#also. so many things can affect your skin and how you age so you can't base everything off appearance yknow

[fascinationstreetmp3]

i keep going back and forth because on the one hand, i feel like gortash should be in his 40s. but on the other i keep noticing the text calling him young, so maybe he's supposed to be in his 30s? but then whenever he's called young it usually seems like it's in comparison to whoever he's with (a "younger man" than ketheric, a "young man" compared to gut, called "young gortash" by balthazar). according to karlach he also looks basically the same as he did 10 years ago so he could be in his 30s and just aged early or he could be in his 40s or older and just not changed much between then and now. hm

[juliewillruinu]

"One Last Time" | Toji Fushiguro x Reader

Pov: You're being married off by your clan which caused you to distance yourself from Toji, but how will you react to finding out he is also being arranged to marry another woman?

18+ MDNI

Dom Toji x fem!reader, smut, P in V, no protection, overflowing cum, slight degrading, cheating (kinda, but not really), ass smacking, and a bit of fingering. (I do not own the artwork above.)

You promised yourself you wouldn't see him again. That your eyes would never meet his.

You promised yourself that you'd live a good life without him. You didn't need him any longer.

You promised yourself to do what was best for your clan. They were your priority.

You promised yourself that you'd be happy with your future husband. You'd learn to love him.

You smiled whenever someone mentioned the name of your fiance, a man, not named Toji. A man you've never met in person. You'd tell them, "I know I'll be happy with him. I've heard so many good things about him."

Everything was sunshine and rainbows until you heard the news that Toji was to be marry into another clan. You acted as if you were fine with it but you were not. Toji was yours. Your family could sell you off to another clan all they wanted, but to know that while you were gone another woman would keep him company, take over your role in his life, it saddened you, it pissed you off, it made you want to strangle yourself. You spent nights crying yourself to sleep. What were you going to do? Was there anything you could do? You could only choose family or love. In this time and age, you couldn't dare have both.

You promised yourself you'd never let his skin grace yours again.

Yet, here you are. Crying in Toji's arms, your face buried in the crook of his neck as his back is rested against the wall of your room. He entered carefully and quietly through your window. He heard how you shut yourself away recently, he knew why. He knew he had to comfort you. One last time.

You told him, "I can be without you, Toji."

"You told me you didn't need me."

You pulled away to bore your red orbs into his and spoke hastily. "I lied! I do need you so don't marry that woman. Don't hurt me like this anymore."

Toji yanked your chin, drawing your face close to his. In that moment, you saw an intensity in his eyes that was unlike anything you had ever witnessed before. His usual demeanor, so often marked by indifference and a seemingly impenetrable exterior, was shattered. The anger and vulnerability in his gaze revealed a depth of emotion you had never seen in him.

He had always seemed untouchable, as though nothing could truly affect him. But now, with you so close, everything was different. You were the only person who had ever seen beyond his Zenin lineage, who had looked at him not as a member of a powerful clan but simply as Toji. The memory of your words, "You're not a Zenin to me. I see you as just Toji," echoed in his mind, a poignant reminder of the rare connection you shared.

"You're not the only one who feels hurt by this. Do you think I like the idea of another man having his lips against yours?" His lips were dangerously close to yours. It made you shiver in anticipation. "Do you think I want him to touch what is mine? Just knowing you'll spend your wedding night with him makes me want to rip his head off. I can't let you go like that."

"Then don't." You said almost pleading. "Don't let him take me away, Toji."

"Do you think he could fuck you this good, huh? I know all your weak spots. He'd be an amateur compared to me. Don't you think?"

"...yes, yes, yes..."

Your moans filled the room as you watched how mercilessly Toji was fucking you through your vanity mirror. His eyes scrunched close as his hand held one of your wrists down and held your hand in his other. His large, vainy cock had you stretched out, vigorously entering to hit your vulnerable spots and your insides, sucking him right back in when he pulled back. Sweat glistened off both your bodies as the force he was using was causing your bed to shake. The heavy storm outside kept your screams from being heard by the servants who might be walking around during these late hours. Toji kept his promise when he told you that'd he'd fuck you so hard you wouldn't be able to get out of bed for your wedding.

Red love bites were left on your neck and breasts while you returned the favor by leaving faint scratch marks on his chest and back and teeth marks on his shoulders.

You hissed as Toji's tip pounded against the one spot you enjoyed the most. You were close again. Just a little longer and you'd melt for him again. Toji must have gotten the message as his eyes fluttered open before making contact with yours through the mirror. You could see a mischievous smirk grow on his face. He could feel your insides slowly clamping down on his cock, almost ready to rip it off him.

"Who gave you permission to come yet?" Before you had a chance to answer, Toji had already pulled his cock out causing a slight "pop" noise to occur. His cum from previous rounds began to ooze out of you now that there wasn't anything to keep it inside. It practically left you whining.

"Don't take it out. I was s'close."

"Naughty girl, you have no shame do you? Tomorrow you'll be someone's wife and here you are drooling for your lovers cock?"

He took his teasing further and inserted his index finger which he pumped back and forth against your walls. He wouldn't even give you at least two fingers, not that it would have been enough to help you finish, but it would give much better results than one finger and Toji knew this well.

"Toji, put it back in...please."

"Do you want it that bad?" You nodded frantically. "Then go ahead take it. Milk it, make yourself cum on it, but you'll be the one doing all the work."

You sat up seeing Toji lay his scratched back against the bed before getting on top of him with your shaking legs. You weren't used to being on top and his posture made it seem as if he'd have you do all the work, but you didn't mind. If he was allowed to prove to you that no man could fuck you the way he could, it was only right to prove to him that no woman would ever be good enough for him unless it was you.

One of his hands traveled up your thigh, fingers caressing your supple skin while the other attempted to align his cock to your entrance. His hand went to your hips, ready to help ease you down on it only to be met by your boldness as you slammed yourself down on his thick length. He threw his head back, grunting as your insides molded around him perfectly causing his cock to pulsate in excitement. His large hands gripped each side of your bum, begging for you to move already. You placed your hands on his toned stomach to keep yourself balanced and began to move up and down. You took your precious time, taking it nice and slow. Toji shouldn't be the only one allowed to tease.

"What do you think you’re doing?"

"Teaching you a lesson from earlier."

"Ah!"

He growled giving your ass a hard smack that left a burning sensation, "don't be a brat."

'You're the one acting like one,' you said to yourself before you picked up the pace. Each time you move down his cock the skin of your bum and his shaft made loud slapping noises that left his gulping.

"Fuck, just like, princess. So fucking tight. You like that don't you?"

You met another slap on your ass when you didn't respond fast enough.

"Yes! It's the best, Toji! It's so fucking good!"

The bed creaked underneath the both of you, his cock hitting every spot imaginable. You could feel his cock start to swell, he was close just as were you. He pulled you down against his chest, wrapping a arm around you waist to keep you attached to him while his other hand pushed down on your bum as he jerks his hips up. There's no doubt about it. You were so cock drunk that even your moans sounded incoherent. It felt like your mind was elsewhere while the center of your stomach tightened.

His hot breath brushed against your skin, "Tell me who you love. Come on, tell me, little whore."

"You! I love you! Fuck, Toji. I love you." He hungrily smashed his lips against yours giving you no time to breathe. His tongue wrestling against yours, seeking for its submission to him. You fisted at the pillows near his head as his cock was destroying your insides. Your thoughts only focused on Toji as he nipped at your bottom lip.

"I can't hold it anymore~"

"Fuck, me too. Come on, princess. Give it to me and I'll reward you."

Toji, in the throes of passion, drives his hips firmly against you one last time. His release is powerful, filling you with a warm, thick sensation as his cum spreads inside you. You feel him pulse and release, the heat and pressure intensifying as he finishes.

As he remains inside you, the sensation of his cum beginning to overflow adds a heightened sense of fullness. Your body responds instinctively, your lower body jolting slightly as the sensation of his release overwhelms you. The tightness in your stomach starts to ease, replaced by a warm, satisfying relaxation.

•••

You and Toji laid sideway near each other, your bodies hidden underneath the silk sheets. You could feel his warm lips press against your head as you buried your face in his chest. His strong hand move up and down your back. His touch, his scent his breathing, they were all so comforting. How could you possible live without this man?

"Toji, let's run away. Tonight. Just me and you. Let's never come back here." Your spoke with a straight face, Toji rested his chin over your head, chuckling at your serious tone.

"What about your clan, hmm?"

"..Screw them.."

[the-whispers-of-death]

I read the veteran one with Ghost and I am in LOVE!!! I wanna ask for more veteran male reader and Ghost bcs just hwrkemendksdndn love it!! If you dont wanna do it its fine and feel free to ignore this if you want but just so you know I LOVE THE WAY YOU WROTE IT!!!!

Here's the first part.

Imagine you and Veteran!Ghost on your first date. (It's important to note that he foregoes his mask/balaclava since you two are going out for dinner.)

You know what it's like to be overwhelmed when in the presence of so many civilians, so you take him out to a restaurant that is a small diner that only a few people know about.

You're the perfect gentleman, gently guiding Ghost to a booth with your hand resting on the small of his back. You pull out his chair and push it in when he's settled in said chair.

While you're both looking at the menu, Ghost can't help but glance up at you every now and then.

