#I say this as an aroace who would cry and have a breakdown if anything actually DID happen

[doyouknowwhoyouare13]

me when I said when I went back to school this year I wouldn't crush on yellow crocs because it would never happen and then I saw him in all his glory and I'm head over heels again

[crystalwinterarmy]

I learned there are two types of possessive people with going through a break up.

Story time!!!!

I am in a trio friends group, i'll name the other two PH3(that's her wattpad and youtube account name so yeah) and PB or peanut butter (because PB is her initials). The three of us are really close. Like FREAKISHLY CLOSE. Especially me and PH3. All three of us had went through toxic friendship and abandonment issues from other friends and i think that sort of made us come closer.

I am the emotional one in the group. The other two are quite apathetic. PB in some what empathetic about some people in some situations but she's strong headed and confident. She's got that cool hero who's all about Justice but also has a nice humour and an understanding side to her. (And hella hot tbh, she's a tomboy too). She's usually the therapist friend and a great comfort to me and PH3, both of whom come from tough backgrounds.

PH3, on the other hand is completely different. That girl is on another level i say. If you piss her off, she will diss you off. Whatever you do, do not insult her hobbies. But once you get through that tough and uncaring, cool and easygoing yet fake exterior, you'll find a warm, caring, hesitant and a soft girl who's just Afraid of getting hurt sometimes. I hope you never do. Only i can see through that and i want to be the only one to notice the little details that make her... Well.. Her.

A while back, something happened, not a fight Between us but something. PH3 left with a note saying she was ending our friends with me and PB. We knew one day it would eventually happen but it still hurted since it was so abrupt. I was heart broken. There wasn't a single day where i didn't send PH3 a YouTube video or something and now i can't even do that? (She had blocked me too)

I crying for hours on end. Refusing to eat, crying myself to sleep waking up crying and doing stupid things. I cried for roughly 18 hours straight and went numb for the next few days, having frequent mental breakdowns. I kept checking our massages and sending massages like 'i miss you'. (Yes, i know cringy. Teen girls are cringy. Pardon us) It was really bad until it wasn't. When she finally unblocked me, suddenly all my worries and sorrows when away and i was.... Okay? Just to be able to send her a link and know she is still there, receiving them.

After that we warmed up again, though PH3 never apologised to the two of us but that's fine. We don’t care, we're just happy to have her back and we knew she felt bad about what she did. Man she's cute when She's angry. But also scary. That was my side. I am a possessive person but i feel as if i was less jealous and more laid back with PH3 that my other Friendships.

Oh boy, then there’s our family favorite Tomboy, Peanut butter. Now THAT girl gives me bi panic. She's literally aroace and so damn understanding I never thought she has it in her. She was always a respectful gal who never stepped the boundaries and never ever made an impulsive decision..... Until two days ago at school when we all finally warmed up and when back to being friends again. (PH3 also bombed me with a heartfelt letter after i gave her one. It was sort of a therapy to the both of us since we struggle opening up). After a while, Peanut butter turned to PH3 saying she had something to confess....

Peanut butter had looked up PH3 mother, copy pasted her mothers phone info into some sort of abomination that allowed her to get access to PH3 mothers phone (since PH3 uses it). Just to make sure PH3 is alright. She only looked up the location of the phone and said she refused to look through anything else. We believed her but just to prove her point she exactly dated some of the location the phone was. (None of us knew where exactly PH3 lived). PH3 had her mouth agape because she did not expect that from peanut butter. She was flabbergasted. I was more surprised by my own reaction. I wasn't even shocked, i was like 'ohh, that means we can use it to track her so she can't go missing on us' (i know it sounds creepy and obsessive and yeah, it is)

None of us expect this from Peanut butter, she, who is so respectful of others. Maybe the madness of our crazy year at school finally got to her? PH_ was beyond shocked, she looked at us both and went, 'i thought i was insane. But really, i am the most sane one here. One cries for 18 hours and the other tracks me. Just great'.

Nonetheless, we are still friends. Peanut butter asked for forgiveness and all was fine again!! Yay! At least for now.....

So that was when i realized how obsessive we were. One became self destructive while the other started to stalk. Not good! But we work through it and push forward! We love you, PH3. No matter what.

[gingersnapwolves]

Kouri watches Cherry Magic, episodes 3-4

Out of all my new shows, I like to go from Devil Judge to Cherry Magic for maximum tonal whiplash

The elevator doors I’m wheezing

Who is this tool?

And on opposite ends of the table no less! Truly, this is a version of hell

‘Did I give him the wrong idea?’ Boy if you weren’t asking him out on a date what was the idea???

And this must be the awkward tall/confused small. Why is he suddenly telepathic too??? You’re ruining your own premise here, Cherry Magic

Oh, he just had his birthday. He’s younger than Adachi? Surely would not have guessed.

Okay, you’re not a tool, I take it back. Seizing the first opportunity to leave a social gathering is highly relatable.

This cat like ‘please let go of me before having a nervous breakdown’

The forehead kiss was so sweet I’m crying

Not me screaming ‘SAY SOMETHING YOU FOOL’ at my screen

lmao imagine watching this one episode per week and not knowing if they were gonna kiss for seven whole days *clicks ‘next episode’*

you didn’t let them kiss! Whoever made that decision is going to the special hell

‘My mother’s visiting me soon and I’m depressed’ a show about telepathic virgin wizards has no right to be this relatable

Adachi over here like ‘we do not need to add fake dating tropes’

But! Adachi! Sweetheart! You couldn’t do anything but you still tried and that’s actually a little bit more impressive than just swooping in and doing things perfectly! Just let Kurosawa love you!

We stan an aroace icon

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

hey so remember like last year when i was re-reading misadventures and fixing typos? (well, i say that, but it was just an excuse to re-read it and write some absolutely absurd commentary on it...) i found old notes in my phone from january with even more so guess i may as well post it because people seemed to find it funny at the time, it’s basically just The Misadventures of Aish Realizing Things though

[yeah so here’s the original notes i’m not even gonna change anything even though lots of Lore has happened in the show and we Know things now, you just get to see what january aish typed]

ok well let’s go then chapters 31-35 oh god

oh yeah the ML Blackout! I remember that

hm it’s occurring to me maaaaaybe I should post a bit of a warning on this chapter. like “yes this starts off stupid and cracky and fluffy but takes a complete 180 in the middle and you will end up sobbing.”

or maybe I should put that as a disclaimer on the whole fic cause it’s one hell of a ride

THE AROACE SCIENCE JOURNAL YESSSSSSS THAT COMES BACK LATER

yeah the reason why the early parts of this chapter are very lighthearted is honestly because the fic was getting a bit too bleak, I needed something cheerful, so paper planes and arm wrestles it was

wait... isn’t this just that scene from Anansi??? where like Nora challenges Nino to an arm wrestle but then he wins because Someone Else Nearby Did A Thing

also this is Peak characterization, damn Aish, you rly outdone yourself, congration

any time I drop the word “inkling” into a fic it is always 100% a splatoon reference

MAX WOW TONE DOWN THE GAY

heh... BI-ceps...

oh my godddd Max trying to play off his ogling as “ah yes I am scientifically studying Kim’s arm muscles ofc, it’s science I swear” is SO frickin funny I’m already losing it

Alix: “scientifically speaking I’m hot therefore you have to lose this arm wrestle” hshdhdghshskkjkdhshs

^literally the kind of nonsense every single teen I know spouts irl

including me when I was a teen, I just said things

(I still just say things)

you can’t bring up the sports bra thing goddammit, I agree it’s cheating because it has the power to one-hit kill anyone in the vicinity

I love how Max thinks his crush on Kim is “under control” while like. visibly swooning over him

OH MY GOD THE PILLOWS SHHDJDHDHDHSKHS

OKAY SO LIKE I was supposed to put the thing about Kim snogging a pillow in chapter 20 but I forgot or something and then I just had to get it in somehow, oh it kills me dead just thinking about it, I’m dying, I’m dead

and the fact that he admits to it as well, holy moly

KIM

K I M

THAT’S GAY

OH WOW

this is the moment when Alix’s Kimax shipper heart was suddenly feeling validated like “omg wait Kim DOES like Max??? like for real??????”

awwwww Kim, Max doesn’t have those kind of superpowers, you just have a crush on him that’s all <3

THE SKATEBOARDING SNEK!!!!!!!!!!!!

