#Magi Modern AU

[m-rc2525]

現パロ龍炎おさんぽ絵日記

[wanderlustmagician]

Summary:

Not every day was a good day and some days you just needed a pick me up.

Notes:

Day 1: Acts of Kindness

Something that a coworker of mine and I at a past job used to do is leave each other silly post-it notes as a pick me up. It was something fun and goofy we did to help each other stay sane.

I’m doing the daily March fluff thing (find the prompt list here)

Here we go folks!

[misuanonimasu]

[purplephloxpress]

Another year, another Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day!!!! If you are a writer of fanfic, please know just how appreciated you are!! Fandom would be such a different space without your creativity and labors of love. 💜

Holidays are all about making traditions, and the bookbinding friends with @renegadeguild once again came together to bind copies of fics for their authors as a show of our appreciation. This year I had the absolute joy of binding Emergency Help Wanted by the wonderful @piyo-13 and even got to collaborate with her on some of the design elements! It's a Modern AU Jiang Cheng/Lan Xichen fic that starts with a "help wanted" ad.

EMERGENCY HELP WANTED

I lied when I got my job. I told them I had a kid so I could leave early from work to pick him up from daycare, take him to doctor's appointments, and occasionally miss a day when he's sick. Long story short, I'm in too deep. I didn't think it through. Looking to rent a kid for bring your child to work day. Must be a boy ages four to six, longish dark hair, likes soccer. Must also be artistic as the macaroni noodle paintings I made seem a little advanced for his age. Also, I will pay extra for someone willing to play the role of husband when dropping him off. He's a prosecuting attorney who often brings his work home. Message me for further details. Serious inquiries only.

Ok. So. I may have gone a little feral with this one. Online "help wanted" ad spiraled into loading wheel scene dividers, spiraled into fake Google search result headers, spiraled into FULLY committing to those authentic looking text messages. In full color. (There are so many. I typeset in MS Word. It was SO worth it, but god what a struggle at some points.) And don't forget the "recent searches" title page! Or the computer cutout on the cover! (It's bluescreening, just like Lan Xichen through this entire fic!) Also that cover/title page image that I just kept adding details to. (It's supposed to be Lan Xichen's desk, so it simply didn't feel right until it had sticky notes on the computer, #1 dad on the mug, scissors and measuring tape, scribbles on the sticky notes) Did I have a ton of fun designing this one? Perhaps. Couldn't say. Maybe just a tad. (This is a lie I had an ABSOLUTE BLAST!)

Historically, I've waited until I finish at least the typeset before reaching out to the author, but not so with this one! I got the idea for the fake google search results from Piyo's authors notes, teasing the contents of the next chapter. But! Those didn't start until about chapter 4! So I reached out and asked if we could collaborate and I'm forever glad I did! Not only does this have teasers for each chapter, I also got to bounce design ideas off of her, including what shade of blue and purple for the text messages. Because my friends, that is a serious matter and changed SEVERAL times throughout the process.

Also shoutout to all my Renegade friends who gave input and encouragement over the past year while I worked on this (what endpages to use? how to make this shade of green perfectly Nie Huaisang? how do we feel about this text message design? or how about this one?) - I love you all dearly and appreciate you so much for putting up with my nonsense at all times.

Binding details below the cut!

Fandom: The Untamed/Mo Dao Zu Shi

Pairing: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin / Lan Huan | Lan Xichen

Bookcloth: Aqua/Purple Dubletta from Colophon Book Arts

Endpapers: Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Ocean pack

Textblock paper: short grain cream from Church Paper

Titling: We R Memory Keepers foil quill

Endbands: leather cording core, DMC embroidery floss for the bands

Body Font: EB Garamond

Title Font: Berlin Sans FB

Text Messages: Roboto

Additional fonts: Times New Roman, Kunstler Script, Magis Authentic

Title page image from Rawpixel and designed in Canva

Various computer graphics from The Noun Project

Tumblr insists on eating and doubling text in this section at its own whim, so if there's something missing that you're curious about, feel free to DM me an ask!

[yandere-sins]

Yandere-Sin's Commissions [Status: CLOSED]

Welcome! Thanks for checking out my commission sheet, here you can find my prices and what I do and don't write! If you have any questions or want to commission me, please don't hesitate to shoot me a message here on tumblr! ♥

What I will write for:

❥  Self-Insert/Reader-Insert/OCs (In all kinds of genders!) ❥  All kinds of genres (Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Yandere, Horror...) ❥  All kinds of AUs and Tropes (Supernatural, Monsters, Coffee Shop, Oh my god, they were roommates...) ❥ Explicit Content (Erotica/Gore/...)

What I won’t write for:

❥  Adult X Minor ❥ Certain Kinks (Feel free to ask me via messenger!)

Additional things might be added upon being encountered as there really isn’t much I feel like not being able to do at the moment!

