#i am so excited for this au

[jinlias]

— home can be a person | ryujin

a/n: this was inspired on a poem that really did a number on me, but then i fell in love with the idea i was creating so i might turn this into an au! of course, there’s no one else i can picture but her. this is a bit long, so sit tight.

<3 college club leader! reader. vet school! students ryujin and reader

what a strange home.

no white picket fence, but it does have two brown eyes

you never understood how people could fall for someone’s eyes. sure, some people had incredibly beautiful eyes, but that was about it. no other pair of orbs had ever captured your attention but hers.

they’re warm, welcoming and so understanding. you had a feeling they would stick around for longer since the moment you stumbled upon them.

“hello! i’m y/n. the leader of the organization. just to let you know there is no pressure to sign up. but im here to help if you have any questions” you had already started talking as soon as you felt the presence, you hadn’t bothered to look up from the pamphlets you were purposely scattering to make presentable. and when you did, you regret having done it so late.

because there she was, bright, doe eyes paying all the attention to you as you speak.. and then she nods and gives you the most delicate smile you’ve ever seen. you are mesmerized.

she proceeds to run her eyes across the many photos and informational pamphlets before grabbing one and skimming through it.

“how exactly does this work? we just rescue animals and help them survive?”

“well, im glad you asked” you had to gulp once out of your trance and nod, opening one of the white binders close to you. “do you just like animals or are you majoring in something close?”

“both” she smiles softly, she looks like she’s dying to speak of it, like she’s truly passionate about her career choice. “im in my first year of vet school, you?”

“sophomore” the warm smile you send back has her ears turning hot. “okay, so. i don’t know how far you’ve been oriented, but we have a shelter just out of campus. it belongs to us, but that way visitors won’t have to come over and can just focus on finding the right companion”

you keep showing her photos of maps and different angles of the shelter, both inside and out. when you look up, she’s already admiring you, but she nods to let you know she’s still listening.

“right, on campus we have a clinic, anyone from freshman to seniors can join our club and in said clinic we treat the animals we rescue, once they’re healthy and happy, we transfer them to the shelter”

“wow” she chuckles in awe, covering her mouth and swallowing hard as her eyes water at all the before and after pictures.

“yeah” you chuckle with her, enjoying the view. “we also gather a few times a month to hold fundraisers and adoption centers for both alumni’s and not…” you lean over the table and put a hand on your mouth as if to tell her a secret “you’d be surprised how many ra’s turn a blind eye to students with pets”

her eyes widen as she nods slowly.

“so, have i caught your interest…” you let her finish the sentence for you

“ryujin” she smiles again. “and yes. you have. where do i sign up?”

“here you go” you hand her a sheet and a pen “ryujin, has a nice roll to the tongue.”

“thanks, apparently it means strength and nobleness” she smiles as she finishes writing her full name and phone number (per the sheet’s request) “so, y/n. just a sophomore and you’re already the leader. care to discuss how you pulled that off over coffee?”

it’s your turn to get shy and hot. both your ears and cheeks as your smile goes to an o shape and back to a smile. “i don’t mean to be a buzzkill, but i have to be here until five?”

“that’s okay, i have a class at three, maybe i can help you clean up when i’m done and we can head from there?” she watches as you take half a second to think it over and nod.

“it’s a date”

no hardwood floors .. instead, a soft voice

“morning” you had given ryujin a spare to your dorm a few months ago, and every day since you were grateful for your decision, because most of the days she was able to come over a hour before her class and wake you. sometimes she would make you breakfast at her own dorm and bring it over, sometimes she would make right in your own kitchen. “come onnn we have animals to save”

you found it amusing how ryujin flipped your world entirely. you didn’t expect to die alone, you were just content with finishing your studies before focusing on the right person. but the idea of having someone to spend your life with, but they also adored you and looked at you like you put the stars in the sky felt blissful.

you chose to think your love for your career choice was what drove you to wake up so early every morning, but deep down you were aware her voice did most of the heavy lifting.

also, you never thought anyone could love your major more than you, until ryujin. you were so excited to see her everyday, even more so when it had to do with animals, she was so attentive and she really tried to look for any option that would cause them the less pain and anxiety.

like today, your team was scheduled to meet early in the morning and inspect an alley for sick kittens, according to the call you received a few days ago. you were never, ever prepared for what you encountered there though, countless kitties from all different breeds, in inhumane conditions.

