#burn the father YEET the child

[ruthlesslistener]

Would you like a silly doodle of PK throwing a Vessel into the Abyss?

Gimme the picture of the Yeetus Fetus

[marsvs-thesun]

SHIT I WOULD WANNA SEE IN A SOW REWRITE: a non exhaustive list in no particular order

(read more for length and generally being critical of SoW)

• give a name to more story relevant weapons. Voltar is cool, but I wanna know what are the names of Ingressus' kickass flame blade, and thalleous' sword, and Achillean's staff! Mostly cause I wanna refer to them more easily for Symbolism(tm)! ALSO an opportunity for Senn&Ria bonding over naming her spear!!

• SPEAKING OF SWORDS give thalleous' sword to Ria. NO HEAR ME OUT; she starts the story with her spear, sendaria burning, killing Tygren ect. When Tygren dies SHE gets the sword instead of Senn, and gives Senn her spear (from her point of view, she's giving back a weapon she trusted to protect herself, she's now protecting him and signaling that she trusts his craftsmanship. Subtextually it signify the rift that forms between them as she gets more into hunting Voltaris down and Senn gets closer to his heritage). She keeps using it throughout the story, culminating in attacking Senn with it when he surrenders in Northwind, which he deflects with the shield song like in canon. Anyways, Senn comes back from Hailstone, rejoins the group and Ria is happy but doesnt trust him the same until the Final Battle(tm). Some random element (doesn't matter what, were doing symbolism here) makes it that she loses/cannot use Thalleous' sword, at which point Senn gives/throws her her spear because PLOT TWIST: THE REAL SOLUTION WAS TO LET GO OF AN ARBITRARY SYMBOL OF STRENGHT AND INSTEAD PUT FAITH IN LOVE, TRUST AND FAMILY ALL ALONG, Pythus gets eviscerated, happy endings all around

• speaking of Ria, you might guess it from my last point but GIVE MY GIRL A CORRUPTION ARC. Gimme women's wrongs! Let me watch her go from 'i wanna be just like Thalleous (the cool ex-soldier with awesome stories)' to 'i wanna be just like Thalleous (the guy who threw a kid off a cliff)' and find herself on the way! I've heard people find her overpowered and honestly,,,, yeah kinda but idk how to fix that (also power scales aren't really real to me). You know what's real? CHARACTER ARCS. Plus free Senn angst and frankly I love that. SUBPOINT: could Herobrine be like,,, a character? You're telling me two major characters made a soul pact with a demon entity from another realm and that never paid off? What is Herobrine even gaining from this I MUST KNOW

• MAKE THALLEOUS A VILLAIN PROTAGONIST 2024 okay ik he kind of already is, and ik im basically Thalleous' number 1 hater, and ik this is my complicated relationship with my own father speaking BUT REGARDLESS. Have him do shady stuff before season 3 and just sliiiightly more often pls. Let him be a bit manipulative! Let him lie a bit more! Let him kill a disarmed opponent or strike someone in the back! Let him even be outwardly prejudiced a bit more openly. I'm not even gonna argue his responsibility in the Great War cause thats no the point but you can't tell me he isn't morally grey. Let that little bastard man shine! Honestly im (more than) a little disturbed by the narrative expecting me to a agree with a guy who preached genocide, after all we've seen him do (once again, the child yeeting wasn't great). Please just have someone tell Thalleous to fuck off. Please.

• ALMRAK SHOULD BE USING CRUTCHES OR A WHEELCHAIR INSTEAD OF A CANE. A CANE IS ACTUALLY MOST OFTEN USED FOR BALANCE ISSUES. THIS IS AN ABSENCE OF LEG ISSUE. That's it that's the point.

• ACTUALLY IM NOT DONE i find Almrak's entire character,,, strange. So the only visibly disabled character in the show is Voltari. Cool! He's the only Voltari portrayed sympathetically (Ingressus does not count, he's the main villain). Less cool! It's heavily implied the reason he's sympathetic is because he's disabled and therefore cannot fight (debatable. Give my man a crossbow). Pretty bad! I'm not physically disabled (diagnosed) myself but I am a Sufferer of some kind of chronic pain and autistic (and the mental Horrors), so idk how relevant my commentary is but there's a bunch of things I don't like here: 1) a disabled character can be optimistic for sure, I love that actually! I dont love how tied those two things are tho. Almrak is the only optimistic Voltari we meet, and while I like the trust he has in his people, his behaviour is oddly reminiscent of those inspiration porn video about how incredible it is that disabled people can be *gasp* happy. This also has the unfortunate implication that the only way a Voltari becomes trustworthy is by becoming/being made harmless? Which is kind of a reach but also tracks a little to much for comfort 2) his death (HE LIVES IN MY HEART, AND SO DOES DELTHEUS) but in canon he dies. And he does so without even really defending himself? Just lays there waiting for the sword? Not only does that seem weird at all (you have a CANE baby BEAT EM UP) it seems out of character for The Only Not Depressed Voltari to just,,, accept death. Mostly the narrative seems allergic to giving him agency. 3) he was created specifically to prove life for the Voltaris was hard (it's somewhere in the supplementals). First, do you think accidents don't happen in other Clans? Thats stupid. And second, ew. This, to me, shows that I'm supposed to look at Almrak, a character living his best life, hopeful for the future, reaping the benefits of a close knit community supporting and respecting him, and feel what, sadness? Pity? That seems incredibly disrespectful. And I say all that as an Almrak lover, he and Deltheus are among my fave. Now, thats a lot of issues but I feel like they could easily be fixed in 3 easy steps: 1) more rep. Just by adding a sprinkle of disability rep to the cast, Almrak stops sticking out like a sore thumb because he's disabled, and starts sticking out because he's a genuinely interesting character with a unique worldview. Wild i know. 2) LET HIM LIVE give him agency in this. Im not saying he should fistfight a Netheran, but let him try to flee or something. 3) now, disability can absolutely be caused by a hostile environment, there's nothing wrong with that. So my solution here wouldn't be to avoid that, but to show some other hardships as well? So it's not Just That? Like, idk, Deltheus remarking how much better the food is in Hailstone because Humans can stockpile and the Voltaris were starving before? Mentions of lacking medicine? Offhand mentions of dead family like they did for Thalleous and Galleous? Idk man, just dont let disability be the Worst Fate in your story. Please.

• Either more of the Necromancer Arc, or none at all. Listen, I love my cat girl necromancy as much as the next guy and Xaria is one of my favorite characters, but, as is, it feels disconnected from the rest of the show and not in a good way. I love the idea of having a more down to earth/everyday pov of the SGW but this Arc doesnt feel different enough to work for me. The characters arent in more danger or difficulties then in any other arc, they arent more developed (actually, kinda less. Why was Lucan in jail? why is Nikaa so anti necromancer? what even was the catalyst of the necromancer movement starting? i guess well never know those important character motivations), they don't really explore more down to earth stuff (human politics! survival in Ardonia during the War! maybe explore WHY people join factions like the Necromancer or the Legion!!) and, because SoW as a story is so focused on individual actions and heros, and the Arc offers neither those nor its own flavor, it ends up feeling pretty redundant, which is a shame. I guess a way to fix this would be to actually lean in to it's separate aspect and maybe focus on the building of a revolt against the Nether (and mayyyybe link that with what the necromancers had going on? maybe? Who am i kidding they'll never give my blorbos the love they deserve. Xan, Xaria, no one gets you like i do)

• I do not know how to fix the K'arthen arc. I do not know if the K'arthen arc can be fixed. To whomever is out there trying to fix the K'arthen arc: you are an endlessly brave individual and i send you power on this journey.

Aight that's it for now :) there's way more (i havent even touched my beloved abbigail!! barely touched on the voltaris!!) but im trying to stick to canon. feel free to agree/disagree/add your own stuff!! i havent read the script in a while too, so i most likely forgot stuff

@minecraftfanatic your turn ;)

[princess-of-the-corner]

I think the only one I like out of those Secrets is Ivan singing heavy metal lullabies to his little sister.

Ya know what I have the list pulled up so I can go over them and give my opinions real quick!

1.) "When Alix was a child, she was given a rabbit as a gift... from her future self!" - Kinda cute. Hope she at least like, warned her dad somehow because dropping a pet on a child is a bad time.

2.) "Juleka's song: "Even if nothing is decided, nothing as solid as stone, everything can burn up and then we are alone... So love life, eternity."" - this is just the lyrics to what she sang as a record in Migration. On brand for her though.

3.) "Nino's headphones were given to him by his favorite DJ after a concert. That's why he always carries them with him!" - that's cute!!

4.) "Nathaniel naturally has chestnut brown hair. His hair is dyed by Alix." - Brunette!Nath is cursed so this isn't canon to me but it's a fun tidbit in theory!

