#aidean

[2shuang]

[Fiki/britchell/darkhawk/many aidan/dean] The thought of you... it's never consuming me.

In all worlds, they found each other and fell in love with each other. Maybe Anders was not sure about it at first, and felt consuming that who was Mitchell's true love. But finally, it will never consume him anymore.

relationship: fiki, britchell, darkhawk, Philip/Mark, Russell/luke, leonardo/iolaus(i want to make some ioluke at first, but it's pity that there's no suitable sences) and many aidan/dean...(many unfixed relationships)

Colour means the past and Anders' imagination. Fading means now.

Actually, the reason I made this fanvid is that I saw another fanvid about Aidan/everyone and Mitchell/George with tagging britchell and darkhawk. In that fanvid, Mitchell is not even in love with Anders! I can't stand to see either of them treated like a tool, so I made this one.

They must love each other most!

[bitchardhendricks]

Hello, so sorry to bother you but I'm trying to track down the author of/the blog for an old Dean/Aidan tumblr series wherein Dean was a professor & Aidan an assistant. Some of the pieces were published on AO3 but not all I think & I've just had a PC crisis where I lost all bookmarks including the one for the tumblr where all the parts were posted. If this is you, can you direct me where to find the tumblr please? I would be so grateful! If it's not you, again I am so sorry to have bothered you

Hi omg yes it is me! That old Tumblr name was a-bit-not-good-yeah, which is the same as my AO3 (but they're underscores on ao3 instead of hyphens). There's a link on that Tumblr to the prof AU master list where you can access each individual post. Gosh it's nice that someone still cares about Prof au after all this time!

[ibelongwithmybrother-faen]

An oldie but a goodie

professionals  (◡‿◡✿)

[randomnameless]

Genuine question, not trying to start a fight, why do you get so upset about gods and churches being presented in a negative light in fictional works?

No pbs!

I guess it's a mix of being too common, too forced and having, in general, the cast use common tropish arguments to fight /defeat them.

I rant a lot about this game, but take TS where we have three sort of factions opposing each other, and each are supposed to suck. Who is the faction who never receives any "positive traits" or "pet the dog" moment?

The game force fed us a scene where an Aesfroti soldier - when Aesfrost is depicted as a highly militarised nation with a cult of personality towards their current ruler, that invaded the protag's home and slaughtered several civilians and NPCs in the process - say goodbye to his wife and kids before going to "war" to defend his land against, well, the protags who are invading it to kill their warmongering leader.

As force-fed as this scene was, it, I believe at least, tried to tell us that even the Aesfrosti who pillaged villages and killed their inhabitants are humans, and care about their loved ones, sure it's corny, but it's all about not deshumanising any party.

When we attack Hyzante? Niet, zilch, nothing. No similar scene where random soldiers, or NPCs, worry about what is going on and if they're going to die when their wall has been breached. They just, don't exist in this context.

I think the cherry on the cake is the Golden Route scene, where, apparently, nationalists Aesfrosti decide to turn back against their ultra charismatic leader because, uh, he "lied" when he declared the war and used a false pretense, so the soldiers and people who were butchering babies and invading a city where people were preparing a marriage apparently now have morals and rebel.

There's no similar scene for Hyzante when the cast reveals that the teachings of their Goddess were made up and salt wasn't exclusively given to them by divine intervention, because rock salt exists everywhere. Sure it would be a bit weird and forced that people thinking they're chosen ones and looking down on everyone else suddenly, hm, don't break down when their entire system of belief is shattered, but hey, if the Aesfrostian Gregor can have morals after washing his hands of all this Glenbrookian blood, why shouldn't religious npc #55 not make the same heel face turn?

And then, we have the slavery/human experimentation plot - in general, when TS tries to give nuance, they more or less explain/justify why something that "sucks" is done, it's basically Silvio's character.

Aesfrost' Gustadolph manages to push his "freedom" mentality because his land is a harsh place where people are desperate to survive, salt smuggling is reprehensible, but it's the only way to give some to the ones who cannot afford it. Of course is everyone is free, no one is because, as Gustadolph puts it, they're basically free to die for his ambitions.

Hyzante? Follows a racist creed where Rozellians have to pay for some great sin, and are slaved away in a lake to recover salt until they die. It's, later, justified by Hyzante wanting to keep its salt monopoly else they don't have anything, and wanting to curb down the Rozelle people because they know about the exitence of rock salt (and I guess getting free workers to harvest salt from the lake + having state enemies make his own population docile/not willing to rebel ?).

