#Pinnacle Protection Dogs

[overcatic]

vedic astro observations pt. 4 (aries-centric)

1. aries is the loneliest sign in the zodiac. they tend to be on their own for the most part of their life. they have this “puppy” energy and childlike charm that attracts people to them, but the arians love their solitude. this is especially true for those with an aries ascendant or moon.

2. an interesting fact about aries is that the natives of this sign are either born with a brother (a twin) or have a brother that is really close to them — or, in some cases, have a male friend with whom they form a brotherly bond.

3. it is especially rare to meet an aries woman who doesn’t have a masculine counterpart — a male “twin” of some sort. this is especially prominent for those born under the star of the divine twins, ashwini.

4. aries natives have a special affinity with animals, especially horses and dogs. dogs are represented by mangal (mars), the lord of aries; while horses are surya (sun) which finds its height of exaltation in aries.

5. cats are venus, dogs are mars. bringing a cat into your home will enhance your venus (happiness, comfort, sensuality, luxury, play). while a dog, man’s best friend, will enhance your mars (protection, guard, safety.)

6. sidereal aries have undefeated “chill” energy. despite being ruled by mars, the fiery planet of action and anger, they’re naturally indifferent towards the matters of other people — unless they’re directly involved.

7. mars loves the moon. mars is the protector of the land (earth); the moon is the land. mars is like the loving child who wants to protect and serve their mother; a display of pure love and loyalty to the divine womb (the fertile earth within the woman). this energy is beautifully prominent within aries, and greatly terrifying in scorpio.

8. aries is the pinnacle of freedom. it is the freedom of mind, body, and soul. a natural explorer; a traveller; a loner. the aries native believes that life is an individualistic journey that is to be experienced alone. but, eventually, they meet their cosmic counterpart that the divine has sent to be their companion and closest friend.

9. aries is perceived as “childlike” and pure by most people. this energy is especially loved by sagittarius, the cosmic optimist. the sagittarius archer, a natural-born loner and traveller, tends to appreciate the loyalty and honesty which the aries exudes; thereby valuing their friendship and choosing them to be their companions throughout their journey in life (and beyond?).

10. aries and sagittarius are so cosmically intertwined, i’ve noticed. to me this relationship is like the hunter (sagittarius) and his loyal dog (aries). a beautiful and bountiful connection always occurs between these two.

note: i know that, in some cultures, it is offensive to compare someone to a dog — but i believe that those who are in harmony with the divine’s creation will not take offense. once you have defeated the ego, all creation becomes equal to you — and part of you.

namaste xx <3

[thestrangestthlng]

The 118 as Dog Breeds

inspired by this post with a little bit of razzle dazzle. This is all very scientific after very important peer research. My qualifications are that I like dogs and I like 911.

Bobby: Australian Shepherd

(Featuring Bobby being asked to donate blood.)

Aussies, especially working aussies, are active but pretty easy going. They love children. If left alone they can be destructive (or, in Bobby's case, self-destructive). They are highly intelligent and love to be of service, as many working breeds do. They are herding dogs, and while not generally aggressive, they are very protective of their family and territory. (I know it’s not an Aussie, but if Athena and a twelve year old can land a plane, we can suspend belief a bit😂)

Athena: Doberman Pinscher

(featuring Athena putting up with Buck's antics in season 1.)

Doberman's are people oriented dogs that are affectionate and sweet. They are highly intelligent, perceptive, and fearless. Given their intelligence, they thrive on solving complex problems. Which given Athen'a propensity to be in the middle of world ending problems, it's probably an important trait to have. They are high energy and if they don't get their wiggles out, they can become cranky. They are very protective of their people and historically have been the guards of the highest of nobility.

Maddie: Labrador Retriever

(featuring Maddie cloning herself to keep Buck from unaliving himself as a child.)

Labradors are the pinnacle of the family dog. They are famously friendly, outgoing, and affectionate. They are even-tempered, gentle, and trusting. Like Maddie raising Buck, they are very protective and have the natural instinct to protect their family. Their presense alone can provide a sense of security.

Buck: Golden Retriever (obvs)

(Featuring Buck at his exercise class.)

Honestly, this one doesn't need explanation. I could have used a gif of Buck and it would have been efficient. In fact, Buck is in the gif search for "golden retriever". Goldens are chaotic, loyal, and affectionate. They are highly intelligent, but sometimes you wonder if all that smarts are just in a single brain cell. They are calm and dependable, and with them you have a friend for life. Like Buck, they are unashamed of their feelings and they can be a bit naive, but they are full of optimism. Like Goldens, Buck's empathy and positivity has nowhere to go but into the hearts of everyone around him.

Chim: Jack Russell Terrier

(Featuring Wishbone Chim getting ready to read Jee a story.)

In addition to be well-read bibliophile's Jack Russell Terriers (are my favorite of the terrier breeds) are happy, energetic dogs that love to work. Like Chim, they are happiest when they have companionship and a task to complete. They are extremely intelligent but left to their own devices can be naughty and end up in the back of Athena's cruiser. They are vocal, stubborn, and fearless and the class clown.

Hen: German Shepherd

(Featuring Hen driving the ambulance. Use your imagination.)

German Shepherds are extremely intelligent, loyal, and energetic. Like Hen, they can be reserved and hesitant when meeting new people, but extremely friendly. They enjoy being with their family and tends to struggle with separation anxiety. As we've seen with Hen throughout the years, she struggles most when separated from her family. They are not naturally aggressive, but they are extremely protective of their own. Also like Hen, they tend to be calm and assertive, and make excellent leaders.

Eddie: Dalmation

(Featuring Eddie making HEART EYES. I'll see myself out.)

Okay, hear me out. I know this sounds too easy, but check it out. With their preferred humans they are affectionate, fun-loving companion. They are out-going and playful, highly intelligent dogs. They are also extremely sensitive dogs (even if they don't want to admit it) and need their family, and like Eddie, struggle the most when they are separated. They are protective in nature and it's one of the reasons why early firehouses adopted Dalmatians as firehouse dogs. He also be fighting his demons like Cruella De Vil.

Karen: Boxer

(Featuring Karen getting excited talking Costco memberships.)

Like Karen, Boxers are highly intelligent, incredibly patient and nurturing. As much as they love to snuggle with their people they are silly and has a mean case of the wiggle butts. They also tell a story with just their expressions. They delight in making their family happy. Also like Karen, they are incredibly vigilant and can easily tell the difference between friend and faux, an incredible judge of character.

Tommy: Pittie

(Featuring Lou's slightly dumb (affectionate) puppy smile.)

This one is self explanatory... HE'S JUST A BAYBEE. Pit bull terrier breeds can look intimidating due to their size and stature, but they are actually just bundles of love and affection. Go on ahead, slap a sweater on 'im and call him Jessica. They are silly and affectionate, protectors and lovers. They are strong willed and courageous (flying a chopper into a hurricane on a wild goose chase, anyone?). Gentle cuddle bugs who are happy just being with their beloved, once people get over their initial bias against them, they can't help but fall in love with the adorable lug.

and bonus...

Tim: a fucking cat

Agents of chaos and darkness (affectionate), they have no master. They run on spite and the tears of their enemies. They are clever and don't give a fuck about your feelings. If they feel like crashing a plane with Angela Bassett on it or knock over a glass while looking your in the eyes they will. They do what they want and they allow no man nor beast to tell them what to do. We all know who the true leader of the pack is and you will bow before his author-i-tayyyyy.

[yumeka-sxf]

I can't believe we've reached the season finale! 😭 First off, the key visual for this episode is too adorable and is only reminding me how much I'm going to miss my favorite (fake) family! ❤️

While the early season episode where Bond and Twilight go on a mission together hints at how much compassion Twilight has for Bond, this episode really highlights what a softie he can be when he's around someone with whom he doesn't have to put on any acts.

Not only does he risk his life to go after Bond in the fire, but when he finds out that Bond went into the burning building to save another dog, he gives that soft, sincere smile that's only reserved for when one of his family members does something that truly touches him.

Rather than be annoyed with Bond for putting both their lives in danger, he's happy that he would risk his life to protect others...because that's what he does all the time! Plus, when he thinks Bond is acting out by "attacking" random people, instead of getting mad, he puts it upon himself to try and understand Bond better, the same as he does with Anya.

It's also really adorable how much Bond wants to please Loid. Is he learning from Anya?

This guy has to be one of the dumbest arsonist to stick around the building he just burned down with a hat that says "Fire" 😂

And of course, wet Bond and "trying not to laugh" Twilight are finally animated! Twilight is lucky that Yor and Anya weren't there to catch him snickering like that...the embarrassment may have killed him.

Then we get the pinnacle of how much Twilight cares for Bond when he tells him that he should think of himself as a family member first and guard dog second, plus how heartbroken "someone" would be if anything happened to him. And that sentiment is really a driving theme in the series, not just in this case with Bond, but for Twilight and Yor too. They're always putting the happiness of others before their own, without either knowing that the other is doing it.

