#Sometimes lying can also be a kindness or mercy

[fandomshipsandimagines]

my thoughts are too jumbled and incoherent after last night’s finale to get back into fic writing. i need to process before i can sit and write. in return, i offer you the agathario + nicky story how i would have liked to see it:

nicky is not born sick but rio prophecies at his birth that his time will be limited. maybe she tells agatha, but withholds whatever timeline there might be. she has been around the block and knows the devastation it will cause. instead, she gives him more time out of love for agatha, because she can’t bear to see her in pain and knows that agatha will hate her for it. maybe she’s also a little selfish and wants to have time with her own family before it’s all gone. they build a home together, but agatha hears whispers of a book filled with dark magic and the potential of prolonging nicky’s life that sits at the end of the witches’ road. she and rio fight about it, and rio feels better thinking she’s managed to talk her lover out of it. agatha, forever lying and sneaking around, goes on a quest to find it in the middle of the night. she leaves a note saying she will be back soon, but rio knows that the time has come to an end; she has to take nicky. she doesn’t show him her death face because she doesn’t want him to be scared.��you’re being such a brave boy, cariño.” she takes his hand and guides him along on the adventure she’d always promise to take him on. agatha comes back to find rio crying alone in the darkness. she instantly knows, and she didn’t even get to say goodbye. they scream and fight over it; agatha vowing to hate rio with every fiber of her being for taking away their son and destroying the home they’d built; rio hating agatha for seemingly valuing the darkhold over the precious time alloted to them. rio can but won’t see that she tried to do it for them, that she was a desperate mortal, a MOTHER, doing her best for her son. agatha can’t see that rio’s love gave them more time, that it was the only kindness she knew how to show. they go their separate ways, agatha pouring over the darkhold for a way to reverse death and bring him back. it shields her from rio, who doesn’t even go looking at first, but eventually tries to see if she can get through to agatha that nicky’s death couldn’t be reversed, that he was always going to die, that the darkhold destroyed her even more. agatha kills and kills and kills in hopes that it will give her the power she needs to make the darkhold work, but it was never going to do what she wanted it to, and she was never destined to be the strongest witch of all.

she and rio scream at one another.

“you took my son,” “he was OUR son. i lost him, too, agatha.” it was her act of mercy that gave them more time. it was love and kindness that agatha couldn’t see. too wrapped up in her own grief, agatha doesn’t see that rio is as affected by his death as she is; she doesn’t see that rio didn’t want to do it. her eyes are too blurry with tears to see the ones streaming down rio’s face.

the final trial, “sometimes little boys die,” is when she realizes it was a futile attempt and that she contributed just as equally to her family’s destruction. she apologizes to rio, they break down and cry because the natural cycle of life is just as it always has been. it hurt because it’s true that you can never hate anyone as much as the person you once loved, but the love was never really gone, not entirely. it was replaced by anger and rage and sorrow and grief and heartbreak, but it was never really gone.

they have a loooooooong road (see what i did there? 😉) ahead of them, but acknowledging their wrongs and past was the first step in getting anywhere. she may never get to have her son back , but she has a boy she cares about who needs her help. and this one, she’s confident, can hold his own. she was never destined to be the greatest witch of all; maybe she was destined to train him.

[neverpathia]

somewhat inspired by @hello-universe-lovers to dump a bunch of headcanons onto my voices, so here goes.

tw: alcohol (obviously.)

the voices of the long quiet with alcohol

too lazy to draw, so just have a recycled cheated with a beer

alright. here goes.

Hero — Doesn't really drink too much. He doesn't like the bitter taste of alcohol, and he doesn't really enjoy the feeling of being drunk either. He does get peer pressured into drinking pretty easily, though, but he's not the best at holding his liquor either. Often the first to fall asleep.

Hunted — They just straight up avoid alcohol like the plague. Can never be fooled into consuming the thing. Hates it.

Opportunist — Often overestimates his alcohol tolerance. Takes multiple shots at once, then proceeds to get drunk and do something really stupid. Such as making bets and losing them, before making really really horrible justifications that he did not, technically, lose them.

Or doing sassy poses on the bar, knocking down half the drinks in the process.

Or trying to confess his love to Smitten. Into Skeptic's face. While Smitten is nowhere to be found.

He also tries to convince the entire group that he's an excellent bartender. He ends up annoying them into letting him make the drinks. And then he tries to do a few bar tricks, only for it to fail, and then he gets broken glass all up Cheated's foot. While lying to the audience that it was actually supposed to end up like that. Totally.

Skeptic — Has surprisingly high tolerance. Is often witness to all the bullshit that ensues from the other Voices getting drunk and engaging in shenanigans.

However, when he does get drunk after forever, he proceeds to engage in philosophical ramblings about life, meaning, and the nature of existence. And then he randomly tries to start debates with the other voices. Which end up devolving into bar fights depending on the opposition. Lord have mercy when a drunk Skeptic approaches a drunk Stubborn and co.

Smitten — Buys a drink for the beautiful Princess. And another drink for the beautiful Princess. And another drink for the beautiful Princess. And another at her behest.

Except that this beautiful Princess is Oppy taking advantage of his kindness, because Smitten is already drunk.

And Smitten's alcohol tolerance isn't exactly as high as his twin brother's. After a very fancy cocktail or two, he begins warbling away a few serenades to the Princess, except the Princess is not there. Opportunist is, though. They're drinking buddies of a sort. And he gladly pretends to be a very pretty Princess for Smitten's sake.

Oppy does gossip for a bit with Smitten before he gets too drunk. He probably spiked his drink, but then again, he doesn't exactly try anything funny either.

Stubborn — His perception of a fair fight has been severely ruined by alcohol. Thus, he starts a bar fight with literally anybody. Most likely Cheated, who has to immediately get rushed to the infirmary afterwards.

Or, if Advy's invited, lord have mercy because the two of them would get into a drunken brawl and then the entire place would get completely thrashed.

Broken — He normally tries to abstain from alcohol unless it's for rituals or ceremonies or something. Keyword: tries. In the end, he always caves in because depression is a bitch.

Unfortunately, alcohol is also a bitch sometimes.

So at some point they find a drunk Broken huddled in a corner. And he's a sobbing, heaving, pathetic mess coated in snot and grime and tears. Maybe there's a couple of cracked shot glasses strewn somewhere on the floor. Sometimes he's fallen asleep. On the floor. Sometimes he's still awake and wailing to himself.

Paranoid — No. She is not agreeing to a drink. She is not going out with the others for a drink. She is not putting her life in jeopardy for a drink. She is not even going to think about—

She goes for a drink anyway because the anxiety and overthinking and hallucinations are way too much.

She checks like five hundred different times if her drinks are spiked or poisoned or anything before actually drinking them. Probably only likes her alcohol a very specific way and when the bartender deviates even the slightest bit from it, she will glare absolute daggers and go on a scathingly drunken annoyed rant.

Actually, the rant isn't exclusive. It's inevitable. And god forbid you approach Paranoid when drunk because she will jump out of her skin, run the hell away, have a panic attack, hyperventilate, and roast the fuck out of you. Not necessarily in that order.

Cold — Will try those cocktails that have very questionable ingredients stuffed inside for the hell of it. And have no visible reaction at all, no matter how horrid it tastes.

(He'd probably try to get Witch behind the bar on purpose. Everyone screams at him, but it's too late, because Witch would already be behind the bar putting eye of newt into the next person's glass and cackling about it.)

Absolutely insane alcohol tolerance. He's even worse than Skeptic. He could down like a hundred shots and still be completely unaffected.

So most of the time when they're all drinking together he just comes for the ensuing chaos. And he also starts bar fights and drunken arguments just because he can.

Cheated — Alcoholic. Certified alcoholic. Heads to the bar regularly at 8pm. Downs like, five gallons every night.

He claims he needs it to deal with the constant pain of falling apart every time. He's just weak-willed and scrambling for justifications, but it does help the pain, at the expense of giving Dr. Paranoid a really big headache about him.

And he really doesn't need to drink as much as he does, given that he has no tolerance at all and gets drunk after one shot.

He also keeps getting into drunken accidents. Thorn always ends up being the one driving him home, but by then he's covered in a new set of cuts and scrapes and probably has broken glass stuck in his foot. Thank you so much, Oppy.

Contrarian — Brought Fanta to the bar. Oh, no outside food and drinks allowed? Too bad. It's allowed now.

They will be very amiable and agree when you offer them a shot. Then they will pour that very shot onto your head when you're not looking. Or Opportunist's head if they're feeling nice that day.

They are much better at staying off alcohol than pretty much all the other Voices, except for perhaps Hunted. Nobody knows how they do it. However, they join Cold in exacerbating drunken conflicts, sowing chaos, and encouraging bad decisions. And when the entire bar is thrashed they try to high-five Cold for a job well done, except by then Cold is too bored to care and has already wandered off.

oh right. tagging @everestgale again let's see how long this lasts + taking advantage of your kindness

[meifel1]

Headcannons are an expression of love.

Character: Nanook is the Eon of Destruction.

Warning!: Masculine pronouns are used in relation to Nanook, fem!Reader, there may be deviations from the canon of Nanook's character.

Author's comment: Initially, I wanted to write a sketch with him, but decided that headcannons would be easier to start with.

Have a nice read!

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Headcannons: spending time with him, expressing love in a non-physical way.

• Nanook makes it easy for you to contact him, that is, he will let you stay with him if you want to.

• You are the kind of person who likes to chat about everything, tell about your day in great detail, and you can just fill up with questions. Well, sometimes it's difficult for him, he's not one of those who likes to talk, and he often doesn't understand why you like to talk so much and where so many stories come from. Nevertheless, he listens to you in silence, and if you inundate him with questions, he answers, of course, not everything, but still tries. He had not had a chance to communicate with mortals for a long time.

• Since he is something like a deity, he has enough jewelry, those who follow his path make offerings to him, which he shows you personally. Maybe it's not that important to you, but if you like something out of it, you can take it.

• (Most likely a deviation from the canon in this paragraph, because it says here about changes in the size of growth) Nanook can decrease in measurements to look like a person and could walk with you somewhere in a deserted place. It is important to him that there are no people at all.

• It's no secret that he has a special opinion about all living things, he calls it a mistake, and it's not for nothing that he's an Aeon of Destruction, because he wreaks havoc on the planets. But you have a special attitude.. Otherwise, that's how you met when you were the only one alive in the midst of all this carnage. That's why he's interested in your personality, considering that after a while of contacting, he learned a lot about you personally.