5.) "Ivan sings heavy metal lullabies to his little sister. And she seems to like them a lot." - Adorable!!! I'm debating on yeeting into HC/LL because I always planned on him being an only child.

6.) "Sabrina's best friend before Chloé was Cléo." - Naur Cléo!!! No seriously whomst the FUCK-

7.) "André sells his ice cream at locations where famous French films were shot." - Fair enough. It works in the sense of always being able to find him.

8.) "Miss Bustier was once a student of Mr. Damoclès and once pinned a fish on his back as an April Fool's joke!" - This one's cute I love it! This one should come with an anecdote for the foreign audience that the French have a fish-themed April Fool's Day and this is a common prank for children. Doesn't make it less fun!

9.) This one was a 'sketch from Marinette' rather than a fact, and was an image of a dress. It's a pretty basic but cute dress.

10.) "Sass's favorite food is a tofu" - why??? Why is the Snake's tofu?? What happened to the fridge magnets with the gummy worm snack? Granted that didn't make the most sense either but the consistency.

11.) "Marinette wears her 2 pigtails in memory of a very good friend from school who is sadly no longer at her school." - In theory this is cute but I hate nearly everything about Socqueline's existence.

12.) "Adrien's full name is Adrien Émile Gabriel Donatien Athanase Agreste." - the absolute fucking EGO from his parents to have two of his middle names be their names.

13.) "Since Plagg adores cheese, especially Camembert, Adrien had to convince Nathalie that he is obsessed with Camembert." - Absolute fucking hilarious.

14.) "Gabriel's real name is Gabi Grassette" - I actually hate this. I hate this so much. Like it's inconsequential in the long run and it makes sense but GOD I hate it for some reason.

15.) "Kim actually has two surnames namely "Ature" and "Lê Chiến", then after their marriage both of his fathers each kept their surname." - this would be cuter if I didn't know it was a retcon of a retcon. It was originally "Lê Chiến", then they changed it to "Ature", and then they got backlash for it. But hey two dads now if only htey'll show up on screen! (this may end up in HC/LL? Debating).

16.) "What if Lila's biggest lie so far was that her name wasn't Lila?" - so on principal I hate this whole superspy con artist plot, but this is fucking hilarious.

17.) "The real name of The Gorilla is Placide I.T." - I think I already dunked on this enough.

18.) "Alya has received various Chinese treatments from Master Fu. So, he almost chose Alya over Marinette... to be Ladybug!" - I hate this one actually. Like not that I don't like LB!Alya! But she's new to Paris but has somehow received various treatments from Fu? Yet on the other hand Fu knew her very well and could've easily mentored her, but he decided to go out and choose some rando???? the fuck???

19.) "As a child, Marinette dreamed of tailoring a hat for the Eiffel Tower to protect it from snow. And from then on, all she wanted to do was be a fashion designer!" - That's really cute I love it so much!!!

20.) "Zoé's best friend in the New York City was Jessica Keynes." - I hate this. I hate this so much. This makes Jess look like such a shitty friend.

21.) "Kagami has drawn a manga about her childhood in Japan but she hasn't dared to publish it yet." - Adorable, actually!

22.) "Rose and Prince Ali stayed in touch after they first met and have become really good friends." - We knew ofc but it's glad to have it confirmed!

[fawnofanxiety]

Cursed fic idea

Okay look, Ezio Auditore is literally everything. There are times I've asked myself #whatwouldeziodo and then do the exact opposite because it'd probably involve murder.

James fucking Buchanan Barnes and The Winter Soldier have taken up residence in my brain and heart and are 100% there to stay.

Please tell me you see where this is going and have begun crying like I have been for the past 2 god damned months.

My brain decided that my favorite murder baby needed competent help in the form of the best assassin to ever exist. #fightme

SO! So *cries* I started sketching out a fic where Ezio gets yeeted into the MCU a la Isu Bullshit at some point during WW2. There's developing friend/mentorship when my favorite murder birb stumbles on Azzano bc you best believe he'd help the Italian Resistance and dismantle any and every scrap of Nazi supply line he can get his hands on. Like I can see Ezio rolling his eyes at Steve because ho boy does this blonde-haired blue-eyed innocent and idealistic child remind him of himself before- well before he became an assassin. Bucky? Well, Bucky is the man he became after taking his first leap of faith in Venice and his skills as a sniper are breathtaking. Can't really find fault in passing on intelligence to the SSR when he learns of Hydra and pointing the Howlies at this repulsive entity(they are absolutely adorable but he doesn't have the time to focus on giving them more than the bare minimum of time to pass on some of his skills and good lord do the ridiculous duo pick up skills fast. Though Steve frowns on the sneaky sneaky, whatever, they've saved his life more than once). Now, Ezio is the one to give them the info on the train and the soul-crushing guilt he feels when his favorite doesn't come back? When they don't even send a single person to try and recover his body?! That's not gonna fly. Unfortunately, he learns of this too late and well. We all know what happened to Bucky.

I can see Ezio getting to know Howard, understanding but ultimately disapproving of his obsession with finding Steve. After all, Ezio knows just how isolating that obsession can be. But, a sort of friendship? develops? Because Ezio is 100% a hypocrite. He spends every second of his free time trying to track down Bucky. There was no body but he found where he should have been.

Ezio being Ezio cultivates a... hm comfortable amount of wealth over the years and valiantly ducks questions about why tf he isn't aging. Isu Bullshit is my favorite excuse in the AC 'verse. I can see him talking about this to Howard and Peggy when he trusts them enough. Maybe. Maybe, he talks Howard down from building weapons, just a little, but can't completely stop his fall into alcoholism and being a shit father. Maybe, he falls completely under Tiny Tony's spell and becomes Uncle Ezio. Who 100% teaches Tony how to fight back and escape after his first kidnapping. Swapping out with Peggy when he's off searching for Bucky (who he's figured out is the WS but can't fucking track him down) but always always shows up for holidays, birthdays, graduations, science fairs, and silent support at the stuffy galas. Listens to this little boy, who reminds him of Petriccio, trip over himself talking about what he's learned and learning, his never-ending ideas and frustrations. (Jarvis fucking loves this wonderful Italian who also occasionally scares the shit out of him but ignorance is bliss and it's no skin off his back to wash the occasional blood stain out of Ezio's clothing and administer first aid.)

Maybe, he stops the WS from assassinating the Starks. Maybe, he helps Bucky find himself even if he can't do anything about the trigger words. Maybe he becomes a little more blood-thirsty, a little more ruthless when going after any and every Hydra outpost he can. Maybe he sits there and holds Bucky as he cries when Ezio finds the book. Stands behind him, in pride and grief with a hand on his shoulder as Bucky and Tony burn the damn thing. Maybe he whole-heartedly approves of Rhodes, even as Bucky gives the poor child the stink-eye. Is the one to give Tony the shovel talk when he notices the beginnings of attraction between these two idiots. The fact that Bucky proceeded to leave a whole host of bruises when he found out just makes Ezio laugh with pride.

Maybe, just maybe, Ezio finds himself sitting on the balcony of his villa on the outskirts of Florence watching the sunset over his sprawling vineyard with a glass of wine in his hand, his heartache over the family he left behind so very long ago on that bench in the middle of the summer market no longer suffocating. The faint sounds of his bright-eyed and brilliant nephew bickering with the haunted but hopeful man he proudly considers to be his son bring him a sense of peace he never thought he would have again.

[jennyandvastraflint]

Xena reactions S1Ep4!

Aw nooo, they yeet baby into river. Well. Place in basket.

Awwww, "You sleep like a rock" "On a rock"

PFFFT, are they taking care of a child in their FOURTH episode

Lesbians raise baby together. In episode FOUR

IT IS EATING FIST SO CUUUTE XDD

Gabrielle just adopts the babe

"Why's he crying, you holding him wrong or something" ddhdhshgf

Gabriel and Xenus szddhdhdhs

Gabrielle humming

Pls. "Cowardly mobs are usually led by weasels"

Always one for saving women. (lesbian heroism)

OOP SHE STRANGLED THE GUY

Ominous box with a hand print

PANDORA.

Oh. Her grandmothe is the Oandora's Box kinda Pandora. But oop.

"The hope of mankind" ooooh

"It's why I can't live my life" GNAWING ON CARDBOARD BITE BITE BITE DEVOTION TO A CAUSE OVER LIVING FREEDOM... (I'm getting The Locked Tomb flashbacks, how dare you)

"Don't even think about it" 😂

"Get Nimos" UH OH

Pls what do you think about three women walking into an inn with a baby. That's right lesbians.