“oh my god” ryujin’s voice cracked “c’mere baby, i’m gonna help you. i promise”

in her mission to get one cat’s attention, another also approached. but of course, ryujin offered her embrace to both. they were her responsibility now, just like the three little ones at your feet were yours.

ryujin stood by both of the kittens’ sides as they got all their vaccines, dewormed, spayed.. she sat with them and sometimes sang them to sleep, or she’d cuddle them, tell them about your days together.

and you just watched from afar, too inlove with her to do anything else, you knew from the way she spoke to them she would be home for them too.

no huge backyard,

but it has hands big enough to completely wrap around mine.

no one knew how hard it had been for you and ryujin other than you and ryujin. no one could put themselves in your shoes but each other. no one knew about the late nights you spend making flashcards or asking each other questions. the nights ryujin spent crying because her patients had spent another month at the shelter without any possible adopters. but it had the better moments, of course.

ryujin adopting byul and dallie, moving to your own shared apartment out of campus, meeting your families over the holidays. and just the many, many memories you made together as a couple.

so to have her waiting for you at the other end of the stage after you had just received your diploma brought you all that more peace than just finishing five years of hard work. the way she held your hand and telling you how amazing your speech was, about all the pictures she took while you were on stage. just the pride emanating from her body like a scent, or a vibe..

you were home.

[mizu-writes-kumo]

Pairing: Pre-New Dream

Rating/Warning: T, for light cursing

Summary:

He really should leave her. She was not his problem. Hell, she probably didn’t know he was there. He was lying hidden in the shadow of the roof’s slope and chimney.  He’d flattened himself into it when he first spotted her.  Not that he was overly noticeable before that, but still.  She hadn’t exactly looked up when she checked her surroundings. She would get caught and that would be that. Not his problem. He doesn’t even know her. But… He’s always kind of looked out for younger greener thieves.

AN: Here is the first part of my New Dream Forbidden Love AU that I will hopefully write begin to end. Posted in a lot sooner than expected, but the second part of this AU is a bit long monster of fic, so here we are. I hope you enjoy.

I will put this here as a loose general sort of warning as a safe guard, Rapunzel is 16 in this fic and Eugene is "19" (he thinks he is 19 so we go with that). This fic is just two people meeting for the first time though, so you know...

[blametheeditor]

Shadow Demon

Item#: SCP-8092 

Object Class: Keter 

Threat Level: [REDACTED]

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-8092 is to be kept in a standard 12 x 12 ft cell with one LED light inserted into each square foot of the ceiling to effectively cover every inch in light with no visible shadows. Each LED light must be replaced once every two weeks. If any LED light is to go out, observing personnel must report immediately to replace it as soon as possible. Under no circumstances are any shadows allowed near or inside the room. 

As of Incident 8092-01, only one person is to enter the room at a time with no object on or around their person, wearing a simple jumpsuit without pockets or extra features. 

As of Incident 8092-10, no objects are to be brought into the cell and/or left at any time under no circumstances. This includes but is not limited to tables, chairs, notepads, writing utensils, lab equipment, [REDACTED]. 

As of Incident 8092-16, [REDACTED] is not to be more than one mile away from SCP-8092's cell. 

Description: SCP-8092 is a humanoid second-dimensional shadow that can transverse across any vertical surface and is capable of communicating verbally in any language. It’s previous whereabouts before containment are unknown, the only known location where it resided being [REDACTED].

While SCP-8092 can be mistaken for anyone’s shadow being cast upon a wall from natural light, including when they are walking, upon closer inspection it is revealed that the dark silhouette constantly shifts. The head may form small horns, an elongated nose, or abnormal mouth. The arms often morph into claws or tentacles. The legs become abnormally thin or seem to have different textures. If watched for a few seconds, the ‘shadow’ seems to waver. 

When interacting with another object’s shadow cast upon a vertical surface, it is able to walk into it and then out of any other shadow within a mile radius, the second shadow needing to be cast upon another vertical surface as well. 

Another object’s shadow can also be manipulated to be stretched out further even if the original light source is not moving. The object’s shadow can also be given extra features, including sharp spears, moving as fluid as water, and seemingly to have any kind of appendage including a human hand or leg extending out. 

