#「 victor writes 💌」

[bronze-bell]

The Ferryman has never liked leaving people to their fates if he can intervene. So when Victor fumbles over his chair, cannot climb it the way he needs to, almost gets flattened in the process, it is no surprise that he intervenes. He knows there are things where it is best to stay aside, but... the longer this goes, the more it becomes clear this is not one of those times. So he must act.

It's strange, feeling the solidity and warmth of a human against... whatever he is now. He almost wants to wrap as much as he can around the postman and not let go, and equalize their temperatures, and blanket Victor with all that he has become, if it will be any greater comfort to him. Still, even like this, he is content.

Victor's hands shake as he opens the letter, and the Ferryman cannot stop himself from observing where the postman is in reading and annotating. Cannot stop himself from immersing into what the postman reads and writes, hands slowly ruffling the other's hair.

Ah. He can barely understand any of this. Drumming his fingers on the desk, he thinks, before retrieving another pen and writing below everything Victor's written.

"It's okay, you don't need to have it all now. Take as long as you need. I have more than enough time to wait for when you are ready."

He angles himself towards the bed, as if making a suggestion. He knows he will bring Victor that direction anyway, but it's polite to ask and indicate what's happening beforehand, is it not?

( @yellow-rose-embalmer )

Victor is, essentially, wrapped in the Ferryman. The postman weakens as soon as he's deemed his own writing done, slumping back against the body that cradles his exhausted form. No better than a doll.

He closes his eyes for a blissful second, as sleep threatens to take him then and there. Alas, the sound of writing loosens its hold on him, and he comes bobbing back up to the surface. To wakefulness.

He has to pull himself towards the desk in order to see what's written, blinking slowly. Focus eyes, read words, process, repeat. Quite frankly, he doesn't understand, but he's suitably lulled by the tone.

There is a shift in position, and Victor goes limp against Aesop's hold. He does mind what may come next, but he nods anyway, just to let The Ferryman know.

How polite of him.

[bronze-bell]

It's truly a wonder, that he alone learned to understand Aesop. Victor has always been good at translating people's movements to words, even silently, but he's never considered that others would struggle with that task he finds so simple.

People often disregard Aesop as rude or cold or even manipulative, god forbid, (He's scarcely anything of the sort!), without noticing, like Victor does, the little twitches, or the way he leans, or the way he'll avoid someone's gaze, all very clear signifiers of emotion. Of discomfort. Aesop doesn't like those assumptions, clearly.

Victor doesn't have those. He's sure. He's trained it out of himself. A perfect silent postman, never seen or heard. Though now, he takes more comfort than he can really understand in being Aesop's silent friend.

The embalmer smiles at him, and all at once his heart is aglow with a sort of strange pride. This Postman is loved. Even on his day off.

So it's even more of the utmost importance to keep this moment. Even if he struggles to keep himself from bobbing under all his restlessness. Even if he panics internally over forgetting the exact wording of Aesop's letter. Even if Aesop's obscured smile has dropped, leaving icicles growing in Victor's stomach.

So he cups Aesop's hand in both his own, as gently as he can muster without shaking like a leaf. The Postman doesn't know what promise is being made, but he'd anything to see that smile once more.

[@bronze-bell ✉︎]

They are quiet together, as always. Silent friends. Nobody who could witness it would understand the conversation between them, the muted gestures of fear and trust and hope.

He slips past Aesop as his request for access is given, and he is, once again, greeted by the safe haven (Hopefully.) that he's starting to become used to. The thought makes his heart skip a beat in worry. What if somebody realises he frequents here, and it becomes a target? (And after all the trust he's put in...?)

He can't show this though. It's his "birthday", he needs to be picture perfect. He waves his hand over his face, the practiced motion helping reset himself to default emptiness and smiles.

Victor turns almost a little too sharply when he realises his back is facing the doorway, but it has been closed and latched since he entered.

He can't seem to get his head out of the clouds today...

(continued from here!)

The quiet they share is comforting, in all these ways they don't need words or voices to understand each other. Conversations held within the way they stand, their expressions, it is a language that the two have taken time to learn. Taken time to understand the other and how their motions and gestures show their meanings, and when something is a concern. If Aesop had known he would find a silent friend that he could speak to, and that would return such words to him, he wonders if he would have less of an assumption that he would need all these words and bowed heads.

The postman moves past him, and once he knows the other has entered, Aesop locks the door with a practiced motion. When he turns back towards Victor, the other's expression is back where it usually is, and as he turns in a stilted manner, Aesop tries to hide the smile that creeps up onto his face and becomes visible in his eyes, though a slight hum does escape him. Victor must be worried... but at the same time, these little idiosyncrasies of the postman's movements are one of the many reasons he finds the man so special, so memorable.

