#i know this is weird coming from the very aroace person who as a general rule hates love songs with a burning passion

[here-there-were-dragons]

no one makes good love songs that aren't explicitly meant to be read as romantic

[wickjump]

Joku must hate Ink's guts because there's NO way lmao😭. She's just super averse towards everything that includes him??? You can even notice that she refuses to draw him in any of her art (it's actually common to see him covered up???or barely drawn at all), and honestly, all of this because Comyet didn't wanted any ships with her aroace character to be canon is extremly petty.

And you know what's even better?? At the time this happened, Joku was 19/20 and Comyet was 16. Bro was angry at a whole ass child😭(there's screenshots that Goth's creator published where Joku is just bashing Comyet for no reason???lmao????)

the fandom was fucking wild back then. very glad joku is generally regarded as not good because dude who bullies a whole ass child like that. comyet was 16 and didn’t want her oc to be shipped with a grown adult’s why is that so offensive to joku lmao. joku is very pushy and weird with the ships she wants with her characters and i don’t like that.

like. joku, you didn’t have to bash ink as a character and entirely remove him from the story just because you’re mad at someone.

goth’s creator is another can of worms i refuse to even touch but im glad nekophy at least posted those because it’s wild that joku got so upset at some teenager online over skeleton shipping. joku is weird with ace/aroace characters too (made dream aroacespec and said ‘i did everything i could to not sexualize him!’ and yet pressured jakei into making The cream comic, drew a human ver of him in a bunny suit whilst crying not that long ago, and a fuckton of other weird junk). joku said she’s ace but imo that doesn’t excuse the blatant disregard for ink’s aroace identity or the weird back and forth she has with dream.

joku is just a really weird person with terrible storytelling skills and im not afraid to say it. she could have done so much with nightmare and dream but it turned… stale and dull. how come rahafwabas made joku’s own character more interesting than joku did??? how come jakei made joku’s own character more compelling than she did??? how come the teenagers writing fanfiction on wattpad made joku’s characters more compelling than she did???

i hope joku’s changed by now but i really dislike what she’s done to her characters and others in the process. ink and dream deserved a better, platonic relationship in their canon. not everything needs to be romantic.

[markerofthemidnight]

Why Is Alastor So Weirdly Protective Of Charlie (And/Or Why Does He Hate Lucifer So Much)?

So I’m sure we’ve all seen the newest episodes. Wow, am I right? A whole load to unpack there!

The main thing that really caught my attention, though, was Alastor. Specifically, his actions towards Charlie and especially Lucifer in episode 5.

Well… there’s not really much to say about why it’s weird, is there? So, without any further ado, here’s my thoughts.

In Dad Beat Dad, Alastor engages in a whole-ass musical number about how he’s better than Lucifer and, specifically, better at being Charlie’s dad than him. He seems to do this… solely to piss him off.

And, honestly, that makes sense. Because no matter how deadbeat a dad Lucifer was, Alastor is nowhere near better than him. This is the same dude who called Charlie’s dream wacky nonsense and continuously stressed that he was only there for the entertainment.

There’s no way in hell (ba-dum-tish) that that dude suddenly developed paternal instincts for her in what couldn’t have been more than a few months. So, clearly, it must be to piss him off. But why?

Well, one of the popular theories about Alastor is that the one who gave him his powers is Lilith. I shouldn’t have to explain why this makes sense: both gone for seven years, and of course the first time he’s seen since his disappearance is after Charlie’s voicemail to her mom.

And he must be very loyal to her, to assist her daughter in a dream that he explicitly states he thinks is bullshit.

It would also explain how pissed he is when Husk brings it up: maybe it wasn’t the fact that he brought up that he also made a deal, but that he implied that his relationship with said patron is less than healthy. You know, he don’t want people to speak about his girl like that. (guys don’t worry I know al is aroace it’s just a joke he’s her personal bodyguard)

So, it’s safe to say that Alastor is very loyal to and protective of Lilith, an attitude which must extend to Charlie, yes? Yes, but that doesn’t explain the general pettiness of his relationship with Lucifer.

Well, we just established that Alastor is loyal to and protective of Lilith, that would do practically anything for her. So do we know any character that Al has a similar relationship with?…

Oh, right.

His mother.

It’s been confirmed via Word of Vivienne that Alastor is totally a mama’s boy and adores her above all else. So, it’s not much of a stretch to say that he sees Lilith as a sort of second mother figure, right?

So, inversely, it’s not much of a stretch to say that he would associate Lucifer with his father.

Think about it. Have we ever heard his father be mentioned anywhere? No. And knowing that daddy issues are TOTALLY a long-running theme in Vivziepop stories by now (Blitz, Stolas, Moxxie, Octavia, technically Loona, Charlie, probably Angel to some extent), who’s to say Alastor can’t be the same?

Now, this is kind of a stretch, but I propose that Alastor’s first victim was his own father, whom he killed and cannibalised as revenge for years of abuse to him, and even more so, his mother.

That’s why he hates Lucifer so much. He doesn’t want to be anywhere near him, he doesn’t want him anywhere near Lilith, and it seems he especially doesn’t want him anywhere near Charlie.

Which makes sense, if we apply the logic from earlier to her. If he sees his mother in Lilith and his father in Lucifer, it’s possible he sees Charlie as a younger, more innocent version of himself: both theatrical dreamers, both never fully dressed without a smile, both incredibly emotional when it comes to the protection of those they care about.

It’s also safe to say that, no matter how egotistical he pretends to be, Alastor probably doesn’t have a very high opinion of himself, given how in the pilot he outright says that inside every demon (which INCLUDES himself, by the way) is a lost cause. Maybe it’s possible he sees her as himself before everything went wrong.

So, as it turns out, he’s actually less of a dad to Charlie and more of a big brother. And… I think that’s a lot more fitting for him.

TLDR: Alastor’s weird grudge against Lucifer is because he associates him with his abusive father. That and his loyalty to Lilith and Charlie are two things that, if I’m right, will probably prove to be very important to understanding Alastor as a character.

