#bc they feel like they have to fit them instead of taking a chance and breaking them or doing something new with them

[coffeepaintwater]

shen yuan, luo binghe and shen jiu the most explosive trio to ever trio i fear (there are two duos in these trio and hint hint both of them feature sy lol)

also this is basically fanart for Shen Yuan of No Relation on ao3 by Gemi bc i'm binge reading/listening to it and it's so good!!! the characterisation is so on point it dragged me back into the svsss fandom by my hair. the character study tag 100% deserves its' place there.

notes, bc how could there not be??:

i saw a post that said that any svsss fanwork's inaccuracy to history can be attributed to airplane's lazy pidw world-building and. yeah. basically.

i was thinking what would the disciple robes look like to both seem regal to the commoners (as described in 99% xianxia novels) and good to train in and i realized that there shouldn't probably be more than two layers anyways because it isn't even really accurate. also, i like the interpretation that each disciple has a subtly different uniform, but i just can't picture how that would work???? 100% the rich kids and older disciples who can actually earn some money would add accesories to their robes, but for shen yuan and luo binghe, i just couldn't imagine where they'd get anything like that, besides the hair pins ning yingying made/gave them (sry if i mix some shit up, i've read 20 chapters in 2 days okey have mercy). plus, with a world that focuses on social standing as much as pidw/svsss does, i think that the sects would naturally aim to recreate that hierarchy in their own society.

with the example of cang qiong mountain, yue qingyuan would have the highest rank, and (as syonr showed!!!) probably boast the biggest estate on the peak, inheriting all the wealth the previous sect leaders had accumulated. and while from what i understand, being a sect-affilated cultivator means your payment is basically getting fed, clothed and having a roof over your head in the sect instead of idk, coin, yue qingyuan would still have monetary means because of, surprise surprise, inheriting it. so, clothes just on the better side from the other peak lords perhaps

next in the food chain would be the other peak lords, except that we see that even the peaks have different 'rankings'. so, while on the outside each peak lord carries the same authority, shen jiu would have been able to be as he was in canon (MASSIVE side eye btw) and no one would have been really in a place to kick him in the gut and say he was a fucking asshole, for example, besides yue qingyuan. that is, from a purely theoretical stand-point, bc all hierarchical order is sometimes broken but that's besides the pointttt. the point is, they would have freedom to dress however they wish and while i believe the disciple robes remain unchanged since the founding of the sect (bc svsss universe is implied to be a largely unadvancing society, regarding anything besides cultivation), the peak lords most likely don't have one set uniform, besides each peak being color-coded apparently??

there was a post i was inspired by (https://www.tumblr.com/svsssfanonarchive/736782613008809984?source=share) that confirmed that the peaks (or at least three of them, but we don't get much of the others anyways) do in fact have the disciples wear robes of one color. qing jing favors greens and teals (see the post for more details pls pls pls it's so good) BUT i love adding white to my art bc i feel like a fabric this vibrant and light would fit the scholars there. also, white seems like the furthest one could get from the gutter to me, bc while it is the color of mourning, it's also the color of purity and shen jiu would take the chance to put one more barrier between shen qingqiu the peak lord and shen jiu the slave. don't ask why i put shen yuan in better robes; there's no reason other to make him more like a mini shen qingqiu lol

the head disciples could probably get modified uniforms or a layer more, to make them really stand out. and i'm not touching on the hall masters and senior disciples bc NOPE. not my problem for now

last thing, fu yue my love, my beauty, my life force, WHICH CHARACTER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR FU?????? i decided on these ones bc there were the closest i could get to the meaning Gemi intended but :(( i have a gut feeling the first character is wronggg

[jymwahuwu]

i keep thinking about housewife kink sunday 💭💭💭 but with a plot twist!

reader is THE housewife tm. they fit into the stereotypes so perfectly you wonder if the stereotypes were based off them instead. short (this is self indulgent...), wants kids and husband, cooks and bakes meals that made your toes curl. all of it..

so what would their reaction to sunday kidnapping them (more like putting them under new management) and forcibly breeding them? i feel like the reader would be into it bc of the whole housewife idea, but they'd cry and beg him to stop at the same time. its a double sided coin if you ask me

cw: non-con, yandere, forced pregnancy, housewife kink, kidnapping, HSR 2.1 spoilers (a little bit)

you obviously want to be a housewife, but you are just too shy... Mr. Sunday will help you… 😽💖

"Mr. Sunday! Try these cookies."

You are part of The Family and occasionally help out with activities such as cooking and embroidery (of course. Those woven with a giant weaving machine, but still using your creativity and strength). You take the results to a charity stall and cook for the members. Sunday noticed you at an event. You have given so freely of your time, money, and love to The Family.

Under Xipe's light, you awkwardly admit to Mr. Sunday your desire to be a housewife…to take care of your baby and do housework…

Sunday gives you a chance!

Sunday tells you that you can conceive Halovian babies, adorable babies with wings! His cock swells and expands between your legs. Tie your hands so you can only bounce and cry on him. "Stop- Mr. Sunday- I- I can't- " He noticed, you squirted and twitched at the words "conception," "baby," knowing how much you loved these blueprints for the future, but sobbing and begging for mercy at the same time. The reason is that he took you without your consent.

Sunday kisses your face. He knows you will be a good little housewife and take care of the Family.

[teddybeartoji]

let me tell u this idea i have of going to the club with bestie!roomie!toji

you're all comfy in his lap, back against his broad chest, in a private booth (thank you shiu) while the others in the group are busy drinking or on the dance floor. but you are more than content with just staying with toji. the way his hand strokes up and down your back, occasionally, going over your hip and playfully squeezing your ass as he feigns innocence !!

trying to get him back by teasing him, pouting as you tell him that you want his opinion on this new outfit you bought bc you don't know if the color fits you. and he does NOT expect to see you open a picture of you posing in the mirror in cute pink lingerie that hugs you in all the right places. “i like this one, the pink set was so pretty, but i dunno if i like it on me,” you hum

toji is losing his fucking MIND right now, his arms gripping you tighter as he lets out a heavy sigh at the view. he doesn't even get a chance to say anything before you're swiping to the left and you grow a little shy, giving a fake little 'woops'

instead of a picture, it’s a fucking video. a video of you fucking yourself with a toy playing on the screen angled so only he could see!! the volume is low so only you both can hear it and toji can HEAR the wet gushing of your pussy, creaming around the toy as you moaned and begged oh so cutely. “aww...toji, I couldn’t even get the toy all the way in,” you whine. “only got it halfway…”

its taking everything in him not to just fuck you right now, to show you he'd make sure you'd be able to get cock in you all the way. "kook at my best girl, so fuckin' desperate and needy," he hums, resting his chin on your shoulder as he watches the video. "tsk, tsk, tsk...poor think, y'should be filled up properly, hm? stretched on my cock til you're taking all of it...i'd make sure ya cream for real, baby doll."

“i wanted t’ send this to you, wanted you t’ see it and tell you t’ come help me get it in me,” you pouted, leaning into him. "plus, when it feels too good i can't help but run away from it, and it makes it sooo hard t' cum, tojiiiii....you wouldn' let me run from it, right, big guy?"

the way you look at him over your shoulder with those pretty eyes that just scream mischief..."mmn, you should've. i would've come over right away. make sure we get some cock into ya like y'need it. stretch you out niiiiice and good, get m'cock into that tight, pretty pussy of yours...like the good best friend i am," he purrs, pressing a kiss to your cheek.

yeah im insane !!!!

LUNARRRR WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU I WANT YOU SO BAD WHEN I TELL YOU THAT MY EYES POPPED OUT OF MY HEAD I MEAN THAT I HAD TO FUCKING LOOK FOR THEM IN THE DARK BEFORE I COULD DO ANYTHING ELSE RAAAAHHHHHHH

THIS IS SO FUCKING HOT LUNAR I NEED TO MAKEOUT WITH YOU ASAP. FIRST OF ALL THE LINGERIE??????????????????? GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD IT'S SOOFUCKING PRETTY TOJI IS A STRONG STRONG MAN FOR NOT FOLDING IMMEDIATELY BC WTF. OMFG AND I LOOOOOVE THE TOUCHING FUCK IT'S SO HOT LIKE YEAH I WANNA SIT ON HIS LAP AND I WANT HIM TO SQUEEZE MY ASSS AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHSTOP THIS MADNESS RIGHT NOW

WHEN HE RESTS HIS HEAD ON YOUR SHOULDER????????????????????????????????????????? I DIED. I DIED I DIED I DIED. THE CLOSENESS IS DRIVING ME INSANE ACTUALLY LUNAR I REALLY DO NEED TO BITE YOU OR SOMETHING YOU'RE SO SEXY AND THEN A KISS ON THE CHEEEEEEK????????? GODDD I AM NOT YOUR STRONGEST SOLDIERRRRR I WANT TO SUCK HIM RIGHT THEREEEEEEEE BALLS AND EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND YOU KNOW HE'S GETTING BRICKED BC YOU CAN JUST FEEL IT POKING AT YOU FROM BEHIND FUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKMMM

he calls the cab bc he wants to help his bestie out:(((( but then he's getting soooooooo handsy in the cab already bc how could he not:((( the video keeps replaying in his head and you just keep staring at him with these mischievous eyes and he kinda just wants to eat you yk

his fingers keep kneading your thighs as you play with the hair on his nape andmmmmmmmmmmmmmm he's so hard it fucking hurtss. and when you're finally at your place he doesn't even let you properly open the fucking door bc he just needs his lips on you whewww he's such a good friend:(((((((((((((((((((((((((( he's gonna teach you how to take it and he's not gonna let you run away:((((((((((((((((((((he's so perfect lunar i need him so fucking bad i just drooled on my shirt what the actual fuck

[gremlin-girly]

Kinktober 19

Kinks: Praise/breeding

The Perfect Jotunn Bride Part 2

Tags/warnings: SMUT, macrophilia (bc he's still a giant), overstimulation, vaginal fingering, p in v, creampie, breeding kink, no beta, Loki (he's a warning), slight dub con, praise (good girl), Spitting, monster fucking (ig), monster cock, stomach bulge, multiple orgasm,

My warnings are non-exhaustive and likely I've missed some, please read at your own risk. And Minors do not interact!!

