#brotp: we could be heroes

[on-a-lucky-tide]

Curious what you'd say about Soap for the character ask game. You haven't really spoken about him as much as the others so I'm curious :O (id love to hear about every single character tho i wont lie to you but i have a feeling you'll get asked about those lol)

@nekrosmos asked for Soap too.

Honestly? There is unfortunately a reason. I lingered around fandom for a good few months before I got involved at all. I saw some behaviour from his fanbase that I didn't like and so I made the conscious choice that he's not a character I'd probably be creating much for. I love the art, happy to support creators, etc. Besides, there are so many delicious, delicious rarepairs to love and create for and plenty of gallant, productive, devoted Ghoapers.

He's quite compelling though, and I've got quite a few thoughts and headcanons, and I'm happy to write prompts with him. A few friends on Discord really love him and I like to create for them too, cause happy friends give me the fuzzies. So, you know, a story idea might grip me by the balls and I'll wack out a long form thing.

favorite thing about them

His journals.

Reading those finally gave me a connection with his character that I hadn't developed previously. But they really show how driven he is, how much he wants to be the best he can be, so he's not a burden, so he doesn't let anyone down. He's constantly striving to earn his place to the point that it kills him in the end.

I think he genuinely struggles with wanting to be liked (as part of 'earning his place'), and I think he is often too much for people. Ghost giving back as good as he gets is a comfortable relationship because the line for Ghost is way, way in the distance; Johnny doesn't have to worry like he does with 'normal' people. Neither of them is fuckin' normal.

Price giving him a chance would have been the first step towards the hero-style worship he has for him. "What? Me? Ye want... me? Aye, aye I will be the best fuckin' dog ye ever had, I will bite my own leg off for ye." Everything Soap does is to prove that Price didn't make a mistake. That he was a good investment. And Price, the sly fucker, knows it. He sees himself there.

least favorite thing about them

I wish they had given him a stronger accent and leaned more into that in the games. In fact, I wish that for all of them.

I also think that Soap has capacity to cause great harm without even realising it. Like, we get glimpses of it; he's nearly court-martialled for punching out a copper. In his single-minded pursuit of something, I reckon there could be a lot of collateral damage.

He lacks confidence but will cover it up by being an arsehole and doing arsehole things (such as smuggling a girl on base to impress The Guys). I say I like "least favourite"; I think this makes him compelling as a character. He's not all sunshine and rainbows. He's just as gritty, professional and flawed as the rest of 'em.

favorite line

"You sick bastard..."

"My kingdom for a suppressor..."

"Price?... This belongs to you, sir."

brOTP

Gaz & Soap

OTP

Uh... none really. Ghost/Soap?

nOTP

Don't have any strong feelings on any.

random headcanon

He's really bad at team sport. He showed no interest in any when he was growing up. Gym? Running? Swimming? Anything where the only competition is himself and his own limits? That's where Soap's head is.

unpopular opinion

Honestly? I don't know which of my opinions would be unpopular. Probably the 'not sunshine and rainbows' one, maybe?

song i associate with them

favorite picture of them

[pegasusdrawnchariots]

Not Shipping Tag Game

tagged by its creator @ninadove~ 🥂

For all relationships — OT3s, broTPs, besties, coworkers, families — that are just as fascinating as (if not more so than) what's happening in the romance department!

List as many/few as u wish & tag some friends :)

Before anyone yells at me: could u ship them romantically? Yes. In fact, some of these also feature on my top 10 ships poll! But that's not what this one is for. Sometimes people are intimate & codependent & silly & toxic & in cahoots & match each other's freak — all this without romance needing to enter the picture

Tagging: @ninadove @oatflatwhite @pixelated-glitter

@justbecringe @dying-suffering-french-stalkers @longagoitwastuesday & anyone else who wants to play! Just say I tagged u :)

Unhinged babblings abt some of these broTPs under the cut so as to spare yr dashes

(Liz don't look at the Leverage one)

Mulder & Scully: yes I love MSR yes I love them as colleagues yes I love them as friends. All is true. For this poll, I have them included as toxically codependent worsties <333 I love how Chris Carter stripped their personal lives away bc Mulder is wholly devoted to the quest & Scully is wholly devoted to Mulder's devotion. Like, Mulder doesn't even have a bed. He eats, sleeps, & breathes this quest. & Scully took one look at him & was like "this man is insufferable & beyond compelling. I'm tanking my career just to see where this all ends up 👀" & they're colleagues. COLLEAGUES. What if we were each other's compass (Field Trip) & each other's pillar (Wetwired) but NOT each other's romantic soulmate (The Field Where I Died) 🥺 & we were colleagues? 😳 Again, I love MSR but Chris Carter's vision for whatever the fuck these two had going on was unparalleled & the fans pushing him to make Mulder & Scully end up together romantically was a MISTAKE there I said it. Seasons 1-5 my beloved. But whatever. Yr main stars are rlly hot & have insane chemistry I get it. The airwaves weren't ready for freak-matching of this proportion that stayed platonic 😔

Winters & Nixon: the Winnix agenda wouldn't be nearly as powerful as it is if they weren't before anything else & at the end of the day Besties :)

Renée & Roe: cute as a ship AND as friends, but the deciding factors here were: A) kind M/F friendships are important to me personally, B) I'm not by default shoving the One Named Woman in BOB into a romantic ship w the only guy she talks to, & C) imo if ur in the dark hell of trying to heal people in an active warzone while the bodies pile high & u won't even hear the shell that kills u, establishing a platonic link is ×100 more compelling than a meetcute w a dating prospect. to me.

Helen, Odysseus, & Menelaos: tbh 70% of the reason this is here is bc of the scene at the Trojan Horse. Where Helen walks around it mimicking the voices of the Greek generals' wives & calling each of them by name, & Odysseus is inside fighting for his life clamping his hand over their mouths & wrestling them back into their seats to prevent them from blowing the whole plan. Genuinely would love to see more of them specifically pitted against each other or working together. I would risk it all for One (1) crafty canny hero, let alone TWO. 20% of the reason they're here is due to the way Menelaos & Helen (but mainly Menelaos) talk abt Odysseus in rhapsody 4, when Telemachos visits them for news of his dad. Oh my god. Oh my god. & the remaining 10% is everything that goes on in the Menelaiad. John Barth are you fucking kidding me. Lives were changed

Cyrano & Roxane: listen no-one ships them as hard as I do (with the possible exception of @ninadove & Henri Le Bret) but THEY WERE FRIENDS FIRST. They were besties!! They were kids together, they learned how to be silly together, & they're silly together to the end (see the gazette scene)!! Also see the hushing scene 🥺💀 In the Weber version, when they keep going "chut ! chut ! 🤫" at each other, at some point towards the end they go "chut !" at the same time & instead put their finger over the OTHER ONE'S mouth >>>>>>> oh my GODDD oh my god they're so playful & fun & their friendship sustains me

Parker & Eliot: "teach me to like things" just kill me now that would be kinder. The intimacy the insecurity the vulnerability ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽ Eliot possesses weapons-grade freak & Parker regularly leaves him in the dust, & he's visibly weirded out by this but that's as far as it goes. He regards her w such respect & trusts her about as much as someone like Eliot can trust. & Parker also clearly admires Eliot!! She sees a trait in him that she likes & asks for it directly!! Their friendship just GRAAFAHGFRGRHHFFGR. The moon emoji is there for that one scene in The Three Days of Hunter Job btw. Where Eliot tells her he's seen the rocky sets they used to fake the moon landing. "And they're gonna paint them red & reuse them for the Mars landing" BWXSHHFDKJ I can't with them

[fumifooms]

Marchil crumbs part 5

Part 1 - Part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 6 - part 7

The anime has come and since I have my shipping goggles on I am going to notice so much. This part will be less spoilery for anime onlys (tho if you want to see me talk about why I ship them and why they’re complementary this is not a good part to start with haha). Edit: After completing this part I can confirm it’s fully anime-onlys friendly and spoiler-free! For manga veterans though there are still some fun tidbits to be found, some recontextualisations and new extra content.

