#and he mainly focuses on apprenticeships

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

I don’t care what the plot of the community movie is as long as it starts with a shot of Troy and Abed cuddled together in bed and sleepily singing “Troy and Abed in the morning” as they wake up

[misteria247]

*vibrating in place*

Okay so, thanks to the lovely mutual @localcanadiancreature62 I've been been thinking about similarities between the four pine twins. Mainly Dipper and Stanley, and fam I think that maybe Dipper takes after Stanley a lot more than he does Ford. Let me explain.

Dipper's main motivations is protecting Mabel. While he loves the mystery and gaining knowledge, at the end of the day Mabel's the most important thing to him. Dipper gives up a lot for his older sister, so much so that when he's possessed by Bill and Bill mockingly asks who'd give everything up for their dumb sibling Mabel without hesitation replies-

"Dipper would."

And who else do we know who gives up everything for their sibling?

Stanley.

Stanley spent 30 years giving up his life, his identity, his remaining family, literally everything just to bring back Ford. Because Ford's more important than anything else. Just as Mabel is to Dipper.

Dipper also has an uncanny knack for spotting con artists. This kid is always suspicious of free offers and deals too good to be true. Examples of this are the first episode when Stan offers the twins something from the shop. And Mabel is quick to jump on board with it, not questioning a thing while Dipper immediately is like-

"What's the catch?"

Or during the Gideon Glee arch, when Gideon was doing his thing at the tent and his advertisements. Dipper wasn't buying it, and at several points outright scoffed at things that were clearly a scam. He's even more critical of it because his Gruncle Stan isn't Gideon's biggest fan and Dipper surprisingly takes Stan's words to heart. Which we see in the episodes like Dipper trying to be a man and Stanley praises him for standing up for what he believed in. And Dipper's attitude immediately brightened at it. Or the moment when Bill offered a deal to Dipper in exchange for a puppet. Dipper was incredibly hesitant and even asked a few times if that's all Bill wanted. Who else is like this?

Stan is.

Stanley is critical of anything that seems off. Always questioning if there's a catch or if something else is going on. He's not easily bought, and neither is Dipper.

And finally Dipper and Stanley believe that family is the most important thing.

Dipper when he's offered the apprenticeship from Ford his first reaction after excitement is-

"What about Mabel?"

Because Mabel is one of the most important things to Dipper. In fact this scene reminds me of the scene when Ford and his parents are in the office about his scholarship and while everyone else is focused on that, Stan and Ford's mom is the only one to ask-

"What about Stanley?"

Anyways, Dipper's biggest thing is family. This kid gets into dangerous situations to protect Mabel, Ford and Stan with everything he has. And is more than willing to die for them if it comes down to it. And Stanley is the exact same way. Just like Dipper, Stan will fight tooth and nail for his brother and nibbings till the very end.

In short I think Dipper takes more after Stanley than we realized. It's all there in the finer details and it makes me feral just thinking about it.

[1970sgothfreak]

Okay before you read this final part I just wanna say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me while I’ve been on my break, I am going to try and post more content but I got my dream job/apprenticeship but once again thank you so much and enjoy! ☺️

The Forgotten Twin’s birthday Final part

You sat in the alleyway and looked up at the dark stormy sky of Gotham, it had just began to rain so you stood io and began your journey home, on the way back you though of what your mother had said about you going back to the league.

Were…were you really thinking of going back to the league, you would have to leave everything behind…Alfred, Jon,…the boys and your father.

You shook your head and noticed that you weren’t at the manor but had in fact walked to the bat burger place, you had been so focused on something else that you hadn’t realised you were hungry.

You went inside and sat down ordering your regular and pulling out your phone noticing a bunch of texts, opening your phone you decided to read Jon’s texts first

“are you okay?”

“Im so sorry I let it slip please don’t be mad at me!”

“Thank you for sending me your location be safe”

And the final one

“I love you ♥️”

It was short and simple but, it still made you smile and blush before you checked the other messages they were mainly things like:

“Are you okay”

“Dads really upset”

“Come home we need to talk”

“Please come home we’re sorry”

“This is ridiculous” you thought to yourself as you took a bite of your food, noticing a bunch of family’s eating together happily, you felt sad but also envy

Why did those children get what you didn’t?

Why did they have people who actually wanted to spend time with them?

Why…

Why weren’t you good enough for them?

Y/n pov

I finished my food, placing the money on the table before leaving and squeezing the water out of my jacket, I thought over the things said and sighed annoyed wondering if they actually were sorry or just sorry that they got caught

I headed back to the manor and entered when I hear the boys talking, I quickly shut the door and snuck around the corner to listen to their conversation, it was…about me..!?

“Bruce you need to calm down”

“Calm down my reputation is going to go down the drain so are the boys if they ever find out what we did to Y/n!”

Oh…

They really didn’t care, of course I knew that but finally hearing it made me realise it and how much…it actually hurt a bit..?

I pulled out my phone and saw that Jon sent another text

“You get home okay honey..?”

“Yea I did…found out the truth lol”

“Truth?…”

“Bruce is only trying to apologise so that he and the boys don’t loose their public reputation…I’m thinking of moving back in with my mom”

“But then I won’t be able to see you again…”

“You will! I’ll make sure of it, I’ll even ask my mom right now!”

I exited the chat and pulled up my moms contact before texting her and asking if it was okay for me to bring Jon with me or for him to at least be able to frequently visit, I saw the chat bubbles appear and waited with anticipation to see her reply

“Yes that’s fine, I’ll make sure he’s allowed access to you constantly”

My face light up with a smile once I saw my mothers reply and texted Jon to let him know, he was also excited all that was left to do…was pack up and say goodbye I don’t know what will he harder but…all I know is that I’m getting out of this place and I’m going home and one thing I know for definite is….

I am never coming back.

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[bluestrawberrybunny]

First time posting here in the SMG4 fandom-

Anyway, I made an Apprenticeship AU where SMG3 and SMG4 are basically forced (volun-told) to mentor 2 new meme guardians: SMG5 and SMG6.

But the thing is, when 4 was told about them, SMG1 and SMG2 didn’t exactly know where these new guardians came from, or why their pods were so damaged. So, while 1 and 2 try and figure out more about these two new guardians, 3 and 4 are basically stuck babysitting and training them.

Some basic information about the two new guardians:

SMG5 is a lot more timid, but very eager to learn all they can from 3 and 4 to be the best meme guardian they can be. They got the nickname Bunny from SMG6 because their 5 logo looks like bunny ears. He technically does have a YouTube channel and Twitch, but he never uses them, instead preferring to draw and write fanfiction with Boopkins. He does post animations to his YouTube channel every once in a while. Due to the damage to his pod, his left eye is badly damaged, causing him to be blind in that eye. Also, they got into calling 4 “Scrub” because of SMG3 and he gets a kick out of it. SMG3 has also basically adopted them as his younger sibling and is absolutely fine with 5 calling him “Brother.”

SMG6 is the one who calls 3 and 4 “Sensei,” mostly in a sarcastic manner. He’s a lot more impulsive, usually dragging 5 along with whatever crazy stuff he does. He also has a YouTube channel, which mostly focuses on gaming and let’s plays. Due to his clothes, he doesn’t show it, but he actually has 2 robotic arms due to losing them both in the crash. SMG1 and SMG2 gave them to him, but didn’t tell SMG3 or SMG4 about the arms because they didn’t deem it as vitally important. He has been banned from 3’s Coffee & Bombs due to a love for fire and explosives, which may have caused a reconstruction to be needed- He also refers to SMG4 as “Dad” whenever it is just him and 5. He has accidentally called 4 Dad to his face and wanted to bury himself in a hole immediately after. 4 is still confused about it to this day.

The two are basically inseparable, and are best friends. They also act a lot like siblings, twins to be more exact. 5 mainly attempts to keep 6 out of trouble, but he does encourage him sometimes. The two care about each other a lot, despite not seeing eye to eye on everything, especially when it comes to 3 and 4. While SMG5 looks up to their elders and wants nothing more than to make them proud, SMG6 keeps saying they’re better than their mentors, mainly due to SMG1 and SMG2 congratulating them on using their powers so well, and better than their mentors had their first time training.

Some information about SMG3 and SMG4 in this AU:

Since this takes place after “SMG4 Doesn’t Meme For 1 Second,” SMG4 is kind of still in recovery, especially since I’m adding that the whole “removal of the meme lobe” caused some nasty physical side effects for him because a meme guardian has to meme. SMG4 takes his mentorship role very seriously, but does treat 5 and 6 more like kids. He gets easily annoyed with them, specifically 6. He also puts a bunch of pressure on the two without realizing. it, which causes an… “incident,” as SMG3 calls it.

Because 5 has such a drive to make his mentors proud of him, he decided it was a good idea to head into Peach’s castle. Alone. The crew went down there to get him back home safely. But SMG3 is far more protective of 5 after that.

SMG3 also has a very… rocky relationship with SMG6. He sees a lot of his villain self in 6, which is why he is very avoidant of him, and it got worse when SMG6 blew up his cafe.

Both SMG4 and SMG3 have scars from IGBP, and 4 suffers from PTSD from the event still, but he’s gotten better at hiding it as time goes on.

And yes, there is SMG34 in this AU. 5 and 6 are working with Mario to make it canon throughout the AU.

Fic for the AU is in the works, and I might make an ask blog if people like this enough-

[nteabodies]

Qui gon has a space youtube channel where he uploads videos of cool plants and reviews books on space botany with the occasional random footage of jedi stuff. The content is either very dry or very chaotic with shaky cam and somewhat blurry footage.

He made the account when he was a padawan after Dooku (nursing a headache from Qui Gon's latest hyperfixation) wearily asked him to channel his love for plants somewhere else at least until this migraine subsides, padawan

He realises that he actually loves making videos and chatting endlessly to a camera. His first few videos end up being 3 to 4 hours long and focuses on obscure plants and random books he found in Dookus room

The jedi Council is a little illiterate when it comes to social media (it hasnt caused any problems for the order yet so its pretty much unregulated) so QuiGon isn't actually breaking any rules when he posts videos without making them private. Many jedi do have social media accounts but they tend to use it for more professional purposes, so Qui Gon's channel slips under the radar with an average of like 5 views per video.

He continues using the channel as a botany/cute animals/philosophy/ranting outlet throughout his apprenticeship.

Once he's knighted he has less time to upload videos so his most common type of videos end up being those 20 second to 1 minute clips ft. Something Funny or Something Cool or just blurry footage with unintelligible audio.

