#he goes by viper

[squeakywebs]

"II like thor eyeth bro"

[anbaisai]

he's so mean

[jakeperalta]

keep seeing "taylor hates matty just like us!!" like.. she hates him because he broke her heart I hate him because he is a legitimately garbage person we are not the same

[skyenish]

JAMIL VIPER HALLOWEEN SSR I LOVE YOU IM ON MY KNEES FOR YOU YOU’RE PERFECT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU DESERVE THE WORLD

The other cards are neat too

[ourlittleuluru]

A break away from dem angst of the previous WIP posting 😂 (sorry but not really) brain decided (instead of doing the art I'm SUPPOSED to) what if the LaDS boys were playing/in FF14, what'll be their race and jobs

[thatlioninthecorner]

what

[traumxrei-archive]

leona and jamil’s interactions in 6-67 and their growth

book 6 threw me in for a wringer with leona and jamil’s relationship, and it's funny because i never realized how similar they are until leona was pointing out all of jamil's negative thoughts about himself, as if he knew these thoughts like the back of his hand. tell me i'm not the only one seeing parallels between them:

jamil as a kid was told he was never going to be equal to kalim, because he's supposed to be kalim's servant; having to concede to him at every turn in private and in public.

leona as a kid hearing whispers about how he was so different from the bright falena, and how he wouldn't ever get the throne; all his achievements a mere shadow to anything falena did.

jamil who tried to create an elaborate scheme to pit everyone against kalim, and to subtly kick kalim from his "throne", only for it all to backfire, and for him to be so scorned by having everyone find out that he overblotted.

leona who created a plot in order to secretly reduce competition in the magift tournaments, and tried to severely injure malleus draconia to keep him from playing, only for his plot to be revealed, and for him to give up on trying, thus leading to his overblot.

and then when you think about it, leona probably sees the younger version himself in jamil. jamil’s lust for power is something that leona’s been through more than once, and he knows how being arrogant can lead someone down a bad path.

the rut that he was stuck in was the fact that he thought he was more suitable than falena. but was leona right for the throne ? or did he just want the throne to prove all the people who slighted him wrong ? and again, with magift, he knew that he didn't have the magic power to beat malleus, but he still wanted to win, so bad that he played dirty tricks.

sounds familiar ? it’s basically what jamil did to try and rip the housewarden seat from kalim. jamil thinks himself more suitable and worthy than kalim but is that because he IS more suitable, or is it because he wants to publicly be better than kalim at something for once ?

that’s why leona wants jamil to move on past that. he needs to throw away the arrogance that he’s the 'best', and that 'others just don’t see his brilliance', because…he has a long way to go. leona recognizes his potential. he learned the lesson that jamil is going through the hard way, that’s why he’s trying to help him.

jamil kept insisting that he could protect leona, because he’s convinced that he is more capable at protecting him, relying on his perception of who he thought leona was, rather than acknowledging his prowess. leona knows that he’s more skillful, and he, in the end, succeeds in getting him to accept that.

when jamil can accept that he doesn’t know all that there is, and that he’s at the bottom of the pecking order…that’s exactly when he can start moving up. that’s when he can start working on his skills for the future rather than lamenting the fact that others don’t see his potential.

and that’s exactly the lesson that leona wants him to learn.

okay a cookie for you if you ACTUALLY made it here bc whew this got really long really fast— thank you for reading this far and i hope that you enjoyed my interpretation of book 6’s events ++ leojami’s growth ^^ (also sorry if there’s any spelling/grammar mistakes, i shall fix it later)

[calkale]

Modern cowboy au icemav need mav line dancing to shania twain

[gifti3]

Jamil when he sees Azul: I need to talk shit or ill die

[heartscrypt]

Hii! I have a question about your thoughts on jamiazu.

Do you think that Azul would ever be able to confess any romantic feelings for Jamil? If so, how? And if not, would they be able to get together in any other way?

