#Aus are so fun who woulda thought??

[banditblvd]

Hey guys sorry I'm posting more of my warriors pd art :-( sorryy.. I'll do better in the future,,,:((

[pwnyta]

OK lock in. I had another idea so I doodled out another messy comic... Hear me out.

Soulmate AU The kind with the names on the wrist!

Robotnik had been soulmate-less for a couple decades before it finally showed up on his wrist but at that point he was over it. Hes already jaded with the idea of love and longing for family.

Meanwhile Stone was brought to an orphanage where they had his name surgically removed from his wrist when he was very young. He doesnt remember the name that was there.

When they meet, Robotnik smacks Stones hand and feels the connection between them but is confused as to why the name is different and thinks Stone is some type of plant for GUN to manipulate him or something...

But he also kinda likes the feeling he gets when he touches Stone and gets a little addicted to it... sort of like he enjoys the jolt of the quill. For Stone he just knows being around Robotnik makes him happy no matter how much Robotnik smacks him around.

Since Stone is always wearing suits, Robotnik never saw Stones wrist until Stone put up his sleeves while helping Rob recover from his injuries. When he asks about it he also learns a little about why he himself never had someone adopt him (he didnt have a soul mark until he was in his like 20s) and also he suspects that maybe Stones name isnt actually his real name.

Blah blah shenanigans s3, explosion, Rob is miraculously alive still... w/e. When hes finally back on earth and he knows how he feels about Stone he decides to go out of his way to learn who Stone is and find out about his family to finally learns Stones real name to confirm hes THE ONE. (+finding out Stones parents died in a crash (or w/e) and Stone as an infant miraculously survived! So he definitely WASNT abandoned.(Had he been abandoned Rob woulda dealt with them))

Rob has great news to share with his very pessimistic, way-too-understanding-as-long-as-Ivo-is-Happy-its-ok Soul Mate.

And thats all I got..

Anyways I couldnt think of a name for Stone... You can suggest them if youd like.. Im not continuing this tho, I just thought it was a fun idea.

[cloudcountry]

ok so obviously leona fic, did we ever expect anything else, recently ive been thinking a lot about childhood friends aus with leona so how about that as a trope. THANKS POOKIE THIS EVENT KICK STARTED A MASSIVE LEONA RAMBLING FOR ME SO EVEN IF I DIDNT WIN THIS WOULDA BEEN AWESOME <33

2ND PRIZE WINNER, LOSER

— CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WITH LEONA KINGSCHOLAR (1117 words)

please note that the expressions of love in his this fic are platonic, but can be read as romantic pining if you wish!

Leona’s ears twitch as your footsteps echo down the halls, coming right up to his door before stopping. His tail starts swishing, almost absentmindedly, but the happiness he feels about you visiting is not absentminded in the slightest.

“Leona!” you whisper yell, cracking the door open as sneakily as your clumsy hands can, “Psst, Leona!”

He smirks, blatantly ignoring you. He hopes the swishing of his tail seems lazy, not happy. Overjoyed, even. Leona knows you won’t mind when you find him out—you’ve always been just weird enough to find him fun to be around and his attitude charming. He wishes more of the palace staff were like you.

“I know you can hear me, goofball!” you whisper louder, sliding into his room through the open door, shutting it softly behind you.

“Huh?” Leona drawls, turning around in his chair, “I thought that was a fly. You sure do a lot of buzzing for a herbivore.”

You purse your lips and pout at him, looking more amused than livid. Your acting always sucked, but he doesn’t tell you that in fear of you swatting at him and whacking his tail again.

It’s sensitive.

“The kitchen is empty. We could totally go in there and grab snacks.” you say, and the pout melts off your face like butter on a saucepan, “You’ve been studying all day, you haven’t had any time for me!”

Leona huffs, tail gently smacking against your cheek. You yowl dramatically and rub your cheek like he punched you, glaring at him with the smallest of smiles on your lips. You’ve always been that blunt with him, saying exactly what's on your mind even though you get scolded for it again and again. You’re the only one in this wretched place who doesn’t bow to him every time you see him, or hold your tongue every time you have an idea. You speak freely, happily, and Leona is thankful to have been with you since the two of you were in diapers.

Even if the gap between you would never be bridged.

After all, a person of your position should not talk that way to royalty, even though he’ll never be anything but a prince.

You drag him out of his thoughts and consequently, out of his room, glancing around the halls to check and see if anyone is there. Leona rolls his eyes but the action holds no malice, not when you grab his hand and yank him down the hallway, giggling quietly as if you’re about to steal cookies from the cookie jar.

Which, considering your destination, may just be your scheme.

Leona doesn’t get soft often, he doesn't get that heart-thumping loving feeling, but when he looks at you, that changes. He loves you, he knows that much. You’re his only friend in this suffocating palace, where he shoulders the burden of being the second born with every step he takes. But with you, his best friend, his only friend, he starts to feel like he’s plain old Leona.

Nothing more, nothing less.

It’s so easy to sneak around with you, even if you are a bit clumsier than he is. And sure, maybe it’s because he purposefully trips you on his tail (only for you to whisper that you thought his tail was too sensitive for that with mock anger in your tone) but that’s nothing you can prove.

Over the course of your childhood, there are plenty more of those moments. You and Leona both grow, even though sometimes you wish you could stay kids forever. It isn’t easy watching him mold to fit his role, watching the usual easygoing smirk he has on his face morph into a constant snarl and frown.

You think you’re the only one in the palace who sees him as Leona anymore.

It isn’t long before he receives an offer to go to a school called Night Raven, which he considers with careful attentiveness. You hesitantly watch from afar, not wanting him to leave you behind but also knowing deep down he’d be so much happier if he did.

Soon enough (too soon), you’re helping him pack his suitcases.

You hug him goodbye, face buried in his clothes, squeezing him tight. He promises to call you every night in a voice only you can hear, gruff and reassuring.

Of course, he has to add a jab about you looking like a puppy without its owner so he doesn’t seem too soft. You just blink back tears and agree with a choked up laugh. His expression goes soft once more, and you take it in like you’ll never see him again.

Once he boards, you watch his carriage until it disappears and there’s no one left watching beside you.

Leona keeps his promise and calls every night, telling you about the upperclassmen and how he got sorted into Savanaclaw, to no one’s surprise. You speculate which dorm you’d be put in if you were to go to Leona’s school, and he tells you “soft hearted herbivores like you would end up in Octavinelle or something like that.”

He sounds like he’s having fun. You’re glad.

There’s a small part of you that toys with the idea of going to NRC yourself—training  your magic to the point of being one of those exceptional mages the Head Mage seeks out. It’s not like you’ll never see Leona, he’s taken the necessary measures to ensure that you can visit campus whenever you please (oh, how he spoils you so) but it’s different. Things aren’t the same anymore and you know they never will be.

