#he probably didn't reconnect with his family either

[venusararara]

OOO REN FOR BINGO I WANNA SEE HOW MINE COMPARES

OKAEEE!! Ren ren is my favorite so I got 2 bingos uwu

Our little angel uwu

Headcanons in the tags lol

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

thinkibg. ...

[iliveforyouilongforyouvesuvia]

The M6 with a kid they had with someone they separated with prior to meeting the M6? I know I already wrote a fic but I like seeing other people’s insight besides mine since others have had different experiences

The Arcana Mini-HCs: When M6 have a kid before MC

Julian: probably didn't know he had one until he passed back through a few years later and found out the hard way. convinced having him around will only be bad for them, reconnects after meeting MC

Asra: they don't love that many people, but when they do, they do so wholeheartedly (heh). depending on the other parent, he either raises them or he visits them every day/in dreams. Howl & Markl dynamic

Nadia: half the reason she doesn't want her family around is to judge her as a mother. she raises her child in the Palace with the help of trusted staff. her biggest regret is the 3 years that separated them

Muriel: more likely to have adopted one than fathered one before MC, he found them as a plague-orphaned infant under the docks as a late teen. with Asra moved out, he took them home and became family

Portia: the father was a hookup on her travels to Vesuvia and she'd always wanted to be a mom anyways. the village really is helping to raise this bundle of sunshine, every Palace staff knows their name

Lucio: still doesn't know who the mom is, the baby was left on the Palace steps in the first year of his Countship and he took them in on a whim. everything he has is theirs - he just doesn't have everything

[tinkerbelle05]

Stepping Up

Stepdad!Clark Kent headcanons about him stepping up to the plate when it comes to Bruce’s kids.

Inspired by this post:

In order to appeal to Damian, he showed him all the pictures of the farm animals back at home. He saw the small smile on Damian’s face even though he insisted that there wasn't any. After Damian warmed up to him, Clark always gives him updates on the well-being of the animals whenever he gets home.

Lex had made a rather underhand comment on Tim’s handling of the company. Something about how a child has no place in a boardroom controlling men twice his age. And him being Lex also took a dig at Bruce (that man is so miserable). Tim ensured Clark that he didn't have to do anything and that things were being handled which was code for “drag this sorry excuse of a man through the mud and back as salt for the emotional wound he’s about to inflict upon him.”

While Tim was ripping Lex into strides about his empty promises to improve Metropolis, to how he’s a supervillain bc it was obvious he wasn't hugged much as a child, to yelling about his failures as a father to Kon. At the end told him to pick a struggle.

Clark was like, bet. So after Tim’s speech, Clark posts his exposé about the mistreatment of Lex’s workers and how they’ve been going on endless strikes to fight for their rights and to unionize. Let’s just say, Lex had to suspend his Twitter account for 3 months as his PR team scrambled to fix his image.

Clark learned how much Dick is trying to reconnect to his Romani culture: re-learning the language, cooking the food, singing the songs. Clark could relate to that, being one of the last Kryptoians ever. So in solidarity, he asks Dick if he could learn with him. So every Wednesday, Dick and Clark cooked a Romani dish for the family. This week was Mămăligă.

Clark and Duke understood each other. Their powers might’ve been different but the sentiment all the same. They feel different, the odd one out from their family. Clark feels honored that Duke feels comfortable telling him this. He knows how much the bats and birds love their secrets.

There was a practice at Cass’s dance class that was optional but basically, all the parents and guardians attended and participated in. Unfortunately, Bruce took a hard hit as Batman and was unable to attend, which sucks since they’ve both been looking forward to it. Clark, who knows absolutely nothing about ballet, went into it nonetheless. Cass was unsure about this but Clark looked really excited to join so she said yes. He was terrible at it, as expected. Cass was smiling because he tried anyway. He was clumsy and stiff, and probably embarrassed but he still showed up and did all of their moves anyway.

Once they were done, they both recounted the experience all while laughing over greasy food and soda. Cass didn't have to say a word either all was in sign language, something she greatly appreciated.

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[evi-anxiety]

Compare/Contrast of Keith & Shiro's Relationship and Allura & Coran's Relationship

Keith & Shiro and Allura & Coran seem to share a lot of the same energy with one another, in being that they consist of a character that was raised by the other and therefore looks greatly for their opinion and approval. I've wanted to do this compare/contrast thing for a while, so I apologize if it's kinda disorganized + really long.

Comparisons:

Keith and Allura share a lot of similarities as individual characters themselves. They are both very stubborn, unwilling to change their opinion unless directly proven wrong, and put the safety of their friends over their own safety. This is what makes them the "leaders" of Voltron (even if Allura was never the Black Paladin, she was still the Princess of Altea).

They also share similar backgrounds. While there is a lot of importance put onto their fathers, there's even more importance put on to the characters that helped raise them: Shiro and Coran.

Coran was most likely assigned to be Allura's caretaker, seeing as how close he is with the royal family. He was probably there for her when her father couldn't be, being the leader of an entire planet and all. He knew his task from the start and gave Allura a person she could trust.

Shiro is the same in this way, except that he wasn't expecting to raise a kid. He meets Keith unexpectedly at whatever school Keith was attending. He gets Keith into the Garrison, and becomes an older brother figure from there on. Sure, he's a teacher, but he probably didn't expect to get this close with one single kid, but Keith mattered to Shiro in a way that none of his other students did.

In this way, all four characters also share the same destruction. Their homes are destroyed, they've experienced loss. Allura had lost her father and her home; the only person she has now from her original life being Coran. He's not her father, but he's the closest thing she has to one (she even says it in the episode where Coran was aging backwards: "You were like a second father to me!").

Keith and Shiro had lost each other. Keith had lost his family earlier on in life, and didn't get the childhood most people deserve. But then Shiro came, and Shiro became that family to him. And then Shiro left, twice. We can see it weighs a lot on Keith, that he becomes quite erratic whenever his anchor is not around; Shiro was one of the only people who expressed care for him, and although he left involuntarily, it still impacts Keith in a way that shows a close relationship.

They save each other, quite a lot. When one is in danger, the other of the duo is usually there to be their saving grace. They express direct connection with each other. Allura gets worried about Coran's wellbeing, making sure he's not in the way of battle, while Coran is immediately by Allura's side whenever she exerts her power. Keith and Shiro are constantly thrown into life-or-death situations, and it's almost always the other who brings them out of it.

Contrasts:

As I've mentioned before, Keith and Allura both lost their families. But here's the thing: Keith still has family, he just didn't know it at first. He has Krolia, likely his only surviving relative left, while Allura has no one. The introduction of Krolia also creates an inferred divide between her and Shiro (one of the first things she says to Shiro is thanking him for raising Keith). She is his mother, but she wasn't the one who raised him, Shiro is. Her and Keith aren't close at first either, Keith being hesitant to get to know more about her. Meanwhile, we never really get to know a lot regarding Allura's mother, her father places much more emphasis in her life. She probably wasn't that close either, but unlike Keith, she'll never get to chance to reconnect.

As I've also mentioned before, Shiro had left Keith twice. Coran has never left Allura. He's always been by her side, and whenever they have been separated for long stretches of time, it's done by Allura's decisions. She might not have her biological family, but she had always had her figure to rely on. For a good portion of the show, Keith didn't have either. Shiro disappeared, forcing a leadership role Keith didn't want, and even when Shiro returned, it wasn't the same person. This Shiro tended to get angry and lash out at people, most noticeably Keith and Lance. This Shiro failed to be the figure Keith needed.

