#asexual tam song

[crippling-pages]

*raises hand* Asexual Tam Song, anyone?

[lava-cake-brainrot]

I propose something, Asexual Tam

[rayniscatstatue]

Tam is gay and Asexual

[the-final-knight]

Fun facts about tam. First off she is withholding a song til line of her yt community posts reaches 10 votes. And secondly she might be maybe she still isn’t sure yet asexual

Oh that's awesome! Ace people are rad

[saint-starflicker]

I forgot to tag my favorite merfolk media as requested in the original post.

Hrmm... I think I don't have a favorite merfolk book or movie, though?

I like some MerMay designs that are anthro-crustacean or anthro-jellyfish or whatever...or ones in which the merfolk are as large as humpback whales...

I like combining/confusing merfolk with sirens from Greek folklore and mythology, like that "they sing about cinnamon toast and then guess what your asexual pirate is dead" Tumblr heritage post.

My brain usually combines/confuses merfolk with selkies from Irish folklore and mythology. Thanks to Hans Christian Andersen, I mostly think of merfolk as "fairy wives" even though that specific fairy tale was told from her point of view so it should be labeled more a "human boyfriend" fairy tale. The Little Mermaid still reminds me of Melusine (a French fairy tale about a fairy woman named Melusine who was courted by and married a human man, and she had exactly one condition for their marriage that he refused to keep—that he never see her at the minute of noon. Of course he looks, and finds out that at noon exactly she becomes a giant serpent from the waist down. They basically divorce based on that, as I recall. She's merfolk-shaped.)

When the fairy wife's animal side is more aquatic, like a selkie or a swan fairy-wife, it's usually a more underhandedly-established cohabitation like the human "soon-to-be husband" stalked and watched and waited until these fairy women removed their seal-skin (selkies) or swan-skin (swan fairy-wives)—and then stole the skin of one of them to hide away at his cottage so that she can't join her sisters in fairyland anymore, instead she has to live with him and be human all the time. She has a baby with the human "husband", the baby grows up a little and explores their cottage, the toddler finds the skin and shows their mother this weird thing they found hidden away, and then the mother puts the skin back on and leaves the human family behind forever because she didn't even want to be here in the first place all those years ago. Now that she has her skin back she doesn't need to stay—she is outta here.

It's not a fairy tale that I love, not exactly, but versions of it does seem to keep popping up in European folklore so I'm thinking Hans Christian Andersen was subverting that: the aquatic fairy lady woos the human man, but they're from literally different realms so there's still all these mysterious conditions and rules.

The only gender-reversed version of this with a human woman and a shapeshifting fairy man that I know of is Tam Lin, who is not a mermaid. (I'm not forgetting the many variations of Beauty and the Beast, my brain puts those in a different filing cabinet in my mind.)

But otherwise, Ponyo or Song of the Sea ? In the latter, the human husband is not as big of a jerk as traditionally human husbands are to fairy wives.

what if I just. Matt/Peter/Jason triad mermaid au?

[fitzvackertheritzcracker]

I think Marella should be some label of aromantic and asexual and she flirts so much in order to deflect questions about why she's not dating anyone yet

[enbies-and-felonies]

ace dex. thoughts?

SO MANY THOUGHTS

(I normally hc him as aro-spec, so ace dex is a delightful vibe check that I ADORE)

~Dex is one of those aces that (when they’re all older) either makes or laughs at a lot of innuendo-ey humor, and most people are confused like, aren’t you ace?? but in reality it’s part of his coping mechanism bc he went such a long time thinking it was a bad thing that he didn’t experience sexual attraction that he tried to cover it up (no I’m not projecting at me from two years ago shhhh)

~at first he didn’t even realize he was ace, because he experienced such a strong aesthetic attraction to people (aesthetic attraction being ‘wow, i could LOOK so HARD at you’ like one might at a particularly vibrant sunset) (again, totally not projecting)

~because of his asexuality, it took him a long time to figure out his orientation. Did he like Sophie because he was romantically attracted to her, because he she was his first Best Friend and he craved that (tfw you are someones friend but you still somehow want to be MORE their friend, am i right) or because she was objectively pretty and he had that heteronormativity mindset??