Summary: Following the night of your husband’s return, Loki finds your notes on the Jotun language and introduces you to a new way of studying.

Word count: 1.9k

A/N: did I only have 5 hours sleep and got back from work two hours ago? Yes. Did my phone post a fic I'm working on before it was ready again? Also yes. I'm very tired... so the mistakes are aplenty (probably). I'll fix them later (probably).

Translations are at the end! I used this little website so I apologise in advance if there are mistakes! Banners by @/cafekitsune

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Loki was awake before sunrise. The memories of the night before flitted in and out of his brain as he held your small form in his arms. You looked peaceful in this state; a welcome change from the worried, fearful or angry looks you usually sported.

Loki did consider pulling you tighter to him but didn't want to risk stirring you from your slumber, knowing you would likely be in a foul mood after the events of last night. His ruby eyes flitted to the corset in tatters next to the bed, making a mental note to get another that would fit a little better and look as equally beautiful.

After half an hour, he removed himself from you with a sigh, careful to keep from waking you. He'd not had chance to investigate you what you'd been working on and, after setting the fire alight, he reached for the nearest notebook you had left strewn on the floor, flicking through the pages.

Some of the script is random notes but other parts are words and phrases in Jotun, with colourful translations in Asgardian next time them. An unfamiliar warmth blossoms in Loki’s chest as he looks between your dreaming form and your notes, but a wicked smirk quickly appears as his plans for the morning change.

Loki treads back to the bed, re-taking his place next to you, discarding your notebook lazily to drape his arm over your waist.

“Wife,” Loki punctuates the word with a nuzzle into your neck, making you stir. Your eyes flutter and then you blink a few times, brows furrowing as you wake. Memories of the previous night crash through your brain and your eyes fly open fully, face flushing as you look over to your husband lying beside you with a mischevious gleam in his red eyes.

“Wife," He says again, voice low. "Have you been trying to learn Jotun?"

You attempt to gather the bed sheets around you, swamping yourself in warmth amd protection, but Loki’s giant cold arm prevents it. He instead looks down at you, waiting patiently for your response. Slowly, you nod your head.

"You know I can help teach you.” Loki murmurs into your ear. "And I can make it fun."

Your head tilts back slightly, eyes wide and Loki drinks in the sight. Your chest is heaving under the covers and your face is bright red at the thought of what fun Loki could possibly have in mind for you.

"Loki," You breathe. "Last night-"

"You were exquisite, wife." Loki’s eyes bore into yours and you feel as if you're shrinking, however, your body betrays you by making heat pool between your thighs at his praise. "And I want more. Especially now, knowing you've been learning my tongue."

“You’re so busy – I couldn’t ask you to-“

“We can start right now,” he purrs, his large hand tugging away the covers, exposing your naked form. Loki's tongue drags across his lips, and you remember just how well he'd teased you with it the night before and you shiver. "I'd forgo any amount of royal duties if it meant being buried in your sweet cunt."

You can't stop the short gasp that bubbles out of your throat and your eyes widen. You heart is running circuits, blood rushing heat everywhere. Loki’s words leave you skin like gooseflesh, your nipples pebbling at the thought despite your thoughts of him. You didn't even want to think of the way your pussy throbbed.

Loki seems to enjoy the sight before him, knowing you want more of last night's activities and knowing the effect his words have on your delicate Asgardian body. He runs his hand upwards to cup at one of your breasts rolling and tweaking at your nipple gently and you fight back moans.

"Does my wife like that idea?" He taunts in a whisper. "Being split open by your husband? You already wear my mark."

His chilled thumb runs over the love bite he'd left on the top of your breast the night before and he eyes it proudly. His eyes flicker to yours for a moment before he presses his face against yours, the heat of your skin warming his own.

Your own small hands inch up his strong arm that's holding you down, eyes quietly pleading but for what you weren't sure.

"Loki." You murmur to him as he nips at the sensitive skin on your neck.

“I’m going to say things to you in your Asgardian tongue and you will repeat it in Jotun for me.” Loki’s tone doesn't leave any room for argument and your chest heaves with a mixture of nerves and excitement. "Each correct answer will be rewarded.”

You press your legs together as another wave of heat flushes through you and try to look anywhere but at Loki as your cheeks redden with sudden shyness. Loki smirks and trails kisses along your shoulder and chest.

"Isn't that a good idea?" Loki lips gently kiss over your breasts, his cold tongue licking playfully at your pebbled nipples. “Don’t worry, we will start easy.”

Easy was numbers. Loki held you close to his side  to murmur numbers to you in Asgardian, ensuring you couldn’t move away. His free hand trailed over your body softly, at first.  After each answer he would shower you with praises, often giving piece of soft, warm flesh a squeeze before continuing to trail your sides again. Each time he’d squeeze, you found yourself making small noises, and by the time you had reached the number ten, you found yourself agreeing that this was  a far better way to learn than through children's books and notes.

When you reached fifteen, Loki’s fingers trailed down to your sex and tapped your clit, making you jolt in his arms. He continued to draw small, tight circles around the bundle of nerves to ensure you continued to whimper and grow more and more pliant.

“Good girl,” he cooed, kissing the top of your hair. “Isn’t this nice? Being rewarded for your good behaviour? Smart little wife.”

You can feel the dampness leaking from your core as Loki works his ministrations on your clit and you mewl into his shoulder, gripping his arm so hard your fingers ached. The brashness of your own sounds make you flood with shyness and shame. You were loving all of this newfound attention from Loki, even if you knew you shouldn't be.

When you reached twenty you were red faced and panting into Loki’s chest. He'd been horrifically slow saying the numbers, prolonging his torture of your clit. He knew exactly how to draw you to the edge and keep you there, before giving you moments of respite before bringing you right back to that edge. You were beginning to see stars and your pussy ached around nothing. You'd considered begging for his fingers, begging for some relief, but when your half-lidded, lust-glistened eyes met his you knew you'd get something far better than his fingers.

 "You've done so well for me, smăr einn." Loki says shifting to cage you against the mattress with his arms. His knees push your legs apart with ease and you gasp loudly when you feel the tip of his cock brush along your inner thigh. "Are you ready for your reward?"

When you nod Loki says dramatically. "Words, wife. Use your words." He sits back on his haunches and your eyes grow wide at the massive length standing tall between his legs. You swallow thickly, wondering how he'd manage to squeeze in to you... and your cunt flutters at the thought. Loki smirks down at you, pumping his cock a few times and then spitting onto your sensitive clit. "You know how much I like to hear you beg. Let me hear you say how much you want your husband."

Your voice dies in your throat when Loki runs the head of his thick cock from your spit covered clit, all the way down to your wet hole. He nudges it testingly with a curious look and you squeak a gasp. Your pussy flutters again and you can't think of anything else other than him being inside you.

"Come on wife," Loki teases with an edge of impatience. He taps his cock against your clit, watching you writhe beneath him in pleasure. "Imagaine how good it'll feel being full of my cum."

"Líka!" You cry out in Jotun, surprising both you and Loki; whose heart thuds harder in his chest. "Líka maðr!"

"Fast, wif." Loki huffs, rolling his hips slowly into yours. Your mouth is an open scream as Loki pushes into your tight hole, your pussy immediately constricting around his cock. Loki sighs, reaching a hand to toy with your clit again. You jerk at the sensation, his cool skin against your scorching heat never ceases to make your pussy wet.

You whimper as Loki’s cock finally reaches its hilt and Loki makes a loud, gravelly groan.

"Look at how well you take me," Loki urges, his voice breathless. His other hand goes to knead your breasts and your eyes flutter, glancing down. Loki’s hips are slotted between yours, his cock buried inside you as promised, but above where his hand rolls your clit, there's an obvious bulge.

Your pussy spasms at the sight, and Loki grins down at you, slowly moving his hips backwards and then forwards, allowing you to adjust to his size.

"Loki." You keen, heaving breaths beneath him. "I- fuck."

Loki huffs a chuckle, dragging his cock out before plunging back into your pussy. He'd been correct before, he'd gladly avoid royal duties to have you splayed out like this on his cock. You curse louder than before, almost screaming and gripping the covers beside you; Loki would have been concerned if your legs didn't spread wider and your cunt didn't gush the way it did over his cock. Spurred on to move faster, Loki picks up the pace, continuing to lavish your breasts and clit with attention that makes your eyes roll.

"You're doing so well," Loki pants. "Such a good girl for your husband. I can't wait to see my seed drip from your pretty little cunt."

Your walls clench down around Loki and he curses. He moves his arms forwards, interlacing his fingers with yours before leaning down, pressing you into the bed as he fucks into you.

"My wife," Loki growls into your neck. You're a moaning mess under him, but you manage to turn your face towards his; your lips kissing haphazardly until you find his lips. Loki’s hips stutter and his moan is smothered by your lips - the first true kiss you'd given him unprompted, unlike the forced kisses he'd managed to manipulate from you at your wedding or for social aspect but a real, genuine kiss.

"My husband," you whisper hoarsely back, breath hitching three octaves as another orgasm crashes through your body. "Loki!"

