He knows some supernatural creatures can tell if you're lying. He's not going to risk it. 

He spends a lot of time staring out of the windows, so he sees Dracula climbing the walls. At this point he is certain that there's something going on. 

But don't worry – he has a plan. 

A terrible one. 

He tries to climb out of the Castle. And he nearly makes it. 

He's bested Dracula, he's escaping, he's –

Fallen off a cliff to his death. Sorry. 

Moon could not survive.

STARRY: 

I think that Starry was the hardest to get an idea on. She's the newest protagonist, so she's not been floating around in my brain for… two to three years, I think? I think I started version one in 2021. Certainly during Covid lockdown.

Good grief. 

Anyway, Starry takes the crucifix because she knows by now that if there are rumours about strange things, it's better to be safe than sorry. She decides pretty early on that he's a ghost, which makes her distrust him. She doesn't like ghosts. 

She does everything perfectly most of the time she's there. She's learned to act; she's had to. 

She does nearly break when Dracula takes her stuff. After all, how will she live without her knife? 

But she manages to control herself. 

She's doing well; Dracula doesn't suspect. She makes sure to follow his rules whenever there's the slightest shadow of a chance that she could be discovered. But she quietly rebels, too. 

Then she decides she's had enough and tries to fistfight him. 

Life hack: do not fistfight a vampire. It will not end well. 

Starry would not survive.

And I can't work out how to draw this so. Uh. Sorry about that.

[one-blaze-of--glory]

literally every single question for fuckin zombie saga and/or &j idk if it's meant to be specific to a fandom but whatever

for &j

list 3 positive things about your current fandom(s)

clever writing, great characters, banger music

a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

yeah trans Romeo as well

a character that fandom has helped you appreciate

Romeo, i liked him before too but i mean i think we really made him more better

say something nice about a ship you don't ship (it can be another ship in your fandom, a mutual's OTP, etc)

hmm tough. i guess Anne and Angelique could work. like in another universe. love gay people.

something you see in fics a lot and love

i mostly read your fics and you write maycois dialogue so arorably

something you see in art a lot and love

shapes. &j fanart always has fun shapes somehow

your favorite tropes to read/write/draw

this is going into zombie saga territory but if focused specifically on &j uhh i love to write Frankie being soscared because i mean he always is

you hope more people will come to appreciate ___ (a ship, a trope, an episode, etc)

hmm idk. just like the show in general. if i were to say something specific i guess Anne, she's kind of the hidden main character to me this has nothing to do with my Betsy bias /hj

a ship that isn't your OTP but that you enjoy

langelique. I'm very casual about them

a blog (mutual or one you follow) that has made your fandom experience brighter

well. yours. also just like the rp blogs

if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

all of it, duh. for non saga because I'll get to saga after these, the one where i drew Juliet and May in those them coded clothes

compliment someone else in your fandom

you! you're the amperstan ever

the ship that always makes you smile

maycois and jumeo, they cute

the character that always makes you smile

like all of them? but i guess I'll day Frankie rn

a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

okay not to be negative in the positivity asks but i want more people to do the opposite of appreciate for the ue ue ue ue you KNOW what I'm talking about. no one else talks about it.

the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love

the "it's super dope" quote let's be real we all say it all the time now

the fandom friend you've known the longest

of &j definitely you

how has fandom positively impacted your life?

honestly it's seeing it live that did most. it was lifechanging

and now for saga in general:

list 3 positive things about your current fandom(s)

it keeps my creative thinking active at all times, it's deliciously angsty and it's so self indulgent

a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

like saga related? i guess in brighter timeline Del's whole arc. I'm glad we did that now because the character exploration of it is very fun. also lesbitaly (it really grew on me)

a character that fandom has helped you appreciate

i feel like all of these characters grew so much more on me than ever before. special shoutout to Fletcher for being lifted higher on my list of characters i care about

say something nice about a ship you don't ship (it can be another ship in your fandom, a mutual's OTP, etc)

is there any valid saga ship i don't personally ship? i doubt it

something you see in fics a lot and love

well these are our fics. Caroline's continuous agonies though. love torturing my fave

