#i don't know the accents' names in english :D

[rhytmrocket]

hi so uh

i have a playthrough of pokemon shield in which im only using poison types (as soon as i got access to them) and so uh here's my team of dumbass creatures

explained below the cut (left-right, top-bottom), we have:

Bria, a sassy roserade who's kinda just there cuz i like roserade, and is thus a swing slot. functionally, she's kinda just a diet nikki with grass stab who happens to also serve cunt

Chia, a quirky garbodor who's my lead in major battles. she sets up spikes+tox spikes and explodes. the sweetest fuckin thing

Niro, a timid low-key toxtricity who mainly functions as electric stab. he's the resident chill guy who lowkey (heh) doesn't give a fuck

Nikki, a timid haunter who's my special-attacking nuke. she's kinda just Bria +speed, ice coverage, and stab on shadow ball but -grass coverage. but who needs grass coverage. she is a nefarious schemer

Ura, a quiet skuntank who's my physical attacker and main source of coverage. dark stab, flamethrower, dig, and a psychic immunity are quite nice to have. she's a powerhouse in battle and incredibly sleepy out of battle

and Quoisse, a bashful toxapex who stalls and has water stab. also my primary second-choice in double battles cuz blockhaus (i forgot its english name) is cool and it's cooler than protect. ironically, she highkey hates everyone except me

i also have Vic, a bashful toxicroak who shares the swing slot with Bria, but i didn't have space on the canvas to draw him and was too exhausted to do him separately. so i'll draw him later. he's basically just fighting stab and earthquake user since dig isn't really the best ground type option bc it's vulnerable to said eq (which Ura is already weak to) and two turns is a long time. he likes breaking things, such as the bones of steel types (do steel types have bones?)

so yeah those are my dogs :>

[cheeseceli]

You speak another language

Pairing: Ot8!skz × Gn!Reader

Genre: fluff, reaction

Warnings: mention of food at Lee Know and Felix's, I think that's it?

Request: how do you think ot8 would react to the reader speaking in their native language? Especially if it's not korean/english?

A/n: It's embarrassing the amount of time I took to write this one💀 the worst part is that I actually spent every week tryna find the best way of putting all my ideas together. Hope you like it anyways!

Bang Chan

‌Would have a pet name for you in your mother tongue

‌ Like idk if you speak spanish his nickname for you would be "mi amor"

‌Finds it really attractive btw

‌When you're speaking your mother tongue he sees just how much comfortable you are

‌You literally shine in his eyes

‌He'd just be staring at you with heart eyes

‌And if you're learning Korean or English he'd be more than glad to help you overcome your difficulties with the language

‌Would be your personal professor fr

‌Speaks slower around you so you can understand everything, and wouldn't mind repeating himself at all

‌He knows that the language barrier can be a bit intimidating and that it can make you afraid of opening up completely

‌But he'd be so reassuring all the time

‌Really tries his best to comfort you when you need it and it doesn't matter the language, he makes is clear that he loves and will be with you all the time

Lee Know

‌If you had a hard time speaking Korean but still tried your best to communicate with him and his parents in Korean, he'd fall DEEP in love with you

‌He gives me major "I don't understand but I love you" vibes ngl

‌lmao he'd learn the bad words before anything else

‌If you're speaking your mother tongue when in the phone he'd try to guess what you're saying

‌Genuinely doesn't know what's going but he's invested

‌And he repeats some words after you say it

‌Not in a mocking way, he just finds it cool how the word sounds and keep repeating it to himself

‌Like if you speak french he'd be like "bonjour. Bonjour? Bonjour"

‌It's endearing

‌But yeah you'll have to translate everything to him later

‌He wants to know about the tea

‌Cooks your hometown dishes for you!!

Changbin

‌ If you have a foreign accent when speaking Korean or English he finds it adorable

‌ And he also finds your mother tongue adorable

‌ It doesn't matter if you speak one of the sexiest languages in the world

‌ This man finds it adorable

‌Eventually learns your language

‌He'll take classes, buy text books and everything

‌He truly believe that learning how to communicate with you (in every language for that matter) is like a "boyfriend duty"

‌So he'll be more than happy to learn

‌Tries to show his affection in ways that are not spoken as well so you both could surpass the language barrier

‌He'll get you flowers, gifts, would take you to amazing places, would have the best dates with you and everything you can ever think of

‌You'd have the best memories ever with him and no word would need to be said

Hyunjin

‌ Would ask you to teach him some pet names and sweet phrases in your language

‌ And would 100% say "I love you" in your mother tongue in certain moments

‌ Like in more intimate moments that he wants you to truly understand how much he loves you

‌ Would love if you replied with saying "I love you" in Korean

‌If you have a different accent than him when speaking Korean/English he might start speaking like you

‌yk when you get someone's accent just by living next to them

‌That's him

‌He finds it fancy

‌And when the boys tease him for this he might get shy but he's also so proud? Like "yeah I got it from my s/o :D"

‌Writes a letter to you once he finds confidence in speaking your language. It might have some mistakes here and there but it was so sweet, and the intention behind it was so lovely, that you couldn't help but tear up a bit when you read it for the first time

Han

‌Loves your culture so much

‌He'd ask you to show songs and movies and things like that in your language

‌Like if you're Indian he'd ask you to show him some Bollywood movies

‌He'd try to guess what they are saying and it's a whole game for him

‌He's there for the vibes honestly

‌But I think he'd end up learning a thing or two and later would like to learn the whole thing

‌Would incorporate your mother tongue in his songwriting I'm 100% sure

‌And!! would ask for songs recommendations so he could sing to you when you least expect it

‌Learns two words in your mother tongue, probably uses them in the wrong way, thinks he is fluent.

‌But he also knows a lot of slangs in your language, it's kinda surprising ngl

‌He'd occasionally drop a random slang in your language when talking to the kids and everyone would be like ???

‌"what did you say?"

Felix

‌ Learns your language to surprise you

‌ Like every time there is a break when he's practicing he'd open duolingo

‌(He'd have a hella long strike, 100 days in a row or smth)

‌When you're speaking on the phone with someone he tries to listen to it as a listening exercise

‌Is smiling to himself throughout the period of the call and when you ask the reason why he just brushes it off

‌Cooks your hometown dishes for you pt. 2!!

‌But seriously tho

‌He knows it's hard to be far from home, especially by yourself

‌So he really tries to make you feel at home

‌He will cook your nationals dishes, will sing songs in your language, will encourage you to speak in your mother tongue around him etc

‌:(

‌Also, 2 kids 1 room flashback

‌He likes to have meaningful conversations with you where he tells you how much he loves and appreciates you

‌Unlike Hyunjin, he'd say everything in English because it feels more genuine for him, as it's his first language

‌So if you're replying to him in your language, he'd feel SO happy

‌He thinks this is like a proof that everything you're saying comes from a deep place somehow. It makes him fall in love once again

Seungmin

‌ Wants to learn your language the moment you guys get in a serious relationship

‌ Besides wanting to be able to talk to you in your own comfort zone

‌He'd want to be able to talk to your friends and family who speaks your mother tongue

‌ Like the first time he sees your parents he'd be ready to talk to them

‌i'm so down bad for this man it's not even funny anymore

‌anyways

‌Would take you everywhere in Korea so he could show you a bit of his home (would tell stories about the places so excitedly)

‌And would love if he had the opportunity to go to your country

‌Would love it even more if you showed the place around to him and explained a bit about everything you know

‌If in the first stages of the relationship there is a language barrier, he'd plan dates that don't involve a lot of talking

‌Like he'd take you to concerts and karaokes

‌music is universal after all isn't it?

‌He always give his 100% into the relationship it's so cute

I.N

‌ Finds it really attractive pt2

‌ He loves your accent

‌ And he loves your mother tongue as well

‌ He could spend a whole day just listening to you speak, even if he doesn't understand a single word

‌ And if you're learning Korean, he'd love to see your progress and to see you getting more comfortable while speaking it

‌ I also see two possible scenarios:

‌ One, he'd wake up one day really determined to learn your language and wouldn't stop until he does

‌ Two, he'd never stop and actually learn it, but he'd end up catching up with some things you say and show to him. So in the end he'd know the basics and some essential phrases

‌I believe he'd genuinely enjoy to learn about your culture

‌Like, whenever a cultural shock comes up, he'd be invested in understanding it?

‌Of course sometimes there would be misunderstandings, but I truly think he would try to see the positive view rather than seeing only the cultural crash

‌He might even learn a thing or two and get your culture's habits

Feedback is very much appreciated!!

Dividers by @cafekitsune

[headfarintheclouds]

Kenji Sato As A Boyfriend HC

I finally had some time to sit down and write something TuT Hope you'll like it :D If there is any Gramma mistakes I apologize, English is not my first language ToT

Ken would put you first no matter the situation. Sure he loves Baseball and all, but if you got hurt or sick he would totally skip practice or the game to be with you. Even if you insist on him leaving, after all Mina is more than capable of taking care of you.

Before getting together with him you lived in a normal apartment near the city center. But after the news of you dating spread out Kenji swooped in and all but made you live with him in his mansion. His reason being, that he wanted to keep you save from the journalists and Kaiju's but deep down you knew he was waiting for the opportunity to have you for himself 24/7.

If you don't speak Japanese he will teach you. He finds it absolutely adorable whenever you try to pronounce an especially hard word. Your accent makes it so much more endearing for him.

He has multitude of nicknames for you. There is rarely time when he uses your real name when addressing you. Baby girl, Princess and Doll are definitely his favorite ones. If he's feeling especially sappy he'll call you Darling or Beautiful.

He's clingy. Not overly so, but he tends to hover over you or hold your hand whenever the two of you were in public. At first you thought he liked the PDA and you weren't wrong, but the hand holding was purely because he was scared. "I know it's stupid, but I always have this irrational fear of your disappearing like my mom did. And I can't function without you by my side, princess."

Ken is a great cook ! He would totally make you breakfast in bed after his morning training session. Dinner made by him was a rare treat you learned to enjoy, after all he was juggling being a baseball star and a superhero. Not to mention he was an adopted daddy to a very adorable Kaiju living underneath your guys' house.

Speaking of Emi. If you thought she was a daddy's girl you are solely mistaken, because as soon as you enter the room she looses all interest in Ken all together. Of course she still adores him, but you are by far her favorite human ! She chirps and claps her hands in excitement whenever you enter the base. I melts Ken's heart whenever he sees the two of you interacting with one another. He has so many photos of you and Emi saved on his phone !

