#actually that would work great with a hunter/supernatural au

[souptm]

What if I just dropped one (1) Johnny Soap Mactavish into The Ritual (2017)? What if I did that? What if I traumatized our babygirl?

[phoenixyfriend]

AU where Xanatos is "redeemed by the power of cute," but it's actually a psychological whammy caused by Obi-Wan being supernaturally adorable as a species-specific juvenile defense mechanism, and is functionally immediate brainwashing by the 13yo who doesn't know that's what he's doing.

Tbh this is mostly just Defense Mechanism that makes Xanatos harmless, but in a way everyone finds very concerning and uncomfortable because it's kind of mind control.

Someone (@dracothulhu) asked if it was related to Mimic Spider AU, and it is not! Mimic spider AU is just "ohhhh you wanna fuck me so b--PSYCH! EATING YOU."

This is more "I'm a little baby, I'm SUCH a little baby, you don't want to hurt me, you could never hurt me, I'm so adorable I'm so cute doesn't it just kill you to think about hurting me?"

Mimic spider AU is just Hot and Confident. This is straight up Mind Whammie.

@threebea also thought brood parasitism, and offered:

I'm trying to figure out a reason for the Stewjoni to have like brood parasitism where they will stick their young with other families for awhile before picking them up Used to do it to Mandoalorians all the time, and it's part of the reason the Mandalorian adopt anything stereotype got so strong. Stewjoni looking at Jedi: those seem parent shaped here you go

Which is great, except I actually started with the idea of it being kind of the inverse!

(That said, I won't actually say no to the brood parasitism option.)

Xanatos: had been about to kidnap and put him on a deep sea mine now is feeding him pudding Is it he's acting normal but doing weird things or is he suddenly talking to Obi-Wan like he's an adorable puppy

He's kind of zoned out.

Xanatos: look at him so cute Omg Obi-Wan: standing there Xanatos: kriff I don't have a camera - also from threebea

Also cuddles! Which Obi-Wan actually Does Not Want. But if he's Very Very Still then maybe Qui-Gon will find him and fix this.

Like if a tiger held and groomed you and you just were waiting Very Still for the zookeeper to distract it and/or load up the tranq.

After the days he's had he'd perhaps like a cuddle but not from this guy Lol Xanatos: so soft The effect only works on humans and near humans so it didn't work on the hutt and (can't remember the other species) on the ship

We can say it works through the Force and that's why the Hutt is immune.

"Stewjoni are targets of slavers" but specifically for illegal adoptions. It's lucrative, because most bounty hunters last about twenty seconds before they give the crying baby back where it wants to go.

And most of the immune ones get caught by planetary defense forces.

So if you CAN steal a baby, the profit margin is insane, since it's so damn hard to do, but the baby up for illegal adoption is sooooo cute.

(…this concept would be hilarious with one of those "Tor adopts baby Ben Kenobi to turn into a weapon" AUs. Still a shitty childhood bc Death Watch can justify a lot under the umbrella of Teaching Self-Defense. But interesting.)

IF YOU HAVE READ TWILIGHT: do you remember the bit about vampire babies being so cute that people would let them slaughter entire villages without a qualm?

It's like that, except Obi-Wan doesn't have dreams of mass slaughter and it only really activates as a Threat Response.

I guess the evolutionary trigger is it's kind of a paralytic You can't move far from where you stole the kid

Which is exactly right!

[inklore]

🩸 — 𝐇𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍!

since the spooky season is fast approaching, and as a little kinktober appetizer, @psychedelic-ink and i have decided to do a little writing challenge to get us all excited and in the mood to be gripping the sheets from the spooky thrills of course.

and to keep this fun we have given you many many options! we have compiled a twelve day prompts list you can go by, or if that's not your thing we have listed twenty three different pick and choose options to create whatever kind of fic you want, even if you want to do half the days daily prompts but switch out this prompt dialogue for that au or trope or kink, you can literally do whatever your heart desires!

THE RULES.

the challenge will go on from the 19th - 30th of this month. you can do as many or as little amount of days as you choose.

any fandoms are welcome, literally any characters, ships, but please no rpf.

no minors should be interacting with let alone posting for this challenge.

dark content, light content, dubcon/noncon, is all welcomed but please tag everything accordingly. grooming, underage, and incest however are not allowed.

there are no word limits but please use that readmore.

tag #hauntedhoedown so we can read and reblog your work!

DAY ONE: taboo au + "i'll be your dirty little secret, if that's what you're into."

DAY TWO: murder plot au (lets kill this person together) + "crawl to me"

DAY THREE: inspired by your favorite lana del rey song (if not a lana fan then any fav song of yours) + stalker / yandere au or love triangle gone wrong

DAY FOUR: artificial intelligence au + "here, you are. you tiny thing."

DAY FIVE: gothic au + “worship me. until i tell you to stop.” + a masquerade au or a good ol' priest au

DAY SIX: animal shapeshifter au + "he's a monster" + "he's perfect"

DAY SEVEN: stranded au or slasher / summer camp au + sex in the woods or somewhere public (added bonus if it includes knife, blood, hunter x prey kink)

DAY EIGHT: cosmic horror au + "you're a fucking nightmare. kiss me."

DAY NINE: “do you like it when i bleed for you?” + the toxic exes trope or cult au

DAY TEN: zombie apocalypse au + "every moment might be our last, let's make the most of it."

DAY ELEVEN: black swan au or inspired by your fav psychological thriller + “they die for love, you kill for it.”

DAY TWELVE: vampire court au + "forever isn't long enough for me to forgive you."

if following the above isn't your thing and you want to pick and choose yourself that's great! we also highly rec this random generator if you wanna live life by the edge, each category has 23 options to pick and choose from so customize the generator accordingly!

AUs:

steampunk / cyber punk

fairytale retelling

revenge

mythology / monster

virtual reality

gothic

taboo (see great options here)

slasher

game gone wrong

witchcraft

addams family

bonnie and clyde

spy / secret agent

assassins

x-files

circus / carnival

hitch hiking

basement wife

time travel

urban legend(s)

american horror story inspired

vampire / supernatural

pirate / mermaid

DIALOGUE PROMPTS:

"do you like when i touch you like this? i can keep going if you want me to."

"i can see how badly you want this, so i'm going to make sure you get it." 

“this fear you feel? it won't last.”

“you are mine, whether you agree or not.”

“why do you keep following me?”

"i can't stop thinking about how perfect we would be together."

"you're not actually scared are you? of me?"

"i'm so close, can you feel it?"

"tell me what you want me to do and i'll do it, no matter the cost."

"you're like a sickness, a disease, and the only way for me to be cured of you is to let you completely consume me until my body has no fight left."

"i want to see you bleed."

"they're dead...because of you."

“i will keep hurting. i will keep killing. anything to protect you.”

“everything i've done.. every horrible atrocity, it's been for you.”

"it's just a little blood."

“don't you know how sick with love i am for you?”

“i would burn the world for you.”

"this is so fucked up." "you like it."

"finders keepers."

"what's your favorite scary movie?"

"tell me you want me back. tell me i'm forgiven."

"you're a monster." "that's never stopped you before."

"i've killed for you, who else can say that?"

TROPES:

mob / mafia

soft!dark

dubcon / noncon

soulmate / fated mates

mind control / telepathy

cheating

final girl

once is not enough

haunted manor

dark academia

enemies to lovers

haunted object

vengeful ghost

coven

ritual / sacrifice / blood magic

unrequited love

creation / creator vs monster

'i'll find you in every universe / century'

reverse harem

cursed / fuck or die

curiosity killed the cat

theatre phantom

fate worse than death

KINKS:

biting

corruption / authoritarian

somnophilia

begging

dacryphilia

breath play

knife play / blood play

jealousy / sharing / possessive

aphrodisiacs

hunter / prey

humiliation / degradation

mirror sex

deprivation / immobilized / bondage

costume

size

orgasm denial / overstimulation / edging

body worship

shotgunning / swallowing / facial

gagging

torture / surrender

hate sex / make up sex / phone sex

magical healing [redacted]

soft!dom / pleasure!dom

ETC PROMPTS:

a summer fling gone horrible wrong, or right

1970s porno filming (turned into a blood bath)

touch her and die except who the hell are you and why are you obsessed with me?

a trip to the circus (or carnival) ends with you stuck there...forever

you just inherited this creepy mansion where people where murdered what could go wrong?

a ritual gone wrong and now i'm bound to a demon

if 'this person' ever found out about this they would kill both of us (literally)

oh no i'm dating the town serial killer

passionate professor tells me to prove my devotion to the craft / class by doing something insane

we're the last people on the planet and you will be mine

daydreaming about being with you is better than actually being with you because i missed all the red flags and now it's too late

i got casted out of my world and ended up wounded and bloodied in your backyard, convince me why i shouldn't destroy your world out of anger

vampire has a taste for specific blood and looks like you have it

the creepy neighbor is too hot to be insane, right?

i keep seeing them in my dreams and i wake up with bruises and marks on my skin, it's definitely just wild dreams, right?

loving you is easier than hating you

got stranded in some little town that seems so cute, until night hits

'this person' ordered me to kill you but i actually think i'm in love with you

my lover is wearing the same costume as you and i can't tell the difference but i'm pretty sure it's them i'm fucking in this closet...pretty sure

confessing to a murder via a silly little ghost story around a campfire (but someone reads through the lies)

how far would you go for love? for the one you love?

in a past life you were the cause of my death so i'm here to exact revenge now that i've found you

we're at a fun little horror movie reenactment except people are really dying

we tried to make this writing challenge as fun and very 'choose your own adventure-like' as much as possible because we know how hard it is to stay motivated when doing these things.

so please feel free to use any and all of the prompts, tropes, kinks, etc as you wish. we're just super excited to see what ya'll come up with!!

so good luck and stay slutty spooky <3

[woncon]

➳ deal with the devil

➶ enhypen hyung line x demon!reader ｡˚ °

-ˏ` ✎﹏ "See? Who's the victim and who's the hunter is a matter of opinion. You've got the throwing star, but your neck bleeds because of my teeth. Who's who now?"

