#i am heavily hinting here btw

[kheprriverse]

Ok I can't hold my curiosity back any longer:

In the recent Volga and Ares pic and the Volga sheet, what is the sort of purplish blue scar like thing?

Is it where he got touched by dark magic?

Ohh its totally ok to be curious here <3

But to answer your question: yes! Here's a quick thing for you too, to give a vague idea of what happened

Its a rare dark magic spell and requires a lot of energy, but some mages can mark another living being and use that mark to command them. To Volga its like a deep slumber and what he experiences would be like a strange dream.

There's also an offshoot to the spell that's even more difficult to master -- let alone use for long periods of time -- and its directly marionetting whoever is marked. Cia can also do this (and has done it in my au) but it's very hard on her and she has to release control after a few minutes. (think puppet zelda vibes, but the mage is still separate from the puppet and has to mimic the movements/attacks in order for the puppet to do em)

After he breaks from her spell, the mark is still left over like a scar and wouldn't actually disappear unless Cia is killed (which she isn't). And while Cia probably isn't gonna take control over him again, the leftover mark does still make him vulnerable to other dark mages in the future. This goes for anyone else who's marked by her as well.

Here's the posts that are being referenced in the ask: -> Volga's ref -> Volga and Ares pic

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

It is truly fascinating how the common tumblr narrative around John and Paul somehow makes the guy who literally got violent multiple times over people insinuating he was queer appear more "on board with the whole gay thing" than the guy who said some awkward/dated stuff in interviews a couple of times.

[ssa-neeks-prentiss]

Day 8 of Whumptober!

BAU x CIPA!reader

Hints to David Rossi x reader

(Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhydrosis (CIPA) is a very rare and extremely dangerous condition. People with CIPA cannot feel pain. Pain-sensing nerves in these patients are not properly connected in parts of brain that receive the pain messages.)

^^ Google definition of CIPA btw!

Note : I do not have CIPA, so all of this is just research! I am very sorry to those who have CIPA and I have done it wrong

Word Count : 1k

Spurious : False but designed to seem plausible

You didn't notice as the unsub slashed your leg. You didn't cry pit in pain. The team didn't even notice you were injured. You weren't limping or wincing or showing any signs of injury.

You were stood after you had arrested him, you were panting heavily but you blamed it on the chase instead of any injuries you could have. You then walked out of the way before Derek pointed something out.

"Uh. Who's blood is that?"

You turned around to where Derek was motioning to.

"Probably from where I beat his ass."

You joked as you spotted the pool of blood. You joked like any normal person except.. Except you speech was slightly slurred. But it was so slight that no one noticed it. Not even the observant Spencer Reid.

Your joke made everyone chuckled and they went about their day and arrested him until Spencer and Derek jogged over to everyone.

"Hey. So uh. That blood isn't our unsubs." Spencer spoke.

Everyone looked up.

"So who was it?"

JJ asked with her worried mother tone.

Derek shrugged.

"We don't know."

"All we know is there is a trail of blood that leads right over here."

Spencer explained as he pointed to the line of blood spatter.

You cursed yourself silently. You should've checked. Everyone looked at each other as Emily questioned nobody in particular.

"Everyone looks fine?"

The rest of the team murmured in agreement as you grimaced. You didn't want to check but you probably had to. You cast a quick glance at everyone before looking down silently and sure enough. You could tell the blood was coming from you.

"Are you okay Y/N?"

Spencer asked as he noticed you looking down.

"Uh.. Yeah.. Every- every- everything is- is- good."

You spoke with a stutter and slurred speech. Fuck. So much for masking it.

"Are you sure?"

Emily inquired.

"Yeah- yep-."

You answered as you took a step forward.

"See. Fine-"

You stated before promptly collapsing. Rossi immediately moved forward to catch you.

"Hey, hey, are you okay? Where does it hurt?"

He questioned and you grimaced as he kneeled to the ground to help you sit up.

"No, I can't feel anything. That's the problem. It doesn't. It never has and never will."

You admitted truthfully. As you opened your eyes you could see his questioning gaze before he voiced his confusion.

"What?"

Spencer, the ever genius he his, answered for you.

"CIPA, right?"

You nodded in response. You could see a few people running towards you.

"CIPA? What's CIPA?"

Rossi asked, concern lacing his tone.

"CIPA is a congenital insensitivity to pain and anhydrosis is a very rare and extremely dangerous condition. People with CIPA cannot feel pain. Pain-sensing nerves in these patients are not properly connected in parts of brain that receive the pain messages."

Spencer recited and for the first time in a while, Rossi listened intently to Spencer's ramblings.

"Wait, so, basically, you can't feel pain?"

"Yep."

You then sat up on your own with as much ease as a normal person would, much to Dave's surprise.

"Wait, wait, don't move, you're going to bleed out!"

David fretted. You couldn't help but roll your eyes as the paramedics finally arrived to help. You muttered under your breath.

"So much for fast arriving. I could've bled out."

David let out a slight chuckle as he heard what you said and he silently agreed as they wheeled you away.

He stood up, not caring for the blood that covered his clothes, or the blood that stained his hands.

The only thing going through his mind at that moment was concern. Would you make it? How come the team didn't know about your.. Predicament? Until now. Until it could be too late.

«────── « ⋅ʚ♡ɞ⋅ » ──────»

You blinked open your eyes slightly before squeezing them shut as the fluorescent lights flashed brightly above you. Just becoming aware of your surroundings, you felt something clutching your hand and the side of the hospital bed dipped slightly.

You waited a minute or two to adjust to the brightness before you could open your eyes fully and figure out why the bed was dipping.

You turned your head as you looked to the side of the bed.

"Dave?"

You muttered quietly. David's eyes shot open and up to your face.

"Y/N?"

He confirmed quietly. You hummed in response, your mouth dry as a desert. He immediately sat up and grabbed a bottle from the beside table and handed it you. You drank it and after your mouth was less dry you uttered out a simple thanks. It was all you could get out.

He smiled in response.

"I haven't been so tired in ages."

You joked quietly, trying to diffuse the tension. It obviously didn't work as David's face was serious.

"You lost a lot of blood. Too much. You were so pale.. You looked dead, Y/N."

You looked down to the ground and couldn't help feel a bit embarrassed. You hadn't wanted anyone to see you like that. Ever. But, what you want never gets. That was clear enough. You looked back up in the silence to find David staring at you and he whispered so quietly you thought you were making it up.

"I thought I had lost you.."

I. Not we?

"How did the team react?"

Before he could get another word in, Penelope barged through the door.

"Y/N?! Oh god, you're okay. You're good. Great!"

She then called the others in as you laughed weakly.

"Yeah, Penny. I'm good."

You smiled as the others filed in. They cared at least. You had never felt so loved before. You could get used to this feeling. The feeling of family. Of unconditional love.

"I should get injured more."

It was meant to come out as a joke but at the immediate shut down of the others with a glare from each of the you muttered.

"Jeez, okay, nevermind."

But seriously, you should get injured more if this was how they would react.

[zacki0gaming]

My Opinion About Season 1, Episode 1.

Before I Start

"The Pink Corruption Series" is a unique web-series that fully enlightens me on how to make me feel utterly insulted. Probably because of how unbelievably lazy and incoherent the series is to me in my opinion. I am possibly one of the very few people, and perhaps the first, to write actual reviews of all the episodes and the comic itself (this is going to take a while to do all of it).

Let's Talk About The Episode (Major Spoiler Warning)

In Season 1, Episode 1, it started off with the Sun introducing the audience (which is us btw) to Paradise. Ok so, we get an immediate 4th wall break that is somewhat cheesy, that I didn't even want... Ok. Subsequently, "Cube", one of the primary protagonists (the main caretaker protagonist), was introduced, having been chosen as the 4th and final caretaker on the 4th anniversary of the Tree of Life. Cube was chosen for him to acquire his hero, "Cyan", another protagonist (the main hero protagonist) hailing inside the Cyan tree's pocket realm. Although initially appearing somewhat apathetic, Cube quickly grew to admire and value his care with Cyan. Following this, the intro starts. (Lets pause here).

The Main Issue About The Opening Scene

While admittedly cute, the opening scene could've started off more differently for my taste. I'm not skilled at storytelling but, instead of jumping right into the 4th anniversary, I would have focused on getting the audience invested more in Cube's character at the very beginning of the series. This could have started off by showing a flashback of how Cube's parents disappeared or died in a mysterious event, possibly from the Pink Corruption Virus. Next, the flashback sequence should depict Cube as a baby and being discovered by Lythorus's parents. This would explain why Cube and Lythorus are adoptive brothers, and why Cube only spent a lot of time with him during his childhood, based on what I have learned about Cube's past so far. Finally, let's fast forward to the present time. Furthermore, maybe we could've gotten more of Cube feeling quite anxious about taking on his role as a caretaker before getting his hero, Cyan from the Tree of Life.

Honestly, I could make Cube's past more interesting and give his character more depth. It is already heavily implied in the series that Cube doesn't remember anything about his biological family. I could make more ideas right here:

Potential ideas for Cube's past (I might put more later):

Rather than solely spending time with his adoptive brother Lythorus, Cube could potentially attempt to broaden his social circle with the other flower kids. However, due to his shyness and being different from them due to owning controllable weapons and superhuman strength, he has difficulties in doing so. His powers were already developed as a child, which he could be seen as unique for himself but, can possibly cause the other flower kids to perceive him as an "freak". Cube is often plagued with doubts about why he is different as he is not a flower shape. He reaches out to his adoptive parents and brother Lythorus in search of answers, only to feel dejected as they are not yet ready to reveal to him the truth.

It would be preferable if Cube had no prior experience beyond the Middle Part of Paradise, as it would make him unaware of of the expansive size of Paradise and other shapes. As a child, Cube was naturally curious about the world beyond his adoptive home and frequently pondered about it.

Understandably, I know the creators wanted to save this for later for his character arc. However, at least, I would have liked to see several hints about it in the pilot episode. Anyway, let's get back to talking about Season 1, Episode 1.

Back To The Episode

After the anniversary was over, Cube was seen happily taking Cyan back to his home to fall asleep. While Cube and Cyan were sleeping in Cube's bedroom at his place, one of Cyan's special abilities, "Villain Vision" starts to manifest which causes Cyan to be more frightened and fully awake from sleep by it.

This also causes Cube to be woken up and notices Cyan being scared of his nightmare-like vision of Dub as he tries to tell Cyan about what he saw. Cyan can only respond in chirps, due to him not being in his second form let. Nonetheless, Cube understands Cyan's situation and comforts him, concluding that it was just a bad dream.

