#adri yaps

[marigold-field]

nothing, and i mean NOTHING, compares to joining a new fandom and reading through all the ____ x reader tags. it’s akin to opening gifts on christmas or recieving a package in the mail. actually, scratch that; it’s th equivalent of ascending to the heavens

[clownmovieyaoi]

sometimes i read itfic and im like wow. i get to read this for free. thats crazy

[marigold-field]

i love reading thank you “text only” search filter <3

tumblr users love reading. you literally stopped for this post just because it has words in it

[alligaytorswamp]

In your headcanon, how did Bennett and Chongyun meet?

aughhh thank you for indulging me 😭

i will now spam under the cut treating this like a dm and not providing any cohesive thoughts at all!

okay i am very basic because i think it's some casual A goes to region where B is and oopsie adventures happen so they run into each other

the thing is i am a total fake fan i have no idea who out of these 2 is more likely to go to the other region and for what reason

i guess if it was chongyun going to mond, in my brain it would be a rather simple meet-cute meeting. like he is walking with his friends (either or both pyro girlies maybe) to the city and then bennett's luck is of course 'ruining the day' as he just appears by either falling from somewhere or running from something - and naturally - per my personal headcanon about benyun cancelling each other out - whatever was happening to bennett just magically 'stopped'

and then they have little cute interaction where they are introduced to each other (i feel like xiangling is perfect for that), and bennett explains whatever issue he just had, they laugh about it and probably no one even realizes how as bennett continues hanging out with them before parting ways eventually nothing unlucky happened :')

(also in my head it's like... idk he had to get something from a tree - unluckiness strikes so he keeps falling - upon chongyun's arrival he doesn't fall badly?? and his next attempt goes smoothly! or if he like runs away from something - idk he was collecting flowers and came across a whopperflower - despite it following him it is gone once he is around chongyun)

the other scenario is bennett going to liyue (again for whatever reason... i am not smart enough for that) and maybe he takes up some sort of commission (or just wants to help somebody), ends up at the allegedly haunted place and of course with his luck the place is indeed very haunted

but nothing bad happens because of course chongyun was at this place too - investigating it for likely the same reason - but he was about to leave as he saw no sign of spirits before he witnessed whatever was happening to bennett

now bennett is saved by chongyun and chongyun dealt with a whole ass spirit! they are both very amazed altho for wildly different reasons

also i imagine this scenario would involve bennett apologizing for his luck (as he's assuming spirit appearing is a 'bad thing' that shouldn't have happened) meanwhile chongyun is like 'idk what you are talking about this was incredible'

anywayssss

both scenarios likely end with them just hanging out a little bit and figuring each other's vibes and then of course their paths cross several times more and they end up good friends <3

[epitaph-echoes]

I need to stop rambling but also i kinda feel like death note suffers a bit from how short it really is??? Like the manga is only 12 volumes and has a fairly large cast??? There's so many interesting concepts of characters but the time they're allotted is fairly limited. Also not to be an Ohba hater on main but man cannot write complex moral dilemmas...(or women. especially women.) Sure, at least the manga shows it a little bit (like a panel or two) how Light is initially disgusted by his actions, but it's such a quick turn from that to "I am god!!!"

I do think it shows SOME progression of his ideology and how it is less and less about justice, and the extent of his ego does grow. But I feel like it definitely needs a bit more? It does really feel like the fandom has been able to detect these good concepts of characters and expand on them but it does kind of feel like Ohba is better at creating interesting scenarios than complex characters. Like I love being able to take pieces of canon and expanding on it, thinking about it more and finding connections between actions and what led to them, but ultimately, even with the protagonist, the POV character, it feels a BIT lacking idk??? Like I LOVE death note. I LOVE the characters. (I HATE the misogyny...-) but yeah. Idk. Also I think the characters from the second half suffer most from this cus they get even less "screen" time than L, less time in the plot, plus it is divided between Mello and Near so both respectively get less.

[buttercupbread06]

HELLOOOO HIIII sorrysorry, idk how this works exactly but uhhhhh yea <:3

1) Does ur OC have a voice claim? If so who? [any]

3) What song describes your OC? [any]

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! it's on sight when they see them! [any (but curious abt Michele)]

15) Will your OC ever retire? Do you see them making it? [either Gonzalo, Michele or Adri]

20) If they fight, what's their weapon of choice? [any, curious on Mika tho 👀]

27) What's their spirit tamagochi? or an animal you associate them with [any (although I have an idea of most of them dkxndkfn)]

29)Imagine a mood board for your OC! What's on it? (Make it if you want!) (not necessary, just sillying rn)

hii thanks for writing the questions i love you

1). Gonzalo kinda sounds like the singer in Dance With Me (Topline Addicts), but only that song in specific for some reason?? Michele sounds like Snufkin in the English dub (I dont even watch Moominvalley, I just saw a clip once and thought "yeah that's my daughter"). I haven't found Mika's exact voice irl yet, sadly.