[yukasyukasyukasyukas]

Drew Tanaka headcanons bc I'm going insane over them

She's from Hokkaido in Japan

Her full name is Sayuri Tanaka, Drew is merely the name she chose when moving from Japan to the US bc the Americans couldn't pronounce Sayuri right and it got on her nerves, later it irritated her that she couldn't get her chosen name pronunciation right

She's ainu and bc of it she'd get bullied in school in Japan

Her dad (like Piper's) moved from the more indigenous area to a more urban but still made sure Drew knew and appreciated her heritage

He made knives and blades in general, once he made a katana and she was so obsessed with it

Moved to the US for financial reasons rather than demigod reasons

She got on a fancy private school with athlete scholarship for having two gold medals in kendo

Spoke a very poor English and that made it hard for her to make friends besides one boy in her class who God knows why spoke japanese: Connor Stoll, and consequentially his brother, Travis

Aroace spectrum, probably a lesboromantic

Her satyr took her and the siblings Stoll to the camp when she was 11

When she arrived the camp she was reluctant to befriend anyone, specially because, since she had just immigrated, she was afraid people would find her weird

She was the kind of child of Aphrodite who might look like a kid of a god of beauty but has the personality of a child of a god of war: Aphrodite Areia. She'd come after anyone who messed with her and has a really bad temper, sometimes even compared to Clarisse

After Silena's betrayed she was deeply hurt since she admired Silena so much, that's why she was so bitter to everyone after the war

Despite being hurt from her sister's betrayal she still tried to be a good conselour and sister, making sure the younger campers, specially Lacy, were okay and trying to lighten the grief

Drew was never on a good financial position, mainly because her father's job didn't have much clientele, so she started working at fast food restaurants when she was a teenager

Despite being poor, she always tried to look good, it was her way of coping from all the bad stuff she went through. Because of it she learned how to sew.

She disliked Piper not because she reminded her of Silena but because, at first sight, Piper reminded her of herself, but without most shit she had to go through. Piper was also indigenous, at a fist look she seemed poor, she was a demigodess etc. But she didn't go to the war, she hadn't had her friends die all at once, she didn't meet Silena.

After Drew found out who was Piper's father she only got more pissed; that girl, who had everything she always wanted, who never had to sleep wondering if on the next day she would still have a house to live in, who never had to worry how her father would be without her on his side to SPEAK for him because he didn't know English. Yet she romanticized all that Drew hated in her own life.

After Mitchell cleared up what was going on between the two to the other, Piper and Drew started getting along, but Drew never really got over Piper's style choice, not because it wasn't pretty but because that looked close to what she wore when she was on her worst financially when Piper could afford any kind of luxury brand

Idk I just really love the idea of her being ainu

[cactuupng]

I also need to talk about my blorbo (scar. Ofc.) so here's my silly thoughts on these two:

Theyre both aroace and awkward as fuck when it comes to showing affection. Scar loved holding hands. Mumbo does too except he's very weird about it and is always very anxious to initiate any hand holding and doesn't know if it's appropriate in the given moment (he's just like me fr)

Mumbo also struggles with social anxiety. Scar struggles with general anxiety. They're both anxious little fucks.

Scar always feels cold and Mumbo is surprisingly warm so Scar loves cuddling with Mumbo. He's like his own personal heater.

That's all for now djfkdkgken

he's so me FRRRR

Mumbo is SO aroace and just incredibly socially anxious, like that man does NOT know how to initiate any physical touches and interactions, he just overthinks everything and just makes himself more nervous (pov a friend just hugged him)

Also!! Yes yes yes Mumbo constantly being warm for some reason?? I've been going INSANE over this idea for so long and GAHHHH his hugs are always one of the warmest, so the hermits who are almost always cold like Scar would 100% just seek out hugs from him if they're feeling down

Which I find silly cause I imagine Mumbo just being🧍while cuddling for the first few times that happens because he?? doesn't know??? what to do???? he's the completely oblivious to affection type guy. He gets used to it tho ofc, you kinda have to when 2 of the people closest to you (Scar and Grian) really enjoy cuddles and sleepovers

Scar, the incredibly affectionate one + Mumbo, the non affectionate one = "Hey he asked for no pickles" type of dynamic

also you bet Mumbo babysits Jellie sometimes and its definitely not because he's always warm and she's a big fan of it

[melissa-titanium]

for character headcanons tome ^_^

I CANNOT FND THE POST YOU ARE REFERRING TO FOR THE ABSOLUTE LOVE OF ME BUT I SWEAR I KNOW WHAT UR TALKING ABOUT. TREMBLES. if i get this wron g i wil ;. cr.y

i like to imagine tome as a relatively tall person. like maybe a few inches shorter than me... 5'7 ? shes very lanky. i think she had a little bit of a growth spurt once she hit like. lets say 12 or 13 and just shot the fuck up. then stopped. shes still tall just not crazy tall.

i LOVE masc presenting nonbinary tome but i feel like. idont know i feel like shes more. androgynous leaning does that make sense. her gender is weird girl but not a "girl" do you get me. she likes 2 wear skirts & jewelry & goes by ms over mx or mr . her pronouns r weird as hell too shes got the motherfucking zleep/zlorp it/its zhe/her all the neos all the xenogenders you get me ?

also. lesbian. duh. but also . i want to talk about it because it very much interests me. i def think shes ace because i hit every character i like with the ace beam but iiii. dont see her as aro? as much as i love aroace hcs i feel like it doesn't fit tome . at most i could see her on the aro spectrum..... i could totally see greyromantic tho maybe. but also specifically i dont think i could see her using orientation-specific labels, only gender labels. like she would call herself gnc/andro & specify her pronouns & list her most prominent xenogenders but when you ask about her orientation shes like. Girls 👍

ok now that gender is out of the way. smiles

i lik 2 explore her dynamic with takenaka & i think alot of people do honestly LOL. initially of course takenaka feels like a little bit of bitterness towards her because he understands she'd probably see him as nothing more than a guinea pig for her obsessions. but post telepathy arc i think they get along more cause he understands her way of thinking and fears & she understands that he (and others) actually DO care. i like to think they hang out & he manages to read her really well after a while without even needing telepathy.

i think she plays mhfu. i think this because i'm autistic leave me alone. tri ultimate makes more sense considering it was the most recent game to come out at that time but also it's got the smallest monster roster of any of the games, so mhfu it is. i think she'd main insect glaive (having essentially a telepathic communication with a little insect friend is such a cool idea to her) and her favorite monster would be yama tsukami. yama is literally perfect. it's outlandish, has a completely unique skeleton from any other monster in the games (save for yama kurai who was technically not a canon monster because it only existed in frontier) and it is quite literally an UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. she would think that's rad as hell, and be very sad that it's not a popular monster (only solidifying her concept of isolation/alienation from her peers, liking things that are unusual to enjoy)

a weird hc i always had for her. i think she plucks out her eyebrow hairs so they r a little patchy almost? i knew someone who used 2 do that when i was younger and i think its something she would have done . speaking of hair she definitely cuts her own hair. SOMETHING TELLS ME SHE HAS PROBABLY TRIED TO DYE IT BEFORE. it didnt go well. her hair has never been the same