We can infer that Allura and Coran are closer to each other than Keith and Shiro are. I'm basing this inference mostly on the fact that a lot of screentime is spent with Allura and Coran with each other or near each other. Keith and Shiro do have a lot of screentime together, sure, but they also have a lot of screentime apart. In fact, they don't even spend a lot of time outside of missions with each other. Shiro spends his time either alone or with Allura, while Keith spends his, again, either alone or with the other teen paladins.

The most obvious contrast is probably that Allura and Coran have a father-daughter type of relationship while Keith and Shiro have a brotherly relationship. With Allura and Coran, there is a sort of atmosphere in which Allura doesn't necessarily rely on Coran's opinion, but still looks to Coran for a lot of advice. Coran also treats Allura in much the same way a father would to his daughter (there are a few moments throughout the show in which Coran mentions stories of Allura in her childhood). Coran is also much older, considering how he has known Allura since she's been born.

On the other hand, Keith and Shiro are more like brothers than father-son. They are closer in age than Allura and Coran are, and Shiro had only known Keith for a portion of the other's life. Keith also puts a lot of importance on Shiro's opinion, much like a younger sibling would do with their older sibling. They also have a tendency to joke with each other (one of my fav moments is when Shiro just straight up shoves Keith for no reason).

Anyway that's all I have for now, thx for coming to my ted talk.

[snaillock]

Hi there! Could you write barou, Kaiser and kunigami with a male reader where the bllk boy wants to introduce reader to their parents but reader is really nervous because they rarely encounter non homophobic parents?

I hope it's okay and didn't miss any rules. You can pick whatever format you want and if you don't wanna do all characters, you can just pick one of them as well. Hope you have a great day <3

meeting their families

ft. barou, kaiser, kunigami

tags: lowkey anxious male reader, pre-wc kunigami, me guessing what kaiser’s parents are like so that part could be easily outdated once his backstory is out

barou shoei

when you stood next to him in front of his house, all your nerves suddenly rushed back to you.

“uh barou, are you sure this will go well?”

“yeah of course. i don’t get why you’re freaking out so much”

“well what if your family doesn’t like that you’re dating a guy. oh god what if they judge me and then kick me out? oh no… what if they kick you ou-”

“oh chill out already. my family will be fine with you. trust me,” he reassured you as he walked you to the porch before you could spiral all over again. just like you did on the drive over, “though my sisters can be bit… overbearing. just don’t worry about them too much.”

you couldn’t help but grin as felt some of your confidence come back, “oh wow! the barou shoei calling someone else overbearing? oh my, this is serious! i must brace myself.”

all he did was glare at you before knocking on the front door. once the door opened, you were immediately greeted by loud and cheery hugs from two girls probably a couple years younger than barou gushing about the cute guy he brought home. they soon bombarded you with questions about your relationship that you could barely comprehend from how overwhelming their excitement got. you didn’t even have a chance to take your shoes off. eventually barou had to pull them off of you.

oh that type of overbearing. got it! seems like meeting the family won’t be too bad after all.

michael kaiser

you and kaiser sat at the table for four at some fancy restaurant you haven’t even heard of. the two seats at the other side of the table were empty. you could feel the anticipation and tension in the air as kaiser wasn’t wearing his usual self-assured expression.

“kaiser, are you sure i should be here?” you felt yourself getting more and more nervous the longer you waited. “i mean you haven’t seen your parents since you were a baby and i don’t think me being here will help.”

kaiser looked at you with an uncharacteristic expression of worry on his face. “what do you mean? i really need you here right now.” he placed his hand on top of yours and squeezed it. then some frustration he kept inside of him resurfaced on his face. “those two bastards basically abandoned their own son and now all of a sudden they want to ‘reconnect’ with me, when i’m way more successful than they could ever be?” he scoffed, “yeah right.”

he sighed as he glared at the two empty seats in front of him. “i don’t think i can do this on my own.”

“yeah don’t worry. i’ll stay right here.” you squeezed his hand in return, “i just hope they won’t say anything weird about our relationship. after all, i only know bad things about them so who knows what they’ll say about you, their son, being with another man.”

he sneered, “is that what you’ve been worried about this whole time? who cares what they think about you, my darling? if i’m right and they’re only here to leech off my success, then we’ll just leave and i’ll never have to speak to them again.”

you sighed and smiled at him, “yeah you’re right. well ideally i hope you’re not because i do wish for you to have a nice relationship with your family. but either way, i guess it’ll turn out ok.”

a moment after you said that, an older couple that shared kaiser’s features sat down in front of you two.

kunigami rensuke

kunigami hung up the phone after a one hour conversation. "my parents just called and they said they wanna meet you soon."

"wait what?!” you started getting worried. “they do? are you sure we should do this?”

"yeah why not?” he sat down on the couch right next to you, “they'll love you."

“your parents know you’re dating a guy, right?”

“they don’t yet. they kinda assumed i’m in a relationship and said they wanted to meet my partner but don’t worry it’ll be chill.”

your face dropped and you immediately panicked. “what? you haven’t told them?!”

“no but they’ll be more than ok with it.” he shrugged like it was the most casual thing he could say, “i’ve brought guys home before.”

“you have!?”

“yeah?" he looked at you like he had absolutely no clue as to why you're so surprised. "my parents know i date men.”

“they do!?”

“ah shit. i must’ve forgotten to tell you. i’m already out to my family. have been for a while actually.”

“ah i see.” you sighed and leaned back down onto the cushions, calming down from the anxiety and confusion, “that makes a lot more sense now.” however that was soon replaced with annoyance.

“oh you asshole!” you threw one of the couch pillows at his head. “you had me freaking over nothing.”

he laughed as he grabbed the pillow from his face, “i’m sorry babe! it just slipped my mind.”

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[notmaplemable]

My Thoughts On Jaune x RWBY + JNPR Marriage Surnames

This is the... well not follow up since those polls are still live, but just my general thoughts on what happens with the surnames for some Jaune ships.

Now, admittedly the answer to that is partially going to come down to the cultures of Remnant. There are 5 confirmed married couples in RWBY, at least in the main show. Those being Kali and Ghira, Jacque and Willow, Li and An Ren, Terra and Saphron, and Taiyang and Raven.

3/5 have one of the partners taking the other's surname. 1/5 are hyphenated. And we don't know if Raven took Taiyang's last name when they were married, but since Yang is a Xiao Long, we can assume he didn't take hers and they probably didn't hyphenate.

Also, we don't know if Tai and Summer were married or not.

The majority of characters also just have singular surnames, so it seems one partner taking the others surname is the default on Remnant.

With that in mind, I also don't think Jaune would want to give up the Arc name anyways. Since trying to live up to the Arc legacy is a fairly large part of his character. At least in my interpretation of the character.

So let's get into it, I'm also going to link each poll if you want to vote in that.

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Lancaster:

I can see the Rose name being important, but not super important to Ruby. Kind of depends on where the marriage takes place in the timeline I guess.

I'm leaning a bit more to Ruby just being an Arc, but I can see them going with Rose-Arc to keep the alliteration for Ruby's name.

