#I cannot draw rabbits I am sorry

[gaiaplantress]

So this is another thing for my Wei Sect AU - the time Wei Wuxian got cursed into a rabbit form and left poor Mo Xuanyu to figure out how to get his....mentor(?)/sect leader(??)/older brother figure(???) back to normal. Featuring my Wei Sect Mo Xuanyu design and my Nie OC Weiqiang - who is supposed to be playing assistant but appear to be distracted for some reason and is thus Unhelpful. "So wait that's Wei Wuxian!?" "I just said that Nie-Xiong." "The Yiling Patriarch!? "Who else would it be?" "...Why the fuck is he a rabbit?" "I do not know! That's what I'm trying to figure out! That's why I asked you here!" "Oh. Right. Uh, why me again? Wouldn't there be...?" "Because you're the only other cultivator that I thought still might talk to me, and I want to get this done before someone like Wen Qing or Hanguang-Jun take me apart for letting this happen." "What? I wouldn't let them! ...Wouldn't Hanguang-Jun be happy about him not being a threat anymore anyway?" "...You know what never mind. Just look at this, I think it's notes about what hew as doing before he got turned into a rabbit but I can't make it out." "....!" "Look at his handwriting. Why is it so bad. I'm not even sure what character is supposed to be. What do you think?" "...." "Nie-xiong are you even paying attention?" "...! Y..yeah, I am. I am."

[istormortis]

Kindof went ham on him but he's one of the main characters of the AU so why not :3c So went down the rabbit hole with this one and pulled my inspiration from a couple of sources, mainly from two artists on twitter that I stumbled across and wanted to expand on it further plus the original story for Obanai in KNY.

Initial design is based off of the first halloween set with Obanai and the large cobra art (2019/2020 set?) - my style is going in twenty directions and I am sorry orz

SHINOBU | TENGEN | KYOJURO | MITSURI | SANEMI | GIYUU MORE UNDER CUT~

Obanai was living his life easily as a snake demon, usually in the noodle form or a humanoid appearance until humans had seen him and thought he was some poor soul that was possessed so they tried to do an exorcism on him to rid of the demon in him. Unfortunately due to their limited knowledge they were unsuccessful and instead fractured his soul into two, leaving a raw side of him and the side that is often presented. At night he is cursed with Ianabi's presence, which emerges from his back. At first Ianabi retained a snake form but overtime his ire/anger towards people has grown and he's formed a human version of himself (hence why he's similar to what he looked like as a child + snake demon woman his family worshiped in the orig. story). He cannot move far from Obanai's body and at most is stuck in a room with him due to that he's a danger to other people and most importantly himself (whatever happens to one happens to the other).

When Ianabi (name given to by Kyojuro, Obanai backwards but with an 'i' instead of 'o') emerges, the color fades from Obanai's body and shifts to the other which often leaves him white haired and teal-eyed. Kyojuro and the others have tried to help, but Obanai has accepted that he's forever cursed until he's run into Mitsuri who wants to try and help them. She tries to be friendly to Ianabi but due to Obanai's general distrust and raw emotion its making it difficult for Mitsuri to win Ianabi /Obanai over though she is have much better luck than the others.

During the day while its Obanai, he is less likely to have moments of raw emotion/reactions but it can happen when he looses his temper and at times can lash out. When at night and the two parts of his soul are separated he's reserved and quiet, hiding away while Ianabi acts as a guard until morning. Tl;DR - Ianabi is a physical manifestation of Obanai's distrust and anger towards life and people. It's his ugly side that would be a metaphor but has become a physical representation of himself that slowly grows stronger the longer his soul remains broken.

For the artist credits there's two! hotlemon17 - for they were the ones that did the white haired Obanai and I was like!! YES he looks nice with white hair so I wanted to draw him with that gogo_washiya - For their comic that had Obanai and Mitsuri meeting, and at night is when the giant snake on his back emerges and I really liked that idea so that was the spur of inspiration for this portrayal

[iexistforidkwhatreason]

My experience with Lumii/HoneyStarlightz/Lumiidere/Lumii after dark/KiramekiCookie

I have to get this out of my system because I'm deadass tired of watching this person wander around as if they're innocent when they aren't, and I'm also annoyed because of people not noticing what this person does behind the scenes because it now takes one quick Google Search using the prompt "Luca Wii Sports" to go down the rabbit hole. This is about HoneyStarlightz/Lumii.

Lemme begin with the minor stuff. So you know how Lumii has a massive grudge against me because of most of, if not all the stuff I drew in my DeviantArt account? Almost everything there was drawn when I was a FUCKING MINOR. I am 20 years old as we speak, and most of the drawings Lumii mentions happened BEFORE MY 18TH BIRTHDAY on the 1st of December, 2021, and I'll admit, during most of that time, I was a dumbass, immature, and an edgelord. I then stopped posting anything bloody and/or revealing but continued to post harmless drawings before my 18th birthday happened. October 11th of last year was when I stopped posting on that account all together because I found out that DeviantArt was blaming Hamas and Hamas only for the Palestinian deaths and making it as if the Israel military didn't do a thing to innocent lives in Palestine after Hamas attacked.

Next, we have them making me look like an asshole for shipping Luca with Abby (The one shipart I made of the two apparently traumatized them). Back when I was 17, I decided to draw Abby and Luca, two Miis I'm not a fan of, nor close to, as a couple because I thought shipping the two was a good idea. I then posted the finished product on the 23rd of January, 2021. The drawing was not meant to traumatize anyone. It was JUST. SHIP. ART. OF. ABBY. &. LUCA. The only bad thing about that drawing was that I shoved my opinion of the two Miis down people's throats in the description by asking how the hell do people like them because to me, they're just not fun to play against at all, and even then, it was drawn three to four years ago, and I don't even ship the two anymore. I ship Abby with Wii U Barbara now. Mate, I didn't even know Lumii EXISTED back then, let alone know they had a massive love for Luca.

Next, there's the clear as day hipocrisy that people have yet to notice somehow. So you know how Lumii has "Opinion Bashers" on their DNI list, right? On that same list, they also have people that hate, despise, even dislike Luca, instantly making them a hypocrite because they said they don't want to interact with people who just cannot tolerate others having a different opinion while also saying that if you think Luca is not a good Mii, you're instantly on their shit list. Also, they said no exceptions, meaning you can be the nicest person in the world, but if you dislike Luca, go fuck yourself.

I have several friends that like Luca a lot, some of which are here on Tumblr. I do not like Luca. We get along perfectly fine. I don't understand why they feel like Luca haters and Luca lovers can't co-exist when they clearly can. Just don't be an ass to others when it comes to what you think of the character, mate.

Lastly, we have the fact that they cannot take criticism. They said criticism is prohibited on their DeviantArt profile, which means that you can say anything positive about their art, but if you say anything negative, then nope. Get out. Oh, I'm so sorry I gave you a harmless critique that was just saying what I didn't like and how you can improve. I apologize.

