#I striked fashionable for some obvious reasons lmao

[sporticus1234]

Im probably overanalyzing this but forgive me for being excited over a story from PB in months.

Even though none of their texts were red, I find it interesting that Lydea mentioned that the only one who can best a Thorne was another Thorne. And judging by the special scene at the end of book 1, I wonder if this was concocted by someone or someones in the direct royal family. 

Also interesting that Vasili mentions in his little testimony that Trystan’s possible motive for killing Juliana was because of a possibility they would be removed as heir to the throne. Which also seems to mildly contradict Sebastyan’s testimony that “Trystan only ever had plans for her next birthday party.”

So, if Trystan never seemed to care about Drakovia’s future, why would he be worried about being removed as heir to the throne of a country he didn’t seem to care about? As we have seen, Trystan still had great benefits of not being on the throne, and Im certain he would still receive some type of benefit just being the child of the current royals.

Also would like to point out that Marguerite mentions she was never an heiress to anything other than her fashion line. Given that Sebastyan and her are Trystan’s half-siblings, we can deduce that Sebastyan would not be an heir to the throne either. And from what we can see, Sebastyan seems very agitated that Marguerite was complacent as being considered an illegitimate Thorne, while also ensuring that the MC appropriately call him Prince Sebastyan.

From what we’ve heard so far, Kaspar doesn’t sound like the person behind this, especially since the crime is well-orchestrated and thought-out, and Trystan describes Kaspar as the opposite. Marguerite for obvious reasons, and Lydea doesn’t strike me as the type to care about the throne. And the others, we haven’t seen or heard much about so far. 

Which only leaves Vasili and Sebastyan, and both of them have the motive. My guess is that with Vasili, since he mentioned the heir situation, by killing Juliana, it would ensure the monarchy remains intact, but then by pinning the murder on Trystan, it effectively removes him from the line of succession, making the next child the heir. And I would bet Vasili is the next in line for the throne. 

But with Sebastyan, given that he and Juliana were close and wanted to enact change together, he probably felt abandoned when Juliana essentially told him to “fuck off” in the flashback of Chapter 1. But I also wonder if he felt Juliana was turning her back on all the changes and plans they had made together for Drakovia, and by marrying Trystan, she was effectively giving all that up.

Watch me be entirely wrong in the end of this lmao, but I would be honestly shocked if at least Sebastyan didn’t have something to do with Juliana’s murder.

[sharpth1ng]

2/2

Stu sad watching horror movies and pining is great, definitely canon lmao. - yesss I have certain ones in mind I can see him doing this specifically to (Re-animator, My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler and Psycho were the ones that came to mind and I have specific reasons too lmao) I would love to know which ones you would imagine him watching in his sad boy mode too! Stu absolutely would buy multiple copies of that CD and he would give it to Billy as a gag gift on birthdays or holidays I reckon. the image of Billy smashing them with a hammer in an overly dramatic fashion and Stu thirsting but simultaneously bothering him even more like "There's plenty more where that came from" while pieces of plastic are flying everyfuckingwhere will not leave me alone.

SOMEHOW I FORGOT HIS DADS NAME IS HANK BAHAHAHAH GOD Billy would die. Such exquisite torture tbh. Artisanal. Bespoke. - IFKR it's perfect. Stu would never stop reminding him of it either like instead of referring to him as "your dad" or whatever he always says HANK.

Yo that’s so sweet Gah I’m legit so touched 🥰 my and my dumb lil fucked up fics thank you 🙏 you absolutely deserve it!😊 and thank youuu for blessing us with such awesome works.

Lmao and yeah Middle aged Billy absolutely destroying homophobes is my fav tbh. - saaame I love this so much for him! “You should be afraid of the gays because we’re fucking coming to get you.” YES God this is amazing and honestly so hot ngl Stu saying to the same victim "The bury the gays trope is over, now the gays are gonna bury everyone else!" (then Billy and Stu make out in front of said homophobic victim just to piss them off before they kill them together).

Thos are all great picks! And Stu would love reanimator. I think Halloween 1 is a big one, like its so obvious and they've seen it so many times but I think it was formative for them and I also think Stu had a great big crush on Micheal and parallels Billy to him a lot in a very romanticized way. Like he sees him as this quiet, unstoppable force who also has these fun silly moments occasionally and idk, I think he knows every line in the movie but still feels so tender watching it cause its just Billy for him.

Black Christmas is another- aside from the fact that I love the movie I think its one Billy liked a lot as well, like this slow building pace, the shooting style, and then the fact that it revolves around phone calls and everything. Like when Sid runs up into Stu's attic during the chase scene its set up like a reference to the movie up there and I can't imagine thats not because Billy and Stu were playing Black Christmas at some point.

Deep Red is another, It just strikes me as a Billy favourite and I think he gets really animated talking about his favourites, so Stu would have som really fond memories of that.

LMAO giving the CDs is a great touch, like theres shards of CD flying and Stu's like " aww babe you didn't have to make confetti, thats so sweet"

THE BURY YOUR GAYS TROPE LINE, YESSssss!

"this time the gays are going to bury you" would be such a good tagline for a movie someone give me a bunch of money so I can shoot a super gay slasher, thats the representation I need-

But yeah I do love a violently out Billy, (awww baby boy look how far you've come)

[pretendcr]

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[koukouture]

PGR Modern social media au HCs!

