#also guys feel free to drop your favorite modern Arthur headcanon in my ask because I would love to know!

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Yes yes yes, Wipday!! I was super kindly tagged by my dears @twola and @wipidek, thank you, girls! (feeling a bit emotional to have you two incredible writers including me in this, arghhh😭)

tagging @zae-heeyyy, @eternalsams if you want to share a wip or inspo, with no pressure or deadline!!

Here's a little snippet of a scene that will probably happen somewhere in my Modern AU fic (you know, the cop!Arthur one). It's still a bit blurry but I'll probably go for the coffee shop owner Reader!!

"Right now, you're like this spoon. No! Like this latte." You start to explain, sounding way too invested in your demonstration. You put the beverage right under his nose, and he removes his elbows from the tabletop as if giving you space for your little lecture.

"Oh, so I am a drink now?" His eyebrows rise.

"Why, you'd rather be a spoon?"

"I don' know, Miss, I'm not sure I'd make a good coffee. Probably would taste too damn bitter."

"You can never go too bitter with coffee. Plus, I've learnt after years doing this job that the roughest looking beans don't always end up tasting the sourest."

Arthur doesn't properly answer. He snorts and smiles as if you had told him a joke, a real smile, almost an embarassed one, making him look different. Nearly nervous. Oh, this was new. Beside his usual frown and the simple approving sound he always made when he finally had his cup of black expresso, he hadn't displayed much emotion when you were around, even when talking about important things. The typical closed-off cop, you had thought many times, that had seen too much and didn't want to talk about it, maybe from fear everything would spill out of him. Everything would show. The pain, the failures, the sadness, the cracks on the cup letting everything flow through them.

"Whatever ya say." He concedes, unable to find a witty comeback, his hands reaching for his own cup that he brought to his lips as only defense against his awkwardness. Blue eyes shining above the porcelain.

You wonder, for a brief second, who he really is behind his sarcasm and eluding puns. Something in you wants to know, but you're convinced this is a forbidden territory. He was like a mystery to solve —but what was a riddle that didn't want to be answered?

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ohh!! how about the ask thing for ronald??? :D ((this is actually my first time doing smth like this, I'm nervous and excited!!! :D)) and mybe Grell and Lau if you wanna???

Thank you so much!! I love getting asks so feel free to send them, and I'm honoured to get your first one of this sort! Someone else sent me grell so I'm gonna answer that one there but I'll do the other two here (sorry I'm so late, I've been super exhausted lately because I've been working a lot the past week, I'm not ignoring these though) Give me a character and I will answer: Ronald Knox edition Why I like them: I was talking about him with my irl friend once and she was like "is he just a fucking meme" and I really think that sums it up. He's just. A fucking. Meme. Also he talks about having a lady friend and honestly? Iconic.Why I don’t: this isn't necessarily reasons I dislike him but maybe reasons he's not as important to me as some other characters. I feel he hasn't had as much development as some other characters so I haven't gotten like super emotional over him (yet). Also this sounds weird but how I feel about characters tends to directly correlate to their relationship with Ciel and since he doesn't have much of one I'm also not as attached as I hypothetically could be. I don't think there's anything I actually dislike about him though.Favorite episode (scene if movie): uhhh I really like that episode in BoC when grell has just been let of reaper court or whatever the fuck and she's swinging her death scythe around and thanking him for getting it approved and they're just chilling? That's a good episode I forget what number.Favorite season/movie: BoCFavorite line: honestly just any line where he refers to someone as his lady friend Favorite outfit: he...he just has one...OTP: I really ship him with grell lately tbh. Like I didn't used to but then I suddenly fell into the ship and here I am. I'm 100% sure he has the biggest crush on her (and once got drunk and called her a milf) and I don't think she reciprocates it right now but it would be really cute to have a classic rom com moment of realizing all she wanted was right in front of her, falling in love with her best friend, etc. It's just. A pure and good ship.Brotp: him and will I guess? Honestly I haven't thought about it that much but like they've got a good chill dynamic. I also really want to see a brotp with him and othello, or him and Lau.Head Canon: in a modern Au he has a YouTube channel and always opens with WHHHHAts up guys Unpopular opinion: okay this is probably the only time I'll ever make a headcanon like this but. I see him as being completely straight tbh. Idk, I just. He seems straight. But in like a pure and supportive ally way. But still. Idk. It's a risky opinion. A wish: I wish we get a scene of him having like a deep convo with grell and being emotionally supportive that would be cool An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: hmm I'm honestly not sure? I don't think I actually have anything like this for him.5 words to best describe them: iconic. Smooth. Wild. (a) nerd. Loyal.My nickname for them: Ronald McDonald Give me a character and I will answer: Lau edition Why I like them: I think he's one of the most complex and interesting kuro characters. He has a lot of depth that has only been slightly touched on but is definitely there. I also like him in relation to Ciel, in that he provides a different dynamic than any of the other people in Ciel's life. Hypothetically I could say I like him because I relate to him but also to be fair I project myself onto him so much that I may have forgotten what's canon and what's headcanon. Why I don’t: I don't think there's actually any reasons I don't like him. Don't get me wrong he's a HELLA flawed and problematic character but if anything those things make me like him more. I'm a sucker for characters who are suffering and make bad decisions and aren't always right or moral and have ugly moods and emotions because that just makes them more real and tangible for me. Favorite episode (scene if movie): I really like the first episodes of both BoC and BoM with him. They have lots of great scenes. The good Lau content. Favorite season/movie: BoM because he was a consistent character in itFavorite line: okay I've got a few but for lighthearted one, the one where he's describing Ciel to Arthur. Also when he calls Ciel a bully in a really adoring way is pretty adorable. For heavier ones, I really like both the one at Madame red's grave where he says that if Ciel doesn't ask for help he'll sink in the mud, you know that one? Also the one where he goads Ciel on about whether he'll be able to handle looking at the corpses of JtR victims and when Ciel brushes it off he says the thing about how the look in Ciel's eyes is good, and he sounds really like. Impressed. Favorite outfit: his crop top in Weston arc is very cute. Also the outfit he wears when visiting UT. OTP: I'm a loyal cielau ho, y'all know this by now Brotp: him and sieglinde, Lizzy, ran Mao (look he just seems like that guy who's friend group is 90% girls), Madame red, GRELL, kinda want to see him interact with finny, yeah probably a few others but you get the idea. Head Canon: I may or may not have mentioned this before but I hc that he has PTSD and that comes into my other hcs a lot so. Yeah. Unpopular opinion: he's not a comic relief character or a villain. The fandom reduces him to either a villain or comic relief a lot and then acts like that's what Yana wrote but he actually has a lot of depth and complicated sides and I wish people could see more than a one dimensional view of him. A wish: he has a quiet bonding moment with Ciel. We get a development arc including his backstory. He's confirmed bi. We get to see him kill people in dramatic ways and then be covered in blood. Any/all of the above. An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: either him dying or him betraying Ciel. I honestly don't know which would be worse. Because him dying means no more content of him, but him betraying Ciel means me dropping him as a fave and since I love him a lot that would kind of suck so. 5 words to best describe them: moody. Childish. Needy. Aggressive. Unstable. (I say a lot of negative things about him tbh.)My nickname for them: that lanky noodle of a Chinese man