i think she's a big fan of new sensory experiences. that is a stim toy bitch if i ever saw one. i think she likes the textures most people find uncomfortable, like sandpaper or scratchy textures . not a picky eater but has a general preference for crunchy/hard stuff over things that melt in her mouth does that make sense ... i think her least favorite food is cotton candy. idk what her fave food is because my food knowledge is limited to bangladeshi cuisine and white people food (save me) but if i think of anything ill edit this. i actually implemented this into my design for her but she has alien earrings and they r kinda squishy. i think she messes with them when shes bored

shes dexterous as fuck with her hands. she could totally learn to shuffle a deck of cards fast as hell or play the shell game (cup shuffle) if she had interest in physical games. i think once she started working at s&s and really getting along with the rest of the Gang she would start playing card games & they always ask her to shuffle. not even reigen does it as well. years of gaming has trained tomes hands to levels not even reigen could dream of reaching

i think she'd be some kind of translator/ambassador... a high standing position based on middle-man communication. a linguist maybe? i think her obsession with the supernatural would eventually leave her down the path of like, culture study, to learn more about different regions mythical creatures. i also really like the post-canon ideas where she works with mezato as an investigator, WHICH ACTUALLY ACTS AS A SEGUE INTO MY NEXT HC

i think her and mezato would get along so well. its such a shame we never get a proper interaction between them. obviously their only canon interactions are accompanied by shigeo in which both of them r trying to grab his attention in some way and theres a little bit of conflict in that (tome realizing shige is a little uncomfortable with mezato pestering him about the cult & swooping in to give him an out) but i think if they genuinely decided 2 meet up and hang out they'd be a force to behold . girls who are wildly enthusiastic about their particular craft who seem to be somewhat outcasted even from their peers who hold similar interests. mezato being the most interested member of the journaling club & tome being the only person in the telepathy club who actually gives a fuck about telepathy!!!!! the thing about mezato though is that i dont think she is self conscious in the way that tome is. tome's like. worried about taking up others' time with her own interests that she clearly is the only one interested in. she thinks she should be grateful that they're even listening to her (atleast thats what i gathered from takenaka's reading of her thoughts during telepathy arc) and that no one but her truly gives a shit about the things she's into. and i dont have a firm grasp on mezato's character, but i think shes something of an inverse of tome in that sense. mezato's more confident about her interests, as well as being more confident in parading it around maybe. so i think they'd get along by being inverses of eachother. im not confident in describing mezato so i hope you kind of get what im saying

ok wow i got off track. i think she's one of those kids who had like a crazy amount of allergies when they were younger but eventually they faded as they got older. shes totally allergic to cats.

she . in the best way that i could possibly muster. feels like a middle child. she feels like someone who has a shit ton of siblings/lives with a big family does this make sense. i think she'd have like two older brothers and a little brother. am i insane can anyone else sense this.

okay i ran out of shit to say theres probably more but . coughs and dies. tome i love you

[hel-phoenyx]

New year's Eve, part 18

A thing a lil bit shorter to put out some context and introspection before linking back all the plotlines

"Would you tell me about your family ?"

again ? This is like, the third time a shrink has asked me this question. Usually it's the moment I get up and leave, 'cause I didn't come here to hear the usual talk about "mommy issues" or whatnot. Like every psychiatrist wants to diagnose you with childhood problems.

I don't know why I don't do the same, now.

Maybe because it's not formulated like "so. Tell me about your mother".

Or because it just came in the conversation.

"Not a lot to tell, I'm afraid. I'm a third-generation immigrant, I told you. Born in Denmark from a Danish father, that gave me a Dane name and surname. Whole family followed him here in France, including the grandmas and grandpas, the aunts and uncles, and my gaggle of siblings."

"That is, actually, quite a lot to tell."

Yeah, yeah, shrinks and their tendency to overanalyse things. I know that damn well.

I don't like feeling like the circus freak.

"Sure, sure, whatever."

"You said you are siblings. Are they older or younger than you ?"

"Most of them are older. I'm the youngest."

Wasn't always.

...

Why are you looking at me ?

I hate this silence.

"Most of my sibs work blue collar jobs. Like my parents. We're not well off, exactly, so I have to, y'know, provide..."

"With a cop's salary ?"

I nod.

"Yeah. It's not much, but with the police funding in France, it's way better than most of the jobs I can do. So gotta feed all those mouths, even if they look at me with betrayal."

Because who would dare imagine a son of immigrants, born from a devout Muslim mother and a blue collar father, with a family cops would hate and persecute until they "get back to their country", join the enemy ? Islamophobia is not a new thing in France. It was there when I first came in.

I was a rowdy kid. The only thing white-passing in me were my blue eyes. So of course I knew firsthand what racism can do to someone. I still chose to join a career that promotes it.

"It's the only reason ?"

"No, not quite. I wanted to be an insider, yaknow ? Change the system. Do something."

Even if I have to betray what some people call a coven. It's what I do best, after all. Betray my family. Betray my friends. Betray my heritage.

Betray. Betray. Betray.

I am the class traitor, the race traitor, the everything traitor.

Why wouldn't I use that for my advantage ?

"You're very political, I recall. from our last talks, I remember a lot of anger about the system in you."

"Who wouldn't be ?"

Well, a lot of people are perfectly content with that. It's why I'm angry. Because I can't fathom a mind where there's no anger toward all that injustice.

Stop looking at me.

"Who wouldn't be ? It's infuriating. I see people afraid to talk back while some racist, privilegied fuckers can destroy a culture while laughing. A culture, or a person. Hell, I've been outed in my precinct some time ago, and... And..."

And I act like it doesn't affect me because I can't retaliate, because it would hurt people I care about, and because everyone is already looking at me weird. I've lost all credibility in the post now that I am the gay cop. i'm not even gay.

I don't know anymore.

Stop with those eyes.

"And now I am not even my own damn person, goddamnit ! I am back to being the token something ! First it was the token brown, now it's the token gay, hell, I'm not even gay !"

I'm aroace. I'm aroace, goddamnit. Thorfinn coined in the damn word for me after years of thinking I was broken. That something was missing. That everybody telling me brown people are subhuman was right because I was a living proof of it.

I can't even tell you that because you would tell me I am broken, too. I'm not even sure I am not.

Stop looking.

"I'm sick of not being my own person, do you fucking get it ?! I want to be myself and not the "something" of someone ! and all the people that saw me as myself are turning away from me and I am alone and I want to fix that and I need to do something so they get back at me and... and... and..."

And that something would go against everything I fought for.

Use my privilege to my advantage. Destroy friendships, expose weaknesses, attack on what people are.

Provoke a damn police descent at a family whose only crime is to be racised and related to someone I want dead.

Stop.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop !!!!!!

"Stop looking at me with those goddamn eyes !"

I raise my fist.

It's the same eyes

The same eyes as him

But on me this time.

