#but knowing me that isnt... certainty

[brainman1987]

A plan emerges....

[august--and-everything-after]

I think I need to get out of this country but thinking about that process is paralyzingly terrifying

[mudstoneabyss]

neurodivergent but in the opposite way from what I see a lot. "neurotypicals are always using unspoken social rules and cues instead of just stating things clearly and actually saying what they mean like neurodivergent-" brother I am playing 5 dimensional chess with multiverse time travel

[femmefaggot]

genuinely very very happy about maya still Do Not get me wrong. I simply wish... the world was better and less cruel. and that I was not complicit in that cruelty. and that honorspren in shadesmar werent such hypocrites.

[isa-renee]

wait wait wait wait hold the fuck up. do most people actually spend the majority of their time not in any pain???? like. none at all??????

[mythicmanuscripts]

Omg a new writing blog for the fandoms I'm currently obsessed with who writes sub!characters content??? Already in love with your blog! I really like your work, especially the sub!Jace stuff and the daemyra poly hcs

(spoilers for 2x07 if you haven't seen it)

Could write some poly hc for Baela and Jace with a lowborn reader who became a dragonrider for team black because of Rhaenyra and Mysaria's plan? Maybe one who claimed Vermithor since the personnality of riders he seems to like would make for a fun dom!reader.

I feel like there would be a fun dynamic between reader and Jace since he isn't too thrilled about the new dragonriders, so quite different from the other things you wrote for him where he was into reader from the get go.

Also this fandom needs more Baela x reader content (I love her so much)

Thank you anon!! That's so nice to hear and yes you are very right we do need more Baela content!! This is such a cool concept! I'm gonna be tagging this with poly!Jace/baela so that if I write more about this, there's an easy way to search for it.

I'm gonna do headcannons about the relationship and how it started and while there definitely will be sub!Jace undertones and also implied sexual content, there's nothing explicit so no need to venture out past the cut this time! Though, if anyone wants NSFW headcannons for this or has some of their own, please let me know I'd love to hear it!!

-- so firstly, I think this works best of Jace and Baela were already married and also if Jace and Baela weren't properly in love yet?

-- sure they definitely like each other and are more than happy that their parents chose to wed them together, their dynamic is still closer to friends than husband and wife.

-- When you're able to get a dragon and join team black, Jace is not exactly thrilled. At first you really don't understand why he seems to detest you so much, but you just arrived and you know you have a lot to prove so you don't query it right away.

-- Baela, on the other hand, absolutely loves you from the get go. She takes one look at you and immediately knows that at the very least the two of you will become great friends.

-- And she's absolutely right of course.

-- you find yourself spending more time with Baela than with anyone else. You two train together, ride dragons together, sit with each other at meal times, etc.

-- of course at first this only serves to make Jace even more unhappy about you, because now it's like you've taken his wife on top of everything else.

-- Baela is the one who tries to get Jace to come around to the idea of you having a dragon and to be kinder towards you. Jace brushes her off, but she's determined and she won't give that easily.

-- Beala knew both you and Jace very well, and so she knew with 100% certainty that if Jace could get off the soapbox for one minute, he'd realise how great you are and you'd become fast friends.

-- While Baela is trying to get to stop being so stubborn, she's also confiding in you about her marriage. She likes Jace, and she could definitely see herself enjoying being with him, but she just feels so bland about it. She's not excited to spend the night with him, which isnt ideal since she's supposed to be making heirs.

-- You offer her advice and listen to her venting. More than once she has to stand up and leave before she stops being able to resist the temptation of kissing you, because you just seem to get her at a level that no one else does, and she wants you so bad, just as much as she wants Jace.

-- something big has to happen for Jace to finally wake up, and my immediate thought is that you save Baela? Baela is out on a scouting mission when Aemond manages to ambush her and if you hasn't shown up when you did, it's almost guaranteed that Baela and her dragon would have been no more.

-- Baela tells Jace this, and damnit as much as he doesn't like you, he has to go personally thank you because you did literally save his wife's life.

-- Jace is equal parts annoyed and relieved that when he spoke to you, you took his thanks graciously and then actually started a conversation that made him realise you're not so bad after all.

-- it becomes the three of you for a while after that.

-- I think you'd end up kissing Baela first, by that point you knew you had feelings for both of them, but there was no way you were going to pass up the opportunity when Baela initiates

-- you don't even have to go through trying to workout how to Jace because he actually walks in on it.

-- You're so certain you've just ruined Baela's marriage, but then Jace smiles and says, "Do I have to go... or can I stay? Because I want to stay, please?"

[mushyposts]

WOAH! THE CREW???? THE CREW FROM HIT FANFICTION NO THING DEFINES A MAN LIKE LOVE??? WOAH WOAH WOAH??? Anyway yes omg its them!!! This took me so long and im so tired but look at my ANGELS!

