#IT'S GLIMBOW ALL OVER AGAIN

[becasbelt]

somehow i feel the same way right now as i did after watching the she ra finale where it's like well of COURSE they made the lesbians in the lesbians show kiss but what do you MEAN they made the straight couple canon??? and how does that feel like an even bigger deal???

[littleweirdplatypus]

Final day of Glimbow week! Can't believe it's already over!

And for our final day we have:

Rowan (Bow's niece who I'm hoping some of you will recognise from the fake dating fic haha) being adorable

Glimbow being pining dummies

Bow getting exposed by a 5 year old

Baking

Sneak peek

“Uncle Bow thinks your cute Auntie Glimmer!” His eyes widen as Glimmer turns to his niece “You think so, Row?” “I know so” she replies with all the confidence in the world “He really likes you, he told me himself!” Bow isn’t entirely sure whether the embarrassment or the anxiety is stronger, all he knows is that he wants the world to swallow him whole right now “Um- I- I mean I did say that but I-” Luckily, Glimmer doesn’t seem to take the comment too seriously, as she smiles “Well I should hope so, we are best friends” And just when Bow thinks it’s safe to feel any sense of relief, Rowan opens her mouth again, and makes the world crumble from underneath him “I think he likes you in a more than best friends way! I think he like likes y-” “OKAY!”

Read the rest on AO3

@glimbowweek

[tippenfunkaport]

WIPs Status Update

I am fairly confident no one cares what I am up to, but I haven't done one of these in ages so I figured I should.

In Progress Fanfic

Outlaws of the Whispering Woods

This fic is on temporary hiatus because I'm working on finishing it as part of the @wipbigbang. Participation in that event means I can't update that fic again until the posting period starts on September 8th BUT that once that posting period begins, I should have both art for the new chapter as well as regular updates through November until the fic is done which should be exciting. 

That said, there is still like 60k ish to go in that story so if it looks like I'm not going to be able to get it all done in time, I might swap it out for the Chipped Glimmer fic which has also been languishing in WIP hell because it's shorter and easier for me to get done on time. I'd prefer to use the event as a kick in the pants to finish OotWW, though, so we'll see.

Prince Glowyn the Fourth

This fic is 100% complete at last, I just have one chapter left to post and will be doing that sometime within the next week.

Going There

Just about four years after I started it, Going There is finally done as well! (Literally just finished it today!) "Done" in this case means I finally rewrote the back end and filled in the missing connecty bits I never wrote the first time so everything's written, it's just going to take me an unknown quantity of time to edit and post each of the chapters. But less time than rewriting it all took so I expect those last few updates to come fairly regularly once I get them started.

Coming Home

I have always said that I wanted to wait to continue this fic until Going There was done so now that I have finally finished it, the sequel can get my attention more regularly again. That said, with everything going on with the WIP Bang, posting the rest of Going There, running the Big Bang and posting my own Bang fic (plus, like, all the other IRL stuff i have to do this summer), I really don't anticipate getting it updated anytime before the fall at the earliest and even then who knows.

Also, because this is my last in-progress canon fic I'm not in a huge rush to get it out there, I'd rather take my time with it, so I'm fine with that timeline. It'll get updated when it gets updated.

Area First Ones

In my head, this is episodic and while i have five chapters written, I have some things I want to add in between so it's not as simple as just cleaning and posting those. So basically, this one will be one of those fics I update when I update here and there with no set timeline other than my whims.

Coming Soon!

My Big Bang fic is called Horse Girl Everyone and it's the long awaited Riding School AU! 

That one is going to be longgggg and basically never-ending and episodic (seriously, we're over 50k words and while Catradora have been circling each other for chapters Glimmer and Bow literally only just met and you KNOW how I feel about Glimbow). I was hoping to write enough in advance that I could do some kind of regular update schedule at the start but because I'm also running the Bang and having some annoying medical stuff going on, I think that's not happening.

I've written a ton in advance, don't get me wrong, I just don't see myself having time to revise it all and post weekly with everything else going on. But we'll see!

Anything else?

Well, yeah, lots of stuff but it's not fandom related so I can't tell you about it. ;-) Though maaaaybe I might have the chance for some of you to help me beta some of my original stuff in the near future if you're willing so keep an eye out for that.

I'm trying to have less things in progress at once so, though I have other fanfic projects in various states of completion, I'm purposely not going to even think about posting any other multi-chaps until GT and OotWW are done. 

One shots and shorts? Yeah, I'll be throwing those up randomly as the mood strikes, you know how I roll. I'm eyeing up the Domaystic 2024 prompts to see which ones call to me right now.

So I have other stuff planned for later but I'm not even going to tease it because we'll see how everything shakes out.

This year has actually been absolutely horrible health wise but weirdly productive writing wise so it's been a mixed bag but at least nice to get some stuff done!

[sometipsygnostalgic]

Have you read the old She-Ra series Showbible it's wild stuff. A few things i've noticed were

Catra seems to be a more Evil for Evil is Fun sake kinda villain, she's got the scheming and power thing going but none of the nuance and angst.

Hordak seems like a way more active villain in the show, far more wanting to conquer for his own sake, and also leaning way more heavy on the "Mad Scientist" angle compared to what we eventually get in the show.

Entrapta is totally different character, she's more like a very cold and intimidating goth than a bubble mad scientist.

Just sorta interesting how things have evolved with the show over time.

Thanks for the link, I'm reading it now!

"What Adora doesn't know is that her adoptive mother, Shadow Weaver, has been manipulating her for her entire life with mind control spells to keep her from questioning the authority of the Horde."

Canon Shadow Weaver scoffs at this. "Mind control? Is that what they told you? No, my skills are far more subtle."

THIS PART is absolutely the core of the show that released, I'm so glad to see it here all along. And everything said here applies directly to the characters we see. Glimmer, Bow, Catra, Adora, Hordak, Entrapta, so on - they all choose to do good and bad, to show and hide their emotions, and Adora even believes LIGHT HOPE has the potential to choose the right thing.

LMAO dont worry adora im feral too weve all been there

The idea here that Adora needed to REDEEM herself to the good guys, it's funny how much Adora in the show still thinsk this, even though she wasn't their enemy for a single day! It's like canon Adora feels she has to make up for all the years she thought the Horde was right, and for everything the Horde has done, as if it is her own fault!!! She certainly feels that it is, with everything Catra tells her, before season 4, and AFTER season 4 she feels it's her own inadequacy letting the Horde win.

The entire section on GLIMMER is fucking incredible.

God, damn right!!! Glimmer cares SO MUCH about protecting the people she cares about and in proving herself to them that it inverts into these villainous traits like brashness and control issues.

"Bow loves the arts and prefers them to fighting" - LMAO who wrote this??? Bow's dads???? I reckon Bow being a scholar was based on this scrapped idea. ADORA BEING PROTECTIVE OVER BOW SUPREMACY!! But it's GLIMMER who is protective over Bow. In fact a lot of Adora and Glimmer's relationship translated to GlimBow.