Holy shit guys they’re mirroring each other in the mural and reaching out to each other AND looking towards each other?!!!! Their pose is so striking and like perfectly align?! Which means it was so intentional and the staff wanted to highlight them (for an aesthetic and/or narrative purpose I’m sure but it happened)! I will never let this go we won so fucking hard let’s goooooo we are so back

Character foils!! Dynamic duo!!

Soulmates!!

In the opening at 1:16 he looks at her to see if she’s really going to it as the most critical of monster food & muster up courage to dig into it himself lmao… "Marcille doesn’t look too grossed out, she’s picky so this food must be fine then" Aka treating her as a poison taster/good cuisine judge lmao

Doodle from the animation director (source). I should translate it but I’m procrastinating on it so uh director’s brotp? Anyways they hanging out look at them :]

Laios is thinking to himself there (he’s the one saying the subs), and in the meantime Marcille and Chilchuck talk, likely figuring out the money situation. Strategizing duo back at it again not wasting a second

In the beginning of ep 1, when Marcille is rambling about where they could go to get food and what to grab, Chilchuck listens with a big smile & even closes his eyes as they walk. The implication is that he’s thinking about food, but man the scene hits different now that it’s voiced and I remember that indeed Chilchuck is closing his eyes to her voice and enjoying hearing her talk and ramble. I may be too far gone into the marchil pit

I feel like already they’ve come far from when Chilchuck dreaded being alone with Shuro and Marcille, waiting for the Toudens and Namari to arrive.

Ok this might actually be smth I’m gonna complain about but I feel like blushes have been drawn too vividly so far. Why does Chilchuck look like he’s confessing when he tells her she’s not a burden and he didn’t mean to make her feel that way. It almost comes across as "Woah she cares what I think?" 💀 The banter ensuing is of course also great

Ep 2 was an episode centered on them both that had the "Magic/Traps are my domain, don’t interfere!" parallel… And now with ep 3 we’re back to them being haters together. That’s her emotional support man

In ep 4, it doesn’t show well with a screenshot but when Senshi talks about his unmanned vegetable stand with a treasure chest, while in the manga Marcille and Chilchuck both think the same thing, "That’s why that treasure chest akways had money in it…", but in the anime instead they literally finish each other’s thought. Talk about being on the same wavelength.

Ep 5 is a marchil goldmine actually, it showcases perfectly how much of a package deal they are lol. Always sticking close to each other. Glancing at each other during meals… They literally nod at each other before they try a bite to steel themselves. They exchange a serious thoughtful glance when Laios talks about Falin truly being gone atm. They argue a bit but they go right back to sitting right next to each other after the meal <3 My god I can’t deal with them they are so…… "Hate this bitch, not my friend" 3 secs later "Heyy bestie!!" Also he’s worried he brought her mood down after mentioning Falin. Made a post about ep 5 collecting even more screenshots.

Episode 6 my hero my beloved… Again I made a post about the ep collecting all my screenshots here, and even a clip! But this IS the marchil crumbs masterpost thus I must collect the major ones here as well. First of all, fun staff drawings for the first screening!

I already posted a screenshot from the trailer of when Chil had his head on his knees sitting next to her, but after seeing episode 5 I think it’s a fun and interesting trend to notice that they sit next to each other way unnecessarily close wow. They continue to banter a ton, she continues to be very casual with touch, and they’re really cute! I love just how much Marcille blushed damn- It’s really cute too when you remember with the bicorn chapter that Chilchuck teases Marcille BECAUSE he enjoys getting a rise out of her, flustering her and seeing her reactions. I support the teasing -> laughing because her reaction is over the top all-Chilchuck economy. Also she apologizes for having let him go alone and be gone for so long by helping him with sewing his cowl… Cuties

She looked so happy when he opened up about his age!… And then seemed… Disappointed? When he "truly was just a kid". "So you really are a kid! How boring…" This implies that her intent was to tease him for funsies… Ok lads we reached 30 pics see you next post, I’m gonna cover the "wake up clumsy head" manga-anime differences and we’re gonna go back to our usual spoilers yummy schedule.

Here’s Marcille cosplaying as a succubus in the newest Daydream Hour… She may not be a half-foot or have deep-set eyes but let’s be real I think he’d explode

part 6 here!!

[eidolonshiva]

For the character thingy! Do your favorite hashira.

I have a three-way tie, so I think I'll go with Kyojuro for this one!

Favorite thing about them:

Kyojuro is the kind of person who puts the needs and comfort of others above his own. Even as he lay dying, he never lets his pain show. Instead, he maintains a calm demeanor and offers words of encouragement to Tanjiro.

Another thing I love is how much he cares for his younger brother. When he speaks to Senjuro, he always kneels down to be eye level with him and gently squeezes his hand to comfort him. It's a small gesture, but it shows the kind of person he is.

Least favorite thing about them:

Although I cannot overstate how much I love the fact that they made him hearing impaired, as someone who gets anxious about loud noises his voice can be stressful at times.

Favorite line:

It's pretty standard at this point, but "Set your heart ablaze."

brOTP:

As much as I love that Kyojuro and Tengen are besties, I would like to see his relationship with Obanai explored more. We know that Shinjuro brought Obanai back to the Rengoku estate after rescuing him and I would like to think that he became an honorary member of the family. I think Kyojuro's outgoing personality helped Obanai to open up a bit. I would have loved to see some montages of the two of them growing up as adopted brothers.

OTP:

I think we can all agree that Akaza was down bad for our favorite fireboy. The bedroom eyes, licking his arm, using his first name? Akaza, you dirty dog.

Other than that, I like when people pair Kyojuro with an oc.

nOTP:

I don't understand the people who ship Kyojuro with Mitsuri. It just seems forced to me. Men and women can have a close friendship without it having romantic undertones. Also, since Kyojuro was friends with both Mitsuri and Obanai, I like to imagine that he played matchmaker.

Random headcanon:

Due to his father's alcoholism, I think Kyojuro would abstain from drinking outside of the occasional ceremonial sake.

Unpopular opinion:

A lot of Kyojuro's personality is a facade. He puts on a wide smile and takes on the role of the hero that he's supposed to be, the hero he promised his mother he would be. The only time we see this fake smile fall is when Enmu puts him under the sleep spell. Even in what is supposed to be the happiest dream he can imagine, his father still isn't proud of him.

Song I associate with them:

"Arsonist's Lullaby" from Hozier is perfect for him.

