#after realizing they loved being parents they decide to have a bio kid too a few years after adopting

[woodland-gremlin]

Clipped Wings Pt. 1

Masterpost Ghostly Parents AU Summary (I'M BACK!! For now don't know how long that will last. Anyway, here enjoy some angst)

Pain was the forefront of most of Jason’s memories. Even his first memory was of pain, both mental and physical. His no good sperm donor had gotten home stupid drunk and decided to beat him for some stupid reason. Maybe he was a little too loud while playing, ate too much, hell, the bastard might have just done it for some sick kind of entertainment. Whatever the reason was it ended with him on the floor in tears and Will towering above him with a sneer on his face and fist raised to continue the beating.

It was at that moment his mom rushed in from the kitchen due to the noise. She took one look at what was happening and immediately kneeled in front of him begging Will to not hurt him. Saying that whatever perceived fault was hers. That he was just a boy, that he didn’t know any better. Will just continued to sneer and barked at her to move. She refused. 

That day ended with his mother beaten black and blue in his defence and a new fear of his sperm donor. And it wouldn’t be the last. That memory repeated itself multiple times over the years, his father being a bastard and taking it out on them and his mom protecting him the best she could, even at the cost of herself. It was no wonder to him why she eventually turned to drugs with how things were. She couldn’t just up and leave, as worthless as the man was, he mostly paid the bills, when he didn’t blow it on alcohol. Even if they did try to leave, there wasn’t anywhere they could reasonably go that he couldn’t just follow them. Then there was how well he manipulated his mom into thinking that he loved them and that he was truly sorry, that he would do better. Add on what he now knows with Catherine not being his bio mom, he realizes that there truly was no way for her to both take him and leave Will. So in the end she escaped in the only way she knew how. Getting high.

It wasn’t so bad in the beginning. His mom had seen the consequences of people getting addicted and tried to be careful. She would only get a hit every once in a while, usually once or twice a month after a particularly bad day. Then it began to slowly spiral. Once or twice a month soon became every other week, then once a week, then every three days, until she couldn’t function without it. Whenever something bad happened, no matter how small, she needed a hit. Getting stuck in traffic, a deadline in work coming up, losing a quarter to the sewers, a line at the laundromat. It was like she had lost all ability to cope without it. At that point she was high or trying to get high more than she wasn’t. And it only got worse from there.

Jason tried to help his mom all he could during those days. He would often help his mom make the meals (he loved spending time with her and loved cooking too) or even make them himself. Other times he would go out and pick-pocket rich pricks for some extra cash. The days weren’t easy by any means but it wasn’t terrible and in his opinion he was doing pretty good especially for a kid in Crime Alley. He had a loving mother who truly did care for him, trying her hardest to be present even with her spiralling addiction. He could go to school and read all the books he could get his hands on even if it wasn’t as often as he wanted to. He had a roof over his head and had food on the table semi-regularly. So even with the addiction in the house and abusive father he thought he was doing pretty good especially for an Alley kid.

Then his mom overdosed. And whatever little stability and light in his life was violently ripped away from him with her. 

To be continued . . .

[quasieli]

I have once again fallen into a trap of my own making*

*making the future children of DND characters that will not be making an appearance in the campaign until prob the last session (if at all)

[un-fwuit-un-fwog]

Request: Hello!! Good morning/afternoon/evening/night. I would like to request platonicDad! Lilia vanrouge headcanons please! If you do do this tysm!!

Hi! Good morning, afternoon, evening, or night to you too! Thank you so much for the request! I wasn't sure if you wanted biological daughter or adopted daughter so I'm doing adopted. If that's not what you wanted just tell me and I'll do a bio one too!

!Platonic!Dad! Lilia Vanrouge x Adopted Daughter

Lilia found you on his doorstep mere days after he took Silver in. He was still a bit iffy on the whole 'raising a human child' thing so at first he had planned to take you off to a human village and leave you on someone else's doorstep there. However, when he found you it was night and he thought it would be best to wait until morning to make the trek so that night you stayed in the Vanrouge cottage.

You were laid on a blanket on the ground next to Silver (he didn't have a crib yet) to sleep. The blanket rested a few feet away from Lilia's bed so he could keep an eye on Silver, and now you as well, without accidentally stepping on the two of you when he gets up at night.

Contrasting to how he found you on his doorstep, wailing and crying, you stayed perfectly silent the whole night. It took him a moment after he woke up to realize the lack of crying, but when he did he freaked out thinking you'd somehow made it out of the room and possibly even out of the house. He immediately sprung out of bed: whipping his head around frantically.

That's when he saw it. On the blanket, huddled together, were you and Silver. He stumbled over to the two of you, the adrenaline quickly fading from his body, before collapsing onto his knees. Breathing a sigh of relief he reached out to brush a small, wispy strand of hair out of your face. He knew he had no right to freak out since he was planning to hand you off later that day, but he couldn't help it. It was the 'new father' instincts (or so he told himself).

Right as Lilia was about to get up to prepare a basket and note he was stopped by a tiny little hand wrapping around one of his fingers. He looked down to see you smiling sleepily and gripping his index finger with one of your chubby baby hands.

He didn't end up handing you off that day.

When Lilia rarely decides he's going to let someone into his life he loves and cherishes them like they're the very thing that keeps him going and you're no exception.

As Lilia raises you alongside Silver he makes sure you never feel out of place in the home.

That means he makes sure to quadruple his cooking just to make sure everyone has enough to eat and can still have extras :) (How the two of you lived only the sevens know).

If you're like Silver and say you want to become knight, he'll start training you to become one. However, whether you say that or not, you're at least getting self-defense training.

I don't see Lilia being one of those overprotective dads that's bordering on a helicopter parent.

He'd be really supportive of you no matter if it's coloring quietly in your room or venturing out into the forest to have a wrestling match with your bear pal (he will make sure you have a helmet though (safety first))

When you're old enough to start dating he'll only do a bit of the whole 'intimidating your partner' thing, but only as a joke (tell that to the threatening glint in his eyes hiding under his goofy tone as he tells the person he was kidding).

Anything and everything you make gets hung on the wall and never gets taken down (no matter how much you beg him to take down that cringy old drawing you made).

You'll never have to worry about doing your hair. Lilia says that he learned to tie it up in all those cute styles from when his hair was long, but you know dang well that the great war general Lilia Vanrouge was never french braiding his hair into a heart (and the old books hidden under the bathroom sink, pages tattered and worn from being repeatedly flipped through and studied are pretty telling too).

Even when you were too little to do so well and with a steady hand, Lilia has always let you paint his nails. The look on Baur's face when he first saw Lilia walked into his house with sparkly rainbow nails, the polish appearing to be more on his fingers than anything was priceless. However, any questions he had were answered as the little girl with adorably done hair, a frilly little dress covered in dirt with equally as dirty jeans under it, and a big toothy smile (minus her front teeth) came skipping through the door with muddy Silver.

When the time finally comes that Lilia and Silver head off to Night Raven college along with Malleus and Sebek, Lilia is hesitant at first. He only finally leaves after weeks of convincing him you'll be fine. You'll be attending the school in the castle town and living in a dorm only a few minutes away from where Sebek's parents live.

He makes sure to call you every night to check in, the call often including not-so-surprise guests such as Silver, Sebek, Malleus, and a few times even his friends from his club (though they think you're his niece or cousin or something).

If you come to the cultural festival he makes sure to get you front row seats to his performance and give you a full tour of the campus after the show.

He only introduces you to his friends if you happen across them or directly ask to meet them. He doesn't want to interrupt this rare father daughter time unless you want to. Otherwise, he'll give you his full attention and make sure to remind you how much he loves you and is proud of you.

