#AND is no longer even cannon to the story and think 'well time to give her the roughest life imaginable'

[the-blathermouth]

Yogurt: Hey Rita what's your greatest fear?

Rita: Being forgotten again...

Yogurt: Damn that's real...I was gonna say the Kool-aid man but now I feel silly.

[rorywritesjunk]

No longer locked upon the land but free on the rolling waves

You and Buggy come face to face with himself from the past, and while you’re fully accepting that this is your husband as a child, Buggy doesn’t want to accept it.

Rating: PG-13ish, but just due to some swearing.

Warning: Upset kid, upset husband. Reader is way too nice, doesn’t necessarily take husband’s feelings into account as well.

A/N: A combined request. I did a few versions of this story before feeling like it hit the marks I was wanting to hit. Also, I’m just trying to vibe off what I’ve seen of Kid Buggy. I’m no expert. I’d protect that kid with my life. He’s so adorable. I also like the trope of “Meeting your self from another time” and “gets turned back into kid-self”. This is the former, and I know shit about time travel but I just kind of made something up. This story has also been a lot of fun to work on and the reaction from people has been lovely, thank you! There's at least one more chapter (unless I get a surge and suddenly write way more), but I may write a few one shots about Buggy and his wife because I've come to adore her a lot. Title comes from "Sailing Song" by S.J. Tucker.

Chapter 1 + Chapter 2 + Chapter 3 + Chapter 4 + Chapter 5 + Chapter 6/Epilogue

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Chapter Four

“Is he mad at me?” Buggy asked when the two of you were in the kitchen together. He was helping you make dinner; you gave him the task of cutting up carrots while you cut up onions and celery to throw in a large pot. Neither of you saw Buggy ever since the kid asked him about Shanks, and that was a few hours ago. He thought maybe he was in trouble, that the captain was mad at him for asking those questions. 

“No, he isn’t.” You assured him as you wiped your knife on your apron. “Shanks is… a sensitive subject for him. I don’t even know what happened, but don’t worry, okay?” You smiled and took one of the pieces of carrot, popping it into your mouth. “I know the captain enjoyed showing the place off to you, y’know.”

“I liked seeing everything, especially those Buggy Balls!” Buggy grinned. “Can we fire one out of a cannon?”

“Oh uh, maybe?” You munched on the carrot as you took what he cut up so far, dumping them into the pot. “We’ll ask the captain next time we see him.”

Buggy nodded, watching the veggies get stirred in the pot for a bit before looking back up at you. “How long do I get to stay with you?”

That was a question you were waiting for but didn’t want to hear asked because you weren’t sure how to answer it. You didn’t know how long he would be with you, but what would get him home? Maybe tomorrow you could head back into town with him, see if anything can trigger his return, but part of you wanted to keep him around. Admittedly, that was a selfish want. He needed to return home because he had his own timeline to live through, and if he stayed here could it mess something up. 

You smiled at him and shrugged. “I dunno, but maybe tomorrow we head into town where we met and see if anything happens. I bet you wanna head home.”

“Yea…” He trailed off, looking back down at the veggies. “But if I could stay… I think I would.”

That was a knife to the heart again, because you would let him stay if you could. You’d give him the love and attention you knew he deserved, support his dreams and endeavors, everything. 

But he couldn’t stay. He needed to return home and that broke your heart. You just smiled at him and tossed some salt and pepper into the pot before pouring in some water.

“If you could, I know you would, and I’d be fine with that, Buggy.” You replied as you gave the pot a good stir before putting the lid on. “But… you have to go home at some point, because I don’t… know what could happen if you stay.” Turning to face him, you suddenly pulled him into your arms and hugged him. “I have loved having you around, you know. You’re a wonderful kid.”

He allowed the hug for a moment before pulling away, crossing his arms as he turned red. You chose not to say anything, instead just smiling and standing back up. He eyed you before bolting out of the kitchen all of a sudden, catching you off guard. What just happened? Did you upset him? 

Your husband entered the kitchen at that moment, looking in the direction the kid ran off too. “What just happened?”

“I don’t know.” You said with a frown. “I hugged him and called him wonderful, then he took off.”

“Huh.” Adult Buggy shrugged and went over to the stove to see what was being made for dinner. As he lifted the lid off, seeing the soup starting to slowly simmer, the kid came rushing back in with something in his hand. Buggy frowned at his younger self. “What’s going on?”

The kid looked him up and down before turning to you, holding something in his hands. He looked smug as he grabbed your hand and placed the item into it. You were confused for a moment, and when he pulled his hand back and you saw what it was, you almost dropped it. You had completely forgotten about the pendant and this was the first time you really got to see it up close and you nearly dropped it in surprise. 

“Consider this my proposal for when we meet again.” He said, looking quite proud of himself as he crossed his arms. Your husband’s jaw dropped and he raised the lid up, looking like he was going to throw it at him. You intervened and pocketed the pendant, kneeling down in front of the kid once more. It was hard not to laugh because the look of pride on the kid’s face was the same one you saw on a certain pirate captain when he asked you to marry him years ago, except you were given a bouquet of flowers with no petals (having been destroyed after he stole them and ran off with them) and a ring with a rock the size of his nose (also stolen). 

“Thank you, it’s lovely.” You told him; your husband grumbled and put the lid back. He wouldn’t risk hitting you with it by accident. You leaned over and gave the kid a kiss on the cheek, choosing not to comment further when his face turned bright red. Instead, you stood up and patted him on the head. “I’ll treasure it, Buggy.”

The kid side-eyed the husband, smirking at him despite blushing brightly. The little shit, he should have at least kept it until he met you later on. It didn’t make sense to give it to you now while you were already married to his adult self, but Adult Buggy didn’t say anything after you gave him that look that told him to keep his mouth shut or there would be consequences since he would likely say something stupid. Grumbling, he decided to take a seat at the table instead, the kid taking the seat across from him. He glared at the kid and the kid just smirked. To you, this was just hilarious but you were doing your best not to start laughing. 

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You allowed them to fire one Buggy Ball out to the water after dinner and that was it. There was to be no town destroying during this trip and the identical grumpy looks from the two of them was amusing, but you put your foot down. You even stood by, watching to make sure it was just one, and the look of excitement on the kid’s face almost made you cave to allow a second one, but you remained strong. You didn’t cave, even when the two of them gave you doe eyes after your husband asked if they could. 

And you decided to allow it after reminding the captain that it was wasting ammo, and that a demonstration was one thing, but now it was just a waste. He hated it when you pointed those things out. Reluctantly, he decided not to fire off a second one, much to his and the kid’s disappointment.

As it grew later into the evening, you decided it was time to settle in for the night. The kid was easier to get ready for bed than your own husband, but you knew the captain also needed to make sure the crew had taken care of the ship for the night as well. 

The pendant was still in your pocket from the kid’s little proposal, the weight of it a reminder from a moment in your own past. You got the kid ready for bed but you didn’t change into your own sleep clothes, which he noticed and frowned at.

“You’re not ready for bed.” He pointed out as you tucked him under the covers. He reached out and grabbed your arm. “Are you leaving?”

“What? No, no.” You shook your head as you sat down on the edge of the bed. “I promise I’m not leaving the ship tonight, Buggy.” You reached over and touched his cheek softly with your free hand and he let go of you. “I need to go talk to my husband about something, but I won’t leave the room until you fall asleep, okay?”

Buggy wasn’t sure about that. You were constantly around, but now you were going to leave him alone in your room? You saw the hesitation on his face and sighed softly. “Promise I’ll be here when you wake up in the morning, but if you wake up after I leave the room tonight, you can come find me. I’ll just be out on deck with the captain, okay? I won’t be mad if you need me, Buggy.”

That seemed to help. The kid just nodded and settled down under the covers, pulling them up to his nose. You leaned down and kissed him on the forehead before straightening back up. “How about you tell me another story about your time on the Oro Jackson?”

He beamed and nodded, launching into a story about some mischief him and Shanks got into. He yawned a few times while telling it, and it wasn’t too long before his eyes closed and he fell asleep. You made sure he was comfortable, watching him for a few minutes while he slept before getting up and heading to the doorway. You looked back once more, making sure he was asleep before you left the room to go find your husband.

The captain was on deck, arms crossed as several crewmen lingered about, no doubt on the night watch shift. He glanced back at you when he heard you approach, holding his arm out to you to pull you close to him. He shrugged his captain’s coat off, draping it over you as you reached into your pocket and pulled the pendant out, holding it up to him. He frowned as he looked down at it. 

It was an oval shape, cut from a piece of moss agate that when you held it up to the light, it was as though you were looking up at the sun through a thick forest of tall trees. You remember watching your father cut down and smooth the stone out to the shape it was while your mother fastened a chain to it, creating a lovely necklace for anyone who desired it. You remember it being on the table at their booth along with other pieces, but after a group walked past the table, it was missing. You remember being mad that it happened but your parents just shrugged it off, not bothered by the missing piece.

Now you had it in your hand over twenty five years later. 

“What’s this?” Your husband asked as he took it out of your hand, frowning as he looked at it. He studied it for a moment, eyes widening slowly as he started to remember what it was. “This-”

“Mhm, my parents had it on the edge of their table, making it a prime target for anyone with sticky fingers to steal it.” You told him as you took it out of his hand and stuck it back into your pocket. “Didn’t think my husband was the one who stole it.”

“I-I-”

“Buggy, it’s okay.” You chuckled at the look of panic on his face. Did he think you were going to divorce him over something petty he did to your family as a kid? “I wanted to show it to you, but… I wanted to ask you something.”

“Anything.” He blurted out, trying to mask the concern on his face after seeing that pendant. “Whatever you want, babe, just don’t… ask for a divorce, please.”

“No, I’m not asking for a divorce.” You assured him, wrapping your arms around him. “But… I’m just curious what happened to you as a kid. Do you… remember any of this happening?” 

He stared down at you and you tightened your arms around him, thinking he would bolt from you. Minutes went by before he finally shook his head and you frowned. He didn’t remember any of this, really?

“What… do you remember?” 

He hesitated for a moment, checking his surroundings for a moment to make sure no one else was listening. The crewmen paid you no mind, knowing better than to stare or make any comments about the two of you when there was any sort of display of affection between the two of you. After what felt like an eternity, your husband sighed and just shrugged.