Loki grunts, his fingers almost crushing yours as your pussy to squeeze him tight and he pumps you full of his cream.

You're completely fucked out and breathless, your eyes flutter when you feel a cool hand against your flushed cheek turn your head and your heart stammers when Loki presses a sweet kiss against your lips.

"You were amazing," he whispers, brushing away hair that's stuck to your sweat-sheened face. "I think we should study a few times each day."

You give him a lopsided, cock-drunk grin; the first genuine smile you'd ever given him. "That sounds good to me."

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Translations:

Smăr einn - Little One

Líka - Please

Maðr - husband

fast - certainly

[takamiwife]

I LOVEYOURWRITING SO MCUHHHHH

Could i request hawks x a tomboy reader Whos taller then him and loveeees to tease him? Hcs? >:]

YOURE SO SWEETTTTT AWWWWWW

getting cuteness aggression with my mooties

💌 this is slightly nsfw, mdni please! <3 💌

ANYWAYS OF COUWSEEEEE here’s some cutesie little hc’s THIS IS SO FUN TOO BC I GREW UP A TOMBOY

keigo is 5”8, which isn’t insanely short, but in your guys’ relationship, he’s the shorty

oh did you think he was insecure about his girlfriend being taller than him? babe, its the absolute opposite. he enjoys feeling smaller in your arms, but he also loves being the big spoon and having more to cuddle of you!!! like bro wants to recreate this (literally does not matter how much taller you are than him, he just wants to do this):

plus, he can’t complain. he’s booby height™️. bro goes in for a hug and gets a face full of titties. he’s in heaven

or being able to hug you and look up at you with a smile while his wings flapped and flittered

not only THAT, but omg?? you’re a tomboy too??

he’s purposely started buying his hoodies and shirts bigger so that they fit you comfortably since you guys share a similar sense of style

when you two first started dating, you were playing a shared favorite video game together and you started fucking demolishing someone verbally in a lobby and keigo looked like this bc he knew his lil ass was next (he prayed for days like this)

(this is such projection lol) you love yourself and your style, but sometimes you can’t help but look at other girls or old photos of keigo with models that the media absolutely blew up and you can’t help but feel.. not ‘classically’ feminine enough. you had never brought it up, thinking you’d sound silly, bc he told you how stunning you were every chance he got, and you already could barely handle compliments. but one day, you saw a picture of the two of you at a party, and keigo was looking up at you with a look in his eyes you’ve never seen head on before (he looked at you like this constantly, but you had never noticed). he looked completely enamored, like you were the most beautiful thing in the world. that’s one of your favorite pictures now

but he truly thinks everything about you is so sexy

you know this and take full advantage of it of course

for example, when keigos cooking, you love coming over, leaning down so your chest rests on his shoulder, your hands on his arms while you remark how good it looks/smells and he absolutely freezes up

you continue to ask him questions about it all while he just keeps his head down and continues to chop the food up, fast enough to where he could damn near chop his finger off

one day you took a pair of his boxers and wore it with baggy jeans that sagged enough to show them off, paired with a baggy shirt. you went into the living room, “hey, look’it this, what do you think?” you ask, lifting up your shirt to show part of your torso and the waistline of his boxers. his. boxers. while his mind raced with how goddamn perfect you looked, all he could choke out was a “looks- looks really good, babe” while looking like this:

on one of the few occasions that you wear a dress, let alone heels, you debated finding some flats to wear, not wanting to be any taller than him than you already were. “put on the heels” “kei, i’ll be towering over you” “THATS THE POINT!!!!! PUT THEM ON PLEASEPLEASEPLEA-“ you wore the heels

bro is equally scared and horny when you’re mad at him

one of your favorite ways to tease him is when you lean down to his height, acting like you’re gonna kiss him, but grabbing something behind him instead. or, vice versa, acting like you’re grabbing something and kissing him instead. makes him feel like the lord truly blessed him

one day when you guys were arguing, you took a picture of him from your perspective, which no matter how much the difference is, it humbled him. you continued to pull it out anytime you two would fight

he loves when you wear muscle shirts because arms. arms. arms. ARMS!!!

he’s lowkey jealous bc your fit and shoe game is so much better than his. believe me, his fans make that known too (we’ve all seen the canon outfits bro)

when somethings on a high shelf, he’s stopped using his feathers to get it and has just asked you to get it for him

[ven0moir]

Let's talk about Bychance + Mike

alright, time to unpack this. i'll just go ahead and say it: the duffer's biggest challenge to land a Byler endgame, is to believably show--and prove to--the audience, that Mike's feelings for Will are sexual in nature.

throughout their text, the duffers have treated sexual intimacy as a natural part of growing up, and have made that known to the audience textually in s4 via Argyle and Jonathan's speech at the very start of the season.

Argyle doesn't even use the word 'normal', which the idea of normalcy is such a HUGE theme of the show--he uses the word 'natural'.

the truth of the matter is, that at this point in the game, and given how they have written Mike and Will so far, there is very little the duffers can do to convince a GA that mike's feelings for will are romantic without integrating sexuality in some form.

in fact, i can't think of anything. because whatever way you wish to spin this, ( Mike confessing at the nth hour, Mike confessing to his mom first, someone helping Mike see his own truth, some other option we don't see coming at all )

SOMETHING needs to trigger these.

Bychance is that trigger.

It literally cannot be anything else, ( in fact, I dare you to give me an alternative that feels as deserved as this ) because ST is NOT Sex Education. I,e, we're very unlikely going to see Mike just ... 'playing' with himself while he looks at the painting or whatever something like Sex Ed would do, and even if we did, it needs to feel natural AND deserved, not gratuitous or something added there just for shock value/bc the duffers couldn't think of a better way to show this to the audience.

ST is NOT high art, but the way they've set up Bychance/Byler feels elegant and REAL. It just fits the show seamlessly.

For the byler reveal to feel deserved, they can't take the GA into it cold turkey. Instead, imagine this--they make it feel natural. Initially, they get us to SUSPECT Mike likes Will by allowing us to SEE MIKE'S REACTION to Bychance. we would be like "wait woah ... woooaahh woah why is he acting like that? that's sus af"

I keep saying this over and over because Mike won't be devastatingly crushed and jealous at this reveal. He would be if he sees Will with a girl, sure. Bc that'd mean all hope is lost, Will is straight. But with a guy? Not only would that mean he has a real chance ( lol ) at being with Will, he also has legitimate EVIDENCE in his hands ( LITERALLY ) that Will loves him. HE HAS THE UPPER HAND in this situation. He has a) the letter El gave him and b) the actual painting. We also need to consider this is a BULLY that Will is with, so ofc he'll be angry af about it ... but ...

Let my boy react in a low-stakes situation that FEELS high-stakes to him. Let my boy bring out his strategic mode, let my boy BREAK THE FOURTH WALL by throwing HINTS at Will throughout the season and validating Bylers by telling us that "yes, in retrospect, this is the way you should be observing the text. Because Mike is the MC and the way he thinks and acts/behaves is integral to the show and it mirrors the way the subtext is designed."

Let my boy SHOW us, NOT TELL US that he loves Will.

And I'm still developing this idea but hear me out:

Imagine it, post Bychance reveal to Mike, he didn't confront them/Will and Chance have no idea Mike saw them. But due to how he reacted, we assume Mike's going to confront Will at some point, but instead, we see him get slightly closer to Will, tell him things like

"You know I ... did call you ... back when you were in California? But your mom was always on the phone ... Idk why i didn't tell you back then but i just thought you should know. That I care." and he shrugs it off and seems casual about it, which matches his behavior when he told Will 'hawkins is not the same without you' but he also seems more visibly nervous due to the context of this situation

and Will's like "omg is he--?" like he was back then,

but he's SO heartbroken after hearing Mike tell El he's loved her since the first moment he saw her that it literally hurts him to hope so he quickly shuts the feeling down and just goes.

"Yeah ... I know you care." And smiles, and looks down kind of like he's thinking 'yeah he cares as a friend, ofc he does, it's mike. he doesn't mean anything else by it'. Kind of like yknow, how non-byler believers rationalize Mike's behavior.

And Mike looks disappointed like how he did when he told Will that he and El had a 'real fight' and Will was like 'you'll see her again and you'll be able to tell her what it is you didn't'

like look at that face man, as if what will said wasnt what he needed/wanted to hear. Maybe he thinks he's too late now.

LIKE CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE???? Bc atp we, the audience, KNOW MIKE SAW BYCHANCE TOGETHER but Will doesn't KNOW. THAT.

so we're like "WHAAATTTT THEE HEECCKK!?!????!?! WOAH WAIT WAIT WHAAATTTT ... WHAAATTTT THEE HEECCKK!?!????!?!? WAIT HE LIKES WILL? OMFG WAS THAT A HINT???? HES ACTING SO WEIRD"

and then this all culminates in whatever fight they have later in the season at lover's lake, likely involving the painting etc. bc, and that's another thing,

when in the timeline does it make sense for the painting to be revealed if we assume mike is completely clueless??? it just doesn't make sense for it to be revealed at the START of the season bc of the build-up, it feels like something that's been set up to be huge.

but in-universe, it doesn't make sense for mike to wait sooo long to bring up the painting to el, unless HE NEVER DOES BC HE FIGURED OUT WILL LIED BEFORE HE HAD TO. Kind of like how it took him a bit to figure out the pen in EP5 had that hidden number. That's the way I picture it. He didn't realize Will lied in the moment, but he did/does later. On his own. Bc he's smart.

And man, the type of dialogue I imagine, I'm assuming by the time their fight happens, mike just gets so damn freaking angry at one point, he's just BLURTS OUT something like ...

