#Mingled Minds

[merakiui]

MERA

where did the stepbro fics go 😭

They haven't gone anywhere!!! At least,,, I don't think the stepcest thoughts have gone anywhere. >_< there's a wip I desperately want to write for stepbrother Azul because he makes for such a gross, creepy step-sibling!!!!! orz the same goes for Riddle and Rollo, but I just enjoy writing them being loser virgins. orz

If you're looking for a specific stepcest thought, I'd be happy to find it for you!! :D or if you have any brain rots regarding it, please feel free to share!!!

[vv-ispy]

something something samsara cycles I don't think it's a coincidence that the overthrow of Decarabian involved Jean and Diluc's ancestor + Venti's lookalike friend -> Mondstadt archon quest the key players taking down Dvalin were Jean and Diluc + Venti

Is. Traveler Amos?

Or put another way, traveler is the one with the floaty friend -> bard has the floaty friend. Venti is friends with Dvalin the terror of the tower/Amos is friends? Lovers? Something? With Decarabian the tyrant in the tower. Venti -> Amos, Traveler -> Nameless bard, Paimon -> Venti?

[mostlikelytofangirl]

You know what would be neat

In an AU where JGY grows up in the Jin (JGS being forced to accept him early in some way or another) and there are vampires

JGS is a vampire and so is Meng Shi. Madam Jin is human. As a result, JGY is a fullblooded born vampire while JZX is a dhampir

It would be really funny if people within the very vampire-heavy/vampire-as-aristocracy society look at JZX and JGY together and immidiactly choose to adress their woes to JGY.

Because JGY is all vampire, pointy ears and greyish skin and gaunt face and all, while JZX looks utterly out of place among the vampires because he looks like a normal human with fangs

And this infuriates JGS because JZX is his heir and JGY is a bastard lmao

Lol ok, idk if you meant for this to be hilarious, but it's just so funny to me to think that JGY finally could be considered of better "pedigree" than this brother for their society's standards and it's pissing JGS off so badly XD.

I can imagine this as a world where vampires are very few but very elite ala Vampire Hunter D, so JGS married Madam Jin as a sort of social or political move, like an alliance with a powerful human family idk, but also got MS pregnant, and despite her being very low in their hierarchy, she was still a full vampire and thus, the rules demand that their son be acknowledged since full blooded vampires are rare/hard to conceive/not very fertile/etc.

Except a bastard is very much NOT part of his agreement with the powerful human family he is supposed to be an ally to now (and whose fortune/political standing he now shares lol), so it's all very tense in his household now bc, as a son of a lawful marriage, JZX should be the sole heir... only he's a dhampir and, while not looked down upon bc they are still better than full mortals, someone like him would normally be considered lesser than his full blooded vampire brother.

It's so goddamned ironic that here is where JGY would finally be seen as the "right" Jin and the one the gentry would consider one of them :'D.

Now, it'd be interesting to see why JGS is upset at this development. It could be bc he legit loves JZX and not JGY and thus it's all a matter of his favorite son being given his rightful place despite of his half-blood nature. Or bc it endangers his alliance with the humans and he has to remind everybody of who his heir is every time there's the slightest insinuation that both his sons would inherit, or worse-- that of course his pure blooded son should be the one inheriting, how lucky he was to still have a vampire son despite marrying a human, surely he wouldn't defy tradition and taint his noble family by having a dhampir as head of the next generation when a perfect fully vampire Jin son is right there :')))))

It'd also be interesting to see how the brothers' dynamics would be, bc while things behind closed doors could go very much like canon (probably with MS being a concubine or something), when in public, it's clear that they would not be treated equally, if not having JGY be privileged in their social circle. How would that the boys' perception of themselves and each other be? Sorta like "no matter what ppl say, I am dad's heir and favorite son" or "dad may love you more, but everybody knows who is the weird one here"... or maybe they actually find solace in each other, one being there for the other when their family/society reminds them that they are inherently different and should be treated as such, only feeling like they can truly be equals when they are alone with each other.

