#FAE 🥺🥺💔💔😭😭

[rayroseu]

i really love how diasomnia always think of each other despite being away 😭💖💖

i want malleus to meet stitch too!!! it'll be like how tsum lilia pranked around malleus hehe✨✨✨ plus they'll totally relate to the whole "meant to destroy but learned how to love" and ofc,,,, "family where no one get left behind" 🥺✨💔

(tw blood and... crowley is levan theory😂)

also i love that "malleus' fathers" always watch over his social life and find peculiar ways to mend it hagshahs

" if no one at twisted wonderland wants to approach my son--- ok!!! im taking a "creature'' from another world to be his friend!!" kaksmak

headcanon that crowley purposely hit yuu with that carriage so that he can put them in a coffin to nrc

and i personally chose malleus' hand to take in the prologue so it makes me think that yuu got killed bcs this dragon fae's father was looking for someone to be his companion ***forever***

also explains why hes avoiding to help Yuu most of the time, because they dont really want them to let go of malleus 😆

plus crowley (theoretically) world travelled just to pick us akjsks do you know how much work was put into you being isekaied here 💥

[thefatesofspring]

One thing that hurts my soul when it comes to Nesta is that she was a virgin before she became fae & remained one right up until she started “spiralling” so that means she lost her virginity to a random hookup when she was at her lowest & most traumatised…when she was drinking & using sex as a form of self harm…😭💔🥺

She probably doesn’t even remember it much more who it was with just that it had happened because there was likely blood on her sheets😭😭💔💔🥺🥺

She never got that making love for her first time type of romance from the books she reads💔

Oh Nesta, I’m so sorry. 😭🤍🫂

[ariadnethedragon]

HOFAS thoughts as I read it: (SPOILERS below)

All that t*rture in the dungeons, Ruhn’s piercing and tattoos. Baxian’s tattoo. The wings. “How strong is your bite?” Sarahhhhh!!!!! Stop! That was more than I could handle😫

The Middengard Wyrm😖. Nesta dealt with it brilliantly but it just makes you appreciate how impossible it was that human Feyre managed to kill this thing by herself with no decent weapons.

Azriel hugging Nesta and stroking her hair after she took the Mask off🥺

Bryce’s wallpaper being Hunt and the photo of her friends in the phone case—that made me tear up

Imagining the inner circle all surrounding Bryce’s phone trying to figure out how it works is hilarious. Also Nesta being jealous of Bryce’s music collection, “THOUSAND?”

The nightbright angst KILLED me💔💔💔

Hunt just dreaming of Bryce. She’s the only thing pulling him through, “He’d wanted so many things with her. A normal, happy life. Children.” HE BETTER GET EVERY SINGLE ONE IF THOSE THINGS OR HANDS WILL BE THROWN!

Silene. The Daglan. My theories were true😁😁

Sigrid. I had so much hope for her story but I was disappointed. Hopefully it’ll get better

Ariadne!! I wanted to see more of her😕

Ruhn’s bedroom. The burn cream😭😭😭

Lidia FUCKING Cervos. That breakout scene. Magnificent.

Jesiba and Ithan’s dynamic. Librarian Ithan and the fact that Jesiba is a Parthos priestess!!! Also JellyJubilee being the computer password😂

Bryce using the mating bond to teleport to Hunt😭😭😭

Bran and Ace. Lidia giving them her ruby ring for tuition as a goodbye💔

Hunt and Bryce got married?!!! WHEN?

Cloudberry crown sounds funny idk why

If I had a penny every time SJM included a set of unhinged/partly unhinged fae twins (yes connall I’m looking at you) in her series, I’d have three pennies bc it happens every single time

So the astronomer is basically a Voldemort 2.0

Flynn and dec going crazy for waffles on the mer ship

“I never had anyone fight for me” Oh Lidia my love😭😭

Guess I’m shipping Tharion and Sathia now🤷‍♀️

Lidia being turned on by Ruhn lighting a fire—girl, I get it.

“Because I’m yours, Day. I’m fucking yours.” Screaming crying throwing up

Lidia: “I want you all the time”😭😭😭😭😭😭😩😩😩😩💗💗💗

Idk why but I am disappointed in the Autumn King, I thought there would be some redemption for him for some reason

Ruhn: “I am going to live and I am going to live well without you”😭😭

Bryce was always a queen but now she a queen Queen👀

Avallen becoming all green again.

Hunt being a demonic test tube baby😂😂

Dec being the first to look for service. Typical😂

Ithan x Perry???? Cinnamon and strawberry? I start getting suspicious when they notice all the nuances of that person’s scent. I think they’d be cute though

Nooooo, the prime—I keep thinking of him as master oogway from king fu panda and it makes me sad

Sabines finally dead🥳🥳

Ithan is prime now? Okay okay pop offf!!

Hunt finally breaking free of his halo and freeing Isaiah as well❤️

Is the under king from the ToG universe??? Valg??

Connor💔💔💔😭😭😭 The bullet. Memento mori

Sathia and Colin McCarthy. This will be interesting

Commando Hunt. The underwear was too small🤭🫨🫨

Morven guest room having red lace thongs😂😂

Okay tharion and sathia are really growing on me🥰🥰🥰

‘She’s my mate you fucker’ SCREAAMMING

Ace finally calling Lidia Mom😭❤️

Lidia is the descendant of Brannon. The fire, the hind/sacred stag. OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!

Pollux being incinerated☺️☺️☺️

The sprites and Irithys💗

The kill switch, the godslayer rifle. Bryce just blackholing the Asteri. She is so brilliant and cunning and clever and I love her.

Danika and the pack. Light it up Bryce. I SOBBED

Jesiba crying and then her sacrifice😭😭😭💔💔

Ember and Randal going to Prythian. Randal bonding with Rhys but more importantly Ember and Nesta—I want to cryyyy🥹🥹🥹

Starsword/Gwydion back in Prythian…whats going to happen in ACOTAR 5???

The princes of Hel—you gotta love em

Lidia and Ruhn finally having that beer

Flynn x Perry? Jealous Ithan😏

Syrinx running for his life when Hunt and Bryce share a heated look. It’s nothing new but it cracks me up all the time

Pegasuses in Avallen🥰🥰

[hanafubukki]

HANA SAME THOUGHTS ABOUT GRIM!!!!! AND MALLEUS VOICELINE ABOUT HOLDING THE FLOWERS 😭😭💕💞💞💕💞💕✨✨✨ our flower son... leading the walk... it truly is malleyuu wedding... oughghg🥺💖💞💖💞💖💕

also alSO THIS FUELED MY HEADCANON THAT MALLEUS TAKES **SO LONG** TO PROPOSE OR MARRY LOL I read many fics about him being swift and sure to marry--

but from the bottom of my heart, i think the guy actually realizes his feelings after 100 years or smth (fitting for this card hehe)-- like he didnt even realized he was lonely until yuu asked him in 7.1 🥲🥲💔💔

also i love immortal yuus who never left malleus boy will take 900 years of being friends then forever lovers afterwards hehe 🧎‍♀️💖

Plus him allowing Grim to have fun and take lead- when most of the time, Grim is just disregarded HDHHDAHS HE CARES FOR OUR CAT... 🥺🥺

THEY ABSTAINED US FROM THE VIGNETTES THIS TIME WHICH IS CRIMINAL!! BUT I WILL NEVER STOP PRAYING FOR A GRIM AND MALLEUS AND RAMSHACKLE VIGNETTE‼️‼️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️😤✨✨✨

[mostly about this post]

Hello Lian 🌺🌻💚

WE WON LIAN WE WON SO MUCH AHHHHH 💚💚

My friend teased me about it, to watch for the translations. So when I saw it, I screamed into my pillow.

Malleus giving Grim flowers to hold because he's important to us, and in return, important to him. Malleus even sees him as a little brother who he can annoy. 😂💚

Malleus grew up with old style teaching. The ways the faes court are long and for many, many years. For Malleus, this is the way he learned it and the way he would court you. Just, you might need to push him to be quicker if you’re human 😂😂 or, you know, he could always stop time.

I love love the idea of Malleus bonding with his loved one and them becoming immortal with him, that way he is never alone 😭😭 He’ll take his sweet time romancing you all throughout your time together.