“What the heck is that?” “My snake.” DYINGGGG

Kim trying to figure out if the snake is sitting or standing is a whole mood

ohhhhhhhh my gosh poor Alix trying so damn hard to subtly ask Kim if he likes Max and Kim’s just. so DUMB he doesn’t even get it no matter how obvious she is

she’s even trying to pull out those stupid amatonormative “so is he MORE than a friend???” questions just to get this idiot to figure it out because she knows allo-romos are Like That and he still doesn’t get it,,

[future aish says: the word is alloro, past aish. it’s alloro]

AND SO NOW SHE ASSUMES THEY’RE NOT INTO EACH OTHER BECAUSE SHE THINKS EVEN KIM CAN’T BE THAT STUPID

YOU UNDERESTIMATE HIS STUPIDITY

oh no... oh NO.... the letter.... here we go....

btw yes Gabriel had Kim’s grandad assassinated, it was indeed his doing

...isn’t this lowkey the plot of The Lion King?

or Long Live The Queen

hmmm let’s just say in the sequel poor Kim really will have to deal with the stresses of ruling a country >:D

NO MY POOR SON HAVING A BREAKDOWN, I WANT TO HUG HIM

(also can I just say like... this chapter is actually well-written for the most part? I’m actually kinda impressed)

unfortunately I know the feeling of wanting, needing to return home, but it fills you with dread... *hugs Kim forever*

Kim crying all over Max both hurts me and sort of heals me because Max is so sweet and comforting about it ohhh my heeeaaart

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

THIS IS LOWKEY A LOVE CONFESSION I SWEAR, IT’S SO CUTE

chapter 32 being called “Un chat noir” is kinda dumb af but also it just so happened that I accidentally had the chapter called “Coccinelle” be chapter 64, aka exactly double of 32, so that was kinda neat

Plagggggg!!!!!!!!!!

and Wayhem lol, I think I’ve already mentioned how originally this noble was just some random irrelevant unnamed OC until I decided way later it’s gay stalker fanboy

oh yeah that’s how the nobility recognize the royalty, I forgot lol

(also nobles from countries with widespread newspress or tv will recognize them from news reports and stuff I guess)

the fact that Plagg just hates Wayhem is funny to me for some reason

MISADVENTURES

HOLY SHIT I ACTUALLY THREW IN THE ACTUAL WORD

except it was in reference to Adrien... let’s just say that The Misadventures of Imperial Prince Adrien may or may not make an appearance in the sequel >:D

...the Adrienette is literally just in this fic so that people would read it, ngl

hhhhhhhhhhhh okay it’s true Alix is an aro idiot who doesn’t know anything about romance but for once she’s RIGHT, Kim IS in love with Max, but she assumes she’s wrong hshgshdjhdnsnsh

oh my god noooo timeline twin go away and stop giving me nightmares

I still love how they hate each other, that’s some top-notch self-hatred right there and I need to get on their level

[future aish note: no past self!! be nice to yourself!! you are a cool bean!! own it!!]

YOU FOOL... EVERY CLASSMATE WOULD TAKE A SWORD TO THE HAND FOR ALIX, WHY WOULDN’T THEY

ỳïķèš,,,

honestly I probably should stop being lazy and actually go back to like idk chapter 8 and put in an actual monopoly game (it had to have been before the oracle sessions in ch10 at least)

fun fact!! I have indeed very nearly had a fist fight over the last dark blue card in a monopoly game!! also I blatantly cheated, and the main opponent locked someone else (an 8 year old btw) in a cupboard... it was Wild(TM)

me and my irl friend actually came up with the butterfly thing when we were at the cinema once, she made up this random angry gardener OC who stepped on a butterfly after being fired or something lol

I mentioned Rose liking unicorns!!!! before Captain Hardrock!!!!!!!

shdhdhkshs Alix is such a moody emo brat in this fic I adore it

“The only real difference between you and me is one dead butterfly.” goddammit that’s the creepiest fucking thing, I’m genuinely shaking

technically it’s a butterfly’s fault for ALL the timelines which means that we’re all one butterfly away from death at any moment

cheerful stuff

no, no, you’re not trying to block it out on purpose... I’M trying to block it out on purpose bc I’m highkey shamelessly projecting

god I wish my timeline twin would manifest in the astral plane and punch me in the arm too

“Count yourself lucky you’re not a pillow, idiot.” in-context this is contender for Most Cursed Line I Have Ever Written In My Life

and yes Alix was about to straight-up swear

Mylène rollerskating is extremely blessed and good

pfffffffff Max you coward, I stand on swivel chairs all the time

*me, chanting at the spider in my room* KIMAX! KIMAX! KIMAX!

Kim literally making every excuse to not put Max down is amazing honestly

Kim and Max’s origins story is sooooooooooo cute wtf

THIS IS SO BLESSED OH MY HEART

HE’S JUST STANDING THERE CUDDLING HIM I’M

DECEASED

I,,,, swear to god,,,,,,,

so like. I know it’s now canon in the show that Kim really is as oblivious to his feelings as I wrote him in this. but MY GOD. IT’S FRIGGIN PAINFUL

KIM YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH MAX, FULL HOMO, THAT’S WHY YOU’RE FEELING LIKE THIS, IT’S NOT THAT COMPLICATED DAMMIT

oh yeah I wrote the kimax bits rly early and my old url was @queenkubdel haha

aight now a no-kimax chapter, but at least it’s a goodun

there’s that catradora-esque weather girls frenemyship again

Kim having a full-on breakdown when he finds out Alix’s hair isn’t really pink is actually really blessed, no lemme explain

so this universe has magic, right?? so he thinks to himself that the reason his friend has pink hair is because she must be some sort of anime protagonist or Really Important and Cool or something, and it never even occurred to him to doubt her

in other words he’s betrayed because he WANTED HIS FRIEND TO BE A COOL SHONEN HERO

which is both hilarious AND very sweet

...oh wait I’ve scrolled down and it turns out I literally explained all that in the fic itself hhdgjdvzjdjhs

and yeah honestly I can’t blame poor Kim for taking it so badly, he’s still reeling from his grandfather’s assassination so it’s natural his emotions are not exactly Regulated atm

actually when are his emotions ever regulated

1703-1899 hm... might change that since the fic takes place in 1957-1960 so even though it’s a commissioned history of the empire it was before Gabriel was even born so like why would he even care lmao

“Great Western Ocean” so pretentious, just say the Atlantic omg

I’ve been playing way too much civ because the first thing that came to mind was that everyone’s denounced Agreste due to the high warmongering penalties of the industrial/modern eras

Chloé and Kim is one hell of a brotp okay I still firmly believe that

also Chloé still loves her rococo fashion, she’s just toned it down enough that she can fit through doors and it’s not quite as “in your face” towards commoners

listen I know in the show Kim still liked Chloé for a while after Dark Cupid but in this he got over her quicker because his crush on her wasn’t as deep in the first place

Kim literally tells Chloé he gave the brooch to Max and yet STILL doesn’t realize he likes him!!! KIM!!!!!!!!!!

