#bc I don’t like killing either one unless it’s guaranteed they come back or ones immortal

[psychoticwillgraham]

oh FUCK yeah I can’t wait to work on this

[mieczyhale]

#most of the horny community doesn’t believe he exists. the ones that do call him the slutty soldier #he’s credited for over 1000 orgasms in the last 50 years. he’s a ghost story

saw these tags and o h. oh boy. 

the following is under a read more bc it’s rambling thoughts regarding hydra’s “use” of bucky sexually. i don’t think it gets too bad but better safe than sorry

remember how it was assumed, and then basically confirmed in tfatws, that killing wasn’t the only thing hydra made bucky do?? that they used and abused him sexually too? 

maybe he was just for their scientists and henchmen. maybe it was only hydra higher ups who were supposed to use him however they wanted. maybe he was for anyone working in or with hydra. maybe he was for anyone working with or in hydra but they certainly weren’t above lending him out to those willing to pay enough - those who were guaranteed to keep their mouths shut. 

how would the name slutty soldier circulate in the first place, let alone become a name used by those who supposedly don’t believe in him, unless there were people still alive who had stories?? or people who had had the stories passed onto them?? how would even a general number of orgasms be credited to one specific person unless keeping track was important for some reason. a lot of hydra’s files are digital or mental but the slutty soldier goes back far enough in history that there are decades of paper files somewhere. there are people who brutalized him in every way so thoroughly and were so pleased with themselves about it that they couldn’t help but write about it. in their journals. in detail. in their scientific notes. with pictures. because its totally scientific to document how a tortured brainwashed puppet acts in bed (or wherever is available) when he doesn’t know what’s happening most people involved would know better, wouldn’t risk it, but at least one person would have had to slip up badly somewhere, gotten careless ( because what were the chances that hydra would fall right??) for any of this information to be available to anyone opposed to hydra. people in s.h.i.e.l.d or whatever aren’t pulling the number 1000 out of their asses, not even as a ballpark guess. it sounds absolutely batshit

it sounds absolutely evil

especially when you come across that information right after getting through the files on how they created the soldier in the first place

1000 orgasms in 50 years (1000 credited. not even gonna think about uncredited except that its too late and i am and i hate everything) that’s like.. 20 a year which, consensually, isn’t that many without consent, however.. 

and god there is literally no consent involved AT ALL in ANYTHING that happens to bucky from the moment he fell off the train, all the way until after the helicarrier fight. his first decision, the first thing he chooses in over 70 years, is saving steve. and then walking away. aside from that he gets... what?? what level of humanity or choice has he been allotted since the first time zola strapped him to a table?? moments of confusion?? of vague thoughts and images that remain untouched because if he touches them they hurt, if he asks about them he gets hurt, and either way he’ll be back in the chair soon?? 

the people who have heard about the slutty soldier of hydra but don’t have a certain clearance level think its funny, a joke (the people who do have the clearance and do know still often think of it like a joke. sure there’s proof but there’s no way anything happened to him sexually. he’s a guy. he was their weapon. whatever. and if it did happen?? well he worked for them. what did he expect?? maybe he deserves everything that happened, he did kill all those people-) (they sure do sound like a lot of anti-bucky mcu fans huh)

the victim blaming the shame everyone finding out that on some level the ghost story is true, even if they dont have access to all the horrible details  the ones that do have access laughing, making jokes. or avoiding bucky as much as possible out of embarrassment for him, or disgust at him. maybe some who do so because they can’t even begin to imagine how he feels but staring at him can’t possibly do anything positive for the guy and he’s been through enough

my brain literally won’t let me focus on this anymore (my brother in christ YOU were the one who brought this uP- ) so im gonna go nap or something. maybe read about rainbows and puppies or that super soldier couple from brooklyn who only ever deserved good things

[cosmicmoved]

FORMAL INTRODUCTION FOR KITAHARA KOJIRO

hi, for some bizarre reason unbeknownst to even me, this muse has been like half a year in the making (actually, it’s been 5 months but that’s close enough for to still feel shame), but he’s finally here. the ““ evil ”” witch oc! witch man who does murders! whatever you want to know him as! anyway, from now on you just know him as kojiro or koj bc that’s his name <3 please look under the read more link for more info! (WARNING: the following will touch on darker themes like death, murder and, to a lesser extent, abuse. this is a heavy character so please keep that in mind if you ever wish to interact!)

BASIC FACTS

firstly, this oc is mostly connected to tsukidate sho, my witch detective oc. the connection mostly lies in the fact they’re both witches who interact with crime/murder in some capacity but their families are also close.

his name is kitahara kojiro ( 北原浩二郎 ), known as either kojiro or koji by those around him. i haven’t decided his exact birthday yet but he was born in 1990 and is approx. 31 years old. (i understand this is ‘older’ by tumblr rp standards but, by normal people standards, early 30s is still relatively young so basically, if u make old ppl jokes, i will bite u)

technically speaking, kitahara is his father’s surname but he never really knew his father and was raised by a single mother. however, his mother made the choice of raising him with his father’s name in an attempt to distance the pair from her own family. i’ll explain why that is the case in the backstory section of this post.

kojiro is a witch. he’s not involved in any broader witching community nor does his being a witch have much bearing on his professional life but he is a talented witch, despite being trained only by his mother. what he DOES use his magic for, however, is to cause a lot of problems.

oh yeah, he’s also cursed. and he kills people. because he’s cursed. again, i’ll explain this in more detail further in the post but it’s kind of an important fact. he was cursed to die at twenty years old and he’s still alive eleven years later because the only way to hold off death is to kill other people <3 omg that’s awkward

in his normal everyday life, kojiro works as a cake decorator and does photography on the side too. he’s a creative person and tbh he developed a lot of stupid hobbies in his teens, thanks to the belief he was gonna die by the end of them, so he ended up making a living out of what he liked. he also didn’t go to uni because he didn’t see the point because, again, he thought he’d be dead by 20 and then, when he wasn’t, he stopped caring.

it’s also important to note that he, uh, doesn’t give off murderer vibes at all. he’s friendly and sociable (and not in the ‘this guy’s definitely a weirdo’ way). 

i kept calling him ‘evil witch oc’ while i was working on him but, as i’ve said before, i think that’s actually a little too simple and i wouldn’t actually call him evil. he’s NOT a good person but i don’t think evil is the right word for him either. he doesn’t believe he’s a good person either but he’s learned to justify his own actions as a means of survival. kojiro doesn’t enjoy killing people, he doesn’t take any pleasure from the act of murder, but he’s also relatively calm about it too. since he doesn’t have to do it on a super regular basis, he prefers to target shitty people and esp corrupt witches in positions of authority (not really in a self-righteous way, more just because they piss him off). he has specific personal reasons for this.

he has a pretty intense fear of death. you think he’d be over it, having spent his whole life knowing he was meant to die early, but the ability to push his death back sort of flipped some switch in his head and, over the years, he went from quiet apprehension to paranoid obsession.

why is this muse 30 years old? firstly, because i want him to be. that would probably be enough but also his age actually IS important. the vibe i’m going for with this muse is, as i’ve said like once before, is what happens to the hero of the story after they complete their quest? what if that quest doesn’t go as planned? kojiro’s quest was to hunt down the demon associated with his curse. that’s his original ‘story’. what i want to explore here is the aftermath of that, what happens after the weight of the quest comes crashing down on the hero and they return to normal, everyday life where they’re forced to shoulder it as though it’s nothing. a decade after his initial story, he’s worn out. he’s not the same person he was at the start.

BACKSTORY

this isn’t going to be written in a super formal or tidy way because i honestly just can’t be bothered turning this into a proper piece of decent writing. this is only going to be in paragraph form because i don’t like putting backstories into bullet points unless it’s super brief.

kojiro was born in 1990 as the first (and only) child of his unmarried mother (as yet unnamed) when she was just nineteen years old. she was raised in a strict and traditional witching family so the fact that she’d had this child out of wedlock AND that the father wasn’t a witch didn’t exactly land well. regardless, they let her stay in the family home but it would soon turn out that the child was cursed. according to a member of tsukidate family (i.e; sho’s family who, as i said before, are on good terms with kojiro’s family and who are also knowledgeable in the realm of curses), the curse determined that the child would die on the day of his twentieth birthday unless he was able to kill the demon associated with the curse.

as if the judgement from her own family wasn’t enough, the curse brought with it a lot of stigma from the witching community and so his mother made the decision to leave home by herself when kojiro was a year old. all she could afford was a small, one bedroom apartment but, so long as she and her son had a roof over their heads, anything was good enough. kojiro would live a relatively normal life, going to school with other children his age and away from other witches, but his mother would teach him what she knew. although she wanted to him to live as easily as possible, she felt she had to prepare him for his inevitable encounter with the demon. kojiro grew up knowing about the curse too. there was no way to keep it a secret --- even if weren’t cruel to hide it from him, the curse had left a visible mark on him (still working out the details of what this looks like and where on his body it is but it basically looks like a tattoo to most people).

when kojiro turns eighteen, he decides he’s old enough to face this demon and claim control of his own life (maybe i’ll write this as an actual drabble / piece of writing one day bc i’m reeeally brushing over it here). it had been trapped by his family and forced to lie dormant until kojiro would arrive to take it down. what the demon reveals to him, however, changes everything. there is no cure to this curse, the demon tells him, everything he was told is a lie. the curse, it turns out, has tied the demon to him and the only way to kill the demon is for kojiro to die along with it. the reveal is this: when kojiro born, they took him from his mother for a short time. i want to emphasise that her family are pretty shitty people because they decided this would be the perfect opportunity both to punish her and to solve a very specific problem -- getting rid of this demon. the same member of the tsukidate who ‘diagnosed’ the curse was the one who put it on kojiro. i’ll explain the actual curse and story behind it (and the demon) in more detail at a later date but the basic gist of it is that kojiro’s family lied to him and used him as a disposable means to an end. his mother, for the record, was entirely unaware of this. but what else does the demon tell him? although the curse cannot be lifted, it can be held off. this demon thrives off death and, through death, it can stay strong and continue to keep kojiro alive. if it grows weak and it is not sustained, kojiro will grow weak along with it and inevitably die. kojiro informs the demon that he will not kill anybody. that is out of the question.

a month before his twentieth birthday, kojiro kills a man. he had tried to forget about everything the demon had said, tried to forget that his own family had set him up for guaranteed destruction, but it hadn’t been easy. it had set him on edge and he’d become unstable. he’d fallen into a slump and his friends grew worried for him. yet, after a while, he came to accept it and tried to make peace with his life as it was. he put it to the back of his mind as best he could. but he’d discovered that the man his mother had been seeing over the past few years since he’d moved out to live on his own was abusive. so he killed him. everything the demon had told him risen to the surface and he’d asked himself does it matter if this guy dies instead of me? after all, kojiro was curious. he didn’t really want to die and he had wondered if the demon was telling the truth. to this day, kojiro doesn’t know what to believe but it’s much too late for all that now. he followed his mother’s boyfriend home and broke his neck in a dark alleyway. thanks to the magic he’d been taught growing up, he was able to ensure that nobody every traced him to the accident and, when the clock struck midnight on his twentieth birthday, kojiro broke down crying with relief.

he wasn’t dead. he still isn’t dead. he’d never wanted to die. over the years, the killing has gotten a lot easier. over the years, the answer to that question comes much quicker; if somebody has to die, why should it be me?

[alwayskaysanova]

To me legacies is a dumpster fire they never should have existed im not surprised they still disrespect and act as if bonnie doesn't exist unless its to save one of the other characters or her blood is used for some bs spell that hope ass can't do even though she's supposed to be this powerful character smh bonnie deserves better then that garbage show its a relieve that they didn't use her in their crappie spin off they used bonnie enough now everyone sees why kat doesn't want to come back as bonnie because they would power her down to be weaker then hope and the wannabe kai twins

exactly all of this! listen from the beginning bonnie was used for every single plot they wrote themselves into a hole for

her sole purpose was to either be screwed over by another character for the drama or save all the characters when everything else had failed

literally the one (1) plot that she was given that was explicitly about her e.g. discovering she was a witch, was stolen and used for the entirety of the remainder of the show

her grandmother dies? elena/bonnie drama. she has a witch cousin who could help her discover her powers? whoops no that witch works for katherine and is brought in purely for a plot twist then disappears. bonnie’s mother is back? nope that’s just to give her a weird relationship with her stepbrother bc the writers don’t want her with anyone else except nope again they’re actually gonna kill abby and completely forget about jamie to the point they don’t even bother to write him off with an explanation as another plot twist and also for bonnie/elena drama

actually introduce her dad as a character, kill him off almost immediately for the plot

bonnie’s the anchor so she can save everyone. bonnie is jeremy’s love interest until anna comes along then whoops lets have him cheat but kill anna off anyway and have jeremy face practically zero consequences

bonnie sacrifices, bonnie dies, bonnie cries, bonnie bleeds, bonnie gets locked away, bonnie saves, bonnie gets forgotten, bonnie disappears, bonnie EXISTS but she doesn’t get to LIVE

SHE DIES TWICE AND BOTH TIMES ARE FROM OVERUSE OF MAGIC ffs

all her love interests are killed off over the course of the show and her ultimate happiness is TO GO BACK TO AFRICA WITH ENZO’S GHOST??? LIKE??? i mean come the fuck on...

like honestly look at this shit

ben? fakes interest to manipulate her, attempts to kill her, dies

jeremy? cheats, dies, ghost, alive, leaves

jamie? stepbrother, prom, leaves ??? who the fuck knows

luka? witch, dies

enzo? liked caroline first, dies, ghost, apparent forever love BUT HE’S STILL DEAD

and like her treatment isn’t even a show specific problem, the fandom is fucking disgraceful when it comes to bonnie and kat

i remember when the casting was announced and the absolute hate and viciousness that was directed towards kat bc she wasn’t white and ginger, she got hate from the minute she was associated with the show and it never stopped, you can probably still google the casting announcements and read through what she had to deal with and then to have that validated by how she was treated on the show is fucking awful

and i know that the only cast member that didn’t receive hate when they were announced was ian but there’s a whole other level of hate directed at kat than there is nina for not having blonde hair and we all know what that level of hate is about

i guarantee that if they had cast an actress that matched the description of book!bonnie then show!bonnie would’ve had completely different storylines and been treated in equal measure to elena and caroline instead of a magical get out of death free card

like we’re introduced to witches and as far as the show tells us from minute one it’s a line of very powerful poc until it comes to them revealing the most powerful witch and she happens to be esther who is white, ya’ll couldn’t sign post the racism clearer from those writers

it’s so frustrating bc the show has been gone for almost 4 years now and they’re STILL finding ways to disrespect bonnie

i just want it all to end so i no longer have to see them fuck up one of my favourite characters

[xserpx]

Battle Ground Thoughts

Major spoilers below.

The Good

I really enjoyed the last part of the fight with Ethniu. Hendrick's sacrifice was well done, and the Marcone reveal was fantastic. The action was really great, although it did get too much at times, especially the beginning of the fight with Ethniu where it’s more like reading a shonen manga, lots of huge ‘final’ attacks and mist clearing as they wait for the blood spray before someone pulls a trap card. Still pretty likeable.

Marcone as a Knight of the Blackened Denarius is intriguing. My one caveat is that I think it diminishes his post-Small Favor achievements quite a bit, knowing he had access to all that power. It makes sense, especially considering just how much Marcone was able to get done, but yeah, I liked this little twist. Marcone is probably the main reason I would keep reading the books, as things stand.

I like the fact Harry's finally been kicked off the White Council, as he should be. I'm not sure why this is controversial, though. He’s clearly broken several laws, and tbh I was kind of surprised they kept him on after becoming the Winter Knight, like... conflicted interests, much?

Drakul and the Blampires were cool. Wouldn't mind seeing them again.

The Bad

Justine's reveal, while interesting bc omg Outsiders infesting the characters we love, it also absolutely terrifies me in terms of what it actually means for Thomas/Justine both in the future and in the past. A future that might not even happen, now. And considering how long it's been since she was infected, it's entirely possible a lot of Justine's feelings have been manufactured as well. One of the things at the top of my Do Not Want list was Justine or the baby getting hurt, and now we’re here.

I'm severely disinterested in Harry/Lara. I have no idea where it's going, but it's boring at best. Maybe Jim Butcher has an idea for it that doesn’t result in me rolling my eyes, but I’m not feeling charitable today.

