#*side eyes my immigrant parents* but aNYway-

[lavend3r-stardust]

I JUST WANNA BE HELD PLEEEASE I WANNA BE REASSURED AND ADORED FUCKFUCKFUCK I NEED HEALTHY DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION IN MY LIIIIIFE

[whateversawesome]

Hi first of all thanks 😊 for posting amazing sxf content as a spy x family fan I have a question we have seen redacted parents past and more yet to reveal maybe, we will also get to know about anyas past scene/manga pov these are gonna be a bridge or influence for spy x family when it comes to yor side / yor [parents/past] idk how to explain 😭😭😭😭 (umm straight away ill ask you)I want to know about yor parents and are they also related to ostanian war+ was yor parents were also assassin' which lead yor to be assassin ???

Hi!

All right, let me see if I understood this: You're saying that just like [Redacted]'s past and parents influenced the story, and how Anya's past will too, probably Yor's backstory will influence the current story. Is that right?

And you want to know about Yor's parents (me too! 😆)

You've probably read those theories about Yor's parents being assassins from the Garden. It could be, it's too soon to tell. Honestly, I would prefer for Yor's parents to be simple citizens that were victims of the war, but again, it's too soon to tell.

We have seen glimpses or Yor's past, always related to Yuri, because that's what's most significant for her. It was a tough time for them, but we can see that Yor was happy to have her brother, that, even though she had to support both of them, she was grateful she wasn't alone. So in a way, Yor's past is already influencing the story; she is the way she is (a loving mother, a compassionate woman, and even a thrifty person) because of all the things she lived as a child and teenager.

When it comes to her parents, so far, we've only seen one blurry memory about her mom. It was a positive memory and Yor's mom was doing something that a normal mom would do: cooking for her children. The only indication that she could be part of the Garden is the rose buttons on her clothes. We don't know if Yor liked roses because of her mom and that earned her the title of Thorn Princess or if her mom was involved with the Garden AND that's why she used roses just like Yor does now. There's also rumors that say that Yor actually inherited the title Thorn Princess from her mom. Who knows?

A crazy theory that I have is that her parents could be immigrants. Why? Well, Yor and Yuri are not traditional names, plus they don't look like any other character in the story. They have dark hair and red eyes, a very particular feature.

As for why Yor became an assassin, well, in my opinion, it had to be because of her strength. Headcanon, Yor has always been strong. I'm not a big fan of those theories that say that she was experimented on and that's why she's strong. A woman can be physically strong naturally!

Obviously, she has trained to become stronger and the Garden did a good job teaching her everything she needed to become as deadly as she is now.

I am VERY curious about the Garden, especially the part about why they recruited a girl to become an assassin.

Something that I often wonder is why Yor thinks so poorly about herself? What did the Garden taught her to make her feel that way? Or even worse: was it her parents? I lean to think it was the Garden. Why? Well, she couldn't get close to people because she was afraid they would discover she was an assassin. That isolated her. Plus, when she married Loid, she had to ask permission to the Shopkeeper, when she wanted to become friends with Melinda Desmond, she did the same. See a pattern here? Why would you have to ask permission to your boss to do any of those things? Probably the Garden is a very strict organization, much more than WISE.

Anyways, those are my thoughts on Yor. Thank you for the ask!

[darkwingphoenix]

@loominggaia OC/Future Character Picrews

I decided to make the more significant OCs (Amber's family, Cyangeline, Skylie, Saraia and Darshaan) using this Picrew (It even has options for roshava, goblins and gorgons, with red, blue, and green skin color options!:

Skylie (Her hair became permanently that blond after she ripped of Darshaan's mask)(I also headcanon her as asexual)(The scars are actually black, as they're burn scars, but still)(She also cuts her hair a lot, as her hair will inevitably grow to her ankles after she use enough magic as a side effect, and it'll do the same if she resurrects)

Saraia (Yes she looks a lot like Skylie, shuddup)

Darshaan (Looks a smidge more feminine than I'd like for him, but generally he look like this, just with 9 million times more muscle)(The blindfold is because his eyes quickly rot away after he resurrects, making quite the eyesore and making him blind due to a residual curse from the mask)(I also headcanon he ALWAYS goes shirtless)

Amber! (She has vitiligo, tho the Picrew I'm using doesn't have a lot of room for it, but it goes WAY down her body and along her tail, and she'd obviously have the same shade of green on her lips and blue and orange markings on her face)(Her hair also starts fading into purple over time, this is her when she's like 17 or something)

Justinia (Just a way bigger chest, and blue lips)(Yes, I explicitly tried to make her look a lot like Amber with what I had available here, she's Amber's mom after all)

Jet (Amber's dad)(Yes, he looks like a lady, sirene are hella androgynous anyway)(He lost his eye while fighting capture by Kelvingyard goons) (I added the purple here as Amber inherits that from him as she gets older and her hair starts growing in purple)

Citrine (She wears sunglasses all the time because she's a drau, and sunlight makes her totally incapable of sight)(The eyepatch is from when some Kelvingyard goons killed her family and then cut her eye out with a flint knife so she'd bleed out until Knights of Favonius saved her)

Clarity (She's supposed to essentially be leucistic)

Angeline! (I was influenced by Kasane Teto, Bremerton from Azure Lane, and Rachel Elizabeth Dare from the Percy Jackson series for her design, this is roughly when she was 19-21)

Lumine (I'm starting to notice I have a lotta OCs with pale hair)

Maia (She fought Evangeline guards tryna stop her from saving Lumine as Lumine was about to be executed, thus a missing eye, burn scar, and cuts)(Also, I just noticed this, but she looks kinda like Sasuke from Naruto, but yet she's based heavily off of Wanderer from Genshin impact)

Alani (She definitely has a subdued yet optimistic personality)(She also has unusually long and pointy canines)

Kitsu (Sorta, unluckily this Picrew was obviously not built with Looming Gaia gorgons in mind)(She was born to gorgon parents who had made her a medusa before immigrating to Matuzu and then being captured, save for Kitsu, by Kelvingyard goons)(Again, the Picrew didn't take gorgons into account, her hair is actually her conjoined siblings)

Tyria (Love interest for Amber)(She has a lotta Ela genes in her)

Metzwell (Amber's old cecaelia babysitter/Future bro)(Picrew isn't good for cecaelia either)(He looks a lot like a less emaciated Mr. Ocean, so there's a good start)

These are just some more important OCs/those who change more in my AU, but I hope these help you imagine what they look like!

[thedawningofthehour]

(this is Mudlark) idk if ill ever have the energy to draw this ever but I think the funniest potential crossover between DOTH and CY would just be cy!Donnie meeting Bella. bc Bella would be having to deal with this alt world Gale (same turtle but this kid was raised by her uncle fr fr) while Donnie keeps following her around and it's a constant stream of "so you're my cousin? Can I call you makaḷ then? how come you dont have a tilak? if you don't have a parent to do yours I can do it. Can I do your eye makeup? How old are you? Did you know our grandparents? What did-" it's endless and they refuse to stop for even a second.

omg she would be so freaked out but also really pleased? She'd love this kid so much. She'd also be a terrible influence and she's totally aware of that, but this kid already curses like a sailor so she figures she's in the clear. (Bella actually does really like kids, she just doesn't really know how to interact with them)

Now I'm imagining how Bella would fit into your world. I don't think she would actually be that different, even though your Draxum is from the other side of the planet as mine, since her human genes are from her dad and would have gotten that Swedish/Jewish culture stuff from his family anyway. Some differences in her mother and their family day-to-days, but considering when and where she grew up they probably still tried to act as white as they could. I mean, her mother had to suppress that part of herself a little bit anyway, but most rural people in those areas are already descended from Scandinavian immigrants and I made the Draxum family Viking wannabes, (partly because of Huginn and Muninn are Odin's ravens in Norse mythology but also because Asatru was like the main religion I played in Crusader Kings 3 at the time and I was obsessed) so a lot of her customs blended in with the local culture anyway, completely by luck. That wouldn't be the case if she was Tamil. And she did not want to draw attention to herself.

But Bella would absolutely let Donnie do her tilak.

[starry-mist]

S6e7 thoughts (finally):

Love the subtle Charah worry for each other in the poison scenes.

Charlie: You didn’t come in contact?

Sarah: No, I’m gloved.