Chlodemption arc yesssssssss

also she’s a lesbeean

(ye Pollen will be in the sequel don’t you worry)

god I’m so proud of her <3

it feels believable too, so I’m proud of myself!! (I’m trying to be nice to myself before next chapter where I will no doubt roast myself so badly I’ll never recover)

outdated laws about marriage... jeez was that cursed foreshadowing or what

YES IT’S IVAN, I LOVE THIS BOY, HE’S SO GRUMPY AND ANGRY ALL THE TIME AND HE HATES KIM

...actually wait this is sibling culture

I literally speak like this to my brother and he’s my best friend so in conclusion Ivan thinks of Kim as an annoying brother

Jalil why are you a historian. just go be a psychologist and stop your sister accidentally hecking up the country

omg the Antarctica thing, I’m just imagining Jalil in the freezing cold with a massive coat on and getting chased by penguins

I love how the timeline twin’s plan was “escape school, force Adrien to get a venomous pet, then abandon him immediately in the middle of nowhere” and later on it turns out she skipped step two and just ditched him lmaoooooo

being so ace that your brain goes straight to “death and murder” before anything else is the biggest mood, I speak from experience

Jalil knows... he had that conversation with Kim in chapter 20... he Knows

“a bit unsupportive” um that is an extreme understatement good grief he was more savage than ME

RISE OF THE KIMAX SHIPPERS

oh don’t worry the venom death still haunts me too

chapter I Hate You... “A rather rotten winter party” well it should have been named A RATHER ROTTEN CHAPTER DO YOU KNOW HOW IMPOSSIBLE THIS ONE WAS TO WRITE OMG I HATE WRITING MYSELF INTO CORNERS

you see I had to have a motive for the timeline twin to explain things properly so that I could put in a really really dumb pun later but that meant I had to unfortunately suffer many allergic reactions again

[future aish note: forgot to mention, i also needed a motive for kim to stop eating chocolate forever, so i had to Curse this chapter as a sacrifice in order to save his life later on]

alright, alright, here we go, I’ll stop procrastinating and just get this over with

oh yeah it’s chapters like these that the fic’s rated T lol

the Adrikim friendship is indeed important... for later... like, plot-relevant levels of important... life-saving levels...

“some event” is the Peace Ball actually and I can’t wait because that chapter’s actually a good one

KIM BRAGGING ABOUT KISSING ADRIEN LAST YEAR IS SO FUCKING FUNNY OH MY GOD I’M LOSING MY MIND???

like last year he was LITERALLY LIKE “oh boo hoo I cannot tell anyone about this because Adrien is Ã Bøyê” and now he’s just like “yeah I kissed a hot boy and what about it???”

to be fair he is on an extreme sugar rush from all the chocolate he ate, which will... be a plot point in just a moment...

PILLOW GIRLFRIEND

I’m the amused nobles, they are me

oh my god Kim we get it you want to kiss someone (Max) and you don’t want to outright say it

holy shit do any of these kids ever think before they speak??? not to sound like the timeline twin or anything but alix... you could have avoided this if you’d bothered to use your one (1) brain cell

[future aish note: bold of me to assume that alix has a brain cell]

Kim wants to now fight his PARALLEL SELF oh my god, get on my level Kim, I want to fight my actual self like right now so there

stfu all of you, this is poisoning my liver

Max is the biggest mood and at least mildly sensible thank god, but he really shouldn’t have left those two alone for even a second

I AGREE PLATONIC LOVE IS UNDERRATED

the chair... the fucking c h a i r... I’m already lying down but I need to lie down harder just to process the absurdity of this

(I think I was gonna have Alix fall off the chair just because that’s hilarious but I forgot)

look I can’t take heartrate seriously but if you ever write it then you are legally required to put in kissing contests or you’re doing it wrong

fudgin Adrienette kiss offscreen and irrelevant

DJWIFI!!! AND ACTUAL PROPER DJWIFI!!!! I was sick of seeing it treated as some kind of pair-the-spares beta couple so I flipped the script and had them literally call out that trope while treating Adrienette as irrelevant instead, which is also why the sequel will be extremely djwifi-centric

“super swanky bae” please stop misusing commoner slang I’m begging you

THERE’S THE PLOT POINT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

Theo was right here, he witnessed with his own eyes how much chocolate Kim ate, so he knows for a fact that if you give Kim chocolate he will scarf it down without a second thought... so hypothetically if one sent him poisoned chocolates... dyou see where I’m going with this...

oh and Theo still has like every job btw

Alya!!!! no!!!!! hire him again!!!!!!!! then he won’t send the chocolates!!!!!!!!!! aaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

there goes me hinting how alyadrininette is the ultimate ot4 again

...do I really wanna scroll down and keep going? no I don’t but I guess I gotta, and relive every one of my most embarrassing school sleepovers in the process

full offence to everyone bothering to read this but kissing sounds gross, actually

(for the record it was probably like... 10 seconds or something idk it was Not Long At All)

“probably not more than 5 minutes” omg I just said it was 10 seconds??? hmmm m okay like 20 seconds maaaybe, Kim just has no sense of time perception

neither do I based on my microwaving skills

SHIT THIS IS LITERALLY A SCHOOL SLEEPOVER

INNOCENT DUMBASS AROACE ASKING “what does that mean? what’s this? what’s that? it’s okay you can tell me :-)”

omg I forgot the snake was there ahshdhdkshfs I’m the snake, probably wants to launch itself out of the window so big mood

most of the fic so far had Alix being really aro so I was like damn... gotta make her really ace too

(if I ever bother writing the Kimdine AU then you actually get an aro character who isn’t ace, because we need more of them, but I won’t say who) (okay fine it’s Luka)

I tend not to be too British in my writing so as not to give the Americans heart attacks whenever they see someone referring to their mother as “mum” etc, but like... sometimes you just gotta throw in the word “snogging”

(I’m typing this out on my phone rn and it has exactly 69% battery, I hate this and also hate that I felt the need to mention that)

THE HOCKEY THING MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BASED OFF A REAL LIFE THING. *SWEATS NERVOUSLY*

honestly I was soooooo tempted to actually write The Talk bit, it would have been the funniest thing ever, but I was also 99% sure I would have to change the rating to M (despite it not even remotely being smut lol, just a regular biology lesson) and there was no way I was doing that, pretty sure I pushed the T rating at some points as it is

[future aish: god i am still so tempted to write it. man, i’m tempted. it would be the funniest thing. but no... i have sworn not to write anything above a T rating so guess i won’t.]

YEAH THE THROWING UP THING TOO WAS DEFINITELY NOT BASED ON REAL LIFE OR ANYTHING *MORE NERVOUS SWEATING*

(it genuinely wasn’t a flowerpot though. it’s my life’s goal to throw up in a flowerpot and I still haven’t achieved it.)

all of this is an Ace Mood(TM)

also I love how elaborately I’ve worded this, like yeah idiot royal teenagers are too royal and posh to ever bother just saying the word “sex” like a normal person

to any 17 year old aces: you aren’t too young to know, I told myself that aggressively when I was 17 but now I’m 22 and I’m still just as ace as I always was sooooo yeah

I also hope I can wake up tomorrow and forget I read this trash

well tbh... it’s not total trash... it highkey reminds me of my school days, like, maybe that was subconscious or something... god who even knows

jeez if timeline twin slapped me in the face I’d just keel over and die from sheer terror, other than that that’s HILARIOUS

timeline twin: “YOU HAVE ONE (1) BRAIN CELL NOW P L E A S E CONSIDER USING IT”

fuckeninf hell listen,,, so when I was writing this chapter I didn’t know I was aro... I mean, I was kinda questioning it?? but all I knew was I was ace, and that me not knowing that as a teenager almost totally screwed me over because like

to be normal or to feel normal there’s things you do or say that you don’t want, and things you know would happen or whether you want something or not you’ll take it because you think you’re expected to, because otherwise you’ll have to confront yourself with the fact that something is wrong with you and you don’t know what or why or how to fix it

and being aro on top of that is misunderstanding how to navigate close friendships because of this fundamental fear that if you want to be close with someone then friendship can’t suffice, that how much you care about them doesn’t matter

and things I did or almost did, or had the chance to do and only stopped because (awfully enough) crippling anxiety which ironically saved me (let’s just say the dude turned out to be a creep)... yeah basically this is all a callback to that aroace teenager feel where you can’t help not being true to yourself because you don’t want to, because you don’t know what’s wrong or right, only what’s “normal” and the ache of knowing that you’re not, no matter how much you try

and I didn’t know I was aro while writing this but in hindsight it’s easy to see how that played into it too, and writing this definitely played a part in me realizing I’m aro and was somehow trying to work through some very pent-up feelings about friendship and closeness with people, as well as pent-up feelings about being ace and how that tied into everything too

...in short, do not phuck the pharaoh or you will get HOUSE ARRESTED and DIE

(jk jk she’ll just be awkward around you forever lol, and then SHE’LL get house arrested and die, because you’re not commoners so your actions actually have consequences you dumb idiots)

this entire thing is just a whole mood and lowkey my teenage years holy fuck holy fuck I hate that I’m only just realizing how bloody hard I was projecting

I literally read a post the other day about how unrequited love is only ever usually explored from the perspective of the person who’s in love, whereas aros are usually on the receiving end of it and it’s a tragedy in its own right that you might do things that wind up driving you apart because you can’t bring yourself to love them back but you can’t tell them because of the fear that it’ll push them away... and I gotta say, I totally nailed it 💪

...you know what I’ve changed my mind, chapter 34 is good actually, and now I need to make a time machine and go and hug my 17 year old self for living this, and then hug my 20 year old self for writing this, I’m sorry I was mean to this chapter it’s very relatable and I shouldn’t keep beating myself up over it

thinking makes me miserable too!! that’s why it’s optimistic nihilism only lads

impulse control, hmmm... someone who’s good for him, hmmmmmm... it’s almost like someone like that is right there and exists and is already in love with him 😏

so apparently timeline twin’s idea of “fixing her life” is burning all her bridges and then hecking off to the Kazakh wilderness for over a year

did Alix just... ask the snake if it’s aroace too???

