#homosexuality in the canine aisle

[etherealashworks]

Full Throttle

Wolfstar Top Gear AU

5. INTERLUDE

Black lifts the bucket off his head, ever-so-slowly, and spits out a mouthful of pink. Then, he tosses the bucket to the side with a clang and rubs a hand down his face, wiping away the liquid, thick and globulous. When he pulls his hand away, he breaks down — laughing.  Then he starts chasing Potter and Lupin with the hose. ‘You absolute fuckers!

Marauders Top Gear AU in which Remus is a disaster from the off, Sirius unravels at the seams, James grows a frontal lobe, and Lily has a secret. Throughout, there will be cars, catastrophes, and caravan conkers. And in the end, maybe- just maybe- they'll find something worth all of this bollocks.

[beatle-hate-blog]

AU where everything went smoothly and nothing tragic happened and homosexuality was legalised in the 40′s and John and Paul got married and lived happily ever after:

-They got married in ‘67 in Paris and had a small bohemian style wedding surrounded by close family and friends. They looked absolutely radiant. Jim walked Paul down the aisle and shook John’s hand and said he knew he’d treat his boy right, and joked that he was glad he wasn’t a teddy boy anymore, to which John nodded and laughed nervously. Brian walked John down the aisle, and couldn’t help but shed a few tears. Brian’s long term boyfriend, who adored him, was there to comfort him when he sat down. Ringo was John’s best man and George was Paul’s. Julia and Mary have never been prouder. After the ceremony,  Mimi took Paul aside, which he was pretty nervous about because he still thought Mimi didn’t like him, and she hugged him and told him she was proud to call him her son in law.  In every single photograph, John is positively beaming. 

-John and Paul have Astrid and Stu over for dinner often. At some point one of them will start reminiscing about the good old days and they often end up laughing about Paul and Stu’s rivalry and how jealous Paul used to be, which he finds funny because he’s not a repressed little shit in this universe.

-They often go for long walks around their land and John finds it really funny to nudge Paul in to as many muddy puddles as possible. Somehow, Paul never sees it coming.

-They have two horses, Sgt. Pepper (or Sarge, Paul’s horse) and Eleanor Rigby (or Ellie, John’s horse). When they ride them, John finds it really funny to loiter behind and give Sarge a little pat on the bum to make him jump and run ahead. Paul always has a go at him for being so irresponsible and dangerous but he still does it every. Time.

- One night they were sat watching re-runs of Fawlty Towers with Martha sprawled over their laps. As usual, Paul was gently playing with her ears and stroking her head, and, inbetween cackles and howls of laughter, John was scratching her tummy to make her kick her leg. Suddenly, John paused and turned to Paul.

‘She still feels a bit bloated, love.’

‘Oh, still? That’s odd; maybe she’s poorly..’ They both looked at their girl, who was happily watching TV. 

‘She hasn’t been acting it, she’s been fine.’ John noted. 

‘Wait... Do you remember back a few weeks ago, she kept being sick in the morning?’

‘Yeah...’

‘You don’t think she-’

‘Oh my God.’

Mouths agape, they looked at the big shaggy dog in unison. Paul gave her a mock smack on the head.

‘You slut, Martha!’

Over the next month, Paul did as much research as possible in to canine pregnancy and labour. He pandered to her and spoilt her rotten, whereas John continued as normal, seeming to forget about the whole thing.

Then came the fateful night. Paul swept in to the living room and shook awake his sleeping husband.

‘Eh?’ John muttered groggily as he awoke, nearly falling off the sofa.

‘She’s gone in to labour, John.’ Paul called, already half way back to the pantry where Martha had settled to give birth.

‘OH! FUCK!’ John cried, bolting upright and running back and forth looking for... towels? Water? It dawned upon him that he had no idea what to do, and he wished he’s listened to at least one of Paul’s boring lectures. His girl needed him! How had he been so ignorant? What if something went wrong? What if she died? Oh God no she was in pain! ‘PAUL! PAUL!’ He ran in the direction Paul had disappeared to, and looked frantically from left to right, until he noticed the pantry door was open. He scrambled over to it, and was greeted by Paul and Martha on the floor.

‘Ssshhh. Don’t stress her out’ Paul whispered, sitting close to her and massaging her panting head. ‘I’ve got everything we need, don’t worry, I know what to do.’ 

16 hours later, two very tired, very proud grandparents sat with their worn out girl as she fed her 4 new puppies. 

7 weeks later, the two men discussed how they seriously needed to start advertising to sell these pups, agreeing they would keep one to continue Martha’s legacy when she was gone.

7 more weeks later, the hunt for new owners seemed unsuccessful. But then again, they technically never did advertise the puppies. The puppies now had names.