It's a very fascinating scenario, let me tell you! I love me some vampires and I love me some Jin bros feels, so I'm so in with this :D

[lord-squiggletits]

Reasons why I don't buy into "posh, aristocratic, and/or bigot Pharma" headcanons

Listed in no particular order, mostly prompted by a conversation with a mutual (that I've also had many times in the past with other mutuals)

For some reason people assume that being a flight frame is what would make Pharma so prideful and disdainful towards everyone else? But in IDW1 canon, flight frames are actually an oppressed class who were restricted by functionism to only be allowed to be soldiers or cargo lifters. The only flight frames who got to go outside of that mold were ones who got special exemptions (Jetfire) or ones who schemed and took advantage of politics (Starscream). If anything, being a flight frame would be a source of self-consciousness/annoyance for Pharma, since he would be seen as unusual and probably get constant "wow I didn't know flight frames could be doctors" type comments that single him out because of his body and not because of his actual skill or personality. It's possible that he might be proud of being a flight frame AND being a doctor, like being so good of a doctor that being a flight frame doesn't matter. But Pharma certainly wouldn't feel prideful or entitled to anything JUST for being a flight frame.

Re: bigoted and/or functionist Pharma: I think this headcanon comes from the fact that Pharma worked at the New Institute yes, but so did other characters such as Chromedome, Rung, and Brainstorm who are neither posh nor functionists. It seems rather unfair to assume that Pharma specifically must be a functionist or hate the lower class because he worked at the New Institute, when other characters who were in the exact same situation weren't presumed to be bigots just because they worked at a shitty place. Also as my point above states, why would Pharma be a functionist when functionism is the institution that would've kept him from being a doctor if he (presumably) wasn't forged with medic hands?

Speaking of bigotry, it's canon that Pharma and Ratchet were best friends since they worked at the DMF together, which was pre-war; how in the hell would it be in-character for Ratchet to be best friends with Pharma if he was an open bigot and a functionist? Ratchet would literally never. Plus, secondarily, Pharma is canonically in love with Ratchet, so if he were some sort of posh aristocrat, it'd be pretty odd for him to be best friends and shack up with a guy that's as down-to-earth and rude as Ratchet is. Not impossible, but for me personally, it counts as a mark against posh!Pharma because I think the fact that Pharma was best friends with Ratchet means that we can form a broad outline of his personality based on the type of person that Ratchet would like enough to be best friends with.

Pharma's diction and way of speaking isn't "high class" at all. He pretty much speaks like any other "normal" character in MTMTE does, but what's more, there are actually a couple of instances where he speaks in a much more casual and loose way. Little details where he says "coz" instead of "cause/because", uses words like "chap", that time he chainsaws someone and says "Feels rough, doesn't it?" I wouldn't say that Pharma is lower class or anything, but when looking for evidence that he's posh or stuck up, his diction/manner of speaking is a good place to start, but there's really no evidence of any poshness there at all. MAYBE that one time he talks to Ratchet talking about "instruments" and making an analogy between a surgeon and a musician, but in that case he was just using a metaphor to make a point to Ratchet.

In general, the only notable thing about Pharma that anyone talks about related to him (besides "going insane and killing patients") is the fact that he's a good doctor and all the various feats he's pulled off. One would think that if he was some sort of posh bigot, people would complain about it or bring it up when talking about their memories of Pharma, but no. Literally Pharma's primary trait is that he's a hella fucking good doctor. I GUESS you could argue that since a lot of doctors IRL are rich bc they get paid a huge amount of money, that means Pharma is also rich and sees himself as above everyone else, but that seems like a rather large leap to make from what little we know about Pharma. And everything we DO know about Pharma points to the fact that being a doctor was his entire life, and the only specific case where he wants to be seen as "superior" is with regards to Ratchet, another doctor who Pharma feels insecure in comparison to. So again, canon points us to the fact that Pharma really only cares about practicing medicine, and the only person he wants to feel superior to is Ratchet, because Ratchet is a better doctor than he is.