Headcannons: Physical contact.

• Contacting Eon turned out to be quite difficult.. Not only is he mostly in the form of a body that is twice the size of a mountain, but also this burning golden blood from his chest wounds. One day you decided to try something new and put your head on his chest, touching this blood. When suddenly plaintive cries for help and pain roared in your ears, incomprehensible whispers, as if someone was praying for mercy, loud crying and the sound of destruction, as if tall buildings were falling to the ground, or even on poor people. It scared you crazy and you abruptly stood up, taking a sitting position. At that time, Nanook was looking at you with a calm gaze. And to your question, "what was that?"he replied that these were memories of his past destruction of planets and his home planet where he was born (he destroyed it).

• When Nanook is in his usual deity form (large), you can easily fit on his palm or the curve of his neck, so you like to rest lying in these places of his body. At such moments, Eon tries not to disturb you and be quiet enough. He is watching you or he can rest himself if you are in his "abode" (I don't know how else to describe it).

• Nanook is very inexperienced in terms of romance and expressing affection, whether in actions or words. After all, he is still an Aeon of destruction, and, unfortunately, it is not typical for him, at least before. Now, with the advent of you, he began, so to speak, to learn this from you personally. that is, you often show him how to express your love, kisses, hugs, and everything so banal, it turned out to be unusual for him.

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"I do not know what exactly I found in you that made me so interested in your personality. But I can say that you are, so far, the only one who has been able to awaken something primitive in me, from my "youth". It's really amazing, at least for me."

[emmedoesntdomath]

Getting into the well known ones that I just wanna know what you think about them

Davey🥰

I did les earlier so I feel like it’s fitting to end today with davey

david jacobs. what an enigma. the middle child of esther and mayer jacobs, brother to sarah and leshem jacobs. he’s a hot mess and a half shoved into someone who looks like they have their shit together, and his anxiety has anxiety. he isn’t the mom friend, but he is the friend who will come to bail you out of jail at 3AM.

he was named after david, who is an important religious figure in all abrahamic religions (sarah’s named after a spiritual woman also named sarah. les’ name isn’t found in the torah, but it means precious gem in hebrew).

when he first realized he was gay, he had the biggest religious crisis. by the time he met jack, he had already swung back and forth from devout religious to atheist TWICE. (he did eventually settle on believing that there was a god, and praying a little bit, but not to the point that he had been previously)

one time, a girl at synagogue told him that he looked nice when he wore blue. it didn’t really occur to him that she was probably trying to flirt with him, but he did learn to wear blue whenever he was trying to impress someone (hint. entire second act of livesies. one francis sullivan never looking away from him.)

he and kath pretend to be in a relationship sometimes. it’s kind of shocking at how well they make it work.

he skipped a grade in school, and so he’s directly behind sarah’s class when they’re both in school. she hates it and pretends she doesn’t know him in the most older sister-ly way possible (anyone else talks any crap about her brother, may the lord have mercy on their souls, because no one’s finding their body).

race gave him a very animated shovel talk when he and jack got together. spot turned right around and gave jack one, because “you’re the goddamn reason brooklyn and ‘hattan ain’t soakin’ each otha right now. ‘course imma make sure kelly don’t mess it up”

davey’s really good at impressions. like, ridiculously good. he can mimic ANYONE. when jack and race find this out, all hell breaks loose. (his pulitzer? spot on)

he gives race his old math work so he can study it.

he would either be a poli sci major (because he feels pressure to have a “real” career) or he would become a high school english teacher. no in betweens.

even if he’s not inherently religious, he still keeps kosher.

he hates planes. hates the altitude, hates the pressure, hates having to go through the security. sir is having NONE of it, thanks. he’ll drive.

sarah forced him to be the one to explain to les how babies were made. he has many regrets about that speech (it was the most medical, scientifically accurate thing ever), and they’re both still traumatized.

he doesn’t like getting drunk or high because he doesn’t like the feeling of not being in total control of himself.

(he is definitely a little bit of a control and clean freak, and I love him for it.)

[mspaintbrush]

Reinhardt Thoughts

• He doesnt just LIKE Currywurst, he LIVES Currywurst

• Will try every Currywurst he sees, jotting down criteria and rankings on a rugged piece of paper

• "This isnt even a REAL Currywurst!!" *proceeds to explain in excruciating detail what the ideal Currywurst is*

• Nobody has the heart to cut him off (and you couldnt if you tried, he is done when he is done)

• Im getting really tired of writing Currywurst so we'll end it there but you get the gist

• Is canonically from the Schwarzwald, which is full of Swabians and also has some lines with swabian dialect in the german dub

• I cant understand swabians at all though so in my headcanon he speaks normal german aka "Hochdeutsch"

• At least until he gets angry, then he switches to swabian

• Because if you thought german insults are one of a kind already, you havent heard what an upset Swabian sounds like

• An excerpt: "Ärschlesschlubbfr", "Sauhond", "Rotzaff" or "Arschbaggagsichd"

• Swabian culture includes a lot of special dishes with all kinds of meat, so he isn't picky about eating intestines or other unusual parts

• Generally not a picky eater, but needs meat on his plate

• Likes to eat often and a lot, still in the mindset to fuel his 30yo giant body even though he is much older now and needs less calories (but some more padding never hurt anyone)

• German dad cook; aka scrambled eggs, spaghetti with premade sauce and boiled potatos with quark

• He did inherit a giant traditional cookbook from his grandmother and begs the more experienced cooks around the base to help him prepare a goulash or svabian raviolis (i just looked it up and cant believe thats the english translation)

• Mercy, Mei and Brig try really hard to cook healthy vegetarian dishes, but Reinhardt can and will pull out a sausage from anywhere to put into his food (he gets em imported from home to assure the best quality)

• Adding an extra note here just to mention asparagus. I kid you not as soon as the first asparagus is barely grown the germans rip it out of the dirt and dont eat anything else for a month - asparagus for breakfast, lunch and dinner

• Reinhardt will not be an exception to that, as well as Mercy

• "Das einzig gute Bier ist Schwarzbier!" ('The only good beer is dark beer!')

• Brig and Mercy keep a close look on his alcohol intake, but he is allowed a "Feierabendbier" on the weekend

• Usually combines that with watching football/soccer on the couch

• Lucio joins him, even though he doesnt really understand the german commentators

• The living room fills up quickly with people who dont care about the game and just enjoy the company/some alcohol together (only bap and cass really drink as well, lets be real)

• Often found in the living room watching german quizshows or crime thrillers (there are so many you have no idea)

• Every sunday evening there is a new "Tatort" (cult classic german crime thriller since 1971), and woe betide you if you dare occupy the TV around that time

• He complains every single time how bad and repetitive they are but continues to watch of course

• Watching a Tatort is an event for family bonding time, so Brig has been joining him since they started traveling together

• Cassidy is amused by the bad writing and Mercy is familiar with the tradition, so the couch is full every sunday

• If not watching TV he is working on his Crusader Armor

• If it doesnt need repairs it needs to be polished and if it doesnt need to be polished it needs to be upgraded and if it doesnt need upgrades it needs to be repaired

• How to keep three people at the base constantly busy (Monkeys and swedish squires hate this trick)

• Because not all parts of his armor need to be changed or repaired simultaneously it tends to be scattered around the base during off-mission time

• Sometimes they are lying on the couch, sometimes in the hallway, all times inconveniently placed

• It drives Pharah mad but they are incredibly heavy and she cant always remove them herself

• So the only ones being able to effectively carry these parts from room to room are Winston, Zarya and Reinhardt himself (Zarya secretly loves it when people ask her to get the shoulder pad off the kitchen counter again) (its a good work out)

• Even though Reinhardt is creative with his armor placement he still seems to know exactly where each piece is and can quickly assemble it if needed

• Can drive a car

• Do not let him drive your car

• He is way to tall to ride comfortably and just sits there hunched over so his head doesnt hit the roof at every bump

• His driving style is... unsteady. Drives relaxed and slow on one road, going way over the speed limit on others, stopping way too early or way too late, sometimes rough, sometimes so careful as if there was a baby sleeping in the back

• At the same time road rages at others (the self-driving cars cannot figure out what the hell he is doing and react very confused)

• I figure most cars are already self-driving in the overwatch universe, but Reinhardt is definitely one of those people to still own an old model that doesnt have this yet (and refuses to get it upgraded)

• Dog person

• Grew up with at least two big family dogs and knows how to handle them

• Will inform you if he considers your dog poorly trained/socialized

• Murphy used to be his highlight of the day when Sojourn brought him to work

• Now there arent any dogs at the base anymore and he'd love to adopt one, but knows he couldnt properly give it all the care it deserves because of his job

• There IS a cat at the base now though (Brig brought Mitzi to Gibraltar in my head)

• Mitzi has known Reinhardt ever since she got adopted

• Do you know that saying "a cat always finds the one non-cat-person in a room" that person is Reinhardt

• Whenever Mitzi is not chasing Ganyemede, eating things she shouldn't or climbing around on delicate lab equipment in Winston's workshop, she is bothering Reinhardt

• Sleeping in his armor while he is trying to polish it, jumping on his lap during Tatort time (and immediately being lifted off again), stealing the salami off his sandwich when he isnt looking - Rhein will not know peace while others desperately try to catch Mitzi's attention

• There is nothing he can do besides moving the cat or shoo-ing her off for a while (knowing she is waiting behind the corner until he lets down his guard)

• Brig thinks this is incredibly cute and has a hard time keeping a straight face while Reinhardt complains to her

• Did you know that cats can be trained like dogs? Cool right?

• Rein eventually figures that out as well. And since Mitzi is very food-oriented, I think she would be easy enough to work with.