(That doesn’t stop you from training in secret. Leona always put everything he had into himself, so why wouldn’t you do the same?)

You don’t bat an eye when the carriage arrives again, standing stationary outside the palace. If anything, you figure it’s Leona coming back for some sort of official business, or at least that’s what you thought before the palace staff starts to whisper your name.

Your luggage, much like Leona’s exactly one year ago, is crammed into the entryway of the palace before you know it.

You’re in a daze the whole trip, painfully aware that you’re sixteen now, going to Night Raven College, you’re growing up more and more and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.

But there’s also excitement, laced with a fair share of anxiety.

You’re going to see Leona again.

And this time, you two will be equals.

It’s the most difficult thing, composing yourself before you’re sorted by the mirror. It’s even more difficult keeping your head straight and not whirling around the room, looking for a pair of green eyes and a lazy, flicking tail. It’s even more difficult not to acknowledge the thrill that jolts through you when your name is called, knowing that Leona heard it, wherever he is in the room.

“Soft hearted herbivores like you would end up in Octavinelle.”

You hope, wherever you end up, you can be close to him like always.

-> leona's napping buddies . . . @vivigoesinsane @dove-da-birb

[kkpaaw]

Continuation of this post about Jay being adopted by Ray and Maya cuz I still have it on my mind

Basically this post is a peek into how it was before Maya and Ray vanished. So sweet cute and wholesome family moments before the angst.

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So after Libber vanishes Ray and Maya do take care of Jay like he's their own. Kai is introduced and makes it pretty clear with his limited vocabulary that he doesn't like Jay. He was told he was getting a cute lil sister not an ugly lil brother!

Maya gently scolded him while Ray died of laughter. They made sure to tell him that he was still getting a lil sister and that Jay is just another addition to the family.

They made sure to make room for Jay in their home. He and Kai ended up sharing bedrooms with his crib on the otherside of the room. Kai did not like this and made it known but there's nothing he can do about it.

Nya is born a few months later and Kai loves her but to his horror she seemed much more attached to Jay and he didn't like that at all.

Meanwhile Jay loves Kai the most and was always smiles and giggles around him. If anything Kais glares just made him laugh. Maya found it very amusing.

In fact Kai doesn't get over his Jay hating ways until Jay's first steps at 10 months, which were directed towards him

Ray made sure to take a picture of Kai crying big glob tears as he tried to look angry at the happy Jay in his arms babbling away

After that you would have been hard pressed to find them seperate. In fact once Jay started walking more they became a mischievous duo who always got into stuff. Maya and Ray were always on their guard when they were together.

Jay's first words were as u expected directed to Kai. He tried to say Kai but it kept coming out as Ki (which ended up being a funny nickname Jay still calls Kai to this day). Kai cried even more and Maya got the picture that time.

When Nya finally started to walk at an astounding 9 months, her first walk was to Jay, her clearly favorite brother much to Kai's chagrin.

But her first words only 2 months later was mama much to her father's chagrin and her mother's glee. He had to pay her for losing that bet.

While they thought that Nya would be the "good" child they were abruptly proven wrong. Because she was so attached to Jay wherever he went she went too and as such got dragged into whatever shenanigans the other two go into and was way too eager to help out. Didn't understand a dang thing but she was just happy to participate.

Ray and Maya started referring to them as the troublesome trio

The early years were full of fun and although the kids got into trouble more often then not Maya and Ray still found the moments of mischief amusing

Jay fit in so well you woulda assumed he wasn't adopted.

It was nice.

And then their parents vanished when Kai was just 5 leaving him to care for two 3 year olds and things went downhill from there cuz we can't have anything nice

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There will be another post cus I have more to say believe it or not I'm having fun with this Au

[skeletboi]

Super short update because my life is a mess.

But here is part 24 of the Intridimensional Au!

First /// Previous /// Next

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“Impressive as ever.” Ford said as he looked at the robot arm on the work bench.

“Thanks, Stanford.” Fiddleford replied quietly.

Ford watched Fiddleford place his good hand over the arm then glanced up at Fiddleford's face and frowned.

“Something wrong?” he asked.

“Lots a’ things are, I reckon.” Fiddleford said with a humorless huff of laughter. “Ya know when I went back home fer Christmas and fergot ta get Emma-May a present?”

“I recall, yes.” Ford responded, his frown deepening.

“She was already purdy darn mad at me before that. I wore baggy sweaters ta try and hide the metal cast on my arm so she wouldn't go worryin’ ‘bout it, but Tate ain't dumb and heard the hum of the components. He asked me about it, ‘cuz he's at that age where they ask a million questions, and I told him it was a metal cast. ‘Course he's an imaginative kid so he immediately started calling it a robit arm. He ran ta Emma-May ta tell her, and I thought she was ‘bout to murder me on the spot.” Fiddleford paused and picked up the arm. “He'd love this, but Emma-May would hate it.”

“I love it, if that makes you feel any better.” Ford said, placing a hand on Fiddleford's back.

“It does.” Fiddleford said with another quiet laugh. “But I can't stop thinkin’ about that. Emma-May knew how I felt ‘bout you in college, and we got in a purdy big fight ‘bout it before I came ta Gravity Falls. I love Emma-May, but our parents both loved the idea of us bein’ together more than we did. I think maybe we were more like best friends than spouses, but I promised her I'd be back ‘cause, above all else, we jus’ wanted Tate ta have a normal childhood.” Fiddleford set the arm back down and choked on a laugh that sounded suspiciously more like a sob. “‘Spose I'll jus’ hafta live with the fact that he won't. I don’ know if he'll ‘member me at all.”

“Fidds…” Ford said softly, unsure of what else to say with his own guilt and regret tearing at his chest.

“If I knew it was gonna turn out this way I prolly woulda jus’ said screw it and kissed ya as soon as ya opened the door to yer damn creepy cabin in the woods.”

Ford cracked a smile at that, but Fiddleford still looked a thousand miles away as he stared down at the arm.

“You would have stopped me.” Ford said after a moment.

Fiddleford glanced over at him in question.

“You say you would have kissed me right then, but I know you, and, if you had known this was the outcome, you would have left.” Ford clarified.

“Maybe.” Fiddleford responded thoughtfully, “But maybe not. Maybe I’m too scared in every timeline.”

“Fuck that.” Stan said, coming up behind them and dropping the last box at their feet. “I saw your face when Ford mentioned fighting back against Bill. That wasn't fear. That was determination.”

Fiddleford smiled sadly over his shoulder at Stanley.

“I thought you'd grow out of being so cheesy.” Ford deadpanned.

