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I should also say that the one I really love is Penguin! so I ship him with a ton of people. From the standard (Killer or Shachi) to Katakuri (for some reason)
oh if you are wondering: "how are Law and Penguin childhood friends?" there's a Law novel that explains the forming of the hearts pirates - they've been together literally SINCE LAW WAS 13. That's 13 years my dude! Though i'm not sure myself if the law novel is canon lol
oh yeah and PENGUIN WAS LAW'S FIRST PATIENT WITH THE OP OP FRUIT (besides Law himself). bruh come on - do you see the vision? TwT
#penguin one piece#law one piece#lawpeng#one piece#trafalgar law#law x penguin#penguin op#i am not picky with who penguin is with#i just want him to have more love#and please like#have one animated scene where he fights after timeskip#we only saw Shachi do anything on winner island
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Hi. I am adamant that I don't end 2024 without returning to this place. So I'm making a POST!! Unfortunately I no longer watch very many series at once (basically in my 3-4 month absence I watched... Affair, Jack & Joker, and currently Spare Me Your Mercy (on ep 7), one at a time at a time, and... dat's it) and I may end up needing to heavily filter things I'm not into to figure out how to use Tumblr in a more chilllll way. I wll probably sadly be even less of a reliable message responder. BUT. I WILL MAKE IT WORK. I've missed it here so muhuhuhuch and I simply cannot believe after telling myself adjusting to my new job would be easier than last year (and it was, at first!! until my second job started and I forgot I am a total wreck at the 6-day work week), so I wouldn't have to disappear off the internet, I went and disappeared off the internet. Boo, hiss. If I may whine for a bit: Life has been very hard lately :( At the end of October my beloved bird got sick - they are better now but it was a scary horrible handful of weeks - then my close friend got sick, then I got sick, then my close friend got much sicker, then I got much sicker (shit tier COVID for the past two weeks straight), so you see, I haven't been out having an exciting life, I've been pining sadly for the internet while life has been cruel and unusual to me and my favorite people and creatures.
But I'm ringing the new year in by tumbling!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#dear diary#how have you all been?#oh and BY THE WAY#if you changed your username please tell me who you are lol i am going to be so lost at the outset of this#but it's worth it... it's worth it!!!#i am not watching heart killers sadly my brain is picky right now and gmmtv is just not hitting#we're stalled at like ep8 of pluto and i do want to continue that soon but the gmmtv bullshit was still getting to me#and otherwise i don't even really know the landscape right now#i'm so behind and watching so little#that penguin becomes human BL is still on my to watch list though i tell ya
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Shopping with the Heart Pirates
I am not sure if these are in character or not, I just messed around with a few ideas I felt would fit with each character from the limited screen time we saw and of course a few fan theories enjoy. I also used second person when talking about Bepo before switching to S/O for all the others. I couldn't find the right wording for Bepo.
🐻❄️Bepo🐻❄️
🐻❄️Bepo is the best person bear to shop with.
🐻❄️He loves giving positive feedback when shopping, and helping with outfits he finds best.
🐻❄️Though his choice of clothing is a bit odd, picking mostly animal prints or shirts that have a bear face on them.
🐻❄️He can also carry a lot of shopping or grocery bags easily without complaining.
🐻❄️His favorite part of any shopping trip is when he gets treated, he loves ice cream and sweet treats. Sitting and enjoying the ending of the day talking about all things that you had purchased.
🐻❄️He just was so happy when you chose/asked him to go shopping with him.
🐻❄️You are in charge of the shopping most of the time even when Law gave you
🐻❄️He would apologize if he picked the wrong outfit you didn’t like. Or picking the wrong fruit or vegetables. But he does have a keen eye when it comes to shopping for fish or meat knowing by just smelling if it is good or bad.
🐻❄️Of course, he would love to shop for his Captain to find little trinkets that his captain would like. Law does have a drawer full of little trinkets Bepo bought him. Law does secretly love and keep them.
🐧Penguin🐧
🐧Shopping with Penguin is more serious but fun
🐧He cares more about grocery shopping than clothes, but he will still have fun regardless.
🐧He finds amusement in shopping for penguin merchandise just to get his S/O. The more Penguin stuff his S/O has the more excited he gets. (Almost like he is claiming S/O)
🐧Shopping with him is a bit more organized than with Bepo or Shachi. He is more in the lead as he and his S/O stop at grocery stands picking up ripe fruits and vegetables. Or fresh meat, fish, or pork.
🐧He does have a grocery list of meal plans he has for the month/weeks.
🐧Clothes shopping is a bit more of a mess, he wears nothing but coveralls normally, but he will give his S/O fashion advice. It would be better than Bepo but with Penguin prints instead.
🐧If done grocery shopping he will wonder with his S/O and if they like trinkets or something he would buy for them.
🐧He loves trying new fruits/vegetables/meat that comes from the island before buying it. He wants to make sure the quality is worthy of his captain who is a bit of a picky eater.
🐋Shachi 🐋
🐋Shopping with Sachi is more relaxed.
🐋He isn’t very well versed in shopping for groceries like Penguin.
🐋But unlike Penguin he does put more thought into fashion for days when does go off the Polar Tang without coveralls.
🐋He loves trying on hats, any hats that would work with his hairstyle and not ruin it. Him and his S/O spending hours wearing so many different hats.
🐋He will have more funny buying goofier items for the Polar Tang…~~maybe a dirty magazine or two that he would share with Penguin~~
🐋He is useless in grocery shopping but willing to try new things all the time. A new bag of chips with a new flavor he had never heard of, he would buy and share with his S/O and discuss what they just ate.
🐋He likes wandering around the shops finding anything of interest.
🐅Law🐅
🐅Law hates shopping, getting him off the Polar Tang is a hassle.
🐅He will spend most of his time wandering the street stopping at book stalls, and flipping through the pages before buying the books he finds interesting.
🐅Shachi and Bepo do most of the cloth shopping for him as they have a better sense of style than Law.
🐅And Penguin would be better at shopping for food as Law only shops for the basic.
🐅He does like shopping with his crew, Penguin, Shachi, and Bepo keep him entertained and get him away from work.
🐅He is more willing to try new food with his crew or if his S/O asked.
🐅He does stop to stare at cute plushies for a second or two longer.
🐅If his S/O was staring at something he would buy it when they weren’t looking and gift them later during a private moment.
#penguin one piece#penguin one piece x reader#Penguin one piece headcanons#penguin one piece imagine#shachi#Shachi x reader#Shachi imagine#Shachi headcanon#bepo#bepo headcanons#bepo imagine#one piece headcanons#heart pirates#heart pirates imagine#Heart Pirates headcanon#trafalgar law one piece#one piece law#trafalgar law#trafalgar law x reader#trafalgar law x you#trafalgar law headcanons#trafalgar law imagine
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Writing Interview Tag Game!
This was fun! Thanks for the tag @dr-demi-bee :D!
If I tagged you in an answer and you want to steal it from me, please do. Otherwise...hey friend @captain-castaway // @scrawlingmouse! And open tagging anyone else. There's only a select few I feel I can annoy these days.
Under a readmore because I, per usual, am long winded and do not want to ruin people's dashes.
When did you start writing?
Oh I was quite little, probably 6 or 7? I have a distinct memory of standing in my grandparents' kitchen, showing my step-grandmother a little flip-book I made about a frog when I was around that age. I had some of my poetry published in a children's anthology too. Unfortunately, at that time most of my family were more interested in my math and science scores than anything creative I did.
I got into forum-based roleplay when I was 10 (joined a Warrior Cats guild on Neopets) and from there really, the rest was history. That's why I say that I'm truly an rper at heart, to this day rp and collaboration are still where I have the most fun writing. But otherwise, I got into writing solo stuff when I was 10 or 11 and met friends who actually enjoyed creating as much as I did and didn't treat writing like some weird interest that got in the way of school. And I started writing and posting fanfiction when I was around 14 or 15.
Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?
I'm pretty much in the boat of what you see is what you get. I enjoy sci-fi and fantasy and primarily write sci-fi and fantasy. Specifically, my subgenres could be specified as 'post-apocalypse' and 'urban fantasy' in such a way that they're pretty indistinguishable from each other. High fantasy counts as my guilty pleasure. My reading picks usually follow suit.
I guess the one place where I do split is romance. I tend to write a lot more romance than I read. Honestly, I'm not really a huge fan of reading romance...but I think that's a combination of me being incredibly picky on what I want in a romance and an over-saturation of the market that I'm not willing to put the work into to find exactly what I'm looking for.
Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?
I'm not really trying to emulate any one style or author. I believe it is important to read multiple authors and get an idea of what's out there--both classic and contemporary--but at the end of the day, I do want my own, distinct voice in my works.
That said, I was compared to Gaiman a few times in my creative writing courses in college. Current scandal aside, I still consider it to be a compliment. Funny too, given I've never read any of his works. Also, I list Ray Bradbury as my favorite author...so I'm sure that influences something.
Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?
"Space" is a generous term.
I have a small Asus laptop that I use as a writing computer. It's tiny and portable and can go wherever, thus I write wherever. Primarily at home, I'm either in the living room sitting in the 15-to-20-year-old rocking chair I inherited from my parents or up in my bedroom, which has access to both a gray loveseat and my bed. There's nothing remarkable about either of these places really. My bedroom has some figures and odd knick-knacks, as well as the stuffed penguin and Eeyore pillow I hug or use as lap pillows.
I've also been known to break out the laptop in the break room at work, at my work desk, and at various Paneras/Starbucks/local cafes throughout the city. I like being malleable.
My home desk is currently in a large room filled with boxes, as we're still unpacking from buying a house. I imagine that once it's a little more filled, I'll be more likely to start writing at my desk again. I want to, it does have all of my fun things (figures, charms, the switchblade I bought at the Ren faire, the standee @gothamcityneedsme got of our OCs together), but for now the desktop is used for gaming almost exclusively.
What's your most effective way to muster up a muse?
Music 100%. Want me to write something? Give me a song, explain to me why it fits what you want me to write, and let me go for 2-3 days. I'll come back to you with something.
Also, not being able to write. Catch me daydreaming and plotting while I'm super busy at work. Nothing brings out a muse faster than 2 hours of mouse colony maintenance that I absolutely do not want to be doing.
Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?
Hello, yes, I think way too much about this all the time. My answer to this could be a 5k essay on its own. I am restraining myself.
In late high school/early college, I did a turn-heel on all of the angsty and dark stuff I was roleplaying with my group at the time, and instead got really really into the concept of 'hope as spite.' Hope in the face of all the violence. Hope spitting on the cycles that came before you and promising to do better. That's remained true over the years since, and I think it's where I'm going to be remaining for the rest of my time.
My other biggest thing is probably themes regarding identity. I told my AP English teacher in high school my favorite rhetorical device was mirrors/reflections, and that's still true. Primarily, I really like the concepts of lost and rediscovered identities. Rebuilding yourself after a crisis and discovering what parts of you remain, what parts are gone, and what parts are new and forged in the fire that built you.
Other, more common themes include: intergenerational/familial tensions and trauma, martyr complexes, explorations of death, explorations on love (what is selfish vs selfless and how both are necessary), interplay of light and dark dynamics, and I could probably give a whole Ted Talk on why magical healing is terrifying, actually. Lately, chronic illnesses have been creeping into a lot of my characters as well.
Which is all to say, I think about my favored themes and rhetorical devices a lot. None of them really surprise me anymore. A part of you goes into every bit you write, I think, and those all are surely a part of me in some way, shape, or form.
What is your reason for writing?
If I do not, the urge will eat me alive. I'm mostly kidding, I write for fun and as an outlet and escape from day to day life. However, I have tried to quit multiple times and I always only felt worse at the prospect of never writing again.
Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?
Anything. Anything at all. Writing is an incredibly lonely venture most of the time, and as I said, I'm an rper at heart. If I get anything that signifies there is someone on the other side of the screen enjoying what I'm throwing into the void, it means the world.
That said, I guess the comments that motivate me the most are the ones that actually look and engage with what I've written. Ones that notice little thematics or rhetorical devices that I put into my work, or ones that like the characterizations that I've done (or the real way to my heart, like my OCs). It's something @gothamcityneedsme and I have been doing with each other with our own original stuff for years...so I kinda got used to that and completely forgot that it isn't the norm.
Also, I entered a zine server once after getting accepted and @aevallare informed me one of my application pieces made her feel things. Of course, she had something nice to say to every writer by way of being a sweet human, but it still floored my ass and, quite frankly, I've been chasing that high ever since. It helps on the bad days to remember someone of Alex's caliber found worth in my work...really puts the final nail in the coffin of the imposter syndrome. (And really, please go read her stuff. She's incredible.)
How do you want to be thought about by your readers?
Approachable and honest and genuine. The former is the rper again. I want to talk, I do! I'm just a severely socially anxious mess who can't start a conversation and gets far too nervous about being a bother.
The latter is...well. Look, I'm well aware my writing isn't for everyone, and I don't necessarily want it to be. But I do want it to be honest and something I genuinely wanted to write and put into the world. I also want it to be honest in the sense that I fully believe the messages and emotions I'm trying to convey. A little piece of you goes into everything you write. I don't need everyone to accept or like what I write, but I hope the ones that do know that I mean it.
What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?
Dogged perseverance. Outside forces, chronic illness, depression, and imposter syndrome have all attempted to get me to give up writing multiple times in my life. They've nearly succeeded more than once...but nothing has actually succeeded yet.
Also weird, philosophical character studies that no one actually wants, if we're going on a more technical "what's your best form of writing" route.
How do you feel about your own writing?
On the days where I'm trying to build confidence? It's the best thing ever. On the worst of the worst days? I'm one click away from deleting everything I've ever publicly posted.
In general, I'm in the middle. I'm a tiny fandom writer with minimal engagement and no intentions of publishing anytime soon (if ever). But I'm also having fun and I like what I write. That's enough...that's all it needs to be. It can be incredibly frustrating and demotivating at times for any number of reasons, but it's also some of the most fun I've ever had, and at this point I think it's safe to say that I'm never trading that in.
Love what kills you, and when it doesn't it'll make you stronger. Or something.
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May 🏋🏻 2024 Monthly - Capricorn
Preshuffle: Justice, Ace of Swords, Justice, a decision is definitely being made, you’ve received all of the clarity you need on a romantic situation. Either it ends here, or it’s time to begin, some of it - simultaneously.
Meditation: Just a song for you, “Knock Three Times”, you always get the older ones, it makes me laugh. And your door was there to knock on. Simple and cute. I’m loving the song 🥰
Main energy: Knight of Swords
I’m just…what? Capricorn is being confrontational? Getting information? Making themselves clear? Drawing a line in the sand? Not leaving any room for confusion? Whew ��� That’s attractive af, some of y’all tend to be emotionally constipated and have a hard time communicating openly. If this Knight is not you, and it’s someone else, consider the emotionally constipated message. *Someone* is acting this way, it’s this or that. 9 Wands clarifies…it’s been difficult to get something started. Or restarted even, you could be healing a connection and having a brand new beginning with them, or you could be meeting someone new and forming a brand new connection. Manifesting love ❤️ That’s the goal, and if not love then a genuine connection, there is no time for games with these kinds of swords. Very mature of you, I assume it’s you.
What’s going on in May:
Ace of Swords:
Yassss. Communication, clarity, seeing the light 💡 on a situation, this can be an idea that hits you suddenly, the truth. This could be the “where is this going?” conversation or just being completely transparent about your own wants, needs, and long term desires. 2 Wands clarifies with planning the next step, you’re not diving to into anything you’re not prepared for, whatever you’re doing is being done in the most prepared, honest, intelligent way. Or if someone else, then you can count on this person, they make damn sure they’re clear as crystal - no room for interpretation here 💯 You go back and forth on someone’s feelings, maybe your own. Could be same sex or platonic, two Queens showing up, and the goal is victory. Deep connection. Mutual love. So someone is getting to the point of it all, here’s what I want, here’s how I feel, etc., so they may hopefully reach victory, cooperation, the next step. A second date, whichever. I really like this energy 💜
6 Wands:
You want victory, success, overcoming a stage of difficulty - Penguin is at the bottom of the animal oracles, Strength clarifying shows you or someone else has held back how they really feel about something. This. You. Where it’s going. You want this new beginning, The Fool shows you’re ready to take a leap into love, friendship, adventure (also at the bottom). You’re ready for the fun parts of this, enough of the awkwardness or hesitating already. If there’s been some kind of drama, you want to move on from that peacefully.
8 Wands:
There are a lot of messages, a lot of communication going on, I’m kinda surprised by this energy from you. Maybe you’re an airy kind of person, have air placements, or are dealing with someone that does. The Hanged Man clarifies - more beautiful energy - showing you’ve gained perspective in this situation, and want to share all that you know. It doesn’t necessarily have to be with this person, maybe you’ve been dating awhile, you understand the dance of “I don’t know you & let’s act weird for the first few weeks.” You’ve passed this already, either you meet someone initially and it’s like “Here’s who I am and what I want, now you.”, or you’ve had it out with someone - could be minor - and you are like “Lesson learned.” Because you care, you want cooperation from this person, and you’re ready for FUN. Or they are 💯 Your energies of Raspberry & Purple Brick can show pickiness, high standards, fear, unnecessary worries - either that’s going on internally, you’re dealing with that kind of emotion form someone else, or you are the hesitant one and they’re like 👏 chop 👏 chop let’s do this 👏. 9 Cups at the bottom, this is what you want, you or they just aren’t trying to make any wrong decisions.
3 Pentacles:
This is the hope & desire, everyone working together equally in tandem, everyone on the same page feeling-wise. If you’re dealing with a romantic connection, King of Pentacles is here to match the Queen. Having seen the other Queen earlier, someone may have had a difficult relationship that’s now over, and this is the new one, the intention is that this goes how it should, no confusion, no outside parties, no bs. The Pentacles pair mean business. Doesn’t have to be romantic with the other Queen, it could be a friend, coworker, sibling, whoever - or just the deeper feelings of one, and the partners here are just being clear as day to boundaries, what this is, what effort we’re putting in, could be a nanny/babysitter for the kids - if that applies. If a 3rd energy exists at all, it feels transactional, someone you hire (or pay child support to idk). Not someone in the way. It’s possible this 3rd energy has a crush or something, like the babysitter flirts with your person, and it’s just immediate no. Not only no, but they’re not coming back, enjoy your life Susie. Boundaries are being upheld, there is respect and teamwork between two (maybe three) people, and it’s a beautiful thing.
The World:
Clarified by Justice. 10 Cups at the bottom. The correct, responsible, balanced, fair decisions are being made - no foolery. Idk why I keep saying that but it’s important. Happy family, the fairy tale ending, the long term dream is at the bottom of the deck, no one here is playing with that energy. It’s like once you know what you want, that’s what you want and that’s the end of it, isn’t it? I’m not seeing Libra energy strongly, maybe with this Knight, but I’m definitely feeling it - the whole reading is balanced, being very clear, wanting a healthy and transparent connection moving forward - in love. Justice ⚖️ For many. Friendship or partnership for others, you could be working with a couple on something and just being very clear where you stand - if so, it’s appreciated. I don’t get any ill feelings from any direction 💜
Signs you may be dealing with:
Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aries, Leo, Aquarius & Libra
Oracle: ✨
Hesitation 🤔
Decision - Confusion - Worry
Care 🤗
Parenthood - Patron - Support
Blue Heron 🐦
“Make a stand for what you believe in and do what feels right in spite of any judgement or disapproval from others.”
Trust your deepest sense of knowing what the right action is and do it, and don’t rely on others to tell you what to do or how to act. Not everyone will approve of the decisions you make, and if your choice goes against the grain of what others expect from you, you’ll no doubt run into criticism and judgement. Stand still and look around you. You’re doing just fine in spite of others’ assessments of you. Besides, your greatest & most fulfilling support comes from that place inside that guides you by revealing signs that tell you which path to follow. Heeding these signs keeps you in alignment with your true path. You may have to put both feet in the water and dredge through others disapproval, asserting yourself where needed. Trust in your inner knowing, and let it be the source of your strength to keep moving forward.
We enter into May as:
Righteous Raspberry 💅🏽:
“I have the same high standards for myself as I do for others.”
This is a message to lighten up! Notice your present attitude towards others. Perhaps you’re being too hard on yourself, and others as well. Allow others to be as they are. Supporting others around you creates allies. Watch your expectations, you could be setting yourself up for disappointment. You cannot be satisfied if you expect others to live up to standards you can’t even live up to. Besides, others are not you. Do it wrong, mess it up, have flaws. Trying to make the world perfect will only exhaust and alienate. Allow things to simply be. Look for what’s right in your world.
What is to be learned in May:
Royal Purple Brick 🧱
“She resists what she clings to.”
The fear of stepping out, of being abused, has grown so great that you no longer need a wall of fear to prevent you from living - a simple brick will do. Which of course symbolizes that what frightens you is much smaller than you imagine. What we resist, we cannot heal. Royal Purple Brick appears when we are resisting something, and may indicate a loss of faith. This is a sign of fear holding you back in some way and preventing you from moving forward. If you are experiencing pain, holding on tighter will only worsen the situation. Fear may also indicate you’re trying to save yourself from a path that will not serve you! Are you following your true passion? Is it divinely guided?
This can also indicate presently using your energy in a self-defeating way. Use your courage to let go of control and allow Spirit to come in and heal you. The promise of Royal Purple Brick is freedom after surrender. In letting go you may feel some discomfort, but you’ll also allow healing in. The fear of something is always greater than the actual event. This time period will be a life changing experience for you. Accept mystery. Release the brick and be free.
Purple may be a lucky color 💜
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Hey, Newspring! Welcome to the world of TUMBLERMON.
My name is Tseed, Professor Tseed if you may. (You should)
I study this Tumbrymon creatures as my proffesion and the culture each has been adapted to in this ever-changing nowadays place on the Tumbler Region.
Well now, today must be a great day for you as you're getting your first ever Tumblymon partner. Me myself am very honored to be the one to bestow your newfound bestie.
Here, give them a quick looksie before you pick yours!
Reactslug, The Power Slug pokemon. A little slow but it sure do react like a brick. Its said this thing drags around a little sorta power generator for plants... (some sorta nuclear photosynthesis battery for nearby plants that makes plants jolly and happy of sorts I guess... anyhoo-) It likes to react to the flowers bloom and cherish on its surroundings thanks to this effect it possesses over them. A pretty healthy symbiotic relationship I'd say.
Hellkitty, the Little Kittycat pokemon. A very energetic and caring partner. This cat-bunny-creacher likes sharing berries and showing affection towards other of its species. The happier it feels, the taller its ear flames spark. It also says here that it comes from a region where all critters are friends and love each other and help themselves heal from any ailments, supposedly. Huh. Cute!
Flashclub, the Social Penguin Pokemon. Very sociable and friendly little skrunklo. (Who wrote this...?) Their flashy little natural habitat disappeared one day, they all now live making little clubs amongst themselves like tiny little members on a society! Neat, I guess! It likes dancing and has a few entertaining activities to do like clothing and cooking pizza? (Play cards, pirates, puzzles...? Did a Flashclub wrote this or what?) Sure why not. Let's not trust all we read and just say the like waddling around in groups, how about that?
