#blood isnt thicker than water

[butchdykenormallen]

something something peter having weird dreams of drowning that connect to the drowning feeling of the springlocks. yada yada pain in his ribcage where he knows it shouldn't be and coughing without knowing whether blood or waters coming back up. blah blah blah blood isnt thicker than water until you see which comes up first

[dollfaced-erin]

⊹˚. ♡.𖥔 ݁ ˖𝖉𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖉𝖊˖ ݁𖥔.♡ .˚⊹

"𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 ?"

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ℑ𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 :

❀ Erin | 19 | Biotech student | Flower obsessed writer

"Hi and welcome to the dollhouse~! I'm Erin, the housekeeper of the manor. Do enjoy yourself here and spend some time with the lingering residents who come and go."

I am extremely busy with school at the moment. Do excuse me if i update late and am late to respond to the mailbox ! Feel free to chat and req !

❀ Drinks tea | Writes and Draws | Blade and Scara's wife | TWST , OMORI , HSR, Genshin Impact, etc.|

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𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔴𝔰 :

❀ 𝔻𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟'𝕤 ℂ𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕝𝕖 (Blade x F!Reader x Jing Yuan) :

PART 1 , PART 2 , PART 3 , PART 4 , PART 5 , PART 6 , PART 7 , PART 8 , PART 9 , PART 10 , PART 11 , PART 12 , PART 13 , PART 14 , PART 15 , PART 16 , PART 17 , PART 18

❀ 𝔻𝕒𝕟 𝕁𝕚𝕒 :

A sketch of tired eyes... An OC i made for Dragon's Cradle

❀ 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 , 𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕖 :

For the moon was witness to all that passed (a Yingxing x Dan Jia/(Y/n) rq !)

Prophecies of old, retold anew (Jing Yuan x reader rq !) (would be canon storyline in Jing Yuan's ending)

Sugar Daddy Jing Yuan pt 1 ! , Sugar Daddy Jing Yuan pt 2 ! (how it all started !) (possible series ?!)

A home that bonds thicker than blood and water. (anonymous asks) (found family Jing yuan x (Y/n) x Yanqing) (rant and drabbles with hcs)

Memory Resurgence (anonymous asks) i just wanted to put in because hahahahahaha

Renouncing thoughts (interactions of the characters and DC!Mc)

Jealous Jing Yuan ! (using DC!Mc)

Meeting the HCQ in prime era setting ! (Using DC!Mc Dan Jia but named (Y/n))

A tail has feelings too ! (HCQ, prime era x Dan Jia (DC!Mc , Y/n)

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𝔉𝔞𝔫 𝔄𝔯𝔱 :

Dan Jia by @kitsuki30

Dan Jia by @suzukichan33

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𝔄𝔡𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔰 :

I am open to all requests ! However I do only write for F!Mcs only, using she/her pronouns.

Dan Jia is my OC meant for the use of Dragon's Cradle ! She is the younger sister (not biological but read and you'll understand) of Dan Feng, therefore the sibling of Dan Heng !

She is the past of DC!(Y/n) ! No, she isnt a different person like DF and DH, but rather she adopted a new persona from losing her memory, a temporary identity after amnesia.

She accepts that she is Dan Jia, but still prefers to call herself (Y/n), for Dan Jia was she who was the past, and (Y/n) is her who lives to see today.

(Maybe she's the older sister of Dan Heng, but since she was frozen, she might be as well the same age as him)

Dan Feng is the Imbibator Lunae (Drinker of the Moon) of the Xianzhou : Luofu. To accommodate this fact, Dan Jia/(Y/n) is the Saltator Lunae (Dancer of the Moon).

After all, one who drinks always tastes sweeter with company and entertainment.

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

aha,,, I had this really in-depth thing I wrote about how much I like your art,,, and the first half, maybe even first 2/3 got deleted,,, I was so excited writing it, I have no idea what it all even contained anymore,,,

So... the first paragraph after this here is rewritten from what I could remember writing the first time. I know it's not as in-depth as it originally was. Hopefully it still gets the depth of what I want to say across... The second paragraph is what DIDN'T get deleted. Aaaa

I only just recently found you and started following you, but I have to say, your art and comics and writing for the ASL brothers is just. So unbelievably good. You're up there in my favorites. Top three. Top two even. The way you write them is like watching a group of close friends interacting in real life, down to the silliness and shenanigans and inside jokes and abrupt changes in topic or mood in a conversation, including superficial changes (one that comes to mind is when Ace goes something like "I'll bet ONE MILLION DOLLARS" or some incredibly large number, really intensely suddenly, in response to Luffy's saying he'd be $20 or something, and then there's a beat, and then Luffy is like "$20 is fine :)" and Ace is just like "Alright :)". That kind of thing is something Ive had happen, something I've seen happen to others... but I've never seen it written/drawn so well.) Everything about their interactions is so incredibly natural, so full of life. Every time I read one of your comics I'm in constantly in awe and taking mental notes. Well. Okay, no, that's a lie. I WISH I were taking mental notes, but I get so caught up reading because it flows SO smoothly that I forget to.