His eyes take in your face, his lips twitching upwards at the sight of your eyebrows furrowed as you decide what to order. Your skin is wrinkled, but not too wrinkled, and he loves your crow's feet the best. He loves how they're a symbol of your age, of how much you've laughed and smiled during your lifetime.

Ghost is hardened from his years in the military, scarred physically and emotionally from war. And yet here you are, a man who also has been in the military, for even longer than Ghost has, but you're still kind. You've come out of war and healed from it.

"What are you thinking about?" you ask, glancing up at Ghost and seeing him staring at you. But you don't seem off-put by his staring, instead a smile works its way onto your face. "Do you know what you want to order?"

Ghost nods despite himself, glancing back down at the menu and choosing something random. "Yes, I know what I want." His words are laced with double meaning, but he then clears his throat. "Are you ready to order?"

You nod and wave the waitress over, both of you ordering your food. Once the waitress is gone, you look back at Ghost. You eye him for a bit before taking a leap of faith, reaching over the table and touching his hand lightly, giving him a choice to pull away or to embrace the gesture of affection.

Your smile widens when he intertwines your fingers together, holding your hand. "How are you feeling? This place isn't too loud for you, right?" you ask.

"It's not too loud," Ghost replies, his heart melting at how considerate you are of him. God, he doesn't know what he did to manage to get you to be on a date with him. "I want to know more about you, something no one in the support group knows."

You chuckle at that and tell him about your family. You two exchange stories of happy memories until the food comes and your conversation continues in between bites of food.

When the date comes to an end, you pay for the food, despite Ghost's protests.

"Nonsense, it's only fair that I should pay," you say after taking the bill and placing your card in the check-holder. You give the check-holder to the waitress, watching her leave to charge your card before focusing on Ghost again. "I'm the one who brought you to this place, so I'm the one who should pay."

"You're old-fashioned," Ghost teases, getting up from his seat once the waitress comes back with your card.

You huff in playful anger at his words, standing up as well once your card is back in your wallet. "You say that like it's a bad thing."

With one hand resting on the small of his back again, you lead Ghost outside and to your car. Just to continue your playful banter, you manage to open the passenger door for Ghost before he can.

"After you, my little prince," you say, a cheeky grin on your face.

Ghost's heart skips a beat at the petname, a blush working its way onto his face and neck. He can't deny the way the petname coming from you makes him want to melt.

He clears his throat and gets into the car, his heart fluttering when you close the door behind him.

The ride back to Ghost's flat is a short one, unfortunately. Ghost finds himself not wanting this night to end as he goes to the entrance of his apartment complex, you having walked him there.

He looks back at you as he stops short in front of the entrance, his mouth dry. "Would you come up with me to my flat if I asked?" he asks, his eyes on yours and his heart pounding in his chest.

A soft smile appears on your lips and you gently lift your hand, cupping his cheek. "As tempting as that sounds," you say, relishing the way Ghost leans into your touch, "I'm a gentleman. It'd be rude of me to go up to your flat on the first date."

With those words, you lean in, giving him a soft kiss on the cheek before pulling away and letting your hand fall. Ghost takes the hint, nodding and turning to walk inside the apartment complex.

"Old-fashioned," he playfully grumbles, the words floating to your ears via the slight breeze.

Your laugh in return is loud.

"My age is part of why you like me!" you call out to him just as he enters the apartment complex.

Ghost can't seem to be able to deny it.

Reblogs are welcomed & appreciated! Asks are open, feel free to pop in and request something! (Check the rules in "Rules for Requesting NSFW" before requesting.)

[hellrices]

I've been reading up on the Menendez brothers case ever since the MONSTERS show has gotten popular and I have to say that this case is all I've been able to think of for the past few days. Here are a few things I need to rant about before my head explodes -

I haven't seen the show myself but the few clips I've come across have such gross mischaracterizations of the brothers and even heavily imply a romantic relationship/sexual tension between them that the brothers have directly denied. They've also said themselves that "the show is rampant with lies". So I really implore that nobody base any opinions on the case based on the portrayals of the brothers in the show, and research the actual case themselves. The brothers are actually very nice and respectful. (And funny too - I had to keep myself from laughing quite a bit while watching some of their interviews)

I've been watching footage of their direct examinations, cross examinations, novelli tapes, interviews, phone calls -  even the ones where they were in prison at the time of the recordings. I can say confidently that the prosecution were fucking idiots. Implying that, at the age of 6, Erik Menendez (who they were speculating of being homosexual despite him literally having a girlfriend) might've somehow invoked the molestation and rape that his father committed onto himself. (What the fuck???)

Despite the solid evidence of the emotional, physical and sexual abuse that the brothers endured at the hands of the parents. The prosecution had the nerve to try and blame the murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez as being motivated by financial gain. Fuck the prosecution.

After being presented with evidence such as the mother being found in possession of an envelope containing pictures of both Erik and Lyle (aged 6 and 8 at the time of the pictures being taken) with the focus of the photos being on the naked bodies of the children, as well as medical documents stating that 7 year old Erik faced injury to his throat which a medical professional states could have very well been caused by oral copulation, several scars on their bodies from when their father would cut them with a knife or stick pins and tacks into their skin, the relatives testifying and stating that they were never allowed to go down the hall when Jose (the father) was in one of the rooms alone with the boys and there were noises coming from the rooms that the relatives could hear, and so much other shit I could rant about for days, I cannot believe the prosecution still denied any plausibility to the fact that the Menendez brothers killed their parents out of fear of losing their own lives and tried to go on with their bullshit excuse that it was financially motivated.

The prosecution, according to Lyle, was also in possession of a letter that Lyle had written to Erik, where he recounted a lot of what happened and stated how important it was for them to stay together after everything that happened. The letter also specifically stated "Don't worry about the press because you and I know we didn't do anything for the money." The prosecution presented this letter to the grand jury as an attempt to connect Lyle to the case, but, upon later realizing (at a different grand jury) that Lyle was coming in anyway, they decided not to use the letter as evidence since it directly disproved their entire case. Since it was not part of the presented evidence, the brothers could not bring it up or discuss the letter at all which I imagine must've been fucking infuriating (they could not bring in the letter as evidence themselves since it was a letter that Lyle himself had written) Despite there being so much evidence that the murder was not for the inheritance, the stupid fucking judge and jury still couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that being abused and raped for all your life can affect men too.

I can't imagine how many other cases have been unjustly "closed" at a time where there was so much sexism, racism and general bigotry. (Life without parole was a fucking insane sentence for the brothers) But I've seen that Lyle has gotten a degree recently as part of a prison program and the brothers recently reunited after being separated at high security prisons for 20 years. The recent recommendation for resentencing also brings so much relief knowing that if they're released soon, they'll finally be able to experience atleast a shred of the life they were supposed to be able to live all along.

[mellosdrawings]

i loved seeing your character sheets for yuu and hayeli, especially hayeli’s!! it’s clear that a lot of thought went into them and i think his on/off mode is such an interesting concept (also a pomefiore student with blemishes?? yes please!!)

i’d be super curious what your creation process looked like, i.e if where there concepts you scrapped or how you went about choosing a name for them (it’s just a topic i love talking and hearing about but of course you don’t have to get into it if you don’t want to :])

not me also having ideas for an oc with mirror magic, but based on the mirror from the snow queen instead

First I'm so glad you like my characters! It seems Hayeli's bad skin is very popular and I love it! Give me more teenagers with bad skin and not making a huge deal out of it please!

As for my process... dear, that'll be a long post.

General process

Ok so my general character creation process starts with two ways:

1. I have a role to fill in a story that can't be fulfilled by a pre-existing character

2. I have a vibe and I need to turn it into a character

From those needs and/or wants, I'll go through several steps:

1. Age: surprisingly deciding on a character's age first unlocks at least half of its mental and physical design. Is it an adult who already has its shit together or a teen in the middle of a crisis?

2. Vague personality: is the character going to be introvert or extrovert? Shy or outgoing. Proud or self depreciating. Bubbly or quiet. Easy to anger or chill. It doesn't need to be its full personality yet, just guidelines.

3. Race: for fantasy and realism. A character's skin color and cultural background will shape how they view the world a lot!

4. Gender and sexual orientation: i usually decide on the gender based on how many characters I already have of each gender, or whether I want a character to be traditionally feminine/masculine or the total opposite of what's expected. Obviously the gender will affect the design, but the orientation will also affect how the character reacts to others.

5. Assets & weaknesses: for fantasy, it'd be their powers and their shortcomings, for action it'll be their strengths and the things they haven't mastered yet, for romance it'll be their best personality trait and their worst.

Once I have that base guideline, I can start working on a chara design. Age and race help with the body, personality and strengths/weaknesses help with how they dress and present themselves. (An outgoing person will have an easier time dressing in original ways while a shy person would be more traditional for example.)

Once I have a design, I draw shitty little doodles and meme redraws until I have a better sense of their personality. Slices of life and comedy and angst are great way for me to get to know my character. For writers, it'd be writing random scenes to test the characters' reactions.

Then, I double down on the strengths and weaknesses. Make them stand out. Make sure they are coherent to the characters. Make sure the weaknesses are as important as the strength. (For example, I have a character who has super speed. Arguably one of the most cheated powers in existence. I counterbalanced it by giving him poor stamina. In theory he is all powerful. In practice, not so much.)