Ofc when he gets padawans, he also posts random vids of them when he catches them in 4k doing sth stupid/cute.

By the time obi wan comes around, qui gon's space youtube channel has like, 50 short videos of feemor and xanatos doing things like petting tookas, failing spectacularly at executing a flashy ataru form, being sappy while high on painkillers, running away from qui gon as he holds a flesh-eating parasite towards them and shouts 'why are you running?' etc etc

At this point he has about 20 or so regular viewers who either think he's roleplaying a jedi or are members of the jedi order who find it hilarious (mainly Qui-Gon's friends and, for some reason, Master Yoda)

Anw the point of this is to lead to the premise of one of his videos going viral during the clone wars (possibly the one of general kenobi when he was 14 doing a backflip and landing on his face. Or the one of him sleeping while half his body is dangling outside a window. Or the one where he does this).

It's good PR for the jedi bc it shows them as slightly chaotic but peaceful people who are at their core just like everyone else (idiots).

It's memed to the extent that it reaches the eyes of the Jedi Council and Anakin who immediately like brings it to obi wan like "Master is this really you??"

Obi Wan randomly discovering this treasure trove of videos that shows so much of the person his master used to be, missing his dad so much but at the same time feeling a little betrayed that Qui Gon uploaded such embarrassing videos to a public forum where anyone could view it: you are haunting me from beyond the grave master

And the channel has both clips of Qui Gon and Obi wan as padawans, so there would definitely be fan compilation videos comparing their feral padawan energy. Obi Wan feels seen bc no one used to believe him when he told them that calm Master Jinn was actually crazier than him but now he finally has proof but then angst bc Qui Gon is not there so he can't rub his face in it :(

Anakin and ahsoka discovering that their cool and calm master used to be wilder and more feral than them before qui gon died and left him to raise a child: that's actually very sad.

The general public seeing Dooku in the bg of qui gon's padawan videos: is General Kenobi... fighting a war... against his jedi grandpa?

Anw this can go two ways: either this is just a cute thing that happened during the clone wars and everything else happened the same as canon OR it inadvertently saves the galaxy

Canon: the videos make everyone involved Feel Things but don't change their actions. The empire never gets around to banning the channel so Obi wan uses it as one of his last sources of comfort in the desert as he watches over luke. Once he reconnects with Qui-Gon's force ghost, they bond by watching old videos from the channel. Years later, Luke discovers Obi Wans old datapad and inadvertently finds out about the original viral video and the channel. It ends up being a very good reference for painting a picture of jedi life pre-empire. Luke uses it as a reference when building his jedi academy but not before spending a solid hour laughing at the padawan kenobi fail compilations

AU:

Dooku watching some of the videos and all the fluff (and possibly seeing the vlog where padawan qui gon talks about the differences between attachments and love with regards to jedi and bringing up his bond with dooku): Actually maybe I can leave the jedi order and make positive change without becoming a sith lord. Maybe I can help the jedi order without agreeing with everything they do.

Anakin watching the same video on attachments vs love and going to obi wan

Anakin: Do you love me master?

Obi wan: ???

Obi wan: You are my brother anakain??? Of course I love you??? But why are you asking me?? Are you okay?? Do you have something to confess perhaps?? Like about a senator?? A senator that has a name beginning with a p??

Anakin, panicking: Ah yes p-pa-palpatine did tell me a strange story about a wise sith lord when we went for our weekly bonding session yesterday

Obi wan: I -

Obi wan: I meant your marriage to Padme actually but wtf there is a lot to unpack there.

And anakin is just reeling from the fact that

1) obi wan loves him

2) obi wan knew about padme and didn't say anything

So he doesn't get angery when Obi wan brings the palpy matter to the jedi Council and investigates him. Then add in a few well-timed coincidences bc this is a fix it and yay palpy overthrown!!

Anakin prolly voluntarily leaves the order and becomes a happy trophy husband for Padme after a long talk with Obi wan about his future where he reevaluates his life decisions. ("Anakin you will be my brother whether or not you're in the order")

Obi wan meets Qui Gons force ghost and does get to rub it in his face that he was a less feral padawan than Qui Gon.

And they all lived happily ever after except palpatine who died angrily ever after.

[silmarillaure]

Things I would want from a Silmarillion show (part 1):

Season 1

Protagonist: Finwe, with Feanor as the secondary protagonist (a la Viserys I & Rhaenyra in HoTD season 1).

Events covered:

Episode 1

Establish Finwe's personality and relationship with Miriel early on. Also introduce Indis.

Finwe, Ingwe, & Elwe journey to Aman with Orome.

Episode ends with Finwe, Ingwe, & Elwe seeing the light of the two trees and being in disbelief.

Episode 2

Shows Finwe, Ingwe, & Elwe return to middle earth.

Show Elwe meeting Melian after returning and establish his brother Olwe as an important secondary character.

Also introduce Cirdan and establish his relationship with Elwe/Thingol.

Episode ends with the second journey to Aman.

Episode 3

Mostly a filler episode.

Just show how the elves are doing in their new home.

Establish Manwe & his closeness with Ingwe (and the Vanyar).

Finwe finds out he's going to be a father and is overjoyed but his pregnant wife seems miserable and is spewing some concerning seemingly prophetic things.

Miriel goes into labor cliffhanger, says the famous line "Never again shall I bear a child" or something.

Episode 4

Miriel dies.

Focuses mostly on Feanor's childhood with several time skips and establishes Finwe & Feanor's incredibly strong codependent father/son bond.

Finwe comes to terms with the fact Miriel no longer wishes to live

Focuses on Finwe's developing relationship with Indis.

Finwe declaring he'll marry Indis and the Valar allowing it.

Time skip to Fingolfin's birth to establish the tension in the Noldor's royal family.

The episode ends with Feanor leaving to go out on his own at the elven equivalent of 15/16. It's clear the main reason he's leaving is because of his father's new family though.

Episode 5

Finwe is pretty depressed this episode with the absence of Feanor in his life.

Add splashes of Indis's kids childhoods, but mainly focus on Fingolfin.

Show how distant Finwe is to his younger kids compared to Feanor.

Feanor does his apprenticeship under Mahtan and develops a romance with Nerdanel.

Episode ends with Feanor introducing Nerdanel to Finwe and father and son reconciling. Fingolfin is also in the elven of someone in his late teens by the time of Feanor's return.

Episode 6

Feanor & Nerdanel are married by the start of the episode.

Feanor manages to maintain a good relationship with Finwe but gives a cold shoulder to everyone else.

Feanor realizes Fingolfin became popular in Tirion while he was away and feels threatened that by the idea the Noldor might prefer Fingolfin to him. It only adds tension to their relationship that Fingolfin questions him more than he's comfortable with.

Baby Maedhros is born somewhere in the episode and his father name causes quite the stir.

Feanor also makes one (or more) of his well known inventions, not the Silmarills though.

Episode 7

Large timeskip. All of Finwe's children plus Maedhros, Maglor, and Fingon are adults.

The Finwean cousins dynamics are explored with a spotlight being put on Russingon and their Madara/Hashirama type dynamic.

Feanor askes for Galadriel's hair but she says no.

Feanor makes the Silmarils.

Melkor, the agent of chaos, starts convincing Feanor that Fingolfin wants to usurp him.

Feanor threatens Fingolfin.

Episode 8

Feanor gets banished. His sons and Finwe join him.

Melkor comes knocking on Feanor's doors and Feanor realizes Melkor wants the Silmarills and tells him to screw off.

Melkor murders Finwe while Feanor isn't home.

Feanor returns to his house to find his father's dead body.

[naavispider]

Do you have any ideas about what the adult life of Spider, Kiri, etc. would be like in your modern au? Mainly focusing on Spider, what stage was his life at when he reconnected with Quaritch?

I can see him doing something creative - either artwork or music or maybe working in movie making. Perhaps he writes comics. He definitely words in the arts in some capacity, maybe while training for something else on the side, or doing some sort of apprenticeship.

If you want hard answers, I think he could be a concept artist/graphic designer for movies and tv shows. He would be so awesome at creating sketches that eventually make the big screen. Kind of like John Howe and Alan Lee for Lord of the Rings.

As for Kiri, she's definitely running her own business focusing on health and wellbeing. Maybe she has a yoga business or maybe she creates products that are sustainably sources while lobbying the government as a side hustle.

[lumilasi]

UPDATE; redrew Marco's lion griffin legs, because they looked weird and tbh not fluffy enough

Their bio below:

Age: 22(Gianna), 16(Marco)

Nicknames:

For Gianna: Gia, Anna, Birdie For Marco: Marble brain (mainly by his sister)

Friends:

Gianna: She's often so busy that she doesn't really have friends close to her age but she gets along with both Kaspian's aunt Amalia, and the staff of her favorite hair salon, Alois (A bakeneko) and Taiga (A kitsune) Marco: Ichirou, Clover(he's more Ichirou's friend, but often hangs out with him and Ichirou), Hitomi (Ichirou's little sister)

Love interest:

Marco: Janus Kravchenko Gianna: Marisa Marisol-Raye

Occupation: Gianna has an apprenticeship and studies to become a fashion designer/seamstress, Marco is still in high school

Abilities:

Gianna:

She can transform into a birdwoman or a mermaid, meaning she can fly and breathe underwater

Being a siren, she has a very hypnotic singing voice, and can even apply the hypnosis effect while speaking if she wants to.

Her bird claws are very strong and sharp, she's able to cause pretty deep slashes and punctures with them.

Her mermaid shape allows her to swim faster than speedboat.

In turn, she can fly very fast too, up to 200 mph for short bursts of time, or alternatively hover around for hours.

She's an excellent seamstress and can patch up clothing very neatly, something she often does for her girlfriend or her brother.

Marco:

He can turn into a proper Griffon, or transform just partially, giving him wings, lion feet, or hawk claws.

He's very strong physically, able to lift up things five times his size easily. he can easily break even stone with his bare hands. He's generally pretty athletic in fact, able to run for long periods of time, hop quite high and essentially do parkour with ease.

He can fly very fast as well, though his mythical form being heavier he's not as fast as his sister, only managing half her speed.

He can see very far very clearly, able to spot even small details from hundreds of meters away.

His memory is actually extremely good, he just needs the right circumstances to memorize things properly.

