#i cant draw backgrounds so i cheated

[cyanophen]

he was finally let inside the walls of the city

and Paimons just happy to see Aether happy

special thanks to @cake-wlk for ideas/inspirations for the last few giant!Aether comics

[featureenvyproductions]

Tiny ramble abt the music I'm doing for my new animation thing

I know I don't really talk much about the music for my animations. I mean I'll mention it kinda. Like that I wrote something or borrowed some public domain thing. But I don't think I post about it. Part of it is like I don't want to get people's expectations up too high for something. I'm not really a musician I just know a lot about music and I can play some instruments kinda but I NEED TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND I AM NOT A PERFORMER. It's kinda like acting idk I just have never been a spotlight kinda person so I always looked at music as kind of a tool for me more than a thing to perform. SO THAT BEING SAID WHEN I TELL YOU THE OTHER INFO IN THIS POST YOU GOTTA GO EASY ON ME OK IM TRYin to have some background music I'm not trying to be a rock star or anything

Ok now that the hefty disclaimer is out of the way

So the other week when I was seeing the sleeping beauty ballet, I was actually doing Research TM to see what Tchaikovsky does for all the emotional highs and lows bc even though it's a basic ass plot like it's still got them and I am a basic ass excuse for a musician so I needed something Easy Mode for inspiration

Well while I was there realizing there isn't a goddamn way on the face of the earth I can achieve the same grand sound without an orchestra, it DID occur to me that his entire score is in the public domain (even despite Disney's efforts to make that Not the case anymore btw - they get to keep ownership of their lyrics, that's it). And so I was like. Instead of hand drawing 15 minutes of animation and writing 15 minutes of score from scratch, I actually CAN TECHNICALLY use this.

But I don't just want to like rip some recording...Copyright is a little fuzzier in that area.

And also if you know me you know the two primary things about me are 1) idk how to fucking not do everything myself this is my toxic trait and i am going to claim i get one toxic trait as a treat and 2) i cant act for shit and that includes voice acting so this is gonna be a silent movie

SO What I decided to do since I have 15 minute of dead silence to fill is write music for some of it but for some of it ALSO just study the parts of sleeping beauty I like and arrange them for solo piano. :)

We'll see how it goes but there are a couple spots that translate ok.

Here's some of the stuff I started arranging today

This is from Act 1 part 8 d. Fun fact you can actually find the original score here https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(suite),Op.66a(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)

which personally I think is real convenient and it's a hell of a lot easier to read the score while listening than to fucking guess at it

But there aren't piano arrangements of the parts I want, thus the stuff I started jotting down above.

here's me attempting to play it (badly and not at tempo....I need you to understand i just started writing this down like an hour ago,,,,,i will practice more i promise)

As you can see I kinda cheated a little and switched some octaves but like man I only have so many hands and also can I just say violas are like the Dr doofenschmirtzes of the orchestra huh. Like if they were babies and composers were their parents their parents wouldn't show up to their birth like that's what I'm getting at.

[red-dyed-sarumane]

for the artist asks!!!! 21, 16, 5, 3

3. Least favorite things to draw?

feet. theoretically i know how feet should work but attaching a foot to the ankle in a way that looks nice is just the worst. if u see me draw anything below the knee know i used my entire brain power for it.

5. Anything you haven't drawn yet but want to?

everything ever. if i had to pick one i have a big piece for kyuuyaku in my mind & have for a while but its so background heavy i havent committed yet. in terms of smaller things i still want to draw all the musical isotopes by themselves but i dont like coloring pure white so u can see where the issue lies. yes i know tenshis mostly white in color scheme & i draw her all the time but shes Special shes my specialest girl she gets privileges.

16. What's the most daunting part of your process? Ex, planning, sketching, lineart, rendering etc

backgrounds that require me to think about perspective arent necessarily bad just require so much thought i dont do it often or blur it slightly so i can cheese it. its not cheating its "camera focus" or whatever u want to call it. but out of my usual stuff. hair. its hair. why do i do hair like this why cant i stop doing hair like this. it takes FOREVER bc its literally one line at a time but its so fun to make it go all over the place. also its pretty. look at this im not even done the first part of shading & it looks so much softer than not doing it. (dont do hair like this unless u have a really specific set up u WILL be leaving with wrist damage)

21. Weirdest thing you've ever drawn?

girl with fish for arms. i dont think i have it anymore to show it wasnt even that weird its just. a girl but with large goldfish for arms.

[nayfem]

who was the first character out of the runaways you created ? ^^

and who’s your favourite story wise? :) (no spoilers though‼️🙏)

sorry for taking months to answer this, i really wanted to wait until i could do a DEEEEP dive for some files (this is a long post)

to answer your second question: my favorite character story wise is probably Cliff and Grace ?! its a cheat answer cuz i just answers 2 characters but idk i love writing them, their dynamic is so fun and cute, im so excited to post abt their new designs and story teehee

to answer your first question:

these three from around may of 2022!!! theres a fourth, but i cant find the drawing for the life of me. from left to right:

Eurus

Notus

Zephyrus

(Boreas was the forth.)

you might be asking "Hey who the fuck are these people" and that is a valid question because i dont draw them ever!!

the idea for Runaways started with these guys- first as a story about these gods and their family dynamic, but it quickly evolved into a whole world (MCU style) about superheroes.

i wanted to make one comic and then expand- starting with these gods. but as soon as i made the next character in the story... i knew what i had done (brain rot)

although that answers your question, i have more to say (unfortunately)

the comic was going to end with Eurus turning into a villain- a misunderstood villain but a villain nonetheless. she was going to form a found family group and thats when i created a familiar face...

Grace Xu.

actually, Grace came about when i thought of the name Grave Force. i thought Grace suited the name, and she was going to have basically the same powers as Anna today (her skin would put you into a coma.)

but, then i started crafting another character...

Casper Wright! an invisible thief that would steal supplies for the group.

after that, it snowballed into a whole cast of characters, and eventually the wind gods fading into the background and i havent really touched them since.

heres the first ever drawing i did of Anna, when i started figuring out that she was gonna be Grave Force, and not Grace. i quickly figured out i wanted Grace to act as a main character, and started working on the other crew!

Cliff Phoenix when he was still called "Clint"

he was the muscle of the group, with his signature flame thrower. he was kind of a himbo back then, i still see him as a himbo but at least now hes not dumb.

back then, the gadgets the group had were made by Casper, or at least thats what i planned on. i much prefer Cliff being the gadget maker of the group!

this was my first ever draft of everyone together; a quick sketch of their heads and pride flags!

from left to right:

Grace Xu

Casper Wright

Cliff Phoenix (i need to bring back his gray streak </3)

Val Romero

Anna Xu (yes she was a ginger.. and white (Grace was her half sister at this time))

Val was a really interesting character and what i thought would start the comic!! the idea was have the group go to a really fancy party looking for a "kid" in danger.

her name would have either been Psyche! (like haha gotcha) or Mirage. their power was to create a hallucination of sorts- she could make herself appear to be the persons type (either romantically or someone they took pity on) and then rob them lol. thats why the group thought it was a kid- someone saw a child enter a shady car and speed off to a upper class party.

i still wish i couldve found a way to put her in the story. honestly, ive been redoing the Runaways story and designs, and when i work on the villains i'll definitely find a spot for them!!!

thank you for the ask my dear friend, you have increased my brain rot <;3 /pos

[qualityrain]

yk when u get attached to your pfp so u cant change it if not it feels like cheating. aka i cant change my twit pfp from my old ass shitty drawing of HoI that i never even finished from two years ago lmfao. i simply stick with one thing and have it for life. my background wallpaper has been this one drawing of jirachi for like 8 years

[enby-of-the-stars]

This was my post and boy do I have an update

I finished the commission yesterday. It took two weeks (15 days to be more accurate but whatever) my mom's boss loved it.

