#but to this headcanon I am devoted

[toushindai]

just a general question about your headcanon's on the ship. Do you think that maybe, in another life or universe Ganondorf and Rauru could love each other? Like maybe the goddesses don't want them together because they would be too powerful. ☕ I'm really looking forward to read your new fic. You're really talented!

That’s a really interesting question! I’m going to have a hard time answering it because once I’ve got one set of headcanons set up, I have a really hard time looking at alternatives to it because I’ve spent so much time getting all the pieces to fit together (this is why I read very little fic that’s not my own), but let’s give it a try

I think, first of all, that Ganondorf would have to be allowed to be a person in a way that TOTK, frustratingly, avoids. There’s a universe out there somewhere, I want to believe, where Ganondorf and Rauru bond over the solitude inherent in their positions: Ganondorf’s lone male of his culture to Rauru’s one of the last few members of his species. But to get to that, you need a Ganondorf willing to identify and feel his own loneliness, which I don’t think the guy we have in canon is inclined towards.

I wonder if this also requires Rauru to have allied himself not with the Hylians but with the Gerudo. That would be an interesting choice—in canon, allying with the Hylians makes sense because of their shared reverence for Hylia (seen in the existence of our familiar goddess statue not only in the GSI Temple of Time but also on Dragonhead Island). The Gerudo, for contrast, revere the Seven(-to-Eight) Heroines, to the near exclusion of goddess worship at all; in Creating a Champion, it notes that Gerudo Town’s goddess statue is out of the way and nearly forgotten for this reason. So a Zonai is going to be received differently among the Gerudo than they are among the other people of the land.

Rauru is a curious guy, though! Maybe it could happen like this: intrigued most of all by the people with whom the Zonai have historically had little in common—I have additional things to say about that but let’s wait until I have things finalized in my fic before I get into it—he made his descent to the land in the desert rather than in Hylian territory. Of course he was not permitted into town, but what if the Gerudo allowed him to stay in one of their other settlements? Let’s say the Northern Temple (what are now the Northern Ruins) just ’cause. But the prince of the Gerudo—who knows his place in his society, theoretically—by definition, by the uniqueness of his birth he can have only one place in his society—is equally intrigued by this foreign voe. Could he be the first other voe Ganondorf has met? Wait, was he actually, I should keep that in mind for my fic too They get to talking, they grow to know each other on an honest level. I think they could grow to love each other in a story like this. I do think the sex is a little less flavorful in this case tho so what good does it do me? Well, anyway.

And what then? If we trust the Sage of Lightning’s perspective—and we might as well, lacking any other insight on Ganondorf prior to the Gerudo Assault cutscene—it was not until after Ganondorf became chief that his hunger for power really began to develop. So what do we believe caused this? Is this just an inherent flaw in his personality? The curse of Demise rearing its head inevitably? (I should disclaim that I’ve never finished Skyward Sword and am only trying to use these words the way I’ve seen others use them.) In that case, both options—Rauru reviling his lover’s thirst for power and betraying him, or Rauru and the power of the Zonai turned in service to Gerudo conquest—are fascinating.

But if we are looking at Ganondorf as a person who gets to make person choices, then when he ascends to his position as Chief of the Gerudo and there is no neighboring nation consolidating an unearned power over the rest of the continent, what then? Might he be less driven towards conquest?

[krysmcscience]

Call this the Whoopsie AU (it's barely an AU)

I mean. Narinder never explicitly SAID the Lamb would stay dead... :3c He probably should have been more specific. >:3c

Part Two:

Well. The Lamb tried, but...sorry, Nari, the crown hates you now. Shouldn't have been so quick to lend it out, I guess. :D

Aaaand Part Three:

'Isn't he just adorable?' -The Lamb, probably, while their followers smile and nod and internally scream at the brand new hellcat they now have to share living space with...