Cyan suddenly has another vision of Dub, causing his eyes to widen. In a state of panic, Cyan screams and zooms off-screen to the right of Cube's bedroom. He then returns and crashes into the wall, causing it to crack. After Cyan is knocked out, Cube approaches him and is unaware of his new power and what he saw through it.

What follows here is going to be sporadic trend for Cyan's overall abilities that is gonna feel pointless and underwhelming for his powers.

Issue 1: Cyan's Villain Vision Power

After witnessing Cyan's power to see nightmare-like visions of powerful corrupts, Brittany Robinson basically did this as a cheap way to try and make the pilot episode more interesting (even though it didn't work out for me). However, the main issue with this is that this power generally feels "unimportant and underwhelming". Whenever Cyan's Villain Vision ability activates, the visions I've seen so far from this power are that it only shows a terrifying face from a corrupted shape, particularly Dub himself and makes Cyan completely scared. That is literally it... (Great power establishment...). How to Improve This Ability. I would've suggested giving Cyan an actual power of "Precognition" that allows him to see future events involving a specific powerful corrupt in an episode or two, possibly next season. This would make the ability more logical and beneficial for Cyan, especially for the other characters too throughout their adventure.

Back To The Episode

Following this event, it is now morning. The Sun has announced that today will be foggy and has caused a change in the weather, resulting in the formation of fog. The Sun is acting kind of like a jerk here cause they made Copter become annoyed by this. However, Copter notices a pink mountain and decides to investigate it.

When Copter went inside, they spotted Dub contained by a clear seal, presumably created by Iris and Orange. He was sitting down crisscross, probably thinking of how to corrupt Paradise until he spots Copter and gives them a look. This caused Copter to speed out of the cave screaming, "MONSTER!!!".

After the screen fades, Cube is seen patting Cyan on the bandaged area of his head, where he had hit himself last night against one of the bedroom walls. Cube is still unsure of the reason behind Cyan's outburst. However, he is beginning to realize that it was more than just a bad dream. Cube asks Cyan if there is something he should know.

Cyan attempted to clarify to Cube what had occurred last night, but he was still making chirping noises, causing Cube to not comprehend his message. Cyan comes up with an idea and for some reason, he knows about his second form and also knows that it gives him the ability to talk. He transformed into his second form as Cube was amazed by this transformation.

With that, when Cube was about to finally get his answer from Cyan, Copter still screams out the word, "monster" and is flying around crazily, warning everyone to head inside and is desperately wanting to know where the hero (Cyan) is.

Cyan informs Cube that he needs to come with him to find Dub. Cube inquires why he must join, neglecting his duty to assist Cyan. Ok so, this scene apparently shows Cube's timid side on going on this mission, completely forgetting his responsibility as a caretaker and feeling rather nervous on going to find Dub. (I'm gonna talk about this trait in Cube's character later on).

Cyan urgently requires assistance on this mission as he quickly lifts him from the ground to search for Dub. As they finally reach the cave, they find Dub sleeping inside the transparent seal. Cyan notices that the seal, previously used by the hero, (Orange), has been weakened, allowing Dub to be visible. Cube inquires about strengthening the seal, and for some fucking unknown reason, Cyan already knows how to seal corrupted shapes.

After sealing up Dub, Cube asks Cyan if he has to leave. Cyan assures him that he doesn't need to, and reminds him that heroes will stay as long as their caretaker is alive. (Pause here for a moment...)

Issue 2: Cyan's Sudden Knowledge

When looking back at the pilot episode, I noticed this "small inconsistency" that I still don't fully understand and a lot of people don't really seem to talk about. It's odd to me that Cyan already has knowledge about his second form, which allows him to talk, immediately knows about the "sealing technique", and knows that the heroes and the caretakers like him and Cube are connected... (You literally have to give off a "clearer explanation" to how Cyan knows about these things since the pilot because it's coming out of no where from his small ice cube mouth).

Back To The Episode

Cyan asked Cube what his name was and Cube asked the same in return. Cyan reminded Cube that he had been born the day before and Cube recalled that he had been given the task of naming him. Cube chose the name Cyan based on his color, which made him very happy. The two of them then left the cave together.

Unbeknownst to the protagonists, Dub sneered at them, thinking that trapping him would be sufficient to defeat him. He grinned maliciously and thrust his hand into the ground, which slithered through the dirt, out of the mountain, and into the river, completely corrupting it. Dub then ominously tells Cyan that he has a surprise in store, flashing another menacing smile. (Ok, so were finally building some interesting development for the story later.)

In Season 1, Episode 1's conclusion, we see the duo, Cube and Cyan, walking around the Middle Part of Paradise. Cube introduces Cyan to the citizens, who are referred to as shapes, but are generally considered called "flowers". He points out a flower named "Lythorus", wearing a blue jacket, who is talking to "George" (The flower who works with Ajaceare. We will get into this later on.) and his family in the background.

Lythorus is also Cube's childhood best friend since they were kids. (However, Lythorus isn't worth getting too attached to in the series, which I will explain why in Season 1, Episode 2.)

After Cube calls out to him, Lythorus walks over and greets them. Cube then introduces Cyan and Lythorus to each other. Lythorus also hints that Cyan was the hero from yesterday, as he notices that Cyan has grown since then.

Cube informs Lythorus that they have successfully sealed Dub, who was attempting to take over Paradise once more. This news brings joy and relief to Lythorus, as he did not want to witness the return of the Pink Corruption. Cyan asks what The Pink Corruption is (I would have actually laughed if Cyan suddenly had knowledge about the virus already without no explanation. I would have lost it here...) and Lythorus explained about how, when he and Cube were still kids, seeing the duo in a flashback sequence hiding away in a shelter, presumably from hordes of corrupted flowers.

Issue 3: Stupid Episode Conclusion

After the flashback sequence, the events that follow in the conclusion of the pilot episode become unintentionally nonsensical and hilarious. While Lythorus explains how the infection occurs, in the background, George "inexplicably" becomes infected with the virus behind the trio. This is despite there being no clear infected spots on his body. He then proceeds to infect his wife and kids.

FUCKING EXPLAIN THIS?!

I want to point out that these occurrences, which have been happening since the first episode, will continue to be a recurring pattern throughout the series. Knowing that the writing was starting to decline as the series progressed for me.

Cube and Cyan were shocked to see this, but Lythorus doesn't realize what happened until he looks behind him. The trio notices the infected family of George and his wife and his kids as Lythorus, with Cube and Cyan, run away from the infected flowers.

Lythorus informed the pair that they believed they had successfully sealed Dub. Cube confirmed that they had indeed sealed Dub. Cyan felt upset by this news and responded with a sad expression.

Cube told Lythorus that they knew of a place where they could hide. They quickly ran into a nearby cave and locked the entrance to a massive rock. The episode ended there.

Ok so, lets talk about the conclusion here. This entire section was a complete "forced plot demand". Brittany Robinson basically threw this in toward the end of the pilot just to get the rest of the main story going. The main reason why George's unexplained infection was so irrational was because the story needed to let it happen, probably due to how boring and rather slow the episode was for me.

Final Verdict

One thing that stood out to me about the first episode of Season 1 was how mostly uneventful and uninteresting it was. The only highlight was that it had several wholesome moments between Cube and Cyan's relationship development. In addition, there is nothing substantial to note... There are minor plot holes that make no sense, a nonsensical and foolish conclusion to mock, and the inclusion of established elements such as Cyan's villain vision power, which ultimately becomes dull and unproductive for his character's abilities later on. Furthermore, there is not enough development of Cube's background, specifically regarding what happened to his family and why he was brought to the Middle of Paradise, and if he ever had an adoptive family.

I would generally give it a rating of 5 out of 10, possibly a 4. This is because the pilot episode lacked enough elements to make it a more compelling and engaging pilot. In my opinion, it was just average and it could've gotten off stronger.

[ablogofsapphicpanic]

Hey There! A little birdie told me you’re anxiously awaiting the fic. I am also anxiously awaiting this fic to finish. What was going to be a cute little 8k one shot has now exploded into something that’s 25k+ or maybe more by the time I'm finished editing.

Oops. 

Good news is you’ll definitely get the first half by the 22nd (est…15k...probably more words, so hopefully that's a good chunk for a part 1). I’m a slow editor and want to do this ship justice since there’s not enough content about Emerie and Mor in this fandom. 

The second half will come first week within the new year if not sooner. There’s some smooching and some other stuff that needs to happen. You know?! 

The better news is the Gale-off went well... just in case you were wondering. When I'm revealed, I'll fill you in on the details!

Also a hint to my identity is you know me. 

Here’s a little snippet btw: 

Emerie stood at the entrance to the clearing for a moment and cleared her throat.  "Didn't realize you'd be out here."  Morrigan gave her a playful grin, "I would eat all the chocolate otherwise."  “I don’t know. Gwyn is a big fan of it too." Emerie said. Mor gave an exaggerated scoff at her teasing.  " Consider this as me giving her a head start before I show up, then." The two laughed and Emerie’s unease seemed to melt away.  "Why are you out here? I thought you'd be with Nesta,” Mor finally asked. Emerie's wings twitched a bit at this. "I needed a bit of air, things are getting rowdy in there."  “Already?” she smiled.” Emerie shrugged, though Morrigan wasn’t surprised. Cassian hadn’t stopped talking about the ceremony for days and she was certain Rhysand had already cracked open some champagne. She knew Rhysand had asked Nesta for her preference and she hadn’t cared. She wouldn’t partake but she didn’t mind if others did. Thank the mother for small favors.  "You can come sit if you'd like, '' Morrigan said, patting the seat next to her. "I don't bite." At this, the Valkyrie rolled her eyes.  "I'd like to see you try." she murmured. 

I’ve been telling everybody that will listen that I’m anxiously awaiting the results of the Gale-Off 😂😂 I’m very heavily invested in this low-stakes drama in your friend group, okay? Some of us don’t have lives.

ALSO THAT SNIPPET IM

I’M FERAL BUT ALSO GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET IN THE OFFICE AT WORK JESUS CHRIST I’M NOT OKAY

I NEED FRIDAY TO COME SO THAT I CAN KISS YOU WITH LOTS OF TONGUE IF THIS SNIPPET IS FEEDING ME SO WELL I CAN INLY IMAGINE WHAT 25K IS GONNA DO TO ME

Also I’m 👀👀👀 at that hint 👀👀👀 excuse me while I spend my whole shift trying to piece it together (and probably fail miserably)

SERIOUSLY THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS HAD ME SO EXCITED

There is NO RUSH at all but I am soooo looking forward to reading this and giving you ALL MY LOVE. I am so glad you’re taking your time to do them justice and from that snippet that time is PAYING OFF

[yeehawbvby]

Falling Away With You | Ch. 19

Sebastian x F!Reader and M. Rasmodius x F!Reader

Rating: Mature/Explicit

Chapter Summary: This one is a bit info-heavy, involving a long talk about magic stuff between you and Ras, so it might be boring. 