The whole university went out to haunt people on Halloween night, but you're in detention. So you're playing a game of hunter and prey. They're the hunters, you're the prey.

Only for a while.

➴ genre: suggestive, demon au, warlock au, supernatural college au, pre-poly / friends in a big situationship

: ̗̀➛ warnings: very slight knife play, jakehoon (not actually, you'll get it), seduction as manipulation (it works!), predator/prey with a twist, biting, making out, actually not as dark as it seems

⌨ :: 4.2K words ♡ ︵ . .

⁀➷ i'm a little late, but it's done. happy halloween, engenes! 🎃

⁀➷ thanks to @wonsheep for beta-ing this <3 i'll give you a pack of jelly beans later.

➳ mlist

The cursed piano plays his favorite classic in the Music Room. Melancholic, dark melodies float towards you as the heel of your shoe beats up the silence of the abandoned corridor. You twirl the sweets in your pocket. Jungwon gave them to you before he left to go and scare people. He probably did it out of pity, since you couldn't go with him to the usual Halloween campus program. The piano in the distance starts a new song, and you take off to push the arched door of the Hall of the Immortals, decorated with vines and skulls. The wood wails to let you enter the hall, where the rituals of demons and witches usually take place. Right now there are no reddish pentagrams painted on the floor or heavy, sinister books and bones on the table. Only a few candles flicker and surround a table with four mugs on it. There's a fifth, held in the warlock’s palm, and he's about to plunge a dollop of thick, brownish liquid from the pot with great care into it.

You wait for the door to slam behind you, shutting out the piano's dismal song, but instead somebody catches the heavy door, and you are perhaps a little startled by the sudden presence behind you.

“Mugs? Really?” Heeseung looks on with disbelief as he sidesteps you. “The school has so many goblets, there's one for every rite. And you put the curse into a mug?”

“Don't be such a snob,” says Jay, placing the filled cup next to the others. He neatly arranges them in a circle.

“I'm not a snob,” replies Heeseung darkly.

“Imagine that it's just pumpkin flavored hot chocolate. Four really is just that, so maybe you don't even have to imagine.”

Although, the way Jay is looking at Heeseung right now, he might want the elder to choose the one with the curse. To somehow relieve the tension you sense, you walk over to the table and eye the similarly plain brown china, from which a fragrant, spicy steam rises.

“They're cute,” you note.

Heeseung snorts and leans against one of the tables against the wall. The light from the candles doesn't reach there, and his tall figure is completely lost in the darkness, in the shadow. Remembering how lonely and desolate the university's castle is this evening, you wish he would drink the curse, that he'd be the one to be hunted down tonight. He's so good at blending in, that you probably wouldn't catch him.

“Where did you get them?” You stroke one of the mugs’ handles and stare hard, in hope that you recognise the cursed one.

“From the kitchen. Someone in the divination department has already got the mugs in advance, so that we can paint on them at Christmas.”

It was the same last year, you painted on mugs before the break. Everyone had a chance to get creative and take the results home. But for now, you're going to play. Christmas is still a distant, frost-white dream. At the hour of death, when the bodies crawl out of the grave and the children dress up as monsters while the monsters themselves walk among them, you are going to play a game in which someone nearly dies. 

One of you.

The door opens with another slam. An impatient demon rushes to the table.

“Are you ready? Is the curse in there?” asks Jake, leaning so far against the table that the drinks are shaken and the tip of his horn almost grazes Jay's skin. “Can we start?”

His excitement spreads to the candles. They flare up, burning orange and giving off enough light for you to see the tip of Heeseung's boot.

“Sunghoon is not here yet.”

“Did he chicken out?” Heeseung asks mockingly.

“Haha, no,” replies Sunghoon, who also emerges from the shadows, but not through the door. He came through the secret witch's passage from the hall, which the demons don't know about, so you can only guess which way the entrance might be. “I've just spiced up the curse to make sure it's effective. With snake venom.”

And the flames burn faster, even more brightly. The white wax drips in hot drops down the melting stump, as if to symbolize Jake's anticipation. You, on the other hand, who has no effect on the lights with your emotions, are merely blown away because the contents of the vial Sunghoon brought you mix so easily with the hot chocolate that after Jay spins the tray on which the mugs are standing, you have no idea which one contains the poison-turbocharged curse. 

You're about to find out.

You're all gathered around the table, and it's not just Jake and the candles that are radiating excitement anymore. You can hardly breathe.

“Everybody take one. On three," Jay says in a serious tone. “One, two, three.”

You reach for one of the cups that looks sympathetic. With a trembling hand you lift it to your mouth.

"Ouch, it's hot!" exclaims Jake.

"Obviously. Because it's hot chocolate," Heeseung rolls his eyes. Sunghoon scowls at him.

“Do you feel strange?” Jay asks Jake, who is fanning his tongue.

“It just hurts like hell.”

Finally, after the interlude, you pluck up the courage and drink your own. You are careful, only taking a tiny sip, so you don't burn yourself like others, but it immediately starts burning your mouth and then your throat. You grip your skin, fingers curling into claws, hoping to scrape the tantalizing taste out of you. This is not what a pumpkin flavored hot chocolate is like, not at all.

You fall to your knees, gasping for air. A supporting hand brushes your shoulder. When you feel better, you stand up.

You feel immortal, and yet very, very vulnerable. Weak. Like a victim.

///

Your friends are lurking to kill you.

Three important events have led to this moment, as far as you can tell. First, the day you were learning in demonology class about the various torture methods that demons have developed together with witches. One of these was the curse of immortality, where a person is immortal and can therefore be tortured beyond the extreme. Then came the time when you summoned a spirit with Sunghoon's ouija board. The spirit lady possessed Sunghoon and flirted with Jake through him. Jake was so embarrassed that the armchair underneath him immediately caught on fire, and half the lounge was burnt down before they could put the flames out. It didn't end well for the community space, nor for you. That's when you were banned from going out into the human world on Halloween to haunt. So that led to the third event, when you were wondering what to do to distract yourselves when Halloween came. What could you do to have fun? Jake suggested horror movies. Heeseung said those are boring because what's the point of watching killers hunt when you could be the ones hunting. And the picture came together. 

That's how your friends happened to be hunting you down today. With crossbows, knives, swords, anything and everything they can find. If they catch you before dawn and make you give up, they win. If you hold out and survive, you win. 

The scariest part is you don't know what they're up to. How they're going to get you, and with what.

You fear Heeseung the most. His family is a traditional one of demons who sacrifice goats on full moons and blood moons. With such experience and your horns twisted into the shape that goats’ ones are, it's easy to imagine you as the animal and take your blood until you beg for them to stop. It's just a sick fantasy, you reassure yourself. Heeseung can't see you as a goat if he recalls you kissing in his bed a few days ago. He probably doesn't do that to sacrificial goats. There is some level of tender emotion here.

You turn in after one of the rows of lockers. You don't know exactly where you are. You don't usually have classes in this corner of campus, and it doesn't help that there's no lighting. Yesterday, colorful decorations hung everywhere and talking, red-eyed skeletons strutted at the doors of classrooms to greet students arriving for class. Real bats fluttered around the ceiling, occasionally getting into the hair of passers-by. Pumpkins were placed here and there and their scent was everywhere. But the memory is not worth much now. The university is haunted. A murderers' den. The den of your murderers.

And as much as you're a successful demon, proud of your professors, at this moment you're nothing but a frightened victim, not sure if you're capable of being a ‘final girl’. But you're trying as hard as you can.

In your pocket, you're fiddling with your sweets. Your palms are sweating, your sweets may be melting soon. When the candy papers make noise, you quickly reach out and look around. It is deathly quiet. Everything is still. You've long since left the piano's surroundings behind you. Have they banded together to hunt you down as a team, or are they looking for you individually? Where are the witches' passages? Do Jake and Heeseung use the demons' ones?

You can't hide your fear. Your breathing gets heavier with each passing minute.

It's just a game. Just a game, you remind yourself. Or at least it is now. In the Middle Ages, it wasn't considered a game by the poor people who were tortured to madness.

Something snaps. Must be the knightly armor worn by the fanged pig statues in the corridors. It's been knocked off, then it fell softly to the carpet. What did they knock it down with? That's an easy question to answer when you hear the heavy weapon being dragged across the carpet. A big poleaxe, a very big poleaxe is coming, and it's coming for you.

Your footsteps become frantic, but you try to remain silent and get as far away from your pursuer as possible. The corridor ends in a staircase somewhere, you can make it that far and then decide which way to go. Except that somewhere nearby a door opens. Right in the direction you're going. You're forced to hide in the nearest room before you're trapped halfway down. As quietly as you can, you push down on the handle, squeeze through the gap and throw your back against the door. You close your eyes in the darkness and try to slow your breathing. In, out, in, out.