Sorry if this is a weird question, just curious.

thanks for your question! it is SO not weird at all i really enjoy stuff like this. actually i am going to go on a huge ramble that goes on a little tangent so like. LONG POST AHEAD!!!! be warned!!!!!

anyways. azul is always confessing his romantic feelings for jamil whether he knows it or not. in every interaction. because he's so damn obvious. hope this helps LOL

in all seriousness though. i really like to think that azul is kind of cursed to be a hopeless romantic despite it going against all of his pragmatic sense. i mean. he's a child of divorce who hates leaving things up to chance and he believes in getting something back whenever he gives something away. being head over heels with someone goes against his whole nature, so i think it's definitely a new thing for him. he won't recognize that his feelings are romantic right away because he'll be too busy trying to justify to himself why he's investing so much time and energy into a guy that Clearly wants nothing to do with him and won't give him the time of day. its business, guys, i swear.... stonks.....

i think once he does come to terms with it though. it starts leaking through in Every Interaction he has w/jamil. in every encounter, azul basically ends up saying I Love You without actually ever speaking it out loud. whether it's through his actions (like getting jamil gifts / offering to help out without any genuine expectation of repayment) or or his words (like implying things about them being good together / complimenting jamil excessively). things he did before he realized, but they just have so much more Weight to them now that he Knows he likes the other in a very Non-Platonic-Business-Partners way. he doesn't intend for it to have that emotional weight but its fucking impossible for him to hide and he does NOT know what to do with himself.

he keeps pushing forward regardless because some part of him hopes that his feelings will reach jamil but he also does it with the expectation that jamil will push back like he always has and that's completely fine by him because never actually directly admitting that these feelings are romantic means that the rejections also stay platonic and that is. Way easier to bounce back from. because god forbid jamil sees at who he is behind all the walls he's put up to protect his most vulnerable and emotional self and ends up hating the real azul too.

tl;dr: i don't think azul would go out of his way to make a real, honest confession of his feelings. but he's so obvious it actually hurts to watch

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ok so. as for jamiazu get-together:

maybe im like super biased b/c im a sucker for narratives that involve jamil learning to shake his passivity and going ahead and Taking what he wants. but i always think that any scenario where jamiazu gets together has to be initiated by jamil somehow. azul can make the first move and several moves after that but jamil has to be the one to make the Final move if that makes sense.

i don't have like. one set get-together scenario but i have a couple that i like to rotate in my head sometimes. most of them involve azul being a failgirl and getting caught off guard because i think it's funny and jamil also thinks it's funny. here are two for your viewing pleasure:

azul makes a pass at jamil that is romantic-coded but could be interpreted as platonic. jamil seizes the opportunity to turn it Explicitly into a romantic thing and fluster azul to no end about it.

azul: there's a new tasting menu at the mostro lounge if you'd like to come with me and try, i'd love to see what your discerning palette makes of it ^__^!

jamil, very casually: yeah sure. why not. i'll go on a date with you

azul, who did NOT expect a yes so his head is about to explode in t-minus 5 seconds: oh, uh. that's .fantastic, actually— wait. ....DATE?!?!?;!?

jamil corners azul and admits romantic feelings first. bonus points if it's a situation where any romantic confession would be incredibly out of the blue. and the way that jamil says it is like dropping a bomb on azul

like in potions lab. azul's concentrating very hard on pouring an exact amount of a substance. jamils watching him and at some point out of nowhere he breaks the silence in between them by going "i think i like you. in the romantic sense". azul's concentration snaps immediately and he fumbles the beaker into the cauldron out of sheer WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING. it explodes in both of their faces. they both have no chance to address what jamil said because crewel is chewing them out for the next 15 minutes about lab safety. during the entire 15 minutes azul looks like he's been hit over the head with several bricks. Repeatedly. jamil's smirking the whole time though he dgaf. takes pleasure in flustering azul

anyways. im insane about these guys ♥️ if you stuck around and read the entire post im really sorry for writing so much i just have a lot of thoughts

[kelpiemomma]

Rolling around thoughts of BT (or Cooper) being like. Half aware that theyre... not in a game, but that this isn't the first time they've done this. Not quite Sans Undertale behavior, but just... BT somehow comprehending that time has just gone back several seconds. Offering Cooper words or encouragement. Or Cooper knowing that an IMC grunt is about to come out a specific door without knowing how or why he knows. Something tells him he's been here enough times, once you go through those doors you need to duck and cover or else a Stalker is going to shoot you. It's real, for them, but something is taking them back, giving them a second try, a third try, however many tries it takes to get it right.

[viperwhispered]

I just realized.

Jamil can't really talk about his overblot and the situation leading to it with his family or anyone in the Scalding Sands, because that would lead to problems with Kalim's parents and probably with his own family.

But he also can't talk about the events of book 6.

(Some spoilers under the cut, mostly for the early parts of the book.)

He was attacked, kidnapped, imprisoned etc. - because he overblotted. And like, sure the game might not linger on it, but that's probably quite the traumatic experience.

And he can't even mention it to his family.