Me: Which literally never stops you from constantly touching your face/hair, but okay.

(Side note: How does Sarah look good in a freaking hazmat suit?)

Jesse. Sense of humour on point.

This joking and respectful s6 Jesse and Joe dynamic is my new favourite thing.

Asshole husband could have been treated to a Rex takedown in my ideal world, but given how complex a story the A plot was, I’ll let it slide.

I love the team closing ranks to investigate this one on their own. More team episodes, please.

Adding the CSIS element was fun. Special Agent Liu would make a great recurring character.

It is here where I go on a tangent about how this show could use a shadowy figure/a big bad/some ongoing story arcs, because if they’re planning a longer run, they can’t sustain just standalone episodes. Or maybe they can, what do I know?

There’s another subtle moment where Sarah takes a beat after she hands Charlie the magically procured antidote. (Also I’m gonna go ahead and assume one of those doses is measured for Rex.)

Wardrobe. We need to talk about Charlie in these denim tuxedos.

Love Sarah casually shining a light into Charlie’s eyes as if she’s actually checking him for injury rather than using it as an excuse to seek that reassurance that her boyfriend is okay after once again nearly dying.

Charlie on the phone with Trina…is that…do I detect a hint of actual continuity? From this show? Dare I hope?

And at this point I go a little off the rails as I get really distracted by 1) the reappearance of The House and 2) the unexpected Charah moment.

The Truong family: I’d wondered if her parents or perhaps grandparents were refugees/immigrants given they’d likely be about the right age for either (look up Vietnamese history in Canada for what I’m talking about.) Sounds like Mr. Truong was for sure. Also they can’t keep mentioning him if they’re not going to show him at some point, can they? Give me Truong family, please.

But anyway now Charah are kissing and they’re totally off to have some hot, passionate “thankful you’re alive” sex.

I love how Rex has become forever protective of Sarah BTW. It’s just a given that he lies on her lap for pats now.

I live for Jesse and Sarah banter.

LOL I missed the “CSIS Safe House” on the screen the first time around. Awkward.

Well I guess we aren’t getting Agent Liu as a recurring character…RIP

I wanted more whump from this last action scene.

(I can’t be the only one who half expected Rex to inject Charlie with the antidote can I?)

Charlie stabbing himself right in the chest with the needle, I just…I’m gonna need a minute.

(Also that little hint of chest hair with a few more buttons undone than usual…help.)

Wardrobe pulls off a win at the ballet studio with Sarah’s outfit and Charlie’s casual top.

I want to see Sarah accompany Sadie to New York…okay maybe I just want to see her punch Ryan in his stupid jerk face.

Rex is a ballet fan.

Interesting. Different. Unique. Way to perfectly round out a team episode, writers. Well done.

Sarah is a Bond fan: might have to work that into a fic.

And they settle on watching Black Swan. LOL I knew Rex was going to dance eventually.

[sockiestupidity]

PLS MORE MIGUEL W TEEN READER ITS ADROBS 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

OMG

AHH

OKAY SO I HAVE SOME HCS🤭🤭🤭

IF IM IN A SILLY(delulu) MOOD I MIGHT RIGHT ANOTHER ONESHOT???

ALSO THIS IS ALL JUST STRAIGHT UP CRACK BC IM RLLY DELULU

IDK IF THESE EXACTLY COUNT AS WHAT U WANT BUT TAKE IT AS U WILL

ALSO MOST OF THESE ARE LATINO CODED SRRY😭(or hispanic/latine/latinx idk anymore i cant keep up w/ all these terms like pls just choose smth i cant take it anymore😭)

ANYWAYS

OKAY SO FIRST OF ALL LIKE

IMAGINE FINDING OUT THAT THERES NO LA CURACAO IN HIS UNIVERSE SO U TAKE HIM THERE (if ur not latino/hispanic/latinx/whatever other terms ppl use its basically like...best buy on steroids like i get lost in there every time) (if any of yall find this hc stereotypical i will 😡👊 ok yall)

ANYWAYS SO HES RLLY CONFUSED THE WHOLE TIME YALL ARE THERE LIKE..HE GENUINELY DOESNT KNOW WHATS GOING ON

HES SHOCKED THAT MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES SPEAK SPANISH AND HES JUST LIKE 😧

SO LA CURACAO WOULD BE LIKE A BIG CULTURE SHOCK FOR HIM LIKE GENUINELY😭

u take him to ubatuba and introduce him to nutella empenadas🤩

and hes just like "i fng hate this😡" AND WHEN U ASK WHY HE'LL GIVE U THE RESPONSE EVERY IMMIGRANT DAD OUT THERE SAYS ISTG "its too sweet" LIKE LITERALLY

so after that u take him to pollo campero to see if he likes their chicken empanadas AND HES LITERALLY COMPLAINING AB HOW MID IT IS FOR BASICALLY 4 BUCKS LMAO (pollo campero is so mid sometimes istg)

HES SUCH A SPORTS DAD

LIKE IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE TO BE FOOTBALL(fútbol???)

LIKE IF U DID CHEER, GYMNASTICS, DANCE, ETC. HED BE THERE FOR EVERY COMP AND GAME (somebody pls give this man a child he deserves to be happy again😭)

HE WILL FIGHT JUDGEMENTAL PARENTS FOR U AND ARGUE WITH REFS/UMPS WHEN THEY MAKE A BAD CALL

HE HELPS U WITH HW BUT THEN WILL COMPLAIN THAT ITS TOO HARD

if ur taking spanish and ask him to help u he'll genuinely side eye ur spanish work😭

ESPECIALLY IF UR SCHOOL IS TEACHING SPAIN SPANISH

LIKE U BET THAT HES GOING TO HAVE A HARSH CONVO WITH UR SCHOOL ON HOW USELESS IT IS (no offence too any spaniards, i love yall but wtf is up with ur spanish, like why is it like that😭)

HE'LL ENCOURAGE U TO USE SPANISH SLANG SO U END UP LOSING POINTS FOR IT

HE'LL BE GENUINELY SO CONFUSED IF THEY CHANGE MEANINGS FOR THINGS LIKE

"who told u that morena meant brown haired😧🤨" LMAO (based off if a real story, my dad was so confused as to why my spanish book said that morena meant brown haired😭)

I HAVE MORE THOUGHTS BUT THIS IS GETTING RLLY LONG AND NONE OF THIS IS COHERENT AHHH (i am not ok👁️👁️)

[machineheraldandy]

I don’t really do my version of league viktor often but here it is!

The final art piece isn’t by me it’s by a moot on Twitter by the name. Bunnysloth (go follow them)

Also the colour of the skin is all off as I’m still trying to figure out how exactly I want viktors colours for everything to be😭

Headcanons/etc on appearances

Viktor to me in league of legends is an immigrant dude that lives in Zaun, but his parents moved when he was barley born so he sees Zaun as primarily his only home. His mother being from Ionian and his father I’m unsure (you’ll understand why soon)

I see him as heavily mixed (hence the darker skin) being based off of Korean/Czech/Aboriginal Australian- this is partly because of the fact I hate the Russian villain stereotype and as in arcane the voice actor said he was going for a Czech accent instead of Russian. other than that korean as I can’t remember why (headcanon happened a while back) and Aboriginal Australian because I’m from Australia and aboriginals really don’t get enough Rep

Viktors father is the one that is czech/Aboriginal(which I will now call First Nations) and is also Jewish, which is a very popular headcanons for viktors family!! Very popular. while his mother is the Korean one, from Ionian.

Korean people can have darker skin but viktors dark skin is meant to come from the First Nation side of his family. (Also extra note, based off of noongar people)

For hair also meant to be more from the fathers side, but moles and such from his mothers side! Same with the yellow eyes. The yellow eyes I decided to keep just as a real part of him instead of some goldish brown. In his after evolution form his eyes are at real so therefore can be either similar to his real eyes before evolution or just replaced with entirely yellow balls which is really to match his mask.