But you're not alone here either. Something squeaks in the dark, then croaks. Hisses and scratches. It makes a throat sound, rises, then finally lands on your shoulder. It's the three-headed bird, the university mascot. You don't have to see it to know it's rubbing its raven head against your hair. That's the head on the far left. Then comes the owl, and finally the hawk.

He's waiting for a treat. You give him something every time you see him. If you don't, he starts throwing a fit, which means it starts squawking loudly with all three heads as if were an alarm.

“Hi, Casper,” you greet him quietly. “Look what I brought you.”

You reach into your pocket and take out the first piece of candy. Carefully, you peel it out of the wrapper and drop it in the crow's mouth. It happily closes up. Then the owl's opens. You pop the next candy into it, and so far you're very proud of your thriftiness. The hawk is also waiting for its turn, but there's only empty paper in your pocket when you're rummaging around. You remember that you ate the third piece you had, because the poison still tasted awful, even after you'd swallowed the disgusting sip. You sucked on the candy during the rules discussion, and it tasted so good. At this moment, you miss it very much.

The hawk closes his mouth, opens it again, makes a soft noise, then nips the back of your hand.

“I'm sorry, but that's it. That's all, okay? I'll bring you more next time if you don't open your beak, hmm?” You bargain pleadingly. 

Your physical wellness depends on a sugar-addicted monster bird. As it turns out, Capser is not on your side. He flies off your shoulder, his wings rustling loudly in the dark. Then his voice rings out. All three of his mouths start to wag at once, wanting more than two grains of sugar.

“Fuck.”. 

You need to get out. Quickly.

You start feeling around the furniture. You're in the library, you know the feel of the old armchairs. Since most of the lounge burned down, you've been coming here under strict supervision. As you've been here many times, you know there's a secret demon passage in the wall. If you can get there, maybe you'll get lucky and your blood won't stain the furniture. And if you're lucky, you won't run into anybody in there who wants to stab you either.

You start walking carefully and almost fall on your face, tripping in one of the coffee tables. The door creaks open and the bard clatters on the floor of the room. Scrambling on your aching foot, you reach the secret door and throw yourself behind it. And then, with your ankle throbbing, you dash.

You run and run, as if it was the hot, angry hell at your heels.

Somehow you get to your own room. A pentagram lies reassuringly on the floor. You fall to your knees in it, breathing thunderously. You could do with a fiery cup of coffee or an energy drink to give you strength. But at least this hand-drawn pentagram radiates security. It's like you've found sanctuary.

You need a plan.

But when a masked figure emerges from under Jungwon's blanket, you can't think of plans. You leap up to dart for the door, but a sword stands in your way. If you keep going, it will cut you in two. Instead, you jump back into the pentagram and look up at your captor. His mask is a weeping drama face. He's wrapped himself in a cloak that covers his entire face. You cannot tell if the horns you see belong to him or to the mask. He waves his gloved hand at you.

“What's it going to be? Are you going to skewer me?”

The masked man shakes his head. He gets up from the bed, now towering over you. He draws a question mark in the air with the tip of his sword, then points at himself.

“You?” you ask. “What about you?”

He shrugs. 

Maybe this guessing game is worse than if he'd thrown you up on the edge of his sword in the first minute. Him playing games with you makes you nervous. You're surprised to find your fear is fading. This could have something to do with the beneficial effects of the pentagram. In any case, you're able to forge a plan.

“Oh, come on, now. Take the mask off.”

He shakes his head.

You think about the chains under your bed.

You are not allowed to use weapons. Their wounds will not heal as yours will thanks to the curse. But no one said you couldn't use your charm. If your starting point is that you've been in all of their mouths, you have a chance to play this card. What do you have to lose by trying? If they all want to play, that's fine. If they underestimate you, you can take advantage. They have the weapons, but you're smart. If you push fear and panic to the back of your mind, you can succeed. You can succeed because you're tired of running around with them just waiting here and there, chasing you. 

Let this be a game for you, too.

“Should I guess who's under there?”

This time he nods.

“Then you let me go?”

He pauses, thinking. Then he nods enthusiastically. 

He should know better than to make a deal with the devil.

“Hmm. Give me a minute.”

You get up and dust off your knees. It feels good to be back to yourself. You're not looking at a killer anymore, you're looking at one of your friends dressed as a killer. But which one? Heeseung hates wearing masks at ceremonies, not to mention he's not the playful type. If he has to stab you to win, he'll stab you. He's out. You're taking a good look at the masked man. He's got sneakers peeking out from under his robe. Jay's wearing brown boots. That leaves Sunghoon and Jake.

How exciting.

You reach for the top button of your shirt and undo it. And then the next one. “Wow. I'm so hot from running around.”

When you reach the third button, and most of your chest is perfectly visible, the candle on the desk comes to life and burns orange. You smile in satisfaction and put your hands on your hips.

“So will you take the mask off, Jake?”

He tilts his head towards the table, then sighs in disappointment. He takes the mask off.

“You took advantage of my embarrassment!”

“That's it. Now come here. Your hair is all messed up.”

Jake drops the sword, takes off the cloak, and obeys. You take the mask from him and arrange his locks.

“Good,” you nod. You step out of the pentagram. “Claude eam,” you murmur, and the pentagram glows red.

“What? Did you really just lock me up?” the boy asks, stunned. “But I let you go!”

“Sorry, but I haven't forgiven you for threatening me with a sword yet," you blow a kiss in the air, then reach for the robe resting on Jungwon's bed. “And I need to borrow this.”

“What are you up to?”

You just wink, then put on his mask. It's interesting to wear the enemy's face. When you put on the cloak too, you transform completely. You go from prey to full-fledged hunter.

“Oh. You look hot like this.”

“Thanks.”

///

It's not difficult to find Sunghoon, you just have to follow the sound of the poleaxe scraping on the carpet. You tap his hunched back. He looks up.

“Jakey! Did you find them?”

You nod. Sunghoon straightens up completely.

“Where?”

You take him by the arm and lead him to the nearest room. Luckily, there are windows and enough moonlight to keep you from tripping. You're in the dining room. A fitting location for what you plan to do with Sunghoon. You point to a long table with a tablecloth that reaches to the floor. Sunghoon approaches. He slowly kneels beside it, then peers under the tablecloth.

You take advantage of this and push him to the ground, straddling his hips.

"Jake!" he exclaims in surprise. "What are you doing?”

You put your finger over his mouth. You run it down his chin, down his neck, over his Adam's apple, down and down and down his chest. When your palm strokes his stomach under his shirt, Sunghoon's mouth opens, his head dropping to the carpet. With your free hand, you pull the scarf from your pocket. You stole it from one of the ghost decorations and put it to good use when you blindfold the boy. He looks irresistible like this under you. You take off the mask and kiss his chin.

“We have to find-” You grab his hips. He immediately falls silent.

As you push his shirt up his stomach, he thrusts his hips up. You clasp his wrists, lift them above his head, and pull a magic cuff from your other pocket. You stole this from the torture chamber exhibit. It doesn't open with a key, only with a spell. Sunghoon can entertain himself with it.

You cuff both his hands to the leg of the table. You lean to his ear.

“What were you planning to do with that axe?” you whisper.

Sunghoon stiffens under you, but soon relaxes again.

“I didn't mean to hurt you, just to scare you.”

“You succeeded. I don't want to get you laid either, just to get you horny. Did I succeed as well?” You sit on his groin. Sunghoon moans. “Yeah, it seems so.”

“Please…”

“Don't worry. I'll be back soon. There are only two of you left.”

You climb down and out from under the table. The successful hunt gives you endorphins. You can't wait for the next victim to walk into your trap.

///

You don't have to search for long. As soon as a throwing star whizzes past you, all you have to do is turn around and there's Jay. In his hand, he's twirling the next throwing star.  “Give up.”

“No, thank you.”

He throws the next one, which rips your shirt, but doesn't hurt you. You back up to the nearest wall and let him use you as a target. Jay misses again and again. He doesn't want to hurt you, and that's comforting..

“Give up,” he steps in front of you. “Please. We never should have agreed to play this game in the first place.”

You put your arm around his waist and pull him closer to you. “I'm fine.”

“As of now. But you haven't met Heeseung, have you? You didn't see that fire in his eyes.”

“When we meet, I'll defeat him.”

“How?”

"With my mouth," you tell him. You stroke his jugular with the tip of your nose. "I'll beat you with my mouth too."

You lick his skin, then sink your teeth into it, the movement soft and light like a knife in butter. Jay's forehead falls to your shoulder, but he doesn't flinch, doesn't resist. You lean away and smile up at him. His eyes are misty.

"See? Who's the victim and who's the hunter is a matter of opinion. You've got the throwing star, but your neck bleeds because of my teeth. Who's who now?"

“I'm... dizzy.”

“I know.”

You help him slide down the wall and stretch out on the ground. By the time he lands, he's asleep. 

You smeared your teeth with a sleeping potion called vampire kisses. You bought it as a joke, you’ve never used it before. You had to go back to the room to get it, but at least you could see that Jake was okay. He summoned himself a console, and he's playing on it in the middle of the pentagram. 

You wrap the stolen cloak around Jay's body, then head to finish your hunt for the day. 

You plan the finale to be truly spectacular and grandiose.

///

The cursed piano doesn't play alone. Ten fingers rest on its keys and duet with it. The music is somber and dark, deep but inviting. You hope Heeseung, your last killer, your last prey, will come to hear your serenade. You’re playing for him.

You aren't disappointed. He doesn't even try to hide his footsteps, as if he was just waiting to see when you'll reveal yourself to him.