With Lilia as a father, you'll never have to worry about being unloved or unworthy. No matter your grades, interests, or hobbies, he'll be there supporting you every step of the way. All he asks is that you be true to yourself and always keep your old dad in your heart (He's so dramatic. As if anyone could ever forget or stop loving such a wonderful dad)

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Halaro New Ref!!! Halaro New Ref!!!

A revised, finalized look, and a lil deeper look at his electric magic (: ... I prooobably should have designed another outfit for when he's on Venostar, but the Casual look will work for now.

More info under the cut!

Name- Halaro

Age- 25

Gender- Male (He/Him)

Species- Floralian Spider

Sexuality- Bisexual

Occupation/ Job- 

During Sectonia's reign= Royal Cleaner/ Butler

After the events of Triple Deluxe = Works at Castle Dedede & also works with Puffe as part of Haltmann Works Company, Galactic delivery services.

Future - Works with Medea in her bakery 💙🧡

Bio- Halaro is a Floralian spider who grew up in Wild World with his parents. He worked for Sectonia for a few years before her demise in Triple Deluxe. Afterwards, he remains at Castle Dedede, only for adventure to drag him away from Planet Popstar and explore the galaxy!

Halaro himself is a pretty standard spider that you'd expect from Floralia. Black horns with cool ivory tips, a band of orange separating the segments. He has 6 orange diamond shaped spider eyes, two pure white eyes and orange fangs. His hair is a warm grey color, and is rather spiky, pointing downwards. The top of his hair is smooth. Six floating hands in white gloves, with a dark orange cuff and triangle pattern on the back of the gloves- and the thumb too.

As a kid he was happy and bouncy, always making friends, happy to help others... but once he got older, his personality shifted (Mostly due to his first jobs boss being such a terrible person). He keeps to himself, he gets easily irritated, he can get loud if pushed over the edge, but deep down he's still trying to be nice. The people he does care for help bring him out of that secluded shell.

Story: He grew up with his mother and father in Wild World, living in an jungle beside one of the many golden pyramids. His father was a chief leader, while his mother came from Royal Road. Halaro was a wild kid, but as he grew, he became more interested in his mothers live in Royal Road. They would go to yearly festivals, and he loved them. This was the spark that made Halaro want to live and work there.

Fast forward to him as an adult, he worked at a blacksmith with a Bonkers boss who abused and overworked him. Despite living through this nightmare, he would eventually meet Taranza, who offered him a job in the castle as Halaro had unknowingly been tending to some of the castles pieces, including some of Sectonia's jewelry.

After two long years of waiting to get in... by the time he arrived at the castle, the Queen was no longer recognizable to him.

His time in the castle was tough, but leagues better than the prior job. He started out as a simple polish boy, but would quickly become one of the main butlers.

He'd befriend Taranza and Medea, one of the maids- as well as meeting his mirror counter-part, Halara, whom he pretends is a long- lost cousin or step sister... they could never agree on an idea.

After Sectonia's fall, and Dedede destroying the Dimensional Mirror, Halaro and most of the others end up living in Castle Dedede, after he so generously offers a place to stay while Sectonia's castle is in need of repair.

Life seems chill for once, until they realize Halara can't get home with the mirror being shattered. Its pieces cleverly scattered across Dreamland by Dedede, so that it won't harm anyone again.

Halaro, Halara, Medea and a People of the Sky (PotS) named Petalia go in search of the mirror shards. Halaro teams up with Marx at one point, which leads him to sneaking into a Haltmann Works. Delivery Ship, where he would be whisked away with one of the mirror shards in his pocket.

Puffe, the delivery driver immediately punishes them and takes them to headquarters, where Susie decides the two boys must repay their actions through work. Halaro gets paired with Puffe, while Marx gets paired with Pierce.

It would be this decision that leads Halaro and Puffe on a strange quest across the galaxy, finding mirrors of similar power scattered around the various planets.

One of such is Venostar, where Puffe's ship is attacked by a strange creature, crash landing on the planet and separating the two. It is on Venostar that Halaro meets Toxecia, Sylvette, Galene and the Mage Sisters; Zan Partizanne later teaching him electric magic, sensing a potential in him.

There's more to the stories to come, but I'll save that for later!

[imagining-in-the-margins]

New Beginnings CM Challenge 🌱

The following are prompts involving a new relationship, fresh start, etc.!

This event is over (Masterlist of Fics here), but you are welcome to use any of these prompts. If you would like to be added to the existing Masterlist of entries, please check out the Rules below!

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Describe Character's first day at the BAU

Character celebrates a milestone of sobriety

Characters are getting the hang of being new parents

Character goes overboard with New Year’s Resolutions

Character decides to try something new in the bedroom

Character is entering the dating scene after their divorce

Character changes career paths with a very different job

Character introduces their new partner to their kid

Character comes out as trans and introduces themselves

Character finally agrees to get set up with a date after a long dry spell

Character learns to navigate their everyday life after a traumatic event

Character escapes an abusive relationship and the recovery is harder than they thought

Character swears that this year they will definitely fulfill all their New Year's resolutions

Character just came out as LGB and goes on their first date with someone of the same sex

Character decides to cut off a member(s) of their family, and the team reminds them that they still have a whole lot of (found) family left

Character lost a partner and swore they would never love like that again... but that hasn't stopped them from falling in love in a different way

Character got a pet for the first time and they realize how much easier it is to take care of themselves when someone else is counting on them

Character had previously come out as something, but then realized they were something else... coming out is even more daunting the second time

More prompts below + Make your own!

🌤 Dialogue Prompts🌻

"The time will pass anyway." (Earl Nightingale)

"If you jump, I jump with you."

"I can't wait to see who you become."

"I love every possible iteration of you."

"To be brave, you must first be afraid." (Bear Grylls)

"You aren't alone in this. None of us are." (Baldur's Gate 3)

"Is it too late to go back?" "Don't you dare."

"This is all new to me." "What?" "Being happy."

"I don't know what I'm doing." "No one does. That's life."

"There are always a million reasons not to do something." (The Office)

🌒Character Specific Prompts🌲

Spencer's life after prison is nothing like before

Spencer decides to pursue his dream of being a cowboy/rancher

Spencer becomes dedicated to turning his life around after relapsing

Spencer doesn't think about Maeve on a special occasion for the first time

Hotch finally stops wearing his old wedding ring

Hotch embraces his role as a single dad

JJ's children are almost grown, and she struggles to reconnect with who she was before she was their mother

Penelope realizes she doesn’t like the person she’s become after leaving the BAU, so she decides to change

Lauren Reynolds died—it’s time Emily start acting like it

Rossi struggles with suddenly becoming a (grand)father

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Happy Writing!

[remember-digimon]

Next up is my favorite, Matt!

Wow what a cool guy.

So, Matt is usually described as a loner, Tai's rival, and the Angsty Cool Guy. None of these actually describe who he is, so let's dive into that.

1. Loner. Matt isn't a loner, he's lonely. Big difference. He keeps others at a very long arm's length as a self-preservation mechanism; due to his parents' divorce basically breaking his little heart at a really young age. He learned then that other people could hurt him by leaving, and decided from then on he wouldn't give them the opportunity to hurt him. His loneliness is so deeply rooted that it's interpreted by others as aloofness, while he is only 11 years old. Like damn wtf

2. Tai's rival. Outside of the Cherrymon incident, which was just good ol' manipulation to get the two most powerful Digimon in the group to fight, Matt was really only considered Tai's rival in early promotional stuff that had a little bio for each character. Matt likely gets interpreted as Tai's rival because they fight a lot, but it's not that simple. Matt doesn't want to compete with Tai, he doesn't want to be the leader. He butts heads with Tai because they're basically opposites. Matt is acutely aware of the group's feelings and needs, while Tai remains laser-focused on the goal at hand. This dynamic isn't like Ash vs Gary, where they're actively competing with each other. Matt gets frustrated with Tai very easily, and he feels things so intensely that he can't really help but blow up.