Anyway, nothing says 'Dead To Me' like following a person around to loudly remind them of how dead they are to you. Right? Right. Narinder's got this all figured out. <:]

[arsenicflame]

Izzy Hands can have a little "thinking hes incapable of feeling love" as a treat (for me. the treat is for me)

[ollieneedstherapy]

Greek gods as feelings

Aphrodite: having a secret admirer, when you’re laying down listening to sappy songs because you can

Artemis:running around barefoot as a kid, when you sit down with your cat/dog after a long day

Apollo:learning how to play a new instrument, watching the sun rise with a cup of coffee

Ares: winning the argument that wasn’t really a argument , dancing in your room after dark because no one can stop you

Athena: finally understanding something that never made sense before, cursing at someone who deserved it

Demeter: the fact you are keeping that one (1) plant alive , eating fruit just because it tastes good

Dionysus: laughing so hard your ribs hurt, the warm feeling you get when someone uses the right pronouns

Hades: watching shitty horror movies and yelling at the screen, sitting around a Bon fire a little too late

Hephaestus: going to a museum by yourself right at the crack of dawn, getting your phone to work just by turning it off and on again

Hera: going to the zoo on a first date and eating cotton candy, watching your sibling play in the sprinklers

Hermes: winning bored games that were taking way to seriously, stealing an older siblings jacket for a party

Hestia: finally getting motivation to clean your room, going to a animal shelter to play worth the older animals

Poseidon: listen to waves as you fall asleep even if they’re just on your phone, going to a lake that you’ve never been to before

Zeus: hearing the wind out side your window later at night, driving home after dark on a clear night

[wammyhoe]

Hi!!! For the game prompt… 11: cupping your lover's cheek. staring into their eyes with a grin before the kiss, their hands curling around your neck, anticipating it. Mello pls💜

He blinked in surprise as you cupped his cheeks, meeting your gaze through his lashes. His eyes sparkled with flirtation. A smirk danced on his lips, half against his will, half blooming naturally before your smile.

His hands slid to the nape of your neck, fingers tangling in your hair, the teasing remark nesting on his tongue. You kissed him before he spoke—fierce, demanding, and every bit as intense as he was. Mello groaned against your lips, pulling you closer, his need for you suddenly overwhelming as he sought to feel every inch of you against him.

“Wait, I have work to do,” you murmur.

He scoffs, softly, “Don’t think you’ll escape after that.”

[weirdoinred]

another thunderwave hc because i cant stop myself

while thunderhowl is a huge advocate for equality in his relationships, he will not hesitate to knock soundwave down a peg when he gets too bratty or cocky

his go to’s are grabbing the back of soundwaves neck and scruffing him, physically dragging him by the arm away from whatever innocent bot hes decided to torment, and using his height and strength to intimidate soundwave into backing down (this one only works about 40 percent of time)

There have been several occasions where thunderhowl was seen casually strolling with soundwave thrashing and cursing over his shoulder

thunderhowl is definitely the kind of mech to pick up his shorter bf just because he wanted to

not to mention how huge of a cuddler thunderhowl is in general and theres just something about working while holding ur bf close in ur lap that feels right

[danothan]

this is a baseless complaint derived entirely from ego, but there is nothing worse than someone telling you to ‘go do research’ for your special interest/hyperfixation. you don’t know me but how dare you, who do you think i am, etc.

[denkryn]

“You had a chance at life with love and music; dresses fit for a lady and you wasted it. You left everyone behind, again. And what did you do with this life, that you were given? What did you do? What did you do?”

“I told someone our name.”

[caffernnn]

Makoto is not a stranger to trying to care for something beautiful beyond boundaries, an outsider who admires and loves despite the distance between aquarium water and where he stands. It’s a world he isn’t privy to, one of being sustained by complete submersion, but his curious eyes and careful hands are drawn to the glass all the same. It becomes a routine during different chapters of his life: tending to these glimmering creatures, feeding them, watching them swim without knowing how often he’s really seen in return, but still choosing to look and care anyway.

He can’t pinpoint exactly what it is about goldfish that draws him in, after all this time. Maybe it lies in how they’re flecked in bright ornamental scales, compared to and admired and coveted like gold: readily, greedily. Maybe it lies more in how all of that admiration of beauty falls short of genuine care, how it’s loved insofar as it is flashy, or how it gets forgotten how natural and mortal the interior of them truly is. Beneath shimmering armor is flesh, is sinew, is a weaving of organic life like everything else alive and beloved.

Makoto extends a hand over the lip of the aquarium to drop some food flakes in.

