#I think there was a fanfic(?) about how part of the reason Connie was so stunned when Steven proposed was that

[screwpinecaprice]

Thinking about how they have a Future Boy Conan reference picture of each other.

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[siberian-tug]

I'm still kind of alive yooo- Here's mine fanmade facial designs/interpretations. For original characters from fanfic Before Railway Engines, written by @ryansock, please check them out in @beforerailwayengines. Note, they are not related to TUGS but to TTTE.

I honestly would like to see how other people interpret those characters!

And I warn you there's wall of text ahead...

I hope designs are decent at least, it was quick doodle (even though it took long time for me, for no reason), although I see few flaws here and there. You're free to criticize me, since I'm TUGS fan and not TTTE fan.

I wanted Connie to be more colorful than her real life counterpart and have some contrast between shades of teal/turquosie, and to make her contrast with Naoise. But I'm not sure about her face and metal eyelashes. And I hope she looks okay in duet with her "sister" design-wise.

Naoise is weirdest one probably, technically having two doors, which doesn't make sense from practical view. One for the face, and another one (that is open) for solely decoration purposes (depicting castle, flowers, having golden ornament). But I kind of like it, since she got easter eggs (I just hope it's okay to include them).

With Tarquin I tried my best to avoid him being similar to characters from TUGS design-wise, the key word is tried. I don't know if he looks like one of them or not, I can only hope. Decided to simplify his "roof" (I didn't find original one appealing), mouth is a rope, and eyes are still windows (taken from other parts of his body).

I thought of giving Naoise square nose instead of pointy one, so girls would contrast with Tarquin more. But I'm not sure.

I wonder if I should've give them typical gray face like usually Thomas characters has, but I wanted to go with wooden faces. But maybe they would clash with other Thomas characters. I also could've draw them with more depth, while here they're simplified, and give them better structure of faces.

Also Connie and Tarquin has real-life counterparts and therefor exact references you can find (although Connie doesn't have much compare to Tarquin).

While Naoise doesn't have any, so here's pictures of references/inspirations I used (please, ignore that one of them is modern lmao). But I didn't try to find for her counterpart, let her be generic and vague one:

(I'm thinking of drawing full body for boats, horses and people characters, different design variations now. Even though I'm not the best at drawing equines outside of MLP:FIM style lol)

[oceanautismrosenberg]

Tell us about ur fav fics

hiii!!! so yeah I'm gonna yap about my favorite RTC fics because I can and I will thank you 🫶

WARNING: in a part of this post I quote a fic with mildly explicit smut content. Nothing really intense and the story it's actually more feeling-centric but like. sex. beware. 👁️👁️

The first one (I'm taking them as one because they are original product and current sequel) is Carnations/Little Wonders by @anyashappytobehere aka waitinginthemilkingweed on AO3. Ahhhhh gosh, I first met this fic back when I was starting to get into Ride The Cyclone, and even if it had OC stuff (thing I don't usually read) I said "fuck it" and- oh my god I feel it changed my life. I'm literally so attached to this story and how this person writes every character including her OCs like Annie 😭😭😭 they manage to like, make the world around them feel alive??? the setting just feels real and I truthfully admire that. just, cheers and please god don't cancel this story because this is one of the longfics I need to have complete. it's sjwiwhwlwhuekeheiwhwi 💓💓💓💓🥹

Then we have @kermitkc ... absolutely every ride the cyclone fic she wrote. but I think I'm going to quote three of them: Sickness and Health, The Perfect Date and Take The Plunge.

Sickness and Health basically got myself breaking down, both /j and /srs. Like the second chapter came out when I was helping at camp and I almost crashed out Infront of a ton of six year olds. Sickness and Health is about Ocean getting sick with pneumonia and how basically this affects both her and Constance's mental health slowly. spoiler: she SURVIVES (thank GOD) but like it is an emotional outburst. I don't have words to describe how this made me feel. I just. Yeah.

The Perfect Date is more simple: Ocean and Constance go on a date and all the shit goes wrong but they still love each other. My Ocean kinnie card slipped a few more times than how I believed it would because this girl is ME lowkey. and connie just wanting the both of them to be equals. OH ALSO this quote:

Constance only squeezes her tighter and tries to blink away the blurry wetness pricking at the corners of her own eyes. She never got more used to Ocean crying—not after scraping her knee on the playground at recess and not after long nights in the hospital with tubes in her nose. They’ve probably been there for each other hundreds and hundreds of times, for outside and inside bruises alike—and yet, it never gets any easier. It never sucks any less. “I wanted, I just wanted the perfect night, Connie, because you g–gave me, like, a, a thousand of them, even when— since we were kids, and, and b–because I love you, it all has to go— right, it all has to be perfect, for you, and because I was, for so long I, I w–was such a—”

kasey, darling. you could just like. shoot me instead and it would hurt less.

andddd finally on the kermitkc list we have Take The Plunge. and okay I don't usually read smut but I read this in a despaired episode of wanting blackrose content and I remember myself crying— I repeat, CRYING—because of a fanfic where two young adults had sex. literally. the plot of Take The Plunge is, in short words, Ocean and Connie having their first time together and finding the wonders of doing love and stuff (before you shoot both kasey and me dead they were 19 in this story 🙌.) The reason I quote this story in the list is that it also elaborates a lot on Connie's SA experience, and how this whole thing means a lot not only for her relationship with Ocean, but also for her own emotional growth. To finish talking about this story, I'm going to quote my favorite part:

“I already had my first time, Ocean.” A first time that was had during a time when things were different. When she thought herself deserving of a whole lot less—hours before her entire life changed forever. A first time she can’t get back. “No,” says Ocean, after a beat. “No, you didn’t.” Constance snaps up to look at her. Her tone is unreadable. Constance fully expects her to get…kind of angry, maybe? Denial. That’s it—she expects her to deny it happened at all, to ignore it, like Ocean so loves to do sometimes. Or maybe not any of that—maybe she’ll curse her out (for the first time ever), scold her and yell at her, for being so damn stupid. Suddenly, Constance is sweaty, and scared. But then Ocean does none of those things. “At, at least, that’s not what your ‘first time’ is…to me,” she murmurs instead. Ocean nearly reaches out for her hand, then seems to decide against it at the last second, jerking away. She looks down in her lap. “To me, it’s letting someone see every part of you. The inside, and the…um, the outside part. And—” Now, she reaches forward, to grab her hand in hers for real this time, and Constance startles, but she doesn’t move it—not at all. Constance realizes Ocean’s fingers are trembling when her thumb starts running across the back of her hand, and she takes in a tremoring breath. “And, I’d hope that’s not what you did with, um…whoever that guy was.” Ocean finally looks up to meet her eyes, and Constance stares right back. Suddenly, the love of her life looks a lot smaller and a lot less sure of herself. “Right?” she whispers, like she’s afraid of the answer.

andddd finally we have equinox by junoharu. this story revolves on Misha and Ricky's relationship, including a lot of pinning and stuff between them. it's more of a casual read but I absolutely love it. the bad thing is that it was last updated months ago ☹️

this is the list! honorific mentions to StarClanight fanfictions and one-shots because those got me bawling too but the list was being too long 😭😭😭

[golddragon387]

Fanfic 20 questions!

Thank you to my brainrot bestie, my comrade in delusion, @resplendent-chungus for tagging me.

1. How many fics do you have on AO3?

12 at time of writing, which is certainly more than nothing!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

72,197. Again, non-zero!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

That I've published, RWBY and Steven Universe. That I haven't... Miraculous Ladybug, Sunless Sea, Dark Souls, Discworld, Samurai Jack, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fire Emblem, the Locked Tomb...

A lot of things I've had thoughts on, I've written down those thoughts in prose somewhere. Maybe I should dust some of those off and share them. Hm.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Drabble Roulette (Steven Universe) is in my number 1 spot, but seeing as it was a shortfic collection I took part in with several friends, I'd hesitate to call it mine. With apologies to Chungus; we all did a short fic every week based on the same one-word prompt, and God we kicked ass.

Stress is Bad for the Baby (RWBY) is my number 2; it's a fun little oneshot where Yang crashes her airship while out on a mission and calls Blake, who is on maternity leave and antsy, about it.

Sleeping In (Steven Universe) is my number 3, a oneshot based on that "wake up sleepyhead" vine which I though was funny at the time. I'd still stand by it, even if the prose isn't exactly up to my current standards.

You Can Always Call On Me (Steven Universe) is my number 4, this one is (surprise surprise) a oneshot, which was based on my (at the time positive) reaction to the sequel series, SU Future. ...We'll just say there's a reason I stopped writing for that fandom after the finale, and leave it at that.

There is a Hell (RWBY) finishes out my top five, and is a fanfic of a fanfic, written for my aforementioned good buddy Chungus. give it a read, after you've read the fic it's based on, I Can Almost Hear the Hounds, then yell at us in the comments! We appreciate it!

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yeah. I like attention and I like talking about the thing I made with the people who read it. I comment on the things I read too, when I've got the energy.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

The aforementioned There Is A Hell, for sure. Pure Whump. Nobody is having a fun time at castle Evernight.

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Shit, I don't know... the majority of my stuff is oneshots, so there's like four angsty ones and six happy ones, I think? This question is better for someone more prolific.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes and it is also unpublished. We'll see if that ever leaves the Mind Hole, too.

10. Do you write crossovers? If so, what's the craziest one you've ever written?

One of my unpublished WIPs is a massive crossover shoving the RWBY characters into basically the plot of Star Wars, featuring Ruby as Luke, Yang as Han but with Leia's personal history, Blake as Leia but Han's personal history, Weiss as a very reluctant imperial traitor, and Salem as the evil Emperor of the Galactic Empire. It's planned to cover the equivalent of the Original Trilogy. I really don't want to publish it until at least the New Hope-equivalent is done.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope, not popular enough for that.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

See above.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, though I've made overtures to a couple of friends but aside from the prompt roulette fic mentioned above, it's never panned out.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I'm not a huge ship guy... I'd call Connie & Steven from Steven Universe a very formative ship for me, however, and Ruby Rose & Penny Polendina from RWBY is the biggest thing I'm into right now.

15. What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Gosh, what isn't, for me? I have more words in unfinished, unpublished works than I do published ones by an order of magnitude. The big one, though, is a little something I like to call Another Stranger Me. Let's do the time warp again, baby.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Word choice/diction, and flow. I love prose and I love writing prose.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Finishing what I start. Help me ADHD medication, you're my only hope...

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Not fluent enough in anything to be confident in it, though I don't usually mind it when I read, if it's done right.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Steven Universe, yup.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Out of my published stuff? So Much For Stardust (RWBY). Now that's what I call an angsty oneshot!

Thanks again to chungus for the tag. Since I see mercy got you, I guess I'll tag... ah, @h-a-d-i-t-h-i, @loveluckylost, and @tunafishprincess. Have fun, gang!

[moonspirit]

hi hello howdy, hope you’re doing well ♡

for the ask game: 😅⌛️✍️🤗🛠🤭 and ✨️

Heyooo Cris!!! I'm okay and I hope you're doing great!

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists? Oh xD I guess... in Time Falls like Moonlight, there's a part where Pieck, Reiner, Connie and Jean offer to buy Armin a pair of "lucky underwear"... when I think about it now, I kinda cringe xD But I am a cringe person so... ultimately I'm... proud of my cringe...(???)

⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter? Atm, a week per chapter but it's because my chapters are bordering 10k words each time lmao xD If however it's a oneshot fic, I'll get it done in like 5 days' time.

✍ Do you have a beta reader? Nope. Everyone has to put up with my terrible punctuation and wrong grammar and massive typo doses.

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started? Oohh, idk if I'm qualified to answer this really, but... just write. Don't think of how much better fics by other authors are, the fic you create is uniquely yours, even if the trope has been done a hundred times before. Practice and time will build confidence and get you to a point where your fics will bring insane happiness (not just to others) but mostly to yourself! Make yourself happy before you try making others happy, no matter what stage of writing you are in :3

🛠What tools/programs/apps do you use to write? Google docs and google keep. The former to actually write, and the latter to jot down outlines and whatnot. Altho I've used keep to write a lot more too xD

🤭 Do you have a favorite tag to use when posting your works? Just 'AruAni'. It brings me happiness T_T AruAni is the only reason the sun shines and the birds sing T_T

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉 I ALREADY DID IT ONCE, IS NUF! But thank you xD I guess I'm uh... also proud that I'm... pissing some people off with the cockblocking... as god intended.

Thanks for the ask!

[madaboutmunson]

Born To Run - Part 3 - Keep Yourself Alive

Part 1 | Part 2

Sequel to my first ever fanfic Creep so it is spoiler heavy for the ending of that story

Pairing: Eddie Munson x Reader

Taglist: @silverrings-n-prettythings

You head back into the diner with a completely different dynamic, almost like your roles reverse. The nervousness, possibly due to your own paranoia and possibly due to Eddie completely swamping your senses, is transferred to you. However, Eddie does indeed listen as you detail the main points of his missing week. How you met, your memory loss, the whole Connie backstory once he helped you remember, what happened to him, and why you had no choice but to leave him behind.

"Shit! I was not expecting that," he says, his huge brown eyes wide with surprise, "I get why you had to make that choice. I would have done the same" he smiles reassuringly and reaches across the table to take your hand. "But there is quite a chunk of information missing", a playful smirk plays across his face, "you didn't really tell me much about us."

"Eddie, I just don't think that's a good idea, ok? You'll have my version of things in your head. It would be biased and romanticised. I have no idea how you felt. Only you know that," you say, trying not to look at him. You think about his uncle and his friends, what they might say if they knew you were having this conversation now. They would ask you not to tempt him with things he didn't know.

"Well, see, that's the thing. I know how I feel. I just don't know why. You can't change that by telling me the plot points" You look at him with concern as the impending mistake sirens go off in your mind once more, "Would you wanna make a decision with half the information?" He says gently, playing with the rings on your hand, the wearing arrangement of which matches his own, "You think by not telling me you're saving me, you aren't pushing me to you, but you're wrong. All I knew before tonight was I was found in the woods after a week of meeting someone, who had enraptured me entirely, but I knew nothing of them. I have been trying to imagine that person for almost an entire year. All I had was a song, a random list and loneliness." He twists off one of your rings, the one with a guitar with feathered wings, and puts it on his little finger. "Now I have the same, except I know for some reason, I fought my way through more than five of these people to get her back, and even when they had me beat, I didn't give up. Then she lost everything for me. She didn't hesitate to save my life. No matter the cost." His fingers slip between your own as he dips his head to catch your eyes, "And I know for damn sure two people don't do that for no reason. I have all my memories from before that week. I don't run headlong into trouble, as a rule. I tend to just avoid it." 