Lucia

- Probably just has instagram or twitter for the heck of it, no serious social media presence

- Some of her posts do make great memes tho

- Appears in everyone else’s videos and that’s why she has a lot of followers

- More than anyone she appears in Watanabe’s videos bc she has nothing else to do

- Occasionally Roland’s too because he knows Luna or something idk

Liv

- Aesthetic stuff instagram/twitter/tumblr posts probably

- Her life looks like a Ghibli film

- Lots of hidden spots in her videos

- Blogs sometimes

Lee

- Oh something fashion related for sure

- Mostly just general fashion advice, hauls, and thrift flips

- Appears in Kamui’s streams a lot

- Occasionally in Watanabe’s videos

- Fandom inspired outfits (Ghibli, video games, you name it he has a lot of clothes)

- Also the occasional blog

- All around pretty crafty

- Very similar content to Best Dressed on YouTube (can’t link on mobile sorry)

Watanabe

- Cooking channel :D

- Probably has the kids as guests a lot

- It’s a running joke among his subscribers that Liv, Lee, and Lucia are his adopted children

- It’s not official obvs and his subs know that he wants actual kids one day

- Has some simps probably

- Hey, he’s a buff guy with a voice smooth as honey teaching you how to cook. I’d simp too

- Blogs occasionally

- His summer blogs get lots of views for… obvious reasons (*cough cough* his muscles *cough, cough*)

- Lots of videos about his cats

- Actually, most of his videos feature his cats in some way, either they ruin his cooking or they just act cute

Kamui

- Twitch streamer!!!!!

- Video games obviously

- Lee appears in his streams and videos a lot since they’re dating

- Camu also appears occasionally (they’re twins in my modern au ok leave me alone)

- Sometimes does some dumb shit unrelated to video games

- Some of these include: trying to cook with Watanabe, dyeing Camu’s hair or his own, trying to cook by himself (it always ends in him calling Watanabe) opening fan mail, and the occasional shoddy cosplay

- Has some simps and stans me thinks

- They’re kinda problematic sometimes, hey, every fanbase has it’s bad apples

Camu

- Models occasionally but overall not too serious about social media

- Lots of simps because he’s in a lot of Kamui’s videos and streams

- Probably makes cynical comedy videos on TikTok tho and gets a decent following from them

Roland

- Bro he’s an actor what do you think???

- Simps left and right

- Lots of sponsors

- Promotes projects he’s in

- But he tries to put out content that isn’t just related to his acting

- So mainly blogs and sometimes video games

- People would probably think he’s dating Luna

- Idk how to feel about Roland x Luna tbh

- They could be dating in this au but I highly doubt Lucia approves lmao

- The most popular next to Selena

Luna

- Modeling maybe? She strikes me as that type of person

- Has tried to get Lucia into it but she just doesn’t care

- Mostly just posts some of her modelling stuff on instagram

- Appears in lots of Roland’s videos though

- Everyone jokes that he’s a simp for her lmao

Selena

- I feel like she’d be a singer of some sort in a modern au so most of her content is for her music videos

- Covers and blogs sometimes

- General music tips too probably

- Tries to keep her private life a secret but everyone knows she’s good friends with Ayla

Ayla

- ART YOUTUBE!!!!

- She would be supper popular on art YouTube since she’s so charismatic and cute

- I would probably watch her a lot

- Art tips, tutorials, streams, yeah

- Art challenges too most likely

- Really nice art with a very specific mood that everyone recognizes

- Idk how to explain it but lots of popular social media artists (Sam Does arts, Ross Drawsm Loish) all have really distinct styles

- Gets lots of attention bc she’s friend with Selena

I think this is everyone who would have a notable social media presence, I included Camu and Lucia because they make cameo’s in everyone else’s content

[frogtanii]

It’s wind anon. I know I should react to the Kenma part, but I just went through the update, saw Meiko’s portion and I have feelings that I need to get out because I’m so far gone right now—

I swear, I can break down every single text what the flip is this BS. Meiko, dear, do you,,,have a concussion. Are you thinking. What,,, this is like the time you were underdressed at the restaurant and you ended up getting drunk as heck.

Okay, let’s do the breakdown.

Coming in hot, we see Meiko with “tooru!!!!!!” (Yes, I did count the number of exclamation marks) firstly, the usage of his first name after ‘exiled’ where she raged at him and used Oikawa instead... mood swing much because I cannot believe the audacity of this... and really. First name basis. Trying to be close and to get rid of animosity, but not offering up anything like “hey, I’d appreciate talking to you for a sec if you’re free?” Or an apology for blowing up at him because he did indeed have your back, it’s just that you were the one problem. But yes, the exclamation marks too. A bit childish, obvious excitement...mmmm, I’ll move on to the next section.

Oikawa’s “oh. hey meiko” shows that he really ain’t up for this. First is the obvious low energy. I don’t want to go into depth about that but the “oh” shows that he paused. He saw her message. He answered. And he didn’t expect her to talk to him. Especially with that sort of energy. Mixed feelings towards her. And his “hey meiko”. I would say he is one of the more energetic of the House. He probably would’ve done something like “meiko!!! <3” in response before or something like that. He’s a bit flashy in that regard. But no punctuation. Just a downtrodden “hey” in response.

“don’t sound so enthused” she says. I mean, at the very least it seems she understands and can grasp tone from messages? But I am like “it would be more surprising for him to be enthused? I’m in awe of how you were able to become so enthused after you got yourself crushed into pieces by YN...” Besides that, even if Meiko wasn’t physically hurt, a confrontation of this sort would not lead to anyone having a happy mood? Me glancing between Meiko and all the therapists that were mentioned before because I really hope that we can figure something out because she gives off so many different vibes I am like... “what even goes on inside her brain...”