UM! Friendly reminder that I myself am not Inuit/Indigenous! I did research + had an Indigenous person helping me w the tattoos, but if theres anything wrong/disrespectful pls do let me know and I will fix it. All the tattoos r on a seperate layer so it'll be an easy fix and one i am more then happy to do. A few of the designs changed between this and my written description, so... Oops?? Especially Morqa. I got carried away ok.... ANYWAY I have some little notes abt their designs here and there so! Kaiqa: He used to have shorter bangs around his face but they annoyed him so he tried to let them grow out but that annoyed him so he would cut them again and then try to let them grow out and now he just has perpetual baby hairs that wont get any longer. Mikla: UM. Not much to say here. Isnt he pretty tho?? Buteq: SOMEHOW ENDED UP THE MOST MAJESTIC MAN EVER. HELLO?? The two beads on the right are for his nieces and the one on the left is for his sister! Neter: One time he got super cocky abt being 7 years older then Nitya which meant he was a better fighter and so Nitya was like "yeah?? ok bet." and then punched him and broke his nose and was like "hm where are those warrior reflexes?" so now Neter has a permanently bent nose. Sorqai: He got the scar thats through his beard in the same raid that cause Nitya and Konait (Kaiqas older brother) to die. Nitya died trying to get Konait and some other kids out of the mess, and Sorqai got injured trying to get to them to help. He's mostly numb on that side of his face due to nerve damage ! Causes him to lisp a bit, especially w the chipped tooth (which he got from tripping) Natai: He wears both his own and Nitya's necklaces their parents made them, and intends to only take of Nitya's and let it go into the ocean where he was buried when the war is over. His own way of keeping Nitya involved in the war effort, something that was really important to him. Kutai: Again, no real notes here but isnt he pretttyyy..... Kovak: Honestly, very likely one of my favourite character designs I've ever made. Im kind of obsessed with him. He doesnt wear his necklace from his parents because he wasnt on good terms with them at all while they were alive. He took it off before they died, and hasnt been able to bring himself to put it back on. he intends to give it to his kid when he gets back. Mori: UM! I dont have a lot of notes here. Mori has two kids ! Hence the three tattoos under their chin, I saw an inuit creator/source say that sometimes people will add lines as they have kids and I thought that was really lovely so yes!! Again im just. I think hes so pretty. Luqait: Im so sorry king I did u dirty posting this after that one chapter. Each one of the beads he wears is dedicated to someone he knew in the tribe who died, theres more not visible on the other side of the braids. I can say for 100% certainty theres one for Kya and Nitya. Saila: Saila was actually a design i struggled a lot with, but I think I got them to a point im happy with!!! They're a good amount intense, androgynous and also have that amber flash in their eyes. The amber comes from having Fire Nation somewhere in their ancestry, something I dont think will really come up in the fic, but a detail I think is good to know! Morqa: I changed Morqa's design the most, especially his hair! But I think he's ended up being a design I am most proud of. The piercings especially!! Eventually u will run out of space (that we can see ig??) king but today is not that day godbless.

OKAY! THERE WE GO... I HOPE EVERYONE LIKES THEM UM PLS BE NICE AND DONT REPOST AND IDK JUST.... I HOPE U LIKE THEM AS MUCH AS I DO i know oc's in fics arent always peoples favourites but the reception of these guys has been like. Beyond mindblowing. Im so fucking excvited and happy everytime people in my comments talk about how much they love the characters i've created. Like.... The fact that people enjoy the OC's and not just for what the give to Zuko, but for what they give to each other and their own individual stories is so incredible to me. I hope u guys like this and I hope it helps u visualise them better!! : D

[lightwing-s]

i get terrible migraines, and i feel like dick would just be so sweet while reader is having an episode. i hope this isnt super specific or too niche :) love you!

a/n: this is not niche at all, and it was a great topic to write for. hope you get migraines less often and the experience is less painful to you ♡

Getting home by 2pm wasn't on your plans when you left for work this morning, but you were glad your boss had been kind enough to give you the rest of the day off. Pushing the front door closed behind you, mentally cursing yourself for the slight elevation of decibels that caused a sharp twinge in your head, you rested it against the door as you tried to control your balance till you could get into your bed.

Migraines were to you what the Joker was to Batman. Your greatest enemy. Having been suffering from it since you were a teenager. And they always seemed to appear out of nowhere, as before you got to work you had been feeling just fine.

Somehow, you managed to get into your bedroom, close the drapes and drop off on your bed, falling asleep with a bit difficulty, but finally surrendering to it at some point.

When you woke up some time later, the room was now completely dark and from your bed you could barely see your clock showing you it was way past your dinner time. Your head was still heavy, but you forced yourself to turn around, not remembering when you had gone under the covers... Or changed your clothes?

You now wore your usual set of pajamas that consisted in loose shorts and one of your boyfriend's sweatshirts. Your heels, that you also didn't remember taking off, were now on a bench you had in your bedroom, and you could see the glint of the TV shining from outside the door. Standing up slowly, you made your way to the living room, knowing full well who you're going to find there.

Your boyfriend, Dick, was laying on the sofa facing the direction of your bedroom door, asleep, but waking up as soon as heard the door open. Not even managing to lift you feet to walk properly, you walked to where he laid with his arms extended to you, trapping you in an embrace once you fell on top of him.

"How's your head." he asked, but you didn't respond, having closed you eyes once more, the sound of his heart beating calming you a little. "Your friend texted me to tell you were sick, so I rushed here to find you spread on your bed still wearing your work clothes, so I changed you out of it and tucked you in your bed. I had to go back to work, but I made a video call to your phone and had it on to keep checking if you were okay."

Upon hearing this, you tightened your arms around him as strong as you could, tears filling your eyes not just from the sudden pain you felt, but from how fucking sweet was your boyfriend. You truly felt like you didn't deserve him, yet here he was taking care of you. He caressed the back of your head, the act distracting you from the pain for while.

"Here, I got you some medicine." you felt him move to grab something from the end table and lifting you up a bit he held your chin up while putting the pill in your mouth and giving you some water to swallow it from a bottle. After putting everything away, he apologized for arranging you on top of his, going back to caressing your head while leaving small kisses on your forehead.

