#Lots of my hcs come from my friend as well as stuff ive seen in fics n posts that I choose to believe too so like. Yeah

[mountainashes]

Washington sibs hcs n thoughts n stuff

They're actually triplets, Josh being born on the 31st of January and Han and Beth being on the 5th of February.

They were all born in 1995.

They're all fraternal.

Josh and Han are both trans.

Hannah and Beth are both 5'8 (as it says on their missing posters) and Josh is 5'7 (based of the actor's height).

Both Hannah and Beth are shown to be decently sporty, and both joined school clubs for tennis and football n stuff. Josh is also decently active but didn't care to actually join any teams or anything.

Beth is the youngest but she often was the one who looked out for the other two in school. Moreso Hannah than Josh.

Hannah met Sam in 3rd grade not too long after Josh met Chris, and Beth met Jess and Em in 5th.

Hannah met Sam in her gym class when they were put in the same team for dodgeball.

Beth met Jess and Em because she sat close to them and Jess talks to everyone.

Beth likes hockey as well.

Beth plays lots of instruments, mostly guitar though.

In 1st to 3rd grade, before they really made close friends, the three of them just kind of stuck with eachother as much as possible, though Beth was really quite popular because she was the most outgoing.

Hannah always liked collecting stuff like feathers, rocks and bones. Josh and her would often go out looking around for those types of things, especially up on Blackwood.

Around the time of the prologue, Hannah is quite lean in figure, tall and strong. Beth is tall but slumps a lot more and is a bit stockier, but also strong. Josh is pretty similar to Beth.

Hannah loves bugs, Beth is neutral to them and Josh hates them.

Hannah has a pet spider (Josh hates it).

Up at the lodge they enjoy doing general maintenance work like chopping firewood.

They can all shoot (Bob taught them all at the firing range) but only Josh actually found any sort of enjoyment from it.

Beth's full name is Bethany (I was torn between that and Elizabeth for ages but then I leaned Bethany means 'house of suffering' and I think that fits with the game better, so).

As kids they were all scared of the lodge at night because it is haunted asf.

Josh once saw one of the monsters when he was a small child and he still vaguely remembers it but puts it up to childhood imagination.

Beth had lots of weird experiences in the lodge (hearing the whispers n stuff) that she never told anyone because she didn't want to freak her siblings out.

Beth has gotten into trouble for fighting at school because of people being mean to Hannah, very quickly everyone learned not to be mean to her.

Hannah was actually quite well liked in her sports teams and stuff.

Josh and Chris met Ashley in 6th grade when she moved to California.

Her and Sam brought Matt into the friend group in highschool (9th grade, I think that is).

Beth, Jess and Em brought Mike into the group in 10th grade, again they met him because Jess is friendly and chatty with most people.

They have a few cousins that would visit in the summer, or vice versa. They're a little younger but they get on fine.

They all learn to drive but Josh is usually the one designated to do so.

They have gone on roadtrips with just the 3 of them, usually to the middle of nowhere and Josh will try to creep them out when they're visiting forests and stuff.

They have definitely explored old abandoned buildings together.

Josh always packs extra stuff (clothes, food etc) because Hannah and Beth are both likely to forget something.

Both Hannah and Josh are very artsy people, and they can draw really well. Beth isn't as interested in that.

Can't think up any more rn so done.

[annie3eee]

So i draw my oc for mortal kombat because the laziness in me is gone for a bit

Isnt she lovely? Her name is akito ofc and if you see an old drawing of her back then when i draw her PLEASE FORGET ABOUT THAT!? that shit was a first design and testing😔 anyways heres her hcs :

-akito hayahsi

-shes a shogun (yeah its cringe ikr?)

-good friends with lord Liu Kang,harumi,kenshi,and mileena,raiden,johnny,ashrah,sonya,takeda mk 1,and geras.(Thats a lot)

-secretly likes kung lao

-okay so this is cringe but whatever i wanna share with yall,so she was the first fire goddess in the mk series she lived like raiden and wishes to be around humans like fujin did but she is also tired being a goddess so ahem here comes the cringe part when raiden was making a plan in mk11 to defeat kronika but he knows his powers is not enough to be inside liu kang so he decided to ask akito if shes willing to give up her powers and as the payment liu kang would make her life as a human in the new era and promise the happy life she wanted so akito accept it and well even so she transferred her powers some of it still remains in her

-mk 1,in the new timeline she does have a new life but sadly she always gets deja vu of the past whenever she saw someone who is close to her and also kung lao because in the past she dated kung lao and the great kung lao (girls obsessed with a man named kung lao) so i got this shit where the old akito (mk11 goddess immortal bitch) always dates the kung lao’s that got reincarnated back idk how to say this im delulu!? (Also the revenant kung lao i mean yall? Really? Hes a total catch) also in the new era she is still a shogun but as a human with the last bit of power and mind left since liu kang got her powers something she can copy his due to being the old previous owner and liu kang does not mind that (sometimes) because he trusted her also liu kang trained her and she helped him a lot on missions.

Okay so this is some quotes thats been stuck in my stupid ass head,enjoy :

Johnny cage : damn its hot in here isnt it?

Akito : if you say that one more time i promise to the gods ill rip your tongue out

Johnny cage : oh look the ex god-ess is here

Akito : dont make me burn you alive again cage

Raiden : i still cannot believe we used to be friends

Akito : be glad were still friends

Raiden : do you ever regret giving your powers?

Akito : for the last time,ask my titan self not me

(Time talk with harumi)

Harumi : do you still like that monk?

Akito : yes?

Harumi : youre a fool

Akito : harumi we talked about this

Harumi : im just telling the truth,ive seen him flirting with other girls

Akito : im sure he wont do that if hes with me hehehehe

Harumi : *rolls her eyes* delusional

Lord liu kang : please stop making kung lao unfocused on his training akito

Akito : i didnt do anything,i was just passing by

Lord liu kang : if only you see your part self-

Akito : i would never,ive heard many stuff about her from geras.

Geras : in each timeline you always sacrifice or get sacrificed,chose rightly on your next move akito.

Akito : just wish me i dont become evil geras

Geras : stop asking me about his past life

Akito : come on geras,one more!

Kenshi : i cant believe the shogun herself gets swooned by a monk

Akito : oh shut it kenshi this is a different time to tell me

Kenshi : your taste in men is weird akito

Akito : i am very aware of that kenshi,thank you

Ashrah : you arent kidding when you say you like him

Akito : ashrahh! Stop it this is training okay? We can talk about it later

Akito : tell me more about dating hacks ashrah

Ashrah : you are not ready yet akito

Takeda : HA! YOU LIKE KUNG LAO!? THATS HILARIOUS!

Akito : dont yell! Or he would hear you!

Akito : soo? Um hows the mission?

Takeda : you left me,then i get my ass beaten,then i go back home

Akito : i missed our talks old friend

Mileena : lets finish this fight faster then

Mileena : are you still a shogun?

Akito : yes mileena

Mileena : then let us see if your skills is still there

Akito : congratulations empress

Mileena : haha this time i wont go on easy on you

Kung lao : yknow im not that dumb right?

Akito : about what?

Kung lao : do i look handsome today?

Akito: why the fuc-is this a trap!?

Kung lao : geras told me about us in the past

Akito : that sand man..

Kung lao : ha! I knew it!

(Also a short moment with sonya)

Sonya : seriously!? Him!? Out of all of people!? Him!?!

Akito : sonya please don’t yell jax will hear you and say were fighting

Sonya : how couldn’t i!? You like that monk that has zero humbleness you couldve picked his friend-

Akito : my heart already belongs to him

Sonya : Eugh disgusting

So yeah thats my boring and cringe ass oc thank you so much for reading all that shit and i love yall if you did anyways dont forget to smile💋 (ill be posting again if im not lazy or busy byeee)

[areolni]

can't keep this in longer so sonic kinsona blabber under cut (except i can't draw so it's MOSTLY in words but y'all can imagine right)

ive been wanting to make a sonicsona for the LONGEST time but somehow, despite kinning the modern blue blur himself, i can't get the right design for him in my head. like yea ok just add clothes and stuff but it doesn't feel me. THEN. IT CLICKED. (massive word vomit below u've been warned and also satbk mentioned)

Lore

Behold the Fallen King, reduced to a measly Jester. He lost his monarchy, his authority, his dignity, but gained joy and freedom, now running as free as the wind despite the shackles of entertainment. He's seen as nothing but a mere show – a performance – for people to feast their eyes on the magnificent spectacle before them. King Arthur is long gone, only the nameless Jester is known.

tldr Arthur got dethroned and forcefully became a jester instead lol (in this context arthur and sonic are two diff people, js with the same appearance. yk js like how shadow and lance are diff but look the same)

how does this tie to my kinsona? why did i choose this lore? simple rlly: burnt out gifted kid. that's all im gna say. i fell down SO FAR it's not even funny.

i relate to sonic himself in many ways but one thing i struggle to relate to him is our experiences. while king arthur in canon satbk is well 'dead' (or nonexistent per se), what if sonic's alt exists in satbk (like shadow and lance). that's where im coming from. still was king of camelot, js dethroned. someone else took over idk who but that's not impt for now.

lance still stays with him (COUGH self indulgent COUGH) bc he's too loyal to actl leave arthur's side despite him serving the new king. him and the knights of the round table are the only people who know about this new jester's true identity bc arthur didn't want to be known, not out of shame due to his dethronement but he simply wanted a fresh start. he doesn't want to be weighed by his past responsibilities anymore. he doesn't want to be seen as king. while power is great, it isn't for him. that's why he tries to make himself as unrecognizable as possible while keeping some hints of his charm. why? so people see him and go "why does he look so familiar but i can't put my finger on it" (he loves to confuse people)

Extra info (background)

Arthur is, you guessed it, trans 🔥🔥🔥 ftm as most hcs say. how does this work in the medieval realm? born female, forced to become male initially bc he's the only child and his parents desperately needed a heir for the throne. if the kingdom found out their new leader was a fucking girl they'll go on a riot for sure so. in a sense, arthur has been male his whole life. while initially he despised this whole ordeal, he's grown to feel comfortable with himself. he's denied it for so long but eventually embraces it. it's a bit of an identity crisis bc his external persona is male, but when no one is looking his parents treat him like a female. it messes him up a lot and eventually says fuck it "nah ima do my own thing"