“can you blame me? you yelled at me the last time i talked to you” and this is the truth. He shouldn’t be enthused. You yelled at him, you disregarded his concern and you showed that you didn’t care for him as a person. Even if there was a circumstance where she didn’t yell at Oikawa, he would reach out first and be concerned about her health. Meiko has no grounds to try and blame him for anything right now. Frankly, I don’t think Oikawa should have even bothered answering her because I don’t think he is in the best place emotionally to deal with her.

“im so sorry sweetheart!!!! i didn’t mean it :(” lemme just day, wind anon cannot believe the BS that this message is. First, she says she is sorry. But really? Really. I can’t even look at her. Look, I don’t know what it is but “I’m so sorry.” Has the weakest apology energy. “I’m sorry.” Fine, decent, the classic and simplest. “I’m really sorry.” Also good! Shows regret. “I’m so sorry.” Sounds like you when you just learn that a person’s family member has passed away. There is something about “I’m so sorry” that doesn’t sound sincere to me and it’s infuriating. Next, the “sweetheart” I might’ve gagged a bit internally. Does she,,, talk like that? Normally? Is that a thing? She’s younger than him...and I don’t know but sweetheart sounds so condescending I literally can’t even— and finally, the “I didn’t mean it” yeah, well, you don’t mean anything because everything you say is BS that’s what you mean. Stop excusing your behavior. There is no merit behind it.

“you know i was just beat up and i couldn’t control what i was saying”. Okay, let’s break this down too. First, trying to incur sympathy by the “I was just beat up.” I cannot believe this gal. And the “you know” for a reference to a person’s knowledge of the matter, it lets them be more susceptible to beliefs. But the “I couldn’t control what I was saying” is complete utter hogwash. I mean, Meiko can’t control any bit of her because she is just impulse. But she excused her inability to control herself by saying it was because she was just beat up.

I don’t know what to say for the next portion. Alone, it’s cute, but put into perspective it’s just manipulation and she doesn’t love him. I’ll just move on.

“what do you need that you can’t ask iwa-chan?” Okay, so he didn’t reciprocate with an “I love you too” so that just shows what type of mood and how effective her words were. It also shows that she always messaged Oikawa when she needed something, because he caught on super quick to that. The “Iwa-chan” is interesting though. I wanna know if Oikawa talks to Iwaizumi after this conversation with Meiko because she is clearly going behind his back right now.

“oh well hajime is being very rude rn. he won’t let me leave my room!!!!” Okay, he had best interests at heart and Meiko...I know every single one of your rooms has a bathroom too. They’re bringing you food. They are letting people go into your room. Meiko, you wouldn’t have lasted quarantine if you’re this petulant now. It’s literally going to be like, 3 days max if you work to get an actual solution. I don’t want to break this down, I feel this is self explanatory. She feels entitled still.

“i know, it’s for your own good” he replies, and that is true but I am also of the belief that it is (hopefully) better for the rest of the house to not be in contact with her so I guess that’s that. Anyway, this shows Oikawa placating her, next

Meiko...being...not pretty. “ugh!!! but i wanna go out!!!!!!” Yeah, she would not have been able to be safe throughout the pandemic. Please,,, you’ll have fresh air if you open up a window,,, I know for certain you don’t exercise,,, please Meiko, shut up already you are making yourself look like more of a pile of garbage than you depict yourself as please I cannot handle the idea that the guys fell for this act—

“you have a black eye babe” okay, the black eye is actually Tooru trying to refer to knowledge that she has. As in, she should be trying to rest and get better right now. (Just curious, who treated her? For the injuries? She raged at Iwaizumi and Oikawa so maybe Daichi?) the babe gives off the placating vibe to me, still low energy, not very affectionate, but it’s there so I’m like “hm”.

“so??? omg are you calling me ugly tooru???????” Well...he didn’t call you ugly. But I might? Because you have the ugliest personality of everyone here. But also, shifting blame onto him. Gosh, I give Oikawa some water. He’ll get a migraine from this.

“of course not. i would never”. Low energy, not elaborating, I think he sees that she is trying to manipulate him, or at the very least he isn’t going to play that particular game. But actually, he runs a fashion channel on YouTube. We know Bokuto runs a fitness one and his header message was something along the lines of everyone’s bodies are beautiful, so chances are Oikawa has the same sort of idea for his channel too. He may criticize fashion, but he would never criticize the people wearing it or the people who made it in a mean way. He would be respectful, and he lets people do what they wish because it’s their choice. I mean, there has to be a reason why Meiko’s fashion is how it is—he doesn’t intrude on matters that aren’t his to intrude upon.

Okay, Meiko. I’m gonna stop trying to format the messages exactly how they are, autocorrect is making my time with them a bit too much, but she says she wants him to take her with him. Okay, starting off, you are really under the belief that he will take you on to a trip he has planned when he didn’t invite you in the first place? Pushy... but yes, her petulance again... me flicking water at her, “you got super drunk because you were underdressed at a fancy restaurant and now you have a face that looks like roadkill, how much do you want to embarrass yourself before you get turned into a pariah?”

Oikawa not knowing how she knows that is clear concern. Someone knowing your schedule when it’s none of their business and not public knowledge is major red flag. The “uh” shows that he is clearly taken aback. The ellipses shows that he doesn’t know what to think.

