#hence the fashion squad

[nameless-is-nameless]

Last set of dnd characters in outfits! The creature club!

Haven is mine, Sikkuhl is Nathan’s

[xxplastic-cubexx]

erik will genuinely jump at any chance he can to steal charles' last name and be so catty about it i know this for a fact WHAT is his deal

[Magneto (2011)]

[stormvanari]

joining the fun, these two will be background dead DDs stationed on Lanthanum-57

[susiephone]

wtf is dracula daily?

i’ve seen a couple people ask this question on my posts about it, so i thought i’d go ahead and clear it up here!

ok so, the classic horror novel “dracula” is an epistolary novel - that means it’s told via letters, diary entries, ship logs, and news articles. (technically the term “epistolary novel” refers to works told solely through letters or emails, but many have expanded it to mean any work that is told via in-universe documents, hence why diaries and logs often get included as well. “frankenstein” is another classic example; the whole framing device is robert walton is recounting the story he heard from victor to his sister via letter. a modern example would be “several people are typing,” which is told via slack messages, or “the perks of being a wallflower,” which is told via letters from charlie to his anonymous pen pal, which is functionally more like you’re reading his diary.)

because of the nature of the narrative, we actually know the exact day nearly everything in dracula happens - the letters, news articles, diary entries, etc. are all dated.

“dracula daily” is a substack project where the novel is broken up into parts, with people who are subscribed to the project getting emails every day something in dracula happens - for example, the novel opens with jonathan harker’s journal entry on may 3, so on may 3, subscribers are emailed that entry. the action of dracula takes place from may 3 - november 6, plus an epilogue set some years later. the project started in 2021 (i think), but fucking BLEW UP in 2022, and they’re doing it again this year! lots of us are very excited - especially people like me who fell behind last time.

why not just read the book?

valid! due to some parts of dracula being told out of chronological order, dracula daily does reorder some things. for example, the first section of dracula is told entirely from jonathan harker’s pov, then the second section switches the pov to mina murray. their sections have some overlap in the timeline, so dracula daily jumps back and forth between their perspectives.

if you want to read the book as bram stoker intended, dracula daily may not be for you. but for a lot of people (myself included!), it breaks up a very long text into easily digestible chunks (....mostly. there is one entry that is 10k words), and the fact that it’s a big project means there are a lot of people reading along with you.

i think there’s also something valuable about experience the slow revelation of wtf is going on along with the characters. the book which you might otherwise get through in a few days is stretched out into months of suspense and agony as you wait for the other shoe to drop, and it’s great.

plus, the whiplash between “jonathan harker’s neverending horror” vs “lucy is basically on the bachelorette” that you get in dracula daily is very very funny.

how do i sign up?

right here! and if you sign up and fall behind in the emails, no worries - the dracula daily website posts past entries so you can catch up.

what if i prefer audiobooks?

have i got great news for you!

like i mentioned before, i couldn’t keep up with the emails last year. part of it is that it is much easier for me to focus on an audiobook or keep up with a podcast than it is for me to sit down and read, especially with longer entries.

this year, there is going to be a podcast titled “re: dracula” that was inspired by dracula daily. every episode will be a dracula daily entry, with a full voice cast! (seriously, if you listen to british podcasts, you will recognize some of these names. the magnus archives and wooden overcoats girlies are WINNING.) you can find that here.

there is also a podcast called “cryptic canticles” that has an already-completed audiodrama of dracula that i’m told is also extremely good, and was also broken up by date. you can find that here.

why do i keep hearing about paprika/the boyfriend squad/lizard fashion/cowboys?

you’ll see.

oh god am i gonna hear about this nerd shit for the rest of the year

yes. sorry.

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

https://www.tumblr.com/brf-rumortrackinganon/778470438302023680/why-was-she-the-right-person-to-bet-on-ted

Well, no wonder why Netflix accepted to be business partners. I definitely imagine MM showing him all the stuff she has sold out since 2016 🤣, expecting to sell out all her products by As Ever (which can be easy since I bet they only will put 500 pieces and then say it was sold out)

Her squad is celebrating those words 🤣, saying that she is a global icon, and that sells out everything. So with all honesty, does she really sell out a lot of things she wear or is her squad only being deceiving? Because I honestly don’t see anybody being influenced by her fashion or with something similar she has wore. In contrast, we have many ladies wearing similar things of what Catherine wears, mind you, when Trump assumed the power some months ago, there were many tweets saying that people should be grateful with Kate Middleton’s influence in fashion (many were saying that the American ladies fashion was very Kate Middletonish)

But I agree, he won’t attack her and again, being business partners, he needs to sell the idea it was a great deal and talk positive about her.

It’s all flash and no substance. When you actually dig into Meghan’s merch data, she’s usually merching items on clearance or with limited exclusivity - aka trends. It guarantees her a win that she can tick in her burn book. Meanwhile Kate’s style is classic and timeless, hence why any woman who looks like a polished professional grownup with a real job can say they’re very Kate Middletonish.

And when you look at everyone who has praised Meghan, their comments are usually superficial and not specific at all, like Sarandos - all he said was he thinks she’s underestimated because of the headlines she can get. Note that he didn’t actually say anything about why he thinks she gets headlines. Again, flash. No substance.

[lonesilverw0lf]

My take on the RWBY/40K idea. It’s not a ‘Jaune is a Lost Primarch’ that @guardsman-of-remnant or @the-wayward-arc have, or as thought out as @weatherman667 Astartes Chapters.

Juane was a normal guy who’s planet was destroyed. Then he decides to do something about it and potentially changes the course of the galaxy.

Jaune’s early life and world was dealt a bad hand. On a planet considered backwater, ruled over by incompetent lords, an over paranoid and self-righteous Inquisitor, continually and unrightfully drained of resources, repeatedly denied aid and due process, castigated for things beyond their control, and so on. Punished for ‘refusing to pay their tithe’ despite the fact they did pay the tithe but it was attacked by pirates. There was even a time when an enterprising farmer designed a better water pump, really all he did was find an older and better model and made more. Yet somehow the Mechanichum got wind of it and declared it Technoheresy. They destroyed every model and glassed a good swathe of the planet. Those are just a couple of many examples that Jaune was alive to experience. When everyday looks like hell, the Warp starts looking pretty good. Well between a Chaos uprising and a surprise Ork Waaah, alongside the possible threat of a Tyrranid fleet, the planet was declared hopeless and Exterminatus was ordered.

However instead of dying with the rest of the system’s population, Jaune was whisked away to another dimension. A pocket realm in-between the Materium and Immaterium. This realm was reined by a goddess yet not a goddess, who also sits in a weird in between with the materium and immaterium. Said goddess was an entity from another galaxy before the War in Heaven. She started off as just another galaxy conquering dragon, but after a few zillion years that got boring. Seeing the Old Ones and their creations she decided to observe. She’s got nothing but time, so why not? Over time she became loving, a gardener, a collector, a teacher. She doesn’t interfere with the Materium much because of her overwhelming power, and her control over the Immaterium is mostly spent keeping her corner of the galaxy protected from everything else. She’s pretty hands off and lets everyone else do their own thing, hence she didn’t take part in the War in Heaven. Or much else for that matter. She likes to watch the galaxy spin and all its different paths.

In her Library Jaune finds out the truth of the Horus Heresy, along with many other Heresies and major calamaties from alternate timelines that brought the Imperium to its knees and eventual demise. Horus Heresy, Robutian, Dornian, Lion, Erebrun, each and every Heresy and their potential variations. In a desperate bid to prevent these calamities, Jaune convinces his goddess to send himself and a motley collection of volunteers back in time to just before the Great Crusade. A Suicide Squad consisting of those that the Imperium would execute on the spot: Mutants, Abhumans, Heretics, Traitors, Xenos, Abominable Intelligence, and more. I’m sure Big E would get a laugh out of the irony.