I didn't think they would use this story as the season finale, since it only featured Twilight and Bond, and Franky a bit in the beginning. But they made it feel more like a finale by adding new scenes of the other characters! The scenes with Anya and Yor doing origami was cute - I love how Yor went too hard with the scissors 😅

And the ending where Anya gives both Twilight and Bond stellas was a great addition (though maybe a bit canon-altering since Anya in the manga hasn't seen soaked Bond up to this point).

The montage of all the other characters at the end was nice as well.

I laughed at Fiona's target practice 🤣

And the final scene with the Forgers having dinner was the perfect last shot~

No announcement for season 3 yet, but the episode does hint that there will be more! There's a SxF event in Japan in June 2024 where they could make such an announcement. I'm hoping season 3 won't start until 2025 in order to give the manga time for new content - as of the end of season 2, 67% of the manga has been adapted into the anime (according to my story guide spreadsheet), which is a lot. We'll see! But there will definitely be more SxF anime in the future, perhaps even another movie! So for now, only SxF Sundays twice a month will have to tide us over 😄

[esggs]

[ #2, Lord!Sukuna x knight!reader, heian-era trueform Sukuna, d/s relationship, graphic descriptions of torture and violence as a metaphor for love, misogyny, yandere!reader, jealousy, gnc reader, 800+ words ]

pt.1 (feast)

No one wants to bring the news to you: Sukuna has taken another knight. 

One he found mid-battle, similar to you. Young Gojo-kun, a sprightly boy only a few years younger than you, possesses the Six Eyes and Limitless cursed technique. One who apparently professed his loyalty to Sukuna in exchange for training. One who sits pampered in his tent across the post-war encampment. 

That you raged back into your tent, fell down weeping, bashed your things at the walls, ripped your hair and tore your robes off screaming in anger… it was all heard by the worried guards posted in front of your chambers. Never had they seen their noble knight with veins of cold steel so. It did not calm them down when you emerged from your doors, kimono falling off your shoulders, eyes puffy red, hair dishevelled, and your hand grasped, with foreboding surety, around your sword. 

The All-Seeing Gojo-kun titters at your state. His tent is among the largest, his throng of admirers sitting around like so. His feet are slung over a makeshift throne, about 20 paces from your determined steps.

“What an honour! The Butcher, in flesh!” He mocks. “Make space, Benkei, find a seat for the mistress-in-chief’s royal ass!” He takes no notice of the audience gasping, the inconceivable disrespect for someone like you. 

10 paces. “Won’t you please us with a dance, dog? Like you do for your master? A little tail-wagging?” Gojo-kun has nothing to worry about. Not only is he blessed with God-like sorcery and the heirdom of the Gojo Clan, he has the protection of Sukuna himself. Nothing can wee old you do to him.  

5 paces. “Please, I only tease you as a friend, haha! Will you go tattle to Sukuna now?”

3 paces. “But he won’t care, will he? Not when he’s bored with his old toy. One with no cursed technique.”

2 paces. “Not when he has me, the pinnacle of jujutsu sorcery.”

1 pace. You plant your footing in front of the smug Gojo-kun– “Keep crying for him like a virgin bride, you know that he’ll never return your pathe– ” and you cut his head off in one clean flash of your blade. 

Screams, a rushing crowd, weeping maidens, enraged men. Damn, you muse. That brat must’ve really gotten to me. My hand shook so much. Because why else would a few untorn threads of muscle still dare to patch his idiotic head onto his neck? The boy is still breathing. Good.  

You drag Gojo-kun’s body, his ornate robes collecting grass-dirt, by the hair. People stand by terrified lest they catch your eye. In his last moments, you correct his previous statement: you do have a cursed technique. Pain like rats are clawing through their chest, pain like they are being skinned and broiled alive, pain like their eyes, tongues, fingers and genitalia are being torn off…You can give one such pain at the time of their death. And the way his dead eyes are crying, you know that he’s penitent. 

His body flops to the ground as his neck-muscles finally snap apart. Tsk. Now you have to carry the head in one hand and rest in another. All the way up to the master tent, where Lord Sukuna must be holding court. 

No guard dares stop you. The courtiers part in haste. Sukuna himself sits up, eyes wide in shock. Like a wolfdog bringing a dead sparrow to present to its master, both parts of the corpse are dropped, as are your knees, to the ground at your Lord’s feet. 

“I caught this rat stealing from your granary, Sukuna-sama.” What a bold-faced lie, but which fool would correct you? “I protected you.” 

Sukuna knew that you were tamed in the sense that you did your best to be tame for him. He did anticipate some ill-feelings from you when he brought the boy along, not blunt murder. Should he punish you? You certainly deserved to be disciplined; he had grand plans for the Six-Eyes. But to look into the insanity carved in your stony eyes as you pointedly refuse to call him ‘my Lord’... No, I understand now. 

This was your way of saying, if the brat deserved to survive, he would have. Your cruel mouth says he wasn’t worthy of you. Your jealous heart says I am all that you require, my Lord. 

You dragged his corpse all the way here not to profess guilt but for something completely different: you want praise. Sukuna has never denied you anything. 

“Well done, knight.” Your Lord’s voice rumbles like rocks through the silence. “We are all grateful for your service.”

You offer him a deep prostration before you excuse yourself. The next time Sukuna spots you is at the dinner banquet, merry-making and loud-laughing with your comrades, sake and deer-meat aplenty, your knight uniform shining, long hair tied neat, sword pristine as a white lily. 

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a/n: Set in the Heian era (794-1185 AD), this Gojo isn't our Satoru Gojo, to clarify that. He also never got the chance to activate his Infinity before getting his head lopped off, poor guy ig.

knight!reader primarily fights with conventional weaponry, infuses cursed energy and uses New Shadow style techniques (which they discovered and founded), cuz their CT is pretty useless in actual battle. Most people, like Gojo-kun here, think that they don't have one. they're a horrifically savage fighter, tearing enemies into chunks, hence is also called 'The Butcher'.

While the biological sex of the knight is whatever the reader wants it to be, socially they play a male role. they dress in male military uniform, fight alongside men, were given a man's education, and get duties and respect that a man of that time would get. realistically, a woman would never get the high ranking of a knight.

knight!reader is not Sukuna's mistress or anything like that. it's just mean-spirited gossip. their relations are intensely close and kinda fucked up tho :)

[aihoshiino]

After reading 164, I think you are very correct in saying Akasaka doesn't seem to register Aqua's death as a suicide, narratively speaking. It's shown as a martyr / for the greater good / ultimate selfless act that happened because there's no other way to take down the evil criminal mastermind Kamiki (who never got his hands dirty). It makes me so mad because all the elements are there - his loved ones perceiving it as a tragedy, Akane straight up talking about how he didn't look suicidal - but narratively it's just... not. Having Akane being the only person who sees this as a suicide is so cruel to her character, when her introductory arc to ONK was what caused a lot of controversy re suicide ideology when it came out. It's like Akasaka specifically offered a well-intentioned (although wishy-washy) message of "don't kys, people care about you" to her, just to wack her aching heart with Aqua's cold dead body saying "AKCHUALY suicide is okay when you're not being SELFISH". It's just so bad and I can't even read it as a tragic character arc for Aqua because Akasaka refused to acknowledge it as such.

YEAH.... Like I said it's baffling because Akane does Literally describe it as a suicide - given, as you pointed out, her own history with a suicide attempt I guess maybe the idea is that BECAUSE of Akane's history with suicide, she's uniquely positioned to recognise what Aqua did AS a suicide even if Aqua is not really able to frame it to himself in that way. Which... Yeah that's such a horrendous weight to put on Akane especially.

BUT, again, this would require the narrative to properly recognise Aqua's death as a suicide rather than treating it, as you said, as a noble and necessary act of self sacrifice that he HAD to do. It's acknowledged as being sad and that Aqua giving up on his future is tragic but the story nevertheless frames it all Right and Inevitable - I've ranted enough about the "Aqua was reborn to be Ruby's guard dog" shit enough times, but the result is that Aqua's suicide ends up being framed as this pinnacle of devotion and protection and in paralleling it to Ai's death, implies it is an equivalent act of love to her giving those words to the twins. WHICH IS. UM. I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ON.

I think part of the problem is that Akasaka had gotten way too into this idea of "Aqua and Kamiki destroy each other" as an ending but for whatever reason was unable or unwilling to adjust it to account for the fact that both Aqua and Kamiki had ended up in places as characters where they just would not actually do that. So, ironically, rather than killing that particular darling, he just forced that square peg through the round hole no matter how much he had to shave off in the process. Idk, maybe he thought an ending WITHOUT Aqua killing Kamiki would feel like a letdown and killing Aqua with him was just a way of avoiding having to write The Consequences and massive change to Aqua's character it would represent.

