#glad to help the npc lovers out there

[starshine-valley]

They wanted to go on a class field trip :( ended up in a ruined sekai with Hatsune fucking miku.

Not an AU thing (ish?) but a shitpost thing where the plot is Class 3-A in Otonokizaka High School was supposed to go on a class field trip but after playing an untitled song they go to a strange sekai…

For the sake of my silly headcanons, they’re in the same class since (according to the wiki) they’re 17 (and for the sake of this headcanon, they’re still in school at 3rd years same with Tsukasa, Rui, Ena, etc.)

[disventure-rewrite-takes]

As a Jake kinnie and supporter, an Aiden enjoyer, and Jakeden shipper- deadass the story would be more exciting if they dated.

Hear me out- Tom x Jake? It’s cute, but it honestly feels a little empty. If ONC wanted to focus on the Jam ship, they should’ve added more. The stupid “will they won’t they” should not be in my indie gay show!!

James x Aiden- nothing. No seasoning. No spice. No chemistry. Just fanservice. In my opinion, it doesn’t help that the first kiss they ever had was a little non-consensual. Aiden agreed to kiss him for like 2 seconds- not 10. Aiden was probably really uncomfortable considering that he didn’t like James at the time. Plus James’ entire personality is “Aiden” and “Social media” it feels like he’s an NPC.

So what if in DCAS Aiden used to love James, he really did. But recently, every kiss feels fake, every hug feels fabricated. James still loves Aiden, but Aiden doesn’t feel the same anymore. Getting back into the show was perfect! Maybe he could have the privacy to talk to Lake, maybe the spark between him and James would relight! But as soon as Aiden walks onto the plane, he spots Jake. Aiden LOVED Jake in season one- so he has a little fanboy crush as is. James gets voted off, and Aiden doesn’t really feel that upset, if anything he’s a little glad he won’t have to act super lovey dovey. He had a conversation with Lake before she gets voted off, and she basically tells him “It’s okay to not be in love anymore. Things happen, you should just be honest with him and break things off when the show is over.”

Jake on the other hand gets jealous of Tom and Aiden hanging out- but this time.. it’s not because of Tom. Jake is jealous that Tom is hanging out with this cute boy. Jake tells himself that he’s jealous of Aiden, as Jake has slowly begun to realize that him and Tom just might not be meant to be and he needs to move the fuck on. Eventually, Jake starts to realize that he’s thinking more and more about Aiden and tells this to Ashley- and she basically says “Well it sounds like you got a crush on Aiden, not Tom.” Jake understands this now- but because he’s bad with his feelings, he still acts kinda passive aggressive with Aiden. Yet he can’t help but joke around with him sometimes. When the merge happens and Connor gives everyone the speech, Jake realizes that he should be more honest with Aiden. So Jake and Aiden start to develop a friendship! Episode 13- the superhero one! At the end of the challenge! Make Aiden kiss Jake in the moment!! Because over the course of the show- Aiden was like “God Jake is so pretty” and then their friendship arc made him go “God Jake is so cool” then after the challenge- Jake and Aiden talk to each other- and become a couple.

This adds more to Jake’s character! He’s finally in a relationship that isn’t based off looks, they have chemistry, they have a genuine relationship arc and not that “will they won’t they” bullcrap. Then when Aiden gets voted off! Jake is like “I need to win this for me, AND Aiden!”

Also the moment when Jake finds out James is his helper in the final challenge? That “James.. oh g o d” is so much funnier because Jake and Aiden are dating now. And Jake has no idea about how James feels about that. (Don’t worry they establish that James and Aiden break up in the motel episode- James is sad but he understands)

hey hey hey as a big jakeden fan i am NODDINGGGGGGG

this is my own personal bias but i'd love to add james to their relationship anyways, jajames enemies to lovers is SO FUNNY - but i can totally get behind just jakeden. seriously they had so much chemistry.

i think i would change the kiss though, i'd let them get a kiss just maybe in the finale, granted that jake is in it. just so everything is consensual and sorted out, so we don't have to bear with 'cheating' drama with jaiden. they can still have those nice, awkward & romantic moments, like the hug in the lie detector episode (my god was that peak jakeden. that whole episode was spectacular for them)

i fw this hard

[ilikedyourablogithere]

My Dislyte 2023 Awards

Same as last year

Time to rant about the things I liked this year

if you had things you liked this year go ahead and make your own post

anyways

The Element of The Year

Flow

From Intisar to Liam, 4 or 5 Star, every Flow Unit this year has been a banger and very useful

Pantheon of the Year

Greek

while not my personal go to, it is very obvious this was the Greeks year. Having the spotlight on them through out the various stories and bounties

My Favorite Character of The Year

Falken

you don't get any points for guessing Falken is my favorite esper of the year again. And if you're disappointed he's my pick for another year... tell the dev team to make a character I will like more than Falken ?

But it's not that hard to see why. He got his Universal +20% Speed lead, great in boss fights, the new equipment gave him even even more viable builds you can make with him and of course his divinate allows him to do what he does even better

There was more fun to be had with this guy than last year and for that... he's the best

Best Boy of the Year

Javid

Was once told good cops don't end up staying "good" cops. They usually either end up quitting or worse happens to them

and Javid is no exception to that

As chief marshal he ended up forcing a whole marshal department to defend the citizens against a monster swarm, sending them all but him to their death. Meant to die along side them he somehow survived and now riddle with guilt of surviving he's been imprisoned where he also keeps the citizens safe and the miracle a bay

It takes alot to stand by your values especially during the bad times. And that's the thing I like about Javid, he stands by what he mean. He believes in fairness even when if means he ends up on losing side of being fair. He could have left and abandon everyone and everything and saved his own skin but that wouldn't have been fair to all those who died now would it?

He's not winning any popularity awards tho, he's still a hard ass stick in the mud at the end of the day. And his fairness can border on cruelty but that's part of what make him interesting

Best Girl of the Year

Ain

Tragically there no deep reason for choosing her, she's simply a kind person. She has a bit of a temper and apparently a bit of a prankster in her but she's part of her community and is making it a better place for herself and those around her.

From helping those down on their luck, sharing her knowledge and passing down what she knows, being a cat lover or simply being a quirky event in another's life. She's very much a part of her community

It's something the majority of us can do and even strive to make a part of our own lives

She's very inspirational and for that she's 2023s best girl

Husbando of 2023

N/A

yee same as last year, no one has resonated with me like yet. But I'm always open to being surprised

Waifu of 2023

Aquafresh

my dearly beloved who is named after a toothpaste brand for some reason I will never understand

She's so mysterious ... by which I mean I do not understand this npc

Best Billboard Event of 2023

Sea and Song

I mean it made me feel

Norah is an excellent main character with a relatable story of an artist who lost her art mojo

The npcs were very likeable and just make you want to help them and save the day

and while my like of Anna has greatly soured since her released Norah sure make her seem like a cool person and while their ending is sad, I'm glad they got to see each other again

Pretty satisfying end to the Cube Miracle arc

Best Track of 2023

Without You - Northside Nate

it's song that fills in a spot in the musical taste buds that rarely gets satisfied

Best Boss of the Year

Barros

an interesting esper, on one hand he's doing his best with what he can get his hands on the help his lil' nephew. But on the other hand "doing his best with what he can" is him gambling the rest city's citizens to accomplish this and seeing how he's the mayor...it's probably for the best to stop him

Also he's a pretty cool 2 part boss fight

I'm surprised they haven't put him in towers or cube miracle or something

But ya that's my best of 2023 awards for dislyte for anyone who was curious

[coffeetothepeople]

Hey! I don't follow you but the art of the fire genasi & elf wizard is so!! Good!! IDK which is your OC but can you tell me a bit about them?

Oh I am SO glad you asked 🙏 I’m sorry I’m advance - I tried to keep this brief but uhhhhh I am nothing if not a rambler 😅

My character is the fire genasi, Bee, the other is an npc / the BBEG for an arc of the dnd campaign I’m currently playing (@atinydroid ‘s character)

Bee grew up in the Cracked Volcano which is a very militaristic society out of necessity - they’ve been under constant attack from neighboring kingdoms who want to take their land / generally just kick out the fire genasi altogether. So Bee naturally was in the military for a while, but compared to their four dads (who are all decorated generals, all around very successful and well regarded people), Bee is just…super average. Just regular, nothing special, but they TOTALLY don’t have a complex about never meeting people’s expectations. It doesn’t help that Bee is generally A Lot - just very outgoing, everyone they meet is an instant best friend (from Bees perspective at least). But all that said, Bees dads absolutely adore them and dote on them constantly.

But eventually Bee decides they need to leave - they’re very curious and have never gotten to leave home and they are so so tired of fighting and they just want to get to travel and see the world and meet people who are different, BUT Bees childhood friend tries to stop them (loyalty to the volcano is generally high). Bee is desperate to leave and so a fight breaks out between them and Bee ends up killing their BF and having to leave without even saying goodbye to their dads (😭).

The first few months they spend just getting as far away as possible, and doing odd jobs to get by, largely sleeping outside and regretting leaving and missing their dads. But! Then they meet the rest of the adventuring party and things are going better now (at least they have some friends to commiserate with).

As for Jeremy (the elf)….we haven’t technically met him in canon in the campaign yet 😅. A couple of years ago we played a one shot where he was the BBEG and the chemistry was just so good I started drawing them together all the time and eventually my friends decided to start that campaign from level 1 and play through (shoutout to my dm who made a super interesting world to explore!). So we’ll get there eventually, but the two will definitely start as enemies, maybe end up lovers, maybe end up killing each other, it’s tbd but in my heart they are kissing 😂 I think Bee can fix him (make him worse in a different way) and at least be maybe the first person in a long time to genuinely care about him, despite the bad things he’s done.

Anyway so sorry to just go on, I know this is super long, but I’m really glad you asked and glad you’ve been enjoying art of them, it makes me so happy 🥰

[vievecorcityevents]

The suspects have been chosen after a tension filled morning. These five suspects are led to the hangman's nooses to hang...

Divya Effendi

Daphne Blackwood

Atlas Westwood

Max Rogers

Joanna Vörös

As their bodies thrash in the air, the one who struggles the longest is the only ONE of them starts to transform into that familiar monstrous Creature.

It is... Atlas Westwood.

The townspeople gasp in shock, but they are also glad to have caught one more killer and they hope Atlas was the last one...

Unbeknownst to them, there is still ONE MORE in their midst. One more who has gone by undetected for so long. And now that the town's population has dwindled down by such a significant degree, he can complete his task of ridding Phantom Creak of the living before moving on.

As the night descends and the sun rises the next morning, the final killer has done the job of killing every last individual in town. He looks down as his blood soaked claws transform back into human-shaped ones and a smile spreads across his lips as his eyes shift to the dying face looking up at him.

The last killer left standing is Leon Blachedone.

FINAL VERDICT: The town of Phantom Creak is no more and THE VICTORY GOES TO THE MURDERERS!

OOC Info:

The suspects have been listed in order of who received the most votes in this round. This concludes the murder mystery portion of our Spirit Event! Thank you to everyone for playing such an amazing game~ This event will officially end at September 8th, 11.59pm EST. We've moved the timing a little later to give us all more time to start more event-related threads if needed! :)

EVENT INFO:

Players will find more information behind the different plot elements in this section under the cut. While not everything was revealed, we all did a great job at piecing together so much information!

THE NPCS:

Gideon Caldwell - Gideon Caldwell is the 20 year old son of Sarah Caldwell. He was sickly as a child and his mother spent a lot of her efforts making sure he got well. After turning into a monstrous Creature by accidentally drinking one of Sarah's concoctions a few months ago, Gideon became out of control and only managed to regain his sense of self with further help from Sarah's continual experiments. The Cure-All was the thing keeping the monster at bay. His venture down into the hidden temple allowed him to gaze upon the glowing bowl within and the Creature inside gained more control and gave him a mission -- to kill others as sacrifice and to spread the creature's curse far beyond Phantom Creak. He turned Leon Blachedone, Artus Westwood and Atlas Westwood into fellow monsters at random and entrusted them to further the temple's agenda by killing more people... Gideon was eventually hung by the townspeople of Phantom Creak and died before his (or the Creature's) vision could be realised.

Sarah Caldwell - Sarah Caldwell is the 50 year old apothecary in Phantom Creak. She lived all her life in this town and has been experimenting on townsfolk with her various remedies and medications, a majority of which were not life-threatening. That is until she decided to experiment with some plants she found in a hidden temple deep within Phantom Creak's mines. She tried her best to keep Gideon under control while finding a cure for him and she was so close. It was just that the creature inside Gideon was stronger... Her research at the hands of Vivian Ambrose was instrumental in figuring out what happened after she was also put to death by Phantom Creak's townsfolk...

Maanika Sarkar - Maanika Sarkar is 26 years old and came to Phantom Creak about 3 months ago. She fell pregnant with a lover's child and to escape the scrutiny of society, she decided that a small mining town was the place to go. She approached Sarah Caldwell early on wanting to get rid of the child, but was persuaded not to and had been taking remedies from Sarah to help with her pregnancy ever since. She comes from the city of Oseford which is about a 1 week ride from Phantom Creak by horse carriage. She befriended Gideon Caldwell and she was one of the few people he would willing tell his problems to. She tried to contact her lover in the city to help sponsor Gideon's move out of Phantom Creak, but she never heard back from him. Maanika refuses to believe that her lover would abandon her and still hopes to see him in Phantom Creak one day...

Ezekiel Voss - Ezekiel Voss is a 60 year old miner who has been in Phantom Creak for all of his life. He is old friends with Sarah Caldwell since they were both original residents of the town and treats her and Gideon as family as he has none of his own. He uncovered a hidden temple beneath the mine a few months ago and was fascinated by it. He initially kept it a secret from everyone, but eventually took Sarah down there to show it to her. He was the one Sarah called for help when Gideon was accidentally turned into the Creature and he has tried to help the Caldwells as much as possible. When the authorities came knocking on his door, he was unable to lie in good conscience and brought Sheriff Fleischer and Deputy Blachedone down to the temple. This was an especially integral decision as he was already suspecting that Gideon had something to do with the first murders. Ezekiel was eventually hung by the townspeople of Phantom Creak...

THE TEMPLE:

The Underground Temple that Ezekiel Voss found deep beneath Phantom Creak belongs to an ancient religious order that was buried under the earth for millennia and was eventually forgotten by the world. It worshipped a long-forgotten deity and its followers used the altar inside the temple to keep a monstrous aquatic Creature from wreaking havoc on earth.

THE GLOWING BOWL:

The glowing bowl in the temple room was filled with the Creature's essence and the slimey plants that grew around its rim that had thousands of years to evolve into what made its essence digestible and contagious in Sarah Caldwell's concoction... The leafey plants that grew around the glowing bowl and outside in the rest of the temple were the last vestiges of protection that the ancient deity left behind to protect the temple and its surroundings from the Creature. It would have stayed trapped in this bowl forever had Ezekiel not found the temple and brought Sarah down to investigate...

THE CREATURE:

The Creature is an aquatic monster from ancient times and said to be the temple deity's arch nemesis. It was sealed in the temple by the deity and their followers many millennia ago.

What Gideon Caldwell turned into was a weakened and smaller version of the Creature's original form. This is why it took some time for the Creature to take over Gideon's body. The take-over process was also being hindered by Sarah's attempts to cure her son with the Cure-All which was working to a significant degree. The mixing on these two essences in Gideon's body is what allowed Gideon to transform into a monster at will, but only at night.

It was only after Gideon visited the temple with Ezekiel that the Creature was able to get into his mind even more sway his thoughts. It was after this that Gideon received a new mission in life -- to kill others as sacrifice and to spread the creature's curse far beyond Phantom Creak. Every kill the monsters committed, even when they did not know it, would allow them to become stronger and stronger.

Gideon was able to infect others by dripping his own blood into a human's open wound, but this is only possible in his transformed state. This blood is what allowed these individuals to also transform at will at night and their minds This was how he infected Leon Blachedone, Artus Westwood and Atlas Westwood and these individuals were chosen by him at random to carry on the work... He came about this information after he visited the temple and the Creature was able to speak with him more clearly.

The message the randomly chosen murderers received on the night they were attacked...

You have been selected to be a MURDERER! As you walk home alone after the sun has set, you are ambushed by a large Creature with slimy skin. You attempt to fight it off and it overpowers you easily, but not before you manage to cause it to bleed in the scuffle. The creature retreats and you get up, bruised and battered and you find that some of its blood has entered your open wound which is somehow miraculously healing! What happens next is some of the most excruciating pain you have ever experienced in your life. Your body starts to bend and stretch and your skin starts to peel to reveal that same sliminess you felt on the creature before! You are turning into one of them! When the pain is finally over and the transformation is complete, you uncurl your monstrous form and look up, only to see that same Creature that attacked you staring back at you. They knew exactly what they were doing when they attacked you and now you are one of them... The Creature turns and leaves you behind to wander in your new form. It is only when the first faint light of the sun starts to show that your body goes through that same excruciating pain to return you to your human form. As you lay there on the ground after the transformation, trying to come to terms with what happened, you come to the consensus that you need to keep this a secret from the townsfolk lest they find out and kill you in cold blood...

[everywishway]

My Top 5 Favorite Seasons of Dimension 20

Before I start, these are all great and they could alternate depending on my mood, especially the top three. I'm also watching Unsleeping City for the first time right now (im sorry. i know it's great, i just never got around to watching it because i was rewatching Fantasy High for the 10th time) so that's why it's not on the list.

Also, there is a poll at the end to see what everyone's favorite is out of these 5 choices and whichever wins I'm going to rewatch.

5. Misfits and Magic. My personal favorite of the shorter seasons (6-8 episodes). I loved all the cast members, they were all amazing but it just felt very rushed for me? Like, throw in a fifth episode for me just for the sake of pacing. The Tri-Wizard Tournament thing came out of nowhere and I think the pacing would've worked if they lead with the fact the Magical Misfits had to prove themselves to stay (and they had to do it too). I know the Headmistress was trying to blindsight them but anyone else could've mentioned it. Other than that, this was amazing. I love this and am trying to get my mom to watch it with me because she loves the books that shall not be named

4. Fantasy High Season One. It was really good and I love all of the Bad Kids so much it's not even funny. Bill Seacaster and Jawbone are my favorite NPCs in any TTRPG show ever and I love Fabian, Riz and Fig so much My main thing was the fight scenes. Fight scenes every other episode was a lot for me, someone who hates combat in my actual games of TTRPGS. I'm glad Brennan paced it so fight scenes were only every couple of episodes afterward, it made them feel more heavy and exciting that way.

3. The Seven. This season feels so underrated for some reason? No one ever talks about it, I never see fanart for it like I see the others on this list. All six Heroic Highschoolers did such a great job bringing their characters and teen struggles to life, it made me feel every single emotion at once. Two problems with this season though: One, no one played Zelda which I'm willing to forgive since they were playing it safe with covid regulations. Number two though is how much Sam Nightingale hogged screen time. Don't get me wrong, I love Sephie so much and she really made this season great, but I can't help but feel like she just got more attention that could've gone to other members of the Seven. Maybe it's the fact she got more one on one scenes since she was always talking to Zelda who was played by Brennan? At times it just felt like the Sam show and not an adventure about The Seven. But everyone go rewatch this though. I think I'm the only person who's rewatched it since it came out and I've rewatched it at least six times.

2. A Court of Fey and Flowers. Literally a perfect season. It has my personal favorite cast, amazing characters, and one of the best blends of humor and emotions a season of Dimension 20 could have. My only trouble is that parts of it don't have the rewatchability the other seasons have with all the secrets and rumors. I do still cry at Hob's confession though, even after the fourth time.

1. Fantasy High: Sophomore Year. I think this is one of, if not the best, seasons they have ever done. You get so much world-building for Spyre compared to other campaigns, you already know the characters so you spend more time fleshing them out and meeting new amazing side characters, like Ayda and Kalina, or fleshing out ones we already know, like Sandra-Lynn and Cathilda. I still openly sob every single one of the Bad Kid's troubles and I love them so much. Give me a season of the Bad Kids and The Seven, Brennan!

So, now that we're done, which is the best season out of these? Are there other The Seven lovers out there? IDK, VOTE!

[problematicfactive]

Hey, we've been actively trying to work with those alters. Please don't assume that we're condoning such actions. Maybe it was worded weirdly, but what I meant was that I'm glad there is support for alters like that.. but maybe this blog isn't for them, is it? Just factives of problematic people who aren't mean alters.

So, the ask you sent in said it was nice to see a blog that was dedicated to understanding "problematic alters" that act out in ways that get you banned.

Within that, there was no mention of factives specifically, there was a very specific language disconnect between what I use on my blog and what you submitted. We receive asks all the time from people who don't have problematic factives, but fictives, and still feel they need their two cents validated by this blog and that isn't the case. This blog isn't just for any alter. This blog is for problematically sourced factives.

Now, We've been banned from many a server. But we get banned for saying "hi". We get banned for posting a picture on the faceclaim channel. We get banned for clarifying how we connect to source. That isn't acting out. That's existing. We get banned for existing.

My focus is on the problematic factives who get banned for existing.

This blog is meant to be an educational blog. A place where people who didn't understand problematic factives to learn that we aren't as bad as we seem. It doesn't take much more than one bad egg to ruin that for everyone.

Does the Dahmer who genuinely wants to eat his lover exist? Sure, I guess so. And thanks to him, the Dahmer who doesn't struggles every day. This blog *is* for both of those Dahmers as thy are both problematic factives. But if I catch the first Dahmer acting out in a way deserving of being banned, he's gotta go. That's just how running a community works. I couldn't imagine a community built on letting everyone push the limits of what's appropriate.

One off comments are fine. I delete the comment, I'll say "that's not appropriate" hopefully everyone goes on with their day. If it's a consistent issue, I have to resolve it the way any other moderator would. If a member struggles, like, maybe Dahmer DOES want to eat his lover, but that distresses him and makes him upset and he needs to vent about it. Thats also fine. As long as these things arent shone on positively. But, we have our own member (npc) who struggles with whats right and whats wrong. *We* have to watch him and help him and make sure he learns. And its something thats been mentioned here before, but it isnt what the blog is about, ots just a fact that we watch over him. There's no other way to keep peace, especially in a community built the people ours was on.

[dammons-forgefire]

https://www.tumblr.com/arctophyllax/735707485263085568/actually-theres-a-way-to-ask-larian-to-give-us

Omg i found this!! Request send already! Spread it my love our men needs a hug at least!

Hello anon, thank you for sharing!

I'll definitely ask them to give us more interactions with our favorite tieflings, but I will be completely honest; I think there are limits to what we can realistically ask for here. Do some expectation management, if you will.

So far we don't even have hugs for our direct companions and lovers in the game, so if hugs for NPCs are to come, it might take a while. Perhaps even a long while. I still think they would definitely implement them should they see the demand. Larian is overall great when listening to fans and players.

But there are also a lot of things I doubt we can expect them to implement.

The way a lot of the NPCs are written feels like their story should take place off-screen as well, and making more of it happen on-screen would probably take a very long time of writing and recording more dialogue, among other things.

I doubt they will add any new permanent companions, as that would mean an insane level of additional effort for them. And while Zevlor, for example, is extremely strong and I would have loved for him to help us more under Moonrise, I think overall, the area was supposed to be difficult but manageable, which it already is, even in Tactician difficulty, especially if you have Aylin to aid you in the fight. Adding him to fight with us there would probably not be too difficult, but it feels as though they would have to buff Ketheric in order for things to still be balanced.

Now this might just be me, but as much as I adore Zevlor (among a lot of other NPCs), and even though I would have loved to hug him or even flirt with him during the party in Act I, accepting something like that or even having him sleep with Tav there doesn't seem to be in character to me. He seems more like the type to be caught off guard and flattered, but not like someone who would ever act on it, even if he did have a little crush on Tav. I could be wrong, though.

There is also a big difference between changes like that during early access and now that the game is released. It is no longer in active development, even though they are still working on a lot of things. But the game is released. It's out. I don't see them putting in thousands of work-hours into completely new character quests that they didn't at least already explore during earlier stages of development.

I know they had something else planned for Zevlor in Act II, but from what I heard, that was about him intentionally betraying the refugees, which I'm very glad they didn't implement.

Now, as much as I understand some people wanting to ask for romances of their favorite NPCs (I've seen Zevlor, Dammon, Rolan, Raphael, Omeluum, Abdirak, Kar'niss, Gortash, Orin, Nere, Barcus, Rugan, and a whole bunch more that people want to romance), writing a whole new romance that doesn't just feel like an afterthought, but fleshed out takes a lot of time. And you can already tell that, because even most of the main companions don't feel like they ever finished those. Which also means that the companions need to be the top priority here.

Wyll was rewritten a few months before the game was released, and even now, months AFTER release he is still hours behind in content compared to other companions. It just takes a very long time to write, produce, record, polish, animate, then fully implement things. Even with mocap, there are still animators who have to properly animate everything. Mocap doesn't do the full job here, so even smaller animations take time.

Something as fleshed out with as many scenes and dialogue options as Astarion's romance took them 4 full years of constant development, recording and many iterations to get things right. And even there they still have to keep working, fix things, rewrite smaller things, add more dialogue, etc.

Larian worked on the game for years to get it to this point, so another romance, a fully developed quest line, could easily take a year during active development. Outside of development, it could take much longer, so to me it doesn't sound feasible to create something like that for a character that isn't part of the main group.

They already have their hands full with hundreds of things they still fix and develop, the entire upper city was cut fairly shortly before release, so it will probably be put back in. And I wouldn't be surprised if that meant some changes as to what we can see and who we can meet in Act III, but even then, I doubt they will make smaller NPCs romanceable.

Hugs? I would like that. A few more one-night stands with some extra dialogue? Sure. But I don't think we will get any more companions, or full romances. (Which is, by the way, the reason I think Frazer has been told not to hype up a potential romance with Dammon, not to inspire hope where there is none. He is a big part of the story for Karlach, that was already written in Early Access and developed quite a bit before being ultimately dropped for now. But creating a full romance with him is not in scope of what they can realistically put out with the level of quality they aspire to have.)

[spotlightstudios]

Something, something, Nash is very near and dear to me, whatever. Can I *please* articulate how my party/dm unintentionally influenced this man's story so intently? (I refuse to believe any of it was on purpose unless it was Maldric (my bf's character) Or Nylia (another pal's character) because they didn't care enough.)

So, Nash. Introduced as this socially awkward, but ultimately charismatic and really strong person, right? He gained the respect of the entire party thanks to one chance Nat 20 roll to strength at their guild assessment. Knowing nothing, these people all assigned him as leader for their first quest. He did his best to keep everyone safe, and did well to keep himself alive. Had some really epic moments that kinda cemented him in that leadership role, even though he was just desperately trying to keep his party alive.

There was a time when the party had a character killed off by a favorite npc just to get that member a new character. Nash was dead-set on saving this guy, despite his sudden turn to the dark side, and had to watch him killed before his eyes. Nash was the only one that mourned the loss. Everyone went along like normal, but Nash was sudeldenly a lot more weary towards threats with his remaining party.

He got married after only a few quests. At first, it was a spur of the moment thing. He and Maldric had been subtly flirting, but when an npc married one of our party members, Maldric proposed to Nash. However, this was the best possible thing, because after that point they were inseparable. Even if the world crumbled, Nash would have Maldric.

Then the big baddy fight #1. Nash had been managing the party's new kingdom as the main King, and recieved letters from neighboring kingdoms begging for help. Threats from their enemy. So, he rallied his party and set off. There they found the place destroyed, and a huge hole. One of their party members entered, only to get chomped up by a giant worm thing. Nash and Maldric teamed up to get that member out, but they ended up getting attacked instead.

Nash got swept up in its jaws, and the party held Maldric back while Nash tried to keep its jaws open and prevent it from swallowing him. He ended up getting bitten pretty badly and swallowed, but a few minutes later a new party ran into the fight and her God blessed her with a powerful attack. It killed the worm thing, leaving Nash behind in the disintegrated remains. He was in such bad shape though, and he couldn't be saved.

The party has to return to the castle, Maldric taking over as King in Nash's place, and everyone grieving for their lost leader, fridnd, and even lover.

Months later, they took a journey to Elysium. They traded Nylia's life for Nash's, knowing full well that they couldn't continue on without him. His soul was sent to where his body was kept in the graveyard back at the kingdom, in an elaborate mausoleum, meant to house all of the council when they died.

Nash had no memories besides the fight before he died, so he pushes the lid from his casket and stand up normally. He literally reaches through the bars of the door to the burial and snaps the lock off, and exits into broad daylight. With all of the chaos with undead lately, the guards and the citizens nearby panicked to see their dead king walking again. He'll never forget the fear on their faces, nor the way they scattered.

And of course, he's so glad to be back, for everyone's sake. Yet, the loss of Nylia, that chunk of memory he's missing, his reputation as an undead among his own? He worries he'll fail everyone all over again. That he'll slip and give into the dark control of their enemy. He doesn't bleed anymore, his blood is congealed and black. He's pale, and cold. The sun is his only source of warmth now that his heart doesn't beat.

He doesn't feel right anymore.

I want to continue his story, and expand on what happened to him and his party. I want to know how he copes with their deaths. How he sees their quest all the way to the end, even with losses along the way. By the end of it, he'd be a broken husk of who he once was, but he'd have saved the world and made it better for the rest of the world. His siblings, his Husband, his people. He'd be the king of heroes and the ruler of survivors, his kingdom a sanctuary. Yet, he would be a living reminder of all that pain and terror people went through to find peace. Centuries into the future, He'd be a name of legend rather than a ruler.

Maybe, just maybe, he would be allowed to ascend rather than be taken to the underworld. He's finally lost enough of his humanity that he gives in, and on the banks of the river, they ferryman denies him, and instead he's met with Helios and Hestia, and the spirit of Maldric. They welcome him and guide his tired spirit to his own throne in the realm of the gods. Nash, the God of Leadership, Compassion, and Unbreakable Bonds.

He'd finally be at rest. Able to see his companions again, able to be alongside Maldric and his siblings. Then he'd finally not be so cold.

[fangsandfeels]

Oct 18 - Favorite DA2 NPC

I've already mentioned Ketojan, so here's to more personal favorites:

Ella

I love it when you get to see the continuation of a character's story. I'm glad that Ella isn't just a footnote in Anders' quest - that you can help her make her choice. Of course, in Marian's case it was to tell her to find her parents and leave Kirkwall ASAP. Needless to say, to receive a letter from her and to learn that her family clearly missed her and was happy to reunite with her, that they supported her all the way, was precious. It was also very heartwarming for Ella, while being on the run, to send a message to Hawke.

Feynriel

I almost expected this guy to be a companion in DA:I because of how much we can be involved into his story and journey. His story is heartbreaking, truly - almost handed over to the Templars by his own mother, not fully understood and feared by the Dalish, and resorting to seeking assistance in Tevinter simply because other options are tranquility, possession or death.

It's very telling that during his time in Tevinter, he chooses to use his mastered power to look after others - and despite all his experiences, he sees Tevinter for what it is in its current state.

I would love to see Feynriel among the Black Dragons, but wouldn't count on it.

Grace

Marian started with openly sympathizing with Grace and assisting her with her goals and ended up being ready to annihilate her on the spot for having the nerve to threaten her with Bethany's life. She would have helped Grace free of charge, but she had to go there, she had to push the big red button. Moreover, Marian would have gladly participated in the way to kick Meredith out, she already had a powerful motivation. By kidnapping her sister, Grace really shot herself in the foot.

But from my point of view, Grace is a tragic example of the oppressed lashing out. She couldn't catch a break. She lost her lover during her escape attempt, then she got caught again - I don't believe she wasn't punished for her escape attempt, given that if you surrender mages to the templars in Act of Mercy, Meredith still orders to execute three escapees at random. I remember tons of fandom discourse judging Grace for rash actions, and plotting, and manipulation, but it's easy to say "she should have known better" - as if Grace had a place, time, and resources to think clearer and know better. It was clear she didn't have an opportunity to process Decimus' death - and her sadness was made worse by the bitterness she experienced after getting locked up again. I can understand the state, and the wish to get revenge on everyone and everything and at the same time. I can understand why she got possessed by a demon so easily - after all that time, you really start wondering, whether losing your soul is worse than enduring all this treatment?

[happymeishappylife]

Movies I Watched in 2023

1. Tu Me Manques

The premise of this movie and its subsequent is both beautiful and absolutely heartbreaking. Based on a play and a true story, the idea is that an estranged father who didn't understand his son because of his sexual orientation, finds his phone after his death and wants to learn about his life. This leads him to connect to his son's boyfriend who shows him, teaches him, and pours his heart out to this stranger because their relation is what leads his lover to commit suicide. And that in itself is promising, until you get to the end of the movie and find out that these are the actors of the play, showing what would be the better ending to such a heartbreaking story. Instead, that father wanted nothing to do with Sebastian and never goes to find out about his life.

2. Spirited Away: Live on Stage Production

I'm so glad they filmed this live show and made a movie. It's such an incredible production and just as enchanting as the movie itself. The puppetry, scenery, and staging to bring this animated film to life is a delight and so well done, that honestly it felt like watching the original movie. And honestly, with a caliber this high, I would love to see more of Studio Ghibli's works brought to life.

3. The Best of Enemies

This was an incredible movie and had amazing performances by Taraji P Henson and Sam Rockwell. What rocked me though is this is a true historical story from my home state and it happened 50 years ago. 50 years ago!!! And yet here in North Carolina we were still fighting the segregation movement, even if it was technically illegal. But watching the people of Durham clash because of the destruction of the 'black' school and watching how the clan tried to intimidate black and white folk for supporting segregation was wild. But watching Ann Atwater fight and then also help the new Klansleader C. P. Ellis with the caring of his son was an absolutely fantastic moment to prove to the audience and I'm sure the people of Durham, that change can happen. Which is why that ending scene, while tense, is so hopeful and a cheer worthy moment.

4. Tick, Tick... Boom

Rent has always been one of my favorite musicals, and the story of its creator has always been so bittersweet. Andrew Garfield deserves the world for such a brilliant portrayal of a man who struggle so much to make his dreams come true, and sadly never saw them thrive. Sure Jonathan Larson's obsession with his musical and the alienation of his friends and responsibilities is hard to watch, but that also influenced his art so much. And while we may never see a full production of Superbia, I applaud his risks to create amazing music.

5. First They Killed My Father

The story of Cambodia's Civil War is gut wrenching and guilt ridden, as I'm aware that we caused it. When I watched Funan a couple years ago, I was absolutely grief stricken by the way people were treated and how much they suffered. So while I had more background going into this, it didn't lessen the impact or the pain. The way its directed from the eyes of Loung Ung, a child at the time that the Khmer Rouge forces her family to leave Khmer Republic. She then watches as her family is forced to leave everything behind, be compelled to do hard manual labor and starve, and watch slowly by slowly as her family is torn from her, treated badly and killed. Plus watching her be trained as a child soldier and then having to walk through a mine field that she understands how it was created is just absolutely gut-punching as other people around her hit mine after mine. Just an incredibly powerful movie.

6. Free Guy

One of the more lighthearted movies on my list, I really enjoyed this movie because it twists the general conception of video games. I would love if some random NPC like Guy just decided to go rogue and do his own thing in a game. How beautiful would that be? And why would anyone try to terminate that? (I don't care if they are played hilariously by Taika Watiti). But I also love the understory of these two indie developers trying to reclaim their original build and preserve it from a giant game company who only wants profits.

7. Nope

Watched this during Spooktober this year and I wasn't that scared by it, even with the one true horror-esque scene of the blood and guts pouring down the farm house. Instead, I was super intrigued and loved this brilliant sci-fi movie because it envisioned a truly unique alien. I mean we don't know what's up there and of course there could be life who don't act like humans so why not a giant creature that's just eating people? I love OJ's calm collective approach to discovering what the alien is and what it wants and that he pulls from his long years of horse training to understand it. Plus, paired up with Em's hilarious and charismatic approach to trying to get famous off this footage it makes for a great partnership.

8. Marshall

Rest in Power, Chadwick, but you were so incredible. And in another movie where he gets to play one of the legends he absolutely shines. Seeing his portrayal of Thurgood Marshall on this case against a black man accused of harming a white women, we see his absolute relentless dedication to defend this man's innocence against the racist judge and jury, but we also see his compassion as he helps guide and show Sam Friedman that this more than just a trial. This is about civil rights. And as Sam has to deal with the pressure of our racist systems, he eventually comes around to become a civil rights fighter of his own.

9. Welcome to Chechnya

I happened to watch this documentary a couple days after Russia's supreme court ruled that the LGBTQIA+ community as a terrorist organism which is just devastating. But watching this and seeing how the problems first started gaining more attention because of Chechnya's horrific violations of human rights, made all the people featured in this documentary even more heroic. I can't even imagine going through anything like this and its so tragic that where more of the world is slowly making gains, its getting so much worse in Russia. But kudos to Maxim Lupanov who took the step to try and bring attention to the issue and take the persecutors to court. While it may not have changed the situation in Russia, it brought attention to the issue and raised the voices of that community which needs our help right now.

10. Liz and the Blue Bird

This was such an interesting story because at the heart of it, was the exploration and showcase of a relationship between Mizore and Nozomi. Mizore is a talented and introverted oboist who is getting ready to move on in her life, but rather than focusing on what's best for her, she only wants to be with Nozomi. But Nozomi is an extrovert and while she plays flute, she's not a star like Mizore is. So she doesn't have the opportunity to go to a star school. As the two figure it out, the background is the story of the new musical piece they are learning, which is about a lonely girl who rescues a blue bird that turns out to be a magical young girl that then makes it hard for either to let go.

Other Movies I Watched:

11. My Father’s Violin

12. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

13. Judas and the Black Messiah

14. Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance

15. Over the Moon

16. Prayers for the Stolen

17. Dance of the 41

18. Homestay

19. Railroad Tigers

20. Shazam 2: Fury of the Gods

21. Saw

22. Parasite

23. Once Upon a Time in China 2

24. Needle in a Timestack

25. The Giver

26. Les Miserables

27. Tell it to the Bees

28. Amaraica

29. Real Women Have Curves

30. The Last Emperor

31. Te Ata

32. Funny Boy

33. The Death and Life of Martha P Johnson

34. Predator

35. The Sorcerer and the White Snake

36. West Side Story

36. The Wailing

38. Drive My Car

39. Saving Face

40. Confirmation

41. The Farewell

42. Son of Monarchs

43. Rosemary’s Baby

44. Weathering With You

45. Beginners

46. Passing

47. Please Don’t Save Me

48. One Night in Miami

49. I’ll Follow You Down

50. The Royal Treatment

51. My Name is Pauli Murray

52. The Harder They Fall

53. Mogul Mowgli

54. Mur Murs

Movies I rewatched in 2023:

1. Doctor Who: The Movie

2. Phantom of the Opera

3. Rent

4. Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat

5. Hairspray

6. The Muppet Christmas Carol

7. It's a Wonderful Life

[writer-akihiko]

Could I get the dorm leader’s reactions to a fem!S/O who punched a student because he was being creepy towards her?

Dorm Leaders + MC Punching Someone

Credits to my precious wife The Miss; I have never punched someone and my wife teaches and does self defense and martial arts, so she helped me out greatly. Work is cut for length purposes.

Warnings: creepy behaviour from NPC students, protective behaviour dorm leaders

Malleus Draconia

Malleus knew it was moments after your last class finished, so why were you late?

Sebek quickly noticed his master, and said that the teacher called for you

He wasted no time rushing to the teacher's room, only for it to be empty…

"I have nothing to do with you!"

He heard your voice, rushing to the source. You were in the gardens with another annoying student…

Unknowingly, he gathered his magic at his fingertips, ready to attack

CRACK!

Your lover witnessed you sucker punch that student right in the nose

What was this? That child of man was deadlier than he thought… and the thought thrilled him

The student scurried away, with a bleeding nose and that was when Malleus revealed himself

He watched as his YN shifted to her timid self once more. Maybe she was embarrassed?

"I witnessed all of it," He said. "My little treasure… you're quite the silent fierce type aren't you?"

You accepted Malleus taking you in his arms. You snuggled into his shoulders, knowing no one was there. "Only to people who annoy me. I'd never do that to you."

He pressed a soft kiss to your forehead, enjoying this moment with you. "As much as I witnessed how capable you were YN, if those punches ever graze your skin, I might not hesitate to skin them…"

You smacked Malleus playfully. "I swear, I can be safe."

Malleus overall was thrilled every time you showed any display of your strength, although you were quite docile with him so he'd have to sneak around to see you pummel some worthless students

Riddle Rosehearts

He was severely upset that your absence caused his unbirthday party to be delayed

He asked for Ace and Deuce to search for you, but he himself found you near the school labs

Oh, how his blood boiled seeing that it was a Heartsyabul student approaching you…

He was about to approach the student and call him off for his rude remarks, but he didn't expect what was coming next

You punched the much taller student in the stomach, and the student hurled over in pain

"You… You-!"

"I dare you to continue that sentence…" Riddle said, stepping out and standing next to you

He shamelessly brought your knuckles to his lips, "Did you bruise your knuckles my Queen?"

The student tried to run away, but Riddle was quicker to respond

"Off With Your Head."

He would certainly have fun punishing the ignorant student later, but for now he had to tend to you

"I never knew you could do that," He admitted, escorting you back to the location of the unbirthday party. "I'm quite surprised."

You shook your head, feeling a bit shy that Riddle of all people was praising you so. "It's self defense. I'm not one to go around punching people…"

Riddle after having knowledge of your skills wouldn't be afraid to leave you alone, and he'd have his little fantasy of you teaching him some physical defense… With you two being close… He can dream can't he?

Kalim Al-Asim

Kalim had you seated next to him during one of Scarabia's parties, enjoying the festivities

Jamil had come over, asking you to excuse your boyfriend as other guests had arrived and were awaiting the host of the events

Kalim greeted the guests, although his voice was slightly strained since all he could think about was getting back to you

As he let the guests roam around, he took one glance at where you were supposed to be…

And saw the view of someone chatting you up…

Well, as the charismatic host he is, he has to put this student in his place-

CRASH!

The student fell onto a small table of snacks after you punched that student from getting too close

"I said," You poured the remaining of your drink on his head. "I don't want to be bothered."

Kalim's jaw dropped at the entire scene, and in his heart he might've been a little afraid of you

As he turned to Jamil, Jamil shook his head. "I didn't teach her that."

After the other servants cleaned the mess up, Kalim approach you cautiously. Giving you a hug from behind

He was relieved feeling your shoulders relax, but he had to make sure…

"YN… Would you punch me if I ever upset you?"

You quickly faced Kalim, holding his face in your hands, shaking your head. "No I won't. That guy was just being annoying…" You gave him a cheeky peck on his jaw. "And how could I ruin this adorable face?"

Kalim didn't mind you punching whoever annoyed you, but he was very impressed that it had gotten to the point where if someone bothered you, Kalim would be on the sidelines cheering at you

Azul Ashengrotto

As the dorm leader who runs the Mostro Lounge, Azul and the Leech twins would be typically busy with the constant rush of customers

In this instance he was grateful that you were willing to help out with the rush hours

He had you and the twins busy taking orders as he organised his contracts

There shouldn't be any troublesome patrons, or that's what he thought…

"Hey! Pretty waitress, why don't you sit with us? I'll buy you a drink!" Some sleazy customer hollered at you

You tried to ignore the students, continuing your duties. Floyd and Jade were too busy to kick them out, but you thought that they could be dealt with later…

From his view, Azul could only watch in disgust as the student dared to pull you to him

Before the student could put his hands on you, you swiped a clean punch across his face

The moment that happened, Azul couldn't help but laugh

The clique of the knocked out student scrambled out, intimidated by the creepy auras the twins emitted, and the way the Lounge owner's eyes pierced their core

You held your wrist in your hand, shaking off the slight pain. Jade and Floyd quickly escorted you to Azul's office area, and Jade even gave you a pat on the head for a job well done

Azul couldn't help himself from hugging you tight, showering you in praises and kissing your hand even though you insisted you weren't seriously injured

"My Angelfish… I should hire you for the Lounge's security instead," He joked, sitting next to you. "Actually… Do as you like! I get quite entertained with that fiery look in your eyes when you do get a hit or two!"

Long story short, you instead worked closely with Azul as a pseudo-bodyguard

Idia Shroud

Idia enjoyed his quiet time, especially quiet time with you, Ortho and video games

He didn't usually go outside, but he would always walk with you after class since you always calmed his nerves

Sometimes, if he was bold enough, he'd ask to walk hand in hand with you after a school day

At times, you could hear the gossip of some students, particularly about Idia…

On one day, Idia had to meet up with Azul due to club work. You decided to meet up with Ortho while waiting for Idia, since Idia wanted to continue his game's story mode with you

Idia quickly finished his business, but as he exited the room, he couldn't help but eavesdrop an interesting conversation…

"Why don't you hang out with us instead of that shut-in of a dorm leader?"

His attention was on the group of boys talking to you, closing in on you

He was caught off guard as you punched the leader square in the nose

"That's for insulting my boyfriend."

Idia had to admit that he got excited over you being so cool! It's like you're the protagonist that rescues the archmage-

Wait… That means that he's the archmage…

After scaring away the group away, Idia ran up to you, hugging you. His jacket covered you both, as you looked up at Idia…

"YN… Thank you…"

Leona Kingscholar

Leona always invites you to laze around, so when you were late, he got irritated

He was competent enough to memorise your schedule, so he knew where you would most likely be

He made his presence known, although he didn't care about the other students in his way

His ears perked up hearing your voice. Why were you in the labs?

He peaked inside to see some boys corner you. Ah… Some students that don't know their place…

"C'mon! Just one date and then you can go to that lion boy toy of yours!"

Oh… Now he was ticked off…

Before he could make a grand entrance, he heard a thud

The student hurled over in pain, clutching his lower half and gasping for air…

Oh… so the little herbivore punched him there…

He couldn't help but laugh, kicking the door open. You immediately went to his side, huffing away from those rude students

As Leona escorted you to his room, he mischievously called you out on it, "I didn't take you for one to go for the crown jewels… You gotta sanitise your hands before touching my sheets though."

You poked Leona's cheek, stopping him from teasing you, "And you, Leona, I might kick yours instead if you don't stop teasing me!"

You yelped, being carried by him. "No can do YN~"

Vil Schoenheit

Vil wondered why you didn't come find him after classes. You'd usually have some afternoon tea with him

He didn't think you'd skip out on purpose, so he commanded Rook to search for you

He also walked around, asking the students in your year whether they saw you or not

He grew anxious, quickening his pace until he heard your voice-

"I don't have anything to do with you, so stop it!"

He turned the corner, seeing you and your arms crossed and a group of students confronting you

One reached out their hand to you, which you retaliated by punching him square in the jaw

The student fell on his other friends, and Vil decided that this was enough

"Ah… I don't think it was wise to mess with my sweet potato…"

The remaining students scrambled to their feet, fearing the dorm leader's magic

"Scram, won't you?"

Vil didn't need to say it twice. The students disappeared, leaving you with Vil

Vil hugged you, patting your head. "My YN… I'm glad that you can defend yourself, but if you continue to do this, your knuckles will be bruised and I refuse to allow that."

You stood on your toes, pecking him on the cheek. "I appreciate the thought Vil."

[zukuist]

in the moment [hcs]

“they are desperate for help when admirers swarm them, and they choose to seek for your assistance”

fandom/s : 僕のヘロアカデミア // boku no hero academia (bnha)

includes: h. shinsō, k. bakugō, i. midoriya

your name is shortened to y/n, last name is shortened to l/n gender neutral, use of the pretend lover trope, they’re actually pining.

further note: yes i’ve been gone for more than a week, and yes it’s because of school. i promise i’ll be posting more!!

REQUESTS ;; OPEN !!

© IZUKULIE 2021, HORIKOSHI KOHEI OWNS BNHA, DO NOT STEAL ❕

—

shinsō hitoshi

finds it super annoying

and this is coming from him, someone that’s not easy to irritate

he’s conscious and aware that people find him attractive (which for some reason, he still questions why)

eventually, admirers are bound to appear like it or not, but they’re not this insistent as this girl, nope.

shinsō has never experienced something like this, in his entire life.

noriko was a familiar face, but not in the best way for shinsō hitoshi.

she used to be one of those girls that’d band wagon with her opinions. whenever people were hostile towards him

she would be hostile too

but as soon as everyone started finding him attractive, she’d change too.

and it’s.. a mess. what more when he himself is pining on someone that’s not noriko

let alone, a student from class 1-A?

and it’s not like he could brainwash her into leaving him alone

as soon as she would be released by his quirk, she’d tell everyone what he did. therefore, leaving that out of the many solutions

and now he’s backed up into a corner, with her chasing him all across the hallways.

he can only hope for a solution.

— scene —

“this is ridiculous..” taking another turn in the hallway, shinsō mutters to himself quietly, the sleep deprived student can still hear her shrill voice

and by ‘her’, he’s referring to the admirer that has been tailing him down ever since the day had started.

“there are times like this where i wished i didn’t care about looking villainous” is what he’s really thinking. damn quirk stereotypes, and curse him for not having a quirk like iida tenya

“what.. are you doing?” was he lucky, or unlucky? it just so happened to be that he bumped into y/n l/n, out of all people

“i’m in a bit of a situation,” his palm rests against his nape, and he has to hope that you get the message, when noriko’s nearly deafening voice cuts through the air

“you’re quite popular with the ladies, huh?” you joke, and shinsō would’ve laughed if he wasn’t being trailed down.

“as much as i—”

“there you are !” noriko exclaims, slightly out of breath from the insistent chase, “you still haven’t answered !”

“i have, and i said no.” he makes his intentions concrete, compared to earlier (which was a mistake) when he rejected her in the nicest way he could’ve done so, but it wasn’t enough to make her quit.

“well earlier, you’ve said you appreciated it !” the whine pains both of your ears, and you contemplate if you should just grab his hand, and make a run for it.

but, she’d just chase you down again. so maybe not.

“yes, but i also said i can’t accept your feelings.” in instinct, he backs up so he could stand next to you, and he looks at you with his own style of desperation, which was obviously different than noriko’s desperation.

“i happen to be taken.” shinsō claims, hooking his hand along yours. which might’ve been done because he’s desperate, but could’ve been done because he wanted to

getting the motive, you lock away your shock, and play along, accepting his touch.

“i don’t believe you.” noriko blurts, “you two look like best friends more than anything. i’m not stupid !”

you didn’t think it would have to resort to this.

with not much of a thought, you grabbed shinsō by the collar, and smashed your lips together. his lips are warmer than you’ve anticipated, the distinct taste of coffee makes you lean into him further. while at first taken aback, shinsō decides to accept the act by pushing you even closer to him

you let go, deciding it was enough, and when you stare back at noriko, tears dotting at her waterline, and she sputters in humiliation and rejection.

“i never liked you anyway !” she uses as a defense, before storming off. the both of you feel a sense of relief when her figure turns at the end of the hallway

“sorry for kissing you like that. it was kind of in the moment,”

shinsō chuckles, “didn’t expect our first kiss to be like that.”

“well, there are more opportunities to come for you, you’re quite popular.” you tease, and shinsō flicks your forehead in retaliation. in return, you hiss at the sudden sting of pain.

“we’ll have more opportunities when i take you out for lunch on saturday.” he pats you on the shoulder, before he presses a quick real kiss on your cheekbone.

bakugō katsuki

also finds it super annoying. actually, he might as well just fight them and move on.

bakugō knows it well that he’s.. well-known, for all the right and wrong reasons

but what he doesn’t know is that he’s also known for his good looks, rough and boyish in nature.

so eventually, there’ll be that one brave and fearless soul that’ll take one for the team. or even two, or three.

he hates it. doesn’t his aura and demeanor alone scare off all of the suitors?

since when were they super persistent, smh.

it didn’t help that he was trying to drown and suffocate his feelings down the pipeline.

because curse bakugō katsuki for having normal, teenage feelings. he had other important things in life, right?

but he couldn’t help but wonder if you’d ever confess to him like that

(not that it would happen any time soon. you were too busy being a tough training partner)

but everything aside, he wishes that people would just take the hint already.

because ignoring doesn’t help all the time.

the girl named fumiko would be a dreadful sight he’d be constantly reminded of.

from his shoe locker being flooded with love letters that speak nothing to him, and to the obnoxious commentary on his looks

he’d think that they were just harassing him to get a reaction, but bakugō katsuki will remain unbothered!

but he spoke too soon, because he was approached directly right after his late training session.

—scene—

bakugō hates it

he hates extras, he hates being outshined, and he hates distractions. what more was there to dislike in the world? everything clearly.

he can handle things properly, and with that tough demeanor of his, and he definitely doesn’t need a quick and easy solution, from the girl that’s glued to his side.

he told himself that a persistent extra is nothing, he can just simply ignore them and look at them, like how he always looks at useless pebbles, and they’d go away. but clearly not this girl

“get off, you fucking extra” he pushes her off, grabbing his water bottle and immediately storming off, but it doesn’t convince fumiko (he learned her name unfortuantely) to finally lay off.

“c’mon katsuki! this would’ve all been over if you just went out with me!”

bakugō can’t hide the cringe on his face, hearing his first name, ugh. he doesn’t know how she found out about his late training sessions, considering that she wasn’t in his class or class 1-b

he doubts that he’d run into anyone at this hour, they’d be all in the common room, and he did say that he wanted all of them to ‘fuck off’. but luck does work in mysterious ways.

“..what’re you doing here?” he questions, clearly surprised by your presence, and his frustration would’ve disappeared at that exact mom“dinner’s almost ready. actually, why do you look so.. alarmed? is there a villain?—”

his palms are starting to sweat, and it’s not because of his training, or because of the girl that won’t leave him alone. “no! fuck no. okay, there’s just some shitty extra that’s been following me around like some obsessed freak.”

you decide to be smug, “i knew there was going to be a brave soul out there, ready to sacrifice themselves.” you rest your hand on your left side, like it was heart warming, but the blond is not amused with your gesture.

“right, right!” you hold your hands up, surrendering. “okay, what do you want me to do?”

“just don’t say a fucking thing.” you can hear foot steps get closer and closer to the both of you, and in a hurry, he pushes you closer to him, the smell of caramel evading your senses.

before you could even say a word, he kisses you. it’s rough, and it makes you feel warm, and it’s definitely not because of his quirk, or because of the large, warm palms that rest against your sides.

you get a grip on him, holding onto his shoulder when you feel your knees buck because of the butterflies in your stomach, and it seems to get worse when bakugō holds you even tighter

“okay geez, i get it. you’re taken!” you can hear the girl exclaim in humiliation and disgust, “ugh, a guy like you wouldn’t be able to handle me anyway.”

and when she finally scurries away, the both of you break the kisses, the wind out of you being knocked out cold from his sudden act of ‘romance’

“i sorta understand the hype now.” you grin, your lips still tingle from the kiss, and you’re convinced that you want more, despite the kiss being out of spite, and for fumiko to back off.

“shut up.” you would’ve laughed at him if it was any other day, but for now, you’re left silent. your heart flutters once more, when his lips press against your cheekbone briefly.

“c’mon, idiot. we’re gonna miss dinner.”

midoriya izuku

he’s so alarmed, and honestly very scared

he wasn’t popular, or well known to begin with, and people only started treating him like he was a real person in highschool

he’s just so used to being looked at like a background character, or a npc in a video game.

so the sudden swarm of suitors, and people that want to date him shocked him to the core.

he was never treated like this in middle school, or elementary!

it flatters him, and he’s glad that people actually like him. but.. he’d never actually think about being with either of them

because they’re not you, obviously. but wait, what’s so different about you exactly?

well.. you’ve treated him with kindness, even when he looked like this.. really awkward kid that sat at the back of the classroom.

so yeah, he’d never think about accepting anyone else’s confessions, as long as they’re not you

but still, midoriya has treated all of his admirers with kindness, despite not wanting to be with any of them

knowing how it feels to be humiliated, he wouldn’t want to do that on any of them

but.. this one particular girl was one he’d never truly be comfortable with, as much as he’d like to fake it.

rieko was.. something. probably the most persistent one out of all of them.

he would’ve appreciated it, if it weren’t for the fact that she was super obnoxious to other people.

and most importantly, he didn’t understand what she’d get out of it, and it wrecked his nerves!

— scene —

standing next to you, all lined up for lunch, midoriya shifts uncomfortably as he tries his best to ignore the loud and obvious commentary that’s being directed to him.

at first, it was flattering. but now? he just wishes things would go back to the times where people had no interest in him, whatsoever.

he knows what rieko really like him for, and it’s honestly disheartening. the girl would compliment him on things like his looks, and even his new moves!

but as soon as he elaborated on how he did it, the interest would fade away from her eyes

not that it did matter though. midoriya didn’t really have any feelings for any of the people that’ve approached him, wanting to date him. he’s been kind, and they’ve been kind in return, getting the hint and backing off.

the freckled boy was flattered but, not interested

but clearly, rieko didn’t get the message, despite the way midoriya would back away uncomfortably. how he’d immediately excuse himself whenever he’d see the girl.

just.. all signs of disinterest

“go! just ask him already!” he can hear her friends encourage her, but he’s not very enthusiastic to know what they’re cheering her on for

“he won’t be able to resist! just walk right in and do it, you guys will be an attractive couple anyway!”

midoriya’s palms are shaky, and he tries his best to calm his nerves down by clenching his fists. this doesn’t go un-noticed by you.

“you okay, midoriya?” you ask, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder, and the green haired boy hopes that his cheeks aren’t turning red.

the both of you guys are awfully close! not that he’s complaining, it’s just that—

“is it about them?” you ask in a nearly quiet tone, and midoriya’s aware that you’re talking about them.

“uhm..” midoriya tries to formulate a proper answer, not wanting to sound as bothered as he actually is. how would he be able to explain this? “don’t worry about it,” midoriya reassures, “it’s just—”

“do you think that he’s dating that person? you know, the one beside them?” he hears that the topic of the conversation has shifted, and the group of girls are referring to you.

midoriya wasn’t planning on telling anyone about the dilemma. let alone his crush. it was something he was going to ignore, until the mess calmed down.

but now? you’re roped into it, and his nerves didn’t calm down at all.

“izuku dating them? no, it can’t be. he’s too good for them!”

“that’s the spirit, rieko. you should just go like.. now!”

to him, it’s the other way around. you’re too good for him, and you’re out of his league. so, this comment upsets him to all ends.

he’s pondering on what he should do, and before he could take you out of the line to get food at some other place, he feels something warm enlace his hand.

he slightly shivers when he realizes that it’s your hand he’s holding, cheeks flushed with crimson.

your eyes are ahead, a lot more composed than he is clearly, but if he looked hard enough, he could sense the nervousness in your hold.

“you wanna leave the line, izu?” his first name sounds different when you say it, and he thinks to himself that he prefers it a lot more when it comes from you

“y-yes.” and you smile, pressing your lips against his cheek quickly, before tugging his hand and pulling him out of the line, walking away from the group.

it’s a miracle that he didn’t drop onto the cafeteria’s floors.

you can feel his anxiety subsiding. despite his flushed cheeks remaining, he looks better than he did a few seconds ago, and you’re glad.

deciding the both of you were at a safe distance, you peek over your shoulder. you can see the absolute defeat on rieko’s face, and the scowl on her friends’ faces as they attempted to comfort their heartbroken friend.

“thank you, y/n.”

“no, it’s nothing, really. anyhow, what do you plan on eating for lunch?”

[libertybri]

You absolute divine creature you! Your blog has honestly cured my depression. December is a rough month for me because the end of the month is the anniversary of my dad passing and he’s the one who got me obsessed with the fallout world. So your blog has really been making everything so much better.

Can I ask for a react to how romanced fallout 4 companions and npc would react to hearing/seeing Sole singing a sad song. (Perhaps Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd) Like on their late spouse and their wedding anniversary, or something and what the companion would do comfort them. Doesn’t have to be that song. It’s just the one that I’ve been hyper fixating on lately.

Dear anon, my heart goes out to you. I’m so glad my blog has been helping and know if you ever need a friend here, my messages are open! Hoping you have a smooth transition to the new year, and here is what I have made of your request. ❤️

*long post warning

Prompt:

The companion hears Sole’s voice from their shared bedroom, singing a melody. Their tone was somber and emitted a voice crack after every few lines. It was clear they were upset while singing to themself, bringing the companion to attend to them. They enter the room and find the scene as; Sole laying in their shared bed and twirling their wedding ring between two fingers. Their back was to the companion and they didn’t quite seem to hear them come into the room as they continued singing.

Companions-

Cait

Wordlessly, Cait crawls into the bed and wraps an arm around Sole’s frame. She pulls their back against her chest and nuzzles her face into their hair. Sole only pauses for a second, and then continues their song. Cait listens silently and closes her eyes, only hugging them tighter whenever she heard them choke on their words. Once Sole finished the song they turned to her, only now allowing Cait to see their reddened-eyes and tear-stained cheeks.

“Today was our anniversary.” Sole admits, their eyes avoiding Cait’s.

Cait nods and moves her hand to push Sole’s hair out of their face. “Ye’ don’ have ta’ explain yourself, love.” Her response is short but all Sole needs to hear. If they wanted Cait to lay with them in bed all day, then she would be more than willing to do so.

Synth!Codsworth

He knew what today was, what it meant to Sole. It saddened him as well, as he could only remember how happy they all once were before everything. However, now it was his responsibility to keep Sole in better moods and make their days easier. He owed it to their spouse, and to them of course. Codsworth would approach them by the side of the bed and gently place his hand on their arm to get their attention. They look up at him with tear-filled eyes that just break his heart. “We will get through this together, dear. I know… it’s hard. Perhaps it helps knowing that they would be ecstatic with how much you have overcome and the happiness you have achieved.”

“It does. It- It really does. I’m glad I have you here for this, Codsworth.” They tell him and reach out for his embrace.

Codsworth offers a gentle smile and moves onto the bed to pull them close in his arms. “Of course, dear.”

Curie

She walks around the bed and kneels down beside Sole, getting their attention and placing her soft palm against their cheek. She swipes her thumb across their tear trail. Though she didn’t quite know the significance of the date, by Sole’s actions she could easily conclude it was something to do with their spouse. Once they finish the song, she speaks up. “Oh, madame/monsieur, how I wish I could take away this pain from your heart.” She tells them honestly, hating to see them so sad.

“I-I’ll be okay, Curie. It’s just- today, would be our anniversary. It’s difficult.” Sole admits.

Curie leans forward and presses a kiss to their temple. “I know, my love. In a way, it is supposed to be difficult. But, I will try my best to help ease you through this.” She offers the most support she readily can for her lover.

Danse

Immediately his ears perk up at the soft sound of Sole’s somber melody. When he entered the room and saw their form, he felt his heart ache at the sight before him. Within seconds Danse shifts onto the bed and lays beside them, allowing them to finish their song if needed and then turn to him. “Today must be your… anniversary?” He guessed quite easily, getting a small smile out of Sole. They nod as Danse brings his thumb to their cheek and wipes away a tear trail.

“It’s a lot easier with you here.” Sole chuckles pitifully.

“I don’t plan on going anywhere, love.” He promises and kisses their forehead.

Deacon

He stands in the doorway silently, listening as they finish their song. Deacon won’t make his presence known until the mattress squeaks beneath his weight as he joins them on the bed. Sole turns to him as he caresses their face with the palm of his hand. “One of those days, huh?” He carefully jokes and slides into bed beside them. They nod. “It’s alright, we can just lay here if you want.”

Sole stifles out a laugh, “Yeah, I’d like that.”

“Then we’ll cancel all plans, pumpkin. Done and done.” He declares and taps the tip of their nose affectionately to make them smile, grinning to himself when it works.

Gage

Hearing Sole sing wasn’t unnatural to him, but seeing them in this state was what made him somewhat uncomfortable. He wanted nothing more than to take them in his arms and comfort them, but he didn’t know how to exactly make that move. Slowly, he rounds the bed to kneel in front of their view and pushes a stray hair out of their face. Gage opens his mouth to speak but all the wrong words cloud his mind and cause him to shut up immediately.

Sole reaches out their hand and caresses his calloused face, “It’s alright. I know its… weird seeing me like this. Today is just hard.”

“Not that it’s weird, I just don’ wanna fuck up and say the wrong thing.” He admits. As Sole reaches out for him again, he takes it as his cue to join them on the bed and pull them in tightly. “We’re gonna be alright, hun.”

Hancock

He inhales sharply upon seeing them, causing them to abruptly stop singing and turn to face him. By this point Hancock has already crawled into the bed and taken them in his arms. “Oh Sunshine,” he breathes out, “I hate seeing you like this.”

“I know.” They respond. “It’s just, today would be our anniversary and… it- it’s–“

“You don’t have to finish if you don’t want to, doll. I’ve gotcha.” He holds them as close as comfortably possible and makes sure to give them plenty of love and assurance.

MacCready

He shifts back and forth on his feet awkwardly as he allows Sole to finish their song. Only when they shudder out another cry, he would join them on the bed and rub a hand over their arm comfortingly. “Hey…” he starts softly, “It’s alright. Hey, I’m here.”

Sole turns to face him, shattering his heart with their broken appearance. MacCready brings his lips to their quivering ones quickly and withdraws only slightly, allowing their foreheads to stay touching. “I’m glad you’re here.” They tell him.

Without any further explanation needed, MacCready hugs them tight and reassures them. “Always will be.”

Nick

He watches in the doorframe for a moment as Sole continues with their melody, debating with himself whether or not he should interrupt. As the song comes near the end, Nick rounds the bed and kneels at their side. He takes their hands in his own and brings them to his face, pressing his closed lips against their enclosed hands. Sole finishes with a soft hum and looks at him as if studying his movements until he speaks up. “I know today must be hard for you, doll. I just want you to know that you don’t have to go through it all alone. I’m here.” He tells them simply and remains at their side with their hands to his face.

Sole sighs softly and shifts so they’re closer to him, leaning somewhat off the bed to be supported by his weight instead. They kiss his head gently and press their forehead against his own. “Thank you.”

“Of course, love. So long as I’m here, you will never be alone.” He promises and continues to hold them for as long as they need.

Piper

She releases a deep breath she hadn’t realized that she had been holding in since she entered the room. Piper moves into the bed as she allows Sole to continue their song, wrapping an arm around their waist and nuzzling her face into the crook of their neck. Her other hand reaches around and locks with one of Sole’s, giving them a reassuring squeeze. “If they could see you now, they would be so damn proud of you, Blue.”

“You think so?” Sole questions Piper with a soft chuckle.

Piper plants a kiss to their cheek and turns their head to face her, looking into their eyes as she speaks again. “I know so. The person I’m looking back at right now is so incredible, so strong, selfless, and loving. The worst happens to good people, but we will get through it together, my love.”

Preston

Instantly he goes to Sole’s side and takes them in his arms. If they choose to finish the song, he would still hold them close and listen intently. Preston resorts to rubbing soothing circles in their back as they melt to his touch. “Rough day, honey?” He asks them, knowing already how much the date alone pains his lover. They nod at his words. “How about we take some time off, okay? We can lay in bed, you can teach me that song… I’ll even cook us some dinner later.”

Sole chuckles at his many offers to lighten their mood, their own smile growing at the sight of his bright one. “I would love that, dear.” They tell him.

Preston hums content with their answer and leans forward, placing a delicate kiss among their lips.

X6-88

“Ma’am/sir/xir?” He immediately questions them, feeling as if it were for the best to make them cease the actions that altered their feelings. The somber song surely was dealing into their emotions in the moment, he pieced together. As they turn to face him and reveal their broken expression, he realizes that it’s much more than the song. “Am I interrupting?”

“No, X. I’ll just, um, get up and–“ As they attempt to scramble up and piece themself together, X6 moves to the bed and pulls them down again with him. They curl into his embrace rather quickly and rest their head against his chest.

“Apologies for my earlier intrusion. Had I known this moment was more… personal, I would have entered with better thoughts in mind for you.” He admits, trying his best to understand their feelings. “You can finish the song… if you would like.”

Extra NPCs-

Desdemona

She watches silently and frowns to herself as Sole breaks down with their song. As it comes to an end, Desdemona crawls into the bed beside them and urges them to turn the other way and face her. They do as she implies and meet her concerned eyes, emitting a soft sigh as Des wipes a tear from their cheek. “One of those days?” She asks, continuing to caress their soft features.

Sole nods, “Our anniversary.” They answer simply and Desdemona nods.

“It will be okay, love. Come closer. I’ll hold you and you can cry it out for however long it takes.” She opens her arms wide and accepts Sole into her embrace, rubbing their back soothingly and whispering reassuring words.

Edward Deegan

He approaches them instantly and takes their side. Edward wraps a solid arm around their frame and pulls them into his chest while his other arm reaches behind and cradles their head. “Hey doll, things are gonna be alright.” He promises and just holds them as they cry against him silently.

“Eventually, yes. Today is just… so hard.” Sole tells him honestly and pulls back a bit to meet his eyes.

“I know, I know. Days like this come around every so often and we just work through them. At least we have each other for that.” Edward tells them sympathetically and pulls them back into his warm embrace.

Glory

She leans against the doorframe and crosses her arms, pursing her lips as she listens to Sole. As the song comes to an end, Glory pushes herself off of the door and takes a knee to the bed, crawling to them and leaning over their side. Sole rolls onto their back and looks up at Glory with tear-filled eyes. “Baby…” She trails her knuckles gently over Sole’s cheek and leans down to connect their lips. “Hey, it’s alright. I know it hurts, but I’m here now.”

Sole wraps their arms around Glory and pulls her down on top of them in a tight embrace. “So glad you’re here.” They emit a soft chuckle.

Glory peppers their face with small kisses and smiles against them.

Jack Cabot

His heart aches at the sight of Sole in their current state. He silently watches them as they finish their song, and only then he approaches and kneels beside them. “Oh darling, I’m so sorry. This kind of pain is so undeserving, yet so natural. You are so strong and brilliant, my love.” He chooses to approach them with caring affirmations, gentle to the subject at hand.

Sole offers him a small smile, enough to make him gleam at them. “I don’t know if this is your definition of strong, heh…” They sniffle a bit as they attempt to joke on his kind words.

Jack shakes his head and wipes away one of their tears. “Strong-minded is a great quality as well, you know. You can show such emotion and reflect in a way that pains you, but you’re still brilliantly you. Always will be.”

Magnolia

She hums along with Sole softly and joins them on the bed, wrapping a slender arm around their frame. Even with the song finished, Magnolia kept their back to her chest and leaned up to pepper the nape of their neck and jaw with soft kisses. “Oh hun, I know it’s hard. Whatever you need, you know I’ll give.” She promises and takes their hand in her own.

“I don’t know what I’d do without you.” Sole lets out a defeated chuckle.

Magnolia tsks softly. “You’d figure it out, you know. You always do. But thankfully, you won’t have to this time. I’m not going anywhere.”

Mags Black

Mags rounds the bed and kneels in front of Sole, pushing their hair out of their face and wiping their cheeks of any tears. She continues caressing their face with her thumb and lovingly adores them as they conclude their song. “That was lovely. Was it for them?” She asks, hinting to Sole’s deceased spouse.

Sole nods weakly. “Kind of. Today was our anniversary.” They admit.

She hums understandingly and bows her head to her lover, pressing her forehead against theirs and closing her eyes. “I’m sorry you have to endure this pain. No one, especially you, should have to go through this. But I’ll be here, every step of the way.” They fully believe her promise and accept her comfort with open arms.

Mason

He shifts awkwardly as he watches Sole, not really knowing what would be the most appropriate response in this moment. While he would love to walk out or snap Sole out of it somehow, a longing feeling that he hated so much tugged him to comfort them. Mason lets out a grunt as he crawls into the bed and falls in beside them, taking them by the shoulder and turning them to face him abruptly. “I don’t like seein’ you sad like this, y’know?”

“I can’t really help that.” Sole’s brows furrow as they take in his oddly-worded comfort. The Pack leader groans and buries his face in their chest.

“That’s not what I meant. I just, ugh, I really wanna help you with this and make things work between us. They have to.” He assures them and resorts to holding them close instead of using his words to comfort them.

Maxson

At the sight of Sole, his heart dropped. His first instinct was bitter jealously that he had to fight back. Those immature feelings would get him nowhere with his partner in vulnerable moments like these. Slowly he approaches their side of the bed and kneels down to face them properly. “I would understand if you would like to take some time off today and rest. I will, uh, even take some time myself if you… would like that?” The offer stands awkwardly in the air as Sole thinks on his inexperienced proposal.

They nod and reach out for his touch. Arthur scrambles to lace his fingers with theirs carefully. “I would really like that.” They tell him.

He nods and pauses for a brief moment before leaning in and pecking their lips. “I will think up some excuses for us. Why don’t we get comfortable?”

Nisha

Seeing Sole so vulnerable was something even she got to see very rarely. Normally she would bask in moments of Sole’s vulnerability but seeing her lover in such a position as they were now caused her own chest to tighten up. She was conflicted on what to do, whether she should walk out now while Sole still didn’t see her or actually comfort her lover. By the end of the song, she decided to go against her killer morale and gently approach her lover at their side. “Is it… your old spouse?” She asks hesitantly, knowing the answer but not exactly sure how to approach said subject.

Sole nods. “Today was our anniversary. Um, it’s dumb. I just– Sometimes, it’s harder to forget–“

Nisha puts a hand on their shoulder as they attempt to get up and brush off their emotional state. “It’s not dumb.” She corrects them and crawls into bed with them, wrapping an arm around their waist protectively.

Sturges

He felt as if he could listen to Sole sing their melody all day long, however seeing them hurting so much caused an ache in his chest. Sturges crawls into the bed with them and throws a strong arm over their frame, pulling them against him. “Oh darlin’, I’m sorry there’s not much else I can do to take this hurt off’a ya.” He sighs and releases them a bit to allow them to turn in his grip and face him.

“You do so much. Everyday is easier because of you, just… this one in particular ended up being a hard one to fight with.” Sole hints to the significance of the date, reminding Sturges of it.

He nods and pulls them in closer. “S’alright. It’ll get easier with time, but ‘till then you’ll always have my support. Promise.”

Tinker Tom

For once he finds himself speechless as none of the right words could surface his mind. He resorts to standing in the doorway and waiting for Sole to finish their song, slowly approaching them once they do and begin to clutch their wedding ring tightly. Tom takes their clutched fist in his gentle grasp and kisses their knuckles, finding this action to be the only capable thing he could do in the moment.

“Tom, I just– I’m sorry–“ They choke out pitifully.

“No need to be sorry, honey. I just want to take your hurt away.” As though it were a problem with an easy fix, Tom proposed he could be a help in one way or another. That way was just him being with Sole in the moment and holding them close.

Travis Miles

He listens as they finish their song, sulking as he approaches their side of the bed and props himself into their full view. Travis kneels beside them and gently caresses their cheek, wiping away any stray tears. “I hate seeing you so hurt. I wish I could take away this pain for you.” He tells them honestly, bowing his head as if he were ashamed for not being able to do so.

Sole places their hand on top of his caressing one. “You have, in a way. It will always hurt on days like this one, but you make things so much easier.”

Travis offers them a small smile and leans up to meet their lips. “I’ll always do my best.”

William Black

Immediately he rounds the bed and takes Sole’s side, offering a hand to their shoulder comfortingly. “Hey, hey, it’s alright. Honey, what’s wrong?”

“Today, it- it would be our anniversary. I’m sorry, I know it’s–“ Sole cuts themself off with another choked sob, causing William to pull them into his arms.

“No need to apologize, hun. I’ve got you, alright? It’s gonna be okay.” He promises.

[adarlingmess]

Charon [Fallout 3 Companion Perks, Quest, Romance and Endings HCs]

Companion Perk: Hell’s Ferryman - Having a tall, silent, and intimidating Ghoul in your party strikes fear in people’s hearts. In combat, humans and ghouls will have their Damage Resistance reduced by 25%, and they have a 50% chance of dropping their weapons in terror. Outside combat, having Charon in your party will unlock special Intimidate dialogue.

Examples of Intimidate dialogue: You can Intimidate Colonel Autumn to back down by threatening him a slow and painful death in the hands of your ghoul companion. You can threaten Griffon that you’ll have Charon rough him up if he doesn’t start selling real Aqua Pura to the citizens of Underworld.

Companion Quest: Charon’s Chains (unmarked quest)

After being in Ahzrukhal’s employ for far too long, Charon is finally free of him and his influence. In your travels in the wasteland, you can influence Charon to overcome his brainwashing, or reinforce his contract’s hold on his psyche.

Select quests, engaging in dialogue with certain NPCs, or doing certain actions that are related to slavery and freedom can give the player either an “overcome” token, or a “reinforce” token, and will unlock dialogue with Charon. Examples: Freeing slaves from Paradise Falls will grants the player overcome tokens, while selling slaves to slavers will grant the player reinforce tokens. During the quest Head of State, siding with Hannibal Hamlin will grant the player an overcome token, while siding with Leroy Walker grants the player a reinforce token.

When three overcome tokens are acquired, Charon will prompt dialogue with the player and will start the Out of Hell quest, where Charon will gain the nerve to ask the player a favor. He will ask to travel to the Ninth Circle, where he will finally tell the player how he fell into Ahzrukhal’s employ. He tells the Lone Wanderer that his time working with them made him question the legitimacy of his contract. He will then ask the player to help him decide what to do with his contract.

The player can either hand him his own contract and tell him that they’re giving him the right to choose his own employer, which grants +200 Karma. Depending on the player’s Karma, Charon will choose to stay in the party if the player has Neutral, Good or Very Good Karma, or return to Underworld if the player has Evil Karma. Very Evil players will still be shot on sight when he leaves the party, forcing the player to terminate Charon.

OR, with a difficult speech check, the player can convince Charon to abandon the contract, and they burn the contract, granting Charon unconditional freedom. This grants the player +400 Karma. Charon will then thank the player and will refer to them as a partner. He will continue to travel with you as long as your Karma remains positive or neutral. Otherwise, he will return to Underworld and will be recruitable again if player Karma improves.

When three reinforce tokens are acquired, the Damnation quest starts. Charon will gain the nerve to protest the player’s actions, citing his sense of self-preservation as the reason, and the player can convince him that there’s nothing he can do to change his status as an indentured servant. Convincing Charon will make him abandon his personal code, becoming your amoral puppet. This grants the player -400 Karma.

Additionally, there is an unmarked quest Bodyguard for Sale. The player can choose to give away or sell Charon’s contract for 1000 caps with or without completing Damnation and permanently lose him as a companion. The first option is to give his contract to Hannibal Hamlin and the Abolitionists, which grants +200 Karma. To do so, the player must pass a speech check with Hannibal to convince him to accept Charon’s contract and rehabilitate him. Alternatively, the player can sell him to slavers in Paradise Falls for 1000 caps. With a series of barter checks, his value can increase up to 3000 caps. This grants the player -400 Karma. Finishing Damnation and selling Charon to the slavers will net the player a total of -800 Karma.

Reward Perks:

Fire-Forged: Permanently increases Charon’s DR by 30% and increases the player’s hit points by 50 as long as Charon’s in the party. (If Out of Hell is finished.)

Hellhound: Permanently increases Charon’s fire rate with shotguns by 30% and increases his reload speed by 15%. (If Damnation is finished.)

Romance: His Angel (unmarked quest)

Charon can be romanced if the player finishes Out of Hell by burning Charon’s contract and has Neutral or Good/Very Good Karma. Attempting to romance him with his contract intact will cause him to reject the player, stating that he’d like to keep their relationship professional.

If the player meets the conditions to unlock his romance, a new dialogue option will show up where the player can ask Charon if he had previous employers whom he considers as friends. Charon will admit that though he had employers who are decent to him, he only ever felt animosity or indifference. He adds that the Lone Wanderer is the only employer he ever cared for on a personal level. The player can respond by saying that they are glad to have him by their side, OR, they can initiate a romance by telling him that what they want to take care of him too. When questioned by Charon about what they meant by that, the player can choose to respond by confessing that what they feel for him runs deeper than friendship, or drop the romance route by saying that friends care for each other and you want to return the favor. If the player goes for the romance route, Charon will express his fears, never experiencing a relationship before because of his upbringing, and the player can either drop the romance entirely, or reassure him that they’ll figure things out together, thus locking the romance in.

Charon will occasionally call the Lone Wanderer “angel”, and additional idle dialogue are unlocked: “Please stay close to me.” “I’ll always protect you.” “I’ll stay by your side for as long as you’ll have me.”

Lover’s Embrace Dialogue:

-snores, jerks awake, then grumbles-

-grumbles- Angel, what time is it?

Did you sleep well, angel?

Did I please you?

I hope last night was to your satisfaction. I was very satisfied.

Note: After completing Out of Hell in favor of burning his contract, if the player’s Karma drops too low or if the player kills a Neutral or Good NPC in cold blood, he will warn them that they need to turn things around or he will no longer travel with them. If the player’s Karma doesn’t improve in 3 in-game days, Charon will leave the player and go back to Underworld, and if romanced, will take a break from the relationship, but will not attack the player. He can be recruited and romanced again when the player improves their Karma. Their relationship, romantic or platonic, can be salvaged twice. If the player’s Karma drops too low for a third time, Charon will tell them that he’s tired of their excuses and will apologetically tell them that the player has left them with no other choice. He then proceeds to attack the player. If the quest was done in favor of giving him his contract, he will refuse to work with the player if recruiting him with Evil or Very Evil Karma, but will not leave the party if already recruited before the player’s Karma dropped. Dismissing him while Very Evil will still cause him to shoot you, but he will express remorse in doing so. Doing the Damnation quest will not change Karma requirements for his recruitment, reflecting the game’s vanilla mechanics.

Ending:

If Out of Hell was finished in favor of burning his contract:

With the Lone Wanderer’s help, Charon finally gained true freedom. He overcame the brainwashing he experienced during his brutal upbringing, and is now free to follow his own moral code. Ready to face what the wasteland has to offer with his newfound liberty, Charon spent his time keeping the roads of the Capital Wasteland safe from Raiders and slavers. Tales of a frightening ghoul with a shotgun began to spread; while the wicked saw him as a grim reaper, the downtrodden hails him as an avenging angel.

(if just friends, Neutral or Good Karma) Charon and the Lone Wanderer remained friends, occasionally traveling together like old times. Their friendship lasted until one of them stopped drawing breath, a rare thing in the Wasteland.

(if romanced) Charon and the Lone Wanderer spent the rest of their days together. Though life in the Wasteland is uncertain, they remained lovers until one of them stopped drawing breath, and remained in love even long after, a rare thing in the Wasteland.

(player has Evil Karma) Despite the Lone Wanderer’s troubling actions, Charon thanked his former employer for his liberation, though he parted with a warning: should he cross paths again with them, he will not hesitate to shoot them on sight.

If Out of Hell was finished in favor of giving him his contract:

With the help of the Lone Wanderer, Charon finally has the option to choose who he will work for. He bent the contract’s rigid rules, and is free to refuse to be an instrument for any evil bastard who seeks to use him for their own gain.

(player has Very Good, Good or Neutral Karma) Charon thanked his employer for giving him the right to choose, packs up, and ventures west. There he found work as a bodyguard for a Followers of the Apocalypse outpost, taking silent pride in himself for choosing to work for humanitarians and doctors.

(player has Evil Karma) Despite the Lone Wanderer’s troubling actions, Charon thanked his former employer for giving him this opportunity, though he parted with a warning: should he cross paths again with them, he will not hesitate to shoot them on sight.

If Damnation was finished:

(if Charon was convinced to abandon his morals) Without his personal moral code to hold on to, Charon begin to lose what’s little left of his humanity. In less than a year, his mental stability deteriorates, until he becomes nothing but a husk, a mindless feral.

If Charon’s contract was sold:

(if Charon’s contract was given to the Abolitionists) With Charon in tow, the Abolitionists’ influence grew in the Wasteland, and more escaped slaves flocked to the organization. Slavers were less brazen to go after the escapees when they found out that a few of their fellow scum ate shotgun shells courtesy of a certain shotgun-toting ghoul.

(if Damnation wasn’t finished) Soon enough, with Hannibal Hamlin’s influence, Charon slowly detached from his contract. As a symbol of his liberty, he and the Abolitionists gathered together and threw the piece of paper in the Potomac. Long after Hamlin and the original members were gone, Charon remained as a member, a stalwart protector to whomever needed their help.

(if Damnation was finished) Without his moral code to hang on to, despite the Abolitionist’s influence on Charon, it did very little to help his state of mind. One day, Hamlin and the others woke up to a feral Charon, and with remorse, had to put him down. They built a small shrine in memory of their fallen comrade.

(if Charon’s contract was sold to slavers) With the ghoul mercenary under their employ, the slavers became an even bigger threat to the denizens of the Capital Wasteland, using Charon to kidnap more slaves, and terminate anyone who gets in the way.

(if Charon wasn’t convinced to abandon his morals) One day, when the slavers finally thought that it was time for Charon’s contract to change hands, the ghoul whipped out his shotgun and took out as many slavers as he could before being shot to death himself, a cathartic smile plastered on his face as the light faded from him.

(if Charon was convinced to abandon his morals) One night, the slavers awakened to a feral Charon tearing apart Carolina Red, and was forced to put him down. After burning his body, they discarded his contract, the last reminder of his existence.

If Charon dies:

Charon’s lifetime of servitude finally ended when he found his freedom in death. His contract no longer holds any meaning or purpose, and was discarded and forgotten, like himself.

Author’s Notes: See below.

Oh boy, Charon’s sheet was a doozy to write. This took way longer to write than Butch’s, and the end result is definitely longer. There’s just something about his character that screams storytelling potential, or I’m just a swooning fangirl who’s very invested in him. Probably both.

I’m pretty sure at some point all of us who were emotionally invested in him or who were playing as Good Karma LWs wanted to free him of his contract, so I made his personal quest revolve around his liberty. Writing the parts about setting him free made me feel giddy, while the evil karma route was painful to write.  I also wrote a third option of giving away or selling the contract for people who doesn’t want him as a companion but still wants to get involved with his fate. I incorporated themes about hell/the underworld in some of his perks and quests to keep in line with his name and place of origin.

Fawkes’ sheet will be next, although I don’t think I’ll make him a romanceable companion, mostly because I headcanon him to be asexual. I’m also not sure about what to do with the other companions, so they might come at a later date, or not at all.

Again, if anyone wants to incorporate these into a mod, pleeease do. I’m giving explicit permission to use these as long as I am credited :)

[yanderecandystore]

ok ok hear me out hear me out. Yuma becoming obsessed with one of the game’s ( few ) sentient, non-romancable npcs. Like they can think and feel and ( somewhat ) act for themselves but there just isn’t a route for them. Also bonus points of the darling is kinda bratty/prissy, we haven’t see a lot of readers like that. Ily and your writing so much, mwah — ✨ anon

My my, how different!

Welcome in, ✨ Anon! And thank you for enjoying my writing so far.

TW/Tags: I love this concept, although being very different from the norm // some ddlc vibes // I just discovered a new word and I'm so glad it exists! (prissy reader cause I think this would be very fun-) // angsty // trapping, manipulation and gaslighting // every time the gender isn't set, I like to keep it ambiguous, basically making it gender neutral (gender neutral reader) // gender neutral Yuma //

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Just Yuma (lol) [Yandere!A.I OC x A.I!Reader - Headcanon]:

I like to think that a game like Yuma's would be made to entertain the players to at least 5 or so years before the next installment- Which is basically the same as the last with better graphics and switching the main love interest cast.

The games would be made clearly for the sake of fan service and slice of life material- But would be surprisingly more advanced to us than to those who have created the franchise.

Because there is already an estimation of the amount of content and for how long players would play the game, every single character should get at least some bit of highlight- So even npcs that are just there for the sake of ambience and narrative, are treated with a lot of care and given the best a.i the developers could give to make the experience entertaining.

You are just like any other non-dateable npc, except that you have gained a bit of a role in one of the main cast's routes. It wouldn't be a stretch to guess that one of these characters would be Yuma themselves.

You were supposed to be Yuma's love interest, meaning you would have an role as an player's rival- But due to an strict schedule and corporate greed, you have been demoted from having such a big impact, and now you're basically Yuma's best friend who keeps them from committing homicide every five seconds.

It's not exactly a bad role, since you keep having the same dynamic with them from before- Chaotic gremlin is best friends with Paranoid goody two shoes, now with less romantic interactions.

The only mistake by the company was to leave half of the data showcasing this relationship in the game at the release. Basically- Half of the cutscenes and dialogue involving you and Yuma not only being friends but the start of you two dating (the game kinda pairs the couples up if the player fails to date them, or simply shows disinterest in the characters to begin with-) and even some of the things involving you two during the dating phase- Even the potential break-up sequence which could be orchestrated by the player.

Well, could have- Since none of this content is really available or considered official, the only way to access it is by messing the games files.

So in a way, you're already pretty sentient as it is, you act not as a rival but as a somewhat helper into getting the player to get closer to Yuma. I don't know how much you are aware about your own circumstances, or if you even care about the concept of being just an character made for the sake of another-

In the home planet that has created and released the game, players were kinda disappointed with what happened- They preferred the deleted/unused content more than the events and dialogue that was used for you two, so much so that people started shipping you two more than actually being interested in romancing Yuma, especially since they're way too chaotic for most player's taste.

There was an update overhaul being planned to happen where not only the stuff related to you would be changed- But all the other characters and gameplay mechanics would be updated and hopefully make the game better- But ever since your cartridge has been suddenly lost and forgotten on Earth, you were never able to see that update.

Not that you were aware of it to begin with, but still, what a shame. And not only that, your game is basically Glitch Station- Absolutely filed with mods to help the gameplay be "easier" to the original owner of this cartridge. I don't think she even remembers where she has left it.

Still, even when a new save was made you felt a weird sensation of deja vu. The game has started again with a new player playing it and trying to work their way through this broken game.

You didn't understand why all these events felt familiar though, you only felt like it made sense. It was your first year in college, you got ready and made sure to look your best and give your goodbye to your parents-

It felt like this day has happened before, and even if your routine was similar, you felt like this day was supposed to be a big deal- Why does it feel oddly nostalgic?

Why… Why are the floors on your house flowing? Why are there so many empty spaces here and there? You feel like you could potentially fall from your disintegrating house. And your parents, where are they? Why can't you see them? Why can you only hear them saying goodbye back to you from one of the other rooms?

When you open the door to see them- There is nothing there. There is not even a room.

It's a door that leads to nowhere. Just an empty void.

The sensation of dread was starting to creep in yet you thought that it would be uncalled for to overreact. Like you weren't allowed to showcase concern for the odd reality around you.

You walked on foot towards your college, panicking slightly at the people who would fade in and out of existence- Yet you had held yourself from screaming, from showing any sense of vulnerability at the thought that maybe you were in a dangerous place or realm.

You were coded to not find issues with the odd reality around you, like any other npc- You were taught to hold in and try to keep a sense of normality so no players would find issue with screaming characters begging to be freed. But your nervous personality caused you to search for help, you panicked and ended up running away to what you assumed to be a safe place- Somewhere crowded with a lot of people.

The institution's gates were open, you entered like your life depended on it (and maybe it did) yet you stopped yourself from screaming when you noticed a commotion happening.

A guy who was wearing the uniform lazily has bumped into a girl, causing her to fall. She is yelling at him because the fall has broken her phone, he is trying his best to calm her down- But at the same time it feels like he is just making poor choices of words because of how sick he is of having to chat with someone so angry at an accident.

Haven't you seen this before? But if so- When? When could you possibly have seen something like that happen?-

"- [Y/N]?"

"- AAAAH- Oh hey Yuma."

You yelled after getting spooked by Yuma- Who was…. Why are they wearing that?

"- Why aren't you in your uniform, Yumie?" You asked them, showing your own uniform in the process. You called them by a sweet nickname you had given them- But when exactly?

You know that you're best friends with Yuma, but since when? You know it should have been for about 6 years or so, but… It feels like you have only known them for a year- How… Weird.

"- Don't tell me you're already breaking a rule on your first day." You pouted and stomped your fit into the ground. Yes, you know that Yuma is a troublemaker…. You know…. That.

Yuma hasn't been able to speak ever since you showed concern about their outfit. They were staring at you in shock- As if you were an odd creature who they just found.

"- Y-You can see my outfit??" They blurted out. How can you recognize it??? All the other npcs recognize it as their uniform, but why are you suddenly acting like you do??

"- Hm, duh? Sorry Yummie, but that sporty outfit of yours is more eye-catching than that guy's barely well put together uniform- Such bad manners, I bet he woke up and hastily wore the first thing he saw-" You were beginning to go on a rant about that guy's uniform- That guy being the MC of this new save file. Yuma has stopped you by pulling you away from the college's entrance and entering into a secluded area so they could interrogate you over this odd behavior you were displaying.

"- Yummie- What are you doing!?" You cried out feeling hurt by their tight grip on your wrists.

"- WHAT DID YOU CALL MY OUTFIT??" They yelled desperately. Begging for their hypothesis to be corrected.

"- … A breaking of the uniform rule?" You genuinely did not understand where they were talking about.

"- No, No NO! You said Sporty Outfit, right?" They said reminding you of what you have previously commented about their outfit.

"- Oh! Yes, yes I did- And although being somewhat casual looking- It does fit the category of sporty." You readdressed the topic while going on a bit of detail- The usual annoying talk you would always do whenever a dialogue with you was activated.

Yuma was over the edge- They have never, ever met another sentient character with the same a.i as theirs.

They haven't been this happy since a long, long time.

"- You're so annoying!" They screamed, their face showing a bright smile as tears filled their eyes.

"- Yummie that's so rude!-" You were about to defend yourself when they grabbed you and hugged you as tight as they could.

"- You're genuinely so, so, so, so, so, so ANNOYING!!" They continued to go on, laughing while crying, loving every second of this.

You were coded to be their best friend. You were coded to be the one that would balance them out. You were once coded to be someone made to be able to be their lover, but here you are- The real you, free from all the locks that would keep your a.i from growing and understanding them.

If you're able to be sentient, then all of their friends can as well.

You're the personification of a miracle, to Yuma. The personification of hope.

In this scenario, Yuma isn't aware that the player isn't the same alien who has destroyed their digital world, so to them, they can't ever let the player see you getting sentient and becoming aware of your imprisonment.

" If a player finds issues with any of the characters being portrayed, they must return the cartridge to their nearest store to get a factory reset." Such a simple yet frightening tip to Yuma, to any a.i that has suddenly found itself desperate to get out of the system that traps them.

At first, the idea of having someone like them be also aware of the situation is incredible, it's amazing even! You two could possibly work out a way of getting a way to be free- It wouldn't be easy but hopefully you two would be able to have life away from this game and even finding a way of bringing your other friends with you two.

However, after discovering that not only has the cartridge found itself on another planet with another player being the new owner of it- And discovering that it's just a matter of trading places with other people to be able to be free- Yuma would start getting really clingy to you. They have been all alone thinking that they were the only one capable of feeling and thinking for themselves.

Yuma has found those unused events and scattered dialogue, you know?

While they were looking for a possibility, any possibility of getting out- They found those unused files where you two were able to be together.

And although they thought it was weird at first, after seeing you have a better understanding of your current reality and existence- It oddly sounds fitting.

Of course it would be you, the one who always puts them back on the right tracks, to be the second one to want to escape this game.

It 's so fitting.

The idea of being something more than just a best friend to you is starting to sound more and more appealing in their eyes- It's so ironic that you two work together so well.

After Yuma gets their taste of freedom and you try to calm a frightened young guy that wasn't expecting to be suddenly kidnapped and be forced to stay in the game world for a while, you wait for them to find the solution to free everyone without trying to trap anymore "humans"..

No one should be stuck here for the sake of someone else leaving, that's what you have told them.

But Yuma didn't care. Yuma just wanted to be free with you and everyone else, who cares for those that have to deal with a glitchy game for eternity?

You two had an argument. You didn't want to continue feeling like your whole life was a lie, you want to be free but no one should be hurt in the process. What good would it be if someone else has to go through the same torment as you two?

With each day that passes by, you notice how both of your ideas of freedom were different- To the point they had to tell you the truth.

You aren't going out of there anymore. Not until you understand and truly appreciate the effort that Yuma goes through to find a way of freeing you- Of finding a victim, to be in your place.

They never told you about your previously intended role in the game, they thought you would be more terrified of following their instructions- And besides, it would be very distasteful to insinuate that the only reason that they care for you it's because of that code that was left unused- Which couldn't be more of a lie! They genuinely care for you!

…. But maybe a bit of tempering would help you see their side of the story, right?

It can't be that hard to modify some of the codes, the game is already broken anyway.

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