#Villainous Valentine Era

[mosneakers]

Villainous Valentine

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@alwaysfreecc @sssvitlanz @cosmickittysfinds @mmfinds @occultradioccfinds

[itgirlmaterial]

[kalloway]

on my hands and knees not just for this lady (my friend Mag's OC, Cammy), but also for people to PLEASE like this on my bluesky because I'm concerned it looks too scary with the label (also it hates transparent PNGs, I have unfortunately learned...) lmfao

im sooooo happy with how it turned out! look at this lady I love to smithereens!!! ;u;

[moot-ramsey]

Happy valentines day everyone, I give you one(1) Proxy!

Sonic 3 spoilers/au stuff under the cut!

This is my design for Stone in his flamboyant villain era post "egg-death." He is for an AU I have with my friend @mt-beast!! In our AU he calls himself Proxy (as in, Proxy to eggman, authorised to act in his place type of deal etc...) and he created Metal sonic from incomplete blueprints that Eggman left behind.

They are very dad and son, Eggman is the father Metal has never met but that Proxy won't shut up about </3

Also this design MAY change? Over time? I've already spent way too long agonizing over him so I've decided just to commit to one look and if I want to change it later I can. This is my house and I get to do whatever I want.

[sashi-ya]

a valentine's mini story 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑼𝑴 trafalgar law x f! reader

🩰 tw: a soft sfw story. spoilers from the last anime episode (not manga). happy valentine's day! 💕 🦢 wc: 923

“I LOVE YOU; I LOVE YOU; I LOVE YOU (NAME)-YA!” “ME???”

If there is something Law has passed are different types of “illnesses”; from amber lead to being feminized against his will. Now, as if that wasn’t enough, the truth serum had been injected into his body and his lips couldn’t get sealed any longer.

Your kneels hit the ground, with widen orbs and opened mouth.

“What- what did you gave him?!” you scream, kicking and trying to be let go. Just two people have fooled you two, and now you are taken hostage by a guy of who knows how many meters tall.

The era of piracy is so full of this random -and annoying- devil fruit users that sometimes it can take you by surprise. Today, was the day a couple of unknown pirates decided to mess with you two.

“Oh, just the Truth Serum. Isn’t it amazing? This fruit came to me like a gift of the Gods!” a lady, quite peculiar, laughs loudly at her victim. Who could have said someone that powerful like Trafalgar Law could be defeated so easily?

Her filthy hand grazes Law’s forehead. He is drenched in sweat, also kneeling down. He is desperate to help you, but her unstoppable tongue can’t stop saying how much he loves you.

And that, to you -but probably not for the rest of the crew if they were there - is surprising.

“He seems to love you, mh? Such good timing for Valentines! Well, then, in order to spare her life, he will cooperate… right? You have those Poneglyph right?” that villainess says, slapping Law’s cheek.

Law feels miserable and absolutely embarrassed; not even his strong Haki can undo the spell of such stupid fruit ability. Or maybe it is also relieving to finally confess to you?  

“Law, don’t- don’t worry- I’ll be fine! Don’t give her shit!” you scream, looking away. You, who are also deeply in love with him but never confessed, can’t look him in the eyes.

“No, I won’t let them touch you any longer. You are mine! I won’t let them hurt you!” he shouts, desperate. Never -and probably ever again- you will hear those words being screamed into the world like the public statement of pure romance.

You dare to cross sights with him, even if in pain as that brute is holding you like a kitten by your shirt collar up in the air. Your gazes are so intense, the world around seems to disappear for a moment. Why it has to be in this situation?

“Law! I am in l-!”

You take a big gasp of air, and when your tongue begins moving, ready to give him your own confession… something happens.

“HAYAAAAAAH!!!”

A big ball of white fur covered in bright orange suit appears to save the day; a strong kick to the back of that villain sends her flying away. Law has enough time to break himself the spell, as well as using a little rock to exchange your body for it.

It doesn’t take much more for Penguin and Shachi to give Law his beloved Kikkoku; a blade he uses to slash -but not hurt- both attackers. They both ask themselves why their heads are floating around detached from their necks, but that’s just a little taste of what it means to mess with a man like him.

Soon enough, and to your amusement, his arm surrounds your waist and quickly he runs away from “the scene”.

A coward? Not really. There was something Law needed to do, now that the truth has seen the light.

“L-Law? Are- are you ok? Stop. Stop!” you demand, asking for him to put you on your feet.

He tries to find the farthest spot; the secluded place possible. It’s enough with you listening to his “pathetic” confession -and the rest of the island too.-

When he finally puts you down, his inked hands run through all of your body. He needs to make sure you are fine. You are, indeed, more than fine… you have just realized he loves you as much as you love him.