[living-undead]

I love these OC Questionnaires! Thank you so much for the tag @rosienthe!! 💜

Real Name "Ebi"

Alias August

Gender Male

Star Sign Leo

Height 5'10" (177cm)

Nationality/Ethnicity Egyptian/Ethiopian

Favorite Fruit Plasma Fruit

Favorite Season Winter

Favorite Flower Chrysanthemum

Favorite Scent That stuffy and distinct smell your grandma's house has

Coffee/Tea/Hot Cocoa Tea

Average hours of sleep He has not slept in 4 decades.

Dogs/Cats Cats, specifically black cats and sphynxes

Dream Vacation A remote home at the pinnacle of Mt. Komerebi

Number of Blankets 9

Random Fact He doesn't like being coddled or coo'd; coddling makes him feel weak. The only way he accepts positive affirmation is through worship. If you do not worship him, he will take it as an offense, as though you're directly calling him too weak to protect the ones he loves.

I shall taaaaagggg... @ruthplaysthesims @matchalovertrait @pralinesims @faerun-s

@salemssimblr @plasmafruittree @tenyrasims @moonlitfalls

@fl0ptrait @druidberries @birdietrait @thebramblewood

[fancyfeathers]

Society of Protection (Yandere Bungo Stray Dogs x reader x original characters) (normalized yandere au)

Chapter Thirteen

The Phantom of the Opera

Prologue and oc intro

Chapter one

Chapter two

Chapter three

Chapter four

Chapter five

Chapter six

Chapter seven, part one

Chapter seven, part two

Chapter eight

Chapter nine

Chapter ten

Chapter eleven

Chapter twelve

You awoke by the sound of footsteps, still in the room Fyodor placed you and Gaston in. You looked over to see the door being unlocked and the familiar figure of Fyodor entering the room. He looks over at the two of you with a soft smile, unfitting for a man like him. “Seems like my ангелы, are getting the rest they need.”

He approached you and Gaston, curled up next to one another. He sat down on the edge of the bed, he reached up and brushed the hair out of your face, the leather of his gloves cold against your skin before it trailed up and ran over Gaston’s closed eyelids. “So beautiful. Sleep is almost the pinnacle of peace, our bodies unbothered by the outside world, unmoved, relaxed.”

He offered his hand to you, offering it to help you sit up. Against your better judgment you took it and he pulled you to sit up on the edge on the edge of the bed with him. “Why do you do all of this? What do you want from me?”

“Oh my love…” He smiled and leaned over, taking your hand he still held and pressing it against his cheek which was also cold. “You were once so pure, both of you, so pure. I will fix you, bring you back to the light after you’ve wandered in darkness.”

“Both of us?” 

“Hm… I suppose Gaston has not told you about his entire past, has he?” Fyodor asked, glancing over at the sleeping composer.

“I know he is a composer for the Paris Opera House and that he was assigned by the European Union to hunt you down three years ago.” You answered, trying to think about what Gaston had told you about his past, not much at all. “I think he’s from a town called Perros-Guirec or at least his father is buried there.”

“Hm…” he hummed in thought and letting your hand go and land on your own lap. “That’s not untrue, but not the entire truth, my мышь. It’s not my place to tell you, but I do hope he tells you in due time.”

Before you could push him any farther on it you felt a shift on the bed behind you as Gaston awoke. Fyodor reached out and grabbed Gaston’s glasses from the nightstand, handing them to him. Gaston grabbed them from the Russian, slipping them on without even making eye contact with either of you. You two watched as Fyodor stood from the bed, adjusting his coat. “Come along now, it is time we watch Yokohama rot away.”

Fyodor made his way to the door, both you and Gaston following behind. As you walked into the hall your eyes never broke from the back of Fyodor’s head. Then you felt Gaston slip something into your hand, you looked down to see a fruit knife. You looked to Gaston and he held his pointer finger to his lips as if to tell you to tell you to be quiet and hide it. So you managed to slip it in the back of your skirt. Now you could only pray that would be enough to defend yourself if need be.

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Victor stepped into a large room, he was escorted by two government agents, one on either side. He looked around the room, his hands fiddling with the necklace he wore. This was the headquarters of the Special Division for Unusual Powers, Victor had been called by a contact of the Society and told to come here with urgency. Victor had no idea who this contact was but if they were able to get ahold of them then Dr. Stevenson or Miss Jane must have trusted them. 

“You must be, Victor Hugo.” Victor jumped at the voice, startled he turned to see  who called him. There stood a man, black hair, black suit, a beauty mark above his lip, and round glasses. “Well?”

“Y-yes, I-I am…” Victor stuttered out, clearly nervous. “B-but, I-I’m not.. the… um…”

“Original? I know. I read your file, I apologize for the loss of your brother.”  He said, still no emotion coming on his face. “I understand your parents renamed you to basically be him after he died in the war, and I also heard your colleague William Shakespeare worked under him in the war as a child spy.”

“Y-yes… that’s correct…” Victor didn’t like talking about his brother. With his passing, Victor’s parents forced a false identity onto him, he went from being the unloved child to a filler for their dead child. Victor shook away that thought. “E-excuse me, you called me h-here but I’m afraid I have no idea who you are, is this about that fog o-overtaking Yokohama? C-cause I-I have no idea about that.”

“I know. To put introductions aside, I am assistant counselor of the Special Division for Unusual Powers, Ango Sakaguchi.” He introduced himself, so calm and collected unlike Victor who was a stuttering mess. “We have called you here to help deal with this fog incident, you and one other.”

“One other?”

At that time the door literally swung off his henges and crashed to the ground with a heavy clatter causing Victor to let out a high pitched squeak. 

“Ability user, 5158.” Ango said, stepping in front of Victor. There stood a man, red hair, black suit, and a black hat. “Chuuya Nakahara, executive of the Port Mafia.”

Victor’s expression slowly turned to one of shock and fear. “You want me to work with the Port Mafia!?”

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Fyodor lead you to a hall where you could hear distant talking and figures, two, sitting at a table, but you couldn’t quite make out what they were saying or who they were, must be the drugs in your system, but apparently Fyodor could.

“To me, both of your intentions are obvious.” Fyodor spoke as the two figures at the table came into focus, a man you have never seen with long white hair and dressed in white, and the all to familiar smug face of Osamu Dazai. Gaston scowled at the sight of Dazai. Fyodor only chuckled and continued.“With such lies you’ll never write a good play, you’ve lost your audience too.”

“The demon, Fyodor. You to will dance as my collaborator.” The white haired man turned to look at the three of you. “These must be your angel and mouse as you call them in Russian.”

That made you want to throw up but before anyone could speak, Dazai chuckled and spoke up. “Collaborator? Don’t you think he has the highest chance of betraying you?”

You and Gaston watched from the edge of the room, standing against a pillar next to a window that looked out over the fog covered Yokohama. His eyes were fixed on the three sitting at the table, his face scrunched, trying to figure out what exactly they were planning. 

“No one has ever exceeded my predictions thus far. I have high hopes for you.” The white haired man said with a shrug. 

“What I feel most is sorry for this city of ability users, no matter which of us prevails they will all die.” Your eyes widened in horror when Fyodor said this. Your entire life was about to crumble before your eyes.

That is when Gaston leaned over to you and whispered. “That’s Shibusawa, I think I have an idea now about what’s this is all about, I’ll explain it to you when we’re alone, for now-“

“ангел музыки, it’s rude to whisper. (Name), Come here.” Fyodor said, cutting Gaston off. He did not look over at you but waved you over with his finger. You hesitantly stepped forward, your heels clicking again the marble floor the only sound in the room. Fyodor patted the arm of his chair, silently tellingly you to sit down and so you did. “Care to tell us what you and Gaston were talking about?”

This wasn’t a question but it was a demand. You couldn’t tell him otherwise he wouldn’t leave you and Gaston alone. “He… he was telling me about….” You thought back of Fyodor’s words from when you entered the room. “How you all, including you Fyodor, would never write a good play for you don’t possess the craftsmanship and charm of an artist.“

Fyodor’s eyes narrowed at you, he knew you were lying but had no other ground to go off of here so he grabbed your chin, harsher than he had before. “If I found  out you were lying to me, мышь. It won’t be very pretty.” He let go of your chin and kissed your cheek. “That’s all.”

You slipped off the armrest and turned and started walking back towards Gaston and collapsed in his arms and the two of sunk to the floor, sitting down like pets, sitting at the feet of their owners. The three of them talked while Gaston held you and you silently cried in his arms…

Now you know why Dazai called you Snow White all that time ago.

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Fyodor allowed you to return to your room while they discussed more sensitive topics, not meant for your ears. Once the door clicked shut, locked, and footsteps began walking back where they came from, Gaston took off his glasses and pinched his nose in slight annoyance.

“Why did you say that? If he finds out who knows what he’ll do!” Gaston reprimanded you as you sat on the bed. 

“I-I don’t know, I didn’t want him to know I guess, he wouldn’t leave us alone together if he did.” 