I mean it definitely is, but...

UGH SNAKES DON’T BLINK, I’M STILL SO ANGRY ABOUT THIS

chapter 35, thank god, the title “Finally!” is very apt

(because I can finally change the music from Death Valley to something else lol)

oh poor Max, his heart goes on a real rollercoaster these few chapters doesn’t it? it’s okay buddy, in like 10 chapters you’ll get your man...

NO BUT SHE H A S FIGURED IT OUT!!! SORT OF!!!

I just misread “despite” as “despacito”, I’m going to bed and continuing this tomorrow dammit

alright I am now funky refreshed and ready to roll, let’s get this kimax party started

Max is angsting internally like “no one’s realized I like Kim :( well except Juleka but she’s a lesbian so she doesn’t count” ashgdjsghskk that mlm/wlw solidarity is holding out I see

YES ALIX YOU DO NEED TO TALK TO NATH MORE, THAT’S YOUR FREAKING BEST BUD IN THE SHOW MAY I REMIND YOU

this is all so Irony it’s murdering me dead

okay yeah I’m gonna be really honest and salty here for a second, this bit where Max is annoyed that Alix takes Nath more seriously as a contender than him was me being a bit salty over the fact that like... kimnath/tomato ketchup is a great rarepair but got so weirdly popular amongst people who didn’t seem to care about Max as a character at all despite how close he is with Kim in canon, and as a Max Stan it made me sad because he’s already not very appreciated in fandom

[future aish note: HE IS NOW BABEY!]

THERE IT IS

I WANT TO HUG MAX TOO, BLESS HIM

I also want to hug Alix because godddds I’ve been in that situation where if you were allowed to just TELL the idiots that they like each other then all their problems would be solved but noooo, you’re sworn to secrecy... *sigh*

“I’ll make sure that doesn’t change, ever...” me: *thinks about the sequel and cackles evilly while cracking my knuckles* well,,

A R O M A N T I C

listen it was VERY IMPORTANT to me that I actually put in all these actual words in the fic and made them relevant, like gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc (I think the only one I didn’t was trans, oops?? gotta remember that for the sequel, at least Nino IS trans in this even though I never said the word)

[future aish note: i feel like i didn’t say pan either, or nonbinary... more stuff for the sequel folks! i can’t put in everything but i may as well try!]

bc you see all these tv shows where a character is bi but they say they “don’t like labels” or a character with no love interest get suddenly paired up with someone random at the end... like NO I wanted to do the OPPOSITE of that bc people’s identities are IMPORTANT so I wanted to MAKE IT RELEVANT 💪

and even though I didn’t yet know here that I was aro and highkey projecting, there’s already a fair few fics dealing with asexuality but not aromanticism?? so I rly wanted to make the aro side of things important

almost relieved??? Max, you buffoon, she IS relieved, extremely

Malix friendship is good and severely underrated and I still haven’t forgiven myself for not putting more of it in this

“He was never eating chocolate again” HO-HO-HOLY SHIT THAT’S SOME FORESHADOWING RIGHT THERE

Rose is a distinguished bi who doesn’t realize Kim is a disaster bi

Kim oh my god you can’t just out Adrien “just about functional bi” Agreste like that

I love that Rose calls Kim a casanova even though he’s very much not... how many people are even into him over the course of the fic? Max, Adrien, it’s implied Marinette used to be, Lila is ambiguous, same with the lacrosse guy later, oh yeah Ondine highkey lmao along with 90% of the teenage population of Saharan Africa, Kim himself in about 2 chapters time...

Rose giving Kim the gay talk is so blessed omg I need more interaction between these two

“If you swung one way you were gay, if you swung the other way you were straight, more than one way made you bisexual, if you didn’t swing any way at all then you were probably just Alix...” I will literally NEVER be able to outdo this line, this is Peak

hmm I don’t think at any point in the fic Max says to Kim that he’s exclusively into boys... I guess he said it offscreen then lol, point is He’s Gay

OMG KIM, YOU FINALLY REALIZED WHAT THE NOSEBLEED SCENE MEANT, GOD BLESS YOU

this is like in Syren when he realizes the mermaid is Ondine and that she was trying to tell him she likes him... except this is the gay version of that

yeah Rose I really do need to get more sleep, that one was directed at me and I know it was

Kim being all like “fellas is it gay if you take off your shirt and a guy swoons at you 🤔🤔🤔”

no, no... Max is definitely a complete trainwreck at romance, just slightly less than you

god freaking dammit not the sports bra again,,, I s2g later in the fic all Ondine would have had to do is to show up in a sports bra and Kim would immediately go full ot3 mode no questions asked,,,,,,,, (I mean he does see her in a swimsuit but that’s not the same??? sports bras are in a different league okay shush)

psssssst!!! you should read heartbroken!!!! it’s a kimax fic and it’s so good!!!!! this was a lowkey shoutout!!!!!!!!

genuinely tho, even if Kim hadn’t liked Max too here, he’s being so sweet about it?? he’s worried about his poor friend’s emotional state and wishes he could have done better to help!! gahhhh their friendship/relationship is just So Blessèd

hsndhkdhdkshdh I only noticed it after finishing the fic and occasionally skimming back through, but so much of the time whenever Alix shows up Kim’s all like *ungrateful* “oh not you again” like WOW that’s one way to greet your friend?? mood tho

[future aish note: i did the exact opposite in No Romo, funnily enough! kim’s not in it much but whenever he sees alix he’s like “friend!!! friend!!!!!” and she’s just like -_- “oh it’s that guy again”]

he’s not even paying attention to her omg she’s trying to save the timeline here you idiot

POOR ALIX how frustrating,,, and also I’ve literally been there,,, the woes of being a wing-girl indeed

and now Kim wants to fight himself, why am I not surprised

aND YES HERE’S WHERE IT HITS HIM, THE EXACT FUCKING MOMENT

WHERE HE’S SUDDENLY LIKE “OH WAIT MAX’S LOVE FOR ME ISN’T UNREQUITED??? I LIKE HIM TOO HOLY SHIT????”

aaaaaaand he immediately asks the aro for love advice, why is he like this omg

gosh this is sooooo sweeeeeet

I did not let up, did I? just went ahead and made this as cheesy and cutesy and over the top as I could because It’s What Kimax Deserves

(there wasn’t rly much Kimax content yet in the fandom at this point so I had total free reign and went all-out with it)

sfjsgskdhs and there goes Alix getting her wing-efforts sidelined again

“I’m never asking out someone on a whim again. Or, uh, confessing that I like someone on a whim either.” so uh... you know how I said I’m considering making the sequel Kimaxdine? well if I do then uh. hm. this might change. because reasons.

I don’t know why I made nothing Alix ever says make sense but I’m glad I did because she’s so freaking funny

I swear I talk about Max’s eyes being “magnified in his glasses” multiple times in this fic, either that or I’m having serious deja vu

Kim’s so cute dammit!!! now that he knows he likes Max he’s just swooning over every little thing and it’s!!!! adorable!!!!!