^ js a disclaimer this is from my knowledge of society in medieval times. im not very sure how heirs work. ive heard that princesses CAN be queens w/o a suiter but again, im uncertain.

abt the dethronement thing? don't ask me abt that. why was he kept in camelot and turned into a jester? the new king wanted to make a fool out of him so. there ya go. Arthur simply goes by 'Jest' now. (i suck at names, as u can tell)

Design Inspiration

if it isn't obvious enough, my main inspo would be based on Jester Sonic himself. he's my absolute fav design so far it's wonderful. obv i would make some tweaks

oops ari art WOAH *gunshots* additional details would be added from my persona/OC, based on The Fool arcana. his name is Neil :) i love him so much. (me and my friends made our own AU called Masquerade of Rebirth, MOR for short, and it's based on the 21 Arcana. we have lore for that too)

made a doodle of him but again i can't draw nicely so uh. yeah. ill learn how to draw sonic chars soon but i simply don't have time

for differences, he has more puffy sleeves and flowy accessories. he was supposed to wear those. puffy shorts stuff. like in Neil. but i was too tired to care at that time (basically i LOVE puffs and flowy stuff. im gna incorporate it as long as it makes sense) i don't have a colour palette for now unfortunately. again i suck at choosing colours. i also have a design for Arthur during his monarchy but it's js a simple white tunic, brown pants and leather boots. yk like. fucking astarion from bg3 LMAO

ngl this is mostly a ref for me so when i finally get to draw, i have smth to look back to. and also… cough… if there's any potential lancelot kinsonas.. hello.. ive seen so many shadow sonas but never one related to satbk </3

um idk who actl reads till the end but YAYY 💥 ive rlly nvr seen a sonic kinsona based on the storybook games so it'll be cool to see others :)

[friendlyengie]

Heyo thought I’d drop some random tf2 hcs and stuff cause of ur post :D

- scout and Pyro get along really well and scout will draw for pyro. Scout likes them cause he seems to actually listen to scout talk

- Engineer is pretty oblivious when it comes to people having feelings for him and hes (kinda accidentally) decent at flirting tho

- Engineer is like a father figure to scout and it makes spy really jealous lol

- Demo is really good at karaoke

- Since spy is good at finding this out about people based on body language etc. he knows exactly who has crushes on who in the base and he thinks it’s SO OBVIOUS but it’s not to the rest of them and he’s really close to just screaming at everyone that they’re blind and to just kiss already. He’s just forced to watch all these pining idiots dance around each other and he hates it

- Heavy and Medic have a book club that is just the two of them

- Scout would be a good dad later in life if he had a kid

ohohhoho interesting. Cracks my knuckles.

-scout and pyro friendship truther until I DIE. I find the idea of scout going from being terrified of this weird “thing” to just being besties with Pyro kind of hilarious. I think they can both do art pretty well actually! I like to think they run around towns and do graffiti together.

-Nodding at this. I also think it helps that (to me) hes naturally very friendly and polite because of how he was raised and like half of the people on his team havent heard anything nice from another human being since they were actual children (if that.) Is he good at flirting or are your standards dangerously low? Is it both? Great question!

-Ive always seen engineer as more of a low-maintenance uncle figure to scout If That. They’re just kind of a pretty standard close older dude with a lot of life experience and younger dude with fuck all going on friendship to me. and tbh ive never. Really been able to get behind the idea of spy being “jealous” of any sort of relationship Scout has with other mercs. Whether it’s him being weirded out by father standins or judgemental of potential partners. I don’t think he doesn’t have a weird relationship with seeing scout bond with the other mercs but i feel like it’s just sort of. Idk. A little more of a unique issue for him.

-Accepted. Though i think “good” for him ranges from “genuinely good singing” to “loud, overconfident, and having a great time getting half of the lyrics wrong.”

-As much as I think it would be fun if spy was surprisingly emotionally dense, i cant deny his canonical skills in that sort of field. That’s like. His whole game. I think his approach to trying to help anyone with romance is “he wont unless youre prepared to basically just inflate his ego for the sake of a few tips.” A la expiration date.

-no doubt in my mind that heavy and medic dont agree with a single thing that the other gleams from reading books. Said with love. They will argue about meanings and subtext and the value of interpretation until it sounds like someone’s about to file for divorce and then end with “so same time next week ^_^?”

-I will be so honest with you. I do not know if i could ever see scout being a father, much less a good one NDGSKHJDKNJJ.

Actually . Hm. Thinking about it. I could. SEE it in a sense. I think he would have some good steps to go off of because of his Mom. Unsure of how good his ma’s parenting was but she at least was very caring toward her kids. He’d have that. But i think he’d have to be a lot more emotionally mature to be able to process how his own current issues with dads and fatherhood would healthily translate into being a dad himself. I could see him being really laid back and maybe a little too “im not just your parent, im your friend,” and any hypothetical kid he has would Not take his ass seriously. I think having to parent a teenager would kill him.

[the-s1lly-corner]

hii

I've seen you're taking creepypasta requests ? I really like your Zalgo's concept ! so..

can you drop some of your headcanons about him?? I'm really interested!!

stay safe!

Zalgo headcannons!

hihihihi i promise i saw you send this in a few hours after you asked this and i truly didnt mean to push writing this off for so long ive just been going through it (2 new interests have been kicking my ass for the past 7 or so weeks) but we're back !!

CAUTION these hcs are heavily centered around my concept!! i wasnt totally sure if you wanted these as romantic, so i decided to go down a middle road and just make it how interacting with the guy would probably go down + other ideas!! warning this is a lot of scattered rambling because my brain is all over the place and its 7am

the main thing that my take on zalgo and the main fandom interpretation have in common is the fat that theyre both powerful entities capable of causing mass destruction and chaos

however my zalgo exists more so as a... weird half concept half tangible entity if that makes sense? like he indirectly interacts with the world around him instead of going out and wrecking things himself; a close comparison i can think of is mother mabuka from fran bow but even then it seems she has more direct influence in that universe compared to zalgo... or maybe my interpretation of her is all whack too but eh

exists everywhere and nowhere at once, in my au he's responsible for the creation of the other creepypasta characters. for demon characters like slenderman or the rake he hand crafted them himself to cause torment. for characters like ben or eyeless jack he plants the seed to cause them to become what they were. for ben he allowed him to come back as an angry ghost, and for eyeless jack he made the curse that eventually infects the guy (although jack was just the unlucky host, zalgo had no specific target)

and keeping true to the original zalgo comic stuff, he can corrupt media in anyway he wishes, and perhaps implant subliminal messages or 'viruses' to infect more people? that second part is mostly a concept idea but i vibe with it

so how does one interact with a being that doesn't totally exist?

well

you dont

at least you cant initiate it; no if zalgo wants to be perceived by you he'll come to you, typically if you can offer something to him (usually the ability to cause issues for others, ie general creepypasta character criteria)

injecting this really quick but admin is really into the concept of certain characters/entities being just a simple part of nature, zalgo falls under this idea. he just exists because of the laws of the universe

is he capable of forming bonds? sure he definitely has some sort of favoritism towards certain creatures thanks to how effective they are, but like, what about emotional bonds?

probably not, if im being honest; like sure he can check in on you more often than his other agents of chaos, but that doesn't necessarily mean hes your friend

but lets pretend you somehow made friends with the omnipresent and almost omniscient birthplace of wrath and doom:

you cant touch him but he can touch you, kinda. it kinda feel like being wrapped around with a huge freeing cold and immensely heavy blanket when he decides to grace you with his presence

you know how when in adventure time, the lich makes the screen go dark (ex. the fall meme) i feel like itd be something like that

though ive never watched adventure time/never got too far into it SOBS i plan on changing that i promise

oh he is so so so clingy and he so truly hates your mortality

even in death he wont let you go, he'll probably forcefully bring you back, and by extension twisting you into something you weren't before

like this dude is genuinely not someone you want to fuck around with

even if you dont end up dying hes probably going to change you in some way at some point

on a lighter note hes the type to tear the world apart for you, both in the "i care about you as much as a creature like me can" and a "if you ever leave me im going to find you, i already know where you are because i have eyes everywhere"

like i dont like writing stuff that can dip into yandere territory but like. zalgo would do that kind of shit

bonus hcs, he doesnt really care how people perceive him.. because they cant, and even if he allows it he still doesnt care. wanna use any pronouns for him? he doesnt give a damn. see him as a god? as a devil? he doesnt care. truly could not give a shit what you think, he is unbothered

i feel my hcs for him have shifted a bit since i last brought him up in a post but i think

out of all the creepypastas, zalgo is the one i have with the most changing hcs

esp since in this au hes like. the reason everyone exists as they are, and why everything is going on; he is literally the reason all the bad things happened to everyone and hes responsible for the monster-type characters existence

okay thats all i apologize again if this is a mess i simply got. silly and im running off two hours of sleep and im scratching my brain trying to remember my ideas since i havent really thought of zalgo in 2 months (thanks to other brainrots SOBS)

[gr1an]

someoje said to come to you over this so. CANNOT get over gemtho. they're literally so cute wtf

its so stupid because like there are a billion reasons why this doesn't work relating to their compatibility and personality and all that shit but at the same time like

???? Im just saying they'd be cute kissing each other in that tunnel and cuddling and etho is so laid back and serene and its the exact opposite of gems frantic energy and they kinda rub off on each other (figuratively) as in etho makes gem more chill when they're both just going about their day or exploring and when gem wants to Commit various felonies and crimes and end up in jail etho will go along with it because he will forever deny it but he imagines a life with her every night when he goes to sleep in his house and in bed in the dark apart they feel a part of them missing so they do their best to walk together in the light

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ive just realised this is hardly a question. my interminable yapping will not cease but I do still want to get the point across so.... what makes u ship it :3333

i would actually really disagree with the lack of compatibility thing?