“Nope!” Stan replied with a smile. “But if you two are done being nauseating, we have some boxes to go through. I found a box of brown meat! It says it expires in 1993, but who the fuck knows what year it is in this dimension. My plan is to eat it now, ask questions later!”

“I believe you meant ‘die of food poisoning later’.” Ford noted.

“Or die of starvation! Might as well eat mystery food and die the fun way!” Stan laughed.

“Dysentery don't sound fun.” Fiddleford replied.

“Whatever, nerds.” Stan said, motioning to the boxes. “Just grab what you want so we can get on with life. I found a shot gun, too. You're welcome.”

Fiddleford laughed but did as he was told and put aside his arm project to start rummaging through the boxes.

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Sorry non-Fiddauthor fans. I needed Fiddauthor.

I originally wasn't going to write this bit in, but I wanted to give some context to the guilt they're both still feeling and the relationship between Emma-May and Fidds. Emma-May is bi in this universe, but prefers woman. Is that a cop-out to make myself feel better about how much Fidds hurt her? Yes, yes it is. But I am doing it anyway because I do what I fucking want.

I have another art piece nearly done, so I'll probably post it tomorrow. For now, enjoy. Or whatever.

[barb-l]

Isn't a writer question but was curious; How does wenclair different from other ships you've enjoyed?

Is it solely due to having been a lifelong Wednesday Addams fan, or is it specifically the Netflix's Addams world that you find intriguing?

I ask mainly because I recall you once saying that your wenclair comics--specifically the Next Gen Au I believe--are written and made with a lot of intention in regards to dialog and the discussions had between characters.

Is this due to a greater insight into the characters or simply a mark of growth in writing comprehension?

I like to think I put as much thought in all ships I've been hyperfixated on tbh. Wenclair isn't even the one I've been obsessed with the longest. So far it's actually Trimberly, for which and I was hyperfixated with for like 3 years.

But yeah ok I get ur point lol The intensity this time feels different, I suppose.

I think it's a mix of both being a long time Wednesday Addams fan and how cute of a ship Wenclair is both in concept and the canon execution of their dynamics.

As some of you are aware, I've been a fan of The Addams for a while now. All incarnations of them are great in their own way, but one of the many reasons why the animated 2019 movie is my favorite is because it didn't give Wednesday a bland ass male love interest. I don't think the B/W series did it(because Wed was like six in that) but the 90's movies, musical, and netflix series for some reason found it necessary to give Wednesday male love interests so painfully boring and i hate it. This isn't even about making Wednesday attracted to boys. I personally headcanon her bi, as the ol' stereotype that all grumpy/angsty female characters must be lesbian isn't my cup of tea, and also because I like to think all Addamses just don't give a shit about gender when it comes to romance. I woulda been fine with her getting a boyfriend so long as they're not boring af and goddddd canon incarnations still haven't delivered. Joel was sweet but he was too much of a wimp, not even Gomez is that pathetic. Lucas' thing with Wednesday was just portrayed in such an icky way in the musical that I couldn't finish watching by the time their sexually charged duet came on, and don't even get me started on the boys Netflix gave her. I expected better of Gough and Millar...(unless the blandness was on purpose like it was with Lana Lang--)

Anyways, because of all said canon love interests, I've been desperate for Wednesday to have a love interest that is both not painfully het or boring for once. Crossover shipping with Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice the Musical was fun but was ultimately a very niche fandom. I could only draw and write for an audience of twenty or so people for so long. Parker from the animated movie would've been great, but the cop out with her mom dating Fester just made it too weird for me to be fully on board with the ship.

So when Enid Sinclair was introduced as a character I was absolutely ecstatic. On paper alone she already seemed great. She has a very distinct appearance (even if her "design" was inspired by Harlequin and it shows) that goes so well when she stands next to Wednesday, whether it's in the actual show, fan arts, or even in official merch. Her being Wednesday's complete opposite in so many ways makes her being paired with Wednesday so dang interesting too.

And I don't just mean aesthetic or personality wise. I'm talking about how one of Wednesday's struggle stems from having too much smothering love from her family as someone who gets overwhelmed too easily, and Enid's loneliness and insecurity coming from her own family's lack of love and attention where it matters most. Or how Wednesday's just girl who, deep inside worries about being an actual cruel monster like the very bigots she hates, while Enid is a supposed beast who resents herself for only being a scared little girl. Even the fact that Wednesday is an older sister to a soft-hearted younger brother while Enid is the youngest daughter to a bunch of rough-housing older brothers feels very on purpose.

Everything about Enid feels deliberate. Like she IS supposed to be paired with Wednesday, platonically or romantically. She's the best person to stand beside Wednesday as a character because they have enough differences and similarities to have interesting conflicts but also significant character growths sparked by each other. She's not bland or boring like the canon love interests because even without her attachment to Wednesday, Enid is still such a compelling character. The mere fact that she's as popular as she is despite an eight-episode series being her debut in a franchise that's been iconic to generations is already pretty amazing, and only a character as impressive deserves to smooch somebody as iconic as Wednesday Addams.

And their on screen chemistry is just *chef's kiss*

[snapdragonling]

5, 6, 7, 13 and 17 for sabine, cian and middy?

thanks dear!! | oc creation questions

5. Is there any significance behind their hair color?

sabine — not really, that's just how she appeared in my head! the grey streaks are the only significant hair change i've added since her creation and that's mostly because i got smarter and Sabine got hotter.

cian — the white streak definitely has some significance!! he wasn't born with it!

middy — originally she was going to have black hair but when i joined the campaign half the party already had black hair so i pivoted to add some variety! in hindsight shifting her colour palette from black/green to brown/orange was hugely influential in the kind of character she grew into 🌻

6. Is there any significance behind their eye color?

sabine — only inasmuch as her brother had the exact same hazel eyes and every time she looks in the mirror she sees his face 😬

cian — nope, just wanted to give him hazel eyes because they matched his vibe! they do glow turquoise or white when he's casting certain spells (or that time Mercy took over his body...)

middy — she has brown eyes that i've retroactively decided would've slowly become more golden as her warlock pact deepened, hinting at Nettle's status as a child of Pelor (and Middy as a potential vessel for Pelor?)

7. Is there any significance behind their height?

sabine — when i was creating her i thought "i'll make a PC with a perfectly average height this time, it'll be a nice change from Middy" and then almost everyone else in the Dwyrain party was a fucking giant 🙄 (i think her height suits her, it's enough to be underestimated in a fight but she can still do the Black Widow thigh choke thing which is important to me)

cian — i wanted him to be a little under the average for a lad! he's willowy and unassuming and shy and i wanted his height to contribute to that.

middy — she's LITTLE. TINY. just under 3 feet as an orphaned halfling street kid who rarely ate consistently. halflings really resonated with me at the time so playing a little guy was super fun.

