#((This was mostly me throwing headcanons in when applicable.))

[remidyal]

character ask game for adaine: 8, 12, 22, and freebie: do you have any scraps/ideas for jawbone's pov (seeing or hearing about, where applicable) of adaine's various deaths/generally super reckless choices (i.e., allowing herself to get kidnapped by the nation who's stated purpose is to kill her)? he's so chill with the kids but i know she's giving him gray hair

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Hmm, I don't know that there really IS anything. I've seen a couple other people answer this question that the fandom tends to file her rough edges off - she's got a lot of ANGER as well as the anxiety, obviously - but I actually think a lot of stories do get that right. (Mine tend to vary on this depending on the AU and situation - something like Pact or even Missing she's MOSTLY anger and impulse over anxiety)

Take this one with a grain of salt, then, because I firmly believe in people doing what they want and reinterpreting characters as you choose and all but I do like Adaine's design better without glasses and think she only gets them in so much art because other than that she's the bad kid with the strongest physical resemblance to her player.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

By the time of junior year, she's gone all the way from the girl having a panic attack after borderline accidentally killing the lunch lady to being the Bad Kid least bothered by the amount of murdering people they do, even more than Riz. In part I think this is a coping mechanism, but in part I think it's just that she gets so many glimpses of extra futures in which they either have killed a bunch of people or all died horrible deaths and so she's become just a little bit too jaded about it.

Also, this is maybe not character-specific but wizards at large, but the better wizards we see in the series (Adaine, Ayda, Arthur, and Aelwyn, specifically) all leap to violence at a rate not matched by that many others - even among the bad kids, it's really only Riz who's going to go with violence as the answer as rapidly as Adaine does a lot of the time.

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to ths character? Something you don't like?

Oooh. I mean, for likes obviously any sort of at least sort-of happy family time, Adaine and Aelwyn bantering in a not totally hostile way, but that's as much about Aelwyn or Jawbone as it is Adaine. I'm a big fan of when she does have that moment where she throws careful plans out the window and starts smashing or stabbing things. I'm also an absolute sucker for a well done prophecy or vision arc - there are limits in an actual play on how far you can go with this that a planned story can blast beyond.

Similar to my answer to number 8 above, there's not that much that I don't like that I see in a ton of fic that's character specific! It's fun reading other people interpreting the character. Even though I'm pretty on board with aroace Adaine, an in character sort of romance can be fun to read if it's in the context of a plot I'd otherwise enjoy.

For the freebie question, I don't know that I have any scraps but this is definitely something I think about. I've written about it a little bit in Bunk at least - Adaine and Riz' had their deaths livestreamed out to the world in the nightmare king fight, and while I've not written that moment out directly I've touched on it a few times. He's absolutely not going to bring it up to her, because it's her choice to be an adventurer and he wants to be supportive, I think, but he definitely worries. It could be fun to do one from his point of view during the Hot Night Yorb Summer, actually, though it'd have a lot of overlap with my Aelwyn piece from the same timeframe.

Thanks for the ask! Ask me more from this list, anyone who wants to!

[pocket-attorney]

Miles hurried into his office, slamming the door shut behind him and pressing himself against it. He panted, trying to catch his breath while his smartwatch beeped in warning. It was almost insulting, getting beeped at as if he didn’t know already what was going to happen whilst being incapable of doing anything about it.

The meeting had run incredibly, painfully late, and because he was Miles Edgeworth (who couldn’t afford to show that he had other things to worry about outside of work), he hadn’t left until it had officially ended. It was also for that reason that he’d put himself in this predicament, having had to scramble to his office instead of going home.

In past experiences, he’d be stuck there for the rest of the night, only able to interact with the few supplies he could bring into his office without getting any strange looks from visitors. Now though, he’d long since had someone to rely on.

(Wright. I need to call Wright...)

He reached into his pocket, fishing out his smartphone and unlocking it. Navigating to his contacts, he scrolled to Phoenix’s, aptly titled ‘Necessary Feelings’. He raised his thumb to tap the “call” button--

Then immediately felt an all-too-familiar sinking sensation, dropping his phone in shock. He cursed under his breath, feeling dizzy as the world slowly got bigger from his perspective. The door he’d been pressed against rubbed against his back, though he knew he wasn’t sliding to the floor.

He pushed away from the door and ran his hands through his hair. No matter how many times it happened, he was constantly frustrated by helplessness of the whole thing.

Just like every night, he shrunk down to about six inches tall. Also like every night, he wouldn’t be back to normal until morning.

At the very least, he supposed, six inches tall was still big enough to use his smartphone, albeit within limits. He walked over to it, thankful it hadn’t been damaged from the fall, and pressed the ‘call’ button with his full hand.

While it rang, he took the phone by one of the corners, dragging it to the nearest wall and propping it up against it. He may’ve been small, but he wasn’t going to let his phone simply lay on the floor.

Just as he stepped back, the ringing stopped with a ‘click,’ Phoenix’s voice coming through afterwards.

“Hello? Edgeworth?”

He let out a breath, feeling a bit of relief from hearing Phoenix talk and then feeling ridiculous for it. Crossing his arms, he got straight to the point and explained, “Wright, the meeting ran late, can you pick me up?”

“What? Are--are you okay?” Phoenix asked, voice raising slightly in pitch. “Are you in danger?”

Miles rolled his eyes at the unnecessary concern, but smiled. “Not at all. I made it back to my office.”

“Ah. Sit tight then. I’ll be there soon.”

He didn’t even get to say “thank you” before the call ended and the screen faded to black. Clearly, there was an urgency Phoenix felt in coming to get him.