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White Knight:

Weiss cares about her family legacy as much as Jaune. No way either are giving up their surnames.

Arc-Schnee sounds a little better, so I'll go with that.

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Knightshade:

This one definitely depends on when it happens.

If it happens before Blake reconnects with her family, somehow, she'll just be an Arc.

If after, then definitely Belladonna-Arc. Arc-Belladonna just doesn't sound right.

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Dragonslayer:

Honestly, I think Yang is just a bit of a hopeless romantic and would just take her partner's surname unless they really wanted to hyphenate it.

So Yang Arc for this one.

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Nora's Arc:

I don't really think Nora cares about her surname... at all. So she'd probably just go with whatever her partner wanted to do.

That or she'd want to arm wrestle for it.

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Arkos:

Honestly, I think Pyrrha would change her name to be less recognizable. And because she knows how much being an Arc matter to Jaune.

Pyrrha: Pyrrha Nikos? No, I'm just plain old boring Mrs. Arc. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go try for my 17th child now.

Though I'd imagine whatever company represents her would just want her to keep Nikos.

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Martial Arcs:

I can't say I've thought about it much, but I'd imagine Ren would care about his family legacy as much as Jaune.

So I'll go with Ren-Arc.

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Bonus Arculus Rift:

Does Penny care about surnames?

I'll just go with a 50/50 on Arc or Polendina-Arc and call it a day.

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And yeah, I used witch instead of which on all of the polls. But it's okay, English is only my first language.

What do you think?

[raviollies]

Honestly such a re-occuring theme with my characters is a lack of connection to their past/culture/family...

Blythe doesn't feel any kinship with them or a desire to return to Waterdeep. Raha doesn't know Elvish or remember his parents. Lorelai's father was incredibly controlling and isolating. Daee didn't feel connected to the Dalish OR city elf culture so he ran away and doesn't try to reconnect with either side.

I wonder if this means anything. Probably not.

[microwave-core]

If I asked you to give me some wedding Leon headcanons, would you? Pretty please 🥺

This is from July 4th I'm so sorry anon. Leon wedding headcanons be upon ye.

Jesus I wrote this in my drafts and hit save and it didn't immediately update and I just thought I lost it and would have to rewrite it

Alright, first things first. Leon wants a small, private wedding. More than half of his life has been spent in the spotlight. Privacy is a rare commodity for him, and he'll fight tooth and nail to keep the most important day of his life hidden from the public eye. It's about him and you, baby, not about the paparazzi or tabloids.

The guest list will be small, just family and friends. Probably in a small place in the countryside, away from the public's prying eyes. He's a farm boy at his core, reconnecting with his roots.

Despite his desire for privacy, it's only a matter of time before pictures get out. The public already knew about your engagement, and are incredibly disappointed that they won't be privy to, what they describe as, the wedding of the century. Thankfully for them, a certain social media addict is in attendance-

Yeah, Raihan ends up leaking photos from your wedding. It's not on purpose, prommy. It's expected, and as much as Leon wants his privacy for just one day, he loves Raihan too much to cut him from the invite list. Thankfully, the only photos that get out look good.

Honestly, Leon doesn't care that much about the décor. He knows his sense of style isn't... the best. He doesn't mind that fact, it's just how he is. He cares about getting married to you, that's all. He'll give his opinion when prompted, but he's more than happy to let you pick whatever you want. You could pick the gaudiest color scheme, the most abysmal floral arrangements, and the worst venue known to man, and he'd think it's perfect because it was all hand picked by you. Man is down bad.

Again, his only real input is having the ceremony at a small venue. Somewhere outdoors in the country side, or maybe in a barn. The specifics don't matter to him.

Raihan would definitely be his best man, followed by Sonia, his childhood bestie, and Charizard, because it's Leon what else do you expect. They hype him up, especially during the leadup to the actual ceremony. He won't admit it to you, but he was sweating bullets when waiting. He knows you love him dearly, but can't help but worry, you know?

In terms of attire, he dresses rather normally. Just a simple white suit, likely with a yellow tie. I saw someone headcanon yellow as his favorite color once, and it stuck with me. He even ditches his hat for the day, his hair instead braided elegantly.

You could literally wear a trash bag for your attire and he'd love you all the same. It doesn't matter how you're dressed-whether you wear a dress or suit, traditional or out there-he'll find you breathtaking all the same. He tries his best to hold back his tears when you walk down the aisle, only letting a few fall. He's so unbelievably lucky to have you.

The reception doesn't particularly matter to him, either. He does enjoy himself, being surrounded by the people that matter the most to him, around his loved one's without putting up a face for once. It's liberating for him, actually, but his eyes always find their way back to you, as if trying to sear your image into his mind.

Perhaps the best part of the whole event, aside from getting married to you, obviously, is the fact that none of his friends make fun of him for how hopelessly in love he is. On any other day, they would poke fun at him, teasing him gently for the warmth in his eyes and stupid grin that comes onto his face when he spots you, but his wedding day is different. He's more than allowed to think of nothing except for how much he absolutely positively adored you, on lookers be damned.

He's got two left feet when it comes to dancing. He's bad at it. Laughably so. And no amount of practice can truly fix that fact. He'll stumble, step on your toes a few times, forget the next steps more than once, but he can't be bothered to feel embarrassed about it. Slow dancing with you is a dream for him, makes it feel like there's no one else in the world but the pair of you. He might cry again, holding you in his arms, having officially tied the knot. Wipe away his tears with a gentle touch, and he might somehow fall for you even harder.

In general, Leon would pretty much let you do whatever you want for your wedding, both ceremony and reception. He doesn't care, tailor it to your preferences, it's already going to be the best day of his life, knowing you're happy with everything just makes everything so much better.

Your ring can be whatever you want it to be. Leon doesn't have a budget, no amount of money is too much for him, not when it comes to you. I imagine his ring would be pretty plain, a simple gold band. If he's still champion, he ends up taking it off fairly frequently, not wanting it to get dirty and smudged during battles. In his chairman era, it's on 24-7.

Make no mistake, though, he will let the public know how much he loves being your husband. If he had the choice, he would talk about you in every single interview, simply gushing with praise. No force on Earth could ever make him feel ashamed for loving you.

Similarly, the honeymoon can happen wherever you want. As long as he's with you, he's happy. He is restricted by time, however, he can't be gone for too long, unfortunately. You can stay in Galar, or go to any other region, to do any activity your pretty mind could dream of. (Although, if you asked him where he wanted to go, he'd probably say Alola.)

I can't promise he won't get into battles on the actual trip. I can actually almost guarantee that he will. He can't help it, battling is his passion in life. He does spend most of the time glued to your side, though, wanting to spend as much time with you as humanly possible before having to go back to the regular grind of life.

I do think Leon and Cynthia are a bit similar, hence why I think their weddings would be similar, with the shedding of tears at the altar and whatnot. That is to say, on your wedding night, you will be getting dicked down. Lovingly. Leon just wants to show you how much he loves you, and, after a long day surrounded by other's, professing his love directly to your face, the best way to do that is with his action. Specifically, action involving his dick-

[freestyle-crocodile-trashpile]

Mother's love

Summary:Raphael makes a deal, but you can't believe him

Type:Scenario:Angst:Raphael & M!Reader

Version:Bg3

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"There you are! I was worried you wouldn't show up," Raphael stared down at you, smirking at the glare on your face.