"why don't we quit the bullshit and you just tell me what it is that you're REALLY saying, Will? That i'm an idiot for bringing this up now? that it's too late for us? That you're drawing for him now?? Painting hearts on him?!?! On that asshole?! That bully!?"

and THAT is how it is revealed that Mike: figured out he likes Will, figured out Will likes him, figured out the painting lie, and knows about Bychance. LIKE OH MY GODDDD CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT ?!?!?! MIKE WHEELER, TURNING OUT TO BE SMARTER THAN WE THOUGHT? OUTSMARTING THE AUDIENCE?

yeah can you just imagine my favorite character is done justice like that ... one can dream, huh?

and we KNOW via this picture, that Will HAS been drawing for Chance. Or at least, attempting to, bc i already said before that Will is just NOT going to be himself, and his art will reflect that. he's BARELY surviving emotionally, so whatever he does draw is, well ... a reflection of that.

look at that sketch of a car and lets imagine it was done by Will ( that signature in the corner notwithstanding bc idk what it is yet ) for Chance.

the lines are wonky and insecure and there's no color, and it doesn't feel like something will actually likes to draw, but he's still doing it/forcing himself to.

MY POOR SON

so yeah, bychance to me feels way too strategic, intentional and downright genius for it not to play a huge part in the byler arc.

[bigskydreaming]

Okay, replacing my pinned post with latest update to our status quo....it might seem like things are never moving forward with us (certainly feels that way) but we're in a much better place than a year ago! We have secure, stable housing for the foreseeable longterm future, my ID situation is finished and dealt with, I have a steady, regular paycheck again, and basic health insurance FTW.

My current focus is paying off medical debt/rebuilding credit tanked when I spent every cent and bit of credit I had dealing with my jaw surgery and being unhoused for several years. I still have, well, no teeth, lmao, which is something I'd really like to fix because optimally I've still got a good chance at another forty years left in me and I would like to not spend all that time with ill-fitting dentures. I've never been able to not be aware of the taste of any of the different denture gums/sealants I've tried and its not super fun walking around tasting a constant awareness of that time you were gay-bashed and it blew up your life and led to longterm health complications fifteen years later that blew up your life a second time, even more thoroughly loooool. Why do I add lol there? Its not funny. Whimsy I guess. Idk I dont really get me.

POINT IS. Even if I eventually secure some better dental insurance down the road, there's no way I'm affording teeth implants without decent credit cards or loans in the future. And since jaw bone deteriorates when a tooth is absent and I have quite literally no teeth, the years since my jaw surgery mean I need mega bone grafts in my jaw before I can even think about implants, and the longer it takes to get there, the worse (and more expensive, and thus more unlikely to actually happen) it becomes.

So, as anyone who's lived below the poverty line knows, the only way to make goals like that happen is to prioritize them with every paycheck. So things like food, medication, etc, all come AFTER putting money towards "the big things," with whatever's left over. Which leaves basically zero buffer for anything else, especially the unexpected. I haven't bought a new item of clothing in over four years, etc. A few days ago we wasted a whole day just trying to find an extra freelance job online so we could get five bucks for a box of band-aids. Stuff like that.

Which is to say, five bucks here and there from people who enjoy my content when I actually AM around and would like me to be more often is hugely appreciated and makes a BIG difference, because it helps with all that "extra." For example, even just an extra $40 in a month can keep us fed for a week without having to dip into a paycheck and take money away from The Big Goals. $30 is enough to pay for my most important medication for the month. It takes me two train transfers and a bus to get to work and then the same back, but public transpo caps daily fares at $5.25, so even just an extra $21 takes care of getting me to and from work for a whole week.

A single $3 ko-fi or $5 donation might not sound like a lot to most ppl but for us it adds up quickly and just a handful of those can mean the difference between getting to apply a whole paycheck to where we NEED it to go vs it quickly getting whittled down to nothing and we end up right where we started.....or usually worse off, bc those unexpected expenses like boxes of band-aids or some Advil or little things like that add up quick too and we often start off the next month knowing we have to devote a whole paycheck to everything we couldn't get last month and we're a week in before we're even back at zero and able to start putting money back towards the Big Goals.

So if you ever see this post and think eh, what difference could $2 or $3 bucks make, please just know its VERY appreciated and makes a very big difference indeed. Sometimes an extra $3 means being able to spend a whole day off work ACTUALLY off of work instead of spending ten hours hustling to try and find and secure an extra freelance gig when literally the only thing we needed that day was an extra $3 for a box of pasta and some sauce.

My ko-fi link is here and paypal is here, and as always, anything and everything is really appreciated, even just reading this through and considering it, lol. Thanks guys!!

[hollowed-theory-hall]

re.: the weasleys + parenting

what's always bugged me most abt percy's fight with arthur (especially in the fandom, where everyone's like 'oh, he turned his back on harry and betrayed his family to side w the ministry) is that. that's hardly what the fight is about at all. the fight is about the fact that percy, an 18yo kid who just got promoted to his dream job instead of straight up losing any chance at ever being Minister (because they tried to scapegoat him into taking the blame for the crouch business even though he managed to keep the whole department running while his boss wasn't even there), comes home all excited to tell his parents that "Hey, he's not unemployed and bereft of any and all hope for his biggest dream", but rather that his skills and competence got recognized by The Most Important Man In The Government, and molly and arthur look him straight in the face and go—"no you didn't."

there is no mention whatsoever that they even try to be gentle about it, that they congratulate him first and then bring it up later like "just be careful around Fudge, he's always looking for people to get information from and you are the best of both worlds, close to the action and actually good at the job he hired you for", nothing of the sort. they straight up don't even consider how any of those factors might've weighed in Fudge's decision to hire him.

and, perhaps worst of all, they have no faith in Percy. he tells them "I'm working for the minister", and not only do they not spare a second to be happy for him over this frankly momentous achievement (or at the very least concern for the position it puts him in), they jump straight to conjectures and accusations. "you only got this because of Harry" has got to crush Percy, who was raised to believe that good things come to honest, hard-working people and who has been working for this since he was a small child. and it digs the knife deeper when you realize that most of his siblings have basically replaced him with Harry. Harry, who also plays Quidditch and also keeps throwing himself into death-defying dangers and overalls fits much better into the family dynamic than Percy ever has.

and there's just this. crystal clear implication that they do believe Percy would spy on them. he's so Different and Other and Un-Weasley/Gryffindor-like and they've alienated themselves from him so absolutely that they can't see any reasons he wouldn't willingly and consciously jeopardize his parents' livelihood and Harry & his siblings safety just to stay in the Minister's good graces, when if anyone's actually at risk of losing their job for siding with Dumbledore is his father, who's still working there quite merrily and continues to so for a long time afterwards.

Percy, who runs into a freezing lake mid-February while attending an international event as Crouch's replacement to make sure Ron is alright, who pesters Ginny to eat and have a pepper-up potion most of her first year bc she doesnt look well, who tails Harry and Ron a lot of their second and third years bc there's something petrifying kids and then Dementors on the grounds and a mass murderer on the loose and they all just think he's being willfully bothersome like no you idiots he's worried.

of course he left. of course he left. what did he have to gain by staying at the Burrow, beyond fresh home cooked meals harassment and disagreements? why wouldn't he leave?

sorry I have a lot of feelings about this.

No need to apologize, this is brilliantly written!

I don't even feel like I need to add anything as you summed up the Percy situation perfectly.

But I can't help myself because I love discussing the Weasley family dynamics, so it's a bit more rumbley than my usual...

Percy cares so much for his family. When Voldemort is revealed and the war actually starts, he puts all his disagreements with his parents aside to come and help and make sure they're okay, because he cares. And still, he is being shunned and treated like an outsider.

Arthur and Molly Weasley are just really good at alienating their kids because it isn't just Percy.

Somehow all of them succeded in feeling like outsiders in a family of 9. Bill shows frustration with his parents and only returns to Britain because of the war, Charlie's in Romania for most of the series. Fred and George run away the moment they can and are treated like trouble by their parents most of the time (Molly and Arthur assume they are selling stolen goods from Mundungus when they hear they have money, not that they, idk, somehow earned it), Ron has a whole complex of low self-esteem and a tendency to blame himself for everything. Ginny is isolated from her brothers as the only girl and youngest...

And Percy cares and tries to be the best and most responsible sibling and gets scorned in turn.

Harry and Ron do acknowledge Arthur's and Molly's accusation towards Percy was awful and that he was right to respond negatively in OOTP. Ron is just sensitive about their family's financial state which soured Percy to him after Percy blew up at their dad (rightfully so, honestly, I'd say way worse to Arthur if it was me).

The thing is, Percy also gets scorned by his siblings, not just his parents (like Fred and George do). He gets grief for trying to be responsible and for wanting his siblings to do well in school and not get in trouble, Fred and George lock him in a pyramid...

That being said, do I think Percy is perfect? No, he is pretentious and overbearing at times, but he is a child in a large family who tries to find a place to fit himself in. According to child psychology, usually when it comes to siblings, the eldest would usually (at least in childhood) try to be everything the parents want (Bill), and then each next sibling will carve a different niche for themselves, and we see this with the Weasleys. I think the twins being born right after Percy and demanding a lot of attention from their parents from a young age as they were little troublemakers from the start is a big reason why Percy chose the niche of being bookish, ambitious, and responsible for himself. To contrast himself with them and his older brothers and get some attention from their parents.

I'm not a fan of the epilog (like everyone), but I find it hard to imagine Percy being close to his family post-books. I think he never fully got over the sting of not being seen as skilled and competent and that his parents believed he'd turn on them all without a second thought. Nor do I think he should just get over it.