Fandoms I will write for:

❥ Genshin Impact ❥ Wuthering Waves ❥ Honkai Star Rail ❥ Love and Deepspace ❥ COD: Modern Warfare 2 ❥ Tears of Themis ❥ Twisted Wonderland ❥ Boku no Hero Academia / My Hero Academia ❥ The Arcana ❥ Danganronpa (All Games) ❥ Obey Me! (Shall we date?) ❥ Haikyuu!! ❥ Dragon Age ❥ The Witcher 3/Netflix Adaption ❥ Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic ❥ Fire Emblem Three Houses ❥ Pokémon SWSH/Violet & Scarlet ❥ Five Nights at Freddy’s

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... and so many more! Find my detailed Fandom List here on Google Docs!

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❥ Explicit Content is an additional charge and varies between 5,00 - 10,00 € depending on it's severity in the story.

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[aurevoirmonty]

« La véritable équation est ‘démocratie’ = gouvernement par les financiers mondiaux.

« La principale caractéristique des gouvernements modernes est que nous ne savons pas qui gouverne, de facto pas plus que de jure. Nous voyons le politicien et non son souteneur ; encore moins le souteneur du souteneur ; ou, ce qui est le plus important de tout, le banquier du souteneur.

« Trônant au-dessus de tout, d'une manière sans précédent dans le passé, se trouve le prophète voilé de la finance, influençant tous les hommes vivants par une sorte de magie, et délivrant des oracles dans une langue incomprise du peuple. »

J.R.R. Tolkien, interview avec Cabdour Magazine, 13 juillet 1956

[0rah-s]

Sinbad (Magi) and his divorced wife (modern au please, or if you don't feel comfortable with that, you can do it in the regular world)

Reader divorced him because of how he viewed things and how close he would get with other women, she's kinda gay

And Sinbad is kind of sad because of the fact that the only woman he truly loved wants nothing to do with him.

Even add a gremlin, a kid to the mix if it entertains you!!

Pls 💛

You don't have to if you don't want too!!

Sinbad x ex-wife!reader

Cw: fem reader, written in second person, english isn't my first language, you have an adopted kid, disloyalty from him, idk.

A/n: thank you for requesting and im so sorry for taking so long to do your request, writer's block be hitting harder lately. Hope you enjoy it mwah!!

How many times had he entertained the young women who threw themselves at him in the middle of your dates, right in front of your eyes?

.

Never could you say anything about it as its not like he was really cheating on you, he was "just playing" as he loved to say. It drove you insane.

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In addition to his borderline unfaithfulness, there was also his questionable morals and the things he did to get what he wanted. All of it always rubbed you the wrong way but you fought to love him anyway.

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But as we all know, ine can only fight for so long.

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All of it kept adding up and and you found yourself bothe sat at the kitchen table. You slide him a paper - a divorce settlement document.

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He tried to give you excuses and promised he would change but you were set, there's no way you'd lock yourself in a toxic cycle of wrong-doing, excises, and forgivness forever.

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After the divorce,

You went on with your life like nothing happend

Of course it still stung to part from the man you loved oh so much but you had to move on.

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Weeks pass and he isn't the same anymore. He went out to different bars and surrounded himself with ladies, reminding himself that he didn't need you.

.

What a conman.

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He desperately needed you. Being a man of his position there wasn't many he could trust, somehow he opened up to you and gave you his heart. He knew how precious your love was to him yet he ruined it - entirely by himself. He'll never experience somehing like this again.

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Guilt hollowing him as he grieves the missing part of him and as he thinks of the sadness he caused you. He'd become a waste.

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Fast forward, you grew as a person and became successful, no longer the women you used to be.

Things kept getting better and better for you as if taking the weed out of your life made place for a rich and flowery garden to bloom effervescently.

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You could finally breath.

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Long after, you adopted a gremlin a kid!

You gave them the ever best life they deserved and enjoy life as a successful mother and child. Life simply couldn't get better.

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Then he saw you.

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Then you saw him.

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He couldn't belive it's, the then live of his life standing right in front of him after years of no contact.

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"H-hi..." He uttered, trying his best to make himself sound more confident - it failed.

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"Hello" you replied coldly.

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A long awkward silence took over when you decide to walk away before he starts to question about your life or worst - enter it again.

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"I should go" you sai as you walk past him but barely a couple step away and he grips your wrist.

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Tho he was strong, his hold on you was gentle, almost pleading.

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"Please wait? Can we talk?" He asks trying his best to think of ways to have you remain by him even for a little longer.

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"What is there to talk about sinbad? We're over"

You say curtly, not wanting to go weak and give in to him in the way is face begged you to.

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He notices the young child beside and questions flooded his mind. 'A child? Was it hers? Ours? Hasd she found someone new? How much of their lives have i missed?' Then guilt came back stronger than ever, not being made easy but the way the kid clutched on your trousers.

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"Mom, who's that?" They ask innocently.

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"An old friend, dear" you smile at your child lovingly.

