#'rook can be anyone!' okay but rook should still be *someone*

[lissad27]

It's not a liberal or conservative take: it's an lord vs peasant take. The change is the studio saying: we know best, just listen. Don't fight for yourselves or what is right because you don't know what that is if we don't tell you.

This is why Andraste disappeared as well: she fought slavery. Raising an army, waging war? It's both an act of justice and vengeance. We can't have DA Lady-Jesus helping people...and teaching people to stand up for themselves. So the religion, her example, is bypassed and ignored. (And no the argument that this is "the North" doesn't hold water. They aren't as outwardly religious as the south, but that doesn't mean they aren't faithful or religious at all.)

This is also why the 'revolt' lead by Dorian and Mae fails: they cannot work within the system that hides the Venatori. Except that's what the games tells you to do. We have to work to change... Except history tells you: if you have one rotten apple you throw out the bushel because the rot seeps through.

French history tells us that you cannot have peaceful change when the people in charge don't want it. How do you fight the people who have all the power? You can't do it by writing a letter or joining a committee. Dorian wants to change - at a fundamental level - the Imperium. But he can't do that by sitting and trying to "work with" the very people he opposes. Bipartisanship, anyone?

The Montgomery Bus boycotts lasted over a year. And people were arrested, beaten, killed. It wasn't easy, but they persisted. Change - societal change - rarely comes fast or easy, and more often than not it comes in violence.

The message EA sent was one of obedience and obeyance to an authority. Rook's background (all of them) is: you tried to fight the injustice, and got in trouble. Know your place, don't do it that way. Go with Varric he can teach you to be good...which given who Varric is? Here's a guy with dodgy connections, even dodgier morals, and is an unreliable narrator/liar. He's supposed to teach you how to be good? Really?

Except he does - or rathe the complexity of Varric is reduced to good angel/moral compass. Even the nuance of Solas is reduced.

What we see with the games is a whitewashing of the internal history of the games: don't talk about slavery or racism. Or rather its discussed with an overall vagueness. Or its reduced to reductive thinking. Oh everyone knows that's bad...so why bring it up. In DAO you stop someone from stealing elves for slavery. It's a big deal. IN DA2, we meet Fenris - an escaped slave. By DAI ,there are discussions - because Dorian does realize his view of the subject is wrong. (Dorian's growth is one of the better parts of DAI.) But in DAV... yeah, we're in the imperium, but we don't see slaves except in that one quest. Its more of a yeah there are slaves...and we help them. Okay...

This is a nation built on slavery...and we don't see the evidence of that? At all? Nothing?

Nevermind that the Venatori's hold isn't broken at all... And Dorian's statement is "we were going to change Tevinter." Change it from what Dorian? Vague hand-waving?

To have effective change, you have to have full-throated acknowledgement of a problem. You cannot change US history to exclude slavery - or to say the slaves were better off (which I've seen). You cannot hand-wave terrible things away. And you can't say well, we've learned better. We're smarter than our ancestors.

As for the rampant racism in the previous games. No one wants to have the right to call anyone "knife-ears." I want an acknowledgement that it's still a problem though. To hear it - to have my character call someone out for it. Something. Because racism doesn't disappear at will. Hearing it makes people uncomfortable - and that's a good thing. Racism, bigotry, misogyny, transphobia should make people uncomfortable. Hiding it - pretending it doesn't exist - that leads to... Well, it's like pulling the covers over your ears to ignore all the bad in the world. It doesn't make them go away. Read the comics - Mae doesn't lose her seat because of the Lucerni thing, she loses it because she's trans.

What DAV does is absolution of all bad things in the past. Because it makes it easier for those who "know better" (in this case CEOs and tech bros) to show us peons (plebians/peasants) how things should work.

What the entire game is boiled down to is centrist, language policing propaganda. Propaganda to make you feel good about not having to make hard decisions. No, people aren't more "adult" for not having conflicts - real ones, real arguments. Adults have conflicts and arguments. Not benign politeness. The message becomes this bland sort of "let's all hold hands and get along." Alistair was joking, but the CEOs aren't.

Justice/Vengeance was just kind of the like, the over-arching theme for early dragon age and so the way that they just abruptly started scrubbing it from every aspect of the series and replacing it with other stuff is so crazy. like I'm joking about the "it's because they hated that blond freak" thing but genuinely what did happen. Did they just get scared.

[riongeee]

I lowk want to make a Sebek time travel fix-it fic but I don't know what to do with it :'^( Do you have any specific troupes/scenarios you would like to see?

Dhdidifjfjdjdj

Okay so, in this situation it's very dependant on where he time travels from. See most peoples immediate assumption would be after an overblot went wrong and he died or something or after the overblots in general.

But imagine this, things do go wrong in Malleus' or Grimms overblot, I'm thinking Yuu dies, maybe the first years. Regardless, Sebek doesn't. He lives on with the regrets of what he could have done differently and becomes a jaded old man. His relationship with Malleus is never the same, he just can't look at him the same way.

So when he finally passes on and wakes up as his younger self, he's: old, jaded and almost reminiscent of Baul-Sebek, not the loud Sebek of the past. Just think about it.

On the flip side, if you wanted to take the other approach of him going back while he's still young, it has so much angst potential. Because all the events will be fresh in his mind and he just can't quite look at anyone without getting sick.

If it's a young enough time travel (before Nrc) he stops hanging out with Silver and throws himself into training. Or he begins to hang out with Silver more but almost like a bodyguard, trying to see where he can change the future.

As for other people, like the first years, I'd just like to say. Imagine being friends with someone and then suddenly they don't know you, have no recollection of the memories you've made, the conversations you've had. It would sting.

For the overblot gang, it would be difficult, because Sebek want them to avoid overblot but the Riddle before overblot is so strict and how would he even go about talking to Leona or Jamil??? (Sebek taking over Yuus job as unpaid therapist arc?(making friends with the upper years and becoming their honorary sibling arc??? Idk just some food for thought))

Something else interesting to consider is whether Sebek would stay in the same dorm. Rook changed dorms after first year after all, what's to say that a Sebek that has gone through so much wouldn't change too(what potential dorm, I'll leave for you to think about).

Anyways this is just some ideas to play around with, main point is that you should definitely write the fic😼😼😼

Sebek needs more fics dedicated to him, he's not appreciated enough :'(

Dkjddjdjdj, anyways excited to see what you do with these (you don't have to use any of these just some fun ideas that have been swimming in my head, but I hope you like em<3)

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

EWAN MITCHELL INTERVIEWED BY VARIETY MAGAZINE.

AFTER THE BATTLE OF ROOK'S REST, WHERE IS AEMOND AND AEGON'S SIBLING RELATIONSHIP?

"It’s never been great between those two."

"Aemond has always seen Aegon as someone inferior who lacks the dedication and persistence to be king, whereas Aemond has always seen himself as — although he is the spare — that he should have been treated as the first son."

"Aegon himself even says, in Episode 9 of Season 1, he has no wish to rule."

"You get the idea that he has no political ambition whatsoever."

"You can see how that might look to members of the small council, because that’s someone you might be able to control, and have some sway on their direction."

"You couple that with Aemond, who you could argue has a political agenda and does have his own ambition, and you can see how that might not be as lucrative to the small council because that might be a wildcard — someone you might not be able to control as much."

"I love that scene when they vote Aemond into power, and he goes from one end of the table to the other because there is this massive switch."

"Aemond has been serving the war from this side of the table."

"He goes to the other side, and he sees all of these other characters in a new perspective."

"How can they serve Aemond now? It’s somewhat similar to the relationship with Aegon."

"How can he serve me now that he’s in his bed, and he’s terribly crippled from what Aemond did to him in the skies above Rook’s Rest?"

"It raises the question of how much of a hindrance he might serve to me in the state that he’s in, and now with Aemond’s newfound power, will he get in the way?"

"Is he still on my side?"

"I love all the shakeups in Episode 6."

WHAT POLITICAL AGENDA AND AMBITION DOES AEMOND HAVE NOW THAT HE'S ON THE IRON THRONE?

"He doesn’t even want to sit on the throne."

"Aemond recognizes that he who sits the Iron Throne ultimately becomes the most wanted man in the realm."

"Aemond has a pretty large target on his back already."

"A part of Aemond knows that anyone who sits on the Iron Throne accidentally cuts themselves."

"Heavy lies the head that wears the crown."

"Aemond might be happiest operating as prince regent."

"Or maybe he does want the throne! Maybe he does want absolute power."

"That’s what I love about Aemond, that ambiguity."

"You don’t know what master he serves, what he’s ultimately striving for."

"Whatever it is, it’s not going to be pretty."

AEMOND AND AEGON FINALLY TALK IN THIS EPISODE AFTER THE ROOK'S REST. AEMOND ASKS HIS BROTHER HOW MUCH HE REMEMBERS FROM THE BATTLE AND AEGON SAYS "NOTHING." BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AEMOND IS COERCING HIM INTO SILENCE, AND HE GIVES HIM THE LITTLE BALL FROM THE SMALL COUNCIL SEEMINGLY AS A BRIBE OR A THREAT. HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THAT SCENE?

"You’ll have to wait and see. I love that scene, because it’s almost like Stephen King’s “Misery.”

"It’s like this spider leering over his prey in the web."

"You’re right there in the palm of my hand."

"That’s certainly a new dynamic for Aemond, as well as his brother, who’s now physically inferior than him."

"I can’t wait to see where it goes."

"If I give all the answers, people will stop asking the questions."

"That’s a really cool way of looking at it."

"It’s the king’s marker."

"Maybe Aemond is giving it back to his brother, maybe he’s trying to reassure him that everything’s gonna be okay — “You’ll be king after you recover” — maybe lure him into that false sense of security."

WILL AEMOND GIVE UP THE THRONE ONCE AEGON RECOVERS?

"Aemond has a multitude of motivations."

"One of them is that he wants to be the war hero, and to be seen as this nigh-unkillable force, very similar to the Rogue Prince, the younger Daemon Targaryen."

"Especially because Aemond wields the largest singular power in Vhagar, with that power comes a great responsibility."

"He has to be seen as someone who can capably control that power."

"It ultimately means that in his mind has to be the person who wins the war for the Greens."

"He’s prepared to do the necessary evil."

"That’s the thing with Aemond, he doesn’t necessarily consider other people’s perspectives in the situation."

"He’s got his own singular vision."

"He sees the world through a very black and white filter."

"You’re either with him or you’re against him, and if you get in his way, he will cut you down."

AEMOND AND DAEMON HAVE SO MANY PARALLELS, BEYOND THEIR NAMES SOUNDING ALMOST IDENTICAL. THEY'RE BOTH SECOND SONS WITH GRANDER POLITICAL AMBITIONS WHO HATE EACH OTHER. WHERE DO YOU SEE THEIR RELATIONSHIP GOING WHEN THEY INEVITABLY MEET BACK UP?

"I think they’d be really good friends in reality."

"Aemond wants to be his uncle, but he also wants to be better than him."

"To achieve that, he has to do more than what he did, which is a tremendous feat in itself."

"So much of Aemond’s costume lends to the idea that he very much idolizes Daemon."

"He’s Daemon’s biggest stan."

"From the Targaryen blacks to the long hair, it’s so reminiscent of a young Rogue Prince."

"It’s a homage to his idol."

"I don’t want to spoil anything, but if those guys end up meeting in a room somewhere, every household object would become a dangerous weapon."

HAVE YOU AND MATT SMITH SPOKEN ABOUT HOW SIMILAR YOUR CHARACTERS ARE?

"One of the first decisions I made on my first shoot day was this idea that I would avoid Matt Smith’s eye contact, and only ever see Daemon."

"I was a big fan of “Doctor Who” growing up, and Matt Smith was such an electricity and a useful vibrancy that was a lot more accessible for a young kid."

"I dreamt of going on adventures with him, very similar to how Aemond would probably dream about going on adventures with his idol."