(I wonder if this is how it was with Kimdine in the show? it does seem like Kim already liked her but just hadn’t noticed...)

huehuehuehue Kim later on you do indeed recklessly propose to Max on the spot... in like 18 chapters or so

also the fact that Kim thinks things through better when he’s around Max is just the total sweetest and also what Alix was basically trying to aim for

I love Kim showing off that he can pack all his stuff in half an hour like buddy, the porters can literally help you with that, you’re royalty remember

omg I’d forgotten I left a note here later for binge-readers!! being all like “drink water and eat food and go to sleep uwu”

lmao guess I’ll take my own advice then and leave it there for now

[future aish note: same, goodnight]

[five-hour-anxiety]

Something To Believe In

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Word Count: 3500

Rating: General

Paring: Platonic Royality

   Wow, hindsight really is twenty-twenty, I should have seen this coming.  Okay, what is the tap count again? Step SHUFFLE STEP, STEP shuffle step ー or was it SHUFFLE step STEP? Ugh, okay just… just start over.  You can do this!  You’re Roman Palmer and this is a simple dance! What on Earth’s gotten into you? This should be the ー wait. Was the emphasis step for the left foot or the right? It’s… didn’t the Emo Nightmare say it was the left foot? Yes! Left foot ー and he wouldn’t lie to you, you know that!  You’re actually friends now, and friends don’t screw friends over.���

    It was the day of an audition, and for the first time in a while, Roman was letting his nerves get the best of him.  He had no idea what he was doing ー he had only learned how to tap dance about a week ago and up until about five minutes ago he was doing spectacularly.  Then he got the dance routine he was supposed to perform and realized that he was not as prepared as he had hoped.  Everything Virgil had taught him about the dance style seemed to have been deleted from his memory and he was left grasping at straws just minutes before it was his turn to perform.

    Regardless, the show must go on and Roman was not going to let this little memory lapse deter him.  It was only auditions after all, and as long as he got the rhythm down clean then it shouldn’t really matter what foot had the emphasis.  He could feel the doubt begin to ebb away as he practiced, and he knew he would be fine ー he nailed the singing portion of auditions, and Bobby was a character who sang a lot.  There’s no way those directors could ever pass him up!     His brain conjured up a memory of his first audition back when he was in high school ー  he was only a freshman that year, but he had still managed to snag a large role for himself; however, it was the person who claimed the main role that year he remembered most.  That person had the voice of an angel and couldn’t for the life of themselves dance even the hokey pokey.  But the directors had been so impressed by their singing that they still gave them the role and just spent more time working on the dances than the songs.  If that person could still get a role, then Roman could too.     Besides, beyond his talent and incredible performance, there was little to report from the singing auditions.  Most people had stumbled on stage and sang the typical audition songs: “Defying Gravity”, “Corner of the Sky”, anything from “Phantom”, etc.  Honestly, Roman was the only stick out talent there and he was glad he risked singing Bobby’s song from the show.  It’s fairly common knowledge that one should never audition with a song sung by the role you are trying out for, but Roman did it anyway and, in his educated opinion, thought he sounded amazing.     “Roman Palmer? You’re up.”     And just like that, any doubt he had flown out the window.  He was Roman Palmer, and he was going to nail this audition, just like he always does.

***

   “Greetings, you’ve reached Roman Palmer! Unfortunately, I’m away from my phone at the moment-”    “Or you didn’t charge it.”    “Oh hush, Hot Topic, I charge my phone all the time, in fact, it’s on the charger right now thank you very mu-” The recorded message cut out with a loud beep, and Patton found himself leaving a message for the tenth time that day.  It wasn’t like Roman to ignore his phone for this long ー the man had a hard time going even five minutes without checking his notifications.    Patton was definitely worried about Roman by now.  He hadn’t received any new selfies in the last two days, and Roman almost always sent him a few texts a day complaining about Virgil or wondering when Logan would be coming home.  The radio silence was concerning and after leaving his twelfth message, Patton had finally had enough.  If their resident drama queen wouldn’t pick up the phone then Patton was just going to march over there and demand answers.  Or bribe Roman with the cookies Patton had made that morning ー he had yet to decide upon his interrogation tactics.    It was fortunate Roman only lived a few houses down from Patton, as the short distance made storming the castle that much easier. Grabbing his bag, Patton set off towards the Palmer residence with his plate of sweets, which was all he needed to cheer Roman up if he was feeling down.  Inside the bag was the backup plan ー  a meticulously wrapped gift, courtesy of one Logan Shumaker.   Earlier that month, during one of his weekly visits home, their whole group had been out shopping.  While Roman had been distracted by a jacket, not unlike four he already owned, the other three had wandered into a different part of the store.  Virgil had found a Disney movie Roman didn’t own, which was what was currently in Patton’s bag, and until that day neither Patton nor Virgil had ever seen Logan that gleeful over anything that wasn’t space or math related.  It was concerning, but not enough for them to leave the disk there.    It was a quick walk to Roman’s house and by the time Patton had snapped back to the present he had already reached the front door.  The actor was definitely home ー Patton could see his old minivan parked in the drive.  Virgil had laughed when Roman first rolled up to school in that thing but had quickly learned to love it when Roman gave them all rides to school.  It had been dubbed “The Chariot” by Logan of all people, insisting it was a history joke and the group should not have taken the name seriously.  Roman, whether out of spite or a genuine love of the name, had had his license plate changed to “chariot” by the end of the week.    After knocking a few times, Patton gave up on being welcomed by Roman and let himself in with the spare key kept under a potted plant.  The door swung open and Patton marched in without a moment’s hesitation.  Dropping his stuff off in the kitchen, he continued down the hallway to Roman’s bedroom.  If he was sulking anywhere in this house, it would be in there.    Roman’s room was almost as extra as the man himself, and his entryway was a great indicator of that.  The door had been removed ー in its place was a heavy red curtain, and when it was left “open” it was held back by a gold colored rope.  Inside the room was a large canopy bed and multiple posters that ran the gauntlet from classic Disney movies to black and white musicals from the classic Hollywood age.  Some of these posters were signed, and those hung above Roman’s huge vanity.    The only source of light in Roman’s room, besides his window, was a dozen strands of fairy lights and one spotlight in the corner of the room.  The spotlight was set up next to Roman’s closet and every once in a while the whole gang would pile on to the bed to watch Roman model some new clothes.    When Patton pushed back the curtains, however, he was surprised to be met with darkness.  There was a figure illuminated by the window, and they were currently wielding a bat.  Patton shrieked as the figure let out a war cry, and quickly exited the room.    “Exit stage right!” He cried, as he sprinted down the hallway and towards the front door.    “Wait! Patton, it’s me! And that’s technically stage left!”    Patton stopped and turned back towards the figure who was now quite obviously Roman.  The bat he was holding was made of styrofoam as a leftover prop from one his shows ー Patton briefly recalls it being “Those Damn Yankees”.  Roman had started to sniffle as he lowered the bat, interrupting Patton’s train of thought as tears started streaming down the actor’s face.    “Oh, gosh kiddo!  I should have announced myself when I got here, I’m real sorry for spooking you!” Patton quickly moved in for a hug, and that seemed to break what little was left of the dam holding Roman’s sobs back.  They stood there for what Patton guessed to be ten minutes, Patton rubbing Roman’s back while he cried.  It was worrying ー Patton had never witnessed a complete Roman breakdown before, as those were almost always handled by Virgil.      Once Roman’s sobs became small hiccups, Patton stepped back and made an attempt to lighten the mood.  Moving Roman to the kitchen, he retrieved the cookies and watched as the other devoured half the plate.  As he inhaled the food, Patton tried out some new jokes on him, earning a few weak giggles and half-smiles.  A small victory, but a victory nonetheless.    “Roman, what happened?” Patton loathed to ask the question so soon, but Roman had a habit of deflecting issues so the longer he waited the harder it would be to get answers from the thespian.    Roman stilled and lowered the cookie in his hand.  He mumbled out a response, but Patton couldn’t hear him through the food in his mouth.  Patton leaned forward and asked the distraught man to repeat himself.    “I didn’t get the part.  I failed the audition.”  Roman ducked his head and wrapped his arms around himself as if he were trying to hold himself together.    Patton surged forward and enveloped the other in another hug, reassuring the actor that one failed audition did not mean the end of his stage career.    “There will be more auditions, Roman.  That role just wasn’t meant to be, and that’s okay!  You’re one of the best actors I know kiddo, and I know you’ll nail the next audition!”    Roman sniffled but didn’t start crying again.  Instead, he smiled softly and scooted his chair closer to Patton.  The two leaned against each other and continued on their quest to clean the platter of baked goods.  A comfortable silence stretched between them for the first time that day, and Patton couldn’t stop the small burst of pride he felt for both Roman and himself.    Eventually, Patton felt the silence had become too thick and once again tried to fill the space ー he never could be quiet for too long.    “Hey, not that I’m complaining about your weapon choice, but why did you grab the foam bat? I know for a fact you have a katana in your closet from Into the Woods, so why didn’t you just use that?  I mean, it was just me and not some creep, but…” Patton trailed off and leaned forward on his hands, expecting Roman to tell one of his grand tales like always.    “…I may have had the katana taken away.”    This gave Patton pause, as that was not the type of response he expected and had no idea what to make of that.  He quietly chewed on yet another cookie while Roman kicked the bat away from the table where it had fallen earlier.    “May I ask how on Earth you managed that?” Patton finally asked, concerned and intrigued at the same time.    “I uh… tried to slice a few soda cans with it?  I may have missed and hit the armchair, so Mom took it away?  She said that as long as I lived in her house I couldn’t be swinging it around all willy-nilly and breaking her nice furniture.  I think she was afraid I’d target the china cabinet next.”    Patton couldn’t help but giggle as he pictured the situation ー Roman was going to be turning twenty in a few months but at heart he was still the adventurous child he met in kindergarten.  Roman joined in the laughter too, and the tense atmosphere melted away as their laughter grew and they finished the plate of treats.    “Well, forget second cookies Padre ー we had tenth and eleventh cookies today.” Roman said, leaning back in his chair.  Patton smiled but was quickly enveloped in concern.    “You never eat that many, Roman.  When was the last time you ate something?”    “Yesterday.  I ate a cheese stick.”    “Roman Palmer, that is not good enough.  Go start the DVD player, I’ll make something else to eat.” Patton declared, pushing his chair back as he suddenly stood up.  The chair made an awful squeaking sound, making Patton’s stern voice crack with surprise as he spoke.  The change in tone left both men cackling as Roman moved over to the living room and Patton rummaged through the pantry.