Stop looking at me

Stop

Stop

"You get the fuck out of here, Fen. Now."

...

I sit back.

I can't.

He's still sat down. His eyes are not worried. They're calm. It's not him. It's not him. It's not him.

"Take a deep breath, mister Wolffsen."

I'm trying.

He's still sat down.

"You can destroy everything you want in my office, I won't mind. I'll just ask you to not redirect that anger on me, alright ? I can't listen if I'm knocked out."

I nod. can't do much more. My throat is blocked by something. I think that if I open my mouth, it will flow down in an ugly way.

Ugly.

Gross.

Like everything inside.

"You mentioned people that saw you as you. Can you talk to me more about them ?"

I wish for nothing less.

But I have no choice, do I ? I have no choice because Gustav clearly told me that if I didn't get therapy, I would lose him, and Kriss, and everything. Because Thorfinn is starting to look at me with those eyes I can't read while he once told me everything.

Because I haven't talked to Tyr since my last attempt at reconnexion.

"I... Met them in elementary. All of them. We were in different classes, but we were all singled out for a reason."

I was brown. Brynja was from the system, and entered the school in CE2 while everyone know each other since the first class. Thorfinn was "the tomboy", and they were an orphan switching families after families. Gustav was the son of a known murderer. Hector had facial difformities and an obvious Muslim surname. Aarni came from an alcoholic middle-eastern family.

Tyr was the prodigal son of rich, old blood.

"Alone people stick together. Even if... They start making other friends, in the meantime."

"You didn't want them to have other poeple ?"

"I did.... It's just...."

Deep breath.

"... No, I didn't. I was jealous. I had only them."

Them, the only people not looking at me like a freak. And Tyr, the first one extending his hand to me and asking if I wanted to play tag.

"It's still the case today ?"

... Why ?

Why would you ask me that ?

"... Yes."

"Why ?"

Shut up. Don't make me say it. Shut up.

Not those eyes.

Stop looking at me like you're listening, like I can continue talking.

"Because... They're the only ones who saw something in me."

"And now you're afraid they will leave you for people you consider better."

....

Shut up.

The shrink nods. A little smile on his face. At the same time, I hear a timer ring.

"I'm afraid the session is over, mister Wolffsen. I am sorry we reached such a conclusion so close from the end. Would a new appointment next week be okay with you ?"

"I.... Guess ?"

"Also, we will need to talk about the next step of your therapy. You have mood swings of an unusual violence, he says while writing on his notepad. I can teach you some exercices to keep your anger in check. For example, I suggest that until next time we see each other, each time you feel that rage coming, you try shifting to a more comfortable position. Keep the clenched fists in check. Concentrate on that for at least one minute. See if it helps."

This

I think this is the first time

Someone doesn't tell me to just suck it up.

"Music, too, can help. Relaxing music. Do you like piano, mister Wolffsen ?"

"never... Listened to it. It's for rich people."

Said my father.

"Not anymore with YouTube and all the streaming services. Who knows, maybe you will discover a passion."

He extends a hand.

Smiling.

"Until next time, mister Wolffsen."

[laismoura-art]

reiko, 14 19 and 22!

Oooh, different! Let's goooooo!!

Reiko⚔️

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

ANARCHYYYYYYYY!!

If there's one guy that can make that weird "chaos" style work, is Reiko!

And I know that's ironic coming from Mr Loyal Soldier, but he was pretty much opposing to the current monarch sooooooo, I guess that fits! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

I know it was just an alternative reality, but Emperor Reiko × Empress Li Mei??

I could get behind it if it was a case of "two subordinates who grew tired of risking everything for their bosses and barely being acknowledged for it," but that didn't seem to be the case with them in Chaos Reigns?

Plus, if I were to make the "subordinates arise," I still wouldn't make them a couple. They give me strong "unrequited love" vibes, especially cause I see Li Mei as AroAce!

Ma girl is even a walking ace flag, lol:

. . . I think I ultimately just don't ship them😅

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to this character? Something you don't like?

I'll be honest with you, till this day, I've read the total of one (1) fic featuring him🫣 it was my friend's @thegrimoiresvoice Skool Days, and he was a bully, which I think was very fitting given his first reaction to Raiden!

If I were to read a fic of him, I think I would like to see more of his relationship with General Shao.

And what I wouldn't like to see would be, hmmm... Reiko × Li Mei, lmao!

Sorry, Reiko × Li Mei shippers, I swear it's nothing personal🫣💕

[bianca-starling-hf]

hi ⭐

Hi my name is Bianca. I'm 14 and I like birds and ice skating. People are cool too most of the time :) I live in Hatchetfield. Hatchetfield High Freshman, go nighthawks! I work at the Hatchetfield Public Library at the desk.

She/They 🪽 Non Binary 🪽 Aroace 🪽 14

a fun fact about me is that I have really good eyesight. I see a lot of things people dont tend to see, and it can get kind of overwhelming but it's cool i guess. I'm not really sure where I got it from but i've had it since i was born.

ooc from here on out 🪽

Interactions are always open unless I say they're not! This goes for asks, rps and anything else really! typically asleep around 12pm-10am gmt (shh I don't have a sleep schedule)

!!this blog WILL contain themes of: cults/LiB worship, human experiments, the average hatchetfield experience and all the shit that comes from dealing with the Lords in Black!!

more ooc + info under cut :3 ⭐

Hiii this is the admin @frongle444 (any prns idm!!) teehee :3

(also this blog is subject to just- dying for a couple months w/o warning sometimes lol but its never ur fault!!!)

rules!! 🪽:

no shipping uh bc I don't want to lol (and also they're aroace)

pls no nsfw!!!

physical harm/fighting/etc in rp is fine (this is hatchetfield babey and the death count is there for a reason teehee)

hatchetfield-esque jokes/humor/happenings are to be expected

!Disclaimer! I know nothing about anything most of the time!! I'm just trying to have fun idk man :')

more about bianca!! ⭐

powers - ok so Bianca is blinky's kid. well. sort of. blinky blessed a human couple with a child, but some (like actually miniscule in comparison he barely even noticed) of his power seeped into the child, and Bianca is the result of that. sometimes blinky speaks to her in her head, but very rarely. he asks very little of her, but when he does it's usually either to stir up some drama or just to stand at a certain place at a certain time to catch the gossip. she is a glorified cctv for him really. they have not yet been asked to kill anyone for him.