Ivy and Harry never got a proper conversation. Also why tf was Ivy dressed in a school uniform for that fight? Unless she's a sailor senshi or something, it just doesn't make sense. Plus she should be in her mid-late teens by now, ffs, not her early teens.

We're still drawing out the Starborn mystery? Ugh, ok.

Michael's cursing out the White Council for kicking Harry off the team... Completely OOC, sorry, I hated it. Michael is a great character because he doesn't swear as a matter of principle. If he had to start swearing, that was a bad hill to choose.

The way the morality of the White Council flip flops depending on Dresden's mood is getting annoying. At the meeting at the end, he says the Council is the biggest defender of humanity, and that he's clearly sitting at the monsters' table, but they're also supposed to be the enemy for treating him as such? Ebenezar and some of the Seniors are douchebags, for sure - especially Eb as it's personal - but Carlos and the rest are solid good guys trying to do their best. After everything that's happened, Harry shouldn't be so freaking bitter. He’s a monster now. Either own it, or make different choices. Also Carlos should’ve told him what Molly did to him. I hate that this hasn’t been addressed and that Carlos just looks like a suspicious bastard when he’s actually sustained life-changing injuries and trauma. Communication generally between Harry and the White Council needs to start happening like yesterday.

Butters needs to just go away, please. Give me a break from this shithead. He's had a few months of training and can keep up with literally everyone. He gets all these Crowning Moments of Awesome, but he never suffers for it, and at this point I'm genuinely wondering whether he'll ever suffer any consequences whatsoever. Also he constantly outshines Sanya, who is ostensibly better qualified, and the Sword of Hope should have been the stronger of the two in that last fight. I’m sick of hearing how great Butters is, and being expected to laugh at all his dumb, nerdy references.

Harry barely thinks about Thomas when he considers his recent losses. Sure Thomas is still alive, but barely, with no guarantees he'll survive or that he'll come back the same person. Harry should be grieving for him as much as he's grieving for Karrin at this point. I also wanted there to be more reason behind Thomas's actions, some sort of conspiracy within the White Court, but there wasn't. It's bad enough being anxious for Thomas, but being anxious for his whole goddamn family is just way too much, ffs.

The Ugly

I mean, I've told people: if I'd tried to imagine a worst case scenario for Karrin Murphy's death, it would have been better than the ending we got. It's worse than James Norrington dying at the hands of Bootstrap Bill. It's worse than Superman's dad dying while trying to save the dog. She shouldn't have died at all, period, but if she absolutely had to go, there is no fucking way in HELL that that was the best way for it to happen. Whether she comes back or not, there is no way to justify that scene. Gard saying she saved everyone by defending Dresden might be a satisfying Watsonian explanation for some, but of all the times, of all the places, of all the ways, and of all the people... JB picked the absolute worst possible combination. Absolute. Garbage. It's not that he can't write decent sacrifices. Hendrick's death was superb! So why the FUCK couldn't Murph get the same treatment? Why the FUCK was she killed off so FUCKING pointlessly? This isn't a real life story. This isn't some hyperrealistic, anyone can die, Game of Thrones type bullshit, where you can just kill off the second main character as shock value and have it be valuable to a bigger theme. This is the Dresden Files, a fucking series where all the women are Playboy models, and there's a middle-aged dweeby guy in sports goggles riding a skateboard and wielding a lightsaber and facing off with a Titan after just a few months of training, and having threesomes with bisexual women half his age, one of whom wears a fucking Avengers t-shirt to bed. It's a fanservice show. So it is not too much to ask for the main female character to be given the kind of death she actually deserves, let alone that she be allowed to live long enough to enjoy a relationship that's been so fantastically built up over 15+ books. (Query: was any of her family at her funeral? Audiobooks make searching hard, and I can’t find out if that was mentioned.) It's not unfair to hate the FUCK out of JB for pulling such a horrible, awful, LAZY move. I didn’t cry when it happened. I actually laughed quite a bit, maniacally, because it was that much of a train wreck. I'm not crying now, either. I'm just so, so tired. RIP Murph.

Granted, I haven't had to wait for a Dresden Files book like this before. Skin Game had a very neat ending, whereas this asks way, way, way more questions than it answers, which is probably more par for the course in this series? But now my two favourite characters are out of the field and may never come back, and I'm just so fucking tired and disappointed, and tired of being disappointed. I don't know whether it's worth staying invested in the vague hope Jim Butcher will start giving a shit about anyone other than Butters, but I can't see the next book being much good when Thomas and Karrin won't be there. When Karrin may never be there again. When I don't even know if the next book will show up, or if there'll be another hiatus resulting in a mediocre story.

I'm predicting that there'll be a Murph-centric short story in the near future that'll probably be a "gotcha!" to all the fans like me who fucking hate how BG turned out. Either it'll finish her off entirely or hint at a resurrection, which may or may not come. Either way, it won't justify her death. It won't make this better.

If I wasn’t as invested in Karrin, I’d like this book more. I can understand if people like it, and there are definitely some good things about it, but it’s hard to appreciate those bits when there’s such a massive pile of stinking shit sitting smack bang in the middle.

[neversatisfiedswitch]

Obey Me! Tickle Headcanons

I’m so obsessed with Obey Me! rn, and considering that’s where my brain is, I wrote some headcanons for all the brothers, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest.

Pls help, I’m blushing now from writing these, especially the teases. Why must these boys destroy me like this. ;0;

Also I almost posted this on my normal RP blog and I had a mini heart attack fkdsjkfl--

Lucifer

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: 110% Ler. He will wreck anyone who attempts to tickle him... except the main character, but only when he’s feeling generous.

As a ler:

This one could go under the lee category BUT I feel it’s necessary to put it at the top: You cannot and should not attempt to tickle him. He will W R E C K you

He probably finds out you’re ticklish while you’re not paying attention in class or something and he pokes you, and you jump, and he just smiles sweetly at you while his eyes say that you’re screwed and he just says gently “Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you.”

He’s the second-most powerful demon in the Devildom (second only to Diavolo) and he’ll absolutely use his strength to his advantage. He doesn’t even have to TRY to be able to pin you down, he can do it without any effort

Is the master of gentle, agonizing tickles, but being the oldest of his brothers he can definitely be rougher if he needs to, especially if the gentler touches don’t break you

Knows where and how to dig in with his fingers, and since he always wears silk gloves his fingers tickle even more on bare skin— but if you’re close enough with him he might nuzzle your neck or ear too, maybe even nibble if you’re comfortable with it

I imagine since he doesn’t really know how to be affectionate that he won’t tease you in a normal way, mostly just makes observations and noises like he’s studying you. And tells you that you should be regretting messing with him, which you probably will

“Hmm...” “This seems like a particularly ticklish spot.” “Sensitive there?” “What’s that? You’re sorry? Good. You should be.” “Begging so soon? But we’ve only just begun.”

His expression doesn’t even change either, just the same old concentrated look he gives assignments or problems while he’s tickling you to death

And if you irk him to the point that he goes into his demon form, YOU ARE D E A D because you better believe he’ll use all 4 of his wings to torment you along with his hands, and then you’ll be screwed

Depending on what caused him to tickle you, he may sit with you and hold you to be sure he didn’t accidentally kill you via tickles, or he might just tell you to think more about your actions next time and just walk away

Also just as another note: it is nigh-impossible to startle him. So if you go after him, 99.9% of the time you’re going to be the one laughing and dying, unless you get lucky

As a lee:

As previously stated, Lucifer is EXTREMELY difficult to sneak up on. No one has taken his picture while he’s asleep, and only one person has even seen him shirtless— he’s nigh-impossible to catch off-guard

So if you do, or if he decides to let you tickle him, you’ll have to distract him from holding his laughter back. He can really hold it in for a long time before he breaks

On the home screen he’ll sometimes say “Are you trying to tickle me? You’ll have to do a better job than that.” or the phrase in the picture above. This is what he’ll say if you try without warning. Every. Time.

He’s honestly not very ticklish, probably like a 5/10 on the sensitivity scale

Because no one ever sees him without his clothes, I feel like his torso is the most sensitive area. Mostly his ribs, sides, and back, though his waist is a good spot too

Once you get your fingers on him and he’s either too tired or too distracted to not hold his laughter back, he’s doomed— he can’t even beg for mercy (and won’t bc his pride won’t let him) bc he’s laughing so much

He’ll basically crumple to the floor and be a giggling laughing mess, but you have to follow him down or else he’ll turn on you

If you really want to drive him crazy, spider your fingers over his back. He’ll laugh so hard that his face will turn red immediately, and he’ll just... collapse onto the floor, completely helpless

His genuine laughter is soft and melodic, almost angelic— considering he’s a fallen angel, and considered the most beautiful in all of creation, it makes sense that it would be. It’s softer and lighter than his speaking voice and can certainly be contagious if he’s laughing hard enough

Don’t take pictures of his blush or take any videos of you tickling him. He will immediately gain his strength back and wreck you until you delete them, and probably wreck you further for good measure

As long as you don’t tease him too much, he’ll probably let you go and smile genuinely at you as you leave— but don’t tell anyone bc he WILL find out, and he WILL destroy you

Alternately, if you decide to stay with him, he’ll probably get you back immediately, though it won’t be as bad as if you didn’t manage to catch him off-guard

Mammon

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: Thinks he’s more of a Ler, but in reality he’s 80% Lee and 20% Ler. He’s too ticklish to really get anyone besides you.

As a ler:

He doesn’t ever need a reason to tickle you, he just wants to— maybe he wants a little money, maybe he needs a pencil, or maybe he’s just having a bad day, but he’ll tickle you bc he feels like it

You can also goad him into doing it pretty easily, he’s a hothead (but not a violent one) AND he’s perceptive so if he knows you’re trying to make him tickle you he’ll just do it

Finds out bc as the first demon you make a pact with, he probs sleeps in your room a lot (or you sleep in his room bc he asks you to), so he pokes you to make you wake up one morning and he recognizes that the noise you just made was a squeak, and by that point it’s all over for you

Despite how much more powerful he is than you, he likes to roughhouse— he’ll tackle you (gently and on carpet/a bed/a couch etc) and roll around with you before he pins you, but he’ll always be the one pinning you if he’s decided to tickle you

He’s a master at tickling— whatever gets you hysterical is whatever he does, whether it’s spidering, digging in, light touches, raspberries, biting, or using tools, he’ll drive you crazy

His favorite is definitely nibbling though— he’s a dork who loves being close to you even if you don’t romance him, so you can guarantee he’ll be nibbling somewhere, probably your neck or tummy

Also: TEASY A F BOIII— he will tease you so damn much the entire time and laugh along with you, and probably try to make you praise him

“Why’re you laughin’, eh? Somethin’ funny?” “Tickle tickle tickle, ya little nerd!” “What? You want me t’stop? Hmm, maybe if ya paid me... with giggles.” “You laughin’ at me, punk?! Guess I’ll have t’punish ya.” “Say ‘Mammon’s the greatest’! C’mooon, you can do it!”

He’s always grinning and making faces while he’s tickling you, because he’s a dork like that

His wings in his demon form are bony and batlike, but that won’t stop him from dragging the tips across your skin in an attempt to drive you up the wall

He’ll flop down next to you when he stops tickling you, probably still poking you and teasing you for a bit, but making sure he didn’t go overboard— and he’s always up for cuddles, so unless you ask him to leave he’ll cuddle you afterwards

As a lee:

It’s easy to tickle Mammon, you just poke him anywhere and he’s giggling

On the sensitivity scale he’s the most ticklish out of his brothers, a definite 12/10– he’s just that sensitive

You’re the only person he’ll give in to when it comes to tickles— he’ll give them and receive them from you without any fuss, but with anyone else he’s grouchy about it

If you’ve seen his demon form, and noticed the fact that the top part of his outfit doesn’t cover his torso, and you think he’s not ticklish there? Think again, his tummy, belly button, and hips are his worst spots

If you tell him he should cover up his torso if he doesn’t want anyone to tickle it he’ll just sputter in embarrassment

Once you’re tickling him, even lightly, he can’t take it— he’ll just drop to the floor shrieking and begging you to stop (but don’t bc he kind of likes the attention, though he won’t admit it)

If you get your finger in his belly button his laughter will go completely silent, and squeezing his hips will make him squeal

He cannot take what he dishes out— teasing makes him a blushing, sputtering mess, and all of his own tactics work against him, including (and ESPECIALLY) nibbling

His laughter is adorable and completely contagious, and higher-pitched than his speaking voice— he also snorts when he laughs, and if he realizes he snorted he gets flustered

If you take a picture of him he’ll threaten you to make you delete it, but he doesn’t really mind as long as you don’t show anyone else

Just like when he tickles you, he wants cuddles afterwards— and he might use that as an excuse to get you back when he’s not out of breath, but he’ll also just take cuddles either way

Leviathan

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: Totally a Lee, but if you challenge him on anything he’ll tickle the hell out of you. So like 90% Lee and 10% Ler.

As a ler:

He’ll only tickle you if you ask him to, if you did something to irritate him, or if you’re making him jealous because of something you have that he wants (or if you know more about something than he does)

He’s an otaku, so he’s probably already delved into the world of tickling bc of the tickle scenes you see in media, and he’s probably watched Mammon wreck you a few times so he guessed pretty quickly that you’re ticklish without being so hands-on himself

Not as powerful as Mammon or Lucifer, but still a demon nonetheless— and even tho he’s a shut-in and doesn’t get out much he’s still pretty good at pinning people down, though he might see the position you’re in and think it’s a little suggestive, maybe even blush bc he’s easily embarrassed

He approaches tickling like he approaches his games— dives right in, testing everything out, then goes full-on with whatever works the best, babbling excitedly all the while until you’re a screeching mess of laughter

He mostly just teases you by saying he’s better than you, but he doesn’t really mean it... also he makes video game/media/nerdy references a lot

“You can’t defeat the mighty Levi! Muahahaha!” “Playing games is fun, but it’s more fun to wreck you.~” “This is just like that scene I watched in this anime called—“ “You’re a lot squishier than my keyboard, but at least my fingers don’t hurt now!” “Get wrecked, nerd! Lololol”

He’s basically treating this like a game— that’s what tickling is to him anyway— and while he’ll definitely stop if you’re desperate enough, he’ll always ask if you give up before he quits, and then gloat that he won

And if he gets you in his demon form, there’s no escape— he’ll wrap you up in his tail and get you even worse, now that he has more room to work with

Usually offers you a snack or something when he stops tickling you, maybe suggests you lay on his bed and watch him game, or even lets you beat him in an easy game so you feel better— but he won’t admit he’s being soft toward you

As a lee:

He has a few tickle spots, but he only lets his guard down when he’s at home in his room— and once you get him started laughing, it’s hard for him to stop

He’s a solid 9/10, surpassed only by Mammon, and he’s different from the others in that he very much likes tickling— it just makes him blush a lot

He’s a sensitive baby, his sides, waist,  thighs, and armpits are all very sensitive, but his death spot is his tummy

Doesn’t beg for you to stop, but will deny that he enjoys it or that he’s even laughing— the fact that he doesn’t fight back doesn’t help him any... it’s clear he enjoys it bc when you rub his character model during certain interactions in the game, he giggles, and it gives the most amount of intimacy and a large amount of hearts (as seen in the image above)

If you use the “claw” tactic on his tummy he goes ballistic, shrieking like he’s dying, and his face will turn bright red while he tries to cover his cheeks with his hands

He hates being teased, and will always tell you to shut up, and that you’re lying, but if you’re silent he begs you to say something

He has an adorable, sweet little laugh, and his giggles are angelic— it makes anyone feel better to tickle him, but he hates his laugh and will threaten you if you compliment it

He’ll blush himself to death if you try and take a picture of him, he’d really rather you didn’t but as long as you keep it to yourself he’ll let you keep it on your phone

Gets clingy after tickles and will crawl over to put his head in your lap and ask you to pet his hair, then asks if you’d want to watch something or read a manga together

Satan

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: Ler, full stop. Thinks of tickling as bonding and likes doing it more than having it done to him.