Lastly, I chose a name. Sometimes it's just about how the name sounds. Sometimes I'm looking for names to mean something. If your character is POC, think about whether they'd have a common name or a name from their own culture. Both are valid but you need to think about it! (For example, I have two maohi characters in the same story. One is called Fray (common name), the other is called Tanemahuta (maohi name) because they and their families have different relationships with their own culture.)

Yuu

Well, that's a strange one since Yuu already does exist in the game, but it's a blank slate, a place holder. Let's make them something worth remembering, shall we.

First, I went with their gender. Most of my placeholders characters end up nonbinary because that's what I am and also I can't be bothered to role-playing gender when playing a simple game.

Then I went with a vibe and a bullet list of things I wanted to keep from the game and things I wanted to add.

To keep:

1. Not very proactive

2. Not very talkative

To add:

1. Raccoon

2. Clever/cunning

3. Physically rather weak

From there I made a design that gave "raccoon vibes". Semi long disheveled hair, lazy eyes, lazy dress up.

Now, what was important was to make up for their weakness: they don't have magic. The world around them is harsh and they get threatened by characters having breakdowns every two months. What is there strength? For Yuu, I wanted them to be clever and cunning. Have them actually outsmart our dear schemers. That's Yuu's one and only strength, they're a schemer themself. They see others as cards that make up their hands the same way Leona sees others as chess pieces. Once you have those big pieces from earlier plus the survival instinct, you get a character that is easy to handle. They don't talk much, keep everything to themselves, manipulate others from the shadows to defend themself.

But. Let's give them one more weakness, shall we? It's funnier that way. Let's make them yearn for connection. They are a teen who got kidnapped from their family. Let's give them a big family. But they are rather independent too, so let's find a way to remove the parents from the picture to explain why they are already able to fend for themself. Now make them yearn for real friendship. Make it obvious their manipulation comes from defensiveness. Have them slip up when they interact with people they genuinely end up caring about.

And there you have Yuu.

Hayeli

Now, for Hayeli, I started out with a vibe. He's actually pretty old, comes from before the game was even released when there were only countdown arts and some vague informations about the game. As I said in his description, he's based on the Evil Queen's mirror. I didn't know at the time there were already plenty of mirrors in the game haha

Contrary to my usual process, I started with his powers first. His Signature Spell had to be something about mirrors. The easy way out would be to have him shape-shifting. There are plenty of angst and fun opportunities from shape-shifting. But that was too simple, I didn't like it. Instead I went with the capacity to copy others' magic. In game there was already Azul being able to steal others' magic through a high requirement spell, so I went with this kind of power. High requirement high reward. I don't like for my characters to be overpowered and I wanted Hayeli to just be average in magic, so I doubled down on the requirements to make his magic near useless.

Then I went on to his gimmick. He still didn't have a personality or body at the time, I really went full mirror first. Hayeli is a mirror. He copies others' magic. What if I double down and make him copy everything as a by-product of his Signature Spell? Ok, now, since I still don't like overpowered characters, how do I make it ruin his life?

And so we come to the problem of his personality: he doesn't have one. He's a blank slate. A mirror. He reproduces others' behaviors and mannerisms and personalities and he has no control over it. He has no idea who he is himself. The angst creates itself.

Once there, it was easy process for the rest. Make him a body. Average size since he's just a copy of others. Pomefiore attitude and presentation since he's in Pomefiore. I like curly hair and there aren't enough of them in Twisted Wonderland so I went with that, but they couldn't be long since Yuu already has semi long curly hair.

I still needed one way to recognize him. Make him pop amongst the other characters. What makes Hayeli physically Hayeli?

1. Moles. So many moles.

2. Bad skin. He's in Pomefiore? Do the contrary of what's expected there. Give him a malleable standard face and add bad skin to it.

3. Strange eyes. He's a mirror who can reproduce everything he sees. His eyes are important. Make them pale like mirrors, make his pupils white to reflect others, make the shape a bit blurry as if the mirror isn't perfect.

And there you have Hayeli's body!

Oh. A name? Google translate, please tell me how to say mirror in different languages please. Mirror in Armenian is "Hayeli", I like the sound of it. Sold. So Hayeli shall be Armenian irl, that'd probably be on the frontiers of the Scalding Sands (thanks a friend for helping me with that part), so maybe I should make his skin darker. Besides, dark skins in a dorm that values beauty is also not the first idea people get. Sold!

(Somewhere during the process, I actually had an objective with Hayeli. "Make him represent Teenagehood itself". Teenagehood is a particularly difficult period, teenagers try to become their own person independently from their parents. They copy each other and all the people they look up to to find what suits them best, but they also hate not being able to tell who they are as a person. Hayeli represents that struggle, and that's also why I gave him a heavy bout of acne and red cheeks and baby fat but a lean body. Teenagehood isn't pretty, and it shouldn't be. Hayeli is awkward, his body is morphing a lot, he has no idea who he is or who he wants to become, he copies others without realizing. But he also has a lot of fun. He cheats at tests, he bothers his classmates and dormmates, he has fun with makeup, he tries a lot of new things. While Yuu was meant to represent survival, Hayeli is meant to represent teenagehood, for better and for worse.)

There you have all of Hayeli's creation process.

TLDR: Mostly I just... don't go with the very first thought I get. Do you know that Pixar or maybe Disney process where they give up on the first dozen ideas they get because it's too "normal" and easy to guess? It has its flaws but I think it's not that bad. I go with the contrary of what's expected (dark bad skin for a dorm that represents beauty) or I push the concept further if I can (copying magic instead of shapeshifting). And most importantly, I give my characters flaws and weaknesses. That's the most important part of the creation to me. What can I give him that'll make him struggle? The scenario writes itself as soon as you give your characters challenges to overcome within themselves.

[thewrothode-if]

As a POC, I really feel as though there's no explicit reason to cut out players from having their MCs be dark-skinned..like, this is a fantasy setting, and so many other IFs in similar settings offer a variety of options, so what is more important, inclusion that affects real people, or any purported "realism"? Besides, you won't even be able to know what kind of appearance choices people make, anyway, and can't control how people headcanon their MCs in their mind, so why would you care and go out of your way to limit skin options? And you mean to tell me that Vikings had natural *black* hair strands and that is realistic? It feels incredibly hurtful, especially when you then go around saying "we should all be nice to each other", but then explicitly exclude literally. Most of the planet. The funny thing is also that you could have said MC is specifically Scandinavian- but no, you chose to make them specifically *white*, so could a random Portuguese person also be an MC? What you're doing is cruel, illogical and riddled with hypocrisy.

I want to be respectful and I’ll try to be because I’ve answered these asks more times than I can count.

Calling me cruel for not including the option of being a person of color in a game set in Denmark during the Viking Age is ridiculous.

I made this point before, but I’ll make it again. If I made a game set in Ancient Zambia and didn’t include the option to be white, everyone who is insulting me about this choice won’t notice anything strange then.

And honestly, I’m not even sure why I added the choice to choose your skin color. I will be taking that option out of the game because it really doesn’t add or take away anything from the story. That’s on me.

Now, you will be able to headcanon whatever skin color, heritage, other stuff for your character, but don’t expect the game and the characters in the game to develop or react around that.

If I offended any people of color, I apologize. I truly don’t mean anything by this, but now you’re free to headcanon whatever you wish.

[thependragonarchives]

Grim Reaper Headcanon Blurb

here's just a good chunk of all headcanons I have for general Dispatch shenanigans!! below cut :> ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ-

✧ A general one shared with most of tumblr, but the reapers looking more inhuman. Sharp teeth, glowing eyes, pointed ears, the works! I personally think they carry the smell of decay with them. But I also think they carry physical traits from their deaths as well! A reaper who drowned would look bluish/greenish, a reaper who died of blood loss would be ashen, burned by fire have dryer/leathery skin, etc. etc.

✧ On the list of 'petty things to get written up for', unpermitted scythe modification is probably high on the list. Dispatch, regardless of the staff of the Management Division's own personal thoughts, requires everything and anything to be recorded and reported. Even if it's just a simple blade change. People forget!

✧ When a reaper first 'wakes up', they're treated with cold and clinical detachment. A statistic before anything else. Dying is incredibly traumatic, and 'waking up', a reaper is probably going to be in shock! It's easier faster to go through the paperwork first, before beginning to explain everything. Even then, there's this shitty information pamphlet the doctor hands you, called 'So You Killed Yourself! What Now?', to help explain the role a new reaper now plays.

✧ There's different levels of blindness a reaper can have! While they're all legally blind, some can see more than others! I personally think Grell and Othello can see colored blurbs, and can make out features but to really see specific details they squint, while William is almost-fully blind, only seeing big splotches of color. Like a bleeding watercolor painting.

✧ Birthdays aren't celebrated often. There's either no-time or no purpose to them, because a reaper is 'one age' forever. Death Days, while not celebrated however, are treated with kindness and respect and empathy- The whole shebang. Death Days are reminders of the fact this is a punishment for their suicide, making a reaper feel that anguish that caused them to take their life anyways. In certain, severe cases there's even physical reminders (an old bullet wound beginning to bleed, water being coughed up, feeling like one's burning alive). Calling out and having either your: Mandatory Partner, dear friend, or romantic/queerplatonic other half(ves) spend the day with the affected reaper is MANDATORY, due to how volatile it can be.