“He probably already knows we’re planning something, just not what.” Gaston came and sat down next to you on the bed, putting his glasses back on. “I think I have an idea what is happening. We don’t have our abilities and in this fog gifted died via their own abilities. Shibusawa’s ability is behind this so he’s unaffected, Dazai’s ability nullifies any other abilities so he’s immune, I can’t place Fyodor but it’s probably something out in our best interest. As for us and everyone in Yokohama, our abilities have left us and it would be a good guess that they’re going to try to kill us.”

Your eyes widened in horror as he spoke. “Our abilities are hunting us down?” 

“Yes, I believe so.” He nodded, his head turned to you. “Your ability only has mental capabilities but mine could be quite deadly, pass through walls, materialize at will.”

As he spoke you saw a  red figure pass through the walls, no features besides eyes and a red jewel on its forehead… oh shit.

“Gaston look out!” You screamed as Gaston’s ability wrapped its hands around his throat, pushing him against the wall. Gaston’s glasses were knocked to the floor and he was gasping for breath as his ability tried to break his wind pipe. You stood there completely in shock, not knowing what to do, but if you didn’t do something Gaston would die. You reached out and tied to grab the ability but it disappeared, dropping Gaston to the ground who was gasping for breath. You rushed forward but before you could reach him, his ability materialized again, getting Gaston in a chokehold from behind.

Then you remembered…

The knife…

This is why he gave it to you…

Just as Gaston was slipping into unconscious you pulled out the knife, you grabbed the ability yourself and stabbed it in the head, shattering the red gem on its forehead. The ability disappeared into thin air, leaving you alone with Gaston who was gasping for breath.

“That… was your ability…”

“Y-yes.” Gaston spoke while he tried to breathe. “T-the… Phantom of… the O-opera. Deadly if used correctly.”

You helped Gaston back on the bed again, laying him down as he caught his breath. “If I destroyed your ability does that mean you have your ability again?”

Gaston reached out to the wall and his hand passed right through. He turned to you with a weak smile. “We have one up on Fyodor. The Phantom of the Opera is here, inside my mind, where he belongs.”

[deusvervewrites]

Divinity x Start Again

Momo and Izuku were so excited when they saw the signs of All Might beginning Apotheosis. After all, it is always a glorious moment when a new god is born. But then, right it could be completed, right when he was at the threshold, he was slain by All For One.

40 years of heroic deeds culminating in this moment, snuffed out before it could shine.

And Momo? She was stricken with a great sadness. For here was the very pinnacle of humanity in this era and he was butchered like a dog by a man who should’ve been consigned to the deepest pits of Hell.

And it was then that she realized. That for all the goodness and prosperity in the world, it could, and would, be torn down by the selfishness of evil men.

And so she made it her duty, and her Prophet’s duty, to locate those sparks of goodness and to save their souls from those evil men. To cherish and protect them. To bring together under one covenant of protection and peace.

Even if the souls do not wish to be saved themselves.

Well then

[watcherintheweyr]

Feyre Archeron is very similar to a certain green queen in chains and I do not mean that in a good way but I don't think yall are ready for that conversation

Something something women in positions of power using it to abuse people while thinking themselves utterly self righteous and better than all else. Something Something women in those positions of power taking out their pain on those who have never deserved it and feeling utterly justified in doing so.

Harming those who have genuinely loved them and have never been the cause of their pain, either because they're angry those people didn't suffer at their sides or that they didn't hold them as their highest pinnacle of attention and affection.

Who harm those around them whilst constantly idolizing, enabling, and giving passes to the men in their lives who have GENUINELY caused their pain and suffering.

They became weapons and weaponizers of the systems that harmed them. (Olivia Cooke herself says Alicent weaponizes the patriarchy against other women- Feyre judges and sneers at Lucien for 'being homeless' and 'shacking up' with others without homes- when she is the reason Lucien and much of the Spring court have no homes, no friends, no reputation or safe place- and continues to allow the abuse, alienation, and use of Lucien within the Night Court)

Her treatment and condoning of Rhys' treatment of Tamlin- even though she gives Rhys passes for doing worse to her AND for trying to do to her sister what Tamlin did to her. How she blows off how miserable Keir and his people are in a stone city- people born to the night court that have never seen the night- because they have 'every comfort' but tries to destroy Tamlin when he locked her in a manor house 'with every comfort.'

(I am not saying what Tamlin did was good or right- but it is worth mentioning that he was trying to get her to NOT go with him, for her own safety, and she was refusing to listen. And she later proves his every fear right, because when it's revealed she has the powers of every court, Beron does, in fact, want her dead or worse. It is worth mentioning that his actions are very easily explained by the 50 years of trauma and ptad caused by Amarantha. Not excused. But certainly explained. And im sorry but nothing Tamlin did makes him in any way irredeemable. Rhys on the other hand..)

To Feyre, no one's trauma is important except for her own and Rhys'. It doesn't matter- but if it inconveniences her, then she will do everything in her power to shame that person- all because she wants to control them, and ultimately wants them to put her first. She lambasts and belittled Lucien for trying to protect her, because even though he did try to intervene on her behalf with tamlin, he was also trying to protect himself- so that makes him a dog, blindly loyal, worthy of her verbal and mental abuse. She literally **considers leaving him to Ianthe** while knowing Ianthe had SAed him and was quite obviously intending to do so again.

She despises Tamlin for not 'noticing' that she was wasting away, despite the fact that his own trauma was also causing *him* to waste away. At one point she GENUINELY considers the night court conquering and absorbing the Spring court- because she feels entitled, because she and Rhys can do no wrong.

When Tarquin calls her and Rhys out on how they manipulated and wronged him, how her actions directly led to the destruction of the Spring and Summer courts, she plays victim and Rhys plays 'holier than thou'.

Feyre isn't a morally grey girlboss. She's a self righteous, entitled bully. Just like Alicent.

[informaltorching]

for vesper! 13, 18 and 20 (join the anarch's there's just one lasombra there)

What I would do to put Callista and Vesper in a room and watch him squint suspiciously at her... 13. Was their embrace painful? (Either emotionally or physically) Oh both. The moment he put together he was going to be embraced, he begged his sire to just kill him. Begged and begged like a dog. And that was her moment at the pinnacle of her hatred for him. She really drew it out, made sure the process was as agonizing and terrifying as it possibly could be. Actually gonna pop a readmore here cause this is a lil long :)

18. What are their thoughts on thin-bloods? Before he was embraced, Vesper sometimes worked with a thin-blood that had worked with the SI due to his disdain towards full-bloods. This sort of created a bias in him as that thin-blood is still his friend. Vesper is the only full-blood he is willing to work with. He eventually told Vesper that things were getting hard bc of a particular nasty scourge. Vesper ended up breaking into the scourge's haven and found evidence that ended up getting the scourge executed. He currently has a group of thin-bloods under his protection at the request of the friend as well. They offer him vitae, so it isn't necessarily the most wholesome situation. Sometimes he gets cool gifts, too :) like....blood bond breaking potions...hehe... 20. What are their thoughts on the Anarchs? (Again. This is his perspective from his chronicle's state. Vesper is a younger kindred and has only lived in very Cam-dominated city.)

So, Vesper isn't really sold on the Anarchs. From his personal experiences, I would say he is actually more Camarilla-leaning than Anarch-leaning, despite his issues with the Camarilla. He has friends in the Anarchs that are the only things that could possibly entice him to join. Otherwise from his perspective, they are a directionless mess and he has had to sort of stick his neck out for them a few times. Actually, he has had a dog shit experience of them asking him for help and then leaving him out to dry.

[pinnacle11]

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[heliosthegriffin]

Shadow Knight, and Magic Girls VIII

"So, any reason why you woke us all up," Weiss asked tiredly, having been dragged out of her home at 7am by one overly energetic Ruby.

"Yes!" Ruby shouted.

"Which is?" Blake added.

"Because," She smiled deviously. "I had to wake up yesterday and was tired all day! So, I thought if we were all tired, it wouldn't be as bad!

Yang looked at Ruby, then her hands, then grabbed her rosy cheeks and pinched and squeezed them. "You should have stayed in bed!"

"Eep!" Ruby cried, cowering behind Weiss, who was fighting the urge to put her in a popsicle. "I'm sorry! I"m not used to missing sleep, I can't think straight!"

Blake nodded, thinking of how she was going to take advantage of this. "Make's sense, she's bound to use more energy than the rest of us, so need's more sleep."

"See! Blake gets it!"

"Not that it excuses her." Blake gave her a menacing glare, then her bow twitched.

"One! Two! One! Two!"

From down the street, a shadow was approaching, as racing Pyrrha Nikos from down the street were four brawny young men, puling a sleigh in which an enormous old man, with a equally enormous gut, and magnificent mustache, cracked a whip at the boys every couple seconds.

"On Cardin, on Russel, On Sky, and Dove! Mush, boys! Mush, boys! Hiyeah!" The man cried into a megaphone, sitting off car alarms, making dogs have panic attacks, and breaking fragile glass.

The girls watched stunned as the ... event got closer and closer to them.

Pyrrha eventually stopped next to them with a glass-like smile, and a look that said, 'don't ask, me. I don't know either.'