When I was a child, I'd sit for hours Staring into open flame Something in it had a power Could barely tear my eyes away

All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep 'em on a leash

Favorite picture of them:

The one of him with his crow is so pretty.

Bonus side tangent: My cat, Freddie Mercury, hates his fictional man with a passion. Whenever Kyojuro is on screen, he will run from the room. He will fluff-up and flee whenever he sees any figures of him (and since this is my girlfriend's favorite character, we have a lot.)

We have a glass curio cabinet where most of our figures reside. The bottom shelf is where our kimetsu mini figurarts live, and we have nearly the whole set. Well, Freddie Mercury found the Kyojuro figure, lined himself up to make sure he was aiming right for it, and pressed his anus right against the glass.

[karliahs]

for the character ask, midoriya and shinsou !!

thanks anon!!! two of my fave little guys....

midoriya:

favorite thing about them

it's that determination & kindness combo...i talked about this recently but i think the exact moment when i fell in love with this character was the sports festival todoroki fight where he uses his goddamn mouth to angle his shots because he's already broken all his fingers and couldn't snap them anymore. like...christ. this is what happens when you dial compassion & determination & resourcefulness all the way up to the point where it breaks the scale, but forget to put any self-worth in.

i love him. he fights so so hard all the time, and he does it because he cares so much. even about people who didn't ask for it. even about people who have hurt him very badly. it's insane (positive) to me that his defining moved-without-thinking saving someone moment was to save the person who literally that day told him he'd be better off dead. kindness!! determination!! beyond all fucking reason. we don't deserve this boy

least favorite thing about them:

hmmm...i do sometimes wish he were given more space to be a little imperfect. get a little mad. a little tired. but then i'm still very far behind in this show and look forward eagerly to the yellow scarf era of sadness for maybe providing this content. and it leaves a great space for hurt/comfort fic!

so i guess maybe it's that i get secondhand embarrassment very easily so he does ping this sometimes. i.e. i had to mute the scene where they're practicing hero interview skills lmao

favorite line

hrrrrr i cannot pick one. i love when he says that being a hero means meddling in things even when you aren't asked to, during the stain arc. love my little meddler who is so full of compassion and can't leave anything alone.

i am still thinking about the sports festival todoroki fight and i absolutely adore when he's like you haven't even put a scratch on me yet! bc all his wounds are...self-inflicted. he's fucking insane. imagine, your weird little classmate breaks all his bones at you and then brags about you haven't hurt him at all yet. i love that he gets kind of mean in this fight bc he is genuinely mad! that he has fought so so hard for this and todoroki is hamstringing himself! while also again being deeply motivated by compassion.

and last one i promise but i love when he says he wants to be strong enough so that no one will have to worry about him anymore. again the compassion of it all but also the...weird backdooring his way around having an actual sense of self-worth. just like yeah it does seem to upset people when i injure myself and put myself in deadly situations :/ guess i'd better cut that out...

brotp

gestures again to the number of aizawa & midoriya fics i've written...but also this boy is an unstoppable friendship machine and i love his dynamics with eri, the whole dekusquad, all might, mirio...never too many friends for my little guy

OTP

shindeku....again i enjoy them equally as a platonic dynamic but ahhh. i crave for these two to understand and support eachother like nothing else.

i do also enjoy tododeku tho that one suffers a bit from fandom oversaturation for me

nOTP

sorry bakudeku enjoyers, you're valid but i can't engage with it

random headcanon

hmmm...i think after he gets into UA he doesn't have time to keep up with his normal fanboy activities anymore, hero forums and online analyst youtubers etc, but every so often he'll stay up way way too late and have a deep dive into all the stuff he's missed. and it's kind of a weird bittersweet nostalgia thing, bc that was such an unhappy time but this was the one thing that could always make him light up, and now he's always weeks behind on stuff that used to be his whole world, but also he's seeing news and analysis about heroes who are now his teachers and sometimes his colleagues. taking these moments to once again look at the world he's belonging to more and more every day from the outside...and then the next morning everyone is like goddamn midoriya you look like death, please sleep!!!

unpopular opinion

hmmmmm i fairly often see him written as swearing a lot in his own head or too quietly for anyone to hear, and i just don't see it. i think he's too polite even when no one is watching. i think he says one fuck per quarter and it's deeply, deeply, impactful and also a tiny part of his brain still worries his mom is disappointed in him every time

i also don't think he has physical scars from his bullying era for numerous reasons but this is already way too long to ramble about all of those

song i associate with them

many determination songs ping as izuku to me, a key one being i'm gonna win by rob cantor

favorite picture of them

this habken art, specifically his big beautiful smiles on the 2nd and 4th pages...i love he!!!

shinsou under the cut. sorry shinsou. i'm too verbose to live

shinsou:

favorite thing about them:

it's determination again but this time the bitter flavour of determination. i think he makes such a fun character foil to mido partly because there's this anger there that we never really see izuku express. i love that he does wild shit like openly challenging the entire hero course in a corridor, both because provoking people helps his quirk so he's smartly laying the groundwork, but also because he's mad!! he's been overlooked and maligned and passed over and he's angry.

and i love that the bitterness seems to ease a bit once someone takes a chance on him and once he sees that everyone else, even these chosen hero students, are working incredibly hard also. and then you just get that incredible determination - i love all the lines in the joint training arc when he talks about how he's not going to stop until he catches up.

least favorite thing

give my boy screentime...please, please, please. on the one hand it's important to his character that he was excluded from this space but also i would have killed for him in class A earlier. the shinsou content drought oppressed Me Personally

favorite line

"You can't help the things you long for."

it's just so...like how limitations can be really good for art, i think sometimes when you tell a story faster you tell it better. and this is just such a simple encapsulation of that thing both midoriya & shinsou go through where all they want is a place in this world that has decided they don't belong there. and whenever i think of it i see that little cherry blossom petal floating through the air...those couple of eps that establish shinsou as a character were just so fucking good

broTP

the aizawa mentorship and comparisons between young aizawa and shinsou is everything to me. also him with class A in general bc it's so cute to me how much they all immediately like him and want him to be their friend. it's what he deserves!!

OTP

once again gently cradling shindeku in my arms

nOTP

don't have one!

random headcanon

i see him as a big reader! like he's a serious studious little guy, there's that line in the light novels about how he basically studies all weekend, and i think reading is one of those hobbies where it kind of feels productive enough that he can let himself do something relaxing for once. and i can so easily see him as one of those kids reading under the covers way way too late. plus i think he would enjoy the escapism...idk why but he pings me as a sci-fi enjoyer specifically

unpopular opinion

hmmmm i don't know if i have one? shinsou enjoyers produce so many excellent varied shinsous. i do read him i think as a little more serious/less jokey and relaxed than a lot of fanon shinsous, but that's partly bc many of those i think were produced before joint training arc was a thing, and also it's contextual - in an environment where he feels accepted and has chilled out a bit i could see him as an absolute menace

song i associate with them

i have no shinsou songs!! if you do please give them to me

favorite picture of them

this art is so so beautiful to me...the expression, the flowers, the tattoo. canon suffers from horrible lack of shinsous, but there is so so much good shinsou art to bless us at least

[moistvonlipwig]

should i poke the bear and ask for cwsg for the top 3 ask game? 🥴

consider the bear poked!