✧ Mandatory Partners!! My personal example is William/Grell before Will got 'promoted' to Management. Or Alan/Eric before the Tragedy. A mandatory partner is essentially someone a reaper in Retrievals works extremely well with, and the Higher Ups require reapers to NEVER BE ALONE and have someone else in the area. There's too many dangers to working alone, without backup a skip away. If there isn't anyone a reaper works well with (or their MP is assigned far away), a Mentor or Management position can take the place of the MP. London Dispatch, however, is usually short-staffed and can't supply this often, meaning reapers work alone instead of in pairs.

✧ While most demons can't permanently kill a reaper, they can severely wound one so a Bigger Threat (starving demon, Greater Demon, rogue deserter, Dispatch Itself) can kill them. Lesser-Demons however, can 'attatch' themselves to a healthy reaper, and create a parasitic relationship. A reaper's energy/'lifeforce' gets slowly drained unless they feed the demon the souls they reap, but this is considered low-class and taboo by demons, while reapers have very few cases of this. It isn't impossible though, with the right circumstances (and a bit of manipulation).

✧ Deserters aren't executed or jailed when caught! No, they're put into a 'reformation' process, ESPECIALLY if the Dispatch branch is short staffed. This is done as a 'final chance for redemption', before the brass takes them away forever. No one knows what happens to the ones the reformation didn't help.

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[novelcain]

When you did your version of wukong did you have a specific species of monkey in mind to base him of? Or was him a mix of some monkeys?

It got me curious when you said you know a lot of monkey facts and I wondered if you used this to concept him?

EEEEEEEEE! You have no idea how excited I got when I woke up and saw this ask! I literally don't even care that it's the newest one I'm answering rn!

And also! Before I get into how I made the design for ITTW Sun Wukong, something I wanted to throw out is that a few people have asked for me to give more monkey facts after I foolishly /j divulged that I am an encyclopedia of monkeys, so I've been thinking of doing like a Monkey Facts Monday cause alliteration where I post a bunch of monkey facts on mondays! So lemme know what you guys think of that idea cause I absolutely am willing to do it! :D

Now ONTO THE MONKIE MAN!

In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is described to be that of demon Rhesus Macaque.

Rhesus Macaques can come in a variety of browns, greys, whites, and blondes, but for the most part are largely this stunning platinum gold color like in the picture above. I personally love this this color and wish we could see more golden furred Monkey Kings instead of just monkey=brown.

In addition to golden furs, a Rhesus Macaque's skin is largely a pinkish-peachy color with darker, nearly black, fingers and feet (You can see this in the first picture as well :)). And males tend to have more redish saturation around their eyes. (The saturation of this "mask" on males has been linked to levels of testosterone and therefore the dark/more red the mask the more potent the male, meaning it may be a sexual selective male trait as females have been observed preferring males with redder masks.... *looks at LMK Macaque simps*)

However, one thing about Rhesus Macaques is that they have very short tails. (As depicted below)

And that just wasn't quite the look a was going for. So while I was thinking "Eeeeh I could just say that he's a Rhesus Macaque with a long tail" but as I was sifting through my monkey knowledge I remembered another macaque species!

The Crab-Eating Macaque! Aka the Long Tailed Macaque!

These macaques very closely resemble Rhesus Macaques in facial features as well as fur as they also come in a variety of gingers, browns, greys, and blondes with their main color variation being this brownish-gold. (below) Tho their pelts tend to range darker than a Rhesus Macaque's.

And instead of having mainly peachy skin with a few black tones around the hand and feet, they largely have very dark skin with the brightest parts being around the eyes and the darkest being their pitch black ears, hands, and feet.

And come on, you can't tell me this isn't a Monkey King face:

Plus I might be just a liiiittle biased because my favorite monkey picture is a Long Tailed Macaque:

Just look at this dude! He's so done with life! 😂

But along with just physical characteristics, Rhesus Macaques and Long Tailed Macaques share many behavioral qualities as well.

They both display threats in similar ways, such as baring teeth paired with screaming to frighten predators and other monkeys. Though, Rhesus Macaques tend to be more aggressive and bold (accurate to Wukong) while Crab-Eating Macaques are very cautious and skittish. A Rhesus would much rather fight while a Long Tailed would much rather run.

Another thing they share is their open affection for each other. Both Rhesus and Crab-Eating Macaques have extremely tight knit bond within their troop and with even form best friends from a very young age. Just look at this family unit and how the younger two hold the elder monkey! So sweet. 🥹

All in all! In the end, I went with a mixture of these two species for my ITTW Wukong design, leaning slightly more toward his original species, the Rhesus Macaque, and gave him the proportions of a human since he's a monkey demon.

The traits that I took from the Rhesus Macaques were his blonde fur and peachy pale skin tone as well as his more saturated peach mask, which I blended with a darker blackish-red at the bottoms to pay homage to the Crab-Eating Macaque's darker faces.

The traits that I took from the Crab-Eating Macaques were their long tails and black tipped ears. (as well as the blended mask)

And the traits I took from both were the black tipped hands and feet as well as their long fangs.

While his eye come straight from the book.

And this was the result!

[yuujispinkhair]

Separation Anxiety (Chapter 02)

Put your lips on my scars and teach me to love

When a ritual separates Sukuna from Yuuji, Sukuna is delighted to find that besides having his own body, there is also another gift handed to him: The brat has lost all his memories and is now the perfect little plaything to take home and manipulate. At least, that's the plan. But the King of Curses isn't prepared for the feelings that come along with being human again. And another complication is how cute the brat is when he has no idea who Sukuna is and, instead of hating him, treats him with genuine love and affection. So, without realizing it, Sukuna suddenly finds himself on a journey of learning how to be loved and how to love.

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Pairing: Sukuna x Yuuji Genre: Memory Loss AU, fluff, smut, light angst Word Count: 3.5k Playlist: Separation Anxiety Warnings: 18+, smut, mentions of violence, dub-con (Yuuji has lost his memories, and Sukuna lies to him about being boyfriends). All characters are of age. This story is 18+. Minors don't interact.

Chapter 02

You look into my eyes, you can't recognize my face. You're in my world now, you can stay, but you belong to me (House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls by The Weeknd)

The first two days after his reincarnation mainly consist of adapting to long-forgotten human sensations like hunger, cold, or tiredness. Having a human body again after such a long time is something Sukuna still has to get used to again.

Of course, he could quickly get rid of all that by using his reverse cursed technique. But part of him craves to feel all these things. He has been locked away for a thousand years, unable to experience human feelings. It had felt like being buried alive. He was so bored that he found himself impatiently waiting for the brat to encounter difficult situations that would make him feel intense emotions just so Sukuna could experience at least a small part of them through his vessel.

So, he allows most of those sensations, even the unpleasant ones. He catches himself repeatedly strolling from one end of the large apartment to the next, adjusting to his new physical form.

Uraume is helpful, as always. Always the perfect servant, reminding Sukuna again why they were the only one he allowed by his side back in his old life.

They arranged everything for his return and got this luxurious place for him, a penthouse apartment high above the twinkling lights of the sheer endless city. The apartment is a good mix of traditional and modern, just like Sukuna himself.

Sukuna thinks he will be able to feel at home here.

He huffs softly at the thought. Does he even still know what that means?

After so many years, it is hard to recall the feeling of having a home. Was his temple ever a home? He doesn't think so. Maybe his childhood home, but that is long ago, and the memories of it are so fuzzy that Sukuna isn't sure anymore what is real and what is just a fantasy.

He shakes his head to clear his thoughts. It's no use contemplating such foolish sentimentalities. He received a gift that only gets bestowed on very few. He got the chance to live a second life. And at least Sukuna already knows how things in modern times work. The years he spent sharing the brat's body prepared him perfectly for his new life.

The brat was good for something, after all.

The brat.

Sukuna grins. He is looking forward to the moment when the boy wakes up from his healing slumber.

Sukuna dumped him on the bed in the guest room, where Uraume cleaned him up and put him in fresh clothes. Afterward, Sukuna used his reverse cursed technique to heal the brat's injuries.

Sukuna has never encountered a case of memory loss before, but he assumes his reverse cursed technique fixed that too and the boy will have his memories back once he regains consciousness.

Sukuna feels a prickling under his skin when he thinks about the brat. He went to Itadori's room several times, just to stand in the doorway, letting his narrowed blue eyes trail hungrily over the sleeping figure on the bed, nails digging into the wooden doorframe in his growing excitement to meet his former vessel again.

He looks forward to seeing the brat's reaction once he wakes up and remembers everything. Will Itadori's eyes widen in panicked recognition? Will he scramble to his feet and try to fight Sukuna? Or will he try to run? The thought excites Sukuna. It's fun to chase his prey.

But knowing the brat, he will throw himself against Sukuna, teeth bared and fists ready to strike. It makes Sukuna chuckle. The boy will be so pathetic in his useless attempt to fight him.

Sukuna smiles at the thought of seeing all hope leave the boy's eyes when he realizes he doesn't stand a chance against Sukuna. When he realizes there is no way out. That he is trapped here and will suffer until Sukuna decides he has had enough. Just a helpless little toy to entertain the King. A toy to torture and fuck and break.

Sukuna feels his body react to these thoughts, arousal pumping through him, hot and strong.

Hopefully, the brat will wake up soon!

