#Bro...let ace heal and be happy

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Yo we out here with some more Ace lives AU but i'll make them little bullet points so I dont have to write a whole essay. Enjoy my little headcanons!

Warning: Theres. So many. Im not sorry tho lmao

Ace joins the strawhats after the time skip, nobody really minds and theyre happy to spend time with luffy's older brother. He quickly becomes best friends with Nami. I just feel it in my soul that they would gossip together.

Both Ace and Luffy suffer from awful PTSD symptoms after Marineford. With Luffy, his crew eventually learn how to help him. With Ace, though, he only has Luffy to lean on for support until the crew get aquanted with him.

Actually, to add onto that bc im a sucker for acesan, Sanji is the first after Luffy to reach out during one of his bad days when even really small triggers can make Ace spiral into a panic attack.

More acesan sorry lmao. Ace is usually either out on the figure head of the sunny looking at the ocean when Luffy isnt occupying that spot, in the gallery when Sanji is working, or just out on the deck laying on the grass. He especially likes being around sanji in the gallery.

Pre timeskip Ace is extremely different than this AU's Ace because yes he's silly and carries an air of confidence with him still, but he's never shirtless around others anymore. For a long while, Ace doesnt leave the ship or pick fights. His confidence is a facade for a long time.

Depression hits ace like a truck in this AU and its only eased with the help of Luffy and Sanji. Chopper also helps the best he can with what he's got. Ace is grateful for this, and eventually his old self starts to emerge more and more. Luffy is there with him the entire time.

Ace has insomnia, but so does Sanji and Zoro. He'll hang out with them during late night hours either on watch with zoro sharing stories or with Sanji talking to him while he's doing prep work or inventory. He'll probably also fend off luffy when his little brother tries to break into the locked fridge lmao

But more funny headcanons!! Im getting depressing here sorry!! Ace will mess around with Luffy and entertain him before meal times by play fighting. Their asses will be duking it out on the deck and Chopper will be all concerned and Zoro and Nami will be like "Siblings." Like thats the most obvious answer in the world.

Tbh, the crew members with any type of sibling or sibling bond will get it. Luffy will deadass try to steal Ace's food and Ace will smack his hand lightly with haki and Luffy will dramatically exclaim how mean his big brother is.

"Ace is so mean! I'll starve to death!" "Yeah, sure, you little menace"

Ace regaining strength over his devil fruit powers by making little shapes out of fire for chopper, luffy, and usopp. Franky and brook join the group to give ace prompts. It becomes a nightly occurance at this point.

The first time he decides to go shirtless in front of the crew, they realize his old tattoo is replaced by scar tissue that covers nearly his entire back. Nobody says anything, but I think Franky and Nami would be really understanding. Also luffy. Luffy would be like "We match! Ace has a cool scar like I do!" and it reassures him but also breaks his heart simultaneously.

Ace eating nearly as much as luffy and Sanji being like "Are you sure youre not blood related? Because youre both gonna run my kitchen dry"

Ace not really having a defined role in the crew and them not really minding it. Ace floats around basically. It kind of fits him more that way since he knows a bit of everything. He'll look at maps with nami to chart a course to the next island, He'll fight alongside zoro and sanji, he'll tell usopp about different ways to use combustion and heat in weapons or ammo, etc.

Ace and nami using the power of their good looks to scam people lmao and ace being able to swindle men and women. Nami is impressed and also jealous.

Luffy growing his hair out so him and Ace match, but luffy apparently has curlier hair than Ace so its just a fluffy mess until usopp caves and teaches them how to actually take care of their hair (luffy does not absorb a single thing and ace now has to help luffy with his hair when it gets as long as his)

Ace noticing one day how zoro looks at luffy and being like "yikes...you got it bad, man" and zoro just being like "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP-" but ace is fucking cackling and now zoro cant be too mad about that. He's still embaressed as fuck about it though.

Expanding on that actually: Ace actually being supportive because he knows how loyal zoro is. He isnt worried. Plus, Luffy is extremely strong and it takes a lot to actually hurt him. So he's like "dude you gotta just tell him straight up he is dense as hell"

Ace the ultimate wingman for zoro. Not luffy, though. That's what Nami is there for. Him an nami are definitely working together and placing bets on when and who asks who out with robin, usopp, sanji, and franky. I wont say what they chose for their bet but robin definitely wins.

BUT luffy, nami, zoro, robin, usopp and franky place bets on Ace and Sanji. Ace is never subtle. He flirts openly and is proud of it. Sanji is very subtle with ace, though. The crew immediately see past his bullshit of trying to be straight. Its painful to watch. Poor sanji is trying so hard to remain closeted but the closet is literally glass. I wont say who betted what as per my last bullet point, but surprisingly zoro won. Everyone (nami) is outraged by this incident. Luffy is here for a good time.

The crew playing card games except they learn sometimes ace cannot handle flammable objects because he will burn them accidentally. Competitive card games are now banned if ace is playing.

Ace is also banned from using his devil fruit powers while sparring on the deck. The poor grass on there has been burned so many times. Nami has kicked his ass over it.

Ace and zoro get really competitive. Not like zoro and sanji, but they'll spar without weapons and at least one of them will leave with a busted lip or eyebrow and a lecture from chopper. Theyre chill though they just forget to hold back on their punches. Ace one time used haki and had to help franky fix the deck afterwards.

[dropthedemiurge]

WIP Tag Game!

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you like!

Tagged by @doyou000me and @fairylokai, thank you guys<3

In a Chaotic Lawful author's style, I usually upload stories on AO3 as soon as I write them, no regrets :D But I have some ongoing long fics and half-abandoned stories that I just need to get excited about again so... Maybe someone will be still curious to learn more (or get future snippets :])

Fanfics

Make NPC Happy/Game of a Misfit (aka NPC Supremacy Zone) - Love for Love's sake ot3 (all chapters after 6)

bros before hos in love with the bros (aka Magnetic Hearts) - Bad Buddy ot4 slowburn (chapter 12 and forward)

burning ice - Donghee/Hotae, post-canon Time of Fever

hold each other's hands - Kawi/Pisaeng, aspec exploration

in the room with scarlet curtains - Junhoe/Jinhwan, supernatural dream AU

Waterfall in the Sky - B.I pov AU, healing after depression (webtoon)

It snows in my heart (aka Free Spirit) - Boston in USA, meeting SandRay, Only Friends post-canon fix-it fic

Dream Wrapped in Gold - MorkDay, Last Twilight AU, other chapters

Meet me, Death - KanThua, supernatural grim reaper AU

Young and Menace - Not Me x Law of Attraction, Black and Todd interacting with Tinn and Chan

Not Me, Not You, We Switched Places - Not Me x Eclipse, Yok and Akk switch universes

Paint My Life Orange - FirstKhao AU (interactive visual novel)

Originals

Fire Ocean Orden - supernatural/superhero, found family, finding yourself by overcoming unfortunate gift of powers (characters based on iKON)

Bird of Color - steampunk world, art vs engineering, rebel

U MAD - urban magic, rebelling against capitalism and politics (not me style), found family

The very touch of you corrupts - coming of age, identity navigation, MLM, Ace Guy/Allo Guy (Trans)

It was fun checking out my drafts and remembering stories I wanted to work on! I should really focus on my original stories... but they are easier for me to write in a form of fanfic (even before turning to webtoon or visual novel) so that's why a few original stories are in the Fanfics section for now xD

If anyone's curious about some specific story, ask me! I'll find a snippet ^^

Tagging without any pressure my fellow discord sprinters @wereflamingo, @welcometothelairofthebitchking, @xagan, @ablazenqueen, @thepancakelady :]

[neroversal]

Relationship dynamics that don’t get talked about enough IMO

Absolute girl boss x Some Dad. Bonus: the dad turns out to be some super powerful ex-lord or some similar shit (Romantic or Sexual)

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Looks like a cinnamon roll, is batshit insane x looks like an absolute nightmare, is actually a cinnamon roll. Bonus: They’re both actually insane but they both hide it well (Romantic or Platonic)

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Stupid idiot that you wonder if they actually have something up there x no No NO GOD PLEASE NOT THEM! Bonus: They’ve been married X amount of years and bozo over there is just realizing they have a whole-ass partner with two kids and a pet. (Romantic)

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“Whatever you do, please! Find me in the next life!” x “No matter where or when we are, I’ll always be by your side. Not even fate can tear us apart” (Romantic)

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Royal/Nobel x Personal Knight/Servant (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

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Tall sexy bottom x short chaotic top (Romantic or Sexual)

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Tall sexy Asexual x short goober that has no idea what sex even is nor do they even care about it (Romantic)

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Looks like they can flirt, unintentionally does, and are never aware x looks completely innocent but is absolutely thirsty (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

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“I’m the absolute worst human being. I should’ve never been allowed to walk the planet” x “No sweetheart. It’s okay. It was just a bug” (Romantic or Platonic)

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“I fucken suck” x “same bro. Wanna suck together?”(Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

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Ex-assassin that turned over a new leaf x The target that helped them do so and fell in love along the way (Romantic or Platonic)

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“PLEASE! Let me go or you’ll die!” x “I’ll never let go so long as it means you’ll be in my arms”(Romantic or Platonic)

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“LET ME HEAL YOU!!” x “meeting you was the only good thing I’ve ever done”(Romantic or Platonic)

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Evil cat parent x Happy dog parent. Bonus: both their pets bicker like siblings (Romantic or Platonic)

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Evil demon that literally hates everyone but one person x “They’re not so bad once you get past the hatred and malice” (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

Same thing but an Evil demon that literally hates everyone but one person x “I thought they were a dog” (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

Again! Evil demon that literally hates everyone but one person x “I didn’t get a choice in the matter” Bonus: The demon is a bottom (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

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Person who goes around on one-night stands because sex is all they’re good for x teaches them they are worth so much more (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

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“I'LL NEVER GIVE UP ON MY DREAM AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE! I WILL COME UP ON TOP” x “you tell ‘em babe!” (Romantic, Sexual, or Platonic)

Same thing but “I'll NEVER GIVE UP ON MY DREAMS AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE! I WILL COME UP ON TOP” x “NOT IF I GET THERE FIRST!” Bonus: They are childhood friends. (Romantic or Platonic)

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Overpowered girl boss x Equally as strong partner but they like getting their ass kicked because strength = sexy. (Romantic or Sexual)

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Raging Aro/Ace x got married for the tax benefits (Platonic)

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Tall, dark, and stupid x Genius lil goober (Platonic or romantic)

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“I have feelings for you” x “I have feelings…for you” The feeling was friendship (Platonic)

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“You’re my rival but I get really upset when others dare say that they’re your rival as well” x “Don’t worry, you’re the only rival perfect for me” (Romantic or Platonic)

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Rugged, homeless-looking man that has no manners, no sense of personal hygiene, and no sense of class X absolute goddess of a woman that's definitely way too good for him but they're fucken cute together anyways (Romantic or Sexual)

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“I never wanted to be but I guess I’m a parent now” x some lost child that coincidentally is the key to saving the world (Platonic)

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“Why won’t they notice me?” x “life is like a hurricane. Here in. Duckburg” (Romantic)

[moisette]

I don't normally get annoyed at many things while playing this game but this Myers kept slugging the poor Adam. He was using him as bait and he had Rancor so I guess he wanted to mori him but BRO. Just fucking kill him and let him go next. If you want to keep him alive to mori him then do it but you're being a dick by slugging him repeatedly. Either kill him or fuck off and let him get healed and play a bit. I'm a Killer Main and I get the whole whiny entitled Survivor thing but he was just being a dick to this Adam and it annoyed me. I also felt bad because I failed to help Adam twice. I moved out of the way because I thought for sure Myers would go for me but he didn't. Then I was so close to finishing the fucking heal and he downed him before I could finish it. It just really fucking annoyed me xD

I like Midwich and have played on it a lot and even with it getting redone, I still know the map pretty good. I figured he'd go for me and I wanted to lead him away from Feng and Ace so they could finish the gen and make it out. When they popped the gen, I wanted to touch the gate and activate No Way Out if he had it. NOED wasn't a surprise and I'm just happy that they made it out. I was screaming "GO! HURRY! DON'T GET BLOOD WARDEN'D UX<"

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

for the character ask meme: elrond, because we don't talk about him as much as he deserves

Ah Elrond! He’s so great and deserves all the love. 

I love these character asks I’m getting. <3

How I feel about this character

Elrond was my first favourite character of Lord of the Rings! I loved him from the start. 

It’s the tragic life story and his resilience that really gets to me - and something about him as a character that I admire. He has seen everyone in his life die or leave, he of all people has the right to say ‘I’m done with the dying of others’. His parents, uh, left? Died? Turned into a star, at the very least. Which is a cold comfort. But Elrond and Elros witnessed that whole massacre and mess. 

Then his brother chooses mortality, so Elrond watches Elros age. Watches him become an old man with all the pain of senility and the things that happen when your body fails. His proud brother. Then watches Elros die. And Elros never will meet Elrond’s children or grandchildren. Will never see the highs and lows of his life, be there for him. Elrond was there for Elros’ but Elros left him alone to weather his own life. 

Then Celebrian. The horrible things that happened to her which he couldn’t prevent or stop. So she leaves for the undying lands - which I 100% cannot blame her for because oh man so would I. But she’s now gone from him in all meaningful ways (until they meet again, yadda yadda). 

And, to a certain degree, Elrond lost his sons after Celebrian’s attack and leaving as they became so absorbed in revenge and Let’s Hunt Some Orc. I can’t help but feel they got stuck there, in the moment of their mother’s torture and her inability to live with them afterwards. So Elrond watches his sons relive that time over and over and he can’t reach them. 

Then Arwen, with her mirrored name for a cousin she never met born of an uncle she would never know, chooses a mortal life for a man descended from his brother. 

Anyway, poor fucking Elrond. 

I also, of course, love his intelligence and his grace and his ability to put up with shit from other elves for you know, being One of Those Dirty Half-Elven Sort. Never quite enough. And he bears it all with fortitude and strength. It’s admirable. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Gil-Galad because I’m Like That. 

Otherwise, I read Elrond as pretty ace? Did his duty to make les bebes but you know, he’s not a sexual person. 

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Hard to say. I know Elrond is surrounded by people - his home is the happy haven for the weary (and unweary alike). There is always music and laughter and food and healing but amidst all of that I can’t help but feel that Elrond is alone, in his own way. 

I suspect some one of his closer friends is Glorfindel, maybe Gandalf. 

But his bro? His bro is Bilbo. Countless lives of men, countless losses among losses, and Elrond’s very alone because he is so devoted to healing others he does not have time or ability to heal himself. 

And in walks Bilbo Motherfucking Baggins. Shows up, ‘Bitch you’re sad and alone, but not any more because I won’t let you be.’ Then they leave for the undying lands at the same time because Bilbo is like ‘You’re my friend, we’re doing this together.’ 

Legolas and Gimli roll up, everyone is aghast. Bilbo thinks this is the Best Thing To Ever Happen. Elrond is also pleased because fuck all that old Elf v Dwarf noise. Where has that gotten any of them? Only to a place of pain and misery. 

My unpopular opinion about this character

I don’t think I have one? I feel like my general read of him isn’t too controversial. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

HE NEEDED TO SEE HIS BROTHER AGAIN OK??

I wish he had one final time where he got to be with Elros for a day. For both their sakes’ but mostly Elrond’s. And that he got to see Arwen again, one last time. And Aragorn because he loves his weird feral son. 

Arwen, ‘I managed to get him to stop eating bark.’ 

Elrond, ‘Thank the sweet gods.’ 

Arwen, ‘And Boromir managed to convince him to sit through most council meetings.’ 

Elrond, ‘Glad someone was able to.’

Arwen, ‘Adda, remind me again why you thought he was the proper one to be king?’ 

Elrond, ‘Something something prophesy. Look, I know a good man and a leader when I see one. He just needed some uh ... prodding.’  

Aragorn, ‘Adda do you know how traumatizing council meetings are??’ 

Boromir, ‘You’re fine. Calm down.’ 

Elrond, ‘How did he get in here??’ 

Boromir, ‘Snuck in with Gimli and Legolas.’ 

Anyway, Elrond needs his family and deserves his family. 

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Thank you so much! i adore Elrond and he deserved so much better than what he got. But so do most of the characters in this series. 

:D

[dweetwise]

presenting the weirdest and crackiest but also fluffiest shit i’ve ever written, i bring you nearly 5k words of riconti snail au snippets. if you haven’t seen @skllyr‘s adorable art about them, you should!

ship: felix x ace warnings: none word count: 4850

Felix X Ace: Love is stored in the snail

Ace Visconti thought he’d seen it all; from lavish spectacles of prestigious poker tournaments to the dangerous underworld he inevitably ended up involved with, and finally to a realm where the laws of nature meant nothing and death wasn’t permanent. But what eventually takes the cake for Weirdest Shit Ace Has Ever Seen isn’t one of the otherworldly monsters hunting him or seeing one of his numerous wounds heal up right before his eyes; it’s a snail. A goddamn snail. It just appears at the campfire one day, sitting on top of a medkit Dwight reaches for and causing the boy to yelp in surprise once he sees the small stowaway. Ace doesn’t quite understand why everyone is suddenly so eager to take a closer look at a random slug instead of hearing one of his exciting and totally-not-embellished stories, but he joins the small commotion forming around the snail nonetheless. And then he suddenly sees why. The snail not only has an eye-catching light blue shell with a gaudy flamingo pattern on it, it’s also dressed up in tiny sunglasses and a baseball cap between its antennas. Ace looks down at his own pastel blue flamingo sweater and fidgets self-consciously with his shades, wondering whether he should bring up the uncanny likeness— “Is it just me, or does the snail look Ace?” Laurie asks, glancing between Ace and the bug with furrowed eyebrows. “No, I… definitely see a resemblance,” Dwight says. “What should we name it?” Claudette asks. “I mean it's a snail that looks like Ace, so… Snace?” Nea suggests. “Snace it is!” Meg decides, snickering at Ace’s misfortune. “I'm glad you're having fun,” Ace snorts, glaring at the snail for stealing his spotlight. The girls hurry to make a home for the snail in the medkit, which Ace finds all kinds of ridiculous. They give it some bandages and twigs to hide and "play" in, whatever the fuck that means for a snail, and Claud gives it edible flowers to nibble on.

