#POSES! HILDY!
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comic-of-dadness · 3 months ago
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Final lineup!
Implementing some of my own height headcanons because I refuse to make hildy 4’11
-mic
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tanis-drawings-2point0 · 2 years ago
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shootout to the intergeneracional friendship between the stampler/marlows & the russet/oak-garcias, that warms my heart 💞💞💞 :')
bonus willy & barry, that are NOT friends
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herecirmsims · 8 months ago
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do you by any chance remember where you got the poncho thingy that the female child in the front is wearing in your ice skating pose pack? its so cute!
Ohh yes! It's the Hildy top by @sims4nexus ! One of my absolute favourite pieces of child CC. 😍 I'm using an accessory shirt under it.
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liyawritesss · 9 months ago
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ᖮá’ȘOᗯEᖇᔕ Iᑎ ᗷá’ȘOOᗰ - ᐯᗩá’ȘEᑎTIᑎEᔕ á—Șᖇᗩᗷᗷá’ȘEᔕ
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   ïŒŁïœ•ïœ„ïœ„ïœŒïœ…ïœ“
 A Little Cold Outside - Valkryie/Brunnhilde - Marvel's Thor
 in which the grounds are still painted white with snow, and Valkyrie suggests and idea to keep warm from the cold.
 Check out more prompts and other activities on the Flowers In Bloom Event Masterlist!
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“Shit, it’s cold.”
You aren’t sure why the house hasn’t gotten any warmer. Despite having the heat cranked up and sporting a sweatshirt and sweatpants with fuzzy socks, you, for some reason, can’t seem to retain heat. The amount of discarded tea bags and throw blankets that litter the living room loveseat is also a testament to your feeble attempts at keeping warm.
The Norwegian weather was no joke, and as it crept closer to the colder months, you find yourself getting more frustrated with how to keep warm. You’ve stockpiled more jogging sets than what your poor closet is willing to sustain. If it gets any colder, you’ll have to buy a personal heater for every room in the house so that you don’t turn into a human popsicle.
Then, there’s your girlfriend, Brunnhidle, who finds the weather more than tolerable. In fact, she’s enjoying it.
“Hildie,” you whine as she comes down from her home office, hearing her footsteps take her to the kitchen to likely to refill her mug with the same tea you made earlier, “it’s coooollldd!”
“It is not,” Brunnhilde counters, “it’s perfectly fine in here, darling.”
“No it’s not!” You retort with a pout. “It’s freezing! I’ve spent most of the morning trying to keep warm and nothing’s working!”
“Not even the new thermal jogging set I just bought you?” The royal says as she makes her way into the living room, taking the opportunity to break and check her phone as well. She peers over the back of the couch to see you, curled up under your mass of throw blankets, looking so adorably mad at her teasing.
“I swear, I’m gonna buy a heater for every room in this house when winter sets in. I can’t handle this!”
“Hm,” Brunnhilde hums, now leaning on the back of the couch, “there is one thing you’ve yet to try, darling.”
“And what is that?” You ask, eyebrows furrowed as you look at her quizzingly. Brunnhilde’s face lights up in one of her cheeky smiles, and you know that she’s got something mischievous going on in her mind.
“Meet me upstairs, and I’ll show you.”
“That would require me to leave my spot, and the limited amount of warmth I just started garnering?”
“Trust me, baby, you’ll be way warmer upstairs with me.”
You aren’t sure what idea she’s posing, but the prospect of getting warmer is too good to pass up. And so, after moments have passed and she’s went back upstairs, you, too, peel yourself from the couch (accompanied with a singular throw blanket around your shoulders), and make your teck upstairs to your warm bedroom.
As soon as you come into view of the threshold, you see Brunnhilde between the blankets of your shared bed, still in her somewhat casual loungewear, arms open wide for you to climb into. You purse your lips together to keep from chuckling. “Is this your indirect way of asking me for cuddles?”
“You’re cold, and I need a break from being King. Kills two birds with one stone doesn’t it?”
She’s got a point, you admit. So you give up any ideas you had of teasing her to hell and back for her neediness, and pad your way over to the bed, cuddling up to your lover, tangling your limbs with hers, waiting for the warmth of her body what to set into your own.
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muralikesgames · 4 months ago
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Adventures Across the Realm - Part 6
From the grasslands of Vermund to Battahl's sunny cliffs, if monsters hear the sound of thunder and metal coming, they should prepare to meet their end. Lane (@ritens) and Odessa (@thehappiestgolucky) leave no survivors in their wake!
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Kassandra also changed her vocation to warrior temporarily, in solidarity. She's been surprisingly behaving better than her past attempts. Maybe she's learned from fellow warriors like Lir, who's also a kindhearted warrior.
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Odessa was more interested in the loot crates than posing with fellow warriors. Hildy has a Partcrystal for you later, so please stay still just for a moment!
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Later that day, Kassandra perished against a Medusa while kiting its gaze away from the party. Thankfully a Riftstone's nearby, so she was quickly brought back after a swift victory thanks to the two lightning hammers.
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Celebrating the acquisition of (yet another) Preserved Medusa Head with a mug! Don't worry for Odessa, as Hildy ordered some freshly pressed fig juice for her.
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tweetsongs · 10 months ago
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[vague spoilers for atmod]
it's going to be the story of the century!
image id and alt ver under readmore
alt ver!