Only the shadow’s of objects can be manipulated, and it stays as a shadow on the vertical surface unless the object is physically touching the vertical surface, in which its shadow cast on any horizontal surface can be manipulated. However, if an object’s manipulated shadow comes into contact with a person’s shadow, the person will react as if a physical manifestation has interacted with them. 

As of Incident 8092-01, a personnel had been ‘grabbed’ by a clawed hand that reached out from the shadow of a table pressed against a wall, the personnel’s shadow being grabbed by the hand before being yanked to the side, revealing the shadow of their leg in particular was in its grasp. 

They were freed by the hand almost immediately after colliding with the wall and had been admitted to a medical examiner. Other than injuries from the collision, there were no visible signs of where SCP-8092 had grabbed their leg. They were released almost immediately. 

Due to the belief it felt threatened by two personnel entering the room, protocol has changed to only one person inside the room at a time. There have been no further hostile actions since the updated protocol. 

As of Incident 8092-10, the nineth attempt to establish a request for a ‘contract’ ended with a D-Class personnel being fatally injured. Previous to the interaction, it had been warned that drastic measures would be made if insufficient needs were met to create a ‘contract’ with another human. The only personnel provided with permission to create a ‘contact’ had been D-Class, and SCP-8092 noted it can not accept personnel considered expendable. 

After attempting to create a ‘contract’, SCP-8092 created a clawed hand that extended from the table’s shadow and swiftly swiped it through the D-Class personnel’s shadow. Within moments, the D-Class personnel [REDACTED] across the floor. Retrieval of the body was not hindered by SCP-8092 who allowed multiple personnel to come into the room at one time. 

Due to the warning of future identical fatal interactions with D-Class personnel, protocol has changed to strictly no objects inside the room under any circumstances. There have been verbal frustrations over this update from SCP-8092, stating there had been multiple warnings previous to the incident. 

As of Incident 8092-16, SCP-8092 can manifest itself as a full three-dimensional entity. As long as [REDACTED] stays within a mile radius, it can take the form of a 5’9” tall 40 year old male with a strong physique. Its eyes are pure white without pupils, teeth perfectly straight and abnormally white, with the rest of its body a dark purple from head to toe including long hair worn in a ponytail. It wears the site’s janitorial uniform consisting of a short sleeve shirt, pants, and work shoes also the same color purple. 

The shadow of [REDACTED] can also be manipulated and utilized in the third dimension. This includes creating a protective shield that is unable to be broken and creating [REDACTED] used to protect [REDACTED] if it is determined there is a threat. 

SCP-8092 can switch between both forms at its will, though physical contact to a vertical surface is needed before it go back to its shadow form. 

Full report of Incident 8092-16 is classified and can only be accessed by those with a Level 4 security clearance.

[pluto-glow]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Dream SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Wilbur Soot, Alexis | Quackity, Martyn Littlewood | InTheLittleWood Additional Tags: AU, life smp au, DSMP AU, author doesn't know how to use ao3 Series: Part 1 of Guest Life SMP Summary:

“The fuck is a green life?” Quackity snapped, turning to look at the man with blond hair who was definitely taller than Quackity, but shorter than Wilbur. “Oh you guys must be new to the life games, Grian will explain later better than I probably can. I'm Martyn by the way." The blond man responded. "What's a- life game?" Wilbur asked.

[onetimetwotimesthreetimess]

i fully support magnus ‘moving on’ with abigail and then 8 months down the track whilst planning his wedding he starts having these weird deja vu moments but never really remembers anything fully. just little things like the type of flowers feel wrong and the venue doesn’t seem like him. anyway at this point alec is living in europe working on research or something and magnus hasn’t heard from him in months. he ends up having to go to italy for a conference and alec is a guest speaker? they go to dinner and magnus is like wtf? have we been here before? and it’s the place magnus realised he wanted to marry alec but of course alec never knew and magnus randomly blurts it out, end scene.

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS OOOOFFF. ALL YOUR THEORIES ABOUT HOW MAGNUS GETS HIS MEMORIES BACK ARE TOP TIER

I don’t have the entire plot of the fic figured out yet but I do have planned how it’s going to end. And if Magnus will get his memories back or not. I cannot wait for y’all to see how it goes tbh.

