#by the skin of my teeth tag

[thelittlestspider]

can you share more headcanons/facts about ur oc javier rojas. i keep rotating him in my mind... love him..........

javi is my boy

his family was part of a cult that was like a warped version of their religion bc of a goddess named zeris who sacrifices them to a sea god that gave her her powers. javier's parents were a polycule. he has three moms and a dad. he has a twin brother named iggy and a younger sister helena.

two of his moms were killed for going against the cult. his dad was beaten and left for dead out in the wilderness. his sister helena was exiled for necromancy (luckily she was found and adopted by a kind couple). his remaining mom decided to run away with javier's uncle's family to blackwood, where his wife had family. but they got separated from them and ended up in necropolis, where javier is kidnapped and forced to be a reaper for elysium city (which is a city who claims its a utopia by forcing citizens of necropolis to do labor for them and sucks up their resources. reapers are unwilling enforcers who are tortured and programmed to do the government's bidding).

javier is about 10 or 11 when he becomes a reaper. he thinks his family is dead. he's alone in the world. then he meets peter. who he feels something for. they don't click right away because it's such a hostile environment, where the reapers are pitted against each other and the programming does a bunch of nasty stuff to their perception of each other (like it gives them horrible nightmares about being killed by the other reapers. it also numbs them. but the programming only works for like a few weeks at most. it has to constantly be reinforced).

despite all of this, peter and javier become friends and they're inseparable. they're the only people who understand each other.

for years, peter was like the one positive connection he had.

later, once they get with carter and they settle down, javier is actually the most social one of the three. he has kind of a quiet, down to earth personality where he doesn't get mad easy, but when he does, watch out.

he likes reading about botany and he has plants in the house and in a little garden behind the house.

he likes playing with peter's cats.

the neighbors love javier. they invite him to everything. i think javier has an easier time adapting than peter and carter because he was part of a community when he was young, and it's his natural state to be involved with people. whereas peter and carter were more isolated when they were kids.

when javier meets scott for the first time, it's like meeting his weird guy soulmate. they love going fishing together and going on walks and exploring the woods together (peter is insanely jealous and bites scott when he comes near him.)

javier likes jazz music

[femmepire-butchbiter]

In case you hadn't heard, vampiric femmes (me) are starving for the blood of werewolf butches and studs. The moment I- fuck I mean these femmes get their claws on these wolves it's so fucking over.

[washiinmachiine]

drew this in like 2 hrs after i saw primordian briar for the first time before swarm got put on the pbe and forgot to post it here whoops.. riot i need her Now......

[thebrainrotsreal]

Connected the dots between two of my fav characters of all time. They're in a little club now.

[opossun]

Simple symmetry sketch to kill the time!!

No internet means trying to remember what my dragon on flight rising looked like without any references

[starzwithapen]

OUR HCS FOR THESE GOOBERS USING TEMPLATES FROM @koppaitepaladin !! Plus bonus creek because I'm uhhh normal about him . They're All autistic 2 me but Branch and Poppy r most important to me <33

[pearl-kite]

goodbye october

[raayllum]

I'm not afraid that he'll hurt me. I'm afraid that he'll use me to do awful things, or hurt people I care about. Which is why, all I'm asking, is that if he takes control of me again, you have to kill me. I need you to promise.

[aropride]

if he gives me a piercing i will never ever shut up about it btw

[hellisanhonourstudent]

A meta on self-worth issues

Maybe it's just me,but Percy Jackson never seemed to be someone with a consistent low self-esteem problem. While he does have his "down on himself" moments,Percy doesn't seem to struggle much with that kind of negative thoughts and it doesn't cause much of a problem in his life(nor we see him doing much of an effort to control said thoughts). And it becomes glaring whenever I remember Leo,Luke and Nico.

Leo's POV shows consistent thoughts of worthlessness,Nico has self-preservation issues(namely,the lack of it),Luke's acidic envy towards Percy and need for validation. Percy had none of that,a moment where self-doubt got in the way of him getting shit done,nor some sort of "conditional self-worth". In fact,Percy's "self-consciousness" is kinda cute,as it makes him look humble and endearingly self-deprecating.

[nanabanonana]

ugly snorted and laughed while editing today bc while i was thinking about how to fix a paragraph my brain was giving me the following treat

Zuko: i don't like sweet things

Zuko after seeing Sokka: i have suddenly developed a sweet tooth

[thelittlestspider]

Hello! WIP question about 'By the skin of my teeth'

What is the worst thing your characters have done that they don't feel remorse about?

And conversely, what is the most positive/"good" thing they have done that they wish they hadn't?

- i can't really say killing because they do feel remorse about it. probably stealing? peter especially loves stealing.

- i have been wracking my brain since yesterday and i can't think of an answer to this question. which makes me so mad bc it's such a good question.

[lit-in-thy-heart]

flies go up, the prince of hell does not

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Other

Relationships: Beelzebub/Gabriel

Characters: Beelzebub, Gabriel

Additional Tags: Fear of Heights, Edinburgh, they're both soft with each other, IBweek2023, POV Beelzebub, Fluff, can we appreciate that i wrote something with no angst???!!, hand holding, Protective Gabriel, They/Them Pronouns for Beelzebub, He/Him Pronouns For Gabriel, gabriel is a bit oblivious but he's trying his best, Communication, (crowley and aziraphale could never), (that was a joke i do love them as well), Hope, it started as a hot chocolate date but gabriel got distracted, Established Relationship, Post-Canon

Words: 3, 844

Chapters: 1/1

Summary: Beelzebub knew how much Gabriel loved heights, how at home he felt amongst the clouds, and though the thought of being up any higher than on his shoulders made Beelzebub want to throw up a little in their own mouth, there was no harm in trying.

When Gabriel discovers a climbable monument in the centre of Edinburgh, he is beside himself with excitement. Beelzebub, having spent most of their existence beneath ground, is beside themself with something else.

Opening:

There were, Beelzebub reflected, many fragments of Hell in Edinburgh. The scenery was better – that went without saying – but the constant flow of people and the narrow streets reminded them of the place that had once been their kingdom. Looking out towards the Old Town, Beelzebub leaned further over the balustrade and tilted their face a little towards the sun. Feeling the warmth on their skin was still a novelty, though that was as much to do with the summer showers that they’d been experiencing as it was to do with not being a resident on Earth for too long. Beelzebub had witnessed rain before, had seen it sent down from the heavens and watched it drench humans within seconds, but experiencing it had been a different matter entirely. They had been walking with Gabriel along North Bridge, towards a cafe that had caught his eye last time they had been in the New Town, when a sudden downpour had forced them to sprint along the bridge and seek shelter in a doorway. Gabriel had immediately stepped out in it again, marvelling at the coolness against his cheek, and Beelzebub, after getting over the initial shock of the temperature, had laughingly watched him kick spray from gathering puddles in their direction.

Written for Ineffable Bureaucracy Week 2023 (day seven: new experiences)

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[thebest-medicine]

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[compulsively-apologetic]

oh to be a snail living on a mushroom

[avatardoggo]

I HAVE FEELINGS FOR A BOYMAN