You look into his eyes and sigh, unsure, but he is right. If the roles were reversed, you would feel the same. But that worried you most, the fact you could feel the same right now. If Eddie feels anything close to what you do, you dread what this could mean for you both after this conversation. He reads you like a book, "I want to know it all. Good, bad, deeply cringeworthy, positively scandalous, all of it. I won't just abandon the people that care about me for you, I promise. And if I may say so," he says with a big smile erupting across his face, "downright egotistical of you to think I would. I can't imagine who might have rubbed off on a sweet girl full of self-loathing to make her think that way." That makes you laugh, and he excitedly adjusts his seating position and captures your hands in his again.

You tell him everything, and although he tries to guess how the first kiss happens, he gets it wrong and gets pissed at his past self, "But that would have been movie perfect if I'd done it then!". He is so thoroughly shocked to the core that he met your parents he has to pace around the diner for a while, "and they liked me?!!" but soon everything almost falls into place for him. He seems decidedly more settled. You know you've tried to retell the story as neutrally as possible, but Eddie can pick you apart. He asks questions about parts you seem particularly moved by, and smiles of nostalgia creep across your face. Sometimes you can barely look at him. He's pulling at threads of memories for himself but ultimately wrapping you in his impossible cat's cradle as he does so.

"Hmmm, glad to see I haven't lost my touch", he laughs mischievously.

"Yeah, well, some of your moves might need a little work", you shoot back with fondness.

He traps you in that adoring look to utter, "Why? They work on you. I don't need them for anyone else". You would hold that gaze longer if you could, but you're sure your heart would absolutely explode if you did. 

"Don't shy away from me, love", he says in such a way you cannot decipher if it is command or plea, and it causes you to take in a deep shuddering breath.

You try to take a turn lightening the mood, "Do you think you could be a little less intense, maybe?" you say with a laugh.

He lets out a low chuckle, "Oh sure, yeah. Absolutely! Just as soon as you stop casting your spell on me." He sighs and squeezes both of your hands together in his, "Listen, we're gonna get out of here. Together. It's probably not gonna be easy. Your parents are probably gonna hate me. My Uncle and friends might get annoyed at me, but they'll come around as long as they know I'm safe and from the information, I have right now. Neither of us is safe where we currently are. We're just trapped."

That hadn't occurred to you this whole time. You'd assumed that by agreeing to their demands, you'd kept Eddie safe, and Hopper would look out for him, protect him. But Hopper couldn't protect him then, and he couldn't protect him now. Sure, your decision had saved his life at the time, but with the promise that the sword of Damocles would sway over him for as long as you were alive.

"We can bring them down, we just need to get three or four moves ahead of them first, and if we go right now, we stand a better chance."

"But what about-" You start a million worries start stampeding through your head at once.

"Your folks and mine would know that our meeting like this has us already in danger. They know we have to go. No one can touch them without raising suspicion. Hopper made a deal with those Cloaks on us for our safety. He's not gonna let their reach extend to his whole town. Some dumb, stupid kids turning up dead in the woods or a quarry is one thing. sound of mind, respected adults of a small town is another." Eddie's hands that were around your own creep up your arms that lay on the table between you until his hands find the back of your elbows, and his leather-clad forearms lay flush with your sweater-swamped ones. He dips his head again to draw your worried eyes to his sure ones, "And I will take care of you, and you will take care of me. Ok?"

"I'm sorry for screwing this all up, Eddie. This is all my fault. I should have known better than to come back to The Hideout." You regretfully mumble out.

"All you did, my love, was lessen my torment. Your memories came back to you over time. Mine might have too, but years down the line. By the time I'd found you, you might have moved on, or I wouldn't be who I was." He tries with a smile, "And who could blame you, honestly. How could you possibly stay away from all of this?" He gestures to himself, inspiring a laugh between you before he leans in and says softly, "I am not sorry you came back. I am not sorry I chased you down like a lunatic. I am not sorry for pouncing into your arms out there. I am not sorry for tearing us out of our day-to-day rat trap. I am not, and never will be, sorry for loving you this much. I don't want you to be sorry anymore, either." You don't say a word. You simply cup your hands around his face, smooth your thumbs over his cheeks, and examine his eyes with your own. You hope it says enough because you're sure words would cause another episode of tears neither of you had time for. You figure it does because he relaxes into your hands with a content smile.

"That second day in the woods." You lean over towards him more so your vision is zoomed in on his face, and your eyes dance in his, "I thought I was going to die because I couldn't catch my breath." You shift your weight on your elbows and gently move your thumbs across his cheekbones, "Your eyes were the last thing tying me to this existence. Now they do the same, but differently. Every week I'd drive for hours to get back to that shit-hole town, so I could see them. Even though they never looked my way," you smile fondly at him, "because every time I saw them. I knew I'd made the right choice, leaving you, because this world isn't worth living in without them" The huge brown eyes you're talking about glisten in the light, an impossible duality, with giant pupils of pure darkness and yet so bright with life, "So I'm asking you. Begging you. Do not make any decisions that would take them from me." You want to tell him you love him, almost use it like punctuation on your words, but you feel like you would just be labouring the point, "So don't make this decision lightly. I know many more important people are involved that care about you too, but I need you in this life, even if I can't be with you. Knowing you're safe and alive, and these eyes are out there somewhere, is enough for me."

His hands reach up and wrap around each of your own. "I promise. I won't ever do that. As long as we are both in agreement that the martyrdom is over. We're in this together.". He plants a sweet kiss on the inside of your palm without tearing his eyes from yours, "Agreed?" 

You lean over and kiss him gently, "Agreed."

As you move back into your seat, his eyes remain closed, and his mouth is still pouted, "I didn't quite hear you. Could you repeat that?"

You shake your head, laugh at this beautiful fool, and kiss him once more, "I said, agreed."

"Huh? What was that?" He raises his hand to his ear, and you roll your eyes with a laugh, "Damn, I was just seeing how far I could push that one" he opens his eyes and flashes a vast toothy grin.

"So what do we do now?" You say, looking at him hopefully.

Eddie admires the new ring he's taken from you on his little finger as he speaks, "First of all, we gotta find discrete ways to notify our people tonight. If we wait until tomorrow, they'll worry, then they'll start asking around, and our cover is blown. Then we gotta trade in the Chevy and the Camaro for a vehicle suitable for us to live in, and though the old girl would have fit the bill, the whole of Hawkins knows it's mine, but again something we gotta do discreetly not around where you or I live. Lastly, we gotta find a way to keep cash in our pockets. All of that only gets us one move ahead of those Cloaks, but luckily for us, I think I know a guy that can help with all three."

It sounds like a lot, even though Eddie makes it sound so straightforward, but your stomach is lurching at the thought of going on the run, constantly looking over your shoulder, but perhaps that's why it was so important to be enough moves ahead.

"Look at me," he says gently, "We can do this, and then when we're far enough ahead, we can start taking them down and make our way back home." He reassured you again. As we are in a food and drink establishment, we could save ourselves a supermarket stop and stock up here. I think Angie is sweet on me anyway, so she'll help out," he teases.

You pool your money and load up the van with as many foil-wrapped sandwiches, fruit, donuts, pies and sodas as Angie could spare. Of course, she would only accept cash for the things she wasn't gonna chuck in an hour anyway.

Standing in the parking lot again, leaning on your respective vehicles, Eddie's expression moves to worry.

"Now, here is the thing if someone is keeping an eye on my whereabouts, the van will be expected to reappear in Hawkins this evening. The band, for one, are probably gonna be pretty pissed I left them and their stuff behind. But, on the other hand, no one knows the Camaro, so we could slip under the radar that way unless, of course, they know it's your car. Do they know that?" You notice the faintest twitch at the corner of Eddie’s lips as he asks you the question.

Then it hits you, “You’ve got my keys! You stole them out of my pocket!! How did you-”

“You say stole. I say, stopped them from hitting the floor, and they just kinda ended up in my pocket for safekeeping.” He’s trying to keep a straight face, but the mischief is too much, and a laugh bursts out.

“I know what this is really about, Edward! This is because you wanna drive the Camaro,” you say with a stern, but playful tone, placing your hands on your hips as Eddie thumps his clasped hands to the centre of his chest like your words have wounded him. “But for your information, only one other person knows about this car, back where I live, and he’s not gonna tell anyone about anything.”

Eddie snaps his head to look at you from his theatrics and frowns, “He?” the hurt puppy look takes over his face as he strides over to you quickly, “A he? Oh no. A HE?! No, this will not do. What if this he is also in love with you, and that is why he knows about your secret car, and then he sees you in love with me, and then I have to duel this he to the death?! What then?” If these words had spilt from anyone else’s lips, you would be one hundred per cent sure they were mocking you. But this was Eddie, and you could almost taste the sugar coating his insecurities.

You wrap your arms around his waist, “He is a 58-year-old local dealer with a big garage that I pay to store him in.”

“You pay to store your weed dealer?” Eddie says in confusion, tucking his chin to his chest to look at you properly.

You giggle at him, “No, silly, the car!”

“Ohhhh, I see. So your car is a he!” Eddie nods at the night sky, and a reassured smile repaints his face for a second before it expands into a grin, and his eyebrows flash, “Say, what's your car called?”

“I don’t think I need to answer that, do I?” You say as you feel the heat of embarrassment on your cheeks.

Eddie's eyes feast on the all-black 1969 Camaro, “Why did you name it after me?” He says sweetly like he can’t possibly understand that he’s occupied nearly all of your brain space since you spoke to him that day at the picnic table.

You smirk at him, “Why don't you start him up and find out?”

[levisgirll]

𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙞 𝘼𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙭 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧)

event: Cookiefics' cliche Collab @cookiefics

character: Levi Ackerman

prompt:  “I changed for you.” 

theme: modern au, high school/college au ♡  

synopsis: levi was known as the scariest looking guy in the whole high school, everyone was afraid of him because of his stoic expression and also because he was one of the leaders in the survey corps gang that ruled the school! everyone would avoid him, not talk or even interact with levi. but you did not care about all of that and just went to highschool like normal with your close friends. but everything changes when levi and one of his gang member interacted with one of your friends and it bothered you a lot. this both got your attentions, and with that levi now sees a real purpose of life because of you and he wants to prove to you that he is a good man (which you do notice), for y/n only.

➡ text: ahh I'm real happy that I was able to join cookie’s open collab event! I hope this turned out alright and you all like it 🥺❤️ for this fanfic, I decided to use the fact that was stated by isayama that if levi were to be in a highschool AU he would be in a group of bullies, so I will be using this! (I kinda lowkey see that too-) also I really like how this turned out (?), should I make a part 2? let me know :,) and if you enjoyed it please then leave a like or a reblog! 

a bit of angst (?), fluff, modern au, fanfiction ♡ —

Another day, going to high school. You were in your last year and just one more year and finally out of this damn place, Y/N wanted to graduate fast and just start university with her close friends. “Good morning sleepyhead!” your head was smack and you turned around ready to smack them back, and you clearly knew who it was . “Ugh Connie, I told you stop doing that!” You yelled out and tried to fix you hair. You let out a small smile when all your friends came by your side which where Sasha, Connie, Bertholdt and Jean! “Man, I’m not ready for history class at 8am! Mr. Erwin is just gonna be blabbering for so long.” Jean said with such a long sigh and you let out a laugh, “Yea, I’m probably going to doze off.” Bertholdt came by your side and opened the classroom door for you to enter first, “I’m gonna join you with that, lets seat at the back.”

As soon as you entered the classroom, you saw your seats taken by a bunch of scary mean looking guys. “Huh, who are they?” Jean said with a pissed look, you then noticed Armin being interrogated aggressively by a tall big looking guy. “What do you think you two losers doing? Can’t you see this seat belongs to me and the boss now? Screw off.” He said in a threating tone, and threw Armin’s books on the floor. Y/N was pissed and did not hesitate to react, “Y-Y/N Wait! That’s-” It was too late for Sasha to warn Y/N and they rushed towards the big looking guy and stood between him and Armin.

“Hey! What do you think you are doing?! Leave my friend alone you jerk!” You yelled out and turned around to look at Armin. “Hey, you okay?” But he just stood there with fear shown in his expression and you then felt a hand on your shoulder which startled you. “Hey....First, the name is Reiner...And second, do you even know who you are talking to?” You were taken aback by his comment, and as soon as it hit you, you just realized that you yelled out none other than one of the survey crops gang members and the boss that Reiner mentioned who was sitting on your seat was....Levi Ackerman!

Y/N was frightened but still, stood their ground and turned around towards Reiner, giving him a glare. “I don't care, respect others in this classroom. Besides, this seat is filthy right now cause you guys sat on it, so we don’t need it anymore!” Y/N pulled Armin’s arm quickly and told your friend to seat in the middle seats. You then noticed someone was looking at you, you turned around and noticed Levi was actually looking at you this whole time, he scanned your body, looking from down to up and both of your eyes met. ‘What....he isn’t mad at me?’ You wondered and turned around to look front of the classroom. Reiner was about to head towards you but Levi then spoke up and suddenly stopping him. “Leave them be Reiner. After all....we are ‘filthy’ to them.” Levi said in a sarcastic tone while he was crossing his arms, still looking at you from behind which you felt and that made you shiver. 

After many classes, you decided to meet up with your friends later on in the canteen as you headed to the bathroom. As you were walking down the hallway, you bumped into someone. “Hey Watch it!” As soon as you turned to look who you bumped into. It was...Levi. “Oh...It’s you who stood up for their friend. And....called us filthy.” He said in a calm and quiet tone and this made you get butterflies but also a bit nervous as he was actually speaking to you! Y/N then slightly blushed and turned their head quickly to the other side so Levi wouldn’t notice it, ‘What the hell...He’s actually good looking?!’

“Yea, Of course I would. Unlike you.” Y/N said crossing their arms and giving him a glare, “You are fast to judge.” Levi said with a slight chuckle, and leaned his back against the wall while putting his both hands in his pockets, still keeping his eyes on them. “Y/N...right? You are kind of interesting.” You eyes started to widen by what he said, and when you looked at Levi you could tell he was actually saying the truth. “But....you are an idiot. Don’t go around doing what you did today to Reiner to others, you will get in trouble.” Levi sounded a bit concerned, he then got off and started to walk ahead of you. ‘Is he worried about me?’ Y/N wondered and then took off.

It was no lie and a fact that Levi had been keeping his eyes on Y/N for quite a while and it turned out that Levi was actually curious about Y/N and he would always watch them during class, lunch time and would try to have small talks with Y/N sometimes and this had shocked everyone. Shocking how, Levi the most scariest guy in High school and the leader of a frightening gang was actually showing his soft side only to Y/N. Levi was in fact strongly attracted and interested towards Y/N as they were always honest, strong and had always been friendly and nice to everyone. It was then later on that the both of them had feelings for each other, but they would keep that to themselves, thinking the other did not feel the same way.