And that's another thing!! How the way you do paneling and story beats in your comics makes reading while also visualizing movement and transitions so seamless. It's like, the visual-narrative equivalent of a hot knife through butter. I've read plenty of comics-- from novice to professional-- that have really clunky paneling and/or pacing. And similarly, I've read as many that let you read everything easily, but it's like, TOO easy, and there's no weight drawing your eyes to the actual art or keeping them there. And I've seen comics that are somewhere between these two, but still don't feel like they have a good flow. (All this as passive observation, I'm not one to actively look to critique something.) Anyway, what I'm saying is, the way you set up your comics-- the art, the paneling, the pacing, the speech bubbles, the shots, EVERYTHING-- makes them just. MM!! An absolute frickin delight to read. And it's combined with some of the best, most natural-feeling writing I've ever had the pleasure of reading. You balance everything so well. In this age of being desensitized to humor online, I must say, the silliness in parts of the Water Is Thicker Than Blood comic make me genuinely grin and even laugh to myself alone in my room. It feels so real, so genuine, so... I'm running out of words. I'm sorry. I just... REALLY love how you make stuff. I want you to know that I'm a big fan, and, even though I'm older than you I'm learning a lot, and your stuff is so well-done. I hope this isn't too strange, aha... if it is, I apologize. I got a little intense

Oh woweewowee!!!!!!

Thank you for enjoying how i depict them! I really enjoy drawing them as realistic as i can. I really want people to understand them how i do in my head, and im glad it comes off perfectly because i love these little gremlins! And it really is surprisingly easy to think up situations of them being little dumbasses together :) just put them in situations, think about the ways any normal person could possibly react to the information thats given, scrap all that, use the outlier, and bam! That’s a bonafide ASL dynamic right there!

Thats really nice of you to say how you like how i panel my comics because thats one of the things im a bit self conscious of, truthfully. My formatting isnt as neat or polished as other comics are, and i really dont care to change that, but its nice to know that there is still charm and interest in my style of comics.

I get what you mean with the being desensitized to humor online nowadays. Idk what about it but its kinda hard to get me to full on laugh at memes like i used to. But i really enjoy putting in gags that i think and I chuckle to myself about for a while after i thought of it. The “that doesnt taste anything like ass” gag got me chuckling for so long to myself while i was at work. Just like,,, the shock and awe that Sabo is in from having witnessed that is so funny to me, i dont think that gag will ever get old in my head.

That’s really cool that me just goofing around can be a learning opportunity to people :0 ive never even considered that could be the case

Not at all! Thanks so much for your thoughts and opinions! This is very heartwarming and im very happy i could produce something thats so meaningful to others :)

Thanks for the ask, too :D

[azoosepted]

hellooo haii ^_^ dropping by to let you talk about your ocs i wanna hear about the beasts!! i know we have been mutuals for like a day or two but i would still love to hear about your ocs :]

I HAVE BEEN ENABLED!!!! anyways where do I begin… let me show u my favorite little guys (current obsessions)

Percy blast !!!!!

Percy is a Grade 7 fixer as of currently. I say that because she is a TTRPG character (just like… 3 other ocs im gonna mention on this list.) She’s a total dork, at least most of the time, unless she’s given the orders to Kill. Which she will do with relative ease.

She should REALLY go to therapy, but at this point it would NOT fix her, considering shes 1. Obsessed w/ a voice she heard in her head once (not Carmen), 2. Obsessed with getting stronger to kill the guy who gouged her eye out for revenge, and 3. Is AWARE of both of these things and is terrified with the idea of her changing so much she’ll lose herself in the process (when she realized this she had a mental breakdown in her apartment bathroom and partially distorted.) if you ask me a girlfriend could probably fix her thou

Shes kinda like Finn, but if he didn’t die when he was still grade 9, or to be more specific, she was a lot more like him when SHE was a grade 9. all of her true joy and whimsy have been drained from her forever. She became a fixer because she wanted to, and because she looked up to the rest of her family, who were also fixers.

anyways i am so sane and normal about her and her playlist definitely isnt like 1hr and 30mins long. Also shes canonically 5’11”, a fact that shocks everyone

anyways then we got the

SHENHAI!

Shenhai is ALSO a fixer and ALSO a ttrpg character. She’s a Grade 9, and unlike Percy, her joy and whimsy are still intact, and also unlike Percy, she has a negative relationship with her family.

Shenhai is a Nestie who just wants her family to notice her and give her any sort of attention. She wasn’t exactly neglected, per se, but she never was told any words of encouragement or praise by her parents as a kid, and the family’s butlers were really the only ones that showed her any sort of love and care. she is completely unaware that blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb. Even so, she remains sillay.

