#he’s so dear to me i will commit war crimes for him

[pensivepeach]

“This is formula 1, you know. you need to be there when the car is good and when the car is bad.”

Cooked. Ate. Slayed. Not a single crumb left.

[jifanjiang0710]

Dinner with the Stellaron Hunters

yandere kafka x reader x yandere blade

“SILVER WOLF!”

Your fists start to hurt from all the pounding. She’s locked her door again. “Time for dinner!” She can definitely hear you. Whether she responds or not is her choice.

“Boss fight!” She yells back.

“Come downstairs quickly!” Scurrying down the flight of stairs, you stop at Blade’s room. An ominous reddish glow is emitting from under the door, reeking of death… or is it your imagination? You raise your hand to knock, before a voice from behind sends chills down your spine.

“What are you doing?”

Turning to meet his scowling visage, ever-unchanging (SW likened him to an NPC), you see Blade glaring down at you, and neither of you speak.

“…dinnertime.”

He slinks off.

You groan irritably. You do everything in this house. Thankfully, Kafka is already at the table.

After a quick scan of the seating, you heave a sigh of relief. There is a seat at the table between Kafka and Blade. Thank the aeons. As you head for the spot, Silver Wolf plops herself down onto the chair in all her glory, eyes not leaving the handheld console. You stare dumbfounded for a minute, partly at the audacity, the rest a growing conflict arising from within you.

The most vexing decision of the night: sitting next to Kafka, or Blade. Only one party can be sated, and the other will then shower you with the fruits of their displeasure for the rest of the night. Tread lightly in this delicate situation.

Choose Kafka, who lets her fingers glide up your thighs, particularly when you are drinking; who whispers vile things in your ear as you try to focus instead on the noises from Silver Wolf’s console; who sometimes holds a spoon to your mouth and expects you to say ahh...

Or choose Blade, who barely tries to hide his growing fascination with you at this point; whose fiery eyes bore into you carrying a heavy sort of intensity that cannot be described; who you know has no qualms about cornering Kafka’s favourite pet and finding out just what makes you so special to her.

The purple-haired woman notices your hesitance, chuckling breathily. She takes the initiative to beckon you over, with a single curl of her fingers. You trot towards her, deeming her, just for tonight, the lesser of two evils. Then you catch sight of his gaze. It’s a warning and a threat, all expressed within a single flash of the eyes.

“What’s wrong, little one?”

“I- I….” You feel yourself starting to sweat at this minor conundrum. How can you defy a direct order from Kafka?

She sighs, evidently disappointed at your lack of decisiveness. “Oh, go on. I’m sure Bladie deserves you for just one night, with how long he has been eyeing up what’s mine.”

The tension builds, and you bite your tongue. That sentence was biting, indirectly instigating another cold war between both hunters. So, gathering up stray remnants of courage you take a seat next to him.

The atmosphere is even more strained.

“Ah…how is your hand?” You direct the question to the man sitting beside you, glare turning less pointed. “Has it healed?”

“Yeah,” SW says suddenly, accusatory. “How is your hand?”

He sighs, irked. “Still healing. Isn’t it obvious?” For it was still wrapped in bandages.

“Blade, our supply of bandages is depleting. The others need them too. Is it really necessary to cover your torso?” He can very well heal himself should the need arise, and any pretense on his part is to avoid having to game with Silver Wolf. Blade ignores you, as if you’d committed a crime against him personally.

Kafka is unusually quiet.

You chide Silver Wolf to finish off her broccoli.

“Oh dear. Little one?”

Her sudden shift of attention to you makes you jump. “Yes, Kafka?”

“Will you be a dear and run off to fetch a cloth for me? I seem to have spilt some soup onto my lap.”

Blade watches intently as you fuss over her, asking whether there are burns, if she is alright, and run off to pour another bowl for her.

His fists clench, tightening around the bowl. “That was intentional.”

“What an astute observation, Bladie. And do you keep your uninjured hand bandaged so my little one may continue clouding their pretty little head with concern for you?”

“They do not enjoy being toyed with, treated like the fragile doll you make them to be.”

“And they don’t seem to like treading on eggshells whenever you are in the vicinity either, or stared down in the way a rabid beast would reserve for its prey.”

“You think you are almighty, Kafka-”

“Oh, but I am. Everything I orchestrate, as I predict, shall come to fruition.”

“Just because you claim control over me, you will not be the most powerful, nor the most infallible. You know just as well as I do, Kafka, and even you cannot deny it. [Name] would be better off anywhere but with you.”

“And if Elio were to say otherwise? Will you continue deluding yourself in such pitiful manner?”

A sharp noise of a crack emanates as the bowl chips under his grip. “…very well.” Blade says, after a second of contemplation. He looks up at the woman opposite of him, the intensity of his gaze like piercing wind, “Let us ask Elio.”

Kafka does not answer, but the slight stiffen of her lower lip speaks volumes. She crosses her arms.

“Listen, Bladie-”

“Enough! Kafka, what did I say about commanding Blade? And Blade, that’s the third one you’ve broken this month. Please be more careful.” The two tear their gazes away from each other.

“My mistake, little one,” Kafka responds breathily, as though this matter were of minimal importance to her.

“I think I cut my finger from the shard,” says Blade.

You turn towards him, raising an eyebrow. He clears his throat, trying to appear innocuous. “…it hurts.”

“Do you need a bandage? You seem to have an abundance of it.” A petty remark by that woman, intent on having your attention solely focused on her.

He meets your eyes. “It still hurts.” On the surface, what with his deadpan expression, it sounds like a command, an order to tend to me. You hear it for what it really is, a plea for attention.

“Aw, fine. Give me your hand. Where does it hurt?”

Kafka’s turn to watch on as you examine his (supposedly) injured finger. You feel an odd sensation of impending doom…

“May I be excused?” Without giving you time to respond, the young gamer stands, tossing her plate into the sink and scampering upstairs once again. You look down and see that your own bowl has been piled suspiciously high with vegetables.

This girl… You sigh, but do not protest this time.

For the night, the Stellaron hunters disperse.

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On a more wholesome note:

His phone buzzes. Fumbling a bit with the home screen, he swipes. It’s a message from Kafka.

That Woman: Kys

She receives a reply in return.

Bladie: One day I will.

‘I can only eagerly await that day’

‘As will I.’

‘You’re lying, Bladie~’

‘What.’

‘You no longer want to die, do you?’

‘Good night.’

‘Ah, don’t chicken out. They make you, for the first time in a long time, want to live. I can tell. You’re intrigued.’ ‘…’ ‘Hello?!’ ‘Leaving me on read again?’

He sets the phone down, sighing deeply.

The window shutters are half closed, swaying gently in the breeze. There is a dim starlight scattering the night sky. It reminds him of a home he had lost a long time ago. The wind picks up, blowing away a stray strand of hair off his shoulder.

He does not know how he got there, but his shadow looms over your room door. After some hesitation, he knocks.

[moonlight-tmd]

Continuation of idea-

So Bee and Blitz meet up and hang out in the military zone. Bee goes there pretty often, to his team's displease. He hangs out with Blitz, tells him stuff and plays games with him. usual hangout stuff... but on rare occasions, Bee would vent to blitzwing about things- Blitzwing having no trauma on his own tried his best to comfort Bee, they grew closer.

Until one day megatron comes back... real violent stuff begins to happen and everyone is on their guard. Bee warned Blitz about other Decepticons before, but Blitzwing thought he was referring to the two that kept going around wrecking stuff....

One night Megatron found Blitzwing in the military zone, Blitzwing was wary of him but he didn't seem like wanting to hurt him... Megatron on the other hand was pleased to see a mech with such power, he wanted him to join and help them- be a powerful weapon they can use to wipe out the autobots..

He tricked blitzwing into coming with him back to base and once he was in, he showed him all there was to know about Cybertron, Decepticons and the war. But most importantly how cruel the Autobots were. He talked to him, pouring poison into his thoughts until he decided to join. Megatron gave him the elemental weapon system and paired him with other Decepticons for training.

Meanwhile Bee was worried- one day he and Blitzwing were hanging out like normal, the next he could not be found anywhere. Bee searched and asked just about anyone if they seen him but to no avail... but then, he saw him at the battle field while the cons were stealing tech- he was with them, but it was different- Blitz wasn't excited to see Bee or the others at all, in fact he shot at them like the other cons. Bee tried to talk to him but he was cut off with a strike every time..

The cons got the tech and were fleeing, Blitzwing hesitated. Bee called out to him,... but Blitzwing only looked once before flying after the cons. Bee could only run after him and call before his voice faltered and he was standing there looking in the direction his dear friend flew...

Blitzwing has joined Decepticons, the thought stabbed him deep in the spark and he could do nothing but fall to his knees, tears freely falling as he quietly asked "Why?".

He couldn't believe it, why would Blitzwing turn on him? Did he do something wrong? Did he say something bad? Why did he leave? Why why why- he tried to find him, coming to the same military zone they spend so many days and nights in talking but it was empty every time. Blitzwing only showed up whenever the Decepticons struck and only fought against who he once called friend. It hurt, not just the debris from the attempted strikes but the fact that Blitzwing was attacking him…

He found him once during a patrol- he tried to talk with him... but Blitzwing was cold and said they shouldn't be friends. An argument rose, both of them yelling at each other for the crimes their factions committed- Blitzwing blaming Bee for not telling him anything about Decepticons and what Autobots did to his kind. Bee just yelled at him for leaving, going away and putting himself in a place that neither of them wanted to be in- he didn't care about the war and didn't want to fight. He blamed blitzwing for leaving him and telling him he could've stayed neutral like them, that they didn't need to fight.

"You said you didn't wanna hurt anyone but now you're hurting everyone! You hurt me!"

"Hummel-"

"I TRUSTED YOU!!"

Bee screamed, tears pouring out of his optics as he looked with the expression of deep hurt and sorrow, barely holding it together. Blitzwing just stared back silent.. Bee suddenly turned away and ran, Blitz tried to stop him but Bee only yelled at him to not talk to him and he drove as fast as he could away from the location. Blitzwing was left alone, weird mix of feelings swirling in his spark, but anger and regret being most prominent. Did he really make the right decision?

It's been weeks since they last talked, months since they last saw each other as friends. Bee was not doing okay, his team felt similar grief. Blitzwing was their friend too, they might not have been close but they cared, Bulkhead in particular was sad at the turn of events- he liked making art with Blitzwing, he finally found someone who understood him on that topic.

but none of them suffered like Bee did; Blitzwing was dear to him, he cherished every moment with him like it was the best thing ever, he liked him, more than he did everyone else. And he was painfully aware of what these emotions meant. How could Blitzwing do this to him…

Another allspark shard appeared, Decepticons were fighting and Blitzwing was there. Unlike many times before, Bee had not hesitated shooting at him. He aimed and fired away, even if it did close to no damage. The shots he’s been holding back on hurt Blitzwing’s spark way more than they did physically. They yelled, Blitzwing shot at Bee- he was cornered, he didn’t mean to.. but before he could do anything the crumbling building creaked and fell right onto the injured minibot that was in front of him… Blitzwing could do nothing but look at the rubble and a small stream of energon spilling from the crevices. He left with other Decepticons, not looking back.

The dull stirring of emotions filled him until he was back at base; he didn’t register what the warlord or the others were saying, only that at one point Megatron spoke to him and congratulated him on the kill. “Keep it up and you’ll be a great soldier one day.”

He was dismissed, Blitzwing walked back into his little cavern-room in base. Only after he reached it and closed the entrance did everything spill. Maniacal laughter filled with sorrow and pain sounded as he hit the wall over and over again, anger flooding his mind and hurt… deep hurt bloomed in his spark.. he could only sit there fuming as the tears streamed down from under the visor and he leaned on the wall defeated… he remembered the first time he and Bee met, how he saved him from the falling rubble. How kind Bee was and how amazing everything felt with him… now it was gone, the same flashback of saving Bee compared to the newly formed one of him being crushed to death- the rubble Blitzwing caused to fall… Bee was no more… he cried himself to recharge that night, regret was the only thing he felt since then…

But Bee didn’t die in the rubble- he lived, barely and in critical condition. It took so many repairs to bring him back to previous state. He wished, prayed that Blitzwing would listen to him and change his mind, but when he woke up and didn’t see him at his berthside it was like a part of him died. He hoped and once again he was fooled- someone he trusted stabbed him in the spark twice,. he couldn’t take it, it hurt so much… if it wasn’t for the others being around and comforting him he didn’t know if he would make it.