top 3 favorite characters: The legendary Lena Luthor, my king from the future Querl Dox, and uhhh I'm actually not sure who's third? Could be Red Daughter, could be James, could be Nia. Could even be Eve who fascinates me despite being underwritten. IDK. Depends on my mood. ...And actually if we count him as a Supergirl character and not as a walking backdoor pilot then it might just be Clark. I do like Clarky boy.

top 3 least favorite characters: Mon-El obviously, Ben Lockwood who Manchester Black should've gotten to strangle with his bare hands, and...there are several other annoying misogynists I could list here but I'm actually going to give this spot to Overgirl because it's still so baffling to me that none of the higher-ups thought, 'hey, maybe we shouldn't make a crossover where AU versions of Supergirl and Green Arrow are actual literal Nazis.'

top 3 otps: Kara/Lena, Lena/James, Brainy/Nia

top 3 notps: Kara/Mon-El is a no-brainer, Kara/William was a flop, and I can't believe it even needs to be said but. Kara/Alex. No.

top 3 brotps: Lena & Brainy my beloved <333 And I like Lena & Sam's friendship as well. Honestly a lot of the relationships in this show are great in theory but a little thin in actual execution, but I enjoy reading fanfics where Lena is good friends with Kelly, Nia, and/or iconic queen Jess the secretary. [I wish I could give a brotp for Kara but honestly I think most of her relationships suffer greatly from how they write her character.]

top 3 favorite episodes/chapters/scenes/games in series: My favorite is definitely 4.16 "The House of L." Bonus points for epic title also, like, that's an iconic pun right there. I look fondly on 4.11 "Blood Memory" as well which I think is probably Nia's strongest outing on the show and also is an episode that actually bothers to do something interesting with the Danvers sisters relationship. And in terms of episodes that are consistently entertaining I do really enjoy a significant chunk of 5.13 "It's a Super Life" although it's tainted by the terrible ending (as well as the foreknowledge of what comes after). [You might be thinking: what about XYZ Season 2 episode? To which I sadly must respond: Mon-El.]

top 3 other things u think ppl who like this thing should watch/read/play: I'm going to refrain from recommending other Arrowverse shows because I think that's too easy. But I do think my recommendations would depend on what you liked or didn't like about the show? If you like light-hearted superhero shenanigans you should watch DC Super Hero Girls (2019-2021). If you were frustrated by the show's surface-level pop feminism then you should watch Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997). If Lena Luthor's character type fascinates you then you should watch Severance (2022-ongoing). [If you're in it for Katie McGrath I can't help you, that woman was cursed by a witch long ago to only be in the worst shows you've ever heard of.]

my rating of this media out of 3, with 0 being lowest and 3 being highest: uhhh 1? idk. it's not 0

[g1deonthefirst]

wake for the character game :)

omg yay<3

favorite thing about them: her sheer commitment to her cause. she went through the horror of impregnating herself with the sperm of what has to be the person she despises most in the universe and then carried that baby under her heart for nine months just for the long shot of being able to kill john. she stuck around for at least nineteen years as a revenant and stayed (more or less) sane just on the sheer force of her conviction. landmine people for real.

least favorite thing about them: she's dead :((

favorite line: how can i choose one. every single thing she says. banger after banger after banger. but i guess it has to be

THE ONLY THING OUR CIVILIZATION CAN EVER LEARN FROM YOURS IS THAT WHEN OUR BACKS ARE TO THE WALL AND OUR TOWERS ARE FALLING ALL AROUND US AND WE ARE WATCHING OURSELVES BURN WE RARELY BECOME HEROES.

made such an impact on me i named the server after it.

brOTP: well wake and pash obviously idk if that's a brOTP i just love the idea of auntie wake. otherwise gotta be wake and we suffer. in my head they either had a mentor/mentee situation or they had a relationship. maybe both. either way i imagine they were very close at one point.

OTP: wake/pyrrha/g1deon. i just know whatever she had going on with both of them was so crazy i need the prequel so bad. please tamsyn show me the gunplay.

nOTP: wake/john. literally what the fuck is wrong with you people.

random headcanon: the first thing that came to mind when i saw this is that wake put cigarettes out on pyrrha. this is like canon to me. more randomly i also imagine that she had a bad relationship with her mom but was close to her grandparents before they either died during the invasion of her home planet by the empire or got separated during resettlement.

unpopular opinion: she genuinely did nothing wrong. i would have killed that baby to open the tomb.

song i associate with them: thanks to lem's wake playlist, rex - brutus ii by the buttress. also raupatu by alien weaponry for obvious reasons.

favorite picture of them: franzia's art of wake was the very first fanart of wake i can remember seeing and really loving. her face her hair the fact that she's decking that skeleton. what could be more iconic

[daily-rayless]

Tear for the character meme, if you’re still doing that :)

Definitely!

Favorite thing about her:

There's a lot I like about Tear. She's the sort of serious, knightly figure (with a secret emotional side) that I often gravitate towards. I think the game does a good job positioning her between the hero party and the villain party -- primarily through her relationship with Van, but also through her connections to Legretta and Mohs, and even Yulia and the Score that everyone's fighting over. Early in the game, she's very much on her own side, not really aligning herself with Luke until after Akzeriuth. But I'd say my favorite thing is her character design. I think she's just beautiful, the contrast of the ashy brown hair (and so long and sleek) with her piercing blue eyes. I really like that her costume is predominantly brown -- a color that often feels underused in character design -- and her dress variously suggests a sorceress' gown, a knightly tabard, maybe even a nun's habit. (And of course a cello.) You can see at a glance that she's a serious, mature character, but she also loves beauty, which we initially see through her music.

Least favorite thing about her:

I know there's some debate in the fandom over this, but I feel like her English voice actor didn't get the best direction. Tonally, I think the voice is a good fit for her, and it makes sense for Tear's performance to be downplayed and subtle. But I feel like she sometimes sounds a little too lifeless -- maybe if they'd voiced the skits, where Tear gets her more funny and emotional moments, the performance would feel more rounded.

Favorite line:

Having just said that, I think there are some moments where her VA does bring it. Her first scene at Fabre Manor, when she shouts that she's going to kill Van, that's a great moment. I also think the scene in Daath's library before the Tower of Rem, where she tells Luke that she'll hate him if he becomes a hero, the VA does a good job of making her sound both stern and deeply shaken. Her "I love you" is also well done, emotional without sounding sappy or forced. I could pick any of those, but I'm going to go with her screaming "Luke! Stop!" at the Tower of Rem. I love that we've had this build up of her refusing to interfere with his choice, being logical, being his composed, mature mentor -- and then at the crucial moment, she can't do it. She breaks down and tries to stop him because even for her, her heart is stronger than any number of logical arguments.

brOTP:

I've never really considered this. I've always assumed (and the game shows) that she's really close to Natalia and Anise, and I think she always would be. If asked who her best friend was, she'd probably say Natalia. They have a good, contrasting chemistry, Natalia wearing her heart on her sleeve, being very forceful and even naive at times, while Tear probably needs a more upbeat person to bring her out of her shell; despite that, they still have a lot in common, fighting alongside each other, both of them being motivated by a strong sense of service and altruism. But thinking outside the box, it's sad that we never really see her interact one on one with, say, Jade. What's their dynamic like, when none of the other party members are around? I also think it would be really fun if, after the game, she became close to Peony through their shared interest in rappigs. She would shake her head at his eccentricities and (unsuccessfully) try to reel him in from time to time. But I would guess that out of anyone in the game, Tear would be the most enthusiastic about his amazing pets. I'd love to see them going to a rappig show or something together, or maybe picking a new rappig for the imperial pigpen Peony's bedroom.