THEN SO.
Time to get picky, which of these will be YOURS one true partner-
(as in pet friend- you know what I mean)
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15 Questions, 15 8 but kinda 11 Mutuals
1. Are you named after anyone?
I don't *think* so. My grandma's name kind of sounds like my middle name but I don't think I am technically named after her.
2. When was the last time you cried?
Today! Over a cute video of a penguin. Though like full breaking down sobbing it would be this past Sunday because my FIL is a dick.
3. Do you have kids?
Cat children yes. Real human children? No. And IDK if I ever will. I used to be on the No children at all train but over the past few months some thoughts have been thunk
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
I. Struggle with sarcasm so is it weird that the answer is I don't know? I think I might but IDK what is sarcasm and what is a joke. Or if there's a difference? Does that make sense? I'm confused.
5. What sports do you play/have played?
Iiii played softball but it was like. Church softball so IDK if it counts. And I was on the colorguard and a ballroom dancer through out high school so can that count?
6. What's the first thing you notice about people?
Their voice probably. Or the way they smell. Both of those things sound weird I'm sorry.
7. What's your eye color?
A greenish color
8. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy Endings. I am so sorry I am such a pansy I cannot do scary things.
9. Any special talents?
OKAY OKAY. I can't think of anything so I'm gonna share this. I can... taste something new... and tell you exactly what it tastes like. Like I can tap into every taste and smell I have ever tasted and smelled and tell you exactly what something tastes or smells like. Is that a talent?
10. Where were you born?
In a hospital! no um. In Florida. In the same town I live. Sadly
11. What are your hobbies?
I! like toooo write with my friends sometimes? And watch (certain) anime and play (certain) video games. okay (certain) makes it sound dirty I'm just Really picky okay
12. Do you have pets?
My two kitty children ;-; Poptart and Sam
13. How tall are you?
I am 5'2'' (157.48 cm)
14. Favorite subject in school?
It used to be history and English, but I've come to terms with the fact that I'm actually a math girlie. (That felt gross to say)
15. Dream job?
My dream job is to be the long lost grandchild of a very rich person who dies under mysterious circumstances and bequeaths a good portion of their wealth to me. OKAY SO One person I wanted to tag was @exquisitefrogprince but she was tagged by the last person, and she is MOST LIKELY gonna tag @myfunnyvalentinebean and @nicandragon so I probably shouldn't tag them (though I just did but--!) I will taaag @birdbrainrot @moryofinwe @faehal @sebastian-moran-has-arrived @estinyans @albert-harebrayne @nyxfaei @whimsicalrealist how many is that HA me like "i'm a math girly" then I can't count hold on... I could tag more but I don't wanna bother people :sob: OKAY 8 err 11 it is!
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Dream Maker| Austin Butler! Elvis Presley
@thatbanditqueen @shelbygeek
masterlist
There was one thing that Sylvie was good at and it was making sure the right girls were introduced to Elvis and the boys and if a wrong one stuck through there would be hell to pay.
Part One of Two
Nashville
1956
“There are a lot of pretty girls out there,” Billy commented to Sylvie who was sitting in the armchair her legs slung over the arm of it. “So? What do you want me to do about it?”
“Uh, your job,” DJ added as he picked up the gossip magazine she had on her lap and started flipping through it.
Smirking, she met his eyes, “I am doing my job Darlin’, keeping you four clowns out of trouble.”
That was part of her main job especially after they all had gotten arrested. “I am not what was it that you called it Billy? Pussy patrol.” Her face flushed a dark red but the smirk never faded. She was starting to enjoy the new personality traits she was getting by being with Elvis and his crew.
“Sylvia!” Elvis exclaimed coming into the room just in time to hear her comment, the Penguin man as Sylvie still called him behind him. Eyes narrowed in displeasure. He hated Sylvia, she was like a little annoying fly that he couldn’t get rid of. And trust him, he tried. But Elvis refused to get rid of her. For whatever reason.
“What? I’m just repeating what they have said. Not my fault they forget I’m a lady.” She batted her dark eyelashes at Elvis. “Lady my left foot,” DJ complained before shutting his mouth quickly, he was dangerously getting close to breaking a couple of rules that Elvis had set up.
And the biggest one after not talking about his mama was, you don’t disrespect Sylvie.
The other man held his hands up in defense.
“Just was suggesting that she can get us some girls for tonight. That’s all. Sylvie knows our tastes.’ 'The only man I am supposed to be looking after is him.’
She tilted her head towards Elvis, she had made a promise to his Mama about it. Her first and only priority was Elvis Presley and his happiness.
“But Sylvie baby,” Bill started as he knelt next to the armchair and took one of her hands into his.
Her dark eyes narrowed, she should have known that he wasn’t going to let this go so easily, especially not when he had that knowing smirk on his face. All Elvis had to do was say he wanted some girls to come and she would do it. And she knew that without looking at Elvis that he was going to ask her to bring some girls backstage. “Hell, maybe you should even get a man for yourself,” DJ added with a smirk.
“You know damn well that she won’t. She is too picky.” Elvis commented firmly, taking a seat on the free arm of the chair she was in. “And it was you and your daddy that made sure I had high standards.”
“Please Sylvie baby.” Billy pleaded, causing her to take a deep breath and raise her eyes to the ceiling.
“El, do you want girls?” The question seemed innocent to the others but to Elvis and Sylvie, it meant something different to them.
The boys and the Colonel just didn’t know the truth about the nature of their relationship. At first, he avoided her gaze before nodding his head.
“Fine, I will see what I can do.” “Thank you Syl, you are the best!” Bill exclaimed before pressing a kiss against her lips.
“Yeah, yeah.” She muttered as she slid her feet back into her flats and stood up.
The Colonel caught her elbow and turned her to look at him.
“Let go of me now.” She demanded, the jovial mood she had been in had faded and she was replaced by the girl that took everything the Colonel was too cowardly to take care of. “I am going to do my job. And I don’t need any of your fucking warnings.”
All the boys froze and looked at Sylvie, sure she swore but it was never the F word. Elvis, who had slipped down into her empty seat, stood up and pulled her back to him, “I got this.” He said over her head before he led her out of the room.
“Baby, you can’t be talking to him like that.” He started once the door was shut and they were alone in the hallway. “Are you kidding me?” She wrenched her arm out of his hold, the sadness and hurt that she had been hiding behind the jovial wall was showing through and for the first time, Elvis was seeing how much she hurt. It was at first to keep the facade up, mostly when Roberta was with them but now it was harder. It was as if they were both mourning a relationship they never really got to have.
“I do everything for you boys. I wash your clothes, I make sure that you have everything you need before and after the shows. I am off to choose girls for you. Like I am fucking Madame at whore house El. that’s not what I signed up for. I was just supposed to be something from home.”
The tears that she had held back for weeks slipped down her cheeks leaving dark mascara marks in their wake. He cupped her cheeks and ran his thumbs along the path.
“Do you know how hard it is to do this? Bring girls back to you and watch you with them? When I know in here,” She touched where his heart was at, “That I love you. And it kills me every single time when I bring those girls back.”
“Oh baby,” He started pressing a kiss to her mouth, “I love you too, but you know The Colonel will send you back home in a heartbeat if he knew. And I don’t want you out of my sight for more than the shows.”
When Sylvie turned 16 and he was 18, they both realized they had feelings for one another. But the Penguin man refused to have him in the relationship. So they stole these quick moments together. And thankfully all backstage areas were the same and she would point out which ones were free quietly to him.
He kept pressing kisses to her mouth as he backed them toward the dressing room. “What’re you doin’?” She questioned as her fingers were already working on the belt.
He laughed lowly, she already knew where they were going and she would never stop him from doing this, she never did. It was one of those things. He freed his hand and pushed the door open.
“Thirty minutes until showtime baby.’ She reminded against his mouth. Elvis nodded once and turned them around so her back was resting against the door. His hands stole up her skirt to push the material of her panties away. “Good thing we can be quick.”
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“Where is he? God damn it!” The Colonel called, causing Sylvie to whine and Elvis to pull away from her neck. “Every fucking time.” He breathed as he thrust into her one final time before pulling out of her.
“We will finish this later.” His dark eyes were on her as she smoothed her skirt back down around her knees.
“Promise?” She returned as he tucked himself back into his underwear.
“Promise.” Hearing the Colonel’s voice getting closer, she straightened herself up and stepped out of the room.
“Have you seen him?”
“Last I saw him he was going to get a drink. I offered to get it for him but he insisted on going on his own.” She offered him a small smirk before she walked away quickly going to where she could see the girls. One of the boys who traveled with them nodded his head at her and then started pointing out some of the girls that he had noticed that would be good for any of the boys.
“Alright Richie, what four lucky girls should have their dreams come true tonight?’
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Roberta Smith had been thrilled, she and her friends had been picked to go backstage and meet Elvis and the band. This had been her one goal, get Elvis. And become his girl. But she wasn’t expecting trouble in the form of Sylvia Adams who was now sitting on Elvis’s lap holding a bottle of Pepsi in one hand and waving her free hand around. Whatever story she was telling was getting laughter from the group.
“You know my dear.’ A heavily accented voice said from behind her, “I think you and I should work together.” Roberta turned to look at the Colonel surprised, “How so?” They all had heard stories about him and how he tried to control everything that Elvis and his group did. “You get him.” He pointed his cane at the couple, “And I get rid of her. It’s a win-win situation.”
#ash writes#oc: sylvie adams#oc: sylvie presley#series: burnin love#series: burning love verison two#austin butler! elvis presley fan fiction#austin butler! elvis presley oc#austin bulter! elvis x sylvie
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A Sunny Place for Shady People. By Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell). Penguin, 2024.
Rating: 3/5 stars
Genre: short stories, supernatural/horror
Series: N/A
Summary: Welcome to Argentina and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical imagination of Mariana Enriquez. In twelve spellbinding new stories, Enriquez writes about ordinary people, especially women, whose lives turn inside out when they encounter terror, the surreal, and the supernatural. A neighborhood nuisanced by ghosts, a family whose faces melt away, a faded hotel haunted by a girl who dissolved in the water tank on the roof, a riverbank populated by birds that used to be women—these and other tales illuminate the shadows of contemporary life, where the line between good and evil no longer exists.
***Full review below.***
CONTENT WARNINGS: violence, crime/poverty, blood, disturbing imagery, drug use, rape, suicide, fatphobia, ableism, animal cruelty/death, allusion to genocide, allusion to self harm, disordered eating, child death
I happened upon this book by chance and decided to pick it up because I like scary stuff. Overall, there were some things that were very memorable about these stories, but in the end, I don't think it quite hit on the themes it claims it does. I also am not sure if there was anything lost in translation, so I have to evaluate my reading experience based on the English translation alone.
I think Enriquez is very good at creating unsettling supernatural characters and elements. She certainly excels at body horror and generally creates settings that feel tense, thus highlighting the unnaturalness of the environment.
However, I also think the prose tended to lean heavily on telling, which could over-explain some things while also sucking some dread out of the mood. I'm not sure if this is a reflection of the original writing or the translation, so someone who read this collection in Spanish will have to comment on that.
I'm also not entirely sure if the stories can be said to explore coherent themes. There were some that definitely felt that they were trying to do something: I loved the first story, for example, which discusses poverty and the breakdown of community and community guilt. But there were others that just kind of felt like they were being creepy and that's it. That's not a bad thing, but I'm picky.
And as a (perhaps) minor note: There is one story in here that makes use of the case of Elisa Lam. I'm not sure how to handle this story; it didn't feel overly exploitative or disrespectful, but I'm not sure how to think about fiction that plays with tragic stories when the victim's friends and families are still alive.