And then, we have the human experimentations, that are just done for, uhh, Idore's lol. When Hyzante is known for its "advanced medicine" and we could have had the usual dilemna of, idk, having those humans experimentations used to develop this medicine that is reknown in the world (idk, sacrificing a Rozellian to save someone else's life?) - it's not the angle the devs picked. Rozellians are sacrificed to power up an idol, Idore wants to control the world through his idol and soft power (compared to Gustadolph's hard power) and manipulates his people (just like Gustadolph) to do so.

The two are very similar, but who is the final boss? Complete with a transformation in an eldritch monster? The war-mongering imperialist or the jaded old man who is leading de facto a religion?

Hopefully there's the entire "human experimentations for no other purpose than the lols" to settle them apart.

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I recently watched Dune, and even if I have some issues with the adaptation, the Bene Gesserit isn't portrayed as "comically" evil-er than the Harkonen Empire, I reckon the comparison isn't adequate, because Dune is multi book series when I'm mostly talking about video games.

Symphonia's church of Martel is a font for the Big Bad (tm) to put in motion his nefarious plans, and yet, through the game, we see how random clergymen use their, uh, religious buildings to help people around. Ultimately Martel herself is reincarnated through plot device and tells the big bad to stop being an ass and the story is less about "church and gods evil" but "big bad distorts Martel/church's teachings and role for his plans because he has a tragic backstory"

(but then Symphonia ends with the biggest whitewashing from every Tales I've played for its big bad so I'll stop talking about it because otherwise I'm going to be salty).

Abyss' church is more or less the same thing - the Church is supposed to help people deal with the fact their verse has "predestination stones" where the future is already written, and in the course of the game, we see how it has several factions and one opposes the group (who has the pope as a NPC!) - but it's not a story about "gods bad church BaD".

I remember playing Suikoden Tierkreis a long time ago, and while the game seemed to go through familiar "church bad gods bad" route and we end with defeating a god-like entity... I pretty much loved the twist that, in a game that relied on alternate dimensions/universe, the god-like entity was actually the protag if he made different choices!

In those games, if you fight a religious body and someone pretending to be a God or what not - it's not because people fight against an eldritch creature who wants world domination and to erase puny insects, or is the reason why everything goes wrong, but because, at the end, the conflict/fight is ultimately caused by someone, generally a human or at least a non "god like" entity, wanting to destroy the world.

I don't remember if FE was my first JRPG series or not, but I always liked the idea that if the world is doomed in those games and the heroes must prevent said doom, it's not because a god-like being wants to destroy the world, but because people, humans/randoms are the most shitty ones out there.

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As for the "tropes" often used to deride fictional churchs and religious people, well, I will again point to TS - which did a splendid job in the Benedict Route where you smash Hyzante after allying with Aesfrost.

There's one battle where out protags diss Hyzantese because they worship a goddess and have no free will, listening to Her teachings and Her says (the traditional "religious people have no free will and listen to their churches who tell them how to think!") - which is immediately countered by one of those Hyzantese characters asking Serenor if he's not the same, but instead of blindly listening to a Goddess, blindly follows Benedict. And it ends with the final chapter title referencing automatons/puppets : who is that title talking about ? The fake "idol" Idore created, or the fake "king" Benedict created?

Anyways, the usual "religions people have no free will because their church/religion tells them how to think" trope reeks of r/atheism and the double standard - bar in this route of TS, but I guess, in TS itself in the Roland route! - is never called out, blindly following a charismatic leader is okay, as long as charismatic leader isn't religious?

Regardless of my IRL thoughts about religion, usually those tropes are presented as a "gotcha!" when they are... not at all, but the games/books leave it at that and we're supposed to roll with it.

I'd say it's lazy writing or, as we saw in Naruto, a quick way to end a story without having to dwelve in characters and their motivations : "you're a god/alien/other being and you're bad, so let us do what we want!" - end of the story.

Hopefully some fillers and to an extent, Boruto gave her more meat bar being the 11 hour villain we had to defeat quick and who manipulated the previous sad'n'lonely antagonists - but it still felt rich from Naruto, known for his famous "talk no jutsu" and trying to understand people he's fighting against, to drop the ball with Kaguya, calling her pure malice and ending with some "let us live the way we want" to wrap up the plot so he can wrestle with his boyfriend later on.

In the end, we often end up with "religion bad bcs the big bad manipulates people through it", as if those mangas/animes/vg never have other examples of charismatic people not using religion to manipulate their randoms/people or "gods bad they should let humans do what they want" when we've read/seen/played through various, uh, really fucked-up shit humans did - but on their own! and ultimately, but it's more in fandom spaces, with have Projection 101.

