#They are still far too young

[starry-bi-sky]

"Stillborn? No, still born" Danyal au -- VLAD MASTERS THE BITCH HIMSELF

*Points at Vlad* THIS MFER GOT SOME TEEFS TO HIM. !! Okay okay, Vlad Masters in the stillborn au is different compared to most of my other aus in the fact that I am far more heavily leaning into his original ambitions of wanting a family and being desperately lonely. Because you know what wanting a family implies? Wanting to be a parent.

Fucked up father figure that could've been Vlad. Complicated love-hate relationship between the only two halfas in existence.

Danny hates Vlad, but he hates even more that he's genuinely considered his offers of mentorship. Vlad is the only halfa around, and they both have fire cores. Danny has these powers he doesn't understand, can barely comprehend some days, and can't control. But Vlad does. Vlad can. And Vlad wants to help him. He's the only other person who can get close whenever Danny runs too hot. Whenever his igneous hair cracks, splits, and spits back out into magma and his friends can't get close, Vlad can.

His hair is made of magma, which runs so hot that people need specialized suits in order to get near it. He physically cannot get close to the living as a ghost unless he's calm enough for his hair to cool into igneous rock. Which isn't as often as he would like. And sometimes he's too hot for other ghosts to get near unless they have fire cores -- which Vlad has.

There have been many times when Danny's having a meltdown (literally) and gone somewhere to be alone, to let his anger and hurt and loneliness overflow and spill out, that when he's come back to, Vlad's right there with him as an anchor. It's desperately frustrating, it's the only time they can get along. They don't say anything, Danny just turns and clings onto the only person he can touch as a ghost.

Its not fair. Vlad wants to kill his foster dad, and Danny can't let him do that. But he wants to be trained by the man, he wants his help and wants what he can offer. But Vlad can't step away from his revenge long enough to let him. It's just not fair. He thinks for a moment that maybe it could work, and then Vlad does something to remind him that no, it can't.

Vlad Masters sees too much of himself in Daniel Brown -- from the way he holds himself, to the defenses he puts up, his quiet anger that builds and builds and builds until it explodes. That simmers beneath his skin. All the way down to the fact that they have matching cores. This boy is cut from the same cloth as him, and by god does he want to help him. He's always wanted to be a father, and Daniel Brown is too much like him for him to ignore. He genuinely, truly cares about Danny and his wellbeing.

He wants to help him, child just let him help you. Let him kill your foster dad so he can adopt you himself and help with these powers that terrify and intrigue you -- he knows what that's like to have something that you can't control, to have a heat that you can't cool down from. "We're in the same boat you and I, let him help you please."

But his methods are all wrong, and Danny is too much like him -- stubbornness and all -- for him to agree when they oppose each other so greatly. But again, Danny is much like him -- which means that Vlad is equally stubborn, and in every single one of their fights he's parental. He's annoyingly parental. He drops his interest in Maddie to focus his efforts in trying to coax Danny onto his side. It's like trying to get a traumatized cat to trust you, and on some levels it works. It's like he makes some progress, and then moves too quickly and the cat immediately runs off and you have to start back from square one.

TL:DR; Vlad and Danny both want to find family in each other but they're too different to get along and ultimately they are doomed by the narrative to be at constant odds with one another unless one of them is changes, and it doesn't matter who.

[childrenofcain-if]

Damns, I love a mean MC since MC will never allow anyone to push them around but omg, that’s just pure mean for MC lmaoo.

I mean it’s not wrong for MC to suggest that? I get C is too pride to accept the fact they need a cane? Idk, maybe I’m thinking too much of it. Beautiful as always 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hope you get this message. I sent others too but I think Tumblr ate it 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

to be fair, i think it’s a pretty sensitive topic for C and MC will be nicer about it than they were in the previous scenario.

obviously C is very prideful about showing any sort of weakness (it’s why they haven’t even bothered to get a knee surgery yet), but choosing the right words and understanding their perspective will get them to begrudgingly accept that they don’t have to keep rawdogging through the pain.