Twst out here said that, here’s a tease for you and that’s all you get!! They really out here scared of the potential malleus simps and how they would break the servers. If we got personal stories, it really would be an otome and twst can’t change the genre like that 🫡

Watch them tease us again in a future anniversary 😂💞

[rayroseu]

KDJAKFJWKF HELP THE WORLDBUILDING IN THIS CHAPTER UGRJJRMMT 😋😋😋😋😋💕💞💖💖✨✨✨✨

FIRST OFF of couuurse the battle field is the kitchen 😭😭💥💥💥 You cooked with Síoda's horrifying morphing body THAT SEQUENCE TRULY FELT TERRIFIC AND ALIVE 😭😭✨✨💕💞alas We gotta stop it with our favorite iron skillet KDJAKKD 💀🔥The Rapunzel reference I approve... 👍👍

ALSO I LOVE THAT THE RAMSHACKLE GHOST AND GRIM ARE LITERALLY HELPING READER AAAAAA 😭😭💕✨

KDKQKDKWKAJJD I knowwww you have target audience on this part Ames and I AM I WAS COMPLETELY TARGETED LIKE YELLING JUMPING ON SEAT WHEN I READ THIS PART 🤣💖💕✨✨

“Who,” he murmurs, inclining his head to meet your gaze as shadows dance across his face, “put their hands on you like this?”

ME CHARACTER A SEES WOUNDED CHARACTER B AND SAYS "WHO DID THIS TO YOU" PEAK TROPEEE PEAK TROPE TPEAKTOEP---

ALSO SILVERRR WAAHH knowing previous chapter, he was talking to us to give Malle a chance and now he wants to help us KDJAKKS head in hands... OFCOURSEE🥺🥺🥲🥲💕💖💞💞

ALSO HELOOOO AMES LITERALLY ALSO YELLED AT THIS PART AHDHAJD BRIAR VALLEY LORE⁉️⁉️ BRIAR VALLEY GOVERNMENT ⁉️⁉️ LITERALLY WENT RABID WHEN I SAW MALEFICIAS NAME 💀💥🔥

ALSO STRIXXXXX HELLOOO I LOVE HER ALREADY SHES THE COOLEST CHARACTER EVER OWL FAE??? SHE IS ALREADY PEAK CHARACTER DESIGN TO ME 💞💕☝☝✨✨

“I quite doubt Maleficia is keen on letting anyone bind her beloved grandson into a treaty, let alone an external government.”Idris’ observation is sound. Maleficia isn’t budging on the matter and is instead doubling down on reassurances. Briar Valley has entered enough contracts that the ruling party no longer has an interest in such things. If they sign anything else, they may as well just hand over the keys to what’s left of the nation and be done with it."

UEURUEUEUE 🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭 jUST.... QUEEN MALEFICIAAAAA AAAAAAHHH 😭😭😭💔💔 I do love your take thoughh i dont think Maleficia is as "compliant" to humans (as much as the canon implies (like letting Silver Owls live on her land, lending a hand to STYX), maybe shes just really "professional", but I really love this take that she wouldn't "surrender" Malleus this time to humans unlike with Meleanor AAAAA 🥲💔💔 no mistakes ever again AAAA

ALSO NAHHH THAT ENDING... we are so locked in 🥲🔥💥 ah well hopefully the iron skillet method salvage us again 🙏🔥💥 Very excited to learn more about the horrors Erlkönig's court going to serve to us KSJAKFJ

ALSO THE PAINTING FOR THIS CHAPTERRR ???! Thats "Dante and Virgil in Hell" painting right??? JDJAJDA HELPP THE CONCEPT FITS and you focused it on the two damned souls that are in combat rather than Dante and Virgil who's just on this trip to Hell and they encounter these souls fighting WHICH MATCHES WHAT HAPPENED THIS CHAPTER✨✨😳✨✨

Erlkönig Chapter 4: Fight or Flight

Inc: MC, Malleus, Grim, Sebek, Silver, Lilia, two schemers, and another fae. WC: 6.2k Warnings: Violence, some discussion of colonisation/bigotry in the latter half, and a little bit of zealous devotion. Summary: Confrontation turns into counselling with the only four people who might be able to help you out. Across the ocean, something is rotten in the country of Briar Valley.

Excerpt below (Malleus in a rather pissed off state). Check it out here!

He pauses, gaze drifting down to your bare feet. Without a word, he shrugs off his jacket before kneeling and guides you to rest your feet on that instead, effectively sparing you from the coldness of the stone floor.

Grim’s tail lashes as a small growl leaves him. “I told ya, it was one of you! Though they were a lot uglier. Their jaws split open, and these pincers came pokin’ out, and they had sharp claws, and spoke all funny. They said they were gonna take Prefect away.”

Silvers brow furrows and you hear Lilia hum by your ear. Before either can get a word in, a lower, darker voice cuts through.

“What was their name?” 

You can feel the air shift as Malleus speaks. Although his words come out in a calm, collected manner, the simmering undertones are hard to miss, especially with the way they flicker in microexpressions. His overall demeanour is his usual, but his eyes speak of an unbridled fury that’s beginning to reflect in the weather outside. The distant rumble of thunder makes Lilia frown as Malleus speaks again.

“Who,” he murmurs, inclining his head to meet your gaze as shadows dance across his face, “put their hands on you like this?”

[seungstarss]

sei i’m srsly going to miss you sm 😭😭 i feel like crying everytime i think about it :(( but i wish you all the best for your move & for the future!! and i really hope we can stay in touch bestie <33 ilysm & make sure to take care of yourself ♡ ♡

oh also i saw this hee tiktok that was pretty cute, so i wanted to share it with you <33 ahhh i’m really going to miss you bff 🫶🫶

Fae stop I'm gonna cry fr 😭😭💔💔 I'm liberally gonna miss you so fcking much too. Like thank you sm for interacting with me. It's been so fun being your moot and you're absolutely so talented. Like HELP I'm blessed with such talented friends. Your asks/comments and everything have always made my day and I wanna thank you for everything. THIS IS MAKING ME SO EMO, IMMA MISS YOU SM FRFR. ALSO IF U WANT, I CAN GIVE U MY PRIV INSTA (I WONG BE ACTIVE THERE EITHER BUT WHEN I COME BACK IT'S THE FIRST PLATFORM I'LL GO TO) BUT I'M GONNA CRY, YOU MEAN SM TO ME AND I'M REALLY GLAD WE BECAME MOOTS 😭😭💔 IMMA MISS U SM

ALSO STOP BC THE EDIT IS SO PRETTY(?) ITS MAKING ME GO INTO MY DELULU ERA FR 😭✋️ BUT STOP WHY IS THE EDIT KINDA SAD,,,, STOP MAYBE I'M BEING EMOTIONAL RN BUT HELP FAE IMMA MISS YOU SM 😭✋️ PLS TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE ILYSM

[maiverie]

mai can u pls do the sibling (like if your moots would be your younger or older sibling based on vibes & how u picture interactions or give them an idol sibling with simlar vibes) or idol moot game (here u put u and ur moots into an idol grp and give positions) if u have time? ^_^

HI ANON OMG i love ask games 😭 thank u sm for asking 🥰 tbh not entirely sure im even doing this right so pls bear w me 💀 i’ll do the siblings one hehe but if you think the idol/positions one would also be fun, just let me know 💖 also SORRY IF THIS POST KINDA MID LMAO 😭😭💔

@seungstarss — AKDJFK she’s my whole ass twin!!! 😭 i want to say i’d be the older one since i literally am older but sei is honestly so kind and mature it feels so wrong to say that 😭 i think as a sibling she’d actually be hella fun LIKE WE’D START SM SHIT IN THE FAMILY JUST FOR FUN 💀💀💀 jk but sei really reminds me of yeji (itzy) who btw is my fave from itzy bc shes so kind and hardworking and really takes care of other people but not in a way that’s super overt ??? does that make sense 😭 she’s not an overpowering leader at all but you know you can 10000% turn to her for advice and she’d always be there for u during ur worst days :(((

@wonvelvet — YEONIE GIVES ME OLDER SISTER VIBES 😭 but only because she’s a whole seasoned writer (enhablr veteran 💪) and she carries this entire community on her back (some get her a chiropractor 😁) no joke i feel so inadequate around her because she’s literally amazing and i respect her so so much (though she NEVER gives herself due credit) for the way she carries herself?? so poised and calm but nevertheless so so so much fun and will totally spazz about ab enhypen w u ❤️ IM IN LOVE W HER BUT YES ITS GIVING SLIGHTLY OLDER SIS VIBES, someone you really look up to and can trust !! i love karina (aespa) bc she’s kind of like a kid leader that jokes around w all the members but you can tell she rlly knows how to step up to the leader role when needed 😭 also this is kinda paradoxical to everything i’ve just said but i’m also getting jungwon vibes 😭 someone vvv calm and smart and can read people really well?? 😳