He loves to see you in his clothes, especially with his jersey on. He still has an old one from the time he played for Dodgers and you use it as a nightie. It's comfortable ! And it does things to him too... God the first time you put it on. Let's just say you couldn't walk for a day or two after ;)

We all know Kenji is rich-rich. So it's no surprise he buys you expensive gifts all the time. You once mentioned that you liked a specific car, and guess what ? The week after that there was a new shiny (dream car) in your favorite color, parked outside the mansion. After that incident you stopped mentioning things you liked or wanted to buy in fear of him going bankrupt. He told Mina to hack your Amazon Wishlist and bought you all of the items just to spite you.

If you work or study he will support you every step of the way. Just like you support him during his games. If you are a university student he will sit down with you and ask you some questions, help you study and keep an eye on you. He wants you to be successful yes, but you still need to sleep and eat !

Kenji likes to mess with you in his Ultraman form, much to his fathers disapproval. Whenever he takes care of Emi he has to transform, and he uses every opportunity to pluck you from the ground and place you on his shoulder. The first time he did it you screamed like a banshee making poor baby Emi jump in fright. Thank God she doesn't really speak human language, you would die of shame if she repeated any of the words you called Kenji that time.

After a year of being together he'll start carrying a small velvet box around. And inside would a ring his father proposed to his mother with, something she gave him long time ago. He would wait patiently, looking for the best way and time to pop the question. But until then he'll enjoy your company and make more memories with you and Emi by his side :)

I hope ya'll liked it ! I feel really good about this one ngl :D GOD I LOVE THIS MAN !

[caineinthecorner]

Language (The Demon Brothers)

★ Based on my language general hcs. Part 2 is here.

Hi. Today we have the demon brothers language hcs, brought to you by a single dumbass bilingual. :D

I include mentions of bilingual/multilingual MC, but I use the term MC and you interchangeably in the bullet points. It's the same thing who cares (you can also add whatever languages you think fit I am just going off vibes tbh)

★ Lucifer.

Since he was the strongest and highest ranked out of the brothers, his innate abilities were muddled the least.

This is to say that he remembers a lot from his innate knowledge as an angel, and can actually fare incredibly well on his own if you leave him in the human realm.

(the language he preferred back in his angel days was Archaic Latin, which is also Simeon's preferred language)

When Diavolo brought up the idea of the human exchange program he was like "(: ok" and binged human language for like two months straight like a total psychopath

He's like one of those fancy 10+ languages fluent polyglots (how)

Despite his fluency, it is rare to ever see him speak them. He has better things to do and prefers demon tongue.

Or if he does, the Loquar Ad Vos that was applied to you once you arrived in Devildom doesn't allow you to hear it.

You try to swear in your native language around him and oh boy it backfires

That is how you learn he's fluent in everything under the sun (exaggeration)

Frustrated, you grumble that you will learn demon tongue just to one up him

He takes it like a challenge. Enjoy reading a million books on the demonic language and having double the homework for your little joke.

(he gives you hard material to learn on purpose to see you fail. Enjoy hell buckoo. Double hell? Hell²)

You kept misspelling good morning in demon tongue as a demonic death threat and that somehow turned into an inside joke between the two of you.

He has to keep himself from chuckling whenever MC screws up words

Your accent is lovely though. Keep it up

★ Mammon.

Spanish and English.

Ok I actually can't justify myself further than "Mams would absolutely fucking go to Vegas" and the fact that USA has a large Latino population but hear me out

You cannot tell me that he would not watch telenovelas. Like. C'mon.

he has the vibes of a Spanish speaker is what I am saying

he was SO frustrated about having to learn human languages you have no idea

In fact he probably still struggles a bit and that makes him really mad

Why is it so complicated all of the sudden?! It wasn't complicated Before!

He unconsciously associates human languages with the trauma of the fall, and the stress and hurt and turbulent emotions it conveys

So learning new languages besides the two he knows is a touchy subject for him

(but like, he will learn MC's native language despite this. Whining to hell about it, but he will. Everything for MC)

You are actually very lucky that you have Loquar Ad Vos with you, bcs he actually switches from demon tongue to either English or Spanish mid sentence sometimes.

Not that you notice with your crusty translator (Loquar also works for human languages it supports), of course.

"Ayo can you [Spanish phrase], oh and give me a [English word], for a [spanglish nonsense]" <- Mammon's dumbass not functioning in trilingual

Also he has an accent but he's trying

The others are used to it so they don't question it anymore, but they deadass could not understand Mammon at some point because trilingual was not computing

It was frustrating to say the least

You two play charades with each other when the other forgets a word in your respective languages

"MC WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ANIMAL FUCK THAT CHANGES HOME" "... Hermit crab?" "THATS THE BITCH"

★ Leviathan.

Japanese (very decent) and English (bad) are musts.

You cannot tell me for a second this fuck watches anime subbed OR dubbed. He's too weeb for that. He will watch the original dub version for the full emotional impact

He wanted to know what happens in the weeb world of the west (and internet discourse), so he learned English through shitty 2000s anime forums and Duolingo

Probably plays Duolingo competitively and/or cries if he loses his streak

His hearing and speaking English is okay, his writing is literally so so shit

Tried to learn a romantic language to be corny but failed miserably.

(He steered clear of languages his brothers know so he isn't self conscious)

It was probably Portuguese or something since Mammon kept talking about being good at figuring it out as a Spanish speaker (due to it being a romantic language)

The diacritical marks killed him on the spot

Meu português não é bom... (crying)

Victim of the you're* corrections

Runs his several-paragraphs-long rants about weeb stuff through Satan so the grammar is legit

Actually thinking about it would be absolutely fucking hilarious if he knew russian just for funsies. Yeah add Russian to the list

He sends you crusty Russian memes at unholy hours in the morning. Calls that bonding

Would absolutely swear in loud ass Russian while playing Valorant or smt

"ПИЗДЕЦ" "LEVI IT'S 2AM SHUT THE FUCK UP"

Ah + he knows Morse code (obviously). He was really excited when he discovered it and proceeded to obsess over it for like three weeks straight.

Although by the time he learned about it humans had already moved on from its wide-spead use at sea (post-1999), the Devildom Navy adapted Morse code for their own use as per Levi's command.

He teaches MC how to use Morse code (bashfully) and they send lil' messages to each other for fun

★ Satan.

He inherited a good chunk of Lucifer’s angel-knows-all-languages innate talents.

He doesn't have the angel knowledge of every language, of course, but he definitely has a really high count since birth; Unlike his brothers who had to relearn their languages of interest.

However, he can tell™ that the topic of languages is kinda taboo-y, as it signifies the traumatic fall he himself was not there to witness, and kept quiet about it.

The others (mostly) think he just learned languages in his free time.

He is the designated google translate person. When the other brothers need translations, they ask him.

He gets very frustrated when he has to translate something on the spot

Absolutely knows Chinese and Latin just to read fancy old human books and be a menace about it

He has a copy of the Art Of War in Chinese I will fight you on that

Actually he probably owns every important human book in its native language

Culprit of the you're* corrections

If he has to read another thesis-length essay abt weeb shit by leviathan he will actually lose his shit

You know the Voynich manuscript? He's probably trying to decode it for funsies.

If you and him (unfortunately) share a language, he will absolutely correct the living shit out of you when you speak it

Look me in the eyes and tell me he wouldn't "erm ACtuAllY" MC. You can't.

His ass does not understand slang. At all. You tell him See You Later Alligator and he'll be like "tf you smoking ಠಿ⁠_⁠ಠ?"

★ Asmodeus.

French. And Korean. Maybe very mid English.

Ok so french is the language of lOVe and whatever + Korea is known for their heavy beauty-focused culture

I can see Asmo definitely picking up Korean just for makeup and self care brands purposes.

Like it is easier to browse for products he wants if he can actually browse the original places/websites himself

It's just more convenient and he's actually very good at language learning

+ Korean it is a "cutesy" language so it fits his vibe.

Like he absolutely would go "안녕 teehee (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)" to look disarming is what I am saying

He flirts to hell with Solomon in French. It is a language they both know and isn't supported by Loquar for translation so nobody can snoop their conversations

If you have the misfortune of knowing French I am so sorry for you bcs they are NASTY

Solomon is teaching him English. Asmo fakes being bad at it on purpose

★ Beelzebub.

He knows a decent amount of English.

What does he use it for? Order food. Obviously.

In fact everyone kinda assumes he just knows a few food orders and that's it but no he's actually very decent at English (borderline fluent)

He learned through clunky conversation with small restaurant owners

Beel actually makes a great effort to enunciate every word clearly, so he doesn't like speaking long sentences

"Would you like Salsa with that, sweetheart?" "... Yes," <- Beel has no fucking clue wtf salsa is but it tastes good so who is he to defy food gods (a nice Mexican grandma with a killer Pozole) whom have blessed him

I also think he would probably know some kind of sign language

Fingerspelling maybe, solely because it allows him to talk while having his mouth full or bcs his games are loud and he can't hear words very well

That and, like, the Devildom equivalent of sign language. DSL or something.

Look at him. Absolute sweetheart. He would absolutely want to include deaf or hard of hearing ppl.

★ Belphegor.

Ok so

I am going to be very fr with you

I believe Belphie would be the only monolingual (demon tongue "native") of the brothers

at most he would remember a few phrases of a few languages from back when he was an angel, but not any specifics

Like this dude has ZERO interest in human culture I cannot think he would sit down to (re)learn anything

he would fall asleep trying to learn human verbs actually

He only knows how to tell you to fuck off on 4 languages (/hj)

None which you speak. So that's kinda awkward

He doesn't know how to cast Loquar (nor has any interest in learning how)

Beel casts it for him if he needs it

He can and will deadass just remove the translator spell from you if you try to annoy/interact with him (except if Beel is who casts it on you).

(so Beel now also casts Loquar for you)

Begone >:(

[going-to-ikea-for-the-fries]

Bait and Switch. || Scammer!Reader x Victim!Ghost

Rating: M Words: 2.6K~ Pairing: scammer!Reader x victim(but not really)!Ghost CW: phone scams/conning (reader never actually cons him), financial issues?, threats (Simon threatens to find reader), degradation?. other tags: crack, OOC Simon., you/your pronouns (gn!reader but uses a female fake name), obviously fake names (pun/funny), lying, joking, the weirdest meet cute? a/n: this started out as a joke/crack and turned serious/dark at the end? idk how i did this.