OTP:

I wouldn't say I have an OTP for her. I like LukeTear -- I know not every Abyss fan enjoys it, but I think it's a compelling, character-based slow burn. They seem drawn together because of each others' personalities, not just circumstances; they operate as friends as well as a romantic couple; they seem to bring out each others' good traits. And I've always liked how Abyss takes the idea of the stern, professional soldier protecting the softer, untested noble, but flips the typical genders. And of course Luke grows until he's strong enough to protect her in turn. But while I like it, LukeTear doesn't rise to the level of an OTP for me.

nOTP:

Nothing too fancy for this one, not her immediate family or anything. Thinking over the fandom, it's a bit surprising there isn't more variety when it comes to shipping her.

Random headcanon:

I don't have one. Though in turning the question over, I realized I'd love to know what was going through her head when she was standing with Luke in her garden and he asked for a knife. She's surprised by what he does, so what was she expecting? That could be an interesting character moment to explore.

Unpopular opinion:

As much as I like her costume, I think it looks kind of bad when animated. It's so stiff, all these weird flaps and angles sticking out. It looks great when she's standing still, awkward as all get out as soon as she goes faster than a walk.

Song I associate with her:

"Let Her Feel the Rain" by Tara MacLean. It's more about the mood than the lyrics. (Though some of them do feel Tear-ish -- they say when she cries her teardrops turn to ice; you will kneel before her at her altar imageries.) Ages ago, I did one of those memes where you had to randomly pick ten songs and draw a fan art during each song's duration. "Let Her Feel the Rain" made me think of Tear, and ever since then it always has.

Favorite picture of her:

Oh, there are so many good ones, her basic character portrait from the original booklet, art of her in new outfits from escort titles... How about this one from one of the light novels?

Thank you for the ask!

Meme taken from here.

[fandomsarefamily1966]

For the character ask meme: Any character you most want to ramble about.

🥺 Thank you so much

I'm gonna go with Frodo because I love him and I've wanted to do this with him for ages.

Character ask: Frodo Baggins (The Lord of the Rings)

Favorite thing about them: The way he, much like Beth, highlights the value of people that are easy to overlook or dismiss. He doesn't win by fighting or force like his companions do- no, he wins by being kind above all else, even to people who arguably don't deserve it, such as Gollum and Saruman. He's not able to carry the burden alone- he needs help, and everyone tries to help him as best they can, from Gandalf to Aragorn to especially Sam. He doesn't expect that he'll be able to complete or survive the quest, but he tries anyway. He tries so hard, and doesn't let his fear stop him from doing what he needs to do. And while he may have succumbed to the Ring at the end, no one blames him for it, except arguably himself. He is flawed, human (for lack of a better term) loving, and always tries to do what's right. We need more heroes like him, in my opinion.

Least favorite thing about them: He sees a bit too much of himself in Gollum, which blinds him to the possibility that Gollum might not have his best interests at heart. This, along with the Ring's increasing grip on him, is most likely what helps Gollum manipulate him into turning on Sam and sending him away (although this is thankfully just in the movies, and Frodo does apologize as soon as he can).

Three things I have in common with them:

*I love reading and writing.

*I've never really fit in that well with others.

*I tend to isolate myself because I don't want to be a burden.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm female.

*I'm not a hobbit.

*I've never had my finger bitten off.

Favorite line: Way too many, but I'll try to keep it simple.

When he accepts the task to destroy the Ring:

"I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again."

When he accepts it again in Rivendell:

"I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way."

When he takes the Ring back from Sam in the movies:

"You must understand. The Ring is my burden. It would destroy you, Sam."

And finally, when he shows mercy to Saruman during the Scouring of the Shire:

"It is useless to meet revenge with revenge, it will heal nothing."

brOTP: The other hobbits, especially Sam, as well as Gandalf and Aragorn. (I also feel like in crossover land, he and Beth would absolutely adore each other.)

OTP: None.

nOTP: Sauron, Gollum, or Bilbo.

Random headcanon: He's on the autism spectrum. I don't feel quite as strongly about this as I do with Beth, but I think there's plenty of reasons to view him this way.

Unpopular opinion: I don't think he and Sam are secretly in love with each other. I can definitely understand why people would have that impression, especially on Sam's side, but I never really got that vibe from Frodo himself. (Although that might just be me wanting him for myself.)

I also don't think movie Frodo is that bad. Sure, I don't like how toned down he is from the book, and I especially don't like the scene where he sends Sam away, but the takeover of the Ring is an internal process, not external, so that's going to be hard to show on screen. And it's not like he's melancholic the whole way through- at the start of the first movie, he's happy, playful, and even a bit mischievous. And no matter how weird the script may get at times, Elijah Wood does an amazing job with what he's given.

Song I associate with them:

"In My Arms" by Plumb.

"evermore" and "the lakes" by Taylor Swift.

Favorite picture of them:

Elijah Wood in the early 2000s films:

[st-severus]

For the Snape ask: 6, 8, 15, 23, 24. :3c

Thank you for asking! 🖤

6. What about BrOTP?

I quite like Snily as platonic although it’s also wonderful as an unrequited romantic thing. I think I like the idea of an asexual Snape but that’s not necessarily what’s in the text.

8. What’s one of the dumbest headcannnons you have for Snape?

Pleas see Q.23 lol

18. If he’d lived, how do you think he’d go on with his life?

In some ways, that probably depends upon Potter doesn’t it? If Harry felt that everyone needed to know the truth about his actions or no, and if they needed to know ASAP or if there’d be some kind of sealed record for a while. Given that the ending is supposed to be happy and somehow defeating Voldemort nearly instantaneously got rid of all the sympathetic baddies and death eaters that had seized the entire government, there’d be no need to have a skilled double agent to go back into the cold. This of course is nonsense, but I guess Kingsley had some kind of thing going on or something I can’t remember.

So he really would be known as something of a war hero, wouldn’t he? Being a bitch to a student or two pales in comparison to helping defeating the big baddie and helping free the world from heavy-handed tyranny. There’d be no greater expert on the dark arts and defeating them, so I think he might end up as some kind of expert in them. The best would be a role where he has time to do his studies and inventions but also having some time to do practical things.

The curse is gone after voldie’s death so he could be the Defense of Dark Arts professor! Especially if he can get some wizard teaching assistant to do the classes for the early years who are just too baby for him.

23. How is Snape with animals?

I think he’s really bad with them, I always thought that would’ve been his worse class the taking care of magicial creatures class, because he doesn’t exactly have the background to realize you need to be nice and patient with some things. I think cats just instinctively bite his hand so he ends up avoiding all of them!

24. What music does Snape listen to?

Classical, perhaps even muggle classical since we don’t really know what kind of music or art there is in the wizarding world. Like Glenn Gould variations on Bach, etc.

[loxosceleslolo]

I should drop an ask for the meme too!

Can you do Siwan?