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[IMAGE ID: hildy russet, stud stampler, robert wilson, and meryl streep from at the mountains of dadness pose for a sepia group Polaroid. there is a distortion on the photo that scribbles over hildy's hands and throat, meryl's head, stud's eyes and robert's hand and lower half of his head. the words 'greetings from oak ridge!' are written at the bottom of the photo. the alt ver is identical, but with the same spots smudged out instead of scribbled over. /end IMAGE ID]
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catgirlposting · 2 years ago
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wrapped up the stormblood hildy quests last night! god damn there’s a lot of good poses in the manderville mambo
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buzz-the-cat · 3 months ago
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Tip’ir likes a balance of both, he loves the spotlight and showing off his gentlemanly poses but being recognized as a celebrity is embarrassing even though he’s both the WoL and an honorary manderville (thanks to helping around the saucer making sure hildy doesn’t get himself killed, and helping craft the mandervillious weapons)
#FFXIV #WOLpromptAday
September 8, 2024
As much as we’ve done for the realm, there are still times when we are not recognized. Is the anonymity a blessing or a curse? Does your WOL thrive in the limelight or try to remain faceless? How does being anonymous affect them versus being infamous?
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merinomeri · 5 years ago
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Finally happy with my Medievil OC! ⚔✹ á¶œËĄá¶Šá¶œá” á¶ á”’Êł á”‡á”‰á”—á”—á”‰Êł á”›á¶Šá”‰Ê·Ëąá”Ž
Hildegard von Bartles
25 year old handmaiden of Castle Peregrin, best known for her unique magical prowess. Hilda’s magic was often used to assist in chores, as well as helping embellish the stories of Sir Daniel Fortesque...because she thought they were really funny.
Frequently scoffed at Zarok and his work before he was banished, and due to her hubris, was poisoned by him before the war. ...But, considering Hilda drank quite a bit anyway, most assumed this was at her own hand.
Upon Zarok’s comeback, Hilda is awakened and has her soul stolen in order to become a mage in the undead army. However, she’s brought back to her senses by recognizing the “dreadfully ugly face” of an old friend.
Hilda swears to help out however she can, whether it be enchanting weapons, setting things on fire, or checking to make sure energy vials are definitely not poisonous.
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rinnysmuses · 2 years ago
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Ashe Viterri, Warrior of Light, Hero of the Dragonsong War, Khagan of the Azim Steppe, Liberator of Doma and Ala Mhigo, Warrior of Darkness, Hero of Etheirys... And Stealer of Pants.
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falcophoenix · 7 years ago
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I’m a Man-Man-Manderville man!
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cashweasel · 2 years ago
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Top poses to pose with your man for the gram 😂
They do look like the couple that takes 7000 pics together. Let’s just hope her dad doesn’t see them đŸ€­đŸ˜ł
Beau (left) belongs to @quailium and Hildy (right) is my oc and I love them both so much đŸ˜©đŸ’—
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kineticallyanywhere · 3 years ago
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Imagine you are turned into an ant. You remember being human, part of you still identifies as a human, but you are now in the body of an ant with the mind of an ant and the communication abilities of an ant. You even remember that you’ve been an ant for a while.
But you’re not an ant.
You are accepted into an ant colony and begin to live an ant life with the ants, but your memories of humanity loom over you. You cannot express to the other ants the life you lived before. Even if there were words, they wouldn't understand them. 
Naturally, you cannot forget that other humans are real. That they are massive and that they are out there in the world. Maybe you haven't seen one since you've turned into an ant, but you figure it's only a matter of time. Humans are everywhere after all. Even when you don't see them, you recognize their litter, their trash, and the sounds of their machines far, far, in the distance. 
You grow to love your ant colony, and your ant life, but you are haunted by the knowledge of humans. Of your own kind. Are they your own kind? They must be, you remember being one; having a human body and a human life and doing human things that effected the world in a way that an ant could never begin to grasp the edges of. 
Is your human body still out there? Will it come for you? No, it can't. You can't let it-not that you, an ant, could have any say in that. If your human body came here, to your ant colony, it could destroy everything. It almost certainly would destroy everything. In a single, effortless, innocent step, half your colony could be decimated. 
You are an ant, tiny and small and simple; and you are a human, more complex and powerful than anyone around you could imagine. And you can't even warn them of the danger you pose. 
This is how I imagine the resurrected life of (the body and memories of) Hildy Russet
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ffxivkitiarayhima · 2 years ago
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The Adventures of Gigi
Hildibrand quest spoilers! This is sort of a...Live Blog? Well not really.
Basically me rambling about part TWO of the level 60 Hildibrand questline
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I don’t know what’s funnier: Imagining a high pitched voice or some sort of demonic gravelly voice saying that.
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You have negative braincells.
Though gotta say, I love that Gigi has learned to pose. Adorable. I love this demon Mammet/Black Mage.
Oh ew, right, I’m helping out the church guy.
Y’know what, we’re going to go with “helping”. Is Kit ACTUALLY helping? Nah. She’s just waiting for Lucia to be done with the review of the Inquisitors that got pushed to the back of the pile.
I AM PRETTY CERTAIN GIGI’S GENDER IS MURDER AND ANGST BUT THAT COULD JUST BE ME EXTRAPOLATING FROM FINAL FANTASY IX.