"So I thought there was something interesting in keeping Matt Smith on the podium, keeping Daemon Targaryen on that platform, so long as he was OK with it and Ryan Condal, our showrunner, was OK with it."

"That was definitely the direction that I wanted to go."

"I wanted to save that eye contact for a very particular moment in Season 1, where these characters finally come face to face at the banquet table and save the eye contact for that moment."

"It was just pure electricity in the room, to only ever see Daemon and to not see Matt."

"If you can keep those same relationships off of set that your characters have on set, it can pay off in tremendous dividends."

WHAT WOULD AEMOND BE LIKE IF HE HADN'T LOST HIS EYE WHEN HE WAS A CHILD?

"From losing his eye, he’s in a very different place physically and psychologically between Episodes 7 and 8 of Season 1."

"He’s developed himself into a weapon."

"I think about a line from M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split” in that “the broken are the more evolved.”

"Because he had his eye taken out, and was harmed and neglected for years as a child, he thought, — “I’m never going to get hurt like that ever again."

"I’m going to train with Criston Cole relentlessly and temper myself into a lethal weapon.”

"If he didn’t lose his eye, maybe he’d be a maester."

"I think he’d be a maester in the Grand Sept in Oldtown."

"But he would still have Vhagar."

"You could argue that if he didn’t claim Vhagar, he wouldn’t have lost his eye, maybe."

"That’s one of the really cool things about the show, tracing back to when the actual Dance of the Dragons started."

"You could say it was when Aemond killed Lucerys in the skies above Storm’s End, or when Lucerys took Aemond’s eye — or when Lucerys and Aegon brought the Pink Dread pig out, and bullied him relentlessly."

"It’s a very gray area, and that’s what I find really compelling."

WHEN I SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR GEETA PATEL, SHE SAID THAT AEMOND HAS SOME "MOMMY ISSUES" AND THAT'S WHY HE HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH VHAGAR, THE OLDEST FEMALE DRAGON, AND THE MADAM AT THE BROTHEL. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

"I don’t know if he has mother issues."

"He just wanted to be loved by his mom a little bit more; he never really had that."

"He’s the spare son, and felt like he should have been treated as the first."

"He felt like he had to find surrogates in other areas, like this dragon."

"He found it in the madam, but are they enough? Kids need that unconditional love to develop a balanced view of themselves."

"If a child isn’t embraced by the village, they’ll burn it down to feel its warmth."

"Aemond’s going to seek validation through other means, and through war."

"Ultimately, one of the other driving factors Aemond is he wants his mom, that thing he’s always craved."

"He wants her affection."

"I don’t think there was anything more Aemond wanted at the end of Episode 10 of Season 1 than to just be held by his mom, and he wanted to say: — “I’m sorry. I messed up. I made a mistake. I let my emotions get the better of me.”

"He possesses this code that stops him from doing that."

"He must be seen as this nigh-unkillable, Terminator-like figure who doesn’t feel anything because love is weakness, and “weak” isn’t in Aemond’s vocabulary.

[linawritestwst]

𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎!𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚡 𝚝𝚠𝚜𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚜 (𝚐𝚗!𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛)

I'M FINALLY DONE. I'M FINALLY DONE WITH THESE YANDERE READER HEADCANONS.

okay, so, i should probably explain how these headcanons work and how i chose characters for them.

each character gets a yandere!reader with a specific personality trait and there will be different yandere types too. you can read more about yandere types online, i personally used information from the dere wiki.

about the title.. i agree that most twst characters can be called red flags (btw i mean it in an affectionate way.. with some characters. some of them are red flags in a derogatory way to me sdhdkjsdks) since almost all characters are based on disney villains, however, i decided to go with the ones i personally consider to be a little bit less sane than others <3 also i just used those characters who i wanted to see in a relationship with a yandere!reader, so don't come at me, okay sdhjsksksk i know that i should have included some other characters too, like now i'm thinking that i probably should have added cater, azul and a few other characters too but. i'm tired, okay. if people will be interested in seeing a part 2, sure, i might write one, but for now, just take this.

characters: riddle rosehearts (listen, i know that he's not as bad as other characters, but hey. yandere!reader x riddle makes me 💞💓💗💖💕) , jade leech, floyd leech, jamil viper, rook hunt, malleus draconia, lilia vanrouge (again, he's probably not that bad, but it's the vibe, okay) rollo flamme.

warnings: possible ooc, general yandere themes, themes of obsession, mentions of manipulation, murder and death, implications of suicide. if you're not comfortable with yandere/horror content (i think it has some angst too?), i suggest you skip these. stay safe, love y'all.

also i'm sorry if this has typos or anything like that it's kinda late and i wrote this instead of doing my hw

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character: riddle rosehearts

yandere type: training type

personality trait: cheerful

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♡ you remember meeting riddle for the first time like it was yesterday. of course you would remember it well, you knew that he was the one right when you saw him. riddle wasn't like most nrc students. he was responsible, hardworking, he followed the rules instead of breaking them. he definitely was your type. he was so cute too! it's so easy to make him blush and sweat and stutter, his reactions are always so fun and entertaining!..

♡ but there's this one small thing that annoys you a little. why do all other students say that riddle needs to chill and that there's no point in following all those rules? can't they see how amazing and talented he is? of course you're more loyal than all those traitors, you would never go against your queen's orders. in fact, you actually think that riddle should be even more strict. you remember hearing about his unique magic for the first time and being so excited to see it, "off with your head" means that he can easily cut anyone's head off, right?.. oh, so he just stops them from using magic.. man, and here you hoped that you will finally see those rulebreakers' heads on the floor.

♡ most people find it weird how even though you're always so cheerful and you love to have fun, you still think that riddle is right and you continue to support him. well, maybe your idea of fun is simply watching your classmates cry because they forgot to study for today's test and now it's too late to do anything! <3 actually, you're a bit scared that someone will try to change riddle's mind and make him become more relaxed and forgiving of those who break the queen's rules. you can't allow that to happen! you must make sure that riddle stays the same.. actually, what if you tried to help him become even more perfect than he already is? riddle will never forget about anything if he has someone like you by his side. he will study even more because you think that he's not working hard enough. he will try harder to impress you because you're the only person in this school who actually gets him.

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character: jade leech

yandere type: obsession type

personality trait: shy

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♡ jade is one of the few people in this school who actually understands you. he never judges you, he never forces you to socialize, of course, he does say that it would be nice for you to talk to others more, but he doesn't think that you being an introvert is a bad thing. he doesn't think you're weird, he listens to you when you talk to him about your interests and his face expression never changes. he always has a smile on his face no matter what you say, he never looks disappointed or confused or scared, he genuinely likes spending time with you and you know it.. or maybe that's just what he wants you to think.

♡ but even if he actually doesn't have feelings for you, you definitely are in love with him. anyone would fall in love with him if they were treated the same way. for someone as shy and quiet as you, meeting jade was the best thing that could ever happen to you. if it wasn't for him, you would be so.. lonely. actually, you just stopped caring about making more friends after meeting jade. jade is the only friend you need. you don't have to talk to anyone else. they will just laugh at you or call you weird and you're too tired from dealing with people like that. you think about jade so often, his own brother finds it concerning. you couldn't care less about what floyd thinks though.

♡ .. but what if jade actually finds it creepy too? no, no, that thought scares you so much, you can't stand it! jade loves you, right? he wants to be more than friends, right?.. but what if he doesn't even think of you as a friend? what if he just pretends to be nice, what if it's just him being polite? it's so scary to think about and you can feel your heart breaking, but.. what if it's true? you have to make sure that he loves you back. you have to talk to him about it. yes, you're shy, yes, you're quiet, yes, it's hard for you to talk about your feelings, but you have to know the truth. and if it turns out that jade is actually a huge liar.. haha.. at least one of you will die, that's for sure.

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character: floyd leech

yandere type: self-sacrifice

personality trait: cold

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♡ most people find it hard to talk to you. you're known for almost never showing your emotions and always looking like you want to kill someone even though you don't even look angry or anything like that, there's just something about your eyes and the way you look at people. so yeah, most people just ignore you or even run away every time they see you. it's not like you're mad at them, really. you don't mind spending most of your time alone. but it still.. hurts a little. haha.. so you actually can feel emotions after all. so when floyd suddenly started talking to you more and even gave you a cute nickname, you were surprised (though it was hard to tell from your face expression) but also.. maybe even happy?

♡ floyd doesn't exactly have the best reputation either because of his.. uh.. interesting personality, so of course you two would get along so easily. honestly, you even start to feel like you're.. it's so weird to hear yourself say it, but it feels like you're actually in love with floyd. he's the only one who can make you feel something and react to things, he's the only one who can make you smile or cry or feel fear. and he gets excited when he finally sees your face expression change too. however.. his mood swings do scare you a little bit. sometimes, when you're not showing any emotions and his tricks aren't working, he suddenly says that he's bored and just leaves you. huh.. a-are you not interesting enough for him?

♡ you knew it. of course, you knew that someone like you isn't good enough for floyd. he's always so full of energy, he needs someone who can keep up with him and you're not like that at all. but you need his attention. you just want him to look at you one more time. you really hope he will stop ignoring you if you just.. start acting differently. what if you start acting more like riddle who he loves to annoy so much? what if you start acting more like kalim who's just as energetic as floyd? you don't care what other people think of you, you just want floyd back. you're so scared of disappointing him again, you'll be anything he wants you to be.

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character: jamil viper

yandere type: protective

personality trait: soft

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♡ you admire jamil so much. you have no idea how someone can be as perfect as him. he's so patient, so hardworking, so good at everything he does.. and he also has to deal with kalim all the time. you talk about jamil so often that some people start to think that you have a crush on him. whenever they make jokes about that, you blush and deny everything, but you know very well that you really are deeply in love with him. you really want him to love you just as much as you love him. but how are you gonna make him notice you? well.. maybe you should help him in some way?

♡ but how exactly can you help him? you doubt that you can help him with cooking or his vice dorm leader duties.. ah, it must be hard for him to be kalim's vice dorm leader. maybe you can tell kalim to be a little bit more responsible? you know, so that jamil won't be overworked. you try to have a conversation with kalim about it and he promises that he won't push jamil too hard and he will try to be a better dorm leader. you apologize in case you have said something rude, but he claims that it's fine and that you're actually right. he really should pay more attention to jamil's well-being. he thanks you for caring about jamil so much and you say that it's not a big deal while trying to hide just how red your face currently is.

♡ .. kalim is a good guy. he really is. but he's not good at keeping his promises. no matter how much he tries, he still forgets things and jamil has to do everything for him. and even if kalim tries to do something without anyone's help, jamil still ends up doing it for him because he doesn't trust kalim and he doesn't want him to accidentally ruin anything. it hurts seeing jamil work so much. despite your best efforts, his situation never changes. well.. you didn't want to do this, you really didn't. but if there's no other way to solve this problem, maybe you should.. you know.. remove the person who's making all of this happen? ah, and if any other scarabia students get in your way or try to make jamil's life miserable as well.. it's okay, you can take care of them too. it's all for his sake.

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character: rook hunt

yandere type: monopoly + removal

personality trait: popular i know it's not really a personality trait but still

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♡ you're loved and admired by many nrc students. they have many different reasons to love you: your beauty, your intelligence, your sense of humor, etc. and you enjoy being this popular, even though on the outside you look like a gentle and even kinda shy person. however, even though you have such a good reputation and you're loved by so many people.. you're still not satisfied with it. why? well, the thing is.. no matter how many nrc students love you and say you're the most beautiful person in twisted wonderland, you just want one specific person to call you that. but he's never gonna do it. because he thinks all people are beautiful in their own way and he never stops complimenting them.

