#SHIRO EXE STOPPED WORKING

[monterraverde]

❓ — three adjectives that describe you //❤️ — what are some of your best qualities?

//Why you gotta put me on the spot like this???

I????

Depression says no im sorry I just care a lot and love really hard and I wanna hug everyone but gklsdf

[kyujosha-arc]

lady ( @starsweepers ) . ;; 𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 !! ;; always accepting !! she had been dozing, enjoying a splash of sunlight.  flank rising and falling a gentle rhythm of steady breathing.  calm, relaxed, at ease.  something that the being beside her didn’t reflect.  the sudden stirring would capture her attention, rousing her from slumber.  maw was a big yawn, trying to pull her mind from the grogginess of dark vision, chocolate colored depths blinking repeatedly against the brightness that would be her initial greeting.  lady swiped her tongue over her lips and craned her head to shiro nearby. clearly there was a troubled mind within him, and it tightened her chest as she knew work needed to be done.  the canine was no full solution, she could not physically chase away the problems, could not stop them from returning… but if she could help ground and provide any comfort at all against the tides he battled… she would do so.  canine’s body felt heavy, but the more she awoke, the easier it was growing, and paw steps grew lighter as she approached with careful direction. pressure against his leg, pressing her nose there, an attempt to summon him from whatever took his attention into terror. she was trying to add weight.  whether he was sleeping himself in afternoon nap or wide awake and merely in panic, it mattered nothing to her.  lady was there, and she would always be there to the best she was able.  a snort, bob tail wiggling, pressing closer.  i’m here i’m here i’m here.

it hadn't been easy adjusting to life after the war that he'd been enlisted for . he'd had no choice , either , which took its toll on him . he'd lost his arm during the time he'd been abducted and held for ransom for a whole entire year , watched his friends and comrades die in battle . . . and on top of that , he hadn't been receiving check-ups for his degenerative muscular disease . so to say the adjustment to civilian life after being honorably discharged was difficult was the understatement of the century . his therapist had recommended that shiro get a companion , a therapy pet , after an incident involving the toaster , of all things , had sent him into a catatonic , flashback-inducing episode . his now ex-fiance , adam , had never favored dogs , said they were too messy and high-maintenance , but shiro grew up with his grandfather who , at the time , had the most beautiful rhodesian ridgeback he'd ever seen . he wasn't opposed to the idea of having a furry companion around , especially if they could help him through the worst times . so that day , he'd set out for the nearest animal shelter , where he'd met a gorgeous cocker spaniel . the shelter workers had named her lady , which , after bringing her home , shiro understood why . she really was a smart , proper little dog , and she seemed to be well-trained in her field , which he was more than grateful for . there were too many times to count where he'd wake up in a cold sweat , screaming and gasping for air as nightmares plagued his sleep . lady was always there , offering aid by way of placing her little black nose wherever she could reach , and it . . . worked . he always snapped out of his episodes when he felt that slight yet noticeable pressure on him , which let him know that he's not back there , he's not being starved and beaten or watching his friends get killed or maimed by bombs . . . he's here , in the present . this is what happens one afternoon , when he drifts off into a light doze , and almost at once , he's back on the battlefield or strapped to that damned chair , and he fidgets and groans , trying to rid his mind of the images , of the flashbacks that seem to have him in a chokehold . . . until he feels pressure in the form of a small wet nose , which brings him slowly back . his eyes snap open , being blinded by the sunlight streaming through the window , and it takes a while for him to regain his senses . he looks down and sees lady , beside him like always , and reaches down to pick her up , holding her close to him . ❝ good girl , ❞ he murmurs into her soft fur , ❝ such a good girl . thank you for being here . ❞

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Nickleheads, Knights, and Harry's Half-Vampire Ex-Girlfriend

We were introduced to Michael Carptenter as a Knight of the Cross back in Grave Peril, but this is where we really get a good sense of the Knights as an organization within the Catholic Church, and it's where we learn about who they're there to...save, strictly speaking, if possible, but let's be real. They kill Denarians to try to keep cursed silver bits off the streets. This is going to be relevant literally for the rest of the series as far as anyone knows. Oh and also, somebody stole the Shroud of Turin and Harry's half-vampire ex-girlfriend is in town. Let's talk Death Masks.

Spoilers abound below the break, so head's up if you're on your first Dresden read through and don't want MASSIVE THINGS SPOILED.

Also, Content Warning for sex, blood, and violence. Take care of you first and we will catch you on the flip side if you choose to skip over this one!

You cannot say that the worldbuilding in the Dresden Files is anything but thorough, and apparently that also includes shitty daytime TV personalities, because Harry opens this book by basically having a low-key anxiety attack while trying not to take out every single piece of technology in a television studio during a "debate" between himself, Mort Lindquist, and Paolo Ortega. It's literally the opening to a bad joke: A medium, a vampire, and a wizard walk into a TV studio to discuss whether paranormal creatures and beings are real.

Unfortunately, our vamp also takes the time to challenge the Wizard to a duel, which the White Court is all too happy to accept as a way out of the war that Harry started. To complicate matters further, the Shroud of Turin has been stolen and the Knights of the Cross, Denarians, and Susan are in town, so Harry isn't having a terribly good week. And then he also has to stop Nicodemus from beginning a plague.

Honestly, so many things about this book ANNOY me. Listicles were, at one time, popular on the interwebz, so let's go old school here with the irksome stuff.

Kinky Vampire Sex As a Lifesaving Measure. All right. I get that vampires being sex coded isn't new; from early works like the Vampyre to iconic classics like Carmilla and Dracula to modern reimaginings like Interview with a Vampire and Twilight, vampires have been sex coded. I think what irritates me about this example is the framing. Like, we can't just have "my girlfriend is half vampire and we have kinky, mind-blowing vampire sex," no. We have to have "My control is slipping and I will literally murder you if you don't...*checks notes*...tie me up like a hog for slaughter and sex the evil vampiric tendencies out of me." Like...IT'S A FLESHY BUNDLE OF NERVES, NOT A MAGIC WAND. CAN WE PLEASE NOT FRAME THIS AS "HARRY DRESDEN'S MAGICAL ANTI-VAMPIRE PENIS"????? And just to clarify: I'm not out here to kink shame anyone. My objection is to the hypermasculinity and toxic masculinity of the framing of this sex scene. We can still have kinky vampire sex, but maybe let's have it be enthusiastic and fun rather than "If we don't bang right now, one or both of us is going to die." There is an element of coercion there than I don't love, especially not when the author then also frames it as "my dick literally saved my girlfriend's life." If you want kinky monster sex, the just have kinky monster sex. Don't make it weird.

Heroic Sacrifice Is Fine Because I Had Terminal Cancer Anyway. Hello Ableism, My Old Friend. The trope that a chronically ill, terminally ill, or disabled character dies to save an able-bodied character is inherently ableist, full stop. It straight out SAYS that the able-bodied life we have saved is more valuable than the disabled life we lost. And not only does Butcher have Shiro pull this, we get a back-dated letter at the end from Shiro to Harry going, "Hey, I knew I was dying and I hope that makes you feel better about me being horribly tortured to death on your behalf. Dressing up what is essentially a "bury your disabled" trope in a heroic sacrifice does not make it less ableist and shitty. (For those of you who want more on disability tropes and why they're ableist, I have written a literal book on it, and also please see this TV Tropes page.) I don't have a lot to actually SAY about this one, other than endlessly screaming into the void about the blatant ableism throughout this series and wondering why the HELL I was surprised when Butcher disabled and fridged Murphy. Please join me in screaming, there will be throat coat tea afterwards.

Medical Science Failed? Let's Try Religion. I get that Marcone is as guilty as it is possible for a sociopath to be over not being able to fix a little girl's coma--and we're just going to skim over the ableism and objectification inherent in her being a literal plot point; she could be a broken lamp and this plot point still works--but my dude...SERIOUSLY??? You are Gentleman Johnny Marcone. You have the resources to get the best doctors in the world in the room, and when that doesn't work, you have the resources to get the best scientists on the problem. You even have the resources to get the best magical healers in the room if you want to. But no. You rolled religion and went for the freaking Shroud of Turin. Which would make sense for Nicodemus or any of the Denarians, but for the mobster who business-ified the mob? I suppose this does set up Marcone's slide to the Denarians later in the series, but his WHOLE THING is being the calculated businessman. I don't love this. I also don't love the history of miracle cures in religion being used to moralize illness and disability, but frankly this little piece of scene is too small to really dive into for that.

So yeah, this book is weird about sex, it's ableist, and it's weird about moralizing illness and disability. And that is so obnoxious because we don't HAVE to be weird about this stuff. Plenty of other books manage to address these topics without getting cishet white boy weird about it.

This is also the book where Harry is half tricked, half coerced into taking up Lasciel's coin, and that's a whole thing for the next several books too.

Was there stuff I liked about this book? I mean, objectively yes. Ivy--The Archive--is never not tragically delightful on the page, and the vampire duel at Wrigley Field is damn fun. I also really LIKE Sanya and Shiro on the page, they're great characters with surprising depth for secondary characters.

I will also admit to a deep love for the Denarians. As villains, they're powerful, unhinged, scary, and delightful, and the Nicklehead books are, in general, some of my favorites of the series. Skin Game and Small Favor in particular are my top two in the series.

Overall, however, Death Masks isn't one of my favorite Dresden books, and it really leans into ableist tropes that drive me up the flippin' wall.

[justmultifandom]

Kidge summer event

Day 29: Kids

Keith didn't know what bothered him more: Pidge's death grip on his hand, his mind constantly reminding him to stay calm, Lance's threats about not showing up to the speech of the tenth party in honor of Allura's death and the end of the war, Hunk's texts surely asking what happened and why they were late and missed the speech and if they were coming for dinner anyway, or Shiro's calls making his phone vibrate in his pocket in an annoying way. Of course they hadn't come to the full coalition speech, and they certainly wouldn't have come to the dinner, but they had a good excuse—a very good excuse.