Simon Riley would say that being legally dead is the best thing to have happened to him and that's because it allowed him to escape a bunch of responsibilities that regular men have to uphold.

He gets paid covertly, in full, and does not have to pay taxes on his income.

He rented a flat from a sweet ol' lady, who didn't run a background check or ask for a copy of his birth certificate (terrible choice on her part), and he pays her by dropping an envelope of cash in her mailbox on the 1st of every of the month.

He not only is old enough to drink but also sounds and looks old enough as well, which means he doesn't need I.D. to buy alcohol (not that any shops or bars really care enough to check).

He doesn't have a credit card. Or a debit card for that matter. Hell, he doesn't even have a bank account, so he doesn't have to pay maintenance fees.

He doesn't have a smartphone. And up until recently he only had a pager. In fact, the only reason he doesn't have a pager anymore is because it got shot in the crossfire during a mission... so Price forced him to get a jitterbug.

In short... Simon Riley can escape a lot of things (death, taxes, Philip Graves...). But telemarketers and phone scammers are not one of those things.

That's how, on a boring Wednesday afternoon, his new phone ends up ringing, like it had been doing multiple times a week for the last four weeks.

Telemarketers.

He never got telemarketers on his pager.

He hated telemarketers.

But that didn't mean he blocked them-

"What?" He answered as soon as he picked up the phone.

An automated voice came over the call, one of those typical Siri-esque robot voices, delivering a prepared speech: "Congratulations! You've won a free cruise to the Bahamas! To claim your prize, press 1."

Oh, now, this was different. He didn't need to hear more to know it was a scam call. But that didn't mean he was going to hang up.

So Simon pressed key 1, which caused a beep to sound over the call.

"Thank you!" The automated voice continued. "We are now connecting you to a live operator to claim your prize!"

Barely a millisecond went by before you took over the call. "Good afternoon, this is Stella Gormoni with Blissful Blessings Inc.! Who am I speaking with?"

As stereotypical as it is, Simon had expected a different voice on the other end of the line... maybe from a scammer in a foreign country who'd speak heavily-accented English...

But instead, he got a sweet and professional sounding person... It almost made him second-guess the scam that was being pulled on him.

His mind moved quick at coming up with a fake name. Not just a fake one, but a pun one too. "Wanh'a, first name Aiden." He replied, his gruff voice reverberating on the call.

"And how do you spell that?" You asked him politely, and, through your headset, he could hear your keyboard keys clacking in the background.

"That's A-I-D-E-N." He replied as he entered his kitchen, spelling his first, as if that was somehow what was causing you difficulty.

"Uh-huh!" You acknowledged in a peppy tone. "And... your surname?" You asked him.

"W-A-N-H-'-A." He continued spelling as he crossed the small kitchen, hearing your fingers tapping away at your keyboard in his ear.

For a moment, you didn't talk, as if stunned into silence. Had you just picked up on the fact he was trolling you by giving you a name that, phonetically, sounded like 'I Don't Wanna'? Probably. But you hadn't hung up yet.

"Well, congratulations, Mr. Wanh'a, you just won an all-inclusive, two-week long cruise to the Bahamas!" Your peppy tone made him bite his lip to contain a laugh. Well, at least you were dedicated in continuing the scam. "How are you feeling?"

"Very well, and yourself?" Simon asked casually as he leaned himself against the door of his refrigerator, leaning down to look inside and find a snack.

"I'm doing very well, thank you, sir." You replied in a cheerful tone. "So, let's process the information so we can get you your prize, shall we?" You announced in a polite tone.

"Go right on ahead, sweet'eart." He murmured as he grabbed a yogurt and closed the fridge with his hip, sitting at the table and peeling open the lid.

"Well, for us to start, I'm going to need your-"

"Actually, I have a question, before we start." Simon interrupted your speech, cutting off your silver-tongued lies.

You went silent for just a moment before you replied with a sweet little: "Of course, what can I help you with, Mr. Wanh'a?"

"I want to know how exactly I signed up to receive this prize." Simon replied before he placed a spoonful of yogurt in his mouth.

He was trying to accomplish two things by doing this: 1) throw you off your game and make you stammer and stutter, and 2) see how long it took for you to get annoyed, and hang up on him.

"Well, that's what I was going to explain, you see-" You replied, a smile behind your voice, but his trained ears could pick up the slight frustration. It made Simon smile.

"Oh, then, I'm sorry for interrupting you, sweet'art, please go ahead." He replied and gestured with his spoon, as if giving you the stage, unnecessarily so, because you were not there to watch it.

"As I was saying... You were entered automatically into the draw by buying a cereal box of any Kellog's cereal at Tesco. I'm sure you saw a 'Win a free cruise!' sticker on yours?" You asked in a professional and sickly-sweet tone.

He could see right through your scam, he had already done that. You name a famous brand, one people trust, to trick naive or impressionable ones into believing you...

Normal people would tell you they no longer have the cereal box, many of them naive enough to believe your scam despite the fact they hadn't even bought one of those boxes in the first place...

Next, you'd ask for the card used to make the purchase, and some people were dumb enough to read their number aloud to you...

Oh, how he hated scammers. Even more than telemarketers.

"I do remember seeing something like that..." He murmured, his voice deepening, before he popped another spoonful of yogurt past his lips, loudly smacking them right against the receiver of his jitterbug.

"Well, all I need is for you to get the box and read me the code that's imprinted on the inside of the flap!" You announced.

"Well, you see, I would, sweet'art... But my sight isn't so good anymore..." Simon replied. "I'm getting up there in age, you know?" He continued eating his yogurt.

"I understand, sir." You replied. "I'm sorry to hear that. One of my cousins also started losing his vision pretty early." You announced.

Huh.

There was no hint of forced sympathy in your voice.

No, you were being genuine. That was a real story of your life you were telling him...

But you had picked up on the fact he was trolling you, right? So why were you-

"Good thing though, about this system of ours, is that you can just confirm your credit card details so we can double check them and get you that prize!" You had, your tone right back to the scamming silver-tongue you had held until now.

Secretly, Simon had to admit that he admired your commitment to the bit. He couldn't help but smile a bit, amused.

"Oh, of course. Let me just set you down while I get my card." Simon replied and got up, finishing his yogurt and tossing out the plastic container, popping the spoon into the sink, and, after setting down his phone, he walked out of the room.

Simon glanced down at his wrist watch, noting the time on it, then, approached his bedroom door, grabbing his over-the-door pull-up bars, and began doing a quick set, leaving you to 'wait' for him in the kitchen.

After a few sets, he waltzed back into the kitchen and grabbed his phone again. "You still there, da'lin'?" He beckoned in a gruff tone.

You sighed, your politeness sounding slightly more forced. He had kept you waiting for over ten minutes after all. "Yes, sir, I am. Did you get your card, Mr. Wanh'a?"

"Oh, please, enough of this 'sir' thing, Mr. Wanh'a was my mother." He replied, then went silent for just a beat, almost like he could hear your frustration sizzling on he other end.

He was being more and more obvious with his trolling... And it pleased him immensely to imagine a parasite like you seething on the other end of the line, reaching your wits' end.

"You can just call me 'Ai', it's what my friends call me." Simon continued, a smirk forming on his lips. "And we're friends now, right? You're giving me a cruise and everythin'." He added, his tone just as charismatic and peppy as his had been.

"I guess we are!" You replied, returning the overly cheery tone. "So, 'Ai Wanh'a', then?" You asked, but he could hear the mix of frustration and amusement behind your voice.

"Yeah? What d'you want, babygirl?" Simon asked, unable to resist making a more impish remark. And, unfortunately, it had the desired result. It genuinely caused your brain to blue-screen for a moment.

Sure, you'd experienced plenty of people getting angry at you when you attempt to scam them, or even trolling you the same way this bloke was doing but...

It was definitely a first, to have someone flirt with you, even if it was still part of his trolling attempt.

"Your... credit card details?" You ended up adding, your voice still showing the surprise and light meekness that came from him catching you off-guard.

"Oh, of course. Are you ready? It's a very complex number." He replied.

"Ready when you are." You added as you steeled yourself for another smartass response or run around from him.

"Here it is: 1234-5678-9987-6543." He replied, reciting the numbers 1-9 in order and then backward. "And the three digits on the back are: 210."

Oh, he was so fucking annoying! He didn't get to troll you, even if it was pretty amusing of him to do so, then flirt with you, then go back to trolling.

"Sir, if you're not interested in the cruise, just say so. There's no need for this mockery." You replied, your tone serious and professional though you were definitely seething on the inside.

Simon could tell. And he reveled in it. "Oh, but I am interested!" He replied with a smirk behind his voice. "In fact, I want to know more. Will my cabin in the cruise have an ocean view?"

Simon heard you inhale aggressively on the other side of the line, steeling yourself not to hang up on him, or down right berating him on the phone. "Yes, Ai, of course!" He heard your fake cheeriness through your clenched teeth. "It'll be a luxury cabin, actually. Isn't that great?"

"No, it's not that great, actually. I get very seasick, you see?" Simon murmured. "Not to mention, ever since my pet goldfish died, I've just never been able to look at the ocean the same..." He added in a forced pitiful tone.

You went quiet again on the other side and Simon knew he had finally worn you out. He waited to hear the clicking sound of the call falling, but, instead, he just heard you let out a sigh.

"You're very frustrating." You murmured.

"Oh, my, is this how you speak to all your prize winners?" Simon gasped dramatically.

"Shut up... You didn't have to be a smartass, you know?!" You scolded him, as if you had any ground to stand on.

"No, I fear I did, sweet'art." Simon replied as he leaned casually against the kitchen counter. "You called me, interrupted my day, and wasted my time with a scam, of all things. I have every right to be a smartass and have some fun with it." He added, a smug tone obvious in the dulcets of his deep voice.

"Okay? You could've just hung up on me?" You were truly grasping at straws to justify your behaviour. It was comical.

Simon laughed dryly. "And waste an opportunity to annoy a parasitic leech like you?" He quipped.

That stunned you into silence for a moment and you couldn't help but pout a bit.

"Not to mention, what you're doing is illegal, you know that righ'? And I'm military, I could get you arrested for this." He added.