Ace tries his best to ignore the snail, but when he gets back from a trial and sees some of the group passing it between their hands and taking turns to hold it, he can’t help watching them. It’s Dwight’s turn now, their leader cradling the snail in his hands and looking way too happy with the situation. “Do you want to try?” Dwight asks, noticing Ace's staring. “Uhh… sure," Ace says, not having the heart to ruin everyone’s good mood. He goes to grab the snail from Dwight's hand, lifting it by the obnoxiously colored shell— “Not like that, you absolute moron!” Jake snaps, slapping Ace's hand away. “You're going to hurt him. You need to slide him off, not lift upwards,” Jake explains, showing how to do it, plopping the snail down on Ace's hand. It's… slimy and kind of gross. The snail seems confused, feeling around with its antennas. And then, it slowly starts to slither forward. “It's kinda cute,” Ace realizes, watching the little snail face with its little shades. It's the coolest snail he's ever seen for sure, but he wouldn't expect anything less from his doppelgänger. “You go, little guy,” Ace encourages the snail, poking it gently on its shell in encouragement. The snail wobbles a bit, and then its tiny face turns to look at Ace, and— “Ew, it pooped on me!” Ace realizes and Dwight chokes on a laugh while Jake smirks smugly and removes Snace from his hand. Ace could just be imagining it, but the snail looks way too pleased with himself.

Other survivors join and, sooner or later, everyone except Ace seems to fall in love with Snace. “He's just like Ace,” their newest teammate, Kate, comments. “What's that supposed to mean, Sunshine?” Ace challenges playfully. “He's a little slimey but everyone still loves him!” Kate smiles brightly and Ace’s witty comeback dies on his tongue at the unexpected heartfelt remark.

And eventually, when their small group has expanded to over twenty people, there's Felix. And no matter how hard he tries, Ace can’t help sneaking glances at the serious German. He’s tall. Blond. Handsome. Rich. Smart. Did he say handsome? Oh, and Felix hates Snace. “This is our pet snail, Snace!” Steve introduces with an excited grin while giving Felix the tour of their modest campgrounds. “A… snail?” Felix frowns. “Yeah! Do you wanna hold him?” Steve asks, already reaching his hand into the medkit. “No!” Felix recoils away, before seeming to collect himself. “I'm, um… not a pet person.” Ace tries (and fails) not to take it personally that Felix finds Snace to be repulsive and will just scoff and roll his eyes whenever the others discuss him. What the hell is his problem, anyway?

And then, something never before seen happens; they get another snail. “Guys!” Cheryl runs into camp, looking out of breath and cradling something in her hands. “Look what I found!” Ace goes to look right along with the others, and in the girl’s hands is a pale snail with a dark blue shell and a pattern resembling a suit collar on its neck. It doesn't have fashionable accessories like Snace, but there’s a tiny briefcase next to it. “Oh my god! He's so cute!” Meg squeals, making the snail retract into its shell in fear. “Aww, he's shy!” Kate coos. “Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?” Nea suddenly says with a grin, glancing between Felix and the snail. Several heads turn in the German's direction, taking in his dark blue suit and pale complexion. “…What?” Felix asks, just as standoffish as ever. “Snelix!” Nea exclaims proudly. When several others join in to cheer and chant Snelix’s name, Felix just sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose in a gesture that screams "end me".

Everyone is eager to introduce Snelix to Snace, gathering around the medkit, even forcing Felix to watch. “Look, Snace! A new friend!” Cheryl says, gently plopping Snelix down into the medkit. Snace immediately starts slithering toward him, while Snelix just seems confused, rooted in place. “Aww! He's excited!” Dwight smiles. Snace reaches out his snail whiskers in a greeting, and Snelix recoils, slinking a little into his shell. “Oh, he's nervous!” Kate coos. “Don't worry doll, Snace is nice.” As if sensing the woman's words, Snelix cautiously comes out of his shell, hesitantly reaching out an antenna. “There you go, bud!” Ace encourages his snailself. “Take it slow, don't scare him away.” He glances at Felix, standing at the edge of the group with his arms crossed. If only people had it as easy as snails— “Oh, god!” Nancy exclaims in disgust, making Ace look back at the snails. And seeing Snace groping Snelix with his antennas while backing him into a corner. “Hey!” Ace chastices. “What did I just say!?” “Someone save him!” Laurie urges, but it seems Snelix can take care of himself, turning around and slinking up the medkit’s wall. “Aww, he's running away,” Steve pouts. “Good,” Felix huffs quietly from behind the group, and Ace pretends not to hear him. He also pretends that the comment doesn't sting, after trying and failing to get through the German's cold exterior for weeks.

Quentin tries to give Snelix one of his medkits to give him a place to live, but Snelix refuses to go in until it's cleaned up. “What a little snob,” Quentin snorts. “Yeah, how weird is that,” Yui smirks and glances at Felix in a way that’s definitely not subtle. Felix just scoffs and crosses his arms but, thankfully, doesn’t take the bait.

“Guys, I think Snace is depressed,” Meg says one day, looking into the medkit with a frown. “He's not even eating!” Claudette adds worriedly. “Maybe he's dying of old age,” Feng snarks. “I heard that,” Ace shoots back without any real heat. The snail isn't the only one who is feeling under the weather, Felix ignoring him for the last few days taking a toll on his confidence. “What if he misses Snelix?” Cheryl frowns. “Maybe we should try to introduce them again!” Steve exclaims. “No way,” Yui says. “Just because they're both snails doesn't mean they have to be friends.” “Yeah, let's at least give Snelix some time to settle in first,” Jeff suggests.

“Oh shit! Help!” Nea shouts not long after their previous conversation. “What's wrong?” Jane asks worriedly, immediately going into mom-mode. “Snelix is gone!” Nea says, showing them the empty med-kit. Is only takes those three words for the entire camp to erupt into panic. “NOBODY STEP ANYWHERE!” Jane commands. Thus commences the search for Snelix, with everyone participating and even Felix looking surprisingly worried. They eventually find Snelix is Snace's medkit, where they're just sitting next to each other munching on some leaves. “Aww! He walked all the way to his friend!” Kate beams. “Look how cute they are together!” Cheryl smiles. Ace feels his face heating up upon seeing the snails' close proximity. It almost looks like they're sitting next to each other cuddling while sharing a meal. He can't believe Snelix would actually come around, not to mention go through all that trouble to be with Snace. Someone probably put him there, but nobody fesses up. “Are they k-kissing?” Dwight squeaks in surprise when the snails seem to interrupt their meal just long enough to move their tiny whiskers together. “They're snails,” Zarina deadpans. “Most likely just conversing,” Adam adds. “I'm so glad they're getting along now!” Claudette sighs in relief. “Bro… what if we kissed? And we're both snails?” Feng says, propping her elbows up on a tree stump to watch the snails together. “Best snails forever,” Meg grins, joining the gamer. Ace discreetly clears his throat and mentally kicks himself for being jealous of goddamn snails. Even if him and Felix are getting along better day for day, Ace doesn't have any illusions that he’ll ever get to kiss the handsome architect. Still, a man can dream.

The snails seem happy to share a living space together and the next day, Ace even catches Felix observing them curiously. “It's funny how well our snails get along now,” Ace says conversationally, coming up beside Felix. “I'm not that surprised,” Felix says, looking at the snails climbing over each other and seeming to play together. “Looks like he just needed a little push,” Felix says bashfully. And something in Ace's head clicks at the comment. “Were you the one who put him there?” Ace asks, and Felix immediately clears his throat self-consciously. “I just wanted to try it,” Felix explains. “Maybe it would go better, since everything wasn't so new and people weren't staring. And it worked out.” Are… are they still talking about the snails? Or their own, slowly blossoming friendship? “He's been alone for so long,” Felix continues, looking back to the snails now sharing a piece of cucumber. “He deserves to be happy.” Felix smiles an adorable little smile and Ace realizes in just how deep shit he is with his stupid crush on the man. “I've never seen Snace so happy,” Ace agrees. “Just look at his smug little face.” “I thought he always looked happy,” Felix remarks. Ace fights himself for a moment, debating on whether he should be honest or not, or if he's read the situation completely wrong. “Maybe he's never had a real friend before,” Ace says, and out of the corner of his eye he can see Felix glancing at him, but doesn't dare look away from the snails.

And then one day… “Woah—what's wrong with the snails?” Steve calls from the medkit, Claudette immediately rushing closer to check. And then the botanist gasps in shock and everyone else hurries there too. “What happened—oh. Oh,” Quentin says, face flushing red, and Ace peers over the teen's shoulder to… See the snails in the middle of snail sex. “They're fucking,” Nea states matter-of-factly. “Yes Nea we can see that,” Laurie hisses, face pink from embarrassment. “Wot the—they're both blokes, innit?!” David seems confused. “Snails are hermaphrodites,” Adam points out. “Gay snails!” Feng exclaims cheerfully. “It's not gay if they're—” Adam tries again. “If what, they don't make eye contact?” Feng snickers right back. “No, I mean if they have both male and female reproductive organs,” Adam explains, looking embarrassed now. Ace glances at Felix and sees him staring at the snails with his mouth pressed into a thin line. But… he's also blushing. “Gay snails! Gay snails!” Feng, disregarding Adam's explanation, starts chanting. Jane and Laurie eventually have to pull some of the more eager onlookers away by their ears to give the snails some privacy.

One day, Felix returns from a trial and walks to Bill’s spot a little outside camp to return a map he borrowed earlier. He never makes it that far, because he spots Ace out in the woods, looking much more focused than Felix has ever seen as he fiddles with something in his hands. Ace doesn’t even notice him approaching, and Felix takes the opportunity to freely stare at the man who’s been slowly but surely occupying more and more of his thoughts. Ace’s sunglasses are pushed up into his hair and his tongue is poking out in concentration, and it’s completely beyond Felix’s understanding how someone can manage to look both so handsome and utterly ridiculous. “What are you doing?” Felix asks, and Ace’s head instantly snaps up to look at him in surprise. “I’m, uh…” Ace falters for once in his life, lowering his hands to hide whatever he was up to, but Felix catches the glint of something metallic. “Is that a needle? Do you need stitches?” Felix asks, not failing to hide the concern in his voice. “No, I—” Ace starts, but then falters and sighs in defeat. “Promise not to tell anyone.” He doesn’t wait for Felix’s reply before reaching his hand forward, opening his palm to show Felix… A tiny pink baseball cap with a thread and needle attached. “For… Snace?” Felix asks, struggling to take in the information that, somehow, this flamboyant loudmouth is making clothes for his pet snail. “He deserves a proper wardrobe, okay?” Ace huffs jokingly but pulls the project closer to himself defensively. It’s surprisingly… endearing. “I didn’t know you sewed,” Felix says instead of voicing his embarrassing thoughts. “Yeah, well, it comes in handy,” Ace points out. “Can’t tell you how many times I had to patch up a shirt after I barely escaped the cop—uh, competition,” Ace catches himself, grinning sheepishly. Felix raises a curious eyebrow but doesn’t push the topic. Instead, an idea forms in his head that he can’t help expressing. “Could you make a scarf for Snelix?” Felix says, and almost instantly regrets asking after realizing how stupid that sounds. But it makes Ace perk up in interest, and soon a wide grin is spreading over the gambler’s face. “Sure, I can do that!” Ace beams. “Why a scarf, though?” Felix is already opening his mouth to say because he loves scarves, but thankfully is able to stop himself. “They’re stylish,” he says instead. “Well well well, if I didn’t know better I’d say you were starting to like the little slimy bastards,” Ace grins. “They might be growing on me,” Felix admits with just the barest hint of a smirk. Hopefully Ace realizes he doesn’t mean just the snails.

One evening, Ace is sitting by himself, looking at Snace and Snelix living their best life. They eat a little bit of some of the flowers Claudette gave them earlier, before Snelix turns around to leave and Snace immediately follows him. They slither away to a secluded corner, laying next to each other and doing their little snail kisses, until Snelix eventually slumps and flattens to the ground, seeming to fall asleep. Snace sits next to him for a while, before he carefully moves away, slinking back to nom on the flowers. “Putting your boyfriend to sleep, huh?” Ace murmurs quietly, not wanting to wake Snelix. “I'm jealous of your life, buddy.” Snace lifts his head from the flower, his little shades looking Ace's way. “At least one of us got what he wanted. You did good for yourself, high five,” Ace whispers, holding up his finger in front of Snace for shits and giggles. And Snace, the snail that absolutely hates him, lifts one of his antennas and briefly touches his finger in a high five before going back to his meal. “Woah,” Ace breathes, a grin spreading over his face and glancing around camp, wanting to see if anyone was around to witness the event— And his eyes meet Felix's, standing behind him, staring at Ace talking to his snail like an absolute idiot. And probably having heard everything. “It, uh,” Ace starts when Felix isn't saying anything, the German's eyes wide from surprise. “He high-fived me.” “I, er…” Felix stutters in return, before clearing his throat. “I got some moss for them from Red Forest.” “Oh, neat,” Ace comments. “Snelix just fell asleep, but maybe you won’t wake him if you’re careful.” “No, I don't want to disturb them,” Felix says, crouching down next to Ace and placing the moss next to the medkit. They watch the snails in silence, Snace finishing his midnight snack, Ace debating on whether he should bring up the previous conversation or not. “Thank you,” Felix says instead, before Ace can strike up a conversation. “…For what?” “For being patient with me,” Felix murmurs. “I know I can come across as… cold.” Well that's an understatement if Ace has ever heard one. “Hmm, I guess you could say you needed some time to…” Ace says, pausing for comedic effect while he waits for Felix to turn to look at him for the punchline. “Come out of your shell.” Felix huffs a surprised laugh and turns his head away, but not before Ace sees a beautiful smile spreading over his normally serious face. They keep observing the snails, until Snace has finally had enough of the flowers, moving to lay next to Snelix. “Oh, he's awake,” Ace comments, seeing Snelix groggily lift his head toward Snace. He pushes up Snace's shades, dislodging the cap a bit before doing another little snail kiss. “Damn, that's adorable,” Ace grins. And then there's a hand on his temple, and Ace freezes as his shades are gently pushed up into his hair. He turns to look at Felix, heat rising up his neck, feeling vulnerable without the glasses, not able to hide his wide eyes searching Felix's own in a silent question. Felix's face is redder than usual but he looks more unguarded that Ace has ever seen, gaze dropping to Ace's lips while the hand on his forehead moves to cup his jaw. Ace holds his breath, not daring to say anything lest he ruin the mood and permanently mess up his chance with Felix. His thoughts are little more than white noise and excited screeching as he tilts his head up in silent invitation, and that's all it takes for Felix to lean down and claim his lips.

“Snace is getting fat,” Feng comments one day. “What!?” Ace exclaims, offended. “No he’s not!” “Hon, he does look a little… pudgier,” Kate comments. “He’s just… bloated, okay?” Ace insists, huffing defensively. “He’s a fucking fatass,” Feng corrects. “Yeah man, he’s really letting himself go,” Steve agrees with an infuriating smirk. “Okay, rude!” Ace scoffs. “Felix—” he starts, turning to his newly acquired boyfriend for solidarity, but sees the little shit is shaking from quiet laughter instead of being upset on his behalf. “Babe! Don’t tell me you agree with them!” Ace gasps in mock offense, hand over his heart. “Every time I’ve looked at him, he’s eating,” Felix manages to point out between snickers. “Absolutely terrible, the lot of you,” Ace huffs, peering into the medkit where the completely innocent Snace is… Munching on some berries Claudette placed there earlier. “You were saying?” Feng snarks, making Ace shoot a glare her way while Felix is still holding back chuckles.

When Ace gets back from a rather uneventful trial some time later, he notices Jake staring intently into the snails’ medkit. As he walks closer, it becomes apparent that the snails are having sex. “Jake, what the hell are you doing?” Ace asks the survivalist. “They've been at it for hours,” Jake says, face just as neutral as ever and not taking his eyes off the writhing clump of snail. “I'm a little concerned by how much you like watching my snail get laid.” “Nature is lit,” Jake merely offers. So Ace shuts the medkit, feeling weirdly exposed by having his snail’s private life invaded like that. “Give them some privacy, sheesh,” he chastises Jake. “Prude,” the boy snorts.

