#but it’s not a major plot point

[zuppizup]

In Fuel the Pyre, Rayla's parents have been decoupled, but in A Simple Life,they haven't. So, in your AU, did they get out recently, or are you just going to change that?

if they did just get out, how do you think they would react to the fact their daughter is a fully grown adult now and they have a grandchild?

The issue of Rayla’s parents was actually the main reason I put off finishing Fuel the Pyre for so long. I had the plot bunny for that fic since not long after I decided to explore that Rayllum family dynamic, but I was trying not to add any more long fics to my WIPs. I didn’t want to deal with decoining in the fic (what can I say, I’m lazy) but I had various ideas for how canon was going to tackle the subject and the resulting dynamic as a result.

In the end, I procrastinated long enough that canon got me to a place where I felt like I could just handwave the decoining and kinda deal with things how I predicted they’ll go canon-wise.

This resulted in me retconing some of the prior published stuff in the series, so if you re-read, some of the chapters have been removed/replaced and a disclaimer placed on them.

So, in Fuel the Pyre, though it’s not referred to directly, I’m assuming Moon fam were decoined chronologically in season 6. Callum has a relatively good relationship with Tiadrin, Lain and Ethari, but he’s not exactly close with Runaan (personality wise, as well as their obvious history). They do make nice for Rayla’s sake, but they’re not close.

I think regardless of when Moon fam get out, they’ll likely be shocked to see Rayla in a relationship with Callum (human primal mage, and a prince) but what will win them over will be how devoted they are to each other. Either in canon or in Fuel The Pyre, there are bigger fish to fry and they’ll realise they need to put aside personal issues for the greater good, seeing how much Rayla and Callum love each other in the process.

[ewwww-what]

He’s making a super interesting point about philosophy, you have to trust me

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Destiel Pride - Day 5; Cursed or not

[eggroll-sama]

This might be a hot take, but am I the only one that thinks that the recent Leander post by Redspring studio is a red herring? I’m still not 100% on Leander turning into a yandere but I took the post more as a hint that Leander would try to kidnap and trap us for our powers and will act like the Prince-charming, hero archetype if it means that we’ll obey him rather than “ahhhh he’s crazy in love with us.” I’m not completely against the theory that he’ll turn into a yandere, but I still want to believe that this guy is not genuine at all with his love for us (in the beginning at least) and there would be a steady romantic development in the story instead of a puppy love but yandere.

[simplyfroggy]

people will say “we can have adult scooby doo, it would look like this ___!” and then literally describe the plot of scooby doo: mystery incorporated

[nibbelraz]

When a plot point YOU wrote comes back to bite you in the ass

[silverthelovebug]

Brooklyn’s phone is a hot commodity, isn’t it?

[white-weasel]

I am SO ecstatic about Buddy believing so hard in Bakarath that she became real became the plot hook for the hypothetical senior year season, y’all have no idea

[dashintrash]

watching the Tangled series rn Cass ate

[wormlette]

Extra from Ch 56 - Bicorn.

[zarvasace]

If you’re still doing sketch requests, Shatterproof Hyrule my beloved? If I missed the window no worries <3

He also wears red :)

[waitineedaname]

I think the best part about scum villain is realizing how much insane stuff I saw out of context is actually canon. Shen Qingqiu is a mushroom at one point. Airplane does yell at one of his characters to call him daddy. Shen Qingqiu does tell Binghe if he was his mother he wouldn't abort him. What the fuck is this series

[nmoroder]

"Time goes by and I remain motionless"

ohhhh..h. having hokma feelings. yea also experimenting with drawing lines over the same color layer. fun thing

[rayghosts]

you know how memes are always funnier in their original context?

[lotuspeacock]

what the fuck even happened episode 8????

like, plotwise i know what happened but like there’s so much new info i’m processing.

rei dresses like that not for the professionalism of the job, but because his father expects him to look high-class even when he’s murdering people

anna’s musical talents literally traumatize children.

rei’s father has a god complex about his bloodline

the “organization” is more or less run by rei’s father. this is why kyutaro said that rei should know best what happens when you betray the organization, because every childish rebellion was treason on the organization.

rei doesn’t get too close to kazuki because the consequence if he does are dire.

side note: when rei says he has something to protect, he’s not just talking about miri. there is no mistaking that kazuki is precious to rei.

when rei is asked “did you find true belonging on the outside” he denies it. this is probably because he wants to protect kazuki and miri but it could also be because rei genuinely believes that he doesn’t truly belong in their little family. i believe this changes by the end when rei sees that kazuki and miri were waiting for him just to see him smile.

this is from a few other posts i saw, but rei’s mission was a warning. a peek into the consequences of forming attachments.

a continuation of point six, we see rei standing in his family home, feeling completely estranged while he’s on the phone with kazuki and miri being told to be back by dinner.

rei never seemed to be affected by his job before. but in the car with ogino he expresses shock at the picture of his mentors murdered wife. and the picture seems to be taken in the goriest way. rei is opening his heart to his family and as a consequence, he has to face the reality that he is not just killing, but taking lives.

“for the concept” WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN???? this man makes me so uncomfortable he is so goddamn psychotic. he definitely kills for fun even though he pretends its some big philosophical thing. essentially he was saying people exist to die. also his fucking blue eyed stare 🧿👄🧿

WAIT WAIT WAIT THEYRE TOTAL FOILS OF EACH OTHER. rei and his mentor that is. they both have that single slut strand.

miri is extremely insightful. she notices when someone close to her is hiding their dissatisfaction with life - what she calls “sadness”. her mom was dissatisfied with her life as a single mother and rei is dissatisfied with living under his father’s boot.

rei didn’t tell ogino his mentor’s last words because they weren’t meant for him (but probably also cuz ogino is a creep sob). rei “didn’t hear” anything because the words were directed to someone already gone.

this is less a plot point but more a personal analysis - i was sorta hoping that kazuki would show up during the fight and save rei, and he does! he saves rei, but not during the fight because that’s not really where rei was struggling. rei needed to be saved from his own belief that he was irredeemable, and kazuki did that perfectly bu showing rei that no matter what, he’ll be there. unconditionally. i mean, the man didn’t even ask about all the blood on his suit. (another i won’t ask i wouldn’t tell moment)

kazuki cut rei’s hair and decorated the apartment. when rei said “but then you suddenly started cleaning”, he’s saying that he didn’t care about kazuki until kazuki taught him how to care. when kazuki barged into rei’s apartment and cleaned the blood stained hands of a child assassin, he also cleared a space for himself in rei’s life. (side note: of course the undercut was kazuki’s idea)

“you think we can change?” god this was such a good quote. and the way kazuki doesn’t put up a front and say “of course” because he’s trying to figure out if he can change too, so he just says “dunno” but its so sincere and hopeful. i love the dichotomy of kazuki not knowing if he can change because he’s spent the past 4 years trying not to and rei not knowing if he can change because he doesn’t know how to. at the root, it’s because they both see themselves as unforgivable.

continuation of points six and eight, rei smiles when he’s home with his family.

oh my god the angst just doesn’t stop.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

characters who are oriented towards survival and self-preservation often look to other characters who are in more stable positions socially (and are similarly interpreted by some readers) as being exclusively self-interested. which is, i suppose, not a completely inaccurate interpretation. prioritizing one's survival is a type of self-interest. but it is self-interest that comes from a place of not wanting to, you know. die.