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I want you to take a really good long hard think about why Curly's first reaction to Jimmy being pissed is to immediately please. We all talk about how Anya is a victim of Jimmy, and she absolutely is, but so is Curly. His first immediate concern to the way Jimmy reacts to Anya announcing her pregnancy is met with immense fear and anxiety with the added soundtrack of what could be equivalent to the sound of Curly's heart racing.

He is beyond terrified, and when he does finally get to Jimmy, he immediately fawns, he freezes. He makes absolutely no mention of Anya, no mention of anyone else, because all that mattered in that situation of panic was easing Jimmy down and resolving the situation. "We'll fix it, one day at a time. Just you and me" He is trying to eliminate all potential problems in the situation so Curly can take the full front of Jimmy's rage.

Just like how he told Anya that she should have waited for him before telling Jimmy, he places himself infront of everyone else to take the blows. And having known Jimmy for a while now, he would exactly know what that looks like. Which is also representative of the fact that he braces the asteroid head on in the collision.

He was taking responsibility, and he took it. He took that blow, he took that punches, the insults and the degradation. Which again, furthers the point of exactly why Curly wouldn't recognise the signs of Anya being abused as well because this is all so normal for him.

He is just so used to looking at the bigger picture and how it doesn't ruin the illusion. Because he knows its fake, he knows that its not real, but he chooses to look anyways.

He wants so desperately to see the good in Jimmy that he doesn't even understand the damage its caused. His biggest weakness was his own kindness, and how normal it was to be a continuous punching bag, to be the thing in between his crew to protect them, he gave his whole life desperately trying to fix something caused by someone he genuinely tried to see the good in, and only realised he was being played for a fool until the bright, hot, rock was hurdling right towards him.

Because in that moment, he knew what was happening, and what Jimmy had done. But it was too late for realisations, and despite knowing this, he still tried. He still went into the cockpit, he still attempted to divert the ship, he still tried.

Curly is just as much as a victim of Jimmy's mistreatment and abuse as Anya is, in their own unique and parallel ways, they both had everything taken from them. Both an act of sacrifice, nowhere near their worst moments. Far from it, and it was the best one they've ever made.

And Jimmy continued to violate them, take, steal and destroy everything.

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Framed pictures

TW: Allusions to SA, suicide and Jimmy.

You are not part of the Tulpar crew, yet they already know you. At least what you look like thanks to the framed picture Anya has on her desk.

In addition to the picture, there are a couple of doodles scattered around so she wouldn't miss you too much. Yet the more she sees it, the more she feels the longing for your presence.

Do you miss her just as she misses you? Maybe more? Maybe not? No, that last part isn't true, as you would always pamper her every time she returns from a long trip. You would bring breakfast to bed, invite her to go out or maybe just cozy up at home.

Sometimes, when she's alone and feels like she doesn't have anyone to talk to, she would speak to your picture, usually about topics like her day, her worries and also what she wants to do with you once she cames back.

But after what happened with Jimmy, she felt horrible looking at your picture.

How could she explain something like this to you? Would you see her with the same eyes? What would you even think of ... That... thing... he put inside of her? Would you comfort her? Feel disgusted at her? She hopes not, she prays that it's not going to be the case. She apologizes time and time again to the smile framed in her hands and wishes you were there to comfort her, to hold her in your arms as you whisper reassurance to her ears.

She tried to hold on, she really did, she hoped she would be able to be back with you again. She can't stand the idea of you looking at the stars, waiting, wondering when she is going to come back.

But she can't really do so much.

So she says her final goodbyes to her captain, her real captain, and even though he didn't really do too much to help her in her situation, she supposes it's way better than ... Him. She takes the pills, and says her goodbyes to your picture, the frame broken after the impact of the crash.

She closes her eyes,

And she sees you again, with a tray of breakfast and a smile on your face.

She is back home again. Nothing will harm her anymore.

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Rambles

Imagines

=> The lord's hate (Kosair Trovi x reader)

One shots

Headcannos

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The lord's hate

Kosair Trovi x Rashta's lady-in-waiting! Reader

Kosair Trovi hated you, he did since he first met you at the palace at the side of that woman.

That woman who is sleeping with his sister's husband, that woman who's carrying his bastard child.

And truly, he can't understand why you would work for her willingly, so he just attributes it to madness, stupidity or both.

The truth is, you are not stupid.

He notices that when talking to you, with the goal of getting some information about the concubine. He thought acting like a gentleman in front of dumb, naive pretty lady would be enough.

