#however i do kinda understand not doing that in that end battle bc that was a very VERY long end quest(s)

[crows-of-buckets]

Beating veilguard may genuinely get me out of my writing slump because I Need To Fix It

[luffyvace]

Izuku x male reader

This is fluff so it’s gonna be sweet but don’t expect only “cute baby Izuku 🥺” bc I’m writing accurate to canon him/manga him 😜

(Your a UA student in class 1A for these<3)

Izuku’s Love languages are acts of service and quality time

even though quality time sometimes get scarce because class A is hectic

its called quality time not quantity time

Its about how you spend your time together, not always how much

although I will say you make as much time for each other as possible

you guys train, eat, nap, jog, watch tv/videos together

And of course make lots and lots of jokes

you two have so many inside jokes class A doesn’t understand 😂

It fine you don’t explain it, it’s funnier that way

he does you lots of favors for acts of service

you really don’t even have to tell him!

its the little stuff like, cleaning up a mess for you, getting your jacket when he knows your going out, reminding you about tests and to study!

which on that topic you two study together when you can

but izuku is really busy and spends a lot of energy in the day

As we saw in some episodes he goes to sleep as soon as he makes it in his room

but he does his best!

your likely busy too! Like I said UA is pretty hectic

Even though he has a lot on his plate, he makes time for you

he does lots of little things for your relationship

weekly mental check ins where you sit down and talk/vent or chatter if the week has gone good

video game marathons/competitions

going out to events together likes pop up festivals

buying each other clothes spontaneously

(oops this is coming off really gn let’s switch it up<3)

when izuku realized he was in love with a male..

it made no difference

No fr mha is modern enough to have the clock app why wouldn’t this kinda thing be normal

he might not have realized he was bi before you though

originally he thought he was straight bc he always got flustered around girls

but when you came around and made him feel way more nervous than any girl ever had??

yeah you know that bi panic meme?

he got a slap of that

💥💥

Homophobes is not the worst he’s run into tbh so now that he stands up for himself, he will stand up for you and your relationship as well!

he doesn’t really have the best roasts or whatever but he certainly doesn’t let them get away with it!

forget them tbh let’s move on to a more wholesome topic 💗

Meeting inko!!

when she found out you were a guy she raised her eyebrows then slowly smiled

she was 100% supportive!!

izuku wasn’t really hesitant about telling her or anything because he knew his mother isnt judgemental

when she meets you she’s ecstatic!

she makes a savory dinner and probably shares way too many adorable stories about izuku’s past

Which he gets really embarrassed and you guys end up in his room after so she can’t keep rambling

random but I also feel you and izuku also read manga together

If you like it :)

training with him is..harsh to say the least 😀

like fr no holding back for either of you

If you don’t have a combat compatible quirk this is basically a one-sided beating

only playing!

but seriously he’s letting loose

”what if this was a real battle and you were in danger?!”

”ok but..your punching me like IM the villain”

you’ll be aight 🙂

He told you about his quirk depending on how soon you two met

If you met in middle school or before he likely told you like straight away

mb all might he couldn’t keep it in

if you met in UA, However, he probably either waited a few months after you became friends or started dating

he tells you when your friends if your instant best friends but if your just the occasional “hi m/n!” Then it’s likely after you two get together

pranks.

Yes they happen.

him to you, you to him

you still teenagers after all why not?

if your feeling a silly goofy mood what better to do than surprise your partner? 😋

oddly enough, once you get close enough in the relationship, I feel he’s the one that initiated them!

you guys only do innocent little things that don’t hurt anybody, of course

annoying each other also happens

not in the actual annoyed sense

just the type where your like “BRO STOP!!” But your still smiling 😂

like idk putting one putting their feet next to the others face typa thing

again still harmless

your never really mad at each other and you always make jokes and laugh it off in the end

heroes.

how could I not talk about this?

they’re his favs!!

not to mention I hope your fav hero all might..

bc one, his room.

and two, his rants.

like you’d have to explicitly state you either have a diff fav or are just tired of the rants bc…..bro will go ON.

If I’m gonna talk about heroes gotta talk about villains too right?

so izuku tells you that he wants to save the villains

and that he sees children in them

unhealed, scarred, children.

he rants to you about this on mental check in days

and you listen, he appreciates that.

he gets the feeling no one gets him in that sense, and even if you don’t at least you hear him out!

izuku so so so loves you!

it’s super sweet that you so so so love him too 💝

Writing for izuku is so easy! I love writing for my favs bc thoughts pop out like poop :)

(LOL). No seriously I wrote this faster than expected. Hopefully I clear drafts soon so I can open requests :^

[mando-abs]

I’m tellin yall

Bo Katan is going to betray Din for the throne

If the betrayal of Elia Kane wasn’t enough foreshadowing for you, Bo staring at the Mythosaur piece at the end of S3E4 is.

What really caught my attention to this theory (besides her looking at the mythosaur wall fixture) was the juxtaposition of the zoom in on her face at the end of Episode 3 with the final zoom on Elia Kane. Bo is being really nice to Din lately, enough so that people are spreading romance rumors (of which I am not touching on bc that’s shipping related). They are building the Mandalorian unspoken reliance that is tradition and clearly on display in Episode 4. This trust building is similar to what Dr. Pershing and Elia had.

Much like Dr. Pershing and Elia, Din and Bo are pursuing calls to action they feel in their mind is the right thing to do. Din (like Pershing) is taking on the Mand’alor title for the “greater good” of his people despite his reservations. Bo believes (or at least has believed in recent past) that the darksaber belongs to her and her family. She has yet to redeem and prove herself in front of her people. Is it selfish? Yeah. But as long as her people are prosperous, no harm no foul. I don’t think she’s against the possibility of stepping on Din’s toes if her gaining the darksaber brings balance to the Mandalorians.

The only comparison to Elia I’m not 100% with for Bo is severely injuring or attempting to kill Din. I don’t think she’s that malicious (definitely not fascist evil). In fact, I’m not even sure if Bo Katan really knows that she’s gonna try to battle the darksaber from Din just yet. I don’t think this is some master plan that she’s been stewing on. If so, then we haven’t gotten a lot of evidence to support that. It’s only been after seeing the mythosaur with her own eyes and understanding the Legend surrounding it does she start getting the illusions of grandeur of becoming Mand’alor once more.

But what about Paz? Excellent point.

We kinda already saw that? I mean obviously Paz and the rest of the Vizsla clan have some serious hang-ups. But Paz already tried and failed to duel the darksaber into his hands. Paz isn’t an idiot. He knows when to quit, when he’s ahead, and when to trust others (however begrudgingly). Bo does not. She must put the weight of Mandalore on her shoulders and she will forgive and try again until she dies. She may enlist help, but she is always the leader. And that’s why she’s gonna try to win the darksaber from Din

Bonus point: In one of the dozens of Mandalorian Season 3 interviews I watched, Pedro Pascal said that he “trusts Bo with [his] life.” And personally, since he keep the reveal of Grogu and return of Luke a secret from EVERYONE, I don’t trust the lil shit (affectionate). I think he said that because it was the opposite and he thinks it’s funny.

[koscheicore]

Rant about invisible illnesses, people's asshole behaviours, professional erasure, ableism etcetc + a bit of personal stuff

Yesterday I kind of... started crying bcs I was reading on fibromyalgia. I have read about it before several times, not only because it's plausible I could have that - or something with similar symptoms - but also because I just like to read on these things, and how people experience them.

However, what got me crying wasn't really the possibility of having it, the lack of explanation so far for my pain, but rather how many people affirm they don't get proper care for it, how many professionals believe it's not even real, how their pain is erased because it's not visible. How they're told they're too young to be feeling it, if they are young, and that's it, often refusing to look for any causes it's a years long battle to even get minimal help for it and then, when the pain gets unbearable it's not enough for the ER. People with fibro, and many other invisible illnesses, are thrown under the bus constantly. And it fucking sucks.

Today I talked about it a bit, and how idk where my pain stems from, and someone decided to tell me that they've heard fibro isn't even real. To all I said abt my pain, that's what they said.

Idk if I have it, but I don't need to have it, to have felt a deep sting as they said that. How I remember also how ppl irl around me genuinely believed widely that ADHD wasn't real in the early 2000s, too. And would tell that to people with a diagnosis even, upon learning they had it. What's the need? What do they get out of that? They read it somewhere and felt the need to say it, without any further research? Idk. Shit like this really hurts, even if it's something I'm not affected by or have the possibility to be, it really fucking hurts, because that's how people end up not having appropriate help and going through constant living hell.

It's definitely hurt me more to not be believed about my mental illnesses than to live with them. To try to reach out just to be dismissed, by friends I trusted, by family members, and fucking hell, by professional after professional. When people listen, and try to understand, even if they don't know how to support you, that's important, that helps. And that's when I started managing better, when people listened. Doesn't mean my issues got better, just that I was more willing to take care of myself, to try and get better or at least make things easier for myself.

Telling someone it's not real, that's just helping them blame themselves, think it's their fault, internalise self-hatred and feelings of worthlessness because well, if it's not real they shouldn't be struggling yeah? They shouldn't be complaining, they don't deserve help because it doesn't exist in the right place, yeah? That's what you're implying when you say it's not real. That's how you deter people from seeking help, even self-help if professional help isn't available (or they don't want to give it to you because let's face it. often they don't.)

And that's also why it's taken me so long to say anything about my pain to doctors, because well, I have been told I'm too young, too. And I'm tired. I'm not a good advocate to myself when it comes to getting help, because I'm just used to being dismissed, and it's tiring to fight, it's easier to swallow it up and keep living in the same struggle than to try to get help only to end up crying because you won't get it bcs incompetent so-called professionals. To lose friendships because of it too.

