#kuro writes

[kurooo-is-here]

I have a request

Could you do one where drayton and kieran both have a crush on fem reader and arven is visiting the reader at the academy and they think Arven likes the reader so they try to get in the way whenever therye hanging out together?

Omg more drama!! 👀 We love to see it

Warnings: None! The boys are just angry lol

Notes: I don't know if you guys have seen the postgame trailer for Scarlet and Violet yet, but I am SO excited to see Arven and the gang again :D

I won't spoil anything, but if you've played both DLCs, you should be able to find the postgame trailer somewhere on YouTube!

Drayton and Kieran Rivalry, plus Arven is visiting

Drayton and Kieran kinda REALLY hate each other. They were already off to a bad start when Kieran beat Drayton and started acting like an asshole, but even after Kieran's redemption arc, Drayton doesn't trust him, not even for a second. Them finding out they both had a crush on the same person amped up the tension even more.

Drayton is slightly clingier around you when Kieran is there. He lets his arm linger on your shoulder for a couple moments longer, but not enough to make anyone suspicious.

Kieran is hostile when he and Drayton are in the same room together. His tone is colder, sharper. He looks pissed off too. The two of them don't fight, they just glare menacingly at each other from across the room.

Things were already tense before Arven showed up, but Arven being there made it ten times worse...

Arven greets you like an old friend. I mean, you are literally his friend, after all- but Drayton is the first to notice and he's immediately suspicious of Arven.

Drayton questions Arven in subtle, yet prying ways. Asks how he and you met, if he considers you a friend, if he really cares for you, all that stuff.

Drayton is also the first to battle Arven after you have your turn battling the sandwich boy. His dragon pokemon seem to understand how Drayton feels, and they are ferocious in battle. Arven loses, but still puts up a good fight.

Kieran, on the other hand... he destroys Arven in battle. His eyes are dark and brooding the whole time, and he doesn't speak unless giving commands to his pokemon. To say he's furious is putting it lightly.

Drayton and Kieran form an unspoken truce of sorts with each other. They make excuses to hang out with you, making sure to exclude Arven or steal your attention away from him whenever possible.

Even if Arven were to reveal he only cares for you platonically, they need to hear it from you as well. And even if you confirm that you don't like Arven that way, their jealousy is still present. It simmers down for sure though, mostly on Drayton's end. Kieran is still quite jealous, and makes it known he and Arven do not care for you the same way.

But if Arven also likes you romantically? Then oh boy... he's in for a heap of trouble. Drayton is persistently by your side every chance he gets, and Kieran is always glaring at Arven when he's around. Poor Arven does NOT feel welcome in the slightest. You try to reassure him that they're just a little protective of you, to which Arven responds, "Only a LITTLE? Y/N, I think they want me dead!"

[hashtagcaneven]

Kuro's Advice for Awesome Fight Scenes

So I heard you want to write a cool fight scene. Rock on.

Running into some trouble though? No sweat, I got you covered.

I compiled this list of 8 Rules I personally use for Kickass Action Scenes for a Discord group of writers and thought it might be useful for others as well.

Rule #1 Fight scenes MUST tell an emotional story.

A fight is just an argument but with physical violence instead of words. Just like how in a musical people talk until the energy and emotion goes so high they burst into song and then when that keeps building, they all start dancing. Same concept. People argue and disagree until the emotion is so high they start throwing hands.

Fights act like any other scene where it starts with one emotion and ends with another. Emotion should flow through each move. They should ebb and flow from start to finish, raising and lowering tension to keep a reader engaged and guessing over who is going to win.

This is the bedrock of fight scenes. No amount of “rule of cool” is going to save the scene if there is no emotional heart beating through it.

Rule #2 You need personal stakes

Goes kit and parcel with Rule #1. Your POV characters have to have something on the line to tell an emotional story.

What happens if they lose? What happens if they WIN?

Go beyond JUST “oh if they lose, they die”. What happens to the character’s world if they lose. What will happen to the ones they love when they’re gone? What are the TRUE long term consequences for failure?

Even if it's a friendly (ie non lethal) competition scene, what are those stakes? Bragging rights for a proud character? Or perhaps taking their opponent down a peg?

Avoid vague generalized stakes and find what makes it personal. A knight may fight for his king and country but he also does it because he has his pride as a knight on the line if he walks away or loses.

Rule #3 Pacing is key

Action is fast paced in real life. It should be so in writing.

I personally think of my fight scenes as if they were a movie/show/play fight scene. Partly because that’s my own personal experience and partly because it helps me with pacing, especially with multiple POV characters.

Don’t spend too long on one action. Keep it flowing but have moments of pause. Real fights have moments where someone needs to pick themselves back up or two opponents need to steady themselves for the next round of assault. Use those moments to dig into the introspection of the POV. Your reader is also gonna need a breather from time to time.

With multiple POVs, I flip through them like I’m switching shots on film. We cut away from one thing to see what another character is up to in the flow of things. I flip the camera at moments of triumph or tension to keep building that emotion.