[manyrepulsivethoughts]

that one post comparing ruin's and LN2 endings altered my brain chemistry so now have this

[emry-stars-art]

Bringing back my love for aftg tv/actor au

Taken from this post (again) (there’s another one here too btw) by @thespineoftherighteous 😌💕 I love it so much lol

I need to do the "are you flexing your abs rn" one too *sighs* one day

[artofalassa]

The Earring

the missing piece from my Zack Lives AU set in post AC

[bittersweetresilience]

adrien, émilie, home

miraculous ladybug / @anna-scribbles / orbital departure / golden (like daylight) / hearth / thirteen

dedicated to all my brainworms about this family. please read every fic @asukiess and @anna-scribbles have ever written and weep.

[mellytunee]

AHHHHH- i've been having so much fun exploring different aus and @head-in-the-icloud Royal jesters AU has been so cool to discover!! The y/n is so real cause I too would very much try my luck conversing with the fun looking jesters than the princes

ABSOLUTELY cant wait to see where this au goes!! They have written a chapter for it on their A03 here so do check it out if you haven't already!! 🤲🤍🤍🤍

[butterfilledpockets]

B.E.N.T stickers coming soon :) (click for better quality)

a lil sneak peek. may delete later

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

MDZS x Warrior Cats AU (part 1): That boy can meow!

Names and a huge inspiration credits to @clintbeefwoods!

(part 2)

[rorah]

As they talk, Leraye seems to find a comfortable grip on the back of the horse and starts dragging it back and forth across the table, wood skidding on wood. 

"...Who was her father?" he asks slowly. "I don't know. I never got his name. We met at a tavern." "In Fhirdiad?"  "Hm...maybe?" Byleth says. Then, "Oh." "He was blond, I suppose?" Her eyes fixed on his, Byleth nods. "He was." "Caught up in his own troubles? Stumbled out afterwards without so much as asking for your name?" "Something like that," Byleth murmurs. She's pulled Leraye protectively into her lap, but she's watching him with curiosity. Interest.

A Closer Look by Ammeh LERAYE IS BACK 🙌 I am a big sucker for Long biblical fics but this 1.7 k words fic is so tasty and short I can eat up like candy anytime, anywhere, not much time invested and it's perfect. Living in my mind and heart since 2023 🫰. And of course, had to draw these scenes that has been haunting me since that year And tbh I am not done yet LOL I NEED TO DRAW MOOORE

Attaching the whole page to show the references used for this practice.

My original ideas were slightly different in color settings, but I went with the vibrant colors of the references in the end because i can't make bold decisions T__T (and also i love using EVERY COLOR / I struggle using a limited color pallet tbh C': ).

Check the first post here

[majorproblems77]

Linked maze updated which means I'm back! :D

Hello Linked Maze fans! :D

Linked Maze returns with scent pt10, which means I am back to ramble about the small details in the comic because I enjoy it!

If you dont know what Linked Maze is, It's a links meet comic. About the links in a maze.... Self-explanatory really, but trust me it's amazing and I love it. It's great! But also for more mature audiences, so do take care and heed the creator's warnings before going in!

Importantly - Linked Maze and all the art belongs to @linked-maze and its artist @frulleboi, this chapter also had a guest artist, so the second page's art is done by @marenwithanm. And thanks again for the permission to do this! I really enjoy making them!

With that out of the way, My timer is set, grab some snacks and a drink of your choice! And lets get started! :D

We begin with the small bean

He looks so happy, okay, I love him

Aww four, just wanted his sword back. Also here to straight up appreciate the detail with the little ticktacktoe on the scabbard of his sword i love him dearly.

Wolfie looks both Done and worried at the same time.

Also, them discovering Sky's sailcloth! I'm so excited about this okay I want these two groups to find each other so bad.

Also, I was interested cause I dont think we've seen the sailcloth in the story yet. So it's fascinating that it's here. I blame Angel, she has shenanigans that I think work for this. Like imagine when we see Sky and he's like the fuck why do you have my sailcloth I've not seen it since I got here, type thing.

Wind taking charge as he should be.

There's a bunch to unpack here, so just give me a moment.