TLDR : church/religion/gods are too often used in those works as the ultimate scapegoat to either wrap up a story in a rushed ending or to pretend to have "nuance" but still have a common enemy where all the "nuanced" characters can grow/be whitewashed and side together against that "common enemy".

Just like in all things I guess, I prefer when something isn't painted as purely negative and all of the positive traits are erased because there is a need for a perfect scapegoat - sure, bring out too much "nuance" and writing/designing a game/manga/anime becomes harder because there's no "clear cut" antagonist, and yet, the one who always gets fucked in this scenario is the religious/church side.

Want a generic stock villain who will destroy the world so the heroes have to fight against them? Just create a "religion" in your setting, and have the big bad either hell bent on resurrecting Chtullu to destroy the world because Chtullu BaD, or have them be the most corrupt piece of shit who manipulate everything in the shadows, so the rest of the world, even the ones who slaughter others bcs they feel like they must start a war, can be whitewashed at the end.

I mean, there's a saying about diverting attention from a fire by starting a bigger one near, or a trope of "aliens made them do it" : who cares if Madara started a continental war and targeted a village full of random civilians he swore to protect because he lost the elections? Did y'know he was manipulated by a woman, I mean, an eldritch thing created by a woman, regarded as a God, who ultimately wanted to get out of her fridge to kill everyone?

Roland must get over his hatred for Aesfrost for barging in his kindgom and killing hundred of his people while they were preparing for a wedding, because hey, Idore is evil and plans on ruling the world through his sham religion!

I'll forever be salty at TS for not giving Kamsell the occasion to rise against Idore, or not even have minor NPCs get the same treatment as Sycras suddenly going all "u lied to me gustadolph so i won't listen to u anymore + sad goodbyes to my wife'n'kids".

Extremism of all kinds can lead to wars/tragedy/fucked up shit - Sure I don't want to get my History lessons in video game medium when I play lol, but what I really don't like is how it feels like depicting "they're extremists because they're religious" feels like the default/easy answer : want a bunch of brainwashed people the heroes must fight against and can't talk no justu their way out of this fight/will fight without looking too BaD? Depict those people as "misguided" members of a corrupt church/believers of a religion, no one will givea fig. If they are instead supporters of a charismatic leader who throws them through the meatgrinder to further their goals? Well, there's no automatic loyalty so either you have to show/depict it on screen, else it can be challenged at key points to demonstrate how those people - who follow the charismatic leader - aren't completely "mindlessly listening to their leader" or how their leader "isn't that bad after all".

[aideans]

Welcome to the aideans blog!  We exist to support and encourage the fandoms of the various Aidan and Dean character pairs. There is no rpf here.

Currently, we know of the following active blogs:

Britchell

DeanoBingo

FililovesKili

GatheringFiKi

HMS Darkhawk

Ioluke

theotheraideans (rare pairs)

Know another?  Send us the info and we’ll update our list.

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Event Info:

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[jaybe11]

AIDEAN - Promises (AOR 1985 Demo)

[skydewdreamer]

Help the smaller cat power folks! We don't want a cat hacker Aidean Pearce up in here.

i really hate how often i have to post about this, but im horribly in debt and if i don't get out of this soon (ideally within like two months) it's only gonna keep getting way worse. at this point im over 4.6k in the minus cause both paying back debt and keeping up with living expenses and bills at the same time is pretty much impossible on my little income, so i always end up having to spend more in credit card debt again (i have to cover most of the living expenses for a two person household and sometimes help my wife with shopping as well).

i know i already have enough coming in rn (with the talk and other paid work + a bit of my monthly income) to pay off at least 1.6k this month, but absolutely anything i get will help me massively, and especially monthly subscriptions are valuable for budgeting and allowing me to worry less while doing my writing or posting my silly posts and are my only stable form of income.

give with card if possible as it is currently not possible for me to get paypal money into my bank account, but paypal is at least still useful for running expenses, anything helps <3

[2shuang]

My fanvids

[britchell/kifi] 余恨

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/666306738375589888/hmmmmmaybe-ill-try-to-use-an-english-song?source=share

[Dean] [Mark] Crazy in love

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/669274859226988544/got-me-looking-so-crazy-right-now-happy-birthday?source=share

[britchell] Take me to church

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/681663464791588864/britchell-take-me-to-church?source=share

[Aidan] La gloire à mes genoux

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/687496949067317248/aidan-turner-la-gloire-%C3%A0-mes-genoux-happy?source=share

[britchell]  L’assasymphonie

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/694961729499791360/a-very-short-video-of-britchell-and-anders-is-dead?source=share

[Dean] [characters from 1990~2021] While your lips are still red

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/702408793797148672/dean1990-2021-while-your-lips-are-still?source=share

