#he'd often be the ones updating them on how their son is doing

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

it is not really a shock that this fandom has a bit of a misogyny problem, but i think a specific one is how the boys are often somewhat babied and given all sorts of pity for every single tiny thing they go through, while the girls with similar issues are often ignored entirely. there are many examples of this, but right now, i am going to talk at length about the Tenmas and the Shinonomes in particular, as them being pairs of siblings allows very direct comparison.

firstly, the one that irks me most: Tsukasa Tenma, and how a ridiculous number of his fans will make absolutely everything about him. including Saki's disability. i do think it's right to acknowledge the impact on him as well- but it gets overdramatic really quickly. i'm sorry to be harsh, but Saki did not spend her childhood in and out of hospitals, believing that she was dying, just for half the fandom to completely brush over her trauma and be like "oh... poor, lonely Tsukasa..."

i rather hate this, because not only does it feel quite ableist to skim over the one directly suffering from the condition in order to massively favour someone who happens to feel a bit of the knock-on effect, but it's also used to unreasonably villainise the Tenma parents. people will go on about how "neglected" Tsukasa was... very well, how exactly would you have handled the situation? they did their absolute best. it was a highly unfortunate situation for everyone involved, and it's unfair to deem Mrs and Mr Tenma as "bad parents" simply because they prioritised their dangerously ill daughter over their confident son who always assured them that he'd be alright. yes, they could have made better choices for Tsukasa, such as hiring a babysitter... but i think people tend to forget that Saki's illness flared up very suddenly and randomly. as the good parents the Tenmas are, they very likely couldn't think properly due to their panic for their daughter. it was instinct to drop everything and get her immediate help. and Tsukasa himself understands this, so it's an absolute wonder that the fandom doesn't. he was not ignored. he was phoned, updated on the situation, reassured that his sister was recovering... and praised by his parents for being such a wonderful brother.

also, with the situation of Saki's hospitalisation, i do feel like Tsukasa's own personality is sometimes not taken into account, ironic since it's him that everyone's interested in. because i would, in fact, be more critical of the Tenma parents, had Tsukasa been a more fragile child. if he had been the type who was easily scared, who could not handle being by himself, who would, in fact, have been traumatised from being left alone- i would say that the Tenma parents would have deserved the treatment they get from the fandom. but... that's not Tsukasa. it has been shown that Tsukasa was always a very bright, self-assured boy, positively brimming with confidence. even when little, he was creative and strong- and his parents knew this. they could have some peace of mind during a stressful time, knowing that their son could entertain himself with ease, such as how he was practising some acting just before his mother rang him. all of this is shown within the Dazzling Stage event which is, funnily enough, the very same event that the lovers of Tsukasa angst latch onto.

of course Tsukasa was heavily concerned about Saki. he is an incredibly caring person, why wouldn't he be? and yes, of course he missed her while she was in the hospital. no one is trying to deny that, nor minimise his suffering. the fandom does that to Saki. while acknowledging that Tsukasa was affected is good, in fact, it is very interesting to see the impact of disabilities beyond those directly affected... it's the fact that it is majorly Tsukasa's issues that are focused on that confuses me. it's disproportionate. i do wish we saw just as much sympathy and discussion about Saki herself, in addition to her brother. the psychological impact that her illness and consequential exclusion had on her, as well as the obvious physical aspect. because that is just as interesting, if not potentially more so, and i will be making a future post about it.

moving on from the Tenmas, i'd now like to talk about the Shinonome siblings, in a little less detail, considering i personally have not witnessed the unfairness of their treatment as much as that between the Tenmas. though, make no mistake, it still exists.

now, Ena is a character who i feel has a certain percentage of those who dislike her. and what are the general traits that people point out when asked why they aren't a fan? from what i've seen, it is her anger management issues, past violence, and a general "tsundere" type of personality that earns her this criticism. i'm not saying she does not have any of this. she absolutely does. she is flawed, as good, complex characters should be. though, everything she is despised for... who else regularly displays the exact same traits?

none other than her own brother, Akito. yet the dislike for him, while it is obviously around, does not seem quite as common as hers. a very short and hot temper? check. shows of violence? check. a sometimes harsh way of speaking? check. can sound aggressive and off-putting on occassion? check. Akito and Ena are incredibly similar when it comes to their more negative traits. i suppose it's not a surprise, considering that they were both brought up in the same, questionable environment. though, why does Ena seem to be hated so much more?

most will bring up the very infamous mention of how Ena and Akito's fights would get physical when they were younger. and how this makes Ena an "abuser" because supposedly, as she is the elder one, there was an imbalance in power... but was there really? it is incredibly controversial to say, but i do believe that the violence between them, particularly that which was committed by Ena, is quite exaggerated by fans. and here is where i think that Akito tends to be babied.

Ena was not significantly stronger than Akito. perhaps not ever physically stronger than him at all except when they were literal babies. there is only one year of difference between their ages. in the current day, it is no debate that Akito is one of the strongest characters, regularly going on runs, being able to sprint with Tsukasa on his back, while Ena is quite on the opposite end of the spectrum, preferring the indoors and such. what i am saying is that it is absurd how the fandom makes it seem like Akito was some utterly defenceless little toddler that was getting beaten up by his Big Bad Sister. realistically, he was fully capable of fighting back- and he does. it's hardly as if we see him cower before her. he has absolutely no issue retorting to her in a snarky manner. when people bring up the whole drama of Ena scratching him, they conveniently forget what he says directly afterwards- that he could dodge her attacks. not to mention, sibling fights getting physical and a little violent is incredibly common, take it from me- i am an oldest sister myself. if you call Ena an abuser, you are saying that you want half the older siblings in this world behind bars.

oh, and people will talk until they're blue in the face about how the "nasty" and "crazy" Ena scratched up her brother when they were younger- are we forgetting that Akito punched Toya in the literal main story? that left a massive bruise on his cheek. that isn't talked about nearly as much as some common sibling scrap.

if you can let similar behaviour slide from Akito... how come it is unacceptable from his older sister? who is, arguably, from what has been shown in the story so far... under the greater amount of stress from the tension within their family. it was her that was explicitly discouraged by their father. we haven't seen such conflict between Shinei and his son, have we? that's not to say that Akito's current personality isn't also explained, having grown up in that environment, but why is it that Ena receives so much less sympathy than him when she, understandably, lashes out?

Saki and Ena have both had it rough. in their own, very different, ways. yet, a staggering amount of pity is given, not to them, but to their respective brothers.

and i must, sadly, wonder... if the mere genders of these four characters happened to be swapped and all else remained as it is...

... would the perception of any of them be quite the same?

[fallendev0tionvn]

Was thinking about Clive's dad cause damn it's heartbreaking. Think you could tell us a bit more of their relationship before Clive's death? Some father son bonding type stuff

Also, thanks to you I actually got interested in reading about Nietzsche and got a few extra points in my exam (one of my classes has a segment of philosophy) so thank u very much for that ajsjaja

Can’t wait for future updates!! Lots of love! ❤️❤️

I'M SO GLAD!! good luck with your classes!🫶

Julian had to travel a lot for work, so they didn't see each other often, but he always tried to call or facetime Clive so they'd have meals together.

When he was home:

- Remember when I mentioned Clive having nightmares about being too physically weak to protect you, or being stuck behind a heavy door he couldn't push open to reach you? He went straight to Julian for help. They started working out together, Julian taught him everything he knew. I can just picture him filled with pride when Clive managed his first handstand.

- On his days off, he'd try painting with Clive. They'd do portraits of each other, but Julian's portrait of Clive ended up like that hyperpigmentation video everytime💀.

- Since Clive isn't comfortable going to therapy after his last experience, Julian did his best to listen and teach him what he knew. The grounding exercise Clive made you do in the demo? he learned that from Julian.

- Julian used be a heavy smoker, when he found out Clive disliked the smell of cigarettes, he quit for him. After Clive died, he smoked an entire pack in one day.

- He also avoided dating. Clive's main source of trauma came from his mother, and Julian didn't want to introduce a "mother figure" into his life when he clearly wasn't ready for it.