Personality:

Marco is a cheerful, temperamental little ball of energy who gets passionate over things pretty easily. He is a bit gullible and easy to trick into doing stupid things, but is always willing to make up and apologize for any trouble he causes. While he struggles with his studies sometimes, he does enjoy listening to people he likes tell him about random stuff. He tends to memorize things better hearing it from a friend or his BF over the teacher (even if he likes his teach), which he believes is because he WANTS to remember everything a loved one eagerly tells him. He's very protective over those he likes, picking fights with people he might not have a chance of winning against. He's always up for shenanigans, be it helping Hitomi with her latest craft project, or going Ghost hunting with Ichirou and Janus. Gianna, like her brother has bit of a temper as well, and she tends to have little patience for stupid nonsense - or sometimes when stressed, minor inconveniences. She generally won't let people step on her or try to take advantage of her being young and new in her field. She's competitive and enjoys being center of attention, but tries to be mindful of other people's needs as well, putting aside her ego if it feels like her actions or behavior could end up harming someone. She is protective over her dumb little brother, because he has the tendency of ending up in trouble, and as much as they bicker, she loves him a lot.

Weaknesses:

Marco is gullible and easy to make do things he probably shouldn't. As a griffon, he is pretty easy to distract with shiny things/things he really wants. Be it some pretty stone, a cool videogame, or his favorite food.

He has some trouble with trying to remain focused when studying, and tends to doze off during lessons a lot, resulting in his grades not always being the greatest. In fact he's one year behind of where he should be, due to his learning difficulties, and this does frustrate him and impact his self-esteem, as he sometimes feels like he's stupid.

Gianna does have an ego, and it can sometimes cloud her thinking, making her act petty in a manner that ends up biting her in the ass later. Sometimes her bluntness can also hurt people in a way she doesn't intend it to. She also sometimes overthinks things especially when stressed, which can make her snappy and difficult to be around. Due to her busy life, she doesn't actually have close friends, which does sometimes weigh in on her, the only real confidant she has being her girlfriend's family, which she feels bad about.

Her mermaid form is harder for her to use due to her having extra bird being blood in her, and she tends to only be able to use it for couple hours at a time. Her siren song naturally isn't effective towards people with strong willpower/being deaf/just not being attracted to her even one bit.

Fun Facts

Janus and Ichirou always try to reassure Marco that he's not stupid when he says so, pointing out he's wiser than them in some aspects, such as remembering to take care of your basic needs like eating and sleeping. Not to mention he actually DOES learn well when under right conditions

Marco might also be attracted to nerdy people because he subconsciously hopes he'll become "less dumb" as well if he's around them.

His teacher Shura is working on accommodating for his learning troubles, such as giving him extra tutoring, and encouraging him to study together with Ichirou and Janus, since they seem to help him a lot

Marco's lion toebeans are a point of fascination for Janus, who likes to poke them everytime he's over and ends up falling asleep. (It's really just his general like for cats)

Janus is also on their class, but he tends to study from home a lot due to getting sick often. They actually first met because Shura asked Ichirou to bring that day's work for him, and Marco decided to tag along

Gianna's habit of overthinking things is something Marisa helps her get away from with her more "here-and-now" approach to life.

Given Kaspian's usually calm nature, she is ALWAYS shocked when his wyvern temper suddenly pops up, making him threaten to strangle someone with their intestines or something.

She actually used to question if he actually was a wyvern in the beginning due to his calmness, but then saw him absolutely demolish thugs harassing his baby brother, which made her realize that YES he is still a wyvern. (it was a scary sight)

Gianna's mermaid tail looks like a marlin tail, which explains her speed. Her hair also turns platinum blond in mermaid form.

Gianna met Marisa in the uni they both attend to, namely because Marisa accidentally blew up the wall of the designer's wing and was forced to repair it. Gianna found her quite funny and the two hit it off pretty quickly. Also she helped patch up Marisa's torn work clothing.

[sleepy-achilles]

Some FOD headcanons

If these are repeats of previous, I apologise.

Taker on the other hand come from a French family. His father is texas born and raised whilst his mother is French born and raised. Its important to taker that the kids acknowledge the French part of them as its the only true thing he has left of his mother. It makes him extremely happy when John and Shawn go out of their way to learn his culture but also share theirs with him. Leon and shawn excel at learning French whilst John and cassie struggle.

Shawn isn't Spanish but when his family kick him and John out, Josè adopts him and raises him and John with Mexican culture. Cassie and Leon get the same treatment, Leon and John excel at learning Spanish whilst cassie struggles. They do their best to help her tho.

Jose refused to speak English around the house so John and shawn had to learn quick or be left behind.

Leon is a language nerd. He knows Latin, French, Spanish, Greek and Romania fluently. He knows Welsh, Gaelic and Korean enough to have a communication if he needed, but not confident enough.

Cassie struggles with languages and knows enough to have small conversations but she was able to learn sign language really quick.

John knows Spanish fluently. He knows French enough to make it work.

Shawn and taker both know Spanish, French and Latin. And yes, Shawn and taker have a lot of french/Spanish arguments. The kids just sit and watch as one parent yells in Spanish and the other french.

Leon definitely follows them. If he's angry with drew he'll yell at him in Spanish. If he's feeling mwah he'll speak French to him. Either way, both rile drew up and get him hot and bothered.

Drew loves and appreciates the fact Leon is trying to learn gaelic. Sheamus teases him but helps him learn.

The family have had a lot of storyline together. Leon and taker have a mentor storyline which is on going but did have a entire season focused on their relationship, i say mentor it was more apprenticeship type thing. John, Leon and cassie have a storyline when cassie first joins the wwe in which they are a sibling mix tag group/manger and tag team, taker also takes part as their mentor. It ends in tears. Shawn and Leon have a storyline in which we watch their relationship grow but also see how much alike they are. Leon and shawn have major beef with Chris jericho. Cassie and taker have major beef with the fiend. John and shawn have major beef with each other, and then go get pizzas behind the scenes.

Valentina gets hurt, via jericho, when she comes to visit Leon. It wasn't part of a storyline at all, Leon was busy with his taker storyline. Leon goes nuts when he finds her backstage and vows to kill the man. This leads to him bringing blood back to the wwe.

John is the official leader of the fod when Taker retires.

Cassie is the only family member to not held a belt, mainly because of vince. But now Hunters incharge that will all change. He sees her potential, how the fans love her and protest her right to a belt.

Drew and Leon mirror taker and shawn. Their relationships grow stronger because of a feud. And well.. coffins.

Cassie has a fear of blood. Growing up in the valley will do that to you.

All the kids have crazy good hearing. A side affect of the valley is having to watch out for dangerous creatures. Sometimes you can't see them and have to listen for them.

The kids are amazing at sneaking but also are just extremely light on their feet and people are complained to actual management that they need bells or something.

John is the leader, his mentality is the best, Leon is the fastest, cassie has quick wit. Shawn is the smartest and taker is the biggest

Leon has a tattoo that represents each family member.

Charlie doggo is the best and superior family member.

Faxs

[stitched-mouth]

SEX EDUCATION SEASON 4 EPISODE 8 SPOILERS

Don’t read if you haven’t finished the fourth and finale season.

Wow, um. This hurts, saying goodbye to Sex Education.

When the show first came out in 2019 I was still in school and in my third year. I was all over it when it came out, something sex related based in a British secondary school really spoke to me. I loved Otis immediately and Eric (wasn’t so fond of Maeve) they made me keep watching.

And I’m happy I’ve ended the show and still love Otis and Eric and now even like Maeve a little.

Sex Education is a big reason for why I’m so comfortable writing smut now. And the main reason why I’m… studying to be a sex therapist. Well maybe not a therapist, but I do want to do something with sex education career wise. For those that don’t now, I am doing an apprenticeship at a sex clinic in London. It mainly focuses on testing for and treating STIs but it also offers sex therapy services (which thanks to NHS, you have to jump through hoops to get).

I think I didn’t like Maeve in the beginning because she reminded me too much of myself, I was the snarky punky mean girl when I started the show and I hated seeing someone with my shitty personality on screen. I was mean because I was scared to be nice and I think I realised Maeve was the same by the end of season 2 and started to like her. I liked her even more because we started maturing together, at the same pace I feel.

Anyway, I’m really happy with the way the show has ended.

Maeve and Otis are soulmates but a lot of times in life, soulmates don’t end up together. Usually because they are too different or going different places and I felt like Maeve and Otis were too different way back in S2. I’m sad they didn’t end up together but also happy they didn’t. They would both have to change themselves completely to be together and I think if they did that they would start hating each other. So it’s better to end things when they are good so they can always look back and smile.

I’m sad my favourites didn’t return. I wonder if the actors had other projects or just decided it was time to leave, maybe it was both. No way Netflix didn’t want them back.

It’s sad though because those arcs were never finished.

I was happy with the new characters though. Abbi, Roman, Aisha just to name a few. I love how diverse they are and how Netflix is always trying to be inclusive and this is one of the rare cases where Netflix didn’t make it feel so forced.

The Covent felt like real people (maybe a little old to be teens though - they all felt like early to mid 20s and college graduates) and Cavendish felt like a real college. I’m sure I’ve come around a few Cavendish like colleges in the UK.

It was nice to meet Joanna and have some sibling rivalry in the show since I felt like it was somewhat needed. Sadly I don’t have much to say about Joanna, maybe they could of gone more into her.

Ruby got the send of I wasn’t really expected but am ok with. I was hoping she’s get back with Otis but by the time I felt like Otis and Maeve broke up, it was clear Ruby had moved on. Which might be good for her, honestly. But I wasn’t too happy to see her go back into the popular crowd in the end. Feels a little like Gretchen Weiner’s style ending, which was worse but, Ruby needs to learn how to survive outside of clique. But she did get over Otis so baby steps.

Eric deciding to be a pastor felt very random but ok. He has always been very religious but still running a Church felt like a U turn. I think they were saying Eric wants to make some very much needed to Christianity which I kind of understand. But the scenes with him and ‘God’ were weird af and I hated them. Felt like they were really pushing to us watchers that Eric loves God which we already know. Maybe I didn’t get it?

He knows he needs to go celibate to be a pastor right? Or is that one of things he’s going to change?

Cal, loved them so much this season. I didn’t really feel them in S3 but I did this time and I love them. The way they were written was perfect. I’m not non-binary and yet I still felt like I could relate A LOT to them.

Was Carl’s Mum in The Sandman???

Jackson finding more about his ‘sperm donor’ was great. I don’t know for sure so feel free to debate this with me, but I think a lot of kids who were adopted or made with a donor could relate, even if that wasn’t the real case for Jackson. And I also feel like kids who were lied to about where they came from could also relate. As well as kids who were abandoned as a kid. I know a few people who never met their fathers because their fathers never wanted anything to do with them and I feel like they’d love Jackson’s arc this season.

