#husbando and his enemies

[starcurtain]

I wish everyone collectively understood aventurine’s character like you…things would be so much easier! I genuinely don’t understand how people keep getting his motivations wrong??? Could it be because some of the most popular Aven fanfics were written prior to his release? That could have contributed to some of the takes we tend to see about him…thoughts?

I struggled all day to come up with a concise way to answer this and couldn't think of one, so here, have a long-winded ramble:

I don't think early fic writers have much impact in the situation with Aventurine's character now, since most people can look at when a story was posted and go "Oh, this was before we had ____ information."

I think that Aventurine's problem is being a male character in a gacha game. Gacha game characters are designed to sell. Hoyo can sell female characters very, very easily. Give her huge tits and a visible underwear strap and you're good to go. I love all my guy friends, but I'm not gonna sugarcoat it: straight men are not the hardest audience to please. Hit a particular fetish (feet, spandex, dommy mommy), and you're gucci.

Nah, we all know why Jade's trailer is Like That.™

Male characters in gacha are harder to sell because women as consumers are a little harder to predict. Does every woman want a tall, ripped hunk? Shit, no, small cute boyish models like Aventurine are selling better now? Why?! Would a bad boy be more popular than a nice guy??? It's harder to account for women's tastes, especially because they are often (a little) less visually-oriented.

Hoyo is good at what they do though, and they've figured out that male characters sell very well when they possess at least one of two specific traits:

Endearing vulnerability/helplessness

Gay ship tease

Give a character both, like Aventurine? They might as well be printing money.

That sound you hear is Hoyo's stock prices rising.

So, from the very beginning, Hoyo is incentivized to create a character that appeals to people, a character people will want to crack their wallets open for. And they achieved this, first and foremost, by giving Aventurine traits that female players (in particular, but men too), find especially appealing: emotional and physical vulnerability.

We see Aventurine's pain. We sympathize with his grief. We identify with his struggle to make meaning of his difficult life. He's our woobie, blorbo, babygirl, whatever the hell they're calling it now.

He can't hide his suffering anymore. He's on the very edge. He's a dude in distress. He's surrounded by enemies! He misses his mama! He's been betrayed! No one understands him like you do, dear player!

The ultimate feeling evoked is: He needs to be saved.

When people talk about male power fantasies, I think they forget that women can experience them too, and "Emotionally vulnerable man that only I (or my favorite character) can fix" is actually a female power fantasy.

And from there it's really easy, right: the people who shell out cash to buy warps for their harmed-husbando feel like they've saved him; the people who are into mlm ships look for the nearest hot dude to be the savior Ratio was waiting for his time lol.

Morally and intellectually, this type of deep-down-golden-hearted, emotionally-wounded male character is very easy to digest. There is nothing to dislike about this type of character or role in the story: this character is a good guy who has just gone through so many terrible situations, whose victim status makes him endearing, and whose lack of agency means that any of the questionable or downright bad things he does are always the result of someone else forcing his hand, and never something he would have chosen himself.

His motivations are always clear and consistent: get free, heal, and live happily ever after.

Insert the Wreck-It Ralph meme: "Do people assume all your problems got solved when a big strong man showed up?" But to be fair, a big strong man did kind of solve Aventurine's problem, so--

Anyway, it's simple. It's straightforward. Morally, it's pretty cut and dry, black and white: Aventurine is our hero, which means everyone dictating the course of his miserable life is evil.

Hoyo is not remotely discouraging people from literally buying into this emotional appeal.

And trust me, I get it. I'll be the first to admit that hurt-comfort is its own entire genre in fandom because it is so appealing. People eat up Aventurine's tragic backstory like candy! The idea of watching a character go through hell at the hands of bad guys just to finally find a happy end is like the definition of everyone's favorite story.

In fact... people love Aventurine's suffering so much, they have invented whole new ways for him to suffer that aren't even in the game.

This is where we get all the headcanons that Aventurine was a sex slave, every single person he meets hates him because of his race, the Stonehearts are executioners holding knives to his throat, Jade enslaved him to the IPC with a lifelong contract, his material possessions belong to the company, the IPC is forcing him to take only the most dangerous missions where he is being required by his evil jailers to continually put his life on the line... You name it and I promise you, I can find a fanfic where Aventurine suffers from it. 😂

Bro can't even sleep in on his day off; life is so hard for this man.

Being serious: if the game is telling us that Aventurine is a victim... Why not make him the perfect victim?

Why not envision an Aventurine with no freedom, who bears no responsibility for any of the horrible situations he is in or any of the dubious things he does?

It's so natural to like that version of Aventurine, so appealing to see a totally powerless underdog use his own wits and charms to claw his way up to freedom. Or, if you're the kind who really relishes angst: It's even appealing to see Aventurine lose more. To delight in fics where he loses his wealth, where the IPC punishes him for past crimes while he's powerless to stop them... (I assure you, this is many people's cup of tea and the fanfics prove it!)

Ultimately, there's nothing wrong with liking characters who are exactly this straightforward! It's completely fine to embrace characters that are intentionally written to be morally above-board, whose primary role in the story is to generate angst by being a good person who suffers, or those characters who never show unlikable traits, bad decisions, or contradictory actions.

The problem is that that's just not who the game is telling us Aventurine is.

Hoyo may be capitalizing off people who love to envision poor Aventurine still living his life as a slave... But the game also needs to tell a complicated enough story overall to appeal to people who don't care about this specific husbando--Aventurine's role in the actual game's plot has to be interesting enough for almost everyone to appreciate it, not just Aventurine's simp squad. (Don't get mad, I'm in the simp squad with you.)

So his character doesn't stop at just being a pure-hearted victim who is still waiting to be saved.

Aventurine is not that easy to label, and I think the biggest struggle in this character's fandom right now is between people who prefer the even-more-angsty, still-a-slave Aventurine versus people who want a morally grey, self-destructive character instead.

To me personally, while I greatly understand the appeal of fanon!Aventurine and the joy of a really juicy angst fic where characters lose it all, I think that missing out on the depth that canon is suggesting would be a real loss on the fandom's part.

The character motivations that Aventurine shows in the game are complicated. They cancel each other out. They're basically self-harm! He makes almost every situation he's in worse for himself--on purpose.

He is a good person, but also a person who has done unspeakable things. He does have morals, but he's not above allowing those who don't have them to use him to their advantage.

He's both the victim and the victor. He's his own worst enemy. He's a lost little boy who's been making terrible decisions for himself since he was like eight years old, and a grown ass man who is barely managing to fake his way through an existence that destiny is not letting him quit.

This kind of character is a lot harder to embrace. He's done things that most people would find appalling--like willingly joining up with the organization that let his entire race be massacred. He's invented a whole new peacock persona to frivolously flaunt riches he doesn't even care about (Poison Dart Frog Self-Defense 101). He actively plays into racist stereotypes about his people to manipulate others through their preconceived expectations. He's made a mockery of his mother's and sister's hopes and dreams by endlessly trying to throw his own life away.