• He does it in secret first, but when Brig finds out she makes them both perform in front of the whole team

• Reinhardt starts boasting about it after that and the human-cat relationship increases steadily

• Loud sneezer, regularily-gives-Brig-heartattacks-loud

• You can hear them across the whole base

• Birkenstocks, Socks in Sandals you know it

• A good german dad runs around at home only with a shirt and his undies

• But in Gibraltar Reinhardt cant do that so instead he settled with a tank-top and gym shorts

• Forces Brig to use extensive amount of sunscreen but insists he doesnt need any for himself

• Therefore always sunburnt in summer

• Used to work-out but has toned it down a bit lately, instead using the Gym to do stretching and mobility-exercises with Mercy (only half-voluntarily), being joined by Mei, Genji and Echo (the latter more for emotional support)

• There is a big shelf full of giant heat pads for Grandpa at the gym

• Dont tell anyone but sometimes Cass and Mercy use them as well

• Lucio steals one for his hammock so he doesnt freeze during winter

• You bet Mitzi loves to sleep on them whenever they are in use

• Used to play soccer semi-seriously in his younger days

• If you ask him to play he gets up, rolls his shoulders, cracks his knuckles and says "You aren't ready for this" while taking out the most rugged soccer ball you have ever seen

• He isnt really in shape to run very fast or long anymore but whenever he shoots everyone leaps away to safety

• Lucio still really enjoys playing with him (he didnt really get the chance to do a lot of dad-activities in his youth)

[meowmeowmeowmeow4x]

Sleeping With the Fishies Chapter 1

This fic is brought to you by my extremely narrow skillset of only kinda being good at writing xDDDD Which is to say if I had the art or programming know-how to illustrate Tim's social media posts, I would have loved to U_U oh well

I posted this fic to ao3 back in may, but i've decided to start porting my fics to tumblr too, for anyone who wants to read my most fucked up fanfic :D

If you want to leave a comment or read the ao3 version, here it is :D

Instagram post: May 9th, 2024.

The image is of the Gotham skyline. Several tall buildings take over the background, lights on against the night sky. The caption reads ‘There’s something neat about taking a picture at just the right angle.’

Instagram post: May 14th 2024

The image is of a naked man with a tail for legs, and red scales over his entire body, and fins at the end of his tail, on his hips, back, arms and ears. The man is lying flat on his stomach on a rock, arms tense as if he is about to pounce. The shadow of a boat is cast over him.

The caption reads: omg I just caught this AMAZING pic of the Red Hood about to take on a smuggling organization. I’m so lucky?!?!

Instagram post: May 15th 2024

The image is of a disassembled camera, leaking water on a wooden table. The caption reads: the smugglers didn’t survive, and neither did my camera qwq its ok I can use my allowance to get another one

Instagram post: May 17th 2024

The image is of another naked man in the water. His skin is completely pitch black except for blue rings scattered across his body. It is day time, and the water is clear enough to see his bottom half, which is made up of eight thick tentacles. He is pulling himself onto the pier, offering sweets to a group of disheveled children. The oldest of them wears a tired, but kind smile.

The caption reads: Even tho the bats r a crime family and they’re terrorist and yada yada, i think its important to remember they can also be very kind too

Instagram post: May 20th 2024

A brand new camera sits on a wooden table. The caption reads: im so glad I was able to get a new camera yayyy! I’m gonna go hunting for some more pics! Watch this space <3

FROM CNN: BAT FAMILY DECLARES NORTH ATLANTIC OFFLIMITS, UNLESS TARRIF PAID BY GOVERNMENTS WISHING TO CROSS.

For the past few months, the mysterious Bat Family, a family of sirens named after their brutal patriarch, has been waging a war of expansion against Atlantis, ruled by Arthur Curry, king of Atlantis and member of the Justice League. This comes as the Bat Family consolidates its power over the Ring of Fire in the Pacific. With this new water, the nation of New Gotham is now the single largest nation in terms of territory in the history of the world.

Shipping vessels escorted by NATO Naval powers are now being attacked without mercy. Although there is no death toll, the damage to these ships is beginning to count to the billions, with no sign of stopping. The Bat Family have delivered their ultimatum to 100 different countries, including China, Russia, the USA and most of Europe. They remand the cessation of trash dumping into the ocean, as well as the immediate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5% within this year, and further reductions in further years. If these demands are not met, then the Bat Family promise to sink every ship that crosses the North Atlantic or the Pacific originating from the offending countries.

Instagram post: May 21st 2024

The photo shows a burning, sinking ship at night. Empty cages float in the water, as well as other debris. The caption reads: was too slow to catch them in action, but man. Sometimes I wonder why people do stupid things like traffic other human beings and hold them agains ttheir will. That’s so evil TwT

Instagram post: May 22nd 2024

An aerial shot of the octopus man, known as Nightwing, sitting on a rock. In his lap sits a young boy, about 12-13 years old, with a fishtail and scales across his whole body. Robin’s scales are green and gold around his fins. His expression appears annoyed. His left arm is bleeding. Nightwing is in the middle of wrapping a bandage around the boy.

The caption reads: Nightwing’s teamwork is always incredible,,, i wish I had a big bro like nightwing. I wish my family was like the Bat family (not in the murdery way!! Just the way they treat each other and look at each ohter, you know?)

Instagram post: May 24th 2024

A collage of different pictures in the rain. The caption reads: parents said theyll be away for another couple months. took some rainy pics because its raining in my heart

Gotham Gazette: SIREN CRIME LORDS SPOILER AND BLACKTIP LEAVES BLOODY WRECK AT GOTHAM HARBOUR. 15 DEAD, 8 INJURED, 50 CHILDREN RESCUED.

Instagram post: May 25th 2024

The photo shows two female sirens, a fit purple woman with blond hair and many pointy spines and a shark woman, chatting while bodies float around them. The purple scaled-woman, Spoiler, holds the severed arm of a human in her hands. Her teeth are bloody.

The caption reads: I found Spoiler and Blacktip with my drone today! I never know if they’re big sisters to the Bat Family or just associates. What do you guys think?

Gotham Gazette: WAYNE FOUNDATION HOSTS CHARITY BALL RAISING AWARENESS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY

Instagram post: May 28th, 2024

The video opens with a young, skinny child in the foreground. “So, uhm, hello. My name’s T-tim. Tim Drake, and I’m the one who’s been taking all these pictures. Er, I hope you’ve all enjoyed them! So, uhm, the Bats, right! You know I take lots of pictures of them, and they’re known for dealing with human traffickers. So I just wanted to go over some tips I’ve found for recognizing human trafficking victims.”

The video continues…

Google search history:

How to fight sirens

How to fight the mafia

How to fight billionaires

how to defend house from invaders

How to build a bomb

How to make home alone traps

How to make acid

Is acid fatal?

how to run away and not get caught

how to fight super smell

how to escape from being kidnapped

Mom

Mom? I’m in a lot of trouble. Can you pick up the phone? I really need your help.

I know you and Dad are super busy, but this is really important. I promise I’ll make it up to you.

Mom somebody’s coming after me. I can’t say who, but they’re coming for me now.

Mom

please

i dont have much time

(unread)

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Mom! I’m so glad you picked up, I-”

Ambient chatter filters through the connection. “Timothy, your father and I have already told you. We’re at an extremely, extremely important conference and we present do not have the time to hold your hand across a continent.”

“But mom-,”

“Don’t talk back to me young man! I don’t want to hear another word from you until this conference is finished. If you need any help, just ring the housekeeper, and call 911 for emergencies, got it?”

Google search history

          What happens if 911 ignores you?

          What to do when 911 doesn’t help you

          How to identify non-corrupt cops

          How to make cops listen to you

          Justice league help line

Ring… Ring… Ring…

“Hello, Green Lantern here. What’s your emergency?”

“Hello? M-my n-neighbours are in my yard and-,”

“Are you in immediate danger?”

“N-no, I d-don’t think at the moment, but-,”

“Sorry kid, but I think you’re better off calling your parents first, then the police, ok? This line is for emergencies only.”

“Wait! I,-“ The call gets cut off as another call is accepted.

Instagram post May 30th 2024

The video shows a young boy over a large white board with a presentation projected on to it. He begins, “Strategies for detecting signs of abuse or distress in child victims.”

Instagram post May 30th 2024

The picture shows a list of common Morse Code phrases.

The caption reads: And most important of all is knowing the Morse Code for SOS! If you’re ever in trouble SPAM IT. AND IF ANYONE IS TAPPING OR BLINKING IN A WEIRD WAY, THEY MIGHT BE CALLING FOR HELP

Gotham Gazette: DRAKE INDUSTRIES HEIR TIMOTHY DRAKE SPOTTED AT MARTHA WAYNE FOUNDATION SKATE PARK. GOES VIRAL WITH DAREDEVIL MOVES.

“I go here every Wednesday and Saturday, and Sunday if I’m free. If I’m not here on Wednesday after school then somebody call the police, hahah. If anyone wants to show me some new moves or learn from mine, I’ll be happy to talk! I’m here every Wednesday and Saturday!”

Google Search History:

          Self defense laws

          Self defense new jersey

          How not to get sued when using self defense

          How to make your parents seem like good people

          How to hide your parents parenting mistakes

          How to not get adopted

          How to look unappealing to kidnappers

Dad

Dad I’m in serious trouble. Please come home

i need u

i love u dad

im in danger

please, im begging

please

(unread)

You have (1) voicemail. Beeeeep.

Hyper ventilating. Childlike sobs. “Mom. Dad. Please. They’re closing in on me. I don’t know how long I can h-hold them off. Please I need you. I promise I’ll never, ever ask for anything every again.

From: timdrake@drake.industries

To: arthurcurry@watermail.ats

Dear Your Majesty the King of Atlantis, Arthur Curry

You might not know me, but my name is Tim Drake, and I’m 10 years old and I live in Gotham. Recently I’ve discovered one of the Bat Family’s greatest secrets, but they also know that I know and now they want to get me. I have exhausted every other avenue of escape or rescue. You are my only hope. If I could, I would tell you the secret now, but currently my blackmailing the Bat Family with its exposure is the only thing keeping me alive.

Please. Nobody else is helping me. They’ll destroy me and everything I love. I have no other options.

Attached are some photos and proof that they’re stalking me.

Yours sincerely, Tim Drake

From: arthurcurry@watermail.ats

To: timdrake@drake.industries

Dear Timothy,

You are very brave for reaching out. I am deeply sorry that you have been failed by so many of your institutions, including the Justice League. Please be assured I am sending my best men to rescue you as we speak. However, they will be forced to swim through siren territory. Please hold out for as long as you can. Help is on the way.