Rule #4 Let your heroes take some hits

Show off those stakes by letting your big bad character get his ass kicked a little bit.

Let ‘em get knocked around a bit to build that tension within a reader. Make them wonder how they’ll pull this off.

Superman fights are so easy to be boring because he’s basically invincible. We all yawn because we know he’s gonna win. Then along comes someone with kryptonite and suddenly it's Superman getting the beat down. Now we’re emotionally engaged because how is he going to get out of this one?

Show their competency in a fight by how well they can take big, painful hurts and keep going anyway. Show it in how they fight back or stay standing, despite the effort.

And don’t be afraid to let your heroes lose a few times. It makes their eventual victory sweeter.

Rule #5 Be clear and concise with your descriptions

Now ain’t the time to pull out your best Tolkien describing a meal impressions.

Action is fast. There are a ton of moving parts which can be severely complex and hard to follow. You want to avoid this confusion at all costs.

Use clear, specific language so the reader can visualize what is happening in their head and not get lost. Once they get lost, they will get frustrated and disengage.

Ditch the heavy metaphors. Let the movement speak for itself as the allegory. If you want to sprinkle in some flowery language, do so separate from the actual action happening in a fight.

Rule #6 Learn the basics of movement

You don’t need to know how to swing a sword with proper technique to write a sword fight (though, let’s be real, it helps). As long as you understand the fundamentals of how the weapon moves, you can write a good sword fight.

Because what makes a fight good is the EMOTION in the fight. Not just the fancy flourishes.

However, if you go too crazy and it becomes unrealistic, your readers can easily disengage.

So you don’t need to know the difference between a riposte and an ochs stance. You just need to know that arms don’t swing that way. You need to know if someone gets pushed, it can throw them off balance.

Learn the basics of human movement, and if there are weapons involved, learn at least the basics because if I see one more person say they’re wielding a longsword like it’s a small sword, you people will kill me inside even more.

Rule #7 Every action has a consequence

When someone attacks, someone has to defend (or get hit). But when someone moves their body one way, it can open them up to a counterattack.

If I lunge too far forward and overextend, I’ve left myself open for attack. If an opponent turns around, their back is now my next best target.

Pay attention to how your characters are moving. Are they opening themselves up for easy counterattacks when you don’t want them to? 

Thinking about what opening a move gives their opponent can help you write your fight scenes, as it will lead to a natural flow and chain of events.

Rule #8 Don’t be afraid to add sound

Fights are vocal. People grunt and groan and shout when they’re hit. They also make noise when they attack. The more wrapped in emotion, the louder and noisier people tend to get as they get lost in it.

During those moments of pause you add from Rule #3 is a great moment for characters to continue the verbal part of their argument

 If one character temporarily overpowers the other, let them brag. If one character gets punched in the mouth, describe the sound of the blood they spit on the ground. 

Just, for the love of the gods, don’t go all Marvel and be quip central. Don’t undercut your own tension and emotion for a quick laugh or to sound cool.

Some examples of great fights:

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find a wip-word game

tagged by @meaninglessblah-writes from like eons ago. sadly, i don't have the words collar or sharp so i made sure the snippets were a little bit longer to compensate 😔

Red [Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd, orgasm denial]

It's not for any special occasion, and maybe that's why it is a surprise at all.

Jason likes it when they are just Batman and Robin, but more than that, Jason loves it when they are father and son. It was a perfect time in both of their lives.

Sometimes, they need to be reminded of it.

Jason's face is flushed, burning red and wet with tears he can't hold back. Bruce wonders for a brief second if this makes him a horrible person, to be getting off so hard to the way Jason's orgasm can be ruined in his hands.

Grip [Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, incest AU]

They are lying in bed with Jason allowing Dick to curl around him, serving as the big spoon except infinitely more flexible. Dick drags his hands up and down the show of Jason's stomach from where his shirt rides up. Even relaxed, his abs are ridiculous and Dick runs the tips of his fingertips over the muscles in marvel.

Jason is halfway to deep sleep, his mouth parted gently, breathing getting heavy.

"Lov' you." Dick murmurs, fear gripping his heart in ice as the real confession refuses to come. Stopping short of the fact that they aren’t just brothers in arms but brothers in blood. That he still loves him despite that except— 

"Back at you, dickhead. Now lemme sleep."

Dick holds his tongue, and Jason is asleep in mere minutes.

Bite [Bruce Wayne/Jason Todd, possessive marking]

They come downstairs but never at the same time.

It’s not a particularly good misdirection when the rest of the family has caught them together in various stages of undress (and that one time in a dress). But it’s the thought that counts, they think.

Jason comes down and drops himself into a chair, trying not to reach down and touch where the imprint of Bruce's teeth leaves his inner thighs still throbbing from the bite. He doesn’t look over to Bruce because Jason knows he won’t be able to hold back from making a comment about how Bruce is wearing yet another black turtleneck.