Apparently not that much though because she's only paying me a hundred dollars.

Yup.

A hundred dollars for a fully lined, colored and rendered drawing (with a simple background) that took two weeks to do.

She says she's gonna post the drawing on her instagram and get me more clients (so basically a little bit of money and "exposure")

I feel so incredibly cheated all that work for basically pennies.

Posting this update because my parents just had a big argument about it with my dad saying I should get at least five hundred bucks for it.

My mom is angry about it too and basically told her boss that she should not tell people the price she paid and that she is the exception and I'll be charging a lot more from future clients. And then she also said that you gotta increase the price overtime and charge what other professional artists are charging (WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE IS A LOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS!)

My mom's gonna give me an extra 30 dollars to that but it still doesnt feel worth it. I spent two weeks, six hours a day working on that stupid drawing and her stupid fucking boss cant even pay me decently? Its not like that woman is poor no she's got MONEY!

The fact that my mother's other friend, who is working two jobs can pay me DOUBLE what her much more well off boss can pay is just...just wow.

Fml apparently.

WIBTA for refusing to do any more art commissions for my mom's friends?

Ok so I (19nb) am a digital artist. If I had to honestly rate my skills I would put them somewhere in the "good enough to get a few commissions but not professional level" range and I wanted to do it professionally.

Keyword being wanted but I'll get to that

Now my mother has been showing off my art pieces to her friends (no problem with this) and it got one of my mom's friends to ask her if I could draw make icons for the website of her upcoming business back in late April (basically one big icon for the main page and five smaller ones, so six in total, all fully rendered) and paid 200 dollars for all of it (which thinking back was extremely low for the amount of time and effort that I put into that if I was going by living wage effort and time)

So I did that, got the money, spent it all and was happy.

And now yesterday (july 6th) my mom said that she asked one of her other friends (who is also her boss) if I could draw her a new logo for her side business.

SHE DIDNT EVEN ASK ME IF I WANTED TO DO THAT! SHE JUST TOLD HER FRIEND THAT I WOULD DO IT!

Now I got a big commission (dont know how much money Im getting paid) dropped on me with no warning. And apparently my mom and her friend are coming with even MORE ideas for me to draw. (Mind you that commission would take at least a week to two weeks at the MINIMUM and now they're coming up with more)

But the thing is I dont want to to do digital art professionally anymore. I want it to stay as a hobby, something to do for fun and my own enjoyment. The reason why? A one year digital art course I did last year that burnt me out so unbelievably bad. I couldnt make ANY art for myself for an entire YEAR because I was constantly working on that stupid useless course (and I didnt even get the final drawing done and submitted before the one year deadline was up so that didnt help. And it was the one I was the most proud of too)

I am burned out and I want to make things for ME, things that absolutely cant go on a portfolio (extreme horror art, fan art, NSFW art, etc)

The amount of times in the past months I have talked myself out of drawing something that would make me happy because everything I make should be fit to go on a professional portfolio is extremely high.

I'm obviously gonna do the new commission and whatever else those two tell me to draw (but it better be more than 200 dollars, like at least 350 minimum) but I am so tired of this and I just wished my mom had asked me first before automatically telling her friend yes.

So would I be the asshole if I told her Im not doing any future commissions from her friends and that I want to just do art as a hobby and not as a career?

What are these acronyms?

[alayne-stonecoldfox]

“Father and I have larger concerns.”

Petyr Baelish and Sansa Stark Alayne Stone in TWOW

[putridvodka]

that’s not very polite Genji

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[cloudywithchanceofrainestorm]

I wanted to do a teenage Raeda fanart cause their so precious.

Full heads up that background was traced from one of the episodes cause i really felt like this peice needed a bg but i cant draw them good so i cheated.

Im very conflicted on this cause i tried a lot of different things with it but overall im pretty happy with it

[nyatbinary-81]

hey since youre asking for tips its time to give you my favorite piece of art advice: cheat.

no, im serious. you dont Need to draw a perfectly in perspective city and building interior. you dont Need to keep your shading perfectly consistent with every light source in the area. because art isnt About rulers and perspectives, those are just tools we use to help communicate ideas Through art.

take oneshot's own wallpapers, for example!

this is Catwalks. the buildings are far away, drawn in layers that dont quite make Sense perspective wise. but they dont have to! because those buildings arent the Focus of the piece, they exist to add color and texture to a city that otherwise doesnt exist. thats why the catwalks go nowhere, why some of the buildings just Stop at a diagonal catwalk, why theyre all at differing angles. they dont Need to follow a preexisting map. it wouldnt do anything for the piece, because it already reads as a large and confusing city. the focus of this picture is Niko. Niko and the catwalk they are walking on is internally consistent, because that Is the focus. thats the Important part.

hell, you can just Have opaque windows, too! look at Library Stroll! theres nothing showing through the window, not because theres nothing Outside, but because the focus is the Interior. the outside isnt Necessary to what the piece is trying to do, so they just dont draw it. the interior isnt even proportioned the same as it is in game! because Thats Not Important! i even have a second example for it

this is Courtyard, which is clearly implied to take place in the courtyard just outside calamus and alulas hpuse. but that courtyard doesnt look like this at all, nor is this how the land actually transitions to sea anywhere else. but thats okay! the piece communicates what it needs to; two kids living and playing in the limited space they have in an increasingly unwelcome environment. also, it looks pretty.

but fuck it, you dont need perspective at all!

lamplighter takes a much more cartoonish approach that completely ignores how perspective works, and its gorgeous! the city is a backdrop to niko observing the lamplighter doing his job, which is way too large perspective wise, but works because it communicates the Idea. its also a good example of cel shading! shading doesnt Have to be a gradient, you can just make blocks of shadow if thats more fun.

i actually have 3 wallpapers dedicated to shading! now. im not an expert on shading. i cant tell you exactly how an overly large lightbulb would look and how it would cast light. but i Can tell you that its not important. in the first one, Asteroid, it doesnt cast light at all, and in the second two, its the Only source of light. the second one, Maize, it's the most consistent in terms of lighting, which serves the piece by putting the focus on the sun's light. in the third one, My Burden Is Light, it lights up niko consistently, but it also lights up the background Through niko. niko doesnt cast a shadow. again, this serves the piece by making niko and the sun the focus.

and again in navigate, no shadows are cast. it wouldnt serve the piece. instead, additional lighting is added by the phosphor disturbed by the boats wake.

not even niko is consistent! their height, colors, hat shape, sun size, and even if they Have the sun (they dont in lamplighter) varies between the arts, due to both the artists style and what the individual piece needs.

cheating is a hard idea to learn. perspective and consistency have been championed for their importance for a long time. but they must always come Second to the communication of an Idea, as that is the true purpose of art, and always has been.

so, dont stress yourself drawing the least important parts of the piece to complete accuracy. make them vaguely legible and go back to the focus.