Yours sincerely, Arthur Curry, King of Atlantis

Instagram post: June 2nd 2024

The video shows a disheveled, dirty boy. His eyes are red and raw. His cheeks look sunken, as if he hasn’t eaten in a while. “Hello! My name is Tim Drake, and my parents are great! They gave me this huge mansion to live in, and they spend all this money buying nice things for me like this $10,000 camera and drone set, and they pay for the best private education in Gotham. Like, isn’t that so amazing of them? And I definitely do not want to get adopted by ANY other family. Nope. My parents are perfect and if you see me adopted by anyone else, THEN CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY.”

Gotham Gazette: TRAGEDY STRIKES AS DRAKE INDUSTRIES HEIR TIMOTHY DRAKE TURNS UP DEAD. POLICE RULE PARENTAL NEGLECT

It’s a dark day in Gotham’s history as social media darling Tim Drake, who has taken the city by storm with his charming photography and public PSAs, has been found dead. Late last night, Dick Grayson-Wayne, son of eccentric billionaire Bruce Wayne, dove into Gotham Harbour, claiming to have seen Tim Drake falling in. 40 minutes later, at 11.39pm, search parties discovered a gruesome sight. Tim Drake’s iconic red hoodie and ripped jeans were found in the water, shredded to pieces and covered in blood. Further search parties found pieces of bone, and strips of flesh later identified as intestines, lungs and teeth. Analysts have already confirmed a match to the young boy.

Security feeds show Tim Drake wandering around Gotham Harbour, a place he is known to frequent based on his many social media posts of siren photography. At about 10.57pm, the feeds show him slipping on an oily patch. Tim Drake falls into the water, before struggling for several minutes, eventually going under and not coming up. Minutes later, Dick Grayson-Wayne sprints and dives off the edge, only to emerge empty-handed. It is presumed Tim Drake’s body was claimed by sirens soon after.

Thousands are in morning for the young child, so full of potential, and beloved by so many. Bruce Wayne, long-time neighbor to the Drakes, had this to say.

[Embedded video shows Bruce Wayne, eyes red and choking back further tears. He blows his nose loudly. “W-well, i-i-it’s just so awful! Timothy was- was- was, he was such a bright young lad. And now his l-life is just-, he was right there! And tell you what, I know I have a reputation.”

He gestures to his gaggle of children, lined up stoically behind him. Bruce Wayne continues, “But I deeply care for the suffering of children. Honestly, I thought like everyone else that the Drakes took their kid abroad on their trips. Then I saw Timothy all alone and I asked him if his parents were home, and he got all evasive on me. Then I saw more signs, but I didn’t wanna overstep, you know? S-so I just kept trying to call his parents. And kept trying. And I just couldn’t reach them. I know I should’ve checked in on him, but no child wants a massive strange man showing up at their house when they’re a-alone, you know? But n-n-now I wish I did b-because-,”

The man breaks down into tears. A stately-looking butler escorts him and his children inside. “My deepest apologies, but Master Bruce has a soft heart, and will be unavailable for further questions.”

Police Commissioner Gordon has already opened an enquiry into Tim Drake’s parents. Why was Tim Drake alone in Gotham Harbour, a hub for organized crime and siren attacks? Where were they the night their son died? Where are they now?

Will Tim Drake, a child taken from us too soon, receive justice?

[bumblee27]

Here's a treat for @sloth-sloth-sloth as part of the @mcyt-summer-of-yuri! I saw your Good Omens AU prompt and lost my mind a bit (/pos), so here ya go :D

Oh, I also made them pirates, because I can (I wouldn't call Cleo a main villain, but she's definitely a major annoyance so I really hope that's okay!)

-

A cry from the crow's nest caught Cleo’s attention. She pulled a spyglass from xeir belt, and fixed it on a single ship in the distance, faraway, but undoubtedly making a beeline for Lucifer's Wrath (the ship name was, of course, Cleo's own work). It grew from a speck in the distance to a discernible shape at an alarming rate, white flags billowing. A naval ship.

“Right, listen up!”

Their crew all turned to look at xem. They weren't the sharpest bunch, nor the prettiest. No more than a load of low-lying cut-throat criminals, to put it nicely. But it turned out that all they needed was a good captain to be able to pull off the best - or, technically, worst - heist in history.

“This isn't going to be easy. We are up against the best of the best - far more skilled than any snobby merchant ship we've raided before. But we are going to give it everything we've got. Show no mercy! And if you do… if you're unlucky enough to survive the wrath of the queen's men, I heard Davy Jones is awful fond of cowards. You hear me? I want to see you playing so dirty, your mothers would be ashamed of you. Do as I say, and the path to victory is effortless. Now, who's with me?”

There was a defening cheer of approval and agreement. Cleo was a very good motivational speaker.

The naval ship drew nearer and nearer. Canons started being fired, and from there it just descended into total chaos. The two vessels drew close enough to one another for Cleo's pirates to be able to spectacularly jump to the enemy deck. Cleo herself leaped from the rigging, screamimg a battle cry. Xe landed faultlessly, and chose her first victim, raising their cutlass above their head, ready to strike- and then xe froze.

“Pearl?!”

“Cleo! Ugh, I should have known!”

Cleo clicked their fingers, and both of their crews froze mid-action. “What the Hell are you doing here?!”

Pearl crossed his arms and glared at her. “Someone's been going around, commandeering every ship that's passed through this sea in months. Some ruthless pirates with some kind of never-before-seen strategy that's unmatched in efficiency. It's destroyed all of the trade routes. The people for miles around the coast are starving, turning on each other - it's chaos! ‘The scourge of the sea’, they're callin’ ‘em.”

Cleo put a hand to xeir chest in an exaggerated gesture that implied she was flattered. “Aw, bless. And you're here to what, thwart me?”

“Yup. You know me, I do love my thwarting.”

An awkward silence settled like a foul smell, before Pearl gave an extremely irritated sigh, pinching the bridge of star’s nose. “Cleo, what are we going to do?”

“Ah. I was hoping you would have some sort of solution.”

“Me?”

“Yes! You're the smart one, aren't you?” There was a pause. “Right, you didn't hear that,”

“Wait, you think I'm smart? Aw! Cleoo, that's so sweeet-”

“Right, back to the matter at hand, please!” Cleo huffed, flustered. “How many miracles have you performed in the past couple months?”

“Um,” star tried to count on her hands, but ran out of fingers, and gave a sheepish grin. “Probably more than I should've.”

Cleo groaned. “Oh, for Satan's sake. Do you.. d’you want to just leave them to fight it out? Escape on a rowboat or something?”

Pearl bit the inside of his cheek. “That wouldn't be very moral… Oh, but I don't want to fight you… Fine. Fine! But you owe me!”

“Well, we can add that to the list, can't we? Come on.” They gestured with xeir hand, and a small rowboat materialised, gently bobbing up and down. “Milady,”

Pearl tried very hard to give her a severing look as the demon kissed his hand graciously, but couldn't stop a fond smile from twitching its way onto her face. “I hate you sometimes, you know that?”

“Aw. Love you too.”

[artemisandhersilverbow]

Ok, if you, like me, were in the minority of people who didn’t immediately fall in love with One Dark Window… like, the consistent rave reviews popping up on various algorithms have been simultaneously confusing and making you feel very left out? Well, I’ve got news!

In my humble opinion, Two Twisted Crowns (book 2) is mostly a total knock out. I obvi gotta sit with it longer (I just finished at 3am)… revisit some exceptional quotes that left ya girl blushing (dresses were almost ripped).

Duologies can feel like such a mercy in the fantasy space and looking at the series as a whole, i’d now happily recommend it to anyone not looking to tackle a new 3-6 book series/investment at this time. Also a good one for newbies to the genre. It also isn’t just another copy-paste SJM variant and that almost feels like a rarity with the big new releases.

Book one, I really struggled with the messy (albeit cool on the surface) magic system, the constant rhyme thing felt really hokey and made me struggle to get into the writing (which is mostly very good), the MCs were outshined by the side characters and just weren’t really my type, and the pacing is so odd like - sometimes so slow and sometimes so fast - it’s like, “Wait hi, I need more info please.”

25% into book 2 I genuinely thought, “I think more has already happened in this book than in all of book 1.” And that’s when I realized I was hooked and in for a late night.

Book two is action-packed and the plot is operating on so many levels - thanks in part to more povs. Ironically, part of me was like so grateful I had read book one, even if I didn’t like it, so I “knew the rules,” and could run along this faster-paced, more ambitious book 2.

Obviously I think the magic system, and general world building, was infinitely more successful in TTC. Gillig just used the framework and the lore with a higher level of craft and focus. We scaled back on the goofy rhymes - tho not entirely lol. But I credit the attention paid to the world/magic as a big part to why I read this whole thing in an evening! It felt like a really unsatisfying missing piece from ODW and, clearly, with that amended I more than liked it! I got that unmistakable all-consuming euphoric rush that only binging a great fantasy can give you.

*spoilers ahead*

I would also be fully lying if I said that what made this book work for me wasn’t just… the big focus on Elm and Ione. Yes, I had to google that name pronunciation for my own sanity at a certain point. But within their plot, in particular, I was like “ok, now this is what I call a magic system.” I have no idea why this same concept was just utilized and pulled off so much more successfully in their narrative arc… but it was. I still liked the odyssey into the woods with Ravyn and the Nightmare, but I fully credit Elm and Ione for making me love this book. Did I miss Elspeth a lot… I plead the fifth.

The Elm-Ione romance had everything I was missing in ODW! Like hot, hot tension. Sexy build up. And idk their growth and stories and strength genuinely made THIS tender little reader shed a tear. Their dynamic felt really honest and fresh and different. I’ve been getting a little burnt out by copy and paste romantic plots, in fantasy in particular, so these two took me by surprise. Yeah, I was just kind of floored by their romantic journey.

What can I say, I’m weak for an emotionally intelligent boy who can communicate his need to be topped (and like traumas and other things). Some of their build up tension scenes had me blushing the hardest any book has made me blush in 2023. RIP OFF THAT DRESS BABY!!!

Anyway, if you felt gaslit by the hype around ODW, but you already read it, I’m hear to say that TTC is more than worth it. You’ve already made it that far, what do you have to lose?

Unless your me who is going to be feeling that decision to not go tf to bed!

[babubunny]

What would be the South Park characters Overwatch main:

Let’s start with team 1 (the main 4 +Butters):

Tank: Cartman obviously.