Idk. Just kinda had to get that out, I guess. Anyways, I have medical tests this month, so let's see how that goes.

[jade-bright]

These are a few of the big ones I've been reading on repeat, or just overall enjoyed + a shorter one that I think is still enjoyable:

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In a world where werewolves are not known but magic is, Stiles has been randomly selected to take care of a feral creature for a whole year. The creature in question is one Derek [redacted], and he's for some reason connected to the town. Oh, and one of Stiles Stilinski's duties is to feed Derek his blood. And he does, just not as he was instructed.

I really enjoyed the slowish process in which Stiles earns Derek's trust meanwhile he's feral, and how (despite looking and acting very animalistic) he treats Derek as an equal. Overall, their dynamic in this fic is a mix of all these:

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The summary kinda ends up speaking for itself; What if Stiles got bit in Season 1 instead of Scott? Obviously based on the title and summary, this fic is a retelling of the first season, so it'll still have the major and relevant plots that happened in the show but with Stiles as the teen werewolf instead. (Note, there's one point in the fic where it has some explicit sexual content at the start of a chapter. But that's like the only time anything explicit happens, anything else "extreme" that happens is kinda low key)

Again, thoroughly enjoyed the building of Derek and Stiles' relationship. From Derek learning to trust Stiles and Stiles learning how to keep it, to the sweet little moments they get in figuring out their feelings for each other and how they go about it afterwards once they do <3

(There's also a part two for Season 2, but that's basically discontinued. Still just as good tho).

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Stiles melds with something deep and powerful inside of him. With his new found magical abilities, he travels back in time to various points of extreme chaos in his life until he reaches a point in time where he can prevent the deaths of those that were close to him and even those that weren't. "He wasn’t there because he felt loyalty to her or the pack. He was there because of Derek."

Stiles and the Nogitsune merging together after an agreement that was made, leading to Stiles becoming incredibly powerful in magic but still has struggles and weaknesses like anyone else. Pre-Canon characters death's prevented bc of time travel but also preferred character deaths happening because yes. Now normally I'm not really into time travel fics, however this fic would have to be the exception because it really is just something else. All incredibly and beautifully written, with very slow burn Sterek.

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Derek is hurt and unconscious because of a battle, and slowly begins to understand what's happening around him. In this process of regaining consciousness, he learns that no one but Stiles has been taking care of him. After he's woken up, he keeps his distance from Stiles in hopes of continuing to keep him safe, only to be captured by hunters and have his reality shattered.

This fic brings your hurt comfort and angst with a happy ending feels to fruition. It's mostly aftermath of torture and descriptions of said torture and the scars that were left. There's not much deep plot or build in Sterek like the other fics suggested, but the feels are still there. Oh, and there's smut towards the end. Well, almost smut and then for sure smut ;)

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Taking place in Season 1, Peter has just destroyed Stiles keys and asks him if he wants the bite. However, unlike before, there's more clarity to his thoughts now and he wants to know why Stiles doesn't want the bite. Especially since he'd make a great wolf.

Okay, I've recently become very fascinated with Peter and Stiles friendship because they're both chaotic and sassy, but at the same time smart and lovable. Anyway, we got Semi-Sane Peter who's still an Alpha and Sterek who don't completely trust him but will reluctantly work with him anyway. Plus, newly unlocked Spark Stiles cause he's badass and capable as just a human, but I love reading Teen Wolf fics where he has magic. Honestly, not much Sterek action except for the end, but still one of my favorite one-shots <3

to all of 2024 stereks out there… what are some of your recent favorite sterek fics you’ve just read ??

[caatws]

I think the Ravagers being where Gamora ended up would work better for more people if Gunn hadn't spent the majority of the trilogy moving characters away from that group. We see Peter move away from that life to be a guardian and become better for it. We see Yondu eventually become both and form a bond with Rocket. We see Kraglin find a home with the guardians and eventually become part of the team. You can't spent time doing this and then try to switch gears at the end to say being with the Ravagers was all along the best place for one of the characters. It would also work better if Gunn had interwoven exploration of the ravagers and Gamora's relationship with them into the story in a thorough way so it didn't look like a consolation prize. Most importantly he should have allowed Gamora to officially be part of both families.

This lack of exploration and vagueness is an issue with many things surrounding Gamora's character. Her characterization for example is very similar to how she was in vol 1, which makes sense since she time traveled. Only it's peppered with aspects of many of the other characters vol 1 and vol 2 personalities/actions. We see her call Rocket a badger repeatedly the way Nebula called him a fox before. We see her question why they need to do the right thing or save people the way Rocket used to do in vol 1 and Nebula too. We see her as a Ravager, at first only involved for the money which is very vol 1 Peter Quill. I'm sure there's more. This isn't bad in a sense but keeps her from being more individual. It also isn't used. If Gunn had used this to forge bonds between her and the other characters where they could see themselves in her and we could see understanding and growth on both sides, it would have been much better. Sort of how Yondu saw himself in Rocket during vol 2 and called out his behavior in a way that let them become friends. Gamora however is kept from having any meaningful interactions with most of them. This makes the similarities we see in her from time to time something with no real purpose. It also isn't helped by the fact that many people seem to have forgotten that most of the characters started out not so great people coming out of not so great situations and look at Gamora not being perfect and think why isn't she being a perfect hero like the rest of them. It's lost that these characters were thieves, murderers, had participated in assault and fandom fave Yondu had been involved with human trafficking which led to Ego killing a bunch of children.

yeah i feel like the stuff with the ravagers is just kinda messy bc after vol 2 since yondu's entire crew was effectively killed off there isn't much reason to keep the gotg connected to the rest of the ravagers since it seems like peter and kraglin don't rly have a relationship with stakar et al? i think gamora being a ravager is an interesting way to try to restore that connection but i guess i'm just not even sure i needed the gotg and the ravagers to be intertwined again at all? esp since they went probably 10 years or so between vol 2 and vol 3 not rly having a connection with them anymore. i mean if they rly wanted to build this up more we could've had the ravagers show up to help in the battle for earth or whatever the final battle against thanos in endgame is called, but i'm sure the russos didn't even think of that lol just as if we'd had the black widow movie actually come out before iw/endgame, we could've had yelena and the widows come help in the battle, but nahhhh

i rly like all the connections you made between gamora and the other characters and how they share similarities! and you're so right, that created so many missed opportunities for the characters to connect with gamora more. and yeah i'm here for the callout of fandom fave yondu bc i was lukewarm toward him before and now seeing how his legacy vs. gamora's legacy has been handled in canon i'm just kinda over him lol

[queenrojpag]

❄~❄~❄ Ohh how lovely. Yeah, I reckon wedding shopping can be tiring. I really wish your friend a nice wedding and you lots of fun helping them with it!!

I can definitely understand most of your dislikes. I feel the same about many of the points you mentioned! I also don't like the randomness in stories where it doesn't make sense (characters suddenly being couples/friends out of nowhere, powers-ups, etc.). I do however really like some isekais and seeing the genre would often pique my interest. Obviously, it still depends on what it's about. So for the new question (I guess it's kinda two questions in one): what is a scene that you would to rewatch for the first time again and what is a scene you'd love to be able to remove from your memory.

Hope you'll have a good weekend!

🎄 Your Animanga Secret Santa! 🎁

Hi!! I would like to read again for the first time the snk's chapter where it is revealed the Attack Titan abilities, I remember that after I finished reading that chapter I went to my sister and told her 'you have read the new chapter now' XD I would also like to watch for the first time the Endeavor and Hawks vs High-End Nomu fight in bnha, it's one of my favorite battles and I've lost count of how many times I've rewatched that episode, and it would be nice to watch again for the first time all of Devilman Crybaby and Link Clink.

Something I would like to remove from my memory is a scene in the beach episode of Kaichou Wa Maid-sama where the male character gives a hickey to the female character on the back so that she can't go out using a bikini, I don't remember a lot of that anime but I really wish I could just forget that bc I didn't like it.

Hope you have a good weekend too <3

[lunaastoir]

Hi! I really enjoy your writing so is it alright if i request xiao, diluc, childe with an idol s/o where one of their old stalkers come back or they just recently had a stalker in general but with how busy they were since they’re an idol they don’t even notice? And something bad happens (i cant think of anything</3) Thank you very much !!

hi anon!! a million apologies since this is so late but i hope you like the fic <3

there also aren’t any explicit details for anything bad happening - i briefly touched on subjects that you may not have control over, i hope that’s ok! 

warning (?): struggled a bit on this prompt so i apologize in advance if this isn’t my best work LMAOO

gn! reader

tw: hints of assault, slight angst, very light abuse if you squint

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xiao

now xiao is a very observant man but he's also extremely busy keeping liyue safe

he makes it a point to always come to your shows even if you don't actively see him bc he cares a lot abt you and he enjoys listening to your music ‼️

it's normal for him to sometimes get lost between his own world of demonslaying and the world he shares w you

so one night, he's hanging on the rafters of a house with the perfect view of your singing

everything goes smoothly, he sets his spear down while lightly swaying his head to the music

the concert ends and fans disperse after you say your farewells

a night like this is rare since for once, xiao can walk home w you back to the inn sweet boy really cleared out his schedule for you huh

you're unsurprised when you see him materialize next to you, opting to flash him a smile and a hello

his cheeks are lightly flushed as he crosses his arms before talking quietly about how well you did

he relishes in the wide smile you give him as a result of his praise and he lets the corners of his lips curve upwards slightly

the quiet bustle of the harbor seemed to slow down as the night grew longer

since this was a fairly large concert, you had boxes among boxes of equipment so xiao decided to make your life easier by quickly flying them to their appropriate locations

when he got back however, he was surprised to see you talking animatedly with someone

he didn't think anything was wrong until he saw the person trap you between the stage and words filtered into his ears

your back was painfully pressed against the stage wall as you defiantly met their gaze. after xiao had left, they had immediately come over to you: first introducing themselves as a fan and making amiable conversation, before divulging in personal details of your life that made your skin crawl. you weren’t helpless, you always had your weapon on hand regardless of whether you were performing or not. the way they pushed you against the wall however, made it near impossible to summon your sword should you need it. 

they leered down at you while balancing an arm against the wall next to your head. you had dealt with things like this before so you weren’t overly worried; you could defend yourself. you almost felt pity for the person in front of you as they asked for your number with a sadistic grin, disgusting words tumbling off of their lips. however, that was before you felt their cold fingers idly make their way to your stomach and you felt your breath hitch. oh no

the telltale sound of whooshing alerted you of xiao’s presence, and the press of the tip of his spear against their jugular brought you relief. 