The old man stopped his sleigh, Cardin and his boys collapsing in a steaming heap. "Hohoho, young lady, you sure gave my boys a good challenge!" He pumped his shotgun, took air, and shot a stream of fire 20ft into the air, and five fully cooked pigeons fell down in front of Cardin and boys. "Eat up, boys!" Then turned to Pyrrha. "Same time tomorrow, Young Lady?"

Pyrrha looked to the girls, who shrank away from her, then looked back with resignation. "... Sure."

"Magnificent!" His mustache rose in joy, revealing a dazzling smile. "Enough, break! Time to run!"

"Wait, teacher!" Cardin stood up, his eyes unusual bright. "There is something I must do!"

"Hmm," He spun his ax. "Make it quick, this is a rich neighborhood, the police won't have missed me arabesque-cooking those birds."

Cardin approached Ruby, who shrunk behind Yang, who looked ready to rumble.

He bowed, sincerely. "You have our sincerest apologies for our rudeness, we have learned the errors of our way, as we have taken the first steps onto the mountain of manliness, after seeing the pinnacle."

They're teacher harrumphed in approval.

Ruby turned to Pyrrha, questing her.

Pyrrha looked at her blankly.

Ruby turned back to an expectant Cardin. "...Apology accepted, please leave."

Then he turned to Weiss. "Ms. Schnee," He wiped back his tears. "The love of young lady is a beautiful thing," Weiss stepped back in horror. "Like a Edelweiss unfurling into dawn's light, it must be protected or it will surely perish." He put a hand on her shoulder, who shuddered in horror. "But, you must let him go."

"What?" Weiss looked at Cardin like he was on meth, no she was sure he was on something illegal.

Which is true, Peter Port is wanted for dueling in 11 cities, but irrelevant.

"Give up on him, he is beyond your reach. You will merely hurt yourself pursuing him." Cardin said looking off into the sunrise, eye's twinkling with unshed tears.

"I truly have no idea what your talking about?" Weiss said, trying to pull Cardin's gorrilla grip off of her.

He sighed. "Your feelings for Jaune Arc." He continued looking off into the distance. "He has found love. 4 of them, in fact. They're all happy together, you would only intrude on they're happiness. Now, I know you're a Schnee, and want to take all virgin land for yourself,"

"Excuse me?!" Weiss screeched, red-faced.

"Preach, brother!" Blake bellowed.

"Weiss, please. Don't make this hard for Jaune, then it has to be." Cardin put both hands on her shoulders, looking down. "It's for the best for both of you... well, five ... six?" He was trying to figure out the dynamics of that relationship.

"I do not have a crush on Jaune Arc!" Weiss hollered.

Ruby turned to stone-faced Pyrrha, a crying Yang, and usually interested Blake. "How do you think Ren and Nora are going to take this?"

"How he could break they're hearts like that! He already had, Weiss, Ren, and Nora wrapped around his fingers!"

"And, Lily." Blake added.

"And, Lily! How will she live!?" Yang yelled, setting off car alarms in the distance.

---

Ren rose groggily, looking through his window at his parents car as it cried out, watching as his father went outside cursing, then turned off it's alarm.

He grabbed his earphones, cranked up the music, then went back to sleep.

---

"She how will they live?" Pyrrha asked, eyes dark with thought.

Blake was writing in a notepad. "Just put them all in a locked room, that will solve it."

"I'll go in and ... monitor it." Pyrrha added. 'I will win it.'

"Cardin," An old wise voice emerged from the sleigh. "Leave her be."

"But, Teacher!"

"Cardin, look her mind is set." He said wisely.

He looked at Weiss, who looked ready to attack, almost foaming at the mouth and growling, he took a step back.

Cardin wiped his eyes, then gave Weiss a thumbs up. "You go get him, girl!"

The Teacher then fired a shot into the air. "You have our support!" The other three boys cries out they're support to. "Now onward, young Cardin! I hear sirens, ohoho, it will be quite the race!"

"Yes, Teacher!"

The 5 girls watched as the they took off down the street, sparks coming off the sleigh, and a police car coming down the street.

It stopped in front of them. "Young ladies, we've heard reports of a noise complaint from several anonymous residents, do you have any information on the matter."

As one, other than Blake who isn't a stitch, pointed down the street at the quickly disappearing sleigh.

The cop gave a weak-smile and a thumb's up, then slowly reversed the back the way he came.

Yang patted Pyrrha on the back. "Well, at least you have something to look forward tomorrow for."

Pyrrha frowned. "Yeah, something."

The a jet-black car pulled up in front of them, the back-door opening, revealing-

----

Jaune pulled at his uniform.

He hadn't even known the school had them, it was nice, but he didn't like the way it squeeze his collar, or how it itch it felt.

Oh wait, those were his stitches, he could live with that. Well, he had to live with that.

Then the car pulled to a stop, and a box was pushed into his hands, by Melanie, it felt heavy. "They're your lunch, Uncle Xiong was very clear that you eat healthy from now on, it's mix of whole proteins, carbohydrates, healthy fats, and water."

Jaune stared down at the lunch box, if felt like he could bludgeon a man with it. His stomach growled.

Melanie slid him two more boxes. "There, that should get you through the day."

A scroll was then handed over by Miltiades. "Here you go, champ. It's your brand new scroll." Jaune looked over the black lighter sized object, it had twin red-axes on the back. He opened it, and holographic screen emerged.

'Lynching completion, 12% - 18% - 25% - 53% - 68% - 79% - 89% - 98% - Complete.

Syncing with known bio-signatures.

Welcome, Jaune Arc-Xiong."

"How'd you guys get my name changed so fast?"

Militia smiled. "Money."

"Oh."

"Legally, you've been adopted by Uncle Xiong as his nephew, well, as a god-child, but same difference. Anyway, welcome to the family, Cousin."

Jaune sighed. "What am I going to tell mom and dad?"

Melanie popped the locks. "Don't know, but you got the whole afternoon, before we come to pick you back this evening. So, think a bit, boy. Whatever your story, we'll back it up."

"How are you going to find-," Jaune looked at his new scroll. "Oh, never mind."

"Also," Her sister chimed in. "Make sure, that your on your best behaviors, you're on camera, so smile a bit!" She mimed doing a smile. "Also, we took a look at your grades and..." She looked away awkwardly. "Yeah. Good luck."

Jaune held his face in his hands. "Don't think I don't need it."

"Anyway, see you this afternoon."

"I'll remember, see you then." Jaune said getting out, closing the door behind him.

"You think he's going to have a good day?" Miltiades asked.

Her sister shrugged. "Who knows, long as he doesn't make the Family look bad."

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. I think he's fine."

The car drove off slowly, Melanie watching as he was mobbed by several different girls, making her chuckle, if feeling slightly pissed off for some reason. "I guess not."

"So, what do we now?"

"Sleep."

"Yeah, that sounds good."

The two drove towards they're home in Old Vale, one of the most esteemed neighborhoods in the city. It was also thirty minutes away, and Melanie noticed her sister staring to drift off.

That could wait, she had a question for her.

"Miltiades?"

"Yes?"

"Did you notice anything about the way, Uncle Xiong phrased our deal with Blondie?"

Her sister squinted at her tired. "No? Should I?"

"Yes? No? Maybe. It's just the way he put it, it's almost like he's setting up a play of sorts. Blondie can't take control until we say so, not Uncle Xiong, not the Elders, no one."

"And?"

"Don't you think that's a bit odd? If anything happens to Uncle, that means, power would default to us, wouldn't it? As, Blondie can't take control until we say so, and as his benefactors, we would have to hold control until we say he's ready, so ..."

"Yes?" Her sister didn't seem to get it.

"Never-mind, I'm over thinking this."

They continued to drive, her sister snoring softly, eventually getting home.

Melanie pause, they're were shadows moving inside.

She reached for her pistol, and moved to the door, opening it slowly, it was already unlocked.

Curious.

Opening the door, she saw ...

"What the hell, are you two doing here?" Melanie asked angrily at Vernal and Amber.

"Uh, in case you didn't remember, your boys destroyed our house." Vernal pointed a cup of coffee at them. "So, Big Bears putting us up here until further notice. So, welcome home, roomies!"

Amber smile apologetically.

"Sis, why you blocking the door?" Miltiades asked, then looked around the room. "Why didn't you tell me we had guests? I love sleep overs!"

---

Jaune felt his gut buckle, as what felt like a cannonball slammed into him. "Urgh." He grunted, somehow keeping his lunch safe.

"Jaune!" Ruby cried happily. "It's been forever!" She had her arms circle around this front, too short to reach all the way around. Then, she looked up at him angrily. "You skipped school, yesterday! Just when I need you most! How dare you, you .. you ... you ... Meanie!"

Looking down at his diminutive self-proclaimed best friend, Jaune had to resist laughing at her pout. "Wow, you don't have to be so harsh, Ruby."

Ruby unlatched, still pouting. "I'm sorry, that was out of line, but you still are a dirty skipper, you!" Then she looked at him.