You frowned, knowing why he summoned you hear. He wanted to make a deal, he must have a proposal if he summoned you hear all of a sudden. But, at this point, their might be nothing that could convince you, right?

"What do you want, Devil," You spat out harshly, not truly caring what he wanted.

He tsked at your words, shaking his head at your impatient. But his grin came back, more devilish than before.

"I have a proposal, you get me the Karus crown. And I'll get you what you most desire in return" he stepped closer, a knowing look in his eye

You huffed out a laugh, rolling your eyes at his confidence.

"Really? And what would that be? Some coin won't cut it either," Raphael grinned even wider, stepping closer

He chuckled darkly, the look on his face sending unease down your spine.

"Well...there's a few things. I could kill your worst enemy, I could finally show you what true love is....or" He tapped his chin like he was in thought.

Rolling your eyes you mocked him with your hand, mumbling out blah blahs before crossing your arms.

"Oh please, I don't need a devil to do that for me, your just wasting my time" As soon as you turned to leave he spoke up.

"Or! Your mother's love, didn't you always want to feel her warm embrace? Her soft touch and motherly love?" His words taunted you.

Your companions glared at Raphael, only Astarion noticing how you froze, your eyes wide with regret and fear.

"You were so jealous of your sister you grew to hate her, hated her so much you tried to kill her. Did you not? I could give you her place!" His arms shot up as if he won you over.

"Oh please, Devil. Tav is better than that, he's not gonna get you the crown for that!" Wyll shouted out, he was mad, everyone could tell.

You were still frozen. Astarion was tempted to help you, but he couldn't bare to get close. The look in your eyes devastated him. Raphael snickered darkly, pushing your companions away to get to you. His hands grabbed your shoulders, leaning down to whisper to you.

"Think about it...You'll get your mom, and she'll get her son. Imagine it, you'll feel her love, and she'll feel your grief" Raphael smirked, knowing he was only rubbing salt into the wound.

Promising the impossible. Your companions tried to get closer, but only got their feet chained to the ground by a burning chain so he could taunt you more.

"No...s-she'll never... never love me again" Your head dropped, your body shaking with grief, but also desperation.

Raphael moved to stand infront of you, causing you to instinctively look up at him as he leaned down again to hold you eye contact.

"Oh but she will, all those night you dreamt of hugging her rather than yourself, feeling her tuck you in, have brunch, have that family meeting in school." Raphael grinned, knowing he was getting under your skin.

But he was right, you spent sleepless nights begging, praying, pleading for your mother to forgive you for whatever you did. Begging for you and your sister to swap places. Jahire was probably the closed person you've seen like a mother. And it hurt having a mother figure but no mother. No one to write to, no one to cry to, no one to hug you and comfort you through things. Everytime Gale talked about his mother it hurt you. And when Shadowheart reconnected with her mother you only wished you were her. You and Wyll understand eachother, not like he knows. No one does.

"Come on now, all those tears, pleads, jealousy, grudges. They'll all be gone, just sigh the contract. And you'll know what it feels like to be welcomed into a mother's arms, your mothers arms" The paper formed in his hands.

And as you read it, the more you wanted to cry. It said he'd do it, but can a devil completely change the views a person sees? You highly doubt it. A faucet seemed to turn in your head, your shaky hands tried to shove him away as tears flowed down your face. Quickly backing away wasn't a smart chance, all it did was land you on your butt. You couldn't stop the tears, sobbing into your hand at his promise. It held so much truth, or maybe you just wanted to see the smile on your mother's face when she looked at you, rather than fear or a scold. All you could imagine was her arms wrapping around you, holding you close, and it was actually Astarion and Wyll. Pulling you to your feet as Lae'zel stood infront of you, ready to attack the devil.

"We're done here, send us back now you devil!" Wyll shouted.

"Think about it, tav. I'll be there when you make up your mind" Raphael laughed loudly as he snapped his fingers.

The moment you got back to camp you collapsed. All your other companions rushed over to you. All raphael did was remind you of your mother. The last moment she hugged you, and smiled at you, and even looked at you. You couldn't stop the way your body shook. Your mother broke you like no other, she's haunted you since you were a child. And yet, even now, when you think she's gone, someone has to bring her up.

"What happened?"

"Soldier! Hey, we're here. Don't cry"

"Oh my...Tav? Hey, Tav!"

"Tav! Shit! Tav!"

Your companions voices were drowned out as you started hyperventilating. Raphael was abusing your mind, his laugh echoing through your mind, sending flashes of promises and lies, the promises that'll break you like no other. Or maybe you just finally hit your breaking point, you could only handle so much stress. Hands grabbed your from all over, but it ended so quickly as your vision blurred and your senses froze. Your body hit the ground from the overwhelming feeling moving throughout your body. So many emotions and feelings going through you at once, your body couldn't handle it. The last thing you heard was Gale screaming over everyone else, and Jahire ordering people around. Maybe when you woke it'd all be a dream, or even better. Silence, it'd be better than your companions screaming at you.

~

[A/n:I'm debating if I like this. I hope you enjoyed]

[kings-highway]

since we are now admitting to our drabbles and stuff, i must share my old wip, 288 words, that will probably never get completed, should i keep tredding the road i am on. i called it screaming birds sound an awful lot like singing (from "the fruits" by paris paloma), and it goes as such:

He doesn’t have a mattress. His futon is bitten through by moths and rats, his fridge is never a quarter full, and he’s sure he’s going to become diabetic if he doesn’t stop eating so much goddamn ice cream. But, he repeats as he eyes his gaunt reflection, it can always be worse.

the plan was always this: oikawa is arrested and convicted of murdering his father in his family home with a simple pistol at age 17. though tried as a minor, he is sentenced to adult prison for twenty years, a light sentencing in light of the situation of the murder. he is released on good behavior and an agreement of a five-year parole; house arrest.

his dreams are effectively destroyed. he never went to argentina, and he can't play recreational volleyball per the parole. he isn't in contact with anyone he once knew, not even his family, who he is court-mandated to stay away from. he works at ben & jerry's since they are the only company that would hire him that isn't construction or trucking and is at a suitable distance from his shoddy, run-down apartment building in the middle of the poor, criminal enclave of miyagi. everyone on the floor is either impoverished or previously incarcerated.

he tells himself that it's okay that he doesn't have any food in his fridge; all of his earnings go to the monitor, the apartment, and his parents. he saves nothing for himself. he tells himself it's okay that he's emaciating because at least he isn't addicted to drugs like half of the other tenants on his floor. and, he has daichi, his parole officer! diachi is kind to him; he brings a hot meal and stays for longer than necessary to chat. the interrogation on his personal life is always a little uncomfortable, but prison taught him how to live with the uncomfortable.

anyway, he works the long day at ben & jerry's. and then he sees him through the window. iwaizumi. he freaks out, ducking behind the counter and praying his coworker will come and save him. well, his coworker is a bitch, and oikawa is forced to reunite with his childhood best friend, it being well into nine years since they last spoke; since iwaizumi went to university to study criminal law and justice, devotedly; since oikawa never returned iwaizumi's letters and always rejected his requests to call and talk.