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An old friend, those words rung in his head like hell bells.

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He let go of your wrist and she walked away.

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You sufferd through him, why shouldn't he? Regardless of how he feels you have more to care about.

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He'll find a way to heal, you wish him that much. But for now the only thoughts in your head is what you're going to do today to make this day unforgettable for your child and yourself.

[official-kultur]

Moin :winkemoji:

Ehemaliger (und hoffentlich irgendwann in Zukunft auch wieder) Theatertischler hier! Spielst du in/auf/mit getischlerten Bühnenbildern? Wenn ja, gibt es ein Bühnenbild das dir besonders in Erinnerung geblieben ist? Und gibt es etwas, wo du dir bei Bühnenbildern häufiger mal denkst "Warum?"?

Und gibt es etwas übers Schauspielern, was mehr Leute wissen sollten?

Moin!!

nice! und danke für deine arbeit!! die gewerke fallen ja leider Gottes sehr oft hinten über, aber sind ein wahnsinnig wichtiger Bestandteil einer Inszenierung.

Ja, ich spiele auch in/auf getischlerten Bühnenbildern und es ist jedes Mal ein Fest zu sehen, was die Kollegen von der Tischlerei da so regelmäßig zaubern.

Wir spielen z.Zt. ein Stück über queeres Leben in der DDR, und da haben wir eine Scheibe, auf die man draufsteigen und diean auseinanderbasteln kann, wo auf der einen Seite die Flagge der DDR ist, die andere Seite im Zementlook ist, und die Flächen, wo wir sie zusammenschieben können mit Graffitis der berliner Mauer versehen sind. Diese Scheibe liebe ich zur Zeit sehr, sehr hart.

☝🏼 ich und die 4-teilige Scheibe

"Warum" denkt man sich glaube ich relativ oft, v.a. wenn es eine moderne Inszenierung ist und man nicht auf einer Wellenlänge ist wie Regie & Ausstattung. Oder - eine Inszenierung von der Blechtrommel vor ein paar Jahren - man zur ersten Bühnenprobe kommt und denkt "ah ja schön, die Treppen stehen schon! die werden sicherlich auch in Betonoptik angemalt, wie die Bühnenelemente drumrum!" und dann Überraschung! nein, es bleibt so und sieht einfach unfertig aus, weil es eine nackte Holztreppe inmitten von Betonblöcken ist??

Auch schön: Ein Bühnenbildner hat die komplette Bühne mit Stoffbahnen versehen(ich glaube 5 übereinander? Tüll und etwas sehr glitschiges?), sodass ich 1,5 Stunden nur mit dem Bühnenbild kämpfen durfte statt zu spielen. morgens um 9, weil Märchen.

Ich habe ungefähr 1 Millionen Momente, in denen ich Ausstatter verflucht habe (frag nicht nach Kostümbild haha)

Etwas, das mehr Leute übers Schauspielen wissen sollten:

Text lernen ist stures Wiederholen. Keine Magie oder besondere Fähigkeit.

[stepswordsen]

【Magi】 Judar & JuAli Merch Haul [11-10-2024] 🖤❤️💛🐈‍⬛☀️🌙

My recent Judar & JuAli themed merch haul 🖤❤️💛🐈‍⬛☀️🌙

I'M SOOOO HAPPY I HAVE MERCH OF MY MAGI OTP 🥰💞💖🌟✨ I LOVE THEM WITH MY WHOLE HEART!!! 💗💘💞

JuAli means the world to me so I'm insanely happy 😭💓 The beloveds...

Magi: Official Merch

Magi Kuji Merch: JuAli Mini bromide 🖤❤️💛

When I was looking around for Judar's merch, I just knew I had to get the Magi Kuji merch with the JuAli illust 💞 This illust in general is so cherished by me since it's my biggest food.

It's a mini bromide so it's small. I try to collect as much of my OTPs as possible (within reason, of course)

JuAli (Judar/Alibaba) chibi holographic stickers by Ohtaka 🖤❤️💛

Koubun chibi holographic sticker by Ohtaka

The holographic glowy effect on the stickers is sooo pretty. I never use stickers and always keep them for archival purposes.

Ohtaka's chibi arts are already up online, but I wanna scan these for fun too. I need HD arts of my OTP!!

It's all sparkly and has a pretty rainbow lighting effect 🏳️‍🌈🌈

2nd pic shows the holographic effect more!

Magi Manga: Judar and Aladdin illust by Ohtaka

Most Magi illusts have already been scanned online, but I also wanna scan stuff from my own personal collection, just for fun too. Eventually.

Magi Manga: Hakuryuu, Aladdin, Alibaba, and Judar Illust by Ohtaka

Magi: Judar chibi acrylic stand 🖤❤️🐈‍⬛

I LOVE YOU JUDAR SKRUNKLY!!! ❤️🖤🐈‍⬛✨

The snarky ass grin on this one is so cute... Widdle gremlin. My black cat son 🐈‍⬛

I also have the rubber strap charm version of this from a previous package, but they made miscoloured his eyes as pure white instead of red, wtf 😭

Still cute tho!