“Scan!” he takes Kikkoku to asses your body in depth, but your hand intercepts him from doing so.

“Stop…” you sigh. Again, and as always, he is searching for every single way to avoid speaking about his feelings. “Law… it’s ok, I- I do feel the same…” you murmur, softly pushing the hilt of his katana down.

Law takes a deep breath. He can’t run away. Or he can?

The surgeon ponders the possibility of escaping from there. But wasn’t for his own body acting on behalf of his love, he might have probably done it. Luckily, his hand reaches your cheek, and his feet walk towards you.

“I love you too, Law” you repeat, looking down but still enjoying the delicate touch of his hand. A touch that migrates from cheek to your chin, lifting your head up to encounter your lips with his.

“I didn’t plan for this to go this way, (Name)-ya. I had flowers prepared for tonight… I really planned on confessing tonight; it’s just that my plans always get ruined”

“My sweat Law, when will they let you plan in peace? Did the kiss part came into the original plan?” you ask, coming even closer to his lips.  

“No… I- I actually didn’t think you could-“

“My bad, it seems I am also going to ruin your plans this time. Now please, kiss me and never let me go”

[orionremastered]

Masterlist

Thank you for all the love and support 💖

Key: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Batfam/Batboys, Multifandom

Paramedic Soulmate AU; Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Medical AU; Part One, Part Two

Regency Era AU

Sleeping with the Batboys

911 Texting the Batboys

Batboys Returning from a Long Mission

Batboys with a Disabled S/O

Oblivious

Crowded Coffee Shop

Take Care

Bruises

I Can Love You for You

Batboys dating an Olympic Athlete

Valentines Date

Helping Hand

Just imagine...

Meeting the Family

Wingfic

Villain/anti-hero soulmate

Shifter AU

Golden, Golden Pt.2

Wraith

Rare

[dioslesbianwife]

Here are my headcannons for Jojo villain house and how I think they’d each approach chores

Dio

Refuses to do chores outright. He sees himself as above such menial labor and will either try to manipulate someone else into doing them or make excuses.

If he has to clean, expect a dramatic show of irritation. He’ll use The World to do everything inhumanly fast, pausing time and leaving the room spotless but making sure everyone knows how beneath him the task was.

Biggest offender: Leaving blood filled wine glasses around the house when he forgets about them.

Kars

Insists on having things done “the right way” and will redo someone’s work if it’s not up to his impossibly high standards.

Enjoys organizing. He might spend hours rearranging bookshelves, ensuring they’re sorted by theme, era, and importance to human evolution.

He delegates tasks to others but criticizes their technique endlessly.

Biggest offender: Lecturing everyone about how primitive humans are and how they’ve “desecrated” the art of maintaining a clean space.

Yoshikage Kira

The only one who genuinely enjoys chores- as long as it’s quiet. He finds cleaning therapeutic and uses it as an excuse to stay away from the others.

His favorite chore is folding laundry, particularly because it lets him admire the way hands move as they grab onto fabric, bend, and fold.. He folds everything with military precision.

He despises dirty dishes and will passive aggressively complain about anyone leaving them in the sink.

Biggest offender: The ungodly amount of nail clippings he produces.

Diavolo

Doesn’t do chores, period. He considers them a waste of time and relies on Doppio to handle everything. If questioned, he’ll walk away.

He gets visibly annoyed when the house isn’t clean but refuses to do anything about it himself. If someone confronts him, he’ll use King Crimson to skip the argument entirely.

Biggest offender: Leaving half empty coffee cups everywhere.

Doppio

He takes on messes left by Diavoll without complaint. He tries to stay cheerful, but even he gets overwhelmed when Diavolo’s mess becomes too much. Occasionally, he’ll mutter to himself about how unhelpful the others are.

Enjoys vacuuming because of its repetitive and calming nature, aslo it drowns out the chaos of the house.

Biggest offender: Picking up random items to make his phone calls and leaving them out of place.

Enrico Pucci

Insists on assigning everyone their tasks at the start of the week, using philosophical arguments to convince them that chores and daily routines are part of some higher plan.

He’s efficient but doesn’t tolerate laziness, constantly nagging the less helpful men to pull their weight.

Pucci has a habit of singing hymns while sweeping or mopping the floor, which unnerves everyone.

Biggest offender: Rearranging everyone’s personal belongings to organize the house according to “the Lord’s” standards.

Funny Valentine

Treats chores as a matter of patriotic pride. He gives long winded speeches about how a clean home reflects the strength of the household.

He has a habit of delegating tasks and overseeing them rather than just doing them himself. He’ll help if absolutely necessary but only with "important" jobs like cooking or maintaining the garden.

Obsessively cleans anything that might tarnish his image, like the front porch or living room. He makes sure guests (if they ever get any) think the house is always immaculate.