3. Cool Guy. Let's get one thing straight, this kid right here is not cool. This was more of a thing in the dub iirc, but regardless, his attitude is just a cover to keep people from getting too close. Hell, it takes Gabumon a few episodes longer than the other Digimon to really get close to Matt; before that point, Matt certainly isn't a total dick to Gabumon, but he isn't fully trusting yet either.

Matt's relationship with TK is an interesting one. He feels like it's his sole purpose to protect TK, not just from monsters but from anything unpleasant in life. All of the familial love and affection he gets comes from TK so it's understandable why he would feel this way.

One complaint I often hear about Matt is that his breakdown in the Dark Masters arc when TK gets kidnapped by Puppetmon is way overblown, that he wouldn't normally react that way. He left TK at the amusement park during Weregarurumon's Diner, and when he couldn't immediately leave he didn't break down like that.

The difference in these situations is obvious if you pay close attention. First of all, from the time the kids get up on the day Bakemon raid Odaiba to when they're back at the digital world and split up after talking to Homeostasis, is all one day. It feels much longer because of how many episodes that is, but they're all on at least 24 hours without sleep or taking a break. Also, keep in mind that Matt woke up earlier than the others, before sunrise, as his dad got him and Gabumon to the warehouse to keep them from getting abducted by the Bakemon.

Second, in that span of time the kids have all realized what they're up against. They've lost Wizardmon, Chuumon, Piximon, and Whamon in quick succession, the last three to the Dark Masters. Learning that his little brother has now been captured by one of these Dark Masters would lead Matt to fearing the worst.

Then there's the big fight he had with Tai just prior to the breakdown. He accused Tai of being obsessed with fighting and ignoring the others' grief at the loss of their Digimon friends. By the time he and TK are in the tree with their Digimon, he's already showing signs of wanting to break away from the group, saying that they don't need the others.

Matt also feels that his growth is stagnant compared to the others; this is untrue, as Gabumon would not be able to digivolve to higher levels if Matt wasn't growing and changing. But his self-image is so damaged that he always sees the negative aspects of his personality when comparing himself to his peers.

And of course we have to talk about the Dark Cave. Because of how the Digital World operates, Matt's depression materializes and manifests as a cave that he can't escape until he comes to terms with it. Obviously this quick recovery from a depression spiral is not based in reality, but this is an episodic kid's show so I'm surprised we even got this much.

Matt's experience in the cave is one that a lot of people who have dealt with depression and loneliness can relate to. He says he wants to be alone, but Gabumon calls him out on that and makes him realize that isn't what he wants, actually. He wants to be more open with people, he's just under the impression that he's not really important, not wanted, so it's better off to just not even try. His relationship with his mother is highly strained because of the divorce, and because he has an overwhelming sense of loyalty he probably feels he has to be cold to her for his father's sake.

As for his father, Hiroaki is at work more often than not. Every time we see Hiroaki and Matt interact, Hiroaki is either brisk and business-like or even annoyed; when Matt meets up with him at the TV station, Hiroaki is angry that he didn't stay hidden. Obviously this is out of concern for his son, but still. A moment later, when TK shows up, suddenly Hiroaki is much softer in speaking. So I imagine that this dynamic would also have an impact on Matt's mental health; his dad is almost always at work, and when we do see him with his dad, Hiroaki is a bit tough with him.

But it isn't all sad times and angst with Matt. He loves music, later forming a popular band in middle school and high school. Once he realizes that he can open up to people, and they won't intentionally hurt him, he's able to create real, lasting relationships that aren't based on the cold exterior he uses to protect himself. It's clear that he needed to learn to let others in, and once he did learn that, he becomes much happier and more willing to open up and let those walls down. Even if it's just a little bit.

[headfullof-ideas]

All right, i decided on a whim to share a rough reference i use in my head of what teenage Ant looks like. Depending on what story or AU I’m writing a teenage Ant for, his appearance changes, but for this one we’ll say it’s my ‘canon’ version of him. Rather, the teenage Ant I have in my head following my internal interpretation of the canon timeline as it takes forever for new seasons to come out, but that I make sure to update as we get new seasons. Also involving a lot of my headcanons for him, most of which explain certain things about either his appearance or mental health, cause our boy is TRAUMATIZED.

Ant is about sixteen to seventeen here, the typical age for teenage main heroes. Except he has already been through being the main hero and is a little sick of it. Or maybe a lot sick of it. A few years prior to where he is in the drawing, the prophecy ends. After defeating the Monumentials and saving the earth from what would have been a devastating rampage, Ant tried to pretend that everything was okay and normal for a while. You know, blocking all of his trauma and acting like nothing’s wrong as is the norm from teenage protagonists. After a while though, Ant realizes that his lifestyle was never really normal to begin with. Ant has a bit of a metal breakdown, not on par with the one Alpheus had or anything, but he has a meltdown when trying to go back to his normal life fails and he realizes he wants a break from everything. From all the families missions and all the adrenaline they experience on a weekly basis and all the danger he hasn’t realized he’s experienced for a majority of his childhood. Fontaine feels guilty for being so proud of her little brother wanting to do normal, not-submarine things, and so Ant starts his own little journey of doing things beyond the titanium hull of the Aronnax.

Now that I’ve gotten the mini bio, or whatever that was, done, time for the headcanons!

- Ant joined his sister in begging their parents to let them try land school, and ultimately Kaiko and Will caved, due to everything the family had just been through. Fontaine went straight to high school while Ant did a year of middle school due to age before moving to high school, with both kids using Kaiko’s maiden name at Ants request. This was because while Ant didn’t hate being a Nekton and was proud of his name, he didn’t want to attract any sort of attention at all. Fontaine wasn’t immediately thrilled by it, but didn’t complain either.

- Ant ended up growing his hair out a bit, and started wearing a beanie as well. He’d alternate how he wore his hair, sometimes keeping it back but usually having it in a sort of half-up half-down style. Mostly because he didn’t want to try to hard with his appearance, and wanted to try something a little different to what he used to wear all the time. (I usually draw adult Ant with longer hair too)

- Ant got his ears pierced when he was fifteen, deciding on a whim that he wanted to. Fontaine was the one who ultimately took him, leaping at the opportunity. He still wears his communicator all the time, but Fontaine convinced him to try a few other bracelets as well.

- After Ants meltdown, he decided to try and separate himself from most of his childhood as much as possible. Not necessarily in a negative way, but more in a manner of trying to find stuff outside of submarine life. Ant felt he didn’t have too many hobbies outside of anything that came in handy with working and living on a submarine, and so started trying out all sorts of activities to find other things he liked to do. This was another thing Fontaine was eager to jump on board with. He still goes out in the Shadow Knight, and he still loves swimming and working on the Aronnax with Kaiko, but he doesn’t spend nearly as much time doing these things as he did when he was younger.