[astrxlfinale]

"So, we can do all of this. But then I'm out of pocket when it comes to the Cauldron Master and her specialty milkshake--"

[randomidiocyncrazies]

it's really funny that even though my knowledge about svsss comes entirely from friends and mutuals posting about it + the airplane extras (+ fics), i have somehow become enamored with the toxic yaoi of BingLiu (and I guess the not-so-toxic yaoi in AUs where they didn't fight over SQQ's body like dogs with a bone for 5 years)

[mobius-m-mobius]

I'm screaming why does OCW played Don like he was down for a roll in the hay with everybody? That line about the mana was directed at a random customer/onlooker right?? 😭 No wonder he was like that with Loki. OCW's mind for real.

Losing my mind at this ask but no you're so right anon and you should say it, why is he as a salesman casually suggesting we suck up some mana in the middle of the afternoon right there on the showroom floor 😭

(Not that I wouldn't already be down, I'm just wondering 🤣🤣)

Obviously you'd expect anything referencing Hawaii to have come directly from Owen's mind so that was probably just some of his own natural irl vibes breaking through lol, plus Don as a character is free to flirt more openly with Loki in a way that Mobius sometimes holds himself back from with a little more caution so basically Owen saw his opportunity and took it because he's just that good and we all benefit!

[pink-octopede64]

adventures of the little koala - a broken umbrella

[everythingroyalty]

Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine are now attending four different schools. What do you think about the schools and are you suprised by some of the choices?

Ordrup Gymnasium – I think this was a really solid choice on Christian's end! Have a bit of personal experience with this one and it's definitely my favourite of the upper secondary schools in the area – I'd say it's more diverse in the student body than both Øregård, Aurehøj and GHG. And I think the group of his friends that attend Ordrup is much more appealing company than the group that attends Herlufsholm.

Øregård Gymnasium – I was slightly surprised and disappointed she didn't stay at Ingrid Jespersens for upper secondary but then again, lots of students change schools come upper secondary school 🤷‍♀️ Everyone I know who've attended Øregård have been absolutely insufferable but I might've just been unlucky 😅

Tranegårdsskolen – My granny's been a teacher here 😎 I mean, it's basically a private school in disguise as a state school due to its location. Personally, I think it would've been really amazing if M&F had just picked the local state school for their kids instead but yeah 🤷‍♀️ I don't know that I think there's anything particularly peculiar about Isabella and Josephine leaving ahead of time. Obviously Isabella was due to move to Herlufsholm and Josephine leaving at the start of year 6 (the earliest year at which Herluf takes students) makes me think she, too, had intended to leave for Herlufsholm this year. Kudos to Vincer for staying put – I doubt he would've been a Herlufsholm brat 🫶

Kildegård Privatskole – Don't know anything about it 🤷‍♀️ As mentioned above, I think it pretty much confirms Josephine was Herlufsholm-bound as well, and that this was the alternative M&F could offer her. Not a school I would've chosen and I know all the nouveau riche FLOCK to the Hellerup-Gentofte area and think it's the fanciest ever but respectfully, I'd never voluntarily opt for a school in the outskirts of Copenhagen 🤡✌️

One could be tempted to ask oneself why, given that at least 3 of the children were so eager to board at Herlufsholm, did none of them opt for, say, a UWC programme or just a foreign boarding school instead? But nah. This is about jetset kids – most of which know each other already – wanting to have fun away from their parents and "creating bonds for life" 🤢 Not much different from, say, Eton brats but it's much more difficult for large group of Danish kids to get into the same foreign schools to do their jetset kids thing – just because the poor Danish royal kids aren't allowed to go to Herluf.

Personally, if I were M&F, I would've probably just sent my kids to a UWC programme regardless of their own opinions. It's healthy to make new friends from different backgrounds – especially for royal kids. But I think especially Frederik is way too lenient a parent to do that because of his own upbringing.

I love CIVJ and I don't think they're insufferable people but I genuinely think they need to think carefully about the company they keep. Seeing Christian mingle with the classless Bourbon des Deux-Siciles is so disappointing, honestly. If he's not careful, he's gonna be in for a rude awakening when he turns 18 and the tabloids are no longer obliged to treat him as a child because that's definitely something they're gonna aim at.