Oh my god Micah was only PRESUMED dead as early as this draft??? I know there was a famous quote from Stevenson that Micah was only confirmed "alive" after someone else wrote in that reveal for The Portal. But it's so clear from this pitch that bringing Micah back was an option they were considering!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK FROSTA AND GLIMMER "GREW UP TOGETHER BUT ARE POINTEDLY NOT FRIENDS" WHAT IS THIS THEY WERE SISTERS sort of

Double Trouble working for the ALLIANCE and becoming friends with Scorpia is so funny. In the show, Scorpia did NOT like Double Trouble, but they did sort of become friends at the very end!!!

PERFUMA IS "MAYBE HIGH ON HER OWN PLANTS" FDVDGGHFGHFGFD WHATTTTT

Light Hope had the power to hack people's dreams??? This ended up getting reworked to generating their memories as holograms.

nothing has changed here

HELP HORDAK IS "AN ANXIOUS NERD" UNDERNEATH ALL OF HIS VILLAINY AND HE IS "OVERCOMPENSATING" WHAT A SICK BURN and once again completely canon

Scorpia is EXACTLY THE FUCKING SAME except her parents are alive here, god bless.

HELP??? ?ENTRAPTA WAS A "GOTH KID" WHO WAS HATED FOR BEING EDGY AND RAN AWAY TO LIVE IN THE WOODS???

A lot of Entrapta's concept is retained - she builds spooky robots and is still living basically alone, and she does have some resentment to the Rebellion for... abandoning her to the Horde, but also isn't motivated by revenge, only science (and friendship). Also she is still TECHNICALLY goth. I mean. I don't know if Entrapta's INTENTIONALLY goth, but she has the black mask and the dark outfit and the boots and the castle!!! Also her goth boyfriend.

The reason Entrapta's character changed so much between versions is in part because of Ray Geigar - Ray decided to give Entrapta a grease stain on her shirt, and they think that this is why she ended up getting characterised as a less-put-together feral mad scientist, rather than the moody and intelligent character she started off as. Ray also doubled down on Entrapta being older, like in this draft, rather than younger - many of her concepts have her looking as young as eight years old.

Also reading this it's really funny but of course Entrapta would fucking thrive in the Horde. But even funnier is that Catra considers Entrapta a friend in this concept, but Entrapta doesn't consider Catra HER friend. That is the opposite of the show, wherein Entrapta sees Catra as her friend but gets pushed away and backstabbed because Catra was too dedicated to her cause.

Horde Prime's powers being "just about everything" are pretty funny when you realise the guy's almost powerless without a host.

Reading the plot, it's incredible that Angella sacrificing herself to close the portal at the end of season 2 (renamed s3) was here from the outset.

LMAO. Season 4's concept has Bow and Sea Hawk working together to build a space ship, instead of Bow and Entrapta. ( s4 became s5.)

[love-rats]

My mum and I just had a huge argument over Catradora. I know it sounds stupid, but bear with me. She's extremely homophobic, but we had a deal that she would watch She-ra with me, and she would tell me what she thinks after seeing good, healthy lesbian representation.

She loved the show - she said it made her think about a lot of things. One thing she didn't like, though, was Catradora. I thought I'd break down a few of her arguments for y'all.

They were better as friends, and sexualising their intense friendship trivializes it. - What does this even mean? First of all, no one is "sexualising" their friendship. They kissed. The end. It's a kid's show. Presumably she means making it into a romantic relationship. My argument here is that the relationship was clearly built up from the beginning to be romantic - so why shouldn't they kiss? Next, the word "trivializes" really doesn't sit right with me. I think what she means is "Catra and Adora being in love doesn't sit right with me because the show would be a lot deeper if they were best friends, rather than being motivated by romantic intentions". So what you mean to say is, Catra wouldn't have saved Adora's life if she didn't feel a need to get into Adora's pants? Between you and me, I think someone is trivializing the relationship here. And I don't think it's the show creators.

I didn't see it coming. - Dude, you're a homophobic woman. When two women look at each romantically, of course your brain is going to jump through hoops trying to justify it until your brain reaches some platonic conclusion. In all seriousness, though - you would've seen it coming if it was about a man and a woman. That was the way the show designed, specifically a romance between two women.

Glimmer and Bow's relationship was the natural progression. Catra and Adora's wasn't. - Again, you only saw it coming because it is a romantic relationship between a man and a woman. Catra and Adora's relationship was more heavily hinted that Glimbow. That's you being oblivious, and not the fault of the show creators.

There isn't enough representation of non-sexual female friendships like that in media. Sexualising it ruined it. - I think this one speaks for itself. There is clearly not enough lesbian media, but my mum just doesn't want to see it. Also, it is much more important as a love story between two women than it is as a story about friendship. Because as stupid as it sounds, representation is really important! Some kid is going to see Catra and Adora kissing on screen and think: "they're just like me. I'm not alone." - and that is so important.

Again with the trivializing argument - nothing is getting trivualized just because they are choosing to enter a romantic relationship. And why shouldn't they? It's the natural progression, because, surprise surprise, they are in love. But nothing has changed. Whether they stayed as best friends or kissed, their dynamic is still the same, and it is an incredibly touching one at that - and it is not the dynamic itself that my mum has a problem with. It is the fact that they chose to enter a romantic relationship. More specifically, the fact that two women freely chose to enter a relationship.

To conclude, I think these arguments mostly boil down to a severe case of homophobia, though she won't admit that. As I said earlier, she will jump through hoops to justify her homophobic reasoning, when in reality, it is just the lesbians she has a problem with. Tough shit.

Anyway, I just had to get this out of my system because I was actually quite upset about this. Sometimes I don't understand why straight people won't just let us have this show. Please.

(Thought I'd add on that she also went on a rant about how they'd probably break up later because Adora would want kids and they wouldn't be able to have kids, because surprise, they're gay. Therefore they will fall apart because of children. My mum is fucking wild.)

[tanasha]

Day 2 of Glimbow Week: Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales. Little Bow and Glimmer are at a shadow puppet show where they’re telling all the myths, legends and Fairy Tales from Etheria. Comic and fiction below with more details.

 @glimbowweek 

Glimmer

Mum had taken me to the festival, but then she’d gotten distracted with some urgent business and had plonked me down in front of the Shadow Puppet show while she talked to one of her generals. She made sure she could still see me, but it wasn’t the same. I’d wanted to spend time together.

 She’d been busier than ever since dad had… Well, he was gone now. She’d promised me today would be our day and that she’d cheer me up. It wasn’t fair.

 It was a good puppet show: they were telling tales of all the Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales of Etheria, but no matter how good it was, I didn’t want to watch it alone.

 The current story was about some ancient hero called She-Ra and she’d just ridden into the desert on a horse in search of a dragon to tame in order to fulfil her “sacred duty” or something.

 I let my gaze wander around the crowd and spotted a boy trying to form the horse shadow using his own hands. He was doing it wrong; I’d seen them practicing before the show.

 He looked about my own age and he looked friendly enough, even as he tried to concentrate. I spared mum a quick glance, but she was still talking. Maybe I didn’t have to watch the show alone?

 Bow

 That shadow kind of looked like a horse. It was definitely a horse but theirs had seemed a bit different. Maybe it was close enough?