"It's a painful song," he says when you finish. You turn towards him on the bench.

With the light of the candles you have lit for the occasion, his face is half lost in the shadows, but you easily recognise the pocket knife held loosely in his hand.

“Painful, but beautiful. Just like you.”

Heeseung chuckles. “How can I stab you when you’re flirting with me?”

You shrug. “Be creative.”

“Yeah?”

He steps closer. He lifts your chin with the tip of the knife. There's indeed a wildness in his eyes, but Jay misread that. He's not like this because he wants to kill, but because he can give chase. You know it because your gaze would be the same if you looked in the mirror. The happiness of a successful hunt turns Heeseung's face red and makes his eyes sparkle, but he doesn't actually want to hurt you.

One by one, he cuts off your buttons and looks you in the eye. They all fall to the ground and scatter.

“I met Sunghoon on the way here.”

“Did you like the view?”

Heeseung's tongue strokes his fang. – “You're evil. Wicked.”

“I wouldn't say that. I'm rather consistent. They were the ones who made a deal with the devil. These are the consequences.”

“And what do I deserve?”

“I'm thinking about it.” Even though you say that, you already know what you want to do with him. You want him to remember that you defeated him for a long time.

“That means you're not giving up, right?” Heeseung helps you out of your shirt.

“If I remember the rules correctly, the game is over when I beg.”

“Understood.” He sits down next to you on the piano bench and kisses you. You part your lips and brush your tongue against his. Heeseung shudders. Your palm slides to his thigh, and he drops the knife. 

Of the four, he is the most hungry for touch. He doesn't like to admit it, hiding behind his smug, cold and mocking mask, but when you’re making out, it's obvious. You lean in close, let him touch you where he wants, and when he can't think of anything but you, you ask him.

“Did I win?”

“You won.”

It's as sweet to hear that from his lips as it is to kiss them. It's as sweet as Jay's blood, the fire from Jake's embarrassment, or even as sweet as Sunghoon's commitment to drag a bard across campus just to scare you. Sweet enough to make your victory complete.

[entomolog-t]

Got an Idea

In the world of "Bite Me" vampires are real tiny parasitic things, right? But they're still vampires. Does that mean there are people like paranormal hunters or something? There's so much potential in these...

THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION!

So to avoid spoilers I'm going to be pretty vague-

Vampires in the Bite Me universe are abnormal but not paranormal (though I will be doing a paranormal au because there is SO MUCH potential so by all means I can try to answer some more trad vampire stuff if talking about the potential au).

THOUGH- that doesn't mean that the tiny lil bloodsucking activity has gone completely unnoticed right? I mean, Aedes can't possibly be the only vampire who's been caught...

A BIT MORE ELABORATION

Vampires are completely normal biologically speaking, in that they don't have supernatural powers. The vampires in the Bite Me universe are essentially just a type of well adapted parasite. Some lil tidbits about their biology-

⚠ Nerd Alert ⚠

They are nocturnal- and hunt at night. Their eyes are adapted for low light conditions, though they can still move freely in the light.

They have an instinctual fear towards light (feels open, the feeling of being watched etc...) essentially to avoid predation by animals or being spotted by humans

Vampires have keen senses (hearing, smell, taste, sight) and phenomenal reaction time in order to help hunt. With their processing speed and keen senses, unless you catch one in the act or manage to corner/trap one, vampires are extremely hard to catch by just grabbing (cough cough, unless a certain lil someone likes to be grabbed) His senses dull when not in active "bloodlust" in order to keep the mind from being perpetually overwhelmed by everything all at once, though even dulled they are remarkably keen.

They are stronger than humans (relatively speaking), and quite durable. They have a high density of fast twitch muscles that helps further bolster their reaction time.

I've dabbled with the possibly of them having mild electroreception (basically in order to have a 6th sense towards heart beats as the muscle contracts) BUUUT I want to play around with the speculative biology with that. Mammals don't typically have an electrosense (more of a fish thing) but there are exceptions- yet those are still water based (with the semi exception of the echidna) so I'd have to do some pretty hefty playing around if I wanted to make it work.

They're allergic to garlic (along with a lot of other foods). Carnivorous, especially blood based parasitic diets leave an organism with an extremely reduced gut (Fun fact, theres actually a reason behind Aedes' slutty lil waist 😭) so they typically lack the ability to digest some harsher irritants, garlic being a big one. The smell is also extremely pungent so, yes, it absolutely will keep Aedes away (though it would have to be crushed)

Vampires in Bite Me do have one ability that feels almost supernatural- they are natural mimics. Vampires have incredible vocal control and ranges. This is incredibly useful to both ward off predators and lure in prey. Because of this- there are some typical tactics they use to avoid being caught (Some in more remote regions will mimic a rattlesnake rattle to deter a person from coming closer if they get spotted- and are usually able to slip away while the human calls pest control). This skill has led to both folklore and urban legends, about weird sounds occurring in strange locations. With their speed and skills in avoiding detection, a person would likely assume their house is haunted well before thinking theres a little vampire running around their house

Typically their bite is mildly numbing- though a very small number of people have a mutation that makes the numbing nearly completely ineffective (June being one of them). In that case, the numbing tends to work against its intended purpose- the numbing instead being noticeably tingling, and without the numbing agent, the anticoagulation factors and vasodilators within the saliva increase sensation in tandem with the increased bloodflow to the bite area, as well as giving the overall area a warm sensation.

WHEW

That was a chunky lore dump.

[the-east-art]

Easts Supernatural Fic Recs

Since's I've been combing ao3 for good SPN fics, and exactly one person (@ennael) said they'd like to see what I've found. A trend you may notice that I'm not a big shipper - shipping is sometimes a little seasoning, but never the star of the show. ]

Passing Ships - BrownieFox

Summary: John gets injured during a salt and burn and a stranger brings him back to the hotel

Notes: This is the first fic in a series that got me looking for SPN fics again. It explores the idea of late series Sam going back in time and trying to prevent the various tragedies that lie in the future. The REALLY interesting part is that this is all done from an Outsider POV - from the young Winchesters as they meet this strange man that seems somewhat familiar. Because of that POV you never really know what Sam is up to, which builds some suspense and curiosity.

(The rest under the cut!)

you gave up half your life - loosingletters

Summary: When Dean and Cas disappeared, Sam was lost. But in a world that had nearly broken apart so many times, he wasn’t the only one who needed support and guidance.

Alternatively: (Salty) Post Season 7 Fix-it in which Sam Winchester accidentally starts organizing a bunch of Hunters all while trying to find his brother.

Notes: I knew this would be good but for some reason it took me a while to get to it. It turned out to be REALLY good. This story really focuses on how people need people, and honestly the stars of this show are the Hunter ocs that flavor the fic - all of them are so unique and different, and make the world feel truly alive.

mad and dead as nails - EclipseWing

Summary: “Your brother is missing.” That’s how it starts. But now Dean’s dead, gone, or maybe he never really existed in the first place. Maybe Dean was never real, and it was always Michael. Because if Sam knows one thing, it’s that Michael is all that is left.

Notes: Honestly this fic is a better analysis and thesis on Free Will than the actual story. This fic does a GREAT job at utilizing Jess as a character and works with the similarities between Dean and Michael as well as the concept of self. HIGHLY recommend.

Ain't No Grave - art_savage

Summary: When John Winchester wakes up to a post-apocalypse future, he only wants to know two things: where are his sons, and just what brought him back? AU in which the apocalypse caused a lot more trouble and ended a little differently.

Post apocalypse story that kind of searches for plausible 'happy' endings for the characters that doesn't keep them chained to the roles they inhabited during the main story. It's kind of low key but I super love it.

The Other Side - EclipseWing

Summary: In which Castiel has no idea what pulled him out of Hell, but he knows that he doesn't expect Dean, or his puppy-dog eyed brother Sam (what sort of angel names were those anyway?) who happens to be on the run from the other angels.

Notes: easily the best swap au I've managed to find. I'm a sucker for stories where Sam and Dean are actually Lucifer and Michael, and this story takes it in a fun direction!

When Worlds Collide - elfinblue

Summary: When a kidnapped Tony DiNozzo is rescued by legendary - and supposedly dead - serial killers Dean and Sam Winchester, the NCIS team takes over the Winchester investigation. What they find is a file filled with contradictions and impossibilities. This is an attempt to cross these shows but keep both in canon.

Notes: an NCIS crossover and the only fic here that is on ffnet cuz they never crossposted, but its worth it I promise! This fic is particularly good because it takes place mostly from the NCIS characters perspectives as they find ways to apply logic to the strange happenings around the winchesters and their works. Reads like a tv episode pacing wise which is awesome. Does have canontypical fat shaming and transphobia which sucks tho.

Anyway those are my absolute faves but I also bookmark my stuff on ao3 as easternCriminal so there's more there!

[egipci]

thank you for bringing awareness to this grievous issue. how is there possibly not more huntercorp content out there?? the overlap between the succession freaks and spn freaks on here is practically a circle. then supernatural does a literal canon succession au and… crickets. i don’t understand. cmon ladies we can do better

Thank you for your solidarity! I agree: we CAN do better!

To be fair, I totally understand the paucity of content in the field, simply because those guys are just not really recognizable as Sam and Dean. They're vacuous spoiled dudes for us to laugh at for the five minutes they're on screen, unlike our very serious special Winchesters Prime, God's favorites, etc. We don’t really even know anything about them, other than they still live with their dad into their late thirties? And Sam is like "haha Dad is the best guy I wanna live with him in the same house forever cheers," which makes me think the CTE finally caught up with him. So fanon interest doesn't really extend beyond heehee silly wincest-twincest foursome business, or maybe there's some cracky Daddycestuous harem going on that I haven't heard about--- which is great if you're into that sort of thing.