Okay, Meiko—she is actually able to notice something??? Good golly gee, I am baffled by how she did that when everything else she does is on fire. But the consistency probably gave it in. She may have been looking for him at one point, noticed he was out, and saw the pattern then. But actually, wouldn’t she be good at noticing the patterns of the guys so that she always knows which one to go to and use? Thoughts.... but I’m curious about the fact she said the “same group of absolute losers”. I highly doubt they always go and meet up directly in eye view of the house? Chances are they meet up at a bar or something? This potentially could be a thing where Meiko was stalking them? It would be interesting if she saw them while she was out as well—and if yahaba and kyoutani noticed her around before too. Also, her saying “you ain’t slick” like,,, Meiko, have you looked into a mirror. Can you see.

Oikawa defending his friends, we stan. Let’s move on though: “they’re so much younger than you?? and yahaba is def not cute lmao” me, doing like the... monkey meme where they look away because I am just like??? Meiko, you’re younger than Oikawa. I bet Yahaba and Kyoutani are your age. And anyone younger than you is a loser huh? That’s why you look at Bokuto and YN like they are dirt beneath your feet. (And Yes, I do remember that you put Bokuto and YN as the babies of the house, this reoccurrence is very well done). And she went and insulted Yahaba directly like...you’re talking to his friend? What are you doing? Excuse me? I beg your pardon?

And the ellipses strike again— and Oikawa is fishing for information because we have seen him—he listens to logic. And Meiko... her emojis... wind anon be flicking more water at her, she is too much. Also. Kyoutani. She is calling Kyoutani cute. This was the message that made wind anon start this long analysis. Kyoutani, cute? Listen. Kyoutani would take one look at this parasite hanging off his arm with her swollen black eye that was slathered with makeup and her lacking clothing sense, before looking at Oikawa who would be so haggard by then, and then Kyoutani would force her off his arm before grabbing Oikawa and running off with Yahaba following them. There is no way at all Kyoutani would involve himself with Meiko. I refuse to believe he would go for her.

Okay, the two messages after about wingmanning—I don’t want to do a large scale analysis of it. Oikawa really is shown to have good sense for Meiko’s intentions. His intuition is good. And we know that he cares and respects his friends and he focuses on their capabilities. He knows them. Meiko is just...childish in the worst of ways.

“You don’t see the issue with this”. Oikawa really digging in his feet. First, he wished to be in a relationship with Meiko. And here she is, asking for him to wingman to get her together with one of his friends, who may not even like her—and I bet that if it doesn’t go well, she would blame Oikawa for it like really—but I give Oikawa more water for the migraines Meiko induces.

“What?? It’s not like we’re actually together lol”. The laugh out loud at the end really shows how much of a joke she sees this as. She sees him as a joke. And she just crushed all his efforts and actions to try and get into a relationship. And actually...will Meiko ever get into a relationship with another? She has no loyalty. She definitely wouldn’t have ever got into a dedicated relationship with one of the guys. And she would be the type to get upset if they slept around, wouldn’t she? A hypocrite.

“Ugh don’t be like that!!! I’m sure you sleep around too!!” Okay, she is trying to defend herself while also potentially blaming him if he does. It’s just manipulation...I’m gonna move on...

Oikawa’s just done and his “I don’t” holds a lot of emotion. But Meiko’s response back I don’t believe at all. “Oh well that’s your fault, I don’t really give a sh*t if you sleep around hehe!!!” First, blaming him for his choice of only choosing you??? And I highly doubt the second part because she is shown to throw blame and ditch people for negligible reasons—I have no trust towards her words. I do not believe her. I believe she would care. I believe she would blow up at the guy before leaving him.

“Of course you don’t” And there is the utter doneness. He has given up on Meiko in this message. He doesn’t care anymore. He was already not in the mood for her when she first messaged him, he doesn’t want to see her at all anymore. He’s given up.

“So you get it!! Perfect!!!!” Please, wind anon has written so much already, her eyes are sweating everytime she has to look at Meiko being like this hhhhh. “I’ll be ready at like 9pm? Come by my room!! Actually no I’ll come by yours” and her usage of emoji. Get her away from me and everyone in PF. She’s toxic. Send her off with hazardous waste. Also, she deliberately changed from her room to coming by his. She is cutting off him so he has to go with her, he can’t just sneak out and not wait at her room (though she did offer a time so he could just go out now and ditch her presence completely). But it would be amusing if he did something like lock his door, (either after he’d go out or if he wold leave through window) and she would just be there waiting all decked out in her clothes and makeup pounding on his door. He wouldn’t answer and the others would see her out of her room (a misdemeanor). And then she would have to make an excuse. But it would be hard...because Oikawa has text evidence of Meiko going against Iwaizumi to just play like this.

“And if I say no?” Says Oikawa, who is testing the waters—very smart. We approve. “You won’t.” She replies, because she is terrible and we hate her controlling, manipulative, abusive self and we would all fight her. And she ends it off with a “great!! see you then!” Because she has to have her way and the last say.

Okay, wind anon is done

Completely. Utterly done with the analysis and reaction for that. Might not get to Kenma and YN analysis because I went off in this one but just know I appreciate it and I’ll try to get to it—just,,,not today.

I hope Oikawa sends these screenshots to like, Iwaizumi at the very least but it would be even better if he just drops it in a group chat with Daichi and Osamu instead and asks them to keep an eye on her for “her own safety” and ask her to stay in her room. She’s too daring and if she blows up on him after, he will receive more evidence of her being terrible. And of course, he’s smart. He’ll definitely block her number when he doesn’t want to bother with her anymore. Okay, wind anon is ending here. The ask is too long. I think it’s the longest ask I’ve ever sent. I wish you well fr0ggy. I hope your sleep is pleasant and you wake up very rested and refreshed!