♡ rook is an interesting person. you have to agree that he can be a little.. weird sometimes, but for some reason, his behavior and personality intrigues you and you can't help but find him fascinating. and of course, he's one of your many admirers. he's not immune to your charms and he certainly finds you beautiful. however.. it's not like he thinks you're the most beautiful person here. he changes his mind like every few seconds, you swear, if you could put him in the same room with you, vil and neige, he would probably explode or something. but you want more than that. you want him to call you the most beautiful person he has ever seen. i guess you could say you want him to call you the fairest one of all, haha.

♡ so how can you make this happen? how can you make rook look only at you and nobody else? this is gonna be hard. you can't exactly get rid of just one person or even two people, because rook finds everybody beautiful. but uh.. maybe you can just remove the strongest rivals first? and if that's not gonna make him pay more attention to you, you'll have to get rid of more people then. and more. and more. you will make sure rook has his eyes only on you in the end because there will be nobody else to look at. too bad, you don't know that rook thinks that when someone is covered in blood and their heart had already stopped beating, that person is still beautiful in some scary, twisted way. so even if you do kill all those people, his thoughts will still be about them.

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character: malleus draconia

yandere type: loneliness induction

personality trait: manipulative yes i know most of them are manipulative shhh

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♡ oh, poor malleus. everyone finds him so scary because of his intimidating aura, it's impossible for him to make friends or even simply talk to people without making them want to run away. he's so strong, so powerful, of course people would be scared of him. well.. it's their fault for being so weak then. no, it's just not possible for them to become stronger. even if they do, they will never be as amazing as malleus. you don't think that malleus not having any friends is a bad thing, really. those other students don't deserve to even breathe the same air as him. he's just better than them and that's why they don't want to talk to him. they can't accept the fact that they're weaker than him.

♡ it's okay though. you're more than happy to be malleus's only friend. yes, he doesn't need anyone else but you. you've told him that many, many times before. at first he wasn't sure about it, but now.. he doesn't even talk to other diasomnia students that much, including lilia, silver and sebek. actually, sebek acting like his usual self annoys him now. he'd much rather hear you saying that you're ready to do anything for him. sure, you will say that. it's not like you actually mean it though. you agree that malleus is better than others and that you're the only one who's allowed to talk to him, but you do have your limits. it's not like you're okay with dying for him. you won't let him die for you either.

♡ you just enjoy him being obsessed with you a little too much to die for him. maybe malleus could make more friends if it wasn't for you. maybe he could find someone to be in a more healthy relationship with if it wasn't for you. but the fact that a strong mage and a prince of briar valley depends on you so much that he refuses to talk to anyone else makes you too happy to let him form bonds with other students. you repeatedly tell him that other people don't deserve him and that he doesn't have to spend time with them if he doesn't want to. it's okay if you're his only friend. it's okay if you're the only person who cares about him. you will give him more love than all those people combined.

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character: lilia vanrouge

yandere type: dependent

personality trait: innocent

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♡ you know that most students find lilia a bit strange, but you think that he's one of the most reliable and trustworthy people here. sure, he loves to pull pranks and mess with people, but you actually do think he's funny. you always laugh at his jokes and even though you get scared after he suddenly appears right in front of you out of nowhere or you see him hanging upside down, you still enjoy his company. in fact, you enjoy it so much that it's a bit.. hard to imagine your life without him. it'd be so lonely without lilia by your side.

♡ lilia is always there when you need someone's help and he's always there to support you and cheer you up when you're feeling down. no matter what other people say you know that this man is one of the kindest people you've ever met. he often says that you should be more careful since it's not like he can always come to your aid, even though he wants to be your hero so much. from his tone it sounds like he's joking, but he actually really is worried about you. you often look like a lost child who has no idea what to do and who will trust anyone no matter how suspicious they look. sometimes he jokes about you acting like this to get more attention from him. little does he know that this actually might be true.

♡ you need lilia to watch over you. you need lilia to come to you when you're sad and lonely and tell you that everything is going to be okay. most of the time you're not pretending, you really are this pure and innocent, you still have no idea how you can act like this while attending a school full of villains. but sometimes you do pretend to be a little bit more naive than you really are. you just like it when lilia acts protective and you're so, so afraid of him leaving you one day because he thinks that you're gonna be fine on your own. if he thinks so, then he's wrong. you will do anything to make lilia stay. you will do anything to make him believe that it's impossible for you to do anything without his help. haha.. maybe you should start getting into more dangerous situations on purpose. maybe if he sees how you almost die, he will understand that he just can't leave you. he's not allowed to leave you.

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character: rollo flamme

yandere type: worship

personality trait: flirty

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♡ it's hard for other people to say if you actually do have a crush on rollo or you're just messing around. you don't act like this with others though, so maybe you actually do have feelings for him?.. but again, it's hard for both rollo and those people to take you seriously. also, other nbc students just don't understand how a person like you ended up falling for someone like rollo. like.. he's probably not your type, right? you're so outgoing, talkative and energetic, you're not like him at all. actually, shouldn't you find him annoying? you two are just so different.. well, in your case, opposites attract.

♡ you don't hate rollo. actually, it's hard for you to say that you have a crush on him either. what you feel for him is much stronger. it's like.. he's so different from all the other people. he's basically flawless to you. even when you find out how much he hates magic, you still agree with him. if you are a magic user, you will gladly die for him to show just how much you respect him and how far you're willing to go for him. if you are not a magic user, you will be more than okay with killing as many magic users as he wants you to kill. hm? he's a magic user as well? ah.. well, he's just different from them. he's just better. also, he would never use magic in the same way as all those other mages.

♡ it takes a lot of time for other people and even rollo himself to realize just how deep your obsession with him is. you always play it off as a joke and if rollo asks about it, you smile and wink at him while saying that you just love him so much, your feelings for him often make you say the weirdest things. it's so fun to see him react to your words too. haha, if he can't handle you simply saying that he's cute, then maybe you really should keep your obsession with him a secret for now.

[yuus-sentient-teddy]

Old Note: This came to me the night before Book 7 got updated on the JP server. I'm also waiting for translations, but from what I've been hearing, there's speculation that the squad will be traveling to other dreams and waking up the rest of the main cast.

New Note: Tada *jazz hands* here it is after how many months.

The Hall of Mirrors is in shambles, and the cause for its state is still wrecking havoc.

"Those ear. . . there's no way that's Grim!" Ace says. He and the others didn't enter this dream by falling from the sky. They all just opened their eyes and found themselves lying on the broken ground, wearing their ceremonial robes and lightly covered in dust.

"Hang on, where's Yuu?"

"Over there!" Silver hurries over to a dark shape that almost blends against what remains of a stone column. Anyone would have missed the shape if that person couldn't see the white glowing bird circling over Yuu's head.

They're groaning while slowly sitting up. "Are you okay, Prefect?"

"Yeah. What about you? Are you and everyone else okay?"

"We're fine, just a little scratched up," Ace says as he and the others gather around.

Yuu nods. "Good."

They look at the menacing form of their partner and their eyes immediately fill with despair. "God. I can't believe he turned into that," they say quietly. "And the Mirror. . ."

Gasps erupt as multiple eyes spy it among the rubble.

"It's. . . shattered?!" Deuce says.

"Prefect, are you okay?" Epel asks, remembering their longing for home.

Yuu swallows and smothers whatever emotion is on their face, quickly donning an expression that would suit a calm advisor (it's an expression all the boys know from the Overblot situations). ". . . We'll talk about that later. Right now, we need to get Grim back to normal. I think we should do some recon to get a sense of what he can now do."

"I agree with the suggestion," Rook says. "I volunteer myself to go." He then invites a few others whose skill sets may be helpful, such as Leona and Epel.

"Prefect, are you able to stand?" he asks.

"Yeah. You need me to watch out for you guys?"

"Yes, and perhaps to notice anything from a distance in contrast to us who will be closer to Grim."

"In the meantime, we'll discuss possible strategies and update them once you all come back," Vil says.

Once the recon team leaves, Ace says, "I'm just going to say this right now: why is Yuu dreaming something like this? This doesn't seem like something they want to happen. You guys saw how they acted, right?"

"It also wouldn't make sense if this is a memory," Riddle adds. "It seems like all of us are supposed to be present, but we would surely remember a disaster such as this."

"It's not just that. Something is different about this dream," Silver says. "You both are right in that it's not based on a desire nor a memory. It's something else entirely different, but I can't quite place what it is."

". . . What if it's a vision?" Ace suggests.

"What do you mean?"

"Yuu has been having weird dreams throughout the school year. They said that some of them are about the Great Seven acting villainous and that the rest are quick flashes of a black carriage and a blue beast."

There's a long period of silence as the information settles in.

"Has the Prefect have these visions while awake?" Lilia asks.

"I'm not sure--hang on." Ace's eyes widen. "Sometimes they look dazed or like they're about to faint."

"Like while they were talking to me at my farewell party?"

"Yeah. . . like that."

Another long moment of silence. In the background, someone shouts something while the chimera stomps on what's left of the ground and screeches.

"Okay, so we know the person from another world may be a seer of sorts," Idia says. "Let's get back to figuring out how to turn Grim back into a cat and get Yuu to wake up."

Somehow, despite how quickly he tried to get out of the way and the protective barriers he put up, he got hit with one of Grim's curses. It made it so hard to breathe, and his legs suddenly weren't able to support him. He wracks his brain for counter spells--but is suddenly interrupted by desperate shouts from around him.

He lifts his head as best as he could. His eyes widen.

Yuu was standing before the beast, a hand reaching. He was too far to hear what they were saying, but it was no doubt soothing words to try to get their partner back to his senses. They were even smiling calmly.

But Grim suddenly roars and lunges forward.

"Prefect!"

He shoves himself off the floor and into a run. Others are doing the same around him or are lifting their pens to summon a protective shield. He lifts a hand, but the motion gets slower and slower with each second even though he's sure he's moving quickly. It's not like he's moving through molasses, though.

No. It's more like--

Time slows to a stop. Grim's jaws are just over the Prefect's head. From what he could still see, their eyes are wide and full of shock.

. . . Then he and everyone are suddenly floating in a void, semi- surrounding an unconscious Yuu.

"What. . . the hell is this place?" Ace says. His voice echoed slightly, like he was in a small cave.

"I'm guessing Yuu didn't mention this?" Floyd says rather casually.

"Shh! Listen!" Leona interjects.

Somewhere in the darkness, there's a low voice. It grows louder until it is clear and seems to surround the NRC students; by then, they were able to identify the speaker. "The Headmaster?!"

"Guided by the Mirror of Darkness. . ."

"Guys, look up!" Numerous mirrors that look exactly like the Mirror of Darkness are suspended above them, looking down but reflecting nothing but darkness.

". . . If your heart bids it, take the hand of the one reflected in the mirror."

Yuu's eyes are still closed. A couple seconds pass, then their arm lifts and their hand reaches for something above, to the side. As if summoned by that gesture, a mirror comes down and floats above them. Their eyes slowly open.

Someone realizes he can lower himself to get a better view of the mirror, and the others follow suit.

They're just in time to see a hand coming from the darkness within the mirror. It passes through the glass, the surface momentarily rippling, and its palm is facing up. Without hesitation, Yuu takes the hand.

Light shimmers from the hands then expands, filling the whole void and momentarily blinding everyone. Once it's gone, Yuu and the mirrors are nowhere to be seen.

The Headmaster's voice rings clear:

"As flame reduces even the stars to ash,

as ice seals away even time itself,

as great trees swallow even the sky,

fear not the power of darkness. Now... demonstrate your power."

There are flashbacks to the earlier battle against Grim, except it was like the battle was repeating over and over: different combination of groups going against Grim, each combination losing regardless of the power of the spells. There was a vague sense that they've fought countless times now.

Suddenly, Yuu is back in the void, donning their ceremonial robe and lying on their back with their hands folded over their stomach, like they were sleeping in a coffin. A new voice speaks, and it's not someone any of the boys recognize.

For me, for them, for you. Time is growing short. Whatever you do, don't let go of that hand.

Blink.

They all are standing at the gates to Ramshackle Dorm.

None of them know what to say.