It’s only a few days before there is another episode of, as Felix likes to call it, snail drama. “Felix!” Ace shouts, making Felix sigh in fond irritation and pause his sorting of their shared stash of items that Ace has left an absolute mess (again). “Yes, love?” he asks, doing his best impression of an exasperated husband despite them only dating for what can't be more than a few weeks. And then he sees Ace's face full of both alarm and excitement, and immediately drops what he was doing. “What's wrong?” he asks, feeling the panic quickly bubbling up. “SNACE IS GIVING BIRTH!” Ace exclaims ten decibels louder than necessary, grabbing a confused Felix by his sleeve and dragging him toward the snails' home. Sure enough, there's a small commotion around the medkit, and when Felix peers into it he can see Snace in the middle of laying eggs, Snelix by his side in solidarity. “Come on dude! Push!” Feng is trying to encourage the snail. “Shh, you're stressing it!” Claudette chastises. “I told you guys he wasn’t fat!” Ace huffs proudly. After ten or so eggs, the process seems to be over, and Snace happily slithers away to go snack on some leaves. “Oh,” Claudette says, bewildered. “What?” Ace says. “I, um,” the botanist falters. “They usually lay about a hundred eggs…” “A hundred?” Ace screeches. “Don't you think ten kids is more than enough?” “Only a small portion of them actually hatch!” Claudette hurries to add. “Maybe he's going through menopause,” Jake, not so helpfully, supplies. “I'm going to smack you,” Ace threatens. Felix just chuckles and lays a hand on Ace’s shoulder to settle him.

Excited about the possibility of baby snails, the survivors take turns watching the eggs for the next few weeks. Eventually, it’s Cheryl who screams: “Guys! An egg is hatching!” Felix rushes to the medkit before anyone else, and in an instant Ace is peering over his shoulder too, both looking at the transparent, tiny antenna pushing out of one of the eggs. Snelix and Snace are right by the eggs, eagerly waiting to meet their offspring. And then the small snail plops completely out and starts wiggling around, and Ace honest to god squeals. “Look, Felix!” he says, tugging on Felix's sleeve. “We're grandparents!” “I'm… not sure that's how it works,” Felix points out, even as he smiles at Snelix petting his child with his antenna. “I'm gonna make so much baby snail clothes for her,” Ace continues with a wide grin, nearly shaking in his shoes in excitement. “'Her'?” Felix asks, and Ace falters. “I'm, uh…” Ace explains, looking away. “You said your kid's a girl, I mean based on the ultrasound before you were taken, so I figured…” Something in Felix's expression softens, touched that Ace would remember something like that. He steals a quick kiss while everyone is preoccupied with staring at the family of snails.

“What should we name their kid?” Jeff ponders a couple weeks later, watching the baby snail climb all over Snace while Snelix anxiously hovers nearby. “Ask the grandpas,” Feng snarks. “Yeah, have you decided on a name yet?” Cheryl asks, looking up at Felix with wide, shimmering eyes. “Err,” Felix says, glancing at Ace for help. Ace grins and discreetly nods toward the eager Cheryl. “Oh,” Felix seems to realize. “Yes, we were considering Ch—ehm, Sneryl.” Cheryl gasps in awe. “She does look like a Sneryl,” Jeff agrees. “What? It doesn't look like any—” Feng starts, but at Jeff's pointed look, thankfully shuts up. “She's the spitting image of a Sneryl!” Ace says, smiling in encouragement. “Really!?” Cheryl asks excitedly, looking between Felix and Ace. “Ah… of course,” Felix says, and then the breath leaves his lungs in a pained ��Oof!” as Cheryl rushes in for a hug. “Thank you! I love having my own snail!” Cheryl beams while Felix awkwardly pats her on the head and looks at Ace with an expression that screams 'HELP'.

Seeing Sneryl grow over the following couple of months, Felix takes it upon himself to start building the snails a house out of a commodious toolbox. He might put in way more effort than necessary, making sure to separate different rooms with interior walls and adding corridors to entertain the snails. “Hey handsome, what're you doing?” Ace asks, placing a kiss against his temple as he comes up behind him to see what he’s working on. “I'm building our snails a house," Felix explains. "They have a family now, a cramped old medkit won't do.” Ace stares at him for a moment, and then a wide grin spreads over his face and he suddenly looks like he’s about to combust. “You’re so friggin adorable!” Ace exclaims and pulls him into a hug. And then he refuses to let go, clinging to Felix’s back like a koala while he keeps working on the house, and Felix would be lying if he said he didn’t like it. “…Can you make a poker room for Snace?” Ace asks after having observed his work for a while. “Poker? But they're—” Felix frowns, turning around just enough to see Ace's exaggerated, ridiculous pout. “…Fine. But you're making the furniture.” “You got it, babe!” Ace grins, before seeming to notice something. “Hey, what's that?" he asks, pointing at a drawn square on the side of the toolbox. “Oh. It's going to be a door,” Felix explains. “But what if Sneryl goes out and gets stomped on?” Ace asks worriedly. “I just…” Felix falters. “Thought that maybe they needed some freedom. Especially Snace.” “Huh?” Ace tilts his head in confusion. “He was alone for so long, I… assumed he'd probably get bored of the family life,” Felix says, looking at the ground in thought. He’s embarrassed for bringing up the subject of Ace’s loyalty like this, but once again, the snails are proving a wonderful excuse to talk about topics they otherwise wouldn’t. “That sounds like a load of bullcrap,” Ace grins, making Felix look up at him, still frowning. “I've never seen Snace so happy. He knew what he signed up for and there's no way in hell he's leaving now.” The reassurance feels like a weight lifting off of Felix’s chest, and he can’t stop the smile spreading over his lips. Hesitantly, he grabs Ace’s hand still wrapped around him, and Ace brings them both up to brush his lips over Felix's callused knuckles. “I'm not going anywhere, sweetheart,” Ace murmurs, the sweet sentiment making warm affection spread through Felix’s entire body. “I, uhm,” Felix blushes, clearing his throat. “Is this a good time to point out I just had the snails crawl over the back of my hand…?” Ace sputters and immediately wipes at his mouth while Felix lets out a few quiet chuckles.

Following the conversation, Felix can’t help but read into Ace’s answer. Especially with the other survivors engaging in another round of the popular “What’s the first thing you’ll do when we escape?” game, Felix finds it difficult to focus on anything other than the possibility of a shared future. So, when he catches Ace alone, he hesitantly brings up the option of the man coming with him to Germany. “I know the possibility of escaping is slim,” Felix babbles nervously after Ace isn’t saying anything, just staring at him curiously. “But I can’t stop thinking about it, and I wanted to see where you are—” “Babe,” Ace interrupts, grabbing his arm to ground Felix from his scrambled thoughts, giving him an encouraging smile. “I’d love to.” Felix breathes out a relieved sigh, returning a shaky but happy smile over not getting rejected. And then Ace smirks mischievously and Felix’s instincts scream “Uh-oh”. “On one condition,” Ace adds, holding a finger in front of Felix’s face playfully. “Um… which?” Felix asks, nerves resurfacing. There’s not much that would make him say no, and he hopes he doesn’t have to, willing to make sacrifices for a potential future together. “The snails come with us,” Ace quips sheepishly instead. Felix chuckles and shakes his head in amusement, before pulling Ace in for a soft kiss. “I wouldn't have it any other way,” Felix murmurs against Ace’s lips, silently thanking the two dorky snails that allowed this to happen in the first place.

[masterweaverx]

So anyway I think that the heroes are going to snatch control of Atlas right out from under Salem and Ironwood’s noses. It’ll take a few episodes, but it’ll happen by V8′s end. Here’s the probably inaccurate spiffy:

Ironwood and Salem are busily playing army and being absolutely ignorant to their own and each other’s underlings thinking maybe they’re in the wrong. So while they think they are controlling the Battle For Atlas (TM), everybody else is going to be trying to save people. Emerald’s going to get to the lamp first(ish).

Emerald: JINN! I must ask you something! Jinn: For reasons related to metaknowledge I like you a lot kid, so I’ll warn you to word your question very carefully. Emerald: Well... shit, give me a minute. Jinn: Time’s frozen, I’m magic like that. Take as long as you need.

Exactly what Emerald asks is up in the air, but it’s probably either ‘what is Salem hiding’ or ‘how can Cinder be freed from Salem’ and either way Jinn will make it clear Emerald needs to get to Ruby, so Emerald shrugs cause she was totally going to jump ship from Salem anyway (woman is dancing murder, literally) and so she waltzes out to pick up Oscar and then they run into JYR.

Yang: You framed me! Emerald: Yeah but I’m good now. See? Saving kids, got the relic-- Ren: I HATH SEEN HER VIBES, AND SHE DOTH BE GOOD NOW. Yang: Wait but how do you know it’s not an illusion? Ren: YOUR VIBES DOTH PROCLAIM AFFECTION FOR THINE PARTNER, OF DEEP AND INTENSE KIND, YET YOU DOUBT YOUR VALUE TO HER-- Yang: Okay okay I believe you! Oscar: Hey I’m kinda bleeding to death can we escape already?

And as they rush out of the whale, there is DRAMA in the Schnee mansion. Ruby’s panicking over Penny, and because Penny came in hot she can’t touch her with her bare hands so she’s getting Weiss to summon up some remote gloves for Emergency Robot Surgery and totally ignoring that pain in her heart. Meanwhile Klein’s patching up Nora--

Nora’s Past: Excuse me, sir, I need to reveal myself now. You don’t mind do you? Klein: This girl is pretty badly hurt, so I do rather mind-- Nora’s Past: Not to worry, I won’t interfere in your healing and you can have a conversation that sets up a future plot point.

And Blake and May are talking about how they robbed people to save people and Blake’s kinda trying to hint maybe that the situation’s pretty bad up here without offending May who is really just this close to exploding.

May: If you can’t give me one good reason to stay I’m taking the jet down to Mantle! Whitley: Jacques has a work computer in his office, maybe you can reactivate Mantle’s heat from there? May: ...fuck it get me some cocoa.

And indeedily, it turns out that there are programs to reactivate the heating grid! And switches to flip the direction of the Mantle/Atlas chute system! And a bunch of other stuff that’ll help Mantle, and May’s getting into it when she hits THE JACKPOT. You know how Jacques got elected a councilman? And how he got some key codes for that? Well, being the brilliant genius that he is, he put those key codes on his home computer and nobody’s thought to erase them since his arrest. Which means May can spoof Atlas systems to think ONE council member is doing things!

[Interlude with Cinder going aircar shopping, surprisingly easy when the city stores are abandoned. She has a run-in with the Glass Unicorn, which does not survive. We get a close-up of her face, and she’s frustrated that this isn’t satisfying her.]

But only having one councilmember’s codes isn’t enough to do more than move some people around the subways to safer places--great and all, but won’t solve the problem. If they had more control of Atlas’s automated systems, they could maybe do something, but the only way to do that is get more councilmember control codes. Like a majority. That’s two codes, and there’s no way to--

Blake: Wait doesn’t Ironwood have two seats? May: Yeah but he’s not going to work with us. Blake: We’re already spoofing Jacques’ codes, we can spoof Ironwood’s. May: We’d have to get to the terminal in the military compound! Blake: ...or the one in Atlas Academy. I need to make a call.

Cut to team FNKI, not at all chillin’ in their dorm. They’re ticked for so many reasons, they’re antsy, Neon gets a call from Blake and listens for a bit before saying ‘hey everyone wanna go infiltrate the Headmaster’s office and save Atlas?’ And Flynt’s like ‘You know what, sure.’ And four teenagers with attitude Power Ranger their way through some very confused soldiers and then Ivori puts on his hacker glasses and says--

Ivori: Oh crap guys. Ironwood only put the Headmaster codes on this terminal. Not the military council codes. Neon: Paranoid bitch. Ivori: Also he knows we’re here now.

Meanwhile JYR and their new pals (who may or may not include Hazel and Neo, depending on how effective Oscar is at handing out redemption arcs) have a bit of a tiff over the whole ‘recruiting bad guys’ thing and Emerald’s like ‘Guys fine arrest me but I literally have all the knowledge you need and for plot reasons we need to go to the Schnee mansion now’ so Winter’s like ‘Oh shit! I hate plot in my house!’ and she checks the clock and yeah, there’s PLENTY of time to hop over before the bomb arrives and, hey, probably fugitives, so dad Ironwood can’t yell at her for this!

[Interlude with Fiona and Joanna, who start characterizing each other and mention Important Plot Details that will probably come into play in the next volume but the fandom’s all going to speculate about how it’ll come into play this volume because we’re like that.]

So back with Ruby, she’s managed to juryrig Penny back to life and there’s this big emotional moment and Ruby has a breakdown and Weiss is all ‘I’m not equipped to handle this shit but I’ll try anyway’ and Penny has a breakdown and Weiss is like ‘yeah okay, cuddles and comfort time, come here you crazy girls’ and THEN Whitley bursts through the door and shouts ‘GUYS GUYS TEAM FNKI’S ON TV AND THEY’RE SAYING SWEAR WORDS!’

Neon: I’ve come to make an announcement: James Ironwood is a bitch-ass motherfu-- Ironwood: Okay this teenage rebellion is stupid. Luckily it’ll be easy to take back control of Atlas Academy because I am always right and never miss anything. Random Intern: But Sir! Aren’t You Worried They Will Hack Atlas’s Systems? Ironwood: Allow me to exposit on how impossible that is and how they would need three council codes to make a majority that could let that happen. Camilla, in her office: YO BITCH! REMEMBER ME?!

That’s right, Camilla’s noticed this TV broadcast, put together the pieces, and as scared as she is of Ironwood she’s noticing that he’s not really doing so hot fighting Salem so, what the heck, she’s going to tell everyone that Ironwood killed Sleet and he’s a treasonous traitor and soldiers should totally turn to Robyn Hill. Because she just sent her own council codes to ALL FOUR OF THE HAPPY HUNTRESSES. Also she says this is a pre-recorded message and she probably got killed by her doorguards.

[Meanwhile, the Hound gets a smoothie. It’s plot-detail flavored.]

Ironwood rages, but it’s okay! He’s got Robyn’s scroll! So he’s got the codes, he’s still in control aaaaaand Fiona’s already changed the password. But you know this plan is totally going to fall apart without Robyn, who’s trapped in her cell, so he marches down there to kill her before she can become a problem and comes face to face with Cinder God Damn Fall.

Ironwood: Get out of the way, I need to kill that woman. Cinder, flipping him off: Fuck you, Atlas scum, I do what I want! Hardlight generator: Hey why are you reaching for me scary lady OH GOD THE PAIN I AM DEAD THE PRISONERS ARE FREE BLEGH-- Watts: Let’s get out of here while they’re fighting each other! Cinder: ...yeah, that, that was totally my plan, yeah.

So Cinder and Watts skedaddle and the soldiers are like ‘uh should we catch them’ and Ironwood’s all ‘WE MUST KILL ROBYN’ and Robyn has no idea why but she’s not going down easy and Qrow’s screaming how Ironwood’s just the worst and Jacques is cowering in a corner because everybody has guns. Realistically a whole bunch of soldiers are able to easily subdue Qrow and Robyn and Ironwood gets ready to kill them when suddenly--

Raven: Looks like I need to save your weak ass, bro. Robyn: Who’s the hottie? Qrow: A fucking bitch. Raven: Yeah, okay, but I brought Tai along so... Taiyang: Anybody want a brownie? No? Fine. Sic’ em Zwei.

Obviously the might of the War Corgi (and yeah, the Spring Maiden, sure) is enough to get Robyn and Qrow to safety, and they also snag Robyn’s scroll on the way out, and Robyn gets informed of basically everything in one long ‘thank god you’re back’ speech by May who is REALLY tired of wrangling all these teenagers and their drama, but she’s interrupted when the Ace Ops land at the Schnee mansion and bring in their drama and should they turn on Ironwood like Camilla says and Blake says some stuff about ‘did you promise the man he is or who he pretends to be’ and Penny also has lines and there’s so much yelling--

Watts: According to my notes, Penny’s at the Schnee mansion. Cinder: My orders are to deliver you to Salem. Watts: But Cinder, there’s a lot of plot at the Schnee mansion right now! I know you looove ploooooooot! Cinder: Are you trying to tempt me to do a dumb? Watts: What can I say, I’m mischievous. Cinder: ...okay, you can drive yourself right back to Salem--I mean it! Drive STRAIGHT BACK, don’t get yourself CAUGHT AGAIN, and you tell her that you ordered me out. Watts: You have my word! Watts tells Salem Cinder totally abandoned him of her own free will.

So Cinder Fall strides into the conflict and she’s all smug--right up until she sees EMERALD IS WITH RUBY and she just flips out like ‘what the shit! What the shit girl what are you doing?!’ And Emerald says ‘I’m doing this for you! Allow me to begin my melodramatic speech about--’ Cue the Hound smashing through the window with a horde of Grimm and suddenly everything is chaos nobody knows who’s on anybody’s side Penny’s being fought over by everyone and--

Penny, eyes red: THE VAULT--Aaaaargh! Ruby, watching her fly out: Oh yeah, she was hacked, right, forgot. Cinder: The Hound: The Ace Ops: JNOR: RWBY: TRQ: May: Robyn: Kids, go after her, we’ll clean up here.

Everyone RUNS OUT OF THE SCHNEE MANSION and it’s a race to get to the Vault using every method they can and Cinder’s melting the ground and getting into fights left and right and the Ace Ops are showing their true colors by getting random citizens out of the way and meanwhile the Happy Huntresses are coordinating everything in Atlas AND Mantle and it’s all chaos but it’s clear that Ironwood’s not in control and then--

in the vault--

there he is, holding Penny’s sword. And he’s picked her up and started literally banging her against the door because the vault won’t open--

Cinder: Yo, moron, you need to do it right. Cinder: *Whips out a frying pan and conks out Ruby* Cinder, sweetly: Penny, if you don’t open that door I’ll melt her booooones~!

Welp, there’s no way to solve that hostage situation, so Penny reluctantly opens the Vault of the Winter Maiden and it looks like, oh no, somebody bad is going to get the staff, when all of the sudden--

Nora: THIS is what I’m good for! Nora’s Past: Go get ‘em girl!