Then something happened- Megatron decided to march on and try to take the Allspark at last. Half the city was evacuated and the Sumdac Tower was turned into a holding place for the crystal. The fight was brutal, Elite Guard with Autobots fighting with all that Megatron had in store… Blitzwing fought, he didn’t have another choice, he shot away without a thought, there was no way back… but then he saw it, the small yellow mech fighting with another con- Bumblebee- he was alive. Blitzwing stood there staring in shock as emotion rushed through him, he only snapped out of it once he saw the con strike Bee. He rushed to them and beat the other con relentlessly. It gave one final blaster shot before blitzwing offlined it. The ruin crumbled, Bee watched the concrete fall- only to be caught by Blitzwing. He struggled to keep it up, Bee just looked at him with confusion and disbelief- “I’m not making the same mistake again.” Blitzwing choked out as he pushed the rubble off at last. They looked at one another with unclear emotions, an explosion disrupted their moment and Blitzwing rushed to help the Autobots alongside Bee. He fought and fended off his emblem-kin, Megatron called him yelling about his betrayal, Blitzwing only shot at him. The fight was coming to an end- cons were killed or arrested and Megatron made one final stand- Blitzwing and Bee were fighting on the sidelines when Optimus declared victory via comms by arresting the warlord- even without the leader the leftover cons fought- Bee was caught off guard…

When Team Prime was regrouping in the battle field they heard a voice calling for help and then saw Blitzwing, carrying heavily injured Bee, yelling for help. Ratchet wasted no time running to them and treating Bee as much as he could in Blitz’s arms. Sentinel tried to arrest Blitz but was stopped by Optimus and Bulkhead…

They rushed back to base, Blitzwing couldn’t be by Bee’s side while Ratchet operated so he just sat in front of medbay, curled up against the wall, waiting.. Prowl came up to him and placed his servo on his arm as if to soothe him “He’ll be okay, Bee’s tougher than he looks.” he said, Blitzwing only looked at him for a moment before his optic drifted to the floor again…

When Bee woke up, everything was dark. vision slowly came to him and he was staring at the ceiling of medbay.. he felt numb, flashes of the battle played in his head as he slowly realized what must’ve happened. he tried to sit up but was quickly found rather limited to movement. He looked around and to his surprise- Blitzwing was there, at the edge of the medberth. Sat on the floor and propped up on the berth to sleep- his helm leaned heavily on Bee’s stabilizers while a giant servo held onto Bee’s. Bee stared at him for a while before slowly reaching out his other servo and petting him helm. A loud purr sounded as he pet Blitz, making Bee smile at the adorable display. Blitzwing must’ve woken up cuz soon after his helm shot up as he realized someone was touching him- he saw Bee and wasted almost no time quickly but gently pulling him into a hug. He apologized over and over again, saying that Bee was right and he was stupid for siding with Megatron. Bee leaned back enough to look into Blitz’s optics, both of them held that vulnerable softness.. Bee reached out as gently put his hand on Blitz’s cheek, a warm smile made its way on Bee’s face- the same affection Blitz remembered seeing before all of this happened. He leaned down and pressed his helm against Bee’s, both silent and content, relief and warm filled their sparks and they remained close. Little did they know Ratchet and the rest stood by the medbay door watching them, peaceful expressions on their faces.

Blitzwing has decided to join the team and got his own room in the plant. Bee was so happy Blitz was gonna stay around, they were gonna have so much fun and see each other so often! It was amazing, both of them were so happy to spend time with one another- Bee taught Blitz to play video games with him and Blitz took Bee on flights. Then one of their date-not-dates Bee could not hold any longer- they were chatting by the lake shore, sun setting in the distance and it was just the two of them in the secluded spot they found. Blitz was in the middle of telling a story that happened to him and bulk when Bee leaned closer and kissed him. Blitz, taken by surprise, only hesitated a second before relaxing and returning the kiss with the same tenderness. Bee pulled away and whispered without a thought “I love you.” in the sweetest tone Blitzwing has ever heard.

They stayed in that spot until the dark, holding one another close and saying sweet things. Then cuddled to recharge in Blitzwing’s berth and shared sweet morning kisses the next day. The others knew there was something between the two but now it was clear the two were a couple. Of course there was a little teasing when Blitz mindlessly kissed Bee’s cheek in front of the others but they were happy for them. 

[marymary-diva17]

A marriage of peace and political (3)

zuko x reader x male mai

The daughter that had been gone for many years had finally come home, arriving back at the nation of her birth. It had been so many years she had laid eyes on her people and they had laid eyes on her. She was no longer the young woman that had been married off for peace, she was a woman,wife, and mother, lady or fire nation and southern water tribe. She had become that is respect and trusted by all of the nation, she had master her skills in bending and ruling a nation as well.

Y/n " ......."

Sokka " there have been reports of former fir nation prisoners being released in numbers"

y/n " well yes it had been discussed those how didn't commit crimes that are very bad and make them a danger to the public, have been released and allowed to start over"

sokka " oh"

y/n " yes most of them have started brand new lives in earth kingdom"

katara " you seem to know alot about this"

y/n " I was the on who made the idea and spoke about to the fire nation council, and they have approved of it"

aang " that a wonderful idea y/n giving other a chance in life again"

y/n " yes"

earth king " lady y/n I will like to ask you about trade between the earth kingdom and fire nation, as my nation will like to use more metal in our stuff"

y/n " well your majesty you are in luck there are some companies that will, love to do with you company with a great deal in to them as well"

earth king " we can make that happen"

bato " it seems like thing have been going well for you in the fire nation, four sons and the title of lady y/n"

y/n " yes after the war had ended change had to come it was not easy, and slow at first but we are getting there"

hakoda " if you don't mind me asking how has the former fire lord been after that fight between him and the avatar" there had been uprising because of ozai which ended bad for him in the end, and good for everyone else.

sokka " yes the fire nation had taken him away"

y/n " he been placed under arrest in the nation watched closely, he can no longer bending after aang had taken it away"

aang " sorry about that"

y/n " it okay zuko and azula rule together as one"

toph " wow you think they will be fighting for the crown and title"

y/n " they haven't it seems like they came to terms that their father had used them"

katara " that good"

hakoda " has he meet the boys"

y/n " yes he has under the watch of zuko,azula, and iroh they don't trust him and either do I"

noble man " so the evil fire lord got to see the grandchildren before her own father"

y/n " my dear sir will you like to say that louder"

noble man " oh no I didn't mean it like ..."

y/n " I know how you meant it dear sir"

sokka " sister sorry about that"

y/n " it okay"

squire " excuse me the kyohsi warriors have arrived"

hakoda " that kyohis warriors"

squire " yes chef they ar the guards of your daughter and grandchildren"

sokka " that means suki with them let them in please" soon the door open and soon walked in suki and some of her warriors.

y/n " suki welcome I'm guessing my husbands sent you to come"

suki " y/n hello and yes I and some of the women came to, see you and my nephews where are they"

y/n " being their usual selves like always"

sokka " sukki welcome"

suki " sokka it good to see you are doing well" sukki had given sokka a cold glare.

hakoda " welcome ladies you will be our guests while you are all here guarding my daughter and grandson, I have warriors here if you need help"

kyohsi warrior " where has been for the last couple years oh yes here"

suki " I and my warriors are honored to be here and if we need help we will ask"

sokka " well I think we can call the meeting of day one to an end"

hakoda " yes I hope to have discussions with the fire lords and other fire nation officials"

y/n " you will father I will make sure of it" you had looked at your father and bowed your head in respect to the room and they did the same as well. You soon left the room with the kyoshi warriors following you as well.

suki " we have thought you will need some support against them"

y/n " thank you it going to be a very long time here"

y/n " let go find the boys" you soon started walking down the steps towards the village center.

????? " hey y/n wait up" you had heard your name getting called your siblings and their friends soon showed up, they race to meet you on the finally step.

katara " we were wondering if we can come with you"

y/n " oh"

sokka " well we haven't been with you in so many years we missed so much in your life"

toph " yes snow princess and it seems like sugar queen and boomerang boy have been dying to get to know their nephews, a bit more"

aang " yes we will love to get to now them knowing that I might be their uncle in the future"

katara " yes aang speaks the truth"

suki " i don't thin that a good idea...."

y/n " it okay suki you all can come with us to find the boys" you soon stepped off the finally step along with everyone else, you were trying to see the boys.

kid " hey come on we have to go see this match"

kid 2 " I'm coming I'm coming"

kid 3 " this will be so cool"

sokka " hey what going on here"

kid 4 " there this battle going to take place between some of boys here and some boys that arrived here for the event" you right away knew the other boys are your sons.

katara " we should go see what this is all about"

y/n " I have a feeling" the group of adults made their way to see what was the matter, and soon saw your four boys across from some other kids.

sokka " what going on here"

teen " just a friendly match that all we have been doing it all day while the adults are talking"

sokka " oh my spirts"

hakoda " what with all the chaos here"

sokka " dad it seems like the kids have found a way to keep themselves entertained by some matches"

hakoda " you all wish to battle these boys form fire nation"

crowd " fire nation boys"

hakoda " yes these boys are from very high rank family"

teen 2 " so they are nobility"

Muko " well yes and no"

hakoda " are you boys sure about this match this is way different here as it being snow, you might not be used to the environment"

izo " well I think we will do well"

uze " it seems like a good match as we been watching the rest and study"

man " study my boys here are good benders from our family they can take on anyone"

hakoda " boys are you sure about this"

muko,izo, and uze " yes" the three boys looked at their mother brother who seem, not to care that much about this whole situation.

zoja " I don't care it will be fun to knock down egotistical people down a bit"

teen 3 " you think you are going to beat us"

zoja " maybe"

muko " maybe we enter the battle sir as this is your tribe" hakoda looked at you as you nodded your head.

hakoda " sure"

y/n " boys remember what you father, aunt, uncles, and mother have helped you learn"

the boys " yes lady y/n"

suki " this is going to be interesting" everyone had taken their seats and started watching the battle began.

teen " we will go easy on you four"

zoja " oh we will make sure to go easy on you not wishing to humiliate you all front of everyone watching"

teen " huh ... ahhh" the first teen had soon been pinned against a ice wall by some draggers. These draggers belong to uze who was now smiling at the boy.

izo " lets go" izo and muko soon went after two of the fire bending at them, making the boys lost thier balance and soon fall down a small hole.

zoja " now are you going to give up or do we have to fight"

teen 4 " I will never back down" zoji had tossed some draggers at the boy but he missed it, which was part of zoja plan as the man had ran at him soon hitting his legs soon sending the boy falling to the ground.

teen 4 " hey I can't move what did you do"

zoja " found your pressure points dont worry I will fix it" zoji had undone what he did, the boy could move his legs again but had soon been pinned down a dragger in his shirt sleeve.

muko " mother did we make your proud" everyone was looking at you as the boys looked at you.

y/n " good job"

katara " that was amazing they moved so fast like it was nothing"

sokka " wait so muko and izo can bend fire while uze and zoja are no bender but fight like Mao and ...."

suki " ty lee had taught all the boys here skills of taking down enemies"

katara " those were some water bending moves"

y/n " yes I taught them that"

aang " that amazing"

hakoda " that was amazing boys"

y/n " yes I proud of you all and it seems like iroh has helped you all learn some new moves as well"

zoja " yes and over some tea and wisdom" the boys soon help the other boys up and free from their traps.

muko " good match maybe in our rematch you can beat us"

teen " you have a deal and you taught us a good lesson thank you"

uze " your welcome"

suki "good jobs it seems like you are taking our lessons well"

the boys " aunt suki" the boys had ran to go greet thier aunt happy to see she was here.

sokka " wait so you knew of them this whole time"

suki ' yes as guard to the royal family I got to be there for your sister and them, when you were here helping the world"

uze " aunt suki had helped us learn some combat skills, wait so you are the guy she meet many years ago that was being rude and mad at women had beat him in combat"

sokka " oh you kids have bene told about that"

zoja " yes we have heard many things about you all from our mother and others"

katara " I hope they were all good things"