After all, it wasn't Allura's fault for deciding to sacrifice herself in the heat of August ten years ago, but it was Lance's fault for deciding to give a long speech that every ex-paladin had to recite in the cool mid-morning in Altea, but it certainly wasn't Pidge's fault that her waters broke shortly after departing Earth. It didn't make it better that Keith had completely forgotten to text all their friends who should be away, at least the constant vibration in his pocket from his phone and text messages would have taken pity on him.

Pidge squeezed Keith's hand again as another contraction hit her, closing her eyes and pushing. At that moment she should have been at that damn commemoration reciting a speech on the end of the war ten years ago, looking at the statue of Allura and maybe moved thanks to her hormones at the ball, why not? Instead, she was in the delivery room at the Space Hospital pushing a baby out of her body, feeling almost as if she'd been torn in two. She stopped pushing when the contraction ended, resting her head on the pillow and breathing slowly, her forehead clammy and her breathing ragged. Keith brushed damp strands from her forehead, kissing her hand softly stroking it with his thumb.

“You will make it”: he smiled sweetly: “You always resist everything, you will overcome this too…”

“Fuck you…”: She gritted her teeth as another contraction hit her. She would have found his words very sweet before, but not when she was in so much pain delivering their daughter. This time a small scream of pain escaped from her, hit by a stronger and more decisive contraction.

“I swear I'll kill the person who made me do this!”: She exclaimed, sagging back on the hospital bed when she finished pushing, but still squeezing his hand as the pain hadn't gone away yet.

"I'm sorry for you, but Lance will kill me sooner for missing the Allura speech": Keith smiled, taking a deep breath and trying in every way to show that he was as calm as possible.

“Fuck Lance! He can't kill my child's father!”: she exclaimed, biting her lip avoiding screaming: “Shit… it hurts…”

Keith looked for a moment at the alien doctor and nurses working…well…there…completely concentrated and passing orders, the alien nurses who at one point had moved from one point to another in the room taking medical and surgical items. He swallowed the lump in his throat when he glimpsed blood in the doctor's gloves.

“Not long now…”: he said comfortingly, bowing her head as she nearly broke his hand with a death grip

“You said that three hours ago too!”: She exclaimed with a small scream, squeezing his hand even tighter and screaming again. Exhausted, she finally slumped on the bed, feeling the sensation of pain mysteriously diminish; her grip on Keith's hand weakened too and she closed her eyes for a moment catching her breath, almost feeling like a torture was finally over. She smiled weakly as she heard hysterical crying. Pidge had always found baby crying too annoying, but the sound sounded almost like music to her now.

“I told you you made it…”: Keith kissed her hand still entwined in his as she watched him with a faint smile, their baby now clean and swaddled being carried to an alien nurse and given to Pidge. She smiled, letting out an exclamation of surprise as the crying newborn was propped against her chest, her little feet and hands fidgeting as she got used to her surroundings.

Keith let out a few tears, resting his cheek on their joined hands, while with the other he gently caressed the cheek of their newborn daughter. She stopped crying after a while, sensing her parents next to her, lazily opening her eyes and showing beautiful honey-colored irises, falling asleep shortly after.

"I told you. She couldn't wait to see you...": Pidge cradled her softly against her chest, holding her close as if she was the most precious thing in the world: "I don't want to call her Jumpiter anymore..."

“No..?”: He looked at her confused, raising his eyebrow, his hand still resting on his newborn.

"Today is a special day... And not just because our daughter was born...": she explained, looking at her smiling and stroking her thick, short black hair.

"You're right...": he understood, nodding, giving them both a kiss on the cheek: "You know, maybe Lance won't kill us if we call her that..."

She giggled, shrugging and leaning her head against his shoulder.

“I think it's decided then…”: Pidge whispered, positioning the newborn so that Keith could also pick her up at the same time.

“Yeah…”: he circled the woman's shoulders, placing a hand on her little girl's back. She looked at him smiling, and then brought his attention back to her daughter.

“Welcome to the world, Allura…”

[ao3-feedshance]

Red's Illness

by JessDaHooman

The Red Lion tries to kill Lance, and Shiro is determined to stop it.

Words: 3057, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: M/M

Characters: Lance (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Pidge (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Lotor (Voltron), Veronica (Voltron), Acxa (Voltron), Zethrid (Voltron), Ezor (Voltron), Narti (Voltron), Haggar (Voltron), Honerva (Voltron), Alfor (Voltron), James Griffin (Voltron), Nadia Rizavi (Voltron), Ina Leifsdottir (Voltron), Ryan Kinkade (Voltron), Red Lion (Voltron), Black Lion (Voltron), Blue Lion (Voltron), Green Lion (Voltron), Yellow Lion (Voltron), Spade (OC), Romelle (Voltron)

Relationships: Lance/Shiro (Voltron), Allura/Lotor (Voltron), Hunk/Keith (Voltron), Lance & Veronica (Voltron), Allura & Coran & Hunk & Keith & Lance & Pidge | Katie Holt & Shiro, Acxa/Veronica (Voltron), Spade(Oc)/Lance, Shiro & Black Lion (Voltron), Keith & Red Lion (Voltron), Keith & Black Lion (Voltron), Alfor & Red Lion (Voltron), Lance & Red Lion (Voltron), Lance & Blue Lion (Voltron), Lance & Black Lion (Voltron), Allura & Blue Lion (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Bisexual Lance (Voltron), Gay Shiro (Voltron), Gay Keith (Voltron), Pansexual Hunk (Voltron), Bisexual Allura (Voltron), Bisexual Lotor (Voltron), Lesbian Veronica (Voltron), Lesbian Acxa (Voltron), Lesbian Ezor (Voltron), Lebian Zethrid (Voltron), Sexually ambiguous Pidge (Voltron), everyone is a mess, this kinda sucks ngl, lotta sex, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Overstimulation, Lance's ex, Bondage, Multiple Orgasms, Orgasm Denial, Forced Orgasm, He's kinda sorta really an asshole and abusive, Do you think there's enough tags?, Angst, Fluff, Smut, Smut and Angst

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/44985358

[white--moon]

Ichigo pipes up at nearly the same time he talks and it's the exact same answer he gives. Shiro's attention shifts to Ichigo, before going back to Szayel, who's taking the opportunity to study them a bit. Shiro heaves a deep but silent sigh, "What? Say what you gotta say."

A closed mouth grin quirks the surgeon's. He motions to Ichigo with one slender finger. "I see it now. This is the one-"

"I changed my mind, shut the fuck up and get to work."

If anything, Szayel looks more amused, and more sly, but he turns back to Ichigo. He's still holding Ichigo's arm up and even though he wasn't strictly watching, he caught that reaction. Caught it, and dismisses it. "Of course. You're a professional." He pulls on a pair of gloves and starts probing at the flesh around the wound. "Bruising already. I bet this hurts." It doesn't stop him or make him gentle though while he assesses though, prodding and pushing at the edges of the wound and then the surrounding flesh.

"Local anesthetic." The doctor reiterated when Ichigo refuses, vaguely annoyed. "This makes the site numb for a couple of hours, it doesn't get you high. If you want drugs, you have to ask your ex."

Sitting in the chair still, Shiro swings his feet up onto the table beside Ichigo's non-fucked up side and leans back, thinking that he wants drugs right about now. And he's positive Szayel is lying about not having anything, but he also knows that what Szayel has is definitely not the type of thing he'd take willingly.

"Aah, hm. I dunno. Doesn't have the same ring. One word, one syllable, just like my name." This is a stupid conversation. He has no intention of picking up a title. Title breeds resentment. Right now, he's just Shiro to people with wealth and power and influence. On first name basis, like friends. Most people like that, it makes them feel like equals, no matter their social or political standing.

He'll get over it. He always does. But for now, hearing his name like that at the moment makes him want to knock Ichigo's teeth in. He grinds his own teeth, but hey. Ichigo's just announced who's arrived for him, so that's something.

He ignores it when Ichigo starts asking that question too, sounding stressed. If this had been literally just ten minutes ago, he would have paused, maybe told Ichigo not to worry about it just follow his lead, but right now he just wants to get on with it. Hell, he's tempted to just drop Ichigo off and leave. He doesn't need a car to find his way home, he's been walking these streets for years.

"You brought a friend."

A friend. He's not feeling very friendly right now, but Shiro moves through the space like he's done it fifty times, pulls a chair out at a table, and sits down. "Yeah, he is, so don't get too eager."

"You're threatening me? You must be in a bad mood." The hands drop to the figure's side, the machete swinging into view, point down and held from one hand.

Shiro's really not in the mood for this. "Consider it a friendly suggestion." This is the problem with no title and everyone being on a first name basis with him. "Can we get started? I'd like to go drink myself into a coma and mourn my loses. And see if my mansion's clean yet, someone left it a big fuckin' mess."

"Yes, I saw the news. Not great camera work, but it really captured the chaos of the situation."

A light finally flicks on, revealing the rest of a single room studio that's furnished but doesn't look lived in. One wall in the kitchen area has had cupboards ripped out to make room for a chest freezer beside the regular refrigerator. The table has a work lamp on a flexible arm mounted to the side. The person beside the window reaches to pull it shut, then the blinds. Privacy comes with the high price for good, under the table service. He walks past Ichigo, drops the machete across the table top and motions Ichigo over. "Well? Let me see."