i think that gem is outgoing but still introverted, and she really loves talking to people and making a lot of friends, as well as helping out those friends! we see this with skizz’s terraforming, building the pathing infrastructure near cherry mountain, and with her letting etho take whatever he wants from her base! but at the same time that she is helpful, she is not a people pleaser. she’s assertive and funny. she goes up to her friends chests and takes stuff out bc “these are mine now actually” but she has the ability to do that bc she’s so charismatic and easy to love!

and this plays very well with etho’s general awkwardness to the point of nigh agoraphobia at some points. (i hc c!etho as selectively mute bc he just. doesn’t/can’t talk if he feels socially anxious. he accidentally built up a persona of cool and aloof despite being the wettest cat alive.) i am very new here but i think the first time they spoke to each other for an extended period of time was while gem was teaching him how to fight. and bc gem’s charisma comes from being adaptable to situations but still maintaining her personality, she was able to teach etho a lot (counter-critting, stopping sprinting in order to crit, crit combos) and they both very clearly enjoyed it a lot! etho and gem were laughing and talking basically the whole time, and i think that’s where their dynamic of mutually teasing each other as a way to show affection started. gem didn’t treat etho like someone on a pedestal they could never reach, and she also didn’t expect him to be amazing right away. she let him be fallible and we know that all of the ppl etho is close to do the same things. every duo etho is a part of has a strong dynamic of mutual teasing. him and bdubs, him and cleo, him and joel, and more recently him and tango. with tango though that relationship is pretty new and so a lot of their interactions are just focused on redstone.

and i don’t think gem is that feral or frantic? she gets very absorbed into her projects and she likes being silly with it. she also Commits to the Bit. but i don’t think, at least this season, she’s very off-the-wall. again, i’m new here, and i’ve only seen gem’s perspective of her s10 videos and the hide and seek one, so i am still new to her character/persona.

i think one reason ppl may think of her as feral is because of the way she interacts with specifically etho. and also the “geminislay” nickname. but she’s more than that nickname. in all of the clips of them in decked out, she is at max energy and is constantly punching/fighting etho, but they’re both giggling like schoolgirls the entire time. she doesn’t do that to other ppl though, so it’s not just her general personality. it’s her cute aggression instinct. she’s infatuated with etho so naturally her reactions to anything he does are going to be exaggerated and over the top. but she’s not always seized by that cute aggression instinct, she’s absolutely able to hang out with etho while at a lower level of intensity. etho though does sometimes instigate bc he also thinks she’s adorable. he hit her like 6 times as they dug the tunnel, i’m not convinced that all of those were accidental.

and etho isn’t laid back and serene, he’s earnest and silly and intelligent but also very uncomfortable in most social situations. the recent clip of him literally being a wet cat while asking beef for shulkers (he wants them nyeow!!) is a bit of an insight into how he is actually very silly! his little “oh schnappers” is also a good example. he just doesn’t always show it or show that he cares bc he doesn’t know how to do it in a way that isn’t awkward, and the feeling of awkwardness is like his least favorite feeling in the entire world.

sorry all that to say: they are incredibly compatible and i’m making them kiss. sillies.

[soukokutruther]

im not waiting for anyone to ask me, im just infodumping ab dazai

i like him for a lot of reasons !! it usually starts out that i relate to characters, which is how it started w dazai too, but really idk bro he just makes me so sad and idk how to explain i just LOVE DAZAI hes my baby hes my pookie ill die for him thats all anyone needs to know

i have a lot, but id say probably that he likes cats/is compared to cats a lot, and is good with children, i just find it very sweet. also i love his style, and i love how intelligent he is.

how he treated akutagawa, although i dont blame him since he was like, a child, who didnt know how else to act due to how he was raised and grew up, too, although it still doesnt excuse it, and its still my least fav thing about him.

tokyo ghoul

dove- doll version (antihoney),

elements of my past (metaphorically, i wasnt in the mafia obviously 😭), cats >>> dogs, secretive, im not dazai smart but i mean id say im pretty intelligent 🤷🏻, mindset, um !! other stuff !! 🥰

i like how deeply they analyze him in order to understand him better and dont water him down to just "sad suicidal bandage man" (like ive seen some ppl do)

erm... i dont like how the rest of them water him down to sad suicidal bandage man. i also hate when people say hes a bad person, because hes not, the whole point of bsd is that most if not all characters are morally gray, and although dazai did things that were in fact, not okay, its not so black and white to be like "omg fuck he sucks hes a terrible character" (obviously u can still dislike him bc everyone has an opinion and thats okay but like as a character hes a lot more than just a bad person 😭 in fact id say hes grown to be a very good person)

i could see it tbh

i could also def see it (atsushi kinnie moment fr)

meh maybe, im more of a chuuya and poe guy tho 😁

i have a lot, i hc him to be an age regressor, and also i hc him to be autistic + transmasc. also hc that when they were in the mafia and chuuya found out dazai was living in a shipping container chuuya forced him to move in w him :3

i could see him using this all the time 🤕 and also :P he def sends that as kunikida screams at him over text lmfao

light academia

soukoku OBVIOUSLY, im THE soukoku truther (i also like sigzai but just for fun tbh, and i LOVE souheki but i see them as a qpr more than a ship. i dabble in kunizai every now and again as well)

i have a lot of least favs 💀 prob dazatsu and odazai, theyre both so wrong for so many reasons 😭

fyozai, im 50/50 on it because i can see it, but also idk what it is i just cant rly get myself behind it

soukoku !! <333 its not canon theyre a ship, but they do have a very beautiful canon relationship, whatever the dynamic of it may be

fyozai...

dazatsu !! i love them as best friends, theyre so sweet :)

i love to do a lot of things when writing dazai lmfao, i love to write dazai agere/petre fics, i love to make him sad and depressed mwahahahaha, i love to just make him suffer honestly (but its okay its always hurt/comfort i wouldnt do that to pook) !! but also im not evil (mostly), i love to make him pet kitties in fics/draw him w cats, i love writing him going out to bookstores and reading, i love writing autistic dazai, transmasc dazai, i love describing his eyes and how he looks in the moonlight, i just love writing ab dazai tbh. smth i dont like ?? idk making him cis, dazai is transmasc to me and will never be anything else tyvm have a good day 👍🏻

honestly the same things as before, i write what i wanna read lmfao

fav pic, i do have one, i just dont feel like getting it rn sry :3

honestly dazai is rly unique ive never quite come across another character like him 😭 i do think of him when i see lucky from acnh tho hehe

loved him from when i first laid eyes on him, will die loving my pookie <333

CHARACTER ASK GAME!!! 💫

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[spatio-rift]

I just found your account and as a devoted zanark simp for almost 3 years now i MUST talk about him or else i will explode and die.

I would love to hear any headcanons you might have for him🙏

Also your art is absolutely adorable!!

HELLO MY FELLOW ZANARK FAN vigorously shakes ur hand 🤝🤝🤝

i think youve probably seen a bit of that here and there on my blog already but um if were talking about my favorite hcs when it comes to zanark... i read a pixiv comic once where it turned out as a result of his upbringing and the kind of childhood he had as an outcast who was always alone + then going to prison zanark never learned how to read and write and its something i like a lot 🥺 i try to casually incorporate that into everything i do w him... (i think the same thing probably goes for a lot of second stage children who had to fend for themselves since they were very young...!! who would have taught them..? though they might have learned while in feida later from other kids!! obviously that wouldnt apply to zanark though!!)

erm i always wonder what kind of relationship he has with zanark domain and i just dont think it would make sense for him to see them as friends or even just sort of part of His Gang cuz hes a loner so ive been assuming theyre actually fellow mugen prisoners who were offered a lighter sentence or other such things for helping him out against raimon after omega 3.0 got sent to loser baby jail so far. most of them really respect his strength so there arent any issues abt his attitude mostly but like yeah i just cant see him respect them enough to be his friends or even associates lawl theyre like his fans to me. lord zanark fanclub pal pack and all that

also i think he doesnt care to learn most peoples names because its funny to me and hes just that self centered. he knows raimon as a unit and nishiki personally by name but like thats it. not his full name though which really annoys nishiki because hes got this whole thing about having the same name as sakamoto ryouma and that was when he saved his life and stuff he should KNOW this.

OH WAIT i do actually have actual hcs about him and shit. i just checked my notes. i like to think hes not completely bullshitting everyone when he calls himself a nameless nobody from nowhere (this rolls off the tongue way better than what he literally says in jp you have to admit) so imo he did actually grow up on the streets (see first paragraph) after being abandoned (and specifically abandoned i dont think hes an orphan i think his parents left him behind like fei cuz he was freaky lol) and he really did not have a name until he got caught by el dorado and they had to put a name on his file and zanark avalonic was just what he thought of in the moment. but it slaps so hes allowed to do his bit about being nameless with a name. if i thought of something that good i would also add it to my catchphrase even if it makes it not make sense anymore.

and i also thought about his crimes before and personally what i think is. its mostly stuff like stealing and property damage, maybe specifically the theft of a timecraft and unlicensed time travelling + modifications to the time route as separate heavier offenses, and i wont rule out some fisticuffs and injuries to other people but its definitely not something Huge like killing people. i think he mostly is considered That dangerous a criminal bc of his attitude and of course his being a second stage child and not because he did some Massive Awful crime or something. but thats also kind of related to what i think about el dorado and second stage children which isnt necessarily what canon suggests near the end... but well thats a whole other subject. all this to say that i DID ponder his crimes for a while.

UM I WILL STOP THERE LAWL thank you so much for liking my art and finding it cute <3 i know his design and voice dont help his case but it was really upsetting for me to find out that some people dont even seem to realize he is a child 😭 calling him a grown ass man and whatnot so im making it my lifes mission to draw him looking ever so slightly more his age🥴

btw heres my favorite pic of him from baku gaidenshuu. CHOMP

[sillyman-inc]

DO U HAVE ANY KWAZII HEADCANONS PLS PLS

Oh yes I do.

Yes I do.

*mischievous laughter*

Okok.

I have a lot.

So buckle down for this.

Kwazii is trans (ftm), omnisexual (male pref) and catgender ! Also I hc he’s on the aroace spectrum as well (still can have attraction just rare basically). Since me too. And I kin this mf so. Self projection. Anyways goes by he/they/paw pronouns !