I apologize for that ヽ(；▽；)ノ I hope y’all like it anyway! x

Author’s Note: Friendly reminder to refer to the last chapter for a visual of this version of Rasmodius!

Btw - I use “foreign” as a descriptor, but in reality, this version of Ras is supposed to have a (somewhat posh, maybe?) English accent. I’m not sure what the Stardew equivalent to England is, if there is one ^^”

Table of Contents + Work Summary

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As Magnus leads me into the main room, he grabs two large red cushions off a shelf to the left. In front of it is a huge cauldron, brewing something green and sparkly. On the other side is what I can only describe as a seance circle, with various objects scattered around it. We keep going until we reach the fireplace and he places our seats on the ground.

“As you can see, I’ve not much room for furniture. I hope this is alright.”

“It’s perfect!” I sit on what has to be the fluffiest cushion I’ve ever felt, promptly getting cozy.

“Would you like anything to drink? Some tea, perhaps?” He sounds nervous. “Forgive me if that’s no longer customary. It’s been a while since I last hosted a mundane such as yourself.” 

A mundane? I shake my head. “You’re doing fine,” I assure him, not bothering to ask what he meant. “Tea sounds great.” Ever since drinking the tea Sebastian made me after I broke down in front of him, I’ve been so into that dumb leaf water. 

I fidget with the hem of my shirt, watching Magnus’ elegant movements. He brings out a kettle, two mugs, and some tea bags from a cabinet, filling the pitcher in a nearby sink. He then boils it with his bare hands. As humanoid as he is, I guess he might truly be one of those elementals I’ve read about… I wonder if magic is a learned thing, or if he was born with it.

He glimpses over — given his constant ability to know where I am, I fucking guess, he probably knows I’m observing him. I feel my cheeks flush at the sudden attention, but he offers a kind smile.

It feels wrong to feel so fuzzy around this guy, but something about him is so… captivating. I shake the weird thoughts from my head, deciding to study the multicolored flames in front of me. Feeling thankful they’re pretty enough to distract me from the flips my stomach is doing. And also because it’s cold in here. 

Magnus approaches with our drinks, and I softly thank him before stealing a sip. It’s cinnamon-y and vanilla-y, with baby hints of pepper in it. Maybe a spiced chai latte sort of thing? Either way, this is nice. 

“Good?” the wizard next to me pries, now cross legged on his own cushion. 

“Mhm,” I smile. I want to ask so many questions, but something keeps holding me back from speaking.

“I’m sure your thoughts are plentifully occupied, at the moment. If you have any inquiries, please, ask away.” Good timing.

I think for a sec, trying to figure out where to start, before settling on this: “You called me a mundane before. What’s that?”

“In short, the mundane are any living beings without innate ties to the arcane.” He tangents slightly, “Although, one may grow connected to the elements — hence, why you were so heavily drawn toward my abode over time.” How’d he know I was? Did he do that himself, somehow? “It was the spirits themselves that urged you here tonight in particular, I assume.”

…Uh-huh.

I’ve always been more of an atheist than anything, using the spirits and Yoba and whatnot as figures of speech more than anything. Y’know, like astrology and whatever the fuck. Are these spirits he’s talking about real? Or is he just full of shit? I probably shouldn’t be doubting it, considering his ability to produce flames from thin air.

“If a mundane was not birthed with the ability to cast spells,” he goes on, “or to communicate with the land and air around them — if it becomes something that simply just happens over time, if ever — then that is the factor that separates a mundane from a full-fledged elemental.”

I nod slowly, honestly appreciating the over-explanations. It’s rare that peop–humans, god it feels weird referring to them as such an “other” now, ever get so detailed with me. Given how much I often need such directness to be able to understand someone, it’s really nice. Maybe it’s because he’s not entirely a human? Or maybe he’s just more like me, specifically, than I’d assumed with all this fantastical shit going on.

“So how do you know that I’m not an elemental as well, if you think I’m so tied to magic?” I ask.

“Well, the appearance of an elemental is much more unique than that of a mundane. Dwarves, elves, goblins, and shadow people, amongst other ‘monsters’ that go bump in the night, are all elementals. A mundane adult is harder to separate from the elementals such as myself, as opposed to mundane children, given many of my kind are so human-like. For example, a mundane’s dyed hair may not revert to its natural state…” 

I immediately think of Abby and Sebastian. I wonder if they know about any of this? 

“They may receive a tattoo, only for the ink to change colors or shapeshift in select situations or over time. A stretch mark or section of cellulite present in the skin may shape itself into a rune, and embed itself as a darker and more permanent scar or indent than the rest. The possibilities are endless, with some more subtle than others.”

Magnus takes a sip of tea and clears his throat before continuing. “However, with all of that said, those of us who are more adept in our abilities can typically just tell who belongs to which category of being. And as I’ve implied to you already, I can sense the link to the spirits brewing within you, young (y/n). A strong one, at that!”

Magnus smiles proudly as he speaks, as though he’s eager to teach me about all of this. It’s obnoxiously endearing, but oh my fucking god this is a lot to take in… 

I just wanted to go on a fun, late-night expedition to see what was here. Not to have a crisis over my spiritual and magical connection to the universe. I don’t have anything overtly weird going on with my appearance, like he said I might. I wonder when my signs will show, or if they ever will show. 

I take a deep breath and a sip of tea, eyebrows scrunched, gears working hard in my puny little mundane brain.

“I apologize for the abundance of information. It is not my intention to cause distress.”

“No, you’re fine,” I sigh. “It is a lot, but I appreciate you being so willing to educate me.” I place my mug on the ground in front of me. “This isn’t one of those stereotypical…” I deepen my voice as much as I can, and try to match his proper, foreign accent, “‘You have powers, now you have to save the world!’” I revert back, “...kinda things, is it?”

Magnus laughs, “It may not be now, but one can never know for certain.”

I nod. Mentally crossing my fingers that it’ll never become that way. “Why do you keep calling me ‘young?’ You don’t look much older than me.” 

“I’ve been alive for centuries, actually.”

“No fucking way!” I snap a hand over my mouth. “Sorry. Bad habit.” When have I ever apologized for cursing before? Why am I so hellbent on impressing this guy?

Shaking his head, Magnus smiles mischievously. “Apology accepted.”

“Wait, so how old are you?”

“Oh, I’ve lost track.” He lazily waves his hand once in front of him. “I cannot even remember my true name. I took this one up as a young apprentice.”

“So, it’s some anime style, ~higher being~ in a younger human body sorta deal?” Removing the cup from his lips, damp from his drink, Magnus tilts his head a little and furrows his brow. “What is an ‘anime’?”

I should’ve known he wouldn’t be one for pop culture references. I vaguely wave, dismissing the subject. “Nevermind. Did you do, like… ‘normal’ human-like things before you started doing all this?” 

He shakes his head. “If you mean to ask if I went to school or had a corporate career, then no. My entire upbringing revolves around the arcane. My studies mainly included reading about the history of magic around the world, and familiarizing myself with grimoires.”

That sounds fun, honestly. Much more fun than anything I learned in grade school or college.

Next!

“How does someone know if they have this connection that I apparently do?”

“They more often than not are believers in the elements to begin with. One might figure it out for themself over time, as they notice the magical presence in the world around them. Some might also just stumble upon it, as you did, while others never learn at all.”

That makes sense. 

Next! 

“If the town rejects you so much, why do you stay?”

“I’m Pelican Town’s – well, all of Stardew Valley’s – assigned protector, appointed by Ferngill Republic Ministry of Magic. With the presence of so many monsters, it is necessary that I maintain a powerful barrier over the valley at all times.”

I stop my onslaught of questioning for a moment to internalize that.

This guy is the sole reason we’re safe from monsters and shadows and whatever other – dare I say, evil – elementals there are out there? 

Holy fucking shit, he’s so cool!

But also… “Isn’t that tiring?”

A flash of pink takes reign over Magnus’ widened eyes, but only for no more than half a second. Is he embarrassed?

Come to think of it, he must get really lonely over here. I wonder if he just needs a friend, and created that weird energy I feel around the perimeter himself to lure in those “worthy” of his companionship. Unless that was just a me thing…

Or, maybe I’m thinking too far into this.

I quiet my thoughts quickly in hopes that he didn’t just read me. Magnus’ surprised expression turns into a soft smile, and his irises fade to a melancholy periwinkle. “I suppose it is a lot, at times, yes. But no need to worry, I assure you that Pelican Town will remain safe.”

“No, like, what about you, though? Is it safe for you to be using so much energy like that all the time?” Is mana a real thing? I think to myself.

“Don’t fret,” he sighs. “I’ll be alright as long as the valley is as well.”

He doesn’t get that I’m asking how he is, I don’t think. “Doesn't it get… I dunno. Frustrating?” I meet his eyes again, my brow furrowed. “Being isolated here, while also being in charge of the safety of the same people who reject you… ” I trail off.

Magnus looks down, seeming to internalize my question. As he pans back up, his orbs deepen into more of a navy blue. I wonder if he’s aware that his eyes are fucking mood rings.

“Sorry, I don’t mean to pry,” I mutter, a little embarrassed. “It’s fine if you don’t want to talk about that sort of thing.” I’m just worried about you, a complete stranger, for some reason.

A rumbly laugh emits from him, eyes returning to their natural (I think I’m more confident in calling the burgundy-ish “natural” now) state.

“I’d never have thought a mundane such as yourself could be such a kind and caring individual. Not many are.” 

I’m about to ask what he means by that, not sure if it’s more of an insult or an observation, but his handsome, playful smile shuts me right up. I can feel my cheeks darkening.

“It’s alright,” he continues. “Everything you’ve asked is valid, and I do appreciate your concern for my well-being. It’s merely that I cannot remember the last time someone asked me about myself like this.” Magnus sighs. “Must’ve been when I was still seeing my ex-wife,” he mumbles, seemingly more to himself than me.

Although he’d vaguely mentioned how old he is, it didn’t occur to me that Magnus might’ve had friends and relationships prior to being basically shackled to the valley. 