Also some may notice but I have a head canon for hearing aids! This is just a personal head canon as a bit of deafness runs in my family and plus viktor is always inventing things so probably has a bit of damage

He is meant to be trans but I…forgot to draw the top surgery scars…

Anyways little headcanon over, please don’t growl at me in the comments for having a different viktor headcanon. He’s my autistic special interest and he’s been combined with a lot of hyperfixations,,,

[heinous-desiree]

Crack my knuckles

Ok here we go

Hunter the scandalous or Hun for short:

Backstory:

Hun is a cuban immigrant who came to town with their parents and 2 siblings (they are triplets) on ship for a chance to a better life, unfortunately a storm came by the ship and a lot of people on it died including Hun's Parents, but luckily the triplets had survived

They were sent to the orphanage with their siblings, as they grew old bailey sent them to different districts, Hun hasn't seen his 2 siblings ever since

She later met Robin and become friends with him, Hun saw he was one of the rare genuine people who didn't want her for her body and promised to protect him at all cost

She learnt the hard to earn money by selling their body on the Street or the brothel in the night, in the morning the work on the dock, with large size and defiant behavior they gained the workers respect

Somehow got the angel transition (because they refused to give their virginity away to a stranger) and immediately gave it Robin once he claimed him as Li, they thought he was worth everything including their last bit of innocence after that they didn't have anything to lose

Ofc they were sent to asylum and that was the first time they met Harper

Hun were defiant as fuck and therefore increased the suspicious

They got along pretty with other patients

Fucked Harper at some point to decrease the suspension (yap they pegged him to the oblivious)

Eventually they got out the asylum and met kylar after that

They used him for free sex and building the lab in the orphanage other than that they would avoid him like a plague in the school, didn't want to ruin their reputation by associating themselves to him

Whitney has taken a liking to him and even with his high reputation he would still bully Hun and ofc Hun didn't engaged in his bullshit and therefore lowering Whitney's dominance

Ofc at some point Whitney tried to sell Hunter for that but it didn't work out and ofc the dealers tried to take him instead, Hunter had metal battle that day about saving him or not but at the end they saved him anyway

They tried to play it off by saying they were in a good mood that day but the truth is that he had been in the underground brothel before (because bailey sold her at some point) and she knew the kind of shit that was happening there and never wished for someone to go through the same experience not even Whitney, plus and even he won't admit that Whitney's crying remind Hun Of themselves when they would beg bailey not to send them away, I guess Hun's hatred (?) Toward Whitney comes from the fact that he remind them of themselves maybe even they would have been worse if they didn't have Robin in their life

They met Sydney in the library and started to flirt just to fuck with him, Sydney was having non of that

Caught Hun Masturbating in the church and tried to punish them, Hun ofc beat the shit out of him but Sydney got a sudden awakening and was into it, Hun (being corruption kink mf) realized that immediately 😏

After fucking around with Sydney and corrupting (mostly piss Jordan off) they realize they might have a tini tiny crush on him and wanted more than just being fwb

That's why they immediately return his feeling and even joint the church for him (mostly to be able fuck him in that prayer room) ofc they didn't give 3 fucks about the chastity vow

Met both of Eden and great hawk by trying to retrieve Landry boxes

Dumbass got caught again by black wolf on his way to Eden's house 💀

On the good side they beat the shit out of black wolf and became the new Alpha

Met Avery when they were trying to get lichen for science project, only dates him for his money and good reputation

Send into jail 2 time, the second time was get kylar out

The prisoners think they are the boss, the guards are quite fond of her (they gave her their names) but still keep eye on them

Yes they pegged scarred inmate

Speaking of jail, they are good friends with wren he thinks she's inspiring, Hun would beat his ass in the blackjack just to burn down Remy's farm (even if it was meant to lose some clothes on the way)

Upgraded Alex's farm, all the animals respect her, Alex depends on them

And yes they used to be fwb before they start dating

Doesn't fucking use in the concept of condoms you would be surprised how they didn't get STDs by now💀

Has a lot of fucking kids and refuses to pay child support 💀

Despite that surprisingly they are somewhat a good parents, and visit his children whenever they have time

They dream of escaping the town and take Robin with them along with the children and never look back

Want to build nursery for her children in the farm but they doubt bailey would let her take them out of the orphanage

All in all hunter is outgoing, flirty dumbass, with charming and charismatic personality that makes anyone wants a piece of them if you didn't already fuck him and a party animal who won't stop until it's dawn

And even after all that they still starve for real connection with someone and Robin is the closest thing to that maybe even Sydney

Once you get her on your side she's your ride or die to the end

"What's up? Acting all scared and shit, don't worry I don't bite, unless you ask nicely ;)"

as response to your Hunter

They chuckle in amusement "oh I'm sure you would, darling! can't wait to see what that pretty head of yours might come up with, and if you want-" they take a step forward and lean into him "I can help you come up with some.... ideas " they try to smile innocently but the glint in their eyes doesn't leave much to imagination of what they actually mean

-🦤

HUNTER THE SCANDALOUS.

Oh lord, wow, thank you for your hard work. HUNT-Y HAS BEEN AROUND. Talk about falling off a cliff and landing on every branch along the way...

Hunter 🤝 Hunter, gotta catch them all-

They are cool, they are cute, I wanna hug them-

Hunter the Allrounder

A genuine warm laugh escaped the wolf boy at their response, eyes crinkled but also dark with interest.

"I think you'll be helping me with something, not sure if it'd be ideas, Hun-ny..." Despite how lax his posture is, leaning lazily into the other Hunter's space, his tail was moving a bit faster, his voice dropped a few octaves lower, "maybe I'll ask for your help later, Tweety."

He moved close, fangs out, and looked ready to nip at their ear. Except, he pecked their ear shell, quietly huffing out a laugh. He was quick to back away with a playful grin.

"Of course... To help me, you'd have to be able to keep up with me. All the best, Hun!"

[starry-skies-116]

NEW HEADCANONS FOR OUR FAVORITE FAMILY (ft. some f l a i r):

PLEASE DON'T HATE THIS IS AN AU THIS IS MY PERSONAL INTERPRETATION, DON'T LIKE DON'T COMMENT

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The Aftons are primarily British American, but William's and Eleanor's sides of the family are still present, albeit subtly.

Eleanor came from a German and Scandinavian family that had immigrated to America, hence her maiden name being "Schmidt". William, meanwhile, was of both Egyptian/Arab and Caucasian ancestry on one of his parents's side, being born into a wealthy family who lived in the UK before moving to America after graduating high school and meeting Henry in college, deciding to start a business with him after the two become best friends.

This bleeds into the lives of the Afton kids, in how Michael knows how to speak some basic phrases in both German and Arabic, and how learning them orally via repeatedly speaking them and practicing their pronunciation and learning their meaning is MILES better than trying to read them or write them.

It bleeds into how Elizabeth has her mother's bright chartreuse green eyes and shimmering, impossibly curly and frizzy ginger hair that needs to be straightened out often because it was such a struggle to brush.

It bleeds into how Evan surprisingly likes the black sweet tea his father brews on occasion (he called it 'Arabian tea'... how nostalgic, the taste is). It's how Gregory has faint memories and misses the Tahchin, curry hotpots, halva, shakshuka and many more dishes his mother would make on special days with the recipes William had stored in the book his family had.

It bleeds into how the cultural influences from both sides of the parents continue to bleed in- in the food they eat, the lives they live, their mannerisms and perception of the world, the generational trauma they inherit from their parents, and much, much more.

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Evan was a premature birth, which caused him to be born frail and sickly (including his mental conditions), resulting in back-to-back trips to the hospital for the first 3 years of his life- Michael was neglected a bit and later parent-ified to take care of Evan until the latter grew strong and old enough to be able to reach a stabilized condition.

He as a result of being premature was born intersex, but was assigned male at birth- and he naturally has a weird relationship with gender, so he secretly tries on Elizabeth's dresses occasionally. Just to get a feel for how he might look in them, and if the nagging in his mind about his already slightly unstable identity would ever be quieted, let alone satiated.

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Michael has naturally slightly darker skin than the rest of his family due to some Arabic ancestry- although all of them are very much white, Michael has very slightly but visibly tan skin- he also artificially tanned when he was in his teen years to accentuate such a thing. He didn't really care about racist comments directed towards him and his skin color, he thinks he would've gotten them anyways. When he grows into an adult, he takes off the artificial tan, despite after-effects still being present.

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Although William is of some Arabian descent, he never really bothered to learn about the cultural traditions, let alone practice them. He only has recipe cookbooks from his mother that he gifted to Eleanor. He's British through and through, and doesn't trust too-spicy food nor does he drink any tea other than English tea.

