#AND THEIR TALK AFTERWARD. goD. he takes it all back and his son does the same and they're BACK WHERE THEY STARTED

[fatcatlittlebox]

It's interesting that Galadriel has it in her mind that Sauron is the Great Deceiver, an illusionist and manipulator. All of those things are true, but not really as he regards her. She was the goal. She is the light he bends to and for whom he would bend the world. For all their talk of healing Middle Earth and creating perfection, Galadriel is the ultimate end for him, not the means. His need for her light will always usurp his need for perfection. When stripped of his form and face, he is a base creature of need and that is when you see what truly motivates him.

He is drawn to the light. He hungers for it. For all his machinations and schemes as Sauron, this is what he really wants. To feel the light. To bask in it. To feel the peace and freedom that it promises.

So why does he not repent before the Valar or Eru? Why does he turn from their salvation? Initially, he does take up the role of penitent son. He follows after Diarmid who was a human emissary of forgiveness. He listens and remembers. But ultimately, when faced with the choice to save Diarmid and in turn, save himself, he rejects it. He could easily take the hand of this kind, humble man. But he doesn't. Why? Because he, this old man, is humble. It chafes him. So he abandons his own ship. And whom does he collide into next? Galadriel, the embodiment of light without the contrition. This is where his fathomless memory comes into play.

He knows what she has done. He knows she was bound for the Undying Lands. But as Elrond had warned against, she denied the call. She defied the gods. She is like him. And the very next thing that happens upon this revelation is the arrival of The Storm. The Valar have spoken. This union must not be. Amidst this tempest Galadriel offers to bind herself to him. He knows what this offer means and, interestingly, she's struck from the raft by lightning. That was no accident. Lightning, as it is in all cultures, is the touch from the gods. If Galadriel will not willingly go to the Undying Lands, the Valar are going to send her there with a one-way ticket. But Sauron defies the Valar also. Where he had abandoned Diarmid and his ship companions not too long ago, he does something so unlike himself, unprecedented. Unexpected. He dives into the water after Galadriel and rips her from Ulmo’s grasp. She is his. They are unto themselves.

What happens next is his new beginning. He calls Numenor a "paradise, ripe with opportunity." Like I and others have concluded, I don't think Sauron really wanted to leave Numenor. In fact, he tries to convince Galadriel to stay in Numenor as well. She is his peace and light. He asks to keep it, by keeping her, "for both [their] sakes". This is both a warning and a promise. He is already envisioning their glory together.

He ends this conversation by clasping her close, handing Gal her precious dagger and warning her to not make anymore enemies. Again, a promise. They'll call back to this later.

Afterwards, there doesn't really seem to be a practical plan to what he does at this time other than try to be by her side. I think that's actually in keeping with what TROP ends up revealing about Sauron's grand game plan. More specifically, he doesn't have one, or detailed one anyways. His Numenor Halbrand Era seems to be mostly: 1) appease elf 2) stay by her side. And it's genuinely the happiest and most organic the viewer ever sees him. I even think that's why he betrayed Galadriel to Pharazon. So that she would be caught. Again. He'll risk her ire, just to keep her close. She brazenly tries to manipulate him constantly (and really everyone in Numenor) under the banner of saving the world, but he isn't fooled. Like calls to like. She enjoys doing it. She enjoys moving the people around her like pawns. So he lets her. Amusedly so. He even gives her tips on how to do it better. The viewer is even shown the vivid rush they both get from indulging in their mind games.

He has not conjured up any illusions. There are no tricks. In fact, what he offers her is the tempting truth of herself. Still, he is content to follow her, watching her move through the world, bending it with her alluring light and force of will all the while knowing that time is not on his side. So he goes back to what he knows best, forging. He will forge this bond. First with the armor. I’d like to think that as he was making it, he was recollecting her body. How to protect her. How to bind her to him. He remembers everything. He recalls her form, every curve and bone while being with her on that raft on the Sundering Sea.

He remembers gazing at her face, her hair, her hand. It's right there. That might have been where he was inspired. While contemplating those countless hours on the raft, the sun and her light bathing him, he wonders how he can preserve the peace of this moment. He finds himself staring at her hand and the seed of an idea takes root. Rings.

From this point forward, that is Sauron's primary objective. Every memory he has from their time in Numenor to Eregion reinforces his belief. This elf warrior with enough passion to rival his own, so much that he follows her back to the Southlands. The place Diarmid had pointedly told him is nothing but death and despair. He goes back for her. He leaves the place that he describes as "a paradise" because she wills it. She crowns him a king. He lets her. She tells him to spare Adar's life. He does. He says he wants to bind "that feeling" to him always. Galadriel shares those feelings. So he designs two rings. Not one ring of power. Two.

Galadriel has crowned him king of the Southlands. So even after she rejects his offer of unending partnership, he goes to the Southlands again as their king. He still acts as their king because it was what Galadriel wanted. Then he sets his sights on making 9 rings for the kings of men. He insists on this despite the protests of Celebrimbor and it ends up the loose thread that unravels everything. If not for that, he would not have pressed upon Celebrimbor to rush their making. He would not have kept Celebrimbor under his thrall. Eregion might not have fallen. He would not have had to use his blood instead of mithril. He risked so much for these 9 rings. Why does it matter so much? Because he is still going to try to heal the Southlands. He must. That was his vow to Galadriel. That was her wish. He will execute her will as if they were still partners and bound to each other.

But Galadriel doesn't see it or doesn’t want to. Her heart betrays her though. Nevertheless, Sauron still has to make good on his promises. He now has impaled her with the crown of Morgoth, ensuring in some way, they will never be free of each other. But he has not yet made the mate of her ring. He still has to forge the One. I wonder if he will use parts of that crown to make it. It is stained by both her blood and his. He may not have sway over Nenya but another ring can still be forged to bind them. I think that is his grand vision, to create that paradise for them to stand side by side again. A healed world where this warrior elf could finally put down her sword and grant him his peace and forgiveness by way of her light. Where his touch does not leave a dark stain of malice. Because Middle Earth is the only place where they may meet again in the light. It is the only place left where he may follow where she has tread. All other doors are shut.

[elmaxlys]

i love everyone that took the time to vote on this. smoochies.

[moodymisty]

Emps stealing away his son’s wife for a bit is shitty and incredibly toxic behaviour, worst dad of the year award unquestionably goes to him. That being said, we could always make it more shitty/toxic by having it be a primarch who loves his wife so so so much and would be the most emotionally affected by that kind of stunt being pulled. So I present to you a very funny option for this situation:

Lorgar during the razing of monarchia.

No but wouldn’t it make sense? Lorgar is walking around calling you a goddess, letting the common people worship you and put you on a pedestal. The Emperor thinks this behaviour towards you probably led his son to start idolising him like that. Maybe Lorgar wouldn’t have been like this if you weren’t around. So in the Emperor’s eyes this is a completely normal punishment, you’re a “distraction” to his son and he needs “a break” from you to finally come back to his senses.

Think about it, if a child behaves badly does a parent not take away their toys? And really it’s not the child’s concern on what the parent does with the toys afterwards (in fact, Lorgar should be thankful that he didn’t just kill you in the first place). Lorgar has no right to complain about it, if he wants to get you back then he has to stop this religious nonsense and get back on track with planetary compliances.

And when you return Lorgar is overjoyed to the point of tears but also… concerned. The scars from the fires of monarchia have nearly faded from your skin, but why do your hands shake? Why do you not talk about what happened during your time in the palace? Why does your voice waver when he tries to pry? And when he realises what happened he’s like. Ohhh i get it now. I need to kill my dad, I need to murder that bastard so fucking hard. No love don’t worry this is nothing new, I was already kind of planning to do that these days so this is just new incentive for me

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OH MY GOD THIS OK I'M DOING THIS

It fits in with canon given that Emperor wished to punish Lorgar with razing Monarchia, and taking his little goddess would fit in with the punishment aspect. To try and wrangle Lorgar back into his pen and re-train him since apparently, he has forgotten some things Emperor taught him.

It fits in with his emotionless aspect because he has zero actual love or desire for you, this is merely the punishment for his son but perhaps some things happen, but it's all serving his own self interests, wants and needs.

The traumatic afterwards where Emperor deems Lorgar re-trained enough and returns you to him which makes him overjoyed, only to realize you're traumatized by your time in the palace? Lorgar having to slowly learn what has happened during your absence? That being the moment that really pushes him over the edge in wanting The Emperor's head on a pike?

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[blacklegsanjiii]

Okay but- have you think about just ONE of Sanji brothers being good? Like, Ichiji. The most perfect son. The future king of Germa. Ichiji, the first prince. Who has emotions just like Sanji (even if he struggles with them unlike the blonde) and never, ever punched him before, always intenting to subtly stop Niji and Yonji from beating him up. He wishes he could do more, but he can't now.

Until their mother dies and Judge locks his dear younger brother.

It's like something scream to him that he should get Sanji fucking out of here and leave alongside. And he hears. He saves his dear brother and run away, both, together.

And then, both where rescued by Mihawk and the Warlord!Sanji happens, but with Ichiji too.

Unlike the blonde, he really don't like interacting and prefers to stay hidden/with his parents (mostly Dracule and Croc). He gets surprised when the news about Portgas D. "Fire Fist" Ace being Sanji's boyfriend comes out during Marineford, but he helps stop the execution.

God, anon, this is fucking gold I love it. Holy shit. I love your brain. It got out of hand and like Ichiji is too important for it to be just glanced over.

Ichiji who just can't wrap his head around why they're different but knows he needs to protect Sanji and save him. He may be the Crown Prince, superseding his older sister for whatever awful reason and doesn't understand his emotions like Sanji does and Sora tries to help. Ichiji who helps Sanji get patched up when he can't stop Niji and Yonji and Reiju turns her head and scoffs. Then their mother dies.

Then Sanji dies.

Except he's not dead. He's in the dungeon with a helmet and Ichiji feels the pure rage and eventually breaks them both out and breaks the helmet of Sanji who is so much smaller than he should be. They work on the Orbit and when Zeff attacks and saves them on the rock it takes Ichiji much longer to starve than Sanji but he does. They find Zeff who gave his leg for them and their dreams, for Sanji to find the All Blue and Ichiji to be there for his brother and find his way in life.