@jangwonie — MY BABY SISTERRRRRR LEESEO (ive) 😭 no fr bc fae is so warm and adorable and energetic around people 😣 she probably has like 837483 moots at this point bc its so so hard not to love fae 🥺 leeseo has so many charms and there’s just so much light in her eyes that you can’t help but smile 😭 fae literally has that effect on me; can’t help but smile every time she comes up on the dash :(( FUCK I LITERALLY OWE HER A BUNCH OF JUNGWON EDITS LEMME DO THAT AFTER THIS 🗣

@nyanggk — FUCK ACTUALLY I HAVE NO IDEA W MIRAI 😭😭 SHE GIVES ME SAME AGE VIBES??? IDK WHY THO SHE GIVES ME MIDDLE CHILD VIBES FOR SURE BC SHES JUST SO SO SO FUNNY AND SO MUCH FUN AND honestly gives me the best vibes any time i ever interact w her 😭😭❤️ like lmao mirai is the type to definitely fuck with her older/younger sister cause she feels like it 😭 AND PROBABLY BLAME U FOR IT JUST CAUSE 😭 no but fr she reminds me of like beomgyu (txt) because she’s so fuckimg funny and chaotic BUT U KNOW she’s super talented and can put her mind to anything she wants 😈

@blessed-sky — actually i have no idea 🧍🏻‍♀️ YOUNGER SIBLING MAYBE????? sky literally is one of the best moots ever bc she NEVER EVER fails to bring the energy to the table istg she’s literally amazing 😭 she’s really really supportive and kind and i think as a younger sibling, she’d make you feel really bad bc of how much ud depend on her 😭 but shes 100% the mood maker of any group so i would love to compare her to jay (enha), yeri (red velvet) & haechan (nct) who can all be super funny and cheerful and are all the mood makers of their groups istg 😭 OR EVEN JUST SUNOO BC SHES A WHOLE BALL OF SUNSHINE ISTG 😭😭💖💖💓💗💞

@enaus — MY BABY SISTER 😭 IDK WHY I JUST HAVE THIS URGE TO PROTECT ELY WITH MY WHOLE HEART BUT TBH I DONT THINK SHE HAS ANY ISSUE WHATSOEVER DEALING W SHIT HERSELF 😭 she’s the kind of sibling u see grow up really well and you feel a little sad bc they probably don’t need you to protect them anymore 😭 in many ways ely is super mature and kind and i really appreciate the way she approaches things 💖💖 as such she kind of reminds me of jungkook (bts) bc shes super passionate and determined LIKE HAVE U SEEN THE NUMBER OF WIPS SHE HAS 😭😭

@shoyotime — BFF IM NOT EVEN SURE I SHOULD BE ADDING U TO THESE THINGS WHEN YOURE LOWKEY GONE(ISH) BUT WHATEVER KDJFKDKSK i want to say younger sibling but honestly bff you are far more achieved than i am lmao it would just embarrassing to say that 💀💀🤚NAH FR I FEEL LIKE IF CAEL AND I WERE ACTUALLY SIBLINGS she’d be so real and down to earth and would be sure to humble me anytime that i needed it 😭 honestly i think cael is such an honest and funny person she kinda reminds me of jungwon in that they are both savages AND YET NATURAL LEADERS and will always always want the best for u 😭💖

@vmpnoo — FRAYYYYYYY MY LOVE she gives me the vibe of the mature younger sibling that people often mistake for your older sibling??? is that too oddly specific 💀💀 or maybe just older sibling tbh cause HONESTLY IM CONVINCED fray is one of the best people around here bc she’s genuinely so fucking funny but real and will never hesitate to call out bullshit when she sees it 😌 she gives me the impression that her IQ is sexy and her EQ is even sexier; i love the way she writes because she’s so so eloquent and articulate w her words 😭 she reminds me of someone like yoongi (bts) who’s really passionate about his work and will take the due time in order to craft it to their standards; her fics are really really detailed and you can see how passionate she is about writing,,, bff i really really respect that 😭

@softforqiankun — MY WARM FUNNY LOVELY OLDER SISTER WHO TELLS ME ALL HER STORIES AND PATS ME ON THE HEAD AND TELLS ME TO LEARN FROM ALL HER MISTAKES 😭‼️ i appreciate u sm heather bc u never fail to make me laugh w ur bee stories 😭😭 honestly you remind me of jihyo (twice) whom i love so so so so so much because she’s such a good leader and such a warm person :((( love interacting w u and hope we never stop hehe 🥰💖💓💗💞

I REALLY REALLY WOULD TAG OTHER MOOTS BUT THIS POST KINDA LONG PLUS I ALR FEEL KINDA BAD FOR TAGGING PPL IN THE FIRST PLACE SO I MIGHT JUST STOP HERE 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️

THANK U ANON FOR THIS LOVELY LOVELY ASK I HAD SM FUN W IT 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[kimsohn]

#ok so i just started but this reads just like a fairy tale#and it’s making me feel so nostalgic omg#i love it sm already <33#THE DUEL SCENE ?? he didn’t even try 😭#jake is so obviously down bad LMAO 🙈🙈#omg i think i’m going to cry ☹️☹️#the pining from both sides & the fact that they can’t be tgt 💔💔#yuna 🥺🥺#the ending was so sweet 🥹💗#so so glad they had a happy ending bc i would’ve literally been heartbroken otherwise#this was such a cute read & as always i rlly enjoyed myself 🫶#thank you for the lovely work maya 😚💗#i will definitely be rereading !!#fae’s faves! ♡

we all want what we can't have

pairing . prince! jake x knight! gn reader (ft. yuna of itzy) word count . 5.4k warnings . i wrote this 2 years ago so brace yourself. there's angst but it has a happy ending! jake is a flirt and yuna is gay (cause why not). this is written in a style that is meant to mimic romantic old-fashioned fantasy but i didn't do a very good job of it 😭 as always, terribly sorry in advance for this monstrosity.

synopsis . you thought coming face-to-face with prince jake would be the end of you, but sadly, getting dubbed by him seemed to be the least of your worries. note. this was originally a secret santa fic with a different idol, so sorry if there are name mistakes! this is also a repost from my old account if it seems familiar. i also apparently wrote this at 4am so please excuse the mess that this is. tagging . @stealanity @haerinz

Far, far away, past the weeping willows of the dark forests and the scorching sands of the sunburnt deserts, there laid a small vine opening, covered with twigs and vines, embedded in secrecy. Only those who seek this door could enter, and only those who dared to venture could truly experience the treasure they were meant to seek for.

Here beyond this secret entrance lay the land of Senkō, a land filled with prosperity and enchantment alike. Home to one of the world’s most charming cities, this empire carried an aura of purity that wrapped around and around and encased you tight, never wanting to let go.

And in the center of it lay a prince to match, feasting on the fresh pears from the palace garden and radiating a smile that could rival that of the blazing ball of fire that shone upon him.

 “Master Jake! You shouldn’t be eating those pears; those are for the royal family’s bouquet at the end of the month!”

Jake leaned against the tree, eyeing the half-eaten pear in his hands, before glancing at the short maid who had come to warn him against his irresponsible actions.

And then he grinned.

He watched the maid’s cheeks turn bright red, resembling the rubicund apples in the orchard nearby. Nations far and beyond have acknowledged Prince Jake’s dazzling smile and incredibly handsome aura, and he was well aware of it, using it to his advantage to get out of trouble. Being flattering was simply a pastime for him.

“Are you sure I can’t have a few more pears? I’m sure I can… let you have a bite of this one if you wish.”

The maid turned profusely beet red as if she couldn’t have possibly turned into more of a tomato, and with a quick squeal, she scampered back into the castle, leaving behind a laughing Jake and a half-eaten pear.

“Didn’t know you were the designated castle flirt,” a familiar voice remarked, causing Jake’s eyes to shift to the new subject.

“You seem quite observant, Commander Sunghoon. I wonder if you would like a bite too?”

Jake dangled the pear in front of Sunghoon, commander of the royal army and his best friend, only to be met with mock disgust and a silent scoff.

“Quite humorous aren’t you, Prince Jake? Anyhow, I’ve come to ask for your presence at the induction ceremony for our recruits. Can’t have the nation’s brightest soldiers be dulled by the absence of the ever so coquettish prince, can we?”

Jake, biting the last part of the almost-finished pear, met Sunghoon’s glance with a smile. “Well, what are we waiting for? Lead the way.”

You were quite nervous.

Throughout all the rigorous training you’ve endured for the past two years, you’ve never felt so anxious. Wielding a blade and charging headfirst were tasks that came most naturally to you, but social integration and public speaking were far from your line of expertise. A million uncertainties were running through your mind at the very prospect of failure in being dubbed a soldier, and you hoped you wouldn’t end up being the nation’s royal laughingstock.

What if you tripped on stage? What if you accepted the wrong award? What if you—

“Nervous?” you heard a voice murmur next to you, filled with light amusement and tender undertones.