***    About an hour later, Roman had finally gotten the DVD player set up and Patton had managed to make a bag of barely edible popcorn after burning four others in the microwave.  Roman complained the smell would never go away and had accused Patton of trying to smoke him out of the house.  Patton immediately denied the claim on the grounds that if Roman left the house he would be stuck staying at his and he did not want to share his home with the thespian.  Patton had a very small bedroom and three younger siblings ー there was no way he would ever share what little space he had.    The two had made it through “Treasure Planet” and “Robin Hood” before Patton remembered the gift in his bag.  He jumped up and over the couch, leaving a started Roman behind.  When he returned from the kitchen he bounced over to Roman’s half of the couch and shoved the package toward him.    “What on Earth is this?  Is this another movie?” Roman shook the gift slightly and could hear what sounded like a disk rattle.  He grinned and looked up at Patton, a questioning look in his eyes.  “What could this possibly be ー you three already got me every Disney movie in existence!”    Patton giggled and made a gesture for Roman to open the gift.  “Well, we got you this one in case you didn’t already own it!”    “…was that a play on DVD case or…?”    “Yes.  Now, kiddo, I would appreciate it if you would open that presently!”    With a dramatic war cry, Roman ripped the paper off and the cry immediately turned into an exasperated groan.  He turned the front of the case towards Patton and gestured at it with an expression that could only be read as really? You really got me this?    “What?  I know for a fact you don’t own this movie!”    “Patton, I swear to Shakespeare.  You know I don’t acknowledge the existence of this movie, why would you three purchase Chicken Little?!” Roman squawked, his hand flying to his chest as if the very action offended him.  Patton broke down into hysterical laughter and took the movie from Roman.    “Logan thought you would enjoy the movie, he insisted we finished the collection.  He’s gonna be upset he wasn’t here to see your face though.  Can I snap a quick picture?”    “No, you cannot! I haven’t taken a selfie in days and I refuse to let the first picture of the week be sent to the nerd for blackmail!” Roman whined, falling back with a dramatic gasp, a hand clutching his chest.    “Well, you have to watch it at least once.  Virgil was excited to finish the collection and I will not let you disappoint my little shadowling.”  Patton got up and popped the DVD in, and Roman groaned again.    “Fiiiiine.  But the next time Logan’s home, he has to watch it too.”  Roman compromised, and Patton giggled at the image of Logan tearing the movie apart for its inaccuracies like he did during “The Bee Movie”. The two spent the movie giggling and throwing popcorn at each other, and after it ended they went through nine more movies.  Roman had fallen asleep halfway through the last one, and once Patton was satisfied that the man wouldn’t stay up crying all night he finally nodded off as well.

***    The next morning found the two in the kitchen, Patton making breakfast and Roman singing off key to some pop music.  Every once in a while Roman would pull Patton into a dance, and the two would jump around until the smell of burnt food became overbearing and threatened to activate the smoke alarms. It was nice, Patton decided, and he wouldn’t trade this for anything else in the world.  He loved seeing his friend smile, and if the awful singing is what made that beautiful grin stretch across his face then he would happily go deaf.    All good things must come to an end, however, and Patton knew he had to once again broach the topic of auditions and what Roman would do next.    After they had sat down at the table and started eating, Patton put his fork down and leaned forward, a sense of deja vu washing over him.    “Kiddo, I know it was only a few days ago but you should start preparing for other auditions.”  Patton had said more but was cut off by Roman throwing his fork down.  He stared at his plate, the apple pancakes suddenly unappetizing and offending.    “Roman.  At least eat one pancake ー you haven’t had any real food in days.” Patton began and quickly continued when Roman opened his mouth in protest. “No, popcorn and cookies aren’t real food.  Those have no nutritional value and so help me God you are going to finish those pancakes.”    Roman paled and stabbed a bite of pancake, knowing that once Patton makes his mind up there’s no stopping him from getting what he wants.  His face was still cold and angry though, and Patton had no idea what he was supposed to do next.    “Roman, come on ー don’t make me break out the musical puns! I have no standard for them so Anything Goes!” Patton had laughed at his own puns and the sight of the freckled boy enjoying his own jokes brought a small smile back to Roman’s face.    “Oh please, Patton, you know I enjoy your clever puns.  It’s Logan who doesn’t appreciate your fine wordplay.”    “So I guess you could say he is in Agony whenever I make one?” Patton wiggled his eyebrows at the “Into The Woods” pun, knowing that the show was one of Roman’s favorites.  “I know that they’re not very Popular with him, but they are pretty Wicked!”    Roman finally broke and for the second day in a row they were laughing like maniacs in Roman’s kitchen.  A few more puns were shared between the two and as they laughed, much to Patton’s relief, Roman finally finished his breakfast.    After the laughter died down and they grew silent again, Roman cleared his throat and made a show of looking away from Patton.    “I… I want to go to school for performing arts.  I’ve decided that’s what I want to do with my life, Patton, but the audition has left me thinking I may never make it very far.”  Roman continued to look away and wrung his hands as he spoke. “And you’re right.  It’s only one audition and I need to keep going.  I just don’t know if I can do that right now.”    “Kid- Roman.  It’s okay to be afraid right now, that’s completely natural.  I don’t have any theatre experience, but I imagine these auditions are just like riding a bike ー once you get started it’ll all come rushing back to you.  And you know how to tap now!  Even if you didn’t get the part this time, I wouldn’t call it a waste of time.  Not many people can walk into an audition and say they can dance like that, so that’s a huge leg up on the competition!”    Roman had started to smile as Patton spoke, and by the time he had finished it was a full-blown grin.    “You’re absolutely right, Padre! That is something a lot of people can’t do, but I can!  That’s going to look amazing compared to my common and casual competition!”  Roman cried, starting to sound more like his normal self.  Patton pointed this out, and Roman had corrected him by stating he was acting more like his fabulous self, as he was far from normal thank you very much.    The day went on and by the time Patton went home, Roman had been dancing around his kitchen and snapping selfies like the last few days had never happened.