Adam… I’ll always love Adam. I don’t know what else to say, Adam is the best.

And I’m really happy that Micheal is clearly growing and showing so much progress. Don’t know how I feel about him getting back with Maureen though, they both seemed to thrive when apart. It’s sweet they still care for each other and having the odd fling is fine but getting back together feels like a big no no to me. And even if the fling is sweet, Micheal really needs to lose his romantic feelings for her, which is probably going to be next to impossible for him if they keep hooking up.

But the show made it clear they are getting back together… so.

Maureen… we needed more of her this seasons. It felt like she was just Adam’s Mum and Micheal’s ex this season and I hated it.

Loved the guest appearance of Miss Sands and Mr Hendricks, but I really wish we got more than that from them. However I understand that the show is supposed to focus on the teens and it should but still.

Aimee is still cute af. Loved her photography arc this season. Her and Issac grew on me and I’m glad they got together. And I’m happy Aimee really wanted to be sensible and sensitive about getting with Issac, I mean getting with your friend’s ex is a huge thing and a major red flag, but they handled it really well.

I can’t believe we didn’t even get an update on Ola and Jakob this season, what the fuck?

And still… fuck O… just a little though. I felt A LITTLE something the last episode for her but still. If only there was another season, I might of like her after some character development.

And technically she won the election but tbh by the time it happened, I stopped caring. Connor winning and then refusing it because “y’all problems are too much for me” was funny af. But it was obvious he wasn’t really interested in sex therapy from the beginning though. I thought he was doing it to try to get with Ruby but was also not so surprised when it was revealed it was Jean.

Also, why tf would Ruby even pick Connor in the first place to compete against O and Otis???

Anyway, goodbye Sex Education. I’m really gonna miss this show. I’m feeling so melancholy. Thanks for everything, Sex Ed.

SEX EDUCATION SEASON 4 SPOILERS EPISODE 5

If you’ve not watched up to 25 minutes of episode 5 and don’t want spoiler, don’t continue. I don’t cover everything here but still.

Still watching Sex Education, on episode 5, and O just came out and I hate her even more.

I really hope no one says Otis outed her. And her asexuality doesn’t explain what she did to Ruby.

Fuck O, there’s no hope for me liking her now. I’m literally red in the face and getting a headache from anger.

If she’s supposed to make me punch my TV then the actress is doing a great job.

Also where the fuck is Lily and Ola? And are they trying to set up Joanna with Joy’s possible father? Is there going to be a big reveal? I’m scared about Joy’s father…

Also poor Yacob(?).

[dreaminlittlenightmares]

Ok, so what about the childhoods of the adults? Like their parents, siblings(if they have any),some juicy backstory. Mainly from the two games, could include the mobile game, but that's up to you. I know this is a hard question, so a few brief sentences will be more than enough.

I'm thoroughly impressed that you managed to send in this ask before the formal announcement of the Ask Box being open! I'm going to answer this, but power may or may not be out by the time you read this...

The Maw

the Janitor: His parents weren't particularly kind people, and he ended up taking care of all his siblings...which was a lot. That upbringing is one of the reasons why he's better at caring the Maw kids than the others the Twin Chefs: They literally don't know their parents and don't claim to be orphans either. As far as they're concerned, it's always been them before the started working at the Maw. They both consider both the Lady and the Granny to be their mom the Lady: Doesn't remember her mother, but certainly remembers her father. He was a kind man, but easy to manipulate. He ended up giving her up to the Maw at a late age because he was tricked into thinking she'll have better life there the Granny: Only remembers her predecessor and the rest of the girls with her during the apprenticeship. That Lady of the Maw was strict, while her "sisters" had a wide range of personalities. The Granny wasn't particularly nice any of them

Pale City

the Hunter: Doesn't like talking about his family in full detail, opting to show off their taxidermy selves instead. That's usually enough to scare people from asking questions. Has fond memories of everyone, though... the Teacher: Has a pair of twin sisters, and all three of them were raised by their uncle. She had a fallout with everyone when she decided to move to Pale City. Hasn't contacted them even since the Doctor: Had a younger sister, but she died at a young age from a epidemic. His parents also fell to the disease, and this was the reason why he ended up pursuing medicine. If those tragedies never happened, he would have pursued a career in dancing the Thin Man: His memories of his family has been ripped and warped by the Tower so many times, he's not sure if he actually had a family. He swears he had parents, a beautiful mom and a handsome dad, but he can't remember them at all. Nowadays, he just focuses on the here and now than the past

[spirit-pyrite]

I’m back on my Sci-Fi. Bit different style for one. Hope it’s not too rambley!

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Kjan Captain L’Catu Mrror Haniat had met with the newest, and most exotic, member of their crew in person only minutes ago. It was a old-world Kjan practice that they still stuck to. Bad luck to meet your crew before you sail, preconceived notions and all that. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” the Human had interpreted- something about assumptions and hubris. There were clear differences between Humans and any other species they had previously hired, but they had high hopes. Mrror was not one to judge on the basis of origin, though some still had reservations about Humans. They were an intimidating bunch- Predators from a death-world. So far, the Tide-pool had only manned prey species from peace-worlds. So maybe more than just differences, maybe a Human was in direct inverse to anything Mrror had worked with before. And maybe they had forgot some research in favor of archaic traditions! It was nothing they couldn’t handle. The Mechanic had seemed polite enough, and if their nack for body-language was still any good, they seemed nervous, not aggressive. It would be fine, they could work through problems as they arise. They had high hopes.

The door to the cafeteria slid open with a slight grinding noise. That was the first thing Human Mechanic Cyril Walker noted. It made sense, it was his job after all, but he knew that it was mainly an excuse. He was nervous, and was focusing on his work to compensate. He sighed quietly to himself, and subtly tried to shake his nerves. It was always like this with a new ship. Maybe one day he would be so used to it that it wouldn’t bother him, but this was only his third crew, fourth if you counted his apprenticeship. And the first where he was outnumbered- the only human aboard.

But a grinding noise was not going to be enough to save Cyril from the cafeteria. It was late in the day, and he hadn’t eaten quite enough breakfast, or anything for lunch- he was hungry. He would have to meet the rest of the crew eventually, and eat hopefully too. Deep breath, then step inside. It was a wide room, tall too. Given the size of the ship, likely the biggest room aboard. The ceiling opened up into a sky-light that offered a reassuring view of the stars. That was just about the only familiar thing in it. The rest was a jungle. Tables, benches, cushions, and perches filled the space, and filling them were a menagerie of animated forms. Three Ceerrsss lounged around a low table, picking over a tray of incests, plants and what used to be fruit, probably. A veritable flock of H’Ai’Jui-gkk flitted above the crowd to find perches littered though the space, both around and above, cackling to each other restlessly. A handful of Kjan filled in at tables of Lnuc and Poortell. One notable Piegg pushed trays and plates of food to anyone that dared come close to the kitchen counter, huffing amiably and turning back to a handful of pots and ovens on occasion. Cyril twisted his hand into his jacket. God, this felt like high school again.

He came to the realization that it was probably not a good idea to just stand in the door just a second too late. A Lnuc’s hand lighted on his shoulder, and he nearly shouted, whipping around to face them.

“Hey!” They were tall, as most Lnuc are, but Cyril felt nearly dwarfed by the comparison. This was the first time that he had ever seen a Lnuc up close, and the fact that they averaged a good two feet taller that a human was abruptly very important. “You must be that new mechanic Boss was on about! Good to meet you!” The warm brown plates along their back, like dry earth, rattled as they spoke, and it took a second for Cyril to recall that that was a friendly thing for Lnuc. It sounded way too close to a rattle snake in his opinion. They cut in again as he caught his breath “It’s great to have you aboard, always good to have a new face around here.” They straightened slightly, and even though it brought him more out of their field of view, if felt distinctly appraising “Apologies, did I startle you?”.

It took just a second too long for Cyril to respond, in his opinion. “Ah, nope! Well, yes, I’m- yeah, yeah you kinda startled me”. Deep breath, pull it together “Sorry, I’m just a little nervous y’know?”

They rocked lightly on their feet, and slouched back into a comfortable position. “Yeah, first day and all! Promise we aren’t that mean- here, let’s get food and talk”. The rattling paused for a second as they quickly amended “Only if you want to! I don’t know practically any human customs, apologies if that’s rude”

“No, no that sounds great! I don’t really know any Lnuc customs either” or any non-human, he added to himself.

The rattling made a triumphant return, and they rocked forward before leading Cyril forward by his shoulder “Hey, we can learn together! I’m Kolk, might I know your name?”

“Oh, Cyril Walker. Sorry I forgot to introduce myself, He/Him.”

“He/Him?” It came out weird, uninterpreted by the translator probably.

“Oh, sorry that’s an English thing- gendered pronouns. It’s used to refer to people”

“Oh! I didn’t know humans had gender! Should I give you one in return?”

“Pronouns? Uh, sure”

“He/Him then! I just realized I don’t know any others!”

Cyril chuckled. Kolk seemed nice enough, if a bit touchy. He still hadn’t let go of his shoulder. They navigated though the crowd with surprising ease. A few turned to greet him or his guide, but for the most part no body paid them mind. The Piegg greeted them as they approached with a snorting sound. Kolk said hello while taking a tray of various plant matter in shades of green and white, before the cook turned to rummage another plate together for Cyril.

“What do Humans eat if you don’t mind me asking? Lnuc are plant eaters pretty strictly. We don’t do well with many foreign foods either.”

“Humans are omnivores, so a little bit of everything. We can eat a lot of non-Terran foods too, so really anything. So long as it’s not rotten. We are definitely not detritivores.”

Kolk rocked on his feet again, Cyril was beginning to suspect that was like nodding or maybe laughing. “I think the Ceerrsss are the only ones that eat rotted stuff on the Tide-pool at the moment. That’s why they tend to eat at their own tables. That and all the legs”

The Piegg finally finished collecting things and handed him a plate, glimmering with a visual response that it took their translator a solid second to process “Good-greeting-well-wishing”. He would probably need to mess with the settings in order to get his translator faster on the uptake, it wasn’t set up well for visual language.

He looked over the food while Kolk led them to a open table. A bowl of soup and what looked like a salad. The greens were somewhat thicker than lettuce though, and had a distinctly floral scent. New certainly, but not unappealing. It probably helped that he was practically starving. He’d eat with the Ceerrsss at this point.