When Mihawk picks them up he's absorbing the information he is given and suddenly has two kids coming with him to Kuraigana and they're twins but completely different sizes and Ichiji tells him everything about Germa and what's been happening to them. Mihawk is just staring at the brothers in both disbelief and horror and decides he's not going to really let them out of his sight.

The first Warlord meeting they attend with Mihawk, Sanji is still hiding in Mihawk's coat and Ichiji is glaring at them from Mihawk's side with crossed arms. Everyone is looking at the children but the meeting is normal except for the children reading under the table. The meeting takes forever and they fall asleep and Doffy pulls them both out because he's long, not only is he tall he's just long and when he looks at Mihawk because this is some typa shit Doffy has pulled, like he has kids that he acquired somehow.

"Would you believe they're twins?" Mihawk asks dully as Doffy holds them.

"What the fuck did you do to them?" Crocodile asks.

"They came like that." Mihawk sighs.

"Did you buy children?" Boa asks with anger.

"No, I saved them and Redleg from a rock and they came with me." Mihawk responds. The warlords stare at them. "They're also the presumed dead princes of Germa."

"Hawkeye, with all due respect, what were you thinking?" Jinbei asks as he rubs his temples.

"I don't know." Mihawk answers truthfully.

The next meeting the other four have managed to pull together some things maybe the boys will like. Maybe. There's some drawing stuff, more laid back children's books, a book of maps. The boys are staring at them but give their thanks as they settle in for the meeting and afterwards the warlords try to talk to them but Ichiji answers mostly. Sanji hiding behind him, nervous, as the elder talks to the most dangerous pirates of the seas about their dreams.

When Mihawk goes on the job Croc still takes them first. Sanji and Ichiji are enamored with Anna and the bananawanis and they get along great with her and it's actually really nice for them to have a pet, even for a short period of time that isn't trying to kill them and eat them. At some point Ichiji shoots lasers at somebody who got a little too close. No one was hurt but Baroque works is staring at the kid with confusion as Ichiji shrugs them off. When Crocodile asks the only answer he is given is a shrug by Mihawk.

Then Doffy kidnaps them because there's another job and everyone is arguing over the laser kid and his little cook of a brother and who gets to take them. Doffy sees an opportunity and just takes them without anyone noticing and gets them lunch before they leave and he strings along the city making them laugh. Baby 5 and Ichiji love sparring and Sanji is allowed in the kitchen at his pleasure. When Doffy is holding the three of them to put to bed he can feel a weird feeling in his chest and he doesn't like it. He killed his brother he doesn't want to kill them too.

While Jinbei has them he teaches them about meditation and learns a lot about them because he is much calmer than the previous warlords. He calmly takes Ichiji's worry and agression as he trains them. Ichiji is fiercely protective because of their past. Jinbei simply acknowledges this and says he does need to let Sanji move forward, for both of them to be their own person. Sanji says he should find his own dream and as much as he loves Ichiji his life shouldn't revolve around protecting him. Their mother would have wanted him to be free too and if he's tied to Sanji that isn't freedom. Ichiji thinks a lot about that and decides he's still going to protect Sanji or will beat up whoever beats Sanji up. Jinbei laughs full bellied and loud and says that's a good start and asks if there's anything he likes to do. Turns out Ichiji has been getting a lot of use out of the drawing supplies and Jinbei nods. Of course the brothers have picked artistic talents of their own, similar yet distinct enough to be their own.

When Boa gets them she's going to treat them like the little princes they were except they don't really have clothes for boys there. So they're put in dresses and extra flowy pants and shirts. Boa smiling and taking care of them as they adjust to being royalty where it's not a fight to death or being on edge that they're going to be attacked. Boa and her sisters explain that most royal systems are not like Germa. They find they like the styles of the shirts and pants and dresses better than a lot of things they've worn and they have the ability to show their differences because they've mostly just been dressed in the same type of training clothes. So to be able to not be in training clothes or numbered like in Germa is huge to them and Ichiji runs around with Sanji on his back and they're laughing on the beaches of Amazon Lily and Boa smiles as she puts their joy into her mind forever.

They grow up well loved and doing what they love. Perona fully adopts them as her baby brothers and dolls them up. She's four years older than them and takes them out for the boring parts of warlord meetings/parent hand overs. She is the cool goth older sister who absolutely buys them cigarettes. She, Baby 5, and Ichiji have also somehow formed a makeshift gang that follows Sanji much to his displeasure but it's so fucking funny for laser beams to fry a Marine's cap when they're getting a little too close to Sanji. Or when Sanji is working a waiter or dishwasher or whoever. No matter what the parents say.

Except they miss when Sanji sets off and Ichiji pouts on Kuraigana for months. Sanji doesn't call or write and his poster is fucking awful. When he and Mihawk go to Ace's execution after Perona and Zoro arrive and Ichiji avoids him so that he doesn't wig the swordsman out. During the war his transponder goes off from Mihawk.

"Fire Fist is dating Sanji." Is all that's said so Ichiji joins the fray with his laser eyes. They save Ace and Luffy get them out. He goes with Crocodile after the war. Eventually on Karai Bari when the Strawhats and Ace, newly a part of the crew, show up. Ace and Luffy point at Ichiji and say that he's the red Sanji from Marineford.

"So you guys got Dad arrested, and Mama is dealing with the whole Navy thing by herself and Pops is on your crew?" Ichiji asks Sanji.

"On top of waging war against two emperors which one is dead, and the other is just...fucked up, I guess." Sanji nods.

"You have anything cool now?" Ichiji asks.

"I can sky walk and set myself on fire." Sanji nods.

"Fucking shit if Boa sends her damn snake on us, I'm feeding it to Anna." Crocodile grouses.

"There are much bigger things to deal with." Mihawk assures Crocodile. "For example, Fire Fist needs a proper shovel talk and I'm leaving that up to you both." Mihawk says he leaves.

"Oh right." Ichiji grins as Ace looks at Sanji.

"He helped me escape Tottoland, he doesn't need a shovel talk!" Sanji defends.

"Wrong." Crocodile and Ichiji retort as Sanji sighs and everyone starts asking who the fuck raised them.

[totallyradicalmucky]

Storytime (fluff)

Once again I have written this POS at like 2am. So it’s probably completely incomprehensible, but fuck it we ball. There’s not enough ATHF fics anyways.

Shake strained, gripping the door as tightly as he could. Gritting his teeth to nullify his voice, which hardly could qualify as a whisper like he thought it would.

“How. Long. Is he going to just lie there?”

“Quiet boy. He..he said that the doctor said that he needed to get some rest. And ..so we had to be quiet..so- so that. He could get some rest.”

Meatwad looked into the darkened room, standing just underneath Shake to peer in aswell- he lurches back when Shake closes the door suddenly. His face marginally darker, looking angry as usual. If he could cross a pair of arms he would.

“Well- I’m tired of waiting. I’m hungry. And..I’m bored. There’s nothing on the TV. Who’s gonna read ME- a story? Huh? Not you. What’s uh- How long until Frylock gets better?”

The milkshakes tone broke for just a moment, looking at Frylock’s plain door with a pout. Almost upset. Meatwad just stared up at Shake confused by the rapid change in emotion and replied as honestly he could.

“I dunno...uh..Why don’t we go ask Carl? He can read us a story. That boy got all kinda cool stuff.”

Shake seemed to immediately lighten up at the mention of their neighbor. Almost going to yell something, but forcing himself not to in almost a strain. He made his way outside to the lawn, Meatwad in tow. Quietly rolling along as they “walked” to Carls front door and obsessively knocked on it.

“God. How could I forget! Carl- oh great gods Carl. My one true neighbor, Carl! How does one spend a day without CARL. COME OUT HERE!”

He eventually answered, aggravated like always. Shake equally so since the jersey man had taken so long. Carl’s hands on his hips, he sighed as he was ready for whatever they wanted to drag him into for today.

“Whaddya want.”

Meatwad was the first to pipe up. Especially since Shake was too focused on trying to explode Carl with his mind. The stink eye from the cup really having no effect on the human.

“Frylock’s takin’ a nap cuz the uh, the doctor said he’s uh sick so.. he can’t read us a story.”

Carl looked throughly unimpressed, suppressing a snort.

“So..ya want me. To read you guys..a story?”

In unison, they both agreed, multiple times. Then they started to beg, overshadowing what Carl had to say afterwards until he started to quiet the two food items.

“Now, now, I’m not reading anything until- well uh- I’m not reading in the first place! let’s just get that out of the way. But uh-either way. What does Fryman even have? Like uh what’s he sick with?”

The two talked amongst eachother for a moment, with Carl standing there idly. Shake takes a deep breath and moves forward onto the man’s concrete step, looking Carl deep in the eyes.

“…We don’t really know.”

“WHADDYA MEAN YOU DONT KNOW?”

The cup shrugs. Carl pinches the bridge of his nose, frustrated as he caves in. Moving the two out of the way so he can make his way to the side window of their house, having memorized which window leads to what room at this point. Peeping in on Frylock’s room while the two scramble up next to him, not caring much about personal space. Testing Carl’s patience.

“You think he’s got some super mega virus? It would explain his behavior..and why he’s always been so mean.”

“Yeah, mean to you son. Cause…cause you’re a loser.”

“Do you hear this …slander- Carl? I think Frylock got to him. We may have to put him down”

“What! NO!”

Carl shoves the both of them away from the window. Turning to lean against the house’s wall.

“Shuddup. What did the uh.. doctor- tell you? And dont touch me. I don’t know if whateva yous two got there is contagious.”

Shake rolls his eyes, annoyed by the question.

“Doctors are hacks! They scammed us. He was in there for a few minutes, and he came out only for them to tell us he was cold. You don’t need a doctor to tell you that, and-“

Meatwad looks between the two, watching Carl slowly get up and leave to his house and Shake continue confidently ranting to the wall. The Jersey man rifled through a cabinet until he found his cold medicine, causally walking into the always-unlocked front door of his neighbor’s house. Meatwad rolling in behind him as he was about to enter Frylock’s room.