Seriously tho, how sensitive can you be to the point where you prohibit people from critiquing your work? Or is it that they can't criticize you? Or is it both?

Now we go to the bigger stuff, starting with the TRANSPHOBIA ACCUSATIONS and obvious delusion. They said, and I quote "please shut the fuck up for calling him "Lucapoopa", "Boring", "Annoying", "Scum" and "Tedious" for the love of fucking god, he's fucking overhated and y'all are too harsh and transphobic at him, fucking hell".

Luca is not canonically trans. Don't even say he is because of unused data because I did my research, and the only unused data he has is facial hair related. Don't get me wrong, Luca being trans is a HC that I'm completely fine with. If you want to headcanon him as trans, fine by me. Trans rights all the way, mate. Don't fucking call people transphobic just for disliking Luca tho! Luca is not canonically trans, and even if he was, bold of Lumii to assume that someone that hates Luca hates him because he's trans. He appears as an opponent in three games and there's a chance that he might piss you off in all three.

How delusional do you have to be to see someone hate a character that isn't trans outside of your HC and go "Oh, they're transphobic"?

Next, there's fullblown insensitivity. I decided to check on DeviantArt for something, and I get a DM from someone. We had a chat about Lumii, and in that chat, they showed this...

Can you spot the insensitive part? Here, I'll make it easier for ya.

I'm completely fine with people giving dark backstories to Miis in their HC, but there's a line, and you crossed it. Can we not do rape related headcanons, please? I feel like that should go without saying because, oh, I dunno, that shit is OBVIOUSLY IN BAD TASTE!

Lastly, there's something I cannot show here because if I do, I'm going to get in trouble... It has to do with porn...

Lumii has a total of three accounts that I bumped into while looking at Luca images on Google that have porn of Miis on them. They have a Newgrounds account (KiramekiCookie), which has two drawings of Luca porn, a Bluesky account (Lumii after dark), which has twelve, and a Twitter/X account with the same name, which not only has porn of Luca, but of other Miis too... AND THERE'S AN UNGODLY AMOUNT OF IT, MOST OF IT BEING LUCA PORN! TELL ME YOU'RE OBSSESSED WITH OUT TELLING ME YOU'RE OBSSESSED!

I make YOU uncomfortable, Lumii? I make YOU uncomfortable?! You drew Luca laying eggs, you drew a worrying amount of Luca porn, and yet you have the AUDACITY to say I make YOU uncomfortable when you're obviously worse, you fucking hypocrite?! You drew art that is bound to make several people uncomfortable the moment they see it on the THREE ACCOUNTS you have, you falsely accuse people of transphobia, you obssess over Luca an unhealthy and uncomfortable amount, and yet I'M the one in the wrong because I drew ship art of Luca and Abby and art that has blood on it years ago?! I don't get your logic!

BTW, for those who say that this could've been resolved privately, it couldn't because Lumii has blocked me on DeviantArt, and they also blocked me on an old Tumblr account of theirs too, meaning that talking to them was out of the fucking question. They CLEARLY did not want to talk it out. They just wanted to avoid me entirely while also antagonize me for shit I did years ago that wasn't even that bad compared to the crap they did.

Lumii, if you manage to see this, which I know you will because I know you have a Discord and I know someone's gonna send a screenshot to you on there... All of this could've been avoided had you just been a better person.

[pagodazz]

guys sorry I'm such a hater of people who draw habit as a rabbit ❤️❤️❤️ I'm a massive hater ❤️❤️ if you follow me just know I'm one of the biggest haters ❤️❤️ I'd never hate on anyone to their face/in their comments but I am always judging 😞😞😞 I cannot help it when it is my special interest

[dappersautismcreature]

i am mad at this tiktok trend of video essay recommendations, and not just because i have a very very intense special interest in video essays and youtube commentary. -___- guyssss, a video essay does not have to be scary or unsettling to be a GOOD video essay. all of yalls reccs are like, 20-something minute videos about "gadagoobies left toe: a creepypasta turned real" and tbh thats like, a sphere of video 'essay'. imma say it, and imma be a lil time-elitist here, but 20 minutes is a video, not a video essay. if youve chosen a topic, and said topic cannot fill more than like half an hour, consider me unimpressed in either your research skills or topic choice. not to mention, again, horror internet video essays are like fuckin, 1/10th of the video essays out there. show me breadtube video essays, movie video essays, whatever the hell Jenny Nicholson is doing, Ro Ramdin, Contrapoints??

do yall want me to show you my spreadsheet O___O ill show u my fuckin spreadsheet, theres so much more out there besides your half furry sprites talking about internet horror from 2011 for 23 minutes.

my reccs? literally anything by Ladyknightthebrave. she has very very in depth and emotional video essays about media, including a big focus on holocaust media as she is Jewish. her Jojo Rabbit/The Book Thief video makes me cry EVERY time, and i cry like ten times a year. ough, she has a video about Cowboy Bebop that focuses SO MUCH on the music! A video essay about a bad holocaust movie where she literally interviews holocaust expertsss! Her video on MASH made me go watch the whole thing, same with Stargate. and gods, her video about Fleabag blew me away. just pleeease go check ANY of her videos out.

Jenny Nicholson. you want random? she's got it. she has a video where she reviews every single Land of Time movie, and theres a LOT of those. She deep dives into the brony fandom. etc etc. i know she's popular but still, theres a reason for that.

Contrapoints. absolutely gorgeous video making about politics, self, etc. and she's queer as hell, amazing. I just can't describe the depth she puts into her videos.

FDSignifier. a huge part of breadtube (or leftist youtube) who makes a lottt of excellent video essays on black masculinity. Big, full videos, with a good perspective to see if you are a white viewer.

CJ the X just has a ton of excellent video essays as well. They are very intellectual.

Ro Ramdin, my gods, most of her videos are not what i would call video essays, but she tows the line. Emotional, funny, to the point, amazingly shot, and compassionate to the bone.

i probably have more but here's my point, branch out, dont put non-horror video essays down. we get it, you watch gore on liveleak and draw ur edgy fursona with scars all over them. (was that harsh? sorry, just uhhh please consider perspective and the culture of creepypasta/horror online being a cesspool of self harm via forcing ones self to watch upsetting things)

[shadowuserannie]

KOTLC Miraculous AU (pt. 3)

Part one;

Part two;

Nino: Jensi OKAY SO MY REASONING; the part that Nino plays is a fun friend who's totally detached from Adrien's modelling, upper-class life. So I ran into an issue with Keefe being both Nino and Chloe. (NO KEEFE BEING THE CHLOE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEIR FRIENDSHIP WILL END, FITZ WILL END UP WITH MULTIPLE BEST FRIENDS AND PLEASE READ FIRST PART FOR MORE DETAILS ON CHLOE KEEFE) There's also like. no other male main character that's even got anything other than Wylie. (and no offense to Wylie. He's cool I just permanently have him being at least 5 years older than the oldest of the main main cast mentally so it's hard thinking of him as anything but that and thus it's kinda awkward) so this is a chance to flesh out Jensi more!! He's also like, the kid who talks to people quickly and is really friendly, so I figured he'd be a good fit.