He only had to wait.

~~~~~

For the most part, Miles spent his time pacing around the room, lingering near the desk just in case someone who wasn’t Phoenix tried to come in. It wasn’t as though he had nothing to do - for example, he’d gotten a miniature chess set a while back and the only thing stopping him from using it was that he’d already set up the tiny red knights around the tinier blue pawn - but his priority was to prevent situations like this from happening in the future. Doing anything would only serve as a distraction.

There was no clear way to stop his shrinking, which meant that he needed to come up with alternatives to fall back on; a safety net, as it were. What he did now simply wasn’t sustainable.

He knew that leaving with the excuse that he was busy wouldn’t work, not only because it seemed unprofessional but that his co-workers could look into his workload and confirm whether or not he was telling the truth. The easiest solution then would probably be to ask Phoenix for help and secretly send him some sort of symbol through text to indicate that Phoenix fake an emergency call to give him a reason to leave.

The thought made Miles feel vaguely queasy. Phoenix had already done enough for him, proven by how he was dropping whatever he was currently doing to come pick him up, so he wasn’t eager to ask for any more favors of him.

A knock on the door brought Miles back to reality, making him jump in place from surprise. He turned, waiting to hear the voice on the other side and getting ready to make a break for the desk if needed.

“Edgeworth?” Phoenix called. “Can I come in?”

His shoulders eased. Raising his voice, he replied, “Yes, come in.”

He watched the doorknob turn, the door opening partway as Phoenix peeked inside. They made eye contact, Phoenix glancing behind him to check for anyone nearby, then slipped into the room through the very little space he’d made between the door and door frame.

“No one’s there, Wright,” Miles commented with a raised brow.

“Can’t be too careful,” Phoenix dismissed, shutting the door behind him. His gaze then drifted about the room, eventually spotting the smartphone propped up against the wall. He knelt down to pick it up and stash it in his pocket, just as Miles began to approach. “I saw Gumshoe on the way here.”

Picking up on the idle conversation, Miles tilted his head. “Oh?”

“Yeah. He asked where I was going.” Phoenix cleared his throat, doing an impression of Gumshoe’s voice. “‘Did Mr. Edgeworth overwork himself again? You better take good care of him, pal!”

Miles scoffed, breaking eye contact with him and clutching his arm. “So you both worry too much over me.”

Phoenix unbuttoned his jacket, then shrugged while slipping it off. “Well, you’re someone worth worrying about.”

Miles’s fingers twitched against his sleeve, his heart clenching as he unconsciously glared at nothing in particular. There was a criticism on his tongue about Phoenix saying things like that when he was defenseless, but he refrained from voicing it. He didn’t want to give Phoenix the satisfaction of knowing how his words affected him.

“Here, climb in,” Phoenix instructed, opening his jacket and lowering it to the floor. A majority of the fabric was resting against the hardwood, allowing Miles easy access to the inner chest pocket that had been made specifically for him.

It was routine by this point. While Phoenix worried and fretted over him, he also took Miles’s concern for independence seriously, including but not limited to allowing Miles to climb into the pocket himself rather than picking him up and dropping him in.

Miles appreciated it even if he didn’t quite have the words for to say so.

Once he was inside, he felt the world move as Phoenix slowly put his jacket back on. Miles always knew that he was secure the moment Phoenix’s body heat registered with him, and he pressed against it like it were a reflex at this point. He felt it necessary to make sure that his body was as unnoticeable as possible from the outside.

“Comfortable?” Phoenix asked.

“Yes, just as I am every other time you ask,” Miles replied, feigning exasperation.

He felt the vibration of Phoenix’s chuckle, then movement as he started heading back for the door. Though Miles couldn’t see, years of being a prosecutor made him extremely aware of his surroundings, his mind drawing up a vague visual in his head based on the sounds around him.

The opening of the door, the flick of the light switch, footsteps, and then the door closing.

The only thing Miles couldn’t visualize - if only due to being completely unaware of it - was the bright smile on his childhood friend’s face, Phoenix in his usual state of bliss to be helping Miles and keeping him close.

ok actually i WILL post this here

[yaomomvs]

SEIJOH MANANGER HEADCANONS

seijoh, aoba johsai x reader | slight oikawa, iwaizumi and kunimi x reader.

a/n: ugh! i just love my seijoh boys so much! and so, i decided to make one more headcanons for them, tysm! hopefully i’ll do inarizaki next or maybe karasuno.

a bit long but i just love them,and i will do a part two mainly focusing on while they do volleyball this is more of random things

other seijoh!manager works: one | two

the volume in this bus is ASTRONOMICAL

you actually never thought of joining a club, specially a sports one.

but you needed it, so while looking at the board of the school’s options you were unsure.

“i just really need something not that complicated, and that helps me helping others” you muttered to yourself

little did you know the coach of the volleyball team was there, this nice man turned to you and offered you a place in the team.

“but please if you are one of oikawa’s fangirls dont-” “who now?” you genuinely asked. seeing that you didn’t had a clue of who he was talking about he immediately handed the application for to you.

it was first day and you were already late, but you managed to enter the gym half way practice.

you guys remember that tanaka and kiyoko scene in s4? well it was the same

“sorry for being late coach!” your voice sounded all over the place since someone was serving and it was pretty quiet.

ALL OF THEM WERE SHOCKED LIKE 🧍🏻‍♀️

the serve even hit yahaba’s face because everyone got distracted by your beauty

“i- did i do something?” “existing omg”

the coach lined up everyone and they greeted you welcoming you to the team.

you were flustered because it was like you never had a lot of guys around you and now you had to take care of all of them and also

aoba johsai’s team had one of the most attractive boys around likeeee

now, a year later, the energy is purely chaotic.

and i mean like

kindaichi and kunimi are lowkey the ones who respect you the most

not only because you, even if it was for only a year, you were their upperclassman but also you had presence

when karasuno came to the practice andy oh catched both of them after talking to kageyama in the bathroom, you pinched their ears and scolded them

“you both do that again and i’m not being compassionate” “SORRY Y/N”

but also lowkey your admirers

kunimi literally only showed strong emotions around you

“i brought you some sweets” he regularly says

“oh you are great! thank you kunimi!”you appreciated this guys little details with you

“so you have a favoritism with our manager huh?”

“y/n permission to hit kindaichi”

“permission conceded”

kindaichi also respected you because you, when he entered seijoh months ago, were one of the ones who made him believe and helped getting over that anger he had with his ex teammates and you even assured that kageyama was the reason he got better, even if he wouldn’t accept it

the second years, your literal followers

like seriously yahaba watori were always around you.

being in the same grade and class as both dod not helped a lot.

they are like puppies with anxiety separation

because you are the reason they feel loved and cared for

they always sit next to you in class, and they make sure you are comfortable with it.

you need help with hw? watori always is there

yahaba lets you paint his nails every time you got bored in class

you were such a powerful trio

they always bring your favorite drink in the mornin

you even developed this sixth sense where if you just look at each other you know exactly who are you making fun of without even speaking

you always make fun of the shit way of yahaba to flirt oml

and you even advice him on what should he do or not when meeting someone new.

istg if it was not bc of you he would have never got his first date with his crush

kyoutani later joined you, but he had trouble on trusting you

but seeing all the team laying on you he actually let himself rely on another person for the first time

he was the one who scared those stupid volleyball boys fan girls (oikawa’s or the other guys ones) away from you

he also thinks that you are not bad physically talking and he actually says it but privately

he also whenever he is mad or just frustrated comes to you and what he likes is that you don’t go in deep of the details but instead you try to distract him with random thing you say.

“guys i told you several times” you laughed “i do have other thing to do! it not like i can attend every night out with you! i have other friends too!”

“so, we are not watching cartoons tonight?”

“i hate you all so much” you surrendered “see you at 8 pm”

you became the second years core four

and also they looked up to you a lot, why? because you are the only people who always deals with the third years shit

god i think your connection with the third years was only a bit more noticeable than the second years

why? you were not afraid to mess up with them

to be real iwaizumi as oikawa caught your eye since moment one, they were naturally attractive and talented but you made a promise to not fall for anyone

omg you were so wrong

if it was iwaizumi, he always made sure you felt comfortable around

you were no vb genius so he took the time to explain you a bunch of things you did not know 🥺

also, he’s the kind of guy to stop everyone spiking because you were crossing through the gym so no ball gets you

he is the one who always search for you in school, asked about your day, and stuff that might seem basic but it was really meaningful

like he is the kind of guy who memorizes all your favorite places, treats, music anything and actually tries to get you to talk about it

oikawa on the other hand was the one who actually made you feel like part of them

he is so sweet!

like

oikawa only starts practice when you are there

like bold of someone to start hitting a ball without you there, he considered you part of the team, so he always waited for you

he walked you home or nearby every time he could he wanted you safe

his eyes always always instantly light up and screams “y/n-chan!” and immediately runs to you

but also he is the one who search you the most around

if it was lunch time he went to your home room and literally lunches with you no matter what or who

he never lets anyone lend you their hoodie, it always has to be his that you are wearing

he self crowned himself as your favorite

he hugs you out of nowhere istg is the best feeling ever

hanamaki also also also considers you priority

he is kinda more of the lowkey one, he is mainly the one who checks up on you

he once spotted a bruise in your arm and he immediately freaked out

“DO I HAVE TO FIGHT SOMEONE” “god no! i just dropped a huge book there!”

hanamaki is the one who waits for you in the entrance of the gym to walk with you to practice

he also is the first one to notice if something is wrong with you along with iwachan

they both unintentionally pay attention to you a lot and if you do something out of the common they just approach you

and they are always right

“what’s wrong y/n?” hanamaki says

“yeah, is everything okay you need anything?” iwaizumi continues.

“what do you mean guys? i’m okay” you obviously try to lie.

“no you are not, you are acting different”

“yea iwachan is right you always change yous t shirt before practice and the way you are ordering the volleyballs is off”

“why do know me so well” you indeed had a terrible day, so you almost tear up bb of that and be of how amazing your boys were to you sometimes”

“come here little one”

you heard a pout

“i see you oikawa, you can get a hug too. matsu come here”

matsukawa is your hype man

he loves messing with you like in the big brother sister way

like if a guy asked you out he’d be like “sis you can do so much better”

you are always being salty whether it’s between you or other ones

besides if you do have a crush on anyone on the team matsu is the only one to know

and he’d constantly blackmail you with that

“if you don’t buy me anything from the vending machine i will tell oikawa you actually swoon for him” “OKAY FINE”

“tell the coach that we do not need laps or iwaizumi is gonna knowwwww about” “i hate you so much”

but returning to the point you always messed with them specially the four third years

and you were so good at it

one day, you ‘innocently’ mentioned to the boys “i’m just telling you! i’ve never seen two pretty best friends, one of them always gotta be ugly”

GOD LORD THE BOMB YOU JUST ACTIVATED

THEY SPENT A WHOLE WEEK TRYING TO FUGURE OUT WHO WAS THE PRETTY BEST FRIEND BETWEEN IWA AND OIKAWA, ALSO MATSU AND HANAMAKI AHHAHAHAAH

your third years never made you feel insecure

like if you think idk listening to btr was weird because someone in the past made you feel like it be sure the next day they WILL PLAY FUCKING BIG TIME RUSH IN PRACTICE ONLY FOR YOU TO VIBE WITH THEM

also they all four have this little thought that they have to be the ones who protect you

in the court you looked out for them, outside of it they were the ones who did that

if you were teased or someone even had the audacity to make fun of you it could go three ways

you stoping kyoutani and yahaba because they were so ready to throw hands

matsukawa, hanamaki and kunimi just taking you out of there and rather say positive thinks about you

or oikawa and iwaizumi behind you giving the saltiest and meanest glares to whoever dared talking you that way and saying “and you still wonder why people don’t like you?, ” then iwaizumi says “you are right oikawa, you piece of crap have your entire life to be a jerk. take a day off your stupidity won’t left anyways”

god you sure loved those guys

BUT

as it can be really useful sometimes there were other times were they become so annoying

specially when it’s about someone liking you.

like romantic styles

i live for the idea that the vb team had obviously fangirls, oikawa mostly. but you also did

like yeah the fangirls of oikawa and the boys envied you

but the guys in aoba johsai high envied the volleyball team even more

god bless the poor guy or girl who DARES to ask you out

like please someone stop them 😭

on valentine’s day you came to practice a bit late just because you needed to figure it out how to organize all the fucking love letters and the chocolates and flowers that you got over the day.

oikawa was already worried as he always waited for you to start, and so were the guys so they decided to warm up a bit more to wait.