[ruvviks]

may i request some fun fact about each of the mercenary ocs <3 and also can i hold cato and laurens hands <3

OOGH THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK AND HELL YEA TO BOTH OF THOSE >:)) i'll put it under a read more because. well. there's so many of them LMFAO but enjoy <3

so these mercenaries are all part of vitali's inner merc circle, he has a LOT of mercs that stop by his office for gigs and whatnot but these are the Regulars so to say :) including vincent and mikhail of course but you guys know them by now LOL, all of them together make The Clown Brigade but i couldn't fit all their names on my banner </3

cato is a melee merc, mostly doing courier gigs and cargo transport gigs for vitali. she is clever, energetic and forgiving. she's a very fun person to be around and her friends mean the world to her, and she would do pretty much anything for them

cato used to work at the same independent security organization as mikhail and they were in the same squad together, until they got a job offer from kang tao; cato and the rest of their squad accepted, but mikhail declined, and he ended up working for arasaka instead. one of cato's squad members stayed in touch with him and leaked a lot of kang tao secrets to him; when kang tao found out, they killed him, and the rest of the squad had to be dealt with as well. ever since, cato has been on the run from kang tao, with a newfound hatred for pretty much every megacorporation out there

she found out about vitali through their shared hatred for arasaka and began working for him. naturally, it was quite the shock to her to find mikhail there as well. she was angry with him, rightfully so, but eventually forgave him for what he did, no longer wanting to dwell on the past, knowing how short life can be and wanting to enjoy it as much as possible

nowadays, cato is around the office a lot. since she mostly does courier work, she has a pretty steady routine since she moves down the same routes every week; whenever she has nothing to do, she can be found hanging around the office, talking to anyone who wants to listen

eddie is a heavy merc, mostly doing cargo transport gigs and class 3 gigs for vitali. he is charming, insightful and rational. he's very kind and a real family man, always putting his daughter and ex-husband first and his job second

eddie used to be a bouncer at a club. it was a pretty regular job and not much exciting stuff happened, until he at some point decided to intervene when some shady business was starting to turn sour. he got caught up in the drama somehow, resulting into him getting sucked into the mercenary world; he managed to wrestle his way out of it, but came out a changed man, and he continuously got sucked back in whenever certain people would turn up, resulting into him occasionally doing a gig or two

at the same time he fell in love, with one of the other bouncers at the club. they ended up getting married and even adopted a daughter together- after which eddie quit his job and stopped taking the occasional gigs, so he could become a stay-at-home father. unfortunately, their relationship didn't last, and they ended up getting divorced; still, eddie has a good relationship with his ex-husband (and ex-husband's new girlfriend), and they have shared custody of their daughter

eddie picked up the merc life again after his divorce, and found a stable job at vitali's office. because of his history with security and his intimidating looks, he does a lot of class 3 gigs for him; heavy gigs, often directly concerning megacorporations, stuff only mercs who know what they're doing can handle. he mostly does these with mikhail and shiro, but occasionally another merc or outsider will jump in to help

huxley is a heavy merc, mostly doing class 2 assassination gigs and escort gigs for vitali. she is disciplined, loyal and witty. nobody is entirely sure how she ended up in vitali's inner circle, but on god is she there and she is not leaving

i haven't written all that much yet for huxley, but what i do know is that she didn't always live in night city. she only recently made her way here, and has mostly just been insanely confused about how fucked up the place is. she would've already been knee deep into the mercenary life; this place is just a new chapter for her, and she's managed to find a nice job at vitali's office

she never meant to stick around as long as she did; sure, the pay was good, but she knew nobody there while everyone else did seem to know each other, and felt like an outsider a bit. however, after witnessing some of the batshit insane things the rest of the gang does at the office, she decided to just join in on some conversations, and quickly learned it was very easy to make new friends there. she decided to stick around just a little longer, "just to see what would happen"; and she's still there as we speak

huxley mostly focuses on class 2 assassination gigs, having a very neutral attitude towards killing and not being afraid to use the necessary force to get a job done

lauren is a ranged merc, mostly doing netrunning gigs and infiltration gigs for vitali. she is efficient, reliable and straightforward. while some would say she's a little quiet, once you really get to know her she'll show her true colors as an incredibly fun woman to be around

lauren knows vitali from their college years; she was a year below him, but knew about his existence because 1) he was a troublemaker and 2) he was known for, um, having worked his way through most of the non-straight guys from his year and the years above him. they never spoke, but lauren sometimes wishes they would have

all she wanted was a quiet office job somewhere- not at a megacorporation, though- but shit hit the fan like it does in night city and she tumbled head-first into the wonderful world of netrunning. she mostly did gigs for wakako, and this is how she ended up meeting t-bug. t-bug was a friend of vitali's at the time, and soon introduced lauren to him; needless to say, lauren was shocked to see vitali again, and when she was offered a gig she obviously couldn't say no

nowadays, lauren does mostly netrunning work for vitali, which is basically a thing in most his gigs so she works on anything from class 1 all the way to class 3, wherever she's needed. she gets assigned to a lot of the same jobs as cato, and the two of them end up falling in love at some point; though it takes some time for them to actually start talking to each other, because for the longest time they both believed the other didn't like them because they were convinced they did not share any interests whatsoever

shiro is a stealth merc, mostly doing class 3 gigs and infiltration gigs for vitali. he is clear-headed, honest and intuitive. probably one of the oldest people at the office, but still young at heart, and he hangs out with the rest of them a lot even though they're much younger

shiro used to work for arasaka as well, at their security division. he was mostly a background kind of guy, not too interested in talking to others and he spent most of his time carefully observing; this is why he would know a lot of information, and he would also already know of mikhail's existence for example, having seen him around when mikhail still worked there as well

much like vitali, shiro ended up getting screwed over by the megacorporation and he got fired, leaving him with pretty much nothing, around the same time vitali was fired as well. this is why he easily found him, and was one of the first mercs to start working for him; back then, vitali also still did a lot of gigs himself, so he would work with shiro and mikhail to get shit done and that's how he ended up very quickly making a name for himself because they were essentially unstoppable

shiro takes it a bit easier nowadays, taking a gig every once in a while and filling the rest of his time with doing paperwork or helping out the security division at vitali's office. he also likes to sit around and talk to people, now that he's finally found people he enjoys being around

thibault is a stealth merc, mostly doing infiltration gigs and class 2 assassination gigs for vitali. he is helpful, practical and quick-witted. he's a little silly and would be considered the office jester by many, but has proven time after time he's as deadly as the rest of them

thibault used to be a doll at clouds and met mikhail when mikhail had just quit his job at the independent security organization he used to work for. mikhail helped thibault get out of the place and move into a nice little apartment, and thibault latched onto him very quickly. they grew pretty close in the span of only a few months, but then mikhail started working for arasaka and thibault felt a bit betrayed by him, having an immense hatred for megacorporations himself

when mikhail then also reunited with vitali, he suddenly wasn't there for thibault anymore, almost entirely disappearing out of his life; thibault felt horrible about this and ended up having to fend for himself again, which he did successfully, but he still felt bad about how things had gone

he ended up falling into the mercenary life after he was caught stealing some food in the grocery store and got fined for it, despite literally not having any money at all. he still wanted to take down clouds as well, and was kind of looking for other mercs who would be willing to help him with it; though most of them only worked with him on gigs out of necessity, because their fixer told them to do it, and thibault did not trust any of them. he ended up burning through a lot of fixers until he found vitali, and he stuck around because of the good pay, but was also very surprised to see mikhail there

thibault wanted to be pissed at him, but couldn't stay mad for too long now that he was, in mikhail's words, licking the same boot (vitali's boot) mikhail had been licking for years now and thibault figured that was a fair judgement

nowadays, thibault uses his skills to infiltrate and assassinate, a quick and powerful force not to be reckoned with. he even gets what he wanted to do; together with vincent, judy and mikhail he takes down clouds, and helps rebuild it from the ground up to be a safe space for everyone who used to work there

[judgedreddthelaw]

Black Female Warlock Guardian x Shiro-4 (18+)

The Lost Part 2-A

*Note: I figured to make it easier for dialogue reasons you will have PURPLE dialogue, Shiro will have ORANGE dialogue and your new friend will have BLUE dialogue

Some people dressed in their normal everyday gear, some in regular people clothes, you were actually surprised on how many guardians were here. There some upstairs were Lord Saladin comes by when we do the events. You look to Shiro asking him what he would like to do, “How about some drinks. I’ll get us some for you taking care of me, I want to repay it back…….. it might be a bit there’s a small line, will you be alright?”…….. “Yeah, I’ll be fine Shiro, I think I’m going to stand over here, by the postmasters station, I’ll wait for you.”…. “What do you want to drink?”…… “Something strong.”………(in a slightly and I mean very slight hint of a flirty tone)“If my lady commands, she gets.” …….(you giggle and shake your head and in a amused tone) “Just go get the drinks.”…….he simply nods his head and walks towards the bar. You can’t help but as we walks away, god damn that ass of his…..is nice. The shirt you gave him just slightly baggie it honestly looks good on him too. You snap out of, stopping yourself from having these thoughts about your BEST FRIEND. It’s been about a good 8 minutes of you standing and waiting for Shiro to come back with drinks. You’re getting a bit bored waiting to be honest. That stops when a guy comes over to you. “Hey, I saw you standing here by yourself, you with anyone?” You somewhat weren’t paying attention to his face didn’t make eye contact when he walked over to you, you go to speak and look at him and kind of stop in awe. He was kinda hot, a bit tall and an Exo, that was a bonus for you because honestly you definitely MAINLY have a thing for Exos. Unlike your ex he was Awoken, he was attractive of course but relationships don’t work when you can’t get along. You were looking at him intriguingly, “Umm yeah I’m with a friend.” You shyly look down and blush a bit before he speaks again. “Ahhh, just a friend? Girl or guy?”…… “Yes, just a friend, and guy.”…..he nods his head “You hunter?”…. “No, warlock.”…… “Wouldn’t guess that you seem more of a hunter to me, I’m titan loud and proud.”……. “I can tell (you smirk), I do hangout with hunters though. Cayde-6 is……..was my best friend.”……….. “I’m sorry……he was a great guy to everyone……he even helped me out once and I’m a titan. It’s funny considering how he feels about us titans…………..you were “really close? In that way”?” ……….. “Oh no! He was just my best friend, I ,mean yeah he had a charm to him but I did not have feelings for him he was like my cousin. That would have been way too weird. You know what I mean?”……..(he chuckles at that) (oh no that was a dangerously adorable laugh)…….Maybe this can be okay you thought, speaking of having inappropriate thoughts about your friend, you think you need to move on from those feelings after all he doesn’t feel the same. “Yeah, I know what you mean.”………. He looks at you down then up again and his optics brighten a little like his eyes went wide for a bit. You definitely notice that and that feeling in your face comes again and you look down being very shy. “Why do you do that?”………. “Huh?” You look at him confused ………… “I said why do you do that?”……….. “Do what?” (You look down and away again) “That, why do you look away all the time?”…… “I don’t know I’m just a shy person I guess.”………… “A beautiful woman like yourself shouldn’t be looking down like that, everyone deserves to see how beautiful you are.” ………. (You bashfully cover your face and giggle like a school girl)……. “Not gonna lie that’s pretty fucking adorable.”…………. He gets a little closer to you seeing if you’re okay with it. (You look at him and lightly bite your lip) He definitely liked that and it was obvious ho looked as if he was breathing a little heavy.