He’s that annoying RoadHog 1 trick but after Hog got reworked he became an annoying Doomfist 1 trick. Don’t ask him to switch even if he’s being hard countered. He won’t. Constantly complains about heals. If they win he says “gg ez tank diff” even when he’s done the worst in the lobby but if they lose he will say “support diff/no heals”. Every time he falls off the map Kyle types “?” In chat.

DPS 1: Kenny.

Kenny plays JunkRat mainly. He’s the type of JunkRat to go into the whole enemy team alone just to die but still gets like a 2k with his dead body mines. The suicidal JunkRat play. Will go out of his way to find the Mercy with his Tire even if it kills him. Will also circle around a Mei in ice block with his tire to kill her despite him also playing Mei too sometimes. Definitely made at least one of those TikTok’s of JunkRat using his sit down emote in front of the spawn doors on top of one of his traps. Spams the ‘ahhh it’s snowing’ voice line 24/7.

DPS 2: Stan

Stan is that hitscan player you despise. The type you sit there and think, if you didn’t play hitscan you would be terrible, spoiler he wouldn’t be terrible. His most comfortable character though is Soldier 76. Hella basic but he enjoys it. He actually used to be a Genji main though but he got tired of constantly being solo gravd when he was nano blading. Kind of expected Wendy to be his pocket Mercy (she did not). Will 100% flirt with a Mercy to get a pocket in the spawn room and taxi them back from spawn.

Support 1: Butters

Everyone expected him to be a Mercy 1 trick. They were wrong. When he plays Mercy he’s the stereotypical heal bot sugar plum fairy Mercy. Butters is actually a Brigitte main. He can play other supports if needed but he isn’t very good at them. He only wears the Goat Brig skin. Will throw the game just to show everyone the Katt Brig emote. Will also refuse to kill Wrecking Ball players.

Support 2: Kyle

Absolutely feral when playing Ana. The type of Ana that would sleep an invis Sombra because his ‘Sombra senses’ were tingling. If you’re playing tank against his Ana you might as well just leave the game or you’ll be constantly slept or antid. He might have thrown a bit of a fit when Kiriko was introduced. Now he just sleeps any Kiriko’s and nano’s a teammate to solo ult her for him. Will nano a Mercy. He can play any support though and as much as he loves to play Ana his highest win percentage is on Mercy. He’s Stan’s egirl pocket Mercy, he hates it (he’s lying).

Team 2 (Craig’s gang):

Tank: Clyde

D.Va 1 trick (he thinks she’s hot). Will spam ‘is this easy mode~’ after every kill. Gets salty when he gets D.Va diffed or if the enemy D.Va gets play of the Game. Owns every D.Va skin, emote, victory pose and highlight intros.

DPS 1: Craig

Hanzo main but is a menace when playing Torbjörn or Symmetra. Will chase after you with Torbs hammer. Will also put a Sym tp at the edge of the map to make his teammates fall off. His true strength though, Bastion. Yup he’s on of those players. He will kind of just play whatever character people find the most annoying at the time.

DPS 2: Jimmy

Plays only female characters. His personal favourite is Tracer though. He also loves playing Widowmaker but he’s terrible at her. Bro can’t land a single shot. Will definitely play Pharah into double hitscan and wonder why he’s dying so much.

Support 1: Tolkien

Loves playing characters like Baptise and Ana, just supports that can pump out a lot of heals but still defend themselves if needed. Throws the best timed Immortality Fields so much it makes people want to cry. Tolkien is the type of support player that would always make sure his fellow support player is okay. Like jump off the map to help a Mercy get back up type of guy.

Support 2: Tweek

Most people are shocked when Tweek says he’s a support main, they’re even more shocked when he tells them he’s a Zenyatta/Lucio main. Tweek also enjoys playing Mercy every now and then. Battle Mercy is in his blood. Will scream when he gets nanoed no matter who he’s playing. When he’s pissed off at Craig he will play Mercy and t-bag Craig’s dead soul and refuse to Rez him. Tweek is the most petty support main. You spam ‘I need healing’ too much and he will refuse to heal you for the rest of the game, competitive or not.

Let me know if you guys wanna hear who I think everybody would main in other games I play ^^

[prospectivehero]

I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE LATEST EPISODE OF MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN

and I have no one in my immediate vicinity to hear me rant

*spoilers for episode 5*

Clark-"You hated Superman. You said he was a liar, and you were going to find and publish his secrets. My secrets."

Lois-"I would never do that to you. I had no idea it was you until after the gala. How could you think that?"

Clark-"You jumped off a roof! I don't know what to think!"

Clark Kent and Lois Lane have liked each other since the beginning of the series. They become close and trust each other. Aside from Clark thinking Lois is cute, he also respects her ambition and passion for journalism. Even when her hunt for the truth will directly hurt him, Clark doesn't hold that against her. I think Lois loves his kindness and honesty. She can always rely on him to be there for her or anyone he cares about.

But Lois jumped off a building. She knows Clark will always come to save her, and she exploits him and his powers to get the truth.

Lois has to consolidate the honest person she knows Clark is with the liar she's prescribed Superman as. This is not made better now that, in her eyes, Clark has been lying to her. Clark, on the other hand, has been perceived as both an honest man and a liar by the woman he loves in one breath. Lois, who has, in the past, put herself and sometimes Jimmy in danger multiple times, has just proven that she will do anything to get the truth. But as soon as Clark tells her he was afraid to tell her because she is obsessed with finding out who Superman is, she says she would never do something like that. Clark seeing her abandoning her strong convictions about Superman for Clark Kent probably makes him feel conflicted. It's clear that she loves him enough to push aside her fixation, but it disrupts this moral code that was probably one of the things he liked about her most. What is he supposed to think when a piece of information she was willing to jump off a building for is suddenly disregarded?

That's not to mention that Lois feels entitled to the secret identity of Superman because it's her big story. If it wasn't Clark, she'd share this information with the Daily Planet as soon as she found the truth. She never saw Superman as someone who deserved some mercy past her scrutiny until it was Clark. And even after knowing that she doesn't respect that Clark, a person she admires, trusts, and loves, kept this secret from her for a reason. And she doesn't recognize how her actions may be one of those reasons.

I really hope this gets addressed further. There is a lot of nuance in this situation and different perspectives to explore. I know I put a lot of blame on Lois, but she jumped off a building, and I think that needs to be examined. There was so much I wanted to talk about with this scene in particular. I had to ask multiple people how they would feel in this situation because all I felt was conflicted. If you have another read of this moment, or anything related. Please comment or reblog. I know I'm not the only strong opinion and I know there are a lot of takes. This scene has been stuck in my head for several days and I want to talk about it.

[mutablebeauty]

Mutable Beauty ORIGINAL Astro Anecdote 📝🔮:

Huge Emotional Pain Can Transform Pisceans

Pisceans love to love. We are the sign of unconditional love, our love runs deep. When we are introduced to something that we like, we attach to it. We make it our routine, we feel comfortable in it. We imagine our lives with it forever, all the scenarios and challenges, we dream it. We make a decision to settle in and make this our life.

So when this relationship starts falling apart, as sometimes relationships do, we start becoming confused or disillusioned. We become upset that our relationship is not matching the fantasy we imagined. So we begin to try to fix things. We fight to save our relationships. It’s why people often think we’re delusional because we can’t unattach easily from a toxic relationship. We cannot easily unattach from the things we dreamed about together. We would rather fight to defend that dream. We see the good in people first, therefore, we know what our partner could be. So we fight to fix that. We hold on tightly. It’s why we give chance after chance.

Yet, what a Pisces won’t say is that we are also fighting to avoid heartbreak and disappointment. You see when we finally decide to release someone (usually due to massive amounts of resentment from giving chance after chance), next comes the heartbreak. Pisces want to avoid disappointment because it’s akin to a knife stab in the heart for us. Looking at the wreckage of the thing that used to be so beautiful to us, the very thing that gave us hope.

Heartbreak for a water sign is DEVASTATING. Our emotions fuel our livelihood, it is our survival instinct, it fuels our behaviors and thoughts. Water signs feel emotional pain deeply, we are not able to separate our lives from our emotions the way other signs can. We feel everything deeply.

That is why when a Pisces faces heartbreak, it feels like death to us. It is so emotionally painful that you might as well kill us. Heartbreak is death to our hopes, our potential with another, what could’ve been, how we see people, etc. Once we face a heartbreak, there is usually a large transformation on the other side waiting for Pisces. We are different after heartbreak, there is a new person forming at the end.

Now who this new person is, is dependent on the Pisces. Young minded Pisces may choose to become darker, the more hurt they amass, they will choose to inflict onto others. They turn their heart off, and begin lying and emotionally manipulating others with little mercy similar to how our hearts were played with. Please note an evil Pisces is a hurt one. They will need to find the light on the other end of the tunnel in order to heal because this route will always leave the Pisces jaded and bitter. An angel whose wings shriveled during its time on earth.

The other route the Pisces will can choose is wisdom which is the reward for pain. The Pisces will be hardened by its experience but choose to harden the wall around its heart. The native will choose boundaries with strangers. Respect our boundaries or we will swim away. This is a smarter Pisces who understands that not everyone is deserving of its endless love and affection and therefore becomes selective with who it chooses to love. Our kindness will not be taken for weakness and we will move accordingly to the behavior others.

Facing heartbreaking situations will be devastating for a Pisces but one should embrace it. See heartbreaking situations as an opportunity to transform. But the choice is up to you whether you will choose to be wise or to be cold.

I take $5 questions about your natal chart in my inbox. If you’re interested in answering a question you always had, DM me! 🩷

[wangsejabin]

Chapter 104

The prince was having his evening meal at the Spring Couple's Lodge and had just picked up his chopsticks when someone arrived.

Fulu went out and came back in a hurry with a grave face and said a few words in the Prince's ear.

   Pan'er then saw the Prince's face change all of a sudden.

He stood up hurriedly and tried to head for the door before he remembered that Pan'er would wonder and paused.

   "You stay here, don't go anywhere, something has happened at Yingtai, I'm going to check it out."

   "Okay." Pan'er nodded, she could see that the matter was definitely not as light as the Crown Prince had said, something must have happened.

   When the Crown Prince arrived, the Hall of Han Yuan was no different from any other, but if one looked closely at the servants guarding the doors of the Hall, one could see some clues.

   When the prince entered the hall, Wang Jinnian came out from behind the curtain with a pale face, weeping.