“What’re you doin.”

“Oh. Uh, delivering some medication from the doctor to your friend here.”

“We can’t afford no medication.”

“The uh- medication fairy brought it. Yeah.”

“Boy I know there ain’t no medication fairy. Don’t play around with me, and give it to me straight.”

“I am ..going to give Fryman some medication..from my house. So that yous, and cup out there- leave me alone. Okay?”

“Oh well that’s real sweet of you Carl, thank you.”

The man grimaced at the meatball before slipping into Frylock’s room to flick him awake. Having second thoughts about giving the weird food guy his medication, but these go away as soon as he hears the dry “thank you” come from his throat. Mumbling a “don’t mention it” himself and exiting quickly, but not before pointing out Shake. Who was staring worriedly through the window and scampered away as soon as Frylock looked over.

They all sat in the living room. Frylock still resting quietly in his room, Carl for some reason ..still hanging around. Meatwad spoke up again, as always.

“So..when he wakes up, does uh..does that mean he’s gonna be all better then?”

“Nah, a cold usually takes a couple days to get betta from. But with this crap? Oh he’ll be a new Fryman in like, 3 days max.”

“Three days is still too looooonggg Carl I can’t survive without being read stories…my stories ohhh my stories….Carl.”

“We dunno how t’ cook either.”

“That too. That’s a… good point actually. I do know how to make lasagna..but that’s really it.”

Carl covers his face with his hands. Even though he knows he’ll stay anyways and have sorta a good time, these guys are fuckin idiots. He wonders where they even keep their books..if they even have them. Just to pass the time till Fryman gets up.

[matthew-gray-gubler-lover]

Sex With Spencer Reid All Seasons (season 9)

If you are under the age of 18, please do not read this story. Thank you.

This will cover what I believe sex would be like with Spencer Reid from season 1 to 15. Warning contains adult situations, Sex. Dirty talk, Orgasms, Crying, Spoilers for all seasons and Spencer Reid being a sex God.

Also includes fingering and oral sex. (Female receiving only.)

These are a little bit longer than I anticipated them to be because I wanted to give a back story as to why the sex is the way that it is for each season. To give it in depth feeling of why Spencer was the way that he was in bed that season.  So I will be posting them by each season rather than all at once. I hope this gives you something to look forward to, and please leave comments,  I will be leaving links to the next season below.

You are a new agent at the BAU and Spencer Reid's girlfriend, the one who takes his virginity and has sex with him for all 15 seasons and beyond.

Spencer Reid knew the first time he saw you walk through the doors of the BAU that you were the one that he was going to love forever. The first time you smiled, he knew it was the only smile that he ever wanted to wake up to. The first time he touched your hand, he knew yours was the only hand he ever wanted to hold. The first time he kissed you, he knew your lips were the only ones that he ever wanted to have pressed against his own. and the first time he made love to you, he knew you were the only one he ever wanted to do this with, and he also knew he would never be the same you or his life now, his love and his only desire.

season 9

In season nine you and Spencer are officially getting married. Spencer chose Valentine's Day as it is the day of love.

Something that you find very romantic. Even though you know that the day is more than just about roses and heart-shaped boxes of candy, you both know that it is a true symbol of love Valentine's Day Has always been a very romantic day for the two of you.

You almost thought that you weren't going to make it to your own wedding. Since Spencer couldn't keep his hands off of you, he wanted to enjoy making love to his fiancée one last time before you were his wife. 

After four mind-blowing orgasms from oral and intercourse, Spencer was finally satisfied with the Amount of loving that he had given you.

When you pulled up to Rossi's, you saw all of the beautiful twinkly lights in the backyard, the archway for the two of you to get married under, rose petals leading the way to the altar/archway.

And there was Penelope, all dressed up in her bridesmaid's dress, light pink with rose petals embroidered on it, and her hot pink heels went wonderfully with it.

JJ and Blake's dresses we're a little bit longer than Penelope's. Penelope's was in true Penelope Garcia fashion, and you wouldn't have her any other way.

While the ladies helped you get ready doing your hair, putting on your makeup, zipping your beautiful white gown up, a ball gown with pink roses embroidered on the bottom, Rossi of course covered the charge of the dress. He told you and Spencer that he thinks of you as his daughter and Spencer as his son, and since he didn't have a daughter to spoil, he wanted to spoil you on your wedding day.

You could see that Spencer was starting to get a little teary eyed as he watched you walk down the aisle on Rossi's arm.

The wedding was beautiful. You had a delicious meal afterwards, catered by Rossi's favorite Italian restaurant.

Then it was time for cake. The four-tiered chocolate cake with chocolate fudge frosting and the cute little bride and groom on top. Spencer and you cut the first slice and he sweetly placed a piece of cake into your mouth before kissing you. It was the most romantic thing that the team had ever seen and would truly never forget this amazing moment. Neither would you or Spencer.

After a day of dancing, partying and eating.(you know how the team of the BAU does a party) Spencer took you home for your wedding night. Even though he has made love to you millions of times by now, and again those four orgasms he gave to you this morning.  there was something different about seeing you in your wedding gown and slowly unzipping it.

it was as though he wanted to make the moment last forever.

It was like Spencer was in a trance. You looked so beautiful, even though you always did to him again, there was just something more special and magical about tonight. He couldn't wait to Make Love to his wife for the first time.

Before he pushed inside of you, he looked at you with so much love in his eyes and was rubbing his hands up and down your thighs and hips. "I love you so much my beautiful bride", he told you before kissing you and pushing inside.

You both let out a sweet moan, and he couldn't keep his lips off of you. "I love you so much. I'm so glad that you're my wife" he told you, each word being punctuated by a kiss.

this time lifting your hips slightly so that he could slide in even deeper, something that he had never done before. Maybe he was saving it for your wedding night.

The love making that night was sweet and slow. He didn't want it to end and neither did you. The sounds of kisses filled the room and you couldn't have been happier. 

That night, Spencer gave you seven orgasms. You'd never thought that that would happen in your wildest dreams when you were younger, but after you met Spencer, you knew that he was a special man and would always be able to take care of you.

When morning came, Spencer made love to you once more, Again his hands ran up and down your legs and thighs. This time he even wrapped your legs around his waist and kissed your neck saying "I love you so much baby"," it's you and me forever". "Only you You're the only one I ever want".

This is how the two of you spent your honeymoon in your shared apartment, making love for a whole week, something that you both wished would never end. Sadly though the week had ended, you had to go back to work. 

That didn't mean though, the Spencer couldn't still take care of his loving wife in hotel rooms. And he did.

If you would like season 10 please leave comments, thank you 💗

[elenauaurs]

@thehollowwriter I ended up deleting your message in inbox by accident so...

💬 For Diaval!

. . .

Pwetty biwd!”

The small and defenseless baby, with silver hair as shiny as a blade, laughed playfully in the presence of the young imperial guard prodigy—The Prince's wings.

"kaKaKAKAKA! Why do you keep calling me by that silly nickname?" He knelt not too far from the baby, His intention was to match their heights.

The once merciless guard couldn't help but smile every time Lilia's son smiled at him innocently, would his heart have been softened by a simple human baby?

Lilia's voice could be heard in the garden of the small house, talking to Malleus—For some reason, he trusted Diaval enough to take care of this fragile baby.

Every time the raven fae asked why, Lilia would just smile and say he was responsible.

But, perhaps, the truth is that Lilia just wanted the ruthless young boy to learn how to be... Kinder

And no longer lonely

“You grow up really fast, you know?” Diaval crossed his legs, placing his elbows on his knees and resting his face in his calloused hands.

‘Maybe soon you'll start walking around alone”

Diaval's eyes were relaxed—No, his whole body was. This feeling was so pleasant, He missed being able to relax after his intense training sessions.

For a brief moment, he began to remember the first day he took care of Silver… God, he was so tiny and cute! Well, Diaval admits that at first he couldn't help but laugh at how weak Silver was, but that changed, really.

He would never forget the happiness that he felt when Silver smiled at him for the first time and the sensation of taking care of him… Or even Silver’s peaceful sleep after a crying fit that always made Diaval sigh in relief!

Maybe this is what it feels like to have a little brother? It doesn't look so ba-

Diaval!

"huh?"

And suddenly, Diaval's genuine and peaceful smile closed into a grimace, frowning in denial while he could swear he heard a voice in his subconscious that made his whole body shiver—That voice... He knows very well that he belongs to one of his superiors, but... they aren't here.

“Just obey the rules, how difficult it is?"

“Why do you keep making the same mistakes over and over again?”

“If you don’t take your work seriously

you will never be ideal to be at the prince’s side.”

"NO!" He frustratedly pressed his palms against his face, leaving only his wide fearful eyes visible through his fingers—Those simple but cruel words dominated his mind like a distant memory that always disturbs him.

“Biwd?”

Silver stared at Diaval with innocent piercing eyes that seemed to stare right through the raven fae soul as his little hands tried to reach him, who seemed to be so close, yet so far away for a mere baby to reach.

“You… you’re just a baby, I’m just taking care of you because It's an order... That’s all”

Diaval whispered to himself in an attempt to soothe himself, turning his face away shortly afterwards and straightening his posture—His fingers trembled with anxiety and his face seemed tense, fearing the probability of his every movement being closely judged by someone.

He doesn't need affection from a human—So why does he care so much about this child's health?

Worrying about whether Silver will grow up in a healthy environment with lots of love and food? What nonsense.

He dug his nails into his skin, counting on the pain to get those thoughts out of him. Diaval wouldn't sacrifice all the effort he's put in all these years for a baby, he can't lose everything he's achieved—He doesn't want to go back to his old life.

And then, the realization finally hits Diaval as his eyes darted around the small, yet comfortable bedroom—Comfortable sheets, baby toys scattered across the floor, a healthy environment to live in…

I never had these things before

Well, not before I was taken to the castle

That's why Diaval wants Silver to have a happy life so much? It's not possible, he's already overcome it, after all it happened many years ago. But imagining Silver abandoned... It just breaks his heart.