It was after school and Y/N crossed paths with Levi Ackerman who was with  Furlan and Isabel. Levi gave them a wave, signaling them to leave them be and Furlan sent a smirk to Levi and elbowed his shoulder which made Levi get a slight blush on his cheeks. “Oh, look who’s here.” Levi uttered sarcastically. Y/N gave out a sigh, thinking Levi would again tease them as he was doing it quite often nowadays, this made Y/N think that Levi probably hates them and that’s why he was teasing them as everyone said it was odd for Levi to pick on others. Although, everyone was misunderstanding that Levi was doing that for another reason.

“Back off Levi, I don't have anytime for your bullshit today.”  Y/N said bluntly and was about to leave him, but Levi quickly said after “What do you mean? I was gonna ask if you wanna walk home together, Idiot.” He said after coming beside you and ruffled Y/N’s hair. “W-What...Um okay.” Y/N was a blushing mess right now, as they walked side by side with Levi, their crush. ‘Did Levi actually say that? He is actually dropping me home?’ Y/N thought while they could smell his beautiful scent, and Y/N’s eyes then wondered to look at his attractive side profile, then to his undercut hair that was neat and clean. Levi then caught Y/N starting at him and they looked away quickly. “What? Did you shit or something?” He joked while looking at Y/N, “Huh?! N-No What the hell Levi!” Y/N lightly boxed his shoulder while their cheeks went red from being embarrassed. Levi loved seeing this side of them as they could see their reaction which he found cute. “What? I just asked, calm down.”

Y/N and Levi had a long afternoon walk, and the sun started to set down. He did not want to part away from them and wanted to spend a longer time with them, just their presence next to Levi made him forget about all his problems, issues, the gang he was trying to control and handle as many of them used their power to bully others in their High school and Y/N did mention to Levi how they hated that a lot which Levi agreed to. “Hey....” Y/N then said suddenly which got Levi’s attention and out of his thoughts, “Thanks, for dropping me home. But, I wanted to ask.” They said quietly and looked down as they held on their backpack tightly, “Hm, Go ahead.” Levi uttered in his usual calm tone to Y/N.

“I want to hang with you more! But, I promised myself I wouldn't hang out and be around bullies, so....if you want to be around me more. T-Then stop your gang bullying others! Everyone thinks you are like that too, but the more I am with you...The more I realized you aren’t like them. So, please prove them wrong. Ugh, just cause you are their leader, they are using that to their advantage and I don't like that!” Y/N finally spoke out their thoughts and was still looking down. Levi just stood there, and nodded, not saying a single word which meant that Levi agreed to what Y/N said and appreciated how they valued Levi as a person and not a bad guy and also how they knew the real him, trusting him was something he admired about Y/N a lot. But, he finally spoke and said, “I will...for you.” as soon as he said that, he turned around and left which made Y/N wonder the whole night what he told them.

The following day came, just another boring and tiring day as Y/N was finally leaving her high school as they stayed after school doing extra studying. But, that was not the case anymore as Y/N was approaching the school gate to leave, they saw a strange looking guy blocking the school gate which made Y/N nervous “Um...could you move aside?” They said to him and as soon as Y/N said that, the guy quickly went towards Y/N and held on their wrist. “So you are the one, who is changing him. Because of you....you ruined everything, even my plan!!” The guy was furious and he yelled out at you as he was tightly holding on to your wrist, Y/N winced from the pain and struggled to move their wrist away from him, “Stop it! That hurts.” Tears then started to run down from your cheeks and you closed your eyes tightly, wishing....Levi to come and save you, ‘Levi...!’

You suddenly felt your wrist not having anymore pain and his hand slowly leaving your wrist. You then opened your eyes and looked up and saw none other than Levi in front of you, holding the guy’s arm really tightly! “You are fucking dead, Zeke. Now you have done it, I’m not gonna let you slide this time.” You were shaken, frighten by what was happening and you started to worry for Levi. “L-Levi..!” You called out his name and Levi turned around to look at you and gave you a soft looking smile, “Don’t worry. I’m gonna sort this out. Wait for me near the park.” 

Y/N moved back slowly and was hesitant to leave Levi and go there all alone, “Hey. I’ll be there soon, so go on.” Levi reassured you, which made Y/N nod and turned around and started running towards the direction of the park. Y/N kept on running and running while tears were running down their cheeks, ‘What the hell is happening! Who is this Zeke guy?! Why did he come for me and what plan was he even talking about?!’ Your thoughts were running around your mind until you reached the park and you started to gasp for air.

As you sat on the swing, waiting for Levi, you started to overthink and wonder if anything bad happened to him. But, your phone distracted your thoughts as it started to ring with so many notifications, you opened your phone to see your school group chat talking about the fight between Levi and Zeke. Apparently, Zeke was the one who was brainwashing the survey gang members, and making them bully and hurt other students and one of them were Reiner. This then made sense why Reiner was being rude to Armin the last couple of weeks and it was Zeke’s plan to make every member of Levi’s gang to later on go against him, making Zeke the leader instead. Everyone talked about how intense the fight was and that Levi finished him off by knocking out Zeke.

“Levi....Please come back...to me.” Y/N began to whimper, missing Levi by their side, and feeling sadness slowly taken over them with more tears coming from their eyes. “Oi, Stop crying.” Y/N felt a hand suddenly on the top of their head, which was being caressed slowly. It took them a minute to process what was going on and then finally realizing that Levi was standing in front of them! Y/N quickly jolted from the swing and brought their arms around Levi’s shoulders, hugging him tightly and not wanting to let him go. “You Jerk! What took you so long?! I was so w-worried”. You were now tearing up even more, but this time...it was happy tears, and you were glad to know that Levi was finally by your side. He did not hesitate to hug you back and was glad you did that actually, he then proceeded to softly rubbed your back, but he was shocked to see the strong willed person he loves in tears, which then made Levi blame himself that he was the cause of this. 

After you have calmed down, they pulled away from Levi’s shoulder and looked up at him. “I left.” Levi finally said and your eyes widened, the cold breeze slowly blowing your hair as you stood there shocked while looking at this grey eyes that never left yours. “The gang. I’m done for good now.” Levi gave you a smile, a smile that he was glad by his choice and the one who pushed him to go for that choice was none other than y/n.  After the rival fight, Levi promised himself to disband the gang for good, leaving no one being there anymore and the bad kids leaving as they did not have Levi anymore on their side and to use to their advantage. Although, this decision would not even cross his mind if he haven’t met Y/N. They changed his life and made him see things in a better perspective, it was also because Y/N did state that they wouldn’t want to hang with someone who was around with people that bullied others and Levi did not want to lose them. From now on, Levi wants to make you happy, protect/support you and be your shield, you were his sunshine and someone he would cherish and wants to be by your side for the longest time. 

Levi went closer to Y/N and placed his hand on the side of their cheek, and he slowly caressed it with his thumb, rubbing away the tears that stained their cheeks. “I changed for you.” Y/N stood there blushing after hearing what Levi said and as soon Levi saw Y/N’s red face, his ears then his whole face went red too! Now realizing that Levi actually did this all just for Y/N and the promise they told Levi, that was the main reason to it all. “I can see an idiot here.” Levi said bluntly and that caused Y/N to look around, seeing who he was referring to. “Huh, Where-” Their words were taken aback by Levi flickering their forehead. “Right here.” Levi then started to give out a small laugh as Y/N brought their hand on their forehead, while still y/n’s cheeks still being red. “H-Hey! Why do you keep teasing me like that!”

Levi then grabbed y/n’s hands and held them up, and as he was holding it tightly your hands were now being warmed up. “Can’t you tell? I teased you....cause I like you.” You then started to recall all the times where he did tease you but it was only to you, and he would not do that to anyone else, he would only show his soft side to you, and his gentle kind-hearted side was something you only knew of. This then made you get butterflies and you started to get a fuzzy feeling which Levi did too. 

It was indeed a long evening, but the atmosphere and the feelings you both had and shared spoke it all and Levi then promised you that he would do his best to take care of you, make you happy and also....be the best boyfriend for you, which you agreed to! 

BONUS: One day, Y/N was going to the supermarket and they bumped into Kuhel Ackerman! She looked absolutely beautiful and you then figured that’s how Levi got his good looks. “Oh you must be Y/N! My son mentions you a lot at home, but he is too stubborn and shy to talk about you! Are you both perhaps together?” She would say with a big smile, she was really sweet and nice, you both shopped around and got along pretty well. She then asked if you could come over for dinner one day which you agreed to and when Levi found out about that, he was a blushing mess that evening. And how the tables turned how now his mother was now teasing him instead which made you giggle.

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Drunk: Eren x reader pt. 2 🔥

This is part 2 of my Eren fanfic--if you want to read part 1, it’s here! 

I worked with one of my amazing friends on this fanfic (most of the smut 😏) so if you enjoyed this, you should check out her AO3 account @Tawongan_2002

WARNING: SMUT🔥🔥

ALL CREDS TO THE AMAZING ARTIST! If anyone knows their @, please comment; I looked everywhere and I couldn’t find the original, but I would love to give them all the credit they deserve. 

ENJOY!

You could barely look at Eren for a week after “the incident”. Every time you had a free moment, your thoughts would automatically wander back to him, replaying every word and expression, trying to figure out if he meant what he said--or if it was all just a dream your drunken mind had created. 

You had woken up in Eren’s tent, so you knew that at least wasn’t your imagination. But everything else… you couldn’t be sure. And even if it did happen, maybe he wasn’t being serious. Maybe he was just messing with you. 

Your confusion made it impossible to function around him, which meant you were reduced to the classic technique of avoiding him at all costs. It got you into a few awkward moments, when you would turn and walk the other way when he approached, or cut off mid sentence if he tried to join a conversation. You weren’t sure the others noticed, until Armin finally said something a week later. 

“Y/n, is something going on with you and Eren? Did you fight?” Your friend glanced at you in concern, and you felt your stomach sink. Damn, you were hoping to avoid this conversation. 

“What? No, of course not. I….nothing happened.” 

Armin, being the observant person that he was, saw right through you. “Right.” He looked over to where Mikasa and Eren were talking a few feet away, then back to you. “You don’t have to tell me, but whatever it is, you should work it out.” 

“Seriously Armin, there’s nothing going on.” 

He patted your arm before giving you an apologetic look. “Well then you won’t mind…” He turned away, calling out to Mikasa across the field. “Mikasa! Do you want to pair up for combat training?” 

The dark haired woman raised her eyebrows, her gaze immediately going to Eren. 

Armin was quick to notice her hesitation. “Eren can be with Y/n for today.” 

Your mouth fell open in horror, but Mikasa was already shrugging her shoulders in acceptance. 

NOOOOO! you wanted to scream, but Eren was nodding in agreement as well and you were stuck.

Armin smiled slightly and patted your arm again. “Good luck!” Fuck. 

Combat training took place an hour later, and your stomach sank as you noticed Eren moving towards you. 

“Hey,” he murmured as he approached, and you forced a smile. 

“Hi.” 

You avoided meeting his eyes, but all that did was remind you of his words within his tent. “Why don’t you ever look at me?” 

You took a deep breath and pushed the thoughts from your head. You had to focus if you were going to beat Eren. 

A whistle blew, and you crouched in a defensive position, facing off. Eren eyed you carefully, looking for any openings in your stance while you did the same to him. Across the field, Mikasa had already pinned Armin to the ground, and Conny and Sasha had started a dance battle. 

Eren lunged at you, and you jumped backward, avoiding his first punch. You slid to the left, kicking at the back of his knee, but he sidestepped. Again and again you came at each other, neither of you getting the upper hand, until--

You saw Eren’s foot sweeping out to trip you too late, but you managed to collide with him instead of falling on your face. He grunted as you slammed into him, causing you both to tumble backwards to the ground. 

“I’m sorry--” You lifted your head ready to apologize, until you realized that Eren’s face was inches away, his whole body pressed against yours, and your legs tangled together. Your mind went blank and you felt your cheeks flame. 

“Are you ok?” He asked seriously, scanning your face. His hands slid up the back of your thighs, coming to rest on your waist.

“I--yes…” You swallowed. “Sorry.” 

His eyes trailed down to your mouth. “Y/n--”

“Eren!” Mikasa’s desperate voice broke whatever trance Eren had you under, and you awkwardly rolled off of him. The rest of the scouts who had been training were looking over as Mikasa and Armin jogged over, the former already scanning Eren from head to foot for injury. “What happened?” 

You took the opportunity to turn and stride away, heading for your tent as you fought the sudden heat across your whole body. You could feel it pulsing between your legs, something that made a blush of shame creep up your cheeks. You didn’t understand how one person could affect you so thoroughly, and yet here you were.

 The tension racing through your body from simply touching Eren...you had to do something to work it off before you faced him again. 

You barely made it through the flap of your tent before you were shoving your leathers down your legs and falling onto your bedroll, kicking your underthings down to your ankles. Your hand eased between your thighs, and you buried your face in your pillow to muffle your moan. Your fingers were quickly wet with your juices, sliding easily between your folds and up to your clit. The second you touched the sensitive area, you arched and shuddered, imagining Eren’s hand instead. Your breath came in great gasps as you moved your fingers, using your pointer on your clit and easing your middle finger deep inside you. 

“A-ah...” You gasped, your eyes squeezed shut tightly as you imagined Eren sliding your shirt off, his tongue on your nipples as he hiked your legs up. “Oh god--” 

You were so close, somehow nearing an orgasm despite only a few minutes having gone by, your pent up energy making you more sensitive. A moan slipped through your teeth even as you tried to cover your mouth, loud enough that you were sure anyone passing your tent would have heard. 

But you couldn’t find it in yourself to care as your orgasm slammed into you, your legs shaking and your back arching. 

“Oh, fuck.”

Your eyes flew open at the husky voice, and a second orgasm hit you immediately after the first as you saw Eren, his green eyes fixed on your fingers moving between your spread legs. 

“Er-ren?” You gasped in horror, but through the pleasure still ripping through you, it was almost like you were moaning his name. 

“I’m sorry,” he said, but it came out feral and deep. “I didn’t mean to--I wanted to talk to you--fuck--” 

As your orgasm faded, you scrambled to pull a blanket over your exposed body-- like that would do anything to hide what you had just been doing. If you could have chosen a time to die, it would have been then. 

“Please just forget about this,” you said, your voice coming out as more of a squeak as you stared at him with wide eyes. He wouldn’t tell anyone, would he?

Eren gazed down at you, his eyes slightly glazed as he examined your still flushed cheeks. “What were you thinking about just then?” 

“Huh?”  “You came in here to fuck yourself for a reason, right?” 

You swallowed and forced an innocent smile. “I was thinking about Captain Levi, obviously.” 

It was funny to watch Eren’s mouth fall open as he stiffened, clearly not expecting that response. After a long moment, he smirked. “Hm. Want me to go tell him that?” 

“No! Oh my god--” You said, sitting up to plead with Eren. Telling Captain Levi that you had been masturbating while thinking about him would be like opening a titan’s mouth and diving inside. Probably worse, honestly. 

Eren chuckled at your panicked expression. “I won’t.” 