"For that, you'd need to know where I am." You retorted, maybe a bit bratilly. "Besides, I knew you were a soldier."

"And how did you know that?"

"You used the NATO phonetic alphabet while spelling 'your' name'." You replied directly. "Nobody spells 'Aiden' as 'Alpha-India-Delta-Echo-November'."

"So you knew I was military and you still went ahead with your little scam attempt? You're not that bright, are you?" He defied you, which earned him a scoff from your end.

"No, I already knew you were trolling me."

"Oh, so you just wanted to waste my time?"

"That's exactly it, Aiden."

"Sounds to me like you're just looking for trouble, da'lin'." He quipped, his voice having lowered to a gruffer tone.

Rolling your eyes, you scoffed. "Am not. I'm just enjoying myself. You're not the only one that can make jokes at people's expenses."

"No, you really are..." He tutted his tongue and shook his head. "Need I remind you you were trying to scam me, and other people?" He added in a tone that sent a shiver down your spine.

"I know what I was doing."

"Yeah? And are you proud of that? Proud of being a conniving little cunt who tries to take people's hard-earned money?" He taunted you.

You didn't reply. Of course you weren't proud. You still had a conscience! But you wouldn't tell him that. He wouldn't get the satisfaction of hearing you apologise.

"I see. You don't like what I'm saying, so you give me the silent treatment, is that it, sweet'art?" He teased. You could hear the smirk behind his words.

"I wonder if you'd still act like this if you had to face me and had to answer for yourself."

Closing your fists tight, you steel yourself again to gain some edge and reply to him. "I guess you're going to keep wondering then. Because it's not happening."

"You know, it's a shame your little computer spat out my phone number for you to call..." He trailed off.

"And why's that?"

"Because instead of anyone else, you got me... And that's just... really bad luck for you. Any other service member, you would've been fine..." He trailed off.

"What, are you some sort of General-Major-Chief thing, super high up the ladder?" You taunted.

Simon simply chuckled dryly on the other side of the line. "No. But I'm definitely the worst person you could've tried to play with."

"Oh, big scary man, what are you gonna do? Gonna come teach me a lesson?" You added, taunting him some more, clearly feeling comfortable behind your laptop, with your smartphone, sitting at home, comfortable and warm, with your pet at your feet. "Oh, I'm so scared!" You added, feigning fear in a dramatic tone.

"Is that a challenge I'm hearing, sweet'art? Inviting me to come pay you a visit?" Simon asked you, his brow cocking, despite the fact you couldn't see it.

You don't know what it was about the way he spoke. The way he said that. The way his voice sounded.

It sent a shiver down your spine, a cold sweat, like he was, for the first time, not joking around anymore.

"No...?" You murmured in reply, feeling your shoulders tensing in an unpleasant way.

"Yeah... That's an invite I'm hearing..." He disregarded what you said and chuckled. "Maybe I'll come pay you a visit then, hey? How does that sound, little leech?"

[egophiliac]

I always though Mal's mom was meant to be like "Eleanor" but they stuck an M at the start honestly, Sobbing Emoji. But "Maleanor" also makes me feel less insane since in that scene where she's just handed egg Malleus to Lilia and went to battle, it sounds more like Lilia is saying "Maleanor" than "Meleanor" (Japanese accent pending). Mayhaps they went more with what it sounded like the characters were saying :0 (we don't talk about Doodle Suit to Paint The Roses)

the transliteration of her name is Marenoa (マレノア), which is what all the voice lines are saying! all the Draconias' names start with マレ (Malleus' grandma is Maleficia/マレフィシア) as a nod to Maleficent. :D it's almost certainly a take on Eleanor, which is Erenoa (エレノア), but her name is written in English at a couple points, and I was pretty surprised to see it was Mel instead of Mal!

and, like, that's fine, it wouldn't be first Twst romanization that's tripped me up (like Keito for Cater, I know that's something to do with the loanword specific to playing cards(?) but it's just not how my brain wants to read it). but now Eng has given us Maleanor! and someone else said it was spelled inconsistently between Maleanor and Maeleanor??????? so WHO KNOWS it's a SPELLING FREE-FOR-ALL

I AM torn on which I want to use, because Mel just sounds so cute to me (and is what I'm used to now), but...the Mal consistency is kinda too good to pass up. alas, alas, truly these are the most difficult conundrums of our times. 😔

[amuseoffyre]

Fyre's convention adventures - Day 3 - Con O'Neill's Fanmeet

My final meet of the event was Con’s, immediately after the joyful chaos of his panel with Rhys.

Forewarning, this one contains some details of animal harm that happened to his pet before he got him.

He barely had sat down when someone asked if he’d been Whammed already and the look of feigned shock and “that’s none of your business!” set the tone of the thing :D He also told us in his best encouraging voice "You can be whammed as much as you like and don't let the right wing tell you otherwise!"

And also led into a discussion about whether it was Wham! or whether it was George Michael’s solo for Last Christmas and he had to sheepishly back down after a minute and admit, no, it was Wham, definitely Wham.

And of course, I had to bring up accent stuff and asked how it felt to actually be able to use his own accent, given how rarely northern English accents show up in media made elsewhere. He said it was a delight to be able to bring a bit of Wigan to the production.

He also talked about his drama teacher when he was a kid (who he did not name because she doesn’t deserve that respect) who – when he was sixteen – told him he would never be a successful actor because he had a weird voice. There was apparently a recent review for The Penguin series that someone said he had the coolest voice and he thought that was a lovely fuck you to that malignant boot.

He made a beautiful point that if you’re a teacher, especially a teacher in a creative field, you have a duty to be encouraging. Not talking BS about how everyone will be famous, he said, but realistic, supporting and encouraging the kids, because “we know it’s hard. We don’t need to be told it’s hard. We know, but when it’s good, it’s fucking amazing”. He also mentioned that it’s come so far from the days of RP everywhere.

I said it was definitely how I felt about seeing Buttons as well – having a working class Edinburgh accent, something that so many people have never heard. He was so happy to talk about how fantastic Ewen Bremner is as an actor (“even if I can’t understand anything he’s saying”) and that he saw him in the original run of the Trainspotting stage production in the 90s when Ewen played Renton, several years before the film happened.

It was surreal, he said, to have seen this incredible actor on stage and thirty years later, to be sharing the screen with him as Buttons (“and still not understanding a word he was saying!”) and that Ewen is genuinely one of the best actors he knows and that he’s also the best kind of people.

Someone asked about how they did the seagull stuff with Buttons and he told us about Jonathan, the gull on a string, but in the shots when they didn’t have the camera on Buttons, Ewen wore a stuffed seagull on his head to maintain the right eyelines. He had to admit it was quite challenging to keep his face straight when filming because when Ewen spoke, the plushie gull was jiggling on his head XD

And then, of course, he broke our hearts by telling us about how he and his husband adopted Cooper, their wee doggo.

Their previous dog had passed and they’d been adamant they weren’t going to adopt again because it fully broke their hearts when he died, but someone sent Con a picture of a dog in a shelter in Hungary, saying “does this remind you of anyone?” and it was the spitting image of their previous dog. They got a bit emotional about it and after a few days of trying to hold off, they called the shelter.

Cooper had already been adopted – in London – but it wasn’t working out, so they got in touch with the current owners and planned to go down and meet them. The first time Cooper saw them, he started barking excitedly and things only escalated :D

They took Cooper off for a walk to see how they got on, then got so distracted comparing selfies, that Cooper trotted off and they were so panicked about losing him that they rushed back to tell the current owners, only Cooper was there, patiently waiting on the step and ecstatically started barking when he saw them coming again.

So they go in and Con said he took one of the ladies aside to find out why the adoption hadn’t worked, because they needed to know why in case it was major behavioural things that needed work. She said that the dog was incapable of love or connecting with people. And Con, looking beyond her shoulder, could see his husband on the floor, dog on his chest, wagging his tail so enthusiastically his whole body was wagging, licking Con’s husband all over his face. Con be like MMHM. Sounds like a skills issue ;)

So they took him home but got a bit concerned when he had a tendency to bite and latch on if people touched his ears or ribs. Turned out Cooper had been horribly abused in Hungary: tattoos on his ear, broken ribs, cigarette burns and surgery without anaesthetic. They were worried it could be a problem because they have young grandkids.

Still, they decided do the trial adoption and see how he got on – usually, he said, the trial is for a week or two, then the dog returns to the original adopters and then the paperwork is done. They never saw the original adopters again.

And while they were still concerned about the biting, Con had to go away for work for a few weeks, so they got a dog-sitter in to look after Cooper. When Con returned, he said Cooper crawled along the floor of the hall on his belly to Con, head and ears down, then crawled all the way up under his shirt, curling up against his chest, trembling and whimpering. The dogsitter – who is some kind of pet psychologist as well – said it was because he’s been abandoned and dumped so many times, he didn’t know they were coming back.

Con: right that second, I decided fuck the grandkids, we’re keeping him.

And now, Cooper is so happy and safe and loved and safe :)

There was one other question but I can’t recall what it was now. It was such a lovely chat and he is genuinely such a lovely, warm, funny guy.

[uynumeotp]

Vash and Wolfwood's infomations from an interview with Nightow (Trigun's author)

Vash's Profile  Height: I haven't decided. But he's around 180 cm (5.9 ft) (5'11")

Name's origin : Stampede is a nickname/ street name. It means 'runaway cattle'.

Change in hair color: There is a reason. But I can't tell you yet.

Coat's weight: Not sure. It would be quite light so he can run and move in various ways.

Vision: Pretty good. His visual acuity is also good. Plus, his ability to make last-minute decisions in times of crisis and his reflexes to make the most out of close chances are what keep him alive. It's not like he has supernatural powers.

Living expenses: He also works as a bodyguard, etc... So I guess that's how he earns his daily money. It's stable and he doesn't use money wastefully.

How long it takes to get dressed: I haven't decided on that. Since he wears those clothes every day, wouldn't it be pretty fast?

Wolfwood's Profile

Height: Not sure. But he is a little taller than Vash. About 1 to 2 cm taller (about 1 inches).

