#also he would have been taught piano as kid but hated it and when he discovers poprock thats when he finds his niche

[sometimeswritingsometimesdying]

ok well maybe the band au could do with some original songs written by me..... it could be fun.... and extremely time consuming.... and arduous..... but it would be fun!

[keepingeahalive]

Apple White Headcanons

Her full name is Princess Apple Atalanta Eve White. 

She used to be a chubby kid. Her mother would constantly point this out, even after Apple eventually grew out of her baby fat. 

Snow White would dye Apple’s hair black when she was little, but it never lasted. She eventually stopped before Apple’s hair had to be cut off, because it had become so damaged.

Raven was her first real crush. But she didn’t realize it until after a year, and Raven had already gotten together with Dexter at that point. 

Apple hates going to the beach. She’ll go with her friends as long as she’s 10 meters away from the water and in complete shade.

She was taught to sing opera. She purposefully sang worse in front of Raven in order to annoy her into poisoning her. 

She is trained in classical piano.

For a split second, Apple had thought Raven had woken her in Dragon Games. 

Apple keeps herself on a strict diet to maintain her figure. She has a constant fear of gaining weight and steps on the scale every morning to make sure she hasn’t. 

She met most of her friends at family galas. She was encouraged to make friends with as many fairytales as possible, but this was merely a method Snow intended to build political alliances. Apple was unaware of this and just wanted to make friends. 

Snow White owns a successful enchanted fashion line. She also has a line of plant-based cosmetics and beauty products. Her husband, King White, is responsible for creating the formulas and recipes for these products. Apple is often used to market and promote these products.

Snow White keeps her husband working constantly so she can raise Apple herself. King White lets this happen because he trusts Snow to raise their daughter right, but Apple misses having her dad in her life. The only time he’s allowed off-work is during a publicity event where he is “encouraged” to show off to the press.

Apple gets her genuine softness and love of chemistry from her dad. Her competitiveness and steadfast nature comes from her mom.

She didn’t find out who woke her until after the summer. 

Apple was definitely one of those people who didn’t think Dexter would be a good match for Raven. She made all kinds of excuses like “he’s not evil enough for her” or “He’s not charming enough for her”. In reality, she was super jealous and too much of a comphet to realize it.

She loves boy bands. Her favorite band is One Reflection, but she also loves The Hunted, Bookstreet Boys, and the Thronas Brothers.

She has a hidden adventurous spirit and penchant for helping people. Unlike Darling, she channels it passively and invests her time in philanthropy and community service.

As a child, she was sent to a woodland camp during the summer. There she had no servants to take care of her, so she had to learn to cook and clean for herself and her dwarf caretakers. 

Apple’s fear of water is so great that she is afraid to step into a bathtub. She takes showers. But if there is a chance of submersion, she won’t step foot in it.

She’s very sporty, but she participates in what she views as “princess games” such as croquet and Dragon Games. 

She hates pears.

Even though she hates them and thinks they hinder her from being the perfect princess, she wishes she could wear her glasses. She gets constant headaches and her eyes hurt from always squinting. She keeps telling herself to wait until she’s 50, when it’s “socially acceptable”. 

It took her a long time to get over Raven. Darling helped her through the process (partially because she knew what it was like) and the two became closer. This was before Apple found out Darling had woken her. 

After the Dragon Games, Apple put in a considerable effort to better herself. She knew that she was acting out of selfishness and cowardice, and she realized that her destiny was different than what she had been told. She decided to take hiatus from being Royal Student Council President and work on rebuilding trust with her friends. 

[fandomkingdom18]

seven curtis brothers au but it's their family dynamics hcs

for @wannabe-goth-babe who commented and i just couldn't resist making another list of hcs

since two bit is all goofy, friendly as a kid growing up to present day, he's always been close with his siblings but ever since their parents passed, he had to slow some of his bad habits to help provide for his brothers as the only other newly legal adult in his family

so while he helps (or at least tries to) darry manage all the stuff he's responsible for, he also spends his time keeping morale up while darry is busy

but steve and soda would usually already be doing something cause they're nerds (probably a whole ahhh championship for arm wrestling)

and johnny would usually be with pony since dally is often out

but when he wasn't he would sometimes be in the middle of losing to johnny in some card game

so pony would just sit somewhere and read or be at the piano, playing around with some melodies and two-bit couldnt tell if pony was lonely or just in the zone

but two still would walk over and look at his sheet music and ask him what he was playing because he would usually recognize it because a lot of the sheet music was put together by their mother who would always play it to them

and while everyone else is minding their own business, two would sit down at the piano next to pony

and pony would teach him the things their mother taught him, since two had never wanted to learn, something he he regretted after losing their parents. passing up on chances to spend time together

and two didn't wanna make that mistake again

he learned how to identify the keys and play a few chords

and two played the lower harmonies with those chords while pony played the higher melody

(guys im picturing the scene from the princess switch if you know what i mean except platonic)

(therefore lets pretend its christmas time or smth for a moment and they're playing carol of the bells :D)

and their brothers would hear and turn around and look on in amazement because respectfully, its hard to get two-bit to sit down for extended periods of time. especially at the piano.

and after they finished the song, two would ruffle at pony's hair, pull him close into a side hug and thank him for being so patient with him

and pony feels all happy since no one really had time for something like that because no one else likes music as much except darry and he always has something to do

but two-bit was always good at making him feel seen

like two bit has common sense but he's still techncially a teen so sometimes he and pony would sneak out and do silly dumb things and go to the playground and joke around before sneaking back home as if nothing happened

mostly cause two knows that pony hasn't had as many opportunities to be a real teen since he was freshly a teenager when their parents passed so two just wants to make it feel real for him

and while two is technically still enrolled in school, he doesn't have to go. so when ponyboy or someone else is sick or smth he stays home to take care of them and cheer them up so darry doesn't have to miss work

and like brother, like brother, two and pony are both insanely stubborn when they're sick and stubborn in trying to help each other so it's chaos but they make it work in the end

unlike steve and pony when they were home alone together after catching the same cold

if they weren't so fatigued and sick they would've really went at each others throats

instead it's steve laying on the couch and pony across darry's arm chair trying to figure out how the other is responsible for the cold going through their family

(they've always had a rocky relationship)

if you were to ask steve why he "hates" ponyboy

he would say it's because the kid is a brat who has it better than the rest of them since he doesn't need to get a job and get in the stuff that mostly dally gets into

but if you were to ask him on a deeper level

he would say he's jealous. because for a while he and soda were closer than pages in a book and of course after johnny was born, they were all fussing over him, but with pony it was even more since he was the littlest of the littles

and pony always had to be included and as time went on, steve not only lost attention from his brothers, but also his parents

(and steve isn't the only one who feels like this)

(cough cough two bit cough cough dally)

dally practically got over it when he got older and two bit just ignored it for so long that he just doesn't think about it.

(it was real hard for two because he and darry had been so close but he knows that everyone else is more important)

if you were to ask ponyboy why he thinks steve hates him

he would say its because steves a dumbass who focuses all his willpower into making his life too difficult.

but if you were to ask him on a deeper level

he would say it's because he thinks hes annoying and holding everyone down

that he's too sentimental and stupid for wanting something beyond a greaser in tulsa

pony genuinely thinks that darry, steve, and dally only put up with him since johnny, soda, and two-bit do

they're working on it

or at least they're going to

youngest bro of seven on the east side of tulsa vibes

like they do NOT let him do anything out of the ordinary or potentially risky

enter ponyboy's rebellious era

(this will be dived deeper into in the fic)

darry is the same except for being more cautious and protective over his brothers

soda's the same mostly with extra love warming his heart and everyone else around him

johnny still is more of a listener than a talker but he's more confident and like soda and darry when it comes to being a curtis bro

dally still has that tough exterior from his time participating in rough gangs but it's the mildest it's been in tulsa

(the curtises have lived in other places, i'll write ab more of this in a post soon)

keith daniel curtis is still a doofus

pony is mostly the same with the trials and tribulations with darry but multiplied by 6

steve is pretty chill. no daddy issues. except for the fact he's dead. just ponyboy issues. everyone else is alright tho.

back when it was only darry, two, and dally, two was playing major middle child because hes always been an outgoing kid, but dally used to be really shy so darry would always cheer him up and two would just sit there like o_o

so basically darry would always make sure dally was alright

but growing up, it became the opposite

dally usually checks in on him and stuff to make sure stuff is going well, offers to take stuff off of him like taking up more shifts at bucks so darry doesnt have to do an overwhelming amount of work

even tho darry was older by a few years, he was always more optimistic and dally hated that their parents just had to die and all of the pieces had to be picked up by darry. he was too young to have all of that on him.

so dally takes matters into his own hands sometimes just so darry gets some rest.

just to return the favor of darry always taking care of them.

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

hey dude, love the writing! your characterizations are so on point for em :0 what do you reckon the merc's hobbies are in their downtime? like knitting, golfing, stuff like that.

TF2 Mercs and Their Hobbies!

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I'm glad people think I'm good because that justifies the fact that this is what I do with my spare time 😭 (kidding) Also again mandatory mutual appreciation, love ya for that 🫶🏻 and ty for loving my writing, I really appreciate it <3

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This one's definitely got me smiling and kicking my legs bc something about the idea of these guys being happy and doing normal human things makes me happy.

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Demo knits! He also sews and crochets. This man is just a little grandma (affectionate). His mom taught him, and he just always liked it. It's calming, has definitely given the other Mercs blankets, and just claimed, "Oh well, I found it somewhere." Like it isn't in their well-known favorite color or subtly customized to them. I think he'd also be into most art. Painting and wood carving are two I think he'd fine interesting.

Engie- This man loves Legos. He has at least ten finished sets and about six unfinished ones lying around. He buys the adult sets for himself but has bought Pyro smaller sets so they can build together. Also isn't opposed to going fishing.

Heavy- Did you know he likes rock climbing? Turns out it's a lot easier to get into that hobby if you're strong. He's also a fan of hiking and swimming. Also very good at chess, he and Madic play a lot.

Medic- He loves music! He's good at it too, (I've seen others hc that he plays violin and please I love that, I love violin.) Along with the violin he kills on piano. It's actually really nice to hear piano coming from the lab and not screaming. Who knew? THIS. MAN. LOVES. TO. DANCE. He knows how to and loves to teach people. He specifically likes ballroom dancing, he can waltz, he can swing, if you can think of a dance he probably learned how to do it at some point.

Scout- Sports are probably the most obvious hobby I could pick for Scout, with video games coming in second. But I am a man who deviates from the obvious. He likes to bake and cook! Like I've seen people say this man can't boil water, and that's an insane take to me. Sure, it's funny, but this man loves his mom. Do you think he didn't bake and cook with her to help her out? He has a box of recipes that have been in the family for years. This man is killer when it comes to food, and I will die on this hill. (When he's baking, though, Pyro comes out of nowhere to "help." If any fellow bakers know how annoying it is to have a partner in the kitchen, you'll know how patient Scout has become, but he aurally doesn't mind Pyro baking with him after a while.) Don't ask him to do paintball with you! He loves it a bit too much.