As a ler:

As seen when he and his brothers attempt to get Belphegor to crack a smile, he’s very sneaky and knows how to creep up behind someone to grab them

He’s very mischievous when it comes to tickling, he’s the Avatar of Wrath so making someone smile rather than making them mad is new to him and he enjoys it more than anything else

Probably found out bc you offered to help him fix his books, and so you were on a ladder reaching up and your shirt pulled up and he poked at your exposed side, nearly making you drop the book on his head, to which he only said “Oops.” and gave you a grin that said you were done for

Relies on the element of surprise to pin you rather than just strength, though as someone born of Lucifer he’s not weak at all and he can really hold you down if he needs to

He’s slow and methodical, testing out every spot to see what gets you laughing the most, then starts from your least ticklish spot and works his way up to the most ticklish

Being a book lover he has to write occasionally too, so he has all kinds of writing utensils around that he uses to tickle you with— quills, pens, pencils, calligraphy brushes, etc

Mostly just laughs along with you, but if he’s using something to write on you with he’ll tell you to be still and tease you about messing up his writing, though mostly he just teases about your sensitivity— and he may even use you as a book holder, tickling you and scolding you if you move the book too much

“Stop squirming, you’ll mess up the ink.” “This is illegible... Oh, well, looks like I’ll have to start over.” “Your laugh is adorable, you should do it more often.” “Oh, was that a bad spot? I’ll have to file that away for later use.” “Your laughter is distracting me from my book. Tone it down or I’ll really give you something to laugh about.”

He’ll smile fondly while he’s tickling you— he can’t help it, seeing that he makes someone else happy and laugh is so refreshing for him

Two bad things about his demon form: first, his tail is long enough to snake around you and the scaly feeling of it would drive anyone up the wall, and second, he wears a feather boa that he most definitely would use to wreck someone with, or even tie their wrists or ankles together

Will help you sit up, rub your back and run his hand through your hair once he’s stopped tickling you, and will let you lean against him while he reads to you so you can calm down

As a lee:

Satan has to be in the right mood to laugh— trying to tickle him when he’s mad will upset him, but if he’s in a good mood he’ll let you do it

He’s about a 6/10 on the sensitivity scale, since he’s not deathly ticklish it’s more of a bonding experience for him than anything else

His neck, ears, and armpits are his worst spots, which is ironic considering the feather boa he wears has to be sitting a certain way so he won’t tickle himself accidentally

Will squirm minimally, doesn’t want to knock you off and hurt you, and enjoys the contact though he wishes it wasn’t tickling that you chose as your method to get close to him

If you get your fingers in his armpits he’ll cackle himself silly, and brushing feathers against his neck will make him blush so badly that it spreads across his body

Covers his face as much as possible when he’s being teased, scrunches up his shoulders and giggles out half-hearted pleas for you to stop, and sometimes threats that you can’t take seriously due to his laughter

His laugh is deep and soothing, even when he’s hysterical, and it can instantly relieve the stress of whoever’s tickling him

He’ll allow you to take a picture of him blushing, but only if you don’t tell anyone why, and you let him compose himself a little first

Will lean against you like a cat, reading to calm himself down, and tell you exactly when he’s going to get you next— sometimes it’ll be right after you’ve finished tickling the hell out of him

Asmodeus

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: Ler all the way, except for you— because you tickling him means you’ll touch him.

As a ler:

Despite loving to touch you and being the Avatar of Lust, he’s respectful of boundaries, and won’t tickle you the first time until you ask him to or let him know it’s okay

After that it’s clear he loves making you laugh, though he’ll only do it when he knows you need it as opposed to pouncing on you out of nowhere

Found out bc during a cuddle session he stuck his hand slightly up your shirt and you started twitching, and he immediately thought you were uncomfortable— but then he saw the little upturn of your lips and figured it out immediately

Also knows tickling could turn into more, but when he knows you just want it to be fun he refrains from being too terribly suggestive

He’s small and quiet so he can totally sneak up on anyone and jump on their back, or pounce on them when they least expect it, but will always warn you before he does that so you’re not startled

Depending on what mood you’re in he’s either gentle and sweet or rough and merciless, though he can’t resist digging into your worst spots when he finds them

His teases are compliments— he wants you to feel good about yourself, to admit your best qualities, and he takes the opportunity to tickle the positivity out of you

“I’ll stop tickling if you say you’re cute.” “Come on now, say something you’re good at, or I can stay at this spot allll day.” “Stop bringing yourself down or I’ll go for your worst spot.” “You have ten seconds to say you’re beautiful or I’ll tickle you for ten minutes.” “You’re practically glowing today— did you do something different? Don’t lie to me, I’ll knoooow!~”

He’ll giggle and smile brightly  while he’s tickling you, and often he’ll hum and make up his own little songs to sing to tease you

He can’t really get you with his wings in his demon form bc they’re too short, but that form does make him a lot more cuddly so he’ll tickle-cuddle the hell out of you if he catches you in that form

Will pull you into his lap and rub your back, ask if you’re okay, and hum softly to calm you down— maybe even give you a massage if you need it

As a lee:

Considering how much Asmo likes it when you touch him, he’s basically down for you to tickle him anytime

He’s about a 4/10 on the sensitivity scale— the least ticklish out of his brothers, but he does have a tickle spot

His palms and knees— front and back— are sensitive, but not enough to make him really laugh, his one bad tickle spot is his feet and they’re sensitive enough to make up for his lack of sensitivity everywhere else

Still tries to seem dainty despite the fact that he’s falling apart while you’re tickling him— he might kick a little and shove at you, but he’s honestly just happy you’re touching him

Going after his toes makes him shriek, and he may start begging for mercy if you go after them too long, though unless he’s crying from laughter he won’t actually want you to stop

He can handle teases better than anyone else, mostly because he’s honestly self-absorbed and anything you say to him comes out as a compliment— so teasing does nothing to him

His laugh is sweet, soft, and rather delicate, like him, and his giggles are extremely contagious— he says he likes his laugh quite a lot

If you want to take a picture, he has to be sure his hair is perfect first— but even if he’s blushing, he never minds when pictures are taken of him, and even if you tell others you were tickling him, he won’t mind

He has to freshen himself up after being tickled, but once he’s done that, he curls up against your side and tells you he loves laughing with you, then goes back to cuddling with you like he was before

Beelzebub

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: Equal switch— he loves tickling, and usually enjoys being tickled, depending on who’s doing it.

As a ler:

Won’t hesitate to just throw you over his shoulder, carry you off to either of your rooms, and absolutely destroy you—  if it seems like you need it, or you goad him into doing it

Third only to food and being around Belphegor, your laugh is what brightens his day the most— he likes being able to unwind after a lot of stress by tickling you and letting his worries drift away with your laughter

He found out when you were trying to get some cookies off of a high shelf, because Beel was too weak from hunger to stand on the chair, but when you lost your balance and almost fell, he caught you with one hand on your hip and the other under your arm, and when you spasmed he immediately knew why

He doesn’t sneak up on anyone— if you’re going to be tickled, you’re going to be tickled. You’ll hear him coming and get a chance to hide, but you probably won’t be able to because he’ll find you eventually

Despite his size, he’s gentle when tickling you, at least with his hands— though he enjoys acting like he’ll eat you, due to how many funny noises you make, so he uses his mouth and teeth to tickle more often than not

His teasing is mostly food-related, as are most things with Beel, and he always says he’ll eat you, though it’s clear he’d never dream of actually doing it... he also uses the standard “tickle” tease, drawing it out to fluster you more

“Your ribs look rather tasty... I’m going to nibble them.” “What fruit is that named after again? Raspberries? Fitting, you match one right about now.” “Nom, nom, nom... your belly is tastier than a cheeseburger by far.” “Tickle tickle tickle... what, is that funny?” “If you buy me food, I’ll let you go... nah, never mind, I won’t.”

He’ll chuckle and make funny little faces while he tickles you, and try to make eye contact as much as possible to really make you blush

His wings aren’t that useful in his demon form, but the fact that his teeth sharpen is— he’ll be even more gentle when nibbling you, but you can bet it’ll tickle ten times worse to have demon teeth scraping across your skin

Will pull you into his arms and offer you some food, then rest his chin on top of your head and hug you to calm you down, smiling like a goof the entire time

As a lee:

Generally, the hungrier he is, the less strength he has to fight back— but it’s best to catch him when he’s not so hungry that he might go on a rampage if he doesn’t eat, so there won’t be any danger toward you, but not after he’s just eaten, which makes him less sensitive

A 7/10 on the sensitivity scale, he has quite a few tickle spots and genuinely loves laughing and smiling, especially if it’s with you or Belphie

His tummy and navel are very sensitive, and so are his thighs and the backs of his knees

Knows he could easily hurt you if he struggles too much, so he tries his best not to, holding onto something like pillows or blankets to keep himself from shoving you away, and always tossing his head back and forth to hide his blush and his smile

If you trace a finger down his abs to his belly button and wiggle your finger inside, he’ll wheeze and usually grab a pillow to bring up to cover his face— you’ll know when he wants you to stop, he’ll tap out by weakly smacking your leg with his hand

If you turn the teasing back on him, he becomes more responsive to the tickling, trying to curl in on himself and laughing harder than if you were to just tickle him— the harder he blushes, the more he can’t take the teasing

His laugh is very deep and rumbly like thunder, seeming to shake the whole house the harder it gets— he hates his laughter, but he knows how much you and Belphie like hearing it, so he doesn’t mind that much

He’ll always hide his face if you attempt to take a picture of him while he’s blushy and giggly, but if you manage to get one he’ll just ask you not to share it

He’ll sit up and rest his chin on your shoulder, then ask if you can go get him a snack— tickling tires him out— then he’ll wrap his arms around you and munch on whatever you brought him, content to calm down in your presence

Belphegor

Lee, Ler, or Switch?: Like Beel, equal switch— he doesn’t mind being tickled, and he enjoys doing the tickling just as much.

As a ler:

Usually feigns sleep to get people to drop their guard, then pounces on them when they least expect him to— he’s the Avatar of Sloth, he’s the best at acting like he’s asleep

Like his brother, he sees your laughter as his third thing that makes him happy, with the first two being Beel and naps, and so he always wants to hear your laugh every chance he gets— it also makes him sleepy because he says your laugh is soothing

He found out after he invited you to nap with him one day— you were trying to get comfortable and shifted a little too much, and Belphie prodded his finger into your side and told you to stay still, making you squeak... thankfully he was too tired to act then, but it was already too late

Almost like a cat, he likes to hide behind furniture, under blankets and beds, or even above doorways, and pounce when it’s least expected— and if he’s well-rested, he’ll chase you down if you run from him

Loves building anticipation and being slow and gentle with his tickles, only to dig in unexpectedly— he also likes to nuzzle a lot, mostly because he knows his hair tickles and being that close would make /anyone/ blush

Sings little lullabies and replaces words with “tickle” in order to tease you, but also points out your sensitivity and how much you’re blushing, and asks how tired you are

"Your face is so red right now. It’s so cute.” “Are you getting tired yet? I don’t think you are, you’re still laughing a lot.” “C’mon, this can’t tickle /that/ bad.” “You’re making me sleepy, laughing this much.” “If you’re not sleepy yet, then I don’t know what to tell you. Guess I’ll just have to keep going until you’re out cold.”

His tail in his demon form is a very useful tickle tool, he can swish it anywhere he wants and drive you up the wall with how soft the hair on the tip is

He’ll curl up next to you and pull you close to him, nestling your head under his chin and letting his breathing calm you down— and he’ll probably go to sleep, he can tire himself out no problem

As a lee:

Waking him up from a dead sleep is the best way to catch him off-guard, and ensures he won’t be able to get revenge as quickly as if he were already awake

Only slightly above his twin on the sensitivity scale, he’s an 8/10 as he’s a little more ticklish than Beel— but if you were to ask him, he’d say Beel is more ticklish

Shares his brother’s death spots, aka his tummy and belly button, but his hips, knees, and toes are other bad spots

Is very squirmy, considering he’s the smallest he knows he can’t hurt you if he squirms a little— but if you keep his favorite pillow near him, he’ll smack you with it if the tickles are too much to handle

Even looking at his tummy wrong makes him giggle, and the best tactic is to tickle his tummy and belly button at the same time, rapidly vibrating your fingers— he’ll lose it and screech with laughter, and flail helplessly

He hates being teased, and will attempt to swat at you every time you do it, despite being weak when he’s tickled and not being able to fight back like he normally would

His laugh is the sweetest of all of his brothers, light, gentle, and delicate, and his giggles are adorable— he hates when people tell him his laugh is cute, though, so that’s another way to fluster him

He’ll smack you with his pillow and run away before you ever catch him smiling on-camera— he hates getting pictures taken, they make him feel shy and he doesn’t want anyone to see him so vulnerable

Like when he tickles you, he’ll curl up next to you and yawn, and tell you he’s sleepy, then fall asleep soon after— and he’ll definitely cuddle you, mostly to be sure you can’t get away when he wakes up and wants revenge

[excorcismic]

you ever have that one muse that’s just like . . . no matter how many characters you play , not matter how much time goes by , you will never get sick of writing that muse & they’re such a huge comfort character and mean the world to you ?? YES , that’s me with miss zelda here . i . . . love zelda ( the character and the series ) with every fiber of my being and after a lot of debate i finally decided i’d bring her here !! i’m doing leon’s intro next and will try to get to replies ( want to get down zel’s intro soon but i’d like to plot things first ) afterwards but pls pls pls here’s a detailed plotting call for my princess !! pls like / react if you’re interested - or let me know if we’re already plotting !!

IN A CANON NUTSHELL : so this zelda is the princess from the masterpiece known as breath of the wild - one hundred years before the events of the game , she was kind of the ‘leader’ of the champions , a group of people who were tasked to aid in protecting hyrule once calamity ganon rose again . link , who was also a champion , was assigned as her personal knight - in the beginning . . . she did not like him for the fact that he seemed to have everything under control and she didn’t . why ?? well , zelda , from birth , was told she had to unlock a power in herself that would potentially save hyrule from the calamity , and for some reason , no matter how hard she tried , she couldn’t do it . and she was mad at herself for feeling like a failure when she was put under an intense amount of pressure from her father & the prophecy - even called the heir to a throne of nothing because of how no results came from her ceaseless prayers . EVENTUALLY , her powers would reveal themselves . . . but only after the calamity arrived , all of the champions had been downed ( save for link , on the verge of death ) , and all seemed lost . but she would use her power to protect hyrule & keep the calamity contained inside hyrule castle until link would awaken and finish him off .

IN AN ALUCARD NUTSHELL : so zelda . daughter of a preacher ( father ) & a lawyer ( mother , now deceased ) , always expected to be the picture perfect child hence why she never got much of a chance to have a break from endless studying & extra things . she’s always been a straight-a student , has done fencing since she was a child , trilingual in english spanish & mandarin chinese , now a star college student majoring in biology ( her own choice , because she loves science ) and minoring in law ( because her father wants her to be a lawyer like her mother & she uhh hates it ! ) she’s seen as ‘little miss perfect’ because she can do so much and never seems to do any wrong but zelda is uhhh sick of that and is actually now trying to rebel against her father and throw herself into trouble . since lowkey all of this shit is killing her and she wants to breathe freely . she’s trying to do what she wants to do hence why she’s majoring in bio instead of law , working at the local florist instead of taking a law internship , actually trying to pursue a social life outside of the people her dad approves of . that stuff . she’s basically a genius who wants to say ‘fuck u’ to the people telling her what to do and go on her own path and i think that’s sexy .

BUT OHHHHHHHHHH YOU WANNA PLOT WITH ZELDA SO BAD OHHHHHHH

so zelda . given her situation ?? there is so much to work with . lemme spout off these ideas bc i’m so fucking excited .

firstly - people who know about her little miss perfect reputation and either dislike her or are intimidated by her for it . zelda isn’t a snob in the slightest but with someone who does as much as she does it’s only natural to assume she is . but she isn’t , i promise ; she hates that being her epithet .

kind of building off the idea of people knowing abt her whole ‘lmp’ thing - i’d love some folks who actually entertain zelda’s desires to break away from that and take her out to do rebellious shit or something like that !! because zelda wants to get the fuck out she hates it here .

some who encourage her and some who do the opposite - ‘you can do it, don’t be scared’ vs. ‘you really don’t belong here so go back to your books and pencils’

maybe ppl who hold zelda to some sort of pedestal bc of her reputation ?? which is equally as bad to her - she’s lowkey crumbling under all these expectations and she’s amazing but to be seen as someone . . . above other people , she doesn’t like that at all .

also those folks who in any grade of school rly have tried to exploit her need to get good grades & genius to their advantage aka if i pair up with the smart kid we’ll get an a guaranteed . can be anywhere - could’ve been in the past or could be now . 