more: they can see a little bit more than the average human (an increased FOV, can see just a couple more wavelengths than normal and night vision just good enough to make out the basic shapes). her eyesight is very sharp and her hearing is also a little bit better than average. she also has very good photographic memory - not in the way where she can remember everything, but she can remember a lot and the things they do remember are pictures. her eye necklace acts as one of blinky's thousand eyes and he can watch through it and keep an eye (haha) on her

parents/history - in return for Bianca, Bianca's parents joined the Church of the Starry Children, indebted to Blinky, eventually becoming ccrp scientists (who occaisionally ask them weird questions but its ok mostly). Bianca grew up around the church and its members, but she didn't particularly care. most of the adults are cautious to approach her in fear of angering Blinky tbh. at church they spend most of their time watching the others and trying to figure out their secrets

personality - they like watching things and generally are ok just watching the world go by and eavesdropping. she is quiet and has the freeze panic reaction. pretty good at sports (vision) but far prefers the arts. doesn't speak very much. likes hiding in corners and Watching™ for funsies. very good at shredding people to bits online but pretty terrible at it irl. she likes to know how things work. calm but easily angered/upset. deemed a nerd because of their obsession with researching and learning things (girlie needs to know e v e r y t h i n g). finds it hard to imagine others' perspectives and generally low empathy

favourite things - her favourite animals are birds, specifically the checked-tail hatchefield nighthawks. she likes the witchwoods, drawing/painting/the arts, ice skating, watcher world and space. They've made trying to figure out every detail about a person into a game she plays with themself.

dislikes - Bianca fucking HATES being alone or the feeling of being alone. they hate bright lights, big crowds, physical touch, when she doesn't know things and when she feels like people are talking about them and she doesn't know why.

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[startheimpactfangirl]

twst star bio

Bio

Twisted After - Evangeline from princess and the frog

Accent: Star has an light greek accent (it used to be heavy but as they got better at English, it got light)

Name - Star Age - 19 Height - 5'0 RW Ethnicity - Greek Species - human Birthday - September 2 Gender & Pronouns - non-binary. They/them Sexuality - aroace (little attraction, does fall for Leona)

Year, Dorm and/or School - ramshackle, should be in third year due to age but is in first year because they can't skip grades Reason for dorm- their not from this world

Club - boardgame club

Best Subject - n/a

Personality

Personality Description -

Star is a kind individual with a troubled past. They are also what you'd say, be a workaholic, which affects their sleep schedule. Their kindness does negatively affect them, as they help others but never help themselves. Being a workaholic, they can be technically considered studious..... even tho it comes at their own expense. Their sorta nerdy, like idia but....toned down. Smart, as mentioned before, they are clever and especially good in academics.

can match someone's energy if they think it's needed and they feel like it, being able to talk back/insult back which tends to surprise everyone. Worrier, star tends to overthink and therefore panics at times that it's not needed. Socially awkward, they often don't know what to do in some social situations and will need to be guided sometimes. Star is insecure about their height. Their small compared to others and don't like it when people judge them based on that. They don't like being seen as weaker

Their generally a loving individual, treating those they can about with care and love. Caring, often makes sure that their friends are okay. Helping out if needed. They sew clothes for themself, being quite crafty and good at handling unfortunate situations. Star is persistent, not easily giving up when faced with a challenge.

Hobbies - sewing, drawing, biology, astronomy Likes - sweet things, art, science, anything creatively inclined Dislikes/Pet Peeves - they absolutely can't stand fake ppl. Ppl who pretend Fears - abandonment, bugs, death Talent - is an incredibly smart individual

Background

Homeland - earth (another world) Relations - has a romance arc with Leona which is bumpy at the start

Star has a great relationship with their two younger siblings in their world. Their siblings are named Sasha and Emma. Sasha is 8 and Emma is 14. Star took Sasha to her first day of school when they were little, Sasha clinged to star saying she didn't wanna go

For twst, star & grim have a very parent- child like relationship. If nrc were to have a parents day, grim would bring star

After Leona's overbolt, is when they start getting close with Leona

They parallel Leona cause they were both seen as second best but had opposite reactions to it. While Leona gave up, star started to work till they dropped

Tw: death, bullying Backstory - Time for obligatory tragic anime backstory

Stars bio parents died when they were young so they were taken to an orphanage. They were eventually adopted and taken to a new country they didn't know the language or customs of. They were bullied. Many asked them out as a joke.After they learned the language they were still bullied Cause they were established to be the weird kid. And Cause of that, they'd often be asked out as a joke. Que abandonment issues + trust issues

Twst star is twisted off Evangeline from princess in the frog to start this off. Star is dead in their original world. When they died they were reincarnated into twisted wonderland as a representation of a dead woman (Evangeline). It was the universes way of giving them a second chance at life. Star is unaware that the died. The only one who knows is Crowley Which is why he avoids trying to send them home They'll live life in twst world, not knowing the reason they couldn't go back is cause their dead. I feel like this could also explain why Crowley is so useless when it comes to getting them home. He knows they'll be dead if they go home. He knows all the hard work would be just for them to die LEONA IS SUSPICIOUS OF CROWLEY As much as he doesn't really want them to go back.... Crowley is so suspicious about sending them back He wonders what he knows Star is unaware of being dead. The only one who knows is Crowley, who will sometimes hint to it. Ace and deuce make jokes about them looking like a corpse not knowing they are one Star was lead to their death by Crowley, who's voice was calling out to them, causing them to be lead across the street and ran over (they were btw in their work clothes)

In their world, star was studying to become a nurse before being sucked into the twst world. A world where they couldn't get a job in cause they don't have any documents there. So their stuck with whatever Crowley gives em

Star wants to appease others, mostly their parents, sometimes even changing who they are to fit into the perfect child/friend/lover/sibling

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Parental figure towards grim

[bindibites]

WoF ship ramblings

Nobody asked but I’m bored!! So here’s all my ship ramblings for Wings of Fire

WORD HEAVY

a quick disclaimer that, no, I do not support ships that put the DoD together, it’s really weird to me personally because their relationship is very adopted sibling esq.

Some kinda hot takes:

I don’t like Sundew x Willow, I think their chemistry is bad. They’re very polar opposites and Sundew feels too hostile when put with Willow’s nature.

Glory x Deathbringer is weird, even if their age was writing mistake due to old plans changing.

ANYWAY onto ships I care about

Winter x Moonwatcher x Qibli

These three are polyamorous, full stop, just a big ol love circle. I like to imagine it all came together in some bundle of conflicted feelings especially with Moon and Qibli.

Qibli and Winter have always been strained but even in canon we know Qibli cared about Winter and the two are close despite a generally strained at first relationship. Moonwatcher is sort of the strong bond between the two of them herself, being a middle-ground of sorts where all three are able to come together regardless a situation.

Kinkajou x Turtle

I like to think Kinkajou manages to work through Anemone’s enchantment and finds her feelings despite the conflict inside herself, I’d imagine Turtle would be there for her all the same as well.