Niko Oneshot!!!

[antiloreolympus]

8 Anti LO Asks

1. It doesn’t really make sense for a long term comic such as LO to have such a drastic change in the artstyle, and even more you can’t really call it an improvement when all the interesting parts of the art style are now gone and all that it is now it’s just some basic same-face and body art style with barely any backgrounds. RS is incredibly talented for illustrative artwork and it’s really a shame she’s not doing that anymore and instead has left it to her team, with leaving them very messy sketches. The artstyle in the beginning had life and glamour and now it’s just very dull and boring. That’s not an improvement

2. I genuinely can’t think of any man in LO that’s even half way decent. Poseidon maybe? Hephaestus? Those are the only two I can manage, meanwhile the rest are either Rachel purposely ruining them because of her own biases (Zeus, Apollo, Thanatos to an extent) or are “good” men who are just creeps who disrespect all the women around them and are super creepy and obsessed over a literal teenager who acts like a child (Hades, Ares, Hermee, Eros, etc). The women aren’t much better either. 

3. About Perse making Hades childish: (this is no way defending him, just some speculation, and tbh I doubt that RS has thought this through haha) I wonder if he becomes a horny teenager around her because she’s a goddess of fertility? Would that have any affect on him? Doesn’t excuse his creepy ass behavior, but could explain it a bit, I guess?

4. Okay so I'll be honest I dont really see any reason to 'simp' over Any of the LO characters?

Also, not to start sh*t, but - I think part of the reason why some of the LO fandom does not like Zeus (and perhaps gives Hera more leeway - at least in terms of cheating) is because:

Mythologically Zeus is a known cheater / rapist (Io for example, or Semele)

They see Hera cheating a Zeus as okay (its not) because he's been known to cheat on her in the past / fans see Hera cheating on Zeus with Hades as 'justified revenge' for what he's (Zeus) put her through

I'll be honest I dont really see Zeus (or Hades for that matter) as good rulers because

Despite other deities (like Eros) doing 'acts of wrath' - they get away with it because they often have someone to back them up (like Aphrodite offering to sleep with Zeus to get her son out of trouble) - but the one time Persephone does something wrong (an act of wrath) - Zeus wants to give her the Prometheus treatment - mainly so he can feel like an in control king whos subjects respect him

The reason this sound so odd is because of RS writing choices. Zeus is a grade A d*ck who is willing to destroy a 'young girls promising career' because she made 1 mistake that one time. But at the same time the act of wrath is framed oddly because Demeter doesn't want her daughter to get in trouble so she covers it up (its like the equivalent of hiding a murder from the cops).

Zeus wanting to Prometheus Kore seems overly harsh because she is a Child. (Well a teenager) - so it adds to the "Zeus is a d*ck" card, because she doesnt have the life experience to "get away with" stuff like the other deities because she is young AND sheltered.

Like again, the whole concept of Human Laws applying to Gods is so confusing:

Would Zeus have been this harsh if Demeter had simply come forward in the first place about Persephone's murder rampage? Why did she blackmail / get other deities involved to cover it up? Is Zeus THAT much of a d*ck in Demeters eyes that she knows he would harshly punish a child for something "she didnt mean to do" (killed mortals based on a feeling?)

Why is there a motherf*cking trial in the first place? Do All the other deities get the right to a fair trial or is this a special case? (Like can any deity just offer to sleep with Zeus and he'll let them off the hook?). If the other deities had commited the same crime would the trial / punishment be the same or does Zeus just have a rage boner because he was lied to? If thats the case then why are the other deities taking Persephones side during the trial? (Ares I can maybe understand cause hes the God of War and stuff but everyone else is taking Perse's side because their either her personal friend or family member (Hecate, Hermes, Demeter, Hades etc).

Why are there certain laws like "Zeus cant get to Persephone because she has clemency in the underworld" but other deities - including Leto, Demeter and others (like Perse's nymph family) can just stroll into Hades house? Why is Hermes still on house arrest? Why are Hades + Persephone throwing a house party when shes on trial for scythe crimes??!!!

Why are the gods bound by such petty squabbles?

The way RS set up the governing "laws" in universe just doesnt make a whole lotta sense. Also, sorry this got ramblely.  

5. Tbh i don’t think that Hades acting differently when he’s with Persephone is a bad thing, as a concept. But there are many issues with this such as the fact that Persephone is barely legal and Hades act like an actual child around her. Obviously when you’re with someone they are going to act different than they do when they are at work. The problem is that Hades essentially goes from the “cold-scary king” to a 17 year old hormonal boy when he’s with Persephone. And him making out with her in a middle of a store or them golfing with diamonds or him making out with Persephone again in front of his workplace is not exactly acceptable behaviour from a king. If Hades acts all lovey-dovey with Persephone when their at their home together it’s different, but when they’re at a public place they can’t really do that. I would say that he has to keep a status about him but from what we’ve seen all the citizens of the underworld hate him and don’t respect him at all, from yelling at him to actually fighting with him, so idk how much status there is actually attached to him 

6. I swear, the majority of the “cute” HxP moments in LO just seem like a single father dealing with his hyperactive 8 year old over the supposed future intimidating rulers who Rachel is obsessed about talking and drawing their sex life. Is it really that hard to depict Persephone even acting like a smart teenager at the very least, as opposed to an airhead grade schooler? It doesn’t scream cute to me, it seems more like a father/daughter relationship. It’s just weird. 

7. i mean, i have a LO oc who's persephone's brother (fertility god) between demeter and zeus. dude got thrown into tartyrus to cover up the affair and now serves cronus. he was the god of summer, and my reasoning was demeter's seasons/harvest + summer thunderstorms. wrote a whole minific i will never post about him and persephone realizing everyone around them are assholes and healing together. so the mistress-of-zeus oc isnt that weird.

8. I’m not a Zeus stan by any means, but I do find him one of the most interesting characters, and one that RS has, in her attempts to make him be the worst ever to make Hades look better, actually way more interesting and compelling than the majority of the cast. He doesn’t lie or whine to the audience he’s some good person like Hades when he’s not, he owns that he’s a dick and doesn’t bullshit the audience into thinking he’s someone he’s not. RS tries to show us he’s a “bad” king, yet we see no proof it beyond what, he wants to uphold the law P broke and doesnt kiss Hades’ butt? That’s not a bad king, it’s a good one that he doesn’t let family ties or lust cloud his judgement, unlike Hades or Hera, for example. I don’t condone his cheating either, but it’s not fair to hate him for it, but love it that Hades cheated on Minthe so he could get into a teenager’s skirt and praise Hera for sleeping with her brother in law while punishing Zeus’ mistresses because she’s being a fake “loyal” wife. Just because he’s a deeply flawed, even a bad person doesn’t make him a bad character. Hades and Hera and even Persephone are awful people who do worse than Zeus, yet they’re loved and praised for it, all while being written with the depth of a puddle. 

