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Bruce doing the whole “this isn’t you Clark🥺 uwu” routine and talking down Evil!Superman but still getting injured, except Clark doesn’t remember any of it and Bruce can’t bring himself to tell him so he hides the injuries from Clark. or tries to, at least. the problem is Clark is incensed, because he thinks someone hurt Bruce and Bruce won’t tell him which means it’s someone they know, someone in the League Bruce is trying to protect. and WHY would he protect someone who splintered his wrist and nearly fractured his healed bsck all over again? who is worth that much pain and secrecy?

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What do you think of adult survivor! Kal El mistaking Batman for a diasporic kryptonian because of the cape and because of Robin constantly hiding underneath it like a kryptonian child

Oh I love that idea. Something about Bruce just clicks in his brain right and Kal-El can’t let him (or his adorable kids) go. Something about being a protector etc…

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Superman about to go feral over Batman’s supposed death

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60 Worldbuilding Questions for A/B/O fic writers

Long post, press J to skip

So we were talking on Discord about writing A/B/O worlds, and somebody was wondering when parents should find out the secondary genders of kids and such. It led to a larger discussion about things to think about when worldbuilding for A/B/O fics, and I offered to come up with a question list for people to think about. 

Feel free to reblog and add onto this, cause worldbuilding is hard for everybody but a rich world with its own history makes the fics all the better. 

World Basics

Let’s start with the world in general. 

What are the overall population ratios? Are alphas and omegas common or rare? Are the ratios stable or does your world have decreasing numbers of alphas/omegas?

Can women be alphas, can males be omegas? Can male omegas father children and can women alphas bear? Can betas have children?

Are there certain physical characteristics that people associate with one secondary or another? Ex: Heavily muscled alphas or soft omegas?

How often do heats/ruts occur on average? Can omegas only get pregnant during a heat or anytime?

How long do heats/ruts last?

Are mating bites a one-and-done, or can new mates be taken with new bites?

What about kids? Do omega bodies reject sex/children for anybody but their bonded mates?

Is there an emotional/psychic connection for bonded mates?

Can bonding bites be anywhere, or are they required to be on the neck?

Is there anything special about how bonding works? Venoms? Ceremonies? Do they have to consummate within a certain timeframe?

Think about anatomy. Do omegas have cloaca? Is it only male omegas who have cloaca, or do female omegas have two wombs? Do female alphas have enlarged bits to deliver seed?

Are chances of being an alpha or omega random, or do alpha/omega pairs have greater chances of similar children? Can people breed for better chances of one or the other?

Are birth control, heat/rut suppressants, and scent suppressants common, unavailable or illegal on a worldwide basis?

Is omega trafficking a problem?

Are there power structures based on secondary gender? Are omegas oppressed? Are alphas required to do anything near ruts to prevent violence?

Think of famous historical figures. How would they have landed on your gender scale? Was Queen Elizabeth I an alpha? What about Helen of Troy? These historical figures can lead to modern modes of thought. 

What about religion? How has religion handled the secondarys?

Are/were arranged marriages the norm?

When do people learn what they are outside of medical testing? Are they born with a mark or secondary specific trait, or is it a mystery until they present or not?

Military: Historically are any genders or secondarys not allowed to participate in the military? Are female alphas allowed? What about male omegas?

Location Basics

Ok, narrowing down to more location specific thoughts. 

How has your country or town handled specific difficulties with heats or ruts? For example: Shoji screens in Japan aren’t all that safe for an omega in heat… so has the country developed a system of safe houses or were heats particularly terrifying? Are heat rooms a thing?

What are the power structures in your specific country? Are all secondarys represented or do alphas dominate political structure?

What are the laws in your country in terms of registration? Do people have to register their secondary?

Are omegas sequestered in special compounds prior to mating or have to report to specific government controlled institutions for training or to be matched, or are they allowed to choose for themselves and interact in society?

Are birth control and suppressants legal or illegal? Are they legal only for alphas, or do omegas have to have permission of an alpha to acquire them?

Are there laws in place dictating when people have to mate or have children by?

What are the courtship customs? Are there meetings and dates? Do parents decide who will mate?

Are there things that alphas or omegas are prohibited from doing? Ex: Are omegas outlawed from professional sports in your country?

Schooling: Were all kids lumped together for school regardless of secondary? Were they separated when they presented? If it’s known from birth are omegas sent to omega-only schools?

What about customs: Are there norms about how alphas and omegas are supposed to act when interacting? Do omegas bear their scent glands in a sign of submission? Do they keep their eyes downcast in the presence of alphas? How is this different from other countries? Are there possible international problems where your alpha/omega born in one country doesn’t know the custom of another and commits a faux pas?