Sniper- My man loves plants. He loves to garden. He has a little windowsill planter in his van. He grows little fruit plants sometimes and has a few cacti scattered around. He also has a bonsai tree, which he is meticulous with. You'd think this man would take up these hobbies to relax, but no. He is also insanely good at poker.

Spy- Really in to calligraphy, origami, and wine tasting. (Also, not really a hobby, but I hc that he can bartend if need be). He's just really into the "fancier." Hobbies that can also show off his art skills, also he likes wine so yk.

Soldier- Like Sniper, he's a really good poker player. He's definitely more into it than the other guys. He hates losing. He also does the traditional suburban while dad hobbies. He watches football and likes to grill. He's just a silly little American man.

Pyro- For the most part, they don't have a singular hobby they really do by themself. Scout and Engie just tend to include them in theirs, so they've never really had to figure out what to do in their downtime. But that doesn't mean they didn't find one eventually. They get into collecting! Specifically, bugs! They have at least two orchid praying mantis and one normal green one in a shadow box. Plus, they have a small collection on honeybees and even some scorpions and spiders (I know they aren't bugs, but I feel like most bug collectors have them too.) Engie went into Pyros room once because Pyro wanted to show off their collection and nearly fainted when Pyro showed off their favorite spider, it was a camel spider. (Look them up if you want but good God, they're so gross 😭)

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One of my favorites to write, super cute and wholesome idea. I smiled the whole time writing this.

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[lilac-melody]

So as I am seeing a new little influx of honeyworks fans, likely due to the shitty herotaru anime, I want everyone to listen up.

LIPxLIP, the idol duo featured in the anime, are a lot deeper than what the anime explains. I understand that it was Hiyori's story (even though they didn't get her personality right either lmao) so it's not going to go into detail about Aizou or Yujiro. I'm fine with that. I really am.

What bothered me was the small bits we were given are incredibly misleading for new fans. The anime exists more as fanservice for pre-existing fans. Fans who read the novels, regularly watch MVs, and so forth.

So I'm going to go over LIPxLIP's stories. Their thematic importance. Their relationship, and their relationship with Hiyori. I am quite sick and tired of seeing new fans blab about them as hateful misogynists, shallow, uncaring towards their fans...and all that.

Starting off with the local hero of the anime, Shibasaki Aizou.

Back when he was a small child, he loved singing. His mother played piano and his father played guitar (his father probably taught him how to play guitar? That or he picked it up himself. I don't think that was ever specified). He entered a children's singing competition, and ended up winning.

However, a couple years later, his father began to lie about going to work when he was really going out and having an affair with (another woman? multiple women??). This led to the father and their mother, Shibasaki Yuko, to constantly argue and scream at each other.

As a result, Ken (Aizou's older brother), would make pasta for himself and Aizou, as their parents were too busy screaming at each other for hours at a time. The novels stated that back then, their parents would argue so often that they would forget to buy groceries, and would leave Aizou starving. During this time, Yuko began drinking and getting drunk- which would scare her kids.

Eventually, the Shibasaki parents got a divorce, and Yuko began to drink even more heavily. She would cry and mourn. Aizou and Ken were still children at the time. Aizou, being the young child he was and recalling how Yuko used to smile when he sang, began to sing for her in hopes of cheering her up. Of course, Yuko just threw her alcohol at him and screamed at him that he needed to shut up- he was too noisy. It's also been heavily implied that she would hit Aizou too when she was drunk.

From this, Aizou stopped singing, being physically unable to. He began living out his days without truly living, just getting by. He had friends, but didn't hang out with them or join any clubs, having become depressed and understimulated.

In middle school, when playing his guitar one day, his mother broke it and screamed at him to never play it at home again. This led to him crying and not playing again...until he came across a musical instrument store, where he meets Morita. He, one day, brings the guitar in and begs him to fix it. Morita agrees, and even allows Aizou to stay in an upstairs room that used to be used for music lessons every now and then, on the condition he returns home occasionally. So he essentially finds a second home in the music store.

One day, he sees on his phone that there's an audition to become a teenage idol, so he signs up, which is where he meets Yujiro.

He (and Yujiro) both pass due to their spectacular performances, and are told to become a unit. Aizou now has his fire back, looking forward to the future.

.

Now, for Someya Yujiro aka Aizou's anime arm candy.

When he was little (maybe before he was born? or maybe before he was 5??) his birth father died (unknown cause). His mother, Tae, got remarried to Someya Tamagoro. At first, things were fine. His father trained him in the art of kabuki.

Yujiro, at a young age, desperately wanted to be on stage doing kabuki with his new father. In fact, the desire was so strong, that he turned down all invites to hang out and play from the kids at his school. He didn't watch tv, he didn't do anything that would be considered a hobby. He abandoned everything that makes up a childhood to pursue his dream.

However, one day...his father told him and his younger brother, Koichiro, (who looked down on Tae and Yujiro for joining the Someya family), that Koichiro would be his heir. Yujiro tries to protest, only for Tamagoro to glare down at him coldly and tell him that he can't do it...he has no beauty.

All these years training, and Yujiro finally understands...he was never meant to stand on that stage. His father trained him for years, never truly intending for him to be on stage. Koichiro holds this over Yujiro, always mocking him and shoving him around.

As a result, Yujiro was banned from even entering the practice halls, and he became a helper of the house. He cleaned up backstage after shows, did laundry, all of that. Along with that, Tamagoro became colder to him, while Koichiro mocked him and abused him- verbally and sometimes physically. Yujiro thinks of taking his mother and running away, but has nowhere to go. He is absolutely miserable.

Of course, one day, Koichiro, for some reason, allows Yujiro to perform at a shrine once in his stead. We do not have any details on this, except that it made Yujiro happy and was clearly a one-time thing.

In either case, Yujiro too, lived a life of silence and loneliness. He tried to smile for his mom so she wouldn't worry, the one person who spoke to him. He had no friends, no hobbies, he accepted his fate of being his family's shadow, watching as Tamagoro has Yujiro's name removed from anything mentioning the Someya name, especially kabuki sites.

He was, essentially, disowned.

Tae still encouraged him to find something that made him happy...which eventually came in the form of the idol audition, where he meets Aizou.

...

NOW. That's a hell of a lot deeper than herotaru gave us. And again, it's fine that they couldn't go all into depth- after all, it's Hiyori's anime and her backstory is more simple. We can't have the idols outshinng her now, can we?

In any case, going strictly based on the novels (as the Hanipre stories are their own thing...though I like to consider them canon, but I know they're technically not), the stories of Aizou and Yujiro begin.

After agreeing to become a unit (or they won't debut at all), the two do not get along at all. Aizou mocks Yujiro for his lack of strength and stamina, and Yujiro mocks Aizou for being unable to read sheet music, Aizou finds out that Yujiro's father doesn't think he has what it takes to be an idol. So, he takes him to his secret spot and the two practice and talk.

Yujiro eventually gains Tamagoro's approval, and the two do a commercial, though they are not very well known. They want to debut.

After multiple instances of various situations (including Aizou sharing his music room with Yujiro, some bullies shoving Aizou into a pool at a live show and Yujiro yelling at them and teaching Aizou how to swim, going through an aquarium together and Aizou winning a stuffed penguin and giving it to Yujiro when he sees how disappointed he is that he didn't get it), they finally get their debut song, Romeo.

Eagerly, they practice it together. During this time, they're thinking about whether or not they should go to high school. Aizou tells Yujiro how he wants to avoid one high school in particular.

Yujiro eventually decides he wants to, because Narumi Sena inspired him. She was the one who recommended Sakuragaoka to him. Because of her, Yujiro checks the school out and runs into Aizou. He admits to Aizou he's thinking about going here, and Aizou balks. He's absolutely appalled, and complains about not wanting to go there. (Which..??? Aizou..??? No one said you had to?!) Yujiro points this out and Aizou has the flimsy excuse of "it'll be easier for Manager Uchida to pick us up".

...I'm sure. But I digress.

Filming for the Romeo MV comes, and the two are inspired by Sena's professionalism, and at the end, Aizou finds Yujiro alone and, after arguing over who is the first lip in their unit name, they share a toast together.

The MV released in February, just before high school begins, and Yujiro and Aizou are proud to see themselves on the giant tvs in town. Yujiro remarks to himself how he feels as though he can overcome anything, and how he'll still be depressed- there'll still be days he can't even get out of bed, where he wants to run away, desperately endures tears, and so on...but he knows Aizou will be by his side.

School starts up, where they meet Hiyori. In the novels, Hiyori has to actually work hard to gain their trust and friendship (I did a full novel-to-anime comparison here. I am skipping over retelling it so I can continue with LIPxLIP's story, but rest assured, I will get back to it and explain their friendship.)

The end of the year comes- and I am assuming it's autumn or so when the next novel takes place, since they mention an upcoming "spring concert" and how they've been idols for a year now.

The two boys are getting along more- though they still have their argumentative moments. They are given an opportunity to be in a play as the main characters. Aizou is hesitant, but Yujiro, who has acting experience thanks to kabuki, accepts it immediately. Yujiro cheers Aizou on in his own weird way and Aizou accepts the job as well.

However...during the first reading...Aizou loses his place and the director goes off on him. I mean, even when I was reading/translating it, I was appalled myself.

Yujiro stands up for Aizou, and nearly gets them both fired because of his "bad attitude". They agree to stay on board, but now, there's tension in the air.

Aizou's new at all of this, so most people ignore him, esp the director. But Yujiro is good at what he does, so people expect perfection from him. He's suffering as well, on the opposite spectrum from Aizou. Hell, just one scene alone, Yujiro and some NPCs did for over two hours straight with no breaks. They've been practicing in general for a while now and this was, according to Aizou, the first mistake Yujiro makes...which causes the director to scream at him.

Now, multiple times already, Aizou has ran after Yujiro and abandoned his spot, and thinks about how he refuses to leave Yujiro alone, because he was worried about him.

He even seeks help from some female colleagues (who...know about Aizou's brother and mistakes him for him. Which leads to a genuinely hilarious moment of Aizou screaming in actual horror about the idea of dating a girl, and he only thought about it "for 3 seconds". He says he talks with a few girls but never wants to be personally involved with them) to help him better himself at acting.

Eventually, Aizou realizes what he has to do and...does it. He lightens up the entire room with his humor and even earns Yujiro's gratitude and respect (though...Yujiro kind of accuses him of trying to "woo him" when Aizou insists they practice together??? and says he may start some rumors??? Hello???)