it goes well, actually. life goes on after they reconnect, and life starts to actually improve for oikawa. then, the surprise happens: kageyama comes to visit oikawa's apartment, having gotten oikawa's address through iwaizumi (and iwaizumi, who thought it could be a good idea). their meeting goes... somewhat well, if not awkward. kageyama thanks oikawa for inspiring kageyama to be successful, that he is sorry that they cannot share the court as teammates nor competitors, and oikawa brings it in him to apologize. they share a cup of tea, and kageyama goes home.

the police break down oikawa's door the next day while iwaizumi is visiting. they shove him on the counter, bind his hands, and tell him that he is under arrest for the poisoning and murder of kageyama tobio.

and oikawa didn't do it. he is freaking out, but he now has a lawyer. a lawyer very willing to bring oikawa justice and keep him from being convicted of murder twice. to save him from his current humiliation of house arrest, and to preserve their life going forward.

iwaizumi hajime, 27, criminal defense lawyer, oikawa tooru, 27, murder convict and ben & jerry's eomployee, and sawamura daichi, 27, miyagi police/parole officer. that is the story.

i NEED someone to see the vision here. i need it injected into my VEINS. and i need to inject it into everyone else's, too. however, i am no good at writing criminal and court law, and i fear this will forever be pinging around in my head like a pinball machine. i figured i would infect you with it, too. you seem to enjoy it, just a little bit. hopefully i haven't misread.

First of, this is absolutely ‘send your drabble concepts to King hour’ it’s a pleasure doing business with you

secondly, I’m so proud of you for going from “barely reading Daichi fics” to including him as a third lead in your own fic outlines. Are you pandering to me? Absolutely, but I’ll take it as a win. 

Now it would be easy for me merely to expand upon this idea, to throw in my 2 cents and a chicken sandwich and just see what i could spitball. But this is your story, and if you so choose to write it, i don’t want you to feel like i’ve tried to co opt it or think i know best. Who needs to hear me ask questions about whether or not oikawa actually did intentionally commit murder that first time, or who framed him the second time, or whatever have you, i’m sure you’ve already got your ideas. What I am going to do, in true me-you-fashion, is tangent into something only vaguely related that i want to talk about - the use of volleyball in haikyuu fanfictions. 

Total Mania-Sama Response Word Count below the Cut: 1599. Proceed at your own damn risk. 

fanfiction in general is a pretty weird thing, I think. Everyone has their own reasons for writing it. If you’re like me, however, the fan part of fanfiction tends to come secondarily. I don’t think anyone would be surprised to learn that “Time Enough” was written to satiate my desire to talk about and engage with time loop based philosophies, or that “This Is Not The End” is actually a really old concept I’d drafted as an original novel and then merely plonked the haikyuu boys down into when I decided I wanted to share it. No, although I love the show, with all my heart, this is merely my particular avenue for sharing the broader stories that I want to tell. Most authors will never be published - i am beyond lucky to be able to share my stories with the small community I have gathered online anyway. (of course, I do write more fanfiction-y fanfictions, of course, of course, that’s not up for debate, but my point is that there is a reason I don’t publish fanfiction for any of the other numerous pieces of media i adore. I just don’t need to. Haikyuu has me covered)

And one of the ways haikyuu has me covered is the sheer volume of stories available to be told - ie, so many canon characters that cover a wide array of archetypes, for pretty much any need. But one of the things that is inescapable when you write fanfiction - or, I suppose, when you write fanfiction well, is that the characters are always going to be the characters. (i’d like to think at this point I don’t need to feign hyper-modesty and I can admit I think I write well)

The haikyuu boys are always going to want to play volleyball. 

“Soulmake Adventures” was conceived with complete disconnect from the broader haikyuu canon and instead was meant to entertain the idea of a Under 30’s Singles Club in a soulmate Au. And I could not prevent the characters from playing volleyball, rather significantly - Oikawa himself! Placed merely as the receptionist as a fun balance to the theme of the story, still ends up having a personal arc revolving around the recovery of an injury, moving to Argentina and getting back into semi-professional volleyball. The Adlers are still the Adlers, and MSBY is still MSBY - Tsukishima is still on the Frogs, Iwa is still a personal trainer. 

“Paranormality” by all accounts should not have ended as it did. If this were an original novel, the boys would be the scooby-doo gang. But I presented myself with an impossible task. I gave Oikawa a personal plotline that revolved around belief in oneself, about belief in others, about the power and strength that you can grow simply from the conviction that you, yes, you, can do more than you think, that there is more to the world than you think, and I expected Oikawa Fucking Tooru to not use that to persue volleyball? There was no natural way to have Oikawa end Paranormality in Japan. He had to be who he was, that’s the point of the fucking story - Even if the narrative tells me that his character, his Sherlock to Daichi’s Watson, should have ended with them teaming up and taking the world by storm. But it didn’t work. Because Oikawa isn’t that character, Oikawa is more selfish, he’s arrogant, and he wants what he wants and he believes that he belongs on the volleyball court. It is his greatest love, first and foremost… even in fanfictions in which volleyball is supposedly merely an afterthought. They discovered that monsters and aliens are real, and Oikawa still chooses to go to Argentina to play volleyball.

So why am I telling you, someone who already loves Oikawa, about his character? Well, because you said in this story that a feature of it is Oikawa’s life being destroyed at 17 - never getting to make those big choices, never getting to go overseas, never playing professionally, hell, probably never playing again at all. And a part of me - the part of me that has used volleyball as a metaphor for hope and society in “The End”, the part of me that knows that Oikawa would rather chew off his own arm then give up volleyball, wants to admit that it would be easy, in your criminal law haikyuu fanfiction essay, to have Iwa and Oikawa reconnect with or through volleyball. To have scenes of them tossing that ball back and forth, to feel their old selves reignite through the game, that first toss after ten odd years to that first spike. It would be easy. And yet, and yet, I would daresay if I am to try and inflict my influence upon you and your writing, I would caution against it. Volleyball to a haikyuu fanfiction is like a torch for canon, it pulls the characters in and makes them make sense, and it’s easy to use it, then, as a way to say “hey, look, these characters are healing, these characters are returning to how they’re supposed to be.”

But that feels antithetical to the things that are great about what this is supposed to be. Yes, a story of a broken, rundown Oikawa suffering and slowly regaining his identity through the sport that he onced loved works, very well, but you know what works even better than that, in my not-so-humble opinion? Oikawa slowly realizing that he doesn’t love the game anymore, but has been grieving the loss of “who he was supposed to be” so severely that he has hindered himself from feeling or being anything more than just “someone who failed to be who they were meant to be.” Nobody is meant to be anything, we are all merely following passions or desires and what makes us feel good. And I feel, for a story like this, to watch Oikawa grasp at straws when we all know it is far too late for him to ever go professional, would feel miserable more than anything else. To have him play that game with Iwaizumi, as if to say “hey, weren’t we better when we were 17?” instead of letting him connect to Iwaizumi as adults, to fall in love as adults, to be whoever they damn well fucking want to be, “supposed to have been” be damned. 