One of the boys is looking at his own hand, thinking back to when the person in the mirror offered their hand. "Hang on. There's a face in the shadow. It looks kind of like. . ."

He thinks he can feel the phantom sensation of someone holding his hand.

[crossdressingdeath]

Solas: You are as surprising as ever. Even I could not have escaped that prison. For you to manage it... Rook: I should end you right here. Solas: I understand your anger. If there had been any other way— Rook: There is no other way with you! It always ends with someone else paying for your mistakes.

Yessssssssss call him out. It really is an extremely good and important point that Solas is never, ever the one who actually pays for his mistakes. His "payment" is him feeling bad; everyone else involved whose only mistake was being in his proximity (with "in his proximity" sometimes meaning "literally anywhere in Thedas") dies for it. I guess there's him getting stuck in Fade jail? But he then forces Rook to clean up his mess while fully intending to stab them in the back at the first opportunity, so he's still making other people deal with the consequences. Rook has one dialogue option during the regret chats where they can snark that oh, it's okay that he did incalculable damage to the world because he feels really sad about it and this is part of that same thought process I think; it's fine that he's going to kill most of Thedas, it doesn't make him the villain of the piece! He feels bad about it so he's the hero forced to make the hard choice, because in his head how he feels is far more important that what he's actually doing.

Which I think really is the main reason why I don't buy his whole "Oh... I tried everything... it's hard but this is the only option..." pity party routine, because he is never the one who will pay for it. He could literally just not do what he's doing and it would be infinitely better for everyone who isn't him, but heaven forbid Solas sacrifice his own wants for other people! The only one he'd ever do that for is Mythal, and then he still killed her (part of her anyway) for telling him no. Like... in this case he straight up did not even slightly have to magically gaslight Rook into thinking their friend was alive the whole game! He did not have to try to bury them in regrets so he could throw them into the Fade to rot while he destroyed their world! He did not in any way have to do that and it isn't better for anyone but him! ...And frankly it probably isn't even better for him, given any survivors will absolutely be out for blood. No one is going to thank him for this, he is doing it solely for himself no matter what he says. I'd honestly respect him more if he was straight up like "Yeah I used you as a sacrificial pawn to set myself free because I don't give a shit about you or your world", but he's so desperate to convince himself he's the hero that he'd never admit that even to himself no matter how true it is.

Also. "Even I couldn't have escaped that prison" well given this motley crew of mortals managed a jailbreak in just a few weeks maybe you should have a lower opinion of yourself, hm? Someone pop this man's ego before his head explodes.

[highwayphantoms]

Happy friday! "Can you walk? I'd be happy to carry you" for Rook/Davrin!

Thank you for the prompt! Had some fun with this one, hehe.

For @dadrunkwriting (VEILGUARD FIC)!

Slight spoilers for the middle of the game, but nothing that spoilery lol.

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A nice walk in Arlathan Forest with Davrin and Assan. It should have been the easiest, calmest hour of the whole week.

And then they’d taken one wrong step. It was a familiar sequence of events: their ankle went sideways, Aquile collapsed into an awkward heap, and grumbled a halfhearted curse. To add insult to (mild) injury, Davrin had seen the whole thing. Before Aquile could even begin to get back up off the ground, he asked, “You okay, Rook?”

Aquile sighed, exasperated. “Yeah, I’m fine,” they said.

He did not look convinced. “Do you usually fall over for no apparent reason?”

“Just twisted my ankle,” they replied. Not entirely true, but easier than trying to explain that their ankles were wobbly pieces of shit. “Mind giving me a hand up?”

As Davrin stepped closer, Assan dropped from the sky with an inquisitive chirp. The griffon peered at them for a moment, as if assessing whether his presence was needed, then evidently decided it was, as he planted his butt on the ground to watch while Davrin offered Aquile his hand. Aquile took it, and Davrin promptly hauled them back to their feet.

Much to Aquile’s irritation, the ankle that had folded under them twinged painfully as they put weight on it again. “Great,” they muttered under their breath.

“Rook…”

“I might have done slightly more than twisted it.” That was new—in all the times they had rolled an ankle, it had never done any real damage—but then they realized one critical factor. It was the same ankle they’d broken at Weisshaupt. Though they’d fought a fucking Archdemon on it while broken, they thought it had healed up nicely afterwards. Clearly not.

“Can you walk on it?” Davrin asked, his expression entirely too sympathetic for their tastes. “I’d be happy to carry you.”

Their cheeks burning, Aquile glanced away from him. It was ridiculous, really. He was just being nice. There was no reason to be embarrassed. And while Aquile was quite certain they could walk on it—it would just hurt the rest of the way—some part of them very much wanted to take him up on that offer.

Well, fuck. When did that happen?

Not that it was unusual for Wardens to get together. It happened all the time—after all, it was hard to have a relationship with someone who wasn’t privy to the countless secrets you were obligated to protect. Still, that didn’t make it a good idea. Wardens, after all, have a marked tendency to die.

“Uh,” they said, as eloquent as ever. “I mean, I survived Weisshaupt with a broken ankle—”

“And multiple broken ribs, a concussion, and more bruises than Assan has feathers,” Davrin said, deadpan. “None of which you told anyone about. All due respect, Rook, but I think it would be best to head back to the Lighthouse.”

They scowled at him. “And, what, you’re going to carry me halfway across Arlathan Forest?”

“Guess so.” A beat passed, then Davrin shot them a smirk that quite plainly said you don’t fool me.

“Well, if you insist,” Aquile replied with mock offense. “My knight in shining armor, and all that.”

He chuckled and took another step towards them, closing the distance between them to mere inches. Aquile was not that much shorter than he was, and yet he picked them up as easily as if they weighed nothing more than a sack of flour. They made a small, surprised sound, and as undignified as it was to be draped across someone’s shoulders like a hunter’s prize catch, Aquile was far more interested in how warm Davrin was. Feeling rather like a spoiled cat, they settled in for the walk back to the eluvian.Of course, being a healer, Aquile could have fixed their own ankle with a little delicate spellwork, but if it meant getting such dotingon from the big, scary monster hunter, well… who were they to complain?

[datvtranscripts]

Shadows of Ancient Arlathan (Optional)

Talk to Neve

Neve Masterpost

Signs and Portents Masterpost Previous: Explore the Lighthouse

Rook walks into one of the buildings that appears to be a study. Neve stands inside with a bunch of wisps floating around.

Neve: Wisps. Figures they’re in the Fade, but I swear they’re following me here.

Rook: You all right?

Neve: Strange place we’ve fallen into. But I’ll work with it. You know me.

Rook: Do I?

Shadow Dragon Rook: Neve : We're both Shadow Dragons, and both from Minrathous. Maybe our paths haven't crossed, but I know our work has.

Non-Shadow Dragon Rook: Neve: I know Varric wanted you for the job. You know the same about me.

Choice dependent dialogue:

Took Harding to disrupt the ritual [1]

Took Neve to disrupt the ritual [2]

1 - Took Harding to disrupt the ritual Neve: It’s a start.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: Quite the start. [3]

Affable: I hope we can build on it. [4]

Sarcastic: People get smoother starts. [5]

Stoic: That’s it? [6]

Shadow Dragon: Shadows stand together. [7]

3 - Flirt: Quite the start. Rook: I’m not sure stopping a ritual is the best way to meet someone. Neve: So much for first impressions. Rook: Here's hoping I'm better on the second. Neve: Well, you're not bad so far. [13]

4 - Affable: I hope we can build on it. Rook: You're right. We're in this together either way. Neve: (Laughs) We're in for a treat. [13]

5 - Sarcastic: People get smoother starts. Rook: A bad start. Unless you always meet people when something's on fire. Neve: Most of the time. It comes with the line of work. Rook: (Laughs) Right. [13]

6 - Stoic: That’s it? Rook: That’s not a lot to go on. Neve: You’ll figure it out. [13]

7 - Shadow Dragon: Shadows stand together. Rook: And Shadows stand together. Neve: That's the idea. Cross your fingers it works out for us. [13]

2 - Took Neve to disrupt the ritual Rook: I made a call that got you injured right after we met. Neve: I’ll be fine. You trusted me for the job and I delivered. That’s what counts. If we’re stuck in this, let’s hope you can trust me again.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: Let’s hope things go smoother. [8]

Affable: I do trust you. [9]

Stoic: We’ll see if we can. [10]

Afraid: I’m still sorry. [11]

Shadow Dragon: Shadows stand together. [12]

8 - Flirt: Let’s hope things go smoother. Rook: All right. But I still wish we had a smoother start. Neve: So much for first impressions. Rook: Here's hoping I'm better on the second. Neve: Well, you're not bad so far. [13]

9 - Affable: I do trust you. Rook: Of course I do. We're a team. Neve: (Laughs) Is this how fast you trust anyone? Should I be touched or worried? [13]

10 - Stoic: We’ll see if we can. Rook: We'll see how it goes. Neve: Is that cynicism, caution, or both? We might just get along. [13]

11 - Afraid: I’m still sorry. Rook: It's not that I don't, I'm just… I'm sorry you got hurt. It was my call and what if…? Neve: It happens again? Or to someone else? I don't know. That's the raw deal we get. Rook: Right. [13]

12 - Shadow Dragon: Shadows stand together. Rook: Why wouldn't I? Shadows stand together. Neve: That's the idea. Cross your fingers it works out for us. [13]

13 - Scene continues.

Rook: You take a lot of notes. What about?

Neve: Lately? What we know. Or knew. Before Solas changed the game.

Rook: And it's?

Neve: Not much. I'm sure Lace would hate to hear that but… one step at a time.

Dialogue options:

Affable: We’ll figure it out. [14]

Sarcastic: Start with the big goal. [15]

Stoic: We need better than that. [16]

14 - Affable: We’ll figure it out. Rook: We'll figure this out. I'm sure of it. Neve: Really? Do you know something I don't? Rook: No, we just… well, we have to, right? Neve: (Laughs) Yeah. That's the job. +Neve approves Scene ends.

15 - Sarcastic: Start with the big goal. Rook: Okay! So, step one is figure out what we're chasing. Neve: Right. And the twenty other questions that need answers? Rook: That's step two? Neve: I can see why Varric brought you on. Rook: We've just got to start somewhere. +Neve approves Scene ends.

16 - Stoic: We need better than that. Rook: "Not much" isn't going to save the world. This'll get worse before it gets better. Neve: The question is how? Rook: Cheerful. Neve: That's what I'm here for. +Neve approves Scene ends.

Next (optional): Talk to Harding Next: Ancient Elven Gods

[ryuichirou]

Replies

I spent all of my replies writing time on that boob post yesterday, so I couldn’t write anything else lol so let’s catch up a little bit!

Anonymous asked:

it's okay to have small boobs, Ortho, because the thighs are the boobs of the legs and damn those thighs

(this is related to our previous reply)

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Anon. You are so right. Ortho’s thighs are legendary lol be it the AI Ortho, the human Ortho or any other kind of Ortho…

hipsterteller asked:

I guess Floyd knock him out

(this is related to this art)

What can I say 😔 F in the chat for Idia

fate-muse-club-house asked:

I love how scruffy you draw Savannaclaw rook

My friend says he looks like a dog(in a cute way) his hair looks so fluffy

Ahh thank you so much!! <3 I’m glad you like it lol your friend is right, he is a fluffy creature in a serious need of a dog grooming appointment. Vil is going to take care of that…

Anonymous asked:

If your art was a food it would be a gourmet meal

I want to eat and savour it

This is so sweet, thanks a lot!! I wish I could make gourmet meals… I’m very happy my art gives you this type of vibe :”) <3

Anonymous asked:

So I had a dream last night that Ortho and Leona were having sex but instead of it being this sensual thing Ortho was using cat toys to tease Leona into acting like a cat while he was being railed

And yet again our Anons prove that they have the best dreams 😭 WHAT A COMBINATION, WHAT A SCENARIO.