- Julian is SO protective, like he would actually kill for his son. If he ever finds out what really happened the day of the accident? Fuck the law, fuck everything, he's hunting them down.

- He might not have been physically present as much as he wanted, but he tried to be there for Clive emotionally. Even when Clive kept his distance, he understood. He'd do anything to go back and be there for him more.

- Spoiled him money wise, from gifts to literally letting him get an apartment at 19, that's where he lives now🏃‍♀️.

- Taught him how to cook.

- "Beautiful boy" is his song, describes him perfectly.

- Being a foster kid too but never getting adopted didn't give him the chance to feel what parental love was like. That's why he tries so hard with Clive- and why he keeps blaming himself.

- Clive still checks up on him from a distance to make sure he's safe, he's too scared to actually show up like "uhm, so actually I came back like jesus, msorry.."

(Mine went to buy milk so I have no idea if I made him TOO nice, JOKE💔).

[gigglesandfreckles-hp]

For Mother's Day, I asked for some of your headcanons on Euphemia as a mother. Now that it's Father's Day, I am back with wanting your thoughts on Fleamont as a father. ❤️

i love this ask!!!! here are some fleamont potter thoughts:

ultimate nightmare warrior! when james would have bad dreams, it was always fleamont who would make a cup of tea and lay next to james until he fell back asleep. more often than not, he'd fall asleep himself and the two of them would end up sharing james's single bed. fleamont would be sore the next day from having to scrunch his legs up all night, but never once complained.

in the same vein...he has a tea for everything. james would ask for "potions" to help with every little thing as a kid and fleamont was never good at denying his son anything. most of the "potions" were just strong brews of tea though. he got really into it and started having different brews for different maladies. james got a scrape? herbal tea w/ berry blend. couldn't sleep? peppermint.

james and fleamont both wrote in all-uppercase letters!

when james was a fussy baby, fleamont's voice was like magic to sooth. mia would try all the things, but ultimately end up passing him off when she got to her wit's end and fleamont would just start talking to james and that was it. flea never quite felt comfortable cooing over a baby, so he'd just talk to him like he was a grown-up, updating him on his potions work, talking about the weather, politics, how pretty euphemia looked that day, whatever.

not a big physical touch person in general but never denies james or mia—both biiiig physical touch people—a thing.

he didn't hesitate to tell his son when he was proud of him, but he was much more comfortable using his actions to demonstrate his love. sending biscuits after a quidditch victory. sending biscuits after a quidditch defeat.

he hated being photographed. he got mia a camera for christmas one year and it came back to bite him because she constantly wanted pictures of him. once james was born, however...he stopped complaining. he carried a moving photo of him and james in his wallet until the day he died.

he wasn't a pushover parent, but he never ever raised his voice. when he was upset with/disappointed in james, he got very quiet and would shut down...which, as james got older, was much more impactful than any strong words flea could have ever said to him.

he adored sirius and went out of his way to be an example of what a good man could be. as a very quiet, observant man, flea noticed things about sirius in those early days of him living with the potters that james and mia never did.

(i've talked about this before but) he's the only one who knew the boys became animagi. he noticed certain books missing from his shelves and overheard enough snippets of conversations between james and sirius to put two and two together. he talked to james about it exactly one time, making sure he knew what he was doing and not being reckless, then never brought it up again. and it's the one thing he never told euphemia. that secret died with him.

[vermililion]

challengers fic recs ✧°‧⭑.ᐟ

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continuing to update | last updated 02/07 | includes smut and other nsfw content. | some of my fav fics here!

─── ✧ TASHI, PATRICK & ART

runner-up (ao3) | @/vivelalark

“Art.” You whip off your sunglasses to look him squarely in the eye.

“I can’t spend the rest of my life feeling like I’m coming in second place to my best friend. Can you?”

match point affair (ao3) | @/grogucorn

Sometimes you wonder what would have happened if you had told Tashi you needed to head home instead. She wouldn't have given you her phone number at the end of the night or called you to vent about Anna Mueller every so often that year. She wouldn't have visited you every time she stopped by New York or helped you eventually become a line judge. Up until that point, there was no reason to regret having met her. - That is, until the year she introduced you to Art and Patrick.

the rule of thirds (ao3) | orphan account :(

Art, Patrick and Tashi all have two things in common... Tennis, and you.

breath of life (ao3) | @/HelenaNell

You met Tashi in your final year of high school and were more than happy to have lost a tennis match against her. Afterwards, the two of you become inseparable and you find yourself feeling for her in a way that you don’t quite understand. And then things get even more complicated when Patrick and Art burst into your lives. As the years pass, desire, love and hatred all get tangled together...and so do the four of you.

─── ✧ PATRICK & ART

three's company (ao3) | @/sbrant

When Patrick visits his best friend at Stanford University, Art’s new fling finds herself stuck between two very attractive men.

red-hot (ao3) | @/Cinnamonacid

Patrick was never cut out for college. He should be on tour, racking up awards and playing in the US open. Not kicking it at some fancy know-it-all school. But when he meets you, everything changes.

just friends | @nottsangel

you and patrick have been secretly hooking up behind art’s back for months without him suspecting a thing. however, everything changes when art unexpectedly walks in on you both.

sex tape | @murdrdocs

"i think we should show him the video sometime."

and then there were three | @kolsmikaelson

reader and Art fucking in the hotel room (with Patrick watching) and reader asking if Patrick can join them and ofc Art can’t say no because he finds the idea of this super hot.

two's a party | @euphoriaslux

you recently transferred to stanford, and decide to tutor a tennis player in your class. he has a friend. severe indecency ensues.

─── ✧ PATRICK ZWEIG

drabble | @too-deviant

when patrick zweig fucks, he fucks hard.

riding his thigh | @/murdrdocs

self explanatory - cannot stop thinking about riding patrick zweig’s thigh.

smoking drabble | @/murdrdocs

patrick would 100% smoke during sex.

in the back | @/nottsangel

thinking about patrick fucking me in the back of his car.

tense | @youvebeenlivingfictional

You'd realized within a few meetings that Patrick wasn't exactly like a big kid—he was more like a frat boy that had never gone to college. He'd asked for an advance on his fee, but had agreed to an all-cash payment at the end of the first lesson. He palled around with your son, teased him about school, about the girls that he had a crush on. He didn't fill the role of a father where your son didn't have one, but he was more like an older, cooler schoolmate.

─── ✧ ART DONALDSON

isn't it messed up how i'm just dying to be him? (ao3) | @/sceletaflores

And there it is. There’s that glimmer of attention, that hint of acknowledgement of him. The heavy look of rage taking over your features, the bite in your tone, it’s what Art’s wanted for months. Your undivided attention.

dirty drabble | @julietsbody

...improper use of tennis racket.

kitty kat | @/julietsbody

art has a tendency to show up late to your tennis lessons. 

sweet as a grape | @/murdrdocs

Art Donaldson lost a match, leading him to sulking at the hotel bar. when you slide up next to him he starts to feel like he won.

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[otomemer]

So, due to the period tracker feature added to LADs, Twst fans on Twitter had been talking about what if Twst also has a period tracking feature while some were just talking about how the boys would react to you having a period in general.

So here are my thoughts on how my top favorite boys would react to you having your period:

Oh bless Deuce's heart. This boy is a bit clueless, but he tries his best to understand. Everything he knows are the basic stuff that's thought in school (that someone with a uterus usually menstruates monthly and that it comes with mood swings, cramps, acne along with the bleeding out of their vagina). He's also heard of the stereotypical stuff that help menstruating people feel better. And ngl, I think he'd go and ask his mom what to do (he's a little embarrassed but his mom is proud that her son is this thoughtful towards his s/o). He'd come back to you later on with painkillers, different kinds of pads and tampons, your favorite snacks, a hot water bottle and would offer himself to give you cuddles. He's really the best boyfriend ever.

Trey is definitely Mr. Husband Material. He hates seeing you suffer so he'd do everything to make you feel better. Honestly, if he can take the pain away from you and experience it himself so you wouldn't have to suffer, he would do it. But, since he can't, he'll just devote himself to taking care of you until you feel better. You'll be spoiled as hell with sweet pastries that he made himself (or if you're not into sweet stuff, he can also make your favorites - anything for you).