Jaune knows that he can’t do half of what he wants to do. They can’t deal with anything big, like E’s journey into the Warp, the creation of the Primarchs and Astartes, the scattering of the Primarchs, the Great Crusade, etc. He can’t just go and tell the Emperor or Malcador about this. They won’t listen first off, and then they’ll just kill him for knowing too much, trying to play with things he has no business in, or just because Jaune refuses to kiss their asses.

He can’t just go out and pick up all the Primarchs and raise them like his own sons post-scattering. They’re scattered too far apart, their homeworlds need them in some fashion, the worlds are too big and dangerous to be looking for them, the Crew is always on the move which would be bad for their personal growth, each of them are too intelligent to not notice something’s different, they grow too fast for their limited resources, and more. Not to mention the unwanted attention they’d bring themselves from Chaos and Big E. That would spell doom in no time.

What they can do is use their knowledge of what happened and what could be to alter small yet key moments. A quick bombing run to eliminate the Butcher’s Nails factories, ensuring Corvus makes it to the surface, eliminating Kor Pheron, erasing Erebrus from the equation, keeping RG’s family alive from the deamon(Robutian Heresy story), warn and prepare several civilizations of what’s coming, plant a few bugs into each of the Primarchs’ flagships regarding certain orders, and more. These guys do not get a day off. They have to move in relative secrecy because who’s going to believe them? And those who may will likely have him killed for ‘interfering with the Emperor’s will’.

He’s met with relative success in his endeavors. Angron wasn’t implanted with the Butcher’s Nails, but with a different kind of device of similar purpose. This new set wouldn’t turn Angron’s brain to soup like the Butcher’s Nails did, this set gave him a form of split personality in the same way that Bruce Banner has with the Hulk. So Angron can be either the Stalwart Paladin type he was meant to be, or the Raging Barbarian type from canon. It’s a flip of the coin with him. Give the guy some more complexity than just rage rage rage.

It eventually comes to a point where he’s too far into the game to know what to do next. He’s changed too much to know the right call. The Primarchs are all gathered and conquering systems, so trying to do anything to them is out. Chaos has to know about his meddling by now, probably the Emperor as well. Despite the anti-aging tech, he's getting too old. His entire crew has fallen one by one. He’s the last man standing in this crusade.

Out of resources, options, ideas, allies, full of desperation, Jaune decides to throw one last Hail Mary. He calls in a favor from his Goddess, and through means that I haven’t decided on, gathers all the Primarchs in one room, locks the door, glues them to their seats, and lays it all out on them.*

He explains who he is, what his mission is, the nature and rise of Chaos, large parts of the Emperor’s plan, and all that. He tells them of all the potential futures, all the Heresies, the one where E decides to make Eye of Terror 2.0, one where all the Primarchs go balls to the wall mosh pit civil war, how each of them could/did fall, the War of Heaven, the Tyrranids, Necrons, Tau, many other subfactions, potential allies, those that would’ve been very helpful but were butchered, allies in one but not another, what E has done and his potential plans, their own half Warp entity souls, lots of history, lots of secrets exposed, what Jaune and crew have done, and so on.

He doesn’t hold anything back either. He rants on about how badly humanity has fallen, how logic and reason are replaced with fanaticism, progress with stagnation, the hypocrisy, the injustice, the stagnation and corruption of the Imperium, the bloated and rotting corpse of a once great civilization, the works. He even has a nice little partial Abominable Intelligence helping him out. It puts up all sorts of data, photos, videos, recordings, etc. to supplement Jaune’s rants. Just a little guy that gives intel like how Astartesanonymous, Majorkill, Isyanderandkoda, Livefromtheblacklibrary, Wes, and them give lore explanations.

 “But it’s only one guy who did a cute trick of keeping us in our seats and talks a lot, why should we believe him?” Sorry to do this to you Sanguinius, but he just casually drops the fact that your legion suffers from the Blood Thirst in front of everyone. The thing that you fought so hard to keep quiet from everyone and only a few even within your Legion knew about? Yeah that’ll get your attention, along with everyone else’s given how badly you react. Dropping a couple less dangerous secrets from the Lion’s assortment of secrets is also on the table. Pretty sure Alpharius wouldn’t mind getting pointed out as the actual first Primarch recovered, #sarcasm. He drops a little skeleton from each of their closets in front of everyone.

Suffice to say he isn’t going to be invited to any family cookouts after this.

He calls out each of them on their critical failures, dangerous shortcomings, hypocritical mindests, how easily they fell to Chaos, all the ways Papa E screwed up and is still screwing up, and more. All while calling them the stupid nicknames the Crew used. Mufasa, Simba, Long Johnson, for the Lion. Rowboat Girlyman, Bobby G, Robot Gorrillaman, for Robute. Fido, Balto, Scruffy, for Leman. And so on. He only calls them by their proper names once, at the very beginning when he was introducing himself and being respectful.

Is it smart to insult a room of the most powerful people in the galaxy and their daddy? Or talk down to them like the emotionally immature people they are? No. If it weren’t for the Goddess favor pinning them to their seats and disabling their gear and abilities he’d be dead and he knows that. They try to use their Primarch Aura on him, but after however long serving his Goddess he’s relatively immune to it. And he’s in such a IDGAF mindset that the most they get out of him is a raised eyebrow. It’d take one of the Chaos Gods’ or the Big E’s aura to really make him shake.

However pointing out flaws without a solution is just bitching. He gives credit where credit is due. He offers help and suggestions to a lot of their problems. He asks everyone to start appreciating Perty a little more, tells the Prophecy duo to get together and speak with some Farseers about their visions, commends the achievements of the Builder Brothers and ways to make their stuff even better, etc. He gives them self-help books, some psychiatric care books, and some insights from various sources to help out with some of their more human problems. God knows E isn’t helping them out with any of this.

Jaune had the foresight to make volumes of his findings. He drops many encyclopedias worth of books in front of them, all scaled up in size for their convenience. They hold everything. Names, dates, quotes, specifications, supply lines, blueprints, maps, numbers, persons of interest, items of interest, planets of interest, deamons of interest, xenos of interest, xenos that are beneficial to the galaxy and the Imperium, xenos that Leman can have fun exterminating, xenos that must be protected, xenos that can be uplifted, xenos that are up in the air, events that could happen, things that Jaune prevented from happening, nothing was left out. Not just books pertaining to the Primarchs and their dealing with Chaos, as both opponents and slaves to it, either. He also dumped books detailing events from the various futures for the next 10 millennia. Greatest victories, worst defeats, the breaking of the Legions, Successor Chapters, betrayals, redemptions, plots, plots within plots, the power of Faith, the detriments and benefits of groups like the Inquisition and Ecclesiarchy, the strength of character in Xenos races, and on and on and on. The Primarchs have quite a bit of reading to do.

Don’t worry Lemon Rush, you can still have your fun hunting down Xenos. Here’s a stack of books detailing all those filthy Xenos that are detrimental to the Imperium and galaxy at large! This lists where they are, what danger they pose, what their biology is, how best to kill them, and so on. Have fun!

Guilliman, here’s a stack for you regarding Xenos that are good guys that could use a hand. Vulcan, here’s a buncha worlds that could really use your more human touch. Horus, these worlds are major players so will be better won with your diplomacy. And so on.