~in the end he realizes he’s a gay oriented ace :)) 

~(when sophie comes out as aro-spec lesbian, they joke about how kissing each other made them both aspec and gay) (JUST GIVE ME WLW/MLM SOPHIE/DEX SOLIDARITY OKAY)

~a big part of Dex learning to accept himself was when Tam came out as sex-repulsed ace, and then Linh came out as ace too :)))

~after he came out to Biana (he came out to each of the keeper crew individually) she hugged him really hard and then they had a fun hang-out session where she painted his nails the ace pride colours

[gr00ver]

Tam Song from Keeper of the Lost Cities is AroAce (headcanon)

Request by @cawcaw-itachi

Art by Laura Hollingsworth

[lord-hunkyhair]

My one job in life has been fulfilled: to be the funny moot! Anyways… Most recent: @im-being-sarcastic

kindest moot: probably @be-gentle-with-littluns, but honestly all my moots are so nice it’s hard!

funniest moot: ngl @tam-song-the-shade

aesthetic moot: @daydreams-from-the-void

Therapy moot: @multifandom-asexual

Moots I want to meet irl: @multifandom-asexual @daydreams-from-the-void @be-gentle-with-littluns

moot I talk to a lot: @multifandom-asexual

moot i have the most in common with: @tam-song-the-shade

Hehe new tag game, let’s do this!

Answer the questions, and if you’re tagged in the answers, you can participate!!

First moot: @labaguetteisdabest

Most recent moot: @daydreams-from-the-void

Kindest moot: @swans-chirping-in-the-distance

Funniest moot: @loife1m

Most aesthetic moot: @fish-ofishial123

Most iconic moot (for anything- you can put why if you want): @aylin-hijabi (moon girl)

Moot that needs therapy: @your-local-multi-geek

Moot that you really want to meet IRL: @someonewhogotanaccount

Moot that you know IRL: @iam1withthepeggy

Moot with great music taste: @that-multi-fandom-hijabi

Moot you talk to a lot: @fuzzysoulyt

Moot you have the most in common with:@idrather-bereading

You can put multiple for the ones that need it ;)

[crippling-pages]

~mya's (new) intro post~

Hello there! My name is Mya! And this is my intro post! <3

Facts About Me:

Mya [] Girl [] She/her [] Minor [] 13-17 [] Aromantic Asexual (Aro/Ace) [] Arab [] Bookworm [] Writer [] Quotevain [] Swiftie [] OneRepublic Fan [] Pinterest Addict [] Tam Song Obsessed [] Tam Song x Biana Vacker is my life []

Fandoms:

Keeper of the Lost Cities [] LEGO: Ninjago [] LEGO Friends [] Percy Jackson [] Hooky (Webtoon/Book) [] Lockwood & Co. [] Shatter Me [] The False Prince/The Ascendance Trilogy [] The Land of Stories [] A Tale of Magic [] A Good Girl's Guide To Murder [] Five Survive [] Trolls [] The Reappearance of Rachel Price [] The Inheritance Games [] Fairy Tale Reform School [] Royal Academy Rebels [] Miraculous Ladybug [] Malibu Rescue [] Erin & Aaron [] Sonic the Hedgehog [] Richie Rich (2015) [] Ducktales (2017) [] and more! <3

Ships:

KOTLC: Tam and Biana {} Dex and Stina {} Sophie and Keefe {} Fitz and Dex {} Keefe and Fitz {} Linh and Marella {}

PJO/HoO: Percy and Annabeth {} Nico and Will {} Frank and Hazel {} Jason and Piper {} Leo and Calypso

Ninjago: Cole and Vania {} Nya and Jay {} Zane and Pixal {} Kai and Skylor {}

LEGO Friends: Mia and River {} Emma and Ethan {} Emma and Matthew {} Olivia and Jacob {} Mia and Martin {} Olly and Paisley {} Leo and Zac {} Zac and Sky {} Nova and Liann {}

Lockwood & Co.: Lucy and Lockwood {} George and Flo {}

Hooky: Dorian and Monica {} Dani and Nico {} Will and Damien {}

Miraculous Ladybug: Chat Noir and Marinette {} Ladybug and Chat Noir {} Marinette and Adrien {} Marinette and Luka {}