“In your dreams Ni-ki,” you whispered back, not willing to show weakness, although you supposed your best friend knew you better than you knew yourself.

He let out a soft chuckle, well knowing of your dishonesties, and patted your uniform-covered shoulder in a gesture for comfort.

“You’ll be fine Y/N. Besides, everyone tends to get a little weak-hearted while standing next to Prince Jake. If anything goes wrong you can just blame it on him!”

It’s not that simple, you wanted to retort, but you didn’t have the heart to diminish Nishimura’s extra-cheerful attitude today. So, you just dipped your head in respect as a mere thanks, hoping your nerves would settle down and let you breathe.

“Oh, that’s my name! See you on stage Y/N!”

You watched as Ni-ki pranced onto the carpet-covered stage, a smile flitting across your face in pure affection. Eons ago, you both had vowed to become the finest soldiers of the royal guard and here you were today, fulfilling your dreams side by side.

You found your eyes shifting from the now kneeling Nishimura to the man upright in front of him, slender hands repositioning a blade from Ni-ki’s left shoulder to his right, a movement proclaiming your best friend’s newfound royal status.

Prince Jake. The man of everyone’s dreams and desires alike. You wished you weren’t prone to his charms, but alas, everyone has their weaknesses. Jake Sim’s smile just happened to be yours.

Having been lost in your contemplations, you hadn’t realized time was nearing your turn until your wandering eyes noticed Ni-ki making his way off the stage.

“And now, let us welcome the highest-ranking recruit of this division, Y/N!”

It felt like a blur walking onto the platform, clad in combat boots and your royal uniform. Despite the loud clapping and the shrill cheering from your comrades, your eyes were trained on the man adorned in regal blue, a man you supposed you’d need to grow accustomed to.

Your breath hitched as he stepped forward to perform your accolade, and you mentally cursed yourself for having the qualities of a fangirl at this very moment. Ni-ki was right; Prince Jake had the vexatious ability to take anyone’s breath away (not that you were complaining).

“I don’t suppose you need this dubbing,” you heard, the faintest whisper of a melody so familiar yet so unique, “for your skills are far more worthy of recognition than my blade.”

Cheeks burning, you turned akin to a beetroot as you bowed your head in respect, heart thumping at the mere delight of such a wonderful man praising yours truly.

“We mustn’t skip formalities, your royal highness,” you whispered back, kneeling on one leg before him, “because even one as skilled as me would enjoy the honor of your unsheathed steel on my shoulders.”

You sensed the lightest grin pass across his face as he performed the rite of passing, and as he helped you stand back up to shake his calloused palm, he leaned in to make the faintest promise.

“One day, I hope I can have the opportunity to duel with you, the ever-so-skilled Y/N, in a match of fencing. After all, you aren’t quite the only one to receive such honor, hmm?”

True to his word, Jake arranged a duel with you. Rather than just wanting to see your form in action, the fight was arranged for a more subtle aim: Jake’s desire to get to know you. Surprisingly, or rather, unsurprisingly, he admitted that he still remembered every detail of your first encounter. He knew it seemed a little obsessive, but then again, all the male characters in books have been victims of the love-at-first-sight syndrome.

Why exactly he found you so fascinating? He didn’t quite have the answer to that himself. Maybe it was the way your confidence was nowhere to be seen despite your highest-ranking title, or the fact that you were still able to utter out cautions about formalities despite looking like you were to go faint any moment. He couldn’t deny that he found you a little cute (just a little). He’d never had a knight fancy him, especially a high-ranking one, but he wasn’t one to carp. The thought of your duality merely aroused his attention, which is why he was so keen on carrying out this match.

Although, Jake’s plans didn’t exactly schedule themselves as he wanted, because when he arrived at the grass training grounds, uniform poised and blade in tow, he was met with the faces of the rest of your peers, eager eyes ready for action.

“Sunghoon, what is the meaning of this?”

“My apologies Jake, for how would the elders take it if the royal prince wanted an individual match with a recruit?”

“Oh, you know I meant no harm—”

“Obviously, however, other people simply don’t have the pleasure of knowing your royal highness as well as I do. I kindly ask you to adjust to the current circumstances and carry this forward as a teaching lesson, rather than a chance to fancy yourself with a new lover.”

Jake paled at Sunghoon’s words, turning to face him with an impeccable glare.

“Don’t be so surprised Jake; I too am capable of noticing wandering eyes. Whether your thoughts start as mere interest or mad infatuation, please be cautious of your actions. Tis the season to be betrothed, after all.”

With the warnings ringing throughout his ears, Jake stepped up to the platform, meeting your curious eyes. Simultaneously, you both bowed, and Jake was taken aback to the formalities you’d mentioned previously before. Today you looked more at ease, and he couldn’t quite figure out what for. Was it because combat came naturally to you? Or perhaps it was the reconnection of you both? Only time would tell.

Although this was an obligatory battle, seemingly for educational and ritual purposes, Jake could sense that you wouldn’t go easy on him. That wasn’t what worried him. Jake also wasn’t the most skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and he knew what the outcome of this event would be. That wasn’t what worried him either.

What worried him was the realization that he was excited to be with you again. He recalled the past few days, tracing through them to find that his mind had often wandered off to the upcoming battle with you. The thought of getting to know how you carried this particular interest of yours, the thought of meeting your gaze again, the thought of merely perceiving you had plagued his mind until this very moment. He felt like a fool, like a little boy eyeing a certain pastry he had craved through the windowsill. Maybe Sunghoon’s wandering eyes were right; maybe he was smitten with you.

He looked up to see you unsheathing your sword, preparing for the beginning. He mimicked your action, the blade unfamiliar and uncomfortable in his hands, designed to flaunt rather than to function. The both of you poised with your arm outstretched, blades crossing and knees bent.

He could tell by the slight grin on your face that you were well aware of the outcome. He wondered if you knew he visited for entirely different reasons than battle, but judging by your expression he knew the answer was quite evident.

He was so distracted by you that he didn’t even realize the start of the duel. He focused to see that you had knocked the heavy blade of out his hand (doing him a favor, really) and as it soared in the sky, you twirled him around and pulled his back flush against your frame, encompassing him in a body lock. Jake couldn’t care less about what you were doing to him. The mere feeling of you sharing contact with him was enough to make his brain go dizzy. And quite surprisingly, he sensed that you were affected too, due to the evident rising heartbeat against his chest.

As the fight commenced and the audience clapped (blasphemy really, Jake hadn’t carried out a single action the entire time), his attention focused on your figure, which was walking off the platform. He noted your slight trembling hands and your heavy breathing, accompanied by the lack of eye contact he had once received before.

Were you nervous? Embarrassed? Or perhaps, blushing? These thoughts haunted Jake as he returned to his chambers, falling into a restless sleep filled with you, you, and only you.

A couple of weeks later, you had the opportunity to tour the extravagant castle. It was a part of your training, in case the palace ever fell under attack and you were required to defend it, however, most of your comrades took it as an opportunity to finally experience a sliver of royalty that they had never had growing up. As most of you came from poor backgrounds, the diamond chandeliers and velvet carpets seemed daunting and awe-striking, and you swore some of your units had hearts in their eyes as they dragged their fingers along the winding corridors of the palace.

You, however, weren’t quite as interested. The sole purpose for your visit was education and you made sure to concern yourself with only that, disregarding most of the accessories and amenities the palace had to offer. You didn’t really focus on most of the extravagant interior (although that was probably the most vital segment in your training) because you knew it was filled with barely-touched rooms designed to complement and boast. All fortresses were built with the sole impression of looking majestic, and the only part you deemed important for your training were the places in which the royal family frequented.

You were told that Jake enjoyed the palace gardens, so you ventured off to exactly there, mentally mapping out particular landmarks that you help you familiarize layout. You could see exactly why he frequented this location; the white rose bushes and worn stone paths resounded a sense of serenity, and you soon forgot about the actual reason you were here, continuing to inhale every petal and feel every path of grass underneath your sole-covered toes.

Somehow you had found your way to the fountain, sitting on the edge and tracing your palm across the clear water drawing ripples. You had laughed when you first found the location because of the angel sitting atop the basin, reminding you exactly of the man behind the reason you had come here.

Jake. It always seemed to steer back to him. After your duel you simply couldn’t stop your brain from wandering off to his presence, the way he moved, his pretty eyelashes, his kissable li—

“Y/N, are you okay?”

You hadn’t realized you were extremely close to falling into the fountain until Jake’s voice resounded, bringing you out of your quite embarrassing daydream. A flush covered your rosy cheeks as you locked gazes with him and nodded, letting him pull you up to your feet and away from the water.

“What are you doing here?” he asked, gripping your shoulders lightly.