His eyes trailed down and you gasped in horror. Your stupid, traitorous blanket had slipped right off your shoulders...leaving you exposed from the waist up. Your nipples hardened in the cold air, and Eren’s eyes were glued to them. 

You gasped, going to cover yourself with your arms, but your gaze suddenly snagged on the large, growing bulge in Eren’s pants. You went red, your core instantly flooded once again as you imagined just what that meant…

You slowly raised your eyes, meeting Eren’s gaze for a long moment as you both sat utterly still. He swallowed slowly, and it triggered something in your mind. Before your courage could disappear, you reached forward and grabbed his face, crashing your lips to his. He made a low noise of surprise, but then he was pulling you close, his hands sliding into your hair as he tilted your head to push his tongue into your mouth. 

You bit his lip, moaning a little, and your noises seemed to snap the restraint Eren had been holding on himself. He shoved you backwards onto the backroll, coming to hover over you with his arms braced on either side of your head. You sighed as he began to kiss down your neck, his teeth sliding along the sensitive place between your neck and shoulder. His hands held your waist tightly, sliding along your bare sides and down to your ass. 

You shuddered as he slid his tongue down your chest to your nipple, and you arched off the mat as he sucked it into his mouth. Your tits had never been particularly sensitive, but somehow you felt like you could cum just from Eren kissing your chest. 

He laughed softly as he moved between your tits, kissing in a line down to your stomach and stopping where the blanket still covered your hips. 

“Can I…?” He looked up at you, and you swallowed, nodding frantically. At this point, if he stopped you might just implode. 

Luckily, he didn’t hesitate to wrench the blanket from around your waist, leaving you completely exposed. You automatically went to close your legs, but he was faster and stronger. Forcing your knees apart, you went red as you saw how hungry his expression got as he took in how wet you were. You already felt the slick coating the inside of your thighs. 

“You don’t understand how long I’ve wanted to do this…” he muttered, but you didn’t have the time to unpack his words before you felt his hot tongue slide up over you. Your mind went blank and you moaned, shuddering violently at the mind blowing pleasure that shot through your body.  

The moment he fully tasted you, Eren let out a low groan. The dim light of the tent sharpened his jawline and his shirt dipped to expose his collar bone, and you watched as his throat muscles tensed as he swallowed. He hummed softly as he relished the sweetness of you, licking his lips. 

You almost yelped at the sudden stretch of your hips as Eren’s fingers dug into your thighs, pushing them back apart, further than before. His eyes fell on yours lustfully, you could feel the heat rising in your face.

“Sorry Gorgeous, you just taste so good.” 

Erens voice was sultry, almost a dream-like quality about it. You could hear him hum to himself as he leaned down, a small smile flashing on his face until you could feel his hot breath on your inner thighs. 

Eren wasted no time diving in between your folds.  His tongue pushed against you in all the right places as his lips suckled at the sweet flesh. Your hands gripped the bedroll as the tip of his tongue circled around your clit. Small whimpers escaped your mouth as you were already overstimulated. 

 Eren drank in every noise that you made. He wanted to draw this out as long as possible tease you until you were begging, but feeling your hand gripping his hair made him glance up at you. He almost came in his pants at your expression, your head thrown back and your eyes squeezed shut as you whimpered his name over and over. 

“Mhhmmm…. Eren, please--” 

He complied. Mouth closing around your bud he sucked hard, groaning as he felt your nails dig into his scalp. The vibrations went straight to your clit, pushing you over the edge into the third orgasms of the night. Your back arched as you gasped at the jolts of pleasure coursing through your body making your toes curl and thighs clench tightly around Eren’s head. 

Disoriented by the pleasure it was hard to stay in the present, all you could feel was Eren’s tongue still lapping at you, drawing out your orgasm, and his hand pressing your thighs into the sides of his head. 

Your breath was ragged as you fell from your high, Eren released your legs and looked at you with a blissed out smile on his face. The entirety of his mouth and chin were shiny and coated with your juices, making you flush. 

You were about to reach for a towel when he wiped his hand across his face and proceeded to lick his fingers clean. You stared at him in utter amazement. 

Eren leaned back against the post of the tent in pure male satisfaction at seeing you so fucked out because of him. He wouldn’t be able to get the taste of you out of his mouth for weeks. 

As you sat up, you realized he still had a massive boner caged within the tight uniform pants, which did nothing in hiding the fact that Eren was … quite large. 

Before you could even think about what you were doing, you found yourself moving to the end of the bedroll to kneel before him, undoing the button on his pants. Eren looked down at you in confusion. 

“What are you doing?” 

“I was going to return the favor, unless you don’t want me to,” you said, pausing. 

Eren’s pupils widened until his eyes were almost black. “Are you sure?”

You nodded as you pulled his pants and boxers down, freeing his dick. You could hear Eren’s breath hitch at the sudden chill of the air, followed by a deep groan as your hot mouth enveloped his tip. The salty taste of precum sent your head spinning as you swirled your tongue around the head. 

He was so big, you couldn’t fit his entire length in your mouth. Instead, you used your hands on the base of him, forcing him deep enough to hit the back of your throat as you bobbed your head slowly. 

“Ah- fuck, you have to stop.” Eren gently grabbed your hair to stop your movements. You innocently lifted your gaze, meeting his with his dick still in your mouth. You felt him jerk at the image, but he managed not to lose control and force his whole length in your mouth like an animal. “I’m gonna come if you keep this up.” His voice was a breathless groan. 

You smiled slightly, pulling back and standing up. Eren let you push him onto the bedroll, letting you take the lead as you straddled him. 

“Is this ok?” You asked, meeting his eyes. 

“Fuck yes,” he shuddered, his hands gripping your thighs as you slowly began sinking down onto him. Due to his size, there was a slight pinch as you forced yourself down to the hilt; the tip of his dick reached places you had never dreamed of reaching. It only took a moment for the pain to fade, and sighing in satisfaction at the feeling of fullness, you slowly started to move up and down his shaft. 

Each time you sank back down Eren let out a small moan, watching himself disappear into your core. Eren’s grip on your hips kept you at a slow pace, but you could tell he wanted more. 

You tried to pick up the pace but Eren wouldn’t let you. So he thought you couldn’t handle it, huh? Well you just needed to push him to the edge, make it so he can’t help but pound you into oblivion. 

The next time you came down so his entire shaft was inside you, you rolled your hips and squeezed your pelvic floor. Eren let out a deep groan of surprise and pleasure, so you did it again. And again. Apparently the motion to direct yourself in ODM gear is not that much different than Kegel exercises. 

You continued your torment on Eren’s member; rolling your hips in conjunction with constant clenching of your walls around his achingly throbbing cock, you brought both him and yourself into pent up breaths as you both reached your climax. 

“Y/n...” Eren moaned out your name. You could tell he was dying to push you and himself over the edge. 

“Do it Ere–” before you could finish Eren started thrusting up into you at a breathtakingly fast pace. Eren’s strong arms kept you suspended on his cock ruthlessly rutting up into you. You were gasping and moaning with no shame as the tip of his cock pounded into a deep spot within you that had your vision going white as your eyes rolled to the back of your head. 

You barely felt the hot ropes of cum that filled you up as you shook with pleasure. Eren, reaching his own climax, was slumped into your chest, his softening cock still filling you up. 

When you had recovered enough to actually see straight, you slowly slid off his dick and rolled to the side, breathless. 

Eren turned to look at you, brushing his hair away from his face as he smiled widely. “When I said I’d make you moan for the whole camp to hear, I didn’t mean it quite so literally.” It took a moment for you to register his words, realizing how loud you two had been. There would be no hiding what you had been doing. 

“Oh-oh god,” you gasped. “What do we do?!” 

“What do you mean?” Eren raised his eyebrows. 

“Everyone will know!” 

He shrugged. “And?” 

Seeing your expression hadn’t relaxed, he gently cupped your face in his hands. “It’s fine, Y/n. This way, we don’t have to sneak around next time.” 

Your fucked out brain wasn’t able to comprehend this new development of “next time”-- the fact that Eren might in fact want to be with you again-- so instead you just sighed and curled into his side. 

“Plus, maybe Jean will back the fuck up.” 

You snorted at his annoyed expression, making his eyes soften. 

Were you just imagining the affection in that look?

 Part 1 here! 

[lunaekalenda]

my bday is soon and I was wondering if u could probs write this for me🥺? a real cute fanfic of how levi would surprise his partner, like he pretends he forgets it and that makes y/n sad but he’s actually planning something big and bought lots of gifts, bringing thier close friends (Eren, Jean , mikasa etc) And in the evening he takes them to the cliff to see the view and he starts tellin y/n how much they love them (cuz they rlly wanna hear levi say that but he stutters and gets nervous while doin that) and just make them feel special 🥺 I’m all alone on my bday so writing this would absolutely make my day! (Plss add some fluff and cute scenes if u got any in mind!)

omg, first of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY! i hope this can be my present for you <3 ! i hope you have a good day! hope you like it!! <3

thanks to @breathes24 and @queko13 for the help ! (and the moral help)

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❁ levi x reader

❁ modern au!

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You feel Levi's body against you when you wake up. His hot skin close to yours. You turn around, facing him. He opens an eye and looks at you.

"Good morning." he says.

"Good morning" you say back. You look at the clock on his night table. It's your birthday. You smile at him and he closes his eye again, trying to sleep again.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" you ask. He thinks, his hand caressing your waist. He keeps his eyes closed. After a couple minutes, he opens them again. He looks at you.

"Nope. Today is your turn to make breakfast" He says, burying his head again on the pillow.

He always wakes you up with a lot of kisses on your birthday. But today, he just turned his head to the side and kept sleeping. You pout and take your phone. Nothing. Not even a simple message. You sigh and get up, leaving Levi on the bed and walking downstairs to the kitchen.

It’s not like you want everybody to focus on you and only you. But it’s late in the morning, almost noon, and you know half of your friends are awake. You start to prepare breakfast for the two of you.

At the same time, Levi takes his phone. The group chat named “Serious work stuff” is burning, full of messages. Obviously, that name is just a cover for the real issue of the chat: your surprise birthday party.

“Can we congratulate y/n now?” asked Connie an hour ago. Jean answered him with a huge “no”. Mikasa and Eren talked about the hour of the party and Sasha about the aperitifs. Levi sighs and answers when Connie asks where the party is and at what hour does it start. He is planning to make the party as early as he can, because he wants to take you to a night date, with a picnic. He invited all of them right after eating, when he plans to make you go to the store. Once you’re out and he knows that you’re far from home, he’ll let in all your friends, take out the balloons and all the gifts he bought for you and give you the best birthday ever.

But for now he'll just ignore the fact that is your birthday, even when he feels bad seeing your cute eyes getting sad. He's sure the surprise later will worth it.

You appear on the bedroom again with his tea and pancakes, also a juice for you. He sits on the bed after leaving the phone when he listened your steps. and you give him all the plates and glasses while you enter at bed once again. He kisses your cheek in signal of good morning when you sit next to him. Having breakfast in bed is a thing you two do on weekends since he moved with you. It all started because Levi has sleep issues, so he woke up really early and cooked for you, and now you do it in turns. He tries the pancake and hums.

"It's really good." he says, and keeps eating quietly. He looks at his phone again, the group chat making free talk on it. "Oh, look, we're in the middle of May already..." says, deleting the notifications and siping his tea. He looked the date and didn't remember your birthday?

The day passes by with normality: Levi makes some paperwork before helping you with the cooking and you two eat together. When you were about to move to the garage to take something, he went for you. You thanked him and he felt sweat pearls going down his neck, seeing how you were behind his back while he openened the door, the garage full of colorful balloons. You left to take your phone, that was ringing on the table of the living room. He used the time he was alone in the garage to tell everyone that he was about to send you to the store. All agreed in going to your house five minutes later.

"Baby." he calls you from the kitchen. "We haven't got peaches." he says. You raise an eyebrow. Since when is he so worried about peaches?

"And?"

"I know you like them, so could you go to the supermarket and buy a couple of them? I was thinking about having fruit salad for dinner." he says, his voice is a quiet as usual, but he's trembling inside.

"Just do it without peaches, Levi." you say, moving to the kitchen. He has his sleeves rolled up and is searching some fruits on the fridge, to know which of them he's going to use.

"It's not the same. Just go and take a couple, hm? You'll be back fast and I'll wait here for you."

You pout but he looks at you, closing the fridge and keeping the eye contact between you two. He knows he won when you sigh. "What type of peaches?"

Peaches. That's the fucking reason why you're walking towards the store in a day like this, and not spending your birthday with your boyfriend. You sigh.

"At least he knows I like fruit salad with peaches..." You enter the supermarket and search them, without knowing that now Connie's arms are full of beautiful balloons, Jean is helping Sasha to put the candles on the cake and Levi is putting all your gifts in the table near the sofa. Under Levi's commands, they are decorating every part of your living room to make it a beautiful place to celebrate your birthday. You entertain yourself on the candies and chocolates section and then buy a few of them to try. You're coming back home, sending a message to Levi.

He receives it and makes all your friends hide in the living room. "Jean, I can see your feet from here."

"That's because he's a fucking skyscraper." Connie says.

"At least I reach the higher shelfs on the supermarket, bald head." he answers, making sure his feet are now covered. Levi tells them all to shut up since he can hear your keys on the door. He leaves the living room to enter the kitchen.

"I'm home." you say. You can hear his voice from the kitchen.

"Welcome home." he answers quietly. You get closer to him, wanting his welcome kiss, and he presses his mouth against your forehead. You receive it happy, and you give him the supermarket bag with the things you bought. "I also took some tea mochis, wanna try them?" he nods.

"Cool. Wait for me in the living room." You nod. You make your way to the place, opening the pack and smelling them quietly. They smell delicious.

You almost drop all of them when you find all the balloons in your living. 

“Levi?” you ask, the emotion shining in your eyes. “What’s this?”

He appears smiling behind you. All your friends have the order to say happy birthday and come out of their hidden places when Levi congratulates you.

“Happy birthday, y/n”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!” a lot of voices yell after him. You jump, scared by the repenting yells, but once you turn around you see all your friends coming from under tables and behind sofas. They are all there, smiling and wishing you happy birthday. You’re about to cry.

“Guys, you’re incredible” Mikasa is now hugging you and Connie is pulling your ears softly. Eren smiles quietly when you look at him, and Jean points Levi.

“You know we love to be praised, but this time your boyfriend was who got this idea. Sorry for not congratulating you before, y/n” 

“But...” you were speechless. He invited your friends and also bought a lot of balloons and things. Some tears started to form in your eyes and you felt how a hand took yours, pulling you towards a body that you knew really well.

"Happy birthday, my love." He whispers, making you blush from head to toes.

The little party was all fun and laughs, Connie told a couple anecdotes of all of you and Mikasa played cool music. Also, Jean and Eren bought a enormous cake full of tiny candles that you blew, wisihing to never lose this people. Levi looked at you so purely, how you were having fun and how you dragged him to dance with you. His beautiful grey eyes looking at yours. Then, all of them gave you the huge mountain of gifts they all bought for you, but you could easily recognize the ones that Levi packed, with precious ribbons and elegant letter.