Just the two of them helping one another and Kinkajou overcoming a genuine roadblock of “are these my feelings or is it the enchantment” and realizing that yes, those are her feelings, and Turtle’s help establishes it.

Clay x Peril

biased as a Peril enjoyer but I genuinely do believe they could work, Peril needs to work on herself but I don’t blame her actions due to her very blatant trauma and isolation from much of any real friendships. (The one dragon that initially cared for her was literally murdered.)

Clay was the first dragon she could physically touch without fear, a dragon who showed her kindness (although, its clay, thats just how he is). She views Clay closely and doesn’t know how to really manage herself and her thoughts, but she’s learning, and she wants to be better and be able to manage herself without fear.

Blaze x Glacier

I don’t have much to say for these girlies I just think they’re cute and Blaze is one if my favorite characters oopsies

I do think Glacier would kill for Blaze

OTHER HCS/Ships I like but don’t have much thought for

AroAce Glory

Starflight x Fatespeaker

Anemone x Tamarin

Snowfall x Lynx

[bluedalahorse]

Complicated queer media feelings beneath the cut…

Is anyone else feeling… I dunno… complicated about the part where we have Heartstopper, Red White and Royal Blue, and likely more YRS3 promo happening all in the same month?

I find a kind of enjoyment in each of these, so on one hand, I’m happy about it! (YR is my dearest fandom love right now about which I have many deep feelings, Heartstopper brings me joy and is what I’d watch with my middle school kids if I had kids, and RWRB is more on the “fun popcorn media” side of things for me but also has a lot of government humor that I laugh at as a person living in DC who gets subjected to motorcades etc.)

And I also think it’s awesome that queer rep has come a long way since when I was in high school, and there was only kinda Will and Grace and Willow on Buffy and you barely heard about some kids watching Queer as Folk if they were lucky enough to have HBO and parents who weren’t weird about it.

And and at the same time I know I’m going to be looking at my dash like, huh, that is a lot of mlm romance kissing between photogenic cis men.

Which. Again. Is progress? But also I’m a not-skinny aroace homosocial queer who is very interested in the stories of women and nonbinary people as well, and stories about friendship as well as relationships that reject traditional definitions. I want sweet romantic moments in my stories and decent makeout scenes but I also want stories about how queerness can challenge capitalism and hegemony and how we can create new families of choice and so on.

And for some of the texts I’m talking about, the canon definitely delivers? Things feel balanced? YR explores the class system with so much skill, and makes me ask powerful questions about justice and identity and such. It also has incredible female characters, including Sara as B Plot Protagonist driving a significant part of the story. (I wish I could find more fanfic from female characters’ POVs. I wish there were just as many “can’t wait until they get their happy endgame” posts about the Sara-Felice friendship as there were about the Wilmon romance, and I adore the Wilmon romance. I just love everything else about the show alongside it, and sometimes I find myself desperately craving discussion about the other aspects of the show while not knowing how to find ways of engaging about it.)

Heartstopper—I love how a multiqueer friends group is so centered in the story. Nick and Charlie are the main characters but Charlie’s friendship with Tao matters as much in the first season as his romance with Nick. I love how the show chose to have Elle carry a significant subplot in season 1 (although they could do better with that) and I am hopeful that we’ll get an ace discovery story for Isaac in season 2 and I’m looking forward to seeing more Imogen and we get a new disabled character and we’ll also get Tara and Darcy being Tara and Darcy! I don’t really follow people for Heartstopper necessarily, because it’s not really something I analyze or write fic for, but, you know, there’s a lot of it that goes around and I have generally positive feelings about it. I’m curious about what parts of the show and what characters people will choose to focus on.

RWRB… well, it’s been a long time since I’ve read the book, but I’m sort of holding off on comments until I see what’s different between the book and the movie.

Long story short I think I’m going to feel great about these various mlm pairings individually, because they’re all distinct personalities with stories and such, but I’m going to be feeling kind of weird and overwhelmed about the attention and gif visibility and squeeing that mlm romances between photogenic cis men get in aggregate.

But also also. Maybe that’s on me for not being into something like Yellowjackets fandom or not spending more time browsing the tag for XO Kitty. So the problem could also be me. I mean who knowsss?????

[synonymroll648]

ok im back from my feild trip to the pond let me live react to the fic you were actually talking about

ok it starts with- and i shit you not- an orginal idea i had for a kam au (for sun as a gift) where its like battle of bands or something and they kiss and its like "dont let that throw you off your rythm" as i sat with it and that is NOT kam at ALL and didnt fit any other characters so i had to make my own. and as i sat with THOSE characters i realized it also did not fit them so that is why the fic does not open with them kissing but instead like Flirting and its at a stage ish area because i LITERALLY did not know what the fuck i was supposed to do with this vision [i do know ALL the lore now !!]

for an aromantaic person who HATES being flirted with and flirting im so proud of that opening scene

the jacket that is referenced is highly inspired by my ex-best friend's mom's halloween costume from like the 90s that she let me have because i just like found it in a box and really liked it

biana is based loosely on my best friend <3

deadass i am so proud of how realistic my dialouge and interactions are. the JOY i feel because these dont feel like fake stores.

um i dont know if you have siblings. but i cannot emphasis how normal it is to be in the middle of a hEATED fight with like so much anger and then you go out together and like if the younger sibling pays? blood will be shed. someone is going to die not pleasentaly.

fun fact my beta reader HATED ". And I’ll always support you, regardless of dad’s feelings, or mine. Okay?”. and like i was like. no you dont understand. its the fact biana has to step aside and let fitz destroy himself because she cant DO anything. i was like nonononono that line HAS to stay in. this is fanfaction i have to project SO much??

"Alden untied Fitz’s tie just so he could redo it." and that's not projection

ope wait im not unpacking that scene

“I don’t see why that’s any of your concern,” Fitz glared at the host then settled" the glare is canoically about the "just" part in "just friends". that is me the author having so much anger inside

i text like a 54 year old woman i HATED writing out the texts between keefe and biana but it was SO important to me that i show their texting styles

fun fact i wrote "He knew better than to text Fitz," forgetting that interviews are often pre-recorded and um. and so that line can be deep if you want but mostly i just didnt really overthink proof reading and those curtains are blue when the author meant for their to be blinds

i was SO proud i just threw in "clandestine". i know big fancy words and casually use them ALL the time. that word was not easy.

my beta reader LOVED "leaving an ache in place of the memories."

oh fun fact this happened LONG after i wrote this fic but i did in fact have a fight with my ex-best friend where i wanted to give him back the jacket he let me borrow (not his mom) because i was so hurt i never wanted him to touch me again. :) funny way life comes full circle

