#gil give me a chance like pls

[altairring]

I am barely holding on Gilbert's rankings 😩. I really did not expect to rank for a character who's gonna top 1 the election sjfjkskx

[thebeautyoffandoms]

ELLIOT PLS i know you have very strong feelings about him 👁👁

Aownfroangr you are very very very right he’s just,,, such a good character 

How I feel about this character:

HE!!!! But other than that, where can I start?? I love him so so much, and (though I don’t think he was a comfort character from the moment we saw him, he very very quickly became one) is definitely my biggest comfort character. 

Everything about him just… makes me happy- except for the obvious, his… sad freaking ending. We don’t talk about it, but also I’m gonna get there. He’s just… you meet him, and right from the get-go he’s bold. He speaks his mind, he’s proud, a bit of a jerk and I love it. Tsundere too, he’s just- he’s perfect. ANYWAY I also will never get over the way he “comforts” Oz- as someone who has a similar mindset to Oz a lot of the time, just reading that was a bit emotional? Like, oh man he’s right. I’ve checked out the same volume of Pandora Hearts from my library multiple times just to reread those lines because they’re good, just like Elliot. Elliot is so good, please, let me give him the world.

OH PLEASE THE TEA PARTY SCENE TOO- WHEN HE DECIDES “OH WAIT I CAN CHOOSE THINGS ON MY OWN, THEREFORE I WILL” (maybe not exactly) AND SAYS HE’S GONNA (I’m going off the top of my head really) GIVE OZ A CHANCE. AND THE FIST BUMP- AHHH THE FIST BUMP- and then my heart was ripped out of my chest and stomped on, thanks Mochizuki <3

Trying not to ramble too much now ok- his death hit wayyyy different. I think it was the obvious, he definitely didn’t want to die, he had no clue that he was going to die, he had to accept soooo much within such a short amount of time, but especially: the foreshadowing, Leo’s guilt caused by it, and HE WAS STILL A PROUD LITTLE BRAT THROUGHOUT IT- HIS PRIDE WAS LITERALLY HIS DOWNFALL, AND HIS DEATH WAS IN A WAY THAT HE EXPRESSED HIS HATRED FOR- WAS HE EMBARRASSED?? DO YOU THINK HE WAS HUMILIATED THAT, OF ALL THE WAYS TO DIE, THAT’S HOW HE WENT??? AND I’M- AHHH “I’M SORRY, LEO”- UGLY CRYING, I TELL YOU, I WAS UGLY CRYING- I DON’T CARE HOW IT MAY HAVE PUSHED THE PLOT, THE ENDING WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF ELLIOT LIVED AND THAT’S FINAL. 

 All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Ah, the obvious- Leo. Although I can’t say I’m as on-board with Elliot x Leo because Elliot x Oz also makes my heart do a little dance……. But it may be because (I kin Oz- no-) Oz is just… he admires Elliot so much. That and imagine the look on Gil’s face. Just. Just imagine it. 

 My non-romantic OTP for this character:

While they aren’t shown together very much, I feel like Elliot and Alice would be so amazingly chaotic and bold together they’d rule the world. That and, if I’m to say Elliot x Leo is my OTP, Elliot and Oz would be the non-romantic OTP, but! I’m indecisive <3

 My unpopular opinion about this character:

Ahh,,, I’m not sure? I think so highly about him, so I’m sure that “Elliot rules the absolute world and he can have my left kidney should he ask please take my hand in marriage sir” isn’t the most popular opinion- other than that, while I don’t think he should have died and it’d be so much better if he lived, the plot wouldn’t have hit as hard (I’m pushing it, but I guess? Doesn’t mean I like it though), I try to understand it aaaand I think his death was amazing IN THE SENSE THAT even when I told my sister and best friend about his death they got a bit emotional. Not the end he deserved tho. He doesn’t deserve an end.  

 One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon:

I wish he lived. I wish so, so badly that he lived. The entire ending for Pandora Hearts broke me to pieces, we just haaaaave to add the best character dying tragically, don’t we?

Thank you for letting me talk about the light of my life ahhhh- Lio you’re as cool as Elliot

[charged-wanderlust]

just want to check, who are the characters you don't take requests for? just wondering in case i want to send a request and send in people you don't (at first i assumed you only wrote for guys and enby characters but then i saw you had some stuff for amara, ruelle and piama so i want to double check).

first of all thanks for asking! i do write for women as well haha im a flaring bisexual in this chilis, it just so happens to be that a lot of my favourite characters are men. the characters i absolutely will never write for would be the castaway, gangsters in love, to love and protect, speakeasy tonight and tales of the wild, bc all except speakeasy are extremely cursed imo but yall arent ready for that convo esp since i threw gil in there. oop.

honestly, itd probably be easier to tell you who i Do write for considering my motivation to even play lovestruck let alone write for it rn are like, at complete minimum, but i will give a fair warning that there is like a 50% i will never end up writing your request bc inspiration is finnicky like that and i try and dedicate my energy to either writing my game or writing stuff for me rather than for others. i do still appreciate every request nonetheless, because the fact that someone likes my writing enough to ask for more means a lot to me, so thank you, kind anon!

i will take this moment to say though if you really want something written i will be more than happy to take it as a commission, as im still trying to find a job and kinda struggling w funds rn ^^;

my favs are obviously galen, jett and jd, so requests for those bastards will Always be open. other favs include remy, nikolai, renzei, razi, lyris, sevastian, cal, emeril!! (underrated fav if u ask me), zain, cyprin, lucas, arin, sascha, jessa, nav, fiona, mmm ruelle and piama, andi... theres probably more but i cannot Remember

you'd have better luck requesting a fav but i might also consider writing for any of the rest of the havenfall crew including side chars, the poppy, or the reigning passions cast (hazel comes to mind as a side char i wouldnt mind writing for) juliette, maybe duke??? his route started to bore me but i think i can write him better LOL there was potential. ohmygod robin wait i love them. mayyybe helena or onyx but they already have a decent amount of content out there i think. oh, and darius, hes underrated as hell. might write for zhora as well. OH AND THE EVER AFTER ACADEMY CREW i adore them just not darla i like her character but shes so ugly n reminds me of my old high school bullies. not lavinia either bc i havent read her. mayyyybe i could write for nysa and roman as well. i never finished hydra's route but he could be fun too.

chances are i wont write for vivienne or xenia tho bc theyre like the most written n well loved chars like lets balance out the love a lil more pls shdfjkgkjsdf anyway ill reblog this and add more if i think of anything!!

[gra-sonas]

Hello! Can you recommend me some good songs in German and some tv shows? I started to learn it and i think it will help Danke? I am not sure if that's the right way Please stay safe! Also i came for TW and i think i'll stay for RNM

Hallo German-learning nonnie! :D

Mhmm, good songs in German. 🤔 Let me think.

I would definitely recommend listening to songs from “Neue Deutsche Welle” (New German Wave”). That’s not a band btw, it’s a (West) German rock music genre from the late 70s/early 80s. Sooo many great songs, and great lyrics (which is kind of the point for you, right?)

Maybe you’ve even listened to one? “99 Luftballons” (99 Red Balloons) by Nena is probably the internationally most well known NDW song.

If you have Spotify or Deezer, just search for Neue Deutsche Welle, that should provide you with some excellent playlists. I’m sure YT also has NDW playlists.

I’m not overly familiar with the current German music scene tbh. I don’t listen to the radio and don’t pay attention to German charts. 

There are several rock or pop artists and bands singing in German tho. In no particular order and not necessarily music I listen to myself, but at the top of my head I can think of the following artists (mixed genres across the board): Adel Tawil, Wincent Weiss, Annett Louisan, Glasperlenspiel, Silbermond, Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Ärzte, Fettes Brot, Die Fantastischen Vier, Sarah Connor, Mark Forster, Gil Ofarim, Tim Bendzko, Ich + Ich, Die Toten Hosen, Unheilig, and a million others.

Maybe just listen to some of them and see wether you like their music and then let the algorithm suggest you similar artists? Also check the lyrics and see whether that’s what you’ve been looking for and if it can help you to learn German.

Something I think could also be very beneficial: reading books. It doesn’t have to be Goethe (to Germany what Shakespeare is to Great Britain). It can be children’s books, or young adult books, also comics. (FUCK JKTERFROWLING TO HELL AND BACK, but if you liked Harry Potter, the books have been translated into German, pls just don’t buy them and make that transphobic asshole richer, the HP books in German are available as ebooks “for free”). 

Reading a familiar story in a foreign language will be easier than trying to read something completely new. Pretty much any YA book series will also be available in German, same goes for comics, romance novels, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, crime stories and so on. My English VASTLY improved by reading books (and fanfic 😌) in case you like to read, that’s something I‘d definitely suggest you also check out.

As for German TV shows. LOL, I watch so little German TV, kinda difficult for me to come up with recs. One show I highly recommend is DARK tho, it’s 3 seasons, all done and wrapped, and it’s on Netflix. It’s a bit like Stranger Things, only in 3-D (it’s super complex with various timelines, but it’s glorious and so, so good!). 

If you have Netflix, you could also see whether there are any other German shows available. IDK, Netflix differs from country to country/region to region, there are probably differences.

Oh, and I think on YT you can find several queer storylines from recent and older German soaps with English subtitles. We’ve had queer storylines on most soaps since the 90s, and international fans have been really great at curating playlists. Maybe that’s something you might enjoy.

Something that rather pains me to suggest: just watch your favorite TV show or movie in German. 🤦‍♀️ In Germany EVERYTHING (on TV and in movie theaters) is dubbed. Game of Thrones? Available in German. Wonder Woman? Sure, she speaks German fluently. This won’t help you with 1:1 translations (German dubbing tries its best to lip-sync, meaning that the spoken German is in sync with the lip movements of the original speaker, so dialogue translations are not always 100% accurate, certain jokes or word games will also be changed to make them work in German). A bit like reading a book you like in German, watching a familiar film or show in German can give you a better idea of the “flow” of the language. 

Also pronunciation. Shows and movies are usually dubbed in “high German”, so no tricky German accents you’ll struggle to understand. And if possible, download GERMAN subtitles for whatever you watch. You might not understand everything they say, but reading what they say will help you to recognize words much better than watching sth in German with subtitles in your own language and than you’re just busy constantly “translating” instead of paying attention to the German. 

Another genre we have in Germany, and German kids (and adults) LOVE: Hörspiele (audio dramas)! Whether you listened to Benjamin Blümchen (a talking elephant who lives at the local zoo), Bibi Blocksberg (a kid witch) as a kid or Die Drei ??? (The Three Investigators, most successful audio drama series world wide, the series recently celebrated its 40th birthday - the speakers started when they were kids in the late 1970s, they are all over 50yrs old now and still record 4-6 dramas/year and their live tours with more than 10K audience/show are legendary) as a young adult, most kids in Germany grow up listening to audio dramas. 

Even adults continue to listen to them (I’m a HUGE Drei ??? fan myself, I don’t listen to the dramas to fall asleep tho, unlike most other people, but I went to see them live last year and it was The Absolute Best Thing In All Of 2019). There are so many different genres, and stories, there are audio dramas for almost any age group (and thus language skill level), and it’s really cool.

Okay, this got long. Not sure if any of this will be helpful for you, but I hope you’ll find something you’ll enjoy, that will also help you tackling the German language. Good luck and “viel Spaß”!

You stay safe, too, nonnie!

And yay for staying for RNM, chances are you won’t regret it! ❤️

ETA: German movie rec from @manesalex : Lola Rennt (Thanks, Molly!)

[corpse-dancer]

Prompt 02. Bargain

bar·gain

noun

an agreement between two or more parties as to what each party will do for the other.

a thing bought or offered for sale more cheaply than is usual or expected.

verb

negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction.

The back streets of Ul’dah. Crowded with the lowest of the cities citizens, tossed aside like day-old garbage, left to rot and grow hateful as those with wealth stepped over them on their way to success and greater fortune. One such man had done that and then some, careless, oblivious even to the agony that surrounded him. He was better than that. He had fought, tooth and nail, to be where he was and little things like mercy or pity had long been lost to him. Still, he knew he had his enemies, knew they were waiting for their chance to catch him alone and unaware. Lucky for him, he was prepared for such things.

Out of the corner of his eye, a shadow moved, shifting to follow after him; out of sight for the most part, but always near. He’d paid good money to be shadowed by people who knew how to stay hidden and keep him safe and they were worth every penny. Not a single person had gotten within ten yalms that had meant to cause him harm and that fact alone made him all the more...careless. Reckless. Cruel. So much so his foot swung back and kicked the leg of the figure before him, the cloaked figure resting there hissing in anger as they scampered back.

Feeling brave, overconfident, the man stopped and leaned over; tucking his cane in the crook of his arm to give the shadowed figure a sneer. “Oh-ho, the scum has a voice. To think you’d say anything at all before your betters.” The figure tensed and he rose a finger, tutting to them, in the same manner, one would an animal who’d peed on the carpet. “I wouldn’t if I were you. Or, better yet, go ahead. I’m sure my associate is growing bored, just watching me stroll through the streets all day. They could use a little...sport.” As if on queue, the rogue descended from the rooftops and, instead of gutting the unsuspecting individual as was their intention, the blades slashed through nothing and shattered upon the dirt-strewn pavement.

The man was left staring, awestruck, at the spot where the filthy creature had been; only to glance farther down the street, to where the figure had taken off. They stopped at the edge of the alley, pausing long enough to give the man a rather unfriendly gesture and the man blustered, face growing red in anger as he pointed a thick finger after the ripped, dirt ridden cloak. “Don’t you taunt me! You’re nothing! You’re at the bottom, where you belong, and you will not treat me like some common filth. Well?! What’re you waiting for?!” His attention shot towards the rogue, who seemed hesitant to pursue after the figure, though the spit flinging shout from his employer changed his mind rather quickly.

Alley after alley the creature led them and, each twist and turn, a little more was revealed. A dagger that just grazed the hood revealed dark hair, a deep blue that faded to silver and twisting, black horns. Another was thrown soon after, only to be knocked aside, seemingly by accident, by a black, coiling tail; the spines of which shuddered and clicked. It had to have been almost a full bell of running after the figure before they cornered them; that black cloak seen disappearing down the stairs into an abandoned store. One that he’d long ago gotten shut down on...totally legitimate charges. Sweat beaded on his brow and stained his underarms and the man pulled the blade free from the canes sheath, though gestured for the rogue to go first. He would finish this by his own hands, show the disrespectful little pissant what happened when you insulted a man of his pedigree, but it was the helps job to ensure his safety. Naturally.

The rogue stalked into the depths, the man lingering at his heels, close, but watchful. Careful. Or so he assumed. It wasn’t until they were both through the door that they were swarmed, the rogue pulled from in front of the man, who hollered and shouted over the impudence of those around him. He swung his blade wildly, frantically, fear descending upon him as the hollow, tired eyes of those around him finally sunk in. People he’d wronged. People who were in this position because of him. They would not be refused. “W-we can cut a deal! Money! Y-you want money? I have pl-plenty of gil to spare, friends, we can all just walk away from this wi-without making a mistake! Come, now, think of it--”

“The only bargain here--” A voice he didn’t recognize, eyes rolling over to the cloaked figure as they slowly removed the black fabric. Golden eyes pierced through him, vibrant, unnatural and his heart dropped as she released the much taller individual, the rogue, with a pat on the back. His face was pale and his lips were a thin line, but the rogue stared numbly at his employer before quietly letting himself out; the complaints of the other man all but lost as his mouth opened and closed, shocked. “--is the one they’ve made with me. I deliver you here and they give me information on a job I’ve recently acquired. You’ve pissed off a lot of people, eh, friend? I almost want to finish you off m’self, but...I think I’ll let them have the honors. They have, after all, earned it.”

Az excused herself, closing the door and leaning against the wooden frame; the quick spark of fire lighting the end of her cigarette as the screams that rose from within the once deserted building echoed through the alley.

@sea-wolf-coast-to-coast

[informedinterest]

Season 2

(Season two

took a

little

 bit longer

Due to al

most all the characters being

t

ox

WAR:

          hev IMPLICIT/EXPLICT

                   DEP

                   TIONS

        OF

      ABUSE

Note;

D!Jesse p

(Or

Default

 Jesse

  Prodigy/

  Protege

  e

   are

  used

   due

    to

  characteriz

    a

    tio

    n

   issue

   s

 As well as

  th

  e

 char

  act

  er

  s

  D!Gill

  D!Petra

     etc

  Aroun

  d

  Rada

   r’

   s

  ag

   e

 Grou

  p

  Name

    s

    unorig

   in

   al

  But they are ne

  w

 ch

  ara

  cters

  that wor

  ship

 chara

  cters

   nam

  ed

 “Jesse,”

    etc

    For

convenience

  sake

  (not

 Seaso

   n

   1)

Major

Cha

n

g

e

s,

Authority

Abu

s

e

Jac

 k

 is

m

 a

 i

 n

initiative

   Radar gets a characte

    r

   ar

   c

   —

     Hav

         in

         g

       do

         n

          e

          a

         ro

          u

          n

          d

        Swe

          e

          p

           o

f

            th

 e

Bl

 u

 e

and “B

row

Dis

 ti

 n

 c

  t,

T

 h

  e

  y

ma

d

 e

  it

  to

  th

  e

 Re

 d

 Di

  s

  tr

   i

  c

   t,

   a

 Red

Gauntlet

   on

    th

    e

  Per

   ch

D!Aid

  an

  “This

      is

     th

     e

   Re

   d

  Gaunt

   le

   t

   Bee

    n

   a

    long

     fo

     r

     cen

       tur

       i

       e

         s

       long

         e

         r

         than

          m

          e,

         “What’s

 it

fo

 r

 ,”

“Don’t

know,

Back in

     the old

            d

  a

  y

  s

   i

   t

 w

  a

   s

Said to be some kind of

 quest giving

  amulet

     as for

 n

  ow

    it

   does

     n’

      t

     d

     o

   a

     n

     y

    t

    h

     i

     n

      g,

     Tri

      ed

   put

      ti

      n

      g

      i

      t

     o

     n,

 D!Aiden

           Demonst

  rated,

Gauntlet

  Doin

   g

  N

   othin

          g,

“Wha

   t’s

  th

   i

   s

   ,”

D!Gil

Sta

  n

  d

  in

  g

  i

 n

 Croun

  c

  hed

 Ove

    r

   th

   e

 Dus

   t

Cov

  er

   e

   d

  fo

   r

    m

    of

    a

    Se

    e

    c

    o

    n

    d

   gaun

     t

     let

      i

       n

     th

      e

      ro

       o

         m,

          a

         blu

          e

         on

          e,

       “Sweet,

         I was

          won

         de

         r

          ing why we didn’t have one of those

         l

          i

           k

            e

         ever

           y

          one

          e

           l

           s

e

I

       Ca

        n

     Bri

      n

      g

      it

   Bac

      k

   And we can get it

cleaned up in time for the

  fes

   t

   i

   v

   al,”

   D!Gil

     l

   Sai

    d

   hap

   p

   i

  ly,

 The festival

The day they would be officially made the big seven’s

   protegee

       D!Petra

        al

        ready getting

        bother

          e

         d by

        Radar

      While the others were getting along

              swimmingly,

         Star

           tin

           g in the

         Blu

          e

       Distinc

         t

      When things

    went

       wrong

       When

        D!Gil

         l

    touched

       th

       e

    gauntle

      t

      it

      wen

       t

       blu

       e

      Glow

        in

        g

       elec

       tric

      blu

        e

       The

       y

      weren

      ‘t

      the

       only

         tow

           n

        things

         w

         e

         n

         t

        finick

         y,

        for

        The

      disconcerted

       procession

         Follow

           ing

            to

           se

            e

          sim

            il

            i

           a

           r

        Happ

          e

          n

           to

           the

          Thre

           e

            By

            Th

 e end

 all

  of them had been marked,

 Al

  l

Whisperin

 g,

 Direction

 s

  fo

  r

  th

  e

 Templ

  e

  ,

D!Luk

 a

 s

 Lea

d

 in

 g,

The

protégés

following

  with

  them

   “It’ll

    be

     a

   go

     od

     Tim

       e

       fo

         r

       the

        m,

      Mak

        in

        g

        it

        to

        th

         e

        e

        d

         g

         e

      Wher

         e

       The

         y

      Encounter

        e

        d

      Jack

     “The

     world

        i

        s

     big

      g

      e

      r

     tha

      n

     yo

      u

     thin

      k,”

     With a flick of his

    hip exposing

   extra edges

     to the

       map,

       Joini

        the

       gr

      ou

       p

      on the

     journey to the

     ol

     d

   tem

    p

   le

  Bypas

       sed

      w

      i

     t

     h

   eas

    e

    Thei

     r

    journey

    eventual

      ly

   lead

     in

     g

   th

   e

  m

  to  

   a

  fight with a

 Bi

 g

 ger

 than

 e

 x

 pect

 e

 d

 talkin

 g

 robo

 t

 Spe

 c

 ial

Interes

  t

bein

 g

pai

 d

 t

 o

            D!Gil

              l

  It sound

 ed

 present

Dis

mis

i

n

g

D!Luk

a

s,

Ho

w

           ev

            e

            r

            it

          wa

          s

         over

          T

           h

           e

        Gauntlets

        stop ped

      whispering

       an

       d

      glowing

       But

      remain

        e

        d    

      Resistant

       ,

      Hop

       e

       fu

        l

         ly

          it

         wa

          s

          ove

           r

           ,

           T

            h

            e

          Next

          Day,

          The

          robot

          came

          b

           a

           c

            k,

           Des

            tro

            y

             ed

             a good par

  t of the

 tow

 n

 Insist

 in

on speaking to

D!Gi

 l

 l,

Despite

 D!Lukas

(Deliver

   in

   g)

  th

   e

         finish

  in

 g

bl

o

w,

No

 t,

going

 a

da

 y,

Wit

 ou

   t

 Co

   n

  flic

    t

    i

   n

  t

  h

  e

 Ic

 e

Bio

m

 e,

Hav

  i

 n

 g

Finished

   up

est

a

blishing

Champ

 ion

cit

y

th

e

Cele

b

rat

ion

Continu

in

g

i

n

s

n

o

w,

Th

e

Protégées

 left

be

hin

d

in

tow

When

th

e

Ad

min

C

a

m

e

a

knockin

tha

 t

da

 y

tra

 p

Puz

D!Aiden

  +

Jack

D!Petra

   +

D!Jess

   e

  The

  four

D!Gil

l

was

lock

e

d

o

u

t

   Went

  Sep

    arat

     e

     Dir

    ec

     t

     ion

     s

   D!Aiden

   jus

    t

  bur

   n

   e

    d

  th

  r

  ou

  g

  h

 t

 h

 e

 i

c

e

D!Jess

 e

 +

D!Petra

           “So when

         we

           re

            you

            going to tell

             me,

            That

            you’r

             e

            mov

 in

 g

 t

 o

           champion

           (s)  go

            ld

          ci

           t

           y,

           I mean

             you,

            Stella’s

              pe

               t

             Miss

              ad

              ven

               tur

                 e

                fin

                 al

      ly

     se

      t

       t

       lin

        g

      down,”

       “Well

            I-argh

            I don’t want to

talk

about

  th

   i

   s

 an

  y

  mo

   r

  e

   ,

   ,”

D!Petra

Stomp

   e

   d

 Of

  f

 “W

  ha

    t?”

 D!Jess

 e

 baffled,

       “Wait

                  Incredulous

“hold on you were the one that was all about adventure

             and how me

                         and D!Lucas

     friends

     don’t spend enough

     time

adventuring

     with

     you

    but now that i

         find out

  you’re

   retiring

        you don’t want to talk

             “ hm, i-“ rock

                “ I just -

      wish                                      

      to  

       know

    what

     where

       your

       minds

         a

          t

          ,”

                   Quiet

       Sil

          en

           c

           e

          al  

         l

         th

         e

      way

      th

       er

       e

       The

       four

       Solv

        in

        g

       al

       l

       th

       e

      puz

      zle

        s

        in

      brea

       k

       nec

         k

        tim

         e

          ,

       Settlin

        The

        Clock,

         D!Aidan

          Mak

in

g

            i

            t

          th

           e

          Same

           Tim

            e

            a

             s

 t

  h

   e

  fou

   r,

  Th

  e

  Aut

             Emerging from

            one

             of

            hi

             s

          ma

           n

           y

         Hid

            ey

          hole

          s,

          to

       Behind

          D!Aid

          en,

         Scar -

           ing

           him,

           “No

            no,

            no,

           You were supposed to use your

              brain

                an

              smarts

     to

   def

     ea

       t

      t

      h

       e

       m,”

        Red

        jew

          el

          s

        decorated

          hi

           s

         fi

         gur

           e

Don’t

 you

want

   to prove

    that

   you’re

   better

     than

     them,”

     “Power,”

      Aut

      cut

      of

       f

     D!Aiden’s

      Swift

       ‘no,

         ’

      And

      yo

       u

     cheated

       Stil

l

        los

         in

        g

        to

      go

     ld,

D!Aiden

 not

Allow

 ed to

interject

tha

 t

the

 y

wer

 e

team

 m

at

 e

 s

“D!Petra

how

 ever

 that’s

    a

 worthy

  team

       ma

         t

         e,”

   D!Petra

    eyes gl

    itter

     e

     d go

     l

    d

  D!Petra

   takin

    “As for

    yo

    u

  fai

  led

cham

p

ion

 s

There’s

a

pl

a

c

e

you

’ll

lear

n

to

pl

a

y

b

y

m

y

rul

es

,”

Desert

Not jus

 t

 an

 y

 But a pri

 by the farthest

 ed

 g

 e

“Warden,

 ”

“Ye

  s

 Sir

 ,”

Scurrying

up,

Salutin

g,

“New

Ar

 ri

  v

  al

  s

Special

 tre

  a

   t

 m

  en

  t for

 tha

 t

on

e,”

Poi

nt

i

n

g

at

D!Aid

e

n,

“Ye

s

Si

r,

”

D!Aid

en

a fe

 w

 i

 n

D!Gil

Stil

l

Hadn’

t

Arriv

e

d

(Bein

g

h

eld

by

the

Aut

 like

  a

 pet)

       t

       h

       e

     bac

       k

    D!Axel

       -

   D!Jess

    e

   Slow

    in

   g

  dow

  n,

 “I

wouldn’t

 try

any

thin

 g

wouldn’t

wan

 t

 th

  e

 leve

 r

age

  t

  o

 ge

  t

invol

 v

  e

  d

would

  we,”

Warden

Cal

 led

fro

 m

th

 e

f

ro

n

 t,

“Le

 ve

 r

  a

  g

  e

   ,

   ”

   A murmer

     goin

       g

      u

      p

      ,

“Wha

   t

 Le

  ver

   ag

   e

   ,

   ”

  D!Luk

  as

 Con

  fron

   t

   e

   d,

  “Shh

    po

     o

     r

   gol

       d

  focu

   s

 don’t

 strai

   n

  you

    r

  brai

   n,

  Lo

    o

    k

    ,”

    Pe

     er

     i

     n

     g

   ov

     e

     r

     ,

    th

    e

  edg

    e

    t

    o

  se

    e

   th

   e

 protégé

  s

jerk

 e

 d

fo

r

wa

r

d,

“Log

  ic

  al

 focus

   es,

 Jan

   i

   tor

     al

  Squ

     a

     d

     a guard

      wil

        l

      com

       e

      t

      o

    di

    s

    mis

    s

    yo

    u

     ,

     ”

    “D!Aid

      an,

      you

      ’ve

      be

       en

       se

        l

       ec

         t

        ed

       as

       a

      failed

      cham

        p

        ion,

       Me

        a

        n

        in

        g

      There’s a chance of

       re

    claim

       in

       g

     you

        r

     forme

       r

       glor

       y,

      Through

        a

       se

         t

         o

          f

         rig

         or

         ou

          s

        phy

        sic

         al

        tes

         t

         i

         n

         g,”

        We shall begin immediately

       A week

       pass

        e

        d

        no

        sig

        n

        o

        f

        a

       hint

         or

       puz

         z

         l

         e

       ou

        t

      D!Aid

       a

      n

     got called the

     Warden‘s of

    fice,

   “We cannot afford a

    ny

   Inadequacies,”

    Vid

   Ward

   en

   Pan

    ic

    k

    e

   d,

  “ Becoming

    a

    guard requires a lot of

    Streng-

    endu

    rance

    loyalty

     to

    stand up for things  

      even

         if you don’t think

        they’re

       right,”

         ,

   “Do you

    think-

      “

   “Let me free

     ,”

    “What,”

   “I can-

    “You’re

      allo

     w

     e

     d

     t

     o

    le

   a

   v

  e

D!Aid

an,”

D!Aid

an

Thum

p

 in

 g

do

 w

 n

t

h

e

st

a

r

c

a

s

e

Takin

g

 hi

 s

ke

 y

ca

r

d,

Ope

 n

 in

 g

 the doors to oppose know who knew the

Aut

longer than even

          the Warden

Free

 in

g

he

r

Xa

r

a,

“ Xara,”

Riot

ers,

“You’

  re

 Tak

  in

  g

Xa

 ra

Away,

Wi

 th

Y

 o

  u,

ar

e

Yo

u

In

sane,”

   ,

Xara

Tak

 in

 g

 a

step

Clos

er

to

th

e

Warde

n

The

Ward

e

n

“Stay

bac

  k

the

aut

tol

 d

me

eve

ry

thing

abou

t

wha

t

you

di

d,”

Terr

ified

“War

ren,”

“W-

 what?”

  Te

   ar

  s

“We

need

   a

 way

  ou

   t”

“Tha

 -a

   t

w

 a

  y

ma’a

 m

  ,

  ,

  ,”

  Goi

    n

    g

  round

    tri

     p

  Thr

  ough

   th

   e

   ol’

  Gol

   d

  zon

   e,

“Where

  Fre

  d

 was

 murd

   er

    ed

    by

  Romeo,

     th

     e

    aut-“

    To

     no one

      in

      part

      icular

“Why,

 “

D!Oliv

 ia,

      “ I don’t know

    may

     be

     fo

     r

   powe

    r,”

     “So how do we beat

        t

     Rome

        o

         ,”

     D!Lukas

     as

      k

     e

     d,

         “You already have the num

              erical

             advantage

               But

    for the

   jewels if they destroy than

 Romeo

   will

   stop

  fighting

     ,

     ,”

  Binta,

   the

  Warden

    and

               Xara

                Staying

                be

               hind,

    The

     y

  destro

   y

    ed

   the

  Jew

       el

   s

   And

   for

    ced

   Rome

    o

   (&

   D!Petra)

     t

     o

    accou

    n

    t

    abil

     i

     t

      y,

     Rada      r

     I actually like 

      Jack        bet

       ter,

                  Petra

                     &

                     I 

                   didn’t 

                   real ly get along

    D!Axel

      also

     retired

       accou

        n

       t

       abili

       t

       y,

[arofili]

gen freeform exchange letter!

See my signup for likes/DNWs/etc.

This is not the most detailed letter, just kind of a collection of my scattered thoughts about how the tags I chose apply to the characters I chose. these are of course completely optional, you can follow my prompts or pick something completely different, whatever you’d like. thanks for writing for me!!

~~~

Request 1: Kidnap Dads Fluff

this is the Kidnap Dads Fluff request! some of these are pretty Maedhros-centric, bc he is my favorite character; you don’t have to include all of them but I’d love it if you included Mae.

I like my Kidnap Dads either extremely fluffy OR extremely complicated and handled with care. This request is for the fluffy stuff. Please don’t make anyone a bad parent - definitely not M&M, but also not Elwing & Eärendil either, and if you’re writing about M&M’s childhood at all I need Fëanor to be a good dad. Things can be Complicated™ but I need there to be love at the root of parent-child relationships.

For the relationships outside of the various combinations of Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor:

I would love to see Elrond & Gil-galad viewing each other as brothers because Russingon-baby!Gil shares a dad with Elrond!! or Gil somehow visiting Mae while he and Mags are taking care of E&E? idk. just, Mae as Gil’s dad and also Elrond’s dad, that’s good content. (though Jaz, if you get assigned me feel free to write your Gil and Elrond platonic marriage idea, haha)

for Eluréd & Elurín & Maedhros: an AU where Mae saves them? maybe they get to take care of their nephews! or maybe Sirion goes differently, oooh

accidental parent acquisition: M&M didn’t INTEND to care about E&E but they do, E&E realize that they’re closer to M&M than they were to their bio parents

"We're Family Now and There's Nothing You Can Do about It": E&E claim M&M as their parents despite M&M’s protests that No We’re Evil You Don’t Want Us As Parents

Adult Siblings acting like Children: this could work for either set of siblings; I’m imagining E&E goofing off while Elrond is visiting Tar-Minyatur in Númenor and Elros’ nobles are sweating like “wtf is happening”; OR it’s M&M who have a moment of levity and sibling shenanigans that they don’t normally indulge in and E&E see and are astonished and start to trust them more

Awkward Conversations with People You Tried to Kill: M&M comforting E&E immediately post Kinslaying

Bedtime Stories: M&M telling E&E about their shared dead relatives? M&M telling E&E about Aman? E&E telling M&M about the petty squabbles they witnessed between the various nobles in Sirion?

Building A New Life: none of them really expected to survive Sirion, and they certainly didn’t expect this family situation, so they have to figure out where to go from here

Casual use of powers in a setting where the character should really be more careful: Maglor using Song magic when he doesn’t need to? Maedhros getting all Spirit Of Fire-y while protecting the twins from orcs? eldritch E&E abusing their Maia powers for petty childhood pranks? any one of those, but in front of an audience of outsiders?

Character A and B work together to take care of hurt/ill mutual loved one: E&E and Maglor caring for Maedhros who’s having a bad pain day

Characters Hanging Out In The Kitchen Because They Can't Sleep: accidental family gathering in the kitchen, every character sneaks out individually and is surprised to find the others in the kitchen too

Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills: i LIVE for this stuff with kidnap dads!! Mags teaching music? Mae teaching swordfighting? History? Politics? Magic? whatever!

competent parenting: this is almost a Requirement tbh, but idk, show a moment where E&E expect M&M to be too harsh or to be pushovers but M&M establish firm boundaries and do the Right Parenting Thing

Family Fluff: that’s this entire request tbh

Disabled Character Kicks Ass: Maedhros!!!!! protecting the twins!!! :D

Fluff and Angst: yesss, angst with a happy ending is my JAM

Food as a Metaphor for Love: Maedhros who bakes :D

Gruff intimidating character gets soft around kids: I nominated this tag specifically with Maedhros & E&E in mind :)))) Maglor being surprised Mae gets along with the kids so well, and then remembering “right he used to be older bro Maitimo”? E&E expecting Mae to be the strict one but no it’s actually Maglor, Mae’s a big softie? an outsider watching Mae switch abruptly from “intimidating warlord who can and will kill you” to “doting father”?

The Intimacy of Brushing/Braiding/Washing Another Person's Hair: ELVES AND HAIR PLS. maybe M&M having Noldor Hair Culture Norms that make hair a Big Deal, and E&E having Sindar norms that are like “whatever, it’s just hair”? things that are really meaningful to M&M but E&E don’t get the depth of it?

Hope vs. Despair: E&E giving Maedhros hope when he’d almost fallen permanently into despair

Identical Twins Swap Places to Mess with People: just. E&E shenanigans. bonus points if M&M are the only ones who can still tell them apart.

Oaths & Vows: literally anything to do with E&E reacting to/discovering/understanding the Oath of Fëanor

Platonic Soulbonds: adoption bonds!! my hc is that (for elves) blood family have a soul connection to one another innately, but when you adopt someone you have to initiate that bond yourself (kind of like a marriage bond but not). anything to do with M&M adopting E&E - or, E&E adopting M&M!

Post-Canon: AU where Mae lives pls??

Protectiveness: M&M protecting E&E from an outside threat OR E&E protecting M&M’s reputation after they’re separated

Raising a Child or Children Together, platonic co-parenting: M&M brotherly bonding :’) they feel like Real Family for the first time since their little brothers were little

Ruined Castles and Fortresses: Amon Ereb as a makeshift fortress long after it should’ve fallen? E&E visiting Tol Himling post-canon?

Sibling Rivalry: M&M competing over E&E liking them the most? E&E competing over M&M spoiling them the most?

Telepathy: ósanwë!!

Trans Character: make some characters trans! have M&M be supportive of E and/or E transitioning! have M and/or M be trans and explaining that to the twins! or whatever! I love trans stuff!

~~~

Request 2: Kidnap Dads Angst

Okay, here’s the Kidnap Dads But Angst request :)))) A lot of the same prompts....but make them angsty......I would like a happy ending (or at least a hopeful ending), though, so hurt/comfort would be great, or someone thinking things are worse than they turn out to be, that sort of thing. If there’s a specific prompt that would work better with an unhappy ending I’ll mention that, but unless I request it please don’t do it.

Non-Kidnap Fam relationships:

Elrond & Gil-galad, Mae & Gil: again, was thinking Russingon Baby Gil here, but this time Gil has angst about Mae being his dad. Elrond reassuring him that Mae is a good dad? Or maybe they’re both remembering Mae after he dies :(((

Eluréd & Elurín & Maedhros: a canon take on this where Mae keeps comparing the first E&E twins to the second set.... or maybe Eluréd and Elurín are haunting Mae?

"We're Family Now and There's Nothing You Can Do about It": M&M adopting E&E before E&E trust them fully, they need to make sure E&E are cared for but the twins are still afraid of them. OR E&E adopting M&M, but lean into the angst of M&M not feeling like they’ll be good enough parents

A and B mourn death of person they both loved: Maglor & Elrond & Elros mourning Mae? Maglor & Elrond mourning Elros?

Angst - Characters know exactly how to hurt each other: SO much angst potential here... maybe Mags needling Mae right where it hurts in an attempt to get him to take a more active role in their lives? Using Fingon against him? :)))

Angst with a Happy Ending: my bread and butter, this is kind of the ideal story I want for this request

A assumes that B will abandon them; B reaffirms their loyalty to A in A's time of need: Maglor and Maedhros right before the theft of the Silmarils? M&M assuming E&E will abandon them as soon as they get the chance?

Awkward Conversations with People You Tried to Kill: immediately post-Sirion, dial up the angst factor

Building A New Life: post-WoW, everyone going their own ways

Character A and B work together to take care of hurt/ill mutual loved one: E&E and Maglor care for Mae on a bad pain day or with an injury from battle BUT instead of cute sickfic everyone’s terrified Mae is going to die, Mae kind of wants to die, Elrond is worried he’s not a good enough healer for this, Maglor blaming himself for Mae getting into this situation, basically everyone’s on edge and not having a good time

Character discovering own self-worth: E&E teaching Mae to love himself again!!!

Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another: OKAY so my angsty headcanon for this is that Maedhros intentionally draws the twins’ ire to him when things get tense between the Fëanorians & their hostages, so they associate negative encounters with Maedhros and positive ones with Maglor. Basically he wants to spare Maglor the brunt of their anger by taking it onto himself, sabotaging his own relationship with the twins. bonus points for E&E figuring this out and fucking up his plan by loving Mae too.

Character expected to die but didn't and now has no idea how to live anymore: MAEDHROS LIVES AU FT. ALL THE ANGST

Child A comforts Child B after B has nightmare about their dead parents: E&E in the first few years of captivity :))

Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness: is this not just the Fëanorians???

complicated family dynamics: just make it fucked up and difficult, E&E shouldn’t love M&M but they do anyway, they still love their bio parents too but have mixed feelings overall

Depending On Each Other To Survive: Beleriand is literally falling apart around them, they have to rely on each other or they WILL die

Difficult Decisions In War Time: M&M sending E&E to Gil-galad? M&M choosing to go after the Silmaril, E&E reacting to that?

It's the end of the world as we know it and Character(s) feel(s) fine: E&E have literally only ever known wartime, this is normal to them. OR Mae feeling better when things are horrific than he does during peaceful-ish times.

Oaths & Vows: E&E try and swear the Oath of Fëanor in order to get M&M’s approval, M&M are horrified

Platonic Soulbonds: M&M doing the adoption-soulbond thing with E&E because without a parental soulbond baby elfs can DIE..........

Post-Canon: early second age angst :)))

Redemption: M&M redeeming themselves through being good parents to E&E...but does that really redeem them?

Refusing to believe a loved one is dead: E&E refusing to accept that Maedhros is dead :))))))))

Regret: M&M post-Sirion

Separated for an Extended Period of Time and the Slow Road Back to Normal: AU where Mae survives but is separated from everyone for a long time? Canon Mags does his emo wandering thing but finally Elrond drags him to Rivendell? post-rebirth Mae and Mags and Elrond??

Take me instead: Mae sacrificing himself for the sake of the twins ;-; OR the twins trying to sacrifice themself for M&M??

two people really want Found Family but are too emotionally stunted to admit it: Maedhros desperately wanting to be included in Mags & E&E’s new little family but not able to admit it on his own

Us Against The World Mentality That Might Not Be Healthy But The Characters Find It Comforting: is this not just the Fëanorians at the end of the Silm....

World-weary broken people find comfort and understanding in each other: MAE AND MAGS....

competent parenting, Disabled Character Kicks Ass, Fluff and Angst, Gruff intimidating character gets soft around kids, The Intimacy of Brushing/Braiding/Washing Another Person's Hair, Hope vs. Despair, Raising a Child or Children Together, platonic co-parenting, Telepathy, Trans Character, Protectiveness, Ruined Castles and Fortresses: see previous request!

~~~

Request 3: Maedhros and/or Fingon and/or Finrod with a Kid!

Please note my Russingon preferences for this request, it’s in my DNW section.

Okay I have two basic concepts for this request - though I like all of the relationships I requested so if you have a completely different take that would be great too - but here’s the idea: Maedhros and/or Fingon and/or Finrod end up semi-accidentally adopting a child! The kid is either Gil-galad or Maeglin, probably :)

Some possible scenarios:

Maeglin!

Aredhel and Maeglin go to Fingon instead of Turgon when they escape. Something happens to Aredhel, maybe Eöl follows her and she dies like in canon? Or maybe she’s still around, she deserves to live. But Fingon gets custody of Maeglin, and then ropes Maedhros and/or Finrod into helping him out.

A young Maeglin goes on a journey outside of Gondolin, against Turgon’s wishes, and gets captured by orcs...but much earlier than he does in canon. And this time he gets rescued by Maedhros! Now Maedhros is stuck with a kid who has a lot of the same trust issues he had post-Angband and he calls Fingon and/or Finrod in for help. Probably Fingon considering Maeglin is his nephew.

Aredhel and Maeglin go to Himlad instead of Gondolin. When Celegorm and Curufin go to Nargothrond, they go with. Again, maybe something happens to Aredhel? Or not? Whatever you’d prefer. But Finrod gets involved in Maeglin’s upbringing.

In any of these scenarios: Turgon gets worried enough about his missing sister and/or nephew to go looking for them, finds them in the care of someone else, is frustrated he “wasn’t good enough” to take care of them. Probably Finrod knocks some sense into him.

Tags that work for these situations: "We're Family Now and There's Nothing You Can Do about It", Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, AU where disaster character has good role models in their youth, Building A New Life, Character thinks no one is coming to save them; MULTIPLE people team up for the rescue, competent parenting, Gruff intimidating character gets soft around kids (MAE!!), Hair Braiding/Care, The Intimacy of Brushing/Braiding/Washing Another Person's Hair, Helping Friend to Recover from Trauma, Nightmares, Overcoming Trauma, Raising a Child or Children Together, Unlikely Team-Ups, platonic co-parenting, Long Lost/Secret Relatives

Gil-galad!

For this request, Gil-galad is probably adopted. (Though, if you want to make him a trans!Russingon bio kid, be my guest.) He could either be a random baby that needs caring for OR the son of Lalwen (and Círdan?) that they can’t take care of for Political Reasons OR whatever other Gil-galad theory you prefer. (Just don’t make him Fingon’s bio kid unless he’s also Mae’s bio kid.)

I love the idea of Fingon adopting Gil-galad and writing Maedhros to say “we have a kid now!” Mae panics because WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE A KID?? (Doesn’t have to be romo Russingon, could just be that Fingon assumes his BFF is going to be involved in raising his son because of course??)

Fingon or Finrod adopt a baby Gil, but he gets passed around between them + Maedhros for Reasons. Gil has SO many dads.

Tags that work for this situation: Accidental Baby Acquisition, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies (pls just give me some shenanigans with a happy ending), competent parenting, Gruff intimidating character gets soft around kids (MAE!!), Hair Braiding/Care, The Intimacy of Brushing/Braiding/Washing Another Person's Hair, Immature note passing during otherwise adult meeting, Raising a Child or Children Together, Unlikely Team-Ups, platonic co-parenting, Long Lost/Secret Relatives

I also threw some tags in here that would be fun for scenarios that don’t necessarily include Gil or Maeglin.

Mae, Finno, & Ingo: Bonding over being the oldest sibling, court intrigue, Immature note passing during otherwise adult meeting, Character Finds Support In Queer Community, bonding over both being gay Give me some Valinor shenanigans, or war leaders in Beleriand goofing off, or them all being The Gay Cousin :)

Mae and Finno: A assumes that B will abandon them; B reaffirms their loyalty to A in A's time of need, Character Adjusts To Newly Acquired Disability, Fealty Dynamic, Helping Friend to Recover from Trauma, Hope vs. Despair, I trust you to remove me from the equation if I become a danger to others, Loyalty - King/Queen and Lionheart dynamics, Person Used to Being Treated Like a Weapon Gets Rescued & Treated Like a Person Again, Stoic Character Breaks Down And Admits They Need Help, Sworn Loyalty basically these two being Ride Or Die for each other <3 <3 lots of post-Angband trauma that Finno helps Mae unlearn! If you go with this part of the request, please please please keep my Russingon preferences in mind; since this is a gen exchange I’m not expecting romantic Russingon but I do need them to care for each other very deeply, and I don’t want them shipped with other people. a platonic marriage situation would be EXCELLENT.

And a few more things I just love in general: Platonic Cuddling, platonic declarations of love, Platonic Soulbonds, Telepathy, Holding Hands For soulbonds: please do it in the canon style of choosing to soulbond with a person. For telepathy: ósanwë shenanigans.

And of course: Aroace Character(s), Nonbinary Character(s), Trans Character all of these are a “YES PLEASE” situation no matter what prompt or character!

~~~

Request 4: Silm Fake Relationships!

Fake dating is my JAM, I love it, and I especially love it when it stays platonic all the way through! Requesting some pretty light-hearted stuff here, I just want shenanigans and fun times, mostly.

Amárië & Finrod: Okay I don’t really ship these two At All in any circumstance, Finrod just feels....so extremely gay to me....so my default headcanon is that they are BFFs who are mutual beards for each other! (Bonus points for minor/background Amárië/Elenwë and/or Finrod/Turgon) Other kinds of fake relationships would be great too. Possible tags: Becoming Friends With Your Ex (like...they DID date, it didn’t work out, they’re better off as friends), Character remains friends with their ex after an amicable breakup (see previous), court intrigue, The Intimacy of Brushing/Braiding/Washing Another Person's Hair, Immature note passing during otherwise adult meetings, mutual beards, Platonic arranged marriage POWER COUPLE, Platonic marriage of convenience, Pre-Canon, Shared commiseration over being forced to attend a formal event

Aredhel & Celegorm: They’re both very aro in my mind (Aredhel ESPECIALLY), I can see them pretending to date to get people off their backs about being in a relationship (or a FWB situation but this exchange might not be the best place for that haha), or maybe they’re taking one for the team so the Mae/Fingon relationship coming out is slightly less scandalous after they already revealed their “relationship.” Also, them platonically co-parenting Maeglin in an AU is very good if you’d like to include that. Possible tags: Character enthusiastically agrees to doing something dangerous (they have that vibe), court intrigue, Dumb friendly competitions, Family Fluff, Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea, Immature note passing during otherwise adult meetings, Platonic marriage of convenience, Pre-Canon, Shared commiseration over being forced to attend a formal event

Caranthir & Haleth: Fake marriage for tax purposes. Enough said. (also they’re both aro.) Possible tags: Characters Become Roommates At College (would be a funny modern AU), Former colleagues work together again; surprised by changes (Moryo visits Haleth in Brethil?), The Intimacy of Brushing/Braiding/Washing Another Person's Hair (bonus points for cultural misunderstandings), Immature note passing during otherwise adult meetings, two people really want Found Family but are too emotionally stunted to admit it

Celebrimbor & Finduilas: You know I’d never much considered their relationship but I saw it nominated and it got my brain working! Maybe they’re fake dating to piss off their dads, haha. But I can also see them having a really unlikely friendship in Nargothrond, having each other’s backs, etc...people assume they’re dating and they just don’t bother to correct anyone? Bonus points for Fin-galad! Possible tags: A assumes that B will abandon them; B reaffirms their loyalty to A in A's time of need, court intrigue, Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea, Platonic arranged marriage POWER COUPLE, Shared commiseration over being forced to attend a formal event (first meeting perhaps?), Worldbuilding: Politics & Diplomacy

Lalwen: I love the fanon of her and Círdan being buds. Them in a fake dating for politics situation would be amazing. Or her just being badass on her own! Possible tags: court intrigue, Platonic arranged marriage POWER COUPLE, Worldbuilding: Politics & Diplomacy

Other tags: Aroace Character(s), AroAce Marriage, Aromantic Character: I always want this but ESPECIALLY for this request! Fake/Pretend Relationship Stays Platonic: that’s basically the premise for all these requests, haha Late Night Conversations: could apply to all of these. I just really love like...it’s late, you’ve been hanging out all day, your inhibitions are lowered, you start saying shit you normally wouldn’t and have a heart-to-heart...that’s the good stuff Platonic Bedsharing, platonic declarations of love, Platonic Soulbonds: really close platonic relationships :’) 5 times this happened and 1 time something else happened, Nonbinary Character(s), Character gets a hug, Holding Hands, Trans Character: Just things I love in general that I requested on all my requests

~~~

Request 5: TAZ Amnesty

Please don’t have Minerva and Duck in a romantic relationship. Additionally, if you could not call Duck “Wayne” that would be great.

A & B have an honest and completely frank discussion about difficult subject: Arlo and Mama talking about what happened to Arlo

Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates: I think this would be funniest if it’s Duck & Pigeon? or maybe always-mundane!Duck and extraterrestrial-who-is-really-bad-at-hiding-it!Minerva

Aroace Character(s), Aromantic Character: my headcanon for Duck is that he’s aromantic! so him and Minerva being best friends or QPPs or something would be awesome. really I just thought the ending with them being together romantically came out of nowhere so idk, a fic where Duck realizes he’s aro and doesn’t /have/ to be in a romantic relationship, and Minerva supporting him and them remaining really good friends, that would be amazing.

Begrudgingly Respectful Coworkers to Friends: Arlo and Mama :)

Casual use of powers in a setting where the character should really be more careful: Duck frantically trying to get Minerva to act normal in public

Character Finds Support In Queer Community: Duck realizing he’s aro? maybe Pigeon helping him get involved in Kepler’s queer community? OR Pigeon realizing she’s queer and older queer (trans?) Duck awkwardly trying to be in solidarity with her

Character Forced To Reveal Their Secrets: Arlo & Mama pre-canon?

Finding Bigfoot: this is just too funny to NOT have as an Amnesty tag. Maybe Pigeon goes hunting for Bigfoot and Duck has to stop her from hunting down Barclay!

Thing character has built a large chunk of their life around comes to an end; finding a new path: this could go for most of the characters, but I was especially thinking of Minerva here

Unexpectedly Meeting People From One's Past While With New Companions: Duck introducing Minerva to his friends/colleagues? Mama introducing Arlo to everyone after he gets back to “normal”?

5 times this happened and 1 time something else happened: I just love this format :)

Nonbinary Character(s): Pigeon maybe? but really anyone as nonbinary would be awesome

Character gets a hug: Duck deserves hugs. I feel like Minerva would be good at giving them.

Holding Hands: platonic hand holding is just. so good

Missing Scene: seriously WHAT happened to Pigeon???

Trans Character: trans Duck trans Duck TRANS DUCK (ngl the “Wayne” reveal really disappointed me, I much prefer trans Duck haha)

~~~

Request 6: TAZ Balance

Please don’t have Lucretia in a romantic relationship, or Magnus having had romantic feelings for anyone other than Julia.

Literally any gen relationship in TAZB would be delightful to get a fic about, don’t feel boxed in by the nominated characters. I also cannot BELIEVE I forgot to nominate Kravitz & Barry, that’s one of my very favorite possible friendships.

Angus + THB: would love to see an exploration with Angus’ individual relationships with them :)

Carey & Magnus: this friendship means A LOT to me, especially because I headcanon Magnus as arospec and so Carey’s lasting and important friendship with Magnus despite also having a romantic relationship that’s important to her....ahhh I get very emotional just thinking about it ;-;

Edward & Lydia & Kravitz: I do like the theory that Kravitz=Keats, so exploring that would be neat. OR Kravitz isn’t Keats, but he has to track down and deal with these two rogue liches.....

Edward & Lydia & Taako & Lup: AU rivalry shenanigans? canon enemies-to-friends? these two pairs of twins just have a lot of parallels that are very delightful :)

Johann & Lucretia: idk I just think they should be buds. also I headcanon both of them as aroace, so you could have them bond over that maybe.

Kravitz & Merle: I just think that Merle blaming Magnus and not Kravitz for losing his arm is HILARIOUS, would love Krav feeling awkward about that but Merle not even registering it fdjhskfjdsh

Lucretia & Magnus: these two are so sweet, especially during the Stolen Century? like they’re the only two humans, they’re both pretty young, I think they had a very special bond. (I love queerplatonic Magnus & Lucretia, especially with aroace!Lucretia and demi!Magnus)

Lup & Taako: chaos twin siblings :’)

THB: I mean give me shenanigans with them all day long! during the Stolen Century would be amazing, as foreshadowing for canon, and with the other IPRE members being baffled by their antics

Ren & Taako: I just think they’re cool! Would love to see Ren’s transition from a fangirl to Taako’s no-nonsense assistant :)

Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates, Characters Become Roommates At College: just. IPRE shenanigans. or Magnus and Carey as roommates!

Aroace Character(s): aroace Lucretia!! aroace Johann!!

Aromantic Character: see above but also, pan+arospec Merle! demiromantic Magnus! (that’s my VERY FAVORITE headcanon, you can’t change my mind)

Begrudgingly Respectful Coworkers to Friends: can’t believe I forgot to nominate Barry & Kravitz here, smh... if you’d like to do that go for it, but otherwise, the IPRE would be amazing here, or Kravitz and Merle if you stretch the idea of “Coworkers,” or some AU or situation where Edward and Lydia have to get along with Taako and Lup despite being bitter rivals. or djhfskjfdhk Merle and Angus!!

Best Friends Have Bad Ideas Together: THB and/or Lup and Taako have a collective one brain cell and it’s gone missing

Canon-typical shenanigans: yeah.

Catching up with an old friend: Carey and Magnus post-S&S!! or THB post-S&S :)

Casual use of powers in a setting where the character should really be more careful: this just screams Taako. Ren telling him to calm down a bit? Lup encouraging him? Angus doing damage control? Edward and Lydia vs. Taako and Lup in a drama contest?

Character enthusiastically agrees to doing something dangerous: MAGNUS RUSHES IN

Character Finds Support In Queer Community: queer BoB!! queer IPRE!! if you write me some arospec Magnus and his friends I will DIE of happiness :)) (bonus points for qp!Magcretia)

Bonding over shared memories of past lives: was really getting IPRE vibes for this one

Character loses everything and can only turn to enemy for help: Edward and Lydia forced to come to Taako and Lup for help :)))

Drinking Games, Drunken Shenanigans, Dumb friendly competitions: THB or IPRE probably. just fun silly things happening for laughs.

Enemies to Friends But In A Situation Where They Must Pretend To Still Be Enemies: Edward & Lydia & Taako & Lup? Kravitz & Merle?

Families of Choice, Family Feels - Us Against The World, Family Fluff: IPRE !!!!

Friends to Enemies to Friends Again: Magnus & Lucretia :( OR again, can’t believe I didn’t nominate Kravitz and Barry, but, those two before Krav realizes Barry is a lich and then after and then post-S&S

Friendship that's more important than Character(s)'s romantic relationship(s): Carey & Magnus!!! obviously Carey/Killian is Excellent, but the fact that Carey prioritizes Magnus in her life as a friend makes me SO emo, just. ahhhh love this so much. also Takko+THB :)

Making the morally right choice sucks: Angus & Taako? Ren & Taako? Edward & Lydia & and their bro Kravitz? orrrr Edward & Lydia & their not-bro mortal-enemy Kravitz??

platonic declarations of love: yes please! Magnus & Lucretia especially :)

Team Living Together and Learning to Deal with Everyones' Bad Habits: IPRE and/or THB. maybe THB being surprised they already seem to know each other’s terrible habits...

Unexpectedly Meeting People From One's Past While With New Companions: this has Weird Voidfish Stuff written all over it

5 times this happened and 1 time something else happened: just a good trope

Nonbinary Character(s): nonbinary Taako? yes please. or anyone else tbh, I just love nonbinary characters.

Character gets a hug: Magnus gives VERY good hugs and there’s very many people who deserve one

Holding Hands: just...so good <3

Missing Scene: so much time in the Stolen Century to explore...or BoB off-work shenanigans...

Trans Character: canon trans Lup! headcanon trans Magnus!! any other character as trans, I love trans stuff!!

[katzuyas]

and it goes like this

here’s a small fic I was asked to pinch hit for @magical-mistral for yuri on yuletide: I had lots of fun writing this, even though it was my first time tackling seungchuchu 💪 hope you enjoy!

It starts like this:

It's Skate Canada. The audience is still cheering for him and the tokens of their affection are covering the ice. Phichit doesn't think much of it when he picks up a random stuffed toy during his final lap around the rink. He's too elated about how good he skated to care about anything else, so it's only after he gets his scores that he notices that the toy he's holding is a tiny husky pup.

As it is with all dog paraphernalia, he automatically decides to later give it to Yuuri, but then he sees him: gloved hands clutched so tight that they're trembling. It doesn't match with the otherwise confident stance he's presenting in his bright and boldly coloured costume, but Phichit knows types like that. Types like Yuuri, who seem put together but are eaten from the inside out by their own insecurities.

Before he knows it, he offers Seung-gil the toy.

"Here," Phichit says. And smiles. "For good luck."

And then he leaves.

And that's that.

It follows like this...

"I wish someone loved me that way," Phichit sighs from the sidelines.

Yuuri and Victor are twirling around the dancefloor at yet another GPF banquet, laughing and giggling like fools in love. They're so wrapped up in each other they don't notice how the entire crowd around them is staring and sighing, just like Phichit's doing. He's really happy for them, honestly. But he'd be lying if he said that he wasn't a little jealous, too. Not of either of them, no – of what they have together.

He sighs again, wistful. "The only ones that come close are my hamsters."

"You have hamsters?" Seung-gil asks. He's remained quiet during most of Phichit's rambling, but now he perks up: voice interested for the first time. "Do you have pictures?"

Phichit turns his head and oh.

His brain screeches to a halt.

  ...or so Phichit would like to think. In truth, it goes a little more like this:

In France there is no legal drinking age per se and the minimum age to buy alcohol is a sweet, young 18, so Phichit uses it to his full advantage with no shame or any control impulses. He isn't necessarily drunk, but he definitely isn't sober either. It would be a little embarrassing if all of the skaters, and even coaches, weren't in a similar state, plus... it would take much, much more to embarrass Phichit Chulanont.

He laughs to himself. A twirl of movement catches his eye and Phichit turns to see Yuuri's laughing face just at the moment when Victor dips him down almost to the very floor and swipes him back up into his arms, grinning as hard as Yuuri. Suddenly, Phichit wants to dance, too.

"Come dance with me," he tells the first person he finds. It turns out to be Seung-gil, who only lifts an eyebrow at him. "I want to dance! Dance with me, Seung-gil!"

Before Seung-gil even has the chance to reply, Chris materializes at Phichit's elbow.

"How about me?" he asks. "I promise not to step on your toes... too much."

Phichit isn't picky, so he gladly lets Chris guide him to the dancefloor. They dance and laugh and dance, until Phichit's mouth is so dry he can barely talk. Chris brings him to the buffet and deposits him in one of the chairs.

"I'll get you some water," he says and leaves Phichit to his own devices.

Which seems like a touch of fate, because Phichit slumps in his chair and tilts over to the chair next to him, only stopping once his cheek hits someone's arm. It's Seung-gil again, and even more – it feels like fate. It must be, right?

The material of Seung-gil's jacket feels cool and soothing under Phichit's burning cheek. He nuzzles against it. The impulse control he used to have seems to have completely disappeared, just as the coherence of his thought seems to be doing now. Phichit doesn't even know he's speaking out loud until he hears Seung-gil reply to him in a bored, monotone voice:

"I can give you my tailor's number if you like."

Phichit hums. He's already forgotten why the tailor was even brought up. His eyes catch on the people dancing again, Yuuri and Victor the brightest among them.

"Look at them," Phichit slurs, waving a hand in some semblance of pointing the pair out. "They're so happy. I want to be that happy. Don't you?"

"I'm plenty happy," Seung-gil says, sipping his champagne. He has nice fingers, Phichit notices.

"But like that? In love happy?" he asks again. "Because the only time I'm even close to that is when my hamsters play tag between my fingers."

"You have hamsters?"

Seung-gil turns his head to look down at Phichit. Phichit looks up at the same time – wondering why he wasn't pushed away yet, it's bound to be annoying, right? – and his breath falters. His mouth feels so dry, even drier now when he realizes that Seung-gil is unfairly handsome. Or maybe that's just the light. Or the alcohol. Or the fact that Phichit's feeling a little lonely now that his best friend has found love and moved on.

"Do you have any pictures?" Seung-gil asks.

Phichit straightens up, eyes alight.

"Do you even need to ask?" he grins, already patting his pockets for his phone. "What kind of a father would I be if I didn't have at least a thousand photos of my kids on me at all times?"

Seung-gil's mouth quirks. He pulls out his phone and shows Phichit the lock screen picture: it's a photo of a gorgeous husky in a glimmering, shiny crown. Phichit gasps.

Oh.

  It continues – but only after Phichit makes a fool out of himself and assumes too much:

"I'm sorry," Phichit says, brining a hand up to his lips. There's a little tremor there, but he fights it down. "I shouldn't have done that."

Pyeongchang wasn't much of a success for either of them in terms of skating, so Phichit decided to take matters into his own hands for just a little bit of happiness and... he'd just kissed Seung-gil. It wasn't much, only a brief touch of lips, but his attempt was met with nothing: cold, unmovable, soulless nothing. Phichit withdrew with a flinch, shaky, embarrassed, and ready to run.

"I'm sorry," he repeats now.

Seung-gil hasn't said a word yet, but it's coming. Phichit knows it and he's dreading every second of the draining wait time.

"I should probably just go," he says finally when Seung-gil still doesn't speak.

He moves to leave, but Seung-gil's hand on his elbow stops him, so he turns around uncertainly. Seung-gil's close, too close, and Phichit's reminded of how he's been pining for this for so long, but now he just wants it all to end. Rip the bandaid off and let him go. He closes his eyes and braces himself for the harsh words he's sure will come next.

Instead, Seung-gil lifts Phichit's chin up to meet his eyes, gentle yet firm. And then slowly, so slowly that Phichit thinks his heart is going to jump out of his throat before he makes it, Seung-gil leans in and kisses him back.

"My apologies," Seung-gil says only after a brief touch of lips. "I never believed you meant it when you flirted with me, so I didn't react. It's my fault for reading you wrong." And after a moment of hesitation that plays tricks on Phichit's heart, adds: "Don't leave."

There's so many things that Phichit wants to say now. Like: so what, you thought I was just playing with you? Or: you didn't do anything, don't worry about it, it's fine. Or even: why didn't you kiss me back then when I kissed you just now, oh my god, I don't kiss people I don't like, you dummy!

He can't make his tongue move, though.

"Okay," he breathes with some difficulty.

Climbing to his toes, sliding his arms around Seung-gil's neck and kissing him is easier for the second time. And this time, Seung-gil's lips move against Phichit's like he'd dreamed of for months. Phichit pulls back and gives Seung-gil a bright-eyed glance.

"We'll talk later," he decides. There's so many things they need to talk about. "But for now..."

  When it ends, it ends like–

"How does it end?" Phichit asks.

"How do you want it to end?"

Seung-gil doesn't as much as look up from where he's busy grooming his little princess' nails and Phichit could think that he doesn't care, but he knows better now. The question is nothing more than Seung-gil's way of giving Phichit the space to make his own decisions and come to terms with his own wants. It's very... comforting. And considerate. And so very Seung-gil that Phichit can't hide his smile.

"What if I don't want it to end?" Phichit tests the waters, because while Seung-gil's adaptability to his wishes is nice sometimes he just wants Seung-gil to take what he wants, too.

It goes without saying, but Seung-gil knows him just as well as Phichit knows Seung-gil. And he passes the test with flying colours when he lifts his head and gives Phichit a half smile.

"Then don't end it," he says. "And I won't either."

And it goes like this:

(credit for the invite: @walmart lol)

((also, I realize I completely moved detroit out of michigan and into another state and I’m sorry for being a lazy lil shit and not fixing it pls bear with this old fool 😱😅😂))

[feldeus-archived-blog]

Everyone has that Master/Servant dynamic that is perfect. For example, Karna states Semiramis & Amakusa are a perfect dynamic. True, even by canon it’s true. Mordred/Kairi can arguably be stated to be the same. 

But, everyone has the omg worst Master ever pls never summon me. & mine for Semiramis is Rin Tohsaka. Mostly because, there’s a 99% chance that five replies in Rin is dead. & this isn’t me hating on Rin or anything, I mean I RP HF Rin after all but damn she has a lot of faults that Semiramis would not tolerate. 

& underneath I shall list the worst dynamic possible for Semiramis & why! Because, sometimes it’s fun writing this stuff?? But, don’t read if ya love Rin to death & would get offended because, I don’t wanna hurt anyone’s feelings.

Okay lets get this started! Repeat I love Rin, but these traits make Rin/Semiramis as a dynamic impossible without a lot of plot armour. Which, I wont make Semiramis tolerate stuff she just wouldn’t.

For one, Rin is a fake Alpha. What do you mean Chibi? I mean Rin tries (& fails) to be dominant. She demands respect from Emiya, throws a hissy fit when he treats her like a child. (She is being a child in this scene, I wont even defend her, she’s being a Queen B.) She even uses a command seal, (wastes a command seal), to prove a point to Emiya. This scene alone, Rin would not be waking up the next morning. By this point alone, she is dead. Why? Because Semiramis is a real Alpha. She does not need to try. She IS dominant, she IS cruel, she IS a genius, she IS powerful, she IS everything a magus wants to be & watching Rin try so hard to be something she’s not??? Is too hilarious.

Is Rin a a good magus? Fuck yes. Is she an alpha? FUCK NO.  

Semiramis would shit all over Rin, & probably make Rin cry??? SHE IS NOT A NICE PERSON. I repeat, she is not a nice person. If she thinks you are trash she will treat you like trash. The fact Rin would even try to be the boss is laughable to Semiramis. 

Misaya now that is a woman she’d be interested in. Rin is secretly a meek tsundere, so nothing more than a fake to Semiramis. Rin?? No. She’s a daddy’s girl who entered the war for her father, she throws away most of her goals for Shirou. Keep in mind these are traits Semiramis hates in a woman. Relying on a man o rthrowing away everything for a man. This is four strikes if Rin even survives the initial meeting. & if she did survive, no doubt Semiramis chained her & hurt her. Did you see her with Shakes? She only stopped because he was useful to Amakusa. Rin is not useful to her, she can replace her or simply go back to the throne of hero's. This is strike five against Rin. Rin needs HER, she does NOT need Rin. 

I mean this is within the first day or two & there’s already five reasons for Semiramis to kill her??? Keep in mind Amakusa is her perfect Master & guess what? When she first met him, she wanted to kill him but changed her mind. & he’s the one who spent decades looking for Semiramis specifically, seeking her catalyst.

Keep in mind Rin would not know that she’d be assassinated. Semiramis is too smart, plans too perfectly. She’s just someone that like Gil or Ozzy, is so dangerous to summon??? 

Also do not forget, Gilgamesh enjoys jesters or observing. Semiramis finds jesters annoying, e.g Shakespeare & it’s shown they give her a headache basically lmao. She’s the Queen who’d execute a jester once Gilgamesh was bored of them ya feel?

PS. I love Rin, but Semi would not.

[littlewritingrabbit]

Lams + 2! (And I'm still gonna write your prompt btw, just getting together the idea in my head!)

Lordy lordy I hope you signed up for the angst. I figured this would take place at the tail end of the Battle of Germantown after Laurens was injured. The whole Grand Tour idea was a thing lots of young guys did in the 1700s, where they would tour around Europe as a ‘coming of age’ thing, partly to learn about culture, but also partly to get all the partying out of their system before coming home and settling down to being responsible. Mostly this was done by lads in Europe, but also some from the US, so I guess it’s feasible for Hamilton and Laurens, if they were planning on taking some time before going into government after the war (not that that was likely, but hey, it’s a ficlet :p). (A great book that I got the idea from is called The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue and it is spectacularly bi and I love it.) Also - pls excuse the rubbish formatting, I typed this up on Word first XD

Prompt: Lams + “Things you said through your teeth.”

Alexander Hamilton had given up all pretense of writing. He had pestered Ensign Allard for a glance at his pocket-watch enough times that the poor soldier rather conspicuously got up and left the mess tent, leaving him alone with increasingly desperate thoughts.

How long was a battle supposed to take? He’d heard of naval battles that took hours, or infantry attacks that took days. In the Trojan War they had fought every day for years. That wouldn’t be the case today, would it? There were a lot of things that could have gone wrong after – how long had it been? Hours? Had it surpassed a day yet?

Hamilton pressed the heels of his hands into his eyes until stars flashed into being behind his eyelids. He felt very small and very full of compressed energy, like a tightly-coiled spring. He should be out there, in the heart of the conflict, at Laurens’s side.

And what if that sandy head of hair returned slick with blood, shading a now-dull pair of eyes? Or didn’t return at all? He tried not to think, but the thoughts arrived unbidden anyways – fixed bayonets aimed at the pale skin over Laurens’s heart, blood running over those shoulders like the stone of a statue where he had piled up his hopes. What if the pink lips heaved their last gasp before he ever had a chance to kiss them? Because, he wasn’t going to fool himself, it was a very tempting eventuality.

It took waking to make Hamilton realize that he had drifted into a sort of restless sleep. Some commotion was evident on the road into camp, horses’ hooves, scattered yells, and then structured orders of some sort. He smoothed his hair back, equal parts apprehension for news of the battle, and indignant for not being allowed in the attack.

The first wounded soldiers had returned. And they looked terrible.

His own small body had seen its fair share of injuries. When he was ten he had fallen out of a tree and sliced his arms on all the branches the whole way down. He’d sprained an ankle, bloodied his nose in a fight, and burned his fingers learning to melt wax seals, but that was not even comparable to some of the returning soldiers. Half could hardly keep upright on the skittish horses they rode in on. Alexander scanned them all, just in case John was among the bloodied faces and torn uniforms. He’d tried to memorize his appearance before he turned back so as to not see the regiments leave that morning, uncertain whether it would be the last time he got to see it or not.

The sky started to lighten. It felt like frost was creeping over his guts. More wounded soldiers arrived, screaming bloody murder or muttering weakly for a medic. Alexander wondered which was worse.

And then he was running. Before he even knew why, he was dashing across the path and catching the reins of the bolting horse as the familiar rider slid weakly from the saddle and into the arms of whoever was nearest. “John,” Hamilton moved to prop up his other shoulder, only to draw back quickly. It was soaked in blood, turning the blue fabric to purple and dripping thickly, almost like paint, from his fingertips. “You’ve been shot,” he said, rather obviously.

In answer, John gritted his teeth and let his head rest on Alexander’s shoulder. The medic was a tall, thin man with wire-rimmed spectacles. He looked like the type one might find in a library rather than a military camp, but his hands were steadier than Alexander’s. He eased John onto a cot that was more table than bed. “Thank you sir, I’ll take him from-”

“May I stay?”

“If you’re willing to help, you can stay. But it’s not going to be easy, nor pretty.” The medic spoke so fast Hamilton wouldn’t have been able to get a word in had he tried. He tore a sizeable opening through the uniform coat before anyone could protest, and Hamilton’s dazed brain could only think of how purple fabric signified royalty, how Laurens had almost looked royal when he rode out with his hair tied back and his face the picture of determination.

“Since you’re here,” said the medic grimly, “I’d ask that you help me in holding his arms down – we need to remove the bullet and it’s not going to be comfortable.”

John tugged weakly on Alexander’s sleeve. “Is this Hell?” he asked, hardly louder than a whisper.

“No, no it’s not, believe me, you’re not bound for Hell,” Hamilton tried to be comforting, brushing his dear friend’s hair off his forehead.

“No… I… aarrgh… I ki - killed… redcoats… Alex, I-”

“Drink this,” said the medic. Whatever it was, it must have been pretty strong, because John grimaced and relaxed somewhat. “Now please make sure he doesn’t attempt to punch me,” the medic exhibited a notable purple bruise on his jaw with a sigh, “As others have tried it before and it not only ended badly for me, but they also tore their stitches. Hold him still.”

“Hold still John,” Alexander repeated, unsure whether or not his friend was listening. His eyes were wandering around, tracing the shapes of the rafters. Without ceremony, the medic got to work picking for the bullet with a sharp instrument that made Hamilton nervous. He spared a silent prayer in thanks that he had decided to study law, as opposed to medicine.

John screamed. All his muscles employed themselves in attempting to get away from whatever was causing him so much pain, though Alexander held him fast. While Hamilton was typically a firm believer in the “bear it quietly and bravely like a gentleman” mindset, he could understand this particular outburst. The medic’s fingers were soaked in blood, but he could somehow still maintain a decent grip on the knife he picked up.

“Keep him awake,” muttered the surgeon.

“Hey. Look here. Jac, look at me.” John looked around, eyes fixing on Alexander’s face, somewhat in confusion at the use of a nickname he hadn’t heard in years. “Jac, I need you to tell me what you plan to do after the war.” Laurens looked at him as if from a great distance and streaming eyes. “Science,” he said, through gritted teeth. “I’ve always wanted to study- AARGH!!” he screamed again.

“Good,” Alexander glanced over. The wound was certainly opened, and the medic pressing down on it, poking through the blood to find the bullet. “Where will you study?”

“I – ah – I dunno…” John muttered thickly, letting his head fall to one side.

“Europe?” Alexander squeezed his arm.

“Europe…” he nodded through a weak gasp, “Good plan.”

“Yes, I’m full of those. I’ve another one, you just have to stay awake for me, alright Jac?”

“’m awake…”

“A grand tour. We’ll travel all around Europe, see all those sights, eh? The opera houses and the ruins and scientific lectures, everything. How would you like that?”

“Museums,” muttered John, though he could hardly move his jaw for clenching his teeth so hard. “And theatres. And Gil could show us his house.”

The medic prepared another frightening-looking implement. “Just once more and then I ought to have it…”

“What do you bet it’s a castle?”

“It’s a damn castle,” said Laurens.

One last scream and one last wash of blood left him lying back almost peacefully, the tears drying as the medic finished off the stitches. “Give it a few days,” he told Hamilton. “He should be alright as long as there is no infection.”

Hamilton slumped back onto a camp stool beside Laurens. Even so bloodied and exhausted he looked like the kind of hero that Alexander had doubted ever existed. So the battle had spit him back out, alive for the most part. It had been far too close. I’ve got to tell him, he thought. He could be taken so easily, I have to tell him that I would have gladly been his Achilles, were he to fall like Patroclus. Life was so short, and he’d be damned if he let the most wonderful man he had ever met in all his short, tragic years slip through his fingers again.

“Did you mean it?” Laurens’s voice was still quietly slurred through his teeth.

“Oh. I thought you were asleep. Do you need another drink?”

“Did you mean it?” he was so quiet Alexander had to lean in to hear him, auburn curls brushing his friend’s cheek. “That we would go on a grand tour? And see all those beautiful places in Europe?”

“I… yes. I meant it. We just need to win this war first, alright?”

“That would be easier if you would give me something to drink,” John grumbled.

Alexander rolled his eyes. “Anything for the war effort, I suppose.”

[ezrisdax-archive]

how abt Temperance Ryder/Vetra and the prompt leaving notes for each other? if u wanna ofc pls

(also here on ao3 and if anyone would like to know about Temperance Ryder she’s on my OCs page, the only major thing of note however is she has a hearing disability)

~~

Temperance tapped her fingers against the console, enjoying the vibrations beneath her. Annoying as it was to others it helped her think and she needed a clear head to deal with emails from Tann.

Behind her someone was making a deliberate noise to be heard and she glanced to see that Vetra had entered the common rooms, with a datapad in her hand and was typing on it quicker than Temperance ever could. When Vetra set the pad next to her and winked Temperance blinked in confusion, watching Vetra leave without a word.

She picked up the pad to read the message on it.

Hey,

Liam says that humans used to exchange love notes on something called paper. Even I don’t think I could dig that up given how old it is, though don’t let that spread around, so this is as close as it gets. You look busy but I think tonight we could both use some relaxing so come down to the cargo bay when you get a chance after dinner. Oh and SAM, since you’re technically reading this too, make sure our Pathfinder eats.

Temperance made a face at that, she’d been known to skip a meal when she got engrossed in something so it was a fair enough reminder.

Just so you know, we all appreciate what you do on here. Even if some people in the Nexus don’t like it.

-Vetra

Temperance melted a bit at the last line, smiling goofily at the pad. It was something to help her get through her emails with Tann at least and after that there was dinner and an evening with Vetra to look forward to.

~~

Vetra skimmed through the supply list, making note of things that were low. Liam was asking for more Blast-O cereal and Drack was trying to find a Krogan root that had only recently started growing thanks to the colonist and New Tuchanka working together on it.

Her messages pinged, another note from Sid keeping her up to date on the going ons back in the Nexus. She was so engrossed in it she didn’t even realize Temperance had snuck into the room until she pressed a kiss to Vetra’s crest, right above her visor.

“Hey you.” Vetra tilted her head, looking up at Temperance for once since she was sitting down. “You need something.”

“Just dropping something off.” Temperance told her, “Making the rounds, you know, stopping Suvi from licking rocks, stopping Peebee from stealing Cora’s plants, stopping Kallo from murdering Gil and vice versa…” Temperance let out an overly exasperated sigh, “The usual.”

“Don’t act like you don’t love it.” Vetra chuckled, “Can you stay for a bit?”

“I’d love to but I gotta go remnant vault hunting. We’re landing on Havarl again soon, need to get it dusted off and running. Don’t worry,” Temperance grinned, “I’ll take Jaal and Liam with me.” She saluted Vetra jokingly as she walked out backwards, turning at the door and leaving it to shut behind her.

Vetra didn’t even realize Temperance had left a pad on her desk until an hour later when she put the one in her hands down.

“What’s this?” She mumbled to herself, opening it to read.

Do you know how awkward it was to ask Kandros if Turians exchanged love notes or the equivalent? Cause let me tell you, I am not facing him again for another 600 years for both our sakes. I wanted to say thank you for the extra blankets I got on my bed, yes I know that was you and I was too tired before to say it (someone wore me out after all) but I didn’t forget. Okay Lexi might have reminded me but you know I get caught up in stuff. And ramble. Wow if I keep going I’ll find out if datapads have word limits.

The point is I love you. Sooooo, that’s it then. See you seen.

Her mandibles twitched, flaring out only a little and Vetra let her finger trail over the last past again. It wouldn’t matter if there was some kinda accident that caused all over datapads to explode and this one to be the last, she wouldn’t wipe that message clear and give it away for anything.

~~

Her ears hurt, they usually did by the end of the day. Mostly from her rubbing at them through force of habit whenever she was dealing with someone else’s personal problems. She wanted to help as the Pathfinder, she truly did, but words had never been her strong point. It took all her patience not to explode like she tempted to.

Scott would have made a joke about that and her name like he always did and her heart panged slightly at the thought of not even being able to call him to complain.

The Tempest was dark, they had docked and turned off power for only essential things during the night while the crew slept. She, Jaal, and Liam had arrived back late, only Gil had been up and tinkering with something and merely grunted at the sight of them. She had wanted to go straight to her quarters but had promised a Sage on Havarl she’d find his sister and wanted to use the Tempest scans of the planets to try to get a starting location.

Temperance bit back a yawn as she reached her station. Datapads were stacked up next to the console, notes on things she’d have to look at in the morning. Or could look at now.  

She sighed, “SAM can you connect to the Tempest database to get me those scans to look at tomorrow?”

“Of course Pathfinder.” Came SAM’s easy answer.

She picked up the first datapad, one from Cora about the Asari Ark. That would also have to be dealt with and with any luck Temperance would have another Pathfinder to stand by her as well as the majority of the Asari back on the Nexus. If they were all still alive. The next datapad was from Suvi on mineral deposits, and the pile went on and on until she found one from Vetra.

You’re not going to get this until you guys get in and I hope everything went all right on Havarl, but I thought I’d leave you this little reminder:

Come to bed Ryder, work can wait until you get some sleep. I found more blankets if that’s enticing.

Love you too,

Vetra

Temperance set the pad down with a smile and stood with a stretch, leaving the empty command centre to her quarters. Vetra was right, things could wait, and more blankets coupled with the promise of Vetra was something she just couldn’t say no to.

[smuttyfairy]

Hey Gil! I hear back from my first choice college in two days and I'm 🙃🙃🙃!!!! I got rejected from a school within the same college system and it has the same acceptance rate and so now I'm dying. I can seriously see myself going to this school and being happy there but if I don't get in I have another good school that I actually got in to but it's not The School ™ you know? How are you dealing with this stress? Pls help before I give myself an aneurysm

Let me tell you sometime anonie, I’ve gotten rejected by 3 schools I thought I actually had pretty good chances of getting into *dies inside* It’s been stressing me out a ton to think about, so what I’ve been doing when I start to stress about it is turn off my computer and get away .. like I started going for walks, or reading a book (I’m reading “I am Malala”) or writing, listening to music. Stuff like that, to kinda distract myself for a while. I hoped I helped in the slightless lol- and let me know if you got accepted anon! wishing you the best! c: -Admin Gilfairy

[victorian-creepshow]

Finished Andromeda today. 

Pros:

Like I already said, the combat’s fun. Still not sure that the profile system was necessary, but I can understand some people enjoying it.

The main story was pretty good. I like how the Ryder twins worked together at the end, that was pretty cool. I just kinda wish we would have gotten a little more interaction with our twin. 

The worlds/scenery are v pretty. Voeld and Kadara are my favorite. Elaaden made me think of Borderlands. Part of me was expecting to find a Handsome Jack billboard somewhere rofl

I really like how they included more of those special friendly bonding moments with squadmates, whether you’re romancing them or not. V nice touch pls give us more of this in the future

Peebee and Drack ended up being my favs and I’ve never been a Krogan or Asari lover lmao. I mean, there wasn’t anyone on the squad I outright hated, but them two... definitely my homies.

Loved the little pathfinder cool kids gang that happened. I want to see more of them all. I’d love for them to all go on a mission together, pathfinders only no squares allowed

Kesh. Kesh is a positive all on her own. Love her. Vorn too. I like that they showed more variety in personalities within all the species. Krogan scientist 4tw

Kudos for ethnic diversity this time. They actually look like what they’re supposed to be! And it doesn’t look weird!

I never felt that overwhelming feeling of Hinterlands 2.0 on any of the maps. I’m not really interested in exploration, and I didn’t find any of the worlds too ridiculously huge like I thought they might be. Though they were all huge compared to Inquisition’s. It makes sense though, since they were clearly made to be used with the Nomad. If not for that, I think I would have been gritting my teeth trying to get from one side of the map to the other

More than two nice looking hairstyles for men, even if they were all a little bland.

Liked the color wheel on clothes, although I would have given it up in a heartbeat in favor of better physical feature customizations

Cons:

 At certain times the writing felt a little rushed to me.

There were still too many pointless quests, Bioware. chiiiiiiiiiill

Should I even bother to say it? I can hear the boos already. No imma say it anyway. DEAL. Some of the facial animations were nightmare fuel aight. Even for Bioware. Be real. I’m still clutching my rosary. But then some expressions felt much more natural than in previous games, too. I feel like they could easily build on that and refine it without too much hassle if given more time. Some walking and running animations felt a little less stiff than before, at least to me.

I’m still irritated at the CC. It’s pathetic, and using Alec as the reason it ‘has to be that way’ is ridiculous and cheap. That feeling of playing a pre-established character never went away and I was never able to fully connect with Ryder because of it. It took away from my enjoyment of the story. That, combined with the fact that it seemed like there were less dialog options this time around. And sometimes those dialog options seemed... bizarrely inappropriate to the situation. That’s nothing new, and sometimes it is just a matter of opinion, but ehh.

I fucking hate that fucking Sudoku wannabe decryption bullshit minigame oh my godddd. They can DIE. FOREVER. Ok this isn’t a legitimate complaint since technically you could skip most if you had a key thing, and I’m sure plenty of people out there enjoyed that hell. I’ve never had the patience for complex puzzles. Why couldn’t we just stick to matching lines of code like in ME2? cries  

The Kett story was a little predictable imo. And the Archon, I expected more out of him. As in, I was kinda hoping he’d be the sort of antagonist that you could empathize with. That maybe his motivations were less black and white than a certain other I AM A GOOOODDDDDD MWAHAHA bioware villain. 

Bugs. Buuuuugs everywhere. I couldn’t settle Elaaden because of a bug that prevented me from completing the mission. I had to replay several parts including a portion of the final mission. One time I lost about five hours of play. It was bad. Though, recalling what Inquisition was like on it’s initial release... it wasn’t completely unexpected.

Still doing that thing with Asari I see. Lmao. Like, I love Peebee, but I pulled a muscle rolling my eyes at the fact that I can’t be friendly to her without her trying to grab my junk. A whole new galaxy and we still hypersexualizing all the blue not-lady ladies. Nice. Can you imagine the meltdown hets would have if Gil had a cutscene that involved him rubbing up on Scott unprovoked? And the only reject option is along the lines of “Eheh.... well... I’m sorry, but I just... c-can’t... please don’t be mad your undeniable sex appeal isn’t working today...”

There was a very minor trans character, a side lesbian character, one gay/bi alien who’s love is dead, one bisexual human male and one possibly??? gay?? human male. The bisexual male is better written than the ONE other m/m romance, and one can only assume it was only given decent treatment because it’s also a potential fem!Ryder romance. Gil’s endgame if not romanced is to have a child with a woman? Lol. Also never explicitly states he’s only interested in men even when rejecting fem!Ryder. I could just sum all this up by saying “do better” but from where I’m sitting, this specific group of writers and developers aren’t interested in hearing it. So I’ll just say, fail. Fucking fail. No gold star for effort. If you want credit for being so ~*~progressive~*~, do the work. And for god’s sake, don’t treat it like someone twisted your arm to include it.

All in all, it was a fun game. I may play the DLCs if/when they come out. The main game doesn’t have a whole lot of replay value imo though, at least not for me. 

The problematic writing everyone foresaw going in turned out to be well-founded, and no, there is nothing here that would even begin to make up for it. They could do better if they wanted to. They’re aware of the issues. This was their chance to fix that and all they proved was that they really don’t care. Simple as that. So yep, I’m still extremely disappointed in that respect.

On that note, let’s not dwell on it. At least we all know what to expect now. On to what really matters... DA4~ And if they fuck that up, there will be hell to pay. 

[dangermousie]

2017 Kdramas I am interested in

DEFINITELY:

My Sassy Girl - I love sageuks, I adore Joo Won (who has never been in one) and I never cared for the original movie so I don’t care they changed the concept. Bring it on!

While You Were Sleeping - I have yet to see a Lee Jong Suk drama I did not love. At this point he could make a drama about wallpaper and I would watch. Suzy has her critics but I really like her and think she has excellent chemistry with her leading men.

My Secret Romance - love Sung Hoon and it’s a romance with a reformed lead. Yes pls.

Missing Nine - after Heartless City, I will watch the Doctor’s Son in anything. The Lost vibes are a bonus.

Saimdang - the cast!!! In sageuk!!!!

Defendant - a dark thriller starring Ji Sung is right up my alley. I am a little leery of his leading lady but willing to give her a chance because everything else looks excellent.

The Happiest Time of My Life - Jo Chang Wook. Nuff said.

Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People - what a clunky title! Plus Kang Ji Hwan will always be my Hong Gil Dong. Still a period-era Robin Hood is a drama I cannot help but check out.

Man to Man - that cast that writer and that story. Why am I not watching it already? So glad Park Hae Jin gets a good drama after the Cheese fiasco.

The King Loves - a sageuk romance? Holy Hell, YESSSS!

Ruler: Master of the Mask - love the leads and the story seems a bit dark and I have rarely passed a sageuk.

MAYBE:

Voice - love love love LOVE the cast but I am not a fan of police stories.

Tomorrow with You - great cast but for some reason the story is putting me off. Reminds me too much of Time traveler’s wife, of which I was not a fan.

Bride of the Water God - loved the manhwa and it has a solid production team (though Misaeng was not my bag), but moving the setting to modern day really destroys the key portion of the story’s charm and their proposed lead is, IMO, utterly wrong for the part.

Woman of Dignity - love both leading ladies but confession time - I don’t care for most women-centric dramas the same way I don’t care for most men-centric ones - I want me one male and one female lead, fairly equal in importance and with some romance. Exception is if it’s a daaaark story or a sageuk but this is neither. Heart wants what it wants.