Even when all those gifts were really good ones -and they all knew you didn't want them to spend on a gift for you.- the one Levi left for the end surprised you. It was the littlest of all, packed in a cute ocean blue paper. You took it, smiling at him. He was nervous. Maybe it was too much. It had a little letter on the top of it. "Please open me after the dinner."

"Oi, Levi, don't be like that!" Connie said. "Now I'm curious!" Levi looks at him raising an eyebrow, but he's smiling.

Some minutes later, they helped you two to put everything back on place, cleaning and all, even when you begged to them to go home.

"And let the birthday one do all the work? Nope." Jean said. "Eh, eh, eh, Sasha! Sto-" he left, seeing Sasha eating a piece of cake that "fell" from the top of it. You laugh and keep washing plates, with Levi by your side, drying them.

"A surprise party, hm?" you ask, your shoulder hitting his softly. He laughs quietly.

"I wanted to make something special for you." he whispers. You now remember the little gift that you're supposed to open after the dinner. Will you go out for dinner? Definitely, if you were having dinner there, you should be cooking instead of doing all of this slowly.

"It was special. Thank you." he smiles soflty.

"It hasn't ended yet." he whispers.

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Levi parks. You feel how the car stops. He insisted in covering your eyes, so you went all the way asking.

"Are we going to a restaurant?" he laughs and you hear the indicator sound.

"No."

"Are we... wait, where are we going?" It was late. All your friends left after helping. Jean had to drive Sasha and Connie home, so Connie sent a lot of pics in the car while he was copilot. Then, Levi appeared with that blindfold. You bited your lip.

"Put this on, please. We're leaving." Wait what? Leaving? For what?

"Leaving?" he nods. He takes a little bag near the entrance.

"Yep. Let's go." you followed him and he turned around, smiling. "Put it on, baby." you pout but let him put it on you.

And now he parked after a long way driving. He opens your door and helps you to get out. There's a wild wind and you can hear the ocean. You feel how the little pressure the blindfold was making dissapears on a moment. Levi has took it out. Since the sun is almost disappeared, you need a couple seconds to get your eyes used to the light. You're in the cliffs. Watching the sunset. Levi puts a blanket on the floor and tells you to sit. He takes out a couple plates and another one, that is covered, where he probably has the food.

"I thought maybe you would like to have dinner while the night starts to appear." he says, looking to the plates. Having dinner with such a pure human by your side while the starts start to appear above you feels like an absolute dream. You see how he eats a piece of watermelon. You smile at him, incapable of talking, and your eyes start to fill again with tears. "But don't cry" he says, pulling you towards him. Your face buried on his chest. "I love you." he says. Your eyes shot open and you try to part, but he presses your head quietly again to his chest. You can feel his heart beating fast. "I usually don't say this, you know. It's quite difficult for me to express myself, but you deserve it. You deserve to know how much you mean to me. I'll give my best to tell you every day how much I love you. Because I do. It's so deep, so deep..." He caresses your hair quietly. He takes the little gift from the bag. "You should open it now, don't wait to end the dinner." he whispers. You part a little and, before taking the gift, you take his face between your hands, caressing his cheeks quietly.

"Thank you." you were sincere. You were so grateful for having him. Not just today, that he prepared all those things, but everyday, having your back, giving you love and respect. He was near perfection, even reaching it. "Thank you, Levi. For being here with me and for making me feel so loved. I'll never end thanking you." You lean closer to him, pressing your mouth on his. The watermelon he tried before tastes sweet against your tongue. He buries his hand on your hair, pulling you closer to him. He parts for air.

"You should open the gift. And then have dinner. And we're not going to eat up each other, just in case you were going to make the joke."

You smile at him. He knows you too well. You open the gift softly, a necklace is shining inside the box. It has a little "L" on it.

"You know, that way you can always have a part of me."

"Are you Levi? Where's my grumpy and bossy boyfriend?" he laughs.

"I can switch to bossy whenever you want me to." he says. You give him the necklace and, tying your hair, you wait for him to put ii in your neck. You feel the cold L hanging on your clavicle. Levi presses his lips on your back, near the necklace. You show it to him and he smiles, caressing it.

You smile, the typical stupid and deep-in-love smile you've read on books. The sun keeps going down and the moon shines more intensely. The stars being witnesses of your smiles. The moon lighting the little L near your heart. You look at the sky, how beautiful it is full of stars.

He thinks the sky is beautiful, but you're the most beautiful thing for him. That's why he kisses your forehead, smiling at you. He put everything on the car right adter you two ended having dinner, just the blanket is left. You look at the stars, lying on the ground, and he does the same. You snuggle up towards him, his heat and arms receiving you. You kiss the point of his chest where you feel his heartbeat. He caresses your hair.

"Happy birthday." he says, once more. You smile against him and his hands wrap you.

You could stay like that forever.

[mcbride]

TWD S11 Predictions - Carol/Daryl focused

disclaimer: i don't know anything. i have no sources. just my predictions, thoughts and wishful thinking based on filming tracking, intuition, some theories, images from the teaser/promo trailers and more wishful thinking!

solely focused on Carol and Daryl's storylines, cause apparently that's all my heart cares about anymore! as a wise person once said (Espy, my positive fairy! if you're reading this, ilysm), our baes need to be dealing with their own issues and demons, separately, while getting some closure with other people, so they can finally move forward together.

so i don't expect many actual caryl scenes in part 1 of s11, but i fully expect them to keep each other in mind, and even make some decisions based on a future they wanna have together even before they resolve the awkward tension between them atm.

imo the perfect caryl arc in 11a would include a lot of emotional encounters, drama, disappearances, fake deaths, torture, tragedy, dog, closure and make up and make out... after the jump....

it appears that Carol and Daryl will be involved in different missions at the start of the season - he will head out with Maggie's group to search for food when they are caught up in a storm and have to hide out in the subway tunnels; while i presume she stays back to defend and help clean up ASZ or goes on her own mission with Kelly and Magna.

Carol, Kelly and Magna end up stumbling upon Connie's journal, a symbol of hope for all of them. they might even decide to search the area for any more signs of Connie. i really want Carol herself to find Connie and bring her back to Kelly. and not cause Carol is a hero who saved Connie, nooooooo cause Connie can save her own self. she is strong, not a damsel in distress. she went through hell but she made it back. i think we will see Connie and what she has been through, however, i don't believe she will reunite with anyone from team family before the MSF (11x08) or even MSP (11x09). no idea who she and Virgil are running from in the trailer - it could either be a whisperer, a stray reaper or just some crazy random motherf*cker they run into.

while Maggie's group are in the tunnels, dog runs off and Daryl goes to search for him, never making it back to the group for some reason. after the storm is over, Maggie and the group search for Daryl but not having been able to find him (?) they just assume he is gone, possibly dead? i don't know why Maggie would give up so easily searching for family, but it seems like her current MO to just leave people behind.

along the way, Carol and Magna will find common ground and actually become besties cause she desperately needs some female friends. please and thank you. they can bond over the hope to find Connie alive and well, or the fact, both of them are currently in a very awkward position with their boos while having no idea where the heck they are.

Daryl probably got separated from the group while escaping a small herd in the tunnels (cue to Daryl's face covered in blood in the woods) and when he finally finds dog, he comes face to face with a masked reaper formerly known to him as Leah. he is shocked to learn she's part of the group that targeted Maggie. Leah is probably bitter Daryl chose his family instead of her a few years ago cause she has no idea he came back for her... so she and her friends take (willingly or not!) Daryl prisoner... possibly torture him and play mind games to gather information on team family.

in the sdcc trailer, there are some very heartbreaking scenes with Carol (and Aaron?), i cannot wait for it. i know it's gonna make me cry so hard and i've been needing Carol/Aaron friendship for years. at the same time, i expect Carol to also have some badass fighting scenes with her daughter-in-law and new bestie, Lydia, and tia Rosita! YES girl power!! people need Carol and she's totally there for them.

Aaron seems to be in a bad place emotionally (possibly something happened to Gracie, or just the fact they lost a lot of people in the whisperers war!) and Carol will be there to urge him not to make the same mistakes she did. hopefully, these 2 can join forces and come up with a masterplan to defeat the reapers.

Daryl being Daryl who always wants to save people even from themselves, tries to convince Leah to change sides, join team family, or convince her own family to leave his family alone. he's unsuccessful and when Daryl tries to escape, setting the whole place on fire and killing a few men on his way out of the reapers compound, Leah threatens to harm dog. cause why not? she obvi loves nothing or no one! they take Daryl back to another cell, and dog manages to escape.

meanwhile, Maggie's group returns to ASZ, where they tell Carol they believe Daryl is lost or dead. please give me all the angst that comes with Carol thinking she may have lost Daryl forever! she has been pretty committed to the group and rebuilding their home, but i believe her first instinct will be to run, to leave... TO FIND DARYL!!! cause no way in hell would Carol just accept he's gone unless she sees it with her own eyes.

WELL in true 'if you can't beat them, then join them' fashion, after a few brainwashing sessions with Leah, Daryl tells her all about the note (FIND ME) he left for her at the cabin, how he knows he made the wrong decision then, declares his loyalty to her and joins the reapers...

dog arrives at ASZ just as Carol is about to leave to search for Daryl. good boy always comes back home to mama and together they will find and save dada. (bear with me! from now on i'll be totally running wild with my wishful thinking... it will pretty much read like some fanfic plot!)

Daryl keeps trying to fit in with the reapers group, but he's only taking a page from Carol's undercover book - fake it till you make it + destroy them from the inside. what he doesn't know is that Leah and her new/old bf (Pope!?) have been planning an attack on ASZ behind his back. they simply let him know, this is his chance to prove himself to the reapers. he has to go along with the plan (or DIE!), but he hopes to be Alexandrians' inside man, helping them protect their family at all costs (ironically, exactly what Negan did when he joined the whisperers and they attacked Hilltop... just not the same motivation! i guess Carol wasn't so wrong about Negan after all!)

at night, Daryl puts on his reaper costume and they head to ASZ. reapers learned the location of the place by tracking dog. the plan was much bigger and more explosive than Daryl expected, the reapers destroy a big part of ASZ brand new rebuilt wall and set fire to a bunch of houses and the mill before Daryl can even react.

Alexandrians and reapers fight as Daryl sneaks out to lead the kids to safety. he finds Maggie, asks for Carol, and is glad she is out there looking for him, relatively safe, rather than around to fight and watch ASZ fall.

while out looking for Daryl, Carol hears the explosions, sees the fire and she and dog return to ASZ as fast as they can. they are greeted by Leah at what used to be front gate...

i realize this is getting extremely long, so i'll just say that i absolutely don't want Carol to have anything to do with Leah's possible imminent death. i don't want that guilt on her conscience, and i don't want her to feel like Leah is just another person she took from Daryl (like Connie!). i don't even want Leah to die! unless she's trying to hurt or kill Daryl.

somehow i think it would be a good twist, if for a quick second Carol thought Daryl had betrayed them and joined the reapers for Leah. of course, Carol knows better. SHE KNOWS DARYL. he would never, but for a brief panicked moment, it would be good to see her react to that. i can only imagine the pain in her eyes. but she also trusts Daryl with her life.

we have no idea what Leah knows about Carol, but i'd like the pocketknife Daryl regifted to come back. how would Leah react? likely angry to see another woman with something that was hers. i want to believe Daryl would never tell Leah anything about Carol because she is just too important and too personal to share. but maybe Leah can tell there was someone else !? who knows.

i just want it to be completely clear Daryl is done with that part of his past. Daryl is not alone and lost in the woods anymore without his brother Rick and his bestie Carol. ever since Carol brought him back, Daryl has acted like he knows exactly what he wants and he's done playing games. and what he wants is not Leah or Connie. he wants for ALL his family to be safe and happy, and he wants to run away with Carol and see the world. AND i want both Carol and Daryl to feel free to be free and live freely.

as for the make up and make out part... (that's saved for 11b, hopefully!)

team family won, most of the reapers are dead, except for Leah. Daryl (with Carol's nod of approval!) decides to spare her, gives her some supplies and tells her to get lost. at the same time, Eugene arrives with the troopers from CommonWealth to help with the whisperer war. WHOOPS. 2 wars, 2 late, bruh! but the group leaves to join the good people at CW.

Carol and Daryl have a very long conversation about everything that happened and what they have been feeling. Daryl telling her exactly why he was so mad at her (she kept leaving, can't commit!), her actions (almost getting herself killed!) since Henry's death and how he needs her in his life. no matter how she sees herself or whether she thinks she's worthy or not, he just wants her to be there next to him for whatever is to come.

plus Carol realizing she needed to get closer and let people in without fear, not give up hope and actually fight for a better future for herself. and finally, admitting to Daryl that it was horrible to think he might've been gone forever, promising to never make him feel the way she felt. basically, a promise to never ever leave him again (cue to making out!)

[aremie]

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄 ❞ ( EREN JAEGER X FEM. READER ) CH 2: SETTLING IN THE NEW REALITY.

𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 ;; Eren is dead, your friends are dead, Annie and Armin are probably starting a new life together, Levi and Mikasa are hiding together somewhere, and you are left alone. Left alone in misery, you try to bring Eren and your friends back to life by abusing the extent of your abilities.

𝗮 / 𝗻 ;; this is inspired by wandavision, some aot manga spoilers, ending is different, eren is crystalized, reader, eren and almost everyone twenty one here.

𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 ;; reader has abilities like wanda maximoff, you have powers like chaos magic, manga spoilers, don't read if you don't want to be spoiled. Different ending from the manga.

𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞. ;; this fanfic has a different ending from the manga. eren is crystalized in this one, annie and armin are living their lives before their time is up, mikasa and levi are both in hiding and you are left alone. (this is canon-divergence with a little sci-fi in this.) titans are still existent. Everyone is 21 years old. PART ONE here.

"SO WHY'D YOU join the program?" Annie Leonhart, a warrior candidate, finally spoke up after being silent for days.

"I joined due to my father forcing me to. He said that if i didn't, i would disgrace my family." You softly whispered, you didn't know anyone here and was too shy to interact with anyone.

"Oh." The blonde apathetically responded.

"What about you? Why'd you join?" You asked, being curious about the blonde's backstory.

You waited for her answer which took a few minutes for her to respond. She might have dealt with traumatic things, you thought.

"I joined for my father." She said.

"Ah." It was quiet for ten minutes but it wasn't an eerie type of silence. It was more of a comfortable silence than anything.

"My name is Annie. Annie Leonhart." She said, lifting her hand for you to shake. You smiled, immediately shaking her hand. "I'm [Y/N]. [Y/N] [L/N]."

"[L/N]? Like the House of [L/N]?" Annie asked, looking a bit shocked while you just nodded. "So that's why your father expected a lot from you." She lowly said.