What I think is more interesting though is to use that world as a springboard to construct a more canon-feeling AU that retains the characters' personalities and dynamics. Like, just take all the deeply traumatizing shit that comes with hunting from a young age and add to it all the fucked-up-ness of excessive wealth and access.

Say, John, at some point when Dean and Sam are much younger, decides it would be better to work with other people for resources and efficiency (lol), and doesn’t burn quite as many bridges as he could, and whenever someone offers to pay a little something to show their gratitude he agrees. Along the way that turns into a hunting business, recruiting hunters, etc, and it picks up, and it's lucrative enough obviously because monsters are plentiful, and so the kids grow up with money, comfortable. There's the old "I want you to go to school and I want Dean to have a home," so he probably did buy a home base, extra fortified, and there were babysitters to watch after Sam, a little less pressure on Dean with the co-parenting. More creature comforts and safety and stability available, but maybe even more emotional distance between John and Sam than in canon. Dad's trips last for months and months, Sam is fine, he goes to the same nice private school for most of his life, gets with Jessica in high school or something, whatever, you can fill in the blanks here. Maybe he goes to a military school or something, in this strange world where people know about monsters, but his dad is still very much distant and mysterious.

Depending on when the transition towards more financial stability happens, Dean would have more vivid memories of serious poverty that he shares with his dad that Sam might not fully remember/appreciate, and as he gets older Dean’s off with Dad more and more, staying away longer and longer, etc, and that in itself is an interesting question, I think: if Dean doesn't have to parent Sam as much, what does that mean for their relationship? There's always the baseline of the older brother duty/younger brother admiration going on, but maybe it's more like 2x20 than canon--- or not, maybe it translates into more closeness than the canon pre-canon! A good writer can convince you of anything, but it's essential that their relationship only flourishes in the absence of their dad, not only physical absence/death, but also his absence in Dean's emotional life, and all of that is deferred for as long as you keep the old man around. the idea of 60's John/40's Dean makes me....

Anyway, the Succession comparison in particular is really compelling here because 1. in a world where people know about monsters, and monster-hunting is a lucrative empire-building business, the Winchesters (assuming they are actually as good as they are in the main timeline) would hold huge influence. Like, serious political influence. Depending on the size and boundaries of his operation John Winchester could be the owner of an extremely powerful militia trained to kill both people and monsters? And that's... kind of insane! (And with that power and influence, did Sam and Dean grow up in the public eye to some degree, like president’s kids and various d-listers? What sort of rich people vices were they exposed to? Are hunters seen as celebrities or as soldiers, or something in between like in, eg, The Boys?”)

Therefore 2. the stakes of succession are extremely important, and also 3. as an au-explorer, that's how you get to keep some semblance of the John-Dean-Sam dynamic from canon. Say, Sam goes to Stanford on Dad's dime, no need for a scholarship, he fits in with the other kids fine, at least along socioeconomic lines. But obviously he's still very well trained as a hunter, and he may or may not be dealing with demon blood-induced uncleanliness. And let's say Dean is groomed into both hunting but also the business side of things, slated to run the family business when the time comes, maybe he goes to college too and studies something soul-sucking he thinks would be useful for the business and would make Dad proud. Or not, he already has charm and looks in spades, no need for a fancy degree.

But what if at some point John changes his mind? It's not Dean, but Sam who should be king. Or Sam and Dean together as partners. Sam of course doesn't want it. He wants to be a lawyer, or whatever it is the Lebanon alt!Sam does. Adam doesn't want it, he doesn't know anything about hunting, he's probably only seen his dad a total of five times since college, and no one showed up to his engagement party. Who knows, maybe he's already been eaten by the ghoul and no one has noticed yet. Obviously Dean doesn't want to run anything, either, but no one cares about that. He'll do it if he has to, because he's a good son, and in that way this is the weird inverse world of Succession where no one actually wants the inheritance. They do want the elusive kiss from daddy, they're just not under any illusions that the family business is an adequate substitute.

So, like, you can take those two weirdo throwaways and make them infinitely more interesting. You can kill John, you can throw in the Azazel hunt, or introduce the Heaven mega-bureaucrats, or whatever. Maybe Sam gets on the demon blood in his fancy private school and is surrounded by demons for years and it’s John’s fault because he sent him there, thinking he'd be safe. Or maybe none of that other mytharc stuff comes in and at the heart of the story is just the family drama. Sprinkle in some more sex, drugs, and rock n roll, etc— so many little choices to make for people who like the work of intricate world building and crossovers! Good for them, whenever they get their hands on this.

Of course the thing that matters to me most is the J/D of it all and Dean's feelings about it--- like he is daddy's golden boy in pretty panties and a cock cage, but what I've been thinking about (like, actually thinking about, for fic writing purposes) is why is he in the cock cage? What if he likes it? What if he wants it and likes it and hates that he likes it? Succession is part of a huge tradition of works preoccupied with wealth and moral decadence and corruption, and those things can only be compounded by the reality of not only wide-spread knowledge of monsters, but also the existence of an industry dedicated to the sanctioned extrajudicial killing of "creatures" that look and live just like normal people 99% of the time. It's extremely fucking bleak, more so in some ways than canon, and it's the kind of world where dad/son incest is possible, where alcoholism/addiction would be much closer to the surface, where Dean is rewarded for Dad’s parasitic dependence in different, slightly more complicated ways than canon, where Dean's baitboy duties probably extend to various unsavory human actors, men and women, starting when he was way too young. And it's not necessarily always the sort of seduction/manipulation/self-objectification that ends with Dean on his back, and John is not a mustache-twirling villain who's looking it in the face and ambivalently sending his kid to the slaughter, but shit happens and it's part of life and it's for the greater good and it's for the family business and Dean's a man and he can handle it and when he comes back tongue-tied and flushed, wearing his cute little panties under his slacks and holding a matching cage in his hand John will tease him first, always, and then he will put his hands on the kid and make it better.

[darkcrowprincess]

Goldenlight week 2023: 💜💛 Bonus any au: Manny meets Hunter.

Manny Noceda was a huge nerd. Probably why he became a conservator for historical artifacts. With his love of star trek, history, and the supernatural. It's also why he loved moving his family for Gravesfield Connecticut(other than for their hospitals great and successful treatments thank god). 'This town was just filled with so much hidden history' Manny thought as he looked through documents about the two oldest families in Gravesfield. The Wittebanes and Clawthornes.

"C'mon Hunter! I want to show you upstairs!"Giggles his daughters voice. He sees a flash of his daughter and a pale blonde white boy dash past his door. Both of them holding hands.

Actually there was one thing he didn't like about Gravesfield.

"Luz! Come in here for a moment please." Manny watches the door to his office, he hears whispering, a familiar one and unknown male voice. Even from in his office the boy sounds nervous(good). Luz finally tiptoes into the room. Big brown eyes looking bashful and bambi like. But Manny has rasied the owner of said eyes. He's ammuned to them(most of the time).

Manny takes of his glasses and stares at his daughter, "Mija, who is that with you?"

Luz has her hands behind her back, runs her sock foot across the carpet nervously. Finally she looks in the eyes. "His name is Hunter Papá, he just moved across the street. He's my new friend."

Manny remembers now, a Uncle and his nephew. "I'd like to meet him."

Luz pouts at this, but agrees. "Ok but you have to promise to be nice, Hunter's kind of shy." There's an offended squawk by the door they both ignore.

"I'm always nice," Manny smiles with humor. Luz frowns, dead serious now. "I mean it Papá. Hunter's really important to me."

Manny sits up at his daughter tone, than sighs. "All right, bring him in. Let's meet this Hunter." Luz smiles and turns to the door. Hunter is already in the door way. Walking up cautiously to Manny's desk. Fully looking at him now. He's tall, not as tall as him, but definitely taller than Luz. Like a weed. Pale white and covered in scars. The scars give him pause. Fatherly worry, but listens to Luz about his being shy. The one thing that makes him smile though is the star trek shirt the kid is wearing. 'At least the boy has taste', thinks Manny. What really makes him stare is the eyes. A golden brown just like Luz.

The boy holds out him hand,"My names Hunter, Hunter Wittebane." The last name makes him pause, and desperately curious. But he gives the boy his hand to shake. He can feel scars on the palm of his hand too. But his hand is firm strong. Manny fully smiles at Hunter. "Hello Hunter, I'm Manny Noceda, Luz father."

Hunter smiles at this, a gap tooth smile"Luz talks about you a lot. She says you work with my Uncle at the museum. It's very nice to finally meet you."

'Boy has manners at least', Manny relaxes a bit. "It's nice to meet you too."

From behind them Luz watches on, for some reason crying. Happy that they could finally meet. That's when Luz wakes up.

**********

Luz wakes up from the sweet dream with tears in her eyes, but a wobbly smile on her face. She's laying on Hunter's chest. The both of them naked under the blankets. Luz is 18, Hunter is 20. He has one arm wrapped around her, the other running his fingers down her spine. He starts in worry, as he feels the tears hit his chest and hear her sniffling.

"Hey, what's wrong Luz?" Hunter asks distressed by her tears. He turns them on their side bringing her face closer to his.

"Nothing, I just had a really nice dream. A dream about you meeting someone really important to me." Luz smiles at Hunter through her tears. Than she hug him like her life depends on it. She hides her tear stained face into his neck. More tears drip down.