[aetherknit]

talk to me about composition. how do you construct ur pieces so beautifully

YOU ARE SOO KIND ive been trying to focus more on composition recently bc its something i never fucking understood and i kind of just relied on instinct -- i cant say im much better now, but here's how my process tends to work:

identify the Main eyecatch of the piece. oftentimes for me this is going to be faces or a basic object bc i do a lot of close-up character work

things around the focal point of the drawing should be somehow pointing the viewer towards it through movement (e.g., death note piece has the scythe curve leading you back to george's face -- i also tend to cheat and put a lot of abstract background lines/shapes that serve to do the same thing, like the crosses/circle)

color composition my FAVE. use contrast/saturation to your advantage!!! i tend to do this with red a lot. things that are more vibrant draw the eye -- backgrounds that contrast with the foreground keep people focused on the foreground

dramatic lighting my other fav.... i adore using bright lights to highlight likeee

theres a lot of vibrant reds and dark colors in this piece, so this gold really pops. instantly, you know where to look.

in general, you want to avoid places where the piece feels too empty... cropping and bg work can save your life here!! trust your instincts

[irontinystar]

“Dance with me” Steve proposed.

“What?” Tony bubbled again.

A man was playing a melancholic sound in the background, his eyes closed as he seemed too immersed in the music to pay attention to them.

“Yeah, please!” Steve exhorted. “I love this song.”

Tony looked at him. It was not that he didn’t want to dance, or didn’t like it. He just- he was still trying not being too invested in the thing. But Steve was looking at him with such blue eyes that Tony felt like melting under that puppy look.

Especially since Steve really seemed to like that song.

“Fine” he mumbled. He couldn’t quite catch what the man was playing, but he didn’t really care.

As soon as Steve dragged him by the hand and put his arms around his waist, Tony damned himself for having even questioned the chance of dancing with him in the first place.

“I hope nobody looks at us” Tony murmured though.

Steve raised an eyebrow. “Who am I talking with?” he widened his mouth. “Tony Stark? The Tony Stark? I just heard someone not wanting to draw attention, are you really you?”

Tony rolled his eyes. “Ah ah” he scoffed.

He felt Steve’s hand in the small of his back and he moved closer to him, putting his arms around Steve’s neck.

“Nice song” he commented. “Nothing special, though.”

Steve shook his head as a reproach. “Just wait for the lyrics” he warned.

They swayed a little to the rhythm of the music, Tony between Steve’s arms, and Steve looking at him as if he had hung the moon in the sky just for him.

“Never thought that you would be” Steve started with a low voice.

Tony eyed at him with a lopsided smile. “You’re not gonna start singing” he said. “Please, tell me you’re not gonna start singing.”

“Standing here so close to me” Steve went on.

Tony rolled his eyes. “Oh my god” he whined, but Steve didn’t seem to care.

“There’s so much I feel that i should say” Steve sang indeed, drawing him closer.

Tony bit his lip again. He acted a little annoyed, but he actually felt like his lungs were going to blow up with joy.

Steve grinned. “But words can wait until some other day” he said shaking his head as if he was performing.

Tony chuckled. “I can’t with you” he whined again.

Steve pushed and pulled him by his hand, making Tony turn around.

Then he tightened his arms around Tony’s waist again.

“Kiss me once” he grinned leaving a brief kiss on Tony’s parted lips.

“Then kiss me twice” he went on. Another small kiss.

“Then kiss me once again” he repeated with another kiss. “It’s been a long, long time.”

“Hey! You’re cheating” Tony called still a little dazed by the feeble kisses.

“Haven’t felt like this, my dear, since I cant remember when” Steve sang. “It’s been a long, long time.”

Tony softened his look. He knew Steve was singing words he had not been the one writing, but still he trembled at the idea that he was saying so in front of him. With such easiness, and such sincerity.

He was looking at him with his fond eyes like he meant each one of those words.

“You’ll never know how many dreams I’ve dreamed about you” Steve went on, clueless about Tony’s loud emotions. “Or just how empty they all seemed without you.”

Tony felt the need to lower his eyes again, but Steve’s soft voice was so mesmerising he just couldn’t. He was so scared that the deep love he was feeling could be read all over his face.

Steve grinned at him and stroked the skin over his hips with his thumbs.

He tilted his head. “So kiss me once” he started leaning toward Tony to kiss him again.

“Then kiss me twice” he murmured still on his lips.

“Then kiss me once again” he smiled with another brief kiss. “It’s been a long, long time” he ended then.

He made Tony turn around another time.

Tony giggled loudly at his own pirouette.

“Steve” he yelped, as Steve made them both swing a little faster, while the melody kept playing in the background.

Steve dragged him by his hand and held him tighter between his arms again, hugging him as the music was fading.

Tony sighed with his forehead resting on Steve’s chest. He got a glimpse of the landscape behind them. The sky was slowly darkening, but the Eiffel Tower still stood gloriously in the middle of it, lit by the setting sun.

“I love you” Steve murmured over Tony’s head.

Tony felt his lips brushing his scalp. He squinted his eyes as he felt his chest clenching with affection. “I love you” he replied, his voice a little muffled by Steve’s chest.

Steve distanced him a little bit just to see his face.

“We should go” he murmured smiling feebly. SHIELD had called them on another brief but urgent meeting.

Tony nodded. “I know” he stated without a real interest.

Steve lowered his head and kissed him properly this time. He cupped Tony’s cheek and caressed his skin softly.

“Let’s go then” he said under his breath, still on his lips.

Tony nodded again. “Okay” he replied, letting Steve kiss him once more.

He smiled on his mouth and gripped his hands on Steve’s shoulders.

“Alright, enough” Steve drew away.

Tony snorted. “Do we really-“ he tried.

“Yes” Steve reproached.

Tony huffed. “Okay, okay” he conceded distancing from Steve and raising his hands as a sign of surrender.

Steve huffed. “Good” he nodded.

Tony wetted his lips. “Last one, I swear” he assured gripping at Steve’s collar and dragging his face to his height to kiss him again.

Steve rolled his eyes. “Tony” he reproached.

“I said last one” Tony replied with begging eyes.

Steve sighed at his look. He cupped Tony’s face once more and kissed him again with sweetness. Tony closed his eyes and lingered in the act.

“Last on” Steve repeated when he moved backward.

Tony twirled his nose. “Yeah, yeah” he exhaled. “Last one.”

“Fool me once, fool me twice” by MrsWinterBreath aka me

[citruli]

Putting thoughts on TGWDLM AU here. Hidden under the cut for lots of text, TGWDLM spoilers, mentions of possession, and character death. it’s not nearly as dark as I make it sound though

It’d be Atsutodo centric, w Atsushi as Paul and Totty as Emma. They’re like the only characters that wouldn’t need a huge rewrite, maybe just make Atsushi a little more charming than Paul. I’d also make their relationship more established, they don’t have to already be a couple but definitely more friendly and crushing a lot more obviously.