...Is this quest gonna be figuring out Gigi’s gender?
Is that what we’re doing today? Edmont: (shows up wondering what’s going on) Kit: Oh hey Dad. Cyr: ... Cyr: ... Cyr: ...Wha- Kit: You’re really behind on Ishgardian gossip.
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NO, EDMONT JUST HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR UNLIKE YOU GO BACK TO FUCKING BLAZBLUE OR WHATEVER FIGHTING GAME YOU’RE FROM
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Kit: Think of it this way, at least your parents won’t have to demand grandchildren! Edmont: (nodding solemnly) Precisely. Would reduce their woes. Cyr: This cannot be happening. Is all of Ishgard mad?
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Edmont you cheeky shit.
PAPA HILDY?!
GIGI IS SAYING PAPA HILDY?!
THAT’S FUCKING ADORABLE.
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Hildibrand that’s the Catholic Ishgardian Church. Hildraband, I already exposed its corruption. Hildibrand, what are you and your negative braincells about to do? I think in the moment where it was just Gigi and Cyr, Gigi should have looked at Cyr, gone, “Halone has no place for you in her halls.” Then trotted off. For uh, reasons.
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I am the warrior of light and I will fucking stab you.
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Okay Gigi running off is hitting the feels/
Bonus:
Cyr: Okay, just so we’re clear--you do agree that it’s a mammet, right? You don’t honestly believe that, you know... Kit: (straightfaced) Gigi is a child of House Manderville, or did you forget that? Cyr: (internal screaming)
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headoverhiddles · 4 years ago
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The Romance Of A Yellow Rose - Dr. King Schultz x Reader [Smut]
Words: 5.6k
Synopsis: You and King get married, and celebrate your first night together by consummating the marriage. 
Commissioned by a friend! Enjoy.
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Your eyes open on the rugged planes of the Southern state the three of you had found yourselves in. As you roll over to stretch the sleep out of your body, you find a single yellow rose, native to this area. A smile grows on your face. It’s King’s way of saying good morning to you, as it had been for many months.
For years now, you had been tagging along with Schultz and Django. Having attached yourself to their travels three hot summers ago, the two men had become quite fond of your travelling company; King in particular. Over time, your relationship had evolved from a companionship, through friendship, to having romantic feelings for one another. You were the first to admit to them; King hadn’t wanted to say anything, as he still held a fruitless hope that one day he could return you to the pleasantries of the normal life you once knew, before it had been uprooted. But as the months passed, you getting more and more comfortable and (dare he say) suited to the lifestyle of a bounty hunter, it was becoming apparent that you were going nowhere. Not without him, anyway.
Hildy had decided to stay with some friends in the North while the three of you travelled the country on business. Texas Jack, Turkey Creek and Jack’s wife Camarilla were more than happy to keep her with them. It had put Django at ease at least, knowing they had one less person they had to worry about with them catching a bullet. Hildy was even teaching Camarilla different things she had learned over the years at their home, and the four were getting on fine from what Django took from her letters to him. King wished you had enough sense to stay with them, but where the older bounty hunter went, you went. You had made that quite clear.
Today, a warm day in mid October, you, King and Django were headed to visit a plantation in Conroe, Texas. There an outlaw by the name of Amos “Sly Eye” Little had been posing as an overseer for 3 months, flying under the radar on the small eastern Texan plantation. He wasn’t a particularly dangerous outlaw, only wanted for his habit of skipping out on poker games before paying up. Three months ago, he ended up double crossing the wrong man which led to legal involvement, and now to deter trouble in peaceful towns he was wanted dead or alive by the state. King and Django had discovered upon visiting this plantation that the family who owned it had been dodging the law for a while as well.
After the slaves had been freed by King and Django, this outlaw family just so happened to get in the way of a few bullets. The last man left alive on the property is now Amos.
“Back here!” you call. King dashes toward you, swiping you out of the way as a bullet whizzes by your ear. You sit in shock for a moment, King’s arm still around you. For a man who isn’t very dangerous, this Amos sure is trigger happy.
“Django!” King shouts, but his partner is already far ahead in pursuit. “Never listens,” the doctor mutters, loading his shotgun and aiming. You watch as Django dodges a couple more of the outlaw’s bullets before grabbing Amos by his collar, lifting him up a few feet. The man tries to scramble for his gun, but Django of course is faster. Just as he’s about to fire at close range, King clucks his tongue, looking through his target. “Bullseye.” Your eyes shut briefly as the snap of the bullet leaving the gun jolts you closer to the older man. He pulls you out of sight once more as the bullet hits Amos through the side of his head, out the other side in a bloody deluge. Django jerks his head up your direction, dropping the corpse into the carnage at his feet.
“I was handling it!” he mutters.
King comes out from behind the tree, helping you up with one hand. You brush off your pants as you both approach the other man. “You were being hasty again,” King says.
“I was handling it,” Django insists with a look. You two nudge arms amiably, and King gives you a disapproving look.
“You are encouraging him.” He turns to Django. “And you’re encouraging her.”
“What’s wrong with a little congratulations?” you giggle. “You got your dead cowboy.”
“I would trade a thousand dead cowboys to keep both of you alive. You’re the best things that have ever happened to me, do you know that?” King gives you a meaningful look, before brushing off Django’s jacket and squeezing your hand. “Forget this place. We’d better get the horses and get out of here.”
