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I’m so honored to have witnessed the unholy matrimony of The Beast and The Red Zephyr today I really am.
Zephyr design based on this pic. Marriage officiated by @fictional-train-fight
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ID: a grayscale drawing of the Red Zephyr and the Beast of the Rails turned to face each other, with steam coming off them to form the shape of a heart. "Just Married" is written above them, also in steam. end ID
#girl genius#friends at the table#The Beast#The Red Zephyr#@fictional-train-fight#did i pop this out in 37 minutes?#yes#i think it might be my best work#not my fandom so if i've missed any tags feel free to tell me haha
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op sorry for my piss on the poor reading comprehension but when u said "trains came from the mines" in that post i thought we just like. found them down there.
Oh yeah nah that's how it happened. In our hubris we dug too deep and found beasts of fire and iron, you know how it is.
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Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.
#as a note do NOT read the comments on any T'Pol marriage clips on youtube they're full of 'haha women amiright' jokes about#how she's leading Trip on and being a bitch for not choosing him etc - if you become interested in female characters you learn#quickly just how much people still hate women displaying any amount of complexity/doing anything that isn't just falling into a man's arms#even if that hatred doesn't take the form of outright vitriol (aka: 'I feel so sad for Trip bc T'Pol's marrying some other guy')#Trip: T'Pol listen this arranged marriage stuff is no good - you've gotta be free! You have to do what YOU want to do!#T'Pol: -legally seen as property of her husband in the eyes of the law- ...............#<- not dunking on Trip it's just funny how easy it makes it seem - but!! He doesn't know all the facts#as evidenced by him saying T'Pol might 'call off the wedding' to her mother - T'Pol can't legally call off shit#It's also interesting how gender isn't really mentioned in any of the clips I've seen - it's very clear to me that T'Pol has no options#specifically because she's a WOMAN within her culture but that's almost like a quiet undercurrent and not focused on as a main#point of dissatisfaction - which I imagine it 1000% would be for Vulcan women when men have infinitely more freedom#Vulcan Man: I don't wanna marry this lady#Vulcan Law: Ok#Vulcan Woman: I don't wanna marry this guy#Vulcan Law: Noted. So - if you and your lover are willing to risk his life there's a chance (if he wins) that you can get out of marrying#him BUT if your husband kills your lover and still wants to marry you you DOOO have to marry him sorry you just gotta#<- this also makes it incredibly dangerous to in any way warn your legal husband that a kal-if-fee might be incoming#the element of surprise is a HUGE advantage when it comes to winning a fight to the death (which your lover can train for)#Vulcans#T'Pol#T'Pring#star trek#I don't think this is bad necessarily (as a fictional worldbuilding thing) but I wish it were explored more#It's especially interesting because it's an aspect of logical Vulcan society - it's clearly not logical but it's also clearly rooted deeply#in tradition which may mean Vulcan long ago used to have a much more extreme gender bias towards the male population#it just implies a lot that Vulcan has these old laws which are unfair towards women yet they still follow BUT women are treated as equal#citizens OUTSIDE of marriage! Maybe there was a feminist movement before? Is there another brewing? Where are the Vulcan feminists!
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Rules (short version: imagine this is the actual UFC):
No weapons
No outside help
No special powers
Let me emphasize this…COMPLETELY DEPOWERED
This is not a fight to the death
There are rules in place, so fighters can’t just go crazy and try to kill their opponent
#hypothetical mma fight#sang hwa#alluri sitarama raju#train to busan#rrr#ma dong seok#ram charan#sang-hwa#rama raju#korean movie#rrr film#korean film#rrr movie#k movie#telugu#sanghwa#rrr 2022#부산행#ram rrr#tumblr polls#polls#character polls#fandom polls#poll time#poll game#hyper specific poll#ufc#mma#fictional characters#movie characters
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Legion of Iron (1990)
#Legion of Iron#Yakov Bentsvi#90s#early 90s#action movie#science fiction#sci-fi movie#sci fi#fantasy film#90s sci fi#action film#cult cinema#90s movie#90s action#sword and sorcery#b movie#b-movie#gif#gifs#my gif#my gifs#sword fight#training#spar#sword
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Chapters: 20/? Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Viggo Grimborn/Original Male Character Characters: Viggo Grimborn, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Abduction, Mildly Dubious Consent, Alfred Molina - Freeform, Bondage, Trauma, Variable chapter length, canon-typical anachronisms, the httyd world is broken, so many things shouldn't work the way they do, and it's giving me an aneurysm to reconcile it, Whump Summary:
"Viggo Grimborn," the man growled softly in his ear, "a bounty has been placed on your head by Stoick the Vast, Chief of Berk and the Hooligan tribe, for the crimes of theft and murder. Your freedom is forfeit."