CLASSMATES in general . from elementary , middle school , high school for the past , and now college classmates .

study buddies !! study buddies that zelda either vibes with immensely in terms of how she works or butts heads with them . her way of thinking is both incredibly organized but also all over the place . she can be either very easy or difficult to work with .

gimme some school rivals or equals aka ppl that zelda’s on par with in terms of intellect/grades and either they fucking hate each other or make a pretty good team . maybe both ! put the smart ppl in a room together and see what happens .

also want to clarify this can be on both the bio or law side for any of these college-based connections bc zelda is taking both she’s just . way more passionate about biology than she is law .

OLD FENCING TEAMMATES OR RIVALS PLEASE yes she is still fencing to this day and she’s awesome at it . she’s got a shitton of medals and she actually likes it but it’s another thing that was forced upon her since she was young .

her dad is a local preacher so by nature she’s always expected to be at church so ppl who know her as the preacher’s daughter/from church bc imma keep it real zelda ain’t that enthused abt that religion either but again . once again have to fill father’s expectations . one day tho she’s just gonna stop showing up .

i’d like maybe a social circle who zelda’s father approves of ?? like , friends who zelda has but they’re more so just bc that’s what mr. king wanted . i’d also like a partner/ex-partner to fit this description aka zelda’s not rly that into it or was into it bc it was again . kinda just ‘i’m just dating you bc my dad approves of you’ kinda deal and maybe she tried but overall . didn’t/doesn’t work .

i also , though , like the idea of a social circle who zelda’s father would never approve of and she hangs w/ them bc maybe she likes them or maybe she also just wants to prove a point . maybe she dated someone for this reason too - just the whole spectrum of ‘what dad wants vs. what dad wasn’t’ bc pissing off her dad is kind of a major goal at this point .

so maybe regular customers of the flower shop she works at - she just . zelda rly loves flowers & nature ( and again science as a whole , especially life science hence biology ) and she can go off on so many tangent about flowers please talk to her about flowers . maybe even bring her some flowers too jk unless

i’d rly find it awesome if zelda had some ppl who maybe liked her enough to follow her when she goes out just studying things and listen to her bc she loves to talk about her passions - she likes taking hikes and trips out into nature or the botanical gardens and stuff like that to do studies / experiments of her own . she likes museums , gardens , the outdoors - zelda loves knowledge and learning about things and if someone just kept her company while she did so that’d be awesome .

i’m a sucker for canon parallels with non-canon characters so . maybe a relationship that doesn’t rly have any specificity in what portion of zelda’s life ( school , father approved social circle , father disapproved social circle , night life etc etc ) but mirrors her relationship with link in breath of the wild - for whatever reason , zelda and this other character are around each other very frequently and the beginning for some reason she is very put off by it but then comes around and eventually this muse , they become extremely closer with her and important to her . in any way !! idk if it’s platonic or romantic but , in rps like this that’s lowkey my jam but it works the best with miss zelda

AS ALWAYS - friends ! enemies !  former crushes ! exes ! gimme anything and all !! the princess of hyrule is AT YOUR SERVICE and i’m so excited to write her . i love her .

and now . . . onto leon’s intro i hopefully go .

[wclsh-a]

CHARACTER STUDY META.

so, this is mostly a post for my followers who aren’t familiar with twd / shane walsh, and are wondering what kind of character he is. please note that i’m writing this based on how i personally view shane, so some of this might not be actual canon, although i try my best to stick to canon as closely as possible. however, even if you are familiar with shane as a character, i’m hoping this post will give a bit of an idea of how i write shane. anyway... putting this under a read more bc it got kinda long

alright, let me talk about my portrayal of shane walsh for a moment. shane is a guy who starts out being neither entirely good nor entirely bad. i feel like when it comes to shane, a lot of people see him as either or, but what i love about the walking dead is that most of the characters aren’t just all ‘good’ or all ‘bad’. the so-called “good guys” of the series actually do bad things at times, and the “bad guys” of the series actually do good things at times, or at the very least comes off as good at some point or another.

and with shane, he kind of goes through a change throughout the first two seasons. he starts off more on the scale of a “good guy sometimes doing bad things,”  but as the series goes on, things gets more and more blurred for him to the point where he ends up more as a “bad guy sometimes doing good things.” i’m not going to go into too much details about what brings about this change, but tl;dr; after believing his best friend, rick, was dead, shane fell in love with and entered a relationship with rick’s wife, lori, and after rick turned out to be alive, lori left shane for rick, while rick basically took over the leadership of the group that shane had been leading and kept safe up until then, and so shane started to blame rick for putting their group in danger and people in their group getting hurt and killed from rick’s decisions (or at least shane sees it as rick’s decision making being the fault,) and shane also struggled to accept and come to terms with how lori was suddenly treating him like he had only been hurtful to her and carl and acted like she never even cared about him to begin with and told him to stay away from them, etc.

.... anyway.... that whole thing’s a mess so i’m not gonna go into that any more in this post.

from before the outbreak, all the way up to when rick came to the atlanta camp, and even a little after rick showed up, shane was shown as someone who cared about people and their safety. some might disagree here, and bring up scenes like where shane refuses to go after and help the people in their group who got stuck in the city as shane not really caring. but when you look at it, the people in the group that was still in camp with shane, was people who either a) was old b) didn’t know how to use a gun / how to fight c) got frightened / terrified / panicked at the sight of walkers and / or d) were just kids. to take any of them into the city where they knew walkers were in large herds in an attempt to save the others? to shane, that seemed more like sentencing them all to death. shane also knew that those in their group who was in trouble in the city was more equipped to handle themselves and had a better chance at figuring out a way to save themselves, and also since shane and the others weren’t able to stay in contact with them over the radio due to poor reception, shane had no guarantee that they would even stay where they were by the time shane and the others could’ve reached them if they did try to go after them. all in all, shane had plenty of reasons to not try to help them, and no reason aside from it ‘being the right thing to do’ to try to help them. 

it’s not that he didn’t care or didn’t wish he could help. to him, it just wasn’t worth the risk.

some examples that he did care about others than himself, is how he selflessly put his life at risk to try to help his best friend, rick, who was in a coma at the hospital during the outbreak, and, when he realized there was nothing he could do, he still put a bed against the door to the room rick was in, in a desperate last hope of a miracle that rick could somehow survive. another example, is how shane looked after carol and sophia, even more so after noticing how carol’s husband abused his wife. he always made sure to check up on them, and when carol apologized on behalf of her husband for something her husband did, shane assured her she had nothing to apologize for. and when he finally caught ed in the actual act of trying to abuse his wife, shane intervened and brutally beat him up, warning him to never lay a hand on anyone again. another example is how he looked after jim when he had a sunstroke, making sure he stayed in the shadow, and got enough water and was able to cool down, and when jim got bit, how shane was one of the people who expressed that he didn’t want to kill him and that it didn’t feel right leaving him behind even though jim had asked for it himself. 

one thing i’ve noticed is that shane constantly talks about his disapproval when it comes to taking risks that puts the group’s safety at jeopardy, and i mean, if he truly didn’t care, he wouldn’t constantly worry about putting the group’s safety at risk.

that being said...

he also has a lot of flaws and issues. 

shane has a mindset where he thinks he’s always right, and struggles to understand other people’s opinions if they’re at odds with his own, even after hearing them out. this goes back to even before the outbreak, but it wasn’t as noticeable back then as post outbreak, as he was more willing to “agree to disagree” in order to maintain the peace, because back then, disagreements rarely meant the difference between life and death, so he could live with swallowing his own pride more easily because it rarely came at much of a cost, whereas decisions after the outbreak often did...

this mentality, especially on top of his strong desire to keep the group safe, can quickly bring out a lot more negative sides to shane when people start disagreeing with him. best case scenario, he’ll think you’re just a naive idiot who he doesn’t much care for or care to listen to (this is usually the case if he thinks you don’t have much influence / power over the rest of the group, like with dale.) worst case scenario, he’ll look at you as a great danger to the group, one that needs to be dealt with to keep the rest of the group safe (this is usually the case if you are in a leadership position, like with rick.) either way, people disagreeing with him can quickly lead to shane becoming frustrated, hotheaded, etc, especially after rick takes over leadership of the group and he starts to feel everyone shift towards supporting rick and no longer listening to anything shane has to say.

also, while shane wants to keep the group safe, he is not always a person you can rely on if you ever get yourself in a pinch. in fact, chances are he’s not going to be willing to risk himself or others to come back for you, unless there’s a really goddamn good chance of success or at the very least a really low risk for others getting hurt / killed. and even then, he’ll be hesitant about it.

he has also proven to be willing to sacrifice a good, decent person to save himself and someone in his own group, as proven when a man not in their group, named otis, accidentally shot rick’s son, carl, and carl ended up needing medical supplies to survive. so when shane and otis went out to get said supplies, and got crowded by a herd as they tried to leave, otis rescued shane, however shane ended up shooting otis in the leg to draw the herd to otis, giving himself an opening to save himself and get the supplies back to carl. he didn’t take any pleasure in doing it, and struggled with it afterwards, but he justified it to himself by the fact that sacrificing otis had ensured that shane had managed to get back with the supplies and thus saving the kid.

shane also has a whole bunch of other issues that are connected to his dynamics with rick and with lori, which includes an obsession with lori, jealousy of rick and lori’s relationship, a growing hatred / resentment towards rick ( partially because of said jealousy, but also partially because he genuinely thinks that while rick has good intentions, he is a danger to the group, especially since the group seems to blindly put their faith in rick and has stopped listening to shane at all.) but that’s a whole different story and this post is already getting too long, rip

[leasboyfriend]

Should You Fight My F/Os

I was tagged by @foreveryours-mouse and @fishandships

tagging: i have no idea who has and who hasnt done this so if you want to feel free!

under a cut bc this a long post

tl;dr you probs shouldnt

Miguel

this man lives for fighting. He probably wants you to fight him. I do not recommend you fight him. He may have absolutely no formal training, but thats not gonna stop him from hitting you as hard as he can. this boi has a 1 hit ko. he is fully prepared to kick your ass and laugh as he does it

5/10 its your funeral, but he probably started it

Toni

The guy is like 1000 years old and Has Seen Some Shit. his history has plenty of dark parts and he’d probably understand if you did try to fight him. But he’s such a soft, sweet guy now and he’s doing his best, just trying to spread some happy vibes and tend to his garden. He probably wont even fight back if he thinks he deserves it

3/10 but you’ll break my heart (also miguel might come and kick ur ass for it)

Josie

Yeah, Josie is a trained fighter, but she’s such a soft soul. She’s just trying to provide for her family despite everything that scares her. Why would you fight her? She’ll probably start crying and then what are you going to do? Fight a woman while she sobs?

0/10 Don’t fight her unless you’re a monster (miguel will definitely kick ur ass for it)

Hermes

I mean you could. He probably deserves it, like most of the Isu he’s not very pro-human. But please consider that he’s like 8 ft tall, fast, and has probably been training for a couple centuries. 

5/10 do it

Koller

You look at him and see an edgy punk twink who hasn’t slept in days and lives off of take out, he might be on drugs. So you think “Yeah I could probably take him” and honestly? Yeah you probably could. Hes got plenty of augs, but he’s still not a fighter. He has an exposed cranial aug and if you hit it you might actually kill him

2/10 he’s anxious enough already pls dont make it worse

Shay

He might kill you, he might not. Its a toss up. You could fight him, but he was trained as an assassin and doesnt exactly fight fair. Is guaranteed to have at least one hidden blade. If you mention lisbon you might be able to get an advantage bc he still feels incredibly guilty about that

4/10 probs not ur best idea

Sylas

It is completely understandable if you want to fight him. He is trying to overthrow a government afterall. He’s also not exactly friendly if ur a noble or not a mage. If you dont have magic he cant borrow ur skills so that will give you an advantage

4/10 if ur a mage 7/10 if ur not. he spent 15 years in jail and managed to come out oddly buff so who knows what else he can do

Vi

Like Miguel, Vi also lives for fighting. She won’t kill you so that helps ur odds. You might be able to convince her to fight without the gauntlets and that will help you even more. She still probably kick ur ass but at least you have a chance at that point

7/10 have fun 

Xayah and Rakan

Are you human? Yes? Xayah hates you, and will probs try to kill you if you start a fight. Rakan will join her bc he loves her. You dont get to fight to just one and they have some incredible synergy. Rakan is distracting and Xayah has feather daggers

1/10 best to not

Yusuf Tazim

Sure he looks and acts kinda goofy, but he is a trained master assassin. He will kill you. He might feel bad about it later, but he is fully capable of killing you. 

2/10 probs shouldnt

Scorpion/Hanzo Hasashi

This man has died multiple times. He has lost his family, He is a part time undead revenant that can drag you into MK hell. He has nothing left to lose, and his honor will make him fight you with everything hes got

1/10 don’t even try

Sub Zero/Kuai Liang

Hes a pretty chill dude but he was raised to be an assassin. Was also a cyborg for awhile. Also has ice powers so if he doesnt think ur worth his time he might just freeze you. He’s also a teacher tho so he might just critique ur fight stance

5/10 either you die in some rly gross, gory way or he gives you some good feedback

Smoke/Tomas Vrbada

Im not sure what about his look would make you think you could fight him. Like boi has smoke just around him. Is it the long hair? Is that what makes you think you could take him? Like Sub-Zero, hes been raised to be an assassin so he is fully prepared to kill you. can also use smoke powers to teleport or to give you a gory end

3/10 he might boil you alive but thats the risk you’ll have to take

Jefferson

Pls dont he’s been through enough. Like come on my guy, he spent 28+ years separated from his daughter just let him stay with her and dont hurt him anymore. Please im begging you. Also he may or may not have magic besides portals

3/10 how could you

[cuddleslutloki]

alright here’s that fraternal twins au

thor and loki are fraternal twins who ofc look very different except! they share a birth mark on their hip that mirrors each other. just a little patch of pink-brown skin. they're sons of a wealthy lord and when they're pretty young loki is kidnapped and taken away and they never find him. this is like... medieval times bc i feel like it 

so about a decade later thor has inherited the estate and the all the riches odin left. hela married up and she's like a fucking duchess or sth, and one day thor gets a letter from his beloved sister claiming she saw loki at a tavern. she says she saw the birth mark and it has to be him, but she didn't say anything or do anything she thinks since he was taken so young he might not remember her, so thor should try

so thor goes bc even if it isn't loki he'd rather know he tried. but he takes one look and he knows. that's his brother. and hela also lied bc it's not just a tavern. it's a fucking brothel

and a very seedy one owned by a warlord thor's familiar with. he has to be careful because if he pisses off this warlord there's no guarantee that hela would be able to rally the king to come to his aid. so instead he plays it cool. he buys loki for the night and is determined to have loki remember him so they can run away together. but loki is in work mode, so he's just trying to get in thor's pants.

thor is trying to tell loki to slow down, asks him his name and loki says it's whatever thor wants it to be, so thor says "then i'm calling you loki" and loki freezes. he rips thor's pants down and sees the birthmark and quietly says "so it was our sister the other night? it wasn't just some fever dream about finally being free?"