Another 7 weeks later, John turns over in bed to snuggle up to his husband, but is greeted by a big, sleeping, hairy puppy between them. 3 other puppies and their mother surround them. 

-Ringo and George visit often, and they all go to the music room and jam together like they used to. 

-They often holiday at reserves and quiet rural spots around the UK. As a tradition, they go to Paris once a year on their anniversary. Also, they have a list of places they got to perform at but not see because they were crammed in to a hotel, so they go back and see it properly.

[characteroulette]

and then I also did that ENTIRE questionnaire for Aglaé because he is the Game Kid I knew the least about.

Enjoy.

1. What is your OC’s favorite color?

  > Aglaé is fond of pinks. Pretty much every sweater or vest he's gotten is pink.

2. Does your OC collect anything? What do they collect?

  > BOOKS -- no, okay, Aglaé likes to collect pressed flowers, he has a special book for them.

3. What kind of things is your OC allergic to?

  > Good question. I never really think about allergies.

4. What kind of clothing does your OC wear?

  > Suit jackets, sweater vests, sweaters, and suit pants. Formal or casual formal clothes always. The more professional he looks, the less likely it is other people will randomly come over to talk to him.

5. What is your OC’s first memory?

  > The very first memory Aglaé can still recall is of his older sister laying beside him in bed, "reading" to him. He doesn't remember what the book was or what she was saying, but it's a very important memory to him.

6. What’s your OC’s favorite animal? Least favorite?

  > Aglaé likes bears and dogs and horses, but can't call any single one of them his favourite. He really doesn't like disobedient wolves who should just chill out god.

7. What element would your OC be?

  > If I had to pick, Aglaé would probably be either water or wood. He's the go with the flow type, but also incredibly stubborn once he gets going.

8. What is your OC’s theme song?

  > He's caged like an animal, eaten like a cannibal, but refuses to let the human in...

9. Do you have a faceclaim / voiceclaim for your OC?

  > Here's a weird faceclaim I thought of: Goro Akechi from P5. Personality-wise and looks-wise, I think it fits Aglaé quite well. Maybe even voice-wise... but I dunno I'm not very good at this stuff.

10. What deadly sin would best represent your OC?

  > Probably envy. He may be the target of envy, but he's also insanely jealous of others that are better and more accepted for showcasing their true colours and faces. (He may have accepted the beast, but that doesn't mean others have.)

11. What are your OC’s hobbies?

  > Aglaé will read all day all night he'll read through the goddamn apocalypse he'll read even after he's dead you cannot come between this boy and his books.

12. How patient is your OC? How hot-headed are they?

  > Aglaé, outwardly, is the most patient person you'll ever meet. (Mostly because he's ignoring you while he's reading.) However, there are certain moments where his beast shows through and he'll get irritated enough to snap at you. He's good at keeping that beneath his beautiful mask, at least.

13. What is your OC’s gender / sexuality / race / species / etc.?

  > Aglaé is a male, homosexual, French human being.

(alt. He's beauty and he's grace, he'll rip right through your face..)

14. What foods does your OC like to eat? What are their least favorite foods?

  > Aglaé likes very rich people foods, like escargot and caviar. However, his most favourite food is steak, medium rare. The more bloody, the better, actually. His least favourite foods tend to be sweets or light, airy desserts with little substance to them.

15. If your OC could have any pet, what would they choose? Why?

  > Probably a bear. Because it could kill him at any moment, but it's a giant lumbering beast of beauty and he can relate to that.

16. What does your OC smell like?

  > Roses. He always smells like roses. (what the fuck do roses smell like someone with a nose that works please tell me)

17. How do they make a living? What kind of job do they want / not want? What is their dream job? What do they think of their current job?

  > Aglaé is in school currently, a second year at the Boarding School. He's always sort of dreamed of being a librarian or the owner of a small book shop.

18. What are your OC’s greatest fears? Weaknesses? Strengths?

  > Aglaé has a fear losing his ability to read in peace or at all. He's the weakest when it comes to socialisation skills (in that he can socialise, he just never feels the need to) while his strength lies in pure knowledge and language skills.

19. What kind of music do they listen to? Do they have a favorite song?

  > Aglaé, as much as it is cliched, really likes classical compositions to listen to while he reads. Also good are arias in Latin, more Eastern sounding compositions, and video game soundtracks. That being said, his favourite song would probably be some good old Nordic metal. His sister is really into metal and got him into it, too.

20. If they came from their world to ours (if not already in our’s) how would they react? What would they do?

  > Nothing's that different, except for maybe a ton of new books to read, so Aglaé would just pour countless hours into reading every new book (or even slightly altered book) he could get his hands on.