Honestly? Ortho could. He already fooled Leona once, and with his infinite internet knowledge about handling cats and his curious and adventurous nature, he absolutely could. Leona would probably get the biggest “what am I doing with my life” moment of clarity afterwards lol

Anonymous asked:

I was looking through your blog and my friend was looking over my shoulder and called Ortho the shota robot and for some reason I found that extremely funny and started laughing

LOL Anon your friend is telling it as it is. This is a perfect way to describe him… 😭

Anonymous asked:

I keep thinking of Idia and incest content and I have to say that he is not just a consumer of incest content he is the biggest dealer of it

Oh no. He was found out. ORTHO, DELETE EVERYTHING---

In all seriousness, I would like to hear Idia’s take on incest content. It would be so juicy…

Anonymous asked:

Can you imagine how much Jamil would lecture Kalim if he walked in on him sex with Silver while he was asleep?

Kalim: But Jamiiiiiiil! Silver said it was okay!

Jamil: I don't care if he gave permission! Do you know how badly this could hurt your reputation if someone found out and spread it around out of context?

Kalim: Why should I care about other's opinions of my sex life with Silver?

Everyone cares, Kalim!! Can you imagine the taglines?! Of course everyone cares!.. Especially Jamil, apparently. So instead of telling Kalim to at least lock the door when he does stuff like this with Silver, I’m going to tease Jamil for being so jealous lol

Anonymous asked:

I apologise if anyone has asked this already, but do you guys ship "idekei"? Cater x Idia? Basically, Extrovert x introvert, lol. 

Replied here, Anon! :)

Anonymous asked:

genuinely what do you think happens if idia's hair gets wet...

It’s magical fire, so who knows? According to Hercules, Idia would get bald; but we personally like to give his hair fire some water resistance. Of course it would still react to water, but not go away completely.

nopekido asked:

Mind giving us some Floyd x Riddle headcannons, especially some NSFW ones?

We actually have a couple of posts about them! It’s been a while since our last hc post about them (sfw and nsfw ones!), but I can’t come up with any new ones yet… So for now, I hope you enjoy these.

Just some headcanons (regular ones + Prison AU)

The one about FloRid meeting each others’ parents

The one about their first time

The one about Floyd going in heat

The one about Floyd eating Riddle out

The one about Floyd sharing Riddle with Jade

[sugarstarlights]

> “So I have to do everything I’m told and asked, and like, love every second of it, it’s really fucked up, and I know that, but I still really want to do it, fucking /desperately/. Worse than our angel help programming. It’s going to make me happy. I know it will. I haven’t experienced it really yet beyond a dumb mistake and a conflicting mindset too distracting to be proud of, but it’s going to, it’s the right thing to do, maybe we. Can test it. If anyone..”

Rook stares at Mads Altair incredulously, nose a little scrunched up at the angel’s weird intense energy and abnormal conviction, but raises an eyebrow at the sudden change of tune.

“I thought you wanted me to make you stop enjoying it. Is it /that/ fucked up, that you can’t even truly hate it?”

“..Yeah,” he mumbles, grinding his teeth in a strained grin, “It’s that fucked up, but maybe it really will make me as happy as a dog gets about it, which is pretty fucking happy.”

“Okay, well..” They pause, tapping their wand on their opposite tattooed palm. “Fly a loop around the outside of the house.”

Altair is out the door almost before Rook can designate the location, wings unfolding behind him and flapping a little excitedly in the open room. They watch him leap off the edge of the island like there's something to land on, but instead of hitting a ledge, his purple feathers catch him in the air, taking him with a twist of his body in a loop around the building he'd just exited. Mads lands in a rushed stumble back on floating ground, a shaky grin on his face and a light in his eyes. He rushes back inside, stopping before Rook to step from foot to foot excitedly, truly like a dog after running around the yard on command, face bright with innocent anticipation.

Rook knows what he wants out of this, most likely, or at least what his instincts want, and reaches out to pat Mads' fidgeting hand. "Good job, I think that was a new record. You really got a lot of improvement out of that aerodynamics stuff, huh, that's impressive." Their compliment is genuine, and hits home, filling the empty space that this magic had created in the angel's inner soul.

He very much feels it, a pure joy and pride that wells up into the hole in his chest and overflows, a feeling like Mads had done something incredible, that mattered, like he had earned some measure of worth. The latter thought, when caught, lingers, a deeply tempting reason to let this continue..just to feel like he's worth something, more than being useful on his own could ever let him. But lower in his soul, suppressed under the magic and its rush, the nauseating twist of knowing these actions and feelings were chosen for him taints the man's aching desire for inherent value. This isn't a favor to him. It's just another careful lesson to make him more fun to play with. He doesn't want to be fun, Altair would rather be a broken puppet left to rot than 1 in use, strung up and along and forced to smile and laugh while he appeases someone cruel. Even wanting this, Mads' fear, deep down, what it always came to in the end, intensifies beyond his ecstasy. The terror as he looks up at his own strings from their helpless grip, seeing new threads wrapped around his mind, is too much, and the angel's smile falters into shaking, his hands clenching into tense fists.

"No, this. This isn't. Right. It's- it's how it should be- I can't take it. I don't want it. I'm so fucking trapped, /please/, if you can at least. Make me stop..thinking. Like this. About it."

Madison Rook may not be Madison Altair anymore, but their deepest fears are still shared, and they understand what draws the man's doubts to the surface of his manipulated mindset. They understand, they sympathize, but that doesn't mean they won't use it to their advantage. Rook tilts their horned head, considering their twin and his active crisis.

"Apologize for what you did to me, first. And mean it. Then I'll help you."

Mads' shoulders tense, but he laughs, even more strained but giddy at the manageable command, his words dragging his thoughts along behind them as they leave his lips against his will.

"Fantastic, sure, yeah, I fucking stabbed you, multiple times, I'm so sorry, really, definitely, I-"

Rook interrupts the chipper claim and its accompanying twisted smile and says "And don't enjoy it. Just make it normal and sincere."

Pausing, Altair blinks and takes a deep breath, momentarily freed from his inescapable glee. He tries again, and somehow it hurts more.

"..yeah. I hurt you. You hurt someone I cared about, more than was necessary, you left invisible scars and made her afraid of me because of what you did. I knew that you..regretted it. When I confronted you. You apologized. You'd already punished yourself. But I needed to do it myself, to make sure it was done right." It isn't hostility, but discomfort in his thin voice through gritted teeth, explaining himself in terms that sound cruel even to him, even as justified as they felt for so long. "I thought I needed to go as far as you did. For the lesson to sink in. ..But I could've stopped 1 sword in. Or I- I could've just not done that at all, and just yelled at you," he corrects himself as Rook glares, dissatisfied with the reluctance to fully retract his intentions.

"You could've not yelled at me, either. You called me horrible things. Maybe I needed to be confronted about my actions, but considering you were trying so hard to redeem Patches, you sure didn't seem willing to give me any second chances." The tiefling speaks with bitterness in their tone, remembering all the pain they'd been dealt. "You still haven't apologized."

"You're. Right. I'm. ..Sorry. You..didn't deserve. The excess punishment. That I took upon myself to give." He stares at the floor, unable to keep hiding his shame under sharp defenses. "I've made mistakes just as bad, and. If you had done that to me, for what I did..I guess I'd be just as upset and scared as you were..and. Still are. It feels like something I would have deserved, yeah. But I still wouldn't have. Deserved it from you. You didn't, either. And you shouldn't have had to be so afraid of being around me for so long. ..I realize that was. As long-term a wound. As you gave. If not more so. I remember when you tried to. Change your face, so you wouldn't have to look at me in the mirror. And so you wouldn't make me upset by existing around me. I..I'm sorry I made you feel that way about your identity. And for hating you just for being me, for so long after that."

Rook is quiet for several seconds, considering what the man they used to be had admitted and regretted, before they respond, "Look me in the eye, and say you regret hurting me."

They make eye contact, narrowed and pained meeting narrowed and judging, and there's a longer silence than there should be for a magic as urgent as this.

"..I regret. Hurting you. You came a long way and made up for a lot, far more than what I judged you for..and I sure didn't contribute to that. In any positive way. You helped me more than I deserved for how I treated you. I'm sorry. That I took that anger out on you."

Analyzing his stare, his resigned but sincerely mournful voice, Rook decides that's real enough for them. Reaching out again, the sorcerer puts a violet hand on the sleeve of Mads Altair's suit, a blue glow surrounding their hand as the gentle sound of rushing ocean tides washes away his thick layer of enforced enthusiasm for this state, like lifting heavy mud from his thoughts, freeing dozens of panicked complaints suppressed to the point of silence, complaints that immediately give the angel plenty of new things to stress about. But those are just noise under such a relief to have his mind fully his own again, despite what the strings may make his body do in the future. A freedom he often takes for granted, so easily returned from what felt like an immovably forceful grip. It's as if he scoops up all his now-freed feelings and opinions and gives them a warm hug, but for lack of that proper expression towards his state of mind, Madison Altair hugs his duplicate instead, grateful for the results of their spell.

They go rather stiff at first, but relax, hug Mads in return, and pet his hair a bit. Rook understands his fear of control. And they understand his relief to be free of it. It's the least they could do for finally forcing a makeup conversation, to release the charm given to twist him into a better toy. He would do the same for them. He understands their fear too. It's better if they're on each others' side. Few others would be able to support each other like this. ..They've wanted his support for a long time.

"Alright. Thank you. I believe you. ..I forgive you."

Mads doesn't respond, just makes a weak crying sound from the shoulder of Rook's cloak, and hugs his recurring savior tighter.

[dagger-n-ravvi]

Chapter 11: Confessions of Trey Clover

Trey meets up with the person who went into his bakery.

Chapter contains kidnapping, and mentions of past sexual abuse.

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A03 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49350448?view_full_work=true

Trey calls Cater’s phone again, praying for him to pick up and struggling against panic. It isn’t 06:00 pm yet, he has more time, he’s supposed to have more time…

“Hey, hey~! You've reached the one and only Cay Cay! Sing your song at the beep~” 

He hangs up with a little whimper, and then circles around behind the building to let himself in through the back door. He doesn’t want to interact with disappointed customers right now. He just can’t… 

He walks through the kitchen quietly, on the lookout for anything out of place. If this stalker really does know everything, then they know about the basement. And if they know about that…

He walks past the front counter and onto the shop floor. Someone has started coffee. The smell rolls over his senses with comfortable familiarity, like the memory of a favourite song. His fingers twitch with the desire to roll his proofing cabinets over to the counters, to start brushing tops. Start baking…

His breath catches on a sob, and he presses a hand over his mouth, staring at the floor and what lies beneath it. He can’t protect his friends. Not with his magic, and not with his planning. The only way to end this is to remove the stalker’s motivation for hurting them. And if… if he’s really going to do this, then he can finally let Riddle know. If this is it, then Riddle should know what happened, and why…

"Trey?" 

Trey starts as Chenya appears out of thin air, sitting on top of one of the tables with his knees pulled up to his chest. 

"Is everything ok?" He glances uncertainly at the people outside, and then back at him, tail tucked tightly across his ankles. 

“No… nothing is okay.” Trey half whispers with his hand still over his mouth. “Chenya, we’re not opening today.”  

‘And I’m not going to open ever again.’ 

"Oh. Um. Ok. Ha ha... I shouldn't have started all that coffee then." Chenya hops down off the table and walks over to him, ears tilted down and back in open concern. "Trey...?"

Trey shies away from him, still able to see his friend’s gentle face staring down at him from the stalker’s black-suited body.

“Trey, what’s wrong?” Chenya pleads. He stops walking toward him, and holds his hands out in a pleading gesture instead. “Why are you…?”