Practice resumes, and Aizou takes singing lessons from IV of Ft4 due to not understanding how to sing with emotions and not just singing something well.

Dress rehearsals start, and Aizou recalls, back when he was a child, the joy of singing. He remembers the joy when he sang in the children's competition, and amazes everyone. Things are going well.

Until...Yujiro eventually collapses from a lack of eating and sleeping. Aizou catches him and Yujiro is taken to a hospital. Aizou worries for his wellbeing until he is able to check on him. At first, Aizou scolds Yujiro for not taking care of himself, before blaming himself for not realizing Yujiro wasn't taking care of himself. He admits to himself he saw Yujiro not eating and being tired during the day.

After the first day of the actual play, Yujiro tells Aizou about the time he was able to perform at a shrine, and Aizou, now realizing the truth about how Yujiro wasn't able to perform on stage, encourages Yujiro to dance for him, even assuring him that he was the only one watching.

After the director interrupt them, the two both think about how they have a future of hope ahead of them.

OKAY.

NOW that we are now all caught up with their stories, let's break down their relationship.

The two of them fight. They always have. They have their ups and downs often, butting heads about the best way to do things. However, they both acknowledge that fighting is part of their own love. Source.

The entire point of the Romeo novel was for them to realize they can rely on each other, how they are no longer suffering alone, and chasing their dreams. Aizou realizes that there's someone who will always stick up for him, even when they don't get along. Yujiro realizes that he doesn't have to suffer alone and can rely on a partner- not just for work, but for his emotional needs as well, as he points out in the epilogue.

The entire point of the LOVE&KISS novel (aside from telling an AU story, which half of the novel is the fantasy universe) was to nip their trauma in the bud. They have unintentionally begun to rely heavily on each other.

With Aizou, he finds his passion for singing again. Not just his dream- but the pure joy he gets when he sings. He doesn't need his mother's approval anymore (though she moved to France anyway and got remarried there, so it's not like he'll see her again).

With Yujiro, he's finally able to prove to his father, his brother, and the director too that he's someone worthy of being on the stage. Not just as an idol, but as an actor too. He even performed kabuki on stage- albeit it was supposed to be solely for Aizou's eyes only.

The two argued twice in the novel, and the rest of the time was spent worrying about each other, spent helping each other, and strengthening their bond. It's because of each other that they were able to overcome a harsh hurdle in their lives, the things that blocked them from becoming truly happy with their careers.

With a bit of offhand flirting and standing by each other firmly, the two have cemented themselves as the most important people in each other's lives. Hell, they even wear the same outfts in Chapter 7 as they do in Samishigariya, where it explicitly states that they're the most important people to each other (or, at least Yujiro is to Aizou), interconnecting this novel to the song in question.

As for Hiyori...no, she was not in this novel. She was briefly in Romeo at the very end when complaining about city boys, but despite working for them at this point in time, she does not show up at all in LOVE&KISS. Hell, she's not even mentioned.

I do not think it is a continuity error. I think this was done deliberately- because what purpose would she serve? I'm not trying to sound mean, I adore Hiyori. But she knows nothing of their backstories or trauma. And LIPxLIP are not the type to blab about their past abuse. It's taken them a while to be open and honest with each other even now. The novel is about Aizou and Yujiro and their bond. They had their own spotlight in Hiyori's novels.

With Hiyori, they obviously have grown to care for her. They've helped her dress up for Asuka and confess to him, and approved of Nagisa as boyfriend material for her, even encouraging her to go for him because they know Nagisa truly loves Hiyori.

("But Lisi! You said you're going based off of the novels and MVs!" Yes, but Hiyori's newest song and Nagisa's song both show that the event in the anime happened and are firmly continuing it, so it is...canon.)

Either way, the two still make fun of Hiyori and gang up on her, but despite that, they still are there for her...kind of? It's not like she really faces any hardships aside from the bullying incident that eventually blew over. But they do support her dream in being a track athlete.

They respect her hard work. They respect her.

Even so, despite them clearly being good friends, there's still a wall between them. Aizou and Yujiro haven't told her anything about their lives...and why should they?

If you're going based on the anime, they have every right not to tell her anything. Hiyori's first instinct when Ken told her a bit about Aizou was "thank god it's not real trauma. hmm how do I fix him?" and then yelling at Yujiro that he's not hated by his family because his mother makes him lunch.

Knowing what you know now, you can see where I'm going with this? Anime Hiyori seriously butted her nose where it didn't belong and, unintentionally or not, she completely undermined their trauma. Sure, they didn't hear her talking with Ken, but they sure as hell heard her when she said Yujiro wasn't hated by his family. And not to mention that aggravating as fuck scene of her comparing Aizou's dislike of women to her dislike of squid.

Aizou dislikes women partially because of his family, yes, but it's mainly because of his trauma with his mother.

They're friends, yes, but not personal friends. Aizou and Yujiro will help Hiyori, but they are not willing to let Hiyori help them outside of work-related issues.

LIPxLIP were able to grow as people because of each other, they rely on each other, they don't need anyone else because they have each other. They enjoy the presence of Hiyori and Minami, and they respect Ft4 as senpais, but that's about it.

Herotaru trashed their stories. Omitting things is fine, but not at the expense of ruining their backstories and personalities.

I think the anime should have been longer so we can focus more on their backstories and personalities. And give us a reason to truly believe that Hiyori, Aizou, and Yujiro are friends, rather than just shrug and say "yeah, they're friends because she said she has a dream".

And no, Yume Fanfare is not for Hiyori. The song is hinted to have been sung during high school, yes, this is after the bullying incident with Chizuru. We know this because we see Chizuru crying in the song Heroine Tarumono and the exact same frame is in Yume Fanfare, which Hiyori does not appear in. They are not gesturing to her, or looking out at her in the audience. She is behind the stage. As seen in the herotaru MV. They are gesturing to each other, singing and dedicating this song to each other. Hell, it goes over their trauma. It does not show us Hiyori's dream. Yume Fanfare is AIZOU AND YUJIRO'S ONLY.

Also Yamako, the creator of them, has said so herself as well. Sooo...yeah.

You can ship what you want, but you cannot and will not take Yume Fanfare from me because a shitty adaptation wanted to be special.

I hope this post has been helpful to anime-onlys.

LIPxLIP Novels: Romeo, LOVE&KISS

Bonus: Yujiro's solo dedicated to Aizou and Aizou's solo dedicated to Yujiro

[axvwriter]

Bobo's Intro Post

I was originally going to do a drawing of her on her throne since I had two different references for her, then upon realizing what was bothering me with the new and color corrected one I also realized I can just trace some of the elements of the older ref on as there's no real need to color them in.

Bobo is the princess of an underground mushroom kingdom. For her story I will be going to different points in her life, not sure where I may focus on the most. She took over all royal responsibilities for running her kingdom at a rather young age when her parents suddenly died when she was just eight-years-old.

There's still some aspects I'm figuring out kingdom wise, but the underground mushroom kingdom has its own unique customs while I plan the aboveground mushroom kingdom to follow the more classically known royalty tropes. The underground mushroom kingdom is known as the Mycelind Kingdom. The royal family takes their last name to be the same as the kingdom's name.

In the Mycelind Kingdom the differences between Princess and Queen is simply being married or not. Everyone that is part of the royal family partakes and helps in running the kingdom. It was planned for Bobo to have siblings and her parents were trying for more kids. Unfortunately an incident that even the doctors don't fully understand how it happened caused Bobo's parents to pass away in their sleep one night.

Bobo was never allowed to see her parents that day. Not only did her caretakers not want her to see the sight, but doctors weren't certain if it was safe for anyone to get too close to the bodies. Health has always been taken quite seriously in the kingdom. With the amount of fungi occupying the same underground caverns as the kingdom, at the very least everyone wears gloves. Everyone is taught how to identify the many different mushrooms before they even learn to walk and talk. When coming across an unknown and new mushroom, air-filtering masks are worn.

Okay time to refocus myself as a good amount of this is about the kingdom and should go into its own post.

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Before the age of 8, Bobo was a rather carefree kid. She would constantly pester her caretakers for sweets. They were always weak to her cute pouts and give in. She was never allowed into the kitchen herself. With her constantly eating sweets she would usually get sugar highs and run about the castle. When she would eventually sugar crash, one of her caretakers would take her to her parents.

One of her fonder memories is getting to sleep on her parents' laps while they addressed the public during the time of day the public were invited into the castle to speak any concerns they have straight to the royalty themselves.

After losing her parents at the age of 8, the Grand Mycorl took over temporarily. She stopped eating sweets, now finding the idea of them nauseating. She also started needing stuffed toys to be tucked into bed with her in order to get any sleep. Bobo started having the Grand Mycorl prepare her for taking over. He would arrange lessons for her, but for the first two years after her parent's death she would have to prompt him into giving her lessons. The Grand Mycorl didn't want such a young girl have to worry about running the kingdom.

Her caretakers along with summons from her sister kingdom would help keep Bobo somewhat busy. She would learn how to play the grand piano along with how to waltz. Her summons would cause her to form a bond with Princess Penelope and the two would learn the balance of taking jabs at each other without going far enough to risk waging war. Bobo hates having to deal with Penelope, especially since Penelope wants Bobo to act in accordance to her customs instead of Mycelind's.

At age ten she started getting regular lessons along with starting to learn how to sword fight. (The need for this will be explained with the kingdom overall info post.) She turned most of her time into preparing to run the kingdom, barely giving herself time to do anything else. When she wasn't taking lessons, she would be training her body for fighting.

At age eleven and a successful intervention from her caretakers, Bobo started to find interest in other things. She started learning how to ride a motorcycle, how to swim, and even went to a concert. At said concert she developed a big fat crush on the kingdom's rock/metal idol, Baentu. Since she's the kingdom's princess, the idol was willing to see her after the concert. Bobo would end up learning how to sing and play several instruments from Baentu while gradually losing the crush, much to the idol's relief. (Kids sometimes have dumb one-sided crushes on adults. These should never be reciprocated. If anything it ends up being a learning experience to Bobo.)

Soon after she turned 12 Bobo would insist to take over the throne. The Grand Mycorl gave in, believing her to be ready while also reminding her she can always call on him for help. Bobo would struggle with her schedule for a bit until learning how to properly balance it. Though perhaps not a purely healthy balance as she would end up with not enough time to get a proper night's rest, but would make up for some of her missed sleep by gaining the ability to nap anywhere. With time her napping became a bit of a special trick as she seemed to wake up whenever she needed to while still being able to sleep through loud moments that didn't need her to do anything.

Bobo would be gifted a custom-made war-hammer that weighed about 300 pounds at her thirteen birthday. Increasing her physical training a bit, Bobo reached the point of wielding the hammer with ease, as if it weighed nothing. On days she would go exploring and diving into water, she would bring a sword instead. A sword being much easier to navigate water with.