Hey, thanks for the ask! I absolutely can!

favorite thing about them:

I do have to admire Siwan's dogged determination to try to be a living example of the Erdtree's light even though she falls short of the mark a lot. She grew up in Golden Catholic School and still wants to be good to everyone. Especially other Graceless souls. And her chronic case of Hero Syndrome. also her sass.

least favorite thing about them:

SHE NEVER DOES WHAT I WANT IT'S SO FRUSTRATING. I thought I would pair her with Big Boggart. Nope! She liked Varre better and now I'm never leaving editing hell. Also her terrible taste in men?

favorite line: 

I have a couple. "Aren't we Graceless too, Brother Ifor?" (context: Ifor has said something racist about the Omen right in front of an Omen) “If you’re so concerned about the state of my maidenhead, maybe you should just take it!” (context: it's a tradition among the sect Siwan grew up in to go to a brothel before their vigil and final vows. Ifor is jealous and makes a snide remark about one of the prostitutes that's flirting with Siwan)

brOTP:

Siwan & Boc! Boc is her Samwise Gamgee I love them I am excited about the direction this draft is going. Boc is best boy. Siwan & Thiollier, if this draft stays on course. I think she has a soft spot for sad people with no self-esteem.

Siwan & Melina. How could they not be?

OTP:

Siwan/Ifor: look. they're soulmates. they complete each other and it's very sad that they are in an Elden Ring fic and not a romance story because they can't be together forever.

I want to ship Siwan and Morgott one day but who knows how this draft is going to shake out? They are for sure not getting together anytime soon.

I'm hateshipping Varre/Siwan. I'm so annoyed by them (affectionate). (You would think a writer would have control over her characters and I am here to tell you we do not). I can't imagine it would last, they have vastly incompatible life goals.

NOTP:

is it possible to have a NOTP for your own OC? Gideon, Rogier, and pretty much every demigod that isn't Morgott, I guess?

random headcanon:

Golden Catholic School has left her very ashamed of her body. She binds her breasts because of it.

unpopular opinion:

my unpopular opinion is that OCs are fucking rad and everyone should give OC-centric fic a chance.

song i associate with them: 

here I am, once again associating Leonard Cohen's You Want it Darker with a religious character that's wrestling with their faith.

for some reason I get vibes(tm) from First Aid Kit's Wolf

favorite picture of them:

i dashed this out a while back and i think this is a face she makes at Ifor and/or Varre a lot.

[yyyyanyan]

Book Club: The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan

part 2 of my Camp Halfblood Chronicles binge!

It had suchhh a strong start with The Lost Hero. I love all three of them to bits (especially Jason but also ALL of them are my babies I'm holding them in my palms). The Roman/Greek split blew my mind when I first read this book years ago and honestly I'm still kind of processing it LOL. I'm obsessed with how Piper works on her charmspeak and getting comfortable in her own skin and Leo and his relationship with his fire powers??? god amazing!! And Jason I always felt like was such a strong stern type and I'm just attached to him. I think specifically he came off super perfect at first (especially with how Piper had her crush on him) and it was so pleasant to see him failing.

I like The Son of Neptune slightly less but not for any specific reason I can pinpoint--I think I just really vibed with the Jason-Piper-Leo trio. I did think it was absolutely sick that we got to see Percy is utterly insanely powerful and Hazel's backstory had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I also have a soft spot for Frank since he's Chinese-Canadian (one nitpick: what is his Chinese name Fai supposed to be?).

Unfortunately, I really lost my drive by the third and fourth books ToT I think there was just too many POVs and every time I was getting in the swing of things it was time for a new character in a new situation. And I'm sorry but Tartarus was such a drag for me!! I feel like I didn't get enough of a sense of just how miserable and horrible it was and honestly I just felt sad for Bob/Iaepetus all the time. The one positive of the variety of perspectives was, again, seeing Percy being a madlad from outsider POV <3

Anyways once once I finished Book 4 and went to the last book (Blood of Olympus) it went way faster--I was so excited about reading from Reyna's and Nico's perspectives! Reyna and Nico are sooo good together they're my #1 brotp (maybe). Honestly though once I got to this point I was kind of like, "seven halfbloods" answering the call feels so arbitrary to me? Both Reyna and Nico play such critical roles--especially Nico--that I feel kind of robbed that they're not officially listed as people in the prophecy. This is also the place where I say: ngl I think Annabeth being one of the seven was totally lame LOL (I like Annabeth though!) I feel like she had more of a supporting role and her Athena prophecy could have been a quest that was helping this big one (also 'cause it wasn't listed in this one). However this is definitely also my Nico bias talking because Nico is definitely one of my top blorbos in PJO

Anyways it's been like maybe two or three weeks since I finished the whole series and I have to say the ending was really underwhelming to me. I'm literally not even sure I could tell you what happened in Blood of Olympus in detail. I was so sure it was going to be even more epic and even grander and it kind of totally missed the mark? I remember being so moved and feeling the battles in The Last Olympian so vividly and this one felt so weak. I also thought that Gaea would be like... more prominent I guess? I literally think Tartarus ended up being more scary and he featured so much less. The final defeat was so underwhelming lmao :'D

Kind of related to the above is: I also felt more and more as the series went on that Leo really was a seventh wheel, in the sense that he just didn't seem as close to everyone else. I wish his relationship with Frank had been less prickly especially after the main point of their antagonism was resolved (like why did Leo ALWAYS have to make Frank the butt of the joke?), and I also wish the weird almost-Hazel/Leo thing just didn't happen? I feel like at that point she already liked Frank and neither she nor he really got invested in the sort-of-romance and I feel like if they had just settled into just being friends after the whole revelation thing then it would have made sense. It was exciting that Leo was the key to winning the battle, but I felt like it lacked emotional impact because he felt so separate from them all. Calypso and Leo ARE the cutest though and I was/am rooting so hard for them

The last thing is, I feel like there were a lot of like... plot points that didn't go anywhere? I can't tell if they were put in so they would get resolved in the third series but I'm kind of disappointed that they weren't dealt with in this series. So the ones that I picked up/am really interested in are:

Percy getting more violent/merciless and being scared of it

Jason's sort of... struggle between Roman and Greek? Specifically I feel like in the first book he was so Roman and then suddenly it became that he had a conflict(??) and felt more Greek. I guess with this one it's less that it was unresolved but more it came out of nowhere for me and I kind of wish it had been laid out more from the beginning. I will continue my salt in my ramblings of the sequel series btw

Hazel coming back from the dead?? Did Nico just see her and go "I'm taking her" and that was it lol or was there something else...?

[getvalentined]

Angeal for the ask game :D

ANGEAL HEWLEY

🎟️ SEXUALITY HEADCANON: Heteroflexible and biromantic. He prefers women, physically speaking, but could have an intimate relationship with a man. One man in particular.

⚧️ GENDER HEADCANON: Angeal is hard to get a read on, for me, since he's another of those characters who exists in a position that he seems to believe requires a hypermasculine presentation. I read him as cis, but I can see just about anything for him.

💕 A SHIP: Unrequited Angeal/Sephiroth is really the only ship I have for Angeal—I genuinely believe he's utterly in love with Sephiroth, and he never ever said a word about it to anyone.

🖇️ A BROTP: Angeal+Lazard is probably my biggest one, only because the mental image of both of them trying desperately to keep Genesis and Seph in line is so clear in my head it might as well be made of crystal.