“back away” he tightly growled while his golden eyes narrowed into slits. they stared at him in shock before holding their hands up and moving to step a foot away from you. 

“farther” he motioned with his spear before stepping in front of you as you attempted to collect yourself. 

“ok ok, i’m far away can you put your spear down now?” 

“no.” 

you mentally cursed as you watched the two of them glare at each other. this was supposed to be a carefree night but this unfortunate twist made the air thick with tension. you could feel the anger radiate off of xiao in waves and in an effort to deescalate the situation, you spoke. 

“i’m glad to meet such an...avid fan but i’m sorry the two of us must get going now” you hastily said before attempting to grab xiao’s hand and walk off past them. 

the next words had you halt your steps as they divulged their secret. 

words painted in careless arrogance with hints of violet overconfidence flew out of the person’s mouth - “judging from the weeks i’ve been following you, it didn’t seem like you had a boyfriend”

at the mere mention of prolonged stalking, xiao immediately lunged to pull you behind him. god, he didn’t kill mortals but he swore if he plunged his spear into this human being right here, no one would even blink twice considering how low of a person they were. 

“if i ever see you near them again, i will not hesitate to kill you. i won’t blink twice, i already have blood on my hands.” he ground out.

at the threat, the person grudgingly turned their back to you before leaving the two of you alone in the quiet harbor. 

you carefully reached a hand out to touch your boyfriend’s shoulder, but stopped after you saw the expression on his face. the mix of rage, sadness, and anguish imprinted his features as you watched his chest rapidly rise and fall - a result of his emotional battle. 

“i’m sorry i didn’t notice them before. i should’ve been paying more attention to you” he whispered before silently striding away from your grasp 

you knew that no matter how many reassurances you gave him about how, “it’s not your fault xiao, i didn’t notice them either” he would still blame himself. 

he was supposed to protect you right? so why couldn’t he sense the danger beforehand? what would’ve happened if he wasn’t there?

it’s still a learning process for him to realize that things happen, and he inevitably couldn’t be there to save you from everything. he needs time to understand and adjust. you’re willing to wait, patiently helping him through it. why? because love is worth it. 

god im sorry this ended up kinda sad whoops

diluc 

i swear everytime i say i’m a childe simp diluc kinda wrecks me

ahem anyways onto the hc!

he’s kinda never around but similar to xiao he will overwork himself to clear out an hour or two just to watch your concerts 

he’ll always stand off to the side too so if you tilt your head while you’re singing you can spy his red hair 

you always flash him the sweetest smile and this man blushes like CRAZY before quickly lifting his hand up to give you a thumbs up 

everyone watching the both of you like 😍😦

people think it’s the cutest thing i swear like c’mon the elusive “bachelor of mondstadt” being seen in public supporting you??? wow pls can we share him

he walks with you back to the winery, the entire time linking his hands with yours while gushing about your performance 

1939248/10 it’s literally the sweetest thing 

the next day however, adelinde brings you a pink letter addressed to you 

he doesn’t pry because it’s addressed to you and it’s your business but as the letters start coming by everyday, he starts to grow curious 

one day he straight up just asks you about it

“hey, you know those pink letters you keep getting? who are they from?”

you laugh slightly at his bashfulness and respond with a “just some overexcited fan” and he smiles before kissing your forehead 

he loves that people are noticing your talent 

loves it! until you get stalked by the same person who wrote you those letters while you were shopping!

diluc knows something’s wrong when you rush into angel’s share panicked after not returning his usual smile. 

“darling? are you ok?” he asks worriedly before quickly setting down the glass he was cleaning to move towards you. 

the widening of your eyes as you looked behind you at the sounds of someone else entering was all he needed to swiftly step in front of you, blocking their gaze of your face. 

the slightly panicked look in your eyes before you hurriedly whispered, “they’re following me” made diluc glance at them subtly out of the corner of his eye. he watched as they walked over to find a seat next to the bar, seemingly ready to order a drink. he quietly asked if you would like to sit in the room reserved for the employees, away from their prying eyes. your hasty nod was all the confirmation he needed for him to let you access the door behind him. 

the night went by fairly smoothly with kaeya’s usual teasing and venti’s usual begging for alcohol. diluc’s eyes narrowed however, when the person seemed to ask him questions regarding you. things like, “i heard you’re dating y/n... they’re amazing, how long have you been together?” and “do they live with you at dawn winery?” diluc answered these questions as short as he could, trying to convey with his body language that he truly did not want to talk to them. 

everything was going well until he made the mistake of leaving the bar unattended. he had briefly forgotten about your residence in the room behind him as his mind immediately gravitated to breaking up a brawl. when he returned, the half drunk glass of liquor combined with the person’s absence from their seat, caused sparks of worry to light up inside his chest. 

turning to the door, he knocked once. 

“is everything alright in there love?”

the sounds of things rustling about and the occasional muffled voice had him opening the door quickly. he saw you with your arm being held tightly in their grasp, your mouth muffled with their hand, while you strained against them by pulling at your arm. 

diluc immediately made his way over to you, quickly pulling your arm away before letting you enter into his embrace. 

“get out.” the venomous words clawed their way out of his throat as he looked at them with eyes that screamed hatred. his blood was boiling as his mind replayed the scene; your scared expression and their greedy eyes. 

diluc didn’t need to repeat himself twice as they ran out, trying not to trip over crates of wine. he made a mental note to find out who they were in order to make sure they never came near you ever again. 

he quickly looked down at your form, relaxing slightly at the sight of your tentative smile. “my knight in shining armor” you joked before softly nuzzling your head into his shoulder. the anger had yet to dissipate from his veins, and although he knew you were still shaken up, he was sure you would be fine. 

a pink letter placed on the table next to you caught his eye, and he made sure to quickly pocket it as he led you out, gently jesting with you about the “unnecessary amount of wine barrels in here, diluc this is a safety hazard!” 

he would deal with this person later. 

childe

ayo AYO ITS THE TOY SALESMAN

ok tbh he’s very rarely around so he unfortunately cannot make it to all of your shows 

dw tho, he will try his hardest to be there for the ones he’s in town for bc what is he if not your number one hype king??? 

ok kinda creepy! alert 

he’s tasked two of his subordinates to keep watch over you whenever he’s out of the harbor

it’s not anything creepy,,, he just gets extremely worried abt you and wants to make sure you’re safe 

sO when he gets a ransom note??? he’s understandably confused but also very much freaked out 

bc did they not know who he was??? the fact that they thought they could get away with holding you captive was quite honestly kind of funny to him 

very stressed and angry tho - hides it behind a facade of smiles but he’s raging 

takes him only a few hours to track you down bc he had everyone and i mean EVERYONE looking for you 

the note crunched in his hand as the harbinger made his way towards windrise. his pace was erratic, long legs rushing towards the small cave his agents had found. they were bordering the perimeter of the enclosure, careful to not alert you or your captor of their presence. childe’s subordinate head had calmly stated that childe need not come out to rescue you, the situation was under control and they could do it for him. however, childe’s sharp gaze along with his sickly sweet words of “thanks but no. i’m coming out to see this sorry asshole for myself” had the agent backing away apologizing. he wanted to see the look on this person’s face before he shoved their sorry ass into the abyss himself. 

as he reached the opening of the cave, he glanced over his shoulder at his head agent; a silent warning to keep the area sealed. his blue eyes glinted with a thirst for blood before making his way into the cave, sealing off the exit with his body. 

“well well, playing games with the love of my life are we?” 

his teasing words reached your ears as your eyes immediately found the face of your boyfriend. you weren’t horribly scared, just a little shaken up and sore from the bindings on your wrists. relief coursed through your body at the sight of him. you needn’t put in your plan of getting out of these bindings to fight your captor yourself anymore. 

childe’s eyes quickly scanned over your frame, making sure you weren’t hurt. at the state of you completely unharmed, the harbinger let his heart calm down slightly. you were completely ok. 

“wait a little longer, love? i promise this will be over soon”

the wink he sent you had you lightly rolling your eyes at his antics before he directed his attention back to your kidnapper. if your captor wasn’t scared before, they were certainly shaking in their boots now at the sight of childe’s twin hydro blades rotating playfully in his hands. 

“listen, all i want is the money-”

“and all i want is your head” 

your boyfriend smiled after cutting them off. the severity of the situation truly seemed to sink in at that moment before pleas of mercy fell from your captor’s lips, desperate to escape the bloodthirsty gaze of the harbinger. childe’s eyes flickered over to yours where you sat there, with your head ferociously shaking. a silent “no.” he sighed before swiftly bringing his arm up to hit your captor on the head, effectively knocking them out cold. 

his hands worked at the ropes holding you and he gingerly rubbed at your bruised wrists. you silently thanked the archons he could never say no to you. archons forbid what would've happened if you hadn’t said anything. while you were explaining what happened, the young man quickly scooped you up in his arms before walking out of the cave. 

you playfully hit his shoulder while muttering “drama queen” but you stopped when you saw his face morph into an expression of seriousness. you had informed him on the situation about your captor revealing themselves to be a recent stalker of yours, completely oblivious to the look of frustration on his face as he freed you from your bondages. 