At the head of the table, Bruce is just trying not to recount every single hickey Jason left on him, spanning from his throat to his hips and then even further down still. None of them a claim so much as an ownership made stamped and branded into him when they have settled in so deep.

i’m tagging @stevieraebarnes @wajjs @cadkitten @chekov-in-a-dress @andthensomelion @kieran-granola @braingray and also anyone who sees this because i love seeing everyone’s wips with the words: apron, hands, soft, and uh, cock?

[kuroko99]

10 lines fic tag game

Got this from @circumference-pie ! thanks for sharing.

Rules: Pick any ten of your fics, scroll roughly to the midpoint, pick a line (or three) and share it. Then tag ten people.

Tipsy (DCMK kaishinshi, mainly shinshi, wingfic)

“If you knew me all this time why did you never, I don’t know, come say hi? For all your forwardness that night, disappearing from the village directly after was concerning.”  “I was busy.” “For 12 years?” He asks. “Yup.” Her voice is dry as a desert.

2. Perpendicular (ORV epilogues, found family pain)

It was everything she had read about or, rather, learned about him through their time together. Yoo Sangah knows Kim Dokja’s intentions as well as if she were scanning along a page with the pad of her index finger. As if she were reading him in Braille. ⠇⠑⠞⠀⠊⠞⠀⠃⠑⠀⠍⠑⠲ No one else.

3. Postcards from Far Away (ORV dokhyuk, post-canon)

It’s these thoughts that bring him to the question, “How long has it been?” Yoo Joonghyuk’s eyes widen minutely. “Twenty years from when we regressed. For the group that did, about four years have passed before you coming back.” “Is that all?” Yoo Joonghyuk shifts uncomfortably. “No.” He eventually admits. “I drifted alone in space. Around one year. Biyoo and I traveled through world-lines for hundreds.” Kim Dokja lowers his head miserably. “How long were you alone on the subway?”

4. Mirror I Cannot Avoid (ORV dokhyuk, 'modern' AU)

They meander home to their shared apartment, with some difficulty. Yoo Joonghyuk continuously grabs at Kim Dokja’s ass, eventually settling his hand into the back pocket of his pants. Kim Dokja, for his part, lazily weaves the hand not gripping Yoo Joonghyuk’s shirt through his partner’s hair. He tugs directionally when they need to make a turn down darkened streets towards home. It’s sloppy, how they manage to even enter the apartment is beyond Kim Dokja. He feels lucky that at least one of them didn’t lose their key.

5. Commit Ballad (ORV dokhyuk, mid-scenario canon divergence)

It starts as a simple peck, and then he’s pressing against me with more force. Asking, almost begging me to reciprocate. I meekly move my lips against his and it feels pathetic, but Yoo Joonghyuk only seems to grow more forward with the confirmation. One hand grasps my hip and pulls our bodies flush together.

6. Take Care (ORV kim dokja whump, fic scenario continuation)

“Okay.” Kim Dokja breathes for a moment. “Did he say anything about jumping?” “No?” Kim Dokja leans his arms back behind himself on the bed, chest open and throat bared as he looks up at the ceiling. “Well that’s the entire point here. I think… My first thoughts over this situation were something like, ‘when i jumped out of my classroom window, before waking up in the hospital, maybe my consciousness jumped to here.’” Yoo Joonghyuk’s muscles tense next to him.

7. The After Party (ORV dokhyuk, kimcom canon divergence)

Yoo Joonghyuk and Kim Dokja bodily jolt as they take in the scenario window on the computer screen. One of them pushes the device away, though they’re not sure who, in their triggered state of shock.  They jump again from their place next to each other on the couch at the sound of a groan from behind. Han Sooyoung stands by the back of the couch with her hands crossed in front of her chest. “Hate those things…” She grumbles to herself as the men in front of her slowly turn to look back in awe. “What?” She takes in their look of terror with immense skepticism. “They annoy me, what’s your problem?” Yoo Joonghyuk stands up, leaves the living room, and throws his entire self face-down on the bed in the adjacent room. Maybe they imagine the muffled scream of frustration from the often composed man.

8. I Begged You Everything (ORV dokhyuk, NSFW)

Kim Dokja snorts out a shocked laugh. “What? You’d bottom?” “Yes.” Yoo Joonghyuk leans back, towering above him with hands splayed over his chest, covering each nipple. Well, Kim Dokja was not expecting that. In the mental scenarios he was running through, none of them left Yoo Joonghyuk, massive ego and all, deferring to him. It’s with a flush of warm affection that Kim Dokja realizes Yoo Joonghyuk really would do anything for him. “You would… want that?” He asks, to make sure.

9. Van Gogh (DCMK, kaishinshi, BO!shinichi AU)

It’s weird, enough that I make a mental note to look for tools on or around the property once everything is documented.  By the time I return to Heiji, the woman’s body has been processed and removed; the taped outline of her creating a dismal caricature on the floor.  It’s then that the victim’s boyfriend sprints in from the hallway. Disheveled, dark stains lining below the knees of his jeans. His eyes rake across the living room in rapid tracks, terrified of reality.