So what is the Primarchs reaction? Do they accept the things he’s said? Do they bring this intelligence to the Emperor and Malcador? Do they take a hard look at themselves and decide to do better? Do they throw themselves at the feet of Chaos? Do they slow down the Crusade to better reinforce the reclaimed worlds? Do they help each other overcome their weaknesses and petty grievances so Chaos has less of a foothold on their souls? Do they exacerbate their flaws? Do they watch each other’s backs for Chaotic influence? Do they start training their Sons in Astartes vs Astartes combat? Astartes vs Chaos combat? Do they purge the corrupt members of their legions? Do they decide to eradicate the dangerous Xenos while uplifting the benevolent ones? Do they go hard in ways to better the Imperium? Do they become the mindless tools that E wanted them to be? Do they start to stand up to the Emperor and call him out on his shit when he needs it?

Jaune has no idea what they decided, or what any of their thoughts were. After he drops everything on them, gives them the books and AI, he walks out the door. His only thoughts were getting blackout drunk and working on the next step after the hangover. That particular conversation never left that room as far as he’s concerned or aware. He’s fully expecting any one of them to turn him into a red mist for his attitude, or a visit from the Banana Squad for a ‘chat’. He doesn’t even care what happens to him now.

He doesn’t even manage to find a bottle before he’s in trouble. He’s hit from the side, a mortal wound that kills slowly and painfully. However his attacker isn’t anyone from any branch of the Imperium. A deamon has been hunting him and his crew ever since he came back to the past. This is the thing that’s been orchestrating the deaths of his friends one by one. It’s very proud of its work and monologues like a cartoon villain. He just saved Jaune for last since he’s the leader. Something about helplessly watching as your friends are picked off as you can do nothing.

Taking this as confirmation that Jaune was doing the right thing he gets up for one last go. As noble as he is he can be a spiteful little shit, so he’s not going down without a fight. Jaune uses a single word of Enuncia to banish the demon, however his previous injuries and the power of the word kills him at the same time.

This is a good ending right? Did everything he could, gave those who hold the galaxy in their hands everything they need to keep things going right, gave a big middle finger to Chaos, the Emperor, and the demon, and died an unsung hero. Good place for retirement right?

However Jaune’s not done! The word quit doesn’t exist in his dictionary, especially when he knows that he was making a difference. Or was at least enough of a thorn in Chaos’ side to warrant a personal Demon after him. He reject’s his Goddess’ offer of a peaceful afterlife to go back for more. He’s a sucker for suffering sometimes. He crawls his way through the warp to be reborn in an Avatar type way. His DNA is identical, he holds the same kind soul and indomitable spirit, but he’s a fresh slate in everything else. The ‘current Jaune’ doesn’t know anything about the potential futures, his past lives, or any of that. The most that his original past self, the ‘original Jaune’, can do is subconsciously nudge him in what should be the right direction. Eventually the Demon, which I dub Little Timmy, comes back from the Warp to kill him again. To which Jaune’s original soul takes over in a sense, like how Ozma fights alongside his current host and body, and the two die in a draw yet again. Then he crawls back through the Warp to be reborn yet again, and so the cycle repeats.

Jaune does most everything during this series of cycles. Was an Astartes for each of the legions at least once even the Lost 2, guardsman, Commisar, Rouge trader, mechanicum, planetary lord, bounty hunter, Psyker, Blank, anything and everything as long as it wasn’t under E’s direct oversight like the Inquisition, Assassinorum, Custodes, and the like. Not to say he hasn’t tangoed with and against such organizations over the cycles.

Despite having the same face and dna, he’s missed completely by those in the know. Besides the fact his Goddess is blocking certain figures’ sight from recognizing him properly, think how just a piece of fabric over the eyes works for most heroes identities, he’s just one guy in trillions of trillions in that particular sector. They might have an idea of ‘that guy seems familiar’ in a déjà vu kind of way, but easily dismiss it. How common are blue eyed blonde dudes? The only confirmation that the Primarchs get that Jaune has been reborn again is during or after his fight with Little Timmy. Jaune leaves a message or calls them or whatever, and the original soul makes sure he calls them by one of the stupid nicknames from the chew out session. Who else would have the balls to call Ferrus Manus Tin Can Sam, or can tell the difference to know which TweedleTwin he’s talking to? Not like they can do much by the time/if they get the message, he died in the duel again. They’re lucky to find parts of his body from the fight. Little Timmy tends to desire a lot of collateral whenever possible, and Jaune isn’t always the roided up transhuman super soldier to trade blows so he has to get creative when he fights.

*As everyone else is stuck to their chairs, Jaune is standing on the table to look them in the eyes and move around easier. Also allows him to move close enough to the Primarchs to drop the reading material in front of them, but not close enough to be grabbed. It’s a funny image, but couldn’t find a spot where it would fit so here it is.

~

I have no idea where some of this should go, but I know that it should be a mess of things anyway because it’s 40K. As much as I don’t want any of the Primarchs taken by Chaos now that they have guidebooks on what to look out for and just how fucked that would be if they do, I can see a few of them falling anyway. Fulgrim for instance. I can see him taking the Laer Blade just to try and show Jaune that ‘Oh look, I guess you were wrong and I am strong enough to carry a demonic blade and not get corrupted!’ That’s the reason he talked down to you like a child, ya Purple Nurple! I love the idea of Snakegrim and Clonegrim duking it out, a duel of both loyalties and ideals. Although from what I hear from the various fangroups I’m in we probably won’t see that. Dangit GW. You’re missing a trunkful of easy money.

I’m not sure how the other Primarchs should be affected by Jaune’s meddling either. Angron was just an easy picking on how to change things up.

[acidic--ace]

Something that's been on my mind regarding Aizen and Ichigo's interactions so I'm throwing it out: Why I think Aizen never used his shikai against Ichigo and what that says about his ulterior motive.

For starters, we have to answer the question as to why Aizen molded and formed Ichigo. Like Aizen said, he knew about Ichigo since before he was born. Aizen was intrigued by the immense power that is gained from hybrid beings, hence why he was so focussed on working and experimenting with the Hōgyoku. Isshin and Masaki were an unexpected but welcome surprise, and in old fashioned Aizen fashion, he adapted and observed. We all know what happened next since Aizen was so kind to narrate it for us, but he spent the next years monitoring Ichigo, and eventually actively forming him. Setting up the battles to push Ichigo to his limits, to slowly but surely become stronger.

I'm convinced that Aizen would have been disappointed if Ichigo died (which he almost did a couple of times) but at the same time something tells me he had faith that wouldn't happen. Despite putting him in life-threatening situations, he never made an active attempt to kill Ichigo, always leaving some window of opportunity, because he wanted to see how far Ichigo could evolve. Even after defeating Urahara and Isshin, and Ichigo seemed to be at his limits, he still stopped Gin when he made an attempt to finish Ichigo off. He still had hope for Ichigo to grow.

To be clear, he did not do this because he cared about Ichigo's well-being, but because Ichigo is the perfect counterpart. He is the perfect blend of Human, Soul Reaper, Quincy and Hollow. He is the counterweight and closest to an equal powerful force to challenge Aizen's own power. And Aizen wanted to have that, hence why he made sure to keep it around.

Like he explained to Gin, fear is necessary for evolution. Feeling and experiencing fear is a requirement for him to evolve even further and become stronger himself. Interestingly, this counters Urahara's view on fear, which he explained when training Ichigo in the beginning. According to him, "nothing comes from fear." He actively encourages Ichigo to not acknowledge fear in battles at all.

Whoever is right is up for another debate, (or a matter of personal preference) but what it boils down to for Aizen is that in the end, he firmly believes that anything or anyone powerful should experience fear. And the reason for this is that power in itself should never remain stable. We still don't know Aizen's complete motives, but what is clear is that he refuses to bow down to the everlasting reign of the Soul King. That he firmly believes the position of Soul King, the palace, Squad Zero, all of it, should be challenged. That they should feel fear, and he hates the fact that nobody takes up that role.

