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technically-human · 7 months ago
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Welcome to the reverse verse! This is part 1 of 2 of a commission for @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are and I can't wait to tell you all about it, because I'm incapable of being normal and chill about these concepts, so I ran with it.
Charles Rowland was born in 1900, his mum was from India and moved to the UK after marrying Charles' dad, a soldier who was not... very loving. Charles' heritage gave him some problems, but none as bad as that one time in 1916 when he was sacrificed to a demon and spent the next 7 decades in Hell. He doesn't like to talk about it, except when it can get him what he wants. He was always an angry boy, or so he thought, but after his time spent in Hell, it became so much worse. He's explosive and unpredictable, and so he mostly avoids conflict. He doesn't need to fight anyone, as his charming personality and sweet smile (plus a few smart calculations) always seem to be enough to convince people to give him what he asks for. And when the fight is inevitable... well, he has Edwin for that!
Edwin Payne grew up very sheltered, in a deeply religious home, and he is proud of that. Don't try to argue with him, because he surely has a Bible verse that will help him win (and if not, he is not above using his croquet mallet now that he has someone to keep safe). Unfortunately for him, he realized at a quite young age that he felt attraction towards other boys. Even worse, somehow other people could tell as well, including those peers that ended up killing him for it (the rumour spread throughout school was that he had died due to AIDS, and most people just accepted it). He never acted on those unnatural urges of his, but when he met this ghost who had just escaped Hell... he decided not to risk eternal damnation, and to stay here with Charles, instead. Edwin has no interest in the supernatural or in magic, and sort of looks down on them, but luckily his friend's got that covered.
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teratomatica · 26 days ago
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you always land on all fours
#umineko#umineko spoilers#ikuko hachijo#ikukos turn for a more serious piece... the old man has reigned for too long#now. INCREDIBLY LONG INCOHERENT TAGS RANT INCOMING FAIR WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN:#it makes me so so sad how little discussion there is about specifically ikuko because imho she fits so neatly into a lot of the more#overarching Big Themes of the game in a way that i have not ever really seen people take notice of or point out in a meaningful way#like even just off of the top of my head. the significance of names and what it means to go by a name that's Not Yours (she has like 4+)#what it Means to be a witch how it represents a person's deepest insecurities and flaws & how its at its core a coping mechanism#the fact that it takes two to create a universe and trying to do it on your own anyways has the capacity to bring you intense misery#^ (how she's shown to be extremely dismissive of her own work and skill until a collaborator comes into her life and helps/encourages her)#and even the family/patriarchy/misogyny stuff that is so prevalent in the rest of the game comes back around to her. even her Only Friend#(young&stupid atp to be fair) remarks that shes Weird for being unmarried + the little she does say about her past invites the question of#to what extent her self-image stems from her family deeming her a freak outcast & effectively disowning her while celebrating her brothers#and i have lot in my mind about the witch thing specifically because i think her particular situation is very reflective of what umineko's#entire magic system and fantasy facet as a whole is meant to represent for an individual. from what little we see of (what is presumably)#her Real personality she is shown to be deeply self conscious in a way that is JARRINGLY diametrically opposed to both 1.) what we see in#featherine and 2.) what we see when she is acting as a Public Figure. because both of the above are very much purposeful acts that she is#putting on in order to obfuscate her true self. and i have always been very resolute & adamant about not totally equating her to featherine#not only because im very firmly in the camp of “featherine is the avatar of the Pen Name & tohya is part of her too” but also very much b/c#i feel very strongly that the stark differences between the two are very centrally relevant to her character & her psyche. as is the case#with most other witches featherine's personality traits serve to reveal/magnify a lot of ikukos inner workings by playing on her#insecurities/reversing them e.g. ikuko being very quick to downplay her skill/achievements becomes featherine being the COMPLETE opposite#to the point where she barely registers even other witches as living beings rather than just fun touys. BUT even though i do champion the#ikuko/featherine separation so hard i ALSO think it is purposefully relevant that at first glance the line between them seems so blurry#her introduction implying a more nebulous separation between her reality/fantasy counterpart is i think is an intentional move on her part#like it is part of the front she is putting up when acting as the Author. as opposed to Ikuko the person who we (in a way ironically very#similar to the way that the Real Battler is presumably only shown during the boatscene) only very briefly get to see take up screentime#which even on a meta level lines up very well with her apparent underlying nature as a like. extremely private largely reserved/shy person#hit tag limit but if by some miracle anyone is still reading this thank you... please see ikuko with the love she deserves... ok ily byeee
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drawnfamiliarfaces · 3 months ago
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🎊Happy New Lunar Year! 🎊 Year of a Wooden Snake 🤎🐍🤎
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Wooden Snake made me think of XS beloved headcanon of Jermaine being Dragon of Wood element and I just couldn't resist! ;3
design is absolutely based on @wei-smiler 's amazing Jermaine post (he looks so fly in their style!)