🚫 A NOTP: Don't garotte me for this, but honestly Gengeal? I don't like the way he talks to or about Genesis; I've heard people say that they're like a divorced couple, but if anything they read to me as siblings desperate to get out of each other's orbit and utterly unable to escape their shared history no matter how they try. (Given that they seem to both have Gillian's mtDNA based on explanations in-canon, and we know that they can be considered siblings based on Weiss using his connection to Genesis as proof that he's also Angeal's brother in DFFOO, I feel like that's a fairly accurate read.)

💭 A RANDOM HEADCANON: Angeal didn't actually join SOLDIER at the same time as Genesis, and not only because he didn't particularly want to—Angeal is over a year younger than Genesis, and was just too young to enlist when Genny left Banora. It was almost a year before Angeal was able to follow him to Midgar, by which point Genesis had already formed a fairly solid relationship with Sephiroth, and Angeal was more than a little put-out by the idea that his position as Genesis' only friend had been taken by this weird kid with weird hair and weird eyes that Genesis kept clipping photos of from the newspaper. When he got to know Seph, though, he changed his tune pretty dramatically—and fell for him almost as hard as Genesis. This is one of the reasons that he inserts himself between them at every opportunity, not only because he doesn't think they're good for each other, but because he doesn't think that anyone is good enough for Sephiroth, not even himself. And if he isn't good enough to be Sephiroth's one and only, then Genesis (impulsive, arrogant, troublemaker Genesis, who spent days exploring a monster-infested cave system as a boy without a thought of the danger he courted in doing so, who already had everything he ever needed or wanted and still leveraged his obsession over a hero he hadn't met into an invention that garnered recognition in a way that Angeal never could) definitely wasn't. This is how the whole relationship fell apart.

🗣️GENERAL OPINION: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the saddest thing about Angeal is that he's the only one who couldn't bear to live with himself. I'm not a huge fan of the character as a person, but he's fantastically executed as a character. His story is legitimately one of the most heartbreaking in the series—He had a whole host of people who loved him so deeply as to be fathomless, and it didn't matter. His story is a tragedy not because of how he was made or how he died, but because of why things turned out the way they did. So much of the suffering he went through was self-imposed, and that's the saddest part of all.

(For the character ask game.)

[skloomdumpster]

Hello,

darling lilshitdumpster

Tell me who told you that your gift is going to be about Skloom?! I meant I love that ship as well as you so that's why I'd be happy to make something for you. I was actually heading towards making an angstish AU about Sebastian and Aisha. I thought you said you'd love any toxic dynamic to be in the center of the gift? Plans change then.

So, you did mention, in fact, several characters in the form, do you want any of them to be included in your gift as well apart from Skloom? As side or main characters, if any? And would you even love to get a multi-shipping content or do you want it to be solely focused on one couple?

Best wishes,

Sank Clothes 🎅

Hiiiiii 😀! Would you do me the honour of answering these? Your top 3 Fate characters are? And your favorite sentences of said characters? If you could put them together in a movie, which one would that be? And why? Which meme's would you associate with your top 3?

Hi Santa!! I'm sorry for the late reply once again 😭

I don't think I can accurately name my top 3 characters. Obviously Sky and Bloom, but they flip flop in order of whom I love more, and then the third spot is such a hard one! I really love everyoe except Farah lol. If I can name a couple: Riven, Stella, Terra, Saul, Grey, Sebastian, Andreas, Rosalind.... 🙈

My favorite sentences: Sky has multiple ones in my book, but these two take the cake FOREVER:

"I am a fixer. What'd you expect? I'm the son of a war hero, raised in Alfea. I've heard more stories about the great Andreas than I can count. It's almost like he's still alive. But he's not. He's an ideal. Do you have any idea how hard it is to live up to? Even Silva, it's like he's… It's like he's playing some role out of a sense of duty, when all I really want… I'm a fixer 'cause… I have to be. 'Cause I'm supposed to be. Because... When I fix others, I don't have to think about how fucking broken I am."

AND

"So, you wrote me a letter? You were gonna walk out of my life forever, so you wrote me a fucking letter." "I thought if I told you in person-" "That I'd try to stop you? You were right. Don't you dare walk through that thing, Bloom. There has to be another way to close it. - I don't think you wanna try. I think you've been looking for a way out."

I'll simply never EVER be over this interaction. Bloom's lines in the last one are also all bangers, but they break my heart too much to say they're my favorites. Sky's are righteous and angry, Bloom's are just SOOOO depressing, I can't think about it too much.

About the movies... I think I'd love to see estranged Skloom, would be a fun twist. I knooow they're lovey dovery af, but I love when they get nasty and they DO in canon, Bloom is constantly lying to this man and Sky is constantly angry lol. So I think any sort of romance where the two leads are ANNOYED at each other, like been there done that.

About the second ask! If you're to include any other side characters, I'd looove for some Andreas, Saul, Rosalind, Beatrix, Mike/Vanessa, Stella, Riven. Skloom + the people who are in their corner is my weakness. Does Rosalind like them? We know she sees Sky as a fuck up, but she does fish his ass for the banquet! What about Andreas? Does he agree that Sky landed on his feet with Bloom? Is he embarrassed of it, does he think his son is a wimp? Was he secretly impressed when Sky mouthed out Prince Arthur? Saul + Any Bloom interaction, she's the cause of so many of his white hairs, but she comes through!! for him!!! Skella as a platonic dynamic has my whole heart, same as brotp Skyriv and omg Beatrix thrown into this chaos...

What I don't want though, is for characters to be shoehorned in. If you wanna focus in only 1 of the couples I listed, that's perfectly fine for me, or just 1 brotp... I don't want it to become that meme like "why is Terra suddenly the bus driver" 😂

[sycamorre]

Can I please get the whole girl gang with Ori, Mela, Vaela, and Riven!

[send me a character]

Oh boy you're making me do my homework over here!

Oriana —

Favorite thing about them: I'm going to be incredibly non-specific and say that her growth as a character was my favorite part of playing her. She started out as this uptight, dutiful monk who was scared to show her own face too much for fear of making people mildly uncomfortable (and honestly to avoid invasive questions) to someone who was finally getting comfortable with who they were was such a blast. I love her newly-acquired confidence and the dynamic it brings to her post-campaign. She's far from perfect, and never will be, but she's maturing and making a new purpose for herself other than being someone's errand girl.

Least favorite thing about them: She is the worst pessimist in the world and sometimes her logic is so quick to jump to the worst conclusions that she literally puts her foot in her mouth. And it hurts for me to write that every single time due to secondhand embarrassment but I have to commit.

Favorite line: "She loved you! She still loves you!" at the Prince during the final fight while she's trying to distract him (or something like that). Or Ori's first jab at Damak "Maybe you would see more of it if you stepped out of the shadows" since it still makes me chuckle.

brOTP: Even though the Ori/Damak ship didn't sail, I still think they probably stay pretty close and end up working together on jobs in the future. They absolutely still push each other's buttons, but that's just how they are and they don't question it.

OTP: I am so mad at myself retroactively for not giving into the OriRanna feels by the conclusion of the campaign but I do not regret bringing it up afterwards and getting to enjoy it now at least.

nOTP: Ori and Cobalt are forever divorced and they barely know each other, this is just canon.