something you see in art a lot and love

there's barely any saga fanart so the mere existence of it

your favorite tropes to read/write/draw

i love writing conflicts that are not even zombie related it's just people being mad at each other it's fun

you hope more people will come to appreciate ___ (a ship, a trope, an episode, etc)

maroline!! I'm spreading so much maroline propaganda all of you are obligated to like it now

a ship that isn't your OTP but that you enjoy

delbed and lesbitaly. I'm casual about both (still love them)

if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

weirdly it's all my most fucked up chapters. the one where zombie Richard killed Frankie. the one where Caroline killed Frank. the latest opposite deaths I wrote

compliment someone else in your fandom

i have to say you, this whole series wouldn't exist if it wasn't for you

the ship that always makes you smile

at the end of the day it'll always come back to richaline in brighter timeline. as much as i love these other ships for them

the character that always makes you smile

Caroline, Mary, Richard, italiAnnie in the timelines they're in. at the end of the day you can always tell I'm biased towards them

a tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

the fact that I've referenced a Betsy Wolfe character in my last chapter for every timeline. also that I've been putting Harmony references all over the place especially in brighter timeline. you could miss some of them

the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love

just. all the angst

how has fandom positively impacted your life?

i feel like I've explored my favorite pieces of media in a unique new way through the saga and it keeps productive and creative which is important to me

[itrustmydiscoverweekly]

I survived my visit to Plastic Beach

all i got was employment...

Anyways, minor update, I got employed, and I work evenings, these posts are now going to be more prone to changing post time, but they will still be out every week.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 out of 5 stars)

Yeah, this album is a Gorillaz album, there's so many things to love and every song is unique yet ties in so well, lots of great names on this album too. I had a lot of fun!

Pretty much, if something is a 5 out of 5, I do see myself consistently coming back to it over time; as I see myself in the future with this album.

The big reason I had never properly listened to this album was that my parents did not have the CD and therefore I did not know this one existed until I was given internet access and I wasn't all that interested once I did. (Don't fight me but I've only really heard self-titled, Demon Days, and Cracker Island, and of course now, Plastic Beach)

Opinion Time! (as always, album order, not exactly any ranking order)

Briefly interupting my opinions I would like to share I will not be counting the orchestral pieces on this album within my rankings, they hold a special place in my heart and I love all of them, they all win/hj

"White Flag (feat. Bashy, Kano and the National Orchestra For Arabic Music)" is a super cool track, it has a lot going on and I find it to be pretty much the identity of this album. It's super cool, it incorporates everything on this album really well, and it's a super cool way to expose the setting of the album. I like it a lot, I like the orchestra stuff on it, I find the lyrics to be quite clever while still being cheeky and definitely Gorillaz.

"Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)" I pick out because I like the rap portions and how they work with Damon's choruses. I think this is another very Gorillaz song and it's very fun to listen to. I like that it has lots of noises and how they work in the song as well as the effects used on Damon's voice for the last chorus. I love music that sounds weird, you can't blame me.

"On Melancholy Hill" I picked out because I think I would be crucified if I did not. It's one of the big Gorillaz songs, and I'm kind of surprised I didn't know it better. It's a cool song, much more mellow (hah. I guess why/rh) and I like the role it takes on in the middle of the album and how it flows into "Broken". It's also nice to see a just Damon Albarn/Jamie Hewlett song. Damn good synths on this track too.

Honorable mentions!! 🥳🥳🥳

OK, I have a lot, this is a long album with loads of good stuff.

"Rhinestone Eyes" has lots of good sounds and noises and the melody in the "That's electric" portion on this one gets stuck in my head

"Stylo (feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)" I like the chorus on this one, I enjoy the whole composition n this song and the LAYERS wow.

"Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon) I gotta give the song with a Latin beat a shout, I like the way it uses it in a more subtle way, it's fun. I also love how tender this sound sounds and then the transition and juxtaposition to Little Dragon's section.

"Some Kind of Nature (feat. Lou Reed)" I just love how their voices mesh together and I like the piano on this track.

"Broken" I like how it flows from "Melancholy Hill" I think it complements this song really well, yet it still is distinct in its identity.

"Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def. and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) has more noises and I just love how this one sounds, it's eerie in a really good way. I also love the band coming in at the end, this song sounds so full in the best way.