and thor is pissed bc loki sounds terrified at the fact that thor is real and in front of him, that there's hope

so he decides he's going to buy loki since everyone is for sale in this place and then he'll use any information loki has to start fighting to take this warlord thanos down (ofc it's thanos lmao)

so thor leaves loki in the room and tells him not to open the door unless it's thor, he even locks loki inside and he goes to the front to the barkeep and says he's considering buying the man they gave him

except there's a catch sales have to be approved as good matches bc they don't want to have a slave returned after they've been used or even retrained. so someone has to make sure that they'll be compatible for long-term use. ie, they need to see loki being used.  thor has to either perform some kind of sexual act with his brother that he hasn't seen in ten years, or leave loki at the brothel and find another way to free him, or (as his temper wants) just kill everyone in the brothel and leave

so option a it is

he agrees and goes back to the room to tell loki what's going on, expecting loki to back out of things, but loki is like "i'm not going to let a blowjob keep me from my freedom" and thor's like O.O bc he didn't even get that far to thinking about what they'd even do bc he never thought loki would agree

so they end up in a little side room with some guy standing there, watching and evaluating them. and loki gets right to work. thor's pants are around his ankles and he's got his nose to thor's pelvis. thor doesn't know at first if he can get hard, but then loki does something with his tongue and all of his blood is in his cock

he's barely keeping himself from moaning loki's name. bc he can't give them away. thor's wires are being crossed because he loves loki so much and he's so glad he's finally been reunited with his brother and that he can buy loki's freedom, but this isn't how it should be... but it feels good, and loki seems to be going above and beyond what's necessary for the observing party.  thor cums too damn quick but he's not even upset, he's kind of dazed, and the guy observing makes an amused little noise and says "it's almost like he wants to go home with you"

and thor laughs and nods, bc he still can't quite speak. and he takes loki home. he's pissed that they didn't ask for more, loki's price is like mid-tier for a slave and loki says it's bc he talks back too much. once they're home loki is more than happy to spill any info he has on thanos and thor starts planning to have him killed by a couple of his former 'children' who are the only two that have ever managed to escape (gamora & nebula bc ofc)

but he's also having a crisis bc within a few weeks loki's put in a little weight and he looks healthy and he seems so happy and thor is so fucking grateful. hela visits and they catch up and they don't talk about anything that happened to loki, thor especially doesn't. 

bc all he can think about at night is how loki's throat felt convulsing around his cockhead

and he feels fucking awful bc loki went through 10 years of abuse and violence and he should be escaping it, not living with a brother who thinks about abusing him

part of him wants to tell loki to go live with hela

every other part of him can't stomach the thought of ever waking up without loki in his house again

so he says nothing. he continues on as he has, he bonds with his brother, loves him, and suffers silently and tries to purge himself of these thoughts but he just. can't. and one night, like two or three years after he's managed to rescue loki, they're in the library together and loki sits down a little too close to him on the chaise. thanos was killed in the spring, nebula and gamora have all of his power and resources. loki has been acting happier and lighter than ever and thor is so glad, but even  more guilty bc when he touches himself he hears loki's laugh as he cums

and loki kisses him on the cheek and he thinks nothing of it. loki has been affectionate, almost like when they were boys, and he figures that they were separated so young and for loki it must be nice to give some kind of innocent affection like that

bc despite everything thor sees loki as innocent

he knows loki's done some very cruel things, but it was all to people who used him without his consent, so thor feels loki was justified in every awful and ugly thing he did to survive, and he's told loki as much

but then loki kisses the corner of his mouth and thor freezes

and loki smiles and gives this happy little hum and says "you talk in your sleep sometimes. mostly you call my name. if i come to your room and touch you, you usually settle. so i came to you last night, but you weren't crying. you weren't upset"

thor's heart feels like it can't decide between stopping and racing, he can barely breathe. he remembers waking up with cum sticking his cock to his sleeping pants

loki nuzzles his cheek and is so sweet and tells him "i know i shouldn't want you, right? it's not normal, not natural, but i haven't been able to stop thinking about how your cum tasted. i've almost forgotten." thor can't move. loki takes the book he was reading out of his hands and straddles his waist and he is just sitting there silently, watching his brother

loki smiles at him and presses their hips together and thor gasps bc they're both hard. loki leans in and licks his ear, then kisses it "you make me feel safe. sucking your cock was the first time i had sex i actually wanted. i want to know what it's like to have someone i love touch me. you were rutting your cock into your bed, moaning my name, and you said you love me. you weren't even awake, you didn't know i was there to hear you, but i did. please"

and thor can't take another damn word so he kisses loki and pulls him in close, and it's all so overwhelming that he's shaking as he picks loki up and goes to loki's room, conscious of the fact that it should happen in loki's territory, as it were

they have very slow, passionate sex where loki is lavished in attention and cums until he's so exhausted he's barely moaning, but he's smiling the entire time, and when thor finishes he's just chanting loki's name over and over

and they lay cuddled up in bed, facing each other, and they kiss and talk, and loki touches thor's birthmark, then his own, and says maybe they have them bc they're soulmates

the end

[leftnipsdoodles]

Buff have you got any crucible tips? I tend to avoid it as I'm about as good in clash as Asher is at emotions.

there’s 11 enemies in quickplay, 5 of them happen to be on your team.

no but in seriousness, im guessing you’re asking this from a solo perspective so im gonna give you my solo view on things (highlight the text to not die):

be aware of your surroundings. there’s a lot of cover around every map for a reason. you should probably never be standing right out in the open, unless you’re baiting. to add to this, try and get a mod or an exotic that will let you have radar while ADS. it rly makes a world of difference.

know when to fold em. in my experience, the better you get and the more skilled players you encounter, the more you will find yourself in gunfights that go on for pretty damn long without either party killing the other. because you’ll both have learned when to shoot and when to hide and/or run.

pick the right subclass for yourself. i’ll always be an outlaw gunslinger at heart, and as great as the six shooter is in crucible, i do like to go in as a trapper nighstalker instead. the shadowshot CAN be clutch, but more often than not it’s completely useless. but the rest of the subclass (smoke bomb, invisibility, even the normal grenade) just works very well for my playstyle. so, don’t be afraid to try out different things and see what feels best for you.

get the heavy? idk i personally dont rly do that bc i like my primary/energy too much to wanna switch off of them lol but the truth is, whoever’s got the heavy has also got a few guaranteed kills.

funnily enough, try to stick with your team. not like glue or anything, but unless you see the perfect flanking opportunity, just stick with at least one teammate. teamshooting will never not work, lbr.

if you see someone on your radar, sitting around a corner? don’t go around that corner. they’ve got a shotgun and no dignity and they’re willing to prove both of this to you.

verticality babeyyyyyyyyy. jump over an enemy and they’ll be disoriented af 90% of the time bc the FOV in this game is just tragic. some ppl even say to just jump up very high when turning a corner bc this way the shotgun ape wont be able to shoot you. this is false however. dont do this. shotgun range is approximately 500 miles, and they won’t care.

learn the maps. this ties back into being aware of your surroundings but there’s a bunch of spots on maps that nobody rly thinks abt and you can get a bunch of cheap shots in. do you know how many times ppl have told me they’ve reported me for ‘camping’ in the lil window of that house at zone C on vostok? also, by knowing the maps, you’ll be able to predict better where the enemy actually IS once you spot them on the radar, and also where they’ll be going/coming from next.

learn to aim. you might think it’s better to aim for the body bc that way even if you miss you’ll still hit something, but the truth is it’s way better to miss 90% of your shots going for headshots for 6 hours and then seeing yourself improve in the 7th.

get the right loadout. this is trial and error more than anything. but the thing with destiny is that it will literally NEVER be a truly competitive game, since it’s a looter shooter. wanna know why you keep getting killed by Luna’s and Not Forgottens? it’s bc those guns are better. you didn’t die to that One-Eyed Mask wearing titan bc he outplayed you, he just had the better exotic. and no, it wasn’t your aim that was off, it was just the Nova Warp killing you through the wall because It Does That (even tho it shouldnt). so, get yourself some good gear. you can say ‘if you cant beat them, join them’ and get yourself a shotty and the wardcliff coil too, or you can say ‘the meta loadout isnt fun for me’ and try and find sth else that works. i think ive said this before but a lot of the time i choose a long range loadout bc it lets me keep my distance from shotties, 1HKO melees and mid range weapons, and as long as i can position myself correctly and flee when i need to, it works very well. so, at the end of the day, do try to find sth that is FUN for you too, otherwise there’s no point in playing crucible anyway.

uhhhh idk. is this helpful? full disclosure, ive been losing more games than ive been winning lately, and i wont even pretend that it was all on my random teammates, so take it all with a grain of salt lmao. i’m a slightly above average player probably and thats all. also no matter how good or bad you are, you will always be better with a team bc thats just the way this game is. but again, if thats not how you wanna play then dont force yourself to. it wont be fun.

ALSO these are all from a quickplay perspective! comp is kind of a whole other story. tho basically, in comp, just make sure to stay alive. that is legitimately the most important thing as a solo player, since you’ll be able to still play the objective or revive teammates etc even if youre the last one standing. it requires a lot more awareness and ‘calmer’ play than quickplay, plus some more coordinated work, so you’ll also have to be able to be a teamplayer, even if youre not using mic and all that (most ppl in comp dont enter voice channel anyway lol). idk, i’d stay away from comp anyway. as a wise random on the internet once said ‘comp is a shitshow, get luna’s and then get the fuck outta there’

and lastly, there’s a subreddit called r/crucibleplaybook which probably has ACTUAL advice and is way more helpful but i wouldnt know bc reading is for nerds so ive never actually looked into it

[giroshane]

Can I ask all the muse questions for Odell, shadow of my heart?

Yes you can. and then I can proceed to waste my WHOLEASS NIGHT doing all twelve tests. Because i make poor life choices. But at least we both know a whole lot about Odell now. Under the cut because twelve tests jesus.

I will say, some of these are very context dependent and like….idk, not wholly who Odell is? Like, he was trapped in a cave for 200 years. That does things to a fellow’s psyche. I tried to answer from the personality/perspective he’d have in Rattlensake Chronicles (book 1): newly released and sort of…rediscovering everything about life.

🔮 to see my muse’s Meyer-Briggs Result

ISFJ - The DefenderI would say this is pretty accurate. The only thing I would say is that while the site notes the Defender has a resistance for change, Odell very much does not. He likes to have plans and structure, but he craves variety and is not stuck in his ways. He can change, he just has to plan for it. Unless a cute guy who wandered into your cave accidentally summons you into a high-octane combat situation, in which case you have to improvise and it’s very wild

🧠to see my muse’s Enneagram Result 

Type 9: I must maintain peace/calm to survive.

Also accurate. A lot of Odell’s personal conflict comes from the fact that he often doubts his own sanity, and is somewhat afraid to confront his own negative emotions. He has a very “fake it til you make it” mentality where he believes if he just smiles and waves he’ll eventually be fine.

 🧙 to see my muse’s Hogwarts House Result 

Hufflepuff

No surprise at all! Hufflepuff fits Odell to a T. Hard-working, loyal, and caring. A perfect steadfast friend to Si (I also took the test for him bc why not???), a hardheaded Gryffindor (also no surprise).

 ⭐to see my muse’s Homestuck ‘True Sign’Lime Blood, Derse Dreamer, Blood Aspect

AAAAAGGG making me go back to my good good Homestuck days. I used to make all my characters into God Tiers bc i loved it so much. I think the reasoning behind the Derse dreamer is sound enough, though Odell is a bit more optimistic and patient like a Prospit dreamer. He doesn’t really have a “birthdate” so I chose one kind of trivially?? I watched the Sailor J zodiac video and picked the once which fit the best which was Cancer, lmao rip Odell so the Lime-blood thing is kind of okay, but not a perfect match. I didn’t peg Odell as a Blood aspect at all! I honestly think he’s more of a Doom aspect. He cares about his bonds with other, but…idk, it’s not everything. This is probably the one that I think is the least accurate of the bunch.

 🎨to see what famous work of art my muse is.

Well first off, funny. But, not very accurate at all. He does contain multitudes of dicks and he does give advice sometimes! but that’s…kinda it. Second off I have a painting that fits Odell, though I don’t think it’s necessarily “famous” but it’s very lovely imo.

PSYCH i can’t fucking find it lmao rip me. if i find it ill send it bc hhh its v pretty.

 🎉to find out what role my muse plays in a friend group

Haha yeah. Maybe not necessarily “been there done that” but definitely no fucks given. I didn’t take this for Si but I guarantee he’s the Mom friend. He’s the only one allowed to be the disaster, guys! Meanwhile Odell’s just sipping tea like “I mean don’t kill yourself but like also perish, but like, metaphorically. Have fun.” 

 ☯️to see my muse’s psychological archetype

Archetype 2: The Lover/Magician

All about love and change! Yup! Odell is a Big Soft at heart.

 🎭to find out which of The Four Temperaments my muse is

Sanguine

Pleasure-seeking, sociable, and creative, but still needs to have time alone–check, check, check! Only thing wrong is that Odell is forgetful/prone to abandoning boring tasks–he’s persistent! If he picks up a task he will see it through, pleasure be damned.

 💟to find out what kind of ‘dere’ my muse is

I have no idea what this means! But yeah, Odell is Big Soft, so!

 ⚔️ to find out what my muse’s moral alignment is.

Neutral Good

Oh, yeah, no doubt. Not a full-blown anarchist, but post-cave he definitely has issues with authority and will stick to his own code (which is a code of mostly moral good). He’ll work with authority he deems…responsible, but I he’ll never be subjugate to it. Not willingly.

 😈 to find out which Disney Villain my muse is

I took this quiz for Si and he also got Maleficent. I took this quiz for myself and also got Maleficent. I’m not sure if this says something about the validity of the quiz or something about how much I put myself into my characters. Mayhaps both. Either way….cool? And yeah, I guess it’s accurate, for Odell at least. I’d go for a more ineffectual buffoon pirate captain kind of vibe myself lmao

 💖 to find out what my muse’s Love Language scores are

Words of Affirmation

Of fucking course!! Man had nothing but his own voice for 200 years!! Was a warlock familiar before that! Hearing positive words from someone else is everything!!! Especially for someone who doubts his own sanity!!!! 

It’s closely followed by Physical Contact, which, YEAH DUH FOR ALL THE SAME REASONS!!

It’s almost 3am. treasure this information, rory. Treasure it

[metazensae]

Dating my OCs

Ever wanted to know how a kiss would go down with one of my FoB OCs? Ever wanted to know what their dating life would be???

Probably not, but *I* have!

Everything is under the cut bc I’m pretty sure y’all are sick of my bullshit lol

Zeke

Gaining affection from Zeke is kinda like hitting the lottery. Rare, valuable, and difficult to obtain, but not necessarily love of the highest quality. I mean, it’s not all bad - he would smother you in kisses every chance he got and by that alone, it could be worth it. However, his love comes with multiple caveats. 1) You’re never going to feel secure that you actually have his love. It won’t be clear if he sees you as a friend or something more - even if he’s vocalized his agreement to being in a relationship. However confusingly enough, the mood and atmosphere of your special moments together are way too intimate for you to accept that his feelings are only platonic. 

2) Similar to above, he’s going to seem like he’s hot and cold with a few of his other close friends too. You will either deal with eternal jealousy or learn to ignore his weird might-be-friends-might-be-in-love behavior.

3) He somewhat dissociates during physical intimacy, which can leave you feeling frustrated and unfulfilled. It’s not you. It’s him, but it will be something you will have to accept or work through.

Kissing/dating him can be emotional (and sometimes physical) torture. Would not suggest.

Emile

Passionate and sensual, Emile makes you feel like all your dreams are coming true. His kisses feel like you could just die now having experienced true euphoria (and you just might if he’s feeling it too...). Just know that the moment you part ways, he won’t be able to recall your name or the LIFE CHANGING NIGHT the two of you shared, so don’t bother speaking to him if you see him by chance in public later on.

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) He likes sex. A LOT. You might not be able to keep up with him.

2) He is emotionally distant. He’s not going to talk about anything but the here and now. Don’t plan your future together. He knows you won’t be in it.

3) He doesn’t like drama, despite being the generator of a lot of it.

4) He is not afraid to ghost the fuck out of you. In fact, he’s somewhat of a master at that.

5) He’s hopelessly in love with Zeke. He will drop you in a heartbeat if Zeke so much as looks at him.

Glass

Glass is full of tricks and never boring. She is a guaranteed fun time, and your level of experience does not have any bearing on this moment with her. But she probably won’t tell you her name or drop any hints on where or how to find her again, and you will be very upset about that fact.

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) She’s straight.

2) You won’t.

Nami

Nami has THE SOFTEST LIPS OF ALL and she will plant them all over your face. She is shy, but gosh darn, her kisses are the sweetest and most intimate.

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) Don’t break her heart, damn you!!!!!

2) Take it slow. She’s still recovering from past trauma.

Jess

Kissing Jess is a little spicier than you’d expect. She’s the lip-biting, make you beg kind of girl, but that certainly doesn’t come across from her unapproachable don’t-even-look-at-me sort of attitude she takes in public spaces.

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) What happens in the bedroom, stays in the bedroom.

Mick

Mick is a GOOD, SHY BOI. His kisses are way too slow and conservative, so if you’re the more fast-moving type, you’re likely to lose patience with him. Just give him time to learn the ropes (or teach him yourself), and you’re in for a treat.