"They’re hazy and confused, but they’re together. Messy hair on hidden skin, kisses followed by chuckles. Whispers of you ok? and genuine nods." // hey so i didn't know i was ace when i wrote this and um i think that it symbolises a LOT that my oc where the point of the story is being aroace is just like ,, weird as a teenager. has this very simialr worded scene and it ends SO differently

oh ok ok ok i purposefully chose pretty vrs handom. its the like thing where like keefe is okay iwth being pretty and queer and bluring lines between gender and fitz ,, isnt

“No? I am very confused and scared.”no thoughts thats just REAL

i am cronically offline and this is what i feel like when my friend debriefs me on the latest drama

sophie is how i text at 3 am when i am austsic and unmasking

fitz having a cracked scene is based on true events

new fun fact i set up a random number generator. im like "it needs to be between 12 and 2 am" amd then if its 1 im like "ok we need to round to 2 so it has to be between 31 and 59". and jesus takes the wheel

"STOP FUCKING DELETING THE DOTS" is a text i have sent

"A ten minute phone call later, Sophie convinced Fitz to meet him in a convent store near his house under an excuse of 'getting slushies sounded good'." slushies are how i cope with the world. taht is not a joke.

"A connection they’d always had but never fully understood." its a human au bc i didnt want to think about th elogistics of magic or elfs but i LOVED how i snuck thier little telepathy thing in <333

again im aro and sophie is like "does it feel right" is how i comforted my friend when she didnt know if she liked a guy and wanted to date him. she NEVER talked to me about her relationship again

god no god you dont understand they LIVED TOGETEHR,. THEY WERE SO CLOSE JUSTF EW87GF8347EFGOFREH9FHGRVH

"Fitz knows the crack in Keefe’s voice because it mirrors his as he opens the door; the same bruises on different bodies" no i can see myself out the door. its ok.

banging my head into a WALL. "is this our goodbye?" after they dont SAY bye because they know tehy'll meet up. so theyre forever changed udqg28efgu2

god the ending. oops kinda forgot it was there. i stand by it. i love my writing SO much.

ok my dog is asleep i hope you have you have SO much fun reading

bestie you’re referencing shit that lives in my brain rent free and also shit that i love but don’t remember off the top of my head. you’re hilarious and your words are beautiful and i need to reread the fic for sure. i had so much fun reading this. never change carl ily /p

[obsoleteozymandias]

Hello! I think you are still making matches with Twts, otherwise feel free to ignore this. Plus I'm using the translator. I didn't see that you asked for specific information for this so I based it on what others said (?) I'm older than the first years so it would be strange if I were one of them…I see them as my children xd -Ahem, my pronouns are she / her, but I don't care if they give me male pronouns, I have many friends who give me male nicknames 😔

I'm Aroace, but fictional characters are so… God

As for personality, I am INFP 5w4, I am very strange and I say random phrases just because, even if the environment is very quiet I sing a random song on purpose. I am shy around older people but I have learned to speak fluently, although people still ask me to raise my voice. I am quite affectionate in general, but if they need space I will gladly give it to them.

I'm from Colombia, so if I was on Twts more than once I would say idioms where I come from just to bother.

I have very varied tastes, from rock to electro Swing in terms of music, from horror games to Roblox, I like everything from Gloria Trevi's flamenco to anime op. I think I have three favorite bands for each genre, not to mention vocaloid, but I will always like yanderes visual novel games.

Have you ever met those people who do everything and feel happy even though nothing is enough to satisfy them? That's me, from making bracelets, researching architecture to watercolors and fashion. I am currently studying systems engineering and some English courses, but this is just the beginning muahaha. I think that all my tastes have in common that they are all art in some way (typical of infp wanting to give artistic meaning to everything)

I am quite small, about 1.57 meters tall, with a pear-shaped body with curly hair without being an Afro, I wear glasses and I am very blind.

I don't like dogs… I have a phobia of them, I don't like sleeping less than 4 hours either, bad hair days, how harmful stereotypes are.

I think I'm able to adapt to everything, I don't judge anyone because some of my tastes will probably be related to that… Except that I won't stop being weird, I can follow the rules because I was raised by strict parents and so on, but Stopping being who I am just for the sake of others is a big no. Even though it's hard for me to raise my voice.

I think this will not contribute anything to the match, but I have a younger brother who is a small child, I love him very much even though he is hyperactive, although I do not have a preference between who I would like, I need him to get along with him, which is easy because he is quite sociable but capable of being annoying.

Thanks to my strict parents I don't leave the house anymore, I don't like it, I learned to act and listen when they are close to entering the house, plus they tried to put parental control on me when I was little but I was able to create several accounts and found an obsolete browser, so parental control was useless there.

I probably have some trauma from that plus the fact that when I was little I suffered bullying due to obesity, although currently I no longer have it and I couldn't even be considered someone chubby (outside of my MC Donald chicken thighs 🖐). I think that a few years ago I learned to cope with everything and be better. Sorry if it's too long, you can skip it if you want. Always remember to take care of yourself!

aroace gang member +1

== Twisted Wonderland ==>

I match you up with…

Floyd Leech

Pre-relationship:

You remind Floyd of Riddle, on some level. He sees your obedience for rules and your fears and resistance, and he knows, he just knows, that he’s going to help you unleash yourself. 

It would be a rocky road to friendship at first - Floyd is a difficult personality to get along with. But I think part of his charm is his hedonism, and his desire to do whatever he pleases, regardless of what others say. And he sees that same desire and freedom in you. He sees a kindred spirit in you. 

You two spend a lot of time exploring your hobbies together. He shows you his passion for human clothes and shoes, and invites you to his basketball games. 

He misses several shots because he gets distracted when he hears you calling his name in the stands. He gets all giggly and waves to you, shouting your name, and completely forgetting the game. 

He encrouages you to break free from rules and expectations like he has, whether it’s arbitrary things like a dorm’s curfew, or your past of being bullied - Floyd will be there to pick you up when you fall and carry you across the finish line. 

Most importantly, you two can be weird together. He embraces your weirdness, as he’s often called so himself. He’s not afraid nor put off by you, and your ability to simply be yourself makes him fall that much more for you. 

Confession: 

Floyd knows he’s fallen for you right away, and doesn’t try to hide from it. He’ll bide his time as he plans to confess, teasing you and getting a lot more physcially affectionate than before, just to watch you blush. 

He actually gives up on his whole plan to confess, instead telling you how he feels in the heat of the moment - maybe after a basketball game or when you two are out late at night causing trouble. He refuses to hold himself back from reaching for what he wants - and what he wants is you.

Relationship:

Floyd and you are a couple about campus. Everyone knows who you are, and doesn’t dare to mess with either of you. 

He becomes attached to your hip, too. Even in classes that he isn’t in, he slips in and sits next to you, leaning his head on your shoulder and whispering to you about things he finds silly. 