You’re gonna look at him and tell me he doesn’t have ADHD and dyslexia? /lh

I wanna say he’s like 5”5 and comes to shoulder height with Shellington and chest height with Barnacles.

Eye stuff:

He has heterochromea! The eye that’s always showing is a yellow and the one that’s covered up is a green :)

He has light sensitivity and sensory issues to his right eye (one that’s always covered) so he just keeps it covered and only takes it off when needed.

OH BUT ALSO. He sees this as somewhat of an advantage because in dark areas he’s able to see very well with that one eye and it doesn’t really hurt ! Actual pirates would wear eyepatches so they could see better at night so I hc he does this too (I stole this from my friend Miles, hi Miles if you’re seeing this)

Also cats cannot see very well. Like. At all. So I feel like he’d wear glasses or contacts.

I think he’s a medium fur haired cat. I don’t really think he’s a shorthair.

He is a tabby cat :)))

Broken humor.

He has insomnia and that’s why he falls asleep midst in missions so easily. Also he cannonically wakes up in the middle of the night to go do his thing while everyone’s sleeping. Like he sneaks out.

He smells like an ashy campfire with salt. Yeah.

I like to think his room smells like mint because mint scents actually help ward off spiders. Fun fact.

His uniform! I always draw him wearing an oversized one with the sleeves rolled up and there’s a reason for this and part of it is me self reflecting: he has sensory issues to tight fitting clothing, so he got a big shirt and he rolls up the sleeves just cause I feel like that fits him. Same goes for his pants.

He’s lost so much feeling in his tail. That tail has been smashed, stung, bitten, pulled, etc so many times. He’s just. Lost so much feeling in it.

Much like the barnacles headcannon: has a lot of scars but fur covers over a lot of it. Slightly different texture in areas though.

I like to think that the huge closet he has is also his de-stimulation room/area for when having overstimulation :)

He stims a lot. Like. A lot. Both verbal and physical.

Him and Tweak are best friends.

And Ik I said this in Barnacles one but him and Barnacles have a very much found brother relationship and have a little support system for mental health.

He’d be a really good dad. He’s canonically very good with kids and very protective around em

Actually has pretty low self esteem/confidence. He’s just loud. He reminds me of a very specific scene in LMK where wukong and MK are talking and Wukong goes “you need confidence” and MK just defends himself like “WHAT IVE GOT PLENTY CONFIDENCE!” And Wukong just goes “no you’re just loud.” And then MK just looks personally attacked and Wukong is trying to give him advice on how to get it and MK just replies with “fake it till I make it?” And Wukong just yells at him.

Anyways Kwazii reminds me of that scene in MK’s POV I don’t even know if that made sense but yeah.

So yk how earlier I talked abt eyes, ok so not exactly a Kwazii one but I like to think that the reason all the pirate stories are over exaggerated or close but off is cause once again: cats can’t see well. And all the pirates we’ve seen/have been referred to have been cats.

Is both a positive influence. And a chaotic one.

Mans would end up in the sick bay at like 4 AM.

They give me the vibes of someone who survives off of 2 hours of sleep, caffeine and pure chaos and the second he sits down he can and will crash.

Has really bad abandonment issues. Uh. Yeah.

Rejection dysphoria and anxiety. Cause me too.

Ok listen a lot of these are just me self projecting.

And now that I’m here I’m thinking I wanna add more to the barnacles one so. There should be more there if you guys wanna go see that. Yeah

Anyways.

Has probably bitten some of the crew.

He’s probably used very pirate-y terms to describe people and NO ONE on the crew know what he’s talking about so he has to translate. Like he’d say somethin like “He’s a Scrooge of the seven seas!” And the crew just looks confused and he just goes “he’s really violent.”

Speaking of pirate terms- I like to think he’s called inkling the quartermaster and Barnacles a coxswain :)

yeah.

I got these from dis website: https://www.pirateglossary.com/namecalling

Also some of these terms do point to suggestive topics so you’ve been warned prior to looking.

Anyways, he likes drawing and painting :) I say this cause he painted the gup B and. Yeah.

I like to think he knows how to flirt but it’s a very silly/dorky way. /pos I mean he CAN. Be smooth but. I like silly.

Angry catboy.

I definitely have more. But I am bombarding this post and I feel like most of you have stopped listening by now so uh. Yeah.

Anyways Here’s a doodle I made of him a bit ago :) he has a neck.

Bye byeee

[serowotonin]

falling ; bakugou k.

pairing ( bakugou katsuki x fem!reader ) wordcount ( 2.4k ) genre ( fluff & basically pining )

↷ a hc-styled narrative describing the four stages bakugou katsuki goes through as he finds himself falling for you . . .

STAGE I ( impression ) ;

the first time bakugou laid eyes on you was during the entrance exam at UA. 

back then, you were just another face in the crowd of faces he was going to have to beat to earn his spot in UA

the first time bakugou spoke to you wasn’t memorable to him either

like with everyone else, he was loud and rude and made it very clear he wasn’t interested in playing friends

after that you became a part of the class, just another extra, someone who’d just get in the way

that was all he thought you were… 

until you kicked todoroki’s ass one day during training

the teachers had paired everyone in the class and told you to practice your 1-on-1 combat skills using your quirk 

bakugou, who was paired with kirishima went first

you and todoroki were to be the last pair

despite a good effort put up by kirishima, bakugou still ended up winning that round

when it was finally yours and todoroki’s turn, bakugou paid extra attention

in his mind, he knew todoroki was powerful and someone to watch out for

but what happened was quite unexpected

you maneuvered easily through todoroki’s attacks with a combination of physical prowess and creative usage of your quirk

let’s just say his ice didn’t work on you and he was caught off guard, allowing you to snatch a win 

needless to say, most of your classmates were a bit surprised at first

bakugou included

they knew you were strong but they didn’t know you were that skilled

whatever the rest of the class thought didn’t matter to bakugou though

all he knew was that now he had to keep an eye on you

STAGE II ( perspective ) ;

after that event, bakugou did indeed keep his eye on you

it started off with him observing your moves whenever the class had to do any training exercises 

he saw you fight with todoroki a couple more times after that

those didn’t end in easy victory for you as it did before because todoroki was now more wary of you

however, the way you evaded and countered his attacks was something to be praised

in bakugou’s subconscious opinion at least

your moves were carefully thought out and bakugou could see that

he could see the effort and practice you had put into perfecting them

not only that, he could also see the natural talent that you had to be able to become this strong

and it wasn’t only your fighting capabilities

you were also smart

maybe he hadn’t noticed it before but he did now

you seemed to always know the answer when a teacher called on you and your grades were great

slowly, but surely, you gained respect in his eyes 

if he knew one thing about you, it was that you were maybe the tiniest bit better than the other extras 

for a while it stayed like this, him acknowledging you but never making it obvious and you just doing your thing

that was of course until one day in the morning before class started

mina, kirishima, and sero were talking about things as they usually were and somehow the conversation led to you

they were talking about how strong and smart you were and going on about stuff

bakugou must’ve turned his head in their direction or something but mina noticed him listening so asked him cheekily what he thought of you

“y/n? of course they’re strong. anyone could see that.”

he said that pretty loudly and didn’t seem to notice you walking into the classroom

and of course you heard

“did my ears deceive or did the bakugou katsuki just praise me?” you teased

he was pretty embarrassed, blushing and sweating a bit but trying to hide it

soon after though, class started and the ordeal was forgotten

but something about that interaction led to you and bakugou becoming closer

closer in that instead of passing the other off as another strong classmate as you usually would, you’d actually greet each other and talk 

you’d say hello to him in the mornings and goodbye after school and he’d just grunt or nod your way

but this was what it meant to be close to bakugou anyway

during the weeks that passed, bakugou found himself noticing you even more

before he only paid attention to your skills and thought about you as an enemy or rival of sorts

now it seems as if he’s just noticing the little things about you and your personality that make you who you were

he wasn’t doing it on purpose god forbid

no no it was just him being unknowingly observant

weeks turned into months and months turned into years

in a blink of an eye, you were all well in your second year

with everything that happened, you and bakugou became close

close enough for you to tease him at random times and close enough for him to ask you to fight him as training

by then it was safe to say bakugou knew you

he knew the little quirks you had 

he knew your different smiles, your different laughs

he knew your favorite foods and your not so favorite ones

he knew the many different little things that made you you

STAGE III ( contradiction ) ;

before the start of the third year, the class decided to have a little get-together party of sorts

to celebrate the start of their last year in high school and to catch up as everyone’s been busy with internships and whatnot

you spent the break away from tokyo so it’s been a while since you saw the rest of the class

naturally you were excited to be able to meet them all casually again before the intense studying and training that awaited you all 

bakugou, on the other hand, wasn’t too excited

frankly, he could do without seeing the class before school

but when he heard you were going to be there, he also agreed to go

so there you two were with the rest of the class at a cinema buying drinks and popcorn before your movie started

the neon lights and the prospect of popcorn lit up your face and bakugou couldn’t help but stare

there was just something, something he couldn’t quite figure out

it’s not that you were beautiful, it’s not that you looked cute in that outfit, it’s not that your smile was making his heart flutter

no it wasnt any of that true though they may be

you just.. you looked nice

thats why he was staring

yeah he hasn’t seen you in a while and you come back looking *nice* 

of course he would stare

anyone would

apparently you had noticed him staring though, so you sent a wink and a grin his way before turning back to the popcorn and drinks

in other words, you killed him

with ridiculously high levels of cute and nice

kirishima and sero were just watching the whole thing happen and hell was it obvious to them

their boi was falling hard

now they knew he’d never admit it and they knew you weren’t likely to do anything about his “crush” even if it was obvious to you too

so…

while bakugou was busy helping you carry your popcorn, they devised a rather devious plan

operation: jelly burst

objective? none other than to make explody boiy jealous

for what reason? no reason really it’s just fun to mess with him and this is probably the first time he’s had this big a crush

once everyone finished buying popcorn and was walking into the cinema, operation: jelly burst was put into action

“hey y/n ! come sit next to me” — sero

so you did, nothing strange bout that, sero was a good of yours anyway, nothing strange at all

bakugou moved to come sit next to you too but kiri hurried past him and sat down on your other side before he could

“oh hey bakubro didn’t see ya there sorry”

the seat kirishima stole was the last seat on the aisle

and bakugou was forced to go sit somewhere else

alone

poor guy</3

the seat he found was a few rows above yours though and all went according to the jelly burst plan

by the end of the movie, bakugou was in the foulest mood and no one, except for the 2 lads sitting on either side of y/n, knew why

operation: jelly burst didnt end there though

see they got him jelly but they haven’t gotten him to burst

the next week at school, kirishima and sero both acted really nice to you

it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary but they did talk to you just a tad bit more than usual

either way bakugou noticed big time and he did not like it

he did not like it one bit

the jelly was there alright

it was just boiling to unprecedented levels

pretty soon, the boys dumped the idea of operation: jelly burst 

mainly cos it was taking too long 

but also because bakugou had become at least 10x more hostile

except to you of course

for some reason, a reason absolutely no one could figure out(sarcasm intended), he was just

quiet around you

didnt yell but didnt really talk to you either

whenever anyone else, kiri and sero especially, tried to talk to him though, he’d shout louder and be a lot ruder to them 

he’s just agitated

and he knew why he was that way

he’s just in denial about it

he’s also in denial about the reason why

why couldn’t he just accept his feelings and act on it already?

kirishima asked him that one day in the dorms

he saw bakugou staring very intensely straight at you without blinking for a full minute

“look man, don’t even try to tell me you don’t like y/n. it’s obvious and i’m not an idiot. you aren’t either.”