As for the rest of the characters, there's...welp this is the end. Mainly because I can't really find any other 'roles' they can fulfil since I've done the mains already. So they'll backfill, but I'll try to give them their own arcs as well.

For the adult characters, Sophie will be adopted by Edaline and Grady in the beginning already. They run an extremely successful bakery with multiple outlets across Paris. also should Jolie still be dead or be an older sister figure to Sophie? for funsies (and also because Amy's in a coma in the AU)

Gabriel: Alden. Yall knew this was coming the MOMENT I put Fitz as Adrien.

Felix: Alvar. HEAR ME OUT. ALVAR BEING MORE LIKE A DISTANT COUSIN (because reasons I haven't figured out yet) than older brother BECAUSE OF HOW OFTEN HE'S AWAY. Alvar returning and stirring Fitz into further rebellion (and making Alden remember why he threatened to disown his oldest son and failure) Alvar having his own agenda, that both lines up and collides with the heroes' (protecting Fitz, and then Biana when she returns)

Also just to clarify; my in-the-drafts AU is not season 1, season 2, season 3. Season 1 is mainly filler, and while I'm planning to use the 'villain of the week' eps turned into actual character development, I'm just trying my best. I also, plainly, just do not want to write 26/(maybe more including s2 eps) chapters just being recolors of the same episode with Sophie and Fitz's names over Mari and Adrien's. that is a rabbit hole I have seen many fall into and I don't think I could stand being that plotless (sorry)

Finally, depending on how much of the filler I cut, I'm looking at the entire story spanning about maybe two years at most. (keep in mind I am trying to avoid s4 and s5 entirely. just. no. I cannot draw out a reveal scene that long I'm trying to plan it in conjunction when Sophie and Fitz finally successfully hunt down the verse Master Fu)

[blossyossyossy]

Hi.... If you don't mind me asking, can I ask, what are your top 10 favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series/games/etc) and your top 5 favorite ships (can be canon or non canon) from any media ? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this questions before......

Hi! I would just like to start off by saying that I was not ignoring this ask, I was just waiting for a time to open up for me to write this long ass response!!

Top ten media:

The original Powerpuff Girls. Nothing will ever top this, not even Pokemon or Precure despite me posting about both far more often. The OG PPG is my favorite media of all time because, as corny as it sounds, I would not be who I am today without it. And plus, who doesn’t like to see three 5-year-old girls kick ass??

Pretty Cure. Yeah, yeah shocking for anyone who’s scrolled through my blog. Funnily enough, it used to be a trigger for me since I used to associate it with some people I’m no longer friends with, but once I coped with the situation, I was really enjoying myself!!! I think part of the reason why I love Precure so much is because it’s a comfort show for me at this point and because I’ve always been enamored by magical series but could never fully get into them. Except for Powerpuff Girls Z which I stand by my rating of 6/10. Oh, and I guess Sailor Moon since I’ve watched 3 of the hour-long movies that are on YouTube but I’ve never even watched a full episode of it. As for a specific Precure season, it would be Fresh Precure! It has Love Momozono (my favorite character of all time) in it, what’s not to love about that?

Danny Phantom. Another comfort show of mine. Danny himself is one of my favorite characters in general and the entire premise of the show is just so cool.

Pokemon. Yeah, yeah shocking for anyone who’s scrolled through my blog. If we ignore the Powerpuff Girls, then I would say that Pokemon has been the most influential piece of media for me. Like, PPG got me to the internet and into drawing but Pokemon got me long time online friends, enemies (lookin at you, homophobic pokemon fans), and improvement in terms of art. Plus, it’s the only series where I feel 100% comfortable writing fanfiction for. Maybe it’s because it was my longest (consistent) obsession, but I feel as though I can actually grasp the characters’ personalities. The animeverse’s characters’ personalities I mean.

Scott Pilgrim. Another comfort media. Did you know that I share a birthday with the Scott Pilgrim franchise down to the exact year? Too bad it took me until I was 18 to finally get into it but better late than never. I prefer the graphic novels, which I’ve read twice already. And since I got the 20th anniversary edition of them for free, that means it’s gonna be three times soon. But anyway, the Scott Pilgrim series unironically got me through some tough times, especially when it came to my nonexistent love life.

Okay, these last five medias are lowkey ass-pulls but shh. Super Mario 64 DS. Yes, the DS version specifically. I still fuck with the n64 version, but I grew up with the DS version instead. Fun fact, SM64DS’s 20th anniversary is coming up soon (November 21st, 2024)!! Other than nostalgia, it’s just a fun time all around except for that godforsaken silver rabbit mission. I cannot stand that bitch. But it’s just easy for me to get sucked into the game without even knowing, which is a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it’s one of the few medias where I can just lose myself in and a curse because it’s one of the few medias I can lose myself in.

Maximum Ride. Specifically the first book, The Angel Experiment but I have a soft spot for the series as a whole. The Angel Experiment is actually my favorite book of all time. I’ve read it at least four times as a child which doesn’t seem like a lot until you realize that it has upwards to 400 pages. The main character, the titular Maximum Ride, is a classic case of a badass motherfucker and I don’t mean that lightly. I adore how snappy and quick paced it is despite of how long it is. It’s probably due to the chapters being super short. Like, there’s at least a couple of chapters that don’t even fill an entire page. Maybe it’s because I had to read it in fifth grade, but it’s one of the few books that I return to time and time again. Not to say that other books that I’ve read are bad, I just prefer to consume more and more media rather than revisiting them.

Impractical Jokers. Very random choice, I know, but without them, I would not know what a chinchilla was probably until I got to college. For context, they had a crossover with another truTV show and somehow a chinchilla was involved in one of the pranks they were doing.

…Friday Night Funkin. I am cringe, but I am free. Banger music, I still don’t know why that was the rhythm game that drew me in despite me barely even using NewGrounds as a kid (FNF has that good ole NG humor for context).

 The Super Mario franchise! It has Princess Daisy in it, enough said.

Top five ships:

Amourshipping. My version of amourshipping is better than the majority’s amourshipping. Also, it was the reason why I really got into pokemon. Sure, I’d watch the Advance series before but Serena’s crush on Ash unironically got me hooked.

Jellowshipping. The girlfriends of all time!! They’re so sweet together I love them.

Kiribaku. They mesh well together, what can I say?

Lovesetsu / Setsulove. No, they’re not sisters. Don’t even think about bringing that discourse over here. Typical Setsulove fan here, adoring the fight they had in episode 23 and honestly episode 23 overall. It’s enemies to lovers, tragic yuri, (formerly) doomed yuri, opposites attract yuri, they were roommates yuri, and now long distance. Also, let’s be real, Love and Setsuna both associate each other with happiness. Moreso on Love’s part, but where else could Setsuna have gotten her title of the proof of happiness from, hmmmm?