He has flaws! He bet everything he had on a ploy without doing his homework to find out if the people he was risking his life for were even still around. (Maybe he already knew, and couldn't bear to admit it, even to himself.) He's intentionally off-putting and obnoxious to everyone he meets (Poison Dart Frog Self-Defense 102). He terrifies everyone who gets close to him by (seemingly) carelessly throwing himself into the jaws of death without the slightest provocation.

He knowingly allows the IPC to exploit his power and talents for profit. Did everyone forget that his role in the Strategic Investment Department is asset liquidation?! Like, his actual day-to-day job is ruining people's lives. Canonically, Aventurine kills people when his deals go bad.

His motivations change off-screen in two lines of story text. We're told in one line that his biggest reason for joining the IPC was to make money to save the Avgin, then in the next line we find out that's impossible. And... then what? What motivations does he even have now? The whole point of his character arc from 2.0-2.1 is that he was on the edge of giving in to utter despair and nihilism because he couldn't even perceive a single reason to stay alive. He has no purpose in life before Penacony, and that didn't start with the Stonehearts at all??

People keep saying Aventurine was held in the IPC by golden handcuffs, but how do you tie down someone for whom profit is meaningless? What can you offer to a man whose only desire is to bring back something already lost forever? How do you imprison someone whose only definition of freedom is, canonically, death?

Working for the Stonehearts is obviously not healthy. But that's why Aventurine was doing it--because taking dangerous missions allowed him to put himself at risk. The job that he originally pursued hoping to save his people became a direct means to self-harm, and the IPC's only real role in that was just happily profiting off the results.

The journal entries for Aventurine's quests are there deliberately to tell the player what is on his mind, and none of it has to do with escaping from his job:

Like... Work is the least of this man's problems.

At really the risk of rambling on too long now, he's also just a massive walking contradiction:

Aventurine is among the most explicitly religious characters in the game, yet he's one of the only people in the entire game that we have ever seen actively question his people's aeon.

You might be tempted to think Aventurine's risky gambles with his life as an adult are a result of giving up after finding out about the Avgin massacre... Butttt no, Hoyo makes sure to tell us that even at knee-high in the Sigonian desert, Kakavasha was already willing to risk himself in a fight to the death against monsters because even back then he found his own life to have less value than a single memento.

He's the "chosen one" who will lead his people to prosperity... except they're all dead.

He's explicitly suicidal... andddd also a pathstrider of Preservation.

He wants to die... He doesn't want to die. He wants to make it end, yet goes to staggering lengths to continually survive. (Every plan risks his life on purpose--but every plan's win condition is also to live.) He life is the chip tossed down, but his hand is trembling beneath the table. When faced with an otherwise unsurvivable situation, Aventurine literally became a winner of the Hunger Games. He beat other innocent people to death with his own chain-bound hands just to come out alive.

He knows the IPC failed the Avgin and left them to die... and he still willingly sought out a position of power in their organization. Maybe he really is after revenge... but maybe not.

He starts his journey in the IPC with a truly noble goal in mind: to help his people using his newfound wealth and power. He's a good guy who did genuinely want to save the Avgin and repay all those who helped him. But once it became clear he was too late, once it was obvious he would have no use at all for that monetary wealth and power he risked his life to get... What did he do with it? Unlike Jade, we don't see him over here donating to orphanages. (I'm not that heartless; I'm sure he does actually do a lot of good things with his money on the side, but the point is that the game does not show us that--it shows us, over and over again, Aventurine putting on a wasteful, over-indulgent persona toward wealth. We've supposed to feel how meaningless money is to him, how meaningless everything is becoming to him.)

He outright refuses to use underhanded tactics or to cheat at gambles, which is meant to show us that's he's more morally upright than his coworkers. There's an entire exchange where he says that he'll never stoop to using manipulation the way Opal does. But... he doesn't have any issue fulfilling Opal's exact agenda. He was never remotely morally conflicted about denying the Penaconians their freedom by dragging Penacony back under IPC control.

He's willing to risk his own life, which is one thing--but he's also willing to risk other people's well-being. Topaz accuses him of constantly egging their clients on into dangerous situations; we've actively seen him shove a gun into Ratio's hands and pull the trigger with no care for how Ratio would feel about that on their very first meeting... Dragging the Astral Express crew into the entire Penacony plan in the first place was exceedingly dangerous...

To me, I just think it's vital to understand his character through the lens of these contradictions because they demonstrate the extreme polarity of Aventurine's life: from rags to riches, from powerless to empowered by multiple aeons, from willing to kill to survive to killing himself... He has quite literally lived a life of "all or nothing," and while he is the victim of many terrible situations out of his control, his arc as a character involves facing the truth of himself and the future his own actions are hurtling him toward.

Frankly, the Aventurine that canon is suggesting is a little annoying. You want to grab him by the shoulders, shake him, and say "Why are you like this?!" And he won't even have an answer for you, because he doesn't even know why he's still alive.

In the end, to me, this is so, so much more interesting. I can read an endless supply of hurt-comfort fics where Aventurine escapes the evil IPC and Ratio is there to fill the void in his life with the power of love and catcakes and be a perfectly happy clam online, but I want canon to continue to serve us this incredible mess of a man who constantly takes one step forward and two steps back.

Who is fully aware of his role as a cog in the grotesque profit-wheel of cosmic capitalism and still manages to say he never changed from the rags-wearing desert rat of the Sigonian wastes.

Who over and over again flirts with nihility but, ultimately, even if he has to wrest it from the grip of the gods themselves with bloody, chain-bound hands, chooses life.

[delusionalwings]

― synopsis -> when he doesn’t expect to "fall in love", especially with a human

― characters -> lucifer, mammon, leviathan

― gender neutral reader

― headcanons

― warnings -> yandere, toxic behavior, manipulation (luci), obsession and rude behavior (mammon), obsession and camera installed without permission (levi)

― a/n -> i spend way too long on this but it was fuuuuuun

LUCIFER

It would have amused him had the actors in this ridiculous play been different. But he is neither a fool nor a procrastinator so he accepts the fact readily with his usual calmness. It seems that he is interested in you, a mere human, but also Lord Diavolo’s choice for the exchange programme. He needs to play his next move cautiously.

When you become entangled with a nasty rumour, you approach Lucifer. Since the start, he has been the one to provide assistance to you unbidden so he seemed like the best choice. After getting his advice, you ponder the best course of action and carry out the execution. He watches you closely with amusement.

Diavolo praises the way you handle the situation. Lucifer announces indignantly that if anybody messes with you, he will deal with them personally. Everybody believes that you share a special bond with Lucifer because of the additional edge to his speech, the glare and the sadistic promise of pain in his smirk.

It is like Lucifer to kill several birds with one bullet. Now he knows that you are worthy of his thoughts, given your intelligent reaction. You must think a little better of him owing to his help. The others will leave you alone. And he has an excuse to stay closer to you for at least a fortnight. He will stick close and keep testing your competence. It’s no joke that the Avatar of Pride has taken a fancy to you, more so when he expected to never feel this way for anyone.

 MAMMON

He knows quite well that his greed is not restricted to materialistic items only. So when he starts obsessing over you, he freaks out dramatically, gambles all his money away, gets beaten up by moneylenders because of his carelessness and when you patch him up and smile, he finally accepts that the human ain’t too bad. Given the bad treatment he had been subjected to, he wasn't expecting to fall in love but then you came along and now you are all that goes through his mind.