3). Gonzalo is very Sucede/Desarraigo (by Extremoduro) coded, but I'd like to mention Everything She Wants (Wham!), High and Dry (Radiohead) and Lágrimas Desordenadas (Melendi). Very father of him for the most part, I like to think. He also likes all of those, by the way, Extremoduro and Radiohead are his favorite bands (GOD HE'S LIKE ME FR)

Mika depends on the time of his life, honestly, but I relate Using You (Mars Argo) and Cynical One (TV Girl) to him. There's more, though, I just don't want to yap too much.

Extra: The Mind Electric (Miracle Musical) for Michele, Califórnica (La Gusana Ciega) for Adriana, and basically anything sung by Betty Hutton could be Becky's :33

14). I'm going to be very honest, DMC doesn't have enough characters for Michele to hate someone. However, she IS bitter about Fortuna as a whole because no one even tried to protect them as a child. Sure, it was supposed to be a secret, but giving him away that easily and never wondering where the kid went is... Interesting.

Adri hates Kimball AND Caesar, as she should, but that could apply to basically any Legion dude/NCR soldier. I don't think I've ever told you this, but Mika has beef with Leo's parents especially after Leo actually gets famous (basically because they didn't support their son enough and he was there to see it, and because I believe they'd be fake about it years after and Mika just wants to strangle them with a coat hanger) (he keeps it to himself but he calls his mom to talk 40 minutes worth of shit right after they leave lmao).

20). Michele has a sword (canon), Gonzalo technically owns a glock 22 because he's a cop but to me his canon weapon is his stupid little revolver in FNV, Becky likes energy weapons, Adri prefers dynamite and Mika doesn't fight or kill people but if he did he'd get an AK-47, I'm sorry.

27). I just looked through every single Tamagotchi thingy and I've decided to go with animals. Mika: Weasel

Gonzalo: St. Bernard dog

Michele: Something between a barn owl and a dove

Becky: Milksnake

Adriana: Either a coyote or a Mexican pink tarantula (it's not even pink wtf :c)

29). I'm not doing that right now but I might reblog this post with stuff I found on Pinterest/pictures I took that remind me of them.

[marigold-field]

i would be lost without fanfic writers 😢 never stop, ur work is so appreciated!!

I fucking love fan-fic writers, you are the most precious people on this fucking planet and please, please, don't stop writing.

[b1adie]

Hi there Adri, I hope you have a good day!

So I saw that total cutie Blade on tiktok and looked up his lore on Wikipedia but it's completely confusing to me, I know basics of hsr lore like mara or aeons cause my roommate rambles about it 24/7 but I don't play this game yet and roommate doesn't care about Blade so they ignore all his voicelines etc...

Came to tumblr to find out more and I saw your blog in tag + in your faq you stated you don't mind lore questions...

So please ignore it if you don't want to answear but could you explain to me Blade's lore more or less?

I'm so sorry if I came out as pushy, I know it's probably a complicated lore and a lot to write about but even watching cutscenes on yt didn't make anything clearer while I feel like this guy could make me play hsr... Sorry for anon, I'm a bit shy.

no prob, i’ll try and explain his story as simply as possible!! and.. add a tldr cuz i know im gonna yap

im sorry the tldr got long too. here.

TLDR was TL, DR: craftsman/blacksmith human named yingxing that became cursed with immortality while participating in a fucked up resurrection ritual for one of his friends. was killed thousands of times til he became mara struck and forgot his past human life. got picked up by the stellaron hunters cuz their leader apparently knows a way to permanently kill him and he wants to die so bad. he didnt know his name but he has a cool sword so they call him bladie. he’s old and he apparently has a valid drivers license and obeys traffic laws but he cant play video games because he keeps stabbing himself in the hand.

iffff you have any further questions you can ask ^_^

TLDR; he was. regular human who was taken to the xianzhou as a child after abominations of abundance destroyed his home world. he picked the name yingxing there. he grew up to be a master craftsman and was incredibly skilled and confident, even considered arrogant. since he was a short life species on a ship of people who would live like 700 years longer than him on avg, they found him lame and annoying, but he was better than all of them at making shit so they had to give him the title of Furnace Master cuz he won it. then at some point he became a member of the high cloud quintet, made up of him and 4 friends (jing yuan, jingliu, dan heng’s past incarnation dan feng, and a foxian girl named baiheng). they fought abominations together and were considered legendary and told about in stories. but, baiheng was killed in battle, and dan feng wanted to revive her. he asked yingxing to help him. the revival went wrong and turned baiheng’s remains into a fucked up beast and also cursed yingxing with immortality. jingliu had to put the baiheng monster down, but she loved baiheng so much and having to be the one to kill her mutated corpse like this drove her to become mara struck. she killed yingxing with the sword he made for her, and then again, and again, killing him thousands of times, until he too became mara struck and forgot his life as yingxing entirely. then the stellaron hunters found his miserable ass in the woods somewhwre and said hey grandpa come with us and we’ll kill you for good. and he was like damn okay if you promise. he didnt know his own name and said he would be more use to them as a weapon than a Person, so kafka started calling him bladie and he didnt object so now he’s called blade. he doesn’t think of that as his name though, he still refers to himself as “the unnamed.” but like, he’ll answer to it out of convenience i guess.

