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would you let chiyo spoil you with a weekend trip?? pls, it’s the one extravagant thing she secretly daydreams about 🥺

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i am once again expressing my need for someone cleaning blood off of chiyo. she's got her vampire verse. her kny, arcane, and whatever other verse you can think of in which she'd be covered in blood for some reason -- gimme

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plots & dynamics

ft. the graveyard shift & bad moon rising

the following plots and dynamics are set in chiyo’s connected modern fantasy verses; if any catch your interest, please like this post! i’ll message you as soon as i can so we can talk about it 💜

since chiyo returns home to her small town after years of being away, gimme old friends who lost touch! we love reconnecting and seeing how people are still the same yet very different :’ )

coming from a family favored by a deity, chiyo does have visions and struggled with them growing up and into adulthood. they’ve always manifested in her art and dreams, but chiyo doesn’t realize she’s seeing the future until after she’s a vampire; i would love to play with this detail! whether before or after her “ death, ” maybe she sees your muse in her vision. maybe they’re in danger, or they are the danger. maybe they notice her paintings ( she sells them in her family’s shop ) depicting familiar scenes from their past, and maybe that makes them suspicious. maybe they notice a pattern in the art she doesn’t display — the stuff that definitely feels dark and ominous.

i also would love to write someone helping chiyo handle her visions after she’s changed into a vampire bc they only get worse. they start to become like night terrors that sometimes just : ) happen in the middle of the day : ) when she’s awake : ) her visions are no longer centered on her own death but the violence she’s capable of as a vampire and any major danger lurking ahead. that can vary upon what we discuss bc i’m flexible with it, but otherwise that’ll be a dead god trying to come back. fun stuff : ) ASDGF

to get back to more lighthearted ideas, chiyo’s family is a pillar of the supernatural community, known for assisting with charms and glamours that make life easier for unordinary folk. they sell their services, but they’ve helped people plenty of times for free — maybe your muse is one of them! or maybe they’re currently in a bad spot and show up during chiyo’s shift. let chiyo help!! whatever troubles them, rest assured miss hisakawa and her family will do what they can 💜

alternatively, we always love the mundane getting caught up in supernatural business! maybe your muse knows chiyo but like the rest of the normal humans of the town, they think the witch stuff is a myth. but then they get caught up either in their own trouble or dragged into helping her cousin bring her back as a vampire. whatever the circumstances, bring the drama B)

all of you who said you’d let chiyo bite you — would you really?? vampires can survive off of animal’s blood in this universe, but it’s admittedly not as filling/tasty or easy to obtain in her small town. do you wanna be chiyo’s personal juice box?? she’ll fight you on it if you offer, but a girl’s gotta eat! a girl will also feel terribly guilty after biting you asdg unless you’re into that

would absolutely love to write chiyo being encouraged to embrace her new “ nature ” as a vampire. she’s a predator now, and predators don’t cry over their prey. it is what it is. how far the other person goes with this — whether they encourage her to still value life but let go of her guilt or to not worry about a few deaths — will definitely be fun to explore bc chiyo’s moral compass is pretty steady. normally.

i would also enjoy another vampire kind of taking chiyo under their wing! i’ve mentioned she does have cyrillo to help her out, but she’s gonna need a whole support system since she has little contact with her own family for a hot minute.

all this chaos happens during chiyo’s hiatus from her manga — her agent and coworkers are getting worried!! why does she keep postponing the next chapter? maybe they’ll just check on her in person : )

aaaand maybe there’s more, but this is all i have for now! pls feel free to like this post even if you have an idea that isn’t listed 💜

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i was already contemplating this sort of au, but i watched practical magic with my friends tonight and now i'm just!! so very in need of witch chiyo!! witch chiyo who grew up being picked on bc of the reputation her family had, but at least she had her family to turn to. at least she had her ancestors watching over her and perhaps beings not yet known to her, too. at least she had hours spent with her grandmother reading a terribly old tome to her, tales of women and men just like them spoken into the air; they were not to be forgotten, and chiyo keeps those stories close to her heart. she remembers them, thinks of them whenever she utters one of their spells.

i need witch chiyo who, in classic witchy fashion, runs a lil shop of herbs, ointments, teas, and other such things. i need witch chiyo who believes in spirits and higher beings, yet rejects the concept of fate. i need witch chiyo who dismisses very obvious omens that something is coming. i need witch chiyo who fights and thrashes against an every-approaching destiny, be it her own or a loved ones. i need witch chiyo and i need her bad!!!