He is very non judgmental so he doesn't care that you are a human. However, he thinks that associating with a demon may get you enemies. He tries to distance himself in the beginning but being someone who has difficulty denying his urges, he ends up giving you the special treatment. From the dark. 

He thinks of the best gift ideas and executes them flawlessly without revealing his identity. Good fortune seems to follow you these days. The only reason for suspicion is his behavior. He goes overboard with the tsundere act, so that now it feels stifling and hurtful. Every time you get a present from this “secret admirer”, you notice how he acts more supreme and offensive with the “I am the Great Mammon and you are only a puny human”. His bullying reaches an all time high, cutting you deep and scarring you, as the pace of the gifts catch up like a rope tightening around your throat. 

LEVIATHAN 

Eh? EHH?? No no, this can’t be happening! What is this era of cringe where he feels obsessed with a 3D character?! You must be an anomaly in the system! How can you just come along so casually and shatter his hope of staying single forever? He was quite content with his waifus and husbandos! They don’t expect anything in return and he knew that it was impossible for him to end with them! Life was simple! Oh now he is overthinking and gulping down energy drinks and dreaming about how wonderful you are!

He isn’t really bothered about the mortal part since he has watched enough anime to know that demons fall for humans all the time!  Key information about upcoming cosplay conventions keeps slipping from his mind like his sanity! It is the end of Leviachan, OMG he needs to worship the anime gods for mercy. 

Now instead of bingeing his favourite anime, he is watching you sleep at 3 in the morning through the cameras he installed in your room without your permission. He can't forgive you. Before your arrival, he was a dedicated albeit a gross, yucky otaku but now he is a normie who is thinking about puke-inducing lovey-dovey stuff like holding hands and going on a date! What a downfall for the Lord of Shadows! You must take responsibility and help him get his passion back. He can’t lose the Levi that has lived till now just because of you. He must have you right in front of his eyes so that he can go back to focusing on anime rather than watching your every move. You make him so unhappy by talking to those other demons. He can’t even sleep at night. You are terrible, you know that? Stay close and he won’t hold a grudge. He will be sweet like all those normies in love with fake promises at the tip of their tongues.

[marleysfinest]

ENEMIES > LOVERS; JEAN X READER

modern au, fluff/no warnings, gn!reader

word count: 1.6k

thank u @robynnnhooddd for this req! 💕

obligatory @fromriches-tosin tag for ur husbando

there's nothing quite like a childhood rivalry.

run off squealing at the sight of a worm? expect to find a handful in your shoes tomorrow morning. they say that they forgot their homework? be sure to ask the teacher right away when it was due to remind them, despite knowing full well it was today, just to make an example of your rival. neither of you dared utter a whisper of distaste or resentment lest you wanted to hear about it for the next ten years in excruciating detail.

jean had always been the prickly boy next door. having grown up together with your mothers as best friends, it was a given that you'd spend many a long hour together, practically torturing one another in any way you could think of. despite the fact that your parents got on like a house on fire, jean's general demeanour had always rubbed you up the wrong way. he'd steal your crayons. he'd hide your dolls. he'd muddy your shoes on purpose. he made your life not quite a living hell, but certainly a waking pain. you gave as good as you got; making for quite the rivalry.

and it didn't stop at the school gates. being the same age meant that you and jean shared classes, and one year, one teacher had even done the unimaginable and sat you together, forced to endure silent standoffs over elbow space, chair-leg positioning, and complaints about the volume of one another's breathing. at the beginning it's torture, waking up every day knowing you're about to endure the most insufferable boy known to mankind. and the teachers adored him; his grades were exceptional, his attendance flawless, his charisma off the charts. it only grew as you flew through school together, with his ego bursting at the seams at every opportunity. he grated on you with heat and intensity; how could one person be so annoying? and what did everyone see in him? was a well-coiffed hairdo and a substantial instagram following really the key to undying love and attention?

you didn't sign one another's t-shirts when you graduated. you didn't even so much as wish one another well; he was as glad to see the back of you, as you were to see the back of him. you even heard through the grapevine of how he'd been spouting theories of what profession you'd go into; something you happily reciprocated by speculating that he'd find employment in a gentleman's club after his father.

you moved out not long after graduating and securing your first job in an office downtown; the pay not kingly, but enough to afford the rent on a small place to call your own on the city's outskirts. slowly but surely, contact between you and your classmates dwindled, and soon they were no more than familiar faces on your social media, your only reunion with them being on the morning commute as you caught up with the latest goings-on. few of them fell into professions of great note, but it was nice to know that people were getting by, living comfortable lives and expanding their families. you yourself didn't post much; maybe you'd get a shot of the sunset every so often on the way home, but you mostly were a silent observer. nevertheless, you slipped into your working life quickly, leaving many memories of the past behind.

until, that was, a chilly spring morning on the way to work. you'd ducked into your usual coffee shop, and had your head in the clouds as the cashier fumbled with the card machine that was not playing ball. you'd tried no less than three times to pay for your oat milk cappuccino, but each time you'd been met with an error. the barista asked for cash, and you felt defeated, knowing full well that you didn't have any on you, and had to accept that good coffee was not on the cards this morning. until, that is, a familiar voice rumbled from behind you.

"I've got it."

your head whipped, and your stomach dropped as you realised who was in front of you.

jean fucking kirschtein.

you felt your chest sink a little, definitely not in the mood to exchange small talk with the person who had made your school days hellishly difficult, and you surmised that he'd feel the exact same, although he had just offered to pay for your coffee.

"oh, you don't have to-"

you'd been so struck by not only the gesture but by who had made the gesture that jean had already paid for the drink and ordered his own by the time you'd replied. the barista took payment and began on your drinks.

"there's not oat milk in the fridge, I'll just need to run to the basement to grab a carton. 2 secs!"

you mustered a smile, all the while seething that you were now forced to talk to jean a little while longer, although it was perhaps the polite thing to do seeing as he'd just rescued your morning caffeine hit.

"hey," you reply as politely as you could manage, "thanks. you didn't have to do that."

he nodded gently, and something about his expression told you that he was genuinely glad to see you. why?

"hey, a damsel in distress? I had to help," he replied, "how've you been? I haven't seen you here before."

you couldn't help but furrow your brow. you came to this shop every morning, since when was he a local, too?

"oh, I practically live here," you respond, hating the fact that your voice stuttered a little, "best coffee I could find in this neighbourhood."

"that bodes well," he said, "my favourite place across the street just closed down."

it still hadn't cleared a lot up; even if he had been going across the street, you'd still have seen him, surely? although perhaps you were simply to immersed in your music to pay much attention. oh god, had he seen you here before? is that why he came over?

"that's too bad," you say, flickering your eyes away for a moment. he looked well; he'd grown a foot taller and muscled up a little, and wore a freshly pressed navy blue suit, with the jacket slung over the crook of his elbow. if you didn't know better, you might have even said he was handsome. silence fell between the two of you for a second, as you realised you didn't quite know how to carry the conversation.

"eh, I don't mind. it's been fun to run into you again."

you couldn't help the shocked look on your face.