TL;DR: A Sunny Place for Shady People is definitely a memorable horror collection with elements that will stick in your mind. But it does have uneven prose and could have pursued some of its themes better.
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so fun stuff fun stuff i have an ace pride pin on my pencil case and that is just about as open as i am about identifying as asexual due to my whole "a single-word label is never able to fully encompass the range of complex self-understanding and emotions of a person" approach to gender and sexuality and i really really don't want to get into the whole asexuality thing in relation to my own identity because that is wayyyy too closely linked to the darker parts of my personal history and i really don't need anybody to know. so subtlety it is, because i am also of the belief that it makes for a good nod to anybody who cares enough to even know the flag on the pin. but i have a friend who is ace too and with whom i have had that talk about my personal experiences around sex and attraction and just general intimacy and tactility but she has very little awareness that, while nominally open about my identity, i do in fact keep very quiet about it because i dont. want. people. to. ask.
cue to me handing her my pencil case fully aware that the pride pin is on there and she sometimes doesnt consider what she is saying and her immediately almost word for word repeating our conversation about it (not getting into personal history, but still quoting my approach to attraction (namely the "i dont swing at all" annecdote/quote from aftg because i am lame like that and it just fits as a description)) and a guy who i am fairly sure has a middling to major crush on me (which is weird for ANOTHER whole host of reasons) but who is also the most respectful person that i know is sitting right in front of me for all of that.
additional fun fact: i like my personal space, i am really picky about who i am okay with touching and that doesn't always correlate to whether or not i like people, that's a whole thing too.
additional additional fun fact: i have another whole THING™ about only telling people if they ask because i don't owe anybody my identity and asexuality allows the comfort of not needing to communicate to the people i am attracted to as there aren't any. and i don't care otherwise because, again, me and my (sort of involuntary) label have an ambivalent relationship since I DONT LIKE LABELS but we also live in a hellscape of a world where everything needs to be categorizable.
On the same day we had the ace-pin reveal (seriously, this pin has been on there for years now, get with it and learn the flags, people!) i offered the guy a goodbye hug because he is an emotional shipwreck right now and seemed like he needed it but, again, i dislike people in my personal space so this was a bit of an occasion™. safe to say he was perplexed at me offering a hug.
and here we are three days later with the guy asking me if that goodbye hug was weird or not (again, very nice dude who really likes respecting other people's boundaries). and then we get to the "was that weird because of "that penguin-pin on your pencil case"" and i have a grown ass man asking if i do not like people in my personal space because i am asexual and if that is a general asexuality thing and UGH this is precisely what i mean - i immediately have to explain that a) i am neither a representative of the identity i possess nor the community that it comes with b) that this community is NOT a monolith and c) i at most use asexual as a shorthand to get the "i don't want to date you fuck off" point across and don't feel that it, as either label or identity, fully encompasses my personal experience. and i REALLY don't want to get into the reasons for all of that so bless the guy for being good about boundaries and respecting mine. and not asking too many questions about it because NOPE we are not getting into the whole mess that is me and my relationship with sex and romance if there is any way i can avoid it. and in the moment my nervous system was on high alert because this conversation has the potential to go in a very bad direction for me. but i am reasonably sure that i will have to face the "why do you only talk about it when asked" question as well as the "so what does asexual even mean" conversation with this dude because our entire relationship is deep talking about personal problems until three am.
and on a last side note: i think the only people in my life that haven't yet gotten the gist of "i don't want to date anybody i do not care for sexual encounters get lost leave me alone in a hut in the woods with a barn full of animals pLEASE" are my parents and my best friend (although they are all aware of the fact that i am LIKE THAT, they are just not aware that there is a somewhat correspondent identity and label that i could utilize). in their case i am reasonably certain that, where my identity and lifestyle are currently accepted, giving it a name would only serve to "other" me, especially with regards to my dad who understands queerness only in the stereotypes of gay men and lesbian women. but at least my best friend needs to get with it sooner or later or one of my friends will assume she's in on it and be unable to keep their mouth shut (probably the same friend who was talking about the pin, she has bad impulse control and it is forgiven as the existence and meaning of the pin are public knowledge, so long people know to decode it (which, seriously, it's the year 2024 and this label has been around longer than my grandma).
so guess what my weekend plans will be, what great joy…. (for context: my best friend is my childhood best friend who is straighter than a ruler and has about negative understanding of queerness, meaning that, where in my university bubble most people know about asexuality and usually go about it in a "are you ace?" way, my best friend will need the whole kit and caboodle of Asexuality101 full frontal coming out and just the thought drains my life-force)
but hey, at least i am now kind of officially out to everybody in my university bubble so that is a win (though my friends who know already knew it without asking (and then asked))
#really tempted to just hit my best friend with the wikipedia article and “me” and then just having that be it but alas that's not her humor#but that would no doubt lead to a very lengthy phone call where she'd ask me to explain myself and i don't want to do this over the phone#so maybe that's what we'll do right before she drives down on thursday for sushi and deep-talk#my favorite “we know” thing was a friend going yeah no you are the kind of person who when confronted with a fork in the road where one#leads to a woman and the other to a man would just turn around and run the other direction#which a) why so binary and b) the most accurate description of my approach to dating that i have ever heard#i am team “sorry i won't be in the country for a few months” as a response to being asked out#asexual ramblings
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Anh Nguyen
Looking for a BIG!
Year: 3rd
Major/Minor: Bio Sci/Criminology
Favorite Color: Blue (navy)
Favorite Snacks: Cheez it’s and alani x kim k drink!
Favorite Video Game Franchises: Minecraft, club penguin, and purple palace
About: I am from Buena Park. My favorite hobby is going on walks, hiking, eating, THRIFTING, and my favorite TV show are Friends, the 100, the Micks, and Modern Family. My favorite type music is indie/hyperpop but sometimes when I need to be awake or working out, EDM. I loveeee playing tennis and honestly just running errands too. I think my love language is quality time so I can a lot of fun doing almost anything like I think I would have fun getting a car wash.
What are you looking for in your future Big/Little?: I think I like someone who is friendly and easy to talk to. Honestly I don’t really mind who I get! I think everyone that I’ve met so far is cool so I’m not picky. :)
#biosci#criminology#little#minecraft#clubpenguin#purplepalace#hiking#walks#thrifting#indie#hyperpop#tennis
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not everyone's computer is going to be able to handle loading chunks upon chunks at the speed the penguin is suggesting. i just got a new laptop, but i'm not confident how it would even handle a normal ice highway. maybe i just don't keep worlds long enough to warrent that much long distance travel, and i'm picky about my seeds in the first place, so i don't see it as a big priority.
(although now that i intend to keep my current world for years if i can, maybe that will change.)
i just. don't see the penguin as very useful and whenever i see anyone rooting for it i guess i just don't understand the appeal over the crab and armadillo, whom i am going back and forth over who will get my vote.
i've found myself wanting a longer reach in quite a few situations, and while i want the dog armor, i'm salty that that's not something they would just make craftable, (yanno, ALONG WITH HORSE ARMOR....)
but just bc that's a thing i think makes sense and is reasonable doesn't mean the devs would actually do it. quite the opposite, actually, usually.
basically i'm torn between the usefulness of the crab and the utility i can see the rest of the community also sees in it - and the love of minecraft dogs that so many of us share. i always keep a pair at my base to breed, so i can take a third out with me to have my back in the caves and i deliberately try NOT to get attached to it. i don't name it, i only dye its collar white to tell it apart.... and then i get attached anyway and it dies djsjjdjsjs i want to be able to have a buddy i can feel like i can get attached to bc he'll live through more than a few run-ins with a creeper! i want to feel like i can use a nametag on my "take out, adventuring" dog without thinking "this is gonna be a waste of a nametag"
i guess my heart's with the armadillo but i feel like i shouldn't get my hopes up bc most of the community is going to settle with the logical, most useful thing in their opinions, and the crab's gonna win. "having a mob that exists just to accessorize another mob is kinda redundant and unnessecary" and yes i agree with that sentiment too.... but i'm so tired of either not using my dogs or watching them die over and over again. if we could have a chance for that to happen less i would really appreciate it djsjjdjsjs
end rant about the mob vote nobody asked for, wants, or will probably see at all LMAO i just had to get it out of my system....
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Hi! If you will have any inspiration about this
What do you think would be little things that brothers would bring you as courting you? As like birds or penguins with rocks and sticks?
Thank you 💜
sjdaj this was fun! i did have an image of lucifer bringing feathers as a meme in my mind for a sec
what the brothers bring you while courting you/wanting to impress you:
Lucifer:
He is what many would consider to be a classic idea of a man. Tall, dark, handsome with refined taste. Because of this he tries to be refined in what he brings you as well. Why should you two not share such traits?
Lucifer because of this relies on the extravagant, classic choices. Most of all – jewelry.
Rings, necklaces, bracelets – everything he sees while out on an errand that catches his eye.
He also tries to match some items with you. He has a golden pen, why shouldn’t you have one as well?
However, one thing that gets in his way is that: no matter how strong his impulse to buy or obtain rare jewels is – he cannot always give them to you.
He overthinks it.
‘if I give them two rings two weeks in a row, would that be too much? Would they then spend money to buy an outfit that matches it? Would the gifts lose their meaning if I don’t space them out? If I continue to give them so many gifts, they would feel responsible to return them so they would spend more money on me and we both know that I am the one who has more money so--’
All these thoughts come to him. Sometimes Lucifer even thinks that your pride would be hurt if he gives you jewels so often.
He tries not to go overboard but he knows that there is a whole desk drawer of little boxes just waiting for the right time to go to you.
Mammon:
No matter how much Mammon may chase gold and sparkles – he is no Lucifer and there is no way that he can just rely on jewels.
Sure, on very special occasions he manages to surprise you with them and that does make it more meaningful.
Mammon puts aside everything else and actually gets a job whenever your birthday is close.
So what else could be bring you?
He is well aware of how birds bring branches or rocks – how sometimes they even spend so much time flying high above and continuously dropping walnuts for others on the road until they crack. His approach is similar.
When you have issues or need to open something – he always offers himself.
It is a bit silly but being there for someone counts.
Besides this – every trinket that he sees somehow ends up in your room
Plushies, fun masks, nail polish that matches his, a leaf that fell in his hair while he was sleeping under a tree and dreamt of you.
He also brings postcards, magazines, photos you might enjoy.
Once he brought you a heart shaped stone and bragged about how his keen eye managed to observe it in the clean river!
Something in every corner of your room will be adjacent to him.
“What if I brought you branches?” “What?” “Nothing!”
He just wanted to ask!
Leviathan:
Lucifer is impulsive in buying just one thing, Levi, however, is impulsive all around.
And that impulsivity goes in many directions.
He is able to use and calculate all his Akuzon points to make sure that you get 10 products instead of just 1.
He takes it very, very seriously.
Sometimes he buys you way too many snacks, other times he orders 5 costumes
Often his courting relies on the thought; what if we shared this!
His mind says that the more you have in common the better match you are.
This is why he brings matching keychains or slippers or even computer backgrounds and mousepads.
He still knows that ‘matching’ does not fully count but it really warms his heart when he sees that you are willing to share and indulge in those small things that would not really matter to others.
It gives him a confidence boost and reassures him that you are in fact open to him.
However, something still has to be yours alone.
Yours alone, from his hands and he needs to make sure of that.
Levi does bring you pearls like penguins do.
And he did in fact spend a long time underwater making sure he brings the best ones.
Just... never show him the video that trended of a female penguin cheating on her partner in the human world.
Satan:
Satan, no matter how much he tries to deny it, is in many ways similar to Lucifer.
He might dress the way he does but he tries to be a classic gentleman in this regard.
He does bring jewelry too – however he never brings it without a deeper, more profound reason.
‘so what if this ring is rare? What does it matter to them? Nothing.’