Sonic the Hedgehog: Silver and Blaze {} Sonic and Amy {} Amy and Shadow {} Knuckles and Rouge {}

FTRS/RAR: Gilly and Jax {} Heath and Devin {} Sasha and Logan {}

The Inheritance Games: Max and Xander {} Avery and Jameson {} Nash and Libby {}

Other: Pip and Ravi {} Bel and Ash {} Red and Arthur {} Conner and Bree {} Branch and Poppy {} Chote and Gina {} Tobias and Amarinda {}

Links:

-My Quotev Account

-My Ao3 Account

Some of My Fanfics:

"Hashtag Hilarious" - A KOTLC Human AU, with Tam and Keefe being besties and roommates; one day, Keefe convinces Tam to make a shared social media account together. Chaos follows.

"Lilies For Lilly" - A Ninjago fanfic in where it's the anniversary of Cole's mother's passing, and this time, he goes to drop off some Lillies.

"Don't Touch Me (Don't Talk To Me)" - A Trolls one-shot, in where Branch let's himself be rude to John Dory (A second part to this is called "Wet William" which is Bruce's turn).

"Random Hooky Stuff" - Just some Hooky content there's almost 0 out there. Drabbles, headcanons, incorrect quotes, ships, fluff, and angst. All of the above!

"Tiana One-Shots, Skits, Memes, And More!" - A Quotev book with a bunch of Tiana (Tam and Biana) related content is in, blessing the world with more Tiana.

"KOTLC Characters React And Have Fun!" - A Quotev fanfic in where the KOTLC crew react to human stuff and just have fun.

"5 Days {KOTLC Sleepover Fic}" - A KOTLC Sleepover Fic on Quotev, and this sleepover lasts all week. Drama appears, and fun memories are made.

Some Fanfics in The Drafts (or in my head)

KOTLC Human Coffee Shop AU ("Keepers of the Coffee")

KOTLC Rewrite

KOTLC Human Musician Mash Up Tour AU

KOTLC Road Trip AU

Ninjago Movie Secret Identity AU ("Two Faces Of the Same Life")

Ninjago Regular/Human Tea Shop AU

Ninjago Normal Life ("Cuckoo Crazy")

Hooky High School/College AU

Percy Jackson x KOTLC Crossover

Ninjago x KOTLC Crossover

Hooky Coffee Shop AU

KOTLC Hogwarts AU

KOTLC Song Twins Circus AU

Some Quotes:

"Because when I annoy, I annoy hard." -Tam Song, Nightfall.

"Look, I know I don't talk about it, but it happened to me before. Losing someone dear to me. I can't let that happen again." -Lockwood, to Lucy.

"Better question; are you a narc?" -Tiny Diamond

"I am the M.C... the Mighty Cole!"  -Cole, Rebooted

"I guess I'll just send some happy shadow thoughts into your head." -Tam Song, Flashback 

"-And dying to see Tam. My sister's a fan of silver bangs." -Fitz Vacker, Unlocked.

"Quick, quick Tell me something awful Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy" -I Hate It Here, Taylor Swift

"Kill him then claim my throne and my queen." -Dorian Wytte, to Monica. 

"I looked around in a blood-soaked gown And I saw something they can't take away 'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned Everything you lose is a step you take So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it You've got no reason to be afraid" -You're on Your Own, Kid, Taylor Swift

"Dude, save your daddy issues for another time." -Tam Song, Neverseen.

"Maybe not. But that doesn't mean you stop trying." - Tam Song, Legacy.

Side Blogs: @flasher-boi-endal @a-poet-yet-forced-finance-guy

DNI IF: Homophobic, racist, sexist, Trump fan, Israel supporter, etc etc. THIS IS A SFW BLOG! PLEASE RESPECT THAT!

That's about that! <3 Have a beautiful day or night! Mya out!