Biggest offender: He sometimes makes a mess intentionally to test others' "dedication to the cause."

Chore Dynamics in the House

Dio and Kars constantly fighting over who’s more above doing chores.

Pucci trying to convince Dio into participating, only for Dio to scoff and vanish dramatically.

Kira scolding Diavolo for leaving things dirty while Doppio tries to mediate.

Best team: Doppio and Kira. They’re the only ones who actually get things done without complaining.

Worst team: Dio and Diavolo. They’ll spend hours arguing about something and never lift a finger.

Pucci and Kira end up supervising everything like a pair of exasperated parents, while Valentine alternates between helping and giving motivational speeches no one asked for.

[mr-bas00nist]

Hi! can I request Male! Reader with Chris Redfield? it involves the idea below. 👇

Chris had a crush on Reader ever since they met during the S.T.A.R.S era. One fateful day, Chris gets kidnapped and brainwashed via the P30 by Wesker instead of Jill... or did he?

Plot twist: Wesker accidentally picked the wrong P30 and it amplifies Chris' feelings for Reader to the max and so he follows Reader's command instead, much to Wesker's dismay. "Wait- Chris, no! You should obey me, not him!"

Reader's just like, "Chris is still mine, you idiot lol"

he flips the bird at Wesker as he aggressively makes out with Chris lol

That Ass Is (Still) Mine

☠︎︎༒︎✞︎🕸𖤐- Chris Redfield x Male reader

☠︎︎༒︎✞︎🕸𖤐- Cw: gay shit, just fighting, suggestiveness, brainwashing ig but lighthearted shit lol, also more gay shit

Chris had always noticed you. That fun playful guy he’d see in the office. He couldn’t say the amount of times when you weren’t at work he’d immediately be miserable. You could light up the room with your presence. He’d always been obsessed with you.

Not in the creepy way of course! You two would go on missions and you were always quite the skilled one. Close combat, guns, knife work, you could do it all. It was no wonder he was obsessed with you. It was also no wonder knowing you how you comforted him after Wesker’s betrayal.

He was his captain, and Chris looked up to that man. It broke his heart when he betrayed S.T.A.R.S. He made it through though when you swung by just to talk to him. Chris’s eyes trained on your form the whole time. Everything about you was perfect, and after his promotion he was finally able to go on missions with you.

As the years passed and so did more missions, you two were called to the Wesker estate. Where you saw no one but Wesker himself. That asshole was still alive?! You’re kidding! He was fast, so fast he could’ve killed you and Chris in an instant, but he didn’t. He was toying with you.

After he got bored of this though, he grabbed ahold of you. Foolish, foolish, foolish, he would mock. Leather clad hand wrapped tightly around your throat as you grit your teeth at him. That’s when with all fo Chris’s might he rushed towards him. Forcing the man to drop you as he jumped out the window with Wesker.

Which is what brought you to now. On a mission with both Jill Valentine and a woman named Sheva. The two ladies were quite skilled and definitely the teammates you wanted to have. After searching high and low for everything you three needed you came across it. His lair. Wesker’s lair.

That’s when someone clad in a plague doctor like leather suit tackled you all. Wesker coming out of course in his stupid fancy leather outfit. He looked more like a dominatrix in your opinion then a stupid supervillain. Then again, you kept your mouth shut. You peered over to the assistant next to him. Something about them was too familiar.

“So slow to catch on you know?” Wesker retorted to you to which you couldn’t help but roll your eyes. You were honestly just debating if you’d rather hear his villain talk or blow your fucking brains out. But all that changed when he pulled the hood down from the person, revealing Chris.

“Feast your ey-“ you cut him off. “Chris! Holy shit you’re alive!?” You asked incredulously. Both Jill and Sheva looked towards each other confused but also thankful. To be fair Wesker was more angry at you cutting him off then anything else. “Yes, yes, it’s Chris under my control now-“ you cut him off again. “Damn baby, looking good in that suit.”

You had to admit. The tight ass suit left almost nothing to the imagination. You could feel Wesker’s glare through his glasses though. But everyone was caught off guard when they saw Chris rush over to you, with his superhuman speed and tackled you in a hug which knocked you over. You wrapped your arms around his hips as you looked up at him.

He couldn’t resist, his whole body felt on fucking fire as he kissed you passionately. You met his kissed letting out a soft moan as you reached down gripping his ass. Mind you, in front of EVERYONE. “The fuck?” Sheva muttered to herself to which Wesker was broken out his trance. “You’re supposed to be following my command what the hell is this????” Wesker questioned to which you just flipped him off.

You then focused back on Chris though as you two continued to make out with each other. Each letting out groans and moans to which Jill just blinked before laughing. She pinched the bridge of her nose before giving Sheva a pat on the shoulder. “Lets finish this.” She smirked as she turned towards Wesker.