[saturnvs]

equine therapy starts again today for the first time since … october? nervous 🫠

[lorephobic]

need saltburn to hit streaming because waking up and scrolling thru the tag like its the morning paper just isn’t doing it for me anymore. i want content. i want original thoughts. not chapter 19 of the reader x michael gavey fic that i never wanted to read in the first place

[muninnhuginn]

Thinking about "your weakness is how you always want to be the hero" and how the series returns to this at the end

Li Lianhua hated how he acted as Li Xiangyi and spent years trying to distance himself from it, but ultimately he still fell back into the similar patterns, for all his added experience

His main priority was always to "do the right thing" regardless of how that would impact on those around him. And it *did* impact those around him. From Qiao Wanmian and Shan Gudao as Li Xiangyi to Fang Duobing and Di Feisheng as Li Lianhua

Giving the Styx flower to the emperor so he could use it as leverage to guarantee Fang Duobing and his family's safety. Using the last of his power to save Yun Biqiu. Constantly putting others above himself whilst actively refusing to recognise that his self-sacrificial nature would hurt those he cared about most

And sure, he thinks he's going to die anyway. They're going to be hurt regardless and he can't do anything about that. His odds are low of the Styx flower even working. But ultimately, he refuses to even consider trying. Li Xiangyi has been dead a long time and Li Lianhua is just there to tide things over. What value is the life of a ghost

To the end, he lives and dies a hero. To the end, he refuses to live for himself.

[neo-zone]

I did joke about the custody battle back before the release, but after watching how it actually went down, I can't help but feel really really bad for Yi-kyung. Even after her sacrifice, Yi-su couldn't even safely escape and away from her piece of shit deadbeat dad

And do I need to tell about how much they did her dirty since season 2 and even worse now in season 3? Not even mention of her in the epilogue? Did they just let her corpse rotting to bones in the sewer tunnel? She died while some of those annoying selfish nameless survivors could live for the next day?

#SeoYikyungDeservedBetter

[byler-alarmist]

What scares me most about Byler endgame is the reality of it likely coming out long after the US presidential election 2024.

[mylove-thresher]

I am going to shoot myself in the head

[fumifooms]

Toshiro's nightmare is sooo interesting to think about.

I think it might have happened before Marcille joined their party, otherwise Marcoulle would probably have already known about nightmares already I feel- she doesn't seem to be familiar with them at the end of chapter, but who knows.

Like what would it be about? My first instinct is to say it for sure has something to do with his father. His beef and sentiment of inferiority with him is even the main point Kui highlights on his adventurer’s bible profile, it’s at the center of a lot of his issues….. Maybe he fails at something in his dream or everyone tells him he sucks or such… Kinda like Laios parallels! Ohhh ohh you're letting the family down Toshiro!! Orrr, people die when he was supposed to protect them I could see too— maybe even something to do with the heirdom.

But my favorite? If his nightmare was only a slightly harsher version of his daily life at home. Just him going along doing his routine, training, meeting with his father for extra stress, eating alone a meal that tastes bland, all while Maizuru and others nitpick at all of his little imperfections in his demeanor and choices and acts. Constantly being criticized on every little thing he does wrong... Hold your chopsticks more neatly young master, walk straighter and don’t stare young master, land that blow more cleanly young master, you have to go meet with your father young master. Never taking too long of a break because he still remembers the time one of Maizuru's spirits chased him with a knife.

Living your nightmare... Nightmare that’s just blasé routine you constantly go through, so even though it’s your most hated most dreaded most feared situation you just act as if everything’s normal because to you it is, it is your normal, and he doesn’t even let a crack show.

And like Falin getting to see what it was like for him back home would be so good too. Helping him through it and "Hey, this isn't real, come back to reality with us"... I wonder if it happened before he fell for falin or after... I like to think it happened before. Maybe even early on near when Toshiro joined them, especially since he mostly stayed in the party for her... And listen I have a soft spot for Maizuru, but I do bet if she'd seen his nightmare she would have found ways to judge it whatever it was, maybe throuh coddling her precious baby boy a bit, but if it was the routine theory then I bet she'd would just have been like "yes, of course that's the correct way to raise him. what is nightmarish about this?" Cough cough, the HAG BABYSITTER SPIRIT!!

which is worse: a nightmare where an active enemy is aggressively threatening you, or what appears to be a perfectly normal daily life.

[capricioussun]

Luck and Cue!! I love those guys!