"I have a doctor's note." Jaune dug out the crumpled piece of paper, handing it to Ruby, who took it greedily.

"I'll be the judge of that!" She scanned over the notes. "From the Office Dr. Autumn, excused from school yadda-yadda-yadda ... for gross bodily harm!" Ruby cried out, getting her friends and sisters attention.

Ruby looked at Jaune like he had paper-skin and glass bones. "What are you doing at school! We need to get you to a hospital!"

'If I had dollar for every time someone told me that, I wouldn't be in debt.' Jaune considered.

He resisted the urge to pat her friends head, as she stared at him with concerned eyes. "I'm fine, Ruby."

She looked him over. "Alright the, but I'll be watching you, Mister! No harm shall come to my bestie on my watch!" She pointed from her eye to his.

Chuckling, Jaune felt his heart warm. Her concern actually made him feel happy.

Then stormed over a ice-storm localized entirely in a 5'2 girl, Winter Storm Weiss.

"For the last time," She looked him in the face. "I do not have any feelings for you!" Weiss paused noticing his scratched up face, then removed her finger from his abdomen. "My apologies."

"It's fine. Not like I feel anything about you, so no harm." Jaune nodded. "Apology accepted."

Weiss paused. "None?" She gestured to her face, hair, and body. "No feelings at all? No poems about how my beauty is your muse? My voice a song? A need to carve my naked form out of marble?"

Jaune backed away slowly, as she was starting to unnerve him. "None. I'm not much of an artist, anyway." He moved Ruby in front of him as a shield.

"Well, good then." Weiss said. "Though, even if you were to write me a 100 volumes on my beauty, I would consider it. Out of pity, of course, but even thought I have no feelings for you, I can't get that across enough, I am not heartless, so know this, there is a lottery's chance that you could obtain me!"

Jaune moved forward, keeping Ruby facing Weiss like a cross against a vampire. "Noted, and I'm not going to do that, so rest easy. I don't want to date you, or anything, I'm busy, so no need to worry." Jaune was starting to feel unnerved by the white-haired girl.

Weiss pushed forward following them anyway, only being kept away by Ruby happy smile, which is well known to burn Weiss if she stepped too close. "Yes, good to know. I'm just letting you know, you have a chance, as I am a kind women. But, what do you mean, too busy?" Her face angry. "Are you saying you can't make time for a Schnee? I'll have you know I get thousands of marriage proposals every day! You would refuse such an honor?"

'Gross,' Jaune thought about the marriage proposals, what kind of father would even let that happen?

---

Jacque Schnee looked at the current bidding for his daughters hand in marriage, then compared them to they're financial portfolio, crossed with the social standing to be gained, and then whether he could have the media spin his daughter getting married at such a young age.

The bastard decided, no, not at the moment, with how much the public was currently against him.

He pulled up his daughters file, and what her damn birthday was again, and circled it in his calendar.

Jacques then filed away several names that might be worth giving his daughters hand too.

"Sir, we have a date proposal for young master, Whitley. She all the way in Mistral, but she comes from a good family."

"Hmm, allowed, take him out of school, have him practice the rest of the day, while we arrange it, and make it cute, no sex, though. I don't want any grand-children yet." He paused. "Also, have them come to meet us here, if they're worth our time, they'll do it."

He chuckled. "Schnee's move for no one."

---

"Yes." Jaune rapidly thought up a plan to make her understand. "You're ... too good for me. I couldn't hope to stand next to you, so, I'd have to be a idiot to think I could."

Weiss nodded. "Good, long as you understand. My father would never allow it anyway."

Jaune sighed with relief.

"We'd have to runaway together, and that would never work out." Jaune felt his neck-hairs stand up, where was she going with this? "My father would find us in a day, and try to separate us." No, seriously, why was she still here? "We'd have to be on the run for the rest of our lives, just the two of us." Jaune backed away, leaving Ruby next to her. She was crazy.

Jaune tried to move silently away, only to find when he turned that Ruby and Weiss were still in front of him, no matter what direction he turned. What the? This was just fucking magic, now!

Ruby whined.

"Oh well, I guess Ruby would have to come too, but then we'd have to take Yang, and Blake, and Pyrrha... Now, it doesn't sound that bad, does it? Yes. I can see it now." She smiled at him, then blushed. "Not that I'd ever consider that with you. It's entirely theoretical. Yes, just a theory."

Jaune looked pleadingly at the other three girls, who all seemed to be wondering how far this would go, ignoring his plight.

"Good. I understand, I'd-"

"Ask me out?"

"No. I thought we made that clear?"

Ruby looked confused. "So, are we running away, or not?"

"That was just a theory." Or, delusion from a mad-woman.

"I thought you not being in love with me, was the theory?" Weiss said.

"No, us running away, was."

Like I should be doing right, now. Jaune thought to himself.

Several students were now watching them, and Jaune tried his best to hold back his embarrassment. "Hey, how about we go inside?"

"Why?" Weiss asked. "So, you can pin me against a wall, and force me to let you take me out on a romantic date for two?"

Jaune looked at Ruby, who merely mouthed the words 'Tsundere 110%'

Understanding, Jaune formulated a plan. "Weiss, uh, you have pretty eyes."

The girl blushed. "You won't score any points with me, like that!"

Jaune looked at Ruby for answers, then whispered him the answer.

"Weiss, as Ruby's best friend, and therefore, yours, I want to say, I'm am glad to have such a upper-class friend to show me right from wrong." He parroted to her.

Weiss preened. "We'll, good. As long as you know your place."

Jaune turned slowly, inching towards the school, eager to nap till first period, and maybe through it.

A girl with bow blocked his path. "So, a five-way? She asked, while reading a book. "Isn't that a orgy?"

Jaune stopped, dumb-struck. 'The hell? Is she high?'

"I don't comprehend." Jaune said, throat feeling dry and closed off.

"I have sources," She mentions casually. "That say, you were out with some pretty women, last night."

She talks to people? Was Jaune's first thought.

Cardin. Was his second thought.

She talks with Cardin? Was his third thought.

'I guess you can't judge a book by the cover.'

"Yeah, what about them?" Jaune added.

"So, you're confirming it?" Yang asked, walking out from behind Blake.

"Please, continue." Pyrrha gave him a fake smile, and hyper-focused eyes.

'How did they do that? Blake's shorter than them?' Jaune thought, he then paused.

"I didn't have an orgy, I don't even know what the word means." He truly didn't, any time his sisters said the word, he'd ask his mom, and she'd get mad, then his sister would get mad back, and then dad would start to drink, and talk about how he loved him, and wished it was just the two of them, sometimes.

Man, last Sunday felt like years ago, sometimes.

"It means-" Yang began, only for Pyrrha to cover her mouth, looking slightly less terrifying.

"Ah, then what were you doing with them?"

'Eating breakfast, after they car-washed me, because I got dirty fighting a demon-bear.' Was not the answer he was going with.

"I ... Broke my leg." Jaune lied.

Pyrrha tried to kick him, but Jaune side-stepped her attempt. "Alright, I ... Was being treat to breakfast," He fought to think. "After, I helped them clean house."

Yang looked at him, confused. "Ok, but what were you doing cleaning house so late at night?"

"Don't judge me for being a capitalist."

"I wasn't, but ... Whatever. You get paid for cleaning they're gutters too?" She wiggled her eyebrows.

"No, uh, just taking out trash and stuff."

"Oh. That's boring."

"Not at the time, it was pretty exciting."

Blake crinkled her nose, catching the whiff of something on him. "Were you drinking, last night?"

'How'd? I only had one cup!' The size of a soup bowl, the fact he was walking was impressive.

"I was with my Uncle." Jaune added. "He was treating me after I got done cleaning."

Pyrrha brightened up. "Oh, that's good then. What's his name?"

"Uncle Xiong."

Weiss' ear twitched. "Xiong?" She asked. No way it was that 'Xiong'' was it?

Blake also stared at Jaune. "Well, ok then." That wasn't the only smell on him, in fact, he almost smelled like the Miasma on Grimm. But, for him to even barely smell like one, he'd have to fought a big one, which was just impossible.

He'd have to dropped a building on something that size.

Jaune sneezed. Which was weird, considering he didn't have allergies.

Pyrrha looked at his hands. "What's that?"

"Lunchbox."

"Hmm, odd. It looks different from the one you usually bring, did someone make it for you?"

"My cousins, you saw them drop me off."

"Ah, I did think that was odd, don't you walk to school."

"Not anymore, my Uncle, says I have to be on time."

Yang looked at him oddly. "But, you live with your parents, don't you? Why's your uncle so up in your business."

"He wants me to take over his business, but he won't let me unless I start being a model student."

"Oh, cool. What's he do? Must be neat to have your life set up after school."

"Um, property management, I think?" The best legal answer Jaune could think of.

"Boring!" Yang exclaimed. "Well, your with us now, so don't worry about things keeping interesting."

"Thanks."