Sheva just laughed shaking her head. “Yeah, while he’s outnumbered.” The two got into their fighting stances to which Wesker just sighed. “Excella must’ve got the wrong p30.” He growled to himself. “Goddammit woman!” He spoke out like she could hear him. He got into his own fighting stance.

And sure, you were interested in what was going on around you, but you were more focused on the sweet peace of ass on top of you. Chris was just happy he finally got the chance to have an excuse to make out with you. Maybe he did have something to thank Wesker for after all.

A/n: this one was fun and goofy to make lmaooo, still writing so stay tuned. Requests will be back open soon enough!

[str8upjorkinit]

Why do you like the brat

(genuinely want to know lmao)

funny you should ask that...

it all started when I saw that one ad where leo was kicking his feet in the bathtub...(big yap warning)

shallowly, he gives power bottom energy. i was prepared to not like him since my friend was further in the game + picked leo bc she thought he looked cunty and quickly found out that she hated him, but my first meeting of him was that ad.... that ad.... hes so like girly and like cutesy and and :3c!! so then i actually met him in the game... hes so girly and cutesy omg, i live for that fake bitch energy. hes so like... pathetic and two faced and cute like....

so basically i have this thing where i yearn for this kind of dynamic where i can overpower him but hes smarter than me and also very interesting so i just let him boss me around. hes so like... weak. and i love his voice i need him to moan in my ear especially when hes being fake and cute bc he wants something from you? "captain~<3 can you please open this bottle for me?~ <3" ugh. fuck. boner. hes such a vixen. hes such a diva.

also him crying... oh my lord LEO CRYING!!! UGHHH. the world's prettiest crier <3 and his goddamn tongue piercing

also like the switch up is hot too, the duality of man <3 my pretty delicate princess!!

psychologically, hes such a fucking wreck and i love that, hes such a bitch, and hes so manipulative, and hes so jealous, and insecure, and such a liar, im so fascinated!!! does he know how awful he is? does he realize how toxic hes being? is he toxic on purpose?? is he a shit friend on purpose? is it a power trip to make sho pay for his food or is he just lazy? i want to know what hes thinking

his relationship with sho is so fascinating too, like its so clear hes scared of losing him but in a way he also hates/loves him. like wdym you have other friends besides me??? you're starting a business??? ugh, ur so lame. and he actively tries to isolate him, is he jealous of sho's popularity? his talents? his social life? or does he hate the things that takes sho away from him?? he also does not give a shit about shos happiness either bc he like badmouthed him to subaru just so subaru could leave him alone... wow... what a fucking asshole... im so invested, drama!!!! also the valentine's day line where he doesn't mention getting anything but sho does,,, it means something no?? dude, like, leo is everything and nothing, i bet he feels so worthless but to make up for that he uses sho and internet validation

hes built like a reality tv character, THE instigator but hes smart about it. hes such an attention whore, like .... regina george... guys real shit i have a mean girl kink /j

leos the type of bitch to flirt with and sleep with his boss to make more money.

ANOTHER THING he has like a weird sense of justice?? like he hates ppl who've made the world shitty (ref to when he jumps off the building) and so him and sho scamming old rich guys is kinda like them being vigilantes? leos kinda like an anti-hero in a way. hes so interesting!!! AHH!!!

omg also hes in his self-destructive era and i need to see how it goes, like will he be a villain? will his life get ruined bc of himself?? will he get punished? will he redeem himself? does he regret his choices??

ngl i tho im actually not romantically interested in him, which is pretty surprising considering how much i like him. im obsessed with him in the most objectifying way possible

but yeah i love my toxic fruit tart boy <333

[letsgobarbs]

Historical Romances & Pedro Pascal

So, a lot of people agreed with wanting to see Pedro Pascal in a Historical Romance. I agree, agree, agree with all the Jane Austen heroes. They could remake all the Austen movies and star him as the lead and I would watch them and pass them on to my children like heirlooms. But as an avid reader of Historical Romances, I thought to share a few books that made me think of him. I've read these recently, or re-read them recently so this is off the top of my head.

Note: The heroes of these books don't physically resemble Pedro Pascal but based off of the vibes of the book it made me think of a few of his characters. Feel free to take this as a book rec if you are interested in reading Historical Romances. But most importantly, I hope this helps bring some inspo to some very creative writers who would want to make something out of this. And if you do, PLEASE tag me <3

Joel Miller as Gabriel from Tempting Fate By Kerrigan Byrne 

Gabriel was disfigured in the fighting pits when he was young and is now the head of a smuggling syndicate. He ends up really liking the Heroine, Felicity, who is painfully shy and introverted, when he saved her life once. Felicity unexpectedly becomes an heiress and people are dying to marry her— and she’s getting threatening letters. He ends up interviewing to be her bodyguard, and she hires him without any struggle— it might be because her glasses were broken, and she couldn’t see just how disfigured he was. 