#how to train your dragon#viggo grimborn#alfred molina#m/m fiction#fanfic#warning that I'm fighting some writer's block#so there might be delays#after Ch25#if I can't work through it before then
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FTF: Boss Battle
The show where we put a team of characters up against one much stronger and/or haxier character.
This Week's Boss Fight...
BOSS: Karkat Vantas
Team: The Seven
Homelander
Queen Maeve
Black Noir
Supersonic
A-Train
Starlight
The Deep
Scenario:
After a massive meteor crashes headlong into the middle of Manhattan, The Seven is called in to perform damage control and generate positive PR. Karkat stumbles from wreckage, causing the crowd to panic and mistake him for an alien invader, prompting Homelander to attack him.
#fictional throwdown fridays#ftf: boss fight#homestuck#karkat vantas#the boys#the seven#homelander#queen maeve#black noir#supersonic#a train#starlight#the deep
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Log_22.TXT
08/28/2023, 07:21 (GMT-5)
Last Saturday, I went to a birthday party with my main friend group, and, of course, I had to take the train and go through 12 stations to get there, and, of course, there were at least a couple of police officers on each, there were no problems in the beginning, we didn't even get attacked by any police digimon, however, a dragon-like Digimon called Majiramon said it wanted to "test our strength", but since we were in a rush we gallantly ignored it (I hope that doesn't have any repercussions in the future) anyways, we got in the train and passed a few stations, but it suddenly stopped on the station that's before the one I was going to, and since I was hungry I decided to get out and eat, but obviously something went wrong.
I got out of the train and Fumamon got anxious, apparently he felt there was a digimon near and it was hostile, and, of course, it was Majiramon, the crazy dragon went all the way to the station we were in, deactivated the train, and attacked us, obviously, he lost.
Once we beat Majiramon, the journey got back on track, once we got to the last station I waited there for a couple of minutes, waiting for a friend, and once we got together, we advanced other 5 stations and got to our destination, and when we were getting out yet another digimon attacked us, a Brachiomon this time, Guilmon was the one who fought, and he won, although he didn't evolve, but I guess he's taking his time, my friend may not be well versed on the Digital Monster topic, but he understood what happened in the battle and even enjoyed my explanation, whatever it is, after we beat him, Brachiomon told us that a lot of digimon around the Digital World are interested in fighting with us since we've apparently make a name for ourselves by battling with the police, so I think the way to my portuguese classes will get even more chaotic than it already was.
As a last note, I haven't forgotten about the permission I have to get from "The Fourth Brigade", actually, one of my friends is getting himself one right now, so he's acting as my snitch right now, and apparently this country's army is dumber than I thought, but I'll get into that once I get mine, untill that, I'll keep you updated.
ATT: ARC
#digimon#blog#blog entry#coding#larp#story#fictional world#fighting#guilmon#brachiomon#fumamon#majiramon#train station
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I'm getting real, real tired of the careless gendering of genderless characters
(if you see the post don't harass the person, I left the name off for a reason. harassers lose kneecap privileges)
I guess if they play in a different language I'll forgive bc i don't know the pronoun situations beyond English. but since the post is in English. 🤨
#/vent post#but z you say why is this important? Pom-Pom is fictional!#if you're willing and eager to misgender a two foot magic space train conductor. i don't trust ur efforts of gendering correctly irl#ime. it doesn't check out#it really feels like people don't want to put in any effort to break down the binary in their heads#I'm fucking tired. I'm really really fucking tired#seeing people insistently gender Nanook and Yaoshi was my fault for going too far into the reddit. fighting there is useless#but this is my blog i get to bitch about seeing it on Tumblr ok? ok
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Separated AU but instead of being separated at birth (mutation?) they get token away when they were kids.
Young enough to where their personalities change a good bit (because isn’t that the point of these AUs?)