“I remember snatching the pendant off the table when we walked past, and I was a few steps ahead of everyone.” He reached up and rubbed his face while you continued watching him, resting your chin against his chest as you listened to him talk. “There was some kind of light and… I walked into it, but there was just a moment of darkness, like I blinked or something, and then I was back and nowhere near the crew without the pendant. They said they lost sight of me for about fifteen or twenty minutes, but they weren’t worried.”

“They weren’t worried?” You repeated with a frown. “A kid under their watch disappears for that long and they weren’t worried?”

“We’re pirates, it didn’t matter-”

“It matters to me.” You said firmly. “Pirates or not, you were a kid who got lost and ended up somewhere new and scary, Buggy. I can’t… I can’t even imagine what that would have been like.” You huffed, releasing your hold on him just a bit. “Were… you scared of the kid because of what had happened to you back then? About not remembering what happened?”

He nodded slowly. You reached up and put your hands on his cheeks, bringing his head down to kiss him. You were trying not to lose your head at that moment because the love you had for him was a lot. You’d level a city to get to him, burn down a town, and if you had the chance you’d go back with the kid and give that crew a talking to about how to handle a missing kid. It wasn’t right, fair, anything and your heart hurt knowing this. Every kid deserved love, to feel safe and protected, and here your husband just told you that the adults he knew just shrugged off the fact that he had been missing for just a few minutes, while the kid in your care had been with you almost three days. 

You really wondered if you could sneak back in the timeline with the kid and give them a piece of your mind.

Your husband pulled back from the kiss first, a grin on his face as one of his hands went to your back, pulling your body closer to his. 

“It’s fine now, babe, I’m fine.” He insisted as his hand slid down your back. “Seeing the kid was just… startling.”

“You threw him overboard.” You reminded him as his hand stopped at the base of your spine.

He rolled his eyes. “Stop bringing that up.” 

“Don’t attempt to grab my ass when I’m being serious with you.” You shot back. 

“Now hang on-”

“What’re you two arguing about?” 

The two of you turned and saw the kid glaring sleepily in your direction. You pulled away from your husband and went over to him, lifting him up into your arms as he wrapped himself around you. With one arm you held him while the other pulled the coat off and draped it over him, wanting to make sure he was warm.

“Are you okay?” You asked him as you hugged him. He let his head drop onto your shoulder, nodding sleepily. “Come on, let’s go back to bed. I’m tired too.”

Your husband wanted to protest, he wanted more time with you, but the kid locked eyes with him and smirked. Oh, that little shit. Buggy huffed angrily, he would not be competing with a kid for your attention, but he was also very clingy of his wife, just like the kid was in this moment, and he would very much be ready to compete for your attention if needed.

“Buggy, come on, time for bed.” You called to him with a smile as you headed to the bedroom. The kid stuck his tongue out at the captain and he bristled angrily, ready to throw the kid overboard again if he needed to. Grumbling something about bratty kids, Buggy followed after you, wondering if he could throw the kid overboard without you noticing. 

[weixuldo]

Allow me// ch 9

Vader x Reader

a/n: this ch is mostly for the purpose of furthering the connection btwn vader and the reader… lots of fluff (oops)

The mask finally comes off

warnings: cursing, anxiety, self hatred/loathing, cannon disabled character, emotional vulnerability

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The tension in the room was thick as he sat up to remove the final shell of his suit-

His helmet.

Vader’s heart was racing and he was sure his temperature regulating system was working overtime to make sure he wouldn’t overheat.

He was skeptical of your eagerness to see his unmasked face, did you have ulterior motives?

No, what was he thinking? 

He hadn’t shown himself to anyone in a very long time and he cared about you…so much. So he was afraid that- by showing himself to you- you would leave.

He did not think he would be able to handle it if you left him. 

But those same emotions were urging him to take it off- he wanted to share himself with you

And it was one of- if not the most intimate things he could give you. He felt so wanted by you that he would do anything you asked…

even this. 

So with a final deep breath he lifted his gloved hands to the sides of the outer shell of the helmet. 

Slowly his face was revealed; first you saw his nose- a paler color than you expected- but to be fair, he doesn’t really see much sun.

Then his eyes- the trademark piercing yellow of the Sith. They were much less intimidating than you expected, instead they looked scared. 

Finally he had the whole helmet off and held it in his lap. Your eyes widened as you observed his face: he was deathly pale, had no hair, his ears were basically just stubs, and scars littered his whole face.  

At first you were a little taken aback, only because you had no reference of what to expect, but as you continued gazing at his naked face you kept finding more and more that intrigued you.

His face told a story- a story of a man who had been through hell and yet still persevered. His scars looked like those of burns (which checked out because of the loss of hair and the withered ears).

His eyes were so captivating… you could hardly look away. 

You understood why he was nervous to show you, anyone else may have had a bad or even insulting reaction to his face. But you were so deeply invested in the man in front of you that nothing physical could change how you felt about him as a person.

You had feelings for Vader- not just the body he inhabited.

Even with all of his ‘flaws’ you could still tell how handsome he was; his jawline was strong, his eyes were beautiful, and his lips (no matter how scarred) still looked perfectly kissable.

His eyes scanned your face as you gazed over his features- what were you thinking… you had been staring a long time- you thought he was hideous, didn’t you. 

His yellow eyes twitched and narrowed for a moment before he spoke: “This was a mistake”.

He lifted his helmet and began to put it back on when you caught his hand. 

“Wait” you lowered his hands and he skeptically watched as you gently placed his helmet on the nightstand next to your bed. 

��What are you-” 

Soon his thoughts were interrupted by the warmth of your gentle hand on his scarred cheek. When was the last time he had felt something so tender on his own skin? 

You brushed your thumb up and down as he shakily breathed through his nose with closed eyes. This sensation felt so foreign yet so right to the Sith- he wished he could save this feeling forever. 

“y/n…” 

He slowly opened his eyes but you were surprised to see that they were no longer yellow, instead they were a captivating light blue. He blinked a few times and they began to tear up. 

“Here, let's take this off too” you said as you unclasped the bottom piece of his helmet in the back. 

You set it down as well and watched as his irises faded back into their standard yellow- interesting. 

“What are you thinking? I cannot read your force signature” he asked anxiously. 

Without a word you scanned his features once more before placing both of your hands on his face and drawing him in for a gentle kiss. 

He flinched at the sudden contact- it was not something he was used to. But once he realized you were willingly kissing him, he returned the favor. 

Your eyes fluttered open as you broke away.

Vader was at a loss for words; all he could do was bask in your perfect presence. 

“W-was that alright?” you asked, worried you had upset the man with your sudden kiss. 

His scarred bottom lip trembled as he answered, “more than”.

You kissed him once more and he reveled in the feeling of you smiling into his lips as he wrapped his arms around your waist. 

After a while of admiring glances and soft kisses you leaned back into your pillows, inviting him to do the same.

Once the two of you were settled (he leaned against the headboard and pillows as you rested your head on his shoulder); you spoke again, “thank you, V”.

His brow arched as he tilted his head; some of his raised scarred skin pulled at the motion.

“For what my dear?”.

“For showing me your self, I know that wasn’t easy for you.” you smiled.

He nodded, “thank you for your kindness”.

You knew what he was referring to; what he really meant was ‘thank you for not running at the sight of my face’. 

“No need to thank me, I would never leave for such a miniscule reason” 

He hummed in response and gazed at the floor before asking, “is it…alright?”.

You reached for the hand that was idly lying in his lap and looked up at him.

“You are the most beautiful man I have ever seen”.

He looked away, “Please do not lie to me, y/n. It is cruel”.

Gently, you turned his face back to you and shook your head with an awed expression. 

“darling, I would never lie to you”.

His heart fluttered at the endearment. 

You kissed his forehead, his nose, and then finally his lips. 

He sighed and his eyes jumped between yellow and the light blue you had just recently discovered.

“A few months ago, I would have never imagined you would give me the privilege of looking upon your face” you said. 

“A few months ago, I wouldn’t have imagined that I would be showing myself to someone so…special,” he responded. 

With a small smile you thanked him. 

“For what?”

“For being vulnerable enough to be yourself with me. It means the galaxy to me V”

You saw an inkling of blush creep onto his scarred cheeks.

“I only opened up because I feel comfortable with you”.

You knew that was his way of telling you that he was just as grateful to you, for being as open as he was. 

His eyes drifted between your eyes and your lips until he initiated a kiss, much to your surprise.

It wasn’t as hesitant as the first; this one was sure and true- yet still tender and soft. 

It was perfect.

Afterwards he reclined and closed his eyes at the relieving sensation that washed over him; he felt light (not just because he didn’t have his troublesome armor on), he hadn’t felt this at ease since who knows when. 

All thoughts of his meeting with the emperor left his mind; all of his worries subsided.

Nothing could go wrong in this moment: he was in a comfortable bed, the air pressure allowed him to be without his helmet, you were at his side, and he just kissed you. 

Everything was right in the galaxy.

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Vader had to leave pretty early to go back to his own chambers and not long after, your work day (technically) started.

But of course with Vader as your boss, he gave you a pretty simple task so that you could finish early and take a well deserved nap. 

He was so thoughtful- you caught yourself throughout the day still amazed at the fact that you actually cultivated a relationship with the almighty Sith. All of your “unprofessional” thoughts (scandalous or not) weren’t just delusions…

The man you literally dreamt about was now coming to your room in the middle of the night!

It was crazy.

Vader’s agenda for the day was a bit different than yours; he was to have his audience with Palpatine (though he wasn’t quite sure what for).

Nevertheless, he headed into the throne room that Palpatine retired to once he arrived aboard the Executor; hopefully this would be quick. 

“You wanted to see me master?” Vader said, as he knelt before the Emperor.

“Yes” he hissed.

“I’ve heard that you have been entertaining a rebel… is this true?”.

Vader had enough experience masking his thoughts around his master after he disappointed him one too many times throughout the years. 

And he could lie well too.

“Those rumors must be just that… rumors. I have done nothing of the sort”. 

There was no way Palpatine would have evidence of his collaboration with Sabe. 

He no longer felt bad about lying to the man who was supposed to be on his side, after years of torment and belittling.

Vader had enough. 

Especially now that he had you; there was more to life than simply existing to carry out his master’s dark deeds.

Now there was a light at the end of the tunnel, someone to cherish and protect. 

“Ahh… I am pleased to hear these rumors are not true.” Palpatine said with a grotesque smile. 