Then there would be times where she would question if she should be looking for a spouse. She may only be a teenager, but if something happens to her then the kingdom would be left with no one to rule. While there may be fail-safes in place for such a situation, she couldn't help but feel she should prevent that from happening if she can. She brought this up once while she was 15 to her council just for her to be visited by the Mycorl who tried to make it very clear to her that the kingdom is not going to have her marry young. Though perhaps didn't get his point properly across as she then believed she wasn't allowed to even date until reaching adulthood.

Despite the Mycorl wanting her not to stress so much, Bobo tends to avoid reaching out to him for help and even has the idea in her mind that once she's an adult she should get married as soon as possible. Royalty may not rule the kingdom all alone as there are councils and jobs for running specific things, Bobo can't help the massive amount of pressure and responsibility that she feels.

It gets to be too much at times where she will lose her temper or even at times feel guilty for wanting to abandon the royal name. After all, any born royal is allowed to drop the kingdom name and become a normal citizen. Bobo only holds on as she wants to make sure the kingdom does well, that her parents' efforts don't go to waste. She wants to make her parents' proud.

[dragonfly756]

Was tagged in this meme by @thepointlessmasterpiece! Thank you for the tag!

Are you named after anyone?:

not that I'm aware of?

When was the last time you cried?

Earlier this month after re-reading The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa, man, he gets you every time

Do you have kids?

NO.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I think a moderate amount in real life, and sometimes online, but I try to clarify my intention if that makes sense, most of the time I'm fairly earnest.

What's the first thing you notice about people?

Probably their voice, speech pattern, or mannerisms, especially if they have distinct phrases they like to repeat. I also pay attention to signature objects like jewelry they always wear, or the things they carry for daily life like a favorite water bottle!

What colour are your eyes?

Brown.

Scary movies or happy endings?

What about a scary movie with a happy ending? (Just kidding, I shiver like a chihuahua for weeks after reading the synopsis of a scary movie. I don't really go in for that sort of thing.)

Any special talents?

Don't know, really, I can play the melody of most songs by ear after hearing it a few times on the piano? Sometimes the guitar, too, but I've been slacking on practice and got pretty rusty lol.

Where were you born?

Earth, just like you? Right? Right?

What are your hobbies?

I don't talk about it much on here but I love sewing, electronics repair, music, and growing my houseplant army! (Plus, y'know,reading and podcasts and the like) Repairing things in general has been a larger theme in my hobby stuff lately, id love to learn more about sashiko for mending fabric, the designs are so beautiful, and the stitching of broken to patch fabric has greater utility than just one layer of stitching around the edge. And soldering! It's one thing to open a device and reattach some ribbon cable or whatever, but with soldering you can make amps out of ANYTHING. Plus: melting metal for fun? Who doesn't want to do that?

Do you have any pets?

Two sweet rescue cats who adore biting things they are not meant to and subsequently freaking out anyone nearby.

What sports do you play/have you played?

I am not very sporty, and hate competing with people. I've done archery? But just self-taught. When I had woods nearby I would kind of just run around in there and that along with farm chores was a quite content level of outdoor activity for me!

How tall are you?

5.9 which makes getting pants with the correct inseam difficult, tall for normal people, short for tall people!

Favorite subject in school?

English! or anything that requires me to do a lot of research, history classes can be hit or miss, but when they are hit? boy do they hit! Science as well can be hit or miss but as bill nye says: science rules.

Dream job?

Honestly as long as it's flexible and ethical I have a make-it-work attitude towards most jobs, less focused on the job, more on the lifestyle it fits into.

if you would like to, tagging @oceans-foundfamily @commsroom @londor @ghey-menace and anyone else who would like to! consider yourself tagged!

[the-uninformed-zennial]

I have so many thoughts about this, and I have been so verbal about them in the past, but I’ll do so again.

Okay, so personally, I think Rae would know how to play piano. Piano is a classical instrument, has one of the widest range of notes, and is a foundational instrument which most people learn on. So I personally headcanon that Isla taught Rae some basics when he was really little and he continued to practice them as he got older. Also, while you can learn piano by just fucking around with the keys, it is much more common to learn it classically, picking up bits of music theory along the way. I think Rae (being the little nerd we all know he is) would love learning all about music theory and thus the piano would be a natural fit for him to hyperfixate on and inevitably end up teaching himself how to play. (Plus if he knows piano then he could play infinite amethyst on his own).

Also, regarding music taste, I feel like Rae unironically loves classical music. I feel like he’d be the kind of guy to listen to a song that was insanely new in it’s age and be able to appreciate it through the context in which it was made. Though I think over time his taste in music probably expanded along with the people he loves. So now he primarily listens to folk (Caspian), Lo-fi/this really interesting sub-genre of metal that is kinda acoustic (Aax), and just, little bits of everything (Fenris). I feel like music relates back to people for Rae so he listens to songs depending on who he’s missing most on any given day. Lately he’s been listening to Sherbert’s music

As for Theo… being raised as the future ruler, I feel like Theo would’ve been classically trained in some type of instrument, probably something light and small and something he would’ve perceived as “feminine” (not that instruments have gender). So I feel inclined to say flute, though it could also be violin depending on how important a role music should play in the story. Either way, I imagine Theo would’ve hated it because it would’ve felt like it was keeping him from doing the masculine things he wanted to do as a kid. So growing up, I think he likely would’ve hated music, both learning to play it and listening to it.

However, once Theo, Faye, and Nel went on the run, I just imagine the three of them rolling up to a tavern and hearing a little folk singer for the first time. Theo sits down in a corner, trying to keep his head down, but the noise and the energy in the room is magnetic. Despite his inhibitions, he looks up and sees half the room moved by the same beat. Everyone’s clapping their hands, stomping their feet. A few people have even started to get up to dance. There’s something special there, something unifying and strong. This is music unlike he’s ever heard. And despite his better judgement, he starts to feel his own foot tap along to the beat as Faye begs Nel to get up and dance with her. Now whenever he’s asked what kind of music he likes, Theo still responds with the same answer, “I’m not a fan.” But sometimes, with people he really cares about, he’ll add on a “but I don’t mind some folk songs.”

If Theo learned violin as a kid, now might be a time where he starts to retrain himself to use it as a fiddle instead, but personally I like the idea of his old instructors kinda ruining it for him, so I’d probably go with flute.

what instrument do you think Rae would play & what music would he listen to while working?

same questions for Theo as well

(I’m not sure if these are the type of questions you meant but here they are.)

I AM SO BAD AT THESE QUESTIONS!! I never feel like I have a good idea of what a character would listen to. I would love to hear what yall think!

[briamichellewrites]

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2010. Brie Charles was a sperm donor baby and the biological daughter of Bruce Springsteen. She had been born into wealth with her mother being a hedge fund manager and her father the owner of an investment firm. Bruce and his wife, Patti knew that her parents had been trying to get pregnant for over a year. He privately discussed with his wife if he should offer to donate his sperm. It was something he wanted to do for them. She decided to allow him to do it.

Nine months later, he was holding the baby he helped create. She had been born on January 7, 1992, with a head full of brown hair and brown eyes. Her umbilical cord was cut by her father, then she was put on a table and was examined to make sure she was healthy. Once it was determined she was healthy, she was cleaned up, wrapped in a warm towel, and had a hat placed on her little head.

Once she was able to express herself with more than just crying, they found her to be a happy baby. The only thing she hated was tummy time, where she was placed on her stomach and had to try to lift her head. Her neck couldn’t take the weight of her head for too long and she cried in frustration until she was flipped over to her back. Her parents gave their daughter love and attention. She was the miracle baby they had been waiting for!

Her parents remained close friends with Bruce, Patti, and their three kids: Evan, Jessica, and Sam. Elliot and Evan were born around the same time, so they often played together. Her parents were also close friends with Rita Wilson and her husband, Tom Hanks; and Dorothea, and her husband, Jon Bongiovi. Their kids grew up together and were close friends.

One of the things she loved doing was performing! She was put into dance classes, voice lessons, and piano lessons. At school, she regularly performed in talent shows. When she was twelve, she got up in front of the whole school and performed I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston. She loved the attention she received while on stage and she needed more of it! Her mother had studied music as a child but gave it up to focus on her school.

With talent in her genes, Bruce could see her becoming a performer like him. Her parents set aside money that she would inherit when she turned twenty-five. Her current savings was over one and a half million dollars. The only stipulations were that she didn’t get pregnant while in high school, graduated high school, and didn’t become a spoiled brat.

So far, she was fulfilling those requirements. As an allowance, she was given five thousand dollars a month for personal use. She used the money for shopping, eating out, Starbucks, her hair, vacations, and other expenses. Her parents paid her bills, rent, and utilities, so she could afford to spend as much as she wanted. For her sixteenth birthday, she was given a brand new Mercedes Benz G Wagon in silver. With a silver interior.

Her eighteen birthday was held at an eighteen-plus club, where she and her friends danced until early in the morning. They gifted her a Tiffany necklace for her high school graduation from Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, as well as a five hundred dollar gift card to Saks Fifth Avenue to buy whatever she wanted, on top of her monthly allowance.

Yes, they gave her whatever she wanted. They also taught her the importance of giving back and helping people who were not as fortunate as her. Every Christmas Eve, they served meals to the homeless and they regularly donated their used clothes. They made it very clear if she became spoiled or entitled, everything she had would be taken away. She would also be sent to New Jersey to help Bruce and Patti do work on their farm for free.

She liked going out to different clubs on the weekends and she was known as an heiress by the media. But she was a different kind of heiress. The kind who would give a homeless stranger her jacket to keep warm or something to eat. She was humble, down to earth, and didn’t stumble out of clubs drunk every night.

Her parents had done a great job at raising her and they were proud of the woman she was becoming! It was at a Hollywood party where she met Mike Shinoda. They introduced themselves and started talking. He found her to be interesting. She had a witty sense of humor, an impressive vocabulary, and could swear like a sailor!

He invited her to hang out with him and his band members while they recorded their new album. Yeah, that would be awesome! They exchanged phone numbers and she shared her Instagram handle, brielikethecheese. It was public, so he found it easily. When he got home, he was tired from socializing all night. The only reason why he had gone was for networking. He and his band were always looking for new artists to collaborate with, though they chose more indie artists.

He got dressed into his pajamas: a t-shirt and boxer shorts before brushing his teeth and getting into bed. His phone was right beside him on his nightstand. He didn’t have an Instagram account, though he and his band thought it would be a great way to connect with their fans. After putting her handle into google, he found it easily. She had hundreds of followers already. He scrolled through her pictures.

brielikethecheese: Bonjour, Je ne suis pas très doué pour me présenter. Je m'appelle Brie Charles.