We do get hints that Aizen himself doesn't just want to overthrow that reign, but also wants to take over the place of the Soul King himself. And even though Aizen is an arrogant power hungry bastard, he is not a hypocrite, because he makes sure that his own power is actively challenged as well. Whether that's by empowering Ichigo, keeping Gin close despite suspecting betrayal and never asking anyone to trust him, he makes sure his power is never stagnant.

And because of all that, he also does not use his Shikai against Ichigo. Using his Shikai would mean an immediate advantage, and the challenge that Ichigo provides would be significantly lower. Ergo his power will be unchallenged. It's a strategic move, all crafted according to his own plan. He wants Ichigo at his fullest potential, unhindered. So that he himself will evolve without hindrance as well. To stand at the top himself.

[hatshepsuthypatia]

Ichihime Fic Prompt

Someone who has a brain and writing skills, and spare time on their hands. Here is a prompt for writing a canon-divergent drama-filled IH fic that I do not have the energy to write.

Just like the canon Ise Family Curse, where men of the family die after getting married to women of the Ise Family, there is another family in Soul Society that has been cursed with a similar fate - Kurosaki Family. Women who marry into the Kurosaki family (Masaki, Kaien's wife) die brutal deaths once marrying Kurosaki men. This of course led to Kurosaki Men swearing off marriage for good, which caused a worry among elders that the lineage would finish. An elder Kurosaki ancestor decides that it would be best not to disclose this information to Kurosaki men yet be passed to women of the household. So Kukkaku knows, but Kaien, Isshin didn't, and hence unknowingly married and later wives died brutally.

Ichigo and Orihime fall in love in the aftermath of the war. Ichigo thinks of asking her out when the dust settles but overhears Kukkaku conversation about this curse with Yoruichi. He also overhears his father ferociously arguing with the Sqaud 0 priest against Ichigo's eventual substitution as Soul King. Ichigo understands the weight of his powers and his limitations to lead a normal people life, and decides to romantically distance himself from Orihime, and live a detached human life until he inevitably becomes a corpse-like Soul King. He also decides never to marry.

Once they go back to school Orihime feels the distance and misunderstands it, so she tries to unsuccessfully close it. She also suffers from PTSD from War and ongoing anxiety due to this drama and her college finances, which eventually makes her spiral into anxiety attacks in school. Ichigo saves her from harming herself and they kiss, establishing a romantic connection. What happens next is a constant push and pull between them wanting and needing each other yet knowing the limitations of their love. Ichigo can't love her and she doesn't know that he loves her. Finally, Orihime finds out about the curse and Soul King's burden and tells him she doesn't care she would rather have a brief yet happy life. They spend some happy months together before Orihime is brutally attacked by CFYOW side story villains (the side story where go to West Japan to save his sisters) and Ichigo realizes he needs to break it off with her otherwise his presence might end up killing her.

He eventually distances himself. Orihime thinks they are done for good, and tries to move on with new people and her bakery job. Ichigo on other hand decides to find a way to break curse for once and for all. He also visits Squad 0 and Shunsui, explains that no matter what he will be an ally to Soul Society in exchange for never needing to become Soul King, saying he has become selfish over the years as he wants some things for his own now.

He eventually breaks the curse (some creative plot on this too) with the help of the gang sans Orihime. Once he breaks the curse, he decides to propose to Orihime (at Rukia's wedding) but she is already moving abroad to join a culinary school. He says he will wait for her just the way she waited for him. She replies she doesn't know when she will come back.

Fast forward after they both become working adults and she comes back to Karakura to open her bakery. Encounters Ichigo who with his work team had decided to visit a new hip cafe in town not knowing it was Orihime's. (~ Cue the Tokyo Ghoul Kaneki and Touma meeting between them). They finally meet and both confess their feelings. Side stories can be Renji-Rukia courtship to baby story with both acting like cheerleaders to main couple. Ishida's reconciling with father story and the crack romance between him and Riruka (cmon both of them are Tsundere fashion girlies who went from morally grey to morally right, they will be great together!). Tatsuki getting over her angsty gay crush on Orihime to date Chizuru. Chad's boxing career story and Chad briefly dating Andou Daniel who inspires him to take up boxing as a career (look up WKDALY)

[toxooz]

I feel so dumb and silly but is there a different comic/separate comic series where the others are introduced?? Everyone knows about Karri and Ponti but I don't know where to start. 😓

naah they aren't in any other comics yet so I'd personally start in the tags hence why i try to tag everything for record sake BUT tumblr is absolute shit and posts just go missing sometimes even when i tag them and reappear as they fucking please so i can only find so many in depth info abt him but I'll rummage anyway😤

foist im Always gunna shove the Ponti backstory up ya ass so heres his (very long winded srry lmfao) backstory here:

Info about Ponti's previous cult

Ponti dealing with Wig post-death

Ponti's health?

An old post abt Ponti's old squad the 1st post is p good lore wise

Ponti being a pothead facts pfft

Ponti first getting into the squad

ig a quick misc facts is - Ponti is dating Abio and is absolutely (healthily) obsessed - Ponti lives in an abandoned shipping container yard

Kari:

Kari's dragon form

Kari dragon form info 2

Kari fairy abilities

Kari portal ability

squad negative traits that include Kari n Ponti

Kari intro

Kari fashion

Kari's backstory which is super old and some things have completely changed BUT u will get the gist

actually im gunna say it what changed is she ended up dropping out of school and managed to get a small apartment (that she kinda rarely uses now since she's at Ollie's almost always now) she now has a shitty job as a waiter and wants to pursue baking like sweets n stuff and that last part where she """meets the squad""?? ew no so read that ��� with a grain of salt plEASE

but yeah thats all i can find but if u have any more questions feel free to ask!!🤘

[immortalbutterflycos]

Hello💕 14 and 20 for Regulus!!

Omfg okay so first of all for 14, I think Regulus has this sort of dark academia vibe in what he wears. Not quite Professor Lupin-esque, but I imagine he enjoys a good blazer-turtleneck combo. Rather than giving off a teacher vibe though, he sort of exudes this sort of confident artist vibe.

Oversized jumpers and low cut button-ups with billowing sleeves overtop a black mock-neck all tucked neatly into his slacks. A plethora of Silver rings adorn his fingers except for a single gold band engraved with the sun. A simple leather belt, a silver necklace with a pair of star-shaped charms; a matching set with the one that Sirius wears. The only Jewelry that might appear out of place is a pink, white, and blue beaded bracelet that Pandora made for him.

(Did I just describe exactly what I aspire my fashion to be every day of my life? Yes, absolutely.)

20- Regulus's ideal best friend... Listen, I'm going to be so real rn, it's Remus. 😂 Platonic Moonwater is one of my favorite things to both read and write in this fandom. They're both quiet, they're both somewhat judgmental, and they're both brilliant. Give me a couple of best friends who can plan out a crime and get away with it. And then afterward go out to get tea together and visit a bookstore.

I will also say that the Slytherin Squad + Pandora, or Whatever it is we're calling them, is 100% a god-tier family for my boy. Everyone needs each other and they're so unwell and I love them so much. It's hard to pick a best friend from them because they're all so great for each other collectively. <3

Hence, Platonic Moonwater. It just makes sense to me that his ideal best friend isn't the same as his family, just an extension of it.

[redjaybathood]

Am I reading Robin Lives from #2 to 4 (#1 was a re-read bc I did so earlier when I saw some tentatively good reviews) bc I want some material for my own Robin Leaves story, "i wish we met before"'s final chapter?

Yeah, I am.

Am I realising this is futile and won't give me anything but frustration? Yes as well.