“Is there anything else I may be assistance for?” Vader asked, hoping to leave soon.

“That is all for now, you may go apprentice”

Vader cringed at the title “apprentice”, but regardless- he bowed to the cloaked man and quickly headed out the door.

Hopefully that would take care of any more speculations (Plus all of that happened a while ago, no sense in digging up the past). 

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a/n: just reminder, reader and V have not outright expressed their feelings yet, they’ve both said things but neither explicitly told the other what they want or how they feel… (we love emotionally constipated baddies). Also reminding-when I was saying “visits your room at night” I don’t mean in the sexual context- yes both parties are physically attracted to eachother, but this story is more rooted in deep emotions and the psychology of a relationship rather than just smex. 

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[messinwitheddie]

Mr. Casarez "...And a fruit cup. Do you make dessert pizza this early...? Really? Great. Could you add a--"

Nny "He's STILL ordering... who does this guy think he's feeding?"

Mr. Casarez "Myself, My Wife and two boys who really need to eat."

Noise "And me, asshole!"

Mr. Casarez "Just take home whatever you can't finish. Or I'll eat it."

Squee "Sounds good. Thank you. Is it really killing you to be nice?"

Nny "To him? I think so?"

Squee "Well, die with grace, ok?"

MW "Ooel Oi!"

Nny "Did that goddamn bird just call me noodle boy?"

Squee "No-- I mean, I'm pretty sure this type of parot can't talk."

MY OOEL OI!!"

Nny "You--"

Mr. Casarez "The food should be here in 40 minutes."

Nny "Wonderful! I'll get started on the carpet while we wait so this day is over with as mercifully soon as possible! Kindly keep your aerial shit cannon away from me and my belongings. Thank you."

Nny "I will working with my headphones on, so don't bother me until the food is here. Appreciate it."

Mr. Casarez "Ok... I'll do my best, but I can't promise anything."

Squee "I'm sorry about Nny. He really is trying to make up for all the crap he's pulled on you. He just-"

Mr. Casarez "Don't be sorry. I'm grateful for the help around here. It takes 4 times as long to clean her enclosure myself. Do you want to give My Wife a shower out back? She would really appreciate it."

Squee. "Sure, no problem."

Mr. Casarez "Ok, I'll get the hose."

[Out back]

Squee "They just left her locked up in her enclosure when they moved out? That's horrible. "

Mr. Casarez "You don't know the half of it. When I moved in I found her covered in her own shit, her water bottle was dry for who knows how long, she was half starved and plucking out her own feathers from stress."

Squee "Awww..."

Mr. Casarez "Why do people take in pets just to mistreat them? I'll never understand."

Mr. Casarez "Whoever lived here before me must have decided it was too expensive to keep her or it was too much of a hassle to move her. I couldn't afford to take her to a vet so I had to check out a bunch of books at the library about exotic pet bird care. I only knew how to take care of chickens. It was hard. I'm a very slow reader, even in Spanish. It paid off; she's much healthier now and she trusts me."

Squee "That's impressive, Juan."

Mr. Casarez "I've always loved birds. I was afraid to handle her at first though. Loud noises scare me and she's very noisy... and bitey, but now we're inseparable. It breaks my heart I won't be able to keep her much longer."

Squee "Why not?"

Mr. Casarez "My health isn't good. I love My Wife, but she needs an owner with more energy, a longer life expectancy and a higher income to care for her how she needs to live a good life. My social worker's son put her up for adoption on the internet for me. So far one person has contacted me. If I get a good feeling when I speak to them in person, I'll give her away. If not, I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to pass away and leave her trapped in her enclosure."

Squee "That really sucks, but it's sweet you tried this hard for her."

Mr. Casarez "So, Um, just out of curiosity, why do you call him "Nny" and why does he keep calling you "Squee?" Is that some kind of new young person slang I'm unfamiliar with or--?"

Squee "Uh, no, um, not-- "Squee" is just his pet name for me. It's actually a crappy nickname the kids at school call me, but for some reason I introduced myself to him as "Squee" when my family first moved next door to him. I hate being called "Squee", but I don't have the heart to tell him. "Nny is a nickname... he gave himself, I guess? It's short for Johnny."

Mr. Casarez "I like the sound of "Johnny" a lot better than "Nny", but I'm biased. My son was named Johnny."

[Last page

Sorry for so much dialog. I'm trying to move this story along and get to an important plot point, but I only know how to write with loads of dialog so....

I think there were at least 3 dumb spelling mistakes and I was super pissed off while drawing a few panels hence the extra sloppy, heavy linework in some of it. Appreciate anyone still following this au. Struggling to figure out exactly how I want to end this. It's meant to be a rather sad story, but I keep throwing in gags.

[runningwithmyeyesclosed]

I decided to finally read some of the longer fics that I have been putting off starting out with...

Lily's Boy by SomewheresSword

Main Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy and Remus Lupin/Severus Snape (I'd say those are the MAIN ones but we gets lots of couples in this one)

Type: Rewrite (starting 3rd year)

Explicitness: They have some spicy scenes but honestly a lot of fade to black and lots of kissing

POV: Alternating but heavy Harry POV

Word Count: 746,386 😮‍💨

Song:

Here are two since its long and has lots of themes

My Summary:

The summer before Harry's third year changes everything he knew. When Harry finds out that not everything is as it seems and those he trusted were leading him astray, Harry is started on a path of his own. Harry will learn who is truly on his side, find friendship in the most unexpected places, and build a home he never expected.

My Thoughts: (I need to get more organized with this I feel)

Where can I even start? This was so long, but I never felt bored or like I was just rereading cannon. I think the author did an amazing job of keeping things similar and making sense while rewriting things to happen a different way. I feel she added just enough for the plot to make sense with the direction it did go. Plot and writing wise I'd say this is an amazing time, it was a long but easy and fun read.

Characters, there was a lot. I am not a huge fan of villainizing Hermione. I can sometimes see it for Ron; but honestly, I don't like it much either. And in this story, they are both definitely not great people. Every time they did something horrible or something, I was a little upset at the decision to write them this way. For the most part, though, I think I moved past it. I understand that plot wise, it would have been hard to keep them "good." I think everyone else was pretty great and a lot of fun to read.

On a surprising note, I really enjoyed the Remus/Severus pairing in this fic. While of course I love wolfstar and think they are soulmates its fun to read different pairings every now and again, and I really enjoyed the dynamic they had in this fic. I loved how all the relationships were fairly simple sans relationship drama. There was no crazy relationship angst, which is what I was mostly worried about in a fic this long. All the plot drama definitely revolved around Harry and him defeating Voldemort and Dumbledore.

Overall, I'm glad I decided to give this a go, finally, I would say it's a nice long fic if you want something that isn't too dramatic. I'd almost say it's a cozy read, but like the source, there are a lot of death and war themes. I really enjoyed it, and I applaud the author for creating something so big and well written.

[facks-stories]

^this was my last post [reblog]

Explanations + tldr at the bottom

Idk I haven’t been feeling well on tumblr lately so I’m going to leave for longer

I haven’t even opened this app in a few days and I turned off notifications, I’m not trying to be selfish but I don’t feel like I am here

Knowing me this is going to be a sob story but i don’t know, I don’t have friends on here just mutuals, that might seem like the same thing but I feels more like I’m a fan and people give me the time of day

Its selfish for me to want to be friends with people who don’t know me but still, I don’t think I want to be here because of that

But thats not why I initially left, i left because i was doing a art project (drawing all my characters (in pairs)) which is what this post is

I obviously haven’t finished it all but I am going to post it, maybe by the time I’m done

And this drawing that I think I already sent to @/sharkyy599

I won’t be putting the head cannons because I don’t want to, for the same reason that I feel like a fan

I posted some other stuff but they don’t really need a explanation

I am sorry and I’m not mad at anyone but I don’t want to feel like a fan of anyone anymore, not to say I’ll never come back to tumblr, or that i’ll never interact with anyone on here again just still,

I don’t know, just taking a indefinite break, see you later

Tldr: I’ll see you guys when I get better, I apologize for being gone for 17 days

[maria-of-the-waves]

Villains who deserve redemption (✧ω✧) (Parte 2: Honte)

I know he’s not a villain per se, but that was my first impression (´-ω-`)

I thought he was someone cunning, willing to do whatever it took to survive—even surrendering to his captors. Discovering that the ‘Honte’ we were presented with was nothing more than a puppet surprised me greatly ( : ౦ ‸ ౦ : )

It’s because of that initial impression that Honte is in this category instead of the other.

But here we go—the reason I believe he deserves ‘redemption’ lies in his backstory. He shares the same background story as Sir Rex, and we were given hints that there might be a way to make dark magic good.

Furthermore, being used as a marionette by someone you trusted (assuming Bernard was his alchemy professor) must have been heart-wrenching ｡ﾟ(｡ﾉωヽ｡)ﾟ｡

If somehow he could have stayed alive during his time as a puppet, he might have resisted self-destruction in some way and survived.

If he survived, Cale’s group would likely take care of him and help him improve. He could even become a key player in Bernard’s demise. And why do I say this?

Well, to provide context, the main reason I’m writing this is because of a speech that popped into my mind out of nowhere when I couldn’t sleep. Here it goes:

Kindness? Kindness?! You’ve never been kind to me for a single day of your life! Every so-called ‘moment of unity’ we’ve had has been nothing more than you finding a quicker way to turn me into a puppet! You’ve never cared about me! You brought me and hundreds of other children here for your twisted experiments, promising a better life! You and your followers tortured us and reveled in our despair! You turned me into a marionette! For years, you used my body to harm others! I was your weapon! And when I was no longer useful to you, you discarded me! The only reason I’m alive is because the so-called ‘enemy’ took pity on me! They helped me! They gave me everything you promised but never delivered! They cared for me and treated me as one of their own! To me, they are not the enemies! You are the enemy, and I will gladly be the weapon that ends you! Be happy, dear professor. This student knows more about how this world works than you do, and I’ll happily demonstrate it in my graduation project. Your death.

It’s foolish and very emotional, but it seems perfect for the confrontation between Bernard and Honte. o(>ω<)o

We must take into account that since the Queen of Death told us that there was a way for dark magic to be good, the information on how she thought it was possible was probably in her book on dark magic.