Her posts were either in French or English. He didn’t know French, though he was fluent in Japanese. His little brother, Jason was able to speak Japanese, French, and Spanish. He thought she was beautiful and he wanted to spend more time with her. Would he ask her out? It was something he was thinking about, though he wanted to make sure she was eighteen years old first.

When she got to the studio, they exchanged a hug. She was then introduced to his band: Joe Hahn, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, and Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell. They all thought she was beautiful in sweatpants, a cropped t-shirt, and an oversized flannel shirt. Her long brown hair was braided into pigtails. They guessed she was at least eighteen or nineteen years old. They were all involved in relationships, except for Rob and Mike.

She had been out running errands when she decided to stop by. How was the party the other day? It was a whole lot of nothing. She had gone to get out of her apartment. Her father also highly recommended going.

“He has a mindset to form connections with different people, even when they are balding older guys who just want to talk politics and sports. One of them asked me when I was ten what I thought about the current president. I was like, I have no idea of what you’re talking about.”

They laughed.

“Or the stock market. Anyway, it was a whole lot of nothing. Until Mike saved me from boredom.”

“Did you grow up in Agoura Hills”, Rob asked her.

“Yeah, I did! Right on Fairview Place.”

“What are your parents names?”

“Camille and Henri Charles.”

She was his neighbor. No fucking way! He got up and hugged her. The last time she saw him, she was yelling at him in French because her dolls were not listening to her. They laughed. How old was she? She was around four or five years old years old. He didn’t know how he could help her. After that, he joined Linkin Park and was unable to see her. She invited him over to hang out. Yeah, he could do that!

@zoeykaytesmom @feelingsofaithless @alina-dixon @fiickle-nia @boricuacherry-blog

[tranzfalgar]

okay it’s time for some stardew valley headcanons for the bachelor/ette(s) so let’s GOOOO

Alex:

- he always awakes before his grandparents, and on warmer days he’ll go down to the beach to watch the sunrise.

- friends with elliot! the two of them sit on the side of the dock sometimes and just chat about life.

- knows how to make cookies, as evelyn taught him when he was a bit younger

- wary of the saloon, as he doesn’t really like the smell of alcohol and only goes into it if he’s forced to!

- if you marry him, he can and will pick you up randomly to surprise you while you’re working!

- if married, he will “bench press” your kids once they become toddlers, and it always makes them giggle

- hates the winter and gets cold really easily. on the first day of fall he’s already bundled up wanting it to be summer again.

Elliot:

- willy is like a father to him. the two of them sit on the docks and watch the fish swim by together

- sometimes he’ll braid his hair, and leah will bring flowers from the forest and weave them into his hair.

- has a rlly pretty singing voice, and likes to record piano covers in his spare time

- if you marry him and the two of u have kids, he’ll always braid their hair in the morning and tuck flowers behind their ears.

- he brings home fresh fish he caught and makes himself dinner every night. that’s why he’s an excellent cook.

- has actually caught a legendary fish before!

- his eyes change color, they can go from blue to green to brown in the same day. people call them the “prismatic shard of eyes”

Harvey:

- he’s so clumsy that sometimes he’ll even trip over air. due to this, he has little bruises all over his knees and elbows.

- his favorite animals are birds. sometimes he’ll go outside and just give them some bird seed. he loves watching them fly around.

- not only is he fascinated with planes, but he’s also fascinated with the weather. as a kid he used to watch the weather channel, and he dreamed of becoming a weatherman.

- when he needs to focus really hard, he’ll pull his hair back with a headband

- him and his mother were and still are very close, and he writes letters to her at least once a week

- he cannot cook to save his life, but he’s an incredible baker! will make you little treats if you’re friends or married

- he always wears a wristwatch, but the time is always 6 minutes behind. he likes it because it has a plane engraved into the side against his wrist.

Sam:

- he had adhd, and his stims include flapping his hands, tapping his foot and strumming his guitar

- he has a beautiful singing voice, think like wilbur soot but a bit more high pitched?

- the reason he likes cactus fruit so much is because he just plants them and lets them grow. he loves succulents because they don’t give him an allergic reaction!

- cannot play video games for shit. sebastian and abigail have banned him from multi-player games because he just sucks so bad.

- love language is acts of service, simply because he likes singing for people he cares about and doing little things for them!

- if you marry him, he will bring his guitar into the coop and/or barn and sing to the animals. they have learned to run over a greet him, since they love his singing.

- his hair is actually curly, but you’re unable to tell due to how much he gels and straightens his hair.

- has mastered the art of the puppy dog eyes

Sebastian:

- loves the hell out of halloween, but is scared of literally everything. he nearly cried watching a horror movie with sam and abigail.

- really good with a slingshot! so if he were to go into the mines, he would wreck some monsters shit with his slingshot skills

- he had glow in the dark stars on his ceiling, but removed them. he used to love the stars and space, but came to resent them because it was his sisters thing.

- he like…irl blushes. like an anime character. when he’s embarrassed, upset, flustered, his face will go all pink. everyone picks on him for it.

- has/had a crush on most of the towns singles. he is a bisexual disaster and secretly a romantic so….take from that what you will.

- a natural born ginger, but dyes his hair. he also has freckles on his nose! and he has an eyebrow slit because of a scar!!

- for some stupid reason, he takes really good care of his hands? like he always makes sure they don’t get calloused, and his nails are always painted black, despite using his hands all the time for work.

Shane:

- he cannot cook. he burned pasta noodles because he didn’t know you had to put water in the pan.

- he still has a chicken plushie from when he was a baby, and it still sits on his bed. and if he cuddles with it at night? no one needs to know.

- has a huge birthmark on his side shaped like a heart

- really good at mixology, so i think that when joja gets shut down, shane works at the saloon and makes the drinks while gus cooks. he adds a whole new section on the menu!

- friends with sebastian. they paint each other’s nails from time to time, or sit in the rain together and just talk.

- kinda strong as hell? he lifts boxes in joja for work, as well as carrying around jas, so i’m assuming he could just….pick the farmer and his friends up?

- he has the most contagious laugh, it used to be a rare sound, but now that it’s a pretty common occurrence, shane makes people laugh all the time with his own laugh.

Abigail:

- buff. she is buff as hell. her and alex work out together sometimes, since she expressed a desire for adventure. she has picked up sam and sebastian with no warning and thrown them into the ocean

- can talk to animals due to her being the daughter of the wizard! so sometimes she’ll go to marnies farm and just chat with the cows or something

- if she sees a tree, she WILL climb it. she loves it so much, it’s just so adrenaline inducing for her.

- her and sebastian tried to go into the mines before but sam stopped them because it wouldn’t have been very safe. they were all 14.

- trying to learn to play the ukulele with a little help from sam. it’s frustrating, but she really likes the sound of it, and she’s determined as hell.

- absolutely cracked at any and all video games he plays. mario kart? she will kick your ass. animal crossing? her island has 5 stars. pokémon? she always wins. you can’t stop her, she’s too powerful.

- she has glasses, but prefers contacts, since glasses would get in the way of her adventuring.

Emily:

- not only can she sew, but she also makes her own soaps and candles! any form of creation she adores.

- loves flowers, and has a lot of little potted ones in her room. she raises them, gives them little names and personalities, and then brings them to sandy and tells her all about each flower

- she can roller skate, and it’s her preferred method of transportation. she can do a bunch of fun tricks as well!

- has an eyebrow slit

- making cute little baskets of homemade gifts is her favorite thing to do for her friends. sometimes she’ll just leave them on their doorsteps for no reason other than she wants to!

- can SPRINT in heels. like even 6 inch heels she can just RUN and it scares everyone who sees it.

- she loves the sounds of birds chirping in the morning, and she’s able to identify the name of the bird by its chirping and calls

Haley:

- is able to perfectly crack and drink from coconuts. that’s why she loves them so much.

- has the worst sense of direction. she’s lucky she lives in a small town, or she’d get lost all the time

- the spring is her favorite time of year, simply because she loves to capture life coming back in those spring months. baby animals, blooming flowers, her friends on the beach or just chilling in the sun, all of it

- her most prized possession is the very first picture her and emily took as kids on their parents polaroid. it’s taped to her mirror

- has a little beauty mark under her lip, but it normally isn’t visible due to being covered with makeup!

- she’s able to do her own nails! this is because she is ambidextrous, yet she doesn’t know, because it’s never been brought up

- she fucking LOVES learning about and identifying plants, trees and flowers. she knows so many it’s crazy. she has a great memory.

Leah:

- resident true crime enthusiast and ghost hunter. she drags elliot with her around town to go hunting for ghosts. they also watch documentaries together!

- has a bunch of little scars on her hands from her artwork

- to get inspiration for works, she’ll go on walks at different times of the day, different seasons, different routes, and she’ll turn each walk into a work of art. depending on all the environment and those who she runs into, each piece is vastly different.

- animals love her, and will sometimes just follow her around for no reason. she doesn’t mind at all, she kinda loves it.

- friends with emily. they are currently teaching each other their own forms of art, since they love learning from each other!

- really good at dancing, she’ll dance while she’s working on projects and she’ll hum a song to herself

- her favorite statue was created after she went on a walk, ran into abigail, and the two of them went swimming in the ocean and stayed there as the sun set and the stars came out. she has a little crush on abigail.

Maru:

- her hair is ALWAYS tied up, it’s impossible for her to work if her hair is in her eyes

- when she was a kid she wanted to be an astronaut, because she loves the stars, but she found she prefers the science and math behind it all

- she pierced her own ears, she has little star earrings!

- watches cartoons and geeks out about them with penny when they meet up in town!

- for some odd reason, she is terrified of butterflies. no one who knows her, or even maru herself have ANY idea why, but she will run away if she sees one.

- her favorite memory was the one night her and sebastian stayed up really late as kids and snuck outside to look at the stars (back when sebastian still loved them) and they ended up seeing a meteor shower

- she presses flowers as a hobby, and just keeps them in a little notebook alongside her ideas for projects and gadgets.

Penny:

- while she’s cleaning her and pam’s home, she finds herself singing to herself. she has yet to be caught by anyone

- each day, her hair is done ever-so-slightly different. each morning, she likes to change it up, and sometimes jas or vincent will give her something to put in her hair

- also interested in ghosts, will occasionally join elliot and leah on their adventures

- she is naturally really warm, so she doesn’t have to bundle up as much during the winter. the kids cling to her because she’s like a human space heater

- has a bit of a geeky side, and she loves to watch cartoons a lot. when she can find the time, she always watches them. they being her lots of comfort.

- has a small scar on her side from when she tripped over as a child onto something sharp. she likes it because with two freckles, it makes a little smiley face

- loves the water and the feeling of sea wind in her hair. she secretly wants to learn to drive a boat, so she can feel that wind in her hair whenever she wants.