“i was scared you know.” he quietly divulged. “i knew that it wasn’t anything extremely serious but i... i was still scared”

you swore as you looked at him in that moment, he had turned ten again. the youth of his face betraying his vulnerability. 

you quietly hummed before tangling your fingers in his hair. “i hope you know it wasn’t your fault. it wasn’t anyone’s fault. not even the two fatui agents who you sent to stalk me while you were away.”

he quietly laughed at that before mentally filing away a reminder for a lecture to those two agents in the near future. 

“i’m just glad you’re safe. i know you can save yourself but i’ll always be here. i still wish you would let me take care of your asshole kidnapper myself though.” he pouted jokingly. 

“i’m sure the millelith will lock them up for a long time.” you laughed sweetly. 

his usual smile reappeared at your antics. maybe he didn’t get to beat your captor up and do...much worse. however at the end of the day, your smile was still intact regardless of what happened. that’s all he wanted. 

[rocksanddeadflowers]

I'm very braindead but I'm always down to try and cheer someone up with silly stuff so here's my shot:

Jonny'e main love language is acts of service so while he kinda has walls up and remains distant emotionally he still does things to show he cares like mending clothes bc he's the best seamstress on the ship or making sure everyone is safe and sound after a raid/show by doing head counts + possibility 'subtle' mech checks. Also he has a love hate relationship with his home world of New Texas but he occasionally gets homesick for meals he grew up eating. One time Brian attempt something like spbiscuits and spgravy (space biscuits and space gravy) while Jonny was drunk and it was the first time he cried around someone in a few centuries.

On a lighter note about Jonny I think he hates any body of water and is forced by other crewmates to bathe. He calls it mutiny even if their hands in his hair feel nice.

The Toy Soldier pretends a lot, and with pretend comes studying those around it. Maybe it doesn't fully understand how it should feel love, but it recognizes it in others. It recognized it on the way Nastya spoke to Aurora, and it recognized it on the way Jonny stared at Tim when Tim wasn't looking during the Lunar War, and after many centuries or so recognized it in the way each other crewmate would treat each other, including the Toy Solider itself. It was happy, or pretended to be happy, to be loved back.

At some point Raphaella designed fully functional prosthetic mermaid fin tails so the gang could pretend to be sea sirens on random planets.

Brian on occasion hangs out with Marius in the med bay and does his best to teach Marius about medical things he's learned since he's a bit more researched and experienced than Marius. Marius wants to act like he doesn't need it but he enjoys the company and loves learning. Also they both use the kitchen a lot for cooking and baking.

Brian also has a large garden on the ship (for recreational and food purposes) and his main fertilizer is other crewmates.

Tim's eyes, when hooked up to something, can act like those clunky projectors you saw in school for putting example problems and informational videos on the wall. They use this a lot to plan raids and albums, as well as movie nights when there's no working TV bc someone busted the good one during a fight. Also yes the crew regularly have movie + cuddle nights for team bonding obviously.

Everyone regularly has to attend to other's mechanisms. Typically damage done to the mechanisms themselves won't permanently end their tales until it's narratively meant to, but it's still risky, annoying, and hurts like a bitch to leave them damaged. It's a very intimate and tender thing to do, but living together to millennia upon millennia kinda soothes the awkwardness.

Ashes always takes in orphan kids as their own and/or starts orphanages/foster homes with healthy caring adults running them everytime they stay PlanetSide for long stretches of time.

Every mech has a personal code they abide by. Jonny doesn't do sex crimes or kill kids who aren't annoying is canon for example. Every mech has their own thing they stick with, no matter how morally corrupt each is.

Marius saw Iron Man somehow once and now likes to pretend he can shoot stuff out of his palm (he can't, he does however have a flashlight installed there so he can threaten it at least)

The mechs use severed limbs as clubs and projectiles in battle (is it theirs? A crewmates? A random enemy or citizen ? Who cares.) Marius gets annoyed when they always ask him to reattach stuff though. Like sure he asked for the job as ships doctor but that isn't even that crewmates actual arm are you kidding.

You can hear their mechanisms!! Ivy's gears turning as she thinks, Tim's as his eyes turn and adjust as well as his eyelids shuttering like camera lins. Jonny's heart constantly ticks at the same pace and is distinctly inhuman. Brian's every movement and shift echoes gears churning and metal sliding and clinking against metal.

Mmmmmm I should have more better stuff but I am foggy brained. I will end this by saying i firmly believe they all sleep together whenever. That's not meant sexually I meant literally. They will cuddle in groups or all together until they fall asleep. Sometimes if one can't sleep they'll search out another to help. Stuff like that. Most of them hate sleeping alone, and it's one big silent agreement that they all need each other to sleep.

y’all I’m not having a great time send me fluffy mechs headcannons please and thank you

[nyaagolor]

metadede and/or darkroach??

Darkroach on top, Metadede on bottom, thoughts under the cut bc I don't wanna clog the dash, yall know the drill

Darkroach: Imma be honest with you I am not a fan of Darkroach in a romantic context. I wouldn't say I dislike it because it's all fine and good and I would really have to wrack my brain for a ship I actively dislike, but this does nothing for me. It ends up feeling like "oh, two adult men, let's ship them together" just bc they happen to be in the general vicinity of each other, and while the resulting fanworks end up being really cute and sweet (i've read more than my fair share of fics abt it for sure) it doesn't really do it for me personally. Kinda ambivalent overall, I'll still enjoy content

However in my interp I think Daroach and DMK both have a dramatic streak, and while Daroach's is more of performance than DMK's spur of the moment grittiness, it's still there and I think that's a reason for them to bond. While I don't see them as like. Ultimate besties or anything and can't really see them having any kind of emotionally vulnerable conversation, I do think they love being adventure / battle buddies and frequently team up. Exchanging banter and blows, working with each other to piss people off, plunging into the darkest caves and looking for treasure together, that's the kind of stuff I think they would enjoy together and be in their element

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Metadede: If you look up bromance in the dictionary there is a picture of the KF2 boxart. I cannot stress enough how much I adore the duo between these two. A king and knight. Two people with similar stories working to better themselves after doing terrible things they regret. Silly and serious. Tall and small. Tank and glass canon. Both caring so deeply about their underlings. Ough.

I 100% think they have a really rocky history that kinda extends throughout the franchise, initially built on this cold, mutual disrespect and eventually, as they both grow, forming this really deep bro-bond. By the time RTDL rolls around and they really learn who the other is, they develop this incredibly deep connection to each other.

While I can totally see them in a romantic context, 98% of the time when I write / think about them it's in more of a best friends / homies / bros context. Do they kiss? Probably. Kissing the homies goodnight energy. But generally my brain defaults faster to a friendship. I think these two are the epitome of best friends. They spar all the time, they can communicate without words, they understand each other's strengths and weaknesses and always have a way to help (or hinder if that's what their feeling) whatever issue their buddy might be having

I think their mutual competitiveness and overabundance of energy means they got and get closer mostly through competitions and fighting. Shit like Battle Royale and KF2 happens far too often if only because both of them need to throw down with SOMETHING once a week or they'll go stir-crazy. They crave enrichment in their terrarium. They're the few people who can put up a fight against the other, and I think that having someone who is their equal both physically and intellectually is something they really value and it allows them to get over what would SEEM to be an initial clash of personalities. Bonding via swordplay is always an option and MK has mastered it

Also in general I think they share both that desire to tussle and also a deep and overwhelming love and respect for their underlings which gives them another reason to bond. I will never shut up about that one star allies novel scene where Hyness is hurting the mages and it's meant to directly contrast how DDD and MK treat their underlings. Watching the two of them finish each others' sentences because they are so deeply disgusted by Hyness and how he treats the people who are loyal to him drives me buckwild fucking insane and it will always be something I see as a major connection between the two. They sit around having a cup of coffee just gushing to each other about how dependable and strong and precious their underlings are. Meta Knight brags about how well Axe and Mace are doing in weapons training and DDD pulls out his wallet that's filled with 4,869 pictures of Waddle Dees and gushes about every single one of them by name

The homies. the bros. The bromies, if you will

[cinnamonest]

I feel like I’ve found my kin, I fell in love with Kakashi when I was like 8 LOL. Can I request some general yandere Zoro headcanons btw? I loved/still love him too 😶

Yes you may ahhh!!!! I love Zoro so much. I love writing for fandoms like this bc shounen anime are... Well, shounen, they're aimed at dudes, so they tend to not have as large of a female audience so there's not a lot of content out there. I love Luffy and there's like zero girl-targeted content for him. I swear I've spent so much time looking for wholesome, decent LuNa (my otp im sorry i just hhhh) doujins that aren't super male-oriented, and there's like... 2. For a 900+ episode anime. 2.

I also love the concept of a yandere in a situation where they CAN'T kidnap you, they're limited by their circumstances, so they have to kind of adjust or go insane. It's an interesting dynamic because it eliminates the norm for yanderes.

I think I mentioned this but I'm not 100% caught up with one piece (I mean, who is?), so I'm just keeping it simplistic and going with kinda basic Zoro and nothing with specific character developments or any spoilers other than his backstory

Yandere Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

Tws: all the usuals -- yandere, noncon, kidnapping

He meets you while he's lost. I'm sorry I just. Zoro gets lost in the middle of some place they're docked, and you're just such a sweetheart, you see this guy clearly not knowing where he's going, and offer to help him. He's kind of taken aback by your softness and sweetness.

He's not easily made aware of his own feelings. He's a rough and tough sort of guy, and he has dedicated himself to swordsmanship so much that he's neglected to focus on himself and his interpersonal relationships, and he's not really self aware at all of his own feelings, very out of touch with his emotions.