Yeah I like Gorillaz, shocking./j

[bonesandthebees]

theres so much stuff to talk about im getting overwhelmed (/pos) idk what to focus on first and its not even about the chapter itself yet lmao

latin series and chapter titles? oooh cool, more stuff to look into

like "we keep the names bare"? thats metal as fuck

"so it happens" in itself is interesting and very fitting but in latin its just so much more fancy

I love how their official names are different (and unusual), like wilum, nikanna, tomys, alecs

once again you have something special about names and looking back to the series name I have a feeling there will be moments where the choice between formal name and nickname will be important

(the lengths stories in english have to go to show the border between formal/informal addressing /hj, names have a different beat to them but the technique is actually similar

its a bit sad actually, I feel like so many english texts could go bonkers if "thou" and "ye" still existed and didnt get merged into you)

I mean we already saw something similar in the prequel with phil calling wilbur wilum to show importance of the situation

gotta say, the importance of names is always a bit different and never boring and I love it

origins characters and character traits oh my that opens up so many possibilities i love the sound of this

also just the phil we see in the prequel has some "harsh" qualities, setting kids up against each other which fits o!phil much more than c!phil, so many new traits to play with

excited to see how this might change the characters and relationships and stuff (sandduo is bound to be interesting, not that they werent before, but yk)

looking at tags there's no major character death, should I probably not mention that in comments as not to spoil anyone? or spread fake news

there are other tags that sound really fun tho

before reading the summary I havent even realised that we havent heard about tommys role in all this before in neither the prequel nor the snippets we got

hes thirteen and a problem? oh its going to be a blast

cant wait to see the worldbuilding and fashion in this, youve been so excited about it for so long and I havent seen hotd so im ready to be impressed

the latin series title is one I like quite a bit :)) also the only latin chapter title i think we're going to have is the first one (it also translates to 'so it begins' which I just thought was fitting). maybe the last one too to round it out but i dont plan chapter titles ahead of time so we'll see lmao

oh I had such a fun time coming up with the names. I also struggled so fucking hard LMAO. I think Nikanna is my favorite of the names I came up with, although I thought Alecs and Tomys were clever since it's just alternate spellings. also it hasn't been mentioned in text yet, but Sam's full name is Samuel Aswyn and I'm pretty happy with myself for coming up with Aswyn as a surname equivalent for 'awesamdude'

but yeah there's always going to be an element of importance given to names in a fic like this. like, it's one of my favorite tropes to use. it definitely isn't going to have the same weight as names in glass and stars did, but it'll be there for sure.

you get it though. like, we would benefit SO much if we still used thou and ye because we could go insane in the membrane with the way we write interactions between characters. but alas i just have to create convoluted worldbuilding rules about the roles of names to get my point across instead...

yeah I mean stars!phil definitely had elements of o!phil in him, but it'll definitely be more obvious in rose. also, ngl, a huge part of why I decided to throw osmp in the tags was because I just wanted to write o!sneeg. I fucking love o!phil and o!sneeg's dynamic they're so funny together so when I was like "holy shit I could put sneeg in rose" I knew I had to do it

bestie I don't know where you're looking because major character death is 100% in the tags. like, go do a double take it's in the archive warnings.

yeah a part of me wanted to keep tommy's role entirely a secret until his character got introduced in ch 2, but then I realized I couldn't really write a compelling summary without throwing him in somewhere so I had to bite the bullet and ruin the surprise a bit lol. but yeah he's gonna be GREAT

aaaa thank you so much I'm so glad you're excited for this!! I really hope you guys like this journey we're gonna go on

[bustyasianbeautiespod]