Trey shakes his head, covering his mouth with one hand and looking away…

The tie-dyed, purple bandanna wrapped around Chenya’s hand catches his eye. He stares at it, eyes widening as he takes a shaky breath through his nose. A piece of this horrifying puzzle falls solidly into place. The burn… the burn that Chenya had refused to cool. Chenya hates water. He barely washes his hands. He hadn’t even tolerated putting cold water on his burned hand, never mind intentionally sitting in a bathtub where he could get splashed and soaked. He wouldn’t… he would NEVER…

It isn’t Chenya. It isn’t him-  

Trey lurches forward and hugs his friend tightly. “Chenya, I love you. And… I’m sorry.”

"I love you too." Chenya gasps as he’s squeezed. "What's going on?"

Trey makes a small, overwhelmed noise, hugging him tighter. He’s so tired. So hurt. And Chenya…?

Even if he’a wrong and Chenya IS the stalker, he doesn’t care. He needs someone, and he needs them now.

“I… I can’t find Cater or Rook… And I need to show you something important.”

"You can show me anything," Chenya pulls back and squeezes his shoulders with a worried smile. “I’m here for you.” 

“Ok…” Trey takes a shaky breath, and then leads him toward the closet door that hides the stairs into the basement. “Chenya… do you know what happened to Riddle’s mom?”

"Uhhhh..." Chenya's ears wilt again. "I kinda... kinda suspected. You were REALLY upset, and then she was just gone, so uh. Yeahhhhh..."

“I didn’t tell anyone what I did… but now I have to. I have to turn myself into the police.” Trey walks down the stairs, flicking on a light at the bottom. It’s a small, empty room with a bare floor. He could never bring himself to store anything down here. Not even the spare tables and chairs.

“She’s in here…” Trey taps the floor below him with his foot. “Buried under the concrete.”

"Under the bakery?" Chenya’s nose wrinkles in disgust. "This, my friend, is a very dark path. Are you sure you want to go to the police with this? It's been years, and they have the most annoying tendency to make things worse for no good reason. We can... urp." He puts both hands over his nose and mouth with an unhappy, little gagging sound. "I can. I can shove the body in a pocket dimension. If you really want me to?" 

His ears pin flat and he whimpers softly. "Oh god, please tell me that it doesn't still smell?"

“I doubt it.” 

Blood to bleach. She hadn’t even had time to scream. Her body had been falling apart, and almost unrecognizable… 

“Chenya, I’m a murderer. And… I… It wasn’t on purpose… When she came into my apartment she tried to kill me. I didn’t even think… but I killed her in such an awful way. I should die…” Trey’s voice chokes off into a sob, eyes burning and stinging.

"NO. Trey, I don't care. Please," Chenya pulls Trey into a shaky hug, pressing his cheek tight to his chest. "I know you haven't really talked to Riddle since then, but you did him a favour. He went to law school instead of getting forced into becoming a doctor. He's living in a nice apartment and dating someone. DATING someone! He's happy. He is actually, legitimately happy. And I want the same thing for you, ok? Even though it looks really bad right now, I know that this is the better path. So… s-so just stick with me, ok? Don't shut me out. Please, let me help you." 

Tears have started pouring down Chenya's cheeks, and he just lets them fall. Trey completely falls apart as he finishes, body somehow finding the energy and ability to feel anguished relief, and to cry again.

“Chenya… Chenya, what do I do? I’ve tainted this place… I… I feel so alone.”

"You're not alone, you've got me. I'm right here with you.” He hugs him more tightly.

“I… I… this thing has been holding onto me… for years and now… now… I’m being punished,” Trey chokes. “I… I got so scared… I started looking over my shoulder… paranoid. Fuck. I drugged Rook a couple of days ago because I thought he was working undercover and investigating me for the police… why did I do that?” 

"Rook? I didn't even know he was in town," Chenya breaks the hug and palms tears out of his eyes. “What does he have to do with this?”

“I need your help.” Trey shudders, “I… need to find Cater and Rook. Both of them. They’re in danger…”

"I saw Cater this morning. What do you mean danger…?"

Trey takes a shaky breath. Should he drag Chenya into this? Does he have a choice now that the stalker has threatened him?

He takes out his phone, wordlessly opens the stalker’s messages, and hands them over to Chenya. Then he stares down at the floor with an overwhelming sense of intense, burning shame, unable to meet his gaze.

"Holy. Fuck,” Chenya finally says in a strangled tone.

“I… have a fan…” Trey jokes weakly.

Chenya turns and smacks him on the top of the head.

"YOU WERE GETTING RAPED BY A STALKER AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME??"

“I didn’t know who it was! At one point he made me think it might even be you! He kept changing between Cater, Rook and you!”

"Oh my god, oh my god oh my god ohhhhhhhh..."

Chenya rotates through a midair somersault with a hard shudder, and then vanishes with a ‘pop’ of displaced air. "That is awful. That is so much worse than I thought. I just thought you were burnt out, but this?! Oh goooooooood..."

“I… I was taking it as punishment for what I did and… I didn’t want the police to see. And start looking around…” Trey stares at the place where Chenya disappeared, wrapping his arms tightly around his upper body.

"Oh my god, no wonder you felt alone." Chenya appears again in front of him, hugging him tight with a sad, and deeply sympathetic purr.

“I think I know who it is.” Trey relaxes into the hug with a long, shaky sigh. “I think…”

He feels empty again, but it’s different now. He feels lighter. Still disconnected, but Chenya’s purring rumbles through his chest like a promise that he’s here, and can be trusted. It’s soothing, and he’s so starved for comfort. He drops his chin onto Chenya’s shoulder, leaning into him and burying his face into his shirt. “I was so scared. They told me that if I guessed wrong, you’d get ‘borrowed.’” 

Chenya snorts at that. "Me? Borrowed? How on earth were they going to manage that? No offense to dear Rook or Cater, but their evaporating skills are nonexistent."

Trey rubs his eyes, and laughs softly. "You know what? You're very much right. But still…”

He swallows thickly, and hugs Chenya a little tighter. “I think... I think it might be Rook... He works in show business. He’s crazy strong, and he’s good with potions. Whoever it is, he left me a note. A hand written note. I have a year book… I was going to try to compare the handwriting.”

"That’s a good idea. Let’s go.” Chenya palms his eyes again as Trey breaks the hug. “Rook always did have a flair for the dramatic, but this... I simply can't imagine. You know he tried to stalk me once? After he found out that I would occasionally visit with you and Riddle from Royal Sword. He got close enough to pull out one of my hairs, and scared me halfway back to the mainland."

"Yeesh. I'm so sorry about that. Rook’s just always been like that. Eccentric.”

“Eccentric,” Chenya chuckles weakly, following Trey as they leave the basement. The hair on his head and the fur on his tail are both puffed out like a bottle brush.

“I just… I can’t…” Trey walks up the stairs to his apartment and closes the door behind them. He feels like he’s going insane. “It makes no sense. Rook is weird but…”

He shahes his head. “Cater always loved taking pictures. He showed up out of nowhere right when I needed someone to help out, and he didn’t even discuss payment with me. Plus, he wasn't messing with his phone at all yesterday, which is just… weird. But if it is him, then how could he get into my bedroom? Or find out about what I did..." 

"Whoever is doing this to you very much loves their pictures," Chenya shudders with an expression that all but screams 'I cannot unsee that now.' "For that matter, how would ROOK know about dear Ms. Rosehearts? I barely knew, and that's only because I see you quite often."

"Well…” Trey sighs. “He came up to my bedroom window the other night, and I let him in. He told me that I had a stalker, and then he started investigating around my apartment. He found… he found one of her fingernails..." He finishes that last part very quietly.

"Ah..." Chenya makes a face. "You know, in hindsight, Rook always did seem to have a preternaturally good sense of smell. I half wondered whether he could track me between planes."

"That would be insane, but maybe. Either way, I think he figured out what I did.” Trey begins to search through his closet for his yearbooks. "But that same night, he just left. If he’d been going to… to hurt me, then why would he leave at all?"

"He always did seem to have a streak of decency underneath all of the... everything." Chenya makes a confused noise and shakes his head. "Perhaps it's my own decent streak showing, but I just can't see either of them doing this to you. It almost seems as though there's an unrelated third party lurking around..."

Trey frowns. "He said that he revealed his true face, but…” 

He said. Trey slowly shakes his head. “But why would I trust him? Could it really be a stranger?” 

He exhales slowly. The thought is strangely relieving, even though he’s even more convinced than ever that he has to find Rook and Cater to protect them. A stranger…

"This awful person certainly has no reason to tell you the truth," Chenya agrees. "But perhaps not a stranger... not if they are this familiar with you."

Trey nods grimly, then jumps a little as his phone buzzes once in his pocket. He takes it out, heart leaping into his throat as he sees another new text.

Unknown #: You have a bad habit of cheating. 

He grits his teeth, and lets out a long, shaky sigh as he types a reply.

Trey Clover:

Well you’re not exactly playing fair yourself. 

Unknown #: Is that so? 

There's a brief pause, and then a picture comes through. It was taken from the street through the window of the bakery, and shows Chenya hugging a numb, exhausted-looking Trey.

"Trey...?" Chenya looks at him uncertainly.

"Right, right... Chenya, I fucked up," Trey shows him the most recent message with a shaking hand. "He knows... He knows."

"What?" Chenya looks at the messages, and then jumps back with a tiny, startled noise. "HE’S HERE?"

Trey’s phone buzzes again before he can answer, and then another message appears.

Unknown #: Your schedule is getting moved up. One hour. Go to the address I gave you. 

There's a pause, and then a picture comes through. It shows Rook and Cater sitting side by side on their knees, gagged and bound with duct tape. A figure clad entirely in black silk is holding their heads up by their hair to force their faces upward for the picture.

Unknown #: We're waiting. 

"No... NO! Chenya-" Trey drops everything, mind slamming back into panic mode. He thought he had more time! "We’ve gotta stop him! We'll save Rook and Cater... You... You're going to use your UM, and I’ll distract him..."

"YES. We'll both go together, and it'll be two-on-one, and OOH. If I can get magestones to Rook and Cater, it will be FOUR on one..." Chenya jams a hand sideways into nothing, and it vanishes up to his shoulder as he feels around in thin air. He pulls it back a moment later with a fistful of magestone pens. "That could work!"

"I have one hour. I think you should be hiding, maybe scouting ahead, but CAREFULLY," Trey runs out into his kitchen, shoving a hand into his own pocket to double-check that he still has his own magestone pen. "He wants me, so I'll be the decoy. And…”

Trey slowly looks up at the planter box in his kitchen window. And if this goes sideways, then he’ll do what he must to make sure that everyone is safe. “If I have to, I’ll offer him an ultimatum.”

“Hidden! I can be hidden!!” Chenya vanishes with a faint pop of displaced air, then continues in a voice that’s muffled and slightly echoed.  “What do you mean an ultimatum?”

"Chenya, I need you to get Cater and Rook out of there. Understand?" Trey starts breaking leaves off the foxglove and belladonna plants.

“I understand.” Chenya appears hanging upside-down in the air over Trey’s planter box, looking quizzically down at his hands. “Ah yes. These are plants.” He nods firmly, then looks up at Trey with a blank smile. “Why plants?” 

“They’re special… I started growing them just in case. Don’t worry about it.” Trey smiles faintly as he pours hot water into a thermos, and then tosses the toxic leaves inside. 

[frostfall-matches]

[ matchmaking... ]

@spongeofaces : [ match report ready ]

your romantic match is…

✦ Rook Hunt

-> [ While often overbearing, Rook is really quite sweet and thoughtful. ] He could even be described as considerate, if one ignores the fact that he can very quickly overstep boundaries when getting to know someone due to how zealous he can get. Regardless, these traits of his can be quite useful when trying to befriend someone on the introverted side such as yourself. He’s willing to put the effort into learning who someone is and is perfectly capable of carrying a conversation on his own if needed. If he ever gets to be too much, though, just let him know - he has no problems apologizing and backing off just enough that you no longer feel like he’s being invasive. The more you get to know him in return, you learn that he’s really just interested in figuring people out - and when it comes to people he grows fond of, he becomes very devoted and invested in their comfort and happiness.