You didn't know when you feel asleep again, or when he took you back to you bed. You just woke up the following morning with no headache, your boyfriend's arms still wrapped around you, and the certainty that whatever pain came, he'd always be by your side.

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send in prompt requests for blurb night ♡

[oddclangen]

40 Moon - Greenleaf part 2

40 moon p1 - 40 moon p3

Hazelgoat closes her eyes and soon the cold walls of the cave change to the warm wind of StarClan.

When she open her eyes the a familiar cat looking at her. Hazelgoat surprised that she can see him so clearly.

"Fleckglint who..." but before she can finish previous deputy interrupts her.

"You will learn about it later, dont worry," he smiles "for now i can't say a thing, nothing went as this cat planned after all."

Hazelgoat was confused by his statement, seems like something doesn't let Fleckglint tell her everything.

"Seems like am the one to start this one," Fleckglint continued, "kinda ironic when i think about it."

"Everything will be alright?" Hazelgoat nervously asks.

"It Should be," he tried to cheer her up with reassuring smile and the stepped forward. "i give you life for mercy, may you have it for friends and enemies."

Suddenly Hazelgoat felt how life rushed into her, barely able to stand she wasnt sure that she will be able to take all the lives before collapsing.

"It's must be hurd isnt it?"

Hazelgoat lifted her head, before now stood Softwillow. He looked at her with mix of pity and concern.

"Dont worry, not all lives would feel so bad" he continued, coming a bit closer. "I giving you life for bravery, you will need it to lead clan to the future."

Suddenly Hazelgoat felt much better, this live didnt bring any paint, but a sense of... relive? Maybe it's what Softwillow wants her to feel.

Whith small now he goes to the side to his father.

Next cat makes himself known vary quickly.

"Gosh you look terrible," Skyrain mewed with hir usual smug smile.

"Ah, well..." Hazelgoat didnt know what to say back, she really never was good at talking back at him.

Skyrain look became more sympathetic, "well what can you do a leader is a leader." he laughed to himself "You know what, i am going to give you life for certainty and you going to become a great leader alright?"

Hazelgoat awkwardly smiled as Skyrain pressed his nose to her head.

"And no wasting it okay?" Skyrain said before leaving to the side.

Hazelgoat respectfully noded wondering to herself how does it feels to loose a live while knowing you will return, not like she wanted to try.

"Is this the next leader?" She heard young voice from the side.

Three cats now stood in front of her two apprentices Riverpaw and Elmpaw, third one was Bluebellkit happily jumping around her.

"I go first, i go fist!" Bluebellkit jumped right in front of Hazelgoat, she could see that apprentices didnt really liked it, but couldn't object.

Proudly fluffing up his chest Bluebellkit said. "I Bluebellkit giving you life for hope, because it's cool!" then he quickly jumped back.

"Ha-ha so funny," sarcasticly remarked Elmpaw stepping forward. "i giving you live for instincts, because its something we should rely on."

Looking how Elmpaw stepping away, Hazelgoat couldn't help herself but think that maybe when thay found young apprentice body it the forest he couldnt rely on his instinct, and perished from some angry beast.

She was so deep in thoughts that didnt notice Riverpaw already in front of her, which made her jump a little.

"Dont worry," Riverpaw said, "Shystar told me if you would be unfit to lead a Clan you would not make it here.

This words didnt make Hazelgoat feel better, but Riverpaw didnt notice and continued.

" I am giving you life for justice, every leader need one like that."

With this words he slipped away making room for next cat.

She didnt recognize the next cat at first, after all Hazelgoat barely knew Wishfeather. She seemed calm and relaxed. Not wasting any time she dipped her head to Hazelgoat and said.

"I giving you life for sympathy, for cats of all places. dont worry will be done soon."

She smiled at Hazelgoat, and with small nod walked away.

Next cat was trying to not look directly Hazelgoat in the eyes.

She recognized Duzzlefuzz, maybe he was still feeling guilty over that rabbit? But that wasnt really his fault.

" I am going to make this quick, okay?" he was ready ti jump away at any time.

Hazelgoat noded, and Duzzlefuzz continues, "I giving you life for confidence, no matter what you think clan will do well with you as a leader."

Before Hazelgoat could say anything he jumped away.

"We almost done." Shystar appeared next to her.

"Is every leader ceremony so chaotic," Hazelgoat murmered.

"Well we can't really dwell on things do we?" She answered with a smile.

Shystar looked much younger then Hazelstar could ever remember. Maybe that a normal thing in StarClan?

"I am Shystar previous leader of our Clan giving you life for endurance in the face of Hardship." She looked at new leader with cetran confidence in her eyes, "From now on your name will be Hazelstar, guardian of our clan!"

Hazelstar could hear dozen of cats yowling her name in support. StarClan celebrating the new leader,

[starlooove]

Hello! What about Duke Thomas made you like him so much??

I've been checking out his tag cause I saw some really cool fanart of him, so now I'm curious on what makes his character so appealing

AWHWHW sorry pls bare with me I’m scatterbrained but like. In a sentence I love that Duke is someone who presses forward despite everything! Like this is draft two bc my first answer was just listing character traits which wasn’t the question; but what I personally adore about him is that he just doesn’t stop moving.