Funnily enough she used to be a non-pm oc. Her name was formerly Lishui and she was a sea dragon princess belonging to an undersea kingdom. She still had a poor relationship with her parents, but actually cut ties with them by running away and joining a pirate crew. Good for her

ELIJAH (i do not have a ref for him sorry)

guy who is on fire eternally. his lore is something im not gonna spoil because he is also… a ttrpg character. next silly little guy

NIAMH

leopard seal coded whaler woman, finally the last of the ttrpg characters. In most cases, she’ll seem stoic and aloof, but once enabled or provoked she will become An Utter Beast and skewer anyone she sees with her harpoon, with often zero mercy whatsoever . You Will Die the moment she decides you’re a target. Absolute feisty beast.

the thing is though, she has no idea who she really is. She washed up on U Corp’s shore one day as a child, swaddled in her coat and tightly holding her harpoon as if hanging on for dear life. The people who found her just decided “well. guess we have a daughter now” and continued to raise her as one of their own. Now an adult, she plans on finding her real family with the bits and pieces she has of them left in her memory, wings be damned whether they’re all dead or not.

Anyways here’s another one i do NOT have an image for:

XIA (SIXER)

Formerly a outskirts kid brought into the City as a test subject for an unspecified corporation, Xia spent most of their childhood rotting away in a white box, being experimented on quite often, among other things. Trying to find a reason why the mysterious people in white coats were doing this to her, she decided it was because she was being created to “save humanity” and that all these tests were for the greater good.

Eventually, though, Xia had enough and escaped from the facility into W Corp’s backstreets, where they were promptly taken in by a workshopper by the name of Fei. Fei gave Xia a special mask to not only disguise them, but as a birthday gift. The mask in question is kinda like those led sunglasses with the images and what not? But they basically change with her, change to match their expressions/feelings and even are lipsynced.

Xia still feels guilty for leaving the other kids at the lab behind though, as well as for abandoning her (made up) purpose of saving the world.

Last but not least, we have:

SYBIL

I do not have an image for her drawn yet, but I do have a picrew!

She is not in fact a PM OC. She belongs to her own og universe, an alternate reality where a horrible war led to a second ice age amongst other things because of the use of nuclear and various kinds of biological superweapons, leaving the world above a glacial wasteland. Some humans went underground for warmth, others stayed to weather the storm, and the richer folk fled to cities high up in the clouds.

Sybil was a kid from an underground laboratory, genetically modified to be able to survive in the harsh winter above. However she was far from free to do as she pleased back then, as she was amongst a group of lab-grown test subjects. An uprising happened within the laboratory which led to most of the kids (including teenage sybil) escaping to the surface.

though the group sybil was a part of wasn’t lucky, to say the least. Everyone ended up dying one way or another, the most devastating death being of Sybil’s sister figure and defacto leader of their group. At that time, she and Sybil were the only ones left alive. The goggles sybil wears used to belong to her.

for a while after that she roamed aimlessly until she met another test subject named Milo. and theyre friends now and have wacky adventures and i really need to draw the rest of the cast holy fuck

ANYWAYS. thats it for now. ask questions if u wanna!!!!!!!!!!

[skunkes]

nyalon is also a vampire?

also have u ever gone into detail abt how ur vampirism works? other than the "drinks blood" requirement there are so many variations

Only vaguely bc there's details i still wanna iron out and also talon himself is an outlier within my in world vampirism so i have to figure out what a healthy and powerful vampire wld look like...

For me its that vampires have 2 intake systems for blood, so that tooth-hole feeding can coexist with Drinking it, the former being what gives vampires their youth and function and the latter being more like food and energy... they also have a reservoir for blood in the stomach (or maybe that is the stomachs repurposed function...) where any excess can be stored....

if a vampire is unable to get any fang intake blood (like talon refuses to do for a good while as punishment) they visibly and physically age. The reservoir keeps them functioning until they can feed again, very slowly releasing just enough blood into the body to keep them at a very base level of energy + everything else (an average vampire's entire body, joints and the like would hurt tons without fang intake blood...like when ur head and stomach and such hurt when u havent slept/eaten/had water and u have limited energy due to it but also like your body is 3 seconds away from shutting down depending on how starved they are)

If a vampire runs out of this stomach stored blood, they will undergo a monsterous animalistic transformation. Im not sure if this will be #real yet but I think it would be fun if thats where the myth of werewolves would come from in universe. A vampire wld not remember the events that happened while in this state bc this it serves as a desperate final attempt to find sustenance. They are also very strong during this and sense of smell is greatly enhanced. Rly exhausting to the body. I think they could travel great distances to get to a source of (a good amount of) blood if needed but I'm also toying with like. Maybe if they stay in dis form long enough the overactive senses and strength die down but they kind of just stay as this beast forever... Idk! Could even be in insane punishment somehow....

They can and do have powers/abilities, probably inherited but I haven't figured out the specifics. Talon currently only has 2, though im not sure if the one of his abilities was dormant, if abilities can be further improved or trained, if he could access other abilities if he tried or was shown how to or if they're just impossible for him to learn bc his sire didnt possess them, etc. There's also a hierarchy in vampire society too of course... I also havent decided if they can eat stuff that isnt blood in any capacity....rn I feel bad Talon can't eat people food and I know very many people who would eat stuff even if it hurt them...atm vampires can't consume anything thicker than honey without it making them feel very ill, since they can only process (and remove waste products from the body via) liquids

I also havent figured out how sunlight would affect them....mostly bc i want so badly for talon to be able to lay in a sunbeam inside the home LOL but i qill figure it out. He can always just wear big hats outside....perhaps it takes a while for the sun to harm (instead of instantly becoming aflame upon stepping outside)

[reiners-milkbiddies]

No because Izana and Kakuchos blood touching made me SOB. Blood ISNT thicker than water.