Gray Ghost from Danny Phantom. They’re like setsulove but in reverse. Lovers to enemies and all that jazz I said earlier but minus the opposites attract because both of them are some stubborn ass teenagers. But even as enemies they bounce off each other so well. The push n pull of their dynamic is so intense cause the feelings were still there but…enemies🔥

Also, even if I had been asked these questions before, I'd still answer cause I love to talk about my interests!!

[cryptocism]

I just wanna say I think Frequency would be the funniest possible timeline to adapt that one canceled pitch of Sungirl making Bart raise her and Inertias baby. Like. Can you imagine.

i am genuinely so curious about the source of this pitch, do you have the interview where mckeever said this?

all i found during my brief internet dive was a tumblr post from 2023 talking about the cancelled pitch, a tv tropes page with the same info about a sungirl/inertia baby posted in 2021, a deviantart post from 2017 talking about a "pregnant silhouette" from the end of mckeever's run that was supposed to be sungirl (which i couldn't find but i might've missed), and finally the earliest mention i could track down: a comment on this scans daily page making the same claim from 2010 and saying mckeever explained the pregnant character was meant to be sungirl. a drawing in an issue i cannot find explained in an interview that i cannot track down for the life of me.

see i do want to find the source, but also the alternative of a 10+ year game of internet telephone is very funny to me.

anyway sorry this ask catapulted me into a googling rabbit-hole and i got way off track. uhh tbh the idea of an inertia/sungirl baby that bart is forced to raise is a little uninteresting to me personally. but accidental baby acquisition isn't a trope i seek out in general so yknow, personal taste.

i know in the tumblr post discussing it there was a lot of fun speculation about the potential baby's powers and how absurdly OP they would be with a combination of temperature powers and speed powers, but infants with god-like abilities is also not usually something i find super interesting. hard to write stories with problems or stakes when a character can instantly solve any problem you throw at them. (not impossible, obviously, but Difficult)

with magic systems as a whole i lean pretty sharply into Extremely Specific Abilities that can then be deconstructed and used in creative and interesting ways. (which is why writing speedsters is so frustrating for me because they have a laundry list of abilities and unlockable statuses that can occasionally render them immortal unkillable reality-bending time-traveling gods lmao. most of Frequency is me frantically applying internal/external limits and barriers to pretty much all these clowns so that the story can actually be a story and not an instant victory and/or TPK.)

ah shit i went on a tangent again. okay yes i can imagine it, and i hope someone who loves the idea and wants to is able to make it into something great, unfortunately it's not smthn that i vibe with

[prpfz]

🦊 hello! 19+, this message may differ a bit from other messages in terms of what it asks for... I don't have a specific plot or world in mind, only characters! I do not really like making new characters for the sake of organization stuff so, I am sending this in.

However I do not roleplay with canon characters, so this will be fandomless (mostly? I will expand on that later down)

I'm looking for casual rp- I try to send long messages or reflect the length of the message beforehand, but I haven't had the opportunity to really rp with anyone who writes very long paragraphs so I cannot say I reliably can. That being said, I do prefer messages that are not super long (I usually write one action+dialogue+maybe some inner thoughts in a message; I like being able to leave room for an action to be responded to rather than a long chain of actions in one message). I've primarily done group rps in the past, but I am open to trying 1 on 1 rp even if it intimidates me a bit (⁠;⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠). I respond when I can or when I feel I have the energy to, I am sending this message in at a bit of a busier time of life than usual but I won't ghost you completely! I will let you know if I can't respond, or have something else to attend to, or don't have inspo. I promise I don't hate you,, things happen, and I understand if the same happens to you.

I write and draw my own characters- I don't use faceclaims, only illustrations! If you do and think that having my illustrated characters vs faceclaim photos will be jarring, I think so too- I don't mind it, but if you do, definitely skip over this message.

As for the actual content, I have 6 fully written characters and a few more I might be persuaded to use, or at least rewrite before I use them.

2 space themed OCs- A cheerful, curious and upbeat female made of stardust (switch), and an easygoing amnesiac with something of a sadistic side and an "eye for an eye" mentality (dominant+top leaning)

3 animal/human hybrids who are a result of human experimentation, NOT anything like a mythical bloodline. All are traumatized but hide it in their own ways (think humans with animal ears/tails; I unfortunately just cannot get into furries, so apologies to anyone looking for furry rps)- A shy, withdrawn roe deer female who views herself as an outsider towards the general population but is something of a romantic, deep down; she just doesn't think it's something she'll ever experience (submissive-leaning switch), a seemingly dismissive, strict female albino rabbit that is kind to her friends of which she has... few (dominant-leaning switch), and a quiet, melancholic male arctic wolf that does not have much direction in his life and works as one servant among many for some rich person to fill up his time (submissive bottom only, sorry). These three originally have a backstory that is set in a futuristic setting, I can easily see myself fiddling with it for whatever the rp calls for.

The last fully written one is a mischievous male dimension traveler, who likes playing pranks and has some light abilities of his own. (submissive bottom only for him as well)

As for the others, two I assume are not very rp friendly because they are meant to be paired with each other in an obsessive relationship, and the other three I am dissatisfied with how I used to have them and still need to rewrite them. If it's important, one was a male-leaning nb switch and a result of some ritual/spell gone wrong, and the other two were soul collectors on behalf of death, one a more dominant male and the other a female (never really thought about her prefs tbh XP)

I prefer fandomless, but I am open to roleplaying OCs only in a fandom setting- something like a genshin au of our characters, for example. As long as I'm familiar with it, I can probably do that, but I prefer not to rp with canon characters.

Off the top of my head, fandoms I'm familiar (at least somewhat! Some of these I stopped engaging with a long time ago, but I know the basics at least) with are:

-Genshin Impact

-Honkai Star Rail

-Alien Stage

-Degrees of Lewdity

-Nu:Carnival

-Stardew Valley

(to the mun- You don't have to tag these, since I'm not looking for a primarily fandom-based rp^^)

I have very few hard limits; I won't engage in unsanitary kinks in rp, but it doesn't do much other than squick me out so I won't leave over it being there. I just won't rp it. Vore and inflation I definitely won't, and I don't prefer my characters being pregnant/impregnated. Pregnancy is not my thing, I won't engage with it, but again, I'm not going to leave over it. I just won't really touch it ^^

Also, although smut is fun, what really draws me into an rp is the story, so a primarily smut rp will probably end with me losing interest. When the smut has plot with it, though? Very different story.

One last thing- I have no problem with 🍪, although it would be quite OOC for most of my characters to be the older one in those scenarios. I don't mind brainstorming, though!