I love the idea of an Oikawa realizing that, although it was or is natural to wish things had been different, to hate where he is, that there isn’t any joy for him in volleyball anymore. Not in an angsty, horrible, “your life peaks at 18” sort of way, but in the “I need to move on and be better than I was” sort of way. I do not think, for the purposes of your story, that there is any great tragedy in an Oikawa who heals by learning he is more than the stuff he had lost, more than the person Iwaizumi had once thought he was going to be. Iwa, after all, in this au, has given up the sport as well to help Oikawa, and I’d like to imagine that he does not miss it either. It does not dominate their identities. 

perhaps, partially, this is inspired by the fact that I recently got ahold of some translations for a few chapters of the haikyuu light novels, one of which includes post timeskip Daichi, Suga and Asahi reconnecting after some time, and has a very… very fascinating few paragraphs written by what had to have been an adult, of Asahi mulling over the fact that he does not, actually, care much about not playing volleyball anymore, and that it probably wasn’t as beautiful as the rose-coloured glasses he wears are. He talks fondly about how Suga is changing the world for the better as a teacher, how Daichi is protecting people as a cop - he laments that he is not so obviously beneficial to society. He talks a little bit about how it felt to be an ace, but only because he feels good to be good at something. He does not - none of them - miss it in a way that matters. 

Volleyball is so easy to write into haikyuu fanfictions because the characters seem to crave it like they need air, their very core is built around this sport and the impact it has in their lives. But I just really am passionate about this, that this story you’ve presented, as lovely and complicated and interesting as it is would not benefit from backsliding Oikawa into who he was at 17. You just don’t need to. 

that being said, I would also like to see it be done more Criminal Minds than James Bond - I’d like it to be political, to be legal, to take place in courtrooms and over paperwork, where most actual criminal cases occur. As much as I would love it to also include a scene in which Daichi (swayed by Iwaizumi’s argument?) follows their lead and gets to chase down some fucking assassin (who the HELL wants Kageyama dead?), I think the story would be much better served in courtrooms and police stations, with Oikawa and Iwaizumi pouring over defense arguments and scouring security footage to prove his innocence, for Oikawa to learn to fight for himself through the quiet and methodical practices of a criminal attorny. Or whatever the hell it was you said Iwa was, I don’t have the ask in front of me as of the time of writing.

Anyway that’s all thanks for the ask 😘

[wandaxpietro]

another ask because this is the only way I know how to contribute to the Maxicest/ScarletSilver fandom (wish i could do more but college is p a i n )

but imagine if Pietro and Wanda just came out and told everyone they're dating/in love (whether as a joke or if they're being serious or idk) I am willing to bet a majority of their friends/coworkers/acquaintances/enemies would either be like: "we knew lol" or "you haven't already???" or be supportive or neutral to their relationship.

But I'm wondering... how would Magneto react? How would Lorna react? How would Magda/Marya/Natalya and Django react? (if they were alive to see it) How would Vision or Crystal react?

Hell, how would Billy and Tommy react? And Luna too? (marvel pls bring her back :((( plsss)

i feel like in the current SW&QS comic run, there will probably be some in-universe comment/rumors that since are Pietro and Wanda are together again, that they are together.

(might ask more questions/thoughts/random blurbs later ://)

ah i think you're more charitable than i am... i don't think most people who know them would be okay with it. they all probably know to varying degrees -- especially their close friends -- it's the deniability that saves it for them, that makes them able to ignore all of it. the avengers (the ones that are close to them, that is) all know, all have seen the twins in weird situations, but they've gotten very very good at looking away. none of them want to know. i think they'd be highly uncomfortable if they came out with their relationship officially, because that'd mean they can no longer ignore it, y'know? i don't think most would start a fight about it or a confrontation or anything, but they'd get weird around the twins.

(on a side note, i think clint is one of the people who'd get actually angry for a while lol. that moment when you're bisexual and your two crushes are dating etc etc. also i think carol would ask wanda if she's alright, if pietro's forcing her into anything, which would make wanda really mad. janet i think is smart enough that she's realized for a long time they're in love & knows something like that isn't going on but she wouldn't be very comfortable, either. the one i think who's most likely to "accept" it is actually tony bcuz i think he genuinely wouldn't give a fuck lol)

that aside! now for the ones you actually asked about lol. ah it's difficult.

magneto - depends on when he'd find out. during brotherhood times, i don't think he'd care, because he didn't really care about them to begin with. once he finds out they're related, at the very beginning, i think he'd be appalled but there isn't anything he can do about it, since he's an absent father trying to reconnect and has no rights to his children. once they're in the family dance for a while, he's grown a bit demanding, esp towards pietro, if that makes sense? so i think he'd probably argue with them about it lol. i don't think he'd like it, not so much bcuz of personal disgust, but mostly bcuz of optics. but also bcuz he has a desire for his children to live normal, happy lives (as much as he has trouble showing them that normally lol) and i think he'd think that would interfere with that. he's also very good at ignoring it, however -- before he'd officially find out, ofc, but after, too. he just conveniently "forgets" it. maybe starts introducing both of them to other people. they hate it.

lorna - i think lorna knows. i think she's known for a long time and while she was disgusted by it at first (and also strangely jealous; she doesn't want either of them but they've always been so close and she never had that. she doesn't have a sibling that's primarily hers, if that makes sense) i think she came to terms with it over time, enough so that she'd be pretty alright with it if they went official.

i honestly don't know about magda, django, marya and natalya... i think magda would have a lot of compassion after everything they've been through, but would treat it as an unfortunate side-effect of all of the twins' trauma, if that makes sense? she loves them a lot, though. the rest of them i don't know. i can't see any of them liking it, but marya and django might just be happy they're both alive and happy, you know? i feel like natalya would want more for them, similarly to magneto, bcuz she doesn't quite get it. but no one does. so yknow.

so billy and tommy are their kids. we know this. i think tommy wouldn't care, tbh. i can't see him being fazed or disgusted by it, also i think he'd be happy to find out pietro is his dad. they already get along, and he doesn't have a lot of people who care about him, and who want to spend time with him (vision never did lol). idk about billy..... i think he dearly loves them both but i think he might just think wanda could do better (lol). i think he'd be vaguely uncomfortable, but pietro would never play dad if billy didn't want that, so i think they're fine-ish? he'd probably get used to it eventually even when he's not thrilled. idk if he'd ever see pietro as his dad. also i think he's also known for a long time but he hasn't gotten over it like lorna has.

as for luna....... honestly she's genuinely a weird kid. she can see people's emotions & i can't see her caring much about "human" taboos. she's from a royal family, and her aunt's husband is also her aunt's (distant) cousin. i think she'd be fine, lol. she can see the love between wanda & pietro -- and tho she probably didn't realize (or didn't want to; bcuz that'd make things complicated) that it was romantic, too, she'd be relatively fine, just happy that her father's happy. she's long since been over crystal and pietro's marriage, so that doesn't bother her, either.

[crobones]

what if there was a fic from louis' perspective about pining over Daniel

and Louis realizing he cared for young and interesting Daniel just as much as he now "cares for" old man Daniel. Grampire Daniel is the best of both worlds but it's pining because he's convinced Daniel takes to vampirism so well because can experience independence again and be a free spirit, and really Louis almost convinces himself that he's just jealous of Daniel's second chance at reconnecting with his family. Because Daniel could talk with his exes or his daughters as a result of vampirism going public and the Daniel he knows could have been a great husband and father if the two of them had just never met and Daniel didn't get his brain broken by several days of constant mind manipulation and trauma. Louis knows he's just trying to make excuses for having been obsessed with a mortal, passing it off as "he's interesting" and some part of Louis is convinced that he doesn't know how to be independent and he should learn from Daniel.