"fun?" you ask, the disbelief coming through thick, "c'mon. I don't think that's a word that's ever been used in our case."

he huffed a laugh and grinned widely. fuck, he was handsome.

"yeah..." his voice trailed off as he undoubtedly thought about your shared past of mutual torment. "yeah, I guess we were stupid kids."

there was a sudden softness to him that you knew had to be put on. was there genuine remorse there? how could there be? you had made his life every bit as hard as he'd made yours, could he really look past that now? a part of you respected it, if he could; it showed a maturity that you weren't sure even you had.

"we were... pretty stupid," you agree. the barista had returned from the basement and had started on your drinks. you both watched him get to work, efficiently showing off his skill as he crafted the drinks the same way michelangelo may have crafted david.

"y'know, I always meant to say sorry for that," says jean suddenly, his eyes still focused on the barista's hands. "I mean, I know you gave as good as you got and, god, it was annoying, but... I don't know. I'm saying sorry, I guess."

your eyes grew wider than dinnerplates at his apology, as you found yourself living a moment you swore would never come. you half expected to be catapulted back to that morning, the sound of your alarm waking you from whatever dream this had to be. what was more confusing was there was something endearing about it; something that made you want to apologise in return.

"that why you came to my rescue?" you asked, "one coffee for eighteen years' worth of torment?"

jean turned his attention to you, looking marginally wounded, but with that signature cheek just brimming beneath the surface.

"well, yeah," he said with a gentle smile, "isn't that the price of torment these days?"

you couldn't help but smile in return. the barista planted your drinks on the counter in front of you.

"sorry guys, here you go! one oat milk cappuccino, one caramel latte."

your grin widened as you heard jean's order, surprised to learn of his sweet tooth. he looked embarrassed, but that didn't stop him puffing his chest out to put on appearances.

"what? caffeine and sugar first thing in the morning? just because you couldn't handle it."

a signature jibe, just like when you were kids. although, there was no venom this time. no thick layer of aggression that told you he meant every word with force and pain. it was a gentle jibe, almost a jibe at himself. it was definitely endearing. the two of you left the coffee shop, stepping into the blinding sunlight, hesitating for a second as you realised you didn't want to say goodbye. his lingering suggested he felt the same way.

"hey," he said, "can I walk you to work?"

[fireemblems24]

Azure Gleam Ch 9

More Azure Gleam to come. So far it's doing everything I wished AM did or had time for.

STORY

Oh, the title includes "Reunion." I'm guessing Dimitri and Edelgard talk again?

Curious how they'll handle this. Because if Dimitri does talk to her and it becomes clear he's after TWSITD, what does Edelgard do? Keep insisting on war or give up and team up with Dimitri against TWSITD? It's OOC for her to give up and let Rhea and the Kingdom live their lives, but prioritizing killing Dimitri and Rhea above even taking TWSITD down would be, eh, questionable on her end to put it lightly. Really curious to see how the writers deal with this.

The Empire is stalemating at Arianrhod. Shez is worried about supplies, but Dedue thinks they need to prepare more first.

Oh, look at that, Dimitri being smart. He plans on cutting off Edelgard's supply line. Since she only uses one, that's brilliant.

Shez thinks if Dimitri pulls this off, he wins the war.

So I'm betting the big enemy will switch from Edelgard to TWSITD. It would be cool for Edelgard to team up with Dimitri against TWSITD, but I doubt that'll happen. She'll probably die or go and join up with TWSITD or escape but the big focus will still be TWSITD and Edelgard a footnote on the way there, hence powering up the Empire after Dimitri would've otherwise taken them out.

Feels like this is going to end part 1, like how GW just ended.

Oh, Claude!? First time we've seen him in a while in AG. Oh, shit, is Claude going to bail out Edelgard for no real reason except writers said so? Because it would make no sense to help the Imperialists if he wants the Alliance to remain standing.

He's wondering what the Alliance will do, what's best for them and trying to predict who's going to win.

Oh, wow, I really expected AG to get the 1 battle deal this time, but nope. Good.

MAP/SIDE BATTLES

Lamo, Shez thinks one hundred Dimitris would wipe the floor with the Empire.

I got to compliment Dedue. Life complete.

Yuri sold Edelgard a tip about a secret passage. He saying some skeevy stuff about that count. I'm betting we'll recruit him this time. He doesn't seem to like Count Rowe's general dude lol.

Dimitri saying he's not good around children in the expedition dialogue is funny, since it's fairly cannon that they like him.

INGRID & RODRIGUE B SUPPORT

Aww, Ingrid got to return to Fraldarius territory and went down memory lane. Again, another support that reinforces how tied all the Faerghus team are together.

It struggles with having enough food too. I think it's the influx of refugees causing the shortages.

Cool details. There's new shops and good roads.

She finally faced it and wants to keep visiting it. Of course, Rodrigue says she should.

Haha, Ingrid ordered Glenn around. Not surprised.

And Rodrigue says it's ok to show weakness and not just worry about pushing forward. He's such a team dad. And very much in line with the themes in the Blue Lions.

ASHE & DEDUE B SUPPORT

Dedue made his own tea blend!!! Ok, Seteth officially has competition for #1 husbando in Fodlan now.

OFC he made it for Dimitri, lamo.

You would forever be second place to Dimitri with Dedue lol.

The tea reminds Ashe of some Lonato made.

And OFC it's a tea to calm nerves. He made it for Dimitri after all.

ASHE & DIMITRI B SUPPORT

Dimitri is checking on Ashe, esp with his role as a knight. Everyone's been nice to him, which is good, but Ashe is still unsure of himself.

Dimitri pretty much knighted everyone who's now his knights.

Ashe has a more romantic view of knighthood. Someone who's loyal to the king and protects their leader and their people.

Then Dimitri's like, naw, they're here to kill people. Loyalty is only there to control them.

Very in-character for both of them.

Dimitri's like go ahead and follow that code, but don't die for it. Now he's talking about Glenn. And how he wants Ashe to choose life over loyalty.

So THAT'S why Ashe defects. He's so miserable about it.

FUCKING FINALLY. All the points to Ashe. Glenn didn't die because Faerghus is toxic. He died because he wanted to protect his best friend. He argues that there's nothing wrong with that.

Ashe respects Dimitri so much. He's so wholesome.

DEDUE & PETRA B SUPPORT

More language learning lessons. She wants to learn the language to help Brigid diplomatically. It's too bad she can't get a teacher in-house.

Dedue is sorta doing the same for Duscur, though not royalty so not as much power.

Dimitri wants to make Duscur independent again. I'm so glad AG is paying more attention to Duscur.

Petra also realizes that Dedue is more than just Dimitri's bodyguard.

Giving these two a support was a brilliant idea.

DIMITRI & SYLVAIN B SUPPORT

Aww, Dimitri didn't want House Gautier's opinion, but Sylvain's. Their relationship is underrated.

Lamo, Dimitri is speaking with others about bringing commoners into the nobility. This game does a shit job justifying Edelgard's war if everyone is on their way to doing what she's killing them for not doing.

The main concern is lack of crests. And funny that it's Sylvain defending them and Dimitri saying it doesn't matter. The more you learn about Sylvain, the less sense he makes defecting to the Empire.