He has to hear you say it is very pretty to give it to you.
The necklace needs to remind him of your eyes or he is not buying it at all.
Because of this – he is very picky so few gifts are of this nature.
What else does he bring?
Satan writes you notes all the time.
Sometimes they are there to remind you of water or meals, other times they are short quotes.
In fact, he brings you annotated books; lines that remind him of you; quotes of feelings he knows thanks to you.
He brings you parts of himself and looks for parts of you in everything.
This is his idea of courting.
And don’t be surprised to get letters (wax made by him) under your door even if you live close by.
Asmodeus:
Unlike the others, Asmo has no problems with giving you whatever his own impulse says to.
Why should he hide these 2 perfumes that he bought thinking of you and wait for 3 weeks to present them to you?
No, do it right then and there because your heart felt the love or do not do it at all!
Because of this, his impulse costs a lot. Only second to Lucifer.
Asmo wants to give you luxurious things but he knows that jewelry alone can get boring rather fast and is limited by time and fashion and practicality etc.
So he gives you luxury in everything.
New lines of fragrance are yours as well as his, new skin care products that few humans can buy just show up at your door.
Does he also give you framed photos of him? Yes
Does he give you best silk? Also yes.
Why should the two of you not enjoy these things? You deserve it after all.
Still, Asmo is very sentimental too.
He gifts you photo albums of things that make him feel so. Memories of trips and walks; of sleepovers and quiet nights as well.
Yes, luxury is there but this small pretty pen is cheap and has hearts on it! He simply has to give it to you!
Beelzebub:
Beelzebub knows the ‘proper’, ‘correct’ or expected ways to court someone.
He knows what gifts others give and why.
But, all of that seems slightly...like vanity or showing off to him.
It just wouldn’t feel right to give you a framed work of art or color stones that glimmer if it does not really awake something.
His gifts are as gentle as him.
Yes, food is the most obvious choice but he really does worry if you are eating well because humans are fragile.
Flowers that he sees in shops or on walks.
While once walking with Luke he saw some and said how pretty they would look on you. Luke taught him to make flower crowns for that reason.
Most of his gifts are handmade.
He wants to help you on his own no matter what.
The most consistent gifts however are those that you said you needed.
Doesn’t matter when you said it or how, maybe it was just a passing thought, but he remembers and he gets them for you.
Belphegor:
it wouldn’t be wrong to say that he manages to mix up all of these ways and refuses to settle down on just one type.
This is because he is similar to Beel.
Beel gives you thinks you said you needed; Belphie gives you those you did not even notice.
He is constantly observing you and being as smart as he is – nothing escapes him.
You don’t have to complain how you grew bored of your boots or how annoying those headphones are.
He just notices it and gives you new ones.
Sometimes he looks at you during a party in Diavolo’s castle and things that a necklace is missing and would actually be useful in the future as well; so, he buys it.
Books for assignments you are not aware you will need next year find their way to your table. Yes, it is a year but he is a published Devildom scholar so trust him with this.
Paintings, matching rings with stars, a keychain of some small alien from a human TV show etc.
He treads the lines of outlandish with luxury and simple.
Seeing you surprised no matter what because you never mentioned these things always brings him joy.
a/n: how tf do you spell jewelry is it this or jewellery or i hate his word pls
#obey me#obey me headcanons#obey me imagines#obey me lucifer#obey me mammon#obey me satan#obey me leviathan#obey me asmodeus#obey me beelzebub#obey me belphie#obey me x reader#lucifer x reader#mammon x reader#leviathan x reader#satan x reader#asmo x reader#beelzebub x reader#belphegor x reader#the reason i do fics more is to avoid having to add this many tags omggg#obey me brothers#not genshin
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you go to a devildom zoo and a penguin attempts to seduce you (the brothers are not happy)
note from kin: this was meant to be out way sooner but covid-19 and a whole lot of catch-up coursework said no to that idea >:(
anyway formatting on mobile is actual ass so let me know if this ends up unreadable!
enjoy, darlings!
fandom: obey me!
character(s): gn!reader, lucifer, mammon, leviathan, satan, asmodeus, beelzebub, belphegor, diavolo (mentioned briefly)
pairing(s): demon brothers/reader, penguin/reader (one-sided), a bat also very briefly tries to seduce you
warning(s): reader really loves deadly creatures which i know isn't really a warning but just as a heads up for those who can't relate i guess??? also this is ended up WAY longer than i intended lmao
genre: fluff (but also crack)
oh the pure joy you felt when you found out that there are zoos in the devildom
zoos full of sphinxes, chimeras, hydras, krakens, manticores, basilisks and griffins, but zoos nonetheless
in fact, you’d argue that the fact that the zoos here are full of potentially lethal legendary beasts is even COOLER
so, naturally, you begged lucifer to let you go to one
his response?
“absolutely not, you could be killed.”
well now that’s just unfair
there are so many things down here in the devildom that could kill you! the heat, the food, the dragons just wandering around in the skies, your fellow students at rad, belphie, not sleeping enough, the stupidly narrow staircases, lucifer himself! in fact, you’d argue that lucifer has already come close to killing you more times than any of those creatures at the zoo
unfortunately that was entirely was the wrong thing to say because now lucifer’s gone all broody on you
you just KNOW he’s gonna spend all of next week either drowning himself in work or sulking in the music room if you don’t cheer him up quickly
so you guess it’s time to pull out the puppy eyes and hope that they work
spoiler alert: they do. you also end up being stuck in lucifer’s arms for about five hours afterwards as he cuddles out all of his negative thoughts, but that’s not a bad thing, so you’re not complaining
the next day, however, you are BACK on your bullshit
and you are back with a vengeance!
you are getting a trip to that zoo whether lucifer likes it or not and you will not rest until you succeed
your first idea is to go to diavolo for help because.... he’s diavolo and lucifer would listen to that demon before anyone, including himself
unfortunately that doesn’t work because diavolo is out on a business trip to the human world with barbatos
(which means your butler buddy, who could probably have helped you make your case, is also out of the picture)
you suppose that you could try getting simeon in on the scheme but you’re pretty sure he’d end up making it worse with his insatiable penchant for teasing lucifer
your final solution?
cry
and it worked a treat too!
lucifer is just a sucker for his human and he doesn’t like seeing them sad okay :((
he finally agrees to let you go to the big zoo just north of RAD since it’s directly under diavolo’s jurisdiction, but he also makes you promise that you’ll take at least one brother with you
(he’s hoping you’ll choose him)
but then you uno reverse card him!
jokes on you, lucifer, your human wants a family day out!!
lucifer would be lying if his heart didn’t swell slightly when you proclaimed you wanted all the brothers to come with you so that you could all spend the day together having fun
although you may have just made a mistake because now lucifer is going to do everything in his power to make sure the day goes perfectly, and if that means smiting the rude demon in line in front of you, then what about it?
(luckily you stop him from the killing someone before you’re even inside, but it was a close call)
the moment the eight of you step into the zoo satan whisks you off to look at the devildom equivalent of big cats
which means the sphinxes and manticores first, then the giant fire-breathing tigers
he’s planning to have a nice heart-to-heart conversation with you while the two of you stroll along the exhibit, but then you both get distracted by how cool the animals are
so the two of you just end up dragging each other back and forth to look at one creature after another
not the romantic scene satan initially had in mind, but he’d be lying if he said this wasn’t also absolutely perfect
holding your hand while you talk enthusiastically about how majestically that manticore leapt thirty feet into the air with your entire face lighting up like the most beautiful lantern in the world? stunning. outstanding. he wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
meanwhile, back at the entrance, levi is sulking, mammon is fuming, beel is already stuffing himself with overpriced food stall delicacies, belphie has crawled under a bench to nap while he waits for you to come back, asmo is taking pictures with the extra long-legged flamingo billboard, and lucifer is so preoccupied with trying to figure out just how the hell the walking system here works that he hasn’t even noticed that you and satan have just disappeared into the void
in the end the remaining brothers split off into pairs, all agreeing that whoever is the first to find you and satan will get to have some one-on-one time with you next
and, drumroll please, that lucky pair turns out to be... beel and belphie!
(really they have an unfair advantage though since beel can smell out anyone he knows from a mile away)
meanwhile satan has just spent just about all of the grimm he brought with him on a hideously overpriced plush version of the manticore you were so fascinated with
but the smile on your face when he gives it to you?? the LIGHT that exudes from you when you declare that the plush’s name is now greenie because it has green eyes just like his?? worth it. absolutely worth it.
but uh oh, the moment is soon to be gone, because guess who’s here?
beel and belphie can’t let satan have all your attention! beel is a little more forgiving, but belphie is going to make sure he’s the first to get a kiss today, anti-lucifer club alliance be damned!
he’s not going to admit that of course. instead, he’s going to very subtly hip-bump satan out of the way so that he can hold your hand instead (beel can have the other hand, but if he tries to pull you away, he’s getting what-for.)
normally satan would be pretty miffed by this, but hey, he’s in a good mood right now and he doesn’t want to spoil the day by getting pissy, so he lets the twins get away with it. younger sibling privilege, am I right?
belphie wants to take you to his particular favourite exhibit here, the giant carnivorous cattle with horns the size of chair legs
beel, on the other hand, suggests that maybe you don’t want to see a gargantuan mammal tear apart a giant piece of meat that may or may not have been sourced from a human graveyard (the giant carnivorous cattle are picky, okay? at least they’re not murdering people for the meat)
you, however, are absolutely fearless
besides, what harm can a giant carnivorous cattle with horns the side of chair legs do to you when it’s being kept behind six inches of hellfire trench, with three of the devildom’s most powerful demons close by to swoop in to your rescue?
beel begrudgingly agrees to go see the giant carnivorous cattle, but makes you promise to stay slightly behind him so that he can jump to defend you should they get out of hand
your big strong demon standing in front of you, protecting you as you get to look at a super cool and also deadly creature? you are absolutely on board with this.
(satan is slightly concerned by your willingness to go near creatures that could tear you to pieces in a second, but if he gets to see you smile like that again then... well, what can he say, he’s a simp)
so off you go!
the giant carnivorous cattle are AWESOME. you get to watch a trio of them eat what appears to be an entire car in, like, two seconds, tops, and they don’t even look bothered by the metal disappearing down their massive gullets.
(you ask belphie in an undertone why the cattle are eating cars if they’re carnivorous. his response is that even giant carnivorous cattle need their minerals, so the zookeepers feed them a bunch of the metal stuff you get in human scrapyards.)
(sounds like an RSPCA violation to you...)
you’re practically tumbling over the fence as you lean forward to get a proper look at them and their adorable tiny wings, so belphie ends up having to pull you back
just as he does it, however, he has a very bright idea
so instead of gently tugging you back as he’d originally planned, he practically yanks you into him, conveniently slipping your hand out of beel’s in the process
listen, it’s not that belphie resents letting beel hold hands with you at the same time as him. a demon’s just gotta get his hugs sometimes, alright?
of course you’re a little miffed about being so violently yoinked, so you’re about to turn around and give belphie a piece of your mind, but then he pulls you close to him and nuzzles his nose into your hair
how are you supposed to scold him for that???
he seems so content and he’s even doing that adorable little purring thing demons do when they’re happy that he never does in public
you can’t just pull out of his arms! it’s probably illegal!!!!!
belphie gets a pass for being cute this time. only this time. no more.