***    A few weeks later, Patton’s phone buzzed with a text from Roman.  It was a picture of what looked like a music sheet and a script for “Newsies”.  The caption was short, but it brought Patton to tears nonetheless.    “Thanks for giving me 'something to believe in'" it read, and Patton knew everything was going to be okay.

[an-ice-guy]

This is si me’s bio, enjoy! It’s kinda meh since my thoughts are scrambled right now so I might change it later but for now here it is!

Name: ? (Haven’t decided, might go with Xander? I don’t have a solid name for myself yet either)

Age: 12 (Was 16, he de-aged in the process of going to paranatural...idk how much sense that makes but w/e time travel might’ve had a hand in it.)

Gender: Demi-boy, prefers he/him pronouns but is ok with they/them pronouns.

Orientation: Aroace

Spectral energy: Frosty blue

Spirit: Cold Snap (Ice spirit)

Spectral type: Medium

Abilities: Cryokinesis (Ice manipulation), Freezing liquids, cooling the air around him, so on and so forth. Frost Breath. Capable of generating icy armor. General spectral abilities as well such as making a spec-shot and having a very rough idea of how to form spectral energy thanks to CS’s guidance.

Motivation: Saving Mayview from disaster, Helping the activity club and his friends. Other than that, he’s also motivated to survive and to find out how he got here.

Personality: My si is a rather calm and friendly person, who is hard to anger due to him being a rather patient person. He has a goofy side to him as well, cracking jokes and making silly puns in an attempt to get people to laugh, since he likes seeing people happy. He cares deeply for his friends and family, and the one way to get him irrevocably angry is to mess with them. He shares this trait with Cold Snap

That being said, his humor doesn’t make him too silly. He’s pretty serious about things he cares about and in real danger, he’s capable of turning serious in a flash. He’s rather intelligent and uses this to his advantage, outwitting his opponents by using trickery and thought. Si me is a clever person and thinks carefully about what he’s going to do before he does it and is rather good at finding out what a person is most likely going to do. He is not above using underhanded tricks to win a fight.

Though he is intelligent, si me isn’t very booksmart. Math and English are his two worst subjects, even though his vocabulary is pretty good. Science eludes him most of the time as well, but History is something he’s decent at.

He enjoys it greatly when his friends are happy and loves to spend time with them doing goofy stuff. He would do anything for his friends/family, and that is a dangerous personality facet to have in his case.

Another thing he is good at besides making a joke or two is keeping secrets. He’s a rather secretive person and has a few secrets he keeps close to himself, secrets he’d prefer nobody ever hear. One of them being that he’s from another dimension, and that he knows what’s going to happen in the future. He’s also deathly afraid that if they found out his secret that they’d start to hate him for keeping said secret, and that they’d blame him for not telling them beforehand.

He isn’t happy all the time either, as a result of his life before coming to Mayview. He is selfless to the point where he would give his life to help his friends and family, and is afraid of burdening other people. He is rather prone to panicking or overthinking as well if he doesn’t take the time to slow down and think about the future. Cold Snap helps with that, but the underlying anxiety is still there. He is pretty self-loathing as due to depression issues, and has breakdowns sometimes where he just needs to be alone for a while to cry things out. He’s incredibly fearful of a couple of things, the most prominent being that he is afraid of most is being unable to save Mayview or the lives of his friends, or failing them because he couldn’t prevent a disaster from happening. Blames himself for things a lot as a result.

He usually hides all this from his friends as well, and his calm demeanor is somewhat of a farce. It’s mostly true, he is a rather calm individual, but he oftentimes uses his calmness and humor to hide the fact that he might be absolutely terrified in a situation like a fight, or uses it to mask his pain when he’s feeling particularly not so great. Doesn’t wanna worry anyone.

All in all, he’s a goofy yet calm person and cares deeply for his loved ones, but is selfless to the point of worry and is afraid of burdening the people around him. Also a Depressed Mess™.

His view on spirits is a positive one, and he respects and values Cold Snap’s presence as well as that of others. Doesn’t like Francisco Guerra very much due to his treatment of them (cough) the training dummies (cough) because he believes it to be wrong to hurt them like that. 

History: He doesn’t like to say, but his condition before coming to Paranatural was not a good one.

Goals: Si me came to Paranatural under mysterious circumstances, he doesn’t know why, or how, but he landed in Mayview. His journey is going to be a long one, but he’s going to attempt to save Mayview from whatever disaster is going to happen. He has read the comic Paranatural, so this gives him knowledge of the future, which he is going to use to help both the town and the activity club.

Battle style: Fragile speedster: He’s ok at dishing out the pain, but he certainly can’t take it. He prefers to attack quickly using his ice abilities, and oftentimes using a stomp that generates icy spikes from the ground. He can generate armor with his abilities much like Cold Snap, but prefers to not use it because its much harder to dodge attacks with armor weighing you down. He’s pretty decent at attacking, and can certainly dish out the pain, but against a mighty glacier, he might not last very long. He isn’t as clumsy as Cold Snap, quite the opposite, he’s rather graceful so getting him to trip up might be a bit hard. He is a pretty fast runner, and has a bit of stamina, but his arms might as well be wet spaghetti noodles for how hard he can punch something. As a result, he uses icy weapons to his advantage to stab or slice at his opponents.

He uses lies and deceit to trick his opponents into giving him the advantage, and certainly isn’t above fighting dirty. He also isn’t afraid of running away if things get a bit too hairy for him. If someone’s life is on the line though, he’s not going to up and leave them, he’s going to stay and fight. Even if it causes him pain in the long run.

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okay for the hcs thing: the dragonets of destiny, ruby and nan, all of the ib squad, and uhhhthe pmmm cast if u want?? :3c

NICE ty babe!!!!!!!!

send me a character and i’ll answer!

(note: im kin w glory, mary, madoka, sayaka, and mami so this might be a lot of kin-based shIT SDFHSDKLF)

CLAY

A: what I think realistically

he is Boft (buff and soft) and also Lorg and if u are his friend and cold just tell him and he will drape his fuckin wing around u and curl up with you. he has at least 3 dragons cuddling with him when he sleeps

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

hes super bad at predicting jokes so he’ll fuckin CRACK UP at the worst fuckin joke u tell. he’ll also eat ANYTHING on a dare. even dirt or a handful of pebbles, thanks GLORY

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

hes actually got mental health shit goin on (depression/anxiety/prob ptsd/prob a pd) but he thinks he Has to be strong for the other dragonets bc theyre all fucked right up and he needs to be the strong support so he feels like he really Cant let himself break down at all, and it causes a Lot of pent-up sadness/anxiety/etc which he has No way of getting out

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

clay is aro/ace and in a qpp with all the dragonets. let him be not het?

TSUNAMI

A: what I think realistically

tsunami is fuckening BUFF as HELL. like. she can kick ur ass ur friends ass ur moms ass her OWN ass she doesnt care shes SUPER buff she will kick everyone in the THROAT she is FIERCE and PROTECTIVE and STRONG

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

when darkstalker first busted out of the mountain (like a nut) she straight-up decked him in the snout. just fucken. P U N C H

it hurt her claws and she almost cried but tried to play it off as “im crying out of my own coolness”

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

shes always felt like glory hates her bc of how snarky and rude they are and like?? they logically know they dont but like. what if and she cant just ask them bc thatd be rude and glory would probably make a joke out of it, so shes stuck believing one of her supposed best friends secretly hates her and she doesnt know how to deal

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

SHES BI AS HELL let tsunami be bi and trans and have a gf…….

GLORY

A: what I think realistically

theyre used to not eating a lot and kinda always being hungry bc yknow no sunlight in the caves but they assumed it was like? normal? and being in the sun was like……. holy shit im finally Full…….. and they dont actually eat a lot but when they do its usually fruits bc they dont actually like meat all that much

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

they can do spot-on impressions of SO many dragons, including but not limited to: the guardians, the other dragonets, fatespeaker, queen coral, riptide, morrowseer, and probably more and they love being able to say “im a pretty princess” while sounding almost exactly like kestrel

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

theyre rlly rlly good at hiding bc they HAD to be when the guardians got Pissed, so now when anyone is Vaguely mad at them they manage to find a way to hide and its near-impossible to find them, which has pppprob scared the other dragonets mny times

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

glory is genderfluid and gay and whom the Fuck is deathbringer?