SHE BURNED THE GUY'S FACE. Or at least spat fire at him.

FIGHTSSSS

The innkeeper is just like C'mon my pots and pans on shelves? Really?

BWAHAHA hit the guy as he runs

The baby is just chillin'

Xena cutting off bloodflow oop

Oh fuck. Did they take the box

OF COURSE THEY DID

Xena's army is literally her girlfriend, a baby, and another woman

"I'd turn myself in" plsss, Gabrielle you are worth so much more.

Xena wanna go to them

OH THE LOCK MUST BE RESET. FUUUUCK

The king is kinda... silly

OPHELIA?

Pandora and Ophelia I shall ship now. Simply bc I can.

"Good work" Xena just slightly turned on

Oh so Nimos is really gross. Or well... The men in general are shit. Treating women as servants and objects for their pleasure

OH XENA

Bendy af. The muscles needed for this? Impressive.

Aaand the king nicks the box

Is he gonna try and usurp the throne

Awwww, Pandora sings to the baby

Bah. Gross. Man.

Baaaaaah... HA

SHE FUCKING PUNCHED HIM

"And you spoke of pain" GET HIS ASS

Yeah King is sad etc. Boxeeeeeh

JOMP OUT DA WINDOOO

Ooooh, damn.

THE EPIC SLOWMO

R they gonna pretend that's his kid

"He's a child who needs a father to love him, you're a father who needs a child to love" OH.

Did Xena just... Yeet a child.

Shdhdhshshs HELP THEY'RE TOSSING THE BABY AROUND WHAT IS THIS

LESBIAN DISASTERS

SHE CAUGHT the sword 😳

And stabby stabbed.

I feel like at some point Gabrielle will not stand for the killing.

Platonic family? Raising a kid together? Pandora, King guy, and Pandora's gf Ophelia? 😂

"Isn't there anything you want" name the child after my girlfriend.

"I think it all happened because you slept on a rock"

OOP the box is empty

[the hope of mankind] is inside every one of us... I'm getting flashbacks to Vastra's "Inside every warrior" line btw XDD

Vastra 🤝 Xena

Finüshed with disc one!

[skaruresonic]

welp it's officially 3 AM and now I have 'botnik family thoughts kicking around in my brain. yeet

when it comes to the Cousin AU, I sometimes cogitate on the concept of greatness being this alienating experience. of Ivo and Maria and Shadow and Gerald all being touched by its light, while that being precisely the thing that separates them. if stars come too close together, they will tear each other apart, and the force of mutually-assured destruction is considered natural. inevitable, even.

so you have these constellations orbiting each other in isolation, burning bright enough to dazzle from afar, but too bright for proximity. the light that consumes belies the coldness of space.

neither cousin had a mother, right. Maria tried to be a mother figure to Ivo when she was just a child herself. add Shadow to the mix and you have a bunch of confused kids trying to model behavior they've never seen, trying to compensate for a lack of parents in the picture.

Gerald tries to be the anchor, the head of the household, but he's blinded and conflicted somewhat by his affection, forced in the confusing role of being both parent and grandparent in the absence of Ivo's father. he's the only one qualified enough to teach Ivo (read: make him behave. somewhat), the only one who can keep an eye on Maria's condition, the only one who knows the full truth of Shadow's existence and how disastrous it would be if word were to get out.

he's an old man. he's exhausted. he wants to spoil the grandkids, not raise them. but he thinks, perhaps, this is a means of making up for not being at home when his own children were growing up. and so he has to fight his guilt, remember they're his grandchildren, not another chance at raising his son and daughter.

and Shadow. he wants Shadow to be free but must also keep him tucked close at his side because his birth is not something that will be accepted by a fear-mongering public. he has no way of comforting his son except to say, "you are not a pet, no matter what they say."

imagine how stunted such an environment would be, regardless of its gilded intentions. your bratty little cousin always getting his way because everyone around him is too caught up in their own personal mires to tell him no. and you have no way of extricating him because you're just as tangled up in the bramble you can neither see nor perceive, but which you know is slowly choking the life out of you.

and I think in some ways, it's really just about the differences in how Ivo, Shadow, and Maria cope in Gerald's absence, this looming figure in their lives. Ivo tries to define himself as standing above it all and Maria takes the opposite route and perhaps clings too closely to Shadow. she's not exactly innocent either because her relationship with Shadow brings up all kinds of issues of the blurred boundaries between personal responsibility and agency.

and ofc neither cousin will come right out and admit this isolation is a shaping force in their lives. that Maria's claustrophobic because expectations of Greatness shunts you onto an impossibly small pedestal and once you fall from it, it's too high to climb back up, so you try to lie to yourself and say you're content with never making another attempt.

and Eggman is like "lmao fuck everyone who isn't me" because he was never made to regard other people, he was Destined for Greatness and therefore made myopic by his own brilliance. and he hates, despises, that Maria is the only person left alive on Earth who remembers what should have been buried.

but then, why haven't you pulled the trigger? I've tried. you're just too stubborn to die.

I have thought about this extensively okay

[arrthurpendragon]

Hiya!! Let's give some positivity!

OC creators that helped me through 2023

You, @shrinkthisviolet, @lady-of-the-spirit, @dream-beyond-the-fantasy and @daughter-of-melpomene have all helped throughout this year - most of you I only found out about through the OC Creator Bingo, which was a fabulous creation that not only connected me to other OC creators but gave me the confidence to create OC masterlists and to be more comfortable in talking about my OCs, to create moodboards and web weaves which really do work in helping the ideas flow, and I love seeing everyone's OCs and how much work goes into them, and it cheers me up whenever I'm tagged in an event or an OC post.

OC fics of others that helped make 2023 a little better

i still love you (i promise) by @shrinkthisviolet - broke my heart many times but there's many good moments too and the revelation is worth it.

just close your eyes, soon we'll be home by @lady-of-the-spirit - I love Ioana/Joan and her interactions with The Old Guard so much! They're family!

Never Knew by InvisibleObserver13 - always love a good long-lost child fic, and this is such an interesting take on the trope and the kid OCs are all well written and the family tension is believable, even though I do hope it gets resolved

The Prayer by @arrthurpendragon - I'm a little behind on this but I've read the first seven chapters and I already love it and Nerissa and Merlin's dynamic (always love well-written siblings), and the tags are funny because we know what Nerissa and Arthur are going to become, so the slow burn is going to be good

Little Bit by sabershadowkat - a Buffyverse fic with an OC who is Angel's half-human daughter and one I recently rediscovered. I love the character of Kathleen so much and it remains one of my favourite stories in the fandom

OCs of others that made 2023 not so crummy

Morgan Wells (shrinkthisviolet) - a beautifully well-rounded young girl who deserves the absolute world (and whose not-father I am going to personally yeet into the sun).

Lucy Kenobi (shrinkthisviolet) - the Skywalker triplet who seamlessly fits into the Star Wars 'verse, and whose dynamics with Luke and Leia and Obi-Wan are always a compelling read, and I look forward to seeing her become a Jedi.

Molly Yates (dreambeyondthefantasy) - a great Whoniverse OC who fits in well with the Sarah Jane team, and I love reading about her and I'm definitely going to catch up on the fics soon.

Cheryl Johnston (daughter-of-melphomene) - the first and so far only Bill & Ted OC I've seen but I already love her so much, and I love finding out more about her when I send asks and I really look forward to seeing more of her in the future.

Ioana/Joan (lady-of-the-spirit) - I was delighted to find out I wasn't the only person with an Old Guard OC and I love this woman, though I desperately want to give her a hug because of her backstory, because of the fact that she met most of the Immortals after her first death and Booker at one point, so she doesn't dream about any of them and spends centuries thinking she's the only one. And that's just tragic.

Marianne (lady-of-the-spirit) - I've only read five chapters of the fic but I already love this mutant because of how protective she is of the younger cast and how unwilling she is to put up with Charles's bullshit. She's also a great mother and her son is amazing and I love him too.

Project some love into 2024 for another OC creator or fic

I love them all, of course, but I am definitely looking forward to seeing more of Molly Yates!! And Cheryl Johnston too - she's going to be a good fit in the Bill & Ted verse, I just know it!!

Send some love to yourself on which of your fics & OCs you'd like to project some positivity for into 2024

I want to give some to love, you're not alone (cause i'm gonna stand by you) and my OCs Steph Taylor and Alyssa Clayton. I haven't updated the story for a while but I'm really hoping to work on it in 2024 because I've have a really good story that I want to tell (and I'm very interested to see what other canon characters, OCs, and plot points will show up).

OC posts of your own you're particularly proud of from 2023.

I've made so many this year, but I do love the Main OC and Side OC masterlists - I love updating them and they're a great way to keep track of things, though I also love the character introductions I've done even for OCs I've had for years. There's something nice about giving a small summary of the OC and their story.