Your brain felt dizzy from the direct contact, and your throat dried up as you attempted to speak.

“Training, walking around memorizing—”

“Calm down Y/N, I understand. Please take a seat love, you must’ve had quite the shock from almost falling into that fountain,” he responded, gesturing to a patch of pasture as he pulled you down next to him.

If your brain wasn’t malfunctioning already, it definitely was now. Love. The word floated through your head like dandelion seeds in rough winds, like a kite gone lost. No one had ever called you such an endearing term before, and despite not knowing Jake’s intentions behind it, you still cherished the four letters he had chosen to label you.

You wondered what Jake would say if he knew the reason you almost fell was the fact that you were daydreaming about him. Or perhaps he already knew? You turned to ask him something of the sort, only to meet his preset gaze on you already.

Maybe it was a part of your imagination, but he stared at you as if you held the universe in your arms. If Jake Sim was the sun, he stared at you as if you were an even brighter star speckled somewhere far, far away from his vicinity, yet so, so close. His stare was so warm, so tender that it made you want to shine more brilliantly to keep that expression within his eyes and his heart and never, never ever let go of it.

“Why are you staring at me like that?” you found yourself asking instead, your tense atmosphere dissipating and shifting into something more fond, more affectionate.

“Like what?” he returned, a slight grin on his face indicating he already knew the answer.

“Like you’re in love with me,” you blurted out, the impact of your words hitting you only after you’d recited them.

His gaze shifted, turning into something rawer and more emotional, almost as if you had crossed an unknown boundary and he didn’t know how to react to it. You could feel regret filling your feelings, and maybe he sensed that too because he changed the topic, effectively shutting down any potential outbursts.

“Come on Y/N, let’s get you back to the castle. Your comrades must be worrying about your absence.”

Since then, it had become quite the regular occasion for you to cross paths with the prince in the palace gardens (willingly or unwillingly, you wouldn’t answer). Sometimes you had Ni-ki in tow (only for him to be cast aside anyway), and sometimes you strolled alone, subconsciously keeping an eye out for the man that had somehow bewitched your heavy heart.

You didn’t know when the line blurred between admiration and romance, but you quite simply didn’t care because the Jake Sim had given you his time in return for conversation. He seemed to be enjoying seeing you, talking to you, breathing with you, sitting with you so close that your shoulders almost touched and you could lean over and kiss him. Out of all the pretty humans, he wanted your time, your affection, your words, and your smiles. And you certainly weren’t complaining.

At times you’d find yourselves talking about anything and everything in the world, and at others, you’d fall into silence, bedridden with comfort. His presence grew consolatory to you, an aphrodisiac you’d simply succumbed to throughout the routine of your lifestyle. His figure often occupied your thoughts before you slept, and you’d wake up to the chirping birdcalls in anticipation of your next meeting. Dreaming, you were, as you floated with your feet in the dappled clouds blessed with the warm sunshine that was Jake’s laughter.

Deep within your mind, buried for a later reflection was the hidden notion of restriction, of not being allowed to fall for the charms of his royal highness. A dangerous tightrope you pranced on, shying towards his flirtatious advances and straying away from the acceptance of your feelings. You knew that one day had to come to terms with reality, but that day was not today, not yesterday, not tomorrow. Soon, you presumed, soon enough to infiltrate your worries but not soon enough for you to distance yourself from your growing affections.

One day, when the night sky was particularly clear and the white stars were particularly bright, Jake asked you a simple question.

“Y/N, what happens when you… you want something you can’t have?”

You turned to your side, meeting the heavy, cautious glance of the human next to you. Jake always seemed very grown up to you, perhaps because of his princely duties, but at this very moment, he resembled a childish boy, as if he had broken a vase behind his mother’s back and tried to hide from his consequences.

You couldn’t tell if you enjoyed his cautious vulnerability, but you did have the slightest inkling of the layers hidden underneath his seemingly simple question.

“Well, it’s human nature, your royal highness. I suppose it—”

“No but, what happens?” he prompted, effectively cutting your words off and leaving you wordless.

“Well,” you started after some consideration, trying to phrase your answer quite sensibly, “well then, it’s simple. You bear the consequences. Because Jake, we all want what we can’t have.”

And the look on his face haunted your dreams for many nights.

The royal banquet was an event many anticipated, Jake very well included. Delicacies from far and wide were served upon gold platters (made with numerous ingredients such as the pears Jake was discovered feasting on), and although it served as a chance for royal delegations with countries much like theirs, the entire palace staff was invited. It was an occasion simply to remember, and Jake being excited was a bit of an understatement.

Jake couldn’t deny that a factor of his enthusiasm was your attendance this year. Despite having many acquaintances, the only person Jake typically interacted with at formal events was Sunghoon, and your presence would be a nice contrast to his usual experience.

(And maybe he’d been waiting for a chance to see you outside of your occasional garden getaways, but he’d never admit to it.)

From the moment Jake arrived at the occasion, his eyes were searching for you. Although he knew training kept you for quite a while, his gaze was always focused on the entrance, hesitantly waiting with a chocolate mousse in hand.

“Sunghoon, when do you suppose the knights will arrive?”

“Your Highness, not to be disrespectful but you’ve asked this question thrice already. They will be here soon, I swear.”

“Sorry Sunghoon,” Jake responded, embarrassed but too bashful to care, “as you can see, I’m quite impatient.”

“It is quite obvious, your Highness. Here, why don’t we preoccupy ourselves with conversation? I’m sure our comrades from far and wide will be expectant to speak a few words with you, hmm? It will take your mind off, ahem, a particular other person.”

Conversation was the plan and Jake followed it, mingling with his guests to distract himself. As a prince, Jake was born and raised to frequent polite manners and converse equivalently, but truth be told, his usual acquaintances were young women seeking a way to his heart (and his money). At normal times he wouldn’t be bothered by such minor inconveniences, but today he just couldn’t seem to return the same flirtatious advances.

Maybe it was due to the certain soldier lingering at the tip of his tongue, the corners of his brain. Jake was extremely lucky that he was graced with a good enough appearance that women seemed to be entranced by because, without it, he most likely would’ve received complaints regarding his obvious disinterest towards people who garnered it.

He was able to flutter around casually until his mother pulled him aside, excitedly urging him to direct his attention to his father’s annual oration. Jake was, simply put, perplexed as to why she was so enthusiastic about a simple speech, but he followed his mother’s orders, anticipation bubbling inside his ever-so-faint heart.

He should’ve protected his heart while he could’ve.

“With proud honor, I would like to announce the betrothal of my son, Jake Sim, to the elegant princess of the Shin kingdom, Princess Yuna!”

The only emotion Jake felt was numbness. Despite Sunghoon shaking his shoulder like a madman and a multitude of cheers resounding around him, the only thing that phased Jake was the distant sound of a plate crashing, igniting an unknown fear hidden deep within his heart.

And as clapping echoed around Jake, he whipped around to see broken shards of glass speckled on the floor, and the love of his life running away with the intention of never seeing him again.

In many novels you had read the phrase ‘the heart grows fonder with distance’, but you never assumed it to be true until you started evading the prince.

It had been approximately three weeks since your last meeting (not that you were counting), and you seemed to be facing insanity. Once a narrative that followed romance novels, your tale now diverged into that of heartbreak and sorrow, betrayed by the person whom you were most bewitched by.

No books in your library explicated how to heal a torn heart, so you confided in the most trustworthy source you knew: Nishimura Riki.

“See Y/N, this is why you should never trust a man.”

“But Ni-ki you—”

“I’m the exception.”

Was your best friend the most suitable option for comfort? Mayhaps not, but he tried to the best of his abilities, and you appreciated his efforts.

Three consecutive knocks startled the both of you and before you could even stand upright, Ni-ki had opened the door, coming face to face with the royal commander. The both of you bowed to your superior, who merely waved the formalities off and requested an audience for a short while.

“Knight Y/N, I request you see the prince immediately as—”

“With all due respect Sir Sunghoon, I have no desire of interacting with his royal highness ever again.”

“Y/N—”

“My decision is final.”

With a dejected expression and a heavy heart, Sunghoon left the building, leaving you with a shattered mind and a dull ache in your chest. Today’s interaction had broken the thin wall you had mentally built to separate you and your lover, and you traveled right back to the beginning as if you had just run away from a shattered glass plate and a wedding announcement.

The only word to describe your predicament was reality. You and Jake had spent weeks floating around in the heavens, soaring through the skies like kites let free. Now your feet were grounded, bound in shackles that hauled behind you, growing heavier and heavier with each teardrop.

You suppose there was a way to free yourself, but it wasn’t a solution that would be found yesterday, today, or tomorrow. Once soaring, you were now drowning, ruined in the faint memories of him, him, and only him.

