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The phrase āThe Oscar Wilde sortā is one of my favorite things ever. It used to be as readily understood as āfruityā is now, but if I tell someone Iām āthe Oscar Wilde sortā, ALMOST EVERYONE AROUND ME IS CONFUSED. And thatās hilarious.
āFriend of Dorothyā has, in a way, kept its previous meaning and use because itās still coded to be something mostly only queer people understand. My brother is a well read person whom I typically expect to understand my references. I said something like, āWell, I am a friend of Dorothy after all.ā And he looked at me with such confusion. My brother, the most well read person I have met in my small town (keeps himself informed on current events, history, and internet culture) didnāt know queer history hardly at all. Lavender Menace, Lavender Scare, the YMCA, Sappho, the word Sapphic, Plato and his Platonic ideals, cowboys, or Polari.
This made me realize just how little cishet people know about queer history. Maybe even how little queer people know about queer history. We arenāt really taught these things in the States and the people around us donāt typically have knowledge about any of it either. We have to go digging for it because we want to know about the people like us. We want to know more about our history. Because it is ours. Itās personal and special.
Him not knowing these bits of history confused me. I thought, for some reason, he knew everything I knew and then some. But he was just as uninformed as I was. But he didnāt care. Because it didnāt mean anything for him. (And thatās not a problem!) Polari seems like a dead language a lot of the time. But interactions like this make me realize that there is actually still a place for it. Because, really, it has evolved to look and sound different, but itās still there.
I feel like Iāve lost the plot of this post, but Iām gonna keep going because I want to.
Queer history is so beautiful and human. Itās so unbelievably human. Thatās why literature like āThe Picture of Dorian Grayā, āThe Price of Saltā, and āMauriceā are so important. Sapphoās poems and knowing theyāre about women is important. Knowing Walt Whitman was queer is important. Knowing Emily Dickinson was queer is important. This is a whole group of people who have been hidden from the public eye and hated and scorned and killed because of who they love. And it is about who they love. You cannot tell me this is simply about the physical aspect of it all. Because itās not. Itās really not. The AIDs crisis? There was no way that was just about having sex. AIDS was such a problem because they wouldnāt help the queer people affected by it. Only when straight couples were being affected did they do anything.
Queer shipping does not lose the plot of stories or discount everything that a piece of media has explored and built up. Like people shipping Anderperry. Itās not a crazy thing! It does not take away from Neilās acting being a point of contention between him and his father. It could add a layer to maybe why it was such a big deal beyond his father simply being a controlling jerk and not allowing Neil to engage in something outside of what heās āsupposedā to do. Mr. Perry made Neil drop the school paper at the beginning because it would be ādistractingā. We know that Mr. Perry is controlling and never would have allowed Neil to act no matter what. Because it wasnāt the plan. But Neil being queer adds a layer to this narrative that a lot of people have seen and found themselves in. It doesnāt have to distract from the story and the themes that the author or creator is presenting. It can add a layer. I mean, Walt Whitman being such a huge part of the film and message all throughout adds to the queer message.
I just think thatā¦ itās interesting and important and it means more to so many people than we assume. History and every aspect of humanity is important.
And saying āIām the Oscar Wilde sortā is objectively hilarious.
An Oscar Wilde Fan,
Howl
#I lost the plot#I went off the rails#hell- I jumped off the train#queer#queer history#queer media#queer literature#history#thoughts#opinions#dead poets society#neil perry#oscar wilde#walt whitman#growing up gay#my brother is my standard of intelligence#maurice#carol#the price of salt#sappho#plato#polari#queer slang
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lmao this was this morning when i reposted everything i'd reblogged on my personal blog. then i went into my likes and added ... apparently, one hundred more posts. hehehe
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What we need to do is convince all the disney adults in america that high speed rail would be a preferable way of getting to disneyworld compared to driving or flying. We could maybe harness their fondness for the monorail or something, but this is a group of people that has time, income, and passion that we could leverage. If we could direct 5% of the enthusiasm they have for limited edition popcorn buckets into calling their representatives and demanding high-speed interstate rail, we could get it by 2030
#at this point I don't care whether rail is privately or publicly funded#I'll ride the Mickey Mouse Express if it means not having to drive or fly everywhere#if you're on the disneyland side of the country I just don't have as strong a grasp on your psychology as a demographic#but I went to school with some twice a year disneyworld people#if you are a disney adult and you're reading this please don't take it as an insult#I don't think it comes off that way but you never know
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(laughing) I'm sorry!
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE | 2.05
#iwtv#interview with the vampire#iwtv amc#jacob anderson#louis de pointe du lac#iwtvedit#tvedit#iwtvsource#vcsource#*#i kind of went off the rails colouring this i dont know what happened or if i like it#but him š„°š„°š„°š„°š„°
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i'm not seeing any posts about it here yet, but they solved the silas birchtree riddle on reddit and there's some pretty juicy lore! first, entering "paranoid" backwards nets this conspiracy board:
then, from the black letters in the corners of some of the pages people pieced together the code "connect the dots", backwards again, gets a whopping 12 page chapter about the ciphertology cult! it's...something.
so in summary, bill puppeted a guy's corpse, became a cult leader, seemingly married over a hundred people, mass-possessed his followers, tried to get them to build his portal. his lone dissenter was a spinster who made anti-bill chick tracts and started a fire. a waco-style shootout ensued, killing silas' already-rotting corpse a second time in a disturbingly detailed manner. at some point he made some of his followers drink the kool-aid too.
entering the lady's name, emmaline butternubbins, into the computer finally gets you the reward for solving all the riddles: hd wallpapers of various graphics from the book of bill. but frankly this is more interesting and fucked up to me.