“I'm not really afraid of anyone, but the thought of being forcibly distanced from him..."

“No... Why am I scared at all?”

“I must only protect the ones I love, I shouldn't care what they think.”

“How could I even forget this?”

He took a deep breath, slowly relieving the anxious feeling he felt while banishing any bad thoughts—For now, he just needed to focus on taking care of the baby and forget for a while his castle duties.

Diaval's mind finally snaps back to reality, feeling relief at seeing little Silver standing on two feet...

Wait

SILVER IS STANDING WITHOUT SUPPORT?!?

He lets out a yelp as his instincts kick in to prevent the baby from falling by quickly raising his hands. However, the sign of Silver walking—a little off balance—caused Diaval's body to freeze reluctantly.

He's... He's really walking!

“Y-You...”

“You can do it, Silver! Come!” Diaval stuttered with joy, feeling a chill of happiness in his stomach.

The baby stands still for a while, his little legs trying to get more balance to walk towards the Fae raven, who was waiting with open arms. In a clumsy way Silver slowly took step by step, laughing happily as he took the last step before falling into Diaval's arms and being caught by a tight hug.

If for some reason Diaval ever felt scared before, this moment made him feel— even if only for a moment—the bravest person in the world

“You did it…”

“KAKAKA! YOU DID IT!”

Diaval couldn't help but smile widely as his wings wrapped around them like a warm shield, gently rocking Silver like a winner—If he hadn't been so emotional, he would have denied to death that he was tearing up.

“MALLEUS! LILIA! HE'S WALKING! HE'S WALKING!”

Perhaps, his heart has indeed softened for this human baby

. . .

[pompomqt]

Journey to the West Chapter 38

Pigsy crawling out of a well with a dead body:

In this chapter of Journey to the West with @journeythroughjourneytothewest we continue onwards with Tripitaka's ghost busting adventure. So let's get into it shall we?

We begin this chapter by checking in on the Prince who is currently sneaking into the city to visit his mother. Said mother is currently having a bad day, having been haunted by a spooky dream the night before. She is cheered up significantly however when she see's her son again for the first time in years. However that joy will soon diminish slightly, because he's not here for small talk he has an important question he needs to ask her. He asks his mother for a pardon before... asking her about her sex life with the king. Now knowing why he asked for a pardon just to ask a question the Queen dismisses her attendants before answering- that it was great! Until three years ago that is.

The Prince decides that the imposters lack of game is proof enough that Tripitaka and Monkey were telling the truth and he tells his mother the whole story and shows her the Jade Token as further proof. While they are on the subject the Queen brings up her spooky dream from earlier. In said dream the dripping wet king told her he was dead and had gone to beg Tripitaka for help. She's a bit peeved however that he apparently decided to visit both the Prince and Tripitaka before coming to see her though.

After talking with his mother the Prince takes his leave back to the Monastery to report back to Sun Wukong. So the Prince tells him everything and Monkey just tells him to head back for now and he'll join him there in the morning. The Prince however offers to stay with Monkey and they'll go together tomorrow, but Monkey points out that that would make the Daoist suspicious. To which the Prince points out that the Daoist will already be suspicious since the prince is supposed to be on a hunting trip right now, but they haven't caught anything. That or the king will just think the prince is an incompetent loser and throw into jail over it. And man, you can go to jail for anything in ancient China apparently, does that mean I can add 'incompetent loser' to Pigsy's crime list?

Luckily for the Prince's reputation, Monkey can handle the hunting thing just fine. He does this by summoning some local gods and ordering them to bring them some animals for the prince to take back with him. So the gods use some wind to capture a wide variety of animals and present them to Monkey. Monkey then orders them to pull out their leg tendons and leave them on the side of the road for the hunting party to gather up on their way back. So I'll be adding animal abuse to Monkey's rap sheet for that one. Anyways that done, Monkey tells the prince to head back with his hunting party and pick up all the game on the side of the road.

Monkey meanwhile returns to Tripitaka, they all have another meal together before heading off to bed. Monkey however is feeling rather restless and decides to bug Tripitaka about it and tries waking him up. Tripitaka, not really in the mood to deal with Monkey's nonsense, pretends to be asleep. An action he quickly regrets when Monkey grabs his bald head and starts shaking it to wake him up. So after yelling at Monkey for clamoring around this late, Monkey brings up the topic he wanted to discuss.

Turns out he's a bit worried about tomorrow, not about capturing the evil daoist of course, but more about the repercussions afterwards. The daoist has been disguised as the king for three years after all, so arresting and charging him won't be easy without some kind of proof. Luckily Monkey already has a plan, but there is just one obstacle in this plan, Tripitaka himself. Monkey explains that Tripitaka is rather partial to Pigsy and tends to dote on him, but Monkey needs to borrow him for his plan. The plan is to recover the old kings body from the well with Pigsy and use that as their proof while Tripitaka stays with Sandy. Tripitaka is fine with this plan, but is worried that Pigsy won't agree to go. To which Monkey insists that he will convince him as long as Tripitaka let's Monkey go near him.

So Tripitaka gives the thumbs up to sacrifice Pigsy to this plan, so Monkey excitedly goes to wake him up right away. So Monkey wakes up Pigsy by tugging on his ears, and if this is the kind of treatment the pilgrimage always gets in the mornings I feel sorry for them that the alarm clock won't be invented for another thousand years. Anyways once Pigsy is awake Monkey tells him that the Daoist has in his possession a treasure the could defeat 10,000 warriors, so they are going to steal it before he can use it against them. Pigsy is willing to go on the condition that he can keep the treasure after it. Monkey knowing that said treasure is actually a dead body, is fine with this deal. And tells him that he's only in reputation not treasure. Which brings up an interesting point, Money is Power, but to someone like Monkey who has *real* power, what does he really need money for? He can usually just get whatever he want's by strong arming people into giving things to him. Or failing that just outright stealing it.

So Monkey and Pigsy sneak into the city by jumping over the palace walls and make their way into the imperial garden which has fallen into ruin. They look through the garden and find a tree that is in a lot better shape then any of the other plants in the garden. They take a moment to admire it, before Moneky order's Pigsy to up heave it. Seems like Monkey hasn't learned his lesson from the last time he killed a tree. Hopefully this time an immortal isn't going to come in and whip that all for it.

Anyways so they kill the tree and find a stone slab under it, which Monkey has Pigsy open up for him. As soon as the well opens up, a beam of light immediately shoots up- always a good sign for treasure hunters. Except turns out the light is just the water reflecting the moon and stars. Since they don't have any rope to make their way down the well, Monkey has Pigsy take off his shirt in order to tie him to his staff and lower him in slowly that way. Pigsy yells at him to stop once he reaches the water, but Monkey just grins and plunges him headfirst into the water anyways. Pigsy is annoyed by this but just unties himself from the pole in order to look around. Eventually Pigsy dives down deeper to look and see's the words 'Water Crystal Palace'. Turns out there aren't just ocean dragon kings- even well's get a dragon king I guess.

A patrolling subject of the Well Dragon King spots Pigsy and goes to report his presence to their boss. Luckily the Dragon King is already well versed on the situation because a god had stopped by last night to give him an official decree to give the king to the Tang Monk. So the King invites Pigsy inside and Pigsy walks on in but naked like he owns the place and asks for his treasure. The Dragon King doesn't have any fancy treasure like the ocean dragon kings, but what he does have is a dead body! Hurray. It's the body of the king, and it has been miraculously preserved with a feature-preserving pearl. The King offers to let Pigsy take it with him to Sun Wukong who might wish to revive him as long as he carries it out. Pigsy wants to be paid for dragging the dead body with him, and when the King says he doesn't have any money, Pigsy leaves without the body. However the King throws the body in after Pigsy, and then disappears with his palace.

Pigsy freaks out when he feels the dead body in the well with him, and calls for Sun Wukong to get him out of there. Sun Wukong asks if he found the treasure and Pigsy explains that there isn't anything down here except a cheapskate dragon king and a dead body. Monkey explains that the dead body is the treasure in question and asks him to bring it up with him. Pigsy refuses because dead bodies are gross, and Monkey threatens to leave him in the well if he doesn't bring the body. With this ultimatum Pigsy dives back into the water to retrieve the water, and once he had the body, Monkey lowers his staff back into the well to bring Pigsy back up.

While Pigsy puts his clothes back on, Monkey observes the corpse, finding that it looks pretty good for a body that's been in a well for three years. Pigsy explains that the dragon preserved the body and Monkey orders Pigsy to carry it on his back so they can leave. Pigsy once again kicks up a huge fuss about the dead body ruining his clothes, and isn't mollified by Monkey's offer to trade clothes with him later- since Monkey's clothes would be several sizes to small on him and all. Seeing that trying to be nice failed, Monkey resorts to his tried and true tactic of just threatening to beat him up if he refuses.

This of course makes Pigsy comply, but it also puts him in a rather vengeful mood. While Monkey summons a wind to bring them back to the monastery, Pigsy plots his revenge by doing what he does best- manipulating Tripitaka into using the tight fillet spell on Monkey. He plans to do this by persuading Tripitaka to request the king be brought to life, and have him use the fillet spell if Monkey refuses. However the problem with that plan is, is that Monkey actually is perfectly capable of taking a casual stroll into the underworld and bashing a few heads in, in order to demand the kings soul. So Pigsy resolves to find a way to make it so Monkey can't go to the underworld, and instead find a way on earth to bring the king back to life.

So they enter the Monastery and Pigsy brings Tripitaka to take a look at the body they found. Tripitaka of course feels sorry for the dead king and cry's some tears for him. Pigsy meanwhile tells Tripitaka not to cry- after all, Sun Wukong says he can bring the king back to life! Tripitaka ask's if that's true and if he can really bring the king back to life, but Wukong denies it since the man has been dead for free years. Tripitaka is disappointed but willing to let it go, but Pigsy manages to convince him to use the tight fillet spell on Monkey in order to make him bring the king back to life.