Crewel he just knows when it's coming. He probably has a period tracker app on his phone to keep track of your period (he also uses it to.. aheam.. prevent some little accidents when you two get intimate). He is busy so he wouldn't be always there to look after you but rest assured that he has all your stuff ready to make your life easier during that time of the month.

Lilia has lived long enough and has been with enough uterus havers probably to understand what to do to help you out. Though the times have changed, some practices have long been outdated, forgotten and disproved to be helpful, so he tries his best to stay updated on the latest information on how to help someone when they're menstruating. Just.. don't ask him to cook food for you and you'll be fine.

A lot of people on twt said that Jamil won't accept you choosing to take a break instead of doing your usual thing on your period but I honestly think he'd be so sweet and considerate. He's always been great at taking care of people, especially, you but his treatment is always more special on your time of the month. And he's so sweet too because he would offer to give you cuddles or massages.. or if you need him to get you something from the store, he would do it. Just give him a call and he's at your service.

I think Vil is one of the most prepared for your period among my favorites. He has everything prepared even before your first day, and makes sure to keep them in stock so you two wouldn't have to worry about running around to buy stuff when you need it. He's a little strict in terms of diet and exercise, often would encourage you to eat healthy food and do some yoga with him (if you can) because those have been known to help alleviate period cramps. Yes, he'd be annoyed to see you sneaking in some unhealthy food but he wouldn't really scold you for craving them.. not when you're most emotional.

[sportswriters]

priorities - h. son

pairing: heungmin son x female!reader | angst | co-workers to (?) | wc: 738 | 🖊: namu

Heungmin is very focused on his job, so he's not considering a relationship at the moment. However, he can't help acting like a gentleman with Y/N.

He's kind, he remembers the things she likes, he pays special attention to her videos, the glances last longer, the smiles too. When he arrives at the building with another player and finishes his own interview, he makes a point of 'waiting for his friend' as an excuse to stay in her presence for a little longer. He's a homebody, and although he doesn't text her, he often updates her on what he's been watching when she greets him in the hallway.

One fine day, they meet at the entrance to the restaurant where a mutual friend's birthday is happening. The place is packed, but the celebration is on the top floor, where there is a cozy terrace. She enters together with Heungmin and the people who have arrived, but as the movement ends up causing someone to bump into her, Heungmin decides to intertwine his fingers with hers for safety's sake. 

As they are last in the order of friends, no one notices what is happening, only Y/N — who’s panicking. When they reach the terrace, where it's more spacious, quieter and better lit, one of his friends turns around and notices them holding hands. "Won’t you look at that? Ben will be pleased to hear about it."

As soon as he realizes it, Heungmin snaps out of it like he's touched an electric wire. "Oh, you idiot, I was just stopping her from being swept away by the movement downstairs. Keep moving." He turns to her and says: "Sorry about him." But that's not what she's focused on. 

Dinner goes well, but she can't get the restlessness that has built up over the last month out of her head. She asks if there's somewhere they can talk in privacy. Later, they go to Ben's house for an after-dinner drink, so Heungmin takes her to the front of the house, since everyone is either in the kitchen or in the backyard.

"I don't know if we're on the same page, but I need you to be aware. I like you... romantically."

Heungmin's eyes widen, genuinely taken aback.

"What do you mean? When did it start?"

She frowns, trying to look for some sign of pretense in his actions. There’s none.

"Are you... Is this serious?"

"The other day we talked about my focus, don't you remember? Romance isn't something I can prioritize right now, I thought I'd made that clear."

She puts her hand to her forehead and takes a deep breath.

"It's not possible for you to be so oblivious. Maybe I'm being too innocent by refusing to believe that you're being selfish," she says.

"I'm sorry, Y/N, I really am." He fiddles with his hair, nervously. "I didn't think our closeness would make you feel that way. I didn't mean to."

"Oh, I know very well. I know all your reasons very well. But I also know that there's no way that everything that's happened over the last month is something common. You don't act like this with everyone, be serious. I didn't create this alone, I didn't feel this alone. The difference between us is that I'm not afraid to be honest with myself. If you want to do this with your own heart for the sake of your career, be my guest, just don't take me along on an adventure only to discard me when you remember your unwavering purpose. I won't stand for that."

"Y/N..."

"Don't apologize anymore. Your regrets aren't going to help me get rid of this feeling that's now floating in an aimless river." She sighs. She wants to confess that said river that has been flowing towards him, calm and smooth, is now struggling to regain its rhythm because of the stones in the way. "I'm going to say goodbye to the guys. I need a whole night without alcohol and without you.”

Heungmin's eyes are restless on her face, his labored breathing shows that he's not saying everything he'd like to. He feels like he should make her stay, but what would he say? How to get around what this has become? He can't even remember what happened last month. Everything has snowballed and the only thing processing in his head is the desire to make her stay.

[hypostatic-oath]

Hi there! How do you think a team composition of Raiden, Diluc/Yelan (depending on the day), Kaeya and Kazuha would work? Especially in SAGAU terms.

I headcannon that Ei once referred to Kaeya as "son of Khaenri'ah" and Diluc has been defensive ever since.

Forgive me if I get Yelan's characterization wrong - she's one of the few characters I don't have, the most I've seen of her was the story quest, the Chasm event with Itto and Yanfei, and that she apparently stole a coat Pantalone wanted to give to the Tsaritsa, which honestly would immediately put her in Diluc's good books.

That being said - for Diluc and Yelan, I think the switching would work out really well. I mean, they're both busy businesspeople with probably tightly packed schedules, so I reckon your usual antics might even start a close partnership between the two, even if only on a personal level, i.e. each updating the other on what was done during their turn as that day's chosen vessel, or asking the other to potentially cover for them on a day where they just really really couldn't make it. They'd be grateful for the on and off schedule, it gives them time.

Yelan and Kaeya look like they'd be the kind of fast friends that are friendly only on the surface, because they are both distrustful of each other since they're equally sneaky, but I see them growing accustomed to each other as you take them out together. Hydro and Cryo work well naturally, and I can see them having an easier time working in synergy the more they begin to understand one another. It's not openness - neither of them is going to share their innermost workings with someone like that - but it is a form of comraderie that they both end up being thankful for. I'd wager Yelan reminds Kaeya of Rosaria somewhat, and that on downtimes, the two have gone out for drinks and perhaps some gambling.

As for himself and Diluc, Kaeya finds himself even more thankful for the opportunity. The chance for their bond to truly heal from what happened on the day of Crepus's death had not yet surfaced. He knew Diluc still cared - but in a different, silent, far more distant way than before. Kaeya did miss having his brother have his back, and doing the same for him. The first months were difficult - packed with "This meams nothing" and "I am following the Overseer's will, that is all", with Diluc ditching the place as soon as you tabbed out. Kaeya's teasing feels sharp, Diluc is almost cold, and the two can bicker back and forth so often that one would forget they are not the only ones on the team. The teasing never truly goes away. Diluc never truly lowers his guard. But the moment anyone or anything gets in the way of one, the other will lend a hand almost on instinct.

Diluc justifies it as doing it for you. You placed them together, and you rely on both of them, and it is very clear that you like them both enough to place them on your main team. You surely don't want any of them hurt, right? They both use the same argument to justify not sparring - a suggestion brought up by the Shogun, who was genuinely trying to help. Of course it's not because deep down both of them want the best for one another - it is simply because you want the best for both of them. Of course.

But if that were the reason, why would Diluc place himself between his brother and the Archon every time since he heard that one casual remark? He didn't know what bothered him so much about it - it was accurate, wasn't it? Son of Khaenri'ah. There was a time, once, when Diluc would've called it preposterous - Kaeya was a son of Crepus, just like he was. Regardless of his birth parents, he'd been raised a Ragnvindr.

But... was that really true? Had it ever been?

Being placed on the same team as Kaeya, Diluc finds himself grappling with thoughts he had back when everything came to light. For the vast majority of his life, Kaeya had been, indeed, just as much a child of Khaenri'ah as Diluc was a child of Mondstadt. But a man's future is not defined by his past - instead, his present. Kaeya is as much of a sneaky bastard as Diluc is used to him being... but the more the two work together, the more he realises that Kaeya has become more of a Mondstadter than he himself is aware of. He may have been a child of Khaenri'ah once, but the man he's grown into is as much of his brother as he thought him to be as children.