As he feels the lump in his throat from the doubt, from the worries his thoughts would be misinterpreted, he looked away anxiously, holding a hand out for Victor, both to gauge the other's feeling through the way the touch did or didn't reach him, and as if to say that he was here, and he had no intention of leaving the postman.

After all, Aesop needed no words to make a promise.

[lolawritesfanfic]

Masterlist

writing styles:

oneshot-💌

angst-💥

fluff-🎀

lemon/smut-🍋

drabble-💝

story-❤️

Yandere-🔪

Yandere Boys:

-Peter YB

❤️🎀🔪-Peter is jealous of Duke TK thinking TK and the princess reader are dating.

🔪-Prince Peter x Female Princess Reader- The reader is forced into an arranged marriage with Peter they aren't happy with it, Neither is Peter until they see the reader and see it as love at first sight and starts becoming yandere for them and will stop at nothing to have them even killing their bloodline so they have to get married sooner and becoming King not just of the kingdom but of them too.

🎀-Prince Peter x Princess Reader-Peter finds the reader crying in the garden, the princess doesn't know why she's crying but mostly thinks she's not good enough and peter comforting.

🔪💌-Prince Peter Blackmailing Princess's reader's family to get her to marry him.

💌💝🔪-4 suitors (Peter YB, John Doe, SunnyDay Jack, Alan Orion) fighting to win over the princess's heart.

-John Doe

-SunnyDay Jack

-Alan Orion

-Tate Frost

-Delivery Guy

-Damon

Supernatural:

-Dean Winchester

-Sam Winchester

-Castiel

-Crowley

-Gabriel

-Chuck (God)

Marvel:

-Steve Rogers

-Tony Stark

-Thor Odinson

-Loki Laufeyson

DC Comics:

-Batman

-Joker (Nickels, Ledger, Leto, Joaquin)

-Penguin

-Harley Quinn

-Catwoman

-Bane

Gotham Tv show:

-Alfred Pennyworth

-Bruce Wayne

-Jim Gordon

-Harvey Bullock

-Victor Zsasz

-Oswald Cobblepot

-Edward Nygma

-Carmine Falcone

-Salvatore Maroni

-Fish Mooney

-Butch Gilzean

Ouran High School Host Club:

-Tamaki Suoh

-Kyoya Ootori

-Hikaru Hitachiin

-Karuo Hitachiin

-Hikaru and Karuo Hitachiin

-Takashi Morinozuka

-Mitsukini Huninozuka

-Haruhi Fujioka

-Basanova

-Nekozawa

-Renge Houshakuji

Horror Slashers:

-Micheal Myers

-Jason Voohees

-Freddy Krueger

-Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)

-Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelson)

-Chucky and Tiffany

Orange is the new black:

-Sam Healy

-Desi Piscartella

-George Mendez

-John Bennett

-Joe Caputo

Yandere Simulator:

-Ayano Aishi

-Ayato Aishi

-Umeji Kizuguchi

-Gaka Hikitsuri

-Hohuto Furukizu

-Dairoku Surikizu

-Hayanari Tsumeato

-Tiru Sutiriku

Bully Scholarship Edition:

-Derby Harrington

-Gary Smith

-Bif Taylor

-Chad Morris

-Gord Vendome

-Derby Harrington and Johnny Vincent

-Tad Spencer

Disney villains

-Gaston Legume

💝🔪-https://www.tumblr.com/lolawritesfanfic/769350242091008000/yandere-gaston-x-female-reader?source=share

Requests are open for more characters. give me time to do my research if I don't know them and add them to the list. Enjoy reading.

[heartshapedbubble]

hi !!! could i request bday hcs with norton and victor?? anything works!! you could do general hcs if youd like <3

hihi of course !! 💓

norton campbell and victor grantz birthday hcs🧲💌

norton campbell🧲

not the best at throwing parties to be honest. never had one thrown for him, never threw one and was rarely invited to them. he never really celebrated his own birthday either

HOWEVER. since it's you in question he cannot go cheap

he's going to be avoiding you for some time as he's going to be busy digging ores and crystals to sell - organizing a birthday party is not exactly a cheap feat, and he needs to make sure everything goes perfectly, from the icing to the candle wax to the piñata (if you're up for it😎)

lacks a lot of those ""birthday skills""" such as baking a tasty cake and the ability to decorate well so he's going to go all out on your present at the very least

he likes gifting crystals and gems he finds - only the best one he could dig up for you, polished by hand - as he finds them to be a very versatile gift. don't like them? you can sell it! can't store them anywhere? no problem, for he'll simply commission a jeweler to make a custom piece out of it!