“Wow……wow…….wow…..I told myself not to just dive in but damn.” You definitely caught what he meant and you were wanting what he was suggesting. You looked him up and down and definitely liked what you saw his body was a little thicker than Shiros, from what you could tell ho wore a (metal band) shirt and it was a famous Exo band that you listen too as well (or whatever musician you decide if you don’t like metal), with black boots, with grey looking cargo pants overall the outfit actually looked good and he looked good. Yeah he’s definitely my type 150%. “You listen to _____ as well I see, I listened to the recent recording and it’s fantastic.” He looks at you astonished that you even like the same genre, you hit all of the points on his list of what he wanted, “Holy shit, never would’ve pegged you for that taste you surprised me. Beautiful and has good taste in music, my, my, where were you all my life?”……… “What can I say I’m full of surprises.”……… “Oh, that you are. I never got your name, mine is Eric-8.” ……… “Hi Eric, it’s wonderful to meet you. My name is Y/n.” ……… “I’ll remember it forever.” You look at him smiling wide, he can’t help but look at you all over again while sipping his exo drink, you noticed that his hand while he was drinking shook a little like he got nervous all of a sudden.

[whatthehelliswrongwithme]

Voltron Part 46

It’s the last 2-parter episode post!!! Oh my gosh, we’re so close to the end! This ones really long, sorry. So like, be warned... Season8 episodes 9+10... Enjoy! :

So, Allura took on that small red energy ball. And supposedly it’s the “Path of Darkness”

Prediction Nr.1: She won’t  actually use that thing and they’ll save the day, by the power of friendship

Prediction Nr.2: It’s the Set-up for Allura to fake-die at the season-finale again (~Cuz, thats sorta her thing~)

During that *way-too-serious* discussion about the Space witch situation,  everybody talked. Except for Pidge and Hunk, because they’re forever doomed to play second fiddle

Maybe I didn’t notice it in the other seasons, but a lot of the animation-frames look sorta unclean?

So basically, Allura is now Harry Potter in the second last book

Secretary Lady’s asking the same questions I do... I love her

This is a weird episode

Quote, Keith: “I think, we are the thots”

Moustache man, just said that Team Voltron’s in distress and Shiro had a *WAY TOO* calm reaction to that

Does he want to seee how it turns out? Did he bet 20$ or something?

This episode just reminded me, that the Paladins have a psychic link between them. They could have done so much cool stuff with that, why was it never used as a story-telling aspect?

Quote, Keith: “We’re all in this together”

Hey Y’all!!! It’s the return of “Keith as a Yoga Instructor-AU”!!!!

During that cheesy animorph-scene, our second fiddles had to share a screen

What sort of horror-movie shit was that lake/getting pulled into the nightmare-stuff scene?!?!

And why wasn’t Keith affected?

The fun-thing is: The shadows that attacked Pidge and Allura, respectively had an axe and a bow. Which were their weapons, during the DnD-episode!

Lance got attacked by sword-shadow-guy. You can read into that, whatever you want

Allura’s now got anger-issues to work through. On top, of ! still being racist against Galra !

That flashback of the first Paladins was just the first episode. Exactly. Downright to the “yellow Paladin is fat���-joke

Okay, If the shadow people are actually the original Paladins souls, it explains, why Kaith wasn’t affected

Allura’s dad really just said, “Moustache man, you’re her father now”

Message to the original Paladins: You’re dead, the series’ almost over, we don’t know you and don’t really care about you. Can you please stop talking?

And now, Keith’s having a really shitty day

Does anybody else feel, like Keith should talk with Shiro now. After all the other Paladins had their bonding-moment with the ex-pilot

Just like, even aside from a shipping-point. I feel like this should happen

Wait, so are the original Paladins back for real now?

That’s stupid. Why?

Does this mean, that now they’re the B-Team. And Shiro’s gonna be a Paladin again, but with the B-Team?

They’re entering Space witch’s mind. What will they find? Erotic photographs of Zarkon? Child-Lotor drawing a choo-choo-train? “Shiro” being a nannycam? Who knows!

.-•-°-•-.-•-°-•-.-•-°-•-.-~☆

They’re supposedly undetected, cause of some bullshit-science (Even though Pidge only talked about humans.......)

Quote, Pidge: “It’s just a theory” A GAME THEORY!

Now that Allura’s the leader again, she adapted Keith’s edge

So the OG!Paladins aren’t back for real. Only in this weird friendship-thought-realm, they’ve got going on?

One of the Robeasts getting recycled again..

What weird shit is this???

Do you think that this whole “adventuring in Space witch’s mind” is affecting her somehow? Does she have a headache? Is she just popping ibuprofen like they’re Tic Tac’s?

How are all these cinematic shots of the OG!Paladins in Space witch’s memories?

Why did they have to destroy those vines/memory veins(?)/brain wiring(?)  to see her memories?

Even the Kallura-shippers are getting fed! They held hands~

And now Mecha-Zarkon’s here again.....

I love the dynamic between Keith and Zarkon: Powerful, evil conqueror, whose thousands of years old VS:. Teen with a unhealthy diet of confidence and dumbassery

And they just keep on arguing, on who their pets favourite person is

(Can’t they just like, put Black in the middle of the room. Stand in different corners and look who she’s coming to?)

WhAt Is ThIS ePiSoDe?!?!?!!!

Young Zarkon is.....unsettling

When Zarkon said the names of the OG!Paladins: Those aren’t names! It sounds like he’s chocking on something. But those definetely aren’t names!

“Allura, what are you doing?” Well. It looks like, she’s taking away Zarkons bending. But I think, that that might be the wrong show

I just like to imagine, that after this whole ordeal, Allura’s forced to go to anger-management-classes, by the other Paladins

Space witch wants her happy ending. Okay, got that.

“She knows you’re here” Cue Symposium Magarum

Zarkon said some bullshit about his Galra lineage and about the Black lion to Keith. And just like, are we not going to acknowledge, that he was originally Red’s pilot?

“The power of 10 Paladins working together, is the strongest power in the universe” HoW dO YoU kNoW ThAt?!?!!

Once again, things are solved by the ~Power of Friendship~

Allura, it’s not your time to “die” yet, honey. We’ve still got 3 episodes left

[bamfdaddio]

X-Men Abridged: 1975

The X-Men, those super dramatic mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!

(X-Men 94 - 96) - by Chris Claremont, Len Wein and Dave Cockrum

You think I won’t automatically be able to include a powerful Storm-moment in every instalment? Watch me. Claremont is a much bigger Storm-fan than I am. (X-Men 96)

So, originally, the plan for the All-New X-Men would’ve been very different: the series would have remained Giant-Sized and it would’ve come out four times per year. This format would have allowed enough room to split focus between thirteen team-members. However, when the Krakoa-issue turned out to be crazily uncannily astonishingly popular, the series became a bi-monthly series. This necessitated some changes, especially in the roster.

Also, there’s this new writer? Chris Claremont? idk man, he seems a little dramatic

The first thing this new kid on the block does, is clean house: he jettisons almost all of the original X-Men, except for Cyclops. In a tear-filled goodbye, we finally get our first on-panel kiss between Jean and Scott. Fucking finally, only took you twelve years, but also: aw.

C’mon Scott, you can try long distance! Consider the benefits, like not having to look at your girlfriend dressing like a Hart-of-Dixie villain. (And don’t think you’re off the hook, Lorna. You look like a Christmas ornament) (X-Men 94)

Sunfire, surprising no-one, also leaves. (For real this time.) I’ve always wondered what the original plan for him would have been, but considering there are two other grumpy and angry rebels on the team (Thunderbird and Wolverine), I understand why Shiro would be a little redundant. It is a shame that it’s a POC that gets discarded, especially considering what happens later.

No time for absent souls, let’s get into the plot! Thunderbird desperately wants to prove himself, while Scott wants him to show some restraint. They butt heads and T-bird gets hurt during training. Despite his injury, he insisting he joins the team on their next mission! Because it’s the Avenging Ex-X-Man Beast who calls for aid.

I love that Beast brushes aside this almost entirely new team of X-Men just as easily as my aunt brushed aside the new boyfriend I brought home for Christmas. (X-Men 94)

As an aside, I’m assuming y’all know what happened to the Beast: in the Avengers, he experimented on himself and turned himself furry and blue. One of his most iconic moments! (And it didn’t even happen in an X-Men comic.)

Count Nefaria has once again allied himself with a team of silly super-villains and invaded the NORAD (North-American Air Command) in order to ransom the entire world with nuclear weapons. When the X-Men approach, Count Nefaria shoots them from the sky and we get one of the hallmarks of Claremont’s writing: the sometimes unnecessarily DRAMATIC CLIFFHANGER! Because the issue ends as the X-Men plummet to their FOR SURE INEVITABLE deaths…

Except, you know, Colossus doesn’t really do falling damage and Storm and Banshee can fly.

Look, realistically, all of them would’ve hit the ground somewhere around Kurt’s second sentence. (X-Men 95)

When everyone is safely down, Nightcrawler teleports inside the base and lets the rest of the X-Men in. Colossus gets to shine by protecting the rest of them from bullets, while Storm washes the hypnotized soldiers away with a quick flood. They fight the Ani-Men but the two X-Men who haven’t had the time to shine… are promptly knocked out.

“Gort wanted to take out that mutant, so Gort just threw the first thing Gort could find.”

“Which was?”

“Another mutant.” (X-Men 95)

Banshee and Thunderbird perform pretty poorly, while the other X-Men try and stop the Doomsday Clock that Nefaria started.