you crossed the door with thousands of gifts and all of that barely catching the ones which you dropped. because at this point you did not even try to hide it from the boys, you just wanted them to start practice.

he looked at you and knew exactly what that meant. he received this every once in a while, but god what was that feeling in his chest when some other people like you?

iwaizumi felt that too, that weird feeling not wanting anyone to think about you that wayyyyy

the rest of the boys had divided opinions but still you were their manager.

“so did all this came from...”

“yes matsu...”

“okay but for scientific purposes we need the names”

“HANAMAKI NO”

poor boys, they just are all scared that you’ll leave them because of someone

what a dramatic queens they are all

some of them didn’t like it bc they also had a big crush on you

so what they do is that they gatekeep anyone from you

like oml if they ever catched you and a girl or guy and they knew they liked you they constantly beg for your attention.

and it’s not only because they are being dramatic but also because they remember last year when you went out with some random dude and broke your heart like

they almost killed that guy

so they wanted you to feel happy and safe

to them? honestly you are the light of their life.

they dedicate every game to you, they take care of you, they listen to you, they brag about you, they love you

because honestly you did all that for them first

and ever since then they made sure to return that to you.

[incomingalbatross]

Daniel and Jack: My favorite scene of them, A random headcanon I have of them, My favorite thing about them, A scene I wish we had of them, A scene with them that I want to rewrite/change in some way, Who I think is the ”crazier” one, Would I change anything about their friendship? (I know that is almost all of them so feel free to just answer a few if you prefer! I was too interested in hearing all your thoughts to narrow it any further)

Thank you for all of these! I'll answer the ones that come to mind first, at least. :P

My favorite scene of them: They have a lot of good scenes, but I am basic and a sap and I really like the climactic scene in "Need." It ties into my Daniel Feelings in a very strong way, because... I don't know. I interpret Daniel as someone who's spent a lot of his life assuming he can't let himself be a burden to others, or forgetting that personal vulnerability is an option (for him), because he's been so self-sufficient for so long that he's written off any other way of being as Not Applicable to him.

But in "Need" he IS very actively a burden to others, he is at once vulnerable and dangerous and as actively repellent as he could possibly be, and he wraps it up by brutally beating SGC personnel and then pointing a gun at Jack. (Involuntary Alien Drug Addiction is such a useful plot device.) And what does Jack do?? Jack HUGS him.

And I like to think that this is the episode that broke down some wall in Daniel's brain and forced him realize that, oh wait. He IS loved, and there's literally nothing he could do to break that. Which is big for Dr. Attachment-Avoidant over here.

A random headcanon: I think that after the end of Season 5 the team eventually packed up Daniel's apartment for real, and that most of his stuff ended up sitting in Jack's basement. Daniel maybe had a Moment when he found out, post-Descension-recovery, that it was all still there.

Related: the first time Jack sees Daniel in his stupid beige sweater post-Descension he throws something at him instinctively. Daniel learns to stop wearing that sweater.

My favorite thing about them: I think it's the way they balance each other, morally. Daniel is so insistent on respecting everyone's needs and rights, on seeing every side to a situation and empathizing with the Other, and on always seeking the ideal outcome. Jack is equally insistent on prioritizing the protection of his own people and of the obviously innocent and helpless, on maintaining objective morality and a focus on immediate issues, and on finding the best practical outcome. But I think they find a real freedom in that contrast!

Sometimes Daniel can focus on finding the ideal outcome because he knows that if he fails Jack will have a fallback. Sometimes Jack can focus on protecting the pragmatic outcome because he knows if there's a better one out there, Daniel will find it. They both want what's best and they know that, and so they can rely on each other's differing approaches.

A scene I wish we had of them: ...I'm mostly pretty satisfied with their scenes, as far as I remember now. I do wish we'd had a bit more wrap-up to Daniel's Descension and recovery, though... just a little bit more of a "they're back" scene somewhere in there.

A scene I want to rewrite/change: Again, nothing comes to mind! A lot of their Important Moments are weird, objectively, because they don't express a lot of stuff directly--but they do express things in a way that works for them, and I like that. (I mean, I'm sure there ARE scenes, but nothing that bugged me enough to stick in my head during a long period of not-watching.)

Who's the "crazier" one: I'm laughing a little because. Both of them? Both of them are crazy. In very similar ways that they use to annoy everyone else.

...But also, it’s Daniel.

Daniel's more chaotic. Also, when Jack does crazy things, it's often for effect and/or for reasonable motives. Daniel, meanwhile, thinks he's perfectly sensible even while he's doing objectively ridiculous things and/or embracing priorities like "completely useless knowledge to be gained at high personal cost".

Would I change anything about their friendship: I don't think so, really. I like their friendship as it is, and I don't think canon really messes it up at any point. It's maybe not always emphasized as much as I'd like, but it's never seriously damaged, and I appreciate that.

[musette22]

no attack to you because I know you're still bitter about endgame which is valid but stop using the word straighwashed. I ship stucky but Bucky has only ever dated women in comics and the mcu and that's real. the situation with the "straightwashed" word is that some people are really turning it into a "wanda situation" in which they're saying that they changed basic things about Bucky when that's not true. they're attacking the character and sebastian for things that arent real, which never were. again, bucky has only ever dated women in both comics and the mcu. our headcanons really have nothing to do with real canon

Hello! Thank you for sharing your concerns, I appreciate it. I’ll admit that ‘straightwashing’ wasn’t the best choice of words here, though mostly because we have to be careful with terms like that because using them callously might diminish their value and impact in instances when they’re really applicable. So my statement was a little too bold, and it’s good that you pointed that out. But let me try to explain what I meant in a slightly more nuanced way, because I do feel strongly about this. I’ll put it under the keep reading tab though, because of course it’s long lmao

So, first of all, let me say that I’ve never read the comics and I don’t know original comic Bucky well at all, so everything I’m saying here is with regard to MCU Bucky, or at least the character as it was re-invented/re-introduced by Ed Brubaker in the Winter Soldier comics, which was then adapted for the big screen by the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

I understand what you mean when you say that MCU Bucky was posited as straight, but I some reservations about your use of the word ‘real’ here. I get that you mean ‘canon’, and on a surface level, canon Bucky is indeed straight. But if you even so much as scratch that surface, you’ll find plenty of reason to wonder if maybe he isn’t actually completely straight after all, right? It’s what drew a lot of people to ship these two characters together, you and I included. That’s subtext, and a lot of it was put there or endorsed by the creators themselves (Ed Brubaker himself even supports the reading of Bucky and Steve as romantic, so that says quite a bit, I think). Subtext is ‘real’ too, and so is homophobia, sadly, so they deserve to be treated as such, in my opinion. A romantic reading of the relationship between Steve and Bucky was frequently hinted at, initially even encouraged, and then violently shut down by Marvel/Disney when it became too mainstream of an opinion and it didn’t suit them anymore, and even started to present a real issue for them in terms of distribution to certain parts of the world. In a nutshell, that’s what led to Steve’s ending in Endgame, because Captain America (at least the MCU one, that brings in the money) cannot outwardly be anything other than straight, or he would be rejected by a significant part of their audience. That’s more or less what I meant by the word ‘straightwashing’, although ‘straightened out’ might be more accurate here.

Whether the same thing is happening to Bucky’s character remains to be seen (more than it already did, I mean – remember “Dot”?) and I’ll wait until the whole show has aired and we know exactly how they develop Bucky’s character in it before I make any more bold statements about it. I read an interesting take today that suggested they may have actually dropped a hint at Bucky being bi in this first ep (also, note how they’re like “there are even entire blogs dedicated to this pairing!” And then actually link to @steveandbvcky’s amazing tumblr blog lol). I’m pretty skeptical about this take, because even if they’re right and that really was a hint at Bucky being bi, I doubt they’re going to be exploring that any further, and only people “in the know” will have even picked up on that. It’s easy enough to ignore, and it’s very clear the date was with a woman, so in that sense Bucky is still Straight, to all intents and purposes. So while it could be an act of what you might call fanservice and we’ll probably gratefully lap it up anyway because we’re starved for crumbs and representation, if this is all it is, then it’s even more meaningless than Gay Joe Russo. But again, I’ll reserve judgement on all this until the whole show has aired and we know exactly what we’re working with, because maybe they’ll redeem themselves! (one can only hope)

Let me also just make it clear that I in no way support or endorse attacking the actors for their portrayal of these characters in a way that we’re not entirely happy with. They’re just doing their job, they’re on Marvel’s payroll – and even if they just don’t personally view the characters in the same way we do, that’s valid and fine as long as they’re not actively homophobic or anything like that. I also realise that fandom has a tendency to ‘demand’ certain things they want to see and throw a tantrum if we don’t get it. 

But I really don’t think that’s what this is. It’s more than that. Marvel has a notoriously bad track record when it comes to LGBT representation (although they’re working on that in the next phase, apparently) and in this day and age, that really won’t fly anymore (it never did of course, but you know what I mean). Moreover, read any given article about Bucky, or the relationship between Steve and Bucky, and 8 out of 10 times you’ll find some sort of acknowledgment of a romantic reading of it. It’s that apparent and pervasive. So I don’t think that being disappointed and frustrated with Marvel/Disney reinforcing a ‘just bros being bros’ reading of Steve and Bucky’s relationship time and time again since the end of Civil War (the movie, not the historical event) is outrageous or unjustified. That’s basically what I’m sick and tired of, and what led me to make a disparaging comment about not being surprised if Bucky were being ‘straightened out’ again.

P.s. A few people have mentioned Arnie Roth too, which could be a good point too although I don’t know enough about it to comment on it, but I’ll leave it to you.

[shouta-aizawow]

Katsuki and Momo acting like sibiling, and the rest if the class is weirden out by this. Maybe it start after a weekend together alone, they stayed on the dorms and they end up sharing a lot. Maybe they start drinking tea together, and sharing gospis. Idk i just love them as sibilings, and i love how you write, so...

DGAJDHAJS YOURE TOO NICE TO ME😭😭😭💖💖💖

This is a top tier headcanon. Bakumomo having a close friend/family-like relationship will always be good in my books

Just,,, I firmly believe that the only classmate Katsuki listens to and doesn’t blow up at is Momo

Yeah, he goes along with whims of the rest of his peers, but he does it so reluctantly and with so much grumbling that he might as well just blow them up and walk away

(Ofc, his friends know it’s just a front. They love each other’s company)

With Momo, however, all she needs to do is give Katsuki a look or speak with him in her soft and smooth voice, and if he’s up for whatever they’re doing at the moment, he goes along easily

It’s just. Momo has that cool cousin, awesome aunt, supportive sibling vibe going on that makes people want to listen

She respects boundaries, she talks with you, not at you, and when the situation arises, she is 100% ready to throw down (verbally and physically) with anyone that pushes a line

Anyway, Katsuki and Momo aren’t too sure when it started.

Maybe the catalyst was when Momo stopped their classmates from pestering Katsuki to join in their outing after he repeatedly said no, social battery at a negative charge.

Maybe it’s strengthened when, after a particularly bad nightmare, Katsuki goes downstairs and sits at the dining room table, heart pounding and lungs failing him, soon calming down and beginning to notice a steaming cup of tea in front of him and a Momo taking deep, even breaths beside him as she reads.

Maybe it becomes a bond when they’re both forced to go to a gala with their parents, and disliking the atmosphere and the suffocation of formality, they sneak outside, spot each other, and start a conversation lasting hours.

However it formed, this relationship is one that no one saw coming.

But when they look deeper, it makes total sense.

Momo helps Katsuki to cope with his anxiety that’s hidden behind a blanket of anger.

Katsuki helps Momo to feel confident and secure enough to express her negative emotions.

They understand what the other needs, because although they appear to be so different, Momo and Katsuki are similar in more ways than they are not.

(And the little differences only help to make their bond stronger, so it’s a win-win)

Side note: They definitely form a friendship with Hatsume, and when they’re stressed, they test out the limits and unique applications of their quirks, giving each other tips (but mostly fooling around and having fun)

Just!!! YES!!! Bakumomo friendship will always have a special place in my heart. They’d be able to help each other grow soooo much, and that’s just so amazing 😭😭😭

[59writes]

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[gisellelx]

Hello! Love your blog and i wanna say