 “That’s not how they do the horse,” A voice chirped up.

 I startled to see a girl with pink hair gazing up at me. She looked very young, or maybe she was just short. Still, I didn’t think she was old enough to be here alone.

 “Like this,” She demonstrated a different position with her hands and I couldn’t deny it did look closer to what they had done.

 I began moving my hands to copy her, but she got impatient and manhandled my hands into position.

 “Like this?” I checked with her once she’d finished.

 “That’s it!” she beamed happily.

 “Thanks. I’m Bow by the way,” I introduced.

 “Like an archer?” She asked, sounding interested.

 “Yes?” 

 My cheeks turned crimson and I felt shamed at the lie.

 I couldn’t exactly admit that I was named after the bows you tie. One of my sisters had decided to dress me up in bows like a baby doll before I had even been named and declared that I was the “bow baby”. After hearing it so often, my dads hadn’t been able to think of anything else, so I became Bow.

 Glimmer

 We talked through the whole show and I hadn’t paid attention to any of the stories after meeting Bow, but he had been really cool and I liked him a lot.

 Unfortunately, I could see my mum was finishing up. Noticing I was looking, she mouthed “Who’s the boy?” 

 I just shrugged.

 “I have to go soon,” I told Bow, feeling a sinking feeling in my chest.

 I really liked him and I didn’t have any friends my own age. I didn’t have any friends period, except the guards and I wasn’t sure they counted.

 “Oh. That’s a shame. I was going to have to go soon anyway: the shows nearly over,” He commented and he sounded sad too.

 “Yeah…”

 We lapsed into the first proper silence since we had met.

 “Oh, you didn’t tell me your name,” Bow realised.

 He was right, I hadn’t. Oops. Mum would be so disappointed in me forgetting my manners.

 “I’m Princess Glimmer of Bright Moon.”

 “Princess?” His eyes widened slightly and I suppose that was an impressive title to have.

 Bow

She didn’t seem evil, but dad hated princesses. That was confusing. I really liked her, but if dad found out I’d been spending time with a princess I’d regret it.

 “Princess Glimmer… Uh… Nice to meet you. I actually need to go right now,” I decided.

 What if my brother, who was meant to be looking after me but had run into a friend he’d rather spend time with, saw and realised what she was? He’d definitely tell our dads. I couldn’t let that happen.

 Her face fell, perhaps as sad as I was to miss out on those last few minutes we could have hung out.

 “I’m coming for the second day of the festival, if you’re free. I missed the story about the Runestone of Plumeria so I want to rewatch it. You should come too, if you’re free,” I suggested.

 I could make sure that one of my siblings who was less likely to snitch accompanied me. It’d be fine.

 Glimmer’s face lit up, “Yeah I really like the fairy tales, so I’d watch them again.”

[cryptic-stimz]

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sources i'll do:

-danganronpa

-death note

-fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood

-ghost eyes

-hooky

-i'm the grim reaper

-it (2017)

-lalin's curse

-lumine (webtoon)

-my hero academia

-omori

-otherkin/therian

-pjo, hoo, toa (rick riordan's book series)

-pokémon

-she-ra

-stranger things

-studio ghibli

-the promised neverland

-tokyo ghoul

-vocaloid

-voltron: legendary defender

dni if you are/support:

-anti lgbtq+/exclusionists

-anti neopronouns

-map/nom*p (a)/pear/p*do (e)/etc

-factkin

-anti-kin

-t*rf (e)/r*dfem (a)/sw*rf (e)

-ab*se (u), inc*st (e), ped*phillia (o), etc

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-super straight/super gay/etc

-trump supporter

-pro-shipper/anti-anti

-yandere

-chihiro fujisaki gender discourse (i'll be using they/them!)

-discourse in general

-kink/nsfw main blog

-cg/l, cg/lre

-any other basic dni criteria i might've missed

(i'm censoring some of the words so they don't show up in tags or something-))

whitelist:

~danganronpa: (characters) kokichi ouma, korekiyo shinguji, maki harukawa, rantaro amami, shuichi saihara, nagito komaeda, chihiro fujisaki (ships) saiouma

~death note: (characters) l lawliet, light yagami, mello, near (ships) lawlight, meronia

~fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood: (characters) edward elric, alphonse elric, ling yao, lan fan, mei chang, envy (ships) edling, almei, lan fan x winry

~ghost eyes: (characters) tobias schneien, mattias schneien, emilio murkmere, rudolph richardson, francis delacruz, dwayne londi, luther schneien, simon louis (ships) tobias x emilio, rudy x carmelo, dwayne x francis

~hooky: (characters) damien wytte, dorian wytte, dani wytte, william, monica, nico, mark, carlo (ships) damien x william, dani x nico, dorian x monica

~i'm the grim reaper: (characters) brook, scarlet, chase

~it (2017): (characters) richie tozier, eddie kaspbrak, beverly marsh, georgie denbrough (ships) reddie

~lalin's curse: (characters) david, felix, cody, (ships) david x cody

~lumine: (characters) kody, lumine, calla (ships) kody x lumine

~my hero academia: (characters) tsuyu asui, denki kaminari, eijirou kirishima, kyoka jirou, shoto todoroki, izuku midoriya, tamaki amajiki, hitoshi shinso, eraser head, hawks, tomura shigaraki, dabi, eri, kota izumi (ships) tododeku, kiribaku, erasermic, kamishin, tsuchako

~omori: (characters) sunny/omori, basil, mari, hero, kel, aubrey (ships) sunnflower (basil x sunny), picnic basket (hero x mari), baseball bat (kel x aubrey)

~pjo, hoo, toa: (characters) percy jackson, nico di angelo, will solace, hazel levesque, leo valdez, meg mccaffrey, grover underwood, thalia grace (ships) solangelo, percabeth, frazel, caleo, theyna

~pokémon: (characters) ash ketchum, gladion, lillie, drew, max, hau, allister, mallow, lana, pikachu (ships) ash x gladion

~she-ra: (characters) double trouble, catra, adora, glimmer, bow, lonnie, kyle (ships) catradora, glimbow, repkylonnie (kyle x lonnie x rogelio)

~stranger things: (characters) eleven, max mayfield, mike wheeler, will byers, dustin henderson, kali prasad, robin buckley, steve harrington (ships) byler, harringrove, elmax, mileven

~studio ghibli: haku, chihiro ogino, satsuki kusakabe, mei kusakabe

~the promised neverland: (characters) norman, ray, emma, gillian, lucas, mister/yuugo (ships) norray, yuucas, gildemma

~tokyo ghoul: (characters) ken kaneki, ayato kirishima, touka kirishima, hide nagachika, juuzou suzuya, hinami fueguchi, uta, kuki urie (ships) ayakane, touken, mutsurie, uta x yomo

aesthetics:

-adventurecore

-arcadecore

-cottagecore

-cryptidcore

-fairycore

-gremlincore (don't use the term g*bl*ncore (o, i) on my blog, please, as that term is considered ant*sem*t*c (i, i, i))

-kidcore

-lovecore

-starcore

-witchcore/witchy aesthetic

blacklist:

~danganronpa: (characters) korekiyo shinguji's sister, haiji towa, hifumi yamada, teruteru hanamura (ships) kokichi ouma x girls, nagito komaeda x girls, tenko chabashira x boys, saimatsu, oumeno

~death note: yagamane

~fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood: (characters) father (ships) edroy

~ghost eyes: lucas schneien, mr. edburt, bennet issac

~hooky: (characters) hans wytte, angela wytte, hilde wytte, will's father (ships) mark x dani

~it (2017): pennywise, oscar bowers, alvin marsh

~my hero academia: (characters) minoru mineta, endeavor, overhaul, all for one (ships) bakudeku, kacchako, kirimina, todomomo, kamijirou, izuocha, eijirou kirishima x girls, shota aizawa x women, shota aizawa x ms. joke, eri x anyone

~omori: something

~pjo, hoo, toa: (characters) octavian, nero (ships) lukabeth, perachel, perlypso, romantic meg x apollo

~stranger things: (characters) martin brenner, lonnie byers (ships) stancy, will byers x girls, robin buckley x boys

aesthetics:

-yanderecore

-traumacore

-medicalcore

-religion-based aesthetics (witchy aesthetic is okay, so are holiday-based ones like christmas or halloween {i'll only do holidays when it's close to the date they're happening, though - like,, i won't do samhain at easter, you know?}, but christcore isn't)

other: spiders, blood, corpses

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[jinxedcatra]

so much angst today :( could you give us some of ur fluffy catradora hc's

adora is constantly working herself too hard bc she's so used to being in A War and constantly having things to do that post-war it's just like... what now so she's locked herself away thinking of battle plans and strategies just in case

she can't stand to just be still and chill out because she's literally never known a time where she's able to do that and bow and glimmer are just like 'do we try mystacor again??? like she didn't relax then but that was DURING the war' and catra is just like pfffffft you amateurs call yourselves adora's best friends but you don't know how to make her relax??

and they're just like "she's adora, she doesn't relax that's just who she is" and catra raises her eyebrows like CHALLENGE ACCEPTED BITCHES

she heads through to wherever adora is freaking out and instead of being like hey adora why don't we take a break all soft and gentle like glimbow try to be with her she's just like 'hey loser what lame ass stuff are you doing' and adora is like 'battle plans' and catra rolls her eyes and pretends to look over the battle plans and tells her how none of them will ever work and challenges her to test them out on her

at first adora is like catra... i'm not going to fight you i'm NEVER going to fight you again i love you

and catra teases her like come on it's not real fighting, we used to spar all the time in the horde and i'd kick your ass every single time

that scratches adora's competitive streak naturally and she jumps up trying to surprise catra and cue cute sparring montage where adora doesn't know catra completely tricked her into ignoring her work

[tiredbunnygirl]

saw someone else do this ship thing and im bored so-

(Also if you wanna recommend fics for any and I mean ANY of these ships PLEASE DO SO! I AM IN DIRE NEED OF SOMETHING GAY TO READ!)

1) First ship: Appealshipping[Dawn x Zoey](Pokemon DP anime) Started shipping when I first saw them together on screen, didn’t even know what shipping was at the time but-

2) First OTP: I’ve always been a multishipper(even when I didn’t know what that was(or know what shipping in general was)) so like, I don’t think I’ve really had an end all be all ship... A lot of the different groupings always just vibed with me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3) Current favorite ship: Diamandakko[Diana x Amanda x Akko](Little Witch Academia) They are just so *chefs kiss*

4) Your ship since the first minute: Willumity[Willow x Luz x Amity](The Owl House) what can I say except im an avid polyshipper

5) Ships you wish had been endgame: SakuHina(Naruto) I just love them so much

6) Ships you wish were canon: Diakko(LWA), YuiAzu(K-ON!) and Chitoaya(YuruYuri) ANIME NEEDS TO BE MORE GAY PLZ

7) Ships that most of the fandom hates but you love: SakuHina(Naruto) I don’t know if it’s hated or not it’s just rare (Note: im not in the Naruto fandom at all, I just read and sometimes write gay fics)

8) You don't even watch the show but you ship it: Nuts and Dolts[Rose x Penny](RWBY) I hope I got the ship right, but like. Ooh! I’m love them!

9) Ship you wish had a different storyline: Lumity(TOH) I like the idea of Luz being a witch going to the human world and falling in love with Amity while trying to hide her identity (hope that’s what this one meant!)

10) Favourite ship that is endgame: Bubbline(AT) I loved Adventure Time for so long that it’s crazy that we had my favorite ship from it come true in the end

11) Ship you initially didn't think you would get into: Glimbow(SPOP)

12) Ship you lost interest in: Diakko (LWA) don’t get me wrong, I love Diakko it’s just like idk it’s oversaturated?

And some of my own additions to the list i stole :p

13) Favorite Crackships: SakuInoHinaKarin[Sakura x Karin x Ino x Hinata](Naruto) i think this is a crackship? idk i just know those ninjas are in love with one another

14) Favorite Rarepairs: SakuHina(Naruto), and Constanzakko(LWA)

15) Guilty Pleasure Ships: *cough* Chariakko(LWA) *cough*

Again, if you have any fic recs based off of any of these ships, hand them over.

[aromanticchair]

Glimbow x Consent

Glimmer took so long to understand that her feelings for Bow were mutual mainly because he never acted on them. He never tried to kiss her, never cuddled her when they slept next to each other, never asked to hold hands, anything!

Which would have been fine if she didn't know that Bow's main love language was physical affection. He loved giving hugs and comforting others, no matter who it was, horde soldier or rebellion member. He was kind and seemed to have no boundaries for his own personal space, most of the time.

Glimmer, on the other hand, tried to act on her feelings, but she doesn't know how to show love in the normal way. For her, love is about freedom, quality time, that sort of thing. And she does that a lot with Bow already so it's not like she didn't try to tell him about her feelings. She was just afraid of being rejected and winding up alone, all over again.

And after the battle, when they were finally letting out all they had been thinking about each other, Bow asked "Can I kiss you?"

Glimmer was too flustered at the moment to think straight. Her thoughts were all on Bow, Bow's face, Bow's lips, Bow's hair, Bow's eyes, Bow's blushed cheek, Bow's lips. Oh, Bow's lips got her attention the most, and so, she whispered "Yes" back to him and they kissed.

Only after a few days did Glimmer start being weirded out by Bow. They kissed a lot. A lot. A lot a lot, like, making up for all the years they knew each other and didn't kiss.

And yet, before every kiss, every single kiss, Bow asked if he could kiss Glimmer. He didn't miss one chance to ask her permission, and while at first it seemed sweet it just got old. Boring. Glimmer wanted to be taken by surprise with a big kiss from behind, or in the middle of a conversation, perhaps in between meetings so she could feel some adrenaline.

But Bow wasn't like that. He always had to ask, taking away that element. So she tried to make it happen for herself.

Bow was making his bed when he saw her walk in and his face lit up "Hey, Glimmer! I didn't know you were up already."

Glimmer's hands suddenly got sweaty, and so did her forehead. Her knees were wobbly and she felt her heart thumping harder while she walked up to him. There was no reason to be nervous, he was her boyfriend after all. He loved her, she knew that.