I'll start with what they do! Cue handles the more professional stuff, and inner workings of the family, while Luck is more like an ambassador, checking in on local business they're "partnered" with, befriending even those they're not, doing his best to make Aster a name with predominantly positive association for most.

Honestly not too dissimilar to how the Mafiafell brothers' work dynamic functions, too, except Cue handles the more official publicity type of stuff, and Luck usually handles the, uh. "Sensitive matters".

As for their relationship, it's still pretty good, if maybe a bit more distant than classic US. They do still look out for each other, that loyalty is absolutely still there, but things are just...a little stilted between them. Almost not as close as brothers, sort of more like very good old friends, but not entirely. A little hard to explain, but they do know each other very well, even with the rift that'd grown after having the torch passed to them.

Luck is a bit of a brat and loves to do things for the sole purpose of annoying Cue, however he learned very early on Cue wouldn't bail him out if he really wanted to teach him a lesson and is careful about taking things "too far".

Cue, while caring deeply for his brother, feels like entertaining his more rebellious nature is just coddling or humoring him, and he doesn't want to encourage that, so he can be a bit hard on him, but whose to say that isn't deserved?

They tend to step on each others toes, and neither really wanted to live this kind of life and sort of had it forced on them unexpectedly, but they cope with that in entirely different ways. Though it's still significantly better for both than it'd be if either had to do it alone, that's for sure

[pancakes-talks]

Made a drawing of nico yesterday night and now I can't stop thinking about that goddamn fic that only exists in my head with nico being convinced by Luke into joing his army and living with him for years on the yacht. What started out as what he thought was brotherly love, being protected and cared for, turns into Luke keeping him prisoner in his own room unable to leave the boat even for battles. This happens after a couple of spars with Percy where they loose to him. Luke realizes nico has feelings for Percy and might be prosuaded to leave/betray him [he's still sore about anabeth]. But in the last bought nico was wounded fairly bad and had to take time off for recovery. So luke keeping him on the ship is a mixture of the good side of him still trying to protect his new found family and Kronos in his ear telling him nicos the key to their victory. [I'm reusing Hades plan of stealing the prophecy] since nico is stuck on the ship he trains everyday with Ethan which he has a deep seated hatred for. Ethan feels as though nico took his spot as Luke's right hand man and knight in shining armor. And nico thinks Ethan's a wimpy and whiny lil bitch. (What's this feeling? So shiny and new~)

Jebus there's so many small bits, little fragments to this story I made up in my head, like this shit goes all the way past where luke dies on Olympus and nico is the kid of the prophecy and has to help sink the knife into Luke's heart. nico is broken having to kill the only person he thought ever loved him despite being used as a weapon the whole time. Nico is forced to go back to chb; he has no where else to go. And of course he has to attend Luke's funeral. And the camp needs to celebrate the end of the war. Nico technically was the hero after all, he gave the "villain" his final blow. But the camp doesn't truly celebrate his return. The day is quiet but the atmosphere is suffocating. Nico hides in his cabin for a few weeks. When one day there's a knock on the door. A camper was sent from the big house to do a wellness check up seeing that no one had seen anyone enter or leave the cabin. The inside of the cabin is in disrepair and nico doesn't look much better himself. Will insists that he come to the big house. When nico refuses will rebuttals that it isn't a choice. The orders are from higher up [he flicks around clipboard with a note from chiron] stating he must be brought in for monitoring. To his annoyance nico complies. Nico is situated in a quarantine room since his stay is to be an extended one. Will says it's to ensure his privacy but nico fully knows it's to keep him out of the eyes of other campers. Not everyone is so quick to forgive or forget his actions and being a child of death rings as a bad omen in the infirmary. In the room He has a bed, a dresser, a wardrobe, and a desk. Not much but it's a cosy stay. They set up a rotation for check ins and bringing him food but it seems most volunteers are uncomfortable in his presence. He doesn't blame them. Some nurses he only sees once or twice. Some nurses refuse to see him at all. He can hear them argue through the halls switch patients with others to avoid seeing him. After a few weeks he only recognizes three that continue to tend to him. One, the most frequent to pick up shifts, being the very same guy to bring him here. Will. He's quiet when he comes in, he'll pull up the chair to sit by the bed where nico lays most days staring out the window. The majority of check ups hardly few words are said. Will extend his hand and places it facing upwards on the bed. When nico is ready he gently places his hand in will palm. After a few moments nico takes back his hand and will writes his vitals down on his clipboard. Not all Apollo kids have the skill to read others but fortune for nico will does. Nico never had many visits to the hospital so most medical tools made him uneasy. Nico is also pleased will never forces him to do anything he might not want to. He doesn't pester him with questions or prod him into small talk. He doesn't touch him without his permission. Will just waits, quietly and patiently, until nico is ready. Nico doesn't know if he'll ever be ready to talk about his life on the ship, or in the labyrinth, or in the underworld, or any of his life really. He doesn't know if or when he'll be ready to get up out of bed and be around other people. But he's okay tolerating having will come around and sit with him in silence. He notices the sun shines through his window and warms up his room when will sits with him. He wonders if he can refract sunlight somehow. He wonders if it's aiding in his healing process at all. -