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Steve Rogers Fluff Alphabet

Steve Rogers x Black Shield! Reader

Activities - What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

He is always out, he likes staying in and drawing with you. You guys have little art sessions and Steve even tries to learn how to play the piano. He loves when you teach him to cook. He finds it a bonding session.

Beauty - What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?

He loves your hair. Your hair is a way to bond with each other. He loves you with your braid and your silk presses but he loves your hair most when it’s in its natural state. He loves your natural curly hair.

Comfort - How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?

He would give you breathing exercises he learned from his life coach shield provided after he came to the ice. He would reassure you everything is alright and nothing is going to happen if I'm around.

D dreams - How do they picture their future with their s/o?

He always wanted to retire from being Captain America and get married to you. He wanted to move out of the country to somewhere more quiet. He would move to a small town and buy a nice house for you and his future kids. (He also wanted to own a diner /cafe that has a mini book shop in there)

E qual - Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

He’s a mixture of both. He thinks he has to be dominant but later realizes how nice it is to not being in control of everything and being controlled is better.

Flight - Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?

Steve can be stubborn with others. He will always try his best to not let out any frustration on you. If does , he will automatically apologize to you. Sometimes you guys get into arguments and would be mad at each other the whole day but when you get home and it is time for bed he would always say sorry and apologize. He has this rule where you guys can’t go to sleep angry at each other. Someone has to apologize.

Gratitude - How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?

He is very much aware of you. After Steve got the serum many girls who never showed interest in him started to but only because of his looks, and that how it been for a while he only ever found people who love the famous Captain America not Steve. That was until he met you, you never cared about him and his famous repetition. You only wanted to meet his other side. The side that’s not Captain America and he loved that.

Honesty - Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?

He only hides details about missions and sometimes his own feelings.

Steve is not really good at sharing his feelings so he rather just keep them to himself unless you push it out of him.

Inspiration - Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helping them overcome personal problems?

You taught Steve it’s not unmanly to express your feelings. It’s okay to cry, it's okay to grieve , it’s okay to be angry or upset. What's not okay is to bottle them up and not talk about them, especially since you have some with you who’s willing to listen.

Jealousy - Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?

Steve knows you're a very pretty girl and he also knows you being a very pretty girl can lead to guys and girls hitting on you even though they know you're taken.  He hates when you tell others you're taken and they still hit on you. It’s even worse at Tony’s parties he is always trying to claim you when your at his parties

Kiss - Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?

Steve is a very passionate kisser at first he was soft and sweet but the more kisses the harder each kiss gets. He knows how to work your body he knows where to kiss , how to kiss and when things need to switch up.

Love Confession - How would they confess to their s/o?

He would confess after a very dangerous mission where he almost lost you or vice versa. He can’t think about him dying without sharing some romantic relationship with you. So he let it out.

Marriage - Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?

Steve would definitely want to get married to you. He talked about it a lot.

(You and Steve planned your wedding for fun before he proposed) You both were planning to propose to each other at the same place at the same time.

It was a home dinner that he planned. He decorated the house and planned to propose there.

You brought the ring two week ago but didn’t know where you wanted to do it so when Steve called you and told you he was having dinner at the house for you and him you decided to do it there.

You both pulled a ring box at the same time, it was so cute.

Nicknames - What do they call their s/o?

He would call you sweetheart or a short abbreviation of your name or even Honey.

On Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

He doesn’t pay any attention to anyone except you. He gives you these looks with his eyes (basically heart eyes). He will always make sure to spend time with you. He is always in a rush your help. He is also always so uptight and stern but when you're around his rough expression softens up. He shows his love through touch and act of service and words.

PDA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

He does tell others he’s in a relationship with you but not too many people just for your safety, but when he’s with his friends and a couple other agents he friends with he will brag about you whether it’s about your looks, smarts, skills, cooking anything you're good at he brags. Steve doesn’t really do PDA; he will give small kisses on the lips and forehead and hold your hand. When he is in private he’s more passionate about physical affection.

(When he is drunk and at parties he will take PDA to a different level)

Quirk - Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.

His photogenic memory. He could remember how everything looks and every moment. So he won’t forget your birthday or important days.

Romance - How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?

He is very romantic. Every week he tries to make sure you guys go on date night whether it’s at home or out. He always makes sure when you're upset he would make you breakfast in bed. He is also more of a creative person. He will find all your interests and try to find a place that fits your interest. (One time Steve recreated the Jack and Rose scene where he drew her naked.)

Support - Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?

He will encourage you to follow your dreams outside of the shield.  Whether it’s physical support or emotional support or even financial support.

Thrill - Do they need to try out new things to spice out your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?

Dating from the 40s is different from now. Steve does look up way to spice up your relationship. Whether it's a new date night place, new vacation places, or even new ideas for “fun time” .

Understanding - How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?

He understands you very well even before dating he observes your body language and tone of your voice to determine your mood.

Value - How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?

You mean everything to him. You are one of the normal things in his life. You make him feel like an average human when you guys are outside of the shield. You are more important than anything in his life. The love he grew for you is something you he can't ignore. At some point on a mission Steve almost made an agent die just to save you which gained him a two week suspension. He will make sure you're mentally , emotionally , financially and physically safe. He makes sure no one talks you down even though he knows you can handle it. He makes sure he checks on you, he tries to make you talk about your feelings cause he knows how this job can affect people over time.

Wild Card - A random Fluff Headcanon.

Steve will learn how to handle your hair and learn about your culture and native language just to get close with you or your family. Sometimes you can’t handle your hair texture (This reader has a mixture of 3c/4a). He will go on YouTube, read articles and get the best natural products. He will always try to help on wash day and he even learned how to do knotless and box-braid for you. ( This man can give you a nice blowout. I’m talking about the hair blowout.) Steve knew how to mostly bake more than cook, but he later learned how much of a foodie you are so he learned how to cook your favorite dish.

X OXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

Steve is very affectionate. Whether it’s passionate kisses, little kisses and touches, or even hands in shirts and hands on stomach. As long as he is touching you he is happy.

Y earning - How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

He will watch a show you love just to remind himself of you and he will make one of your favorite dishes just to remind himself of you

Zeal - Are they willing to go to great lengths for the relationship? If so, what kind of?

Once the relationship gets serious he will go to war for you. He will get rid of anyone who tries to break you guys up and ruin your relationship on purpose.

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Olivia Alvarez

You'd be shocked, considering the way I write her, but Olivia actually has ten nice points.

She hates nicknames (particularly Eileen's choice of Olive)

Her favorite book is Pride and Prejudice

You can see it if you go back far enough in her tag, but her hair is naturally brown. She feels that the blond suits her more!

She loves Euphemia more than anything, but she's very afraid of motherhood throwing off her planned career timeline.

Carlos Suarez-Wolkalski

His abuela taught him how to play piano when he was a kid

He loves acting, but he doesn't want to be a super famous star. All that pressure! He's quite happy with small parts and body-double work. Maybe a few local plays

Besides, he already has local fame--Carlos has been voted the Middleground Gazette's Best Dressed Citizen twice!

He makes most of his own jewelry

He genuinely loves sharing the house with Jack and both their families--it's never boring with so many people around!

Gaius Blanch

His favorite thing to watch on TV is baking shows

Unlike his semi-neurotic twin sister (his words), he's not fussed about 'life plans' or 'figuring things out'--he's just here to have a good time, eat good food, and kiss hot people.

He majored in history!

His first leather jacket was actually a hand-me-down from cousin George. Now leather jackets are his Look(TM).

Gaius's favorite cheese? Havarti.

Theodore

Theodore's programming is a meld of typical Servo programming and the programming used in caretaker androids in Sixam's crèches.

Theodore does not require sustenance, but can consume small amounts of food and drink! It is deposited into a capsule stored within his upper chest for later retrieval. He cannot taste in the traditional sense, but has sensors within his mouth that can detect temperature and chemical composition. (This also means that if he licks a rock, he can tell you what it is.)

He enjoys reading novels and is currently working his way through the Greenwich City Library's collection after reading the majority of the books in Middleground's small library.

Theo has a soft spot for dogs and would like to adopt two or three or five.

Contrary to popular thought, robots aren't that cold--Theodore runs a few degrees warmer than a Sim's usual body temperature. In addition to his cooling system, his skin is semi-permeable to let off heat (unfortunately, this can make him susceptible to water damage).

Emilio Suarez-Wolkalski

Emilio had no plan whatsoever when he moved to Applewood beyond 'idk, buy an old cabin and plant a garden'. He's done a lot of hands-on learning (and also watched a lot of SimTube videos about gardening and raising chickens).

He found his hat in a thrift store and has patched it several times

The beard’s not just an aesthetic choice--it gets pretty cold in winter in Applewood! He needs to protect his beautiful face!

His favorite food is grilled cheese, but unlike some Sims, he doesn’t get all preachy about it.

Emilio doesn’t believe in the Watcher; he’s an atheist.

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What instruments do you think the legends would play?

Ho boy -

Bloodhound: In line with old Icelandic and Norse instruments, possibly a lyre of some kind. Probably tried out guitar when they started interacting with the modern world more but never really got into it.

Gibraltar: Canonly plays the uke and honestly that’s just his vibe yo. Dude likes to chill. Also probably didn’t wanna bother learning anything more complex. Proooobably slacked off on music lessons in school.

Lifeline: In line with having a higher education, piano and harp. She’s pretty damn good at but prefers the piano; she was in lessons from toddlerhood all the way up until she left home at 19. She avoids both in favor of the drums.

Pathfinder: Tesla coils that he codes to play hot cross buns. Mirage will sometimes mess with his Tesla coils, so they play the Death March from Star Wars.

Wraith: Honestly, don’t think she can play any. Not her priority. Can whistle a fine tune and knows several, though she has no idea when or where she picked this skill up. She likes to imagine she was some kind of whistle aficionado in the 3rd grade. Seems like something a kid would do.

Bangalore: Also piano, her Nana taught her because “Lord forbid a girl don’t know how to play an instrument”. Bangalore never really understood what Nana meant by that, since she said the same thing about all her brothers. Unlike Lifeline, Bangalore actually really enjoys playing when she can and usually subs in when the piano player at her church is out. Also can pluck a guitar a little bit from what Jackson taught her, but after he went missing she couldn’t bring herself to learn any more, or play. He’d be really disappointed, but she tries not to think about it.

Caustic: He’s a clarinet hoe. His mom thought it would help him socialize. All it taught him was that he hated the clarinet. And the guy who played the triangle because he never hit it on time. Fuck, he hated that guy.

Mirage: Literally just Inchworm on the piano. He filled up all his brain space with engineering stuff, cocktail recipes and his own top 10 Apex plays.