Like, I'm really salty that Percy was the only one to apologize:

“I was a fool!” Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph. “I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a—a—” “Ministry-loving, family-disowning, power-hungry moron.” said Fred. Percy swallowed. “Yes, I was!” “Well, you can’t say fairer that that,” said Fred, holding out his hand to Percy. Mrs. Weasley burst into tears. She ran forward, pushed Fred aside, and pulled Percy into a strangling hug, while he patted her on the back, his eyes on his father. “I’m sorry, Dad.” Percy said.

(Deathly Hollows, pages 512-513)

Like, yes, it's great he was smart enough to realize the ministry is corrupt, but this demand only for him to apologize when Molly and Arthur Weasley were just as much in the wrong. Fred and George weren't beacons of sainthood here either. But none of them have apologies demanded of them. None of them are demanded to confess they are "morons". Just Percy.

Who even after his apology is still an outsider. Probably always will be one.

You said it best: "Why wouldn't he leave?"

And that's what we see him do (if temporarily).

[krispdreemurr]

One thing ive seen ppl theorizing about the prophecy is that maybe its kris specifically whos supposed to die, and I dont really buy that if only bc i feel like susie would NOT have reacted that way if ralsei was keeping the secret that one of her friends was supposed to die (assuming the prophecy DOES end with one of the trio dying)

It being something like ralsei being the one whos supposed to die seems like the most obvious option, because his entire thing is "serving his purpose", dont worry about ralsei hes fine and gonna get thrown away eventually so its not really worth worrying about him over, and kris and susie should really make new friends once hes gone etc etc. it really feels like he assumes hes gonna be a temporary presence in their lives, and thinking that his fate is to die in the name of saving everyone else would track for that. plus his insistence on being happy and pretending like he isnt scared as hell because that would be "selfish". it would make susies reaction make sense, getting angry at the prophecy and reassuring ralsei that she and kris wouldnt let it happen

I could MAYBE see the reaction working if susies the one whos supposed to die in the prophecy, if only bc susie is maybe less likely to get pissed at herself being "doomed" than her friends, but i still feel like it wouldnt fit as well with ralseis everything. why would he care so much about what happens to susie and kris after hes gone and making sure she "makes new friends" if hes convinced shes gonna die at the end of all this?

Meanwhile, if its kris who is prophesized to die? you cant convince me susie wouldnt be pissed as hell at ralsei for keeping the fact that their friend is supposed to die from her and not even giving her a chance to TRY to change fate. why the hell would she be smiling and comforting ralsei over that if he knew that and kept it from her?

(of course the prophecy may have nothing to do with any of the trio dying, at least not directly. Maybe it says that the dark world will collapse, leaving only the light. Maybe it says that the connection between dark and light will be forever shattered and theyll never see eachother again. Or maybe all three of them are supposed to die, which. idk works at least a lil based on the reactions. maybe its some completely outta left field shit. idk. i just really dont buy that it ends with anything about kris specifically dying, or susie probs would have been yelling at ralsei instead of reassuring him.)

hm, I do think it could be Kris still - they both do have very strong reactions to it in ways that suggest it's not themselves, and like. i think Susie is past asking why Ralsei didn't tell her things bc he's already made it clear exactly how much it was tearing him up. like, she's clearly upset, she fucking punches thru glass, but she already dealt w how angry she was at ralsei and wouldn't get angry as easily again. i take her smiling and reassuring as very much her trying to keep herself from panic, too, so it's not like she's doing Well there

but yeah could be pretty much anything at this point. i do hope it's not the "the dark worlds have to end forever and you all have to grow up" type stuff tho bc it's been done (unless the point is to complicate/subvert, ofc)

[thebearer]

stop, thinking of teddys first holidays. she’s still a little new to being earthside. like her first halloween you dress her up in an animal onesie or something, and she’s barely old enough to stay awake for longer than an hour for thanksgiving so everyone’s cooing over how blue her eyes are and how much heartburn you had because of how dark and curly her hair is. and for christmas you get to start your new family traditions, and how carms like “this is more for mama, then you” and she is just sucking on her paci looking at the new lights on the tree

oh i have to elaborate on these i'm sorry this is so cute ahhhhh!!! having an idea that you make a little calendar of teddy or maybe document each milestone with a cutesy type photo shoot??? i think carmen would sob.

thinking about teddy's first halloween. you ordered a little bear costume for her to surprise carmen and it's WAYYYYY too big lol. she ends up in a little pumpkin onesie instead, but carmen thinks the costume is adorable. how big she is in it. then next year, she fits in it and he's stupidly emotional. like beyond emo about it. she can sorta toddle and walk and babble and it's still a little big, but by her third halloween she fits in it. it became a running joke that you'd keep trying until she fit. you'd send a picture every year to your friends and family saying something like "closer this time! maybe next year!"

when it does finally fit, you snap a picture and put it on your instagram.

finally fits. happy halloween from the berzatto's

her first thanksgiving, she's about three months pushing four (i hc she's an august leo baby... she gives leo energy and you know she does). you had so much heartburn. next to carmy's pepto was your tums bc it was so bad. the old wives tale lived up bc she came out with a full head of hair. a true berzatto trait, you decided.

carmen's favorite holiday was thanksgiving. especially with you and his "chosen family" he likes being able to cook and it's not chaos like his usual family. he holds teddy while you eat, you'll spoon him bite fulls of his own meal but he's content being showered with compliments about how good the food is. boosts his ego.

you give teddy a little bit of gravy, off your pinky, everyone at the table laughing when she smacked her lips, eyes opening at the taste. carmen beamed. he'd never been so happy.

carmen and richie are taking a smoke break outside, so you take the chance to snap a photo. teddy all bundled up in a bear onesie (a gift from tina ofc) and you lay her in a pile of leaves.

carmen feels his phone buzz, looking down to see you tagged him in a photo on instagram. he's grinning ear to fucking ear.

first thanksgiving and first leaf pile. big day for teddy bear! thankful for my baby teddy and my baby daddy @/chefberzatto

by christmas, teddy is enamored with the lights. she loves watching the tree, just gawking at it and all it's shiny ornaments. carmen spends a good portion of his time holding her, bouncing her gently in his arms and showing her the many different sparkling trinkets on it.

carmen is doing his best to try and create new traditions, happy traditions that would let teddy grow up loving and looking forward to the holidays. not dreading them and wishing they'd be over soon like carmen grew up with. love and caring instead of chaos.

you'd taken teddy to see santa, which she'd sobbed the whole time about. carmen had to sit next to the mall worker, holding teddy so she'd be halfway calm, but even then she'd refused to smile- only giving a pitiful, pouting lip jut that had you melting and cooing at her.

carmen had insisted on making holiday cookies. gingerbread cookies (more for you and him than teddy) but he said it gave him time to perfect it by the time she could enjoy them. he'd make a batch, a homemade hot chocolate (your powdered and hot water made him gag) sitting down to watch the grinch with you and teddy. you in his arms, teddy cuddled to your chest in her little christmas footy pajamas.

carmen was at work the next day when marcus laughed, calling him over to see what you'd posted.

gingerbread-ted thanks to @/chefberzatto (ps his were good but @/marcusbakes is much better lol)

[essegigi]

Wrote down some more specific Murderbot thoughts, now that I've seen the first two eps again.

I do think adaptations are fascinating, and I can appreciate changes made for the sake of a different medium. As usual there's some changes I don't like, some I do.

Overall: I enjoy it enough to be excited to see where it's going next! Definitely not close to how much I enjoyed the books, but that's a very high bar anyways. I think as a show on its own it's pretty good so far. Still early, there's a lot that depends on how they grow the seeds they've planted.

Spoilers below!

At the very beginning, where mb names itself... an element I really enjoyed in ASR was how "murderbot" was used more as a condescending self-descriptor, and learning the context is also a real "oof" moment. The naming scene in the show makes me cringe every time, even if it doesn't contradict the show itself.

I guess first the two scenes I dislike the most, but aren't necessarily bad within the context of the show itself

Related, the scene where it imagines killing the PresAux team. I think for obvious reasons. Book mb would never :/ but I think the writers for the show took the "could have become a mass murderer" thing too literally and that really colors how they're portraying mb. So, within the show canon, still fits. I just hate it 😔

Sad they changed the scene with Mensah checking in on mb in the cubicle, it had almost none of the elements that I loved about it in the book... I feel like the writers just took very different things from the book than I did.

Things I don't necessarily hate but am unsure of so far:

I'm nervous about where the polycule thing is going... I'm hoping they still have a chance to make it clear that polyamory is the standard and not some unusual thing. ...I'm also like mb and don't really care to watch relationship drama, but I'm not surprised they're adding some

I know some of the PresAux team have made some questionable decisions so far, but I'm hoping it's to set up the arc of them learning to trust mb and follow its advice. Mensah has been the worst victim of this so far, that scouting mission was a little baffling in terms of logic. But PresAux haven't been in that kind of danger before, and I'm hoping their arc in upcoming episodes is clear in that regard.

The use of Sanctuary Moon dialogue to calm Arada... and itself 🥲 hoping they continue showing how much mb uses its shows to help navigate social situations, it's an element in the book but this is the perfect chance to show it clearly.

That awkward pronoun moment...Gurathin is technically right but the way they set it up makes it feel like it's just him refusing to acknowledge mb as a person, and that doesn't signal to the audience that he's in the right. The most clear way to settle it would be for mb to state its pronouns but uh... that doesn't seem like something it would do unless it had to, like if they bring the feed name/pronouns from later books in early. I think most likely scenario is they just consistently use it/its for the rest of the season.

I hope they bring up more about its organic parts, so many articles and interviews keep using "robot" and "ai"...it's not, really. But even Gurathin used "ai" to describe it. (Related, while it would have been cool if it had more visibly non-human parts, that's not really a deal breaker for me and if it means they could spend more time and money on the other effects instead, so be it.)