It sounds weird but like. To me he gives refusal to die, refusal to settle, refusal to give up. When riddler took Gotham Duke was certain HE’D be the one to save them if he tried hard enough, when Bruce lost his memories Duke tried to get him back and then pushed forward with his own plans with the certainty that Batman would come back - whether through him or not, when his parents went missing he said fuck the system and went after them anyways and that’s just like. Off the top of my head. Like as corny as it sounds Duke lowkey embodies what I love about Batman - the whole indomitable human spirit or however you say that and it’s by far my favorite trait bc I don’t even think he’s aware of it? Like he actively plays at not caring about the Robin movement and just wanting to find his parents but like 3 hours later he’s texting them going ‘but like what are the details if I joined lol. Like hypothetically.” He actively fights Damian until he agrees with him, becomes a leader within the movement until Bruce is back whilst dodging gcpd, and Bruce literally had to dress up as karma for Duke to admit maybe it did fuck him up a little - all for him to still be like “I’m not good enough :(‘.

And I know that all seems like shit he just did but I promise his mindset during these things is so fascinating to me bc it’s like he simultaneously understands not many others would do this whilst also holding it as bare minimum/base standards. Like I make joke posts about him being a hardass but tbh he doesnt judge anyone half as hard as he judges himself - he understands bad circumstances, plans going left, differing povs - all until he makes a mistake; then he sucks and needs to be better. He’s also just hilarious like I didn’t read him in chrono order so the first thing I saw was him in a fight with some girls brother bc he heard Duke was flirting with her and idk an opening like that just cemented him as cool to me.

ALSO (from the tags!) I ADOREEEEEE HOW MUCH HE LOVES THE ADRENALINE/RUSH OF FIGHTING! Like Duke got in a lot of fights while his parent were missing and besides the obvious acting out bc he’s hurt he also just genuinely loves the rush of it - like not my interpretation he outright says it! And i need to do a reread for him bc I feel like it wasn’t mentioned a lot but if the og fight was the hook, the adrenaline line is what reeled me in and keeping it in mind while reading stories of him going off on his own for the good of Gotham adds another layer to it bc it’s not SOLEY necessity for him! Like things happened to line up where there was always a void that needed to be filled when he got involved in anything but it genuinely feels like duke wouldve been here no matter the circumstances. like even in civilian aus the way duke as a character is set up makes it so that it feels like - to me anyways- theres no world in which hes not doing or striving towards something! duke isnt the type to just be comfortable, bad wording, but hes just a very hungry character to me - if for an adventure or a solution. Its conveniently been both for most of his career but im very interested for what happens internally when those two clash - which. i personally think the nature of his powers and gnomon could bring that out beautifully!

[peachjagiya]

https://www.tumblr.com/peachjagiya/751789107975520256/im-kinda-sick-of-waiting-around-to-find-out-if?source=share

Anon i feel the exact same way as you. I dont have a solution but i find it works best for me when i think of taekook as a fictional couple that i enjoy and love and that no one will ever be able to take away from me (i read and write fanfiction for one) and then the members as they are i take them as they are and what is presented to me. This excludes their private lives pretty heavily. In real life, though i want nothing more than for them to be ”real”, what i love about them is their bond. I dont go crazy with all the ”theories” that to me all seem like shippers choosing what they believe based on what aligns with their ship. And thats fine! But i cant delude myself like that. So what works best for me is: we will never know with absolute certainty what goes on behind the scenes. And thats how it should be. These are not our lives, its people who are actually strangers to us private lives. When taennie and paris happened, i obsessed over it, followed it compulsively. And eventually i was like. What the fuck am i doing? None of this, NONE OF THIS, has ANY impact on my life. I have nothing to do with it, and no agency in it because its got nothing to do with me. I cant control anything about it. Yes, I want taekook to be real, but at the end of the day, what does that matter to me? If i just want the relationship i can just daydream about it, them being real or not isnt actually going to make me any more part of it anyway (lol). Now i know that not just quitting them and instead staying with them could still be perpetating my problem but i hope i can continue to respect their private lifes. And i realize sending this to a theorizing shipping blog is kind of ironic, i do think theorizing is sort of inherently invasive (and rps in general so like myself included) but utlimately harmless as long as you stay respectful, they are public figures after all (please okay i mean no disrespect to you peachjagiya) So yeah, when that video with jk and the girl came out i was basically over it. My stance is that has nothing to do with me (and if its real i should not be able to see it and thats stalking and a gross invasion of privacy (same with the leaked taennie pics (although they are edited as hell))) so i do not have an opinion. I still love taekook. Are they real? A part of me is always going to believe that. But no, not that we know, and we can never know. But in any case, theyre real to me❤️ Hope this helps, if not then at least know youre not alone feeling this way (unless you dont wanna align yourself with my crazy lol), and i think some sort of distancing is healthy, not in a ”i dont care about them anymore” (like they mean so much to me, how could i ever do that), just another way of thinking about them. Yes its frustrating not to know but only if that knowledge matters to you. And maybe in the ways that matter (am i speaking in tongues rn) you’ll find it actually doesnt? All the love to anon and this blog 🦋💜

Some words for fed up anon and some ways of thinking about it. 💜

Just adding this second clarifying ask from anon:

No offence taken. I actually think a lot of what we talk about here isn't necessarily romantic. It's often in defence of their closeness in general because a lot of people seem to believe it simply doesn't exist. And in the course of denying their closeness, or minimising their importance to one another, there's a lot of anti-Tae sentiment, a lot of painting JK as something he's not, a lot of bending of ideas to fit weird narratives. That irritates me as a Tae/JK bias so I sometimes feel like I'm just battling that.