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) He’s a country boy.

2)  He will guaranteed love you forever, so if you’re not into clingy guys, do not approach, Jess...

Erasiste

Era’s got this toxic sort of kiss. In the moment, you feel like you can’t breathe, you seem to see your life flashing before your eyes, and every bad decision you’ve ever made resurfaces, but that look in her eyes makes you feel like you don’t have anything to worry about. She will make it all better, you see? You aren’t really sure if you enjoyed it at the time, but you definitely can’t stop thinking about her and will likely call her back. 

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) She’s probably the best thing that will ever happen to you. Seriously. She’s one good girlfriend. She will take care of everything, especially you.

2) She’s got a career too. Boss ass bitch.

3) Actually, I just have to restate that she’s the best girlfriend you could ever imagine, so go ahead. Date her.

Consort

There is no such thing as kissing Consort. You feel like a filthy sinner for even thinking it. But if you’re quiet, patient, and lucky enough, she may sneak a peck on your cheek or some other exposed skin... Don’t get your hopes up.

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) You won’t.

Fiadhr

Fiadhr is forceful and terrifying. You don’t know if he will kill you tonight or not, and for some that can be a turn on, but for most, it’s triggering at best. You try your best to please him, but his general lack of expression renders those efforts futile. You know he will return, but it will not be on your terms. It never is.

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) Fiadhr is your lord and you are his slave. This is not roleplay. It’s reality. You are a trophy of war.

2) Do everything he says, or he will devour your soul.

Galandhr

Galandhr is a very sweet lover. He’s gonna kiss you the way you wanna be kissed. He’s very breathy, so his kisses will be heavy and humid. Highly suggested. 10/10.

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) Don’t hurt him. I will come after you myself.

2) Fiadhr is his dad and could easily repossess you if he so pleased. Galandhr would fight, but he wouldn’t win. You’d have to watch you boyfriend bleed out in a pool of his own blood.

Strappes

NO. STOP RIGHT THERE. DO NOT KISS THIS MONSTER. She will straight bite off your tongue. Unless you want to bleed out and die, this is NOT recommended.

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) She’s a lesbian. Only girls need apply. 

2) DO. NOT. WHY ARE YOU EVEN CONSIDERING IT!!!!

Cixiem

The moment you see Cici, you knew you’d be kissing her. There’s just something so sensual about the bow of her lips and that inviting smirk she seems to always wear. But when you kiss, you’re fate is sealed. You’re a slave now, and you find that you can’t really remember what it was you wanted before meeting her. Cici is a particularly good choice for people who lack direction, but awful for those who would have wills of their own. 

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) She controls everything.

Brygis

Brygis is hot, but his kisses are totally focused on his own pleasure. He’s a sort of windmill-in-your-mouth, sloppy sort of deal that ... I mean, does that please anyone? He’s going to leave the moment totally satisfied and throw finger guns in your direction, but you will be writing off the experience as one of the worst decisions in your life.

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) He’s a centaur.

2) Horse dick.

Raedleas

RAEDLEAS HAS THE BEST LIPS! BEST LIPS! BEST LIPS! BEST LIPS! You should be kissing 100000/10. He will love you long time and you will totally feel it. Kissing him is immensely satisfying and euphoric, and you will literally be in heaven... until you cross him or intentionally destroy his things... and then he will turn into the paragon of spite. His spite kisses are just as good tho, so I mean, win-win? Honestly, kiss the boy. You need it. He needs it. I need it.

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) Ya boi is more beautiful than you. You know it. He's ok with it. Deal.

2) He’s actually really soft under all that flare and fanfare. IF YOU HURT HIM, I WILL PERSONALLY DESTROY YOU. AND THEN SO WILL HE.

Niedhaus

(Sorry that I do not have a better picture of him)

Extremely chaste and boring. Kissing Niedhaus is like kissing a statue. A glowy statue? But a statue none-the-less. If you’re lucky tho, there’s a chance his kiss/support will fill you with determination and will enough to blast your enemies, so there’s that...

If you date him, here are you caveats:

1) why?

2) no seriously, why would you date him?

3) He has a thing for Raedleas so just... don’t? Like... don’t? Bc you can’t compare to that iridescent rainbow of a god?

Scieppan

Scieppan is a pretty good kisser, but it’s not necessarily a good time. You have the feeling that she’s weighing your abilities and comparing you to much much better lovers like Raedleas. Still, her abilities are just good enough to make it that you don’t particularly care? If she’s choosing to kiss you now, that’s good enough, right?

If you date her, here are your caveats:

1) Just agree with everything she says and does. You will have a much better time.

2) She’s very powerful, so if you ever need something, just ask and she’ll get/make it for you.

Raeran

Raeran’s kisses are a bit too pointed; they know the right places to kiss and execute makeout sessions with accuracy, but there’s something lacking in emotional depth. Still, Raeran is focused on pleasing you, so they aren’t a bad lover... just kinda an open-mouthed mess that makes you wonder why they bother kissing you at all.

If you date them, here are your caveats:

1) Under that cutie face, Raeran is sketchy af. You’ve been warned.

2) Their job requires a lot of travel, so maybe you won’t see them much.

Gedryght

An ok but really inconsistent kisser. Sometimes the kisses are REALLY GOOD, but most of the time, you’re not sure if he’s drunk or stoned, but he can’t seem to get himself together enough to plant a good one on you. Quite honestly, it’s always like this with him, and even though you’ve tried talking to him about sobering up, he always goes off on some nonsense about fate and the stars and that being how things are. He is a mess, but don’t entertain the idea of fixing him. 

If you date him, here are your caveats:

1) He just doesn’t care about anything... because he cares about EVERYTHING.

2) Actually, he is so anxious that making decisions is super paralyzing to him. That’s why he’s always mentally checked out and/or gambling.

3) His character design is going to change, so don’t get used to that hot face.

Bregu / Bo

The All God’s kisses are guaranteed to make you feel powerful and good. Looking into their eyes is like seeing all of the galaxies above. You feel complete and final. They will caress your soul as you kiss and reassure you that you are the best idea they have ever conceived. You love the way they make you feel, like you are immortal, like you can do anything with them, but you are terrified that all of this is just an illusion that will vanish in a passing breeze. One day, your God might move onto someone new, and the thought of it makes you completely sick with jealousy, but ... in reality, there is nothing you can do to prevent that from happening. I’m sorry.

If you date them, here are your caveats:

1) Bregu is the creator of the universe. They will ghost you, but not because they don’t love you with all of their being.

2) Bregu is love incarnate, so there is a lot to go around. Just FYI tho, Bregu plays favorites and it is a problem.

3) Bo is a physical avatar, but they aren’t always in a physical state and not always in a “living body” so to speak.

4) You will suffer physical effects of being in the presence of the All God or their avatar. It’s not always pretty.

[chipsandwaffles]

Cuddles

Your first time should be romantic, not jacking Taeyong at nine at night or fucking on the couch in your apartment.

Anon said: Okay so I'm a totally different anon, but I saw that other anon's request that was kinda confusing, and, not to steal their request, but can I request a Taeyong imagine when you're making out with Taeyong and it's the first time he's really horny and wants to do it? I think that's what the previous anon was trying to request anyway, and if so they are a genius bc that imagine sounds too 🔥🔥🔥 I totally love your writing btw, and I can't wait for more people to request stuff from you ❤

I can guarantee this is not what you wanted, because i’m guessing you probably wanted smut but for some reason it... didn’t go there. i apologize i hope you still like it though <3

You feel a hand crawling further and further up your thigh, moving in between them, and you sigh into the kiss you were currently in. You slap Taeyong’s hand away to stop him from going up any further on your thigh, not wanting him to touch anything more than what your make outs usually had.

But, if Taeyong is anything, he’s persistent.

“Baby…” His lips trail down your jaw to your neck, sucking small marks into the skin as his hands tug at your shirt to get your attention. You know what he wants, because a few minutes ago he had said exactly what he wanted.

“I want you. Want you so bad. Want to fuck you.”

The words were burned into your mind at this point, but, you didn’t want him like that.

At least, not right now.

It was weird to have him right now. You had just gotten home from work and you were tired. You were ready to pass out on your boyfriend, all cuddled up with him, but Taeyong wanted kisses. Which, were always fine. A few sleepy kisses were fine right before you went to sleep. But then it got more intense, Taeyong taking your sleepy kisses into a sleepy make out session.

And then your needy boyfriend sprung a goddamn boner in the middle of your make out session.

Surprisingly, for the first time ever during a make out. You’re not sure why either, because it’s not like you had been touching him anywhere scandalous nor did you really look that attractive in your work uniform.

And yet, here he was, still horny and still wanting some.

You had told him no at first, because really, you weren’t in the mood for that kind of thing when you were tired. And, it’d be your first time. Your first time should be romantic, not jacking Taeyong at nine at night or fucking on the couch in your apartment.

Your first time had to be better than that.

“Y/N.” Taeyong squeezes your hips and you pull away, frowning at him.

“Taeyongie… I don’t want to right now. Really,” you tell him. He frowns back at you, his signature pout beginning to show.

“Taeyong, this is…” You gesture to yourself and the room around you. “Not the ideal place. I look bad and doing it on the couch doesn’t seem all that romantic.”

Taeyong seems to finally understand what you mean and nods his head, pulling away from you. He looks disappointed, but doesn’t push it. “Okay. Okay. I’ll… take care of myself. How about cuddles instead when I’m done?”

You smile at him, glad he listened. Taeyong was sweet. “Cuddles instead.”

-

For two days, you don’t see or hear from Taeyong.

At first it doesn’t bother you, because he has practice and work, writing songs and dealing with his other group members.

But then when you text him several times, needing answers to questions that pertained to him, he doesn’t answer.

It bothers you when you’re lying in bed on your day off, wondering if maybe he was upset about not giving him any the other night when you were together. If it was, you were going to be pissed. If you didn’t want any, he should understand that and wait until you were ready, not ignore you like an asshole.

You want to give him the benefit of the doubt, because it was Taeyong and he was sweet and understanding of most things. Knowing him, he really could just be busy with work. He overworked himself all the time.

You decide you weren’t going to assume anything about him. He didn’t deserve that from you.

You roll over in your bed and look at your phone, noticing a text from Doyoung. He’s asking if you wanted to hang out, which you quickly agree to because if Taeyong wasn’t going to answer you, you might as well get out of your apartment and do something.

You get ready and head out to meet Doyoung at the mall, ready to get Taeyong off your mind and to focus hanging out with your friend.

It goes well, Doyoung and you having fun window shopping, him judging you as you try on different clothes for no reason other than to kill time, sharing a snack together and even watching him play one of the crane games three times until he finally wins a prize.

The only downside really is that he doesn’t give it to you even though he said he could win you one, telling you he was going to give it to his girlfriend instead.

He could be such a punk sometimes.

You have to say goodbye though when Doyoung gets called into work to rerecord some vocals for their upcoming album. You head home with high spirits, happy and carefree.

Until you find out that someone is in your apartment.

You only know because lights were on and noises were coming from your bedroom. It had to be someone with a key though, because if it was a thief they wouldn’t lock the door after they were inside. Unless they were a well-mannered thief or something.

You head to your bedroom slowly, making sure you don’t make noise as to alert your intruder. As you walk, you end up picking up one of the textbooks laying around your place. If it happened to be an actual thief, you had to be prepared.

When you get to the door of your bedroom, you put your ear to it, hoping to maybe hear a voice. Too much of your weight is pushed against it though, and you hadn’t even noticed it wasn’t closed all the way. So, you fall forward, not having enough time to catch yourself and land roughly on the floor.

You groan in pain and hold your knee where you knocked it against the floor, not bothering to pay attention to the other person in the room. Your pain was far more important than the intruder, clearly.

“Y/N!” The intruder comes over to your side, and by the voice you know it’s none other than your boyfriend. You want to hit him because he could’ve just told you he was coming over instead of making you think otherwise.

You look up at him, ready to nag at him, only to be distracted by the way your room looked.

There were candles everywhere, giving the room some nice mood lighting. Flower petals were beneath you and lead to your bed, spread all over the sheets. To top it all off, there was some music playing from one of your Bluetooth speakers, soft and gentle. You finally look back at Taeyong, confused as ever as to what he was doing.

“What the fuck did you do to my room?” You ask. He looks down in shyness, clearly not wanting to say what he was doing. You wait it out for a few moments, letting the pain subside in your knee before turning to him, asking again.

“Taeyong, what are you doing here?” You wait a few more moments for him to say anything, looking around the room again to distract yourself. At least the music you were listening to was pleasing.

“I…” You put your attention back at Taeyong, smiling encouragingly when you make eye contact. “I was making the room… romantic. This is what they do in movies, right? And… there was going to be flower petals leading to the front door and I was going to make you food…”

“…did you get Doyoung to ask me out to hang out so you could do this?” You ask. Taeyong nods and starts talking again.

“I know the other day you said you weren’t in the mood to do stuff so I thought I’d help with that? Even if you didn’t want it I thought it’d be nice enough to relax in the room like this…”

When you don’t respond, too busy thinking about how sweet and cute your boyfriend was, Taeyong starts fidgeting in his spot next to you.

“I can- I can get rid of it, Y/N. I’m sorry, it’s probably stupid…” Taeyong moves away from you, pushing at the flower petals on the floor to clean them up. You snap out of your adoration for Taeyong and grab at his arm, tugging at him.

“Taeyong, no, hey. Stop it. I love it. It’s sweet. You’re sweet,” you say. He looks back at you, looking like a kicked puppy. You crawl to him and kiss him once, pulling back with a smile.

“You took effort to make sure our first time wasn’t shitty and I really appreciate that. I’m not in the mood now but… if you cook me food and give me some kisses I might be.”

Taeyong perks up at the idea and smiles hopefully at you. “If not, we can cuddle.”

You kiss him again. He was a dork, and you were glad he wasn’t mad and was being more thoughtful about your feelings.

Taeyong was sweet. “Yeah. Then we can cuddle.”

[bazzaya]

the underground

Minerza AU. Erza is a grad student who is trying to be responsible after her chaotic undergrad days. Minerva is a street dancer and the frontman of her group that performs in competitions with other b-boys.

Summary: Erza just wants to get an early night’s rest for once, but Bacchus and Cana are insistent on reliving the glory days of their undergrad years by dragging Erza out for a night. The last thing she expects is to become immediately captivated by the hot dancer who can work absolute magic with her hips.

A/N: This is... entirely self-indulgent. I imagined Minerva in a hot outfit on accident and my brain told me to write an entire AU just as an excuse to put Minerva in such an outfit. It also has Erza reaching unfathomable levels of thirst for Minerva, and honestly same. This got away from me. Have fun looking into my elaborate fantasies that keep me up at night. I didn’t proofread it at all. I’m too tired and I’m desperate to post. Also, @gsut, you said you wanted tagged. Here you go.

Word Count: ~6.6k. FUCK.

[Ao3 Link/FFNet Link]

Sorry! I mean... Enjoy!

Erza turned out the light to her bedroom with a content sigh, piling into bed shortly after. She plugged her phone in to let it charge, and there she saw the time- 10:23. That was an early night for her compared to most other nights, where she stayed up until ungodly hours in the morning with grad school work. She was going to savor a night of full sleep.

Just when Erza was close to curing her exhaustion with sleep, her phone buzzed on her nightstand. She was jolted from her calm state by the sudden noise, but she forced herself to forget about it and go back to sleep. Her phone kept buzzing however, at least once every thirty seconds or so, and soon enough Erza got fed up with the noise and threw the blanket off of her, reaching out for her phone and nearly tearing it off the charger.

[Bacchus:] hey

[Bacchus:] hey

[Bacchus:] hey Erza

[Bacchus:] are you asleep already?

[Bacchus:] HEY ERZA WAKE UP

[Cana:] dammit erza wake up we're tryna reach you

[Cana:] what LOSER sleeps at 10:30 anyways?

[Cana:] has grad school turned you into a grandma

[Bacchus:] did grad school fuckin kill you

That was ridiculous. She was getting bombarded with messages as if she hadn't just spent time with her friends five days ago. They knew that grad school hadn't killed her. They were just being annoying now. Begrudgingly, Erza typed out her reply to Bacchus only (she figured he was with Cana), her fingers loudly clashing against the screen of her phone. She was mad. Why can't she sleep in peace.