OKAY NOT SHORTENED VERSON.

he was born a regular human on a planet that was soon taken over by the borisin (basically immortal space wolves that brutally kill humans). he was the only survivor of his family and sitll a child. he was taken to the xianzhou zhuming and taken under the wing of their arbiter general, huaiyan. (so like, basically the jing yuan of that ship). he took on the name Yingxing there. he became an apprentice craftsman because the xianzhou is very well known for its forging and craftsmanship. he was always generally overlooked or sneered at due to being a short-life species, which of course meant he could never accomplish as much as any of the long-lived xianzhou people. he was wildly ambitious, though, often described as proud and arrogant, mentioned to have stayed awake for days at a time engrossed in his work. xianzhou natives attempted to sabotage his work by deliberately giving him defective or poor-quality material, but it never held him back. despite all the adversity, he became the Furnace Master, the highest title a craftsman can hold on a xianzhou ship.

when he was still a young kid, he’d met a foxian girl named baiheng. they met again some years later, along with jingliu, the champion swordmaster on the luofu, jing yuan, a young cloud knight and her apprentice, and dan feng, the high elder of the luofu vidyadhada. they all hit it off and became very close friends. yingxing forged special weapons for each of them, and the five fought against the abominations of abundance. they became known as the high cloud quintet.

they had a great time for many years, but the rest of them were all going to outlive him by centuries. they Should have, at least. baiheng was killed in battle, having done so protecting them in some way (distracting the enemy or interrupting them i believe?). dan feng decided they should take her remains along with some cursed abundance flesh and try to resurrect her. he convinced yingxing to join him in his wacky little plan. yingxing was like 70 by then hauling his old ass to go do some scary ritual.

they tried to resurrect her and did bad. instead of baiheng, they created a cursed dragon beast that started wreaking havoc and killing people. jingliu arrived in time to put the beast down. but. she was very, very close with baiheng. like obviously its not outright spoken canon, but they were basically married. so killing the mutated beast made from her wife’s corpse caused her to become mara struck. she killed yingxing as he stood in front of dan feng.

but! due to him fucking with that cursed abundance flesh during the resurrection, he came back to life. (and also got like 40 years younger apparently). jingliu took him with her somewhere and used the sword he made for her to kill him thousands of times, until he too became mara struck and forgot all memories of his life as yingxing.

then she kind of just dumped him in the wilderness somewhere or he escaped and went to the wilderness somewhere. he didnt know his name or anything, just that every part of him was constantly in agonizing pain and he could not die, despite badly wanting to die so the pain would end.

one day while he was out there, kafka and samfly showed up and tried to get him to join the stellaron hunters. he was mara stricken and batshit crazy thought so kafka had to shoot him to death and have samfly hold him down while she used her ability to calm his mara. she told him their leader knew a way to kill him permanently, and would help him reach this goal if he joined them. and he was like oh well in that case sure. she asked him his name, and he said he didn’t have one. (even in his internal monologue, he only ever refers to himself as ‘the unnamed.’) he told her he was more of a weapon than a person, so she was like. ummm.. okay. i’m calling you bladie. and he just let her do that and now everyone calls him blade

[karizard-ao3]

Hi Kar! Hope you're having a great weekend!

That ask about Lara being more incompetent than malicious got me thinking about whether that applies to Eduardo as well. Hopefully my interpretation is on the right track, but it seems like you've written both exes to be terrible partners/parents because they're so self-centered. It manifests differently because of their personalities but what they have in common is that they're both just.. completely shit? at being considerate of other people's needs and Eremika (+ the children) are the ones having to constantly adjust their lives around them

With Eduardo, you've repeatedly given us so many horror stories of him just being unable to spare a single thought for Mikasa and even now, he's planning to go on a summer trip when he's supposed to have custody of Mason. With Lara, aside from being a nightmare to Eren, she's so fixated on the optics of being The™ maternal figure in Adri's life that she isn't actually catering to who Adri is as an individual. I keep going back to Christmas when she gave her asthmatic child a diffuser because it worked for her, or when she got angry at Eren for being worried about Adri's coughing because it was on her watch. I literally have no guesses as to how the final chapter is going to go because I don't know how you're going to shock Lara out of her tunnel vision (if that's even possible)

Anywaysss I love this fic so much, my yapping is a testament to how fleshed out your characters are

Hi, Moony!

I think you are right on track as far as Eduardo and Lara! They are both incredibly selfish and have a hard time seeing past their own desires. I think that Eduardo cares a bit more about the impact of his selfishness than Lara does, or is at least more aware of it. Like, he's not really willing to change his ways, but he is slightly more willing to be inconvenienced or make allowances for the sake of other people (like staying for Adri's birthday party so Mason could attend and telling Mikasa she could move away with Mason once Mason was old enough to fly by himself).

Neither of them is really at all suited for having families because of how little they think of other people and because they are unwilling to make sacrifices.

I am really interested to see what everyone thinks of the ending! I've seen some really great guesses so far, though I can't give anything away.

I'm so happy you've been enjoying the fic! I hope you like the rest of it! We're so close to the end. I can't believe it.