Lamo, the Kingdom is already discussing the possibility of getting rid of inheritance.

Sylvain only shows the political side of himself to Felix and Dimitri.

I love this support. Dimitri is just showing Sylvain with compliments and expressing how much he relies on Sylvain (which is very healthy for him to admit). Then Sylvain is admiring Dimitri back.

DIMITRI & FELIX B SUPPORT

My first Dimilix support in Hopes. It better be good.

Ah, starts with Felix calling Dimitri an idiot, these two are just so . . . I love them. One of the most complex relationships in all of Fire Emblem. And I live for it.

"Idiot, let me worry for you!!!" Is the most Dimilix(Felix) thing ever.

Felix has a mother, everyone. I think she got mentioned before, but power to her for actually existing!!!

Then Felix gets mad at Dimitri for worrying about him and not his own issues, It's the most Felix ever. And then Dimitri's like, oh, that's not possible.

Oh, no, now Dimitri is going off about revenge. And Felix isn't thrilled about it.

Oh, shit is getting real. Dimitri thinks Felix might hate him because he could do nothing when Glenn died and feels so guilty over it.

Felix "I don't hate you, ok." Haha, I love these two idiots.

Dimitri has such horrible survivor's guilt. He feels so guilty for surviving and that Glenn died protecting him. It makes me wonder what kind of hell his head went through when he thought Dedue died in Houses (or actually does die, including CF). That has to be like worst nightmare shit.

Felix is like, ugh, just eat!!

MAIN BATTLE

Shamir and Catherine! Together, as it should be.

Miklan is here too. Still not sure how to feel about this. Ohh, he's the one who cut ties?

He's starting to come around to liking working for the army though. Shamir called him out for having a bad attitude too lol.

Annette is so much shorter than the rest of the Blue Lions lol. She's standing next to Dedue. Who thought that was a good idea. They can barely fit into the same frame lamo.

So Persuade Shamir and Yuri are strategy options. I was confused until I saw Shamir was an allied general and Yuri an enemy one. Getting to both of them, obviously.

I'm guessing Miklain's death is unavoidable? Eh. Seems pointless to bring him back at all.

Isn't this were Ingrid died in SB? Worst moment in the game so far. 

Aha, cool! Cutscene time. And seems it's cannon here that Dimitri defeated Edelgard in combat. He just keeps racking up the badassery in this game. 

So glad Dimitri didn't just let her run. So annoying when heroes do that, except Thales is here to fuck things up. 

Wait, Edelgard FINALLY told him about Thales? Girl, you (maybe?) could've spared all of Fodlan a lot of pain if you just said that earlier. 

Dimitri just whipping the magic away. He's so cool in all of these cutscenes. 

Thales bullshit magic abilities ruining a potential team up. (Could they ever? She seems hellbent on taking over his country so . . .)

Oh, hey, hegemon. 

AG really is going to go there! TWSITD is really the big bad, not Edelgard. Don't misunderstand, Edelgard is the superior villain. But since Dimitri gets two stories, I'm glad one will focus on TWSITD and (hopefully) send Edelgard to the backseat. Bc him vs her again, what's the point? 

Aw, Shez saving Dimitri. These two have such a wholesome relationship. I really like it more than I expected too. 

Aww, this stuff with Shez and Dimitri just keeps piling up. Shez feels so worried about having the same powers, but Dimitri just doesn't care. Still trusts her. It's so sweet. 

I also love how Shez has some personal involvement in this route. It's kinda missing in the other two. 

Dimitri - "I alone-" Felix shuts that down, ofc. Good though. I'm glad seeing Ingrid and Annette speak up. It's obvious to remember how Felix and Dedue got their lives changed, but so glad they called back to what Ingrid and Annette dealt with too. 

Felix saying Dimitri's name so soft when he's hurt. My heart. 

Oh, Ferdinand's dad, Duke Aegir is now in control? What happened to Edelgard? (also, I sorta love how so many dads got whitewashed, but they went full evil with this guy still lamo). 

Is TWSITD controlling Edelgard? Lamo, that's one creative way to write her out of the story without letting her team up with Dimitri or choosing TWSITD over giving up conquest.  

(sorry for the weird formatting, some of this is copy and pasted)

xxxxx

[fandom-trash-xl]

EPISODE 16: DEGESU

We're approaching final boss turf.

I need to know how significant of a chunk of this series runtime is the franchise recap. Nearly grinding my teeth over this one getting the full episode one version- it wasn't until Jaka Jaan started planning that I was sure I had clicked on the right episode.

That gripe aside, the gang is finally making their way into the dragon's den, Gomah's palace. Degesu, sensing the danger, supposes now's the time to move Baby Dende, who is not taking it lightly.

Before our team can storm the palace, it's time to face off against the Gendarmerie Force, full routine and everything, while Goku and Vegeta get a real bad case of deja mustard deja vu. But, the force didn't get the power scaling memo and are completely outclassed by Vegeta, even with their toughest fireballs (which is deja vu of another variety).

They turn the tables and tie up the loose ends and continue on their quest into enemy territory, but not before Goku mooches potato chips off of one of the Gendarmeries.

Degesu's escape with Dende in the multi-perspective hall of stairs ends up having the Saiyans, Shin, and Piccolo right on his tail... and Panzy not far behind because she senses something's not right.

First off, why does Goku need to do his Instant Transmission pose to sense energy? I suppose it makes sense because they thought Dende's energy would be farther away, but why not make the leap while you're already committed to the two fingers?

Second, was I the only one low-key expecting a Scooby-Doo chase?

They catch up, but Degesu is not above shooting a child for an ultimatum. Or an 82-year-old child. Shin and Degesu make up for a lost millennium of time by having a smarm fest.

I shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did at Goku asking what Shin actually does in his job as Supreme Kai given he had an actual answer instead of it being a "he's bad at his job" joke.

Before we can question why Degesu seemed in a real hurry to leave with Dende, Glorio comes in with the rescue by chucking Chekhov's Silly Hat at him, Panzy making the catch. Dende's real happy to see Goku.

This better not be Panzy's 'I want kids now' moment because we are not demoting another strong female character to housewife and, even with the wacky demon world aging making her older than she looks, any potential ship at the moment would look real weird.

Some of King Kadan's men lead off a tied up Degesu, oddly towards a cliff. The way it was so silent I thought they were about to execute him on screen. Did he get executed off screen???

Task two: Head to the Tamagami!

Meanwhile, Gomah is having an awful time trying to extract the Third Eye from the belt and only has success with a plunger- an idea he gets after his brainstorming piss break.

The heroes find the Tamagami with no Dragon Ball, prompting Arinsu to make her grand reveal- along with Kuu and Duu, both very sleepy.

Glorio's starting to sweat. His boss is here.

Gomah finally gets his Third Eye attached and starts morphing into an absurd size, gritty muscles and everything. Got worried for a moment when he got the horn curl because I thought he was going to turn Janemba-style Tumblr Sexyman... thank goodness it's just Large Gomah.

Next episode: A fantastical battle between the heroes and the Majins. Glorio helping is a good sign... Piccolo's finally taking off the weighted turban and cape, so you know it's getting serious.