"Than why are you crying?"

"Because I wish you could have really met him. He would have liked you." Luz wetly gasps out.

Hunter runs fingers through her hair, kissing her curles in comfort.

"I would have liked to have met him too. He must have been really important."

[justanotherfangirlst]

Can you talk more about the elemental power of Dragons?

2. What powers does the power of Dragons give it's holder?

3. How was it discovered and made?

4. Did the Fsm have it/Lloyd have it?

5. Did Daniella train Lloyd like the other Ninja did?

6. How powerful is in terms of the other Ninja? (-Lloyd)

7. How powerful is Daniella in terms of Garmadon and Wu?

8. How powerful is Daniella in terms of the Fsm and Lloyd?

9. What source dragon did the power of Dragons come from?

10. What is Daniella's relationship with the other Ninja?

11. When did the Ninja meet Daniella?

12. Was Daniella on the bounty when it got destroyed and was presumed dead like the other Ninja in Hunted?

13. How is Daniella's relationship like with her family?

Thanks for answering my questions.

Ahhh! I love when people ask questions about Daniella! <3 1. So just a little overview of her elemental power, it's very similar to Lloyd's but she has the ability to separate it, at first with her Staff of Light from the Library, but with time and training she can do it on her own. However there are a few added things to her elemental abilities.

2. Like I said earlier, Dani can separate her elements, but she can also communicate with dragons. Not just source dragons (for the Dragon's Rising people) but all dragons.

3. It's just a variation of the Creation elemental power with the abilities to communicate with dragons.

4. She is the first to have this elemental ability, and for a time Wu thought that she would be the Green ninja. Lloyd as a different variation of it. Where as he is able to access both his creation and his Oni side, Daniella is only able to access her Dragon heritage from the First Spinjitzu Master.

5. Daniella did train Lloyd with the other ninja. At the time, she didn't know how to separate her abilities and did not have her Staff of Light (she didn't get that until the time between losing Zane and the Tournament of Elements in part 1 of her fanseason that I am rewriting actually). Her main focus when training her little brother was to rein in his emotions and not allow his emotions control his powers.

Okay, I feel like this has to be said before I answer the how powerful questions. And don't take this the wrong way because they are very valid questions. Yes, when I explain it, she does sound a little OP. And I totally get that, however, there are rules that Daniella has to follow. I made these rules way before I started working on her lore because I knew that there had to be a reason why Daniella doesn't just take over the realms.

So in my AU (I guess that's the term? Like the world with Daniella in it), there were two realms at the beginning. The Realm of Oni and Dragon and The Realm of Knowledge, which is where The Great Library is. The Great Library needed a protector for the villagers and the balance of the realms, from the various demons that originated in the darkness of Ethereal Divide. That is where the Purple Ninja comes in (what Dani is). The Purple Ninja is the head of the Library and the village surrounding it and travels between the realms to keep the balance and keep the demons at bay. There is a long line of Purple Ninja's before Daniella, and the last one was her grandmother, Liu (the First Spinjitzu Master's wife)

Daniella learns during the first part of her fanseason (between Rebooted and the Tournament) that she is the next in line from her father. Daniella travels to the Realm of Knowledge (through a Dragonvein, with is similar to a deposit of Realm Crystals) and learns how to be the Purple Ninja. However, Daniella is told that she cannot tell anyone about her job, because the secrecy is what allows her to be good at her job (also she's a ninja, the best ninja is the one not known about if that makes sense). Of course there are people that she meets along the way that learn of her job, but only because they are attacked by demons (think how people learn about hunters in Supernatural)

Now, the ninja themselves don't learn until waaay later during the time between the Oni invasion and letting out Aspheera and traveling to the Neverrealm. Since the Oni broke through and had left gapping holes through the realms into Ninjago, other demons came through, demons that were much more powerful than Oni (I'll get to that momentarily) Daniella tries to keep the other ninja out of it, but they wouldn't be our beloved characters if they didn't stay out of trouble lol. They find out and there is a massive fight once Daniella wakes up from injuries in the Realm of Knowledge. After that, the ninja help Daniella lock the Empress of Chaos (a goddess of Chaos and the ruler of all demons, the Overlord being her son and Prince of Chaos) into the Etherreal Divide and now Daniella doesn't have to keep the secret because the others have been exposed and what not.

Now then, that little lore bit being said, there is a reason that Daniella is so OP as many people tell me. For the longest time, Daniella was doing all of this on her own, protecting the realms and so forth, in addition, the exposure to the Realm of Knowledge boosts her abilities (the exposure is also why Bailey can use magic rather than having an elemental abilities like her brother and sister even though they are triplets.) However, there are rules as to how Daniella can use these abilities as well as Daniella having her own limits.

Daniella can't create new realms, nor can she destroy realms. Not with her powers anyway.

Daniella doesn't use the separate components of her powers (like lightning for example) if she is with the other ninja. She keeps them together like her brother in a purple energy orb thing. I actually don't know what you would call that tbh

Daniella does have a limit to how much of her powers can be used at a time, kinda like a battery. She needs time to recharge, however if she does overexert herself, she gets a massive migraine and could possibly lose consciousness. Daniella could be out for days at a time and evil never sleeps so she tries to keep herself from overexertion. Of course her stamina grows with training, but there is still a limit.

As Daniella is the protector of all the realms, she can't be part of the little things, nor is she supposed to have a favorite realm. Now of course, she fights with the other ninja, even after finding out her role in the universe so to speak, because Ninjago will always be her home, but she holds herself back to keep from messing with the realm so much (also the scribes of the Cloud Kingdom hate her because she cannot be written into their fates. But to counterbalance, they cannot help her unless the realms are on the verge of collapse. Almost forgot that part)

I mentioned demons stronger than the Oni earlier, and while I don't have a details hierarchy at the moment written out, there is one and the Oni are not at the top. At the very top is the Goddess of Chaos herself, the Empress of Chaos. Next is her son, the Overlord. And after that there are the Empresses Seven Generals, The Seven Deadly Sins; mortals made immortal and immoral in service to the Empress.

Now with that said, I do have one more thing to add with her powers and that is what it can separate into. In my AU, any elemental power is a component of creation, however it is only those that can be found in the nature world. So the main four (Earth, Fire, Ice and Lightning), water, nature (both flora and fauna), and wind. But again, it takes a lot of training for Daniella to separate them and mostly uses the combination energy orb like her brother, with fire being the exception when she needs light or warmth.

So keep all of that in mind as you read my answers to your questions. I've had a hard time sharing Daniella's lore with others because they get turned off by her powers specifically but never think about her lore and her role, and it really hurts tbh. I created her way back when the series started, back in 2011 (eww that makes me old lol) and she has changed, A LOT. But this is the story that I am most happy with. She has turned into one of my comfort characters and I'm really protective of her. So I will answer the next three questions honestly, but just keep what I said earlier in mind about her lore. (Sorry it sounds more like a ramble, I feel like I have to overexplain it to make it make sense)

6. In terms of the other ninja, minus her brother, she is more powerful.

7. In terms of Garmadon and Wu, she is more powerful the older she gets and the more training she does. That being said, when fighting/training, she can do a lot more damage when fighting her father Garmadon more than Wu, but that is due to his Oni nature.

8. In terms of her Grandfather, she is equal. In terms of her brother, she is more powerful in the beginning because she has had more training, but they become equals as Lloyd gets older.

9. Because her powers are a variation of Creation, they come from the Creation Source Dragon. (if there is one?) I'm not really sure about all the Source Dragons yet, I haven't done the research yet to figure that out.

10. Daniella loves her friends. Pixal and Nya become like her sisters as time progresses (after the love triangle) and Kai, Jay and Zane become her brothers. Cole is her significant other. They start dating right before Cole becomes a ghost, and sometime before the merge but after the second part of her fanseason, they get married. I haven't quite placed their wedding yet. Cole and Daniella also have triplets together. Daniella finds out that she is pregnant right before the merge happens and she raises them in the safety of The Great Library with Ozir (who is her second in command in the Library) and some of her friends in the village. The reunite sometime after the events of part 1 of Dragon's Rising, but I'm not sure how yet. I did know but that was before when they only had twins.

11. Daniella's powers started manifesting when she was 11, and her mother decided to leave her with Wu with false promises to write and visit. She is living in the monastery with her uncle when the ninja start to arrive to train to be ninjas.

12. Daniella was in Ninjago City helping with evacuations when the Bounty is crushed. And it nearly kills her when she finds out that the other ninja are "dead"

13. When I read family, I think of Wu, Garmadon, Misako and Lloyd. Daniella loves her little brother and her uncle unconditionally, even though she can be annoyed with some of their decisions. Daniella's relationship with her mother is rocky at best. Misako dropped her off on Wu's doorstep with false promises to visit and write, or even come back to get her at all. And then when they do reunite, Misako babies Lloyd like there is no tomorrow and Daniella can feel the favoritism. Lloyd tries to bridge the gap sometimes between the two, but Daniella finds it hard to forgive her mother. Now as for Garmadon. Before he was brought back by Harumi, Daniella was a daddy's girl, especially after the Overlord was purged from his being. She loved her dad so much. When Harumi brought Garmadon back, Daniella tries to get through to him, but Garmadon claims that Harumi is his only daughter and it breaks her heart. That is the moment that Daniella realized that her father was gone, and she doesn't treat Garmadon the same after that. Even after Harumi is gone and Garmadon tries to talk to Daniella, especially during the Oni invasion, she doesn't respond the way he wants. And when he tells her that he is her father and that she should listen to what he has to say, Daniella hits him with the "My FATHER, is dead"

I hope that answers yours questions as well as makes sense. I know that it was really long, and it didn't start out that way, but with the explanations, it got really long and kinda rambly. But all the information here is important to Daniella's story. It is who she is. Like I mentioned earlier, there were a lot of iterations of Daniella before this one and this is the one that I love the most. It feels like her. And I know that everyone has their own stories and lore and headcanons for the series, but this is mine. I have dealt with people who don't like how powerful she is even though they don't ask why she is that way. I have caught the third degree from Daniella being in a relationship with Cole (and like Geode shipping is so cute with Cole and Geo in the canon. Like how sweet, I love them a lot) but I made Daniella for me, and I want to share her stories with others because maybe it'll make some people happy to read about other people's OCs, I know it makes me happy. And I hope these answers have made you a little happy too.