He does not, however, say this out loud. Ever.

The Shogun has since stopped reffering to him as that - it very clearly makes both of them incredibly uncomfortable, and though it is nice to get a break from the bickering, she was not actually looking to offend anybody. So far she's taken to reffering to Kaeya by title instead, adressing him as Captain. She doesn't strike me as the type to jump directly to being on a first name basis with people, and would want to maintain that distance.

Her and Diluc interact very little - she much prefers the Yelan days now, if only due to the fact that she knows there's still some lingering tension from that little incident. I could see the two getting along somewhat well before, but the relationship definitely soured in that awkward quiet way that never leads to an actual confrontation. But then again, I can see this being a very, VERY tense team. Like seriously the only person here that has no beef at all is Yelan.

Because while the brothers' antics take the main stage - their bickering is dramatic and explosive and their jabs at each other end up taking the attention from othet issues, which is quite thr relief - there is also the strained feelings between Kazuha and the Shogun.

Oh yes.

You and the Traveler may have gotten through to the Archon, shown her the power of people's hopes and dreams, and helped repel the Vision Hunt Decree. Inazuma may now be open again, and the Nation of Electro may be slowly rebuilding itself and its foreign relations after the civil war. The Shogun had her redemption arc, and joined you as a Vessel, and so far she has been nothing but helpful and reliable on the field of combat.

But Kazuha's friend is not any less dead.

Kazuha himself says that he's thought about it, and that he holds no resentment towards the Shogun. His friend died in an honorable duel, and that's that. But not resenting someone doesn't automatically mean a close or good relationship, nor does it mean that what was done has been forgotten. Kazuha supposes he'll trust your judgement, and that the Shogun is there to help - but there's still that lingering fear, that cold sweat when he wakes up and that shiver running down his back, because the aftermath of a war is never easy, and though she's on their side now, what if one day she isn't. Were it not for the brothers' antics - and possibly Kaeya, let us be honest here, he's the one who talks - the team would be... very, very silent.

From either angle, your team is PACKED with tension, but hopefully they'll be able to slowly grow to rely on each other, and maybe mend what was broken along the way.

With a bit of luck they go out for drinks and dango. I think they deserve it.

[mpreg-consandvans]

Left to right: Tony, Rex, Bertie, Victor (seated), Lou, Tate, Earl

It had all started with an innocent comment from a friend to Victor Macias about how cool it was to see his enthusiasm at becoming pregnant, despite the fact that the average 52 year old single man who ended up pregnant unexpectedly would probably be less than pleased. Victor decided he should join a Facebook group to share his joy with other expectant dads. He soon found a local group jokingly named "Cummy Tummies" and started posting pictures of his pregnancy in progress.

Unfortunately for Victor, the group was mostly populated by catty young dads desperate to show off their toned, musclebound bodies as they did their best to bounce back from pregnancy for a crowd. His posts were often met with rude comments about his age, weight and the fact that he was having his first baby as a single parent. Victor did manage to develop a small crowd of supporters, most of them older, huskier men like him, but their comments were often lost in the morass of mean that tended to build up whenever he shared a belly growth update.

After the birth of his son Edward, Victor decided to leave Cummy Tummies. A few of his supporters had become his Facebook friends and they shared a private group chat that filled the hole, so Victor didn't consider it a loss, but the little group of four had eventually begun to chat so much that it was becoming disorganized. Victor had a solution after recognizing that all four of them were over 40.

Thus, Victor began a new private Facebook group: "Cummy Tummies 40+".

The first members were married couple Lou and Bertie, who were spending their early retirements as surrogate parents. 65-year-old Rex rounded out the initial group, proudly bearing his 12th natural pregnancy, deposited in him by a (supposedly straight) househusband neighbor up the street, whose lawyer wife had decided to stop at two kids when he'd wanted five.

The admins of Cummy Tummies reached out to Victor, indignant that their name had been stolen and in return, got a brutally honest feedback message about the negativity Victor (and the other three) had been receiving every time they made posts in the group. A compromise was reached and Cummy Tummies 40+ was allowed to keep the name as long as they stayed a private group, but the original Cummy Tummies would also offer to direct so-called "negativity magnet" members to the 40+ group, provided they were over 40 years of age.

Cummy Tummies 40+ soon received its fifth member in the form of Tony, a 55-year-old staple of the local alternative BDSM scene who'd become pregnant during a blindfolded gangbang and wasn't shy about sharing that information, generating plenty of hate from the more sex-negative younger members of the original group. Tony's joining coincided near perfectly with Victor's decision to try to have a second baby and a mere month after his joining, they'd met in person - becoming the first members that didn't already know each other to do so - and Victor was soon rounding out with a turgid belly full of Tony's child as the one in Tony's own oven was nearing its due date.

The next referral came another year later when Earl joined their ranks. Earl had run a controversial mobile sperm bank for the last twenty years and only just moved to the city looking for new material. Seeking donors, he'd posted somewhat incessantly on Cummy Tummies and generated much scorn, as the standard for "permanent installation" in his donor list (a lucrative, pay-per-child position) requires successfully conceiving a child with Earl first, for proof of genetic quality. Earl's bank had held samples of 51 men, though Earl only saw five of the personal pregnancies to term for logistical reasons. Either way, Earl was directed to Cummy Tummies 40+ and in under a year, all five other members had joined Earl's sample bank, with Earl taking a break from new samples at the end of the year to see his pregnancy with Rex's child to term.

Last to join, though certainly not least, was Tate. Tate had been one of Victor's early defenders, back in the days when he was still posting in the original Cummy Tummies, and the only one who was still a younger person himself. Tate had first come to the original group during the first pregnancy he'd gone through at 32, when he was a buff stud who'd been into bodybuilding with his boyfriend. Four kids caught up to him quick, though, and by the time he was 38, he'd lost his toned physique, instead sporting a flabby belly and some jiggling tits to match. His boyfriend had broken up with him around this time. Many tears and months later, he'd found a new guy through online dating and another year later, was pregnant with his fifth child, somewhat by accident. It was then that he started posting in Cummy Tummies for the first time since his fourth pregnancy...about 80 pounds ago. The responses were a tad unkind. He'd finally received the go-ahead to join the 40+ group on his 40th birthday, when he was 7 months pregnant.

The 40+ group guys were more like a family now, especially as more of them coupled: Victor and Tony getting married earlier this year, Rex and Earl starting to date, Tate becoming single and finding his place as Lou and Bertie's third. They had regular meetups and got pregnant like clockwork. Nobody was ever not pregnant for less than a few months at a time. The photo in this post is from the meetup for Victor's 57th birthday...the first one in which all seven men were pregnant at the same time!

[sonnysolis]

status — closed for @shanepcrker

location— some restaurant

It's been seven years, (give or take) since she's last seen him. Seven years since she's touched, tasted, or reveled in the depths or heat of his love. Had she been given the choice, or any option to stay at all — Sonny wholeheartedly believes that, she would have.

Maybe then, things between them would've been different. She would've been different. Soft, happy, carefree.

Unfortunately, that choice was never hers. And as her father often likes to remind her, it never would be. She has always been a pawn in his game, just as Shane was once a pawn in hers.

There's no such thing as 'true love' or 'happily ever after' where she comes from. No such thing exists in her life, or in her world. A world full of darkness and impossible to meet, expectations.

Once upon a time, they bonded over that. Over the weight they both equally carried on their shoulders. For two years, two wonderful and glorious years, they helped each other carry that weight. Then, the second she left, Sonny piled hers on top of Shane and seemingly never looked back again. She abandoned him, or so he thought, — left him to bear the burden of fatherhood alone.

In his eyes, at least, it probably looked as though she didn't care. And for awhile, Sonny truly thought letting him believe that would be easier. There'd be less pain in it for him, knowing she left for her own selfish reasons as opposed to the truth. Which is that, she was exiled and chased out. Forced to live a life far removed from the one she built in Briar Ridge. And, from the only life she's ever truly craved for herself.