13. How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

sabine — so many AUs. just so many AUs. she's a character i love to put in situations, and somewhere along the way she also acquired a wife - who woulda thunk! (i've also thought vaguely about what her future in Dwyrain might've looked like based on the info Ellen gave us - mostly about continuing Ulam's legacy and coming into her own as the Sun Soul monk. Sabine Chosen One storyline would've been so funny tbh, I know Ulam was laughing in the afterlife. i've thought about her training Haland's daughter. i've thought about her shepherding wayward children Enikö's way, and the two of them becoming something almost like friends. every so often I think about Roan and the fact that he and Sabine might've had something...)

cian — i consider it extremely dangerous to think too far again in-game for the Vigilant 😭 i definitely have ideas about the direction I'd like his arc to go in, but it depends so much on what the party comes up against! (and of course there have been AUs happening in the background. there's so many terrible settings he could be a medic in!)

middy — again with the AUs....where would i be without AUs tbh. thinking about her future in Varania makes me extremely fucking sad so I've moved her almost exclusively into AUs at this point, but I do think she would've travelled with Bran for a while. she'd continue seeing the world, continue making friends, continue being a bright light in dark places. it would've taken her a really long time to heal from losing Loreth but she'd try to live a full life for the both of them.

17. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

sabine — honestly I don't think so? my perfect fucked up many-layered onion wife who helped me through some really awful shit even though I didn't realise until later how hard I was projecting lmfao.

cian — not really any regrets, there's just a couple of things that i want to tweak and maybe work out the kinks in-game? we'll see!

middy — i don't really regret it but it's always hard to think about her as half of a whole without Loreth 😭 he ended up being such a big part of her character arc, it's like she lost her north star and sometimes when I'm working on/with her i feel the void where he should be!! mostly it just feels bittersweet. the character bleed was really fucking bad with Middy, i think i can say that at this point 💀

[notjustjavierpena]

Hi I’m a big fan of your husband Javier series. I love how fleshed out the family is. I’m eagerly waiting for the next fic. I check for updates everyday and reread your fics constantly! I’m looking forward to the twins being born and how they handle going from managing 3 kids to 5 and the craziness that comes with that. I love how all the kids have unique personalities (Ines being the chaotic child is my fav)

I would love to hear what your take on Steve Murphy would be and his reaction to his former womanizing coworker becoming a family man

Hiya, anon! First and foremost, I just want to say thank you for following me on Hubby’s journey. It means so much to me to hear about people’s relationship with him. I can’t wait to get through the million of WIPs that I have for the Peñas, so I can give you more content! Let’s see when I am going to get to the twins being born, hahaha.

In this AU, Steve and Connie actually live nearby. Connie and Wife are old friends, so Steve obviously knows her very well as well. He sees it instantaneously when Javier falls in love with her, and he takes it upon himself to slap his back, smile and tell Javier that he is in love when the stupid man complains about heartache that he has never had before. Steve teases him about it, smiles over the top of his beer bottle, and pokes fun because who woulda thought that the famous casanova would be in love trouble? However, he is beyond pleased with seeing Javier happy, and Olivia has babysat once or twice.

[phightingaus]

bird guy again…… ababbababbb……….. the hyperfixations rerolled!!!!! And it’s on Pheathered AU again!!!!!!!!!!!!! And my love for coming up with more deity stuff is here now too)!!!!! Woah……….

anyways uh I woke up today because of the sudden realizations of. Woah. There are deities in phighting. And I REALLY like making deities or otherwise powerful beings I say as I hide the maybe 20 deities I’ve made behind my back

anyways hahhahaaaa deity time!!!!!!! More mortal birds one day…. Im wanting to figure out traffic and some other npcs tbh…. (Also traffic is a pigeon now. Js a common pigeon, those little guys you might see roamin’ around he’s one of them fellas). But the deities are FUN and I like them and they need more pizzazz they’re too boring to me in canon (as much as I love them)

ok anyways SO. I might’ve figured out the wing thing a little. I’m figuring things out they’re coming together like PUZZLE PIECES

basically I saw it mentioned by cocoagraft in an answer o forgor which one but they mentioned maybe they have their real wings or smth but they take the form of normal bird wings ya ya. So here’s my idea with that.

that’s what happens but more. Basically basically (I have four words in my vocabulary frown emoji) they usually take the form of the bird they choose (which also means they can change that, but none of them really do), and it also makes them look more mortal due to the fact of them needing to alter that appearance to actually fly, cause with bird wings they’re still kind of bound to the laws of physics a little. The reasons for them taking their birds is unknown, except for Venomshank’s who wanted to look more related to Sword with the crow thing (which also somewhat changed his personality to fit, all of them got slight personality tweaks with the birds but it’s fine), and Windforce just thinks secretary birds are badass and she’s literally the only secretary bird alive currently (I’d say it’s a pretty rare bird to spawn as, and even then if you spawn as one in Playground then Uh Oh). So ya they look mortal except for the little deity things (Darkheart’s markings n’ hat, VS’s mask n’ hat, Icedagger’s hat n’ clothes, GW’s horns n’ eyes, etc) to make the observant realize that Oh. These Are Gods.

but it’s when they’re in their actual form where things get awesome. Cause they have their canon wings and their form also changes to the more godly versions. For most of ‘em it’s fine to look at if a bit strained, but if they really want to they can cause a bit of damage. Almost none of them actually do that unless with each other, Firebrand and Windforce are really the only ones that truly would do that. I need to get designs for them man. I really like deities if you couldn’t tell and also I’ve been reading through percy jackson so maybe that has a bit of a part to play in this……

ok anyways other various stuff!!!!!!

in the other one I had purely on the deities (that had VS, GW, WF, and ID) the answer mentioned that sometimes the depictions of the horsemen of the apocalypse swap out pestilence for conquest and that Firebrand can be that one and. Ya!!!!! Yippee!!!! I thought about that and that actually fits so well cause also my ideas for DH and Illumina…… so anyways more little things abt the deities yay!!!!!

Firebrand is the last one playing on the idea of the H.O.T.A, with conquest. He’s truly the Inpherno’s king, after all. Or… at least Crossroads’. He’s wise enough to not invade on his siblings’ territories. He’s also Lost Temple’s! He truly hasn’t changed too much in this au, mostly he’s just straightened out LT a tad bit. He doesn’t fly often, given he’s technically in LT, but when he does it’s to prove a point. Hes able to set fires places (wow who woulda thunk it) and usually does that if something gets out of hand (the CotTE especially knows that, there’s been situations where they’ve gotten little buildings burned down). He doesn’t often do it unless it’s really a danger, or if one of the other deities needs him to. He has the worst relationship with, surprisingly, Icedagger. It used to be a good relationship but as Icedagger grew more distant trying to rule Blackrock, so did their friendship, until eventually ID got a little resentful at the guy because why can he rule basically two places better than he can rule one. Anyways FB does have his moments, especially if there’s in-faction fighting, he’s known to not be on the fence with wars but only intervene in them if it gets bad or concerns someone important to him (such as his siblings, himself, probably some of his faction members, and Flipside). Hes just trying out here, the desert’s gotta have someone to be a little cruel time to time if its gonna function.