[vampvore]

I’m feeling content in my kink journey right now, but it’s still hard not having “that special person”.

[eleplay]

literally had to talk about lark's first kiss with a boy and a girl this session but i'll be honest im thinking more about that extremely huge extremely sexy giant evil orb. who is she. can i have her number haha

[ace-and-ranty]

I’m always kinda wondering if I’m ND or not, but sometimes I have an intense feeling I must be, and chief amongst them is when there is loud music involved.

I DON’T understand why people put on loud music at social gatherings where people are talking. I don’t even mean it in that I can theoretically understand it, but it’s just not my thing, I mean I literally, deeply, in my gut, do NOT understand how anyone can bear it.

It drives me insane? The whole room is talking and socializing and enjoying other people’s company. The music does nothing but be awful noise you have to talk over, so you’re straining to hear other people, and it fucks social flow, because you can’t hear anyone unless you’re standing right next to them, so of course everyone breaks up into tiny groups, and it is very hard to join new groups and meet new people!

ABSOLUTELY horrible. I DON’T get it. I don’t know how the people in charge don’t march up to the DJ boot to smash it with a hammer. Am I the only one here that finds the loud music painful?? JUST me?? ANYONE???

[girlfox]

thinkin'  about  how  ahri's  mind  is  a  dark,  spanning  library  filled  with  tomes  she  has  not  written.  it  is  disorganized,  every  book  haphazardly  shuffled  amongst  the  shelves  and  stacked  to  precarious  heights.  some  are  tucked  away  in  flickering  corners  that  are  dressed  in  cobwebs,  their  pages  yellowed  with  age;  others  are  yet  to  be  opened,  their  spines  unbent,  perhaps  evoking  something  too  undesirable  to  dare  read  their  contents.  there  are  books  thick  as  time  itself,  and  books  but  a  brief  recollection  in  so  many  words.

somewhere  in  this  trove  of  memoirs  are  those  she  has  penned  herself,  but  how  difficult  they  are  to  find  when  the  recordkeeper  of  her  subconscious  cannot  differentiate  one  tale  from  another.  did  the  fox  live  this  story,  or  was  it  the  arduous  journey  of  a  man  she  killed,  who's  novel  ended  abruptly  at  her  claws?

she  can  recognize  when  something  is  not  her  hand  writing.  when  it  is  but  scribbles  or  finely  crafted  calligraphy;  unlike  her  own  penmanship,  which  is  just  a  little  sloppy  and  rounded,  affectionate  with  each  tittle  but  a  kiss  to  her  past.  yet  sometimes━━━there  are  stories  that  look  far  too  similar.  did  i  write  this?  she  wonders.  the  fox  stares  at  the  paper,  feels  the  history  embedded  in  the  pages  as  if  her  own,  but  they  are  never  quite  right.  muddled,  fragments  missing.  not  hers.  she  shelves  it,  and  continues  down  the  narrow  rows  of  her  library,  fingers  running  across  the  spines  of  the  hundred  thousand  books  she's  collected,  each  a  reminder  of  the  lives  she  carries.

[cpirits]

(( SOFT STUFF || @kitxkatrp said: [ Tighnari walks up to Cyno and--without even thinking about it--leans in to bump noises in a soft, affectionate gesture. ]

★ ━━━━━━ He had been watching the forest, having stopped by Gandharva Ville, as he had some free time. He knew his partner was nearby, and so he didn't jump when his lover came in front of him, and touched noses with him.

Cyno closed his eyes and reached for Tighnari's hand. He knew that Tighnari enjoyed little things like this, and he was warming up to it.

[thinkingbrainthoughts]

i start giggling and smiling, sometimes even squeal while scrolling my phone and my besties like "reid?"

[banqanas]

Speaking about fanta during their predebut days i will always think about this sentence that i saw in an old blog

"why do exile members like Sekai and Taiki have to go around the country to hold free shows with a bunch of expg kids"

I only understood the weight of the exile title then