Cale would definitely give this book to Honte, and considering that he was already seen as a prodigy even before the possession, it’s likely that he could make the Queen of Death’s theories a reality ＼(٥⁀▽⁀ )／

Perhaps even thinking of her as a mentor, similar to Mary.

And what would that method be? I believe it involves using the user’s own blood. Whether it’s using your own blood to draw magical circles or making blood sacrifices during spells, utilizing your own vitality instead of sacrificing others could be the way for dark magic (now called dark magic, distinguishing it from traditional dark magic) to be natural.

Essentially, dark mages would be crystal cannons—extremely powerful, but if they’re careless or overwork themselves, they could die. This could be mitigated with blood replenishment potions, although it wouldn’t change the essence of their powers (¯▿¯)

I wish the author had addressed this plot hole, and that’s why I believe Honte deserves redemption.

[echantedtoon]

Monster Bride Rambles

*Firstly any and all art linked is by @rottencoreflesh101 and @yuki2sksksk on Tumblr.

*Secondly and this is VERY important!! The designs for the monsters linked ARE NOT the cannon ones used in the story!! I repeat my designs for them are different and I only linked the ones by other artists to give others an idea for what they MIGHT look like!! I do not claim these designs linked and they ARE NOT the designs used for the story!! Only to give a brief idea of what they are!!

This will tell you all about this small AU.

Hey everyone. In honor of Halloween I thought I'd bring you a second installment for Demon Slayer fans. But this time it'll be a bit different. Instead of a long storyline there will be just a few chapters and then multiple endings with all the Demon love interests from Demon Bride. Sorry for Haishira Lovers. I might do one with the Haishira cast in the future but I just really like the Demon Cast. This is just the summery chapter to introduce you to this small AU and what everyone's roles are in this storyline. I shall now refer to it as the Monster Bride au. Some designs are inspired by rottencoreflesh101 and yuki2sksksk on Tumblr but THIS IS A COMPLETELY different au from their monster au and nothing about their au is cannon to mine except maybe the monsters. With that out of the way let's get into the important info!

*What makes the Monster Bride AU different than the Demon Bride Au?

Well it's kinda like Demon Bride only all the demons are some kind of monster instead of a demon. Except all are intelligent races that can reproduce with humans (think Hotel Transylvania type of monsters). However in this au the Monster population is MUCH bigger than the human population and not everyone knows it. In order to keep peace, Kagaya's family runs a monster hunting business and they can be both hired by people to slay certain monsters or they slay them themselves. ONLY THE HOSTILE ONES HOWEVER. Kagaya has made it his mission to improve relationships with monsters and humans and only attack the hostile ones.

However some villages placate monsters by leaving offerings of food or their daughters as brides. However once every hundred years when there's a full blood moon, the monsters come out to drag away their wanted brides whether the unfortunate victim wants them or not.

(I like the bride trope don't mock me pls-)

Also not all the humans believe in monsters. Monsters are often VERY elusive so a lot of people still don't believe in them or don't know what to believe.

*Who are all the Haishira in Monster Bride?

 All of them are just regular humans as in cannon but instead of just demon slayer they're all monster hunters.

-Kaygaya and his family has inherited the organization from his deceased father and run the entire thing to help people however in retaliation, Kagaya was cursed by a witch long ago with blindness. However the kind man doesn't blame all monsters and tries to help improve relationships by sending letters to the Monster King Muzan...Even if he never gets letters back.

-the Kocho Sisters plus Aoi and their helpers run the research and development sector of the organization. They sell everything from garlic to wolfsbane to breaking curses. Kaneo, Shinobu, and Kanae are also monster hunters specialists after a monster claimed the lives of their parents. Often relying on Shinobu's weird concoctions or traps  They also receive samples of DNA and sometimes live monsters and/or their bodies from Kanae's fiance Sanemi and his brother or Shinobu's  partner Giyuu. Kanae also believed that most monsters deserves a chance to be heard out even if her sisters and fiance disagrees.

-Sanemi, Genya, and Gyomei are some of the powerhouses in the organization and they usually handle the bigger problems or bigger monsters such as ogers or werewolves. Gyomei is actually the one training Genya after a demon attacked his temple leading him to join the organization. Sanemi and Genya joined not too longer after they had gotten old enough too after a tragedy with a vampire. A stray vampire had turned their mother leading her to slay most of their family aside from the two brothers. Gyomei is also an exorcist and helps to remove ghosts or helps the poor souls move on. He's also one of the teachers who teach the new recruits.

-Rengoku and Tengen often work together and can be quite a team. It is said Rengoku's family was blessed by a Phoenix spirit long ago giving his family the signature red hair. The two are the fastest of the monster slayers and are usually the ones to take jobs around towns or villages with monster problems. Sometimes they will be seen with Mitsuri if they need extra muscle.

-Mitsuri is the strongest and most flexible hunter and is the one who handles the REALLY big monsters like giants or dragons if they get too close to towns however she's also the negotiater between humans and monsters. If there's ever a situation that they can solve peacefully usually she's the one called to talk to the monster. She's also the one who's responsible for rehoming the tame magical creatures if they get too close to humans such as unicorns or jackolopes.

-Iguro is an expert hunter and usually has to help Gyomei teach the new hunters. He doesn't like it however. He is secretly dating Mitsuri after a cupid shot him with a confession arrow while the two were alone. Therefore he hates things like love potions and cupids. He literally dives under the nearest biggest object of he thinks he sees one. His expertise is hunting nagas and other reptile like monsters due to one killing most of his family and leaving him scared. The only monster he really won't say anything bad about is ghosts because he often sees them as poor lost souls.

-Tanjiro, Inosuke, Nezuko, and Zenitsu are monster hunters in training after one monster or another claimed the lives of their families. Zenitsu might have a crush on Nezuko which Tanjiro has mixed feelings about. He can often be seen training with the Tokito twins or being mentored by someone. Both Tokito boys were taken in by Gyomei after their parents died of natural causes 

-Giyuu is a hunter that specializes in water based monsters. Rogue mermaids, sirens, water elementals, maybe even a young kraken or two. He's seen them all and can often be seen soaking wet from missions and dragging the carcus of some water dweller behind him for Shinobu and her sisters to study.

*Who are the Demons in Monster Bride?

All are some kind of monster but they're personalities are the same as cannon.

Muzan Kibutsuji 

-The king of all monsters and non-human beings.

-He's part demon and part fae so he is INCREDIBLY powerful and handsome. 

-his blood can be used to give blessings or curses however he can also turn a human into any monster he wishes. Was the one to turn Kokushibo into a monster.

-Lives in his own pocket dimension known as the infinity castle and rarely shows himself due to a secret fear of humans made by Yorichii. The only human he completely trusts is his wife Rei.

-Has a semi deal with the humans. If any creature invades their territory or causes harm then they are free game.

-Doesnt really make an appearance in the story.

Kokushibo 

-Muzans right hand man and spy for anything he needs. Was turned into a monster by Muzan after willingly rejecting his humanity to become stronger.

-Was human however he was turned into an Omukade (centipede yokai) by Muzan. He looks like the links ago.

www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/731619890069487616/some-monster-au-doodles-i-did-at-work-im-also?source=share&ref=itshauntedtoon

-Out of all the monsters Kokushibo has slain the most hunters and is the most skilled fighter. Often using ambush attacks, being silent but deadly, and his lethal venom. 

-He acts as Muzan's assistant doing anything he needs outside of the infinity castle

-He is also Kaigaku's mentor and raised him after finding him abandoned as a child.

-He can switch to his human form but it's incredibly painful 

Douma

-Douma is possibly the second monster that has the most interactions with humans. He's a kelpie-centaur seen like in the links below

www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/731619890069487616/some-monster-au-doodles-i-did-at-work-im-also?source=share&ref=itshauntedtoon

www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/731619815851245568/wip-of-douma-and-daki-for-my-monster-au-since-i?source=share&ref=itshauntedtoon

-Douma has exactly 3 forms. His human form, centaur-ish form, and water form where his horse back legs turn into a fish tail. He can breath underwater, and use his skin like glue when he wills it so. He often likes to pretend to be a centaur or human to catch prey off guard or visit Akaza in his body of water.

-Douma rules over a pretty large lake that's just chalk FULL of fish and other wild life. Surrounding villages think he is some kind of water god and make sacrifices in exchange for letting them take fish from his lake. He devours any sacrifice his lovely followers gift him although raw beef and human flesh is his favorites.

-he likes bothering Akaza as he's one of the few monsters that'll pay attention to him mostly by yelling or fights.

-He has a special relationship with Daki and Gyutaro. Mostly because he partially raised them after their mother attempted to drown Gyutaro in his lake. He ended up drowning her instead and devouring her body. However he took mercy upon the siblings when realizing that they weren't human either. 

-He often drags big fish to their forest home or sometimes brings them his human sacrifices. Was also the one to give Gyutaro tips on navigating around hunters if he encountered them.

Akaza

-Akaza is a Betta fish merman like seen in the links below

www.tumblr.com/yuki2sksksk/729990049783021568/lionfish-based-merman-kyojuro-and-betta-fish-based?source=share&ref=itshauntedtoon

-Was actually born into a human village with a poor father whom fell in love with a mermaid. It is unclear what happened to his mother however his father tragically took his own life.

-Was once engaged to a human woman called Koyuki but a group of male villagers murdered both her and her father after learning of her monster fiance. After murdering all the ones responsible, Akaza fled to the safety of a nearby series of streams where he continues to live.

-Because of his experiences from humans, Akaza drowns any unsuspecting men whom wonder into his waters but spares women and children. However he remains unseen so everyone just thinks the series of streams are cursed.

-Met Douma when the kelpie-centaur attempted to eat a woman who was fishing in one of his streams. Akaza was luckily able to save her but now Douma somehow sees him as his 'best friend' and continues to make numerous trips a year to see him. Akaza hates him for his eating habits.

Nakime 

-Not much is known about her. Her identity is mostly secret to everyone but Muzan.

-He is a cyclops siren hybrid but instead of her voice her power stems from her musical talent for the biwa.

-was taken in by Muzan after he saved her from a hunter and she now dutifully serves him mostly by transporting him and his family about the areas.

-was rumored to once be a famous entertainer for a king

Hantengu And His Sons

Hantengu:

-Hantengu is a shadow elemental often using his abilities to hide in the shadows and whimper and cry until one of his sons find him and brings him home again. He can also shrink his size and has a slight victim complex.