(as an aside, this sort of thing happens at least once a day because belphie’s a whiny little baby who can’t go twelve hours without your love)
anyway now beel looks a little downtrodden which you are not having
your solution? wait until belphie lets go of you on his own and then you can give beel a hug of his own.
unfortunately belphie doesn’t seem interested in separating from you
luckily you don’t end up having to deal with that, because then satan steps in
partially because he feels bad for beel and also partially because okay that’s enough touching now, know your boundaries
which means it’s BEEL’S TURN TO SHINE
does this demon want you to die? because that is what’s going to happen if he keeps being so friggin sweet
first of all he buys you a bunch of treats from the nearby food stalls with his own money and offers every single one to you
is he on drugs? is that what’s happening here? what happened to the avatar of gluttony who ate first and asked questions later???
of course you aren’t going to be so cruel as to take every single one of the treats he’s offering when you can physically hear his stomach rumble as he holds them out to you
instead, you take a handful or so and tell him to eat the rest himself because he deserves it
beel almost tears up he’s so happy he loves you so much in that moment
some may say he’s being dramatic but beel says that every moment with you is a treasure and he has every right to be emotional
belphie is a teensy bit pissed that satan simp-policed him when he’s just as whipped but it’s beel so... he’ll stay down
satan, meanwhile, starts snapping pictures of you at every opportunity, most of them candids, to save to the album he has dedicated especially to you, and also to send to the brothers’ group chat to brag
asmo responds to each one with even more heart emojis than the last, levi always has some kind of jealous comment to make, lucifer stays silent (satan knows he’s saving the photos to his own gallery to gaze affectionately at later though), and mammon just keeps sending angry stickers and then quickly adding that they’re not aimed at you but at satan for having the audacity
anyway, the four of you end up leaving the giant carnivorous cow exhibit after spending a few minutes just sitting together on one of the giant benches while you and beel (mostly beel) eat the giant pile of food he purchased
(beel’s not evil so he offers satan and belphie some obviously, but he makes it clear that you’re getting first pick)
beel’s about to ask where you want to head next when
here comes trouble
and make it double
asmo and levi are IN the building (zoo)
levi, having gotten so antsy waiting for you to show up, disregards all subtlety and basically throws himself right at you, scoops you up, and takes off
leaving behind your poor manticore plush, a stunned satan, beel, belphie, and asmo, who immediately starts running after the two of you, shouting ‘hey, that isn’t fair!’
satan, belphie and beel are left to exchange disbelieving looks and attempt to follow
(don't worry about greenie, satan picks him up and vows to keep him safe until he meets up with you again)
meanwhile you are being quite literally swept off your feet
“levi. levi stop i can walk. levi i’m coming to aquarium with you. you don’t need to pull me. levi i’m getting a little dizzy over here. levi please”
luckily you are saved from your impending doom (because, realistically, there is no way mr hasn’t-exercised-in-several-millennia can carry someone halfway across the biggest zoo in all three realms without tripping) by asmo
now, asmo does not like exercise. it makes him all hot and sweaty (and not in the sexy way) and it’s just... not it. however, because it’s you, he will make an exception just this once.
so he grits his teeth, pins back his long-ass fringe with a cute butterfly clip, and runs for it
normally jealous-mode levi will not stop for anything, but a running asmo in the right situation is even more terrifying than a quiet angry lucifer, and a quiet angry lucifer normally means multiple people are getting burnt alive
so what does levi do? naturally, he stops in his tracks, lets out a scream of such a high frequency that he disturbs a flock of deathseye hawks nesting in a tree nearby, and almost drops you on your head
asmo immediately stops running, takes a moment to dab off any sweat on his forehead with his dainty little pink handkerchief, and lets his hair back down
because he is not exercising for a second longer than he has to
anyway, now that you’re not being torpedo’d halfway across the world, you can finally take a second to breathe and actually ask levi what he wants
he goes pink and stares shame-facedly at the ground and refuses to say a word, especially with avatar of lust ‘i like teasing my brothers to the point where it might be sexual harassment’ asmodeus Right There behind you
but you want your purple boy to be honest!! which means it is puppy dog eyes time again
finally, staring determinedly off to the side, levi mumbles, “you promised we’d go see the fish...”
oh your poor heart
you’re inclined to start pressing kisses all over his face, but you just know he will immediately blow up on the spot if you do in such a public area, so you settle on giving him a subtle hug and reassuring him that yes, you will go see the fish with him
now, asmo’s a hoe for attention, we all know that, but even he has his moments
so, making you promise to go see the birds of arcadia with him later, he departs with a wave and a very sneaky kiss planted on your cheek to let you and levi have your time together
thanks asmo
so off you and levi go!
the aquarium FUCKS
sorry that was too strong
the aquarium is GORGEOUS
it’s got this beautiful deep blue-green ambient lighting, and there are enormous tanks for the giant sharks that essentially make up the walls and ceiling
and there are SO MANY FISH!
rainbow fish, neon pink fish, fish with tiny markings that make them look like they have moustaches, fish with scales that change colour every five seconds, glow-in-the-dark fish, fish the size of a small car
literally any kind of fish you can imagine? they HAVE THEM
you’re almost too distracted to notice levi tugging aggressively on your sleeve
when you do, though, he quickly ushers you over into the tunnel exhibit, where the dolphins live
devildom dolphins look pretty similar to regular human dolphins, except they live in what’s essentially hydrochloric acid and are pitch black in colour with bright purple eyes
you’re pretty confused as to why levi wanted to drag you in here so quickly - you’d have thought he’d go for the goldfish, or the venomous water serpents, or even the special hydra exhibit they’ve got for a limited time
but then levi pulls you over to the very edge, taps his fingers lightly on the glass, and... starts clicking and chirruping?
you’re about to very concernedly ask if he’s feeling alright when something amazing happens
the giant male with scars all over it who, according to one of the signs along the tunnel, spends most of his time skulking as far away from the glass as possible and will eat any demon who comes too close, swims over to him
then, wearing the gentlest little smile, levi turns to you and tells you to say hello to captain
you almost yell out of sheer excitement, but you manage to collect yourself
instead, what comes out is an aggressively whispered:
"hello!! hi, captain!! it's lovely to meet you!! i love you!!!!"
and captain loves you too!!!!!
he swims right up to you and butts his nose against the glass
well you can't not immediately press your face against the glass as well so it looks like you're bumping noses with him can you???
so you do exactly that
all the while going "hello!! hello!! you're such a pretty boy!! what a handsome boy!!"
levi almost cries because you are just too perfect
you love captain? and captain loves you too? he seriously has to hold himself back from dropping to one knee and proposing right then and there
after taking a moment to get his heart to calm down, he translates what you're saying to captain, who immediately starts clicking back
and guess what??? captain says you're the prettiest!!!!!!!!! you’re the handsomest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now you're going to cry
you and levi spend ages in that tunnel together, just talking to captain and holding hands and exchanging little kisses now and then
levi is so in his element here in the aquarium that he isn't even as nervous and stuttery with his affection as usual
it's almost jarring, but are you complaining? absolutely not
when and levi emerge from the aquarium, both a little giddy and still enthusiastically talking about all the other creatures you said hi to after captain (who you are most definitely coming back to visit sometime), asmo is waiting outside so impatiently that he's getting a lot of irritated looks for his aggressive foot-tapping
levi wants to go see the reptiles now, but then asmo plays the 'i let you get away with having alone time, now let me have mine, bitch’ card
and to be honest levi's pretty sure that even self-proclaimed romance expert asmo can't top the mini-aquarium date you've just had with him, sooooo...
buying you a little keychain replica of captain just to get a final one over his brother, he bids you goodbye and goes off to the reptile house on his own, pulling on his headphones on his way so that he won't accidentally end up talking to some stranger again
it is now asmo's time to shine!!!
and so off the two of you head off to the birds of arcadia exhibit
however, it seems that asmo doesn’t have much interest in the birds themselves apart from for taking pictures with them for his devilgram
the birds are beautiful indeed, but guess what else is also beautiful? here is a short and concise list:
1. holding asmo’s hand
2. giving asmo kisses
3. receiving kisses from asmo
4. giving asmo hugs
5. receiving hugs from asmo
6. cuddling with asmo
7. sleeping with asmo (in the literal sense)
8. sleeping with asmo (in the not so litera—)
this has been a short and concise list of things that are very beautiful and you should absolutely do right this second (not ghost-written by asmodeus, avatar of lust, not at all)
anyway, it’s kind of hard to concentrate on that adorable neon striped pecker sitting close by to you when asmo is draping himself all over you like a damn scarf
it’s cute! it’s cute. but.... the birds...... you want to see the birds.........
in the end the two of you settle on a compromise: asmo will let you have some time to just look at the pretty birds as long as you keep holding his hand, and then the two of you will go and get matching face paint together
asmo’s kinda pouty about it at first, but he quickly changes his mind when he sees how enamoured you are by the birds
you really are too cute!! he just wants to scoop you up and cover you with kisses, but he’s already promised to leave that for when you aren’t in the middle of a busy public space
(he definitely isn’t the slightest bit jealous of them because he wants to be the only beautiful thing that you look at like that. he knows he’s prettier than those birds.)
(but, like... he’s still gonna puff up his chest a bit when he catches one edging just a bit too close to you. he may be the avatar of lust, but he does have his moments of jealousy as well… even if they’re at blooming birds.)
finally, when you’ve decided that you’ve had your fill of gorgeous birds, asmo immediately pulls you off to the face-painting booth
all the designs the demons managing it have come up with are pretty beautiful, so he’s not bothered about which one to get as long as you two are matching
which means you get to choose!!!!
at first he thinks you’ll ask for the super popular one that imitates the feather pattern of the most popular bird of arcadia, the lesser spotted spectra
but then you turn to look at him, think for a moment, turn back to the demon doing the painting, and ask if they do custom designs
asmo can only watch on, confused, as you and the demon whisper conspiratorially back and forth for five minutes
then the demon has started painting, and the cheeky little grin on your face is making him a little worried that you’ve deliberately asked for a really stupid design just to mess with him
but then, as the strokes and colours all come together, he realises something that might make him a little teary eyed. just a little bit.
the design you’ve asked for just so happens to be the gorgeous, swirling pattern of the avatar of lust’s pact mark
and it’s not just that, either. he takes a closer look and realises that the little flowers added around the edges are his favourite kind of rose as well
and THEN the demon doing the painting turns to him and tells him with a smirk that, by your suggestion, the paint he’s using has been enchanted so that it goes rainbow when you kiss the person who’s wearing it
oh, he really should have had more faith in you! this is even better than anything he could come up with!!!
(he takes about a million photos of you while he’s waiting for his own turn and sends at least a quarter of them to the group chat)
asmo is practically vibrating with excitement as he sits there getting his own face painted
and if you think he doesn’t drag you off to some secluded corner for a good half an hour just pressing little kisses all over your face and giggling when he pulls away and your face paint has gone all the colours of the rainbow, you are severely wrong
of course, he wants kisses as well. this is a give-and-take system and he wants just as much as he gives!!!
unfortunately, there is one disadvantage to spending so much time just canoodling
the others haven’t heard from you or asmo in a good hour and they are beginning to PANIC
mammon in particular is practically shooting off the walls and just constantly spamming you with ‘WHERE ARE YOU’ and ‘COME BACK’ messages
asmo doesn’t want you to go but he’s also kind of running off a high right now so he decides it’s okay and sends you off you find mammon with a cheery wave (and a love struck sigh once you’re out of earshot)
you find mammon just walking in circles in the communal area outside the cannibalistic not-zebras exhibit
he almost bursts into tears when you come up to him and tap him on the shoulder because it feels like he hasn’t seen you for what feels like hours and hours and he just,,, he missed you okay
after five minutes of him just furiously rubbing his eyes and refusing to admit why, he gathers himself and asks you what you want to go see
you have to think for a good long while because, while you’ve been to plenty of zoos in the human world and know by now the sorts of animals most of them have, devildom creature species are unpredictable
you could jokingly say ‘hyper-aware empathetic goose’ and they’d probably have one
but then you have a look around you and see the big map
and what is the first thing you see on that map?