(alt text under cut, wip)
[Image 1: A cluttered conspiracy board centered on Bill Cipher. Red string and pins connect various newspaper clippings, photos, drawings and pamphlets.]
[Image 2: A history-book style chapter page. Header "LESSER KNOWN AMERICAN CULTS."
"Have you ever heard of Orchard Lake, Kansas? Chances are you haven't. It was erased from every map, book, and historical record, and the US Government's official position on it is "stop calling us or we'll send a drone to your house." (I learned this the hard way.) But if you drive to the exact latitude and longitude of you'll see bullet casings, faded billboards, and bow ties strewn across the desert sands.
That's because Orchard Lake had another name before it was wiped off the record: BillVille.
CHAPTER 3: BillVille
The First Cult In History That Was Right
FIG A: A tumbillweced
As a historian of esoteric religions, I thought I'd discovered the strangest sects America had yct to offer (see "Chapter 3: Kevin's Gate") but that all changed when I found the following items tucked away in an old trunk in an estate sale on the out- skirts of Bootstrap, Missouri."]
#gravity falls#the book of bill#bill cipher#thisisnotawebsitedotcom#silas birchtree#gf spoilers#website spoilers#i feel like alex went kinda off the rails here with his anti-religion views and extensive knowledge of cults/conspiracies. in the best way#go off king#this is arguably the darkest the series has ever stooped tho with all the real world tragedies it evokes#so it makes sense it didn't make it into the book#the formatting refuses to work on this post i s2g
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Straw hats kinks;š
cw: Headcanons.NSFW.Smut.18+.Fem reader. Luffyās a bit gross. (BUT IF YOU DONT LIKE HIM LIKE THAT THEN YOUāRE NOT A TRUE LUFFY FANā¼ļøā¼ļø) Sanji cums on food.
Characters: Luffy. Zoro. Sanji.
Not proofread.
-Luffy
ā¢ Hair pulling (Giving and receiving); he didnāt know how much fun it was to pull you down on his cock by your hair. Watching you try to get away from him and forcing you to look at him by your hair made his dick twitch. He also loved when you grasp his head when heās going down on you. The feeling of your fingers gripping his hair harshly made him hard instantly.
ā¢Excessive cum; Again he discovered this by complete accident. Even without using his devil fruit powers his balls are abnormally large and filled to the brim with cum. Doesnāt matter how long ago he was sucked dry theyāll refill within an hour. And with Luffyās stamina he doesnāt even notice when heās shooting blanks. But watching you fill up with his cum turned him on even more which resulted in him going longer creating an endless cycle of cumming inside of you. He likes to pull out slowly and watch the juices drip down his cock and onto the bed sheets; making a mess of your pussy.
ā¢Spit; Heās so messy. His kisses are so sloppy. And he knows this, he often apologizes for his messiness but doesnāt do anything to improve it. So when he accidentally drooled over on top you he didnāt expect his cock to twitch so wildly. So (with your permission of course) he begins to spit on you more often. In your mouth; on your boobs; ass; pussy; face. Anywhere youāll allow him to he does so. Hell heāll even ask you to spit on him some times.
ā¢Belly bludge; He loves placing his hand on your womb and, every time he thrusts feeling your skin stretch to accommodate his size. āHmm~ I can feel myself inside of you~!ā Heāll groan out with a laugh on the end of it. He makes it a game, placing his hand on your stomach as heās trying to feel his tip with every thrust.
ā¢Marking/Biting; He loves, loves, loves to leave marks on your body. By the end of your session youāre left with red and purple hickies and bites all over your body. He canāt seem to take his mouth off of your body, thereās something so addicting about having your soft skin in between his lips. A simple neck kiss often turns into a sex session because heās so turned on by just sucking on your skin. (Although he does forget his own strength and ends up biting too hard sometimes.)
ā¢Body crushing; āYou can take it! Canāt you?ā He giggles while he smothers you against the mattress. He loves the feeling of his weight on top of you. At first he used it as a way to restrain you and stop you from squirming but he soon began to enjoy the control he got from it. You can barely breath from underneath him, and your squirms were no more. There was something unexplainably sexy about you two being so close to each other that turned him on. He didnāt know what it was but now he loves to smother you against the bed sheets
ā¢Bonus; He doesnāt mean to be so rough with you, itās just that he doesnāt know his own strength and when heās going at it, his mind runs blank more often then not. Heās not in control of his body and stretches his dick to reach your womb, trying to go beyond but it seems impossible. So heās made it his goal to break through your womb! And he tells anyone who asks what his dreams are or goals. āMy goal is find the one piece, become pirate king and break through Y/Nās womb!ā He shouts in the middle of a heated battle. Sometimes you wonder why you love this idiot.
-Zoro
ā¢Throat fucking; Zoro often has you laid out on his bed in front of him. He spreads out your arms grasping both of them tightly. He positions himself at the entrance of your mouth and goes to town. He loves to grip your throat and feel the outline of his cock as he thrusts in and out of your mouth like his own personal toy. So warm; so wet; and donāt get him started on that tongue of yours. Itās something about your throat that Zoro loves (slightly) more then your pussy.
ā¢Dacryphilia; When your eyes start to water and tears prick the corners of your eyes Zoro letās out nothing but a moan. There was no concern for you. He loves watching the tears streak down your cheeks as you whine and cry about how his cock is too big and too much for you to handle. āWhat is it too big? Come on now Y/N~ I know you can handle it~ā The power and control he feels from seeing your pathetic tears make his dick run wild.