- Another aspect about Ant trying to branch away from submarine life is his clothing. He didn’t wear casual clothes too much as a kid, almost always wearing a wetsuit. As an older teenager, Ant doesn’t wear his wetsuit too much anymore. He has one, and he does use it, but not nearly as often as a kid. He tries to focus on finding a style he likes, which Fontaine is also ecstatic about. Doesn’t always agree with what he picks out, but she’s super excited nonetheless

-As Ant gets older, he starts to develop some more of Kaiko’s features. Ant always felt, to me, like someone where you knew he was Kaiko and Wills kid, but you never saw any similarities until you put him right in between his parents. As Ant gets older though, he starts to lose baby fat and looks a little more discernibly like his parents, especially Kaiko whom he subtly looks more like in regard to facial structure. (Fontaine is, like, a perfect blend of her parents in my opinion. Ant somehow looks exactly like and nothing like either of his parents in the show)

- Ant starts to develop a bit of muscle as a teenager. He’s not Will, and never does get that muscular, but he’s a teenage boy and that sort of thing just tends to happen to teenage boys. He’s still fairly active as well, which helps. His hair also gets a bit thicker because of puberty, and a tiny bit wavy. Not enough to be actually noticeably though, at least until it gets humid out.

- Ant didn’t grow too much between the ages of twelve and fourteen, but then started shooting straight up at fifteen. Will jokes that it’s all the growth spurts he missed in his early teenage years hitting him all at once. This however leads to Ants usual perfect balance due to life on sea being royally screwed up as his center of balance continues to change makes him abnormally clumsy over the next few years until he stops growing so fast at eighteen/nineteen. Being so clumsy leads to a few accidents, like the one that gave him a scar in his eyebrow. Ant usually doesn’t tell people how he got the scar, cause it’s embarrassing to him after spending so long on the ocean. During a summer between school years, the Nektons were on the Aronnax, and Kaiko just gently tipped the Aronnax into a dive. Nothing Ant shouldn’t have been unable to adjust to with ease. Instead, he slid on the floor, lost his balance, and went tumbling down the hall and crashing into a random room with an unfortunate door open where he wound up twisting his ankle, breaking his nose, and cutting his eyebrow deep enough to scar.

- In line with the prior note, Ant has some scars from all the adventures his family has been on. Fontaine does as well, and these only drive home how desperately they want to experience some sort of normalcy, despite still loving their life on the Aronnax.

- Ants clothing style tends to reflect his mental state; how well he’s doing, if anything’s bothering him, that sort of thing.

I’m sure i have plenty other headcanons, but my brain’s struggling to focus on anything new, so here ya go.

[thedgrnlover]

MY MHA AU!!! This is only some and not set in stone, probably will be changed and edited and added to.

1: Aizawa either adopted or is bio related to Sero and Hitoshi bc they were both born in June and r both canonically the same height.

2: The Aizawa-Yamadas and Iidas are family friends and Sero has know Iida basically his whole life.

3: Sero and Iida are lovers.

4: Before and after they got together, Iida would have orange juice ready on the dorms counter for Sero bc bros down bad.

5: Sero has a mini fridge in his dorm room and it is against dorm rules. He actively defies this and A) Aizawa is his dad and don’t give a shit, and B) Iida knows about it but is too down bad to try and rat him out.

6: Sero is NB and uses He/They.

7: Sero and Shinsou were both AFAB (assigned female at birth) and very much bond over this fact.

8: Iida had an extreme amount of internalized homophobia. He would never condemn his classmates for being and form of queer ever because he loves them, but doesn’t feel like he is allowed to be any flavor of queer

9: Sero has Hispanic roots. I like to think he had a Hispanic mother who raised him for a couple years before dumping him on Aizawa and Yamada.

10: Sero’s quirk gives him a slight resistance to venoms and poisons because of its resemblance to spiders.

11: Sero is a very sad person and they hide a FUCK TON of self deprecating feelings behind their ever present smile.

12: Shinsou is a major Seroiida cock block for shits and giggles but also wants them to shut the fuck up and kiss already.

13: Shinsou and Iida r friends because they grew up together (see headcannon 2).

14: Sero is a flavor of ace<3 same with Shinsou but undecided.

15: Both Sero and Iida have mommy issues. Sero’s mom took care of him until a little before high school when they came out to her. She shoved him to Aizawa and her whole side of his family abandoned them.

16: (Continued from 15) Iida’s mommy issues stem from his mom being extremely insensitive, overbearing, and actively making anyone he dated feel like shit. Including Sero. Iida’s dad didn’t do much to stop his mother, instead enabling her, so Iida started living with Tensei.

17: (Continued from 16) Tensei was treated with the same overbearing treatment that Iida was, but a bit less. When their parents saw how well Tensei did and decided to be more overbearing on Tenya to get a better result. Instead, it just kinda… breaks him? A bit?

18: Sero’s saliva neutralizes their tape’s stickiness. They can also decide to make their tape one or double sided. The tape doesn’t stick to their skin, but he does have a good grip when he holds it.

19: Sero’s skin is just slightly sticky. Not rlly the gross kind, but kinda grippy. His sweat amplifies his stickiness. This is useful for climbing and such, but it also sticks to them. This means if they fold their arms while really sweaty for about a second or two, they will stick together a bit. Pulling them apart makes their skin raw.

20: Sero’s saliva also works on the sweat.

21: Tenya tends to shut down and not talk when he feels stressed or overwhelmed. He cuts off his emotions at the source to keep from getting overstimulated and when he doesn’t have the time or energy to feel.

22:Tensei is the opposite of Tenya, in that he clings to those close to him and feels everything over the empty feelings.

23: Rich kid trio (Momo, Shouto, Tenya) are very close pre cannon and Momo decides to “adopt” both of them the minute she realizes that their parents were absolutely dog shit. She knows how to get both of them to open up.

24: Momo is the rich kid with the best parents. They are a bit overbearing and pushy, but she knows they mean well and genuinely care about her a lot.

25: Similar to Tenya, Shouto shuts down and doesn’t talk about his feelings, but he’s also much easier to get to open back up (specifically by Momo and Midoriya).

Could anyone help with hiving this AU a name??

[princess-of-the-corner]

Might be a bit of an ask, but could you give a brief summary of the families of Class 1A in CC? Nothing in depth, but just who lives where, General configurations and so on. Maybe jobs? If you’d rather not, (which, again, understandable, that is a LOT) which family member for which kid is your favourite to write (excluding the Todorokis).

OKAY SO

A lot of headcanons are vague but I'll go down the list

We're skipping the Todorokis lmao we talk about them ENOUGH. So does Canon!

Not going to say much on Izuku's family because, again, talked about enough both in Canon and here. I will say that while I talk abotu vtuber!Inko a lot, her main job is a nurse.

Won't say much on Katsuki's either because we know them pretty well but I will say that I narrowed down their jobs so Mitsuki is a model and Masaru is a photographer and yes they work together a lot.

okay on to ones who are more only seen in CC:

Ochako - we see her parents a little and know they own a construction business. They're real sweet and were actually trying really hard to keep Ochako from realizing that they didn't have a lot of money but whoops. I think I want at least one of them to have a Quirk connected to construction work but idk what other than maybe changing the weight of things.

Kirishima - I don't have names for his moms but we did decide their Quirks! One has retractable claw nails(think Lust from FMA) and the other has indestructible skin. Despite this, it's a complete coincidence that Kiri has the Quirk he does because he's adopted. Also Tetsutetsu is his twin who got separated when they were given up for adoption. I have a few thoughts on their bio mom, one being that she gave them up for adoption because she was still a teenager and the other being that her Quirk involves turning her body into crystal. Nothing on the bio dad tho

Denki - I gave him a half-sister! Raiden Dentasu aka Pro Hero Voltage! Based off a character that appears for all of ten seconds in one of the movies. They share a bio dad who is unfortunately a habitual adulterer who trades in for a younger wife every decade or so. Their moms are nice though and will probably be getting along now that Denki and Raiden properly met!

