#butcher nathaniel

[andreilslovechild]

Dark AU please?

Pt1 Pt2

nathaniel has proven himself to be a good butcher. a good little follower for the main branch and a good bodyguard for Riko. and because of this on occasion, he is called away to do a job for ichirou. the older brother seemed to have a soft spot for the younger redhead and Nathaniel was absolutely one to take advantage of that.

He does it well when hes calls out to kill someone for ichirou. taking his time using his tools to create another beautiful piece of art. The man's screams are music to Nate's ears, and he can't help but smile.

he hums to himself as he works, carving letter after letter, and pattern after pattern into the man's skin. nathaniel didn't know what the man had done, and honestly, he didn't particularly care. hes never been one to have too many morals, and ichirou wouldn't have summoned him if he hadn't done something to make him mad. Nathaniel reflects on this as he works. perhaps he had stolen money? or maybe disobeyed a direct order? he could have tried to kill ichirou...but if that was the case his father likely would have been the one to take care of him. It is possible he could be a rival yakuza member. or mafia member. there are multiple after all. hell, Nathaniel's mom was from one of them!

by the time his musing is finished Nathaniel backs away, admiring his work. and then without a second thought, he turns, leaving the man dead and his blood pooled at his feet, his body a mess of knife points that create a pattern only Nathaniel can see.

on his way back he stops at a store, buying a package of Rikos favourite protein powder. he learned his lesson from the last time. his chest still itches from the healing skin. he hums to himself on the way back to Riko, idly wondering what the future has in store for them.

[nyaar0n]

bebe nathaniel

bonus:

[corwnvus]

Butcher neil!

[palmettoshenanigans]

I'm not even gonna write an essay on this one, I'm tired and it's rapidly approaching the witching hour so imma just-

Neil is constantly shadow boxing with his fear of being Just Like My Father NOT because he fears that Wesninski Blood but because he fears the fragility of choice. Everything he knows how to do, all of his skills, combined with his natural disposition and temperament really do put him on par with his father - potentially even worse than his father if you think Nathan lacks Neil's ability to meticulously execute a long con.

Ruthless. Manipulative. Intelligent. Sneaky n Stealthy. Fast. Quick learner. Violent. Cut throat. Selective empathy. Observant. Skilled with weapons. Crime prodigy. Improv. Etc etc etc - Nathaniel truly is Nathan's son when you look at Capacity. Neil had very good reason to fear that - he really is a Wesninski in more than just name.

He just chooses to be kind. Chooses to care. Chooses Exy and friends and family and Andrew and Love.

But choices are both iron clad foundations and flimsy whisps in the wind

Neil isn't different from his father because of difference in Capacity. Neil is different from his father because of difference in Choices. And "Is that enough?" is such a scary question when it suddenly involves people he dared to care about.

[writerjayne]

Coping with the loss of tiktok by celebrating our boy! (Ignore my messy kitchen in the background!)

[ninyard]

he will never ever ever admit it out loud but sometimes neil feels a sort-of sadness/regret/nostalgia about who he could've been if he'd grown up in the ravens/in his father's business. when he disregards his abuse, and the way his parents treated him, he dreams about it a lot. he blames his mother sometimes because yes, sure, he would be in a dangerous business, but it was secure insofar as his father was trusted and reputable. mary caused so much added fear and paranoia and danger for neil by running. it was his father's business, one he was very good at. it was the purpose laid out for nathaniel from birth.

if neil had always been his fathers apprentice, if he’d been perfect court from the start, how much better of a player would he be, having been a raven? what kind of a person would he be? would he have turned into someone like riko, or someone like kevin? could he have stopped riko from breaking kevins hand? could he have saved jean from his abuse, or would he have been apart of it? that's the part that's difficult - if he'd grown up in his father's world, he would've grown up into his father. and neil does not like that side of himself. he does not like that he has the capacity for evil. he's scared of what he is capable of, sometimes, remembering what he inherited from his dad. so would he like to say he would've been different, that he wouldn't've participated in rikos bullshit? yes. can he? no. because he does not know what kind of a person he would've become if he'd grown up under his fathers wing. he's glad that didn't happen, of course, but he does still feel something everytime he thinks about how things would've worked out if he'd followed the path his father intended to put him on.

[post-historical-posts]

@korakos mentioned Chace Crawford as Neil Josten, so I looked up his IMDb and in 2006 he was in a movie called Long Lost Son (found here Long Lost Son - Full Movie | Thriller | Great! Action Movies) or on plextv in other countries also for free.

The story is very Neil Josten coded as I hope my clips will show and I think everyone should watch it.