Muko " oh yes some good thing here and there"

y/n " come on children there is some place I wish to take you all" the kids had nodded their heads, and soon followed you outside form the village and towards some grave sites.

y/n " hello mother and gran gran I have come home it has been so long, since I was here but I haven't come alone I have brought my children as well .... I have a wonderful marriage and wonderful family as well" you had bowed your head toward the two graves and the kids had done the same as well.

katara " mom will be so proud of you sister she will be proud of us all"

y/n " yes she will be proud"

hakoda " yes she will be proud of our family and now we have four new members to add to the family" the boys had looked at each other and soon back at hakoda.

katara " dinner will be served later today will you and the children care to join us"

y/n " kids do you feel like having a family dinner"

muko " we will love that mom"

y/n " well then it agreed on we will love to come"

aang " good there will be meat options and vegetation as well, so there will be many cheese"

izo " thank you for telling us that avatar aang"

aang " you can call me aang boys" the boys had nodded their heads later on family dinner had been served, the boys seem to be having a good time.

katara " y/n are you really happy in your relationship with zuko and Mao, you did marry them after all that happened between the avatar team and them"

y/n " yes I'm happy with them katara and I was there as well during some of the moments of war, I have learned to forgive them and see them in good light"

katara " oh"

y/n " so when we will be expecting another but for you and aang this time around"

katara " we have been talking about marriage but the question hasn't been asked yet"

y/n " don't worry he will ask soon and I know your marriage will be good"

katara " thank you sister and when I get married I will love you and your family to be there as well, and maybe the boys will have cousins to play with in the future"

y/n " yes that will be wonderful"

katara " are you planning to have another kid or this four enough"

y/n " well yes I will love one more kid to added to my family and I have a feeling this time it will be water bender"

katara " that will be amazing to see my sister"

y/n " yes it will be" you had smiled while driving some tea and keeping up conversation with your sister and the others. It was easy to tell there was some unspoken tension between suki and sokka. The feast had come to end and everyone was heading back to their rooms they will be staying.

Hakoda " y/n I'm really happy you came home it has been to long, since you were here"

y/n " yes it has father"

sokka " maybe when you are here to we can see if you can talk you into staying here a bit longer"

Izo " staying here"

y/n " thank you brother but I will need to have that discussion with my husbands and the kids, before think about a matter of moving and them being the heirs of nation will not be easy"

sokka " yes we understand sister"

suki " we will be taking you back to where you are staying and it not far from us as well"

y/n " thank you good night everyone" you soon bowed your head toward your family and the rest of avatar team, as you had been escorted to where you will be staying with the kids. The boys had bene helped out of their clothes by the servants and soon went off to bed.

suki " what are you doing"

y/n " writing a letter to my husbands, my sister in law, and Iroh giving them an update of what happen today and hoping one of them will come a day sooner"

suki " that a good idea"

y/n " so you and sokka is that still a close scroll or no"

suki " i don't know things didn't end well between me and him, and I still haven't found a way to forgive him"

y/n " I understand suki but thank you for coming here"

suki " anything for my friend I will be retiring for the night but not far away, I also made a route for the guards to switch shifts tonight ... but we also have water tribe guards as well"

y/n " thank you suiki sleep well" suki soon left you had gotten done with the letters and rolled them up, as you walked towards the message hawk and place the rolled up letters into it hold.

y/n " be safe flying back home friend to the fire nation palace" the hawk soon took off into the air leaving the southern water tribe and the freezing north. You had soon got dressed for bed and laid in the bed, praying the rest of the time here will be good. There had been some news you had kept from everyone, that was meant to be shared later on but that might not go to plan after all. Right now your duty was to keep the peace for the two nation, and make sure you children stay safe as well. Just maybe you will be able to rebuild your relationship with your family and tribe, and everything will be god juts mayeb indeed.

[lets-try-some-writing]

Patient 1: Pretender Optimus Prime. (Ft. Pretender Bumblebee) Author's note: Enjoy my dear friend! I hope you enjoy it <3

Orion stumbled out of the portal, looking back at it for a brief moment as it disappeared. Where was he now? He got up, dusted off some sand that got on him, and adjusted his medkit. No matter where he was, he would help whoever. Decepticon or otherwise. That’s what a good medical bot in training would do! No matter the circumstances, they always help others. His fuel storage growled at him, notifying him that he hasn’t eaten in a good bit. He got out a small energon cube and from his medkit, munching on it as he walked around the area. He wasn’t getting any large energon signals.. As if yet. By this point he was prepared for anything! Nothing would scare him, or so he hoped. He hasn’t encountered anything too terrifying yet. 

He jumped in surprise when he spotted a yellow and black blur run past him, he calmed his nerves (or he attempted to) as he glanced in the direction where the thing ran off to.. “?” He sensed a presence behind him, and he yelped a bit as he turned to face the figure, “AH-” There was Bumblebee, or well this universe’s Bee, not expecting to see such a small bot here. He thought it was solely his and his sire’s territory. He wasn’t much of a threat.. His sire wouldn’t like it if he just attacked for no reason. He beeped at him, “Hello!.. I didn’t expect to see anyone here.” Orion Pax managed to recollect himself as he stood proudly, or tried to make himself less of a threat. He wasn’t that at all in hindsight, but he was blindly following his mentor’s advice, “Hello there.. Sorry, you scared me there for a second!” He said that he was taught to say, “I am an in-training medical officer, Orion Pax.” Bumblebee seemed hesitant, this bot could be anyone. He looked at Orion’s optics.. Oh. It was just a bot, still. He was on a bit of an edge. 

“Bumblebee.” 

Orion nodded, “Oh! You must be this universe’s bumblebee!” He noticed an injury on the pretender’s leg, a small-ish cut, but it could still get infected with ease due to the sandy environment. He was not aware that this wasn’t a normal bot, the different mouth certainly tipped him off, but he was still a bit oblivious. Even if he knew he would still help. He said quickly, “I can help with that, I’m licensed with taking care of cuts like that!” He knelt down and opened his medkit, “Just stay still and I can help you.” Bumblebee looked a bit skeptical ‘this universe’s bumblebee’? It’s clear that this autobot didn’t belong here.. But he was so nice. Still, his sire taught him well and he didn’t let his guard down fully. Orion spoke as he delicately took care of the pretender’s injury, patching up any visible fuel lines and using a spare piece of metal to cover it like a temporary bandage, “I need to talk to this universe’s Optimus. Knowing him, he’s probably hurting and needs my help!” Bumblebee stared at him, “Why?” Orion said with confidence, “I sorta been sent around the multiverse, I’ve met a bunch of primes before! Like one of them is a morally grey jester god who may have committed war crimes but he’s very nice. His optics are so pretty I wish I could show you a picture..” The pretender was more than a bit confused, ‘morally grey jester god’? He honestly didn’t want to know. 

Orion continued, “I want to help them because I'm a medic, to give them a good checkup! That’s what we do. We help people. No matter what, no matter if they aren’t truly cybertronians, or done hideous things. Because we care!” 

“Medic in training.”

“Besides that, we help everyone!” Orion got up from the floor, “You're all fixed, I suggest asking your ratchet to fix you up fully, as this is only a temporary fix.” ”Thank you..”  Orion smiled, “Sorry, couldn’t let you keep walking or running like that!” “It’s fine… You care too much y'know..” Orion tilted his head in confusion, “‘care too much’? That’s sorta my job, being a medic is tedious and exhausting, but it’s worth it to see your patients smile!” Bumblebee patted him on the head, Orion accepted it happily and asked again, “now that I've helped you, can you help me find Optimus?”

“It’s the least I could do for you.. Medic.”  

Well, it wasn’t that much of a search as heavy footsteps walked towards them. Bumblebee got excited naturally at the signature of his sire and chittered happily, “Sire!” 

The older pretender was worried about his kin because he didn’t return from the hunting grounds on time. He assumed he forgot, which was fine but he just wanted to check in on his baby.

He froze when he saw Orion, and the two stared at each other a bit as Bumblebee hugged his leg. Optimus patted his larva on the head gently as Orion mentally prepared himself. “Hello there.. Sir.” The mouth was much more noticeable for Orion, and he couldn’t help but say, “Whoa.. you look like a cool insecticon with that mouth!” he caught himself, “Sorry if that sounded rude, I just thought it was cool.” Optimus’s expression softened as he gestured for Bee to run back home, which he did without much compilants. He knelt down to Orion’s level, and spoke. His voice was deep, yet elegant at the same time. "You are little more than a larva. You pose no threat. Larva should not be left unattended."

Orion was actually a bit startled at that response, but tried to keep his ground, “L-larva?” A stutter snuck out, but tried to stay ‘fearless’. "Well I'm a medic in training, not a ‘larva’ that you speak of sir. I've been sent around the multiverse to do medical checkups! Or that's what I like to say.. last check up I did was a optical exam on mr jester god he's very nice."

"A bit off-putting but he gave me a sticker for my medkit." He exclaimed, showing the pretender a sticker of a puppy that the horror god gave him. The older pretender nodded in acknowledgement, getting up. “Come along, you are stepping on hunting grounds. I don’t want harm to come to you.”He left out the fact that this was his and his son’s hunting grounds, but didn’t want to scare the already clearly frightened Orion, he wanted this new larva to be safe as he didn’t want for his son to think of Orion as a fuel source. Orion followed behind him as they walked, Orion said only a moment later, “Do you have time for a checkup? I need to do a medical exam, from the Optimuses I've meant you're probably hurting both on the inside and outside, I can’t do it inside I’m not a licensed therapist, but I am a licensed medic! I would love to help you..” “You never told me your designation, young one.”Orion sheepishly chuckled and answered the question, “My name is Orion Pax, I'm working under my universe’s Ratchet as his mentee!” Optimus had a small smile, “It’s very pretty. As for the checkup, I wouldn’t mind a brief examination. You are quite brave, why do you care so much about beings that shouldn’t be cared about anyways?”

That wording made Orion a bit upset, “Why does everyone say that?...” he sounded frustrated. “I do it because I care! I’m a medical officer, it’s my duty to care for people. No matter what!” “I admire your gall little one, but you shouldn’t be doing this. You're so small.. Too little.”Orion spoke up, and with determination he said, “I may be small but I still got bite! Don’t assume I'm weak. I can handle myself plenty.”

Optimus’s response was to chuckle, he found it charming. To see this invader from another universe who was clearly too sweet to be here, care so much about him and try to be so brave for his ‘patient’s’ sake. “There seems to be no way to stop you, well, I can’t argue with a cybertronian medic with such a strong sense of virtue.”

Orion nodded as they stepped into the military base, Orion looked around for a brief moment. Seeing Bumblebee talking to Ratchet quite excitedly, seemingly about how Orion patched him up. 

Orion held his medkit as Optimus sat down on the examination table, Orion glanced at the clearly confused Ratchet. “Oh, you must be this universe’s Ratchet! Greetings, I am Orion Pax, a medic in training and your optimus agreed for me to give him a checkup! It’ll be quick, I promise.” He smiled, and Ratchet simply nodded, honestly unsure of what to do.

“Do not worry about him, old friend. Orion is here to ‘help me’, in his words..”Orion got out his tools, and also a little notepad as he flipped to a page that had questions to ask patients, he was in medic mode and very very serious, but this just made him look charming then not. “Alright, now these are the questions I'm supposed to ask. Any encounters with strange substances, synth-ed, dark energon, etc? Be honest with me.” “None.”“Any recent injuries on the battlefield? So I don’t accidentally touch those sensitive places while I'm patching you up.” “That.. Well, I have been struck in the back as of late. My spinel struts are a bit.. Misaligned at the bottom. My own medic has fixed it mostly but there’s still some soreness.”Orion wrote that down, “Noted, back soreness near pedic plate. Anything else?” “That’s all.”“Alright! That’s good, not much external work, but we’ll see in the checkup..” Ratchet chuckled, “You're so focused Orion.” Orion smiled proudly, “Of course! I can’t let my patients be injured by my own servos.”

The other medic nodded, seemingly impressed. This only made Orion more happy to help, if he got approval from this Ratchet, He must be doing something right! Right?