Meanwhile there's Michael and Evan who LOVE Tahchin and Halva, and Michael, being as good at cooking as he is, dedicates the cookbook's recipes to memory by heart because of the amount of memories the smell holds.

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Also, Evan has self-harm scars from his psychotic episodes he would ride out alone and merely dismiss afterwards. In the Alive!AU, everyone has varying but equally mortified and terrified reactions to such a secret being revealed.

[areweevercameraready]

human au...info dump

me: i don't upload much that isn't directly related to the sanders sides fic that's going on, but i'm sure i've uploaded something from human au my blog archive: DING DING DING, NO YOU HAVEN'T!!

….anyway. that is to say, here now are the info sheets for the boys in their human au, which i've been working on for the better part of two years. three years? years.

a general synopsis: they are all dating and are in a polyamorous relationship. gavin is getting co-parented by seven idiots, all with varying amounts of actual parenting (insert david's "i can barely keep myself alive, you trust me with a kid???") small warnings for scars and suggestions of past-self harm (hey did you know that command + z on tumblr posts actually DELETES EVERYTHING UNLESS IT EXPLICITLY SAYS IT SAVED? because i just found this out :')

first, meet eric "lijie" yuan

ID/Further explanation: "Eric" Lijie Yuan is a 24 year old gay man who, prior to meeting Cadence accidentally, worked as a bartender and waiter. His parents head a real estate empire and immigrated to the US from Shanghai, China; he cut ties with the family when he was 18 and fought for custody of Gavin on child abuse grounds. His facial scars are from having a wine glass broken on his face by his father. He almost always wears his leather motorcycle jacket and a long sleeve shirt, because he prefers to keep his body mostly hidden, and he doesn't actually own that much clothing because he's reluctant to spend money on himself. He was a pretty good bartender and liked experimenting with drinks, but he is a lightweight. Having his hair up for too long gives him prolonged headaches and neck aches, so he only puts his hair up for work. Eric is also quite afraid of the dark and likes falling asleep with his phone on, so the screen turns off after some time. Eric doesn't use many pet names in general, especially in his relationship, but he does call Gavin "baby," "kiddo," "bud/little bud," and "sunshine." He is prone to panic attacks and has extreme agoraphobia from being isolated growing up, so meeting new people is hard. When he does panic, he's most likely to close his eyes and sit still for a few hours until he's functional again. He's also very good at staying quiet when he's mad or when he disagrees with something.

now, meet gavin!

ID/Further explanation: "Gavin" Faijie Yuan is Eric's 10 year old brother, and he's an absolute sweetheart! Gavin likes finding the happiness and fun in everything, and his favorite thing is making people happy, especially when he gets to do fun things with his older brother, Eric. He's very hard to upset and doesn't get truly mad often, but he can be quite judgemental and often speaks out of turn. He's pretty blunt and honest, so he sometimes says things that can come off as rude, if not mean. Gavin does have a good intuition of people, however. His favorite subject is math and his favorite color is yellow, like the sun! He likes things that glow and his favorite shoes are light-up Sketchers. His pajamas are Eric's old clothes that he no longer wears, because it comforts Gavin when Eric has long late night shifts at the bar. He also suffers from some pretty bad separation anxiety from Eric, getting fidgety and sometimes panicked when he isn't with Eric for long periods of time. Growing up, their parents called Eric "thief" more than they used his name, and Gavin sometimes forgets that it's not Eric's name. Most of the time, he calls Eric "Dad." When he's upset, Gavin has a habit of fiddling with his shirt or other fabrics, like tablecloth or bedding. When he's very scared or sad, he'll hide, not wanting to see anyone. But when he's happy, he balls up his fists and shakes around, most usually shaking his fists up and down.

now lets hear it for cadence!

ID/Further Explanation: Cadence Beaulieu is a 26 year old Youtuber and drag queen who goes by the name Songbird. His content is mostly make-up tutorials and reviews, though he does a lot of vlogs and often posts drag performances, and his channel as of the au has roughly 14 million subscribers. He has three moles near his eye that he fills in with eyeliner to make a heart, and he prefers skirts and loose pants, so he ends up dressing and styling himself more feminine regularly. He usually has long acrylic nails (there was a small scandal when he suddenly had two short nails…) Absolute GNC queen! He is pretty good at not making snap judgements and thinking through situations and relationships before making decisions, but when he does make decisions, he's quite decisive. Along that vein, he can hold pretty strong grudges, and you have put in the effort to earn his trust back. He's pretty good at hiding his emotions as well, but he has very, very strong emotional reactions. If anything, he can be kind of passive-aggressive if he's really pissed. Cadence has had bad experiences with fans finding him in the wild in the past, so he's wary of unexpected fan interactions but he loves all his little birdies so much! His Youtube channel blew up while he was getting his PhD in emergency medicine, so he's also actually a doctor, and he had to pick a career path after a fan interaction went south while he was on the clock working on an ambulance. Cadence often wears make-up all along his neck, sometimes even his shoulders if they're going to be exposed, because he has pretty bad body dysmorphia. He has burn scars across part of his cheek, along his neck and shoulders, and all over his back from a house fire he was in when he was young. He likes warmth and fireplaces but he's scared of fire when it's not "contained" to a candle, a fireplace, etc.

more on marlowe :D

ID/Further Explanation: Marlowe Doyle is a 30 year old English professor who specializes in Elizabethan theater, such as Shakespeare and his contemporaries. His pronouns are he/they/she and they currently identify as genderqueer, homoromantic, and asexual! He also has a mild case of hemophilia and a pretty bad fear of needles. He will style himself masculine or feminine depending on how he's feeling, but he will almost always look like he's from the 1960's. He changed his name in college so while he's a fan of Shakespeare, his name is from Christopher Marlowe, and his favorite play is Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. He's incredibly romantic and enjoys the position of best kisser in the polycule. He has a very big bowtie collection, with over 100, and he's been slowly developing a sock collection. He has a very bad memory and is prone to forgetting things, so he journals daily. He comes off as very overconfident, which is his bouncing back from being walked on and used in college. He also is quite vulgar and quick-tempered, very quick to judge, but he's aware of this problem and tries to withhold his judgement. Especially if he's proven wrong. Marlowe is quite eccentric and loud, and it's rare to catch him just soft. He doesn't admit being wrong and doesn't often apologize, but he adjusts his attitude immensely and is very introspective. He also would do anything for education, he loves learning and loves teaching, loves it when his students are excited. He also has a very funny transatlantic accent.

david time

ID/Further explanation: David Aosora is a 27 year old gay trans artist. He works mostly in oils and his style has been described as urban impressionism, but he also enjoys chiseling marble, stone, and quartz, as well as carving wood. He has ADHD and is prone to hyperfocusing on his art, but also forgets to take care of himself often and he hates having to be responsible. Often, he wears cheaper clothing to wear while painting, he has clothes from maybe a decade ago that he still wears. He also likes that it hides his boobs but he doesn't have the energy to care too much, similarly he says he's too lazy to commit to surgeries. He's also afraid of commitment. Whenever he has to clean himself up, he has nice slacks and button downs he wears, as well as a few binders. Being too serious makes him a bit depressed so he does not. He is also lowkey quite strong from lifting his statues and such, but he doesn't really recognize it. He also has crazy bad eyesight, he's very nearsighted and can't legally drive without his glasses, but he hasn't gotten his eyes checked since he was 19 years old. David is quite short-tempered and impulsive, smarter than he seems, given his irresponsible disposition. His fear response is also anger and vitriol. He has cut off his entire family and does not have any real support structure, but he doesn't like talking about why.

LETS HEAR IT FOR DRACO!