Nora just catapults herself into the vault, grabs the staff and--before anybody can react--gets it to land next to Mantle. And THEN the Ace Ops come in and say ‘yeah, uh, Ironwood, totally under arrest for being stupid’ and turn off the hackersword which lets Penny get Ruby away from Cinder. Cinder’s right ticked so she reaches for the staff with her Grimm hand but, in a fit of realization, Nora decides to use the staff to regenerate Cinder’s lost arm (which destroys the Grimm Arm entirely).

Cinder: Wait... what the fuck? Why’d you do THAT?! Nora: I have complicated in-character reasons but the truth is I’m setting up a plotline for you to doubt the path you’ve chosen so you’ll turn on Salem down the line. Cinder: Well now I’m feeling existential. I think I’ll go back to Salem and whine about this whole crazy day.

So anyway the volume ends with reinforcements arriving, Robyn the new leader of the Kingdom of Mantle, Ironwood locked up for being a moron, Salem just totally blindsided by the complete upset of the board, and Nora offering to regenerate Yang’s arm. Yang says no because she gave up her arm for something precious and her new arm was a gift plus it’s awesome plus her sister’s dating a robot so saying ‘I don’t like metal arms’ is kinda hypocritical.

....

And then in the stinger Cinder’s staring in a mirror and Pyrrha says ‘Hello again.’

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zukka hp au part 5

I’m so flattered people like this au. I didn’t think I’d be posting again so soon, but I had some more ideas last night. If you’d like to catch up:

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My brief, very long, not at all fleshed out plan based roughly on what year Sokka is in and other associated events:

First year

Sokka’s first year is boring 

He meets Zuko, makes some friends in his house, probably a bunch of OCs

He finds the kitchens on day 2

Hogwarts just hires people who like to cook, who cares whether they’re magical beings or humans or whatever, there’s all sorts of really cool kitchen magic though

He’s always asking questions in class and you can tell why he’s a Ravenclaw

He wants to learn about everything

And once he knows how to do more than shoot a few sparks, he’s going to start inventing

He’s going to do some truly awesome things with transfiguration and potions

And I can’t wait for him to start arithmancy

Like let me tell you, Sokka is a genius, and he’s probably going to be the only one who understands magical theory 

This just ended up being a rant about Sokka, so moving on

Second year

The fun starts

Katara and Aang are finally here

Sokka doesn’t know Aang is the avatar

I’m very tempted to have both Katara and Aang be in Hufflepuff

And they run into Sokka in the kitchens

He does a double take, like who is this boy with my sister??

But Aang’s a sweet kid

So Sokka is immediately like we’re bros now, I don’t make the rules

Iroh starts working at Hogwarts (sorry, I changed my mind from herbology) as the potions professor

He comes in on the train with Zuko who just got banished (I actually...might change the specifics)

Sokka doesn’t know what to make of that

Azula is also skulking around annoying Zuzu 

But I think she secretly cares a bit and threatens anyone that looks at his scar wrong, because Zuko helped her a lot with some stuff

I think she’s going to be in the same year as Katara and Aang? I’m not sure

I have plans for Azula

I think Mai and Ty Lee are going to be in Zuko’s year, but closer to Azula

Mai and Zuko will date at some point

I think Mai will end up with Ty Lee

But she and Zuko had a short relationship

I think it was more expected of them by their families that they date

But they’re good friends now

I’m not doing this betraying and cheating and hurting other characters to find out who you are thing

Everyone is having wholesome relationships that just don’t work out

(Sidenote, I’m changing things, and characters might end up a bit OOC for atla, and I’m really sorry, but this is just wish fulfillment for me)

Anyway, there’s a plot to find the avatar 

The mini gaang (toph isn’t here yet) learn the prophecy (still working on it)

Third year

They find out about Sokka and Katara’s mom

I don’t think Hakoda really knows what happened either. I don’t think he was in the country at the time

I also have some ideas for the water tribe/fire nation beef, but I just made the realization that if I spell everything out in these posts, what’s the point of writing for Ao3 XD

But spoilers, it’s going to be pretty angsty

But I like happy endings, so I may find a way to fix it

Ish

I have this whole idea that if Suki or the Kyoshi are also werewolves, they have really cool rituals to respect and honor the moon spirit and that allows them the ability to turn into wolves whenever they want and not just the full moon

So other people can also be born as werewolves, but different groups have different ways of being a werewolf

Also, I believe I said Zuko starts following Suki around thinking she’s the avatar

And then Sokka decides to fake being the avatar (I completely forgot when I said this would happen, so I’m assuming it’s this year or the next)

This is about when Sokka’s letters to Hakoda start going on about Zuko’s everything even more

Fourth year

Zuko (Zuko’s fifth year) witnesses something unspeakable

Sokka is kidnapped

Zuko saves Sokka

That’s all the detail I have on this XD

But the unspeakable thing and the kidnapping are going to be this year’s mystery

Zuko, the idiot, still thinks Sokka is the avatar at this point

Aang is like no

But doesn’t bother to say he is

So Zuko thinks Katara is the avatar for a hot sec

But has some nonsense logic that there’s no need to stop following Sokka, because if he or his sister are the avatar, of the two, Sokka’s more likely to give something away

Which okay, Zuko, not actually terrible reasoning, except Sokka’s been leading you around by the nose for ages

There’s none of this the avatar rotates which element they can use

Because that’s predictable

And half the fun is that Zuko is trying his best, but has zero clues

Fifth year

This is the big question

I’m not sure what to do with this year

I hope Sokka can start inventing

I want him to make some cool shit

There won’t be an equivalent of the DA as far as I can see :( I can’t figure out how I’d structure that

I think it would be really cool to see them all learning how to use their elemental magic though

Toph and Zuko don’t really need the help

Katara and Aang have always had to deal with all the crap going on, so they haven’t had much time for it

I’m wondering if I should bring in Paku

Aang has it rough, because air magic users are really rare now

So I think he might work with Iroh, because he’s studied other styles of magic extensively

Sixth year

I think Mai had to figure out she was bi

I truly think Zuko doesn’t have time for gender

For like five years, he’s like DO YOU KNOW WHO THE AVATAR IS and if you don’t, he’s already forgotten who you are

So my headcanon is that he’s pan and when he and Sokka eventually get together, Sokka doesn’t know anything about his orientation and just knows he dated Mai, so he’s like “are you cool with me being a dude? Sorry, I just know you’ve dated Mai, so just checking haha?”

And Zuko’s so done with all the random crap he’s dealt with that he’s like “wow, you have a dick? Congratulations”

But then realizes Sokka’s actually concerned and talks it out

Anyway, everyone’s leveled up now, we’re all masters at elemental and non-elemental magic (seriously, Sokka could’ve sat for his NEWTs last year if he wanted to. He’s that far ahead and magic is that intuitive for him)

I have no idea what will happen this year lol

I kind of want an invasion of Hogwarts, I know I’ve been trying not to just blindly follow the books completely :/ So I guess we’ll see?

I’ll have to work on that

I’m such a sucker for the villain waits until the end of the school year to attack

Because it’s so dumb

Like I will find the avatar! *shakes fist* But education is important, kids

Like okay, Sozin

Maybe I can have Roku finally escape that mirror

I kind of want the past avatars to be spirits that anyone can interact with

But most people don’t know how

So the Kyoshi can interact with Avatar Kyoshi as well as other relevant spirits

Seventh year

????

The plot?? Who knows yet

I do know that Zuko’s graduated

And they’re all crying and like wtf do we do now

Because Sozin’s still around and they’ll miss him

And finally Zuko leaves

And he shows up as the assistant DADA professor and he’s like “Hi, Zuko here” and then he’s like “I mean, fuck, Professor Zuko, I mean, fuck...just call me Zuko. You guys all know me”

And the gaang is all like wtf Zuko, we thought we would only see you for breaks

And he’s like you really thought I’d leave you

The plan is that he’ll be an apprentice for a year or so and then take over as professor

Toph punches him so hard, Katara has to heal the bruise

I can guarantee a happy ending

I’ll do whatever angst on the way, but they’ll all be happy

I’m like 89% sure they’re all going to end up working at or around Hogwarts (why work for the government, when you can invest in teaching all these talented kids)

One more thing, there is going to be rep in this au. I know there’s at least one aro ace character. Multiple bi characters. One gay character. One pan character. One trans character that I know of, but I need to plan that out a bit more. Some of these orientations and identities, I can’t speak to personally. For instance, while I know a decent amount about the medical aspects of transitioning, I don’t think I’d be able to write the experience of gender dysphoria and give that its due right now. So unless it’s something I have first hand experience with, most of the individual emotions as part of figuring things out might happen off screen. That doesn’t mean I won’t bring up issues the characters may have had in the past, but any that I talk about, I’d have to do more research into first. Also, partly because this is mostly from Sokka and Zuko’s perspectives, we’re mostly going to be present for what other characters tell them about their experiences

I hope you continue to enjoy this au! Sorry, this got so insanely long. The next couple weeks are going to be a bit crazy for me, so I thought I’d write this up while I had the chance. I’ll be back soon though! If anyone has any suggestions or questions, please let me know :)

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What’s your take on Cloud’s depression during AC? People on twitter are suddenly talking about this, again. This matter was brought up by those antis saying that we Clotis should accept the fact that Tifa wasn’t the one who “healed” Cloud and that she was also being mean and not considerate whatsoever. The funny thing is that, they also accused us of denying his depression and not understanding it. TF. Let���s be real, Tifa played a major part, in fact she gave him morale thx to her “scolding” lol

Hey anon.. 

Yeah, Twitter has me depressed today. I think it started last night. I was enjoying it for a bit, but the last week or two have been so bad over there with bullshit that I’m about to just take a break from the entire fandom. 

My Take on AC Cloud:

I watched AC when it first came out, and I barely remember it. I remember I didn’t like what they did. Why was Cloud so depressed and brooding? Oh Aerith is in this? Interesting. I felt like it was disjointed and removed a lot of the great progress Cloud made in OG. They kept this depressed, brooding guy in KH as well... It just didn’t seem right to me. I was young, too. 

At this point we also didn’t have On the Way to a Smile, Crisis Core, or anything else, really.. None of the Ultimanias were in English at this point. I also was not interested enough in going online. It was a weird time when I was playing other things and was meh on FF7 for a while. I was always a FF8 fangirl, so was jealous of FF7 at times hahaha. It got so much more attention and love. 

It took me a long time to watch it again. I remember my husband watching it before Remake came out and I felt mad or sad. It was like an emotion from memory, and I didn’t know why. I can’t describe it. I saw it on the TV and was like why is this on here... 

After playing Remake, I bit the bullet and ordered AC Complete, which had things tweaked and added. I also am now in my 30′s and have a lot more life experience.

Antis like to say Cloud is depressed solely because Aerith is dead and he wants to be with her. This may be one of the reasons I didn’t like AC, because when I did happen to come across some FF7 thing online, I’d see this shit and be like whatever, that makes no sense. 

I enjoyed ACC. My heart was actually pounding and I was nervous/intrigued by what was going on even though I knew the story. I haven’t read all of CoT yet, but I’ve seen the excerpts online, so I know the general gist of things.

Based strictly on ACC:

Cloud is really upset that Denzel is sick. He’s obsessively looking up medical stuff to figure out how to cure it - this is shown with everything all over his desk. He’s closed in on himself to do this. I did the same shit when my dad had cancer. I did it for three fucking years while he was alive - from the time he got diagnosed to the day he was dying. Every damn day I looked up articles, research, and theories. It’s not healthy. It’s depressing and I closed myself off from the world half the time and didn’t realize it. Thank God my husband is a patient saint. 

Cloud does care a lot about Tifa. His reaction alone at seeing her knocked out in the church is heart wrenching. When they’re brought back to Seventh Heaven, Cloud pops right up when he sees Tifa there. He then stays with her until she wakes up. This is a pretty good amount of time. The sun is up when he’s looking over her, and when she wakes up, it’s dark outside. He could have slipped out again without her noticing if he really wanted to. I’m sure he may have contemplated it. 

She calls his ass out on how he’s acting. She knows he’s sick at this point. This was huge for Tifa who’s not confrontational. He clearly doesn’t want to completely disconnect, or he would have gotten rid of his cell phone voluntarily. He doesn’t. They actually show him checking his messages. 

Ultimately Cloud leaves because he ends up with Geostigma. That’s the last straw. He can’t face the fact that he’s going to die and what it’ll do to his family, so he leaves. Listen, I think the only reason my dad didn’t try to leave when he was diagnosed was because he had nowhere to go and by time he started verbalizing wanting to leave, he was physically unable to. Yes, I remember him being angry because he was hospitalized again and he told my mom he was going to get an apartment by himself so she didn’t know when he was getting bad. It’s very hurtful to even think it, and even worse when you know they don’t actually mean it... They do it because they don’t want to see their family hurt. 

The setup he has at the church as his “living” area is super depressing. It looks like something a homeless person sets up. He legit was going to wait to die. He had a lot of knowledge about this, so he figured there was nothing he could do. 

Marlene calls Cloud out on his bullshit too. Cloud admits to her he doesn’t think he can take care of anybody. Marlene Barrret quotes him and it’s cute. I think Cloud appreciated it and I think it made him think.

In ACC, Cloud has a short conversation with Aerith. Aerith seems almost annoyed with him like “wtf is your deal, dude” kind of attitude. Zack shows up when he’s bloody and half dead fighting Sephiroth to encourage him. There are scenes with him talking at Zack’s grave and saying he couldn’t keep his promise to him. He flat out tells Aerith he wants to be forgiven. He doesn’t say I miss you, I want to be with you, none of that happens. In fact, it’s mainly her telling him HE needs to start doing some forgiving - ultimately to himself. 

When Cloud is in limbo - between living and dying - Cloud says “Mom.” Very romantic, I know. Then Zack and Aerith have a conversation very similar to a couple that’s going to adopt a child and they tell Cloud he’s too big for them. This is the “I see the light” and the person on the other side is like “nah bro go back, not your time yet.”

He wakes up, Tifa and crew is there, he smiles at Tifa... and it’s a happy ending. He sees both Zack AND Aerith at the end, and they walk off in to the light together all cute and shit.

Adding in Things from the Novels/Interviews/Thoughts:

The devs have said Cloud was happy with his family and that scared him. The happier he got, the more scared he got. We know he cherishes everything. He especially cherishes the family he has.

Cloud’s depression spiral started from the high anxiety of having a happy life and Elmyra asking him to deliver flowers to Aerith’s grave. Now, I have my feelings about this, but when I look at it logically, I don’t think Elmyra ultimately does this out of spite. I actually don’t think Elmyra thinks Cloud and Aerith were a thing - so it wasn’t that either. I think she knew Cloud was friends with her and maybe he’d want to deliver some flowers - to give him some business. 

This flower delivery reminds Cloud of what he thinks is his failure to protect somebody else. At this point he has his memories of what happened to Nibelheim, his mother, Tifa, and Zack. The Sector 7 plate drop and Aerith are the most recent “failures”. So this brings up Aerith.

Then Denzel comes along and he’s an orphan because his parents were... yeah... killed during the Sector 7 plate collapse. Double ouch. But Cloud and Tifa are going to take care of him.

Tifa herself has a lot of guilt because of the same reasons, she just deals with it very differently. Tifa tells Cloud to bring Denzel right home. She can make amends by adopting him in to her family and caring for him. Cloud thinks Aerith brought Denzel to him (Tifa corrects him). This is a Cloud thing, it’s not romantic. Cloud doesn’t know the guilt Tifa feels. He legit thinks all of this is his fault. Tifa’s guilt stems from the fact that Shinra drops the plate because Avalanche was in Sector 7 - she was in Avalanche. She feels guilty about Aerith because she thinks its her fault Aerith followed them to Don Corneo’s mansion. The thing is, Aerith doesn’t blame EITHER of them - I just wish they’d cover a Tifa/Aerith conversation about this as well... 

Cloud and Tifa do have fights in the novels from what I understand, but it’s because he’s acting weird. He feels bad hiding the fact that he’s been going to the church a lot, and I think that does turn in to a whole LTD debate. So you can take this as Tifa is jealous that he’s going to the church all the time or she’s upset that he is hiding from her. 

In the novels, Tifa has a breakdown when they go see the church after they defeat Sephiroth. This is where you get to see how badly Aerith’s death impacted her. So my thought is... Cloud thinks bringing her to the church hurts her because of her feelings, not because she’s jealous. I think Cloud is oblivious to the jealousy thing, honestly. Don’t think it’s a thought in his mind. 

I honestly don’t know the real reason why he goes to the church to hide. I think this is another point of fight with both sides. My personal take is there was nowhere else he could go and be alone. Most of the stuff had been destroyed. It was still close by, so he could still do his work and keep an eye on things/be nearby.

There is a quote that is taken to be literal, but I think it’s just a way to say it wouldn’t have mattered who Cloud was “with.” Yes, Tifa and Cloud have issues, and I believe the quote goes “Perhaps it would have gone better with Aerith, but I think her responsibility is too great. Maybe the children will help them with their issues.” This isn’t exact, but it’s the jist of what they said. The children do help them - that’s the point of the scenes with Marlene, to slap him silly with reality. 