The antithesis to Robin Lives cannot be a Jason story but rather it should be centered on real challenges of people suffering from mental illness within the prison system. 2/5 of prison inmates have a history of mental illness, they're longer to stay in prison or jail - pre-trial and post-conviction, and a lot of times they don't receive adequate mental health care. It's a real problem. The 'Joker has a poor man trapped in him' isn't.

By the comic book design, there's no treatment plan that incarceration would interfere with, especially since he's in Arkham Asylum. There is no issue with him not being able to comprehend the prison regulations violation of which adds to his sentence.

Etc, etc. Inadequate mental health care isn't what makes Joker kill. He himself isn't interested in treatment - and he has a right to refuse such treatment, does he not?

Anyway, Joker is a wrong character to feature here. Focus on Batman only worsenes it. But Jason wouldn't be a good character for a story on this matter either, unless it's a Suicide Squad: Get Joker Jason. For him, I can see it. And it's an Elseworld story anyway, so.

So yeah, it has been a bad idea to read this stuff for "i wish we met before".

That fic is based on premise of Jason leaving Bruce immediately after getting back alive from Ethiopia (and finding out that Shiva is his biological mother; which is what saved him - and ironically enough, Sheila Haywood - and almost killed Joker. Which Bruce stopped. Hence Jason leaves). It's really more about Jason's relationship with Bruce, and Jason's relationship with murder, than anything else. Because he doesn't become a murderer here, you know? He's there, he is taught - after a fashion - by Shiva to be a killer, to be her killer, even, and he says, I don't think so. Because being a murderer isn't something that the trauma brought in him, not something in his DNA. It's a series of choices and experiences, actions based on them. It's not how these things work.

Knowing that, I still don't have a slightest idea on how to finish this story. It kinda bothers me.

[soldierboysnightmare]

Hi! I'm not going to share my actual name but you guys can call me Star. I'm 18 and studying fashion design. I'm currently unlabeled and can go by any pronouns. I like a lot of stuff and my fandom list is probably going to keep growing over time.

As a first disclaimer

I will not allow any kind of racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, body shaming or any kind of bigotry in general around here. I will also not allow any kind of engagement in purity culture or any Homelander wannabes (y'all are exactly the kind of people the show is making fun of).

Some of my fandoms

Shows:

The Boys (finished for now/waiting for final season)

Stranger Things (finished for now/waiting for final season)

ASOUE (finished)

Hysteria! (finished)

Ever After High (finished)

American Horror Story (Asylum, Coven, Hotel, Cult, 1984)

Deadly Class (haven't finished)

Gen V (haven't finished/part of The Boys)

Bridgerton (haven't finished)

Movies:

Descendants

Tinkerbell

Saw

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Labirynth (1986)

Anora

Gladiator II

I also really love David Bowie and Twenty One Pilots and I like some of Kid Cudi's songs (hence the "nightmare" in my title).

Shipping

I've been a crackshipper/crossfandom shipper since Jack Frost x Elsa. If you do not like these kinds of ships, I recommend you not interact with my blog, as I have quite a few and I WILL post them. I will not harrass anyone over what they ship, and I will not encourage that around here. However certain ship dynamics do make me personally uncomfortable (teacher x student in the context of high school and adult x minor). I would appreciate, if you ship those kinds of dynamics, you don't bring them up in my blog, though if you post them in your blog, I won't make a fuss and will simply not interact with that specific post.

Nsfw

I may post some NSFW material. It will be properly tagged and have all the disclaimers needed.

I don't mind if minors interact with my content (unless it has NSFW disclaimers) but keep the interactions respectful.

If you've made it this far, and you want to stay, I would absolutely appreciate it. I hope you enjoy!

[euphorial-docx]

DEADLY CLASS AU OH MYJFNFFJFJFN TELO ME MORE PLEASE

ok so i actually do have some things planned. mostly like details about the school itself.

the story itself takes place in the 1980s. probably like 1985? i haven’t really hashed that out yet. i know it’ll focus on jegulily, but also possibly follow dorlene and wolfstar. it takes place from the beginning of the school year all the way to finals ;)

the school might be called godric’s atelier of the deadly arts (although that might change), and it’s located beneath hogwarts café and tea shop in london.

mandatory classes & their professors are:

black arts — dumbledore (who is also headmaster)

assassin psychology — mcgonagall

social studies — binns

math — vector

poison 101 — slughorn

mixed martial arts — moody

first aid — pomfrey

one language of choice

one elective

language courses available:

english

latin

french

spanish

japanese

russian

(more might be added)

electives:

survival training

political science

cyber crime

additional language course

variety mechanics

electronics

disguise fashioning

performing arts

extracurriculars:

drama club

competitive mixed martial arts

academic decathalon

cheerleading (look i know this takes place in the uk but i had to keep the cheerleader death squad, okay? it’s too fun not to include)

photography club

newspaper club

as for the organized crime and/or affiliation that go to the school, so far i have:

the preps — essentially the same as the comic and show. the preps are kids of high ranking government workers, so think like intelligence agencies or nasa. james, peter, and marlene are a part of this affiliation.

mangemort syndicate — basically death eaters, but more french and more of just a general organized crime unit. includes regulus, evan, and other families like the lestranges and malfoys.

las brujas (name might change but i think i like this one? if anyone has other name suggestions for this one for ones below let me know!): this is a mexican/mexican-american organized crime operation. no boys allowed. this is for girls only. members are dorcas, pandora, sybil, emma vanity, and florence.

tokoro crew — basically like the kuroki syndicate from deadly class. a big japanese crime organization. members are emmeline vance, kazuhiro shiratori, keiko takahashi, minaka hirakata.

Koldovstvoretz Mafiya — i honestly don’t really plan to utilize them much, hence why i just kept the russian wizarding school name. if you have an alternate name for a russian crime organization, please let me know! members are igor karkaroff and antonin dolohov

squibs — the unaffiliated. they belong to no organized crime unit, and therefore have the roughest go of things. squibs are lily evans, remus lupin, mary macdonald, barty crouch jr, and xenophilius lovegood

[cloudiateika]

To commemorate the launch of this new blog, here's a list of anime characters I find fashionable and over all lovable!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

5. Isabella Yamamoto (Paradise Kiss)

Style: 💋💋💋💋

Likeability: ❤️❤️❤️

She's my second favourite character in Paradise Kiss. Being kindest out of all of them, she is quite neutral, and well as we know, that's the most reliable friend in the squad. I don't exactly feel sorry for her (because of her economic status) but I do admire her strength in feminity in a way she reminds me a lot of Cinderella. She is kind and giving. She's just that older sister I'd seek refuge whenever I feel down.

In terms of fashion, she has the most versatility but still a distinguished style out of the main characters in the series. She'd dress in all sorts of styles such as Victorian, Traditional Japanese, Mod, Flapper and more but all are inherently Isabella. I guess it was her mysterious beautiful woman aura that tied her looks all together

4. Nana Osaki (Nana)

Style: 💋💋💋💋

Likeability: ❤️❤️❤️

I'll be honest, I didn't think Nana would be a likeable character until I watched a few episodes of Nana. I only ever saw her in an AMV of her and Ren and I thought she was so pretty and cool. The anime made me think of her as an amazing character. Her flaws and aspirations as an individual is relatable. I admire as an artist and a person. A good friend with a demanding artistic streak haha.

Her style exudes grunge rockstar girlfriend. You just look at her and you're instantly captivated by her. She is androgynous, probably why women love her so much. She has this romantic-gamine element in her style, she isn't hyper feminine nor a mature woman or boyish. She's just ...so cool.