The table Kolk chose was thankfully small, and empty besides the two of them. Kolk dropped his tray in the center of the table before finally releasing his shoulder to sit across on the other side. “Oh, lesson one of Lnuc customs. When you eat with someone you try to sit facing each other. That way the food is in the center and the sides are open for other people to join.” There was some reasoning there that Cyril was missing, but he nodded anyways, before clarifying with a verbal ‘yeah, that makes sense’, in case the movement didn’t translate.

Cyril set his plate in front of him before slipping onto the stool opposite to Kolk. Finally, something to eat. He grabbed the bowl first, lifting it to just drink straight out of it. There were probably silverware somewhere in the cafeteria, but he couldn’t bring himself to care much. Kolk took this time to keep talking as he picked though his own plate “Do humans have many customs around eating?”

Cyril still had the bowl in his face, mid slurp, so he hummed in response. He drained a good quarter of it, tilting it in front of his mouth. It was practically a miracle it didn’t spill down his shirt. He went to set down his bowl when he realized that Kolk’s arm was in the way.

It took a second to process that the Lnuc had moved on from parsing though his own greens to picking over Cyril’s. It did not take that long for him to react. On instinct, Cyril hooked his plate back towards his chest, out from under the invading fingers. He curled slightly forward over the dish, as what ever his planned response was died on his tongue.

Kolk pulled away in turn, rattling shifting abruptly to a single *klac* sound before going quiet. He stared, paralyzed, arm still suspended, before his tongue finally caught up. “Oh, uh, sorry?”

“I-Don’t steal my food?” Cyril wasn’t sure if it was a command or a clarification at this point. Kolk looked pretty confused, and it was throwing himself off too.

Kolk made another klac-ing sound and straighted out again. “What do you mean stealing? I recognized that I can eat that- they’re boãssugo- and was going to have some. Should I… not?”

Cyril frowned “No, it’s mine. It’s” ah there was the problem.

“Ok then, rule one about Humans. We are possessive about food. So no eating off our plates- if it’s given to us it’s ours, so if you take it it’s stealing.”

The rattling returned with the explanation, and Kolk shrunk considerably- a sign of embarrassment, one that Lnuc shared with Humans. “Sorry, I didn’t think of that”

“No, it’s fine. We’re learning right? You can pay me back when I do something taboo to you”

Kolk rocked in place, definitely something like laughter. “Sure thing Cyril!”

“We might want to let the rest of the crew know though”

[nagirambles]

Do you have more head canons for the Celestial Spirits in how they would be in other times of history and stuff? Like their old powers like what you did by giving Cancer big scissors in your fic

Ooh, yeah, a few! Haven't thought of too many for them yet, but I kinda have like, 'historical versions' of the spirits planned out in fics aris/coco are writing.

So first is Cancer, who participated in a war that's Earthland's equivalent of China. This spirit has all its emphasis on bladed weaponry, so from swords to scythes to scissors. He was a hyper combat-focused spirit until rather recently. He's a soldier.

I personally like to think of Aries with golden wings or feathers, like the myth of the Golden Fleece. Maybe those golden wings had miraculous healing or fortune properties, and she spent the greater half of her life giving them away to people in need until there were none left. Her specialty is protection, defensive.

Taurus was mainly ever employed in history as a guardian of treasure (a minotaur). Though, unbeknownst to those people, Taurus is much better suited to causing fissures and splitting landmasses. Despite that, he's incredibly gentle and has a soft sport for cute creatures like animals and children. His herculean strength means he spends the greater amount of his life taking extra care of everything he touches. He sees anything smaller than him as a fragile thing that must be protected.

(Also, give Taurus a comically huge hammer, please.)

The twins, Gemini, used to be one person that had the ability to split into two. They slowly abandoned human form over time because they grew to hate people and wars, deciding to just be an eldritch abomination because clearly that's better. If they had a weapon just for themselves, it would be a mirror. 

Leo started out like a feral kitten. He was born to be the leader, to interact with humans as their closest link, so he was the only one that matured at a human rate at first so he could properly understand them as a negotiator role. He was a very problematic teen and Aquarius was the one that used to reign him in. The aforementioned 'made to interact with humans' thing is also the reason he's much more humanlike in appearance than the others. So... like a kitten, he would have the ability to hide literal claws. Yes, he’s a lion, but his ability to hide those features is kinda like that. 

In general: they 'came into being' some centuries apart, in zodiac order so Pisces is oldest and Aries is youngest. So everyone respects Mom Pisces and everyone pampers Aries. They had seniority and apprenticeships at some point, though that's millenniums ago that it doesn't really matter anymore. Leo and Virgo get their servitude obsession from Capricorn, Libra and Gemini got their haughty attitude and the idea to use feminine wiles from Aquarius and Mom Pisces. Virgo and Cancer get their tendency to cosplay, dress up, and be eccentric weirdos from Sagittarius. Also, Son Pisces and Scorpio definitely spend their free time rocking out together.

That's about all I have for now!

[skullinacowboyhat]

Hello! Tell us more about your Star Wars tv series!!!

Hello! Thanks for asking, prepare for waaaayyyy too much text haha (I’ve put most of it under the cut). To clarify, I use a TV series format to organise all the stories in my head, rather than it being a full, actual project, so take the outlines with a grain of salt. Basically this is hypothetical (rip) and just bouncing around in my head like a TV screensaver.  Premise - the series focuses mainly on Nuri and the twins, Leiko and Rin, with the backdrop of the main storyline of SWTOR (Republic vs Empire with the Emperor thrown in). Mai, Varn’ya, Qeeo, Natila and some other OCs also make appearances. In the outlines below, I’m mainly detailing the twins’ storylines, as most of Nuri’s is emotional and internal.  Some deets - there’s 4 seasons, 10 episodes each, 40 mins long. I imagine the animation style being similar to mine, just 3D and...better. Season-by-season outlines are below (this is only a quarter of my google doc, I’m leaving out a lot.)

Season 1 - We’re introduced to Nuri and her Jedi Master Mai Shan as they battle against the Empire.. Nuri is having difficulty controlling her powers (she has the ability to sense and control emotions). Right now, instead of sensing the emotions of others, she’s experiencing them and struggling to define what emotions are hers and not hers. On another side of the galaxy, Rin and Leiko are newly-minted Sith apprentices. Their close dynamic is made very clear from the get-go; they trust each other and only each other. As the season continues, Nuri’s backstory is explored; how she discovered her powers, how she’s always struggled to control her abilities, as well as her childhood friendship with @captainderyn ’s Tacka. Rin and Leiko’s backstory is hinted at, but not shown yet. The main focus of the twins’ storyline this season is their rise to power and how they become the Emperor’s Wraths (it’s also made very clear that they’ve gotten to this point only because they have each other in their lives. Co-dependent sibling relationships, let’s gooo). ALSO, there are many points throughout the season when the twins are forced to be merciless and Leiko struggles with this. Rin does also, but recognises it as necessary and is usually the one striking the killing blow.  Near the middle of the season, Mai and Nuri battle a prominent Sith Lord who is the first primary villain. Since Rin and Leiko have worked closely with this Sith Lord in the past, it becomes apparent that the characters are on a collision course. The 2-Part Season Finale (cause we’re getting fancy) - Nuri, Mai, Rin and Leiko meet and fight! Mai vs Rin and Leiko vs Nuri, with the first pair starting off as equal and slowly leaning in Mai’s favour, as her experience comes into play. Meanwhile, Nuri has difficulty finding vulnerabilities in Leiko, who is also struggling with putting his full focus into the fight, since his guilt at the lives he’s taken already is coming into play. At the peak of the duel, Nuri is forced to the ground and Leiko has an opening. He hesitates, but readies his saber. Just before he can bring it down, Nuri lifts a hand and reaches out to the Force in the hopes of pushing him away. Unintentionally, she forms a bond between the two of them. In a flash, they see each other’s memories up to this point; from childhood to apprenticeship to now. There’s a split second of shock as the two stare at each other with a new, strange understanding, then Leiko is Force-pushed away by Mai, who saw her apprentice in trouble. Rin jumps towards Mai, but underestimates the Jedi’s skill and ends up getting both her forearms chopped off. Angry and in shock, Leiko goes into a rage and forces Mai away. He and Rin flee.  In the aftermath of the duel, Leiko questions what happened between him and Nuri, while Rin adjusts to her new cybernetic arms. Judging her as weak, the Emperor breaks the connection between him and Rin and gives the full Emperor’s Wrath title to Leiko. The season ends with Nuri and Leiko seeing each other through their Force-bond; the full weight of their connection becomes apparent. 