Anyways, that's it for now, and if you want me to add my characters to an rp/setting of yours, don't be afraid to reach out! I'd do something like check the likes on the post but I fear I'd lose where it is under other posts easily lol...

like or dm (I'm going to tag it all anyway you might decide you want to rp in them!)

[saintsenara]

💝💌

thank you for the ask, pal!

[writing ask game here]

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

the velveteen rabbit. i had underestimated how many haters the system of institutionalised childcare has in the harry potter fandom. as it should.

💌 share something with us about an up-and-coming work that has you excited!

do you like albus dumbledore?

do you like lord voldemort?

do you like dumbledore living? do you like voldemort being sent to azkaban because harry flops in the final confrontation? do you like dumbledore having some sort of thing for imprisoned mass murderers?

do you like a story with this as an extract?

Gellert was robust; a creature made strong and broad by Carpathian air and spring water, his back corded with muscles and his hands square and firm. Gellert was golden, a child of the forge and the lathe, a milk-and-honey boy with bright blue eyes and cheeks of burnished amber. Tom was none of those things. He was consumptive, brittle. Always a little too pale and a little too thin, with friable nerves and poisoner’s fingers. He would sit behind his desk and glower at me with his fathomless eyes, a smudge of black ink in a classroom filled by the rich and healthy - pink-cheeked and soft-bodied - and the bones of his face were like razors, as beautiful as they were deadly. The tendons in his wrist would flex, bird-like, whenever he moved his wand. His robes were secondhand, they were too short in the cuffs. The gin-soaked woman who attended to the orphanage had rattled off a list of ailments to me - as she herded me from her dominion after I had met him for the first time and been terrified - that he seemed to have been lucky not to have been finished off by. Influenza, scarlet fever, bronchitis, pneumonia. I ought to have told her that there was nothing she could have done. Snakes have an inherent loathing of the cold, his sickliness was genetic. I ought to have told the staff at Hogwarts this too, ought to have told the elves to stoke the fires in the dungeons high and lay an extra blanket on his bed. He was poorly-suited to the glacial damp of winter at Hogwarts. He was often ill, often absent from my classes with chills and wheezes. He still topped the year in every exam. He is still ignoring me, glaring out of the cell window, red eyes narrowed against the spray which dances from the sea. Azkaban cannot be doing him any favours, now that he is mortal once more. There is a veneer of damp clinging to his robes, tiny flecks of salt beginning to crust at the hems. There are chilblains on his skeletal fingers. I am not sorry that we allow him to live like this. But I am not triumphant either. ‘Tom -’ ‘That is not my name.’ ‘I will ask the Wizengamot to do something about the damp in here.’ ‘I have no objection to the damp.’ His voice sounds huskier than I remember even as he says this. It has lost a little of its effete malice. He must have a cold. ‘You won’t hold that opinion when you develop pneumonia,’ I say to him, a school-teacher’s admonition in my tone. ‘I have survived pneumonia before.’ ‘You should -’ ‘I have no desire to waste my time on hypothetical misery, Dumbledore. I am focused on the here-and-now.’ He turns to look at me. ‘I am still alive. That is all that matters.’ And this, this is why I told Harry we could not risk imprisoning him. Because there is a fire in his gaze, a fire which fever will only make worse, driving him to take, to fight, to survive. ‘I am alive,’ he says again, stepping towards me. ‘Which means you lost. Your precious little soldier could not bring himself to do the one thing you have trained him for since birth.’ He draws even closer. ‘I am not Grindelwald, Dumbledore,’ he croons, ‘content to stay put forever, dreaming of your caresses. This is not Nurmengard. The walls of Azkaban will not contain Lord Voldemort for long.’ He cannot know that Gellert once said much the same thing. I will not stay locked up here, Albus. I will escape. And my affections for you will mean nothing when I burn Britain to the ground. Nurmengard cannot hold Gellert Grindelwald. All that is stopping me from escaping right now is that I cannot think of a suitable way to kill you. ‘The only thing that hinders me is an inability to decide how I am going to kill you.’ He is irritated by the laugh which escapes me. I can picture quite clearly the way his nose would twitch, if he still had one, as it always used to when he was told off. Gellert was the same. Gellert was always the same… It is that, I will tell myself later. It is the fact that he is, both in that moment and forever, so exactly like Gellert, that causes me to forget myself. And to kiss him.

then you should watch this space!

[cartoon-buffoon]

Recently I was watching one of my favorite Sonictubers playing Alex Kidd, a different Sega game. Anyways I deeply love this YouTuber's content, I'm a regular in their stream and my first ever piece of proper digital art was fanart for them (oh god this drawing sucks but looking at this you can tell I HAVE improved!)

Anyways shitty fanart of their character getting robbed by Fang The Sniper aside, in the Alex Kidd playthrough they call me out by name? Obviously it's in a joking manner and their shout-out to me is just a brief gag but they do say "shout out to Toon Buffoon" (high-key check out this channel, it does good Sonic reviews and the characters have lore within the reviews). But yeah, watch the video for yourself and see, THEY DO SHOUT ME OUT! Upon hearing this the first time I was shocked and as you can see by my comment I'm beyond flattered and it was this that made me realize I've made an impact on at least a few people?

Like I owe a lot to SpinyNorman and his YouTube channel. That fanart I made above was something I did with my fingers whilst waiting to receive meds yet I decided to share it with him, he complimented it, and that inspired me to draw more and actually have fun with it. I don't just wanna strictly talk about my favorite YouTuber though and getting back to what I said: my support of this FAIRLY SMALL CREATOR and their great content (seriously go watch their vids if you like Sonic) made me go "people register I exist...". Like, this may sound I'm fucking with you but I genuinely cannot fathom the idea people are aware of me and my dumbass existence. From my name being shouted out, to the new followers here on Tumblr, to a few comments over on my AO3 it makes me genuinely happy. When I started posting stuff I was an socially anxious wreck, now while I still am I can't help but be thankful for all the people I may have left an impression on to the point they register me as somebody. Whether this be my uhh, fanfics, or maybe it's just me cheering someone up, or something else I did that left an impression, some people DO see my name and or pfp and think "oh it's that one fella" and that makes me happy. I'm thankful I can be of entertainment and or camaraderie, if you're a person I met on here I can't thank you enough for whatever interactions we may have had (its mainly two people, Mr-Pgeon and SkitSwap, shout out to them), still I have interacted with others.

Sorry if this is nonsensical because my ADHD and emotions are working in unison to make a lot of this rant detached, but my point is: THANKS! I can't fathom the idea people like me and honestly when I made this Tumblr it was during a time when I was genuinely contemplating killing myself (I still contemplate it, just less now). Now of course my IRL friends have gotten me through rough times, shout out to my betas Z and Quartz, however the people I've met online have also helped me. Knowing what I do has left an impact, a positive one at that, makes me happy. Whether it be cheering somebody's art on, having them enjoy one of my fics, or perhaps talking, I'm glad to not have ended myself and I really do wish to keep on going and keep creating so I can hopefully make more people's days in the future. Sorry if this sentimental, I'll probably go back to talking about how I want a variety of cartoon rabbits to bang me soon, but I still just wanna say thanks ❤️.