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yunyin · 1 year ago
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Not pictured: Marinette taking a bite of one to prove they're not poisoned or anything
I haven't talked about it that much but I loved the Paris Special!! I think afterwards they're going to be in Hesperia's hideout as a little team and making friends. Like the batfam
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zoe-oneesama · 2 years ago
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Good of you to step up, Chat.
Episode 45 Part 12
First < Previous > Next
Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5
Ep 41, Ep 42, Ep 43, Ep 44, Ep 46, Ep 47
Bonus:
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Take 5
Ko-fi | Patreon
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fishareglorious · 1 month ago
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the momentary beef between kakania and greta before everything goes to shit is my everything. can i have twenty more of these two just at odds with each other over the arts.
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miss0atae · 3 months ago
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There is something about how Karan looks at Kliao that is so striking. The way her eyes are always getting softer when they are together (alone). You see how she had all these moments to fall in love with her again and again. She met her in her dreams, fell in love with her, saved her (and will probably continue to do so) and her feelings are as strong as ever.
I don't want her to be cautious. From what I get, she is either doing it because she wants Kliao to come to her slowly at her own pace or she is doing this to protect her. Karan is totally the protective person she appears to be. Let's forget being cautious, I want her to be bold.
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transingthoseformers · 2 months ago
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There's a certain brand of angst with the Megatron (war era / post war era) x Orion Pax (pre-war era) brand of megop
Crunchy stuff to me
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sulky-cabbage · 11 months ago
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AU: Where Sukuna Wins
Part 1
Part 2 here
Imagine an alternate universe in which Sukuna triumphs, dominates over Japan, and endures a lonely existence for many centuries, while allowing some humans to live.
They hold a grudge against him, of course, and want to kill him. They train at Jujutsu High and have some great fighters that occasionally provide Sukuna with some entertainment. 
They are so desperate for salvation, they can only find solace in prophecies about a figure with powerful blue eyes that will defeat the king of curses and rescue Japan.
And do you know what Sukuna does in response to that? One might expect him to go full Pharoah mode and kill newborns, but NO!!
HE DOES THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE !!
Whenever he ravages a village and devours the women and children, he ALWAYS spares the blue-eyed infants.
All the curses know better than to kill an infant with blue eyes. The last time a curse did that, Sukuna made sure to make an example of it.
Killing a member of the Gojo clan is also off limits, as well as anything that could delay the reincarnation of this certain person.
These humans are not the only ones waiting for salvation.
Sukuna is also WAITING...for his wretched existence to end at the hands of this person.
The ONLY one worthy of having the honor to do so.
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unfinishedslurs · 11 days ago
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every robin gets a freebie
reverse robins in the aftermath of the death of filipe garzonas
A CD was in the mail within the next week, blank but for a note that slipped out when the envelope was opened. You should really trust in your birds more often, B. Learn from your mistakes for once. 
Jason felt bile in his throat. It was body cam footage, blurry and half obscured, of Robin and Garzonas on the roof. Footage that still clearly showed Garzonas taking a too-far step back, Robin lunging to reach him, and then…
But that’s not what happened, Jason doesn’t say. His tongue feels swollen and thick in his mouth. 