despite going all out for you he's quite indifferent about his own birthday, being happy even when it's just you and him and a birthday cake between you two. write him a sweet card and put some dollar bills between the paper to make this man's day

victor grantz💌

oh victor is so tooth-achingly sweet when it comes to birthdays. bless his little heart fr

he loves throwing parties and has an amazing eye for decorations and aesthetic, and he would like to keep planning your party a private thing so it's just him who can hyperfocus on making it perfect

vic's the kind of guy that prefers doing everything by himself, from the gift - for him, the best gift is the one that will have special meaning for the receiver - to the birthday cake which he'll mix, bake and decorate all on his own. the fact that it's him who's picking out the most fitting aroma for the whipped cream, the color scheme and the tea flavor makes him feel so good. is it because of you or is it just because he loves organizing? both? he'll never know!!!!!!!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗

and obviously the best part of it all? THE BIRTHDAY CARD. i don't think i have to explain this one tbh just visualize his face impatiently watching yours light up as you read

vic strikes me as somebody who would force everyone to wear birthday hats including wick. just a thought tbh

as for his birthday he's quite humble about it!! just a small circle of people dear to him (obviously including you don't even DARE to not show up i will personally put you into a coma) and a lot of birthday letters just for him </33334 god bless viccy

[disaster-j]

Make me write!

This really helped me make progress on my fics last time so I figure why not do it again

Rules: Send me an emoji (ask) corresponding to the WIP and I'll write 3 sentences for each emoji and share it. My wips are below:

🪄 Love potion (khaithird)

👑 All For the Crown aka Magic royalty au (buddietommy)

💌 Fake dating au (bucktommy)

🌈 The Lion, The Witch and This Fucking Closet of Despair aka Pick is Pete's cousin au (pickrome & petekao)

🔮 Psychic!Buck au (bucktommy & salad)

🥂 ctrl+alt+del aka Salad Best Men AU ft Groomzilla Buck (saleddie & bg bucktommy)

🥀 Buddie Divorce AU (bucktommy & salad)

🛋️ Fake Couple's Counselling AU (TayLena)

☣️ killing victor aka labrats au (not me/toddblackgram)

💴 ToddWai au (it's a not me x bad buddy au with an intentionally misleading name?)

☕ Coffee Shots aka mafia meets coffee shop au (khaithird)

😈 Devil You Know aka demon!White au (not me, multi ship)

👭 Heather All Along aka Khai helps Pear get the girl au (earnpear & khaithird)

(as before I'll probs write way more than 3 sentences lol)

[bronze-bell]

Victor shifts uncomfortably as he is stared through. God, he should have remained unnoticed. The painter is always prickly, maybe more so today. Victor, for all his secrets, wouldn't know. (It's the same reason he panics upon seeing the photographer in a match - he does not like being replicated, in any form.)

There is about twenty seconds of uninterrupted silence, before Victor scrambled to attention and runs.

That was a terrible idea. Let's not repeat it.

Good evening, Mr Valden!

[the postman has, quite unintentionally, found himself face to face with Mr Valden. He would rather be quite literally anywhere else, but social niceties make him say hello regardless.]

- @bronze-bell

Quite frankly, the meeting was unplanned. Edgar had no intention of actively seeking out the postman (let alone anyone else, but the postman was the relevant person here), and he would not be surprised if Victor had many other things he'd rather do. But, unfortunately for the both of them, they are here.

Edgar, even if he would rather do away with social niceties, can understand that a little politeness is expected. There are bare minimums to be fulfilled. The unfortunate side effect is being misunderstood, yes, but it's a good way to check who doesn't even try to look into his words. So, once he properly registers the postman's presence, he straightens himself up to prepare to give his full attention, his expression of slightly muted annoyance refusing to change, as he looks Victor up and down before addressing the other with a short nod, his voice sounding somewhere between disinterested and curt. "Good evening to you, too."

[vincentsleftear]

iris pls tell me should i watch the penguin and why

FJFJFIFJEKSJSPF YESYESYES!!

ahem.

I mean. Yes 😇. You absolutely should! Being that it’s a current hyper fixation of mine I may be a bit biased but I genuinely believe it’s the best thing on TV rn. There’s never a dull moment! Each episode leaves me floored and holding my breath till the next one airs lol.

This show is packed full of action and intrigue, compelling characters and show stopping performances, and fantastic writing and jaw dropping costume/set design.

Here’s a few other reasons 🤭:

1. Hot Evil Lady

I mean!! C’mon!! Enough said. If this alone doesn’t convince you idk how to help honestly.

Jokes aside, Cristin Milioti TURNS IT as Sofia Falcone. Give that lady her Emmy NOW. In a show about *The Penguin’s* rise to power, she is completely winning over so much of the audience despite being the protagonist’s main opposition. That’s how powerful her performance is.

If you’re a fan of the “self-fulfilling prophecy”/“becoming-the-very-thing-you-seek-to-destroy-trope” like I am (or just a fan of hot evil women lmao) you’ll love her and this show.