Random Headcanon: Ori has a hard time accepting the fact that Sharaea is basically keeping her distance after the Prince's defeat. In part because she does feel that connection still and worries that Sharaea is hurting, and partially because it is such a strange sensation to her to be without the dreams for so long after such a major revelation. It takes her a long time to get used to it, but she still wishes that there was more she could do.

Unpopular Opinion: I don't know if it's an unpopular opinion among our little group, but I never had intentions of making Oriana some kind of fated hero. I never had thoughts of making her tied to a major NPC or giving her any kind of serious destiny, I just wanted to play a radiant energy bomb with the aasimar/monk combo because I thought it would be funny once I pitched the idea to Sam and he told me about Damak who was basically her foil. But I do adore how her story developed and how well it ended up narratively.

Song I associate with them: So many... "Like the Dawn" by The Oh Hellos, "Warrior" by AURORA, and "Drumming Song" by Florence + The Machine to name a few.

Favorite picture of them: I like a lot but honestly one of my favs is the one I made of Chibs trying to hit on her, partly because it's Chibs and partly because I did really like how Ori's outfit came out in this one.

Mela —

Favorite thing about them: Literally the most wholesome member of the group. Not a bad bone or crystal in her body. I am so sorry for all that we put her though.

Least favorite thing about them: Only that I didn't get enough time to learn more about her and her backstory. Sigh.

Favorite line: "Real neighbors. Real family. Not just people that make you feel like you can pretend it doesn't exist."

brOTP: Mela and Halion. Druid buddies that deserve the world.

OTP: Mela is an independent Genasi who don't need no one... though I could be swayed about a certain fae...

nOTP: Literally anyone who would try to be mean to her in a relationship will meet a swift end by my hand.

Random Headcanon: 100% think that Mela's magic is flavored to look like the crystals on her body. If she wildshapes and doesn't specifically want to look a certain way, the animal she changes into will have things like crystal horns/claws, the flame sword she summons has the appearance of a crystal blade, etc.

Unpopular Opinion: I do wish she had gotten a chance to use wild shape more. I think Mela being a cute little critter sneaking around would have been amazing.

Song I associate with them: "Come Out and Play" by Billie Eilish

Favorite picture of them: That dang sketch I never colored, rip

Vaela —

Favorite thing about them: Drinking game QUEEN. Also just the fact that she doesn't take any shit while still having a lot of heart and empathy to those who earn it. Something about that balance between the two just made her all the more lovable.

Least favorite thing about them: she can out-drink my high constituion monk I do think I missed out on really getting to know her during the campaign, and I regret that a lot.

Favorite line: Not a specific line but I think back to Vaela's talks with Erosen when he was ready and willing to be her stand-in dad before Vaela was ready to reach back out to her family and i can't help but smile.

brOTP: Vaela, Riven, and Mela is the real brot3 and nothing can change my mine

OTP: I mean... I definitely have a certain paladin that turns a lovely shade of pink when someone talks about her because she sure is pretty and really cool to boot~

nOTP: Zaresh and his memory is not allowed to ever hurt Vaela again. If Damak didn't do it, Ori would have definitely put him out of his misery.

Random Headcanon: Very little thing, but I could see her gathering small, light trinkets that remind her of her friends and tie them to her bow, possibly for good luck, and possibly as a way to to tell which direction the wind is blowing when she's aiming.

Unpopular Opinion: I still think it would have been cool for her to pull an Erosen and punch Zaresh in the face. Just once.

Song I associate with them: "Dear Fellow Traveler" by Sea Wolf

Favorite picture of them: So fun fact: I never finished them but I started making emojis of the party members for kicks and here's the one I started of Vaela:

Riven —

Favorite thing about them: Riven's sassiness and perfect comedic timing always leaves me in stitches. She really felt like the heart of the party in that way.

Least favorite thing about them: This is the hardest thing and most of my "least favorite" things are mostly the things Oriana keeps fretting about when she thinks about Riven being in such a high position so I'm gonna go with not much at this time to be honest.

Favorite line: Not a line again, but specifically the scene between Ori and Riven where Riv dressed her up while Ori reassured her that she didn't think any less of Riven after they all found out about her half-drow heritage. That always felt like a major point in their friendship and I hold onto it fondly.

brOTP: I wanna say Riven and Halion just because I think their friendship was so neat, and it hurts a bit when I think about their falling out post-campaign. But there's also Riv and Damak's sibling-ish dynamic that I love a lot, too.

OTP: As much as he pushes Ori's nerves, I do think Riv and Delethil are on the same wavelength as each other and fit very well together, even with Eravin in the mix.

nOTP: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Random Headcanon: On the occasions where Oriana comes up to Aerenth on business (either with Ranna for her research or at the request of various Tyados officials who think she's got some kind of in with them because she's friends with Riven), Ori always makes a point to find Riven and any of the other girls that might be there with them after all the formalities are done and run off into the woods to find a clearing to just hang out in like they did before.

Unpopular Opinion: As much as I understand the reason why she and Del made the choice to execute Vasion, I still disagree that it was the best decision.

Song I associate with them: "Savage Daughter" by Sarah Hester mostly because of the rebellious vibes

Favorite picture of them: I mean... I think it's obvious (also bonus Vaela).

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Ooh, nice one.

How I feel about this character

I love this scrunkly lil God-complex arsehole. Just a really interesting and complex character. Love the man’s dedication to an outfit change: studious assistant, tyrant king, birthed moth and eventually snarky human furniture. Stay winning, babe.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

SHINJI. Gin. Ichigo? Kisuke Urahara?

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Ooh 🤔 I mean the bitchiness between him and Gin would be iconic. Or Shinji and him having hatefuck energy in every universe but only getting the benefits in some universes. Intrigued by the different paths taken foil-ness of him and Urahara. I still haven’t cough haven’t updated that fic, but I have a Shinji/Ichigo fic with Ichigo & Aizen brotp, and I do think there’s a lot to be examined there. Could see him being given shit by the Espada. Or the Vaizard pre/post-Hollowfication

My unpopular opinion about this character

He’s never been wrong ever. XDD

His frothing at Urahara about the place of God comes out of nowhere during his downfall, and so utterly reframes everything about him. Makes the positioning of who’s a villain and who’s a hero seem so arbitrary—and now that I think about it, seeing Aizen as a tragic hero (especially as Ichigo’s foil) is such a devastating way to consider his character.

He’s hotter with the glasses. But I think some of that look’s appeal is the restraint/deception. Also the funky lil dynamics of Gotei rankings do something too.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Confirmed Shinji/Aizen exes. I mean TBH, what is canon but a delusion we hold in our imagined collective brain. IDK, I guess maybe a convo between them in the last couple arcs.

I mean, I feel like not saying does more, but I’d be curious as to Aizen’s background. It’d certainly make me view his and Gin’s relationship differently if Kubo had decided to make him another grown Rukongai brat, though it doesn’t seem to match Aizen’s image.

Baring in mind I didn’t finish the Quincy arc, but maybe him and Ichigo having an on-the-level convo. But I do think I’m not really disappointed by canon’s treatment of him (minus Shinji visiting him and his chair), so anything I can think of I’d just as easily prefer to see in fanfics.

Thanks for the ask, Cross. At least now we can confirm how delusional I am about Sosuke <33