Magi: Judar, Hakuryuu, Sinbad, and Hakuei rubber strap charms

This one was sold in a batch. I was aiming for those Judar charms specifically but getting the others is also a steal. Hehehe ^^

Iirc Magi manga Judar has red eyeshadow/eyeliner while Magi anime Judar has purple eyeshadow/eyeliner. Cute that it's included here

Magi: Judar's Third Eye Rubber Strap Charm

Why is his hair purple in this??? 😭

Maybe a misprint? Idk.

Magi: Judar, Serendine, Kouen, and Drakon Rubber Strap Charms

This one also came in a batch!

Magi: Fan Merch

Magi: JuAliHaku NSFW doujinshi (Modern Domestic AU)

Misc Rambles

Realized I haven't posted my merch hauls, so I figured I'd post 2 big merch hauls I got recently. I opened these back in November.

The merch packages were a combination of my main interests (FGO, Magi, KHR, KagePro) and also my secondary interests (ROTRK)

But I can only post 30 images, so they'll be (mostly) separated by fandom. I sometimes take pics that show the whole package, but this post will be Magi centric.

Posting these cuz I just realized I haven't posted my merch hauls here

Prepare for the biggest merch spam ever.

Tumblr also doesn't let me post the full size images due to the limit, so I need to split this into parts.

Just writing down the date I took these pics so I can remember which ones I haven't posted yet

A lot of secondhand sellers sell merch in batches. So along with the Judar merch, I got a lot of other charas on the side too

I was aiming specifically for Judar + JuAili themed merch 🖤❤️💛💞💗

Gonna have to retake pictures sometime cuz I dislike the lighting on my pics at night, but I took pics of my merch!

It's not much different from morning lightning tho. Just has a slightly yellow tint due to the bright lights in my room

I'm super happy about my JuAli merch collection 🥰💗

I have around 15+ JuAli doujins. They're old doujins I bought from secondhand sellers. I'm planning to translate them eventually! Whenever I have the time.

Idk the exact number, I'm just guessing since I put some doujins in different storage boxes in my room.

I've only taken pics so far, I haven't scanned them yet.

[m-rc2525]

🔥

[only-wonder]

A Magi server I'm in does monthly art prompts! This month is Modern AU so I'm bringin back my silly Mall AU

Kouha's subordinates but they're alt kids and run Kouha's (unnamed) alt fashion store.

[wanderlustmagician]

Welcome weary intergalactic tumblr travelers to my humble blog amongst space.

I am Wander (or Magi). A simple alien who enjoys writing, learning, and is in general a very excitable dog in a trench coat.

Fun Facts about me can be found at the tag -

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Please do not be afraid to send me something. I will be very enthusiastic about answering any questions*. 💛

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My current word count there is: 31,020

My goal word count for the end of Feb 2024: 45,000 (69% achieved)

Writing tags:

#wandering pen / #theres an au for that

I currently mostly write and post for Linked Universe (Legend of Zelda). Though I have written for HxH (some works still up under an old user), Tokyo Ghoul, D. Greyman, DC Comics/Batman/Young Justice, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn. Some are posted under a different user, some have been taken down due to personal reasons, and some will never see the light of day.

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Everything but Blood -> Linked Universe Modern AU

Posted Works Count: 2 // Status: Ongoing

Visions of a Calling (Complete)

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Want to Stop (Complete)

[Stealing Clothes WIP]

[Adopting Imp WIP]

Tags: #lu modern au // #everything but blood

Cataclysmic -> Linked Universe Witch AU

Posted Works Count: 2 // Status: Ongoing

The Truth Begins (Ch 1/?)

Heretic (Complete)

Price of Ignorance (Complete)

Tags: #lu witch au // #cataclysmic

Skyloft Valley -> Linked Universe Stardew Valley AU

Posted Works Count: 1 // Status: Ongoing

Welcome to Korok Town (Complete)

Into the Valley (Year One) (Ch 2/3)

Tags: #lu stardew valley au // #skyloft valley

The Sages Journal -> Linked Universe Atlantis AU

Posted Works Count: 2 // Status: Complete

Lanaryu’s Blessing (Complete)

Path to Thriving (Complete)

Tags: #path to thriving // #lu atlantis au

My Other Posted Works:

Ongoing Works:

Lost & Found (Ch 5/?)

Also known as the big brother Time AU of my Modern AU setting.

Tags: #lost & found // #lu modern au

Potential Upcoming Projects:

A Links Meet series that I’m called Forged. It’s still in the planning stages and I’ve not decided the end of it yet.

All of these will be updated as I make and post content. I have over 300 notes of writing. So there is always something in the works! Drop me an ask or at @ if you’re ever curious.

Thanks for wandering through and sticking around for that bad joke!