[strawberry-spectre]

VALENTINE HCCCCCCS (with some general vamp hcs)

- so he still has a circulatory, respiratory, digestive and all those systems from when he was a human along with his heart and organs and stuff because when lord stoker bit him, it only got rid of his need for them so rn his organs and stuff are just sitting inside his body completely useless. 

- his eyes are pink because hes an emotional vampire who feeds on love. if he was an emotional vampire that fed on sadness, it’ll be blue, hatred = dark red etc etc. 

- a natural vampire (vampires who were born vampires) have bright red eyes to show that they feed on blood. draculaura has purple eyes to show that she was a human turned vampire with no ‘special’ powers other than being able to handle the sun a little better than most vampires

- vampires rarely cry but if they do, they cry blood. because their bodies dont produce blood, the blood that they cry out is the blood they drink. so crying basically means losing a meal for them. its also dangerous for them to cry because if they lose enough blood, they become extremely weak and tired until their next meal

- valentine also cries out blood but its not as dangerous for him because he feeds on emotions. he drinks blood whenever he feels like it (prefers AB+), but its rarer for him to actually cry because theres not as much liquid in his body

- draculaura is special here because she cries out water. this is because of all the vegetables and fruits she eats. she also drinks water. the reason why she isnt on the floor 27/4 is because she takes iron supplements

- due to valentine’s past of moving around a lot, he can mimic any accent perfectly even if he heard the accent once

-valentine doesnt like feeding off hatred and sadness because it feels bitter to him

- if val ever works alongside cupid on her love advice podcast thing, he wont be too popular at first because y’know, but after some time, he gets just as popular as cupid because while cupids more like ‘laugh at his jokes! even if theyre not funny!’, ‘be confident, love is from within, you must be sure of yourself first before you can love anyone else!’, vals more ‘if he didnt message you for three days, thats too long. a person who truly values you will never leave you waiting.’, ‘learn your partner’s love language, might be gifts or comforting words’

- valentine has pink skin but its a bit translucent so you can see his veins in areas where his skin is thin

- he has thicker bottom lashes than top

- hes skilled with swords and can use them to fight. this is because lord stoker taught him how to use one when he took valentine to transylvania 

- elissabat and valentine were close when they were in court and developed a familial cousin relationship. however, they drifted apart during the great spilt and broke contact when elissabat ran away with the vampires heart

[gloomforrestrunes]

man I could write a whole essay about how runes reminds me of the saying "blood is thicker than water" because at first you hear that and think this is about blood relations and how that's the most important, however in reality the "water" in the saying is the water of the womb, meaning family bonds. the full saying is "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" meaning that chosen bonds are more significant then birth ones. the whole journey of the misconception is really what reminds me of runes. how the characters think to put so much power on who is related to who, and what that relation can give to you. the characters in runes who have bled with each other cried with each other will always be more important then you biologically gave birth to you. because those who you've bled with are really who birthed you not just your body.

YES YESSS YOU GET IT YOU UNDERSTAND ME

such a big thing in runes is how important those chosen bonds are, especially when relations that are inherently tied to you at birth are abusive and cruel. the concept that blood relation is more important than chosen bonds is a belief so ingrained in light realm society specifically. the ancestors just cannot stand the fact that laxo is worth a million times more to kane than the generations that came before him and the royal bloodline he's supposed to continue. which makes it extremely hard for him to willingly reach out and pick the roses, because what if they're right? what if the thorns do prick him, and he was foolish all along for listening to his heart rather than the all-powerful voice of the gods?

in the other cast's cases, while blood relation may not be as important as it is to kane's arc there's still an element of the character's being able to choose their own bonds and be independent being looked down upon

kenta isn't supposed to know anything other than her training, anything other than the war ahead of her, and how dare she think about her days away from the dark realm wistfully and with yearning

maya's conflict is largely internal but i think this still applies. she doesn't trust herself to forge new bonds due to things that happened in her past. she sees herself as inherently unlovable and irredeemable and forces herself to choose isolation, no matter how miserable it makes her and how much she desperately yearns connection

and of course there's laxo. how can he expect to act normally with someone else when all he's known for so long is nex? he's so used to being in such a hostile environment that anything other than that is scarier. it hurts, but its predictable. its routine. how can he trust himself to choose anything different? how can he trust anyone else to not be the same as nex?

and yet... despite everything, they all find each other. in one way or another, they find each other and laugh and cry and love so fully and so completely. of course it isnt easy, they're all complicated people with flaws and issues that cannot go unresolved. but that hope is there, and they can see it in every smile, longing glance, shoulder touch, and stargaze. and the most important part is that, ultimately, they allowed themselves to choose.

[onlyjaeyun]

i cant lie ch is really showing me how ur real family is chosen and even tho its just fiction, it honestly makes me look on my own family and how they are.

this isnt a bad thing! it just makes me realise how even tho blood is thicker then water, the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb

oh this is so sweet and smth i will forever appreciate SO much because friendship means so, so much to me and im so glad and lowkey proud of myself for portraying it well enough for you to come to this resolution 🥺

[slyth3rinbab3]

Unhappy

If I could just choose the kind of family I have… I would rather choose the ones I talk to or communicate with online than the ones I have right now… I’m not being ungrateful… I just get really unhappy a lot lately being around them..