“i know shitty hair. it’s just… i’m me. and she’s y/n. nothing’s ever gonna happen.”

“you don’t know that”

“but i do. cmon, she’s just so fucking perfect even with all her flaws. and i’m just the loud guy with exploding hands and no emotions.”

kiri was surprised honestly

this wouldn’t be the first time bakugou was insecure around him but the way bakugou talked about you and how he implied he wasn’t worthy

damn that hit kirishima 

“bakubro, i’m gonna help you”

STAGE IV ( intimacy ) ;

ever since he told kirishima abt what’s been bothering him about you and ever since kirishima declared he’d help, bakugou became more…

quiet

he was still loud, but he just became a soft kind of loud now(?)

it was like he got calmer and he was assured that things would be okay

of course things were not okay

why? because ever since bakugou fully accepted his feelings for you, he doesnt know how to act around you

the other day you asked him what he wanted to eat for dinner cause you were cooking tonight

his answer:

“you”

“umm..”

“-you can make anything you want. i’ll eat whatever.”

that and a lot of other little awkward incidents started occurring

also maybe it was just the weather but he always seemed red whenever you saw him

it wasn’t the weather though

it was him being shy and nervous and flustered

which made bakusquad extremely weirded out cause seeing him like that is like seeing aizawa cheerfully smiling and wearing bright color clothes

it was weird af and was just not right

anyway, mina’s advice to him was to try to get closer to you

“but we’re already close”

“no i mean closer on a personal level. ask her how her day was or ask her random stuff about her likes and dislikes or her hobbies or literally anything”

“oh… ok then”

and so he tried that

he tried getting closer to you by greeting you every morning and sometimes asking you if you slept well

you found it odd

it certainly was odd, but you didn’t mind

if you ask him why he asks about your sleep he just goes red and says he needs to make sure his opponent for his afternoon sparring session is well-rested and healthy

speaking of the sparring sessions…

he asks you to spar more often than usual and actually makes small talk during your breaks

he was also a lot nicer to you, offering to help carry stuff for you and assisting you in the little things

like getting a mug from the kitchen’s high shelves or picking up the pencil you accidentally dropped

what he did worked though and within a few weeks, the two of you got a lot closer

the next step, as mina put it, was “making sure she knew you weren’t interested in her as a friend”

now that was hard for bakugou to do

“it’s not that hard. you could just tell her.”

bakugou: ..??

“basically confess”

bakugou: wha- *shortcircuits*

CONFESSING

he never thought about that

he actually has

he knew in his mind he’d have to do it eventually if he wanted to have you

but he didn’t think it would be *this soon*

“dont think that much and just tell her you like her”

“you’re making it sound easy”

“because it is!”

he groaned internally

he’s faced tons of villains and been in quite the number of fearful situations but the fear he felt now was completely different 

“look if you’re afraid of rejection just confess like this”

*sero clears throat*

“*y/n i like you and i would like to be something more than friends. i’m not going to pressure you into anything so if yoh don’t want to we can just pretend this never happened>:)”

“...”

bakugou ended up confessing the next day though

just not like that

it was a spur of a moment thing and he wasn’t really aware he said it until you responded

the two of you were sparring as usual and you had just gotten close enough to knock him down and pin him to the ground

in that moment you were just so beautiful and amazing and everything and he just couldn’t keep it in apparently 

“i like you”

“w-what?”

“what?”

“did you just say you liked me?”

“like not liked dumbass”

“:o present tense o:”

well long story short, you like him too and you tell him that and you two just sit there grinning like idiots 

from then on things didn’t change much

you and bakugou still talked, although maybe more than usual

and still sparred with each other, although maybe less seriously and more playfully

some were surprised when it became known you were together

some weren’t 

whatever other people thought though, they couldn’t deny one thing:

bakugou looked at you as if you were the world

STAGE ∞︎ ( fallen ) .

note ; i started writing this soo long ago but then abandoned it cuz thats just me:”] bUT i decided that since its his birthday i might as well finish it up and finally post it u.u,,, also TYSM @animebsposts for helping me with this ily and ur amazing<3

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[shoichee]

okok hc or fic: reader was teiko’s “head” manager(?) and her talent was being a medic (if someone gets injured they’re back on the court in under a minute type thing) and training plans. suddenly momoi’s talent blooms, she starts working w/ everyone in the team (+ reader’s crush akashi) and people think she’s a better manager than reader. because of this, she overworks + collapses in front of her best friends kuroko + kise (don’t let akashi know yet i have plans for that 👀)

HELLO? YES OFFICER? I JUST FOUND A BANGER REQUEST RIGHT HERE? YOUR BRAIN IS SO BIG AND SEXY IVE BEEN DYING TO WRITE THIS🏃🏻‍♀️💨 part 2 here and part 3 here AND update: part 4 here

Akashi x Reader

[Teiko!manager Headcanons]

you had a knack of being a natural chiropractor in loosening up tense muscles instantly (for more fluid play) or easily putting in back dislocated joints

basically you have crackhands

in your free time as a hobby and a job as the “head manager” (that Akashi announced to the team himself), you’d often bury yourself in anatomy studies and gym plans on the internet and databases to review over Akashi’s team training routines to see if they were effective and safe; oftentimes, you’d return back with improved plans, and as time went on, Akashi entrusted you with creating the plans yourself completely

you took on the job so eagerly to impress the Teiko captain, if you were being honest to yourself

your enthusiasm even inspires Momoi, Teiko’s other manager, to work harder

no one in Teiko knows physiology better than you, and as expected, it was also your best subject along with health

Kise often looks at you in horror and respect at how you don’t cringe/flinch at the loud cracks resonating across the room or court when players come to you for instant relief (the origin story of how he came to call you (y/n)-cchi was the very fact that you manage to put back his dislocated shoulder in 3 seconds flat one game)

when Kuroko first joined the 1st-string, he was a walking magnet for injuries, and you ended up being there for him every single time… nosebleeds? check. sprained ankle? check. nausea from over exhaustion? check.

both you and Kuroko relish in the fact that everyone in the team can never understand how the both of you do some incredible things with your hands

both of you being quite dexterous, you both often teach each other your specialties for fun; it’s almost shocking to see Kuroko effortlessly loosening up a stress knot and you pulling off a well-done palm pass

you admit, you do juggle a lot of responsibilities… from being a makeshift nurse, to a chiropractor, to a budget gym coach, and even to being moral support

Momoi often reminds you to take breaks being the caring person that she is

you often showed her the ropes and tricks of being a manager, on top of your duties, and you find it really endearing that she’s so earnest in learning from you

even if you enjoyed doing what you do, part of the massive workload is to try to get into Akashi’s good graces

talking to him about basketball duties is easier to achieve than talking to him outside of the extracurricular

you might be a tad bit insecure about it; after all, what middle schooler is already so accomplished in academics, sports, and everything you could think of? wasn’t he also studying to take over his father’s company??

to you, who only starred as Teiko’s humble manager, it felt hard trying to establish common ground for conversation outside of basketball

so you stuck to working hard at your position, hoping that your work ethic would get his attention one day; you were a firm believer of actions over words, so you hoped your actions would come off as genuine

picture you and Momoi running across campus with stacks of papers for the team… it makes most of the teammates’ hearts melt at the sight

your work certainly got you praises from other teammates, but out of all players, Kise was the one who figured out your motive

you felt absolutely morbid; to think that Kise, of all people, would figure you out like the back of his hand

Kise being sweet as he is, offers to help you get with the captain but you merely prompted to threaten to break his arm if he spilled your crush to anyone else

“(y/n)-cchi… I’ve been thinking.”

“Yes, Kise?”

“It’s really cool that you’re working so tirelessly for the team, but I can’t help but wonder if there’s a reason why you work so hard.”

“O-Of course I do! I want to see you guys all succeed!”

“Then I’m curious as to why you always look at Akashicchi—o-ow, ow, ow!! (y/n)-cchi, I’m sorry! So can you please let go of my—ow!”

“H-How did you know?!”

“I-It was as obvious as day, (y/n)-cchi! I’m pretty sure even Kurokocchi found out about this before I did!”

“N-No way!!”

“Tell you what, I’m super duper knowledgeable in this stuff! You can count on me for this sort of advice—OW!”

spoiler alert: Kise was right in that Kuroko definitely noticed your attraction to Akashi before anyone else… he just never brought it up to you

one day, Kuroko comes up to you to whisper:

“(y/n)-san, have you realized that Akashi-kun has been observing you recently during practice?”

“W-Wait! Is he looking over here right now?”

“Not that I think. He’s occupied with the coach right now.”

“D-Do you think this is a good sign?”