Alpha Basics

How are alphas generally perceived by your society? Top tier leaders, or violent thugs that are a throwback to outdated evolution?

What attracts your alphas to an omega? Scent? Body? 

What are the characteristics of a rut? Do they go prowling for omegas or hunker down and get through it?

How do knots in your world work? Long? Short? Different lengths of time for different things? Do they expand quickly inside, or grow slowly until they can’t move anymore?

How do alphas mark their mates aside from bonding bites? Do they?

How do alphas act when their mate/intended mate/children are in danger? Do they go feral?

What happens if an alpha is rejected by or lose their mate? 

If something happens to the mate of an alpha, that they couldn’t control, do they have any psychological issues from “failing” to protect their mate?

Omega Basics

How are omegas generally perceived by your society? Breeders? Regular people? Shunned?

What attracts your omegas to an alpha? Scent? Societal status?

Are omegas subject to alpha commands? All alphas, only their mates? Does it change from before mating to after?

What are the characteristics of a heat? Are they open to any alpha who comes along, or only one of their choosing?

Do your omegas nest? Only during heats, or ongoing as a source of comfort?

Do omegas reverse mark their alphas?

What does an omega do when they or their children are in danger? Do they have a response or are they completely dependent on an alpha for protection?

What happens if an omega is rejected or loses their alpha?

Do your omegas ‘drop’ in stressful or life-threatening situations?

Are there any differences in pregnancies for male omegas? Longer gestation? Shorter?

Beta Basics

How are betas generally perceived by your society?

Are your betas attracted to alphas/omegas or vice versa?

Do betas help alphas/omegas with heats or ruts, or is this frowned upon?

Are betas regarded as “safe” by either alphas or omegas when an omega is distressed?

Do betas have any restrictions on jobs etc?

Do betas play unique roles in a family structure? Ex: An alpha/omega pair has a beta third to help raise children and satisfy an alpha’s mating urges when the omega is unable due to pregnancy etc?

Are betas affected by scents? Alpha commands?

Other Basics

For the things that just don’t fit elsewhere. 

Harems/reverse Harems/Poly relationships: Do alphas tend to collect omegas and breed several? Might an omega have several alphas? Are there families that might have several in a good family dynamic? How are these arrangements perceived by society?

Heteronormativity. - Are male/female relationships regardless of secondary pushed, or with the addition of secondary genders are same-gender relationships much more accepted in your society? Do male omegas feel pressured to “look female” in order to find a mate? Do female alphas have to play up their masculine side?

Transgender people - How does the addition of secondary genders affect transgender rights? Does it make it more or less complex for a male omega to transition to female? Would a female omega have a harder time transitioning to male?

Infertility - are infertile omegas ostracized? Are they at risk of losing their mates?

Words - Mother and father? Sire and dam? Babies or pups?

Hopefully that’s a good start to help you think about the broader world around your story. 

Happy Writing!

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looking at it now, jinwoo and johee had more potential to be together...

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things I adore about Kagome:

her refusal to let anyone police her reactions to things! (“Inuyasha: Don’t cry— K: Oh, should I laugh?” and “Koga, while kidnapping her: Stop screaming! Kagome: I’LL SCREAM IF I WANT TO!” Icon.

Her bravery and boldness— even while kidnapped, “Of course not! You’ve got sacred jewel shards jammed in your legs. You don’t get bragging rights if you’re cheating, you know.”) + “You’ve got a lot of nerve, kidnapping me like that. What do you want? What are you up to?”

Her saying, “Hit the mark!” when she fires an arrow.

Her strong sense of justice and righteousness.

Fights monsters on the regular but has nightmares/dreams about school and upcoming tests

Taught herself not only archery but also how to utilize her spiritual powers when firing her arrows

Talked her way out of the Thunder Brothers’ den with Improv

Pushed Manten off of his own cloud because he was trying to pitch in with Hiten’s fight with Inuyasha/team up on Inuyasha.

Doesn’t give a single fuck about the implications of time travel or bringing items from the present to Feudal Japan, including the bicycle she hauls up the well.

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Hua Cheng didn’t wait 800 years for Xie Lian’s love—he waited 800 years for Xie Lian

…and that’s a difference some of y’all need to understand

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At first, Hua Cheng mostly gives off the impression of a normal over-protective broody love interest in a romance novel, overly paranoid over anything that might potentially hurt Xie Lian, but then you get to the White Clothed Calamity arc and realize, oh god, oh fuck, that’s actually a completely reasonable response to having to watch someone go through that, he’s actually showing remarkable restraint by allowing Xie Lian to go off and do his own thing as much as he does

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small moments from tgcf i think about a lot

◇mei nianqing calling xie lian "His Little Highness"

◇pei ming tenderly holding a severed leg wondering what beautiful woman it used to belong to, only to toss it aside the second he's told it belonged to a man

◇xie lian's cooking almost killing he xuan. who's you know. a ghost. a dead ghost.