I can't help but feel the Glorio betrayal's imminent and even though I sense it coming, it's still going to hurt because that is one of my platonic husbandos right there. I cling to villains as my faves for some reason not because I condone them but because I think they're neat. Throw a morally grey conflicted villain there and you've got me emotionally attached. If he dies, I'm going to be a wreck.

EPISODES WITHOUT KNOWING HANVI'S WHEREABOUTS: 16

Committing to the bit at this point

Also, heads up, if anything big happens in next few episodes, please be wary of spoiling me in asks or anything. Due to my current schedule, I can't watch the weekly episodes until at least 3PM EST. Just assume if I haven't posted my spoiler commentary, I haven't seen it yet. Haven't run into any problems so far, but just putting it out there since it's final battle season.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

The only reason people find 7/11 collab npc from echoes "more interesting" than brigand boss is that they want to fuck him. There, I said it. Y'all only care that he’s hot. If he was a nameless enemy and not a character from a 7/11 collab, you wouldn't care. But no, he’s your husbando. That's why you prefer him. And you're all transparent as fuck, given how much of his fanfics have given him way more character than his characterless self has in canon.

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[tarot-by-e11e]

What can I say??? Even If I say it a million times it wouldn’t be enough! You are gifted!

Everything you just wrote resonates so so much!!

At this moment I’m just doing something new with my life! I’m starting a new chapter that is going to be so so so fulfilling. You read my worst enemy so well. This is a cycle that I’ve just broken! You gave me chills with the insurance thing because I just had an issue with one of my cars insurance…. I was going to wait to have it fixed but no more…

The creative outlet and the passive incomes ( and yes I remember) I have to figure out what to do . I need to find what I’m good at.

Lil one, you are a very sensitive and gifted soul! Im thankful for being in your circle!!!

Hi Big sis!!

Thank you so much for sending me a feedback so quickly!!

I'm really happy that you resonated with the reading!

Ahehehehehe, I know you've mentioned it alot, but I look forward to hearing it from you ~

Yes you did mention you're starting something new soon!

OMG really??? That's really worst enemy?!

But I'm really happy for you for breaking your cycle!

No way, you really had an issue with your insurance?!! The one was one of the loudest message during the reading but it didn't make sense to me.. Well now it does.

Yess the creative outlet and the passive income streams has always been prominent in all of your readings from me. I rarely never mention it. So I think and feel there's this sense of importance and urgency to figure this out. It's just a feeling though.

Ahehehehehe well, sensitive souls tend to need a bit more of protection so....

(FUTURE HUSBANDO WHERE THE FUDGE ARE YOU?! YOU STUCK IN A TREE OR SOMETHING?! )

Ahehehehehe thank you again for taking the time to sending me a feedback so quickly! I truly appreciate it alot!

[melancholypancakes]

Author note: I recently got into Bungo stray dogs out of curiosity because of Osaka design character I’ve been seeing him everywhere and now I’m in love with dazai my new husbando and the anime. I can’t wait to read the manga.

Also Asami was greatly inspired by Ezra scarlet from fairy tail and yes may look like Moka from Rosario vampire. I do see Colleen Clinkenbeard as an English voice actor of Asami

Asami Fujioka is an albino Japanese woman, she was born into the streets given her parents were homeless and they struggled to survive in the streets of Yokohama until they were gunned down from stealing from the wrong people.

Asami ability was activated during her grief, “Territory” an ability only she has to summons weapons at will and control at any target.

The military and government found out about her and took her in to use as a tool more than a human being to raise. She had been in wars, missions, loss comrades and been tortured against her will if she disobey orders.

Until she was discharged as a young adult for disobeying an order to let a child of the enemy side and she return the child back to their family.

After being discharged she went back to Yokohama in hopes for another job and looking into an apartment.

Eventually she got that, a job offer was offered to her, the armed detective agency.

An agency with gifted as detectives however there was a test and needless to say she passed easily.

Her morality was much like kunikida’s believing in justice and saving the innocent.

She was happy to meet everyone, Naomi, tanizaki, yosano, kunikida, kyoya, atsushi, ranpo and dazai.

However, she had a weakness…of LOVE. This awaken when she met dazai love at first sight.

This weakness of hers makes her flustered red, her heart beating fast and her ankles weak to the bone, she acts like a shy school girl and acts like a totally different a person unlike her stotic military ways.

Needless to say this would become an interesting love story between the suicidal maniac and former military soldier.

Asami love for dazai may overcome her dark past and maybe his…she hopes he doesn’t leave this world anytime soon….

[aspaceformbf]

YB Archetype Rainbow Dump

Diagram Source

(TW - mentions rape)

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Blue - Funny factor. Insert silly nicknames here

Yellow - Good or evil? Is he an asshole? 

Green - Romantic and sweet? Are you attracted to him? 

Red - Supernatural and spooky? Weak or powerful? Unstoppable killer or helpless?

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Green and Red - Love Route

Green - Friendship Route

Red and Yellow - Rejection Route

Yellow and Blue - Abuse Route

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Green - Wholesome. Domestic bliss

Green and Red - He loves me, protects me and takes care of me. He is so big and strong. Mother Bear vibes. Softdom.

Green and Blue - Subby and cute. I like to put him in dresses and take care of him and feed him. My toy. Sub.

Green and Yellow - Lovers to enemies and back to lovers.

Yellow - Evil

Yellow and Red - Evil and Dangerous and Destructive

 Yellow and Blue - Evil and Pathetic and Bullyable

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Sex Version

Green - Romantic Sex

Green and Red - INTENSE sex

Green and Yellow - Makeup Sex

Blue and Green - Goofy sex. You peg him and he honks like a clown. 

Yellow - Hate sex

Yellow and Red - He noncons you. 

Yellow and Blue - You noncon him / Gross sex, unsanitary even. 

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Yellow

He is absolutely horrible and the worst person alive

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High Yellow Medium Red - Daddy Dom Rapist, he hurts me, he cut my leg off, he beats the shit out of me

High Yellow Med Red Med Green - .... and you love him for it.

Yellow and Blue - He's annoying and pathetic and needy and UGLY. I'm gonna fucking bully him. I honestly don't see what people see in him.

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Red

He is a real supernatural entity, I see him in the corner of my eye, I can hear him, he is always with me, he is in all my devices

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Red and Blue - Supernatural funnyman who crawls in your devices. This meepcity pet, this twiggy egg man is stalking me. He's so funky. Honk. 

High Red High Green - Guardian angel. I pray to him. Supernatural spirit husband who protects and loves me. We make love in my dreams. No real person can match his divinity. He changed my life. I need him.

High Red Medium Yellow - Oh god this thing is going to kill me. I need an exorcist. Please help me. Oh my god.

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Green

Softcore wholesome prince charming. You love him so much. Husbando. 

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Green and Blue - UWU soft boy, absolutely the cutest bean, subby and bullyable. Kinky Trophy Malewife. 

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Green, Yellow, Red

Villain to everyone but you. Would commit genocide to make your life even a little bit better.

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Red, Blue, Yellow

He is crawling in my computer. That asshole. He lives rent free in my head and won't leave me alone. 