10. Fall (ORV, kim dokja can sing AU)

Bravado returned by the nature of the skill, Kim Dokja looks back at the man restraining him. “Joonghyuk-ah,” He says smoothly.  Yoo Joonghyuk immediately activates ‘Eye of the Sage’ in response. It may bounce completely off of Kim Dokja’s main skill, but ‘Siren’s Tongue’ is separate from the Fourth Wall. He centers himself and sees through whatever bullshit Kim Dokja was starting to spew. “Kim Dokja.” Yoo Joonghyuk can hear the muttered ‘fuck’ under the other’s breath. “We need to talk.”

phew. that was a bunch wow this was fun! i hope if anyone takes a look all the way down to here you've found something the piques your interest!

on the fanfic note as well, im planning to finish 3 to 4 fics that i've been holding hostage as wips for over a year while i travel. therefore, expect plenty more from me, for both of my fandoms.  ∠( ᐛ 」∠)_

[kurowrites]

Things That Are Invisible (11587 words) by kuro

Chapters: 6/?

Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Dorian Pavus/Cullen Rutherford

Characters: Dorian Pavus, Cullen Rutherford, Cassandra Pentaghast, Josephine Montilyet, Leliana (Dragon Age), Female Adaar, Felix Alexius

Additional Tags: Don't copy to another site, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ghosts, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Magic, Family Issues, Mystery

Summary: In which Skyhold's library is haunted, Cullen is very troubled, and Dorian never joined the Inquisition.

[lucky-fy]

For the Laicion nation (aka, me and three other people)

I had this illustration commissioned (a big thank you to @lunehowls) for my werewolf AU Laicion fic (still a WIP).

The general pitch is as follows :

AU in which Laios never got to meet his sister again, putting his life on a whole other path, a more desperate one. A military deserter with barely a coin to his name, Laios hitches a ride on a boat to one of the elven continents, where he learns about magical tattoos that binds one’s soul to a wolf’s, effectively making them artificial werewolves. Illegal magic be damned, this feels like the answer to… everything.

In the process, he learns about the existence of an illegal fighting ring in one of the elven cities, where beastmen gladiators gather. Freshly tattooed and without anywhere else to go to, Laios decides to head there, where he meets Lycion, an elf and artificial werewolf gladiator. If they first bond over a simple shared meal, by spending time together (sharing the same room in the barracks, maybe the same bed? gasp) they find that they have a lot in common, notably a shared distaste for the body they were born in, a dysphoria partially remedied by becoming a werewolf.

They bond :)

NB: I commissioned another piece, go take a look :D

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

Keep hearing people say maribug keep asking adricat if he's ok and he keep saying he's ok instead of telling her his problem but I don't remember it happened more than once in s4 in Rockettear but even then the circumstances of that episode did warrant the "nothing" answer he gave her unless he want to tell her that "nino tell me you let nino and alya know each other identity" which will reveal adricat identity. So when else did she ask? about the thing in hack-san, I think another credit goes to alya since she's the one who bring the topic to maribug who seems to be blissfully unaware that her leaving without telling adeicat that she send subtitute would be a problem.

I didn't get into this side of things in my other post because it was long and I wanted to focus on why Chat Noir's behavior was so frustrating, but this ask brings up the other big reason why the season four conflict was such a frustrating and terribly written plot line. Specifically, the part of your ask where you point out that Maribug seems blissfully unaware that her actions are having a negative impact on Chat Noir until someone points it out to her.

Yes, she is presented as blissfully unaware of this and every other interpersonal conflict we're given in season four. Your ask treats this as a failing on Maribug's part as if she should have obviously realized that she was in the wrong, but that's the whole problem. Telling kids - telling anyone really - that they should just magically know what others need is a frankly terrible life lesson as that's just not how the world works. You cannot just assume that everyone will have the same view of the world as you do and instantly pick up on the same issues as you do. That is the path to easily avoidable frustration and conflict. It also teaches people to assume that their view of the world is inherently correct when that is rarely the case. We often don't know the whole story and the other person's point of view may end up being equally or even more valid. This issue is extremely present in season four as Marinette has legitimate reasons to behave the way she does, which I'll get into in a bit.

If Marinette were written as feeling guilty about how she was treating Chat Noir, then this would be a different story. She'd be way more in the wrong and would shoulder a much greater portion of the blame. But as is? She has no idea that she's doing anything wrong. And until someone takes the time to tell her that her actions are causing harm, she is going to continue causing harm because she has no idea that she's causing harm.

In fact, I'd argue that the Alya thing in Hack San is a point in Maribug's favor. Throughout the episode, we see Marinette sending Alya messages on ways to be a good partner to Chat Noir, proving that she does in fact care about him. And then, as soon as Alya says, "You need to talk to Chat Noir," what does Maribug do?

