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raioseucliffe-cheney · 7 years

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Day 2: Black

Absorbed by his thoughts he stares out of the window. He’d never faced such a difficult case before. Actually, his work is simple. To allow the convicted criminals to talk one last time with him in order to get some needed information or a much needed confession for a crime being still unsolved. But this time he really doesn’t know at all what to do with this one particular convicted man. He read the files at least three times. Still he doesn’t understand at all why someone would inflict mass murder in a monastery at such a young age.

A few hours later he arrives at the gateway to the maximum security prison complex outside the Solaris Colony. This is one of his workplaces. Even though he loves to interact with people, he’s simply doing this job only because his guardian Cross had made him pick this kind of job in the first place. If he’d been able to choose a job freely on his own free will, he would most likely work as clinic clown. Simply, because he loves to see the honest smiles on the faces of children.

Nearly an hour later he is now meeting the convict he was sent to get the reason for the mass murder happening almost ten years ago. Still, no one really knows why this tragic incident had to happen in the first place. Cross and some other personnel from the Black Order simply hope for some valuable clues in order to avoid such tragedies to happen again. While he sits at the table, watched by video cameras and guards standing near the door he’s for sure becoming more and more nervous. What if he fails?

His gaze rests right now at a young man with dark blue hair, slender built and a flicker within the bright eyes sending cold shivers down his spine. Only now as this young man is sitting across him at the table he notices some violet tint within the dark blue hair as well the scar across the bridge of his nose. Is this really the one charged for murder on at least 45 counts and locked up with three times of life-long sentence without parole? Actually, he’d thought of someone as you’d face in a classical Hollywood movie where the bad guy is some family father and a well-respected member of the neighborhood.

“Are you Alma Karma?” “Why ya asking? Yes, my name is Alma”

is this young man now answering him and in a way he doesn’t feel comfortable in his presence at all. Actually, he was in situations far worse than this but still, somehow his entire body trembles inside with fear. Keeping up a mask by showing a friendly smile he can only hope Alma isn’t sensing at all how afraid he is right now.

“I’m Allen Walker. I was sent here to…” “I know why you are here. Since the monastery belongs to the Black Order they still want to have their answers. But instead of asking me, why don’t you ask the head of the Order?”

comes now Almas response before he’s even able to explain the reason of his current presence here and slightly confused he gazes now at Alma. What kind of implication is this? Why is he trying to blame the head of the Black Order after so many years passing by?

“Can you please tell me what happened on this morning at November, 14th?” “Some friends and I were kept imprisoned there for years. They tested new kind of drugs and medicaments on us. A lot of them died during the process until only another boy survived next to me. I snuck away from the room where we stayed the entire day if there wasn’t any testing. Then I found a room filled with columns made of glass and filled with a strange green liquid. Inside there were bodies of people I know and even of my own parents. I guess, I snapped seeing them like this”

is Alma now saying with a sad smile appearing on his face rushing through his dark blue hair and the sheer horror of the pictures of the crime scene appears again in front of his inner eye. So Alma turned into a murderer in order to escape whatever suffering he had to face? Shortly he shakes his head in disbelief. This young man had shown some premeditation by taking the lives of everyone residing within the monastery at this time. The doctors and nurses, the priests and monks and even the scientists working in the hidden downstairs laboratories of the monastery for the Black Order.

“Is there anything new you can tell me, Alma?” “There is supposed to be a survivor. A boy close to a year younger than me. He can prove to you that the Order is financing illegal tests and does some disputable tests on human beings”

are the next words coming from Alma as he raises slightly an eyebrow. Again he recalls the content of the official report. There had never been another boy within the monastery at all. The crime lab had searched for traces of more than one child having lived there but only Alma had been confirmed to have lived among the monks. A slight sigh escapes his lips. Somehow he feels bad to know a man like Alma is convicted even though he’s obviously having a mental illness.

He gives now the guard a sign that he’s finished with asking the convict right now and before the guard is able to place the hand-cuffs back on Alma’s wrist, the young dark blue-haired man leans now over to him to gaze deep into his eyes. “Everything I’ve told you so far is the truth. Please, Allen, I want you to prove it to the court. Prove them, I’m mentally instable” is he hearing him say in almost a whisper, then Alma is yanked way from him in almost a brutal way. Slightly nibbling his bottom lip he watches how the young man is now lead back into his cell while he is ordered to leave.

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“So how did it go, Walker?” “Actually, he only confessed what we already know” “Where you able to learn about his motive?” “He only said he snapped”

is he responding right now while he’s sitting in a conference room next to his guardian and a man named Froi Tiedoll, who simply works as advocate for the entire Order. So once his direct superior left the room a deep sigh escapes his lips. Cross is leaving the room as well and so he’s now all on his own. Well, not quite since Tiedoll is still present. The man only asks for the parts of the conversation he wasn’t telling right now and with a sigh he tells about one survivor from the monastery besides Alma Karma.

“At this point Alma is right. There had been one survivor. A boy named Kanda Yuu. But he passed away two years after the massacre within the monastery. Died due to pneumonia” is the old man now explaining him while cleaning his glasses and thoughtfully he lays his hand on his chin. So if he could prove this to the court, that there had been for sure tests on Alma and his friends, then maybe he’s even able to find out the real culprit.

“You act like someone drove this young man so far that he’d go and kill innocent people” “Alma told something about being test objects for drugs and other new medicaments” “Yuu said the same. His immune system was quite at a low level when he ended up living with me” “But that would mean one tiny infection and even Alma could die from it. Do you think there is a way to prove his immune system is so low from being an unwanted test candidate?” “Maybe. But don’t forget, Allen. This is ten years ago and the body isn’t holding such an evidence for long”

is Tiedoll now explaining to him and next to a deep sigh, a slight curse escapes his lips. Somehow there has to be some clue as to how he can help Alma.

“Tiedoll, can the verdict be changed if we prove Alma has a mental illness? He said, he snapped after seeing his parents and some of his friends in containers filled with a green liquid” is he now asking the man right now an idea popping up in his head. If he’s lucky enough there are even photos of the room the dark blue-haired young man had described to him.

“Do I get it right? You want to plead on insanity, Allen?” “If this saves Alma from being killed on the electric chair, then yes”

is right now his answer, a serious expression plastered on his face. There in one fact no one in the order knows but only his guardian. Within him rest some slight tendencies of schizophrenia. A trademark he sadly inherited from his father’s side. That’s also why he can in a way understand why Alma was acting this way back than when he had been a child.

“Alright, I’m going to help you” is he hearing Tiedoll say after a while and a deep sigh of relief escapes now his lips. At least he’ll stop the Supreme Court from sending a young man into death row only because he wasn’t in full control of his mind at that time.

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Weeks pass by, where he works in full effort to prove Alma isn’t even able to be counted sane at all. Luckily for him he found even a specialist for mental diseases agreeing to take a proper look at Alma Karma. If he isn’t working at all he’s either visiting the dark blue-haired-man in order to learn more about him or he sits in the local library in order to gather more useful information. During the visiting hours he’s now waiting for Alma, he’s now thinking about the fact he might be able to get him transferred out of here into a psychiatric clinic over at the Tethys Colony on Titan. But only if the expertise of the specialist is able to convince the Supreme Court of Alma being mentally ill.

“Actually, I’m quite surprised to see you so often, Allen” “I’m here, because I want to inform you about an option I was able to figure out” “So you found a way to avoid me facing the death penalty?”

is Alma now asking, supporting his head on his still hand-cuffed arms and he nods.

“Once the Supreme Court accepts the expertise explaining you being mentally ill, you’re going to be transferred to the Tethys Colony” “So the choice is simply: living between convicts facing death penalty or living locked up in some facility”

is he hearing Alma say in quite the sarcastic way. But within this moment he realizes a short haze of gratefulness rests within these cobalt-blue eyes. Something he hadn’t seen at all while coming here and talking to him.

“This is all I can do for you, Alma” “Still, thanks for even trying to listen to my words. But I think it is already too late, Allen”

are now the next words coming from the dark blue-haired man coming as he widens now his eyes. Right in front of him Alma is shaken by a cough and right now the surface of the table is a spatter of blood. “As you see, I’m already knocking on death’s door” is he hearing Alma saying to him with a smile as the guard tells him the visiting hour is over.

As he sits in the shuttle bringing him away from the prison complex he somehow feels how his inside starts to churn by the simple thought of being too late in order to help Alma Karma. He really started to bond and sympathize with this man. One thing for sure. If Alma wouldn’t be locked up by now, maybe he would have taken him out on a date. He’d for sure spend more time with him and learned more about what he likes and dislikes. Even though he knows Alma won’t be alive when the Supreme Court tells the final verdict, he vows himself to fight in Almas name for justice. Even if he has to leave the Order to do so.

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lapetiteshippeuse · 4 years

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The D. Gray-Man Rare Pair Week : Alternative Universe Extravaganza (Creature Feature)

Keyword chosen : Demons Format chosen : headcanon The Rare Pair chosen : Allen Walker and Road Kamelot

Hello everyone !

I am very happy to have chosen to take on the challenge of “DGM Rare Pair Week” ! This is my first time participating in a "DGM Week" and I am very excited !

For today, I have chosen to prove, in a headcanon, how Road and Allen could be a couple that could enters in the canon of events.

Two small things to specify first :

First of all, remember that as you have seen, the program requires a change of universe. However, I choose to keep the universe and the Hoshino canon. After all, the theme and keyword of the day seem to match, and @letspleasuretogether told me that everything would be ok ^^ So let's keep going!

Then, know that I am doing this out of pure fan service because I love this ship, but behind it I have found that making this ship canon is HARDER than you think. It was very hard to find romantic coherence. So much that, yes, I confess that there are some arguments in this post that I don't fully believe. I doubt it even enough. But again, I'm doing this in pure fangirl.

Here's how it's going : being a college student, I couldn't help but follow the classic plan to produce a plausible and cohesive and brilliant argument to illustrate an idea : introduction / development / conclusion. (note though that I won't be doing an introduction at all : I would introduce the characters there, and I'd rather not waste time with that, because I can imagine that any DGM fan here is pretty much familiar with the characters in this game, Allen Walker and Road Kamelot. Let's just say you're reading the introduction to this post right now!) I'll pick a timeline-style plan here, which will be built according to the sequence of events over time in the manga.

As a consequence, I prefer to warn you : this is gonna be a very long post ! I hope you have time right now ! If it’s not the case, you can come back later.