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[breitzbachbea]

I wrote a Charco drabble that is very much actually about their families. Yeet.

~*~

"What's it like to be an only child?" Marco asked one day. Lorenzo in the kitchen, Marco spread on the sofa, in between fabric samples. Charlie was toying with a model car that Marco had gifted him and helped him with. Classic case of the gifter had himself in mind as well.

Charlie smiled at him with a frown and then shrugged. "Better than having siblings, I suppose. I dinnae. I mean, I basically grew up around Harry and Soph, because their Ma, Freya, was my Ma's best friend. I got more gifts than others, bigger ones. Well, until my dad ... you know, didn't see eye to eye with my wishes anymore." He had picked up the car and looked through the windows with one eye shut, to figure if it was crooked. "But I don't really know. More freedom? You tell me what it was like with six - I mean seven - siblings and tight money. That's more like what Ma tells, she was the third of five."

"I dunno," Marco said. Leg over the backrest. Sinfully expensive velvet blue fabric draped over the leg that stuck in US Palermo shorts. Somehow pretty sexy. "You had a lot of freedom, because no one cares for you."

"Chiara tried!" Lorenzo shouted from the kitchen and Marco nodded.

"You never had a quiet moment," Marco said. "And yet you were ... alone. Our brothers and sisters tried, but ... what do you want with a 6 year old if you're 20. You're family, but we could see some didn't care for us. Or for mamma or papà, or anyone except that sibling or so. Like ... it's family. Everyone was trapped there."

Charlie wondered what it would take for his extended family to finally burn bridges with him and Gwen. Or why they didn't simply do it - No more outrage baiting. Straight up no more wedding visits or baptisms or anything. The Fitzpatrick Clan could do without Charlie and Gwendolyn Higgins.

One time he had heard his mother lose it at his father.

"Look, your family's talking, too," was all Connor had said. Charlie was hanging on the stairs, waiting to sneak out with friends.

Connor had made sure Charlie looked at least like a police officer's son. And Gwen had been somewhat thankful, because Connor's sighs had more love to them than her family's. Connor helped. Connor didn't want his wife to be judged either.

But now he had sided with her family and that was a step too far for Gwendolyn 'The black sheep' Fitzpatrick.

Charlie had fled the stairs when the yelling had turned into banging doors.

"Charlie?" Marco jolted him out of his thoughts and he cringed so hard he almost dropped the car.

"Yes?"

"You weren't listening, were you?"

"No, I'm sorry. I'm listening now."

"Nah, it's for the better." Charlie wondered how his boyfriend could look so enticing to him, just because of the stupid velvet on his leg. He'd look good in a kilt. Cheeky, but dignified. "I honestly think others have it worse. Families who cared and were cared for. Other people took pity on our sisters. On us, as we were younger, until we began to be too bratty. Too upset everyone thought twins were a package deal. But no one expected shit of us when we left at 12. Too many mouths to feed anyways." He scratched his head and looked away.

"Do you see them around sometimes?" Charlie asked. "Bagheria is just around the corner."

"Sure," Marco said. "I think. At least."

"Hard to tell," it came from the kitchen. "Sometimes you catch a name and the face fits, but ... they never recognize us."

"If they do, they look away as if they've seen a ghost. Never saw Chiara again, though."

"She's either dead or moved away," Lorenzo said. Monotone, but with a somewhat downcast tone. Like Marco.

Some family ties maybe weren't meant to be severed and one had gotten the scissors out anyways.

Marco bulked up the fabric and Charlie put the car down. He could flirt a bit before dinner.

[the-mist-striders]

Episode 3: One Must Die

So we last left off with the party realizing they’re fucked.

I would also like to mention that this is the top floor of the manor. As far as we can tell at a glance this is it. 

Kai does her echo-location thing and finds a secret door in the master bedroom- a spiral staircase down

Congratulations to the party! We found the basement that's supposed to have monsters in it

And it's very... basementy

Spooks part ????/????

Anyway, they find a locked room. Fauna presents a key she found in the study. Unlocks it and there's 2 child sized skeletons on the floor

The clothes matching the kids that led us in here

:)))

So the actual ghosts of the kids materialize and they talk to the party.

They say their mom locked them into the room to keep them safe

They starved to death

#Mother of the year award

Cinderell, being a paladin of the Raven Queen asks where they'd like to be buried. They say they want to be with their mom and dad. The paladin with the help of Lucerian scoop up all the bones and have them in some kind of sack. When this happens the kids possess Cinderell and Lucerian. Lucerian suddenly becomes meek and Cinderell becomes a bit more bossy.

We go into another room and it's full of corpses too

Fauna triggers a trap

A trap in the form of the angry maid’s spirit

Kai runs the fuck away because she not equipped for this shit

Lucerian runs the fuck away too and nearly yeets Kai’s blind ass down the staircase (but I succeeded in a dex save)

So me and Cinderell’s player do hatch a plan while Amahlia and Fauna fight the ghost

I have herbs, Cinderell is a paladin, and a match to burn the herbs. Cinderell does some chanting, takes by herbs, hauls ass to the box filled with the maids bones, and yeets the herbs inside. Setting the box on fire

While this happens the maid is balls deep into Amahlia

By this I mean the maid is fondling her guts

And is on her death saves

Amahlia is dying

Kai steps up and fucking book's it across the room towards the distracted wraith and wacks it so hard from behind that it finishes it off

Kai uses a healing spell and saves Amahlia's ass

Please no one notice how I keep changing how certain names are spelled, I can only edit this so much.

They rest, they level up and heal, tiem for the next floor below

They find absolute darkness. No longer do their surroundings resemble a home, it's a dungeon. A crypt

Kai hears distant chanting

Can't pinpoint what they're saying

When she mentions this the rest of the party hears it

#this is fine

The kids nudge the paladins towards the mothers burial crypt. They leave the bones there, releasing their spirits. They also fetch the fathers corpse from the noose and place him in his grave.

They press on, Amahlia is the only human and thus can't see

Must be rough

Lucerian is holding Amahlia's torch, he nearly lights up a room with it before Kai stops him

In the process revealing her telepathic nature by speaking directly into his mind

You see, she can hear something in that room

Its big and has many legs

And it was the quietest way to stop him

She reveals that this whole time she could read their minds

Fauna is embarrassed because she sings the theme song of my little pony internally every time she's spooked

Please no one question where she could have heard the my little pony theme song we are in a dungeon ffs.

Fauna also discovers she can talk to animals (because she leveled up as a druid)

Turns out the dog has an Aussie accent.

Who knew

Btw this is what the dog looks like

3B, The bat in her hair is also constantly panicking because he has no idea what's going on at any given moment. Also 3B has a jersey accent. 

Kai, using herself as a radio of sorts we navigate deeper, passing messages around telepathically and listening for enemies

I knew a blind telepath would make a useful party member

However, they do get jumped by 3 ghouls

Because I failed my rolls for Kai to see it coming

They manage to avoid most traps/encounters using Kai's senses, but sometimes my dice will be like "fuck you. have a low #"

Amalia dashes ahead to smash some ghouls

Now mind you the halls are narrow

Amalia only gets past Kai because she flattened against a wall to make room

Should I mention Kai uses a crossbow and how nobody questioned ever why a blind woman is using a crossbow

(She uses other people's eyes ( and her own senses at times) to aim)

So uh

Lucerian can't hit any of the ghouls because Amalia is in the way

So he has a bright idea

To fucking try jumping over her

Amahlia is an average height adult woman and he's slightly taller and covered in heavy armor

As decided by a series of rolls between Amahlia and Lucerian - here's how that went

They fucked it up

Lucerian knocks Amahlia down, sending them both to a dog pile on the ground

Cinderell has an idea too! Basically he wants to go up and around in attempt to flank the ghouls

Says "I got this!" Takes off into the dark hall

Next the party hears is a loud bang as Cinderell steps on a floor trap with spikes below

Cinderell passes the dex save, grabs the ledge and pulls themselves up

#ideal party moment

Oh but what's this?

The party is making a lot of noise

A giant caterpillar/worm like thing emerges from the hallway that Kai heard it crawling around in

It has fangs and tentacles

And craves our meat

And its Kai whose first on the menu

Oh, and fauna turned into a cat, got past everyone and joined the fight. She left 3B and the dog behind to keep the animals out of danger.