It just felt weird taking the first step. Admitting you want affection, committing to that action with the likely reality that you could be turned down, or seen as needy. It was scary to show what you cared about enough to work for it and make it happen.

She got on her toes, nonetheless, and went to kiss Bow, closing her eyes shut, trying to get rid of the nerves going through her mind once and for all. If she did it quickly enough, she'd feel more comfortable, and then she could kiss him again and again and again.

But his lips never crashed into hers. Instead, his hands went up to her arms, a little above the elbow and slightly pushed her back onto her heels. Glimmer didn't understand what was happening, but it felt like her heart was fracturing in pieces, yet still tumping on her ribcage. She opened her eyes and saw Bow's face, equal parts flustered, worried, and confused. He was leaning back, leaning away from Glimmer. Her head spun with shame, and a little flame lit up inside of her.

"Glimmer, what was that? Are you ok?"

"Yes! Of course it is! I just wanted to kiss my boyfriend" Glimmer said, a little harshly while getting up on her tiptoes again.

Bow pushed her back once again "You seem upset. You walked in here with a serious face, barely smiled." he cocked his head to the side, raising one of his eyebrows.

Glimmer rolled her eyes "It's nothing, I just wanted to kiss you" her voice was steady, her eyes were determined, but her cheeks were heavily blushed and burning hot. Her face was probably the same shade of pink of her hair right there and then.

Bow laughed "Well, if that's all you wanted you could've just asked."

You could've just asked.

Asked.

Asked.

Asked.

Glimmer's inner fire went out of control "But what if I don't want to ask?!"

Bow's hands shot away from her arms and his light aura changed to a worried one. It seemed like his natural state, always worrying about others.

"What do you mean?"

"I just wanted to surprise you with a kiss! I don't need to ask everytime if I can kiss you just like you don't have to ask me! We're boyfriend and girlfriend, that's part of being in a relationship!"

"But what's wrong with having consent?"

Glimmer groaned "Sometimes, it's sweet. Other times I just want to be surprised, ok? And asking if I want it ruins that."

Bow furrowed his eyebrows "I'm not going to stop asking for consent, Glimmer. Just because we're dating doesn't mean we're entitled to each other. Just because I'm your boyfriend doesn't mean I get to kiss you whenever I want. It's when we both want it."

"Yes I- I'm sorry I didn't mean to say I was entitled to your kisses or anything but- I always want to kiss you, so just stop asking."

Bow glared at her "I'm not sure."

Glimmer was a step away from him and still felt far from him, she didn't understand how he was thinking, which was crazy because she knew him for so long she practically lived inside his mind. She knew how he worked, thought, and acted. But this was destroying her thought process, so she just stayed quiet, awkwardly rubbing her elbow.

"I have that meeting in a few minutes, I guess... I guess I'm gonna go."

Bow looked at her with sympathy "Have a good meeting" and went right back to making his bed.

*

Glimmer's meeting was not exactly a meeting. It was more of a therapy session thing. Adora and Bow insisted she started attending those after all that had happened, since Angela died and her dad came back. She tried to act happy and upbeat like before but sometimes she couldn't. It weighed her down, and filled her with nothingness. Yes, she had her friends to support her, but it would never replace her mother.

Some sessions were harder than others. And this one was harsh. She left the room trying to hold it all in, thanking the therapist for their time and going back to her room so she could cry, hug her pillow and go to sleep.

She opened her door and Bow was sitting on the edge of her bed. He looked up, saying immediately "I've been thinking about what you said and... Oh." he looked at her face, with her red shot eyes and trembling lips "That bad?"

"Bow, not right now, I just want to be in bed." her voice cracked and Bow's throat went dry as he stood up. He couldn't stand to see other people cry, much less Glimmer.

"Can I give you a hug?"

"No, Bow, I just want to lie down!"

He looked more pained than hurt by her words "Is there anything you want me to do?"

"No!" she screamed out. He stared at her and then started walking towards the door and her mind started racing.

She didn't want Bow to hold her, she couldn't stand it when people touched her when she was in that state. She needed to feel like she was in control of her surroundings and herself. Being touched felt incredibly offsetting and confusing, and she didn't need that then. But she did need Bow.

"Wait. Don't leave." she didn't think he'd just leave the room. Just because she said she didn't want to hug him.

"Do you want me to stay here by your side?"

"Yes."

"But I can't hug you."

"No."

"Kiss you?"

"No."

"Hold your hand?"

Glimmer hesitated. She remembered how her father would hold her hand when she was little and was going through anxiety attacks. How her mother did it after Micah disappeared. Even though touch felt wrong to her in that situation, somehow, someone holding her hand always felt like an anchor to reality. So, she said "Yes."

They said nothing more as Glimmer got in her bed and was covered by the comforter by her loving partner. She held her hand out across the mattress where Bow layed down on, facing the ceiling so Glimmer didn't feel pressured by his eyes on her. He held her hand on his chest, and she felt it in her hand his steady heartbeat and rising and falling chest.

She started to weep, gripping Bow's shirt tightly. She tried to calm down but her thoughts were running through her head so fast she couldn't stop them. So her tears just kept coming out.

Bow looked at her, worried, and reached a hand for her shoulder, slowly pulling her against him. He was trying to hold her, but that was too much touching, too much for the already overloaded system that was Glimmer's body and mind. She shook against it and whispered "No."

Bow let go of her and sighed, still holding onto her hand. So that's what they did for the next half hour. Glimmer cried and Bow cradled her hand in his chest.

After a while, she started to calm down. Her eyes and nose were red, but she could finally breathe easily without thoughts intruding into her mind with no control. She started to get up, slipping her sweaty hand away from Bow as she settled against the head of the bed, crossing her legs and hanging her head down. Bow sat crossed-leg too, in front of her.

"Thank-"

"I'm sorr-"

They tried to speak at the same time and chuckled. Glimmer nodded her head for him to go first and he exhaled loudly.

"I'm sorry, for trying to hug you in bed after you said no. Sometimes I don't know what you need, and I don't want to do something wrong, so that's why I usually ask. But you were so keen on me surprising you and not asking so I thought I'd give it a try because I thought that's what you needed." shame started to seep into his voice, making it crack" I though you'd want a hug in that moment, but you didn't and I'm sorry" his lip trembled and he started rubbing his eyes, who seemed to barely be holding in some tears.

"No, Bow. You were right, you should ask, so I'm sorry. I should be more like you, respect your boundaries and tell you about mine."

"But you were right too" Bow said "sometimes you just want to be surprised, not asked. But how can I do that if I don't ask to know what you need from me?"

"I don't know," Glimmer sighed "but we can figure that out together. Maybe we could have a code for when we're in the mood." Bow chuckled "Or one of those stuffed animals that are reversible and represent your mood."

"You literally have magic powers and you're talking about a reversible stuffie" Bow laughed while sniffing and running his wrist under his nose.

"Well, at least I'm having ideas! I don't hear you making any suggestions" Bow laughed out loud, making Glimmer follow his example. It felt freeing, after all the crying she had done.