Current Sun Wukong Stats: Names/Titles: Monkey, The Stone Monkey, The Handsome Monkey King, Sun Wukong (Monkey awakened to the void), Bimawen (Banhorseplague), The Great Sage Equal To Heaven and Pilgrim Sun. Immortality: 5 + 94,000 years. Weapon: The Compliant Golden Hooped Rod Abilities: 72 Transformations, Cloud-Somersault, Ability to transform his individual hairs, super strength, Ability to Summon Wind, Water restriction charm, and the ability to change into a huge war form, ability to duplicate his staff, ability to immobilize others, the ability to put others to sleep, and the Fiery eyes and Diamond Pupils, intimidating horses, churning large bodies of water, sleeplessness, seizing the wind, enhanced smell, discerning good and evil within a thousand miles, Spirit Summoning, lock picking, object transformation, distance reduction and vanishing in a flash of light. Demon Kill Count: 9+ Unknown Number of Minions Human Kill Count: 1006 God's Defeated: 22 + Unknown number Defeats: 4 Crime List: Robbery, Murder, Mass Murder, Arson, Theft, Coercion, Threatening a Government Official, Resisting Arrest, Assault, Forgery, Employee Theft, False Imprisonment, Impersonating a Government Official, Treason, attempted murder, failure to control or report a dangerous fire, desecrating a corpse, breaking and entering, trespassing, violating Tree Law, looting corpses, trading counterfeit goods, criminal threat and animal abuse. Cry Count: 6 + 2 fake cries Mountains Trapped Under: 4

Current Tang Sanzang stats: Names/Titles: River Float, Xuanzang, Tang Sanzang, Tripitaka Abilities: Curing Blindness, making branches point a certain direction (allegedly), reciting sutras, pretty privilege, memorization and Heart Sutra. Cry Count: 19 Tight Fillet Spell Uses: 28 Paralyzed by fear: 5 Bandit Problems: 2 Kidnapped by demons: 4 Falling Off Horses: 6

Current Bai Long Ma Stats: Names/Titles: Bai Long Ma (White Dragon Horse), Prince of the Western Ocean, and third prince jade dragon of the dragon king Aorun Abilities: Transforming into a human, a water snake, and a horse, eating a horse in one bite, flight, Magic of Water Restriction, Singing, and Sword Dancing. Cry Count: 1 Crime List: Arson, and Grave Disobedience. Contributions to the plot: 2

Current Zhu Wuneng Stats: Names/Titles: The Marshal of the Heavenly Reeds, Zhu Wuneng (Pig who is aware of ability), Zhu Ganglie, Pigsy, Idiot and Eight Rules. Weapon: Rake Abilities: 36 Transformations, parting water, fighting underwater, cloud soaring and size enhancement Demon Kill Count/Kill steals: 2 Kidnapped by Demons: 1 Human Kill Count: 1 Failed Flirtation/romances Attempts: 3 Cry Count: 1 Crime List: Sexual Harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, arson and being an incompetent loser

Current Sha Wujing Stats: Names/Titles: The Curtain-Raising General, Sha Wujing (Sand Aware of Purity), Sandy and Sha Monk Weapon: Monster Taming Staff Abilities: Fighting underwater and Cloud soaring. Demon Kill Count: Unknown number of minions. Kidnapped by Demons: 2 Human Kill Count: 1 Crime List: Breaking a Crystal Cup, murder, and desecration of a human corpse.

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[lunar-years]

Holy shit, reading that anon (Jamie is son-shaped to Ted, but Ted is not father-shaped to Jamie) and your answer (how and why Ted fails Jamie every single time) I realized just how much, on the other hand, Jamie and Roy GET each other.

Roy gives Jamie direct instructions on how to become better and win his praise, not only with the training and diet regimen in S3, but back in S2 when Roy comes up with a literal signal, to tell Jamie exactly what to do and when. That's what Jamie responds best to, what he'd been seeking all throughout S2, and somehow Roy just knew.

And Jamie, he never pushes Roy to speak when he senses something is wrong. What he does is, he offers himself up first, honestly and openly, expecting nothing in return, but creating such a supportive environment that Roy naturally starts to open up (ironically, very similar to Ted's approach to Roy lmao).

In Amsterdam he knew that Roy was just taking his negative emotions out on him, and instead of challenging him, Jamie just went along with it, apologizing for being a dick first, sharing his memories of Amsterdam (good and bad), and finally calling Roy out lightly ("you're just taking it out on me"), in passing. And it did not make Roy defensive because until that point Jamie had offered Roy so much of himself, that instead of closing up, Roy naturally let go and was finally honest, with himself and with Jamie (if briefly).

I mean, Jamie taught Roy to ride a bike "for grandad!" but that wasn't enough, he still apologized for being a dick when he made fun of him. Our boy has become so emotionally mature 😭 (ep 12 doesn't exist, thank you very much)

These bitches get each other in a way no other character does. Even Keeley, as much as the fandom likes to ignore all her flaws and paint her as perfect, had serious communication issues with Roy, where she did not respect his privacy (airing dirty laundry in front of his literal boss and colleagues), and pushed him to talk when it came to something very delicate (the funeral and death in general). And Roy was the one to apologize, which made me very upset (particularly in the first instance).

I honestly can't see something like that happening with Roy and Jamie.

Fingers crossed for a spinoff, but even if it never becomes a canon romantic ship, Roy & Jamie would work extremely well in a Ted & Beard dynamic.

They just belong with each other.

(again, ep 12 where Beard leaves Ted's side and Ted doesn't even attend Beard's wedding doesn't exist ☺)

you're sooo correct. Jamie and Roy innately understand one another <3 Amsterdam is the perfect example of this because Jamie absolutely knows Roy is using him to air out his negative emotions, but Roy also knows Jamie's hyper-positivity is masking something else. They both have the right read on one another there, I think, and they both have the patience to draw the other out until they're ready to talk!

And the scene where they finally open up to one another is just soooo good from start to finish. Like, not only does Roy handle Jamie's tragic backstory reveal perfectly (i cannot say that enough, because god he does a really great job there), but then he finally opens up about what's bothering him, too! And I think because we focus so much on how majorly vulnerable it was of Jamie to tell Roy his red light district story, we don't ever talk enough about how majorly vulnerable Roy let himself be afterwards, too. Like, I think after Jamie dropped something so traumatic, it would have been particularly easy for Roy to have dismissed his own stuff as like, 'well I can't hardly say what's bothering me is just that the ex I broke up with has moved on and it's upsetting me. Not after he just dropped that, can I?' Like, especially given Roy's personality, I think his first instinct there was probably to minimize his own feelings and to dismiss his problems with Keeley as being so trivial and irrelevant compared to Jamie's Real Problems, and then to not talk about it at all and quietly simmer. So it's a true sign of just how much he trusts Jamie (as well as feels bad for using him as his punching bag all day) that he doesn't do any of that but instead properly opens up to him for the first time. And then Jamie realizes how monumental that is right away, and he's not dismissive either!!

Another scene I've been thinking about is the one where Jamie tells Phoebe that Isaac is his best friend and not Roy. Because like, on the one hand it's obviously mostly playful ribbing meant to rile up Roy (because Roy is quite obviously his actual best friend at that point). But I think there's also that underlying understanding from Jamie that Roy struggles with admitting how much he cares and loves people and he struggles to put a name to his feelings, etc. Jamie understands that, and he's okay with that, so I think his joke there is also his way of saying like, it's okay if you can't label this quite yet, whatever's between us - best friends or something else - it's okay if you're not ready for that. It's his way of giving Roy an out if he needs it. (this could also be bogus and me reading too much into everything lmao but like!!! something to consider)

Everything to me <33

[codenamehazard]

.:Sun Peeks Through:.

Chapter 36: Sun Peeks Through

Hey guys! Sorry again for the long wait. Writer's block is a bitch and a half and with a new job, it's not helping any. That being said, I think I'll have to say that my slower upload speed is gonna be my new norm. But fret not! I haven't abandoned this story and I'll keep writing until the story is done!

Also, might see a familiar face if you've read @one-n-only-cedar's InFAMOUS: Equilibrium! Tell him Caper sent you! But with that being said, let's jump in!

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“About fucking time.”

I growl to myself as I leave the Exam room with Dr. Sims. God I hate physicals, just sitting there on the uncomfortable bastard child of a counter and a shrink's couch, answering uncomfortable questions and being poked and prodded. Silver lining is that the doc said I have a clean bill of health, so that’s good.

Ezra’s trying to explain what an Energy Read is and all the mumbo jumbo that goes into it, but I couldn’t really give a rat’s ass about how it works and why, so I’m not really paying attention. Something else, however, does catch my attention. Something much more interesting.

A Blast Core, a damn powerful one at that. I could feel it. The energy coming off of it, I’ve only felt something similar once before when I spied on Kestrel making the purified Core for that damned brickzooka.I could only guess that this is a purified Core too and we were heading straight towards it.

I can feel my teeth begin to itch and my fingers begin to twitch, I can feel my desire start to rise up inside. “Looks like this idiot’s leading you straight to a tasty little power boost.” My thoughts hiss into my head. “Bet you could crack whatever’s housing it and take it, then nuke the place afterwards.”

I do my best to suppress a growl as my logic kicks in. The Amp is still not repaired and if I blew this place skyhigh, I’d be out of a place to live and I was promised sanctuary here. So it’s better to play nice and… Ugh…. “Behave.” At least for now.

Mercifully, something else catches my attention, the muffled sound of two familiar voices. Kestrel and Pangolin. I remember Dove saying that Kes was taking her turn watching over him, so I wasn’t surprised about that… But how they were talking, it was making me curious. Whatever they were going on about sounded serious… Hmmm… Maybe I can get some details from Dr. Sunbeam over here.

“So.” I start, trying not to sound awkward. “I heard from Mako that you popped the question to Crow. How’s everything been going so far with the prenuptials?” Ezra’s face beams like a lovestruck goof as he plays with the ring on his finger. “Everything’s going great so far. We’re still in the early stages of planning, but as of right now, it’s been smooth sailing.” I let out a chuckle, trying not to let the sting of memories get in the way.