Me? Being selfish? What do they call their being unsupportive of my dreams to vlog and be an artist and wanting me to fulfill their dreams instead? What do they call their forcing me to live in their province for good when they already know in the first place that I don’t feel comfortable there and what do they call comparing me to other people at my expense?? Just to make themselves feel better? Isnt that being selfish??

They expect me to listen to them when they themselves are turning a deaf ear everytime I try to open up to them how I feel when they compare me to other people and favoring others over me and also everytime they would force me to live in the province they are so proud of.. when I already told them SO MANY TIMES I don’t like the provincial life because I know in myself I will not survive there…. Did they even bother to listen? No. So why would they expect me to listen to them?

Can they blame me now for the times I attempted suicide or self-harm? Or even tried ending my life due to depression because they failed to be really there for me? even support me in reaching my dreams and goals of being a vlogger? Can they blame me for trying to end my life because I am no longer happy being with them? They kept insisting me to do this, do that according to the way they want things to be done… even when they know I am not comfortable with it. They never really listened… unlike my friends online – they are the ones who understand me more than my own family (which I dont even feel like calling these people here in my household anymore) . Sometimes , the ones you don’t know personally that much? are the ones who understand your struggles more than the ones you’re with. They understand how I feel.. and they support me more than my own family does.

Sometimes the people that are far away from you and not related to you by blood are the ones who act more like a famil than the ones you’re living with under one roof. So why blame me for choosing to communicate and open up with other people whom I just meet online more than my own family. Blood is thicker than water, yes. But I don’t feel that with my own family anymore. A lot of times I feel like they just want to control my life more than wanting me to learn.. … Where is the “family” in that?

[voidselfshipp]

The Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb

Cw: Fire in the moodboard, mentions of food.

Summary: Rowena takes his heart nephew (jack) and her daughter (jerico) on a trip to scotland for vacation.

->Lovely Taglist: @malewifehenrycooldown @sugar-and-pearls @mercuryships @tex-treasures

->Only mutuals allowed to reblog.

A/n: I needed to write something fluffy w Jack n rowena. If anyone wants to make fanart of any of the scenes id be so happy! But no pressure./gen.

Jack felt a little lost looking at all the books before him. He huffs and anxiously taps his foot.

--What seems ta be the matter,dearie?-- rowena asked softly with concern.

The nephilim sighed and replied-- there are so Many books I dont even know which ones to pick

--Pick all the ones ye want, its on me-- the witch replied.

He nodds giving her a small smile-- thank you, auntie rowena

--No problem, ill check on yer sister-- the older woman replied-- stay put

--Alright

Rowena leaves for the Fantasy section of the old library, she cant help but chuckle as jerico carries a stack of books between her arms.

--Need help with that?-- the witch asked with a smirk.

Jerico turns to her and sheepishly chuckles-- 'm fine..., Jack picked anything yet?

--Hes in ta process, boy's a little lost on what ta pick-- the other woman replied-- c'mon then

Both women return to where Jack was, and just like his sister hes carrying easily seven books of different thicknesses-- I know you told me not to move but I had to ask some people what books they reccomended me, And here they are-- Jack explained-- sorry

--Curiosity did kill ta cat, ye know?-- rowena teased-- but of course thats not ta whole sayin'

--Then what is the whole saying?-- he asked.

--Curiosity killed the cat, but the answer brought it back-- the witch answered.

--Answers can bring...cats back from the dead?-- Jack asked tilting his head to the side.

Jerico giggled-- not really

--Oh..!

Soon after they payed for the Books and went back to Rowena's cabin in the Woods.

It was big enough to house three people with their own personal space.

That day was cloudy and foggy, the Windows blurred with mist and condensated steam, falling dead leaves littered the ground.

Jack finished to put the books on his bookshelf, smiling proudly at his work.

--Dinner's ready!-- rowena called from the kitchen.

The older woman hears two sets of rapid footsteps and she cant help but laugh as her eyes settle on her nephew and daughter who look like rabid famined dogs.

--ye two look hungry-- she mused with a smirk.

--Very much-- jerico replied-- ill take the glasses

--Ill take the cutlery and plates

The house smelled of food and dried herbs, a mix of sweet, fresh yet Musky scents gave the house a cozy feel.

The light sources where candles and a few electric warm lights around the place. On the table was a centerpiece that held a combination of candles of various colors.

Both younger members of the family set the table, and the witch is quick to serve the food.

--Ma, this tastes great!-- jerico exclaimed looking up at the red haired woman.

--Shes right. Your cooking is great, auntie rowena!-- Jack exclaimed.

Rowena smiled with pride, chest warming up pleaseantly-- ah I had plenny o' time ta perfect it. Thank ye

Both younglings smile at her and Keep eating.

Soon it starts to rain, but for the three of them tucking in for the night was ways away.