Over the years, Sonny, despite turning herself into a phantom memory has kept close tabs on Shane. She knew from her own personal researching and by mutual word of mouth, how he was doing. She stalked him on his social media accounts, printed off pictures he'd post of Elijah to update the locket she carries around with her, the same one that hangs around her neck as if it's a third limb.

Just because they haven't seen or spoken to each other in nearly a decade doesn't mean she forgot about them or that she’s moved on. Frankly, in Sonny's mind she could never. She would never. Even if, Shane himself does. He was, and will always be, her first real love. Perhaps, her only one too.

Which is precisely what makes seeing him again so hard. Little does he know, as she manages to sneak up behind him -- this isn't the first time her eyes have raked over his torso or combed his handsome face within the last week. She watched him load groceries into his truck at the Supermarket a few days ago, drop Elijah off at school, knock back a few drinks with an old friend of his at the bar.

It was at that last location, on one of her last peeks into his life that she nearly got caught. Thankfully, he hadn't given in to his impulses to follow her ghost into the bathrooms of the Rusty Spur, where she — admittedly — snuck out through the window a few minutes later and nearly broke her wrist in the process.

It would've been too soon for them to square off. Especially, while he was drunk. She told herself she wasn't ready to face him yet. But, she is now. Every day that goes by is another one she misses out on. Another opportunity wasted to get to know her only son and to perhaps, reconcile with the man she still loves, who carried on raising him.

"I've missed you, cariño." His nickname, (one of the many she's coined for him over their two year courtship) slips off her tongue with ease. Much like the silk camisoles she used to wear to bed around him.

Funny, how even now, it feels only natural to let her fingers crawl up the length of his arm before settling briefly somewhere alongst his shoulder. She probably should've started with a 'Hi'. But, it felt too bland and unimaginative and lacked any raw emotion. Which, she felt over seeing him again in person. As opposed to through her digital screens and devices.

"How has it been seven years already and you haven't aged a day? Well, except for the fact, you look a little lonely." For her sake, and the green eyed monster's living and breathing inside of her, she sincerely hoped he was. That catching him at a table alone, wasn't because he was waiting for someone to meet him. Like a romantic-blind date, waiting passionately for him in the wings. If that were the case, Sonny might have to rethink her approach about playing nice.

[karliahs]

okay just for fun i'm going to compile the garbled knowledge i have about what happens in bnha going forward (so everything after season 5 episode 8/middle of the joint training arc).

this is a few years of passively picking stuff up through tumblr, ao3 and a friend who reads the manga and would periodically upon request tell me how my kids were doing

so...bnha spoilers below the cut, including fairly recent manga spoilers. except they are incomplete, garbled and possibly entirely wrong

upcoming arcs: endeavour internship arc, plf arc, ??? other ones probably, final war arc

bakugou, midoriya & todoroki intern at endeavour's agency. endeavour redemption arc continues to be a thing that is happening

midoriya develops the past OFA users quirks - blackwhip first, then float, and then the others are i think...danger sense, smokescreen, some kind of...healing thing? i have definitely seen them all referenced in fic but i mostly just remember float and blackwhip

touya reveal!! dance with your son in hell!! we stan. i have no idea what the outcome of this is other than that i believe natsuo never gets on board with endeavour redemption but fuyumi does. i think maybe shouto as well...

at some point things about hawks?? and the hero commission's...stuff?? with hawks?? gets revealed publically and contributes to growing unrest about heroes' roles in society. and the touya stuff i think also gets revealed and contributes to this

oh kurogiri obviously. that's season 5 i'm pretty sure. kurogiri is a noumu made from oboro shirakumo, aizawa & mic's (& midnight's?) UA friend who they thought died under some rubble during agency placements. it was actually aizawa they were after but they got oboro instead. aizawa & mic go to confront him and try to get through to him and it initially does not work

while i'm on aizawa knowledge: he gets shot with a quirk destroying bullet in the leg and fucking cuts his own leg off to try and stop it from working. and on what is maybe a separate occasion he loses an eye, i think to shigaraki. idk if eri rewinds one of both of these injuries??

eri does successfully rewind mirio's quirk back. and at some point midoriya loses his goddamn arms?? but eri fixes that. so often when i asked my friend for updates it would end up being about how many limbs my faves currently had

midnight dies. idk how or why. twice i think also dies. again, no context.

aoyama is revealed as the UA traitor. he was born quirkless and was given his quirk by AFO. it was an overall sympathetic he had v few good choices kind of situation i think

at some point everything kind of collapses. i think this is to do with public reaction to hero stuff?? but the whole city seems kind of wrecked and a bunch of people are sheltering on UA's campus i think...and then midoriya for reasons i do not really understand runs off on his own for an iconic yellow scarf of sadness era of going rogue. and 1-a has to track him down and yell a lot about how they love him and he needs to cut it out. this includes a bakugou apology i believe

i think the midoriya run away coincides with OFA reveal?? he writes them letters i think...then he comes back and there's a lot of discussion about baths

climactic midoriya shigaraki fight...we find out shigaraki used to be quirkless. i think AFO gave him the quirk used to kill his family or something equally fucked up. midoriya...throws all his quirks out? to like? achieve something? so he (temporarily) is quirkless...

bakugou dies but they fix it. i think with...shigaraki...somehow. oh and at some point during all this i think kurogiri does do some helpful for the heroes teleporting?? so they maybe did get through to him in the end?

timejump and SHINSOU IS IN 2-A. this is the only thing that matters actually!! my boy!! he did it!!!!! he took aoyama's spot bc aoyama didn't feel like he could come back even tho he'd pretty much been forgiven. so we just missed canonising the iconic 'shinsou hitoshi is in class 1-a' tag bc it's 2-a and fully did not canonise the 'shinsou hitoshi replaces mineta minoru' tag

skjdhfh i'm sure i'm forgetting a bunch that i do actually know and just can't think of rn so i will maybe reblog this if i remember more

[drhkilic]

[kıvanç tatlıtuğ — 41— he/they] Introducing  HALIL KILIÇ. Word on the street is they are a HEAD OF TRANSPORT and member of THE CARTEL for the past 6 YEARS . Though they are IMPATIENT and BOSSY , they can also be CALM and RESOURCEFUL . In the chaos of New York City, they’re sure to fit right in. threads: 4 | drafted: 0/4 | posted: 4/4 | updated: 20/04

THE BASICS

Name: Halil Kılıç

Age / D.O.B.: January 30th, 1983 (Aquarius)

Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: Gender Non-Conforming (he/they) & Bisexual.

Hometown: Cartagena, Colombia

Affiliation: The Cortázar Cartel 

Job position: Head of Transport / Professor of Archeological Geography @ nyu

Education: High school, Universidad de los Andes (Bachelors/Masters), University of Rochester (Ph.D), Additional Research/Teaching training.

Relationship status: Polyamorous triad w/ Paige Kamara & Unnamed Partner.

Family: Mert Kılıç (father/baba), Klaudia Kılıç-Correa (mother), Eberardo Correa (father/papa), Unnamed Full Brother (32-38), Unnamed Half-Sister (25+), Unnamed Son (4), Unnamed Son (1).

Languages Spoken: Spanish (Native), English (Native), Albanian (Conversational), Turkish (Conversational)

Positive traits: Ambitious, Confident, Protective, Self-aware.

Negative traits: Impatient, Apathetic, Quiet, Selfless.

BIOGRAPHY

Like many stories of this time, Halil's starts the moment a boy named Mert met a young Albanian girl named Klaudia, in the middle of the summer holidays on a beach in Greece. It's an odd, endearing story, one where distance could've taken its toll on the young couple but didn't and where the deviations their paths only led them to success after success despite their families not believing they would last long after graduation.

A string of seemingly unconnected accidents brought him into the world and became of his world at the same time. Halil was born at the end of January in Cartagena, Colombia, welcomed into the world by his mother and two fathers who at the time had believed they were having a daughter. Surprised by a son but no less excited, the three lovers raised him to be a nosey, loud, love-drunk brat who wore all the staples of a loving home woven into the fabric of his personality and moral alignments. He was polite to strangers, kind to his peers, but had an energy that often left his parents wondering how all six of their arms (and some of their legs) could be occupied trying to keep their young son on the right path.