"Mhm." There was a comfortable silence between the two of you as you two just sat there.

At least you made a friend, right?

"Y/N? ARE YOU alright?" Your dear boyfriend, Eren asked while you were still on bed due to just waking up. "I'm alright." You responded as you slowly got up.

"Are you sure? You were crying while asleep. Do you wanna talk about it? Armin used to tell me that to feel better, you have to talk it out with the one you love." Eren asked once again, getting worried.

There. Right there. Armin's name was enough to pull your sanity back to reality. A reality where Eren was dead, Jean and Connie are mindless titans, Armin and Annie are building a new life together, Levi is probably in hiding with Mikasa and you were left alone.

You wanted to live in denial. You needed to live in denial. You wished that you were as careless when you were a child. Back when you didn't have anything to worry about. Back with Reiner, Annie and Bertholdt. Back with Porco, Pieck and the others.

You wished that you didn't join the warrior program. You wished you disgraced the family. You wished that you were never experimented on and never get this power.

But at the same time, you wished for a peaceful life with Eren. If you never joined the program, then you would have never met Eren or Annie. Or even your closest friends.

"Y/N?"

Eren's voice brought you back to reality. No, not in reality but the reality you have made. "Hmm?" You hummed as you got out of bed.

As if the earlier scene never happened, Eren grinned and hugged you which surprised you a little bit. "Eren, are you alright?" You asked as he continued hugging you. Softening up, you hugged him back but still wondered why he was hugging you.

"I love you." He softly spoke as he nuzzled his head to your neck. Smiling, you kissed his forehead and responded, "I love you too, darling. But would you mind telling me what is up?"

Eren grumbled, but still responded. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure? Do you wanna talk about it? Armin used to tell me that to feel better, you have to talk it out with your lover." You repeated his words, but due to you rewinding reality, it never happened.

"Its just that. . ." Eren tried to speak up but couldn't find the right words.

"Just what?" You asked him, getting worried.

"I— I don't know. I feel trapped. Like i'm enslaved and stuck. I think something's wrong, [Y/N]." He admitted.

Rewrite.

"Its just that. . ." Eren tried to speak up but couldn't find the right words.

"Just what?" You asked him, getting worried.

"I— I don't know. I'm just worried that once we build a family, i won't be able to give us the things we need." He admitted, sighing in defeat as he laid his head down onto your lap.

You smiled softly and looked at him. "We're not yet married and you're already worrying about that?" You asked sarcastically. I mean, you were right, he hasn't proposed to you yet.

"Well, i know but—" You cut Eren off by kissing him softly. He was surprised but then kissed you back lovingly.

Maybe it's not that bad to stay in denial and live in this fake reality until the final days of your life.

"Your Majesty, there's something wrong in Shiganshina, its urgent!" One of the royal guards yelled as they ran towards the queen. Historia, being oblivious to what was happening then turned around to see five royal guards tired and sweating.

"What? What's wrong?" Historia asked hastily, not knowing why the guards were panting and sweating heavily.

"Its— Its Shiganshina, we can't seem to enter the town and even if we tried, we would get thrown away by an invisible thing! Hitch Dreyse tried to do it but disappeared!" One of the guards explained.

Historia felt nervous. What was she supposed to do? An invisible barrier banishing people out? It seemed ridiculous but she knew that they wouldn't lie to her and so she decided.

"Take me there."

"SO TELL ME, where exactly are you going?" You asked him, helping him tie his hair into a bun.

"I found a job as a doctor near our house and i need money to buy a rin—" Eren stopped himself while you just looked at him curiously.

"Money to buy a what?" You asked him, crossing your arms.

"Money to buy us food, darling!" He immediately answered. "Besides, we wouldn't be able to survive if i don't work. How could we buy the food we need if i don't work?" Eren reasoned.

"Uh, Magic?" You said. Your humor was always shitty but you were somehow saying the truth.

Eren just sighed as he kissed your forehead. "I'm heading to work." He said while you squinted your eyes.

"Alright then. See you, Love you." You said, getting curious about what he was intending to do.

"Love you too! I'll make sure to bring something home!" He lovingly said as he went to his workplace.

That was weird, you thought.

Once you were about to sit down, you heard a knock on the door. You sighed. You're not gonna get a break until the end of the day. Walking to the door, you were shocked to see a certain someone.

"Heya [N/N]!" The woman in your doorstep said.

The woman was Hitch Dreyse.

"So why can't you enter this?" Historia asked as they were all near the town that was isolated.

"Nobody knows. Some say that it had some invisible barrier. Not to mention, all civilians that lives in Shiganshina are also stuck in there." One of the guards said.

"So all civilians that lived here are also stuck in this thing?" Historia asked, feeling dread and sadness. She failed as a Queen. What was she gonna do now?

"Mhm. They are either dead or stuck there. Nobody knows. The only one who entered the town was Hitch Dreyse and none of us have heard of her wellbeing for two weeks." The guard explained.

Historia nodded and told the guard to continue as she tried touching the electrical barrier. The guards noticed and tried to stop her but before they could, she disappeared suddenly.

The guards then immediately freaked out and took out their firearms. "Your highness?!"

None of them knew that their Queen Historia was stuck in a reality that her friend had created.

[hangedalladalla]

Hello everyone this is a fanfic commission for someone. I do fics about different ships and reader inserts as well. This is part of my COMMISSION FOR A CAUSE for my mom’s previous chronic illness and to support her medications and medical needs (please see my pinned post for images of mri scans and interpretations).This is a short fic about Levi and Hange. Please message me if you want to donate or commission me.

MIRACLE

hangedalladalla

Hange Zoe was one to find out that death is definitely not a one way trip. She had always wondered what is to happen once death comes to you.Was there going to be tranquility and hope? Was there some place wherein your soul can finally rest? Was it some place wherein her soul will meet those that she have lost along the way? Or will she just turn into dust and just let her remains just scatter around into the air. The truth was half of her assumptions was true, half of them were not. Just like how she always thought when she was a child they were there those that she have lost along the way. She can name them not all of them but she can name them.

Her ever loyal assistant squad leader Moblit, her dear friend and former commander Erwin, her comrades and friends Nanaba and Miche. Her old squad Nifa,Abel and the others. She even saw Sasha whom she felt like she have failed. Hange looked back to how disappointed she was of herself when Sasha died. She was supposed to live a long life. With those whom she have loved but she felt like she took that away from her. Nonetheless, all of her fears and anxieties all went away when Sasha turned at her and engulfed her in a huge bone breaking hug if she wasn’t dead she would have groaned in pain but in all honesty she did not feel anything at all but relief, that Sasha wasn’t blaming her. She can finally feel at peace there in that tranquil silent place wherein she can spend the rest of her not-so-life with her comrades.

There was something missing. Hange had been spending a few days now there in the afterlife but something was missing. She cannot fathom the feeling of emptiness and sorrow but there it was, why was it there. Why is it that at the back of her non existent beating heart there was a voice calling out her name in agony. She then felt a surging pain on her left temple followed ny her arms and back. The urge to scream was too strong and yet she couldn’t. She couldn’t ask or scream for rescue. She tried reaching out to her dead comrades but they all just stared at her in solitude. She tried reaching out to Erwin’s hand but he just gave her a sullen and knowing smile, something she had grown accustomed to. The warm sullen smile of his comrade who was now letting go of her hand to kick her back into her reality.

The agonizing painful moment of silence wherein Hange Zoe realized that she was alive and barely breathing. The pain in her back keeps growing stronger and stronger and the screams of Gabi and Annie were muffled by the long deafening ringing in her ear.

There was a name, there it was the agonizing pain in her heart it wasn’t just a voice it was his. It was Levi’s. What was she even thinking trying to find peace in an own realm she created for herself.What was she even thinking leaving Levi all alone when all he had was her and all she had was him.

Everything was just blurry she cannot even decipher which was real and which was her imagination,all she knew was she was flying with Gabi yelling her name while Annie tries to bandage her burnt back that is far from being healed. Maybe this was her imagination as well, there was no way she would be flying right at that very moment because the reason of her death was solely for the flying boat to fly. But there she was being held by Gabi and Annie as they screamed out her name. It doesn’t even matter all she knew and all she could ever think of was the person whom she left. The person who dedicated his heart to her and vice versa. She could only laugh with a fitting cough as she miserably tried to ease the pain of her burning back. Then everything went black.

The next thing Hange knew there was a battle on going already. Who wins and who loses it does not even matter anymore wether it be them or Eren or the Marleyans or the world it does not even matter anymore. As she opened her eye and see through the horizon there he was. Riding a flying titan while here she is being held by Onyankopon. The rumbling had stopped everything was just in shambles and there he was silver orb staring at her own brown one. She does not even know if Levi lost his other eye as well or if the others were fine all she knew at that moment was that returning was the right choice. She does not need the eternal tranquility when right there at that moment of chaos everything just seemed to fall right into place he was there and alive and so was she and that’s all that mattered. Nothing else did it was just Levi and her and the two of them staying alive for each other.

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Hange does not even remember when the war ended, or if it already ended all she knew and remember was Levi’s right arm reaching out to her and her taking it then everything just went black. She immediately rose from where she was laying and pain immediately resurfaced from her back. It felt like it was burning again and it was just really painful. She immediately reached out for her glasses that was at the bedside table when Yelena entered right at the moment.

“Hey, Hange you’re awake.” The blonde said as she placed a cup of water beside her then later on helped her drank it.

“Thanks Yelena.” She said as she looked far away. “Where are the others?”She asked as she continued sipping from her cup. “Where’s Levi?” Again, she asked as panic ate her whole system.

“Fine. They are fine Jean and the others were all still healing as they try to fix the damage of the rumbling. If there even is anymore to recover.” The blonde said with a scoff as she looked faraway. She looked different,tired and empty.

“Your Levi is resting as well. He’s just in the room next to yours. He was so beaten up that I don’t think he will ever fully recover.” The blonde stated still looking in a far distance.

“What happened? How did we all end up here?” Hange asked again to gain Yelena’s attention.

“You don’t remember? Falco’s titan grew tired and fell, luckily all of you who were riding it was okay. Pieck and the others are fine as well. Reiner is still recovering alongside the other shifters.”

“And, Eren? Where is he? What happened to him? Is he okay? Did you get to him? Did you manage to capture him? Was he safe along with the others?” Yelena looked at Hange dumbfounded. Eren was the sole reason why she nearly died and here she was asking about his whereabouts and conditions.

Yelena just raised her head up and looked into the ceiling while shooking her head no. It was more than enough of an explanation. There was no need for further elaborating about where Eren was and how he was. Yelena’s sullen expression was more than enough for Hange to understand and for tears to well in her eyes, because in all honesty she had raised Eren even if only for just a few years. She created a bond with Eren and it breaks her heart to see him that way. Maybe, they will never now what his sole reason is. Maybe, it was just for him to know and for them to never find out. It doesn’t matter anymore. She shook her head, wiped her tears and looked up into the window staring at the bright horizon, with an empty wish that hopefully wherever Eren is he had reached the freedom that he is fighting for.

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It has been three days since Hange had gained consciousness. She have been visiting Levi’s room from time to time tending to his wounds. Her wounds still hurts as hell but being with Levi, it just somehow lessens. She stared as his face as she wiped the towel down ro clean his wounds. There was nothing wrong with,minus the wounds nevertheless Hange felt guilty, of trying to leave him when he needed her most. For trying to escape from all of her responsibilities and just be there in that tranquil solitude with her comrades. She felt guilty for trying to leave him alone in chaos when the world was in shambles and there she was trying to hold on to the solitude that she probably created for herself. How selfish of her. She heald Levi’s knuckles close to her face and leaned into it before heading out and speaking to Jean and the others.

“Hange! What brought you here aren’t you supposed to be resting? You can barely walk.” Jean said as he guided Hange to the sofa in their shared room with Reiner and Connie as well as Falco. We are still trying to see what we can fix. The other Eldians from Paradis also flew here to help with what they can to rebuild Marley. Afterall, not long after Historia gave birth through the help of the scouts and alliance that Hange built Historia is working with a truce with all the people around their world. To avoid impending wars and such.

“I want to build something.In the forest, near the sea, just a small cottage. Just enough for two people.” Hange said as she fidgeted with her makeshift clutches.

“It does not have to be perfect, just enough to be able to live comfortably in it.” She went on as she explained what she wanted to build. In a span of two weeks do you think you can finish it? Hange asked as she picked her clutches and held the two boys by their shoulders and smiled. The two boys shocked their heads in disbelief then agreed with what she wanted.

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Levi awakened with a sickening pain throbbing in his head. He felt like it was being broken into half. He does not even remembered when was the last time he was awake all he knew was that his body was aching. He checked his body for any signs of bleedings or injuries, turns out they were almost completely healed. He tried sitting up when suddenly Gabi and Falco entered his room to bring him some water.

“Mr. Levi!” Falco shouted in panic as he grabbed the bottle of water from Gabi and went to Levi’s side to allow him to drink.

“You’ve been out for more than a month Captain. Everyone else was already up and about. Reiner and Pieck are helping in rebuilding Marley, or what’s left of it. Mikasa and the others are building whatever they were working on.” Gabi rambled as she carefully placed pillows at the back of Levi.

Levi just stared at the two of them. The others were alive and well and he was the only one who had not awoken for more than a month. Him, humanity’s strongest soldier, took the longest time to recover, what was wrong with him. He started having flashbacks of the previous memories of him when he stopped at his tracks. He stared at the two kids in front of him. Where was she, he was so sure that he was reaching out to her before Falco’s titan came crashing down. He was sure it was her. He will never forget those brown orb afterall. Levi noticed something about his vision as well. He can still see from both eyes, although the other one was really blurry and barely functioning but it can still recognize figures.

“Hange? Where was Hange?” He asked, afraid that they will give him an answer that will break his heart again.

“She was with Jean,Mikasa and the others, they were trying to build something we’re not really sure what it is though, just that it’s-” Gabi immediately kicked Falco in his legs when he was about to continue.

“Won’t you shut up! You’re just going to ruin everything!” She yelled as she pushed Falco out of Levi’s room while waving Levi goodbye and rambling on about training and things.

Three weeks have flew by faster and Levi could already feel himself regaining his strength. Everyone already visited him. Everyone except her. She was nowhere to be found. There was even no news about her. Whenever he would ask about her they would just shrug their shoulders and change the topic about how they are working on the truce. Or they will just simply answer ‘she’s fine’ or ‘she’s doing well’ like it’s something that is going to ease his mind that easily. Every single day that he was not seeing her his anxiety just grew larger and larger. What if she really did not survive and they were just lying for his sake. What if he was just hallucinating and the others were just going through with his craziness. He abruptly stood up thinking that it was enough and that he had to see her for the sake of his sanity.

He was about to go to Jean’s quarters when Gabi came in bringing a rolled up paper that looked like a map.