One last thing : please, be kind. I’m so tired right now, I gave very much time to write all of this, once again this is gonna be VERY long. So please, no insults, because you’re not a Roallen shipper. Thank you very much for that.

And precisely speaking of that, here is the main idea that I will illustrate ! Now let's start the development :

The Roallen ship is a combination of kindness and humanity, which distorts and intoxicates the relationship between the two characters.

Road Kamelot, antagonist.

Allen Walker, protagonist.

The two met as enemies. It is this enemy context that we will attribute to our first part.

And at first, we will see this humanity side of the ship, orchestrated by Road. Road’s humanity, which we will illustrate with one of her lines: " (I am) Just a human being », in the city backwards. This sums up the essence of this ship in one sentence.

The first thing that will surprise the reader / viewer is Road's hugging Allen.

First the shape, or what may already be visible. It's true that it's still disturbing : this is the first time that I have personally seen an antagonist hugs a protagonist, so close. Seriously, where did it come from? The introductions aren't even made yet, as Road tightens her arms around Allen. Then, the bottom, what does it say? "Do you feel this heat?" She will tell Allen about the softness, warmth and security that a hug can provide. She goes on to say that it is an emotional sensation that only a human being can experience. Her name is Road Kamelot, and she is a human being, and she is capable of tender gestures. This is her personal way of introducing herself. No, she doesn't seem to mean at first glance that she is sadistic, cruel, sociopath and psychopath at the same time. Her name is Road, she's a human, and she loves hugs.

Note also that when the fight ends in the city backwards, Road leaves without killing Allen and Lenalee.

Allen and Road's face-to-face (rather, back-to-back) makes it likely that there is only a yard between them and Road chooses not to end it just yet. (A little candle lightning in the heart, and then it's flaky !). But she's going to declare to Allen "I'll be back to play with you Allen," openly proclaiming that she would like to see him again (so no doubt about that). To hurt him again of course, but THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS SHIP’S STORY ;) Still, Road didn’t kill Allen, when the opportunity was too good. And this scene, where she chooses to miss this opportunity, there are quite a few that look alike like that! (But I'll come back to that...)

And Allen in all of this?

Well, because of his personality, Allen brings the theme of kindness to this ship and believe me, kindness is not without consequence.

Road : Are you intended to kill me ?

Allen : I must defeat you.

Road : It’s useless, you cannot kill me.

Remember that saving tormented souls is Allen's reason for living. He has it on his conscience if he can't save everyone (akumas for the left hand, humans for the right hand).

At the end of the city's fight backwards, you would think Allen would win the fight against Road by destroying the three akumas and without her being able to recover Miranda's innocence, or kill her, or kill the exorcists (by the way, I wonder what the character really wants).

You would think the fight ends on a score of Allen 1 - 0 Road.

It is not so.

In truth, it's an equality, ball in the middle (1 - 1).

Let me explain : in a bad, as in a good intention, Road scored a point, at the time of their last dialogue, while Allen points his innocence right at her, before she leaves by her door. She tells Allen not to shoot, and then explains why.

First, the bad intention : she reminds him that his hand being a weapon, that is to say implicitly that Allen, himself, is a weapon. Allen then remembers that earlier, when meeting them, Road confessed that a weapon was designed for the sole purpose of "humans killing other humans." This is pure provocation, to put Allen a little more beside himself : she calls him a murderer, when Allen is quite the opposite. On the other hand, also remembering innocence has no effect on Road, so right now is not the time to point his innocence at her. All she does is manipulate him. It is a double-edged sword. One point for Road.

Now, let's note the good intention our little sadist wants to send to the protagonist : if she tells him not to shoot, it's for a good reason. "You really have a heart of gold Allen," she will tell him. It seems like a warning, a limit for telling Allen he's going too far : by pointing his gun at her, he is pointing his gun at a human (as she introduced herself to him). But if Allen kills her, that makes him a murderer ; or whatever he isn't, and whatever he swore he wouldn't become. It might sound strange, but Road seems to warn Allen not to fall into the dark side. Not to be so cruel (she realizes that this is not his style, since he has "a heart of gold"). And that makes him reflect on his duty as an exorcist : an exorcist is not an assassin. She appeals to his kindness again. In this way, Road makes Allen feel a lot of things contrary to each other : she makes him doubt of himself but also allows him to question himself better.

Road must stay alive at the end of this scene : Hoshino therefore went out of her way to show the relationship between the two characters, why he shouldn't kill her, and that's what the characters are talking about, in this face-to-face.

Personally, as an anecdote, I find this scene much tastier in the French version (in the anime) : while Road is gone, you can hear Allen say "Shit". But in the French version, it says "Je t’attends, Road." that we can translate in “I’m waiting for you, Road” WHICH SHOWS THAT THE DYNAMISM OF THIS RELATIONSHIP IS ONLY BEGINNING !!! The duality is posited ; the staging and the atmosphere are at their peak during this confrontation, regarding the nature of this relationship between these two characters, brought to meet again.

Later in the manga, Road and Allen will meet again : first in the Ark, where Road is shown an attraction to Allen.

Then they will meet again in the neighborhoods of the American branch during the Alma Karma arc. This is where their relationship will evolve, this time in an ally context, which concerns them mutually.

Now getting back to Road’s humanity, I would first like to answer a quick question that many fans have : As Sheryl Kamelot asked Bookman, what was the nature of her relationship with the Fourteenth?

Many assume that these two characters shared a romantic relationship. This is a legitimate assumption. After all, Sheryl knowing that Allen Walker is the fourteenth and having noticed that her daughter seems attracted to her host, and knowing that he learns that the latter is partly the cause of her disappearance, Road having tried to protect him before he asks Bookman this question, it doesn't seem indecent to think that Road may have been in love with the Fourteenth. However (and this is only my personal opinion), I do not agree with this : firstly because, for a manga where the plot seems to become more and more complex, that would be a bit too much "easy". All of the sudden, that's what the mangaka wants us to believe, and what she's trying to tell us is "it's more complicated than that". Secondly, because I consider, as a reader, that Hoshino seeks above all to demonstrate that Neah and Allen are completely opposite characters in terms of personality :

Neah wants the destruction of humanity, he is a murderer ; Allen, meanwhile, wants the world to be saved, at any cost

Neah wants to become the new Millenium Earl ; Allen wants to destroy it.

Neah would kill innocent people to achieve these ends ; Allen cannot kill humans, even Noahs, his kindness and compassion are great

Neah is sadistic, devious and manipulative ; does not look like Allen

Finally, Neah seems to be just downright cold ; Allen is a warm person

Road did know Nea, well enough to know him enough to know that Nea and Allen are clearly not the same person. If a D. Gray-Man character gets it right, it's Road.

Besides, I think that knowing that Neah has taken possession of Allen, seems to upset Road more than anything else.

When she reads the paper certifying it (paper by the way that looks like an official paper, "formalizing" that Allen is therefore doomed to disappear), she becomes melancholy, following this news. As if she would have preferred, like Cross, that it had fallen on someone other than him. (That being so, a moderately valid argument, since looking at the paper, she mentions the fact that Nea tried to kill the Earl, and it would not be indecent to think that this would be what bothers her more than anything else ; but again, I don't think this reflects any love towards the Fourteenth - I think Nea was a beautiful person who unfortunately went wrong, kind of like Anakin Skywalker).

Likewise, a reply from Sheryl : "Road ? Is there a hint of tenderness in you voice when you say “Allen” ?" only fuels the potential attraction Road feels for Allen, as Road goes to ask the Earl: "...". She seems to be showing more and more concern for him.

Finally, it can also be remembered that in The Ark, Road told Allen that she would not hesitate to kill him if she touches a single hair in his family. Yet, in the rest of the story, it seems obvious that she cares about him just AS MUCH AS her family. Road wants to protect her family at all costs, because she has already lost her first thirty five years ago ; but Road, she also wants to protect Allen.

He and Road will first approach in another world ; memories of Kanda and Alma. Personally, I really like this scenario, because it gives an isolating feel to two characters who come together for the first time, before they get even closer in the real world. In the memories of Kanda, a world where no one can see them, she crosses the enemy line and joins him in the memories of the Japanese: while he almost gets swallowed up by the memory of Kanda, Road saves him the life, hugs him once again and reminds him of who he is so that he remains aware that they are in the past. She is particularly worried about him. But again, the opportunity is too good for Road to do away with the fourteenth : she could let Allen be swallowed up by Kanda's memory so that there is no fourteenth at all. But she leaves Allen alive. Again, it's probably to see Nea again, but again, I honestly don't think Road is in love with the Fourteenth. She looks at Allen, she knows that he's the one she's talking to, knows Nea well enough to know he's not Allen (she repeats "Allen" a lot of times in this scene, by the way).

Especially since I specify that she runs her hand through her hair, as a sign of affection, and that in general (and this is why I say IN GENERAL, not everyone does), it seems to be a love reflex, or very affectionate, more than just plain friendly.

Also, a certain ambiguous moment in the dynamics of the two characters is present, when Allen asks Road if the revival of Alma Karma is part of the Central Administration plan. The two are particularly close to each other (seriously, as a reader I thought they would kiss), and Road will give Allen a friendly look. The latter seems intimidated, as he probably didn't think she was capable of having any such feelings.

Additionally, Road is going to help Allen understand the Exorcists' Second Project, which is a key moment and element in this story arc, and therefore proves to be a very good ally to Allen. At this point, she doesn't seem mean and sadistic at all ; she will even help the hero on his way. And rather than showing that Alma's awakening is the work of Noahs, she especially wants to let him know that it is also the work of the Central Administration, to qualify what we are talking about here way of saying that the Noahs are not the only wicked).

Finally, to highlight once again the French translation of the manga, when Alma Karma comes out of nowhere and surprises Allen and Road when they are connected to Allen's memory, sound effects written in Japanese are inscribed. But only a French translation exists (yes I looked for it. No I'm not obsessed) : "Ils se rapprochent à vitesse grand V !”, which can be translated as “They are getting closer at high speed !" I have the feeling that this is almost the mangaka talking to us, if I'm not mistaken ^^. Or maybe it's a simple "instant ship" moment rather than consistency and a love canon.