CRYSTAL-EXCLUSIVE QUESTION ABOUT SEASON 2

the “i forgive you” is so LOADED and ive read thousands of words of meta on what it means and im still not concrete on an answer 😭. but what kills me is that it’s not used lightly. like it’s used two, maybe three times. Crowley curses the great plan and aziraphale looks around nervously and shakily says “May you be forgiven” which Crowley knows is just corporate heaven bs. But then. BUT THEN!! Crowley asks him to run away and why can’t you see it’s hopeless how can someone as clever as you be so stupid and then Aziraphale looks at him, almost sadly, and gently says I forgive you. And Crowley is taken aback and frustrated and it seals the deal that Aziraphale is not changing his mind. And Crowley knows it!! And then, like people have pointed out, the argument about Gabriel in ep1 of s2 mirrors the argument in the final fifteen, but in ep1, they resolve it by doing their fuckinh apology dance schtick which isn’t actually resolving anything but there’s no “forgiveness” it’s just a dumb little thing they came up with to avoid talking about their different perspectives, BUT IN FUCKINH EP6 HE PULLS OUT THE I FORGIVE YOU AND IT HAS THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD LOADED INTO IT. what am i suppose to do with that!!! my brain is breaking

HELLO YEAH I DON'T KNOW EITHERRRRRRR like i remember when it happened in S2E6 going "This Is The Exact Correct Line For Aziraphale To Say And It is The Exact Correct Line To Make Me Crazy About This Show Forever." but i still don't Understand it and it haunts me forever and ever. like i'm really hoping that this s2 rewatch with discussion will clarify things for me but every time i see those words or that scene my mind just shorts out and i just scream and hurl stones every which way. like i feel like in S1E4 it's like a "let's not hold onto any grievances here. clean slate before we never see each other again?" which certainly works in S2E6 but it's also about the homophobic rejection (/hj) and it's also about the i don't even know but it sure is about something! good lord.

- Crystal :)

[iclaimedtobethebetterbard]

Can I ask about the orange side 4 the character thing. NSHWKEBSJDN

oooh yeah sure!! i don't know how much i will have to say bc most of my thoughts about orange at this point are a big blob of "??????????" i literally have NO IDEA what he's going to be like, but let's give it a go!!

First impression: i think it was something along the lines of "omg wait people think there's an orange side?? OH YEAH. BC OF THE RAINBOW. AND HE'S GAY. THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. haha that's funny and kind of clever, i like it!"

Impression now: canon has basically confirmed his existence at this point, so real life thomas can no longer be like "haha idk what you're talking about" like he did for SEVERAL YEARS. so instead mr sanders has moved on to actively and blatantly messing with the fandom [stares at end of 5 year special]. it's kind of funny tbh but also SIR PLEASE.

Favorite moment: of anything related to orange? joan saying "i'm the orange side" on thomas's instagram story bc of their beanie being orange and thomas going "haha yeah, joan reads your tumblr posts!!" at the camera. absolutely terrifying concept, thanks i hate it (/hj), tumblr pls ban everyone even vaguely related to the creation of sanders sides (/j) i don't want them to find my fics or see me calling janus pretty or talking about how analogical or dukeceit are soulmates that would be so embarrassing my content is absolutely not for them pLEASE GHJSAFKGJKFDHGSK. if mr sanders ever reblogs one of my posts i will die and probably not in a good way. unless it is specifically a post i tagged him in (which is all of 1 post rn). i don't want him to see anything else i do here gkdflhskg.

or if we're going with favorite actually-in-canon moment, 07734 was pretty fun bc watching people go absolutely nuts over something so small (while the whole sanders sides team ignored us doing that and refused to talk about it) was hilarious.

Idea for a story: idk lol. probably the first thing my brain will come up with after we meet him is some kind of canonverse character study about his relationship either with janus (answering questions like: what does orange think of being hidden away for so long? what does janus think of having to hide him away for so long? what effects has that had on their relationship?? what is their relationship like?? has it changed since virgil left? since janus and remus were revealed?) or with logan (about things like: what. what was up with the eyes thing. what was that. why did orange do that. how did he do that. what did logan think of it. and do they have a history that informs any of that???). but i won't really have any ideas until i know,,,, literally anything about him lol.