He's chafing against his burdens, dealing with several direct and indirect consequences for daring to try to change his untenable situation (I mean sure his methods were what they were but anyway), and he can't even talk about it? Not about the original suffering with his childhood & life of servitude, not about the things that followed. Not to his family, not to the people around him at school. (Kalim? Out of the question. The other overblotters / Styx trippers? Yeah good luck feeling close enough to be actually vulnerable with them. Plus, while they share in the abduction experience, the whole servitude situation is probably quite out of their wheelhouse.)

And like, I don't really expect the game to look at it from this angle. Yeah, the overblottets got got, had some troubles, yeah they busted themselves out and saved the day. I mean, not like they acted particularly bothered with Idia, either. But still, you'd imagine that sort of an experience to leave a mark on a person.

Unless Jamil already feels imprisoned enough with his circumstances that this didn't feel that much of a change to his usual existence, in which case... Well.

[vounoura]

are

they cannot

they cannot just be casually implying that the viper isn't just next in line to be imperial divine, but that he straight up wholeass is the imperial divine

there is NO reasonable way that works

[my-blooming-darling]

the viper got cold so i gave him my jacket

(I made this in advance cause I knew y’all beautiful gremlins would have voted to have it redone. Y’all are wise cause I was legit gonna weep if I had to try at ✨the arm✨ again)

[twstwonderlandstuff]

Ballin' [I'm serious] (Ace & OC) [Platonic]

The gist is that valencia was tricked into becoming a 'ball' of sorts for the basketball club, since he/she's super small it's all in good fun. Valencia, while (obviously) uncomfortable at first, turns out to actually enjoy it

"Ace, you ASS!" The magicless human of NRC hisses towards his friend, an equally troublesome teenager. "You're just gonna LEAVE me?! With FLOYD?!?"

"Listen, prefect. I love you very much-"

"BULLSHIT-" The defeated prefect screams in retaliation.

"And I want you to know that from the bottom of my heart, I apologize." Ace clasps his hands together with a grin on his face, glinting in clear amusement. "But this is for the good of our friendship."

"Shrimpy, you're so mean~ I mean, we're both here out to have fun and you're just gonna say that~?" Speaking of the devil.

"No, wait, Floyd- FLOYD!"

"Slam- DUNK!"

BAM! The prefect is ceremoniously dunked into the basketball hoop and everybody, even Jamil cheered on as the prefect lays flat on the cushioned floor, breathless.

Ace, ever the betrayer, stands over the prefect, tied up hair blocking the light from shining directly into her eyes.

"See, it wasn't that bad, right- AH!" He finds himself dragged down to the prefect's level, teeth grinding against teeth and all that.

"Listen, Acey-kins. I'll make damn sure Riddle finds out what you did yesterday, 'kay babe?" Valencia finishes with a smile of promise. She then stands up and runs towards the door, going to do as promised.

"Hey, the ball's running away!" Ace shouts with a smirk. That ass.

"That's not how it works." Jamil replies, easily blocking the door out. "Sorry, prefect, but you'll have to be game for now."

"What-! Ah, come on!"

A plan fallen completely into ruins, but from the smile that smirches the prefect's face, one wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

*

"Dude, it wasn't that bad, right?" Ace chuckles sheepishly, even as the now injured prefect sits across from him, bandaged from head to toe. "Okay, it's bad, yea."

"In my defense, I did not know you were going to THROW ME!" Valencia's voice rises in volume as Ace flinches. "Really, you dickhead, God."

She snorts, moving to tussle his hair. "You're gonna be takin' care of me from now on 'till I get better, yeah?"

"Yeah, yeah... 'm sorry."

"What was that? Couldn't hear you over that guilt-ridden voice there, Acey-kins."

"I'm... sorry. I didn't mean to actually hurt you like that." The boy winces.

"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to hear you say 'yer sorry, 's all, but that means..." The prefect pinches Ace's nose. "You'll be helpin' me around Ramshackle, yeah? These floors don't clean themselves, you know..."

"Yeah, I know, I know."

"...hey. I mean it. No hard feelings, Ace. I know ya didn't mean it."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"...thanks."

"Sure. Acehat."

"Wha- dude! We had a vibe going on and everything!"

"Did we~?"

"You ass!"

[millin21]

A reminder of what Jamil goes through.

I'm imagining him holding a child leash on Kalim after every impulsive decision hes had in his life... And any event going on, his eyes just go directly to him. Grabs him by the close. And in a VICEGRIP. Says No.

Edit: forgot to mention this but, Savanahclaw, Scarabia, and Dismonia were not ejected from school? Either that or they just happened to be in their dorms when the ghosts chased everyone out?