‘vampiric venomous bats’
oh fuck yeah
mammon is a little concerned because the vvbs are known to randomly swoop down and attack the people who walk into their exhibit
he knows you can protect yourself!! but when you’re being swarmed by a horde of more than fifty giant bat creatures with enormous teeth full of venom that can kill you in seconds, there’s really not much you can do
and there is no expressing the amount of absolute misery that would descend on him if he let you get hurt
so instead, you make a compromise and decide to go to scheduled talk on the vvbs in ten minutes instead
normally mammon finds these zoo talks boring as all hell, but heck, if he gets to hold your hand for a whole forty five minutes without having to make an excuse to do so, he’s down
so off you go to the talk!
you’re having the absolute time of your life as the keeper shows you one of the more lethargic bats and describes exactly how it paralyses its prey with high frequency screeches and then kills it with a single bite to the neck
mammon, on the other hand, is honestly kind of spooked
that bat may be half-asleep, but it’s got the eyes of a murderer
so what if he shuffles a little closer to you every time the bat moves?? it’s not like he’s scared of it or anything! no way!
(please hold him or he may cry)
but then... DISASTER strikes
the keeper looks out across her bright-eyed audience, listening attentively to her explanation of how the vvb detects prey through the slightest vibrations in the air... and asks if there are any volunteers who want to hold it
everyone goes quiet. they’re all looking at the floor and avoiding eye contact like students who don’t want to be picked to answer a question in class. they may be demons, but even they know danger when they see it.
except...
mammon is just commenting to himself in amusement about how quiet everyone’s gotten when he looks to the side and practically feels his heart freeze
your hand has flown straight up into the air, and before he can pull it down, the keeper has called on you
mammon may be just as terrified of that bat as everyone else, but he isn’t going to let you go near that thing without him to protect you
the keeper looks a little befuddled as to why one of the most powerful demons in the devildom is following you up to the front like a very attached duckling, but luckily she goes along with it
first she gives you a super thick dragonhide glove to wear, just in case the bat gets violent
then she attaches the little lead around one of the bat’s feet to the end of the glove, so that even if it tries to attack an uncovered spot on your body, it’ll just get pulled back
(meanwhile, mammon, standing just behind you, is just barely holding back from bursting into demon form and wrapping himself around you to protect you)
and so, as you watch in anticipation and mammon in terror, the keeper slowly moves the bat from her arm to yours
at first it just kind of sits there and blinks and... doesn’t really do much
the keeper, however, seems very happy about this
“it means she already trusts you!!!”
and she tells you to try a simple little trick
“just flick your wrist up and she should swing down to hang from your hand!”
mammon is very pointedly whispering to you that that’s enough, you’ve held the bat, come on let’s get out of here
but you are determined to continue putting your life in danger, it seems, because you do exactly what the keeper says
and it works!!!
piki, which you have learned is the name of this particular bat, lets out a quiet squeak and drops to hang from one of the enormous fingers of your glove
you immediately go ‘wooAAAAAAAAAH’
mammon almost bites his tongue in half because of how on edge he is, but it turns out that he doesn’t need to be
because the bat turns to you, blinks once, and suddenly puffs up around the neck
you panic a little at first, but the keeper seems incredibly excited
“she’s displaying!!!!!!! she likes you!!!!!!!!!!! she sees you as a potential mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
okay mammon is not having any of that
he is not about to be upstaged by a goddamn bat
and so the instant the bat and glove is removed from you, he grabs you by the hand and charges right out of that room, shouting something about it being urgent
leaving poor piki the vampiric venomous bat squeaking sadly because her new crush is gone
sad :(
now mammon is buying you a giant plush to make up for dragging you away like that
happy! :)
and you KNOW this means a great deal because mammon does not part with his money very easily. in fact, most of the time, one would have to physically threaten him into buying something for them
and the fact that mammon bought you a ridiculously expensive enormous plush that probably dug a pretty big hole in his savings without you even asking??? your heart basically melts on the spot
now you definitely can’t get angry at him for pulling you away so suddenly
so instead the two of you go to see the giant narwhals
you’re fascinated, but mammon is too distracted to even look at the narwhals
he just keeps staring at you looking so happy hugging the giant plush he bought for you so close to yourself with this giant dopey grin on his face
(s i m p)
he’s shaken out of his infatuated daze when he hears a camera shutter directly behind him
at first he whips around ready to fight because he’s expecting levi or asmo, but then he looks up slightly and comes face to face with none other than his beloved older brother
lucifer doesn’t even try to hide the tiny grin on his face as he very slowly raises his phone and takes a photo of mammon’s half shocked and half irritated face
mammon is so dumbfounded by how much kinder lucifer looks when he smiles like that. he doesn’t even recover in time to tell you who’s just showed up - you end up noticing by yourself
you should have given lucifer a bit of warning because the moment you turn around and and greet him with such a bright and happy smile on his face he is DECEASED
all you and mammon see is his cheeks going pink but let me tell you this man is screeching like a trapped possum on the inside
lucifer may act like he’s a Big Important Unfeeling Demon but everyone else knows that this man would quite literally bring you the moon if you asked (he probably wouldn’t be able to pull down the entire moon, but damn him if he isn’t going to try)
he has to stay silent for a moment because he knows that if he speaks his voice is going to crack and mammon absolutely would NOT let him forget that for the rest of his long life
once he’s managed to get his puddle of a heart back to a state where he can speak without sounding like the physical embodiment of being smitten, he’s quick to offer to take you to the nearby penguin exhibit
he’s paid attention to the messages he’s been receiving periodically from the other brothers throughout the day about the things you’ve been getting up to with them, and he has seen a pattern in the sort of creatures you like the best
that pattern is: the more deadly, the better, with bonus points if it still looks cute
and lucifer has been to this zoo enough times to know most of the best exhibits pretty well (especially since diavolo’s taste in deadly creatures is very similar to yours, so he knows that any of the demon prince’s favourites will probably end up pretty high in your list as well)
therefore he knows that the devildom’s penguins are about two and a half meters tall, with millions of retractable fangs in their beaks and venom sacs in their necks that they can spray so violently and quickly that they’ve become known as ‘venom machine guns’
and you are ALL ABOUT THAT
you’re so excited by the concept of these penguins that you don’t think twice before tucking your arm into lucifer’s outstretched one and following him off to the exhibit
leaving mammon pouting furiously behind the two of you
now, while the avatar of greed doesn’t dare to directly interfere with his older brother, he most certainly dares to inconvenience him
what does that mean? it means that mammon is immediately whipping out his DDD and shooting a quick message to the group chat specifically made without lucifer to let everyone know what’s going down
and, within ten minutes, every single one of the other brothers are heading right for the penguin exhibit as well
lucifer is in the middle of listening to you excitedly talk about piki the bat when he feels something hit him in the back
he turns to see, with great dismay, that the six other brothers have started following behind the two of you, and have begun taking turns throwing things at him. satan doesn’t stop even when he realises that he’s been spotted.
lucifer feels a vein pop in his cheek when satan manages to nail him right in the middle of the forehead with a screwed-up ball of paper
unfortunately for lucifer (and fortunately for the other six brothers), you quickly take notice of the group following behind you
the avatar of pride can only watch in dismay as you call out for the others to come join you to see the penguins
well, obviously, the others are coming now that you’re inviting them over!!
asmo immediately jumps to give you a little kiss on the nose just so he can see your face light up in all the colours of the rainbow again
(which earns several surprised noises from the other brothers since, while they knew from the pictures from asmo that the two of you had gotten your faces painted, they didn’t know the paint did that)
belphie subtly shuffles up behind you to give you a little prize figurine he spent way too long trying to win on one of the zoo’s mini claw-machine games, while beel attempts to find a stealthy way of sneaking the bag of treats he’s carefully sourced for you into your pockets, but ends up giving up on that and just hands you the bag instead
levi is still on a bit of a high from the mini aquarium date, so his face immediately goes fifty shades of red when he sees you, but instead of running off like he usually does when he’s flustered, he just offers you the WIDEST smile
satan is a little disheartened when he realises just how much bigger the plushie mammon got for you is than greenie... but who cares!! greenie is small and cute!! he most definitely isn’t puffing up slightly like an indignant owl when he sees you hug that plushie to yourself like it’s the softest thing in the world!! no sir!!!!!!
mammon is being kinda whiny about lucifer barging in and ruining your one and one time together, but then satan reminds him that they’ve all just interrupted lucifer’s one on one time with you before it could even really begin, and also points out (a little saltily) that, judging by the giant plushie in your arms, he’s already spent more than enough time with you
(luckily mammon isn’t exactly perceptive so he doesn’t pick up on it or else satan would be in for one hell of a teasing)
you, meanwhile, don’t miss the way that lucifer not so subtly presses himself closer to you as the eight of you are walking to see the penguins
so close that your arms are physically touching
it’s not like lucifer to be this clingy (well, clingy by his standards, anyway), but you aren’t going to bring it up considering that he would probably immediately move away out of ~pride~ if you did
unfortunately the other brothers don’t need you to point out lucifer’s behaviour to immediately start attempting to sabotage him
by the time you all get to the penguin exhibit, you’re surrounded completely by all seven of them, and they appear to be executing a genuine attempt to crush you if the pressure on all sides is anything to go off of
looking on the bright side of things, though, the penguins are SO CUTE
sure, they’re about nine feet tall with beaks full of millions of tiny serrated teeth and very toxic-looking feet-claws. but they’re ADORABLE
you love them so much!!!!!! but now the brothers are being big MEANIES and aren’t letting you get close to the fence
“those penguins can shoot venom up to twenty feet, we’re not taking any chances” so WHAT you just want to see the goddamn penguins!!!!!!!! you’ve survived countless near-death experiences down here, you can manage a bit of venom!
eventually your very pointed complaining finally gets most of them to relent (asmo is still against it, but majority vote says you get to get closer to the penguins, so HA) and you are allowed to go right up to barrier that separates the attraction from the spectators
you’re absolutely delighted, but the brothers quickly realise that their concerns about this whole thing were not unfounded
because that fucking penguin over there is totally giving you the googly eyes
levi is the first to notice - as the general of hell’s navy, he has a natural connection to all animals of the seas, even the ones that are only semi aquatic
satan notices soon after him - he’s been to plenty of ‘taming dangerous creatures’ club meetings, and he knows how to recognise attraction in animals
you yourself are pretty clueless until you suddenly notice that one of the flock is now sliding beak-first on its belly towards you
levi silently hopes you’ll be scared into leaving, but instead you just lean right up to the barrier (lucifer hurriedly grabs you by the arm before you fall over it) and whisper-shriek “hi baby!!!!!!!!!!!”
oh the brothers did not like that at all
but the penguin seems absolutely THRILLED
you’re pretty sure you see its eyes light up. like physically light up, not in the metaphorical sense - its eyes glow
(do devildom penguins understand human/demon speech?? you could swear from the penguin’s reaction to your greeting that they do, but when you ask satan about it later, he just scowls and shakes his head, proclaiming that devildom penguins have ‘a brain smaller than a tangerine and the motor function of a slightly bent paper clip’)
(damn satan you didn’t have to do the penguins like that)
anyway, this penguin, now thoroughly convinced that you are its destiny, hops to its feet, nods its head several times, then proceeds to start making the weirdest noise at you
you don’t even know how to describe it. it’s like a laser beam has been combined with a motorbike combined with a vacuum cleaner combined with levi when his favourite idol group releases a new song combined with that godawful screeching violin satan has been playing on repeat for two weeks just to annoy lucifer combined with, i don’t know, a turbo-charged printer or something. and then the whole thing’s been shoved through a dubstep filter.