Obviously, even if he tries to shove it down, Kuina weighs heavily on his mind in relation to you. He's another man that has known loss and it's dealt its damage on his psyche. He can't lose another person who's dear to him again.

This results in him becoming insanely protective, one of the most protective yans out there. He's easily one led into paranoia delusions regarding your safety. However, he's an honest and reasonable guy and can be level-headed when confronted. If someone (not yourself, as he thinks you're naive, but maybe another girl like Nami or Robin) tells him he's being overprotective and exaggerating about your safety, he may actually have a moment of self-realization and admit to it. He's capable of being reasonable enough to see it once it's pointed out to him. However... this doesn't stop him. He tries, really, he genuinely tells himself that he needs to stop. But his instincts just kind of take over. It's an impulse, to stop you from doing even the most slightly dangerous things.

Once you join the Straw Hat Crew, he just kinda... clings. It's a silent presence, but he's always there, constantly seems to show up wherever you are. Unfortunately, you can't really... get away from him per se. You're kinda limited to one ship, at least as long as you're out on the sea. Your only option for respite is going to your room or bathing, otherwise, he's gonna follow you, even if he's not saying anything and (very badly) trying to feign indifference, pretending you just happen to be going the same way all the time. He doesn't really know what to say, he's not good with these things, and often he's acting without really thinking too much about it. He won't usually strike up a conversation, he just... is there. Watches. May awkwardly ask a question or make a passing comment.

One scenario I imagine is you jokingly picking up one of his swords and wielding it around giggling and he just flips out, takes it from you and yells at you not to do that, are you an idiot? Do you want to trip and fall and have that impale you? Do you realize how easy it would be for you to slice your arm open by accident? It's startling to both you and anyone watching -- even for someone who gets yell-y as easily as him, it seems like an overreaction. He'll apologize but insist it's a safety thing, really.

And he really tries to hide his more... aggressive nature, because he thinks it will drive you away -- he's a blunt, tough guy with a short-fused temper, and he thinks that's definitely not something women like very much. He tries not to yell at you, not get mad so easy, keep his calm better around you, and might even be nicer to others so that you don't think he's mean. And for the most part, he can manage that. Except when it comes to a very specific, very problematic blonde crew member. His little conflicts with Sanji get worse, to even a point that he's snapping at him so frequently that even Sanji himself is a bit bewildered and caught off guard by it. The others notice they fight a lot more often... and Zoro always seems to instigate it, picking quarrels over the littlest things. In reality, he's afraid of the other's... sleazy nature. He can't have you falling for that bastard. He even starts to get jittery when you're in the presence of Franky, Usopp, hell even Luffy of all people. It's noticeable, and everyone kinda worries for him.

He kicks himself for it as soon as he does it, but he finds himself insulting you nonetheless. It's a terrible habit. He gets so awkward and flustered that it's second nature for him to say something snarky or even rude when you talk to him, and he immediately is just mentally screaming at himself for doing so. This will get a bit better with time, though, if you two talk more often.

Now, even if you can fight, you're never gonna really get the opportunity. In battle, he's clinging to you and protecting you at every moment, even if it costs the others some unnecessary wounds. It's highly uncharacteristic of him, and they notice. He won't leave your side, insisting that you're a weak fighter and that he has to take care of you. You just don't get it, you overestimate yourself, you underestimate your enemies, you're a girl. What, Nami and Robin? Well, they've been at this much longer than you, and they had rough upbringings. You're different. You're soft... fragile. You just can't see it. You're lucky he's here to protect your dumbass.

Due to your setup, well, he can't really kidnap you per se. He undoubtedly would if you two were somewhere else, in another life or another setting, but that's not really an option, and even as a yandere, he would never go so far as to kill or abandon his crew. So, he's stuck with just... slowly, slowly mentally deteriorating.

Now, he's not capable of kidnapping, he's not smart enough to really manipulate you into anything (although he WILL tell you that some of the other guys are out to use you), so, he's left to be the guard dog he inevitably becomes to you. If you avoid him, he'll just follow you. If you don't talk to him, that's ok. If you confront him, he'll just insist he has no idea what you're talking about, and you'll start to feel like maybe you're just paranoid. The others... don't really know what to do, to be honest. I can see Nami/Robin potentially confronting him, but in the end, they can't force him to change his behaviors, and they can't afford to lose him. This results in, gradually, everyone slowly kind of accepting your dynamic onboard. They feel bad for you, really, but... in the end, Zoro's just more valuable to the crew. Sorry. They're not gonna get rid of him, but they don't want to get rid of you either.

If you leave? It may just be one of the very very few things that could ever cause him to leave the Strawhats. It would tear him up, really, it goes against his dreams, his pride, his loyalty, but in the end... his loyalty is first and foremost to you. He'll follow you if you leave. It's a bad move on your part, because this gets rid of the only thing standing between you and kidnapping. Which, at that point, surely will happen. Like his other behaviors, he'll feel bad, he'll try and stop himself, tell himself it's wrong, but you'll end up bound in some dark basement nonetheless. He's one to take a very simple approach. Find you alone, sling you up and over his shoulder and carry you off before anyone can come.

Rejection doesn't faze him. No matter what, he'll remain by your side. Even if you never love him in return. It's just his nature, he's a guardian through and through.

In the end, he'll be right there by your side, scaring off any competitors, clinging to you like glue, ever in your presence like a shadow, forever. Whether you want him to or not. He's just an inescapable force, an unmovable object, and you're wasting your time trying to change your fate.

Now, he's very flustered with anything sexual. Highly embarrassed, lots of shame, and doesn't talk much about it. It just kind of happens. He doesn't talk much during, mostly grunts and the occasional fuck when you clamp down, occasionally asking you if you're ok, if it hurts, if it feels good. It's one of the only very soft sides of him. In the end, he really, truly loves you, and doesn't want to hurt you, he wants you to feel good and just love him. It's a very different side to him, one no one else has ever really seen, it's the most vulnerable he himself has ever been with another person.

He feels shame for it, but initially he'll definitely be one to steal your things, sit outside of your room at night, listening to you through the wall, try and get glimpses of you bathing or dressing. He really, really feels guilty, and he's one that will, once you're comfortably restrained and never going anywhere, just sit down and list out every nasty little thing he's ever done regarding you, just to get it off his chest. He understands if you react badly, and he'll apologize, which is a bit ironic considering how much worse kidnapping you is.

He'll apologize for that, too. He's actually one to do so a lot. He's normally a proud guy, but with this? He knows it's wrong, he knows it's fucked up. He knows he can't stop. And he'll be sorry to the moon and back. Just never sorry enough to stop.

He's actually a pretty vanilla guy. Hand-holding missionary type. And, despite being so embarrassed over it all, oddly romantic about it. It's one of the only things he's ever soft and gentle about, it's almost unbelievable to you that he's capable of being so gentle and slow with anything. But he'll kiss your forehead, really take his time with it all, make you cum on his fingers before ever actually fucking you. Hold your hand, look into your eyes. It would be honestly incredibly sweet if it weren't... you know, taking place in some dark sealed off room after dragging you there against your will.

If he's particularly mad, he can get rougher, but he'll apologize after. It's a lot of harsh grabbing, biting, it leaves bruises that he'll rub over softly, whispering an apology, even if a little part of him likes the way it looks on you.

[dolliedarlin]

i m p l i c i t  ⏤katsuki b.

p a i r i n g : bakugou x f.reader 

s u m m a r y : ever since you were young, you were forced to meet with the person dubbed as your finance, Katsuki Bakugou, a Baron’s son who had quite the temper but peaks your interest in every way possible 

l e n g t h : 1.9k

g e n r e : olden days au ; fantasy au ; arranged marriage au ; Bakugou is a tsundere ; and we love him for it ; reader is an amazing bean that can keep up with him ; kirishima is your brother ; best brother ever ; rumours are toxic ; never base your opinions on someone solely on rumours ; you attract a stalker ; it’s not your fault ; he just as a twisted yandere mind ; Katsuki is your hero ; he makes your heart flutter ; and he makes your knees weak ; i really want someone to protect me and say what he said at the end of this 

w a r n i n g s : swearing from our lovable explosion murder king ; acts of stalker/yandere ; sword fighting

a / n : i didn’t plan on posting this but mother nature decided to pay me a visit today so i basically lazed around in my bed groaning in pain and half starving bc it was too painful to get out at times for food. instead i started writing this imagine again that i had began months ago. this is inspired by Ranma 1/2, which is an anime that i loved watching when i was much younger, it’s not well edited because i’m kinda dizzy rn but i hope you enjoy it! 

— first of all, before either you or Katsuki were born, the arrangement for your marriage to each other was already settled by your parents, hence why you were immediately introduced when you were children 

— neither of you knew what marriage or engagement meant but you both associated it with seeing each other

— it wasn’t something Katsuki liked but you didn’t quite mind it, he always gave you really interesting reactions that you quickly came to like

— as the two of you grew up together, you always tried your best to get close to him but Katsuki was adamant at pushing you away and keeping you at arms length at all times

— despite all that, you wanted to catch his attention, which meant that you took interest in all the things that he found interesting too. that included: sword fighting, horse riding, duelling ; spicy foods ; battle tactics ; magic etc 

— Katsuki always tried to ignore you but secretly appreciated how skilled you had become over the years. you were still nothing compared to him but you were able to battle against a majority of qualified knights and still be the last one standing

— he only scoffed at you because your talents were wasted; you’re too kindhearted to ever use your honed skills properly - it irritates him that other women push you to conform to etiquette, tea parties and high society when you were better than that

— you’re better than shallow conversations about the latest fashion, or the art of sipping tea, calligraphy and painting because he knows how much you train and how much effort you put into your education outside of such insignificant things

— Katsuki knows that you can handle yourself better than any other nobleman he knows of, he’s seen you help your father with his business and vigorously train with your dukedom’s knights

— what’s the point of all that effort if you weren’t going to show anything for it?