Orion got out one of his tools, “I’m going to look at your optics now, the last Optimus I treated had some optic problems so I want to get this out of the way first.” “So be it. I know that I'm in good servos.”Orion did the optic examination, he exclaimed, in a bit of awe. “Your optics are so different..” Optimus held his nonexistent breath, he didn’t want the young one to question it, but by this point it was inevitable… “So pretty!” “Pardon?”Orion gushed, “I’ve never seen optics like it, it’s so beautiful! Your creators must've been so gorgeous!” he caught himself again, “Apologies, I shouldn’t question it..”

Optimus’s expression softened once again, he knew that Orion was slowly figuring it out, but he did not expect that response. It was honestly.. Adorable. This little medic was the cutest thing he’s seen. Sure, he disagreed with him being a medic at his age, but he truly had good intentions. “Thank you..”Orion grinned, “No problem! Back to the check-up, I can’t get distracted!!” he got out a scanner tool, it was a miniature version of it, as Orion would probably fall under the weight of the bigger one. “This is to check for any parasites underneath your armor, it’s really noninvasive so you’ll only feel a slight tingling sensation!”  

Optimus froze, ‘parasites’? Would his larva feeding on his fuellines technically count as parasites? Would they show underneath the scanner?.. He got a bit anxious at the thought. How would he explain to the youngling about them? Orion seemed to notice this anxiousness as he stood there without doing anything, just holding the scanner.

“Why are you waiting medic?”Orion’s expression softened, “I saw that you looked anxious, so I won’t use it until you're ready. It’s alright Mr Optimus, everyone feels a bit anxious from time-to-time!” Optimus couldn’t really believe how.. Both oblivious and not oblivious Orion was. It touched his spark that he cared so much about him, but it also concerned him. What would be Orion’s reaction?

“I give you my consent, thank you for checking in on me.”Orion nodded cheerfully and started up the scanner, started with the legs, and then chest.. And then the older pretender’s arms. Optimus held his nonexistent breath again. Orion’s expression at first was a clear shock.. But he looked closer and his expression was… happily surprised? “Why didn’t you tell me you had feeding bitlets!? Sure, ive never seen anything like it but there still babies!” Orion said in a panic, not sure what to do.. Optimus was just as shocked, he did not expect this either. Did.. Orion thought that he was anxious because he didn’t want the medic to see that he had ‘babies’? That he thought it was shameful?..

Well it seemed to be the case when Orion started to lightly scold him, “You should’ve told me these things! I should’ve done a fuel supply check first… You don’t have to be afraid of your medic when it concerns your kin!” “Aren’t they parasites?”“Parasites?! No no this doesn't look like parasites at all! I’ve heard of insecticons letting their young feed off of them. I don’t know if you are an insecticon, but you certainly have traits like one!” Orion exclaimed. Orion then said, finally connecting the dots.. “Your… not an insecticon are you?” “I am not, young one.”

Orion seemed annoyed now, “I might have treated you incorrectly then! Did I hurt you?!” his tone devolved into one of worry, and even guilt. Orion really thought he might have hurt the prime. 

“No no.. I am perfectly fine. You have taken care of me wonderfully. It would be a matter of time before you figured it out..”Orion, with full confidence exclaimed, “lay it on me! I can handle it.” “I- are you sure?”“Certainly, as per my contract. I cannot say anything that might reveal information about my patients! So your secrets are safe with me.”

Ratchet nodded, “He is prepared enough. Tell him the truth.” Optimus sighed, and he explained. He explained what Bumblebee, himself and Ratchet were; Pretenders. He then explained his mission, and what they're doing there. He also explained the ‘hunting grounds’.

Orion nodded, writing it down on his notepad, “Species; Pretender.. Got it.” He seemed in awe once again, Optimus was confused. “I’m surprised you aren’t afraid.. Perhaps you were more resilient then I realized.”Orion nodded, “Why would I? Your species is so cool!! I love how it works, I respect your mission so much, and I hope your larva grows up big and strong ok? I know the circumstances may be tough, you're forced to be all mean when you usually aren’t and that is horrible! Nobody should be forced to be a part of a war when they don’t want to..” He held the prime’s hand, “But be strong!” The older pretender was once again touched. He didn’t expect the response, but it was very very welcome. He realized that Orion did understand, even if he was a bit oblivious to what he had done, he was grateful. “I am… Truly touched by your gratitude. Be strong as well Orion. I don’t want to imagine anything happening to you and your pure spark.”Orion took it to heart, “I promise I’ll be strong! For both of us!” (chuckle) “For the both of us.”

Once the checkup was complete, Orion proudly handed the prime, and Bumblebee a sticker. “And since you two got the Orion Treatment™, you get a sticker!” he also got out two energon treats giving one to Bumblebee, “Andd a energon treat!” He cut another energon treat in half, and gave Optimus the treat and the cut in half one, he explained, “The half one is for the babies! I don’t know how much fuel you consume daily, but I think it will help!” “Thank you, it’s truly saddening that you have to leave so soon..”Bumblebee nodded his helm, far too busy eating his treat to say anything. Orion sighed, “I wish I could stay longer too so I could hear more about how pretenders work, but my sire will get worried sick if I stay out longer! Have to make it home before dinner.” “Understood, but I don’t want you to return empty-handed for your efforts.” 

The Pretender Prime got out a small necklace, one with a charm that had a lustrous blue glow. The charm was shaped like an oval, and had a marking in it. He placed it around Orion’s neck. Orion looked at it, “It’s so pretty.. Thank you!” “Thanks should be for you, that will keep you safe if you encounter any of my pretender brethren. It shows that you are kin.” Orion gasped in happy surprise, “So I'm like half pretender now?” Optimus patted him on the helm, “If you wish to pretend, sure.” Bumblebee finished his treat, and ran over to hug Orion, “Come back soon! I’ll show you around our hunting grounds next time!!” A portal opened, and once Orion made sure he had all of his supplies in his medkit, he waved goodbye to this universe to go back home to Nimbus Prime and his mentor. He couldn’t wait to tell them what happened, and he would cherish his gift dearly. And with that, this wraps Orion's first patient case. Who knows who he will care for next, it could be anything. But he will address them without fear, and with compassion. Because that’s what a medic would do, wouldn’t they?

THIS IS FUN AND ADORABLE THANK YOU FOR WRITING IT!!

[nanopedayo]

There are times where I do feel disappointed in others' analysis of Kratos mostly because some arguments feel like they forget that he's human. It will not excuse the crimes he is complicit in, of course. In fact, it will never excuse ANY of the crimes the characters of ToS have committed. This is why they find ways to atone for what they've done. It's just that if you consider Kratos' life experiences, how he had been raised, what it was like for him in his youth, how long he's been alive, and all the events that lead up to the present... At least to me, I can understand how he ended up making the choices he made.

Imagine being trained like a knight for a majority of your life in the middle of a war, no less. Imagine being stripped of your privileges at the capital during a time of political unrest. Imagine losing one of your closest companions and seeing everyone you hold dear slowly lose themselves in grief. Imagine living for more than 4000 years. Imagine having to assimilate into ever-changing society every time. Imagine finally having the courage to admit that you have been wrong all these years. Imagine falling in love despite everything, and even having a family of your own, only for all of it to disappear in a snap.

It can drive anyone insane. It can drive anyone to depression, grief, and despair. It can break the human spirit in so many ways. He gave up, yes. Was going back to Mithos the right thing to do? No, but he's so unbelievably tired. Think of everything that happened in his very prolonged life. He's so broken and as logical as saying no to Mithos definitely is, it's hard to be rational when you're so emotionally spent.

Kratos may have been referred to as a Lord within Cruxis, but he has always been human. He's just human. I think it would go a long way for others to remember that characters can be morally ambiguous and susceptible to human emotions as much as real people can be. Understanding one's actions is different from agreeing with them.

[ankilona]

Jiang Cheng/Wen Ruohan

Fanfiction promt, if you got inspiration from this promt, please go with your idea, and let it become a story. Nothing would make me happier than reading something like this in the future! ❤️

Jiang Cheng committed suicide in a few years after he discovered how he got back 'his' golder core. He managed to get everything in order, and appointed a heir for Yunmeng-Jiang with the stipulation, that if Jin Ling has a heir they could inherit the sect.

However instead of joining the circle of reincarnation, he travels back in time, and he awakens before they go to Cloud Recess.

He has the advantage of knowing what will happen, and he's determined not just to win, but to prevent the war.

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Jiang Cheng knew it was a long shot, but he really didn't see any other way out of this. He didn't wanted a repeat of what he and everyone went trough the last time, and for that he needed to prevent the war. In this way he could save not just his sister and senior brother, but he could prevent the whole chain reaction that steamed from the power vacuum wich was left behind after the destruction of the largest and most powerful sect of all. So it was boiled down to two options.

Jiang Cheng either needed to kill Wen Ruohan, wich was a ridiculous idea. The man was a step away from immorality, and some of the older people hazarded he was around a hundred years old. If you disregarded everything else, the difference in experience alone would create a huge gap between them, and the odds wouldn't be in Jiang Cheng's favour. Last time this feat needed three of them to complete, and in that time Wen Ruohan was out of his mind fron the yin iron poisoning, and the one who delivered the lethal blow was Meng Yao, who stabbet the sect leader in the back, quite literally. So the first option was out of question, wich left him with the second one.

And this is why, he was in a forest, deep in Yunmeng-Jiang territory in the middle of the night, and waited for the man, whose sect burned down his, killed his parents, and destroyed him and his senior brother's life. But he was ready to put away his pride and his personal grievance for saving hundreds maybe even thousands of life. Strictly speaking the Wen sect haven't committed the crimes yet, so he really didn't have any basis for his anger. It was hard, to write the letter in wich he invited the sect leader for this get together, but it wasn't the first time he needed to do something personally taxing for the betterment of his sect. He was used to it.

It didn't mean he wasn't nervous, so when he heard a branch snap ok his left side, he flinched, but he didn't reached for his sword. He gulped, and the other man walked in tk the clearing, closely followed by his ever present shadow, the Core melting hand. It took everything in Jiang Cheng not to react. Even if it was almost two decades ago, he could still feel as the life drained from his limbs, as he lost that extra spark that differentiated cultivators from ordinary people. But he needed to suck it up, and be present. Too much depended on this meeting for Jiang Cheng to be too lost in the past to concentrate on the present.

"What do we have here dear Zhuliu. A young foal decided to take a night run in the woods." The sect leader's voice was mocking, but Jiang Cheng was prepared. He had too thick of a face to feel offended by petty games.

"Sect Leader Wen, thank you for attending this unconventional meeting." Jiang Cheng bowed deeply and saluted with perfect posture. Wen Ruohan just lifted a brow, and stepped a bit closer, so they could have a conversation without needing to shout across the clearing.

"It was an interesting letter, wouldn't you say Jiang Wanyin? One of the big secrets heir sent me a letter, where he demands a meeting, in secret. Amd the most shocking detail, he says I need to cease my plans regarding dominating the cultivation world, and to give up the yin iron or else." Jiang Cheng could feel the power radiating from the other man. He hadn't been sure at the time, about how much detail he should reveal in his letter. He needed the sect leader to take him seriously without falling into an insane rage wich wpuld lead to the Jiang clan extinction. He banked on Wen Ruohan's famous curiosity, and made a horrible gamble. He wasn't sure if it will pay off. He didn't have anything else, but hope it will. The only thing he needed to do now is to see it trough, even if it'll coat him his life.

"I'd like to apologise for the tone of the letter, but I didn't see any other way to get your attention." Jiang Cheng felt his throat closing as Wen Ruohan stepped up right beside him. Towering over his fifteen years old body. He needed to suppress a flinch when he saw as the sect leader lifted his hand. Wen Ruohan reached out toward his face, and Jiang Cheng couldn't supress a shiver when the man cradled his chin. With a little nudge, Jiang Cheng looked straight at the other man's eyes, and then he didn't see anything else, but his living nightmares... his memories.

[writingsofwesteros]

https://www.tumblr.com/writingsofwesteros/763318520656330752/new-au-idea-blacks-win-the-war-jace-takes-nora?source=share

To keep her in these dungeons was an insult to her royal blood, Nora thinks to herself.