   "Prince, please go in and take a look, what should we do now? I didn't dare to inform anyone, so I handed you the letter. I don't think this can be concealed for long, you must decide quickly."

   The prince opened the curtain and entered. The Emperor appeared to have been repositioned on the couch and was lying flat on it. He was still covered with a silk quilt, and apart from his extremely pale face and his breath, which was so faint as to be barely detectable, he was almost as if he were asleep.

   Beside the dragon's couch, two naked women were tied up and left in a corner. They could not make any sound because their mouths were gagged, but they could see, and as soon as they saw the prince they looked pleading, as if they wanted to beg him for mercy.

   "I'm afraid His Majesty is not well, no matter how much I called, there was no response, and in that situation, if the doctor had been called, the matter would not have been concealed, and then His Majesty's face would not have been protected ......" Wang Jinnian said in a rambling voice, obviously distraught at this time.

   "The person is still breathing?"

   Wang Jinnian froze, and then responded, "There is still, there is still, but ......"

   Wang Jinnian had been in the palace for many years, and had seen many different kinds of dead people, and all kinds of people before they died, so he could still tell this clearly.

"Go and invite the Imperial Doctor, invite the Imperial Doctor Wang over. And go and invite the Queen Mother over." The crown prince ordered.

   Wang Jinnian seemed to have difficulty understanding what the Crown Prince was doing and seemed to want to say something, but he quickly responded that the Crown Prince was instructing someone else.

   Seeing that Fu Lu answered and went down to do the job, only then did the Crown Prince look at Wang Jin Nian: "Grand Eunuch Wang, sometimes it is not always good for people to be too clever."

   After saying this, the Crown Prince left the inner hall, seemingly intending to go out and arrange something.

   Wang Jinnian, on the other hand, was in a cold sweat under a shock.

   Yes, because he was clever, because he wanted to sell good to the Crown Prince, he alone had informed the Crown Prince in advance. It was to allow the Crown Prince to prepare in advance, and also to avoid others knowing that they had stolen the opportunity or made a mess of things.

   With this one credit alone, it would be enough to keep him safe for the rest of his life.

   But if this is not an accident, but a trap, if the crown prince really listens to it and panics to kick out his father and ascend to the throne, ignoring the fact that Emperor Cheng'an is still breathing, then to put it mildly, it's called doing one's duty and listening to God's will, but to put it more seriously, it's treason.

   If this matter is discovered or used by others, the crown prince will be put in an unpleasant situation, when what is obviously a good thing becomes a bad thing, not to mention the crown prince's ascension to the throne, his life may not be saved, and he does not need to think about his old age, just wipe his neck and die.

   Because of this knowledge, Wang Jinnian then obeyed the Crown Prince and did whatever he said, without the slightest thought of resistance.

   And Empress Fu soon arrived.

   It is true that the thoughts of those at the top are different from those of the lackeys below.

   Why is it that the inferior can only be the inferior? Not only because of the natural constraints of their bloodline status, but also because the environment they grew up in, and the position they existed in, prevented them from reaching that kind of height, constraining their eyesight and the bigger picture.

   Empress Fu's intention was the same as the Crown Prince's. Not only did she bring in a doctor to check Emperor Cheng'an's pulse, she also ordered someone to invite concubines such as Concubine Gao Guifei and Concubine Zhou Xianfei, and had someone go to the Forbidden City to report to the Empress Dowager.

   Throughout the night, the lights in Hanyuan Hall remained on.

   Everyone was here, including the princes of Qi, Yan and Yue, as well as their mothers and wives. Empress Fu and the Crown Prince were also here. It seemed that everything was calm and quiet, and everyone seemed to be worried about Emperor Cheng'an's safety, but in fact, in private, everyone who should be moving was moving.

   Before dawn, the Empress Dowager arrived in a hurry.

   She did not dare to take the phoenix carriage for fear that word would get out, but took an ordinary carriage and was escorted by a few guards.

   She was dressed in regular clothes, and as soon as she stood in the hall, she said to Empress Fu and the Crown Prince: "You have done very well. Especially the Crown Prince, you know what's right and what's wrong, you are calm and dignified, you are worthy of being the Crown Prince of my Great Zhou, it is a blessing for Great Zhou to have you as the Crown Prince."

   These words were too 'heavy', the Empress Dowager had never said such weighty words in front of people before.

   The meaning of these words could not be clearer: the Empress Dowager had seen all that Empress Fu and the Crown Prince had done, and she was very pleased with this.

   The Empress Dowager did not show her shortcomings in her eagerness to achieve success, did not conceal her gains and losses, but let everyone know openly that this was the measure and the momentum of being the rightful ruler.

   This is the measure and the momentum of being the rightful ruler. If one is the rightful ruler but instead follows the example of those who are petty, that would be a laughing stock.

   The Empress Dowager's words caused the eyes of everyone except Empress Fu and the Crown Prince to flicker.

   The Empress Dowager and the Prince of Qi, in particular, wondered if the Empress Dowager had learned of their private antics and was therefore a bit restless and restless, so I won't go into details here.

   "The emperor is so unbelievable that I am afraid of losing his face, but I have hinted to him that he should be restrained and take care of his body. Where is the doctor? How is the Emperor?"

   The Imperial Doctor Wang stepped up and respectfully explained the general condition of Emperor Cheng'an.

   The general meaning was that for the time being, his life had been saved, but it was unknown whether it would be saved in the future. The Emperor's illness was not decent, it was an immediate attack of wind, which was also a type of stroke. Even if a person with this disease comes to his senses, his speech may be slurred, his face uncontrollable, or worse, he may fall into a bed and have to be attended to in order to eat, drink and sleep.

   It was not difficult to get someone to attend to him. The Forbidden City had the most servants, needless to say.

   But in the future, an emperor may not be able to speak, he may not be able to control his saliva, he may not even be able to get up from his bed, he may not be able to move, how will he be able to deal with government affairs in the future?

   The Empress Dowager fell into silence, and everyone was silent.

   After a while, the Empress Dowager said, "Let's wait until the Emperor wakes up, the government affairs will be managed by the Cabinet first, the Crown Prince will oversee the country, and we still have to wait for the Emperor to wake up before we can discuss the aftermath of the matter."

   "I know that you have all been watching overnight, you are all very tired, I will be watching here, you can all go and rest, even if you are young, you cannot withstand this kind of suffering, after all, this illness cannot be determined overnight."

   After the Empress Dowager had said so, all the people could only salute one by one and then retreated in a line.

   However, Consort Gao was kept by the Empress Dowager, who said she had something to say to her.

   "Your imperial grandmother has been through the battles in the palace for a long time, don't regard her as just being old, but she clearly understands. Since she said those kinds of words and asked you to oversee the country, she means she is on the side of the Eastern Palace, so don't worry too much, go and do your important work, let Empress Mother keep an eye on things here."

   Because the place was not suitable, Empress Fu's words were extremely short and concise, and the Crown Prince could see that Empress Fu had no intention of leaving. After all, she was the Empress, and even if the Empress Dowager said that she should go and rest, she still had to make sure that her face was well taken care of.

   The more times like this, the more mistakes could not be made.

"'Son understands. Mother, you take care of your health as well."

   Empress Fu smiled and nodded, "Go now."

   Only after seeing the Crown Prince go did Empress Fu turn back and walk towards the palace, and just as she reached the door, she heard Consort Gao inside crying and explaining something.

   Empress Fu deliberately stood outside, and after a while, Gao Guifei, who was wiping her tears with her head down, came out from inside.

   The two looked at each other and did not say anything. A stern look flashed in Consort Gao's eyes and she left with her head bowed.

   The Empress Dowager was a little surprised to see Empress Fu back again.

   "You child! Forget it, since you have this heart, guard the emperor, after all, you are a husband and wife. He is just a little confused and a little soft-hearted, but his heart is not bad."

   Obviously these words of comfort were too facetious, and Empress Fu only bowed her head and did not speak.

   As the news of Emperor Cheng'an's coma became public knowledge, the Prince was also in a state of flux.

   Every day he left early and returned late. Pan'er could do nothing to help him, but to take care of the meals and keep an eye on him when he returned.

On the tenth day after the incident, Emperor Cheng'an finally woke up thanks to the efforts of the Imperial Doctors.

   The Emperor's condition was not good, and was even extremely serious, just as Dr Wang had said.

   Even if he could move one day, he would have to do his best to maintain his body and nothing else.

The crown prince's ascension to the position of Emperor was officially put on the agenda by a petition from the courtiers, the Empress Dowager's consent, and the Cabinet of Ministers.

Obviously, this was unstoppable, so even though Consort Gao and the Prince of Qi were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, it was to no avail.

   The matter was passed without a hitch, and not only did the cabinet ministers attach their seals to the motion, but the Empress Dowager also used her golden seal on it. The enthronement ceremony was left to the Ministry of Rites, and was scheduled for half a month later.

   This was a very short time, but the matter was urgent, so everything was kept simple, and now that Emperor Cheng'an was seriously ill, the Crown Prince had no desire to deal with it.

On this day, the Crown Prince came to Hanyuan Hall to pay his respects, as is his custom, and happened to bump into the Prince of Qi, who had just come out of the hall.

   The King of Qi looked at the Crown Prince with an agitated expression, like a trapped beast, with nothing else to do but to fight.

   "Tell me honestly, did you cause Father to be like this?"

The prince glanced at him and said indifferently, "Brother, be careful what you say. When something happened to the father, the first person to report it was Mother, who did not cover up anything from Gao Guifei. I have nothing to say if I still make you suspicious after doing so."

   "You can conceal it from the world, but can you still conceal it from me? If it wasn't for you, my mother wouldn't have offered beauties to my father, and she wouldn't have been grounded by the Empress Dowager, all because of you!" The Prince of Qi said agitatedly.

   "Big brother, are you mistaken? In fact, let me say that I should blame big brother for being in this situation today. If you and Prince Chu hadn't schemed against me, Prince Chu wouldn't have died, and if Prince Chu hadn't died, Xianfei Zhou wouldn't have targeted you and Gao Guifei, and if Xianfei Zhou hadn't targeted Gao Guifei, Gao Guifei wouldn't have been afraid of losing her favor and offering beauties to Father, and if it weren't for those two beauties, Father wouldn't have turned out like this."

These words were deliberately lowered by the Crown Prince, almost close to Prince Qi, but he looked calm, so calm that there was no emotion.