Taking the initiative, you go off in search of Tony, Fritz and Ida, your mare. Django approaches King, taking off his bloodstained gloves. “You talked to her yet?”
“She doesn’t know, no.” King looks down, nervously stroking one side of his moustache. “I was waiting for the right time.”
“You wait any longer, she’s gonna be burying her husband to be.” King doesn’t bother taking offense—he knows Django is right. He’s much older than you—not one foot in the grave as Django likes to tease, but older. That had been another source of insecurity for him during the burgeoning relationship, but you had made it clear that you didn’t mind; in fact, you liked the difference in age. King’s fellow bounty hunter interrupts his thoughts. “Y’all should get married here. Nice place, no one left in it now.” Schultz looks around the grounds. It is pretty, and it would be nice to marry you in such agreeable weather... but King shakes his head.
“No Django. This place was built on treachery and suffering. It would be not only tasteless, but bad luck to get married here.”
When you three make it to the next town in the state over of Arkansas, something is waiting for King at the inn.
“You Doctor Schultz?” the innkeeper asks, spitting tobacco into a spittoon. King nods, taking out his billfold. The innkeeper sizes him up. “Yep, man who sent this said fella looking like you’d be coming through here. This’s for you.” He takes a letter out from behind the desk in one of the cubbies, and slides it across. King expects it would be from Texas Jack, but it instead it’s from a different friend in the North; a sheriff acquaintance he had written to before about his situation with you. Thanking the man, you all head upstairs, and when King gets to a desk, he slips on his reading glasses.  
 Thought you’d make your way through this here town, Schultz-
Sounds like a hell of a woman, the one you’ve told me about. You softie. Knew you wanted to settle down, and it’s about damn time, too. What the hell are you doing with her down in the South then? She oughtta be up here. Maybe I’m biased, but there’s a lot more law n order up here. Better people too. I am biased, spose.
You asked me what I thought about asking for her hand. Why wait to marry her? Hell, bring her up, we’ll have a ceremony here! I’m not only a sheriff, but an ordained minister too. Bet you didn’t know that. Wouldn’t kill you to ask. Anyway, no reason why I can’t make things look good, clean up the place nice and host your happy union. Got some more birthday cake here too, for someone to eat. Pretty good.
Come on up when you finally convince yourself she won’t say no.
- G. A.
“You got a letter back from Sheriff Snowy Snow?” Django smirks. King stares at the letter in his hands for a long while, before looking up at him with a smile.
He could do it. He could finally ask for your hand.
“Django, my boy. We’re going to Nebraska.” You overhear, and turn back with the bags.
“Up North? What for?”
“To see an old friend of mine, fraulein,” King says, taking the bags from you to carry inside. “Sheriff Gus Arnett.” You smile. It’ll be nice to get out of all this heat and around some likeminded people—people who King can relax and be himself around.
You had all stopped off to pick up Hildy in Boston after travelling by train through the Southern states and switching back to horsepower as you made your way up through the wintery landscape of barren northern land. It was worth it, of course; King and Django had insisted Hildy come too, and you had been happy for female company.
“Has my troublemaker been behaving himself?” is the first thing Hildy asks you, kissing your cheek in greeting.
“About as much as mine has,” you laugh.
“Coming from the most stubborn woman I’ve ever met. It is you who has been the naughty one,” King chastises you right back.
“Maybe one day, you can teach me a lesson for it.” King blushes as Hildy lets out a loud laugh at the connotations of such a taunt. He knows you’re still virginal, waiting for marriage as you’ve told him before. Once united by matrimony, that’s another wall that could be knocked down between you, if you decided you still wished to give yourself to him.
It was no secret you wanted King, and he had made it plain he would wait for you—he’s a gentleman in every sense of the word. Still, men have needs, and some late nights it had been hard. Many evenings by the fire had ended with you in his lap, grinding down as you kissed him with feverish intensity. It had always ended the same way however, with you heading off to sleep alone and leaving him with nothing but his mind to picture what the next hour may have felt like. This time, King feared he wouldn’t last once he finally got to feel you as he’d wanted to for so long. Either way, he had a silver tongue, and experience in the art of pleasuring a woman. He wouldn’t leave you wanting; whatever you needed he would give you.
 Arriving at the snowy lodge some days later, Sheriff Gus Arnett comes out the front door. A couple of minks and rabbits are hanging from the roof over the porch, and two pairs of boots caked with snow are drying outside by a wooden rocking chair that had been collecting frost no doubt since September.  
“King Schultz and Django Freeman, in the flesh! Come on in with your little ladies!” he says, opening his arms. You approach first, and he shakes your hand with the assurance of a man who’s not used to gentle handshakes. “I don’t believe we’ve met, ma’am,” he says softly, “But any friend of King’s is a friend of mine. Especially a friend like you.” He winks at you and smirks over at King, who ushers you in out of the cold quickly. Gus tips his hat at Django and Hildy, closing the door after they come in.
“Like I said,” he sighs, “We got some cake. Y’all want some?”
“Perhaps we wait until after dinner?” Schultz proposes.
“I wouldn’t mind some,” Django speaks up, giving King a look. King just chuckles.
“Go ahead, my boy. I was a dentist, remember. Old habits remain, I suppose. Would you like some, (y/n)?”