Days passed with monochromasy, and you buried yourself in work with the hopes of distraction. The gardens were a plate untouched, unseen to your naked eye, and instead, you frequented the confines of your bed, once slumbering with dreams about a certain man now only to slumber with cold rivulets gushing down your cheeks instead.

Hatred filled your once curious heart, seeping deep within chambers once filled with pliant affection. You found yourself obsessively irritated at training, lashing out at your colleagues for the simplest of matters and aggressively sparring during practice. As a knight, you well knew that patience was key, but Jake Sim had ignited your murderous streak and cursed you with eyes of red vision, fury the only lens through which you noticed your surroundings.

But most ironically, you hated that you wished him back. Dusk was spent with tear-stained cloths and torn newsletters, every inch of your being reminding you of who you once were. And you hated that while you were suffering, he was enjoying his new fiancé, frequenting ballrooms and relishing lively conversation.

You wanted him gone (and yet you wanted him close). You really did.

“So, Jake, what’s your favorite color?”

Jake hated everything about this setup. Currently, he was spending time with his bride-to-be (his parents had forced him to for a good relationship), and he wouldn’t be lying if he said this was extremely awkward. There was nothing wrong with Yuna per se; in all the right circumstances, Jake would’ve thought her an ideal bride. However, she wasn’t you. She wasn’t the one that he was in love with, the one that flitted through his dreams every night, the one he spent every day thinking of, the one he was smitten with.

“It’s blue. Yours?”

“Mine too!”

They both fell silent. Silence. Whenever the noise diminished between you and Jake, it felt comfortable. It was nice to cherish and he basked in it. But this silence? This silence was awkward, something he wanted to throw off a jagged cliff and never see again.

“You’re in love with someone, aren’t you?” Yuna suddenly asked, chewing on a piece of asparagus.

“What? Of course not. And even if I was, it wouldn’t matter.”

“Jake, I don’t want to spend an eternity with someone that doesn’t love me.”

His heart softened at her words, and he turned to glance up at her calculating gaze as if he was a mathematics theorem she was meant to prove. And Jake despised math.

“But we can’t—”

“We can Jake. If you will for something so badly, the universe will grant your wish. And I can see your desperation, Jake. You’re in love.”

“Stop. Please. Don’t make this harder than it has to be.”

They both fell silent again but this time it seemed tense, conniving. After a few moments of shifting the uneaten steak on his plate, Jake spoke up again.

“I apologize. I shouldn’t have been so impolite,”

“No no, the fault is mine. I intruded into decisions that you should be making, and I just heavily influenced you.”

“If you don’t mind me asking, have you ever been in love with someone Yuna? Do you know what it feels like?”

Yuna stopped playing with the food on her plate, freezing at Jake’s words.

“I have been in love, actually.”

Jake waited silently, noticing Yuna’s shaking hands.

“Love is a fragile thing, Jake. Once shattered, no matter how much you try to put the pieces back together, they won’t ever fit the same. I shattered it, Jake. I shattered my love for her because I wasn’t brave enough to back out of this arrangement.”

With caution, Jake outstretched his arm, silently holding Yuna’s as a sign of comfort. Although he couldn’t see her teardrops, he could hear them.

“Please Jake, please don’t make the same mistake as me.”

He looked up at her, teary-eyed and soulless, urging him on.

And then he ran.

He ran and he ran, as far as his legs could take him and even past the point of that, with only one goal in mind. Time felt supersonic, a blur that he seemed to experience only with the presence of you. Your name was all that echoed in his mind. He didn’t know where you were, or how you were doing, but he knew he had to find you. To tell you how much he loved you, how much he wanted you, how much of a fool he was letting you go. He was an idiot. But he was yours.

Your house was the first place he had visited, opening the door to a slightly angry Nishimura who relaxed once realizing the situation. He didn’t know where you were. He tried the training ground, only to see it empty. The garden, and the banquet hall, all empty. He felt like he was losing his mind, a game of cat and mouse making him a madman.

And then it hit him.

He burst open the doors to the stage, seeing you sitting on top, tracing mindless circles into the polished wood. You looked up at his entrance, your eyes filling with rage and angst as you turned to get up and leave the area.

He hated it. Eyes once filled with love and affection towards him now were violent. He loathed that he was the cause of your misery. And he was going to do everything to fix it.

“Y/N! Y/N please, please don’t leave. Just listen to me for five minutes. That’s all I ask.”

You stilled, your backbone facing him. “And why should I?”

“Because, because I made a mistake. I’ll admit it; I knew that day would come. I knew my fate was predetermined and it was my stupid fault for being a coward to not change it. And yes, I made a mistake in falling for you.”

“Is this what you—”

“But I don’t regret it. Not one bit. Because if loving you was a mistake, then I’d make it over and over again for the rest of my life. If loving you was a mistake, then suddenly I adore mistakes, because loving you was the best thing that could ever happen to me.”

He trudged up the platform, facing your tearful eyes.

“You once told me that we all want what we can’t have. I couldn’t have you Y/N. But I wanted you. I still do, so, so badly.”

He kneeled, handing you the sword he’d dubbed you with the first day you two had met.

“I want to be with you Y/N. No matter how hard it is, I want to try. So will you dub me as a knight for your love?”

He couldn’t tell what you were thinking. With tears streaming down your face and his heart pounding out of his chest, he braced himself for the worst, closing his eyes shut.

Only for you to shakily shift the blade from his shoulder to shoulder, dropping down to your knees and hugging him, crying into his shoulder.

“Knights swear an oath to never do the wrong thing, you idiot,” you speak softly, breathily, and he can feel your small smile against his shoulder. “Then I’ll be an idiot. Your idiot.”

[yoongsisbae]

OK DUDEEE YOURE AMAZING I JUST READ YOU ASKED FOR NAME AND SNEJDJEJ

it’s so good 😭😭😭 first of all I’m too dumb to be reading amazing and smart plot like this second of all my poor baby y/n 😭 I understand and relate to her a lot and what happened to her still happens to many women in my culture 🥺💔

I loved your writing so much it was so well written but as I said I’m legit too dumb to be reading such a good fic , what happened at the end ? I’m still confused 😭 but omg I did not expect her to carve his name on her arm that was sooo smarttttt and badass

You know I wish this wasn’t relatable 💔 but I also relate to her in ways it’s hard to express (guess that’s why this story exists huh lol). I’ve had friends who have had to deal with their parents pressuring them to marry a certain type of man for religious reasons when they don’t want to, so even though it’s not my personal experience, my heart hurts for those who have to go through such things even in this day and age.

I’m happy to talk more about this world! 💗 I learned a bunch about fae lore to be able to write this, what I gathered is names are very powerful to fairies, you should never give your name up to a fairy basically or they will have a certain kind of power over your life. My interpretation was that if you learn the fairy’s name too it doesn’t really cancel out their power over you per-say but you too have a certain influence over them now.

So basically, y/n is not going to be clouded by fairy!jimin’s glamour anymore. Which..now that she’s in the human realm really screws over jimin because his power won’t be as lethal (unless she wants it to be). He was basically using y/n’s rage and hurt as a lightning rod for his fae magic, but now that she is not as easily influenced, she’s going to make it very difficult for him in the human realm…now she’s stronger and can get him to do things for her! I imagine her deciding to visit her hometown with a very annoyed fae in tow while he tries to convince her to let him take over the human world instead (fairy!jimin is a hypocrite 🥲) lol.