When the gates open she does not even look, her mind is ever-plotting, plotting to find a way to escape, to get to her Cannibal. She feels his anger in her bones, intermingled with her own. Anger at his rider being taken prisoner. "Princess Daenora," The Northern accent spoke her name. "King Jaceaerys will see you now." "I have no wish to see my nephew," She said coldly. "You are alive at his mercy." Lord Stark said. "You have no choices now." As she was led through the halls that she once ruled over with her brothers she kept her head held high- Aemond would come, with leading their Hightower army from Harrenhall, and together they would smite this bastard rule before it could ever be etched into the memories of the smallfolk. "Aunt." Jace sat atop the throne, and she glared up at him. "Jacearys." "It is Your Grace, now." He corrected. "You did not afford me the respect that my station requires, why should I give you the same?" He growled in agitation. "You are hereby named a traitor to the realm, and to House Targaryen. You supported the wrongful reign of King Aegon, and committed crimes against your own kin in his name." Jace declared. "A bastard rule shall never stand strong," She hissed. "You are the last of the Usurper's kin-" Her heart dropped. "What?" He gave her a cruel smile. "Your Usurper brother is nowhere to be found. But with Sunfyre dead we know he can't have gotten far, and Aemond had died, drowned in the God's Eye-" "No," Nora's eyes welled hotly with tears. "You liar-" "Tis' no lie," He told her smugly. "How does it feel, to lose a beloved brother?" She screamed in her grief and pain, about to claw at him with the Kingsguard held her back. "I'll kill you!" She screamed. "These walls shall be painted with your bastard blood!" "Have her locked in Maegor's Holdfast," He told Cregan. "There may be use for her yet." As she was dragged down the fine halls of Maegor's Holdfast, her mind was spinning- no, Aemond could not be dead, he promised, he promised he would come back, they had a plan- The doors shut. And all she could do was let out a pained sob.

The cold waters of the God's Eye were unforgiving. It was the mixed call of dragons that brought Aemond back, he felt himself being placed on the ground as he coughed up water. Vhagar let him out of her maw, and when his eye opened he saw another dragon flying overhead- Cannibal. Vhagar rumbled as he sat up, and as Cannibal landed, he growled at the figure approaching. He squinted as he weakly sat up. "Alys?" He spoke in a rasp. "You're a survivor, I'll give you that," Alys said as she helped him sit up. "Come," She said. "You must get your strength back." "W-What's happened?" He asked weakly. "You're not going to be pleased," She said. "I've news about your dear sister."

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oh Jace is so mean and we love it !

[gotstabbedbyapen]

THE QUEEN IS HERE!!! (and the others too, I guess)

Spoiler Alert!!!!!

(but if you ignore the warning you might have a little treat 😉)

Let me scream right off the bat because Queen Demeter is slaying in episode 6. I love my queen <333

Also, Demeter and Hades teaming up for Persephone and revenging the gods who wronged them? It's unexpected but understandable. They both love Persephone and cannot share her in peace, so they will rule together and all have their time with her. The scene tries to make Demeter look like a pestering mother-in-law but I'm all rooting for her. Her voice and sinisterness is sooooo good like YES MOMMY PLEASE BURY ME 😍😍😍

Okay, now let's talk about Heron. I love that he doesn't forgive the villagers who mistreated his mother but still have sympathy for the innocent women and children. If they made him forgive them easily I would scream but turns out no, BOZ did good with this one.

Heron powering up last minute to beat the Keres is cliche but I'll let it slide because I have other matters to nitpick (also Alexia snapping Heron out of his lightning intoxication reminds me of Katara calming Aang down from his Avatar state). And Heron threatening the last Keres? Gary Stu but still badass AF. Home boy is not letting people stepping on him anymore but he still cares for the people.

I know everyone finds him boring but I feel really bad for Heron in here. The pain of losing your dear mother drives you to want to die and join her again.

And Heron - Seraphim's reunion? Heart-warming and hear-breaking. They are similar and shared more pain than they would think.

"Only three things can cause the pain in his eyes. Love, war, and the gods. And he looks like he's had his fair share of all three."

This applies to both brothers actually. They lost their loved ones, they'd been through the war between the gods and the titans, and they were like the pawns of the gods.

The short moment Heron and Seraphim had together was golden. I love it.

Also why did they design Iris like one of the Christian angels???

No!!! Iris is one of the messengers of the Olympians, not the Primordials! She served as Hera's handmaiden!!!! WHY DIDN'T THEY LET HER BE HERA'S RIGHT-HAND WOMAN IN SEASON 1????

UGH!!!

They kinda ruin my sister trio :( Persephone and Athena, to be exact.

Why do they have to make Persephone on bad blood with Athena??? They are childhood friends (in the myths) why do they talk like they have always been at each other's throat? Seriously, Persephone has a good relationship with most other gods, why does people always think she hates them???

I get that Athena always put Olympus first like Persephone loves the Underworld so they are tensed but it would have interesting if they were torn between their duty and their friendship. But it's a me thing.

Ah, I'm getting a bit ahead of myself there. We haven't talked about Demeter trying to poison the earth yet.

I know TOO WELL the producer is trying to make Demeter the bigger bad so Hades will look better in comparison. Hades even tries to protest her evil scheme (but that will only shows his hypocrisy in the last episode, we'll get there later)

I'm mad that BOZ paints Demeter in a bad light. But you know what?

At this point, fuck it.

I will root for her even as a big bad villain. I will support Queen Demeter's right and wrong. If Hera and Seraphim almost destroys the world and y'all still love them, I will love my queen even when she tries to poison the world.

Now let me show you why the Olympian sisters are ✨ MAJESTIC ✨ when they commit crimes so ooh la la~~~

Yes, my queen. Please poison me with your plants :333

I love you too, my destructive queen of the Heavens ❤️

And I love you three, my fire queen 🔥 Please keep burning your enemy to ash 🥰🥰🥰

Still hungry for more women?

The Amazonians are hereeeeeee!!!

Yeah, Heron and the gang meet them when fighting Talos. Nice nod to the mythical robot and the hydra, though the latter serves little purpose other than a little inconvenience.

But at least we have some back story of Alexia! Her moment with her aunt is brief but very touching :DDD

And it's really nice to show how the world is going upside down when Zeus the god of order is now gone. Though I really wish they would display his role as keeper of order more in SS1.

Oh, you made it this far?

Have an additional treat!

BABY ZEUS!!!!!!

YOUNG ZEUS!!!!!!

PRE-TITANOMACHY ZEUS!!!!!!

Yummy 😋

[bigsoftmarshmallow]

How would the Ganondorfs (Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Hyrule Warriors, and Tears of the Kingdom) and Demise (From Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword) react to their lover meeting their prized war horse?

Like this horse is built like a war machine, hates everyone but tolerates/barely likes the Demon King, it could take on a Lynel and WIN. Their lover comes into the barn, and a servant/soldier warns the Demon King that hey, your lover is heading for your horse's area and we couldnt stop her. He's assuming she's about to get demolished by his horse and makes his way over quickly, only to see his horse, his evil hateful horse, nuzzling her and being the sweetest thing in the world, like this horse hadn't committed war crimes with him.

Wind Waker Ganondorf

Reaction: Wind Waker Ganondorf would be surprised and intrigued by the sight of his war horse, usually a beast of fury and power, acting so tenderly towards his lover.

Thoughts: He would ponder the significance of this connection, seeing it as a sign of her unique and extraordinary nature.

Feelings: A mix of relief, pride, and deeper affection towards his lover.

Comments:

"It seems even the fiercest of beasts can recognize the gentleness and strength within you. Perhaps it is a sign of your true worth."

Ocarina of Time Ganondorf

Reaction: Ocarina of Time Ganondorf would be stunned and perhaps a bit skeptical at first. He has never seen his horse behave this way towards anyone else.

Thoughts: He would contemplate what this means for their bond and the loyalty of his horse.

Feelings: A deep sense of admiration and love for his lover, recognizing her special connection with his war horse.

Comments:

"You have managed to tame a beast that has known only war and fury. Truly, you are extraordinary."

Twilight Princess Ganondorf

Reaction: Twilight Princess Ganondorf would be taken aback but would quickly appreciate the significance of this moment.

Thoughts: He would think of this as a testament to his lover’s unique spirit and connection to the world.

Feelings: A growing sense of respect and love for his lover, seeing her in an even more impressive light.

Comments:

"My war horse has chosen to show you a side that no one else has seen. You continue to amaze me, my dear."

Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf

Reaction: Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf would initially be alarmed but would quickly shift to astonishment and curiosity.

Thoughts: He would think of his lover’s presence as powerful enough to reach even the darkest hearts.

Feelings: A mix of awe, pride, and deeper affection, feeling fortunate to have her by his side.

Comments:

"It seems my war horse has found a kindred spirit in you. You are truly remarkable, my love."

Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf

Reaction: Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf would be surprised but quickly see it as a sign of her exceptional nature.

Thoughts: He would see this as further proof of her worth and the strength of their bond.

Feelings: Deep affection and pride, feeling a renewed sense of connection with her.

Comments:

"Even my war horse recognizes the extraordinary nature of your spirit. You are truly one of a kind."

Demise (Skyward Sword)

Reaction: Demise would be utterly shocked, struggling to comprehend how his war horse could act so gently towards anyone else.

Thoughts: He would ponder the implications, seeing it as a sign of his lover’s unique and formidable nature.

Feelings: A mixture of awe, respect, and deeper affection, recognizing her as a truly special individual.

Comments:

"It seems you have a power over even the fiercest of beasts. Perhaps there is more to you than I ever realized."

Summary:

Wind Waker Ganondorf: Surprised and intrigued, sees it as a sign of her unique worth.

Ocarina of Time Ganondorf: Stunned and skeptical, admires her special connection.

Twilight Princess Ganondorf: Taken aback but appreciative, sees it as a testament to her spirit.

Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf: Alarmed but curious, feels awe and pride.

Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf: Surprised but affirming, recognizes her exceptional nature.

Demise: Utterly shocked, sees it as a sign of her formidable presence.

[lemonisntreal]

heyo! Just found your blog and I was scrolling through your stuff and noticed your AU tone deaf. And I haven't found anything about what it is or what your idea is behind it. So I wanted to ask if you could give me an introduction to your AU!

Oh! And I absolutely love your artstyle and how you draw Buster! Anyway, hope you drink enough water and have a good day/night! ;)

Dear god this has been in my drafts for a while-

Hiya! Sorry for that lack of info lol, I'd been inactive for a long time, and the time that I actually WAS posting consistently was back when things were still being sorta fleshed out. But I've got a pretty good idea of how every single part moves at this point, so sure :D I'll give a not-so-brief summary lol [under a cut because I couldn't not dump multiple paragraphs teehee ~_~]

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Tone Deaf is like a dystopian version of Sing, if I were to put it super duper simply. One where Buster's issues get more emotional focus, and we get actual bonds with the cast because the movie forgot to do that.

Buster is, also, a lot more unhinged, fair warning. This fic's gonna contain violence and tackle some darker subjects [adjacent to grief and denial more specifically] so if it feels like I jumped a lot of sharks, it's because I 100% did.

It kinda started with me noticing how, in the actual movies btw, smaller characters like Buster and Mike had more difficulty getting around places. This led me to ask myself about how species differences could lead to struggles for certain animals since the city just isn't built for everyone [this is NOT Zootopia]. Ash's quills, and Meena's towering size were things I noticed too that would be massive problems, realistically. So after a lot of pondering, now we're here.

The world of Tone Deaf in present day is in a post-war period that's lasted about 50 years now [Crawly is actually a veteran from this war- which was more like complete and total anarchy if I'm being real, since there weren't really any sides until near the end...]

Long story short, the wealthy capitalized off of the war and taking people prisoner- so they purposefully kept it going. A resistance ended up forming to stand against this [Miss Crawly being one of the generals, with that classic missing eye] and after their army stormed the unsuspecting stronghold, the war finally began to conclude. It still took around a year after that to release all of the prisoners of war, and by the end of it all, the damage that had been done to some races was permanent. Even extinction-level in some cases- some animals just straight up don't exist anymore because of it.

Back to Calatonia. Laws that are in place to protect animals from tearing eachother apart are still relatively new, and the criminal underbelly of Calatonia is kinda out of control. Animals get kidnapped/poached, smaller animals are at a huge disadvantage and have basically no power [politically or otherwise], endangered species are a very real thing, poverty is a huge issue for most of the population- and in the middle of all this is Buster Moon.