-Was married long ago to a harpy woman who bore him fives sons. However she was tragically killed by some humans when caught stealing a cow when Zohakuten was a baby.

-The death of his wife has made him fear humans more and make his sons very protective of him.

Sekido

-The oldest quadruplet brother and the angriest.

-A lightning elemental. He is 100% immune to lightning and often can be found outside in thunderstorms

-He's the leader of the brothers even if Urogi and Karaku don't always listen to him.

-Surprisingly doesn't hate humans but finds them really, really, REALLY weak and annoying and if one would annoy him he wouldn't hesitate to taze them.

Karaku:

-The second eldest brother and the one with the most experience with humans. 

-He has actually dated quite a lot of men and women humans

-Wind elemental

-The most carefree flirty brother and doesn't get along with Gyutaro after flirting with Daki once and then being chased by an angry wendigo brother.

Urogi:

-Urogi is a golden eagle harpy being the only one who took after their mother and the third oldest

-Also the second friendliest of the brothers and like Karaku has had a few relationships with them. 

-LOVES hunting prey. Everything from rabbits to giant bears. It's the birds of prey in him.

-Unlike Karaku however he knows how to tone it down more and laughs whenever he's chased by another's angry partner.

Aizetsu:

-Metal elemental and youngest of the quadruplets.

-Aizetsu is the weakest of his brothers being only able to use the iron in his body to create weapons however his favorite is a spear he usually carries in his back.

-Being the weakest has him being self conscious of himself despite his kind demeanor 

-He enjoys any compliments or praise he gets and often gets crushed easily.

Zohakuten:

-Tree elemental and the youngest brother of the Hantengu boys. Can manipulate wood and trees.

-The strongest of the brothers despite being only fourteen years old.

-He's as hotheaded as Sekido and often the two will fight and but heads even though they do legitimately care for one another. However his closest brother is Aizetsu whom listens to him. He's also the one who usually stays home with their father.

-Has five earth dragons as pets and gave them all tree names: Maple, Oak, Pine, Birch, and Willow. They were gifted to him as babies by Urogi whom found them while hunting.

Gyokko

-Was a merman mutated by a curse for stealing a vase from a sea witch, is now a spirit cursed to forever haunt the vase he once stole.

-Despite his appearance he's surprisingly content and often just wants to be left alone to work on his own artwork.

-VERY gay for Hantengu

-Doesnt really show up in the story

Gyutaro 

-a wendigo born from a wendigo father and human mother. Looks like the links below 

www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/731619937633828864/gyutaro-daki-monster-au-wips-bleh?source=share&ref=itshauntedtoon

-theres not really a lot of his kind left due to humans constantly hunting them. So he's usually on edge especially when it comes to his little sister. No human or monster is allowed near her except for Douma who half raised them as kids. He's also very self conscious about his appearance due to not getting enough food sometimes.

-hates humans for their treatment of him and the fact their mother attempted to drown him as a child. Although...he finds a few human women very pretty looking. Y/n in particular. Not as beautiful as his sister though!

-he secretly likes having someone scratch behind his ears. His tail thumps when someone does scratch him there

Daki

-Daki is a albino jorogumo (spider centaur creature) born from a human mother and drider father and looks like the art linked below

www.tumblr.com/hazbinextgeneration/731619937633828864/gyutaro-daki-monster-au-wips-bleh?source=share&ref=itshauntedtoon

-despite a spider's reputation, many creatures both human and non-human alike have come to try and court her. Most are usually caught in her webs for food or run off or killed by her older brother. The only creature they both welcome unconditionally is Douma who partially raised them and often brings food if they haven't eaten in a while.

-her views on humans is...mixed. she adores the jewelry and cloth they make and her brother seems to have a crush on one. Plus some are delicious! But on the other hand they're really REALLY annoying.

-He's often very vain and complains a lot but is very protective of her brother for how much his kind is hated and hunted by humans so she often puts up web traps around their home.

Enmu

-Corrupted sandman, A K.A. Boogeyman. This man used to work for the man in the moon but would torment the poor souls he was supposed to help sleep by giving them traumatic nightmares. After he was caught he was immediately kicked out and banned from the moon's light.

-knows many kinds of tricks including hypnotism and a few medical techniques from being around humans for so long.

-he's nocturnal and usually sleeps in the shadows or somewhere dark during the day to walk around and torment others dreams at night. However he was surprised to find someone not affected by his abilities.

-he adores the human invention of trains and thus is often spotted sleeping hidden away in train stations or on trains or tormenting sleeping people on trains.

Kaigaku 

-Kaigaku is the only known demon-vampire hybrid and was abandoned by his parents as a young child. Was later found by Kokushibo and trained him to use a sword.

-He's not very powerful amongst other monsters but is definitely faster and stronger than a human. He also doesn't need blood to live like a full blooded vampire however he drinks it to make himself more powerful. Different monster's blood has different effects on him.

-Despite his blood thirsty heritage he adores peaches and any food with the fruit in it. He's actually gotten in trouble a lot for trespassing onto human farms for the fruit and was chased away by angry villagers.

-his demon half cancels out most of his vampire halfs weakness. So while he CAN walk in sunlight he's prone to get sunburns very easily. More than once he's shown up to training with red patches all over him.

Susamaru and Yahaba

-both are yokai whom work for Muzan

-they usually just protect his human wife and child whenever they go out and Kokushibo can't accompany them

-they surprisingly work well together

-they don't appear in the story

Kyogai 

-Elf-demon hybrid and is actually pretty weak. Is the reason he prefers to remain hidden in his forest mansion and write.

-his two main hobbies are writing and playing the Tsuzumi drum even though he's not very confident about either because of his now deceased father's constant disapproval.

-Actually very neautal towards humans. He doesn't hate them but he doesn't want them around either preferring to just be better left alone. However he does go into monster friendly towns nearby to purchase more books or writing utensils.

-has secretly published MANY popular books under a fake name and has made a decent amount of money from it.

Rui

-Spider tiefling. 

-He lives with his parents and many brothers and sisters in the forest and often they compete with driders for territory and food both being spider creatures. 

-he's very much like his cannon self and doesn't make an appearance in this story but thought it'd be interesting to mention him anyways.

Honorable Mentions

-Rei is a human while her and Muzan's daughter is a mixture of demon, Fae, and human but looks completely human.

-Hairou is plain and simple a vampire.

-The Swamp Demon is of course a trio of Swamp Monster triplets.

-Yushiro is a fae. Either a fairy or elf.

*What is Tamayo in the AU?

A celestial maiden and Y/n's mother. She was very beautiful and many men attempted to work her, Muzan included before he met Rei years later. Instead she fell in love with a human before he tragically passed away.

She again fell in love with Y/n's father after healing him and years later Y/n was born. Those related to a celestial maiden are blessed with kindness and beauty and Y/n is no exception. And unlike Demon Bride, Y/n does have a good relationship with her parents.

I left whom Y/n's father is ambiguous so you can imagine if it's Yushiro or not.

*What is Y/n in Monster Bride?

Despite her mother being a celestial maiden, Y/n was born completely human. I also left what Y/n looks like completely up to interpretation. So imagine her to look however YOU want.

[positivelybeastly]

How do you feel about X-Men '97 coming back?

"Quite the meritorious happenstance, don't you think? One might have thought our tale lost to the annals of history, a dusty page in a tome left up on a shelf to be only occasionally perused as a curiosity or in a pique of nostalgia . . .

But it is not to be so!"

"As Tennyson himself said, "Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them, volleyed and thundered; stormed at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well, the X-Men.'

. . . Paraphrasing, of course."

I am incredibly excited.

Now, that's not to say that there aren't issues already - this is very much a nostalgia driven series, aimed pretty much precisely at me and my generation, and if I'm objective about it, I would have preferred it if X-Men: Evolution had come back instead. In terms of long form storytelling and character development, it was just better than the 90s show.

There's also some iffiness going on with Sunspot, who's joined the main cast - I believe his skin tone is incorrect, which is a common problem with a lot of Latino and Afro-Brazilian characters in comic books to this day, and given that they've made the cool choice to make Morph non-binary, I would've figured they'd want to depict Sunspot as accurately as possible?

That being said.

It just looks fucking good, man. Ray Chase is doing an amazing job of channelling the original Cyclops actor, who is no longer with us; the animation still feels very much in keeping with the original show, while still looking a MILLION TIMES BETTER (I completed a rewatch of the show not long ago, and hoo boy does season 5 especially look really rough); and after so many years of Krakoa comics, there's something to be said for going back to basics.

Is it a reversion? Yeah, a little bit. But I like my X-Men to be warm, and a family, and friends, and to play baseball and basketball, and not to all fucking hate each other, so sue me, I'll accept a step back for the story if it means I get the characterisations I prefer back.

Besides, the comics still exist for people who want the Krakoan stuff, so a bit of more original flavour X-Men for those of us who don't want our mutants to be living in various kinds of dystopia won't hurt anybody.

This also gives the show runners an opportunity to fix some of the issues the original show had, like a much more weakly written Jean and Jubilee than they ever were in the comics, and a chance to adapt some storylines that have NEVER been adapted before, like Inferno. I'm optimistic!

And, selfishly? Between the Marvels, X-Men '97, and what's currently going on in X-Force, I'm just ready for Beast to be written well again. I'm really hoping that he gets some good dialogue, a fun fight scene, maybe even a focus episode this season, but so long as he isn't doing some abominable shit, then I'll happily take it.

Maybe that makes me fickle or easy to please? Guilty as charged, then. I'll happily be easily pleased, because it means I'm fucking happy with what I get. :P

I don't know if I'll have a '97 verse? I can already tell you it'd be verse: hated and feared, but there's not a lot that's substantially different about TAS Hank to how he was in the 90s. That being said, I'm DEFINITELY going to try and get my hands on as many caps as possible - as you can already see, the lad looks so handsome!

[lazykim12]

“Oh man! You cut me to size! Ow! My little buttercup!”

-Kenta Au once more! (Well laxo and Kenta kinda I guess) but here she is once more! Drew Fanart of her once more!

yes I added a jack stauber Song quote from buttercup cuz..she has buttercups in her hair, but also I can kinda see the song matching a little with her? Maybe I’m wrong or so but AHH MADE MORE FANART FOR KENTA! (well for the what if Au Kenta not sure how or what I should name this Au!, I decided to make a bit of a change in the Au of her hair fur? Getting more longer, so she can put more buttercups in her hair fur without them falling out when she wants! (Wanted to make her design a little different from cannon to kinda make them look different due to the changes that would happen in the first volume-)

Now onto the bit of lore I guess? For the Au! Or well the idea of what I want to do?