Osototo could be Sam and Charlotte but not without a HUGE overhaul of their characters. Charlotte is too much of a coward to be a good fit for Totoko and I would just eliminate the fact that Sam/Osomatsu is a cop. Osomatsu is actually kinda tough because I don’t really like him in any other role so he’d end up being the one who’s most like their canon self. Like he’d just be A Guy that Totoko is dating and shows up later to try and kill her. The main draw of Osototo in these roles is the absolute powercouple-ness that comes after they both get possessed, as brief as it is before they die for real.

Nyaa-chan could be Ted but again with a big change of the role. Mostly I just think it’d be funny of Totoko was cheating on Osomatsu w her. She’d be a lot less of a sleazeball and more just concerned/crushing on Totoko. 

Ichimatsu as Alice started as a joke but then I thought about it for more than two seconds and OUCHIES! A secret longing to be loved and wanted by his family only to grow resentful when he feels like he’s being sidelined and ignored? And he doesn’t even get to have that before he gets possessed? Fucking ow! Debating if I’d still want him to be a teenager or an adult, but I would put Choromatsu in Bill’s place regardless and just change their relationship so they’re bothers instead of father/son. Theyd be the only two of the Matsus who are actually related in this AU.

Choromatsu as Bill probably wouldn’t need too much reworking? Just again they’re brothers and instead of an ex-wife he’s fighting with over Ichimatsu he’s just trying to get custody of him after their parents passed? Assuming I go the teen Ichimatsu route. But oooooohhh my god the ANGST the HURT of him blaming himself for Ichimatsu’s death. Being unable to shoot Ichimatsu himself and getting killed for it. Iro angst is OUT Nenchuu angst is IN.

Yes Yanagida is here. Yes he’s Deb. Choromatsu likes him a little more than Bill did Deb in the OG muscial.

And that leaves Karamatsu. The catalyst for this AU that now haunts me. Show Stopping Number is the most Karamatsu bullshit I’ve ever seen and there’s no fruitcake that could fit the role of Professor Hidgens like he would. Specifically thinking Lawyer Karamatsu for this to get that Hidgens level of bonkers. I forget if they ever established what Hidgens teaches but I guess for this AU I’d just make it … ethics or something I don’t actually know what law professors teach. But it’d need to be something most students take so Totty has a reason to be there and know him. 

Jyushimatsu.....I just don’t have a good spot for him. All that’s really left are background characters or to maybe rewrite it so he and Ichimatsu are twins but I don’t know. I cant figure out a good way to shoehorn him in. 

I’m talking as if I’m going to do anything with this AU but I don’t honestly know. A musical About musicals is probably the worst media to try and convert to any sort of fic or whatnot. But I don’t have the time or energy to make it a full comic, I have no ability to make this a real musical, so fic is the only feasible option.

I might just be a hater but I personally am not a fan of reading lyrics, if I see it in fics I usually just skip over it because it just ever has the same affect as hearing it for me. But maybe I'm wrong and people don’t mind it? The other option is to eliminate the fact that the aliens make people sing and just have it be regular possession etc, but then I feel it just becomes another zombie au and you miss out on a lot of great moments that come with the songs.

There’s a chance I might still write a fic for this once I figure out how to approach it. because who doesn’t like reading stories where everyone is dead at the end?

[avatar-the-last-jerkbender]

my heart is screaming out

- an OsaAka fic -

AO3 

Osamu: hey theyre throwing a party for me tmrw bfore i leave for college r u coming

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(Somewhere in the distance, a little bell rings)

Osamu: hey theyre throwing a party for me tmrw bfore i leave for college r u coming

sorry i cant something came up

(A little bell rings)

Osamu: hey theyre throwing a party for me tmrw bfore i leave for college r u coming

yh what time? ill b there

(No bells ring, and we can finally move on)

Keiji is drunk. The most alcohol he’s had before is sips of champagne on New Year’s Eve but something about the sense of finality and charged atmosphere leads him to say ‘fuck it’ and knock back two White Claws barely an hour after he steps through Osamu’s front door.

The living room is usually as familiar to him as his own but now it’s packed with bodies and almost completely dark, save for the disco lights flashing around the room.

Keiji feels warmer, fuzzier than usual and finds himself cackling wildly at something Atsumu said, all his usual composure and inhibitions gone. Once he finishes gasping with laughter, he melts further into the sofa, content to spend the rest of the evening laying there completely boneless.

“Keiji!”

Osamu’s arm drapes around his shoulders as he pushes away from a cluster of people, settling heavily into Keiji’s side. The line where his thigh meets Keiji’s, where their torsos are now mashed into each other seems to burn, made even hotter by the way they’re both sweating and the alcohol coursing through Keiji’s bloodstream.

“I haven’t talked to you all evening,” Osamu gushes. “How are you doing?”

Keiji has stopped laughing now, fully raptured by Osamu’s gray eyes, pupils dilated in the dim lighting.

“Hi. I’m good.” He can smell the cheap beer one of their friends brought on Osamu’s breath and he vaguely thinks he should be disgusted. “Really good.”

“I’m glad you came,” Osamu says.

Keiji beams at him and he sees the surprise in Osamu’s face.

He distantly remembers what the other man had told him about his smiles.

Apparently Keiji had five of them:

1. The fake one 2. The one when he found something funny despite his best intentions 3. The one when he was being mean 4. The one when he was embarrassed 5. And the genuinely happy one

He has no idea which one Osamu is seeing right now but whichever one it is, he seems to like it, turning even redder before burying his face into the crook of Keiji’s neck.

“You’re going to kill me,” he groans, breath wafting over Keiji’s collarbone and making him shiver.

Keiji twists slightly to sling a leg over Osamu, moving his arms up to wrap around broad shoulders. Maybe if he held on tight enough, Osamu wouldn’t leave for college, wouldn’t leave their friends, wouldn’t leave their hometown. Wouldn’t leave Keiji. He tightens his grip and shifts further so he’s straddling Osamu and propping his chin on his shoulder. “Not if you kill me first,” he counters, as Osamu’s hands slip down to his waist.

It’s not like they haven’t cuddled before. While Keiji isn’t the most tactile, Osamu more than makes up for it, messing with his hair, linking their hands or pinkies when they walk next to each other, hugging him frequently.

But it’s different now, with the way Osamu’s looking at him like he’s the only thing in the world, the gaze he’s only seen in fragments and glimpses. Never as concentrated as it is now.

“Keiji…” he breathes and somewhere behind them, in the sea of chatter, Keiji hears someone go,”hey where’d Osamu go- holy fucking shit!”

They inch closer, lips almost touching before Keiji comes to his senses and turns his head away, pushing at Osamu’s chest.

“Wait, no. I can’t do this to you. I’m sorry.”

Osamu’s eyes flash with hurt and his jaw tenses but he nods, releasing his vise-like grip on Keiji.

The silence between them is not awkward but it feels heavy and sad, all the giddy happiness from earlier completely gone.

“I need a drink,” Keiji says numbly, clambering off Osamu’s lap and almost tripping over someone else’s foot in his haste to get to the kitchen.

The sudden brightness makes him blink and squint as he spots a pack of 4loko and makes a beeline for it. The bottle is in his hand before he changes his mind and opens the cupboard for a water glass instead.

Osamu was always meant for bigger and better things. More than what their city could offer him.

And that’s why Keiji knows he has to let him go, so he fills the cup with water from the fridge, drinking it fast to try and get rid of the sudden lump in his throat.