It’s a little confusing how the clock is stopped - somehow, all the fighting and ruckus in the base stopped the clock from going to zero, preventing the launching of the nukes? Seems like a design flaw, US government! Anyway, the Doomsday Clock is not the focus of this story, not really: this is a story about John Proudstar and his desperate need to prove himself. In order to stop Count Nefaria from escaping, the heretofore useless John jumps on his plane and begins tearing at it.

It’s a foolish plan. The plane ascends and begins to smoke while John keeps pulling off bits and pieces. Banshee gives chase, screaming at Thunderbird to get the fuck off that thing (laddie). But…

Just like John, Charles doesn’t recognize a hopeless situation when he’s right in the middle of it and is just as unwilling to let go. (X-Men 95)

Now, John Proudstar is not entirely unproblematic as a character. With Storm, they get things mostly right, especially considering what decade this was and how white Marvel was. Thunderbird, on the other hand, veers dangerously close to becoming a nasty indigenous stereotype, especially considering his outfit and attitude. Claremont will redeem himself in the future by writing much better characters that are Cheyenne and Apache - Forge, Mirage, Warpath - but as it stands now? John is barely a flat character and it’s a shame that, after writing out Sunfire, the first character to die is also a POC.

And yet, despite the fact that this storyline is Claremont’s first X-Men attempt, and despite the fact that it’s uneven, over-dramatic and has a silly villain, it still takes balls to kill a member of a barely established team. (Especially considering the time and age.) And, while the plotting is a bit thin, the moment where Xavier feels Thunderbird die is pretty effective.

The next story is a lot more typically Claremont, and a lot better. Back in Westchester, Emo!Scott, in all his failure-as-a-leader, someone-died-on-my-watch anguish, damages a cairn when he lets loose. Randomly, this is a capstone to some demonic dimension and Scotty accidentally unleashes a demon.

Can´t you imagine this scene being a lot funnier if the yellow panels are just Claremont shouting at Cyclops? Can’t you?! Can’t you?! (X-Men 96)

Meanwhile, Stephen Lang, an anti-mutant army-man, wants to kick off Project Armageddon, which builds on themes established by the Trasks. Michael Rossi, a colonel who gets imported from the Ms. Marvel-lines Claremont was working on before, wants to hear none of this, so Stephen has a little accident arranged.

Back in the mansion, a surprise new addition to the cast arrives!

Maybe housekeeper was one of the identities Moira X had tried out in a previous life, before quickly realizing that being a scientist would better suit her purposes. (X-Men 96)

Her welcome is rudely interrupted by the arrival of the demon!

More like Unholy Hannah, amirite? (X-Men 96)

Both Wolverine and Storm get their chance to shine, before Storm manages to restore the cairn and lock out the demon invasion. And this is where Claremont actually shines. He’s great at building concurrently running storylines, teasing future plots instead of making it a mishmash of X-Men being attacked by random villains. Furthermore, he actually uses action scenes to further the plot or give depth to his characters. Deftly, he introduces Wolverine’s berserker side and teases at Storm’s claustrophobia. Check it out:

Hey, James, I think your barbarian just unlocked the berserker rage feat. (X-Men 96)

Sure, Claremont sometimes makes the X-Men little more than a superhero soap opera, but he does it so well. We’re truly in a new era now. I can’t wait.

For Whom the Death Tolls: Thunderbird. One of the few X-Men for whom death is actually a sort of permanent state. Has he been spotted on Krakoa yet?

What could have been: Imagine X-Men if Sunfire or Thunderbird had taken the place of ‘angry loner’ on the team, instead of Wolverine. Also, I wonder why Claremont never bothered to connect the demons under the cairn to Limbo - the N’Garai are an entirely separate dimension. Maybe Westchester is just a hotbed of demonic activity.

What to read: None of it is truly pivotal, but X-Men 94 and 95 are hallmarks for the death of Thunderbird. X-Men 96 should be on your reading list if you’re a fan of Wolverine and Storm.

[hogwarts9]

THE AKASHI-CHOPRAS

The painting of Anika's Family. Her Pa , Lakshman Chopra, (The man with blue eyes) and her step-dad , Akashi Shiro, (the man with white streak of hair) but she calls him dad now.

Akashi Shiro:

He is an muggle ex-military man , thus got wounded from battle. He now works in Scotland Yard as a high rank detective, cause he can solve a lot of bizarre cases. Sometime Anika helps him in the cases or gives him ideas to solve it. in his first case with Anika, she gets kidnapped but he saves her immediately and stops the killer.

Met her Pa , when shopping for mens clothes. Fell in love at first sight..took a lot of courage to ask him out on a date.

Met Anika for the first time when she was 12. She was shy at first but opened up to him after a while.

He always read Sherlock Holmes to her incase the braille version was yet to be released. They love to read together.

Married her pa a year later. Private wedding, he learn about their magical abilities after that and will always be amazed by them.

love to take Anika for walks in parks when she is on holidays and stays at home.

can't help but to spoiled her with gifts. Once in Christmas , he got her a puppy which surprised her and her pa. He know she can 'see'.

Make Anika cry ,u better sleep with both eyes open. He, with or without sebastian, will come after u.

Lakshman Chopra:

Birthfather of Anika, divorced her abusive mother when she was 7.

Muggleborn Wizard

Owns a well-known Wizardry Company and even a well-Know fashion Shop in the muggle world.

Invent sweets,toys and design fashion wear in the Wizardry Company.Only makes and sell fashion wear in his muggle shop where he spends his time and work there when anika is at school.Met anika's step-dad there.

Invents a lot of dress and shoes for anika. Most of his fashion are make for his daughter.

A well-known and asked for fashion icon for his outfits for Ladies ,Mens and Children in both Wizardry and Muggle world

Special auror, called for strange cases which involves both the wizardry and muggle world.He works on these cases with his husband and sometimes anika helps as well.

Once saved a demon from danger when anika was 9, he named him Sebastian (he is like the black butler Sebastian but he looks a little different) for he had no name and made him train to be a butler for the family. He works so well that he can do anything.He even protects the family especially Anika.If anyone asked how he do it , sebastian will just say "I am simply one hell of a butler"

[shigarakis-fifth-hand]

Shigaraki x Todoroki! Reader; The Mask

Enjoy the series! Ch. 1 Ch. 2 Ch. 3 Ch. 4 Ch. 5 Ch. 6 Ch.7

~finale~ please comment and tell me if you liked it!! i put a lot of hours work into this series!!

Down into darkness, it swallowed you up away from the blinding spotlights and windy scenery. You fell back into the bar, and into the very needy hands of your family. “You idiot.” Twice said before patting you on the head. “I was wrong about the situation but… I have a strange feeling everything is going to be alright. We just need to stay strong and… eventually the world will turn out right.” You smiled, reassuring two of your friends who sat there, still shaking. “I… I thought you were going to get taken back. I thought I would never see you again.” Toga admitted, her eyes red and her body shaking from emotion. “I’m not going anywhere Toga. Ever again.” You promised her, looking deep into her eyes, hoping and praying she’d believe you. 

“Shiro…” You looked up to see your brother, standing there, looking as if he’d seen a ghost. “You fucking idiot!” He screamed at the top of his lungs, rushing towards you. You thought he was going to hit you for a second, before he engulfed you in his arms and began sobbing. “Don’t you… ever… do that again.” He cried, holding you as tight as possible. You stayed there for a few minutes, just letting him keep you close until his emotions were sober again. When he separated from you, you saw the eyes of your brother looking back at you, and once again thought about how nothing had changed. He was still your protector, and you were still his kid sister trying to live up to him. The thought of it made you smile.

“Ahh, Shiro. Glad to see you’re back.” Kurogiri appeared in the doorway, seeming to carry a sort-of box with him. “Where is he? Where’s Tomura?” You asked, walking closer to the mist-like man in a hurry. “Well, he had me immediately teleport him to the base once he read your note. When he got here, he saw the news story and began thrashing around. He ended up smashing a vase accidentally, and cutting himself up badly.” Kurogiri explained, and as you got closer, you saw that the box in his hands was a first-aid kit. “... Oh my god.” You immediately began rushing upstairs to Shigaraki’s room, leaving the rest of the group behind. You stormed upstairs and into his room, not giving a care in the world anymore. There, in the bed, was Shigaraki, with his hands and right leg bandaged up tightly. 

“Shiro.” He stared at you for a minute, as if he didn’t truly believe you were standing before him. “You came back?” He murmured as you walked towards him and sat on the bed. “Y-Yes, of course I did. Oh god Tomura, I’m so sorry, I-” You were caught off guard as Shigaraki grabbed your shirt and pulled you closer. “I’m sorry?! How are you going to put everything at risk and then just say I’m sorry?! Who do you think you are? You not only put yourself at risk, but the entire League! If they could somehow trace you back to here, we all would be dead or in prison! Do you have a death threat?!” He screamed, scaring you as he kept four fingers on your shirt collar and pulled you closer. “It was my brother, I couldn’t just stay there.” You tried to explain yourself while also being in shock. Tomura had never yelled at you like this, nor had he ever been physical with you before.

“I- Well, I’m sorry you had to rush for your brother.I’m sorry I can’t say I have family. I’m sorry I don’t know what it’s like to risk death for someone besides you. I’m sorry to say you’re all I have!! I’m sorry-!” Shigaraki stopped yelling as you grabbed his hand and slowly moved it from your shirt collar to around your neck, leaving his thumb up. “I’m sorry Shigaraki, but I’d do the same for you. I’d die for you too.” You confessed, your voice raspy from crying as well as the build-up of emotion. “Y-You would? You…” Shigaraki looked at his hand and immediately took them away from you. “God, I’m sorry Shiro. I didn’t mean to hurt you.” He grabbed you and wrapped his hands around you, pulling you close to him. “It’s alright, we both made mistakes tonight.” You forgave him, smiling as you felt how tight he was holding you. “Never again… Never again…” Shigaraki whispered, beginning to rock back and forth. “So… Kurogiri just said you got cut with some glass. What’s with the leg?” You asked as Shigaraki blushed, very embarrassed. “I may have kicked a wall… but that’s a secret I’ll never tell.” He grinned, kissing you lightly.