— because of that Katsuki always acted like he hated having you as his fiancée despite your optimism about him, as well as your patience and understanding of his unique way of expressing himself

— because the two of you are forced to spend a lot of time together by your parents, you’ve has been able to understand Katsuki and his mannerisms better than anyone else as your mother has always taught you to be openminded - she’s never been like the other noble ladies of society, hence why your father married her

— now, you were following in her footsteps. there’s been much gossip about your unladylike behaviour but you didn’t care, all you needed were your parents’ love and the love of Katsuki. he still needed some more time to come around but you’re positive you’ll get to him soon enough

— you’re positive there’s a different gleam in his eyes whenever he looks towards you now. it had always been one of hatred when you were much younger but his expressions frequently soften around you nowadays. 

— no matter how subtle it may be, you always notice

— many rumours circulated about you the first time you had shown your skills openly amongst the knighthood. it had first started with your knights who praised you highly but, as soon as those whisperings reached outside the dukedom, many noble ladies started to gossip about your misdemeanour. 

— surprisingly, those rumours were shut down in under a week and you didn’t know why; usually such good gossip material stayed for months and only faded with the years so it was peculiar to have it die down so quickly 

— what was suspicious was that, as soon as your rumours died down, stories about Katsuki surged forward.

— when you conversed with other people, they would say how horrible they feel for you having to marry such an aggressive and dislikable fiancee. they would then over-exaggerate all the belligerent and misunderstood characteristics of Bakugou, even making up disgusting rumours that painted him to be more villainous than he actually was.

— “how shameful,” you spat with disgust, glowering down at the noble ladies frozen in their seats, “how dare you openly gossip about my fiancee right in front of me, the nerve! you should know better than to act like such children. if you have nothing better to do then i suggest you leave the kirishima estate immediately and never expect to be invited back,” 

— they tried to beg you for forgiveness, seeing as your father held such power in high society, being one of the four noble dukes of the kingdom serving directly under the king as they all had noble blood. 

— nobody expected your father to marry you to a Baron’s son. Katsuki didn’t have a higher title than you but your fathers had gone to war together and remained loyal friends ever since, Baron Bakugou went on to acquire his title of Braon after his service in the war but many people still looked down on him from his commoner origins. to think that such educated ladies of high society would use that as leverage to gossip however they wished. 

— word of your actions on behalf of Bakugou spread quickly and the two of you became a couple that shouldn’t be trifled with.   

— after that day, you always defend Katsuki and never miss the opportunity to express how much you admire him and care for him even if he doesn’t tend to reciprocate it

— you do this when Katsuki’s friends make an appearance, they consisted of your brother, Eijiro, Denki of house Kaminari (son of Marquis Kaminari) and Hanta of house Sero (son of Marquis Sero). 

— they usually don’t visit the estate but this time they decided to utilise the knights training grounds for extra duelling practice and happened to catch you just as you were walking out, having finished your own training

— as soon as introductions and polite greetings were exchanged, came the jokes and jives.

— “I wouldn’t blame you if you eloped with someone else on your wedding day, Lady (Y/N), knowing this guy’s attitude,” Denki snickers as he points his thumb at your fiancé, who growled lowly in return.

— “i wouldn’t dare do something like that because, even if this is an arranged marriage, Katsuki will be the only man for me” Katsuki didn’t expect you to be so forward and couldn’t help the blush that coated his cheeks from your response 

— Denki whistled in a mix of astonishment and amusement, “Katsuki’s a lucky guy!” 

— “he looks really happy to hear you say that too, sis,” Eijiro teased as Hanta grinned from beside him. 

— “shut up! we came here to train so let's train already, you dumbasses!”

— the days go by and life is good; the quicker your wedding day approaches the kinder and gentler Katsuki treats you. it wasn’t until the kindness you practiced with everyone you met, no matter their status, became something more in the twisted mind of an unknown individual that you encountered within city streets, while out shopping

— one act of kindness made the stranger crave for your touch and sought you out in the most deviant method. he sent constant letters multiple times a day and even mailed one with his most intimate item of clothing, not only that but he always stood at the gates of your estate, waiting for it to be opened just to slip in and try to meet you again

— of course, he didn’t get far because of the security brought on by your dukedom’s talented knights stopped him at every devious attempt. each incident was reported directly to your brother, who was training to inherit the duchy as soon as your father retired

— Eijiro was having none of it and devised the best plan of action he could, knowing that his image as the heir of the dukedom needed to be thought of so that his people wouldn’t be against him when he took over his capable father’s place. he resisted the urge for an immediate confrontation to plan with you, about how you wanted to defuse the situation 

— however, as soon as word got to Bakugou, he ran over on foot to confront the man at your estate, just as Eijiro came down with a squadron of knights and you at his side

— lost in his own world, your stalker immediately reached out for you the instant he caught sight of your figure. on his face, he had a twisted smile and manic eyes, his breathing became heavy as if to savour the same air you breathed not too far away from him. it was frighting and chilling to see such an unhinged man. he was so deranged, he didn’t mind the swords and pointed glares directed at him by all that were present and Katsuki, who was fast approaching from behind

— “Get. Away. From. Her!” Katsuki shouted in anger as he drew his sword and slashed at the young man, making you jump back with a gasp.

— “Bakugou!” Kirishima warned as he pulled you into his chest for protection from the clashing of swords

— “Katsuki, be careful!” you cried. confronting someone with such an unstable mind could go horribly wrong and no matter how skilled your fiancee was, you couldn’t help but worry

— Even though this was the first time Katsuki ever showed his feelings for you in such a dramatic gesture, the worry you had for him consumed your joy as his opponent drew out his own sword and started lashing out with worse coordination than your junior knights. 

— what he lacked with technique, however, he made up for in agility as well as his own unpredictability. it made it hard for Katsuki to predict the path of his opponent’s sword so for a time, he was constantly dodging his blade. it didn’t take long, however, for the game of endurance and stamina to come into play and slow down his opponent enough for him to fight back with more accuracy.

— “you revolting rat!” Katsuki growled swinging his sword with might only to grind his teeth when his sword is narrowly dodged. not one to give up, however, he goes in once again and finally lands a hit that forces your stalker to crumble to his knees, “you try and pull that shit with (Y/N) again and I’ll be doing more than just beating you to the ground,” it was an obvious win for the blonde. 

— “And what would that be?” your stalker still had fight in him that came off as more irritating than anything else Bakugou had ever encountered in his life of servitude as a royal knight and baron’s son.

— just to prove his point, whatever it may be, Katsuki goes to stand beside you and pull you into his chest with his large hand at your waist   

— “landing your ugly, disgusting ass in a fucking coffin!” the venom in his voice was evident and it made you shudder, curling up into his chest for comfort, not knowing that the next words he’d shout would have your knees weaker than any training could ever do, “(Y/N) is MY Fiancee! you touch her and I’ll kill you!”

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[tanoraqui]

NOW ON AO3!

Additional notes on this AU, from the tags and elsewhere:

i do know Mogget can turn into a little man as well as a cat, but i have elected to ignore that bc being a cat IS better even if he has no thumbs

Indis was of the royal house, the king's sister. Her marriage to the Abhorsen (his second marriage) was a bit scandalous but not unrespectable.

Fëanor is perfectly capable of starting angry drama with Indis and her children without active malevolent influence, but Mogget definitely egged both sides on as much as he could. He very much encouraged Fëanor (sometimes directly, sometimes with reverse psychology) to experiment with Free Magic and feel stifled by the Charter.

Fëanor did not free Orannis, but he definitely did things that led directly to him being freed. (Sauron the necromancer did it, probably?). In this au, Orannis reawakens at a different pace than in the OK trilogy. Starts building an independent domain occupied by the dead in the...not the north; the Clayr are there...somewhere. For a couple centuries before he's ready to destroy everything.

Some of the delay is bc when he was first waking, Finwë sacrificed himself with Astariel to send them both as deep into Death as possible.

"a couple centuries" is fine bc if you have a Shiner bloodline, you live like 3x as long as normal people, for convenience of generations and the grief of characters feeling like they have forever to live then dying young.

I do not know how exactly the Clayr fit into this.

Men are all from south of the Wall. The Edain are thoes who live close to the wall and understand the dangers. Maybe dwarves are from the south, too? Ancelstierre isn't modern-ish yet, though; I simply cannot countenance The Silmarillion as anything but ancient history. Ancelstierre is medieval at best.

Ranna stayed conscious rather than Kibeth in this au, and eventually fell in love and had a husband and then a daughter, in a lullaby-guarded forest toward the center of the kingdom. [Melian just isn't a Walker.] When Thingol dies, however, this piece of her shatters in grief and all the wards fall.

The line of Abhorsens goes Finwë > Fingolfin > Fingon > Eärendil (just barely overlapped in birth/death dates, never met) > Elros. Hmm, when I put it like that, I think Idril must be a Remembrancer and Elenwë of the Clayr, yeah. Turgon didn't found a city so much as convince the Clayr to let him and a town's worth of people move into the glacier.

At the time of the above fic, Eärendil is definitely finding his lost parents - separated in the escape from the falling glacier? - and finding out about the vision Idril had when she went all the way to the Ninth Precinct...

Maedhros and Maglor still have Fëanor's Charter-spelled bells; they themselves are just so fucked up with Free Magic that the bells sting their hands. Maglor teaches the boys to wield them (they're not sure which is the Abhorsen-in-waiting, they're equally proficient and comfortable with Death. Mogget refuses to clarify. Maybe they're equally able to do the job and it's a matter of choice, in the end? Yeah.)