3. Shoko Komi (Komi can't communicate)

Style: 💋💋💋💋

Likeability: ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Shoko is praised by everyone around her for a reason: her ethereal beauty. However, her personality took everyone's breath away. She is the ideal girl; innocent, introverted, big hearted, lovable and beautiful. She is quite obviously not perfect (hence the show's central subject; her communication disorder) although every character makes her out to be. She is just a wholesome character, plus she's my favourite.

Shoko looks good in everything, literally. Her strong (not sharp) aura and body type makes any outfit beautiful. However, out of all the clothes she was drawn in, simplicity and elegance make her shine, especially modest dresses and traditional Japanese garments. She's just a goddess on earth, the purest one too.

2. Yor Forger (SpyXFamily)

Style:💋💋💋💋

Likeability:❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Best waifu, hands down. Adorable in all forms!!!! Kyaaaa!! Her character's dualistic nature is refreshing to see, it's not an uncommon trope however I don't think I ever seen it fleshed out as hers. She is a good natured person who is unexpectedly brutal. I can never get enough of how funny and cute she is.

Classic. Her style is classic with a tease, quite literally. Her assassin get up would be rendered simple if it weren't for the details (straps, tights and slit) and her sweater dress, don't get me started on that open back. It's like a modest virgin killer sweater.

1. Marin Kitagawa (My Dress-up Darling)

Style:💋💋💋💋💋

Likeability:❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

My personal favourite in terms of style is Marin, the gyaru weeb that earned my respect and she's not even real. Her proactive and bubbly nature already hooked me to like her but damn her attitude as an individual is so damn likable. I want to be her friend, but she's a fictional character so that's hindrance.

Being gyaru, her style is a little bolder, though completely wearable for anyone. Maybe that's why she's on the top of this list, her style is individualistic and screams Marin but is not so much that it's in your face. I do love bolder styles and aesthetics but I hate getting stared at. Marin wouldn't care either way of course, she's unapologetically herself no matter what. Her style is casual trendy chic, not overly simple or too crazy, noticeable and easy on the eyes. It's so biased of me because I dress very similarly to her haha!

Sooo what do you think? Hehe you're going to see a lot of random things like these here! Thank you for stopping by and reading this. Have a great day!

🖤cloudia🖤

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[allthemusic]

Week ending: 25th April

Twee. I think that's how I'd describe this week's music. Nothing wrong with that, but still. There's very little going on this week that you could actually describe as "cool" - or if there is, it's quite tangentially related to the songs themselves. Instead, what we get is just cheese, pure and simple. And like I said, nothing wrong with that.

Theme from Z Cars - Johnny Keating and the Z Men (peaked at Number 9)

Gosh, this one's a weird ride. I knew what I expected going in. Z Cars, as the name suggests, was a TV show. In this case, it was a TV drama, all about a squad of mobile police officers, based out of a town that's based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. It was notable for being a procedural, not some glam detective drama, and for injecting a grit and realism, with its focus on the working class north of England. It ran for a whopping 800 episodes and is remembered for pushing the envelope of what the BBC could do, offering a harder-edged show than rival, cosier police dramas like Dixon of Dock Green. All this considered, I went in expecting something action-packed, edgy, cool and modern-sounding. Which is... well, you'll see.

We start with snare drums, very military, and then what sound like fifes, or possibly tin whistles playing something that honestly sounds like something you might skip round a maypole to. Which is possibly not too far off the mark. Johnny Keating, it turns out, was a Scottish orchestral composer, and based the tune on a folk song and nursey rhyme, "Johnny Todd", which he found in a book of folk songs from 1891. It was apparently popular around Liverpool, hence its inclusion, but it does feel like rather an obscure pull, and also, somehow, quite old-fashioned and rural, like something you'd associate with a little, sleepy village, not the mean streets of suburban Liverpool.

And then, halfway through, the action does arrive, with a messy crash of drums, some rather off-tune-sounding piano and some horns. It creates a jazzy, slightly swung version of the tune that's not quite rock and roll, but does sound enough like, say, Johnny and the Hurricanes to seem cool, if you squint at it a bit. It's not the most polished performance, but it does feel realistically chaotic, which I guess fits the bill, if you're trying to show the realities of policing. I still think you'd struggle to have such a rough-sounding TV theme today, but there you go. Sadly, the tin whistles return for the end of the track. But the crashing, galumphing middle section is pretty good fun, at least.

The tune was apparently popular at the time - enough that it had a chart run, obviously. But beyond that, the tune's had a surprisingly long afterlife. Most notably, it's been used as a football tune for both Everton and Watford. Everton kind of makes sense, there, since it's based in the same sort of area that Z Cars was set in. But Watford? A quick look into that tells me that Z Cars was simply the manager Bill McGarry's favourite TV show. Which is actually kind of sweet. Sunderland and Workington have also used it for a similar purpose, which again makes some sense - it's the wrong side of the north, but people would have associated the tune with northern daring and heroism, all the same. More surprisingly than that, though, it's also apparently been used as a tune for a hymn, Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer, though a glimpse at Hymnary - not a site I assumed I'd ever need for this project - tells me that it's not the standard tune. Still, what a weirdly British phenomenon, a folk tune turned into a northern police drama theme, turned into a football chant, used as a hymn tune. Quite something.

Never Goodbye - Karl Denver (9)

Well, we're straight into the yodelling, here. Right out the gate with a single guitar chord an impossibly high, unpleasantly loud yodel. I don't think there's a song out there that's been improved by adding yodelling, and Karl's tune here's no exception. Thankfully, there's not a whole lot of it, here. Mostly it's just a slightly mopey country-ish number. And then, out nowhere, Karl will come lunging at you with an absolutely insane run of notes, way too many notes for comfort. Most are sensibly pitched, though, with none of the bone-piercing intensity of the opening line. And like I said, they're infrequent enough to really be annoyed at them.

Lyrically, the song feels pretty standard, a sappy sentimental ballad about how he doesn't ever want to leave his love. Never goodbye, he sings, that means we're parting / That means the tears / Instead of a smile. Partings are sad, Karl says. So instead of goodbye, why not say au revoir, or arrivederci, or even auf Wiedersehen. I appreciate this, both because languages - yay! - but also because all three of those actually do mean "until I see you again", or some variation on that. Which feels like it fits with what Karl's saying. It's not just that he hates the word "goodbye", for some reason, it's really about the finality of it, the idea that you might part for good. With an au revoir or an arrivederci or an auf Wiedersehen, there's the promise, at least implicitly, that you intend to see the person you're talking to again, that it's just a temporary leave of absence. Which I guess does make parting feel easier, to state the obvious. It's a small thing, but I do like it. And you know me, I'm a sucker for all things linguistic :)

Musically, it does drag a bit, but it's pleasant enough to listen to, with some backing singers lurching slowly around and a simple but nice mix of guitar and drums to back it all up. The latter are all that stop this sound from sounding like a song you might have heard in 1952 - the backing singers, in particular, feel very stodgy and old-fashioned to me. Still, there's a richness to their harmonies and the way they back Karl up that's quite pleasing, so I'm not going to knock them too hard. The song does plod a bit, but it's a listenable tune, none the less.

When My Little Girl Is Smiling - Craig Douglas (9)

And then, from a Karl Denver Number 9 hit to a Craig Douglas Number 9 hit. Truly, I can't contain my excitement. That said, I think this one's got a bit more going for it - it's certainly got more going on, at least, which has to count for something. We start at a similarly slow, stodgy pace, sure. But it's pulling the Helen Shapiro trick where there's just a slow, slightly melancholy intro, before the pace picks up, pulling you in for the rest of the track. Every time my baby and I have a quarrel / I swear I won't give in, Craig sings. Then my baby starts to smile at me / And I know, I know I just can't win. They've started out quarrelling, sure, and he sounds pretty blue about it. But it's not going to last, Craig will be back in love by the time the track's done, never you fear!