Later still, Allen and Road are going to get closer in the real world, and there are only more and more emotions (therefore, drama) : first, when they meet again when Allen is imprisoned by the Central Administration in return of mission is attacked by Apocryphos, when Road enters in scene, the first thing she chooses to do, it is to take him in her arms, ONCE AGAIN. And that's not all : once again, she will produce an emotional, warm embrace and reassure Allen. In this rush, she doesn't seem to be paying attention to what Tyki, or her family, may think (he himself suspects something about not bringing Sheryl). And once again, the opportunity is too good to finish with Allen : she can let Nea continuing to metamorphose into him to finish it off faster with the fourteenth, but she does not. Because killing the fourteenth, is go back killing Allen. Choice that Road doesn’t want to see that happen, if it comes to.

And shortly thereafter, not only do we climb in emotion, but also in action, which produces more and more drama : Road will sacrifice herself and take a punch in Allen's place, to the point that it makes her disappear (that is, she must genuinely have tender affection for Allen). (Has Lenalee ever done this for Allen ???) Finally, before disappearing, her last words : Road is crying, for the first time she is very moved, and very vulnerable. She is therefore very capable of humanity.

This is where I'm going from the start of this second part : to me, it's clear, Road is in love with Allen. There is no evil or unhealthy manipulation technique, no cruelty, not even slight flirtation. There is even tenderness and emotion. Road doesn't want to lose Allen ; for me, she refuses the reincarnation of Nea in him, she chooses to protect him at any cost, even if she disappears, and does not care of what her family might think about it (Sheryl, Tyki). From there, it's not flirting anymore, but the birth of her loving feelings towards him.

To wrap up this development, we're going to revisit Allen's goodness, and this time focus on this evolved relationship and his “alliance” to Road, and most importantly, the fact that he can't kill her, he'll even tolerate her presence.

First, in the Ark, Allen chooses not to kill either her or Tyki, but rather exorcises them if he has to go through it (of course, what he doesn't know is is that we have to go through murder to exorcise them from Noah who are in them). This is what happens with Tyki Mikk, even if it fails. When Lavi Bookman comes to himself, he almost goes to the point of committing suicide by burning himself, but he chooses to take Road with him to death (though that also fails). Lavi stabs her, he knows he can go this far with an enemy ; but it’s a choice Allen couldn’t make (even Lavi is also going to suspect something, comically, after Road has been charred and disintegrated).

In addition, he also curiously tolerates her presence in the memories of Alma and Kanda.

She is even helpful to him, lends a hand to him, he's alive and that's because of her, she's even kind, and affectionate, even if Allen doesn't understand everything. She is even tactile, and he does not push it away.

There's a lot of tactile between Road and Allen from there, more than you would think.

It is mostly an intention that comes from her to him, unreciprocated at that moment, but he instinctively does not reject her. Between two enemies, when the status of friend / ally is not even formalized yet, but a rapprochement and a tactile effect is more present, I almost have the impression that it fits in the canon, in my opinion (let's not forget that this is just a headcanon).

The same with the Apocryphos bow: in his cell, and this time in that embrace, (and once again!) Allen lets himself go into Road's arms. There is even a comfort ... and a curious affection ... it's curious that anyway! You might even think he finds a rather tender emotion, like her. Later in his desertion, what I found personally disturbed (while it seemed rather like an insignificant detail, to me) was that Allen wears Road like a princess (like LaviLena !!!!). Of course, it seems consistent in terms of comfort : it would be easier to wear Road. But still…It figures that out this is apparently those insignificant details who are “weird”, you know...

What is most ambiguous in all of this is the following in his desertion : Allen is going to be worried about Road's unconsciousness.

He ends up asking Tyki why she doesn't wake up. Even Tyki seems to be less worried than Allen. Moreover, the Noah seems to trust her enough to take care of her on his own with the awareness that he must cover their escape with Timcanpy.

Again, Allen refuses, claiming that they are Noahs and therefore his enemies. But after a little morale lesson, Tyki disappears. In the end, Allen neither accepts nor refuses to enter Road. They are both ; she is unconscious.

Allen knows she is vulnerable ; and his gaze on her is also uncertain : which I find brilliant is that his left eye seems to offer a suspicious look, towards her.

And his right eye, a compassion look, because of her vulnerability.

Again, this is troubling.

And then we can remember Road's tirade in the city backwards : it could be cumbersome in his flight, but Allen cannot kill Road, because he knows she is above all human, even though he still struggles to realize it.

But not for long : when Road says her last words, she looks Allen in the eye, crying and talks to him. She says something to him which is directly addressed to him.

Most importantly, Allen is shocked : he never saw her cry, and he didn't believe her capable of that. Friendly looks, tears, of course Road is human like him (To use the Road quote sums it up). All this, before she disappeared : Allen sees that she was even more vulnerable than he thought.

And Allen shakes his fist : upset? Because he couldn't save her? Hard to say. Deep down, I think he knows she's not really dead. But here we have a failed act : the truth is that Road and Allen would have spent a long time together, Road accompanying her on her escape, but that doesn't happen since she disappears; a rapprochement, which ultimately does not happen.

So, what can we therefore conclude from this ship?

That in terms of reciprocity, we remember : that after a while, our two enemies employ the refusal to kill each other.

Then, that one is worried when the other is in danger.

Finally, that they are able to save each other, or come to the aid of each other, mutually.

This is already, I think, a great development. So I know what you're going to tell me : there is nothing romantic here, it's probably just a budding friendship. And you would be right to think so! Nothing tells us that there is a romantic future for the two characters (that would even strike me as quite inconsistent, given the current circumstances of the story). But, if you are a shipper at heart like me, you will have noticed this thing : this atmosphere, this staging, this atmosphere that the mangaka has chosen to adopt, which makes the reader work to imagine some love story (you know what I mean?) In the memories of Alma and Kanda, I find it rather blatant. It's that “stuff”, that something that reminds me of this potential romantic arc. But again, you would be correct in thinking that basically not ; I still think so myself (because Lenalee is around ; and sorry, but I don't ship AllenLena at all, no offense). But they have already shared their first kiss !!! You couldn't take it away from me !! (although it was not agreed)

And precisely, could we imagine the circumstances of their next meeting? Honestly, it was an exercise that I must have had a hard time doing. Especially since given the turn the manga is taking, I can't see how… But what I can assume is that, even if it could happen in a very long time, I don't see the fact that Hoshino decides not to do them again interact. As much as their relationship follows "progress."

By the way, don't you like this parallel that Road and Allen bear the opposite Christian scars of the cross-shaped stigmata of God and the satanic cross in opposition to their clan? ;)

Thank you for having reading !!

#d gray man #Road Kamelot #Allen Walker #ship #relationship #roallen #dgm rare pair week 2020

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tracing-in-gold · 5 years

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It’s still Sunday hooray!

Actually, this is more than Six Sentences. I’m posting this snippet/Chapter 1 more to hype myself into finishing the story soon enough to post.

(Me: DGM Rare Pair Week 2k19 is coming you are going to finish writing this story you are going to post something YOU WILL FINISH THIS AND THERE IS NO WAY OUT--

Also Me: ok maybe that’s overkill but we’re dragging this story over the finish line anyway)

You’ve done it now, Link.

[...] Flashbacks

You’ve done it now, boy.

The Cardinal glared at the young man gasping in his grip. His skin still sizzled from the fiery blast that launched Allen Walker, the Noah and the golem out of the cell.

“You’ve done it now, Inspector.” His voice was raspy. Hmm. His human form had burned off again.

Despite shuddering in pain, feathers twitching from his eyes, a grim smile appeared on the boy’s face.

Apocryphos’s eyes narrowed. “‘If, by doing this, I could leave some vestige of this monster, what it did to me, what the Order is up against--I would gladly sacrifice my life.’ If that is your idea, it’s a very pathetic one.”

He brought the human closer, face to face. Feathers, glowing with Innocence’s holy light, quivered from the space his eyes would be.

“Anyone would believe it was the Noah or Allen Walker who killed you. Yourself included.”

Still, the thought did not sit so easily with Apocryphos. The man who cast a doubtful eye upon everything--Malcolm C. Lvellie. He was no simple church deacon in the countryside. As humans went, he was most tenacious when it came to unfinished threads, following them like a bloodhound. Apocryphos could not be complacent with Lvellie this time around. Doing so had nearly ousted Apocryphos from his vantage within the church. All over that ridiculous Accommodator. A grown man, earnest yet so naive about his place in the fold--

By the light cast down from the hole’s flaming edges, Apocryphos saw it. A glimmer of moisture along the inspector’s cheek. Ah, the boy was fighting his power? He chuckled. Fighting against him always made it more painful.

“It appears you dislike the Director...” The audacity of that smirk. “‘Cardinal’.”

Apocryphos’s fingers almost shut tight around the inspector’s windpipe; had he done so it would have crushed it like a steel trap. “You have condemned Allen Walker. He will fall to the Fourteenth without my help.” He could have FIXED him, Allen Walker could be SAVED.

WHY did they reject his help? Why did they reject the Heart?

“...I trust Walker.”

“Do you now?” said Apocryphos. Something about the words tasted bittersweet. The feathers too, twitched with an emotion that stained their purity. Guilt. Apocryphose tilted the inspector’s chin so he could see what the feathers drew forth from his mind. He hefted the boy closer to him, scanning the source of that guilt.

He ignored the boy’s hands scratching at his arms to keep his neck aloft and clear. Images wound themselves backwards in time to Apocryphos’s searching.

[Allen Walker sighed over the bowl of gruel. “Ahh, I wish I’d taken the time to get to know them better. If I’d known…”]

About the Third Exorcists? Apocryphos could have vomited on the spot. Allen Walker, the hope of the Heart! Verging on blasphemy!

[The inspector, Howard Link, reluctantly speaking...“The one who should atone to the Thirds is me…I was the one who…” ]

Apocryphos felt more than heard this boy’s sin. [Collecting the shards of the Dark Matter. Handing them to the Chief Inspector--]

The inspector yelped in pain, the Cardinal’s nails had sharpened in his outrage. He released his grip on his face before he ripped off the boy’s jaw.

This very human had touched such Akuma FILTH. On Lvellie’s orders! Moreso, that Lvellie was behind the abominations of the Third Exorcist Project.

Further insult to the Heart of Innocence!

The Cardinal’s hand closed fully around the boy’s neck in a vise. “What does it take for humanity to be grateful?” he snarled at the struggling inspector. “The Millenium Earl would have destroyed this world long ago. If not for the grace of the Heart of Innocence?” He shook the inspector, like a predator worrying the prey between its jaws, with each emphasis. “How dare you humans forget its gifts! Is the Heart of Innocence not powerful? Is it not merciful? Is it not kind?”

The inspector gasps echoed feeble in the cell. Apocryphos felt the urgent pulse of his mortal heart, fading in his grip. So fragile, these humans. And yet so stubborn at their core. This human, this Link--hah--between Lvellie’s abominations and Allen Walker’s blasphemy. He felt it even now, the sense of self that made the human reject the Innocence’s memory wipe.

But perhaps, that mistake could be remedied. His actions redeemed, even.

Apocryphos ruffled the blond bangs slowly with long fingers. “So I cannot make you believe a lie. But perhaps,” he grabbed the braid and the short hairs of Link’s neck, making him cry out, “a different version of the truth will suffice.”

Apocryphos sent his mental tendrils back into the boy’s mind, testing the strands of memory. [“The one who should atone to the Thirds is me.”] Ahh, not just stubbornness. How deeply guilt ran through this watchdog. More than he expected. Excellent. It would anchor the new memory with its own strength.

Within himself, Apocryphos borrowed the vivid blast of disgust Allen Walker that expressed. The curled lip, the rejection of salvation. [“You killed Master--!...the thought of…”] Apocryphos caught the edge of sheer scorn, began weaving the two memories together as tightly as he could. The rejection of Central, the rejection of the tool called Link, [“--YOU--!”]

Hmm, the memory was not taking. It hovered above the boy’s consciousness. Apocryphos needed more honesty, more conviction. He searched his own mind, the sharp tang of Allen’s words dredging up memories older than the boy. Memories even older than his present incarnation, like an anchor stirring the deep mire. Memories of past Exorcists who had not accepted his help, who in the end the Cardinal had devoured more than ‘become one’.

[“Damn you and the church’s ORDERS!”]

A quick flash of another Accommodator. Hah, Lvellie’s mistake--

--his fury meshing with Allen Walker’s words so well, two speakers in rhyme--

[“DAMN YOU and your ORDERS! The very thought of YOU--]

Apocryphos wove their words, their fury together. Memory--warp and weft--judgement as only humans could wield against each other--

(Their hearts aligned against Apocryphos...

...Against Link)

[“--IT MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE!”]

The boy’s body jerked, as though he had been stabbed through the chest. At that moment all fight bled out of the inspector.

Good.

[...No matter what happens, it is my duty…]

Oh?

Within the memory, something still glowed. How could that be? The Accommodator’s consciousness had long gone.

Only a fragment--Innocence?

Apocryphos could not believe it. Once the Accommodators became One with him, all Innocence submitted to Rest until their return to the Heart. Yet here it was, clinging to the memory. The Innocence lurked on the edge of Apocryphos’ awareness, when its glorious light should have radiated like the sun.

Why had this one not let go?

Apocryphos reached for it. Like a dulled ember pushed by a careless wind, it flicked away. It touched on the human’s consciousness and immediately sank.

That was NOT supposed to happen. He reached for it again--

“Inspector Link!”

In the scattered rubble, the communicator burst into a static frenzy. “Inspector Link! What is your position? Inspector Li--”

It shattered under Apocryphos’s foot. Bah, Lvellie!

For a moment, the Cardinal considered simply ripping out the boy’s throat. The last thing he wanted was for Lvellie to possess a piece of Innocence. But from the way the remnant had fluttered weakly in the astral currents, the Innocence was barely awake.

Apocryphos still held its true, powerful essence. It had no power to synchronize. It couldn’t bend the human to be its Accommodator, any more than a seed could sprout a fully formed tree the moment it touched the earth. Nor would it even try, once it saw this one’s unworthiness, the sheer pollution of this human’s actions.

Apocryphos would return for the remnant later. He tossed the inspector aside. Stepping over the limp body, he materialized his human form once again. The cool night air was refreshing after the smoldering ashes.

Perhaps he could use this accident for his purposes. To punish Lvellie for trying to bypass the benevolence of the Heart.

He, as the Cardinal, was made to search the hearts of those that were in danger of falling from their path. His smile was cold, cold in a way that had nothing to do with night’s darkness. Anticipating the hunt.

Allen Walker insisted on saving both Akuma and humans?

This inspector, Link, who trusted him?

He would put their resolve to the question.

(end Chapter 1?)...

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chrisemrysfics · 4 years

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Support appreciated, possibility to get writings for it!

First, the why am I doing this, because I do want to give an idea of said why!

We’ve been walking a thin line since December, for my mom and I, she pays all the bills, and I’m the one who handle the food, as part of the “every month” things. We’ve lived too long without being able to do anything outside of “bills and food”, so as I tend to have spare after food, I make sure we have some things that are to make us happy. Obviously, the tighter it gets, the less I do this, but it almost destroyed mom’s mental state, all these years of sacrificing her happiness just to focus on bills, so there’s always a little something I make sure to slip in the month. Ultimately, my mom mental state is more important to me, than going in the red at times.

That’s why I, too, rarely ask for help, because there’s my own choices playing a part, and I consider I should only ask if its downright too hard, or to offer something back if its to make it easier for us.

Things were relatively going well, but December was, well, December, and I thankfully had people who did choose to help me in January. It allowed me to get my own laptop, as well as smooth out the off-balance we went, however, we also had a bill pop up again in January, its paid by an help for the smaller income homes, but its only starting in March at best, otherwise in April.

So our situation isn’t downright super hard yet, but its been toeing the line before December, and harder to juggle in December and since then. It was strongly helped by the help received, and the rest of this month is going to be a very tight line, as in theory, I’m not able to pay anything and the same for mom. Like I said, I’ll still do something if we need it, be it vital or for mental health.

And so, this is more so about asking for help to make it easier, and in turn, offering something in return for those that want to take up that offer!

Of course, if you actually want to help without asking for something, I’ve got a paypalme and of course Ko-Fi (and if you want to go another route, Patreon for more regular support, in which I would offer to check what I’m writing so you also decide not just for me, but for support of what I do).

Otherwise, I’m offering writings! It goes like this:

1 to 5 Kofi: one drabble per Kofi

6 to 10: one drabble per two Kofi, plus one is its odd number

10: you can choose between the above, or below

10 to 20: choice between ten drabbles or one ~1000 words writing

20: you can choose between the above, or below

20 to 30: choice between one ~1000 words writing plus (one to nine) drabbles depending on the count or one ~2000 words writing

30: choice between the above, or below

30 to 40: choice between one ~2000 words plus one to nine drabbles or one ~3000 words writing

(Note: you can also give and only ask for one thing, you’re free to choose within the range your support cover!)

For drabbles, they’ll be between 100 and 500 words, although I don’t do an exact count (I will offer 100 at minimum, but if it is 520, its 520), that’s also why I marked “around 1000/2000/etc”! I’ll look to have the number as minimum, and then stay in the first 100 or so words after it. I don’t do more, so be fair to the “higher” tier of offers!

Be it drabble or writings, each one is to be written based on the characters, pairings if you want, and prompt.

The prompt can be simple (ex: X au, a few words about an idea, etc), and is preferred simple until 20 kofis, or have a few more details (the above, but you can give some more details), prefered after 20. You can also use this site to be inspired, or just randomly generate some things! I am flexible on the prompt part, this is just to give an idea!

Note: I do accept all types of prompts, I’ll tell you if something really feel I can’t, but I’m flexible in term of the exact nature, too!

Ideally, MDZS or DGM works best for me, as I’m more familiar with it, as well as any other fandom I’ve written for. However, I can research other fandom to have an idea of characters/pairings, though of course it won’t be as “precise” as someone familiar with them. And if you want OCs (be it in canon, or full blown original writing), of course you can give me a few things to get an idea of them!

Again, this is to be safe, but obviously, if I get many to write (be it from few people or multiple people), I’ll need the time to write them all. To be fair, I do prefer quality over quantity, so I do wish to take my time to write, I cannot give a proper estimate, as how much I can do varies. Obviously, though, I would look for “sooner the better”. Still, if you decide to ask for one of those offer, please know I’ll do them all, but I’ll have to make sure I don’t burn out, so I’ll carefully balance between working on them and not overworking! Which mean, there is a chance I won’t do everything in the next two weeks, but I will write everything I get, I promise!

For the same reason as above, I will put a limit to the offers: March 1st, I’ll stop accepting requests. If before that date, I got more than 40 Ko-fi in total, I’ll start considering if I stop accepting early, as at this point, it would have helped a lot and I wouldn’t have a need (and I might feel its better for my own sake), and the only thing that might make me continue is either if its close to the date limit, or if people seemed to have liked being able to ask for this and I can still see myself write for it.

I’ll do a last call before closing the requests, unless I do have already a lot and just can’t take more, and will of course say when the requests are closed.

To contact me about requests: IM on Tumblr so I can give you my mail, or you can get it from my site, the link is here so you don’t have to scroll back up (I’m not putting it directly, last time I did this, a bot mailed me XD)

When you contact me for the request, I just ask that you give me a screenshot of the little receipt of when you sent support, or forward the mail you receive and then tell mail me (I would see you have the same mail), just so I am sure of whom sent what. Feel free too, to contact me first, let me know you will send X amount/kofis, and confirm to me when you did!

I will tell you how much I have to write before you, so you already get a first idea, and will keep you updated every ten or so drabbles/writings I do (so for example, if I have 30, I’ll tell you “I have 30 drabbles/wrttings to do before yours” and when the count went to 20, I’ll contact you again to tell you it went down to twenty). I’ll do this over Tumblr IM, so make sure to let me know yours if you mailed me only, unless you do prefer I do it by mail!

Again, if you happen to be first, or first since I finished the latest ones, there is of course more chances that I’ll be quick, but I’ll want to give quality, not rushed!

Finally, I will give you a file for your drabble(s)/writing(s), and let you choose if I also post them on my AO3 and my blog (or just AO3 if it contains ns//fw), or if its just for you to have.

I think that’s everything, feel free to ask me if I did miss something I should mention, and otherwise, I’ll really appreciate if you can reblog, at least ♥

#chrishere

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tsarisfanfiction · 4 years

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Fic Rec Bingo

Okie dokie, this is the Fan Rec Bingo - idea courtesy of lightvials on twitter, but I don’t have a twitter that I ever use, so I’m filling it out here instead. Let’s see if I can fill it all out!

I did, and then some. To save poor dashboards, it’s all under the cut! If I know author tumblrs they’ve been mentioned - I know pitifully few so if anyone knows the ones I don’t, let me know so I can mention them, too!

A fic you love without knowing the source material: The Dragon-King’s Temple by Kyral (Stargate SG-1/Avatar the Last Airbender)

Through the spite of the spirits or plain rotten chance, a door that would have been better left untouched has opened. On the other hand, with Fire and Earth as one's allies, sometimes escaping is the easy part. Rated: Gen. AO3 Archive Warning for Graphic Descriptions of Violence. Characters: Zuko, Toph Beifong, Janet Fraiser, Sam Carter, Jack O’Neill, and more Words: 196311. Status: Complete

I very rarely read fics without already knowing the canon, but one that I think counts would be a Stargate/ATLA crossover, because I know nothing about Stargate and I have yet to finish ATLA! This was recommended to me due to the creativity of the author regarding a language barrier (something I always enjoy, and my friend knows that).

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A fic series with a premise that shouldn’t work but it does: Crazy=Genius by blackkat (Bleach/Harry Potter)

Minerva McGonagall isn't about to let Harry go back to the Dursleys after his first year. She finds an alternative, and along the way, Bazzard Black finds that he might have more family left than he'd ever thought. Rated: Teen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Bazz-B, Harry Potter, and more Words: 21682. Status: Incomplete

Okay, I cheated and picked a series. Not my fault blackkat decided to make this universe a series of oneshots rather than a single entity and you’re certainly not getting me to only pick one of the five already published ones. Bazz-B being a Black and also kinda a wizard is a brilliant concept, and having him adopting Harry is pure gold. Not sure how crazy Quincy adopting poor, neglected Boy Who Lives works, but it does!

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A fic you’ve reread several times: The Guardian (Director’s Cut) by SGTBrowncoat (Naruto)

Itachi Uchiha receives his first mission in ANBU: protecting a certain trouble making Jinchuriki. He bonds quickly with the boy, but dark forces rise to threaten Itachi, Naruto, and those they care for most. Rated: T. Canon-typical violence Characters: Uchiha Itachi, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Shisui and more (includes Uchiha Itachi/Inuzuka Hana background pairing) Words: 35945. Status: Complete

Back to my first ever fandom, here, and a really fun non-massacre AU fic, with lots of Itachi and Shisui goodness. There are a fair few ANBU-looking-after-kid-Naruto fics but this is by far my favourite of them! There is a sequel, but unfortunately it’s not finished and hasn’t been updated in a long time (I live in hope!)

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A fic you still remember many years later: While The Ring Went South by Thundera Tiger (Lord of the Rings)

What happened after the Fellowship left Rivendell but before they came down off Caradhras? Behold the missing scenes. Rated: K+. Canon-typical violence Characters: Legolas, Gimli, Aragon, Gandalf, the whole Fellowship Words: 149624. Status: Complete

I refound this fic completely by accident the other week, after first reading it (according to when I favourited it on FFN) in 2011! It was just as amazing as I remembered, and is really the standard I hold all other LotR fics to, especially ones that involve the entire, pre-Moria, Fellowship. It has a sequel but sadly that’s not been updated in some time (but again, I live in hope!)

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A comfort fic: There May Be Some Collateral Damage by metisket (Bleach/Harry Potter)

Ichigo’s been ordered to go undercover at a magic school to bodyguard a kid named Harry Potter, and this would be fine, except that he’s about as good at bodyguarding as he is at magic. And he considers it a good day, magic-wise, if he hasn’t set anything on fire. Rated: Gen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Kurosaki Ichigo, Harry Potter, Weasley Twins, and more. Words: 61209. Status: Complete

I have no idea what this means by ‘Comfort Fic’ but if I want a laugh and Umbridge getting a pile of comeuppance, this is definitely the fic I’ll turn to. As the A/N says: ‘sending Ichigo to Hogwarts is basically the same as swinging a wrecking ball directly into the side of the castle’. Beautiful chaos is what we get. Beautiful, beautiful chaos.

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A cathartic fic: See You Again by cookietosser (One Piece)

Rocinante has been through a lot in his life. Adding uncontrollable time travel into the mix? That's just the icing on the cake. Rated: Teen. AO3 Violence and (canon) Character Death Warnings Characters: Donquioxte Rocinante|Cora-san, Trafalgar Law, Heart Pirates Words: 15755. Status: Complete

You want to rip my heart out and trample it into lots of little pieces while still making it all better because Law and Rocinante? Well, this little time-traveller’s wife AU fic is just the one for all that. Sad moments, frustrating moments, happy moments, all wrapped up in this oneshot!

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A fic you’d print and put on your bookshelf: Thrower of the Dart by Vathara (Artemis Fowl/The Avengers)

What might have happened instead of Artemis Fowl book 6, if it'd happened in the Marvel Universe. Megalomaniacs ahoy! Rated: Teen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Characters: Artemis Fowl II, Tony Stark, and more Words: 101272. Status: Complete

It’s long, it’s epic, and it would nestle in perfectly at home alongside my Artemis Fowl books on the bookshelf! It’s not so much a rewrite of book 6 as a complete replacement of it, with a new plot and an all too familiar villain!

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A fic you associate with a song: Goodbye, Brother by Serena Estelle (Bleach)

Ilforte's final moments as I like to picture them-with his brother. Rated: T. Canonical character death Characters: Szayelaporro Granz, Yylfordt Granz Words: 3073. Status: Complete

Might be cheating, because the author actually names a song in their starting A/N, but this definitely brings to mind Exile Vilify by The National, and I fully recommend listening to that (on loop - there is a 10-hour loop version on youtube) as you watch this for maximum tear-jerking effect.

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A fic that inspires you: Magic of the Rose Cross by Awensweth (Harry Potter/D.Gray-Man)

In Harry's 4th year the Triwizard Tournament is brought back to live, but the appearance of a fourth mysterious school about which only Dumbledore seems to know brings new secrets with it for everyone. Who are the students of Rose Cross? Rated: Mature. AO3 Chose Not To Use Warnings Characters: Harry Potter, Allen Walker, and more Words: 66632. Status: Incomplete

I have been inspired by many, many fics, but I chose this one in particular because it was the main one that inspired me to join the HP/DGM Triwizard Tournament wave of the early 2010s - indeed, The Combat School is one of my most popular fics, but without this and other fics of the trope, I probably would never have written it! That’s not to say I’ve copied this fic - aside from the base trope I tried my best to make my own work unique against the others, and hope that I succeeded! Sadly, this fic is incomplete and hasn’t been updated for some time, but it’s still worth a read.

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A fic that brought you on board a new ship: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by MsChunks (Boku no Hero Academia)

Uraraka and Bakugo have a secret. It’s not what their classmates think it is. Rated: Teen. AO3 Chose Not To Use Warnings Characters: Bakugo Katsuki, Uraraka Ochako Words: 182478. Status: Complete

Putting Bakugo and Uraraka together was something I’d never considered, and I started this fic with some trepidation after a friend recommended it to me, but said friend has never steered me wrong with fics and didn’t start now! Fake dating, Uraraka actually being badass, the most terrifying couple in class 1-A? That’s this fic.

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A fic you wish could be a movie: Mission Impossible by Loopstagirl (Thunderbirds)

Being selected for his first solo mission should have been exciting for Captain Scott Tracy of the Air Force. But there was something else at play. Something dangerous and deadly. Something that could cost him more than his life. Rating: T. Warnings: Violence Characters: Scott Tracy, Gordon Tracy Words: 55048. Status: Complete

Air Force!Scott? W.A.S.P.!Gordon? On a joint mission together? Yes, gimme, gimme, gimme. Gimme Scott’s awkwardness alone on a boat of WASP personnel, gimme Gordon’s horror when he realises the suicide mission pilot is his older brother, and now give that all to me on screen! And we can’t forget the Hood, of course! Might be a bit higher rating than the current Thunderbirds stuff, but hey, I’m old enough. Gimme.

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A fic that led to you becoming friends with the author: The Gabriel Project by Aceidia (Bleach) - @thetwelvecaesars

When Szayelaporro knew Aizen's reign in Heuco Mundo was coming to a close, he took matters into his own brilliant hands. He reincarnates himself and the other nine Espadas into a new life full of surprising turns and irony. Yet, the harmony and ignorance is not forever as they begin to remember. Rating: M (violence) Characters: Szayelaporro Granz, the Espada Words: 116030. Status: Complete

Well, this fic sparked off a friendship that’s still very much there, even if neither of us write much for Bleach any more! What started off as a challenge to identify who the Espada were turned into essay-length PMs about anything and everything, and then RP groups and now random emails about whatever at random times of the day (different timezones don’t help)!

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A fic you’ve gushed about irl: Living Like Kings by CLynnB (Thunderbirds)

The world wants to know more about the Tracy brothers. So Lady Penelope takes it upon herself to show the world just who they are. Through YouTube. Rating: Gen. AO3 Author Chose Not To Use Warnings Characters: Lady Penelope-Creighton-Ward, Tracy Family (background Pen/Ink, Scayo, Virg/Brains) Words: 35348. Status: Complete

I love social media fics like this one, and my poor boyfriend got the brunt of it while we were on holiday... he knows basically nothing about Thunderbirds except for what he’s heard from me (which is a lot because he’s amazing and lets me gush). I mean, Tracy boys playing “The Floor Is Lava?” and tackling each other to the ground? Gimme.

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A fic you associate with a place: Thunderbirds Meet Thunderbirds - Alan trip in to the movie verse by ak47stylegirl (Thunderbirds) @ak47stylegirl

Crazy stuff always happens to Tracys, don't they? Add felling into a different world to the list. Rating: Gen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Characters: Alan Tracy, Tracy Family times two Words: 25599. Status: Incomplete

This might be a little random, but this fic was one that I found while I was ill on holiday to the Lake District last autumn. Sadly, it’s the only trip there I’ve ever done where I couldn’t climb a single fell (and my car’s clutch burnt out after having to reverse up a pass... thanks bus coming the other way), and this fic’s updates while I was there kept me sane! This has actually very loosely inspired a fic of my own which is in the making - which might get posted in the next year if I’m lucky... Still waiting eagerly for this fic’s next update :D

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A fic that made you gasp out loud: The Colours Of The World by MaiKusakabe (Fullmetal Alchemist/Harry Potter)

When Roy Mustang went to retrieve his eyesight from Truth, he wasn’t expecting to end up doing a job in exchange. It couldn’t even be an easy job, of course, because Edward’s assessment of Truth was a pretty accurate one. Rating: Mature. AO3 No Archive Warnings (but watch for canon-typical violence) Characters: Roy Mustang, Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, and more Words: 120578. Status: Incomplete

Badass Roy yesss. Twists and turns and Truth is a pretentious you-know-what but Voldemort’s even worse so where does that leave poor Roy except caught in the middle and very much a war veteran at this point... much to the horror of a few wizards!

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A fic you found at the right time: Seafaring Heartless: Exit North Blue by Avian Swallow (One Piece)

Pirates may be considered evil by the majority, but Law had met quite a few of the world's navy who were corrupt to the core and putting up a very thick facade. He reasoned that if he was going to manipulate and scheme his way into that goal, at least he was going to be honest enough to admit it. Rating: T. Canon-typical situations Characters: Trafalgar Law, Bepo, Penguin, Shachi, Heart Pirate OCs Words: 159644. Status: Complete

Is there ever a ‘wrong time’ to find a fic? (a 100k+ at 4am debatable, but shh). When I craved Heart Pirate content, this fic (and its sequel, still in progress but updating) appeared! Only loosely clings to canon at the moment, thanks to some SBS revelations, but with well developed OCs to fill the faces we have no names or personalities for at the moment!

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A fic that you would read fic of: Only a Boy by Riddle Lee (Harry Potter/Merlin)

Merlin has changed Camelot forever but while that part of his life is complete, destiny has a new task for him. Now he has to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hide the fact that he's the Merlin, and defeat a Dark Lord that's messing with magic he knows nothing about. Rating: T. Canon-typical situations Characters: Merlin, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, and more Words: 340998. Status: Incomplete

An amazing universe with Slytherin!Merlin, no Harry Potter/Boy Who Lived, and the good old ‘hiding real identity’ trope to underpin the whole series. Currently just into the start of Merlin’s third year at Hogwarts, aka “The Prisoner of Azkaban”. This universe has so much to give, although Riddle Lee is doing a fantastic job at it. It’s incomplete and slow to update but does update!

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A fic that made you laugh out loud: HOW’S THE COMA GOING by ossicle (One Piece)

Kidd and Penguin keep trying to murder each other and Law is done with their shit. He assigns them to take care of each other’s injuries so they’ll learn to get along. It doesn’t work. Rating: Teen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Characters: Eustass Kid, Penguin, Trafalgar Law (background KidLaw) Words: 2062. Status: Complete

Oh this one had me in stitches basically the whole time. Kid’s bedside manner should not be mimicked in the slightest, but a beautiful bonding fic in typical pirate fashion - beat ‘em up ‘til they have your approval. Poor, poor, Law.

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A fic with a line (or two) that you’ve memorised by heart: On Their Side by Gumnut (Thunderbirds) - @gumnut-logic

She trusted these boys with a great deal. Rating: Teen. AO3 No Warnings Apply Characters: Colonel Casey, Virgil Tracy, Gordon Tracy Words: 1116. Status: Complete

I think I have basically the entire thing memorised. This one also falls into several other categories, most notably ones that made me laugh and ones that I’ve reread several times, but it really belongs here on this list.

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A fic that gave you butterflies: it’s a long way forward so trust in me by aloneintherain (Miraculous Ladybug)

Six times Marinette carried Adrien (plus one time he carried her). Rating: Teen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Characters: Adrien Agreste|Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng|Ladybug (all sides of the love square) Words: 5611. Status: Complete

Aaah I have a weak spot for strong!Marinette and this fic ticks that box time and time again, with a side of blushing!Adrien and general love-struck Adrien/Chat. I mean, what more could a girl need?

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A fic that embodies something you value in life: Team Itachi by Killer of thy Cookies (Naruto)

What if the Third Hokage stopped the council before they could order Itachi to commit the Uchiha Clan Massacre? Itachi is one of the village's strongest ninja, and has now been given the task of being a Jonin sensei, assigned to Team 7 with his little brother Sasuke, the 'dead last' Naruto Uzumaki, and fangirl Sakura Haruno. This is Team Itachi. Rating: T. Canon-typical situations Characters: Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and more Words: 155092. Status: Complete

(Yup, another non-massacre AU.) Loyalty. Honestly, there are so many fics that have loyalty in them, especially in fandoms like Naruto, where loyalty is a pretty big thing anyway (alongside friendship, of course), but this one is Itachi staying openly loyal to the village because Sarutobi actually saved the clan, and of course lovely bonds between the team!

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A favourite AU: A Son By Any Other Name by carryonstarkid (Thunderbirds)

Cursed as a child, Scott Tracy lives a life in which everyone he encounters must follow all of his given commands. Rating: Teen. AO3 Chose Not To Use Warnings Characters: Scott Tracy, Tracy Brothers, Kayo Kyrano, and more Words: 83429. Status: Complete

I rarely read AU fics - my preferred sandbox is the canon one, or a nice slice of canon diversion, rather than completely taking characters out of their home and dumping them somewhere entirely new. This fairytale AU, however - reminding me very much of Sleeping Beauty except instead of sleeping it’s, well, what the summary says - is fantastically well done and addresses the strain such a thing would put on even the closest of family relationships.

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A fic you stayed up too late to finish reading: As N Approaches Infinity by Corisanna (Bleach/Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Despairing as yet another timeline goes horribly wrong, Homura wanders into Karakura. There she discovers that while the spiritually-aware people of Karakura were distracted by Ichigo Kurosaki and Xcution, Kyubey had managed to contract the Kurosaki sisters as magical girls. Drawing the attention of the shinigami could be just the advantage Homura needs. Rating: Teen. AO3 No Archive Warnings but watch out for canon-typical situations for both fandoms (especially Madoka) Characters: Akemi Homura, Kurosaki Karin, Kurosaki Yuzu, Urahara Kisuke, and many more Words: 465297. Status: Incomplete

There are many fanfictions that have kept me up til dawn. Many. This one, however, has literally robbed me of all my sleep and I’ve still been unable to finish it in one sitting. It’s good, the pacing is fantastic, and with Homura as our leading lady, that means those time resets really hit hard when they happen (and they happen. They really, really, happen). Might be incomplete, but is still updating - and there’s plenty to keep you occupied in the meantime!

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A fic that made you feel seen: A Seed Once Grown by Darkestwolfx (Thunderbirds) - @darkestwolfx

Believe it or not, they did have a garden on Tracy Island. It looked a little like a… tip. And that was being kind. Rating: Teen. AO3 No Archive Warnings Characters: Ned Tedford, Tracy Family Words: 4785. Status: Complete

Okay, so I’m taking this literally because I spend a lot of time feeling invisible on the internet so having a fic written for me from someone I’d barely spoken to before was a whole pile of screaming. Not that it’s the first time someone’s written a fic for me, but the other ones have been done by friends I’d already known for some time, and not someone in a fandom I’m just starting to find my feet in.

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Free space: whoo boy, fun time! There are a few fics on the top of my head that didn’t fill any of the above prompts (or got beaten to the punch by another), so my wildcard space is going to be a few fic links without the extra detail because I’ve already spent about 12 hours on this to get to this point (did I get sidetracked and re-read a bunch? You bet) and I’d quite like to also get some fic written today, too!

Eight-Day Week (JoJo Spotting) by TrufflestheMushroom (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

The Trouble With Eastern by teaandtumblr (One Piece)

Remembrance by ClioSelene (One Piece)

Legacy by MaiKusakabe (One Piece)

A Fleeting Smile by AnonymousTwit (Boku no Hero Academia)

Too Loud For Comfort by vaporeon_ninja (Boku no Hero Academia)

A Dragon’s Hoard by Chezka (Boku no Hero Academia)

Nine Lives by P_Artsypants (Miraculous Ladybug)

Chat’s Eye View (Love Letters To Paris) by Icka M Chif (Miraculous Ladybug)

Gabriel’s Lament by Chaotic Neutral (Miraculous Ladybug)

What The Cat Dragged In by Kyral (Avengers/Miraculous Ladybug)

Weekend Warrior by BlackDog_66 (Avengers)

Fitting In (Tiny Spaces) by aloneintherain (Avengers)

Autonomy by beetlebee (Naruto)

Great Minds by ScreamingViking (Final Fantasy VII)

Dear Kunsel by Sinnatious (Final Fantasy VII)

Cracks in the knight by authorettejasmin (Magic Kaito)

To Wrap An Elvish Princeling by Jael (Lord of the Rings)

There are more, many more, and I’ll probably post a few more recs around - you can also find some on my blog and I’ll try and get that updated with a few more at some point because there are many more than that!

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bisexual-bookman · 5 years

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Glint of Gold

Fandom: D.Gray man

Pairing: Tyki Mikk/Kanda Yu

Word Count: 1820

Tags: Marriage Proposal, Marriage AU

Summary: "He stared numbly at the ring in his grasp, his mind suddenly going blank. Tyki’s hand wrapped around his, thumb gently stroking the back of it."

Day 3 of DGM Rare Pair Week - The Hanged Man

Prompts used: Stalling/ Suspension

[Read on AO3]

Something was wrong.

Something was very wrong, and Kanda couldn’t figure it out.

It had started when Tyki had called him during his break at work. It had been a simple call, Tyki just asking if Kanda wanted to out to dinner at his favourite restaurant after work. Kanda had agreed, as work had been busier than usual. There was a dog show in the next town over, and everyone wanted their dogs to look their best. Since Kanda’s grooming shop was known as one of the best, everyone was coming to him.

He was dead tired from the constant stream of customers, and had already thought about mentioning going out for dinner, so there was no argument from him when Tyki suggested just that.

As Kanda had hung up, he had realized that there was a certain edge to Tyki’s voice, one he couldn’t place. He had brushed it off, thinking Tyki must have been just as tired as he was. The other man had been constantly busy the past week; Brazilian diplomats were in town and it was Tyki’s job to act as translator, and to make sure their stay was comfortable.

He had noticed it again when Tyki came to pick him up. He kept tapping the steering wheel, and fiddling with the radio. He was also unusually quiet. Kanda usually wouldn’t complain, but this eerie quiet put him on edge.

When they arrived at the restaurant, a hole in the wall place called Jeryys that Tyki had introduced him to, Kanda had pushed it out of his mind chalking it up to the other just having a lot on his mind.

Sitting at the bar, Kanda ordered a green tea and soba, which he had once begrudgingly admitted to Tyki that maybe, just maybe, it was some of the best soba he had ever had, much to the others delight. Tyki had gotten ramen and a beer, digging in happily once the food arrived. Kanda snorted at his enthusiasm, but started eating as well, though at a more sedated pace.

They lapsed in to a comfortable silence, Tyki’s earlier nervousness seeming to have disappeared.

Or so Kanda thought.

As they neared the end of their meal, Tyki started talking. Normally, Kanda wouldn’t mind listening to the other man speak, the low timber of his voice was actually quiet soothing to Kanda. But in this case, Tyki was chattering about nothing. The weather, his brother, reminders of appointments. Useless things. Something that Tyki knew Kanda hated.

He had also slowed eating, placing smaller and smaller pieces of food in his mouth in between words. As Kanda put the last bite of food in his mouth, he glanced at Tyki, seeing that the other man still had quite a bit of food left. Sighing irritably, Kanda placed his chopsticks on his empty plate, nodding in thanks as the waitress quickly came and took it away. Pouring more tea, Kanda sipped it quietly, trying to listen to Tyki’s talking.

A few minutes later, the waitress came back, asking if Tyki was done with his food. Shaking his head and sending her away, Tyki continued talking.

That was...odd. Kanda’s eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Tyki. He was tapping his chopsticks against the edge of his bowl, and avoiding looking at Kanda.

After the third time of Tyki sending the waitress away, Kanda finally snapped.

“What are you doing? Can you finish eating so we can leave?”

Tyki stopped talking at that. He looked down at Kanda’s long-gone dishes, then at his own. Feigning shock, Tyki waved at Kanda’s empty place.

“Oh, sorry, Beautiful, I didn’t realize that you had already finished.”

Kanda snorted in irritation, “Just hurry up so we can go home.”

Taking another sip of his tea, Kanda nearly jumped when Tyki suddenly threw down his chopsticks, reaching across the space to Kanda’s teapot.

“Your tea! Do you need more? I’ll go get you some more.” Tyki said hurriedly. Kanda lowered his cup in shock, staring oddly at the other man.

“It’s fine, Tyki, it’s still half full.”

“What? No, it’s not. It’s nearly empty.”

“The waitress will fill it up, sit back down.” Kanda snapped, unnerved with the others behaviour.

“It’s busy, I’ll help her out and get you some more.”

Kanda looked around the nearly empty restaurant, opening his mouth to object again, but Tyki was already up and walking away from the table.

That was...weird.

Kanda stared at the space Tyki had just been, thoroughly confused. Kanda’s frown deepened as he glared down at the table. What had gotten into Tyki that he was behaving this way? It seemed like he was trying to put off finishing their meal. Did he get some bad news, something he wasn’t sure how Kanda would react to? Had Tyki done something that he might react badly to? Or maybe...

Kanda’s eyes widened as the thought snaked through his mind.

Did he want to break up?

Kanda’s heart started racing, his jaw working as he tried to swallow around the sudden lump in his throat.

That couldn’t be it. But it explained Tyki’s peculiar behaviour. The nervous edge to his voice in his earlier call, his unease in the car and in the restaurant, his unwillingness to let their meal end.

God, that had to be it. What had happened to make Tyki decide this? Was it the lack of affection on Kanda’s part? No, Kanda thought, giving his head a light shake. Tyki had known that going into their relationship; that Kanda wasn’t one for loving words and affection.

Curling his fingers in his bangs, Kanda struggled to find a reason as to why Tyki would break up with him.

The gentle noise of china hitting the bar top jerked Kanda out of his thoughts. He looked in front of him to see that his teapot was back, sitting innocently on its plate in front of him. He only realized then that Tyki had taken an unusually long time. He could hear Tyki sit down beside him, the comforting warmth of his hand coming to rest on Kanda’s shoulder.

“Beautiful? Are you alright?” Tyki asked, concern lacing his words. Kanda mentally shook himself. There was no point driving himself crazy over it, when Tyki finally brought it up, he would just ask.

Clearing his throat, Kanda was sure to keep his voice level as he replied back.

“I’m fine.”

“Are you sure? You looked ups- “

“I’m fine.” Kanda snapped, cutting Tyki off. Tyki drew back slightly at the sudden ferocity of Kanda’s tone.

“Ah, okay...Well, why don’t you drink up. Then we can finally be on our way.”

A grunt left Kanda as he hurriedly reached for the steaming teapot. He was suddenly very eager to get out of this place. He just wanted Tyki to get it over with; quick and easy, like ripping off a band-aid.

As he poured the hot liquid into his half empty cup, a glint caught Kanda’s eye. Setting the pot down on the counter, Kanda stared in confusion at its serving plate.

There, in the middle of the plate, hiding underneath the teapot was a gold ring.

Kanda grabbed it, the smooth metal warm to the touch. He looked at Tyki, noticing that the other man was quiet.

“Do you know how this got here?”

Tyki shrugged, his shoulders tight as he took a sip of his beer. Kanda frowned, looking back at the ring and inspecting it. A design caught his eye as he twisted it around, and looking closer, he realized that it was a simple outline of a butterfly.

“I wonder if it’s one of the servers? It looks like a wedding ring, but this is a men’s one, and all of the servers are fem- “

Kanda suddenly stopped talking, too shocked to say anything. He stared numbly at the ring in his grasp, his mind suddenly going blank. Tyki’s hand wrapped around his, thumb gently stroking the back of it.

Kanda looked up at Tyki, seeing the nervous light in his eyes, the worried smile on his face. So unlike the usually confidant air Tyki always carried.

“It’s not one of the servers. It’s yours. I-,” Tyki took a deep breath, looking Kanda in the eye as he continued. “Will you marry me?”

Kanda stared back, too shocked to reply. Tyki wasn’t breaking up with him. His unease through-out the day, drawing out their dinner, it was just him worrying about whether Kanda would say yes or not.

“Kanda?”

The lack of his infuriating pet name brought Kanda out of his thoughts. Tyki’s smile was gone, his entire body overwhelmed by a nervous fear as he took Kanda’s silence for rejection.

“Well, are you going to put it on or not?” Kanda said. He could feel his ears start to burn. Tyki’s face turned confused for a second, before the words registered and a huge grin came over his face. He laughed the sound heavy with relief.

“Sorry, Beautiful. Here, let me.”

Kanda watched as Tyki’s long fingers gently took the ring from Kanda’s grasp, sliding it with ease on to his left hand. Kanda admired the ring. He was surprised at how well he liked the feel of the weight on his finger.

Kanda felt Tyki lean forward, his forehead coming to rest against Kanda’s temple. Kanda frowned, more in confusion than annoyance.

“What are you doing?”

“Ah, sorry,” Tyki said, his warm breath blowing across Kanda’s neck. His arms came up to loosely wrap around Kanda’s shoulders, dragging the other man closer to him. Kanda could feel his cheeks start to heat up as Tyki placed a soft kiss to the top of his head.

“Oi! What do you think you’re doing?”

“I was so nervous all day, worrying over what your answer would be. I didn’t want our dinner to end, yet I did at the same time. I was so excited to ask you, yet I was afraid you were going to say no.”

Tyki leaned back slightly, looking at Kanda. His smile was unbearably soft, his eyes shining with happiness as he took in the man before him.

“I’m so glad you said yes.”

Kanda grumbled, feeling his face heat up even more. If Tyki saw, he didn’t say anything about it. Just like how he wasn’t going to say anything as Kanda rested his head in the nook of Tyki’s shoulder. Resting his hands on one of Tyki’s biceps, he nudged the arm forward, Tyki quickly getting the hint with a small laugh. His arms tightened around Kanda, pulling the other man towards him in a side hug. Kanda closed his eyes. He would enjoy this for a moment before shaking Tyki off, taking in the feel of Tyki’s arms around him, and the warm feeling in his chest when he saw the glint of his ring.

#dgm #tyki mikk #kanda yu #d.gray man #dgmrarepair2k19 #a bookmans writing

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incarnandine · 7 years

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DGM Rare Pair week day 3: Wednesday, November 1st– White, Winter, Clarity, Beginnings, Neutrality, Divine, Light

Fandom: D.Gray-Man Rating: G Pairings: OT3 (Allen Walker/Lavi/Kanda Yuu) Word count: 1113 Tags: Fluff, Winter, Post-Canon, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Birthday Fluff

Summary: He felt Kanda pull him closer and lift him up a bit more until he was comfortably seated in what he assumed was a rolling chair. Finally, he found enough strength to open his eyes again; Lavi was kneeling in front of him, smiling brightly, his one visible eye glinting with mirth.

"Hello there," the Bookman smiled - if possible - even wider. "Long time no see," he chuckled, gently pulling Allen into a hug. It felt warm, safe-- it really felt like coming home.

pure ot3 fluff coming your way!

#dgmrarepair2k17 #dgm #d gray man #ot3 #yuuvillen #allen x kanda x lavi #allen walker #kanda yuu #lavi bookman #xellia writes #drabble madness

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kitty-bandit · 11 months

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I haven’t finished my fic for dgm rare pair week because my brain has refused to focus on writing since probably June. I’m so behind on everything that it’s killing me, but I still can’t force myself to get stuff done without a lot of mental prodding.

Add in NaNoWriMo starting next week (I haven’t even updated my profile or set my project) and getting ready for 2 parties within 2 weeks of each other? I’m on a sinking ship, ya’ll.

I’ll be lucky if I can even pull off 25k this year. But I’ll still try. I can’t not try.

I mean, how else am I gonna find the strength to finish Chemicals Between Us?

#personal

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faeriexqueen · 3 years

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Tag Meme

Rules: Tag 9 people you'd like to catch up with or get to know better. (Tagged by: @crystal0wls - thanks!)

Favourite colour: It honestly changes because I love so many colors, but probably pale pink? Like rose quartz. That or ice blue color schemes. (Anything pale and shimmery I’m attracted to, though I also love deep blue/teal shades).

Currently reading: Several fanfics. But I keep telling myself I’ll get to The Last Unicorn or The Golden Compass soon. ^^;

Latest song: Golden Queen Galaxia #2 (Sailor Moon/Sailor Stars OST) - I’ve basically had it on a loop while writing some scenes, but the last song I listened to with lyrics was Watashi tach Ni Naritakute.

Latest movie: Sailor Moon Eternal.

Latest series: I recently finished the 90′s Sailor Moon (a real trend is showing in this tag meme XD), but have started alternating between Glow Up and Gintama.

Coffee or tea: Tea always!

Currently working on: Writing wise, currently working on chapter 24 of a Labyrinth fic (Something to Dream of) and hoping to finish it by this month, while also finishing edits for the last three chapters of my DGM/Swan Lake fic, Beneath the Moonlight. Before October, I’m hoping to get a mermaid AU and a vampire AU written for Tyki x Alma for D.Gray-Man RarePair Week 2021. Possibly a fic for another rare pair if I have a chance. (These are the main things I’m hoping to get completed before starting full time classes in late September/early October - I do have a Romeo and Juliet story plotted for Tyki x Alma, but don’t anticipate writing until spring 2022, although a prologue is drafted.) Non-writing wise, just preparing for a master’s program and transitioning back working in the office and dreading every second of it. XD

Tagging: @kitty-bandit @icharchivist @tracing-in-gold @bakandasama @lordpopuko @arianwen44 @atropasilentium @love-book-retro @swordfaerie (I don’t know who is still active on this hellsite, if you want to do it, just say I tagged you X3)

#tag meme #ask meme #thanks for the tag!#I have too many projects to finish by autumn asjdklasjdlkasjdlksa

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beanmaster-pika · 7 years

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1, 11, 17, 18, 19, 22, 30, 32, 41, and 46. Have fun~!

Thank ye!

1. Do you listen to music when you write?

Very rarely. I work best with silence or ambient noise, like the hum of the computer or rain hitting my window.

11. Books and/or authors who influenced you the most

Whatever I’ve been reading lately, usually. It feels like it drags when I read something slow, it flows quickly when I’m in the middle of lighthearted fanfics, and I feel like Ourliazo’s KHR stories have really impacted my writing.

17. What writing habits or rituals do you have?

I don’t know if I’d call it a habit, but I like using clacky keyboards and writing during the nighttime. I feel like it helps my creativity.

18. If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about?

Probably @dapokemonmadster or @braxtonmonek. Madsta’s writing is really energetic, and it’s a good flow to be caught up in! We roleplayed OCs together for a while a few years ago, which was pretty fun, but  we couldn’t keep track of the time within the story for the life of us, unfortunately, so I feel like that might be a problem in actually writing. As for Monek, there was a KHR Pokemon AU we were brainstorming a couple months back! It never really took off, but I’d really love to make an honest go of it someday.

19. How do you keep yourself motivated?

I project jump a lot, which is probably a part of it. From this WIP to that one, scribbling down ideas here and there, outlining segments… Unfortunately the downside is I never finish anything 0w0>

22. Who is/are your favourite pairing(s) to write?

!! I don’t really like to write pairings, per se, not much anymore, but a personal platonic fave of mine is Squalo and Yamamoto from KHR! I love poking at their mentor/apprentice dynamic and contrasting personalities.

30. Favourite idea you haven’t started on yet

Nnnnnnnn either the KHR Pokemon AU or my DGM KHR AU. I do love my AUs.

32. Most difficult character to write

Oh, goodness, there’s a lot of them! I can manage several as background, but very few as the main focus. Of the ones I’ve tried, I suppose… Yamamoto? He’s currently the most convenient choice; his lighthearted personality and the underlying natural born hitman are difficult for me to get a solid handle on. Yknow, I used to hate writing DGM characters, but now they seem like the easiest of my fandoms…

41. Any advice for new/beginning/young writers?

Find a style that fits you. Start with that, no matter how good or bad you or others think it is. Then, when you’re comfortable, start to improve on it. Branch out. Try genres you’ve never given a thought to before; you might surprise yourself. Read a lot and draw from those things. Varying genres, varying authors, and varying time periods—find some you like, and try to emulate the specific parts of their styles that you enjoyed. Writing is heavily influenced by the material you take in. Also, you have plenty of room to grow—some take weeks, others months, others years to get to a level that you deem satisfactory. You might slog on or you might hit an accelerated growth period. Also, if you’re young—your brain isn’t fully developed, and you’re nowhere near full emotional maturity or had a lot of life experience. As time goes on, you’ll find some things will come easier to you, or you’ll understand something better, which applies to newbies as well—you need more time and experience. On the more technical side of things, use said as many times as you please, but don’t forget to try out adverbs, or simultaneous actions, and varied sentence structure. You don’t have to abide by the stiffness they have you write in school; use simple sentences or add as many dependent clauses as you dare. Charles Dickens was famous for run-ons. If writing seems tedious, or the community is making you unhappy, take a break. Try out other things. Read some more. Maybe explore another genre. Fiction is a way to express yourself and go wild. Don’t worry about what other people think; save that for when you’re editing a story you want to get published. Do your best, and believe in yourself.

46. Do you reread your own stories?

oh heck ye but im very selective bc some of my old writing is *cringes painfully at the very thought*

(^^^^Tying it into the advice column, this is liable to happen as you get better, but take it as a mark of progress and laugh it off. Peace out, cub scouts. ✌️✌️)

#replies #pika's post #vradmic

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lapetiteshippeuse · 4 years

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I got two months to prove that the Allen/Road ship can be canon from my point of view for the DGM Rare Pair Week, and so how are you ?

Cause it’s harder than I thought

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tracing-in-gold · 5 years

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DGM Rarepair Week 2k19!

Art by the awesome @warie-lym! Scene from my Kanda/Link slow burn WIP. Which of course would have some drinking shenanigans XD. Fandom could always have more glowingdrunk!Kanda and loldrunk!Link.

“ ‘S not right, your hair.” Kanda muttered.

Link raised an eyebrow. “Why’s that?”

“Your hair’s pretty,” said Kanda. “But you’re ugly.”

“Huh. Blond hair.” Kanda tugged on Link’s braid, tuft at the end. Like a tail.

“Yes, my hair is blond,” Link replied, overly patient.

“ ‘S not right, your hair,” he muttered.

Link raised an eyebrow. “Why’s that?”

“Your hair’s pretty,” said Kanda. “But you’re ugly.”

Blunt as a door in the face. This had been a common theme lately. Kanda was becoming fast acquainted with alcohol’s buzz at each bar. He didn’t talk constantly, but the things he fixated on became *very important*.

Like Link’s hair.

Link sighed. “Really, Kanda?”

“Yeah,” said Kanda, smug. “You being ugly saves me a headache from those drunk dumbasses.”

Link glared over his drink to the slowly growing, disheveled onlookers in matching grays and some kind of red oval insigna? He matched their gazes from across several tables, with many scowling back. “Not all of them, apparently.”

Kanda shrugged. “They’re leaving us alone. Good enough.” Something about his steel dark eyes didn’t square quite right with his words, Link noted. Not the way he was scanning Link from head to toe. That being left alone with Kanda would be entirely…different.

“Real shame about your hair though,” continued Kanda.

Link fought the urge to roll his eyes at Kanda’s perpetual peeve. “And what about it?”

“ ‘S not right to have pretty hair…”

Sitting at the bar, always a hair apart from Johnny and Kanda, Link looked down his whiskey yet again. Was their slight distance from him on purpose? Remembering Johnny’s shaking words when he swore he would protect Allen from Link binding him again. Kanda’s narrow glare at the back of Link’s neck everywhere they traveled. Central had let Johnny go, was tolerating Kanda’s defection in all but name AGAIN…because Link was there.

Link swirled the whiskey in the glass.

He was Johnny’s watchdog right now. Made so by the blessing of the mysterious Cardinal in the red suit, no less. Of course they couldn’t trust him. He wouldn’t trust himself if he had been in their position.

More than ever, Link stood alone.

But so long as they could find Walker, keep him from succumbing to the Noah? If anyone could save Allen Walker from the Fourteenth, he knew, it would be Johnny–sweating bullets when he promised he’d protect Walker from Link. It would be Kanda–apparently giving Death itself the finger to find him again.

Link opened his mouth to argue…and shrugged. “Actually? I’m fine with being ugly.”

His smirk felt so pasted on it made his cheeks cringe, like he’d bitten a lemon. It also made Kanda choke on his tequila and caused a horrendous troll face. So. A small victory.

“You are?” Kanda put his glass down, suspicious. “Can’t even come up with an argument?”

Link nodded. “I’ll be the ugly one. Because that makes you the pretty one.”

“No it doesn’t,“ Kanda snorted.

“Actually, it does. Beauty and ugliness are subjective.” Link leaned in, having caught a thread of *something* and not letting it go. “How do you know something is ugly? Pretty? You have to compare.”

“Huh? You’re just pulling shit out of your ass.”

Behind Kanda’s shoulder, Johnny popped his head up immediately. The verbal knives being drawn was music to the ears of every Science Division member. “Wait Kanda! Some concepts can only be illustrated by their polar opposite.” His pink beaming smile seemed to make Kanda hesitate–poor drinkmanship to smack someone not arguing with you, Link supposed.

”…Whatever.“ Kanda sulked over his glass.

Johnny waved at Link. “Proceed, Inspector!”

Link snorted out loud before he could stop himself. Well…He shook his head, taking the plunge. “Tell me, how do you know left from right?”

“Um. One hand here, and–”

“Up from down? Hard and soft?”

Despite himself, Kanda tried to keep up, uncertain as Link plowed on.

“Short and tall? Spicy and bland? Black and white–?”

“Fine, fuck. Slow down!”

“At it’s most basic, you need a duality. It’s–It’s a rule.” Link’s hands traced his thoughts in the air. “Take fairy tales. It’s always a pair. Honest hero, cunning villain. Kind princess, evil stepmother. The ugly sister,” Link fluffed his bangs away from his forehead, then made a much grander wave to a skeptical Kanda, “the pretty sister.”

“Oh fuck you.” Kanda looked like he was beginning to regret starting this conversation.

[*Finally* muttered a voice in the back of Link’s head…]

“How. Will they know,” Link finished, tapping his shot glass, “that I’m ugly, if they don’t see how pretty you are?”

“I get it, ugh.”

A little giggle came from the other side of Kanda. Johnny peeled his face from the countertop, a napkin stuck to his cheek. “I have listened as a scientist, and the Inspector has defended his views. Rather successfully.”

“Don’t help him.”

Link leaned his chin on his hand. His eyes relaxed, half-lidded, and the smallest smile at the corners of his mouth. If it took Link being ugly to take the edge off Kanda’s fear of losing Walker, then that was fine. He’ll be their scapegoat for their fear, anxiety, anger.

“Go ahead.” There was only a little catch in his chest, “tell me I’m ugly. You’ll just prove me right.”

“Tch.” Kanda crossed his arms, which made Link savor his rare victory. He even managed to hold his tongue on telling Kanda he was damned beautiful when he was pissed.

A meaty hand settled between Johnny and Kanda. An even more solid body wedged itself into Johnny’s slace, blocking Kanda in with Link. “Finally,” said its owner, a blubbery mountain of a man.

–

In physics, it was a controversial idea that one action in time could split the course of the universe from one path into divergent paths. Johnny would remember this moment as the one that led to the changes between Link and Kanda, for worst, and possibly, for better. But first it got worse. Definitely worse.

(to be continued)

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