Mogget is still bound, as you see, but with no Abhorsen around to command him directly after Fingon fell, he was able to go home with the cooler cousins of the blood rather than follow Turgon to the baby Abhorsen. He doesn't really have to obey them but if he leaves or actively sabotages them, he can't pretend he's validly fulfilling his duties here rather than with the actual Abhorsen, Late-First Age Fëanorians would SO adopt a battle strategy wherein they released a fiery monster on a battlefield so long as it destroyed their enemies first, and gamble that they'd be able to re-collar it afterwards before it killed them and/or more innocent civilians; don't pretend otherwise.

Anyway, the boys get the bells from the Fëanorians and the sword from Elwing (she and it both survived jumping into the sea), and the book just kinda appears at some point. Maybe a ghost brings it, some captain from Barad Eithel. (I don't think Eärendil ever had it, though I don't have a reason for this.)

In the end, when they've bound Orannis once more, Eärendil and Elwing are both dead, as is Maedhros and potentially Maglor idk, and Elros readily takes up the mantle of Abhorsen while Elrond - or maybe Elrond did this earlier, before the very final fight, or during the very final fight - gathers to himself the scattered echoes of the part of Ranna that had stayed in a physical-ish form, and...takes over being that lingering watch-guard, basically. He builds himself a nice house and he looks after the Abhorsens (and Royals and Wallmakers and Clayr) when they need it, and eventually marries and has children of his own. That's getting into a different story, though.

(LotR but instead of Glorfindel, a snarky, collar-less white cat shows up and escorts them the rest of the way to Rivendell, briefly turning into a snarling, Rider-eviscerating column of light, and doesn't go with them all the way to the Old KIngdom equivalent of Mordor because he owed Elrond one (1) favor and this was it.)

Old Kingdom au!Fëanor wants to he Abhorsen like his father before him so bad that it makes him look stupid. He wants to be Abhorsen like his father before him so bad that he makes an entirely new set of Charter-infused necromantic bells just to prove that he can wield such powerful, important, approximately sacred tools. He manages this because he is, of course, a Wallmaker, not an Abhorsen. They do become the Abhorsen’s main set henceforth, after the originals are destroyed when Fingolfin tries to 1v1 Orannis.

Hm, actually, the relationship between divinities and people is all but inverted between these two media. I need to think about this some more.

[hezuart]

That anaversary aizen looks absolutely fabulous, he looks like a figure skater xd.

I heard along time ago the last arc of the anime was being animated finally bc they pulled a 90s sailor moon were the last season was not either animated or dubbed untill decades later.

I recall near the end of the current 366 episodes there was an episode were the creapy demon ppl woke up in hell and we're all bitter, and there was the other guy who was like, iM cOmEiNg FoR u IChIgO, but then is never mentioned again after and I'm like,why? Why is lt there just plopted randomly into a different arc that seams unrelated.

And locking aizen up underground seems ok, but It deff won't hold, and he will. Escape, and he will kill, you either need that one spell from star, dubbed, the darkest spell of moon the undaunted, a powerfull dark spell that killed immortal beings, that came from best character, eclipsa, the queen of darkness.

We need that.

Or stick him I'm crystal like eclipsa was in star. Is there no one who could trap him in ice or crystal for all eternity.

How about throw him into the centre of a volcano trapped and caged , forverr being killed by heat?

I assume there's space travel, send I'm into a black whole, were a black whole don't fuckin care if your immortal or fat, you will die

:3

Yes, I love anniversary Aizen. His original octopus-butterfly hollow design was ugly so I'm glad he's back to being the fashion icon he is.

Locking Aizen up underground once is one thing, doing it twice after saying he got more powerful by just sitting there, and he escaped to battle the Quincy Soul King God... is another. I think he should have escaped at the end of the Quincy arc. That is the only feasibility.

I heard the anime is coming back for the Quincy arc as well, but because of COVID its probably going to be delayed. (I'm not gonna watch it until the Rain section of the arc then I'm dipping out. I'm only here for Zangetsu)

and funny that you mention that hell scene in the manga :)

-> spoilers for the new BLEACH 73 page anniversary chapter / thoughts/critique on it

So hey you had a premonition! Syazel .... returned? And his hole is outside of his body??? for some reason???

(I didn't understand the explanation or why / how that happens and what that means for the hollow)

And my friend and I were laughing because out of ALL the things. Kubo could do in this anniversary. He gave Syazel his dick back after going to hell. That is iconic. (that's where his hole was located, and now that its not on his body ... well...) This is the funniest thing Kubo has EVER pulled. Kudos to you, sir.

The entire internet is freaking out over Ukitake being in hell. Honestly Kubo has done far worse, and we've established that Soul Society is a corrupt system that hasn't changed, so I'm not surprised he would pull something like this.

At the same time, Kubo 1. cheated his audience. 2. continues to prove me right that he cannot bring himself to kill his characters

1. Hollows who have commit murder in their human life are sent to hell. Syazel and Aaorniero are two of these hollows, and yet, when they are killed, there is NO gates of hell scene. We see them there later in the hell chapter (which was more of a promotion for the fourth movie and I didn't believe it would hold any merit)

But the same goes for Ukitake. We never see the gates of hell take him. What, was hell late? Did hell's gates get lost like an uber before picking him up? It's bull. Withholding such vital information from your audience, not showing the gates of hell when they should pick up this soul IMMEDIATELY is ... I mean its a lie. Kubo lied to his audience.

2. Now we are told powerful shinigami are sent to hell when they die. First of all that sounds like a security threat. Wouldn't shinigami want revenge for that? Or attempt to escape? Why would they still hold loyalty after being sent to a prison of eternal suffering?

Also "Yhwach and Aizen" were the only ones keeping Hell's gates closed is way too convenient and doesn't really make any sense. I feel like Aizen should have deliberately gone to hell to retrieve powerful shinigami / hollows for his army instead of keeping it /closed/.

This is definitely a Kubo-doesn't-know-what-he's-doing-and-is -making- stuff-up-as-he-goes, but it might have a pinch of merit because of previous plot lines.... but either way, there's some big plot holes here, but again, its Kubo, so I expected nothing less.

Again, he can't kill off his characters. He introduced zombification, he introduced immortality through the hougyoku, he has Orihime and Hachigen's reversal / rejection abilities. He brought back Luppi, friggen.... a character who's entire upper half of his body was incinerated. Like.... come on. No. He's dead, you can't bring him back like that. That's a cop out and just weird. You're taking away consequences and grief.

(Also Yamamoto and Unohana deserve to be in hell far over Ukitake, they've done some fcked up stuff in their pasts unlike him)

Also Kubo's favorite character is Mayuri, which.... you're allowed to have a favorite problematic character. But Keeping said character alive and bared from the consequences of abusing his daughter, murdering innocents, and experimenting on your own squad members? Nah. Nope. Kill him, Kubo. Kill this dude.

(his weird attachment to Mayuri is probably why he keeps bringing Syazel back, since Syazel is Mayuri 2.0, but Syazel is the bad guy who does face consequences for his actions while Mayuri is not)

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Also, I'm certain Kazui and Orihime are going to be THRILLED that their precious husband/dad is going to hell when he dies :)

(I just... Rukia teased Ichigo about leaving Orihime at home. She teased him about having a house wife who he leaves all the chores to. Orihime had two panels. She checks on her son who promised he would be at home and sleep. Kazui fcking breaks his promise like it never mattered to him and JUMPS out the window after pretending to sleep in front of his mother. ... An 8 year old... alone... in the middle of the night.)

Orihime is abandoned. She is not invited to SS, she is not informed of what is going on, her son leaves her.... I...

Orihime is a side character. She doesn't matter anymore. She hasn't mattered for a long, long time.

A part of me is glad she had little screen time, since she tends to waste it, but another part of me is embroiled with rage.

I've even see people try to defend this. "Orihime and Ichigo can't be together ALL the time, that's an unhealthy relationship!" and I'm like guys... that's not the point. The point is Orihime is not part of Ichigo's other life. Any shinigami stuff from now on is none of her business. She's going to stay at home while Kazui and Ichigo go off and save the world. Ichigo is going to be fighting by Rukia and Renji while Orihime watches from the sidelines, or worse, doesn't even know what is going on with her husband and son. Orihime is going to be uninformed and abandoned, because she has not proven she is capable of fighting by their sides(go on, @ me. I will fight this. She's a failure.), and also because she prefers a human life over a dead one. Which is ironic, because she married a dead man. Ichigo is a shinigami, and he will be one forever. god forbid she ever meets his Zanpaktou. She would tremble in fear at the monsters her husband harbors in his soul, especially when she realizes they don't care about her and would rather see her dead. (Zangetsu would absolutely kill Orihime. Not sure about Kazui, but Orihime has not accepted Zangetsu, she does not like either of them, and the feeling is assuredly mutual.) frick now I want to make a comic about this

Also still frustrated over Zangetsu's shikai / bankai regression. Kubo once again lied to his audience. Ichigo has no bankai. How ridiculous is that? The main character of BLEACH doesn't have a bankai. Insulting.

(RIP to Chad. He doesn't exist anymore. He's just gone. No mention, no cameo. Gone.)

Kazui is a demon child. That character from the novels? Hikone? They're the same character. Literally same personality, same power level. Its worse because Kazui is a liar. He constantly goes behind his parents' backs. He can summon creepy fish and creepy eyeballs and open portals like is ANYONE aware of this? How has SS not kidnapped Ichigo's son and experimented on him / locked away his powers yet? All substitute shinigami require a reiatsu controlling / spy badge to keep them in line. Where is Kazui's? Or is he just a weird fullbringer?