21. What personal problems/issues do they have? Pet peeves?

  > He thinks reading is an acceptable substitute for social interaction. Also he's rude as fuck in the most polite way possible if you try to talk to him and he doesn't know you. Pet peeve would definitely be someone trying to talk to him while he's trying to read.

22. What kind of student were they/would they be in high school?

  > Aglaé is that kid who shows up to every class but looks like he's never listening (since he's busy reading some book that's not the class text) and somehow gets better grades than you on every. Single. Test. You know the one.

23. What is a random fact about your OC?

  > Aglaé is actually very shy and a huge momma's boy (on top of that sister complex).

24. What is their outlook on life? What is their philosophy / what do they think in general about living?

  > He doesn't have all the time in the world, so he may as well spend it doing what he loves, your opinions be damned. Life is all a popularity contest, after all, and as long as you can coast somewhere in the middle, then you're allowed some leniency in ignoring people to read.

25. What inspired you to create them / how did you create them? Were they originally a fancharacter? What was their personality / design like when you first made them?

  > Wildly, Aglaé was gonna be a girl at first, because Beauty and the Beast. But then I decided no, I wanted a male Beauty and female Beast and then made them siblings because I didn't want their romance plot. And now Aglaé and his sister are a combination of both Beauty and Beast who have to learn throughout the course of the story that their dual natures are acceptable and okay.

26. Who is the most important person in their life? Why? Who is the least important to them (that still has an impact and why?

  > His sister!! And his mom and dad but mostly his sister, Gaëlle, who is the light of his life and whom he'll always put his book down to pay attention to and talk to (that is a straight up lie but he will always prioritise listening to her over reading). The least important to him who still leaves an impact would either be Petel (for beast envy reasons) or Dante (for plot reasons).

27. What kind of childhood did your character have?

  > Aglaé grew up with his sister able to speak for him and inform others of exactly what he wanted, so he didn't talk very much even as a baby. His sister would attempt to read to him when they went to bed (whenever their mother was too busy working to do it herself) and got Aglaé fascinated in books. When Gaëlle started going to school, Aglaé would hole himself up in his room and cry from loneliness because he was a very dramatic child, but then Aglaé started going to school and shut himself up inside himself to cope. He got teased for being so pretty (and then teased about his sister coming in to save him) and Aglaé vowed never to cry or show weakness in front of anyone outside of his family ever again.

  And then his view on the world was skewed so irreparably that he fostered a beast inside who would gladly watch the world burn over the pages of his books.

28. What kind of nervous habits do they have? Do they stim? Do they have any kinds of addictions?

  > Aglaé will rub the corner of the page of his book if he's really into the story and nervous about where it's going. (Or, if he's still listening to the conversation going on around him and agitated about that.) If he doesn't have a book on hand, somehow, Aglaé will rub his thumb against his canines when he gets nervous. (Does reading count as an addiction?)

29. If they could choose their epitaph for their grave, what would they choose?

  > "Here lies the most well-read beast that ever lived. Good job ruining that, assholes." (Sorry, I can't serious with these.)

30. Do they want to get married? Why or why not? Would they ever want kids? Do they have kids? Why?

  > Aglaé hasn't really thought about who he'd marry, just about what his ceremony would be like. Obviously, he'd have his mother walk him down the aisle (as his father would no doubt be too weepy to function) while his sister would be his best man. It would be held outside with trees and rose petals everywhere and he'd wear a blue tux with a pink tie and he'll look fabulous and holy shit Aglaé you weren't kidding when you said you had this all planned out.

31. What is their most traumatic memory/experience? What is their favorite memory?

  > The most traumatic thing for Aglaé would probably be the first nightmare he had about the beast living inside of him. From then on, if he was having a bad dream, he'd wake up overheated with all the covers thrown off. His favourite memories usually involve his sister, but he has one in particular of his mother and father singing him to sleep when he was being fussy that he holds near to his heart.

32. If they could have one thing in the world, what would it be?

  > Initially, Aglaé would request all the time and space in the world to read his books. But, after giving it some more thought, he'd instead want his sister and family's happiness.

33. Would they ever kill someone? What would someone have to do to push them to kill someone? If they would kill someone, why?

  > If you hurt his sister, Aglaé will personally hunt you down and kill you. No remorse, either. You had it coming for managing to hurt his very capable and strong sister. Other than that, Aglaé wouldn't bother attempting to kill someone because life is the best equaliser of all pettiness.

34. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?

  > Aglaé will only go to social gatherings if forced. When there, he sits or stands in the corner and reads his books without looking up once. Unless his sister is there, then they both stand in the corner (or she wanders and he follows her mostly).

35. How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories?

  > Aglaé has a pretty good imagination, but prefers to be engrossed in a book rather than daydreaming. If you can get him going about his favourite books, however, then he'll talk too fast for his mind to keep up and start skipping words and you'll see he gets invested in the stories he likes.