ID/Further explanation: Draco Jiménez, born Draco Umbra, is a 30 year old actor. He was born into a mob family and he ran away when he was 16, walking from his hometown of Las Vegas to Los Angeles over the course of a month. From there, he was unhoused for a time, got a job as a line cook, and then a photographer for a modeling agency saw him in passing and suggested he apply. From there, he became a model, was scouted to be an extra, then found an agent who pushed him into auditioning as a secondary character in a television show. And things spiraled. He became famous. He prefers working in action or comedy, or both, and he's most known for both. He's not the brightest, often susceptible to being manipulated for others' gain (such as when his old manager/agent/boyfriend got him into hard drugs and abused him) but he loves being loved and loves loving. He wants his loved ones to be okay, safe, happy, and he wants to help how he can. His favorite jacket is a leather jacket that was oversized on him when he was 19, shooting his first ever television show, and it fits perfectly now. He usually wears that jacket with a comfortable t-shirt and tight pants, preferring well-fitting clothes or skinny clothes rather than baggy because he wasn't allowed well-fitting clothes as a child. His favorite color is bright red, like fire, and he has his ears pierced as well as his nose, which was done while he was unhoused. He shaves his face every day because his ex said he looked scruffy with facial hair, and he has a very loud, boisterous laugh. Draco loves cooking for people! Because of his upbringing, he is often confused by normal things, unaware really of "gender" and "oil paintings," but he craves a life where he can just come home to his family and cook and sit on the couch with his loved ones and hug them. He now gets that life for the most part. His favorite sweets are strawberries, especially strawberry ice cream with the chunks in it. He's very prone to disassociation, especially when he's reminded of his past, and his nervous tick is rubbing his wrist scars, which are usually hidden under a series of bracelets. Gavin made him a friendship bracelet within a few days of knowing him and Draco never takes them off. Most of his scars are quite easy to hide. He has kind of been beaten down such that he no longer gets truly angry and when he is mad, he is usually able to breathe it out, but if he does snap, it's similar to when he has a panic attack, and he loses control of himself.

Phillip Prince

ID/Further explanation: Phillip Prince is a 31 year old defense lawyer, who specializes in representing defendants with defamation and libel claims, as well as criminal privacy charges. He very much hates social media but he enjoys those fun word apps, like Wordle. When he was a graduate student, he had a small job with the Supreme Court and was kidnapped in a terrorist incident in association. He was tortured and held for ransom for a bit under a year, when he and the other survivors were saved. He is missing his left eye and his left leg was injured, so he uses a cane. He does not like having his photo taken and he works from home, currently, but he does dress quite professionally normally, especially in court. His hair is graying from stress and he used to be very extroverted and loved having relationships with people. His parents are negligent and after the kidnapping incident, he cut ties completely, but some ticks continued, such as how he covers his mouth when he smiles. His favorite eyepatch has an embroidered rose on the front, which he emblazoned himself. His face is covered in freckles and he is very prone to blushing, and his ears get red when he feels any strong emotion. He is prone to random mood swings and panic attacks, and can be triggered by seemingly innocuous things (being called pretty). He feels quite righteous often and doesn't like raising his voice but is fully capable of getting mad. He paces when he's angry. He doesn't care too much about his scars anymore, mostly just surprised by his own appearance. He is a huge fan of red wines, especially merlot, and has expensive tastes for the most part. He is, however, a lightweight but he likes drinking and the taste of wine too much to care.

who is macbeth donner?

ID/Further explanation: Macbeth Donner is a 30 year old talent agent who often represents children or young adults in movies specifically. He himself was a child star and he has a lot of unresolved trauma from adult figures who abused him in the industry. He is aware of it, however, and wants to keep children in the industry safe now that he has the power to. His hair is almost always laden with gel and he enjoys having his entire body covered, including a small collection of scarves. His body temperature also runs quite cold so he wears layers. He was raised pretty rich and has needed to unlearn a lot of work ethic problems. He also has a lot of internalized homophobia. He recognizes that he's been raised pretty bigoted and is pretty diligent in fixing himself internally, mostly because he wants to be better for his clients. Also, he does not care about his clients' parents. He cares most for his clients' well beings. He is very poised, regardless of how he's feeling, so when he is very expressive it must be a big problem. He is a hazard to his own safety and cannot be trusted with weapons, as his trauma involves a lot of prop weaponry, especially prop guns. He will bottle things until he explodes. Macbeth is also incredibly paranoid in his personal life and doesn't trust people on principle, as he is kind of a control freak, so it takes a while to earn his trust.

like i mentioned, i've written....a lot. and worldbuilt a lot.

this is a little synopsis of everyone and how they look, how they've changed, and some of their individual stories!

technically, phillip and marlowe are the first to meet, because they're roommates in their freshman year of undergrad.

phillip and draco are the first to meet and establish the polycule when draco's (now ex) manager/agent/boyfriend publicizes his nudes and alleges he's an abuser, in retaliation for draco firing and breaking up with him. phillip wins him the case and draco asks if they can hang out, because phillip seems very kind.

.,.,,.., anyway.,.,.,,...., here's what ive been working on .,.,,.,.., i hope y'all enjoy the trajectory these guys have gone in uwu

[soft-serve-soymilk]

For Cynthia

(Soft oc asks) 4 - Forehead kisses or hand kisses?

@hungrydolphin91

The oc rambles continue :3

Hello and welcome to another long overdue OC ask :3c. Today I shall cover perhaps the only “normal” person living in my head— Cynthia :D (Well, she is probably insane but everyone around her is worse, so it cancels out /j (my head children are great ty very much))

Cynthia Conifer Smith, 15, is a soul addled with executive dysfunctional issues (mood), a love for anime and other assorted melodramatic Japanese media (and Mario kart), a passion for making esoteric lil potions aka mocktails,, and a need to thrive in this capitalistic society by owning a babysitting side hustle which operates mostly by chucking kids in the garage where she has a lil arcade set up and proceeding to watch them fail miserably at said arcade games. I absolutely love her to pieces. She is also pansexual~

Unlike many of her half-breed Lucid Dreamer friends, Cynthia remains 100% a pure and wholesome human :>. And much like Inigo, she immigrated to Amonea in her childhood. The circumstances, however, being a lot less tragic and a lot more wholesome than him. You see, Cynthia originated from a region of Byrgir with stiff academic competition and pressure to succeed, something which really took a toll on her brother, who only wanted to be an artist in life. Her brother was aware that with her neurodivergence, life would be increasingly miserable for her, especially since their parents were the type for no accommodations and high expectations. So after argument after argument, he took Cynthia with him as they moved to Amonea, and has been raising her ever since~

Cynthia integrated well into Amonea, made even better by the fact that there was another newcomer at the same time as her! This ended up being Inigo, and they have been the bestest of friends ever since <3. However. It was not like this friendship was without it’s incidents. Cynthia with her #quirky energy and earnest demeanour, at some point, made herself quite the target for juvenile mean girl bullying. This escalated to the point where at one point it looked like she was about to be cornered, when *shwiiiip*!!! Inigo dashes to protect her. with his pocket knife brandished. in front of too many people. during lunchtime at school.

He got promptly suspended (perhaps the start of his delinquent behaviour, in a way)

On the other hand the bullying stopped :D. And being both made outcasts, they found a newfound depth to their friendship that wasn’t there before.

There’s also another interesting moment in their 6 years of shared history. Due to the twin disappearances of the Dandelions (Dism and Archus), Amonea schooling has quite the lean into mental health, asking for help, stranger danger, y’know, related concepts to what happened in 2002-2003. And at one point both Cynthia and Inigo were called to do a research assignment about ✨depression✨ (At a level suitable for their age). And Inigo takes this assignment far too seriously bc that’s what he does, he needs the best grades for everything. It was incidentally at this point where he wrongly assumes that by having thrown Archie’s diary filled with very important pictures even though why he did it was largely not his fault, he set Archie on a very bad spiral ultimately culminating in, well, suicide. Please read his oc ask and fish around my blog for the tags where I cover this I promise it makes more sense when I discuss this through the lens of himTM

Anyway due to this “revelation” Inigo essentially shuts down into a state of immense listlessness and fear. And obv Cynthy wants to know what’s wrong, so she tries talking to him when he’s alone. And he. He looks at her with these scared wide open puppy dog eyes, and runs away 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 (he is so scared that by getting close, the same will inevitably happen to her). So!!! Cynthy decides enough is enough. This poor child absolutely needs to know there’s always someone happy and bright and there for him, she reasons, and with her love for anime in tow she dyes her hair in the brightest possible colour she can think of- pink! And she’s been keeping it that way ever since it’s been like Inigo’s heart has been encased in ice, and then further chained in the prison that is his mind (perhaps waiting for a certain bright-eyed bisexual boy to shine a gentle light to wake him up again so he can free himself… wait no I’m not doing this I’m not ready for Disigo feels this GODDAMN TIME OF NIGHT—)

(QPRs peaked at Dism and Inigo fyi)

Anywayyy Cynthy has matured(?) into quite the air headed fanfic author, and a particular enthusiast of RichAss of Tales of Graces fame. She’s a moodmaker, loud and extroverted, much unlike her best friend. She embroils herself in Dism’s newfound circumstances regardless of whether she has powers or not bc she wants to make herself feel useful, not unlike Dism’s true motivation (perhaps with less misguided/darker reasoning than him :>). Quite an out-of-the-box thinker!