Hope to see you wandering into my asks or comments soon! Gotta blast!

[kaen-ace-of-diamonds]

Word Count: 1,700+ (oneshot)

Summary: Modern Mafia AU. The heir to the Ren crime family takes it upon himself to punish a subordinate for his failure. Even in the depths of his pain, Judal is sure no brutality is more beautiful than Hakuryuu's.

Written for Day 1 of AI-Less Whumptober: "Pistol whipped" / "Public torture." Warnings for abuse, blood, and more blood.

~0~

“Take the pain

Make it billboard-big

And swallow it for me.”

-Church, Fall Out Boy

~0~

The metal crashes into the side of his head so hard the world flashes white. 

Its impact ripples through Judal’s whole body, and he’s vaguely aware of staggering back. Fighting off nausea and the ringing in his ears, he tries to will himself to stay on his feet, and just barely succeeds. The next second, though, he wishes he hadn’t: it just means he’s standing up when the pain hits, a moaning ache spreading through his skull like lava.

“You told me you could take care of it.”

Judal blinks blood out of his left eye — it doesn’t do much, it’s like a warm, sticky river is flowing out from under his hair. When he looks up, one of the manor’s many basement rooms is a cold, dark blur, as are the silent semicircle of the Ren family soldiers standing around them, blocking his way out. Like he was ever going to run. 

As always, they look the same, all dull eyes, blank faces, Matrix-ass black suits. But there’s a spot of white taking up his returning vision, standing out against the darkness.

Well. White and red, now.

Hakuryuu’s lip curls as he shakes off the butt of his gun, which Judal can hear making a rattling sound that it definitely didn’t make before. The glare he’s still fixing Judal with could melt iron, and he suspects it’s more about making him stain his sharp new suit than he’d like to admit.

“You told me they would bend to you. And you think you can come back to me empty-handed now?”

Like it’s his fault that asshole Sinbad is a harder nut to crack than he’d thought. The Ren family isn’t the first gang to try pushing Sindria to get their way, but they’re the only one that has Judal and his unbroken record. Regrouping and hitting harder after being rejected isn’t as big a deal as Hakuryuu is making it out to be, people like them do it all the damn time. Still, anyone else would apologize, maybe get on his knees to ingratiate themselves to the heir apparent of the main family. 

Judal forces his aching jaw to move and his lips to spread in a grin. Blood streams from the corner of his mouth, and — damn it, the little son of a bitch knocked some teeth loose, didn’t he? 

“Aww. Did I break my promise to you, Hakuryuu? I’m sorry.”

Even his blind eye flares wide, and this time he rushes Judal, grabbing a fistful of his shirt in his left hand and slamming his back into the concrete wall. His right hand still holds the gun, and Judal half-expects to have his lights knocked fully out this time. 

Instead his mouth is forced open even wider and the muzzle shoved inside, the length of steel raking over his tongue mixing repulsively with the copper taste already coating it. Hakuryuu’s eyes are blue fire, bright with fury, and through crossed eyes Judal can see his finger starting to slide off the trigger guard. 

“I’m curious,” he growls through clenched teeth, “why you think it’s a good idea to test me at a time like this. Did you forget? Everything I can’t do to my cousins, I can do to you.”

“Ha — aah —”

He gags, coughs, and Hakuryuu’s face is spattered in bright red. Its icy expression doesn’t so much as twitch. But almost instantly the gun is jammed even deeper in, the fucking extended muzzle he’d put on it hard against the top of his throat, pushing his head back against the cement wall. At this point, he could tongue the trigger himself if he really tried.

“Give me,” snarls Hakuryuu, his breath hot on Judal’s face as he leans in, “one good reason to let you have another chance.”

“A-Aku…r-r’huuu…”

He isn’t sure he’d be able to come up with an answer even if his entire head wasn’t killing him. His vision is starting to go blurry, dim, turning Hakuryuu into a beast wreathed in shadow. At least his free hand is at his side, all his weight put behind scraping Judal’s mouth raw, the muzzle pressing into his throat like a dull cookie cutter into dough. He could be using it to claw into the gash on the side of his head — he’s seen him do it before. 

(He’s watched Hakuryuu do quite a lot in the past few years he’d never have thought him capable of, in fact. He wonders if the blank, staring faces all around them would twitch if they watched his brains blown all over the wall.)

“Well?” 

It takes every ounce of strength he has left in him to try forcing his brain to work and his mouth to move, and it only produces a thick gurgle. Hakuryuu grits his teeth and his shoulders tense, but before he can do anything —

“Hakuryuu.”

Like robots, every suit turns his head to the doorway that none of them had noticed opening, and to the figure casually leaning in it to watch, too. Hakuryuu whips around, his frustrated growl, bared teeth, and the gun still lodged in Judal’s mouth doing very little to keep him from looking like a child pulled away from his play.