But, I am rewriting her fanseason so if anyone has links to that on Ao3 or Wattpad, I think I might be deleting it soon so that I can reupload the new version without any confusion. But that won't be for a while so if you want to read what is there now, you can. But there is major lore that is different now that I am working into the new version so there is that.

Thanks for the ask! And feel free to ask more questions about Daniella or the triplets or any other Ninjago OCs of mine. I love answering them ^^

[justanaspiringsomeone]

Moon Fabulist (A Kingdom Hearts/Touchstarved AU)

"A scattered dream that's like a far-off memory. A far-off memory that's like a scattered dream. I want to line the pieces up—a story for you and me, tonight."

It’s post KH 3 but Sora ends up in the touchstarved universe and ends up as a Hunter for soulless

Yes the quote is from KH2 but i like it so it’s staying

my idea for Sora in this is

he's not exactly a ghost per say, like he's able to touch people, talk to them, eat etc

but like something is off about him

and it reaches a peak specifically on the full moon

he gets more wispy and floaty, like a kindred spirit almost

obv more serious than ever but still mischievous and goodhearted despite it

he dances in the moonlight, telling stories mostly to himself about a hero on various adventures, with magic flourishing around him for visual effect

Sora just in a dramatic cloak with a silver lion mask saying that is such a vibe tho

With the moonlight shining down on him too

A person bordering between humanity and the ethereal mystery of the supernatural

Sora has two sides people see

this more fantastical, storyteller version of himself that people see at night on full moons

or this quiet, mysterious, and efficient hunter named Arslan

And covers his face up so he can work in peace and people don’t question his age (cuz at the least I assume Leander would not hire an actual teenager to be a hunter)

Arslan is the Hunter persona Sora takes

Acts ‘grown up’ but prob does a lot of things like playing with kids, talking to people on the streets, etc.

Pre quiet while working but otherwise listens to others worries and whatnot

The Moon Fabulist

That name is prob something the people give Sora

Since he started telling tales randomly on the full moon and it’s just been routine since

Dynamics are also different

He knows all the LIs, is close with them and has his own personal insight on them

Clearly letting on he knows more than he's sharing

Close to all of them, save for Vere on basis of disliking him

With Leander, Sora says he admires his willingness to serve the people, but feels as if he’s lost his way in pursuit

With Ais, Sora beams and explains Ais is a trustworthy and loyal person, a great sparring partner as well

With Mhin, Sora once again beams at the mention of them, holding them in high regard. Admits they’re rough but he can tell they’re not mean just for the sake of it. He wishes they didn’t always start conflict with Ais though…

Kuras, Sora respects and owes much, pointing him to Leander to get him a job. He also reminds Sora of his old mentor, though not nearly so pretty.

Vere is the only one Sora makes a face at, explaining that Vere’s only redeeming quality is that he’s shameless in everything he does. Including mocking Sora every chance he gets.

With that, Sora then explains that he feels the MC might be able to turn the tides of what may happen within Eridia, then smiles at them

He hopes he can be of assistance on their journey or if not, give them a tale to soothe them

Sora is not a LI, but you can deepen your relationship with him if you choose to go for him

He's a friend interest

[ogdoadfates]

Vox Machina: Supernatural AU

Good lord everyone is talking werewolves and vampires on my dashboard, I can’t resist even more so after hearing my fav songs that remind me of werewolfs lol. This is also technically a modern au.

Keyleth is a werewolf and was turned into one at a young age. Viyla was a werewolf and tried to contain herself every full moon but she got out one night and ‘attacked’ Keyleth not realizing she bit her daughter she leaves with some parting words telling Keyleths she’s sorry for being a monster. This backfires a lot since after Keyleth and Korrin learn she’s now a werewolf, Keyleth thinks her mom called HER a monster and not herself. (not to mention in general Vilya’s parting words were not the kindest to a small child)

Werewolfs in this universe only really have a hybrid form, no full wolf form.

Due to them not knowing, Keyleth ‘attacks’ her dad when she first transforms leaving him with a scar on his right eyebrow.

Korrin lives on a farm house a fair bit away from the city which is perfect for when Keyleth comes over once a month for the full moon. They used to try to locked her up but as she grew older it stopped working.

Korrin set’s up meat baits around his land for Keyleths full moons to help stop her from potentially eating/hunting any humans that stumble upon his land.

Keyleth was already naturally tall which makes her werewolf form even taller. (Taller then Grog in werewolf form)

Forced werewolf transformations hurt

The twins are vampires (of course lol) 

Sunlight doesn’t immediately kill vampires more so it starts out as irritating then slowly turns into a great burning pain. They will die if they don’t have any protections and stay out in it for 4 hours.

Grog is half oni and used to have problems with his oni sides rage, luckily Pike and Scanlan helps him out.

Percy is a monster hunter but fully knows he is a hypocrite, he’s known Keyleth for a years, in fact it was Keyleth and her dad who found him when he ran away from the Briarwoods and took him in. One night on a full moon he learned what Keyleth was as she went to the basement, no one knew he was there when she transformed till he brings it up the next morning asking her if she was okay.

 Percy helps make something for Keyleth to cover up her scent so that way she doesn’t attract any unwanted attention from other supernaturals and from monster hunter dogs.

Sylas is a original vampire and in so is a more demonic version of it, same as Delilah. (think skyrim tbh)

Pike is a blessed person and has made it her mission to help the poor supernaturals who aren’t hurting people but yet are getting hunted by hunters.

Scanlan is human but he does eventually learn that some songs/tunes actually help calm down werewolves or at least werewolf Keyleth.

Scanlan has a lot of mixed feelings about the supernatural, sometimes he hates them with a passion sometimes he’s indifferent. It’s when he first learned what being a werewolf fully entails for Keyleth that he starts to feel more sympathetic towards supernaturals.

Keyleth would comfort Vax when he felt like a monster for being a vampire by telling him that he is in control of himself therefore he isn’t a monster, this helps cheer him up a fair bit till he learns she’s a werewolf and was calling herself a monster whenever she comforted him in that manner.

Vex doesn’t fully understand why Keyleth doesn’t like being a werewolf at first.

The only people vampires can’t drink the blood of are demons and holy/blessed people. Vax if given permission will feed from Keyleth.

Vex playfully calls Percy a hypocrite when he doesn’t try to hunt her once he fully finds out her and her brother are vampires and is a little stunned when he says he’s fully aware and has been one for ages.

[rogue-inquisitor]

Spn fic idea I’m never gonna write but need to see:

Dean Winchester is secretly an accomplished poet au.

Hear me out.

Nobody knows that the highly acclaimed modern poet Steve Tyler is actually Dean Winchester, and no one is ever gonna know if Dean has anything to say about it. Especially Sam.

There are a couple of close calls, like that time Dean found Sam reading a beat up copy of his anthology and had to stumble through an increasingly awkward conversation about how relevant and poignant his works were when read through the eyes of a hunter, or when he, on autopilot, corrected the high school English teacher they just saved from a rougarou when she quoted one of his works wrong.

When they stumble upon a prophet’s book series about their lives, well, Dean is sure the jig is up. Sam will find out his pie-loving, badass, macho, high school dropout of a brother writes poetry of all things and he’ll never hear the end of it. When there’s no mention of it in the Supernatural books, well, he breathes a sigh of relief. (What he doesn’t know, is that one Chuck Shurley, God, is so goddamn jealous that Dean is a better writer that he deliberately leaves it out.)

At one point Sam puts a couple pieces together, and quietly pulls Dean aside.

“Y’know Steve Tyler? How I always thought his works were relatable?”

Dean, sweating, nods. Goddamnit, he knew that latest book about the apocalypse and destiny was a little too on the nose.

“Do you think it’s Chuck?”

Dean almost sags in relief. “Yeah, seems like something that little twerp would do.”

When they meet Metatron, it takes the threat of sticking an angel blade where the sun don’t shine for his secret to stay safe.

“Don’t worry,” the nerdy rat says, voice high and reedy, “I won’t tell Sam about your sickening love poems about short and grumpy over there.”

He doesn’t know why he hasn’t told Sam. He’s been holding onto this secret for so long, holding this so close to his chest, that the thought of other people knowing would kill him.

When his secret does come out, it’s simultaneously earth shattering and anticlimactic. Cas casually strolls into the bunker and announces that he’s finished reading Dean’s works, before tossing a faded and well read copy onto the table. Sam loses his mind.

There’s a long break, between poems, when things are at their worst. When Mary dies, again, he posts a single sentence to his website and doesn’t touch a pen for a long time.

I learned to love more than the idea of you, but I learned it too late.