Before I realize how blunt the question is, I blurt out, “How often have you been married?”

He answers, unfazed, “Just once. She’s a witch — one of the most powerful I’ve ever met, at that. But we grew apart, and she fled, channeling her heartbreak into the dark arts.”

“Has she ever been a threat to the valley?”

“Of course not. She resides quite locally – she’d never risk her own safety in heated vengeance.”

My eyes widen, half-shocked and half-kind of excited, honestly. “One of my neighbors is an evil witch?” I shouldn’t be surprised I guess, considering I now know that one of them is… ya know. A fucking wizard.

Magnus chuckles, “‘Locally’ doesn’t necessarily mean within the visible terrain of the valley itself! Although, there is a portal near the train station which only she can access, for the time being...” 

“Y’all have portals?”

“We have plenty you don’t know about, (y/n).” 

His face almost looks smug. Is this his way of bragging? He has a stupid lopsided grin, lazy eyes, furrowed brows... The ol’ razzle dazzle. Heh. The Rasmodazzle. 

He sure is razzling my dazzl— Shut up (y/n).

Wait.

“Can you— no.” I wince. “Have you been reading my mind?” 

“Here and there, yes.”

Fuck. “Isn’t that a bit invasive,” I wince, “Like, for someone you’ve just met?” 

Magnus’ eyes widen and flush pink. “I hadn’t thought of that… the magically inclined who can use the ability often do, as a means of communicating. Telepathy, as you’ve likely heard of it.” Holy shit… is Sebastian actually telepathic then? “I apologize if I’ve made you uncomfortable.” 

“You’re fine, I’m more just worried about what you’ve… read? Heard?” I tilt my head. “Whatever.” I shake my head. “However that stuff works.”

His eyes deepen, a dark red — not as much angry as it is devilishly sexyyyuhhhh–suspicious! Yes, suspicious is what I was thinking — nudging the blush that once painted his irises down to his cheeks. 

“Are you attempting to hide anything in particular, (y/n)?” 

My own heated features probably give me away, as I mentally smack myself for being so easily flustered. I shake my head, hoping he just knows the answer to the previous one without needing me to explain it. Or not. I guess I’d rather he just… not bring it up if he does know he’s razzling and dazzling me. 

“Oh, I almost forgot that I came here for a specific reason. I have a question for you!”

“Have you not been asking questions since you’ve arrived?” 

“W-well. Yeah. I guess… But like. Agh,” I stumble for a moment, finding my bearings. “Compared to what we’ve been discussing, this seems so pedestrian,” I sigh. “So. For some background. I have this friend. Well, she’s not my friend, but I want to be her friend, because she’s friends with my friends, and I’m not great at making friends myself, unless they’re the ones, like… Initiating friendship? If that makes sense.”

Magnus nods along. The corner of his mouth quirks up as I struggle, but he kindly chooses not to overtly judge my fumbling. I look down at my lap.

“She likes the idea of adventures and sword fighting and exploring and stuff, but from what I hear, she’s not a skilled enough fighter to do anything with that passion. So… I was hoping to take her on a little tour around this area, and uh…” as I near the whole point, I shy away. Do I ask? 

Without looking up, I hear the soft hums of Magnus’ laughter beside me. “You want to accompany her to my tower.”

I timidly nod. “I just thought it would be cool, before I knew there was a whole person living here.” I correct myself, “Er, well, I figured someone would be living here, obviously, and I came to ask permission, but I, like, didn’t think I’d be getting to know them or whatever, and umm…” I screw my eyes shut, frustrated by my lack of social abilities. Fucking hell lady, use your words! I try to keep going but a signature squeak escapes instead.

“Please spare yourself,” he muses. I squeak again. Fuck me. ”Perhaps I’d allow it, under the condition that you assist me in return.”

“How?” I mutter, feeling more able to use my words, but still rattled enough to struggle.

“Would this…acquaintance of yours happen to be young Abigail?”

I meet his eyes. I should be unsurprised that he knows considering telepathy and whatever, but— “Yeah,” I respond curiously. 

“Ah, perfect!” Magnus beams. “I would like to meet her.”

I squint, wondering what in the world he could want with Abby. 

“I mustn’t get into detail,” he continues, eyes fading to pink, “but in short… Ahaha, this is strange to say aloud.” He laughs nervously, recuperating as I patiently wait for the explanation. “I have reason to believe that she may be my daughter.” Magnus’ now-maroon eyes are filled with an anxious determination as he brings contact back to my features.

I stare, slack-jawed. “W-what do you mean? What about the family she lives with?”

His eyes shift back to blue again. “I just… wish to speak with her.” I study him, his features more crestfallen than nervous at this point. Magnus sighs. “It may not be my place to insert myself into a life she’s already established. But the possibility that she is my own blood has been eating away at me for over two decades, (y/n).” 

The melancholy passion in his voice tugs at my heart a lil’ as he speaks. 

“I had, to put it lightly, a fling with Abigail’s mother up until a few months prior to her birth. It seemed to be no more than a coincidence, in the beginning, as she’d already been in an established relationship with Pierre.” He mumbles a bit, “Granted, I had not known about this, and I put an end to things once I made the discovery, but that’s beyond the point,” rolls his eyes, and then continues normally. “Now, aside from the Spirit’s Eve festival, which I collaborate with Linus to prepare and disassemble each year, I opt to merely observe town events from where I likely will go unnoticed. You have witnessed so much yourself, at this year’s Flower Dance.

“At first, this was to ponder my theory with a more ‘hands on’ approach. But the longer I watched, and the more I learned about each villager, the closer of a connection I felt to Abigail. The older she became, the more she began to look like myself. I began to predict that she might have a weak arcane spark within her.

“Whether I am correct or not, I desire to meet with her up close. All it would take is one encounter, an exchange of few words, for me to truly sense whether or not my suspicions hold true. And if they are not, I will have no reason to commune with her further, nor will I introduce her to the arcane.”

I purse my lips, thinking before giving him an answer.

How do I know Magnus is not actually just some creep with the hots for her? Well, I have no way of knowing, but I trust him for some reason. I’m not friends with Abby yet, might never be, but it would feel wrong to put her in danger even if so.

Plus, if he’s right… god, she would probably think this is so cool.

Or, if she has an inherent distrust for women, she might view it more like an elaborate scheme against her. I don’t fuckin’ know how her brain works. Hmm…

“Okay,” I sigh. He looks shocked, but happy. “But, can we pretend we don’t know each other, whenever this happens?”

“Of course.” His brows are furrowed as he tilts his head ever so slightly. “May I ask why?“

“I’m worried she might think it’s some weird set up. Which I guess it kinda will be, now… but I don’t want her to think I have bad intentions.”

“I understand your concern.” He grins and exclaims, “Very well!”

Given how long I’ve been here, I use this ending conversation to see myself out. We agree to meet again soon, so I can possibly begin some magical training of sorts, and to plan out a good way for me to woo Abby – Magnus voiced his desire for my side of things to work, even if his own fails. 

After a warm goodbye from the wizard, I shut the door and begin my trek home. He’s in my head again for one last parting message, as I descend down his front staircase. I stop in place so he can “say” his piece. I dunno the range this shit has. Like, is it similar to bluetooth or something?

“There are many adventures ahead for you and I. I truly look forward to your company, (y/n).”

I smile, thinking to myself about how excited I am, too.

[reginarubie]

I'll call you la mia cara if you keep going like that with Firesteel, mark my words. Because how can this fic be such a gem? Are you reading our minds before writing a chapter? Cuz I got everything I secretly wished for this time, AND EVEN THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED BADLY. Rhaenyra being the Walmart Cersei? I wanna watch 268 hours of it and than see her fail, because this lady didn't canonically last 6 months, we all know she can be easily outsmarted. Daemon, really, go. You're too creepy, this room's aura will improve as soon you leave. And... that's something I'd never say to Aemond. Him being around Sansa 25/8 and showing that affection is my aesthetics. Aemond, boy, you are both utter dorks who are not being subtle at all! I'm here for that and for JON FLASHBACKS. That's a sucker punch, G! How could you?? Do more!!! Aemond is so clueless, he doesn't even know what he's doing to Needle 🌚 She's fighting, pulling out Joff from her memories. But it mind's work — her heart still compares Aemond to Jon, the only man who's actually been close to her and kept his word. I also liked how instead of a forehead kiss there is a hand kiss. Very meaningful and hinting at the main difference: Jon would rather bury his love to Sansa and never cross the line but Aemond is more straightforward and that's why I don't doubt we are going to have the 🔥romance🔥 thank old gods and new. And thank you for going their job for us 🫂

Ciao Anne!,

Tbh (and I am very unhonest — and ironic btw) I am not stopping until you call me “la senza paragoni” (she who is without paragons — it was one of the many epithets of Simonetta Vespucci btw) tho I suppose also “la mia cara” is more than acceptable 😂😂😂

Maybe I do read all of your minds… not really, it’s just pretty self-indulgent and I end up wanting to write most of the things you all want to read as well ☺️ a win-win truly.

Rhaenyra and Cersei have many parallels and it’s normal that one of the few people who survived Cersei’ torments would recognise the signs immediately. Also Daemon… do everyone a gift and just remove yourself. Go to Pentos or wherever else but away from Sansa, thank you and amen.

Am I using the Jon Snow parallels to enlighten the differences between him and Aemond by actually showing how similar they are?

Yeah I thought it was more romantically hued and I still expect bookJon to do something similar to his lady love (*cough* Sansa *cough*) but in the show it was too heavily romantically coded to make it on the screen tho they gave us the romantic hues elsewhere.

I’m always happy to indulge in some fanfiction and I am overjoyed when it gets so much love like this one is getting!

Thank you for your amazing review! I’ll be honest I await for your reviews (as I await for the other usuals to drop their reviews and comments and headcanons as well for the anons) every time I update a chapter!

As always sending all my love ~G.

[pineconedrop]

I found motivation lol.

It’s called Left for Dead :D

So after Lunar killed Eclipse and Gemini left to go defend him in court, Lunar went out into the wilderness to train more, hoping something good would come out of it. Eventually, his battery dies and he’s stuck out there. The story takes place 2 years after that.

Lunar… and then Lunar. I love him <3.

I mean kinda? There’s hinted at Lunar x Gemini and Earth x Nebula are a thing but they aren’t really in the main story.

I have absolutely no idea tbh

Again, kind of? Lunar’s body is heavily damaged when they find him and he refuses to let them fix him cause he has memory loss. So yes? No? Idk.