[song-tam]

it’s always tam song appreciation hours for me, he’s rly great. Could you spare any headcanons? would it be alright if I shared some of mine?

anon. my dear anon. i am so sorry this took so long to get to and if you end up seeing this please send me your headcanons

anyway you asked so here you go:

he has a silver charm bracelet and he wears it all the time

(the mf probably pretends that it was made from some of the metal from the registry pendant that he “melted down”)

tam absolutely rocks skirts (the entire keeper crew does obviously but him especially)

his favorite skirt is knee length and it’s plaid and it’s top tier

oh and?? he really loves ties? makes him feel super powerful

(also. sneaking a bit of kam in here. yknow that one look that ppl have with a loose tie and rolled up sleeves and disheveled hair? tam shows up like that one day and keefe is absolutely GONE)

he stans taylor swift and txt shh let me project onto him

SECRETLY A HOPELESS ROMANTIC I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL

is asexual or on the acespec no i will not be accepting criticism

this is something he and linh have in common probably but his favorite trope is found family

yknow since he never really had a proper family he always wished for friends he was that close to

he likes animals but also he’s kinda terrified of them? like he’s scared they’ll bite him or smth

he’s pretty close w linh’s cat princess purryfins though

he can sing fairly well depending on the song, but the wrong song means he’s absolutely tone deaf

anyway um. that’s all i have rn but send me an ask if you’d like more

[gay-otlc]

Keepers of the Chaos (Chapter 2)

Summary: Tam, Linh, Keefe, Biana, and Fitz are part of the tiny fandom for Keeper of the Chaos, and Tam and Linh's podcast convinces some of their other friends to watch it as well. The group finds themselves strangely invested in this show, where students at Tumblr High School who work together to write about an elf named Sophia, cause incomprehensible chaos, and fight their rival Pinterest High School.

Content warnings: Cursing, food, L*ura

Word count: 2005

Notes: Check out the beautiful theme song here!

(Read on AO3)

Sophie rolls her eyes as she opens the link her girlfriend sent her and puts in her earbuds. Biana has been incessantly pestering her to watch Keepers of the Chaos for so long that Sophie half wants to watch it just to shut her up, but she's always tired, or busy, and she doesn't really like watching new things. Still, Biana asked her very nicely to listen to this one podcast, and she looked very pretty when she asked, so Sophie's dumb omni ass couldn't refuse.

"Welcome to the Twins of the Chaos podcast," it begins after loading for an obnoxiously long time. The girl speaking has a pretty voice, Sophie has to admit- sweet and melodic and vaguely amused.

Maybe listening to this podcast won't be so bad if she can listen to that girl's voice the whole time.

But another person speaks, adding "Where some chaotic twins discuss our favorite show, Keepers of the Chaos," and his voice is not as pretty. She continues listening anyway, since Biana may or may not murder her if she stops.

The two voices- whose names are Linh and Tam, apparently- start talking about Keepers of the Chaos some more, giving Sophie a summary she's heard tons of times from Biana and Fitz- though the twins explain it slightly more coherently and with less... whatever the verbal equivalent of keyboard smashing is. Biana usually starts rambling about her favorite characters, like Lynn- not "Lynn the fandom mom," but the other Lynn- and Avery, or sometimes Nora and Darwin. Sophie doesn't understand any of those names and loses track of the conversation as soon as it involves too many unfamiliar names.

But Tam and Linh are making more sense, at least for the most part, until they start mentioning specific couples. The conversation gets again comprehensive soon enough, though, and Sophie does smile at the name "The Dark Duck."

By the end, when Tam says "half of them wearing sleeping masks with teal eyes painted on and the other half watching the chaos with mild amusement," Sophie is curious enough to be mildly intrigued. She listens to their outro music, and before she can regret it, types out a text message to Biana.

Sophie: fine

Sophie: ill watch it

Biana responds instantly with an array of heart emojis. Sophie blushes.

Biana: can i come over and watch with u?

Sophie: ok!

Sophie: moms making mallowmelt

Sophie: but u cant have any

Biana: >:(

Biana: hope u like being single then

Sophie: fine u can have some mallowmelt

Biana: yayyyy!

Biana: ily

Sophie: ilyt

Sophie: now lets watch ur stupid show

Biana: on my way!!!

Sophie smiles, shaking her head. She's a little annoyed, but fine, it sounds interesting enough from the podcast. And what else would she be doing? Studying? Having US history as an alternative would make even the most horrible of shows seem good. She stuffs her textbooks into her backpack and shoves some things out of the way so her room looks a bit neater before rushing downstairs. The mallowmelt smells good enough to make her mouth water.