Later, once they’ve saved the world (again), and Chuck has been dealt with, Dean sits down in the bunker, and stares at his notebook. All the little things that have been sitting in his chest stab at him like knives.

He thinks about Cas. Cas, telling him the one thing Dean was only ever able to say behind three layers of metaphor, saying those three words like it’s easy. Cas being swallowed up by the empty. Cas, who read Dean’s poetry so much the cover was soft and cracked with repeated use, where the pages were worn and frayed at the edges.

And like he’s releasing some great weight, Dean puts a pen to the page, and writes.

[findroleplay]

Are you interested in an 18+ Discord Stranger Things roleplay?// THE PLOT //

imagine supernatural and mythical creatures you hear about in stories, and see in film, actually existed all over the world. beings like vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies, mermaids, and more everywhere you turn. you’d imagine some wouldn’t get along with their differences and stereotypes humans have forced them to fit into for thousands of years.

now imagine a small town that didn’t believe in those stereotypes. a town where all different kinds of beings coexist and try their best to find understanding. some wouldn’t believe in such a city, with the way the world is today. out in bigger cities it’s a fight just to survive, most humans not accepting of other kinds. but if you haven’t heard of it, then you’ve never been to hawkins.

the town thrived on their diversity, the way everyone tried their best to get along and understand the others. working together to build a great community and stick together with a world around them that vowed to hate each other.

martin brenner saw sight of that, and as a scientist with a curious mind on how he could take advantage of the abilities some of these creatures had – decided to set a reward. calling any hunters to come to this town and capture creatures he could do studies on. it wasn’t his fault he was born unlucky, and he believes anyone should have the right to have the advantage in this world.

as of now, friends and family are disappearing without a trace – and the citizens of hawkins are starting to grow worried something more could be going on. they’re not sure what, but they’ve now started to watch their backs.

people disappear here is a supernatural/mythical creature stranger things au where all the characters are different species. it’s set in modern time and revolves around the older teens now navigating life as young adults. whether they’ve found the town for solace, or have been there their whole life. while as well, trying their best to not be a statistic as another creature to go missing from the town. can they figure out the reasonings behind this? or will their small population only grow smaller?

// MORE INFO //

we have pre-selected creatures and have created bios for the open characters, this can be changed upon request. for the other roles you will get to decide on the creature, and we will create the bio for you.

- tupper box is mandatory (if you’re unfamiliar I can teach you!)- nsfw and adult themed- texting & thread based- members are allowed to play as many characters as they can handle- hunters are npc’s unless you would prefer to play your character as one- only accepting the older teens, no party or oc’s (fc changes are accepted per admin approval)

// CHARACTERS //

[TAKEN] steve, eden, chrissy, nancy, eddie, billy [OPEN] robin, argyle, gareth, vickie, heather[OTHER CHARACTERS] tommy, carol, jason, barb, etc

[creativeroleplay-ads]

Are you interested in an 18+ Discord Stranger Things roleplay?// THE PLOT //

imagine supernatural and mythical creatures you hear about in stories, and see in film, actually existed all over the world. beings like vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies, mermaids, and more everywhere you turn. you’d imagine some wouldn’t get along with their differences and stereotypes humans have forced them to fit into for thousands of years.

now imagine a small town that didn’t believe in those stereotypes. a town where all different kinds of beings coexist and try their best to find understanding. some wouldn’t believe in such a city, with the way the world is today. out in bigger cities it’s a fight just to survive, most humans not accepting of other kinds. but if you haven’t heard of it, then you’ve never been to hawkins.

the town thrived on their diversity, the way everyone tried their best to get along and understand the others. working together to build a great community and stick together with a world around them that vowed to hate each other.

martin brenner saw sight of that, and as a scientist with a curious mind on how he could take advantage of the abilities some of these creatures had – decided to set a reward. calling any hunters to come to this town and capture creatures he could do studies on. it wasn’t his fault he was born unlucky, and he believes anyone should have the right to have the advantage in this world.

as of now, friends and family are disappearing without a trace – and the citizens of hawkins are starting to grow worried something more could be going on. they’re not sure what, but they’ve now started to watch their backs.

people disappear here is a supernatural/mythical creature stranger things au where all the characters are different species. it’s set in modern time and revolves around the older teens now navigating life as young adults. whether they’ve found the town for solace, or have been there their whole life. while as well, trying their best to not be a statistic as another creature to go missing from the town. can they figure out the reasonings behind this? or will their small population only grow smaller?

// MORE INFO //

we have pre-selected creatures and have created bios for the open characters, this can be changed upon request. for the other roles you will get to decide on the creature, and we will create the bio for you.

- tupper box is mandatory (if you’re unfamiliar I can teach you!)- nsfw and adult themed- texting & thread based- members are allowed to play as many characters as they can handle- hunters are npc’s unless you would prefer to play your character as one- only accepting the older teens, no party or oc’s (fc changes are accepted per admin approval)

// CHARACTERS //

[TAKEN] steve, eden, chrissy, nancy, eddie, billy [OPEN] robin, argyle, gareth, vickie, heather[OTHER CHARACTERS] tommy, carol, jason, barb, etc

[foggysirens]

👀 That WIP wouldn't happen to be the one I asked about before, would it? Because I have a couple other thoughts. Such as, does Cas ever find it hard to look at Luke & Leia because of how brightly they shine in the Force, is Sam Grogu's fave member of TFW because he likes to be tall, and is Bobby around (and how does the og trio react to a gruff softy of a father figure?)

Also, I'll have to check out that fic when my brain let's me read things again, I've been curious about destiel fic before, but the sheer volume of them is intimidating af. 😂 Congratulations on the pie, it looked amazing, and I'm certain Dean would be very excited, too. For your amusement, I have just today gotten a third RL friend to start SPN even though I've only made it about halfway through so far myself (I WILL finish it eventually, my brain is just uncooperative atm.)

close! the wip is actually the star wars supernatural!au rewrite ive begun to write with leia and luke as hunter siblings with leia as sam and luke as dean because i am obsessed with the idea of the twins being the Michael and Lucifer vessels and the angst of it all and anakin works so well as john and padme as mary and obi-wan as bobby and hmmnnag

anyways it’s going well but it’s going to be an ORDEAL

im gonna put a read more here to answer the rest of your ask cause i have THOUGHTS

OKAY holy shit the spn/sw crossover has been living in my head rent free too and i am now obsessed with the idea of cas just staring at luke and leia because of how bright they are in the force and dean gets really jealous because he is the one that cas usual stares at until cas tells him that while the force within luke and leia is beautiful, it’s like looking directly into the sun - harsh and violent and blinding - but the force within dean is like wading into a cool lake - safe and soothing and his - and deans not so jealous anymore

grogu absolutely loves sam because he’s quieter than the others and he clings to sams back and does not let go and it takes twenty minutes of din trying to pry him off and eventually having to bribe him with cookies to make him let go but half an hour later he’s back tugging on sams leg to be picked up and honestly? sam loves it and makes a little carrier to put him in so grogu can hang out and walk around with him all day :) they also get along well cause sam is a sassy shit and so is grogu

BOBBY i didn’t even think about bobby but yes i can absolutely see him as like a gruff mechanic peli motto type who back in the day was a records keeper of coruscant but after the empire took over moved to tatooine and took up shop as a mechanic there and once sam and dean join the rebels he ends up moving to one of the bases to help with intel gathering and acts as a missions coordinator - and as for the og trio i think luke would see a lot of uncle owen in bobby so i think he’d take to bobby right away and they’d get along great, leia would be absolutely fascinated by him and they’d take galaxy politics all the time, but i think he’d butt heads with han the same way he does with dean sometimes and dishes out a lot of tough love to that idjit

as for fic! if you’re curious about destiel fic id also recommend psalm 40:2 by unicornpoe (which altered my brain chemistry irreversibly) - tell me about the dream by playedwright (a s6 divergent au which had me rolling on the floor screaming) and spiders by opal_bullets (this fic made me have a mini-breakdown at work over my love for dean winchester) i also have many more recs and love sharing fic so if you do end up dipping your toe into the fic pool and want more let me know!

AND THANK YOU I ABSOLUTELY MADE THAT PIE WITH HIM IN MIND BECAUSE I AM UNWELL SO THAT IS A WONDERFUL COMPLIMENT AND HIGH PRAISE - i also love that you are getting irls into spn that is such a power move - and also i haven’t actually finished the entire series either i stopped watching ages ago at s10 and i have just actually finished s11 for the first time!!

thank you so much for the ask! sorry about the sheer volume of this answer post and i hope you had a happy New Year’s Day!

[wyked-ao3]

Heya, I read chapter one of One death starts it all. To preface this: I haven’t seen supernatural and know literally nothing about it- so I’m going in just reading this as a story. The premise was cool as hell, and the relationship between Sam and Gabriel was definitely the highlight. It was really intriguing hearing about the past, and how they would try to change it. Overall it was really good, keep up the great work!

I guess to make this an actual “ ask “

How did you get into supernatural?

Aww thank you, this makes me extremely happy to hear and warms my heart, I tend to go canon divergent or au when it comes to supernatural although alternative universes are technically canon but I'm not getting into that lol.. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

How I got into supernatural well to be honest I had just finished watching Monsters and Mysteries in America for the third time....I wanted more lore and myths so I was going through and saw something about monster hunters (I figured it would have some lore in it I could research later if nothing else lol) I caught episode one of a rerun right before season three aired and got hooked. Although throughout the years the show has meant different things to me