Anyway for the question that has been bequeathed to me— hand or forehead kisses? Well, I think Cynthia would take the hand kisses <3. She’s a bit of a playful person, and ofc we have that media influence bleeding right through. But also, she has bangs that are in the way! However,, I do think that when it comes to giving kisses, she would be pecking Archie and Idyllia on the forehead (I like to imagine them in a polyamory sometimes, and trust me you have not seen anything fluffier). Those two deserve something honest and direct after all!!

And that concludes the latest ramble session <3. For those that read to the end,,, I hope you enjoy all the information!! See you in 5 months :D

[darthkvznblogs]

I know that you don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving, but hope you have a good one anyway! BTW, what would our Earth-dwelling characters from the last year do for Thanksgiving, anything particularly noteworthy?

Thank you! We definitely don't celebrate - some here on the US-Mexico border do, on account of having family over on the other side of the river, but our closest family lives hundreds of miles away. We did get gifted a whole dang turkey though. My mom was not happy - it's way too much food for us - but I ain't complaining, I love turkey.

Anyway, the only ones to talk about are the BH6 crew here, I'm afraid. This'll give you all some details on their backgrounds, though, so I hope that'll tide you over!

-I think Cass is absolutely the type to go all out, even if it's just for their small family. The Hamadas do have extended family (and you might get a crossover among them), but half of it is back in Japan and the other half lives on the East Coast, so it's usually just the three of them - Cass closes the Lucky Cat early and the boys (mostly Tadashi) help her put the feast together. Since they always make too much food, Cass offers some leftovers to her regulars the next day!

-GoGo is estranged from her family in South Korea, (except for her dad, who travels pretty much all the time, and whom she moved with to the US when he separated from his wife) so she's been practically on her own since she was a tween. She's never really cared about thanksgiving, but Honey Lemon has invited her over ever since they became friends. She doesn't always go - she gets fed up with being around too many people easily, and HL's family is enormous.

-Speaking of Honey Lemon, she's the eldest of eight siblings, and most of her extended family lives in the city; there's a veritable potpurri of traditions celebrated in her household - HL and her siblings are third-generation immigrants, so there's at bare minimum Japanese, Mexican, and American roots in there. It's a big event! Also, a very loud event, with lots of kids and pets running around, hence GoGo passing on the invite sometimes.

-Wasabi also lives on his own, but he does visit his family upstate for Thanksgiving. He's an only child, and his parents are very easy-going and laidback - hippies who stuck with the lifestyle - so they don't see eye to eye on a lot of things, but they do love each other and spend a nice afternoon catching up. Wasabi handles the baked goods! His obsession with perfect measurements makes him rather good at it, hahaha.

-Fred and his mom attend fancy Thanksgiving dinners with the upper crusts of San Francisco. He gets bored easily, and usually bounces as soon as his mom gives the okay, hanging out with the other bored rich kids till he gets bored of them, too. Heathcliff usually takes him home, then, and if he's lucky, his dad will join him for a quick bite before he goes off and does whatever it is he does for a living (Fred has no clue lol).

[woobie-wan]

My last reblog triggered a whole bunch of thoughts and feelings so I suppose I'll write those out at 3 in the morning. It's not like I have to work tomorrow. (It's a holiday ☺️)

I'm predominantly of Scandinavian ancestry through my dad, and our ancestors who immigrated to Turtle Island came by way of England and Scotland (and a little bit of Ireland). Overall very Protestant. But this isn't the whole picture. On my mother's side I am French, Polish (including Ashkenazi Jewish) and First Nations. Very Catholic! Including the residential school my great-grandfather appears to have attended. (He never renounced his faith though so I want to respect that also.) To my dad's side of the family, this heritage is enough to make me less-white or non-white. Dad is still convinced I'm Metis even though I've explained that it doesn't work like that. My dad has always tried to be a good parent to me to the best of his ability (he has struggled with schizophrenia), I'd like to note ... but I did feel like I was considered somehow lesser than my cousins by the family. My grandparents on that side never cared about me or helped me, for example ... while they paid for my blonde cousin's university. My eyes are just as blue. My hair is light brown. I'm paler than Eminem. But my mom didn't pass for white to those who care about such things so that's all there is to it. That's how whiteness as a concept operates. Insidiously.

Knowing about my mom's heritage and observing how people treated her has saved me from acting like a jackass on so many occasions, which is a pretty big accomplishment as the WASP powers of bitchiness are strong and I'm kind of a cocky person in general. I feel like my mother's family, for all their generational trauma and personal problems, actually had morals and standards. Had lines that could not be crossed. My dad's side is mostly like an abyss of vapid materialism and all that's saved my dad is the poverty inflicted upon him by society's indifference to the mentally ill. Which definitely isn't great! But at least he's less of a racist asshole than most of his relatives.

So anyway. I will claim my Viking heritage. It is mine, too. You don't get to use whiteness to disconnect me from my forebears. I will respect any and all ancestors who actually believed in worthwhile things and behaved honourably.

[girltomboy]

So the decision my bf ended up making was to give up on this semester, study for the next one and get a job in his hometown, save up money to pay his uni debts AND move to the big city next year to finish the rest of his exams. Which is a faulty plan, but at least he didn't fully drop out (a decision for which he gave credit to his friend, who told him not to drop out once, not me or his parents, who have been saying this since forever, but NEVERTHELESS-)

He came over on Thursday to leave some documents at uni, and we spent the weekend together. Our only friend here didn't want to hang out (in reality he was working and we were too lazy to go visit him at work on the other side of the city, but his hostile tone didn't give us many signs of our presence being actually wanted) 🥲 so we ended up going to the house of an old dorm neighbor of my boyfriend's, met his gf and spent an evening there while he ranted about religion. I'm gonna be honest, it was a bit of a shock to me to discover that such people really exist. I mean generally I'm good at wrapping my head around all the different kinds of people who exist in the world, right. I like to believe I'm pretty good at perceiving diverse ideas, personalities, tastes, experiences, etc. outside of my bubble. Right.

Now I don't know what it was, but hearing this guy talk about god and religion in a highly conservative way I haven't even heard my PARENTS talk really shook and scared me a bit. Like he was ranting about immigrants and gays worse than any elderly religious person I've met, and we're talking about a guy who's barely entered his early 20s. Talking about "we have to keep our country clean" when our country has historically never been "clean" in the way he means it, like ever. He proudly told us the story of how he moved out of the dorm because he got paired with a Baptist roommate (a BLACK man too!). Well, according to him it wasn't really the sole reason, but a pretty decisive factor, probably. Anyway, he had a male way of dominating conversations, so fortunately I didn't have to say much (neither did his girlfriend, but he made her wash the dishes, sooo 🤡). But he did put my boyfriend in the spotlight because he mentioned having visited some monasteries with his parents last week. And he casually said it felt pleasant to just be there with his parents, so his friend got activated and started telling him he should do it more often, pray, believe, start reading prayer booklets, etc. He went on all sorts of tangents about how god works in mysterious ways, and suffering is the blessed path. Later on two other dudes showed up (apparently my bf knew them from the dorm too) and they were pretty much as pious as their buddy. So when they arrived, the Christian guy started over and once again centered my boyfriend's beliefs in his rant, and even spoke with his MOM over the phone about how she should take him to church more often, MAKE him pray, MAKE him read prayers, etc. And my boyfriend did not seem to mind, maybe because he was the center of attention during the entire discussion, maybe because they made him explore a topic to which he hadn't given much thought before (although he does describe himself as an atheist, he admitted he felt some sort of inner peace during the monastery visits, which... I kind of understand, but to jump from that simple comment to - YOU HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH NOW, THE LORD IS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF YOU AND YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO HIS CALL is a bit 🙄), but EYE was pissed off not just on my own cause my religious trauma was getting activated, but also on his behalf because it seemed to me like they had all cornered him and were pushing him into this whole thing without taking into account his opinion, his wishes, his beliefs AT ALL. And mind you, he was preaching all this stuff while rolling a joint, so if you ask ME, sincerity might not be his strongest suit.