Bow looked at her intently and then at their hands. She nodded and they held each other's hand, scooting closer, staring into each other's eyes.

"May I kiss you, Bow?"

He smiled from ear to ear "You may"

[nonbinarychaoticstupid]

fic rec list version 1

will be consistently updating! these are just a handful of fics i’ve found that i think are neat :> feel free to send more/rb with your own! i’ve included links to both the fic and the author and i’m absolutely not done yet, there are way more i need to link

a picture’s worth a thousand words by akarihope - catradora in a post-season 3 au, very cool idea behind it, lots of portal theory and catra punching shadow weaver in the face! also VERY GAY. in the woods somewhere is also... pure brilliance. gay witch catra and very soft adora <3

i have faced it, a life wasted by catrasredemption - catradora, modern au where catra and adora are separated after a big accident that changes everything for them. very good, very deep, made me cry, READ THE TAGS! i’d also recommend when all she is, and ever was, in compromised, because it hurt me deeply, and cast some light (it’ll be alright), which features soft artist catra <3

i couldn’t get very far without recommending anachronism by chellethewriter - seriously, both anachronism and immemorial have made me cry almost every update. catradora but they have to live the worst 3 years of their lives all over again and live with the consequences. the angst factor is INCREDIBLY HIGH. also, forever, if you want, because vampire catra owns my heart, and the vanishing point, a catra study that made me cry. a lot.

find a new place to be from by sevensevan - ongoing glimbow and catradora ghostbusters fic, feat. trans bow and nonbinary adora! very powerful and the concept leaves me in tears. recent updates have made me cry repetitively <3

you did something to me and the blood in your mouth by artemiswords - both of these fics are INSANELY POWERFUL and i was really surprised by how accurate the season 5 predictions in the blood in your mouth were! both fics are catradora-centric - a fake dating au and a season 5 speculative fic that HITS

this whole series by buckysbears - catra-centric, focuses on her relationships with the bfs and her trauma, really worth the pain that comes with it! i’d also recommend time take us, a chronic pain adora au with a little bit of implied glitradora thrown in, and made for you, which ;w;

mark my words by lologoblins - catradora flower shop/tattoo artist + soulmates au, very soft and pure fluff with catra and adora being absolute gay messes and mara being hilarious

keep your money (you can take my time) by ehj - catradora coffee shop au from adora’s pov, you can feel the Gay Mess seeping from this one and i love it unconditionally

daylight and bouquet by fuhadeza - post-season 5 catradora being incredibly soft and fluffy and post-season 4 catradora learning to love respectively, both of which are incredibly soft and made me cry for entirely different reasons 

the aftershock (of your touch) by bow_woahh - soulmates catradora au in which catra struggles with her feelings for a whole lot of words and adora is just a complete mess (affectionate). very fluffy, contains its own brand of emotions

up in our bedroom after the war and the infinite of sky by herothehardway - the first is a post-season 5 speculative fic written post-season 5 that focuses on catradora recovering from the impact of the war, specifically on adora’s trauma, and the second is a post-season 5 fic focused on catra being a soft wife and helping adora through a bad night <3 both also made me cry, which i’m discovering is a very dramatic thing to do 

i never cared for stories, until you entered mine by thethirdphiladelphiavireo - modern soulmates catradora au, very soft and containing pining catra. i have read this so many times and it makes me so emotional.

not if it’s you by luuma - single mother adora is just trying to raise her child and her neighbour (catra) insists on helping out. featuring adora’s gay awakening, huntara being an Old Gay, glimmer and bow being glimmer and bow (affectionate)

let adora wear pants by advancingambition - adora discovering her gender identity, featuring supportive trans butch catra. very fluffy, actually made me cry very hard <3

24 things about you by deepblueskies - modern au catradora living together, in which catra is oblivious and adora pines for a lot of words and struggles to communicate her feelings. also featuring fake dating, lonnie being excellent, and sheer fluff. <3

build our own higher ground  by iwouldgetaniguana - a pre-season 5 speculative fic on catra’s redemption arc, which gets pretty damn deep and looks into catra and adora repairing their relationship in a DOPE way

here’s all my bookmarks and here’s a link to the catradora big bang 2020, which contains some of the best fics i’ve ever read

be warned, i will be back with more

[littleweirdplatypus]

Second chance! It's a bit of a longer one but hopefully you'll all enjoy it.

And in today's fic we have:

Angst with a happy ending

Glimmer breaking Bow's heart (he broke hers in day 3 it's only fair)

Glimbow (more specifically Glimmer) actually learning how to communicate

Sneak peak

She should want to hope that he’s moved on and that he’s happy. But instead Glimmer’s selfish and she still wants him to think about her, foolishly hopes that he might even still- “Glimmer?” Shit. There’s a voice she was not prepared to hear. She turns around, and there he is. Looking a little different, but still her Bow. Or not her Bow. She gave up the right to call him that 3 years ago. Glimmer has imagined reuniting with him so many times over the years, in so many different locations, but none of her dreams ever took place in a random coffee shop in Brightmoon. “Bow?” He smiles, shaky and slightly in disbelief, as he nods “Hey"

Read "Nothing Happened In The Way I Wanted" here

(Once again I liked the title 😂)

@glimbowweek

[tippenfunkaport]

Glimbow Amnesia AU

For the Crack Treated Seriously prompt, I wanted to write an AU where Glimmer loses her memory as the side effect of a spell and this could probably just be a silly crack thing, but I wanted to make it angsty.

Because she can teleport away from anyone who tries to get close to her and when what she views as strangers are trying to tell her she knows them and make her come with them, she freaks out and teleports away. So Bow doesn't want to lie to her but so long as he doesn't reveal that he already knows her, she instinctively trusts him and so he's trying to make her come with him so he can get her back to Mystacor to have her memory fixed. So it's basically him trying to befriend her all over again without the benefit of their shared history and her not fully trusting him because she knows he's not telling her the entire truth and meanwhile the rest of the alliance is like HURRY UP DUDE AND GET HER BACK HERE SO WE CAN SWITCH HER BACK.

[caramelaire]

“Don’t you sometimes wish we had never grown up?”

Glimbow Week Prompt - Childhood/Memories  @glimbow-week-2020

At night, Bright Moon seemed almost haunted. The absence of people filled it with ghosts, and they had been tormenting Glimmer all night. 

The seemingly never-ending and winding corridors and dark rooms were haunted by everything she had lost. Their emptiness a constant reminder that a lot of things were now missing. That she was no longer the same girl that used to roam these halls happily, her friends in tow or her family watching over her.

Instead, they left her here. Alone with the empty halls and the stories they would whisper mockingly into her ear as her only companion.

She could hear their peals of laughter echoing against the walls, their chatter, their shouts, their arguments—the voices of everyone she loved who was no longer there, and for all she knows, would never be there ever again.