Kuroko gives you a small smile before he replies, “I would like to think so. Keep working hard, (y/n)-san.”

and you do, you’re constantly on top of your game for the next season until Momoi suddenly gets more recognition for her “precognitive defense” skills

her newfound talent was extraordinary and never-before-seen, and her ability became more critical to Teiko’s victories than your own skills

you were happy and proud for her, because after all, her achievements were extremely deserving to be praised

it’s only when some 1st-string players started making offhand comments about how you weren’t really needed in the 1st-string and was more suited to the lower strings that placed seeds of doubt into you

these people would often compare you to Momoi in how she improved much more despite you being in the team for longer

there’s also talk about how your skills are more useful for 2nd-string and 3rd-string players because Momoi’s ability is already sufficient enough for Teiko’s starters

after all, how would a player even be injured if they can predict their opponents’ moves to avoid such incidents?

there’s also the fact that Akashi has been calling Momoi more frequently to research on upcoming teams for analytical data because her talent has become very useful to ensuring victory

the same peers and adults who gave you praise were the same people who began to ignore you or dismiss you; that being said, the collective change in attitude is definitely subtle enough that it would fly under most people’s radars

Kuroko was the first to notice and defend you against a small group of players who were bold enough to badmouth you in the gym

Kise would find out a little later about the somewhat unpleasant gossip about you and would pull the “no you” reverse card, returning back with MEANER underhanded comments that would send these shit talkers CRYING HOME (manga Kise strikes here unexpectedly eh?)

Murasakibara is someone who would be slightly uncomfortable with the gossip about you, especially since you’ve always been so helpful and kind to the team and himself; he’d either leave the room himself or easily scare them away with his looming height and presence without saying a single word when he enters the room “minding his own business”

Midorima is a bystander judging from how he’s reacted to the Teiko dynamic changes in the actual show // he, of course, wouldn’t like the nasty talk about you but would actually mind his own business, choosing to focus on himself and what he has to do to contribute to his team; he assumes that you would work hard the same way he is and let your contributions do the talking

now Akashi surprisingly wouldn’t hear much of the gossip, since his presence alone SHUTS them up and commit to their practices like normal; after all, it’s very clear that Akashi doesn’t tolerate this type of behavior in the team (example: Haizaki), and it’s more apparent that he wouldn’t hesitate to drop kick them out especially since he has a soft spot for you (which Kise never fails to bring this up to you, but you think he’s reaching too much into it) // TLDR; the teammates mostly have the common sense to not utter anything bad about you… maybe one kid would slip out and get punished for “bad sportsmanship,” but Akashi merely assumes that it’s just one bad apple and not necessarily… the many others as well

Aomine???? bro he ain’t even at practice wdym (HELPPP LMAOO) // jokes aside, if he catches wind of players shit-talking outside of the gym… say at the convenience store or when he’s walking home or something, well… they wouldn’t have a good time…

Momoi simply chastises the gossipers when they try to talk shit on you to make Momoi herself look good, and it leaves? such? a? horrible? taste? like, she wants to believe that they’re just really poor jokes and not what they really believe in, and the teammates merely reassure her that they’re just bad jokes and that they “wouldn’t do it again;” poor Momoi wholeheartedly believes them

the weird talks about Momoi being “the better manager” just signalled to you that you haven’t contributed enough to the team yet, and it motivated you to work even harder

oddly, you weren’t jealous of the fact that Momoi was receiving more positive attention than you

you were more afraid of the fact that you were going to get left behind, and this fear only tightened its hold on you when more teammates (who used to talk to you a lot) have changed their tunes when they speak with you now, compared to them talking to Momoi

and you felt that the Generation of Miracles would do the same too… including Akashi

it wasn’t an irrational fear for you because he’s already been calling Momoi a lot more frequently for help than you recently

so you even offered to mop the gym floors after practice, offered to stay later than usual to be the one to lock up the gym for anyone (cough, Kuroko) who wanted to practice whenever they wanted

at one point, you even tried to do what Momoi does: researching on upcoming teams and making your own predictions (that didn’t really work, and that cost you a few nights’ worth of sleep every single time)

not to mention that you still had regular school like any other student? you were the epitome of a mess

Kuroko was with you in the empty gym, you putting away the extra basketballs in the storage closet while he practiced his dribbling, until he heard a crash in there and a few basketballs rolled out the door

you collapsed right when you rolled in the basketball cart

POOR KUROKO HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO // he just tries to give you a piggyback ride as he abandons his plans of practice and tries to jog to the nearest local clinic

that’s where he bumped into Kise, who was heading home after an evening shoot when he saw the two of you

chaos ensue as Kise freaks out and Kuroko had to calm him down himself after answering the never-ending questions

at least the doctor there gave relieving news that you only collapsed from over-exhaustion and that the bruises from the fall were very faint

Kise makes a joke to Kuroko about, “What’s with you and (y/n)-cchi falling to the floor and fainting? You guys can’t be that alike.”

when you shortly regain consciousness, you were met with a… very stern Kuroko and Kise, who were both ready to hear your explanation and to scold you to oblivion

to your surprise, they were understanding; Kuroko understands the feeling of not being enough and working hard to meet other people’s expectations, and Kise understands the struggle of juggling multiple things in his schedule (come on, student, athlete, and model?)

they still scolded your ears off:

“(y/n)-san, you idiot. Why didn’t you ask anyone to help out?”

“That’s…”

“(y/n)-cchi, do you think we’re undependable?!”

“Er, no, that’s…”

you were still dizzy from the fall and the lack of proper sleep (and maybe nutrition if we’re being honest), and you were just a ball of stress

you kind of begged your best friends not to tell a SOUL to anyone about this incident, especially to Akashi… you didn’t want to look even more incapable in his eyes than you already were

they do agree on one condition: for you to take AT LEAST a day or two off school to completely recover and rest up (you reluctantly agree; besides how were you going to explain the bruises that can’t be covered to your peers?)

HELP WHY ARE KISE AND KUROKO THE BEST LIARS TOGETHER ON CAMPUS LITERALLY NO ONE SUSPECTS A THING… except Akashi, the ever sharp captain, felt something was amiss

especially since some Teiko players emanated a feeling of relief at the news of you not being here that day, or the next

Akashi would play detective sleuth and find out what’s really going on sooner or later

End Note: gonna cut this off here b/c I KNOW this anon got a juicy part two i FEEL IT

[wickedpact]

You can't just drop that "I read Forces Multiplied" bomb on us and not give a ten page written reaction.

[cracks knuckles] if u insist

nicky cant drive hc: destroyed. rip. also i loved how andy and nile stole those sports cars and were being badass and driving off the bridge & meanwhile joe and nicky were just absolutely vibing in the van

'heres the thing about power: people who have it think they deserve it' [shot of police car] i see u greg

5 whole panels being dedicated to booker not being able to unlock his door. booker not even seeing noriko sitting RIGHT THERE in the window at first. incredible

noriko being 24/7 horny was surprising. like wow all of the stuff i saw she did out of context was 100% equally horny in context as it was out of context. love that for her

i didnt think the 'andy + slavery' thing was handled as badly as everyone made it out to be when telling me about it. tho from the way it was talked about i had kind of figured the conflict between andy and nile re: slavery would be really racially charged (esp considering nile is a black american and would obvs have Thoughts on the subject in that regard) but like,, done in a cringey 'a-white-guy-obviously-wrote-it' kind of way? but it wasnt that. i mean. it makes sense that andy would be implicit in slavery through the years

i mean, like she says, is that not what people just did to each other in the aftermath of battles for thousands of years? and i really like how its pointed out that it was what she was raised with (in the beginning when you see her put shackles on that guy after the battle) but she also accepts responsibility for it and acknowledges that it was wrong and not just 'what people did'.

i like how from her expressions you can kind of tell baby andy knew it was off but she sets those feelings aside bc she felt angry. it explains how she felt but didnt make her out to be blameless in it. plus i mean. i dont know, the fact that andy was involved in a lot of morally shady stuff for 7000 years is not that wild for me. if you live that long youre just Going to be involved in some shit, and she didnt even have other immortals with her as positive community influences, she literally just did whatever the fuck she wanted for thousands of years

'i was worshipped as a god once' i mean, yeah no shit she wouldve been involved in some seriously fucked up stuff, gods were fucking scary back in the day

tldr it could use some polish but it wasnt that bad

tho everything people said about moose being boring was unfortunately a little true. sorry king i tried to be interested in you

joe and nicky writing verbal fanfiction about nile and moose was iconic. 'you seeing that?' 'i am definitely seeing that'

it was also extremely funny bc that was like 60% of their contribution to the whole comic, besides kidnapping copley. they came, they wrote some fanfic, they left. kings. at least in tog1 they had an excuse to be useless bc they got kidnapped

joe just found out his old friend who he thought was dead is alive (and also probably wants to murder them) and instead of investigating with andy he stopped to help nile up. champ.

nicky shooting noriko through andy was cool. rip to the concept since it wont happen in tog2

wanna see mr ejiofor deliver this line

on that note imo copley was. weirdly enough, more interesting in fm than in tog1. to me at least. the fact that andy let him live and he was so haunted by what had happened that he came back and sought them out despite knowing they would likely kill him for it bc he wanted to not only make up for what hed done but also to tell them what theyd done for the world was admittedly more interesting than andy just kind of drafting him to the cause and him going 'okie'

i like how nicky was drawn in this one. in opening fire he looks like a blob man but in fm he looks more like a very nice grampa with a very good dye job

'theres no pain like a broken heart' andy 🥺

noriko implying andy's never drowned. .. .idk about that one, she musta drowned sometime

joe and nicky came, they waxed poetic about nile's love life, they waxed poetic about grog, and then they left.

sports bras being a reason humanity is good. i mean..... okay, yeah.

i mean. wild but you cant exactly tell her shes wrong

i liked how noriko telling andy that their purpose is to make people suffer coincides with joe and nicky finding out that they actually did good all those years

joenicky in opening fire: jail for booker jail for booker for 100 years

joenicky when copley tells them he knows where booker is: WE'LL KILL YOU WHERE IS HE

joenicky when copley comes back: if your vibes come off as even remotely rancid we Will destroy you

joenicky 2 minutes later when copley helped them find booker: he made up some ground :)))) <3 lov you j cops

theyre forgiving af

moose: how old are you?? a hundred??? a thousand???