Things they changed to fit the medium that I really enjoyed:

Ok Sanctuary Moon in general, yeah. Also love how they could stick more recognizable actors in it without taking you out, bc... it's a show and yes, they're actors 😆

Gurathin getting to be more of an asshole :3 I know not everyone likes that change, but I do think it works well in this medium. In the book, we get the sense that mb has exaggerated things a bit, Gurathin is much less forceful, especially so early on. But!!! One, it's fun to see those two go head to head, and I'm especially excited for when mb doesn't have to hide its rogue status anymore. The sass will be amazing, I'm sure. Two, are very clearly setting up Gurathin as a parallel to mb, especially with whatever Company trauma they've added to his backstory. They're also very clear about his motivations and how much he cares for his team, he's not just being a jerk because he can be. I think it's a fun dynamic and I'm excited to see where it goes. (Also Gurathin being a bigger jerk now means more potential guilt later which can also be fun :3 )

"Gura" ? Adorable. "Gugu" ?!? Amazing. Yes please give the most socially awkward human cute nicknames. I love it.

Minor, but Ratthi's "who's this?" when mb enters without its armor. Great moment in the book, though a little silly bc... who else would it be? 😅 Made so much sense to update it to the more flirty delivery they went with. Yes...flirty is not ideal but PresAux doesn't know mb yet. They don't know what boundaries they're crossing. We know it's awkward. They still need to learn.

Other good stuff:

Alexander Skarsgård's facial expressions. Extreme sometimes? I mean...yeah. The whole point is mb isn't used to having to regulate its expressions behind the helmet. It's supposed to be awkward and he delivers. (Also another element that has room to change as we go)

The visuals! They're so good. Creatures, locales. Costumes are great, I really like the SecUnit suit design. The helmet is very dehumanizing, which is perfect.

Ratthi is perfect, Arada is pure sunshine, and I really like a lot of Bharadwaj's actor's choices, her delivery is just so natural and believable

[cryinglightning64]

Hope Is Lost

Summary: You left home to get away from the normalcy, only to end up in a foreign country not knowing that the world was beginning to end.

Pairing: Daryl Dixon x female (sorta nun) reader

A/N: this is my first attempt at writing a fanfic bc i cant seem to find any about him in france and if you have found any tag me plss 😭 i had to resort to making my own instead. lmk if anyone is even interested in a part 2 this is basically just a teaser i promise it will have smut if 1 person interacts with this. even if nobody interacts ima still post part 2 bc wtf am i doing hoarding this in my notes app.

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The first time you saw him you had a strange feeling about him. As if you knew who he was. As he floated on top of the boat that seemed to be capsized, a measly tied rope that hardly held his body to the boat, you weren't sure what his name was, but you had a gut feeling, you knew it had to be him. The one to get you home.

You followed him, watched as the man washed up on the shore, confused, but seemingly determined.

The sisters might be right, you thought to yourself. Isabelle might be right.

You met Isabelle after the world began decaying, finding refuge at the convent. It wasn't really your first choice, staying at the convent, but in this world, beggars can't be choosers. You thought maybe immersing yourself into religion might help take your mind off everything that happened to you, everything going on outside.

Many of the nuns at the abbey didn't see you as one of them, despite you doing everything possible to fit in, as much as a fake nun could. You never were religious like the rest of them, which made everyone turn their heads away from you. Religion came easy to them, meanwhile with you, well, you hadn't given it much thought.

To this day it's still in the back of your mind, chipping away at you, the guilt of not being a big enough believer in God. How could you believe in a higher power if this is what the world has succumbed to? How could anything good let all the people you loved, cared about, die such gruesome deaths? Always a constant back and forth battle you had going on in your mind.

Sister Isabelle confided in you, telling you about Laurent, and how she needed to find someone to deliver him to Paris. The whole messiah thing seemed like such a crazy thing to wrap your head around, but you still offered your help in anyway you could. After all, you knew she would do anything for you and the rest of the nuns. That and you needed to get out of France. It was your one chance, you finally had a good enough reason to leave the abbey and try to find your way back home.

Hanging up the small poster of the Union Isabelle made, you watched as the man with the wings on his back took an abandoned boat as his shelter for the night. Hopefully he would still be there by the time you got back tomorrow.

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"Isabelle, I am telling you, I saw him." you pleaded. You stood in the now-quiet kitchen, eyes wide, but barely visible due to the small lantern you held up.

"Je t'ai dit de ne pas y aller seul," Isabelle whispered, "I told you not to go alone out there, what if he had seen you? Or followed you?"

"He didn't, okay? Please Isabelle, I know what everyone here thinks about me and my faith, but I know it, he's the one that can help us take Laurent." you spoke quietly but urgently, as to not wake up the rest of the sisters.

"No, we know nothing of this man, maybe he is already out there walking amongst the dead, or worse, he might just be here to steal from us and kill us all. You will not go back out there, especially alone, do you understand?" Isabelle spoke, her hand coming to rub her forehead, smoothing the frown lines forming.

Sighing, you nod your head, peering down at the drawing.

"Good, now get some sleep." Isabelle turned away, heading back to sleep.

Even if deep down, you didn't believe that Laurent was the messiah, you still had the need to find out more about this man.

The next morning you came back to where you had last seen the man, hoping he was still out there.

You watched and followed as he got up and began packing his things, setting out to wander the land.

You also saw how he had got himself into trouble with the young woman and older man, seeing how he fought off the men from the Pouvoir des Vivants, as best as he could. You watched from a distance until you saw how they robbed him blind, injuring him long enough for them to get away.

You ran up to him, kneeling before watching him pass out from the blows to the head and quite probably the dehydration.

You carried, or more so, dragged his limp body to your small carriage you brought with you, hoping he wouldn't be what Isabelle said he was.

You were dreading having to explain to Isabelle why you had brought this man to the abbey after she so explicitly told you not to engage with him, let alone bring him into your homes.

"Qu'est-ce que je t'ai dit? Why did you have to bring him back here?" Isabelle raised her eyebrows at you as she held the hot poker towards his arm.

"Perdóname, no supe que hacer, I had no choice he was injured" you said and you rounded to the opposite side of the bed.

"Hold his arm down, and cover his mouth." Isabelle said as she looked at you with a glare you were sure was the maddest you have ever seen her.

He screamed into the cloth you had placed between his teeth as he writhed and she held the hot metal to his arm where the mutated undead had burned him.

His grunts and pained yelling made something inside you feel horrible, the pain he was in almost made you feel as terrible as it seemed to pain him.

His anguished face combined with the peaceful singing of the nuns down the hall swarmed your senses, until he coughed and passed out once more.

"Listen to me, I know you didn't mean for all this to happen, I get that, and I understand he was hurt. But you better pray that he will be able to deliver Laurent, it's what he needs, deserves." Isabelle said after she wrapped the man's arm, who you had come to learn his name was Daryl Dixon from the tape you found in his pack.

"I will, Isabelle. I'll make it my life's mission to get that boy to Paris." you said quietly as to not wake up Daryl, who had begun to snore softly in the bed below you.

"Very well. Now help me prepare the bath for him, he's going to need it once he wakes up." Isabelle walked away to fetch a kettle of water to fill up the bath.

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a/n: yall pls dont be mad i tried my best i know its shitty writing but i dont have anything to lose.

also im open to suggestions or if you guys wanna see a certain trope or scene play along u tell me ill do my best to make it come true on paper 😪

[emeritusemeritus]

Hello hello hello. Okay so I see your taking requests for the Weasley twins, and I was wondering if you do platonic fics for them too? (I mean, my request is kinda romantic but in a unrequited way, FOR GOOD REASON) if so could you do a platonic/crushing request with the Weasley Twins and a good-vampire (or just simply immortal/non-human) Professor reader? Where bc the reader is a vampire (or immortal) she is youthful and beautiful forever but is like actually super old and Will forever be out of Fred and George’s age range. And the Weasley Twins, completely accepting that they both equally have no chance with her and understanding that she has no romantic interest in them, are like her #1 fans ever since they were first years. Like they playfully flirt with her or compete who’s her best fan or who she looked at first or the longest (making sure not to over step boundaries) not to woo her, but just to let her know she’s a 10/10 that they can respect doesn’t want a romantic relationship with her students. And the professor reader even though she stays fully calm and professional is just soaking up the affection (I originally asked for a vampire bc I just imagine a tall gothic Morticia Addams goddess who drinks animal blood instead of human and her two ratty admirers. BARBIE HAS A GOOD DAY EVERYDAY. KEN (+ 1 Ken) HAS A GOOD DAY WHEN BARBIE LOOKS AT HIM—)

If it doesn’t fit something you can do that’s fine, just let me know! Sorry it’s long

Hi love! Morticia Addams and Ken mentioned in the same ask?! You have my undivided attention. Fun fact nobody asked for, I have a Morticia and Gomez tattoo- it was my first 'big' tattoo and still one of my favourites. Gomez was definitely my inspiration for this, the ideal man! I sat for so long trying to flesh out a story but I had writers block that I couldn't get around so please accept these silly Headcanons from me 🖤

Can you even imagine the daily torment they would bring, just the one liners would be enough to drive you mad. Of course the lines would be delivered right next to you, completely without shame but never to embarrass you, always quiet enough to be inside jokes between the three of you. Everything they do is to make you smile, to watch the way you light up with their silly one liners and jokes,

Fred to George:

I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss.

George to Fred:

Could you imagine our first date? Magic in the air.

Fred: A boy.

George: A girl.

Fred: An open grave. An evening funeral.