[Dean] [Anders/Will] Tatoue-moi

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/703756985251840000/anderswill-tatoue-moi-made-a-new-video-about?source=share

[Durin’s folk] Home

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/708744509177151488/durins-folk-warning-bgm-is-a-chinese-song?source=share

[the hobbit] [kili central] Sunny cheerful puppy

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/712336038256951296/sunny-cheerful-big-puppy-warning-a?source=share

[Dean] Bad guy

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/712081767901872128/deano-bad-guy-bgm-bad-guy-a-really-really-short?source=share

[Dean] [Fili/Anders] 1874

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/713358876625502208/dean-filianders-1874-relationship?source=share

[Fiki/brichell/darkhawk/many Aidan/Dean] it’s never consuming me

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/722500980489486336/fikibritchelldarkhawkmany-aidandean-the?source=share

[Thorin Stonehelm/Fili/Kili] [Billy/Mitchell/Anders] Dynasty

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/742392816223846400/thorin-stonehelmfilikili?source=share

[Dean] Without him

https://www.tumblr.com/2shuang/742390301064298496/dean-without-him?source=share

[charming-merlin]

blonde & brunette brothers ♡

@artemiseamoon @naaladareia

[tayasam]

[i-am-pinkie]

Sparkling boyfriend! #Aidean. #Britchell #leprechaun #Mitchell looks so disgruntled

[randomnameless]

Looking at an old post on Lachesis, whilst I wholeheartedly agree that Elliot is a first rate creep, I'm not sure Elliot is that much older than Lachesis.

In at least one of the manga adaptations, Elliot is 17 and is thought of as a brat by Sigurd.

Elliot just has a huge forehead & a narrow face which can make him look older, but Fire Emblem usually does that to indicate someone is morally bankrupt as Elliot is. Its also common in anime to denote juvenile delinquents with those features and I've seen some that look just like Elliot if you want me to elaborate?

Lol

Manga adaptation aren't, imo, canon, but granted, we don't have anything canon wise about Elliot's age.

However, given how Siggy is 20ish himself, maybe Elliot is one or two years younger than him?

I think he's supposed to be older than Raquie herself, even if I'm not sure we got a canon age for her? Or maybe the manga gives her one?

Elaborate if you want anon!

[robynredhead]

Can someone please help me find a Hobbit RPF fanfiction?? Read years ago, basically is a Richard/Aidan where Richard is a university lecturer and Aidan is his student. Dean and Aidan live together also but I can’t remember anything else about it and really want to re-read!! Would be so much appreciated!!! Thank you in advance 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[malevawitch]

Aidean at Wales Comic Con next December!!!

(leave me alone while I cry my eyes out for these two together again...)

[augustcastle]

August nods--he'll see how putting together the backyard goes. If it doesn't work out like he thinks it will, he won't put a rush on anything. They can wait. He's just...excited, he thinks, to show people his new home with Ryan. Even Aidean and Luci haven't seen some completed rooms. He grabs a beer from the fridge and pops it open, leaning against the counter and hums.

"That'd be nice, feels like forever since we've seen him." He takes a sip of his beer, "You think this weekend will be too soon for your parents to come?"

Ryan comes back over, taking out some of the pantry food and nods with a small smile. "I know," she replies because it does feel like a home now, their home. "Whatever you think is best." She tells him. It's be nice to sit outside, maybe have a barbecue, some drinks.

She takes the food over to the pantry, putting them away and comes back over to close the dishwasher door. "My brother said that he wants to come see the house, after his next trip."

[viking-raider]

Why don't you use that Ao3 you linked anymore?

Alright. I tried to keep it quiet and stopped using it after a friend gave me issues for writing my stories and not write for them. I was afraid of the arguments it would start if I posted on it anymore. It's part of the reason I started posting my fictions here on Tumblr, they didn't know I have this blog, I needed somewhere to hide I suppose.

But, with Tumblr being assholes and removing several of my fictions, even ones that don't violate their new rules, I opened my new Archive of my own, VikingRaider, instead of using Dragon_Dweller, because even though it's been probably a year or more since that friend has spoken to me, I'm still afraid of them finding out. But, with that ask about my fictions with chapters, I do have a few fics that have a chapter or two on here, but my best writings, be it chapters or one-shots, are on Dragon_Dweller.

I need to stop being afraid of what makes me happy…writing and people enjoying what I write; like my Aidan Turner fictions, I also write Bagginshield, Ross Poldark, Kili, AiDean, Luke Garroway and more.

I want you guys to read them, enjoy them, and I want to be free to enjoy them with you.