AU KENTA IN ASKON

Kenta is less tired, and more brightful in this Au, since she’s kinda free from the dark realm and being a trainee, she kinda socials more!

But she kinda keeps to herself at the same time, though I’d feel like she would still have a bit of fear since the day she saw her brother’s eye get ripped out by her dad..she sometimes can’t sleep at night because of the memory. Sometimes she feels like she could’ve done more, but in no way does laxo want her to feel that way, which is obvious, none of it was her fault, but everyone has doubts, and she can’t help but doubt it, even though what laxo tells her is true.

She really does her best to be there for Laxo, she knows life has been…something for the both of them, so now knowing they are…at least free from that for the moment, she wants to try and be strong for Laxo, to support him mentally, protect him like how he has protected her in their life. She’s a bit..tired like her original self, but tries her best to be mentally strong- (which sometimes overwhelms her.)

Now in no way does she think Laxo can’t be strong himself and protect himself or thinks he’s someone who needs to be protected at all times and not fight his battles…she just wants to make sure he has a shoulder to be there for him…

she’s glad he knows Kane, but…she’s scared at times, what if Kane is like….Aiden?..what if disaster falls again, what if something happens to her and laxo again?

She tries not to let the thoughts fill her mind, things are okay, and they will be..is what she keeps telling herself.

Now with Kenta here, laxo sort of pushes her away, but in no way where she feels like she’s alone or anything, just he keeps how he feels sometimes bottled up just like cannon, he does talk with her and all that more than with Kane, but he tries to keep to himself still with what he deals with, for her safety and not wanting over worry her, stress her with his own issues.

And…Im sure Au Kenta’s emotional state would definitely crack during the banishment part of Laxo’s story in this Au, after everything, now she lost the only person she feels like she can trust and go to, she would feel lost…

and especially confused if she was there when laxo was getting banished/sent to the dark realm.(An idea for her in this Au, To the first volume to the third, her flowers in her hair would start to die, but won’t fall out, with Kenta still having that hope to be strong despite everything going on)

. . . AHH OKAY, hopefully everything seems realistic to the characters, and hopefully I didn’t phrase anything wrong! These are just one idea/more info I had, I guess for the what if Au! (Not sure if should give it a name…) these characters don’t belong to me and are belonged to @gloomforrestrunes ! Go check out their comic runes! 0:✨

(For Slugterra content, I will be posting an artwork finally of one of the characters 👀 stay tuned for that!)

[rise-fall-rage-and-repeat]

What’s your pitch for a stand alone Gargoyles TimeDancer movie? Like, if you worked at Disney and let’s say, hypothetically, Gargoyles was back and kicking for a revival season and it became such a smash they wanted more, and then the TimeDancer series gets announced and your hired for a major film that’ll kickstart the show on Disney+. What would be your idea, and how would you execute that? And before we bring up the comics, they’re not canon anymore for this What If? scenario.

OMG I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THIS WAS SENT I JUST SAW THIS SKGNEOWKFNQKFNFNTKWKGJEJFBRJ

Anyway. So if we’re saying the comics aren’t cannon, I would probably do a similar set up to the original but explain it by saying the Phoenix is an ACTUAL Phoenix that was trapped inside the talisman that became the Phoenix gate. When it was thrown into the time stream the talisman eventually corroded and the Phoenix was able to break free.

I actually have this headcannon that the Phoenix was drawn to Brooklyn because he has some kind of dormant magical abilities. The longer he travels with the Phoenix the more his powers come to light.

But back to the movie idea, I actually really like the story that is in the comics so I would probably keep it as the plot of the movie. Assuming an accompanying series was made, I would delve into the psychological and physical trauma Brooklyn HAD to have gone through (we just haven’t seen it yet in the cannon series). There would be stories to tell along with the new scars he recieved as well as wrangling with his new found powers (I like to imagine he has fire powers cause fire is volatile and unpredictable, but strong and powerful like his character).

Through his travels he will meet with Demona on a few more occasions, eventually learning how to forgive her after seeing some of what she did indeed go through (not justifying what she’s done, but rather explaining how she became so hard and jaded to the world). However, he never fully trusts her but if, perhaps, down the line she gets a redemption arc, maybe he would be one of the ones more willing to believe she can change as he did work with her to fight a war (to the surprise of everyone).

However, as much as I LOVE Katana and Nash, I don’t know if I’d include a love arc for him or not. I think it would depend on how the story unfolded. If I DID include her, I would bring her in for like season three or four? Not right away is the big thing here. I would have her “defrost” Brooklyn a little because, perhaps, he has seen his fair share of horrors already and is on the verge of giving up hope that he’ll ever make it home. Okay yeah, now typing this all out I would include her because she would become his rock and moral compass, keeping him grounded and helping him to still be able to see the good in the world.

There would be a few times when his time dancing crossed his own timeline and he would have to do lots of ninja moves to stay away from his clan (and subsequently himself) as he doesn’t want to risk something happening to his timeline if one of them see him. Even though Goliath and Demona have said the past is immutable, he’s not going to take any chances.

Oooooo. I’d also make Griff a reoccurring character cause he needs more love and I think the two of them would work really well together based on their one interaction in the episode Kingdom. Griff has to keep secret all his interactions with Brooklyn, again to prevent anything happening to the timeline.

I would also make his absence FAR longer away from his “current time”. I’m thinking a few years. His clan doesn’t know if they’ll ever see him again just like Angela said in the comics. But maybe it’s more like 40 months vs 40 seconds (I’d keep the 40 connection cause I like the metophor).

Dimension travel is something else I would add to the story. Maybe he meets an alternate version of himself at some point? Maybe he gets transported to a dimension where gargoyles don’t exist? Or one where gargoyles are the dominant species/accepted in the human world? I feel like this scenario in particular could be very angsty because Brooklyn could have to choose if he stays in a world where he’s accepted, or keep trying to return to his family. Maybe that’s how I’d end the series. Brooklyn has to decide if he stays somewhere where life is objectively ‘easy’ (the grass is greener and all that) or risk traveling for who knows how much longer.

Thank you so much for this ask anon! This was actually really fun to brainstorm!

[rr311]

Hi there! I would like to Request a Kunigami Rensuke x Cute! Short! Black! Reader. They go to a festival together for their date in yukatas. They play festival games, get food and other cute/wholesome thing you can think of [Love your head cannon of Bachira, Isagi, Kunigami and Reo btw]💗 You are also free to request a story from me anytime.

╭﹐❣︎﹕ Festival Date ﹒〣 ﹕‹𝟹 － 𝖪𝖴𝖭𝖨𝖦𝖠𝖪𝖨 𝖱．

cw/tw. fluff, soft!kunigami, black!reader, short!reader

an. i literally love you oml 😭 I’m super happy you loved the head cannons i came up with! I’m sorry if i didn’t do good with this, it’s my first time doing a request so i hope you enjoy! I also just took the festival scene from TR since I've never been so I hope I didn't mess up anything, but I hope you like this 💕

“Just give me a few more minutes and i’ll be done.” From the door you heard him groan loudly with a slight whine, “(Y/N), you’ve said that 10 minutes ago!” You rolled your eyes, placing the last flower in your hair. “I’m almost done, I swear this time.“ You heard him murmured under his breath with a huff, he swore if there was an award of the longest women to take to get ready he would’ve given it to you with no hesitation! Every time you guys go out you’re always the one to take the longest to get ready, he was blessed that you had braids in to shorten the time but dear god when you have your natural hair? You guys wouldn’t be leaving the house till an hour later of the time you guys planned to leave.

After fixing your lip gloss, you turned around and turned off the light making your way towards Kunigami who had his arms crossed leaning against the door frame staring down at you, “You finally ready shorty?” You scoffed, rolling your eyes, pushing past him to grab your shoes. “Yes you impatient baby,” You heard him chuckle, feeling his presence behind you, turning around to look up at him with a raised brow. “What?” He leaned down towards your height with a grin on his face, lifting his hand to cup your cheeks pulling you towards him, feeling his breath hit your nose. “You’re just so damn cute,” He mumbled, leaning to connect your lips with his. With no hesitation you kissed him back placing your hand on his cheek,

The way this boy has you wrapped around his finger makes you have butterflies in your stomach. Anything he does makes you form butterflies, he’s so sweet to you and kind— he even changed his training schedule to fit in time for you both to spend time together! Kunigami may look hella intimidating to others but to you he’s the sweetest person you’ve ever met, you’re happy with him and he’s happy with you.

You hummed into the kiss pulling back, staring up into his orange eyes with a small smile on your face, “Your lips are glossy.” He raised a brow, bringing his hand to swipe his thumb over his lips to see he indeed has some of your lip gloss on his lips, he hummed. “Hmm..well then at-least these guys will know who you belong too.” He grinned, rolling your eyes with a slight giggle. “So protective.” He chuckled, “Damn right i am, now let’s go we’re already an hour late from the original time we agreed to leave because a little someone had to do a lot of extra stuff,” See now that was just wrong, he ain’t have to be so specific about it, you scoffed pushing his face away from yours,

“Oh whatever, you better cmon on before i take longer,”

Reference Hair & Yukata:

Everything at the festival was really beautiful. When you and Kunigami got there you were met with bright lights and different booths that sell different types of stuff, you saw many different games, and many different foods you didn’t know where to start first. Your eyes were bright as you looked at everything in awe, you held onto Kunigami’s hand as you both were walking around to find the first thing you wanted to do. Your eyes scanned every booth till it stopped at one that made you pull the taller over to the booth, “Damn (Y/N)! For your height you sure are strong.” You grumbled rolling your eyes, continuing to walk him over to the booth you saw,

“What booth are we going to anyways?” He questioned, glad he asked. As soon as he questioned you stopped in front of the booth that held many different fishes in tanks with excitement in your eyes, as soon as you turned around to ask Kuni if you guys could win one he was already about to walk away before you tighten your grip on his hand, “Kuni! Don’t you dare walk away.” He groaned in response, staring down at you with a ‘Are you serious look.’ “Really (Y/N)? You want a fish..?” You nodded your head without hesitation, of course you wanted a fish like look at em! They were so stupid looking with their all black beady eyes and small mouths it was cute, “I walked over here for a reason didn’t i? Let’s get a fish and name it Gilbert!” You said turning back around to look at all the different fishes that swam around the tanks.