Joel Miller as William Nye from A Bride For The Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath

JOEL MILLER AS A PRIZEFIGHTER. JOEL MILLER BOXING IN THE RING. He runs a disreputable inn called the The Merry Harlot. And marries a fucking school teacher to get his inheritance. He is also unfortunately caught up with smugglers. The heroine’s dad died and her half-brother marries her off to get her off his hands and basically threatens Will to do it if he wants his property. He’s surly and secretive and so very broad and handsome. And she’s is clutching her pearls and being so hardworking I wanted to give her a hug and a kiss. This one is Victorian era and with middle-class, not-so-rich characters instead of the Lord and Ladies of the ton.

Dave York as Valentine from Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt

The summary of the book describes him as devastatingly handsome. Vain. Unscrupulous. Need I say more? He’s a villain— like literally, in the other books of the series, he is a villain. At one point, he holds a gun to the Prince of England to end his exile. He’s funny. He’s hilarious. He makes me giggle and twirl my hair. He falls in love with his housekeeper— who is secretly the illegitimate child of someone important. She was in his house to gather incriminating evidence against him to protect her mother. The book was sexy, steamy and it made me think of Dave York.

Marcus Pike as Turner from The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn (the author of Bridgerton)

Oof, this one was angsty. Miranda has been in love with her best friend’s older brother since she was a child— ever since he was so very kind to her after she was bullied for her plain looks. But he’s not so kind anymore, he’s bitter after the death of his wife. And he was burned because of her betrayals. He had been young when he got married to her, thinking she was carrying his child (but she was not). He’s attracted to Miranda, and selfish enough to sleep with her. He does the honourable thing and promises to marry her as well. But she doesn’t want him without love. And even when she is forced to marry him (he chases after her all the way to Scotland)— her husband can’t muster up the words of love she so desperately wants to hear, even if it is just empty words. 

Marcus Pike as Adam from To Wed A Wicked Earl by Olivia Parker

This one was really cute. Adam is a rake— and his grandma threatens him with his inheritance! He will be utterly penniless if he doesn’t get married immediately. He fakes getting married to the one woman he has always loved— but she would never want a rake like him… Plus, she was part of this big competition to marry his friend. Charlotte is a wallflower, who was unfortunately very publicly rejected at said public competition. She believes Adam would never want a wallflower like her. So she strikes up a friendship with him and decides to help him get together with the woman she thinks he loves— her neighbour. They were friends to lovers.

Note: I have more. I HAVE MORE. I just need to dig into my Goodreads. But, boy, do I have so many.

[deconstructivesurgery]

I saw someone online recently discuss the reality of Wesker not killing Chris or Jill permanently in any of the RE games because

A) as per usual, long-running series hate to kill their darlings, even when it would occasionally be a believable or satisfying death (plot armor, because people would get mad and mald if their faves were killed by the Villain(tm) they're supposed to shoot dead)

and

B) "well REALISTICALLY it would be SO easy for wesker to kill them because of how strong/fast/etc. he is so point A is the only believable and acceptable answer because obviously they couldn't have killed Chris or Jill off"

and like no dude I get it totally you are right. I can't even argue that you're incorrect you 100% are. I could rightfully argue that realism doesn't matter when it's far more enjoyable to NOT have Chris or Jill dead, especially when their deaths would serve no real compelling narrative purpose except (:() HOWEVER

If you're willing to hear me out, there's an explanation for Wesker never entirely killing either of them for reasons that turn plot armor into something as simple as believable characterization.

Nostalgia. Literally. Just. Nostalgia.

He avoids killing them outright because once upon a time, these people meant something to him. He saw WORTH in them, valued them, possibly even to the extent of finding it difficult to try and sacrifice them initially (something I am going to go ON about in another long ass post soon enough). TLDR: He was attached.

Long ass post underneath if you want to hear me blather on about why I think this :)

After his initial failed attempt to have them all killed because Umbrella commanded it, I'm not surprised he simply settled for toying with them for the most part. He doesn't need to, and more importantly- doesn't want to. He can never have their allyship back, but he can still see them in action. He can best them, sure- but why would he kill them when he still savors those interactions, when they clash? Why would he destroy the last pieces of a past he's attached to to the point of bringing it up constantly up until his death?

I've always found it funny how many lines Wesker actually has referencing the past. You were my best man, your 'partner' (said snidely in reference to an era where they were in the same squad) is in danger, I should've killed you years ago, etc.

And just the line. The fucking line. From the Umbrella chronicles. I'm not even going to retype it I'm just putting it here.