Louis distracts himself by immersing himself fully into vampire society and making allies and killing those that try to kill him first and really he doesn't have to take on the responsibility of fending off vampires going after Daniel because Armand is also there in the shadows but Louis almost feels responsible for what's happening to Daniel. for both having been turned out of spite, and becoming a target, and really Louis just cares about Daniel's safety! that's all!

it's no matter that his thoughts turn to Daniel constantly, or to Daniel's happiness, or his old man hands, or the lovely curls that are even more lovely now that they're silver and grey, or his extremely attractive carefree confidence, or his colour shifting eyes that were always so expressive but now even more so, or his tongue that's always cracking wise but now is always licking at or playing with his fangs mindlessly like he doesn't know how sexy it is.

he also realizes that he's better at maintaining a telepathic conversation during his occasional hook-up with Lestat because either Lestat never realizes it now, or he simply ignores it and enjoys what Louis gives him, willfully ignorant to the lengthy conversations Louis has had with Daniel in flagrant delicto when Daniel just calls him out of the blue sometimes (curious that Daniel's timing has caused this happen more than a few times.) Daniel definitely doesn't know, because that would be embarrassing and how could he explain it away? how can Louis explain that he's orgasmed with the sound of Daniel's rough laughter filling his mind at some joke that probably wasn't even that funny, but don't worry Louis is sure there's no connection there.

Louis' fine. He's fine.

When Daniel finds out all that Louis is doing by killing other vampires that set out to hurt his boy, of course Louis will play it off as feeling responsible for it all - for every bad thing that has happened to Daniel but Daniel just laughs at him and Louis' a bit hurt but Daniel explains that they'll never know if '73 really broke his brain because it's in the past and they're here now and maybe Louis should get over himself, just a little bit. Daniel made his own decisions, ruined his own marriages, was estranged from his own daughters for nearly a decade because of his own fuck ups. Louis shouldn't blame himself for everything, because Daniel doesn't blame Louis at all. Daniel appreciates the apology, but wishes Louis didn't make himself the sin-barer. Daniel says he wouldn't be his friend if he blamed Louis for any of it.

Louis' relief is followed closely by a hollow ache in his chest and really all he's ever wanted was a friend, so why did it hurt when Daniel said it? Vampires become obsessive over everything, surely he's just being protective of his only friend. The friend that cares about what Louis wants and not just what he thinks he needs, or what he could take from Louis. Daniel is a fantastic friend. Friend. Fuck.

[groupielove21]

From what I'm seeing, I feel that AGAIN, many important things are being left unanalyzed and it makes me mad, so...

Bobby giving a prayer book to Eddie: Eddie seemed really confused by Bobby's gift, but he doesn't reject it, in fact, he just stares at it...there's only one episode left so my theory is that Eddie is going to pray for Bobby, after years of not doing it, and next season we will see Eddie reconnecting and learning how to cope with that part of his life (something like Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy).

Kim and the almost kiss: THEY DIDN'T PUT THE KISS IN THE EPISODE! I feel like this is huge because if Chris had seen that, he genuinely could have never seen Eddie the same way and Eddie couldn't have seen himself the same way either. Additionally, Kim served as genuine closure for Eddie who is just going to have to break up with Marisol (probably a continued scene after Kim leaves the house) and talk to Chris who is going to be angry about this or maybe also be a trigger so that they can finally both talk well about the whole situation with Shannon.

Buck talking to Bobby about Tommy: I think it's great that we finally get Bobby's reaction to Buck being bisexual BUT BUCK DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TOMMY! I mean: Bobby assumes that Buck is going to see Tommy, but Buck never confirms it and also if this is true, after seeing Kim, Buck leaves Tommy for Eddie. Furthermore, Buck doesn't say anything about Tommy, he doesn't say how he feels about him or if he thinks he sees a future in this, in fact, he seeks confirmation from Bobby that he's not wrong about Tommy (=he's not sure yet).

I'm really surprised by this last point because I thought we were going to, at least, have a scene of Buck saying that he has genuine feelings for Tommy, since everything indicates that they are going to continue with this relationship in the next season and I find it very strange that they wouldn't give us that.

How do they want the public to support this supposed relationship that is better than Buddie (lol) if there is absolutely nothing more than a failed date, two kisses and two scenes in front of other people?

In conclusion, I think the final episode is going to leave us with Eddie having problems with Chris and his family, in addition to his religion trauma being explore, and with Buck probably with Tommy still, but not 100% sure of their relationship yet and extremely worried about Eddie, Chris and Bobby, also know as his real family and the people he loves.

[nikeiyomiurioverthinker]

Hey i just saw your reblog to my post about void and I'd love to hear your theories/headcanons on what Nikei's backstory is like

Hey!! Thanks for the ask, I like to yap a lot and this is fantastic to scratch that itch.

I do have a bunch of theories about his backstory, but I wouldn't say I have exactly a MAIN one? Also because a lot of the theories are technically just the same theory with a few slight tweaks. I don't want to settle on one only because I don't wanna be disappointed once Linuj drops the backstory and it isn't like how I imagined it.

There isn't much in the game itself that tells us about what Nikei's backstory could be like, but we have three things you always have to consider when creating a backstory for this guy:

Nikei's family is absent by the time Utsuro saves him and he cannot reconnect to them in any way

You have to think up why exactly Nikei is so obsessed with his right hand

The picture Linuj drew 4 years ago has to fit seamlessly in it

It has to explain his fixation on power and control

So, having stated that, here's the details that I match together fairly arbitrarily when I'm thinking about Nikei's backstory:

As far as his family is concerned, he most likely lost them before Utsuro even came into the picture- he does talk about them exactly once, and it is in this specific comment:

I know it says household and not family, but I checked the Hangul and from what I've found online, the term he uses is often used in the context of expressing the social position of one's family- so, he is likely talking about his own parents here. It's a fleeting comment, not the type I would imagine one would make when talking about abusive parents- so since his family likely has nothing to do with his trauma (or at least, isn't the direct source of it), they definitely disappeared before it all started.

Personally, I believe that Nikei was probably kidnapped- either that, or he was sold off. It depends on how nice I want Nikei's parents to be. In the kidnapping case, it could happen in any context, really- on the way home from school, or even inside his own home. His family most likely died during that encounter, and Nikei was then whisked away by his future abuser. In the case of him being sold off... well, Nikei states that his family wasn't wealthy- it isn't a stretch to say that maybe they were struggling financially, made a risky contract with loansharks that clearly didn't pay off, and therefore they had to either give Nikei away to their creditors, or they just sold him off for money so they could pay the debt back. What's important here is to establish that Nikei physically cannot (or in the second case, simply wouldn't want to) go back to his family.

Either way, it ends with Nikei being taken away from his family and forced into a life of servitude by his abuser(s). Most likely, Nikei had to deal with CSA- I don't want to get into that conversation, but there are two main reasons as to why I believe that to be the case. First, Nikei fits the profile of a victim, and is shown getting stressed and fearful when someone physically threatens him- like in the case of Mikado in chapter 4, in that one CG. Also, and this reason has less to do with the story itself and more with the writing of it all- Linuj is clearly giving each Void a different type of trauma, and it wouldn't make much sense for Nikei to be 'only' physically assaulted by his abuser, since that is already a subject explored in Emma's backstory. This then would explain his need for control- it's more out of fear of being forced into that situation again than anything else.