But old enough to where they remember each other and all the things that could evolve from that. Like, one might miss the others greatly, another might resent everyone for one reason or another
(Ramblings in the tags)
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt au#rottmnt separated au#separated au#tbh most separated AUs aren’t my cup of tea#so I made one that is#this is coming from someone who literally never understood why someone being adopted is seen as a bad thing#and why (both irl and in fiction) people go on a search for their birth parents solely because “blood relation”#if found out some guy who was my arch enemy was blood related to me I’d be like “damn that’s crazy. I don’t care”#and continue fighting them like like nothing was revealed#I know it’d be different for different people#Mikey would definitely try to get to know his siblings no matter what they did before or after the reveal#But still it’s hard for me to relate to that#ALSO new drama#finding out your enemy is your separated birth brother is one thing#but imagine looking desperately for the brothers you miss so dearly#only to find them on the side of your enemy#the person who kidnapped them/the person your kidnapper trained you to hate/that guy who stole you from your dad’s lab#bonus if you don’t even recognize them at first#I briefly up at the end but imagine if one of them was felt bitter and/or betrayed#like one of them is either mad at the rest and Splinter for not saving them#or maybe they hate them out of a sense of justice for their new cause#also something else which could apply to other separated AUs but I haven’t seen any do#admittedly I haven’t done enough digging to know for sure#is that it probably wouldn’t just be the one Hamato sibling trying to get the others to join their side#ESPECIALLY if Mikey wasn’t the Hamato sibling#imagine if at one point it’s two duos of brothers who both fight and attempt to Steven Universe each other#“We shouldn’t be fighting!” “I know! You should join the Foot Clan and we can be family again!” “NO-”#Anyways rambling over
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SHE HAS TASTED SWEET VICTORY
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We all love public transit, and trains, as a simple matter of course. @fictional-train-fight puts these charming locomotives against each other.
Run by the same person as @science-lesbian-swag-showdown; see their entry.
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poll: the beast vs the red Zephyr
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#the red zephyr#friends at the table: Sangfielle#the beast#Girl genius#Supertrain#fictional train fight round three
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LàATRC-1
Locomotive à Amiante, Terun Rail Compagnie, Model 1
Tender Steam Locomotive, Freighter
Conductor, Driver, Fireman
53.2 Metric Tonnes
23.6 Metres long
5.3 Metres Tall
1600mm Gauge (Standard Vallumonan Gauge)
37 km/h with Full Freight
148 Kilometres with Full Freight
TENDER
10.2 Metres Long
5.3 Metres Tall
9.7 Metric Tonnes of Coal
13,800 Gallons of Water
The LàATRC-1, usually shortened by rail workers as 'Atractif' both from the acronym as well as the relative sleekness of the locomotive compared to previous freighters. They are much larger and can pull larger freights than previous freighter trains, mainly thanks to the asbestos insulation causing the boiler heat to be dispersed quickly, and thus allowing the vehicle to handle higher pressures, torques, and speeds. Designed in 1857, first built in 1858, first freight job in 1859. Most trains that you see in use have large side skirt plates that cover the sides of the boiler and the walkways on them. These aren't side skirts, but actually armour plates, designed to be thick enough to protect from musket fire.
In the more recent years, these trains have been decked out with armour, infantry carriages, and gun cars to fight against the remaining desert rebels, making the first armoured trains in the world.
#artwork#art#drawing#sketch#train#steam train#steam locomotive#armoured train#armoured fighting vehicle#fictional#fiction#fictional military vehicle#military vehicles
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let it out, loser!
tw and tags: boxer!jungwon x fem!reader, smut, no condom, penetration, creampie, squirt, heavy dubcon, no plot just porn, the sex is nasty af, a little of blood (biting lips and fight wounds), allusion to past noncon, insanity from both of them. word count: 1.7k note: hi! i haven't written anything in a long time and just wanted to do something short. this is my first (official) enhypen piece, hope someone here likes it. if you know me from my other blog, you just know the sex i write is not the most sane one. again, this is pure fiction! Please be careful about the tags you wish to block.
credits for the divider: @bernardsbendystraws (link)
The sound of his keys being thrown to the table in your kitchen shouldn’t be that hot. The sound of his bag hitting your floor with fury shouldn’t make your panties get wet. Even more, the sound of his heart beating inside his chest so fast shouldn’t make you excited for what was about to come.
Knowing too well how he, his breath, his steps, his things, sounded when he was angry after a loss, shouldn’t turn you on.
One, two, three, four. You counted the steps he took.
Usually, if he walked around the room, he would be searching for condoms. He didn’t walk that much, so you immediately knew, he would be harder that night.