Batman takes off the cowl solemnly. “Jaylad,” he says. “Jason. I’m so sorry for doubting you. I never should have…”
He can’t be here anymore. He can’t be in this cave, can’t stand Bruce looking at him like that, can’t stand to even be in the vicinity of the Robin uniform he no longer deserves. 
He bolts for the exit.
“Jason!” he hears Bruce call, but he doesn’t stop. He can’t. Not even when he nearly runs into Alfred, not when Damian tries to grasp his arm, not when Duke asks him what’s wrong or when Tim yelps in surprise and drops his cane jumping out of the way. He just runs, out the manor door and into the night. 
For a split second the figure on the roof is overlaid with Gloria. Beautiful, resigned Gloria, who was so scared of what Felipe would do to her that she would do anything to stop it. 
Then he blinks, and he’s on the rooftop with the Spoiler. 
“Relax,” Spoiler says, “I’m not gonna jump. I'm only three steps into my five-step plan for world dominance. Can’t leave that unfinished. Imagine the paperwork.”
“I dunno.” Jason’s hands are shaking. “You seem like the kinda freak who would enjoy that.”
Spoiler lowers her mask, and Stephanie Brown smiles at him. 
“How did you do it?”
“Do what?”
“You know.” His voice wavers. “You know. You know what I did. How did you…why did you…what was the reason?”
“Does it matter?”
“Yes!”
“Call it tradition then, I guess.” Steph sounds almost amused. “Robin’s flock together.”
“But you don’t like me.”
“Who told you that?”
No one, but she doesn’t exactly go out of her way to talk to Jason. He just kind of assumed. 
Tim’s awkward around him. Sometimes they’re fine, like when he wandered into the library where Jason was and asked if he wanted to get ice cream together. Other times he wouldn’t see him for three weeks. Jason tries not to think about the nights Tim has had dreams that left him cackling loud enough to wake Jason up the couple times he’s stayed the night at the Nest, or the things he heard Tim shout about little birds and broken nests when he was fear gassed. 
It kind of sucks, being your brother's biggest trigger. 
(Those three weeks may be a case of mutual avoidance, but Jason will never admit it.)
When he doesn’t say anything, Steph sighs. “How much do you know about when I was Robin?”
“Uh,” he says, caught off guard, “not much, I guess?” He knows that it was because something was going on with Tim. That’s about it, really. He asked once, when he was still new to Robin and the Manor. He didn’t ask again after he saw the look on Tim’s face. 
“Bruce didn’t really want me. Damian didn’t think I was worthy of the mantle, and took every chance he could to remind me. Tim was pissed at me for it. None of them wanted me there, and I tried so hard to prove them wrong. To be the Robin I knew I could be.”
That…can’t be right. The few times he had asked about Stephanie Brown, Tim had nothing but good words to say. Bruce and Damian spent so much time wallowing in their regrets it was insane. For her to say nobody wanted her there, when her absence was a shadow that followed them constantly around Wayne Manor, was baffling. 
Steph looks down at the helmet in her hands. “All I wanted was their approval, and it made me stupid. I overestimated myself. That’s how you get killed in this game, kid. Don’t get too cocky for your britches, and all that.”
Jason is shaking again by the time they get to the Nest. He hesitates at the window, sending a pleading look to Spoiler that she completely ignores ushering him in. 
Tim spins around in his tricked out gaming chair, frown pulling oddly against the wide scars on his cheeks. He flicks his comm off. “Steph?” Then his eyes found Jason. “Jason! Thank God, we were starting to get worried about you. Duke told everyone to give you space, but…”
His mouth is too dry to say anything in response, so he just shrugs. Tim tilts his head, examining him, before looking at Spoiler questioningly. 
She takes off her mask again, lowering her hood and shaking out her hair. “We need some help,” she explains, and nudges Jason forward. 
He stays stubbornly in his place, head tilted towards the floor. Steph sighs. “If you don’t tell him,” she says, “I will.”
He whips his head around. “You promised!”
“My name is literally The Spoiler.” She bares her teeth at him. “I get that you’re nervous, kid, but I do not have time for this.”