Moving on from the H.O.T.A! Illumina and Darkheart both represent order or purity and chaos respectively. Sort of like a yin-yang kinda thing but there’s more I’ll go into with their things :)

Illumina is somewhat unchanged in this AU. He still strives for unity and order, and he’s still a wonderful swordsman. He will, however, go to any means necessary with his siblings to reach that goal (as Darkheart has seen time and time again), and even if he’s meant to be a figure of importance, is borderline obsolete with a lot of things. His views are far behind, so far behind that truly only Thieves’ Den and some parts of TCotTE really only see the reasoning in them. As with everything, there is evil in good, and while his intentions might be positive, he would not take the best courses of action to follow it. Those who choose to align themself with his views do so with minor flaws. He’s accidentally let the idea of his worship being almost cult-like fester. He chooses to ignore most of them, when his followers leave offerings or try to get others to see his ideas. All he truly wants is order, and that’s especially hard in the factions he has no power over, and his siblings don’t truly care if we’re being honest. And that’s left him a little stuck, because he’s far from being unimportant, but he basically is outside of his faction. And he’s tried to take more extreme measures to get a bit of footing in other factions, but that has unfortunately ended up with him on the end of certain deity’s wrath (namely Venomshank. Ummm follower sword smiles so innocently.)

Now Darkheart is a being of chaos. A trickster, if you will. Just a sneaky little guy, which is boosted with the idea of him being a raven. He truly only does what he does to sew a bit of chaos into the world, even if that directly contrasts Illumina’s plans which leave them on bad terms. Though, with his capabilities, there is also the idea that he can do things previously thought unimaginable. He usually uses it to, again, cause a little havoc, but sometimes if he takes a liking to a mortal they can get something in return for amusing him. Though that has repercussions, of course. He doesn’t rule over any one faction, more a wanderer. Mostly in Crossroads though, with the fact that it’s populated and not that well guarded, plus the fishing. He’s got his moments though, he can be kind if he wants to. He did help out Zuka a tiny bit in Blackrock, after all. Helping a young B. Zuka learn to fly, Zuka coincidentally ending up in a job most strive for in the faction despite only being a blackbird, stuff like that. Pulling a few strings. But everything has a motive, and Zuka saw that out as well. But Darkheart’s mostly chill, sometimes he masquerades around as Ghostwalker until the other gets ticked off at him for the fun of it because they look similar. But he’s overall just the same. Just looking for a bit of chaos to spice up inphernal life ykyk normal goals for a literal god!

ok anyways I was gonna do more yapping but i need to do things usually depicted as normal human activity unfortunately. Also the ideas are flying around and I need to catch em in a butterfly net. And also also this is. Rlly long I didn’t expect these descriptions to be this long wow.

anyways bird guy away pssssshhhwwwwwww flies into a closed window

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Eyyy…I was that conquest-for-Firebrand guy! I’m glad you liked the idea :D

If I’m interpreting this right, it can sometimes physically harm mortals to look at deities? I’m honestly surprised that this is the first time I’ve seen anything like this before in an AU. Something something mortal eyes cannot fathom the form of gods. I like this a lot!

Ah, yes. Getting jumped by a deity “””mysteriously vanishing””” because you’re a certain kind of bird. How fun! 😊

Good on you for (sorta) fixing Lost Temple, Firebrand! Considering how deserts have a lot of fire/heat symbolism (I wonder why lol), it makes sense that he rules over LT alongside Crossroads.

H.O.T.A *and* Yin/Yang symbolism? You’re cooking up quite the AU, bird guy!/pos I probably sound like a broken record at this point, but I like what you’ve done with these guys! You took two deities who have kinda flat personalities in canon and actually gave them depth. Good on you!

Idc if he’s not the best. Darkheart teaching Zuka to fly is always gonna be sweet in my eyes 🥺

[liloinkoink]

I'm curious about the other ideas you had for the "A beast without a heart, I've come for you" 👀

this is technically for the “give me a title and i’ll write a summary” meme but i already did a summary for this title so i’ll just tell you

that title made me think of a few ideas. the beast line made me think of beauty and the beast au, but there’s a few aus cherri and i have that i thought might work

i think this would also be a fun title for a Ren pov treesekai fic, assuming i couldn’t think of (read: make beans come up with) a better LN-style title

and there’s a scene from last life i think about a lot, where Grian asks Joel (while Scar, who Grian had just been talking to, is right there) to kill Scar so Scar will understand he needs Grian friends/allies and should give Grian a life so he can betray the Southlands and join Scar instead

any of those subjects woulda worked for that title to me

[notshittyusername]

So this is a drabble about how robin and Nancy move and meet with Gloria and barbie .

,Gloria is robins boss and maybe Nancy used to know barbie or used to babysit Sasha who knows we will see what my mind will get out

Omg I'm on vacation and I write stories in my head and imagine this au in which 26year old robin is moving to California with Nancy because both of them got very good job offers there. Nancy is making a story about something and Robin got a place in Matel. She meet her new boss. Her name is Gloria and she invites her for dinner to get to know her better she tells her that she can bring her significant other if she has one she will too be bringing her partner . Gloria also compliments her bracelet with lesbian flag colors : Oh my god my fiance would love that bracelet where did you get it ?

Robin with slight anger because she thought that here it will be different not like in goddam Hawkins: I don't think he woulda need that sort of thing , anger falls down and with anxiety she rambles But we I mean me and my girlfriend will be there I look forward to working here !