[harathedrummer]

JUST SILLY THOUGHTS

Nathan is called The Butcher of Baltimore, SO imagine if Mary was (a psycho killer) as crazy as him and she would be called Bloody Mary. They would make a great couple (i'm dead)

[reddamselette]

the concept of nathaniel wesninski as a whole is so fucking interesting. i’m saying this because i’ve been reading raven neil fics and neil as nathaniel fics because they’re just too damn good.

i’m tempted but anyway

i need to do a character study fic on neil and nathaniel soon. i’m going insane because it amazes me how it’s the same person but so drastically fucking different depending on the identity and name AUGH I CANT TAKE IT

gods i love nora and all the ao3 authors. truly wonderful people writing such a complex character

[codename-adler]

i could go mad trying to piece together my thoughts on how crucial it is that Nathan Wesninski's specialty is the Butcher. the images. the symbols. the heritage. the violence. the Modern American Gothic of it all—paired with the Edgar Allan Ravens.

he’s not a strangler. he’s not a stabber. not a poisoner. he doesn’t shoot people. he doesn’t wield a chainsaw.

he’s got a meat cleaver. a fully stocked arsenal knives to cut and skin people and animals alike. his specialty requires time, patience, precision, but remains deadly and violent af nonetheless. it’s chilling.

think of the buckets of blood. the bits and pieces. the sounds. the mess. the smell. the stickiness.

the world is his livestock; Mary his prize cattle; Nathaniel his legacy that’ll only escape the slaughter if he butchers others first, if he learns and wins the pig show.

[embraceweird]

my 1st time reading the Nathaniel birthday scene: shock, fear, horror! Neil's gear is ruined how is he supposed to play!! The team can't win without him and it's too early to be out now! Is it against uniform code to play while your armor is dripping blood?? EVERYONE STOP FREAKING OUT WE HAVE EXY TO PLAY!!!!!

my 2nd time reading the Nathaniel birthday scene: ✨ copious amounts of giddy joy as my son stomps around covered in blood like a little freak throwing a tantrum over his ruined gear ✨

[epicmarrowbonesoup]

Raven!Nathaniel AU where Nathaniel has only ever been borrowed to Riko and not out right given. He's the only son of the Butcher of Baltimore, of course the whole Raven thing was just to test out how willing he is to listen to commands, to submit.

So Nathaniel never gets the number III tatooed on his cheek despite being amazing at Exy, despite striving for nothing but Court, despite falling in love with the sport. And Riko, who knows Nathaniel could never be his, tells him it's cus he isn't trying hard enough.

So Nathaniel tries harder, hoping that he can outrun the mafia side of the family if he gets on Riko's good side quickly enough, falsely giving Riko his game and his trust while Riko, endlessly upset at the fact he can't have Nathaniel, makes promises he never intends to follow up on, abuses Nathaniel personally instead of letting his uncle do the deed.

And of course Nathaniel also develops bonds with Kevin and his other half Jean, who does still end up with the number three branding his face. And of course they all know Neil will never be court, know he is the property of the other brother. But they still train with him, still talk to him still indulge in his dreams.

When Kevin goes to recruit Andrew, Nathaniel comes with him. On their way they get seperated becouse Nathaniel gets invited to attend an important meeting. Its Ichirou telling Nathaniel to enroll collage two years early and sign a four year contract. Its Ichirou telling him Riko had been lying all along, Nathaniel isnt his to keep.

Nathaniel snaps after this. Kevin fails at recruitung Andrew and at protecting Nathaniel. And everyone fucking knew and Nathaniel will never forgive any of them for lying to his face. He barely manages to escape Evermore, the fact he isnt Riko's cant be killed by Riko the only thing that even remotly helps him. He goes on a run from everyone, the only thing that matters is that in 4 years time he has to return to Ichirou.

When Kevins hand gets broken he calls Neil, and Neil helps him escape Evermore, comes with him to the foxes but punishes him every day for the entire life of lues Kevin told him.

[highwaystars]

you're so handsome when i'm all over your mouth reference photo

[snowcoming]

aftg fanfic writers about to make neil pull out the 'nathaniel card' how r yall feeling with tsc and tgr neil finally getting to be unhinged from an outside pov?

[dan-i-am21]

So just heard of the movie The Trap and it said you know the Butcher and i immediately thought of Neil. What if they made a movie about the butcher (very likely since people like the killer movies) and Neil sees a trailer for it and has a slight panic because the actor looks so much like his dad. He spirals because all around he heard people talking about it and then he starts hearing people saying that he’s hot and Neil gets transported back in the trunk with Lola saying how handsome he was like his father.

Eventually with Andrew’s help he copes and eventually watches the movie and he’s pointing out everything wrong the entire time.

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

I just can't get the thought out of my head of Neil embracing his mafia upbringing and he yeah played a little for the Ravens and stayed in the Nest for a while, but he just had one thing in his mind: kill his father and take his place. But not because he wanted it, no.

He just wants to have more power than the ones who hurted him. He wants revenge because he couldn't run, he couldn't help his mother or Jean or Kevin (he was there just he was not totured enough by Riko), he couldn't protect HIMSELF. So he becomes a monster worse than all the monsters and the demons in his head.