It happens when Sukuna is lounging on the comfortable leather couch watching a tv-show he used to watch while still trapped in the brat's body. He had given the boy shit about it all the time, as usual, not leaving any good word about the things Itadori liked. But secretly, he enjoyed the show quite a bit himself and was pleased to find it again.

Uraume steps into the large living area, bowing deeply before they inform him in their usual polite tone,

"Master Sukuna, your former vessel is awake. Would you like to see him?"

An almost giddy thrill of anticipation courses through Sukuna. So, it's finally time. He smirks as he gets up.

"Thank you, Uraume. I'll take it from here. You can retreat."

Sukuna breathes in deeply and stretches. The movement makes his shirt ride up, exposing part of his abdominal muscles above the low-sitting hem of his sweatpants, making him frown momentarily.

He is still not too happy about those modern clothes. They are all too uncomfortable, too tight for his taste. But the vast collection of sweatpants and shirts Uraume put into his walk-in closet proved a good choice since they are a bit more loose-fitting, and the material is soft and stretchy. A good way to get used to the more form-fitting fashion people wear nowadays. And Sukuna is slowly getting used to the way he looks in them.

But right now, he misses his kimono. Wouldn't it be more impressive to appear like that in front of the freshly awoken brat? Wouldn't it be even more terrifying for the boy to be greeted by a Sukuna that looks the same as he did during their meetings in the Malevolent Shrine?

Sukuna sighs at the wasted opportunity. But now grey sweatpants and a white shirt have to do. He knows that just seeing Sukuna walking freely in the real world will be enough shock for the brat, no matter what clothes the King of Curses is wearing.

He feels excitement flow through his veins like he hasn't in eons as he slowly slides open the door to the guest room.

His gaze instantly meets the brat's, almost as if there is still a magnetic force between them that draws them together and makes them immediately seek each other's gaze.

Scared, golden eyes stare at Sukuna. Oh yes, this is good! Fear looks so pretty on the boy. He must have already realized that he's caught in a trap.

Sukuna slides the door closed behind him deliberately slow, eyes never leaving Itadori's, giving himself a moment to bask in the sight of the scared brat before him.

Itadori is sitting on the bed, pink hair ruffled from sleeping so long. His hands clutch the blanket tightly as his breath comes out in quick huffs. He has never looked so beautiful as now, stripped of all his brattiness and defiance. Sukuna wants to commit it to memory before the boy inevitably becomes a brat again.

Sukuna smirks broadly before he coos in a fakely sweet voice,

"Welcome back, brat. I hope the bed was comfortable enough for you."

He's poised for an attack. Itadori is a hot-headed little brat, after all. It will only take seconds before his momentary shock at seeing Sukuna in the flesh gets replaced by his impulsive anger, and he will jump out of bed, ready to punch Sukuna.

But the attack never comes.

The boy stays right where he is, sitting unmovingly on the bed as if in a daze. His voice is shaky when he asks,

"W...Who are you?"

Sukuna blinks.

What? This again?

Is the brat trying to fool him? Surely the reverse cursed technique worked on his stupid brain too! Surely he remembers!

Sukuna's eyes narrow as he observes the brat carefully. It's strange not knowing what is going on in his head. Sukuna is so used to sharing the boy's every thought. He feels irritated at losing access to the brat's inner workings and having to figure him out himself. The brat belongs to him! His body and his soul belong to Sukuna! And so should his thoughts!

He becomes aware of the dull pain in his chest again. That weird emptiness. Almost as if...

Sukuna's eyes widen.

Could it be the pain of severing a soul connection?

He grits his teeth. The idea makes him angry for some reason, and he shoves it to the back of his mind. It doesn't matter! They are two separate beings now. The soul connection is gone, and that's what Sukuna wanted after all!

He decides to approach the matter rationally. The boy is a lousy liar, a goody-two-shoes who wears his heart on his sleeve and tends to act before he thinks, so it's unlikely he is just faking the confusion.

So the only valid option is that he truly didn't get his memories back.

Sukuna looks down at Itadori curiously.

"You don't remember anything? You don't remember me?"

Itadori blinks rapidly, and tears gather in his eyes.

"No. I... I don't remember anything. I don't know you...I don't even know myself!"

His voice breaks at the last part of the sentence. The first tears spill out of his fearful eyes, running seductively down his tan cheeks.

Oh, he is a sight for sore eyes in his desperation! Sukuna has to bite back a growl.

He likes seeing the brat like this. His tears always made desire stir in Sukuna. Always made him want to drag the brat into his domain and press him down on a pile of skulls and fuck him senseless, giving him one more reason to cry.

Sukuna's mind works at lightspeed, assembling the new information and analyzing the options. Apparently, Itadori doesn't remember Sukuna or why he should fear him. Sukuna is just a regular human to him. A stranger he has no memories of.

This spoils the fun.

The brat doesn't even know he is being captured by the King of Curses. He has no idea how much he used to hate Sukuna. And he also doesn't remember anyone else. So what good will it do to kill his little friends if the brat doesn't even remember those people anymore? It's useless. It won't bring Sukuna any satisfaction.

Even torturing the brat and killing him doesn't seem entertaining anymore. It would just be a regular kill, nothing special. And Sukuna craves something special when it comes to his former vessel. He wants it to be personal. He wants to see the terror in Itadori's eyes, the devastation. He wants to break the brat.

But in Itadori's current state, this isn't possible.

No, killing the brat is out of the question for the time being.

Sukuna drums his nails against the wooden doorframe as his eyes wander thoughtfully over the boy who still sits on his bed, looking lost and scared.

Things aren't going according to plan. But there are other ways to hurt the brat, aren't there? What about the damage Sukuna can do to that naive little heart?

Unbidden, a vivid memory of pushing his hand into the brat's chest and ripping his heart out comes to Sukuna. He almost laughs at it. It was a fun experience holding the still-beating heart of his vessel, feeling it hot and slippery in his hand as the boy's life dripped down Sukuna's hands.

Sukuna feels a smile tug at his lips.

How funny fate is. Sukuna is holding that heart in his hands again now, he realizes. This time only metaphorically, but that doesn't change the fact that he can decide what happens to that heart. He can crush it right now, or keep it, make it feel safe...make the boy trust him, only to take all that away from him again.

Yes, he knows what to do now.

This time he can rip the brat's heart out in another way. By breaking it. And knowing the boy, this is probably the more painful thing to do to him.

Itadori is such a stupid little thing. So soft and naive, always eager to please others, even total strangers. So what will he do if Sukuna can make him believe they know each other? Not just know each other but actually be close to each other. Be as close as two people can be.

What will the boy do if he thinks he owes someone his love?

Sukuna lets out a soft breath, feeling contempt and giddiness flow through his veins. He pushes himself off the doorframe and slowly walks over to the bed while schooling his expression into a gentle, understanding one. His lips lift in a soft smile when he slowly sits down on the bed and reaches out to cup Itadori's cheek.

The brat winces slightly, eyes wide with fear, but he doesn't pull away. Always so eager for human touch. Always so starved for any little form of reassurance and affection he can get. Pathetic. Sukuna's smile grows wider. Here they are, the former vessel and the King he used to host, looking into each other's eyes.

Itadori's cheek is wet from tears, and Sukuna slowly brushes his thumb through the tear streaks, watching in fascination as the wetness spreads over the boy's tan skin. He sees the brat's eyes widen in fear and feels his panicky breaths against his hand. It's delicious. It's even better than having the old Itadori back, who would fight him by now.

In his wildest dreams, Sukuna never imagined things would lead to this. That he would ever be this close to Itadori without both of them trying to kill the other. But he certainly will take this generous offer fate has dealt him.

His voice is low and soothing as he speaks,

"It's ok, don't be scared, sweetheart. You're home."

"Home?"

Itadori looks at him with wide eyes before his gaze leaves Sukuna's and darts through the unfamiliar room with growing panic.

"Yes, you live here. Together with me. Can you remember now?"

Sukuna's expression is soft and friendly, but internally he is laughing mirthfully. It's technically not even a lie. Itadori really lives here now. He will live here until Sukuna gets tired of him.

It's funny. Sukuna used to live inside the brat, and now the brat lives in his house. The former vessel and the former curse who possessed him are still tied together by fate. But this time, it is on Sukuna's terms.

The brat's gaze wanders around the room as if hoping to find something he recognizes. It makes Sukuna laugh softly.

"You're so confused, hm? Poor thing. Let's start with the basics. Your name is Itadori Yuuji. You're 20 years old, and you live in Tokyo. And I am Sukuna."

He watches the boy intently at the mention of their names. But there's no spark of recognition in those golden eyes. The boy really doesn't remember a single thing.

"Y...Yuuji? That's my name? Oh... but why can't I remember?"

Sukuna chuckles and touches a long finger to the brat's eyebrow, slowly tracing the scar where the injury was. He is glad he decided to let it scar. Originally it was to spite the brat, to taunt him for looking ugly with that new scar. But now, it is perfect for making his story sound convincing.

"A head injury. You had an accident."

Sukuna watches the brat frown at the mention of an accident. He lifts his muscular arms checking them for any signs of injuries. They sink back onto the bed, and a ragged sob escapes his mouth. It's like an electric jolt through Sukuna's body. The brat sounds just as desperate and pathetic as when he was dying all those years ago in that juvenile detention center, sobbing and screaming so sweetly that it made Sukuna hard.

"I can't remember anything..."