Iida - We know bits and pieces about his family, mostly just their career and rep. But I will say that his parents are very much in love. Like super 'acts like they're high school sweet hearts with cute pet names and flirting and making their kids gag and complain that they're 'embarrassing' and by god do they have a healthy sex life' in love.

Tsu - we know some about her family in that they're all frog/toad Quirks and her parents are pretty nice! That said they did rely on parentifying Tsu a bit too much. (They start to realize this now that Tsu is off at UA and they realize they're a little lost on the younger kids' daily routines). The younger kids don't quite get this and just think adults are silly, but they love each other all the same!

Mina - Her family is a bunch of acid quirks to different degrees! Also she and Katsuki are like second cousins.

Jiro - Her parents are both musicians! Not full on famous rockstars, but they do well as a local band. While Jiro inherited her mother's Quirk, her father is Quirkless.

Momo - Well we know her family is loaded af! The money comes from her father's side of the family (while her mother wasn't exactly 'poor', she was a much lower class). Her parents are very good if quite over-indulgent. I sort of gave her an older sister! Well, technically it's her cousin that her parents adopted after that side of the family died. But ya know.

Fumikage and Eimi - their parents are very ride or die. Oh our kids want to pretend to be one person to get into school? Yeah lets cover for them. Their mom has the bird Quirk, and their dad has a shadow puppet Quirk

Aoyama - his parents are outwardly very nice to people and especially doting to him! But their wealth comes from shady sources.

Bonus members:

Himiko - GOD HER FUCKIN PARENTS. They suck. I will say that her mom has a 'consume things of that color to change her hair color' Quirk. Also Amajiki is her cousin.

Shinso - mmmmmmmm this one is in some spoiler territory but his bio mom gave him up for adoption because she REALLY doesn't trust her employers. He has a half-brother that he's met but neither is aware of this fact. Their shared bio dad is an oc who is the biggest bastard I have ever had the misfortune of creating I can't wait for this bitch to kill him. Because I've been influenced by fanfics Shinso is currently dealing with questionably shitty foster homes but we're gonna fix that real soon.

I don't have many thoughts on the rest of the class other than canon lore tidbits or just that they /have/ parents.

[erosjournal]

⋆୨୧˚ ~ meet eros park...

hey guys! basically i'm deciding to make a riordanverse oc, so here's some info abt them!

name : eros castiel park age : 14 when he first gets to camp half-blood, currently around 15/16 birthday : august 19th (not my irl b-day yall) gender + pronouns : agender (bio male) uses he/him (they/them is ok too) sexuality + romantic orientation : bisexual/biromantic parentage : godly parent is aphrodite, and lived with his mom. i believe either they we're in a wlw relationship, or aphrodite presented as a guy. anyways, he's a mama's boy, not as much as percy, but still a mamas boy. possibly a legacy of apollo, from his moms side obviously. nationality + race + ethnicity : american, wasian, korean/white (closer to his asian roots though) battle weapon of choice : morning star! (check it out they r so cool) it comes in the form of a ring that the spins, then it becomes the weapon. friends/relations at camp : i think he'd be good friends with leo. they are pretty similar, and i think they'd get along. he probably liked leo at some point, but realized they we're better off as friends. i'll give him a partner later not, just not now. also his best friend, sage (she/her, child of apollo). probably friends with piper too then? where he's from : born and raised in colorado! he loves the snow during christmas time! and honestly, he really hates nyc.

getting to camp half-blood/claiming story : he can't charmspeak, but he could shape shift minor aspects of his physical self. he grew up in a family where they didn't have to worry about not being able to eat, but money was still tight. he would take on a job after school and would steal to get things for his little sister (she's about 10, maybe she'll be a demigod too, like thalia and jason?). when he turned 14, and he was out with his friends, sage and a saytr (named elios) when they got attacked while inside a starbucks. before he left, he stopped by his moms place and she already knew. she was a seer. she gave him that ring before, and they left to camp. both eros and sage we're quickly claimed.

other information: i might use this oc as a background character/filler character in fics, also if you wanna ask you can send a ask for them and ask abt something!

i feel like nico is someone he'd wanna be friends with, but nico gets slightly triggered from the whole split incident, so he usually avoids eros (after all, they have the same name). eros feels guilty after finding out his namesake (doesn't know this is why nico doesn't interact wit him) and tries to help others with romance. even some other aphrodite kids think of him odd.

idk how jason would feel. since he knows abt split, i feel like he'd be uncomfortable and protective of nico, but at the same time, offers a "second chance" typa thing

also after thinking, his sister will not be a demi-god, but a legacy of apollo only. her name is orchid (she/her) ya :DDD

i hope ur having a wonderful day, i might update in the future <3

[creampuffqueen]

Mal's Future Sukka Headcanon Timeline! (Part 4) Character Bios

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

alright, here's the final installment of the sukka kiddos!! check out the other parts first! i used this picrew to design the characters. let's do it!

Baatar: (yes i know i could have used an actual photo from the show for him but it was fun to make a young version of him) seventh born. sukka's first son. he had a super close relationship with his mom, Suki, but also got Sokka's love of inventing and engineering. in a family of big personalities, studious and responsible Baatar sometimes falls through the cracks. he doesn't mind though, really, he's a very private person, and in such a big family, treasures his alone time. while the family lived in Republic City he became good friends with Suyin Beifong (and maybe had a bit of a crush on her). after she left the city, they stayed in touch through letters. Eventually, when she decided to start Zaofu, she remembered Baatar's architectural expertise and hired him, the two eventually falling in love and getting married

Senna: eight born. although Senna is a waterbender, she never particularly felt called to do much with it. after all, her parents are The nonbenders of the century. she did however always feel very connected to the SWT, moving there as soon as she was old enough to be on her own. her kind, caring, and supportive personality eventually captured the heart of a banished prince of the NWT, Tonraq. they settled down together for a quiet life of their own, neither of them expecting to become the parents of the Avatar

Iknik (Varrick): ninth born. Iknik always loved hearing the crazy tales of his parents' youth. only too late did they realize he was taking notes. determined to make something of himself, Iknik skipped town at around 16 years old. he didn't want to use his parents' name as his claim to fame, he wanted to make himself famous all on his own, so he elected to start going by one of his middle names, Varrick. we all know how that ended up. he has Sokka's inventing genius, slightly corrupted by fame and fortune

Kio: tenth born. as the youngest of the family for quite a while, most would expect Kio to be rather spoiled. however, he ended up being very down to earth, always with a kind word and advice to spare, usually over a cup of tea. he has always been interested in cultural history and preservation, and eventually opens up an antique store in Republic City, where he can talk your ears off for hours about the artifacts

Kolla: eleventh born. Kolla has always looked up to her parents and her eldest sister, Yuki. with their 23 year age difference, by the time Yuki was ready to step down as leader of the Kyoshi warriors, Kolla was waiting to pick up that mantel. she's headstrong and brave, and an excellent leader

Hakoda 'Koda': baby number 12. (he is meant to have a white stripe in his hair, but i couldn't do that with this picrew). due to his rough start to life, Koda was rather slow to grow and develop, leading to him being a bit more frail and shy than any of his siblings. he was always a total mama's boy, spending his young days clinging to Suki's side. he is an extremely powerful waterbender, and had to put in a lot of work to control and develop his skill. he's a quiet person, but determined and hardworking. he eventually started a waterbending school in the SWT, helping to teach young waterbenders with his calm and patient personality

and there we have it!! all twelve sukka kids! some are familiar faces, some are all new. i really hope you liked this; i had lots of fun making it! i'd love to hear thoughts about them, so don't hesitate to send in asks <3

[snail-eggs]

Boss Intro: Frank

no, your eyes don't deceive you, there was a picture of Frank's namesake/faceclaim here but for consistency's sake, I decided to just cave and make his in-game model.