Yup! All the normal familial bonds that are in the show are in the fic :D

Idk :)

Around normal times. Mostly takes place in the daycare and Sun and Moon’s house.

Yup! I’m trying to work on a fic at the moment.

I haven’t got that far tbh, so I’ll only answer for Lunar since they’re the only character I actually have planned out sadly. I would say losing his memories.

:D Idk (that’s gonna be my answer to a lot of the questions I am so sorry.)

Not really lol

Lunar :D, I don’t know how to answer the second part

V1 Eclipse in the show, and in my au Bloodmoon probably

I don’t know yet (haven’t got that far)

Um, Eclipse is nice, sort of.

On and off for a year

Nope

A bunch of songs tbh, I don’t remember their names (I’ll figure it out eventually.)

Originally, it was supposed to be a bunch of separate fics about different characters finding Lunar and how it would go, but it got changed to one fic. Sun finds him btw.

Nope

Not really, I just made it to make it

I don’t have any others at the moment

None of them <3

I mean, until I got a tumblr and started posting about it, yes. Usually, when I start writing a fic and telling people about it, I lose interest and I didn’t want that to happen to this one. But here I am :)

Um, I’d say a mix of dark and light. The story circulates around the fact Lunar lost his memory and is trying to adapt to the new environment he has no memory of. And then family fluff :D.

That was long and yet I feel like it wasn’t long enough lol. So sorry bout that.

TSAMS/TSBS AU infodump questionnaire!

Decided to make just a silly bunch of questions for people to answer to let out information about their AU's! Also because I love hearing about AU's. So because of that I wanna note how to answer these. Along with light rules about this post. Questions may be added to this later on!

Please if you use this exact list reblog this post with your answers! I wanna hear about your AU's

Either copy the list and put your responses under the questions OR just number your answers so its easy to tell what answer its to!

Basically all AU's that follow tumblr TOS are aloud, no reblogging anyone's au's with hate, this means all.

List aloud to be taken and used for other fandoms just please credit who made the original list.

If you don't know how to answer just say you don't know, or that its not relevant for the AU, not all questions are required!

If your AU could have triggering content put a warning of the content it'll hold and tag properly

Remember you can give as much detail as you want, or as little as you want

Now that's out of the way all questions can be found below! There is a total of 27 questions on the list

1 - What's the name of your AU if there is one? If no official name what would you call it?

2 - What is the most prominent differing factor between your AU and the original source Material?

3 - What is your favorite character in the source material and who's your favorite character within your AU?

4 - Are any of the characters in a relationship (QPR, Romantic, Emotional, ect.)? If so what are the most defined ones you've built so far, and within the universe how did their bond come along?

5 - What 'fanfic tropes/fanfic tags' does your AU use?

6 - Do any characters within your AU have any disabilities (mental or physical)?

7 - Do any characters have familial bond amongst eachother? If so how strong are their bonds, and how did they come about?

8 - What are the ages of the characters in your au? Or are the ageless/immortal?

9 - what's the general world like? Is it futuristic, modern, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, does it take place mainly in a coffee shop or something of the sort?

10 - are you working on any fanworks (fanfic, askblogs, rp blogs, animation, comics, ect.) about this au? If so link them!

11 - What is the worst thing(s) that happened to a character(s)? Did they have a tough life, a loss, or anything of the sort? If so what? How did it affect them?

12 - what's the best thing(s) that happened to a character(s)? How did it affect them?

13 - Did you take any unique design choices for any of the characters? If so describe or show them off!

14 - What character(s) in the AU have been worked on and built up the most and what are they like?

15 - What is your least favorite character in the source material, and what's your least favorite character in your au?

16 - Is there any major personality changes you made to the characters?

17 - What is the most 'out of character' thing in your AU?

18 - How long have you been working on this AU?

19 - Is there any OC's or self-inserts? If so what are they like and how do they affect the story?

20 - What inspired this AU?

21 - Has your AU steered off of your original plan for it at all? If so do you like how its changed? If it stayed the same what's the base idea for it exactly?

22 - Do you have any variations of this specific AU? If you do how do they differ amongst eachother?

23 - Does this AU bring you comfort/was it made for comfort?

24 - Is this your only TSBS AU or do you have any other ones? If other ones is this one your favorite?

25 - What parts of the AU are you proudest of?

26 - Do you keep this AU mostly private to yourself? If so why?

27 - would you consider this AU to be dark, light, fluffy, or what would it fall under and why? No wrong answers!

[sneak-a-cat]

made a joke about being trans to my younger step sister who kept referring to me solely as her sister. the joke was an attempt to remind her that i'm pangender, being told i was her sister or "the closest thing" she had to one, it was pretty uncomfortable. it makes me antsy to be seen as so feminine without anything else mixed in. i just don't like it.

course she already has a complex relationship with having a sister as one of her brothers is trans, and it came up in conversation that she didn't really have any, idk, feminine peers in her household before? and she listed her older brother, and the youngest and made no mention of her previously mentioned trans middle brother, so i tried to remind her "hey i'm trans too, i'm 99% sure i actually won't be able to relate to you as fellow females or whatever the fuck your trying to imply here" without, yknow, saying that since she is quite a bit younger than me, but old enough (12) that she should have gotten my incredibly heavy handed hint about how she didn't mention middle brother in her list

i know she's just wee but she frustrates me so much, she desperately wants me to fill this mythical role of older sister that i am just not capable of for a variety of reasons nor would i feel comfortable doing so for a whole host of other ones both of which meet in the middle saying in big bold text "i'm fucking trans"

one of the reasons this makes me so uncomfortable is that she is clearly trying to fill the 'gap' her middle brother left when he transitioned and her 'fix' for this is boxing me into feminine ideals and using me to feel like a big mature girl who talks to her 'older sister' to solve problems, and she heavily implied she lacked the ability to relate to her brothers due to differences in puberty which is just. no. i would not feel comfortable discussing my experiences actually, and i don't like how she feels this kinship with me and entitlement to my experiences purely because of my biological sex

i feel way more comfortable in the middle ground as sibling rather than sister, or even brother, both gendered terms feel too far if i'm honest, which is peculiar for the masculine one, i can be iffy about feminine terms but pretty comfortable using most masculine ones

she treats me like i'm the key to some sort of milestone, i try to talk to her about things other than the fact that we happen to share a biological sex but she generally manages to bring it back to "were both girls" and, i mean, she barely even tries to get to know me. i think she prefers to version of me in her head since the real me snaps at her in the kitchen when she keeps looking at me, the real me doesn't have time to talk to any of them since i'm busy with other things and she seems to take it personally, the real me sometimes doesn't really want to be their older step sibling. the one question she has asked me, twice btw, unrelated to my "being a girl" is "what's your favourite colour" which is not a crap question because it can lead to an interesting talk. except. well, except for it can't lead to anything of substance when she gets insulted when i say "i don't have one, i like seeing how beautiful any colour can look when they are treated right and put in the right hands" it doesn't lead anywhere when i get steam rolled over and ignored only for her to jubilantly claim "pink is my favourite colour" and then stop talking and look at me as if i fucked this conversation

and i know, i fucking know she's 12 i'm the one who should be making sure our interactions run smoothly but i can barely carry a conversation with anyone never mind a 12 year old who is only interested in one aspect of myself which makes me really uncomfortable sometimes, especially when it's highlighted in such a way and constantly referenced

like fucking hell i'm fine looking as femme as i do, i know my body will always tip people off and i am completely fine with that! i like my body! no dysphoria there! (unless in some clothes) but interacting with her makes me wish i didn't look like this cause maybe if i was less like this and more obviously some flavour of trans she would be less hooked on 'getting to know me' without prompting a single worthwhile conversation about either of us

and i know, its a complicated situation, its fucking difficult to get to know people in a new family unit like this but i fucking try, i try and socialise with the kids when i'm able to using card games since i don't have to talk about anything serious then, its not the best but i am fucking trying to bond with them but the age gap is too fucking difficult at times, i mean for christs sake i'm friends with my step mum! i can bloody do it just not with them its too much

especially when one of them is incredibly desperate to bond but so incredibly shit at showing it

i'm going to have to have a conversation with my dad about how she treats my gender, which might be difficult since he and my step mum are weak for me bonding with the kids as they know how difficult i find it, specially how overwhelming it is to have your opinion valued far far too much (only thing its good for is being strict in card games, if they get too loud (ow) then i just raise my voice a bit and they settle pretty quick), so telling him might be a bit upsetting for both of us cause i hate to disappoint him...

[aroaceleovaldez]

Could you please share more thoughts about Nico's disability?

I'm very interested to know your opinions.

OH BOY ABSOLUTELY

This is very long i am sorry u_u but also this is what happens when you ask for my PJO opinions. I’m just gonna kind of go through and break down some of Nico’s canonical disabilities throughout the series. If anyone wants to hear my specific headcanons about his disabilities or elaborate further on anything in here, I can make another post with that since this one is already plenty long enough.

First and foremost, the obvious inherent one - ADHD/dyslexia. I know we don’t see a lot of this for him because for most of all 3 series he’s a minor or secondary character (save for BoO in which he gets a couple POV chapters) besides maybe some hints of it either when he’s younger and there’s a lot of notes about him being very hyperactive or whenever Mythomagic gets brought up, but those are disabilities are core to a lot of Nico’s experiences and how he behaves as a character. I think there’s a lot of interesting character analysis you can do in the first series with looking into how the different characters interact with in particular Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, and in Nico’s case I strongly believe his experiences with RSD sets up a decent amount of his character early on. Also we see some traits of his ADHD manifest in his impulsiveness and hypersensitivity, alongside his general restlessness (particularly his notes about struggling to stay in one place for too long and needing changes of scenery - environmental understimulation!) and minor fidgets that we sometimes see with other characters as well.