◇"you sure know a lot" "no you just dont know much"

◇shi qingxuan beating qi rong after he called them a tramp

◇ling wen being accused of fathering cuocuo

◇hua cheng noticing xie lian looking at that bowl of yuanxiao and getting him some

◇"you're alive?" "i'm dead!" and "i swear to die following your Highness" "you're already dead"

◇mu qing talking about his feelings once in his 800 year long existence and immediately trying to jump into lava

◇pei ming slapping xie lian's mouth with eming

◇qi rong's cannibal bed&breakfast

◇xie lian going Well its okay none of us is normal anyway :D after seeing the 10k statues

◇that one 5D chess scene with ling wen and xie lian in the brocade immortal arc that was reminiscent of death note shennanigans

◇shi wudu making fun of pei ming and ling wen being depicted as a couple, only to see a play about him and his sibling being in love like 3 mins later

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stay strong, mama😔✊

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I want, above all, a hurt Jiang Cheng fic that resonates with my entire soul.

Like, I want to read about a post-canon Jiang Cheng being so misunderstood, even as he's trying his hardest to form relationships with the people around him, yet they remain suspicious due to his harsh personality. But like– I want it to hurt. I want Jiang Cheng to explode, to give up, to stop fighting and let everything go, to completely lose his faith.

And then. Then I want someone to fight for him for once. I want someone to realize he deserves better.

I want Jiang Cheng to not be the only one reaching out for once :')

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Actor AU!

I'd estimate Sukuna to be in his mid-late 40s making it plausible for Yuuji to be his son.

First off, the meme of "he hasn't put him down since **bad scene** after shibuyu arc in general. Sukuna just holding Yuuji like a fucking toddler whenever "CUT!?" is called.

This being Yuuji first gig in the business, though his Papa is a rather well known and popular actor, it's totally different when it's your first time to shine. He cries, legit breaks down, during his first scene with Sukuna in character and they only end up getting half a days filming in because sun shine baby is near inconsolable.

Sukuna standing off screen, arms crossed, total dad "excuse you sir" expression when Yuuji calls Nobara a bitch.

Their scenes being near IMPOSSIBLE to get through in less then 20 takes because Sukuna goes out of his way to make his kiddo laugh.

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Dick: And what would you do for him?

Contestant 1: I would die for Billion Wayne! I mean—Bruce Wayne!

Jason: Let’s go, you and me, in a real deathmatch. I’m itching for a proper send-off. Guys, remember to play ‘The Final Countdown’ at our funerals. None of that sad shit.

Contestant 1: No wait! Please don’t hurt me!

Jason: Weak! You, why should we consider you?

Contestant 2: I have a nice house, nice car, expensive taste, and I attract others to me like a magnet. You’ll find that I’m well-balanced in all aspects.

Tim: All except for your credit card balance. But I’m sure you already have more than enough admirers in the money-lending business chasing you. Next!

Contestant 3: I can defend Bruce from any kidnapper because I am indestructible!

Damian: The only indestructible thing about you is your ego, and unfortunately that’s also the only thing you’d ever be capable of defending. Next!

Contestant 4: Hi, I’m here for my interview with Mr Wayne. Is this the right room?

Dick: Depends. What are your special skills?

Contestant 4: T-There’s nothing special about me! I’m just an average guy with average skills and an average life! Umm, I can also make a pretty good pie?

Damian: What flavor? Weigh your next words carefully because Father is allergic to bullshit.

Contestant 4: Kansas-style apple pie. I learnt it from my Ma.

Dick: Great, Alfred would approve! What’s your name?

Contestant 4: Clark Kent.

Tim: Well, Clark Kent, you’ve just progressed to the next round of ‘All’s Fair In Love and War – Bruce Wayne Edition’. Congratulations!

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No offence but Percy being made to feel guilty about how the gods forgot about Calypso because he was ~a little preoccupied~ and having that guilt validated is bullshit. Calypso cursing Annabeth for Percy leaving her is bullshit. Percy bearing the blame for that curse is bullshit. Annabeth having to pay the price & then basically being treated as a background prop for this shitty plot line is bullshit. Leo holding it against Percy for not choosing Calypso over saving the world is bullshit. I’m sorry if u think I’m wrong but like if it wasn’t gna be fleshed out why was it introduced I hate this

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jujutsu kaisen gives me this, and you all expect me not to ship them????

From "You are painfully ordinary" to "You were magnificent."