[justastarholder]

Hello!

I cannot seem to get everyone’s… favorite rabbit out of my head, so, to celebrate the month of demons, I decided to draw Afton in ink.

(I hope you like it, the pose took an unnaturally long amount of time to render. Also, I hope this is the right place to put fan art. If you’d rather I send it somewhere else, please let me know :) )

YOU

First, I am so sorry it's taken so long to respond to this.

Second.

I LOVE THIS HOMIE YOUR ART IS SO COOL??

[citrusazalea]

Major change tomorrow (or soon) to my username!!

Sorry, I’m literally a mess. I’ll create a new account every time I get into a new hyperfixation, lmao, it’s a real bad problem. Let me try to show you how messy I am:

🐦Twitter (@/citruscrisp): I usually try to post anything I ever draw here, but I started feeling bad posting regular show content to my pikmin followers so there’s a big chunk missing there, leaving it to be primarily pikmin and scattered Regular Show.

📸Instagram (@/citruscrisp): I used to post Deltarune here, and never thought it was a pikmin place so never posted pikmin content. Actually posted some regular show content but then I realized that I kinda hate Instagram and don’t keep up with it other than life updates on my stories.

🔖Tumblr 1 (The one I’m posting to rn @/citrus crisp (formerly soon)): I posted like 2 times here back in high school- early college when I was hyperfixated on Hetalia and Voltron. Yeah. 🧍‍♂️ and then I realized I could refresh it this year when I started feeling bad for posting it on Twitter, so now this place is pure regular show!! (💖) unfortunately not really what I’m known for.

🌸Tumblr 2 (@/citrusdandelfly): When I realized there were pikmin fans on tumblr, and I wanted nothing to do with my main account, I made a full out pikmin blog.

What I’m saying is, I’m more well-known for pikmin content ig. I mean, I get about 5-10 asks in my submission box a week and I literally cannot keep up with them. So I’m gonna switch my usernames. Make my pikmin blog go to @/citruscrisp, whereas I need to come up with a new one for this one.

I am so sorry I went down that rabbit hole. This is literally how my brain copes with reality, man. Lmao

[justatinybunwriting]

Mirror

Prompt 8 of this promptober list!

Synopsis: As Richard and Jac are trying to open a portal that would lead to home, a man hired by a wicked queen approaches Jac.

Notes: The first part of this story takes place in the Fairy World Detective AU!

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"

In an instant, the fairy behind the glass appeared before the wicked queen and replied with a cocky grin.

"Hate to break the news to ya lady, but there's a new gal in town that goes by the name of Jac."

The queen was infuriated and tossed her bubbling drink onto the mirror, barely missing it.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO SNOW WHITE?!"

"Well, she met up with her sister Red Rose and is now in a cabin with a bear I believe. So she's no longer in this fairy kingdom, ma'am."

"Good. That bear will take care of her. But WHO IS THIS INBECILE JACK?"

"Beats me. She just came out of nowhere, like poof! And she was there."

"WHERE IS THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING ASSASSIN?!"

Meanwhile, Jac and her giant friend Richard were stuck in a crossroad, both literally and figuratively.

"Cheeze brought us through the wrong wormhole again!" Jac fumed. "This is definitely not Never Never Land!"

"Never trust a rabbit to do a fae's job." Richard replied as he held a shining crystal in his hands. "Don't worry, I'm on it. If I can just get this artifact to work I can open the Tunnel of Chaos again so we can get back to headquarters and start over."

"Or we could try to find the right checkpoint ourselves and head over there straight away from the tunnel."

"Jac, we discussed this. The last time we did that we wounded up switching sizes. I'm not going to take that risk again."

"But I liked being big.." Jac pouted as she folded her arms.

Just then, a rugged man wielding a knife walked up to Jac from behind. She whipped around as soon as she noticed him; the sight of the weapon in his hand caused all the hairs on her neck to stand. She was about to do a quick draw of her taser when the stranger backed up and held back his blade. He had a sorrowful look in his eyes.

"Oh, oh... no, you're pretty." He uttered.

"What?!" Was Jac's angered response.

"I'm sorry. I was hired to kill you. But once again I cannot. I am a weak man."

"WHA?!"

At that very moment, the man was suddenly plucked up by the rim of his coat and was just as quickly brought up to the giant's face. The assassin was flabbergasted by how he failed to notice this titan before and flailed about wildly.

"What do you want me to do with him, Jac?" Richard bellowed in an almost beastly manner.

"Please!! Mister giant!! Don't eat me!!" The assassin pleaded.

"No? Why would I want to do that? You look disgusting. I was thinking more like... how about I throw you over the horizon? That sounds like it would be fun, wouldn't you agree?"

"Richard!! Put him down!!" Jac was folding her arms and thumped her foot. The giant then turned his head and looked upon her with a fake pout.

"Why don't you want me to mess with him? He did just try to kill you after all."

"I think I know which story we're in! We're not supposed to screw around with it remember? Just fix the messes that the Time Warper has made, remember?!"

"All right, all right..." Richard then turned his attention back to the shivering man in his grasp. "You promise you won't tell anyone else about this?"

"OF COURSE OF COURSE! I SWEAR BY THE QUEEN'S NAME!!"

"O-kay."

The Wile giant then sat the man down roughly on the grass. He then lowered himself and looked at him straight in the eyes before returning with a growling voice.

"Now BEAT IT before I change my mind."

The man did a complete 180 and made a beeline for the hills, all while he wailed hysterically like a madman. Richard got up to his full height and brushed the dirt off his hands.

"He won't keep his word. We better get outta here before all the King's horses and all the King's men come after us with pitchforks."

"The usual." Jac raised her arms.

Not long after, after reciting the spell for the umpteenth time, at last the crystal in Richard's hands lit up a bright blue and a portal started to form right in front of the two. At that exact time, they heard the telltale hollers of an angry mob in the far distance, so the interdimensional tunnel couldn't have come at a better time.

As what was normally the case, the hole was only big enough for a human to pass through, though that wouldn't be a problem for Richard. Shrinking down to human height is a necessary evil (in his mind) when the situation called for it. Taking Jac by the hand, the two of them jumped in at once, and were pulled in just as the wormhole was about to close behind them.

.....

Jac had awoken underneath Richard's hand. The Wile giant had propped her against his chest, and he was apparently startled awake about the same time as she was.

"I... had that weird dream again..." Jac said groggily as she wiped the crust off of her eyes.

"Which one...?" Richard asked with a yawn.

"That I was a fairy world detective. And you were there, and helping me out with solving mysteries in fairy land..."

"You've been watching too many cartoons."

"Maybe."