“Hey! Someone tasked me to give you this!” GAbi said as she immediately ran out of the door. Levi stared at the piece of paper. It was a map. At the side of the map was a tiny scribble with a note that says ‘meet me here’. There was no name or signature but he knows too damn well who wrote it. He felt his heart beating loudly with just the sight of her scribbles. He immediately took his bag and began travelling. With his condition riding a horse is no big deal already. That is why he immediately took off to go to the said place. The place was suprisingly near. Just a three hour ride from a horse to there and it will be quicker if he had used the innovative car that the Marleyans and the others used.

The forest looked peaceful and serene seems like the part of the forest where his travellung at did not get damaged by the rumbling. It was also near the sea and it brings solitude to his mind. Soon, he already reached the said cottage. IT was a very simple cottage,just enough for 2 or 4 people to live in. It was neat as well and there were fruits,vegetables and flowers growing outside the garden. He immediately reached out for the door knob, heart reaching in his throat he carefully twisted the knob. Nervous and panic, anxious of what he will really find there. Finally he succeeded in opening the door. He didn’t dare to look straight, he did not want to get disappointed immediately. Lucky for him he wasn’t, because right there was the love of his life, the person whom he dedicated his heart for. His other half. Smiling at him tears brimming in her eyes as she looked at him with her beautiful brown orb.

“Hange.” It was like a whisper, he did not know to whom he was calling to. He felt his legs buckle and he fell on his knees. Hange as well let go of her crutches as she held on to him. Levi who was holding tightly to Hange just kept on calling her name as he held he body tighter to his. In return, Hange had muttered a series of apologies for being selfish and trying to leave him alone. They just stared right there on the floor just holding on to each other muttering apologies and promises that only they will know and remember.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry I was selfish wanted to escape. I wanted to be free so I left. I’m sorry” Hange continuously said as she buried her face on Levi’s shoulder. Levi in return just stroked her hair as he continuously try to calm her and saying that he was forgiving her.

Soon there were no more tears left to cry and they just sat there in the silence, just the two of them feeling each others warmth. Levi tried to touch Hange’s back when she flinched because some of the burns haven’t dried up yet.

“Sorry.” Levi muttered while Hange just smiled at him and laced her head on his shoulder again. “Does it hurt?” Levi asked as he carefully traced her back.

“No, just sometimes. How about yours?” she asked as she carefully touched his damage eye softly with her fingers the reaching out to place a sullen kiss into it.

“No it doesn’t hurt anymore” he stated as he continued stroking her hair.

“What’s the purpose of this place Hange?” He asked as he stared at her. “I told you that we will live in the forest. I made myself a promise as well that I would run away with you once we both survived, and we did. Welcome to our new home, Levi. That is if you accept.” She explained and stated with a small and embarrassed smile.

“You know I can’t say no to you right four eyes?” He stated as he smiled lovingly at her and reached out to her face. There were no more need for confessions. The two of them already knows it. No more words was to be said for what they have was something that not everybody could have. For what they had was a chance and a miracle.

[marshmellowfluff221]

hi!! can you do a jean from AOT new years kiss fanfic? 🥺

Head empty, just Jean

Event

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"Sasha!" A shriek rang over the music and conversations of the party. The shriek had come from your lips and was due to the wet spot coating the front of your shirt.

"Sorry- I'm so sorry Y/n." Sasha fussed over you, dropping the cup in her hand, not worrying about the contents since it had been splattered all over your front. She grabbed handfuls of napkins, shoving them onto the fabric of your shirt. You quickly grabbed her hands, now calm from the initial shock.

"It's fine, you just scared me." You breathed out, placing a hand over your heart. The small group of friends that was at the party had all focused on the interaction.

"You should change Y/n." Armin suggests. "Don't want you to get cold."

"Oh- I didn't bring any other clothes..." You look over your shoulder to the boy and let out a nervous laugh. His lips turn into a frown.

"Don't worry." You turn around as another male speaks up. Jean appears in your line of sight, hands stuffed into his pockets as he steps up. "I got a shirt you can borrow."

"You don't have to-" You start, shaking your head. It was his house afterall, of course he'd have a shirt here. Connie lived here as well, but he didn't seem to speak up and offer a piece or clothing. As your eyes met Sasha's, you knew this had been planned.

Heat traveled up the back of your neck and to your cheeks, flushing them red. Everyone knew of your little crush on Jean, except Jean. It was like a bad romantic comedy. Minus the romance. It was juat a comedy.

"Nah." He shakes his head. "Come on."

Jean turns around and starts for the stairs. You quickly follow after a nudge from Sasha. Conversations resume as you begin the climb up the steps behind him.

"Sasha's pretty clumsy, huh?" Jean speaks, making small talk. If you weren't so nervous yourself, you'd notice the slight shake in his voice.

"Yeah." Was all you said.

He stopped at a door on the right side of the hall and pushed it open, letting you step in first. This wasn't the first time in his room, but it felt different today. As you stepped over to his bed you took a seat at the edge, your wet shirt pressing against your skin. At least the coolness of the fruit punch kept your body at a normal temperature.

"Let me just find it." Jean says, turning to his dresser. He pulls open a drawer and digs through. A silence fills the room before he speaks up again. "It's almost midnight, ready for the new year?"

"Yeah," You smile. "I'm really gonna focus this year."

"You haven't been focusing now?" Jean snorts, looking at you over his shoulder. "Y/n you're almost top of the class- at least top 10. You're amazing, what do you mean by focusing?"

Your eyes widen at the compliment, noticing Jean quickly turning his attention back to the clothes.

"U-uh well, I've been focusing on this crush too much- and I don't know..."

"Crush?" He asks, closing the drawer and opening a second one. "Who is it?"

"Jean!" You straighten up, the heat on your cheeks growing. "You can't just ask that."

"Why not?" Jean shrugs, glancing back at you again. "If you don't say anyone I'll just assume it's me." He pulled that smirk of his before glancing away again. You remained silent as he grabbed a lump of a shirt and threw it towards you. "Hurry and change."

You unrolled the shirt, taking a look at the design on the front. With an amused smile you said, "I didn't know you liked My Little Pony."

Jean immediately tensed, turning around to face you as you held up the shirt. "That's not mine." He pointed a finger at it as if it was a spider.

"You sure?" You asked, standing up. "It was in your drawer..."

"Sasha probably put it there." Jean blurted out.

"Uh huh- how about I go show her this and see if she recognizes it." You snicker, walking to the door. Before you can make it, Jean slips in front of you, his hands on your shoulders.

"No- don't. Eren won't let me live that one down." Jean pleads, reaching for the shirt. You hold it out of his reach, a smirk upon your lips.

"An even better reason." You retort, slipping past him and towards the door. A chanting could be heard from downstairs. It must almost be midnight. You and Jean both heard it.

Three

Jean grabs onto your wrist, pulling you back from the door.

Two

You turn to face him, holding the shirt behind your back.

One

Jean leans forward, capturing your lips with his. You freeze on the spot, feeling his fingers slip to your hands and yank the shirt out from your grip. You part from the kiss, eyes wide and blush covered faces.

"Happy New Year Y/n." Jean smirks, holding up the shirt.

"Did you just- hold on, how do I process what just happened," You press a hand over your mouth, still shocked at the kiss you had just shared.

"You want an actual shirt to change into while you think?" Jean asks, taking a small step back. You gave him a small nod to which he laughed at.

And that's how your new year started.

[a-second-chance-su-au]

How did you decide which episodes would be impacted and had scenes that were significant enough to include? I’m working on a canon divergent fanfic for another series that’s pretty much just the story with one more character. I want to know how necessary these things would be.

That is an excellent question!

I am on mobile and don’t have a page splitter at the moment, so WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD.

When rewriting canon, I like to stick to 5 hard-and-fast rules, being: 1) know your character’s arc before going in, 2) know the episode’s overall message, 3) don’t take away from other characters, 4) adding original content must be done as-needed, and 5) DON’T BE AFRAID TO CHANGE THE WHOLE STORY. This can either be exceedingly easy or extremely hard.

1) Know your character’s arc before going in. This one seems obvious, but it can be very easy to get distracted. What would happen if this character was present for this scene? What if she/he/they followed this character around? Stuff like that. The whole thing on this particular blog with Spinel being present for the climax of Maximum Capacity is certainly tempting, and fun to think about, but does it do anything for Spinel’s arc in this AU? In my case, no. So she will not be present. You want to make sure you have some kind of roadmap either on paper or in your head of when and where things should happen, keeping in mind that character’s relationships, mental space, and goals. If Spinel wanted to fuse with Amethyst, she’d have to do it when the two have a good relationship, and something like that takes time to develop. She cannot fuse with Ames in the beginning of the series, absolutely not, but she will later on. Knowing facts like that on when things can and/or SHOULD happen is essential. So episodes like “Giant Woman,” “Horror Club,” “Crack the Whip,” or “Keystone Motel” will not be included in the list.

2) Know the episode’s overall message, and who is in the spotlight. You’d think that on a show like SU, that’d be easy, but often, it can be hard to pinpoint exactly who we should be focusing on. Fun fact: it usually isn’t Steven, which is why when Steven lets us into his head a little, it’s always such a huge, emotional bomb drop. I will keep using Maximum Capacity as an example. That episode was focused on Greg’s and Amethyst’s relationship with each other, their past friendship, and how each of them handles the stress of the past differently. Amethyst wants to loose herself in “Little Butler,” but Greg wants to do other things, too, causing them to come to a crossroads. It’s a coming-to-terms story for the both of them, and with this AU, I don’t want to disturb that. “Giant Woman” was about Amethyst and Pearl. “Joyride” was about Steven. “Keystone Motel” was about Ruby and Sapphire. “Steven the Sword-Fighter” is an example that can be shifted, because the purpose of that ep was to teach the viewer about poofing. It was less about Pearl and more about Gems in general, making it okay to try and change a few things around (so long as the poofing of... a gem still happens). Knowing when an episode is about a character, a relationship, or world building is really important, and helps to try and decide which to alter.

3) Do not take away from the other characters. Know their arcs, too, and why certain choices were important. Example being “Crack the Whip,” where Amethyst hits her lowest low and her quest to be stronger begins. That one, if you want to change it, you can, but if it were me, I would leave in Amethyst getting poofed and Jasper getting defeated without her, as it begins a huge moment for her character. By changing up that scene, she doesn’t have the chance to confide in Steven, they don’t fight, she doesn’t hit her lowest low (which all or most characters need to hit at some point), and then Smokey Quartz cannot exist. They exist because she trusted Steven and the two of them felt equal to each other, and trusting, and loving. THAT allowed them to fuse, and if “Crack the Whip” never happened or was altered too much, that all that goes out the window. So I am not going to have Spinel grab Amethyst and pull her out of the way or anything, or have her fuse to beat Jasper, because that undermines the whole point. However, I CAN say that Amethyst’s arc affects Spinel’s. Not saying this is canon, as this is just an example, but maybe Spinel becomes more attached to Amethyst after that, trying to protect her from being poofed again because she feels guilty for not being there to stop it. Then that affects Amethyst, makes her feel like Spinel is her bodyguard, which Amethyst doesn’t want and feels she doesn’t need. It’d serve to make her angrier, and could lead to she and Spinel getting into an argument or a fight. In this scenario, would I replace “Steven vs Amethyst” with “Spinel vs Amethyst”? No. But something similar COULD happen. It’s all about where you want to go, and what works best for these characters.

4) Adding original content must be done as needed, not whenever you feel like it. Does this mean do it sparingly? Depends on the story you want to tell. For me and my AU, that means I need to pay attention to Spinel’s arc and when she needs to learn/do things. Take “Man of the Mountain” for example. It takes place directly after “Bubble Buddies,” and is the result of Spinel being jealous of Connie eating up Steven’s time and friendship. So, she seeks to strengthen their bond as reassurance to herself that Connie is an inconvenience at worst, and at best, she’ll fade away eventually. She and Steven are still best friends, and she’s gonna prove it, darn it! Then the events of that episode may or may not affect what happens next, or later down the line. For this AU, Season 1 is mostly going to build things that are yet to come, and the episodes don’t directly feed into each other, meaning I am using original content sparingly. 5 originals compared to 52 actual episodes? I think I did good on that front. xD But, don’t be afraid to add an episode for an information dump, or to come to a conclusion. That can’t be the only thing IN the episode, of course, but if that’s the pure reason the episode exists, then fine. Do it. Whatever makes your story flow and make sense. But by making every other episode about Spinel, suddenly it’s only about her and not the other characters. Might as well rename the show at that point. The other characters get the spotlight they need/deserve, with Spinel getting her time to shine as well.

5) DON’T BE AFRAID TO CHANGE THE WHOLE STORY. This is one I’m struggling with, but I feel it worthy to mention anyway. If your character is psychic, then have them use their powers when it’s a good character choice and makes sense logically. If that throws off the entire tale, then roll with it. Get stuff back on track. Or maybe you need to take out that character for a bit. Formulate a way to do that. But if your character had a chance to shoot a blow dart at the main villain and take them out, perfect for capturing them and dismantling their army, wouldn’t they take it? If not, there had better be a good, in-character choice. Maybe the villain’s entire plan changes to account for the character’s psychic powers, creating a decoy or sending out a squad to trap/kill them specifically. If it’s in-character and it makes sense, heckin’ DO IT. Get creative! Get weird! Stories write themselves; you just need a beginning and a good grasp on the characters. Then the characters will take your story and run with it. Your job then becomes keeping up. I wish I was joking. I’ve had characters completely derail my stories before because they just couldn’t make that one character choice that was the lynchpin for the whole next scene, and it made me mad, and no I’m not mad about it two years later! You have the map, they steer the ship. You just gotta trust them.

This version of Spinel was left alone for 625 years, then cast away like a worthless toy. She’s been through war, lost almost all her friends, and had her #1 idol taken away and replaced with a smaller, weaker, half-human male version of her. She’s been through the ringer on emotions, and although she values herself as a friend first and foremost, that doesn’t mean I- and by extension, the other characters- can’t challenge that point of view. Make the character struggle. Know how they interact with others. How do certain events change them? Will they change every episode, or only some? Which are important to their arc? And most importantly, what is the point? By changing this thing here, what are you doing for that/those characters and/or the story? Is it a quick, harmless, funny moment, or is it to show a darker side to a character we’re familiar with, and to see them change now that there’s a new presence beside them? These are questions only you can answer as you chose which episodes to pick.

I hope any part of this was helpful. Feel free to ignore any of these points, or add your own. Again, every story is different, and each story should be treated as such. No creator is experienced equally, and we all have different interpretations of characters. Nothing is right or wrong, so long as you, the author, can justify it, even if it’s just “I thought it’d be cool.” It’s your AU. Go for it!

Thanks for listening to me ramble. Scene.

[temporoom]

As promised : the angry post about TPN’s last chapter. Read at your caution under the cut. (I really don't want to bother the people who enjoy the manga or enjoyed this chapter). I want to also mention that I tried to avoid spoilers as much as possible before reading this chapter (and never looked at raws). So no bias.