[marigold-field]

Headcanon for best friend dick Grayson who has a crush on you but you don’t know (can you include some jealousy blurbs?)

Thanks!

- Best Friend!Dick Grayson who harbors romantic feelings for you is just as chaotic as you’d expect

- You guys have such a close relationship. One of those ones where you feel you can tell each other anything and embarrassment doesn’t seem to exist when you two are together

- This was great first, until Dick realized his true feelings for you. Now it seemed as though flirting would be impossible, everything said being interpreted as a joke

- Definitely compliments you shamelessly, not only to send you a hint but also because he loves your reactions

“Man, you’re beautiful, ya know.” he said, yawning and stretching as he spoke to try his hardest to make his subtly flirtatious comment seem casual. Your focus immediately turned to him, a smile lighting up your face as you looked into his blue eyes in the mirror. The warmth that crept up to your cheeks was evident. You chuckled, “you’re not too bad yourself, Dicky.” He swears he almost had a heart attack.

- You guys often spend most of your time in each other’s company. Whether it’s dragging Dick along on your shopping trips (he will go out of his way to carry all your bags), last minute restaurant visits (he’ll be a total gentlemen; pushing your chair in for you, paying for the meal, holding the door), or just lounging around your apartment (he spends this time admiring all the bits of your personality he can’t seem to learn enough about), you two are inseparable.

- Let’s just say, you’ve definitely had a couple failed attempts at relationships because the guys/girls quickly picked up on your “friendship” with Dick.

- Those situations often left you confused, asking millions of questions and attempting to explain that two of you are just friends. They say something along the lines of, “Keep telling yourself that, you’ll see!”

- Unfortunately for Dick, as your “best friend”, he has had to witness many date night preparations and spent the entire time hoping that one day he’ll be the one you’re picking out dresses and makeup inspo for.

with mountains of clothes across the floor, haphazard piles of strappy heels askew, and lord knows how many purses littered across the floor; it appeared as though a tornado passed through your room. Dick sat criss-cross on top of a pile of cocktail dresses and watched as you continued to rummage through your closet, mumbling curses about how you didn’t know if it was a formal or casual kind of night. you were getting ready for a date with some guy from your book club. obviously, Dick was far from enthusiastic. he felt helpless. the woman he loved more than anything was getting ready to meet a guy that he knew, and Dick swears he’s not biased, could never make you as happy as he could. the thought of this guy holding your hand across the table, making you laugh at his jokes, and even leaning in for a kiss, made his stomach churn.

you suddenly turned around to face him, holding a deep blue sequined dress against you body, asking him if he thought it’d be a good choice. he couldn’t help but frown as he attempted to come up with a half-assed response. “it looks great, but maybe you should look for something more comfortable? don’t want you to be in itchy clothes for hours.” he mumbled, trying to come up with an excuse to keep you home for as long as possible. maybe even make you late—force you to cancel the date. however, you were far from dumb and had known Dick for too long to not notice something was bothering him. you threw the dress down on to the floor, allowing it to join the mess of your wardrobe, and dropped to your knees to make eye contact with him. you reached for his large hand as you studied his face, searching for signs of disdain or discomfort with squinted eyes. “what’s wrong? did i do something? i’m sorry to drag you into my mess.” you rambled, words coming out all at once. he immediately shook his head, “no, it’s not you—i promise. i’m here because i want to be,” he paused, “i just wonder if things could be different.”

you raised an eyebrow before speaking, “sorry, i’m not following?” he stood up then, rubbing his hand down his face as he walked to the other side of your room. you jumped up after him, following him and reaching to rest a hand on his shoulder. “Dick, don’t do this to me. this isn’t fair and you know it. i can’t help you if you don’t speak to me.” you whispered, your calm voice easing the tension he felt building inside him. reluctantly, he let out an exasperated sigh before speaking. “look, i don’t need help okay—it’s not anything like that. we can talk later i guess, i’ll leave so you can go on your date.” he spared you one last glance before walking out the room. knowing how stubborn he is, all you could do was remind him that you’d always be there to listen before letting him go on his way.

- after an interaction like this, he became noticeably distant as if he was hiding something. you definitely started to put the pieces together around this time

- i imagine you two having a movie night in your apartment when you find yourself more focused on him than the movie. stolen glances between you two, silently hoping the other would have a sudden surge of confidence and say those three words

- as you went to take another sneaky glance at him, you’re met with his eyes pouring back into yours

- wordlessly, he places hand on your cheek and leans in for a tender kiss

- albeit shocked, you quickly begin to kiss back and lean into his touch

- you two only stop when you realize you need to breathe, but not straying far from each other as your foreheads touched

- “i love you, dick.” you whisper, so quiet he almost misses it.

- the cheeky grin that appears on his face causes you to both giggle

a/n: I loved writing this! it’s my first time posting my writing of any sort so feel free to leave critiques and comments <3

[clownmovieyaoi]

incredibly tragic for me (i read too much)

This week's fic rec theme is 2024!

The following are recs for some of your + our favourite fics to come out within the last year (with a bonus bingo board at the end)! Thanks so much to anyone who sent in their faves!