Franklin "Frank" Baptiste

dob: 07/02/79

african-american

Personality: Frank is too kind for his own good. Even as a Saint he is incredibly generous and loving to those he holds close. He was a really sensitive kid growing up and definitely had to harden due to circumstances in his life - one namely being joining the Saints. Still though, he feels his emotions deeply and often keeps them to himself. He's very quiet and only speaks when he has something to say.

Bio:

Life Before Saints:

Frank was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up there for the first 7 years of his life. He was teased in school for being sensitive and, at that point, never really defended himself. His parents divorced when he was 5 and his younger brother, Demetrius (Meech) was born. In Atlanta, his father met Xixi's aunt and quickly had Frank's youngest brother, Louis. When Frank was 7 and Louis was about 6 months old, his father and step-mother made the decision to move to Stilwater to be with her family. Due to the incessant bullying and teasing, Frank went with him and Meech, practically attached at the hip to his big brother, also decided to leave. After leaving, Frank does not speak much to his mother.

In Stilwater things weren't much different and Frank was fed up. He began to defend himself which landed him in trouble with everyone but his father. There seemed to be this unspoken understanding with his father that Frank would not fully understand until later.

As he got older, he also became an older brother figure to Xixi. The two were incredibly close growing up and Frank often called her his baby, though he has only been told this by other family and does not remember it himself.

Adolescence/Disillusion with Stilwater:

Now much older, Frank was able to see Stilwater for what it is. He namely saw its issue with gang violence. He hated the way people stressed over colors, hated the way he would get jumped just for being friends with someone from a specific gang. Still, he tries his best to fit in with whoever he hangs out with at the time. He becomes a chameleon and a shell of himself - this he detests above all.

Meeting Julius Little:

Before fully joining the Saints, he meets Julius. And at first, Julius stands for everything he is frustrated with in Stilwater. The Saints are just one more color to stress over, but Julius begins to work him. He sees something in Frank and over time he somehow convinces him that the Saints are different. Are better. It takes Julius a year-and-a-half. When Frank is 18-years-old, he joins the Saints.

Summer Romance:

During his first two summers as a Saint, Frank engages in a fling with a boy in the gang which he refuses to name. It his first ever experience being with someone of the same sex and it helps Frank realize that he is bisexual. The only person to know about this relationship at the time is his best friend, Johnny Gat. Johnny accepts him, though he doesn't fully understand it yet.

After the second summer, the boy moves away. Frank moves on.

Brother's Death:

When Frank's brother Louis is 13-years-old, he is killed in cold blood by a crew of rogue Vice Kings. The motive is suspected to have to do with Frank's affiliation. Racked with guilt and grief, Frank puts Xixi, who is also 13 and was at the scene, in his truck and drives her around town until she can tell him who did it, then murder a the culprit in front of her.

Things are never the same between them after this and Xixi noticeably distances herself from him.

Summer '06:

This summer marks a turning point in Frank's life, though he does not know it. He is engaging in a situationship with a girl from his old high school chemistry class who now dances at Tee 'N' Ay.

He has not spoken to Xixi in months, though he still drops in every once in a while to check in on her grandmother and through her, forms a small connection with Vanessa. She looks up to him and he does not like that.

On a warm night in June, Meech is shot by Vice Kings and survives. This is the second time he has let his family get hurt in retaliation to his actions. He will not happen again. This changes the trajectory of his life in a grander scope than he could ever imagine.

[utmostzenith]

Lucy was feeling sad. Being able to remember things from the time she hatched, specifically the regret and hatred her mother looked at her is whats making her sad. That was the only thing she ever remembered of her mother. And over the past while Lucy has slowly been stopping her attempts affection and love from the Saiyaness named Garlik, seeing that they failed over and over again no matter how persistent she was.

Perhaps her papa would know why mama hated her so much? She didn't know Garlik wasn't her bio mother then again doctor Skaira wasn't either, so she would go and find him. It was nighttime so she was supposed to be in bed, but still she would hop up and curl up next to where he was. Snuggling into him.

"Papa... why does mama hate me? Why did she look at me with hatred and regret when I was born? Did I do something wrong...?"

How intense does an emotion have to be for it to be seared into a newborns memory? Though Lucy, while chaotic, was a very empathetic infant. Seemingly able to read someone's mood and would try to make them feel better of they were sad. She was very intune with her own emotions, her face always easy to read. A smile as bright as the sun when she was happy. Clear remorse and regret when she's punnished for doing something bad. Currently her face was covered with sadness, her eyes too, as she curled up as close as she could into the saiyan.

Pencil in hand, he was writing a report about something that happened during a mission. The mission was more dangerous than originally calculated and one of the soldiers got injured. Thankfully, he should recover quickly enough with a full week stay at home. The report now finished and proper to be delivered to Naeb or Ashiria. He store it in the Kus to give it to whomever he sees first. The pencil being put in the back he takes with him to work, he moves up from the chair with the bag in hand to put it away in the cupboard under the bed.

There is supposedly nothing left for him to do besides sleeping, but he cannot sleep. However, it seems someone is in need of him as the person in question should be in bed and sleeping. Yet, here she is hugging his leg until he takes her into his arms after he hears what is in her mind. It's shocking that she remembers that her actual mother looked at her as if she looked at garbage. Only making him despise her actual parents more.

— I don't know your real mother or father, kid. I have no idea why they decided to leave you behind, but do you really want to ruin yourself thinking about negative things? You're a kid, you're not in age to be thinking things like this. You should be thinking about catching bugs or making a rock castle.

Lucy does not realize that she is getting away better than him. She does not need to know such, either. Yes, it was a dick move to just abandon her like this, but being abandoned is better than going through hell being raised by someone who thinks you're nothing but a waste of oxygen.

— Your mother is not a good person, and you did nothing wrong. She despised you before you were even born. Leaving you behind for me to find you, that's the best thing she has done for you. So, don't think about her. She is not worth your time.

[ninjaturtlecosmo]

I mentioned in a couple posts, including in Lita's bio, that Lita has a crush on Penny, and I even included in one of said posts that Penny does eventually break up with Gumball in my story and eventually starts to date Lita....... Why do I bring this up? Because I just now thought of a scene idea relating to this QwQ

Foe the record, what I'm about to describe here is loosely inspired by a scene that I heard apparently happens in the book Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas (I should mention that this book is currently on my TBR, and I only know about this scene thanks to Booktok spoiling it for me lol), but I was listening to the Apocalyptica cover of Nothing Else Matters as this scene came to my head and I felt the need to share it here QwQ

So..... Imagine this happene maybe shortly after Penny breaks up with Gumball, but maybe at this point she hasn't yet realized her feelings for Lita, only that she doesn't feel the way she used to feel about Gumball anymore and just wants to be friends with him. She and Lita have definitely been getting closer as friends, and it's probably around this time that Lita is going through something really rough and just needs a lot of support from her friend. Since the two have met, Lita has also been introducing Penny to a lot of her favorite musicians and bands, one such band being Apocalyptica. Now, usually Penny isn't the biggest fan of these types of bands, normally she prefers artists like Taylor Swift or Kelly Clarkson, but when Lita lends Penny one particular album, Penny decides to give it a listen anyway..... And that night, while she listens to the CD in her room, she comes across the melodic cover they did of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters", and..... Penny honestly just can't believe her ears at how beautiful the music is, she probably listens to the song through her headphones on repeat at least 5 times QwQ That's how much she loves it!