Your analysis and your posts in general are always so well researched historically. How do you do that and how can I do it too?

So I wanted to answer this with care and time and thoughtfully. I hope this answer will be good not just for you but will be worth reblogging for anyone who wants to think about how you develop good researching skills more generally. Because ultimately getting good at making sense of the world isn’t just about writing or just about fic or just about academia; it’s about being a good citizen of the world.  The short answer to this question, up front: I’ve gotten good at research because it’s my actual job! I’m a professor and not even a new one really anymore; I have a book of research coming out later this year which still feels really weird to say. I happen to know how old you are because we’ve chatted so don’t forget to put into perspective that before you started formal schooling I had already written my first 50+ page research work. I’ve been at this seriously for almost two decades now. However, there are some fundamental ways that professional researchers go about thinking about everything, whether it’s something as inconsequential as fic or as monumental as the stuff going on in the U.S. right now that I think are a little different, and they’re replicable in useful ways. So here’s three things that matter.  Get curious. This actually is pretty easy for fanfic writers because we already have something we’re curious about--whatever fandom(s) we’re in. But curiosity isn’t just about the spark; it’s also about getting interested in making connections between different kinds of things. When you encounter any given piece of information, the first thing you should start thinking about is “how does this piece of information fit in with everything else I already know” which will lead you to “how does it contradict what I already know” and “what else do I need to know to understand how this fits?” This leads you down really interesting rabbit holes.  An example from fic/tumblr answers: A witch hunting Anglican really doesn’t map on to what I know of Anglicans/Episcopalians in present-day. So then I start to ask, “Okay. What was actually going on in the church in the 1640s?” I’m going to mesh it with some of my own knowledge: I know the protestant reformation happened a hundred years earlier, but I don’t know a ton about what happened after, except that the Puritans arrived in New England eh, about that time. So I go down the rabbit hole of finding out about the church in the 1640s. At some point there I’m going to run across some of the secular history: that the 1640s was the English Civil War. Okay, what was the Civil War about? Who won? How long were they in control? Questions beget questions and true, at some point, you have to decide when to stop if it’s for writing. But honestly, if you’re curious, you probably won’t stop thinking about it even if you’ve found out enough to answer the thing you want to answer. Because you’ll 

Develop a lens. The thing you’re interested in becomes the way you start to see the world. Start relating everything to the thing you are trying to find out more about. Notice when you’re getting more information about that thing or when something would matter to that thing. I have an assignment I give my students where they have to write four short assignments relating stuff they see about language use to the things they’re learning in class. It’s partially to teach them about the concepts they’re learning, and partially to teach them about writing, but it’s mostly to accustom them to viewing the world through the lens I’m teaching them. It’s to help them get curious about why one barista’s tone sounds friendly and the other’s doesn’t even though the say the exact same thing. It’s mutually reinforcing: the lens begets curiosity and curiosity begets the development of the lens. If I encounter a fact, a piece of history, a moment in time, an old song, there’s a little piece of my brain after 11 years of writing Twific that is always asking “Where were the Cullens?” I have headcanons for days about how each of them, especially Carlisle, would’ve dealt with any individual moment in history. When I sing an old hymn in church I sometimes look down at the date in the hymnal to find out if it’s one Carlisle would’ve sung as a human. I’m always working through this lens, and that means I’m always adding to the knowledge. 

Finally, source well. Especially for something as fanciful as fic, there’s not a lot of reason to dive deep into academic tomes (although I have; I am a fucking nerd. See above re: my work.) But dive deeper than the first page of google. Read the first Wikipedia page you come to, but then read a couple of the pages it links to! If the English Civil War has to do with Cromwell and it established the Protectorate, and those things are linked? Well, read those, too! And then you might need to cross-reference--okay, now I know what the Protectorate was, and I’ve decided from that original go-round that Carlisle’s dad was probably a Puritan, not really an Anglican, so...what was the relationship of Puritans to the Protectorate? I’m going to next throw that into google. And I’m looking for high-quality sources: magazines, university websites, things that end with .edu or .gov. I’m clicking on the “about” to find out who wrote the thing and how much of an expert they are. If they say something that no one else has said and I can’t find anything that tells me they’re an expert in this? I’m going to disregard that info and move on. This is applicable to way more than just fic--this is about figuring out that as much as I go YEAH YEAH YEAH at some hyper-partisan trash website that fits my political view, I need to step back and consider where it’s coming from, who the author is, and how much they know.  The more you’ve sourced, the easier this gets. My knowledge on Carlisle’s history goes deep, I fell in love with him and only him when I read the series. I have read about popular culture when he was growing up, I have read histories of the English Church, I have spent time thinking about and being fascinated by the history of the development of medical knowledge and medical schools. I didn’t go to the Eye or Big Ben when I happened to be in London; I went to the City Museum and wandered around the part of the city where I imagine he lived, looking for things which have survived since the 17th century and taking note of things which are new to think about what Carlisle would think about them (he is very un-fond of the Gherkin.) I literally spent a day and a half looking at London through Carlisle’s eyes. Because I’m curious; because I have a lens; and because I’m going to grab good sources whenever I have them.  That is a SUPER long post. But I hope it’s helpful. When it comes to writing, the richer your knowledge, the more likely you are to drop the right detail which places your reader and makes them buy into everything else in the world. I remember reading a fic which took place in my hometown and the author had one of the Cullens flying in their private jet. In my hometown, a mid-sized city in the midwest, there is a commercial international airport, but there is also a smaller airfield which handles much of the private air traffic. That author had that Cullen plane take off from the smaller airfield. I don’t know if she is also from my hometown, but she got that detail right, and it signaled that I could trust the rest of her storytelling.  So. It’s worth it: to be a good writer, to be a good researcher, and just to be good at understanding the world. I hope that helps and sorry for the word vomit. Professors write a lot, too. 

[siancore]

Okay I would LOOVEE to see a bdsm story with sam and buck (not asking or requesting just talking here) where buck is like (idk) hardcore into it, with the bdsm equipment and the wearable stuff and sam is like new to it and dont know a thing about it and bucky jist teaches sam and gets him into it

I do like this premise, Anon. I’m just going to talk about BDSM dynamics and how I think they could work for SamBucky and throw in a few headcanons. It’s not necessarily NSFW, but this will be in the tag, so I’m being considerate of those who don’t want to unwittingly read the whole thing about BDSM.

I am also a firm believer that Sam Wilson should be afforded the opportunity, in fan-created content, to explore a wide gamut of experiences just like the white guys everyone writes about (so long as it’s done well and isn’t racist, homophobic, and otherwise offensive and gross).  

I love this idea. I don’t think there are many fics that go into the nuts and bolts of the core ideals and rules around a BDSM relationship, especially with SamBucky. Yes, we have some kink stories, but that’s not the same. We just see little glimpses (especially of D/s dynamics and specific kink). 

I think elements of BDSM work well with this pairing because of how negotiated these relationships have to be. How deep of an understanding you need of your partner. That at the core of healthy BDSM relationships there are the ideals of Safe, Sane, and Consensual, as well as the more generally workable and applicable Risk-Aware Consensual Kink. For me personally, I think the whole negotiation part is a lot of fun and can bring you closer to your partner because of how open you have to be. But back to Sam and Bucky.

I headcanon that their dynamic would be BD and D/s (maybe a little SM - hardly any, really). 

For D/s SamBucky, I headcanon that Sam is sub and Bucky is Dom. Sam is in a high powered position with a lot of responsibility being Captain America. At the end of the day, he relinquishes his control and Bucky takes care of him. Gives him what he needs. Bucky as a Dom is really interesting to me because he gets the chance to be in charge for a change. For him to have a shift in power dynamics, a shift where he is seen as the one holding the power. 

I am a firm believer in the duality of things. Extremes interest me, and I feel like everything exists along a scale and at each end we have polarities. Mercy and Severity; Pain and Pleasure; Control and Abandon. All of the everyday stuff is what exists in the Middle along this scale. And that’s great. Exploring the extremes with someone you trust completely can be so cathartic it’s actually hard to describe. 

With Sam and Bucky, they can represent these polarities. They’re different in so many ways, but the Middle stuff, the hero stuff, that’s where they exist together. Taking them and pushing them toward one end of the scale could be so fun. For example, Control and Abandon: 

Being who Sam is comes with a lot of societal rules about who people think he is. A preacher’s son; a soldier; a social worker; a hero. A lot of responsibility and expectation comes with who he is and how he presents himself to the community, society, and the world. We see that Sam can, at times, be reckless. He is always down for chasing a rush. Giving up control could be something that is very exciting for him. It could be something that is very therapeutic and healing for Sam. 

Bucky has been a soldier for the majority of his adult life. He is good at taking orders. Then there’s the part of his life that he had no control or choice. Being in a relationship with Sam where he is given this type of power over Sam in a highliy controlled environment could be so cathartic for him. Sam trusts him with it. Sam trusts him wholly and completely. For Bucky, it’s more about having Sam trust him than it is to be in control. 

I headcanon the BD part of their relationship to cover a couple of things:

- Military kink

- Bondage in general 

- Discipline in general 

Sometimes, I see them switch. Sam can use his ‘Captain America Voice’ in the bedroom and order Bucky around and they’ll both find it hot. Mostly, though, I see Sam calling Bucky ‘Sarge’ when he’s trying to be good for him. 

I don’t envision a lot of elaborate bondage play, and they never switch because Bucky has specific trauma around being constrained, but Sam likes a bit of rough trade. And Bucky’s more than happy to indulge Sam to please him. 

Anon, I love this idea where Bucky’s really into the life and maybe something he does or says piques Sam’s interest. They could talk about it, and Sam might do some research, and then they could play around with some aspects. Like, they will negotiate everything first, and find out what they each like, which is sexy in itself. 

Done right, this premise for a story could be really amazing. It could illustrate love and trust. It could be sexy and fun. It could give Sam the chance to have an experience in fanworks that is normally reserved for white characters who are his peers. 

Here’s a really amazing SamBucky one-shot with bondage and sounding. It’s beautiful. 

P.S. There are things that I absolutely will kink shame people for and it’s raceplay. Huge NO for me. Sam Wilson is NOT the one for this particular kink. SamBucky is not the ship for this. 

[khxpresh]

– B A S I C S –

NAME:  N/A

ALIAS(ES)/HANDLE(S):   Vani

ARE YOU OVER 18?    Yes  /  No

IS YOUR MUSE?   Yes (Atem is the only minor muse)  /  No

WHEN WAS YOUR BLOG ESTABLISHED?    Khxpresh: 28th July 2021 (although I’ve been writing Kaiba since 2020) | Quebracabeca: 4th Sept 2020 | Duelistas: 27th Jan 2021

– W R I T I N G –

ARE YOU SELECTIVE ABOUT WHO YOU WRITE WITH ON THIS BLOG?

No (anyone)  /  Semi (most people)  /  Yes (some people)  /  Highly (few people)  /  Private (mutuals only)

ARE YOU SELECTIVE ABOUT WHO YOU FOLLOW ON THIS BLOG?

No (anyone)  /  Semi (most people)  /  Yes (some people)  /  Highly (few people)  /  Private (mutuals only)

IF YOUR MUSE IS CANON, HOW MUCH DO YOU ADHERE TO CANON?

Not at all  /  A little (Headcanons)  /  Some  /  Mostly  /  Strictly  /  Not Applicable

WHAT POST LENGTHS DO YOU WRITE?

One Liners  /  Single-Para  /  Multi-Para  /  Novella

DO YOU USE ICONS AND/OR GIFS?

No  /  Gifs  /  Icons  /  Yes

DO YOU WRITE ON OTHER PLATFORMS?

No  /  Yes    (Discord)

WHAT LEVEL OF PLOTS DO YOU WRITE?

Unplotted  /  Open-Ended Plots (set up a meeting and see what happens)  /  Semi-Plotted (one or two steps ahead)  /  Fully Plotted Epics (plotted beginning, middle, and end)

HOW QUICKLY DO YOU USUALLY RESPOND TO THREADS?

Very  Slow (more than a month)  /  Slow (3-4 weeks)  /  Average (1-2 weeks)  / Fast (less than one week)  /  Very Fast (less than three days) /  It depends

I tend to respond rather quickly, but I always throw my replies into the queue so it all depends on when it spits out the response.

WHAT TYPES OF THEMES DO YOU LIKE? (feel free to add!)

Fluff  /  Angst  /  Smut  /  Violence  /  Tragedy  /  Domestic  /  Family  /  Conversational

WHAT GENRES DO YOU LIKE? (feel free to add!)

High Fantasy  /  Supernatural /  Science Fiction  /  Historical  /  Horror  /  Comedy  / Romantic  /  Drama  /  Action  /  Adventure  /  Espionage

ARE THERE ANY THEMES YOU’RE UNCOMFORTABLE WRITING ON YOUR BLOG? (not triggers)

No  /  Yes  /  Sometimes

Gore, it is the only thing that occasionally may leave me feeling sick.

DO YOU HAVE ANY TRIGGERS?  HOW DO YOU REQUEST IT TAGGED?

I don’t have any triggers.

– S H I P P I N G –