But the problem with having a lot of energy laid within the confines of not having anywhere to put it. Halil played competitive sports in school but enjoyed swimming the most, he took on extra classes, worked part-time on the fishing boat his father captained on the weekends, and still came home with the energy of a 'didn't-nap today' toddler.

University quieted that side of him giving fate room to move him where he needed to go; he'd entered his freshmen year as a violinist and graduated with a b.sc in geography instead, eventually moving into his masters and his ph.d in geosciences.

The loud bustle of New York resonated with him the moment that he landed on his first trip outside of where he grew up. Magnetic, loud, a little eccentric; it was almost like the city was made for him and he for the city. So he stayed, not only because he fell in love with a woman but also because he knew deep down that this was where he truly belonged.

She was perfect for him in every way. It had taken him a long time to come to terms with not only his sexuality but his relational preferences, wondering if he only felt how he did simply because it was a part of his lived experience. He worried when he finally did understand his nature, that he would never find someone open and willing to accommodate how he saw his future. But not only did she do that, she seemed to do more, leaving him completely smitten.

However, like anyone with youth shining in their eyes and too much energy, he fell in with what many would say was the 'wrong' crowd. Said crowd introduced him to people and those people introduced him to others, and eventually, with his sailing knowledge and his ability to fly under the radar as just another guy, he found himself making a name for himself in the smaller branches of the cartel.

Being too good at what he did could've got him killed but instead, it got him promoted; discreet, organized, unsuspecting, after the Cartel's warehouse was sieged by law enforcement, they needed someone better to fix the mess left by broken treaties and shady dealings. He had to prove himself, every time he walked into a warehouse or saw a cruiser pass by their apartment, he felt sick but after awhile, everything started to feel normal.

Until the birth of their first child, at least, followed shortly by their second. Becoming a parent put many things into perspective for Halil; he was responsible for these fragile, tiny, beautiful things that to the world that he lived in could be used merely bargaining chips. So he pulled back just a little, kept his private life, private, and his work life at work. Only the important people knew where they lived, knew where his children went to day care, and knew the names of his partners.

He hopes to keep it that way. With growing tensions between his affiliates and other gangs, he doesn't trust anyone to behave themselves; not even him.

WANTED CONNECTIONS / PLOTS

Unnamed Primary Partner 2 - On a night out with Paige, they both meet this woman and instantly feel drawn together. Although it takes a lot of work for them, eventually they find their way through the murky waters of boundaries and end up in a loving triad that produces two sons biologically shared between Halil and this woman.

Transporters - the people who work directly under Halil, responsible for the physical transport and safety of all Cartel product.

Students

Other Cartel members

ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS & PLOTS

Paige Kamara (Primary Partner) - to be written

Levi Grayson ('Platonic' Soul-mate) - to be written

Claire Collins (tbd) - to be written

[tiredassmage]

5 and 12 asks about love; mayhaps alucren?

[ A Short Ask List About Love ]

Oh, Alucren, my sweet, mad prince... I don't think I ever officially released the new gender lore either, did I..? Anyway, bonus fun fact, she's figured out he's butch now and pronouns are whatever the hell she feels like at the time (which means both. whatever feels right atm) <3

5. Would your OC ever take advantage of someone's romantic feelings in order to manipulate them?

He'd probably like to say he could and he would, and I mean, tbf, I more or less believe in him to do so, but... it also turns out much more often that she's the one getting manipulated based on his feelings, and this continues in a pretty ruthless cycle until she's in her late 40s and finally has been through enough with the right people still around him that he can do things like unpack that she's been performing a kind of masculinity for most of her life that she doesn't really Like, actually, and that he doesn't have anything he needs to inherently prove to anyone else. Which is a lot to unpack and would require an entire essay about her entire life and a better explanation of her relationship with Taizi (@shadowsofdread) that I don't quite have the brain spare change to write right this moment and would probably overcomplicate the answer to this question, lmao.

So! Anyway! This is actually probably more related to finally dropping the updated gender lore that she's identifying as Butch and not thinking too much harder on it beyond that because figuring out his identity again after being repeatedly in pretty abusive relationships (not Taizi; it's a long story, as I said) several times over for most of his life than anything else, because it kinda has to start at the beginning of Alucren's life, and since I don't know how much of his backstory I've explained, I'll babble about it now!

So, Alucren's from an overall pretty well-off and fairly influential family - for non-Force sensitive Imperials, that is. He's got extended family including aunts and uncles and his immediate parents and some of his 4 sisters, etc., involved in a lot of lines of Imperial life - from merchant class on Ziost to more close immediate and immediate(?) extended family involved in Imperial military history as high-level donors and patrons to Imperial military history museums and the arts scene in Kaas city.

But, importantly, Alucren is the only son of his parents - and the youngest to four sisters. Whether he realized it or not, he both had - tangibly - and internalized a lot of pressure to be a kind of face of the family name from that as a boy. There is a certain kind of strength and charisma and likeability he felt pushed to achieve and emulate as a man growing up in that family, and part of his way to achieve that was to carry out service with the Imperial Diplomatic Service - before Imperial Intelligence tapped him as the war reheated and everything got progressively complicated in his life from there.

And the short version of why I bring all of that up is because Alucren's brand of charisma is... listen, I think it's effective enough on most of its intended crowd. He was a charmer at parties and family gatherings. But as he gets older, he does come to realize there's... a fair amount of who he was as a young man that was... manufactured, in a way. Alucren was the kind of man he was in his youth and early career because of impressions of what that should look like he took from his family and from Imperial expectations of strength and image in general, too.

And that wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Imperial Intelligence, either. So... yes, I'm sure part of that work involved manipulation of his charms to get him places. She didn't really have qualms with it either, and she's... really never been the most ideal fighter Intelligence could've employed. She's serviceable, but there's a reason that her and Deckard sparring often looked like Ellery was blurring the lines between flirting and starting a fight.

And... I think the other important thing is... I'm not sure he could actually successfully use it to manipulate someone he loves in return. Because for better and for worse, she's been ruled a lot more by her emotions than she likes admitting. It was a really uncomfortable part of the healing process to have to grapple with that, and he got a lot worse about a lot of things before he was ever able to start getting better. For better and worse, he's dedicated and he can be loyal, and he can be really, really blinded when he is. Because Alucren's someone who's craved about as long as he's lived the approval of others. To get something right.

Frankly, she'll never perfectly get that "right." A part of him will always need some measure of that to feel accepted and wanted, but he can at least learn from the times where he's let others use that to control him to not get hurt like that again.

He's like... a kinda hollow suit of armor, like that. He could maybe have used someone else's romantic feelings against them when he was younger, earlier in his career, with some kind of orders to follow or objective to meet to do so. A part of him might've even enjoyed a little thrill from it. But I don't think it's something she'd really be keen on so much now, later in her life. At least not intentionally. She's... got a lot of work to do on herself, and he's only starting to really realize that and pick apart what that all means around... late KOTXX and beyond, really - a lot of which relates to things that aren't directly canon from the game and involve other blorbos like Taizi, etc etc, but... anyway.

He's fucking imperfect at it all man, and fuck I love her for it...

12. If your OC were in love, how might they recognise this? Or would they be too much in denial?

Honestly..? I think... the realization hits him kind of... suddenly. And not... entirely with subtlety, lol.

I said that Alucren was devoted and loyal, and I've also said that he really is a guy whose motivations can be boiled down to family, duty, and [vague hand gestures] a... kind of honor. It gets a little mixed up toxicly with duty in his case, usually, but anyway.

But there's... a certain series of precedents that he's used to as an Imperial when it comes to showing respect that form most of his interactions. He's a guy about titles. If you have one and he has even the impression that he should respect you a little - regardless of whether or not he really does, he will use your title. Or your last name. Between her and Tyr, they go a lot more by "Ellery" and "Deckard" than by first names or even their Cipher designations - though the latter is something Alucren starts to incorporate a little more often as she sees how important 'Nine' is to Deckard, still.