The start of the morning was quiet, as neither of them had work that day. So they were free to prep in their own leisure. Jac had gone to freshen up in the human sized restroom, with the bits and pieces of what she remembered of her dreams still stirring up her thoughts.

As she brushed her hair, she noticed a small green dot on the mirror. She couldn't figure out where it came from or what it was exactly, but one thing was for certain: it was gross and it needed to go. She was just about to pull out a paper towel in order to wipe the blotch out, when it suddenly moved.

Jac froze in place as the little green figure fluttered about; it held it's hands over it's face with what appeared to be a snicker, before at last it flew out of the frame. Jac immediately turned around, but saw nothing behind her. It was too late anyway since the little thing was too fast for her to follow.

She could have sworn that it was the very same fairy that she saw behind the magic mirror in her dream.

For a few moments thereafter she became lost in a sea of what ifs. Eventually, after the initial shock had weathered down, Jac figured that she was still drowsy from the restless sleep she had the night before. She was still pretty tired, so it wasn't unusual for her to let her imagination wander during these times. So with that, Jac decided to not ponder about it any further, as she continued on as usual with the rest of her day.

She never did see that green fairy again, so she was pretty certain it was all in her head. Maybe.

[comix64]

soda cans all the way

lollipops

bubblegum

stubborn

still soda cans

tie between grunge and tomboy cuz they both look alike but honestly i wouldnt wear anything coordinated

earbuds make me anxious cuz they fall out too much, headphones

movies

fresh air ( i may or may not have been influenced by a smell marker with this label actually smelling like shaving cream)

blackjack during break :P

cereal

"WH-816" (the unchangable name of my headphones, as i listen to them with a micro sd card in them)

lanyard

skittles?

fahrenheit 451

legs pushed out a little, slouching backwards, neck against chair

cheap blue ones with creaky left heel i got off amazon

rain :P

facing left, left hand near face, right hand closer to knees, legs tucked in

text files (i blame my 2nd grade teacher for not actually teaching me handwriting)

mario

my cool uncle

idk if this counts but whenever i yawn i invoulantarily [sic, dont ask] make an odd sound like a speak and spell stuttering

idk, diamond

nintendo 3ds photo album slideshow music

swim

generally frolic in snow, idk i live in a mostly warm place

New Computers - Girlfriends, The Less I Know the Better - Tame Impala, I Want to be a Machine - The Living Tombstone, Bathwell in Clerkentime - The Real Tuesday Weld, Credits EX - Frums

deal with the bullshit and tell me im giving you bullshit

my desk, local library, MOTHERFUCKING IKEA BITCH!!!!!! IKEA ALL THE FUCKING WAY!!!!! THEY SAY GO TO YOUR HAPPY PLACE GUESS WHAT BITCH IM EATING MAC N CHEESE AND MEATBALLS AT IKEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the general outfit i wore for some weird day at my school - white tshirt, baggy pants (no seperating me n my baggy pants), fingerless gloves

just go watch a compilation of kevin parry n zach king

idk how to check, probably "ok" or "what" or sumthing

omega mart, you have no idea what's in store for youuuuu!

~11:30pm

i dont remember

suitcase

lemonade

lemon cake

pee on the ceiling of every room

jojo

pants, specifically cargo pants bits cuz nobody will ever suspect you put anything in those

hoodie

lavender?

scifi

you wont believe this… nothing

american (eagle screech)

apple

just keep swimming

the comment section of "Evil beat i been cooking up"

my music teacher is openly homophobic

VCR

typing

N/A

kiki koki

birthday powers

my pet rabbit dying, my parasitic need for attention, and my failing math grades

i can sound like stitch from lilo n stitch, i can sound like a speak n spell, and my teachers think i am smarter than the IT guy

idk something related to scout tf2 sorta

scott pilgrim but im not as shitty as scott pilgrim

the whole paragraph of mispronunciations of Denham's Dentrifice being pounded into Montag's ears in Fahrenheit 451

gooigi, luigi, young neil, sorry i cant keep a train of thought that long

the same five that describe me but sped up a bit

scratch.mit.edu

idk if this counts but there is what appears to be a symmetrical birth mark on my shoulders, on closer inspection one of them is a birth mark the other is from being stabbed with a pencil

dandelion

my deck of cards

dr pepper

there is an actual end of the internet. keep putting in URLS and it will tell you you've hit the end of your journey. then? well it'll save it to your hard drive for you of course! [i can give you the link]

lefty

pebble tile on pools. say goodbye to your toes

math

cinnamon toast crunch + orange juice

7

dont remember

whataburger fries

cactus

i dont drink/eat either but probably coffee

school id

never heard of em

arent fireflies and more violent sounding fireflies the same thing

pc can act as console. console cannot act as pc. pc obviously

drawing (that 2nd grade teacher i swear…)

radio

never heard of a polly pocket so barbie

mythology

cookies

overstaying my welcome

we'd all stop arguing about trivial things, and stop ruining our planet

jojo

passed a test because my handwriting worked like that card dr who has that looks like whatever the viewer wants it to

box

overhead

wallace wells, "ies-nes" (like "yes" mixed with "SNES"), comix, com, mixtape, im making up half of these :P

winter

safari

one of the defaults from KDE, the hexagon one

2, my mom's and 911

i dont know what it's called but one of my steam friends has a pfp of it and there's a template on Apple Keynotes that looks like a leather book and the stock images in there perfectly capture it (see below)

weird asks that say a lot

in

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

12. name of your favorite playlist?

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

18. ideal weather?

19. sleeping position?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood?

22. role model?

23. strange habits?

24. favorite crystal?

25. first song you remember hearing?

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

28. five songs to describe you?

29. best way to bond with you?

30. places that you find sacred?

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

32. top five favorite vines?

33. most used phrase in your phone?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

35. average time you fall asleep?

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

41. last person you texted?

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

44. favorite scent for soap?

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

47. favorite type of cheese?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

51. current stresses?

52. favorite font?

53. what is the current state of your hands?

54. what did you learn from your first job?

55. favorite fairy tale?

56. favorite tradition?

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

62. seven characters you relate to?

63. five songs that would play in your club?

64. favorite website from your childhood?

65. any permanent scars?

66. favorite flower(s)?

67. good luck charms?

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

70. left or right handed?

71. least favorite pattern?

72. worst subject?

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console?

83. writing or drawing?

84. podcasts or talk radio?

84. barbie or polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear?

88. your greatest wish?

89. who would you put before everyone else?

90. luckiest mistake?

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

93. nicknames?

94. favorite season?

95. favorite app on your phone?

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

98. favorite historical era?

[dagger-n-ravvi]

Chapter 13: But I Love Him

Despite everything, sometimes we can't help the things we feel.