That's not Sky's sword.

That's Twilight's sword.

The wrappings on the blade and the markings we see on it later match Twilight's sword. (From the character reference sheets.)

Do you have any idea how excited I was when I saw this? Then saw Wolfie's face like

Why the fuck is that there?

I think this tells us two things.

Twilight/wolfie is now able to be armed. So he's got the capability to fight without the wolf form now. So he might transform soon!

Angel/ djævel are using the hero items to bring the groups together for some reason.

But now im considering the implications of having these specific items here. Like, Thats an item from a character from some of the major groups that we know off right now.

Twilight's sword(Twilight, wind) / Sky's sailcloth (Sky,wild,Time) / Four's sword (four, warrior)

Was the idea for them to find it, or for just one of the groups to find it so that they could find the others.

Something to think about.

Moving on!

Me too four... me too

Yes it does. He's sat about five feet from you

Look at his guilty face, he know's but he can't say and he's sad about it.

Warrior looks worried, you think he's thinking of war stuff right now?

A sword planted into the ground with an important item beside it... a sword who they dont know its owner. Its owner who to them could be dead?

Twilight is the only one who know's his sword after all.

Good call Mr. Captain Warrior sir!

Again with the sad wolfie ears, they give me life okay I love him.

Good on Wind for being the one to lead the charge, we need a good vibe like Wind to get us through the shenanigans that I'm sure are going to ensue.

Again Twilight is looking towards his sword. When you think he would be looking towards Wind at this point. But his eyes appear to be looking towards the markings on the sword.

I love his shocked face. He's like

I can't track myself...

Totally not me going to be using this reaction when someone asks me to do something.

Wolfie is the real MVP of this chapter let me tell you right now.

I love this lot they are wonderful

Yes, you look to your sword and think about what you've done.

Sniff sniff out the cinnamon roll wolfie, find him!

Oh man, this update was fun, I got so unbelievably excited about the sword like it's great to basically have a confirmation about something that's been rotating around in my brain since we saw it before.

Thanks again for listening to me ramble my way through another comic update! :D

And thank you again @linked-maze for letting me do this, i will be continuing them (as long as you let me:) ) cause this was so much fun!

Thats me done for this update tho, so I'll be headed out!

Have a great night! :D

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

I was looking at your Halloween posts of the HoM and a thought occurred. Is Ben's extreme fear of ghosts/spirits and stuff related to his experiences with Ghostfreak/Zs'skayr?

And how did such fears affect his initial meeting with Danny?

Yes it is related! Original Ben10 run always gave me an impression that beside Vilgax, Ghostfreak/Zs'skayr left probably one of the most lasting impressions on 10-year-old Ben. After all, imagine you are 10 and you can tranform into aliens, but one of them almost takes over you and nearly kills your family member. Like??? I would be having an existential and identity crisis, not to mention the nightmares about not being able to control your own body and hurting your loved ones???

And sure, he defeated Zs'skayr multiple times, but I like to think that his fear of being controlled/taken over by Zs'skayr (or anyone) left one of the deeper scars on his psyche (amongst like a bajillion of others).

So, yes, that fear and trauma did affect his first meeting with Danny >;) very badly.

Their first encounter was full of misunderstandings and miscommunications all around (sort of like what we see happen between Rex and Ben in Heroes United but even worse) AND it didn't help that Ben was... let's just say, not in the greatest state of mind at that time and Danny didn't have the most rational and calm reactions to the situations either. Both had their own valid reasons, but it's still wasn't very good, lol.

There are also two very important extra circumstances surrounding their meeting that contributed to their reactions, that I dont want to spoil, because it would be more fun to try and tell in a story. xD

And there hopefully will be one, because Danny&Ben first meeting is one of the flashbacks that I had a lot of ideas for AND is important to the AU.

[needlepine]

More thoughts on the Needlebloom au: Alderheart edition

After Needletail was found by Violetpaw and carried back to ThunderClan, she slowly recovered under the care of Alderheart. The two quickly rekindled their friendship and grew closer than ever. It would ultimately be Alderheart who would persuade her to accept Leafstar’s invitation to join SkyClan.

Needlebloom might be trying to be a better cat, but she sees no issue in hopping the border to go say hi to her best friend from time to time :)