-> [ He loves to hear about whatever topic you’ve been researching. The more obscure, the better! ] Rook is the type to value knowledge, both in breadth and depth - so feel free to share with him what you’ve learned. This way, he gets to learn about the subject itself, as well as a little bit about you at the same time! He’s very perceptive and intuitive, and hearing you talk about the topics that you find interesting allows him further glimpses into your mind. He’s quick to pick up your subtle, unspoken opinions in addition to everything that comes out of your mouth during your rants and rambles. Additionally, if he happens to know anything about a particular subject himself, it ends up turning into a very engaging discussion. He can get overly chatty at times, though, which is something he admits himself, but he is really good about letting you have your moment to talk, especially when it pertains to a topic you initially brought up.

-> [ He loves the duality of your personality. ] Though others often describe you as responsible and mature, you mention having a childish, sensitive side. Rook just adores when people aren’t what they initially seem to be, loves being able to peel back your layers to learn who you truly are deep down. It’s rewarding - proof that he’s gotten close enough to you that he sees this side of you. And honestly? He thinks that childish side to you is cute. It shows him that there’s still this sort of youth in you, that you’re still impressionable and learning and genuinely reacting to things in life even though you’re able to fill the mature and responsible role according to others. Also, even if you tend to adopt personality traits from those around you, he insists that however you view it, those traits are a part of you to some degree or another.

-> [ Rook is happy to provide advice on decisions you’re struggling with, but he’s good at encouraging you, too. ] He knows better than anyone that the world is full of individuals, and each person has their struggles. And if you struggle with making your own decisions without input from others? That’s okay! He figures that you’re just worried about making the “wrong” decision, that you value the input and opinion of other people. Still - your life is your own, and he makes sure to remind you of that! While he emphasizes that you should do what feels best for you, he also has really good advice and is able to examine things from many perspectives. On a similar note, Rook is gently encouraging when it comes to you getting out of your comfort zone, but ultimately he lets you take things at your own pace. If you’re worried about making an embarrassment of yourself, he’ll be right by your side, willingly making a fool of himself so you at least don’t feel so alienated.

-> [ Rook is happy to give you physical affection when you need it. ] It doesn’t matter if it’s because you’re craving comfort, because you want his attention, or simply just because - he enjoys being able to hold you close. He especially loves pulling you into his chest in a tight hug and tucking your head against his shoulder while he runs his fingers through your hair. He’s not one for excessive PDA, though he’s perfectly comfortable with the occasional hand holding, hug, or kiss on the cheek. In private, though, he’ll be as affectionate as you allow him to be; he might be a bit much at times! Like you, Rook is also the type to show his adoration for someone in various ways, though he often leans towards words of affirmation and acts of service. He likes to write poetry, so don’t be surprised if you find a sappy love poem tucked away in your bag among your textbooks. It’s so sweet that it’s almost hard to read without blushing.

-> [ It’s okay if you’re forgetful, because Rook will remember for you. ] Perhaps it’s a little unsettling at times, but he truly means well! He tends to keep track of your general schedule, and has a wildly good memory when it comes to any routines or habits you’ve developed. He’s really good about not being too invasive about it, but sometimes it surprises you how much he notices and remembers. When he’s around, you’ll never forget important dates, anniversaries, birthdays, or appointments - and he’s skilled at reminding you of things without being too pushy. Rook himself tends to get really excited when your birthday is coming up because he likes to plan a fun surprise celebration for you (and the surprise is all the better if you do happen to forget about your own birthday--). When it comes to shared events like anniversaries, he insists on you deciding on plans together, which can really help you keep on top of things.

your platonic match is…

✦ Floyd Leech

-> [ For better or worse, Floyd is someone who will help bring you out of your shell and comfort zone. ] He’s impulsive and likes to have fun, caring very little for the opinions of others. There are times where you have a lot of fun with him, forgetting your worries and just living in the moment. But there are also times where you feel like he’s attracting way too much attention to the both of you, and you want to crawl into a hole and die out of embarrassment. There’s no in-between in this case. Either way, though, he finds your reactions to be quite amusing (and he doesn’t feel bad in the slightest when you’re feeling mortified in public, unfortunately for you; he’ll just laugh about it). Floyd likes being the one to get you to loosen up here and there - and he’ll boast about it to any mutual friends of yours, too.

-> [ You’re willing to entertain his whims without letting him run absolutely wild. ] You know very well what type of person he is and how he likes to live his life - so you’re a great wingman when it comes to most of his ideas and plans. He appreciates that you’re able to accept who he is and the fact that he is impulsive, doing what he wants when he wants. In a way, you can definitely relate to him. All that said, you also make an effort to discourage Floyd from doing anything super dangerous or harmful, something that’s very likely to come back and bite him in the ass. Yes, you have a childish side, but you know how to be responsible when it matters. Azul and Jade thank you for this (even though Jade is more than willing to let his brother run wild most of the time and reap the consequences).

-> [ Gaming buddies! ] He can be quite particular when it comes to which game you guys play together and when, but you two can usually decide on something without too much fuss (mostly because you’re more on the agreeable and flexible side). Gaming sessions between you two typically start out with you two actively playing a multiplayer game together for a while, eventually shifting to both of you playing games individually in each other’s presence. Things can get pretty intense and heated when you’re playing with each other, with Floyd being naturally competitive and inspiring a similar attitude in you - but then the two of you settle down quite nicely when you decide to game individually, chattering and snacking when your focus isn’t 100% on the games. If you have any game recommendations, definitely let him know; he won’t always try them out, but he’s always on the hunt for something that could potentially become a new favorite.

-> [ Definitely the type to get you frog-themed gifts, considering your fondness for the creature. ] From frog-themed school supplies like pens and notepads, to frog-inspired desserts or snacks. And you’re happy to receive such gifts! After all, it’s quite the feat to get close enough to Floyd Leech that he bothers going out of his way to do things like this for you. He also insists that you don’t need to get him a gift back in return (though he wouldn’t turn a gift down from you), but if you’re insistent on paying him back maybe he’ll keep that in mind to cash in a favor later? Eventually, though, all these gifts may culminate in him assigning you a frog-related nickname… such as tadpole, for example, if he wants to poke a bit of fun at your more childish side that you tend to keep hidden from people. Besides, it’s a cute nickname for a cute person, in his opinion.

-> [ Floyd wants to know what you’re thinking about when you zone out. ] Is it something deep and philosophical? A mental conversation you’re having with yourself? Perhaps just… static and white noise? He can’t help but get super curious since you’re so often lost in your own head, not exactly present in the moment. In a similar vein, despite his somewhat lax (sometimes even callous) attitude towards others, he actually does try to prevent you from accidentally hurting yourself if you zone out around him. He’ll tug you away from a pole you’re about to walk into or uneven terrain you might trip up on, warn you when you’re about to hurt yourself while trimming your nails. Of course, his help does not come without some teasing - often asking you “what would you do without me, huh?” Occasionally he might get a little exasperated with your intermittent lack of self awareness and safety, but he’ll still be there for you.

-> [ In terms of music, Floyd likes what he likes, but is willing to check out music you recommend. ] There are a few genres he tends to avoid, but he generally has a fairly wide range of tastes. Why limit himself to very specific niches when there’s plenty of good music out there? He’ll give practically anything a listen at least once, in any case, even if that’s the only time he’ll listen to certain songs. You can text him and send him your recommendations, but more often than not he’ll look at them and decide to listen to them later… only to completely forget once later rolls around. But he doesn’t mind if you want to share music with him in person! It’s fun for you because you’re able to see his reactions in real time, and it’s convenient for him because you can play the music whether he likes it or not.

[twistedwonderlandboiimagines]

omg can u please do rook,ace,sebek,ruggie and ruggie with the promise ring??!!

love it, very cute

Rook, Ace, Sebek and Ruggie with an s/o that gifts them a Promise Ring

A/N: LMAO you named off all the characters I can't write well so I hope i did an okay job

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Rook Hunt

"Mon cherie, this is a beautiful display of your love for me, you've nearly moved me to tears!"

You tell him the promise ring is to promise you'll always harbor a strong love for each other

Get ready because after you give him the ring you'll have to sit there for a while while he conveys all the wonderful feelings he has about it

He'll gladly wear the ring everyday

If anyone asks about it they should be prepared for an earful too

Rook never loses it, he's very punctual about taking it off and putting it in its case and then putting it back on when he wakes up

Ace Trappola

He's taken aback for a moment because he instantly thinks you're trying to marry him

"Hey hey its a little early for that don't you thin--oh it's not an engagement ring-"

You tell him it represents that you'll always support each other

Ace of course thinks the promise ring thing is a bit sappy, but he'll wear it at least once for you

He wears it on his casual clothes. He would do so on his dorm outfit but is too anxious he'll get scolded by Riddle for it being against the rules

Ace does lose it a few times, having Deuce and Trey help search for it, thinking you might kill him if you find out

Sebek

"This mere ring is suppose to represent our relationship?"

Doesn't act too into it at first, but wears it since you want him to

Until someone asks him about it, then he gets a little haughty

"Oh, my ring? This was bestowed upon me by (y/n) to show off our unbreakable bond! Hmph, jealous now?"

(Of course he wouldn't say that to Malleus or Lilia, he gives them a proper explanation)

After that he wears it all the time with pride

He doesn't lose it but if he did he'd have a meltdown running all through Diasomnia to find it

Ruggie Bucchi

"Wh--how much did this thing cost?"

No matter what price you say he's surprised--good quality rings aren't cheap and you didn't want to settle for anything less

He thinks you could've rather spent the money on food, but appreciates you used it for him instead

You tell him its a promise to never give up on each other even if things seem rocky

Like Ace, he thinks its major sappy and teases you a little about it

Ruggie doesn't wear it everyday but he still puts it on if he feels like it

Doesn't mind too much telling others what the ring's for

Dealing with Leona has helped him not lose track of things easily, so he doesn't end up losing the ring

[linawritestwst]

Hello! May i request pining hcs (like the heartslabyul ones) with savanaclaw + rook? But if not, you could just do savanaclaw. Thank yoh fro your time ❤️

savanaclaw and rook hunt pining headcanons (gn!reader)

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i hope you like these headcanons, anon! sorry that they're kinda short, i've got a very bad headache, haha.. also i hope that rook is not too ooc

leona kingscholar.

♡ oh, it's HARD for him to accept the fact that he has fallen for you. him? leona kingscholar himself? being in love with a herbivore like you? impossible! but it doesn't mean that he will try to avoid you, he will actually continue flirting with you and getting you in situations that make your heart beat even faster. but don't think that he does this because he likes you! he just thinks it's fun to mess with you like that, haha..

♡ everyone can see it though. everyone can see just how hard leona has fallen for you. he's not that ~mysterious~ as he wants and tries to be. but if anyone even thinks of mentioning how leona looks happier when you're around, they WILL regret it. i'm looking at you ruggie

♡ leona is.. not so sure that his feelings are mutual, though. in fact, he thinks that you will never fall in love with someone like him. yes, you did show some signs of feeling the same way towards leona, but.. what if you're just a naturally kind and caring person, who treats all nrc students like that and leona is not that special? and you're just the type of person who gets flustered easily, so it's not like you would act any different if it was someone other than leona saying those things to you and messing with you.

♡ long story short: leona needs a wingman and that wingman is gonna be ruggie because.. there's nobody else who's willing to do that. ruggie is going to find leona lying on the floor while sad music is playing and leona will say that he's fine and tell him to leave

ruggie bucchi.

♡ THIS GUY IS SUFFERING. HE PROBABLY SUFFERS THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF THEM. you're just so.. nice.. and you always make sure he's okay.. and you help him out when he has to do stuff for leona.. how could he not fall in love with you after that? but does he really deserve to be your boyfriend? and do you even like him in that way? he's not sure about that.