He's gonna be the main perspective. And the story will also serve as a slight character study on him, mixed with my own grittier and batshit insane changes/headcanons/alternate universe ideas on his backstory. He's a ray of sunshine with a lot of bottled-up feelings that will kinda really take control of the story.

Buster has been arrested multiple times. He's been put in unsuccessful therapy. He's still grieving his dad. He's committing crime and compulsively lying about those illegal actions too. He has emotional difficulties that he hasn't dared try touching on in years, and he has issues with letting go- which, is kinda how all of his new problems come to be.

The threat of his theater being repossessed if his show isn't a success gets a LOT more emphasis too.

But on top of that is the added threat of Buster getting sent out of the city if he can't get his business up and running. Remember how I mentioned endangered animals?? Well Koalas are one of them. One of the big ones, actually. He's the only Koala in a city of almost five hundred thousand, and it's been that way for almost half a decade now. It's been causing issues for the people in charge for half a decade now. Koalas have government-protected settlements far away from here due to their numbers being so few, so if Buster loses the theater? That's the next step for him.

But, to help this poor dude through all the stress of life is the found-family he develops with the cast he hired. He helps them for a lot of the first act, and then they give back his kindness in the second. They connect through their similar experiences, as well as their shared passion for music and performance. And by the end, maybe Buster's okay. Or maybe he's had a complete downward spiral [not gonna speak of act three 🥰]

Other characters have also had a shift in their dynamics. Things in the story have changed. Like for instance- Gunter already knew Buster and was a close friend of him and Eddie before the show, Judith is now the mayor and a main character, Pete has been put in place of the banker in charge of Buster's accounts, Buster unfortunately gets involved in politics, Mike actually gets to bond with the cast- actually the cast gets to bond with the cast point blank period [idc what you say, this just straight up doesn't happen in the canon movies], and to top it all of is a generous helping of angst with a few acts of violence sprinkled in 🤭

The actual Act I summary is this right now:

Buster had been in tight situations before-- suffocating situations, even. He’d been in every kind of trouble imaginable, he thought. With family, friends, local businesses, the law. But he'd always wormed his way out, either through loopholes or by charm. Or usually just by stacking another lie on top of his already crumbling facade. But this time it's gonna take more than a cover-up to fix this. ‏‏‎ Buster’s dishonesty takes him too far once again, a simple typo causing him to unintentionally land himself in a wager that could cost his very life. He has two months to fix this- to ACTUALLY fix this. And the worst part is that he hadn't even meant to lie this time. ‏‏‎ The First Act of Tone Deaf.

TLDR; Buster learns to love again after experiencing the horrors of animalkind firsthand and being healed by theater kids LMFAO

[miitarashi]

IM A HADDOTIN NON SUPPORTER TOO LIKE TF IS WRING WITH SOME PPL😭😭

ALERT: this post is basically me hating the ship,but! It's my account and opinion,i didn't mean to offend nobody,if you don't like,don't read.

OH??? YOU ARE A NON SUPPORTER?????

YOU! I LOVE YOU BEAUTIFUL PERSON THAT I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!

But,making things clear here.

It's a normal ship. There's a lot of ways for a relationship like this happen and be health so i don't spread hate,i just scroll away when something like this happen to show up.

I hate it for mostly because it's almost

EVERY

FUCKING

WHERE

You can't normally search for Tintin content without seeing some of those. I just want some photos of my precious boy and best friend/father together you know? But it's difficult because there's A LOT about this ship.

Oh,and people assuming every single act of affection between them as a lover thing. This. This makes me want to commit war crimes-

Like bro??? They can hug like normal friends too you know??? I remember seeing other account talking about the tibet adventure. One of my favorites because showed Tintin's relationship with haddock beautifully. That even when Haddock didn't believed he still followed his friend and was more than willing to sacrifice himself for him. I cried bro.

But then,it's reconized as a love story??? God give me patient because if you give me strength i'll kill for fun.

Even so,i normally keep it for myself because it's kinda of idiot to go and hate something that you literally can just scroll way and go on with your life. Damm,i didn't know how much i was needing to vent about it lol.

Just to finish it properly. My dear unknow person,feel more than welcome and safe to be a non supporter on my blog,i'm really happy to have other peoples that think the same! 😌❤️

[anotherrosesthatfell]

I honestly never make Alive angst opinion on everyone- 💀 (or if I did, then I forgot 💀) so let's go. I will also change some of his old opinion to new one because Cherry and I uncovered the dark side of Angst

Sunflower Au belong to @abloomingsunflower / @itzcherrybonbon

His personality explanation:

Angst is quiet and mysterious man. No one actually hang out with him expect for Gradient. (Plus Angst is depressing 💀)

He is a bookworm and very intelligent. Angst never reveal his full power unless he snapped.

Appearance:

He wear royal clothing in some occasions but mostly wear comfy clothing. On his daily life, you can see he wearing a red scarf and pairs of black earrings.

Magic/Power:

This dude is stronger than corrupted Nightmare. Only in E.L.A of course- yet, he never use his full power.

Angst power is almost alike to E.L.A Lily. His power is 10/10, second strongest after Dream. Even if Palette and Lux awaken their true form, Angst is still stronger.

Other than that, he has the ability to see ghosts even memories from the past when he touch an old object (or a person)

His opinion on people he knows

Adult

Dream

"Dream Light, the king of sun. Rumours says he committed many crimes years ago by letting the wars to happen. How did I know it? Well, let's just say I have little friends to tell me."

Ink

"Ink Comyet or her now name, Ink Light. Hmm.... Honestly this woman has another last name but I don't think I should mention it. She drinks to forget her loveless marriage. How sad..."

Swap/Blue

"The ex royal guard. He was very useful to the light kingdom. Sadly, father took his power away... This is why people sometimes should live quietly."

Hope

"The last witch of this generation or should I say the current Queen of witches? People think witches extinct but there are many of them, hiding and not knowing their abilities... Hope, she know witches are hiding but she didn't do a thing about it. All she said was 'it's better to move on'... ... But I am more interested about the revengeful spirit watching her."

Error

"the destroyer and the man who lose his wife. I am not fond of him and him too, hating me."

Alphonse (corrupted nightmare)

"I hate father."

Killer

"mother... I don't sympathize with mother at all. It feels bored to do it... Mother has the witch to support her."

Cross

"the babysitter, he had a crush on mother until he met Albedo. Hmm, I remember he used to protect mother and us from the abused... I don't like him after knowing what he has done to the king of light kingdom. He don't even know Lux is his daughter."

Dust

"A pawn of father. I am surprised she didn't run away with Swap when she had the chance... Stupid woman, she could live a happy life but instead she chose to stay."

Horror

"the most sympathetic man I know... I like to eat his cooking."

Albedo

"That Albedo guy, I seen him carries many sins in his back. His emotions are overwhelming and lots of negativity.."

Ship children

Palette

"a bothersome hero. Why grandma chose this weak boy to be a protagonist... He is nothing but a scared little kid. How annoying..."

Goth

"she live a quiet happy life. I am jealous, really. She somehow is able to sealed her ability to see spirits but that can't stop her curse of having a deadly touch."

Lux

"Ah yes, the antagonist of 'Palette story'. Can you believe it? A little girl who were abandoned by her parents and isolated from the world, was chosen to be the antagonist... Isn't it a sad reality? Yet, she is very intelligent which is I like it."

Merciless

"My heart dropped when I found out my dear little brother is the sidekick of the antagonist. Hmm... Well I don't mind it, he is strong one. I believe he do well to destroy this dammed world."

Crescent

"My twin brother."

Artemis - @abloomingsunflower

"My little sister is the sidekick of the protagonist. Sad reality isn't it? Now my little brother has to fight our naive little sister. I wonder when will there's a timeline where she found out I know how many times she died. I want to laugh thinking about it, I hope she will start to live quietly when she found out."

Gradient

"My 'friend'. It's not like I love his attention or affection anyway, I just got used to him. Since he made me feels like this, he should take the responsibility."

Paperjam

"I don't know much about her. Gradient only says the same thing over and over again. Luckily, a silly ghost told me she has a crush on Crescent."

Spirits

Nim

"grandma can be nice sometime but mostly she just complain about her old life. It was nice when she sang a lullaby."

Passive nightmare

"The revengeful spirit who is guiding Lux and watching over Hope. He is the one my father hate the most... He look nothing like Merciless. If father open his eye, Merciless face resemble mother. He is a bit annoying and lose himself while playing this useless game."

Lanny

"The Queen of magic. She has no descendant to manage her kingdom. Now the magical kingdom is nothing but forest for remaining mystical creatures."

Quetzalcoatl

"He hates my father for taking over his kingdom and manages it badly."

Bonus (what if!)

Vivi - @canon-vi

"the daughter of Dream and Ink. She is not on Palette side rather on Merciless and Lux side. It was a nice sight. Just image having your own sister to choose people who killed you... Artemis can relate to that."

Starcross

"he was an annoying brat but I'll be glad to educate him some manners. Maybe I should let him know that he is capable of taking Palette's power."

Callisto

"The child of Hope and Dream. He has a very handsome face and very respectful despite hating me. Pfft, I like to see this now prince of witches capable of."

Tasya - @canon-vi

"Ah, Hope died because of her? Hmm... She has a little elemental magic such as to grow plants unfortunately she don't realize it yet. I should lend her some witchcraft books."

Shelki - @canon-vi

"A petty little ghost told me this little one got a deadly kiss as her curse. She can't see spirits that well... It should stay like that or else I'll to take action."

Lily

"she's a very interesting little one. Unfortunately, I must hate her actions on making my dear little brother traumatized. She can torture Palette as much as she want but she should never touch my little brother... And I will make her regret it."

[sashakielman]

Between Justice and Mercy

My very belated short story for this year's @inklings-challenge! Thank you so much to the mods for a lovely event and the opportunity to get my brain back in gear for writing!

The Imperator’s dungeons were mostly emptied ahead of his attempt at war. Though a cruel man, he was also practical. Selenara’s population was small, and most had never left its borders, by the Imperator’s decree. Political prisoners and the few who had actually committed crimes would serve for his war effort as another form of punishment. 

One prisoner yet remained, however, with whom Kazmera needed to discuss her grandfather’s twisted governance. This prisoner was too old to fight, and even if he were in the prime of his life, the Imperator would not have allowed him to go free. 

And so Selenara’s newly crowned queen made her way into the depths of the dungeons, where no trace of the weak sunlight penetrated. It was cold as winter, damp, and rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of those who died there. Kazmera repressed a shudder and walked quickly, grateful for her heavy, fur lined cloak.

It was not hard to find the prisoner she sought; he was the only one remaining on that level. It was so quiet Kazmera could hear her own heart beating as she approached his cell. 

“My lord?” she asked as she stepped forward. Her torch cast shadows into the small cell, with only enough room for a rough cot, table for eating and a candle, and a toilet in the corner. The lord sat on his cot, hunched over, the shadows making his profile appear even more aged. She placed the torch into a holder next to the cell. 

“My queen,” he said, looking up at her. “The guards warned me you might pay me a visit.”

“I am glad they did,” she replied. “So you know why I have come?”

“I can imagine,” he answered. “You want to know the truth of my crimes against your grandfather.”

“Yes,” she said quietly, and waited for him to go on. 

“It is true, my lady. I was a leader in your father’s rebellion against him.”

“That, I did not doubt,” she replied. “Did you plan to assassinate my grandfather in the midst of the coup?”

“Would your opinion of the rebellion change if I had?” For a moment, there was fire in his eyes, and Kazmera could understand why her grandfather feared this man even from his prison cell, feared his leadership skills and passion for his cause.

She paused for a moment to say a prayer for her parents’ memory. “My opinion of my father’s rebellion would not change, no. I am still grateful he tried to give us all a better life, even if my parents were murdered as a result.”  

She swallowed. “But my opinion of you would change, my lord. My father did not intend to kill his own father, of that I am certain.” She took a breath before asking her next question. “And is it true we are blood relations, my lord?” 

He did not look back up at her, his earlier defiance lost to the shadows of the past. He merely held up his left arm, and a cloud of inky black darkness appeared in his hand, contrasted even with the cell’s gloom. “Is my magic enough answer for you, dear cousin?”