The suits reflexively step back from his rage, but Gyokuen doesn’t bat an eye, looking more amused at all this than anything else. “Go on upstairs, Hakuryuu. That’s more than enough.”

Hakuryuu growls through clenched teeth, “You said I could — ”

“And now I’m saying go,” Gyokuen cuts him off, a trace of steel entering her soft voice. “You have more important things to take care of, do you not?”

Every muscle in Hakuryuu’s body is still tight, his trigger finger trembling. But not once since the fire has he chosen pleasure over business, and he recoils from Judal as if from a particularly disgusting bug, yanking the gun back with him. Judal hadn’t realized how his arm had been the only thing holding his beaten body up until it was gone, and he crumples instantly against the wall, trying not to inhale any teeth while he gasps for breath. Now fully unimpeded, blood runs in thick rivulets down his throat, and he coughs on it, sending it dribbling over his bottom lip.

Blinking, he catches sight of the custom grip that Hakuryuu is so proud of, the pure white dragon coiled and snarling. Much like his ruined suit, it’s smeared crimson now.

Hakuryuu looks as tall as his brothers as he glares down at him; just one more time, he wants to take that dragon and club him like a bad dog so painfully Judal can feel it. Every inch of his skin is tingling, and somehow he doesn’t think it’s the fear or his wounds talking.

“Judal, dear,” Gyokuen is saying, “do you have anything to say to Hakuryuu?”

Judal takes a long moment to swallow the blood and saliva still pooling in his mouth, and gives Hakuryuu a grin like splintered glass.

“Look at you,” he drawls, as clearly as he can manage through his bruised lips and scraped tongue. “Not as much of a crybaby anymore, are you?”

Hakuryuu no longer looks shocked at Judal’s insolence. A scowl flashes across his face like lightning, fleeting and ferocious, before there’s a white blur through the air and a heavy boot slamming into his guts and knocking the breath from him. He’s never folded like a lawn chair before, but damn if he doesn’t do it in a split second now, barely catching himself before his forehead cracks against the cement. 

While he’s swallowing back sour bile, he glances up just in time to catch a skewed angle of Hakuryuu’s back as he storms out, still white-knuckling the gun in his hand. His relief is matched only by his yearning to be up on his feet and following him, instead of a wreck on the floor.

Gyokuen sighs indulgently, and reaches up to pat her son on his un-bloodied cheek as he passes her. “Good boy. Clean yourself up first.”

At a motion from her, the suits go with him, and she crosses the room to kneel down and cup Judal’s battered face in her hands. They’re soft and warm, nothing like Hakuryuu’s, he thinks with some annoyance.

“Must you always make him so angry?”

“Fuck him. It was a compliment,” he mumbles, his smile hanging on half-heartedly. “When’m I going back out there? Which of Sin’s stores am I blowing up now?”

“Start with one of his board members’ cars. Take your pick, you know him better than I do. Then you and Hakuryuu can go together to see if you can change his mind.”

“Mm, okay.” Judal can’t quite purr it out the way he usually would, it comes out sluggish. But his mind is already racing. 

Gyokuen can tell; her smile turns satisfied. He wishes their boss would have the grace to stand up and leave without her usual stroke of his hair, but nope. Ouch.

“Go to Ithnan and get looked over,” she says, looking at his blood on her fingers with mild curiosity and, of course, the hint of pride that always glints in her eyes when one of her children sheds some. “You’re cleared to leave when he says you’re well enough to.”

He hums assent, but she’s already on her way out, and he goes limp against the cold, smooth floor. Against his better judgment, he closes his eyes, and his already-spinning brain  takes him on an even more dizzying ride. If he tries even a little, he can imagine that Hakuryuu is still there, still looming over him, ready to give him another taste of solid metal and cracked bone.

Soon, the two of them will be together again: Hakuryuu marching across the cratered parking lot and into Sinbad’s office like a good soldier, Judal slung against his shoulder with a smug grin, murmuring into his ear. Now, Hakuryuu doubling someone else over on the ground, bringing them to their knees…that Judal can fully savor. His tongue runs around his mangled mouth, tasting blood and craving more.

That hunger, more than anything, is what moves him to stand and walk, swaying and stumbling, bare feet almost slipping on the still-wet floor. The light of the doorway and the stairs out is bright and hazy, but he chases it anyway, if a little doubled over. Hakuryuu’s boots lack hidden blades this time, but they’re still fine leather sheathing steel, and a patch in the shape of his heel, right under his heart, is pulsing with pain.

Like the fire in his head. 

[atamascolily]

pmmm oneshots by subject

Just for fun, I put together a guide for my Madoka Magica oneshots on A03, sorted roughly by subject matter/theme. All are 7K or less, most in the 1-3K range. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list and will probably be instantly out of date, but can still serve as a good general reference. Enjoy!

inspired by art

Curation - The Law of Cycles isn't a person. It's an institution.

No Exit (The Nighthawks Remix) - Based on Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.