WHAT TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE YOU OPEN TO?

Romantic  /  Platonic  /  Familial

WHAT TYPES OF PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS ARE YOU OPEN TO?

Romantic  /  Platonic  /  Familial

Regardless of the relationship’s nature, there must be chemistry and plotting is always a necessity. As depending on the muse, certain types of relationship just won’t be able to be achieved.

DO YOU HAVE OTPS?

No  /  Chemistry Only  /  Yes

Kaiba: Rival - Yugi/Kaiba Set: Headdress - Mahad/Set | Mizu - Kisara/Set Atem: Scandal - Set/Atem Ishizu: Trust - Kaiba/Ishizu Critias: ?- Timaeus/Critias I’ve got nothing for Noah and Rafael

DO YOU HAVE NOTPS?

No  /  Yes 

These are ships I straight up refuse to write, please don’t approach me for them. I’m not interested at all.

Mokuba/Seto, Seto/Noah, Noah/Mokuba, Jonouchi/Kaiba, TKB/Set, any & all incarnations of Bakura/Atem, Rafael/Atem, Mahad(DM)/Atem, Yugi/Atem, Ishizu/Malik & Ishizu/Rishid

WHAT IS YOUR MUSE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION?

Heterosexual  /  Heteroflexible  /  Bisexual  /  Pansexual  /  Homoflexible  /  Homosexual  /  Demisexual  /  Sapiosexual  /  Asexual

Homosexual: Seto Kaiba

Bisexual: Set, Atem, Ishizu, Noah, Rafael and Critias

WHAT IS YOUR MUSE’S ROMANTIC ORIENTATION?

Heteroromantic  /  Heteroflexible  / Biromantic  /  Homoflexible  /  Homoromantic  / Panromantic  /  Demiromantic /  Sapioromantic  /  Aromantic

See above

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WRITING SMUT?

No  /  Selectively  /  Yes

I’ve got a smut rp blog just for that purpose, although not all my muses are open for it.

HOW EARLY IN A RELATIONSHIP DO YOU SHIP ROMANTICALLY?

Autoship  /  During plotting  /  After a couple IC interactions  /  Several IC interactions  /  Slow burn  /  Never

This might happen easier or not, depending on the muse we’re writing with.

ARE YOU OPEN TO TOXIC SHIPS?

No  /  Selectively  /  Yes

But I’m even pickier than usual for these. Because I refuse, to sugarcoat or let things be romanticized just for the sake of uwu angst or something like that.

ARE YOU OPEN TO PROBLEMATIC SHIPS? (incest, canon history, age difference, complicated, etc.)

No  /  Selectively  /  Yes

See the ships listed above. Overall, it depends as I feel like the current state of the RPC, doesn’t give any room for anyone to step out of what might be deemed “acceptable”. As such, I’m quite careful about touching on more taboo subjects in my tumblr blogs, that’s why I’m open to writing on Discord as an alternative to my partners. In case they happen to feel more comfortable, doing things there instead.

ARE YOU OPEN TO POLYSHIPPING?

No  /  Selectively  /  Yes

It depends on the muse, not all of them would be open to the idea of it. On top of that, I’d rather still keep things 1x1. Meaning, we arestill writing all the muses involved in the plot, without a third person getting involved in it. I’ve had experiences where things ran out of control, pretty quickly.

ARE YOU AN EXCLUSIVE SHIPPER?

Never  /  Sometimes  /  Yes

I’ve come to the realisation it just isn’t for me LMFAO. With that said though, aside from my Atem. There’s a cap on the number of versions of a character, I’ll be shipping with. This helps me to not overwhelm myself.

DOES CRACK SHIPPING EVER HAPPEN?

No  /  Yes

cries over all of my shippings in my blogs

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Stolen from the dash!

[givenhell]

hiiii i’m kv, he/they, est! this is.. yves ...... be gentle with them ..... like this post or dm me for plotting!! you can also contact me on discord @ woozi#1122.

𓏲  ՞  ˖  🍀  𓂃  kim  younghoon,  agender,  they/them.  have  you  seen  yves  hwang  around  town?  they  can  often  be  found  at  the  bookstore,  &  you’ll  be  able  to  recognize  them  by  their  emo  looking  red  fringe.  the  23  year  old  is  a  barista  at  the  brew  commune  and  has  been  residing  in  solaris  for  their  whole  life.  the  scorpio  often  reminds  the  residents  of  dim  lights,  late  nights  spent  mindlessly  flipping  between  apps,  and  broken  glasses  frames.

AESTHETICS     :     bloody  noses  ,  calloused  fingers  ,  lost  guitar  picks  ,  torn  up  and  crumpled  notebook  paper  missing  the  toss  into  the  trashcan  ,  hands  stained  red  with  hair  dye  ,  longing  gazes  towards  the  fender  in  the  window  of  the  music  shop  ,  the  scent  of  coffee  clinging  to  skin  ,  nails  bitten  jagged  ,  eerie  silence  filled  only  with  the  sound  of  hysteric  breathing  at  three  in  the  morning  ,  a  homecooked  meal  made  following  a  recipe  written  on  an  index  card  yellowed  with  age  ,  calling  a  phone  number  that  doesn’t  belong  to  them  anymore  out  of  habit  and  being  met  with  the  voice  of  a  stranger.

STATISTICS     :

full name - yves hwang.

age - twenty three.

birthday & time & place - october 3rd, 1997. 00:15. solaris, france.

gender - agender.

pronouns - they/them.

sexuality - bisexual.

occupation - barista, sometimes does commission work (mostly arranging music, a little bit of production), trying to get music gigs but shit’s hard.

education - dropped out of university, was studying music.

hair color - dyed red.

height - 6′0.

piercings - dual lobe piercings on both ears.

tattoos - small bluebird on forearm.

hobbies - guitar, lyric writing, composing, sleeping, cooking, a little bit of piano and violin.

BACKSTORY     :     trigger  warnings  for  parental  death  ,  missing  children  /  kidnapping  ,  and  terminal  illness.

celine  and  christophe  hwang  welcome  their  first  child  ,  yves  ,  to  the  world  fifteen  minutes  into  october  third  1997.  the  couple  is  elated  ,  who  wouldn’t  be  ,  holding  a  miracle  in  their  arms     ?  

yves  meets  their  siblings  three  years  later  ,  when  the  twins  are  born  ,  and  they  adore  the  two  of  them.  in  the  hospital  ,  they  get  a  sticker  that  says     ‘     i’m  an  older  sibling     !     ’     and  refuse  to  take  it  off  of  their  shirt  for  the  next  week.

they  take  after  celine  ,   enraptured  by  the  way  her  fingers  float  across  the  keys  of  every  piano  she  sees.  she’s  kind  in  a  way  that  happens  rarely  ,  love  clear  in  the  sparkle  of  her  eyes  and  her  honey  soaked  words.    

when  yves  is  only  ten  years  old  ,  celine  comes  home  from  the  doctor’s  office  with  a  diagnosis  that  the  hwang  children  hardly  understand.  she’s  bedridden  for  too  long  ,  and  passes  away  surrounded  by  her  family  when  yves  is  thirteen.

they  were  already  helping  out  around  the  house  as  much  as  they  could  for  the  past  few  years  ,  along  with  the  twins  ,  but  after  her  passing  they  don’t  give  themself  more  than  a  few  days  to  grieve.  after  all  ,  the  house  has  to  keep  running  somehow.  yves  helps  their  dad  onto  his  feet  again  ,  reassures  him  that  they’ll take  care  of  the  twins  when  they’re  home  from  school  and  he’s  still  at  work.  as  much  as  they’d  like  to  convince  themself  that  they’re  fine  and  don’t  need  help  ,  they  struggle  falling  asleep  for  months  and  cry  every time  they  hear  la  cathédral  engloutie.  the  years  pass  and  they  will  themself  to  be  stronger  ,  they  cook  her  favorite  meals  and  pick  up  the  guitar.  at  least  they’re  comfortable  with  the  fact  that  she’s  proud  of  them  ,  wherever  she  is.

when  they  were  sixteen  ,  everything was fine.  finally  ,  everything  was  as  normal  as  it  could  be.  they’re  home  from  school  early  ,  romi  is  at  an  after  school  activity  while  they  dropped  her  twin  at  soccer  practice.  yves  is  supposed  to  be  watching  him  ,  making  sure  he  doesn’t  get  hurt  ,  but  they’re  a  teenager  ,  they  want  to  fool  around  and  feel  the  air  in  their  lungs  before  adulthood  strikes.  they  go  to  pick  up  their  brother  ,  only  he’s  nowhere  to  be  found.  yeah  ,  they  got  a  few  minutes  late  ,  but  he’s  always  there. always.  panicked  ,  they  go  to  pick  up  romi  ,  make  sure  she’s  okay  ,  and  call  the  cops  before  calling  their  dad.  the  investigation  lasts  a  year  before  everyone  gives  up.  yves  blames  themself  ,  and  from  what  they  overhear  from  their  father’s  room  one  night  in  between  heaving  sobs  no  child  should  hear  from  their  parent  ,  a  part  of  him  blames  them  too.  of  course  ,  that’s  all  chalked  up  to  pain  ,  he  doesn’t  mean  that  ,  but  yves  heard  enough.

they  go  to  three  therapy  sessions.  in  each  one  ,  they  sit  in  silence  ,  eyes  devoid  of  light.  yves  doesn’t  show  for  the  fourth  or  the  fifth  or  the  sixth  ,  throwing  themself  into  music  and  college  applications.

they’re  nineteen  and  in  a  big  city  for  the  first  time  ,  alone  and  free  and  everything  is  fine  as  they  work  towards  a  degree  in  music.  except  for  when  it  isn’t.  they  get  a  phone  call  saying  that  their  father  ,  civil  servant  ,  is  in  police  custody  for  embezzlement.  it  doesn’t  take  two  beats  for  them  to  pack  their  bags  and  move  back  to  care  for  romi.  she’s  only  sixteen  after  all  ,  and  it’s  just  the  two  of  them.

yves  is  twenty  three  and  feels  empty  navigating  adult  life.  every  day  is  just  that  —  another  day.  survive. survive. survive.

PERSONALITY  &  HEADCANONS     :    

they’re  very  bitter  ,  quiet  ,  blunt  ,  stubborn.  on  the  other  hand  ,  to  people  they  like  ,  they  can  be  caring  to  an  almost  overwhelming  amount.  they  keep  everyone  at  arms  length  ,  but  to  those  that  manage  to  melt  the  ice  around  their  heart  ,  they’re  overbearing.  always  checking  in  on  how  they’re  doing  ,  making  them  food  ,  etc. yves  also  has  a  tendency  to  put  other  people  before  them  to  an  almost  unhealthy  extent.  they’ll  drive  themself  to  the  point  of  illness  if  it  means  everyone  else  is  fine  ,  and  god  forbid  someone  else  tries  to  take  care  of  them.

their  few  joys  are  music  and  books.  more  often  than  not  ,  if  they’re  sitting  alone  ,  it’s  either  with  their  journal  in  hand  filled  with  lyrics  or  a  new  book.

not  once  to  initiate  conversation  ,  but  once  you  get  them  talking... well... good  luck  charlie

wears glasses... haha nerd... prefers  contacts  though

loves  cooking  from  their  mom’s  old  recipes 

black  +  red  are  their  favorite  colors

always  has  headphones  in.  even  when  they’re  working  they  have  an  offbrand  airpod  in  one  ear.  was  that  kid  that  wore  sweatshirts  in  school  and  sneaked  headphone  wires  up  the  sleeves  so  they  could  hold  the  bud  in  their  hand  and  lean  the  side  of  their  head  into  their  hand

CONNECTIONS     :     please  give  them  a  band  it  would  be  this  small  group  3-4  people  ,  he  can  sing  &  play  guitar  so  a  drummer  &  bassist  is  needed  but  a  lead  singer  would  be  good  too.  confidant  they’re  difficult  to  open  up  ,  so  probably  someone  that  they’ve  known  for  at  least  a  few  years.  childhood  friends  that  grew  apart.  highschool  exes.  fwb.  good/bad  influence.  coworkers.  someone  who  tells  them  to  stop  being  an  emo  piece  of  shit.  ???????????????? idfk.

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Chapter 9 - First Phase

I know this fic isn’t as popular as my headcanons/one-shots but this chapter has been sitting in my Drive for a while now so I’ve decided to post it instead. =.=

Hope you all enjoy it! As always let me know your thoughts and if you have any requests! :)

Fanfic title: ??? Word count: 3097 Fandom: Naruto Pairing: eventual Gaara x OC, cannon pairings Genre: Friendship, Adventure, Hurt/Comfort Warnings: None

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No way. I thought the written exams would end with the Academy!

Shin was freaking out at the prospect of a written exam. Sure, she had gotten average scores when she graduated at the Academy, but it was mostly thanks to her Taijutsu. Her grades in written exams were nothing to be proud of.

“Don’t worry, Shin-chan.” Hajii reassured as they waited in line to get their numbers. He had his pinky wrapped around hers. “I’ll be able to carry us on this. Just do your best, all right? You too, Ao-nee.”

Aoni looked at her from her brother’s other side. “Hajii is a real nerd, Shin-chan. I’m sure his grades will make up for ours.”

“But what if they score our tests separately?” Shin asked.

“Then why would they demand that we take the Exams as teams of three?” Hajii pointed out. “At least in the beginning I believe they will only look at us as teams instead of individuals. It’s important to test teamwork, and it also makes it easier to cut down on the number of applicants.”

Shin hummed as she thought about Hajii’s words. It made sense.

“I guess you’re right.” She spoke as she pulled her seating number. “I’ll see you two later then. Let’s do our best and pass this!”

Aoni and Hajii nodded. “Good luck!”

---

There were actual tears streaking down Shin’s face as she looked down at her test in despair. Ibiki’s rules chanted in her mind like an anxiety-inducing mantra as a finger looped around strands of her hair.

“The teams will be qualified - or disqualified - in accordance to the total score achieved by its three members.”

“One more thing, if anyone in your team gets a zero, the whole team will be disqualified.”

Shin read and re-read the questions in her exams, not believing her eyes.

I can’t answer any of these questions. Am I really that dumb?

Shin couldn’t believe someone just out of the Academy like her could ever solve those questions. She might be nowhere near as brilliant as Sakura, but she wasn’t that unprepared either; she should be able to get at least a 5.0 from a written exam such as this. But not being able to answer any of the 10 questions was something else entirely.

Wait-

Once again Ibiki’s words came to the forefront of her brain.

“The censors here will also keep an eye on you if you try to cheat. And at every seen incident they will discount 2 points from your total score. If they catch you five times, you’ll be disqualified and your test will not be graded. That’s right. Anyone who gets caught cheating doesn’t deserve to be a Chūnin.”

Shin’s hand stopped moving around her hair as her eyes widened in realization.

Anyone who gets caught, he said… Of course. They want us to cheat.

Shin swallowed and looked around her. Many of the candidates were frozen like her, having noticed how impossible those questions were to answer. But others were writing furiously on their exams.

Some people here already realized it. 

“Excuse me!”

Shin startled, looking to the direction the voice had come from. Kankuro was a few rows in front of her, hand raised in the air and an apologetical smile on his face. 

“I need to use the toilet.”