And that's... kind of the best illustration of it, too? Is that... the kind of respect he feels starts to become a lot more personalized. Tyr isn't as much of a last names guy as Alucren is, but he meets Alucren where she's at about it and grows used to and fond of it in their particular relationship. And Alucren, in turn, starts to recognize more and more the qualities that make her... actually respect Tyr, the man in front of her, than... the version of Nine he knew in his head.

There is a distinction between Alucren readily taking and following orders from a superior or deferring to respect based on social hierarchies he's familiar with and... the personalized respect he shows to someone he cares about. And that... shift in wanting to care, wanting to know what to care about I think is sort of one of the first things to shift. It's a... kind of... feeling of being Known and Wanting to Know about the other person that just kind of... catches his tongue in his mouth, I think is the kind of sensation it is. It's getting caught in his own kind of acting - again relating back to that... performance so much of her life has been. It feels very purposeful to seek that more personal connection to someone who has built her life so strongly on those very clearly defined and expected hierarchies and who should be what and doing what and who knows who, etc.

And she is initially a bit... cautious with that. Or confused, in how her and Tyr have a love as comrades and to an extent brothers neither of them had - more in a camaraderie sense usually, but not without... Listen, they're still complicated to this day. A few more kisses won't complicate their friendship any more, I'm sure. /lh

But... yeah! I think mostly it comes down to a sort of... abrupt realization of a shift in his own intentions - and possibly reading a bit into what the other person is responding to. It usually isn't really so much outright denial as... Alucren needs to understand the new Social Rules if you're going to change the context on him. Taizi again is kind of his biggest example, one day maybe we'll actually contextualize their relationship instead of vagueposting their vibes all over the place about it akdnflka;dsnflsfd buT! Him and Taizi start off as an agent serving a Sith Lord, and Taizi, frankly, blows... a lot of Alucren's expectations of how that service should work out of the water before she ever starts falling in love with him - but a lot of why she does end up falling so hard for him she'd consider fighting death for him (again. lore. complicated. consider that a teaser /lh) is because he... really challenges Alucren's expectations of things, and why she expects things the way she does. They're so fucking famous to me, I swear... I'm sorry so much of their lore has not left dms, but they're fucking tasty. I promise. Anyway, I've lost the plot. I love blorbos...

[yourhoeshorses]

A ref sheet for Joey and their soul horse Summerqueen

Self insert oc go brrr

Also I really cannot wait for the name change update. I don't mind their name being Joey, it just doesn't fit them imo, but it's the closest alternative I could think of from "Jennifer"

HURRAY!!! You pushed a button, here's Joey's backstory

Joey grew up in a small town north of Jorvik City. They often misbehaved or had outbursts at school due to them not being a particularly fast learner and having a hard time connecting with their peers - being bullied for their strange behaviors and odd obsessions with horses. Even as horses are far more common in Jorvik in other parts of the world, it was all Joey ever really cared to talk about.

Joey was never given much time or care by their parents. They never really helped them with their school work, or gave guidance for dealing with squabbles at school other than to "give it back to them" and to "toughen up." Eventually, Joey ended up being sent to visit the school counselor, or the principal, nearly every school day due to disruptions in class, failing grades, and aggressive behaviors towards other students.

This eventually led to a conference with Joey's parents to discuss their behavior, and after repeated meetings, the school counselor suggested therapy riding for over the summer break.

"It's very grounding for people who do therapy ridding," the school counselor would explain, "it may do Jennifer some good to spend time in an environment with people who will hopefully understand her, and Aideen knows horses are all she talks about."

Eventually, their parents agreed, as Joey's emotions were far too much for them to handle, and they were sent off to Moorland over the summer.

Summerqueen lived in a large weedy pasture on a run-down old farm with her herd. She was born, raised, and lived her whole life in this pasture - only ever leaving when the old farmers' grandkids came around to ride them up and down the road every once in a while.

Now that the farmer was too old to ride, and his grandchildren had moved on, Summerqueen and her herd were more or less abandoned in the field; save for when the farmer would roll out a bale of hay. Their manes and tails had become matted, and their coats were left dusted in dirt.

One day, a man and his young son came driving down the road to the farm. When they stepped out of their truck, the boy was shaking his father by the sleeve, practically jumping and pointing at a sheet of paper and then out to the mare, insisting his father needed to get this horse. They approached the old farmer, inquiring about the bay mare in his field and asking if he'd be willing to lease her out to them. The farmer, skeptical of their offer for a raggedy horse, eventually agreed after their insistence.

Joey had ridden horses before. When they were 8 years old, they attended a day camp where they had learned how to ride. They would go on trail rides a couple of times each summer since then. They were by no means a good at riding, but they knew enough to get by on a horse. Now, at the age of 12, they stood in an enclosed courtyard. The stable owner held a clip board, going over that they were here for therapy ridding to help with their unstable emotions and that they would be responsible for the care of the horse being lended to them.

As he finished going over their responsibilities and rules, his son led the bay mare into the courtyard. He seemed almost as excited and relieved as Joey did when fianlly introduced to Summerqueen. The mare was groomed over well enough to safely equip her with tack.

"Parting through and grooming out those matted locks will be a good bonding experience for the two of you," the stable owner explained. Joey wouldn't mind the work. All they cared about was that their world finally felt like it made sense.

All the interests they were told were annoying and obsessive, the constant daydreaming of being carried by a swift steed, the feeling of never truly belonging - it all washed away as they felt their horses muzzle breathe in the scent of her rider from their out reached hand and finally greeting eachother for the very first time.

After the first summer was over it felt like their heart was being torn out. They begged and pleaded to be allowed to return next summer, and only found the strength in themself to carry on through the winter when their parents agreed to send them back once the school year was finished. During their second summer there, they became friends with Alex Cloudmill. She didn't have a horse at the camp and didn't even live in the area as she only came down to visit every once in a while, but the two grew close over shared hardships.

By the time the third summer rolled around, Joey decided they were not going to return home. They couldn't bear it to be somewhere they didn't feel they belonged anymore. After arguing with their parents to remain in Moorland year round, they gave in and let them stay, telling them they were off on their own now and decided it was better to have almost no part in what Joey does after failing to rein them in.

Joey would stay in spare rooms at Moorland if they were available, otherwise staying in the hayloft of their barn. The Moorlands never left them uncared for and would remind them they were grateful for the extra help they gave during the winter. And yes, they did still attend school, and thankfully, with less head butting from other students.

As they entered high school, Alex would tell Joey about how she had discovered she was a soul rider, along with some other friends she had made. Alex would tell Joey about the dangerous adventures they had gone through together, the great evils they would defeat, and they magic they had discovered inside themselves. And not long after, the same magic Joey would find in themself too.

After revealing they were connected to all four circles, Elizabeth would take Joey under her wing to teach them more about this magic. While Joey began training and working more towards the goal of the soul riders and druids, they moved in with Elizabeth until they were old enough to go out on their own.

Joey now works as a camp counselor at Moorland during the summer and cares for trail horses as they take time off from their wilderness adventures during the winter. Alongside that, they also provide ridding lessons to new riders, training horses, and racing in championships when they have the time. They definitely have their hands full, but they wouldn't want it any other way.

While both Joey and Summerqueen are connected to all four circles, they do have their own preferences for what circles they work with the most. Joey is most connected to the lightning circle, and during the Catherine's Memories quest line became closer to the moon circle while practicing its magic with Linda. Summerqueen is most connected with the star circle as she helped Joey heal their emotions and build up their confidence when they first arrived at Moorland and later became closer connected to the sun circle.