“You must be one lucky son of a bitch with the way you’re smiling.” I point out, Ezra lets out a chuckle before nodding. “Yeah, I am. She’s saved so many lives, we’ve even worked together on a few cases and I fall in love with her all over again when I watch her work her magic.” He gets a dreamy look in his eyes and I try to swallow back a bitter sting in my throat as I remember how I used to talk about Trish. Beaming with pride and love. Now’s not the time for pity parties, Cole.

“I remember that Crow’s in charge of Pangolin’s care, how’s he holding up?” I ask Cupid over here, it seems to snap him out of the love haze for a second before he compouses himself. “Thought about visiting or maybe taking a shift myself and giving the other three a break.” 

“Pangolin’s stable and conscious, but he’s still not out of the woods entirely yet.” Ezra responds, keeping a tone of professionalism. “Can’t have too many visitors right now and Kestrel’s currently visiting, so unfortunately you’ll have to wait a bit before you can pop in.” I nod in acknowledgement, but when has anyone saying “No” ever stopped me before? I’ll just have to find a way to sneak in.

I’m led into a room that's separated into two sections, one that's blocked off by a wall, a window and a door and the other that has what looks like a sitting CT scanner… Or at least that's what I think it is, there’s so much random jerry-rigged nonsense that it makes me question what it actually is!

I look at Ezra as if he's completely wacko, but as I stare, my impulses creep back in as I can feel that tempting Blast Core inside the machine. Now I know I could easily nab it, but I remind myself that I kinda need a place to live so I can get my head on straight.

“I know it looks a bit piecemeal…” Ezra's voice cuts through my thoughts. "But I can assure you it works and it's perfectly safe.” Perfectly safe? Yeah… I’ll believe it when I see it. "All you need to do is sit down and hold a midline charge and the machine will scan the energy and send it to the computer.”

"You know I don't like sitting in cramped spaces, right?” I huff while I begrudgingly start sitting down.

"I’m aware, but I promise I’ll do my best on my end to make sure you're in and out.” Ezra reassures as I sit down, a sour look on my face. "You know… This is a pretty selfless act you're doing… There's still some good in you yet, Cole." I roll my eyes hard.

"Just cut the sappy “good guy" shit and turn the damn machine on.” I snarl. Who does he think he is, my life coach?

The fucking sunbeam chuckles before apologizing and heading into that one room to start the machine. I charge up my electricity like I was prepping for a blast and hold it.

I try to be still, but with the cramped space I can’t help but feel the need to move. The machine turns on and it feels like my senses are in overdrive. The purified Core, I can feel it, it’s against my back. God, I can fucking taste it against my tongue. I can feel how flimsy the machine is. How easy it would fucking be to take this core… Especially since I’m currently holding a charge... I am hanging on by a fucking thread.

I hear the intercom fizzle to life and I hear the doctor’s voice over the speaker. “Hey Cole, I’m not getting a good read from the machine, can you increase your power a little bit? Not by much, just a little more juice and I can get a better reading.” Did he just seriously ask that? Is he a fucking dumbass?! Though come to think of it, while this might be midline for my electric abilities, it’s not my midline full on… Not anymore, not as the Beast.

If Dr. Funshine Bear wants a little more juice? I’ll give him juice. Just a little bit of Beast energy and….

I feel the energy from the Core against my back surge as Beast Energy starts to flow. I damn near SNARL from how good it feels... That is until I feel the metal start heat up. Shit… It’s about to blow!

*KRRRZZZZZTTT!!!*

I’m blasted forward as the energy wave throws me out of the chair, electricity arcing and jumping off of the machine to everything around and smoke filling the room. I think I heard Erza jump from surprise and I can’t help but to laugh. Just about forgot how fun it is to hear people get frightened. As the smoke continues to grow thicker, I lower myself onto the ground to stay out of it. An idea comes to me. Erza probably can’t see me, I dunno if he has a Pulse ability, but from the sounds of it, he’s busy with something else… Perfect time to sneak out.

With the smoke from the machine filling the room and the literal ray of goddamn sunshine busy, I army crawl out of the Scan Room and then start sneaking down the hallways, making sure that I don’t get spotted by any orderlies or anyone else that would want to stop me. Once I was out in the main hallway, I walk with purpose. People don’t tend to question you so long as you’re acting like you got business around here.

I focus on my hearing and follow the sound of the pinecone and the bird.. I got a little bit worried when I didn’t hear them, but soon enough they started chattering again. Thank god the explosion didn’t stop them from continuing with whatever they’re doing.

Once I was near the room where Pangolin was set up, I use a quick Radar Pulse to confirm the occupants before posting up nearby, leaning up against a wall near the door. I pull out my journal to act as a prop, making it look like I was a visitor waiting my turn and passing the time by reading a book.

At first the voices were muffled, but as I focus in, the voices become clearer. “... Pangolin, did you not think I was stressed too? That I wasn’t wondering what the hell went wrong myself?” I hear Kestrel mutter out, I can practically visualize her running her hands down her face, it causes a pang of… Something, but I ignore it for the time being. “Look, I understand you were stressed, but that doesn’t give you the right to use me like a goddamn emotional punching bag!” I hear a bang and a clatter, most likely from a fist slamming down on something.

I hear the woman sigh before continuing on. “Did you know your outburst had me tearing myself down again? Mako and Coyote had to knock sense into me because I was so out of it.” I bite my tongue to keep myself from letting out a growl. I hear Pangolin take a breath and I steel myself so I don’t charge in.

“There…” He begins. God, he sounds like hell. Weak and ragged… A cold chill shoots up my spine remembering what Crow said about those Blink Scorpions and their Corrodium venom. “There’s… No excuse, Kestrel.” He breathes out. “I treated you like shit; over a stupid prototype. I’m… Sorry.”

There was a heavy pause before Pangolin continues. “I’m sorry for… Everything. Pushing you so hard to the point you barely ate or slept. Holding what happened at the mines over your head and using it as justification for questioning your loyalty, even going as far as to insinuate that you lied about your estimation. Implying that the destruction of Firewall was your fault… All of it.” He sighs again and sniffs… Is he… Crying? “It’s been eating at me. I failed you, as a leader, as a friend… As a brother. I failed you by letting my emotions and pride get in the way and treating you horridly. I may hope for your forgiveness, but if you never do, I’ll understand… Hell, if you wanted to leave, I’d understand too.”

I shake my head as I try to process what I just listened to. He… He’s just spilling his guts to the bird. Truly remorseful. Ready and willing to take whatever consequences may come on the chin. Seems like my little talk with him back in Kes’s forge rattled him good.

Kestrel sighs softly and I swear I can hear her shaking her leg to calm down. She clicks her metallic teeth before speaking again. “Pangolin… Thomas… I don’t want to leave the Misfits. Outside of what recently has happened, you guys took me in, treated me like family. We are family.” She murmurs. “And even though we ain’t on good terms right now, I ain’t leaving you.” She sighs softly through her nose before continuing.

“Look… I know that I will forgive you in due time, especially now since you’ve given me an honest-to-god apology, but right now… I can’t forgive you; not yet. I still need to be pissed at you, still process the hurt and heal.” I can hear Pangolin hum in acknowledgement before I turn my thoughts inwards, the last thing I hear before I go into my head is Kestrel thanking Pangolin for saving her life.

I can’t help but to pause, any anger inside cooling. For the first time, I feel like my words actually held weight. I knew Kestrel listened to me when I spoke to her about the nature of forgiveness, but to hear that Pangolin took my words to heart when I ripped into him, even though it was more delayed… I start to feel something that I hardly ever got to feel. I feel that I wasn’t just heard… But truly listened to. They listened.

In this moment of quiet, memories started to seep in. Memories of Zeke, memories of my own journey to forgiving him for betraying me those many years ago. “I don’t call you brother because I like the way it sounds.” His words echo in my head as I remember that day we truly mended the bridge. A familiar dampness stings my eyes. “Shit…!” A voice rattles me out of my thoughts before they can consume me. “SHIT!!” Uh-oh. Looks like the doc’s back and has seen I’ve gone missing, best try to make my way back before he tears the damn hospital down.

Unfortunately for me, as I was making my way back to the room, Erza walks over to me. Stopping me mid-stride and giving me a look that reminded me of my father when he was about to drag me off by my ear to scold me. Great.

“Cole.” Ezra starts, his voice calm, but low. “You and I need to have a serious talk.” “Why.” I hiss out, becoming more agitated by his tone.

“Because I don’t think you know just how dangerous your powers truly are, Cole.”

[adventurous-adventures]

I'm blanking on dates right now so this is a combination of two previous sessions

Could I look it up? Probably. But not right now. I might add proper dates if I do. Anyway, time for Zain and Georgie's wonderful notes (under the read more because this will get long)

First Session:

WARRRRRRR IIIIIIS OOOOOOVERRRRRRRRR (we're back at it again)

"If you make a helmet in Stockholm does it become a Holmet?"

"How does River-Lea become more conservative than she already is?" - Georgie "Super conservative." - Zain

Zain throws Georgie a senzu bean (SENZU BEAN!)

Iphigenia found a ring off a Ghoul. They use it to marry Juniper.

Alex: giggly shit Zain: Giggleshitter?!

Lara had a crochet frog on their head. Alex cracks up laughing.

Alex screamed in lowercase as Mick throws the frog at him.

"It's missing some mechanics" (context: stinky throne)

The party goes up the stairs, which leads them to another hallway.

Juniper steal bones. That be it for room.

"you see a humanoid figure in the hallway" "Jesus, is that you?"

old man DM. His knees be tinging.

Because Zain had to leave, it is now canon that our Ghostly friends knock out Raven and take him away to discuss how he can hook up with River-Lea.

The ring fits on Juniper's thumb.

A Ghost Elf girl appeared. She screamed at us to get off her supposed property like a Karen.

Death, Distruction, Chaos the new Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss.

Ow now my knee!!!

God it's spreading.

Changing the lyrics pumped out.

The elf ghost caught of fire from Juniper and is screaming like the gummy bear.