2. Colin Farrell is a Wizard

Look at these two images. Look at them. How on earth is that the same person. Idk!!! Colin Farrell is completely unrecognizable in his role as Oz Cobb and it’s not just in his physical appearance! The accent. The walk. The mannerisms. All the way down to the way he turns his head!! It’s a complete transformation and incredible to watch on screen!

3. Fucked Up Familial Dynamics! Yippee!!

One of my personal favorite tropes ❤️ and there’s NO shortage of examples in this show lol. Idk how to sell this aspect of The Penguin without giving too many spoilers. Just know that the character dynamics in this show are so deliciously fucked up. I really love how so many of the central dynamics within the show mirror eachother in some way. That’s all I can say. Just. *chefs kiss*

4. Cute Mentor Relationship!

If you’re not a sicko like me, never fear!! There’s something for you too! A nice little mentor dynamic!! Such a classic trope!

The paths of Oz Cobb, hardened gangster, and Victor Aguilar, orphan and petty thief, cross unexpectedly one fateful night. Both struggle with different forms of disability in a world where the vulnerable are sacrificed for power and control. Oz sees himself in young Victor and takes him under his wing. The two become teammates in their plan for survival and to make it to the top of Gotham’s criminal world.

and um. Yeah 💌 that’s my thesis on why you should watch The Penguin 😁😁

[kakushusband]

♦️🌺𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓽 🌻♥️

͝ ⏝𝅄︶ ͝ ⏝ ⊹ ⏝ ͝ ︶𝅄⏝ ͝

Hi! I'm Cebi/Nero/Arlo/etc and I'm a queer guy (he/they/it) in his 20s who can't stop falling for weird fictional men 🧡 I draw occasionally and write very rarely.

Check my Rentry for f/o lists, ship names, sharing and OCS!

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Kaku is currently my *main* focus. Champagne is the oc I pair him with, and their ship name is 'Mimosas'. Our anniversary is 03/07/2024 (dmy).

I don't share him, and I don't want to be exposed to canon/canon OR oc/canon ship art of him either. Most of my posts about him have massive warnings and are unrebloggable because I dont trust the fanbase, sorry. I swear I'm not as mean as that makes me seem.

[we r currently engaged, but my url is what it is because of Tumblr Business]

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Quick and easy tag reference

For f/os, it usually goes [heart color][name] UNLESS I have ship name for them. The guide is:

💜: romantic (💜Veloci)

💛: familial (💛Weevil)

💙: queerplatonic (💙Rohan)

🧡: platonic (🧡CP9)

💚: FWBs (💚Mercury)

🥩: 'im sexually attracted to this character but by god i do Not want to be their friend' (🥩Engarde)

❔: questioning (❔Ultron)

💌: crushes (💌Mai)

Other tags are:

📡 incoming transmission 📡: general text posts and blabber

💫close encounters (suggestive)💫: nsfw-ish

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Incomplete ship tag list:

Cinder: Citrus x Guy Gardner (GLTAS)

Citrine: Citrus x Guy Gardner (BTBATB)

Corny: Citrus x Red Tornado

J'itters: Citrus x J'onn J'onzz

Synesthesia: Citrus x Guy x Razer

Wiscottbarda: Winona x Scott Free x Barda Free

Corkscrew: Orchard x Copperhead

Victorian: Alborean x Victor Fries (DCAU)

Crudy: Cupid x Rudy Jones

Psionics: Bruno x Psimon

Katharsis: Kit x Curt Connors x Martha Connors

Kitkats: Kit x Mac Gargan x Sarah

Caldera: Eudicot x Kif x Amy

Plumage: Pluto x Zamasu

Violoncello: Viola x Cell

Cherieza: Cherry x Frieza

Picturesque: Pluto x Piccolo

Phoneydew: Honeydew x Photar

Pandora: Anora x Pleakley

Razorblade: Adonis x Arlong

Akita: Nikita x Adrian Andrews

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Atkey: Nikita x Luke Atmey

Giakoito: Giacomo Betulla x Otonoshin Koito

Oc (non sona) stuff:

Voltera Epianthra: Cupid's descendant. Dating Mekt Ranzz. Brother of Brainiac 5.

Dahlia Aerospace: Eudicot's best friend in the whole world

Carmesin: Red oni who's a piece of shit and Viola's only coworker aside from Syke

Kurosuto: Frost's kid, universe 6s version of Kuriza. Actually venomous

Vito: member of Appule's race and Cherry's adoptive father

[ruedesfillesducalvaire]

we have reached the end..... 💌

on my life, i didn't even READ fanfiction before victor hugo's brick rearranged my brain, so the fact that i've now finished writing 14 chapters of one is WILD.

thank you for reading, i've had a lot of fun!!