I can summarize that chapter in one word : pointless.

Now, most of you thought : “It is an emotional chapter that made me cry and I love it a lot, why do you think it was pointless?” You fool. A story doesn’t need to make you feel strong emotions to be good, a good story keeps you engaged in it, not obviously makes you cry over it. And to be honest, the chapter made me teared up a bit, it doesn’t change the fact that I was angry.

Now, to explain why this whole scene was poor scenaristic choice I need to go back to the beginning of the manga (and I don't want anyone telling me : yeah you are angry because you wrote that fanfic about Isabella trying to be a mother to Ray post-story. No, it’s not that.).

In the first chapter, we learn a few things about how far the story can go:

First of all, TPN doesn’t shy away from killing innocents, and especially children. This is an important point.

Second of all, TPN wants to subvert your expecations as many times as needed in order for you to stay engaged and to be unable to predict the rest of the plot.

This first chapter set a basis for the rest of the story. And overall, at least in the first arc, it was well-respected. Characters die very suddenly, but logically. And in the end, the remaining children still survive. We can all agree that the first arc was perfect. 

Then we get to the Forest arc and Goldy Pond arc. The Forest Arc was a transition so I won’t talk about it much since its main point is to give you new basis for this new adventure. But the Goldy Pond arc is very interesting because it’s the reflection of what the GF children could’ve become.

As for deaths, unlike many people, I think it would’ve been rather unproductive to have killed any of the main Goldy Pond cast in the sense that we never had any development for them and it wouldn’t follow Yuugo’s and Lucas’ arc. Yuugo and Lucas lost all their companions during their first attack of Goldy Pond, the goal of this arc is to show them tthat they are allowed to live and go on despite their deaths. Them failing by letting one of the children die would be pointlessly dramatic. 

Then Yuugo and Lucas die. Again, it follows a certain logic, but this logic has a terrible risk that the author seemed to have failed to notice. I’ll explain later. In any case, their deaths were, despite their arc, well executed. They stay together until the end instead of being separated, and do everything possible to protect their new family. Even the fact that Andrew actually didn’t die is also incredible because it feels to children as if it was pointless while it’s not.

When Yuugo and Lucas are stucked in the bunker, the group is divided, ultimately leading to the few children going out and being caught by Andrew. In the end, this scene shows that the group still needs to be cohesive to survive, as everyone’s been affected by the events of this. (The Goldy Pond part lost their father figure and multiple comrades, whil the GF part also lost a father figure and have one of their youngest child in a coma)

Then we go to the Paradise Hideout Arc. If you know my posts well, you know it’s my favorite arc, so I don't have much to say about it. Even when looking at it in retrospective I think it was overall very good. And to anyone thinking Norman’s end of the arc was rushed (the whole part where he ends up listening to Emma), do I have to remind you that Ray’s development arc was also rushed? Yeah. Anyway, no important deaths this time except demons we alreday know were assholes… The only thing it would’ve benefited from was just spending more time with those demons and on how far Geelan lost it.

Then we get to what I call the “Last Queen’s fight” Arc or, with more affection: “The Useless” Arc. THIS WHOLE FIGHT IS STUPID. I don't mind the queen actually being like… an unkillable bitch with two cores (also those gore-horror thing were creepy as hell so good job on that). What I mind is the placement of the flash-back indicating her motivations. At that point in the story, we already knew that she was a bitch… We really don't need another flash-back to just show us how much of a bitch she was. The flash-back could’ve stay, but it just needed to be placed before Norman’s attack on the capital. That way, we would’ve ultimately root for Geelan after knowing the truth, but be even more desesperate when seeing that he did not succeed instead of feeling like we just stumbled on two lynx shouting at each other. Also being given more details about the Royal Family could’ve help for the rest of the story and explain better what happened after Legravalima’s coup d’état.

Anyway, she dies. As expected.

Then everyone goes back to GF because the children have been kidnapped… I have a question tho… WHERE IN HELL IS CHRIS. That kid was in a coma for Demon God’s sake ! (spoiler: we still don't know where in hell they put him). This is the first mistake… Of the numerous mistakes of this last arc.

Peter appears as a dangerous threat with Isabella. We expect that she will betray him because she had her character development. Vincent presumably die until we reveal he is not. I don't mind that one because seeing the fandom panic because they made so many posts about his death was hilarious. And also because I felt nothing when he died so I was revealed to actually see that he survived. Then Peter is revealed to not actually be that much of a threat. Unlike many, I didn’t had the Peter hype, so I don't mind. I had always seen him as a rat and a mob (definitely not the final boss). But the bitch then had the nerves to die!

I know that Lewis was revealed to have survived (and even with the hints I still think it was a dumb as hell idea too), but they didn’t had to kill off Peter. The story would’ve benefited more of him surviving and finally acknowledging his responsability towards the children rather than fleeing his desitiny by killing himself. Especially with what is about to come. (we are not talking about the demons choosing Mujika as a queen, because that whole chapter was a rushed mess)

AND THEN ISABELLA DIES. No. I really don't want any “But it was sad!” because no. Just no. It’s not that she is one of my fav character… It’s just perfectly and ultimately pointless.

As I explained earlier, all deaths had a certain logic.

Conny was to show the overall theme of the story.

Krone and Norman were logical actions taken by the villain and a way to motivate the characters to go forward despite the adversity.

The kids at Goldy Pond was again made to set the tone.

The demons there because it’s the plot duh.

Yuugo And Lucas were to get rid of any parental figure capable of giving advices to the children.

Geelan to show that he came to a point closer to madness than reason. As well as showing how powerful is the Queen.

The Queen as she is the main antagonist of Norman’s arc.

But then...

Peter because he doesn’t want to accept his responsabilitie.

Isabella because… Because…? BECAUSE...????

To get rid of an adult figure that could give children advices? It’s the end of the story. To complete her redemption arc? This is a middle finger to all of us. To show that we can leave things to the newer generation?! THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST MESSAGES TO ANY STRUGGLING ADULTS OUT THERE.

Do you understand? Isabella died because they wanted an emotional moment. That’s it. There were no points in it except tears. It was an incredible and well-done emotional moment… But it was pointless.

Without forgetting this replica :

And I love Emma: BUT NO ONE THINKS OR SAYS THAT IN REAL LIFE. 

Re-reading this chapter helps me appreciate it more, and I look forward to how the rest of the manga will go because despite everything, I love it.

I love this manga so much.

But let me tell you this: deaths aren’t supposed to be here for emotional matters, they are here for a purpose, or to show a reality of life. Not just to cry over them, no matter how emotional they can be, they must serve a purpose.

Isabella was just a robbed opportunity. 

[superleeleehipster]

10x16 thoughts/theories

After reading up on the finale, and watching the gifs/videos of that lovely Caryl moment (thank you peeps!), I’ve got some feelings to process. Mainly about two specific things about what the episode showed and what that means for the future.

Obviously, some spoilers ahead for 10x16

Disclaimer: Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, this is just my own. I’m not telling anyone to feel a certain way and everyone’s emotions are valid. You can happily agree or disagree as much as you want. 

So first thing I want to talk about is that hug scene from the finale. From what I’m seeing so far, there are a ton of mixed reviews about it in the Caryl fandom. Some folks loved it and thought it was sweet, while others were disappointed b/c they were expecting something like the “No Sanctuary” hug based on the spoilers we got.

Speaking of. Spoilers. I appreciate the people who are able to give us content before the episode (to curb my anxiety if anything), but I also try my best to take what they say with a grain of salt, and the hug is a perfect example. We were told it rivaled the “No Sanctuary” hug and they had a heart to heart, but those statements are a bit arbitrary. I definitely think the person who said that thought those things, but we might not agree with their opinion. 

The opposite has happened before too, where we were given spoilers that didn’t sound very good and it wound up being a better episode for Caryl than we thought. Like when we heard that Carol and Zeke were going to shag during the episode “Morning Star” and she confronts Daryl later and asks him to not hate her, and he says “he would never hate her” but doesn’t look at her and walks away... But what actually happened was Carol went to Daryl’s place in the woods and Zeke found her b/c he knew she “needed some comfort” and the shag was more or less one last hoorah for their relationship and when Carol asked Daryl to not hate her he looked straight into her beautiful eyes and said with conviction “I’m never gonna hate you”... that episode was an amazing surprise for everyone b/c we thought it would be much worse. Bottom line is, we just need to be careful about what spoilers say, b/c they can leave stuff out or make their own opinions on it. 

My personal opinion on the hug: I thought it was a very sweet moment between the two. No, it wasn’t the same as the “No Sanctuary” hug, but I don’t even think that type of unbridled desperation and relief would’ve been appropriate for the current situation. And the current situation is that Caryl’s relationship had hit hard times recently, and Daryl is still upset with her with her actions. When saw her at the end of the episode and looked her up and down to make sure she was ok, but stayed guarded at first, that made sense to me. B/c neither of them are in the right headspace for any kind of relationship right now, especially Carol, and Daryl is a bit guarded still b/c of her recent actions. But when they acknowledge that it’s over, and Carol openly admits that she’ll never get what she wants and he says she has him and she gives that pitiful whimper of “yeah?” to him (AGAIN, we didn’t know about that in the spoilers!) and he comes in and gives her such a freaking warm hug. It was a hug that reassured Carol he was still on her side, and reassured Daryl that she was physically there and ok, and that the war was over. Also that part where she whimpered and wiggled a little and he wouldn’t budge at letting her go. Ugh the feels! 

Seriously, I was kind of jealous b/c I haven’t been hugged that warmly in a long time... 

Point is, I thought the hug was nice and sweet, and appropriate for the current situation. We just need to watch our own expectations when spoilers come out, b/c they can make us feel underwhelmed or pleasantly surprised when we see the scenes on our own. I definitely understand that ppl are tired of waiting. We’ve had 10 years of this and we’re tired of waiting for canon. But I definitely believe it’s coming soon, I really do...

Second thing I wanted to mention is that Connie is alive. I know there are some folks who are not exactly excited about that b/c we were pretty certain she had been killed. For some carylers, having Connie gone meant no real chance of Donnie happening, b/c we’ve been burned by TWD before and there’s always that chance no matter how slim. But for most, having Connie dead would cause the Donnie shippers (the nasty ones at least) to riot before likely leaving. 

Personally, I’m actually glad she’s alive because of two big reasons:

1). Ignoring the abc shippers for a second, quite a few general audience members were really starting to hate Carol after her actions this season. No matter how much we had tried to speak reasons, and highlighting the fact that she just lost yet another kid, a lot of them ignore the turmoil she’s going through and just focus on the actions she’s done. Having Connie alive will at least quench some of the GAs negative feelings over Carol. Yeah she still messed up, but Connie’s alive so the blame will ease off on Carol...

2). This one’s a big one. Ever since Angela Kang began as the showrunner, I’ve noticed big differences between how she writes relationships and how it was before she came along. Quite a few differences if we’re being honest, but the biggest one is that she is more direct with character’s relationships with each other, and she’s not using the current situation to escape from having to be direct with them. There’s no extreme subtle glances or talking in a weird language that doesn’t always make sense (looking at you Gimple). She has been pretty upfront with a lot of the relationships during the last two seasons, and she hasn’t had to use fate/deaths to end ships or start others. For example:

- Carol/Ezekiel - A lot of folks were upset over the fact that Henry was going to take Ezekiel’s place on the pike scene, mainly b/c it wouldn’t be fair for Carol to lose another kid. But ignoring that reason for a moment, another reason is that it would've ended Carzekiel, so Daryl could possibly have a chance again. However, what happened was even better, in that Carol chose to end the relationship herself, instead of circumstances doing it for her. 

- Eugene/Rosita - Instead of constantly having a “will they/won’t they” situation, Rosita had flat out told Eugene that they were never going to happen, and he admitted he mainly created the friendship in the hopes of being with her one day. Then, when he tried kissing Rosita, he realized he wanted Stephanie instead. Again, direct development in the relationship, even if the relationship itself would never happen. 

- Daryl/Connie - The season 10 premiere, Kelly teased Connie with an eyebrow look after Daryl waved at her, but Connie gave her a “stop right now” glance. And when Carol asked him about it, he repeatedly said there was nothing going on between them. 

- Daryl/Carol - She had Michonne mention to “make sure she says goodbye this time” to Daryl without Daryl even telling her he was about to meet up with Carol. The pure excitement and love between Caryl when they first reunited was adorable, and Carol’s joy on his bike was just amazing. To save some reading time, Daryl had basically put his heart on his sleeve for Carol this season, trying his best to keep her safe and help her through the situation. All the while, AK gave subtle/not so subtle hints of what their relationship was and very likely will become. Calling Caryl soulmates in interviews, admitting this season was really about their story. Having Carol sleep on a bedspread with ships on it, or have Daryl standing next to a ship wheel hanging in the hallway while he waited for Carol to answer the door. Having Carol find a double capped acorn and then Daryl staring longingly at it while he was in his room. I really could go on...

Point is, AK has been direct when it comes to dealing with relationships, so I have a feeling that she’s going to be direct when it comes to the Donnie ship. She already has, but I feel like there’s going to be a moment where it’ll end once and for all. 

AK loves reading our fanfics, so I can definitely see it where, at the end of Season 11, when Carol decides she’d like to go on a trip. She’s in a better headspace than she was before, and just wants to go on an adventure. She was hoping to take Daryl up on his offer for New Mexico, but then Connie returns and she and Daryl have a really nice reunion that everyone witnesses. Carol thinks Daryl wouldn’t leave after that, so she plans as if she’s going alone, but then he finds her packing and asks when are they leaving. She gets confused because she thought he would build a life with Connie, but he might say something like “already told ya, there’s nothing going on there... my place is with you, no matter where that might be”...

Or maybe Connie tries to or even kisses Daryl, and Carol witnesses it, so she scurries away and makes plans to leave. But she doesn’t see Daryl turning away and telling Connie that it’s not like that. And then he goes to Carol right after and tells her that he’s going with her...

Those are just examples, but I can honestly see AK doing this, b/c she hasn’t shied away with being blunt with relationships before, why would she shy away from this now?

At the end of the day, I’m not perturbed by the finale. I wasn’t expecting anything drastic in regards to Caryl. But Carol has reached her bottom, both personally and with her relationship with Daryl, and now there’s no way to go but upward. The finale has already solidified the fact that she still has Daryl on her side, and that will be of immense help to her guilt about the recent events. So the next bit of their journey is Carol climbing out of the hole she was in, and with Daryl at her side. That sounds a lot like one of our fanfics doesn’t it? XD

PS: AK, if you’re reading, I fully expect that the next time in the future, when there’s a hug that actually rivals the no sanctuary hug, I hope it’s Carol and Daryl hugging desperately and trying to swallow each other’s faces... cause you know, I have wants.

Have a good evening loves! (gifs are not mine!!)