Octane: The only thing he had the attention span and want to learn was the jaw harp, ‘cause it was one of the weirdest things he could think of at the time. He was also motivated because it pissed off his dad and wives number 3-5. 6 was actually pretty chill with it. He does technically know how to play the piano and violin through lessons he was forced into, but he’s elected to forget everything. Would probably shred an electric guitar if he got interested enough to learn it because he, as a rule, is actually really good/smart about things he cares about.

Wattson: She’s the one that showed Path you could make music with Tesla coils. She likes to use them to recreate classical pieces. She found if she puts on her suit and stands between two of them, she can make her own music. This freaked Wraith the fuck out the first time she showed her, even though she knew she’d be okay.

Crypto: He can’t play any actual instruments, but he can use one of those music creation programs to make beats or arrange instruments as if he had an orchestra to control. Dude couldn’t have really afforded an instrument or lessons growing up by my guess, but he had some kind of access to a computer, and if anything, he could have pirated the program, so that’s why he probably can’t play anything outside of it. Started playing with classical music more when he and Wattson became friends.

Revenant: As a human? Probably nothing. As a Sim? One time he took two femurs to a guy’s ribcage and managed a decent rendition of hot cross buns.

Loba: Once she got to the point where she blended into high society instead of just trying to hide within it, she got herself piano, flute and violin lessons. Piano is a pretty standard instrument in the homes and event halls of the rich, and she frequently uses it to impress high profile guests. Violin is equally respectable and easily portable. She learned the flute as an extra “in case” instrument, one that is still acceptable, but a little more unexpected and unique for clients that might appreciate that. In short, it’s all about strategy for her.

Rampart: She can play happy birthday with armpit farts. (She has been banned from doing this at parties. Except for Octane’s, he encourages it). She also is like those guys that play things like jingle bells by shooting different metal disks in bumfuck nowhere. I love her.

Mary: Pan flute. She learned it for DND as a young teenager. Has dressed up as a woodland elf for Halloween multiple times. Will play funny tunes at seemingly inappropriate times as a way to cheer people up; it almost always works.

Fuse: We know that dude shreds the electric guitar 100 percent. Plays exclusively old fucker music. A favorite at parties.

Valkyrie: Never bothered to learn, can play literally nothing. She can keep a beat just fine and dance pretty well, but she had other things to dedicate her time to and neither of her parents were musically inclined.

Seer: He’s one of those people that can just pick up an instrument and play it; all the traditional ones, some less mainstream like the oboe or something. Had done jaw harp duets with Octane. A virtuoso. Would probably be able to play even more instruments than he already can if he stopped playing so much pinball in his spare time.

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Although his laughter eventually quieted, his grin remained and even grew in the face of hearing Cardan laugh. As soft as it was, it was melodic and a little rough but very much lovely. Songs could probably be written from that sound, and if Bill were less drunk he might even be able to find the right keys on the piano to play. His mother hadn't given him much, but he had never forgotten how to play the piano. In fact, after she had stopped teaching him --- forcing him to learn, sometimes --- he had continued to practice. From twelve onward everything he had learned about music was self-taught.

"As a child I wasn't taught all that much," he revealed, his smile fading a little bit, not enjoying the way that learning Cardan hadn't been nurtured or cared for growing up settled heavily in his chest. If he could go back and fight the other Faerie prince then he would without hesitation. No kid deserved to be told things like that. Bill knew from experience the way it felt not to be given what you needed, and he hated knowing that anyone he cared about had experienced even the smallest bit of that. When it came to the Fae, however, it was impossible not to know that there was more there than some bad advice from an older brother. If he focused, he might be able to know more, although his drunken mind was easily distracted by the sunlight reflecting in the deep hues of the other male.

His attention was grabbed by the grass fluttering around them, the words a a heavy juxtaposition against the sight. "It is--- Things outside of the world are too," Bill mused, his mind now drawn back to an underground clubhouse and a ritual... Too much to explain. Too big for the way he was feeling right now.

"It's just google, and who knows what I'll remember and what I won't. Maybe I'll remember every word." Teasingly, he reached a hand out and poked the prince's sharp nose, giggling to himself after the fact. "What I do know is that whatever your story is I can handle it. Can't be anything worse than demon clowns from space," Bill rambled as his arm landed back down beside him. He hadn't spoken about what had happened in his hometown to anyone in years. Either that could also be blamed on the alcohol too, or it could just be Cardan himself.

If anyone could handle that sort of thing it would be a Faerie prince, right?

"You can!?" Bill exclaimed, eyes widening in wonder. "That's... cool and creepy all at the same time," he murmured. It was comforting to know that Cardan didn't make use of that particular ability.

A frown pulled at his features and he sat up staring hard at the brunette's face as if he had never heard anything more ridiculous in his life. "Of course you have one. Obviously. Your brother is a dumbass," Bill added with a wave of his hand. He reached for Cardan and tugged him into a sitting position so that they were facing each other. "You 'n me? We're gonna figure it out." And once Bill was determined to do something, he didn't give up. "Right here, right now." The prince was about to learn that the hard way.

"Like close-up magic? Or illusions?" He asked, head cocking to the side as a wide grin returned to his face. "Does writing count?" Bill asked with a laugh, "because I definitely don't do either of the two other things. They're also mostly sleight of hand and not magic at all." What Bill could do, he couldn't really explain all that well because he didn't really understand it all that well himself. "There's a thing though. Two things. I don't know if I can really show you." Bill found that he wanted to show him, though.

"But I can try," he offered.

As the brunette bursts into a fit of laughter, Cardan's eyes widen ever-so-slightly in surprise adoration; the sound is warm and bubbly, and it reminds him an awful lot of the wild rivers coursing through the heart of Elfhame as one travels through them. It reminds him of home and if there was a way that he could bottle it up and get drunk on it night after night as though it was made of faerie fruit, then he would have done it ― but alas, such is implausible even for Faeries and so, the Prince finds comfort in hearing it play before him and wishing it could go on for just a little while longer. And just as Bill's laugh is bright, he soon realises it is also contagious for his own gloss-painted lips part to let out a light-hearted ( albeit brief ) chuckle; perhaps the first time he finds himself laughing since the slaughter of his family on his brother's coronation day. It's hoarse and rough around the edges, nowhere near as bright as Bill's but it's welcomed nonetheless.

❛ As a child, I was taught that wearing your heart on your sleeve is less of an asset and more of a weakness. ❜ Answers the Fae as he wipes the cut grass from his hair, as his laughter fades into a crooked smile. It was something his older brother, Dain, exploited to manipulate their father so Cardan would be disfavored for the crown, and later on, what Balekin used to punish him with iron lashes which sometimes still echo in his ears and make him flinch. As a result, the youngest Greenbriar learned how to dance around words, how to spin them in his favor, and although he doubts Bill's questions have an ulterior motive much like his sibling's, he has worn his armor for so long that now, it feels near impossible to navigate without.

❛ This world is a cruel place and I expect very little from it. ❜ Blinking from the deepest blue of the sky where he finds himself to be staring, black eyes move to meet the vibrant blue before he adds; ❛ You appear to be the exception to that rule. But this is a complicated story and sometimes, humans wanting to know something doesn't equivalate to them being ready to hear it. On top of that, you appear to be extremely intoxicated and I've read in go-gles that the chances of you remembering anything that we've said today are extremely slim. ❜

He studies the boy beside him for a long moment, searching his features for any indication of a reaction to his words. Still, all he can see is excitement as the questions fire up one after the other, all surrounding magic and his abilities and Cardan can almost feel his heart clenching within his chest with nearly every breath he draws as if an invisible hand is squeezing it within its grip.

❛ I can enchant people to do my bidding. ❜ He answers truthfully, for he can't see how this piece of information could result to anything other than to satisfy the human boy's curiosity. He shivers at the memory of the glamoured servants in his brother's estate and remembers being unnerved by the vacant, dream-like expressions they wore ― he still is. ❛ But I've never done so. In contrast to what people think of me, I don't relish hurting others. ❜

❛ Although the common Folk can glamour and train themselves to study the stars for future predictions, ❜ Cardan continues, ❛ Faes born in the royal line, such as myself, possess powers that tell them apart from the others. My sister, Rhyia, had a talent for hunting and my other sister, Elowyn, could make anything, from songs to art, come to life. I am. . .not quite sure what mine is. I don't know if I have any, to begin with. ❜ As the palm of his hand comes to press against the muted grass, The Fae can swear he can feel the land vibrate from all around him ― the leaves sway in a non-existing breeze, and the grass feels extra ticklish beneath his fingertips. The feeling was stronger when he was in Elfhame, where the earth has a mind and a life of its own; when he would get drunk under the night sky, he had the impression that the colours around him were more vibrant, more alive. The branches would dance along in the breeze, almost like all the land swayed along with him but as his mind cleared, he would blame It all on the influence the Faerie fruit had on his mind. Why wouldn't he ? Since he was told a plethora of times that he was an inconsequential Prince with no real worth, Cardan had reached a point where he had stopped trying to harness whatever power he had, instead relying on the ones he could use, with cunning and cruelty being the ones he had mastered.

❛ My brother used to say that's because my father had me when he was old and weak. Perhaps that's the case. ❜ With a shrug of his shoulders, Cardan then rolls to his side and looks at the writer through his long, dark lashes before prompting his jaw upon the back of his hand, to support himself in the elevated height. It is certainly easier to open up when he knows none of what he has just said would stick the following day. But himself would still remember. ❛ I've read humans can do magic too. Can you do anything ? Other than your extraordinary ability to judge me, that is. ❜

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I’ve been thinking about this for a while, do you think Charles,Barbara, Eugenia and Anna were close? Anna maybe less because she’s closer in age to the merry thieves set and she probably ghosted Charles after the Ariadne engagement. Would you consider a fic of them all growing up, starting with them 4 as little kids and then slowly becoming teens and adults and then dealing with Barbara’s death. I think it would be a fun idea since nobody ever considers them to be a older merry thieves.

You can thank my social anxiety for this one bc I stress wrote it in school 🙃

TW: panic attacks, death

Title: When we were young

Characters: Barbara Lightwood, Anna Lightwood, Eugenia Lightwood, Cecily Lightwood, Gabriel Lightwood, Alexander Lightwood, Sophie Lightwood, Gideon Lightwood

Anna was sitting by the fire when Charles came into the room. She hated him. She truly did. But, somehow, at that moment, she felt strange. He looked at her and it took her many years back, to when they weren’t exactly friends, but  they were far from what they are now to each other.

…

“And that was how Consul Wentworth fixed the crisis of 1687.” Charles said with a satisfied smile to himself.

The Lightwood girls were his audience. Well, sort of. Eugenia’s cheek was resting on her fist, squishing the right side of her face as her lidded eyes approached shutting completely. Anna was slumped against Eugenia, her lips pressed together tightly and her eyes opened wide, staring at a fixed spot on the floor. Their luminous dark blue glittered in the witchlight, looking exquisitely uncanny. Barbara was mid-yawn, leaning on the leg of a sofa.