After all, he needed to let everything out to be himself the next day.
‘’I know you’re awake,’’ he said, making you open your eyes to not pretend anymore.
He didn’t try to be gentle.
His face was a mess, even in the darkness of the night, with the little to almost no light that trespassed your curtains, you could see a faint purple color on his cheek, and a bright fresh red on his lip. Both meant he would leave you hurting too.
You didn’t have to ask what he wanted from you.
You ruffled in your sheets.
You moved them so he could accommodate himself between your legs, and rubbing your eyes from the recent nap you had, you simply let him take your pajama shorts off.
It was better when you didn’t interrupt him.
You don’t hate this version of him. You know that, when the morning comes, he’ll be your nice boyfriend again. He’ll make breakfast and won’t talk at all about the night or his fight. He’ll let you clean his wounds, he’ll give you a silent soft kiss after walking you to class, and then he’ll go to the gym to keep training.
He made it hurt those nights, but he never made it hurt in your daily life.
Jungwon is the kind of boyfriend that makes sure you’re always comfortable while having sex. He leaves soft pecks on your cheek while fingering you, and he asks if you’re okay when he puts it in. He’s so tender, sometimes, you’re the one afraid of hurting him.
So, these times, when he doesn’t ask how you feel, and he just takes, you try to understand him.
A whimper came out of your mouth, totally involuntarily, when you felt his spit touching your entrance.
He was over you, between your legs, forcing them open with his own amplitude, staring at your entrance and how his saliva mixed with your wetness.
For these occasions, that little help was more than enough for you. He almost laughed. A smirk appeared on his mouth, and he let a curse out. Were you happy he was a mess? Was he really that pathetic? Why were you always so excited when he arrived from losing a match?
‘’You’re lucky I’m this kind, crazy bitch.’’
Pressing his tip on your wet clit, he exhaled loudly, looking defeated, before moving it down between your lips, smearing his spit along. He didn’t look at your eyes in this mode. He didn’t dare to look at your face. He concentrated on what he wanted from you, and you tried to find what parts of him were wounded so you could make a list of things you might need.
Ointment, bandages, cold pads, maybe you would have to cook him something nice too. Did you have apples left?
You couldn’t continue thinking when he slid in.
The burning made you leave a hurt sound out. You whimpered again, because of the pain, and hissed when he pulled out.
He didn’t ask you anything. He didn’t kiss your lips to ease it up or apologise in your ear before stopping altogether. You could see his mind thinking of something, and you wanted to suggest him, maybe he could give you more of it? As if reading your mind, he spat on his hand, a long line of drool finding his cock, and some of it spilling on your pussy on the way.
Your legs trembled with the sensation, somehow feeling a rush in your entire body. You wanted it so bad, this side of him, that when he wrapped the back of your thighs to oblige it all the way to your breast, you cried.
Not because of the sudden movement, or because of how challenging the position was, but because you knew he wanted you to feel it all.
And, when he wanted that, you would really feel it all.
‘’Fu-fuck,’’ you moaned when he bullied his way inside again.
Immediately after talking, you bit your lips.
He didn’t like it when you talked. Whether it was to complain or praise him, he didn’t care. He needed you to not talk or make him think or look at your face. He needed you to be, if possible, dead silent to only concentrate on his own thoughts.
Of course, that was almost impossible, so he would press a hand on your mouth if you didn’t behave, and in the worst cases, to mute you, he would press your face down.
Whimpers were acceptable. Broken moans, bearable. But words? No, never.
You wanted to apologize but it wasn’t the right answer, you knew it too well. You know him too well. Or so, you wanted to believe.
He pushed your legs further, slamming inside, pushing the air out of your lungs.
It continued hurting, but you couldn’t care less.
The awareness of him being there, the sound of his breathing, his hisses, the groans, you wanted it all.
A wet echo filled the room with the force he used to fuck you and your wet pussy taking him. Your walls moved to accommodate him, to welcome him with much enthusiasm, just like your hands pulling your legs closer to make it more comfortable for him.
He wasn’t wearing a condom, and just the memory of his cum all inside you made you tighten around him.
Inside your mind, you repeated give it to me, please, because your mouth wasn’t allowed to do it. It felt way too good. The first time, it made you deeply uncomfortable to feel it inside. You felt dirty, disgusting, and you couldn’t believe it had happened. Now, you couldn’t find the words to ask for it again.
You could only hope he lost.
‘’Fuck, why can’t I…? Fuck!’’