“I’ll have the piece you didn’t want,” you tease. You lean closer to him to brush your lips against his ear. “When it comes to you, I want everything.” The former dentist swallows. This proposal couldn’t come at a better time, as things between you two are heating up.
That night after dinner of rabbit stew and some leftover cake for dessert for everyone but your beloved, everyone had retired to bed a few hours after the sun had gone down. In your own room, you set your satchel on the bed of clothing you had been travelling with in the South, and just as you’re about to unpack, a knock at the door distracts you from your task. King slowly pushes the door open—he’s dressed in his white shirt and grey vest, his hair freshly combed back. It seems counterproductive to groom that well before bed, but to be fair, you had never personally witnessed King’s nocturnal habits in a place that allows such a luxury. He offers his arm, and when you take it in curiosity, he leads you out the back porch of the lodge home. The wind isn’t too cold tonight, but he still wraps his arm around you. The mountains are beautiful out here, and the snow has stopped for the night to allow for a crystal clear view of the surrounding landscape, snow white on the bottom and starry black on top.  
“It’s been a while since we’ve been able to sit together like this,” King says. “Just sit and enjoy one another’s company alone. It’s very rare we get time just the two of us without our faithful hero.” You lean into him, resting your head on his shoulder.
“Mm. We’re usually around a campfire, with Django snoring behind us.”
“At least we don’t have any of that to score our evening. I think Django’s gone to bed with Hildy in there.”
“You should be in bed too,” you fret. “I’ve noticed you haven’t been sleeping well.”
“I never have been very good at that. I’m a light sleeper, fraulein. Especially when I have lots on the mind.”
“You know what helps me when I can’t sleep?” You smile. “Something I learned from you.” King turns to look at you, a soft chilly breeze blowing the silver blonde hair from his eyes.
“What’s that?”
“A story.”
King ducks his head, and pulls you closer to him. “I think that would do the trick. Go on then, my love. Will you regale me?”
“I know a story of a deep running love, where a woman slowly developed feelings for one who she learned to depend on.”
“A common story, no?” King teases.
“Shhh. She loved very freely, but this was different. She not only loved this man, but worried about him when he wasn’t around, yearned for him, desired him in ways that drove her crazy sometimes.” King’s breath audibly quickens.
“And what did our heroine do about this tumultuous situation?”
“Oh, she took care of things. But not like she knew he could.” His breath hitches. You bite your lip as you go on. “The two had been together so long... learning one another’s quirks, laughing at little things and sharing moments others wouldn’t understand. They knew what scared them, what made them smile. At the end of the day, she told the man a million times how she adored him. But she was afraid he still didn’t know how much.”
King rubs down your finger, eyes trained on it before looking up at you. “I think I do.” You forget whatever you were going to say next as King rubs his rough fingers over your knuckles, bringing them up to his lips to kiss them. His beard grazes your skin pleasantly as he opens his mouth. “Will you be my wife?” Your heart skips a beat.
“Truly?”
“True as my love for you.”  
“Tomorrow?”
“If you wish.” You lean in to kiss him.
The door bangs open, Gus tosses a pail of water out all over you two. He realizes where you two were sitting, and his eyes widen.
"Gott verdammt."
“Oh, hell. I’m— what are the two of you doing out—?” He can’t even finish his sentence—you’re laughing too hard. King tries to keep up a grumpy facade at the fact that you had both just been drenched in ice water in this weather, but he can’t help it. Your laughter is infectious.
“Please tell me there is enough boiled water for a bath,” he sighs, and you shiver. “For the fraulein, at least.”
Django and Hildy had been up to witness the commotion from the noise of it all, no doubt committing the sight to memory for future teasing. They returned comfortably to bed with one another, which was a comfort you and King couldn’t currently afford in your state.  
You get to work drawing the bath as Gus passes you each pails of hot water. King comes in, shedding his dripping fur coat and tugging at his tie. Your eyes drift down to his chest, then back up to his face. King subsequently tries to distract himself so as not to focus too hard on you. You had stripped down to your slip, which was stuck to every curve of your body from the water. The temperature hadn’t done much to help any other evidence of the cold, around your breasts. He tries not to look too long.
“Would you take me out of this?” you ask. It’s a harmless question, but King’s thoughts run wild. He could simply refuse you, but what reason would he give then? That he couldn’t control himself around you, so close to your wedding night?
“Of course,” he sighs softly, and approaches. He takes the back of the slip and undoes the buttons, helping you pull it over your head. He inches it up, the wet material dragging along your skin. He turns to go as you’re revealed, and to his dismay, you don’t stop him. Only one more night, and he could have all of you.
As you step out of the lodge, it’s as if you’ve stepped out into a painting. A light dusting of snow is falling over you, snowflakes catching in your eyelashes and melting tracks down your cheeks like tears of happiness. King is standing there at the end of the pathway shovelled out, just by the small lake. It’s frozen over, reflecting the light of the moon through every little icicle hanging from the branches of trees hanging over top of it. Mountains soar around the group of you, boasting the most beautiful landscape you’d ever seen.
King takes your hand as you approach. Beside him, you see Django dressed in a handsome green winter’s jacket, black leather gloves pristine. On your side, Broomhilda is wearing a beautiful green dress under layers of a form fitting brown jacket. You’re in a beautiful snow white dress with furs covering your shoulders and a fur hat. King is also wearing his grey fur coat. The two of you join hands, and recite vows.