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A03 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49350448?view_full_work=true

“NO!” Cater screams in disbelief, snatching up Trey’s shoulders and shaking him as he goes limp. The moment his attention is diverted, a purple light flashes under Rook's leg. The railing that he's chained to shatters into pieces. He yanks his wrists free, snatches up the magestone pen that Chenya had managed to slip to him, and lunges at Cater. Cater barely has time to widen his eyes before Rook shoves him off of Trey, and then hurls him off the mezzanine level. He falls twenty feet to the floor below with a scream, and a heavy thud.

"Agh-" Rook rips the tape off his mouth and throws it away. He drops to his knees and lightly touches Trey’s flushed, overheated cheek. "Trey!" 

Trey-! Trey can hear a voice in the distance, but cannot respond. He’s falling down a rabbit hole, past mirror after mirror all reflecting back a mask made of nothing where his own face should be. In the background, a clock is ticking. Slowly, slowly ticking. Ominous. Loud. Final. Tick. Tick. Tick…

Rook rolls Trey onto his side and presses a hand to his stomach. Magic surges through Trey’s body, and he vomits, bringing up the bulk of the poison the same way it went down. His eyes flicker open, and then fall closed over hugely dilated pupils. His pulse is thready and weak.

"Don't you leave us," Rook tears open the collar of his shirt, and then presses a hand over his chest and draws it outward. The poison that made it into his blood and heart oozes out through his skin in a strand of sticky, black ooze. Rook flings it away and it hits the wall, clinging to the plaster in a viscous, toxic spatter. Trey coughs, his body convulsing, gasping. He takes a slow, ragged breath.

Don’t you leave us… 

Trey looks up, pupils slowly shrinking back to their normal size as his eyes weakly focus. “R… Rook?” 

"Oui. I am so, deeply sorry for all of this.”

"Mmnfff…? Wha…? Where‘m I…?" Chenya tugs woozily at the chains, making small, confused noises. Rook casts a quick spell to shatter the railing that he’s chained to, and he crumples forward onto his hands and knees.

“Chenya, gather yourself. Trey needs you.” Rook’s tone is terse and angry.

“Nnnghh…?” Chenya paws feebly at the hood. Rook makes a frustrated sound and then leaves Trey just long enough to drag Chenya over. He roughly yanks the hood off, and then shakes Chenya by the shoulders. 

"Réveillez-vous! Protect him."

He takes Trey's magestone pen out of his pocket and slaps it into Chenya's fingers.

"You goddit..." Chenya nods firmly. Rook lets him go, and he immediately falls face-first next to Trey with a small, confused noise.

"CHENYA. Monsieur Cassé is getting away. I threw him down to the floor below, but merde, he was not seriously hurt. I can hear him…"

Trey can’t move… but he tries. He weakly tries to push himself up on his elbows for a moment, straining hard before collapsing, panting and soaked in sweat.

“Where… Cater…?”

"Mmmrow?" Chenya blinks owlishly at him. "Can’t move…"

Rook swears again and leans over the railing, eyes flicking over the warehouse floor. "I heard you run like the broken coward you are. Where are you...?"

There's no answer. His newly dubbed Monsieur Cassé is nowhere to be seen.

“Rook…” Trey forces himself up onto his elbows. “Cater will… increase his numbers… seek to take us out… I’m weakened… Chenya is out of it. Stay…

Trey tries to stand, but falls back onto his knees. “We gotta call the police… We need help. All of us… especially Cater...”

"Mnnnghhhhhhhhh-" Rook doesn't sound happy. He really, REALLY doesn't sound happy, but he grits his teeth and nods. "Do you have a phone? He took mine."

"I’ve mine." Chenya clumsily shoves a hand into his pocket, and then blinks when he comes up empty. "Ohhhh... my error."

“Y-yes…” Trey reaches into his pocket with shaking hands, and shows it to Rook. Rook nods and gently pushes it back. 

"Make the call. I will watch in case he returns and attempts to take advantage while we are distracted.

Trey nods and dials the number for the Queendom of Roses’ emergency services. They pick up right away. With a heavy heart he explains the situation. “Please come help. We’re trapped in Warehouse 12, on Carpenter Beach. My friends are hurt… we were kidnapped and need help.” 

Trey hesitates, chin trembling as he looks at the others. Chenya looks back at him with woozy, unfocused eyes. Rook doesn't look at him at all, head swiveling slowly between the entrance to the offices and the floor below in silent, ceaseless vigilance. They both still have chains around their wrists. They’re made of a dull, oddly cold metal that’s eerily familiar, now that Trey has had a moment to look at it more closely. Magic-nullifying metal. No wonder Rook couldn’t get himself free without a magestone.

“...sending help your way. Can you tell us anything about the person who kidnapped you? Sir? Are you still there?” 

“A mage… We don’t know where they are. Please… send an ambulance.”

"Understood. Please stay on the line-" 

Trey hangs up, feeling exhausted and sick.

"He's left through the back," Rook growls softly. "I heard him use the door."

“He… he left?” Trey asks softly

"Mnnnnghhh..." Rook makes that frustrated, angry sound again, pacing slowly along the broken railing on the mezzanine level like a predator in a cage. Cater wasn't exaggerating when he said that Rook would probably kill him if he let him go. Trey's never seen him this angry before. 

“Rook… Rook? Cater needs help. He’s… he’s not right… He needs therapy and-“ Trey follows him with his eyes, letting his face slowly fall back to the floor. “I f-failed him as a friend. I should have known… should have seen…”  

His eyes start to burn and sting again with tears that his body has spent far too many resources producing today. “I should have-”

Rook turns his head sharply toward him with an anguished expression. "Trey... for you to still be so forgiving after...?" 

He exhales slowly and goes back to scanning the floor below. "He compared himself to me. Tried to claim that what he feels for you is simply what I feel for everyone. He knows nothing..." 

He begins pacing again.

“I… it’s… it’s wrong… it’s wrong, I know… I know… But I love him.” Trey covers his mouth, face burning as tears pour down his cheeks. He loves him, he hates him, wants to punch him, kill him, hug him, kiss him, scream at him until he tells him the reason why- 

“I don’t understand… Why did he do this to me? Why didn’t he just take me out to dinner? I… I should have been better- ”

Rook turns around and bends down, lightly touching Trey's shoulder.

“Non,” he gently gives his shoulder a squeeze, looking intently into his eyes. “Not you. He did this, because he fears losing the beauty that he has. He fears it so deeply, that he seeks to claw it to himself, not understanding that he will destroy it in the process. And because he is so blinded, he brings about the very outcome that he so fears. He could not bear the thought that you might reject him, and now..."

Rook looks out over the warehouse with a flat, expressionless stare. "Do not blame yourself for his fear, or mourn that your compassion is so deep that you love him still. It is a beautiful thing, and one that he should NOT be allowed to destroy." 

Trey sniffs hard, slowly nodding as he squeezes his eyes shut and two more tears roll down his cheeks. He doesn’t truly understand. Maybe he never will. 

He lets his head loll sideways against Chenya’s shoulder and fades into an exhausted, uneasy sleep until the police arrive.