Anyway, at some point after Penny borrowed that CD from Lita, she and Gumball break up, and Lita is going through a rough patch in her life (what she's going through at this time is currently up for debate), and Penny wants to do something special to help support her best friend..... then she remembers the upcoming talent show at Elmore Junior High and comes up with an idea, remembering how she also used to take ballet lessons when she was younger.

Cut to Friday night at the school, and the auditorium is filled with school staff and the parents who's kids are participating in the talent show. Each of the kids who signed up either do sing a song, dance to a popular pop song of some sort, one kid probably tries to mimic the dance Napoleon Dynamite did in the movie, whatever you can think of that a middle schooler would do for a talent show. Lita is in the audience the whole time watching, too depressed to participate but she came anyway because she wanted to support Penny in her act..... Then finally, the final act of the show comes, that being Penny. When it's her turn, the lights dim down, and Penny takes center stage before the music starts to play.... Some people don't know the song, others recognize from the tune that it's a cover of the Metallica song (Patrick and Judith immediately recognize it's a cover as they were both Metallica fans in their youth, but they wonder where their daughter heard this cover exactly), and only Lita is the one to recognize that it's the Apocalyptica version from the CD she let Penny borrow a while ago.....

At that moment, Penny begins a slow, steady and beautiful ballet dance that matches to the song that's playing, one that captivates everyone in the audience, especially Lita as she realizes why Penny is doing this performance, that she's doing this for her and is telling her "I'm here for you, Lita. Don't ever forget that."...... Lita just doesn't know what to say at this point, and just silently sits there trying not to let tears fall from how overwhelmed she is by the support of her best friend...... In that moment, Lita can't help but think how happy she is that out of all the kids in Elmore she met when she and Stella moved there, that Penny is the one who became her very first friend. And when the curtains close and the show ends, and everyone is telling Penny what an amazing dance she did, Lita immediately goes up to her and hugs her before thanking her for the dance, telling her she knows exactly what she was trying to tell her through that dance QwQ

Incase anyone is wondering, here's the song Penny was dancing to for Lita;

[sagexmackenzie]

[ciswoman she/her] Welcome to Aurora Bay, [SAGE MACKENZIE]! I couldn’t help but notice you look an awful lot like [SAMANTHA LOGAN]. You must be the [TWENTY-FIVE] year old [WAITSTAFF AT TEJAS CANTINA]. Word is you’re [HARDWORKING] but can also be a bit [WORKAHOLIC] and your favorite song is [QUEEN BY LAUREN GRAY]. I also heard you’ll be staying in [OCEAN CREST APARTMENTS]. I’m sure you’ll love it!

Basics:

Full name: Sage Laken Mackenzie

Age: 25

Birthday: August 9, 1999

Zodiac: Leo

Height: 5’7

Family:

Mother: Illeana Mackenzie

Father: Holten Mackenzie

Older adopted brother: wc

Older adopted sister: wc

Younger adopted sister: Tilly Mackenzie (NPC)

Younger adopted brother: Frankie Mackenzie (NPC)

Connections: 

Coworkers: Aiden Stevens

Friends: Lia Cavendish, Aiden Stevens, Amara Washington, 

Boyfriend: Sully Shaw

Bio:

Tw: cancer, infertility, mentions of unsuccessful ivf treatments, parental abandonment, death.

Illeana and Holten Mackenzie dreamt of getting married and starting their own family. They were good people with great careers, and they were well off. They got engaged during college and after they graduated they had a huge wedding to celebrate. The two were excited to begin their family and having been together for so long before their marriage, they were ready to get started. It had been their greatest desire for as long as they could remember. They tried, and tried, and tried… and tried. No matter how many times they did they could never conceive. To say it was heartbreaking was an understatement. All their lives they wanted to be this loving family, parents who would do any and everything they could to help their children grow and succeed and be everything they wanted. But all of that had come crashing down. 

Being told they were infertile, it really took a toll on both of them. They started to mourn the loss of their future but they soon realized they shouldn’t give up hope just yet. There were other options to have children. The two began looking into getting IVF treatments- they had the money for it, after all! They were looking to their future with hope and full hearts.

However, it was a long process and it wasn’t successful for them. It was devastating and they felt the universe was trying to give them a sign that they shouldn’t and would never be parents. They decided to put it all on the back burner for a while. It was during this time that friends of theirs had started fostering a few kids, and watching the good her friends were doing through this, made Illeana think. Instead of coming back to the idea of IVF treatments, she asked what Holten thought about adoption. After careful consideration and looking into it plenty, they decided that would be what they tried next. 

It took much longer than they’d expected but they were finally able to adopt their two oldest children. It had its ups and downs but it was so fulfilling being able to make a difference in these children’s lives. The two also grew to love these children as their own. As time went on, they decided they wanted to adopt another child, and that was when they met Sage. She was a newborn surrendered by her mother at Aurora Bay’s firehouse. Illeana fell in love with her the moment she laid eyes on her. After another long process, she was adopted and officially a Mackenzie. 

Sage’s older siblings grew up knowing very little outside of the Mackenzie household, while it was all Sage had known. They were safe with Illeana and Holten, they were loved, and they were encouraged to be anything and everything they wanted to be. The Mackenzie’s loved their children as though they were their own and they did everything they could to give them all the lives they deserved. Nothing was ever too expensive, none of them were ever left out in anything, and they had a home full of love and life and happiness even after the heartache all of them had been through. In a way, their heartache was what brought them all closer together. 

When Sage was just five years old she took an interest in soccer. Holten had always enjoyed watching the sport so when he found out Sage was interested, he happily signed her up for her first peewee team. It was then that Sage’s interest in soccer grew into a great love and an obsession almost. Soccer became her whole life and her father was always happy to help her practice and run drills, and they of course watched it together as often as they could. Early on it had become a dream of Sage’s to be a professional athlete. 

When Sage was in high school her parents adopted two other children, Frankie and Tilly. They were both young but Sage did what she could to help them fit right into the Mackenzie’s, and while it wasn’t always easy to adjust to new kids in the mix, especially since Sage had been the youngest for so long, she managed. Despite how difficult it was for her to adjust to new kids and high school, there were a lot of great things going for her as well. Sage found a guy she knew was a good one, and the two started dating not long after meeting, Frankie and Tilly finally started to adjust to their new lives with the Mackenzies and by Sage’s Junior year she became team captain of the Aurora Bay Manatees. Life was great! It wasn’t long before scholarships from college came flooding in for her to join their soccer teams and she really felt she was getting somewhere in her life. She graduated high school and was excited to start her journey off to college, but that was when things started to fall apart.

Holten got sick. He was diagnosed with cancer right before the school year was supposed to begin and Sage was supposed to leave town. She knew she couldn’t leave behind her family during such an awful time, so she enrolled in Aurora Bay College instead so she could stay in town and be nearby. While Sage was still able to get on the soccer team, she found it hard to get her head in the game knowing her father wasn’t out there on the bleachers at her games. He never missed one the entirety of her playing the sport. It was hard and sometimes it caused her to drift off into thinking about what life might be like without him. She couldn’t continue to look into the crowd and see that empty spot beside her mom where he was supposed to be forever. The Mackenzie’s were also putting a ton of money into his treatments, and with Sage wanting to alleviate at least some of the stress, she got her own job at Tejas so anything she needed would come from her own wallet, not her parents’.