WOO LONG POST!!!! i cannot nearly respond to all this!!!! but!!!! i am in Awe??? text by text???? i love this????? ur so amazing i <3 u

[wolfcha1k]

As soon as I started practicing kisses I suddenly can't help adding them now lmao something fluffy and firey for you heathens. Still sfw content tho ofc. Based on the new fanart I did recently so some of it doesn't match the art in hindsight :"D I think now its just gonna be a new tradition to write something to go along with my pieces.

They were taking one of their occasional adventures away from the Betterman Farm, where they would hunker down in the wilderness for several days at a time. For a while, Guy and Eep would forget there was an entire world that they shared with other people; their family. It was just the two of them, hunting and foraging and seeing the beauty the land itself provided.

She knew her home was the Farm now but her heart would never deny she was always meant for the untamed wild where the sun stretched on forever. She wasn't sure why Guy had lead her towards the desert as an area for camp, it was hot and unspeakably dry during the day, sweltering even. Her entire life had been the dusty desert and the canyon with that awful cave as the only escape from the heat.

As dusk fell, Guy had only grinned at her. They'd set up camp not long after the daytime sun joined the many nighttime suns in the sky. The sight of how many slept above her still was awe striking. Guy skinned a boar they'd hunted together, something Eep wanted to teach Dawn about someday. She knew as much as Guy enjoyed his safer, more pampered life with the Bettermans, he was still that adventurous nomad born and raised. He lived for the thrill his skills provided him and how all his ideas saved him from many obstacles.

Eep watched the fire flicker and sway, it was still surprising how alive looked. She leaned her hands out to toast her palms, the desert chilled now the sun set. She didn’t understand that either, how such a mercilessly hot place can become so cold.

The embers glowed in her green eyes when she felt Guy touch her wrist. Eep turned to him, seeing the fire reflecting in his dark gaze. He was beautiful, one of the most wonderful things she ever saw even after everything he'd shown her.

"I got the boar skinned, just need help putting a skewer through it," Guy said, gesturing towards the beast. They had parked themselves by an oasis, giving Guy a way to wash off the blood from his hands.

Eep had offered to do it, blood never phased her but Guy insisted she just rest. In the meantime she had bathed in the spring, the sand and sweat on her uncomfortable before settling down by the fire to wait on her mate. She hadn't wanted to admit it but she felt rather tired after the long trek. Guy had his reasons for picking this place but he could be so strange and peculiar about it in a way she never understood.

Perhaps that was why she loved him so much. There was nobody else in the world like him, even if she could only count the amount of people she knew on both hands.

Eep stood up from her crouching position. "Sure, I'm starving," she exclaimed, eying the pig carcass greedily. "Are you absolutely certain we can't just - "

"No, you are not sinking your teeth into that thing without cooking it first," Guy scolded her, it was more akin to when Ugga was telling off her children for causing mischief. "You'll get sick. I need to bring you back to Grug in one piece or I'll be in pieces."

"Fineeeee," Eep compromised with a dramatic sigh, leaning her neck back before walking over to help her mate spear the pig.

Eep with Guy’s help, well, mostly Eep but she liked making him feel useful, carried the spitted animal towards the campfire and held it over it. Guy had crafted some little makeshift contraption with wood and rope he'd packed, so they could use a pulley system to rotate the roasting boar

The two took alternating shifts.

"It's funny," Eep couldn’t help but muse suddenly, taking in the view. The fire made the golden sandstone burn a brilliant red color, reminding her of amber.

"What's funny?" Guy asked from his post by the pig, rotating it with a careful eye so it cooked evenly.

"Well…" Eep leaned her elbow on her bent knee, her chin on her hand. "We met in a desert and you asked me to marry you in one too."

Guy tried hiding his smile by turning back to cooking but Eep saw it, perceptive as always. He pretended to ignore her narrow eyed look. "Funny how fate works," he quipped and heard Eep snort in a very unadulterated fashion.

"You planned this," Eep accused him and Guy finally was forced to face the music because the boar didn't need this much turning on the spit.

"Me? Plan things? You must be mistaken," Guy quipped, his tone betraying him. His grin was wide. "Okay, you got me. Happy anniversary, or have you forgotten?"

"As if I can forget the night I nearly dashed your brains out with a rock," she said with more fondness than any normal person should, jumping to her feet.

Guy held her hands, leaning forward to nuzzle his nose against hers. "Me either, you're a hard one to forget."

"Well, I did call you back."

"You did," he agreed before pouting. "Not my smoothest pick up line though."

"So you didn't tell every girl that line? 'If you survive, call me?'" Eep quoted, exposing her teeth in a teasing smirk.

"Nope, you were the first and only," Guy assured her, winking. "It worked."

"It did," she agreed back, shaking her head with a giggle. "So…" Eep began coyly, averting her eyes towards the landscape colored black in silhouette.

"So…?" Guy urged her, knowing that Eep didn't need the coaxing but somehow it had just become their thing.

"What if I did come with you that night," Eep asked him, turning back to bat her eyelashes at him. "I think this is the perfect spot to humor the thought." She gazed around the desert, the ground hard with stone, much like the one she had followed Guy's fire that night.

"Well for one, your dad would have killed me because I didn't know he was part of the equation yet," Guy replied, both joking and serious as he said it. "This little journey would have definitely been way more interesting though if I had stolen you away from him."