His hands are twisting in the bedsheets that have pooled around his hips, worrying them between his strong fingers. He looks like a lost little puppy. A cute and dumb little pet that is looking for its owner. Well, he doesn't have to look anymore. Sukuna is all too happy to put a leash on him and claim him.

Itadori's gaze meets Sukuna's again, golden eyes big and wet.

"I live here with you? I... I'm so sorry but I...I don't remember you...Sorry, but I have to ask... What are we? Are we related? Or roommates... or?"

Sukuna smiles broadly at him.

This is the moment.

His reply is immediate, firm voice leaving no room for doubt:

"Aww, no, darling. We are boyfriends."

The brat's expression is almost comical. Eyes impossibly big, mouth opening in a dumb-looking "Oh."

He's so clueless. It's a dream come true.

"Oh shit! I am so so sorry! I feel so bad that I can't remember you! Or us together. I am so sorry! I feel like a horrible...boyfr...boyfriend."

The brat looks embarrassed, guilty even, his cheeks aflame with a deep blush.

Sukuna smirks. Unable to hold back, he reaches out again to pet the boy's hair. His boyfriend's hair. He almost laughs out loud at the thought. This is brilliant!

"Don't worry about it, sweetheart. This isn't your fault. I'm just glad you're here with me."

Oh, he really is delighted. Even though this isn't what he planned initially. But why should he complain when fate offers him this beautiful gift: The brat's helpless little heart served on a silver platter!

Itadori Yuuji will always belong to Sukuna. Even now that they are two separate people.

The boy's posture crumbles as another sob escapes his lips. His shoulders shake, and he buries his face in his palms, crying for real now. Crying for his lost memories, crying for the person he was but can't remember. Crying for the loving boyfriend, he thinks he forgot.

It's the sweetest sound to Sukuna, the desperate sobs, the hiccups, and erratic breaths. 

The brat is such a lovely mess. Sukuna would love to throw him down and fuck him into the mattress, making him cry even more.

His fingers twitch with the desire to do so. It's not the first time he has had thoughts like that about the brat. He always managed to fuel Sukuna's desires.

Someone like Itadori is delicious in the way that he feels so much. All those uncontrolled emotions rage through him constantly. The joy, the excitement. But also the desperation and anger. The pure hatred when he fought that one curse with the patched face. The love and desire when he looked at Fushiguro, his heart overflowing with longing. The burning arousal when he pushed his hand into his pants while watching naughty videos on his phone. All those strong emotions constantly fill Itadori to the brim, so intense that even Sukuna could feel traces of them when they still shared a body.

The brat has always been a source of sexual fantasies. Sukuna always wanted to make him scream. From pain, from terror, or from pleasure. Maybe all three.

But he has to be more level-headed about this. He needs to earn the boy's trust if he wants to form him into his perfect little pet.

Because that's what he wants! He wants the brat to willingly get on his knees for him. That's what true victory will feel like.

Itadori was always such a stubborn brat, always fighting Sukuna, never bowing his head to him, and never knowing where his place was. But now Sukuna will wrap him in this web of deceit, turning him into a well-behaved obedient pet.

And so the King of Curses lets his hand run gently through Itadori's hair before he settles it on the back of the boy's neck and pulls him towards him.

"Shh, it's ok. You're safe here. Everything will be fine. Come here, darling. I am here to look after you."

The brat makes a pathetic sobbing noise and lets himself get pulled into Sukuna's arms without any resistance, fingers clutching Sukuna's shirt, face pressing against Sukuna's chest as he cries.

A victorious smirk spreads over Sukuna's face as the boy's tears seep through his shirt and onto Sukuna's skin. Onto his chest, right where that dull ache was only a few minutes ago. The feeling of emptiness is gone now that the brat is snuggled against him, sobbing and crying and clinging to Sukuna as if he is his lifeline.

And that's truly what the stupid brat believes, isn't it? He genuinely believes that Sukuna will take care of him, that things will be ok again if he just stays with that man who told him he is his boyfriend. He blindly believes all those lies. It's perfect.

Sukuna rests his chin on top of the brat's head, grinning so much that his cheeks almost hurt.

Nothing will ever be ok again for you, brat, but you will love every second of it and believe every lie I tell you.

I will truly own you. I will be the one to tell you who you are. I will be your whole world. I will make you come to me willingly. And when you get your memories back, it will break you when you realize what I turned you into.

Ahahaha, Sukuna is so good at improvising, isn't he? ;)

Thank you so much for reading Chapter 2!! I hope you enjoyed it! Please let me know what you think. Comments and reblogs make me happy!!

[indigosabyss]

not to go on another crossover brainrot. but consider. dr stone x jujutsu kaisen crossover, w the base premise of ryuusui and kento being cousins.

ikik nanami is a very common surname. but they also both have blond hair, brown(-ish) eyes, and pale skin. Nanami (Kento; sorry im more used to calling him Nanami 😭) also thinks a lot about money once he quits being a sorcerer. Which is obvs meant to talk about real world issues, but also would be in line with Nanami upbringing.

ok this got way longer than i thought, so read more for a major yap session.

Kento is also a really disciplined guy, which fits into the ideals of what the Nanami household wanted Ryuusui to be. Makes him fit perfectly into the Dr Stone world. (also we know ryuusui canonically has a bunch of cousins/siblings he doesn't talk about at all so there's precedent for the family connection too)

On the flipside, Ryuusui has learnt, through real world experience, that he can get anything he wants with enough hard work and money to pave the way. Except jujutsu sorcery. He'll never be capable of that, no matter how much he wants it.

In my mind, the two universes first intersect when Ryuusui sneaks into Jujutsu Tech to see Kento, some time in the guy's second year. Since both universes use the real world calendar, its easy to pinpoint Ryuusui as being eight years younger than Kento.

Nanami Conglomerate isn't a Jujutsu clan. They really are just a regular rich-ass family company, who had a sorcerer randomly. There's some discussion about that. A lot of "damn, nanami's loaded??? why tf can't he get a better hairstylist then" type of shenaniganry.

[Side plot: At that point, Ryuusui isn't the heir at all. (I think if you refuse to let your child into family photographs out of shame, then you are not leaving a trillion-yen company to him) so there's going to be some politicking about on Francois' end to make him heir, with the two cutting a deal for Francois to be his main assistant in everything if they get it done.]

Kento and Ryuusui's relationship is strained, bc Kento has been raised to keep his distance from the black sheep of the family - even tho all Ryuusui has done so far is mess around with the stock market a little bit, so Kento doesn't really get it and talks to him anyway sometimes.

To Ryuusui, however, Kento is like his third-favorite person. (First is Sai, second is Francois) bc his 7-3 ratio technique is very useful for model building and this boy has a talent for sniffing out gifts he can exploit.

So anyway, Sai is off being tutored in economics, moving up several grade levels above his age, and Ryuusui was stuck at the Naval Academy, so he sneaks out to get to Kento, who does not speak about his school and is understandably confused when Ryuusui sneaks in and is discovered by the students.

Gojo in particular is entertained bc at that age he hasn't interacted with many young children before, and he is considering adopting the Fushiguro kid, so he kinda wants to see what he's getting himself into.

Ryuusui is having the time of his life. Everyone treats him so nice! They listen to his stories about his regular life. And then have to take Nanami to the side and break it to him that the entire family was kind of purposefully neglecting these two kids. Which makes him rethink some things about his life and the structures he upholds.

Ryuusui really wants to be a sorcerer. But he can't. So of course he finds an S-tier scientist who may or may not be called Ishigami Senku to science out a solution for him.

Francois - even though I love them with my heart and soul - will also be non-sorcerer here. But armed with cursed tools to defend Ryuusui in case something goes bad on his adventures.

And on top of all that, in the horizon, there looms a Special Grade curse, almost primordial in its age and strength, capable of affecting the entire world in one fell swoop. The Medusa.

[aikoiya]

LoZ - Gerudo Misandry Is Not Funny Or Okay

I find it really damn odd that so few people talk about misandry when they bring up the Gerudo or the societal norms of other Amazon-esque races.

And even when they do, it seems to always be done with a tone of levity behind it.

As if it isn't every bit as terrible as misogyny.

As if their biological situations don't make men absolutely vital to the continued existence of their people & culture.

So, treating men as less than is as terrible as men treating women the same.

And, honestly? I can't help but see this disregard by fans (especially the feminist fans) as very spiteful.

Like, how do these people not see how this isn't okay?

I mean, no wonder Ganondorf always ends up such a sack of shit!

Seriously girls, imagine what it would be like growing up the only female in a society of all guys.

No maternal figures, no female role models, no female friends, or even acquaintances. And you're unlikely to ever even see another woman until you reach 18-20.

Separated from the most important woman in your life at 3-6, if not birth. To be raised by a pair of warlocks who despise their neighboring kingdom & are intent on turning you into a vile, tyrannical witch.

And every guy around you knows nothing about actual women, just misogynistic stereotypes, so all you can do is apply those same stereotypes to yourself & there's just this general consensus that women are basically unnecessary beyond producing children.

They don't have a single clue about what it means to be a woman. They don't know anything about women's health. No one to explain things to you when you need them most. So, in the end, you're mostly left to figure it all out on your own.

And the only real examples of women you have are people that your adoptive fathers say are oppressing you & your people. So, all you can do is quietly just assume that all women = bad. And that includes you too.