Snippet from my fic ‘Ghost of You’!  Read it here on AO3: 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26300419

[glimbowweek]

And that’s a wrap for Glimbow Week Spring 2021! 💖🏹✨

Thank you all so much for participating in our fan event, and for all of your support and enthusiasm! We are so happy to have had the chance to celebrate Glimbow with you all this past week! ☺️

Even though Glimbow Week is now over, we will still be reblogging any submissions that are sent in, so if you have a “late” submission that you’d like to share with us, please feel free to do so! We are more than happy to keep the Glimbow love going! 😊💕 Just be sure to tag us in anything you submit so that we can see it & then reblog it! You can tag us here on tumblr, on instagram, or on twitter! Additionally, if you are sharing a Glimbow Week fanfic you wrote, make sure you add your work to our ao3 collection!

We are hoping to do another Glimbow Week sometime in the fall. Any details or announcements about future Glimbow Week events will be posted on this blog, so keep following us on tumblr/instagram/twitter to stay up to date!💓

Once again, thank you all so much for participating in Glimbow Week Spring 2021! We hope you had fun! 💖🏹✨

Sincerely, your Glimbow Week Spring 2021 mods (Pearl and Tippen)💕

[darkmasterofcupcakes]

Makes for Good Practice

Summary:  Glimmer and Bow babysit Finn for Catra and Adora....And start to wonder if maybe the kid is more closely related to Catra than any of them originally expected. Originally done for the 2020 Glimbow Week Countdown Prompt “Babysitting”.

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“I still can’t believe those two had a kid before us,” Bow marveled aloud to Glimmer as they watched the scruffy-looking magicat child gather up their toys for the game they’d been developing.

Finn had only been at Bright Moon for a few months, but it seemed like they’d already more than made themselves comfortable. It was quite the stark contrast from when Catra and Adora had first brought the child in from the forest. The couple could hardly believe there was a time when Finn had insisted on hiding under the furniture, only being coaxed out by the promise of food; now they seemed to all but demand attention unless they had their mind on something else.

Glimmer smirked a little at her husband’s words. “Yeah, well,” she began, leaning back slightly in the cushioned chair she was sitting in. “They did kinda cheat, so I don’t know if we should really count it.”

Considering how competitive their friends could be, Glimmer almost had to wonder if it really was a coincidence that the two of them had found Finn mere weeks after learning that she and Bow were expecting their first child. But, she decided not to think much of it, mostly because the kid was pretty cute – not surprising considering they were basically just a giant kitten, acting even more like one than Catra tended to.

Bow couldn’t help but grin at Glimmer’s comment, and was about to open his mouth to respond, but instead the only thing that came out of his mouth was a yelp of surprise as he ducked his head to avoid being smacked by one of the toys their charge was haphazardly tossing about.

“Finn!” Glimmer scolded as the six-year-old darted over to grab the toy they’d accidentally launched at Bow’s head.

One of Finn’s ears twitched before the turned to face the Queen, their expression so innocent that literally anyone who had any common sense would be able to tell it was absolutely fake. And if the expression didn’t give it away, their tone of voice when they spoke definitely did.

“Yes, Auntie Glimmer?” Finn asked, practically purring as they spoke, tilting their head to the side as though to try and make themselves seem all the more childlike and innocent. Glimmer wasn’t going to call for it.

“Finn, you can’t just throw stuff around like that. You could really hurt someone,” she told the child, trying to find the rest amount of firmness for her tone of voice.

The blank look on the child’s face made her seriously wonder if maybe she hadn’t been firm enough. In her defense, it wasn’t as though she’d had much practice in this area; she hadn’t even been expecting to have to do anything like this for at least a couple of years.

Finn’s blank expression quickly morphed into one of indignation, their light blue eyes narrowing into slits and their tail flicking back and forth in clear signs of anger, most likely an anger that stemmed from being scolded.

“S’not like I threw it at him on purpose, Aunt Glimmer,” Finn practically growled. “And he didn’t get hit anyway, so doesn’t matter even if I did.”

Glimmer was genuinely torn between being frustrated at the response…and being just as amused by it. Of course her friends would take in a kid like this, one who seemed to dislike authority almost as much as they despised being forced to take an actual bath instead of simply liking themselves clean. It probably didn’t help that – most definitely the result of wanting to avoiding being anything like the woman who had raised them – neither Adora nor especially Catra had actually done much in the way of the disciplinary part of childrearing in the months since Finn had come to stay with them.

And Glimmer understood why they were worried about going too far, she really did. But, times like this made her wish that maybe she’d understood that being put in a time out was probably not gonna make their kid think they were horrible people and hate them forever?

She couldn’t help but let out a frustrated groan – which came out sounding a bit more like a growl than she’d want to admit, considering who she was dealing with. The groan soon gave way to a small gasp as she quickly covered her mouth with her hand. Whoever called this morning sickness should be questioned what they thought ‘morning’ meant…as should whoever wrote in all those books that it should start to fade once she was out of the first trimester.

“Are you okay?” Bow asked, momentarily distracting her from both the talk she’d been trying to have with Finn, as well as the uncomfortable feeling in her stomach.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she replied once she felt confident enough that she could speak without gagging. “I’m fine.”

The nausea had sapped away what little energy she had for arguing with Finn, so she just gave her charge a warning look and told them to be more careful with their toys….or else she’d ground them herself; she had the guards to help her enforce it, if it came to that.

Finn grumbled under their breath but gave a begrudging nod, tail still flicking back and forth in anger as they stomped off to continue their game. Once they were left alone again, Glimmer flopped down next to her husband, leaning her body against his as she asked, “Why did we agree to watch them again?”

The feeling of Bow’s fingers running through her hair got her to feel considerably better, even though she was still fairly tired; though at this point, she wasn’t entirely sure if the exhaustion was the result of the kid the young couple was watching over…or the one that she had currently developing inside her belly.

“Because we’re good friends who wanted to do a favor for Adora and Catra,” Bow replied, still stroking her hair with one hand, while the other arm wrapped around her, his hand resting on her stomach, which was just beginning to grow. Glimmer rolled her eyes.

“Oh, right,” she said, leaning back into him a little more. “Kinda forgot that being a good friend can sort of suck a bit.”

A small chuckle escaped from Bow’s lips and Glimmer was suddenly hit by a strong sense of realization. Considering their past, if there was anyone who knew exactly what she was talking about with friendship sometimes being a pain, it was him.

She muttered an apology, worried that perhaps she’d brought back some painful memories with what she’d said, but Bow simply wrapped his arm a little tighter around her; she figured that meant he wasn’t too upset by it.

There was a sudden crashing sound coming from nearby, and without even thinking, Glimmer immediately teleported over to the origin – completely forgetting that Bow was still holding onto her, meaning that she ended up dragging him along for the ride. She also forgot that teleporting tended to make her nauseous, and found herself doubling over, struggling to keep the crackers she’d eaten earlier down, while Bow held onto her to help her stay on her feet. Glimmer was still trying to focus on settling her stomach her attention was pulled away by the sound of her husband’s voice.

“Finn?” Bow asked, the tone of his voice making it very apparent he was struggling not to raise his voice too much. “What are you doing with that? Actually, never mind why you have it – just put it down, right now.”

Now somewhat confused and more or less recovered from the nausea, Glimmer looked up to see exactly what Bow was so worked up about. What she saw upon lifting up her head made her almost start choking on nothing, just out of pure shock; there, perched on the kitchen counter, was Finn, holding a knife that was almost as long as their whole forearm in one of their hands.