nile [vine voice]: I M 2 7 ?

alright andy you got me there

joe texts like my aunt

i dont know why noriko drowning andy in that car tickled me. Bad And Naughty Andromaches Get Put In The Pear Wiggler To Atone For Their Crimes.

the drowning sequence was cool

copley trying to talk to andy while she was like o_o at him was great

ive hit the picture limit but id seen that panel where nicky goes 'forgive me' as he kills a guy out of context and it was HILARIOUSLY anticlimactic for me to discover that there was literally no context to it. nicky just apologizes to random people he kills. i thought that guy was someone he knew or something. nope its just Some Guy that nicky didnt know from adam

nile's complaint that andy was especially brutal to the guys on the boat... i mean. . , how exactly does one kill a man with an axe and not be brutal about it?

it was funny how noriko kissed andy and the only people who seemed surprised by that were nile and also andy

nicky and joe's complete non-reaction to finding out noriko is alive And Evil Now is endlesly funny. they just left her on that boat and neither cared. i get book and nile not caring but joe and nicky knew her, and they just have 0 input on the subject of what to do with her

pinstripe suit guy!

joe and nicky and booker packing up and leaving with nile

andy blowing up at nile was A Moment tho

i dont know, i get why people didnt like the ending but its. .. . it makes more sense in the comicverse. bc the squad doesnt really. .. interact outside of jobs? i mean, think of the moon landing story in ttt. that was booker and joe and nicky doing a job and andy only showed up a for a couple minutes after it was done. or the brunch in the first issue of opening fire. the squad arent as tight in the comic, and andy often seems to do her own thing outside of work, so andy saying 'i dont want to do work anymore' and the squad being like 'alright bye then' makes more sense in this universe than the movie one

also i feel like greg was Trying to set up a thing where nile becomes the Leader of The Squad after andy dies but like. its not very well done since. . . i mean, nile hasnt spoken to booker since opening fire, (and she only knew him A Day). and shes known joe and nicky all that time, but there isnt really anything that indicates that they have any relationship at all, much less one that's grown. in all the comicverse the only time nile and nicky speak is in FM, and in that scene nicky tells nile about noriko. nile goes from someone who needs to be set aside to have background knowledge explained to her to being the Leader of the group with nothing in between. it kind of... comes out of nowhere.

on the other hand tho... i felt really bad for andy thru the whole thing. well, i always felt bad for andy, but in this one she seemed so miserable, especially since it really felt like none of the others actually.... cared about her. when noriko came back no one asked andy how she was doing (big question ik, but it wouldve showed they cared at least), nobody ever expressed any concern for her, no one even really seemed to want to be around her. in opening fire everyone was more distant than in the movie of course, but there were little moments where she would joke with joe, or nicky would try and comfort her, or stuff like that, but in FM it really felt like they just didnt really care about her. & in opening fire it felt a lot like andy's relationship with nile breathed some new life into her, but in FM it felt like all they did was argue. i get theyre not *as* close in the comics but it really felt like the only person who cared about andy at all was noriko (which was probably also how andy felt) but it just seemed to come out of nowhere. honestly i was reading and i was honestly agreeing with andy that she might just be better off if she did just die. opening fire, on the other hand, never make me feel that way

tho everyone made it sound like when the squad split up it was one of those cursed 'the found family leaves each other at the end of the journey' tropes. but guys i mean,,, this is the second installment out of three. that isnt the End. theyll come back in the third one and Dramatically Reunite to fight some baddies (probably those 'others' noriko mentioned). im guessing yitzhak fits into that too somehow.

anyways it wasnt That Bad but it made me kind of sad and the only Sweet Found Family vibes in it were when they saved booker. also they shouldve beefed up that nilemoose romance, it underwhelmed me. 6.5/10

i also ABSOLUTELY understand all of greg's comments about how you couldnt make FM directly into a movie, he always said that it had no plot and. i get it now. it really didnt have a plot sdfghjkl

[with-the-same-tattoos]

What do you think the sawyers parents were like?

Ok so I have like a whole hc timeline I would like to write down one day and WILL and KINDA STARTED TO WRITE DOWN, but u r literally asking me about the parents not the whole Sawyer family, so I'm gonna limit this to talking about them 😭💖 i'm a mess.

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Ok so !!!!! I have kind of a specific image of them in my head rn. Might change but yk.

I like to imagine that grampas son is their dad. Some mostly straight laced seeming lad from the meat plant, who. Started the whole cannibalism theme. I have a lot of thoughts on when that started and why but I won't go into it. But pap pap Sawyer was the dude. I imagine him as this gangly looking tall kinda lad who smiled a lot, who you could have a beer with, hang out w for a while, but who u really shouldn't talk much w, bc he would always kinda steer towards some slightly... odd... subjects. Morbid. Even slightly occult. I love that kind of country gothic flavored occultism. I don't see it as having stayed in the family, but I see papa Sawyer making some weird knicknacks meant to be functional objects for curses n stuff  that later inspired Nubbinses art. Quiet, but also- really distant. I think he would'v died around when Drayton was in his teens. I kinda feel like Drayton was more of a mommas boy, but Nubbins liked to hang around dads workshop and watch him work on his reading and such after work work. He wouldv' been distant, but open to Nubbins when he realized the kid was interested in whatever weird shit he got up to.

As for mama Sawyer, her coming from outside the family, I kinda like to imagine that she is just from a more "normal" family. maybe a little wealthier, but not too much. But like, her also working at the meat plant? Idk I just really love the image of this pretty tall 50s housewife coming from a neat family, but secretly being a natural born Sawyer; weird, crooked, and INCREDIBLY passionate about the meat industry. Immediately getting hired at the plant, coming in with a nice little brunette bobcut to do. Meat plant work. Very capable!!! Lovely lady. Unlike dad, I imagine her being jsut extremely in your face weird, but so loud and charming abt it that she kinda got away w it?

I like to think that mama & papa Sawyer were incredibly in love and got along well even tho they were pretty busy w their own tasks !!! As i mentioned I like to think that Drayton was a bit of a mommas boy. Inherited her bright cheery smile and funky fashion <3

(I think from the kids, Chop Top was the one to seek the outside world the most, kinda trying to make friends w some of the other kids, etc, and was a bit more unattached from the parents??? Dunno.bubba wouldv been too young when they died to properly remember them.) (In my hcs i mean.)

So yeah sorry thsi was very rambly but I just love the Sawyer family and again, I just wanna be a part of it so :') i think abt it a lot. Rip.

Also i WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER FOLKS IMAGINE THE SAWYER PARENTS BEING LIKE. I HAVENT SEEN COMMENTS ABT THEM???

Somethibg extremely quick. I... have this weird love for the Sawyers ive mentioned before, and I really do wanna do some more in depth content w them. Either some shitty writing or low effort comics. Idk i just like the vibes of tcm2 and wanna try to replicate them, lovingly 😎 im hella sleepy rn so im not making much sense but big thank u for asking!!!!! This is super fun to talk abt !!!!

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Hi, I think i left my hat here,

Ive just seen your idea on Kanto being kidnapped instead of killed and I raise you Toph getting kidnapped, potentially when still pregnant with Lin or Child 2 or maybe when they just have Lin? Do you think Kanto would be able to cope? Would he get help from the gang and how do you think little Linny would be affected if this was after she was born?

HAT ANON HI welcome back! I've got your hat here, but feel free to leave it in the ring if you want more convos (You can also take it and come back LOL :)

Great questions, and I'm in my Kantoph feels right now so I'm going to answer all scenarios haha!

If Toph was pregnant and kidnapped: I see Kanto going into a very emotional, primarily rage-induced state. He'd be hyper focused on getting her back and would likely do illegal stuff to get the answers he needs to find her. People aren't gonna be able to talk him down from anything because his family is literally missing and he doesn't know where they are and that would terrify him. He'd be obsessed with his mission, and when he gets her back... I can see him breaking down or being super strong and supportive for Toph until she's comfortable again. I'm leaning toward the former and having them comfort each other because the situation was traumatic for both of them and they want to help each other.

If Toph was kidnapped but Lin was like one: I feel like Kanto would still have a bit of an obsession with finding Toph, but his anger would be muted to keep a 'level act' when he's around Lin. I kind of have Lin as a Daddy's girl, so I don't see her as inconsolable during this time, but she would still be very confused and sad as to why Mama wasn't around to play with or something. And it would be apparent in Kanto's attitude that something was wrong and Lin would probably pick up on it like the smart baby she is lol. Lots of hugging and consoling each other while Kanto does everything he can to find Toph. After, I think Toph might be detached from them (depending on what happened to her) and keep her distance (she probably wouldn't know how to deal with the emotions). So Kanto would probably take the responsibilities and slowly try and help her ease back into society. Very similar to what Toph would do for Kanto. And Lin might have separation issues after, like she doesn't want to leave the presence of her parents because for some reason, she worries that they aren't coming back.

If Toph was kidnapped and pregnant and Lin was like one: Kanto would probably be an emotional wreck, very similar to the above scenarios, maybe even paralyzed from all the different emotions he's feeling and who he should prioritize: his pregnant wife or his actual baby? I feel like in the scenario where Lin is around, in the back of his mind he knows to prioritize Lin only because Toph would kill him if he neglected her. But in this situation... he'd be very torn I think he wouldn't be able to make a decision.

I see the whole Gaang helping with finding Toph. I feel like Katara and Zuko might be much more active when it comes to finding her because they know Kanto well and they spend a lot of time together now. But I also think Sokka would be secretly coordinating a ton of search and rescue missions. He'd be just as driven as Kanto in finding Toph, but he might not be so open about showing it? Idk this is if he still has feelings for her. Otherwise, I think the whole Gaang would show a similar amount of urgency and desire to find their friend because they all have a very different and special connection with Toph.