STARFLIGHT

A: what I think realistically

he has some p bad anxiety so his Counting/Observing Things thing is a comfort mechanism of sorts that hes always really done. in the caves all he had to observe was rocks, torches, and scrolls but once he got Out he had so much that it was overwhelming. hes rlly good at describing things in writing due to this

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

hes always been SUPER clumsy so now that hes blind hes kind of just. tripping on everything. he fell off the side of a cave once at the academy and screamed and waited for death until he remembered that he is a dragon who can fly

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

abt the observing thing: now that hes blind, he cant do that, and it was his main comfort mechanism. so now during anxiety attacks, he has a rlly hard time calming down bc he cant just start observing whats around him, it doesnt WORK like that

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

HES ARO AND GAY AND IN A QPP WITH FATESPEAKER AND ALSO THE DRAGONETS FUCK YOU

SUNNY

A: what I think realistically

she has adhd!!! she has adhd-ph so shes always fidgeting/bouncing around/flying to try and get her energy out. clay, tsunami, and glory also have adhd and try to help her out whenever they can!! she loves to bake, but it takes a LOT of waiting, so its kinda hard on her

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

she can be REALLY FUCKING LOUD when she wants to be, which NOBODY expects. normally she uses it for singing, or to startle people. she likes to be Loud while imitating kestrel, marching around and looking all Serious

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

shes always felt Really ignored and, esp for someone who pprob has dpd traits, its rlly heartbreaking bc like. she doesnt feel wanted and she doesnt feel like she gets any attention and shes just!!!!!!! aaaagh

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

shes aroace and in a qpp w fatespeaker heck you

RUBY

A: what I think realistically

she was prob legally blind but not Fully blind before the glen, but she was admitted bc her sight was getting progressively worse and she couldnt continue to be an electrician, her job

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

“hey tom remember that time i fucken stabbed u” “lol remember that time u pushed stitches off a balcony, killing him instantly”

“tom if u dont shut up this second about furries i will stab u again” “…….nya” “im gettin my fucken knife tom”

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she lives w a lot of guilt over killing tom and regularly has nightmares abt it, and even tho he assures her everything is fine she still regrets it so much but doesnt know how to make it Right in her mind

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

SHES BI AND AGENDER AND HER TOM AND JAY ARE POLY

NAN

A: what I think realistically

shes always been Super chubby, and she generates a llot of heat both bc Fur and bc Chub, so when her friends get Cold all u have to do is snuggle up next to her and ur instantly rlly warm now

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

kim teaches her how to dab and calls it a symbol of respect, and so whenever nan meets someone she rlly respects she just dabs as kim cracks up

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she keeps a journal bc her memory is Shit but shes still constantly worried that shes writing it wrong, esp bc shes usually dissociating enough that she cant remember what happened, and sometimes its bad enough to warrent a breakdown/panic attack

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

look shes aro/pan/genderfluid i dont make the rules. also shes autistic

IB

A: what I think realistically

they know a little bit of asl bc theyre mute, and they carry around a notebook to write in when they cant sign. bc of this, they have rlly good handwriting and are also p good at miming stuff when they need to

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

they accidentally learned how to swear in asl, so whenever garry sees them doing so and doesnt know what it means (and then asks) he almost starts crying when they calmly show him the word “fuck” written in their notebook

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

they have rlly bad nightmares and is ppprob misdiagnosed due to ppl thinking the gallery Wasnt Real, doesnt get proper help, and lives w guilt over what happened and has NO clue how to cope

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

look. theyre nb and pan. im not saying this is a hc im saying this is canon. theyre not cishet

GARRY

A: what I think realistically

hes pprob around?? late 20s-early 30s, so its kiiiinda awkward maintaining contact w ib at first, but then he becomes a Family Friend and babysits so its all chill

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

hes PETRIFIED of spiders and the one time he tried to be brave and take one outside for ib he screamed, dropped it, and nearly cried.

ib is capable of disposing of spiders in the way garry prefers (domnt kill them) and does so calmly as garry sits on the counter and screams

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

he feels rlly guilty after the gallery and has NO idea how to cope, so he ends up drinking a bbbbit too much and hes also not rlly able to help ib, which makes him MORE guilty, and its kinda just a spiral of depression

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

hes trans and also adopts ib and mary and theyre a happy family

MARY

A: what I think realistically

she has NO CLUE what most things taste like, but someone let her try a cherry cough drop once, and now she just rlly wants to eat that fake cherry flavor again

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

she knows how to say various swear words and looked garry in the eyes and said “FUCK!!!” once and he nearly started sobbing on the spot

also she doesnt know much abt numbers and thinks that since shes 9 and garrys 20-30 and 2-3 are less than 9, shes older than him and In Charge

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she died in pain and thinking her only friend hated her, feeling deeply betrayed :’)

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

GARRY ADOPTS HER AND IB AND THEYRE A FAMILY also shes a lesbian

MADOKA

A: what I think realistically

shes rlly good at drawin!!!! she doodles a lot in class to help her focus, plus she just rlly likes to draw, so she ends up bein rlly talented!!! she esp likes to draw her friends bc like. why not???

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

everyone expects her to be terrified of bugs and sayaka to be the brave one killing them when in reality its sayaka sprinting away as madoka calmly takes it outside and goes “dont worry its okay!!!!! :D”

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she feels rlly inferior to everyone and, along with being shy, thinks shes honestly useless to a team. its not that she hates herself, its that she thinks shes rlly boring and doesnt have much going for her, and she has no clue how to help or communicate this

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

she and sayaka are DATING theyre GFS also madoka has dpd

SAYAKA

A: what I think realistically

shes mega bi. shes bi. she is just. bi. her first crush was wonder woman and she prob liked hitomi at one point. shes the one friend who gets crushes on EVERYONE, and i mean everyone

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

when she gets bored, she makes up random stories in her head and narrates whats going on in the lives of passerby, and now she has a huge elaborate universe thats like a soap opera in her head. she has a theme song and everything

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she has bpd but no clue what that IS or how to COPE, so being a magical girl was ppprob a rlly bad idea due to the lows bpd comes with, esp since she based her wish on a person/fp. so she was?? p much destined to fall into despair, even if it wasnt over kyousuke

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

SHES!!!!!!! DATING!!!!!!!! MADOKA!!!!!!!

MAMI

A: what I think realistically

shes a rlly organized person so mess just Ticks her Off, and she spends most of her time just making sure everything is clean. its kinda a comfort mechanism at this point??? like it just makes her feel better

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

shes constantly trying 2 pick up on the current slang and be Cool w the Kiddos these days but shes always at least 3 steps behind

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she has dpd but since she lost her parents and kyoko abandoned her, shes had nobody to depend on, which kinda sucks? bc like. shes constantly second-guessing herself and has no clue what shes doing and feels so alone

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

shes trans gay and dating kyoko

KYOKO

A: what I think realistically

shes SUPER good at sneaking around/stealing things and lvoes to startle/prank her friends w this bc like??? oh shit sayaka is ur phone missing who couldve took it, oh look madoka got a text from u wonder who sent it

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

she once ate an entire bowl of sugar on a dare from sayaka and got the WORST stomach ache for a day and half, but claimed it was worth it

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

shes always been rlly underweight and manages to steal food Sometimes, but has probably been caught and hurt for doing so

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

A LESBIAN DATING MAMI

HOMURA

A: what I think realistically

shes RLLY talented in a lot of areas due to the many timelines, but shes never rlly grasped the arts?? ie drawing, writing etc, and she has NO clue how madoka does it, what the hell

B: what I think is fucking hilarious

its RLLY hard to make her laugh but she can and WILL crack up if you look her in the eyes and say “egg”

on a similar, note, she once said “i want kyoko to vore me real good” completely straight-faced, deadpan

C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends

she has a LOT of trauma she could never rlly talk abt w anyone, esp a therapist, due to the timelines so shes rlly not coping at all in the slightest

D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway

shes GAY and prob dating hitomi