ā¢Breastfeeding; The man loves boobs, and he loves sucking on them too, this kink was a no brainer. He doesnāt know why but playing with your nipples and sucking on them gets his rocks off. Heāll get hard In seconds from just playing with them. Sometimes heāll fall asleep with a nipple in his mouth.
ā¢Cockwarming; Just like how heāll fall asleep with your nipple on his mouth, heāll fall asleep with his cock still inside of you. It feels at home just being inside your warm cunt. He loved spooning you and just shoving his cock into you without warning and falling asleep in seconds. Itās just so relaxing, feeling you squeeze him tightly in his sleep. Heāll stay like this with you for hours, but donāt be surprised when he wakes up and starts going to pound town without warning.
ā¢Boxers; something about seeing you in his boxers makes him hard in a heart beat. Man sees you wearing his boxers and he is sprung. You look so sexy wearing his underwear, he can devour you in seconds if you come to bed wearing his boxers. The boxers being way too big for your figure; the way he can see the outline of your cunt. It drives him crazy. A simple nap together can turn into getting freaky in the sheets because of you wearing his boxers.
ā¢Orgasm control; ālisten to me. You canāt cum now. Donāt disobey me baby girl~ā Again itās the power going all to his cock. When he feels you squirm and your walls twitch he shakes his head āAh, ah, ah. Youāve gotta hold it until I cum first alright?ā His voice is so demanding and feeling your uncontrollable twitching go against his words causes him to smack your ass. āBad girl~ā he warned with a smirk.
ā¢Breeding; The thought of knocking you up is just so enticing to him. Stuffing you full of his cum and watching you quake and shake makes his body feel so hot. And watching your baby bump and tits grow larger just turns him on so much. Heāll place his hands on your stomach and breasts every day, feeling them swell as the days go by, god it just makes him hard instantly. Heāll pump you full of cum every single night, he canāt help it he loves using your hole for hours on end.
ā¢Bonus; not really a turn on, turn on. But Zoro finds it hot when his s/o is smarter then him. Say something smart, figure something out or lead him back to the crew and heāll just stare at you with a devious smirk. Heās totally silent but that smirk on his face is all telling.
-Sanji
ā¢praise (giving and receiving); āyouāre doing so well for me princess~ just a little more.ā āWhat a good girl you are for me~ā āfuck~ so tight. So good for me~ hmm~ā with Sanji being Sanji, even if he canāt speak full sentences heāll praise you to the ends of hell. But if you praise him back, call his cock big, tell him how good heās fucking you, tell him heās amazing and sweet to you; heās hard again in minutes and youāve earned yourself another round.
ā¢Brat taming; My goodness, please, please, please act naughty and disobey him. It turns him on soooo much. If you tell him ānoā, try to get away from him, or tell him something mean heās quick to remind you whoās in control here. Heāll pin you to the bed like āuh uh uh~ Be a good girl for me, okay princess?ā With a playful wag of his finger heāll lightly scold you and act like what you did was childish before rightfully punishing you. Shoving his cock in your pussy before fucking you painfully slowly, and with your body pinned you canāt move at all. Youāll end up whining and begging for him to speed up, and only when you say please is when heāll comply.
ā¢Spanking; It goes hand and hand with brat taming. Be too naughty in one night and heāll bend your bare ass over his knee. āNow youāve earned yourself 20 spanks. I want you to count with each one or else Iāll have to start over.ā He warns before he smacks your rear. Heās gentle with you, not too harsh but not too soft of course. He just wants you to learn a lesson. And when he sees the plush of your skin turning a soft red and purple it drives him wild. After the spanking is over heāll kneed the bruised skin with a sly smile. Sinking his fingers into it to hear you whine and cry more.
ā¢Bondage; He likes the restraining aspect of bondage. He likes to tie you up and restrict your movements. Heāll tie your hands around your back with just about anything he could get his hands on. A rope, a ribbon, his own tie. Loves to watch you squirm and cry, begging to be unrestrained but youāre at his mercy. It makes him feel like heās in control, only he can let you go and only he can make you feel like this.
ā¢Oral (Giving); Sanji LOVES to eat you out for hours on end. Heāll tie your hands behind your back and place his hands firmly on your thighs so you canāt move. Heāll leave a trail of kisses along your stomach before his head dips down to your wet cunt and his tongue does itās job. Heāll have you ringing out orgasms on end. Not stopping from your whines and protests of overstimulation. Heāll go until your clit is sore and your pussy aches. He loves eating you out, your juices are simply delicious. He loves feeling your thighs squeeze his head, he swears he can cum just from your noises and the action of his tongue sliding in and out of your slick.
ā¢Food play; Sanji often treats himself with a snack late at night and thatās you. Heās brought whipped cream and hot fudge to the bedroom and youāre his plate to decorate. Heāll tie you down to the bed and spread whipped cream on your sensitive nipples, a trail of hot fudge runs down to your pussy and cherries on top to garnish the dish. He makes you a work of art before devouring your body. As he eats you up like no tomorrow you can feel his hard on pressed against your inner thigh. Youāre just the best dish heās ever had, how can he not get hard?
ā¢Bonus; āIāve made you a special dish tonight my love.ā Sanji beckons as he enters the bedroom holding a plate. You know exactly what that meant and hummed softly laying down on the bed. āItās a chocolate eclair, made with Love~ā He sung happily taking a piece of it up with his fork and putting it to your lips. You could see the runny, milky-clear, liquid of his sperm sitting on top of it and you gladly ate it and you could see the exact second his cock gets hard in his pants.