Rowena pulled her cloak's hood forward-- now remember, anythin' here is yers for ta takin', do let me see it first ta make sure it isnt cursed

--Yes ma'am!--both exclaim and with their flashlights they start to scan the place for trinkets.

Both find a series of oddities, quickly calling over rowena who dispells any sort of curse or bad vibes the object had.

At some Point in late night, Jack calls the witch over showing her what seems to be an ocre colored cat pendant with a half moon on its side.

After making sure it wasnt cursed, rowena takes a step back and Jack looks at his finding for a moment before extending his hand towards the woman.

The old witch smiles and takes it, hooking it into one of her Many necklaces-- thank ye,dearie

The nephilim boy smiles and gives her a nodd of acknowledgement, returning to his search for more trinkets.

Rowena takes the hint that Jack decided to go non-verbal for the time being and simply follows his lead.

Next thing he finds is an old and dirty sun charm, he calls his heart aunt over and points at it.

--That ones fine-- she replied and he took it, inspecting It

The gold sun has been dirtied and worn by the enviroment around it, he inspects it and then puts it between his hands and closes his eyes.

His hands shine with a dim golden light, and when he shows it to rowena, the theres an inscription on the back.

She carefully takes the charm in her hands and inspects it. The sun had little rhinestones littered across the surface, and then she takes notice of the engraving in the back. It read "you showed me a divine light that did not hurt nor blind. You called it love, I call it a Bond. Thank you"

Rowena handed the trinket back-- its a very beautiful phrase

He nodded and Walked up to jerico, whose pointed ears twitch back as his feet crush the dead leaves under them.

But she doesnt flinch, she knows his gentle footsteps. He pats her back and she turns around.

Jack silently hands her the sun he found and she inspects it. Her eyes go wide once she reads the engraving.

--This is beautiful, thank you jackie-- she replied hugging him. He hugs back and nuzzles her neck-- youre nonverbal for the time being?

He nodds and Gently pulls back-- okay-- she acnowmledges.

Five minutes later is jerico who finds something in the ground.

A pendant made of oxcidized Copper in the shape of a grimoire hides between leaves.

Rowena gives it the "in the clear" sign and jerico hands it to her-- here. It has your vibe

The older woman smiles and kisses the girl's forehead-- thats really sweet o' ye, dear

Jeri smiles and returns to her search.

The rest of the night is spent looking for trinkets, and by the time they are back home its the wee hours of the morning.

--Oh Jack I found something for you!-- jerico called out, pulling out of her pocket a ring. Its made of silver and has a white lily carved out of clear quartz-- white lillies means purity of heart, and clear quartz helps with inner light

Jack seems to recognize the gem and quickly scribbles something on a notepad he always carried "Like the one your friend gave you!"it read.

--Yeah, exactly that one-- she confirmed.

He puts the ring on his middle finger, and jeri takes his hand-- funny, putting that ring on that finger symbolizes personal identity, self worth,beauty, responsability and life purpose. You knew that?

He shakes his head.

--Ah well its a good omen then-- rowena replied-- cmon, tea's done and the cookies are just about to be

The three of them soon snuggle on the couch and get ready to watch some movies.

But when the TV turns on theres nothing but static.

Jerico is the first one to get up to fix the problem. It takes a hot minute for them to do so.

--Rowena can get it fixed up in a split second-- Jack said-- youll never get that thing working

--O ye of little faith-- jeri bit back, before moving some cables to a different port.

She steps back and the TV is back to normal, she turns around and makes eye contact with her younger brother-- eat It, kline

He snorts and raises his hands up-- alright fine

Some hours later, Jack is braiding jeri's hair, muttering a lullaby castiel had taught him-- hey jer?

--Yeah?

--Youre a really good sister-- he replied absentmindedly-- you were always sweet and nice to me when others werent

--I see a good Man in you, Jack-- she commented-- I could feel it

--Thank you for beliving in me

--Thank *you* for choosing to do the right thing

After their second movie they took a break, and just as rowena came back with replenished teas and baked goods, she finds her daughter teaching her nephew spanish.

--okay, lets recap, how do you say "my name is Jack kline"

--mi nombre es Jack Kline-- he replied before adding-- Y mi hermana se llama jerico, y ella es genial (my name is Jack Kline, my sister is called jerico and shes awesome)

Jeri giggled with eyes full of awe and excitement-- thats great! Youre a fast learner!

Jack, who had the same look in his eyes as his sister, replied-- I have a great teacher

The witch couldnt help but smile, jerico had been teaching Jack a lot of things since they got to scotland for their little vacation.

Amongs them where how to Cook, dance, take care of injured animals and play the guitar, Jack was in fact a very quick learner, and Rowena was sure that between that and their one on one talks both siblings had, the nephilim boy had learnt how to understand himself further.

Jack felt a little less lost now that jerico was with him. She had taught him Many things, and he was discovering who he really was.

She settles besides jerico and they resume their movie night

Its in the middle of their final movie when rowena noticed just how quiet both younglings were, she turns her head and finds that both are asleep.

Jack leans on jerico, his hand holding hers, his head on her shoulder. Jeri's own head rests against her brother's. And both are slumped against the couch's backrest.

So thats why both of them were so quiet.