From behind you, you heard him grumble under his breath with an ‘Oh my god’ walking to stand next to you, just from looking at the game you guess you just have to throw a ring into one of the fish bowls to win a live fish? Seems pretty easy, your goal was set on getting the little gold fish that was just chilling on the side. You were gonna get him no matter what, Kunigami gave the vendor the amount of yen to play the game, receiving three blue rings. He picked one up, threw it, ended up missing, threw the second one, and missed. You watched seeing how frustrated he was getting from missing those two shots, you giggled walking in front of him picking up the last ring, “Here, let me try.” You threw the last ring, aiming for a red bowl making the ring inside. Kunigami felt his eyes twitch slightly as you smiled, “Can I have the little gold fish over on the side?” You asked, the man nodded his head with a smile of his own, going over to the tank to scoop out the little guy putting him in a plastic bag, handing him to you.

You know getting excited over a fish is kinda stupid and childish but you absolutely loved animals you couldn’t help but let your inner childhood run free for once and awhile. You pulled the plastic bag close to your face to get a good look at him, seeing he was already floating there staring at you with big black beady eyes. “He’s so tiny and cute.” You said to Kunigami, who shook his head with a grin seeing your inner childhood run free. “Aww look, he’s as tiny as you are— Ouch!” He hissed, feeling your foot come in contact with his shin, “Shut it.” You stated waking off to go to another game. He huffed, but followed close beside you with a slight limp as you scanned for other things to do.

The night went on smoothly as he planned. You guys were pretty much at the festival for a good awhile now, after winning Gilbert you both walked to more games you found interesting to play. In some games you guys lost (All of them) But they were still fun! As long as you guys were together and enjoying each other that’s all that matters— to you of course but him? He’s not leaving till he wins you one of the stuffed animals, he just couldn’t! He knows how much you love stuffed animals. I mean your bed is smoldered with a bunch of em! The last game you guys discovered was a gun game, where you shoot the bullet to the cup and if it knocks over you win a prize.

Easy enough.

Paying the guy the price of yen for the game, he leaned down onto the table, placing his elbows on the surface lining up his shot with the cup. He had one eye closed and the other open to see where he had to shoot, when he felt like he had it perfect he pressed down onto the trigger shooting the rubber bullet, hitting the cup which easily got knocked over. He smiled to himself standing up to receive a (Y/F/A) stuffed animal, bowing as he said thank you and then turning around to see that joyful smile on your face handing it to you, “Thank you my love, but you know you didn’t have to win me one,” He shrugged, taking Gilbert out of your hands so you could hold the stuff animal, “I did say i wasn’t leaving till i won you one right?” You grinned, shaking your head, “Yeah yeah, whatever.”

The night continued with laughs and jokes, as you guys decided to get some food finally. You had Yakitori (Grilled Chicken) and Taiyaki as Kunigami had Yakisoba and Takoyaki. You would say this is the best food you’ve ever eaten, you felt as if you were in food heaven when you tasted the food hit your taste buds. You had almost gone back to get more! But of course Kunigami had to stop from doing that before you go overboard with spending your money. When finishing up your guy's food, Kunigami had led you to one of the hills that had a perfect view of the night sky. The stars were out and blooming and you being a star gazer easily got lost into them,

Seeing you so focused on the stars he felt himself start to fall back in love with you again. He was such a lovesick teenage boy he didn’t know what to do, he’s lucky to have you in his life. You’re always there for him, with him for his hard days, taking care of him when he’s sick, everything. He was so deeply in love with you, feeling his stare being set on you, you turned your head to make eye contact with him with furrowed eyebrows with a grin, “What?” You questioned, he softly smiled bringing up his hand to be placed on your cheek, “You’re so beautiful you know that?” Your heart fluttered upon hearing his words feeling the butterflies start to enter your stomach, “You tell me all the time Ren,” You giggled, he raised a brow leaning more towards your lips, staring at them. “Yeah?” He whispered, nodding your head with a hum.

He closed the gap between the both of you feeling his lips fit perfectly onto yours, smiling into it pulling you closer to him. The kiss wasn’t too rough or aggressive it was gentle and loving, for a few more seconds he was first to pull back leaning his head onto yours staring into your eyes, “I love you so much,” You smiled placing your hand onto his bigger one that was placed on your cheek leaning into it,

“And I love you more.”

[skyfcx]

     Was listening to What I'm Made Of from Sonic Heroes and that made me think about Super Tails. And despite my extreme penchant for talking about Chaos stuff, it's very rare that I talk about my thoughts on Super Tails! I think I've made a single in-character post about Tails talking about it way long in the infancy of this blog, so I thought it'd be a prime time to make a proper headcanon post about it.

     First of all, it is extremely rare that Tails gets to go super. Like, it has only happened once canonically. He's gone super alongside Sonic and Knuckles during the fight against Metal Overlord where every team of three had to come together to put an end to Neo Metal Sonic's growing power. (yes tails and knuckles went into their proper super forms, miss me with that weak ass super bubble trash).

     The infrequency of Tails' Super Form showing up isn't due to a lack of need, it's just really taxing on the kid. Due to his lack of sensitivity to Chaos Energy, it's quite a difficult thing to reach, and even harder to hold onto, leaving him feeling drained both physically and mentally after the fact. The only reason he transformed for this occasion was because it was absolutely required. Without all of Team Heroes (team sonic is a dumb and egotistical name and was canonically retconned in an idw sonic free comic book day story comic teehee) giving it their all, the fight surely would've been lost.

     Though, with the transformation, Tails' best qualities get turned up to one hundred. His intelligence grows into that of a supercomputer, giving him the ability to virtually predict the actions of those he's in combat against. He's out here literally doing the Jojo "Your next line is..." meme. Through the most minute tells, he can foresee the motions of his opponents before they've even processed what they're about to do next, allowing him to dodge and counterattack long before the enemy has even begun their action. He's ultra instinct dodging. grabs your face. the twelve-year-old is ultra instinct dodging.

     But speaking of attacking, what of his physical strength? A Super Form boosts the body, not just the mind. And, well... admittedly, his physical strength still leaves a lot to be desired. He's not going to be the person stopping a laser with his bare hands or swinging a sword a thousand times the size of himself. He is strengthened certainly, but it's his endurance that is heightened to its utmost limit.

     Chaos is power… Power enriched by the heart. Talls' overwhelming need to see the bad situation to its final conclusion is what gives him a titan's endurance. He may not be dishing out the most damage, but this fox will not fall. You can send him crashing through mountains, batter him against a cliff face, or attack him with an unending barrage of violence. Do what you will, he will not sink. And while Super Forms naturally grant invincibility, Tails' form has the capability of lasting far longer due to this indomitable trait.

     Imagine, if you will, the in-game ring counter. Once it reaches 1, it simply stays there, refusing to drop to zero. So long as his friends are up and fighting, he will be by their side doing everything in his power to assist them. Before, without this power, he was but a glass cannon. The chance to be the stark opposite is the opportunity his Super Form provides.

     Finally, to make up for his less-than-amazing attack strength, the consistency of Tails often needing help to do his best work remains true, even in this state. As yes, the Super Flickies he has around him in Sonic 3 & Knuckles are also here to help! With his expansive mind, he gains the ability to speak any and all languages in this state. He uses this to call upon flying creatures and imbue them with the smallest bit of his own energy so that they can attack alongside him. He's still not going to be hitting as hard as Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, or... anyone who can transform... but something is better than nothing!

     At the end of the transformation, Tails will find himself overwhelmingly tired and with a splitting migraine. The capability to hold so much more space in his mind disperses, but the thoughts themselves do not. At least, not immediately. He's often out of commission the very second the form ends, which is why it's so hard to knock him out of said form. Though sapping the Chaos Energy from him à la Eggman to Super Sonic at the beginning of Sonic Unleashed would still work...

[jgroffdaily]

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Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ Finally Found in the Dark - Jesse Green

Jonathan Groff, supported by Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, is thrillingly fierce in the first convincing revival of the cult flop Sondheim musical.

Jonathan Groff’s central performance in “Merrily We Roll Along” at the Hudson Theater is “unmissable” and helping to give “the show the hard shell it lacked,” our critic writes. Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

[Excerpts]

But with the opening of its first Broadway revival, after 42 years in the wilderness and the death of Sondheim in 2021, “Merrily” is no longer lost. Maria Friedman’s unsparing direction and a thrillingly fierce central performance by Jonathan Groff have given the show the hard shell it lacked. Now heartbreaking in the poignant sense only, “Merrily” has been found in the dark.

The contrast between the pleasures that music can provide and the damage obvious in Frank’s demeanor immediately frames what follows as a solo psychodrama. Yes, Charley Kringas, who writes the words, and their friend Mary Flynn, a novelist turned theater critic, are there throughout, trying to encourage his better angels and corral his worse ones. But despite high-wattage, laser-focused performances by Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, they have no effect on him; they are clearly Frank’s pawns, willing or otherwise.

How he destroys Mary, and nearly Charley as well, not without their assistance, is revealed as the musical’s formerly absent spine. In the first scene, a 1976 party for “Darkness Before Dawn,” a hack hit movie Frank has produced now that he no longer writes music, Mary is dispatched with barely a blink, or drunkenly dispatches herself.

In the next scene, as Charley enumerates Frank’s misplaced priorities in a 1973 television interview — Radcliff handles the song “Franklin Shepard, Inc.” superbly — Groff’s coldblooded rage is terrifying. Collateral damage along the way includes Frank’s first wife, Beth (Katie Rose Clarke); his second, Gussie (Krystal Joy Brown); his probable third, Meg (Talia Simone Robinson); his producer, Joe (Reg Rogers); and even his adorable young son. Who but a monster would betray such a punim?

“Merrily” is thus no longer, as it seemed in 1981, the story of the gradual, almost inevitable dimming of youth’s sweet illusions but rather the story of their falsity in the first place. Frank is only devoted to Mary and Charley when he doesn’t have access to anyone more useful. To think he turned into that monster is a mistake: He always was one, as Sondheim clearly understood. “That’s what everyone does,” Mary sings once the three-way friendship has collapsed. “Blames the way it is/on the way it was/On the way it never ever was.”