#luffy x reader#luffy smut#one piece fanfic#one piece#Sanji#sanji smut#one piece Sanji#Zoro#ronoroa zoro#zoro x reader#zoro smut#headcanon#op luffy#op zoro#op sanji#x reader#one piece smut#not gonna lie I went a little off the rails with this one#anime smut#anime#x you#x y/n smut#x y/n#scraps.luffy#scraps.Zoro#scraps.sanji#luffys.scraps
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bio garf
#orbit splash#biograft phighting#phighting#i hate biograft btw#playing it i mean#character wise its okay#i like to hc that subbhas these 5 bios he specifically porgrammed 'sentience' for#but they collectively piss him off#but cant be bothered to reprogram them so hes stuck with These Guys#might colour them in tbf#I HATE DRAWING ROBOTS RAAAAH#i went off the rails for absolutely no reason hashtag MISTAKE#tumblr getting this 8 hours later is so funny to me#contemplating whether or not i tag this xeno phighting#ORBIT. SEND POST.
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so so pretty...
#hookedit#ouatedit#colin o'donoghue#killian jones#captain hook#once upon a time#usershannon#kris-lulu#userrobin#disneyedit#userdailyonce#mensource#mancandykings#tvedit#cinemapix#filmtvcentral#mediagifs#userthing#dailyflicks#my*gifs#usersource#usercreate#a convoluted fairytale soap opera that went off the rails more than once#but i adore killian jones#gosh he is pretty#devilishly handsome#ouat S2
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LIKE HE'S SO FUCKING PATHETIC
#please know i mean pathetic affectionatly#he looks like he's going to devour her#like if he doesn't put his mouth on hers he will die on spot or jump off the nearest bridge#boy kissed her once and really went off the rails#fuck i love it#bridgerton#colin bridgerton#penelope featherington#colin x penelope#polin#Ź laurs art É#bridgerton spoilers
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people on reddit are already getting pissed with the idea that maybe adiecraft was just "leading us on" the whole time or clickbaiting or whatever. and honestly i feel like that's a weak response. get a thicker skin, redditors. me? i respect the grind. adie never once said he was joining, he just made a previous season reference and had a hermit quote retweet him which stirred up an entire fanbase that was on a hair-trigger ready for speculation. then he proceeded to roll with it and neither confirm nor deny and get a bunch of extra eyes on his content, specifically the eyes of people who are already primed to like him.
like i don't feel particularly baited man idk it seems like a you problem, i'm fully aware I Did This To Myself LOL
#ANYWAY. here's how we can still win <- theorizing a third hermit and not giving up yet#i mean yeah he played into but???? we were the ones who went off the rails speculating about it lol#he's probably so amused about this irl
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i agree with everyone who says shanks' pull out game is weak but i think there are various ways he goes about it. whenever he's feeling particularly bratty (and usually particularly drunk) he gets whiny about it, lazily thrusting into you and murmuring in your ear about how you know he can't pull out like this, darlin', you just feel too good. he'll nuzzle against your neck and press gentle kisses against your skin and murmur praise into your ear until you let him cum inside you. he'll be a beautiful mess afterwards, panting softly while his skin glistens with sweat, stroking your hair while he tells you that you were so good for him, baby, and he loves when you let him fill you up like this.
but, on occasion, if he's feeling pent up or just especially horny, he'll make sure you know what he's going to do to you. he'll bottom out inside you and tease all of your sweet spots with the swollen, leaking head of his cock, each movement accompanied by a deep, guttural grunt. when he gets close, he'll hold your hips in place, gripping so hard that his fingertips leave bruises, and growl into your ear about how you're going to be good for him and let him fill you. you're going to lay there, obedient and sweet, while he pumps your needy hole full of cum. after all, you wouldn't dream of disobeying him, would you, darlin'? you wouldn't dare deny the captain's orders?
#this one went a liiittle bit off the rails. don't look at me#i just want him. bad.#who said that#hyper talks#shanks x reader#shanks x you#shanks smut
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can we please talk about woman of the hour because holy shitt oh my god dude. its actually so good and not even in the sense i was expecting it to be like i originally didnt wanna watch it bc i dont love indulging in serial killer media that can romanticize it but this wow. it does not do that at all like watching anna kendricks snippet of her interview with stephen colbert fr convinced me oh she gets it and well she really does. so many details down the the way its written wiith the back and forth and the way its shot really emphasizing the abuse women have to deal with. and the very first shot isnt even of this fucking guy its of one of his victims but it's thru a camera lens a literal objectifying lens. "people dont want to be seen, stop performing" *sheryl nods, like an authority figure is speaking to her* all the different ways women have to make themselves feel small at the sake of a man to ensure their safety and protection. when sarah experiences a very weird, very dangerous, gesture she laughs it off awkwardly because what else is she to do? that shot with just her in the frame head on clearly contemplating the truth of her situation figuring out if its worth it to even try and run. cut to a scene of sheryl doing something very similar but shes not in danger, right? but she sleeps with him anyway. laura no one is going to believe you not even your boyfriend are u really sure its the same guy you have to be 100% certain sure honey just wait right here ill get the studio exec for you since the cops didnt do anything oh yeah the guard at the desk sorry yeah hes such an asshole right? the men encroaching in the frame of the women make urself small no one's going to believe you he's not taking the hint just leave just leave im so stupid for letting him in everythings a risk, i don't date much haha, oh that's just la, dear. it's okay, baby, i'm just so embarrassed, don't look don't look believe me believe me okay now run. "stop performing" because to perform is to survive and sheryl doesn't want to survive she just wants to live.