it’s such a rattling sound that asmo, mammon, levi and belphie clap their hands to their ears, beel frowns so hard his entire face squishes inwards, satan recoils so far backwards that he’s about two feet further away from you than he was at first, and even lucifer actually physically flinches
(short break for a personal headcanon of mine but hear me out here: this man probably listens to nothing but full professional orchestra classical all day. he absolutely has that thing where his ears are sensitive to poorly played notes or just harsh grating sounds in general. you know, like how lan wangji and lan xichen in mdzs are physically repulsed by the sound of bad music? yeah that)
you wince slightly, but the pain in your eardrums is overpowered by your thrill about the fact that this penguin is actually talking to you
you smile wide and reply, leaning right up to the banister, “hello!! hi!! it's nice to meet you too!!”
if the penguin was happy before then it’s absolutely over the MOON now
it makes the weird honking sound again, nodding its head furiously at you, all the while shuffling closer and closer to the barrier
you are positively delighted by this development, but each of the demon brothers seem to be taking the penguin’s approach as a personal threat both to them and to you
beel’s expression is steadily scrunching up more and more in displeasure as each second passes, asmo’s glare could probably boil the penguin alive, and you’re pretty sure you just heard levi hiss at it
you turn around to try to tell them off for getting jealous over a penguin out of all things, but they are just not listening to reason
the penguin meanwhile is desperately trying to get your attention back by nodding even more frantically and honking so loudly that lucifer actually reels back a little
you try to turn back to it but then belphie decides that he’s going to shove his way right between you and the barrier and block the penguin’s line of sight
the penguin immediately sets up an extremely loud complaint, but belphie refuses to give it any rope at all
at this point the other brothers begin catching onto what he’s doing
mostly because of his weird twin telepathy thing, beel is the first to join belphie’s quest, with his giant frame being substantially more effective as a barrier, while asmo and satan work together to not-so-subtly start ushering the entire group backwards and away from the penguin
you’re attempting to protest, but lucifer is practically shouting over you about how interesting and fun you’ll find the giant giraffe exhibit, which just so happens to be on the other side of the zoo
the penguin is positively screeching at this point, but a moment later is suddenly goes silent. for a moment you’re afraid that one of the brothers have lost their nerve and actually killed it, but then you manage to spot it sliding away again around beel’s massive shoulder
turns out that, though his brothers don’t seem to care about his status and power placement at all, the avatar of greed’s glare is enough to silence even the most passionate of penguins
while the brothers exchange triumphant looks as they lead you away from the penguin exhibit, though, you’re more than a little upset by this whole ordeal.
the disrespect? abundant. the lack of sympathy? rampant. the audacity? sheer.
you make your displeasure very clear by scrunching up your face, crossing your arms, and refusing to respond to any of the brothers when they try to ask you something
goddammit, it was supposed to be a good thing that they saved you from the so obviously dangerous penguin, but now you’ve got them feeling bad
in the end, though, you still can’t stay mad at your boys for long
they all apologise (well, all of them except lucifer, whose pride will forever be his downfall, and belphie, who genuinely doesn’t think he’s done anything particularly wrong), and you can’t bring yourself to keep dampening the mood
so, with a short scolding that’s really little more than a light slap to the wrist to remind the boys that you don’t need to be protected from everything like some sort of delicate glass case despite how much they might think that’s the case, you’re back to your previous happy self
thank fuck
the rest of the day goes smoothly! the eight of you do indeed go to see the giant giraffes, which you actually get to feed, and beel somehow manages to knock down an entire row of rigged carnival targets to get you a pretty wooden carving of a super cool dragon
(you’re still not entirely sure how that happened but it was probably the sheer willpower)
you convince all of the brothers to take about three hundred photos with you in the cheesy green screen safari booths (it was mostly levi, lucifer and belphie who needed convincing, since beel and satan weren’t too fussed about it either way, and mammon and asmo were downright thrilled to do so)
lucifer buys the whole group matching keychains, despite the fact that they were pretty basic wood-and-plastic affairs but still cost a good fifty grimm each
(you’ve noticed that he seems to like doing that, considering the harrison porter keychain you’ve still got from that trip up to the human world back during the whole body swap fiasco)
he gets himself a fire-breathing peacock, mammon gets a gold-hoarding crow, levi gets a sea serpent, satan gets a good old regular cat, asmo gets a lesser spotted spectra, beel gets a manticore (since they’re known to eat more than three times their body mass on good days), belphie gets a giant carnivorous cow, and he begrudgingly lets you pick out the giant penguin design - as an apology for his actions earlier.
(you don’t fail to notice the slightly irritated looks levi and satan in turn both send the keychain as you tuck it safely into your pocket)
all in all
a lovely day out
10/10 would do again
#obey me#obey me hcs#obey me x reader#swd leviathan#swd lucifer#swd mammon#swd asmodeus#swd satan#swd beelzebub#swd belphegor#swd diavolo#swd mc#lucifer x reader#mammon x reader#leviathan x reader#satan x reader#asmodeus x reader#beelzebub x reader#belphegor x reader#reader insert#crack#fluff#the brother's one-on-one time is kinda uneven sorry :((#wow this turned out way longer than i anticipated#just realised that the actual seductive penguin part is pretty short even though it was meant to be the main focus#also they just never ate lunch i forgot about that too oops#unedited#thank god i'm FINALLY DONE WITH THIS#now time to write about the om boys getting into twice lmao
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Hi Er-jie!! I hope your day is amazing and fun!! 12, 14, 20 for your ask game?
Hi Sangsang! My day was actually super calm and relaxing, so I'm not going to complain! <3 Hope your was easy too!
12. share a sentence that you still remember from a fic you read long ago
I don't know. I'm not good at remembering quotes for things?
Ohhhhhh there's two from about 2 or 3 fandoms ago, the quotes became fandom famous:
"Don't hum bolero"
and
"I fuck old men for a living, of course I golf"
I probably read these 2 fics around 2014/2015. Older than this? I can remember some fics, but not sentences from them.
There was a Teen Wolf one that really marked me, it was a future fic (au, because teen wolf hadn't ended at that time), and Stiles was really badass, I remember some scenes from it, but not lines.
14. rec an author that you think deserve more spotlight
All the bunnies! I think lots of you are already recognized by your talent, but you should be even more.
So here, a list: @vrishchikawrites, @ladypfenix, @justdoityoufucker, @cordialcrowe, @fannish-karmiya, @rynne, @orion-flux, @origami-penguin, @sienne-k, @elvenqueensandladyflowers, @righteousinadversity, @chiyukimei, @ashayatreldai, @hauntotamatone and I know I'm forgetting lots of you, so please, help me tag the other bunnies!
20. what strength do you think your current fandom has?
Ohhhh boy! That is a very hard one. Being quite honest, I am super picky for MDZS fics. I need the characterization to be on point, I get so annoyed when people don't write WWX right, that I just can't continue reading. So this is a big weakness of this fandom, most of it was infected with fanon takes, that they don't even tag ooc anymore.
I'd say, generally, one of the strength MDZS fandom has, is keeping Wangxian together. Most people in the fandom actually love the main couple and want them to be happy, be as it may. Even if I don't like the characterization, we know that most fics, we'll get a happy ending Wangxian.
Now!!! If you're lucky, and are able to find the picky side of the fandom, who actually enjoy canon and the canon characters, you'll find some amazingly written fics, so full of love and dedication. It's just beautiful! I've read amazing ones, and I am always happy when I find the ones that make me swoon.
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Fic Reader Ask Meme
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This is me venting about wound care, with a side of brothers being brothers. seriously,,,,,you can’t just give a character an injury and expect them to stitch it up, wince, and tell everyone “the pain’s not bad, i’m dealing with it.” that’s not how wounds work. (another reason why advanced healing is literally one of the best superpowers of all time.)
anyway, this is pretty far from what i usually write, but i’ll tag you guys anyway just in case you wanted to check it out anyway: @comicsandhoney @birdy-bat-writes @dangerduckjpeg @yesboopityboop @astroherogirl @anothertimdrakestan @thebatsandbirdsofgotham @subtleappreciation
“I’m dying,” Dick choked out, eyes gazing upward vacantly, voice trembling and limbs shaking on the bed. “This is it. This is gonna be what kills me. The pain, it’s too much. I can’t-” he brought his chin to his chest, looked up, and his eyes snapped to sharp focus. “Tim what are you doing?”
Tim glanced up at him from his position at the foot of the bed, eyebrows raised. “Oh no, don’t mind me. I was enjoying that long monologue about your imminent death.”
Ignoring him, Dick said, “You’re wrapping it wrong.”
Tim paused, hovering over Dick’s outstretched leg, the plastic wrap roll still in his hand. “What? No, I’m not.” Uncertainty still rang in his tone.
“You are,” Dick argued. “You need to wrap it diagonally, so the entire bandage gets covered evenly.”
“Now you’re just being picky,” Tim said, but he started unwrapping the plastic. He let out a little huff to get his hair out of his eyes, the shorter locks in the front coming loose and framing his face now matter how many times Tim tied them back.
“I am not! I don’t want it to get infected or something.”
“It’s not gonna get infected,” Tim’s tone was incredulous. “It’s you, infection is the last thing we have to worry about.”
“First of all, my artery was sliced and I could have died from blood loss and I lost a pint and a half at least. And it’s only been two days, which means the wound is still open. Which means there’s still a chance of infection.” Ignoring Tim’s laugh, Dick continued. “And secondly, a couple years back a wound on my shoulder got infected and it was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. Hurt like hell. Infections are serious.”
“Yeah, yeah, I know.”
Tim finished with the plastic wrap, tried in vain to tear it with the razor on the edge of the packaging, failed, then grabbed a pair of scissors with a grumble.
“Thanks, Tim. Now get the plastic bag.”
“Don’t you think you’re going a little overboard?” Tim asked. “You’re covering the already-gauze-covered wound with plastic wrap and a plastic bag?”
“Well, like I said, I learned the hard way that you can never be too careful,” Dick said dryly. Once the plastic bag was in place, he tossed Tim some rubber bands, who slid them over his foot and onto his leg gently, carful not to brush up against the gauze too hard. “Hey, what did you mean by ‘it was me, infection was the least of my worries’?”
Tim shook his head. “Nothing. You’re all ready, let me know if you accidentally fall in the shower or something.”
Dick scoffed. “I’m not gonna fall.” He stood up to hobble over to the bathroom when Tim stuck an arm out.
“Woah woah, Dick.”
“What?”
“Me what? You what!” Tim sighed. “This was what I meant by it being you.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“You always try and work through your injury through all these stunts, and you never give your body time to heal. Like right now! You’re not supposed to bend your knee much.”
“The muscle didn’t even get cut that much!” Dick protested. “It’s mainly flesh!”
“Yeah, flesh covered in 24 stitches, plus the internal ones.” Tim said. “You’re not supposed to let your skin move so that it’ll catch and actually heal cleanly.”
“My skin’s fine. It’s when I use my ankle that my skin moves, not the knee.”
Tim shook his head. “It’s both. Besides, you know how scar tissue works.”
“Clean scars are more flexible than ugly scars, I know,” Dick sighed.
He stood up, keeping his knee straight, and waddled over to the bathroom door, rotating his hip to walk instead of his knee. “I feel like Penguin,” he grumbled. “You happy?”
“Very,” Tim said. “Call me if you need anything.”
“I’ll be fine,” Dick waved his hand dismissively. “Thank you though.”
Fifteen minutes later, Tim heard a shout from the bathroom. “TIM! I forgot my pants!”
#scribbles from the swamp#dick grayson#tim drake#nightwing#robin#red robin#dc#batfam#dick grayson fic#tim drake fic#nightwing fic#robin fic#red robin fic#dc fic#batfam fic
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