"Stolen me," she echoed with a laugh though her ears burned from a mixture of the fire and thought. There had been an obvious attraction and two teenagers journeying alone, well, it didn't take a Betterman to figure it out. "You make this sound scandalous, Guy."

"It's not now though so that means when you took my hand, I'd do this." He lifted her palm to his lips, gently kissing a scar that led down to the pulse point of her wrist.

"No, you wouldn't have," Eep teased him. "You were too scared of me to try it."

"I wouldn’t," he agreed. "But this is a fantasy so anything can happen."

"Okay," she amused him, letting Guy continue his little story.

Guy seemed to realize a dark implication in this what if and since it was a fantasy, he could change that. "The world isn't ending, I'm still a nomad but you're just a stir crazy teenage girl instead."

"I am a stir crazy teenage girl," Eep corrected him, leaning up on her toes to brush his cheek with her nose. "And I'll remind you everyday, babe."

"You make telling this story harder than it needs to be," Guy lamented in mock offense, drawing her closer to eye her down. Eep just grinned innocently. "Stop putting plot holes."

Eep just giggled, feeling him turn her hand over to kiss her knuckles and each finger delicately. It was like having a butterfly touch her skin.

"Fine, then what?"

"We'd run away together," he continued, looking up at her with loving eyes. "Somehow outsmart your dad because Sandy would totally have sniffed us out in the morning."

Eep smirked, fighting off a broad smile in her amusement. "Would you have fought him?"

"I mean…" Sure, it was a fantasy but he was also just stronger, bigger and scarier than Guy was. Besides, hindsight wasn't twenty twenty and this caveman was now a second father to him. As annoying and abrasive as Grug had been in all the time Guy knew him, he also had a begrudging respect and admiration for him too. "Maybe we'd just bring him along anyway, save us the trouble."

"Is the log ride magic now?" Eep asked him with a wicked grin. "Does it fly us to Tomorrow? I'm sure it could if dad kicked it hard enough for us."

Guy scoffed, "This is my fantasy so there is no log."

"Aw, you're no fun," she sniggered, lifting his hand to press his palm into her nose fondly. "The log brought us together."

"Yeah but in this story you already came with me," Guy reminded her with a gentle tug, taking her hand back to stroke his thumbs fondly over her knuckles.

Eep tried hard not to laugh again, blushing as well under the soft look he gave her. He smiled at her and she melted like ice. It was intimate and vulnerable, more so than anything they'd done in all the time proceeding to this moment.

"Alright," she murmured, stroking his chest after laying her palm flat against his heart. She fiddled with the seashells dangling around his neck, idly stroking his throat and felt him swallow. "Then what?"

"I'd show you the world and since there's no The End… we wouldn't rush through it. You know, actually do some sight seeing. Fall slowly in love with each beautiful thing I show you but never seems to compare to you." Eep couldn’t help the giddy giggle as he called her beautiful, beaming bright like a sun ray at his compliment. Guy's eyes almost glazed over as he gave the silly romantic escapade story more thought, he chuckled. "Your dad would ruin all our little moments though, so it's kinda hard."

"So even in this little I went with you story, dad still keeps us apart?" Eep pouted.

"Every story needs conflict," Guy teased her. "Dad was going to catch up eventually, family in tow. We were taking the scenic route, it was bound to happen, Eep."

Eep rolled her eyes at him, tugging Guy down so they could sit with their backs to the fire. She leaned her weight against his side, feeling Guy rest his arm behind her back. "I hope things start getting more romantic for us, Guy."

Guy pressed a kiss to her temple, grinning. "It does. After hauling our crazy family cross country, we find the sun hidden on a mountain."

Eep remembered Guy's mountain, two tall twin peaks that extended high above the sky, swathed in clouds and extending out to a meadow after climbing the outcrop. They were supposed to ride it to Tomorrow, joining it among the many sleeping suns above. "How are we going to ride it to Tomorrow if I'm your Tomorrow?"

"I'm retconning stuff, stop spoiling the story," Guy scolded her, just resting his head on hers, taking in her smokey wild scent. "I realize this sooner, because the sun isn't really attainable. We go after it but it just gets farther and farther away." He extended his hand out in a reaching gesture. This meant Guy was really getting into the story.

"Are you sad for awhile?" Eep inquired, absently hugging his bicep now that Guy no longer held her hands.

"For a bit," he admitted. "I mean, my parents said to follow the sun but you really can't but…" Guy paused and gazed fondly at his wife tucked into his side, body warm, familiar and supple.

"But…?"

"I found you, light led me to you. I realize this and tell you I love you after this little journey." Guy nuzzled her cheek with a blissful little sigh. "Also then we find the Bettermans and live happily ever after in their treehouse with the punch monkeys."

Eep poked him in the chest, not really the reaction he was expecting after that happy ending. "You can't just skip an entire chapter like that and tack 'the end!'"

Guy took her hand in both of his, cupping it tender in-between his palms. "It works when your dad tells stories," he joked.

"Well, that was before you started telling better stories," Eep exclaimed with a childish huff that was so her it made Guy muffle a laugh into her shoulder.

"Did you tell Grug that?"

"You know how dad is," she replied a bit more sheepishly this time. "Least everybody doesn't die at the end anymore."

"They don't," he agreed, gazing at her fondly once again. "He's getting better though, I like happy endings."

"I like happy endings. I like you," Eep added, cuddling herself cozy as a cat under his arm and against his chest. She listened to his heartbeat, soothed by the gentle thump.