Usually both would make quips and little commentaries of the things they noticed in the film, so the silence was a bit off putting.

With a snap of her fingers a moss colored blanket drapes around both siblings.

She stands up and kisses their forehead-- Oidhche mhath (good night) my little bairns

The Next morning the three of them arranged a nice picnic in the Woods near the cabin.

A maroon blanket was set on the floor, an ornate and intricagely weaved picnic basket sat ontop of it, around it were a menagerie of different foods, portable kettles with all sorts of tea and three teacups.

Jack closed his book, looking up at the cloudy day above-- aunt rowena? I have a question

--What is it, dearie?-- she asked.

--Theres a saying I read in this book that says "blood's thicker than water" but I get the sense its not the complete phrase. See, it reminded me of what you two told me in the library...

Rowena nodded-- aye, the whole sayin' is "Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb" meanin' that the Bonds we make are more important than those we were given at birth

--Kinda like us?-- he asked.

--Exactly like us-- jeri replied-- oh by the way I also found this but I forgot to give it to you-- she hands him a moon pendant that seemed to match with the sun one she had.

This one was also made of gold and decorated with rhinestones. It also seemed old but the engraving on the back was recent.

He took a moment to read it. "Love is a Bond found everywhere In everyone. We shine forth with divine light, always and forever. Where you go. I go"

He smiles and quickly hooks it to the chain around his neck, a protection charm rowena had given him and jerico-- thank you

--Its quite rare ta see matchin' sets in the forest, I guess whoever those things belonged ta deemed ye worthy of carryin' their legacy -- rowena pointed out.

Jack smiled and hugged jerico's arm, she hugs back and giggles.

By the end of Next week the three of them were back at the bunker.

Castiel was handed a small keychain That had a pair of two wings on each side,made of some black metal. Jack was the one that found it and gave it to him, saying "it reminded me of you"

Jerico in turn had found various oddities for each of her partners. -- nothing like a cursed trinket to remember you by-- lucifer Joked to then kiss the top of her head-- thank you dear

Each of her partners had one of her various findings.

Gabriel had a gold ring that had six wings.

lucifer had gotten a small pitchfork made of black iron. Crowley, a ring in the shape of a crown made of that same ore

while balthazar had been given a necklace with an ornate pendant with a moonstone in the style of victorian jewelry.

Sam held a small protection charm like the one he had tatooed, only this one was attached to a short leather coil. He wasnt sure what to make of this trinket but he appreciated.

Ketch was defenetly not expecting to get something,but he had underestimated his lover's inner goblin.

After Jack pointed out that jeri dragged him along for hours to find a nice thing to give him, Arthur granted himself a second look at it.

It was a silver cross in the style of victorian jewlery ornated with rubíes.

He put the cross in his pocket and smiled-- thank you, my dear

--No probs!-- she chirped and quickly followed her brother along as he sits in the library.

Without another Word spoken, both cuddle up and continue their books.

Rowena materialized a tea set and some of their favorite snacks to munch on.

--How Many books did you get 'em?-- Sam asked toying with the trinket he was given.

--A lot. That'll keep 'em busy for a while-- she replied watching the two younglings point some of their favorite quotes to one another.

Rowena says her goodbyes to everyone present, Jack and jerico thank her for the awesome vacation and she takes her leave.

Though before actually leaving she gives both younglings a final look filled with adoration and love.

Their family was weird, they were different pieces that made up a perfect masterpiece.

After all, the Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb.

[avellanas-nutty-empire]

holds u gently

you only have one mother, they will say. you cant replace her, they will insist. but heres the fact. in every duty they try to thrust upon you to love her, theres an equal and opposite duty SHE has to love YOU. and she failed. this makes your own duties null and void. you are not broken. parental figgures can be obtained thru many non blood sources (u n me 4 example. ive had like 2 other great mom figgures). these sources can function JUST AS GOOD AS if not MORE SO than blood family figgures. blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb, after all

the truth is they want you to feel stuck with her bc they cannot accept or comprehend the fact that, if this were a hoarding situation, your mother would be deemed a broken object that cannot function as intended, and the effort it would take to fix would either be more than what you would get out of it, or completely impossible to fix at all. its okay to discard something thats clearly broken. she isnt working with you. that is not your fault or responsibility. she failed you FIRST.

now go with love, darling dearest

Its hard to have a complicated relationship with a parent.

I don't want my mother to die.

Yet its gotten to the point where I'm so shut down emotionally I wonder if I love her.

I've felt love. Warm cozy maternal love for my online adopted kids. I have put myself in the shoes of my maternal characters and felt that love, and grief, of having children

Yet I don't see these feeling reflected in my mother.

I've known the love a child has for a parent. How I, at mid 30s, still yearn for a mother and father figure in my life. When I achieve it, if even for a few minutes with friends/acquaintances, it makes me so happy. Like a warm cozy blanket over my shoulders.

I don't recall feeling this way with my mom.

Is this because I'm seeing other relationships through rose colored glasses? The whole 'the grass is greener on the other side' and fiction isn't real life?

But I have fondness for my grandma. My brother, my aunt. Yet I feel more like its my duty to care for my mom instead of a natural thing.