"Mmm..." she sighs, barely taking time to let it cool off before taking a large bite. "That's so good. Thanks, Mom."

Edaline  smiles. "You're welcome. Just save some for your father and I."

"Fine, fine. I have to share with Biana, anyway." Sophie huffs and takes another bite. "She's coming over, is that alright? We're going to watch a show together."

"Sure, just make sure to get your homework done."

Sophie rolls her eyes. "Fine."

"And keep the door open!" Grady calls. Edaline laughs as Sophie's face flames.

"I'm going back to my room," she grumbles, taking a plate of mallowmelt with her and walking up the stairs. She manages not to trip over her own feet and drop the mallowmelt, thankfully, as she grabs her laptop and opens Netflix. Sighing, she searches for Keepers of the Chaos and clicks on the show that comes up before waiting for Biana to arrive.

The doorbell rings soon, and Sophie carefully sets down her laptop and her plate on her bed before rushing down the stairs. Panting slightly, she opens the door for her girlfriend. Biana's wearing a t-shirt with the Amsterdam flag on it. Sophie has no idea why. Maybe Biana likes the country? Her girlfriend is pretty weird. "Come on in," she says, realizing she's been staring. In her defense, Biana is pretty and Sophie is very omni.

"Ready to go watch Keepers of the Chaos?" Biana asks. She bounces on her toes slightly.

"Alright," says Sophie. "I set it up on my laptop in my room."

"Awesome! You'll love it."

Sophie follows Biana up the stairs and into her room. They sit on the bed together, Sophie leaning against the wall and Biana leaning against Sophie, and Biana presses play. Somber kazoos begin playing in the background as the theme song starts.

We're on the edge of chaos

No one is straight

We're making fanart

Because L*ura we hate

And we're gonna have teal eyes in the end!

We must be weird, and we must be gay

(We must be gay!)

We will find every bit of sanity that we have

And give it all to Lynn

Ohhhh

We must be gay!

Biana dances a little along with the song, and Sophie can't help but smile. A curvy, round-faced person with short dark hair and colorful earrings plays a few notes on the piano, and then a KEEPERS OF THE CHAOS logo flashes across the screen. Then, a group of students sit in a classroom.

"Shai! Tater! Lynn! You three finally got together?" says the same person who just played piano, gesturing to a redhaed wearing a Sappho lesbian flag cape. She's holding the fingerless-gloved hand of a lanky person with brightly colored hair, and they're holding hands with a tall girl who has chin length brown hair. The rest of the class applauds the fiancees before returning to their own conversations.

"Yep! Thanks, Ink," says Tater.

Ink smiles at them and turns to a person with light brown skin and golden hoop earrings partially covered by long dark hair. "Hi, Kiri, how was your break?"

"Good! Here's to a good 2021?" Kiri turns to the person next to them. "How about you, Ref?"

Ref has short brown hair and red glasses. "Yeah, my break was dOPE," she says, leaving everyone to wonder how he did that with their voice. "oH, and happy belated Hanukkah to Shai!"

"Thanks, you too. And guess what! I didn't set my hair on fire this year!"

A short guy with strawberry blonde hair looks concerned. "Um. Congratulations?"

"Thanks, Sam!"

Sophie looks away from the screen and at Biana. "There are a lot of characters..." she mutters.

"Yeah, but you get to know them well enough eventually," says Biana. "Now shh, let's keep watching!"

A lot of other characters are introduced in various conversations, and Sophie's brain has a hard time keeping track of them all. She does remember Tara, a curvy, bored-looking girl with long sideswept bangs, and Blue, a bisexual who may or may not be an arsonist. She doesn't know either of their personalities very well yet, but she likes them so far. Lucat, a pale, blue haired asexual, who later joins the Hanukkah conversation, also seems cool.

Once quite a bit of introductions are done- Sophie lost count at around twenty something- are over, an announcement comes over the school's loudspeakers.