“Oh but he sees Aerith when the building is falling.” Yes, you know why? Because he thinks that’s going to happen to Tifa. This is a “NO I’M NOT LETTING THIS HAPPEN.” moment. On top of it, I don’t think anybody would be right again if they saw this happen. If my neighbor was impaled by a large sword in their back, I’d be messed up from it. I don’t really know my neighbors. He’s not replaying this death scene in his head cuz he misses Aerith, he’s playing it in his head because it’s traumatic and he doesn't want to see this happen to Tifa. Especially Tifa. 

It’s been put in Ultimanias time and time again that Cloud’s feelings are for Tifa. I went through my Ultimania - which only covers OG - and it doesn’t say anything about Cloud’s side of the CA argument. It does say how he feels about Tifa in the Lifestream, though. 

The “He wants to die for her, see, that’s why he’s going to the church and waiting.” No, he doesn’t want to die or else he wouldn’t be so depressed. Just thinking this is fucked up on so many levels. If he really wanted to die and be with her, he’d be happy he got an incurable illness, I’d think... Cloud leaves Tifa and them because he doesn’t want to hurt him with him dying and not being able to stop it. 

The other thing that would be... weird... Zack is in the Lifestream with Aerith. They walk off together for a reason. I don’t think she’s going to just drop Zack for Cloud since the whole reason she was initially interested in Cloud was because of the similarities to Zack. He had the same sword, the same clothes, and in OG had some of the same mannerisms. I noticed the dropped the squatting in Remake - the random squatting.

The ending of ACC implies that now that Geostigma is cured and Sephiroth is (hopefully) gone for good, Cloud can be happy. I’m not saying that his smile fixes everything. I’m sure that him and Tifa had to work on things, but you can see in DoC that things seem to be much better - he’s more upbeat and happy. He’s more dorky, like he should be. 

Sorry this is long. I have a lot of feelings about all this stuff today. I’ve been seeing the fights over on Twitter about it and.. yeah. Cloud is depressed because of the fact he’s dying, his kid is dying, and he can’t seem to do anything right in his mind.

Thanks for the ask. 

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Here sre some of my Sanders Sides theories. Long post btw so yee

Roman and Remus were originally one all-encompassing creativity, then they split and become the two different sides of creativity, or the "Creativitwins". Their names seem to follow a theme: Ancient Rome, specifically the legend surrounding the creation/beginning of Rome. I think that the original creativity's name was Romulus. Here's why: Remus killed Romulus over a land dispute and then started the city of Rome in his brother's name. Citizens of Rome are called Romans. Though it could be argued that Thomas's moral sense as a concept, not necessarily Patton, separated the two, thus "killing" the original creativity.

Patton may have suffered from anxiety and could have created Virgil as a way to relieve some of his stress, therefore making him Virgil's "dad" in a sense, in Patton's mind warranting him calling Virgil "kiddo" all the time.

We all know that Patton is allergic to cats, but what about the others? What are their weaknesses? My speculations are that Virgil is iron deficient, as he doesn't like to rise up because it makes him dizzy, he is also described by Roman to be the "fairest of them all" and then admitting it was a pale joke in Virgil's expense. Roman is lactose intolerant, as when Patton is feeding him cream of broccoli soup, Logan says that it will "upset Princey's stomach". Logan is OCD: Always planning and organizing things. He gets upset when things don't go exactly as he plans it. He also feels the need to always be right and to make sure everyone else is kept in line. Also: Patton seems to suffer from depression. Oftentimes depressed people crack jokes and give people the general idea that they are happy. They also try to make other people happy. Patton also sometimes gets into these sad funks and even says "I had this problem where I'd hide my less than awesome feelings, so when I would feel like sobbing I'd just smile and crack jokes. I thought that was coping, only joking, never showing sadness, hoping it would just go away".

The thumbnail for "Putting Others First - Selfishness v. Selflessness Redux" has a character selection screen telling the viewer to "select a side", but one thing I noticed is that there is a blank box, indicating a locked character or a character who hasn't been revealed yet. Another thing I noticed is that the sides have a rainbow theme going on. Thomas even says that he is "full rainbow all the time" as an allusion to his sexuality, and possibly even the sides in general. Roman is red, there is no known orange side, Janus is yellow, Remus is green, Patton is light blue, Logan is indigo, and Virgil is violet/purple. Red is the color of physical strength, power, confidence, and passion, which suits Roman's personality. Yellow can be happiness and joy, but also directly means cowardice and deceit, which is self explanatory. Green is a color of healing, life, and vitality, but the flip side being greed, jealousy, pessimism, and superficially. Blue is the color of trust, loyalty, faith, wisdom, truth, patience, and understanding, which sums Patton up pretty well. Indigo resembles wisdom, integrity, fairness, impartiality, and justice, which is all right up Logan's alley. Violet is the color of ambition, dignity, devotion, pride, mystery, independence, magic, being cynical, and mourning, which all makes sense in Virgil's case. Now to orange, which resembles joy, sunshine, risk taking, adventure, enthusiasm, creativity, attraction, success, rudeness, frivolity, and untrustworthiness, which is a balance of traits that both Roman and Remus have and directly resembles creativity, so orange could be a fusion of Roman and Remus, the original creativity before they split. Another possibility for the next side is someone who resembles ethos, as we have pathos and logos (Patton and Logan).

All the sides have an ancient Rome theme going on. Roman and Remus, after the legend surrounding the beginning of Rome. Virgil, after the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, who is often called Virgil. Janus (formerly known as Deceit) after the Roman god of the same name (Janus is the god of new beginnings and transitions, often depicted with two faces facing in opposite directions, one for the past and one for the future). All of the sides except for Patton and Logan, whose names are derived from pathos and logos, an ancient Greek concept proposed by Aristotle. And have you noticed that they mirror each other in almost every way, suggesting that, much like Roman and Remus, they are brothers, possibly even twins?

Dukes tend to not be a part of the royal family, but if so they are princes who have gotten married. Does this mean that Remus is married?!?!? If so to whoooo?

Welcome to me overthinking things again! What if Roman has control over the other sides? Like he's creativity and the sides are figments of Thomas' imagination, so like what if one day he was just done with Logan's nonstop fact train he just (this is extreme) went: "Fuck you, Logan, you're dead now" and Logan straight up dies? Like where would his power end if he could do that? Overthinking things can be scary kids, let me do it for you.

If you overthink it: Patton basically just was like "Nah" in POF SvSR. So he said in SvS that going to the wedding would make Thomas feel good, something that he basically controls because he is Thomas' moral sense and at the center of most of his feelings. Basically Thomas went to the wedding and Patton was like: "This is nice and all and you did the right thing, but uhmmm about those happy feelings. No." And then got all sorts of frustrated about being wrong. So yee. I am just doing the overthinking things thing again.

What if creativity split solely as a big "Fuck you, Logan"? Like I just imagine: C: "Hey Logan, I'm performing mitosis"

L: "Yes, your cells- *he looks up* Whaaaaa?"

R&R: "Cha cha real smooth, Logan"

And thus the twins were "born"

Logan thinks feelings are bad and claims to not have feelings, even though he clearly does (cough, cough, Crofters the Musical? Getting angry in some episodes? Logan, you're a bad liar, bud). So he bottles up most of his feelings, for all practical purposes making him a ticking time bomb. Something's probably going to happen and he won't be able to hold it all in and he'll have an emotional breakdown of sorts. Another thing is he will not duck out. He knows he's too important to Thomas' mental wellbeing for that. He is also getting progressively more angry as the others listen to him less, so he's probably going to overwork himself trying to get everyone to listen to the point where he physically can't be there for Thomas. Cuz like I suspect Logan leaving would have the same effect as Thomas having a massive stroke: The right side of his body wouldn't work, he wouldn't be able to talk/communicate, and his reasoning skills would be gone.

Janus just loves philosophy. Every episode in the main timeline, he makes references to famous philosophers to get his point across.

Patton is always the first of the light sides to accept the dark sides. First with Virgil and then with Janus. He may be taking them in as his troubled but lovable children who he will defend under almost any circumstance.

Virgil's name is not Virgil. People think his full name is Virgilius, though Thomas and Joan have previously stated that it isn’t. Bc of that, some people have theorized that Virgil was lying about his name, or that when he moved to the “light sides” he changed/used a different name, and maybe they’re going to reveal that sometime. Like the scene with Remus and Vee where Re goes, “I would never hide anything from you” looks pointedly at Virgil, and you assume it’s bc he took forever to tell Thomas, but what if it’s bc he was lying about his name from the moment he told Thomas??? And also the moment when Janus says "It takes a liar to know a liar" and Virgil says "Don't" and the response was "What? I'm only talking about your name" I think his name could be Acanthus

Ya know, Patton probably has an indirect role in how the other sides look. Not like "But you're anxiety, you wear the hoodie" but closer to Thomas beliefs of stuff like lying is bad and the fact that Janus often plays devils advocate, so he has a snake face

Random thoughts:

Virgil has the most ace/demi aesthetic and I love that

SvS: Multi part episode, "bad/evil/dark" side gets accepted, the FEELS, angst. Hmmm…

The twins getting along and just like sitting at a table causing minor chaos.

Patton randomly hugs everyone. He just does.

Janus and Patton: animal bros

[cowtale-utau]

Ok, there were a few questions posed about the Charas. Let’s look at those.

So about how often Penny sees Flint, and her relationship with Doc. Flint pops by Ebott to see Penny pretty often actually. He feels a deep responsibility to the kid, albeit a large part of that is tied into a deep trauma from his own youth. He makes it a point to do as much as he can for the kid, to compensate for his own perceived failures. Doc is an immensely paternal person, and very much wants to be a parent. He adores children. However, Penny is, a bit of a sore spot for him. Not so much through any fault of their own, and he in no way treats them badly for it. He maintains a safe distance, and allows Flint to lead in all things regarding Pen. He has his own hang ups regarding what happened to Flint, and while he doesn’t hold Penny accountable, he also can’t simply forget it.

As for Chara and the UT bros or Kara and the US bros. Chara and Ace very much avoid each other. Chara is working through things, and so is Ace, but they are very much triggers for each other. Lief has far fewer issues with Chara and is his typical, delightful self when visiting town, but maintains some distance for Ace’s comfort. Of course “distance” for Lief means he doesn’t go out of his way to seek Chara, but also doesn’t avoid the kid. Kara is a bit different. Piper and Scout both fought Kara when they were possessed by US!Frisk-Fret, but they also had far more time to recover from that. Before coming to CT, the Swap Brothers had been on the surface for a number of years, and had done a fair bit of healing. They aren’t close to Kara necessarily, but they don’t hate or avoid the kid either. They’re nice enough, like somewhat distant uncles.

@howwhenwhatwherewho I hope this answered your Q’s.  Y’all hit me up with any other thoughts, requests, and questions! I’m more than happy to answer!

[cheemerthelizard]

Crusader of Life 2: Chapter 7

Now that Reina was defeated, it’s back to finding out about Red Hot Chili Pepper’s user. Well, so long as they don’t get attacked by yet another Stand. Man, their luck sure is running out, isn’t it?

"Noriaki!" Lily called. Kakyoin turned his attention from the unconscious girl in front of him to the voice behind him. He was not expecting Lily to gain so much distance when he just turned his head, but here she was, practically tackling him with a hug, covering every inch of his face with kisses.

"This is a pleasant surprise," Kakyoin chuckled. "You seem more excited than usual to see me."

"Well, when you have a near-death experience," Lily explained, "you remember how much your loved ones truly mean to you. And if you had defeated Reina any later, I would have been gone."

"Daddy!" Emily ran almost as fast as Lily, letting go of Josuke's hand and running to her father's leg.

"Emily!" Kakyoin picked her up and snuggled her close. "I was so worried about you!"

"I'm so sorry about everything that happened, Mr. Kakyoin," Josuke said. "I'm glad you were able to find Reina and knock her out."

"It's all good," Kakyoin reassured him. "We were able to hold you off before anything drastic happened, and that's all that matters."

"Ugh..." Reina slowly got up from the ground. "What happened again?" She looked up to see five pairs of eyes staring her down, three of which she recognized, and none of which looked all too happy with her. "Oh, right!" she nervously laughed. "I was going to a party! See ya!" She scrambled up from the ground and sprinted away.

"Not so fast, Miss Reina," Kakyoin grabbed her with Hierophant and dragged her back over. "We're not done talking."

"Look, if you want to kill me, then just kill me now," Reina snapped, wiggling around in Hierophant's grasp. "I'm not telling you anything about Red Hot Chili Pepper's user."

"What?" Kakyoin looked at the girl in disbelief. "We don't want to kill you, we promise!"

"We just want to know why you did what you did," Lily said in her comforting voice.

"You know why!" Reina growled. "You know exactly why!"

Both Kakyoin and Lily looked at Reina with confusion.

"Listen," Reina's voice started to crack. "I may be dirty, but that doesn't mean I don't care for my town! You killing people in Morioh is a big deal to me, and I'll deal with it myself if I have to."

"Who said we were killing people?" Lily asked accusingly.

"Chili Pepper's user!" Reina felt tears starting to form. "He told me that you had been killing people all around Morioh, and that's why people started going missing! So if you're going to kill me, do it quickly!"

"Like we already said, we don't want to kill you," Kakyoin reassured her. "The arrow that Chili Pepper is wielding is what's killing people. We just want to get the arrow out of his hands and keep it in a safe place, where the Speedwagon Foundation can research its strange powers. I promise you, we have no intention of killing anyone."

"They're telling the truth," Okuyasu said. "I'm Keicho's brother, who was a victim of Chili Pepper. Josuke actually helped me before my big bro was gone. He healed me, even though we were enemies back then."

"Liar!" Reina yelled. "Chili Pepper's user would never lie to me like that! He said he loved me, and he would only tell me the truth! He told me that he gave me this ability because he believed in me! He said that if I killed you three and Jotaro, Morioh would be better off!" Despite how much she tried to keep them back, tears were spilling out of her eyes. "He would never lie to me. I don't believe it."

"I'm sorry," Kakyoin sighed. He wiped the tears away from Reina's eyes and let her latch on to him for comfort. "He was probably manipulating you. I can't imagine how that must feel."

"I'll kill him when I get the chance!" Reina growled. "I'll force him to jump off of a cliff, or run into a car, or, or..." her tears became more rapid. "Or maybe I'll just run into his arms like the dirty whore I am."

"Now, there's no need to do that," Lily came up to the girl, and stroked her hair. "You deserve someone better than him, who uses your feelings for his personal agenda."

"He used my own power against me," Reina laughed. "He made me fall in love with him, and then got me to blindly follow his every order. I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Kakyoin reassured her. "You're forgiven. Just cry it out."

And Reina did just that. Her mascara was running, her eyes were red, and she was showing weakness in front of two boys who went to the same school as her, but she didn't care. She sobbed into Kakyoin's white jacket, while he held onto her like a father would. Finally, she pulled away from his chest, and rubbed her nose.

"Better?" Kakyoin asked, and Reina nodded.

"I'm going to officially break up with that guy when I see him again," she sniffled, "but in the meantime, I'll tell you everything I know about him, starting with his name! His name is-"

Reina was suddenly cut off by a bright light in the form of a fist going straight through her chest, making her cough up blood.

"Red Hot Chili Pepper!" Josuke exclaimed.

"And here I was, thinking you'd be loyal," Chili Pepper chuckled. "Such a waste to kill you, too. You have such a powerful ability."

"Mr. Kakyoin..." Reina spoke, "Mrs. Lily... I'm... sorry..."

"By the way, I thought I told you to leave this town," Chili Pepper glared at the two. "Well, if I have to use force, I will. I'd keep that in mind if I were you. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to kill you off right now, so I must be going. Goodbye for now!" And with that, he dove back into the electric socket he appeared from, with Reina in his grasp.

"Reina! No!" Lily screamed. "Reina!"

"Lily."

"Liiiiiiily."

"Lily!"

The woman snapped back to attention, making the memory stop playing in her mind. She was back at the Morioh Grand Hotel, in her bedroom, with Kakyoin's hand on her shoulder. Had it really been only two days since that incident?

"Hey, what's going on?" Kakyoin asked, rubbing her shoulder. "You seem stressed. You never get this quiet unless you're thinking hard about something, and usually, that something isn't pleasant."

"I'm fine," Lily sighed. "It's just... Reina."

"There's what you're thinking hard about," Kakyoin laughed, but his tone quickly darkened. "What happened to her was cruel, this is true, but there's nothing we could've done. Don't blame yourself for anything, okay?"

"Okay," Lily muttered. "Sorry for worrying you."

"It's fine," Kakyoin said. "Anyway, I came to tell you that Josuke just called, and he told me that there was a Stand impersonating him. He said that when he was standing by it, it could control his movements.”

“Another one of these?” Lily chuckled.

“It seems like it,” Kakyoin sighed. “Josuke said to meet at the train station. He said Jotaro would be there, too.”

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Lily got up from her desk, and slipped on a purse. "Let's go!"

Kakyoin nodded, and grabbed Emily before they went. As they ran out of their hotel room, they saw Jotaro running out, as well.

"Did you get the call from Josuke, too?" he asked. They nodded. "Well, if we're all going to the same place, how about we get a taxi together?"

"That sounds great," Kakyoin replied. "It'll bring the cost down for all of us."

So, when the four left the hotel, Jotaro hailed a taxi, and everyone hopped in when one stopped for them.

“Train station,” Lily told the driver, and he nodded, putting the gas on the pedal and driving off.

For the first few minutes, it was completely silent. Nobody knew what to say. They were on a dangerous mission, and talking about it out loud might freak out the driver. Nobody wanted that.

“What if this is a trap?” an echoed version of Kakyoin’s voice asked. “What if the fake Josuke called us?”

Everyone’s head whipped around, seeing Hierophant summoned.