It was, in fact, not enough.

It was reasonable that you were suspicious of him the first days, predictable, he was ready for that. But time passed and you were still unwilling to say anything that could compromise that woman.

The worst part is that as time passed, he found his attention slowly shifting towards you.

He hated how he wanted to spend more time with you, how you were starting to be intriguing in his eyes. How you see life, how you see people, how different your beliefs are? What do you like to do in your free time? What are your favorite places? Your favorite desserts? Your favorite color? Would you prefer a hat or a dress? Maybe a horse? Did you know how to ride a horse? If not, he could definitely teach you.

He hates it, he hates that at night, you are consuming his thoughts, he hates the idea of you spending time with her. The fact you are associated with the woman that makes his family miserable makes the bile rise on his throat. The need of ripping you away from her was making the blood in his veins burn to the point his limps ached to do something.

He couldn't even say anything to the other woman, brag about your encounters, because you, ever transparent, ever effective, told her from the beginning about your encounters together and she wouldn't believe anything he said.

He hates how conscious you were, how you could look at him and know he was bound to do something.

"Whatever you do, don't" you said to him after confronting him about the spies around the Rimwell residence, after confirming that you were keeping taps on him (the payment the emperor gives you to babysit that woman is truly something huh?), after confirming that you knew "I'm sorry about your sister, but know that anything you attempt to do will have repercussions on her as well, just for the fact that you are associated with her"

...

He hated, how he responded, how he lashed out on you, how he said things he didn't mean at the moment.

He hated not listening to you.

By the time he realized that, he had already received notice of his sentence from the emperor.

He doesn't know why you went to see him. Pity? Was some kind of sick pleasure? No, that wouldn't go according to you, you were too good for that and you proved that when you quietly gave him a cape.

"It will be cold outside" you simply explained and gave him your farewells.

He hated how you looked at him, you were mad at him, mad at what he had done, he hated it, he wished you wouldn't look at him like that. And yet you still cared about him to ensure he wouldn't be cold in the night.

And Kosair hated that he never took the damned garment off, feeling comfortable, less alone, even when months later he would be on his ride around the Western Empire for the competition held by his soon-to-be brother-in-law.

And maybe, just maybe, he could impress you if he wins.

And he doesn't hate that idea.

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Daisuke: I am a responsible adult!

Y/N: *raises brow*

Daisuke: I am an adult

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Until death due us part

You and Daisuke know you are not going to get out of the ship.

It was a scary prospect, but at least you have each other to console yourselves.

So what else could you do?

Get Married.

The five of you, Daisuke, you, Swansea, Anya and Curly, even if the latter couldn't move anymore. You didn't invite Jimmy, you told Daisuke that he probably was too stressed to understand this.

Anya was the wedding officiant... And the maid of honor.

This didn't have to be a very professional thing.

Swansea was the best man. He was fumbling all the time, saying that your kids were so stupid and all of that. But both of you knew he was feeling otherwise.

Curly was the witness, witnessing.

Daisuke cried when he saw you. Even though you were using your uniform and maybe one or two accessories, maybe even a sheet that was white enough to simulate a veil if you are into that.

You teared up when he said his vows; he loved you, you gave him a new purpose in life. He decided, here and there, that if he was going to be something in life, he would choose to be your husband.

You promised each other that if you got out of this, you would get married for real, you would grow old together and love each other until death do you part.

...

Only the last part became true.

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Me working on some headcannons when the progress of my draft suddenly disappeared:

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Mouthwashing headcannons:

Tulpar crew x Robot!reader

A/N: In my mind, robo-reader is more like those robots don't really look a lot like humans (like, they have the basic form and that's it), but you can imagine them as you wish.

Warnings: Grammar mistakes (English is not my first language), Jimmy; suspicious behavior coming from the mentioned, I clearly don't know about robotics, romantic relationships not specified.

Anya

To be honest she was a little uncomfortable with you. Acting stiff and on guard around you.

Like most of the crew members.

You usually help her with menial tasks such as organizing the nursery or getting reports done as your purpose (at least the outspoken one) is to assist the crew with their tasks with the best of your abilities.

... And no, she's not nervous you can give reports to their superiors back on earth.

As time passes, she begins to get used to your presence and even enjoy it.

You give her a lot of book recommendations to read for when she returns to earth, even though she doesn't exactly have the money to buy them, she still appreciates it.