#i went kinda off the rails at the end but god#just saw so many lbd reviews saying it doesnt say much and im like are u srs rn#i didnt even major in film like fuck offf#even my film friends being like yeah its eh shut up shut up actually!!!#woman of the hour#a.txt#woman of the hour spoilers
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#in stars and time#isat#doodles#another warmup that i went off the rails with OOPS#I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE DAYS BEFORE IM BACK TO WORK I GOTTA STOP DOING THAT#time is precious when youre caught in your own timeloop hell (full time hours job)
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I am in dire need of more of that AU that The First years get The upperclassmen toxic traits,i realy want more of It,like;
A way to include octavinelle and scarabia,maybe like,3 First years(Ace,deuce,Jack) get some of azul's toxic traits,other Three(epel,ortho and sebek) get Jamil toxic traits and yuu get both
Second thing
More reactings please,i NEED The staff,ALL The dorms and even the relatives seeing The First years developing those toxic traits,the overblots+Trey and cater for deuce getting their toxic traits right back at their face i beg youšš
anything 4 u, baby.
(but for real, though, this is an AMAZING idea, love you so much for tilling the ground for my brainwormies, mwah mwah š)
(also, this might get REALLY long, so hang tight!)
it was just a seed at first ā a tiny idea that stuck around despite the first-years not even realizing it was there. but as the poison from their actual housewardens starts to develop into something truly deadly, so does that seed. it shows up later... but it makes itself known nevertheless.
ace, deuce, and jack have all worked for azul at the mostro lounge at one point, and though it was a very brief moment in time, it was just long enough to worm its way into their heads.
it starts with ace trappola, who's already pretty slippery with his words. but working at the mostro lounge, taking subconscious note of all the underhanded deals azul is making, he starts to pick up new... skills, let's say.
it starts small, with ace starting to give out certain favors to his fellow freshmen to earn some money. if you give him ten thaumarks, he'll do one of your everyday chores for you ā dusting your room, cleaning your bathroom, making dinner, what have you. if you give him fifteen thaumarks, he'll do your homework if you don't feel like doing it, or take class notes for you if you don't feel like showing up. if you give him forty, he'll help you with something less-than-moral and definitely against the rules (he did it once back at the atlantica memorial museum ā he can do it again).
there's an obvious power imbalance in all of these scenarios, but ace effortlessly words in a way that makes it seem like it's a win-win situation, when in reality, it's more like a zero-sum game.
it gets to the point where ace builds a black-market sort of reputation, and all of the freshmen know that if you need something done, ace is the person to go to.
...but then, something shifts.
at some point, ace starts a black-mailing campaign for the people who paid for the forty-thaumark favor. if you don't want your secret ā one that might get you expelled, suspended, or worse ā getting out, then you can pay for ace's silence with a favor or more money.
the worst part is: there's no way out. if you try attacking ace, it'll seem like you assaulted him for no reason, since if you try to explain he was blackmailing you, you'll have to tell them what he was blackmailing you with, which you obviously can't do ā or else what was even the point? the same rule applies if you try tattling on him to one of the teachers or the housewardens or anybody else. and ace is a better liar than most people will ever be in their lifetime, so it's a losing battle even if you do manage to get someone to take your side.
so if you want to cross the bridge, my sweet, you've got to pay the toll.
(it's not even about the money anymore, really. riddle's thirst for control and azul's desire for recognition have clashed inside of ace in the most violent way, and now, it's all about the power it gives him over other people. and after how powerless he's felt this entire school year, being thrown left and right by overblot after overblot with no say at all, this is a power trip he never wants to come back down from.)
but ace realizes he's making quite a few enemies with his little money-making strategy, and he needs someone to help him just in case someone does come up with a plan to wipe him out. i mean, just look at azul ā even with all of the loopholes and leverages in the world, even he was taken down eventually without outside help. if he wants this to last as long as possible, he needs... incentive for people to listen to him.
his own jade and floyd.
his own red-and-black collar.
using his riddle rosehearts-born dominance, and taking advantage of deuce's trey-and-cater-born passiveness, ace convinces deuce spade ā one of the strongest people he knows ā to help him in his economic ventures.
and deuce, seeing this as a way for ace to vent some frustration and unwilling to be on the other end of ace's ire, hesitantly agrees.
he doesn't piece together that ace is acting suspiciously like azul, but he still recognizes his own role in this whole scheme. ace is running a business, right? and deuce has only ever worked in one business before. he remembers what jade and floyd were like back when he worked under them, and so he uses that experience to inform his new position.
deuce becomes known as ace's right-hand man. he'll hunt you down if you don't pay, and he's not afraid to use force to "compel" you to. there have been stories about cat beastmen getting thrown up into trees and being left there for hours. about students getting forks "accidentally" thrown at them in the cafeteria with such precision, it doesn't really feel like an accident. about a student with a spade on his face who can throw back any attack sent his way with just as much force.
and there's nothing you can do about it, because he's in service to someone who has made himself pretty powerful. ace's silver-tongue gets deuce out of any and all trouble he inevitably finds himself in ā and is ace is so brutally honest, why wouldn't people believe him? so even if you try to do something to deuce, ace has his back no matter what ā and he'll win almost every time.
you mess with deuce, you mess with ace, which is already bad enough. but if you fuck around with ace, you better be prepared to find out with deuce.
they're a pair ā that's always been true. but never before has that fact been so threatening.
jack howl comes next. we all know how much jack despises octavinelle's business model. but, begrudgingly, he will admit there are a lot of things he can learn from octavinelle. and more knowledge is never bad. as long as he doesn't actually use it, it should be fine.