[Erza:] If someone important hasn't just died, I don't want to hear it. I finally have one night where I can get an early night's rest. Let me sleep in peace!

[Bacchus:] :(

[Bacchus:] loosen up sis! we were lookin to invite you out for a wild night

[Erza:] I'm sleeping. Maybe some other time.

[Bacchus:] come on! it'll be fun! cana's here with me it'll be like old times back from the undergrad days. unless you already forgot about your fun undergrad days bc of your fancy grad school

[Erza:] We literally hung out five days ago. We went clubbing.

[Bacchus:] it'll be like old times back from five days ago!

[Bacchus:] Cmon Erza. We really mean it this time. We even found something new and WILD to do

Before Erza could reply, she got a text from Cana.

[Cana:] before you say no you should know we are literally outside of your apartment building rn

[Cana:] and we did not just waste a trip and taxi fare over here for nothing

Erza sighed, climbing out of bed and heading to her window. She pulled back her curtain and looked down at the street, spotting Bacchus and Cana, who waved to her. Letting out another sigh, Erza typed back her response.

[Erza:] Give me ten minutes.

[Bacchus:] aight but there ain't no need to doll yourself up too much. it'll be dark and looking too refined'll make you stick out like an idiot

[Erza:] Good lord then.

It took her all of two minutes to throw on some torn jeans and some sort of shirt. She didn't turn the light back on so she hoped that it matched somewhat. Erza grabbed a jacket as she left since it was nighttime and a bit drafty, and to hopefully tie the outfit together. She strolled outside the apartment building soon enough, watching as Cana and Bacchus nearly cheered at the sight.

"She lives!" Cana exclaimed loudly, face lighting up with a wide smile.

Bacchus crossed his arms over his chest. He wasn't wearing a shirt, just a leather jacket. Erza wondered how he wasn't freezing. "You're rockin' the rugged look, sis! You'll fit right in!"

"Thanks." Erza replied, voice dry and affected by her exhaustion, "What have I been dragged out of bed for?"

"Follow me! I'll explain on the way." Bacchus spun around cleanly on his heels and pointed in front of him, "Yo, so you know how I had to bail on you guys two weeks or so ago because the boys pulled me away for a night?"

"Erza and I still had fun on our own even if you couldn't make it." Cana looked at Erza with a smirk, laughing under her breath.

Erza just stared ahead of her, "Go on."

"So, Nobarly got invited to go to this underground music spot because he knows a guy, and he invited me and the boys out with him. Now lemme just tell ya' this, it was the WILDEST thing I've ever seen, yo! And your man just got an invite for tonight's gathering." He glanced over his shoulder at Erza and Cana, a sly look on his face, "I thought I'd bring the two wildest girls I know with me! You'll love it!"

Cana flicked at Erza's shoulder with her wrist, clearly unable to contain her excitement, "You ready for something incredible?"

"I'm ready for bed…" Erza's shoulders sagged and she let out a sigh, eyes falling shut.

Cana frowned at that, regarding Erza with a concerned look, "Y'know… If you really don't wanna join us, there's always next time. We can walk ya' back to your apartment."

Bacchus looked over his shoulder again, an eyebrow raised, "She's right, sis. We wouldn't know how ballbusting grad school is. We didn't mean'ta overstep if you're really that beat."

Shaking her head, Erza tried to force a smile, resting her hands on her hips, "Nah… I'm good. I could use the break. Don't pay me and my complaining any heed. I'll wake up soon."

"Now that's wild!" Bacchus regained that excited swagger to his step, "I guarantee ya', one second of action here will keep you up all night!"

"But I have an 8am class in the morning.." Erza began though she cut herself off shortly enough. She wasn't going to sour the mood any longer. "Right. Show the way, Bacchus."

Bacchus nodded gleefully, "Got it, sister!"

A little while later, Bacchus led them to a rundown parking garage. The whole thing was sketchy as Bacchus showed them to the lower levels of the lot, and Erza got a bad feeling in her stomach. She wondered if she could hold her own if she got jumped. Then she remembered she once punched a guy in the face for saddling up to Cana one night while she was particularly drunk and the guy wouldn't take no for an answer. The guy was knocked out immediately. The memory made Erza feel slightly safer. Besides, she had a muscly guy on her side in Bacchus plus an utterly ruthless, dirty fighter in Cana. They could probably take a robber.

On the lowest level of the lot, a lot practically empty and covered entirely in graffiti, Erza was able to hear the sound of hip-hop music clearly, and there were a lot of people crowded together. There were two tables set up, one with alcohol and the other with a mixtable and a laptop. Speakers were on either side of the table with the music equipment, and a guy was manning the table, eyes on the laptop and hand toying with the disc of the mixtable.

As Erza walked around and took in the sights, there was only one thought in her mind. "Did we just join a gang?"

"Nah." Bacchus shook his head, he and Cana both making a beeline to the table with alcohol, "It's a dance battle, yo! And we gonna watch!"

"I was really afraid it was gonna be a rap battle." Cana said, snatching up a red cup of beer, "A dance battle is better. Hey Erza, you want some?" She turned to Erza and pointed with her thumb at the table.

Erza shook her head, "I really shouldn't. I can't show up to classes hungover anymore."

"You can limit yourself to one!" Cana pointed out.

Letting out a laugh, Erza just shook her head again, "And you should know that's all it takes to get me hammered."

Cana just nodded at that, flashing a smile, "You got me there."

"Think fast!" Bacchus suddenly shouted. Erza turned towards him and saw something flying at her, and she was able to react quickly enough to catch it. It was a can of soda. "Y'know, since you ain't gonna drink." He paused for a moment, "...You might not wanna open that for a few seconds. I didn't think that through."

"Yeah, I don't want to get soaked before this starts. But thanks though." Erza grinned his way.

Bacchus slung his arm around Erza then, pulling her closer to the action, "Do ya' know how this stuff works?"

Erza shook her head. Cana slid into the conversation, "This is our first time, man." She pointed out, speaking into her cup of beer.

"Fair 'nough. Alright, so I hope you brought some cash with ya', because how this is judged is that teams go up against each other and dance to a song they picked beforehand, but they also have to dance to a song the other team decides! The winner is judged by audience reaction, so whoever gets the loudest screams, wins. The cash is to show your support. They like it when they get paid."

"So… like a stripper?" Cana asked. Her expression was entirely serious.

"Not that far off!" Bacchus laughed, "But for real, it's like, polite or somethin'. You should really shove some money their way. They get like a guitar case or somethin' out for it once it's underway. You'll see."

Erza nodded along, crossing her arms, "Alright, I think I got it. I'll keep it in mind." Her eyes drifted across the people amongst the crowd. The crowd was pretty organized, gathered in a huge circle to allow room for the dancers, though no dancer was out yet. Erza was trying to scan the people for who she thought the dancers would be. One thing she noticed was how she and Cana were practically the only women there. Her cheeks puffed out at that; she didn't mind, but it was a little disappointing. She couldn't resonate with anyone so far. She didn't know who she'd fork her money over to.

"Ah, man…" Bacchus stretched an arm over his head, getting himself psyched up for the show, "I hope that trio from last time is here… God, the hell were they called again? The… Pussycat… Dolls? Wait, no, that ain't it… Damn, I must've been more wasted than I thought.."

"Not surprising…" Cana again spoke into her cup.

"Pot, meet kettle." Erza laughed under her breath, shaking her head.

Before Bacchus or Cana could protest, everyone was silenced by a loud, screeching mic. The crowd all looked to the DJ station, where the DJ was holding the mic.

"LET'S GET THIS SHOW STARTED!" The DJ, whose name was actually DJ, shouted into the mic, earning him excited shouts from the crowd and applause. Erza clapped her hands together, feeling a little out of place with these energetic, wild fans. Cana and Bacchus fit right in.

"TONIGHT'S FEUD IS THE BIGGEST AND BADDEST! WE GOT A LONG-STANDING RIVALRY HERE! OUR FIRST TEAM IS NONE OTHER THAN THE DEVILS IN THE DARK!" DJ motioned towards a quartet of men who stepped out into the circle, causing the audience to shout in excitement.

Erza only raised a brow curiously and looked at Bacchus, nudging him with her elbow, "Is this the bunch you were talking about that were super good?"

Bacchus shook his head, "Nah, ain't them. It was a trio."

"I dunno about you two, but this bunch looks super good…" Cana nodded in approvement, raising her glass.

"AND THEN WE GOT THE SABERTOOTH TIGERS! AND GET THIS, FOLKS! THEIR FRONTMAN, RIGORA, USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DEVILS IN THE DARK! IT'S SOME REAL BEEF IN HERE TONIGHT! OOOOHHH!" DJ cheered, and the audience joined in out of surprise.

"The Sabertooth Tigers! There we go!" Bacchus snapped his fingers proudly.

"How the hell did you get The Pussycat Dolls from that?" Cana huffed, furrowing her eyebrows.

Bacchus shrugged with a laugh, "I told ya'! I was wasted as hell!"

Erza's focus, however, was on the dance group itself. Immediately two guys entered the circle. One of the guys was blond and had his hair spiked up, and he was dressed in a lot of fur and tight-fitting clothes. He seemed to be the more energetic of the bunch, and he dragged his thumb across his neck at the Devils in the Dark as light from the parking garage reflected off his single earring. The other guy was a stark contrast, with black hair and baggy, dark clothes. His expression was entirely stoic, almost bothered and angered, and he stared down the Devils as well. That was two of the tigers, but… didn't Bacchus say they were a trio? Or did Bacchus drunkenly mix up the details again? Whatever it was, Erza's answers came shortly enough, and they sure floored her.

The light and dark tiger were standing side by side, but they were shoved away by someone behind them, and that someone stepped out in front of them both. They had long black hair underneath their "OBEY" hat, and some of the hair was done in braids on either side of their head. They were wearing baggy black pants, a purple crop top that read "HUSTLER," and a grey sweatshirt was tied around their waist. A blue tattoo was situated right above their left hipbone, and their exposed stomach was incredibly toned… Erza found herself biting her lip at the sight, and then the figure had lifted up the visor of their hat, revealing a very feminine face done to the nines in makeup. She was the only other girl there besides Cana and Erza, and she was the frontman of The Sabertooth Tigers. Where was that money bin Bacchus was talking about before? Erza was ready to throw her entire life savings into that bin for this dancer…

Cana looked at Erza then back to Bacchus, "Something tells me she found a team she likes…" She mused in a teasing voice.

Bacchus smirked at the sight of Erza practically drooling, "Keep an eye on the sis, yeah? We don't want her to throw away all of her money just because she's thirstin'."

Pursing her lips, Cana waved her hand in front of Erza. "I think she's so far gone she can't even move to reach her purse!" She said, laughing.

"AFTER LOSING THE COIN TOSS, THE TEAM DUKING IT OUT FIRST WILL BE THE DEVILS IN THE DARK!" DJ doubletapped on the trackpad of his laptop, starting the music, "LET'S GO!"

The start of The Devils In the Dark's song sounded damn near satanic, but Erza drowned it out as best as she could. Her focus couldn't be on them if she tried. She was spellbound by that tigress just by her strolling out into the circle. If she was that taken back by that tigress merely walking, she was going to be destroyed by the time the tigress actually danced, if Bacchus's word was of any merit. Erza watched as the tigress talked with the two males on either side of her, whispering between themselves. She tried to read their lips since their words were drowned out by the music. There was something the blond one said that she couldn't quite make out with his lips due to it not exactly matching up with what he was saying prior. Could he have said the tigress's name? Off of the blond's mouth, it seemed as if he was saying 'Minerva'... Well, Erza would just assume she was named Minerva then.

Soon the song faded out, and Erza was jolted from reality at that point. She had caught absolutely none of the Devils' performance. Not that she really cared; all four of those men were pretty ugly and unappealing. No wonder Minerva seemingly defected from them. They were pathetic.

Minerva lifted her hand closest to DJ and snapped her fingers. DJ didn't even give them an introduction; that action of Minerva's alone was enough. It was obvious who was really in charge here.

Before Erza could stare for too long, Bacchus nudged her with his elbow, "I know ya' got a clear fave already, but keep an eye out on those two fellas by her sides. They were the Twin Dragons before the tigress came along. They were legendary in their own right, but now they're even bigger and badder with that sister by their side!"

Erza only nodded, and both of them knew that Erza wasn't actually going to take her eyes off Minerva. It was worth a shot, though.

A clear distinction between the Tigers and the Devils was that while the Devils focused on hard, heavy moves and techniques, the Tigers were more fluid with their movements, the in-betweens of wow moves just as captivating as the wow moves themselves. Everything was so expertly linked together, flowing with ease, and it oozed mastery. When the chorus came, suddenly the Tigers' movements exploded into something far faster and harder, but their synchronization and fluidity remained even with the change of pace. Minerva moved with grace, every move executed with precision and purpose, and there was no mistake or stumble in sight. The icing on the cake was when the end of the chorus came and there was a slower break, which led to the body waves in the choreography. Erza watched how Minerva's hips and body rolled with ease, how Minerva drew in her bottom lip and smirked as she moved, how Minerva far outclassed the word sexy with her confidence and swagger. The body waves drew out raucous cheers from the audience, Cana included probably in support of the Twin Dragons, but Erza was the opposite, stunned into sheer silence as she stared. The breath had been knocked out from her body, her mouth agape. She was taken entirely.

Even when the song ended, Erza wasn't freed from her captivation. She was fixated on the rise and fall of Minerva's chest from being out of breath. She couldn't help but notice the added glow on Minerva's skin from the sweat of all the fast and constant movement. It was around that point where Erza finally opened that can of soda she got from Bacchus. She was getting pretty thirsty. Even she was seeing that now.

She forced herself to focus on the Devils when their challenge song rolled around. The Tigers gave them a pretty difficult song to dance to on the spot seeing as it wasn't hip-hop, as the lot of underground dancers were typically used to. It was a simple song, almost slow with its groovy instrumentals. For a group accustomed to hard and heavy moves, being forced into a song where there were no explosive instrumentals was a severe disadvantage to the Devils. The Tigers picked well. Somehow, however, the Devils were able to incorporate some hard, rigid moves into the song by matching the drum beat, and it appealed greatly to the audience. They were earning loud cheers, but Erza couldn't see the appeal at all. Then again, she was heavily biased at this point. There was no looking at the Devils objectively anymore.

Even if the Devils sucked, Erza had to applaud their tactics in choosing a song for the Tigers to dance to, for many reasons too. Seeing as the frontman and visual of the Tigers was female, the Devils chose a song that was sexy but in a very masculine and aggressive way in an attempt to trip up Minerva. The Twin Dragons were able to fall in line with the music and atmosphere easily, moving smoothly to the beat and taking up at the front of the formation. It was smart, being at the front and nearly shielding Minerva from sight at first. Their moves were appeasing the crowd as is; Cana was losing it over those two. However, it seemed like they were just out front in order to stall, since Minerva returned to the front when the chorus hit, reinvigorated after feeling the music for some while. She was able to plan out some moves to the song while she let the Twin Dragons take up the front, so it made for an explosive return when she hopped back in front. She fully immersed herself in the atmosphere of the music, juggling between quick, sharp movements and slow, flowing ones. Every move had a scandalous flair to it, matching the tone of the song, and Minerva's body flowed so perfectly to the music. It was as if she were floating with every movement, gliding easily across the pavement and moving as if she were weightless. The sex appeal wasn't lost on Erza as well. She was even more entranced than in the last song, if that were even possible. Minerva's expressions as she danced, biting her lip, letting her eyes fall half-lidded, every quirk of her brow… Erza was gone. She was ready to throw all her money at the Tigers. She was completely fine with that.

It seemed as if the Devils weren't expecting the Tigers to adapt so easily to their song, so already their confidence in winning was fading. Their expressions turned sour and they shook their heads, grunting in anger and irritation as they turned away and stormed off. They tried to salvage their reputation by rebelling, calling the whole thing rigged. That was a forfeit if Erza's ever seen one. She wanted the Devils to be crushed.

"LOOKS LIKE THE SABERTOOTH TIGERS WIN THIS ONE BY DEFAULT! LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE VICTOOOOOOOORS!" DJ shouted, throwing his hands in the air. He blasted some music to celebrate too.

"WILD!" Bacchus crushed his empty red cup in his hands from the energy flowing through him.

Cana was shimmying to the music that was playing, sure to keep her drink safe so it wouldn't spill, "This music ain't half bad… I could probably join one of these dance battles at this rate, eh?"