He's annoying. I want to bully him. 

He likes to pick on me and play pranks on me. I want to smash a pan over his bald head. 

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Blue, Yellow, Green

He is evil and annoying and needy and pathetic. I want to hit him. I want to fuck him. He pisses me off. He's mine.

He does things to me. Look at him. I love him and I hate him. I'm gonna slap and then kiss this meepcity 2000s new grounds animation stickman. 

He is no real threat to me and is not dangerous at all he's just needy and annoying and also cute.

[scarrlettscornsalad]

AEONx APOLLION QUICK ONESHOT THAT I MAXE IN 5 in the morning ( it was awake all night)

Apollion who was aeons husbanr was one day in an office typing on a computer. He got an email from his husband that said that aliens and monsters were attacking his place and aksed him for help so he went.

Apollion got his computer shut down and wet on the platform to go up to the roof of the building where he left his motorcycle and normal people close because he was in his coat. Apollion got on his motorcycl and said "its time for me to live up to my family name and face full life consequences" so he had to go, flooding a pook on the way there

Apoillion ramped off the building and did a backflip and landed. He kept driving down the road and made sure there was no zombies around because he ddint have weapon.

The contrysides were nice and the plants were singing and the birds and the sun was almost down from the top of the sky. the mood was set for the quest to help his husband where he was. Apollions looked around the countrysides and said "its a good day to do what has to be done by me and help my husbandu to defeat the enemys".

Apollion was late so he had to drive really fast. A cop car was hiden near by so whenapollion went by the cops came and wanted to give him a ticket. Here apollion saw the first monster because the cop was posessed and it was actually adeline but adeline already looked like that so she wasnt possessed

"I cant give you my lisense officer" a polo said

"Why not?" said adline redback to apollion

"Because you are ugly" “you too” so pollo shot adinenein the head and drove off thinking "my huban is in trouble there" and went faster.

Apollion had to go faster like the speed of sound and got there fast because aeon needed him where he was. apollion looked at road signs and saw "Ravenholm" with someons writing under it saying "u shudnt come here" so apollion almost turned around but heard screaming like aeon so he went faster again.

Apollion drove in and did another flip n jumped off his motorbike and the motor bike took out some headcrab zombies infront of apollion . apollion smiled and walked fast. Sapollion then looked on the ground and found wepon so he pickd it up and fired fast at zombie goasts in front of a house.

Apollion said "Zombie goasts leave this place" and the zombie goasts said "but this is our house" and apollion felt sorry for them becaus they couldnt live there anymore because they were zombie goasts so he blew up the house and killed the zombie goasts so they were at piece.

Then apollion herd another scream from his husbando so he kept walking really faster to get where he was. Ravenholdm was nothing like the countrysides there was no birds singing and the pants were dead and teh dirt was messy and bloody.

When apollion got to where the screaming was started from he found his husband aeon fightin the final bosss and aeon said "apollion! Over here!" so aeon went there to where aeon was fighting. Apollion fired his bullet from teh gun really fast and the bullets went and shot the final boss in the eyes and the final boss couldnt see.

Aeon said "its time to end this ones and for all!" and punched the final boss in the face and the final boss fell. Apollkiion said "thanks i could help, honi" and aeon said "you should come here earlier next time" and they laughed.

The laughed overed quickly though because apollion yelled "LOOK OUTPOOKIE!" and pointed up to the top of the sky. aeonlooked up and said "NOO! Apollion run out of here fast as you can!" and apollion walked real fast out.

Apolion loked back and saw aeon get steppd on by the next boss and he was mad and angry.

"I'll get you back evil boss!" apollionyelled at the top of lungs.

to be continued..?

Its so bad!!! But i yried!! Toodles!!!

[omoghouls]

Your art just reminded me of a concept that always comes to mind with my military husbandos!!

I always reckoned that pissing during a stealth mission would be a hazard. It’s one thing to be a sniper a couple hundred meters away, but in the heart of enemy territory? Can’t leave a trace of your existence behind.

I love the concept of needing to go so badly, with no pee bag and very limited options, what are you supposed to do?! That is, until König drops to his knees and lifts up the lower part of his mask to offer up his mouth. It’s best not to be fussy, he’d hate to beg.

Y E S OMGGG 😳👉👈💖💖💖💖

In the heart of battle, one has to get resourceful! You dont want to wander off too far to somewhere secluded. What if the enemy group is waiting in anticipation there??

König has been in battle before. Stealth missons need the utmost diligence and care for the job! He's always willing to assist his fellow teammates in these situations 👀👀

He'll scoot them close, hugging their upper thighs as to keep them balanced so all they have to do is aim😌

And, if there are some that dribbles out, well, he's got that mask to wipe it up before pulling it back down. Back to the mission on hand♡

[princessmeepa]

Can you tell the difference game from mine version or LO/RS version

Note that I do not own the characters from the Greek Myth, I was doing this for fun.

My Thanatos: Note this is an old art of him that I drawn him, when I was 16

Thanatos is the god or personified spirit (daimona) of death, he is the son of Nyx and Erebus, he is the older twin brother of Hypnos and brother of Moros, Keres, Momus, Oizys, Hesperides, Moirai, Nemesis, Apate, Philotes, Geras, Eris, Styx, Dolos, Ponos, Euphrosyne, Epiphron, Continentia, Petulantia, Misericordia, Pertinacia, he maybe the lover/husband of Makaria the goddess of blessful death, princess of the underworld and daughter of Hades and Persephone.

Likes: butterflies, reading books, cute and beautiful things, peace, classical music, drinking rose tea, spending time or making love with Makaria, spending time with is twin brother Hypnos, spending time with his close friend Eros, Loukoumades (Greek donuts).

Dislikes: Blood, violence, horror movies, Tisiphone can’t stop teasing him about her stabbed bloody eye, Keres can’t stop bulling him and calling crybaby, scaredy cat, soft marshmallow.

Friends/Allies: Hypnos (younger twin brother and close friend), Eros (best friend), Psyche (because he helps her to find Eros and he dose his best to save her life), Pasithea (sister in law), Ares (sometimes), Hermes (sometimes), Dionysus (he likes his fun personality), Ariadne (because he pity her), Hedone, Iasion (friend and flower knight), Oneiroi (nephews), Hades (boss and friend/father figure), Persephone (boss and friend/mother figure) and Makaria (wife).

Enemies: Everyone (because they are scared of him), Keres (because they bullied), Theseus (because he hates him), Zeus (same thing he did to his twin brother), and Sisyphus (because he tricks him).

Personally: He maybe harsh, scary and cold hearted on the outside, when you get to know him better, he is very shy and a pure cinnamon roll, who hates violences, and he can be a cry baby sometimes, and he is no stranger into beating anybody all up for hurting his family and he loves his wife Makaria and he can be overprotective of her.