“I know I’m a considerable number of years older than you,” King tells you softly, “But I promise to make up for this. I promise to protect you with my life, cherish you, and support you in every endeavor you wish to pursue.”
“I will stay by your side no matter what,” you tell him, “I’ll be brave when you can’t be. I’ll be strong when you need me to be. I’ll love you as long as my heart beats, and oppose anyone who tries to take you away.” Kindness in his eyes, King smiles down at you, crow’s feet crinkling. He lifts your hand up to kiss.
“Do you take this man?” the sheriff asks.
“I do.”
“Do you take this little lady?” King sighs out through his nose, thumbs rubbing over your knuckles.
“I certainly do,” he breathes.
“Well hell, you may kiss the bride then!”
When King leans forward, you surprise him by taking a step forward and wrapping your arms around him, deepening the kiss. It lasts for an eternity between you, and when you part, King brushes the snow off your rosy cheeks and presses his lips to your forehead.  
“Ich liebe dich,” he whispers into your hair, and you slide your arms around his middle in embrace.
Inside the bedroom upstairs, a fire crackles in the hearth. The curtains are open to the snowy view outside, and the frost on the glass only makes you savour the warmth inside. King pours you some bourbon, and comes to sit down beside you in front of the fire. As you cuddle into him, he puts a hand on your back and draws you in for a kiss, his beard pleasantly tickling your face. Bourbon forgotten, the kiss deepens, and you feel his tongue slip into your mouth as you part your lips for more. You pull away, smiling.
“Can I ask you something?”
He looks at you. “Of course. What are you thinking about?”
“How does it feel?”
King looks at you. “You will have to be a little more specific.”
“How does it feel to finally consummate a marriage?”
 He stares into the flickering fire. “We don’t have to do it if you’re nervous.”
“I didn’t say that,” you say, crawling over to straddle him. King welcomes you into his lap. “I just wanted to know. You’ll show me?”
“I would love to.”
“You know I’m inexperienced.”
“I do,” King nods.
“Isn’t that undesirable?” King seems offended that you would even suggest such a thing, at the very least ruffled by the idea of it.
“My dear, of course not. Being inexperienced merely means I can show you how to do things.” He hums against your neck, grazing his lips down.
“I’m not completely clueless,” you breathe as you tilt your head back to give him better access. You stand in one smooth movement in front of the fire, leaving King sitting and gazing up at you. “I know what fucking is.” You hear his exhaled breath.
“Yes. I would assume you wouldn’t be entirely in the dark about that.”
“But I’ve never felt it,” you whisper. “I wanna feel it, King.” He doesn’t get a chance to respond. You undo your dress, lace by lace, letting your fingers twine slowly between the hooks. You sigh his name as the corset comes free, recalling how you’d longed for him to do this last night, and you hook the straps of your dress under your thumbs, sliding it down to reveal the slip beneath. You hear his breath hitch, but he doesn’t make a move.
You run your hands down over your ass, letting out a soft noise. You hear him readjust where he’s sitting, and you work now on the cream coloured pants beneath the white gown, sliding them down ever so carefully.
“(y/n),” King whispers.
You let out a moan. “I’ve been wanting to get out of this the entire ceremony just to see how you would look at me, seeing me like this for the first time.” You swing your hips a little, arching your back, and finally wiggle some more as you drop your pants to the floor. King’s breathing is heavier now, and you stretch your arms above your head, sighing again as you let your hair free. “Like I said. I may not have done this before, but I know a lot more than you think I do.”
“I’m not certain I believe that, my feisty little one,” King huffs, averting eye contact. Oh, no. Not tonight he doesn’t. You’re only in your chemise now, and you turn to reveal smooth skin he’s never seen before, bunching the fabric up just enough to give him a peek of the v of your hips.
You can see the visible outline of his hardened cock in his pants, straining against the tight confines and desperate for some kind of relief. You put one leg over his lap to straddle him.
“Touch me?” you whisper, and reach down. He doesn’t stop you, just watches closely as you bring your hands to his pants, untie them, and reach in to take his cock in your hand. He does as you say, returning the touch with his hands up your back, taking the straps of your chemise down. He takes a shallow breath as your fingers come in contact with his warm cock. You grin wickedly, swiping your thumb up to spread his precum around a little. He meets your eyes as you pull him fully out of his pants.
“Oh,” he huffs gently, head falling back a little as you stroke him once.
“Is that good?” you ask softly, pressing a kiss to his ear. “Am I doing it right?” King stutters a little, gasping for air when you swipe over his swollen cockhead again.
“You are doing just fine,” King whispers, lips parting.
“Mmm,” you mumble, pressing a trail of wet kisses down his face and lazily taking his lips between your teeth, leading into a dizzying kiss full of tongue and one another’s slow breath.
“Stop. Wait my love,” King mumbles, stalling your wrist with his hand. You pout.
“What’s wrong?”
He opens his eyes to look at you, pupils blown with lust.  “After a show like that, I am at your complete and ready service, not the other way around. Tell me exactly what you want me to do,” he whispers gently, and you get off of him, lying back on the floor like a princess awaiting a treat.
“Could you pleasure me with your mouth?”