[since i didn't post anything on tumblr when i put up chapters 12 & 13, i'll link to those here as well just in case anyone missed them]

chapter 12: valjean

chapter 13: 24601

...or, here's the link to start reading from the beginning 💖

[ithaquasbbg]

Hii I hope you're doing well!

I just thought of this, but this might've been already done by some other writer but idk.

Can I request fluff hcs for Victor Grantz/Postman that meets his penpal? Fem or GN reader, whichever you prefer!

Please and thank you! Take care of yourself! Eat, drink and sleep plenty!

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Hi anon! :) yes I can do this :D

Victor Grantz | Postman w/ a fem pen pal reader Hcs

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Pairing : Nothing established, could probably be read as Victor x reader

Tw: none

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|💌| He’d probably be incredibly anxious before meeting you in person. What if you didn’t like his company in person? What if he’s too awkward?

|💌| I think it’s safe to say that you probably have those fears as well before meeting him! Both of you are so excited but so worried at the same time!

|💌| When you do meet Victor hands you a letter with a wide smile on his face, the contents basically talking about how excited he is to finally meet you

|💌| Victor will introduce you to his dog with that same big smile, he’s obviously very happy to see you after so long of writing to each other!

|💌| He probably tells you that you look really pretty (whether written or verbally- however you interest him). Romantic or not- it’s still a sweet gesture!

|💌| On a similar note, he is a cute guy in general- and if you returned the compliment he’d likely be flustered beyond belief.

|💌| When you two have to leave again, he’ll promise to write to you as soon as he can!

|💌| Sure enough, you get a letter in the mail a few days later talking about how much he enjoyed meeting you, and asking if you could meet up again soon!

….

Yipeee

[hayleythesugarbowl]

chancellor esteban flores x reader headcanons

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ masterlist ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚

a/n: i literally NEVER see him or this fandom so I’m here to fill the void 🫡 disclaimer though it’s been a while since i watched this show and i am only on s2 so that is when this will take place i guess 🎀💌

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dating esteban would include…

ok so like he met you at a trade summit with a neighboring kingdom 

you couldn’t keep your eyes of each other

you heard it here folks-

esteban “uptight, professional, reserved” flores couldn’t keep his eyes off you 

ofc doña notices

anyways you get a job at the castle in avalor 

you guys keep meeting at different conferences/events/etc

you both flirt but neither makes a move

esteban keeps asking doña for advice 

because he knows nothing about romance

you are at all the grand council meetings

finally he asks you out 

naomi won’t stop teasing him about it 

he gets all flustered around you and elena loves to try to help him make nice gestures for you

he is still reserved and it takes a bit for him to actually open up to you but when he does it’s so cute 

“He HaTeS eVeRyOnE bUt HeS dIfFeReNt WiTh YoU” 

i know it’s cliche but like it’s true in this case

he loves taking you sailing occasionally 

and he is super busy but always makes time for you 

you eventually find out about his dealings with shuriki when he finally confides in you

obviously he still feels really guilty and you comfort him 

you become besties with naomi and elena and mateo and gabe

gabe flirted with you once though and esteban didn’t let it go for weeks

you hang out with doña a lot and you have girls nights

he’s actually super protective and proud of you 

he isn’t into pda but when it’s just you two he loves cuddling 

victor tried to blackmail you once and the council had to intervine before esteban tried to send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love to hunt down his old friend 

a/n: sorry hamilton reference

you call him el segundo to get on his nerves

he has the cutest nicknames for you

”princesa” “mi amor” “chiquitita” “mi reina”

his family is so so important to him and he hates the thought of losing you like his parents and aunt and uncle 

he loves making his family’s recipes for you

he loves it when you sing him to sleep

you make him feel 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃

you guys get a pet jaquin

even though he’s never been fond of them

but he relented because you wanted one

and he insisted on naming it after you

you guys just love each other so much and everyone in avalor knows it <3

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ˋ°•*⁀➷ well there it is…like i said i am not 100% up to date on this show but i hope you enjoyed!! i love esteban so much and i have since i was 12 so this felt like something i needed to write ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚🍒🩰

[bronze-bell]

( @yellow-rose-embalmer )

This letter is kept simple in its presentation, though with the gold seal pressed onto a light grey envelope, with handwriting that clearly shows the nerves of its writer, it does not go entirely unembellished.

It's early, when the embalmer leaves to drop the letter off at Victor's door. Truthfully, he couldn't bear to wait too long into the day, but too early would feel... odd, wouldn't it? He can't just make it obvious that he's been worrying all night about this, even if the bags under his eyes and the stumble in his step make it painfully clear. So, once light has trickled in through the windows for enough time that a majority of the manor seems to be awake, he makes his delivery, checking behind him before leaving for his own room, wishing he could melt into the shadows, not a trace of himself at risk of being seen.