They did pass a check to detect the worms arrival and to be smart enough to run away

#the dog is ok

So I won't sugar coat. Kai gets her ass beat

It's fukin rough. It uses poison damage that paralyzes

So Kai wasn't able to do much even when I could pass a constitution save

Cinderell makes his way to the back finally

The woerm is chewing on Kai’s head

Kai accepts this as her cue, turns into a rat and makes a dash

Cinderell smashes it with their battleaxe

Its dead bitches

Kai heals her own ass

The ghouls are dead

They managed to survive

...for now

They find a statue of a dude and a colorful glowing orb

Fauna needs to be held back so that she doesn't grab it

There are strange shadows in this room and we can feel eyes on us ... watching

Oh and there's skeletons chained to the wall... they sure do know how to decorate

They find a door

Cinderell and Kai don't trust nothing

Kai detects magic on the door. Cinderell shoots it activating a trap that would eat you if you tried to open it

Totally normal stuff

Everyone in the party is just like "fuck this house"

Amahlia looks down and the tarot card is back

She rips it and moves on

They find a room with a chest of magical shit that Kai can see with borrowed eyeballs + detect magic

But bro

We didn't even touch anything

Cinderell just

Looked at a painting

And out comes a ghoul like thing

I don't think it was a ghoul, something stronger smarter and maybe harder to kill

Not sure

Because that thing was fucking ganged up on on sight

The party was #done and out for blood

Little bitch died

Oh and the reason we didn't know it was there was because I failed 3 perception checks in a fucking row

Which btw Kai is now toph'ing it up and going barefoot because I'll be damned we get jumped by another ghoul popping out of the ground

No one can smell her boot feet because the air is already putrid from all the ghouls and that woerms insides 

In true spirit of #fuck this house we didn't bother with the rest of the floor. They went down the stairs that Cinderell found when he tried to flank the ghouls

When they reached the lower floor they could now understand the chanting they heard on the floor above

"Strahd is ancient, he is the land"

to which the squad starts roasting the chanting. Kai personally did it by saying "I fucking get it! Strahd is old and strahd is dirt! Who cares!"

"strahd is older than dirt'- Amahlia I think, idk

We find a room full of alters with different things on a pedestal

Random shit like clotted blood in a glass, a dried patch of skin, dragon tooth wrapped in wire, a lock of hair, shit like that

What's funny is this setup is for a ritual that isn't a thing. It does nothing

Cringe blood cult with their fail ritual

2 different doors ahead. Kai checks both, one is a flooded room, the other another series of hallways. They start with the later and find yet more skeletons chained to the wall

#im kink shaming at this point

Kai finds a secret passageway that leads to the flooded room but this entrance opened up to where there were platforms

I have Kai put her finger tips in the murky sewage water so she can feel for movement- something brushes against her fingers, causing her to jolt back, Last minute she sees red eyes in the water.

Amalhia has a galaxy brain moment and throws her javelin into the water

To ""kill the water""

She goes in the water to get it back. All the splashing keeps Kai from figuring out what the fuck is in the water

At the center of the flooded part of the room is a platform with an alter, to the right in the water is a stack of bones

Fauna just goes for the altar by wading in the water

Kai is paranoid, won't go in

Cinderell offers to carry her

Kai almost accepts

But for reasons unbeknownst to Cinderell she pauses, then turns and just leaps into the water while screaming “It’s not personal!!”

They all get to the platform

The whole squad smells like sewage now

#squadgoals

With all of them on the center platform a bunch of hooded figures with no face except for red eyes manifest everywhere in the room

There's a knife on the altar

Now the chanting changes to something else

As hooded entities manifest in the room

"One must die"

#ohno

So I, as Kai’s player was launching into "how can I twist the wording here" mode

Or "is there like... a bug somewhere we can kill?" Or "can we sacrifice a ghoul?"

Dm is evil and won't tell

Lucerian thinks out loud "they need one of us to die... and we have a dog"

At the same time Amahlia has a galaxy brained idea to write a '1' on a piece of paper. The dms are shocked that Amahlia is actually literate

They let her make the attempt

Kai lends her some paper, she writes "1" on a piece of paper, takes the knife and stabs it

The paper erupts into black inky smoke

"Yes! I did it!"

The smoke clears

Revealing the fucking tarot card

Cinderell goes looking into the stack of bones

Hoping to find rats or something

No luck even with a nat20

Kai is having an existential crisis on what it means to die as she contemplates sacrificial alternatives

Cinderell has their galaxy brain moment

The chanting is speeding up

They’re being timed

He gathers bones from the stack and assembles a skeleton

Rolls for deception to see if maybe he can trick the spectators

As he pretends to sacrifice himself and use the skeleton for a body

Lucerian stops him because he knows it won't work (via a nat20 on insight) 

That's when Lucerian gets out a dagger and attempts to commit suicide

Chaos happens

Cinderell is attempting to grapple the knife away

Fauna the ray of sunshine is having a crisis as she watches her brother attempt to sacrifice himself

I enjoy how literally no one even entertained sacrificing the dog

Lucerian stabs himself on the neck

#ohshit.jpg

The chanting is loud and so much faster than before

Time is running out

Do we save Lucerian?

And if we do ... what then? Who will die instead? 

Fauna sets 3B and the dog down on the floor. Says "take care of each other" before attempting her own suicide because she can't live without her brother

This sets Amalia into action. Since she seems to have a crush on fauna

Amalia dashes over and force feeds him a healing potion

In all the chaos we don't see Cinderell step aside, take his chest armor off, grab the sacrificial dagger, and stab himself in the heart right over the alter

He uses one of his weapons to command we stay back and let him die

With a nat 20 intimidation

The party is probably pissing themselves

He dies so that the rest can leave

Something inside the stack of bones emerges, vaguely human in shape... but not quite right It goes to Cinderell’s corpse and devours him

#traumatic.jpg

But hey at least they can leave this house right?

They go back where they came

And find the staircase to the basement blocked off

Fuck-this-house.com/fuck 

Fauna is somewhere murdering a door

Lucerian trying to calm her

Amalia too

tfw the barbarian is telling you to chill

Kai finds an exit in the hallway the woerm was in

It's a ladder to the very first floor you enter on

They did it. They escaped.

The party then in an act of friendly bonding set the house on fire.

The smoke trail marking the end of the Death house arc.

There's a basket of fine whine and cheese on the road where the children once stood. Inside the basket is a note that says

“Welcome to Barovia :)”

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Thrown-In-Spring [Apsáalooke mythology; Native American mythology]

Thrown-In-Spring, or Thrown-Into-The-Spring and sometimes simply called Spring boy, was one of two brothers in the mythology of the Apsáalooke Indians of North America. 

As the tale goes, there once was a creature known as Red-Woman. Not much is known about her, except that she was a very wicked woman who roamed the plains. One day it went into the hut of a couple, while the man was out hunting. She killed the woman and cut open her body, revealing that she was pregnant with twins. She then put a long stick in the ground and attached the woman to it, making it appear as if she was standing up, and burned her lips to make it look like she was smiling. Red-Woman picked up one of the unborn twins and chucked it behind the curtain of the hut, and the other she yeeted into the nearby river. Both boys survived, however, and the boy in the hut was named Chucked-Behind-The-Curtain. He was found by his father, who raised him as a normal child, but one day the boy asked for two bows. He told his father that he wanted two bows so he can switch them every now and then, but the father suspected there was more to it. He made the bows and quietly followed the child as it went towards the nearby river. Indeed, he had been playing with his brother in secret, for his brother was changed by the magic of the Red-Woman and turned into the creature that you see on this shield. It had sharp teeth and a certain degree of control over the water. I do not know how many of these creatures were made by the Red-Woman.

The father later confronted his son and together they lured the creature into a trap where it was captured by Chucked-Behind-The-Curtain and his father, who dragged him to the top of a hill – where the rising tides couldn’t reach them, lest the creature could summon a wave of water from the river to escape – and burned incense under his nose to turn it back into a human child, and he was named Thrown-In-Spring. The two brothers and their father lived a happy life. One day, one of the brothers told the other that they should go to wake up their mother. For surely, their mother must have been asleep for a long time.

And so they went to their mother’s grave. One of the boys spoke “mother, your pot fell over.” And the grave began to stir. The other boy said “mother, your dresser fell over” and the woman sat up (note: I think “dresser” is a weird translation here). The first boy spoke again “mother, your mortar and pestle fell on the ground” and the woman climbed out of her grave, combed her hair and said that she had slept for a very long time. And so she returned to her husband.