“Wow, Charles. Thanks for the history lesson.” Eugenia said, monotonously. It was evident that she’d inherited her mother’s sass from the day she was born, when Barbara had woken her up by exclaiming at the sight of her newborn sister, and Genie responded by pulling her sister’s hair.

“Oh, and in 1690-“

“NO!” All three Lightwood daughters shrieked.

“I’m still not done, though.” Said Charles.

“Yes, you are.” Eugenia said, standing up and settling the matter. “We are positively bored. There is absolutely nothing to do except listen to Charles talk about politics, and if those are the only two options, frankly, I’d rather be bored.” 

Charles crossed his arms. “Being an intellect is not boring.”

Little two year old Anna looked at him with one eyebrow raised. 

“I swear, Thomas is having a better time than we are,” Eugenia said glaring at to where their parents were, with the tiny, almost invisible baby nestled in Gideon’s arms, his fingers wrapped around Sophie's thumb. The parents were all laughing about something, which made Eugenia scowl even more. 

“To be an adult.” Barbara said, with a martyred sigh. 

“We needn’t be adults to have fun.” Charles said.

“I suppose you’re going to torture us with more political trivia.” 

“No,” Charles said. “I was going to suggest we go through the attic.” 

The girls looked up at this and Charles smirked, clearly proud of himself at having come up with a good idea. For once. 

“What is in the attic?” 

Charles shrugged. “I don’t know, but there’s probably strange and obscure things. There’s a lot of that kind of stuff in our house.” 

Barbara and Eugenia exchanged a look before the eldest Lightwood sister turned to him. 

“We shall go and discover this mysterious attic you speak of.”

…

“What could this even be?” Barbara said, holding up a loose gear-like contraption. 

“Papa sometimes builds things out of clockwork.” Charles said, sitting cross legged. “Or, he used to at least.” 

 “That’s…” 

Genie and Charles looked at Barbara as she trailed off.

“Nevermind, I have no comment.”

Charles nodded as though that was a common reaction people had in terms of his father’s experiments. 

They rummaged through boxes upon boxes, finding momentos they didn’t understand such as papers upon papers of things that said many difficult words. They could distinguish a couple of words such as “infernal” and “devices”, however there were many that made no sense to them.

“What is a Mortmain?” Asked Genie.

“I think it’s an undead horse or something along those lines,” said Charles.

“Oh,” said Eugenia. “That’s disgusting.”

“Quite,” agreed Barbara.

Anna was toddling around the room, giggling. She almost tripped over a loose floorboard, and would have, had Charles not reached out and grabbed a hold of the back of her dress. 

“This is too dangerous for a small child like Anna,” Barbara said, ever the mother-goose. “I shall take her downstairs before she hurts herself.” 

Anna protested at first, but acquiesced once Barbara bribed her with the promise of dessert.

…

“What are you doing here?” Anna asked.

He looked up, his green eyes meeting her blue ones. 

…

Charles remembered that day like it was just yesterday. 

He and Eugenia had stayed behind rifling through boxes, which wasn’t unwelcome, as Eugenia and Charles had an easy, lighthearted and, at times, profound, friendship. Despite their age gap, they enjoyed each other’s company, though neither could say why. Perhaps, it was simply because they mocked each other. Or perhaps, it was sometimes they would occasionally talk about things such as philosophy, and whether what they were seeing was true, or the world was just a figment of their imaginations. Or a mixture of the two; they’d never really discussed it. 

Eugenia surprised him when she said, “do you ever feel… different from your parents?” 

Charles furrowed his brows, “in what aspect?”

“Love.” 

“Have you a suitor?” Charles inquired, intrigued.

“No. Actually, that was my question. I find that, sometimes, I don’t only enjoy the idea of a male suitor, but perhaps, I also enjoy the company of a woman. Perhaps.” She pressed her lips together tightly, as if forcing herself to stop speaking.

Charles looked at her, his bright green eyes wide. “I-um-…”

“But I’m not sure, of course.” Eugenia blurted out. “It’s not as if shadowhunters are precisely fond of that particular preference or-“

“Do you really think they wouldn’t like it?” Charles asked, softly. “Do you believe they will reject those who are like that?” 

Eugenia looked down. “I’m afraid I’m most sure of it.”

Charles had then realized that he couldn’t have both. There was no way around it. 

He knew his parents were happy and that love made them complete. However, they didn’t have to choose. They could be married and the idea wouldn’t affect their respective occupations. Charles, on the other hand, couldn’t be Consul and have the kind of love he wanted. He almost resented them because of it. They were able to do what they loved and nobody forced them to pick between one or the other. 

It was unfair. So incredibly unfair.

“I guess you better get rid of your feelings towards women than.” He said simply, “unless you’re willing to let something as simple as love get in the way of your dreams.”

“Dreams?” Eugenia asked, looking confused and a tiny bit hurt. 

 But Charles got up to go back downstairs to his parents, aunts and uncles.

… 

Charles slumped down in a chair and dug his fingers into his hair.

“She was just here.” He said quietly. “Babs, was just here.”

Anna felt sudden rage. “You are not allowed to mourn her.” 

Charles looked up. “Just because you don’t like me doesn’t mean I can’t be sad. She was my cousin too. Perhaps not by blood, but she was still a cousin.” He pressed his lips together angrily and stared fixedly at the witchlight stone that was illuminating the room. 

Anna, however, couldn’t find it in her to be diplomatic; she got up and left the room. 

…

Anna had never seen Eugenia look this way. She was always put together, posh. But now, she looked hollow. Like a shell of who she used to be. Anna wanted to go up to her, to say something, but she felt lost for words. What did you tell someone who lost a dear sister? If Anna felt sorrow, she couldn’t imagine what Eugenia was feeling. 

Her head was tilted upwards, looking up at the pyre where the corpse of her sister lay. Tears were streaming down her face, rolling down her cheeks, throat and chest, leaving streaks on her face that looked like the roots of a tree.

Sophie had her arm around her daughter. The sight of the four of them was very strange. There was a gap missing where Barbara should have been. She suddenly felt a hand take hold of her own. She looked to her right and saw her mother looking straight ahead, squeezing her daughter’s hand. Her father was looking down, holding Alex. Her baby brother was one of the few who looked up at the cousin who’d taught him to play simple songs on the piano, and had always let him sleep in her arms on New Year's eve.  

She didn’t know what he must have been thinking now, staring up at the pyre. 

Though, to be fair, she didn’t quite know what to think herself, as she looked up at the cousin who’s life was cut far too short.

…

Eugenia’s body didn’t feel like her own. She hadn’t felt this body was her own for a while. Even since Augustus and the secret she’d kept to herself.

This was somehow worse. To be torn away from your best friend, whom you’d shared a room with almost your entire life. Eugenia didn’t know how to live in a world without Barbara. Sometimes, in the rare moments when she forgot about her sadness, she’d call her sister’s name, ready to tell her about what had happened in her novel. Or find herself walking to Barbara’s room without thinking and then staring blankly at the door that has remained shut ever since the day she passed away.

A couple of weeks ago, she’d found a letter Barbara had sent her when she’d been in Idris. It was in between her copy of Jane Eyre. She couldn’t bring herself to read it in its entirety, but she stared at the signature blankly. 

Suddenly, she got the urge to run. So she ran. That’s how, an hour later, she’d gotten a small tattoo under her ankle that said “Sincerely, your favorite sister Babs.” 

It felt right to have Bab’s signature there, we’re only she could see. It made her feel accompanied everywhere she went, even though nobody else could see. 

Now, looking up at the pyre, her face tight from tears she’d left to dry, her mother weeping silently, she could almost imagine that her sister was there, simply caught in a slumber and that she’d wake up at any moment and come tumbling down, throwing herself in Eugenia’s arms.

Any moment now, she thought when the pyre burst into flames. 

“Ave atque vale, Barbara Lightwood.” The crowd said at once.

Eugenia shook her head and swayed on her feet. Her breathing became heavy and her fingers began prickling. Suddenly, she couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t move. No nononono. 

She felt a hand on her shoulder, vaguely that it was her father’s. 

Not Barbara.

Not Babs.

“Calm down, Genie.”

Not her sister. Her sister couldn’t possibly be up there.

“Breathe Eugenia.”

She wanted to scream that she couldn’t, that she’d never breathe again, as long as her sister wasn’t breathing with her. Why did she have to live? She would have much preferred that Barbara live in her stead. 

The world was numb and fractured, never to be fixed again. 

…

(Don’t worry, Gideon was able to help Genie after the fic ends bc he’s the best dad)

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oddly specific thought alert

i was washing the dishes while listening to Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantelle and then i started thinking about a soft au where noriaki was a semi-violin prodigy and started super young but violin was kind of tainted for him because of the pressure from his parents (*cough cough* nothing to do with his parents thinking he might not be alright in the head with hierophant and noriaki learning quickly that he needs to stay quiet about hiero or else his violin lessons would be canceled and the money would go to a nice lady asking him questions about his imaginary friend *cough cough*) and he took an extended break from it through high school

and at the same time jotaro was stepping away from the piano because sadao had taught him when he was a kid but now holly had divorced him (me, 30 sec ago: a “soft au”) and jotaro just couldn’t find the joy in it (I feel like adding that holly and sadao separated a year or two before sdc would have made Jotaro’s character there a more spicy—which wasn’t helped by joseph telling him he was now “the man of the house”)

ANYWAYS i got off topic during the sdc trip they learn to find their enjoyment in music again together and connect over their mutual problems that led them to step away from their instruments something something jotaro playing for nori on hotel lobby pianos something something noriaki impulsively buying a new violin and coming back to their hotel room and shredding bars on it something something their stands turning their sheet music for them something something they do the piece I was listening too together and the piano accompaniment part is easy enough for jotaro to look up from the piano and watch noriaki play something something they are in love your honor (platonically? romantically? im taking an all of the above happy pride month)

i have a math final in the morning send help

HEY DUDE IM SORRY I DIDN'T RESPOND TO THIS UNTIL NOW IT'S JUST BEEN HELLA BUSY BUT FUUUUCK THIS SOUNDS AWESOME

violin player kakyoin is making feel deranged holy shit he totally would be. VIOLIN IS IN BOTH GOODBYE NOSTALGIA AND VIRTUOUS POPE... SO LIKE. bro I'm gonna go nuts. also JOTARO PIANO OH MY GODDDDDD THAT'S SO FUCKING BIGBRAINED DUDE FUCK. oh my god . i might need to draw something for this i hate drawing instruments but oh my fucking god PIANO VIOLIN DUET WITH JOTARO AND KAKYOIN...

i love this idea dude holy fuck. im sick and ill etc