Am I broken? Is something wrong with me? Am I a horrible person?

These questions plauge me daily as I struggle witb the darker emotions that want to surface. Resentment. Anger. Annoyance. Sometimes verging on hate.

There is something that has to be wrong with me, right? When she cries that she is lonely or her heart hurts, I don't feel sympathy but my emotions dig deeper to hide my rush of resentment. That all I can think about are the times I cried out with no answer, or worse, the fact I feel like I could never be so selfish to cry like that in front of someone. I can't burden others, so why should she get to?

I hate myself for being so mean and selfish. I want to rip at my skin. Why am I like this? Why can't I be a better person?

The only way to feel better is to shut my emotions off. To hide deeper into the cave of my psyche and wait until the flood is over and I can go outside again. Maybe its not healthy, but I don't know what else to do.

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

Hello hello!! I just wanted to tell you that I when I went archive your account, I saw it had been archived 8 other times!!! I thought that was funny lol 😆

And in the most recent chapter(?) of Water is Thicker Than Blood, how did Sabo’s hair come undone? Does that have any symbolic meaning or did it just…happen?

Anyways, I still love your work obvi🖤

Oh snap!!! I am very flattered. Wait do you have to upload every post manually to the website, or is it automatic? (Idk how the website works~). If it is manual, WHOEVER HAS DOES IT, ⚡️SHOW YOURSELF⚡️

Sabo’s hair becoming undone is simply a metaphor. This isnt the first time its been happening throughout the story, its just the most obvious one cuz i exaggerated it and pointed it out so that yall would notice. It’s happened only a couple times to sabo in the past, but its just meant to symbolize how he’s losing his control over being able to keep appearances up post-AlmostGettingHitByACar.

Ah thank ye thank ye uwu

Thanks for the ask!

[spiderman-ironcan]

You know that saying “blood is thicker than water”?

It’s a fucking lie.

[letsvanishintonothing]

Annoying

Well once upon a time there was me and my annoying sister, she always tought she was something better and always had the urgue to insult me. Ha ha ha... now that she is far far away ican say with absolute sureness that i dont miss this little wannabe bitc* sorry not sorry, blood doesnt have to be thicker than water:) toxic people are toxic

[cetsuo]

ok this also bothers me but I havent given it much tought till now. Beware because following will be some random thoughts that I havent properly addressed. Also my Aeldari knowledge isnt that good so take it with sacks of salt.

If i remember correctly, at this point she hasn't come to the full realization that the whole "sticking to tradition" thing is what is killing the aeldari. EG of that is how the farseers *saw* that continuing on their travel path would literally kill the whole craftworld but still they stuck to it bc that was decided and there's no way they can be wrong. She knows this but she still needs to make that final leap. Remember that Aeldari are 1) incredly long lived, and 2) they are a dying race of refugees (self inflicted sure, but still).

She also *knows* that your predecessor was the involved in the destruction of their craftworld, but because she's still fairly young (exodite was her first path) and so hasn't been around the strict traditionalism she still has some mind flexibility: she's able to at least consider that there might be more to the universe than what she had been told. Also, she has seen you *being different*, she acknowledge you.

On the other side, the rest of the aeldari see you basically as an overgrown ape. They don't care that it was Theodora one of the people who caused this whole mess. To them all humans are the same, just as much as to a casual passer-by all ants might as well be the same ant. What's worse, you are from the same family as Theodora (sins of the parents, etc).

Now, imagine you come from Group A which has been harassed till near extinction by Group B, not only that but you've been travelling with a member of Group B, NOT ONLY THAT but also that member of Group B is directly related to the one who "pulled the trigger" that put your group in this situation, and NOT ONLY THAT but you knew and either didn't care, didn't mind or, Kaela Mensha Khaine, you actually forgave them. That makes you literally hitler™️.

So there you are, basically just out of high school, and your family just found out you've been bagpacking and soul cuddling with the offspring of Hitler™️. What would you do? Side with your family doesn't sound that unreasonable, specially if the choice would be to be seen as a traitor or worse, an enemy.

TL;DR: she panicked.

Only after being under threat of not only losing you but also forgetting everything about you and what ripples you've made on her soul (as far as i can tell what the farseer were trying to do was "clean her soul" aka erase anything troublesome), after pleading her case with the "know-it-all grown ups" and seeing that they are just a group of stuck up old folks too caught on their own pride and reminiscing of "The good old times" to even try to do something to save themselves, in that fraction of a second where you are about to be erased, she realizes how much you matter to her: blood of the covenant is thicker than water from the womb. And so she decides to cut ties with her toxic family and move on.

while writing this I realized that there might be more to Yrliet than what I initially thought. I guess this is my headcanon now.

There is this scene that has no sense.

I helped Yrliet with all her quests, I even started the romance (by mistake, but still - we know each other well).

We meet this group of aeldari and we speak calmly. Then, I say that it was my predecessor to attack them (which is the truth). Yrliet goes like "Huh?? Why have you said that in front of my people? They won't forgive you. Bye, I'm joining them" and there she go, against the RT.

It makes no sense.

I'd like to add that she was the one preaching that the truth always win.