To Mr. Grantz:

Christmas is upon us, and having had to learn a few things of what it represents... I cannot help but wonder what mortals like us are supposed to take from it all. The birth of someone who does so much for others' good, even at their own expense...

That sounds a lot like someone I know, now that I think about it. Someone with steps a little too regular. Someone with eyes that mine rarely meet, but which shine in the most beautiful way. Someone who sees me as worth treasuring... worth looking up to. I could not be luckier to know you, and if others do not see the same, you can at least be assured that I always will. (I deal in eternity and permanence, when I say 'always', trust me, I mean it.)

I truly hope you have a happy birthday, and that you can be recognized for the kind man you are.

A. Carl

Victor is always busy in the days before his birthday. Despite the protests from the other manor residents, he insists on taking presents and cards to their proper destinations. As is his job. But the agreement, so that he is not dragged back to bed and forced to take days off, is that he NEEDS to take a break for his birthday.

This has left him feeling particularly awkward. It's only the (early, for everyone but him) morning, and yet he's half bored out of his mind, half anxious to be on his feet.

He'd talked to Aesop earlier, in fact! It was mostly to distract himself, although he really did need to get around to explaining the whole "I've been talking to you but it's hunter you and maybe you two should have a play date or something" situation.

He'd only been in his room for a few minutes before the letter fell through the door. It was much too quickly delivered for it to be about that situation, but it was definitely the type of wax Aesop liked to use, so he opens it immediately instead of putting it on the pile he'll read himself to sleep with.

And oh, what a letter it is! What starts as an Aesop-typical philosophical conundrum very quickly becomes flattering, worry derailed at the thought of him. (Of him!) Victor feels himself flush, not that he cares.

But there is a problem. How on earth is he supposed to thank him?

It's a birthday wish, a very... Situational type of encouragement. Would it be considered odd to reciprocate it? Abnormal? God forbid, rude? Seen as a rejection, especially to a man with a self worth so fragile as Aesop's?

He doesn't realise he's pacing until Wick snaps him out of it. Still, he taps his feet, trying to think of an answer to his conundrum.

Mr Carl receives absolutely no warning before Victor is at his door. How long has it been since the letter was sent? Five, ten minutes? Victor is quite a fast reader...

It seems Victor Grantz is going to initiate conversation twice today. This may be a world first.

[blackgirlnotes]

Thoughts on Spring & A New Series 💌🌸💭

🌸 Spring is the season of life and rebirth. The world is being reawakened as Persephone returns to her mother. Students are finishing school for the term, flower shops and farmer's markets are opening, and overall, there's an excited buzz in the air.

🌸 Spring is also the season of love, despite commercial belief. Victor Hugo writes, "If people did not love one another, I really don't see what the use there would be in having any spring." He's right—spring is the season for budding relationships, making amends with people, and starting anew. 

�� As a black, queer femme in America, spring has always felt like a precursor to my official return from hibernation. The time needed to perfect my summer wardrobe and to find the lotion-oil-perfume combination that will last me all day and leave me enticing and moisturized for hours. As a writer, spring is the season in which I am most inspired by the world around me. I begin to write love letters to the Earth and to the mundane, which leads me to a very special project I've been planning. 

 

Black Girl Notes presents "Love Letters: All the Things We Wish to Say." From April 29th through May 31st, I will be hosting a series that seeks to promote healthy, effective communication with the underlying goal of healing ourselves and building interpersonal community. The first installment of the "Love Letters" series is "Love Letters: To Our Dearly Departed."

 

While spring is the season of renaissance, it is not absolved from death. In my short twenty-four years, I have experienced death more during springtime than any other season. Using my experience as a basis, I think as we begin to transition from spring to summer, we should help heal the traumas of losing those who may have transitioned from life far too soon.

 

💌 "Love Letters" will begin with an opportunity to share an anonymous letter with your dearly departed loved ones. A link to a form to write anything you wish to say to someone you may have lost will be posted here on this blog, as well as on my Substack under the Black Girl Notes tab and on my Instagram (@terizahh, @shop.nellmaria, and @theeriscompany). If you choose to write a letter to a loved one, you will be given the option of receiving a response from me. I am not a licensed therapist, and I simply want to help ease pain and build community. 

 

When I was young and grieving the loss of my adoptive mother and eventually my biological mother, I found solace in online communities. My responses will simply be an expression of understanding and sharing that I will always be there for those who may need a shoulder to cry on.

 

💭 The form for submitting a letter to a loved one will remain open until May 3rd. On May 3rd, I will be sharing a post about Death and the Black Community, which will be available to read in full on Substack. Each week, a new "Love Letters" topic will be shared with the opportunity to leave a letter to those who you wish to be able to speak to.