But what she appreciates more is that you often help her to prepare for her next attempt to get into medical school, encouraging her to pursue her dreams.

It might sound crazy, but she sometimes thinks that, beyond the code that makes you a dutiful machine, you actually have a mind on your own.

Because she has a feeling no robot that belongs to a corporation like pony express is as servicial and loyal as you.

Anya and Daisuke make their own doodles of you, and if you don't have a lot of human appearance then they often come up with ideas about how you would look if you were a human and make sketches to show you so you could give your opinion on them.

Some of those sketches survived the crash.

Daisuke

If he thought the cryopods were cool, then he went absolutely insane when he saw you.

Like, come on! You are a robot! And you can talk and make super cool stuff hyper mega awesome stuff right?

He made you and Swansea a lot of questions non-stop for days, giving the later a massive headache. But that's not something new.

You help him a lot with his internship, something like his second teacher, but less grumpy and not human.

You are not perfect though. You overwhelmed the poor guy with information the first day to the point you ended up saying stuff that not even Swansea understood.

So you also had to learn a lot of how human learning worked, adjusting your "classes" according to the interests, necessities and skills of your pupil.

Actually, you learn a lot of how to be human with Daisuke. Or at least the age group he belongs to.

You begin to use a lot of the language and body language that he has been teaching you.

Swansea is tired.

Daisuke can do basic stuff for your maintenance. You offered to give him a lesson about how you work, but Swansea would rather not his paycheck removed should something happen to you.

Believes you could rebel against humans or so he says. He has made you promise not to go against the crew, or his parents, or the friends he has on earth... Or maybe the whole human population if possible.

Swansea

Honestly, rather than stealing his job or something you are giving him more work to do.

As if he didn't have enough with having to take care of that kid.

If it wasn't obvious, the mechanic is basically your nurse, the one that makes most of your maintenance.

Your charging station (if you have one) is definitely in utility.

You are his assistant when giving lessons to Daisuke. But once you took it too far and ended up babbling nonsense that Swansea is not even aware of.

You often hear him mumble things while he makes your maintenance, sometimes says things about his family, sometimes about his job and one or two about his life before Pony Express.

Honestly if he doesn't believe you have your own conscience, then he sometimes forgets it.

You had heard his playlist the most, I just know it.

Or if you have a radio or speaker or something he'll make you put on his playlist.

He trusts that you take care of Daisuke when he's not around.

Jimmy (Yes, we have to address him unfortunately)

Definitely makes you some (maybe a lot) of his work and he excuses it as having something more urgent to do (spoiler: he doesn't) so you don't have to ask questions.

Searches for loopholes in your programming so he can do whatever he pleases without having to worry about you making a report for the big guys. But if not, he's willing to do more.

Would he risk actually messing with your mechanism/code so he could get whatever he wants? Definitely.

If anything, Swansea would be the one who has to deal with any "memory failure" you present.

Secretly unnerved by you.

Contrary to the other crew members, he doesn't address you as a person, often referring to you as an object, a machine or his favorite; "that thing".

Takes advantage of the fact that you don't really don't know that much about humans.

Doesn't think you have a conscience. You are a machine, a tool. Nothing more.

Unless he pushes hard enough, that is.

Curly

Wasn't very happy to have you on board to be honest, but it was mandatory from the higher positions.

Though he makes sure that he doesn't say anything inadequate in front of you, still in guard for the most part.

He just sees you as one of the most efficient things that pony express had given in all these years.

He thinks you are more thoughtful than he expected coming from a product of pony express.

Or maybe, just maybe he sometimes sees you as another (human) member of the crew.

But that just doesn't happen very often.

He's amused when you start to copy some of the other's mannerisms and try to blend more within the crew.

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Real life photo of Daisuke realizing he has to give up the sweetener he hid with his things.

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You know, I actually want to make a continuation of "Today, we dance" but with Curly's POV and adding the post-crash aftermath but I'm not sure if I want to do it as another one shot or simply do it as headcannons.

Can you guys help me with this?

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HOLLY MOLLY! HE'S A BARBIE

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Today, we dance

PreCrash! Captain Curly x reader

A/N: Sorry, I couldn't resist. Haha. Anyways, this is not proofread and English is not my first language, so I apologize for any mistakes.

(Image found in Pinterest)

Just think about finding captain Curly after the whole birthday ordeal. The room is still decorated while he's just sitting there, with his head down with an unreadable expression on his face.