George: she'd be so beautiful. Pale and mysterious. No one would even looked at the corpse.

They would 100% try and think of the best vampire/immortal puns to use, usually as a greeting as it always catches you off guard.

Hey there, sweet-fang!

Fang you very much

Your favourite of all their jokes had to be the way they address all of their homework submissions. It had started as a one off joke by George but when they realised how much it made you openly laugh in the middle of class, they'd continued it for nearly every submission since.

The blank parchment page at the front always had the same handwritten words on, 'Tomb it may concern'.

They'd 100% compete for your affection (mostly amicably) whenever they could, trying to see who could make you laugh most that day or to get the most amount of attention.

George often used your vampire self/ diet to gain a laugh from you, often comparing himself to your next meal with a cheeky smile and usually flushed red cheeks.

I know I'm sweet, just like a little entrée.

You know, it really was love at first bite.

Your crypt or mine?

Call me Jack, surname O'Lantern- because something inside me lights up when I see you.

Fred tends to lean into your gothic manner, finding humour in the irony of your immortal self.

You'd be the prettiest girl in the morgue.

My love for you is eternal, just like you.

Call me undead, because my stopped the second you walked into the room.

Everyday would feel like Halloween with them around, with plenty of tricks and treats ❤️

[saltymongoose]

ohh my goodness. i've been waiting to send these until requests were open bc i wanted to hear ur thoughts.

might be a little silly, but consider: matching outfits. player gathers clothing materials!! and coordinates outfits one day on missions!!!! even makes props!!! hijinks ensue. idk if this had already been disscussed before, but thank you for your time and consideration, ily. you are so cool <<3333!!!!!!! everything you make is so scrumptious!!!!! <33

Omg, thank you, this is so nice of you!!! :D ❤❤❤❤ I love this art so much, you have no idea - the way you portray the boys here fits so well (as always lol). And the memes too omg!! I can't even put it into words to be honest with you, these are just excellent. I do feel slightly bad for that random grunt though, something tells me they'll be sleeping with one eye open after seeing that lmao.

(Also, thank you so much for the compliments too of course, you're far too kind. (˶⸃ ⴰ⸃˶)♡ I could say the same to you btw; your art is always just *chef's kiss* perfection.)

Anyhow, I've actually thought a bit about this scenario before, but this just inspired me, so I wrote some short hcs for you. Hope you like them! <3:

The Player Matches Outfits with Them ft. The Main 3 + 2BDamned

(TW: Yandere, Obsessive Behavior)

- [2BDAMNED] -

2BDamned knew that you had been working on a little project - one that you tried to keep as secret as possible. He was curious, but not enough to encroach on whatever boundary you set regarding it. All he knew from your rather lackadaisical explanation was that he'd be very surprised when he saw. And, well, he was.

The first conscious thought in 2BDamned's head is the question of how you've managed to make a mask that looks so similar to his without borrowing the original. It's really spot on; the seams are in the exact same place, and even if yours has to have been configured differently to fit your more human facial features, the silhouette is exactly the same.

(In the end, he concludes that you simply must've studied his appearance for a while to truly replicate his mask, which makes him feel almost giddy in a way he might've deemed embarrassing before meeting you. But now he's just overcome with happiness that you were obviously interested enough in him to do this.)

He openly praises your skill in sewing, knowing that grunt clothing is ordinarily much too large for you. And you'd notice how the fondness he holds for you seeps into the words, his gaze lingering on you in a way that left you feeling warm.

If you could see underneath his own mask, you'd be able to see the smile he was unable to bite back as well, and the flush that he'd try to will away otherwise. And while he is incredibly impressed (and happy) at what you've managed to put together, he will mention that you could also borrow his actual things once in a while, if you feel so inclined. He just happens to think one of his own jackets might suit you too.

(Of course, he doesn't miss the chance to lean real close to adjust your mask as he says this either, just to fluster you even more. You really have no idea how cute you are, especially looking like this.)

- [DEIMOS] -

A full minute of unintelligible sputtering leaves Deimos' lips the moment he sees your new outfit, and you laugh at the way his face goes bright red. When you said you had a surprise, this was one of the last things he expected.

Luckily for him, he's able to quickly gather his composure, and his excited ramblings turn into smooth flirts that'll leave you blushing instead of him. Expect all sorts of comments about how cute you looked dressed up like him, and praises about how you look even better in his fit than he does.

He insists on taking a ton of pictures together, and you can bet he keeps his favorite in his wallet. (It's one of your faces smushed together as you both grin at the camera, making a heart with your hands.)

He considers this a total power-couple thing; matching shirts are so low-effort compared to this, if anything it shows you perfect you are together. Although there is one thing he'd help you change from your original DIY version of his outfit - those sheet-metal dog tags you made can't compare to the real thing in his opinion, so why don't you just use one of his instead?

Also, don't think he won't take advantage of the fact that you both are the only ones with headsets. Even if yours isn't functioning (because let's be honest, finding one in working condition would be difficult), he'll fix it up quickly just so he can talk more directly to you during missions. And whenever else he wants to, to the irritation of the other three.

- [SANFORD] -

Sanford would consider his outfit to be fairly standard, but he recognized that you were emulating him the moment you slid the sunglasses on. And he couldn't stop the goofy smile from splitting his face when he realized it either, not even attempting to hide his amusement at what you've done.

(He only gets visibly happier when you 'threateningly' brandish your wire hook in his direction. You really put a lot of thought into this, didn't you?)

While Sanford has the amount of restraint in him to not openly brag about you doing this, he can't deny the rush of satisfaction he gets from seeing you in what is an unmistakable homage to him. If you look closely, you'll see him straighten up in pride whenever you come into view. (It's almost like preening, really. If he weren't so flushed, perhaps you'd think it to be more of an ego thing, but no.)

Although, he does show a little bit more concern about some aspects of your outfit. Like your boots, for example; he can't count the number of times he's gotten blisters while breaking in his own, so you should expect him to ask you if you need any plasters (or help bandaging yourself as well).

(If you decide to accept his offer, you'll find yourself questioning whether he ever officially trained as a medic before. He surely has the gentleness befitting of one, shown in how he carefully cleans your wounds and softly applies the ointment, his calloused fingers gently smoothing over the plasters on your Achilles heels afterward. Although you have the slightest suspicion that this tenderness from him is known only to you.)

Sanford will also make it part of his routine to pluck your glasses from your nose and clean them after he does his own. Afterward, he'll slowly lean in when he places them back on you to make sure he doesn't poke you in the eye. Neither of you mention that you could do it yourself, or that his decision to slide them back onto the bridge of your nose himself was highly unnecessary. Maybe he just does it to get a better look at the way you blink up at him and blush, or perhaps it's for some other reason, who's to say? Either way, you have no complaints.

- [HANK J. WIMBLETON] -

Your laughs are muffled under Hank's hands as he cups your face, tilting it up to look closely at you. His excitement at your new look is almost palpable; you can easily tell from how he's shaking and hurriedly looking over, his gaze never stopping on one spot for longer than a second. He just wants to take in everything about your new look, is all.

He'll almost insist on doing a mission with you wearing it, not only because the idea sounds fun to him (with his love of carnage and all), but also because it provides an excellent opportunity to rub in everyone else's faces that you chose to copy his outfit. Not theirs.

In a way, he also becomes just a tad more doting than usual. He busies himself with dusting you off, and adjusting your goggles and the lapels of your coat whenever another skirmish is finished. It's his way of checking you over and making sure your hard work wasn't damaged either.

(Plus, he'd hate it if this instance of you copying him was cut short because of some worthless grunts' attempts at harming you.)

You'll catch him sticking closer to you than usual too, and he does so for multiple reasons. First is that he just prefers to be near you whenever he can anyway (the warmth of your presence is one of his favorite things, and it gives ample opportunity to show off around you), but now there's also the fact that your outfit will freak out your enemies. As you can imagine, he enjoys that immensely, and what better way to improve this experience than to have his Player join him?

In a way, Hank also sees this as a sort of 'claim' you've put on yourself too. Wearing your significant other's clothing is kind of a thing with some grunts, and while he knows they aren't really his clothes, there's still some of that same sentiment there that makes him purr just a bit louder whenever he sees you in that new outfit of yours. It tells the world you're his in some way, even if not officially. So why wouldn't he be happy about that?

[brandwhorestarscream]

Okay so I scrolled down and saw what you were referring to - I can do that!! With mega/high command bc what’s better than one mommy? 3!

Megatron getting to stressed out with the was so Starscream pins him down and forces him to listen to his mommy. Starscream coaxing Megatron to suckle for nostalgia’s sake (if Starscream isn’t milking)

Soundwave having a host of cassettes fighting with Lord Megatron over soundwave’s lap and kisses, with Megatron being very much too big to sit in mommy’s lap but he tries so hard, arms around soundwave’s knees as Soundwave lets Megatron take his dinner in bed 👀

Shockwave warming Megatron in order to teach Megatron about about a new invention, only for Megatron to throw a fit (he wants the mommy milky but shockwave needs Megatron to be a good boy and listen)

BIG BRAIN!!!!!

Mmmm StarSoundShock who found this adorable cogless little baby wandering around the wastes alone, crying and cold and hungry. They couldn't resist. Took him in and couldn't decide who got the privilege of being the carrier so they're just Red Mommy, Blue Mommy, and Purple Mommy. Without a cog, their boy will never be able to fight with them: though they teach him self defense to the best of their ability, his chances of survival are slim if someone intent to do real harm attacks him. As such, they're extremely overprotective, keeping him under lock and key + heavy guard, and he grows up into a very pampered, sheltered young mech

Let's say that Dee had snuck out of the base and was foraging for goodies out in the wild and happened to come across Orion, Elita, and Bee. They're like him! Small woth a big hole in their chest! When he finds out they're looking for the Primes and the Matrix, he gets so excited: "My moms used to work for them!"