Your cheeks heat, but King nods with a smile, dispelling any nerves you might have for such an intimate display of sensuality. He lays you on the floor, pressing kisses down your neck, over your collarbone and across the top of the soft skin of your breasts. His hands come up to gently hold your hips down as they circle upward—he moves your legs so he can brace himself between them, pressing more kisses down over your stomach to the impressions on your hips he’s left with his fingers.
“I want you to have me,” you whisper. King strokes one hand along your thigh.
“It takes time to discover each and every spot that will make you weak for me, lieb,” he mumbles, mouthing at your panties with a practiced finesse. “Be a good girl now for me. Be patient. There is more to come.” The bounty hunter takes the panties down with deft fingers, sliding the fabric down your legs until you’re bare to him. Your cheeks heat, but he reassures you with a starstruck gaze, looking over your body like a lovesick man. He dips his head back down with a soft kiss to your thigh, reaching up to hold your hips as if he’s predicted your body’s reaction already. He presses a reverent kiss to your clit, and his tongue takes a sweep of your folds, making you quiver as his beard scratches the soft skin of your thighs. His prediction proves correct when your hips jerk up as he gives his first lick between your lips. You reach back to grab the carpet, before deciding instead to grip onto his blonde and silver locks where his mouth works between your legs. It’s a surreal pleasure—unlike anything you’ve felt before, and you want more.
 “Does that feel good?” King asks. All you can do is nod, but he encourages you to tell him exactly how you feel. “Use your words, fraulein.”
“Yes. Don’t stop,” you sigh.
“My good girl.” King dips back down, swirling his tongue around your bud until you’re shaking. Taking care to hold you close to him, he moves himself up until he’s grinding himself against you. “I want nothing more than to be inside of you,” he whispers.
“Take me as you wish then,” you groan.
“Tonight is about you,” he murmurs against your skin.
“I want it.”
Unbuckling himself, he takes his time slowly working a finger inside of you. He adds another and gently curves them up, before gauging your reaction. Going by the desperation in your face, he slowly replaces his fingers with his cock, pausing every inch to check and see if you’re still alright. You can tell how he’s exercising his restraint—you’re so tight, and all he wants to do is take you until both of you are sweaty and screaming, but he must make this last. You can feel him sliding into you, and his hand comes up to hold yours. Your eyes screw shut as he finally bottoms out, and he presses a kiss to your chest. “Tell me when it is okay to move.” You nod.
“Please.” He starts up a slow pace, covering your body with his as he takes his time with you. Too desperate to take the time King might have in mind to teach you patience, you push your lips harder against him, and roll over on top of him. You kiss the bounty hunter, again and again until your lips are swollen and King is painfully hard inside of you.
“Lift up your shirt for me,” he whispers, his voice gentle. “That’s it.”
“Have me,” you mumble.
“What was that?” King asks, “You must use your words if you would like something, hm?”
You blink up at your older lover. “Please take me King,” you raise your voice, and he smiles.
“Hm.” He gives you an affectionate smile. “I have no choice but to oblige my lady love when she asks as nicely as that. Very well. As you wish.”
He pumps in harder, ripping a groan from you. You’d dreamed of what this would feel like, and it turned out better than you had imagined, King’s soft sighs and the rocking of his body against yours heightening every touch he grazes your sensitive skin with.
A moment later, he pulls out and flips you over gently. He then positions himself between your legs and brings his mouth back down between your legs, suckling around your clit again. “King,” you whisper, breath hitching.
“Louder,” he encourages, and goes back to masterfully taking you apart with his tongue. He soon encourages you to sit on his face, and you do, feeling him lick you perfectly as the pleasant feeling of his beard returns to tantalize your skin. He circles your clit with the tip of his tongue as you reach down to touch his cock. It’s a foreign feeling in your hand, but you soon get the hang of the motions, twisting your fist and using his precum to slick your strokes.
“King... don’t stop,” you groan, his tongue delving just barely inside of you. He moves off of your pussy as you moan, and licks his lips.
 “I must admit, I wanted nothing more than to do this all day,” he groans as he moves back up your body, “But I am a gentleman.”
“Too much of one sometimes.”
As if in challenge, he picks up his pace and starts to grunt your name, leaning down every now and then between thrusts to press a kiss to your breastbone as his face scrunches up. You love how uncharacteristically possessive King is getting– it turns you on beyond belief. Your moans grow loud as the bounty hunter’s cock fills you over and over again, satisfying your need for him as your noises blend together into the creak, groan, gasp of making love for the first time.
“K
 King
” you groan, breasts bouncing with every thrust. His breath is hot on your neck, and he presses an open mouthed kiss there.
“You are astonishing,” he whispers, “You’re perfect
 oh, bitte, bitte Fraulein, you feel so nice
 you are my everything.”
“King, just like that, oh god–” you groan, and he makes a noise at your slutty display, reaching up to massage your breasts. You feel your orgasm approach as he continues to touch you, and his hand quickly comes down to rub your clit.
“Ah,” you moan, and clutch his shoulders. King sighs, feeling your pussy squeeze him, and with a stuttered thrust he cums as well, spilling inside you. Soon, you’re crying out his name, and he squeezes your hand tighter as you both finish at the same time, the love you share burning at the height of its passion as your bodies become one. You both rock together to ride out your orgasms until you’re satisfied. Panting breaths mingle as you snuggle close to him.
 “Is that what all the fuss was about?” you tease. King frowns at you, and you laugh into his chest.