If in seeking to sweeten the main story it still leans too heavily on thin satire for laughs — morning news shows, Hollywood sycophancy — the trajectories for the secondary characters, especially Beth and Gussie, who are now more than cannon fodder, at last make some sense.

In this production, though, it wouldn’t matter much if they didn’t. Radcliffe’s wit and modesty, combined with Mendez’s zing and luster, provide perfect settings for what is now (as it has never been previously) the inarguably central performance. Groff, always a compelling actor, here steps up to an unmissable one. With his immense charisma turned in on itself, he seems to sweat emotion: ambition, disappointment and, most frighteningly, a terrible frozen disgust.

I don’t know whether that’s what Furth intended, but Sondheim is brutally clear about the insidiousness of great talent. In Frank, it eats everything it can find, eventually including itself. “Who says ‘Lonely at the top’?” he sings amid the end-stage cynicism of his loveless Bel Air party. “I say, ‘Let it never stop.’”

What a strange and daring thing for the great and greatly missed Sondheim to dramatize, and for Friedman to forefront. I’d call it heartbreaking if the result weren’t finally such a palpable hit.

[just-a-gamer-daydeamer-girl]

So…. Bloody Star AU part 2…. Gonna be a lot different from cannon. Still thinking about what exactly is gonna happen because Joseph can’t use hamon, and he will be fighting the pillar men, who are basically vampire eaters. So still thinking about this. So now I’m gonna focus on some facts of the battle tendency crew before getting into the heavy story stuff.

The way that the Jostar vampirism, is that they don’t become full fledged vampires when they become the same age of Jonathan (20) or when they sustain a major injury that only vampirc healing will give them any chance of living. Half vamps are able to walk in the sun although this is still a bad idea, they get more red then a cooked lobster in like half an hour, they also can’t use a majority of vampire abilities (lazer eyes, cold temp stuff like that) but they are still very dangerous.

Zeppeli helps raise Joseph, he often travels back and forth to see his own family to take care of them

Joseph is well known of being Erina, Speedwagon and Zeppeli’s guard dog

Joseph has a scarf like Straizo in the original story to protect him from hamon. He also has special hamon bracelets and ankles that are more designed to protect him from the sun working like a solar battery of sorts it’s not perfect but it’s better then nothing. These braces are his main weapon against other vampires, as they have hamon and sunlight infused in them. Since he isn’t full fledged yet he is able to use them without fear of beings turned to dust…. They still hurt like hell if he isn’t careful

Straizo plans to turn into a vampire after he kills Joseph, hamon is the best way to kill a vampire after all

After the fight with Santana, Joseph goes back to New York, Zeppeli goes to meet his grandson Caesar to end the rest of the piller men. This does not mean Joseph is safe, the cult of Dio is still out and about. Still more bro time with Smokey! More big city highjinks! 🌃

After the par of Zeppeli’s get their but kicked the elder Zeppeli took Caesar to Elisabeth Joestar to coach him. She does not need to hide her identity in this AU and she is actually apart of Joseph life…. This does not make her any less tragic, Gorge II is still died when Joseph was a baby. How he died I’ll tell later.

After about two weeks or more of training, he over hears his Grandfather and Elisabeth talking, hearing how her son is coming to visit, and how he shouldn’t be around hamon users because he’s a vampire…. This gets Caesar worried, he knew that his grandfather had some connections to Elisabeth, but the fact that he was dealing with her vampire son. The fact he was a vampire that everyone seemed to let loose and everyone let’s him do whatever he wants that is warranted for research. So he goes ahead of them back to the main island to find the vampire. He needs to be prepared for anything even this vampire.

What he wasn’t prepared for was the fact the vampire likes squid ink spaghetti and playing with the pigeons. Caesar didn’t know what to expect…. But it wasn’t that. The two do ultimately get into a fight, deal some blows to each other but it gets broken up by their family Members before it gets serious.

Elisabeth is scared of touching or being near Joseph, but they still make it work, shopping sprees are their best Mother-son bonding activity

Caesar gets a scolding from his grandfather, but in retaliation he asked why he was helping raise a vampire the very thing that killed his great grandfather, and was the creation of what killed his father. Figuring out it’s about time that his grandson knew he tell the tale of Jonathan and Dio… and what befell Joseph’s father. (Will write a longer story on this part)

During the shopping trip Joseph and Elisabeth come across Esidisi. He finds Joseph…. Very interesting and pokes at the fact that a legendary hamon user has a vampire son.

Ok I think that’s it for now…

[leffee]

More head cannons about your son?

I love my son. If someone saw this out of context that would be quite worrying. For real though, imagine actually having headcanons about you real, biological son. Goodness. But no, it's just funny gecko that I think of as a human or human with tail and ears and scales that I have projected everything on and more. The best thing is that those headcanons will probably never end bc I think about him constantly. So let's deliver hmhmh 10 more:

so this one is kinda complex, and not among my main ones, but it sure exists. If he were super in love with someone (as often, we'll go with Sunil, but it can be anyone) but for whatever reason didn't tell him about it, to relieve the tension and need to be with him, he would write some short (or longer, if he's in the mood) stories about himself and Sunil being a couple in love. So he's essentialy kinda writing fanfictions. Those aren't super good or anything, as I said, he writes them only to satisfy his own need to be with Sunil romantically, A bonus thingy dingy scenario: somehow Minka found out about that, read one of those stories and thought that it was actually pretty good. And in this scenario she's in love with Russell, didn't tell him either. And so Vinnie and Minka strike a deal, to satisfy each other's romantic cravings, they trade sometimes. So basically it looks like that: Minka paints some Vinnil stuff for Vinnie and he in turn writes her a short Russinka story. It actually works really well for them and they pretty much eat that up totally not feeding each other's obsessions. Even better if Sunil and Russell are already in relationships with others, then they can feed each other's delusions

he's just as much of eating lover as Penny Ling is. He can devour so much in one sitting. They have a traditon that once the school or now academic year ends they go to this one specific fast food place that they have been going to since forever, order a shit ton of food and eat all that. He also stress-eats sometimes

coffee doesn't work on him, or at least not in the way it was intended. It makes him sleepy instead. He still drinks it anyway sometimes, though tries not drinking too much or at all when he knows he'll need to be on any amount of alert soon

when he has dreams they are mostly fucked up dreams. Not necessarily scary, though those are possible too. Most of them aren't exactly nightmare material that you would wake up from covered in sweat and having trouble breathing, just disturbing and/or weird in nature. One reoccuring dream he has goes something like that: he's laying on the grass, as far as he can look there's just that, mid-height grass and night sky above. He can't move at all, no standing up, no turning his head, nothing. And then this pretty big shadow shows up, gradually covering him like something or someone is coming up to him from behind. He tries to see what that is, looking as far back as he can. He never saw what or who it is, but it always feel like it's just out of his field of view, like one more inch and he could see it. But alas he can't. And that shadow looms over him for the entirety of that dream. It used to be quite scary at the beginning but after experiencing this dream every now and then for years he's just kinda bored of it now

sometimes, when Russell and his dad go to the graveyard to visit Russell's mom's grave he goes with them. He's honestly not quite sure why, neither of his parents are dead, but it gives him some sort of weird catharsis. The only idea he has is that since they are visiting his friend's mom's grave then maybe he subconciously treats it as if he was coming to his dad's grave as well. Again, his dad's not dead, but Vinnie never sees him, he barely, very barely remembers him, so in a way he might as well be... Or maybe he just likes spending time with Russell and his dad that much. Even if it's in such way

him and Zoe like listening to music together. Like in a situation when all seven of them are driving somewhere whether in a car or on a train or something and it's been many hours so they are all just kinda tired at this point Zoe gets her headphones out, gives one of them to Vinnie, puts the other one in her ear of course and puts on some music. Vinnie doesn't have a specific music taste, he like what he likes and he found out that somehow every song Zoe has on her phone just hits the spot so damn well

I like to think he has picked up quite a few habits from Sunil over time. You know, the thing when people who spend a lot of time together pick up each other habits and that makes them get more similar to each other. Yeah, that's a real thing. Anyway, so he did end up with the habit of: saying "my friend" when adressing others, interwining his fingers when concerned as well as holding and playing with his tail (in a world where they have tails) when nervous or stressed. He doesn't do any of that as often as Sunil does, but admittedly, it appeared in his behavior, while it simply wasn't there before

his favourite kind of alcohol is liqueur but he's not picky, he will drink pretty much anything. There are very few things he will out-right refuse to drink under any circumstances

people who only knowing him from seeing or hearing either think he is super duper nice and a complete softie who couldn't protect himself and would never stand up for himself or that he's some sort of indestructible force that can and will destroy everything and everyone, always pissed and angry. Basically, the second kind folks saw him angry once and since he's super uncontrolable, very vocal about that, and seething with need to destroy something when feeling that way they just thought he's this way always. Halo effect, am I right?

You know the cocktail party effect? When you react to hearing your name even if you know it's not adressed at you? He doesn't have that, or rather he doesn't have that with Vincent. If he heard "Vinnie" yeah, he would react, but if he heard "Vincent" 99% of time his brain just doesn't react to that name. Even if you were looking straight into his eyes and called him that, he would be like "???" and look behind himself to see if you're maybe talking to someone behind him, because you're clearly not talking to him, right? He's Vinnie. He doesn't do it out of any ill intent or anything, he just genuinely most of the time doesn't think about the fact that Vinnie is not his actual name. Ah the beautiful duality of Vinnie and Vincent. I could give him an identity crisis or sth, but that's a long one, maybe another time

He's way better at theory than practise when it comes to dancing, he just doesn't want to admit it, especially to himself. Look, he's just not good at dancing, he'll never be, he's clumsy, this is just not working for him, he's just in heavy denial about it and thinks he can pursue it. One day he'll realize he can't. But anyway, I'm not taking everything away from him, he can be good at theory. Because he genuinely loves dancing, he even likes reading about it, learning the history, different kinds, all kinds in fact, when and what and who. That doesn't only include the real dances, for example he's very knowledgable about danse macabre, you know, the theme in art where all people are lead by Death in death dance representing how everybody no matter the differences will die one day? Yeah, he knows about stuff like that and can talk about it for hours actually

Ok, that's actually 11 headcanons but I couldn't stop myself :} hope you liked them.