Aaaaaaand END SCENE

[dykeyote]

ok my dndads queer hc post randomly gets notes but i disagree w many of the takes now so im updating it . spoiler warning theres a WHOLE lot of lezzies . just doing the dads kiddads and teens HOWEVER i will say that mark likely is for sure a lezzer

darryl: bisexual and probably the most cisgender one here but he's actually SO cis that it becomes almost gnc . he/him

ron: transhet guy but he thinks his transition is like very unique to him and everyone else is doing it the exact same as each other so he doesnt really get that hes Transgender bc he thinks everyone else is doing it in a really different way than him all together . not in an angsty way hes perfectly okay w that . he/him

henry: trans bi guy we know this to be true . he/him but if you called him they/them prns he would be like well yknow ive never thought about that before but you know what go right ahead (: he doesnt exactly enjoy it but he appreciates just how gosh-darn nonbinary positive you are that he'd still encourage it

glenn: bisexual and like .... hes cis he doesnt really care abt gender much but when nick came out as trans he definitely said something about like . "dude if i was trans? id totally use they/them pronouns thats sick as fuck" and then moved on and this sort of haunted nick for a while . he/him but again he doesnt really care

jodie: cis and bisexual but in such a boring way that he might as well be straight

sparrow: tgirl lesbian who was out at one point but is not now for Normalcy Reasons . she/her in theory

lark: transneu nonbinary and aroace . not out about either of these things but not really as a like Actively Closeted thing they just dont really think abt it . they/he in theory

terry jr: tgirl lesbian also but this time out AND butch . she/he

grant: gay of course . and like .... he is cis and this wont change but he'd be a good deal happier if he was more gnc i think

nick: tguy butch lesbian . he mostly but he doesnt really care that much

link: kinda-stealth tboy (not really intentionally or anything he just doesnt really see it as relevant that often so most people dk) and gay . he/him but he doesnt really care that much

taylor: honestly idk what i think is going on w his gender but i DO know hes aro and bi . give me some time to think on that ok

scary: out nonbinary tfem lesbian!!!!! we know this!!!!!! she/it and when she writes her pronouns down she always writes the it in VERY BIG AGGRESSIVE HANDWRITING to make it clear that its SUBVERSIVE AND WEIRD

normal: bisexual tgirl . currently in a like . Questioning Phase in s2 i feel like ..... her turmoil abt being a Normal Son is tied to that . any pronouns but she primarily

hermie: bigender (girl + boy) gaybian :3 was an open bisexual tguy originally but around the poison ivy era had some Gender Complexity . he/she but certain Method Personas have diff pronoun leans whereas normal herm is pretty 50/50

[yaminobean]

CPC X Hazbin Hotel: My Dad, the Devil.

A universe where Leland decides to go for shittest dad of the year and sacrifice his youngest son, Frederick to the devil for power to show up Jack of the Pastel Kingdom. Lucifer immediately senses the daddy issues in Frederick and adopts them. I haven't written this in but Lucifer does grant Leland his wish but he doesn't get to live to enjoy it. Leland dies in the enchanted forest, having slipped and plunged off the cliff around the Pastel Kingdom. His power immediately goes to his wife. I like to think that when he died and arrived in Hell, Lucifer sent him to the deepest pits to be tortured for eternity. The main change that happens with Lucifer is that he makes an effort in dealing with his depression when he takes in Edie. He's let his depression separate him from his family before and he refuses to let it happen again.

Eden "Edie" Morningstar facts

- When Edie first came to Hell, she was a little hesitant around Lucifer and mainly refered to him as Mr. Morningstar or Mr. Scratch.

- It took Edie 6 months before she called Lucifer Dad regularly. She did once when she caught the flu and had a fever. She began to see Lucifer as her parent when the fallen angel stayed with her while she was sick. Edie hated being sick because when she was Frederick, her father rarely visited her and forbade anyone from doing so. When he did, he'd always complain about how often she got sick and how inconvenient it was. Leland also expressed disgust at touching her body and often abstain from touching her when she was sick. So when Lucifer put on light puppet shows to cheer her up and held her as they waited for the medicine to take away her headache, the word just slips out. Luci, of course, almost cries and waited with bated breath for it to happen again.

- Edie's style is heavenly inspired by a more colorful version of Charlie's emo phase.

- Asmodeus helped Edie discover her gender identity when she turned 13. When she came out to Lucifer, the king was more shocked by her name choice than her gender reveal. Memories of the garden still brings in complicated feelings but he's still supported her choice.

- Bee tries to convince Lucifer to enroll Edie in one of hell's academies, more so to give the young ward a chance to make friends. But Lucifer opted for homeschooling instead.

- Edie still likes to read and still likes a good fairytale to curl up with at night. Though when she got older, her interest branched out to true crime and some forensic studies. Her serial killer knowledge often concerns her Dad.

- She calls Beelzebub, Titi Bee and Asmodeus Uncle Ozzy. The only sins she doesn't get along with is Mammon and Paimon. Paimon makes caustic comments and Mammon is a crass and vulgar creep that tries to hug her way too long for comfort and loudly declares himself her uncle. He mainly uses that to extend some form of power over her.

- Satan has never spoken to her and she's honestly terrified of him.

- Edie's health issues actually got better while staying in Hell. When Lucifer learned about her asthma and immune issues, he and the family physician worked to help Edie manage these conditions with potions and magic asthma spray. This actually gives her a sense of control and she does feel less at the mercy of her body. She also has some potions that help her transition.

- Edie is the reason Adam doesn't personally show up to meetings in Hell. This event is know as The Fudge Butt incident.

That's all I got so far. I'll update later with some other aspects that I may or may not write as a fic.

[danndeemo]

What's up with three and twins and how does that make him remember his past?

no fucking way agent 3 lore

3 has a (emo) twin brother, who was his parent's favorite. but it wasn't like, too bad. at some point 3 began liking the fact that he wasn't the favorite child because of how much extra work with studying his brother was put through. 3 was like the adopted brother, except he wasn't adopted and him and his brother used to look almost identical when younger. the only reason they changed their appearances was just so that others wouldn't confuse them.

3 has no grudge against his brother, if anything he was 3's only real friend. 3 tried to make friends, but it just never turned out so in the end he was always the replaceable one and he always was the one to initiate the conversation, nobody came up to him to talk.

3's parents really wanted their sons to have a music career, so when 3 wasn't able to play any instrument as good as his younger brother it was clear he would be a disappointment and unworthy of "being shown off" to other parents or anyone (3's parents are obsessed with being praised for either their or their children's talents/skills).

it was fine when his brother was home, as he was the only family member who talked to 3 as often, but when his brother was in music school or at some sort of camp, 3 would feel like he isn't part of the family and instead some kid his parents were nice enough to house. his interaction with his mother were just her telling him about what food they have in the house, and how to prepare some meals so that when she doesn't have time 3 could at least feed himself.

it wasn't blind favoritism though, at some point 3's parents did notice the neglect of their older son, so in some cases they would try to spend time with him while the younger was busy with something like piano practice. but 3 felt like they were being forced to do that, and he hates it when people do things for him not because they want to, so he decided to "not be a burden" and try to find another way to preoccupy himself.

seeing twins on the streets doesn't remind 3 of how bad his childhood might have been, it mainly reminds him of his choice to run away from home. of things he lost that night. back then, he thought his intentions were reasonable, but later he realized the stupidity of his decision, but it was too late, so he continued living his life alone in inkopolis plaza.

before becoming an agent his life was just constant stress, and every now and then he'd break down in his apartment. he'd cry for some time late at night in his bed, but he knew coming back home wouldn't make his life easier. in his case he got lucky to join squidbeak splatoon and meet Craig Callie and Marie. it took him some time for their relationship to become an actual friendship instead of being just coworkers, and it was like, the best thing that happened to 3 in years.

3 also met neo back then, and their friendship made him realize how much he just didn't understand how friends work after he stopped trying to make friends as a kid.

in general, 3's life gets better for him after octo expansion, when he realizes, that even with his face being scarred, 4 can still love him, and others aren't actually disgusted by it as much as he thought they'd be. it gets easier for him to feel self worth after he gains 8 as a friend and later 4 as a lover.

3 does feel guilty about leaving his family and not even updating them with letters or anything like that. the only person 3 really feels bad about leaving behind is his brother, but right now he's just debating on whether he should try to find him or have things remain the same.

his family issues are the reason he only mentions his first name, because he thinks his life would be over if by some chance 4 or any of his close friends would happen to know his family for their music history.

another fact is that his and his brother's tentacles were reddish orange and pink when young, so now wearing orange ink is a little awkward for 3 and wearing pink just makes him remember his brother. it's not too bad for him though, just brings down his mood a little

sorry if it's bad or cringe it's just like that