(A bell rings)

It’s not like they haven’t cuddled before. While Keiji isn’t the most tactile, Osamu more than makes up for it, messing with his hair, linking their hands or pinkies when they walk next to each other, hugging him frequently.

But it’s different now, with the way Osamu’s looking at him like he’s the only thing in the world, the gaze he’s only seen in fragments and glimpses. Never as concentrated as it is now.

“Keiji…” he breathes and somewhere behind them, in the sea of chatter, Keiji hears someone go,”hey where’d Osamu go- holy fucking shit!”

They inch closer, lips almost touching-

-until Keiji sees the look on Osamu’s face.

The passion from before has been replaced by pure sadness and it’s enough to immediately clear Keiji’s head.

“Sorry,” he mumbles, clambering off Osamu’s lap and settling into his side.

“S’okay,” he hears Osamu say, twining their fingers together as Keiji lets his head drop onto his shoulder.

Keiji feels his chest pang. The warmth and roughness of Osamu’s hands are a welcome contrast to his own, which are almost always clammy and cold.

He doesn’t know how they’re going to stay warm with Osamu over 1000 miles away.

Somehow he falls asleep like that, fingers tangled with Osamu’s as his eyes slip shut and the noise of the party fades into the background.

He doesn’t hear Osamu’s quiet, “I’m sorry too,” as the evening goes on.

(A bell doesn’t ring. But a dice is rolled instead, spinning and clattering until it lands on:

1)

Keiji Akaashi, University Student (21)

It’s past midnight and the caller ID is one he hasn’t seen in a few months, but it still makes his heart flutter and his stomach drop.

Keiji Akaashi immediately stops typing his English assignment and picks up the phone. “Hello?” he says, stifling a yawn.

“Keiji?”

Instantly, he knows something is wrong. Osamu’s voice is small and scared in a way he hasn’t heard in a while.

“Is everything okay?” Any traces of sleepiness are gone now and he feels fully alert, fear churning in his gut.

“I fucked up,” Osamu mumbles. “I fucked up so bad.”

Here’s what he tells Akaashi:

Osamu is dating a girl named Hitomi

and he didn’t really feel the need to tell Keiji about her because it wasn’t anything serious he swears (and that hurts Keiji in a way he doesn’t want to decipher- when did they start keeping secrets from each other?)

and it had only been a few months (months!!! That’s pretty serious!!!) but

Hitomi

was

pregnant

“I’m so lost,” he hears Osamu sniffle slightly. “Help me, Keiji, please.”

Keiji takes a shuddering breath, knowing that this is just another piece of Osamu he will never get back. “You’re going to be a great dad, ‘Samu. Get some sleep okay? We’ll talk in the morning.”

They may be time zones apart but Keiji would rather cut out his own heart than abandon the love of his life his best friend.

Besides, he means it. Osamu would be a great dad.

(A bell rings. Roll the dice again, this time it lands on:

4)

Keiji Akaashi immediately stops typing his English assignment and picks up the phone. “Hello?” he says, stifling a yawn.

“Keiji?”

Instantly, he knows something is wrong. Osamu’s voice is small and scared in a way he hasn’t heard in a while.

“Is everything okay?” Any traces of sleepiness are gone now and he feels fully alert, fear churning in his gut.

“I fucked up,” Osamu mumbles. “I fucked up so bad.”

Osamu tells Keiji about Hitomi, the girlfriend he has literally never heard of.

He learns Osamu is going to be a father at 21.

Well then.

“Congratulations,” Keiji chokes out, over the weight of his own feelings. “You’ll do great ‘Samu. I believe in you.”

Don’t you dare abandon them like you abandoned me.

(An easy way to determine futures is to draw a flowchart. The bell’s been rung and the dice’s been tossed. Draw infinite lines out from infinite nows and see where they lead)

Whether or not they stopped calling after the news of Osamu’s child didn’t matter- the same thing always happened.

Osamu called on Keiji’s 25th birthday.

Keiji told Osamu about the wedding.

Keiji asked Osamu to be the best man.

Osamu and Keiji both knew something didn’t feel right.

Keiji and Osamu both said nothing, offering platitudes and empty conversation.

How’s your child doing?

She’s four now! Would you like to see pictures?

They’re both so fucking stupid.

But there’s no reason to ring the bell here so Keiji marries Akinori and Osamu suffers in silence and Akinori cheats on Keiji and Keiji calls Osamu crying and Osamu asks where he is and Keiji is outside his apartment door and he opens it-

Osamu’s arms felt like coming home.

(Unfortunately, a bell rings now)

They’re both so fucking stupid.

But there’s no reason to ring the bell here so Keiji marries Akinori and Osamu suffers in silence and Akinori cheats on Keiji and Keiji calls Osamu crying and Osamu asks where he is and Keiji is outside his apartment door and he opens it-

Keiji almost falls into Osamu’s arms, just as big and familiar as he remembered then. But then he sees the man in the background and feels his broken heart crack just a little further.

INTERMISSION

“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. Pain of love lasts a lifetime.” - Bette Davis

CONTINUATION

“I’m sorry to intrude,” Keiji says, suddenly feeling foolish.

“It’s fine. You’re always welcome.” But Osamu looks distinctly uncomfortable and the man behind him continues to scrutinize Keiji with sharp eyes.

“Hi,” Keiji says, regaining his composure. “I’m Keiji Akaashi.”

“I’m Rintarou. I’m ‘Samu’s boyfriend.”

The nickname sounds so different when it’s not Keiji saying it.

They shake hands.

“We just moved in together,” Osamu says. “Would you like to stay for a bit?”

Keiji gives a smile, one of the fake ones Osamu hates. “I’m sorry, I think I have to go.”

(A bell rings)

“We just moved in together,” Osamu says. “Would you like to stay for a bit?”

“So when were you going to tell me you got a boyfriend?” Keiji blurts out.

(A bell rings)

“We just moved in together,” Osamu says. “Would you like to stay for a bit?”

Keiji chews on his lip, considering. “Sure, why not?”

He picks up his suitcase and heads inside.

(The dice lays abandoned and the bell rings again.)

Somewhere, in another path of the universe, they meet as old men. They talk about everything that could have been, dance together one last time before parting ways once again, secure in the knowledge that their love will last but too scared to finally take the leap and see how it plays out.

Somewhere, in another path of the universe, they meet as old men. They talk about everything that could have been, dance together, and finally agree to take the leap and try to make a relationship happen.

After all, timing means nothing if you aren’t willing to work for what you want.

There are other universes where their love doesn’t behave as gracefully as they want it to, where they never talk again but-

Not this one.

Ring the bell, please!

(Multiple bells chime)

It’s not like they haven’t cuddled before. While Keiji isn’t the most tactile, Osamu more than makes up for it, messing with his hair, linking their hands or pinkies when they walk next to each other, hugging him frequently.

But it’s different now, with the way Osamu’s looking at him like he’s the only thing in the world, the gaze he’s only seen in fragments and glimpses. Never as concentrated as it is now.

“Keiji…” he breathes and somewhere behind them, in the sea of chatter, Keiji hears someone go,”hey where’d Osamu go- holy fucking shit!”