"That is why I said before that a small man who does not know the order of heaven and does not fear it, and an apostate, who insults the words of a sage, will be condemned by heaven. Why you have fallen into this situation, you should ask yourself, not this prince."

   "You-"

   The King of Qi clenched his fist and struck at the Prince.

   The crown prince duly took a step back, followed by a surge of guards who restrained the King of Qi.

   "His Highness the King of Qi was so concerned about his father's condition that he became anxious and became ill, which is why he spoke and acted in a disorderly manner. I don't blame him for this, so why don't you quickly send His Highness Prince Qi back."

   "Yes."

   In just a turn of the head, news of Qi Wang's unwarranted action against the Crown Prince in front of Hanyuan Hall spread all over.

The Qi Prince was annoyed and the Gao Guifei complained to no avail, they hadn't used such tactics much in the past, but now that they were being retaliated against, they understood the sourness and stifling of it.

   --

   Before the prince could ascend to the throne, he had to return to the Forbidden City.

   The weather was getting colder and the West Court was no longer suitable for living, so all of them, including Emperor Cheng'an, had to move back.

   It took several days for them to return to their respective places.

   As the Crown Prince had not yet ascended to the throne, all the women of the Eastern Palace were still living in the Eastern Palace.

   On the day of the enthronement, the day started before dawn.

   In the absence of the prince, before the enthronement ceremony, incense had to be burned and fasted for three days, or even 15 days as a rule, but the matter was urgent and had to be abbreviated.

   There was nothing for Pan'er to do, but she was so excited that she got up early and waited to hear what was going on outside.

   As the first white of the fish's belly appeared in the east, there was the faint sound of bells and drums ringing in unison.

   The sound was so loud that it could be heard throughout the Forbidden City and the entire inner city, even the outer city, making it clear that the new emperor had been crowned.

   Even the East Palace could hear it, and naturally the Qianqing Palace could hear it too.

   Empress Fu stood in front of the dragon's couch, dressed in her official imperial gown. Emperor Cheng'an was also awakened from his sleep, struggling to distinguish, and when he heard what the commotion was, his whole body began to struggle.

He seemed to want to stop it, to oppose it, but all to no avail; all he could do was to make ahhh sounds and drool that dripped from the corners of his mouth.

It was extremely undignified and unsightly, and one could not help but sigh that even if one is born with every privilege and honor, one is still so powerless in the face of the disease.

   Empress Fu also sighed as she picked up a bright yellow handkerchief and wiped the corners of Emperor Cheng'an's mouth.

   "Look at you, why are you like this now. I forgot to tell you, today is a good day for the enthronement of Cong'er, look at the commotion, I'm afraid the whole capital can hear it."

   "As for you, being sick like this, from now on you should be your emperor, I know you are heartbroken that Consort Zhou has lost her son, and you like Consort Gao's delicate and arrogant ways, don't worry I will let them accompany you. As soon as the enthronement of Cong'er is over, I will have him issue a decree naming Consort Gao Guifei and Consort Zhou Xian as Noble Consort and Consort Zhou Xian, so that they will be by your side forever and ever."

"Is Your Majesty pleased?"

   "I know you must be happy."

"'This palace is also happy because at last this palace and my son will be free of you."

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Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten & Andriel Quotes Part 1:

(Quotes that remind me of (and/or I think they would say in canon or fanfics which I hope someone will write) Andrew, Neil or both of them and/or therir relationship)

Draw weapon, draw blood. (Andrew)

Aim at nothing you’re not willing to destroy. ((Andrew)

If your opponent believes they have the upper hand, break it. (Andrew)

“Si vis pacem, para bellum” (If you want peace, prepare for war.) (Andriel)

“Right and wrong are justifications people invent to assuage their guilt, Reap what you sow or burn the field down; those are your only choices.” (Andrew)

"Fair is a complexion or a carnival—not a right." (Andriel)

"Young blood, heaven need a sinner/ You can't raise hell with a saint" (Andriel)

“I am not meant for casual. I was born for soul crushing devotion.” (Andriel)

I cannot make speeches Emma. If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” (Andrew to Neil)

''I would recognise you in total darkness, were you mute and I deaf. I would recognise you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times. And I would love you in all of this, until the very last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion.” (Andriel)

“You are my weakness, losing you is my greatest fear, your love is my most treasured possession.” (Andriel)

 “He was sunshine; I was midnight rain.” (Neil about Andrew)

"Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red." (Andriel)

“He never spoke about love, he gave it.” (Neil about Andrew to the Foxes and everyone else who doubts Andriel)

“I do a thing called what I want.” (Andrew)

“You treat me wonderfully and you keep your promises.” (Neil to Andrew **and Andrew to Neil**)

“Lady don’t do that, I’m crazy as hell; I have 27 people living in my head and every one of them was getting ready to beat the hell outta you .” (Neil to the general Populace, especially reporters post-canon)

"I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other." (Andrew)

“The three things that cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” (Andrew)

“To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once.” (Andriel)

"Love is a power, but it does not save your soul. You do. So let's give her a love worth dying for, worth fighting for and lying for and repenting. Let's give her a love worth living for, and let's make it herself." (Andrew)

‘I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.' (Andrew to Neil)

“I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers.” (Neil to Andrew)

“He was a righteous man. Heaven had blessed him with a clarity of vision in matters of good and evil. His judgement was absolute. His compassion was without boundaries, his mercy was divine mercy, and his anger was the wrath of God.” (Andrew)

Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness. (Andriel)

“Sometimes you have to play the role of the fool to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you.” (Neil)

“No one ever said that the just were nice.” (Andrew)

“I feel like a part of my soul has loved you
since the beginning of everything. Maybe we’re from the same star.” (Andriel)

“Devotion is absolute. Love is eternal.” (Andriel)

“I didn't fall in love with you. I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we'd choose anyway. And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you.” (Andriel)

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.” (Andrew about Neil)

“So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange — no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.” (Neil to Andrew)

“My heart made its choice, and it chose you.” (Andriel)

*WARNING: About copyright, Quotes come from various places(ie. FanFiction, Tv, Movies, Music, Pinterest) so use in your own fanfic stories at your own.. I can’t think of the word but you know what I mean.*

**EDIT: After some thought I realized that Neil is the only who who seems to understand what the deals and promises Andrew makes means to him and how close and true Andrew holds himself and others to it. Neil is the only one who keeps his promises to Andrew and I don’t imagine that changing post-canon.**

[arcplaysgames]

does this mean we can kiss or.....?

yeah yosuke, if you get under my umbrella (ella) we're practically a couple

(kanji, baby, play it cool, let me wingman for you)

every once in a while i love yosuke's instigating lil bastardly nature and this one one of those times

lmao i love this game sometimes. i def picked to go with naoto and kanji got Extremely Flustered and ran all the way to school. just ask them out, kanji, good lord.

sorry kanji i lied, i'm a terrible wingman. this is why i needed Junpei.

so anyway. the cultural festival.

So there's a beauty pageant because the weird sexy teacher, who.... is a contestant. (I swear to fucking god this shit wouldn't fly at Gekkoukan.)

Yosuke, my beloved instigating lil bastardly boy, enters all the gals and Naoto as a joke.

The weird sexy teacher is barring people from dropping out which. THIS SHIT WOULD NOT FLY AT GEKKOUKAN. MITSURU WOULD WHOOP SOME ASSES. SHE'D END CAREERS.

So in return, Chie signs all the guys up for the crossdressing pageant. Which, honestly? I fully support her. Good for you, Chie.

I am never not serious about the art of drag, Yosuke.

SPOILER: Yukiko is lying and owes Kanji an apology. She did not play to his strengths and its a rotten shame and a crime.

Teddie shows up and is allowed to enter the drag contest. Because of course he is, we're letting a teacher in the other pageant, this is a lawless world.

Naoto is doing Teddie's outfit and make-up, interesting to note for later.

Rise did Kanji's look and I'm big mad at her, she knows better, she could have done a MUCH be-- oh. oh right rise has a weirdly antagonist relationship with Kanji. GOD I JUST PUT THAT TOGETHER. KANJI I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE SAVED YOU. She didn't even give him any pointers on his posture, which alone would have done a lot.

Chie did this purposefully for revenge, you cannot convince me otherwise. Again: she has my full support. But with Yosuke, she had to put in some effort, it would have been very easy to make him a very good drag look. I'd wet his hair and put curling stuff in it, zzuzh it up a bit and give him a smoky eye. Totally could have worked.

Sadly we don't get a close-up on Reverie. I am sad. I wanted to examine the Look.

anyway OBVIOUSLY Teddie wins. Naoto did a great job. Don't fuck with what's already working and accentuate what you already have. Naoto knows what's up! I would have punched up Teddie's eyes but Naoto apparently doesn't even own a make-up kit so maybe that's not their skillset.

Because Teddie wins, he gets to be a judge for the other pageant and he declares it has to have a swimsuit portion. Are sure Teddie is not also the Devil?

i love you naoto

ALSO WEIRDLY. Hamuko the token fat girl is in this and like. it's not NEARLY the horrorshow that the Spring Camping Trip was. small mercies.

Kanji continues to be a good dude. YES it was brave enough of Naoto to show up at all. Bailing on the swimsuit part is also brave of them. Good for you, Naoto! (It's also funny, Kanji is flustered by Chie and Yukiko and Naoto but not at ALL by Rise. Rise is like the least attractive person int he world to him. Not that he finds her ugly but just there's no spark there. lmao. is that why she dislikes him? I cannot figure out the source of Rise being kind of a dick to Kanji.)

Aaaaaand Naoto wins the pageant anyway.

THIS WHOLE SEQUENCE SUCKED. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT SUCK AS MUCH AS THE SPRING CAMP TRIP SO.

also in the middle of all this, class 2-2 was doing a like.... weird... speed... dating... thing. that no one was interested in obviously.

OF COURSE I AM GONNA SIT ON THE GIRLS' SIDE. man i have beef with this game but I cannot lie, it DOES offer me a lot of options I genuinely want.

So here's the interesting bit. Because, again, the game likes to indulge me, Reverie gets asked who he wants to date. And I can pick Kanji, Yosuke, or a girl. I'm playing Reverie as gay, so OF COURSE I pick Kanji. Because I have eyes and a sense of taste, okay.