Ghost Elf makes a horrifying face that scared the shit out of the Sapphic couple, not so much River-Lea (he has seen some shit on tour)

Scary face looks like a ball sack.

Oh fuck, we're all unconscious!! Please don't have a bury your days moment.

The DM is stumped.

Second Session:

"Twink"

Georgie talks about monster fucking, Zain talks about murder.

Georgie tries really hard not to let the Fizzy drink explode while they open it.

Zain: "pop my corners if you know what I mean." Alex breaks to this.

Raven was pulled aside by the ghosts to talk about River-Lea. He walks back to where he last saw them but they aren't there.

There are bodies everywhere...IT'S THE REST OF THE PARTY!!!

Raven seems convinced that the party is dead. The cause of these deaths is sheer fucking terror.

Juniper is still alive, but is not able to wake up from their slumber.

There is a head that pokes out, Raven points his crossbow at it. The elven woman is angry about the party invading her home and tells Raven to leave. Raven seemingly pisses her off and a 1v1 fight commences.

Raven was able to beat the creature in an awesome display of might. Afterwards he takes it all in: two of his party members have died. Raven spends the rest of the day making graves for his fallen comrades.

He makes one for River-Lea before resting for the next day where he prepares a grave for Iphigenia. Raven and Juniper decide to leave Axholm and take some time to mourn. The Couatl is now Juniper's pet.

When the pair head back to Phandalin, Raven tells River-Lea's father about the news. He hands him the Dagger and then leaves, his last words to Raven before he left were "thank you son."

Juniper tells Iphigenia's parents of the loss of their daughter. The father gives Juniper a seashell necklace which was meant to be a marriage gift for Juniper.

The next morning: Raven and Juniper have a modest breakfast and talk about who to recruit for their return trip when they hear someone playing the flute.

"He did make it harder for enemies to hit him because he was flat." - Juniper, talking about Scott.

The party head over to the blue lions weapon store to find out if Annette knows anyone who can help.

Kalisto has joined the party

We have no idea what the age of consent (of being an adventurer) is in Phandalin. (This is so they can figure out if they can legally take 15-year-old Kallisto with them)

"Dewdrop's probably getting railed by orcs at this point." - Alex

The new party make for Axholm again.

There's a giant mosquito in one of the bedrooms.

Zain and Georgie overhear talk about mad cow disease (and someone wanting to be eaten by it)

Alex punched his own knee.

Combat music for this battle: it's going down now from Persona 3 remake

Kalisto blew up one mosquito

Tweed one punches a mosquito while Juniper burns a couple of them to smithereens.

"Probiscus implies the existence of noobiscus." - Zain

Alex learns about proshipping and antishipping.

Raven sees some handprints in the side of the fireplace. He pushes onto the wall and it gives way to a secret room.

It's empty except for a chest. Raven shoots at the chest and pops the lid off clean.

There is a dread helm and a pair of gauntlets of Ogre power. Raven now has these.

[cashandprizes]

5+1 Redacted Headcanons

thank you sooo much @ejunkiet you absolute darling for tagging me, this is so exciting!

Tagging my friends (hope you weren't tagged yet): @bratty-telepath, @penncilkid, @zozo-01, @latenightsleeper share your headcanons with the world (tumblr)

Uhhhhh since it's me we're just gonna put this bad boy under a cut, minors dni go away and as usual we take canon out back like ol yeller k thanks let's get into it

1.

In case you haven't noticed, I have a lot of thoughts about Lasko Moore. I'm gonna talk about the fact that Lasko gives off such repressed Southern Bible Belt energy, tgwgigitgwdd. I think it would be so funny if he got rid of his southern accent until he forgets himself and says some real southern grandma shit like "Jesus Mary and Joseph" or "Mother of pearl" or "Jesus be a fence". I feel like Lasko's storyline is pretty queer coded and I think you know why not just add in a little religious trauma to top it off? Not only is being the magical queer son of an unempowered family hard, there's definitely some bible thumpers who think it's demonic, it's a sin, you name it. And who does everything is about church and you are filled with sin better than southern Catholics am I right? like iykyk. That man was repressed as fuck and moving to Dahlia and being around magic users was obviously so life-changing for him.

2.

Which is where it gets spicy, cause it's me. Deep in Lexi (@autisticempathydaemon) and I's DMs is what I like to call the "Unholy Trinity" files, which is me just talking about various redacted characters and their hoe phases before canon started and this post features two different headcanons. When it comes to Lasko though, like I said that boy was REPRESSED and once he was on his own? Oh he went wild. I like to think it started with him going with his roommates or something to an unempowered frat party and he was like "I want to be this free. I want to not have to think" and it started with him just getting drunk but then he realized there's an even better way to shut your mind off that doesn't come with a hangover - getting fucked stupid. The most important part of this headcanon though was at the height of his hoe phase, he was at an unempowered frat party on a weekend after one of the local college sportsball teams won a championship. Lasko was like a little fucked up idk maybe he took some molly or something but he decided that since they won the game, there should be a reward right? Which ends up being him letting like 12 dudes on the football team run a train on him like some kind of hentai gangbang. He doesn't really remember it, but he's LEGENDARY at that college for years afterwards.

3.

And then there's Doll cause it isn't me if I don't talk about Regulus. I obviously looove Reggie and while I hear the Regulus has kidnapped his listener and they are struggling against him, hear me out. I think it would be so delightful if Regulus's listener was someone who was at such a bad point in their life that Regulus was a welcome change. Doll thinks they're going crazy at first, but it's so nice to not have to worry about things anymore. They don't have to go to work, they don't have to worry about making and keeping friends, they don't have to worry about money - Regulus takes care of all of it. Regulus tells them exactly what to do and makes them do it and it's suuuuuuch a relief for them to have someone tell them what to do and to completely give into someone. Regulus to me seems like someone who needs to be needed and by god I gave him a listener who is so grateful for him erasing everything in their brain but him. Also playing with the idea that Doll could be blind, but that's a whooooole other post.

4.

Sentencing your partner to three hours in silly jail for their silly crimes against humanity. love me a hot honey pizza So I love Guy and have been listening to him a lot and talking about him a lot. It's almost a problem. But I have this hilarious idea that after Guy and Honey got together, lived together for a while, really got into each other, they needed to get a new apartment. They're not super well off, but they weren't willing to compromise on the fact that they needed to be on a top floor and sturdy ceilings so they could have anchor points for suspension. Because Honey loves tying Guy up, gagging him, and sitting in a chair nearby with a cup of coffee getting some work done and their hoodie on while Guy... hangs out. get it, hangs out??? anyway there's also a sign in the room that says "Silly Jail" which Guy finger painted for Honey as a joke but is hung on the wall.

5.

Milo..... oh Milo. How I have mentally corrupted you. This is part two of the unholy trinity files. I think Milo used to be, and I say this in the kindest way possible, a bit of a fuckboy. He was a good guy, he was really polite, but he wasn't interested in relationships but definitely into sex. And Milo Greer got AROUND. Lexi and I were like "how many people in canon can we have made him sleep with and can we put them in a groupchat called 'raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimized by milo greer' where they just trade stories about how buckwild he got before he grew out of it" and it's HILARIOUS. Somehow Vincent, Sam, and Alexis are in the gc and they HATE IT, Lasko and Gavin are in there, Hudson definitely is, and just a bunch of people. There's some HILARIOUS mock texts we made that I will share with you. “I didn’t know I could squirt until Milo Greer” "milo greer is all i can think about when people talk about men growling in erotic novels. i asked him for a demonstration for a book i was writing and somehow I ended up with my panties shredded, covered in bites, and dehydrated. my novel is doing really well now btw" "i cannot believe milo has fucked me and both of my siblings. good to know you're all here, say nothing about it ever" "when he said my size was not a problem he wasn't fucking playing. he deadlifted me because he thought it would make me feel better. this man had my ankles by my ears. no man has ever compared" "you know how guys like to say they can turn lesbians? if he got me, he could get others. lesbians are no longer safe"

+1

And last but certainly not least I have been a whore I am a whore I will continue to be a whore - If being a hot werewolf boy means you don't have a knot, I don't want it anymore untrue but my point stands. I love a/b/o, I love knots, I'm a monsterfucker, what can I say? I think all of the Shaw pack would really just be improved if being a wolf shifter meant you got a fat knot. I know can't be the only one, come on somebody.

[massiveladycat]

PART 1 OF THE ETERNAL FOLLOWERS OF THE STARS

i just i just i just i have a new PJO oc and i need to talk about him and i need to talk about him oghgsebdshadjsgasff. DECLAN IMURA, DAHLIA IMURA - CHILDREN OF THANATOS In the world of Percy Jackson, where the gods still exist and walk among mortals, there is a island known as Aves. This island, much like the ancient mythological island of Delos, is always moving, never grounded in one place. It is a place shrouded in darkness and secrecy, where people descended from the winged reside.

These descendants, named "The Eternal Followers of The Stars," have formed a cruel and twisted society, one that values only those born with black wings. Those born with white wings are seen as cursed, deemed unworthy of living in Aves and a threat. Instead, one of them is sacrificed on a pyre every decade in front of a large parade that the leader's apprentice needs to do to prove themselves as worthy of becoming the next leader. (I took inspiration for that from the Salem Witch Trials).

Amongst this society are twins, Declan and Dahlia Imura. They are the children of Thanatos himself, born with black and white wings respectively. Despite their divine bloodlines, they are not immune to the cruelty of the cult that rules over Aves. The bells rang in delight when they were born, though the cultists all frowned and looked down on Dahlia as they unwrapped her white wings. They cheered and wept tears of joy as Declan’s wings were unwrapped, revealed to be pitch black.

Dahlia, fierce and protective though still sweet to others, is born with white wings, a fact that sets her apart from her brother and marks her for death from the moment she takes her first breath. Declan, on the other hand, is born with black wings, the favored color amongst the people of Aves. Despite his status as a god's son, and then assigned as the leader’s apprentice, Declan is a timid and nervous boy, unable to stand up to the violence and cruelty that surrounds him, even if considering that he’s born with black wings, he’s practically destined to have a special role.