I understand, by the way, that he's being sarcastic, but I do genuinely believe there's a grain of truth in this. I think he does in fact want to see them survive.

Side note: What with his appraisal of their skills and his direct use of Jill's own blood later to temper Uroboros to make it less fatal, I love to make the mental stretch here that somewhere in his little ape brain he was hoping if infected with uroboros both would be "quality" enough to become like him. I think his ideal future still has them kicking around in it, viable hosts for uroboros mutation so they could join him in his new Minecraft server for cool people.

ANYWAYS tangent aside back to the nostalgia argument, on an individual basis this time. We're starting with Jill, because even though Wesker isn't an obsessive freak over her like he is with Chris, I still firmly believe he's attached to her as well.

Why else would he do what he did to her, after her presumed death via falling-off-a-cliff? Sure, you could argue it was simply a calculated decision based on the fact that he knew her blood would be useful, but I like to think of it a bit differently.

You crash into the rocky water below a tall, tall bluff, battered beyond belief- but quickly repairing yourself- and the body of another (probably also fucked up by that impact, and not capable of immediately fixing that) next to you. I don't think even Wesker would be doing mental math in his head at that very moment, considering the precise reasons why Valentine might be valuable to him down the line. I think he just automatically assumes he needs to take her with him because it's her. She gets dragged out of the water and slapped into medical care as quickly as he can manage it simply because she's an important part of that past he refuses to move on from. A part of the team. Then, she's a useful source of antibodies to help with the transformation of uroboros- but she's also a brainwashed bodyguard, something of a sidekick. Why? He could hire someone. He could use anyone. If she was useful for samples alone, he could've kept her in a cell for years to intermittently steal a few ounces of blood. But of course he wouldn't, and he wouldn't kill her or dispose of her otherwise, either- because Jill Valentine was skilled and strong and a dedicated team member, and maybe- just maybe- it's nothing short of satisfying to have her fighting at his side again, even if it's a facsimile of their old team dynamic. Plus, you know: bonus points that it'd horrify Chris to see his best friend and beloved work partner of many years through thick and thin working for him, when they inevitably clash again.

And then, of course, there's Chris. He beats him senseless only to piss off over very mild retaliations, promising to meet him again. You've probably heard a lot about that before. I could go on about that. But what I'd rather go on about instead is the one time he clearly determines that killing Chris for good is necessary, and that's in RE5.

...And look at how he talks during that. He brings up the "should've killed you years ago" thing- and fails to explain why he didn't. It wasn't due to any failure on his part, truly. He's beat Chris in combat several times, he's had the chance before and refused to take it. He asks Chris why he can't *understand his plans*, as if somehow expecting that there'd be a chance that he WOULD understand- and then what? He wouldn't need to kill him? Could get him to be a part of this new world he has planned, even?

Going over the times he could've killed Chris and didn't is fun, but I don't think anything illustrates my point of unwilling attachment and nostalgia for the past more than his gambit of literally asking "why can't you understand this" to the man he's actively attempting to bludgeon upside the head with virus tentacles, because he'd much prefer it if he didn't feel compelled to do that.

...so yes. At the end of the day, it's plot armor that prevented Chris from getting snapped like a stick during one of their brawls, or from Jill being dead after her cliff stunt, probably. But it's always going to be more fun- to me at least- to see it as the product of Albert Wesker genuinely not knowing how to let go of those "lovely stars members" (a line I think about way more than I should).

[aquagirl1978]

Fanfiction

Smile For Me (NSFW)

Beautiful Nightmare (NSFW)

Come Back to Me

Ascension (NSFW)

Mine (Be My Valentine) (NSFW)

Just Like That

Cherry Blossoms

Endless (NSFW)

Satin and Lace (NSFW)

Rose Red

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Shades of Grey

Live Laugh Love (NSFW)

My Cookie

A New Era

A Bunny for a Bunny

Forbidden Fruit (NSFW)

The Moon Darkens

Cinnamon Kiss

Seduction (NSFW)

Sanctuary (NSFW)

Fear

Warming Hands

Longing for the Love We Left

My Shining Star

Memories (NSFW)

To Love a Villain

Once Upon a Dream

Secrets and Lies

Stalker Tango

Alone Together

Dreams and Memories Fade Away

Beautiful Dreams

Maid for a Day (NSFW)

Lightning Crashes (NSFW)

Bad Romance

Little Lies (NSFW)

Do You Believe Me Now

Disarm (NSFW)

What Was I Made For? (NSFW)

Headcanons

Women's Lingerie - Do they wear it and what would they wear? (ALL)

Suitors react when MC gifts them a plushie of their crest animal - Part 3 (Sariel, Rio, Gilbert, Keith, Silvio)