Blake filed that away. "Hmm, so that's why your so cleaned up."

"Yep."

Pyrrha touched his shoulder, making Jaune internally wince, she was touching a cut. "I think it makes you look very nice."

"Thank you." Jaune managed to grit out.

"Excuse me," Came a voice from slightly far away. "Mr. Arc?"

Jaune looked down, at dark-skinned girl wearing a baret. "Yes?"

"I require your presence, Ms. Goodwitch has asked you to be summoned to her office."

[bambi-kinos]

i honestly wouldn’t care so much about omegaverse if people were just honest about how it’s a porn genre instead of insisting how it’s queer activism. especially on twitter there’s a weird group of people who think its the pinnacle of feminism to make men suffer through patriarchy but poorly thought out patriarchy and omegaverse sidelines women constantly (though i’ve seen fair share of female centric omegaverse but those don’t seem to push the activism view and feels more like it’s a porn genre, but the dog dick thing is still uncomfortable) another thing about the activism thing people push is about how omegaverse is actually really liberating for trans men or whatever as a blanket statement. don’t care if other trans men like omegaverse but i certainly don’t think omegaverse is reflective of the ftm experience. especially since all the characters are presumably cis in the stories even if they’re sometimes written with vaginas in universe it doesn’t matter! this is why the “if you dislike omegaverse you’re queer phobic” mindset drives me crazy. i’m sorry if this ask is really long i feel vindicated that other people find omegaverse a terrible genre ive disliked it for years, i can tolerate some stories but i can never take it seriously.

HAHA. Yeah this is a good summation of where I am at as well. The thing is omegaverse has always been up its own ass just a little, in Strange Aeons oral history of Dashcon someone at the con had made a presentation about omegaverse that said "omegaverse has six genders, here's what the six genders are" and it was about relating these fictional six genders to the IRL queer experience? Or at least that's how i interpreted it from the video. And the thing is this was almost at the very beginning of omegaverse as a trend and users were already trying to gentrify it into something that it isn't.

IMO omegaverse appeared at the same time that tumblr slacktivism was being heavily criticized. Don't know if anyone else remembers this but there was a viral tumblr post that had British protestors out with placards and signs and they were protesting in favor of gay marriage, and one of the signs said "let John and Sherlock get married." And the tumblr post absolutely exploded because people were mad (for good reason) that someone was bringing their fandom attitudes into IRL activism. And people were mad because gay marriage was something was desperately needed for legal protection and there was a lot of outrage that a fujoshi instead decided to make it about Johnlock, because that was the only way she could relate to gay marriage activism.

The problem though is that this viral post was like, a nuclear bomb in the tumblr consciousness. The website never recovered. That's where the idea of "minority representation" took off, because fujoshis were bullied and made to feel ashamed of liking gay ships and were accused of being "slacktivists" by writing fanfiction or whatever, even when we were not actually interested in doing activism. (I think some poor idiots tried to say that "writing slash fanfic means I'm fighting for gay rights" which got skewered.) So the idea of "representation" was dreamed up as a response to it, because no one likes being accused of being a ~fetishizer~. Saying "well actually me writing this fanfiction is good because I'm being Representational" was a way to politically justify your gay cocks rubbing together fetish. Tumblr was totally overrun with keyboard slacktivists screaming at and bullying each other over gay ships which made the "representation" and "fanfiction as queer activism" thing really take off. It was really just a way to avoid being bullied and in many ways it still is.

And while all of this was going on, omegaverse was born! So maybe in hindsight it did not stand a chance, no one wanted to admit that they just had a fetish for werewolves and noncon because that would get them bullied. Like I cannot stress enough that I was in Ground Zero for this shit so I remember when omegaverse fans were fielding accusations of "fapping to bestiality" and other horrible fucked and untrue things. So they were desperate, absolutely DESPERATE to put a respectable coat of paint on their porn so that Tumblr would stop bullying them for it. (There was a scat component to it as well but that wasn't as prominent as the bestiality themed noncon that came out of it. And I mean...both of those things are fine because it's fiction, so whatever, but it's not shocking that anything that was adjacent to those things would get pushback.)

In a way, fans did not have a choice except to pretend that the porn was actually Queer Empowerment and Feminist Empowerment and how it was Totally Liberating to read about men with dog dicks raping other men with anal fissures. They had to do it in order to protect themselves. This resulted in entire essays being written about how being anally impregnated by a guy with a dogdick who "ruts" like an animal is, like, suuuuuch a female experience you guiz!!!!!!! We gorls have all been there amirite!!!!! And if you didn't take that view and said "who is 'we' in this equation, you're not affiliated with me and I don't recognize these experiences" you received some online hate for Not Being With the Feminist Cause. In time that has metastasized and now there are omegaverse fans who, as you indicate, decided to start bullying other queer people people for not liking it.

(And you know, as I'm editing this, I'm realizing just how insanely transphobic that kind of stance was! Incredible erasure of trans people took place in those "why Omegaverse is the peak of feminism" essays.)

The lesbian omegaverse stuff is basically the purest form of it and hence it's the most tolerable. Yuri fiction gets so little attention anyway, yuri writers basically have carte blanche to do whatever they want. There's very little infighting in comparison to slash fandoms. Funnily enough when women are involved as characters no one wants to read about the Feminine Political Experience and no one cares enough to turn it into activism. It's only slash ships that get that projection and its 100% due to the "oh shit we need to pretend this is Representation so that we don't get bullied for having a fetish" deal. (This has since spread into most aspects of fandom and even IRL discourse! Do what you will with that information.)

Massive +1 to your note about how it affects queer people. I can't imagine what it's like to be a transman and be told "umm ackchually sweaty being impregnated with a dog cock is the HEIGHT of the transman experience and if you don't like it then you can get out." When I was weirded out by the book I cataloged that was an omegaverse romance, one of the rhetorical lines that got flung at me was "straight people aren't going to like you!!! they're always going to hate you!!!! you're never going to not be disgusting to them!!! you have to like it or else you're a bad queer person!!!" Because I had said that I found the material grotesque and I didn't like it being marketed as "LGBT fiction."

But that was never the point, the point was that I, a queer person, do not want this material anywhere near me. Like, why would I want to be associated with bestiality, even if it's fantasy bestiality? This ain't about the cishetties, this is about me, how I feel. I don't want to be told that it's inherently queer fiction and queer romance, because why would I want dog penises and the captivating aroma of poopy buttholes (sorry, "slick") to be associated with my queerness and my sexuality?

But those are the wages of omegaverse being born in the times that it was born in. It's most likely permanently baked into the structure, even when people are just wilding out with their Ids and going "oh teehee I forgot to take my suppressants and now my reproductive anal glands need to be expressed." You are still going to get the "my werewolf themed fanfiction is ACTIVISM, we are HERE we're QUEER and you need to GET OVER IT" even when you yourself are queer and have been persecuted for it in the past. Either jump on the dogdick carousal or you're queerphobic.

I should underline that I understand that this is quite literally a Not All Fans Situation and imo most users in fandom try not to get on each other's cases so much about our preferences. The problem is that omegaverse has been a vehicle for buckwild levels of cope, junk science, SJW themed bullying, and superiority complexes because there are a plurality of fans that are trying to gentrify weird porn. And that's the sticking point in all of this especially if you're someone who doesn't like it and want to stay away from it.

[popomegranate]

Shin-ae

Shin-ae Yoo does not pick her Pokémon for any specific reasons or strategies. She has no type preference nor do she care to have strongly trained up pokemon. Her Pokémon are her friends :)

Munchlax: Munchlax is Shin-aes partner pokemon, he is a perfect mirror of the goofy side of her personality. He loves food and naps, something shin-ae relates to heavily.

Litten: Litten is Shin-aes lil buddy. Shin-ae loves cats, thus Litten.

Eevee: Shin-aes eevee is currently unevolved as Shin-ae still isn’t entirely certain of her place in the world and who she wants to be, thus her Eevee reflects that.

Polywhirl: A pokemon Shin-ae has simply because she liked him.

Plusle: A pokemon shin-ae got in grade school…I wonder who has the Minun?

Psyduck: A pokemon Shin-ae only recently added to her team, she guesses he used to belong by someone else because of how well he’s been taken care of. He has frequent headaches. Shin-ae loves him.

Kousuke

Kousuke works for the Hirahara family business (definitely not a front for team Galactic). The Hirahara family originated from the Sinnoh region, therefor the majority of his Pokémon are from Sinnoh. Kousuke participated in a few contests when he was younger, but he left that life behind. He says he doesn’t miss it (he does).

Luxray: one of two of Kousukes first pokemon, Kousuke raised her up from a shinx and as she evolved into a Luxio and then a Luxray, the more protective of Kousuke she became. She is wary of Yui.