"We'd make the wildest dance team! Ain't that right, Erza?" Bacchus looked to his side in search for some sort of agreement, but Erza had vanished. Narrowing his eyes suspiciously, Bacchus looked around and spotted her following the lead of some of the other guests, tossing some bills into a case. Bacchus could only flash a sly expression at the sight, "To think the sis was tryna bail on us tonight! Bet she enjoyed it more than we did!"

"I dunno, man.. Those guys were some nice eye candy…" Cana lifted her cup to that, starting off after Erza, "I got a thirst deposit to make too!"

Bacchus hurled his crushed cup towards a far-off trash can with perfect accuracy from tons of practice before following the two girls, "Ain't nothing wrong with some good ol' physical appreciation, I guess!"

When Erza finally got to that cash case, she noticed how the Tigers were standing there and chatting amongst themselves, with Minerva's back to the case for the most part. Erza got out the money she wanted to leave before walking up and throwing it in, and there she saw Minerva glance over her shoulder and look Erza over before flashing a sly grin. Erza's expression looked blank for a moment in response, but she hurriedly spun on her heel and turned away, dragging Cana off with her with widened eyes.

"Wha- hey! Let me be thirsty too! What the hell?!" Cana shouted, trying to fight against Erza's grip.

"She smiled at me." Erza said in a hushed voice, "I've been noticed."

"Oh my god, you are so pathetic!" Cana growled with a shake of her head, "So what?!"

"Ladies, ladies…" Bacchus slid into the conversation and slowly but surely guided the two of them away from each other, "Remember the rules! No fighting unless it's certain each person has had an equal amount to drink! And you, sister, are sober!" He turned his attention to Erza in that moment.

Rolling her eyes, Erza glanced over to the Tigers again. The Twin Dragons were walking the opposite way, and there was Minerva, looking right at Erza, beckoning her forward with her two fingers. Erza just watched as Minerva spun away after that, almost certain Erza would follow eventually. "Hey guys…"

"What now?" Cana crossed her arms.

"Remember that Halloween where I drank so much that I let you guys convince me to crash that one party dressed as a fairy?"

"That night was wild! No one ever let ya' live that one down and they all just kept calling you Fairy Queen!" Bacchus smiled at the memory, "But, uh… why the sudden trip down memory lane, sis?"

"We all know that ain't you anymore." Cana pursed her lips, glancing Erza over.

Erza shook her head, "Bad Decision Titania's not dead." She ran after Minerva once she said that, not even sparing Bacchus and Cana a second glance.

Bacchus pointed after Erza as she ran off, looking over at Cana, "Now that's wild."

"Welp." Cana smacked her lips and just strolled right back over to the money case, "At least now I can give my money over in peace…" And she set her cash down on the pile with a flourish.

Meanwhile, Erza had followed Minerva into a deeper portion of the lot, situated underneath the ramp that led to the upper levels. Erza slowed down from her near sprint, looking to level her breathing before reaching Minerva so she didn't look too desperate, and her heels clicked on the floor and echoed throughout the garage as she approached the hideout under the ramp.

"So…" Minerva spoke, not even facing Erza but her voice still able to carry to the other, "I take it this is your first time around here?" She asked with a knowing tone, gaze fixated on something she was working through on the table in the little hideout.

The fact that Minerva wasn't actively looking made Erza react normally, instead of trying to be composed. She smiled nervously, shoulders sagging, "Is it that obvious?"

"Well, I had hoped you weren't a regular that made a habit of dropping that much money every time. That would be a sure fire way to run anyone broke." Minerva laughed to herself, turning around and leaning against the table, "Besides, girls aren't too common around these parts, and I surely would've remembered one with such vibrant red hair showing up before."

Erza ducked her head to keep her face out of view, brushing some hair behind her ear out of embarrassment. Minerva was onto her, that was for sure. "Heh… You're right. My friends dragged me here for a night out. They're the partying type."

Minerva tilted her head, an amused and intrigued look on her face, "Sounds like you weren't exactly a willing party out there tonight." Yet she did not falter in the slightest.

"I was looking forward to a nice night of sleep before my 8am class tomorrow. That never happens." Erza tried to laugh to soften the blow. It came out very forced and awkward. "Though… my 'unwilling' mind changed once I got here."

Letting out a satisfied hum, Minerva pulled off her hat and ran a hand through her hair to fix it. Her face was much more clear to Erza now that the visor wasn't blocking most of it, and Erza drew in her bottom lip between her teeth at the sight. That was not lost on Minerva in the slightest, and Minerva pushed herself off the table and started walking closer. "That's good to hear. It really is refreshing to see more women around here… Sometimes all the men around becomes a bit of a drag, you know?"

"I would imagine." Erza noticed how Minerva was moving closer, and she wound up taking a few slow steps back. Her heel hit something however, and she realized how she had walked her way towards a large support column. She was only a few inches away from having her back pressed against it, and she glanced back to Minerva who wasn't deterred in the slightest. "Uh…" Erza stammered, struggling to find something to say. Her eyes wandered Minerva's body- brilliant move, eyes -and Erza remembered how Minerva was only wearing a sleeveless crop top. "Aren't you… cold?"

Minerva shrugged indifferently, placing a hand on her hip. "Doesn't bother me." She had backed Erza up against that support column, and there she rested the flat of her arm against the concrete above Erza's head, barely any space between them. There was still room for Erza to slip out if she so wished, but Erza again biting her lip and letting her eyes wander more told Minerva that that probably wasn't happening. "Care to give a lady your name?"

"Erza." She had managed to cough out. Restraining herself was growing damn near impossible.

Minerva grinned at that, "They call me Rigora around these parts, but… for you, I think you can call me Minerva."

Erza managed to smile in response, letting out a laugh, "What an honor.."

"What can I say? I like you already." Minerva tilted her head, speaking in a coquettish voice.

Hearing Minerva's tone so seductive and smooth was Erza's breaking point in holding herself back, and suddenly her hand slipped around to the back of Minerva's neck. "Thank god…" She whispered, voice laced with desire as she pulled Minerva towards her and joined their lips together at last. Minerva half expected for Erza to have jumped on her the second the conversation started, so she wasn't surprised in the slightest and merely closed her eyes and jumped in when Erza forced their bodies together.

Erza's back was fully pressed against the support column now with Minerva's weight against her, though she couldn't bring herself to care about being so caught within Minerva's trap. The only thing she could think about was how Minerva wedged her leg between Erza's own, and how Erza had somehow come to wrap her leg around Minerva's waist. Minerva's free hand came to grip Erza's thigh, her nails digging in enough that Erza could feel the pinch through the fabric of her pants. It brought out a moan from Erza during the kiss, and that caused Minerva to let out a low laugh when she pulled away for air. Instead of diving back in for Erza's lips, Minerva instead trailed down Erza's jawline until her lips definitively settled on the base of Erza's neck and attacked fully. Erza threw her head back, biting down on her lip with a soft moan at the sheer intoxication sensation brought on by Minerva sucking on and toying with the skin of Erza's neck with her teeth. Gradually Erza's hands wandered Minerva's body, and soon Erza was reaching up underneath the loose fabric of Minerva's top until Minerva seized both of Erza's wrists in her grasp.

Minerva guided Erza's hands off of her as Erza only got a fleeting touch of her chest, and her fingers fumbled with Erza's own while Minerva pulled away from Erza's neck. "Let's not forget about that 8am class now… You wouldn't sleep a wink tonight if I let this go any further." Minerva laughed under her breath, voice still carrying that salacious tone even if she were the one to break things off. What a tease.

Erza pursed her lips together and let out a heavy exhale, still out of breath from what had happened. She damn near let out a whimper of protest in response too, but she followed Minerva's lead and slowly lowered her leg from around Minerva's waist as well as freed her hands from Minerva's own. "...Right. I should go."

"Oh, come on. Don't sound so disappointed, Erza." Minerva leaned in closer, a smirk on her lips, "I fully intend on finishing what I started. I just know that if I kept you up any later, you'd feel like hell in the morning. That's why you were so apprehensive about coming out here tonight, right?"

Letting out a sigh, Erza crossed her arms and leaned against the column. Judging by how intense that got in a few moments, Erza figured if she let it go all the way, she would never be able to fight the exhaustion during class. She hated how Minerva had a point there. "Uh-huh. And just how are we going to get around to finishing this?" There was a hint of bite to her words as she spoke.

Minerva only raised an eyebrow, impressed by such bite. She reached down to the jacket wrapped around her waist and started to untie it, and it was like a smack to the face for Erza, watching Minerva take it off but for no purpose. "Easy, now. I'm here every week with Sting and Rogue. I have a feeling we'll run across each other far before then, though." She teased, throwing her jacket on and adjusting it before stepping back to pick up some of the things she had stashed in that little hideout.

"If you say so." Erza pushed herself off the column, arms still crossed.

"Enough with the glum look." Minerva walked back towards Erza after grabbing her hat and bag, slinging the latter over her shoulder. She took Erza's chin between her index finger and thumb, "I always follow through on what I say and do. I'll make sure we get what we both want."

Erza couldn't fight that, and instead she loosened up some and let her arms fall to her sides. It brought a playful grin to Minerva's lips.

"Better." Minerva said, walking past and waving halfheartedly behind her, "Catch you around, Erza. I'm sure I'll see you soon…" And her last note was a low snicker.

Erza could only watch as Minerva walked off, letting out a heavy sigh. She couldn't believe she just got led on by the underground dancing tiger.

Her hopes and dreams of a long good night's sleep were squashed the second Erza left her apartment to join Bacchus and Cana, and she only got a few hours in by the time she returned home. It felt like hell to roll out of bed in the morning and get herself ready for class, but she made enough coffee to power through it.

Erza was one of the first to arrive to the lecture hall, and she slid into one of the seats in the back. She didn't want to risk accidentally falling asleep in class in a front row seat, so she took the safe route in taking a seat far away from the professor. That way, if she passed out in class, it wouldn't be that noticeable. She took a long drink of coffee from her mug to try and get herself attentive enough to focus, but as she expected, it wasn't working very well. It seemed as if she would just have to suffer through the day.

Suddenly, while Erza had admittedly half-lulled herself back to sleep, she heard a voice nearby.

"Is this seat taken?" The female asked in a droll.

Erza rolled her eyes and sighed. The lecture hall was near empty and this person wanted to take a seat right next to Erza. She still cleared up some of her sprawled up belongings, clearing up a seat to her left. "No, go ahead." She spared a quick glance at the evil female who was pulling this stunt on her, catching a glimpse of how her black hair was cleanly pulled back into a tight, high ponytail without a single strand out of place.

The female smoothly slid into the seat next to Erza, setting her bag down and leaning back in her chair. "My, my… Here I thought you would be happier to see me, Erza. I told you we'd be running into each other soon."

Erza groggily looked over at the female, a raised eyebrow distinguishing itself from a blank, exhausted expression. She didn't say anything. She was just confused and annoyed.

"Don't tell me you've already forgotten…" She spun some of the fabric of the bottom of her sweater around her finger before lifting it up, flashing a blue tattoo right above her left hipbone.

The realization hit Erza like a brick to the face, and she suddenly blinked a few times as her eyes shot wide. "Minerva?!" It was easy for her to miss; Minerva looked completely different than she had the night prior. She was in a grey sweater and black leather pants, and her makeup was less colorful than the warpaint-esque look she had before. The flawless ponytail threw her off as well, but Erza realized that the stark red of Minerva's lips was the exact same. She had spent enough time staring to know.

Minerva only smiled slyly as a result, lowering her sweater over her stomach again, "I knew that red hair was familiar from the second I saw you at the lot. Hearing you complain about your morning class only solidified things. The world's smaller than one might expect, no? Looks like we're classmates."

"And you're the one who always shows up to class looking so perfect and stylish that it puts the rest of us dead-inside students to shame…" Erza commented, eyes taking in Minerva unabashedly, "I would have never envisioned you and her being the same after last night…"

"What can I say? I do have a bit of a wild side…" Minerva teased, that coquettish voice from the night before returning. She leaned closer so that her lips were right by Erza's ear, and she rested her hand on Erza's thigh as she did so, "Once this class is over, I say we have some unfinished business to get to, don't we? I'm not through with you yet, Erza.."

Minerva's seductive whisper sent chills down Erza's spine, causing her to close her eyes and shudder in anticipation. It felt as if her cheeks were burning and up in flames, but even so, there was a ghost of a smile on her lips.

Erza didn't pay attention to a single word of her professor's lecture. She could only think of what paradise awaited her once class was over.

It was everything she expected and then some.

[valeriemperez]

I was wondering why they showed him the cannon? Okay technically that never happened in the previous iteration but once she fixed it, I was wondering why show Barry. If you need a speedster to go get it, Wally could do it. But I Guess Snart only trusts Barry. Okay this is all too confusing

I thought the same thing! Don’t tell Barry the plan, guys, or else Savitar knows it too!

Low-key (or high-key) want the show to do an episode where they visit Earth-11, where everyone is gender-swapped. They could even just do role-reversal rather than gender-swapping, so Iris could be the Flash (or Miss Miracle even), and Barry could be a regular guy.

I would die of happiness if we got this one episode. 

Savitar did say he had plans for Jessie. That’s why she left. But I don’t think she’s on Earth 2 anymore? I thought she went to Earth 3??

Correct, but maybe Savitar goes to get Harry in order to lure Jesse back to E2? I don’t know. Maybe there isn’t a connection and Harry just shows up and so does Savitar later.

Regardless of who Savitar kills (HR, duplicate Iris, etc.), I think it’s guaranteed that we’re gonna see Barry thinking Iris actually died. Savitar has Barry’s memories, so if Barry knows it’s not really Iris, Savitar would (or should) know too. Unless they completely drop that whole memory thing next episode. (Because how ARE they going to come up with a plan if they share memories?)

I agree. Either Barry has to think she’s dead for Savitar to think he killed her, or Savitar doesn’t plan to kill her and he’s the one who wants to make Barry think she’s dead. And I hope the team leaves Barry out of the plan, or else 3.21 was kind of pointless (still amazing, though).

When Savitar says he wants Barry to be “pushed so far into the dark that [Savitar] can be born”, do you think he means he wants our Barry to become him? Or do you think he’s just talking about making the time remnants and such? Because there’s also that part where he says “you kill me, you become me, either way…”

He wants our Barry to be desperate enough to make the time remnants, one of whom becomes Savitar. And I think the other line is the more general “one murder makes you a murderer and you can’t go back.”

I keep rewatching the promos + sizzle reel and thinking how there seems to be a lot of things to fit into only two episodes. And then I remember that they didn’t even show the funeral, the speedforce scene, or Jay and Gypsy showing up. Which makes me think the sizzle reel was mostly only 3x22 (and some 3x21), with little or no finale footage. In which case, damn, this next episode is gonna be packed.

Yeah, going over the sizzle reel, it’s probably all 3.22 ending with Iris “dying.” Then 3.23 is the aftermath…

Hey! so what i think happens in 3x22, 23 is that sav!barry takes iris (or who he think is iris but is actually hr using his face changing thing) this is how the team without barry plan to save iris by making sav!barry & actually barry think she died, 22 ends with “her” dying in barry’s arms, that would also explain the episode description for 23 “with nothing left to lose” bc barry think he lost iris, & wins against sav then finds out iris is alive+at the funeral scene (the photos that got leaked of them holding each other & crying) only all that leads to him willingly going to the speed force by the end of the episode which sucks tbh, anyways thanks for hearing me out!

My only issue is that I can’t imagine Iris or the rest of the team willingly sacrificing another person in her place. However, I agree with you that in 23 Barry has “nothing left to lose” because Iris is dead… except we find out she’s not. 

I refuse to believe the season ends with him going into the speedforce! I demand that something happen after that, lmao. But yes, so far it seems likely.

Tati, as we get closer to Iris’ impending death, on Flash, I’m really wondering if Iris could actually die? We saw it in the sizzle reel. I also started thinking about deaths in S1. Cisco’s in 115, in particular. RF kills Cisco, but when Barry goes back in time the event is erased. Do you think it’s possible that Barry or maybe Wally goes back in time during 322 or 323 and in addition to [Redacted] dying, someone else takes her place?

I do think we will see Iris die in 3.22, but I don’t think time travel will fix it. I think something else happens that causes her to live.