So, all you can do is frantically do everything you can to make yourself useful to these people who, knowingly or unknowingly, look down upon others of your sex.

And therefore, unconsciously, you as well.

And you're expected to rule these people. To lead them into a golden age.

I can't even imagine how damn isolating it must be. I can't imagine the pressure. These are your people, yet even so, you are still alien to them. Still other. Still "not one of them."

And in many ways, a commodity.

Based entirely upon something that you have zero control of.

And upon reaching 18, you're likely used as a breeding mare.

And the only people who could ever truly understand your situation & the pressure that comes with it... are all dead...

Now, switch the sexes & you basically have every Gerudo Voe's reality.

It's no damn wonder that Ganondorf always becomes evil.

There's also the ridiculous superstition that "men bring about disaster."

And then we get into the detrimental affects this shit has on the Vai!

Look at how these women react to just seeing a dude!

And this chick can't even look a man in the eye!

Because, apparently, she's never even seen a real man in person before! So, Link has to freaking wear a full-face mask in order to get her to manage to speak to him!

And let's not even get into what the little Vai wear! The sirwal are fine, it's the tops that need to be changed.

Kids aren't supposed to show that much skin!

LoZ Cultural Masterlist 2

[peculiarbeauty]

STUDY    :    BELLE.        repost it, do not reblog.

tagged by :  i stole from @13nth

tagging : @seachant @verreprincesse @godae @2kiras ( any muse that you wanna <3 ) + everyone else who hasn't yet. i can't tag too many people ( thanks tumblr ) , so just take this as me tagging you. <3

—    basics.

▸       is your muse tall    /    short    /ㅤaverage ?ㅤi would say average. she is 5'5 which isn't super super tall but it isn't short in my opinion either. she has the best of both worlds.

▸       are they okay with their height ?ㅤbelle doesn't really think about it . she really doesn't think about beauty in general much. being comfortable in her own skin from a rather young age , she never considered herself insecure.

▸      what’s their hair like ?ㅤbeautiful brown locks that are tied romantically in a beautiful blue bow. she is the talk of the town and tends to wear a bow for every different dress she has when she starts living in the enchanted castle. she is practically a barbie doll for madame de la grande bouche. <3

▸     do they spend a  lot of time on their hair     /    grooming ?ㅤhardly !! as stated before , she isn't someone who takes in beauty standards. her life isn't a fashion show. she prefers to read her stories and mind her own business. she is a natural beauty. discussing with people about beauty standards isn't her favorite thing either. she just feels misplaced most the time with it.

▸      does your muse care about their appearance   /   what others think ? of course no one enjoys hearing people refer to them as a funny girl or a peculiar mademoiselle but she isn't the type of person who will sit down with just anyone. she needs to be able to have a proper conversation with someone to consider them a friend and people who are so self absorbed with themselves is sooo not the vibe. it's much easier for belle to live a life being misunderstood rather than befriending people who just don't get her. she's never really cared much about how she looks , she goes with whatever suits her that day.

—    preferences.

▸      indoors    or    outdoors ?     outdoors. ▸      rain    or    sunshine ?ㅤsunshine. ▸      forest    or    beach ?      forest. ▸      precious    metals    or    gems ?      gems. ▸      flowers    or    perfumes ?     flowers. ▸      personality    or    appearance ?      personality. ▸      being    alone    or    being    in    a    crowd ?     being alone. ▸      order    or    anarchy ?   order. ▸      painful    truths    or    white    lies ?     painful truths. ▸     science    or    magic ?     magic. ▸      peace    or    conflict ?    peace. ▸      night    or    day ?     day. ▸      dusk    or    dawn ?  dawn. ▸      warmth    or    cold ?     warmth. ▸      many   acquaintances    or    a    few    close    friends ?   few close friends. ▸      reading    or    playing    a    game ?      reading. always reading.

—    questionnaire.

▸      what are some of your muse’s bad habits ?ㅤshe can also be sort of short tempered. she is stubborn and very very reckless. if you are keeping something from her , she will go to great lengths to figure it out. do not keep secrets from belle. when you look away , she will be uncovering the truth behind your back.

▸      has your muse lost anyone close to them ? how has it affected them ?ㅤshe almost lost her greatest love and it was a terrifying few moments. true love conquers all. she has never known her mother though. she wonders a lot about the kind of person her mother was. all she has is a few pictures that her father managed to take as a memory. she looks a lot like her mother.

▸      what are some fond memories your muse has ? ㅤas a child , she would sit upon her father's lap while he would read stories to her. this is what helped her enjoy reading so much. stories about heroes who save princesses have always been her favorites and considering she is judged so heavily in her life , she frequently clings to stories.

▸     is it easy for your muse to kill ? ㅤno. but if it is necessary , she will do it. and she will do it without question. do not hurt her loved ones if you value your own life.

▸      what’s it like when your muse breaks down ?ㅤif you could put all of the sorrow in a tiny bottle and hold it there , you would see her face. she is rarely sad but when she is , she can become quite depressed. she is dramatic with her sorrow. she is fearlessly vulnerable too when it counts.

▸      is your muse capable of trusting someone with their life ? ㅤyes. the trust must be built though. trust isn't easy to just manifest. it takes time to cultivate. belle wants that time. she does not want marriage to someone who demands it .. which is very well the reason she doesn't vibe with gaston. demands do not get you anywhere with belle. she must come upon her own accord. the same goes for gaining her trust.

▸      what’s your muse like when they’re in love ?ㅤthoughtful , sweet , wholesome. these are the words that describe belle when she is in love. she will give you genuine gifts. ones that she will carefully make. all she ever wants to do is make you smile if you are ever in a relationship with her. she will build you up and she will not let you down. belle will be so fiercely loyal to you , one bad thing said against you will have her defending your honor.

[yandere-fics]

The Evil Dragon

♡ "I forgot that my cave is quite cold to a human, come closer dearest, I'll get you nice and toasty." ♡

She's a little bit more lucid than your average yandere. She understands that as a dragon her affections come across as a bit... much. She's just going to try her best for now to back off and let you adjust, it can be hard when a big dragon lady suddenly whisks you away.

♡ "My name is Veronia, my dearest mate. If it pleases you, you may also call me Ronnie. I won't mind, I could never get mad at you." ♡

It was the name of the first brave knight who ever tried to slay her, she took their items for her hoard, and their name. The other thing is true too, she really can't find it within herself to get mad at you unless you put yourself in danger, then she might flip out.

♡ "570 years, dragons age differently, the longer I live, the more my dragon form will grow. Compared to the centuries my kind can live, I have barely been alive for much at all." ♡

She is currently the oldest dragon alive but maturity wise she's about 28ish. Adventurers normally try to slay dragons before they reach 100 as that is when they start to become really dangerous but seeing as no one managed to kill her prior, she has reached the point where no adventurer could slay her.

♡ "What kind of a question is that my dearest mate? Of course I am attracted to you and you alone." ♡

Dragons are solitary until they get their mates, therefore she's only into whatever gender you are.

♡ "I'm not sure how to answer this, I mean I am thrilled you wish to know more about me, however I don't really have a job. Dragons just do what dragons do. My only duty is to be a good mate to you." ♡

She considers being a good mate as stockpiling and treasure she can get her hands on and slaying anyone who comes within a five mile radius of her nest, apart from the occasional food merchant that she will allow on the outskirts of her territory, but nowhere close to you. This includes hunting and skinning animals so you have the finest furs available.

♡ "I'm a dragon, we like two things, shiny treasures and our mates." ♡

Dragons are easy to please, they don't hate or love many things. The only reason she's the evil dragon is she may or may not have killed a few royal family members who tried to prove themselves by attacking her. Although there was a time when she did like to toy with the adventurers who came to slay her, but that's ancient history.

♡ "I can't say I'm particularly fond of human beings, your kind is so cruel at times. However as a creature that has lived a few centuries, it is hard to find anything to hate." ♡

She really hates adventurers and the royal family. They tried to kill her the most in her younger years. She also is not fond of other dragons and will fight when she encounters them. She must maintain dominance as the scariest dragon.

♡ "This is sort of an obvious question. What is an evil dragon good at? Evil dragon things. I gain power from killing and mostly do not feel bad about it. But I don't want you to fear me, you in particular have nothing to fear from me." ♡

She's a very very big dragon that breathes black fire. Don't need to be really good at much when you have that card up your sleeve. Especially when you ate the former crown prince.

♡ "Come back to the nest, you're going to catch a cold. I salvaged these lovely furs for you, dearest." ♡

[b3ast0fburd3n]

yapping about Eden

Currently thinking Eden needs to carry around an axe/hatchet !

The other two fit her too, one good sized knife and another smaller one that she made herself

Also thinking about how little ingenuity we see from the pirates in fc3. Most of the stuff they're wearing and using is premade. Not a crazy idea- some of these people came here through unfortunate circumstances and didn't grow up in the environment, but there's a lot of natives that switched sides for their own reasons. You can kinda see this in how many of them carry large knives (and some of their tattoos but that's irrelevant rn), but no one really makes stuff. Even their structures are either reused or half built.

And like. Eden makes stuff. She likes making stuff!