Which leads directly to Yosuke goading Kanji and almost getting punched again. THE USUAL.

HOWEVER. I RELOADED THE SAVE OUT OF CURIOSITY, RIGHT. AND I PICKED YOSUKE INSTEAD.

Yosuke actually gives you approval points for picking him, unlike Kanji. Kanji doesn't not (and here I just have to accept in my tired broken heart that Reverie is not Kanji's type, and y'all KNOW it's just shattering to me, just so sad) but YOSUKE DOES.

Yosuke is the most repressed bisexual I have seen in a LONG fucking time. Holy shit.

anyway overall 5 out of 10. this could have been much worse but it was still not fun like the beach.

[in-your-dreams-vn]

NSFW Alphabet

You guys are eating well today! This is 18+! Minors do Not Interact or I will eat you!

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex) - Traum: What’s aftercare? What do you mean you feel sore? He has no clue about this kind of stuff because it is not really a thing in the Dreamworld. However if you point out stuff to them he will be helpful. Glass of water? Here it is! Towel? Here is the fluffiest you ever had. Of course he will cuddle you and stay close but for everything else you will have to point it out. - Lynde: Still not quite aware of proper aftercare but he tries his best. He will get you everything you need if pointed out and cuddle you, gently rubbing circles into your back until you fall asleep in his arms.

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s) - Both: They both love your tummy and thighs. Any softer part really. It is hard to get either of them to stop touching or kissing your stomach once they get started. They also often rest their head on your lap.

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically) - Traum: Very generous amounts. He has no real limits in the dream. It is thick and viscous and has a sweet taste to it (almost too sweet). He loves to cum inside you and will stay inside to make sure his cum doesn’t leak out. - Lynde: Less viscous but there is still a lot. This man is pent up and you will notice it. He isn’t as adamant to cum inside as long as you just let him cum on your body.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs) - Traum: They actually like watching you in your wet dreams. They tend to just blend out any partner if there even is one. Traum can be quite voyeuristic and loves watching you mastrubate. - Lynde: He keeps stuff you leave at his office. Tissues, scarfs. He even keeps stray hairs and turns them into a braid. He has a whole shrine for you.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?) - Both: Hahahaha, No. Neither of them have experience. The only thing that can count for Traum is that they like to watch your wet dreams and take notes of what you like. However, as we all know…wet dreams can be weird. Gender is not a thing while dreaming sometimes. So once Lynde takes over in the waking world…he is confused. The first time will be clumsy. But that is what makes him so adorable.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying) - Traum: Mating press hands down. Any position where they have you locked up with their body and can pound into you without  mercy. - Lynde: Cowgirl and faceoff. He just loves watching you bounce on his cock.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.) - Traum: He is a tease when it comes to it. He likes to play around and deny you but once it gets heated he gets more serious and lost in the moment. - Lynde: He tries to be serious and intimate but he is so damn clumsy! It’s adorable how much he fumbles but once he is in the groove of things he becomes less nervous giggles and more moans and groans.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.) - Traum: He is a goat….he is well groomed yes but he is also very furry. The carpet matches the drapes and there is a lot of it. - Lynde: Very well groomed and he has tried to shave but it just sprouts like weed and he has given up. He just keeps it in check and makes sure he is clean.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect) - Traum: They want you as close as possible and take in all of you. Traum is highly intimate and will give you no space to catch your breath if you don’t keep him in check (which tends to be harder than one might think). - Lynde: Also very intimate but less clingy. He loves having you close, feeling the warmth of your skin against his, taking in your scent. This man is just in heavenly bliss when he gets to be with you.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon) - Both: Neither of them really mastrubate. Traum doesn’t feel the need to and Lynde doesn’t really either.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks) - Traum: Breeding, Primal (Hunter), Bondage (tying you up), Degrading, Overstimulation, Blood, Marking (giving) - Lynde: Breeding, Bondage (both ways), Overstimulating, Edging, Marking(giving and receiving)

L = Location (favorite places to do the do) - Traum: Anywhere you like is fine for them. They can just make the space around you fit whatever fantasy you have at the time. - Lynde: Your bed, his bed, and if he is feeling kinky then maybe his therapy couch.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going) - Both: Tease them in any sort of way and they will be on top of you in no time. Just wiggling your butt a little too much might be enough sometimes. It all depends on their mood tbh.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs) - Both: Disgusting stuff like water sports or skat. Ageplay also is a big no, no!

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.) - Traum: He loves giving you oral and he is surprisingly skilled with their tongue. They aren't opposed to receiving it as well but prefer to give it much more. - Lynde: He likes both giving and receiving. Once you teach him about 69 it will become a staple in your sex life.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.) - Traum: Oh they are rough and fast. Once they go feral they will have no mercy for you. Just pounding into you while growling and drool dripping down. Traum goes full beast mode. - Lynde: He likes to take it slow at first but once he gets going and starts to blank out he will get faster and rougher. Not as rough as Traum but he will make sure you can feel just how deep he is going.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.) - Traum: They are not opposed to a quickie. Just a small wet dream during a nap? No problem! But you will stay a little longer afterwards right? - Lynde: He likes to take his time with you but if you tease him enough he will hit a breaking point and just drag you into the nearest toilet stall to pound you against the wall.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.) - Traum: There are no risks to them. It’s a dream and they can manipulate it however they want. Even if you say you want to do it in public none of the people around you will have faces to watch. There is no risk. There is just pretend fun~ Lynde: He doesn’t like taking risks. No one is supposed to see you but him. Again if you tease enough he will break eventually but he will make sure you know that you crossed a line later.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?) - Traum: The goat has stamina for days. If you aren’t careful they will fuck you until you black out and wake up completely spent in your bed. - Lynde: The first time he has up to no stamina and with his clumsiness he will just cum in no time. He is so embarrassed about it that he asks you to “train” him by edging him. That is hope he develops that particular kink.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?) - Both: Neither of them own toys and neither has any interest on getting any.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease) - Traum: They love to tease you. Just slightly caressing you and denying you any deeper touch until you beg for it. They love to be in control and make sure that you know it. - Lynde: Likes teasing but has much less self control than Traum. It’s just that your skin is so soft and you smell so nice and…really you have an easier time teasing him than he has teasing you.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.) - Traum: They do not care for volume and will get pretty loud. They growl and snarl like a wild animal when they get into it and let out a howl when reaching climax. - Lynde: Not as noisy as Traum but still pretty verbal. He whimpers and moans but also tells you how good it feels and how much you turn him on.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character) Albtraum….yep that big beast form that is as tall as a room and can unhinge its jaws. You catch it in the right mood and you will know what it feels like to be at the receiving end of the sentence “I want that twink obliterated. /horny”. It is massive in all aspects and you better be prepared to not walk the day after that.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes) - Traum: Wait where is his junk? Oh…oh he is much more furry like than you imagined. His shaft is hidden in a pouch but once it comes out it is like any bad dragon wish came true. Thick and ridged with a knot to boot. - Lynde: He is a bit above average but nothing to write home about really. 

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?) - Both: Neither of them are particularly horny but Lynde a little bit more so because it comes with the whole being human spiel. However once they have lost their virginity…they are both more horny on main. Especially if you wiggle your butt at them.Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards) - Traum: They don’t really need to sleep so they will just cuddle you and watch you drift off. Even if you don’t dream they will make sure that you feel them holding you with their presence. - Lynde: He tries so hard to stay awake but he is just gone. This man wants to cuddle but as soon as he gets cozy he just snores.

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Miscellaneous Malevolent musings now that I've caught up with the podcast releases...

Loved the "Dunwich Horror" vibes in season 3

Seasons 2 and 3 worked better for me than Season 1, I think because the shape of the arc and the overall goal was clearer

Could do without the amazement at "ruins older than this country," though. America is such a recent creation, and there were people here well before it. Ancient structures should not be inconceivable. Not that I want to go in the HPL direction of native peoples being corrupted by eldritch gods, more that it's ignorant to assume there was nothing here before the colonists. There are better ways to marvel at the impossibility of a place, like the scale of the structure or an unnatural texture or shine or echo or non-local stone (like obsidian in New England lol).

Not sure if this has been confirmed or refuted anywhere, but I headcanon that Arthur wrote the “Some Would Call It Madness” song

Arthur, John is not your conscience. He has no authority to tell you whether you're a good man. He's still learning what "good" means. He's a friend who can provide a second opinion at best. I know you're lonely and you want reassurance, but he does not have the human frame of reference to give you a valid answer. Sorry, dude.

On that note, Arthur seems to have two categories for beings: person and monster. Monsters are evil and should be punished, people deserve respect and can grow from their mistakes. I don’t think he has a clear philosophy yet for what distinguishes them, beyond his gut feelings or rationalizations for his actions (see: cultists are irredeemable and deserve what's coming to them, certainly not people who maybe made a bad choice, got in over their heads, and could use a second chance). Like, John is right that he and Yellow are fundamentally the same, however much Arthur wants John to be in the Good and person-like category. The main difference is that Arthur trauma bonded with one and came to like him, then expected the other to replace him immediately under different circumstances and was disappointed when he didn't. I'm not sure where Arthur puts himself on the person-monster scale. I mean, he considers himself a person, and he typically thinks he's in the right. But he toes the line with cruelty sometimes in a way that does concern him, and he still has so much guilt and shame about Faroe. He's complicated, that's the point of the story. I can see him going full "he who fights monsters," or embracing mercy and forgiveness as human virtues.

Arthur giving the cana water in the prison pits takes on a new light after hearing the whole "I am the captain of my ship" poem and hearing what happened to Faust

Petulant child John is still the best. He is especially childlike in Ep29. The movies! The handkerchief! He has so much ambition and so little agency.

On the other side of the John coin, I'm very curious about how John actually killed Emily and Parker, especially given his limited power on Earth. I imagine it's something that can occur in the ritual of opening his book. The details will surely be revealed at the least opportune moment.

Speaking of coins: Kayne, you sick fuck, I love you, what are you, what the hell game are you playing. He clearly has more direct influence on Earth than the King in Yellow, and he has some kind of influence in the Dreamlands/with the King to return John to Arthur. Presumably, he needs both John and Yellow, maybe also Arthur, for whatever he’s planning. Or maybe he just wants to be entertained by Arthur inevitably blowing up at John for lying to him and betraying his trust again. Fun times for everyone!