She goes and talks to Chat Noir, giving him a pretty good apology for the problem she now knows she caused. Because, shockingly, Maribug doesn't actually want to hurt her partner. She also clearly cares about his feelings, making me want to take the season four conflict and tear it into itty bitty pieces because what is the conflict even supposed to be when you write shit like this?

I want to briefly step away from Miraculous and talk about this issue in a broader context via this YouTube short:

This short is from a Vietnamese woman who moved to Germany. Her YouTube channel is about her experiences there, including things like the short above which goes into the differences between what it means to be a dinner guest in Vietnam and what it means to be a dinner guest in Germany. In Vietnam, it's apparently standard for the guests to cook dinner with you where as, in Germany, you're expected to have the meal ready when the guests arrive, making this a situation where it's super easy to come across as rude just by doing what you think is normal.

Society is relatively aware that these types of culture clashes are a thing, but you don't have to be from different cultures to have these types of situations. Every person has their own unique needs and ideas of what "normal" is. The culture they were raised in will affect this, but so will their family, their personal needs, and many other factors. Two people can be raised on the same street and wind up with wildly different world views even though they supposedly share a culture. This is extra true when you add in compounding factors like neurodiversity, which is why it's an exercise in futility to say, "But Maribug should have realized..."

Well, she clearly didn't. And you can't change that she didn't realize whatever you're mad about. All you can do is have someone tell her what she's doing wrong. If she then continues the behavior, go ahead and judge away. But if she immediately corrects it like she did in Hack San? Doesn't that just prove that she truly didn't know that Chat Noir was hurting and would have probably fixed all of his problems if someone just pointed them out to her?

This is only exacerbated by the fact that Marinette's behavior in season four is largely unchanged from her behavior in previous seasons. The only major change is that she revealed her identity to Alya, but as soon as that's pointed out as a problem, she course corrects with an apology. After that, she thinks that everything is okay because why wouldn't she? Chat Noir said it was fine and everything else has been business as usual.

Bringing temp heroes into help as needed? That's been going on since season two. Having these additional members has been vital in multiple battles and there have been plenty of times where Chat Noir took a background role to the temp hero of the day like in Sapotis, Rena Rouge's season two debut. So why would Maribug suddenly think that this dynamic is a problem when it's been working fine for so long? We even had a whole episode about how Chat Noir was still needed in spite of the new heroes back in season three! Or, at least, I think that was Desperada's message? This show is shockingly bad at giving clear lessons.

Keeping guardian knowledge from Chat Noir? That's also been going on since season two and was even treated as a conflict that supposedly got resolved in the episode Syren which was the episode that ended with Master Fu coming to the mansion to talk to Adrien after everything was over.

When I watched that episode, I assumed this meant that Chat Noir was going to be more involved in things like picking the temp heroes. I actually thought this was how we were going to get Queen Bee because I knew she was going to be a thing, but it made no sense for Marinette to pick Chloe for a miraculous. Of course, I was wrong. Nothing changed after Syren. Chat Noir remained nothing more than the comic relief while Ladybug got all the insider info.

To be clear, I think that was a terrible move writing wise, but it doesn't change the fact that this is what they went with. This is the established dynamic. I can't even say that Alya learning Marinette's secret led to something new. She's just taken Marinette's old role while Marinette has taken on Master Fu's old role. This show loves it's status quo and Chat Noir has been at least tolerant of that status quo since Syren, so it's not surprising that Maribug doesn't register that this is a thing that should change and no one bothers to point it out to her even though she has a mentor in Tikki (and Su Han, I guess?) and a confidant in Alya and a whole slew of Kwamis who could also provide insight if they were allowed to do that sort of thing. (Sass and Wayzz were robbed of mentor roles.) Additional blame goes to Plagg because he should absolutely have told Adrien to talk to Ladybug. What is the point of giving these characters mentors who never mentor? It's aggravating in the extreme.

To circle back to the first part of your ask, outside of Hack San and Rocketear, I don't think there are any times when Ladybug invites feedback from Chat Noir unless you want to give credit to the end of Kuro Neko:

Cat Noir: (lands next to her) I've been a really temperamental kitty, m'lady. I didn't realize how much trouble I'd make for you by giving back my Miraculous. Ladybug: (sits closer to him) Just because I don't need you all the time doesn't mean that I don't need you at all, Cat Noir. No one could ever replace you.

Which isn't Maribug inviting him to tell her what's up, but she is clearly willing to listen to him and reassure him, further backing up my point about this conflict being some of the worst writing I've ever had to suffer through. If Maribug always fixes the issue as soon as she learns about it, you are not writing a situation where she's clearly in the wrong. You are writing an easily solved communication issue where she gets blamed for something she clearly doesn't realize she's doing wrong and it is so frustrating!!! I feel so bad for her. The next episode is Penalteam, btw, which starts the battle with this gem:

Ladybug: (laughs) Nice scare tactics, but it's not gonna work. Cat Noir and I are the best at soccer! Cat Noir: (Whispers to Ladybug) I don't know a thing about soccer M'lady. Maybe it's time to call the real team?

And basically just spends the whole episode making Chat Noir seems like a worthless partner while Maribug tries her best to make him - and everyone else - feel special.

Oh, and the episode before Kuro Neko? Well, it's technically Ephemeral, but that got magically overwritten so let's go one further back and we get to Dearest Family, which ends with this:

Cat Noir: (grabs a golden paper crown on the coffee table) Since I'm the king, (wears the crown on his head) would you be my queen, Ladybug? Ladybug: With pleasure, kitty cat! Tradition is tradition!

Oh yes, these two are in such conflict and Maribug does nothing to validate Chat Noir. He's in pain every episode and she's just totally oblivious to it.

If that was what they wrote, then I'd probably agree that we needed more instances of her asking if Chat Noir was okay. But it's not what they wrote. If you look through the list of season four episodes, you'll find that less than half of them deal with the supposed conflict of the season (by my count, only 8 of the 24 episodes before the final actually showcase the conflict and they are not in a logical order in terms of escalation as I tried to demonstrate above). The rest of the episodes flat out ignore it or even straight up work against the conflict like when Ladybug says this to Chat Noir in Guilttrip: "I probably don't tell you this enough, but I couldn't do this without you. And it'd be a lot less fun too."

Seriously, what even is this season? What is the conflict supposed to be? Because it sure as shit isn't Maribug undervaluing Chat Noir, if memory servers, season four sees her validate him more times than any other season. And it isn't her guiltily hiding things from him like so many fanfics claim because we have multiple points of evidence that prove that she's completely oblivious that there even is a conflict. So what conflict are the writers actually trying to write?

What's even more baffling is that none of this logically leads to the loss at the end of the season:

Maribug's new secrets didn't lead to her downfall. The only reason she lost was because of the secret that's always been there - a fact that's never revealed to her - and a freaking evil twin! So why did it matter that Maribug was keeping secrets? This is made even worse by season five maintaining all of the secrets, once again begging the question of what lesson were we trying to teach here???

Chat Noir wasn't needed for the final fight of the season, Maribug only needed the powers of a few of the temp heroes to win, a baffling ending to a season whose focus was Chat Noir feeling unimportant. You could scrap that conflict entirely and the ending would not change. In fact....

Adrien quitting to be nothing more than a good little boy who obeys his father would have actually saved the world from eventually being rewritten. If you think about it, the season four final actually punishes Adrien for being defiant. So does season five as, if Chat Noir had quit, his father would still be alive. I thought this show was supposed to be a romcom, not a tragedy. Why is Adrien being punished for being a hero? Is this supposed to be karma for lying to Ladybug with the whole Catwalker thing?

This shit is why I say I'm a writing salt, character sugar blog. I can't get mad at the characters when they're in such a nonsense story where things never logically tie together. They all deserve so much better.

None of this is meant to imply that ignorance is a blanket excuse for hurting others. Nor is it meant to imply that you have to forgive someone who hurt you just because they didn't mean to. There's a ton of nuance around these topics. But season four acknowledges none of that nuance while creating a situation that desperately needed nuance because there was no clear right and wrong here. Should Maribug work to be more aware of others feelings? Sure, but that journey can only start after she's made aware of her faults and no one ever points them out to her. Does Chat Noir need to work on clearly communicating his needs? Desperately, but no one is teaching him that lesson so he remains a terrible communicator who suffers in silence. What impressively bad writing.

[kuro-after-dark]

Thinking about face sitting with Mammon….

How eagerly he’d be to pull you up on his face and take your clit between his lips, how much it turns him on to see you riding that obscenely long tongue of his as it massages every nook and cranny of your innermost walls. You pull his hair as he sucks rhythmically on the sensitive bundle of nerves and you shiver as the vibration of his moans ripple through you.

He loves eating you out when you’re on your back and spread open for him, sure, but having you like this, with his arms locked around your thighs so you can’t escape even when you’re gushing and clenching on that sinfully long tongue is truly his favorite thing. You’re just so beautiful when you’re falling apart on his lips and tongue, he can’t help but lap up every last drop of your cum even as it coats the entirety of the bottom half of his face. He’ll only let you go once you’re so overstimulated you jump and twitch with every swipe of his tongue.

God, I just wanna use his face as my own personal throne sometimes.

[fumifooms]

Mickrin

Fifth entry of my “Dunmeshi rarepairs I will birth with my own hands if I have to” series. This one’s straight up embarrassing, like of course the shadow version of Chilchuck and Marcille would get me.

It suddenly grabbed me out of nowhere. What got me thinking about it is this exchange, first comic third panel, because like… Woah. He knows she has a thing for Kabru? Or something. And he has NO FEAR. Like it’s so forward and has 0 pretenses lmao. And then I thought… And oh no. Oh no.

"I can fix him" x "I can make her worse"

Very uptight and strict and rules-following and too self-aggrandizing tbh x will not hesitate to insult you to your face and sleazy and free spirit…. Kuro is involved in an ot3 of sorts in my head and basically they drag her into Situations of various moral standing aka scams or idk going to a club god forbid. I think she needs to relax and get taken down 1 peg maybe, and I think he needs like…��.. Someone to teach him what is unhealthy lmao, also remind him to get work benefits, and if they can like get to feel safe and comfy with one another (and god just the road there would be a beautiful trainwreck to watch) they would be gossip besties worsties.

Kabru needs to be the epitome of morals but like, if it’s Mickbell she can lower the bar… Just for him… <3 She can fix him just a little and she’ll be like "wow! Ok I can settle for this amount of upstanding behavior from you Mickbell you get a gold star"

I never expected it ok I read this extra expecting nothing and god knows why I saw him be like "hey u like Kabru right. You’re his babysitter right. Which poor sap is being Kabru’s maid" with 0 fear and her being so casually pissed back at him and idk, how they’re so comfy being not polite with one another but they’re still coworkers-friends despite it… Crazy for how prickly they both are that they manage that much. They bicker and see each other as annoying at best but weirdly dependable and friends despite it all and……….. I am going to grow them in a lab and observe how I can make it work

MICKBELL IS A REBOUND MORE AT 9??? Maybe Rin and Mickbell have a one night stand and then the aftermath dynamic is this….. She probably regrets it. And then it gets more complex and grows into something odd as she becomes hyperaware of him and they have this little complicity thing going on….

I think cuddling with Kuro (who would be more like a platonic protective & soothing presence in his and Rin’s relationship rather than romo) would destress her actually I think she needs and deserves it. Go to a dog cafe bbygirl it’ll fix you. So what I’m saying is the three of them watch a movie and Rin and Mickbell are sitting on Kuro’s laps and everyone is so comfy. Kuro’s legs die halfway through but he’s self-sacrificing it’s fine….. Actually Mick is on his laps Rin’s just nuzzled into his side. There, fixed. I am so weirdly invested in them… They’re funky to think about. Rin seeing Mickbell and Kuro like "you guys are aware that what you two have is fucked up right" and then joining them in the messy dynamic 🤝  Put them in situations. That will be all.

The sheer amount of sass on their own, let alone together…

Make them get drunk together it’ll be glorious

[tokoyamisstuff]

You get them a cat HC's

Featuring Mihawk, Shanks, Buggy and Kuro!

Warnings: None.

Notes: GN! Reader

A/N: I just needed to get this silly little idea out of my head!

"Oh? Well, I guess another one won't hurt."

Turns out his castle is a refuge for all kinds of animals. He's taking care of injured or abandoned beings of all sort.

Let's be honest, his personality has a lot of a feral cat as well. You find the similarities hilarious, while he still can't see it.

One time you walked in on him petting it - one of the rare occasions you ever saw him smile.

Loves when the cat sits on his lap while he's in his armchair by the fire, sipping on a glass of wine. An adorable image, and his favourite kind of self-care.

It will rub itself against his beard all the time. Who can blame it?

Needs at least one new outfit a week since the cat will always wreck the feather of his hat or scratch his leather clothes.

Talks to it with a way higher voice than usually, and yes, he does babytalk.

-><--><--><--><-

"Great idea! I actually thought about getting a mascot for the crew anyways."

This man is like a Disney Princess. Just gives off a vibe that makes an animal automatically love him.

Is pretty chill about standard annoying cat behavior. This pet will be misbehaving a lot since he just takes everything with a smile. Can't really be mad at all.

It will probably have a standard seat on his shoulder and loves hiding under his cape.

Always buys snacks when he's on land and even shares his meal with it.

Talks about the cat as if it's an actual person, and talks a lot. Literally his new bestie, you're almost jealous.

This animal has seen some shit. He'll definetly not go anywhere without it and do some weird party tricks when drunk.

Would protect it with his life, certainly.

Poor guy is actually a lil' bit allergic, but endures for your and it's sake.

-><--><--><--><-

"...fine. But if it goes anywhere near my stuff I'll throw it overboard!"

Will have a full blown rant about how cats are ungrateful and illoyal little shits.

Isn't actually an animal person in general. Especially cats and dogs are a little too fascinated with his nose for his liking - it looks like a toy, after all.

It follows him around despite his best efforts not to. He gets used to it quickly however and starts talking to it. It helps him get his thoughts in order, actually.

Lets you keep it in the end because this man just can't say no to any of your wishes. Won't admit it though, probably says it's because they're useful to catch mice on the ship or something.

Throws a tantrum at least once a day, especially when the cat got anywhere near his maps.

Unsuccessfully tries to teach it any tricks for them to participate in the circus.

Is often caught juggling for it and acts like the cat just happened to be there while he was practicing.

It's an open secret that he adores this animal. It's also the only one allowed to sit on his throne besides him.

-><--><--><--><-

"...what an astonishing creature, indeed."

It takes everything in this man to not drop the facade.