Unpopular opinion: i have already said i don't like wrath!orange or logan!orange on other posts for this series HELP what else is left for me to say here gjksdflghsldg. uhhhh my next unpopular opinion about him is that i have yet to see a theory for what orange's function will be that i find to be truly convincing or plausible. i have literally no idea what he's going to be. i bet as soon as it's revealed what he is in canon i'm going to be like "WAIT DUH HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT" though gfjkhgslk

Favorite relationship: i hope he is besties with janus and remus <3 dark sides loving each other very much my beloveds <3 i actually have a lot of,,, i guess anxiety?? about his,,,, existence??? in relation to shipping specifically. just. once he's here and we get a vibe for his personality, that's six whole new ship dynamics (or five if the people who are theorizing he's patton's brother are correct) (plus whatever the fandom decides to do with him and king creativity) NOT EVEN COUNTING THE POLYAM SHIPS. that's a LOT of new dynamics. which will be A Lot for me to process and get used to. and i'll have to reevaluate my vague ranking of ships in my head to add the new stuff in. it's just. it's going to be a lot of mental energy GFJDSGKLHSGKF and overall i know i will definitely be happy about it after the fact but just. the anticipation and waiting is. not fun lol

Favorite headcanon: i genuinely don't know what major personality traits that could relate to ethos are left that orange could be, so this is a stretch, but. mr sanders gave us logos and pathos and then was like "yeah that's enough <3" NO. NO YOUVE GOTTA COMPLETE THE SET. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS. like. like i was SO attached to the headcanon of janus as ethos before his name reveal. so i want orange to somehow be related to ethos and named ethan, not bc of anything about orange specifically, just bc. i need the set to be complete lol. i agree that the dark sides all having names ending in "-us" is cool and all BUT I NEED AN ETHOS NAME SIDE TO MATCH LOGAN AND PATTON. PLEASE. IT BUGS ME SO MUCH THAT ETHOS IS MISSING GHKHASKJG.

also since janus is snake (land) and remus is...... tentacles?? (???? octopus? squid? kraken?) (regardless, that's sea), it would be neat if orange had some kind of bird trait (air). but i'm not super attached to that, i just think it'd be neat.

ALSO since wtit basically confirmed his existence and the next ep will be the 2-part s2 finale, i BET that s2 will end on a cliffhanger orange reveal. i bet that is where we are headed.

ALSO ALSO i will say that i am pretty solidly behind the theory that whatever his function is, it will be something that can best logic in a vs episode. bc so far logan is 3 for 3 when going up directly against a dark side: my negative thinking (and also just. the fact that usually logan is the one who's able to calm virgil down when he goes into overdrive. they’re in love ur honor); dwit and i would say wtit too (logan may not have accomplished his own goals in wtit, but he did successfully redirect thomas from pretty much all the thoughts remus sent his way); and the fact that, while he has yet to have an actual "vs" episode with janus, he accidentally tore janus's arguments to shreds without realizing, multiple times, during svs, in spite of what great pains janus went to to NOT give him any opportunities to do that. (see: "thomas has more to lose if he misses the wedding" "wHAT HOW??" and the way that logan's explanation of who max schtirner (or however you spell his name) was destroyed any illusions of his credibility.) so it would make sense if the last dark side can actually win when directly pitted against logan, since none of the others can. i still have no idea what his function is, but this seems like a pretty reasonable thing to expect.

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wow i had a lot more to say than i thought i would lol. thank u that was fun!!

[someone send me roman i dare u. or you could ask about c!thomas or nico flores our beloved if you want to i guess lol]

[see my thoughts on janus, patton, virgil, remus, logan]

[vixen-flame]

well, you think it's obvious, just like how some people thought the use for /hj were obvious, but ofc that's not the case because some people are confused/didn't make that connection. (Like, I had no idea what you meant by people are only playing a game if they're following the rules until you explained it just now)

Also, the rules just state that everybody must always follow the rules. And you may say, "but I can just decide to stop playing" and yeah, sure. some people do that. But whenever anyone says "you just lost the game" it doesn't matter if you decided to stop playing because you are. even if 15 years ago you decided, "I'm not playing this dumb game," you would have still lost the game after remembering, even if you try to disregard it. Why? because the game isn't a game about the individual, it's a social game. Even if you don't think you are playing, 8 billion other people think you are. And when you lose, they make note of that. (people ruin everything /hj)

(So what this really tells me is kill everyone who knows you and you're finally free from the game)

all in all, this debate is stupid and I'm just not going to debate it anymore (I say knowing I can never escape... just like the game! I'm so clever)

you know what. after seeing Another blazed poll about this I'm gonna just