You don't say anything as you sit next to him, not really knowing what to do, this was beyond your paycheck. Well, your last paycheck, the idea is still making you nauseous. You don't know what you are going to do after this, if you are going to be able to get another job or if this will be it for you. The weight of the news is crushing both of you, suffocating you in its silence.

You glance at him, then look around the room, the room which you hoped to celebrate your captain and decide here and there that this was too somber. This was supposed to be his celebration, his day and you'll be damned if you let it end like this.

Besides, you needed some distraction, maybe he did too.

You are a little ashamed to admit that it took you some time to get the courage to put your idea into motion, worried you may be stepping a boundary or just doing something in a time that wasn't right. Sure, the captain and you were getting close as of late, but you wouldn't say you have that kind of trust, not to mention it wasn't really professional.

But it's not like you have anything to lose now, right?

You turn on the radio, put some music, take his hands, invite him to dance "just one piece", you say, anything to lift his mood. It takes some convincing, a lot of convincing.

"We still have work to do" he says.

"To hell with work" you respond, taking his hands to guide him "Forget the work, the company, everything. Tomorrow we'll drown, today? Today, we dance. If you want to, of course."

He observed you, with those blue eyes with something you had never seen before, something you can't describe.

To be completely honest, you were expecting a refusal.

You were pleasantly surprised when he didn't.

His callused, warm hands awkwardly held you, not exactly knowing what to do.

"... I have to tell you..." He whispered slowly, sounding as if he was confessing a crime "... I'm not a good dancer..."

You blinked. You didn't expect him to say that. Captain Curly? A bad dancer? The idea made you snort.

"What?"

"Nothing, nothing, sorry... " you shook your head, giving him an apologetic smile, hoping that you were not being rude. That's the last thing you want to do to him. You guided one of his hands to your waist, the other holding yours "... It's just that... That's very hard to believe coming from you, captain."

He just shrugged. For some reason, the easy smile he usually gives seemed different. You can't help but wish you could see it more often.

"What can I say? Being a captain is not exactly a job where I can really do these kinds of things..."

You chuckled "Don't worry, we are not doing anything complicated of sorts" you reassured "Just follow my lead..."

You started to guide the captain through the music. Nothing difficult, just simple, easy to remember movements. As you progressed with your impromptu dancing clases, you didn't notice when your bodies got so close to each other, to the point he had his chin resting on your head while you were resting on his chest.

The mellow melody taking you to another world, another earth. There were no screens, no pixels, no pony express, no worries about the future. Just the two of you, swaying with the music. This was all you could offer to him.

And you hoped that was a good enough birthday gift.

"You know, you are not as bad a dancer as you said you were"

"Hmm? You think so?"

"Mhm, but if you really feel like it... I can give you some classes..."

"... That..."

"Ah...Sorry-"

"No! Don't be!"

"..."

"... It actually sounds wonderful"

"Really?"

"...Really"

"... Well, we have some time before we arrive at the destination... We can see each other during our breaks..."

"I'm looking forward to it then"

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Masterlist!

(I'll probably update it as time passes)

Mouthwashing

Obey me

The remarried empress

DC

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Mouthwashing

Rambles

=>Who is the impostor?

==> Another ramble with captain Curly

One shots

=> "Tonight, we dance" (Curly x reader)

Headcannons

=> Tulpar crew x Robot!reader

Imagines

=> Until death do us part (Daisuke x reader)

=> Framed pictures (Anya x reader)

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Presentation!

=> Heya! You can call me Moonie! I'm 18 and I really enjoy writing and drawing anything that interests me, so you'll see plenty of stuff around here.

=> My pronouns are she/her but I'm okay with they/them too.

=> If you want to make a request or have an idea:

Please be respectful, I'm a human being after all!

I won't do NSFW. I don't really feel confident with that. But I can make some suggestive content.

I will do oc x character or reader x character.

If you want to request a reader x character, please be specific with the type of reader you want and what gender you want them to be or else I'll just default with a gn!Reader.

=> For writing: I must warn you that English is not my first language so there'll probably be a lot of mistakes around, so please be patient with me.

=> For drawing: well, I'll probably just post simple doodles from time to time, nothing too serious. Yet.

If you are interested, you can see the masterlist with some of the things I do around here.

Masterlist

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Lmao, I imagine the face of Swansea when he finds Jim there and be like "Took you long enough, don't you think?" 🤨😮‍💨

felt the need to draw Curly hitting Jimmy on the head with the gun safety case