Wants to keep it so badly but hesistantly talks about hygiene and how the cat's presence may negatively affect Kaya's health.

He's actually the most skilled when it comes to properly train those stubborn creatures.

Anyways, he still will get scratched and hissed at. It breaks his heart.

Indulges it as good as he can. Only the best food, it's own room in the mansion and always new toys.

Always nerds out some biological or historical facts about those animals.

Loves to absentmindedly stroke it's fur whenever it sits on his lap. Looks like a Bond villain when doing so.

[kurooo-is-here]

i am so normal about these three i swear.... (lying)

writing for: arven, drayton, and kieran

genre: selfship (x reader)

scenario: sleepy cuddles... how are they around you?

Arven:

he's a light sleeper, but he loves cuddling. he's not afraid to wrap his arms around you and pull you closer.

he may or may not start mumbling his unfiltered thoughts when he's super sleepy. sometimes it's romantic, sometimes it's sad. all he knows is that he feels safe enough to do it around you.

he prefers being the big spoon, because being the little spoon makes him feel oddly embarassed and vulnerable, ironically. he wants to be able to hold you close and keep you safe, with the comfort of knowing he can hold onto you if he ever feels scared or uneasy.

literally always giving the best bear hugs. his kisses are a bit sloppier since he's so sleepy, but he tries his best.

he won't tell you this, but he secretly enjoys it when you play with his hair. it makes him feel special.

Drayton:

bro is either awake or conked out, most of the time... so it's hard to catch him cuddling you while he's fully awake.

he lets his hair get messy when he cuddles with you. usually he likes to keep up appearances at least a little bit (which isnt saying much, because he's super lazy anyways), but when he's sleepy and around you? he just lets himself go.

he's not much of a talker when he's sleepy. he just enjoys your company above all else. as long as you're within arm's reach beside him, he's content.

he likes to listen to soft ambient music when sleeping around you. it makes him feel super peaceful and relaxed in a way he can't get from just sleeping by himself.

expect him to take lots of naps, by the way. he's usually sleepy even when he IS awake. and if you're anything like him, you can expect him to be napping next to you a lot.

prefers being the big spoon, but doesn't really care if it's the other way around. he just really enjoys your company.

Kieran:

he will only ever admit this to you in private, but he has always wanted to be the little spoon... he and carmine used to share the same bed, so she didnt mind doing it for him for a while, but he always gets teased for it later.

kieran's a little clingy when he's sleepy. if you have to get up and do something, he follows you around like a cat.

he's shy about physical affection at first, but once you're both comfortable with it, he likes to kiss your cheek and nuzzle into your shoulder.

he gets irritated rather easily if someone interrupts your eepy time with him... he won't raise his voice or anything, but he will give them a look that plainly states "Get out."

kieran has trouble falling asleep sometimes, so he takes melatonin tablets to help himself sleep. the tablets are strawberry-flavored!

his hair gets in his face quite easily when he's sleepy, so you might have to brush it aside sometimes.

[hashtagcaneven]

Getting on more powerful brains meds definitely put a hitch in my writing step. But I think I've found that groove again.

And it's time for everyone's favorite thing: 10k of ACTION!

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[setsailslash]

wip polling

Rule: Make a 24-hour poll with the names of your WIPS, let it run, then write one sentence for every vote the winner received.

tagged by @cetaceans-pls :D i needed this because i have been neglecting any of my ficcing to play..... stardew lol

tagging @stevieraebarnes @wajjs @braingray @meaninglessblah-writes @daemoninwhiteround2 @primeemeraldheiress @chekov-in-a-dress and anyone who needs a lil push to work on their wips!

[kuroko99]

Fic drop! Want some Kimcom agony? click the link. (ㅇㅅㅇ)

My collab with @toast-of-eden ♡

[kurowrites]

Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dorian Pavus/Cullen Rutherford Characters: Dorian Pavus, Cullen Rutherford, Cassandra Pentaghast, Josephine Montilyet, Leliana (Dragon Age), Female Adaar, Felix Alexius Additional Tags: Don't copy to another site, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ghosts, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Magic, Family Issues, Mystery Summary:

In which Skyhold's library is haunted, Cullen is very troubled, and Dorian never joined the Inquisition.

[ruttama-art]

Kuro Headcannons

Grelle likes to window shop a lot so William often has to drag her away from the shops so they can get work done.

Sebastian absolutely hates Grelle but he secretly enjoys fighting her because of how skilled she is.

o!Ciel really likes nature and would like to have more plants around the manor but he doesn't say anything because he knows they won't survive long because of the disaster trio.

Mey-Rin, Bardroy and Finny all think o!Ciel is adorable and sometimes gush over something he did/said. They fear the day he catches them doing it.

Sebastian sometimes often purposefully tells o!Ciel something last minute just to annoy him.

Grelle sometimes chews on her hair when she's zoning out. William or Ronald stop her from doing it when they notice.

Sebastian prefers baking over cooking.

Pr*ship DNI