The Apsáalooke Indians have several stories about the adventures of the two twin brothers, including one where they revive their dead mother and several stories of them killing bad monsters. Most of the follow a set structure: the father told his two sons that they should never play near a certain location, for a horrible monster dwells there and kills travellers who venture into its domain. The brothers disobey their father and go anyway, meet the monster and find some way to outsmart and defeat it. For example, they were told never to play near the bend of the river, for an old woman lived there who was a cannibal. She captured intruders and boiled them in her pot. The two boys found her asleep, put the pot next to her bed and woke her up. Startled, she jumped out of her bed but landed in her own cooking pot, where she was boiled alive like her victims. Among the other creatures bested by the two heroes are a giant man-eating crocodile (they climbed into its mouth and cut their way out with a knife, stabbing the monster’s heart) and a village of sentient snakes who pretended to be friendly and invited travellers to stay the night, but then crawled into the victim’s anus and devoured them from the inside-out. The two boys tricked the snakes by putting a small pebble in their anus and pretending to sleep. When the snakes tried to eat their victims, the boys jumped up and killed all of the snakes, except for one, which they banged against a rock until its head was flattened. This is why all snakes now have a flat head.

Several of these stories can be found in the first source I linked, for those who are interested.

Source: http://www.native-languages.org/crowstory.htm Loendorf L., Grinnell G. and Brien A. (2019), The Lodge Boy and Spring Boy Tale as Depicted at Hole in the Wall, Wyoming. In: American Indian Rock Art, Hedges K. and McConnel H. (editors), 45:63-72. (image source 1: https://americanindian.si.edu/static/exhibitions/infinityofnations/plains-plateau/117680.html) (image source 2: Stuart Connor, image found in Loendorf et al.)

[stratuscloudsurfer]

Does kid Emmet remember anything about his life before Hisui? Does he know he has his own brother that's his same age? Or does he feel so attached to older Ingo because of pure instinct? Ingo is safe, he doesn't know why, but he knows this is a fact.

Oh man, baby Ingo, a KID having to deal with the disappearance of his younger brother after maybe a fight, i think it was? We think Emmet was dealing with his brother being missing badly, but Ingo being very aware of the last thing he ever said to his little sibling was something said in anger like "I hate you, I wish I was an only child!" (As an older sibling who fought with their brother a lot, i know a lot of really mean things that were not really meant at all were said in the heat of the moment...)

I’ve answered some of this in previous asks but yes Kid Emmet remembers pretty much everything ( except how he got yeeted to Hisui ) and he thinks at first that Ingo is an ancestor of his until he figures out from talking to him that he’s from the future too, so he must be his actual brother. He feels attached to him not because he’s his brother but because he’s safe, he takes care of him, and he’s pretty much a father figure.

What he doesn’t know is whether this Ingo belongs in the same universe as he does, and Ingo has not been very helpful in answering this burning question because he doesn’t remember anything about his life before. He might as well be directing his questions to a brick wall for all the answers he’s giving him.

As for Kid Ingo and his mom, they’re not doing too good. She is a single mother and her kids are her whole world. She went a little crazy after Emmet mysteriously disappeared and Kid Ingo can’t help but believe that he’s the reason why his brother went missing and his mother cries herself to sleep every night. If he hadn’t been so mean and overbearing, if he’d only been a little more understanding, his twin wouldn’t have stormed out of their house that day, never to return again.

[uwuwriting]

Kids getting their quirks w/ Todoroki, Deku and Bakugou

Request: *cracks knuckles* uH may i pls have a headcanon for half half bastard, deku, and king explosive murder when their child’s quirk manifests? have a great day (or night lol) iajsmsjsnsk :D 💕- anonymous 

Okay my baby fever isn’t over but now I know the main factor. Apart from my new obsession with dad Nanami, my period is also here so yay. I’m in pain. SO let’s feed my baby fever even more with some pro hero dads bc I love them and cherish them. Nanami is still ruling my heart though. Love ya💖💖💖

masterlist II rules

warnings: babies!!!!, domestic au, dad au, fluffy, no warnings really, unless it causes you baby fever so beware of the baby fluffs.

Todoroki Shoto

-Baby was called from the daycare because the twins teacher couldn’t control their quirk manifesting. 

-Daycares are ready for quirk manifestation but someone hurt Rei and Ren kinda exploded and they couldn’t control the fire. 

-Rei got startled and her ice blocked both toddlers from the outside world as they were now existing in their own little igloo. 

-He panics because he fears that they hurt themselves or each other by using their quirks. 

-Scenarios of them attempting to hug each other, a habit they’ve had since they were wittle babies, and burning their skin or causing frostbite. 

-He rushed to their daycare, paperwork long forgotten on his agency’s desk as he stormed inside the classroom the small ice barrier splitting the room in two making his heart skip a beat. 

-Motioning to the teacher to leave he approached the block of ice, touching it with his left hand watching the ice melt as he finally spotted his two little girls, huddled together in the furthest spot of their igloo, trembling in each other’s arms. 

-Shoto ducked inside, slowly approaching them as they untangled from each other and rushed to him, meeting him half way in a crushing hug. 

-They both sobbed in his chest as he rubbed their backs. 

-Shushing them he tried to get a coherent story out of them but the only answer he managed to pry from them was a jumble of sorries and sobs.

-Picking them up, he asked them where their stuff was and after getting everything he excused all three of them and left the daycare, leaving a now melting igloo for the staff to clean up. 

-Back at home he managed to get them to calm down completely and made them something to eat. 

- “It’s alright, you protected each other like we’ve taught you. Your quirk activating is not your fault so stop blaming yourselves.” 

-They didn’t seem very convinced and they reminded him of himself back in high school, when he wouldn’t accept his left side as part of himself. 

-Hugging them close once again he left a kiss on each of their little heads, blowing a raspberry on their cheeks making them giggle at the feeling. 

-He loves the sound of their laugh. 

- “You have no control over your powers and that’s okay. Me and mommy will help you with that.” 

-Deep down he was proud of his girls. 

-They didn’t lose complete control and Rei managed to minimize her ice from coating the whole classroom. 

-He was so happy to have these two little things as his kids. 

-They truly were his world. 

- “I’m so proud of you my little snowflakes.”

Midoriya Izuku/ Deku

-He thought his son was quirkless. 

-You were quirkless, he used to be quirkless so the logical thing was for your kid to also be quirkless. 

-Nope you were wrong. 

-Turns out he took after his grandma and he has a form of telekinesis. 

-Nothing really strong since both of his parents are biologically quirkless. 

-It was triggered while you were all chillin in your living room. 

-Izuku was scribbling something in one of his notebooks while your son was playing with his hero figurines on the floor. 

-You were watching kitchen wars. 

-Izuku’s phone started ringing and he shot up to get it, sending the notebook and pen flying across the room. 

-You were ready for the inevitable crash but it never came. 

-Looking up you saw both the notebook and the pen, levitating a few inches from the floor a slight green glow surrounding them.

-You were shocked looking back and forth from your four year old to the levitating objects. 

-Izuku was still talking on the phone and hadn’t realized the revelation that was being displayed in the living room. 

-Finally the call was over and he stepped back in, letting out a fucking SQUEAK when he saw his son using his quirk. 

-That was enough to break his concentration and the items clattered to the floor, your toddler looking back at his father with huge green eyes, chubby hands reaching out for him. 

-In a flash Izuku was on his knees next to the little boy, hugging him so close you thought he couldn’t breath. 

-He peppered his chubby face with kisses, praise pouring from his lips like rain as he raised the four year old into the air, baby giggles filling the room. 

-You joined them on the floor taking your fill of baby Midoriya pampering before looking at your husband, tears flowing down his cheeks. 

-You hadn’t seen him cry ever since your son said his first words. 

-And even then you couldn’t blame him, his first word was dada who wouldn’t cry? 

- “He has a quirk! Oh my god he has a quirk!” 

-Izuku brought both of you into a hug, crushing you to his chest as he kissed both of your foreheads. 

- “Thank you thank you thank you.” 

-It hit him like a truck how lucky he was to have you both. 

-A beautiful wife who loves him for who he is and not for his fame *like many other pros had warned him about* and a son who adores him and asks for daddy every second of the day. 

-He didn’t care about a quirk.

-He was scared that his son would also get bullied if he didn’t have one. 

-Right now everything was perfect. 

Bakugou Katsuki

-If you asked him he didn’t want your son to get his quirk yet. 

-If he did that meant that he grew and he wasn’t his wittle baby anymore. 

-Your son was playing with his uncles outside while Katsuki was setting up the barbeque. 

-He was simultaneously holding your one year old and you were having a heart attack seeing your baby so close to a fire but you trusted him. 

-Your son was laughing his ass off as he was chased around the table by four grown ass adults. 

- “Be careful around the table.” 

-The fact that all five individuals said yes mom terrified you. 

-Heading back into the kitchen you only managed to reach the sink before a scream pierced the air and in a flash you were back outside, scanning the yard for who got hurt and where. 

-Then your eyes landed on your son who had a hand outstretched in front of him, smoke leaving his small palm while Kaminari was laying face down a few feet away from him, a groan leaving the pro hero as a palm shaped hole was etched on his shirt. 