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plots & dynamics

ft. miscellaneous ideas and no particular universe

the following plots and dynamics are set in no particular verse and can apply to just about any universe or be considered their own au’s; if any catch your interest, please like this post! i’ll message you as soon as i can so we can talk about it 💜

on my knees for sparring partners in any applicable verses!! chiyo is such a competitive and stubborn person that i just know sparring with her would be entertaining :’ ) plus depending on the setting and timing, there could be moments of vulnerability that might pop out or pure playfulness. i dunno y’all… i just wanna write chiyo throwing and receiving punches 👉🏻👈🏻

zombie apocalypse au — need i say more?? give me any variation of this, and i’m offering chiyo’s hand in marriage. and i really wanna get into the story of it, give them some kind of goal to work towards like simply getting out of the city alive or finding a supposed sanctuary. zombies make bel’s brain go brrrr

fake dating plots… indulgent as hell but gimme 🔪

soulmates au — i’ll always be weak for this! any variation of it is fun to me, and it doesn’t have to be romantic. i think platonic soulmates are just as sweet and would add an extra layer of complication bc most people would assume your soulmate is romantic. our muses should have to awkwardly figure out they’re meant to be besties but not kiss 💜 but if you’re wanting the romantic route, be ready for chiyo to drag her heels and to get all skeptical. she hates the idea of not having a choice and doesn’t believe that someone is going to love her just bc they’re supposed to. 

not quite exes — canonically, chiyo’s only ex is kojirou, and i’m willing to change that. but you know what else is fun? writing two people who went on a few dates and didn’t work out, didn’t keep contact, and then awkwardly meet again bc of life, work, etc. we can go for romantic or platonic angles here bc either would be fun to me!

isekai plots, whether it’s your muse or my muse falling into the other’s world — again, i’m being indulgent, but i have a soft spot for these uvu

i’d honestly love some older sibling or mentor-esque dynamics for chiyo since she is so often the one assuming that role. someone take care of her and give her advice pls!!

also would love just!! bestie energy!! always!! even better if it’s childhood besties… so weak for friends with a long history and plenty of ammo to mess with each other :’ )

i’m going to continue to be indulgent and ask for someone to teach chiyo about kissing and intimacy bc canonically, chiyo has probably kissed a handful of people. anything beyond that? she’s very inexperienced and all self conscious about it.

hmmm that’s all i have for now, though i’ll add more if i think of anything!

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ngl, i’m a lil bit obsessed with the concept of partially concealed identities between friends. characters who are friends, but one is a hero/villain and can’t tell the other — really normal, classic thing to see in the superhero genre. but like 👁️👁️ make them enemies 👁️👁️ make it angsty 👁️👁️ make them so loyal and dedicated to each other only to find out they’re on opposite sides of a conflict 👁️👁️ make them cry 👁️👁️

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taps the microphone. beach day with chiyo that involves going early to beat the crowds, splashing each other with chilly water bc it’s too early for it to be warm yet, burying each other partially in the sand, looking for neat seashells, and possibly throwing one another around in the water. beach day that ends with sunburn bc one of you ( probably chiyo ) forgot to reapply. beach day that ends with a very nice nap. beach day with chiyo 👁️👁️

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i don’t know everything yet, but i want past life stuff for chiyo’s lads/lnd verse 👁️👁️

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i was thinking about this earlier today but pls consider chiyo napping in your lap. pls consider playing with her hair and hearing her hum contentedly bc it doesn't happen often, but she loves it when anyone plays with her hair, runs their fingers through it. pls consider her sweet, sleeping face, and those big brown eyes blinking groggily up at you. pls consider it...

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OKAY okay but what if you let chiyo paint your scars with gold paint to imitate kintsugi and then she kissed you so tenderly. wouldn't that be so nice

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clenching my fists bc of that fragile feeling between two people when there’s something there they aren’t quite naming yet. it pops up in moments that aren’t intended to be vulnerable but somehow are — not bc someone is baring their soul but bc you’re seeing a different side to them. you’re learning something about them maybe hardly anyone else knows or sees. and that’s exciting and scary and you’re so nervous to screw it up but it’s gonna be fine! you hope so anyway.

yeah, that feeling has me all warm and squishy rn 💜

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ummm someone help me think of a legitimate villain/criminal/etc au or an au in which chiyo’s changed and hardened bc i’ve listened to that loop of “when does a man become a monster?” from epic one too many times and i need to write some tragedy i fear

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btw i'm only on chapter 185 where they're announcing the new hero rankings, but i'm on my knees for threads involving canon events at all times!! i'll go crazy silly for them!!

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also there is just something so soft and romantic about cleaning blood off of someone... holding my hands out at all times for such a thing uvu

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alsoooo it'd be such an indulgent plot for me, but one day i'd love to write the whole " why don't i, your friend, kiss you/sleep with you/teach you about intimacy first so it happens with someone who cares about you?? " plot. it'd probably take some discussion bc chiyo is chiyo, and she's not gonna just agree to that -- it'd either take a special person or situation ( like being tipsy and going why not!! go ahead and kiss me <3 ) for her to agree. but i just love the fluff, angst, and overall complications that would come out of that. i love the idea of friends trying to keep things casual and friendly only to become painfully aware one day that oh, i don't want anyone else touching you like i do.

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btw i need someone to trace chiyo's tattoos and her scars pls <3 in any verse <3 i just think it'd be neat <3