“Into bed before I take full offense to your jokes, beloved,” he murmurs. You nod, smiling as he helps you up with one hand and carries you bridal style over to the bed covered in furs for a warm night’s sleep together—finally together. 
"I am lucky I have such a pretty creature warming my bed tonight," he jokes, "A plucked chicken like me should be very grateful." You huff another laugh, rolling over beside him to finally tuck in with your love. 
"I've only ever wanted you. That'll never change, no matter what." You grin. "Tonight only helped solidify that fact." 
"So you are with me for my talents in the bedroom, ah!"
"NO--"
"I understand it now." 
"King!" 
"Shh. Let's sleep now. We will argue like an old married couple in the morning." 
The next day, Hildy and Django are already in the living room of the lodge. Gus is in the kitchen making up some breakfast.
“You look radiant this morning,” Broomhilda says, smile wide.
“Yeah. You do look pretty good. Different,” Django nods, narrowing his eyes as if to try and decipher what could have changed about you. Hildy just rolls her eyes, turning back to you from her own husband.
“So. Where’s your significant other?” You grab yourself a cup for the coffee that’s brewing, settling in across from them at the table.   
“He’s still sleeping. He worked hard last night.” Tucked in the pocket of your nightgown is a single perfect, yellow rose he had saved you from the South, one King had left his new wife to find upon waking.
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"Visser" and AEGOU
a. What’s your favorite single moment in this book?
Hands down it's Eva's line to Edriss about how she believes in higher powers and she believes she was infested so Marco would grow strong and destroy the Yeerk who enslaved her. Not only am I partial to it because Eva's one of the few characters who gets to be textually religious (and with a hefty dose of Marian symbolism which contributes back to a probable devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, we stan) but I love it because it's such a different perspective on infestation and the question of bad things happening to good people. Eva seems to think that bad things happen at least in part so evildoers can be brought to justice, and that's metal as fuck.
e. Most important contribution to series canon?
If I'm forced to pick one thing, I think what I'm going to choose is the fact that we see exactly how awful the Yeerks are from the perspective of someone who's not Esplin the Andaboo. Edriss is everything Visser Three isn't - she's cold, calculating, good at politics, good at playing the game. She makes people like her, and respect her, instead of just intimidating them. And, despite this, the system still fucks her over and drives her to quiet rebellion - but she never manages to escape it, either. She's both trapped in an authoritarian state and eagerly building that state higher. I wouldn't even say she's loyal to the Empire - she's loyal to herself, and she elevates her status by elevating the cause.
the reason this is important is because it makes the Yeerks more menacing and more realistic than a bunch of Saturday morning cartoon villains who shout menacingly but never pose a threat to the heroes - Esplin is dangerous, and there's a reason he's so damn good at war in the end, but this is a completely different ballgame.
g. Which side character SHOULD have appeared in this book but DIDN’T?
I don't actually know how this would work, but I'd love to see Illim and Mr. Tidwell's relationship/partnership contrasted with Edriss and Essam's Sex Crime Love Square From Hell. (Essam is not off the hook here, he's exactly as bad as Edriss is, Essam Does Not Get Rights). Actually I'd love to see more of Illim and Tidwell in general - they're so wonderful and sweet, and such a good example of what actual respect and equity between a Yeerk and a host looks like. Seeing that and then switching to Edriss going "Allison loves me. Hildy loves me. Essam loves me. Everyone loves me. It's such a funny joke that she tried to kill me." would drive home in a more concrete way that none of this is consensual.
o. Favorite new piece of info you learned in this book?
This is very minor but I love the idea that fiction is a human thing, and its existence as entertainment is very alien to Edriss and Essam. There's so much of Animorphs that highlights what makes Earth special without going full Star Trek: The Next Generation, but this is both fun and heartwarming and possibly a Galaxy Quest reference, so it wins in my book.
u. Are there any moments of this book that have aged badly? How would you change them?
I'm ignoring the timeline issue because the timeline is fucked, but actually I do think there's a part of this book that hasn't aged well, and it has to do with Hildy.
Edriss is a narcissist, so it makes sense that she's not focused on anyone but herself? But at the same time, there's a striking lack of awareness that what happened to Hildy was horrible because there's not any attention paid to him. We know less about him than any of Edriss or Essam's other hosts, and he doesn't get a voice or a personality or a background.
(One theory I've heard is that originally Allison was supposed to be Edriss's host while Lowenstein stayed Essam's host, and I think that's possible - Hildy is a very nothing character, like he was inserted in place of Lowenstein to address the age gap between the producer and the young Allison)
I'm somewhat grasping at straws, I'll admit, because the things that are fucked up and awkward and uncomfortable about Visser (easily Applegate's best work, I think) are the things that are supposed to make you feel that way. So what I'm left with is this: Hildy is either a nothing character because Edriss only sees him as a proxy for Essam and doesn't care who he is outside of that or he's deprioritized because particularly in the 90s, sexual assault where the victim was male just... didn't get talked about. and if that's what's going on, then yes, Hildy has aged badly, but if it's just in-character self-obsession, then I can't think of anything. I'm not talking about Allison or Eva or Jenny as a victim here because I think the books do a really good job of foregrounding the suffering of those women. Edriss even victim-blames, that's how on the nose it is.
(Send me a book!)
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