"Welcome back, Tumblr High School!" announces a voice. "I hope you all had a good break. Now, the Tumblr staff have an important announcement for you all. High schools in this county, like ours, Pinterest High School, and Instagram High School, will be holding a competition. All members of the winning team will receive a scholarship to AO3 college. If you are interested, meet in room 69 after school. Now, onto other announcements..."

Somber kazoos play again as the principal's droning voice fades into the background. A montage of the previously introduced characters wishing they could go to AO3 college moves across the screen. After a few minutes of them zooming through school and talking about how fucking boring it is, all of them gather in the room (some of them with more jokes than others) to discuss the competition.

A blonde woman welcomes them into the room. They wait a while to make sure no one else will arrive, but once everyone is there, the woman clears her throat. "Hello, everyone! I'm glad you're interested in joining the competition. My name is Shannon Messenger, and I'm in charge of admissions at AO3 College. My coworker L*ura and I designed this competition."

Sophie gasps and looks at Biana. "L*ura? But isn't that the person they hate? They said that in the intro!" Biana smiles at her, and she blushes as she realizes that she's kind of... maybe... invested in the show now. She decides she'll endure the "I told you so"s later and looks back at the show, trying to telepathically tell the characters not to trust this L*ura person... and perhaps not Shannon either. It's too early to tell whether Shannon will be an antagonist or not.

"All of you will be working as a team to write a story together. The main premise is that a twelve year old girl named Sophia is a telepath, but she can't tell anyone her secret. Then, she meets a teal-eyed boy named Finn, and he tells her that she's an elf. She travels back to the elf world with him, where she struggles a bit at the elf school Firefox, makes friends with some other elves, learns that she is an illegal creation of a rebel group called the Dark Duck, and another rebel group- the Rarelynoticed- tries to kidnap and kill Sophia and her friend Deck. There are other details to be included into the story, which will be given out to the participants as a packet. The object of this competition is not to determine your ability at coming up with story ideas, but your ability to work in groups and execute well developed ideas. Does anyone have any questions?"

Someone raises their hand- a short, tanned girl. "Lynn?" prompts the principal.

"Did you say the rebel group was named the Dark Duck?"

"And the Rarelynoticed?" adds another person, with rectangular glasses and a red bracelet.

"Raise your hand before speaking, Auran," scolds the principal. "But yes, those are the names."

"Alright then," Auran mutters.

"Unless anyone else has questions, we'll be sending out sign up forms for everyone interested, and then we will distribute the information packets about your story. You can talk to each other and start planning."

No one else has questions, so once they've all filled out the sign up form, they gather in small groups and flip through the packets, making sarcastic comments or mocking names ("'Rarelynoticed' though-" a stylish hijabi named Raiin sighs as they come across a page of information about the group) as they try to form some semblance of a plan. Once they all agree that they've made a lot of progress, they make plans to meet up again soon and walk back home.

Unbeknownst  to them, a pair of ominous teal eyes watch from above.

Somber kazoos play once again, and the credits roll.

"So, what'd you think?" Biana asks as Sophie closes her laptop.

Rather inaudibly, Sophie mumbles "It was good."

"What was that?"

"It was good! I liked it!"

Biana grins. "I told you so." She leans over and kisses Sophie on the cheek. "Thanks for watching it. I have to go do some homework, awesome seeing you!" As she walks out, Sophie hears her singing under her breath. "We must be gay..."

[stardustanddaffodils]

[ID: A drawing of Tam Song from Keeper of the Lost Cities. One hand is in his hair and the other is at his side. He’s wearing a gray top and a purple skirt with white shoes, and there’s an asexual pride flag on the ground next to him. End ID.]

asexual tam perhaps? if you want? ly!!

dude your tam looks gnc af

taglist: @make-kotlc-gayer @cadence-talle @impostertamsong @enbies-and-felonies @catboyruy @an-absolute-travesty @duchessmb @xonar-verse @beautifuldaysahead @fanartofthelostcities @netnetnet135 @keefeinnit @bianavacker-is-bi-as-hell @cowboypossume @itstiger720 @dragonwinnie @tiergan-andrin-alenefar @imaramennoodle @theobliviouswhale @hyperlollypop @thesandsofdawn

[ao3feed-kotlc]

Unbroken

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3kqmUA3

by anD_nOw_tHe_wEaThEr (CryMeARiver3465)

"She’d manifested her hydrokinetic talent a year and a half before Tam had, at a horribly young age of eight, and ever since that moment, water had called to her. Not like fire called to Marella, like a hissing, angry voice that could be brushed off, but like a soft, sweet, lullaby, that begged to be leapt into, held onto, pulled around.