“It is,” she replied. “I would honor that relationship, lord cousin, and welcome you back to my family’s table.”

“Would you?” he replied, looking back up at her this time. “I never answered your question, Queen Kazmera.”

She met his gaze. “I was merely curious. The answer, I find, matters not to my heart. My grandfather slaughtered most of our family, including my parents. I grew up alone with him. I knew his heart, and there was no kindness within it.”

She attempted to swallow the lump that had suddenly formed in her throat. “I think there is still kindness left in your heart, my lord. My grandfather and his enablers may have tried to destroy it, and you with it, but I do not believe they succeeded.”

He nodded stiffly. “Your father was a good man, despite your grandfather. He would have been a good king. And if you’re half the good person he was, Selenara is in good hands for the future.”

“Thank you,” she replied. 

“Don’t thank me,” he answered. “Have you shown mercy to your grandfather’s other prisoners?”

“Yes,” she answered. “As I will show mercy to you.” 

She drew a set of keys out of her pocket--a set of keys which had been difficult to obtain, and caused more bloodshed in the palace. She unlocked the door, and gestured for him to come forward.    

“What may I call you?” she asked, offering him her arm as they began their journey back upward into the light.

“Your father called me Uncle Feliks,” he replied, still gruffly but a measure less than before. 

“It suits you, Uncle,” Kazmera replied with a small smile. “Come, I’ll show you to your rooms, and we can become acquainted after you have a hot meal.” 

“Very well,” he replied. “I hope the food’s better, at least.”

She laughed. 

Each cell they passed on their way back to the palace was empty.

[windblume-wishes]

Well, well, well, dear Travelers it appears you have survived “Professor” Vanrouge’s prerequisite course of Dad 101 and are back for Dad 102… oh dear- well, I suppose since Dad 101 was so well received by you all I see no harm in letting Lilia come back and give you this course. Be warned, it may be a bit hectic…

𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨, 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖…

Lilia Vanrouge- Dad 102

A Letter From “Professor” Vanrouge:

Greetings mortals! Kufufufu! How lovely it is to see you all back for more, was my prerequisite course to your liking so much you just had to come back for more? Oh I’m touched dears! Way to make an old man such as myself cry tears of genuine happiness~! Now, as I am sure you are aware I provide the finest lessons of how to be the best dad in the entirety of Twisted Wonderland- just look how Silver turned out! Ah but enough of my rambling, without further ado I give you Dad 102! Kufufufu~!

Lesson 1: Blame The Kids!

Lilia was known as the “Phantom Commander” of the Briar Valley, though how he got such a name was rather unpleasant to say the least- many believe it was because of his sneak attacks but in reality it was because he ate a lizard and a toad that truly were not meant for consumption. Even so, such a name got carried down after practically inventing chemical warfare all because a rather “unique” meal. Many of his own men had suffered the near fatal consequences of his culinary war crimes, and those of the enemies suffered just as bad if not worse.

Lilia was indeed the embodiment of silent but deadly in more ways than one.

Years later the name does follow and with it the phantom menace that only appears when a culinary crime is committed and Lilia decides to eat it happily. Unfortunately for Diasomnia and all of Night Raven College is victim to the “Ol’ Who Done It” when the very reason for the hole in the ozone layer is released. It was all thanks to the glorious invention of the microwaveable burritos that his title came back to haunt anyone and everyone within his vicinity after he ate one topped with questionable toads and lizards along with mushrooms he picked up from Jade.

It was in the middle of class during an important midterm exam when he decided it was time to liven (or unaliven) his classmates with a surprise that would knock out any skunk.

3. 2. 1. Commencing chemical warfare attack! Targets in sight, RELEASE!

And with that, the grand tuba of doom sounded in the silent classroom, the room echoed and Lilia smiled proudly at his rather smelly symphony that sent poor Lucius bolting out of the room in terror. His classmates stared at Lilia as he smirked, letting out one last popper satisfied with his perfectly timed disruption. Now to pull off phase two- blame one of the whippersnappers within his vicinity.

Target sighted…

“Oh really, Vil, why would you ever do that~? So unlike you, kufufufufu~”

The Pomefiore Housewarden was speechless, did this miniature menace just blame his bum trumpet on him?! Oh this was not going to end well.

“Vanrouge, I suggest you take that back right this moment as you know I have much more elegance than you, such revolting behaviour is beyond me and I will not have you soiling my reputation with one blame.” Vil growled, shooting Lilia daggers in his stare.

“Well it certainly was not little old me, I mean really, could one so small and cute produce such?! Oh woe is me~”

Vil rolled his eyes and sighed. “Vanrouge, I have unfortunately known you for three years now, yes? You have done this before and nearly killed students in the process- it’s clear your questionable diet is to blame. Pathetic.”

The classmates all looked at Lilia completely unamused, completely aware of what he was doing. Yet again, someone was victim to his bum trumpet blaming. He had blamed first years for one of his attempts at mass extinctions before but to openly blame a Housewarden… this was certainly new territory.

“Nah, we all know it was Lilia… he’s done this before and nearly sent us packing out of the locker room after PE!” One groaned.

“Yeah, he’s blamed me once before when it clearly was him…” came another.

Lilia smirked and then winked innocently, chuckling at his own little disruption. “Oh~? Perhaps it was me~? But there is certainly no proof- oh- oh goodness me~ kufufufufu~”

Yet again, a silent yet deadly one released, a student who was unfortunately sitting behind him fell backwards and passed out- clearly there was no way he could blame someone for this, right?

Wrong…

“Definitely was Vil~ kufufufu~!”

“WHY YOU LITTLE-”

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Lesson 2: Halloween Horrors

Halloween was always a fun time of year for Lilia, even more so that he had a child of his own to celebrate it with. This was the time of year where he liked to let loose and give a good fright whenever it was needed- even if it was something as sweet and simple as sneaking up behind his son to surprise hug him or simply tickle his sensitive sides.

The festivities in the Briar Valley capital drew to an end for the Silver and Sebek seeing as Malleus had to lead the two children away from witness Lilia’s horrific dancing any further, getting the two young children to bed would be quite difficult.

“Alright, boys! Bedtime! All tucked in and ready for some sweet dreams~” Lilia cooed softly as he tucked Silver and Sebek into bed, patting their heads and booping their little noses. The two were clearly frightened, trembling beneath the blankets with wide eyes and goosebumps littering their skin. The old fae knew this but shrugged it off believing this would be a fun little lesson in Halloween horrors- after all he still had some little pranks in mind for later to truly test the boy’s fear levels.

“Father… um… could we please keep the candle lit tonight…?” Silver asked with a slight whimper, pulling the younger boy closer to his frame.

“Y-yeah, Sir Lilia…! J-just in case a mean monster comes in! W-we gotta see the target!” Sebek nodded as he clutched his teddy bear tighter.

Lilia only laughed and nodded as he left the room and closing the door behind him. “Goodnight boys! Happy Halloween~!”

Lilia paused just outside the door, smirking as he turned around and quickly opened it back up to hear the frightened screams of the children, “BOO! Kufufufu~!! You jumped like a bunch of frightened kittens~! Anyway, sweet dreams~!”

Silver and Sebek sat still for a solid five minutes completely petrified, tears threatening to pour out of both of their eyes as they stared at the door and then at each other before laying down hugging one another in absolute fear. Both refused to close their eyes, vowing to stay awake all night if they had too no matter what it took. The two eventually vowed to not dare leave the safety of the bedroom, nodding in agreement to their perfectly crafted plan , they laid in bed staring at the ceiling and then out the window to check for any sign of monsters.

“Anything, Silver? No monsters?” Asked Sebek, rubbing his eyes and patting his face to keep awake.

“Nope, nothing yet… *yawn* I think we are safe.” Silver responded sleepily, trying his absolute hardest to stay awake. “If it wasn’t so scary out right now I’d go to the kitchen and get us some water but… um… that would be a bad idea…”

Sebek groaned, knowing full well where the elder was going and how both of them still had a fear of the dark especially on Halloween as well as one other matter that surely was not a wise decision on a night like this.

“Y-yeah… even though Sir Lilia says we should always have water during survival challenges um… not now… uuggghhh…” Sebek blushed a little, remembering how just the week before there was a bit of an accident thanks to downing too much warm milk before bed one night. Silver nodded as well, turning away to hide his own embarrassed blush as he too knew full well how that would go as a similar situation happened once to himself.

“It’s almost two in the morning now, but… *yawn* I’m… not sure how long…*yawn* I’m gonna hold out for…” Silver yawned as he looked at his clock shifting uncomfortably in bed. “……Sebek, I’m- I’m… Zzzzzzzzzz…”

“S-SILVER?! W-WAKE UP!” It was no use, Silver was already in a deep sleep. “S-SILVER! I-I’m scared… Silver… *sniffle*…”

Sebek hated feeling weak, crying and whining just made him feel even worse. Even though he was six years old, the mere idea of crying as if he were an infant was enough to just make his whole being hurt.

“……N-now I want my mama…*sniffle*” he cried a little into his teddy bear’s soft fur and looked around the room for something to wake Silver up, there, in the toy box was a wooden sword- perfect! He just needed to stab Silver’s side with it or whack him and problem solved- well, not entirely. Sebek shifted himself to stand up but immediately regretted it, he knew he should not have had all that delicious apple and butterscotch beverage at the festival… “Uh oh.. uh- SILVER!! WAKE UP!! I need you to be my guard for the potty!!! SILVER!!”

It was no use, snores only emitted from Silver’s lips as he snoozed the night away. Sebek groaned, forcing himself to hold it all in no matter what, no matter how terribly it hurt. He refused to have an accident yet again for a foolish mistake. Clutching the spot between his legs he groaned miserably as he curled up in bed, whimpering in agony and in absolute fear.

Two more hours had passed and Sebek was already withering in sheer agony, unfortunately for Silver that accident had already happened nearly thirty minutes earlier. Sebek was determined to hold until sunrise but that seemed to not be possible as eventually his little body could no longer stand the immense pressure and pain and decided to relieve him of such agony.

Mission failed… once more the bladder won the battle…

Soon enough, sunlight began to peer into the window and Silver eventually awoken to the light and then to the sounds of sniffling and soft cries coming from a certain green haired six year old glaring at him with a tear stained and snotty face.

“TRAITOR!! Y-YOU FELL ASLEEP! YOU PROMISED TO STAY AWAKE!! WHAAAAAAAA!!!”

“Sebek, I’m sorry- uh oh… did we…?” Silver gasped, tears pouring out of his eyes now as Sebek nodded in reply, hugging onto him and bawling loudly. Silver joined in and bawled loudly.

The bedroom door burst open and Lilia entered, worry etched across his face but that soon faded the second he realized what happened, the dark patches on both of the boy’s trousers was enough to send him falling to the floor laughing.

“AHAHAHAHAHA! OH GOODNESS! OH THIS IS- AHAHAHAHA! Silver, Sebek, here I thought you both outgrew the training pants! AHAHAHAHA!”

“F-Father?! We were scared!! We thought there was a monster out there! We didn’t want to leave the room and get eaten by the child eating monster!!”

Lilia only wheezed louder, clutching his sides as he laughed even harder.

“You boys couldn’t take a wee bit of Halloween fun, eh?! O-oh goodness this is absolutely priceless! Silver, I thought I taught you better! AHAHAHAHA! Oh dear- ooohhh! Laundry day it is!”

Sebek groaned, looking at his trousers, face redder than a tomato, utterly embarrassed to have Lilia see him in such a pathetic state. Looking over to his side, he noticed that Silver was just as red faced and embarrassed at what had happened and yet all Lilia could do was laugh at their accident.

“Oh goodness me, this certainly was quite the start to the day, eh? Well, all laughs aside, a bath is needed for you babies and then a nap while I take care of the laundry. Perhaps I should quickly pick up some training pants for you both~?” Lilia smirked as both boys groaned at his remark. “I’m only joking, dears! Big boys like you both don’t need those anymore, but even big boys still need their naps and a post-accident bath~ kufufufufu~”

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Lesson 3: So Um… I Think I Misplaced My Child…

Doing laundry when you have a sleepy toddler can be quite the eventful experience, sometimes too eventful especially when said toddler has a tendency to fall asleep at random and in the most bizarre of places from kitchen cupboards, coat closets, the pantry, or even the laundry basket itself- it truly does make an old man like Lilia lose a bit of his lifespan when his little one is nowhere to be found. It gets even more concerning when that very toddler is an animal magnet that could, sevens forbid, potentially attracting a hungry grizzly bear at one point and who knows how that might go. But alas, what was Lilia to do? It is not like it was something he could control.