♡ he doesn't know what to do. should he give you a sign? should he keep it a secret? yeah, probably the second one. he will keep all of his feelings inside even though they're so strong, he's not sure if he can do that. but sometimes he will accidentally give you a sign or slip up, like he'd flirt with you as a joke and then it suddenly starts sounding more serious. and then you'd be like "a-are you okay, ruggie-" and he's just "I GOTTA GO"

♡ ruggie will try his best to act like everything is okay and that he still sees you as a friend. he's good at it, he really is. but sometimes, if you pay closer attention to him, you'll notice that his smile started looking more sad lately, it's like he's trying to hide his pain.

jack howl.

♡ can savanaclaw boys admit that they have a crush. can they. no, they can't. jack likes you A LOT, but he just can't say it. it doesn't help that he's just always like that, he's not really good at talking about his feelings and his crush on you is not an exception. however, he's not like leona and ruggie, because he doesn't think that it's a good idea to keep it secret. you deserve to know how he really feels about you and pretending to see you as a friend feels like lying to you. he just has to find a way to confess to you.. somehow.

♡ until that day comes, he will try to give you hints, but he's really bad at it. please don't think anything bad about him, he's just!! awkward!! he's trying his best! he's always there to help you if you need it, he's always there to listen to you talk about your problems! and you also might notice that he started blushing more often around you.

♡ he tries to confess to you, he really does, but something is always stopping him. you suddenly remember that you had plans with someone, he has to go back to his dorm or you're busy and can't meet with him today. but one day he will tell you about his feelings. at first he thought that they're not that serious or that they will go away eventually, but it doesn't seem that he's gonna stop loving you anytime soon.

rook hunt.

♡ FINALLY. SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY CAN ADMIT THAT HE HAS A CRUSH. but it's not like he's gonna do it that soon, that's not interesting at all! he wants to find the best time, the best day for him to do just that! but before that, he will observe you and learn more about you. don't worry, he already knows that he's definitely in love with you and his feelings won't go away, but he just wants to know the best way for him to confess to you.

♡ he will leave you lots of hints, maybe you will figure everything out before he confesses his feelings? you suddenly start getting gifts from an unknown admirer and they're very romantic. also wow, the person that sent them must know a lot about you, because they got you all of your favorite things! maybe you got them from a close friend? or maybe this person just stalked you for a LONG time

♡ but you don't seem to figure it out though. hehe, you're so pure and naive, how cute is that?~ oh well, it looks like he has to help you out and be more straightforward! when the confession day finally comes, just know that he's been waiting for this moment and he has everything prepared. he's been imagining this moment in his head for quite a while and he's sure that everything will be perfect.

[willowwhispersspeakeasy]

Oml I just found ur blog and it's SO GOOD everything is *chef's kiss*

can I pls request headcanons for that secret dating trope (where they like, have to keep the relationship a secret for some reason)

For Jade, Floyd, Idia and Riddle if that's okay

sooooo I'm a Whore for this trope and so im adding Rook bc im also a Whore for that lil blonde freak. Rooks was also written first and turned out as more of a scenario so whoops.

twst! dating in secret trope

characters: Idia Shroud, Jade Leech, Floyd Leech, Riddle Rosehearts, Rook Hunt

warnings: gender neutral mc, suggestive content, gaslighting mention

Idia

hiding your relationship with Idia is both remarkably easy and strangely difficult. he is rarely seen in social gatherings so you needn't worry about avoiding physical affection.

however, Idia's first instinct when overwhelmed or nervous is to hide, usually crawling into a corner or someone he deems as "safe". he used to hide behind Ortho or be seen just over the shoulder of Octavinelle's dorm leader.

now however, he wanted to run and hide behind you. you were warm and safe and you smelled nice and it calmed the man's racing nerves. but, that could have some serious consequences.

to spite going to the same school you and your boyfriend mostly communicated through online games, chatrooms, or FaceTime calls occasionally.

it was nice in some ways, because you could be as affectionate with him as you wanted. since it was all done on private chats anyway and no one knew who you were messaging if they glanced over your shoulder.

but it still left you with an aching sense of... loneliness. sometimes you would sneak into his dorm, claiming Ortho had asked you for help. the boy was happy to see you, and even happier to see his brother light up at your appearance.

you'd spend the night there, curled up in Idia's jacket. it was loose on your frame and smelled like him. while he'd never admit it the boy is horribly touch starved, rarely getting hugged by anyone besides Ortho.

you'd fall asleep, after staying up talking into the wee hours of the morning. Idia's head on your chest as his limbs curled around you like a koala. his hair tickles your cheeks, but you just rub his back before drifting off yourself.

Jade

Jade can lie through his teeth and never lose his smile. he is an absolute master manipulator so rest easy knowing this secret he will never be in danger of exposing.

having said that, there is absolutely no way either of you will be able to hide this from Floyd and Azul long term. Jade can gaslight them for a few months but the pair know him to well and are far to intelligent.

Azul will play nice. while he'd love to use this for blackmail Jade is to dangerous of a man to do so. besides, his silence is easily bought.

Floyd however, is more likely to be mistaken as your boyfriend then Jade. seeing as he quickly excepts you as a member of his family. you are his brothers partner, which means y'all are siblings in law in his mind. so you can expect plenty of teasing from the merman. but Jade is greatly reassured to see Floyd except you so whole heartedly.

its often late into the evening when you find Jade cleaning up the kitchen in Mostro Lounge. Floyd probably dragged you across campus to meet him, quickly dumping you in the doorway before vanishing somewhere to make trouble for Azul.

Jade turns to greet you, wiping his hands on a towel. you can't help but drag your eyes over his exposed forearms, the bluegreen veins taught for you to see.

the merman chuckles at your distraction, walking over and tilting your head up for a kiss. he isn't used to being looked at and admired, but he does so enjoy teasing you.

if you want you should join his club. as the only two members the pair of you can get away with much more there then you would otherwise. plus, no one cares about his 'weird mushroom obsession' so no one will wander in to disturb you. whatever it is you may get up to~

Floyd

good luck with that. trying to hide his relationship with you is hell for this merman. the pair of you could only get away with it for about a month before Floyd cracks.

if its absolutely necessary that you hide your relationship, you'd need outside help. Azul is more then pleased to offer his services, and I would recommend thinking over his offer carefully before excepting or denying it.

Jade is neither a better nor worse option. he doesn't come with the same carefully worded clauses that Azul does, but it also doesn't offer you the safety of having everything written on paper. Jade also wants what's best for Floyd, not for you. so, keep that in mind.

Floyd's love language is physical touch so its incredibly hard for him to keep his distance from you. Floyd wants to pull you into his lap or rest his arm around your shoulder at all times, and it can sour his mood when he remembers he can't.

he also wants to monopolize your time, so you'll be seeing him hanging not far from your side quite often. you might be able to convince others hes more of a body guard then your boyfriend but its still gunna look a little, fishy, for most.

its also going to be a dead giveaway that you are one of the only people who can get Floyd to pay attention. even if you acted this way when you were only friends, most people will read his behavior as romantic regardless.

Floyd is also very needy as a lover so good luck keeping up with him and hiding your relationship. the pair of you probably take up nightly swims, just so he can get his share of cuddles and no one is around to bother you.

Riddle

Riddle is good at maintaining his discretion. only your most trusted friends would know of your relationship with the red head being more than platonic. altho, he can embarrass himself and turn red as a lobster.

your relationship with Riddle reads to outsiders much more as a mutual academically minded friendship. often seen as study partners, Riddle is gentle but firm with you, just as he is will his housemates.

the pair of you will need clearly marked boundaries over this. not only as a normal couple but in order to provide secrecy and trust with each other. places you can be seen alone together and places you cannot. studying in the library? safe. eating just the two of you in the cafeteria? not safe.

most of the teachers would even be oblivious to your relationship with Riddle. none of the other housewardens are aware. you can even hide it from ADeuce without to much trouble.

of course, the price for your flawless secrecy is... you dont actually get to be a 'couple' very often if at all. you and Riddle have been clear and honest with each other about your feelings, yet he keeps you at arms length for your protection.

its hard and its lonely, even with your partner just sitting on the other side of a desk. Riddle's emotional intelligence needs work, so be open and honest with him when its getting to be to much for you.

he'll sneak you out into the hedge maze, under the guise of keeping him company while surveying it. the pair of you can hide from prying eyes there, and get an actual chance to be a couple for a change.

Rook

he was torn. Rook had to bite his tongue to real in his affections for you when in public, maintaining the guise of the pair of you just being friends. he did pride himself on his performance, offering you no more affection then gentle pats on your shoulder and the same cheery voice he offered everyone. yet there was a thrill, when he saw you following him out into the woods.

you followed where you had seen Rook sneak off to out into the woods outside of Pomefiore's dorm. when you came to the edge of the tree line, you peered out into the clearing below.

a shout of surprise was stifled in your throat by a gloved hand placed over your mouth. a matching arm wrapped around your waist and you were tugged into the firm chest of your lover.

"mon amour, you have returned to my side once again~" Rook sung, already peppering kisses down your neck.

"Rook... hey- not here..." you whined as he sucked lightly on your skin, far to light to leave a mark but enough to make you crave more. your teeth sunk in your lip as you wished he'd sink his teeth into your flesh and suck pretty flowers of blue and purple.

"no one will see us mon trésor~ my, you're already quaking in my arms! have I neglected you to long?" his voice purrs in teasing, wet sounds of his tongue on your ear causing your breath to hitch. "have I failed to satisfy you as your lover?"

"no- Rook, please..." the warmth of his breath against your ear only served to make you tremble. Rook did well to hide your relationship from prying eyes, but it was so very hard.

you wanted to crawl into his lap as he cleaned and tuned his bow. to sneak kisses hidden from prying eyes behind those wide brim hats of his. to hear him write poetry into your hair without worry of being observed.

"please what songbird? what do you need?" your chin was raised to meet his gaze. narrow eyes of green, rich as the forest around you, held you with desire burning beneath them.

"I... I miss you." the words tumbled from your lips without thought. simple, honest, and earnest in your desire. the blonde man lets out a charming laugh at your words.

"I am right here now, mon amour, your heart needn't long for me any longer." he tilted your chin up once more, this time capturing your lips in a tender kiss.

kissing Rook is like laying in a field of wildflowers on a warm spring evening. he is soft and warm and sweet on your tongue. and the pretty sounds he pulls from your throat vibrate like a cool breeze.

"je t'aime, ma cherie."

[crossdressingdeath]

...I've had a thought. We know from the discord Q&A (apparently, I wasn't there but this is what I've read secondhand) that if Rook goes down in combat and you don't have a party member with a revive skill it's a game over, right? And that's probably just the change in gameplay, we don't have the ability to control the companions directly so if Rook goes down and can't be brought back up combat's not going to work super well, but if we're talking in-universe reasoning for that... Okay, so we know Rook is connected to the Fade in some way due to their interference in the ritual. Wouldn't it be interesting if Rook's been tied to the Veil? In a "If this person dies the Veil comes down" sort of way. It creates a justification for the game ending if they go down, it offers up glorious potential for angst (the party having to accept that if it's between saving Rook and saving literally anyone else, even themselves or the person they love most, they have to pick Rook or the world ends... Rook having to struggle with the fact that if they die they kill everyone...), and it could be a really interesting explanation for why it's Rook who is likely going to ultimately stop Solas through either changing his mind or incredible violence rather than Quiz; if Rook has to die to bring the Veil down then if Solas likes Rook that adds a new level of difficulty to the plan (like that thing about the idea that the nuclear codes for America should be implanted in/on—don't remember the details—the heart of someone close to the president, forcing them to kill someone with their own hands before they can press the button; can Solas really look his friend in the eye and kill them himself so he can end their world? ...Again. Sorry Felassan), and if he doesn't like Rook then they're still going to fight as hard as they can to stop a plan that relies on their death, and their refusal to let it happen would have more impact than anyone else's because it's their life that decides it! I don't know, it would just be fun I think.