That's not to say we don't suggest romance. We definitely do. 😌 But you're right. You gotta protect yourself from potential upset or the weariness of never finding out by accepting that you're never operating at 100% certainty.

I don't think there's prizes for loyalty at the end. If they are a couple, there's no bragging rights if you never had a moment of doubt. JK and Tae aren't personally going to come to your house to congratulate you for never wavering. They are real people, not points to be had.

Sometimes we theorise and make jokes but hopefully it's a respectful vibe? I also hope people would let me know if the vibe got disrespectful.

Just because I'm worried how some people get:

Do I think they're a couple? Yes.

Will I continue to view them through that lens? Yes.

Am I putting my life savings and personal happiness on it? Absolutely definitely no.

Thanks anon 💜

Edit to add:

Taekook will stay cute! 🥰😘 😍

[9w1ft]

i only recently found out about the whole gaylor theories and i didn’t even know it existed bc i dont use any other social media platform so i just listened to her music and i can say with certainty that i had never ever thought of it that way.. like everything was in front of me but it never even crossed my mind so i just kept listening to her music but now that i see it there is just too much to be ignored.. take ciwyw for example why does she have to pronounce the word call in such a weird way it literally feels more right if you sing karlie what you want. it just does there is no denying it. and also ive noticed that even though she apparently has been in such happy phases of her life her music has always had a sad tone to it and i have always wondered why.. what is this sadness that clearly isnt about some guy but much deeper than that and i think after exploring gaylor on tumblr i finally found some answers. it does sound crazy but it is probably true. in that case im happy she is happy

and as for the swifties who refuse to admit even the possibility of this being real after listening to the facts that is just crazy to me

welcome!!

[slightlyrebelliouswriter23]

hii emmm i really hope this isnt a weird question or anything but i was wondering if you think holly would ever write a sex scene (or anything of the sort) with oak and wren? she's never been very descriptive when it comes to those type of scenes in her other works, and even in tfota when jude because sexually active she was already 18 (i believe?) while oak is still underage. do you think this will prevent her from engaging in those type of scenes with oak in the future?

hiya nonnie! not a weird question at all, thank you for trusting me with this 🖤

so as a writer, there are three primary kinds of sex scenes:

fade to black- usually goes a little like this: "they removed their clothes and kissed and kissed between the sheets and on into the night" and then the chapter ends, and in the next chapter, it's implied they had sex.

soft focus- in these scenes, there is a pretty brief (0.5-1 page), sometimes very vague description of what they're doing, but it's still clear they're having sex.

explicit- no holds barred. these guys fucked, and i'll tell you exactly what happened.

i'd place most YA sex scenes, including TFOTA, at a 2 (soft focus), although in recent years, things have definitely been allowed to be more explicit in the YA category.

but explicit sex scenes are definitely not required. in Holly's adult novel, Book of Night, the sex scenes are even less explicit than TFOTA. i'd honestly put them at a 1 (fade to black), even though the main characters are about a decade past the legal age of consent.

i think an author's choice to include explicit sex scenes is less about the age of the characters (and i'd say this is particularly the case in Faerie, because sexuality and sex are said to be more fluid/accepted there), and more about the author's own comfort level/how much the plot of the novel pertains to romance.

Holly has said in the past that when she first wrote the sex scene between Jude and Cardan in TWK, her editor made her make it longer. and from an editing standpoint, this makes sense. because (and i know there will be people who disagree but) romance is actually a pretty big part of the plot for TFOTA.

i can't say with complete certainty what Holly will write in terms of Wren and Oak's romance. oftentimes, sex scenes in literature are used to further romantic implications between two characters. this works especially well when it's unclear whether or not the two characters have feelings for each other (i.e. enemies-to-lovers). and i'd say Oak and Wren's feelings for each other are unclear (at least to each other) at the end of TSH.

my guess is, if there are any sex scenes at all in this next instalment, they will be handled in a similar way to the ones in TFOTA.

–Em 🖤🗡️

more theories & analysis

[destinyc1020]

Yep, im guessing mayb marriage/kids was something Vanessa didnt care about at the beginning (they were both young) bt changed her mind with later but nt something he wanted/cared for. And thats fine, bt she learned with Cole to communicate her current needs for that and having a family was smthn he seemed to want too so good for them!

Im nt sure if Austin has ever mentioned wanting kids/wife/family of his own (bt somebody correct me if im wrong)? Bt i doubt 20 yr old (when they 1st were dating) Kaia was communicating that she wanted a family in the future n pretty sure 22 yr old Kaia still isnt really thinking of kids rn lol. Both seem focused on their careers so it works for both of them. If they last I guess it'll b a different story

Yep, im guessing mayb marriage/kids was something Vanessa didnt care about at the beginning (they were both young) bt changed her mind with later but nt something he wanted/cared for.

Yea, and that's perfectly fine! TRUST me, I was NOT thinking about marriage and kids in my early 20s either ROTFL 🤣 I actually think it's better to get married in your 30s, but that's just me lol. 👀

I'm just saying, once you as a woman (cuz let's face it, we have a ticking biological clock that has more of a time limit than for men) realize that you want marriage and kids with that man, there is nothing wrong with making that absolutely clear and even bouncing if you're not getting it in the time frame that you want it. It's not being selfish, it's just allowing you to find what you want and need, and allowing him to find what he wants and needs. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I sorta get the feeling that neither Austin or Vanessa really wanted to pull the plug cuz they both loved each other and were together for a long time and saw each other through a lot, but sometimes, that's the most loving thing to do.