For fans of soulmate aus & richie tozier’s crippling self-loathing, try:

• Three weddings (and my funeral) by witchietozier (@witchiewitchie)

(23k words + ongoing)

This is a soulmate au (although it very much feels like its own thing), wherein Richie and Eddie are set up to pretend to be soulmates for stanpat’s wedding. Featuring unique & bubbly prose, several awkward situations and musings on a delightfully pathetic Richie’s psyche.

For fans of kid fic & family feels, try:

• It’s a cruel summer with you by eddiekaspbrakirlsblog (@eddiekaspbrakirlsblog)

(21k words)

A series of seven short fics centered on the toziers having a beach house and eddie spending summers with them there, following reddie from age 4 to adulthood. This dedicates a lot of time to characterising Maggie & Went Tozier (as good parents!) and is packed with fluffy childhood innocence & found family themes.

For fans of fix-its & tenderness:

• Hold on and hope we’ll find our way back in the end by rcdwings 

(27k words)

A good old fashioned rewrite & fix-it of IT 2019, through Eddie’s eyes and then Richie’s. Featuring all the missing scenes & extra character beats you could want from the movie, a very sweet Maggie Tozier portrayal and a pretty, elegant writing style.

For fans of teen fic & pining, try:

• Well, that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye by thewayilovetheocean (@derrypubliclibrary)

(4k words)

A look at Richie’s in-full-bloom feelings for Eddie and all the angst surrounding that, set before he leaves Derry around 1991. Featuring plenty of internalised homophobia, classic teenreddie banter and a gently hopeful ending.

For fans of lucky 7 ensemble pieces & balls to the wall fun:

• If love is the answer, you’re home by kissbrak and richiebeepbeep (@toziers)

(55k words)

A fic based on Tag (2018), wherein the losers play an annual game of tag and fall in love along the way. It switches focus around all of the losers, gives so much depth & complexity to every single relationship and is all round a deranged & extremely fun romp!

For fans of t4t reddie & awkward meet-cutes, try:

• Switch-hitters by sheepknitssweater 

(16k words)

This follows a t4t reddie who meet via softball to the face, and the rest is history. This fic’s style is snappy and lively, its characterisation (especially of Richie) is uber charming, and it deals insightfully with its themes of internalised transphobia and identity.

For fans of funny meet-cutes & haters of sonia kaspbrak, try:

• Come for aunt Brenda’s green beans, stay for the drama by asexual_asshat (@asexualasshat)

(5k words)

Richie meets Eddie on Tinder and they conspire to ruin the Kaspbrak family thanksgiving (to piss off mrs k of course). Featuring these two being absolutely crazy about each other, plenty of hijinks & comedy and eventual smut.

For fans of college fic & heavy angst, try:

• Go on and on and on until by tozierlvr (@tozierlvr)

(160k words)

A series wherein Richie and Eddie (unknowingly) reunite at college after the events of IT chapter one, documenting their entire relationship from start to…uh���end. It’s got super realistic 2nd puberty, eventual gut-wrenching angst, and stays ‘canon compliant’ while adding the most unique tweaks.

For fans of pining & domesticity, try:

• Don’t want to let you go (‘til you see the light) by nonbinary (@oshaskell)

(6k words)

This oneshot sees reddie in a roommates scenario, wherein Richie is working up the nerve to finally ask Eddie out. reddie’s weird little dynamic in this is natural and endearing (Eddie bites Richie at one point), there are cute flashbacks via old videos, and overall this is an extra warm and cozy read.

For fans of soft, happy endings & richie tozier’s wooing attempts, try:

• Take a right at the light by moichi (@clownbrainrot)

(6k words)

This follows Richie on an odyssey to shoot his shot with Eddie, and the mounting obstacles he faces on the way. It’s got bevchie best friendship, a sweet ending and is extra generous with its low-stakes-high-comedy Richie suffering.

For fans of short-but-sweet fics in a corporate setting, try:

pour myself a cup of ambition by searcher_of_amroth (@spagedster)

(8k words)

Richie and Eddie meet by chance because they both have been mandated to see a HR counsellor at their workplace. Featuring oh-god-he’s-cute on both sides, with alternate points of views (a personal favourite!), and plenty of cute moments as they both try to woo the other!

For fans of time loops and happy endings, try: 

again, again, again by watchoutforthefanfics (@watchoutforthefanfics)

(12k words)

Richie gets stuck in a time loop and has to save both Eddie and Stan. It goes about as well as you think it would! Features emotionally constipated Richie Tozier (as he should be), angst (as there should be), and healing (as there should be). 

For fans of fics set during the 27 years in between and bittersweet endings, try:

familiar by fredastaire (@it2017)

(23k words)

During the 27 years, Eddie returns to Derry once: for his mother’s funeral. Mike is there to help him through it. I love this fic so much! This fic contains Kasplon relationship dynamics, Remembering Your Childhood, and Dealing With Your Emotions About Your Mother. 

For fans of Reddie bickering and Benverly, try:

double date by beefcakebeetle 

(17k words)

Richie, Eddie, and Ben come to Chicago to help Beverly move her stuff out of Tom’s house. Then, Ben and Bev trick Richie and Eddie into going on a double date! Featuring a lot of cute dynamics between these four, and alternating points of view! 