He remembers the devastation of losing his first two fish, all of the guilt that blended with his grief back then. It felt personal, like failing, to try everything he could manage to extend care across an insurmountable divide and still be left with an empty tank in the end. He’s had to sit with that fear, that reality: he can’t protect everyone from the inevitability of Change or Time, but he’ll try to over and over again.

Makoto looks at Haru and remembers something he read about goldfish being considered an invasive species. There are warnings about how detrimental it can be, to release them into an environment and destroy its balance. Despite that warning, Makoto still gets stuck on the wild goldfish itself, what it looks like when set free. They’ve been reported to grow beyond any tank, swim vast distances, lose their ornamental oranges over generations until they return to their green-gold ancestry that lets them blend into everyone else… almost ordinary.

His eyes watch something, someone beloved circle their tank and wonder, not for the first time, how long they have left together. If he looks away for even a second, will they break out into a radiant future far beyond his gaze, or will they float in the water lifeless and beyond his reach? He’ll drive himself mad if he thinks about it all for too long.

Makoto sets his eyes on the present moment, on the fish seemingly content in the tank in his room, on his best friend sitting warm and close to his side. What matters more than any imagined or inevitable ending is that he’s been entrusted to care for them all anyway. Haru’s hand slips into his own and he doesn’t have to look down anymore to know that he’s being seen and cared for in return by someone far more precious than gold.

[quinn-pop]

happy Valentine’s Day remember to tell your favorite friendly penguin you love him

if you don’t have one of those then a friend is fine i guess :/

(kidding. go hug your friends <3)

[gumpistol]

hc + moon

         luffy & zoro — the sun & the moon

   this became less of a headcanon in the end and more of my own self-indulgent character analysis, but the first thought that popped into my head when I saw 'moon' in relation to luffy was "oh that's zoro — he's luffy's moon." where luffy is an obvious depiction of the sun, so much so that he wields a sun god's devil fruit, zoro is his opposite in many ways, as the moon is opposite to the sun.

   in literature and folklore, the sun is a symbol of warmth, energy, heroism, joy, life, and an uncontrollable force, all of which are characteristics that luffy embodies ( regardless of how much he doesn't want to be seen as a hero ). in contrast, the moon is frequently seen as a symbol of guidance, wisdom, passivity, calm, and devotion. yes, guidance and wisdom at first glance are not key characteristics that people would use to first describe zoro, but more than once he has acted as an advisor to luffy, providing his own version of guidance and wisdom to his captain when filling his role of trusted first mate.

   that being said, where luffy is full of energy, zoro is usually calm and low energy, and where luffy is the uncontrollable force that does what he wants, fights what he wants when he wants, zoro is content to go with the flow and follow whatever luffy wants to do. and of course, there is no one quite as devoted to luffy as zoro is. 

   frequently in mythology and folklore, the sun and moon are also depicted as deities closely associated with each other in some embodiment of a close relationship. in fact, a common theme includes the sun and moon traveling the world together, but at some point getting split apart ( to explain the concept of night and day ). this is something seen in luffy and zoro's partnership a lot as well, whether due to getting separated during an arc to fight their respective battles, or in the case of their separation after marineford, where we even see the day and night symbolism depicted in their respective locations apart from each other: luffy's presence on daylit amazon lily and zoro in perpetual night time on kuraigana island.

   at the end of the day though, the sun always illuminates the moon. even when separated by the earth between them ( in the case of lunar eclipses ), the sun's light manages to refract onto the moon through the earth's atmosphere. in the same way, even when physically separated, luffy's warmth and light still inspires zoro to fight for him, and the knowledge of zoro's cool reliability in return is a reminder to luffy that he doesn't have to worry about his number two or the others when focusing on his own all-out fights.

   anyway yes, if you made it this far, thank you for reading my little extended metaphor essay~

@chatcambrioleur / hc + a word prompt

[outdraws]

when i say clive's love for his brother is intense i mean it.

it's the type that makes you kneel.