(jack is more dangerous than ace and deuce, in a way ā his toxicity is insidious in a way it just couldn't ever be with them.)
with excellent hearing, eyesight, and memory, he silently keeps note of every bribe he hears being taken. every lie he knows is being told. every mistake that gets swept under the rug. it's not long before he starts actively looking for it. it's not long before jack's uncovered dirt on almost every freshmen in school. it reminds him a bit of his time working at the mostro lounge. but instead of memorizing orders from customers, he's memorizing all their dirty secrets.
it's to protect himself, jack reasons. after all, it was only his input that put a stop to leona and ruggie's plans back during the spelldrive exhibition. he's just... preparing for another disastrous event, that's all. it's just precaution. insurance.
if it's not, then he'll have to accept that leona's overblot bothered him more than he thought. that he was weak enough to let it.
(and jack can't face that yet.)
and if, once in a while, ace comes to him looking for a little bit of information, then well, that's just lending a friend some advice. nothing wrong with that.
epel, ortho, and sebek don't have any direct ties to jamil, but they are certainly... impressionable, aren't they?
sebek zigvolt is a bit dense, certainly, but even he can see how well jamil takes care of his master. and with a master that's as ditzy and forgetful and all-over-the-place as kalim, that can't be easy. even if they are merely humans, and their experiences can't even begin to compare when it comes to serving a fae prince, sebek reckons that he can learn a thing or two by observing them. so that's exactly what he does.
one day, when kalim spills food on the floor in a hilariously ridiculous move, sebek notices something few others ever would. jamil gives the tiniest twitch of annoyance ā the same way silver, in all his stoicism, often does when sebek gets too loud ā but then he's back to being perfectly dutiful and polite and says "i'll go get a napkin."
it's... admirable, honestly. sebek doesn't put it into practice right away, but it stays in his mind long after he first sees it.
and then, after malleus's overblot, sebek's emotions feel like they're on fire. after being stuck in a world where it took just the tiniest crack to shatter a perfect illusion, he's wary of nearly everything that disrupts his day. now every single slight against him, no matter how unintentional it may be, feels like a personal attack on his very life. but sebek can't show these ugly emotions so outwardly ā that would be dishonorable behavior that could damage malleus's reputation. instead, he resorts to subtle methods that can't be easily traced back to him like putting in frogs in schoolbags and setting brooms on fire or replacing shampoo bottles with tar.
but his repressed feelings of anger start to build to the point where he's now feeling unprecedented resentment towards... well, almost everybody.
when sebek has very first negative thought about malleus in history class ā "reckless bastard" ā he instantly hates himself for it and throws up then and there because how dare he.
he tries to shut them out, but the more he does, the more these intrusive thoughts start to bombard him with their uncharacteristic cynicism.
he looks at lilia from across the breakfast table, and his first thought is: heartless liar.
he spots leona lying in the botanical garden and he thinks: brainless cretin.
he even sees jamil, walking through the halls, and his mind screams: manipulative bitch.
but sebek shoves it all down because he's in no position to say that. it gets to the point where he's walking around as a silent, unfeeling husk, because to be anything else would be like inviting his inner demons to visit him on the outside. he pushes his emotions down as far as they'll go, and that's just going to have to be enough to get him through the day.
ortho shroud begins to follow a similar principle. his idia-inspired pessimism has led ortho to see others as less like people and more like characters. it's easier to think of every school day as a dungeon in an rpg. it's easier to convince himself that the other students are taunting him because they're programmed to be that way than face the reality that they just don't like him.
but the problem with seeing life as a video game is that you start seeing others as just ways to complete your objectives. like npcs or maps.
and when it comes to using people, jamil viper is king. or, for ortho's purposes, the ultimate survival guide.
ortho shapes himself into a model night raven college student ā kind, charming, and sweet for the teachers, but just mischievous and rude enough to still fit in with the students.
he goes to housewarden meetings with idia to "gain leadership experience", taking notes and hearing out of every single little idea he can get his hands on (these are the people who have not just survived, but thrived. they must be doing something right). one time, riddle even pats his head and praises him for his proactiveness.
his classmates adore him for always been willing to help and being so calm about even the worst outcomes.
ortho makes himself as available as possible to the rest of ignihyde, brushing off homework or studying to help them with whatever they need ā fixing game consoles, wiring in controllers, checking the internet connection, et cetera.
eventually, everyone believes in him almost as fiercely as scarabia believed in jamil, once upon a time.
ortho doesn't like telling all of these lies, but it's necessary to protect himself. it's like grinding to earn coins until you have enough money to buy that special armor in the shopkeeper's store.
...or maybe it's more like those cheesy dress-up flash games ortho used to play all the time ā fleshing out the perfect outfit and hairstyle and makeup that'll earn you the most points.
if people feel like they need him, he'll be able to breeze through school without any more problems. he's put the whole system on easy mode! it feels a bit like cheating, almost.
it is like a game, isn't it? it's fun.
(at some point, ortho forgets how to stop.)
as for epel... well, he knows that his sudden snappish behavior towards the other pomefiore students won't go unnoticed for too long. but this is one of his only ways of venting, so he needs it to go under the radar long enough for him to... to squeeze out all of this sudden venom that's built up in him.
epel's not oblivious. he knows how sebek and ortho have changed over the weeks, and he knows why. but epel can't pull off "repressed" like sebek, and neither can he suddenly turn into the best person ever like ortho. but they do have the right idea about taking inspiration from jamil, so epel can fall back on what there is left: gaslighting.
every time kalim blacked out, jamil blamed it on him being sick. every time someone thought kalim was being awfully uncharacteristic, jamil called it a "mood swing". every time someone asked jamil about why kalim was acting so weird, jamil claimed ignorance.
at least, that's what yuu tells epel.
and it's perfect.
so now, every time someone confronts epel about his overly critical behavior, he lies and says he's doing it for their own good. you need pressure to make a diamond, after all. and besides ā vil won't settle for anything less than absolutely perfect.