After the religious conversation died down, he started telling an interminable story about some kind of journey he and his girlfriend had (ironically, his girlfriend is also an immigrant, but he probably doesn't consider her as such because of geopolitical reasons 🤡 that's just another slice of his fascism cake). His girlfriend uttered 3 sentences at most, while he bragged about how he organized so many people of so many backgrounds, races, and ethnicities that were traveling with them and became their leader basically. I understood nothing of his story (as much of a chatterbox he is, he sucks at it) but at least we got stoned and my bf suggested we go home after a while. And we had enough time to catch the night bus. On the way home I tried to rant about the religious fella, but we were both too cold and tired, and my boyfriend seemed set not necessarily on defending him, but on finding excuses for him. I guess I get it because they were dorm buddies, and my bf said he didn't use to be so god-crazy before, maybe I got triggered because of my religious past. His talking points were one of the main things that drove me away from organized religions in general. I feel like I shed all traces of respect and inclination towards organized religions, but I kept at least a little bit of spirituality that has nothing to do with them. However, this guy seemed like the polar opposite: all religion but no spirituality, no empathy whatsoever. I mean he wasn't terrible, he was a good host and seemed friendly, affectionate with his gf, generous, overall warm. Until he started talking, that is. 🤪

[crane--here]

permission to be annoying granted

aiden: he's canonically around 20 years old and honestly it SHOWS. he has very little knowledge about the world before the fall and is generally very. VERY inexperienced. everyone comments on how young he is. also i KNOW that tymon apparently claimed that aiden is quite tall but i don't see it. at all. even jonah claimed that aiden is on the shorter side iirc and honestly - it works way better considering he excels at parkour. bigger height is a disadvantage when it comes to jumping around like that and generally makes you less sneaky (which - side note - is also why i headcanon that crane had harder time parkouring or doing things like crawling in the vents because he's big and broad lmao). so yeah aiden is small, on eye level with lawan. scrawny too. as for ethnicity? i personally headcanon that he's a white american simply due to his accent lol. i know he could've very well picked it up from (i presume?) soldiers that "raised" him or other survivors but even then my hc is that his parents were american immigrants that sought shelter in villedor. waltz simply snatched a tourist child 😭

hakon: at the VERY LEAST in his mid 30s. could be older but then tbh that makes certain plot points even more icky... (iykyk). so i'm sticking to the "is 10 years older than aiden" consensus. he looks older than he is but hey it's because he's got an old man's soul in him you know. poke him and he shatters like glass. i agree with the height! he's... honestly pretty average lol. i guess fit considering he was a soldier and then nightrunner but that's it. and i do firmly believe he's french. villedor seems to be somewhere in france (and it seems like hakon IS from this city), the accent, the appearance (it's the vibes. can't explain it) and also the guy he's modeled after IS french so i mean. hon hon hon

lawan: we do know she's older than aiden! she was 9 when aiden was 5, so i wager around the same age you gave her. a bit on the taller side for a girl - like i mentioned before, on eye level with aiden. pretty fit and agile! also i love love LOVE the SEA headcanon. not sure from where exactly she'd be (and honestly i think she wouldn't have any idea herself either, seeing how distant her parents were). i also hc her as part black seeing as rosario dawson is her face AND voice

frank: an old fuck, 50+ years old. tries to reason he's not THAT old but considering they live in a world where mortality rate is higher than ever before he's considered a senior citizen. pretty tall! has a beer belly. bit of a dad bod all around honestly. he's irish

juan: honestly he seems like he's in his late 30s bordering on very early 40s tbh. that kind of age where he still feels young but is experienced you know? he's very. VERY defensive about claiming he's 6'0. he's 5'10 actually. he gets unbelievably pissed off about people pointing that out it's hilarious. seething because he fears his height might scare away the hoes. anyway i headcanon that he's of argentinian descent

waltz: another old fuck. 50+ years old. and oh he's tall alright. okay maybe not. terrifyingly and menacingly so but still considered a tall guy. LOVE the idea that he's greek. adopting this hc now. other than that i think he's american really (going by his name and all). he was simply transferred to villedor by the gre when the thv outbreak progressed

sophie: i hc she's 27 years old or so. i absolutely love the idea that she's the archetype of the short person who can and will kick your ass. as she should. no idea what her and barney's nationality could be. simply american i guess

barney: around aiden's age (which makes aiden addressing him like he's younger infinitely funnier). tall and lanky

and bonus spoiler heavy bloody ties headcanons under :3

astrid: TALL QUEEN. i believe she was in her early 30s before the fall so she'd be in her 50s as well. aged like fine wine basically. afro-american, she came to villedor in pursuit of better career opportunities and she hit a gold spot there

ogar: oh he's BIG. the old age might've shrinked him just a little but you can still tell he was a fighting champion. also in his 50s. not sure about his race or nationality, other than that he's DEFINITELY got italian in him

ciro: BABY BOY!!! he did NOT inherit his parents' tall genes. he's not that short (he's taller than aiden in my hc) but it's still funny when you put him next to his family. honestly i would believe if he's a little bit younger than aiden but only by like. a year. can't go lower than aiden's age 😭 ciro is just really immature. he's mixed race because i do believe in the theory that astrid might actually be his mom

abel: A FUCKING GIANT LIKE HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN HIM. that fucking npc that says "he's so big" when we first meet him. yeah i feel you. he even towers over his dad. i headcanon he might be in his mid 20s. like up to 28 or so. same as ciro, he's mixed race

Mutuals lemme know your DL2 character height/age/nationality headcanons cuz I have no idea what is going on

Aiden: I have zero idea. He was born pre-fall so I’d say 18-20 ish? Every time he drinks I just go wow wait till Craaaane find out about this. Height idk I hc him as. Very short. Scrawny. Underfed stray.

Hakon: OKAY I know everyone says he’s French buy,,,does he actually say that in game? Is it just the name+accent tho. Age I’d say 35 or older. Average height. Maybe 6’0 under. Lame old fuck.

Lawan: I’m really buying the sea idea, I think she’s around 23-25.

Sophie: couldn’t decide if I want her to be Lawan’s tall/mature gf or baby queen.

Barney: obviously younger than Sophie around 23 no more than 25. Very tall. Scrawny. Boy got his ears pierced at Clair’s but at least he’s over drinking age.

Aitor and Juan I guess both in their early 40s, although I think Aitor’s older. Neither of them are tall. (Oh yeaaah Aitor’s British)

Waltz: no idea. Not full white tho. I’d say some middle eastern or greek heritage.

Astrid: my fucking mom she looks stunning I don’t care about her age😭😭😭

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As You Were Once

For Bio Dad Bruce Wayne Month Day 14: De-aged

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Marinette was waiting at the airport for her dad, Cass, Damian, Tim and Steph. Lucius had said that there were some important things to handle in the Paris branch of WE and had insisted upon Bruce dealing with it himself. Then the others wanted to join him, leaving Dick as Batman for the week, Signal, Red Hood, Oracle and the Birds of prey to protect Gotham. Alfred had decided to go on a vacation when most of the Manor's occupants were coming to Paris and Duke would be staying with Jason for the next week. 

The five of them had promised that they wouldn't interfere in case of an akuma attack. Though Marinette was sure that they weren't going to sit back if they decided their help was needed. But hopefully they wouldn't deal with anything too severe this week. 

She waves as she spots her siblings, all of them with the exception of Steph trying not to draw attention to themselves. 

“B’s still getting everything sorted at customs and immigration,” Tim informs her once she’s finished hugging all of them.

She frowns, “was there a problem with something?”

“He’s keeping up his cover,” Damian states.

“He’s being unnaturally friendly to someone he hasn’t done a background check on,” Steph says.

“It was starting to get creepy,” Cass adds.

Marinette probably would have run away too. Galas were one thing, everyone there had been through an extensive background check but the whole Brucie Wayne act in front of people he knew absolutely nothing about was a completely different level of strange.