Hours later, you found yourself on the top of the building, looking out onto the city lights. Under you was Shigaraki, and then under him was a thick blanket and pillow set. As you laid on his chest, enjoying the shining view, you wondered about everything that had happened to you. With a love for violence, you thought you would never be able to find love. With a dad like Endeavor, you thought you’d never be happy. With a future like UA, you thought you’d never get to be what you’d want. Now, practically everything seemed possible right now. For the first time, you actually felt like you had your whole life ahead of you. For the first time, you felt as if you had a life worth living.

“I love you. You know that, right?” Shigaraki whispered, looking up at your pretty face. “I know. I love you too.” You smiled, leaning down and pecking his lips. “Why me? Why not someone hot or a hero?” He asked, making you giggle. “I don’t know. I guess hot heroes don’t have the personality you have.” You bent down and pecked his lips again, feeling his mouth move into a grin. The witty banter of you two was immaculate, and made you want the moment to last forever. “What about soulmates? Do you believe in them?” You asked, watching him look up into your eyes. “Yes and no. I think they exist because there is no way that you would like me if the universe didn’t already plan for it to happen. No because… there is no way I would have a soulmate who can be so… stupid at times.” You hit him playfully, but couldn’t help smiling as he began laughing.

“Hey guys, get down here!!” Toga appeared in the doorway, wearing her robe and hair in a messy bun. “Look what’s on tv!!” She yelled, before racing back down the steps. You and Shigaraki looked at each other before hopping up and running down into the main living room. You ran right up to the tv, everyone else falling behind you. There, on the tv, was Aizawa. “With the recent events that have taken place over the past week and a half, plus the added information given to us by Miss Shiro Todoroki, we have officially began the investigation into Enji Todoroki, or as some of you may know him as, Endeavor. We will be investigating his children, the accusations of his abuse towards his children and ex-wife, and his mental state as a hero. Right now, Enji Todoroki is being taken into custody until we can get this sorted out. If you know anything, you may call the Anonymous number below.”

Your jaw dropped, and you felt many eyes on you from behind. “Shiro? Thoughts?” Touya asked you from behind, watching as you began smiling. “This… this is…” Tears began slowly falling down your face. Man, Eraserhead meant business when he said he wanted you to come back out of hiding. “Is everything going to be okay?” Shigaraki asked, coming to stand next to you. “Are you kidding?!” You turned to him, smiling ear-to-ear. “Everything is going to be fine.” You got on your tip-toes and kissed him, wrapping your arms around your neck. And you meant it, everything was going to be just perfect.

@debbiehehe @pnkcts @league-of-bnha @lilcura1209 @x-a-delama-x @bish-ima-clown @axerrri @fearsome-perfect-beauty-eren @kneecapstealingalien @abonshit @maplehuneywrites

[clownao]

AU where Civil War is about Kayano

It never made sense to me why the class forgave Kayano so easily. It was as if she was forced to be evil for five minutes, not that she had voluntarily injected herself with the tentacles. Didn't the class feel betrayed that Kayano had basically blindsiding them? That they were interacting with a fake person the whole time?

It feels like they were invalidating Kayano's Akari identity and her entire revenge arc- it felt like it had no consequences. The class never treated it seriously. They saw her as sweet Kayano who had an angry episode, not as vengeful Akari who had acting for almost an entire year.

And this AU would make sense too- after Kayano's arc in December, the class would be divided on whether to trust her or not, resulting in the Civil War in Janurary. (In addition, it makes me ill to think some of them might actually want to kill their beloved mentor figure, so I think it would be nice to reimagine Civil War.)

Here are the “teams”:

Team Trust- let Kayano stay in 3-E

Members: Nagisa, Sugino, Kanzaki, Hara, Itona, Terasaka, Muramatsu, Takebayashi, Kataoka, Kurahashi, Yada, Okajima, Sugaya (13 members)

Team Distrust- kick Kayano out of 3-E

Members: Karma, Okuda, Nakamura, Mimura, Isogai, Chiba, Hayami, Kimura, Maehara, Okano, Yoshida, Hazama, Fuwa (13 members)

(Note: characters’ views are not my views. Because this post deals with trust issues, some characters’ reasoning may seem offensive and even dismissive. Remember they’re all just teenagers trying to solve a difficult and sensitive problem.)

(Also note: characters’ views are not solely based on canon implications, they’re also based my own headcanons :D)

TEAM NEUTRAL

Kayano- She knows she’s done a terrible thing, and she sincerely apologizes. She admits she stopped wanting to kill Korosensei months ago, but her bloodlust forced her to continue. She also states she was pretending to be nice in the first few months, but claims she started to be genuinely nice afterwards. She understands how some people might refuse to forgive her, and while she is saddened, she totally understands and respects their opinion. She is glad for her friends’ support, but ultimately decides to leave the matter to the class. She doesn’t want to destroy the class’ bond further.

The teachers- They understand both sides of the debate and want to help everyone in the class. If Team Trust wins, so be it. They’re perfectly fine with students requesting to avoid Kayano for projects and assassinations. If Team Distrust wins, they’ll make sure to keep in contact with Kayano even after she leaves 3-E. After all, despite everything, she’s still their student. (And Korosensei’s NEVER going to let Aguri’s little sister go.)

Ritsu- Like in canon, she does not fully understand the human emotions involved, and hence decides not to interfere. She helps to coordinate the war.

TEAM TRUST

Nagisa- He believes even if Kayano was “acting”, she still gave them fun memories, and it “wasn’t entirely an act”. He is inclined to believe people can change, and his friend Kayano deserves a second chance. In addition, Kayano helped to make Nagisa feel comfortable with his long hair (she gave him his pigtails), and Nagisa can never forget that.

Sugino- Like Nagisa, he believes Kayano deserves a second chance. He’s a bit shaken by her “betrayal”, but thinks the entire class (Kayano included) should get along and work towards their goal together. He’s also a bit of an optimist and thinks it’ll all get better eventually.

Kanzaki- She understands the need to have dual identities, and thus emphasizes with Kayano. She believes communication can solve the problem and Kayano should be accepted in 3-E. After all, Kayano, with her traumatic past, needs friends and support too. 

Hara- She staunchly believes kicking Kayano away will do no good. Communication is the only way out, and if Kayano’s gone, how will the class and Kayano effectively communicate? In her opinion, they can’t just ignore the problem by banishing Kayano. Besides, she sort of sympathizes with Kayano, plus Kayano’s her friend, so she’s a little biased. Most importantly, Hara is genuinely sweet and kind- she can never hate or “abandon” anyone.

Itona- He’s a little complicated. He hates being used as a pawn, but he understands the tentacles’ influences. He can’t excuse how she voluntarily injected the tentacles for revenge, but he emphasizes with her. And he thinks it would be cruel of him to leave her alone when a) they both understand the painful and manipulative quality of the tentacles and b) the class accepted him even though he nearly killed them. He keeps his distance around her, but in the end, he stands with Team Trust. He thinks it’s the least he can do for a fellow ex-tentacle user.

Terasaka- Originally, he’s SUPER mad. Like, he just wanted to PUNCH Kayano. But after thinking about it for weeks, he realizes the class forgave a) him b) Itona and c) Irina when all three of them put the class in danger. He thinks it would be hypocritical for him to yeet Kayano out of the class. While he doesn’t want to forgive Kayano immediately, he admits she deserves a second chance like he, Itona, and Irina had been kindly given by 3-E. Terasaka has a strong sense of morals (especially after he was manipulated by Shiro), and would hate to be hypocritical. He joins Team Trust mostly due to his beliefs and morals, not because of Kayano.

Muramatsu- He used to totally support Team Distrust, but after talking to Itona and Terasaka, he started to see things in a new light. It’s not peer pressure, but Muramatsu has to admit kicking Kayano out doesn’t solve ANYTHING- it just adds to miscommunication and people will just continue to suffer. Besides, like Itona and Terasaka, he understands the class has forgiven others before, so it doesn’t seem fair they’re so willing to exclude Kayano from their trademark generosity. 

Takebayashi- He used to be neutral, but like the other members of the Terasaka Gang, he realizes 3-E is actually a forgiving class. After all, they forgave Takebayashi after he betrayed them and joined 3-A, and Takebayashi is immensely grateful for their support. Hence, he thinks Kayano doesn’t deserve being kicked out of 3-E.

Kataoka- She doesn't believe in “abandoning” Kayano- she’s a leader, and leaders don’t abandon anyone. She totally understands how some cannot forgive Kayano, but somehow, kicking Kayano out of 3-E doesn’t sit well with her. Hence, she joins Team Trust.

Kurahashi- She continues to deeply care for Kayano and believes she needs support. Plus, being kicked out of a class Kayano enjoyed/enjoys being in would just hurt her even more, and Kurahashi doesn’t want that.

Yada- Like Kurahashi, she just wants to help Kayano, even if it means getting to know her from square one. Yada is kind- she doesn’t want to abandon Kayano or make her feel even worse.

Okajima- He’s actually a loyal person who deeply enjoys the bond 3-E shares- or used to share. He foolishly wants it to go back to the way it was, but he knows it’s impossible. But if everyone works towards it, they can surely achieve something close to it, right? Maybe it’s a bit idealistic, but Okajima believes in that hope.

Sugaya- He doesn’t believe in kicking Kayano out of 3-E. He’s receptive and understands Team Distrust’s point of view, but he also believes the other team should be a little more open minded. 

TEAM DISTRUST

Karma- He despises manipulation. He hates how Kayano pretended to be innocent and harmless when she was in fact a skilled assassin. Karma cannot trust and forgive Kayano immediately; he wants nothing to do with her. He is also pissed off by Nagisa and thinks he’s selfish. Just because Kayano gave Nagisa happy memories doesn’t mean she should be allowed in the class- there are a lot of people who don’t feel happy about her at all.