His torso raised, his hips aligned at a better angle, and he thrusted harder.
Your teeth were sinking on your lower lip, brows furrowing and eyes closing to not show him how much you were enjoying it. Probably, it was useless to even try to hide it.
Your shirt was sticking to your torso because of the sweat. Yours, his. Fuck, you heard him curse. The lower front wet spot, in no way, was from just sweat.
The spasms were arriving. You felt your abdomen get tighter, and you tried to calculate how much time had passed. It hasn’t been long enough, you concluded. You couldn’t cum, you had to hold it in, for him, because it couldn’t end so fast. For him, that short time was not enough. It couldn’t be enough.
He needed you to hold it. He needed it. He.
You cried. This time, a few tears escaped. You turned your face to the side, and a salty flavor on your tongue distracted you.
You only noticed you bit yourself so hard your lips were bleeding when you felt more of the metallic taste invading you.
Out of the ordinary, he leaned to inspect your face. His hand tactlessly gripped your chin and forced you to face him, and when he saw the drops of blood flooding your delicate lip, under your teeth, he gulped.
‘’You’re such a mess too.’’
His mouth found yours in a second, obliging you to leave your poor lip free. He, first, just grazed them, doubting to do such a soft act with you, before crashing your wound with his.
The kiss, just like the sex, was not delicate at all.
The sting in your lips was not a sensation you were familiar with. His lips were always soft with you, at least until that moment. At much, they would be lustful, making out with you for long periods of time, but never brute.
His fingers stabbed your jaw, and his tongue prodded out.
You couldn’t breathe properly, overwhelmed with his strength, so you opened your lips to inhale some air, an act he took advantage of by barging his tongue into your mouth.
You had no way of using your brain at that moment. His tongue inside your mouth stealing your little air, his entire weight sinking you to the bed, his shoulders maintaining your legs up and against your chest, his cock balls deep inside you. It was all too much. Your head was too dizzy to remember exactly at what point you had your orgasm.
You remember your legs shaking, and an embarrassing loud cry muffled with his mouth against yours.
Also, you remember the broken moan he left out, and his hips reassuming a brutal pace that makes you roll your eyes with the mere memory. His long cock had hit a spot that made you lose yourself, and your pussy, so sensitive with how he had continued using you, had the most intense orgasm you ever had.
The clean gush finished wetting the front of your shirt, splashing his abdomen and making a pod slide down onto the bedsheets. Sadly, he didn’t care that you were trembling and bawling because of it. He plunged back inside, biting your cries and mixing both bloods while trying to find his own orgasm.
He left it out all inside you.
When you felt his warm cum invading you, you passed out.
After that, all is black. You try to move your body, finding it uncomfortable and painful. Still, you turn your head, finding your boyfriend’s naked back beside you. From the way his breath is calm now that he’s sleeping, you deduce he’s back to normal after finding his release.
Your shirt is different, clean, and the bed sheets are blue instead of white, so you know it’s not the same set from the night before.
At the sensation of his cum leaking out of you, you wonder if changing your clothes and sheets was the only thing he did to you while you were unconscious.
#─★dark enhypen#─★jungwon#─★fanfic#tw dubcon#enhypen smut#enhypen x reader#jungwon smut#jungwon x reader#enhypen hard hours#enhypen hard thoughts#enha smut#honestly idk what tags to use
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Writing Female Fighters
The Heroine Must. Fight.
Today's female protagonists cannot sit on the side crying and breaking down or whimpering as the battle ensues.
Readers want to see autonomous female fighters who can at least defense themselves with courage and adequate skill.
Not all women are the same, but the heroine should get her butt moving.
Less Muscle, but More Flexibilty
The average woman is shorter than the average man, which makes it more difficult to wield a long sword or slam something down on the opponent's head.
A woman who works out can plausibly be stronger than a male couch potato, but if her male counterpart works out as much as her, the man is going to be much stronger.
On the other hand, the center of gravity in a woman's body is lower than a man's which makes it harder to knock her off her feet.
She is also more flexible, which gives her advantage in grappling fights, making use of complex landscapes, or deflecting blows.
A woman's small size can also be an advantage if her opponent has only ever trained with male opponents. His big hands might not get a good grip on her slender limbs.
In historical fiction, giving your heroine good muscule build can be tricky as exercise was generally considered harmful for women, with some exceptions for horseriding any maybe archery at best.