But, as I also learned, time runs differently in the fairy realm, so a lot of time has passed since she was back in the human realm, her parents are old or dead and all her friends are grannies, so now that she’s back and basically has nothing left…and still can’t really do much without a man (step in fairy!jimin) does she use him now or decide to go back to the fae world where she doesn’t have all these societal rules she has to follow that she now dislikes after living in the care free fairy realm…how will the dynamic change with her and the fairy prince if she does decide to go back? (will fairy!tae end up having a bigger role in her life 👀) I think it would be kind of fun to see her rebel in the fairy realm. These are all questions I asked myself while writing the ending, but it’s safe to say y/n now has finally gained her own agency which is all I wanted for her in the end. 💕

Thank you again for the enjoying my story, all I wanted for this story was to reach readers like you who might see themselves in this y/n. YOU are a badass 💗

[rayroseu]

Rambles about Book 7 lol

AAAAAAAÀAAA 😭😭😭 THIS IS SO AUGHHH THE MEANING BEHIND THIS INFO !!!!!! knowing that the first thought of Lilia in encountering Silver was that he should kill him to avenge Meleanor and Levan and that his purpose of adopting him is that he wants to believe he can love a human as well AND LILIA TEACHING THIS HUMAN BABY HOW TO LIVE DESPITE THE MANY CHANCES HE GOT TO GET RID OF HIM AUGJAURIWUTJW AND MAY I SAY LILIA WENT FROM DISTANTLY BEING ATTACHED TO THIS BABY AND THEN TRANSITIONING UNTO WANTING FOR HIM TO LIVE AND WITNESS HIM GROW UP AAAAAAA😭😭✨✨✨

IF I CRYYYY MELEANOR HAUNTS THE NARRATIVE 😭💞💕💞✨

LMAO not the faes snitching this info to malleus ofmg 😭✨

lowkey this is me as well i think babies are kinda ugly too KDHJAEJ especially when they cry 💀🔥🔥

YOU CALL THIS ADORABLE HELPPPP 🤣🤣🤣okay but in all seriousness, we rarely get this easy sarcastic Malleus, he's always too formal around NRC and often his humor lands amiss to other charas which doesnt prompt him to present this trait, but its so sweet that he seemed to be "truly himself" in the cottage scenes where its just him Lilia and Silver🥺✨ his voice doesnt feel "authoritative" too like a dorm leader, its just malleus and his difficulty in getting along with the random baby lilia caught lol

I remember this line was translated as a flower nectar?? but they kinda saying the same and i like this paraphrase that Lilia thinks of Milk as nectar for baby humans, like how Malleus often relates tech to some magical ritual lol

crying at this line, knowing that Malleus says this because he has broken several many things bcs he couldnt control his strength and perhaps there were things that Lilia owns that he accidentally destroyed as well so he tries to mend this uncontrollable strength of his in order to not be an inconvenience😭✨

NURSEMAID???? YEAH NURSEMAID CALLED LILIA VANROUGE 😭😭💔💔💔 and AAAAA not once did Malleus search for this tune??? not even sing it to Maleficia and Lilia so as to inquire about it 😭✨💔💔 this is when you know this lullaby IS truly MELEANOR'S LULLABY because everyone of the characters only heard it from her !!!😭😭😭💔💔

I love this response from Malleus lol, also i feel like some situation will challenge Lilia's love for humans again, like can you still love humans if they commit the same crime again to Malleus as they did with Meleanor?? Twisting their personality and actions so as to validate their fear?? Can you still say that faes should make an effort to make peace with them when repeatedly it was the humans who wasnt willing to udnerstand faes to begin with ? 😭✨ its a realistic worry fitting for a king that'll rule for centuries, maybe bcs he has this instinct that humans are epehemeral and so are their promises.

Thinking about it a bit more, its true that what Levan does is futile effort because the issue between humans and faes, Briarland and Silver Owls is too much that it cant be resolved by just understanding each other.

Levan wants the war to stop but obviously that can't happen because the bigger factions of each natioj are resolute at their stance that Briarland is owned by faes or humans, no in between. He can't immediately fix the mentality of higher faes and Meleanor with their hatred of humans and vice versa with the human officials like Henric,

but what he can do to decrease the casualties of this conflict is to pave way for the COMMON folk to understand each other, if he can make way for the common fae and the common human to talk to each other, then it might decrease the misunderstanding between the common fae and common human (assuming that both parties arw willing to be understanding)

its really a long shot and a gamble to aspire for considering his country's situation, and its effects would take a while to impact and honestly it took so much important people and years just to have his dream of peace, i wish we could get an input about what he feels about this

considering his kindness he might be happy, but im kinda sad its really tragic the implication of how the faes had to earn their peace and atone for a conflict that they didnt even start with,

based on Lilia, it took 400 YEARS just for the humans to sign a peace treaty, maybe in the eyes of the faes, thats just a piece of paper, so they waited and grieved the lost of their Princess Meleanor and many of their fae soldiers and Prince Levan and ALMOST the entirety of their continent, just for these humans to sign an 400 year long overdued peace treaty?? so the faes that died couldve been saved if these humans could spare some compassion and ink to sign a treaty-- It kinda feels like they're insulting their grief (in the faes point of view atleast), whats the purpose of having this paper peace treaty when they have lost so much already?? I WISHHH the story could delve more into the grief of faes,

kinda lowkey mad they just swept Lilia's grief by the humans just cuz he encountered a few good ones, i wouldve love to see him being vengeful then learning how to convert that grief to love again just like Maleficent in the live action, bcs it would be very meaningful on this way, Lilia can truly say he has learned how to love because he experienced real deep hatred---but AAA its whatever this storyline is good as well, just kinda feels general lilia's belief converted to present!lilia a bit too fast to my liking lol

its really intriguing how before book 7 the faes dislike of humans seems so dramatic but now after book 7 it all makes too much sense 😭✨

(can you guys tell i play too much reverse 1999 bcs i ramble too much about morals and politics between different races now JHDJWHRJW)

[the-danmei-multiverse-and-angst]

The Final Masquerade: MM Fantasy Novel

My Review:

The Final Masquerade was spellbinding and mesmerizing and delicious and... like a beautiful bewitching enchantment, that fairytale that comes to close and once the curtain falls, you wish for more and never want it to end. 🤌

The Final Masquerade was magnificent and phenomenal.🤌

I had chills and tears at the end. I love Raoul and Brice. I loved Brice's brother, Charon. 💗💗🌟

There was pain in this book, angst that grips your heart in a tight clasp, and it ended splendidly. I am in awe. 🤌

"It began with love, the tales tell. And love ended its curse. But love never truly ends, and neither does the masquerade. Listen on the wind on the longest night, listen hard, and you might hear its call. Come, it beckons, take my hand, come with me, to the masquerade ball…" 🥺😭💘

It's a siren song, a bewitching tale you never want to end. It calls to you... The paragraph quoted above is at the end of this book and it...gave me chills and made my eyes tear up, like a wistful dream, like I was in the Masquerade, in the story, and I do not want it to end. 😭😭

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There were so many things, incredible lines of the story to be quoted, but in Lucie V.' review, 💅 nailed them all and I agree with pretty much everything in their review 👍💯

I just love this book so much that I can't stop saying it, again. I really did not want it to end and yet here we are 🥺🥲💖. I will definitely be rereading sometime in the future, for this story, to me is unforgettable. I always love stories depicting fae, beautiful and bewitching and sometimes cruel and deceitful immortal beings. Definitely one of my top favorite books this year.

I will definitely be rereading this book, probably quite a a lot sometime in the future. It beckons even now, but my dear heart needs to recover first. 💔 Thank you, Author, for such an incredible story. 💖💖💖💘🤌

BE WARNED ⚠️ There are some Trigger Warnings readers should be aware of. It's in my review on Goodreads along with another good review by Lucie V. My review is also on StoryGraph.

(If you haven't read this, and you like MM Fantasy romance novels, please read it and if you are an artist, I think this novel needs some fanart 👀 Please. Don't be shy 🤣💗.)

[amourfae]

hi fae!!! saw these edits & thought of u :> hope you’re well hehe 💗💗

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mai mai !! tysm for the edits 💗 and ty for thinking of me 🥺 that's srsly so sweet of you <33 ☹️ srsly ilysm bff!! 🫶 hru? i hope you’re doing well ♡ and i’m so sorry for responding so late 😭😭 tumblr kept crashing on me whenever i tried to reply 💔💔 i’m just thankful it’s finally letting me reply, hopefully this actually goes through though 🥹🙏 hehe also omg reminds me, i’ve been meaning to send you more edits soon!! hopefully i can send them to you soon <33 i hope you have a great day/night bestie!!

[read-watch-listen-17]

SPOILERS - Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass book 7)

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It took a lot longer for me to process everything that happened in this book than I thought it would and then Christmas happened so here are some of my final commentary/thoughts on this book.

Aedion talking to Evangeline and Lysandra 💔

Manon showing up with the Thirteen and the Crochans, I felt like I was watching the scene from LOTR when they’re at Helms Deep and the Elves show up, and I’m not mad about it. That’s one of my favorite things. ❤️❤️❤️

😭😭😭😭😭 It was sad enough when I thought Abraxos was going to die, but then the Thirteen went and sacrificed themselves. My heart is broken for Manon. But it does sound like the wastes are coming alive again. So suffering, but we’re happy about it?

Okay now that my emotions have settled after that rollercoaster of Lock forging. I was hoping the same thing Rowan was. That if Aelin and Dorian did it together it would only take half their magic, but of course there’s a loop hole kind of. She lied to Rowan 🥺 but she did it. With a little help from Mala of course, but had she not asked about Elena that may not have happened. I think it’s sad that her power is basically gone now though. She’s permanently Fae which isn’t a bad thing. How are they going to destroy all the valg without her fire though? Not to mention Erawan and Maeve? I feel like we took one step forward and two steps back.