“For what?” Tim says. God, Tim’s going to be like a dog with a bone with this. He’s never met a mystery he didn’t want to solve. “Just tell me what’s going on.”
“I killed Filipe!” He blurts out and freezes, moving immediately to hide behind Spoiler. She doesn’t let him, grabbing his shoulder and holding him firmly to the spot. 
Tim gapes at him. “You…” he trails off, slowly turning to Steph, who holds his gaze steadily. “The footage?”  
“I have connections.”
“Of course you do.” He rubs a hand over his face. “How are we playing this?
What?
“We keep going along with what’s been presented to him,” Spoiler responds without hesitation. “B’s paranoid, but he’s also the king of denial. There’s no doctoring on the tape itself, he won’t look any deeper.”
“And Damian?”
“Like he gives a shit.”
“True,” he admits. “Duke wouldn’t care enough to check either way, so that just leaves Cass.”
Steph swears. “Fuck, Cass. Do you think she’ll say something?”
“Yes. Ugh, yes she will. Fuck.”
“Think you can talk some sense into her?”
“Maybe.” He squints at Jason. “I’ll probably play up the ‘ridden by guilt’ and ‘will never happen again’ angle. He definitely reads it.”
“What the hell are you two talking about?” Jason finally says, lungs fighting for air. “I—I killed someone!”
“Not according to Bruce, you didn’t.” Tim tells him. 
“You want me to lie?”
“Yes.”
He looks at Steph imploringly, begging her to explain, but she doesn’t even look at him. “Chill out, kid,” she says, “We all get a freebie.”
“Damian got more than a freebie,” Tim points out. 
“He’d tell you it was his right as the blood son.”
“Stop joking!” He shouts, chest heaving for air. “Just—stop it! Why aren’t you telling Bruce? Why are you making plans to lie to him? What’s wrong with you?”
Tim exchanges a heavy look at Steph, before reaching his hand out to Jason. Jason takes it, trembling. 
“Plenty of vigilantes have to make hard choices when it comes to stopping people the law can’t touch,” he tells Jason gently. “I work with people who all choose different things. When it comes to people like Garzonas, who will keep doing it over and over with no remorse…it’s not a method I recommend, but sometimes there’s only one way to stop them. If Robin made that choice, I wouldn’t blame him.”
He can’t stop the tears from welling in his eyes, because this is Tim Drake saying it. Damian was the first Robin, yeah, and Steph left her undeniable mark with her cheer and wit, but Tim wore the mantle twice. He made it into something new, something a bit brighter in the dark nights. Then, after Steph, he made it into a memory. Bright yellow for her hair. Red for Superboy. Even after they both came back Jason wore their colors, because Robin was persistence, and spirit, and clever words followed by hard punches, and bravery and a million other things, but it was also hope and love and remembrance for the lost. 
He wouldn’t forget that. “Why are you so okay with this?”
“You know I’ve had to make that choice too.”
Jason almost laughs, but refrains. He’s heard the stories. “Never sounded like much of a choice.”
“It was.” His eyes snap to Tim’s at the sudden edge to his voice, and Tim meets his eyes carefully. “I was fully aware of what I was doing. It’s not something I’ll ever do again, but it was my choice, and I won’t have that taken from me.” 
“I don’t think I can be Robin anymore.”
“Well, we all have to give it up sometimes.”
“Are we really doing this?” Tim asks, after he thinks Jason has fallen asleep. 
Jokes on him, Jason doesn’t think he’s gonna sleep ever again. 
“Are you seriously getting cold feet now? I thought you loved lying to Bruce.”
“I don’t love lying to Bruce, it’s just—“
“‘—necessary sometimes,’” she finishes. “Whatever. Like you don’t love the thrill of it.”
Tim doesn’t bother denying it. “This isn’t just lying to B, Steph. This is—are we really going to cover up a murder?”
The room drops ten degrees. 
“If you’re not going to back me on this, we can go somewhere else. Don’t want you getting your hands dirty or anything,” she sneers. 