Gloria hurrieng to explain the situation : Oh you though I was straight asking for a fun bracelet oh I'm sorry honey I'm used to talk about my partner as in my wife in more neutral way because you never know which ones are the biggots! She hugs her and tells her our firm is a safe space after the corporate has been replaced.and that she can't wait for the dinner

I don't know what to think about this because the story in my head is great I think but I can never truly find the right words I will maybe write a better version and put it on ao3 with another chapter with maybe barbie and Nancy also hoe the dinner went

[ethmaron]

mer au ramblings under cut ↓

i was thinking about the mers and their behaviors in particular-- i can't remember if i've ever really talked about it (if i have it's on one of the older posts? probably under one of the asks from capricorn) but bc i had spotted that recent thing i drew in my canvas library the mers are so cat-like in my head. or something. i do think they hide under their tails a lot when they get upset or embarrassed and stuff but that's probably more coming from i think they hide away in little caves and stuff normally and its like just a placeholder behavior sorta deal. they like the dark and small spaces bc like tims got that cave he likes to go to a lot (he takes kon there eventually--idk if ive ever mentioned tims little hideaway lol)

i do think they also like to smack each other with their tails as a playing thing which is fun until its a human and they get absolutely wasted by 30+ lbs of pure muscle. i do think it would be hilarious if in some of the first interactions dick smacks someone and there is very quickly rules established. he ends up only being able to play with jason until he goes . "missing". (tbh this is making me think about little dick and jason and im getting very teary. thinking about bruce deciding to reach out to the humans as a way to help protect both himself and his sons from poachers and stuff. gets them access to medicine.)

i DO think that dick and jason woulda been much closer in this though and i feel like being honest mers kinda have shorter lifespans in the wild? (bruce is probably still pretty young by human standards i think, but is getting up there by mer standards) limited access to food + getting into fights + poachers. actually the fighting aspect is interesting to me because i dont think i've thought much of it before? the only natural defenses they have are teeth, nails and tail. i think mer fights would probably be very quick and typically escalate fairly fast. (also realizing bruce would definitely be a killer in this au by virtue of protecting his territory + his family. wonder if it would turn into a more he doesnt want his kids to have to ever kill? but idk bc that would be a part of the lifestyle of a mer, and they would need to know how to defend themselves anyway) weak points definitely tail fins and throat. fins specifically because they cant swim without them so they'd just kinda sink and rot at the bottom of the ocean if they dont have someone helping them; which is to say in the case of shredded fins because jason kept his fins but theres holes in them which Does effect his swimming speed but only because of the holes and not the material of his fin (i do think the humans have tech that could theoretically replace tail fins in order to help them swim again but they wouldn't be as durable as their natural fins. wouldn't be able to tolerate fast swimming. probably what would've happened to babs--i don't think ive ever addressed her in this au? i should go and design some of the people that are missing. i think shed be reallyyyy pretty.) but i think that once a fight is determined to be to death they just go for the throat/gills.

regardless that is to say that the hiding behavior i think is funny and i do fully believe the first time kon or jon sees it they immediately make a cat comment and then show pictures. depending on who the mer is/their landside education they dont even know what cats are which would be kinda funny i think. hilarious to me if damian convinces jon to bring a cat because he wants to meet it (he definitely still loves animals--probably bffsies w some of the sharks and other animals in their territory.) I DESPERATELY WANT KON TO BRING KRYPTO oh god kory would have a heart attack if he snuck krypto in. bart would love him. i think tim and cassie would be a little ehhh about him but krypto so sweet just a little baby .

i had talked about a while ago that i should try to work bernard in--i think itd be kinda silly if there were a bunch of tims like comic HS friends that are just interns or something in different areas of the facility and stuff and they all end up kinda becoming friends anyway. bernard, darla, ives, etc. idrc if it doesnt make sense this entire au is a trainwreck anyway lol

ACTUALLY very funny to me i was thinking abt how tim gets a little demanding in getting carried/carted around on land and he finds out kinda quick most the people there can't actually lift them up (kon can technically lift tim/bart/cassie but he Struggled at first). him asking ives to take him to a different tank and ives just gives him a really long look before getting a wheelchair and helping tim drag himout of his current tank LOL i think there would be lots of cursing and sniping from both sides .

ill wrap this up but now im thinking abt mer courtship stuff--idk if ive ever talked about that here? its kinda silly LOL

[gaywiththesauce]

Hi hello sorry it’s not Wednesday anymore BUT. I remember you saying at one point that you were listening to your Giyuu playlist? (am I remembering right?) and I’m. so unbelievably normal and was wondering what your top 5 songs you associate with Giyuu are. Or top 10. Or top one million. Ok thank you sorry goodbye again_(:3 」∠)_

Hi Rose👋!! welcome back to my dropbox lmao

okok so so I don't remember saying that but it's totally possible that I did. I think about blorbo a lot so I think I mentioned it

These won't be very descriptive because many of the songs are just related to emotions or specific scenarios so you'll have my 4am ramblings. lil warning, I'm a swiftie, but I have a variety of other different music tastes too. here's my top 20ish because I'm obsessed with my blorbo Giyuu Tomioka the Queen

Telephones by Vacations - "my thoughts are crawling, you're all I see" "wherever I go, you'll always be next to me" has massive brain rot energy :) he only sees his love(s) everywhere

Verbatim by Mother Mother - I kinda perceive Giyuu as someone that doesn't conform to gender norms (totally not projecting) but he would totally be unapologetic for his expression. maybe a lil oblivious but not sorry

First Love/Late Spring by Mitski - the lyrics speak for themselves of anxiety that he can't love anyone else because he's too scared to lose them. "please, hurry, leave me, I can't breathe. please don't say you love me."

Long Live (TV) by Taylor Swift - this song is specifically for my fantasy prince/knight au I made and fully fleshed out with Minecraft building and shit. the idea of happy fluffy marriage makes me giggle

Gilded Lily by Cults - self explanatory. sad song. "haven't I given enough?" "always the fool with the slowest heart" (help please he has the slowest heart because his way of communicating isn't verbal and only a very select few understand-)

Daylight by Taylor Swift - "I once believed love would be burning red, but it's golden, like daylight" kyogiyuu energy, first impression of Kyojuro's "burning red" but it turns out he's a soft "golden"

Screaming by CHVRCHES - beautiful song. it talks about the past and how time has been stolen. not knowing what side of the coin you're on and if it's wrong or not. good vibes song to look out the window to

New Year's Day by Taylor Swift - SUCH A GOOD MESSAGE SONG! it's all about the tranquility that comes with love and life, how the couple would be there for not just the fun moments but the calm or hard or maybe boring moments. also "please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere"

Money by The Drums - Giyuu would totally want to give back to the world he believes he's stolen from (he's still alive, which is something that he stole from others-) but he has nothing else to give other than hard training and killing demons, saving people when he can

Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol - this one I can't really explain. the build up and release just kinda speaks for itself. it's cathartic and makes you want to jump up and down and rip an air guitar

Don't Let Go by The Ghost Club - "I'm falling off the edge but you never ever let go" another relationship one! who woulda guessed? again, love that lasts because love is not all sunshine. it rains and pours and you have to get an umbrella. very fun to listen to!

The Mute by Radical Face - this was shown to me by a beautiful moot when my one ficlet reminded them of it. it makes sense! "if you only listen with your ears, you can't get in [my head]" (your fic today reminded me of this song too and i listened to it again after reading tehe)

Nightmares by CHVRCHES - "Another poem designed for revenge. Now I'm living a nightmare again, and it won't end.