-Everyone was silent as they stared at your four year old, eyes wide in awe at the sheer force of a singular explosion. 

-The person who broke the silence was Kirishima who let out a loud woah snapping all of you out of your stupor .

-Bakugou looked at you, pure disbelief in his gaze as his son turned to him. 

- “Dad I’m just like you!!” 

-You swear in his daze he almost yeeted your baby over his shoulder. 

-In one swift motion your son was in his other arm being swung around as their laughs synced into one. 

- “Hell yeah you are.” 

-Joining them you ruffled your son’s hair as you kissed his cheeks, a deep scarlet blush painting his plush cheeks as he hid his face in his dad’s shoulder. 

- “Bravo bud!” 

-Sero was next with the praise followed by Mina and Kaminari who also whined about his Hawaiian shirt being ruined. 

-For the next hours Katsuki didn’t let him go. 

-Didn’t want to let either of his kids go but it got kinda hard with the whole barbeque being his responsibility. 

- “We can train together, and work at the agency and go on patrols and…” 

-As your son rambled on about the things they could do now that he has his quirk, you looked at your husband, a soft smile plastered on his features. 

- “He will never stop needing you Katsu.” 

-You whispered as you kissed him softly on the cheek, catching a glimpse of a single teardrop leaving his eye before he quickly rubbed his face on your shoulder. 

- “I know.”

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[starlytenight]

If you don't mind me askin' but how did Meta, his family and friends find out the lollipops the dark blue knight makes is quite special and different from your average lollipop?

Oh sure, that's no spoiler territory really. It's just a thing he discovered while trying to make something sweet as a kid/tween.

Obviously seeing glowing kids screeching "I CAN'T FEEL PAIN" and yeeting shit at each other is gonna startle the hell out of the local foster father here.

First thing Meta made that wasn't burned to a crisp or set the kitchen on fire. Even Arthur was like "????????" when he tried one because they are freaking delicious too. Has no idea how this child could conjure this shit up. Should have been a glaring sign on top of the teleportation and eye-color change thing thing but alas, Arthur wasn't raised among magicals much.

As for his friends Jecra and Garlude, they learned about it after hanging out with Meta long enough LMAO

They quickly realized why they were his favorite candy.

Probably someone at the GSA suggested making a buttload of these and storming into Nightmare directly but it likely didn't end well. They only last 30 seconds a pop and Nightmare can just play keep away until the effects are gone and then poof you're a goner.

In the current times Meta just makes these when he has the rare ingredients for them and gives them to the kids as a priority (in case he or the other adults can't save them) any spares go to anyone else he feels miiiight need them in a pinch. Kirby usually has one on hand in case, but can sometimes forget to use it because he knows about the scarcity.

I haven't mentioned it in the story and was looking for an opportunity to do so without it being forced in, but I like to think a majority of the ingredients he needs are on Ripple Star, so now with knowing the Fairy Queen personally, he miiiight be able to make more pretty soon here. I think I'll find an opportunity soon, but I'll add that here just in case!

Ah, also there's of course limits on these things, even under invincibility Kirby can still die in the games. Obviously getting crushed, falling into pits, and in this particular AU, Galaxia being all "nyeeehh yoU'rE nOT wORtHy" will override it too, ect, ect.

[plan-d-to-i]

Hi Plan! About JFM, is there anything in the book that shows that he tries to stop YZY from whipping WWX? Also, if you don't mind, what is your opinion about JFM's part in WWX's abuse, do you think he is complicit?

There's this from when YZY whips him w WLJ:

The most that he’d been through were two or three strikes and being grounded. He’d also be let out by Jiang FengMian sooner or later. This time, however, he endured dozens of heavy strikes. His back burned and his entire body was numb with pain. He couldn’t bear it, but he had to bear it. Today, if the punishment didn’t satisfy Wang LingJiao, the matter at hand would never end!

</3... There's also this from the incense burner extras ...

Even when he was naughty as a child, when Yu-furen whipped him, she would strike his back or the palms of his hands, while Jiang Fengmian and Jiang Yanli couldn’t bear to hit him.

I think people feel this huge sense of frustration and wish that JFM could like divorce or yeet YZY into the lake or something (same)... alas those things are off the table. It's even written in lol 🥲:

Jiang Cheng, “Mom! Mom listen to me! I beg you! Don’t cut off his hand! If Father knew…”

It was all fine until he had mentioned Jiang FengMian. The second he mentioned him, Madam Yu’s expression changed at once, shouting, “Don’t talk to me about your father! What could happen if he knows? Could he kill me?!”

.... Every time JFM puts up resistance YZY doesn't back down and only escalates.

Madam Yu scolded, “Of course you’ll go! Or else would your sister go? Look at her, still happily peeling lotus seeds. A-Li, stop peeling them. Who are you peeling them for? You’re the mistress, not somebody’s servant!”

Hearing the word ‘servant’, Wei WuXian didn’t mind much. He had finished all of the lotus seeds in the dish all at once, chewing as the soft, refreshing sweetness filled his mouth. Jiang FengMian, on the other hand, raised his head slightly, “My lady.”

Madam Yu, “What, something I said? Servant? You don’t want to hear the word? Jiang FengMian, let me ask you—this time, do you intend to let him go?”

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Like a purple bolt of lightning, Madam Yu swept inside, bringing in with her a cold breeze. She was standing five steps away from Wei WuXian’s bed, brows raised, “‘To attempt at the impossible’ is exactly how he is, isn’t it? Fooling around even though he knew that it’d bring trouble to his sect?!”

Jiang FengMian, “My lady, what are you doing here?”

Madam Yu, “What am I doing here? What a joke that I am asked of such a thing! Sect Leader Jiang, do you still remember that I’m also the leader of Lotus Pier? Do you still remember that every inch of the earth here is my territory?"

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I don’t believe for one second that you haven’t heard of how the outside people gossips, that Sect Leader Jiang has still not moved on from a certain Sanren though so many years have passed, regarding the son of his old friend as a son of his own; they’re speculating if Wei Ying is your…”

Jiang FengMian shouted, “Yu ZiYuan!”

Madam Yu shouted as well, “Jiang FengMian! Do you think that anything will change just because you raised your voice?! Do you think that I don’t know you?!”

The two debated the issue outside. On the way, Madam Yu’s angered voice was louder and louder.

He can't just physically beat her into submission. He can't order her around she'd probs act out even more to spite him. He can't divorce her or ban her from Lotus Pier. What can you do when you're stuck in life with a person like that other than avoid her as much as possible. WWX gets it and does. I definitely wish JFM could have found some attempt the impossible way to make her go away. It's WWX's and JFM's misfortune that she's alive and part of their life and it's definitely not fair to either of them (or yanli & jc frankly). In that last passage JFM does seems to draw away her anger after him from WWX. So no, I don't think he's complicit. I think he's a victim himself of her unreasonable tantrums. I can't frankly deny the schadenfreude her end gives me.

sidenote as I was looking for one of the quotes I found the moment when jc is fantasizing that the attack on Lotus Pier was just a bad dream and I think it's sort of ironic that in his fantasy his mother is scolding WWX. Like :

He couldn’t wait to wake up after some rest and open his eyes to find himself lying inside of his room back in Lotus Pier. His father would be wiping his sword in the main hall. His mother would be angry again and complaining, scolding Wei WuXian who winked in a funny way. His sister would be in the kitchen, thinking as hard as she could about what to make today.

🌝.

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

This is a plot in my au, I want to watch the world burn so have this. For ink, error, dune, disbelief paps, swap, swapfell and fell bros.

Their s/o is pregnant, and they're told if they keep the baby they could die. But they say they'd rather die and have their child live than live knowing they killed their child.

So of course they keep the child and it leads to their death.

The child is the spitting image of their parent, and they don't celebrate their birthday because they know about what happened. Whether they were told or found out.

Underswap Sans - He's a terrible father. Blue was not ready to have a child, and even less to take care of them on his own. He rather sees the child as the thing that took his S/O away. He kept it only because they are reminding him his S/O. Honey is actually the one who is taking care more often of the child. When Blue rejected them, the two brothers made up a story where Honey would be their dad, but S/O is still their other parent. Eventually, the kid will understand when he grows up because Honey is so bad at lying about how was S/O, since he didn't knew them. They will never forgive Blue for giving up on them, and their relationship will get worst and worst over time.