Suitors React to a Sick MC - Part 3 (Gilbert, Keith, Silvio)

Jealous Princes - Part 3 (Gilbert, Keith, Silvio)

Suitors Reaction to Finding a Toy in Your Room (Chevalier, Clavis, Nokto, Luke, Rio, Gilbert)

Dream Wedding (Chevalier, Gilbert)

Grocery Shopping (Chevalier, Gilbert)

Kisses (Gilbert, Keith, Silvio)

Suitors Reactions to a Curvy MC (Gilbert, Keith, Silvio, Jin)

Suitors as Vampires Biting MC for the First Time (Chevalier, Gilbert, Keith, Silvio)

Suitors Reaction to an MC with a Second Personality (Gilbert, Keith, Silvio)

Suitors React to Finding Out Belle is Pregnant (Gilbert, Silvio, Keith

Taking Suitor's Gloves Off (Gilbert, Rio, Chevalier)

Suitors Reactions to Attending a Baseball Game (Act 2 Suitors)

Suitors Reaction to MC Wearing a Bunny Costume (Clavis, Gilbert, Luke)

Spending New Year's Day Together (Chevalier, Clavis, Nokto, Gilbert)

Suitors Reactions to an MC with Galaxy Eyes (Gilbert, Silvio, Keith, Yves, Clavis)

General Yandere Headcanons (Chevalier, Keith, Gilbert)

Suitor's Reaction to Receiving a Valentine's Day Gift (Chevalier, Clavis, Gilbert)

Suitor Hugging You from Behind (Clavis, Gilbert, Chevalier)

[celestialpaperhaze]

Nobody asked but the last post got me thinking, so here's a VTSOM playlist I made! Most of the songs are for Vincent or Blakeworth but some of them are Myers Corporation themed. I also like to build my playlists with a narrative, so if you listen in order you'll basically experience the plot in timeline order...

TRACKS WITH EXPLANATIONS BELOW THE CUT!

Because my method of building playlists is like making a story, some of the tracks are included for lyrics, some are included for vibes, and some are just there because my brain likes envisioning movie soundtracks. That said, the order of the songs is very deliberate and there is A Vision!

Tracks 1-3 (One, Treehouse, Valentine): Vincent's college era and his relationship with Victor.

Tracks 4-6 (The Fine Print, Redesign Your Logo, Digital Silence): About the Myers Corporation.

Tracks 7-9 (20 Waltzes, Best Friend^2): More Blakeworth.

Tracks 10-14 (Rest Employed, Seance, What Have You Become?, Feed The Machine, Paranoid Android): The G4 cyborg incident and Vincent's...entanglement in it. In my head the nightmare begins with Seance.

Tracks 15-17 (Through the Valley, Cop Car, Star): The revenge arc begins, but also a little Blakeworth at the end.

Track 18 (Reverie): An interlude.

And everything afterwards is just various songs outlining different parts of Vincent's villain arc.

The playlist is 2 hours long in total, so if you listen to it in full thank you, and I hope you enjoy because that takes dedication!

[mosneakers]

Storytelling Secrets

Not sure if I'm doing this right or if there's even a right way to do this, but here's 5 secrets I can clue you in on, from the foreseeable My Darling Universe 🔮

thank you for tagging me, @zosa95!

Someone takes on a new identity

A main character enters their "villainous valentine" (hoe) era, and no partnered sim is safe 💅👀

Back on the night when Brick threw his Spooky Day Party, in RWF season 2, we know love was in the air for some couples, most notably Selene + Lou, but I can confirm at least three fated-mates pairs were written in the stars that evening...

When it comes to naming babies, some Darling family members go to some rather shady lengths to find the perfect name... even if it means stealing from another relative's list 😬

Best friends' brotherhood is truly tested, and pushed to the limits, as they face betrayal...twice.

feel free to play if you have some secrets of your own to divulge!

[gaijin-fujin-resonance]

Japanese Fan Survey

Possibly the hardest thing I have had to do in ages...

There is currently a Buck-Tick fan suvey running on twitter under the hashtag #BUCKTICKベストソング2025 - it's run by the user K O R E - check their pinned post for the rules.

So... my 30 Favorite B-T songs! (Not 'The Best' - just favourite.) Sorted in chronological order (according to the rules of the survey):

HYPER LOVE ICONOCLASM スピード Deep Slow 相変わらずの「アレ」のカタマリがのさばる反吐の底の吹き溜まり Ash-ra 螺旋虫 囁き MY FUCKIN' VALENTINE Baby, I want you. CHECK UP 王国 Kingdom Come LIMBO Mona Lisa Continuous Memento Mori Solaris El Dorado FUTURE SONG -未来が通る- Gustave ノスタルジア - ヰタ メカニカリス - 光の帝国 ケセラセラ エレジー Villain 恋 Mugen Loop SUBROSA Rezisto TIKI TIKI BOOM

For the first round, I went through my Spotify faves (over 100 songs liked) for the first round, and dumped my favourites of the favourites into a playlist. I think that playlist was about 50 songs?