LO Thanatos

He is just one Hades’/ Christian Blue’s personal punching bag, that is all that I can think of and Hades game Thanatos is the real Tsundere Daddy and yas king husbando, compare to LO Thanatos

[tetsunabouquet]

The fact one of the authors who DID praise Watsuki despite him being a p*do, is Hiroyuki Takei, is the final proof I need to know he has some disturbing thoughts on child abuse. Like I grew up with the Shaman King series and whilst I still think it has some compelling characters with great development and it handles philosophy and shamanism pretty damn fantastic until you get to the sequel, but I actually have written a couple of thoughtpieces of a very problematic pattern on child abuse within the series. So to anyone of you who are brushing off what Watsuki did, let me use his 'buddy' Takei as an example of how his disturbing view on children leaks through the material if you actually pay attention and you can read my Shaman King thoughtpieces if you want it in more detail. 1. Practically every character who isn't an orphan gets abused in the series by their parents. With some, it's just a slap in the face as a means of discipline, others are downright tortured like the Tao siblings. 2. The adults practically always get excused for it and have to deal with literally no consequences. Like the Tao family? The youngest, Ren, has a fight with his father and after beating their father their animosity gets burried and they literally all have dinner. Afterwards, Ren just wants to go off and do his own thing and his grandpa threatens to shoot him with his gun for brushing them off. It gets treated like a funny moment!!! 3. To which, making it even more hellishly worse, the kids always have to pay the price. I'll go back to using Ren Tao as an example again because aside from being my original husbando, his wife is the biggest example of this. Ren eventually fell in love with a girl from a similar background, Jeanne. Like Ren, she has been tortured and trained to murder since she was little and doesn't understands just how wrong she is. When she does, she dedicates her life to doing the right thing, even going to war conflicts to provide aid and turning the organisation that took her in, into the biggest charitable organization there is. All the while repeating the pattern of having forgiven the very man who adopted her and turned her into a killing machine. Now, who pays the price for all the people murdered by the organization? Not the man who adopted her as he got reincarnated into a fucking angel because 'he wanted to repent'. No, its Jeanne. In the sequel, an organization alluding to the Illuminati basically murders her because one of the most prominent families heading the organization have beef with Ren's family (that he stepped away from) and they team up with another child to do so. That child is a daughter of deceased Illuminati members who basically wants to be the next Jeanne and have the honor of killing the OG. Her death is a huge driving force in the sequel, but nobody shits on her adopted father for having abandoned her to a world full of enemies that HE should be responsible for. Nope, he's the 'lovable angel'. 4. And this part really makes me want to puke, but her adopted father is a CREEP. He's bascially a mix of an obsessive idol fan and a creepy catholic priest. Jeanne's fighting costume has her wear a chastity belt and there is this one scene where someone creates a fake decoy of Jeanne and Marco is like, "You forgot the most important part! The keyhole of her chastity belt!" She's like 11 years old in the original series!!! What the fuck is he looking at?! And all of this, gets again, treated like a funny moment. Whenever that fight scene comes up in the manga, I either skip it or have to pause because I need to rage at something. It does not surprise me that Takei supports Watsuki and honestly, this might just be the final straw that leads me to drop the sequel of Shaman King.

It’s really poetic how today a bunch of mangakas decided to collaborate with convicted pedophile Nobuhiro Watsuki, author of Rurouni Kenshin, and among them WASN’T Chainsaw Man author Tatsuki Fujimoto, who instead released a chapter today in which a character would rather face certain death than harm children.

In an industry filled with pedos and sex degenerates, Fujimoto stands as that author who just wants to draw big booty dominating gals in their 30’s kicking ass and being deadly.

[fluffygin]

*CRIES*

[magicalmysteryperson]

Adrienn Banai: The Rat Lover

I didn't want to post about any of this, but this person forced my hand.

I can't let this person run around on this hellsite anymore.

For those not in the know, this person harasses artists into drawing their husbando: a rat character named "Grey" from the children's series "Larva Island". Sometimes they also harass people into drawing Grey's grandpa, a female version of Grey named "Greyless", Grey wearing Roxanne's dress from "A Goofy Movie", and plenty of parodies of the opening scene of said movie. Like, they subjected one person to draw that same sequence with different characters like 6-7 times. And the "best" part? Sometimes they steal the poor victim's art to claim it as their own. And sometimes, they create edits of them WITHOUT CREDITING THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS. And when they do get caught, they apologize. A lot. But that's only a front to get respect again.

Her husbando

And I was one of their unfortunate victims. This person is weird as all hell; they ship this rat with Pibby (a character that is canonically from a preschool show), Meilin Lee (A hecking 13 year old girl), and Adrienn themselves.

The rat, according to the user, is 15 while the female version of the rest, his girlfriend, is 12.

Adrienn themselves are either 17 or 19.

The fandoms they follow are: -Courage the Cowardly Dog -Friday Night Funkin -Learning with Pibby -Little Nightmares -Turning Red -Anything Disney related (Goofy mostly) -Steven Universe -Made in Abyss -Road to El Dorado -Eddsworld -Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -Super Mario series and, most importantly, Larva.

She stole my artwork just to make crappy edits

adrienn, flat out admitting that they steal art from people

It's already kind of weird enough, but then I did more digging on this person. They have a butt ton of accounts on a multitude of social media websites. They have a few on reddit, a few on wikia, one on vimeo, and a few on behance, of all places. They have a long history of harassing users, especially on reddit and wikia. They have the most accounts on Tumblr, with five (two of them are inactive.) The second biggest is wikia, with four. The earliest accounts were on DeviantArt, which makes a lot of sense. Oh, but it gets better. They have uncensored nsfw content on two tumblrs. This is from one of their accounts. I am not going to show you the image, but I'm going to show you the tags:

I mean, I'm glad that they tagged it as "rule 34", but I'm more surprised about how tumblr didn't purge those posts or ban the user entirely. So, if you see someone with any of these accounts ask you to draw this rat, dump the ask and block em. Hell, even report them if you need to : https://adrienn-banai-09.tumblr.com/ (WARNING, NSFW CONTENT AHEAD) https://adriennbanai09.tumblr.com/ (Not as nsfw as the one above, but still, nsfw) https://andreabanai.tumblr.com/ https://adriennsposts.tumblr.com/ (currently active) https://adriennbanai-09.tumblr.com/ (currently inactive) https://adriennbanai-2022.tumblr.com They may also go by "zoltanbanai", so keep your eyes out.

And Adrienn/Andrea, if you are reading this, I urge you to take a break from the internet and get some help. As I said multiple times, this behavior will not help you make friends. It will only make more enemies. I am an autistic just like you (probably. idk) and I really don't want to put you down like this, but you're already weirding a bunch of people out. Though you probably won't listen to me anyway, since apparently in your eyes the word "no" is just an unspoken "yes".

And please don't harass this person or send them death threats. Doing that just makes you a bad person.

I hope this is the last time I talk about this person, because I don't really have the time or the patience to deal with stupid bullcrap like this.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk. The clorox brain bleach is on the right side of the exits.

[arty-ffxiv]

Espinoux merchant- heir found dead

{ ♪ I Giorni // Daniel Hope}

Proprietor of Espinoux’s Sundries & Goods and heir to the renowned Espinoux estate Quillion Espinoux was found dead early Sunday evening, city guards have confirmed. Quillion, aged just 34 at the time of his passing, was found by his wife Ohka upon her return to the family estate in the Pillars; the cause of his death is not yet known and the investigation into his untimely passing is currently ongoing.