Secondly, going back to Mythomagic - Nico being autistic-coded. This is most obvious with his special interests in mythology and specifically Mythomagic, but also manifests in a lot of other ways (some having a lot of overlap with the above). I do specifically say Nico is canonically autistic-coded because we never get explicit confirmation in-series, but it’s heavily implied through both notes about his character and patterns in the first three books where prominent secondary characters are coded as having certain disabilities without explicitly stating what they are (well, minus the first book in which Percy and Annabeth both directly state they have ADHD/dyslexia, though again I return to the weird notes in the first book about “they technically don’t have ADHD/dyslexia, it’s just demigod powers manifesting the exact same way as ADHD/dyslexia” but literally everything else in the series contradicts this and also It’s Stupid so i elect to ignore it). Annabeth is ADHD/dyslexic. Tyson is coded as having down syndrome. Nico is coded as being autistic. That’s the pattern. If it’s handled well is another story but we won’t get into that here. For now, it’s just a pattern that exists, Nico is autistic-coded, let’s discuss that. Besides his special interest(s) (i separate Mythology and Mythomagic as two different special interests of his, though also we later learn he formerly had a special interest relating to pirates), we also see a lot of notes of Nico being sensory-seeking and sensory-adverse (notes about him preferring jackets despite weather, especially jackets and other layers that are notably too large for him, preference for dark clothes, preference for specific patterns [skeletons], etc). He also has several comfort items throughout the series - his ring from Bianca, his jacket(s), etc. Again, he also has hypersensitivity with his strong empathy being a notable aspect of that. He also struggles with poor introspective (internal feelings) and proprioceptive (awareness of body) senses (btw! There are 8 senses, not 5!) - when he’s younger he has difficulty gauging his own energy levels, both younger and later on into his life he has difficulty interpreting social cues and emotions, and he has difficulty gauging his own bodily needs and the condition he’s in (for him specifically, usually in the form of being unaware of how injured or tired he is until he physically cannot function because of it). Again, a lot of this can overlap with ADHD, but I specify it here as part of his autistic-coding because I feel in his case it fits better here.

Third for canon disabilities - his powers, which is very interesting in that, obviously, it’s not a real-world disability BUT it acts as a window into his general health and ability, which we don’t get as much explicit indication about. When we’re first shown Nico’s powers, he accidentally creates a CHASM in the dining pavilion, seals it, and then runs off like it’s nothing (and is able to outpace Percy [though Percy did fall] enough that he found the labyrinth and got away before Percy was able to track him down. That part is somewhat loose evidence though because while Nico is short and not trained as a demigod, it is winter [which means Percy is somewhat affected due to his own powers alongside indication that Nico may not be as severely impacted by cold as others due to having powers that influence temperature] AND Nico was at a military school for several months while Percy had been in regular mortal school and not training at camp, and again had fallen at the beginning of Nico running off also having just been fighting skeletons and gotten back from an exhausting quest). Main important part of that is he seemingly created a chasm with little to no effort, if not wholly accidentally, and then was able to run off without being tired. We later see him control an entire crowd of ghosts for an extended period of time and only need a short recovery period afterwards, create a giant slab of black marble while actively running away, shadow-travel (with notes of him having accidentally shadow-traveled to other countries), and raise the dead with no formal training and very limited consequences all while having lived in the labyrinth/woods for months and explicitly being described to not be in great health due to Minos’ manipulation. (Speaking of, Nico also has a subtly noted eating disorder.) In the finale battle of BoTL it takes essentially two difficult battles for Nico to become exhausted. In TLO we see Nico able to shadow-travel a decent amount and control a ton of skeleton guards before he becomes exhausted, and then later he shows up to war again controlling a ton of skeletons and his powers in absolute full-swing with no issues.

It’s only after Tartarus we see Nico’s abilities begin to grow weaker (which makes sense! Nico was in Tartarus for a while and then stuck in the jar, which even further decreased his health and put him under a lot of strain). From Percy and Annabeth’s POVs of Tartarus, we learn that the entire environment is almost completely inhospitable, including but not limited to noxious air and almost no food/water besides the Phlegethon, which essentially just magically keeps things alive so that they can continue to experience eternal torment. We also know that Nico witnessed Tartarus differently than Percy and Annabeth due to Percy’s description of the slight glimpse we see of how Tartarus truly looks, not to mention Nico was alone (besides not having someone else with him, there’s actually no indication Nico received help from Damasen or Bob/Iapetus, since we’re told in HoH that Bob/Iapetus entered Tartarus specifically to assist Percy and Annabeth and seemingly had no way to escape - all we know about his time in Tartarus is that Nico at some point met Achlys, from which we learned that Nico was in such great sorrow that Achlys was impressed) which means Nico was under even more mental stress than Percy and Annabeth were, for presumably a longer period of time, immediately followed by being captured and held prisoner. (Also there’s that one time he’s tortured by Cupid which certainly doesn’t help anything.) After this, even as he begins to regain his health (and starts working on addressing his eating disorder), every time he uses his powers we’re shown how much more it takes out of him and how his abilities have decreased, even if he has something to assist him (such as Diocletian's Scepter). In BoO when he dispels the skeleton army and banishes Bryce Lawrence’s soul, doing so almost literally kills him. He can’t shadow-travel to the same degree he used to, and not even remotely the same distance before he literally physically collapses (or begins physically fade/disappear into shadows). In TOA we see that Nico becomes exhausted significantly faster than he ever used to (both in general and power-wise), even though his health has improved greatly since the events of HoO. It’s heavily implied that this is a more permanent state of his health - he’ll never fully regain the level of abilities he once had, despite the standard for demigods being that they become significantly more powerful over time - and most likely also he will not ever be able to return to the physical condition he was once at.

You can also include his memory loss as well in this discussion since unlike Percy and Jason, Nico’s memory wasn’t just hidden by a deity but wiped by the River Lethe, and while he’s somewhat recovered some of his memories since then we know explicitly that he will never fully regain the memories he lost. Regaining information about his past that he lost was an important arc for him between BoTL and TLO (alongside into the beginning of TLO as well).

I do like how Nico’s disabilities in general are framed throughout the series - he’s not belittled for his disabilities and his disabilities aren’t made the butt of a joke. His special interests are useful on multiple occasions. Him passing out is generally treated with appropriate severity and concern. He keeps his agency and independence while also receiving appropriate help and support to meet his needs. But I wish the fandom granted him a bit more of that agency rather than so often painting him as completely helpless and putting his loved ones basically in charge of his life.

[amxthystiine]

You fuckin asked for it op

Warning for Library of Ruina, all Cantos up to & including Canto Vi & Distortion Detective spoilers btw

Here’s my theory I am constantly thinking about that probably will not happen but it’d be funny as fuck if it did, and this has been stewing in my brain for a WHILE now every since I saw Greg’s labeling.

So-

I think that Greg is gonna compromise us in a huge way somehow in the future, whether it be a full blown betrayal or even against his will.

I have multiple ideas for this theory to possibly play out but let’s start with WHY I think Greg will be this significant in the first place-

1)

So far, he’s the only sinner so far who has failed to obtain their bough, and Canto VI’s second golden bough Nelly stole back COULD be Greg’s, and if so, implies that this golden bough will be somehow important later, as yknow Chekov’s Gun and all that

2)

While there are multiple explanations not linking to this theory for this, I find it quite interesting that Hermann’s the leader of the main villains so far, considering she’s Gregor’s counterpart

3)

WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN HIM GO BUG MODE YET, DESPITE EVEN HIS MAIN DESCRIPTION HINTING AT SUCH (though I will say it’s strange how “cockroach” is redacted - perhaps there’s more to his metamorphosis 🥁) HE DIDNT EVEN DO SO IN HIS TURN THROUGH THE WRINGER, SO (haha Chekov’s Gun again) PROJECT MOON MUST BE SAVING IT FOR AN IMPORTANT MOMENT

This is also how I believe Greg compromising us may be against his own will, as maybe he encounters a strong enough “emotional change” or “change in environment” for the full transformation to kick in, or Hermann somehow forces him into it

This brings me onto:

4) HERMANN SAYING THAT “THE ARM ISNT ALL THERE IS TO IT”,,,, THEYRE PURPOSEFULLY POINTING OUT/HINTING TOWARDS A GREG BUG MODE MOMENT

I THINK this line kinda confirms my third conclusion.

And finally-

5)

Gregor so far is the one of the few main characters in general alongside Dante to have been associated with the Library & Lobcorp, and has been connected to them far before Dante via his base ego illustration.

Furthermore, Yuri was deeply connected to Greg, as in they got quite friendly quite quickly and she appeared within his Canto exclusively, which is interesting considering she was a LOB CORP clerk.

Additionally, Greg’s base ego’s illustration has him wearing the G Corp uniform alongside some of the badges of the Library’s floor logos, which, if I’m interpreting this correctly, makes NO sense chronistically considering the fact that the old G Corp was part of the Smoke War and collapsed soon after the war due to losing it, which was part of Benjamin and Ayin’s plan to make Lob Corp into a wing, which then lead to the events of Lob Corp & THEN came the creation of the Library, meaning Greg CAN’T have had those badges during the G Corp War, as the Library didn’t exist yet. Of course, this can be explained away by the core of Metamorphosis as a book & some intentional choices relating to Greg, linking him to Judaism & thus being non canon in a weird way as a funny library for those who have stuck with the PM storyline for a while, but considering how even DANTE’S NOTES and THREADSPINNING AND UPTYING AND LVL UPS ARE CANON, I heavily doubt this. I’ll come back to this later.

I personally believe Limbus Company will end/lead to us going to the Library at some point, as we have been to the Outskirts before & are hunting down Distortions, so what better place to go to but the SOURCE of all of them?

Why I think Greg will compromise/betray us is due to a few reasons -

1) Greg is SINNER NUMBER 13 for FUCKS SAKE it’s a LOW HANGING FRUIT but yknow JUDAS!!!!! AND his heavy APPLE imagery yknow THE FRUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SYMBOL OF SIN (?) (despite it also possibly only being there due to links to symbolism in Metamorphosis)

However I do remember reading up on how apparently Garden of Thorns Greg’s cross on his back is that of St Andrew’s, the first disciple of Jesus.

WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON DANTE INTERACTS WITH? GREG,

So if this theoretically makes Dante Jesus, (oh god this has immensely interesting and horrible implications for future events such as the mass death one) Greg being Sinner #13 is EVEN MORE concerning cause Judas betraying Jesus and all that

There is also the fact that in Judaism 13 is a lucky number while to others 13 isn’t, and this duality/stuck in the middle type meaning fits Greg quite well, but we can have 2 meanings here for a choice sooo,,

2) as mentioned before, Hermann’s hinting may imply she may be able to possibly trigger it and how he still hasn’t gone bug mode despite explicitly mentioning this, and Canto I proves that sometimes Greg isn’t able to control himself.

3) I do think theres a damn reason why Greg was so respected, and while Limbus Company contract debuffs are probably in place, I do believe he could wreak absolute havoc if Canto I and G Corp Greg (not kit wise kekw) are anything to go by, and that things will get FAR worse if he goes full bug mode, alongside some of Choi Han’s corrosion voice lines as Greg just being absolutely unhinged (:fear:, but MAN I’m here for it)

4) If we’re going for the betrayal aspect, I have this unhinged sub theory that somehow Greg knows Iori -

- Greg could theoretically fit in with her goons in the prologue if we’re going by animal theming

- All sinners have a corresponding association that they could be linked to (Ryoshu & her familiarity with the Shi and Ishmael & Eight Association) and share a nationality with, except Gregor.