He sees this as the golden opportunity he's been waiting for! His moms all still treat him like a little child, never letting him do anything! He's tried and tried and tried to make them see him as an adult, but without a cog, he'll always be their helpless little sparkling and nothing more. If he can help recover the lost Matrix and get energon flowing again, or even just do something to help disrupt Sentinel's regime, they'll have no choice but to accept that he's all grown up and perfectly capable of contributing!

And... you know, capable of other things, but we'll get to that 🤭

Anyway, stuff happens. Alpha Trion gives them their cogs. Dee tries to convince him to come back to the High Guard's base with him: his moms will be over the moon when they find out he helped revive one of the gods! And now that he's no longer cogless, he can help fight! Everything is going so well ^-^

Fast forwarding a bunch cuz idk how the autobot-decepticon war starts, and Megatron is STRESSED with a capital everything. As the one who took down Sentinel, a feat of strength no one in the High Guard could really contest, he's somehow landed himself on Starscream's throne. Mommy is still ruling, make no mistake, just through him instead of directly. He doesn't mind, truly 😌 but when the stress gets too much, Star will shoo him out of the throne and sit down in it himself, coaxing him to come sit in mommy's lap. Until very recently, Dee was so very small. He could easily perch on one of Starscream's knees. Now, he's much bigger, but the seeker assures him it's no problem. "You need to relax, my spark... all this worry isn't good for you. Here," he parts his chassis and his feeding pouches bounce free, already full of milky energon just for him. "Have a meal with your favorite mother. It always makes you feel better, no?"

Pivoting to Soundwave, aksjsjska I hadn't considered the cassettes being jealous but tbh? Based. Soundwave scolds them if they get too rowdy, telling them that their baby brother is having a hard time and needs mommy's undivided attention right now. They can either help soothe him or leave the two of them in peace. This results in a lot of grumbly cassettes perching wherever they can on Megatron and joining the cuddle pile. How sweet 💖

Shockwave leverages milkies routinely to get their boy to do as he says. Of all the things empurata destroyed on him, his chest was not one of them: if anything, it's bigger, and he's probably modded his pouches to make the highest quality, smoothest energon possible. It's Megatron's favorite, much to Starscream and Soundwave's chagrin, but at least it works to get him to behave 🤭

Idk when exactly Dee started lusting after his mothers. He tries not to! Really, he does. He tries looking at the other seekers--they're pretty, all of them! Surely one of them will catch his eye... but no, no one compares to Starscream. He starts avoiding them, their touch becomes too much, and he withdraws further and further, becoming angrier the longer he fights with himself. What's wrong with him?! They took him in and gave him everything, how can he harbor such indecent thoughts for them? He's convinced they'll be disgusted, that they'll hate him, that they'll cast him out to die alone in the wilderness

Perhaps they find out only after he becomes Megatron. Perhaps he confesses when he's still cogless and frail. Idk, but whenever it happens 🤭 they're all surprised but none of them are angry. If anything, Shockwave is relieved: the most logical conclusion was that he was pulling away from their love because he was Becoming An Adult and felt he no longer needed them. This is much more preferable. Starscream, sexual deviant that he is, shrugs and says, "If it will make you happy, then I'll gladly indulge you." Soundwave agrees. That's all they really want, for him to be happy and healthy. And if being tied up and doted on and fucked stupid by his mommies is what will make him happy, then so be it

[howtotrainabraincell]

Types of affectionate the Templars are - Part 3

Shay Patrick Cormac - The Irish Captain. Good cuddler. I said it. Good. Cuddler. Look at this Irish penguin and tell me those arms won't wrap around you in a warm hug and just melt all of the stress and worry away. That FRICKEN smirk is so attractive you could die from attraction overload, and he KNOWS what it does to you too. He's all for quick playful kisses the kind that are delivered out of nowhere and make you laugh. He has a habit of taking his gloves off when he caresses your face, he likes to have skin to skin contact with you. Taking your face in his hands and kissing you sweet as he threads his fingers through your hair (if it's down, he'll smooth it if you have it pinned up as man has had his fair share of difficult hair days lol). Head cannon that his love knitted him a grey scarf and he wears it all.the.time. It's like a grown man comfort blanket to him lol and he has a hard time letting it go when you need to wash it or repair it (so he pulls you into his lap or hugs you from behind instead). if you don't judge or criticize him, he'll love you even more because he already does that to himself enough. To have a sweet love that understands him and loves him despite his past, would be equal to having the world in the palm of his hand to him. Whether you're a Templar or not he would like for you be safe no matter what. Going so far as to state that he would prefer to have you safe on dry land over being selfish and putting your safety at risk on the Morrigan. You however put.your.foot.DOWN and said either you were going with him or you would tie him to the bed (which he wouldn't mind per say...) but when he realized that your stubbornness matched his own? He couldn't help but acquiesce to his lovers demands (with a big fat grin on his face lol). He loves it when you pepper his face with kisses and stroke his jaw with your fingers. If you kiss his scar over his eye he will melt like butter in your hands, it makes him feel very loved to know that you love him and desire him even with all of his scars. (I mean come on you can't deny that his scars are VERY fitting on him). He loves speaking to you in Irish Gaelic loving the blush that covers your face, with every time you laugh drawing him closer to you until your wrapped in his arms tightly against his chest. You swear that from that cheeky smirk on his face, that he's saying dirty things to you, but once you learn a bit of it to surprise him you find that while some things are quite dirty... - he mostly talks about the kind of life he wants with you and how he wants to give you the world. He speaks of settling down somewhere nice and comfortable and having a handful of beautiful children, (he'll literally take such good care of you while you're pregnant FR). But even if you two never settle because so long as he has you, he is home. Shay doesn't want to raise them in the ways of the Order he wants to let them choose, and most especially give them the chance to have a normal life. He will teach them self-defense though as well as making sure that their beloved mother can kick bahookie Far and Away style lol. His daughters may not choose to follow in their father's footsteps, but the majority of his sons do (as in cannon), and while you worry about them Shay swears upon his love for you and his life (bc he knows that if your babies get so much as a SCRATCH he'll get his cute Irish ass handed to him lol) that he'll be there to guide them every step of the way. If you cook for him and sing in Gaelic this man will explode from love. STOP BEING SO PERFECT YOU MINX. Besides Gist, you are the only person he trusts enough to let you take the wheel of the Morrigan when he can't do it himself. When you two get married your wedding is on the Morrigan when she's docked in New York's harbor with a celebration following off ship afterward. You two will love each other with everything you have even after the end of your days.

Haytham Kenway - The Austere Grandmaster. He's often busy with business concerning the Order but when he does have time with you, he makes it well worth it. Tell me that this man doesn't buy you jewelry that matches your eyes. He thinks you look gorgeous in blue, and he has a hard time taking his eyes off of you... I imagine that he enjoys the slow life with you aside from the normal life he lives. He would enjoy having breakfast with you and having relaxing mornings where you force him to stay in bed because if he works too much his brain will implode. If he has to leave you, he makes arrangements for you to be protected and well provided for while he's away, and he always brings you something from his travels. Kind of feel like he would be the type of lover to spoil you rotten because he can't be there and then try his best to make it up to you when he sees you again. He'll also plan surprises for you ahead of time either when he's there or while he's away. Haytham was very flattered and surprised when you returned his favor, as he wasn't expecting someone so sweet to be interested in the likes of him, as he is aware that he doesn't come off as the warmest man. He definitely blushed when you made him a gift something that he prizes almost as much as he does you: a red satin sash that you handmade for him to tie around his waist (it makes him look even more dashing if that's even possible). He would write you letters of course expressing his love for you and informing you of what was going on and inquiring about your well-being. He's protective of both you and your honor, and he will not stand to see you disrespected. He will duel for your honor - knowing of course that he'll win - making sure that anyone who dares to disrespect you will pay the price for it. He loves to show you off in public any chance he gets, he's very proud of you lol. He'll proudly introduce you as the "lovely woman he has the honor of courting" and make it known that he sees you as wife material. I can imagine going to an event with him, specifically a tea party and when he's concluded his business or had all he can take of the stuffy upper class, he'll stay by your side engaging in playful conversation with you. Imagine sitting there people watching as you two come up with stories about the lives of the people around you. You two would get looks for laughing when one of you comes up with a rather preposterous story about a partygoer, with you turning to hide your face in his shoulder as he begs their pardon with slight sarcasm lol. He will definitely give you looks over his teacup whether they be eyes of "Do you hear this snobbish buffoonery?" or eyes of "You look absolutely ravishing". He'll mostly be checking you out over the rim of his cup though more interested in you than the tea. He'll make faces at you when the person isn't looking whether it be rolling his eyes at their nonsense or making an exaggerated face of disdain which makes you smile to no end. If at all possible, the first chance he sees to get you alone he absolutely will, disguising it as nothing more than a friendly walk between a gentleman and his lady. He's less of a gentleman behind the bushes though... I personally do not believe that he would not introduce you to Ratonhnhake:ton his son - not because he's ashamed of you or because he feels like he has to hide you. He doesn't think that his son would harm you either, but Haytham wishes to keep you out of Templar affairs as much as possible (that is if you're not already a Templar when you two meet) because he doesn't want you to be harmed, targeted, or something else awful he refuses to think about. If we're not sticking to cannon and he lives until his natural death you two stay together until the end. If we're sticking to cannon and he eventually dies in 1781 he leaves you everything he has (which is a lot) hoping to leave you set for life and wanting for nothing. Thinking about his love even unto death.