“You know I’ve always got your back,” Tim says. Jason thinks back to what Spoiler told him earlier about her time as Robin, and wonders if that might not be as irrefutable a truth as he’d always thought it was. “I’m worried about Jason.”
“You wouldn’t need to be if you would just help him out—“
“You saw him. The kid looks like a ghost. He looks like I did. Don’t—no, Steph, I’m serious. I’m worried about him. At least I didn’t have to hide that I killed the Joker. You think keeping this bottled up will be good for him? It’s going to kill him.”
“The alternative is telling Batman that his precious Robin killed someone. You remember how that went last time?”
There’s a long pause, and then he hears Tim hiss an exhalation behind clenched teeth. “Don’t bring that into this. Jason’s not me.”
“That’s the fucking problem. You were his golden boy—“
“Seriously? You think I was the golden boy?”
“I’m hardly his favorite,” Tim scoffs. “Jason is.”
There’s a shocked silence. Then Stephanie scoffs. “You can’t seriously be jealous.“
“I’m trying to tell you it’ll be different from me. Have you seen him with Jason?” He waits, but Steph doesn’t answer. “He laughs. He laughs, he smiles, he’s fucking…happy. Jason makes him happy. I never did that. None of us ever—“
“Jesus, Tim,” Steph says roughly. “You made him plenty happy. Damian, Cass, Duke, you all make him laugh—“
“Not like Jason does.”
“You willing to risk the kid on that?”
A beat, and Tim sighs. “No. But it’s different now. Jason has us. All of us. It wouldn’t be like last time.”
“Jason’s not me.” He pauses, almost like he’s debating what he’ll say next, before he says, “He’s not you, either.”
Steph stays silent for so long Jason wonders if she climbed out the window and left. 
Finally, she exhales. “He’s not you, and he’s not me,” she agrees, “but Bruce is always going to be Bruce.”
They sit in silence for a long moment. Finally Steph speaks up. “Are you really jealous of him?”
“No, Steph. Jesus.”
“You’re such a liar.” It’s affectionate this time, though, clearly poking fun. 
Tim sighs, heavier than the teasing warrants. “It’s not him. It’s not him, and it’s not you, I just…I was never able to give up Robin on my own terms. I never…I never got to feel like I was putting it down. It never stopped feeling like—“
Stephanie doesn’t say anything. Eventually, one of the chairs slides back, and Jason hears a cane clacking on the ground. A cabinet opens. “Did you want coffee?”
“What happened to those awful sodas you were addicted to?”
“I assumed you wouldn’t want one,” Tim responds, voice dry. There’s no indication of their discussion in either of their tones. “Considering the first thing you ever did in this apartment was go through all my stuff and make fun of my taste.”
“Fuck it. I’m feeling abominable tonight, I should have something to fit the mood.”
“Shut up.” The fridge opens and shuts, and there’s a quiet thunk like a hand catching something out of midair. Then two drinks crack open. 
“God, I forgot how awful these were.”
(some undetermined amount of time later)
Bruce: Dick you can’t kill Tony Zucco. Batman and Robin do not kill.