Okay sorry realized how much I was rambling so that's where I'm gonna leave it but SIR! SIR?!?!! THEY MAKE ME ILL!! SIR!!

I'm pretty sure I've shared more of the Luke / ship life for nico in previous posts so I kinda glossed over it here but honestly if anyone wants to hear about it lemme know

[quietwingsinthesky]

luckily i have an immortal assassin oc who can keep showing up to see this shit happen and go ‘why are we doing child soldiers again what the fuck is wrong with you people’ every century

[laurellala-comics]

there are two wolves inside of you. One of them is fretting that you went through all the effort of making a new art account just to pigeonhole yourself once more into a specific fandom, which holds you back from exploring original art concepts that you care about. The other one came up with three separate ace attorney comic ideas in the last hour alone and isn't stopping anytime soon

[kbandtrash]

Okay lol let’s get some fluffy day6 thoughts going because for the 25th valentine’s day in a row I am single :D quarter of a century strong let’s go

Going in age reverse order because I love park sungjin too much to put him first. Best for last baby

Dowoon turns into Clifford the big red dog when you present him with your valentine’s confession treat of choice. Blushing incoherent mess like there are words coming out of his mouth but he’s so happy they’re unintelligible. He asks “this is really for me?” (there is no one else around) and all you hear after that is his excited giggles and that Busan satoori bobbing up and down, and you’re pretty sure he’s telling you he’s liked you for a long time and he can’t believe this is real life, but then out of nowhere he has your gift in one hand and your hand in the other, barely meeting your eyes, and he’s asking you in the sincerest deepest shiest voice possible if that means this is day one

Wonpil takes a minute to form his response but while he does it he’s bouncing on the balls of his feet, hiding his smile behind his hands, finding it hard to even look at you because you just look so dang cute. He finally breaks his silence to tell you exactly that with a grin so wide his cheeks are hurting and he’s afraid his face will freeze like that. He asks if he can hug you and it’s impossible to tell him no and then he holds you so tight you can hardly breathe but he’s just so excited to find out that his crush isn’t one sided that he can’t hold back his affection

Younghyun is floored. He doesn’t even realize he’s coming off as if he doesn’t like you and doesn’t know how to say it—he’s genuinely just surprised because how could he, a master of love songs, not have seen this coming? He meets your eyes, his mouth still hanging open as you awkwardly let your arms drop from offering him your gift, and as he sees you become flustered, he realizes that you think he’s rejecting you. So he stops you by grabbing your hands and asks if you mean it, this isn’t a prank? And the way his smile lights up his entire countenance makes up for his awkward initial reaction

Park Sungjin this silly man. He thinks you’re being friendly. Because he’s just a guy like how could he be the object of your affections? Even when you explain to him that no, you mean it, you like him, you would like to date him, even, he has to sit down for a moment and just say “oh wow!” because he’s not quite used to being Perceived like that. He likes going through life and making connections with people and more than once he’s thought he might like to experience life by your side, and now that the idea of holding your hand could become a reality, well, it’s just a little strange to him. He needs a little more time to think, but it’s not because he’s not sure his answer won’t be yes. He knows it’s yes already, and from the way he looks at you when he tells you this, you know it is too

[rainingincale]

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[getosugurusbangs]

what if i said i actually love too weird to live, too rare to die and think it’s underrated. what then.