Underswap Papyrus - The child is the only one who's holding him from breaking down. After S/O died, he was left heartbroken, and very close from having a real heartbreak. The only reason that stopped him was the child he would let orphan. Honey will be brave for once and tries his best to act like an adult. The first times will be hard, but thankfully, he has his friends and his brother's support. Honey is a natural at raising kids, he's just not confident enough. As the child grows, he feels very happy there is still a little bit of his S/O in them. He'll never hide anything about S/O and will answer any question of his child whenever they ask. After all, they are all is left of S/O, so it's normal they gain to learn more about them.

Underfell Sans - He's also a terrible dad at first, but contrary to Blue, he's getting over it quite quickly as he's mourning. It's not the child's fault, it's not anyone's fault. Of course he is sad, but he has no right to put his anger on his child. Once he gets to this point, he will try his best to raise the child. Edge is here too. Thanks god Edge is here, or else the kid would eat only pizza. He knows he's not a great parental figure, but he's trying his best and somehow manage to give his kid some correct education. He'll wait the kid to be a teenager to answer their questions about S/O. He's not ready to deal with this before.

Underfell Papyrus - He takes his responsability right away, because it helps him focus on something else than his S/O death. He was ready for a long time to have this child so he is not so disturbed. He knows he is a strict dad, and that the kid is clearly missing a mother, but that's fine, he has a Undyne and a Alphys for this. He made her their adoptive sort-of-mothers. Whenever Edge feels too pressured, he's yeeting the kid at their place so he can calm down. Undyne and Alphys are terrible influences though, and even if Edge says it a lot, he knows it's Undyne's fault if his baby's first word was "fuck". Or Red. He's still investigating. He doesn't care his child looking like S/O, they are two different beings and he doesn't see what good it would be to remind they are looking like their dead parent. He's very reluctent to talk about S/O to the child too. Edge prefers to live in the present, he doesn't understand why the child needs to understand his roots that much. It will change nothing, he can't bring S/O back.

Swapfell Sans - He knows he's not ready, but he's going to take care of the child anyway. He's living a dangerous life and he's really scared of losing his child too. So Nox will be a very possessive and suffocative dad, to the point it's getting badly anxiogenic to everyone around him, like Rus, who can't bear the fact his brother doesn't trust him with the child. The kid will grow rebellious very quickly and even run away a few times. The fact Nox refuses to talk about S/O is also one of the problem. Nox doesn't care if the kid hates him. He never asks that anyway. His job is too make them an adult. It's going to be a long ride.

Swapfell Papyrus - For the kid safety, he's giving them away. After S/O loss, Rus fell back into his own addictions. He doesn't want the kid to suffer more because of him. However, if they want to know him when they grows up, he'll accept.

Disbelief Papyrus - It's hard to get over the loss of his S/O, but he already did it before. He can't break now anyway, he has a child to take care of. Delta is an amazing dad, and it will actually help him heal as time passes. He will be a bit protective around the teenager age, but a small talk is enough to make him change his mind. He loves rambling about Sans, Undyne, Alphys, and S/O, because he wants his kid to know them despite what happened to them. Asgore is also a nice support, and sort of the child's grand-dad. He's making sure they have nothing to worry about. He's paying school, vacations, and even the first car. There's only the three of them, since all other monsters are dead, so Delta made sure Asgore was part of the child's life too.

Ink - He's taking the kid in a nice pacifist world, free of resets, and lets the child at a classic Toriel's door. He's heartbroken, but he knows he can't take care of a child with the life he's living. Though, he will check on them in the future. He's never interacting, except at Christmas, where he always leave a big gift for them. No one knows he is the one doing this. The kid will grow eternally wondering who are his parents, but thanks to Toriel, they will eventually go over it.

Error - So. Error wants to raise the child, but has no idea how to do it. So he kinda stole a Toriel from a pacifist universe and forced her to teach him how to be a dad. Toriel is actually doing this, even if she is a bit confused. However, it's working. He's not exactly a dad figure, but thank god, his kid will be independant quickly. However, Error doesn't like to talk about S/O. It's still a trigger subject for him years after, so he can be a bit aggresive if the kid is pushing him too much.

Dustale Sans - So, Dune tried. Really. But it's like the kid is broken or something. They don't want to eat the rat he just catch for them. He's trying to stuff it in their mouth, but they keep crying. Damn, no one told him it was this hard to raise a child. He thought it was just like having a pet. Dune will be struggling very hard, but somehow managed to raise this child to adulthood. The kid has no social skills whatsoever and eats rats, but they are alive so Dune is actually proud of himself. Weirdos create weirdos, what were you expecting?

[kalu-luwa]

more self-indulgent incorrect quotes

featuring yumeko (@sammo-writes-whatever), who we love and cherish with all our hearts

cw: definitely ooc, swearing, mentioned/implied violence, implied arson, religious themes, general slander, neph is hella mean

(under the cut for dash length)

Vargas, locking the car: You’re up against one of Twisted Wonderland's greatest trapping technologies…

Vargas: the child safety lock

The First Years: *angry gasps*

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Neph, to anyone ever: There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English Language, but I could never string enough words to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair.

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Neph: i'm a brave boye :D

Twisted Wonderland:

Neph: not a brave enough boye for this >:0

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Vil, maybe: It is illegal to be more beautiful than me.

Neph: damn guys, looks like we're all going to jail

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*First Year sleepover, 1 AM*

Ace:

Ace: peepee

The First Years: *cracking up, some of them more so than others*

Yume: *tired af, please let her rest*

Ace: *gets slapped by a shoe*

Epel: oH SHIT

Neph, standing menacingly at the door:

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[AceOfHearts has added TClover to the group chat.]

AceOfHearts: dad

Deuce_ex_machina: dad

MoruMoru: dad

Nepheliad: dad

[TClover has left the group chat.]

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Yume, awake at 3 AM: If you work on a farm and your job is to take care of the chickens, you are a chicken tender.

Epel and Deuce: *sit up immediately, wide-eyed*

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Lilia: So I can either bake these cookies at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or 4 000 for one minute.

Silver:  FATHER NO THAT’S NOT HOW YOU BAKE COOKIES

Neph: FLOOR IT??

Trey: NEPH NO NOT YOU TOO

Lilia: HOW ABOUT 240 000 DEGREES FOR ONE SECOND

Silver: FATHER YOU’RE GOING TO BURN THE SCHOOL DOWN

Neph: WE ARE GOING TO HARNESS THE POWER OF THE FUCKING SUN TO BAKE COOKIES

Trey: P L E A S E

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Yume: If I stay in bed, I will be warm. 

Yume: If I take a shower, I will also be warm. 

Yume: But the space between the bed and the shower, no, that is not warm. 

Neph, nodding:

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Grim: Our Christmas tree rotates…

Grim: Like…

Grim: ... a rotisserie chicken…

Grim: ... and I think that’s beautiful.

The Ramshackle Dorm:

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Riddle: Rules are meant to be followed. Nothing is meant to be broken.

Yume: Pinatas!

Deuce: Uh, karate boards?

Cater: Glowsticks!

Trey: Spaghetti when you have a small pot.

Neph: Bones.

Ace: … and rules.

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Adeuce: Neph, can you pass the salt?

Neph: Can you pass your classes?

Adeuce, crying: too much salt

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Neph: Give me a three!

Jamil: Three.

Neph: Minutes!

Jamil: Minutes?

Neph: To live!

Jamil: To live-

Neph: Before I stab you!

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Yume, crying: no reused straw will ever bring back master oogway

Neph, nodding while sobbing:

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Yume: Ah, the lights went out.

Grim: Never fear! The Great Grim will take care of this! 

Grim, shaking rapidly:

Grim, glowing:

Grim: i ate a flashlight

Yume and Neph: whY WOULD YOU-

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Neph: My gender is swiss army knife. That’s it. That’s the tea.

Anyone: But… what’s in your pants??

Neph: i want you to look me in the eyes and take a wild guess

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Azul: What do you mean 'no'?

Neph: I mean 'no'.

Neph: Wanna hear it in Spanish? 

Neph: n o

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Yume: ‘Yoink’ is the opposite of ‘yeet’.

Yume: And it’s just as fast.

Neph: The LORD yeeteth and the LORD yoinketh away.

Anyone: I feel as if I am having a stroke right now.

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Yume: noooooo ooooonnnneeee

Yume: Eats like Gaston

Yume: Mini wheats like Gaston

Neph: No one says, “This bitch empty,” and y e e t s like Gaston

Vargas:

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Neph/Leona, as Ruggie steal their stuff: hey can you not

Ruggie: sorry but i cannot not

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Vargas: Job well done, Rivke, Amane! Have a beer.

Crewel: Ashton, they’re underaged.

Vargas: Oh, right.

Vargas, handing them another beer: You are growing children.

Crewel: Ashton

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Deuce: help we lost Yumeko again

Neph: how do you even manage that

Ace: she’s like 2 inches tall give us a break