It was a sunny summer afternoon in the Briar Valley woods, birds chirped happily and a gentle breeze rustled through the trees carrying the scents of earth, wildflowers, and fresh mountain air. Peace was all there was in the woods that afternoon, even more so inside the beautifully decorated nursery Lilia sat in rocking his beautiful little boy to sleep for his afternoon nap. Even though Silver could nap anytime and anywhere, Lilia firmly believed in keeping his son on a nap schedule so there he was, lovingly rocking his child and watching him doze off. The afternoon sun illuminated the room in a soft, warm glow and made the sleeping child’s face appear more angelic than before as a golden glow rested upon his silver hair as if it were a halo.

It would be accurate though, Lilia smiled at the thought of his son being an angel from above- well even with knowing the boy’s origins the child was as angelic as could be. Sins of the past were not his to bear. When the old fae thought about it, Silver really was an angel- he needed Silver as much as Silver needed him.

Lilia stood up once he knew the little one was fully asleep and gently laid him down in his wooden cradle before placing a gentle kiss atop his sweet head and leaving the room. The door was cracked open for emergency purposes and the window left open so if Silver woke up crying, Lilia would hear it from outside as he hung the laundry on the line. The old fae grabbed the laundry basket of wet clothes and the basket for the already dry clothes on the line and made his way out to the yard to tend to the lines.

Some woodland animals approached the cottage, clearly looking for Silver and seeing this Lilia could not help but crack a smile. “Silver is not outside right now, he is taking a nap in the nursery, when he wakes up I’m sure he will love to play with you all.”

The deer and the rabbits all nodded in understanding, knowing that the child was indeed still young and required plenty of rest. The group of animals scurried off from the yard and back into the forest for the time being- many of the animals already knew that Silver would likely sleep the afternoon through and still would be sleepy for bedtime. However, now that was not the case…

In the nursery, one of the bluebird friends flew in and sat himself atop the edge of the cradle, gently nudging Silver’s pudgy face in an attempt to wake him up. Soon enough the three year old opened his eyes and looked to the bird friend of his and smiled softly and sleepily.

“Hello there, you wanna play? That why you woke me up…? Gotta be quiet though, papa might hear!”

The bird nodded, flying to help the small boy pull back the blanket and hop out of the bed and onto the floor. Silver, despite still being sleepy quietly made his way down the stairs and outside, easily avoiding Lilia’s gaze and potential ear range. Even at the age of three, Silver understood that his father liked to sometimes put these headphones on which attached to a portable radio he clipped to his belt when he did laundry or even wanted to nap in the shade with. Thankfully those were on his head and his ears were covered, Lilia happily danced a bit as he hung up the wet clothes on the line.

Silver looked to the bird friend of his and immediately had an idea- hide and seek! Simple!

“Want to play hide and seek? You just gotta count to ten and I hide? Alright let’s go!”

His bird friend chirped in agreement and flew to the nearby garden to count in the bushes while the child hid somewhere. Silver had a brilliant hiding spot in mind, the laundry basket of clean clothes that was behind Lilia. He slipped quietly into the basket, covering up the best he could with all the warm clothing and settled in all cozy. Soon enough, sleep claimed him and he fell asleep in the basket, completely unknown to his father and the bird friend who was having a pickle trying to find Silver.

Lilia then looked down at his watch, realizing that now was a good time to wake up Silver up, he put away his headphones and mini radio and walked upstairs- realizing immediately that something was wrong… the nursery door was wide open and there was no sleeping child in the cradle, Silver must have got out at some point when he was outside…

“S-Silver?! SILVER?! ANSWER ME! SILVER?! Oh sevens… I lost him again! SILVER COME ON OUT!” Lilia began to panic as he frantically looked all over the house for the child.

Silver was a toddler, and toddlers seem to get into absolutely everything and anything- yet Silver knew better than to wander off into the woods and away from the cottage so that certainly would narrow down the search area. Lilia also knew that Silver was excellent at following directions, if he was told to keep close and in the perimeter of the cottage, he would obey. He quickly searched the cottage, opening the closets, cabinets, and even some drawers that he knew Silver could likely fit in to no success. Silver was not in any of the usual nap spots in the house so that meant he was probably outside somewhere… alright now there was a challenge.

Lilia exited the cottage, trying his absolute hardest not to start going crazy in panic over his missing child. He just needed to keep this a secret from the Zigvolts to avoid yet another parenting lecture from Baul’s daughter and even from her human husband. There was no way he was going to sit down for yet another three hour or more lecture of why letting Silver wander off is a terrible idea. Suddenly a flash of blue flew past his face, frantic tweets coming from the small bluebird as it appeared to be looking all over for something or rather someone…

Lilia knew where this was going, Silver probably woke up and decided to play with the pesky bluebird.

“Excuse me, little one, are you looking for Silver? I cannot for the life of me find him and I too am growing worried… he is still technically a baby so I do worry for his safety.” Lilia sighed, extending a finger for the bird to perch himself on. “Oh? So you woke him up to play hide and seek, hmm? Well did you at least get a peek of where he may have went..? No? Hmm…”

The bird left Lilia’s finger and began to fly about calling for the tiny boy while Lilia began to search around himself. Then he heard it- a small shuffle. Surely he could not be hiding in plain sight, could he and in the most obvious of places? He quietly walked towards the laundry basket and paused, listening carefully for any strange sounds and then he heard it again. Small, sleepy exhales and some movement of tiny limbs. Lilia quietly lifted up the towel and there he was fast asleep and curled up in a fetal position sucking his thumb adorably. The old fae awed as h bent down and carefully lifted Silver into his arms to just hug him close, the child smelled of sunshine and fresh clean laundry with a hint of lavender- a fitting scent considering his nap spot.

“You little escape artist, what am I to do with you? Oh yes~ keep you and love you even if you nearly give me a heart attack kufufufufu~”

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Closing Letter From Professor Vanrouge:

Alright whippersnappers, class has concluded but who knows~ perhaps little old me may decide to make a Dad 103 course for you all explaining the importance of not touching the thermostat and the art of embarrassing your children wearing socks with sandals~! Kufufufufufu~ until next time kiddies!

Oh! Before I leave I must end with a joke~! No dad lecture is complete without a dad joke!

Ahem!

How do you make a water bed bouncier? Use spring water! *WHEEZING UNCONTROLLABLY*

- Professor Lilia Vanrouge

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please share your thoughts on vinland saga. what is your favorite character, scene...? what is something you learnt through it?

omgogmogmgmggogm ty for this ask anon also so sorry it took me a while to get around to but i appreciate it i loooove vinland saga sm n i’d love to talk more ab it 😭🫶🏼💕 n if you’ve seen the show too i’d love to know ur answers to those questions as well aaa :””)

my favorite character for suuurrree is thorfinn :”) he is my sweet summer child, the apple of my eye, the kindest of all, my son, my heart, my treasure, my love, i adore him sm there are times where i think of him n i just start tearing up out of nowhere. imma sound so fkn insane when i say this but i really truly believe he exists in my hearrrtttt 😭💕 like he has to, there’s no way these feeligns of adoration i have for him have not manifested on some physical realm i just love him sosososooso much sobs he is my favorite fictional character of all time n i wish i could smooch makoto yukimura very gingerly on the cheek for bringing such a beautifully well written character to life. his determination to become a better person, live true to his ideals, and create safe haven for others is srs so inspirational to me i love him sm

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i would literally commit war crimes for him LMFAO (even tho that’s the opposite of what he would want anyone to do for him haha)

as for what i’ve learned n my fave scene(s) i will add a keep reading bc spoilers and also it’s gonna be really fuckin long 💀

what have i learned from vinland saga? dear god, so much. i could talk about this show for hours, HOURS, and i have before!! it is just that dense in philosophy n had my head spinning from all the reflections

of course, there is the infamous line in the show ‘i have no enemies’, which i think can mean a lot of different things to different people, in thorfinn’s case it is the line that allows him to adopt a life of tranquility n pacifism. i think for me, this line taught me to assume the best in people, and once i started doing that i think i learned how peaceful n meaningful life can be. for example, if i interact with a rude person or am fighting with someone i care about, and i am affected emotionally by it, i might think of that lesson from the show and i feel free in knowing that i have no one who i desire to hurt or retaliate against or even harbor negative feelings towards in my head(the saying comes to mind to think or speak negatively about others is to poison yourself) as someone w a lot of fuckin anxiety it’s very liberating to think that way, and i think that’s the biggest lesson i’ve learned from the show (among many, many, many others. i think another big lesson is obviously the subject of forgiveness, both in others and in oneself, but this post will end up being too long if i go into depth of all the things i’ve thought ab while watching vinland saga)

as for my fave scenes, i’ll try to just pick three 😭😭😭

1. end of the prologue. the scene when askleadd dies was so beautifully done. the moment where in his final moments, he urges thorfinn to rethink his life and what he wants from it, and to follow in his father’s footsteps. askeladd was such a cruel, violent, and objectively horrible person n was the cause of thorfinn’s journey of hatred in the first place, and yet in his final moments somehow his words to thorfinn did not feel out of character. that was the moment where i realized wow, this author knows what tf he’s doing and is truly so talented. to have a character’s traits sneak up on you like that, built so subtly throughout the show, so that the payoff feels so real and fitting and not forced, driving the direction of the story in the way we had been hoping for the whole time. fuuuckckf. also, quick mention of the scene where thorifnn finally lets go of his dagger n all the scenes from season one flash by on the metal. fuck. i cry EVERY. TIME.

2. i mean it’s a given, but the scene when thorfinn finally understands his father’s words and admits to a circle of bloodlust vikings that they are not his enemies, and that he has no enemies. what a wonderful full circle moment for his character arc, i get chills just thinking about it

3. this one may be a bit more random lol, but the episode that will forever stick in my memory is gardar’s backstory episode. fuck i could writr a ten page essay about this one twenty minute episode ALONE, but i’ll just pick out the one scene that just kills me. the scene where gardar helplessly watches himself in the past, as he leaves arnheid & hjalti, and there’s nothing he can do to stop himself. fucking hell. if there’s any scene that i think could perfectly show what a feeling of regret is like, that would be the scene, and what fucks me up so much about that scene is how he cannot even manage WORDS. he is a grown man, reduced to intelligible sounds because his pain is so profound and his guilt runs so deep that it is like he becomes all but a helpless child. just kill me, seriously. i had never cried so hard in my LIFE watching anything than in that episode. i sobbed so hard i had hiccups n my sleeves were covered in snot. but the ending, when he got to see his son again in the afterlife n he was the age that he wouldve been if he was still alive :”) my god. yukimura nails anything that has to do with father son dynamics, im sure its because he has a few boys of his own, and his love for his children is so evident in his writing. but also, the fact that he was able to make me feel SO MUCH for a character we hardly knew anything of, and also to use a character that the audience is not very familiar with to tell a story that i think almost everyone on this planet could relate to in some capacity (things we want to change n wish we could go back to do so…) just what a genius genius creative decision like he is just such a wonderful writer i appreciate him so much 😭😭😭

god, all of s2 is honestly my favorite scene LMFAO. the whole entirety of it is a masterclass in story telling. imma just do a quick few more of my fave scene shoutouts tho 😭

thorfinn getting his ear sliced by fox, thorfinn calling einer his brother, thorfinn climbing his way out of valhalla, thorfinn telling arnheid about vinland before she passed away, snake revealing the truth behind ketil’s name, thorfinn reuniting with his mother again. god just all of it. i swear, just all of it.

GAT DAYUM THIS IS LONG but idgaf i’d talk about this show until i draw my last breath lmfaooo thank u anon for this ask im clearly insane 🤣🤣🤣 ur probs like im never sending this bitch an ask ever again LMFAO just joking but srs i appreciate it i had a lot of fun answering :””) i just love this show so much