Balancing Act - Kyouko and Madoka take an unusual route to find Sayaka's witch, unaware Homura is watching from the shadows.

Marked - Junko Kaname invites Homura on a family trip to a local hot springs resort. Intrigued by Homura's refusal, Junko investigates--revealing a secret of her own along the way.

HomuMado Bittersweet Angst

The Night Parade of One Hundred Witches - Once a year on the anniversary of Walpurgisnacht, the streets of Mitakihara are home to a most unusual parade.

Flying Home - Soulmate Goose AU.

Memento - Mami does her best to help when Homura's grief over Madoka manifests in bouts of coughed-up spider lilies, though it isn't enough.

surreal weirdness

Orrery - Homura's apartment is out of this world.

Return to Sender - The epic story of Homura vs. junk mail.

Projections - Homura redecorates her apartment.

Splice - There's someone else out there besides Homura with control over time. The question is, what does she want? Scene 0 AU from before Scene 0 was released.

Witches

Absentia - As Homura investigates the mystery of Walpurgisnacht, one question eludes her: where is the witch's grief seed?

Strange Loop - The Stage-Constructing Witch narrates a familiar story with an unfamiliar twist.

Junk - Mitakihara's new magical girl duo has their work cut out for them when the Hoarding Witch manifests on the Kazamino City border.

Sticky Fingers - Kyouko needs Mami's help to get out of a sticky situation when a routine witch-hunt goes awry.

Trompe-l'oeil - Mami plays a deadly game of hide and seek against an elusive witch inside a reality-bending art gallery.

tea and sympathy - An invitation to visit the Dress-Up Witch means you will never be lonely again.

Fun and Games

Loosely connected series of one shots in a modern AU where the characters are playing an RPG based on the original series.

Fun and Games - It's another eventful session of the Puella Magi: Magica RPG: Mami one-shots a witch with her Tiro Finale attack, a new player joins the party, and Sayaka fails an important roll with devastating consequences.

She Who Fights Monsters - Kyubey convinces the gang to reconvene for a new campaign of the Puella Magi: Magica RPG, but all bets are off when Homura realizes the GM is up to his old tricks.

What Goes Around - Things get weird after Homura ousts Kyubey as GM of the ongoing Puella Magi: Magica RPG. Well, weirder, anyway. Homura and Mami Roommate Shenanigans

Inspired by Mitakihara Anti-materials spinoff manga. Domestic fluff AUs.

Moving Day - Homura moves in with Mami.

Soba ni Iru (Soba Noodles By Your Side) - Homura's first night in Mami's apartment.

Partnership - "I figured we could both use some tea," Tomoe said by way of greeting. "You had difficulty sleeping again, didn't you?"

Dirty Laundry - Homura finds a creative use for the washing machine.

Mami Character Studies

Childish Things - Mami stumbles across a box of childhood memorabilia.

half-life - Mami wished to live, but she didn't give any thought to what that life might look like, and now she's paying the price.

Twenty Facts About Mami Tomoe - Fragments from a tragedy in slow motion.

Fireflies - While searching for witches, Mami has a wondrous experience at an isolated shrine.

Fluff and Crack

Wash Cycle - "I like it," Sayaka said honestly. "It's just not what I expected heaven to be like, that's all."

The Adventure of the Sapphire Soul Gem - "Huh?" Sayaka said, unable to believe what she had just witnessed. "Did that goose just eat my soul gem?" Kyouko was faster on the uptake. "Quick, grab it!"

Final Form - Madoka and her friends get an unexpected glimpse of the Incubator life cycle.

Mermaid in My Tub - Kyouko intervenes in time to save Sayaka from becoming a witch--sort of. Now Sayaka's stuck living in the bathtub in Mami's apartment with a mermaid tail, and Kyouko is determined to make the best of it.

Sayaka Miki and the Terrible Horrible No-Good Very Bad Day

out of order - This place is a dead end, but so is she, and it's not like Sayaka has anywhere else to go at the moment, so she might as well make the most of it.

descent - The witch is still out there calling for its next victim, though not for much longer now that Sayaka's here. She's close enough to transform into her true self and leave this crude matter behind.

tainted - Caught up in despair, Sayaka rapidly loses touch with reality.

Miscellaneous Crossovers

No knowledge of the other fandom is needed.

Death Comes for the Incubator (x Sandman). Kyubey confronts his own mortality at last.

Memories of Somebody (x Bleach). A chance meeting between Homura and Ichigo reveals unexpected connections. Post-series (PMMM) and post-Memories of Nobody and Fade to Black (Bleach).

Palimpsest (x Sandman). A garden, a maze, a mysterious hooded figure. A book of pages written and erased again and again. In between timelines, Homura Akemi comes face to face with Destiny.

The Immortal Dragon's Disciple (x The Way of the Househusband). Homura Akemi finds an unlikely mentor in ex-yakuza turned househusband Tatsu Kuroda.