There's something quite sweet about it. I mean, don't get me wrong, here, Craig is absolutely whipped, here, and comes off as more than a little spineless. And it doesn't sound like the healthiest thing for him and his girl's relationship, overall, either. But there's nevertheless something quite cute about Craig and his girl arguing, but then Craig just seeing how pretty and cute she is, and folding like a piece of wet cardboard. I see those big bright eyes, he sings, and then I realize / That girl is gonna get her way. Arguing just no longer seems worth the effort. Some things are more important than whatever you're at odds over. Why should I want to fight / When I can hold her tight? / I just don't care who's right or wrong.

And the giddy excitement of all this is underscored by a perky backing of strings and chimes, a bouncy sort of sound that mimics Craig's buoyant mood well. There are some cool glissandos (glissandi?) on the lower strings at points, creating a weird sort of sliding sound, and a double bass that hops around the place slinkily, and the whole thing just sounds well-balanced, catchy, kind of quirky. I like it a lot. Add in the pacing at the start, and the sweet if slightly unhealthy lyrics, and you've got something that's unmistakably better-made than Theme from Z Cars was, and a fair sight more interesting than Never Goodbye. Truly, the best of both worlds.

Given all this, and given my previous interactions with Craig, I'm not actually that surprised to learn that this was not a Craig Douglas original. Instead, we're looking at a Goffin/King number, originally recorded by the Drifters. Which is honestly making me want to listen to the Drifters' original, because I can absolutely imagine them killing it. As it stands, Craig does a good job, but there is a definite cheesiness to it all, and not much in the way of subtlety. I like a bit of cheese, so this is the opposite or a poblem, but still. Interesting to see what a more authentically R&B-tinged take on this would sound like.

Like I said, these are three pretty twee songs. They're good, home-grown British fare, but smooth or subtle they certainly ain't, especially compared to the coolness of Sam Cooke a few weeks, or the unexpected chillness of Bruce Channel. Still, there's something to be said for their sometimes rough-around-the-edges cheese. If nothing else, all three of these songs did make me smile. It was a confused smile, in the case of the Z Cars theme, granted. But a smile, never the less.

Favourite song: When My Little Girl Is Smiling

[littlez78aka]

Moments

Previous Chapter

Alia stood still as Reigh took her measurements for the clothing she'd be wearing on their trip to Marley. Since the outside world's sense of fashion was different from theirs it was no surprise they'd get some made. And for it to be Reigh to do it was kind of a surprise.

Seeing how the lighter blonde girl had usually took charge of medical things when it came to helping around. Then again she had accepted it when Yelena had asked her to. "You good at everything you do or are you hiding your weakness?"

Reigh was squatting down to measure Alia's waist when the fellow blonde had asked the question. Chuckling the girl shook her head lightly, holding the measuring line around Alia's waist.

"I've dabbled in sewing because back home since i hadn't come a warrior, my mother had me help around the house as much as possible" At the new information, Alia raised a brow but didn't say anything.

Standing up straight again, Reigh pulled the measuring tape over her shoulder. "And sewing it just different way of stitching up skin for a wound." Not wanting to go into too much detail she made a joke.

Alia just hummed as she dropped her arms since the measuring was finished. Following after Reigh to her desk before leaning against it. Just as Reigh sat down to write down the notes of the sizes she just took.

The pair had became decently close not just from teacher and student with medical stuff but just friends. Maybe not to know that much about their past because it was still a sensitive topic but enough to know of what they were today.

And that was enough for them. "If you say it like that--makes you seem like a doctor and tailor from hell" Continuing on with the joke she simply watched as the girl scribble in her notebook. Something that Reigh seemed to do a lot everyday.

Not for measures but for everything. Reigh let out a small snicker--the comment reminded her of something but she kept it to herself. "Hell. Funny seeing where im at right now" Although things were tense sometimes, jokes like that was something that only Alia could hear.

Her humor dark enough to joke about it a lot whenever she wasn't in the presence of her squad--she didnt want to chance them reacting bad to it hence why she did it with Reigh alone.

Rolling her eyes the blonde leaned into the desk more. Placing her hand beside Reigh's book as she spoke up. "Which makes you a devil right along us. Im sorry but the truth hurts" Reigh just laughed again.

This time looking up from her notebook to look at Alia who was now just hovering over her. Simply taking a moment to look at the girl who returned the gaze. "What's up with you?" The question was sudden that Alia raised a brow to show her confusion.

"I mean there's something in your head that you're worried about" Explaining lightly what she had meant, Reigh leaned into the palm of her hand. Her ocean blue eyes prickling with a curious glint. "Like you've got something to hide."

It was almost as though Reigh was reading her look a book. Alia frowned her brows, her eyes narrowing as she sat up straighter. "And why would you think that?" Her response more colder then she meant it to be.

Alia had been good in keeping her act of keeping her worries and thoughts locked up. Even to her own husband and childhood friend who knows her better then anyone. At least that's what she thought.

Not wanting to anger Alia, Reigh stayed in her relaxed position. Tilting her head as she examined Alia's expression and posture. "You just remind me of an old friend of mine" Instead of answering honestly and pressing on the matter she thought back of the friend.

"The way you choose to take up everything on your own to protect the ones you love" Reigh's eyes clouded for a moment as she remembered the old days. "My friend, Marcel, He used to do anything to make sure his twin brother and I would be out of trouble"

Alia's hardness melted away as she was shown a side of Reigh she hadn't got to see much of. A little more of her past. "You're doing the same but i dont know exactly of what" Shaking out of her thoughts, Reigh snapped back into reality.

"Yeah...well just keep it that way for me" Speaking softer now, Alia stood up from the desk. "And do me a favor--focus more on yourself and Connie" Wanting to end the conversation the blonde walked away to leave the room.

All Reigh could do was sigh as she watched the girl leave. "And what exactly does Connie have to do with me?" Alia stopped right at the door as she turned her head back to the still sitting Reigh. "Cause you're starting to fall for him."

It wasn't a tease but a serious observation. "And he's starting to fall for you too so take care of him for me" Before Reigh could even respond--Alia had left the room with a soft thump of the door being closed behind her.

Sighing the blonde stared at the wooden door. "Can't you care for him with me?" Her question went unanswered.

---

After leaving Reigh to measure who was left, Alia made her way towards where she knew her cousin was. Silently walking the pathway as she nodded to the people she saw both Eldians and Marley soldiers alike.

By the time she got to his cooking hut by the dock, she was met with him alone for once. Which meant Sasha was still waiting to be fitted herself. Having already heard her foot steps the blonde male had greeted her before she got to say anything.

"Finally made some time for your cousin?" His tone not as teasing as you'd think as he turned to look over his shoulder to her. Alia was leaning against the table that has yet to be plated with food yet.

Shrugging at his question the fellow blonde locked eyes with him. "Thought I might keep you some company with Sasha not here to do it" Speaking in a light tone she kept her gaze on him even after he turned back to the pot he always used to cook.

Niccolo didnt comment on her statement because she wasn't wrong. Whenever Sasha had the time to--she'd be right there next to him. Not only to eat but to learn his dishes he loved to make for her. Just to see her reaction of happiness every time.

Stirring the pot slowly he placed his free hand against his hip as he stared at the pot of clam soup he was making. Debating whether or not he should say anything about what he could till about her.

Like Reigh, he had gotten a good read on noticing things about Alia. Though not from a friend that reminded him of Alia but from his own father's stories about his little brother, Egon Kasper. Something he came to see that Alia was very much alike when it came to the Kasper ways.

Coming to just bite down his nerves he spoke up. "You know you can talk to me about things right?" Their relationship was rocky at first but after two years of getting to know each other--they came to find comfort in each other.