Shin watched the older boy be escorted outside the classroom with his wrists in shackles. As he passed her by he glanced down at her test and, seeing it completely blank, scoffed at her.

She pouted at him, turning her face to the side to hide her blush.

As she did that, her eyes crossed with Hajii’s green ones. The boy was on the other side of the room, but on the same row as her. It seemed he had been staring for some time now and, when their eyes met, he gave her a winning smile.

Despite her sad situation, Shin smiled back at him.

Then she almost leaped out of her chair at the feeling of something creeping up her ankles. 

Shin’s hands flew to her mouth, pushing back the girlish squeal that threatened to escape her as the… thing continued climbing up her legs, leaving a trail of goosebumps on its wake. Swallowing hard, Shin dared to look down at herself and almost fainted at what she found.

Your Chakra Creatures are creepy, Hajii-chan.

There was a spider-like thing standing on Shin’s lap, with the black colour of clotted blood. The thing was almost as big as her fist and had four thin legs that connected to a small round black body, and on top of its body there was a human face smiling up at her.

“H-Hi?” Shin whispered, daring to reach down to it with an outstretched finger.

The creature straightened its legs, reaching up to her finger and nuzzling against it. Shin relaxed slightly, allowing a small smile to pull on the corners of her lips. So needy… there was no doubt it was one of Hajii’s creations.

It’s kind of cute.

Then, satisfied with the attention it received, the creature opened its smiling mouth at her and vomited a tiny scroll covered with blood onto her lap. 

Shin’s entire body tensed and she felt a bit of bile rise in her throat.

What the-

The creature gurgled happily at her and with one last nuzzle against her frozen finger disappeared in a puff. Unbelieving of what she had witnessed, Shin turned to face Hajii once again. His smile was as bright as before as he winked at her.

With a sigh, Shin swallowed the bile in her throat and opened the scroll beneath the table with one of her hands, trying to ignore the blood staining her fingertips.

Immediately she copied the answers from the scroll onto her test.

---

Soon enough it was time for Ibiki to give them the Tenth Question. And with it, came new rules.

“You can take the Tenth Question or not. But if you choose not to do it, all your other questions will be discarded and your team will be eliminated. If you choose to answer this question and get it wrong, not only you’ll be eliminated but you’ll also be prohibited from ever taking the Chūnin exams again!”

Predictably, there was an uproar in the classroom as some candidates protested the rules, while others stood up and left to try again next year. But Shin didn’t pay them any mind. Her sole focus was Naruto. The boy was sitting a few rows in front of her and she could easily spot his orange suit and head of blonde hair.

Naruto-chan… you’re shaking.

Shin clenched her fists in her lap in tension. She didn’t want Naruto to give up now, not after everything they went through. She knew that, just like her, he wasn’t good with written exams, but she also knew that from everyone in this room, he was the one who could overcome any obstacle put in his path.

When he raised his hand in the air, she jumped to her feet.

“Don’t!” Shin yelled, making everyone look to her. And when Naruto’s wide, baby blues found her brown ones she continued. “You didn’t come all the way here to give up now, Naruto! So please put that hand down!”

Naruto’s eyes widened even further at her outburst and Shin could feel her cheeks heating, but refused to sit back down.

To her surprise the boy smiled at her. “As if you needed to tell me that, Shin-chan.”

Turning back to face Ibiki, Naruto slammed his hand on the table.

“Don’t underestimate me! I don’t give up! If you want to be though, go ahead. You won’t make me chicken out. I don’t care if I’ll be a Genin for the rest of my life! I’ll still become Hokage one day! Believe it!”

Shin dropped back to her seat with a nervous laugh.

Of course.... You had to make a scene, Naruto-chan. Her eyes roamed the classroom again, and she couldn’t help but smile. You have no idea how infectious your words can be, huh? Everyone is looking up now. I bet no one is leaving after that.

There were a few more moments of tension as they all waited for the question. Then, to everyone’s surprise Ibiki’s next words were-

“You all pass!”

---

On the following morning all candidates met their new Censor, Mitarashi Anko, at the entrance of the place where Exam’s Second Phase would happen.

The Forest of Death.

—-

“Before we can begin the Second Phase I have something to hand out to you. It’s a consent letter.” Anko said. “You all need to read and sign this. Some of you might not return from this and I need your written consent that you’re willing to take the risk. Or else it would be my responsibility!”

Shin swallowed as Anko laughed out loud, as if she had just told some funny joke. This new Censor was kind of crazy, throwing kunais at Naruto and then laughing at the fact that some candidates might die in her exam.

“Here, Shin-chan.”

Shin thanked Naruto as she took the pile of forms from his hands, removing a single sheet of paper for herself before passing the rest along. 

“Now, let me explain how this will work.” Anko continued. “This is a survival exercise-”

---

Shin listened to Anko’s explanation carefully, hands closed tightly around her consent form.

“Shin-chan…”

The girl blinked, turning her attention to Naruto. He was looking at her with a weird expression on his face, as if he didn’t quite recognize her.

“Is there something wrong, Naruto-chan?”

“It’s just… you look excited about this whole thing, believe it. It’s weird because you’re usually so, you know… the peacemaker.”

Shin pondered Naruto’s words. More often than not she kept herself neutral in conflicts involving her friends, always trying to de-escalate the arguments and fights that would every so often break out among them. She wasn’t someone who’d usually jump at the chance of an all-out fight with dozens of Genins just to win a survival exercise.

However, this wasn’t a fight amongst her friends; it was a competition, and everyone taking part in it knew exactly what they were getting into. And there was something to be said about winning things: it was satisfying.

“I guess the Ninja life is growing on me, Naruto-chan. I’m looking forward to see what everyone here is capable of.” Shin explained, smiling at her friend as her eyes focused on him. “You especially. I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with, Naruto. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m kinda hoping we’ll get to face one another soon. I know we’ve trained together countless times before, but it’s not the same as an actual battle, is it? You’ve grown so much, Naruto. I’m wondering how I compare.”

As Shin spoke she noticed Naruto wasn’t the only one staring at her with wide eyes. Sasuke and Sakura also had their gazes fixed on her, as did the rest of the Konoha Genins. 

Her friend’s surprise was short lived. In a blink of an eye, Naruto had laid his hand on her shoulder as a cocky smile stretched on his lips.

“Heh, I’m glad you feel that way, Shin-chan. Ever since you told us you’d take part with another team, I’ve been thinking we’d have to fight each other. And every time I think about it, I get all excited. I’ve always thought you were one of the strongest in our class, and I can’t wait to see how I compare. Believe it.”

Shin nodded, clasping Naruto back on the shoulder.

The challenge was made and accepted.

---

After handing in their consent forms and receiving their scroll, Team Rashu awaited  in front of gate 8. Shin was twirling her hair nervously as Hajii held onto her other hand and Aoni’s, moving their joined hands back and forth.

“You two are full of energy.” Aoni commented, smiling at them. “I’m glad you don’t seem scared about the whole thing, Hajii.”

“Why would I be?” Hajii asked.

“We will spend some nights in that forest. You hate the dark.”

The boy shrugged, but didn’t stop moving his hands. “I got you two with me. As long as I can hold on to you, I’m okay.”

As if to prove his point Hajii squeezed their hands one last time as the Jonin in front of them unlocked the lock of their gate. He let their hands go just as the lock fell to the ground and the Jonin pushed open the gates for them.

“Begin!”

Without hesitation, the trio charged inside the forest.

As soon as she stepped foot into the training grounds Shin joined her hands in front of her chest, her thumb and forefinger up in the air. Her eyes were closed as she focused on her chakra, but that didn’t slow her down.

She could feel exactly where she was going.

---

“This looks like a good place for our rendezvous.” Aoni stated.

Team Rashu stood together on top of a thick tree branch, the thick foliage around them providing for a flawless cover.

“Shin-chan-” Aoni continued. “-anything?”

Shin shook her head. “Not yet. There’ are a lot of powerful lives in this forest though, so it’s hard to differentiate the animals’ chakras from the other candidates’. I don’t think anyone is onto us yet, but I might’ve missed something. Also, if they’re following us from a distance, I don’t think I can feel their chakra until they get closer.”

“That’s all right. Finding them before they find us isn’t pivotal to our strategy.” Hajii commented, green eyes roaming their surroundings. “As long as we all keep on our toes we can react to any attack. The key to our strategy is how we’ll engage our enemies. You must take the first step, Shin-chan, and we’ll follow your lead.”

Shin nodded, full of determination. “I’ll be ready.”

“Good. For now, let’s keep moving together in a 2 kilometer radius from this point. If we get separated, we meet back here as soon as possible. If there’s anyone missing by sundown, we’ll go out in a search.”

Aoni and Shin nodded, and as one the trio leaped off their spot.

---

“It’s taking too long.” Aoni complained as the trio jumped from tree branch to tree branch. “It must’ve been a couple of hours already and nothing. The sun will set down soon.”

Hajii hummed but offered nothing else as a response. His sister had always been on the impatient side; never one to be kept waiting by anyone, so he had expected her frustration at this point. Thankfully, he and Shin were there to help her keep her temper in check.

“Maybe everyone’s busy with something else.” Shin offered. “There are many powerful creatures in this forest, as well as every other candidate.”

“Still… I was sure it all would happen much quicker. I want to finish this and get to the tower as soon as possible. No one deserves to spend more than a day without a hot shower.” Aoni said, nose upturned as the corners of her mouth pulled down in disgust.

Shin chuckled. “If you guys want, I can try to reach out with my chakra again. See if I can expand my sensory area and pinpoint something.”

“I think that’s a good idea. Hajii, let’s stop for a moment.”

The boy hummed again. He didn’t want to stop moving. Even being careful, it was likely they had left little marks of their presence as they roamed their searching area, so if they stopped now they could just become a sitting target for anyone following those little signals.

However, it could help ease some of his sister’s anxiety and Hajii knew first-hand she tented to make bad calls when her rage-o-meter was reaching its peak.

“Okay.”

The trio jumped to a higher tree branch and stopped. All of them were breathing hard, with a thin layer of sweat covering their skin as Shin performed her hand sign and closed her eyes, allowing her chakra to spread out into the surrounding forest.

Aoni and Hajii’s vibrant energies were the first she felt, warm and taut besides her, ready to react at a moment’s notice. She took a moment to appreciate it before letting her own energy seep deep into the tree’s chakra flowing steadily beneath her feet and branch out as wide as possible, trying to feel any creature that passed by, allowing her chakra to touch theirs for a moment before moving on.

Shin’s radius was barely half a kilometer wide, and it missed a lot - there was too much chakra around her for her to discern every living creature that crossed paths with her - but it still gave her a good perspective of what was surrounding them. Rabbits and squirrels, insects as large as her skull, a couple of gigantic snakes, poisonous flowers…

There were so many types of chakra around her… It was overwhelming, but also a bit intoxicating. 

More… I want to feel more, have more. So much chakra, all around me…

Shin inhaled sharply as those thoughts came to the forefront of her mind. It wasn’t the first time she thought of something like that. Ever since she learned how to control her chakra better, Shin found herself hungry for more of it, especially when training with Naruto.

His chakra is just so… plenty.

It was a mysterious train of thought, this one. Shin didn’t quite understand where it came from - she couldn’t just take others’ chakra for herself - and because of that it scared and intrigued her at the same time. Every time she tapped into someone - or something - else’s chakra, she dared to go further than before without even meaning to. It was instinctual for her and she worried sometime she might go a bit too far.

What would even happen if I did? I don’t want to hurt anyone, but… I’d love to feel more of this energy. It feels right. But is it?

Shin was pulled from her musings by a sudden burst of chakra just at the edge of her radius. It was violent, explosive… and going straight towards them.

“Get down!”

Shin grabbed the back of her teammates clothes and pushed them down to their stomachs just as a fireball flew over their heads.

Hajii glanced at the singed leaves above them and turned to smile at his sister.

“Well, Ao-nee. It’s happening.”

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Bop Team Comics wise for the character ask meme

I started drafting this with all runs in mind and ended up talking more abt pre52 and movie related stuff akdjs sorry anon!

Favorite thing:

A woman-led, woman-driven team will always be Iconic. No matter what form they take I’ve been happy with most versions of this team and am always excited to see what DC does with them! Cautiously Optimistic with more recent runs ofc, but I’m so glad that there’s such a wealth of material to return to!

Least favorite thing:

Erasing Babs place as the Brain of the operation mostly (or just straight up erasing her bc of the movie+recent continuity as most of those tie-ins have done ooof)

Favorite line:

Nothings super jumping out from any of the comics runs for me rn, but I do VASTLY enjoy the sheer number of expletives that were sprinkled throughout the movie aksj. It just 👌 hits different

Friend-Ships:

LOVE everyone’s bonding and their dynamics and I’m SO GLAD that they all became like surrogate aunts for Charlie especially omg. Kinda would like to see more of that happening for Cass too in the future but lbrh DC wouldn’t capitalize on it in the right way :/ (Altho the Palmiotti/Conner BoP series seemed to be doing a pretty good job at balancing that idea+pre52 Cass characterization into the mix? I’ve only read up to issue 2 last tho so don’t quote me on that yet oooof)

Romantic-Ships:

Obvsly love Dinah/Babs and Helena/Renee. Also have a soft spot for Helena/Zinda but mostly just bc of that one issue with the Shark guy lmao. Uhhh rlly could ship these gals almost any way you slice em tho aksjks

Don’t Ship:

Again, I’m p fine with any bop ships. So nothings rlly coming to mind that I’m like >_> over

Random Headcanon:

Some Birds absolutely use Oracle to help hook them up for Girls Nights Out aksjak yeah saving the world is Important but so is UNWINDING. Sometimes ya just need to know who’s a half-hour flight away and down to paint the town red lmao

Unpopular Opinion:

Despite sending out invites to many heroes, I firmly believe that Babs only had a few in mind that she genuinely wanted on her team and who she regularly keeps in contact with as members. iirc it was implied as much in the first run, but like... it adds a layer of deviousness to her character that I absolutely love. And throws a potential wrench in team dynamics if/when that ruse is discovered. (like when Helena learned abt it) Yes Babs is slightly more emotionally attune than Bruce is, but the similarities that she shares in how WILLING she is to manipulate others to her own ends is just SO compelling to me. Basically she’s a bitch and I love her but not in the ways that some fans might try to paint her as a Bitch™️

Song I Associate with them:

“Portugal” by Walk the Moon! Idk there’s a lot of lyrics beats that feel applicable to them but esp that opening I think best parallels Babs & Dinah’s early relationship “our Venn diagram is one circle” just... Hits.

Fav pic of them:

It doesn’t make ANY sense as far as How Moniters Work (unless they’re Holograms I guess?) but I love this way this is composed and the fact that it’s all the major players For The Time aksja I just love it!

[woofools]

soft headcanons for Yo, Carl and Herman please?

Herman

what they smell like: Depends when you catch him. If it’s right after he finishes training, sweat. Right after/during battle, blood and dirt. Downtime, probably whatever the ant equivalent to aftershave would be.

what their favorite smells in the world are: Wood smoke, confectioneries, and steel.

what pajamas they wear/what they wear to sleep in: Robe and boxers (if he bothers with boxers in the first place… I dunno the “cartoon animal” aspect of this throws me off a little).

my favorite ship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them: Herman/Charles! (and you are entirely to blame for this, thank/curse you) Headcanon is that Charles helps Herman get ready for any public appearances he has to make (+ evil Sunday dinner). Makes sure his armor’s straight. Listens as Herman practices any speeches he might have to give. Makes sure he has everything he might need prepped and ready. Tells him things like “you look fantastic, sir.” Stuff like that.

my favorite friendship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them: HERMAN AND CARL NEED TO BE GET ALONG IT’S IMPORTANT TO ME. Headcanon is that despite… well, everything, Herman does have the capacity to get protective over Carl sometimes. The hypothetical catalyst to activate Herman’s Big Brother Instinct would be Carl showing romantic interest in someone. Herman would immediately be on the offensive, what’s this guy’s story, what does he want with Carl, is he going to take advantage of him and split, that whole thing. And Herman wouldn’t be above being as intimidating as he could to get to the bottom of things. (Carl doesn’t realize he’s actually trying to protect him with this; he thinks he’s bullying him again by trying to scare off the guy he likes.)

a song that reminds me of them: I’ve mentioned this before, but Hail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold.

what animal i think they would be if they were an animal: Mob boss.

what position they sleep in: On his back, starfished out.

their favorite drink: Either a steaming cup of black tea or soda. ANY soda. And okay, I get that Herman dislikes the stereotype of ants loving sugar, but have you ever left a soda outside in the summer? Maybe forgot about it for a few hours before finally coming back for it? Fuckin ANTS everywhere.

a gift i would give them if i could: A soda A hypoallergenic pillow sham.

Carl

what they smell like: Since Carl’s been called “prissy” a couple times in-series (which I’m pretty sure was meant as a thinly-veiled, slightly derogatory way to call him gay, which shame on you, Boyle, but anyway), I’d say most of the time he smells like soap. He gets called “prissy” because he doesn’t buy the MEN’S SOAP FOR MEN, since all the MEN’S soap smells like off-brand cleaner in his opinion. He’ll stick with a nice shea-butter, thanks.

what their favorite smells in the world are: Fruit or flower scented candles!

what pajamas they wear/what they wear to sleep in: Oversized t-shirt or he just takes off his cape? Same sitch as he brother really, I’m not sure.

my favorite ship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them: The closest I had for this was Carl/Yang, but I’d only kinda shipped that, and it had been after a long time of not watching the show. Having since done a thorough rewatch, I can confirm their dynamic is better as an older/younger sibling one. As the characters currently are in-show, at least, I stand by that their dynamic could be really cute once their age-gap closed up and they had time to develop with each other. But as it stands I guess I don’t currently have a ship for Carl?? Someone help me fix this. Workshop some scenarios with me.

my favorite friendship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them: I have… A LOT of fave friendships for Carl, mostly because I believe he deserves all of them. I’ll go with the forerunner and say “Yin and Yang” though. Headcanon is that, once they establish that they ARE friends, Carl goes full-on Older Brother on them. And not just when the chips are down or “special occasions” like Herman with him. One or both of the twins is sad? Carl’s here, come talk, he’ll get some ice cream, now’s the time for calories. Someone’s bothering them? NOT ON HIS WATCH, BITCH BEST STEP BACK. They’re excited about something? No promises he’ll understand what’s got them so hyped but he’ll do his absolute best to be supportive of it.

a song that reminds me of them: I’m likely just going to steal songs from what I’ve already talked about for all these guys, but the reprise of Waiting in the Wings from the Tangled series. Kills me.

what animal i think they would be if they were an animal: Grocery bagger (kid’s only like sixteen cut him some slack)

what position they sleep in: On his side half hugging his pillow.

their favorite drink: Virgin margarita. I can picture him having a budding interest in mixology for some reason.

a gift i would give them if i could: ALL MY LOVE AND SUPPORT. Also maybe some bath salts, I dunno, I feel like he’d like that.

Yo

what they smell like: Old Guy smell.

what their favorite smells in the world are: Food cooking (he’s not picky as to what’s cooking specifically, though he does have a preference to things like soups and roasts and - duh - soft pretzels) and guitar strings.

what pajamas they wear/what they wear to sleep in: We get a shot of him in a robe and pjs in Scarf It Up, but then he doesn’t seem to wear anything besides a sash most of the rest of the time. Soo I guess he wears standard pjs when he’s cold, or else doesn’t bother.

my favorite ship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them: Yo/Night Master!! Headcanon that- okay, so NM’s a bat right? When he’s particularly pleased, he’ll make high-pitched happy bat sounds. He hates it, and has managed to keep this particular factoid under wraps most of his life, but it’s Yo’s job to be a thorn in his side, so. for example petting his ears turns him into goo and turns him into a squeaking mess Since NM never gave him an actual name to call him by, Yo’s taken to almost exclusively calling him “Squeaker.”

my favorite friendship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them: Yin and Yang again. Headcanon that as they get closer they start up carving out time specifically to spend together. As in, non- master/student work time. They’ll get together to watch movies, or have a game night. Yin and Yang can now each successfully bluff at poker. Yo’s very proud.

a song that reminds me of them: Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy.

what animal i think they would be if they were an animal: Blue collar worker who’s Tired.

what position they sleep in: Usually on his back, because if he sleeps on his side his hip starts bothering him.

their favorite drink: Rum and coke Coffee with some milk and sugar’s fine, thanks.

a gift i would give them if i could: Gift card to Pretzel Maker and hug.

[player-1]

The Near-Death-Experience Theory (KH Unchained)

Oh boy...Don’t I have something fun here... (Also a TLDR at the bottom)

With the translation to the Union X novel finally released, in-depth secrets come to light, of course, with a little bit of digging as well. 

In my case, one thing seems to puzzle me more than ever...the Player's connection with Nightmare Chirithy; something that eluded most of the fanbase since Unchained and Union X was released. Of course, the Chirithy the Player has acts more like a parental figure than a close friend (now implied with Elrena and Blaine’s Chirithies), but maybe there's a reason for that...What if something happened to the Player and he had to have his Chirithy replaced? 

As the title says above, what if the Player suffered a near-death experience just before Unchained and his Chirithy "disconnected" from his wielder to later become a Nightmare? And what if said Nightmare becomes the focal point of the War? (To avoid running on old steam, I'll call the Player Hero (personal headcanon name) and the Nightmare Chirithy OG Chirithy. I'll mostly go off the novel for the fine details and list the pages, so have fun following along if you have the novel too! [I’ll add some screenshots of the pages or just explain the major details, don’t blame me if it’s a bit sloppy or all over-the-place..It’s more than recommended to read from start-to-finish, just in case.😉])

Comment or reblog if you’re interested!

First, I'm going off some unusual traits Hero possesses that might describe some past "incident" and the repercussions that follow.

How Hero obtained the Keyblade (Page 15) The one thing that contrasts between the novel and the game is the introduction. Of course, it means the Keyblade hero of Light goes through some weird dream sequence at the Station of Awakening and gets their Keyblade, right? Well, not for Hero's case. The mobile includes that feature (albeit the lack of self-portrait glass mural) while the novel doesn't even bother to describe the scene at all.  Why, you ask? Well, most people ignore this key detail...

Out of every dive in the heart in the series, they usually wake up from that sleep (either on the beach for Sora or in Twilight Town for Roxas), but Hero starts off fresh out of Dive-time at the Fountain Square.  (Little tidbit and KH3 spoiler, the Station of Awakening is akin to the veil between life and death. The more you know...) In my opinion, I would suppose that the Foretellers would pick their wielders, or the wielders pick their Master, vice versa; just a normal application or suggestion to get the ball rolling...

Hero's sense of navigation (page 22) Little sidenote honestly. But how does a kid who was born and raised in Daybreak have no idea how to get to the Waterfront Park? 

Screw that, he should know the place like the back of his hand!

The Neo Shadow Trio (Pages 31-33) Now, this trio caught me a bit by surprise. Of course, even if they didn't survive the Neo Shadow attack, the last member managed to hold them off for a couple of days until their final breath. That's a bummer, I know, but it's strange how Hero never considered working with a team beforehand. But the question still remains...

Here's a simple answer for you; kids die!

The Power Bangle (Pages 33-34) Isn't it just a coincidence that when Hero wants to get stronger, especially when he wants friends that actually stay with him, a Chirithy comes around with all the answers he needs? Even if the promise is enticing, he hesitates.

"Wasn't guilt that awful feeling you got when you did something wrong?" In my opinion, Hero's definition of Guilt is somewhat confusing. While the Neo Shadow Trio "left him", Hero felt guilty about not being strong enough to protect others. In a strange sort of way, those are the two things he feels guilty about, and the two things that all Keyblade wielders have to follow.  Having friends to give them strength, and power to protect themselves. Hero, for that brief moment of loss and confusion, was guilty about not following either of those pieces of advice. 

Finally, Hero's little speech before throwing himself into the jaws of possible death (Pages 84-85) While it was pretty inspirational and moving, even if this reaction was spurred on by Ava, he had a lot more of a burden to get off his chest after Ephemer's "death".  He explains how, no matter how hard he worked for Anguis, it felt incredibly unfair to have that all taken away from him.  What caught me off guard was his realization of the Darklings and how he was ready to throw his life away to "avenge" Em. 

I had to fight who I considered my friends? Did Hero know that the Darklings were the Neo Shadow Trio?

Of course, for such a young and ambitious wielder, none of the Foretellers take the time to describe what Darkness should be. Even with his sense of heroics, no one would have the balls to go against a Foreteller, especially not the one they follow. Also, don’t just be a child soldier, be a child soldier with feelings!

Alright then...even if this seems like a stretch, but it feels like Hero holds some kind of untold trauma in his heart, but just doesn't understand (or remembers) why. He's way too quiet than other people, doesn't think a lot about others (or getting help from other wielders), and even if he got friends, he can get pretty defensive if something happened to them or blames himself for something out of his control. It's a bit interesting, right? 

Well don't worry, it gets far more interesting with the OG Chirithy, believe me!

OG Chirithy reflects Hero’s original personality before the accident (Pages 33-34, 79-80) As mentioned earlier with Elrena and Blaine, I believe that, if given enough time and partnership, they can reflect their wielder's more intimate and personal interests and personality. (ie, Elrena's Chirithy is caring and considerate of others, as opposed to Elrena being spunky and more of a lone-wolf kind of girl. Blaine's Chirithy is sassy and demanding, something Blaine puts aside for a cool and charismatic mannerism.)