I actually don't know if Austin wants those things. It doesn't mean that he doesn't, it just means that I haven't heard him be asked those questions and he hasn't talked about them himself. So I can't say with certainty whether he does or he doesn't tbh. 🤷🏾‍♀️ He's pretty PRIVATE about his love life.

All I know is that Vanessa asked Cole right up front about his stance on a lot of things before they started dating (she's a woman in her 30's now after all, so she didn't have time to waste) and he just happened to be on the same page as her, so she got what she wanted in the end! 😁

Im nt sure if Austin has ever mentioned wanting kids/wife/family of his own (bt somebody correct me if im wrong)? Bt i doubt 20 yr old (when they 1st were dating) Kaia was communicating that she wanted a family in the future n pretty sure 22 yr old Kaia still isnt really thinking of kids rn lol.

#REALTALK I actually think he's with Kaia cuz she's NOT going to be pressuring him to get married anytime soon. 👀 To me, it's obvious he's focused on his career rn. I mean, he could still get married while building his career if he feels like Gerber Baby is the one lol, but I think for him, his dreams are JUST now coming true, and he's JUST starting to get established and secure in the industry after 20 years in the business, so Idk if I see him settling down anytime soon rn. But I could be wrong of course. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Sometimes, two people are good together but just with each other at the wrong time in life. That's what I feel Austin and Vanessa were. Maybe the right person, but just the wrong time?? IF they had started dating each other NOW instead of 14 years ago, I think their outcome might have been different. JMHO

[narusaku-headcanons]

🍜🍥Headcanon Submission 🍜🍥

Naruto asks Sakura the question he should have during the Last. Why does she love Sasuke? She thinks for a moment and can’t bring up a concrete reasoning as to why she does, she thinks of their interaction regarding her large charming forehead but as the years drug on and Sakura thought of it more and more she had suspicions that maybe it wasn’t Sasuke at all. (Note: In this Naruto isn’t exactly ‘understanding’ when Sakura questions his knowledge of love) Later months after the mission to save Hinata/world Sakura finds herself traveling the winding path towards the long abandoned Uzumaki Compound (always found it kinda stupid that Naruto or MinaKushi never lived in her clans home that was shown during Kushinas flash backs in the village) Finding out through the rumor mill that Naruto had finally moved from his apartment to the home on the very outskirts of the village. The forest that’s encompasses the path turns into a carefully cultivated orchard of cherry blossoms. With confidence she continues her journey to his home. She hesitates as she gets to the door unsure if should just go in or knock. The irritation of the last few months gets the better of her and she barges in. The living room is more modern than she expects and she finds Naruto sitting in a sheet covered love seat seemingly waiting for her. She noticed the differences in his appearance, she isnt proud of it but she had been avoiding him since the mission and he had allowed his hair to grow out some. He doesn’t question why she’s here or why she barged in. He simply says he’s been meaning to talk to her.

Sakura begins by answering his question from the mission that she doesn’t know why she loves Sasuke. She confesses that maybe she doesn’t anymore or maybe never really did, that he had no right in questioning who she loves or why she does.

Naruto asks why she gets to question who he loves? She can’t answer that question but says he deserves to be happy with Hinata. Naruto says with absolute certainty he wouldn’t be happy with Hinata, that the person he would be happy with was the women who was his rock, who believed in his dream from beginning, who believed upright and from the front not one who he barely noticed. He goes to say the women he loves would have to be there for him, be his most treasured advisor and confidant at home and in the political workings of the world and he would reciprocate those same conditions to his lover above all else. Then he says, “Everyone is saying I deserve this or that, that I deserve to be happy.”

“What about what I want?” He questions lowly, staring directly into her eyes.

“What do you want?” She asks back.

“I think we both know the answer to that, the only question is what do you want?”

She thinks, never taking her eyes of his (during her thoughts on Sasuke she keeps thinking about all the reasons she loves Naruto)

“I want what you want, your dreams, your love if you’ll have me.” She says and those feelings she’s feared and questioned for the past four years suddenly seem like such trivial things as they share their first kiss.

Submission by @gators5

[letsasoiaftogether]

Targaryen x Otto Hightower...

...IMAGINE being the younger sister to Viserys and Daemon, and having some sort of tension with the Hand of the King that comes to a head a few months after the death of Queen Aemma

(I suck at summaries lmao/this is based between episode 1 and 2)

Word Count: 2,473

Warning: Character death (canon)! Death of an infant (canon)! FIRST ATTEMPT AT WRITING CHARACTER/S (so I apologize in advance for that!)

A/N: OKAYYYYYYYYY, this is my first EVER attempt at writing for Otto Hightower! SHOW!based as I’m not too knowledgeable about book!canon dance of the dragons stuff. I REALLY enjoyed writing this! I don’t know why but Otto Hightower just...has me in his grasp lmao wrote this in like three hours if that tells you how strongly I felt for this idea! lol I hope you all enjoy it! And thank you for giving it a chance!

(p.s. I’ve tagged this asoiaf and hotd, but should I tag these as got? lmao is this still technically game of thrones? how is everyone else describing this show? game of thrones? JUST a song of ice and fire and house of the dragon? lmao)

(GIF ISNT MINE)

Your brother’s wife and son had only been dead for a few days when the talk of the succession started anew – just as bad as it had been for the last few years, but more urgent now that the King of Westeros was a widow.