Season 2 - Oh my god, so much happens this season. -  Six month time jump. Leiko is the Wrath, nearly corrupted and wild with power. The Emperor uses him as a puppet, often taking control and forcing Leiko to kill. Leiko and Nuri see each other often through their bond and do their best to explore what exactly it is. They grow to trust each other, as much as two soldiers on opposite sides of a war can. Rin is living in her brother’s shadow and decides to address her past. She begins the hunt for her mom, who left a long time ago. -  Rin finds her mother and learns more about the relationship between her mother and father, while Leiko goes on a killing spree while brainwashed and sees the aftermath, in horror at what he’s done. He tries to hide it from Nuri, but she can tell something happened. -  There’s exploration of Leiko and Rin’s backstory (we learn about their abusive father and their difficult upbringing). -  Nuri heads out on an undercover mission into the Sith Empire. To help her, Mai contacts her old friend, Natila, for information. Nuri goes undercover at an Imperial party and while disguised, runs into Leiko. They recognise each other and Nuri is afraid that Leiko will give her away, but he doesn’t. There is no more hiding his corruption though. Also, Nuri realises that she can’t sense Leiko’s emotions anymore, since he is just a husk now.  -  Rin reconciles with her mother and finds her a safe home. Nuri completes her mission and returns to the Republic with crucial information regarding the war effort. Leiko’s corruption becomes increasingly dangerous (a final kill of an innocent man tips him over the edge). Rin and Leiko meet up again after a long time (they’d been communicating via holos for a while). Leiko nearly tells her the toll being the Wrath has taken on him and seeing this, the Emperor takes over and shouts at Rin to go away (using Leiko as his puppet). - The Emperor orders Leiko to kill Rin and when he refuses, takes control. Leiko makes his way into Rin’s room while she sleeps and begins to choke her to death. Rin wakes up with alarm and does her best to fend against him, finally grabbing a knife and holding it to his throat, begging him not to make her kill him. Meanwhile, in his mind-scape, Leiko is crouching in darkness, being hit by shards of shadow. He sees a light in the distance and reaches out to it. Meanwhile, Nuri (while sleeping) is standing in her mindscape, washed with white light. She sees a shadow in the distance reaching out to her. She takes its hand. With her help, Leiko regains control, sees Rin nearly passed out beneath him with a knife clutched in her hand and draws back in shock. He tries to speak, but Rin just growls/whimpers and cries out at him to leave.  - The mid-season finale covers Leiko as he flees the Empire in the hopes of finding Tython so he can get help breaking the connection between him and the Emperor. Meanwhile, Rin, who didn’t know that the Emperor was controlling Leiko, is grappling with the fact that her brother nearly killed her and has suddenly disappeared, with not even a message to let her know where he went. The episode ends with Leiko crash-landing on Tython near a Twi’lek village.  - The second half of the season covers Nuri and Leiko as they meet in person on Tython and become friends, with hints of romance. The Emperor’s control over Leiko is broken, but Leiko is still just a husk when he first arrives. As he works towards recovery, his skills are noticed by the Jedi Council and he is offered a place in the Order. He takes the offer and begins his training, with Mai and Nuri supervising. He misses Rin a lot, feeling her absence in everything, but he believes that he can’t return to her, as it would make him too vulnerable to the Emperor’s control again. Side-note: despite him no longer being the Wrath, Nuri can not sense Leiko’s emotions anymore, as the scars run too deep. It’s kind of nice for them both though; they’re discovering things about each other at the same pace and Nuri feels especially calm around Leiko, since the only emotions she experiences are her own.  - While Leiko works towards becoming a Jedi, Rin deals with having to survive in the Empire without her brother; she gains power and respect through intimidation. She also receives the backing of a Council member who wants to promote her to the Empire’s Wrath (who also manipulates her to their own ends; using Leiko’s betrayal against Rin, etc.). At this point however, no one in the Empire knows Leiko has joined the Jedi (that angsty discovery comes later). Season Three - the heavy emotional one, with sibling difficulties and LOTS of romance (with Nuri/Leiko and Rin/Varn’ya).  - Another time-jump, about a year. Leiko and Nuri are fully-fledged Jedi Knights now and are going on missions together. In the first episode, they encounter an elite squad of Imperial Agents led by a Chiss (Varn’ya). We learn later that the squad’s commander is Rin. Having been thwarted in their mission by Nuri and Leiko, the squad brings back a recording of the pair to Rin. Rin sees her brother for the first time since his attempt on her life; now a Jedi and working with the former padawan of the Jedi who maimed her. Needless to say, she’s pissed, confused and feeling even more betrayed than she did before. She works closely with the Council Member who promoted to her, in search of her brother. - This season also covers the Ziost storyline from SWTOR, so there are hints of the Sixth Line throughout, including an appearance by Qeeo (my girllllll).  - Nuri and Leiko are attacked by the Council Member’s forces (minus Rin) and Nuri is captured. Nuri is interrogated and tortured by the Council Member. Seeking to find her weakness, the villain uses an ancient Sith ritual to cut off Nuri’s connection to the Force. Her connection with Leiko breaks and he can feel it (because of this, everyone thinks she’s dead, but he refuses to believe it). - Despite building up so much hate for Nuri and the Jedi, when Rin goes to the Council Member’s ship and sees Nuri clearly in shock and on the brink of dying, she can’t help but pity her. With Varn’ya’s help, Rin helps Nuri to escape (she denies that she cares for her brother still, but she knows that Leiko cares about Nuri and can’t stand by while she suffers). That episode ends with Leiko finding Nuri in a floating escape pod, having lost her connection to the Force. - 2-Part Mid-Season Finale - this one focuses on the twins, shows full, long flashbacks of their childhood and how their bond kept them alive throughout the years. Rin and Leiko, in current time, finally collide after the year apart. Leiko tries to reconnect with her and explain what truly happened, but all Rin sees is red. She attacks him and an intense duel commences. The battle also takes place in the rain, in the middle of a heavy thunderstorm, cause I’m all about the aesthetic and the imagery. As the fight continues, it becomes clear that even though they’ve both gained new abilities, Rin and Leiko know each other too well to be able to defeat each other. It ends with the both of them disarmed and grappling on the ground. Rin brings out a knife and slashes Leiko’s knee, forcing him beneath her. Mirroring their positions from their last interaction, Rin now is above Leiko, knife to his throat, with Leiko helpless underneath. Seeing the pain in his sister’s eyes and realising how much he’s hurt her, Leiko stops fighting and simply lifts a hand to cup her cheek (like their mother used to do when they were young and she was actually present). Rin hesitates and finally breaks down, embracing Leiko instead. She demands answers; why he chose to leave, etc. Leiko explains in full and apologises for abandoning her. They FINALLY reconcile in full!! - The rest of the season is dedicated to the Ziost arc and Nuri regaining her powers (she also discovers new aspects of her powers, like her ability to force emotions and memories onto other people). Nuri, Leiko and Rin join forces to save the planet and encounter the Sixth Line. Nuri is forced to fight and incapacitate her childhood friend, Tacka (read this fic please for all the emotions, it’s excellent and still makes me cry). Ziost ends up getting destroyed and as it does, Nuri reaches out to the Force in full and feels the full weight of everyone as they die. She has the choice to shut it out, as she’s gained control, but chooses not to, determined to feel it all.  - The season ends with the Emperor being hyped up to be the final primary villain, with the secondary villain for the final season being the twins’ dad for a fun little painful plot twist.

Season 4 - my least established season, no idea exactly how it ends, but here’s some vibes. - HEAVY focus on the romances: Leiko and Nuri fully address their feelings for each other and officially become a couple, while Rin and Varn’ya have been an established couple for a while now, so they’ve mainly got fluffy scenes and random makeout sessions in hallways.  - As the Emperor becomes more of a threat to everyone, the Republic and Empire temporarily join forces, which means Rin and Leiko go on missions together again. Varn’ya and Rin’s squad struggle with their loyalties, but remain true to Rin. - Rin and Leiko take down their father and are forced to address the effect his abuse had on them. Nuri (with the twins’ consent) uses her powers to give the father empathy (i.e. he is forced to feel everything his children and wife did when he hurt them).  - Throughout the season, recurring characters return and help out in the fight.  - The season ends with Nuri, Leiko and Rin taking down the Emperor. Also, Mai dies, sacrificing herself to take down one of the Emperor’s main henchmen, rip.

Oh god, end of wall of text. If you’ve stayed this long, thank you; have a virtual forehead smooch. There’s a LOT I’ve left out, like Leiko learning healing powers, Nuri exploring her abilities and her place in the galaxy and most of the storyline for Rin’s squad, but this post is long enough.  Thanks for asking, anon, you’ve enabled me to spend 2 hours gushing over my children <3

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Dress

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so the song dress by taylor swift screams cressworth to be, the sort of mutual pining and honest love they have for each other. so i wrote a semi canon but not at all canon peice. (4k words)

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The night was lasting forever, time dragged on as people danced and drank and celebrated, despite there still being a murderer roaming the streets and slaughtering innocent women. They acted like they could never be injured by the killer just because of their class, when for all anyone knew the killer was in this room right now plotting. I hoped they started with me, just so I didn't have to experience this torture any longer; although it was highly unlikely seeing as they focused on lower class women. A pity, really, I could think of many who deserve it more. I could think of only one one person in this room that perhaps didn't deserve to suffer the fate three women already have. 

Audrey Rose Wadsworth.

Perhaps my only friend in this god-forsaken world. One that I cannot even spend time with, as one would like. It's an absurd notion but one that I can't ignore otherwise I've no job and I don't think Jonathan Wadsworth would take me on knowing I’m currently working for his rival, even if I quit myself and I did everything in my power to show off my exceptional talents and gain his trust. Especially if he finds out I'm madly in love with his niece; and have been for awhile. I must admit it was never my intention to do so, or to even be her friend, but when you are trying to solve the same crimes you tend to run into each. Often. And so overtime we became friends, begrudgingly on her part. Then, when we faced danger a few weeks back, and I thought I'd lose her over my actions and Oliver's inability to tell me the truth, we kissed. Since then we have been trying to navigate our feelings whilst also pretending to not know each other. It is incredibly difficult not to walk over to her now, take her hands and offer a dance. To then kiss her and watch her cheeks redden and her to smile at me. To know I made her smile. Each smile melts the coldness of my heart that I've spent years creating to protect myself. I believed I needn't ever need a friend nor wife. Yet, perhaps, someday Audrey could be both of those and we wouldn't need to freeze our hearts to protect ourselves.

 All night I've been trying to catch her gaze but her eyes refuse to meet mine, at least with my knowledge that is. I caught her staring when she believed I was otherwise engaged in something so that I wouldn't notice. I notice every time. It's been a fun game, the only good thing about this evening. It is someone's birthday, someone my father deems important enough to drag me along too. Even though he hates me, and I him. Even though I have no intention of finding a wife this way or taking over his business. Audrey Rose was an unexpected gift, at this party and my life. I hadn't realised she'd be here with her family but I should have assumed. Or asked, but we had only seen each other once since the kiss and most of that time was spent discussing corpses and the no longer occasional flirting. She is remarkably good at getting under my skin, at leaving me without words and making me want to just hold her in my arms for both our sakes. Her uncle and my boss would be furious if they found out we'd been sharing theories, but unlike my boss I want to solve the case to get a murderer off the streets and not the fame; Audrey Rose is utterly horrified by the grotesk way women are being violated. So the more we work together the faster we can solve it for good. 

‘You think they know more than us?’ I hear vaguely, I pull my eyes away from Audrey Rose and grimace. Mr. Douglas caught me staring but assumed it was over Jonathan Wadsworth and about the murders. 

“There's a high chance sir.” Mainly due to the man's ignorance and my inability to share my ideas with him. He takes a seat next to me so I sit straighter and force myself not to look at Audrey Rose. “I've heard the girl, what's her name?”

“Audrey Rose Wadsworth, sir.” I tell him as plainly as possible.

“Right, sure. I've heard she's helping him. I've no idea why such a pretty thing would waste her life pretending to be a detective but-”

“What?” I was going to strangle him. His complete and utter ineptitude towards Audrey Rose, to how women truly were versus what they are perceived as in society was astonishing. I would truly strangle him if I wasn't as shocked. And if I didn't have to hide my feelings for her. 