I love these panels and how they turned out. When Gojo thought he was really about to die, with Sukuna despising him and calling him weak, he never imagined those would be the last words from someone he admired.

The progression of their fight, starting with that lucky moment when Sukuna miscalculated, was captivating. From that point on, Satoru lost himself in the battle. He forgot everything else and was determined to show Sukuna that he was no ordinary sorcerer.

What I absolutely adore about Sukuna is that, despite his arrogance, he admits his errors and mistakes. He can still admire others without being spiteful about the past.

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Ghost of Tsushima Fic Recs

Oh boy, this is me coming to save the day. It’s been months since I finished Ghost of Tsushima (+ the lovely Iki Island extra) and as an avid fic reader, ofc I searched through the depths of AO3 to find decent fanfics.

Most are gen, because I loved the vague vibe of friendship within the game. And I think that the beauty in GoT is about reflecting upon everyone’s stories—it honestly gives so much potential for writing. Give me all those character studies in your fics, does it have hopeful romance canon divergence due to the what-ifs implicated throughout the game? great

So here I offer you, my Ghost of Tsushima fic recs, some gen, some centered around ships

GEN FICS

follow the white trees home by boltlightning | 6.3k words, 3/3 chapters, post-game spoilers, jin & everyone having some closure

Through solid and well-structured drabbles, we find comfort in final conversations between Jin and his allies in this fanfic. I personally loved this because we start right after the final duel, and Jin must say goodbye to Omi Village. I think this was written before the author played Iki Island, but still, it is really beautiful. We have so many nostalgic scenes and everyone caring in their own way for Jin—yes, this was the end of a wonderful journey, but as a reader you know (and reassured) Jin will be seeing everyone again.

Political Wisdom by Judopixie | 1.4k words, one-shot, spoilers, pov outsider, bamf jin

A noble from the mainland narrates the events of Ghost of Tsushima. Very soon, he realizes that Tsushima has a guardian, a vengeful spirit. I love how the author portrays Jin determination, nothing can stop Jin at this point. badass motherfucker

brighter shores by boltlightning| 1k words, one-shot, iki island spoilers, yuna & jin friendship

As soon as he returns to Tsushima after completing his quest on Iki Island, Jin reflects upon how he has learned to accept the heavy legacy his father left behind. He also reunites with Yuna and talks about his adventures on Iki.

JIN/YUNA

on sturdy ground, we retreat by penhaligon | 4.4k words, one-shot, post-game spoilers, yuna & kenji & jin friendship

In the aftermath of a failed conquest, Yuna and Kenji talk. Also, Kenji is a clever guy and he does not miss the way Yuna and Jin are sweet on each other. My girl Yuna is in loveeeee

Kitsune by danceswithronin | 4.4k words, 2/2 chapters, fluff, supernatural elements, Inari blessed Jin

Yuna thinks Jin is more than just a mortal man, and Jin finds himself amused by her superstition. Maybe she is not wrong?

KAZUMASA SAKAI/CHIYOKO SAKAI

The Fox Bride by 2kimi2furious | 5.2k words, 3/? chapters, backstory for minor characters, magical realism

Chiyoko, Jin’s mother and Lord Shimura’s sister, was actually a fox spirit. Kazumasa still marries her of course, and although Lord Shimura grows up being skeptical about his sister’s nature he is far too busy to think too hard. This whole fic is endearing, honestly.

JIN/RYUZO

The Gods, Laughing by manic_intent | 10.2k words, one-shot, part of a series, soulmate au of the red string

I don't read much of these two, im not into this ship much, but i couldn't help but read a soulmate au because god knows this fandom needs it. anyways, jin is a sweetheart as always, and i loved the writing here.

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batfamily thought: we need to bring back where the boys really don't follow anyone else besides their dad. They can work with others and lead a team very well. But unless it's for a mission, they do not follow anyone else's orders besides Bruce or Alfred. Especially if they're a person in a position of power they have zero respect for. The boys give batman a hard time and feel safe enough to question his orders or his methods (especially Jason), but at the end of the day he's their teacher. It's just built in the respect they have for him. Everyone else, if the bats don't respect you or don't need to fake respect for you they are full chaos gremlins. The worst is Dick. Because he is full of disrespectful while he has a flirty smile on his face. It's just this air of hidden superiority Dick has. Dick has been with batman the longest, someone he considers the "best". He can count on one had the people he's met that should be considered the "best". Yet Bruce is not fully aware of the type of loyalty he inspires.

Dick, tilting his head to the side painfully slow, eyebrows ever so slightly raised: “I’m sorry. Was that…a request?”

Oliver Queen, just now realizing the stupidity of trying to give Nightwing SON OF BATMAN a direct order: