#have a good afternoon!

[aannonn]

and thats how i got a favorite side character

they are so silly i love them

those 2 reminds me of red and yellow tbh... i love it

;D

;-;

;O

[hinamie]

can't believe im saying this but long time no megumi

[sainz100]

2024 Brazilian GP | x

[blackfire5561]

Been thinking about Gavinners album covers lately

[bbb-bbbbbbb]

shoutout to gordons who are like cicada shells

realized that this is more accurate, but i like the red of the solo cup

[madootles]

ed + cat pt. 3

[aannonn]

That sounds fun tbh.. Btw! Long detailed responses.. lol I just don't really like to be sO direct with my answers. ;')

1 -> Favorite character!

"From the Hollowheads?"

honestly, I love them all, but...

-> We haven't seen much of Victim yet, so I think the love I feel for him is pretty little when compared to the others, but I still love him!

-> Dark and Chosen are the ones that I equally love. Though, in terms of headcanons; Dark is the one that I love the most! While in terms of canonicity; Chosen is the one that I love the most.

-> Despite all of this, out of all of them; The Second Coming/TSC is definitely the one that I love the most. Not only because he's the main protagonist and I tend to love the protagonist more than the other characters but He's pretty fun and interesting as a character - atleast to me. xD

"From The Fighting Stick Figures?"

I love them all pretty much equally, actually! But I think Red is probably the one that stand out to me the most.

"From The Mercenaries?"

Hmm.. We haven't seen much of them yet, so I think I'm just neutral about them in general.

-> The fandom does makes them stand out more to me but, since it's mostly just fanon things that didn't come from canon, I think I'll remain neutral about them. ;)

-> Though, I have to admit that Agent kinda stand out to me more than the others...

"From the characters that appear outside the main Animator vs Animation series? (such as AvM Shorts, etc.)"

I love Purple. Gold is so silly. King kinda reminds me of my dad. ;)

-> I probably love Purple the most, though.

"Overall?"

The ColorGang, most likely. ;D

-> Apart from the ColorGang, I probably love the HollowHeads the most, too.

2 -> Who is a character you want to know more about, such as their background, personality, and more?

Honestly, everyone who didn't got a proper development yet.

-> But if we are talking about the one that I most want to know more about.. Probably The Dark Lord and the Mercenaries! Oh, and Victim, too! =D

-> I'm really curious to see what Victim did through all of those years before being the owner of a very successfull company.

-> I would love to see TDL return, and get more in depth into his character! Like- Why does he wants to destroy the internet so much? What is his motives? If Victim survived from being deleted, does that mean that Dark also survived from all the amount of power Second threw at him? If yes, where he is now? Is he in a coma-? How does Chosen feel after all of this? Basically; Many questions about him. I want answers. I love him so much please come back-

-> And about the Mercenaries... I want to know who exactly are they. Like- How did they met Victim? What did they do before meeting Victim? Were they working with some other company? Or they were just normal StickMens before meeting Victim? Basically: They have so much potential as characters tbh- lol I would love to see more of them!

3 -> Which characters do you think should interact more? The possibilities are endless!

Oh yeah- The possibilities are definitely endless. So I'm kinda indecisive on this one, but...

-> Honestly, I would love to see Second and Dark & Second and Chosen interacting more. Mainly because I believe they are all siblings and I'm a sucker for some siblings bonding but also because I would love to see how would their dynamics be like.

-> Would Chosen be kind of resentful towards Second because of what he did to Dark? I mean- Yes, Chosen knows it was necessary, and he knows Second doesn't remember any of it, and he knows he basically saved the whole internet from being destroyed + saved him and revived his friends, and he knows he was the first one to betray Dark, and he knows Dark probably wasn't gonna listen to him anyway, but but- sTILL

-> Dark was his first friend. His best friend. His one and only equal. And now he's all... Gone. The memories. The time. The love and affection they shared towards each other; All gone.

-> Yes, I know Chosen have some kind of respect towards Second for saving him and the whole internet; But, that's it. Respect. That doesn't mean that Chosen wouldn't feel atleast some kind of resentment.... Maybe. Either way, I'm curious to see how their relationship will develop through out the series. ;D (Probably..)

-> I feel like Dark and Second would be absolutely terrified of each other. Second because Dark literally killed off his friends right infront of him and then proceeded to try to kill him too, and Dark because he literally got either killed or got into a coma because of Second.

-> The last thing they both saw was; Dark literally leaving him to die, and a big giant laser pointed directly at him. Both parts's last thing they felt was feeling absolutely endless and unbearable pain.

-> I wonder how would their relationship be like if they were in better terms, though... Or even; How would their relationship be like if Dark survived, got such an epik redemption arc (or maybe not one at all), then the reunion. The amount of angst there would be if this happened...

4 -> What gender/pronouns do you see the characters as? (Remember to be respectful of everyones headcanons!)

I see them all as GenderLess, to be honest. I don't actually believe that the drawn StickFigures are actually meant to have genders, so... (I respect people who think otherwise, though!)

-> I see them all with He/Him and They/Them pronouns! (I view Blue with She/Her pronouns too, though..) I still don't view them neither as boys nor girls nor any other gender, though. lol

-> But! I see Purple as a boy, or maybe GenderFluid with He/Him and She/Her pronouns!

5. Do you have ships? If so, what’s your favorite? (Remember to also be respectful when it comes to this!)

I don't really want to focus much on the shipping part of this community, nor do I want to actually ship any of the characters with each other, but I would be lying if PolySticks and SecGreen + SecRed didn't had me lying down in my bed just thinking about them...

-> But! That doesn't mean that I ship them, I just really like the ships and the potential it has! ;D

-> Kinda unrelated thing, but Yellow x Blue will always make me think they are actually canonically dating.. Even though they probably aren't and are just really rEALLY close

6 -> What is your favorite animation from Alan EVER? One that you will never forget?

I never forgot about Animation vs Minecraft (original) even after all of those years, and I still doubt I ever will.

-> But my favorite is probably Animation vs Minecraft ; The Rediscovery. ;)

7 -> What’s your favorite episode from all the AvM Shorts from its six years of episodes? How about your favorite from each season?

Hm.. Hard decision, really, since I love all of the episodes equally.... Some more, others less, but I still love them all a great amount. But...

-> The Note Block Universe episode and the Monster School episode + The Lush Caves episode are probably my favorites ones. ;)

-> Note Block Episode; Songs! Music! Character Development! Character BackStory! Tears! Plot Twists!

-> Top-tier episode, to be honest.

-> Monster School; A great come back of a very loved childhood favorite minecraft series. + HeroBrine and Red reunion! (Even though HeroBrine probably doesn't remember Red lol) Character Development! Red-centric! New characters! New friendships! Mobs' appreciation!

-> I love this episode, though I felt bad for Red the whole time. lol

-> Lush Caves; Broken Friendship! Aggressive and hearted fight! Friendship Development! Character Development! Relationship Development! Platonic SecRed for the heart! Bonding!

-> I love this episode so much because it shows more of SecRed's relationship and how their personalities contrast each other so much that they end up blaming each other for the situation they are in and then fighting, but they still manage to get through all of it, make up in the end and then work together to go back home and go save their friends.

8 -> What about your favorite installment from AvA 1-6?

Not actually sure what it meant as my main language isn't English, so I had to search it up, so-

-> Probably AvA IV(4), AvA V(5) and AvA VI(6)! ;D I love the suspense and terror (in a emotional way, not in an actual horror way) AvA 5 and AvA 6 bring us, while I love the silliness and angst AvA 4 bring us. ;)

9 -> What’s your favorite *Actual* Short?

Hmm.. I love them all equally, actually! But I think FireWorks, BackRooms and Autocorrect are the ones that stand out to me the most! ;D

10 -> What’s your favorite Av_ installment outside AvA/M?

...I.. I'm not quite sure If I understand this question.. But I think Animation vs Youtube..? ;'D I love it when Youtube become sentient, and the SecGreen bound(or bond?) in this episode was absolutely a pleasant to watch!

11 -> Bonus question! Do you like Reuben / Red’s pig? This is important. /j

A direct and no explanations needed, straight-forward and firm; Yes.

12 -> If you were to suggest the next episode (can be anything; AvM Shorts, AvA, etc.), what would you suggest?

Hm... Maybe an episode that focus on the AfterMath of things..? Like, how did they all dealt after all the things that happened to them? How did they come over it? What happened during this big timeskip?

-> I know it can be quite such an sensitive topic to touch on, and not everyone may be comfortable in watching it, but I still would love to watch an episode dedicated to the AfterMath of things.

13 -> What’s a scene from any animation you’ll never forget?

You know that one scene where the RYGB literally tackles Second to the ground just to hug him? Yea, never gonna forget that. (They are all so silly and loving and clingy and affectionate I love them sm)

-> ...I will probably never forget when they all got killed, too.

14 -> How did you first find Alan’s videos? What was your first?

I was just scrolling through the youtube trying to find some Minecraft videos (probably) until I found an animation about StickFigures playing with Minecraft and defying all the Minecraft logic (or maybe an animation about a big-head StickFigure coming to life and making friends all along the way!).

-> I don't remember if Animation vs Minecraft (original) was my first or if Animation vs Animator IV was. Either way, they were both pretty much the first animations that I have ever watched from Alan Becker. =)

-> Animation vs Animator V was definitely the one that brought me back to this fandom.. xD

15. How long have you been watching/following Alan’s videos?

If we count the year I watched Animation vs Minecraft and Animation vs Animator IV for the very first time, I would say probably around 7-6 years. But I never really made an attempt in trying to watch all the rest of Alan's videos and actually joining the fandom and following the episodes, so I don't think it counts.

-> I started to watch all of his AvA/AvM videos (+ the Actual Shorts and some other non-related AvA/AvM videos) this year, though... So I think- 2 and a half months so far..? lol I wasn't really counting the days, but I for sure did start actually watching Alan's videos this year, in october! ;D

Omg that took so long... But, at the same time, I had fun doing it! ;D

I'm going through some things right now, too, so this definitely cheered me up atleast a lil' bit.

Welp! I think that's it..? xD

Cya ~ !

Hey there, AvM/AvA fandom! I noticed the amount of traction I’ve been getting on my art lately, and I’ve never had this much attention on any of my Tumblr posts before! I’ve had this idea since last month, and I want to bring it to you guys!

The AvA/M Questions List!

Feel free to answer any of these questions in the reblogs!

(Questions below:)

1. Who is your favorite character:

From the Hollowheads?

From the Fighting Stick Figures?

From the Mercenaries?

From the characters that appear outside the main Animator vs Animation series? (such as AvM Shorts, etc.)

Overall?

2. Who is a character you want to know more about, such as their background, personality, and more?

3. Which characters do you think should interact more? The possibilities are endless!

4. What gender/pronouns do you see the characters as? (Remember to be respectful of everyones headcanons!)

5. Do you have ships? If so, what’s your favorite? (Remember to also be respectful when it comes to this!)

6. What is your favorite animation from Alan EVER? One that you will never forget?

7. What’s your favorite episode from all the AvM Shorts from its six years of episodes? How about your favorite from each season?

8. What about your favorite installment from AvA 1-6?

9. What’s your favorite *Actual* Short?

10. What’s your favorite Av_ installment outside AvA/M?

11. Bonus question! Do you like Reuben / Red’s pig? This is important. /j

12. If you were to suggest the next episode (can be anything; AvM Shorts, AvA, etc.), what would you suggest?

13. What’s a scene from any animation you’ll never forget?

14. How did you first find Alan’s videos? What was your first?

15. How long have you been watching/following Alan’s videos?

Have fun, everyone!

[faeriekit]

Health and Hybrids (XXX)👽👻💚

[I can't remember the original prompt posters  for the life of me but here's a mashup between a cryptid!Danny, presumed-alien!Danny, dp x dc, and the prompt made the one body horror meat grinder fic.]

🖤Chapter navigation can be found here🖤 Click to browse previous updates.

💚 Ao3 Is here for all parts 💚 (now featuring mediocre mouseover translations, only available on a computer)

Where we last left off... Several therapeutic white boards were drawn on. Everyone reading was so good and normal about it. So were the characters, presumably.

Trigger warnings for this story:  body horror | gore | post-dissection fic | dehumanization (probably) |  my nonexistent attempts at following DC canon. On with the show.

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Additionally: apologies to Adwen and Allmune on ao3, to whom I directly said I wouldn't do this; I lied. (Whoopsie).

Also additionally: Bonus fic snippet you may have missed

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“Are you hungry?” Danny’s new therapist asks, her fingers playing with her pen.

Danny shrugs.

Pretty quickly, they’d figured out that these sessions went…worse…when Danny was hungry. Hunger makes him upset. Being upset makes him want to speak less. Not talking ruins the whole affair.

“Want to talk?”

Danny shakes his head, and sprawls out onto the couch—he’s allowed to basically position himself however he feels comfortable in the room, and if he has a choice, he’d rather just hang out horizontal. Does it make getting back into his chair harder? Yes. Is there a lady with super strength right outside his the office door who is willing to pick him up at a moment’s notice? Also yes.

(It’s kind of silly, but, if his legs ever stop feeling so sore…Danny is. Well.)

(He’s kind of curious how tall he’d be if Diana held him piggyback.)

“Want to draw? Paint?”

Drawing is a high-stress activity. Danny tends to default to memories when he draws these days, and he’d rather not think about that right now. Finger-painting is another option, but it’s pretty messy…even if it would be fun…

Danny’s therapist (?) (he's pretty sure that’s what she is?) is a blonde woman, with a quiet face and piercing eyes. She’d probably be less intimidating if they knew each other’s language, if Danny’s being honest; usually these types of people try to talk their way out of being intimidating. Instead, Danny sits on her pinstripe couch in unbranded sweatpants and a thin white tee, and she wears a suitjacket over her tights.

It’s all very strange. It’s not more strange than his chaperone’s usual outfit of plate armor and tiara, but still.

“Want the language bócastréon again?”

…Danny hums in thought, hands crossed across his chest. He’s pretty sure they’ve tried building a thing that’ll detect his language, like, three different times by now, but every time it winds up like the Fenton Ghost Gabber: mindlessly repeating his words back to him, unable to make heads or tails on translation. At least these trials don’t end every one of his statements with I am a ghost, fear me.

Oh well. It’s better than nothing. Danny shrugs.

The therapist clicks the machine on from a switchpad at her elbow, and a blue holographic screen fills the air. Danny only spends a little bit of time batting at the display like a cat, watching the light play off his hands for his own amusement.

“Please begin,” the thing says, and the same text pops up on the screen.

“S’up,” Danny tells it, and grins when the little display starts its very, very, long, and very, very familiar, buffering process.

Danny already knows this isn’t going to work. He might as well have fun with it.

He talks about his day, he talks about his old bedroom; he talks about what he had for lunch, toying with one of the sucker-toys he woke up with ages ago even though he doesn’t know who gave them to him. He talks about his friends, because he loves them—not Tuck and Sam, who he’ll miss the rest of his life, but Mikey and Poindexter, and what school had been like for him. Quiet topics. Easy topics.

Normal topics.

…Danny isn’t’ sure he’ll ever have normalcy again, but…remembering it isn’t so bad either. He plays with his weird suction cup toy with both hands and he talks.

“…So I ended up getting stuck without the Speeder like a million zillion miles from the portal. I thought Jazz was going to kill me, since she needed it to take her girlfriend to prom the literal next night, so I had to run around for like forty minutes looking for someone to help me out— but at least Wulf was like ‘Ne estas problemo’ and he helped me sniff out the weird cheese Vlad had left in the center console of the Speeder the week before—“

The box beeps. “Lingvo identigita: Kryptonian.”

Danny bolts upright as fast as his limbs let him.

Danny was never as good as Tucker was with Esperanto, but—  But that’s Esperanto. Danny’s hung out with Wulf long enough, did enough Duodioma with the stupid little muppet bird mascot. The box didn’t call it the right thing, but—

—But—

The therapist looks at Danny, eyes wide. Danny can’t even look at her. He’s too busy staring at the discount-aisle Ghost Gabber.

“Diru ĝin denove,” Danny demands sharply. Say it again.

The screen automatically translates his words as he speaks—in Esperanto, and then into their own language, the two transcriptions populating side by side when Danny speaks.

At this point, the woman’s mouth is open. Danny would be right there with her, but—

Danny sits there, numb.

He has a language. A language that is mostly guesswork on his part and the occasional swears Wulf will teach him as a joke, but, still, a language.

A language made up by a doctor in Poland. In the eighteen…somethings. And these people with superpowers know it. And they know what it is.

And the therapist looks at him, stunned, with new eyes, as if she knows something new about him now.

…What the hell is Kryptonian?

*

There isn’t Kryptonian plural. Danny thought there there might be.

There isn’t.There is pretty much only one.

One. Singular. Kryptonian.

That feels worse, somehow.

*

Notes taken [DATE REDACTED] 2023, 22:37 UTC.

Participants are:

KE: Kal-El of Krypton, Codename: Superman. JD: Patient, John Doe, Codename: N/A. Patient file attached.

Note: Conversation was recorded in Kryptonian. Machine translation has been provided for convenience.

*Addendum: Yeah, I can get Jor-El on this, no problem –Supes

KE: This conversation will be recorded. Are you alright with that? JD: Conver…? KE: (Writing gesture) This talk. JD: Oh! Yes. KE: Good morning. My name is Kal-El, and I am of Kryptonian descent. On Earth, I serve as a protector. My title on Earth is Superman. JD: Superman? KE: Yes. JD: (Laugh) KE: Thank you. May I know your name? JD: (No answer) KE: Take your time. You may decline as well. JD: …I… (Pause). I do not… KE: That is alright. Do you have hobbies? JD: …What? KE: What do you like to do? JD: …I like to learn about space. I like to…when the fast child…we play games? KE: The fast kid? Impulse? JD: Impulse? (Incredulous) KE: That is his title, yes. JD: Why is his name Impulse? That is… Is that an insult? KE: I think he chose it? JD: (Stunned silence) KE: You like space? JD: Y…yes. KE: Tell me about it? JD: Do they not tell you about me? KE: I hear news. I have not met you face to face. JD: (Shrugs) KE: Not since you bit me, anyway? JD: I bit you? (Incredulous) KE: You were injured, and you were scared. I did not mind. JD: I am sorry! It was an accident! (Upset) I did not mean to! I do not remember— KE: It is alright, it is alright! (Placating) JD: (Cries) KE: Hey… (Touches shoulder) Oh, sorry. I should not do that. It is alright. My dog bit me yesterday, and my son bit me the day before. It is alright. You did not hurt me. JD: (Still crying, hard to decipher) You have a dog? KE: Yes! I have a dog! He is also from space. His name is Krypto. Here, I have pictures! (Takes out communicator)

*NOTE: pictures mentioned contain images of Superdog and Superboy(II)

JD: (Still crying) Are you supposed to ask me questions?? I have been here… I have been here for a long time. People want to know about what I am, and where am I from, and what I can do, yes? KE: Well…yes, but there is a lot of time. There is no limit. JD: (Wipes nose.) KE: All I am supposed to ask you today is if you have any allergies. See?

        *NOTE: List of potential allergens has been attached to patient file.

JD: (Takes list from KE) Allergi…? Oh. No. I am… No food makes me sick. I can eat all foods. I cannot take…there is a sick medicine. For a cough. I cannot take that. KE: Good to know! (Alarmed) I’ll tell your doctors. Do you like your doctors? JD: …Yes. (Shyly) They are nice. KE: Wonder Woman says that she already asked if you feel safe. Do you feel safe with your doctors? JD: I do. Everyone here is kind. I eat a lot. I get exercise. We play games. I take breaks. I see space. I do not worry here, unless I get scared by accident. KE: I am…very glad to hear that. (Chokes up.) My son is about half your height. If my son was far away, I would want someone to help him too. We only want to do our best for you, alright? Please tell us if something is wrong. JD: So I can fight? KE: Pardon? JD: I am meant to fight, right? KE: No, no—not fighting. Just healing. And resting. JD: And then after… I am supposed to fight? KE: No. No, not—you don’t have to fight. The only thing we need is for you to be healthy. We don’t need you to fight anyone. JD: Everyone wants me to fight. (Begins stimming with slime) There are many children here. They all fight. I am eventually going to have to fight. I know.

*NOTE: Slime was provided by Medical team for therapeutic use.

KE: (Pause) Who is everyone? JD: (Silence) KE: Did someone make you fight, before? Is that why you were injured? JD: (Silence) KE: I am sorry if they did. That is not fair. You are not an adult yet, and even adults should not have to fight unless they enlist purposefully. You are a child. JD: No one thinks I am a child. KE: Who said that? JD: (Silence) KE: Did someone hurt you? JD: (Pause) I do not want to talk. KE: Alright. Can you tell me why you do not want to talk? JD: (Silence) KE: Would you like to fight? JD: I am good at fighting. KE: That is not what I asked. JD: There is no choice? When there are bad things and bad people, someone has to fight. I am strong—when I am not injured, I am strong. I fight. There are people who are not strong, and cannot fight. I can fight. I fight. KE: (Silence) JD: This is why you are healing me. KE: (Pause) No, little one. That is not why. JD: (Pause) Oh. (Puts down slime) Am I…am I going to be data again? Are you going to test my body? KE: (Puts face into hands)

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[Interview is to be reviewed by Black Canary and Dr. Pranathi Russo MD, Pediatric Psychologist.]

*

“It’s bad!” Clark says with a watery smile, because Clark isn’t Superman at the moment—in Bruce’s home office, as private as a place as the world can get, Bruce is only Bruce, and Clark is only Clark.

When Black Canary had suggested that their debrief happen somewhere private where Clark felt safe, Bruce had known that there would be bad news. Still, he pours a mug of coffee that Clark will metabolize all the caffeine out of anyway, and pours a long, thick cup of the stuff for himself, and settles back into his warm leather chair.

“Tell me,” Bruce says, not quite Batman, but not quite Bruce either.

“Bruce, he ‘knows’ we’re going to make him fight. He thinks we’re healing him to be a child soldier.” Clark’s laugh is half joke and half derision. Bruce thinks that he understands. “He thinks we’re keeping him here as—like property, where if we pick up something dumped on the side of the road, we can fix it back up and put it to work. Like an engine, or, or…or like a lawnmower. It’s awful.”

Bruce skips the creamer and goes straight to the Baileys beneath his desk for garnishing.

On the one hand, Dick has been flying out in Gotham since he was a preteen. There had been no question about training him; training was the way one kept their children safe, the same way that Alfred had taught Bruce how to shoot as a child—no matter how much Bruce had loathed it at the time.

On the other hand, Jason’s death plays out in his nightmares in technicolor around…once every few months.

The fires. The flames.

(The alien boy found in a wrecked vehicle outside the Kent farmhouse, curled up in fear.)

Bruce thinks about Damian, and how long it had taken for Damian to understand he could be loved as a child who loved animals, and not a future prince of Gotham.

…Bruce passes the Baileys to Clark.

The Kryptonian won’t absorb any of the alcohol in any meaningful way, but he dumps the remainder of the bottle into his coffee nevertheless.

[aannonn]

........................Does this mean that Victim is canonically a drama queen-

[smrtnik07]

i havent drawn anything worth posting in a while hi ^__^ erm..... are texans always this strange and unusual?

[pokimoko]

Why fight people when your time can be better spent bantering?

[sainz100]

a very small throwback to an opera moment! 🎵❤️✨ | x

[icewindandboringhorror]

Little bright colored outfit with a fun vest ~

(shoes from ebay like 10 years ago. everything else is thrifted)

[noxious-fennec]

A redraw of an old thing because exam season is the only time i get creative energy ig

[myokk]

fast sketch of my one-shot with Ominis💓

legilimency

Word count: 1.700

Rating: M (language)

Ominis Gaunt is a lost case - lost to the whims of one very determined Gryffindor sitting at his side.

They sit in the back of the History of Magic classroom, the only two students not lulled to somnolence by their professor. He: trying his hardest to focus on Professor Binns’ droning (easier said than done). She: trying her hardest to distract Ominis while not being entirely sure of being successful or not (easier attempted than understood).

Professor Binns is completely insufferable, of course. Ominis wonders if the ghost is as blind as he is: Binns willfully ignores the fact that all of his students use his class as an excuse to get a nap in (maybe he simply doesn’t see them sleeping - only one of many reasons why Ominis has decided he could never be a professor), rambling on and on in the most boring way possible. As if he were trying to be as dull as possible (maybe he does it to avoid interacting with the students which…can’t be to blame). In a different life, Ominis could see himself quite liking the subject, but as things stand he despises it.

Especially now.

Ominis fervently wishes that he could fall asleep.

Then, he might avoid hearing her thoughts - they’re consuming him and he can’t ignore them as much as he would like to.

Normally, he loves this class - not the subject, obviously - but the class itself, for the sheer fact that it is the only time where he gets some peace and quiet. Everyone’s minds nice and quiet and shut off for the time being while they sleep. Although he has gotten used to ignoring the thoughts of everyone around him, their various voices mixing and mingling with each other into a dull thrum in the back of his mind, it is nice to have some quiet once in a while.

But right now, with everyone asleep except for the Gryffindor at his side, her thoughts are so loud it’s like she’s screaming at him.

So here he is, wishing he could fall asleep, leave the class, maybe turn off the infernal legilimency that has haunted him his whole life.

(His parents and Marvolo insist it’s a gift handed down from Slytherin himself, just like the Parseltongue Ominis despises. It is not. It is a curse.)

He is stuck listening to her.

It doesn’t help that she seems to have caught on to him - something he had managed to avoid until now. Nobody else, not even Sebastian or Anne, has ever suspected a thing. But, in all fairness, those two are extremely loud and say every single thought that passes through their minds out loud even when they should remain quiet, and nobody else has had the opportunity to spend enough time with Ominis to begin to suspect anything.

Until her.

He had to go and let that blasted girl worm her way into his life, not leaving him alone ever, always looking for excuses to talk and ask his opinion, and being so intelligent that he wanted to invite her to study with him and talk with him and…

Since it happened a few nights ago, he hasn’t stopped cursing himself for that stupid offhand comment he made. They had been studying in silence in the library together, by the history books where nobody else ever ventures (thank you, Professor Binns), and he could have sworn that she asked him if he was finally going to walk her back to her common room (he blames a lack of sleep and wishful thinking for this mishap). His traitorous face had flushed and he had jumped at the chance to escort her - maybe she would let him carry her bag, or… - only to feel his whole body go cold and his stomach drop when her response wasn’t what he’d expected.

A pause: then: a confused voice: ‘Ominis, I didn’t say anything.’

His Gryffindor wasn’t stupid like Gryffindors were normally wont to be. He knew her, and he knew that after his monumental mistake, the gears in her brain were turning and he was terrified that somehow she had figured it out.

(His Gryffindor?)

She had been unusually quiet around him since then, although he bitterly noticed that she was still acting normally with everyone else. Still finding every opportunity to punch Sebastian in the shoulder and laugh with Anne, still whispering with Natsai about Merlin knows what, still…

But she had been avoiding Ominis. He couldn’t stand it.

Well, avoiding him right until this stupid class, when she had to go and sit right next to him (ignoring the fact that she always sits next to him in History of Magic, that everyone already has and adheres to their unofficial seats), and he can’t ignore her.

She’s pretending to take studious notes, but he knows better. The scratching of her quill blending with the droning of Professor Binns’ voice but not drowning out her thoughts. They float above the other noises, her voice sweet and piercing. Ominis wonders vaguely what she’s actually writing, because he’s positive it isn’t notes.

Professor Binns looks so sexy right now with his medieval hat, talking about…whatever it is he’s passionate about. I wonder if he would let me talk to him after class without floating through me like he normally does…

Ominis is determined not to react. She’s obviously trying to bait him. But…what if she is attracted to Professor Binns? Is he an attractive man? At the thought, the fist that’s resting on top of his desk clenches, but he works to make sure his face remains impassive. Apart from a twitch of his lips, he thinks he’s been quite successful.

She: huffing and shifting in her chair, her robes rustling as she crosses her legs. He: keeping his head facing forward, steadfastly ignoring her.

She changes tactics.

Maybe she’s just as insufferable as the other Gryffindors, after all.

I wonder what Ominis would say if he knew I woke up moaning today after a dream about him -

He shifts slightly in his seat, hoping that she’s so busy taking notes (who’s he kidding) that she won’t notice his discomfort as his trousers tighten -

…the girls in my dorm have been bothering me nonstop about who I’ve been mooning over but I don’t want them to…

His hand is in such a tight fist it’s a wonder he’s not breaking any fingers as he tries to remain as still as possible, but his traitorous arousal is making her thoughts harder and harder to ignore. Had he ever been able to ignore her?

…his tongue was deep inside me as I screamed his name…

He feels his face heat up at the thought - where had she learned such vulgar language? - and his whole body stiffens. He’s sure that she can feel the tension and warmth radiating off of him in waves but that…she…his insane little lion keeps shouting at him in the silence of the classroom. She’s now stopped all pretense of taking notes and is sitting stock still.

…his cock deep inside of me as…wait…what else did I hear Garreth say to Leander that night?…um… She shifts uncomfortably, her knee grazing Ominis’s as she moves to squeeze her legs together. It’s all he can do to not groan and remain impassive. Oh god…I…what’s that feeling? This was just supposed to get back at him for probably - maybe - reading my thoughts and I’m officially insane because how would he even be able to do that?…his ears turning red from embarrassment are so adorable and I can’t stand this anymore and…

Ominis tries his hardest not to move his head in her direction. His jaw flexes. Maybe he can drown her out if he starts reciting potions ingredients, or if he focuses on what Professor Binns is saying, but even he knows its futile. He’s hanging on to her every word - thought? - and his head slowly turns in her direction as she keeps going.

…does he know how much I think about him? Oh god, what if he dreams of me the same way I…

He slams the open book in front of him shut, the loud noise causing Sebastian to jerk awake and babble incoherently for a moment before slumping back over his desk, drooling and snoring lightly. Nobody else in the class seems to notice except her of course. Blissfully, she has stopped talking - thinking - and he can finally -

It’s no use. He needs to get out of there. She has invaded his mind and…What if she starts up again with her filthy thoughts that are bleeding into his own and -

Did he hear me? I didn’t actually think…oh god, can he hear me now? What have I done?

Ominis very slowly brings his hand over to where he knows hers is. The quill falls out of her hand and he hears a sharp intake of breath at their contact. His fingers trace her knuckles and then he slowly trails them up her arm. His fingertips are so sensitive that he could swear that he feels every thread that he passes, her skin warm and alive underneath the fabric. Then to her neck, her throat bobs and he feels her erratic heartbeat. Finally, he reaches her face. She remains very, very still as his fingers brush over her features for the first time.

He has never touched someone like this before.

Her skin is like velvet, soft everywhere he touches. Now that he knows what it feels like he’s not sure he can go back to before. His fingers trace the curve of her eyebrows - he finds that her nose is straight before it flares up a tiny bit at the tip - his fingers ghost over her impossibly soft lips. He drags his thumb across her bottom lip as her tongue darts out to wet them. It’s impossibly intimate and the world has melted away and it’s just the two of them in that moment.

He leans forward.

“Ominis, I…” she whispers, stricken.

His hand moves to tuck some of her loose hair away from her face - does she always wear it like this? - and his lips brush against her ear. He inhales deeply, her sweet smell invading his senses. She shivers under his touch and he breathes, “I heard everything.”

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