Name's origin: It's a pun. Tortoise Matsumoto is the model, so the name came from Ulfuls. The D in his middle name stands for "ドコノクミノモン ジャワレスマキニシテシズメタロ カコラ"(Dokonokuminomon Jawaresu Makinishi Teshizu Metallo Kakora) (laughs) TL Note: I think what he meant is the "Wolf" in WW's name (ウルフウッド) came from Ulfuls (ウルフルズ) - a Japanese rock band (The aforementioned Tortoise Matsumoto is the vocalist of the band) as a reference. The middle name, D, is "Where (D)o you belong?" It is an abbreviation of "Dokono~" in English. Smoking amount per day: I don't know. Well, I was thinking he would smoke a lot. But cigarettes seem expensive, so he might be smoking with a toothpick/stick.

Clothing (light clothing): The reason for the simple clothes is because it's would be hard to draw him holding the cross otherwise. The cross alone can make him stand out.

Dialect (he speaks in the Kansai dialect in Japanese): Since they are in an English-speaking setting, he is not actually speaking the Kansai dialect. Please think of it as an accent expression.

Gun's name: Punisher. Are you punishing the enemy or yourself?

Gun's weight: I feel like it weighs over a hundred-something kgs (> 240lbs). He carries it well. He must have great balance to be able to wield/swing it.

The size of the gun: about 170 cm (5.6 ft) (5'7") on the long side?

How long it takes to rewrap the cloth after using the gun: Not sure. I guess he would have to pick up the cloth, rewrap it, and carefully fasten it with belts. In order to look cool, you have to work on the little things.

[odusseus-xvi]

hi!! this is kinda a weird question but ur post about characterization for french ccs is rlly helpful for writing, so i was wondering if u had any like . tips or advice about speaking patterns or like. common terms or phrases they use and stuff like that. i have a lot of issues with auditory processing and other hearing stuff that makes it like . hard for me to always understand speech patterns or just like . what people are actually saying so if u have any like . advice or info about like How They Talk that u could put in text or like specific that would be cool. no worries if u dont/cant btw i completely get it i just remembered that u were the one w the previous helpful post ::D

Yeah, no problem I could try ! :D Now keep in mind again I'm not necessarily an expert, and I'm just doing this because it's fun. I still might make some mistakes, and miss some important details, but 'Ill do my best. SO

Let's go for HOW DO THE FRENCH (and swiss) CCS TALK :

Let's start with

ETOILES : So I feel like it might be the easiest because he's the clearest to me. He tends to speak at a normal space and in english with a noticeable slighly french accent, but not an extreme one. He likes to crack jokes constantly when he speaks with other people (most of the time hyping up others, and self deprecating, you know the "You are a legend, I am dumb".) . He can drop pearls of wisdom randomly through ridiculous metaphors ("You don't need to worry, My name means stars, that means that when you look I'm here." "It's like crossing the road, you have to, and there is cars, you need to be careful, but it can't be all you focus on. Wait I'm not sure about that one...") and sometimes actually genuine and inspiring, but more often that not in the tone of discussion, it doesn't sound like he's dispensing "wisdom of the elders", he's just a humble guy talking with you and giving a random advice. He often says in french "Wow a flop" when something doesn't work. Or "c.s.c." (Contre Con Camp, a football term meaning scoring against your own team) when he comments on someone being a tryhard for example ("WOW such a tryhard (csc)"). He'll often makes the joke that nobody likes him when they don't answer in chat to himself, (or chat) and will directly tell them "You want me to die irl don't you?" ensues a myriad of "holy shit you want me to die for real" answered by the "NOO" of the other one. Two last details that came to me, he rarely actually answers by "no" or "yes", he often use "Yeh yeh yeh", or "no no no". He also uses a lot of "euuuuh..." when looking for his words when speaking.

AYPIERRE : He is fairly simple too. He has a very relaxed tone, speaks slightly slower than most people, and has slightly noticeable french accent but less so than others. His tone differenciate between three states : Focused (while building or infiltrating a base), relaxed, and humourous. Note that he's never fully serious, he has that constant gremlin energy and smile that makes him want to make jokes that will make everybody cringe (his favorite pastime.) The only time he's been serious and slightly upset was when he earned gegg died or when he learned that the federation was trying to replicate his wine (there you can see his priorities). Most of the time people are assuming the worst when it's his countless time he starts a conversation with "So, I did something..." and is the type of guy to say "*known illegal act* is a strong word, let's say it's more like *not necessarily better*". I don't follow him as much, so I currently have no other mannerism in mind.

BAGHERA : I feel like she is a bit harder to pin down. When speaking in english she has a very noticeable accent, especially when she is tired. And talks a bit fast, especially in french. Though she doesn't crack jokes constantly, she has a constant chaotic energy that makes her say random things at times. She often say "Oh Yeaaaah" when she is happy or hyped about something, mostly when she is with other people to show them she is happy too. When she is ashamed or not understanding something she likes to take a voice we call the "Antoine Croute" voice (a character she played in a Rp series on GTA V), it's high pitched and really shy. (imagine a little "wut... ?"). She can be really serious, especially when investigating. She almost nver express vocally, in tone at least, her anger. Instead she sounds incredibly cold, like she was with ElQuackity. Her voice when serious drops a bit, and she speaks a bit faster. There is probably plenty more but I'm starting to get tired.

ANTOINE : He is the hardest to me because it is even hard to pin down in french. He has most of the time a very serious tone, while he ironically constantly making either dark jokes based on irony and cynism OR a pun. Because of this, it's sometimes hard to pin what's a joke and what's serious. His accent alternates between horrible french accent OR almost ProPeR eNgliSH. Even when discussing absolutely batshit insane things he sounds serious (he is not in reality, but it's a form of humor in itself). OCCASIONALLY he'll break and cracks a smile, and sometimes, even the heartiest laugh you've ever heard, a very vocal and deep "AHAHAHAHA" that you can hear a mile away (but it happens rarely.) Though I didn't specify, most people, including the french, stutter at least a little bit, and search their words, (like I said for Etoiles' "euh".) but Antoine tends to have a very clear speech, only occasionally looking for a translation. In the same vein, he also has a very quick reaction and can answer with a pun almost instantly (very impressive, especially when it's not his native language.)

That's pretty much all I can think of right now, and I'm tired. Maybe it's not exactly what you asked, but it's what I can muster. Hopes that helped :D

[imaginealexturner]

Author's notes: Hi, readers! How are you? Before you start reading, I need to give you some very important information: The imagines are written in Portuguese (my mother tongue), and are translated into English through an app. I ask for everyone's understanding if there are any errors or words out of context, as translators normally make mistakes. That said, thanks for being here and, happy reading! 🩵

Content: This is adult content that depicts explicit sexual scenes.

The Unexpected

You were in London, accompanying your friend on a trip she needed to take for study reasons.

— Wow, it's cold here — you said to your friend Clleo, while putting on your denim jacket.

— Get used to it — she replied, stretching out in the chair.

— The worst thing is speaking English, I'm still learning — you said, heading towards the door.

You and your friend weren't very good with the English language, but every day you practiced a little to communicate at least.

— Don't forget to bring Dandelion & Burdock — Clleo told you, before you knocked on the door and went out to buy.

As you walked, you enjoyed the city, looking at everything around you, everything was very new to you. This walk lasted about five minutes, until you saw a small market and immediately entered it.

— Hmmm... Let's see here — you said to yourself as you walked through the market aisles. — Milk, cookies, bread... — I don't think there's anything missing!

You went to the cashier to pay for your purchases, but on the way you remembered that Cleo asked you not to forget to buy that drink.

— Heavens! You exclaimed with your right hand on your forehead — I was almost forgetting the drink Clleo asked me for.

You stopped in front of some refrigerators, inside them there were several different drinks — My God, I don't remember the name of the drink she told me, I should have written it down. — You muttered to yourself, looking at the refrigerators.

You picked up your cell phone to try to call her — Damn, there's no signal — you went back to looking in the refrigerators for the drink.

On his right side was a boy, he was wearing a black drawstring shirt, a denim jacket and brown pants. He also had straight hair, the strands of which rested on his face.

He had his hands in his pockets and was looking at one of the refrigerators.

— Hi, excuse me — You caught the boy's attention, who then looked at you when he heard your voice.

— Sorry to bother you, could you help me find a drink?

- Of course! Which are you looking for? — He replied, taking a few steps towards you.

You looked surprised when you looked at the boy's face. You had the feeling you had seen him somewhere before.

— I... I think it's... It starts with the letter D, I forgot — Dandel... Dandelion, something like that.

— Ah, I think you mean Dandelion & Burdock, don't you? — He said, laughing a little.

– That, exactly that. Do you know if it's available here? – You asked him.

— I just saw it there in that refrigerator — He pointed out.

— Oh, thank you! You helped me a lot,” you said, offering him a smile.

- You're welcome! — You're not from here, are you? — he continued.

— No, I'm not! I'm from another country, I'm accompanying a friend.

- I noticed! Your accent is different. — He said, with his hands in his pants pockets.

You looked at the ground, laughing through your nose.

— Yes, I don't speak English very well.

— You learn as the days go by, it's not that difficult — he said, opening the fridge and taking out a drink.

— Yes, I will learn — you said. — Again, thank you very much... what's your name? — You asked.

—Alex. Great pleasure! — He extended his hand to shake you.

Have you contacted him - Alex? — It was at that moment that you realized you were in front of the lead singer of Arctic Monkeys. — You're the lead singer of — He interrupted.

— Yes, it's me. He offered her a smile.

- My God! I knew I knew you from somewhere, but I didn't remember where.

He laughed through his nose

— Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Y/N, and I'm very happy to have met you today.

He nodded — Well, I have to go now. I have band appointments in an hour and a half. I already got what I needed.

He was going to turn around, but he came back and said: Oh, if you're interested, today I'll be with the band at the exhibition that celebrates British musical culture. It will be at the art museum two blocks away. It will be a surprise presentation, so you will be the first person to know about it.

— He laughed and continued — We're going to promote our new album, Humbug.

— Well, I didn’t expect an invitation like that – you laughed shyly — But yes, I will go, invitation accepted.

He nodded — See you there then — He said.

He turned and you headed towards the fridge Alex had shown you to get Clleo's drink.

Inside you were vibrating, you couldn't control your emotions at having found the lead singer of Arctic Monkeys right in front of you and without you expecting it.

Furthermore, he invited you to a band event... You were happy.

You took the drink and headed towards the register.

— Cleo!!! Cleo!!! — You entered the apartment euphorically, calling your friend and placing the purchases on the table

— Wow, what animation is this?! — Cleo asked, looking at the bags

— I... have an appointment in 30 minutes. – You said.