As the twins grow older, the divide between them becomes more apparent. Dahlia is shunned and ostracized, while Declan is lauded and praised for his black wings. Their mother Eliza Imura, a powerful woman in her own right who’d caught Thanatos’ eye, does everything in her power to protect her daughter from the fate that awaits her and protect her son from the cults’ ways. But her efforts are in vain, as one fateful night, the cult descends upon their home to claim Dahlia for the sacrificial pyre. 

Declan, overcome with grief and guilt, watches helplessly as his sister is taken from him. Afraid of being shunned by their society, Declan has to do the ceremony and helps with her burning. Afterwards, guilty and ashamed, Declan makes a desperate plea to Hades, the god of the underworld.

In exchange for his sister's life and his mother’s protection, Hades demands a steep price from Declan. He must give up his free will and memories. Without hesitation, Declan agrees, desperate to bring his sister back from the brink of death and keep his mother happy and safe. Anyways, PT. 2 coming up soon.

[littlesparklight]

Want to know how do you deal with hubristic humans in your stories because this might be my opinion I find some of the punishments to be unjust like death of Niobe children and marsyas ordeal of course not suggesting you should make all the gods completely evil

My basic starting point is that hubris is a real thing (like, both because it actually was a "real" thing in Ancient Greece culturally, but the legal/cultural, real, sort of hubris is of course different from the one humans can commit against the divine in the reality of myth), much like sacrilege is a real thing. These things do have some sort of negative effect on a god (even if we're "only" talking a hit to dignity/time, but /flaps hand at Achilles - a hit to time gives one licence to do many terrible things to get one's own back).

Tiresias accidentally coming upon his mother and Athena bathing and seeing the goddess naked is automatically and immediately punished - this isn't hubris as such, but a god isn't to be seen unless they are intentionally showing themselves, and you will get punished for seeing what isn't "lawful" to be seen. The same thing happens to a son of Apollo who sees Aphrodite bathing after she's been with Adonis (and is the version where Apollo takes revenge by killing Adonis) ; it's not at all what's in the text, but for my myth-verse I do have it that Zeus' initial anger against Sisyphos/intent to punish him when he sees him flying off with Aegina is that he wasn't to be seen (and also that Sispyphos blackmails Asopos for a spring to even reveal where she was taken).

Like, the way I do it for my mythverse isn't even whether any given punishment for hubris is fair or just; hubris will be punished and the gods have a "right" to that. (Cosmos itself might punish hubris, as in the case of Ikaros, where no god acts against him.) But it also doesn't mean they can't regret it/think they went too far; Athena does in Callimachus' Bath to Pallas, and Apollo is generally represented as feeling he went too far afterwards when it comes to Marsyas.

I deal differently with humans and gods in my mythverse, basically, and that's with intent. The gods function differently from mortals, and part of it is that they're as present as they are in the mythical era.

The passive effects (AOE buffs, if you will, lol) of the gods' presence is the positive payoff for their being as present as they are (and direct, intentional favour/aid more so, even though this can of course also be dangerous). In return, that greater presence have negative payoff/drawback in the form of humans' behaviour/actions/claims will be acted upon and judged by the divine.

(So, for my story-verse, and tying into the idea that the gods withdrew after the end of the Heroic era, that is part of the effect. Humans can say/do shit post-heroic era they could not do before, because the gods are no longer entwined enough with human life to constantly and passively offer positive side-effects. They are thus not as easily "offended" (if you will), because they're doing a lot less work, and so they demand a lot less "payment".)

[kahvilahuhut]

Hello please tell me all about your androids/android worldbuilding <3 - @void-botanist

JDJDJDJDJDJ my favorite topic

ok so first things first you should know a few things about the union's robot laws: 1. the ai can't be "sentient" (as in, work like a mind of a person) 2. robots cannot look too much like living creatures 3. most of then require an owner (a person or a company)

now based on that: most of the robots & androids are created to do jobs that are either too dangerous or too hard. There are also robots that are like bartenders or chefs or secretaries etc., but they're more rare and are more popular in either rich spaces or spaces that refuse to pay their workers the minimum wage & instead just by a robot </3

There are also androids more suitable for "free time", like a buddy you can talk to in a cafe or a...thing for some adult time (tm).

Another field with large amount of robots or androids is the defense force, especially the groups that have something to do with the borders or with non-union planets (e.g. Dana's special squad, Five & Two). These are stronger and have better processors and are able to have conversations, but they still only either do their own job they were programmed to do, or they take orders.

Funny thing, most of the Planet Alone-time robot industries are from Mars. We'll see more about that in Cynosure.

NOW! Now that I've talked about what it's like int the most parts of the planet alone world, let's talk about Nathan & Victor.

The whole thing starts with Orion, Nathan's "dad". He's a famous politician, respected by many etc etc. and killed for something political he had almost nothing to do with. Anyway. He and his wife had a problem: they both can't have biological children, and no adoption center would give them a child bc of their busy af jobs. Orion isn't doing well bc lf that :(

Orion's friend, Matthew, is a magnificent AI programmer and had opened his robotics company a few years ago. Orion knows that he had been working on an AI that'd work just like a human mind AND a line of human-like androids, until the law mentioned at the beginning of this answer came. He didn't scrap the work though, and Orion knows that. Orion tells his situation to Matthew and begs him to finish what he started, and promises to keep it secret from everyone*, even from his future "child". Matthew agrees.

Now this AI then, clearly works just like a human mind. No additional widgets etc. The only noticiable thing is that this android doesn't have any kinds of bodily fluids. Orion explained that to his "son" as a "u were sick as a child so u r a bit Different(tm)" thing. Nathan, of course, believed everything.

They had a really amazing father-son relationship since the beginning, Orion was a perfect father. Matthew became a little bit jealous and decided to create a son for himself. An updated model, with more realistic features (like previously mentioned fluids) and more handsome. That's how we got Victor. And unlike Orion, Matthes tomd him the truth as soon as Vic actually started to understand what's going on. That gave him a god complex and a large ego but that's a thing for another day.

Now, you may wonder, how is Nathan aware of who he is now? Orion told him in the end. The poor guy did what a teen can easily do at his age - get a crush. And that obviously means a serious talk. Let's say it didn't go well and Nate ended up saying some awful things and storming out of the house, and sitting all alone with his thoughts by a river for a few hours. Once he calmed down he went back and. well. let's say he doesn't remember what actually happened**, but the first thing he remembers afterwards is sobbing in a corner bc someone killed his dad. He's not doing fine no matter what he says.

Still, because of the laws, he keeps (or well, has to keep) acting like a human and doing his own thing. Victor does too, but he's a millionaire bc he inherited his father's company.

[megamattzx]

Dragon Ball New Frontier: Tales of the Time Patrol

Scars

The Time Patrol was enjoying a day of peace and quiet that they didn't usually get. One conversation going was consistent with the guys of the Time Patrol's best group, the multiversal Dragon Team, talking about their scars.

"No," Xeno Bardock explained. "This isn't the worst scar I've got."

GT Present Trunks then began to pull his shirt slightly, showing a massive stab wound scar on his left hip. "He's talking about one like this, right?" He asked.

"Yeesh!" Gohan responded with. "Whoever gave you that, got you good!"

Future Gohan then began showing the massive scar still present from the left side of his upper body. Much worse than the one over his left eye, the entire shoulder area as well as the armpit area were most definitely scarred. "This was given to me by my original versions of Androids 17 and 18, when I originally lost my arm," he said as he told the story. "Although I eventually got my arm back, the rest of the scar is still intact, as you can see."

Vegeta Jr, aka Vegeta the fifth the shows a scar on the top part of his right arm, all the way to the entire shoulder. "This was a gift from the evil Legendary Super Saiyan, Z Broly himself", the Clone and Adopted son of Vegeta proudly boasted. "Though we eventually defeated him, he was most definitely a worthy foe!"

Super Broly went next, showing his Achilles heel, which had a huge burn scar, that went up his lower leg. "A gift from Demon God Demigra, himself!" He said. "Out of commission for months afterwards so that it healed properly."

Goten then went next, removing his shirt and showing various scars on his upper body as he started looking for a specific one. "I've gotten plenty over the last hundred years," he said as he then began touching a scar on his right hip near his stomach. "But the worst that I've gotten has gotta be this one, right here. Impaled by a clone, similar to Copy Vegeta, of me. Everything I gave, he delivered right back."

Everyone looks at Goku Jr, causing him to sigh before he starts to remove his own shirt. "Alright, fine." He finally said as he struggled to take off the weighted shirt.

"Atta boy!" GT Present Trunks said. "Here, I thought you'd be sensitive and emotional about this stuff!"

"Really?" Goku Jr responded with. "So that's how you think of me...."

"Do you have any scars to show, before Kaka out does us all?" Xeno Goten asked GT Goten.

"No, not really," GT Goten said. "Plenty of stories, but nothing to really show for it."

Once Goku Jr removed his shirt, everyone could see various scars across his back and front areas of his upper body and even parts of the arms that the shirt was covering. Some of them are scars from getting slashed or stabbed, others being actual burns. "It's hard to say which one I've gotten is the worst in my opinion," Goku Jr said with honesty. "Although some of these, I don't remember much, mainly cuz I passed out or died shortly after obtaining them."

"Damn....." Most versions of Yamcha, Krillin, Tien and even Hercule simultaneously said.

"Did it hurt!?" Beat was heard asking.

"Again, little Bro," Goku Jr. answered. "I don't remember much with many of these."

"Judging from looking at these scars with my own eyes, that's probably for the best," GT Gohan declared bluntly.

"I got you beat!" Cabba declared. Causing everything to look at him. Cabba then placed his hand on Goku Jr's shoulder before he continued. "A Saiyan Princess as beautiful as the setting sun, shattered my heart like a mirror into a million pieces."

Everyone then began laughing as even Goku Jr was seen chuckling a bit.

"In that case, then I definitely got all of y'all beat," Present Trunks said. "Boy all the Ladies, I've met."

"Oh brother!" Goten said before everyone continued laughing.

"Joking aside," Goku then said. "He's Right. The worst scars can't be seen."