Black Out Days by Phantogram - gives me remembering Sabito vibes. So painfully thinking of him but trying to forget him and keep that part of his mind away from now but it doesn't want to stay away. He isolates himself from his memories that he "[doesn't] even recognize [Sabito's] face"

I miss you, I'm sorry by Gracie Adams - it's less of the lyrics and more the vibes. i just kinda really like this song. "I still love you, I promise" to Sabito---

Become the Warm Jets by Current Joys - listen listen ok hear me out: slow song, sad voice, sad song, Giyuu-themed? totally feel canon with "All my life is just something I can't ignore."

A Soulmate Who Wasn't Meant to Be by Jess Benko - wow. sad angst sad song about regret because wow. just angst.

Young by Vacations - dissociation central. not knowing how things are moving and wanting things to be right and okay. that childhood innocence of want everything (read: Sabito) to be his

i love you by Billie Eilish - Giyuu being in denial of everything. How could Kyojuro say that he loves him? How could he open up so easily to Kyo? "the smile that you gave me even when you felt like dying" FFUCCK

Dress by Taylor Swift - this is that song when the pairing finally gets together after a 20K slow burn. smiles. "Carve your name into my bedpost 'cause I don't want you like a best friend."

A Love Song by Ladyhawke - happy upbeat love song. Imagine running through a crowd, holding hands, laughing and giggling as Kyo pulls Giyuu along to show him something he's excited about

I didn't mean for this to be this long (this was originally 10) but now you have 2/3 of my Giyuu playlist! I accidentally deleted my Giyuu playlist like four months ago so I'm building from the ground up unfortunately😭

I hope this satisfies your curiosity! Enjoy listening if you do!

[quirkle2]

redraw of one of these old sketches but instead it’s my warlock legend design :)

[myfemininedivine]

Hiii 💜 I was just thinking, how was your experience writing smut for the first time (i still remember the first time your wrote one) and what made you, what did you love about it, that you continue writing such amazing sexy fics?

Couldn’t look my mama in the eye fr I was acting like I was going to jail

I genuinely fell upon the feet of god and was like yo what did I just do rn bro repent repent

No but it was actually terrifying LMAOO the first minor ‘smut’ I did was for your silence echoes to me and it was just fingering and I was like 😮‍💨 phew man that’s all I can do! I remember I got a comment that was like “wtf give me more” BRO I WAS SWEATING LMAOOO

But it was like fuckkkk bc I LOVE the fwb trope. Love it. To my core. Hence why taste will be the PHATTTEST AU I’ll do. But I love that trope so…. that was my one shot of smut 😭 and I was genuinely like man I hope people get what im saying like… I had them do it in the car too?? Closer to you is my first ACTUAL smut and then I went on to write smut for the first time in TPD and then my ass really wrote star dippers which was just an excuse for smut like LMAOOOOOO the growth…

No but I actually really enjoy writing smut. I think I loved mixing emotions with sex, like it’s smut but it’s touchy and I like playing with physical senses and feelings, and words. I think smut can just be for play obviously and for fun but it’s also really impactful to a relationship to me? And just fun in general to write like shit be feeling incomplete when I don’t write it LMAOO WHO WOULDA THOUGHT!!!

Thank u so much for the question and you’ve been reading me for a while to remember that 😭 TPD didn’t have the first smut chap until closer to you and that was…. LONG. AGO. Thank u for your time always. Take care. ❤️🥹

[random-mha-thoughts]

Out to Sea | MHA Pirate!AU

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Bakugou Katsuki, Kirishima Eijirou, Kaminari Denki, Sero Hanta, Ashido Mina, Jirou Kyouka 

Genre: Adventure, Pirate!AU 

Inspiration: Wellerman Song by Nathan Evans 

Word count: 1,682 

Tags: @rintomoj​ @yuki-osaki​ @yamichxn​​ @lonelyfangirl453​ @cyanide9602​ @liviitehe​ @bigkoalafications​ 

A/n: Sooo long time no see... I'm not quite back to a regular posting schedule at the moment. PA school was making me very stressed and depressed™ for the past year and my first rotation was ROUGH, but I'm less S&D™ where I am now and that got the good ol' writing wheels turning again. I wanted to write this bc that Wellerman song has been stuck in my head and I figured it's October, everyone's writing fun stuff for kinktober Halloween so I hope this is something fun that you all enjoy.  It's a bit different than what I'm used to and there aren't any ships (wait a second lol I mean like relationships), but it was fun to write.

Life on the high seas has its perks. The fresh smell of sea water, the welcoming chilled breeze of the ocean, the calm rocking that lulls you to sleep, all bound together with a simple, mundane life spent with a group of good friends.

"BLARGHHHHHHH"

"Damnit, Kaminari, what happened to you?"

The new honey-blond recruit's face is a lot paler than usual when he raises it above the bow rail, small bits of discolored acid stuck to the corner of his lip. "Bro," he moans sickly, "You know I get easily seasick..."

At least, those things were perks to some people.

"Hey, you signed up for this," his red-headed companion shrugs nonchalantly, handing him the rag hanging from the waistband of his loose-fitting red pants. The cloth would've fallen off his hips if it wasn't for the black belt so graciously given by his employer. The gold buckle matches the single golden hoop hanging off his earlobe. "You knew what you were getting yourself into."

Kaminari ignores the rag, his shaky arm reaching up to wipe his mouth with the hem of his white and yellow striped shirt. "I thought I coulda controlled it. I was doing well, I don't know what happened. Maybe I ate something."

Living on a ship with limited supplies and even more limited room to breathe has its drawbacks. Being restricted to rationing non perishable foodstuff, most of which is some kind of canned or dried. There's not much in the way of privacy with sharing living quarters among the entire crew. Not to mention certain smells that become too overwhelming after a while, forcing you to stumble on deck for fresh air. Some would even argue that having nothing to stare at but the open sea can get boring. Or maddening. Or just plain sickening.

"Weren't you the one who was helping Mina cook dinner last night?" Sero chimes in, carrying a bucket of water and a mop towards the nauseous boy. "None of us got sick but you, dude."

"It all probably became a little too much for him." Midoriya stands up from sitting on a crate nearby. "Probably nervous about his first trip out to sea. It's been a little more than a week that we've been out here, it's understandable that Kaminari isn't used to this lifestyle yet. Try chewing some ginger, it should help a little!"

"Just ginger?" Sero chuckles. "I woulda thought you'd have some miracle drug for him, Doc."