Guy stroked her back, gentle as he rested his chin above her head. "Only like?" He murmured.

"Maybe if you don't rush your endings then I'll say something else," she told him, Guy feeling her lips as she spoke against his heart.

Guy hugged her, adjusting his position so he could tug his wife onto his lap. She immediately curled up there, warm and safe as he draped his arms around her like a cocoon. "What if there is no ending yet? I like leaving our story open ended, Eep."

He suddenly found himself on his back and he gave a soft oof in surprise. Eep leaned over him, hands braced above his head as she looked down at him. The firelight made her already bright red hair even more so, blazing like the sun with the dark shadows making her eyes and face seem more intense.

"Then… I guess I can accept that," she relented after several moments, a smile crossing her face. She pressed her forehead against his, nose touching his.

Guy's eyes fluttered closed, knowing the intimate implications of the gesture amongst her people. He felt her breath fan his face before something soft touched his lips.

Immediately he wrapped his arms around her, letting his palms gently stroke the strong muscles of her back as they flexed beneath them. He'd never tired of her, beautiful and feral as she was. There was a soft gasp against his lips and he gave a quiet little growl, pressing up to mold his body with hers.

He found his words despite wanting to just keep kissing her. The moment was too right to neglect however. It took a few long moments of trading kiss after kiss that Guy had an idea to put his lips to good use in a way he wouldn't need to stop. Trailing a few heated kisses down the soft slope of her neck, he mumbled, "Eep?"

She hummed, "Mhm?" It was hardly the most direct of words but he took it.

"You lit a fire in me when we met," Guy confessed though he knew it was obvious at this point. It was no secret despite the circumstances of their relationship's beginning, he'd been infatuated and found her cute. Scary habits despite that, of course. "And you were in my every thought since then, I really was hoping you'd call me, Eep."

"I really wanted to go with you," she said, pushing him away to graze a palm down his bicep, tracing a stripe fondly before finding his hand to lace their fingers together. Her touch singed him more than the embers behind him did from where he lay. "I just…"

"You came with me eventually though," he reminded her though found he needed to remind himself to focus when she lifted his hand to her lips to kiss his longer fingers. He closed his eyes, sighing. "You gave me something even better than any Tomorrow I thought I'd find out there."

"Even if you were a stupid boy?" She teased him through the haze, bracing her weight against his again. She still sometimes made fun of him for that but in the moment he hardly cared, caging her in his arms.

"Yes," he grunted, Guy would agree to anything she said right now so long as she kept touching him like this.

Their lips met again but she suddenly paused, her roaming hands no longer roaming. He huffed against her lips, confused and a bit frustrated that she stopped.

"Guy?" Eep murmured against his lips breathily.

"Mhm?" It wasn't an intelligible response but having Eep so close to him like this always rendered him a useless fool.

"Do you smell something burning?" Eep drew away, ignoring Guy's protesting whine as their lips no longer brushed.

"Just my love for you," he told her, sitting up with what he hoped was a winning smile.

Eep flared her nostrils at the smell and eyes widening looked past Guy towards their camp fire, having completely forgotten about the cooking boar during their recent activities.

"Guy, the boar is on fire," she exclaimed.

Guy in an instant scrambled to his feet to try salvaging their dinner. "Oh crap!" He ran for a waterskin and a blanket but to Eep it was probably a fruitless endeavor.

She was never much of a picky eater anyway. Sometimes some burning did a meal good, she thought, touching her lips with a grin.

[westanabadguy]

No Akatsuki AU: Hidan

Where would Hidan’s path had led if the Akatsuki didn’t exist/didn’t recruit him?

-First off, he wouldn’t have his canon clothes for the obvious reason that, y’know, he can’t wear a cloak that doesn’t exist. Here’s an admittedly terrible mock up of something I figured he’d wear:

So, I could’ve gone and just said, “He’d look the same, just with no cloak”, but his design would be hella boring. He’d literally just be wearing a pair of black pants lmao. This outfit is heavily inspired by what the anime had him wearing in his recruitment flashback, but modified to make it more visually interesting, in my admittedly very uneducated fashion opinion. Decided to stick very closely to his canon colors, as I feel they fit him. All leather bby.

- After he kills his neighbors and flees his home village, he wanders for a looong time. He, of course, just kills freely along the way. Any poor sap that crosses his path ends up sacrificed. 

-He loves his new found freedom. It’s just him and his God. No stupid, weak village to hold him back or tell him what to do.

-Eventually, however, his reputation catches up with him. He hasn’t exactly kept his blood trail discrete, after all. He’s very easy to follow.

-After countless attacks and bounty hunters, he finally puts two brain cells together and decides to go on the down low. He hates it, but even he knows he can’t fit off swarms of bounty hunters and Ninja forever. It’s getting in the way of potential sacrifices as well, now that his face is relatively well known.

-While he’s trying to drop off the radar, he stumbles across a small Jashinist cult, hidden away under the guise of a small off the maps village. Whether it’s Jashin’s will or dumb luck, is up to interpretation. It was dumb luck.

-At first, he’s excited. Unfortunately, it seems this sect is actually not as... enthusiastic as Hidan. Most of them, anyways. They don’t perform nearly as many sacrifices as him, and are more focused on other’s people’s pain than sharing it. None of them are immortal like Hidan, so they can’t perform the curse seal as he can.

-Long story, short. Hidan kills most of them. He demands, that as Jashin’s chosen one, he should be the natural leader. The current leaders of the cult were not fans of this. The leaders of the cult were also, unfortunately for them, not at all a match for him. Taking the role of leader, he weeds off those who refuse him or he doesn’t see potential in. Which is a good chunk of them, tbh.