Niccolo could only hope that he'd get the same relationship when it came to his other cousin he has yet to officially meet still.

Having just been questioned and now again, Alia wanted to brush it off and be cold again. Or else she'd break and filter everything out again like she did when talking to Annie. But this was her cousin.

Her blood.

"I know" Keeping her tone soft she glanced out towards the sea. Watching as the waves came and washed over to hit the walkway of the dock. "Just somethings are better kept inside then said out loud"

The older boy didnt say anything yet as he took in her words. He already knew it wasn't because she didnt trust him but something else. And that alone frustrated him even more. It was because of Alia he had came more open in knowing these devils.

In knowing the squad he now called friends. In knowing the one girl he truly felt like he loved. Not that he's said anything to the brunette yet.

Placing a lid over the pot, he put the wooden spoon aside before he faced her fully this time. Crossing his arms over his chest as he examined her just as she looked off into the distance. "Can you at least tell me you'll lean on someone about this?"

Not wanting to push further since he had his own secrets that she respected as family--a silent agreement they had in learning more about each other. Caring for each other.

Taking a deep breath in, Alia turned her head back to him. "Yeah" She was being honest since she was helping her friend who was leaning on her in return. "But in return can you do me a favor?"

Relieved that she was talking to someone about it he nodded at her question. Confused a bit but happy to oblige to her request. "Anything" He said without a doubt as he stared at her. The expression she wore growing more serious as she walked over to him.

Pushing a finger against his chest a little hard to emphasize what she was going to say. He took it with a small grunt. "Don't break Sasha's heart" It was a simple request. One that Niccolo was already planning on doing because he'd never want to hurt Sasha.

"I didn't plan on breaking her heart but done" Lifting a hand up to grab onto hers he tugged her close before wrapping her up in a hug. Tightening his hold as he rested his chin over her shoulder.

Having been used to such affection from her friends now, Alia returned the embrace. Holding her cousin with the same tightness he had for her as she closed her eyes. Burning this moment into her head. This feeling because she had a feeling it would be her last one in awhile.

Closing his eyes in return he sunk into the hug. "I'm gonna be here for you just as much as I am for her." True to his words he slowly pulled back to look at her. Showing with his eyes alone he meant what he said.

Offering up a smile, Alia placed her hands on his shoulders. "And I am for you" Even if it may not seem like it. With those unspoken words she squeezed his shoulders. "For everyone" Finishing off her sentence she stepped to go behind him.

Grinning as she lifted up the lid of the soup he was making. "As you are when it comes to feeding such deliciousness for everyone" At that comment, Niccolo puffed up his chest feeling more cocky at the praise.

The man knew he was a good cook but he sure as hell did like the compliments.

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(Imagine her with a longer skirt and her hair pulled into just two pony tails with a hat that matches. Also no stripes!)

Watching her favorite trio from afar, Alia stood beside Eren as they waited for the boat to get to the docks of Marley. Leaning against the wall with him as she listened to the three's conversation from afar.

Playing with the material of her gloves at the odd sensation, she glanced away from her three knuckleheads. Her attention focused on the brunette who was seemingly more moody then ever.

Not that she blamed him because they were in enemy territory and whatever they may hear will decide if they go through their plan or not. To be honest she was in the same boat as him--literally and mentally.

"Before anything is said and done" Her words got Eren to look at her instead of the ocean. No longer in his thoughts but with her in the presence. "Maybe try asking Mikasa to runaway"

It would mean going against everything they were preparing for.

Eren knew that she knew that but he also knew she'd never say anything without reason. Especially when it came to him and their friends. "And why would I do that?" Curious for a moment, he crossed his arms over his chest.

Drawing his head back to lean against the wall he was leaning on as he waited for her answer. The blonde girl took a moment to look at Jean speficially while he scolded Connie and Sasha about something.

"It's the option that puts your and her happiness first and the one you haven't even thought of" Thinking about it now, she's thought about running away with Jean. Her friends and family she loved but Jean was her whole heart by now.

With everything that's been going on the thought crossed her mind many times. To leave everything behind and live a life that would be worth living even if it meant being a coward in a way.

But the reason why she hadn't said it until now was because she knew that Jean would have trouble in agreeing with her. Having gone through so much that he continued to go forward because he was strong.

Something she knew Mikasa would probably continue to do the same. But asking the question didn't hurt. At least in Eren's case because he was playing the card hand of something far more worse then Alia.

She may be willing to help but he was the one to be the devil. The one to take it on fully. There was only so much she could do to be a devil herself. Demon maybe but not a devil.

Taring her eyes away from her lover, she locked aways with the brunette. Their eyes staring into each other's souls. "Forget about us, the world and just live out your last years with the one you love most"

Alia wouldn't blame him if he did and she was sure the other's wouldn't either. At least after they realized the pressure Eren had been forced into all these years. "I mean it sounds like an option that's a hell of a lot better then what you think is the last one"

Instead of getting angry at the girl, Eren simply looked away from her this time. His eyes finding home to where Mikasa was standing as she stared out to the city that they were heading to. Pondering the thought of what Alia told him.

"Maybe" His answer made Alia feel a little better. So keeping their conversation there, she got up from the wall. Placing a hand over his shoulder and squeezing it lightly before she walked off. No other words needed to be said after that.

An understanding between them both being said just as Alia walked over to jump against Connie's back--startling the boy to nearly fall off the boat. Luckily Jean was fast to pull them back just as Sasha burst into laughter.

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The moment they got on Marley grounds, Alia was laughing. The sight of her Hannie, Connie, and Sasha run after a car as if it were alive. With Jean embarrassed, he was fast to wrap his arm around her waist.

His other hand raising up to push his hat further into his face. "Act like you dont know them" And being his lover she followed his command easily. Giggling as she raised her hand up to cover her mouth.

"They never cease to crack me up" Walking along side him she walked over to the food venders with Jean. The pair still within eyesight of the group as they curiously looked at the stuff they've never seen.

Instead of responding her, Jean politely asked the worker for some of whatever it was. Thanking the worker he glanced back to the blonde who was already eyeing the food he held. "Here you go"

Holding it out to her he couldn't help but smile as he watched her take it happily. Her eyes brightening with life as she took a bite of the item. "It's so warm!" The blonde squealed out as she bit into the bread.

A filling spilling out from the thing before she took another bite. The scene of her enjoying such goodness had Jean smiling more. It was the first time since their wedding he was seeing her so happy and content.

Biting into his own bread, he did the same as her. Humming at the taste as he looked back to see Ponpon to be bringing back the three idiots. The couple's moment coming to a fast end as Sasha went over to the vender by them.

Her reaction to such coldness had Connie wanting to taste. Walking together towards the two, Alia watched with curiosity as her childhood friend took a nip of the creamy thing Sasha was holding.

The brunette girl holding it out to her twin as he gasped at the taste and feeling. "What is this stuff made of?!" Connie shouted out. Both of their reactions had Jean wanting some as well. Letting Alia go he quickly came beside Sasha to order as well.

"I'd like one too! Please sir!" Asking a lot more eager then he had before. "Me too!" Connie shouted right after since Sasha was devouring hers already. Alia stood behind the three with an even wider smile.

Eating the warm sweet she still had as she watched. It didnt help that Jean was holding out his ice cream to show Armin and Mikasa excitedly. Finding herself curiously looking to find the one person who wasn't eager to try things--she looked to see Eren stuck in his thoughts again.

Deciding better that Mikasa to talk to him this time, the blonde stood alone for a few minutes to enjoy her dessert. Watching her friends still growing excited to try more of such things they haven't had before.

Alia knew that moments like this wouldn't be around as much anymore so she simply watched. Locking it into her mind to remember as she did with all her precious memories.

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