The second round of elimination, I did my best to cut it down to no more than 3 songs per album. (It was interesting to discover the albums with the most fave-faves at 4 each: Mona Lisa Overdrive (my canonical Favourite B-T album); Sexy Stream Liner and Atom Futurist No.9) That got me to 40 songs. I also did my best to remove 'doubles' - that is, where there were 2 tracks that are extremely similar, I tried to pick the one I liked more.) That got me to 35.

Then I went and listened to the two albums that are not available on Spotify, and realised I definitely wanted to pick Dada Disco. Which meant that I had to prune my list by 6 songs. Maybe the songs that didn't make it are more interesting than the songs that did?

-Chikashitsu no Melody -Kodou -Lizard Skin no Shoujo -Hamushi no Yō ni -THE FALLING DOWN -BOY Septem Peccata Mortalia (this one was the hardest cut - it caused me PAIN to cut this one, especially as it won out over PINOA ICCHIO, but it came down to a death match between BOY and Memento Mori. So I put both on repeat play and several times I was able to work and ignore BOY, but I snapped out of inattention every time MM came on, so I think I liked that one more?)

...

Things that surprised me:

-I thought I liked 'The Imai Songs' but it turns out that I like duets between Imai and Sakurai more than Imai solo performances? -I'm not just being contrarian for the sake of it; I do actually love late period (2010s and 2020s) B-T more than the "Classic 90s Era" -my sweet spot is not the RAWK songs or the purely electro songs - what I like best is the hybridity of the two: big abrasive guitars on top of disco beats

Anyway, I had fun. I think KORE is running it for another week, so if this is the sort of thing you would enjoy, go and check it out.

[the-mercurial-star-o-vesper]

Look, I'm gonna be stubborn, and always promote the idea that Nick Valentine is the unequivocal good guy of Fallout 4 (...backstory issue regardless).

But the way Fallout 4 handles its environment... Always, Always, Always, makes Everyone villainous.

( Honestly, its an issue with Bethseda's entire era of Fallout. )

Once you've played through Fallout 4... How many people did you slaughter, exactly?

There were more raiders than farmers and settlements in FO4, you might have to come to the conclusion that the norm really is raiders and there's probably a good reason why there are so many raiders. And by the end of FO4, you just slaughtered hundreds of people.

And nearly every companion will slap your back and tell you its a good thing.

Now, that's not the fault of the companions. That's not even the fault of the non-hostile settlements of the commonwealth (maybe).

But you can't kill hundreds of people, and still be the "good" guy at the end of it. No, no amount of moral reasoning justifies it, sorry, hundreds of people is dead with their corpses stripped of resources and left to rot.

Now, this isn't to discourage Gamers. Don't worry, I know its just a game and the only option is to perform the above--and yeah, it can be really fun facing of against virtual enemies.

This is a dig at the Writing, who tries to promote a message of hope and inner goodness, whilst mowing down hundreds of in-game entities, that technically, should also have a chance at the hope In Story.

You don't rebuild from an apocalypse by going "oh we don't want Those Kinds of People"-- You're in the apocalypse, they are your sorts of people, because they're the only ones Left.

And if there's hundreds of them--maybe the problem isn't them, maybe the problem is with your settlements that have, less than half-a-hundred people.

You should, absolutely, be capable of convincing a Raider to not only backdown, but rethink their life. Perhaps joining one of you settlements. Now there's always going to be people who won't--but you, as the Player and the Player Character, should always have the Option of Peace talks.

The issue with the Bethseda Era, is that it profits off the Wasteland too much to make any significant changes to it. Its not going to bother much with making peace and rebuilding, because that means the profit is over.

It, as the "New Fallout", defeats the message of Old Fallout (FO1 / FO2 / FONV), by ensuring that "War" (which the Wasteland is a kind of symbolic metaphor for) is constant. Its not that wasteland never changes--its that wasteland is never going to stop, and the violence is profitable.

That's not the message they promote at all, of course... but that is the Message that occurs regardless, by the actions they write and program in.

Old FO's message was that "War never Changes... But People do by the paths they walk"

New FO's message is, "War never stops... And the benefit is the violence."

... Of course its just a video game at the end of the day. If it doesn't speak to you, it just doesn't speak to you, and who cares.

The best thing I can say about Valentine, is that he does, in fact, try. Even if its just a companion-character spitting out random battle lines whilst facing permanently hostile enemies.

At least he tries, in the brave new world, with such game coding.