Okuda- She trusted and loved Kayano, and was horribly shaken by her identity reveal. Okuda ends up with serious trust issues, to the point thinking about Kayano makes her physically ill. She has panic attacks and struggles with sleeping. She still wishes the best for Kayano, but doesn’t want anything to do with her anymore. She also oesn’t want Kayano’s apologies. In addition, it sickens her to see her other friends (eg. Nagisa, Kanzaki) stick up for Kayano, so she avoids them and sticks to Karma and other Team Distrust members.

Nakamura- Similar to Karma, she cannot forgive Kayano immediately. She might seem casual and chill about it, but she actually spent several nights thinking about it. She’s a little shaken, but in the end, she coolly decides Kayano leaving would be the best option.

Mimura- He personally wants to give Kayano a second chance, but he values class harmony above all. Letting Kayano stay would cause a lot of problems, and if she left, her friends could contact her without involving the entire class (including people who were deeply hurt by Kayano). So, logically, with the class’ best interests in mind, he decides to go for Team Distrust.

Isogai- His reason is similar to Mimura’s. He genuinely likes Kayano and would like her to be redeemed, but he’s the class leader. He wants to make sure everyone is happy and comfortable in 3-E. And if letting Kayano stay in 3-E makes other people uncomfortable and panicked, it’s not a good choice. As painful as it is, he joins Team Distrust for 3-E.

Chiba and Hayami- They value trust immensely, so they feel betrayed and blindsided. However, they continue to be professional, and unlike Okuda, they can work smoothly with Kayano. Personally, they think it’s best if Kayano leaves the class. Surprisingly (or not), Hayami is the more hesitant one. Her family has never been around much and so she emphasizes with Kayano a little bit, but not enough for her to leave Team Distrust.

Kimura- He wants justice. To him, letting Kayano stay implies she doesn’t have to deal with serious consequences. Consequences are needed, or else it isn’t fair- it isn’t fair to Kayano, isn’t fair to the class. Besides, he sees how his other classmates are hurting because of Kayano, so he believes Kayano should leave 3-E for the greater good.

Maehara- At first, he tries to forgive Kayano. He truly does. But the more he thinks about it, the more he finds the idea of manipulation and pretending to be someone else unsettling. Like VERY unsettling (even if he knows it's due to the tentacles). Maybe he's especially sensitive due to his (failed) romantic relationships, but he cannot really trust Kayano anymore. He's hesitant to say it at first, but after discovering a couple of his friends feel the same, he joins Team Distrust.

Okano- Similar to Maehara, she tries to forgive Kayano, but the more she thinks about it, the weirder she feels. And she hates it because she just wants things to be simple, but it's not simple and she doesn't know what to do, so maybe Kayano should just leave and give the class peace and quiet to sort things out. She knows she'll learn to forgive Kayano someday and be friends with her again, but she cannot do it now, so ultimately, she currently stands with Team Distrust.

Yoshida- At first, he and Terasaka and Muramastu were on Team Distrust, but then they changed sides. Suddenly, Yoshida feels like he’s alone in his beliefs (he is, in fact, Not). Yoshida might not speak much, but he is actually rather disturbed and scared by the entire Kayano incident. And because most of his friends appear to be “pro-Kayano”, Yoshida wonders if he’s the bad guy. In reality, he doesn’t want any harm to come upon Kayano, he’s just... scared. And confused. The other Team Distrust members validates his feelings, leading Yoshida to trust Team Distrust (ha) and ends up joining the team.

Hazama- She is disturbed by Kayano’s betrayal, and while she doesn’t hate or fear Kayano, she doesn’t want to deal with Kayano. She’s a little complicated, because while Hazama understands Kayano’s dark ideas of revenge, Kayano has hurt and scarred other people, and Hazama cannot excuse that and pretend it never happened. Besides, she knows Yoshida is feeling like shit, and decides to join Team Distrust due to personal beliefs and to make her friend Yoshida feel better. 

Fuwa- At first she’s fine with the whole thing, and she believes proper communication can help to ease tensions. Plus, Kayano’s her friend! Again, Fuwa’s a little complicated. But after a while, her overactive imagination (which may or may not have been encouraged by reading manga) causes her to wonder if EVERYONE in her life is lying. Obviously, she knows this isn’t the case, but it causes her so much fear, she starts to subconsciously avoid Kayano (the source of her trust issues). While she seeks to mend relations with Kayano, she ultimately decides it’s best if she takes a break from Kayano at the moment. 

Phew! This was a rather long post, and it turned into a character study midway :P If anyone has their own interpretations/thoughts, feel free to reblog and add! :D

(Thanks to Discord friends for discussing with me :D)

(Course of the war now here!)

[chaoticevilbean]

Four In One : Chapter Four

With the help of his alien comrades, Lance had a plan of action ready for his big reveal. While Hunk made dinner, Allura kept the other Paladins out of the lounge and Coran and Lance began to work. On the farthest point away from the nest they installed a small platform that would fit Lance when he was sitting down. It was perfectly level with the nest and Coran added a few blankets there despite Lance saying he was fine.

"Nonsense, Number Three. It may be temporary but that doesn't mean it can't be comfortable."

They attached a ladder to the platform so that Lance could reach it and headed out, their work finished. Sort-of. Coran made a beeline for the kitchen and Allura dragged Lance off to someone's old personal quarters without any explanation. She sat him down on a chair and disappeared into a closet, leaving him confused and slightly worried.

"So, I realized while I was waiting that you probably can't use some of the same products that we do," the princess spoke over her shoulder. "So that got me thinking. How are we supposed to groom your wings after this reveal if none of the products do much good? You've obviously taken the time to groom them yourself, and you do it well, but you also know all the techniques and ways to make use of what you've got since they are your wings. And I remembered a certain fellow back on Altea who had wings. He was half Altean, half Gullruck, which is a scaled bipedal race, much like those dragon-borns that Pidge showed me. And he was born with both feathers and scales, because Alteans are primarily feathered and Gullrucks don't have wings, but they always have scales, even hybrids." Allura stepped out of the closet with a large box in her hands, grinning. "So I looked it up rather quickly and found that I was right."

"Right about what," Lance inquired carefully.

"One of the Blue Paladins of Voltron was the Altean-Gullruck. This," she set the box down in front of Lance, "is his old wing-care products. Even after ten thousand years, these will be usable. One of the marvels of the Gullrucks' ingenuity."

Lance leaned forward to gaze into the box, and his breath left him in shock. There were oils and cleaners, and tools for getting under feathers and scales alike, and there were treatments for rotting and for molts. As a teen who valued self-care and had struggled to groom and maintain his wings for his entire life, it was a box filled with treasure.

"Lura," he started, swallowing when his voice came out thick. "Lura, this is the best present ever." For her part, the princess didn't seem too uncomfortable at the new nickname, or at the emotions playing out on Lance's face. In fact, she promptly pulled him into a hug, speaking softly in his ear.

"I'm glad I could help, Lance."

The two hugged for a few ticks more before releasing each other, which started them onto the task of going through the box. Allura explained what each word on the containers meant, since most of them were written in Gullrooki, and Lance was still learning Altean. They sorted the products between scales, feathers, and both, and by the end of it, the conversation had taken a full turn into Lance's nightly self-care routine and how Allura might begin to try it.

"There you two are," a voice called from the entrance. The two turned to see Shiro poking his head into the room. "We've been looking all over for you, and Hunk was about to cry when I told them I heard you talking."

"Sorry, Dad," Lance responded distractedly as he picked up the organized box. "Allura and I were talking self-care and she might do a facemask tonight, so we had to make sure we have enough supplies. She's definitely gonna do it again once she tries it." The Blue Paladin strolled past Shiro easily, once again oblivious to the way his words affected those around him. He went straightaway to the dining room, where he was crushed by a hug from Hunk

~ ~ ~

"Did he- did he just," Shiro stuttered out, unable to form the sentence bouncing in his skull. None of the kids had ever- they joked but none had said- they never directly called him-

"I think he did," Allura hummed as she patted his metal arm on her way out the door.

"He said 'Dad'," Shiro whispered to himself. "I'm a father!"

Another thought came to him of his ex-SO, co-parent of Keith.

"Adam's gonna kill me!"

~ ~ ~

Dinner got all of them into the best moods they had been in since they were kidnapped by the Blue Lion slash woken up 10,000 years after the destruction of their planet. Hunk had made garlic knots and spaghetti, meaning Pidge and Lance both nearly cried at the Earth foods, or the best equivalents they could get. Keith tried to add cheese to his pasta, but it was quickly snatched from his hands by Shiro, who informed the team that Keith was lactose intolerant and it was amazing that this was only the first time so far that he had attempted death by dairy. The Red Paladin had pouted- "It's a scowl!" "I'm pretty sure that's a pout." "Urgh!" -until Lance promised he would get Keith a new knife at the space mall if he avoided lactose 'til then.

When Shiro called for grooming, Lance's stomach twisted a little, and not from eating too many garlic knots. He was about to reveal his biggest secret yet, and he could barely handle his emotions. Nonetheless, he was right behind the others as they rushed into the lounge, only paying small glances at the new platform. Lance separated then, climbing up to the temporary structure he and Coran had built and situating himself among the blankets.

"Um, loʻu uso?" Hunk called, falling back into their old titles now that the others wouldn't question it. "What are you doing over there?"

"Sì, e cosa sono queste cose aliene?" Pidge added, testing her new knowledge of Lance's skills as she looked at the new box. Yes, and what are these alien things? The others stared at her but she waved them off, motioning for the distant boy to answer. Lance was silent for a dobash, allowing his team time to take in his tense shoulders and fidgeting hands. The boy cleared his throat before turning so his side was to the group.

"Hunk, mi hermano, do you think you could groom my wings?" he asked, quiet. Hunk, for his credit, wasted no time in responding.

"Of course, although you probably need to come closer." Lance shook his head, smiling slightly, before releasing his hidden wings and slowly but surely unfurling a bottom one. It made it's way past the edge of the nest and stopped about halfway unfolded as the tip touched the wall. The other appendages were there, and with a lower one extended, it was clear there were four instead of two.