By the precedent set at the Great Council eleven years earlier, your youngest-oldest brother, Daemon, was Viserys’ heir, but very few were fond of that idea and wanted either Princess Rhaenyra to be named heir or for Viserys to remarry and try for another male heir. The fact that the mourning period had even begun, that your House was hurting, didn’t seem to matter to the Small Council.

Logically, it didn’t matter. The realm needed certainties, not maybes, but that decision didn’t need to be made right then. Not that night. Or even that month.

Viserys was healthy, Daemon and Rhaenyra were healthy. Daemon was healthy enough to have children (if he ever decided to do so), and Rhaenyra was old enough to be betrothed (at the least) and married within the next year or two.

Seven hells, there was you even. Widowed for three years from a second son of House Tyrell, and the mother to two sons (neither who were likely to inherit Highgarden). You could be an heir to your brother if Viserys willed it, or your sons could until Daemon or Rhaenyra produced one.

All of this, and more, was what you informed the Small Council that night as you stood next to your King’s chair in the Small Council chambers, your hand tightening around his shoulder to give him some, silent comfort in the whole mess.

“…even if my brother agrees to remarry, the mourning period is a year. Unless I am mistaken, My Lord Hand.” You threw a sharp look at Otto, silently begging him to try and argue with you. Like you and Viserys, Otto was a widow as well – his wife having died just shy of two years earlier.

“You are not, Princess.” The man smiled, tightly, but softly at your words. The two of you hadn’t always been at odds. Often, the two of you were quite a united front at keeping Viserys on track and the realm prospering, but Otto had grown ambitious in the time since his dear, lady wife’s passing.

“Alright then,” you offered a small smile of your own and threw a glance around the room at the others in attendance, “The mourning period will be respected or there will be consequences.” Two heart beats, waiting to see if any of the men were going to argue or try to talk down to you. “If talks must be had, leave them for six moons. Allow our King to put the memory and his love for our, sweet Aemma to rest.”

Viserys sighed and you caught his gaze, the two of you smiling fondly at one another as your eldest brother took your hand in his own and brought it to his lips, kissing your knuckles. His sweet smile melted your heart. He was a good, gentle man, and he always tried to keep the peace in his House and his kingdoms…

“Now,” you murmured, leaning down to kiss his forehead just as your grandmother Alysanne used to do when you were a little girl, “I’m going to look in on my niece and the boys. Try to get some rest, Your Grace, please.”

“Give them all a goodnight from me, please.” Viserys whispered and squeezed your hand as you pulled away.

You promised that you would and then dropped into a perfect curtsy, wishing the Lords, knights, and Maester of the Small Council “the gentlest dreams” before leaving the room.

The Red Keep was dark, cold, and silent. With the King’s grief, the entirety of the royal court had taken to mourning as well, taking every voice from the halls, and leaving only whispers in the shadows.

Otto has always hated Daemon. He doesn’t want Rhaenyra, but he would back her if she was his only option.

Lyonel is loyal and intelligent. He knows that no one would truly follow Rhaenyra. They will only use her until someone better, someone with a cock came around.

Corlys backs Daemon and then Rhaenys. It’s only natural he would back his wife, but is it because he feels my cousin deserves the throne? Or is it because he craves the throne for himself?

The others would pretend to not have sides, but it was a lie. They all had their own agendas covered with the lie of being best for the realm.

“I was told, once, by a Lord of Winterfell, that the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.” The voice of your father, Prince Baelon the Brave, came to you suddenly and you had to catch yourself on the wall as loneliness and a long-buried grief came rushing to the surface of your heart, “It is the same for us, for Targaryens. One of us may die, but we are only at our strongest when we are united.”

You were ten when your Prince-Father told you that, and seven years later he was dead. His death is what prompted the calling of the Great Council later that same year. You hadn’t understood his words for a long time, but now…now you understood.

Everyone is frightened of House Targaryen because of the dragons. Without them, there is no true reason to have your family as the ruling House of Westeros. The realm followed the commands of the King on the Iron Throne only far enough to not be seen as treasonous; otherwise, they were self-serving and didn’t truly have your House’s interests at heart.

Daemon is seen as a cruel monster, the second coming of Maegor the Cruel. Rhaenyra is a girl of near fifteen; they wouldn’t easily follow her now just as they weren’t willing to follow Rhaenys eleven years earlier. And Viserys…the King was gentle and open handed, but he was so naïve that there was no way it wouldn’t come back to hurt the House of the Dragon once he was gone.

“Your Highness?”

A gasp slipped past your lips at the sudden voice, your head snapping up to stare at the servant who stood some feet away – hesitant and skittish. It was only then you realized you were crying and shaking, your face had been in your hands when the young girl’s voice had pulled you out of your grief-filled-thoughts.

“Oh,” clearing your throat, you wiped at your cheeks with the sleeve of your dress and tried to look as presentable as possible in your condition, “Forgive me I…it…”

The girl – not much older than your niece – smiled shyly and stepped forward, “Pardons, Your Highness.” She pressed something into your hand before curtsying and hurrying away, up the stairs to wherever she was meant to be.

It was a handkerchief and a small gesture, but you appreciated it, nonetheless.

Wiping at your eyes and blowing your nose, you took a few moments to pull yourself together before continuing back to the royal apartments to hold your sons and your niece.

*

“You’ve been sending Alicent to the King’s chambers.”