UNLESS you consider the cut ending cutscene of LoR canon where Iori MAY have started a whole new association, being our theoretical 13th association that the goons from the prologue could’ve belonged to, as per possibly evidenced by their purple scale (?) ribbons they all wore with a buckle that resembled the white part of The Purple Tear’s logo.

Furthermore, I do think that Iori will be important as one of the many, blurred and shrunken Fixer badges Don has is a rather prominent one of Iori of all fixers - maybe a fun Easter egg, maybe a way of foreshadowing her coming relevance to the plot if we keep the former in mind.

This would then make Gregor’s corresponding association that of the 13th, which would be Iori’s,,, interesting.

- This would also explain Greg’s badges within his ego because WOOOOOO TIME FUCKERY‼️‼️‼️

- And I personally think that character/personality wise, while Heathcliff is 100% getting the Roland Identity that Gregor resembles him more, being a burnt out, disillusioned and gloomy ex smoke war veteran who hates himself that puts on a mask of casual charisma and is cringefail as fuck sometimes, seeming to be the normal guy who gets a few pints every now and then down the street, despite their deeply traumatic backstories. (I could ramble about how Greg and Roland possibly feel inexplicably savant syndrome autistic coded to me but hey that’s just me projecting onto characters I resonate with again oops)

AND WHAT DID ROLAND FUCK ASS DO

BETRAY THE MAIN CAST AFTER A LONG ASS TIME OF WEARING HIS MASK DUE TO HIS MAIN TRAUMA’S SCARS UPON HIM

AND KNEW/WAS TRAINED BY IORI

Also idk Gregor smoking is interesting/ironic to me considering most of his trauma could be pinned on the SMOKE war and this could also be linked to Roland’s clear constant Smoke imagery (especially in The Black Silence reception) but yknow this could also be coincidental

I may add more to this post as I remember but this all fuck ass started because I saw him listed as Sinner #13 (WHICH COULD’VE BEEN EASILY AVOIDED, though there are other possible explanations for why it was chosen for him) and have IMMENSE brainrot for the funny bug man. He gets me in an inexplicable way (it’s the burnt out autism vibes)

hi hi! so me and my friend sloth (over at @slothpower-central) have been working on a collab video idea, except we need one thing...

theories! (and other such things)

project moon fans, i am asking you very kindly for your theories and such! parallels between characters, speculation on characters, world notes, things you've noticed, impactful moments you feel could be highlighted, anything really!

( however, we would prefer if ship-related theories were not included. this is simply to avoid possible discourse. ) ( we are focusing on limbus company more for the video, but all project moon games/media are open! )

if you have a post relating to it somewhere, please feel free to link it! (that way if we do include it, we can give proper credit somewhere!) or if you want to ramble in the reblogs there, feel absolutely free to!

( in the end, what we want for theories is a good bit of evidence behind them to show off! be sure to show why you believe those theories and such! for facts and tidbits, do prefer lesser known info! i.e, fact that probably aren't noticable at a first or second glance. )

[ note: this post was made after canto 6, and may be revised or remade in the case that new cantos release before we get this done. lol. ]

[the-blind-geisha]

Is the mc trapped with Demiurge in the mansion story? It kinda left on a cliffhanger. I was just curious since I dont think you were going to continue ti. Loved the story btw!!!

The Vel'rah Mansion, right?

If that's the case, I can say a few things.

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

MC is actually dead in that story and it's her soul Demiurge is tending to.

It is hinted at through a various set of clue cards:

Demiurge found MC 'wandering' in the Murkwood. A very dangerous place for people to roam.

She often complains about headaches and it continues to return; being a hint now and again she may have sustained some sort of head injury that caused the end of her life.

“I know not for how long, my dear. It could have been a while,” Demiurge explained just over his shoulder. “Whatever the case may very well be, I am certain I can get you to safety in no time at all.” ^ He's being misleading here, as he means to say he's hunting for souls that have gone lost in the Murkwood.

Demiurge being a demon is the main reason as to why he can tend to any of these souls like they have a body. He lives in the physical and spiritual worlds. “I have no preference. Demons rarely do. If your soul calls to me, then I will be happy to bond with it, dance with it, take a part of it with me to feed upon.” <- Last part was obviously meant to seem sexual to the reader, but it means... more than just that.

A few of the souls are put well in his care, and some--aren't. Which is why some are haunting the estate, and why Demiurge wears horse blinders to avoid seeing their anger.

The grave MC sees with her name on it is where her actual body lays to rest. It is why Demiurge insists it was a dream, making her wish to believe it was so. He didn't want for her to go hunting for the truth.

The grave site she uncovered in the crypt is almost like a growing collection of people Demiurge is close to.

Demiurge's Master is dead at the beginning of this story. His soul is still bound to the estate, but Demiurge has managed to lead him to believe he's still crippled and unable to move from his bed; always in need of Demiurge's care. (If I actually write that story down the line, you'll see why Demiurge desired this. But you should figure that out via a line in the fic.)

Because Demiurge is feeding off of the souls he adores, they start to grow weary overtime--even feel as though they are becoming 'crippled'. It is something his twisted mind wants for the ones he loves the most, as it causes them to rely heavily on him.

Demiurge covered up the windows she could see through, preventing the MC from seeing that there was nothing but fog about the estate and raining blood during certain times.

[metvmorqhoses]

Thank you for your take on the Darkling! I absolutely loved reading it. (I might read it a second time tbh). He truly is complicated and it kinda bothers me that people oversimplify him, especially the book version. Could things have been better? A 1000% Yes! But I don't see how people can read TDiW and not see his perspective on life or at least feel sorry for him. Btw are you going to read the graphic novel on TDiW when it comes out? Do you think LB is using him to simply make more money? It's hard to tell if she actually cares about him as a character.

You cannot imagine how glad I am to see so many people sharing my thoughts and frustrations regarding such a deserving and yet so poorly treated character. Every time it feels genuinely like a small victory.

One thing can surely be said, this fandom gave the Darkling the consideration and depth the original novels denied him. What he deserved as a character, he certainly found here thanks to some very stubborn few.

As for your question, I am actually still debating if buying Demon in the Wood, even while of course knowing more or less its general content.

If I have to be completely honest with you, I am quite fed up with how Bardugo uses and abuses the Darkling, a character she probably conjured by chance while taking here and there from ancient folklore and other better works, a character far larger than her own imaginings, a character that quite obviously escaped her own narrative and just stubbornly refuses to fit in every single little box she tries and fails to relegate him in, and to the point of discovering myself discouraged at the idea of reading something I'm deeply interested in because of the tragic logics of its own creator.

I absolutely find this occurrence deeply bizarre myself. It had never happened to me before, to like something so much while completely disagreeing in every single way with the person who is supposed to be in charge of it. I've always been fiercely loyal to every artist's absolute right of kingship over their own creations, but I find this particular case just hardly excusable.

As a reader, I cannot really help but feeling toyed with and cheated when it comes to this series.

The general writing is plain and mediocre aside for a few lines here and there. The plot doesn't make any thematic sense. The story doesn't follow its own logic but the absolute strange one of an author lurking behind every corner, an author that doesn’t allow her readers to actually have their own opinions about anything. The majority of the characters are "heavily inspired" by some other greater source. The rhyme and reason of the one poetically and mythologically interesting personality in there completely escapes its creator, whose only piece of understanding seems to revolve around the fact that, for some reason, this very character is the one thing that makes her books sell.

Therefore everything she writes constantly hints at and promises a big meaningful part for him in the narrative, while in truth he is just strategically always put one time in the beginning, one time in the middle and one time at the end of every single book just to serve as a page-turner and to make at the same time plain and over-sentionalistic turning points work, without ever gaining any real role, development or actual depth, while the other characters seem always frozen in their own opinion no matter the evidence they are presented with, eternally unable to change their (the author’s) static idiotic narrative about him.

That LB puts the Darkling in her books to make them sell it's by now evident common knowledge. That she uses our collective interest in him for her own gain, all the while judging us harshly for it, it’s something that truly drives me up a wall. And quite frankly I am rather uninterested in following the appalling and nonsensical literary whirling she constructs with this poor character as the main bait in order to quite literally exploit our ability to recognize artistic worth.

I actually noticed she always tries to deal with him as little as possible in every novel, probably afraid to find herself in the need to really start to characterize him.

It's really quite sad.

The Darkling is literally killed and brought back to life to sell copies. The Darkling is what makes Netflix shows happen. And now prequels about him are coming out in different forms just for a capitalistic kind of sake.

I'm not a big fan of any of this. If the writing was at least good, getting idealistically mad would make some sort of sense, but alas this is not even that much the case.

I hope I didn't sound too harsh, but I really was in absolute disbelief while reading those novels.

I’d much prefer reading again some true masterpieces written by beyond talented authors on ao3 (stories that actually feel way more real and deserving than the actual original books) and leaving LB to her own, very sad, literary choices.

[transmasc-slykinnie]

Tw gr**ming, s*icide mentions, ab*sive friendships, manipulative behavior

I was gr**med by @jazzthesapphicqueen part 1 (this will be in parts because I am very exhausted and emotionally damaged by all of this and I have been friends with her for a whole year so there's a lot to process)

I used to be enbynoizkinnie and have deleted my blog multiple times and that ties into this, I met Jazz soon after I was gr**med by helios because she was already one of my moots, we first became friends because she asked for the full picture of a ns/fw drawing I did in dms and I gave it to her (she clarified that she was 17 at the time so I thought it was okay to he her friend, which oh yeah btw she like just turned 18 in december btw so funfact ig). We later moved to discord because I wanted to get to know her better and be her friend and already she was very guiltrippy towards me or very self loathing and whenever I had offered help or comfort she never really denied it but never said she wanted it and when she just kept saying how she "didn't deserve it", I am saying this to give an example of what kind of person she is because she'd constantly say that and make situations where I was hurt about her. There are multiple periods in the span I've been friends with her where I have almost k*lled myself because how ab*sive she was towards me (thus why I have deleted my account so many times, I just wanted to be forgotten) and for a time she had brought out the absolute worst in me and for awhile made me as bad as her, I am not a saint with how I was with her but I wasn't anywhere near as bad as her. I will admit her behaviors had heavily influenced mine and for awhile I couldn't stop traumadumping, guiltripping, and being codependent on her. Thing is I have brought myself out of that cycle myself and I've realized how fucking awful she was to me. Now onto the gr**ming, this is out of order but the most recently she has sent me porn and turned conversations s*xual and hinted at/coerced me into drawing p*rn for her. I haven't said my actual age publicly before in this fandom because I knew i would've gotten booed off but I started my account(enbynoizkinnie) at 14, I was 15 when Jazz did all this and now I am 16. So just for reference here, she is 17 almost turning 18 and im still 15

I need to make another post rq because I have more screenshots, these are all the ones I have right now and please be patient with me I still am having to process this and even now there are things I don't want to process. Also she was fully aware of my age and didn't really care.