Skipping to the meeting with Utsuro now- I like to explain away Nikei's obsession with his hand as him touching Utsuro with it, and thus believing that his hand was blessed and is the reason why everything starts to look up for him. We are never explained how or to what extent each Void meets him, so it isn't unlikely to think that they were close enough to touch. Either that, or after the meeting with Utsuro, Nikei gathered up enough courage to actually stand for himself and attack his abuser- likely killing him and therefore causing the hand obsession. It might also just be a mix of both? Either way, Nikei gets out of this terrible situation, and he then doesn't live happily ever after because even after meeting Utsuro his life objectively sucks, just slightly less than it did before.

This is the most sensible of the theories I have? Nothing groundbreaking, I know.

Allow me now to introduce you to the Nikei Grew Up In A Cult theory. This one is significantly less strong that the ones above but hey, I'm just having fun here.

So, in this theory, Nikei's family is fully entrenched in a cult- Nikei probably was born into it. The details of the cult itself aren't really important, but I'm imagining something vaguely Christianity-inspired (on one hand because it's stupidly easy to just create a cult with Christianity as a basis, but also because of the very weird relationship Nikei seems to have with specifically Christianity- I could probably make a whole separate post on that). As in most cults, the leader is a wholeass fucking clown who definitely takes advantage of the kids in his group of yes men. Nikei definitely hated everything that was done to him, but no one would listen to him or they would actively scorn him for not accepting what their leader gave him- which also definitely counts for his parents.

Nikei grew to despise being submissive to others- due to the fact that he would always be taken advantage of if he wasn't the only in control. Which influenced his desire for power- when he met Utsuro, he touched the other boy with his right hand, and after the encounter was blessed with the luck to escape the cult.

Despite hating what was done to him, Nikei had grown up fully entrenched in the cult's dogma, so it wouldn't be insane to presume that he assumed the boy he met had been an angel or even a God, that had bestowed upon him luck as a way to pay him back for his suffering. Therefore, he starts seeing his right hand as something that was touched by God, causing his obsession with it.

Then again, I'm projecting a liiiittle of my religious trauma on him with this theory. It kinda was born out of my brain assuming the True? Or False? on his shirt referred to religious doctrine. Don't take it too seriously.

Anyway, that's all I got. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[accirax]

initial thoughts on DCAS episode 7

very notable that this was within the context of being about "love" specifically. (at least) one-sided trevek canon? (i'm not even a huge trevek shipper i just think this whole plotline is funny)

okay, so Yul's foot injury IS real. or at least, he's using it as an excuse to complain. still, the fact that it was brought up again an episode later makes me think that it's going to have SOME relevance to the plot.

any time that Yul has to parrot something in Emily's "you go girlfriend ;D" manner of speaking i cackle. he didn't choose the home decor saying any time is wine time lifestyle, the home decor saying any time is wine time lifestyle chose him.

Grett i am... genuinely confused. how can you possibly think that Yul is actually in love with you? did you really receive THAT little love in your home life? you have no ability to distinguish catty and fake praise for your accomplishments from real ones because your family gave you THAT little recognition? man. now i made myself sad :( ily Grett

okay, confirming that 1) it was Tom's trap, 2) they are willing to eat squirrels, 3) Tom is serving as the provider for the Cyan tribe. all things to take into account for any upcoming Cyan eliminations.

why

and how does said boyfriend feel about you kissing another man on television, Tom? this is a stupid lie.

again, why? it's probably already apparent from my earlier comments, but i changed my mind; i'm fully with Jake in this argument now. sure, Jake is really insecure and overly emotional, but what the HELL is Tom doing? making up a boyfriend is a really shitty thing to do, whether Tom had a legit reason for not calling Jake these past two years or if he didn't contact Jake due to his own mixed feelings/indifference. in either case, he should have told Jake the truth. at least when Jake was acting immature in S1, he was 24. Tom is a nearly 30 year old man. ACT LIKE IT.

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this is a really interesting response due to how vague it is, including in the vocal performance. was he taken off guard by his boss being nice to him? does he believe that she's telling the truth? does he feel bad for Trevor, or will he come to believe that he IS way better than Trevor? i'm glad that they're continuing on with the concept of the hosts having a plotline, because imo that was one of the highlights of S2, but they aren't doing it in a way that eats up as much of the screentime as it did in S2.

if Will was out of the picture i would be shipping these two so hard. who am I kidding, i kind of still am anyways.

Ally's other gf is here :,) glad that they got to reconnect (and neither of them were eliminated for it)

Fiore slay

the confirmation that Aiden thinks that the idea of him having any attraction to Tom is laughable and disgusting is HILARIOUS to me. bro really said, "why the hell would i be into YOU when i have JAMES lmao" straight to Tom's face. tbf, James and Tom are like... opposites in terms of personality and appearance (beyond being generally handsome and athletic young men).

"silly me, i keep forgetting that not everyone met their super cool and attractive boyfriend on reality TV. my bad!" (/pos)

(i tried to type "hubby" instead of boyfriend but i spared you all. it was too cringe even as the one subjecting others to the cringe.)

okay this was very fitting for her. iconic.

honestly, Alec and Riya's villainous alliance/friendship is really fun. leave it to Alec to always find himself in the least likely but most entertaining duos. Riya really benefits from being paired with a legitimate strategist, and someone who won't just let her totally get away with stuff.

we had to get in one last Fiore taking unnecessary damage for the road :,(

feeling like Jaiden is going to be winning the starting couples' survival roulette. and Wishley, to the extent they count.

now i'm no physicist, but how did this work? shouldn't the ball be a fast and heavy enough object at this point that it would jump over the log, not ricochet off of it? i suppose if the ball is made of something more like wicker than yarn, it could be a bit more likely to do that. but then why is it going to the side? it hit the log straight on!

... are you not allowed to help him anymore? what?

ellie is going full villain mode fr. if her and gabby's relationship gets messed up, that would definitely be karma. but, i suppose she survives this episode...

this is funny because nobody strikes me as the pizza and soda loving type. Alec, Grett, Yul, and Riya all seem like people who would want to eat something that's both fancier and healthier.

communication W (for both of them)

Fiore is such a best girl that she's not even a salty juror. she's not mad at them for so long that she can't use her final moments to throw a wrench in the works for everyone else. the grind never sleeps, clowns <3

and she even conquered her greatest nemesis, the bus, this time. fly high, queen. i'll miss you.

well, as a Fiore stan, this episode was a bit sad for me. but, i do totally understand why Magenta would both vote for Fiore and lose the challenge. (damn you, Ellie...) Fiore already did super well in both S1 and the original Adventure Camp, so i understand why they wouldn't have her go super far again in this season, especially when everyone knows she's such a threat.

i just hope that we can still get a little more closure for her and Alec than we got already in this season. all it has to be is, like, him being sad at her elimination for reasons other than pure strategy and maybe a nice conversation at the finale. it doesn't have to be Alec finally adopting her... even if i did want that to happen... i'd just prefer to know that they leave things on good terms.

anyways, another really solid episode! i look forward to the next one. thanks for reading!