In such cases, make your heroine an accomplished dancer or an eager horsewoman, or the only girl whose father considered to be son replacement and thus, gave her a boy's education.
Women of lower classes who couldn't afford to be fashionably weak will be plausibly stronger, perhaps even more than an idle gentleman.
More Room for Negotiation, but Prolonged Ruthlessness
In the Suspense part of your fight scene, females are more likely to negotiate and talk more, strategically trying to descalate the situation rather than attacking on a momentary impulse.
Generally, women are less aggressive than men and remain level-headed longer than her male counterparts, opting for non-violent methods first before using force.
Exceptions apply if she is trying to protect her children (or someone who she cares for as a child). Mothers can be tigresses.
A female pre-fight conversation may be: "If you had not done so-and-so and betrayed me with so-and-so, we could have been good friends as I thought we would be." "What do you mean? It was in fact you who brought bad blood between us. I can still hear you laughing with so-and-so, taunting me, purposefully making me look bad -" "But that was so long ago! If you want me to say sorry about something so insignificant, you should have just said so: I'm sorry. There. Satisfied?" "Ha! I can't believe you say that so easily. You still don't get it, do you?" "Who's being petty and unreasonable now?"
A male pre-fight conversation will be shorter: "Who's the coward now?" "You're wrong." "Prove it." "Bastard."
Compared to men, it will take more time for a woman's fight hormones (adrenaline, neurotransmitters and such) to kick in.
She would be slower to engage initially, throwing reluctant punches and thinking, but she'll grow more and more violent and lose all rational thought and compassion, and once she's in full flow, may not stop even when her opponent begs for mercy.
When writing a male-female duo, you can show him going for the first blow while she observes and strategizes first. When he's past his peak and panting, she is flying about left and right. Later when the tension wears off and she becomes wobbly and teary, she can rely on him to have recovered faster and distract other teammates so that they won't see her cry.
Plausible Skills and Backstory
In many cultures and time periods, the general attitude of society towards girls is that they have no place in fist fights or martial arts, unlike how it is encouraged for boys of the same age. So if your heroine has physical prowess that surpasses typical 'fitness' or is hidden, build a backstory of how she's obtained it.
For modern heroines, it can be as simple as signing her up for martial arts classes or yearly membership at the local gym. For historical fiction or girls with strict 'feminine' upbringing, it can be trickier.
It can be related to profession: maybe she was an erotic wrestler, catfighter, or an assasin who thought killing was more honorable than prostitution. They may have dabbles with it for a short time and is now trying to hide their past from their respectable employer or fiance.
It can be family backstory: Perhaps her mother was an accomplished martial artist or she had to fend for younger siblings on the streets from an early age. Maybe she was the only girl in a family of many boys who refused to be the punching bag.
Inexperienced Female Fighters
A woman with no fighting experience or training is likely to resort to one of these on instinct:
Try to talk herself out of the situation, attempting to persuade or negotiate for her life.
Grab something to use as a weapon. This instinct seems to be stronger for women than it is in men.
Use her hands to try and break free, or kick (often wth little success)
Pull hair
Scratch.
In a serious fight, pulling hair and scratching won't be helpful, except when the police come to find her body, they would find the opponent's DNA under her fingernails.
Plausible Weapons and Clothing
All of the above applies to scenes where both parties have no weapons, or has the bare minimum (like one dagger each).
Weapons are equalizers, and if your heroine is pointing a gun at her opponent she will definitely NOT hesitate to be the one to shoot first.
When giving your female character a weapon, choose one she can plausibly use. It would take an unusually brawny woman to wield a great medieval longsword.
For historical fiction, give your heroine something she'll plausibly own. Swords and firearm were a no-go for women, but archery was borderline acceptable.
For clothing starters, you definitely CAN NOT dress her in a tight miniskirt and chainmail bra with long, flowy hair and multiple silver chockers. Unless she's trying to seduce her way into her opponent's bedroom, and he has a chainmail bra fetish.
A practical heroine will have her thighs covered, preferably with leather but at least with fabric, since a lot of blood flows through the thighs and a slash would be critical.
She'll keep her hair tied, tucked under a helmet, braided back, etc. so that it won't impede her vision.
She'll support her breasts with a strong sport bra. In a historical eprioid, she'll either tie her breasts tight with a fabric bandage or support them with some kind of leather corset.
Invent a female version of male fighter clothing of the time you are writing about if it doesn't exist.
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