— Uh, what commitment? — Cleo asked confused. — We arrived here less than a week ago and you already have an appointment? - she said.

You entered the bathroom, leaving the door closed — I swear I'll explain it to you later, friend! —You said from inside the bathroom.

She didn't respond, just widened her eyes and went back to rummaging through her shopping bags. — At least you didn't forget Dandelion & Burdock — Clleo said and you laughed, as you got into the shower.

You got ready quickly, put on the best dress, the highest heels you had, put on makeup, nothing exaggerated.

— So, how am I? — You stopped in front of Clleo.

— Wow, how beautiful!!! Won't you tell me you're going to meet someone?

— No, friend! — You laughed — I was invited to an event that will be held at the museum next door — You said, taking your bag and heading towards the door. — I can't explain it to you now, but I'll tell you everything in a little while.

You took a taxi, which dropped you off right in front of the museum.

Upon entering the place, you came across exhibits that talked about different British bands. You looked at a poster that specifically talked about the band Arctic Monkeys, when you were interrupted by a waiter.

— Drink, ma'am?

— Oh, yes, I accept, thank you.

You grabbed the drink and then sat down.

It didn't take long for someone to grab a microphone and announce the surprise to passersby. Everyone sat down on the chairs.

The band members entered the venue and went up to the small speaking stage.

The lights went out and the boys started playing the songs.

They were all so good you couldn't pick a favorite. Until suddenly:

"I thought I saw you in the Battleship" — You closed your eyes while listening

"She said: I'm really not supposed to, but, yes

You can call me anything you want"

Ok, you found your favorite!

It was beautiful to close the night that day.

At the end of the performance, everyone lined up for photos and autographs with the band members.

You didn’t know if you would wait to tell Alex you were there or if you would leave.

The line was still long and you couldn't stay any longer. You got up from the table and when you got up, Alex saw you from afar as he signed an autograph.

He took a moment to look at you, just to make sure it was you.

— Matt, I'll be right back — Alex said to the colleague who was closest to him at the moment. — He handed the pen into Matt's hands.

— Hey, Y/N — you heard a voice coming from

distant.

— Hey, you came! — He said excitedly.

— Yes, I came and loved the entire presentation. You guys rocked it and your voice is beautiful.

He laughed through his nose — Thank you! - He said then.

— It's good to know you're here — He continued — well, I have to come back to sign some autographs, but I'd like you to stay. After here we will go to a private party and each one is entitled to one guest. Would you like to be my private guest?

You covered your face with your hands — Oh, my God, I don’t even know what to say — you said.

— Just say yes and wait for me sitting in that chair. — He said pulling out a chair for you to sit down.

You laughed shyly, but accepted.

Some time later he returns alone with the car key in his hands.

- Let's go?! —He told you.

— Oh, yes — you got up and followed him.

When you arrived in front of his car, the other members watched you get into Alex's car.

Mind your own business — Alex said with a mischievous smile on his lips.

You got in and he got in with you and sat in the driver's seat.

Comfortable? - he asked

- Very!

— Well, it's a calm party, no exaggerations, no loud music. It’s more to talk about – he said.

— Oh, how good! I prefer places like this, to relax and talk — you were interrupted by Alex's words

- Damn! I forgot that I still have to go to the hotel to get the drinks we brought.

You looked at him smiling — everything is fine, no problem.

– It will be quick.

—No need to rush, I hope.

He looked at you with a mischievous smile.

The idea of ​​going to a party with Alex was already surreal for you, anything else that could happen from now on would be beneficial to you.

He parked the car near the hotel entrance. There were some rather suspicious men outside the hotel, drunk and inebriated, and so Alex thought it better for you to follow him rather than leave her there alone.

— Come with me — he said from the car window, already outside.

— Okay — you took off your seat belt and got out of the car.

You followed Alex to the hotel room.

When you arrived at the door, he opened it and you entered.

Alex went to the minibar and gathered the cans of drinks that were there, placing them in a box that kept them cold.

You sat on the edge of the bed, a little shy about the situation.

- can I help? You asked.

- Of course! — He replied smiling — come here.

You approached and started to help him with the cans of drinks from the minibar, at one point you touched the same can and then became a little indifferent due to the touch of each other's hands, this made you quickly put the can down, and fell to the floor, opening up and spilling all the drink on you. Alex ended up getting wet too.

You looked at each other without saying anything.

— Oh, my God, what have I done? — you said, shaking your hands and looking at your wet dress.

Alex started laughing at the situation — So does that mean you're clumsy?

You raised an eyebrow

He laughed at your reaction

— Calm down, calm down, I'm joking. But now your dress is wet...

You sat on the bed in despair.

— I'm not going to a party like that, Alex — You made a sad face.

— Calm down, don’t worry. I'll ask them to come here and get the drinks while you shower. I'll give you one of my shirts to wear and in the meantime you let the dress dry a little.

— I didn't want to ruin your party...

—Don't say that, it didn't ruin anything, I was already a little discouraged.

— Okay — you said — when I get home I’ll wash it.

You walked awkwardly to the bathroom and Alex took the opportunity to call Matt to tell him about the unexpected situation, and asked him to come get the drinks.

When he hung up, he laughed to himself at the situation as he waited for Matt.

You were taking a shower in Alex's hotel room, you couldn't believe what was happening to you, you started to think that more embarrassing things could happen.

From inside the bathroom you heard Alex humming, you spent a little time under the shower enjoying the moment, appreciating every note he reached, his voice numbed you.

When you were done, you grabbed the towel to dry off and realized you would have to tell Alex that you now needed his shirt.

You were embarrassed by the situation, so you gathered all your strength and called him.

—Alex?

- Yes? — He replied.

— You can bring the shirt now.

— Just a moment — he replied, as he went to his suitcase to look for it.

He took a Foster The People shirt from his suitcase and knocked twice on the bathroom door with his fingers.

You opened it so he couldn’t see you in your towel.

— Thank you — you thanked him.

- You're welcome!

You wore his clothes and you could smell his perfume clinging to you, like Alex Turner's trademark.

You looked in the bathroom mirror and noticed that his shirt fit you like a sexy dress.

Your cheeks flushed as you realized he was going to see you like this, but there was nothing else you could do.

You opened the door slowly and looked at the floor without reacting.

Alex was looking at his phone at the moment, and when he saw you leave, he looked up from his phone and looked at you. He was mesmerized, his body was beautiful, he couldn't hide it.

You cleared your throat before saying anything.

—Don't look at me like that, I'm dying of embarrassment.

Alex woke up from hypnosis when he heard you speak.

- What? No, no... don't be embarrassed — he said, looking away — you look beautiful.

— Thank you — you said and went to the balcony to leave the dress drying there.

Alex's eyes followed you.

You came back and sat next to him on the edge of the bed.

— Alex, I'm sorry again — he interrupted you

— Never mind, it's over — he said — are you comfortable now?

— Yes, thank you.

— while Matt doesn't arrive, shall we steal some drinks for ourselves? — he suggested with a silly smile on his face.

- Let's go! — you smiled with your hand over your mouth.

He grabbed a can and handed it to you. He sat next to you again holding the drink.

You were talking and Alex couldn't take his eyes off your thighs.

You found the courage to tell him what you thought.

— Alex... we're alone here, we're two adults and...

Before you could finish speaking, he came closer and kissed you warmly, you felt his lips fit perfectly with yours, one of his hands rested on your hip, you felt your body heat up.

The kiss made him go down to her neck and place a few kisses and bites there.

— Alex... — you said between whispers and light moans.

Got no response from him.

He just continued to taste her body.

you gave in more and more and threw your head back.

It was then that you slowly lay down, while he took off your shirt, he knelt between you and helped you take off the shirt he had given you to wear, exposing your beautiful breasts.

— Now it's better — he said, as he began to suck the nipple calmly.

You felt his warm tongue alternating between both nipples. He licked in circles, making you roll your eyes and moan uncontrollably.

He paused for a moment leaving you crazy begging for more.

He went down a little further, ran his fingers through your black lace panties, threw them to the side and started licking you gently. His tongue moved in a way that made you roll your eyes in pleasure.

— that's it, don't stop, don't stop. — You repeated.

He then had to abandon you once again, getting up.

You then placed yourself face down in front of him and placed your hands on the clearly visible bulge in his pants.

You then opened the zipper and saw the blue underwear, you sneakily ran your tongue over the underwear on his bulge, and then pulled the underwear down, making his dick jump in your face.

— Wow — you said in surprise, and then licked the head.

Very slowly you started to suck him, he threw his head back and sighed with lust. At one point, he grabbed her hair and helped her move back and forth. You choked a few times, and saw how much more crazy it made you.

— I really need you to fuck me right now — you said, looking into his eyes, while your hand masturbated him.

— Hmm, I like hearing that.

You then lay down on your front and he settled on top of you, fitting his cock at your entrance and you then felt him inside you.

Your moans accompanied his movements, which were frantic.

The sound of your bodies colliding echoed through the hotel room, Alex was so turned on, that it didn't take long for him to cum inside you.

He let his body fall onto yours and then you kissed him.

— I promise we'll do a second round, you made me so excited that I needed to cum soon.

You laughed at his comment.

— only you to make me laugh in a situation like this.

He laughed through his nose

His phone then started ringing.

— Damn, I forgot about Matt!!!

He got up and started to get dressed, looked at his cell phone and received more than 10 messages from Matt asking about his delay.

He returned the call

— Alex, I've been here for 20 minutes! Where are you? - Matt said.

— Dude, I'm sorry. I'm going downstairs to deliver the drinks.

— You're not going to tell me that... — Matt said suspiciously.

Alex laughed in response

“I figured,” Matt said, laughing too.

— Well, the important thing is that I'm bringing the drinks.

He hung up.

— I need to end this, but you can continue as we haven't finished yet.

He winked at you and you saw him slam the door.

You couldn't believe everything you were experiencing, but you knew you didn't want it to end.

You took out your cell phone and there were several messages and calls from your friend.

You then called her

— Phew, it's alive!! —Clleo said on the phone.

[ilovespec]

CHARMING STALKER

| MALE ! Yandere stalker × FEM ! Reader. | Part 1.

WARNINGS !!!! : stalking , some advice from the author , YANDERE MALE !! , pronouns yandere he/his , the reader here is female , pronouns of the reader here she / her , observation , stalking on social networks , shy yandere , possible errors in the text English is NOT MY NATIVE LANGUAGE!!!