She doesn't go so far as to make her own clothes (until New Dawn) but she knows how to tan animal skins and use the leather to make holsters and belts and such. She built her own treehouse when she was a kid* and built her own house on the island. It would just be so dog motif if she makes things for the people she likes and just leaves them where she knows they'll find them. And for the bigger things like structures, she just starts building them. She'll pause if she's instructed to do something else, of course, because she considers it a personal project, but when she's done its right back to work. Its weird, I can't see her making things to trade. It makes so much sense, this seems like it would be a special skill on the island, she could have so much! but. The thought never occurs to her. Something, something, hopeless optimist.

andandand its so cute to think about her 'pouting' (going off to be alone when she's upset because she was taught that her emotions are only her problem) and just aggressively chopping up wood. also vvv sweet idea that someone who cares about her would recognize this pattern and try to find her,,,she'd be so mad at first but I promise she appreciates someone caring that much she just doesn't recognize affection as anything other than a manipulation tactic.

*More on that, I think the cult was really big on 'doing your part', so most if not all the members assisted in building structures. Joseph was probably there too. watching. He's so manipulative, it only makes sense to me that he'd make others do all the work. Like Manson. He'll quote bible verses while they exhaust themselves and call it helping. Anyway, of course his daughter is made to help when she's old enough, but she refuses to knit or wash the laundry and she's not allowed in the kitchen to help cook since she got her 'greed' scar. So she ends up helping the builders and the hunters (coincidently, the same places where her favorite uncle ((Jacob)) spends his time. Maybe its because he's the only person in her life treating her like a person. Who knows.)

ALSO. CULT DAYS. In my verse Joseph and Co. moved to Montana much sooner and established The Project in Hope County over a longer period time. When Eden was young, the cult would take somewhat frequent trips into town for certain groceries they couldn't grow or make. She probably knew some of the locals when they were kids/teenagers. Tensions between the residents and the cult probably would've gotten worse the older she got, to the point where she wasn't allowed to leave the compound anymore (like others her age, only armed guards were allowed to leave). No way in hell she would follow that rule. Especially if she had sorta kinda friends out there. Originally I thought she'd be too attatched to her fathers ideas to befriend outsiders but the more I think about it the more I see her never really following him in the first place. She follows Jacobs logic of "it's going to happen eventually because the world sucks, might as well be prepared for it" when it comes to learning how to live off the land and bunkers and stuff.

Hey while we're talking about Jacob did I ever tell you that he pretty much raised her? Taught her everything she knows? Insisted she learn how to read and do basic math and take care of herself? Instilled the belief in her that she's worthless unless she's of use because its something he believes himself? Dogs make dogs, it's an endless cycle.

[coffeecatttt]

On Starfield

The more I play Starfield, the more I get annoyed at how incredibly uncreative and unambitious its vision of a futuristic spacefaring world is.

There is a lack of any distinct culture among the game's different planets and factions. Aside from different aesthetics between the UC and FC, and the different political structures, there is basically no distinct religion, ideology, practices, or real sense of identity across any of them.

All of the non-joinable factions are the same. They're spacers, mercenaries, pirates, or cultists. They don't have motives, they don't have goals, they don't have agendas, they're just there for you to shoot on sight. In terms of gameplay they are all identical as well - they don't have different equipment, tactics, etc.

There are some positive nods towards these ideas at times, like the two major religions, but these rarely come up. There are also things like Vlad's "pirate speech" that hint at more distinct culture, but he's he only NPC in the game who talks this way - even other pirates don't.

Enhance?

I also have to call out how badly Enhance breaks the setting.

This is technology that apparently lets you cheaply, safely, and easily alter your appearance in nearly every way. Sculpt your body. Remove signs of aging. Heal scars, skin conditions, and tattoos. Change your sex characteristics. All for 500 credits.

Yet you never meet an NPC who changes how they look regularly. You never see anyone experimenting with radical new looks, or experimenting with different gender presentation. You never hear about the medical implications for things like quality of life.

Obviously some people wouldn't want to make use of Enhance for various reasons, but the knock-on effects to society would be massive and nearly irreversible. For instance, wouldn't being able to constantly change how you look become a class signifier?

This also extends to gameplay - why isn't there a quest to track down an assassin who keeps changing how they look? Why can't you do the same to infiltrate a corporate HQ?

Starfield also features implants which are implied to be brain interfaces of some kind. You can install (and even easily swap) chips that plug into your head that make you more persuasive, intimidating, etc.

Why doesn't the impact of cybernetics that can alter human intelligence and capability ever come up? You'd think that this would be highly controversial - basically requiring workers to get modded or become obsolete. You'd also think the religions of the setting would have thoughts on these technologies and how they affect the human body as well.

There are already profound discussions about the impact of AI happening in our society, and this technology is barely a couple of years old. Why hasn't it completely changed Starfield's setting after presumably being around for many years now?

LGBTQ Stuff

This also more broadly ties into the game's trans and non-binary representation. Even though Starfield features a pretty big variety of fashion styles, hair colours, etc. and even lets the player select non-binary pronouns, you almost never come across anyone who is visibly queer-presenting. Nobody has fun hair colours, and you absolutely never see any kind of gender bending.

This isn't a cultural thing in the game - gay and lesbian relationships are frequently mentioned and seem commonplace, and it's clear there is no persecution of LGBTQ people in the setting.

Despite this, pretty much everyone presents as cis and heteronormative, even though this is a futuristic setting with all the tools available for maximum gender expression. It would have been great to see visibly AFAB people with facial hair, AMAB people wth femme presentation, or androgynous people who aren't obviously one or another gender. But we don't.

And for all the talk of pronouns, so far I haven't found a single NPC who uses they/them.

Starfield's vision of the future is boring

There are plenty of other questions beyond politics, culture, identity, presentation as well, that I haven't even touched on, like the fact that the game can't decide how its communication technology works (do people have the internet? email? do phones exist? why can't I just call or text people?). But I think the point I'm making here is pretty clear.

Basically, the more I play of Starfield, the more it just feels like a massively boring setting that squanders every single chance it has for creating a vibrant, colourful setting that feels truly futuristic.

This game doesn't need to be Cyberpunk 2077 - it has a different setting and different priorities. But it almost never, ever explores any of the ideas it sets up at any more than a surface level, it never bothers to pursue them to their conclusions, and it never offers answers or explanations for why things aren't more interesting.

What makes me most disappointed is how this seems to reflect on Bethesda as a game developer.

If this flat, sterile, unambitious vision for the future is the best that Bethesda can present its players, what does that say about the creative direction and leadership of the studio? Is this a reflection of its own team makeup? Or is it a reflection of the future it wants to see?

[certified-anakinfucker]

i am deeply intrigued by the superior obitine so. 2 for pre-relationship, 5 + 14 for general and 8 for love for obikaisa

AND IT IS THE SUPERIOR OBITINE YOU SHALL RECEIVE (ship questions redux - still open btw im just dying of school rn)

PRE-RELATIONSHIP 2. What was their first impression of each other? Khakaisa was wondering who the fuck is this fucking idiot. What the fuck is his problem. Why is he staring at her like that. Does he want to get punched? She may be the duke's daughter but her mother taught her how to absolutely beat down some ass, Jedi powers or not. She had her own shiny energy sword and she bets it'll cut that weird Jedi blade in half. (He's really cute when he gets flushed, after noticing that Khakaisa was watching him too. He never backs down from a challenge. He might be worth it.

And on the other side of that paragraph of emotions, Obi-Wan was mostly worried about the fact that he's reaaaaally breaking the Jedi Code here because he's definitely falling for the duke's daughter. And no matter how many hours he spends reciting it to get his mind off of her.. welp. He's down bad. Respectfully.

GENERAL 5. What is their height difference? Age difference? Do either matter to them? Height difference, I'll say it's really funny when they first met. Obi was probably like, 5'6. Still working on his growth spurt. A little pipsqueak. Khakaisa was already 5'10. Age difference, they're the same age - Khakaisa has maybe a month on him. They don't care about either, especially because their TCW reunion had Obi-Wan at roughly 6' I think? And Khakaisa made it to maybe 6'1. They're about the same height.

14. What are some songs that apply to their relationship, in-universe or otherwise? "Sunlight" - Hozier || This one works good for their over-arching relationship!

All the tales the same Told before and told again A soul that's born in cold and rain Knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight And at last can grant a name To a buried and a burning flame As love and its decisive pain Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight

but also. this one.

Each day, you'd rise with me Know that I would gladly be The Icarus to your certainty Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight Strap the wing to me Death trap clad happily With wax melted, I'd meet the sea Under sunlight, sunlight, sunlight

"STRATOSPHERE" - Starset || YOU ALREADY KNOW I HAD TO BRING STARSET INTO THIS but this entire song.. Obi-Wan's point of view of Khakaisa, and I just. Need I say more than this? The whole song exactly but THIS PART RIGHT HERE.

I climbed to where the sky fades 'Til I'm a castaway 'Til I asphyxiate I caught your eyes, bird of prey And I can't cauterize The open wound you made Stratosphere Floating in your stare Take me far from here Are you even there? I miss the way you felt to breathe And it fills me with despair, oh Stratosphere You fill my lungs and take away the air

LOVE 8. Do they prefer verbal or physical affection? They're very much physical with their love, every chance they could get they would be stuck together like velcro. Words are one thing, but actions are quite another. Holding hands, pressing shoulders together; they agree that beskar is as close to skin as skin can be, so to let Obi-Wan rest on her chestplate or her pauldrons is much like their skin-to-skin contact quota.