They inch closer, lips almost touching-

Keiji pauses to look at Osamu’s face. He looks scared and slightly sad, and Keiji sees a million futures play out in front of him.

In another life, maybe he wouldn’t be selfish with Osamu’s affection. Maybe he would let Osamu go do whatever he wanted, even if that didn’t include Keiji.

But Keiji also knows he loves Osamu in a way he loves no one else and while he knows he could fall for other people and welcome them into his life-

(Keiji can practically count Osamu’s lashes. They’re short and black, a contrast to the dyed gray hair on his head.

He slowly runs a thumb over Osamu’s cheekbone, skin soft under his fingers and continues to make eye contact, unwilling to look away for even a second.)

-Osamu is the only Osamu he will ever meet. It’s an undeniable fact and somehow doesn’t entirely seem like a bad thing.

“We should-” Osamu starts and Keiji smashes their lips together.

He can taste beer on Osamu’s tongue and he chases it, tilting his head so he can kiss him deeper.

Osamu’s arms are wrapped tight around his waist and Keiji settles even further into his lap, trying to mold their bodies together.

Someone wolf whistles in the background and Atsumu is shrieking, “ewwwwww!” but he can barely hear them through the sound of his heartbeat pounding in his ears.

They pull apart with a gasp for air and Keiji self consciously wipes his lips with the back of his hand. Osamu looks just as blissed out and confused as he feels, eyes wide and mouth open.

“I know you’re leaving. I know the time isn’t right. But I don’t know if it will ever be,” Keiji says, pressing his forehead against Osamu’s. “I don’t want to lose you. Please, can we try?”

From here he can see the slightest bit of moisture welling up in Osamu’s eyes.

“Of course. Anything for you, Keiji.”

Keiji smiles wide, one of the genuine ones he knows Osamu loves and leans in to hold him tighter.

(No bells ring. Everything is okay. They’ll be okay.)

[writingbakery]

Happy Halloween, You’re The Only Sugar I Need

[i didn’t have a lot of time to come up with halloween ideas, so have these cute lil hc’s about what it would be like to trick or treat with the bnha babies!💓]

*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ

Izuku Midoriya

did someone say couple costumes?

plans his costume out in july, and has it perfect by august

he knows all the best routes and houses like the back of his hand - nothing but full size candy bars for his baby (you💓) duh!

no haunted houses for him, he just wants to hold your hand as you walk through the neighborhood

he’s the most fair when it comes to candy negotiations, offering up two skittles bags for one set of jelly chew jolly ranchers and making sure the butterfingers were evenly divided

since he’s an expert on trick or treating (your words not his, he blushes for a full thirty minutes after you tell him) you’re both home fairly early, only out a little under an hour

which means: halloween jammies, takeout, and all your halloween candy piled up on the table while you watch spooky godmother together <3

and perhaps there’s a heated makeout session that ends with your hands down the front of his onesie ;)

Katsuki Bakugo

he always wants to go as something horrifically extra - he pretends it’s all your idea, but you know he’s been pinterest scrolling it for a solid month

his goal is quantity over quality here; the more candy he has the better, so you’re both hitting every neighborhood till the streetlights flicker on

he also wants to do every “haunted house” he spots along the way, dragging you in to suffer with him

he likes the spook

you’re out the latest, but it’s still fun - mainly because you’d convinced him to piggy back carry you home after

he’s fair but strict in his candy negotiations - he won’t let you cheat him out of a full sized kitkat bar just because you’re adorable his s/o. he requires at least three kisses and two mini crunch bars in exchange

you watch endless slasher films and bad horror classics, and cuddle under the biggest fluffiest blanket you own

somewhere during the “scary movie” series he’s got you pinned, kissing a hot trail up your neck and there goes the movie session ;)

Hanta Sero

hanta 1000% wants to do meme couple costumes, and you’re whipped for his smile, so-

plans his costume out a while back, but procrastinates getting it together until two days before (and yet, it still looks amazing?)

doesn’t really have a route or plan in mind, he just wants to wander around holding hands and kissing every time you see a pumpkin (like punch buggy but sweeter <3)

he’s honestly probably the most confusing with his candy negotiations - “how does a mini snickers and a bag of pretzels equal a york patty, hanta?”

the boy has weird candy tastes but you love him anyways

you’re out a decent amount of time, a little over an hour & change

he wants to watch every cult classic horror film ever, so prepare not to sleep

halfway through he’s too busy smiling with his tongue in your mouth though, so its a win in your book ;)

Hitoshi Shinso

hitoshi always wants to go as some super obscure film or literary pair

he’s not too early in his planning, or too late. he finishes his costume with time to spare but he doesn’t rush, either

he’s not keen on being out too late but he indulges you for a bit, sneaking kisses here and there

he’s not big on candy either, so he ends up giving you most of his basket anyway - although there’s certain things he won’t part with.

“you’re serious? i cant even have one?”

“no. all the reese’s cups are mine, & that’s final.”

you’ll get smooches because he feels bad

you’ll spend the rest of the evening with your head on his chest, listening to him read you Poe snuggled under a blanket with tea.

and halfway through lady ligeria his hands will creep up the back of your sweater, and suddenly you’re doing much more kissing than reading ;)

Yaoyorozu Momo

momo definitely wants to do something elegant and fancy with you for costumes

she gets everything tailored and ready weeks in advance, duh

momo’s house is the one giving out full sized candy bars, so is trick or treating even necessary? yes it is

you spend about an hour giggling and sharing a candy basket, everyone awwing over the pair of you

there’s no candy negotiations because you share <3

you play board games with the charlie brown halloween special in the background

she wins every time that girl’s a menace

“since i’ve won twenty four of our twenty six games, i’ll be claiming my prize now.”

her prize is kissing you senseless on the floor, smiling into each other’s mouths with wandering hands ;)

Tsuyu Asui

dorky costumes? dorky costumes. think dorothy and the tin man, but cute

she plans both your costumes in advance cause she’s just that amazing

you’re out almost as late as possible only because tsu gets excited everytime she sees a decorated house and you’re soft for her

candy negotiations with her are tough; she plays hard to please and you both like too many of the same candies

you end up sharing anyways

halloween movies with tsu are a big mess of funny to scary to animated to wholesome - she loves all of them and you love her, so you’re watching everything

you’re cuddled up in a blanket fort, snuggled into a heap of blankets and it’s so comfortable that you almost fall asleep halfway through poltergeist

until tsuyu starts kissing her way up the sensitive skin of your back, and suddenly kissing is the only thing on your mind ;)

Ojiro Mashirao

he always wants to do a cutesy/romantic couples costume, he’s your prince charming without fail

the two of you work on your costumes together well before halloween - he calls it couple bonding like the cutie he is

you’re not out too late, mostly because you have too many activities planned for when you’re back home

there is no candy negotiation with ojiro; he gives you your favorites and steals your pretzels and m&m’s without a word

you carve pumpkins even though you already have six, make candy apples, and finally snuggle together on the couch to watch some cheesy halloween hallmark specials

he makes you both hot chocolate with plenty of mini marshmallows <3

by the end of the second sappy film you’re licking the chocolate out of his mouth, and he’s only complaining a little

“but (y/n), she’s about to leave it all behind for the lovestruck farmer!”