Character description .

September. Russia. City - X .

You went to the convenience store. After all, as usual, you were late at work... But !! At least you'll have time to buy yourself something to chew on... And maybe even a drink..!!!! You have collected all the products for the food of the gods: instant noodles , sausages, mayonnaise and cheese (try this, it's REALLY the food of the gods. Just don't put a lot of mayonnaise, maximum 1-3 teaspoons lol) and most importantly for a good evening... Beer. You almost ran up to the counter with this drink, and had already stretched out your hand to the LAST bottle, when someone's rather big and sinewy palm accidentally covered yours. But immediately that palm twitched and moved away from yours. You turned around and saw a man behind you... He's a pretty tall, muscular guy by the way! He has black (LONG !!!) shoulder-length hair, brown eyes and light stubble and hand hair. He is wearing a black striped short-sleeve shirt, a light gray sleeveless T-shirt and black pants with a leather belt. He also has a small piercing on his lower lip, and jokes in his ears. Because your palms touched slightly, he said... Blushed a lot ??

- ??? : Uh... oh... Erm...I'm sorry, you can have a beer...!!! I have to go to work tomorrow anyway...

there was a strong Russian accent in his voice.

He's so tall and threatening-looking, and shy at the same time... You nodded slightly, but you took the beer.

- You : thank you ! Then good night to you.

You turned around and went to the cash register. You didn't see it, but he stared at your back in shock, and then, blushing even more, smiled as he also went to the checkout.

The next day, you were sleeping peacefully on your favorite couch... After all, you had a day off!!! Yayyy !!!>3 You calmly stretched , stretching your cramped limbs . It's been a long time since you've slept so well...!!!

You sit down at a table in a coffee shop. You decided to please yourself a little bit today >-< That's why you ordered (your favorite drink) and (your favorite dessert). When your order was accepted, you calmly started flipping through the recommendations feed on (your favorite social network). But you felt someone gently touch your shoulder and then you heard a voice you already know.

- ??? : H-hey.. Hello....!!

And when the owner of that voice came out from behind you and stood in front of you, you recognized him. It was that boy from the convenience store!! He smiled awkwardly , and, blushing DEEPLY, leaned slightly towards you .

- ??? : Do you remember me..?? I met you at that store yesterday... well... I'm sorry if I seem intrusive.. N-but... Can you please give me your phone number..?? I think that you are very beautiful and that we could take a walk at our leisure.. I'm Alexander Gnilov by the way..!! But you can just call me Sasha or Sanya.. ! (If anything , Alexander is the full version of the name Sasha ;) )

- You : and I (your name) . nice to meet you ^^

You calmly write down your phone number on a napkin and hand it to Sasha, and he, oddly enough, puts it in his pocket with a happy smile.

- Sasha: I'm sorry... Can I sit next to you... ?

You calmly agree, and Sasha sits next to you. And when the waitress brings you your order, Sasha asks that he be given the same order as you. And the rest of the time you were chatting and having fun <D

You calmly scroll through your account on (your favorite social network) you have increased activity!!! It's good... And you went to drink tea with a calm soul . (I think drinking tea at night is the best pastime. And that's what I'm doing now, ZAAZAZZA) But you didn't notice that someone is already sitting in the tree and watching you. Taking photos along the way...

[ihavedonenothingright]

Captive Prince: Historical References and Naming Conventions

Hi all! I've had this idea in my head for a while now, and I finally had some time (and an Ancient Greek dictionary), so I figured I'd give it a shot. I've always been fascinated by Pacat's worldbuilding, particularly the naming conventions, and as a classicist myself, I wanted to dissect them. So that's what this is. My focus is mainly going to be on Akielos since I don't have as in-depth a knowledge of French, but I'll go through some Veretian names too (je n'ai pas étudié le français depuis deux années, mais Arles… je voudrais parler d'Arles…)

I'm not approaching this with any kind of formal, academic structure, so if something wonky gets through, please let me know! And lastly, I have no idea how many of these are intentional on Pacat's part. This analysis is less about authorial intent and more about how the associations inherent in these names can lend to our interpretation of the work. I'll also be doing this analysis over a few different posts since there is a lot I want to cover. For post #1:

Country Names

This post will solely feature Vere and Akielos since that's already a lot, but I will tackle Patras et. al. later on. There's some very interesting stuff there that I would be remiss not to look at. Of our subjects for today, Vere is the simpler, and the one I am absolutely certain Pacat intended, so I'll start with it.

Vere

Disclaimer: I am in love with this choice. The word itself is actually a Classical Latin adverb derived from the adjective "vērus," meaning "true," and in Latin it's spelled "vērē" (though you will not see those macrons in extant texts, those are a modern pronunciation and differentiation aid). Vērē can be translated a handful of ways; often it's used for emphasis, and in that case it's usually translated as "indeed," but "truly," "rightly," "exactly," and "truthfully" all work in different contexts. Extrapolate vērus and its derivatives for around a thousand years and you get the Old French word "verai" (ouah c'est vrai !) which means, well, "true."

It's also close in spelling and pronunciation to the modern French "verre," which means "glass," which isn't entirely relevant, but is cool. It makes me think of shiny, fragile displays of opulence like the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles. 

The first reason I really like this name is that it calls back to Artes, the Roman-inspired kingdom that we're told once encompassed all of Vere and Akielos, while still fitting current Veretian (aka half-old-half-modern French) grammar and pronunciation. The second is, naturally, that it fits so well into the series' themes of truth, deception, and verisimilitude. The second we're introduced to Vere, and by extension Laurent, there's a subtle hint there that both he and his country are, at their core, more real, genuine, and truthful than Damen and Akielos. We're already building towards Damen's Kings Rising line, "I have never known a truer man." Even if you don't recognize the Latin, your brain will make the connection between Vere and verisimilitude later. It's perfect, 10/10 Pacat, could not have done it better.

And just for fun: a Latin example!

Commentarii de Bello Civili, 2:27. Latin and English available here. 

Hi, sive vere quam habuerant opinionem ad eum perferunt, sive etiam auribus Vari serviunt…

Loeb Translation: "Whether they convey to him the opinion that they really held, or whether they only flatter his ears…" (165)

Slightly more literal translation (by me): "Whether these ones truly convey to him the opinion as they held it, or rather are subservient to Varius' ears…"

Akielos

The name "Akielos" is a lot more… nebulous. I don't know if there is a Greek print of Captive Prince, but my guess is it would be spelled Άκιελος (modern Greek speakers please weigh in, I'm only a year or so into Ancient Greek so I haven't really touched accent marks). That doesn't map neatly to any modern or ancient greek word—at least that I know of. What is does remind me of is Ἀχιλῆος (Achileos) from Ἀχιλλεύς (Achilleus), aka, Achilles. They're so close that I actually realized lately I had unconsciously been pronouncing Akielos as "Akileos" for a while; and in fact, this makes the Veretian spelling "Achelos" make a bit more sense. English and French both use a hard "ch" to represent χ in Greek words; so I imagine, in universe, that the word might actually be spelled Άχιελος. It wouldn't even surprise me if this was the way Pacat originally wanted to spell it, but had to change it for ease of comprehension.

I did have some other interpretations of the name, but I think this is the strongest. Because in addition to the obvious association, the name Ἀχιλλεύς is thought to be derived from the words ἄχος, "distress/grief" and λαός, "people," making it either "the grief" or "grief of/to the people" depending on who you ask (you rely on cases for that sort of distinction in Greek and they're not exactly present here. iykyk).

I really like the idea of Akielos being associated with grief; we're first introduced to it as a country in mourning, and then later on, as the cause of grief in Delfeur. And then you have the association with Achilles, himself a prolific brother killer, who Pacat references later in 'The Fall of Inachtos,' our in-universe Iliad. Insane levels of grief on grief on grief. Plus, because it looks closer to the genitive form, I automatically associate it with the opening line of the Iliad:

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος

menin aeide thea Peleiadeo Achileos

Sing, goddess, the anger of Achilles, Peleus' son

So we can throw a little rage into the equation. As a treat. 

Also important to note that the -os there is a masculine ending. It doesn't have the most bearing, but it does mean that if we want to be strictly accurate to Ancient (and modern!) Greek grammar, I have to throw a quick article in front of it, making our final "how do the Akielons spell Akielos?" answer: ὁ Άχιελος ("ho Achielos"). The ὁ here is equivalent to le in French, with the major distinction being that in French, you don't typically need an article in front of a proper noun, whereas you do in Greek.

That's it for today's analysis! See you guys next time around for Patras, Artes, and (maybe) Arles, Ios, and Delfeur/Delpha.

Part 2 >>

[vasyandii]

I'm working on your ask! <3 and to counter-attack, I'd like to request soft/cute/endearing (sfw of course unless you want to expand) headcanons for NakxKrueger. I'm sure they're lovely in their own way, right??

Soft KruegerNak Headcanons

Howdy Gamergirlbones!! I really enjoyed the GhostRiot angst thank you for the food ;u;) as much as I want to expand from sfw KruegerNak I don't actually know where to start so I'll keep this post fairly silly unless more people wanna ask >:D

They lock pinkies instead of holding hands in public. Nak says it's Childish but she likes having physical contact with Krueger, often hiding her face in the side of his shoulder because she's fairly shy when it comes to PDA.

Krueger got his first grey hair, part of the job. Nak plucks it out and makes fun of him for it as she like hugs him because she finds it cute how his hair is turning grey

Nak has a bit of an accent when she speaks English, it's not very noticeable unless she's feeling strongly about something- so she ends up pronouncing his name like "khu-ker" when shes excited or scoling him

So as we all know, Krueger SLOUCHES bro has major back problems in his thirties, so Nak gives him back massages, she would use tiger balm and the coin (if you know you know) but he is like "I'm not going to let you do that to me ever again I felt like I was dying."

There's going to be times that they won't have missions together, so Nak wraps the bandana that's usually around her neck around his arm or Krueger would have one of his spare scrim nets wrapped around her neck where the green bandana would be in return. Kind of like a vow of "you have to come back alive to give it back to me, okay?"

Krueger is gentle with her. Not in like a "oh my sweet precious baby angel let me kiss your boo boo to make you feel better" but in a "Hey we're gonna hold hands and kiss after this meeting, cool? Cool." Way, the former is just to be cheesy and tease her. He knows she can handle her own, after all she's seriously fought him with her fists before. I feel like he believes that if he really really cares about someone he's going to be gentle with them.