“Did you really think I was dumb enough to talk about Stands and Stand users aloud?” he chuckled.

“It might have been a trap, now that I think about it,” Star Platinum answered. “We should all keep an eye on Josuke, just in case. I’m sure he’d understand.”

“Why is everyone Stand talking?” Walking on Sunshine wondered.

“We have to keep this conversation a secret,” Ace of Pentacles rubbed the top of Sunshine’s head. “We don’t want the taxi man to be scared.”

“Okay,” Sunshine whispered, then returned to her user.

"Alright, this is your stop," the driver said. "Bye!"

"Thank you very much, sir," Lily replied as she got out of the cab.

"Mr. Jotaro!" Josuke called. "Mr. Kakyoin! Mrs. Lily! I'm here!"

Everyone turned their heads, and saw Josuke and Koichi running down the sidewalk.

"I thought you said you'd come alone," Jotaro crossed his arms.

"Oh, right! The one who called you was the fake me," Josuke explained. "We ran into him on the way here, and heard him say he was going to the train station, so here we are."

"Mrs. Lily! Mr. Kakyoin!" Koichi exclaimed. "I have a Stand now!"

"Really?" Kakyoin raised his eyebrows. "And you're just not going to show us?"

"I call him Echoes," Koichi beamed, showing his Stand. "I actually used it on the way here so we could get to the train station before Hazamada and fake Josuke."

"It looks like Daddy's Stand!" Emily pointed at Echoes. "Look! It looks like Hi... Hiero... Hie...ro...phant."

"Good job, Emily," Lily praised. "She's right, they do look a little similar."

"Both green," Kakyoin observed as he summoned Hierophant. "Both string-like, but have a face. They are kind of similar."

"What about you and Emily's Stands?" Koichi asked Lily. "What do they look like?"

"Right, you only ever saw their abilities!" Lily noted. "Well, here's what Ace of Pentacles looks like. And Emily, why don't you show him Walking on Sunshine?"

"I imagined something completely different," Koichi said, "but they still look cool!"

"So, how did you get your Stand?" Kakyoin asked.

"That arrow that you guys have been looking for," Koichi answered. "I was actually going to die from it, but Josuke saved me before it was too late. Next thing I know, I could see tiny soldiers all along the floor of the house."

Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Lily saw Josuke fling his arm upward. "Everything alright, Josuke?"

"Hmm? Yes, everything's okay," Josuke replied. "Just a little twitch."

"Okay," Lily hummed. "Just checking. Say, shouldn't that fake Josuke be showing up around now?"

"He already did," Josuke laughed. "But the user's being taken care of by some guys who he tried to take on before we got here."

"Huh. Well, what goes around, comes around."

"I guess that means we should be going back to the hotel then," Kakyoin added.

"No, I think we need to do some questioning first," Jotaro said. "We need to find out about as much as Red Hot Chili Pepper as we can. He's probably going to go to a hospital as soon as possible. We can question him then."

"We could call the police for him," Lily suggested. "Then the hospital workers will think we have ties to him, and let us through when he's ready to be seen."

"Smart," Jotaro muttered. "I'll call them right now."

"Well, I'm gonna get back to school now," Josuke said. "Come on, Koichi. We don't want to be late for class."

"I'm right behind you," Koichi replied. "Bye!"

"Bye, Koichi! Bye, Josuke!" Lily called.

"Well, all that's left is to question this guy, find Chili Pepper's user, take the arrow, and bring it back to the Speedwagon Foundation, then we can go back home," Jotaro told the others.

"I'm gonna miss Morioh, for sure, though," Kakyoin chuckled. "It's so nice here."

"I agree," Lily added. "Well, I'm going to bring Emily back to the hotel. She's gonna need a nap soon. You boys have fun!"

"We will!" Kakyoin answered. "Bye!"

"This better be the end of this mission," Jotaro sighed. "I'm getting a little bit tired of all of these Stand users."

"We can hope," Kakyoin laughed. "And that's all that matters."

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #259: Babylon Rouge vs. Ace Pilot (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

One Peaceful Afternoon in Smash Town....

Falco: (Walking Alongside his pals) I'm telling you guys. 2020 might be our biggest year yet.

Fox: You know, this is the first time I've ever seen you get this excited for the New Year.....or everything else for that matter..... What's the occasion?

Falco: Nothing much. Just happy to live in a new decade.

Banjo: (Smiles Brightly) I'd say. There's so many things I wanna learn and experience in this fancy town right here.

Kazooie: (Gently Grab Banjo's paw with a Soft Smile) And I'll be right by this big lug's side every step of the way. Just to make sure he doesn't get himself hurt.

Fox: Well since we're on a topic of this year's resolution, I suppose mine would to be to just live life and see where it takes us. (Turns to Banjo and Kazooie) Congratulations on being a couple by the way.

Banjo/Kazooie: Thank you/Thanks.

Falco: See? This is what I've been saying. With all these simple and chill resolutions we're having, 2020 is gonna be a year of surprises, excitements, and not a single random bullsh-

???: Hey, Lombardi!!

Falco and the others turns around and see a green, cocky looking hawk rode past them on a hoverboard like device. Then, begins to get off of that hoverboard and land a perfect landing on the ground.

???: (Starts Smirking as he made his way towards Falco and crew) I've finally found you.

Fox: (Turns to Falco) Do you know him?

Falco: Not a clue. (Turns back to the green hawk) You mind telling us who you are, kid?

???: (Acts all Smug like) Well, if you must know, I'm Jet the Hawk. The new generation of the Babylon Rouges and Legendary Wind Master.

Fox: Babylon Rouges....... Aren't they're known for being band of theives?

Jet: (Smiles Proudly) The one and only.

Fox: Really don't think that's anything to be proud of....

Jet: ('Scoffs') Like I need some approval from a goody two shoes Space Pilot like yourself....

Fox: (Rolled his Eyes) Least we made an honest living on what we do......

Banjo: (Amazed by the Hoverboard Jet is holding) Woooah.....What are those?

Jet: This beauty right here is the Extreme Gear. Hover itself flawlessly with extreme air.

Banjo: Amazing......I wanna try it-

Kazooie: (Place her wing on Banjo's shoulder with a genuine worry on her face) I don't think that's a good idea, big guy.

Jet: You should listen to your girlfriend if I were, bear boy. (Starts Smirking) Don't wanna to slip off and bust your fat ass on the floor now don't ya?

Kazooie: (Glares Intensely at Jet) Hey, don't be standing here and insulting my Honey Bear like that, bird brain!

Jet: Why don't you walk over here and say it to my face, Little Miss Chicken legs.

Kazooie: (Cracking her Wing Knuckles) Gladly...

Banjo: (Immediately Stops Kazooie from Going anywhere closer towards Jet) Kazooie, don't! You don't have to stoop up to his level. Please?

Kazooie: (Took one look in Banjo's eyes before sighing) Alright. I won't start a fight.....

Banjo: (Hugs Kazooie) Thanks, Kazooie.

Kazooie: (Hugs Banjo back with a smile)

Jet: Yeah. You better listen to that Honey Bear of yours, Chicken Legs.

Kazooie: (Giving Jet the Middle Finger while Hugging Banjo)

Jet: (Gives Kazooie a middle finger right back at her)

Falco: Alright, kid, if you're not just here being a little shit to all of us, then what do you want?

Jet: Why it's simple.....(Points his finger at Falco) Falco Lombardi, I challenge you to a race!

Falco: (Almost at a loss of words before snickering)

Jet: (Felt Insulted) Hey! What's so funny?

Falco: (Still Sniggering) Sorry....But you're challenging me? In a race? On that little hoverboard or whatever?

Jet: They're Extreme Gears! Not Hoverboards!!

Falco: Yeah, Whatever. Look, I hate to break it to ya, kid, but I'm gonna have to decline your little race challenge.

Jet: What? You're chicken?

Falco: Not in a slight. In fact, if we were to race in airships, I would've beat your sorry ass with no problem. I just don't feel like racing with someone whose gonna be a little egocentric prick to me and pals. (Walks Away with the gang) Let's get out here, you guys.

Jet: Guess you really are getting old after all...

Falco: (Suddenly Feels like he heard a record scratched as he slowly turns back at Jet) ...........Pardon?

Jet: (Starts Acting Smug Again) I mean, it's only natural for someone like you to start passing their prime. Isn't that right, Gramps?

Fox: Okay. I think we think we have just about enough out of-

Falco: (Storms Off) I'll be right back....

Fox: (Noticed Falco Sprint off somewhere) F-Falco?

Other so of Smash Town......

Falco: (Grumbling while walking inside the Mechanic store) I'll show that little twerp who's "passing his prime".....(Ring the bell on the register counter) Yo! Does anyone work here?!

Slippy: (Suddenly Pops up from the Counter) Can I help you sir-Falco, is that you?

Falco: (A bit Surprised) Slippy? What are you doing here?

Slippy: I work here.

Falco: (Look around the store before staring back at Slippy) Really?

Slippy: Yeah, man. I've been telling you guys that for weeks now, remember?

Falco: (Slowly Starts to Remember Slippy telling him and Fox that he got hired to work at some Mechanic job at some point) Oh......right.....

Slippy: ('Sigh') So...is there anything you need me to help you with or....

Falco: Yeah. Do you guys have one of those Extreme Hoverboards or whatever here?

Slippy: You mean Extreme Gears? Oh definitely. We got all kinds of them right here. There's only three types for each and every different designs we have: And that's Speed, Flight, and Power. Which one do you prefer the most?

Falco: I'll take the one that goes fast.

Slippy: Speed Type it is! (Walks towards the back room) I think I got what you need right at the back.

Falco: Take your time, Slip. Not too much time, though!

Slippy: (In the back) 'Kay!

Four Minutes Later.....

Slippy: (Came back with Custom made Extreme Gear in his hands) Here you go, Falco. One Speed-Type Extreme Gear!

Falco: (Look a bit Surprised by the Extreme Gear Slippy got for him) Woah....Slip....you made this?

Slippy: (Smiles Proudly) Yep! Customize it myself.

Falco: It look like a mini version of our Arwings.....

Slippy: That it does. But I gotta ask: Why exactly do you need this again?

Falco: ('Scoffs') Some twerp name Jet challenge me to a race....

Slippy: Jet? As in Jet the Hawk of the Babylon Rouges?

Falco: I take it you guys know them too?

Slippy: Falco, everyone here knows who those guys are. They're one of the reason why we sale these Extreme Gears in the first place. They made them look so cool and flashy. (Worried Expression) You sure you wanna accept his challenge like that?

Falco: The kid called "Gramps", Slip. Of course I'm not gonna let that slide.

Slippy: Falco-

Falco: (Gave Slippy the money for the Extreme Gear and took it with him outside) Don't worry, I'll be just fine. Just wish me luck, alright?

Slippy: ('Sigh') Okay.....

Meanwhile........

Banjo: So............Are you another one of Sonic's friends or......

Jet was about to open his mouth about Banjo's question when suddenly.....

Falco: (From a distance) Hey, Twerp!!

Jet and the rest of Falco's friends turn to see the Ace Pilot walking towards them while carrying his custom made Extreme Gear from under his arm.

Jet: (Crosses his arm) Well, look who decided to come crawling back?

Fox: Falco, what are you doing?

Falco: (Puts down his Extreme Gear as it starts hovering in low air) About to prove this little turd who's boss.

Kazooie: (Raised an Eyebrow) Do you even know how to ride that thing?

Falco: (Trying his hardest to maintain his balance once he got on the gear) Not... Exactly. But I'm a quick learner so....(Found his Balance) I'm good.

Fox: (Facepalms) You can't be serious right now..... You're gonna get yourself killed!

Falco: Relax, Fox. I'll be fine. Don't worry. Cause there ain't no way I'm bout to lose to some cocky little twerp and let him get away from calling me "Old"!

Jet: Ha! Keep dreaming, Gramps. (Drop his Extreme Gear on the ground which starts hovering in low air as well) Cause I'm about to beat you to the dust. (Got on the Extreme Gear woth a cocky attitude) I'll show you why they called me "The Legendary Wind Master" for a reason.

Falco: (Rolled his eyes) Bet you named that yourself....

Jet: (Starts Blushing while getting mad) No I Didn't!!!! (Turns to Banjo) You! Honey Bear!!

Banjo: (Points at himself)

Jet: Yeah, you! Come over and start the race! I don't have all day!!

Banjo: (Hurried himself over towards the middle of two racer) Okay! (*Ahem*) Now....Falco, are you ready?

Falco: (Gave Banjo a thumbs up) Ready as I ever been, bud.

Banjo: And umm...Jet, are you-

Jet: Yes, I'm ready! Now hurry up and start the race already!!!

Banjo: Okay! Umm....On your mark.......

Jet: (Smirks at Falco) Hope you're ready, Gramps. Cause there's no way I'm gonna lose.

Falco: Neither am I, twerp.

Banjo: Get set.............GOOOOO

A Half An Hour of the race later......

Back at Smash Mansion.....

Fox: (Healing Falco's wounds) This is EXACTLY why you don't EVER accept some random challenge and on something you have little to no knowledge of!

Falco: (Getting tired of Fox's nagging) Alright! Alright! I get it! I won't accept that stupid challenge like that again....

Kazooie: (Chuckles at the video she recorded of Falco flopping off of his Extreme Gear onto the ground once the race even started) Ah man...I can't believe I got all of this on film...

Banjo: (Smiles a little at Falco) Well we're glad that you're okay now, Falco.

Falco: Thanks, Banjo. And what the hell, Kazooie? I thought we were pals.

Kazooie: (Shrugged with a smile) We are. But you gotta admit, seeing you fall of your Gear like that was pretty funny.

Banjo: (Glares Softly at his girlfriend) Kazooie.

Kazooie: ('Groans') Fine....... I'll delete the video.....Sorry, Falco.

Falco: Ehh.... it's fine... I'm just glad it's all over now....(Felt the sting once Fox gently poke a cotton stick of perxocide alcohol on his bruised cheek)

Fox: (Sigh as he continues to slowly patched up Falco's wounds) You and me both.....

Falco: You know....I never take you as being a worry wart, Fox.

Fox: Obviously, it's because you're one of my best friends. I'm bound to worry you eventually... ('Sigh') Like Banjo said, we're just really glad that you're okay now...

Falco: (Smiles Softly at his Best Friend/Leader) Thanks, man.

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[tigerkirby215]

5e Lucian the Purifier build (League of Legends)

(Artwork by Riot Games)

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

-James Baldwin

Except now you have something to lose Lucian! You got your wife back! Be happy; settle down! Oh right your wife is cursed with half-death... Well I guess you can keep shooting zombies then.

Mostly making this build as an obligation after making Senna, though I think Lucian is a great character and a great build in his own right.

GOALS

Lightslinger - We need guns. Oh I’m sorry; “light pistols” that look like guns and act like guns but aren’t actually guns.

Piercing Light - Of course those not-quite-guns need to do light damage to our enemies. Can’t blast through the Shadow Isles without a flashlight.

The Culling - When the going gets tough we’ll need to go all out with a barrage of bullets to cut through enemies until they’re nothing but ashes and dust.

RACE

Lucian’s a man with a mission, and Variant Humans can go on quite a mission. You get an increase to two Ability Scores of your choice: increase your Dexterity and Wisdom for the ability to hunt and shoot. You also get a free skill of your choice and the Acrobatics skill to be able to dash around the battlefield. As for your language Abyssal will let you know exactly what the creatures of the mist fear.

The main reason to play a Variant Human is of course for a Feat: the Crossbow Expert feat will let you efficiently dual-wield not-quite-guns, letting you ignore the loading property on a Hand Crossbow, fire it at point-blank without disadvantage, and shoot one more time with your Bonus Action.

If you’re willing to bend the rules a little Half Elf is also a good choice. Along with the plus one to Wisdom and Dexterity you can get a plus two to Charisma, effectively cancelling out the fact that you’ll need to take Crossbow Expert with your first ASI. You’d also get Darkvision to see through the mist and Fey Ancestry to resist the mist’s influence.

The main reason to make a Half Elf however is for the Elven Accuracy Feat from Xanathar's Guide to Everything, which will effectively give you triple Advantage if you ever shoot with Advantage. This is a good feat for any ranged build but is even better for the subclass we’ll be choosing. (No spoilers!) But of course it’s only available to Elves and Half Elves.

For your subrace the default Half Elf is fine, but Drow Half-Elf can be good for some added light in your arsenal, and a Wood Half-Elf can pursue relentlessly a little faster with 5 extra feet of movement.

ABILITY SCORES

15; DEXTERITY - Lucian’s pursuit is endless, and you need a lot of mobility to dash around and avoid the warden’s chains. And Dexterity is tied to aiming your gun.

14; CHARISMA - Lucian is a popular fellow, but he also knows how to scare the monsters away.

13; STRENGTH - The mist is full of all sorts of big baddies that you need to fight toe-to-toe with. Also I think most people can see the multiclassing needs in this build.

12; WISDOM - Lucian keeps calm under pressure and needs that calm to track the monsters in the mist. It’s also a multiclassing requirement with the +1 from our race.

10; CONSTITUTION - Your health isn’t the greatest but you’re an ADC, not a tank.

8; INTELLIGENCE - Lucian is still fighting for his wife. His alive wife. That he has. Bro calm down.

BACKGROUND

The Sentinels of Light are technically priests, and the Acolyte background is perfect for a battle priest. And it’s on the top of the backgrounds list too; sweet! You get proficiency in the Insight skill as well as Religion, along with two languages of your choice. (Choose whatever though I’d argue that Celestial should probably be on that list?)

