Honeysuckle
oh boy.
so i wrote this last October and now I’m sharing it bc im in my insane era <3
Summary: Ashton realizes fairly soon into touring that remembering names isn’t worth his time.
or, it's the 1970s, Ashton is a homophobic lead singer and Luke is the new gay roadie on tour with his band.
Word Count: 28,837
Pairing: Luke Hemmings/Ashton Irwin
Rating: E
Content Warnings: alcohol / drinking / drunk kissing, period-typical homophobia, toxic relationship
READ ON AO3
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Shockingly underrated thing about Leo is that he’s legitimately charming when he wants to be?
He’s the Faceman! He’s persuasive! That’s not just some random title he gave himself with no backing to it. People will listen to him. Even if they think he’s being annoying or if they’re upset at him, people listen to him anyway! There’s a reason his bros push him out front to talk to people, and when this happens, that talking nearly always works.
Moreover, Leo knows people. He looks at them and takes into account how they act and what they’re like as he makes his way through the conversations. It’s easy to forget this aspect of Leo’s character because he only brings it out when he really needs (read: wants) to, but it really is a notable part of him that always love to see.
And I say charm in particular because he has a knack for not only getting people to pay attention, but for getting people to stay and listen to what he has to say.
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A short list of things I get species vibes from that I currently don't understand:
Sleep paralysis demons
The Twilight Zone intro speech
This song and this song
This video (not scary) and these videos (scary)
This music video and this music video
The bizarre animation on the creepy wizard from this 1980s Soviet cartoon
The Masked and the Bracken from Lethal Company
Brocken specters
The Crawler from Annihilation
Black holes
A solar eclipse
Satellites
No-Face
The Doctor Who monsters from the episodes Silence in the Library and Midnight
Trevor Henderson monsters
The Pokemon Marshadow and Iron Valiant
Angels ("biblically accurate" ones, aka regular ones)
The Thing
The Stranger from The Magnus Archives, a podcast I otherwise don't care for
The house from House of Leaves
The full electromagnetic spectrum
Lighthouses
The non-titular Beast from Over the Garden Wall
In essence
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"I forgive you." - Yenekh/Oltyx (for @courgowr)
(Drabble Oneshot for a prompt fill challenge, prompts available here.)
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Even after all's been said and done there's one more thing that lingers, a guilt that has never gone away. Forgive me for what I have done, Oltyx often asks of his formal admiral, his hand upon a silver claw or a bloodied forehead, his own head bowed in shame. It is not enough that he overcame life and death for his atonement, it must be spelled out, or he is a sinner still. I was cruel and I was craven, and I had dealt with you unjustly.
Well, I forgive you, Yenekh had laughed the very first time. The following year Oltyx took him as consort. Yenekh has been nothing but patient with him since, repeatedly reassuring him that all had been long forgiven, the tips of his claws ticking fondly upon Oltyx's carapace. The king doesn't doubt that he means it, for the Razor is not by nature dishonest. But he's sure there must be more he can do for Yenekh, if not as a sinner than as one beloved, because as far as he's concerned Yenekh has always deserved the world.
It just feels hypocritical to claim this when he's destroyed it once before.
He's not doing it to be burdensome. He's like this because he loves Yenekh. His old lives feel so distant from him now (and are, since nothing is as close yet so far away as death), but here's yet another shortfall from those august times: Oltyx has no idea how to be good to his amours, for there was never a match made for him in Ithakas, nor did he and his brother ever entertain admirers.
Frankly he's not even sure Djoseras ever knew the C of courtship. No one is left to teach Oltyx either way. He is very loved in Drazak, more than he was loved in his previous lives - which he now understands was more than he knew at the time - but he has not been in the position to love another as equals until now. And so the Fallen Lord contemplates, day after day, how he might truly be the friend and king that Yenekh deserves.
To talk about it, at least, without putting his guilt on the other's shoulders. All the time in the world is theirs and he still feels it to be slow learning.
An opportunity arises on the next occasion he orders the bounty.
[Published 25/01/2024 - continued on AO3 here.]
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HELP maybe this is influenced by how I'm writing this, or maybe it was supposed to be gleaned from canon and I just. Haven't fully thought about it til now. Haven't Deeply analyzed it beyond the blaring alarm bells that go off when reading this. But. Alfonse's,
Straight into.
This isn't him doubling down. This is him BACKTRACKING. This is him going, "oh fuck I think maybe I came on a little too strong maybe I was a bit too vulnerable and that's really scary. How do I fix this" and he's running through all the dialogue options in his head like Okay. Play it Cool. Keep it Casual. Proclaim your undying loyalty and devotion to your Trusted Partner (person he just told in the beginning of this conversation that he didn't intend to become friends with) by making yourself a blade and shield for them. NAILED IT 👍
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Hey why is no one talking about the fact the end of Loki S2 is LITERALLY RIPPING 'THE GOD OF STORIES' RIGHT OUT FROM THE COMICS AND IT STILL STUCK THE LANDING
Marvel, those bastards, they actually fucking did it
also props to marvel for giving loki shoes. y'all would be freaking over him going around barefoot if they went 1:1 with the GoS Loki design
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