“I know I was baffled when I heard it too, she'll make herself unavailable if she keeps the way she's going.” he doesn't take his eyes off her as if he wanted to be the one to make her unavailable and not science. Even though that notion was outrageous. I rolled my eyes at him as a brilliant idea struck. 

“Hear me out, sir, what if I pursue her? I mean if she is one for science she will know about the case and I doubt she knows me so I can easily charm her and I can get whatever information I can to help us solve the case faster.” I try to explain my plan in a non desperate way. Hopefully he will think I believe Audrey Rose is incapable of figuring out deceit and that she'll just spill her guts to me; that I don't care about the case. When, in reality, I just want one dance with her. I'm exasperated in hiding my feelings and it's only been a few weeks. Maybe it would be a lot easier to try and beg for an apprenticeship with Jonathan Wadsworth than deal with this misogynistic self centered-

“Not a half bad idea. For once you have got a decent plan. Although maybe I should be the one to charm her, seen as your, well, you have as much charm as a brick wall to put it simply. So let me-”

“I'm more than capable.” I say and get out of my chair and start striding towards her before he can get there first. If he even opened his mouth to her she would berate him so heavily that he would have to hibernate until people forget. Not that Audrey Rose is forgettable in any way.  Maybe I should've let him try first just to see that. Alas, I need to at least have a conversation with her. I made my way to her table, her father and brother were conversing and her uncle looked about as miserable and irritated as I did. Audrey Rose just looked bored. 

She looks beautiful though, her pale green and blue dress offsets her darker features and highlights her dazzling eyes. The light reflects off her perfectly, showing her sharp features and illuminating her mothers necklace at her chest. When I finally reach her table her eyes find mine and red begins to line her cheeks and her brows furrow at the sight of me. I notice slightly her father and brother cease to be as they look at me as well. 

“May I borrow your daughter for a dance, sir?” I asked him. He looks confused but I'm sure he realized who I am. Who my father is. I'm sure his mind is filled with implications about what the title could do for him if we were to be wed. 

“Cert-”

“No.” her uncle interjects. Her father looks furious, brother amused and her aunt; I hadn't even noticed her aunt was there with I assume her cousin. 

“What do you mean no? She's my daughter I suggest you-”

“No. Mr. Cresswell, what are you doing? You do not wish to seek out my niece for the case do you? If so, leave now.”

I blink at the tone. Of course he'd see through it; however he is technically wrong. 

“No sir, I can see why you'd think that but I truly wish to dance. Your daughter is captivating.” I would rather seek the end of the killer's knife than continue this conversation. 

“I shall dance with you Mr. Cresswell.” Audrey Rose seems inclined to inflict the same fate as me. Without listening to the rest of her family she walks towards the dance floor so I follow her. She hesitantly puts her arms on my shoulders and I put my own on her waist. I feel lighter than I have all evening; as though I've had many drinks of champagne and Mrs Harvey's tonic. I give her a genuine smile and feel her own tension release. 

“I'm glad you saved me. I've been dreadfully bored.” She greets me in such an improper and Audrey Rose way that I laugh.

“I'll always be the one to save you Wadsworth. I am your Dark Prince. Be sure to think about me and my heroic nature whenever you're alone.” 

“Please.” She begins as we start to sway, “I have more important things to consider than you.” She tries to be serious but it is not her strongest ability when talking to me. 

“You look beautiful, Audrey Rose.” She rolls her eyes at me despite her blush. “The dress is magnificent, compliments you perfectly, although completely unnecessary, I'm sure you are perfectly capable of rendering me speechless without a dress on at all.”

Her eyes widen at such scandalous words and her cheeks redden even more but her eyes dazzle with the promise of mischief. “You claim I render you speechless yet you still speak? Are you lying or just horribly bad at compliments? Or, you hate the dress but need to charm me nonetheless?”

“Wadsworth, darling, please, do you really think that little of me? I'm merely stating the obvious, it's what I do best. And I don't need to charm you when you are already infatuated with me. If I were you I would be. And as much as you truly render me speechless with your brilliant mind, I adore your body too, an added bonus, but I will always be able to tell you how astonishing you look.”

She focuses on my face, searching for something, perhaps a lie but she finds none and smiles at me, the sweetest little smile, and I debate placing a chaste kiss to her smiling red lips to also show her how honest I am right now but know that I cannot. Not yet. So I pinch her waist slightly and she lets out a tiny squeak and pinches me back. 

“It is a good job you are not me then isn't it?” She recovers perfectly and has the audacity to look smug at me. I press my hand to my chest and gawk at her. I'm losing the battle of wits, unsurprisingly, so I move the conversation along to try and turn it back in my favour.

“I've enjoyed the game tonight, our secret moments in this crowded room no one knows about. Each little glance at me gives my heart a rush. Makes it worth being at this blastidly boring event. I've missed you.”

We remain in comfortable silence, my last confessions washing over us both. 

“When does this get easier?” She whispers to me, her eyes finding mine, glassy as she contemplates what is running rampant in her mind. “I want to stay with you all night, but after this we must return to our lives, I go back to being judged for my curiosity and you will go back to the animatronic villain the world thinks you are. When does it get easier Thomas?” 

I keep us spinning, holding onto her waist and not ready to let her disappear. She's right. It's a horrible wait to be away from her and having to wear my armour everyday. It's even harder for her to try and have a career in science and not have someone by her side, completely by her side. There must be something we can do, I can do, to make our lives better. 

“Wadsworth, how much does your uncle hate me?” A plan begins to form in my head. One I've been debating for a while. Her eyes narrow knowing I have a plan but she must be so tired as she doesn’t bother asking what and says: 

“He doesn't hate you, at least I don’t think he does. He- he isn't a person who gives positive opinions on anyone. Even me. But no, I do not think he hates you, just Mr. Douglas. Oh but he doesn't like that you are working against us. For him no less.” 

“It's not ideal, I despise him, he doesn't care about the cases, but of the fame; it makes me near vomit whenever he speaks about the women- or any woman for that matter.”

She hums in agreement, her uncle must have told her all this. “Audrey Rose, if I were to quit would your uncle offer me an apprenticeship?”

“I think so but why?”

“There are more benefits in working with your uncle than that egotistical man. The main one being right in front of me.” The words leave my mouth before I consider the consequences. I feel her grip on my shoulders tighten slightly, her gaze fixed intently at my eyes, seeking something, and her body has stopped swaying to the music. I smile, hoping to convey the utmost truth in my words. She sees it and begins to sway again, looking away and trying to calm her heart. I attempt the same. 

“You could talk to my uncle tonight, I'm sure he'd much rather discuss the case or anything remotely close to work rather than listening to my aunt.”

“Would you want me to work alongside you Wadsworth because if not I can-”

Her head whips up to me and I cringe, I've said something wrong, I just assumed she wanted to see me. “Do not finish that sentence Thomas. Of course I want you to work with me and my uncle.” 

“My brilliance is desperately needed isn't it? I mean you cannot resist my charm.” I smile and her own graces her face and the mere sight of her happy because of me makes my heart want to burst. I'm almost certain it will. She quickly acts unimpressed and rolls her eyes at me.

“No, I'm merely the one saving you from that- that man before he rots the only decent part of your brain.” She smirks at me and it's my turn to roll my eyes. 

“If you are the one saving me, will you be like the heroes in the books, because I do recall that they always give their saved maidens a kiss once they are saved?” 

Her eyes widen and her cheeks turn a deep red as she hits my arm lightly. I take that as yes as I laugh at her. The song is ending, and we've already had two dances. I should take her back to her table, I should talk to her uncle. I should do anything but kiss her. But I want to. 

Thankfully she has more self control and leads us back to her table. I stand awkwardly until she rolls her eyes at me and pushes the chair next to her with her feet for me to sit. I scowl at her slightly before meeting the gazes of all the males in her life and I revisit my early thought to perhaps dance with the murderer instead. Her father orders one of the waiters to bring a glass of champagne but I'd rather smoke. Not that this is a place to do so. The silence drowns me as the glass is set in front of me. My hands find the base and I begin to mess with the glass. Now would not be the best time to bring up the case because Jonathan Wadsworth is glaring at me. His brother elbows him slightly and then looks at me with a plastered smile. Jonathan promptly leaves in search of food and I contemplate what would be worse. Trying to follow him or stay. I steal a glance at Audrey-Rose but she has a smile dancing on her face. 

“So Mr. Cresswell, my son has been telling me a bit about you, what is it you do again?” 

“I'm a scientist sir.” His face drops and I look at Audrey Rose. 

“Surely a man of your title would pursue something other than that?”

“Science isn't about titles sir, it's just the pursuit of knowledge. You must want to know how things work, how things are made. I enjoy learning about the body, the world and how it works.” He narrows his eyes slightly and I feel as though I'm on a tightrope; any wrong word and he will push me off. Mr. Wadsworth looks at his daughter for a second before returning his attention back to his son. Once again I steal a glance at Audrey Rose and hers in on her own glass. So her father dislikes her pursuit of science. So he dislikes me too. I try and hide my contemptment and so I tap the table trying to get her attention and she looks up at me and I give her a warm smile, just for her. Only ever for her. She returns the sentiment and all I want to do is envelop her in a hug and tell her it is okay to want to pursue science. 

We remain in silence, I wonder whether I should go back to my own table but I cannot seem to be able to. Jonathan Wadsworth returns, taking a seat beside me. He is silent for some time so I speak before I begin bouncing my leg up and down. 

“Would it be okay for me to attend your school sir?” I look at his face and it reveals nothing. 

“Yes,” I sigh in relief, perhaps if I show my abilities there he will offer me an apprenticeship. I hear Audrey Rose also sigh, but for a different reason. I assume she has had no luck in being able to attend, and all it took was me asking. “On one condition,” Jonathan interrupts my thoughts, “you must stop working for Mr. Douglas.” It's a fair condition, he cannot have someone learning his theories on the crime and have them report back to someone. I consider asking to allow Audrey Rose to join me as my own stipulation but don't want to push my luck. Yet. I will ask in the future.

“Of course.” Tomorrow I shall resign, then make sure I spend lunch with Audrey Rose and discuss helping her attend the school. Not that she needs help, but I'm sure just offering her my assistance and giving her the choice to use it will be beneficial to her.