If you ever make him something, like a bracelet, he’ll be absolutely delighted. He wears it everywhere, and makes sure everyone knows that you made it for him, and that you’re his, and that you’re endlessly talented. 

Expect many nights of you two sleeping over with eachother. Floyd doesn’t want to be away from you for any longer than he has to be, and so most nights he can be found with you, curled up together watching TV or making something, or asleep on eachother. 

It’s painfully cute, and you two were made for one another!

[neechees]

That constant fancast with Pedro Pascal and Oscar Isaac with El Dorado got me thinking of a potential remake idea: they’re modern-day Latinos who time-travel back to colonization era while escaping capture like the original, end up in El Dorado, reconnect with their forgotten Indigenous roots and do in fact end up as a couple. Also the main villain is Cortez, not Tzekel Kan, who may stir initial conflict because of his overzealous personality but gets over his issues and becomes part of the country AND comes out as aroace (because with all the queer headcanons involving Tulio, Chel and Miguel I always felt like he was being left out and I always saw him like that anyway).

The fancast doesn’t have to involve either Pascal or Isaac, it’s just their heritage that got it clicking.

Unrelated but tumblr assigned your ask MY icon instead of the usual anon icon in my notes for some reason & I got really confused lol

And oh yeah ugh I hated that fancast. I feel like they only picked those two actors too because they are literally some of the ONLY Latino actors they know & it's because they're both from Star Wars. Also I generally think it'd be a bad look with iffy implicatioms to cast them as Spaniards in a White savior movie regarding the rest of the plot as well lol

And tbh I like his zeal, I think Tzekel-Kan was cool. I always thought he was fascinating as a kid. It's weird because the movie is both demonizing Mesoamerican culture & practices as bad, but also trying to imply that Tzekel-Kan is the only one who fully participates in it and thats what makes him bad. It's really stupid. In real life, Tzekel-Kan would be a very respected person and the Chief himself also would've worked with him in leasing religious events & ceremonies.

And anyway, I actually really like the time travel concept in particular, time travel is fun :) I've attempted rewrites myself, and yeah its hard to come up with something without completely changing it lol

[loregoddess]

Temenos Mistral for the character ask game! (Because you were talking about them earlier!)

First impression: "Oh, he seems neat, wonder what his story will be about."

Impression now: I love Temenos, one of my top favorite characters from the game, probably my scond-fave after Ochette. He's such an interesting character and his story (gripes I might have with the pacing aside) was unexpected for a "cleric" story, based on what I'd seen with Ophilia and some of the clerics from CotC. Honestly I'd write up an entire character analysis if I had the energy to do so, bc there is so much going on with him.

Favorite moment: A few different ones, but I really like how any time that the façade he puts up starts to slip, this sheer force of anger slips through--that's good stuff. Love that his "In Pursuit of Truth" theme also sounds much more energetic and aggressive when compared to his normal theme song (and like, I'm not well-versed with music terms and stuff, but Temenos is also the only character whose "In Pursuit of..." song has a significantly different tempo and more aggressive melody when compared to the standard theme, if I recall correctly).

Idea for a story: Hmm, do the two rewrite ideas of his main narrative that I have floating in my head count? Like I've said, something about the general pacing of events and a handful of narrative elements in his story don't really work for me, and as a result his story arc doesn't seem as strong compared to the others' stories. Not all of it is "bad writing" or anything, like the writers clearly had a plan in mind, and I know some of it is just my personal taste...but yeah, I have a "canon compliant, trying to match the general narrative motifs and themes of the rest of the characters" rewrite idea, and a "mostly canon compliant, but definitely changing some things to fit my personal tastes which therefore go against one or two of the overall recurring themes and motifs" rewrite idea. I'll probably never do anything with them though bc it's more like...anytime I come across story writing that I thought was really good, I try to figure out what about it I liked and how the writers set it up, and any time I come across story writing that doesn't work, I do the same thing where I try to figure out why I didn't like it and then try to figure out how I'd write it myself, and this is like, a little mental enrichment I do just for fun and also to try and sharpen my own preferences and sensibilities for storytelling and writing. So like, I don't technically have that much beef with his story, and I don't want to come off as "I'm a better writer than the original writers" or even that I thought the original arc was bad (it really wasn't bad writing per se), it's more just a thing I came up with for myself for funsies and as a mental exercise in narrative, more so than an actual like, critique of the original story.

Unpopular opinion: I uh, I don't ship him with Crick...or anyone actually. In fact the Temenos x Crick ship really does not float my goats (nothing against anyone who enjoys the ship, you do you and all that, it's just not my cup of tea). I actually read and more or less headcanon Temenos as aroace, and even if I didn't, he's got like 2934820398432 unresolved trust issues, so I'd have a hard time seeing him be able to enter into a romantic relationship anyhow. But that's just my reading, again no shade to anyone who has a different reading/headcanons.

Favorite relationship: I love his interactions with all the other main characters, but I find his weird friendship with Ochette to be really, really interesting especially (I'd write up an analysis and list of thoughts on this too if I had the energy). Outside of the main cast, what little we get to see of his interactions with Jorg, along with what we learn after Jorg gets murdered, is really fascinating to me as well. They have a very unusual familial/professional relationship (although given that Benedict and Anna's wildly unconventional familial relationship is also super interesting to me, I'm thinking I might just be an enjoyer of unconventional and murky adopted familial relationships in fiction).

Favorite headcanon: I am fond of the idea of him being related to Alpates and Throne by blood, although as I've turned the headcanon over in my head and whittled it like a wood carving, it's developed into something really specific with basically no in-game source to back it up, so it's a 100% bona fide "I just made something up and went with it" headcanon that I keep modifying and changing. Basically, I think he's got a situation similar to Hikari's, but significantly more subdued since he doesn't have an evil shadow version of himself trying to talk him into murdering everyone, and that his blood ties to Alpates's bloodline are stronger than his blood ties to D'arqest. Some more specifics about that under the cut bc explaining myself requires talking about late-game spoilers.

(Specifically rather than being directly Claude's son, I think it's entirely possible some of the Blacksnakes were able to have kids of their own, like Father did, without Claude finding out about them and having the child killed, and that even potentially those kids might have had kids, thinning the blood ties to Claude further--so rather than being Throne's half-sibling, Temenos would be more uh...*checks cheat-sheet chart for familial ties* ummm...her half-grand-nephew, god I hate everything about that phrase why does anything relating to Claude have to be a string of "wtf??"s). I keep changing this headcanon slightly (I did originally start from the base of having him and Throne as half-siblings), so who knows just how much it's gonna change before I settle on something I'm really happy with, but I do like the idea a lot.