The main feature however is Shelter of the Faithful; you can provide church service for the gods of Demacia in exchange for a place to stay and help from the priests. You can also always head back to Demacia for more support from the sentinels.

(Artwork by SIXMOREVODKA STUDIO. Made for Legends of Runeterra by Riot Games.)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - PALADIN 1

Crossbow Paladin? Crossbow Paladin.

Starting off as a Paladin for a number of features, but firstly their skills: take Athletics and Intimidation to strike fear in the creatures of the dark while you take chase.

Paladins also get Divine Sense, letting you detect any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you as an action. This doesn’t work if they’re behind total cover and you only know the type of creature, not its identity. You also detect any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated in the radius. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier plus one, and regain all expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.

You also get Lay on Hands: you have a pool of health equal to five times your Paladin level that you can use to heal someone you touch. You can spend any number of hitpoints to heal the target by that amount, or alternatively you can spend 5 hitpoints to cure any poison or disease affecting the target. You unfortunately can’t end Senna’s curse for her, but some healing is always good to have.

LEVEL 2 - PALADIN 2

Level 2 Paladins get a Fighting Style and Defense is the only one that works with your choice of gun. Paladins aren’t typically meant to use ranged weapons which sucks.

Speaking of cantrips you also get access to Spellcasting: You can prepare a number of spells equal to your Charisma modifier plus half your Paladin level rounded down. I mention this because we’ll be getting more Charisma later in the build so be sure to pay attention to your Paladin spell list. Anyways:

Bless will let you shoot a little more accurately and be a bit more resistant, adding a d4 to your attack rolls and saving throws for the duration. It can affect up to three creatures including yourself, so get Senna in on the action!

Divine Favor lets you pump a little more light into your shots, doing an extra d4 of Radiant damage with your shots.

Detect Evil and Good will help you find Thresh in the mist. Try and hide, scum!

I should mention for Bless and Divine Favor that since you can attack an extra time with your Crossbow Expert Bonus Action these spells are extremely useful for you. But they’re all Concentration based, so use them wisely!

Oh and speaking of spells you get Divine Smite... which you can’t use with a ranged weapon. Still: you can pick up a sword if needed, so remember that you have it.

LEVEL 3 - PALADIN 3

Level 3 Paladins get to choose their oath and the Oath of Devotion is perfect for good Demacian boys who go out to slaughter skeletons and zombies. You get Protection from Evil and Good innately prepared for a fight with Thresh, giving him Disadvantage on attack rolls and the inability to affect you with certain debuffs, and the Sanctuary spell to protect yourself as you walk through the mist.

Devotion Paladins can also Channel Divinity in one of two ways; The first and main option you’ll be using is Sacred Weapon, letting you spend an action to add your Charisma modifier to attack rolls with your pistol as it glows with Demacian light! The effect lasts for 1 minute or until you drop your weapon, or until you dismiss it as a free action. Note that this adds to your attack roll, not your damage roll. So your attacks will be more accurate but they won’t necessarily do more damage. It also only affects one crossbow technically, but there’s no rule saying you can’t shoot with the same crossbow every time.

Your other Channel Divinity option is Turn the Unholy. As an action you can strike fear into any fiends or undead within 30 feet of you, forcing them to make a Wisdom save or be turned for 1 minute or until it takes any damage. A turned creature has to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you or take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, it takes the Dodge action instead. This is less generally useful than Sacred Weapon, but it’s still good to cut through the common mist creatures to get to the big bads.

You also get Divine Health, making you immune to disease, because purification doesn’t take a sick day.

LEVEL 4 - PALADIN 4

4th level Paladins get an Ability Score Improvement: increase your Dexterity for more accurate shots.

You can also prepare another spell: Shield of Faith will let you shrug off some blows with a +2 increase to AC.

LEVEL 5 - PALADIN 5

5th level Paladins can sling light with both hands thanks to an Extra Attack, adding up to 3 attacks total with your Crossbow Expert shot.

You also get access to second level spells: as a Devotion Paladin you have Lesser Restoration and Zone of Truth always prepared, and I’d highly recommend preparing some of your second level spells instead of your first level stuff. In particular Magic Weapon and Branding Smite, which works with ranged weapons so you can shoot with Piercing Light!

(Artwork by Riot Games)

LEVEL 6 - CLERIC 1

Lucian’s a Sentinel of the Light, which does mean that we need some holy light as a Light Domain Cleric. Light Clerics can use their reaction on Warding Flare, blinding a creature that’s attacking them to give them Disadvantage on their attack. You can use it a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (so only once currently) and regain all expended uses after a Long Rest.

You also get access to Spellcasting as a Cleric: as a Light Cleric you know the Light cantrip innately, and can prepare 3 other cantrips. Guidance will help you move across the isles, Mending will let you repair any damage to your equipment, and Thaumaturgy to scream Senna’s name through the mist. (Along with some other things.)

As a Light Cleric you always have Burning Hands and Farie Fire prepared to light up the night. You can also prepare a Guiding Bolt to mark an enemy with an Ardent Blaze, and you may as well pack Heal (or Healing Word) in case of an emergency.

LEVEL 7 - CLERIC 2

Second level Clerics get Channel Divinity. Every Cleric gets Turn Undead which you... already have. But Light Clerics get Radiance of the Dawn, forcing enemies within 30 feet to make a Constitution saving throw or take Radiant damage equal to 2d10 + your Cleric level as you dispel the darkness, including magical darkness! So now you can turn the creatures of the night as well as the night itself!

You can also prepare another spell and remember how I said to ditch some of your level 1 Paladin spells for Magic Weapon and Branding Smite? Well that’s because the Cleric list and the Paladin list have a lot of overlap: take Bless as a Cleric instead of as a Paladin and take some of your second level spells from Paladin.

LEVEL 8 - CLERIC 3

3rd level Clerics get access to second level spells: as a Light Cleric you always have Flaming Sphere and Scorching Ray prepared. I’d also recommend Aid to boost yourself for the fight, ideally cast at a higher level for more of a health increase.

LEVEL 9 - CLERIC 4

4th level Clerics get an Ability Score Improvement: cap off your Dexterity for maximum accuracy with your shots.

You also get another cantrip and Word of Radiance will let you cut through the creatures of the mist if they surround you. You can also prepare another spell like Prayer of Healing for a moment of respite after a tough fight.

LEVEL 10 - CLERIC 5

5th level Clerics can Destroy Undead of CR of 1/2 or lower... with their Cleric Turn Undead. Considering that this is a multiclass build and your Wisdom is stupidly low this probably won’t help you much.

You can prepare third level spells though! As a Light Cleric you have Daylight innately prepared to see in the dark, and Fireball innately prepared to blast away the darkness. For your spell of choice Clarvoyance will let you ward ahead so you don’t get hooked.

LEVEL 11 - CLERIC 6

6th level Clerics get a second use of Channel Divinity. But more notably they get Improved Flare, letting you use Warding Flare if a creature within 30 feet of you is attacked. Senna’s got your back; make sure you’ve got her’s.

As for your next prepared spell Revivify will help you make sure you don’t lose Senna again. Just make sure you’ve got the money to pick her up. Cause yeah: it costs 300 gold.

(Artwork from Legends of Runeterra by Riot Games)

LEVEL 12 - CLERIC 7

7th level Clerics can prepare 4th level spells: Light Clerics have Guardian of Faith and Wall of Fire innately prepared, in case you need to scorch the earth to get ready for The Culling. You can also prepare Death Ward for a Guardian Angel in your time of need.

LEVEL 13 - CLERIC 8

8th level Clerics get another Ability Score Improvement which means it’s finally time to increase your Wisdom and Strength to get rid of those uneven ability scores. But more importantly you get Potent Spellcasting to increase the damage of your cantrips, but you may notice we don’t have many cantrips. That’s because we’ll be using Blessed Strikes from the Class Feature Variants Unearthed Arcana to instead do an extra d8 of Radiant damage with your weapon strikes, so we can finally start properly slinging some light.

Speaking of Class Feature Variants: Aura of Life is on the extended Cleric spell list from the Class Feature Variants, and it can help both you and Senna go toe-to-toe with the chain warden. But if your DM isn’t cool with Unearthed Arcana spells (for some reason) then Freedom of Movement can be helpful, along with... I dunno. You have a big spell list to prep from.

LEVEL 14 - PALADIN 6

And now that we got our light pistols it’s time to finish off with Paladin: 6th level Paladins get Aura of Protection, giving yourself and creatures within 10 feet of you a bonus to their saving throws equal to your Charisma modifier.

You can also prepare another spell and Find Steed can be helpful to travel through safer terrain. You might be alone (assuming no one in the party plays Senna) but the people of Demacia can always lend you a horse.

LEVEL 15 - PALADIN 7

7th level Devotion Paladins get Aura of Devotion for immunity against being charmed, because you’re an honest man. You fought too long to lose Senna to a one-night stand.

LEVEL 16 - PALADIN 8

8th level Paladins get another Ability Score Improvement so it’s finally time to increase our Charisma for more accurate Sacred Weapon shots.

This also means you can prepare more spells: Kirby’s Mix of Multiclassing lets you get access to third level spells with a casting time of 1 more level.

LEVEL 17 - PALADIN 9

So you cast that spell eh? Jokes aside Devotion Paladin have Dispel Magic and Beacon of Hope innately prepared to help you if the creatures of the creatures of the mist attack your mind, or if you need a pick-me-up from your wife. "Look at us making new memories." “Same as the old memories.”

As for the spells you can prepare Crusader’s Mantle will give everyone in a 30 foot radius the ability to aid your Ardent Blaze, and Remove Curse will unfortunately not help Senna’s problem, but can help with a lot of others.

(Artwork by Riot Games)

LEVEL 18 - PALADIN 10

10th level Paladins get Aura of Courage, giving you and allies within 10 feet of you immunity to being Frightened. You’ve seen everything the mist has to offer, and it shouldn’t be afraid of you; they should be afraid of you!

For your spell of choice if you want shots that are both more accurate and do more damage Elemental Weapon will let you supercharge your shots with a Statikk Shiv.

LEVEL 19 - PALADIN 11

11th level Paladins get Improved Divine Smite... which you can’t use because you’re using hand crossbows.

LEVEL 20 - PALADIN 12

Our final level is the 12th level of Paladin for a final Ability Score Improvement which will go into Charisma. This means you can prepare two more spells: Aura of Vitality can give your team some Redemption in a tough teamfight, and Magic Circle can fend the creatures of the mist from coming close to you or Senna. They have their box and you have yours.

FINAL BUILD

PROS

Don't do warning shots - You do a lot of damage. Three d6 + 5 shots along with Blessed Strikes for an extra d8 of Radiant damage, and tons of Paladin spells to increase the damage of your weapons. You are also extremely accurate with your shots: a +11 to hit is standard but you can give yourself an extra +4 (for +15 total!) with your Channel Divinity and can also use weapon buffing spells to further increase your aim.

Full of salvation - The great thing about being a Paladin is that even your worst saving throws get boosted, with your lowest save being a +3 and your highest being a whopping +14 to save. Not to mention about 18 AC with Studded Leather, tons of healing abilities including 80 Lay on Hands health, and immunity to charms, diseases, and frightening effects. And your allies can come close for help too!

You can cleanse anything... - You’re actually not terrible at roleplay! With a very high score in certain skills and tons of flavor as a holy man with roleplay spells and class features you can rally the townsfolk or your party as a bringer of justice.

CONS

I can save her... I can save her! - Your big Achilles's heel is your Intelligence score. While your Intelligence save is passable thanks to being a Paladin it’s still low, and you’ll suck at any History or Arcana checks. Let your wife handle the research: you’ll handle the blasting.

Some call it magic, I call it good aim - Your spell slots go all the way up to 7th level but your prepared spells stop at level 4. Yes you can upcast spells (and a 7th level Elemental Weapon sure is potent when you have 3 attacks) but it would be nice to gain access to those big hitters.

Ain't enough bullets in the world - Multiclassing between Paladin and Cleric while using DEX weapons creates a build that requires Dexterity, Wisdom, Charisma, and a 13 in Strength. Along with the natural requirement of a good Constitution score you’re going to have to drop something. Magic Items are obviously on the table but you might want to save this build for when you roll well on your stats, unless you’re okay with sub-par spell-saves and a mediocre number of prepared spells.

But a man’s only as good as his tools; most of your problems can be fixed with Magic Items, and by the time it becomes an issue you should have access to the right tools to make you the brightest light against the darkness. Survive the early game and be prepared to shred through the mist in the late. Just remember to keep tabs on Senna: you don’t want to lose that Bond.

(Artwork by Riot Games)

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JessJesstheBest - @saywhatjessie​ - JessJesstheBest

On The Line (T, 23k)

“Well, can I scam you?” Dean’s spoon was frozen, forgotten, halfway between his bowl and his mouth. “Did you just ask if you could scam me?” “Yes.” The guy said, cool as anything. “Can I scam you?”

Or the one where Cas is a scam caller and Dean just keeps intercepting his calls.

Tags: Alternate Universe, Human AU, Scam Caller au

mittensmorgul - @mittensmorgul​ - MittenWraith

Lifetime Piling Up (E, 59k)

Cas is having a bad day. He burned his bagel, missed his ride to work and had to run to the hospital in the pouring rain, and then witnessed his attending accidentally kill a patient during a routine surgery. Now he might be on the hook for his boss’s mistake, but was it really a mistake, or is he the next target of Dr. Nick Morningstar’s sick mind games?

Dean is also having a bad day. His brother nearly set his kitchen on fire, he’s training a new apprentice in his tattoo shop, and then he gets a mysterious call that Sam needs a ride to the hospital after a freak accident in the pouring rain left him with an injured shoulder. A chance encounter at the hospital leads Dean and Cas to each other after a decade of coincidences and premonitions, and suddenly their worst day might become the foundation for all of their best. A story of choice and destiny, and the power of found family, foretold through uncanny tattoos.

Tags: AU-modern setting, tattoo artist!Dean, surgeon!Cas, angst and fluff and smut

ArielAquariel - ArielAquariel

Quoth the Raven (G, 6k)

Dean Winchester didn’t believe in the occult. Werewolves were a myth, Nessie was a hallucination, and bigfoot was just a large hairy man who enjoyed strolling naked through the woods. He thought that crystals were a load of shit, and a smudge stick would do nothing but make your house smell like burnt sage. He didn’t believe in God, let alone ghosts. Finally, and he was 100% sure on this one, he didn’t believe in witches. Or Wicca. Or whatever they wanted to call it. His point? Everything could be explained. That is, everything but the dark-haired man walking through campus with a spellbook and a raven for a familiar…

Tags: Misunderstandings, Fluff, Pining Dean Winchester, Pining Castiel (Supernatural), Alternate Universe - College/University, Meet-Cute, Animal Lover Castiel (Supernatural)

vicktick - @doespeterparkerisgay​ - vicktick

two bros, arguing about who would top cause they're not gay (but they are) (T, 3.5k)

“No, I’m telling you, I would be the top if we were gay together.”

Oh, Twitter was going to love this: ‘my brother and his “best friend” are currently arguing about who would top if they were “gay together”. i was pretty sure they already were gay together.’

Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Fluff, First Kiss, Love Confessions, Sam is a Little Shit, Supportive John Winchester

banshee1013 - @banshee1013​ - Banshee1013

Suptober Art/Fic (NSFW)

Art and accompanying ficlets to answer Suptober 2019 prompts.

Tags: Fluff, Angst, Depression, Temporary Character Death, Nightmare, Crossover/Fandom Fusion

andimeantittosting - @andimeantittosting​ - andimeantittosting

I Will Hang My Head Low (M, 22.5k)

Dean Winchester gave up hunting when his brother became the prophesied Boy King of Hell. Now he ekes out a meager living, chopping wood for a nearby village, until one snowy night, he follows what appears to be a falling star, and encounters an injured angel. Afterwards, he tries to put the strange night from his mind.

When he meets Castiel, a mysterious man with healing powers, they form an instant connection, and the more Dean learns of Castiel's powers—to heal, to protect, to purify—the more he begins to hope that Sam can be saved. But as they prepare to save Sam, Castiel grows sick, and then sicker still. Too late, Dean learns how much Castiel is willing to sacrifice for him.

Inspired by the Decemberists' Crane Wife and the Japanese myth on which it is based.

Tags: Temporary Major Character Death, Fairytale/Folktale AU, Sick Castiel, Grief/Mourning, Castiel's Wings, Angst With a Happy Ending

Tentacletober Fills (E, 7k)

A collection of short fills for Tentacletober prompts.

Tags: Tentacles, Consentacles, Oviposition

Erratus - Erratus

A Concerned Brother (T, 2k)

When Sam walks in on Dean and Castiel, he left worried if Castiel understands enough about human relationships.

Tags: Coming out, established relationship, canon verse, mentions of sex but no sex, Sam is concerned for Cas

Watching Over You (T, 4k)

Castiel has always been watching over Dean, keeping him alive. Even if Dean doesn't know it, he's been there.