Their conversation turns to everything she’s missed since their last conversation. She gets a very detailed update on Damian’s pets 

They weren't waiting long before they were joined by B. Though he had to leave almost immediately to WE apparently whatever he had come for had been more urgent than they had realised. 

Once her dad is gone the five of them head to the bakery, while there wasn't space for everyone to stay at the bakery, all of them had wanted to spend time with the Dupain-Chengs. 

.oOo.

They're all at the bakery when the screaming starts. All of them immediately jump up but before any of them can join her she stops them and tells them to cover for her. Tom and Sabine don't know her identity and her siblings can't risk theirs over what’s probably a simple akuma attack. 

Promising them she'll call if she needs help she transforms and heads in the direction of the akuma. Adrien's already there but the others aren't supposed to transform unless needed. It's pretty close to WE. Marinette hopes her father actually remembered his promise and didn't become a target. 

She stops to rescue a larger number of children then she'd normally have to. Why are there so many children outside during an akuma attack?

It's only when she stops in front of a boy who appears to be about seven who looks exactly like the photos Alfred has of her father at that age does she figure out what the akuma's powers are. 

De aging. 

Marinette asks him anyway, there is always the possibility that a random Parisian child looks exactly like a seven-year-old version of her father.

It is not a random Parisian child. Marinette is the holder of the miraculous of good luck, you really would think she’d have better luck.

She crouches down so that she’s at his eye level, “I’m going to take you somewhere safe. Is that ok with you?”

He looks unsure but he nods. Picking him up, she swings back to the bakery as fast as possible. She calls Nino, Alya and Kagami and tells them there's a family emergency and to take care of the akuma and to bring it to her so she could purify it. 

Landing in an alleyway near the bakery, she de-transforms. She doesn't bother with telling him to keep her identity a secret. He already knows in the future and he's definitely not going to talk to someone who doesn't already know who she is.  

Holding his hand she leads him to the bakery. She tells Damian to get the others up and takes her dad (wow, is it strange to think of an approximately seven year old as her dad) to the living room.

She tells Tikki to give tiny Bruce something to occupy his time while she and her siblings figure something out. As they all join her upstairs, she sees as each of them realise what's happened and go from shock to laughter. 

"He doesn't remember anything. The others are taking care of the akuma. Figured you’d need help taking care of him," she says before Tim can ask. 

"Hasn't happened yet," Cass states. 

The laughter from a few seconds ago is gone. They all know what she's talking about. This Bruce Wayne hasn't lost his parents. 

This Bruce Wayne also seems to be glaring at them, he also looks scared. She can’t blame him, he wasn’t offered much of an explanation before she brought him here.

"Where are my parents?” he demands, “The girl who brought me here obviously seems to be some kind of superhero. Who are the rest of you?"

None of them look shocked that he knows that she’s Ladybug but none of them are dwelling on that. He asked for his parents what could they even tell him? They obviously can't tell him his parents are dead but they also know it wouldn't be fair to lie to him. 

"Would you like to talk to Alfred?" Tim asks suddenly. They all sigh in relief when he nods. 

Marinette calls Alfred but doesn't hand the phone to tiny Bruce immediately, it would definitely be more painful for Alfred than any of them to deal with him in this state. 

As soon as he picks up, Marinette starts speaking, "there was an akuma and dad became small and he's asking for his parents and we offered to call you instead."

Alfred being Alfred remains calm and asks her to hand the phone to tiny Bruce. All of them are staring at him as he talks to Alfred over the phone. Even though they can hear only one side of the conversation, tiny Bruce seems to calm down. 

Once he ends the call, he hands the phone back to her and says, "Alfred says that some kind of magic made me small and that all of you are very important to me when I become big."

"You're strangely adorable," Steph says. 

He frowns at that and he’s never before looked more like Damian.

“So, what do you like to do when you're bored?” Marinette asks, bending down in front of him and they all watch as one of the world’s greatest heroes rambles on about something his mom showed him last week.

.oOo.

This is the most they’ve ever heard Bruce talk about his parents and Alfred. They’re all listening intently about the woman who was their grandmother right now. Neither of them want to ask for more information. It wouldn't make sense to not know his parents if they were close to him. Alfred mentioned once that Marinette looks startlingly similar to Martha Wayne, Tim wonders if B’s picked up on it yet. Even if he has, Tim supposes, there wouldn’t be any reason for him to dwell on it as far as the Bruce in front of them is concerned his parents are alive and well.

They’ve all snuck pictures of him talking animatedly, he’s too carefree to notice, has no reason not to be. He’s already sent a few to Alfred and the others and immediately switched off notifications. Marinette and Damian do it too when their phones start blowing up, Steph’s just ignoring it and still taking photos and Cass is spamming them back. 

He goes back to watching Bruce talk without the weight he’s been carrying in all the time Tim’s known him.

.oOo.

It's strange, Cass thinks, to see him like this. The closest he's ever been to this relaxed is when all of them are at the manor for something other than a gala or bat business. 

She's alternating between listening to Bruce and tormenting her brothers who stayed back in Gotham. She’s sure if patrol wasn’t starting soon, they would’ve been here already for varying reasons.

She wonders if he’ll remember any of this when he comes back to normal, she’ll have to ask Marinette.

.oOo.

They moved to Marinette’s room in case the Dupain-Chengs check on them. Father’s taking a break from talking and is going through Marinette’s designs, Stephanie and Cassandra are with him. Drake seems to have taken on the responsibility of tormenting the others remaining in Gotham or he’s just texting his boyfriend, Damian doesn’t want to know.

He’s watching as the three of them go through Marinette’s designs, and watches as she gets progressively more flustered as they bury her in compliments, well mostly Stephanie, Cassandra and Father aren’t as vocal but it’s also the most he’s heard Father compliment someone sincerely.

It’s strange to think of the child in front of him as his father. He smiles a lot more and even laughed several times.

And then Stephanie mentions that Damian draws and Father’s asking him if he could look at his drawings. Damian offers him a small smile and unlocks his phone and shows him the recent painting of Titus, Alfred, Ace and Jerry and watches as his Father analyses the whole painting.

Maybe the child in front of him is not the father he’s gotten to know but it is nice to see him all the same.

.oOo.

Marinette’s starting to get worried. It’s been an hour and the others haven’t returned with the Akuma yet. They can’t keep tiny Bruce occupied forever. She’s considering transforming and checking it out when Tim pokes his head out from where he’s sitting on her bed and says, “hey Mari, delivery for you.”

Alya’s standing next to him with the akuma in a jar, looking confused. Marinette sighs, explaining this is going to be interesting.

She climbs up and heads to the balcony before transforming. Alya hands her the jar and Marinette purifies the akuma, calls for her lucky charm and throws it up in the air.

“So…” Alya starts, “wanna explain what that was about?” 

“Family emergency. I’ll tell you about it later. Bye!” and then Marinette’s back in her room. Her siblings seem to be panicking and her dad’s not there. The Miraculous Ladybug should have taken him back to where he was. He’s probably standing in the middle of the street completely disoriented.

Detransforming she joins their discussion, or more accurately panicked argument, to let them know what happened. They’re all on their way to the Paris branch of WE in a few minutes. She’s sure one of the employees is bound to have found him and explained things to him but they’re still going just in case.

He’s attacked by hugs when they find him in the lobby of the building, he looks confused as to why but none of them offer any explanation. Steph’s the first one to pull away when her phone starts ringing.

“Shit. We forgot to tell Alfred everything’s fine again.”

Letting go of her dad, she checks her phone and there at the very top of her notifications is a missed call from Alfred. Just one, he’s not anything like the rest of the family as proven by the hundred notifications below that. Steph’s already picked up the call and handed it to B. Marinette sends Dick a message to let him know that everything’s back to normal and to please not come to Paris once patrol’s done.

There are people staring at them, which isn’t surprising but makes her uncomfortable all the same and she knows the rest of them probably feel the same, though Tim might've gotten used to it. They watch in silence as B finishes talking to Alfred and hands Steph’s phone back to her.

He looks over the bunch of them and asks, “did you have something to tell me?”

It feels like forever that they stand awkwardly looking at him before Marinette says, “nope! Nothing important,” and drags her siblings out of the building and back to the bakery. They can talk to him later and Damian’s yawning on their way back. It’s been one hell of a first day in Paris for them, she can’t wait for the rest of the week.