For fans of communication and character studies, try:

remembering you by loelight 

(13k words)

Richie and Eddie have a long conversation. Set post Chapter 2. A really cute, fluffy fic! Featuring The Kissing Bridge(™), very little emotional constipation, and a happy ending.

For fans of the Awkward Teenager Drama and slice of life genres, try:

crosseyed & painless by bellbawttoms (@gaylittlerichie)

(58k words)

Eddie gets a girlfriend and Richie loses his absolute mind. Featuring the Authentic Pathetic Teenager Experience, You Guys Just Wouldn’t Get It, Nobody Understands Me, a slice of life in the 80’s in every chapter, and self discovery. 

For fans of character studies and introspection-heavy fics, try:

Octopus’ garden by searcher_of_amroth (@spagedster)

(16k words)

Character study fic with a focus on mental health set post Chapter 2 events. Featuring a chapter for each loser (two for stan!), and a whole lot of resolutions and tying up loose ends.

For fans of coming of age fics with plenty of slowburn, try:

that teenage feeling! by fredastaire (@it2017) 

(50k words)

Explores Eddie coming to terms with identifying as a trans woman. Set during the 27 years, and features plenty of miscommunication, introspection, and character and relationship analysis, as well as Richie Tozier as a narrator(™).

For fans of character-accurate communication and post-canon fics, try: 

Dance slow decades by xosmia 

(16k words)

Eddie shows up in Los Angeles in the middle of the night without any warning. Richie and Eddie have a couple of long conversations and reconcile their relationship, both platonic and not.

For fans of fix-it fics, try: 

a murmur beneath my skin by mikripetra 

(26k words) 

Richie and Eddie bump into each other randomly at a grocery store in their thirties. It triggers a butterfly effect that neither of them could have seen coming. Featuring character studies, hurt/comfort, and psychological horror. 

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[clownmovieyaoi]

if i die and never post again it's cos i got fucking addicted to balatro

[dogxyears]

"if i didn’t care about doing right and didn’t feel uncomfortable doing wrong, i should get on capitally." — jo march, little women.

[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed adrienne "adri" hasani walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who she is? they kind of look like ayesha madon and i could be wrong but i think that they might be 26 years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last 4 years. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of jo march from little women. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at lagoon library as a librarian. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the the isolato of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty stubborn at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty compassionate to me.

STATS:

full name: adrienne sabriya hasani

nicknames: adri or bust. her mom has been known to call her by her middle name on occasion, but anyone else will catch an extremely withering glance if they attempt it.

birthdate: april 5

zodiac: aries sun / pisces moon / sagittarius rising

age: 26

pronouns: she / her

orientation: bi

birthplace: tulsa, ok

current residence: palmview, fl / sunset villas #1B

BIO: tw briefest, vaguest mention of her immigrant family not having a great time growing up in the south, that's literally it

adri hasani came into the world screaming her head off, and if you ask maryam and sufian hasani, she never closed her mouth again. from a young age, her burning curiosity had her constantly asking questions, a trait which almost everybody in her life found annoying — luckily, though, her teachers were more than happy to have an engaged pupil for once.

although growing up in the southern US wasn't the kindest to an immigrant family putting down new roots, adri's parents were nonetheless able to establish a home in the heart of oklahoma. as complicated as her relationship with her hometown still is (and as much as she really, really doesn't want to go back anytime soon) she has grown to appreciate it.

as she reached her teenage year's, adri's relentless curiosity and stubborn streak started to come to a head. despite her excelling academic performance, she found herself growing frustrated. her doctor parents couldn't understand that her intellect was better suited for sticking her nose in a book and drifting off than for studying anatomy and physiology, and the disconnect continued to grow between them.

somewhere in their hearts, the hasanis really thought that adri would have a change of heart herself and end up pursuing medicine, or any other field they deemed suitably serious. when it became clear that her intentions were to study literature, they issued an ultimatum — adri was free to pursue whatever she wanted academically, but her parents would not support her, either financially or even in name.

adri was heartbroken, and her last semester of high school was spent at odds with her parents, spending as much time out of the house as possible, and working brutal hours to save up for tuition down payments and housing. in the end, of course, she made it happen, and was accepted to her dream program in literature and library sciences.

the spring turned into summer and adri continued to spend most of it away from her family, further deepening the fracture between them. her one solace in this time was her high school best friend, who spent the summer keeping her busy and her mind occupied, all the while harboring a secret — they had gotten into a different school entirely, and wouldn't be following adri to the state university. finding herself heartbroken once again, adri lashed out in a way she still regrets — she hasn't spoken to the friend since, though they cross her mind constantly.

the break in both her family's relationship and her relationship with her best friend was, in a way, a blessing, adri thought. at least, it cleared her mind enough to focus wholeheartedly on her studies, finishing her degree in record time while pursuing work study opportunities to stay afloat.

when the ticking time bomb of university ending finally reached a head, adri realized she didn't know what she wanted to do next — could she go home to her parents, who had since softened on their stance and invited her to visit, but offered no apologies for their behavior?

just when she thought she might have no choice, an advisor recommended her for an assistant lagoon library position, with the opportunity for advancement, that she knew was everything adri needed: a fresh start, a good job, some sunshine, and best of all, the advisor knew people in the area and was able to help her find a place to live and roommates. it all fell together so perfectly, adri couldn't possibly consider saying no...right?

of course, she said yes. now in her fourth year of living in palmview, adri was promoted a couple years ago and now runs a good deal of the library operations, spending all of her work time and much of her free time to keep it running smoothly, especially the children's section.