There was no point in trying to pass it off as a question. The two of you had known each other for far too long for you to try and play ignorant with him. Admittedly, you hadn’t meant to open the conversation with that but the moment you were let into his office within the Tower of the Hand, your gaze landing on him seated behind his desk, the words fell from your lips on their own.

Otto had looked up the moment you were announced, and as you accused him of overstepping by sending his daughter to Viserys over the last two months, he sighed and stood. “Princess,” he bowed and waved the guard away.

Once the door was shut and you had moved closer, putting only his desk between you and him, you asked, “To comfort him only, My Lord Hand? Or something else?”

“Alicent is looking after the King just as she did the last one, Princess. She feels…”

“You feel,” you corrected with a raised brow, arms crossing over your chest as you said, “Please, Otto, do not treat me like I’m stupid. Lady Alicent is doing as you and your brother have commanded her to do. It’s a risky game,”

“Your Highness,” the Hand began to say only to stop as you raised your hand, silencing him even if it pained him to do so (if the fisting of his hands at his sides was anything to go off of).

“Making your daughter the King’s mistress…” you let your voice trail off as you tried to bite back your temper and tried to think a dozen steps ahead of the man in front of you. “…I adore Alicent, just as I adore Rhaenyra, My Lord Hand. And as a widow, myself, I understand how our King – my brother – is feeling. Of course, only a fraction. Viserys loved Aemma far more than I loved my late husband. My brother and his wife had far more time together, of course, for me to fully grasp their devotion for each other.” Shaking your head, you moved around the desk and grabbed Otto’s hand in both of yours, trying to get him to see reason – to think carefully about whatever it was he was planning.

Holding his gaze, you whispered, “Viserys is not ready to move on. If he takes Alicent now…in any capacity…it will be nowhere near what your daughter deserves, Ser. Someone must be a voice for Alicent while Viserys is the voice for his grief and broken dreams, as you are the voice of the High Tower.”

Otto was silent for a long moment after you had finished speaking, his gaze locked onto yours.

His other hand had come up to cover yours covering his as you finished speaking. He had moved closer to you when you rounded the side of the desk, naturally towering over you in a way that felt comforting when you were younger, but now often left you…confused.

There had been a strange tension between the two of you for months, years maybe, that you had purposefully ignored – not yet ready to admit to yourself what you knew, deep down. It was never much of a problem until moments like this. When the two of you were on opposite sides, and although you felt strongly about your own opinions, more than anything you wanted to agree with him – to see things his way – if just to avoid hurt feelings and resentments.

“As the Hand of the King, I must do what is best for the realm.”

“Obviously,” you laughed, smiling teasingly as you tried to push away the nerves that were beginning to creep into your stomach.

The corner of his mouth twitched into a smile of his own as Otto continued to speak, “You don’t want Viserys to remarry, but I think we both know that he will not last without a companion of some sorts.”

You scoffed and rolled your eyes, pulling your hands free of his, “And you think Alicent is the best to do this? Better than…myself? Or some older noble woman from some other House?”

His jaw ticked as he questioned, “Would you prefer to be in her place instead, Your Highness?”

There was something about the way he asked it that set you off. Normally, you wouldn’t have been snappy or oversensitive, but something about the way he had worded his question – even with his voice being so monotone and impassive – made you defensively spit out, “Well, I have proven to be fertile and capable of producing male heirs which is the only true reason my brother would need to remarry, Ser. What does Alicent have besides a pretty face and ambitious relations?”

The Hand of the King who had served your grandsire and your brother, for many years, looked at you with a cool look that gave next to nothing away. If your words upset him more than they (naturally) would anger any man, you couldn’t tell. But he was bothered by them in some amount. Otto Hightower was too proud of his House and the name that had been made for it to feel indifferent toward your insult.

“I will ask this again.” Otto finally murmured, reaching out to brush a strand of hair behind your ear, his hand then moving to grab the back of your neck as if to keep you from fleeing the room (and the conversation), “Do you want to be the Queen of Westeros?”

You laughed, breathlessly, and shook your head.

All amusement was gone from you despite your short laugh. How could he ask that of you? How long had the two of you known each other? How many times had you commented on how being the King or Queen felt lonely and tiresome and suffocating? Did he think you had been lying all those years? Simply saying those things because Aemma existed and was Queen at the time making it impossible for you to be?

Grabbing his wrist, huffing when his grip only tightened when you tried to pull free of his hold, you finally answered his question by saying, “I want to be a mother to my sons, a mother-figure to my niece who is now without a mother, and an advisor and companion to my King. You know I’m not interested in Viserys like that, Otto. I would be a poor wife for him. I would be more likely to bed Daemon or Corlys before I would even consider doing such acts with His Grace.” And there was zero desire in your body to bed either the Rogue Prince and/or the Sea Snake.

Otto leaned downward and smiled to himself, “That…is good to hear, Your Highness.”

You opened your mouth to hiss some half-ass attempt at an insult at him, once again calling him out for his ambitions regarding Alicent and Viserys, but any thought of doing so flew out the window when the lips of the Hand of the King were suddenly pressed into yours.

He…Otto Hightower is…kissing me?

His free hand – the one not clutching painfully tight at the back of your neck – grabbed your hip and shoved you back against his desk, his body pressing into your own, drawing every bit of air from your lungs as he kissed you.

Your eyes widened, a gasp rushing from your mouth into his own as realization struck you of what was happening.

And then your hands flew up to grab at his upper arms, your eyes snapping shut as you kissed him back.

What in the Seven Hells is happening?

And why am I not pushing him away?