("i'm just trying to catch your mistakes before he does. and i think you and i can both agree that i'm a lot nicer than he is about it.")
every time vil confronts epel about all of the complaints he's been hearing from the other students about how epel's been tearing down their ideas for outfits and hairstyles with no mercy, and disregarding all of their achievements as "not good enough" to be proud over, epel dons a confused face.
("vil, between studying for tests and the crazy physical regiment you have me do, i barely have time for myself. you honestly think i have the energy to criticize other people?")
epel even starts turning people against each other so they won't focus on him. epel subtly threatens to take away the upperclassmen's position in the hierarchy, which sets up the other underclassmen as a threat, and epel grouses to the underclassmen that the upperclassmen look down on them for not living up to pomefiore standards, under the guise of regular teenage bitching.
but all of this, combined with their self-entitlement, leads to a mini-war in pomefiore. but since this is, well, pomefiore, where being perfect and poised is the standard, the others make sure never make it obvious in front of vil or rook.
epel plays everybody like a fiddle, and ensures that none of it can be traced back to him. it's a good way to get out his frustration. and hey ā it seems like everybody's upped their game along the way. vil seems pretty happy that everybody's improving in their efforts so greatly, practically overnight!
epel wakes up with a feeling of accomplishment everyday. for once, it seems he did something right.
now if only rook could stop looking so somber...
then we come to yuu, whose inner darkness has been left to fester all year. if people think they can treat them like a ragdoll, it's only fair they do the same.
there's a lot yuu doesn't have, but one thing they're really lacking is a bit of respect. that's what it means to be magicless in an arcane academy. you're at the bottom of the food chain.
and look at what a bit of self-interest can do for you! yuu studies in the library until late into the night, burning the metaphorical candle at both ends, learning everything they can about magic until they're more well-versed in it than most students in the school. yuu starts making potions that aren't nearly as good as azul's, but they're cheap and work well enough. they start making study guides for others with their new-found knowledge, even if they do bristle with the fact that a damned study guide is what caught them in azul's tentacles in the first place. they start learning anything and everything, clinging to whatever scraps of knowledge they can write down.
with this, they successfully make their case for why they should join ace and deuce's business. eventually, they're just as feared as they are among the other first-years.
but that's not enough for yuu. the power of fear is nice, but the power of controlling other people would be much more cathartic.
so that's what they do. while ace is more focused on monetary gain, yuu uses their mountains of blackmail to convince others to do whatever they want.
if crowley throws another ridiculous task at them, yuu simply hoists it off to somebody else to do. if ramshackle dorm needs a few repairs, it's only a matter of contacting a few people before a whole construction crew paid off by somebody else comes knocking at their door. and they'll do it, if they don't want to get kicked out of the school or have their reputation ruined.
but somehow, even with all of this, yuu sets themself up as the nicest out of their little trio. they're willing to let payments slide from time to time. they listen to their clients' problems. they take constructive criticism and always seem to improve in their potions and study guides based on feedback. and if you do do yuu a favor, they'll give you certain favors right back.
so even when yuu is a covetous, greedy, all-consuming shark, the students still think they're so very, very nice. because compared to ace and deuce, what else is there to think?
but this can only go on for so long. and yuu knows that.
one day, they get called to the headmage's office. yuu is already going through their contact list ā a list that's quadrupled ever since they joined forces with ace and deuce ā to see who'd be willing to do them a teensy little favor for them, but when they step through the door, they pause.
inside the office are all the housewardens, their vices, the teachers, and everybody else yuu has grown to know over the past year.
yuu narrows their eyes as riddle steps forward.
"yuu," riddle starts sternly, "from one housewarden to another, i believe we need to talk."
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(i will address everyone's reactions in a reblog, because this is honestly getting really, really long, lol. but don't worry, the reactions are coming! š„ŗ)
(but i should mention that there is already a good reblog of the original post by @thenumberhuntress which addresses the upperclassmen's reactions that you can find here. go read it. it's peak.)
(once again, thank you for the great ask! this was fun to make!)
#anything 4 u baby#twisted wonderland#twst#twst first years#sebek zigvolt#jack howl#ace trappola#deuce spade#ortho shroud#epel felmier#twst yuu#the following are all just#(mentioned)#azul ashengrotto#jamil viper#a few others that appear so briefly it's not worth it to give them tags#generational trauma#i went a little off the rails with this one but i hope you enjoy it nevertheless lol#trying a new format
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You are so real for your tags on the Nikpriceghost. JFC. Excuse the shriek of chair legs as I pull a seat up at that buffet table. Need me 30k slow burn poly omegaverse of Simon thinking he's just a bit of fun to them, and it's all good because it is bloody fun, innit? But really they're both very fuckin' in love with him, and trying to communicate that in a way it can't be miscommunicated is hard. So hold him while his mind melts out his ears is where they've got to. They're workin' on the words. (Need me* I'm trying, I'm writing, I'm chewing the skirting boards, writing some more.)