Tags: Suicidal thoughts/attempt, pre-canon, pre-slash, Cas with different vessels, sad and hurt Dean

cool-fallen-angel - @cool-fallen-angel​

Halloween Costumes (NSFW)

I drew this piece for Winchester-reload's 2019 suptoberart challenge, day 31: Halloween

Tags: Halloween, halloween costumes, lingerie, angel costume, playboy costume, blushy Cas, suptoberart, sexy boyfriends

malallory - @malallory​

DeanCas "Funeral Bell" graphic (SFW)

Graphic created for the All Ships Creations Challenge under the theme "spooky"

Tags: 15x03

castielslostwings - @castielslostwings​ - Castielslostwings

Wants and Needs (M, 6.5k)

From a prompt in the Destiel Port FB Group! "Asexual Incubus!Cas and Demisexual Vamp!Dean"

Asexual!Incubus!Cas who has to have sex to feed to stay alive and has always resented it, until he meets Demi!vampire!Dean and discovers that being fed on... actually turns him on, and makes feeding not feel miserable for the first time ever. Imagine Ace!incubus!Cas starving for a long time because he can't stomach the thought of having sex, and then here comes Demi!vamp!Dean feeding on Cas, giving him gratification he thought can only be gained from having sex.

And, you know, they live happily ever after.

Tags: Asexual Castiel, Incubus Castiel, Vampire Dean, Demisexual/Demiromantic Dean, Hungry Castiel, Depressed Castiel, Biting/Blood Drinking, Lonely Castiel, Intimacy, Sweet Dean Winchester.

The Luck You Got (E, 90k)

Castiel and Dean grew up together. Both from broke, broken homes, falling in love was easy - until Dean’s father whisked him away. Years later, Cas is still living the struggle, selling his body to keep a roof over his siblings' heads and using drugs to get by. When Dean returns as a fully grown adult (and a paramedic at that) with his kid-brother-turned-lawyer in tow, Castiel can’t help feeling as if they’re picking up exactly where they left off. Falling swiftly in love all over again but used to only having himself to rely on, he struggles to let Dean in. When Gabriel gets arrested and takes a major source of the family’s income down with him, Castiel struggles to cope and leans on drugs and prostitution instead of Dean. Determined not to lose him for a second time, Dean fights to drag Castiel back from the claws of addiction and the brink of death, no matter what it takes. With help from friends, family, and Dean, Castiel finds himself working towards something for the first time ever, determined to choose life, love, and something more than what the city has always told him is all he has to offer.

Tags: Getting Back Together, Childhood Sweethearts, Neighbors, Poverty, Drug Addiction & Recovery, Sex Worker Castiel, Firefighter/Paramedic Dean, Angst & Fluff & Smut, Happy Ending, Romance.

nickelkeep - @nickelkeep - nickelkeep

‘Cause My Monsters Are Real (T, 8k)

"It's great," Garth responding, grabbing a chair and sliding it over. "Bess is in her glory, and the little one is doing awesome. I love her so much." He smiled a toothy grin that didn't quite meet his eyes. "I'm not here about me, though. I debated coming at all, cause I know how sacred our Fridays are, but I figured you'd want to be prepared."

Sam leaned around Rowena, his arm draped over her shoulder, "What do you mean he'd want to be prepared?"

"You too, Sam. This affects both of you. It literally just happened." Garth hung his head like a kicked puppy. "So, I was back in today, filling out my paperwork to start back up on Monday. And I overheard it."

"Spit it out, Wolfman." Dean leaned his chair back on two legs, foot resting on the table.

"Magda's getting her own room. Emma's getting a new person in the room. They're splitting you two up." Garth looked pathetically at Dean. "You're getting a new partner."

Dean instinctively kicked out, sending him backward and onto the floor. "Ow. What?"

Tags: AU - Creatures & Monsters, Shapeshifter Dean, Fallen Angel Castiel, Human/Monster Society, Kid Fic (kind of), There is Only One Under the Bed

And These Monsters Can Fight (E, 6.5k)

"You think I want to keep her here against her wishes?" Bobby shook his head vehemently. "She'd be one hell of a creature if she were one, but she should go back to the human world. There's a problem that you didn't think of."

"What's that?" Dean spat.

"Dean," Sam softly interjected. "The angels may not want or need Claire anymore because she can no longer be an angelic host, but she is still tied to a source of grace." They all looked at the Fallen.

"I can protect myself!" Claire spoke up. "What do you think I had to do when Castiel couldn't come to me thanks to the stupid rules you all have in place!?"

"Can you protect yourself from three or four or five angels?" Bobby stared at her. "I'll give you one or two, you're a spitfire. But they want him. They're not going to take it light and risk losing a couple when they need all hands on board."

"So what? You want to keep her here?" Dean asked.

Tags: AU - Creatures & Monsters, Story Continuation, Shapeshifter Dean, Fallen Angel Castiel, Human/Monster Society, There is only one under the bed.

Carry Me Home (E, 7k)

"You weren't a scout." Cas opened the laptop and pulled up YouTube. In the search bar, he typed in stopping a squeaking door. He moved the cursor over the first video; from a channel called Impala Repairs. "This looks right." He clicked on the link and grabbed his coffee.

Hey there, and welcome to another quick how-to video with Impala Repairs! I'm your host, D.W., and in today's episode, I'm going to show you the best way to stop a door's hinges from squeaking.

Gabe reached over and pushed up on Cas' chin. "Cassie? You alive over there?"

Cas nodded.

"You need a global reboot?"

Cas pulled his eyes off the screen and shot his brother a look that could kill. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"That means," Gabe reached over and took Cas' coffee, "that you were A, so infatuated with Old Green Eyes on the screen there, you almost dumped your coffee on yourself, and B, you have no idea how to fix the door."

Tags: AU - Modern Setting, Handyman Dean, Professor Castiel, Sneaky Brothers, Conspiring Sam and Gabriel, Strangers to Lovers, Crush at First Sight

Like a Burning Flame (E, 8.5k)

"No, no, no." Dean shot up from under his pile of Ikea cardboard. "There's no fire here. The smoke alarm is disabled, we're seasoning our ovens."

The firefighter removed his helmet and mask, taking Dean's breath away as though he had actually inhaled smoke. "Seasoning Ovens?" He cocked his eyebrow, his bright blue eyes shining in confusion. "And that requires smoke billowing out of the back of your building?"

Dean's mouth failed to move, entranced as he was with the gorgeous man in a firefighter's uniform in front of him. Charlie shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Call your guys off so nothing is destroyed by water, and we'll show you." She turned the firefighter back to the entrance and waited 'til he was outside before smacking Dean. "Rush your blood back to your head, will you?"

Tags: AU - Coffee Shops and Firefighters, Baker Dean, Firefighter Castiel, Strangers to Lovers, Uniform Kink, Panty Kink, Semi-Public Sex, Dom/Sub Undertones, Bad BDSM Etiquette

For the Last Time (E, 37k) - co-created with @little-crazy-misha-minion

It's been three years since Dean's had any kind of vacation. Until now. Sam and Eileen gift him a cruise as a thank you for all the things he's done for Sam, for them, for the whole family. A week away at sea seems like an ideal vacation. Still, when your name is Dean Winchester, and nothing in your life has ever gone your way, it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. Can a new friend help him turn his luck around and help him navigate the rough waters?

Tags: AU - Cruises, Closeted Bi Dean Winchester, Gay Castiel, LGBTQ Themes, Angst with a Happy Ending, NonCon Kissing (not Destiel), Anxiety/PTSD, Song Fic, Clubbing, DCBB2019

To Confess (E, 8.5k)

"So get this... We've got couples missing at a couples retreat the next state over."

"Which lovely lady you going with?" Dean uncrossed his arms and smacked Cas' hand away from the tablet so he could scroll through the article.

"Can't find one. Charlie's still not back. Jody's taking Donna on a hunt."

Cas looked up. "Well, there was a lesbian couple that went missing. You can choose a male partner."

"I was hoping you'd say that, Cas." Sam shot a look at Dean before smiling at Cas. "Will you do me the honor of being my fake husband for a case?"

"Excuse me?" Dean shot a look at Sam.

"Well, I'm not asking you, Dean." Sam shook his head. "That's... Yeah, no."

Dean crossed his arms over his chest again. "Why are you and Cas going? Cas is my best friend. He and I can pull it off better than you two can."

Tags: Canonverse, Case Fic, Idiots in Love, Fake Relationship, Breaking Up & Making up, Pray for Sam, Sam Winchester ships Destiel, Angst and Porn, Happy Ending

It’s About To Be Legendary (G, 1.5k)

"I don't want to kill a human!" Luna hissed, her whisper carrying softly so only her boyfriend could hear her. "If you mess up, you'll bring down hunters upon the pack." She whimpered. "You could bring the Winchesters upon us." Apollo stood up and turned around, his shoulders squaring out as he attempted to intimidate Luna into following his lead. "First of all, I'm not going going to fuck up, Lu. Have a little faith in your boyfriend. Second, the Winchesters are a myth. An urban legend. Something our parents tell us to make sure we follow Pack Law."

Tags: AU - Everyone Lives, Hunters and Hunting, Halloween Fic, Urban Legends

prolixdreams - @bringmefleshandbringmewine - prolixdreams

And The World Kept Turning (G, 4k)

It’s getting harder and harder to die.

Cigarettes disappeared off the market forty years past.

Proper alcohol, the poisonous kind, was banned almost immediately once a safer synthetic got a foothold in the market.

Every pill and patch is equipped with tiny computers to detect blood levels of a chemical and only release their payload when the concentration dips below a pre-set threshold, making overdose nearly impossible with anything obtained legally.

Even sweeteners are tightly regulated and highly taxed.

And now, January 17th, 2089, Castiel’s tablet feeds him another headline that promises longer, safer lives for all:

HUMAN-DRIVEN CARS FINALLY OFF ROADS FOR GOOD

Tags: Major Character Death (Implied/Referenced), Future Fic, Castiel drives the Impala

Sarasaurussex - @sarasaurussex - sarasaurussex

Sarasaurussex's Inktober, Suptober, and Profound Inktober Masterlist (NSFW, contains multishipping)

This is all of my Supernatual art for Inktober, Suptober, and Profound Inktober. Mostly Destiel, but contains non-Destiel ships (Sabriel and Sastiel).

Dress For Success (E, 2k)

Written for the Supernatural Kink Bingo on tumblr. My prompt was 'clothing sharing'. Art commissioned by Purgatory-Jar!

Tags: Clothing Sharing Kink, Humor, Smut

Wherever I May Roam (E, 11.5k, contains multishipping)

Summary: Sam and Dean get sent to another TV Land that's slightly different than the last. In this version, Jensen and Misha are dating. Written for Supernatural Kink Bingo on tumblr. My prompt was 'roleplay'.

Tags: Destiel, Cockles, Dean x Misha, Dub-Con due to Identity Issues, Idiots to Lovers, First Time, Arguing, Fluff, Smut

iCeDreams - iCeDreams

Chasing Polaris (E, 52k) - co-created with Takai13sama

Dean Winchester feels closed-in with his life at the behemoth, Mary’s Ark. His father has set him up with an arranged marriage and is refusing to budge on Dean’s suggestions to improve the steam engines. So... he does the most obvious thing surly young men do: he runs away.

While leaving the steam capital, he inadvertently meets Emmanuel, a man with secrets of his own, intriguing Dean enough to offer him a ride to a common destination.

It’s a serendipitous encounter, a trip across the country, and a chance to find where they need to be.

Tags: Steampunk, Arranged Marriage, Road Trip, Running Away

EmiliaOagi - @emiliaoagi - EmiliaOagi

It’s How You Use It (M, 2.5k)

One night Castiel discovers Supernatural fanfiction. Then Dean walks in. Some very meta crack with a smidgen of smut. Based on a prompt from the Profound Bond Discord.

Tags: Smut, Humor, Meta, Crack

Goose!Dean Crack Post 1 (SFW)

Art inspired by Untitled Goose Game and a Discord prompt: goose!Dean playing a prank on a poor unsuspecting Sam.

Goose!Dean Crack Post 2 (SFW)

Goose!Dean really wants that burger. Cas disagrees.

LeafZelindor - @leafzelindor - 

Ink/Suptober collection (SFW)

Just the short collection of the destiel pics I did during Inktober/suptober.

Art for Crayons and Candybars (SFW)

Artwork done for the DCBB fic Crayons and Candybars, written by I. Franco

rauko-is-a-free-elf - @rauko-is-a-free-elf - FeaRauko

Ocean’s Brawl (M, 55k)

In a time of oppression, the Winchester brothers and their family of misfit pirates sail the seas attacking slave traders and offering the liberated passage to safe-havens, or–if they choose it–a home on the Impala as part of Team Free Will.

Dean meets Castiel, a Naval Captain with orders to enlist him and his band of honorable sea rovers as privateers. Dean refuses, but they end up working together when Castiel offers his vessel as transport for some rescued slaves. Castiel, in turn, travels with Dean as collateral to ensure there is no foul play.

Along the way, Castiel witnesses the horrors of slavery and begins to doubt his cause, even fighting alongside Dean against a French vessel–Castiel’s own people. Castiel comes to admire this wild crew and their kind hearts…perhaps falling for one man in particular.

Tags: pirate!Dean, naval officer!Cas, enemies to lovers, team free will, openly bi!Dean, demisexual!Cas, swashbuckling, battles, shanties

Rapunzel, Rapunzel (SFW)

Art for @diminuel‘s fic, Rapunzel, Rapunzel

Tags: Rapunzel!au, fairy tale!au, prince!Dean, witch!Cas

Bisexualdemondean - outfit (SFW)

Art created for bisexualdemondean in response to the question: "What if I just wanted to look sluttier?"

Tags: demon!dean art, bisexualdemondean art

Autumn - Eileen (SFW)

Art for Day 1 of winchester-reload's suptoberart challenge

Tags: Eileen Leahy

"Good Thing I'm Yours, Then" (SFW)

Art for winchester-reaload's suptober challenge: Day 3 - Royalty Inspired by @casbeanwrites‘ fic Kiss Me Where I Lay Down

Tags: servant!Dean, prince!cas, fic art

"Kids These Days" - Art for Clarity (SFW)

Destiel art for @aloha-cowgirl‘s fic Clarity

[rapperkookz]

hufflepuff!hoseok

fuCK I LOVE HOSEOK

he’s a halfblood

mom’s a pure blood

dad’s a muggle, not a wizard at all

unfortunately dad dies when he was young so it’s just hoseok, his mama, and his adorable little sis

his mom was in hufflepuff and it just seemed natural that he was also sorted into the same house

couldn’t wait until his lil sis was also sorted into hufflepuff

he’s such a kind and cheerful boy

he did alright in his subjects

wasn’t acing one particular subject like the other boys

but he’s mean w/ a broomstick

got scouted for the hufflepuff quidditch team as a first year

flying class first year??? his bitch

helped out gryffindor!joon with flying so that his broom didn’t smack him in the face before every liftoff

v sociable with the teachers as well as the students

had a fair amount of friends

he’s super likeable duh

but he really valued his close buds

gryffindor!joon was his best bud

and the start of second year he got pretty close to slytherin!yoongi

they always talked about their sisters

people always asked him, “how are you friends with that slytherin? aren’t you afraid that he’s gonna kill you or something? his parents worked for you-know-who?”

hobi felt so offended

“yoongi hyung’s parents didn’t work for the dark lord, you’re all idiots.”

yoongi to hobi: it’s okay, i’m used to it. don’t let it bug you bro

hobi to yoongi: it makes me sad that they talk about you like that, you’re amazing hyung and they’re too bloody stupid to see that

yoongs busted his uwus

absolutely adores hufflepuff!tae and slytherin!jimin

loves messing around w tae at night

they spend nights eating food that tae managed to sneak from the kitchen elves

when jimin becomes one of slytherin’s chasers, hope literally explodes from happiness

the boys do fake quidditch games on the field

only chim and hope take it seriously though lol

it gets worse when jk joins

they have a v healthy rivalry, them quidditch boys

decides to become a healer during his 5th year

hufflepuff and ravenclaw were against each other in a quidditch game and he passed by jk and suddenly the ravenclaw seeker was on the ground

hobi never forgave himself for that day, he blames himself for jk’s injury

never left kook’s bedside until he got better

helped out madame pomfrey in the hospital wing

and soon enough hoseok came by weekly to tend to the sick students and do whatever madame pomfrey gave him

he loved seeing the smiles on people’s faces after they were better

becomes the boys’ personal medic

always comes to the choir concerts to support jin, tae, and jk

tries to sing along but yoongi makes him shut up

he pulls pranks w tae and jk sometimes

one time he was walking to hogsmeade and he just randomly screeched at a first year to be funny and the first year peed his pants from shock

hobi felt bad but it was also fuckin hilarious

his patronus is a stallion

no surprise there

it fits him so well though !

can be seen dancing around in the courtyard when he’s not in class

he’s had his share of gfs/bfs at hogwarts

i mean how could he not have unf he’s mighty fine

his s/o is a ravenclaw chaser

jk’s good friend

(s)he got hit by a nasty bludger and hoseok helped heal em up in the hospital wing

(s)he gave hoseok his fav candy as a thank you and hobi’s never blushed harder in his life

hobi knows that (s)he is the one for him when his lil sis approves

god hobi goes all out w his proposal

he asks the boys to prepare fireworks that say “will you marry me?” when he and his s/o go out flying

it’s super spectacular fuck

a damn good healer, famous around the wizarding world for his skills

he gets that coint from healing a bunch of famous witches and wizards

anyway

his first kid is a beautiful boy with the same radiating smile as hobi

the most embarrassing but supportive dad there is

his s/o gets second hand embarrassment

the other boys also get second hand embarrassment

showed up to hogwarts dressed head to toe including painting his skin in his son’s house colors for his first quidditch match

god i love hobi

SHOW HIM MORE LOVE PLEASE

gryffindor!jin | slytherin!yoongi | gryffindor!namjoon | slytherin!jimin | hufflepuff!tae | ravenclaw!jungkook

6-1-19