I return back to my table, albeit very reluctantly, and give some information to Mr. Douglas. I choose to ignore the surprise on his face over the fact I have some, despite me having had it for over a week now. I choose to ignore the look he gives Audrey Rose too. That is until I follow his now frowning gaze to where she is storming out of the room. He goes to stand, as though he could ever help, so I wave a hand at him and casually walk out after her. I find her nearer the edge of the garden, hands running over her arms and tears threatening to spill. 

“Miss. Wadsworth, is everything okay?” Cautiously I stand just behind her, ready to leave her if she asks to be alone; but she lets out a joyless laugh and spins to look at me. 

“Perfect, Mr. Cresswell. I am a woman in this absurd society so I must not dare think about anything remotely masculine. I must not be able to pick who I love but have my father arrange it without informing me.” The words she spits at me bite worse than the cold seeping into my bones. 

“Audrey Ro-”

“Blackburn. He chose Blackburn. He was never nice to me to be my friend, but because of him and my fathers scheming. If he hadn't been he would not have been this nice to me. I know I am not exactly the nicest person and that my interests disgust society but it was nice to have a friend.” She whispers the last part as though it pains her too. It pains me to hear it.

“Am I not your friend Audrey Rose?” The attempt at a joke is abysmal and I curse in my head at how bad I am at interacting with people, especially those I love.

“You are but you're different, you, I don't need to try with you Thomas. I have to try with everyone but you.”  I dare a step towards her and her eyes meet mine. We needn't say a thing for us to understand each other. 

“Wadsworth, I find it easy with you too. More than I even understand. This world is cruel and I wish more than anything to make it better for you, for it to be better in general. I- my father long ago gave up trying to marry me off, deeming me worthless and unable to love, and I still cannot figure out which is worse.” My voice becomes hoarse as I take her gloved hand in mine. “You are worth more to society than they realise, so please keep fighting for your freedom. I will forever remain your friend if that is what you wish to happen, to help you figure this world out.” I'll be more than your friend if you wish that too. I fail to add. Her hand tightens on mine and I fail to breathe properly. 

“Thomas,” she breathes out, it caresses me slightly, her voice smooth and sure, “you are not unlovable, your father is a fool. An utter fool. I want you by my side always, I fear I couldn't do this without you.” Closer she comes, impossible so, and I fear I may have to think about anything menial so I do not kiss her and inevitably ruin this. “What if, what if it was more than friends though?” Her question is hesitant, and my heart stops dead. We may have kissed, may have flirted, but a part of me never considered she reciprocated my feelings. “I- I’m sorry.” She stammers, taking a step back, misjudging my silent shock. I wince and keep her hand in mine. Her own shock widens on her face and I speak before she can beat me to it. 

“Wadsworth I'd like that too.”

There is a second of silence as it sinks in. “You would?” 

“More than anything. I care deeply about you. I shall court you like a proper gentleman if that is what you wish” I return to how we stood seconds ago as she snorts at my statement. 

“You are anything but a gentleman Cresswell.” The smile returns on her face as we both laugh. “It may be my favourite thing about you.” I flash her a devilish smile. 

“I am fully aware, love, that you love the scandalousness of my words. Would you like to go back inside or return home, I am sure I can get us a carriage to share.”

“Us? Thomas you do not live with me.”

“Yet.” I add. She rolls her eyes but does not disagree. “It would be ungentlemanly to let you return home alone; and purly scandalous to be in close quarters with you.” I wink as she retreats from me to where the carriages are. 

“Very well, you may escort me home. From a distance.” She adds with narrowed eyes and I laugh at her implications but follow her nonetheless. I follow her into what seems like a new life, new hopes, ones I never thought possible. Her dress swishes around her, sweeping around her ankles at her light steps. The green gems twinkle against the lamplights, her hair cascading down her back, covering the slight cut of the dress, hiding her skin. Devastating. Utterly captivating. Her footsteps stop as she realizes I have not moved. She turns to face me, brows furrowed. I blink and brush away my thoughts to follow her. 

“Are you alright?” She asks, falling into step with me. 

“Yes of course, I get to leave with the most dazzling woman at the party.” 

We link arms, pay for a carriage and start to head towards Audrey Roses’ house. We sit across from each other, but the carriage is small, and I happen to have quite long legs that are deliberately stretched out to brush against hers. I catch her trying not to stare at me so I nudge her and slowly she looks at me. “I am still watching for that kiss, Wadsworth.”

She blinks and I raise my eyebrows at her new forming blush. She had not listened to what I said at all. “Wadsworth?” I ask and she hums a response shaking her head slightly. 

“Cresswell?”

“My kiss? I am still waiting for it.”

Her brows furrowed in confusion then her eyes widened as she processed the words. I lean forward, even as doubt pricks at my mind that she doesn't want to kiss me and will throw me out of the carriage if I move any closer to her. But she doesn't allow those thoughts to take over me completely as she leans in too and her lips meet mine. Warmth fills me, as we press closer together, my hand holds her knee and tightens as she deepens the kiss slightly. The kiss is gentle, soft and somehow better than the first one. The one before had been rushed, a kiss to convey how much we were thankful neither one of us was hurt. This kiss held promise, one I fully intended to keep. I hold my best friend closely for a second longer before I pull back, I search for any doubt in her eyes but find none. I only find adoration in her bright green eyes, her flushed cheeks and slightly bruised mouth. No regret. No hesitancy. So I press a small kiss on her lips and lean back so we can regain our composure before we leave the carriage. 

“I should save you from boring events more often if it means kissing you like that.” Her answering smile leads me to believe that she'd like that too. 

(i love writing dramatic Thomas)

i am working on the asks sent, i have plans and ideas for them so watch on in the next few weeks for them. i also have a feysand idea that i want to do

tages:  @fangirling-again (thank you for editing)  @city-of-fae  @the-hoofflepooff @padfoot-sirius-black @goatahoan @kittycat2187 @loveyatopluto @goddess-of-writing @yikesitsmaddie @lovecakeandmore @boredbookwormgirl

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I'm not really sure what video game you were talking about, but I read those articles about sworn brother/sisterhood in China anyways and they were so interesting. It was esp interesting to me how the article on sworn sisterhood had some focus on romantic/sexual relationships, whereas the sworn brother article mainly focused on political/economic relationships and status based relationships, including outside the sworn brotherhood. Anyways sorry for rattling on but I was wondering if you've been able to find anything that has more information about sworn brotherhoods as romantic like the article about the sworn sisters did. The whole thing reminds me very loosely of like the concept of blood brothers in the US that I'm familiar with, but also very different? Idk I definitely want to do some more reading about everything but thank you for the initial resources, this is a really interesting topic that i was pretty unaware of before :)

Hey the video game in question is Dynasty Warriors, a Japanese reinterpretation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. What I remember reading is that fans were making jokes that Liu Bei (often considered the “main” character of Romance of the Three Kingdoms) must have had stronger feelings for Guan Yu than just “brotherhood” because of how affected he was by his death. Then the more established fandom descended on them to explain how they were like real brothers and how their sworn brotherhood was essentially adoption so any romantic shipping of their sacred bond was akin to incest. Personally from reading it, their feelings for each other don’t read as romantic. However, the conditionality of sworn brotherhood even within the novel is really clear. Additionally, Liu Bei actually adopts a son and there is even a real succession question that arises from this so acting as if sworn kinship is an analogue and equivalent for adoption when adoption really did exist on its own (including in the novel here) is a bit simplistic.

Here is a lengthy source on “the penetrated male” in the Qing Dynasty. I would send a better looking copy link but I think you’d need institutional access for page numbers. If you ctrl+f for “a 1762 case from Hubei.” It doesn’t exactly go into the dynamics of sworn brotherhood here but this case is a quarrel between three sworn brothers and the whole affair is exposed to a magistrate who is most scandalized that one of the dudes (30) let another dude (24) top him which led to his ex (31) murdering the 24 year old in jealousy than he is about some notion of incest. Of note as well is that when the third moved in with them, he immediately swore brotherhood to them, perhaps to legitimize their living together and being so close all the time. (TW: there are implications from the 30 year-old that he was coerced into a nonconsensual relationship with the youngest even though he was in love with the oldest - the article also talks very deadpan and suddenly about other possible rape or sexual assault if you read more of it).

However, elsewhere, there are clear punishments of male-male sexual relations when they are incestuous. Another quote from the book that’s important to note (for the Qing dynasty anyway: “The consensual relationships found in legal cases often coincide with some form of resource-pooling, co-residence, and fictive kinship (sworn brotherhood, master/novice ties). Sexual bonding seems to play a partly functional role, as one element of multifaceted alliances in a world hostile to individuals on their own.”

Study of this field is also complicated by the fact that “sworn brother” is often conflated with the entire Chinese tradition of “fictive” kinship which will include apprenticeships; also English language translations often leave out the “sworn” part and just speak of brotherhood. The term 契兄弟 qì xiōngdì clearly refers to sworn brothers here with the addition of 契。 The author here, simplified the term by simply referring to it as “brothers” and described it as “bond brothers”  in the footnotes. Mandarin Wikipedia talks about the homosexuality of the term as well and especially how it basically evolved as shorthand slang for gay men in Fujian based on Shen Defu’s Ming Dynasty accounts(google translate is pretty wonky but you can get a gist). The association with homosexuality is so strong that here is a Baidu article explaining how qi xiongdi were originally  synonymous with  结拜兄弟 jiébài xiōngdì (just a different term for sworn brothers) but it turned homosexual. Below here’s an English language source recounting this a bit:

I’ll just link to the li/b/gen it’s easier, and I can’t find an alternative. Basically here the author explains how qi xiongdi were essentially like marriages in that families would support one another as if for a hetero marriage in full awareness that their kids were in a romantic/sexual relationship anyway.

It IS true that in some cases sworn brothers truly considered themselves as familial brothers and would even argue this in court; it’s equally true that courts would often throw this out. It’s a complicated subject lol, but clearly gay people have been using it as a cover as well for hundreds of years.

Unfortunately, it’s a hard subject to study. Many Chinese scholars, especially of male-male relations simply note that in ancient China having sex with men was not exactly frowned upon especially if it was relatively discreet, you were bisexual, and/or not “obviously” effeminate. This makes it difficult to find scandalized tales of gay men or a deep dive into the “true” nature of men who “knew each other completely,” were sworn brothers etc. simply because it wasn’t something of special note or importance in many cases, and in many cases, close friends would just have sex with each other while having a wife and kids. For most of Chinese history, policing women’s sexuality was much more the focus than policing men’s.

Also sorry if you wanted this answered privately. I’ll delete the ask and copy this via DM if you prefer.