iām shrieking right along with the chair this is t a s t y
simon seeing price and nik and immediately seeing how perfect they are for each other; itās right there in their scent and how perfectly they meld together- they smell like a dream. they support each other in a way heās only seen in relationships from movies. theyāre even an alpha/omega pair but theyāre not held back by traditionalist prejudice. they compliment and complete each other so fully itās a wonder theyāve let him into their nest all
simon with his traumatised scent, letting everyone who comes near him know just how damaged he is (as if looking at him wouldnāt give it away). simon the alpha who craves an omegaās orders; who longs to submit to an alpha
simon who wishes the sweet words they whisper to him were real
wishes their scenting would extend outside the nest, that they didnāt make him wash them it off afterwards. (they just want to give him aftercare, something heās never been offered.) that the hickeys and sweet bites left oh so gently would drift that much closer to his mating gland. (he never got the proper schooling, was never taught that marks left near a mating gland were an offer as much as a question.) that they wouldnāt see him as just some pup hauled in from the rain when they press him tight between their chests
(he is their pup and they have taken him in. they just donāt know what theyāre doing wrong that he wonāt stay.)
imagining the first time simon was brought into their nest was the first time heās been in any nest and itās bc heās so disregulated that heās having a breakdown; maybe gaz or soap got hurt under his watch and his inner alpha canāt handle having failed them so spectacularly and nothing they say, no platitude or reassurance, can reach him
so price does what any pack leading omega would do
he scruffs simon, waits for his eyelids to droop and knees to go weak, and drags him into his nest; pushing him into the deepest well of it with the highest buildup of safe-sleep-pack-happy scent until simonās inner alpha calms itself enough that he falls into a stress induced sleep
price watches over him the entire time, vigilant against any threat both internal and external, and itās in his diligence that he notices how perfectly simonās scent blends with his and nikās; notices how happy his omega is at having the alpha in his nest
and how much he wants to keep him there
(simon wakes up disoriented; more than a little worried about nikās reaction to another alpha in his mateās nest and is quick to leave the second price lets him. he misses the quiet rumble of contentment nik gives when he smells their combined scent, when he hears how long simon slept and the safety he mustāve felt with price. he misses the conversation about how right it felt and the agreement that he should stay there)
#that went a bit off the rails sorry lmao#nikpriceghost means everything to me#theyre just so perfect together; especially with nik being able to give simon the soft comfort rough-around-the-edges price cant quite give#especially omegaverse the added layers it brings is just *chefs kiss*#the scenting and the courting and the dynamics all of it with stunted ghost being so sure he could never be wanted#especially wanted by price and nik#simon always shrugging off their hands and touches bc he never wants to take more than theyre willing to give#always thinks theyre limited and never wants to be pushed away so he leaves first#never realising just how much they long to touch him too#i cry#coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt#mailbox#weāre a team. ghost team#nikpriceghost#nikprice#nikghost#priceghost
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nothing (besides everyone ignoring Orym's deal) has made me angrier than watching Dorian keep up this facade. Dorian Storm has always been a type of mask he's worn. At first he called himself a liar because of it. The happy go lucky bard was a way of escaping for him. He was escaping Brontƫ so he created Dorian. He didn't believe he was Dorian. Until the Crown Keepers made Dorian real. And for a while, he really believed he was Dorian. That he has this new family and new life and he could be who he truly wanted to be.
And then his brother came back and made his problems Dorian's problems. Until he had to put Brontƫ back on. Because even if the Crown Keepers + Cyrus called him Dorian, he was Brontƫ. He had to be who his brother thought he was.
When Cyrus dies, the thread to Brontƫ had snapped. He was going to see Orym, back to the Bells Hells, back to Dorian Storm. But the foundation of Dorian had shattered. Dorian was created in order to run from his place in life, family, Cyrus. Now he was gone. The Crown Keepers had fallen apart. His friends fell through his fingers and he couldn't do anything to stop it. He was once ready to side with a betrayer god for these people and now they're in the wind.
So Dorian shows back up to Bells Hella and he's completely broken. The foundation of both of his lives has been thoroughly rocked. No brother. No Crown Keepers. The two things that forged Dorian Storm. He wears that mask so fucking well. Because he still wants to believe in it. He said it live on stage that he should "believe his own backstory". The one he made up. The one where he was a bard.
He wants to be Dorian so bad. He spends all his money on Orym, he spins the bottle so he can kiss his friends, he flirts, he blushes and giggles at compliments. Exactly how Dorian would, should.
But he wears the gold of the heir. He has a festering animosity inside his chest. He doesn't sleep. He's thinner than he was. He doesn't sleep. He sicks abominations after their creators. He talks to God's without an ounce of self preservation, daring them to strike him down. He does not acknowledge them as they taunt him.
The god of beauty and magic calls him beautiful and he does not smile.
#silver sending stones#cr spoilers#cr 3 e 107#dorian storm#got carried away in both the post and the tags again#this was supposed to be an add on from those tags yesterday#but i went off the fucking rails so hard im gonna have to make another post#and listen.#i know people are āØ multifaceted āØ#but i think its interesting to peel apart the layers of dorian storm.#because i do think all of this is just dorian.#like the rest of us he would not be here if not for his family. his brother. the crown keepers. bells hella.#he is informed by the things that happened in the past. none of these identities could have happened on their own#but if we're looking at the arch as a whole#theres the bronte era. the dorian era. and then era where they got very muddy. and the era now.#i dont feel like he's suddenly a secret third person now#but you know how we all look at the past versions of ourselves and wonder how theyd feel about us now?#dorian just has names for them#and because there was a mixing of both his lives i think dorian is having a hard time reconciling into one#he tries very hard to be both himselves#the man contains multitudes for sure#and idk i just keep picturing him as a little bronte. and exu dorian is smiling and singing with him. he tells him all about their friends#and current dorian looking at them. afraid to approach. afraid theyll ask about their future. afraid to tell them.#but theyd probably figure it out. hes wearing gold after all.
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