How they’d gotten their hands on the knife was a question that briefly passed through her mind, but it was gone just as quickly. How they got it wasn’t the main issue – getting it away from them was. After all, she still felt like she was unprepared for parenthood, but even she knew they a kid that young shouldn’t be anywhere near a knife that big, much less actually be wielding it like Finn was currently doing.

Unfortunately – but probably not surprisingly – it didn’t seem like the young one was listening to the demands of their “uncle”. Rather than handing over the knife, Finn simply plopped down so that their bottom was resting on the counter, their legs dangling over the edge. As they swung their feet back and forth, they looked at the two adults with an undoubtedly defiant expression clear as day on their face.

“Why should I?” they asked, and the tone in their voice made Glimmer realize just why her mom had always gotten on her case about the tone she used when they had argued during her younger years.

If she had made her mom feel like how Finn was making her feel right now…Well, she didn’t have time to think about that at the moment; the more important issue was getting the knife away from Finn before they managed to find a way to chop their own tail off.

The kid may have been getting on her nerves, but the last thing Glimmer wanted was for them to get hurt, especially that badly.

“Finn…” she began with a sigh, despite trying not to make it too clear just how tired she already was. “What do you even want with a knife? If you just think it’s cool, I’ll give you something else to play with that’s just as good – probably better, actually, since it won’t make you have to worry about cutting yourself by playing with it.”

That seemed to get the kitten’s attention. They didn’t let go of the knife just yet, but they did look intrigued as they looked at the Queen; the fact that they hopped off the counter with a gleam in their eyes was an even better sign.

“Really?” Finn was practically purring as they started to step closer to Glimmer, tail flicking back and forth in what they’d learned from the years with Catra was a sign of excitement. “What is it?”

The next sound out of the child’s mouth was an outraged yowl, let out in response to Glimmer simply reaching out and snatching the knife out of their hand.

Before they could say anything else, Glimmer teleported away, reappearing a moment later without the knife and with a noticeably flushed face, mumbling something under her breath.

Without even looking, she knew Bow would be looking concerned, but that wasn’t where her attention was focused at the moment. Instead, the first thing she did was look at a positively fuming Finn.

The child was clearly hoping that their angry look would be enough to make Glimmer feel sorry for what she had done, or maybe even afraid of what they might do in response to having “their” knife taken away. Unfortunately for Finn, Glimmer was well past the point of caring that they were upset, if she ever had reached that point at all.

Instead, she simply walked over to where they were standing, looking them straight in the eye with an expression that probably would have given her mother a case of déjà vu had she been around to witness it.

“Listen,” she began, her tone making it clear that she wasn’t going to let the kid argue with her. “I get that you want to find something to play with, and I can even get wanting to check out some kind of weapon…But, if you think we’re just going to let you wave a knife around, you better thing again.”

Finn opened their mouth to say something, but ultimately seemed to decide against it. Instead, they just grumbled something under their breath, and walked over to Bow, barely even giving Glimmer a glance as they walked past her. Once the cat-child was standing in front of the King, they tiled their head up to look him in the eyes, tail flicking slightly back and forth as they said, “I want a snack.”

The brief glance they’d given Glimmer as they approached Bow had already felt a little bit like a challenge, and their tone as they made their request just proved it in her eyes. There was a part of her that wanted to speak up, to call the kid out on how much of a brat they were being right now, but she didn’t say anything.

Glimmer had plenty of faith in Bow to know how to respond to what Finn was really asking for; they may have said they wanted a snack, but she could tell what they were really looking for – proof that they could get at least one of the adults to give into their demands, whatever they were and whether or not they were deserved.

There was a moment of tense silence in which both the child and the Queen awaited an answer from the archer-turned-King, who briefly glanced at his wife before turning his eyes back to their charge.

“Sorry, Finn, but it’s almost time for dinner – if we let you have a snack now, you’re not going to eat any of it,” he explained, sounding like he was somewhat apologetic…but also that he wasn’t going to step down. Which Glimmer had to admit she was thankful for – she really didn’t need to have Bow turned against her right now.

Finn’s cheeks puffed out in anger, making the sitters briefly wonder if they were trying to hold their breath in an attempt to break at least one of them. Once they seemed to realize that it wasn’t going to work, they released the breath in a combination of a huff and a hiss.

“Fine, but I’m not gonna like whatever we gotta eat,” the young cat-person proclaimed, their ears twitching slightly as they made their way out of the kitchen, heading back to the direction of the living area.

As they left, Bow and Glimmer both let out a small sigh of relief before sharing a look that clearly said, “I think we can live with that.”

Still, they did follow after Finn, if only to keep an eye on them. Despite the earlier issues, it didn’t take long before the child seemed to have forgiven their sitters, and was practically demanding Glimmer and Bow take part in whatever game of pretend they had come up with in the past fifteen minutes. Which was a pretty good way to describe the game, since the whole time they were playing, Finn would periodically change or add something new to the rules or the storyline, seemingly completely out of the blue; though they always seemed to think the sudden changes made perfect sense.

The game went on for a while, until the chefs came to announce that dinner was served, at which point the three of them went to eat, though not without a bit of complaint from Finn, who had tried to insist on finishing the game beforehand.

Until they learned that the main course was roasted waterfowl, at which point they immediately tossed away their toys and darted towards the dining room, not even glancing back when Bow told them to slow down a bit. And despite their earlier insistence that they wouldn’t like the meal, Finn not only devoured every bit of food on the plate, but they also asked for seconds.

They almost asked for thirds as well; it was only the reminder that dessert was still on the table that prevented them from doing so. Still, between the two servings of the main course and quite a bit of dessert, the child ended up being quite drowsy from a full stomach by the time they finally decided they were done.

In fact, Finn had already started to nod off when Glimmer had finished her last piece of the mixed-fruit pie the kitchen staff had prepared for the night’s dessert; and seemed to be fully asleep by the time the table had been cleared off and the staff had been dismissed for the night.

“You know, when they’re asleep like this, it’s almost easy to forget the whole knife-stealing thing,” Glimmer commented with a slight smirk, looking down at Finn, curled into a ball against Bow’s side; the Queen herself was snuggled tightly against the other.

Bow let out a small chuckle at the comment.

“At least now we know that we’ll be able to handle this little one,” he replied, moving slightly – and carefully, so as not to disturb the sleeping child – to place his hand gently on Glimmer’s belly.

Glimmer couldn’t help but laugh a little at the comment, though she did mumble an agreement to the statement, even as she found herself starting to get a little sleepy as well. Not that anyone could blame her – taking care of Finn for the past few hours had been kind of exhausting, not to mention she was typically falling asleep earlier lately even without that being a factor. The fact that she felt so comfortable snuggling up with her husband on the sofa really wasn’t helping matters, either.

“Wake me up when Adora and Catra get back, okay?” she requested through a yawn, allowing her head to rest upon Bow’s shoulder.

She was already starting to fall asleep when he responded, but figured he was most likely agreeing to do just that. So, after letting out another yawn, Glimmer snuggled up closer to Bow, feeling secure and content as she felt herself drift off to sleep after the eventful day they’d had.