Lucario: Lucario is the Pokémon that Kousuke has the strongest bond with. Raised him up since he was a riolu, their strong bond during times when Kousuke felt isolated and alone is what allowed him to evolve into a Lucario. Lucario have a strong sense of right, wrong, and justice. A Lucario will not trust a person who is rotten to their core. Kousuke has been through a lot, and done a lot, but he’s not rotten to his core. Thus his Lucario trusts him. His Lucario is also wary and does not like Yui. But for the sake of his trainer he simply keeps his distance from her.

Kricketot: Kricketot is representative of Kousukes love for music, and also one of his best adversaries in contests.

Glaceon: Glaceon is a Pokémon Kousuke has had since she was an eevee. He wanted her to evolve into a Glaceon because of thought they were the pinnacle of elegance. (Glaceon are also cold and defensive. Their fur becomes prickle and sharp when they become defensive.)

Glameow: Kousukes cat companion, Glameow are known to fickle but can be very loving. Glameow is often there at the end of Kousukes days to offer comfort to receive its cuddles.

Alcremie: A gift from Kousukes mother Yui, Alcremie has been with Kousuke since he graduated high school.

Psyduck: A pokemon Kousuke no longer has. The third Pokémon he ever had, the first one he ever caught himself, Psyduck began getting terrible headaches right after Kousuke graduated from high school. One morning Kousuke woke up to find Psyduck gone.

Nol

Nols Pokémon journey has been..unconventional. He used to travel with his mother. Then he began to participate in gym battles at a young age. He was very good at gaining gym badges. He longer participates in gym battles. Nol used to have 6 Pokémon now he only has 5.

Blaziken: Nols first Pokémon he’s had since he was a torchic, one of two birthday gift Pokémon from his mother. They are very close.

Heracross: A pokemon Nol caught after a couples of incidents, where he felt he needed to protect himself better.

Growlithe: A pokemon Nol caught because he was friendly and loyal, Nol also loves any dog like Pokémon.

Gogoat: A pokemon that used to belong to his mother. He never uses Gogoat in battle.

Cubone: Cubone began following Nol around shortly after Nols mother passed. Nol initially had no interest in catching him until one day the Cubone held onto his leg for comfort. Ever since they’ve been inseparable.

Yujing

Yujing is a part time contest coordinator, part time journalist. Kousuke *was* her greatest contest competition. Now she focuses more on her journalism.

Lopunny: Her partner Pokémon and one of greatest contest adversaries. Always by her side ever since she was a buneary.

Mismagius: Yujings silent journalistic partner, together they always get the info they want.

Gardevoir: Elegant, graceful, and beautiful Gardevoir is a mirror of Yujings grace and personality.

Lapras: A trusted Pokémon of Yujings that she relies on to read and understand others.

Milotic: Considered one of the most beautiful pokemon in the world, and known for its ability to soothe others, Yujing had to have her.

Togekiss: A peaceful pokemon that Yujing often uses in contests.

Houdour: A pokemon that Yujing is taking care of for a certain kid.

Hansuke

Hansuke is a doctor of people and Pokemon! He used to travel with Kousuke to Pokemon contests when they were children, now he mostly sticks to the hospital.

Ambipom: Hansukes pokemon partner, he mirrors his goofy personality. As an Aipom, he and hansuke, along with Riolu and Kousuke would often go on outdoor adventures when they were children.

Chansey: His doctor pokemon assistant. She tries to heal Kousuke all the time for some reason.

Gallade: A pokemon he totally didn’t get to match Yujing but then he became super attached to his Ralts and now he’s a Gallade that’s his fierce companion.

Slowbro: A lazy pokemon Hansuke grew attached to.

Ampharos: A pokemon who Hansuke often utilizes on chaotic days at the hospital (or in clubs when he loses his friends) for her beacon light tail.

Marstomp: A pokemon Kousuke and Hansuke came upon when they were children as a Mudkip. They fought over who would get to catch him until Yui told Kousuke he did not need the Pokemon. And that was that. So Hansuke caught the Mudkip and told Kousuke they could both train it. Kousuke never did.

Dieter

Bears. That’s it. (However if you examine you will see all the bears are from different regions, reflecting that Dieter moves around a lot).

Min-Hyuk

Min-Hyuk grew up around Johto pokemon but now he currently resides in Unova (America).

Charizard: A pokemon Min-Hyuk caught purely because he thought he was a cool badass pokemon.

Scrafty: The Pokemon equivalent of Min-hyuk. Also a fighting type.

Timburr: Fighting type Pokemon.

Krokorok: Another Pokemon Min-Hyuk thought was too cool not to have.

Sawk: Fighting type pokemon AND martial arts pokemon

Throh: Fighting type pokemon AND martial arts pokemon

Alyssa

Alyssa is a performer in a girl group, and has pokemon that often performer with her on stage.

Chimeco: Alyssa’s first pokemon and one that has grown with her overtime. When she was a child her Chimeco was susceptible to screeching outbursts when Alyssa became too overwhelmed. Now she’s far more in control of her emotions. She performs on stage with Alyssa some times.

Whismur: A pokemon the girls in Alyssa’s group wanted her to get, as long as she never evolves her. Alyssa has grown very fond of her Whismur.

Espeon: One of Alyssa’s first pokemon, Alyssa raised her from an Eevee. She had been hoping her Eevee would evolve into a Slyveon. Because of this, her group deemed her Espeon unable to perform with them.

Bellassom: A pokemon gifted to her by Yui and Gun Kim. They told her a Bellassom would be the perfect pokemon to perform with.

Minun: A pokemon Alyssa got in grade school.. she doesn’t let this pokemon perform with her. She tries not to think about the fact that her Minun is separated from its Plusel.

Elgyem: A pokemon Alyssa caught after she left grade school, a pokemon she loves and values dearly. Her group mates do not understand why she owns this pokemon. Alyssa never shows him publicly. But she loves him.

Yui

Yui is the Lady of the Hirahara Corporation.

Vespiquen: A pokemon that is a reflection of Yuis status.

Froslass: They say a Froslass is the spirit of a lost lady. Yui just liked the thought of having a ghost pokemon.

Nidoqueen: One of her first pokemon gifted to her by her father.

Seviper: Yuis preferred pokemon type, poison. Her Seviper does not make many public appearances with her.

Roserade: Yuis first pokemon ever, whom she raised from a budew. Roserade specializes in making poisons. Yui has always been fascinated by this.

Polteageist: Yui just loves tea.

Rand

A lot is unknown about Rand, we know he traveled the Galar region. And we know he is now CEO of Hirahara corp. He also used to participate in the Pokémon league. He no longer does.

Persian: The Pokémon of a rich business man.

Stoutland: A pokemon that belonged to Nessa.

Nidoking: A pokemon gifted to Rand by his wife Yui.

Orbeetle: A galarian pokemon he’s has since he was young, a reflection of his business prowess and this pokemon is vastly intelligent.

Indeedee: Male and Female indeedee have an intense bond, and the male act as valets to their female partner. Rand has the male Indeedee. Nessa had the female. Nessas Indeedee was never recovered. Rand never calls upon his Indeedee anymore, for he is lost without his other half.

Mr.Rime: A pokemon that is a reflection of a side of Rand no one except one known person has ever witnessed. Mr.Rime is rarely seen, but when Kousuke was younger he would often be found attempting to entertain him and make him laugh. Yui put an end to that. Rand hides him away now.

[lilbittymonster]

Got tagged for a thing by @ubejamjar to pit 5 of my OCs against one another so here we go!

Tagging:

@crackinglamb @yloiseconeillants @azure-dragonsinger @tallbluelady @mythandral

@whatsthisascianbullshit @hermits-hovel @elizabethrobertajones @sparrowsong-7 @bnuuywol

Propaganda under the cut

Kitali Moonblade: Mercenary turned Warrior of Light against her will. Anti-hero protagonist. Doesn't like authority or bureaucracy. Always kind to children. Figured out she has plot armour and decided to make it everyone else's problem. She's even bisexual.

Victoria Williams: Woke up out of an induced coma into a husk of her world and immediately starting shooting. She puts the kindness in "kill them with kindness". She would really rather you all walk away from this (she says while reloading her 10mm revolver). Only mildly addicted to psychobuff. Extremely addicted to the mayor of Goodneighbour. Domesticated a glowing deathclaw to protect her home settlement.

Misty Stormchild: eldest daughter of two textile merchants and inheritor of her family gift of being a storm genasi. Graduate student at the leading school for the arcane who is just now doing the field research of her thesis. Thought she was just a really shitty wizard up until about 2 months ago, when she discovered the concept of sorcerers. Is the only one in the party who can speak to the blink dog.

Elia du Vry: Tremere by blood, Bruja by association. Turned in the peak of the Roarin' 20's, she's a pinnacle of hedonism. She hangs around rehab centres to get her fix and to occasionally make friends. Appearance and mannerisms are an eclectic mix of all the decades she's lived through.

Alessia Rimestaff: Eldest daughter of 7, four of whom are half siblings, she is the heir to her father's business empire in creating and procuring arcane artifacts. Has her city in a semi-legal chokehold both above and below board. The queenpin and everyone knows it, and honestly they aren't complaining too much.