-Now, with control of the sect, and the few he saw potential in and didn’t sacrifice, he stays low and begins to bolster their ranks once more. No one gets in without his approval, of course. His most trusted followers leave in search of new members, since Hidan is remaining low for the time being.

-He tries to turn more members in immortals through the same set of rituals that he went through, but none of them survive. Still, he persists.

-Of course, eventually as the cult grows bigger and bigger, and more people begin to disappear, he gets found out again. But it’s a bit too late to stop him now, since the cult is now numbering in the hundreds.

-He reaches S rank as he was in the canon universe because of this.

How it could tie into the canon universe:

-Naruto and Co are sent to investigate the deaths and missing persons in the area. It’s basically one big murder mystery. I always liked the Wave arc more than any other arc, and I’ve always hated that they never went and explored more of the other countries like that. Maybe this could take them to the Land of Hot Water?

-Hidan is found at the center of this, obviously, and there could be a lot of ways this plays out.

-It could play out like it did in the canon universe, where he kills Asuma or some other minor character and gets shit on again.

-Or, maybe a redemption arc of some kind? Naruto talks him down, or maybe he scores his first “kill” against him, and that’s how they figure out he’s immortal. Maybe he decapitates him, or shows off his new abilities as he did in the original Kakuzu/hidan fight, and feels guilty afterwards. Kakuzu’s not there to save his ass this time, so no way for him to recover from that. But then Hidan starts talking and they’re all like ???????. So, they take him into questioning, head detached from body and all.

-From here, Konoha could either turn him into Yugakure to do as they please, or take him in and decide to use his abilities since Yugakure is now demilitarized. How they would control him, I really don’t know. Maybe tell him he’d be allowed to kill enemies of Konoha as he pleases, with their protection so other countries wouldn’t fuck with him anymore, similar to the deal the Akatsuki strikes with him? Maybe he takes interest in someone there for whatever reason and they have to deal with his dumbassery for comedic affect?

[bellatrixobsessed1]

Avatar Travel Headcanons

So I've been really into travel lately and dreaming of places I'd love to see. And then I got to thinking about what places some of my favorite characters might like to go to. So I thought I'd just consider where all of the Avatar characters might go to if they lived in our world.   

Aang: I can see him liking Thailand. For me it's a very beautiful place that's just alive with all of the elements. I can see him enjoying a view like the kind Thailand can provide. That and Thailand has some very elegant temples that I think Aang would be fond of if he was in our world. The Neatherlands would have been choice two; ya know, windmills and all lmao. Katara: Venice was kind of the obvious choice for me when looking at Katara. She is right with her element. Venice is a breathtaking place and (like Paris) in my opinion it has a very romantic atmosphere that I think Katara would enjoy. I also think she'd be a fan of Italian music. Couple that with all of the water and I think Katara would feel right at home. For her I also considered Greece. Toph: Toph is just hardcore and badass, that's why she gives me more of a Russian vibe. I've got all of those, 'in Soviet Russia' memes in mind. If we're going by associations; the country has that tough, rough around the edges vibe. And Toph fits the bill. If anyone can handle a harsh Russian winter, it's her. And it’s a very earthy mountainous place. I think she'd have a blast. For some reason I also feel like she'd enjoy a place like Scotland or Ireland.

Sokka: I was going to say Alaska or something like that, but I feel like that would have been too obvious and easy. So instead I went with Finland. Granted Finland is still a frosty place. But I think Sokka would vibe more in Finland than in a place like Alaska. Based on the images I've seen it just seems like a more lively and fun place with a lot of very interesting traditions. Plus it's not snow all the time and I think Sokka would like a break from winter. He also strikes me as the type of dude who'd be keen on the northern lights, if for no other reason than to set a romantic mood with the ladies. Suki: Not gonna lie, it's her name and the fans that have me associating her with Japan. I can see Suki getting into a bit of the harajuku culture. Maybe not as kawaii as in some of the pics, but I think she'd have fun with that. In general I can picture Suki getting into the culture and learning about Japanese warriors and what have you. Zuko: He strikes me as a Pompeii kinda dude. He's hot and explosive, and badass. You know what else is hot, explosive, and badass? Pompeii. Zuko strikes me as the sort of guy who would be interested in seeing the volcanoes and learning a bit about history with Iroh. Iroh, I feel like would be down to travel the whole world if he could, so he'd just tag along with Zuko. Azula: Believe it or not I actually had a difficult time thinking of one for her. I considered Norway, Germany, and Korea as well. But I don't know if any of those really fit her. In the end I decided on Romania. It has this dark, mysterious, alluring sort of beauty and elegance to it. I can imagine Azula being fascinated with the history of places like the Bran castle. In general Azula and castles are just so right for each other, and Romania is full of them. The general atmosphere of Romanian cities (based on images I've seen) give off a more solemn air that I feel is right for Azula. TyLee: I feel like TyLee is definitely a Paris type girl. It's very romantic and often associated with a gentle beauty, like TyLee. Plus it's got all of the high-fashion associations and lovely fragrances. Plus she's a social butterfly so a bigger city would be a good choice for her. And seeing as she is very bubbly and girly I can see her digging Paris.     Mai: London is the place for her. So often it is associated with gloom and rain. It's a very gothic place. And for that I think it mirrors Mai well. I can see her getting into a bit of the steampunk aesthetic that London could offer. Plus London has that heavy association with classiness.