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

high school best friend — i left it intentionally blank in terms of gender/etc so it could really be anyone her age or close. i'm also willing to tweak her city of origin if that's of interest to you!

university friends / colleagues

friends to get coffee and go on book dates with, hello

i am a true sucker for any sort of slow (and i do mean slow burn) friends to lovers type of shit

maybe even a cute fling, past or present? adri chronically takes everything so seriously so i would love to see her just have a stupid little fling and relax for once

[gaydri]

pinned !!

Heyhey so I have abt an hour and a half before hw time so!! Imma slap down some sick ass useless information about myself !

I go by Adri or Aura usually, but some people also know me as Krista! I'll answer to any of those names :D

I use she/her pronouns

Aroace-spec sapphic!!

I have lots of fandoms but mainly MILGRAM atm!! Others include Fire Emblem, Ace Attorney, BG3, and Love Live (mainly aqours)

I've recently realized that public facing social media isn't really for me, so I'm gonna be very inactive😭my discord is inanan if anyone wants to chat abt whatever tho

Tag definitions:

#adri being stupid - yapping about random stuff

#adri art - art by adri

There's probably more but I don't remember them sorry

[galahadwilder]

Memories

For the first time, Adrien thinks he might be grateful that the Miraculous Cure doesn’t work on him like it’s supposed to. He’s been left with scars all over his body in places no one ever sees—the price of what he does—but today he’s been left with something even more precious.

He can almost remember what happened. And the almost is killing him.

What’s worse: he can’t remember any other time he’s been that happy.

He stares at the photograph, sees the way her lips fit his, their fingers intertwined, and knows it’s not enough. He wants to reach out, to touch her, to hold her, but something’s wrong—it’s not her he wants, there’s something missing—

“Uh, Adrien,” Plagg says. “This isn’t supposed to be in your wallet.”

He turns, and Plagg is holding a student ID card. Not his student ID card. Marinette’s.

Adrien’s eyes narrow. “When did I—” he begins, then suddenly realizes that he was with Ladybug all day. And he knows she was detransformed in front of him, and him in front of her. And it wasn’t just falling all over again. It was... feeling right. Like the missing half of a whole.

He grabs the trash can and vomits, emptying his stomach. When he comes up, he’s crying. “I remember,” he gasps. “I remember.”

He remembers being in love with Marinette Dupain-Cheng. And he remembers her being in love with him.

***

Marinette can’t stop looking at the picture. The expression on her face is soft, loving, everything she’s ever dreamed and everything she ever thought she felt for Adrien, and she knows that Chat is the one who put it there and can’t for the life of her remember why. She wishes she had something to go on, anything, but it’s a blank. No matter how many times she casts her mind back.

The ring of her phone breaks her out of her reverie, and she panics when she sees it’s Adrien. Why is he calling her this late? Why is he calling her at all?

She picks up the phone and hears him crying.

“Adrien?” she ventures. “Are you all right?”

“You have... p-p-pictures of me,” he says. “On your—your—your phone.”

Her throat seizes. How does he know about that? How did he find out? She’s been so careful—

“Marinette—” he whimpers. “I—I—I—”

“Adrien?” she whispers. “What’s wrong?”

“You don’t remember,” he sobs. “I—today was—was—I’ve never—”

“Adri—”

“Please, Marinette, the pictures, what—what do they mean?”

She’s crying now, too, and there’s nothing she can say, no lie that comes to her tongue, her worst nightmare—Adrien knows, he found out, and now not only is he rejecting her, he’s outright in pain because of it, and there’s nothing she can do to help him, nothing she can do to escape—

“Marinette,” he says. “Are you—are you in love with me?”

“...yes,” she breathes, because what else is there to say?

The other end of the line is silent for a moment. “Wait right there,” he says. “I’ll be at your balcony in ten minutes.”

***

He’s knocking in six.

Marinette is hugging her knees to her chest, trying not to cry as Tikki pats her face, whispering soft reassurances. She barely has time to wonder how he got up onto her balcony before there’s a flash of green light, and Adrien Agreste tumbles into her bedroom with tear streaks down his face, grabs her chin, and slams his lips into hers.

For a moment her heart stops as she wonders at the impossibility of the moment, the boy she’s obsessed with literally falling out of the sky to—oh. She’s dreaming.

He pulls back with a gasp, shaking, and she marvels at the detail her subconscious has created, all the way down to the feathery hairs on his skin, the gold flecks in his eyes. It feels so real, and she doesn’t want to wake, doesn’t want to give it up.