Krueger ties up Nak's hair when her arm is in a cast since she can't do it herself, he's gotten pretty creative with her hairstyles. Nak just has to live with poorly done braids in her hair until her arms heals

Nak is the big spoon, she insists on being the big spoon when they cuddle; the more she gets to know Krueger she wants to protect him, even if there isn't anything to protect him from.

Not really nsfw I don't think but they never really went through the phase of feeling insecure about with seeing each other naked? Of course Nak was shy about it because cultural stuff but theyve gotten to that point in their relationship where they can see the other for how they are, and adore them nonetheless (this is so cheesy but SHHHHH XD)

THIS interaction:

- "Nak, do yo-"

- "Phayvanh"

-"Hm?"

-"My name, use it. We're not at work anymore."

If you made it this far Thank you for reading! I tried to bring something new to the table so hopefully this will suffice ;U;))

[gendercensus]

Just say you don’t wanna change it because it’s too much work please don’t pretend that that reply made any sense

If people wanted to have the name Ren they wouldn't spell it Wren, because Ren is a gender-neutral name of Japanese origin and Wren is an English word for a particular bird (or several particular birds, depending on where you're from).

Aside from anything else, I think it's kind of rude and disrespectful to treat them as being the same name. (They might be the same name to some people who go by one of those names, but assuming that they are the same name to everyone who goes by one of those names is rude.)

I have been treating spelling variations as different words for ages now and I'm sticking to it. For example, in the big annual survey, the pronoun set xe/xir is treated as distinct from the pronoun set ze/zir. That's because I don't know the roots of the two sets, I don't know if they're pronounced the same in all accents, etc.

So I'm just applying that rule to names as well.

But hey, let's do a survey about it. :D

[ The post we're talking about ]

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Fool Makoto AU; Goro Akechi, the Chariot, aka "Rogue"

Y'all voted and wanted to see Goro next, so here we go! If you're interested in this arcana swap feel free to send me asks about it, and check out the au tag Fool Makoto

Let's get this show on the road

Goro before the plot

Alright. So Goro's mom? Alive. She's been getting a bit of child support money from Shido to remain hush hush about him having a bastard son, and doesn't tell Goro for a while. They're not well off, and she struggles to keep a steady job as she raises him, but they're surviving. Things are pretty okay for a while

He doesn't have many friends. His worry for his mom and anger at his unknown dad for leaving them makes him stand out from the other kids, and he spends his time studying, doing stuff around their apartment, and walking with his mom to the 777 for a special treat when he brings home a good grade

By middle school, he's got one person he'd call a friend. That Haru girl, who everyone is weird about cause her dad is famous or something. They sit at the back of the class, and partner up for projects. That's, about the extent of their friendship

Soon enough, things start to crumble. Goro's mom falls ill, and they don't have the money for her treatment.

So, taking matters into his own hands, he rummages through her records without her knowing, and finds the name of his father. Shido Masayoshi. He goes to him with his "evidence", and demands he help his mom. He won't do it for free, of course, being corrupt and shit. Goro has to agree to become his little attack dog, one of his "interns". This is how he gets into Shujin.

While the other interns are mostly young girls and sons of other famous people doing copies and shit, Goro gets tasks like digging up dirt on his competitors, and other shady things. He doesn't tell his mom the details, just that he got a job working for his dad to pay for her treatment

Then, well, one morning in his second year, he's being driven to school by his dad after going to threaten an opponent early in the morning, only to get kicked out into the rain so his dad can harass the Okumura girl in his car, and he meets Makoto

Goro's Persona, Element, and Weapon

For his Persona, Goro has Fawkes, named for Guy Fawkes. One of the conspirators to take out one of the former English Kings. As for his element, Goro uses Curse, specializing in magic damage and giving the team attack buffs, and Crit buffs later on

His physical weapon is the one-handed sword, much like his hero sword from the games. I couldn't just not give him a sword again

Goro's gun weapon is the Assault Rifle

Goro's Phantom Thief Identity; Rogue

So as a Phantom Thief, Goro goes by Rogue. His overall theming is that of an Antihero, partially inspired by Robin Hood for the reference to his canon persona. Well, one of them

As such, his mask is like a strip of fabric, looks like it's tied behind his head, but he can pull it off just as easy as the rest of them. It's dark black

The main part of his outfit is a hooded dark grey jacket, with a high collar and a big cross over for the buttons. He has dark red leather straps over his torso, and flared, dark red leather gloves. The buttons and accents on his jacket are black. The design of the buttons on his jacket are pointed, like arrows. His trousers are the same dark red as the straps and gloves, tucked into tall black boots.

Goro's Social Link

For the majority of his Social Link, Goro and Makoto are teaming up to solve a case at school, since someone has been taking things from students' shoe lockers. Through the installments, Goro talks about how he ended up working for his father, how he doesn't know what to do with his life since he only did that for his mom.

He also mentions a fear that he'll end up like his dad. Cause, he mentions he was good at it, and what if that means he's doomed to become slimy and corrupt like him?

That's not the case though. Goro finds that the thing he's good at is looking into things, and digging up clues and secrets. His ninth level hangout is spent at the Takemi house, where he ends up being offered a proper internship with Criminal Investigator Sae Takemi (The Hierophant).

Makoto and Goro find the culprit of the thefts at school and Goro is slightly disappointed the case is over. But ye, he learns that he won't become like his dad as long as he cares not to, and that he's not alone and all that

Goro's outfits

So just like Haru (the Lovers) and Makoto (the Fool), his uniform is worn perfectly until after the first palace, Shido, is over. Once he no longer has to maintain a perfect look to not make his father look bad, he adds a little flair.

He keeps his blazer open, and wears a dark red sweater vest over the white uniform shirt. He doesn't really change that much else for the spring/fall/winter. For summer, he swaps the uniform shirt for his own short sleeved polo shirt, in a maroon colour

For his spring/fall outfit, Goro wears a black collared shirt and brown trousers, with a red and grey patterned sweater over it. He has the sleeves of his sweater and shirt rolled up neatly, and the collar over the sweater perfectly

For the summer, he has tan khaki shorts, pressed with a crease down the front, and a dark grey crew neck sweater, the sleeves rolled up and folded all nice. He still wears loafers shoes, which are in nearly all of his outfits, but he has socks in that red and blue diamond pattern he wears on that sweater in the canon game

And finally, Goro winter fit. He has a beanie hat, which fits him real well, and is dark red. His coat is like a short trench, dark beige, over a white collared shirt and cricket style sweater, black, silver, and maroon. His black pants are pressed and creased again, and he's got a dark tartan scarf and dark leather gloves

Goro in Strikers

So in the main part of the au, Goro is in second year at Shujin, but for Strikers, he's in his first year of post-secondary. Also, it's winter. I wanted a bit of a jump here ehe

He dresses much the same, still in neat outfits with that dark academia look, but he's got a few silver piercings. He went and got them done with his mom, when she was officially in recovery in his final year. His jewelry look like little arrowheads, like the buttons on his thief outfit

He's much more settled, and has been happily working under Sae as an intern investigator. He's getting his degree in criminal justice and a minor in criminal psychology, and he attends school in Tokyo, unlike Makoto and Haru.

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I don't have any extra info or inspo images this time like with Haru, so I won't need a cut this time. I hope y'all like my Chariot Goro! Hes still a bit of a shit, don't worry, but he won't be as mad at the world. Still a little, but not to the murder extent.

I won't be running a poll for who's next since I still have the results of the last one, so I'll be working on that next post soon! As always, let me know what you think, and asks and comments are appreciated

[pinesfamilyguidetotheweird]

Brit Gravity Falls AU: Gravidale Falls

Despite the tie, I am leaning more towards Victorian era.

(and if you wanna get technical, @dreamondelphinus broke the tie in the tags)

And so...

Welcome to Gravidale Falls.

The AU takes place in the 1880s of the Victorian Era of the United Kingdom.

As for the town (village, really) itself, its located in the northern area of Cumbria, North West England. I wanted to give the village a name that fit the country because...I don't know, Gravity Falls didn't ring well for me for the UK setting. It's all good though, as Gravidale can mean 'Valley of Gravity' and using the -dale suffix was perfect as Gravity Falls was set in a valley back in Oregon.

And given the time period, Gravidale Falls is a little more isolated and not a lot of people would even heard of this village except for those who lived there or came across it on accident or by chance.

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Residents' Nationalities

One of the craziest facts to learn about the UK is that...it contains about three countries plus the northern portion of Ireland, but the UK as a whole is small compared to the USA. In terms of length, the UK matches Texas but with half (maybe less than?) its width.

The reason I bring this up is because I want some of the characters to have different nationalities.

I will say that the majority of Gravidale Falls is English, but you also have Scottish, Irish, Italian, American, Spanish, and maybe a smidge more.

Now, as for the main crew (plus the Zodiacs)...

The Pines Family -- English

Soos and his Abuelita -- Spanish (I was thinking Mexican, but Mexico, as an established country, was relatively new as it was founded in 1821, so I wasn't sure)

Wendy and her family -- Scottish (if this is stereotypical, I apologize. I love the Scottish culture and I can't cannot hear Wendy or her dad with a Scottish accent. And hey, flannel. Or targan, really. That's the actual term for the pattern)

The Northwests -- English

The Valentinos -- Italian

McGucket -- American

Gideon and his family -- French

As of now, I can't think of the nationalities for other characters...except for Candy, because she is Korean.

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Social Classes

Like anywhere else, (and honestly in any time period), there are social classes. In the Victorian era, there were four: Upper (royals, nobility, and tycoons), middle (administrative and/or managerial workers), working (manual labor; typically the majority of population), and under (the poor and prostitutes).

Again, just focusing on the main crew (and Zodiacs), but in order of class (plus job if they have one):

The Northwests -- Upper Class (Nobility)

The Gleefuls -- Middle Class (Church owners)

McGucket -- Middle Class (Engineer); born from a working class

The Pines -- Middle Class (Ford is a doctor/scientist, Stan is a business owner, and D&M's father has a job fitted for the class); originally a poor working class

The Corduroys -- Working Class (Woodcutters and Icecutters)

The Valentinos -- Working Class (Undertakers...I think its working class)

Soos and his Abuelita -- Underclass (Poor; However, they are hired as domestic servants in Ford's home)

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