 

Finally, at the end of the series, we will have a celebration of love in all its forms, from families to friends to relationships to finding ourselves. There will be Substack exclusive interviews with some amazing people throughout this series whose stories will hopefully inspire and encourage you.

 

I look forward to writing and reading your love letters 💌💭.

 

- Nellmaria

[xxsycamore]

(requests are now closed)

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦‼️

—❥ 𝐱𝐱𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!! The holiday of love is here, and I thought, what better time to hold a milestone celebration event so we can celebrate both at the same time!

On April 21st, 2022 my blog reached 1,000 followers. Thank you so much for all the love and support that you've shown me so far and I can only hope you'd stick around for everything that is yet to come ❤ Some of you might remember me being in shadowban during last summer - this event was meant to be held during that window of free time but I didn't get that chance - and I've actually hit several new mini-milestones since then, but either way, I didn't want to miss my 1000 followers celebration! I will be waiting for you to join me by putting a request in my inbox 🥺❤ Ily all! ✨A small surprise: you can request for IkeVil characters as well as for the ikeseries MCs ✨

↪ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎: Pick a prompt and send me an ask with the emoji and a character of your choice. These are going to be short interactions with the character! Not a specific word count but my point is learning how to write short things 😂 Hope you can help me with that! So, you're basically getting the reaction of said character when presented (by YOU) with the item/activity of the prompt. NOTE: i'd LOVE it if you get creative with those - almost each one in the list can be personalized - tell me what flowers are you giving them, what pick-up line would you use on them, what date would you invite them to, what song would you serenade them with, maybe even write the contents of your love letter! Ofc, being vague is just as fine!

↪ 𝚂𝚘, 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜: "Can I have 🍫 with Chevalier?" ; "Giving Leonardo a 🌼"; "😘 but run immediately after, with Gilbert"; "How would Masamune react if I serenade him with (song name and artist)?"

↪ 𝚄𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, this time I'm not crossing out anything - I'll be writing as many requests of the same character as I get and as many of the same prompt as I get. You can send a maximum of three requests. I will continue getting requests for as long as I feel like, but it would be a few days maximum. I expect to be able to go through your request fast but I can't promise anything!! Old requests are still going to get written once I get to them, rest assured!

I plan on surprising you with a little something once the event is closed and I can see which character got the most requests 🤫 And if everything goes well, we can repeat this event for White Day but with things swapped around between you and the character. Shh, who said that?

Waiting to see what you put in my inbox 👁👁 Have fun!

𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠:

🌹 - A single red rose

🌼- A symbolic small flower

🍫- Home-made chocolate

😘- A kiss on the cheek

🫂- A warm hug

💌- A love letter

🎁- A box of chocolates

💐- A bouquet of their favorite flowers

🧵- A hand-made craft

🧸 - An animal plushie that reminds you of them

𝗢𝗥:

😏- Use a corny pick-up line on them

🟫 - Kabedon them against the nearest wall

🍬- Slip heart-shaped candy in their pocket

📜- Cite a love poem to them

💃- Pull them in for a dance when noone else is around

🥺 - Ask them how much they love you

🤲- Do the classic "Can you hold something for me" - giving them your hand

💋 - Pull them in for a sudden fierce kiss

🎼- Serenade them with a love song

👒- Invite them on a date

Characters:

NEW: Ikemen Villains: Wiliam; Harrison; Liam; Elbert; Alfons; Roger; Jude; Ellis; Victor DISCLAIMER: based only on vibes (and everything we know about them so far from their first teaser); can turn out to be OOC! doing it just for fun 🥺

NEW: Ikeseries MCs: Mitsuki (Ikevamp); Alice (Ikerev); Mai (Ikesen); Emma (Ikepri)

Ikemen Prince: Leon; Chevalier; Yves; Nokto; Licht; Jin; Luke; Clavis; Rio; Sariel; Gilbert; Keith; Silvio NEW: Cyran/Cyril

Ikemen Vampire: Napoleon(pls); Leonardo; Mozart; Arthur; Vincent; Theo; Isaac; Jean; Dazai; Sebastian; Comte; Shakespeare; Vlad; Faust; Charles; NEW: Drake; Galileo (can be OOC)

Ikemen Revolution: Lancelot; Ray; Jonah; Fenrir; Edgar; Sirius; Kyle; Luka; Zero; Seth; Blanc; Oliver; Loki; Harr; Mousse; Dalim; Dean; Levie

Ikemen Sengoku: Nobunaga; Masamune; Shingen; Hideyoshi; Mitsuhide; Kanetsugu; NEW(first time writing for): Ieyasu; Mitsunari; Yukimura; Sasuke; Kenshin; Kenyo; Ranmaru; Motonari; Keiji; Kicho; Yoshimoto

Midnight Cinderella: Alyn; Giles; Louis; Leo; Byron; Nico; Albert; Robert; Rayvis; Sid

[melancholy-marionette]

Hi! Hope you are doing well ♡

Any funfacts about Blue and Orange Blythe that you couldn't show in the game?