The team was silent in awe, and when he turned his head, the Cuban boy could see that they were staring at the feathers and scales. Only this morning he had brought up someone having all four mutations, and now they recognized that as a test to see if they would accept him. All the times he made sure they knew he wanted them as a flock, but never let his wings show was his way of handling what he probably considered his biggest secret. Shiro was glaring at Coran, who sat next to him, noticing the man's lack of reaction. Keith was doing the same to Allura, though neither glares had heat. It was the sort-of glare that said 'how dare you know this before me'.

"We're gonna need a bigger nest," was the first thing said. It was said by Hunk who was holding a feather brush in his hand and realizing that the wing before him was only an eighth of what they would need to groom.

"You're lucky that Coran and I suspected before Lance showed us," Allura spoke as she fluttered out of the nest with the box that was now easily recognized as Lance's wing-care products. Shiro almost facepalmed at how he hadn't noticed when it passed him earlier, but thought better of it after remembering what Lance had called him.

Lance pulled his wing back in, though no longer hiding them, and leapt from the platform. with just enough of his wings out to glide down gently. His heart was ready to burst from elation as he watched his Space Flock rush to pick up their grooming supplies and as many blankets and pillows as they could. Keith tossed several pieces of bedding at the Cuban, who caught them with slacked movements in his daze. When they had all made their way down, Lance found himself in the center of the bunch, following the now moving Allura.

They were led by the Altean to a nearby room, one that none of them had entered due to lack of necessity. It might've once been a room meant for parties, much like a ballroom, but now it had a floor of pillows and blankets and quilts and rugs and comforters and sheets and cushions. The walls were lined at the bottom with more soft materials, all thick enough pad the hard surfaces. Pidge instantly dropped her load and dove into the nest, sinking into the fabrics with a sigh... and continued sinking until she was barely seen where she was laying on her back.

"Pidge, did you die?" Keith asked.

"Only on the inside." They all gave sighs of relief, before setting up the supplies on the edges of the nest so they didn't sink in. Pidge's brush took a while to find since it had sunk nearly as much as she had, but Coran pulled it out on his first try.

Lance was still on cloud nine when Hunk shoved him into the middle of the nest, which was over 70 by 70 feet squared.

"Spread out your wings, Lance," he instructed, setting down a few of the tools and products from the new supplies. Lance complied, extending all four of his wings out as far as he could. Upon finding that he could do so and have plenty of space on all sides despite his wingspan of roughly sixty feet, he flopped backwards, submerging his torso in pillows and cushions. His smaller set overlapped the larger, warmth seeping into the bedding below.

"Eeyuh," Lance spluttered as something small wriggled its way between his wings. Lifting the lower right just barely, he saw a mess of brown hair and green pajamas and feathers.

"Pidge, what are you doing? We're grooming right now," Shiro deadpanned. Hunk extended a hand to pull Lance upright, dislodging the youngest human.

"Ugh, gosh, you're heavy," the Samoan panted.

"You try having a sixty-four foot wingspan on top of a fifty-eight foot wingspan. I can lift thousands of pounds with these babies because they weigh at least a hundred pounds."

"Let's just get this started," Keith complained. He looked like he was in pain, though Lance couldn't tell why. Coran seemed like he knew, if the amused smile was anything to go by.

"I'll explain what the products are if you need, but I believe Lance can inform you all as well," Allura declared, before plopping down next to his upper left wing and beginning to groom the feathers. Hunk took this as his cue to start on the scales of the left wing, passing Pidge a feather brush so she could help Allura. Keith and Coran joined Hunk as Shiro moved to aid the girls. Lance didn't pay much attention to what they were doing, instead relaxing more than he had in a long time. It was an amazing day and an amazing night, and now he would get to truly join in on grooming. And Allura was going to let him put a facemask on her. The Space Flock had Lance reminiscing once more.

"You know, my family used to do grooming every night," he began, drawing the attention of his flockmates. "We have a lot of people, so we'd set aside an hour or two after dinner to groom. We'd have the younger ones learn to groom on the adults, and they were all really quick students. And afterwards, your wings would be so soft and clean because they were really determined to be like all of us older kids. One person would have two to four people grooming them at once, and we would move from person to person until everyone got a turn. The little kids are always last, and they absolutely loved the attention. And when I came along, I was last as well. Every time, even when I grew up. Every person there would gather round and the kids would cause a little chaos by running between my wings and annoying me enough that my feathers fluffed up. We had a communal nest as well, since no one wanted to move once we were all groomed."

"Sounds nice," Pidge sighed. Lance fluffed his feathers lightly so they hit the littlest teammate in the face. "Oy!"

"Don't look so sad, Pidge. I was telling you what my flock does: grooming every night, teaching each other, working together on each person, and almost never separating to sleep. Sound familiar?"

"Aww, ou te alofa ia te oe, loʻu uso," Hunk cooed. Aww, I love you, my brother.

"Well, you certainly proved we're a family whether we like it or not," Shiro muttered, seeming to forget that the kids always heard his words, no matter what he said or how low he said it.

"Huh, what was that?"

"Nothing!"

"No, no," Keith started wagging his finger at the leader of their flock. "You said he had already proved we're a family, even if we don't want to be."

"What the quiznack does that mean, Dad?" Lance demanded. "I have not once proven that."

"Say what your titles for us are when I point," Shiro sighed. He pointed at Pidge first.

"Mi hermana." Keith was next. Lance smirked as he spoke.

"Mi futuro esposo." Hunk giggled, prompting him to be the next 'victim'.

"Mi hermano." Coran.

"Tio." Allura.

"Mi hermana." And finally, Shiro pointed at himself.

"Padre." Lance's eyes widened, and he attempted to correct himself. "I mean Dad, no, hermano, I meant hermano!"

"I get it," Allura drew out. "He calls us all family, correct?"

"That's right, princess," Shiro confirmed. "I knew it the moment he called me Dad the first time."

"You mean just now?" Pidge asked.

"No, he said before the demonstration," Keith amended.

"No, actually. He said it when I found him and Allura looking at these wing-care products."

"Quiznack," Lance muttered, turning his blushing face away. The others chuckled and continued their work, the six of them onto the lower left wing as they moved together.

"Wait," Keith suddenly piped up. The others once again gave their attention to their flockmate. "You called Pidge, Allura and Hunk your siblings, Shiro Dad, and I'm guessing you called Coran your uncle. But what did you call me? Me futurow espossoh or something?"

"You'll find out when you acknowledge your feelings," Hunk stated, turning back to the grooming after his words.

Keith just turned bright red.

[shirokova]

Fuck what your ex wants you to believe, none of it is true and you’re wonderful. Don’t just let her just bully you like that.

And if you’re seeing this, said ex: SUCK IT!! If you want to try and tell me the things you tell Shiro then you’re wasting your time ‘cause it’s not gonna work.

Awww, Judas 🖤

I'm not as wonderful and cool as you are, but thank you.

I think all she wanted was making me feel worse about myself and more depressed. She did it.

Probably she will read it and hopefully she will stop sending you asks. Probably she will start saying about cursing us or whatever, but...

I love you so much 🖤 thank you for your message 🥺

[discordiansamba]

supernatural vld au is now tentatively named what's hidden next to you (will soon be seen)! I’ve been working on trying to finalize the characters in this AU, so right now we have:

Takashi “Shiro” Shirogane: history teacher at Garrison High, popular with both students and staff alike. went missing at the same time as Samuel Holt, the science teacher and his son, only to mysteriously turn up five days later missing his right arm. gets involved in the world of the supernatural after one of Lotor’s generals attempts to kill him under the belief that he’s been sent by the rift creatures to further their designs, now under the protection of Allura

Allura Altea: an arctic dragon whose father disappeared under mysterious circumstances related to the rift. can assume human form and manipulate ice. she’s determined to protect Shiro because she believes he’s the only link she has to her missing father, but why the fuck does he live in the desert.

Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe: a fire dragon in the service of the Altea family, namely Allura’s father. her caretaker ever since her father’s disappearance as a young girl. am I shamelessly ripping off his dragon design from the monsters and mana episode? absolutely.

Lance McClain: allura’s childhood friend, an arctic merman. insisted on going with her after she heard about a lead about her father. he can use water-based magic and works well in tandem with Allura’s magic. This is his first time out among humans so he’s very excited. quickly befriends hunk and just as quickly is ready to fight keith. some things never change.

Hunk Garrett: a mage, specializing in earth magic, who comes from a long line of earth mages. he’s also taught himself kitchen magic, and his a top notch engineer if he does say so himself. local befriender of transfer students and semi-professional keith wrangler.

Keith Kogane: a student of shiro’s that he’s particularly worried about bc he expects his living situation is not the best. foster kid, good friend of Hunk and Romelle, cryptid lover, urban explorer, and local enigma. presumably human. emphasis on the presumably part.

Katie Holt: Sam’s half-vampire daughter, takes more after her vampire mother so she’s homeschooled, as opposed to her brother Matt. she’s searching for information about her missing family and zeroes in on Shiro as being suspicious before she clears him. she does think he’s her closest lead, however.

Adam Warner: physics teacher and Shiro’s ex-boyfriend who panicked when he realized how serious they were getting on account of the fact that he’s a werewolf. now both he and Shiro are trying to hide their supernatural-related secrets from each other. just kiss already, you dumbasses.

Romelle Pollux: transfer student from “overseas”, but it is unclear where and she changes her story every time. self taught witch, provider of charms and potions to the local student population. keith just thinks she’s really into crystals and you know what? he respects that. dresses like she’s straight out of an 80s/90s teen movie.

Lotor: half-dragon, half-vampire. was once Allura’s childhood friend before their differences in opinion on how to deal with their parents’ disappearances split them apart. now they’re full fledged enemies, as Lotor seeks to eliminate Shiro before he can become a threat.

Acxa: Lotor’s loyal right hand woman. half-dragon, half-mermaid. she agrees that the rift creatures need to be stopped, though she doesn’t always agree with Lotor’s methods.

Ezor: half-naga, half-human, all girlfriend. more devoted to zethrid than she is lotor, but she’s still pretty devoted to lotor.

Zethrid: half-werewolf, half-demon. will crush your skull if you look at either ezor or lotor wrong.

Narti: a mysterious woman with strange abilities who serves Lotor. rumored to be the result of experimentation with magic.