Sage almost quit the team but Holten made her promise him that she would keep fighting. She’d keep going and she wouldn’t be discouraged, and no matter what she would continue to play the game. He promised her in return that no matter what happened, he would always be with her on the field. With that in mind, she played better than she ever had before and worked harder than ever. A few years later, Holten was excited to share with his family that he beat cancer. 

With life looking up again, Sage hoped that things would continue to be good. She hoped that their days of bad news would be behind them at least for a while, but that’s when things started to fall apart again. Sully, the boy she’d been in love with since she met him, the one she knew she was going to marry someday… Well, it was his life that was turned upside down this time. Losing both of his parents, Sully was given guardianship over his younger sisters, causing all their plans together to change forever. There was so much grief and tears, but Sage was by his side through everything. Every court hearing, every time Sully needed a shoulder to cry on, every time Sera needed someone to read her a bedtime story. Down to the smallest things, Sage was there. However, it became evident that their relationship would be put on the backburner, and despite how heart wrenching it was, Sage knew that she needed to let him go. The two broke up, hoping to alleviate his worries and stress even to the smallest degree. She was always with him though. If they couldn’t be together romantically, they could be best friends. 

After all this time, Sage has graduated college, she and Sully found their way back into each other’s arms, and the Mackenzies still stand as a strong and happy household, there to hold each other when the world tries to crash around them.

@aurorabayaesthetic

[ntd-notthedad]

Wow, there is some crazy projection happening on my submission. I am aware that I was the asshole here. I'll answer a couple of questions I saw.

1. My girlfriend is NOT a bad or distant mom. Since I submitted this, she did admit to me that she feels ready to take on more responsibility in regards to her son, but she was worried about how I would react to it. She has a lot of regrets and expresses a lot of guilt about how things have turned out but those are not the only things she feels towards her son. Please stop calling her distant or deadbeat, she really does as much as she is capable of.

2. Her parents are not trying to get rid of her son. I said that they have been pushing for us to take him more often during the week. Since I submitted this, we had a conversation with them and they explained that my gfs son has been expressing often that he wants to be at our house or he wants to see him mom during the week. He apparently gets quite upset about not being able to see her every day, so this is why they have been pushing so much. With this in mind, my gf now makes time every day to visit or call him. I set up a minecraft world, and we play with him after school when we have time. His grandparents are taking good care of him and my gf has entrusted them with his care because she knows that for now, they can do better for him than she can.

3. I am going to therapy with my gf and we're working on better communication. We've done a lot of talking about the situation and she has expressed that I have made her anxious in the past. My hesitance around caring for her son has made her worried that I might leave her when she does decide to move him in with her. I'm obviously not proud of this and want to work things through with her. I love her and realize that her son is part of the package. In the first session, we came to the realization that I was feeling a lot of anxiety about her son suddenly moving in when I feel like we're not prepared. I am only 22 so I'm still figuring things out, the idea of suddenly being fully responsible for a whole human is terrifying. This is why we're now working on transitioning slowly to him being more around and us being more actively involved in his life outside of the weekends. Her parents are being really supportive too so we're figuring it out.

4. I have apologized for suggesting that her son could live with his bio dad. My gf opened up about it and the situation is much worse than I understood, and there's actually a restraining order against him. He's also a lot older than her. I swear I did not know these things, I was under the impression that he was sometimes violent but had never directly hurt her. She told me before that she had considered letting her son meet him, so I thought this meant he wasn't so bad. She and her parents maintain that they do not want him in this kid's life and I respect that, and agree now.

5. I was not the first person to tell her son that I am not his father. His grandparents had this conversation with him a few times already and say that he understands it pretty well, though he does get sad about "not having a dad". I still don't feel like I can fill that role for him but I have apologized to him for hurting him by blurting it out at him at dinner in front of others. We've done some 1x1 time recently and he does still call me dad when he's not thinking about it. I'm trying to get more comfortable with it because I think I was wrong for being so hung up on him having a "real dad" when that guy has never been involved with him. Someone said I'm showing respect to a guy who doesn't deserve it and I think they might be right. Again, we're figuring it out and I'm trying.

6. We don't have a room for her son in our house but I am thinking of moving my desk and stuff out of the spare room so we can make it into "his room". We're not ready for full time parenting yet but he could have his own bed and a wardrobe so he doesn't have to bring a suitcase each week. I hope my gf will see this as a gesture that says "I know this is his home too" and that I am not running away from the idea.

Thanks for the comments, they were pretty eye opening. But please lay off my gf and her parents, they're doing their bests. I am working on being better too.

AITA for asking my gf's son not to call me dad?

I (22M) have been dating my gf (24F) for 4 years now. She has a 7 year old whose dad isn't in the picture anymore - he hasn't been since the kid was born. My gf says he was abusive and I think there are some charges against him but as far as I know, nothing was proven. He has other kids too who he does have a relationship with but he doesn't have custody rights with my gf's son so they hasn't been allowed to have a relationship.

My gf and I live together and are both in college. I am going to be a surgeon and she wants to study science but she hasn't decided what to do with it yet. Because we're both busy with that, her son doesn't live with us full time. He stays with her parents during the week. This means that we have to dedicate our weekends to looking after the kid. I didn't really mind this at first but her parents are really pushing for her to look after him during the week now too, which we don't have time for. I hear how that doesn't sound great but the plan has always been that her parents will take care of the kid until she finishes with school. She has classes for 4+ hours from Mon-Thurs, plus she needs to spend a few hours studying every day, then she has labs on Friday for most of the day. I have classes all week for fewer hours each day but next semester I'll probably be doing an internship so I'll have more work to do. Then we pick up her kid on Friday evenings and spend the whole weekend with him. There's hardly any time for us to spend time alone together. I like her son and he's usually fun to have around but both of us are obviously stressed from having no down time so most weekends my gf and her son get into an argument or something and things escalate. I try not to get involved when that happens. Sometimes my gf and I are the ones who end up arguing and in that case, I usually go to my parents house.

Basically, I'm not super involved with the kid. Her parents want us to spend all of our free time on parenting despite originally agreeing that it was better if my gf focused on school. He has a dad who could probably be more involved but my gf and her family don't want him around. I've suggested that maybe it would be a better solution for her son to live with his dad full time, that way she can focus on school and then her career and still have time for herself and for us. I love her but she doesn't really have maternal instincts and she doesn't actually want kids, she has said a lot that she regrets not giving him up for adoption.

Recently, we were out for dinner with my gf's sister and kid, and the kid called me his dad. He's done this a lot and usually I just kind of ignore it, but no one else corrected him this time and I felt like the kid deserved the truth. I asked him then and there not to call me dad because he has a real dad who probably wouldn't like it. He didn't seem upset by it but my gf's sister lost it. She thinks I don't want the kid around and that I'm the reason my gf doesn't spend more time with him. She also thinks this was the first time my gf's son heard about his bio dad. Total conjecture, but she won't hear my side of it. The kid knows I havent been around since he was born so he obviously knows someone else must be his dad. I told my gf I don't think it's fair to let the kid call me dad when he has a real dad out there and she sort of agrees. She told her son not to call me dad anymore and they had a long talk about it. She still doesn't want the real dad involved but that's a whole other battle.

Here's why I think I might be the asshole: I said this to the kid in a moment of annoyance, which probably wasn't the way to bring it up. Like I said, he didn't seem upset by it but I wasn't there for the longer conversation so I don't know exactly. I think he's old enough to be allowed to know about his real dad in a more serious way. It's kind of messed up that he could run into his dad in the street (we live in a pretty small town) and wouldn't know it. I'm not his dad and for the foreseeable future, I won't be responsible for him as a parent because he still lives with his grandparents. I think it's reasonable to say that he shouldn't call me dad. So, AITA?