I think that answers all the questions... Thanks for the ask, Anon! Always lovely to chat haha. Feel free to ask more questions or send in HCs. Thanks again, and I hope you have a great day! :)

[petekaos]

all the way home i’ll be warm;

dec 18th brought one of the most wonderful people into the world! this is for @earthfluuke. maddie - words cannot express how much our friendship means to me. whether it’s rambling about aus that we will never write, or watching obscure and mediocre shows from five years ago, or just talking about the snow... it’s all so heartwarming! sometimes i still can’t believe the fact that we’re 7 hours apart and still manage to talk every day - or maybe that says more about our sleep schedules than anything. either way, i love you, maddie! i hope you have the best day, regardless of everything going on 💛

quick disclaimer for anyone who’s reading who isn’t me or madeline: non in this universe is our hc of non, not the non we see in the show. obviously the things he does in the show are damaging and indefensible. the only thing these two share is the same name. 

Family isn’t about blood. It’s about belonging, in the end. Pete and Kao’s little family throughout the winters.

i. six years old

“Is that snow?” asks Achara, eyes widening as she sits on the couch, pointing at the television. She’s curled up in the small blanket Mork had gotten her when she’d first come to live with Pete and Kao, holding a small teddy bear to her chest. Kao’d just picked her up from school on his way back. He looks up now from the kitchen, laying his knife to the side, peering around to see what she’s looking at. “The stuff falling from the sky.”

Kao moves around the kitchen counter to settle down next to Achara on the couch. Her hand closes around the edge of the blanket and draws it over him. It only covers half his leg from the size of it, but it’s the thought that counts, as Kao smiles, making sure the blanket is covered over his daughter. “What’re you watching?” he asks, blinking at the television. “Yeah, tii rak, that’s snow.”

“Have you ever seen snow before?” she asks, nudging his side, her eyes wide. “In real life?”

Kao shakes his head, leaning back. “I was born and brought up here. I haven’t even been further than Phuket - that’s ten hours away. Your dad, on the other hand...”

“P’Mork says he’s rich,” says Achara, and Kao has to stifle a laugh. 

“Yeah, your P’Mork has a point,” he says, pausing the cartoon. “Pete’s seen snow, I’m sure he can show you some pictures. Either way - what do you want for dinner?”

“Well, I want red curry,” says a voice from behind them. Kao’s mouth curls into an automatic smile as Pete presses a soft kiss to both his and Achara’s heads in turn. “Kaooo, can we have red curry?”

“If you show Achara your baby pictures in the snow, then anything can be done,” says Kao, and Pete groans. 

“I’ll have to dig those out of the attic,” he says, flopping down on the couch next to Achara, tucking the blanket around her. “You want to go see snow, baby?”

“Can we?” says Achara, turning to him. “Right now? That would be so cool!” 

“We’re not going anywhere right now,” says Kao, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “Maybe during the holidays - when you don’t have school and your father and I don’t have to work.”

“Promise?” she says, looking up to the both of them. “Really?”

Kao shrugs. “Like Mork said - Pete is rich,” he says, and is immediately met with a cushion thrown with the force of a thirty-something year old man with a vengeance. “He can take us anywhere, any time.”

“That’s not true - don’t listen to him,” says Pete, rolling his eyes. “Or your uncle, for that matter. We’ll see snow at some point, okay? Until then - red curry.”

Achara shakes her head. “Pictures first!” she says, and Kao holds his hand out for a high-five, grinning when she slaps his hand down. 

“That’s my girl,” he says, pressing a kiss to her hair.

ii. eight years old

“Did you pack the gloves?” asks Kao, keeping an eye on Achara as she bounds forward on the small pathway alongside the street.

Pete procures two sets of gloves from his seemingly endless jacket pockets. “Here they are,” he says, pressing them to Kao’s chest. “She has hers on, right?”

Kao laughs. “Have you looked at her?” he asks. “She looks like a little snowman herself, I think I bundled her into every layer possible.”

“Hey, she looks cute,” says Pete, nudging him. “Por’s gonna have a field day with all the pictures I’m going to take.”

“Did you call him today morning?” he asks, pulling his gloves on. “Tii rak, don’t wander off too far!”

“Yeah, Por!” calls back Achara, her scarf fluttering in the wind as she twirls around down the street. “The snow’s so cool!”

“Don’t run!” yells Pete, gloved hand reaching out to curl a finger around Kao’s. “Yeah, I called my dad. He said Non’s been stressing, cooking a lot for the two people living there. Too bad he couldn’t come with us, huh?”

Kao’s grip on his hand tightens as they make their way down the snowy little path. As promised two years ago, they’d found enough time to take off for a small trip to Japan, where it snows and of which Achara had been telling her friends at school all month - disappointed, however, that her big brother couldn’t come with them. “Well, he has his exams,” he says, bumping shoulders with Pete. “He can come with us next time.”

Pete’s mouth pulls into a frown. “He must be feeling pretty bad.”

“We’ll call him afterwards,” says Kao, as they come out to a little clearing. “It’ll be just fine.”

“Pa!” comes Achara’s calls from the distance. She’s rolled up a little ball of snow, waving for them with a bright smile on her face. Her cheeks are red and rosy from the cold. “Come, help me build a snowman!”

“Alright, little tangerine, we’ll be right there!” calls Pete, cupping his hands around his mouth. “We need to film all of this for everyone, right?”

“Here, give me your phone,” says Kao, holding his hand out for Pete to press his phone into, watching fondly as Pete rushes over to help her pack more snow onto the sides of the little ball she’s rolled up. He clicks the recording button and watches as Achara chases Pete around with a snowball in her hand, and giggles quietly to himself. “Hey, N’Non, this drama’s for you.”

iii. thirteen years old

“Tell me it’s not tangerine pie,” says Non, circling the corner. Achara looks up from where she’s rolling the pie crust out, sticking her tongue out at him.

“It’s winter, we have to make tangerine pie,” she says, elbowing him. “It’s like a ritual.”

“It’s not a ritual,” says Non, but flicks the tap on to wash his hands. “We have tangerine pie in the spring, the summer...”

Kao flings some of the filling at him. “Yeah, yeah, shut your mouth. Don’t be like your father. Come on, now, wash up and help us.”

“What’s wrong with Pete?” says Non, swiping the cinnamon off the shelf. “You’ve put us through so much tangerine pie - I think we’re entitled to hate it sometimes.”

“I can remember a time you used to hate Pete with every fibre of your being, N’Non,” says Kao, and Non takes after Achara - sticking his tongue out at him. “Aw, what are you, thirteen? No offense, tii rak.”

“That was a darker time,” says Non, mixing the cinnamon in with the filling. “And we’re never telling N’Achara about it.”

“I’ve been asking you for a decade, come on, P’,” says Achara, pouting at him. “I deserve it as compensation for having to explain my entire life that you’re my brother and not my father.”

“When you’re older, maybe,” says Non, flicking water at her. “Grow up a bit, kiddo.”

A knock on the door sounds, and they turn around to see Pete, his shoulders drooping and his eyebags pronounced deep under his eyes. “Hey,” he says, brushing the hair out of his face. “Everyone’s gathered in one room - what’s the special occasion?”

“Tangerine pie,” says Non, and Pete rolls his eyes, rubbing at his eyes, yawning.

“Of course that’s the occasion,” he says, dropping his briefcase by the door and wandering into the kitchen to tuck his head into the crook of Kao’s shoulder. “Hello. I need a nap.”

Achara squints at him. “Tough day at work, Pa?”

“Toughest,” says Pete, yawning again. “But I’m home now. And apparently, I can look forward to some tangerine pie in an hour or two.”

Kao rolls his eyes. “I’ll make you your red curry,” he says, and Pete smiles.

“Thanks, babe,” he says, and Achara fake retches, turning her eyes away to Non.

“Bet you’re glad I’m your brother now, huh?” he says, poking her in the stomach with the back of the spatula. “So you don’t have to go through this alone.”

“When have I ever had to go through anything alone?” asks Achara, nodding her head at Pete and Kao just a little away from them. Non glances at them, seeing the latest picture of the wall of them with everyone else - Thada and June, Sandee and Kitty, Mork and Sun, Rain and Manaow - at the café, and nods in quiet agreement.

iv. sixteen years old

“Snow again!” yells Achara, running out into the very small pathway she ran out into years ago. “Look at this, P’Mork!”

“Yeah, Charie, I’m seeing it,” calls Mork, nodding at Sun to follow him. “Hey, Kao, does she have some gloves on?”

“I heard that, and I’m sixteen!” 

“Sixteen doesn’t exempt you from wearing gloves!” calls Kao, pressing the gloves into Mork’s hand. “Take this with you.”

“You got it, boss,” says Mork, saluting him and heading down the pathway with Sun. Non begins to jog down after him, but Pete stops him midway, handing him a beanie.

“Hey, I’m only three years younger - “

“Three years younger and you still live in my house, so you have to live by my rules,” says Pete, and Non rolls his eyes at him. “Don’t you roll your eyes at me, young man, take the damn beanie.”

Non sighs and takes the beanie in his hand, flying off down the pathway. “I only have a room at your house!” 

Pete shakes his head. “Kids these days...”

Thada laughs under his breath. “He’s three years younger than us,” he says, elbowing him. “I cannot believe you sometimes. You’ve become such a dad.”

“I am a dad,” says Pete, flicking Thada in the forehead. “Just because you don’t have kids.”

“And all the better for it,” he says. “Just means I can spoil yours, right?”

“You’re banned from buying Achara anything for a couple of months still,” says Kao, unpacking a box from his satchel. “Hey, anyone want tangerine pie?”

A chorus of groans echo around the circle, Kitty being the only one to show any excitement and accept a slice. “Why would you bring tangerine pie to Japan?” asks June, hanging his head in disbelief. “We’re in a different country.”

“Change of country doesn’t mean a change in my behaviour,” says Kao cheerfully, tucking into a slice himself. He watches as everyone wanders in front of them, Kitty hooking arms with Sandee and trying to get her to try a slice of the pie, insisting it’s a new recipe. Pete takes that moment to hook his arm with Kao’s, grinning as him as they make their way further into the snow.

“Good day, huh?” he says, putting the box back into his bag. 

“Good day,” says Kao, leaning in to kiss his cheek. “You got my gloves?”

Pete holds up two. “Always do,” he says, and they watch as Achara and Non fling snowballs at each other, teaming up to ambush Mork as he comes out into the clearing. Pete yells in excitement, dragging Kao along with him to help them, and in this one exhilarating moment - 

- life is good.