Evangeline and Darrow were adorable, and that he gave Aedion back the sword and reconciled with Lysandra AND asking Evangeline to be his heir ❤️❤️❤️

THIS IS SO INTENSE!!!!

NOOOOO!!! GAVRIEL!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

I had to put down the book after that and I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to be able to pick it back up.

Aelin spilling all of Maeves secrets and plans to Erawan was hilarious!

THEY DID IT!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 THAT WAS SO INTENSE!!! 

I love that Fenrys got to stab Maeve, and that Aelin told her to go to hell.

I don’t know what the right word to describe it is, but the fact that Aelin doesn’t set foot inside the city, her home, until the final battle is over, just...I don’t know how to describe it. It just gets to me, like it fits, it’s right. And that conversation between her and Darrow when she reaches him. That Aelin told Evangeline to win her back her throne and she kind of did. It was all very well thought out.

Aelin and Aedion’s reunion 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

Aelin giving Gabriel the blood oath even in death 😭😭💔💔

Lorcan and Elides conversation, and Lorcan saying he’ll bind his life to hers so neither will have to live without the other!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love that Aelin keeps her word to Aedion and she gives him the blood oath in front of everyone at her coronation just like he wanted 🤣 and the Little Folk give her Mabs crown again. Which fits perfectly with her other crown. ❤️

Everyone gets to go home, including the witches who received proof the lands are no longer dying. Lorcan and Elide get married. Aedion and Lysandra engaged, and Yrene promises to return when Aelin is pregnant ❤️

And of course one thing I’ve been waiting to see since it was first mentioned. Aelin looks out her balcony one morning to see everything covered in blooming Kingsflame. All her hard work and everything they’ve all been through, she gets confirmation that the better world she was working toward is theirs.

This book, this whole series was just amazing. I can’t believe it took me so long to read it. Now all I want is to read it again, but it’s so long and I have other books I want to read as well. Including A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City. I don’t know how anything can compare to Throne of Glass though. I’m almost afraid to read anything else. Although my TBR list has exploded recently, thanks booktok. Now that I’ve semi recovered from Throne of Glass I guess it’s time to start ACOTAR. Crossing my fingers it’s as good as people have said.

[swcetnight]

Fae you really said I will keep my readers in the dark for as long as I possibly can😂

I suspected nothing else but chapter 3 was exquisite again. I loved it despite wanting to shake oc for not talking to tae. Girl don't make this harder for you.

The airport scene is clearly one of my favorites. It was so beautiful and bittersweet at the same time. It felt like a goodbye (forever) but still they loved so deeply😭💔 I'm so soft

I was also so happy about oc's addition invitation after so many closed doors, she finally found an open one. And our girl will rock this for sure. But Namjoon has something to do with it mhm🤔 Tae, you are sus again. What did you do?

And the video is quite sus. Where do you got it tae? I want to know it now🔪

And in the soop as a comfort show with seven best friends please, this is so cute🥺

Once again thank you for all the effort you put into this series. I am so excited for every chapter💗

I hope you have a great week. Take care of yourself. I am sending you so much love💖 Love you Fae

🌸 Bloom

And another bloom song, you are a whole cutie💖

BLOOM ANON!! 🌸🤍

hello hello!! i was so excited to see that you had sent in an ask-- but i wanted to make sure that i was fully awake so i could write out a decent response!!

thank you so much for the love regarding chapter 3!!! 🥺🤍 oc is definitely.... struggling to talk to Taehyung... but don't worry... you might see some actual conversation in the next chapter!!

the airport scene was literally SO much fun to write!! 😭 it was a nice change from writing about them only being friends, so I was able to play with their relationship a little bit!! i really enjoyed myself, so im glad that the readers were able to enjoy that bit too!! can we just talk about IDY boyfriend!taehyung… brb gonna go cry.

you know who else is happy about that audition notice??? OC. as you could tell from her squealing 😂 what did tae do? .... taehyung TOTALLY DIDNT do ANYTHING to make sure that oc got her time in the spotlight.... he TOTALLY didnt....

your asks are something that i look forward to every single time i post a chapter, and in general-- if i see you in my inbox, i get very excited to hear what you have to say!! so thank you for sending such wonderful asks and being such a supporter of IDY!! it truly means the world to me!! 🥺🤍🤍🤍

I love you more bloom anon!!! 🌸 sending you all the love and happiness that this world has to offer!

read “It’s Definitely You” here!!

[rayroseu]

💚 Malenoa and Levan FanDesign Notes

okayyyy 4th post of me manifesting a reveal of Malleus DNA 😂🙏✨✨

this is based mostly on crowley is levan theory

• • • these are just mainly doodles and rambles ‼️

im. so. so. desperate for more dragons in this game. i hope u guys know that akdjkaksks cuz like,,,,, why did Levan had that eastern dragon title if he aint that....😭😭 I want it bcs its a nice reference to Halloween event!!!🐉💚✨✨

You know!! Like how Halloween event signifies Levan and GloMas signifies Malenoa (i think in terms of their clothing?) and those two events focused GREATLY on Malleus' character ✨✨

( this is my sketch design of him--- i wanted to draw Levan in the halloween costume ✨✨)

I'm really fine with Crowley being Malleus' dad😂 (convinced myself to just cope with it if it came true 😂💥)

as long as the story doesn't write it off as like a silly thing or he's written off as a jerk who left Malenoa for milk (which is most of the memes correlating for this theory lol)

(i doubt TWST will write it off like this they will twist it very tragically for sure 😭 all for their best marketing boy Malleus yk✨‼️)

But uh, Princess Malenoa wouldnt actually fall for some himbo like Crowley right... KJDKAJS

PLUS YOURE TELLING ME CROWLEY USED TO BE A

1. FUTURE KING

2. HE GOT THE APPROVAL OF LILIA??? TO MARRY MALENOA???

3. THE APPROVAL AND SUPPORT OF THE FAE NOBLES AND COMMON FAES TO MARRY THEIR BELOVED PRINCESS

4. THE APPROVAL OF QUEEN MALEFICIA TO HAVE HER DAUGHTER⁉️⁉️

so being normal WAS an option dire crowley😭 what went down bird principal 💥💥

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(i think Malleus got his expressions from Levan hehe and also his empathetic side who wants to connect with others)

Also realizing that if Crowley is ever a dragon then his masking is on point because the crow mask covers his potential dragon scales and the silly hat can cover his horns lol

and if he's ever truly Malleus' father, i hope he has a tragic/good reason why he let him overblot and the best he could do before malleus snapped was order the students --who are obviously inferior to Mal-- to stop and fight him😂😭💥‼️

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I realised that since Princess Malenoa is their leader in military, there's a chance that she was also in charge of designing Land of Briar's military gear--

Plus!! We know Malleus designs clothes for Groom Lilia!!

So, that means she's the one who dressed up Lilia's general garments? 🥺✨

Thus, the design I thought of her is like a mixture of Malleus' Masquerade Outfit and Lilia's General Outfit ‼️✨

I put roses on her horns bcs I love the thought she's connected to roses-- its more like a decoration on her headpiece, kinda like what Maleficent wears in the live action.

I think Maleficia and Malenoa are more welcoming in displaying their draconic features rather than hiding it like Malleus. Because that's what you really do as a dragon fae and its more comfortable✨✨‼️

also bcs i think Malleus scales are so pretty (only for him to hide it behind his bangs💔💔💔) like honey... why are you hiding them aaaa (bcs he doesnt want to look more scary right...) 😭 I still hope he actually transforms into a dragon, i dont care if hes going to be so overpowered that we'll need 20 turns to empty out his HP‼️💥💥

I desperately wish Malenoa and Levan are sweetly in love because when the scene comes where both of them perishes its going to hurt real good in my heart knowing they wouldve been the sweetest parents for malleus 🥲😭💔

[rayroseu]

AKJZKAKAKDJQKDJA HES HERE !!! HE HAS ARRIVED !!!! 🥺🙏✨✨✨💖💖💕💝

PRETTY PRINCE ANGEL SO PERFECT 🤍🤍🤍

tbh i like this fairy gala more than the 1st one SOLELY bcs of this card asdfhsj white literally is silvers color 🤍 he looks so ethereal w fairy fashion!! IM STILL SWOONING omg😩💕🙏

ow??? that line and silver's distressed expression---- stop my heart-- 😭💔

now i wanna see silver roundhouse kick sum1 with those steel-like boots omfg

*little silver sulking bcs no fae wants to play with a human in briar valley so lilia takes him on a flying stroll just to cheer him up* IS MY VISION FOR THIS VOICELINE IMMMMMMMMM😭😭😭💔💖💖 I LOVE THEM 💕💕💕