The boy blushes sheepishly at the nickname. Being the most educated gains you some informal titles. "I do, but I think he should toughen up as much as he can first." It was the first time the new recruit's vomited the whole trip, even after all the nightly drinking. That means he's doing well.

Jirou slides down from the top deck to join the rest, shaking her head. "Captain Bakugo says we should turn back home, we've been at sea for too long without any luck and we need to restock." She eyes Denki, who's knees have buckled and is now leaning his back on the wall. "What's up with him?"

"Tossed his cookies overboard," Sero quips.

She clicks her tongue once in sympathy. "Poor kid."

"Come on, we'll bring home the biggest whale and we'll make a huge fortune!" Kirishima pounds his fists together in hype. "Bakugou knows what he's doing!"

"Ah yes, Captain Bakugou's biggest fanboy." Ashido shows up out of nowhere to slap Kirishima on the back.

Todoroki trails behind her with a tray, probably returning from checking over supplies. Him and Midoriya hold the next highest positions under Bakugou's company, handling the logistics and planning of the trip. They're welcome - but still slightly awkward - additions to the team of loud misfits.

"I brought drinks! Figured everyone's spirits needed lifting!" the pink-clad cook announces excitedly. She passes out wooden mugs full of beer mixed with whatever rainwater they managed to collect from the storm a few days ago. Kaminari declines with a pained groan.

Once everyone has their drinks, Ashido holds hers high. "Here's to the best crew! I wouldn't wanna ride out in the middle of nowhere with anyone else!"

"Here's to hoping Kaminari's stomach toughens up for the rest of the trip," Sero mockingly raises his mug to the newcomer, who’s still gathering his bearings.

"Here's to hoping we bring another bounty on our way home!" Jirou toasts.

"I doubt we'll find anything soon," Todoroki mumbles to himself.

"Don't say that," Midoriya responds sheepishly.

"Here here!" the rest of the crew cheers.

CLINK

~

"What was that Todoroki said?!" Sero screams from the other side of the deck, steering the sails.

"He just had to jinx us!" Kaminari whines before cutting himself off to avoid seawater getting in his mouth. Jirou has to grab the back of his shirt to steady him, her other hand grasping the agonizingly taut rope.

"Where is she?!"

Bakugou finally steps out onto the deck above us. His red unofficial captain's jacket that's tied around his waist lashes in the wind, his arms folded across his chest and head held high in a powerful and stubborn posture.

"Captain! The whale thrashed its tail and crashed into the ship!" Midoriya reports with a salute from out deck. "We've captured her, but she's so stubborn we can't lead her back to shore!"

As the freckled boy gives his brief, Bakugo slides down from the upper deck and peers over the edge where Kaminari and Jirou are holding onto the weighted rope for dear life. "Stupid hair! Where're the harpoons, damnit!"

"Right here, Captain!" Kirishima kicks the door open, wielding a set of steel, dangerously spiked arrows.

"About freaking time!" The honey-blond boy adjusts his grip on the rope as it slips out of his hands, wincing against the nasty burn it's leaving on his bare palms. "Hurry up already!"

"Bakugou! You can't-" Midoriya starts to protest.

Todoroki appears and dares to whirl Bakugou around by the shoulder. "This is a bad idea. You know towing a deadweight whale is going to put more strain on the ship, not to mention it'll be stale by the time it reaches shore."

Bakugou growls, shoving the hand off him and glaring into Todoroki's singular eye that's uncovered by his eye patch. "Who'scaptain of this ship, Pretty Boy? Besides, I'm not gonna kill her, just wound her enough so she's not thrashing all over the place! Hand me one of those things!"

Kirishima throws one of the harpoons to the Captain, both of them eying over the bow.

"You're just going to anger it even more!" Todoroki screams.

"You gotta show'er who's boss!" Kirishima whoops excitedly.

"Aim for the flanks, don't get her tail," Bakugou guides, raising the weapon behind his shoulder as he readies his throw.

"Aye, sir!" Kirishima positions himself the same way, both of their eyes trained on the large creature.

The whale had sensed the impeding danger and sank under the sea to hide, shrieking as it descends into the watery depths.

"Fire!"

The harpoons fly with incredible speed, glinting under the clear sky like missiles towards their target. As they submerge under, another pained shriek tears through the blustering wind. Suddenly, the rope slips away from Kaminari and Jirou, Kirishima and Midoriya run to grab the section in front of them, the boat rocking side to side as the whale knocks into us as it thrashes.

"Hold on tight, extras!" Bakugou barks, "Don't let her get away! We're taking this whale home with us if it's the last thing we do!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Another fortune awaits us when we get her back home!"

"Yes, Captain!" everyone choruses again, a certain cabin boy a little more hysterical in the face of all the excitement.

Under the guidance of Bakugou, the whale eventually calms down enough to cruise through the sea. The crew ties ropes through the metal oar holes at the side to stabilize them enough to let go. Jirou and Sero make sure they're still on track to get home as the whale half-pulls the ship towards the shore.

Later under the clear starry night, the crew lights up the deck with torches and drunken songs and toasts of victory.

"Here's to more rum!" Ashido grins cheekily.

"More money!" Sero whoops.

"More tea..." Todoroki mumbles quietly to himself in the corner with Midoriya.

"I just wanna go home," Kaminari whines, drowning himself in more beer as the rest of the crew laughs at him and continues their song.

*~*

"As far as I've heard, the fight's still on/The line's not cut, and the whale's not gone/The Wellerman makes his regular call/To encourage the captain, crew and all," Eijirou sings, rhythmically banging on his chair arm.

The rest of his friends follow his lead in the chorus, tapping out the same beat, "Soon may the Wellerman come/To bring us sugar and tea and rum/One day, when the tonguing is done/We'll take our leave and go!"

Everyone ceases their percussion, the night now still. "Soon may the Wellerman come/To bring us sugar and tea and rum/One day, when the tonguing is done/We'll take our leave and go!"

Cheers and drunken whoops erupt from everyone's lips, glasses clinking from around the fire pit.

"That's a pretty catchy song, Kiri," Mina gulps her drinks down.

"Where'd you learn that from?" Kyouka continues tapping her finger lightly to the beat.

The sharp-toothed boy beams and shrugs. "My grandpa used to sing it all the time when I was younger, something about this sailor crew who used to hunt whales for a living. I think it's much better to sing with a bunch of drunken friends though!"

"I 100% agree, bro!" Denki messily clinks his beer bottle with Hanta's.

Katsuki growls, "You guys just love every excuse to make noise, don't you?"

Izuku walks up to him with his signature shy smile. "Ah, they're just having fun, Kacchan."

"It was pretty cool how they all sang the chorus so well together," Shouto chimes in.

"We should sing it again!" Hanta shoots up and stomps the rhythm out again.

"I WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!"