With that little fact in mind, we can put together Hero's "original" personality based on OG/Nightmare Chirithy's appearances.

First, when Hero is given the Power Bangle. The first thing OG Chirithy does is congratulate Hero for all the hard work and how much he grew since day one (something the other Chirithy tones down to a teacher-student kind of exchange), and Hero was just thinking about getting stronger; offers him the Power Bangle.  The entire conversation seems relaxed and straightforward; with the Bangle, Hero can collect Lux and Guilt for his Union and himself respectively.  It's also worth noticing that "The sparkling Power Bangle fit so comfortably that it was hard to believe you'd only just put it on. You were so pleased you couldn't help but show it off." (pg 33). It's really surprising to consider how that Chirithy knew Hero's wrist size, even for a simple accessory. It's tempting to say the least...or he just knows his measurements, something like that. 

Second, after the battle with the Darklings. Despite the surprising revelation with the Darklings' origin, OG Chirithy was surprisingly calm about the whole situation.  "I thought if I took away everyone's Lux, there'd be no reason to fight anymore." Of course, this was all because of Hero learning about the coming end-times and wielders starting to fight over Lux from Skuld, so it's strange to consider why taking wielder's Lux would solve the problem.  In my opinion, this means something more: for everyone to be equal. Lux means fighting stronger Heartless, and the more Lux a wielder has makes them arrogant and prideful. By equalizing wielders' Lux income, that would mean them working together as a group, producing more Lux as a whole than a single overpowered tank could.  Surprisingly enough, that's also the one thing that Hero desires; friends he can relate to and fight alongside with. Even if the manner of achieving this dream seems drastic, it's something Hero's current Chirithy wouldn't understand. All in all, OG Chirithy seems to be calm and in-control of everything around him, wants to be strong so he has friends that care about him, and he’s more than happy to make sure his wielder is happy too...albiet in some pretty unusual ways.

Now, even with the existence of a Nightmare Chirithy, everything about it seems to break a recognized loophole in Unchained. When a wielder dies or falls into Darkness, their Chirithy disappears alongside them. And even if a wielder falls into Darkness (ie turning into a Darkling), they're unable to wield a Keyblade or use Medals in their state.  Well, here's where everything gets blown out of the water!

How in the world does the OG Chirithy know about Spirits and Nightmares, while Hero's Chirithy doesn't? Even if the novel is in the point of view of Hero's new Chirithy, there seem to be some key points that Chirithy 2 doesn't mention (the story with Backcover and the Foretellers, and even the Master of Masters himself), but here's where it gets interesting. The only Chirithy that knows about Nightmares is the very first Chirithy MoM created.  What I'm trying to say is this...If Chirithies are so interconnected with their wielders they're all "If I die, I die with you", what if the first Chirithy was a prototype Spirit?

While that warning with a wielder falling into Darkness and creating a Nightmare seems threatening enough, not a lot of wielders have enough strength to even control that Darkness, nonetheless use it with their humanity intact.  A Chirithy becoming a Nightmare, at most, would be an extremely rare case; that would mean the wielder getting overcome by Darkness and surviving on their own, and I'm pretty sure a bunch of teenagers wouldn't live up to that if they even tried.

So why, pray tell, does this mean with Hero?  Some interesting connections, actually.  In pages 65 and 87, Ava seems to know that Hero can easily be overwhelmed with his emotions (more so in the heart), but Hero seems pretty resilient to the Darkness as a whole.  If an ordinary wielder knew that their friend was offed by a Foreteller, they would've been acting a lot more brash and destructive than that; but Hero doesn't, he just acted far too calm about it all.    

The day before Hero meets Ephemer, Chirithy meets OG Chirithy, though a bit darker in shade (pg 38). At that time, Chirithy remembers the Foretellers "Who's the traitor?" scene in Backcover (pg 52). Isn't it a bit of a coincidence that just as Hero finally gets a new friend, the Nightmare starts to make a move? 

Even if the Foretellers knew about the Nightmare, they only looked upon themselves as this "traitor". After all, isn't it easier to put the blame on those closest to you than a random stranger? And even if the Foretellers knew about the Nightmare's wielder, would you really think that they had to put down some random kid who just so happens to possess the root of all evil?  Hero doesn't look or act corrupted at all, so he practically stays under the radar the entire time as the Foretellers eventually tear each other apart; focusing more on the "traitor" than getting rid of the obvious threat. 

I know I'm rambling way too much at this point, but one thing also seemed to elude me...

Was this all part of the Master's plan? 

To give a random wielder a prototype Chirithy and hope for the best? Well, if the Master didn't know what would happen, the War never would have occurred. If the Master predicted that, with the simple act of giving the first Chirithy to Hero, would eventually lead to him almost losing his heart to Darkness (or Heartless, idk), and eventually creating the Nightmare he warned about?  And before the Foretellers could realize what happened, MoM just kept cranking out more and more Spirits to cover up the tracks; eventually leading to an army of identical Scottish Folds and absolutely way too many kids to count.

And if, after that horrifying accident, Hero suppressed his memories of the event; and in a sudden jump of adrenaline, somehow managed to reclaim his Keyblade?  (I know it seems a bit dumb to mention this now, but try to relate this to the aftermath of Sora's almost-norting from DDD. Almost losing his heart to Darkness could put a lot of strain on it; and as a result, his Keyblade suffers a "soft reboot" of sorts. After all, a Keyblade is a reflection of their heart, right? If it gets hurt, the Keyblade reflects it, no matter how stupid that plothole might have been.)

The Master of Masters said about the traitor that would start the War, all that kind of stuff in the Lost Page, but the Page never described who or what the traitor would be. Just pick out someone evil who has a way of spreading Darkness and that's that...But that's the problem here. Only the Nightmare is spreading Darkness, not the wielder; even without the person's knowledge. Hero’s connection to Nightmare Chirithy is like a walking paradox; while the wielder collects Lux and works like every other Keyblade wielder, his Chirithy works behind the scenes in ultimately causing tension and violence across for the Unions and Foretellers.  Despite the whole world practically revolving around you, maybe now you realize why...You the Player, in some crazy convoluted future-vision crap, was the traitor the whole time! 

TL;DR  The Master of Masters gave Hero the very first Chirithy, but Hero almost died from Heartless/Darkness, causing him to lose his memory from the trauma (that PTSD jazz) and resetting his Keyblade's abilities. Meanwhile, with Chirithy's bond weakening from the attack, obtains the bangles, taps into the wielders' Guilt, and spreads Darkness all throughout Daybreak Town; eventually becoming the traitor and the main cataclyst of the Keyblade War.

[wolfhednn]

— character chart pt. 5

the fifth installment!

PRESENT ( for the purposes of toa, this will also include timeskip where applicable )

CURRENT LOCATION garreg mach monastery. he spends the large majority of his time in the lower grounds, rarely — if ever — venturing up to the cathedral unless required to. generally speaking, he wears out the same paths between his room, the dining hall, his classroom, and the training grounds. finding him anywhere else is something of a rarity unless he’s been assigned chores. when in doubt, look in the training grounds.

AM — duke felix fraldarius. spends his time at glasagwyn if he’s not needed somewhere else. CF — uhhh. dead. VW / SS — can see it going either duke ending or mercenary ending due to how i’ve set up my verses, canon be damned. in the latter case, likely to be found wherever there’s fighting happening.

CURRENTLY LIVING WITH the other students at the academy. otherwise, on his own ( with glasagwyn staff, as duke ) for the most part.

PETS none currently. 

duke felix fraldarius loosely cares for about a dozen cats in and around his estate ( most of them are directly tended to by the servants ). at any given time, however, usually one or two of those are his cats, who he handles entirely himself. ( his favorite, if you will. ) meeko, a big fluffy tabby who definitely has norwegian forest in her, is the most prominent of these. though he wouldn’t consider them pets, the estate also manages a retinue of horses and pegasi. his wartime pegasus, kyphon, is enjoying a well-earned retirement, and his current war pegasus is named sainglend.

RELIGION as ambivalent about it as ever, in timeskip, felix attends to religious duties as is required of the duke fraldarius, but not generally beyond that. he’s criticized by some for being notably less pious than his father was, given faerghus’ strongly faithful culture, but his generation tends to share that quality overall, so it’s mostly the older advisors who frown at him for it. he doesn’t shirk his duties, however, so nobody can really get on him for doing exactly as much as is needed.

OCCUPATION student, duke fraldarius, or mercenary, depending on which verse we’re looking at.

FINANCES well off. he’s never struggled with finances, even taking into account faerghus’ comparative lack of resources. fraldarius has always been one of the most affluent territories in the kingdom. felix is also very good at handling money and surprisingly adept at state management, strategic at allocating both funds and efforts. his more domestically-focused and, at times, aggressive policies in comparison to those of his father often pay off, and the territory ( canonically ) sees restoration and prosperity under his governance.

FAMILY

MOTHER ghislaine alys fraldarius

RELATIONSHIP WITH HER his mother died shortly after he turned three, and so felix doesn’t have any memories of her. aside from paintings, he doesn’t recall what she looks like. rodrigue has mentioned her sparingly over the years, but has never talked about her in depth with felix, and their relationship soured too early for felix to have asked since. once or twice, he’d asked glenn about her, to which glenn offered some memories and a bit of insight into what kind of person she had been, but they were little more than isolated snapshots and impressions, since he was nine when she died.

FATHER rodrigue achille fraldarius

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM clearly, not great. felix’s relationship with rodrigue is highly complex. he grew up admiring and loving him, but seeing him largely as a firm, though warm, authority figure. he figured he was indomitable, and to an extent still unconsciously views him as such. obviously, their relationship is very strained currently, and continues to be into timeskip. if asked, felix will only admit to it coming down to an irreconciliable difference in values and leave it at that. 

in reality, there’s a lot more to it, including resentment born from abandonment in the wake of the tragedy of duscur. i do headcanon that, in his preoccupation with his promise to lambert ( and also because of the stress of his deteriorating relationship with felix ), rodrigue was more of a father to dimitri post-duscur than he was to felix. i also headcanon that glenn was always, however subconsciously and unintentionally, his favored child, and he began to scold felix by constantly comparing him to his brother. this continues into present day during the academy years. it doesn’t help, though, that felix also lets his resentment color all his interactions with his father rather than attempting to seek any kind of reconciliation.

there’s also that tasty line from rodrigue in AM in the late-night scene with byleth:

After [the tragedy of duscur] happened, I said something horrible to Felix. He’s hated me ever since... and I don’t blame him.

the game never tells us what this was, and i have thoughts... but they’re sikrit hehehehe...

SIBLINGS glenn leo fraldarius, older brother ( deceased )

RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM very close. as i’ve mentioned before, glenn was felix’s hero growing up, as he was for many others. but more than that, he was an older brother who read to him almost every night, joked around him with all the time, taught him how to fight, and whose actions and words have influenced most of felix’s beliefs and identity. he always knew he could rely on glenn dropping everything unquestioningly to be there for him if he needed it. now that he’s older, he definitely recognizes where glenn’s flaws were, but that doesn’t change that he was the single most foundational person in his life, and that they shared an incredibly close bond despite the 6 year age difference.

SPOUSE sylvain jose gautier fdgsjdkjfh did we ever decide if they were actually going to make it official or not??

RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM in the absence of anything canon, and for the sake of toa-canon, we’re going to put sylvain here LKMKJDH. their dynamic should already be self-explanatory haha glance at any of our 87342 threads... cat and dog romance. sylvain is Whipped for that fraldarius. felix will die before he admits that he’s fond of sylvain and wouldn’t trade him for the world. ( he’s mad at me already for typing that. ) i’ll throw this here as the perfect depiction of their life before running away from my muse.

CHILDREN none technically

RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM felix has no interest in having kids and never pursues any of his own, whether biological or adoptive. as he gets into his later years, however, and concern about inheritance mounts in the absence of any known relatives, felix goes in search of someone, regardless of bloodline or social class, who upholds the tenets of what it means to be a fraldarius, and inducts them formally as the heir to his house ( sort of a la ashe ). it’s a highly controversial move, but felix remains steadfast in his stance in the face of any opposition. though he initially intends for his relationship with the child ( who would likely be older, around 8-13 ) to be strictly that of a duke and his successor, he eventually can’t help himself from becoming something of a parent to them anyway.

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS he considers every one of those ~dozen cats to be family and would unhesitatingly run back into a burning glasagwyn to rescue any of them, much to the horror of his retainers.