It wasn’t something you could just ignore. And Linh had to ignore it."

~~ AKA: Aro/Ace Linh Song Fight me.

Now with an updated ending!

Words: 7301, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Linh Song, Tam Song, Marella Redek, Biana Vacker, Quan Song, Mai Song, Sophie Foster (Keeper of the Lost Cities), Fitz Vacker, Maruca Chebota, Stina Heks, The Neverseen Members (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

Relationships: Linh Song & Quan Song, Linh Song & Tam Song, Marella Redek & Linh Song, Linh Song & Biana Vacker, Sophie Foster & Linh Song, Linh Song & Mai Song

Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, no ships, Hurt/Comfort, minor ships, Asexual Character, Aromantic, Linh Song Is Aro/Ace, fight me, water sings, water is really violent, Shannon Hale’s thoughts on water in Shannon Messenger’s world, hydrokinetics is huge, Tam Song Is a Good Bro, Sensory Overload, why isnt that a tag?, Linh gets Sensory Overloaded REALLY EASILY, Hurt, Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Mai Song’s A+ Parenting, Quan Song’s A+ Parenting, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Figuring Yourself Out, ANGST did I mention ANGST, Marella Redek is a good bro, the author is projecting, Im projecting onto Linh, I'm Not Ashamed, Asexuality, Linh Song Centric, Dialogue Heavy

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3kqmUA3

[leah-yasmin-writes]

Character Profile: Athena

Athena from The Circular Centuries

Excerpt

(Athena’s perspective)

Athena looked up from her file as she heard someone coming into her office. Zuri walked in, a big bright smile stretched across her face. So much emotion in that girl’s face. Athena could never understand how a person could possibly be so expressive without feeling uncomfortably naked. To her it had always seemed much, much too intimate to expose your deepest feelings to everyone around you. But what she thought about it did not matter. This was the human way. It would be in her best interest to acclimatize herself to it.

Basic Info

Name: Athena

Age: 321

Ethnicity: Vaeltaja

Gender: Woman 

Sexual Orientation: Heteroromantic Asexual

Home Planet: Vaeltaja

Occupation: Leader of an IAPP team

Current Home: Constantly moving around for missions

Plot Info

Situation: Leading a team that's trying to take down powerful rulers and organizations that cause suffering throughout the universe. She's also trying to stop the Woman, a dictator who tried to drive Athena's species to extinction, from hurting anyone else, especially her brother, Michael. As well, she’s forced to confront her desire for friendship and emotional intimacy that she has tried to deny because of the repressive culture she comes from

Motivation: Wants to reduce systemic suffering around the universe, wants to keep the people she loves safe, wants to figure out how to move past her toxic childhood

Personality and Qualities

Greatest Strengths: Competent, meticulous, organized, intelligent, compassionate

Biggest Issues: Represses emotions, conformist, obsessive, snobby, socially awkward

Greatest Fear: That the people on her team will die because of her negligence or lack of preparation, that she will leave the universe worse than she found it and that she will be a disappointment

Talents/Skills: Very precise telekinesis, incredible memory, mental manipulation, leadership, problem-solving

Family

Brother: Michael

Brother (estranged): Set

Sister-in-Law: Ava Lorien

Friends

Mentor: Lyloken

Childhood friend: Teio

Close friend: Tess Lorien

Close friend: Isaiah Williams

Close friend: Zuri Williams

Honorary nephew: Andy Williams

Interests and Lifestyle

Finances: Comfortable 

Education: Vaeltaja boarding school and then studying under Lyloken

Religion: Raleumi (the dominant religion of the Vaeltaja)

Interests/Hobbies: Her job, doing paperwork, reading, solving logic puzzles, cooking (but she's bad at it)