I'll be reposting this with more images of her being vulgar/predatory at me and being aware of my age. And coercing me for free p*rn art and even sending me p*rn

[valenschmidt]

IT'S 3AM AND CALL ME A CLOWN BUT....

This is gonna be a little long but bear with me cause I have a point.

I believe this entire Eddieana and what happened this episode is heavily hinting that something big is coming...

This entire season we have had subtle Buddie moments AND also moments that hint that Buck and Eddie co-parent Christopher together and I'm gonna list it for you:

We start in 4x03 where Eddie and Buck have this 'good cop, bad cop' scene with Christopher and the video games where Buck tells Christopher no after a silent very mom/dad like pose which says 'Try and defy me' which is very common between married couples who co-parent (I've seen it with my parents a few times). We continue this episode with this cute little prank with the coffee maker that Buck and Chris play on Eddie (which was hilarious and really cute btw)

We move on to the crossover when Buck gets sad (and kind jealous when he finds out that Eddie is gonna work with Marjan instead of him

Later in the ep we have TK (an openly gay man) who thinks Buck is flirting with him AND OPENLY TELLS BUCK he has a boyfriend when Buck suggests they "get together" if TK's in LA sometime... AND on top of that when TK disappears of the frame who appears right after? Yup Eddie

We move on to 4x04 in which we have the scene with the 'Karen's murder' where we have Buck and Eddie playing detective together in a very cute way trying to discover the woman's killer. Then we have the punching bag scene in which after being angry for a while, a conversation with Eddie helps Buck with his anger.

We move on to Buck begins!!! Where in the factory fire JUST AS BUCK is about to give up, the 118 shows up to help him. Who is the first one there??? Eddie. Then we have the scene with Eddie waiting for buck's clean bill of health... And then the whole "Show off" scene which honestly?? EDDIE YOUR FONDNESS!!!

Now we get to the good stuff.... 4x06. JINX. My favorite episode! Where we have the clipboard scene with fond Eddie and the cutest moment with Buck and Eddie laughing in that whole helium scene but also it's the one where we get an incoming... Ana. Bobby tells Eddie this advice which resonates with me

"They're so focused on what they don't have, that they miss the chance to have something else. Something real" and tells Eddie to try and move on... But this line I believe it's more for us. Eddie will be SO focused on what he doesn't have (a 'mom' for Christopher) that he misses the chance to have something real. Something that is right in front of his face (Buck) and tries to find it on Ana (which is where our misery begins)

We have 4x07 where the focus of story arcs shifts to other characters and we don't get that much here BUT we get Buck trying to 'date' and failing miserably with Veronica.

In 4x08 is where the fun starts and co-pareting buddie starts to show... We have on one side Buck who is having issues with Albert and Veronica dating which leads to uncomfortable Buck in his own apartment. Our dear Taylor Kelly comes back but we see her relationship with Buck change to a really nice friendship. On the otherside we have Eddie who starts dating Ana and Christopher finds out which leads to his outburst to Eddie (which had never happened before) and then... HE RUNS AWAY. WHERE!? To Buck. To his other parent. The only other person who makes him feel safe (we get kind of like a divorced!buddie vibe here too). This beautiful scene between them shows us how Buck is Chris other parent AND ALSO that Buck and Taylor are truly becoming friends now. And then we get this really rushed scene where Edmundo (not eddie, Edmundo) introduces Christopher to Ana as if that's gonna make him feel better after the outburst he had and that made no sense at all to the point of the episode

In 4x09 we get a little bit of Buddie working together as the partners they are but the focus is on Chimney and Hen this ep so we just get breadcrums

In 4x10 we get the biggest hint so far... The episode is called PARENTHOOD! And it focuses on obviously the parents of the 118. Bathena and Michael, Henren and Madney. Who is the only parent who gets left out here?? Eddie... Why?? Because we all know that Chris has two parents and they don't want to acknowledge that just yet cause... Reasons. BUT we get nice hints. The few scenes in which we have Buck we get him talking about children at the same level as the rest of the 118. He acts and talks like he's already a parent. Why? Because he is!!!

We get this scene which is very subtle (BUT ALSO VERY NOTICEABLY) where we have the 'good cop, bad cop parents' and their kid. Chimney asks if both parents can be the 'good cop' AND BOTH BUCK AND EDDIE RESPOND NO! As if they know by first hand that a kid needs both, good and bad. This HEAVILY hints buddie co-parents or there's no point to this moment. In the same epsiode we get this AWFUL and very rushed scene with Buddieana and Chris in literally the last minute of the parenthood episode where Chris didn't even show up. The show portrays them as the 'adorable family who watches tv together' when they showed us JUST a few scenes ago the very noticeable buddie co-parenting scene. Why you say?? To remind us Eddie and Ana are still dating.

My point??? It's all on purpose. This is all hinting that something big might be coming. That's why we are getting so little scenes, why buddie is "pulling away". Also the fact that Ana is just here as Eddie's love interest and has literally no personality whatsoever is making me believe she's just being used as a background character. Even David (Michael's partner) has more personality than her and I think this is done on purpose. I believe something is gonna happen and this might all lead to Carla's appearance in an upcoming episode which could be the turning point of this storyline. Cocoa hinted that Carla will be coming back and she might be anti Ana (and possibly team buck). Will she knock some sense into Eddie? I really hope so

This took me an hour but it's here... Am I a clown? Yes. Am I reaching? Probably. But I had to get it out of my chest... Buddie is coming

[key-lime-soda]

RE: resippy tiem :)

Okay, so what I said earlier in that one response to that one ask: It was like... almost sorta an overstatement when I said that I had multiple recipes prepared, as 1) I have many more for Maiko (which I will elaborate on tomorrow or something, it's getting kinda late) 2) I don't have like... exact recipes? More like, general ingredients and ideas that'd fit together for Jackson, which I normally forget but I very likely will look through the Jackson Trace Time Tab (doesn't exist, i'll just look back at like. what i've seen of him) and I can gather more ideas coherently then and 3) It often isn't like! A full recipe! Sometimes I just look at some of Jackson's dialogue and go "Hm. Yeah. That's a grilled answer if I've ever seen one." and then go on with my day.

Anyways! Going back to Maiko's Recipes, (not sure if I even brought that up) you once said that she enjoyed making french toast of sorts: I think that she'd like to ham that stuff up with decorations, just because like! I think she's somewhat of an overachiever in an early stage, and also she cares about the appearance of something quite a lot-- that's what being too invested in cooking competitions can do to someone, man. Citing this ask, Maiko enjoys rice pudding and french toast, implying she enjoys sweet foods with a strong savory undertone, and ones that start out simple but can be modified to the chef and eater's likes and dislikes- which I think shows the level of care between father and daughter here, even in a miniscule way.

Before this, from this ask, the wording of how Maiko wants to join a cooking competition somewhat implies that she favors cooking over baking (or at least that's how I interpreted it) which may be in part due to nurture, Jackson favoring savory, more 'fast-acting' foods over sweeter pastries, with some exceptions, the exceptions being that he seems like the type to go to a local bakery for a croissant when he was busy with work. This might also be a hint into Jackson's personal preferences in food- like I might have mentioned offhandedly before, he seems like the dude to like warmer foods, and also more spicy foods. And like. Based in grains and stuff? He also isn't like, super-heavily carnivorous, not eating meat more than??? Once a day?? But that's just straight up headcanon territory. Also-- So many sauces are just... so fitting for Jackson. I had an actual recipe earlier, but I doubt I could find it in my mindscape now.

One of the recipes I had laid out for him was almost a sort of birria taco? But weird, with more vegetables, a greater citrus-y (specifically lime) presence and a thicker broth. Like. A rich, multi-leveled flavor with a solid base sorta dish. I think the meat inside the weird taco (like i MIGHT have said, i can never describe these recipes thinking back on them) was chicken, which doesn't say much other than I like chicken tacos.

ANYWAYS this was a long and rambly ask, really sorry about how incomprehensible this is, i'll probably swoop back in with more recipe stuff tomorrow-ish? Because i am Tired and Not Thinking As Precisely As I Should Be- Goodnight!

(also sorry if I mischaracterized either of the guys mentioned in this-- i tend to get lost in my own headcanons with characters, very sorry if this did happen)

wow ok that's a lot to unpack (I'm smiling like an idiot btw)

your way of interpreting characters is so interesting??? like u think of food components when you hear certain things. I'm gonna study u so much cuz that's really cool. I think I kinda do the same but with colors? I hear noises and think of colors if that makes sense.

also I love ur headcanons. plz never apologize for making them, it makes me so happy. I'd say half of them are right tbh so congrats!!

few response notes! :3

Maiko would definitely go all out and make the fanciest French Toast ever. She wants to make her dad proud, y'know? And as much as he appreciates it, he still inhales the whole thing in like 3 minutes because this man is always late for work.

Rice pudding is like a comfort food for her. Reminds her of Jackson cuz he's the one who always makes it for her. She likes to make French Toast because it's Jackson's favorite breakfast. He probably doesn't like it too sweet though.

She does favor cooking over baking because she hates using an oven. It's so hot inside and has a risk of burning yourself and that scares her. If your properly trained, you can easily avoid burning yourself with a stove (as long as you avoid hot oil too, which isn't her forte either)

Her love of cooking came from watching cooking shows all day when she was really little. Cartoons only play in the mornings back then so she'd watch a Food Network kind of channel in the afternoons. Maiko is autistic, and cooking is her special interest.

Jackson actually does really like meat. Beef is probably his favorite. He doesn't eat it that often because he's not that wealthy and can't afford it (remember: he's a private detective who gets paid the bare minimum, and lives with a college student. they're both broke losers)

He definitely eats a lot of rice. Inherited from his dad, who grew up on a rice farm.

that taco goes hard /pos

this was fun, I'd love to do this again <333