[recitedemise]

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗚𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗦 SIMPLY 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨RANCE. Gale hasn't felt tenderness. Has seldom witnessed patience. In fact, Gale's experience with love is more a prolonged excursion, a trial in the mayhem of a storm-brewed hell. Unknown to warmth, he has propped up every pillar of fondness beneath obedience's half-cobbled roof. He's learned that reverence is essential, that to kneel is entirely expected, and to gaze up at the eyes of a cold, cold lover is a treasure, an honor, and a mighty gift. So, he knows of love, but hasn't felt at all its comforting touches. He's read of dinners and wooing and has dreamt of them, too, and though he's nursed want in his musings, ever bleeding with his heart, love outside his bones remains a tome among a shelf, its pages in a tongue he hasn't yet understood. He hasn't savored decency; he's never shared her bed. And while Gale thinks to love another is captivation and a loyalty most unwithering, to love Gale Dekarios is a list without a start. See, Gale believes his famine is his bloating on a feast. He's been thrust headlong into squalls, into a long, loveless affair, and he thinks its burning at his mouth is what kisses should feel like. In fact, the creep of frostbite, cruel and cold, is all he knows of a lover's hands.

This is Mystra's legacy. Gale suspects something is wrong only months, a year later.

[xstarlightxstarbrightx]

adventuring rambles #1

HAHAHA I TOTALLY DIDN'T KEEL OVER BECAUSE OF SICKNESS, FINALS, AND GENERALLY JUST PERISHING LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT AT ALL anyway, so i'm currently deep in the brain rot (i have been the entire time gone, u think this shit goes away? no, no it doesn't, i live here now) and i was thinkin abt like, yk, how time works in Teyvat. cuz like me personally i didn't start playing till after Sumeru (and my acc is as old as Inazuma release but i didnt play cuz reasons), but every nation is updated like what, every year or so? so, therefore, at least in my opinion (and thus my h/c's b/c SUE ME) the traveler is in each nation for about a year. which means Lumi's in Mondstadt for a year after the Dvalin thing, doing generally good deeds and getting commissions and figuring out how Mora and stuff works (bc this IS a new world for her, girl doesn't know EVERYTHING yet) so there's a year of her helping out around Mondstadt, working w/ Kaeya and essentially doing team building b/c he's gonna be traveling w/ her when the Rite of Descension finally comes around, wringing Paimon for information on everything she can (girl is feral for info on Teyvat), all that jazz. which makes sense; the Traveler comes to be Very Well Known TM and while fighting a dragon is cool i doubt that's the ONLY reason she gets to be well known, right?

anyway, this massive prelude is just me yapping abt how they totally go to Dragonspine nearer the end of the year to do stuff. and the only reason they CAN go to Dragonspine is b/c they meet Bennett (who Lumi immediately wants to adopt b/c HE'S A BABY), and Benny offers to take 'em up there. :) so,,, i like to imagine that when they're up in Dragonspine, doing everything that has to do w/ that place, a silly thing happens where Lumi and Kaeya kinda get separated from Bennett and like,,, trapped in a place and almost get murdered by a Frostarm Lawlachurl (i have horrible trauma w/ that one fucker by the goddamn crimson tree. he may be dead but i will never forget the fear). anyway, so Kaeya literally almost dies, and it culminates w/ Lumi almost dying to sheer cold to get him to a waypoint, and then her refusing to leave him while he's getting patched up b/c uh oh abandonment issues! (dw abt Bennett and Paimon btw, they made it back to Mondstadt to try and get help; tho tbf that was also an arduous journey in of itself)

now, u must be asking; why did i come up w/ this idea?

b/c it was the best way to express the general Dragonspine experience, and also bc i CAN. totally didn't also write a love confession afterwards, no not at all, i'm not a psychopath

after this, Lumi never goes to Dragonspine w/o AT LEAST 15 warming bottles. and after she finds out abt portable waypoints, u know for a FACT she carries 5 on her at All Times. also Kaeya would never admit it but he gets a little stressed around Frostarm Lawlachurls now.

anyway i WILL Return TM w/ the silly goofy Liyue chapter (at least everything i can FUCKIN REMEMBER BRO (tho i DID take notes when my friend redid it so!! :)c))

[witchboyjimin]

i just think that there is no universe where kookmin arent obsessed with each other.

[kingofprosperity]

// tag post. wip.

// Sorry everyone lmao