-💌

Hey hey! Thank you :3 I was doing pretty badly pre-Christmas and kinda went into shutdown for a while because everything got too much, but I'm just starting to emerge into the light again x3

Hmm, that's a tough one because there's a lot, but some of it would be too spoilery to say since it might still end up being shown in the game, haha. Or it's already in-game and vague/open to interpretation.

Also, I don't know if what I think might be fun would necessarily be someone else's idea of fun x3

I guess one of the biggest facts that hasn't been fully shown yet is just how much of a perv Blue Blythe is xD There are little bits here and there, but they're mostly accusations by Orange (which are largely completely true x3)

How far that gets taken in-game will depend on how comfortable Blue's lovely VAs are with the content. I don't think I want to make it full-on 18+ nsfw, but there's been a kind of bondage scene with Blue haunting my brain for a while now, haha. I haven't started writing it, but I always keep little notes on my phone when things come to me so that one's probably gonna make the game when Blue's route is eventually finished!

Aaaand, speaking of pervs, Orange is kind of a closet perv x3 Orange may never admit that and be forever insulted by the mere suggestion of it, but it doesn't change the fact, haha. Orange would just be much more subtle than Blue when it comes to that sort of thing.

On the smaller side though, I guess there's stuff like the fact that Orange is actually a lot more dangerous than Blue even though it may not seem like it x3 The pair of them may fight over MC, and sometimes, it might even seem like Blue wins, but really, Orange will always be the victor because Orange will always find a way to outsmart Blue.

Also, not really related to the characters I guess, but a bonus fact is that Blue Blythe could potentially have been voiced by Philip Kraaijenhof (who voiced the captor in my game The Hostage & also Rhime in Tunnel Vision) instead of Dominic! Philip's audition for Blue Blythe was fantastic, and I knew I wanted to work with him on something from the moment I heard it. Ultimately, I went with Dominic because his voice fit the character just a tiiiiny bit better and had a slight edge on complementing Phonobabble's to complete the characters as twins :3 I hope you're doing well and that 2024 turns out to be an awesome year for you ^-^

[oletusfragments]

💌; Eli Clark

((I Don't know if you write for him or not. I'm sorry 😭))

This letter may be unexpected to you, but i can't bring myself to say these things in person without me dying of embarrassment.

You're such a wonderful person, your presence is so calming and it always manages to bring a smile to my face. The few talks we had made me realize how much you mean to me.

I hope after reading this we can continue being friends. Maybe more?

If your answer is negative. Just throw this letter away and forget about it.

Sincerely, ♟️An0n

✦ — Your letter has been received!

As someone who is blessed with the power of clairvoyance, he definitely saw this letter coming. He waited for its arrival every day. As the sun set and rose, his excitement doubled and he became more giddy for it each passing day. Eli wonders, what would the letter entail? What should he reply to you? His instincts tell him that this piece of paper was special, something that would change his life for the better, he hopes.

And as the awaited letter arrived, he could barely contain himself as he gently snatched the envelope from the postman's hands. Even Victor would see how excited the seer was. Despite his eyes that are believed to be the window to the soul blindfolded, his smile alone and the excited trembling of his gloved fingers is enough to show how much he's looking forward to reading what you have to say. Even with the vision he received about your letter, it didn't show what the letter would contain. And he felt nervous. Just what does it say?

That question has been on his head for as long as he knew about your letter. Yeah, he's been looking forward to it. So what are you waiting for, Eli Clark? Open the letter!

And so he did. And what he saw was the most pleasant surprise he's had in a lifetime. Grinning wildly, he takes the pen on his table with the paper he may or may not have prepared in advance and starts writing a reply for you.

✦ — A letter has been delivered to you by a nightingale...

Dear ♟️ An0n,

I am quite embarrassed with the amount of compliments you've given me. I didn't think I'd have such an effect on you. But at the same time, I'm glad, overjoyed actually.

Yes, we can continue being dear friends to each other. And maybe more, if you'd like. Truthfully I would like that too. What do you want us to become?

Ah, don't ever think that I'll throw anything from you away. Whatever they'll be, I'll keep them close to my heart. My days with you are one of the first things I've wanted for myself for a long time. Your company is what I didn't know I needed. So please abandon all doubts that you have with our relationship. Maybe I should spend time with you more so that you'll feel more assured with our bond. You'd want that too, right?

Love,

Eli Clark

A/N: I do write for him! Idk if I'm doing it right tho lol 💀