Eijiro Kirishima

kiri loves halloween, so he’ll gladly be the counterpart to any costume you choose

he’s definitely a procrastinator though, only finishing it the day of

he’s so excited and hyper that you spend nearly two hours trick or treating, being dragged by holding hands with kiri as he marvels at the tiniest of things

he’s the worst at candy negotiations - he’s so soft for you that he’d give you anything you asked, and he’s a sucker for all types of candy so he’s way too easy to please

“sure baby, you can have my crunch bar and my twix for the nerds.”

“eiji those are both full size candy bars-“

“so?”

he wants to watch the scariest of movies because he’s manly, of course, and he promises to protect you from anything too frightening

he ends up curled into your arms, peering at the screen through his fingers and you’re trying really hard not to laugh

distractions come in the form of kisses, though, and soon he’s too busy nipping at the son of your neck to pay attention to the terrifying film ;)

Tamaki Amajiki

tamaki definitely wants to do cheesy pop culture costumes with you - he spends most of his time reading or watching it

his nerves about the whole thing make him finish his costume way too early, but it’s cute

once he’s in costume though, he gains a sort of confidence - he’s somebody who’s not him for a little while, and he boldly holds your hands and kisses your cheek as you wander

tamaki loves candy, so negotiations are difficult - but he loves you a lot more, so he parts with some of his precious stash

you decide on reading scary stories to each other, sitting with your back against his chest in the big armchair, by the fireplace

it’s warm and cozy and you could almost fall asleep like this, until tamaki’s voice wavers as you shift in his lap

the book is quickly forgotten about as you make out softly, and maybe the costume gets a little shredded. oops ;)

Mirio Togata

mirio will literally dress up as anything as long as you match with him

he insists you plan together, takes all of your thoughts into consideration; this is a team effort!

he doesn’t want to be out too late but he can’t help himself, he wants to show you everything

plus he keeps running into people he knows and he wants to show you off

he splits all his candy evenly with you; you’re his baby, he’d give you his kidney if you asked

he’s one for paranormal movies, he gets so wrapped up in the plotlines it’s almost funny

“okay but if i were a ghost, i’d haunt people in the fun way. like, we’d play games or something.”

“you’d make a very nice ghost, babe.”

he gets so caught up in the movies though that he doesn’t even realize when you pounce, tickling him to draw his attention again

it quickly turns from tickles to kisses and kisses to nibbles and suddenly he’s not thinking about ghosts at all ;)

Nejire Hado

the poor baby’s so excited she can’t even choose a costume, so you end up deciding

she’s very involved in the process though, helping out any way she can

trick or treating with nejire is like going with a hyperactive six year old, but it’s adorable. she drags you around for hours

“look! that pumpkins as big as my head! let’s take a picture!”

she’s a candy addict, good luck trying to negotiate any sort of trade. she steals yours when you aren’t looking

you totally notice but you indulge her

you’re watching a movie, making cookies, and playing a board game all at once when you get home

she’s so excited she can’t even sit still, bouncing from activity to activity until you give up and pull her in for a kiss

you get so distracted you forget all about the cookies ;)

“NO! MY PRECIOUS SUGAR PUMPKIN BABIES!”

Uraraka Ochaco

she’s had your costumes planned since last halloween

“but we’ve only been dating four mo-“

“shush and try this on.”

she’s running around the neighborhood with you for hours, isn’t even tired

another big candy thief, shamelessly digging in your basket but she’s cute so you allow it

wants to watch all the sappy halloween movies and compare you guys to the main characters

“that’s so us, oh my god.”

“he’s a baker. and she’s in real estate.”

“it’s us!! im the baker though.”

drinking lots of spiced cider and giving out leftover candy to the few stragglers, she’s got a soft spot for them

lots of cheesy, silly kisses as you cuddle

she’s easily distracted though, kissing down your cheek to your jaw, neck and oops! the movies long forgotten ;)

Denki Kaminari

another meme costumer, but he also wants to look cool. it’s a tricky balance

he keeps putting off getting his costume together, and then he forgets, and then he’s calling you frantic the night before for assistance

he’s a little more relaxed as you walk through the neighborhood, but that’s only because he’s waiting for everyone to discover the pranks he’d set up beforehand

needless to say, trick or treating ends early before he can be murdered

denki’s a candy whore, but he’s willing to make negotiations with you as long as he gets kisses out of it - which you take advantage of to get all his good stuff

you’re curled up together watching nightmare before christmas, a tradition between you because you’d argued for a week straight about whether it was a halloween or christmas movie

the compromise is that you watch it on both holidays

he gets bored after twenty minutes though, restless like always and before you know it he’s kissing wherever he can reach

the movie’s ignored for the rest of the night as the pair of you kiss and giggle and get a little carried away ;)

Mina Ashido

she’s all over the place with her planning but she definitely wants to do something complicated - she loves going all out!

she needs your help to stay on task but your costumes are finished in a decent enough amount of time

first you’re trick or treating, then you’re pulling pranks with denki, then you’re chasing the neighborhood kids around in a silly game of tag - you’re doing so much that you don’t even realize how late it’s gotten

at home she’s still got all that wild excited energy so you make pumpkin pie together despite the hour, making stupid jokes and flicking flour at one another

“if this sticks in my hair you’re dead, (y/n)!”

“love you too, princess.”

somewhere between baking and eating the pie you start making out against the counter, and there’s definitely flour handprints all over the both of you ;)

Mezo Shoji

shoji likes halloween, but he lets you pick out the costumes - he wants you to have a good time!

he’s very helpful throughout the entire process of getting the costumes ready, and you’re done in no time

he lets you drag him all around, using the majority of his arms to carry extra candy baskets - it’s not cheating the system because everyone thinks it’s part of his costume, and there’s six times as much candy now!

he gives the majority of it to you once you’re home again to see you smile - it has been his plan all along to drown you in excess candy, and you’re not complaining

he gets an equal amount of kisses in return

you spend the evening helping the local kids collect as much candy as they can, and shouji makes it his job to escort all the children that are scared up to every house so they don’t miss out

he gets a whole lot more than kisses for that, but who can blame you? your boyfriend was just too sweet for his own good

“i think you’re the only sugar i need, (y/n).”

“you flirt. kiss me again.” ;)

Tokoyami Fumikage

whenever halloween comes around, he goes big. all out. ridiculously detailed, amazing costumes

you help as much as you can, but he’s in his element; he handles most of it himself

his excitement isn’t obvious, but you can see it in the way he slightly pulls you along as you wander. it’s downright adorable

dark shadow is also having the time of his life, popping up to make snarky comments at passrersby and steal candy whenever possible

“god, did she pull that costume off of last years clearance rack?”

“dark shadow, enough.”

he’s not wrong though

candy negotiations are done through dark shadow - your boyfriend would’ve given you all the good stuff without questioning it, and his counterpart can’t have that

you end up sitting outside to watch the stars, tokoyami cuddled into your chest and all it takes is a few well placed kisses to his plumage to have dark shadow sweep you up and take you right inside for some evening fun ;)

[i tried to write as many as i could, i hope you all enjoy bbs! happy halloween 🎃 🧡]