Appearance

Height: 5'10

Body Type: Slim and muscular

Skin Tone: Medium brown

Eye Colour: Dark brown

Hair Colour: Black

Facial Features: Strong and somewhat androgynous features, intense eyes, straight nose, very symmetrical face, wavy hair (2a) that is always very intricately braided (i.e. braids made of interwoven braids like some medieval elven warrior)

Style: Close fitting clothes made of soft, flexible materials that cover every inch of her skin except her face, with the aim of being conservative but practical for her job

Songs

Titanium - Sia

Because of You - Kelly Clarkson 

Trying My Best - Anson Seabra

Touch - Sleeping at Last

I Was Here - Beyonce

Taglist: @aelenko​ @bleedingccity​ @mudtomagic​ @adaparkwrites​ @thescatteredscribbles​ @magic-is-something-we-create​ @medusaswrites​ @tams-writeblr​

[voidvibes-selfship-dead]

because a show has filled me with extreme fury by insinuating that polyam people cannot be married and still be polyam and also because ive been thinking about the girls (™️), i present to you headcanons for if we proposed and also gender and sexuality headcanons and maybe nuerodivergent projection! we’ll see!

alright, so starting off with the gender-sexuality-neurodivergence headcanons,

Ell has ADD. she gives off the vibes. art is her hyperfixation and she has a couple different fidget toys on her desk! there’s a green and white tangle that she got while in her freshman year of college, a black fidget cube that she stole from me, there’s one of those pop-it things thats like reusable bubble wrap and it’s purple because Matilda gave it to her, a stress ball shaped like a can of cola she found in a store one day and thought it was cool, and, while it’s not exactly a conventional one, Tam made Ell a makeshift guitar out of a tissue box and rubberbands that Ell messes around with when she looks for inspiration. Ell is a cis woman who uses she/her pronouns. She is also demisexual and is questioning her other label (she previously used panromantic, but she’s not quite sure anymore).

Matilda is a trans woman who is testing out pronouns right now! glim knows she likes she/her pronouns, but glim is also trying out glim/glimself pronouns too! glim has sensory issues relating to sound and touch. glim listens to a lot of classical music (she really likes Tchaikovsky, Schubert, and Chopin!) and she has noise-canceling headphones that she uses when glim goes out or when Tammy is playing something louder than normal. Tilda does enjoy listening to Tam play when its a quieter song, though. her favorite texture is her hoodie (glim has a very specific way of washing it and enjoys washing our hoodies too), and her least favorite is chalk. glim is a very out and proud pansexual (glim had me embroider her flags onto her hoodie sleeve no joke).

Tamara is the nuerotypical of the group and takes no shit that anyone has to give about us. they make it a priority to watch out for us (meltdown signs, sensory overloads, rsd, not sleeping, etc) and sometimes she overworks herself with it, so we watch out for her too. Tammy is a newly discovered demigirl who uses she/they pronouns. they aren’t extremely confident in her gender just yet, but we hype them up about it quite a bit. they are asexual and polyromantic (in the way that she is attracted to anyone but men), and she and i have matching ace rings (we went out and bought them together <3)

and now engagement ideas!! note that this does not mean we are getting married, as most of us aren’t really sure how we stand on it (we just give off “marriedcule” [a term i just came up with! idk if this is a legitimate term, so like. don’t use it for other polyam people unless they state its okay] vibes)

alright so Tam would definitely propose first. they would probably either have it planned out for months in advance or got the rings from one of those machines where you stick a quarter in and get a random piece of jewelry. no in between.

if it is situation a, these would be the rings (all can be found on the zales website):

matilda’s

ell’s (sorry for the bad quality)

mine

if it were the second scenario, it would totally be random but i like to think it would be either these

or these

now since Tammy had proposed with rings, we all had to find something special to propose with, so

ell got everyone star charm bracelets with a personalized charm (all can be found on the James Avery website)

(“to the moon and back” is for tam, “the heart remembers” is for matilda, and “you are my sunshine” is for me)

matilda did earrings (tam’s and mine are from body candy, ell’s is from pandora)

(the two studs are for ell, the skeleton heart is for tam [helix piercing], and the cog bar is for me [s/i has an industrial piercing])

and i did necklaces (again, from James Avery)

(pendants are their corresponding colors)

now im getting kinda tired so im going to stop here, but feel free to send in asks about this!!