Dick: Steph said Robin gets a freebie >:(
Bruce: 
Bruce:
Bruce: STEPHANIE-
#OKAY SO I HAD A TON OF THOUGHTS ON THE LINEUP OF THESE CHARACTERS AND THIS UNIVERSE AND I AM GOING TO PUT THEM HERE#duke joined batman first at 16 as signal- he's more of a barbara figure than anything else really bc he operates seperately from batman#but still works with him. (instead of we are robin it is we are batman. not as catchy 😔)#but he doesn't take the place of oracle and when bruce goes missing later he's the one who becomes batman. rip duke sorry man 🙏#damian as nightwing obvs#tim as the second robin then the fourth when steph dies to black mask while he's grounded#stephanie brown as the red hood#at least a stand in for him- she goes back to her identity as spoiler#while tim is operating as robin again. after her death he gets kidnapped by the joker becomes jj and shoots him#he's left disabled by the electrocution and torture and can't go out into the field so he becomes oracle#cass is batgirl rn and will still become black bat#and bruce is. u know. bruce#it was always my plan for this fic for jason to be overwhelmed with the guilt and come clean to bruce but because he has a much wider#support system and bruce has now had multiple children who have killed and so it doesn't go WELL but it doesn't go as badly as it would#in canon. bruce tells him he'll always love him but batman and robin cannot kill and jason agrees and thus moves on from robin#i make this sound calm. it would not be calm. but in my mind he's right about this batman and robin SHOULDN'T kill#bruce is also incredibly pissed at Tim and Steph for trying to get Jason to lie about killing a man#Noooot their best look even if their hearts were in the right place#i <3 mess + drama and bitterness#batfam fanfic#jason todd#stephanie brown#tim drake#reverse robins#also i'm not trying to cheapen dick's reasoning for naming himself robin. in my mind the og dick's love for his parents is so strong#it transcends time and space and makes it so that robin is ALWAYS a symbol of love and hope#and so i want to keep that spirit even when he isn't the first robin. later when he joins he will make the title his own#with his own extremely personal meaning behind it#in universe tho damian went out on the first day of spring to symbolize new beginnings#and the papers started calling him robin for the first bird of spring
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b0nelessdoodles · 1 year ago
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fellas, is it gay to get flustered when your colleague wraps his magic around you to keep you out of trouble? 🤔
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technically-human · 7 months ago
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Part two of the reverse verse is here! The reverse boys meet the original boys. They're not really getting along as well as I had hoped...
Again, this was a commission for @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are and they asked for angst/funny vibes... I think it's mostly just angst though. Oh, well...
Part one
#dead boy detectives#dbda#payneland#edwin x charles#reverse verse#there's a lot i could say about this one#the idea of someone telling edwin he's go to hell is absurd as it is#edwin telling edwin? lmao#the charles... oh they hate each other#reverse charles is angry (he always is) because this other version of himself was spared hell... in exchange for edwin going there?#obviously it doesn't work like that. og charles hadn't even been born when his edwin was sent to hell#but anger is not a rational thing. especially not for this boy#og charles? you don't want to know what he's thinking#i'm telling you anyways#he... kind of agrees. if someone had to go to hell#why edwin? why not him? there is an universe in which that happened#so why not this one? unfair#then again... look at this charles who did go to hell#he's explosive. he's DANGEROUS#he shouldn't be near edwin#if og charles had gone to hell would he be the same? would he be too angry to be trusted? would he be like his father?#and if so would that really count as saving edwin at all?#if this is the kind of best friend poor edwin would end up with?#on a happier note though#physical contact!! reverse charles loves it#i don't have all the details but his hell was on the rage ring so it was different to the dollhouse.#and it was a very violent place so boy loves gentle touches#luckily edwin is more willing to give them to him with each year#i think what the edwins are feeling is a lot more clear#but still would love to hear your thoughts
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frostyblustar · 2 months ago
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Steal My Time Thrice, and I’ll Take Your’s Forever
A Percico Oneshot
Word count: 5,118
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: Percy keeps taking up Nico's time at camp. Despite Nico's attempts to put his feelings away, Percy seems to always dig them out.
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Percy is lowkey possessive and Nico doesn't even realize.
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tapakah0 · 1 year ago
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You know
We had the canon story with where they could at least save another timeline
You did a story where they managed to have their happy ending
And now, I suspect
It's time for the complete failure?
Nope, I've mentioned before that it will be good for one person, don't worry
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sonknuxadow · 4 months ago
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its kinda wild still seeing people insist sonic 06 isnt canon or doesnt matter even after sonic x shadow generations. i feel like people have to just be brushing it off as not canon because they dont like it or something
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fluffypotatey · 6 months ago
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Macaque would be so furious if Wukong traded his soul for his. He would be back at the land of living absolutely livid, planning going back to diyu to demand a refund
ah but! the Diyu had been wanting Wukong's soul for over many a millennia :) they had been insulted and swindled by the ever immortal who dared to escape death (and won)
why, ever, would the Diyu dream of refunding it back?
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