“Today—” the dream Adrien gasps, trying to speakbur clearly not ready. Her wraps his arms around her head and presses their foreheads together. “Today was the best day of my life,” he murmurs. “And I nearly lost it forever.” Tears begin to run down his cheeks, melting onto hers. “I nearly lost you forever.”

She feels the wetness on her face. Really detailed. She can’t remember the last time she’s had a dream in this much HD.

“Are you going to keep yapping all mushy, or are you going to tell her?” says a very familiar voice, and when Marinette looks over—

“PLAGG?” she shrieks, throwing herself backward and slamming her back against her bedroom wall. She glances back at Adrien, sees the annoyance in his face at being interrupted, and suddenly what he said on the phone strikes her—

She doesn’t remember. But somehow he does.

“Adrien?” she says, her voice wavering, still half-convinced it’s a dream. “What... what’s happening?”

“When we woke up,” he says, “we assumed—we... it was like two puzzle pieces. We knew we were together. Nothing else made sense.” He meets her eyes, fresh tears brimming beneath his eyelids. “I remember loving you,” he whispers.

She bites down on her knuckles to keep from screaming.

“I loved you because it was the only thing that made sense to me,” he says. “If I could remember nothing else about my life I knew at least that much.” He wipes his cheeks. “I can’t—I’ve never been that happy,” he says. “Not since...”

Her hands have gone white. Her face probably has too. She can’t breathe, she can’t swallow, she can barely even think, and all that comes to mind is—

“I could never stop now,” he says. “Even if you weren’t Ladybug.”

There’s a moment where she wonders where the whine is coming from, before she realizes that her fist is not doing its job—she’s still screaming. Muffled.

“Please,” he says. “I don’t—I know you don’t remember. But please...” He rushes forward and snatches her free hand between his own. “Don’t take it back.”

She’s surging forward, kissing him, her own tears mingling with his own. “Never,” she whispers, and though she still recalls nothing, suddenly she understands Ladybug’s face in that picture. “I love you, Chaton, do you hear me?”

He nods with a whimper.

“I love you,” she whispers again. “Memories or no.”

He smiles, his eyes still closed, still brimming.

“Please,” she says. “I want to know.”

She sees the tension drop from his shoulders.

He breathes in, steadies himself, and grins. “We fell out of the vents at one dot each...”

[trainsinanime]

A Haunting Spectre

Summary: Alya was shocked and doubtful when Chloé offered to help with ‘Project Adrinette’. But the rich girl promised she had a really good reason…

Featuring: Chloé, Alya, Sabrina and Nino, with Marinette and Adrien mentioned.

Tags: Crack, Intelligent Chloé, Revolution, Akuma reuse

[Ao3][FF.net]

“Alright, losers, move over, I’m in.”

Alya looked up in surprise. In front of her was Chloé, trying awkwardly to squeeze under the chemistry lab table where she and Nino had been hiding.

Fifteen minutes earlier, a teacher had managed to Juleka cry, which had led to Rose becoming akumatized as Princess Fragrance once more. Alya sometimes wondered whether Hawkmoth had run out of budget for new Akuma designs or something.

Ladybug and Chat Noir had instructed the class to stay hidden under their tables, in relative safety from the projectiles Princess Fragrance was shooting this time. With the battle raging on mostly outside, things had soon gotten rather boring. A number of people were playing video games or chatting with their friends. Marinette was gone; apparently she had to do some emergency ironing. Meanwhile Adrien had to leave for a surprise fencing lesson. It was all pretty much business as usual… except for the fact that Chloé had apparently decided to switch tables.

“I’m sorry, what is going on? Why are you here? Why is Sabrina here? Why is she carrying a huge folder labelled ‘plans’?”, asked Alya, while Nino nodded.

“For all the planning, of course!”, said Sabrina excitedly. “I have analysed every angle - at Chloé’s direction, of course! What do you want to see?”

When neither Nino nor Alya replied, Chloé sighed.

“Urgh. Marinette and Adrien. She’s in love with him but too scared to do anything about it, he’s in love with her but is too stupid to realise it. You two are trying to get them together, right? Well, you’re doing a terrible job, and you obviously need my help. That clear enough for you?”

“No!”, said Alya and Nino in unison. “What the hell, Chloé? Why are you suddenly interested in this? If you think I’m going to help you with some evil plan to hurt Marinette…”

“Oh quit your yapping, Césaire. My intentions are pure. Ask Sabrina.” On cue, Sabrina dug a sheet of paper out of her folder that said ‘Certificate of Purest Intentions’ in crayons.

Alya shook her head. “You hate Marinette! And you want to date Adrien for yourself, everybody knows that! I’m not buying any of this. I swear, if you come to close to my girl…”

Chloé waved dismissively.

“Yes, it’s true, Dupain-Cheng and I aren’t the best of friends, and I did have a certain romantic interest in my Adri-chou. But sometimes, sacrifices have to be made for the greater good.”

“I know you, Chloé. When you say that, you’re generally planning to sacrifice someone else. And what greater good? Are you telling me you think Adrien’s and Marinette’s happiness is a greater good?”

“No!”, shouted Sabrina. “It’s much more important than that: It’s about Chloé’s money.”

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