Good Morning, Ms. Saotome (x Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei).  Junko Kaname sets up Ms. Saotome on a date with an eccentric teacher. Madoka has a front-row seat for what comes next.

xxxHolic-inspired Fusion AUs

No prior knowledge of xxxHolic is required.

asynchronous - The Dimension Witch dwells in a shop specializing in the granting of wishes... for a price.

a butterfly dreaming - Mami's perfect life comes to an end....but is the person who wished for this really so bad?

life in fantasy (the butterfly dreaming remix) - Mami Tomoe never, ever listens. Once again, Homura is left to cleans up the mess. Whumptober 2021

Cui Bono? - Mami wakes up in Homura's apartment, surprised and grateful to have survived her disastrous encounter with the Dessert Witch. But her host's contradictory behavior raises an important question: what exactly is Homura getting out of this?

Careful What You Wish For - Trapped in the Box Witch's labyrinth and paralyzed with guilt over Mami's death, Madoka is rescued by the most unexpected person imaginable.

Rude Awakening - Homura's latest fight with Mami might be a dream, but what awaits her upon waking is all too real.

Sticks and Stones - After a fight between Sayaka and an unknown opponent ends with the former grievously injured, Mami reveals an unexpected connection between them. Null Magical Girl Weirdness

Unlikely to make sense if you're unfamiliar with the Null Magical Girl light novel.

Null and Void - Fourteen-year-old Kosane's attempt to contract with Kyubey unexpectedly fails.

null thoughts, head empty - While waiting for the space-time collapse, Kosane and Kyubey discuss Incubator biology and the nature of the human soul.

Schrodinger's Incubator - The only thing more impressive than solving the perfect locked-room murder mystery is preventing it from happening in the first place. Miscellaneous

Tracks - Madoka searches for Sayaka along the train tracks.

Inventory - Homura sorts through the contents of her shield.

Family Business - This time, Madoka and Sayaka are rescued from a witch's labyrinth by the Tomoe twins, a magical sibling duo gifted with a flair for the dramatic, deadly aim with rifles, and fabulous fashion sense. It still ends badly for everyone.

Gingerbread - Nagisa and Mami make gingerbread together.

Parallels - Despite everything they have in common, Mami and Homura never quite connect. Then again, parallel lines never meet, except maybe at infinity.

Power Sources - Madoka and Sayaka discuss the topics they chose for their science essays, unaware of the relevance to their future lives.

Five Things That Probably Never Happened in Any Timeline (And One That Definitely Did) - Visions of a kinder, gentler magical girl show that never was. [based on the opening credits]

[sunny-salamander]

Fanfic: Crafting Pandora's Box

Fandom: Danganronpa Series, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Relationships: Makoto and Komaru Naegi’s Mother/Makoto and Komaru Naegi’s Father, Makoto Naegi & Makoto Naegi’s Mother, Komaru Naegi & Komaru Naegi’s Mother

Characters: Makoto Naegi, Komaru Naegi, Makoto and Komaru Naegi’s Mother, Makoto and Komaru Naegi’s Father, Original Characters, Original Family Characters

Further information under the cut:

Other Tags: Tags Beyond This Point Contain Spoilers. You Have Been Warned, Modern Day Magic AU, Magi AU, Magi!Hanako Naegi, Secret Magic Societies, Dying Magic Societies, Gen Naegi is A Patient Man, Makoto and Komaru Naegi’s Mother Has An Ultimate, Disclaimer: Author is Not a Parent and Has Minimal Contact With Children. She Tried Her Best, Tags Will Be Updated as the Story Updates, Rating May Change

Summary:

Fact 1: Unbeknownst to modern humans, there’s another species that’s been living in close quarters with them for several thousand years. 

Fact 2: Hanako Naegi is one of these creatures.

Fact 3: Hanako Naegi has never had children before in her three centuries of existence, but that’s not going to stop her from doing her best.

Or: The struggles of raising magical children in a world ignorant of and/or hostile to magic.

Notes: This is the thing I was referencing in my post about Makoto's parents, lol! I've given them personalities. And backgrounds. They're basically my OCs now.

Makoto and Komaru's parents? No. Our parents.

[aurevoirmonty]

"Le thrall [esclave] n'a pas d'âme, disent nos ancêtres, et ils le savent car ils ont vu qu'elle lui fait défaut. Lorsqu'un thrall se trouve dans une situation périlleuse, il devient aveugle, au point de se précipiter à la mort et de se tuer de pure peur de mourir."

Vilhelm Grønbech, La culture des Teutons

"L'idée que tout le monde possède une "âme immortelle", conçue de surcroît comme une réplique de sa conscience vivante et de son moi terrestre individuel, est une véritable aberration idéologique, bien que son utilité comme opium des masses ne puisse parfois être niée."

Julius Evola, Introduction à la magie, Vol 1

Ls société moderne cherche à vous rendre sans âme car c'est une société déracinée ; et non, tout le monde n'a pas d'âme.