I was worried Kubo was gonna try and pull a knock off Boruto but luckily he kept the focus on Ichigo and the others. But that being said, Ichika and Kazui are now just... sort of there? Kazui was kinda just.... having his own adventure that doesn't matter to the plot at hand, and Ichika had some nice characterization at first but she just hid behind her dad the whole time.

I have a feeling Kazui is gonna step in at the last minute or do some major behind the scenes thing that indirectly interferes with the main plot so no one will realize how powerful and dangerous he actually is. Its sad because Ichika is the superior character in personality and likability, but she clearly is not going to have a bigger part in this.

Ichigo having a normal life after everything still feels extremely boring and uncomfortable to me. Everyone's like 'I'm still bLEACH!" but.... BLEACH just... doesn't feel like BLEACH anymore. It hasn't for a while now.

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There's two new shinigami characters. Didn't care for the girl, but the Sign Language kid who talks to animals is adorable ... however... he just reminds me of Chad, and I just... it hurts knowing Chad has essentially been deleted. Chad and Orihime are officially benched. They have chosen the human world, and Orihime has given Ichigo his spawn so she has no more use/purpose to him anymore... ////sigh

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Also. This is claimed to be a new "arc". So is the BLEACH manga coming back? What is happening. I thought Kubo was tired and didn't want to do BLEACH anymore. I thought Shounen Jump cut him off. People made so many excuses for Kubo and why the past two arcs have been so badly written the past 6 years and now almost everything they've attempted to defend him with has been revoked.

BLEACH is going to continue to screw up its plot lines and characters, so Its probably best for it to stay dead but I've seen a lot of Kubo stans drooling over this content, they're desperate for BLEACH's return, but its already given out all its possible revelations. There's really nothing else to top here. It's just going to make things up as it goes along ,and I'm not really here for half-assed writing like that, especially since the damage of rushing the previous manga has already been done. Kubo and Shounen Jump are riding off a money nostalgia. None of this was planned.

Honestly though.... overall feeling of this chapter, not as bad as it could have been.

Syazel stole the spotlight, and he's my friend's favorite character, so that's all that really matters.

[asmo-ds]

mc x asmo x solomon but solomon is jealous of mc because they're naturally good in magic (bc of their ancestry) and mc is jealous because solomon has known asmo longer. as the only humans and demon masters (?) in devildom they train together, while in a training session solomon remembers how much jealous he is of mc, has a meltdown and starts to attack mc, mc thinks that they're just training and doesn't put as much effort so they get hurt. asmo is kind of in a relationship with both but no one knows and they don't know about each other, he pushes both away when mc gets hurt since he realises that he should've talked to them about it. after asmo pushes away both, solomon apologises to mc, he and mc become friends and later fwb to fill in the gap that asmo left. asmo apologises for everything and they end up all tgt

Have them Both

Asmo x Solomon x Mc

Warnings: Cheating, mature themes, jealousy, polyamorous relationships

a/n: this didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted it to but I’m suffering from major writers block sorry :(

Solomon wasn’t used to this feeling. He’d always been one of the strongest humans in terms of magical power. He had 72 pacts with demons and had a good life. So why? Why was it as he watched MC flimsily cast a spell he was filled with a strong sense of envy and anger.

They had so much power within them and they didn’t even take magic seriously, they could barely perform a simple seduction spell without it blowing up in their face! It was so unfair that he had worked so hard and ended up still being weaker than someone, especially someone who wasn’t even committed to the craft.

“Solomon and MC, you two will be partnered for the magical combat training today!” The teacher shouted towards the class before continuing to read off names and pairs for other battles.

Asmodeus waltzed up to Solomon, giving him a pat on the back before starting a conversation. MC looked over and felt their lips turn from a smile to a frown as they noticed the way that Solomon and Asmodeus talked with each other. MC wanted nothing more than to have that kind of connection with Asmodeus and it was so unfair how Solomon got to have it. MC was his lover aka the person meant to be the closest to Asmo, the one to know him most intimately. But instead all they ever heard about was stories of Solomon falling from Asmodeus's lips.

Solomon and Asmodeus separated, going to their respective battle areas and preparing to spar with their partner.

MC and Solomon stood across from each other, no conversation, no smiles. The air was thick with tension and Asmodeus couldn’t help but watch as the two began to spar.

Spells were being flung at each other and MC and Solomon lost control. They were so filled with envy towards each other that it no longer was a fake fight, but a real one with a possibility of a deadly ending.

Solomon, being the more skilled wizard, struck MC down with one of his spells before pouncing on them and pinning them down, claiming victory as his.

When the teacher declared the winner and Solomon tried to stand up he felt a sharp tug at his leg and he fell down, landing painfully on his back. MC climbed on top of him and began throwing punches at his face. He felt the anger boil up inside him, pushing MC off before kicking them harshly in the stomach and crawling over to punch them square in the face one time before there was a strong tug that separated them both.

Asmo stood there between their bodies that had been flung apart, panting from the amount of power it took to separate them.

"what has gotten into the two of you?!" he shouted, a rare expression visible on his face, anger and disappointment.

MC and Solomon began to talk over each other trying to explain their side of the story before he silenced them and they both stormed off towards the nurses' office. 

When they arrived at the nurses office the tension was just as strong as it was during their standoff and nobody spoke a word for a few minutes.

"Solomon..." MC began looking down shamefully, the sorcerer refusing to look at them and instead keeping his scowl facing the opposite direction. MC sighed and continued, "I'm sorry. I just- seeing you with Asmodeus and seeing how happy you make him and how you can make him laugh without even trying…” MC choked back a sob as the tears welled up. Solomon's expression softened and he slowly turned to look at the crying human, "I want Asmodeus to feel that way when he is with me too, I'm his lover, don't I deserve that?"

Solomon sat there shocked for a minute before he spoke, "you're his lover?? I'm Asmodeus's lover…” MC and Solomon both stared into each other's eyes, an understanding between them of what they had just discovered. 

"Other than the fact that you were so close to Asmodeus… I have always really admired you, Solomon..” MC stated softly with a blush, gazing down at their lap. The sorcerer felt his cheeks and the tips of his ears heat up as he responded.

“I was jealous of your power, because I think you have such a unique power and the fact that you don't have as much knowledge as me made me angry. I’m sorry too MC, I overreacted.” They sat there in a comfortable silence, glad to have gotten their feelings out.

“W-would you mind if I asked to practice magic with you more often? As you said you have a lot more knowledge than me.” MC turned to face the shady sorcerer, who then smiled back at them.

“I would be honored, in return however, I ask that you let me test your magical limits,” Solomon replied.

“It’s a deal,” MC stuck their hand out, meaning for him to shake it, but instead they felt his rough hands take theirs and raise it to his lips, placing a gentle kiss on their skin.

“So it is,” He smiled up at them fondly.

The door to the room opened and Asmodeus was standing there, a worried look on his face, holding two ice packs that had definitely melted on the way to the nurses’ office. 

“Hey! Don’t touch each other, I don't want to break up another fight-” Asmodeus chuckled tiredly. 

“H-hey Asmo… uh we were talking and we kinda came to a realization.” MC stuttered and lowered their head shyly, nervous about confronting the demon.

“You have been sleeping with us both, correct?” Solomon asked bluntly, not a sign of emotion on his face.

“W-wel uh I- yes I have- BUT- but I love you both so much and I just… I can’t choose between you two and I just-”

“Why don’t we all create a relationship then?” Solomon asked, smiling at the other two.

“What do you mean?” Asmodeus asked shocked.

“We both love you, we like each other and you both love us so why don’t we form a polyamourous relationship?” Solomon asked once more, patting MC on the head as a sign of affection.

“I’m cool with that!” MC beamed, taking Solomon’s hand and placing it on their cheek instead, nuzzling into the rough surface of his palm.

“Yes! Yes I’d love to, I love you both so much!” Asmodeus squealed, pouncing to grab both humans into a tight embrace, placing a kiss on both of their foreheads.

[mcprincessdiaries-archive]

ive kinda been rolling around the idea of vee and tetra being...not quite friends, but...something. the deal is vee wanted nothing to do with her when she first showed up and kept a pretty wide berth, since to them tetra was just like a walking representation of the thing that absolutely ruined their life. and the problem back then was tetra plain lacked the understanding of why that was.

but its been a few years, and now she does understand. i kinda hate to just handwave development like this happening off-screen but basically tetra finally realized the horrors of what tartar was doing, and put her foot down in direct defiance of it. these days she works loosely with the nss as a weapons n technology "expert"

anyways back to vee. its safe to say shes made a bit of progress in recovery, at least enough she can actually play turf wars (sort of. she can only change her ink to shades of blue and if looked at closely it still has that marbled texture to it). however, this starts to bring out some new problems for her.

 1) she definitely still deals with feeling like an outcast with the way she looks, arguably more than before since shes not actively hiding it any more. 2) the more she plays the more she slips into this trance-like “battle” state where she forgets absolutely everything besides going after the other team. it takes her a bit to pick up on that though bc teammates just think shes a really intense player, and obviously this feeds into worsening the first point. 3) all of this is made even worse by the fact no one around her seems to know how to help bc they dont know exactly how sanitization even works

and thats where tetra comes in, because she does know! and she feels at least some responsibility for undoing tartar’s work in any way she can. and helping vee is one of those ways. plus, i think tetras...unique way of thinking would offer a much-needed alternate perspective on things. while others have been trying  to assure vee isnt as odd-one-out as they think they are, tetra comes in with something like “yeah youre weird. so what. own it”. and its not like the former approach is bad per se, but after hearing it so much it starts to feel dismissive of the problem, u know? so breaking it with the latter ends up having a simple, but pretty profound effect

PLUS. i feel like the stuff learned from the alterna logs can come into play eventually, but thats another post. idk how else to end this im just rotating these two in my mind. bye