36. What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain?

  > Aglaé just wants to be left out of this mess, mostly. He needs a better outlet for the beast roaring inside him, sometimes living in peace with that thing just doesn't do it. In the end, Aglaé is willing to sacrifice his habitual keeping himself on the outside as he realises he's invested in these people and cares for them enough to want to help.

37. What’s something that your character does, that other people don’t normally do?

  > I guess normal people don't read as obsessively as Aglaé does...? It's hard to say, Aglaé is probably the most normal of the kids.

38. What would your character do with a million dollars?

  > Give it all to his parents. They deserve it.

39. What is in your characters refrigerator right now? On their bedroom floor? Nightstand? Garbage can?

  > The family refrigerator holds leftovers from last night's dinner (of seafood mornay pie), a half-full bottle of grape juice that Gaëlle started and Aglaé is planning on finishing (he traded her the rest of his breath mints for this), and other foods kept in the fridge like milk, eggs, butter. His floor is mostly clean, save a few books that were overspilled from his nightstand, which is brimming with books and has just enough space for his alarm clock. There are a few pastry packaging wrappers in his trashcan from last night's reading adventure.

40. Your character is getting ready for a night out. Where are they going? What do they wear? Who will they be with?

  > Aglaé would prefer not to, but Nat and Gaëlle forced him I guess. He wears his normal formal-casual wear and hangs out with Damon, Nicu, Charon, Diane, Jonathan (how the hell did they convince him to go, too??), and Vektoria at the school dance I guess? He mostly stands in the corner reading while watching Gaëlle dance with Charon, Diane, and Vektoria. But Jonathan is there to make snarky comments with and Damon stands by him once or twice to make some conversation and Nicu and Nat go over to check up on him frequently enough, so he guesses it wasn't that bad.

41. What does your character do when they’re angry? Why?

  > Aglaé tends to grin when he's angry. Y'know, like a really furious but still trying to be polite grin. He'll start speaking up, his words openly hostile and his tone even and calm. If you can draw the beast out of him, that's when you'll need to run.

42. Does your character have any scars? Where did they get them from?

  > Aglaé has what look to be claw marks that go down his chest. He won't explain where he got them from. Hm.

43. What was the most offensive thing your character had ever said?

  > I dunno, does calling Petel an unrefined and untrained wolf count?

44. How does your character react to / accept criticism?

  > On the inside, he'll be calling you a moron if it was unwarranted or if he thinks it has no basis. If it's critique on something he actually feel he needs to improve on, he'll listen attentively and take mental notes in order to use later. (Of course, whether or not he uses this critique to exacerbate the issue waits to be seen..)

45. If your character was given a slice of pineapple pizza and they HAD to eat it (or something bad would happen), how would they react? Do they even LIKE pineapple pizza?

  > Aglaé would probably be pretty okay with pineapple on pizza. It's not the best, but he can eat it. (Gaëlle, on the other hand...)

46. Your character is given a voodoo doll of themself. What do they do with it? Do they see if it actually works?

  > Aglaé, being Aglaé, would definitely research into that shit and then put the doll up on display in his room on a shelf. Because why not be a weirdo with that stuff.

47. Can your character draw? What do they like to draw? Do they doodle?

  > Aglaé has doodled before (on those rare occasions where the teacher confiscates his books in class) and he's not terrible, but not as good as Dante is. He liked doodling how the beast inside of him looked and called it his friend, so that teacher never took his book away from him again.

48. What were their parents like? How has that affected how they are as an adult?

  > Aglaé's parents are attentive, well-meaning, but fairly busy with work. His mother, whenever she managed to make the time for it, would read to him and his sister before bed. His father was always there to bandage any scrapes or cuts that Aglaé and his sister got while they were playing in the yard (or with Damon and Nicu). I'm.. not sure how that shows through on Aglaé, but. /shrugs

49. Does your character like candy? Do they get sugar rushes? What are they like when they get a rush?

  > Aglaé isn't the fondest of sweets, but does like mints and gum. He's never experienced a sugar rush, really, but he has had a caffeine rush (and subsequently crashed from that) because Damon introduced him to soda (and then his father let him try coffee). Aglaé, when caffeined up, gets really twitchy and can read about three times faster than his normal speed, so he flies through books that way. The crash is terrible, though, so he only resorts to caffeine reading if he absolutely has to.

50. If your character was presented with imminent and unavoidable death/fatality, how would they react? Would they try to avoid death anyways? Would they try to make their last days count?

  > Aglaé would definitely try to avoid it somehow, trying to find a cure or trying to charm his way out of this scenario. When that wouldn't work, he'd probably break down crying and beg to at the very least see his sister again before he died.